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The 2018 -- 19 NBA season will be the 73rd season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season will begin on October 16, 2018, and end on April 10, 2019. The playoffs will begin shortly after, with the NBA Finals concluding in June. The 2019 NBA All-Star Game will be played on February 17, 2019, at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Based on this passage, when does the 18 19 nba season start?
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The relevant information to answer the above question is: The regular season will begin on October 16, 2018, and end on April 10, 2019.
So the answer must be October 16 , 2018

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According to the Supreme Court, the Eighth Amendment forbids some punishments entirely, and forbids some other punishments that are excessive when compared to the crime, or compared to the competence of the perpetrator.

Answer this question: when may a non-capital sentence be considered to violate the 8th amendment?
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This is the relevant information: According to the Supreme Court, the Eighth Amendment forbids some punishments entirely, and forbids some other punishments that are excessive when compared to the crime, or compared to the competence of the perpetrator.
So the answer must be excessive when compared to the crime , or compared to the competence of the perpetrator

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On 11 April 2017, Sheeran shot the POV music video for "Galway Girl" in Galway, Ireland and filmed it himself on a Sony A6500 on body-mounted Ikan gimbal rigged to a Steadicam vest. The video was directed by Jason Koenig who also directed the "Shape of You" music video and director of photography Johnny Valencia. Galway Girl features Irish-American actress Saoirse Ronan. It was uploaded to his official YouTube channel on 3 May 2017.

Based on this passage, where was ed sheeran's galway girl filmed?
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The relevant sentence in the passage is: On 11 April 2017, Sheeran shot the POV music video for "Galway Girl" in Galway, Ireland and filmed it himself on a Sony A6500 on body-mounted Ikan gimbal rigged to a Steadicam vest.
So the answer must be Galway , Ireland

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Rice production is important to the economy of the United States. Of the country's row crop farms, rice farms are the most capital-intensive, and have the highest national land rental rate average. In the US, all rice acreage requires irrigation. In 2000-09 approximately 3.1 million acres in the US were under rice production, while an increase is expected in the next decade to approximately 3.3 million acres. US Rice represents rice producers in the six largest rice-producing states of Arkansas (The nations's number one rice producer.), California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas.

Where is rice produced in the united states?
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The relevant sentence in the passage is: US Rice represents rice producers in the six largest rice-producing states of Arkansas (The nations's number one rice producer.), California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas.
So the answer must be Arkansas ( The nations 's number one rice producer . ) , California , Louisiana , Mississippi , Missouri , and Texas