Question:
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It was early morning. Peter Corbett helped Mark Wellman out of his wheelchair and onto the ground. They stood before El Captain, a huge rock almost 1.2 kilometers high. Mark had long dreamed to climb El Captain when he was a child. At the age of twentyone, he had fallen while climbing mountain, losing his legs. But he never lost his love for life. Mark knew he couldn't finish the climb alone, but his friend Peter would be there to lend a helping hand. They thought it would take seven days to reach the top. Now Peter climbed about 30 meters up and hit a piton into the rock. Fastening one end of a 50meter rope to the piton, he let the other end of the rope fall down. Mark caught the rope and fastened it to his belt. He next reached above his head and fastened a T-bar to the rope. Mark took a deep breath, pushed the Tbar up almost as far as his arms could reach, and began the first pullup. High above, Peter let out a cheer, "You're on your way." For the first four days the two men progressed upward without accident. But on the fifth day, a very strong wind began to blow, making it hard for Mark to hold on to his rope. But Mark kept on pushing up the T-bar and pulling himself up. It took them one day more than they had expected. But as the two heads appeared the group of people waiting on the top went wild with joy. Mark Wellman showed that if you set your heart and mind on something, no wall is too high, no dream impossible.
1. Could Mark finish alone?
2. What was he trying to do?
3. How high is that?
4. Why couldn't he climb it himself?
5. How old was he?
6. Did he hire an assistant to help him?
7. Did anyone help him?
8. How long did they think the climb would take?
9. What happened that made them take longer?
10. Were they alone at the top when they got there?
11. How long was the rope Peter used?

Numbered answers:
1. No
2. climb El Captain
3. 1.2 kilometers
4. he had fallen while climbing mountain, losing his legs
5. twentyone
6. unknown
7. Peter Corbett
8. seven days
9. a very strong wind
10. No
11. 50meter

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(CNN) -- Barcelona moved five points clear in Spain as manager Pep Guardiola celebrated his 100th match in charge with a 4-0 victory at home to Racing Santander on Saturday.

The injury-hit defending champions brushed off the pre-match loss of star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic to romp into a 3-0 halftime lead as they put pressure on Real Madrid to win Sunday's home match against Villarreal.

The Swede is in doubt for Tuesday's Champions League trip to German club Stuttgart due to a swollen ankle.

Midfielder Andres Iniesta took advantage of some slack defending to pounce for his first goal this season in the seventh minute, hooking home a left-foot effort after the ball ran loose in his 300th outing for the club.

France striker Thierry Henry, handed a rare start due to Ibrahimovic's absence, netted a free-kick in the 29th minute after driving a shot through the defensive wall for his first goal this year.

Center-back Rafael Marquez marked his return from suspension with a similar effort nine minute later as he curled a set-piece over the wall and in off the post.

Barca took their foot off the pedal in the second half, but 18-year-old Thiago scored his first senior goal in the 84th minute with a deflected shot after Lionel Messi set him up with a cutback.

Captain Carles Puyol had to go off with a facial injury but is expected to face Stuttgart in the first leg of the last-16 tie.

It was Guardiola's 71st victory since taking charge of the Catalan giants, and 14th-placed Racing never looked like inflicting his 11th defeat -- the 10th came against Atletico Madrid last weekend, Barca's first in La Liga this season.
1. who's 100th match was it?
2. Who was he?
3. of what team?
4. Did they win the match?
5. Who was the star striker?
6. what is his nationality?
7. was he injured?
8. how?
9. who is the center back?
10. Has he been playing all along?
11. why not?
12. who is facing Stuttgart?
13. when?
14. how old is Thiago?
15. What was the score for the 100th match?
16. who played?
17. where is the game on Sunday?
18. against who?
19. was Puyol hurt?
20. how?

Numbered answers:
1. Guardiola
2. soccer team manager
3. Barcelona
4. yes
5. Ibrahimovic
6. Sweden
7. yes
8. swollen ankle
9. Marquez
10. no
11. he was suspended
12. Puyol
13. first leg of the last-16 tie
14. 18
15. 4-0
16. Barcelona & Racing Santander
17. Barcelona
18. Villarreal
19. yes
20. facial injury

Question:
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A database management system (DBMS) is a computer software application that interacts with the user, other applications, and the database itself to capture and analyze data. A general-purpose DBMS is designed to allow the definition, creation, querying, update, and administration of databases. Well-known DBMSs include MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase, SAP HANA, and IBM DB2. A database is not generally portable across different DBMSs, but different DBMS can interoperate by using standards such as SQL and ODBC or JDBC to allow a single application to work with more than one DBMS. Database management systems are often classified according to the database model that they support; the most popular database systems since the 1980s have all supported the relational model as represented by the SQL language.[disputed discuss] Sometimes a DBMS is loosely referred to as a 'database'.

Formally, a "database" refers to a set of related data and the way it is organized. Access to these data is usually provided by a "database management system" (DBMS) consisting of an integrated set of computer software that allows users to interact with one or more databases and provides access to all of the data contained in the database (although restrictions may exist that limit access to particular data). The DBMS provides various functions that allow entry, storage and retrieval of large quantities of information and provides ways to manage how that information is organized.
1. What's a DBMS?
2. And what does it stand for?
3. What did "database" use to mean?
4. What is one well-known DBMS?
5. What is another?
6. How many are in total?
7. Name one of the standards used to interoperate DBMSs?
8. Name another?
9. Can you remember another popular DBMS?
10. One more maybe?
11. How are Database management systems generally classified?
12. What is the point of interoperating standards?
13. Name one thing provided by DBMS functions?
14. Can you name another?
15. Is this for small bits of info?
Numbered answers:
1. a computer software application that interacts with the user
2. database management system
3. a set of related data and the way it is organized
4. MySQL
5. PostgreSQL
6. Seven
7. SQL
8. JDBC
9. Microsoft SQL Server
10. Oracle
11. according to the database model
12. to allow a single application to work with more than one DBMS
13. allow entry
14. to manage how that information is organized
15. no