The city of Bern or Berne (German: Bern, pronounced [brn] ( listen); French: Berne [bn]; Italian: Berna [brna]; Romansh: Berna [brn] (helpinfo); Bernese German: Barn [brn]) is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to by the Swiss as their (e.g. in German) Bundesstadt, or "federal city".[note 1] With a population of 140,634 (November 2015), Bern is the fifth most populous city in Switzerland. The Bern agglomeration, which includes 36 municipalities, had a population of 406,900 in 2014. The metropolitan area had a population of 660,000 in 2000. Bern is also the capital of the Canton of Bern, the second most populous of Switzerland's cantons.

The official language of Bern is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the Alemannic Swiss German dialect called Bernese German.

In 1983 the historic old town in the centre of Bern became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Bern is ranked among the world's top ten cities for the best quality of life (2010). What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What is the de facto Swiss capital?
2. How else it it spelled?
3. How many people live in the area?
4. How many cities are in there?
5. What is the official language?
6. Is it the same Germany spoken in Germany?
7. What do most people speak?
8. Is it a bad city to live in?
9. How good of a place to live is it?
10. In the county?
11. How many people live in the city?
12. Is it the biggest city in the country?
13. What is its ranking?
14. What is the city called by the residents?
Answer: 1. Barn
2. Bern or Berne
3. 406,900 in 2014
4. 36
5. German
6. no
7. Bernese German
8. no
9. top ten
10. world's top ten
11. 140,634
12. no
13. fifth
14. Bundesstad

Problem: Los Angeles (CNN) -- MIchael Jackson and Dr. Conrad Murray tried to recruit an anesthesiologist to join them on his comeback tour, according to testimony in the AEG Live wrongful death trial.

Murray arranged the meeting in March 2009 in which Jackson asked Dr. David Adams to travel with him to London, Adams testified.

Adams said that after he offered to take the job for $100,000 a month guaranteed for three years, Murray stopped communicating with him.

"I texted basically, you know, 'what's going on, I'm on board," Adams said. "And no response."

Just weeks later Murray accepted an offer from an AEG Live executive to be Jackson's personal physician on his "This Is It" tour for $150,000 a month.

Murray told investigators he began infusing Jackson with the surgical anesthetic propofol to treat his insomnia in April, a treatment that eventually killed the pop icon.

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Jurors in the trial of Jackson's last concert promoter viewed the video depositions of Adams and two other witnesses Wednesday ahead of a six-day break in testimony.

Jackson's mother and children are suing AEG Live, contending the company's executives negligently hired, retained or supervised Murray, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's propofol overdose death.

AEG Live's lawyers argue it was Jackson -- not its executives -- who chose and controlled Murray and that they had no way of knowing about the dangerous treatments he was giving the singer in the privacy of his bedroom.
1. Who tried to recruit an anesthesiologist ?
2. To do what?
3. Who set up the meeting?
4. Who did he meet with?
5. Did he agree to the job?
6. What did Murray accept from AEG?
7. For how much?
8. What was he giving Jackson for treatment?
9. What was it suppose to be for?
10. Who is suing AEG Live?
11. For what?
12. What was Murray being charged with?
13. Was it an overdose?
14. Where was Jackson receiving this drug at?
15. Who stated it was not the executives fault?
16. How does Jackson's daughter feel?
17. Who looked at the statements depositions in court?
Answer: 1. MIchael Jackson and Dr. Conrad Murray
2. join them on his comeback tour
3. Murray
4. Dr. David Adams
5. yes
6. an offer to be Jackson's personal physician on the tour
7. $150,000 a month
8. propofol
9. his insomnia
10. Jackson's mother and children
11. wrongful death
12. involuntary manslaughter
13. yes
14. in his bedroom
15. AEG Live's lawyers
16. like she has no life
17. Jurors

question: OK, I admit it: emoticons are popular. Some people even think they are fun. Many seem unable to get through an e-mail or Instant Message chat sentence without using one. Some feel that they add feeling and character to otherwise cold digital communications.

Some people, such as a Hollywood scriptwriter John Blumenthal, however, _ the use of emoticons as "infantile just like the people who use them". He believes that words themselves should be enough. "If you're funny, happy or sad, that should be apparent from the comment that goes before the emoticons," he argues.

In the eyes of Blumenthal, the use of emoticons is a gender issue. "Men don't use emoticons very much. Maybe not at all," he said, "Teenage girls and women seem to use them a lot. Maybe there's an emoticon gene."

It's an interesting opinion, but it is not shared by all.

In an interview with The New York Times, Dacher Keltner, professor of psychology at the University of California, said that emoticons are popular because our brains are programmed "to seek out representations of humanity". He believes that they are popular not because they are shortcuts for the lazy, but because they bring in something beyond language. They satisfy our needs to be with and communicate with people.

All of these arguments may be somehow right. Each one of us will choose to communicate in our own way. I tried to use one once and felt like I was stealing into a primary school class that I had no place being in. I'd rather let my words do the talking.

Friends, however, send me messages and e-mails full of emoticons. I have no problem with this. I don't regard any of my friends as lazy or immature. It's just a question of individuality.
1. What are popular?
2. Do people think they are boring?
3. Why do people use them?
4. Who is John Blumenthal?
5. What does he think about using them?
6. What does he think?
7. Who does he say uses them?
8. Does everyone think the same as he does?
9. Who is Dacher Keltner?
10. Where?
11. Why do they think it is common to use them?
12. Does he think it's because we are lazy?
13. Then why?
14. What else does he say?
15. When did he say this?
16. What does he say it's a question of?
17. Do enemies use these?
18. Do men use them according to Blumenthal?
19. What need do the satisfy?
20. Are both arguments right?
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answer:
1. emoticons
2. No
3. to add feeling and character to otherwise cold digital communications.
4. a Hollywood scriptwriter
5. infantile
6. that words themselves should be enough
7. Teenage girls and women
8. no
9. professor of psychology
10. University of California,
11. because our brains are programmed "to seek out representations of humanity"
12. No
13. because they bring in something beyond language.
14. They satisfy our needs to be with and communicate with people.
15. In an interview with The New York Times
16. individuality.
17. No
18. No
19. to be with and communicate with people.
20. Yes