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What is the Quebec City Winter Carnival?

The first French colonists of Quebec had a tradition of getting together just before Lent to celebrate with food and drink. This grew until the city inhabitants held the first large winter carnival in 1894.\n.\nThe first contemporary Quebec Winter Carnival was held in 1955, and the carnival celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2014. Over the years, organizers have added new events, many celebrating the traditional Quebec lifestyle, including canoe and dogsled races as well as a horse-drawn sleigh race on an obstacle course.

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What are some examples of contemporary realistic fiction?

Contemporary realistic fiction is any fictional story that takes place in the real, current universe, where the events that occur the story could just as easily happen in real life. The term contemporary realistic fiction is also most often used when describing children and young adult literature, with similar adult titles falling under a separate category reserved for adult literature.

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What was Shakespeare's father's occupation?

John was the son of Richard Shakespeare, a farmer in Snitterfield. He moved to Stratford as an apprentice glover (one who makes gloves) and leather worker sometime before 1532. He bought numerous properties in the 1550s, including several houses, and he later inherited some farming real estate. Between rent collected from these lands and the profits made from selling timber and barley from the farms, John was far wealthier than the average glover.The prestige and prosperity that came with John's many businesses also helped him attain numerous civil service positions, including ale-taster ..

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What is the irony in "Oedipus the King?"

There are many examples of irony in "Oedipus the King." The most predominant example is Oedipus' attempt to avoid the prophecy that has been placed upon him. After an oracle tells Oedipus that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus leaves his home in Corinth to avoid his parents and make sure this prophecy does not come true. However, Oedipus does not know that the people he believes are his parents are not actually his parents. The irony comes when Oedipus kills a man he meets on his travels, who happens to be his real father, and is later offered the hand of Que..

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Who are some famous people who have had public weight struggles?

Oprah Winfrey is one of the most famous personalities to struggle with repetitive weight gain and loss cycles, doing so in front of national television audiences on her hit show. She began by unveiling a 67-pound weight loss on-air in 1988. She famously lugged around a wagon containing 67 pounds of fat to demonstrate her accomplishment. Before long, because of thyroid problems and bad eating habits, she was back over 200 pounds and accepted the fact that she is never going to be skinny. However, she said she does try to eat a healthy diet.\nKirstie Alley has gone from heavy to skinny and back ..

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How can you contact Kid Rock?

To send Kid Rock a question, visit the KidRock.com home page, and click Community. On the Community page, click Ask Kid Rock. Fill out the form with your name, email address and a question, and then click Submit to send it. Questions can be about any topic.\nThe site includes responses to fan questions on the Discussion page, which is the default page that opens after clicking Community. The page posts all of Kid Rock's messages under the Latest Official heading.\nAn alternative method of contacting Kid Rock is by sending a message to one of his social media profiles. Kid Rock has officia..

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What is a summary of Hamlet's tragic flaws?

The tragic flaw (or "hamartia") is an idea derived from Aristotle's "Poetics," which states that every tragic hero must have a major flaw that leads to his downfall. Shakespeare's "Hamlet" creates a character whose flaws can be difficult to determine because they change over the course of the play. In addition, it is difficult to tell from the text alone whether some of the character traits are genuine or how many might be the product of his feigned insanity. However, the worst consequences in the play could have been softened or even averted had Hamlet acted quickly instead of waiti..

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How does video streaming work?

In Traditional Streaming, media servers are used to serve content. It uses special media protocols like RTSP, or Real Time Streaming Protocol, RTMP, or Real Time Messaging Protocol, and RDT, or Real Data protocol. In RTSP, the video will be sent as small packets, in sequence, in a format called RTP packet. The RTP packets are around 1 MB for 1 Mbps quality video.\nIf there are only three seconds of content in your buffer, the streaming server only serves two seconds, no matter how long you wait resulting into almost no bandwidth loss.\nIn Adaptive streaming, videos get encoded in various forma..

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What are some old songs by Lata Mangeshkar?

Lata Mangeshkar has several songs dating to the late 1940s and early 1950s. For instance, her Daag album came out in 1952, Patita in 1953 and Taxi Driver in 1954. Some of their songs are Jayen to Jayen, Kisi Ne Apana Bana Ke and Preet Ye Kaisi Bol Ri. Some other older albums include Parvarish, with songs Belia Belia and Mama O Mama, and Chhalia, with songs Dum Dum Diga Diga and Chhalia Mera Naam.\nLata Mangeshkar is one of the preeminent Indian musicians and playback artists and one of the most-recorded artists in the world. As of 2015, over 2,000 films have featured her music. Lata Mangeshkar..

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Who are some stars living with HIV?

Fans consider NBA star Magic Johnson one of the sport’s greatest players, and his skills helped the Los Angeles Lakers win numerous NBA Championships during the 1980s. Johnson revealed that he was HIV positive in 1991, helping shift public perception of the disease.\nGreg Louganis was a gold medal diver during the 1980s, sweeping the diving events in two consecutive Olympic Games. First diagnosed with HIV in 1988, Louganis revealed his status in a 1995 interview with Oprah Winfrey. After his public revelation, Louganis became an outspoken advocate for both HIV awareness and LGBT rights.

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