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question:Q:Information: - Stronger Than Ever is the fourth studio album by the German heavy metal band Grave Digger . However , they changed their name to just `` Digger '' for this release . Retrospect Records , a little - known record label , very briefly issued a re-release of the album on CD in 2005 . The CD was released with presumably no involvement from the band and is considered a bootleg . The CD is no longer available and the only official versions of the album that were released by the band are the vinyl and cassette versions . To this day it remains the only album in Grave Digger 's catalog to not receive an official CD release . `` Shadows Of The Past '' borrows two lyrical lines from `` Yesterday '' , a song released on Heavy Metal Breakdown , Grave Digger 's debut album . - Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century, first as books of individual 78rpm records, then from 1948 as vinyl LP records played at rpm. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though in the 21st century album sales have mostly focused on compact disc (CD) and MP3 formats. The audio cassette was a format used from the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl. - Noise Records is a German heavy metal record label founded in 1983 by German music industry personality Karl-Ulrich Walterbach as an expansion of his company Modern Music Records. Noise Records specialized in thrash and melodic speed metal. It was sold to the Sanctuary Records Group in 2001 and ceased any activity in 2007 due to the bankruptcy of Sanctuary. The Noise catalogue was consequently acquired by Universal Music Group later on. In April 2016, BMG Rights Management, which had acquired Sanctuary Records in 2013, announced that it would revive the Noise Records label. - Heavy Metal Breakdown is the debut album by the German heavy metal band Grave Digger which was released in October 1984 by Noise Records. What object entity has the relation of 'record label' with the subject 'stronger than ever '? Choices: - album - label - noise records - record - record label - sanctuary records group A:
answer:Noise Records
question:Q: Which of these sentences doesn't make sense? Options: - Sentence A: "the days are longer in summer than winter" - Sentence B: "the days are longer in winter than summer" Let's solve this gradually.
answer:To determine which of these sentences doesn't make sense, let's analyze them step-by-step, considering the main differences between summer and winter. 1. First, we should understand the concept of the Earth's tilt on its axis. The Earth is tilted at an angle of approximately 23.5 degrees. This tilt causes the various seasons we experience, as different parts of the world receive differing amounts of sunlight throughout the year. 2. During the summer solstice (in the northern hemisphere), the Earth's North Pole is tilted toward the sun, resulting in more direct sunlight and longer daylight hours in the northern hemisphere. This means that the days are longer in summer. 3. In contrast, during the winter solstice, the Earth's South Pole is tilted toward the sun. This results in longer daylight hours in the southern hemisphere and shorter days in the northern hemisphere. Consequently, the days are shorter in winter. Now that we have a better understanding of the differences in daylight hours between summer and winter, let's examine the options again: - Sentence A: "the days are longer in summer than winter." - Sentence B: "the days are longer in winter than summer." Given the information we've discussed, it is clear that Sentence A is the accurate statement, while Sentence B does not make sense, as it contradicts the reality of the Earth's tilt and how it impacts sunlight distribution and daylight hours.
question:‘Horrible Bosses,’ With Jason Bateman It requires no great critical insight to figure out what’s wrong with “Horrible Bosses,” a foul-mouthed new comedy of male resentment directed by Seth Gordon. The problems can be enumerated with a prim scowl and a wagging finger. The movie, in addition to being expectedly vulgar, is noisy and preposterous, and its humor flirts with racism, goes steady with misogyny and pretty much marries homophobia. There are guns, drugs, several references to sex acts involving urine, and gross insults — unless they are extravagant compliments; I’ll get back to you — to the respected profession of dentistry. So here is the evident puzzle: “Horrible Bosses” is also frequently very funny. One reason is that it does not bother to cut its coarseness with a hypocritical dose of sweetness or respectability. Nor, however, does it make a big show of being provocative, of pretending that its forays into offensiveness are acts of bravery. It takes the ordinary human traits of stupidity, selfishness, lust and greed (and also stupidity), embeds them in a human condition that is confusing, unfair and also stupid, and turns the whole sorry spectacle into a carnival. The laughter is mean but also oddly pure: it expels shame and leaves you feeling dizzy, a little embarrassed and also exhilarated, kind of like the cocaine that two of the main characters consume by accident. The scene of their hapless nose-candy binge exemplifies this movie’s spirit. On the one hand, the guys — Dale (Charlie Day) and Nick (Jason Bateman), along with their friend Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) — have broken into a house to do a little recon for one of three murders they plan to commit. This is a bad thing to do. On the other hand, there is something endearing about their utter hysterical ineptness, and their excursion into vice and criminality seems as innocent as it is desperate. The desperation allows “Horrible Bosses” to graze ever so lightly against some unpleasant social realities and to find a glimmer of class consciousness in an avalanche of crude gaggery. Dale, Nick and Kurt are all stuck in terrible jobs, at the mercy of employers whose power is absolute and arbitrary. “I own you,” says Mr. Harken, Nick’s smug, sadistic boss, played by — one guess! — Kevin Spacey with all the lethal smarm he brought to “Swimming With Sharks” and more. Sure, it’s an easy bit of casting, but so is Colin Farrell as a twitchy, amoral playboy and Jennifer Aniston as a sexy dentist. I mean a sexually predatory dentist, though the distinction is lost on Kurt, who thinks she’s hot. But he doesn’t work for her. Dale does, and her constant barrage of innuendo and solicitation — she’s as subtle as a plumber making a house call in a porn film — makes him uncomfortable. The sheer tastelessness of this situation is what makes it work, coupled with its almost surreal improbability. Dale, in addition to being a devoted almost-husband (his briefly glimpsed fiancée is played by Lindsay Sloane) is a ball of rodentlike, idiotic nervous energy. He’s the designated annoying-dimwit-friend, Zach Galifianakis shrunk down to Gilbert Gottfried size. As his pals, Mr. Bateman and Mr. Sudeikis do not exactly break ground. Mr. Bateman is uptight, anxious and asexual, firing darts of weary sarcasm with his eyes, while Mr. Sudeikis is a genial, excitable doofus who also happens to be catnip for the ladies. At least the two ladies with substantial speaking roles — Ms. Aniston and Julie Bowen, who should have more and better things to do. But to go further on this theme would ruin a few jokes, as well as leading me back toward the sour, complaining tone of the first paragraph. The sexual politics of “Horrible Bosses” are less obnoxiously retrograde than those of, oh, “The Hangover: Part II,” partly because of Ms. Aniston’s comic skill and partly because they are beside the point. To extent that there is a point, beyond sheer silliness — which is fine on its own, by the way — it has something to do with the unfairness of work at a time of high unemployment, when everything seems to be tilted in favor of those who already have power. Harken teases Nick with a phantom promotion, making a cruel game of his underling’s modest ambitions. Mr. Farrell’s feckless character, who inherits the company where Kurt works, is a monster of irresponsibility. Dale is subjected to escalating harassment and blackmail. These predicaments are as exaggerated as the bumbling homicidal response they inspire, but then again, in times like these, what are abused and humiliated workers going to do? Join a union? Go to court? That would be a different movie. This one is content to make a show of the kind of skills that are unlikely to get anyone very far in the workplace but that are nonetheless essential to the functions of farce. The verbal humor is more a matter of riffing than of delivering neatly defined jokes, but the timing of the cast — notably including Jamie Foxx, as well as the others already mentioned — is impeccable. And Mr. Gordon and the writers, Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, allow the hilarity to build, escalate and swerve off course. You are in the hands of professionals, which means that, in the ways that count and even when it shouldn’t, “Horrible Bosses” works. “Horrible Bosses” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). Mostly talk, of the kind that would get you (or at least me) in a lot of trouble at work. Directed by Seth Gordon; written by Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, based on a story by Mr. Markowitz; director of photography, David Hennings; edited by Peter Teschner; music by Christopher Lennertz; production design by Shepherd Frankel; costumes by Carol Ramsey; produced by Brett Ratner and Jay Stern; released by Warner Brothers Pictures. Running time: 1 hour 37 minutes. WITH: Jason Bateman (Nick Hendricks), Charlie Day (Dale Arbus), Jason Sudeikis (Kurt Buckman), Jennifer Aniston (Dr. Julia Harris), Colin Farrell (Bobby Pellit), Kevin Spacey (Dave Harken), Donald Sutherland (Jack Pellit), Julie Bowen (Rhonda Harken), Jamie Foxx (Dean Jones) and Lindsay Sloane (Stacy). Write a one or two sentence summary.
answer:"Horrible Bosses" is a comedy of male resentment directed by Seth Gordon that finds humor in coarseness and offensiveness while addressing the unfairness of work and power dynamics. The film features a talented cast, including Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, and Jason Sudeikis, who find themselves in exaggerated predicaments with their abusive bosses, as they attempt to take revenge through bumbling homicide.
question:Detailed Instructions: In this task, you need to count the number of nouns/verbs in the given sentence. Problem:Sentence: 'Four steak knives and a pair of scissors in a a butcher's block'. Count the number of nouns in this sentence. Solution:
answer:To count the number of nouns in the given sentence, we'll first identify the noun terms. Nouns are words that represent a person, place, thing, or idea. Sentence: 'Four steak knives and a pair of scissors in a butcher's block'. Step 1: Identify the noun terms: - 'Four steak knives': "steak knives" is a noun (plural) representing a type of knife. - 'a pair of scissors': "scissors" is a noun representing a cutting tool. - "butcher's block": "block" is a noun representing a piece of furniture, and "butcher's" (as a possessive form) here also acts as a noun to describe which type of block it is. Step 2: Count the nouns: - 'steak knives': as this is plural, we know there are multiple knives, but the number is already specified as "Four". So, we count 'four steak knives' as one noun. - 'scissors': considered as one noun (as the pair of scissors is treated as a single object). - 'butcher's block': two nouns (butcher's and block) Solution: There are a total of 4 nouns in the given sentence.