text: Extraterrestrial life, also called alien life (or, if it is a sentient or relatively complex individual, an "extraterrestrial" or "alien"), is life that does not originate from Earth. These as-yet-hypothetical life forms may range from simple single-celled organisms to beings with civilizations far more advanced than humanity. Although many scientists expect extraterrestrial life to exist, there is no unambiguous evidence for its existence so far. The science of extraterrestrial life is known as exobiology.

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text: life

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text: as

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text: advanced

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text: many

text: scientists

text: expect

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text: unambiguous

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text: existence

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text: The

text: science

text: of

text: extraterrestrial

text: life

text: is

text: known

text: as

text: exobiology

text: Hard science fiction is a category of science fiction characterized by an emphasis on scientific accuracy. The term was first used in print in 1957 by P. Schuyler Miller in a review of John W. Campbell, Jr.'s "Islands of Space" in "Astounding Science Fiction". The complementary term soft science fiction, formed by analogy to hard science fiction, first appeared in the late 1970s. The term is formed by analogy to the popular distinction between the "hard" (natural) and "soft" (social) sciences. Science fiction critic Gary Westfahl argues that neither term is part of a rigorous taxonomy; instead they are approximate ways of characterizing stories that reviewers and commentators have found useful.

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text: complementary

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text: A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is used in the United States, Canada, Romania, China and Taiwan. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, county towns have a similar function.

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text: Innovation can be defined simply as a "new idea, device, or method". However, innovation is often also viewed as the application of better solutions that meet new requirements, unarticulated needs, or existing market needs. This is accomplished through more-effective products, processes, services, technologies, or business models that are readily available to markets, governments and society. The term "innovation" can be defined as something original and more effective and, as a consequence, new, that "breaks into" the market or society. It is related to, but not the same as, invention. Innovation is often manifested via the engineering process. The exnovation is the opposite of innovation.

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text: application

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text: accomplished

text: through

text: more

text: effective

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text: business

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text: term

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text: can

text: be

text: defined

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text: consequence

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text: market

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text: society

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text: related

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text: same

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text: via

text: the

text: engineering

text: process

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text: exnovation

text: is

text: the

text: opposite

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text: innovation

text: California is the most populous state in the United States and the third most extensive by area. Located on the western (Pacific Ocean) coast of the U.S., California is bordered by the other U.S. states of Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California. The state capital is Sacramento. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second largest after New York City. The state also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County.

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text: most

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text: United

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text: other

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text: Arizona

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text: the

text: Mexican

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text: Angeles

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text: 's

text: most

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text: country

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text: second

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text: state

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text: nation

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text: most

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text: largest

text: county

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text: area

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text: Bernardino

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text: Genre (or ; from French "genre" , "kind" or "sort", from Latin "genus" (stem "gener-"), Greek , "gés")

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text: Latin

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text: Appalachian State University (also referred to as Appalachian, App State, App, ASU) is a comprehensive (Master's L), public, coeducational university in Boone, North Carolina, United States.

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text: referred

text: to

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text: comprehensive

text: Master

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text: coeducational

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text: Boone

text: North

text: Carolina

text: United

text: States

text: North Carolina is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west, Virginia to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. North Carolina is the 28th most extensive and the 9th most populous of the U.S. states. The state is divided into 100 counties. The capital is Raleigh. The most populous municipality is Charlotte, and it is the second largest banking center in the United States after New York City.

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text: southeastern

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text: the

text: United

text: States

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text: state

text: borders

text: South

text: Carolina

text: and

text: Georgia

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text: the

text: south

text: Tennessee

text: to

text: the

text: west

text: Virginia

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: and

text: the

text: Atlantic

text: Ocean

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: North

text: Carolina

text: is

text: the

text: most

text: extensive

text: and

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: of

text: the

text: U.S.

text: states

text: The

text: state

text: is

text: divided

text: into

text: counties

text: The

text: capital

text: is

text: Raleigh

text: The

text: most

text: populous

text: municipality

text: is

text: Charlotte

text: and

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: second

text: largest

text: banking

text: center

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: after

text: New

text: York

text: City

text: Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.

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text: is

text: systematic

text: enterprise

text: that

text: builds

text: and

text: organizes

text: knowledge

text: in

text: the

text: form

text: of

text: testable

text: explanations

text: and

text: predictions

text: about

text: the

text: universe

text: Time travel is the concept of movement (such as by a human) between certain points in time, analogous to movement between different points in space, typically using a hypothetical device known as a time machine, in the form of a vehicle or of a portal connecting distant points in time. Time travel is a recognized concept in philosophy and fiction, but traveling to an arbitrary point in time has a very limited support in theoretical physics, and usually only in conjunction with quantum mechanics or wormholes, also known as Einstein-Rosen bridges. In a more narrow sense, one-way time travel into the future via time dilation is a well-understood phenomenon within the frameworks of special relativity and general relativity, but advancing a large amount of time is not feasible with current technology. The concept was touched upon in various earlier works of fiction, but was popularized by H. G. Wells' 1895 novel "The Time Machine", which moved the concept of time travel into the public imagination, and it remains a popular subject in science fiction.

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text: points

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text: different

text: points

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text: hypothetical

text: device

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text: as

text: time

text: machine

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text: form

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text: of

text: portal

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text: points

text: in

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text: Time

text: travel

text: is

text: recognized

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text: philosophy

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text: fiction

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text: to

text: an

text: arbitrary

text: point

text: in

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text: very

text: limited

text: support

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text: usually

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text: mechanics

text: or

text: wormholes

text: also

text: known

text: as

text: Einstein

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text: bridges

text: In

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text: narrow

text: sense

text: one

text: way

text: time

text: travel

text: into

text: the

text: future

text: via

text: time

text: dilation

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text: well

text: understood

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text: the

text: frameworks

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text: special

text: relativity

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text: general

text: relativity

text: but

text: advancing

text: large

text: amount

text: of

text: time

text: is

text: not

text: feasible

text: with

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text: technology

text: The

text: concept

text: was

text: touched

text: upon

text: in

text: various

text: earlier

text: works

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text: fiction

text: but

text: was

text: popularized

text: by

text: Wells

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text: Machine

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text: concept

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text: time

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text: public

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text: Santa Cruz is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, California. As of 2013 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated Santa Cruz's population at 62,864.

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text: the

text: county

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text: largest

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text: Cruz

text: County

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text: of

text: the

text: U.S.

text: Census

text: Bureau

text: estimated

text: Santa

text: Cruz

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text: population

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text: Goldsboro is a city in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 36,437 at the 2010 Census. It is the principal city of and is included in the Goldsboro, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The nearby town of Waynesboro was founded in 1787 and Goldsboro was incorporated in 1847. It is the county seat of Wayne County. The city is situated in North Carolina's Coastal Plain and is bordered on the south by the Neuse River and the west by the Little River, about 43 miles southwest of Greenville and 55 miles southeast of Raleigh, the state capital and 87 miles northwest of Wilmington in Southeastern North Carolina. Goldsboro is best known as home to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.

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text: Census

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text: principal

text: city

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text: and

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text: Goldsboro

text: North

text: Carolina

text: Metropolitan

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text: south

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text: west

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text: miles

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text: state

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text: Fantasy is a fiction genre set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. Most fantasy uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting. Magic and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds. Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of scientific and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three, all of which are subgenres of speculative fiction.

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text: fiction

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text: in

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text: without

text: any

text: locations

text: events

text: or

text: people

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text: the

text: real

text: world

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text: magic

text: or

text: other

text: supernatural

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text: plot

text: element

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text: or

text: setting

text: Magic

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text: magical

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text: are

text: common

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text: imaginary

text: worlds

text: Fantasy

text: is

text: generally

text: distinguished

text: from

text: the

text: genres

text: of

text: science

text: fiction

text: and

text: horror

text: by

text: the

text: expectation

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text: The supernatural (Medieval Latin: "superntrlis": "supra" "above" + "naturalis" "natural", first used: 15201530 AD) includes all that cannot be explained by science or the laws of nature, including things characteristic of or relating to ghosts, gods, or other supernatural beings, or to things beyond nature.

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text: Speculative fiction is a broad umbrella genre denoting any narrative fiction with supernatural or futuristic elements; this encompasses the genres of science fiction, fantasy, horror, alternative history, magic realism, and superhero fiction, as well as combinations of the previous genres. It typically strays strongly from reality and so may feature fictional types of beings like mythical creatures and supernatural entities, technologies that do not exist in real life like time machines and interstellar spaceships, or magical or otherwise scientifically inexplicable elements. The term's popularity is sometimes attributed to Robert Heinlein, who referenced it in 1947 in an editorial essay, although there are prior mentions of speculative fiction, or its variant "speculative literature".

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text: previous

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text: reality

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text: fictional

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text: of

text: beings

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text: and

text: supernatural

text: entities

text: technologies

text: that

text: do

text: not

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text: life

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text: time

text: machines

text: and

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text: magical

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text: term

text: 's

text: popularity

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text: Robert

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text: Science fiction (often shortened to SF, sci-fi or scifi) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. Science fiction often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations, and has been called a "literature of ideas." It usually avoids the supernatural, and unlike the related genre of fantasy, historically science fiction stories were intended to have a grounding in science-based fact or theory at the time the story was created, but this connection is now limited to hard science fiction.

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text: as

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text: science

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text: technology

text: space

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text: time

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text: light

text: travel

text: parallel

text: universes

text: and

text: extraterrestrial

text: life

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text: fiction

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text: potential

text: consequences

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text: scientific

text: and

text: other

text: innovations

text: and

text: has

text: been

text: called

text: literature

text: of

text: ideas

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text: supernatural

text: and

text: unlike

text: the

text: related

text: genre

text: of

text: fantasy

text: historically

text: science

text: fiction

text: stories

text: were

text: intended

text: to

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text: in

text: science

text: based

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text: theory

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text: the

text: time

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text: story

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text: now

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text: science

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text: Fiction is the classification for any story or universe derived from imaginationin other words, not based strictly on history or fact. Fiction can be expressed in a variety of formats, including writings, live performances, films, television programs, animations, video games, and role-playing games, though the term originally and most commonly refers to the narrative forms of literature (see "literary" fiction), including the novel, novella, short story, and play. Fiction constitutes an act of creative invention, so that faithfulness to reality is not typically assumed; in other words, fiction is not expected to present only characters who are actual people or descriptions that are factually true. The context of fiction is generally open to interpretation, due to fiction's freedom from any necessary embedding in reality; however, some fictional works are claimed to be, or marketed as, historically or factually accurate, complicating the traditional distinction between fiction and non-fiction. Fiction is a classification or category, rather than a specific mode or genre, unless used in a narrower sense as a synonym for a particular literary fiction form.

text: Fiction

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text: classification

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text: any

text: story

text: or

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Boone is a town located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, United States. Boone's population was 17,122 in 2010. Boone is the county seat of Watauga County and the home of Appalachian State University.
The town is named for famous American pioneer and explorer Daniel Boone, and every summer since 1952 has hosted an outdoor amphitheatre drama, Horn in the West, portraying the British settlement of the area during the American Revolutionary War and featuring the contributions of its namesake.

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text: Dudley is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States, about 9 miles south of Goldsboro. Part of this area includes the Brogden CDP. Dudley is included in the Goldsboro, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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text: Tim Pratt ( born December 12 , 1976 ) is a science fiction and fantasy writer and poet . He grew up in the vicinity of Dudley , North Carolina , and attended Appalachian State University , where he earned a Bachelor 's in English . In 1999 he attended the Clarion East Writing Workshop . He moved to Santa Cruz , California in 2000 , and currently resides in Oakland with his wife Heather Shaw and son River . He currently works as a senior editor at Locus Magazine . Pratt 's work has appeared in a number of markets , including Asimov 's Science Fiction , Realms of Fantasy , Orson Scott Card 's InterGalactic Medicine Show , and Strange Horizons . His story `` Little Gods '' ( online ) ( 2002 ) was nominated for Nebula Award for the Best Short Story . His story `` Hart & Boot , '' first published in Polyphony 4 , was reprinted in Best American Short Stories : 2005 . His `` Impossible Dreams '' ( Asimov 's July 2006 ) won the Hugo Award in the Best Short Story category . Collection Hart & Boot & Other Stories was a World Fantasy Award finalist in 2008 . He has also had stories and poems published in various other markets and Year 's Best collections . In 2009 , he donated his archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University .

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text: Technology ("science of craft", from Greek , "techne", "art, skill, cunning of hand"; and , "-logia") is the collection of techniques, skills, methods and processes used in the production of goods or services or in the accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific investigation. Technology can be the knowledge of techniques, processes, and the like, or it can be embedded in machines which can be operated without detailed knowledge of their workings.

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text: accomplishment

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text: in

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text: which

text: can

text: be

text: operated

text: without

text: detailed

text: knowledge

text: of

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text: workings

question: place_of_birth tim pratt

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text: Fourcross is a form of four-wheeled downhill mountain biking, pioneered in Canada and the United States. It has the benefit of being suitable for disabled riders. The sport each year is part of the Crankworx festival

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text: is

text: form

text: of

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text: wheeled

text: downhill

text: mountain

text: biking

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text: in

text: Canada

text: and

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: It

text: has

text: the

text: benefit

text: of

text: being

text: suitable

text: for

text: disabled

text: riders

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text: sport

text: each

text: year

text: is

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: Crankworx

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text: Mountain bike racing (shortened MTB or ATB racing) is a competitive cycle sport held on off-road terrain. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) recognised the discipline relatively late in 1990, when it sanctioned the world championships in Durango, Colorado. The first UCI Mountain Bike World Cup series took place in 1988. Its nine-race circuit covered two continentsEurope and North Americaand was sponsored by Grundig. Cross-country racing was the only World Cup sport at this time. In 1993, a six-event downhill World Cup was introduced. In 1996, cross-country mountain biking events were added to the Olympic Games. In 2006, cross-country mountain biking events became part of the World Deaf Cycling Championships for the first time in San Francisco, USA.

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text: racing

text: is

text: competitive

text: cycle

text: sport

text: held

text: on

text: off

text: road

text: terrain

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text: Union

text: Cycliste

text: Internationale

text: UCI

text: recognised

text: the

text: discipline

text: relatively

text: late

text: in

text: when

text: it

text: sanctioned

text: the

text: world

text: championships

text: in

text: Durango

text: Colorado

text: The

text: first

text: UCI

text: Mountain

text: Bike

text: World

text: Cup

text: series

text: took

text: place

text: in

text: Its

text: nine

text: race

text: circuit

text: covered

text: two

text: continentsEurope

text: and

text: North

text: Americaand

text: was

text: sponsored

text: by

text: Grundig

text: Cross

text: country

text: racing

text: was

text: the

text: only

text: World

text: Cup

text: sport

text: at

text: this

text: time

text: In

text: six

text: event

text: downhill

text: World

text: Cup

text: was

text: introduced

text: In

text: cross

text: country

text: mountain

text: biking

text: events

text: were

text: added

text: to

text: the

text: Olympic

text: Games

text: In

text: cross

text: country

text: mountain

text: biking

text: events

text: became

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: World

text: Deaf

text: Cycling

text: Championships

text: for

text: the

text: first

text: time

text: in

text: San

text: Francisco

text: USA

text: Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, time trialling, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling sports include artistic cycling, cycle polo, freestyle BMX and mountain bike trials. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is the world governing body for cycling and international competitive cycling events. The International Human Powered Vehicle Association is the governing body for human-powered vehicles that imposes far fewer restrictions on their design than does the UCI. The UltraMarathon Cycling Association is the governing body for many ultra-distance cycling races.

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text: are

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text: of

text: bicycle

text: racing

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text: bicycle

text: racing

text: time

text: trialling

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text: cross

text: mountain

text: bike

text: racing

text: track

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text: cycle

text: speedway

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text: racing

text: cycling

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text: cycling

text: cycle

text: polo

text: freestyle

text: BMX

text: and

text: mountain

text: bike

text: trials

text: The

text: Union

text: Cycliste

text: Internationale

text: UCI

text: is

text: the

text: world

text: governing

text: body

text: for

text: cycling

text: and

text: international

text: competitive

text: cycling

text: events

text: The

text: International

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text: Vehicle

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text: the

text: governing

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text: restrictions

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text: design

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text: the

text: UCI

text: The

text: UltraMarathon

text: Cycling

text: Association

text: is

text: the

text: governing

text: body

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text: ultra

text: distance

text: cycling

text: races

text: BMX, an abbreviation for bicycle motocross, is a cycle sport performed on BMX bikes, either in competitive BMX racing or freestyle BMX, or else in general on- or off-road recreation. BMX began when young cyclists appropriated motocross tracks for fun, racing and stunts, eventually evolving specialized BMX bikes and competitions.

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text: abbreviation

text: for

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text: motocross

text: is

text: cycle

text: sport

text: performed

text: on

text: BMX

text: bikes

text: either

text: in

text: competitive

text: BMX

text: racing

text: or

text: freestyle

text: BMX

text: or

text: else

text: in

text: general

text: on-

text: or

text: off

text: road

text: recreation

text: BMX

text: began

text: when

text: young

text: cyclists

text: appropriated

text: motocross

text: tracks

text: for

text: fun

text: racing

text: and

text: stunts

text: eventually

text: evolving

text: specialized

text: BMX

text: bikes

text: and

text: competitions

text: The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is a multi-round mountain bike racing series that is sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale . The first World Cup series -- which was composed of cross-country events -- was held in 1989 . The Downhill World Cup was inaugurated two years later , and the Dual Slalom World Cup was launched in 1998 . The dual - slalom format -- which involved knock - out heats with two riders on the parallel courses in each heat -- evolved into four - cross ( with four riders on a single course per heat ) in 2002 before being dropped after the 2011 season . Riders win points according to their placing in each event . The reigning series leaders in each class are identified by a special jersey .

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text: UCI

text: Mountain

text: Bike

text: World

text: Cup

text: is

text: multi

text: round

text: mountain

text: bike

text: racing

text: series

text: that

text: is

text: sanctioned

text: by

text: the

text: Union

text: Cycliste

text: Internationale

text: The

text: first

text: World

text: Cup

text: series

text: which

text: was

text: composed

text: of

text: cross

text: country

text: events

text: was

text: held

text: in

text: The

text: Downhill

text: World

text: Cup

text: was

text: inaugurated

text: two

text: years

text: later

text: and

text: the

text: Dual

text: Slalom

text: World

text: Cup

text: was

text: launched

text: in

text: The

text: dual

text: slalom

text: format

text: which

text: involved

text: knock

text: out

text: heats

text: with

text: two

text: riders

text: on

text: the

text: parallel

text: courses

text: in

text: each

text: heat

text: evolved

text: into

text: four

text: cross

text: with

text: four

text: riders

text: on

text: single

text: course

text: per

text: heat

text: in

text: before

text: being

text: dropped

text: after

text: the

text: season

text: Riders

text: win

text: points

text: according

text: to

text: their

text: placing

text: in

text: each

text: event

text: The

text: reigning

text: series

text: leaders

text: in

text: each

text: class

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text: identified

text: by

text: special

text: jersey

text: Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. Persons engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bikers", or less commonly, as "bicyclists". Apart from two-wheeled bicycles, "cycling" also includes the riding of unicycles, tricycles, quadracycles, recumbent and similar human-powered vehicles (HPVs).

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text: or

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text: the

text: use

text: of

text: bicycles

text: for

text: transport

text: recreation

text: exercise

text: or

text: sport

text: Persons

text: engaged

text: in

text: cycling

text: are

text: referred

text: to

text: as

text: cyclists

text: bikers

text: or

text: less

text: commonly

text: as

text: bicyclists

text: Apart

text: from

text: two

text: wheeled

text: bicycles

text: cycling

text: also

text: includes

text: the

text: riding

text: of

text: unicycles

text: tricycles

text: quadracycles

text: recumbent

text: and

text: similar

text: human

text: powered

text: vehicles

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text: Four-cross (4X), also called mountain-cross, not to be confused with fourcross, is a relatively new style of mountain bike racing where four bikers race downhill on a prepared, BMX like, track, simply trying to get down first. These bikes are generally either full suspension with 3 to 4 inches of travel, or hardtails, and typically have relatively strong frames. They run a chainguide on front and gears on the back. They have slack head angles, short chainstays and low bottom brackets for good cornering and acceleration. In recent years the tracks raced on have been rougher and less like those used in BMX.

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text: also

text: called

text: mountain

text: cross

text: not

text: to

text: be

text: confused

text: with

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text: is

text: relatively

text: new

text: style

text: of

text: mountain

text: bike

text: racing

text: where

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text: bikers

text: race

text: downhill

text: on

text: prepared

text: BMX

text: like

text: track

text: simply

text: trying

text: to

text: get

text: down

text: first

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text: bikes

text: are

text: generally

text: either

text: full

text: suspension

text: with

text: to

text: inches

text: of

text: travel

text: or

text: hardtails

text: and

text: typically

text: have

text: relatively

text: strong

text: frames

text: They

text: run

text: chainguide

text: on

text: front

text: and

text: gears

text: on

text: the

text: back

text: They

text: have

text: slack

text: head

text: angles

text: short

text: chainstays

text: and

text: low

text: bottom

text: brackets

text: for

text: good

text: cornering

text: and

text: acceleration

text: In

text: recent

text: years

text: the

text: tracks

text: raced

text: on

text: have

text: been

text: rougher

text: and

text: less

text: like

text: those

text: used

text: in

text: BMX

text: The Union Cycliste Internationale, commonly known by the acronym UCI, is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland.

text: The

text: Union

text: Cycliste

text: Internationale

text: commonly

text: known

text: by

text: the

text: acronym

text: UCI

text: is

text: the

text: world

text: governing

text: body

text: for

text: sports

text: cycling

text: and

text: oversees

text: international

text: competitive

text: cycling

text: events

text: The

text: UCI

text: is

text: based

text: in

text: Aigle

text: Switzerland

text: A mountain bike or mountain bicycle (abbreviated Mtn Bike, MTB; or ATB, for all-terrain bicycle) is a bicycle designed for off-road cycling. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain. These typically include suspension on the frame and fork, large knobby tires, more durable heavy duty wheels, more powerful brakes, and lower gear ratios needed for steep grades with poor traction.

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text: bike

text: or

text: mountain

text: bicycle

text: abbreviated

text: Mtn

text: Bike

text: MTB

text: or

text: ATB

text: for

text: all

text: terrain

text: bicycle

text: is

text: bicycle

text: designed

text: for

text: off

text: road

text: cycling

text: Mountain

text: bikes

text: share

text: similarities

text: with

text: other

text: bikes

text: but

text: incorporate

text: features

text: designed

text: to

text: enhance

text: durability

text: and

text: performance

text: in

text: rough

text: terrain

text: These

text: typically

text: include

text: suspension

text: on

text: the

text: frame

text: and

text: fork

text: large

text: knobby

text: tires

text: more

text: durable

text: heavy

text: duty

text: wheels

text: more

text: powerful

text: brakes

text: and

text: lower

text: gear

text: ratios

text: needed

text: for

text: steep

text: grades

text: with

text: poor

text: traction

annotations: likely multiple

question: sport uci mountain bike world cup

answer: mountain biking

text: mountain biking

text: mountain biking

text: mountain biking


text: Redshirt , in United States college athletics , is a delay or suspension of an athlete 's participation in order to lengthen his period of eligibility . Typically , a student 's athletic eligibility in a given sport is four seasons , a number derived from the four years of academic classes that are normally required to obtain a bachelor 's degree at an American college or university . However , in a redshirt year , student athletes may attend classes at the college or university , practice with an athletic team , and dress for play but may not compete in games . Using this mechanism , a student athlete has up to five academic years to use the four years of eligibility , thus becoming a fifth - year senior . The origin of the term redshirt was likely from Warren Alfson of the University of Nebraska who , in 1937 , asked to practice but not play and wore a Nebraska redshirt without a number . The term is used as a verb , noun , and adjective . For example , a coach may choose to redshirt a player who is then referred to as a redshirt , and a redshirt freshman refers to an athlete in the first year of eligibility .

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text: in

text: United

text: States

text: college

text: athletics

text: is

text: delay

text: or

text: suspension

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text: A student athlete (sometimes written studentathlete) is a participant in an organized competitive sport sponsored by the educational institution in which he or she is enrolled. Student athletes must typically balance the roles of being a full-time student and a full-time athlete. Due to educational institutions being colleges, they offer athletic scholarships in various sports. Many student athletes are compensated with scholarships to attend these institutions but these scholarships are not mandatory to be considered a student athlete. In the United States, athletic scholarships are largely regulated by either the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) or the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which sets minimum standards for both the individuals awarded the scholarships (in terms of GPAs and standardized test scores) and for the institutions granting them (in terms of the form and value of the scholarships and the proportion of recipients who must ultimately earn degrees). The term "student-athlete" was coined in 1964 by Walter Byers, the first-ever executive director of the NCAA, to counter attempts to require universities to pay workers' compensation.

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text: the

text: educational

text: institution

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text: she

text: is

text: enrolled

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text: roles

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text: being

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text: time

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text: full

text: time

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text: States

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text: National

text: Association

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text: National

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text: Athletic

text: Association

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text: scholarships

text: and

text: the

text: proportion

text: of

text: recipients

text: who

text: must

text: ultimately

text: earn

text: degrees

text: The

text: term

text: student

text: athlete

text: was

text: coined

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text: first

text: ever

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text: the

text: NCAA

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text: attempts

text: to

text: require

text: universities

text: to

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text: workers

text: compensation

text: The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a non-profit association which regulates athletes of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations, and individuals. It also organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, and helps more than 450,000 college student-athletes who compete annually in college sports. The organization is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 2014, the NCAA generated almost a billion dollars in revenue. 80 to 90% of this revenue was due to the Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. This revenue is then distributed back into various organizations and institutions across the United States.

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text: Collegiate

text: Athletic

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text: non

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text: association

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text: institutions

text: conferences

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text: and

text: individuals

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text: also

text: organizes

text: the

text: athletic

text: programs

text: of

text: many

text: colleges

text: and

text: universities

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: and

text: Canada

text: and

text: helps

text: more

text: than

text: college

text: student

text: athletes

text: who

text: compete

text: annually

text: in

text: college

text: sports

text: The

text: organization

text: is

text: headquartered

text: in

text: Indianapolis

text: Indiana

text: In

text: the

text: NCAA

text: generated

text: almost

text: billion

text: dollars

text: in

text: revenue

text: to

text: of

text: this

text: revenue

text: was

text: due

text: to

text: the

text: Men

text: 's

text: Division

text: Basketball

text: Tournament

text: This

text: revenue

text: is

text: then

text: distributed

text: back

text: into

text: various

text: organizations

text: and

text: institutions

text: across

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Walter Byers (March 13, 1922  May 26, 2015) was the first executive director of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. He served from 1951 to 1988. He also helped start the United States Basketball Writers Association in 1956. The NCAA Walter Byers Scholarship is named in his honor.

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text: May

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text: the

text: National

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text: Association

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text: to

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text: also

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text: the

text: United

text: States

text: Basketball

text: Writers

text: Association

text: in

text: The

text: NCAA

text: Walter

text: Byers

text: Scholarship

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text: named

text: in

text: his

text: honor

text: An athletic scholarship is a form of scholarship to attend a college or university or a private high school awarded to an individual based predominantly on his or her ability to play in a sport. Athletic scholarships are common in the United States, but in many countries they are rare or non-existent.

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text: or

text: her

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text: to

text: play

text: in

text: sport

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text: common

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text: United

text: States

text: but

text: in

text: many

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text: or

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text: Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr. (; born January 17, 1982) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has established himself as one of the most well-known and popular players in the league. Wade had the top-selling jersey in the NBA for nearly two years, leading the league in jersey sales from the 2005 NBA Playoffs, until the midpoint of the 200607 season.

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text: Tyrone

text: Wade

text: Jr.

text: born

text: January

text: is

text: an

text: American

text: professional

text: basketball

text: player

text: for

text: the

text: Chicago

text: Bulls

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Basketball

text: Association

text: NBA

text: He

text: has

text: established

text: himself

text: as

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: most

text: well

text: known

text: and

text: popular

text: players

text: in

text: the

text: league

text: Wade

text: had

text: the

text: top

text: selling

text: jersey

text: in

text: the

text: NBA

text: for

text: nearly

text: two

text: years

text: leading

text: the

text: league

text: in

text: jersey

text: sales

text: from

text: the

text: NBA

text: Playoffs

text: until

text: the

text: midpoint

text: of

text: the

text: season

text: Aaron Jamal Crawford (born March 20, 1980) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Crawford played his high school basketball for Rainier Beach High School, a basketball powerhouse in Seattle, before committing to play for the University of Michigan. Crawford was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers but was traded on draft day to the Chicago Bulls. In his career, he has also played for the New York Knicks, Golden State Warriors, Atlanta Hawks and Portland Trail Blazers. He won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in 2010, 2014 and 2016, becoming the first three-time winner of the award in NBA history. He currently holds the record for most career four-point plays made with 48 (53 when counting the playoffs).

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text: Jamal

text: Crawford

text: born

text: March

text: is

text: an

text: American

text: professional

text: basketball

text: player

text: for

text: the

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: Clippers

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Basketball

text: Association

text: NBA

text: Crawford

text: played

text: his

text: high

text: school

text: basketball

text: for

text: Rainier

text: Beach

text: High

text: School

text: basketball

text: powerhouse

text: in

text: Seattle

text: before

text: committing

text: to

text: play

text: for

text: the

text: University

text: of

text: Michigan

text: Crawford

text: was

text: selected

text: by

text: the

text: Cleveland

text: Cavaliers

text: but

text: was

text: traded

text: on

text: draft

text: day

text: to

text: the

text: Chicago

text: Bulls

text: In

text: his

text: career

text: he

text: has

text: also

text: played

text: for

text: the

text: New

text: York

text: Knicks

text: Golden

text: State

text: Warriors

text: Atlanta

text: Hawks

text: and

text: Portland

text: Trail

text: Blazers

text: He

text: won

text: the

text: NBA

text: Sixth

text: Man

text: of

text: the

text: Year

text: Award

text: in

text: and

text: becoming

text: the

text: first

text: three

text: time

text: winner

text: of

text: the

text: award

text: in

text: NBA

text: history

text: He

text: currently

text: holds

text: the

text: record

text: for

text: most

text: career

text: four

text: point

text: plays

text: made

text: with

text: when

text: counting

text: the

text: playoffs

text: Tyreke Jamir Evans (born September 19, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball at the University of Memphis and was selected by the Sacramento Kings with the 4th overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft. Evans was the 2010 NBA Rookie of the Year winner and was traded to New Orleans in 2013.

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text: Jamir

text: Evans

text: born

text: September

text: is

text: an

text: American

text: professional

text: basketball

text: player

text: for

text: the

text: New

text: Orleans

text: Pelicans

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Basketball

text: Association

text: NBA

text: He

text: played

text: college

text: basketball

text: at

text: the

text: University

text: of

text: Memphis

text: and

text: was

text: selected

text: by

text: the

text: Sacramento

text: Kings

text: with

text: the

text: overall

text: pick

text: in

text: the

text: NBA

text: draft

text: Evans

text: was

text: the

text: NBA

text: Rookie

text: of

text: the

text: Year

text: winner

text: and

text: was

text: traded

text: to

text: New

text: Orleans

text: in

text: Kobe Bean Bryant (born August 23, 1978) is an American retired professional basketball player and businessman. He played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He entered the NBA directly from high school and won five NBA championships with the Lakers. Bryant is an 18-time All-Star, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, and 12-time member of the All-Defensive team. He led the NBA in scoring during two seasons, and ranks third on both the league's all-time regular season scoring and all-time postseason scoring lists. He holds the NBA record for the most seasons playing with one franchise for an entire career.

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text: Bean

text: Bryant

text: born

text: August

text: is

text: an

text: American

text: retired

text: professional

text: basketball

text: player

text: and

text: businessman

text: He

text: played

text: his

text: entire

text: career

text: with

text: the

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: Lakers

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Basketball

text: Association

text: NBA

text: He

text: entered

text: the

text: NBA

text: directly

text: from

text: high

text: school

text: and

text: won

text: five

text: NBA

text: championships

text: with

text: the

text: Lakers

text: Bryant

text: is

text: an

text: All

text: Star

text: member

text: of

text: the

text: All

text: NBA

text: Team

text: and

text: member

text: of

text: the

text: All

text: Defensive

text: team

text: He

text: led

text: the

text: NBA

text: in

text: scoring

text: during

text: two

text: seasons

text: and

text: ranks

text: third

text: on

text: both

text: the

text: league

text: 's

text: all

text: time

text: regular

text: season

text: scoring

text: and

text: all

text: time

text: postseason

text: scoring

text: lists

text: He

text: holds

text: the

text: NBA

text: record

text: for

text: the

text: most

text: seasons

text: playing

text: with

text: one

text: franchise

text: for

text: an

text: entire

text: career

text: The Kansas Jayhawks, commonly referred to as KU, are the teams of the athletic department at the University of Kansas. KU is one of three schools in the state of Kansas that participate in NCAA Division I. The Jayhawks are also a member of the Big 12 Conference. University of Kansas athletic teams have won eleven NCAA Division I championships: three in men's basketball, one in men's cross country, three in men's indoor track and field, three in men's outdoor track and field, and one in women's outdoor track and field.

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text: Kansas

text: Jayhawks

text: commonly

text: referred

text: to

text: as

text: KU

text: are

text: the

text: teams

text: of

text: the

text: athletic

text: department

text: at

text: the

text: University

text: of

text: Kansas

text: KU

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: three

text: schools

text: in

text: the

text: state

text: of

text: Kansas

text: that

text: participate

text: in

text: NCAA

text: Division

text: The

text: Jayhawks

text: are

text: also

text: member

text: of

text: the

text: Big

text: Conference

text: University

text: of

text: Kansas

text: athletic

text: teams

text: have

text: won

text: eleven

text: NCAA

text: Division

text: championships

text: three

text: in

text: men

text: 's

text: basketball

text: one

text: in

text: men

text: 's

text: cross

text: country

text: three

text: in

text: men

text: 's

text: indoor

text: track

text: and

text: field

text: three

text: in

text: men

text: 's

text: outdoor

text: track

text: and

text: field

text: and

text: one

text: in

text: women

text: 's

text: outdoor

text: track

text: and

text: field

text: In sports, a Swingman is an athlete capable of playing multiple positions in their respective game.

text: In

text: sports

text: Swingman

text: is

text: an

text: athlete

text: capable

text: of

text: playing

text: multiple

text: positions

text: in

text: their

text: respective

text: game

text: The shooting guard (SG), also known as the two or off guard, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team. Some teams ask their shooting guards to bring up the ball as well; these players are known colloquially as combo guards. Kobe Bryant, for example, as a shooting guard was as good a playmaker as he was a scorer; other examples of combo guards are Dwyane Wade, Allen Iverson, James Harden, Jamal Crawford, Randy Foye and Jason Terry. A player who can switch between playing shooting guard and small forward is known as a swingman. Notable swing men (also known as wing players) include Jimmy Butler, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter, Joe Johnson, Andre Iguodala, Andrew Wiggins, Evan Turner and Tyreke Evans. In the NBA, shooting guards usually range from 6' 4" (1.93 m) to 6' 7" (2.01 m).

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text: shooting

text: guard

text: SG

text: also

text: known

text: as

text: the

text: two

text: or

text: off

text: guard

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: five

text: positions

text: in

text: regulation

text: basketball

text: game

text: shooting

text: guard

text: 's

text: main

text: objective

text: is

text: to

text: score

text: points

text: for

text: his

text: team

text: Some

text: teams

text: ask

text: their

text: shooting

text: guards

text: to

text: bring

text: up

text: the

text: ball

text: as

text: well

text: these

text: players

text: are

text: known

text: colloquially

text: as

text: combo

text: guards

text: Kobe

text: Bryant

text: for

text: example

text: as

text: shooting

text: guard

text: was

text: as

text: good

text: playmaker

text: as

text: he

text: was

text: scorer

text: other

text: examples

text: of

text: combo

text: guards

text: are

text: Dwyane

text: Wade

text: Allen

text: Iverson

text: James

text: Harden

text: Jamal

text: Crawford

text: Randy

text: Foye

text: and

text: Jason

text: Terry

text: player

text: who

text: can

text: switch

text: between

text: playing

text: shooting

text: guard

text: and

text: small

text: forward

text: is

text: known

text: as

text: swingman

text: Notable

text: swing

text: men

text: also

text: known

text: as

text: wing

text: players

text: include

text: Jimmy

text: Butler

text: Tracy

text: McGrady

text: Vince

text: Carter

text: Joe

text: Johnson

text: Andre

text: Iguodala

text: Andrew

text: Wiggins

text: Evan

text: Turner

text: and

text: Tyreke

text: Evans

text: In

text: the

text: NBA

text: shooting

text: guards

text: usually

text: range

text: from

text: to

text: Tracy Lamar McGrady Jr. (born May 24, 1979) is an American retired professional basketball player who played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a seven-time NBA All-Star, seven-time All-NBA selection, and a two-time NBA scoring champion (2003 and 2004). McGrady played as a swingman.

text: Tracy

text: Lamar

text: McGrady

text: Jr.

text: born

text: May

text: is

text: an

text: American

text: retired

text: professional

text: basketball

text: player

text: who

text: played

text: professionally

text: in

text: the

text: National

text: Basketball

text: Association

text: NBA

text: He

text: is

text: seven

text: time

text: NBA

text: All

text: Star

text: seven

text: time

text: All

text: NBA

text: selection

text: and

text: two

text: time

text: NBA

text: scoring

text: champion

text: and

text: McGrady

text: played

text: as

text: swingman

text: Evan Marcel Turner (born October 27, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted second overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2010 NBA draft and played for them until he was traded in February 2014 to the Indiana Pacers. Turner plays the point guard, shooting guard and small forward positions.

text: Evan

text: Marcel

text: Turner

text: born

text: October

text: is

text: an

text: American

text: professional

text: basketball

text: player

text: for

text: the

text: Portland

text: Trail

text: Blazers

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Basketball

text: Association

text: NBA

text: He

text: was

text: drafted

text: second

text: overall

text: by

text: the

text: Philadelphia

text: in

text: the

text: NBA

text: draft

text: and

text: played

text: for

text: them

text: until

text: he

text: was

text: traded

text: in

text: February

text: to

text: the

text: Indiana

text: Pacers

text: Turner

text: plays

text: the

text: point

text: guard

text: shooting

text: guard

text: and

text: small

text: forward

text: positions

text: Jason Eugene Terry (born September 15, 1977) is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays at both guard positions and is nicknamed "The Jet". Terry won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year award in 2009 and an NBA championship with the Dallas Mavericks in 2011. Terry has made the third-most three-point field goals in NBA history.

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text: Eugene

text: Terry

text: born

text: September

text: is

text: an

text: American

text: professional

text: basketball

text: player

text: for

text: the

text: Milwaukee

text: Bucks

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Basketball

text: Association

text: NBA

text: He

text: plays

text: at

text: both

text: guard

text: positions

text: and

text: is

text: nicknamed

text: The

text: Jet

text: Terry

text: won

text: the

text: NBA

text: Sixth

text: Man

text: of

text: the

text: Year

text: award

text: in

text: and

text: an

text: NBA

text: championship

text: with

text: the

text: Dallas

text: Mavericks

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text: Vincent Lamar "Vince" Carter (born January 26, 1977) is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is tall and plays both shooting guard and small forward.

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text: James Edward Harden Jr. (born August 26, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Harden played college basketball for Arizona State, where he was named a consensus All-American and Pac-10 Player of the Year in 2009. Harden was selected with the third overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder. In 2012, he was named NBA Sixth Man of the Year with the Thunder and helped the team reach the NBA Finals.

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text: Allen Ezail Iverson (born June 7, 1975) is an American retired professional basketball player who played for 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played both the shooting guard and point guard positions. Iverson was an eleven-time NBA All-Star, won the All-Star game MVP award in 2001 and 2005, and was the NBA's Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2001.

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text: Basketball is a sport that is played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop in diameter and mounted at a height of to backboards at each end of the court. The game was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, who would be the first basketball coach of the Kansas Jayhawks, one of the most successful programs in the game's history.

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text: Andre Tyler Iguodala (born January 28, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The swingman was an NBA All-Star in 2012 and has been named to the NBA All-Defensive Team twice. Iguodala won an NBA championship with the Warriors in 2015, when he was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. He was also a member of the United States national team at the 2010 FIBA World Championship and 2012 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal both times.

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text: Randy Foye (born September 24, 1983) is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played collegiately at Villanova University. He was selected seventh overall in the 2006 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics, but was immediately traded to the Portland Trail Blazers, and later traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves where he began his career.

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