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What is a guitar tuner?

A pitch pipe is a basic type of guitar tuner. The person tuning the guitar blows into the pipe to hear the pitch, then adjusts the tuning peg to match the pitch. There are many guitar-tuning websites that mimic the function of a pitch pipe.\nVibration tuners, which clip on to the head of a guitar, are ideal for loud environments. The tuner senses the pitch through vibrations and tells the user how close the string is to playing the correct pitch. Other types of guitar tuners include strobe and microphone tuners.

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How can you get a checkmate in two chess moves?

The "Fool's Mate" or "Scholar's Mate" is wholly dependent on the opponent making the first move of king's bishop pawn to f4, followed by king's knight pawn to g4. These fatal first moves open up the king's diagonal and leave him undefended, and any other moves in the vital opening volley foil the two-move checkmate.

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What is Arcane Legends?

As Arcane Legends is a free-to-play title from developer Spacetime Studios, the primary means of revenue for the game developers is through micro-transactions. Micro-transactions are small in-game purchases of items that may change a player's appearance or affect the gameplay by providing special boosts to the player's stats and abilities called buffs. Most of the items purchased through micro-transactions are usually also available to a player without having to spend real world currency, although he may have to spend a considerable amount of time to attain such items.\nThe gameplay ..

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What is Funbrain 360?

Funbrain 360 has a variety of action games, adventure games, educational games, driving games, sports games and board games. All of the games hosted on the website remain completely free, as of 2015. Funbrain 360 assures that all of the games on the website are high-quality games and encourages suggestions and feedback from users by offering a form for contact.

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What are some tips for brewing hops?

When brewing, a batch requires less hops that has a higher alpha acid percentage than hops that have a lower alpha acid content. For example, a batch may require the brewer to place 2 ounces of Northern Brewer hops with a 7.5 percent alpha acid content in the pot when he starts boiling, but using 1 ounce of a Magnum hops with a 15 percent alpha acid content produces the same bitterness.\nFor a more homogenous bitterness complexity, a brewer might consider first wort hopping, or adding a hops with a low alpha acid content to the boiler while sparging the beer, and moving the late hop addition t..

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What is an icebreaker exercise?

Icebreaker activities encourage communication by starting off with a fun activity that helps everyone relax. The exercise makes participants more comfortable with one another, which may encourage more active participation and open communication. The activity can help participants recognize things they have in common for a greater sense of community. Icebreakers can also focus on a particular topic as a way to introduce the purpose of the meeting or gathering.

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How do you play checkers?

You begin with 12 pieces laid out on the 12 dark squares nearest to you, filling three rows with four checkers per row. The board should be oriented so that you have a dark square at the corner closest to you and on your left. You capture your opponent's pieces when you have the opportunity to jump one of your pieces diagonally to an open square on the other side of one of his or her pieces. You can only capture pieces that are diagonally adjacent to your own piece. On your turn if a capturing move is available, that move is compulsory. If you can immediately follow a capturing move by an..

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What are some famous senior class pranks?

There are countless friendly feuds between the seniors and juniors at most schools, including one in 2007 that entailed the older students removing the license plates from underclassmen cars, lining the plates up along the soccer field and directing the juniors to go find their plate. The prank lasted a bit longer than anticipated when some students did not know their plate number.\nClaiming to be part of the fictitious Pail and Shovel Party, two students at the University of Wisconsin ran for student government and won. True to their campaign promise, they brought the Statue of Liberty to the..

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What is the N Hookup game?

When The N turned into TeenNick, some of the games on their site like "Avatar High" transferred over to the TeenNick website. However, due to technical difficulties in the server switch, "The Hookup" was removed from the site. Though the game is no longer available on the TeenNick website, it can still be accessed and played at VirtualTeenager.com. In the game, you are the main character moving into a new town. You meet the young boys and girls in the town and through a series of dialogue and choices, you can spark a romantic relationship with one of the characters.\nThe game was created by Th..

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How do you tell if a Hot Wheels track is vintage?

Determining the age of Hot Wheels tracks can be difficult, as date stamps are not typically placed on them by Mattel. "Hot Wheels Accessories, The Ultimate Guide," written by Michael Zarnock, author, columnist and two-time Guinness World Record holder for the largest collection of model cars, is considered the best source for dating Hot Wheels tracks. Zarnock's reference guide provides comprehensive information for all Hot Wheels tracks and other accessories dated from 1968 to 1998.\nThe first Hot Wheels track was introduced by the Mattel toy company in 1968 along with the original 16 die..

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