Q: The tz database is a collaborative compilation of information about the world's time zones, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems. Paul Eggert is its current editor and maintainer, with the organizational backing of ICANN. The tz database is also known as tzdata, the zoneinfo database or IANA time zone database. It is sometimes called the Olson database, referring to the founding contributor, Arthur David Olson.

Its uniform naming convention for time zones, such as "America/New_York" and "Europe/Paris", was designed by Paul Eggert. The database attempts to record historical time zones and all civil changes since 1970, the Unix time epoch. It also includes transitions such as daylight saving time, and also records leap seconds.

The database, as well as some reference source code, is in the public domain. New editions of the database and code are published as changes warrant, usually several times per year.

The tz database is published as a set of text files which list the rules and zone transitions in a human-readable format. For use, these text files are compiled into a set of platform-independent binary filesone per time zone. The reference source code includes such a compiler called zic (zone information compiler), as well as code to read those files and use them in standard application programming interfaces such as codice_1 and codice_2.

Answer the following questions:
1. What database is this article talking about?
2. Who designed its uniform naming convention for time zones?
3. It is intended to be used on what devices?
4. Give me another name for the database?
5. Is it also called Oslon database?
6. named after who?
7. And who was he?
8. What does the database record?
9. Is the database in the public domain?
10. Are new editions published as the changes warrant?
A: 1. The tz database
2. Paul Eggert.
3. platform-independent binary files
4. tzdata
5. sometimes
6. Arthur David Olson.
7. the founding contributor
8. information about the world's time zones
9. yes
10. yes
Q: Brunei, officially the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace (, Jawi: ), is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its coastline with the South China Sea, the country is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak. It is separated into two parts by the Sarawak district of Limbang. Brunei is the only sovereign state completely on the island of Borneo; the remainder of the island's territory is divided between the nations of Malaysia and Indonesia. Brunei's population was in .

At the peak of the Bruneian Empire, Sultan Bolkiah (reigned 14851528) is alleged to have had control over most regions of Borneo, including modern-day Sarawak and Sabah, as well as the Sulu Archipelago off the northeast tip of Borneo, Seludong (modern-day Manila), and the islands off the northwest tip of Borneo. The maritime state was visited by Spain's Magellan Expedition in 1521 and fought against Spain in the 1578 Castilian War.

During the 19th century, the Bruneian Empire began to decline. The Sultanate ceded Sarawak (Kuching) to James Brooke and installed him as the White Rajah, and it ceded Sabah to the British North Borneo Chartered Company. In 1888, Brunei became a British protectorate and was assigned a British resident as colonial manager in 1906. After the Japanese occupation during World War II, in 1959 a new constitution was written. In 1962, a small armed rebellion against the monarchy was ended with the help of the British.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who controlled much of the areas at one point?
2. When?
3. How long was he in power?
4. What was a specific place he controlled?
5. Anywhere else?
6. Did a famous explorer visit there?
7. Who?
8. When?
9. What is the place of his visit called?
10. What is its official name?
11. Does it have another name?
12. What continent is it on?
13. In the west?
14. Where then?
15. What mostly surrounds it?
16. How many pieces is it split into?
17. When did it start to go downhill?
18. Who took over at that point?
19. Who occupied it in WW2?
20. What new document was created in 1959?
A: 1. Sultan Bolkiah
2. At the peak of the Bruneian Empire
3. from 1485 to 1528
4. modern-day Sarawak
5. Sabah
6. yes
7. Magellan
8. 1521
9. The maritime state
10. Brunei
11. the Nation of Brunei
12. Asia
13. no
14. in Southeast Asia
15. the Malaysian state of Sarawak
16. two
17. the 19th century
18. James Brooke
19. the Japanese
20. a new constitution
Q: The voice of China was not hot during the summer of 2012. The voice of China is a large music show in China. This show is also the only one which regards the voice as the only ruler. It premiered at 21:15 on July 13,2012,on the Zhejiang Television. It has attracted great attention. The show became an overnight sensation. The first season used "Real voice, real music " as its slogan . As a mentor ,singers like Liu Huan, Na Ying, Yu Chengqing and Yang Kun were responsible for seeking world-shaking voices of China in the following three and a half months, through four steps ,namely "blind choosing" "blind selecting" "team PK" "yearly grand ceremony". It is really a miracle that The voice of China can stand out in the flood of today's talent shows in China , and attracts the audience . A great number of audience said this was the best television show last summer. They were all proud of these good voices of China. The students' beautiful voices moved everyone. Xu Haixing , a girl from Chengdu ,sang Self to realize her father's dream and Liu Huan was moved to tears by her song . Huang Yong sang In Spring showing his sticking to his dream and Yang Kun cried for this. The blind girl Zhang Yuxia, a busker from Taiwan, played while singing. She was called "Deng Lijun No.2" for her unique voice, and her sincere feeling touched everybody. Na Ying went to the stage to sing with the students together twice. The voice of China doesn't care about magnificent clothes and wonderful dancing. It regards "inspiration" and "professionalism" as the ruler of music. The singer uses their songs to tell real stories and the happiness of life.

Answer the following questions:
1. where is the show?
2. when did it first air?
3. what time?
4. was it a hit?
5. what did the show do?
6. how long did it go on for?
7. did it have a slogan?
8. what was it?
9. did the show have mentors?
10. were they music producers?
11. what were they?
12. Do they name any?
13. can you name one?
14. how many steps were involved in the show?
15. what was the last one?
16. Who was from Chengdu?
17. what did she sing?
18. for who?
19. who was blind?
20. where was she from?
A:
1. China
2. July 13,2012,o
3. 21:15
4. yes
5. talent show focusing on the voice
6. three and a half months,
7. yes
8. "Real voice, real music "
9. yes
10. no
11. singers
12. yes
13. Liu Huan,
14. Four
15. yearly grand ceremony
16. Xu Haixing
17. Self
18. her father
19. Zhang Yuxia,
20. Taiwan,