user: How many episodes of the second season of Game of Thrones did Alan Taylor direct?

assistant: Alan Taylor directed the first two, eighth, and last episodes of the second season of Game of Thrones.

user: Provide a brief summary of the reaction to the creation of LIV Golf

assistant: Overall, the reaction to the creation of the LIV Golf has been negative. For example, human rights groups have criticized LIV Golf as sportswashing, a group of 2500 survivors of family members killed during the September 11 attacks wrote a letter to golfers who stayed with the PGA Tour thanking them staying, and Tiger Woods said he thinks that the players who went to LIV Golf turned their back on what has allowed them to get to this position.

user: Why did the Sahara experience a period of rapid desertification?

assistant: Sahara experienced a period of rapid desertification due to a tilt in the earth's orbit.