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In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word ' , meaning "My Master" (irregular plural ' ), which is the way a student would address a master of Torah. The word "master" "" literally means "great one".
The basic form of the rabbi developed in the Pharisaic and Talmudic era, when learned teachers assembled to codify Judaism's written and oral laws. The first sage for whom the Mishnah uses the title of rabbi was Yohanan ben Zakkai, active in the early to mid first century CE. In more recent centuries, the duties of a rabbi became increasingly influenced by the duties of the Protestant Christian minister, hence the title "pulpit rabbis", and in 19th-century Germany and the United States rabbinic activities including sermons, pastoral counseling, and representing the community to the outside, all increased in importance.
Within the various Jewish denominations there are different requirements for rabbinic ordination, and differences in opinion regarding who is to be recognized as a rabbi. For example, Orthodox Judaism does not ordain women as rabbis, but other movements have chosen to do so for halakhic reasons (Conservative Judaism) as well as ethical reasons (Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism).
Answer the following questions:
1: What religious is this about?
2: What is a teacher of this religion called?
3: Do all variations use the exact same method of choosing them?
4: Can a woman be one?
5: Which ones?
6: For what purposes?
7: What version says no to a woman doing it?
8: What exactly do they teach?
9: What does the name mean?
10: What time period did they develop?
11: What was the name of the first one?
12: When was this?
13: What influences the more recent ones?
14: What name were they given?
15: In what time frame are the most recent ones referenced?
16: And in what countries during this time?
17: What sort of activity do they engage in?
18: Anything else?
19: Have these services become more or less important?
20: What does the term that students would call the educator mean in literal terms?
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(CNN) -- The death of a University of Oklahoma football player was caused by multiple drugs in his system -- including five different painkillers -- at the time of death nearly two months ago, according to the state's toxicology report released Tuesday.
"It is with much sadness we look back and see that recently Austin had turned to other methods of managing his pain," said the parents of Austin Box, 22. They said they hoped others dealing with pain in a similar manner "will see this tragic accident as a message and think about the consequences."
"Our greatest regret is that Austin did not feel he could share his pain with those who loved him," his parents said.
Box was found unconscious and not breathing in an El Reno, Oklahoma, home May 19, according to a 911 tape released by CNN affiliate KWTV.
"He takes pain pills, and he's not responding to me," a voice on the tape told a police dispatcher.
Box was pronounced dead later that morning at an Oklahoma City Hospital, according to police who told KWTV.
According to the autopsy report, Box had five different painkillers in his system -- oxymorphone, morphine, hydrocodone, hydromorphone and oxycodone -- as well as alprazolam, an anti-anxiety drug.
The last few years of Box's life were full of injuries that often required surgeries, his parents said.
The most recent injury was a ruptured disc in his back in August 2010. Box was able to return to the field after recovery to help his team.
Answer the following questions:
1: What caused the ball players death?
2: What kinds?
3: How many?
4: Where did he play ball?
5: and what sport?
6: When did he pass away?
7: How old was he?
8: What was his name?
9: What were his parents biggest regret?
10: Where was he found unconscious?
11: When?
12: Who released the 911 tape?
13: When was he pronounced dead?
14: Where at?
15: Accorrding to whom?
16: What else did he have in his system other than painkillers?
17: Which is used for what?
18: Had he been injured?
19: Were they serious injuries?
20: What was the most recent one?
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(CNN) -- His nickname is "The Fever." Mexican officials say Jose Carlos Moreno Flores was a major drug lord in charge of trafficking and operations for a large Mexican cartel in the coastal state of Guerrero, where the beach resort of Acapulco is located.
According to Mexico's Ministry of Defense, Moreno Flores was caught Sunday in Mexico City's Tlalpan District. His capture is particularly important because Moreno is allegedly tied to the Sinaloa Cartel led by Joaquin "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzman, Mexico's most wanted man.
Guzman, who remains a fugitive, commands such a vast international drug trafficking network and his profits from the illicit trade are so big that he made Forbes Magazine's list of the world's most powerful. He appeared at number 60 on last year's list with an estimated fortune of $1 billion. The magazine calls him "the biggest drug lord ever."
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is offering a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of Guzman.
Mexico's top drug kingpin lord, who's reportedly 54, was captured in Guatemala in 1993, but escaped eight years later.
Officials say Moreno Flores, who was considered one of Guzman's lieutenants, did business with drug traffickers from Costa Rica and Guatemala from his base of operations in Chilpancingo, capital of the state of Guerrero.
From Chilpancingo, Moreno Flores shipped the drugs (mainly cocaine) to the United States by land. "The Fever" was also allegedly in charge of the cultivation, harvesting and distribution of marijuana in the fertile mountain region of Guerrero state.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who has a nickname that sounds like a medical symptom?
2: What was his nickname?
3: What does he do for a living?
4: What happened to him
5: By whom?
6: Where?
7: Why is this arrest so important?
8: Who runs that group?
9: Is he bad?
10: How do you know?
11: Have they caught him?
12: Is he powerful?
13: Who thinks he is powerful?
14: Did they say how powerful he is?
15: And...how much?
16: How much is he worth?
17: Is anyone looking for him?
18: Who?
19: Who is Flores to Guzman?
20: What was their relationship?
21: What did he do for Guzman?
22: How?
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Every day when Cora Castle, 14, from Indiana, US goes back home, she opens her computer and logs into a website called Fuel Up to Play 60. She puts on what she has eaten and what kind of activities she has played that day. Then the site decides whether Castle has eaten healthily and done enough exercise. All the seventh graders in Castle's school have done the same thing since the year started. It's part of their health class. If the site finds her habits are unhealthy, it will give her advice. If she does something good, the website will give her a star. Her health teacher set up a competition to see which student could get the most stars from the website. Castle has got 30 stars so far. Cameron Bartlett said she liked tracking the food and activities. "This is the first year we've done it," she said. "It's really interesting to see all of the different choices that we have." The seventh grade health class is coming to an end. They won't be in health class, but the students all said that they would go on to take part in the Fuel Up to Play 60. "There's lots of bad food out there that we've all been eating," Bartlett said "This really helps all of us eat healthier food."
Answer the following questions:
1: What does the girl do every day when she returns to her home?
2: What does she do there?
3: What does the site tell her then?
4: who else is participating this?
5: And for how long?
6: Is it part of any school subject?
7: and which one?
8: What information is given her if she hasn't done well?
9: And what does she get is she has done well?
10: How many stars has she received so far?
11: Do the kids plan on continuing the project?
12: For how long has the school done this?
13: Why is the school doing it?
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Amy and David had been best friends since Kindergarten. They had become friends on the very first day, since both of them loved airplanes. David had made a paper plane for his friend Pete, but he let Amy play with it as much as she wanted. He ended up giving it to her and making a new one for Pete, and another for himself. To thank him, she made him a paper heart. When it was recess, they went outside and flew their planes high into the air. They laughed when David's plane landed on the teacher's head. She laughed too and gave David back his plane. Now that they are older, Amy and David are learning more about planes and flying. Neither of them had ever been in a real airplane, but they watched them in movies and wanted to fly in one. Amy's mother knew about their dreams and set up a small trip for them across the state. As they were riding in the car, the kids could not contain their excitement. They talked all about what it would be like to finally fly in the sky and wondered about the things they would see. Amy's mother gave them a book about airplanes to read during the trip. When they got on the plane, Amy became afraid. Her mother calmed her down and gave her a new doll to hold to help her feel safe. When the plane took off, Amy and David both shouted with happiness and watched out the windows. They watched the ground get smaller and smaller and finally disappear. They sat back in their seats, ready to enjoy the ride.
Answer the following questions:
1: when did Amy and David becom friends?
2: what did they both like in common?
3: who did David make an airplane for?
4: did he let Amy play with it?
5: what did she make to thank him?
6: when did they fly their airplanes?
7: where did David's plane land?
8: did the teacher laugh?
9: have David and Amy ever been in a real airplane?
10: what did Amy's mother set up for them?
11: where?
12: were the kids excited?
13: what did Amy's mom give them during the trip?
14: was Amy afraid?
15: when did she become afraid?
16: what did they do when the plane took off?
17: what did they see when they looked out of the window?
18: were they ready to enjoy the experience?
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(CNN) -- A story this week by the Associated Press has caused quite a stir, especially among African-Americans, when multiple news outlets ran it with the attention-grabbing headline, "Some black pastors are telling their flocks to stay home Election Day."
The New York Daily News ran the story, along with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Newsday, and a host of conservative websites such as HotAir and NewsMax.
When I first saw the headline, I was stunned, especially knowing the blood that has been shed over the years by African-Americans and others to gain the precious right to vote.
I read the more than 1,300-word story by Rachel Zoll, with a contribution from Bill Barrow. The first line was "Some black clergy see no good presidential choice between a Mormon candidate and one who supports gay marriage, so they are telling their flocks to stay home on Election Day."
Nothing in the story legitimately backed up that first line. Anybody who had read the full article would know that.
In reading the piece, Zoll and Barrow quote or mention pastors A.R. Bernard, Jamal Bryant, George Nelson Jr., Floyd James, and Howard-John Wesley, Lin Hill and Dwight McKissic.
Politics: Is Obama taking black vote for granted?
Not a single one of these pastors was quoted as saying they have or plan to tell their congregations not to vote in the presidential election. Not one.
Several expressed misgivings about President Barack Obama's support for same-sex marriage, and others had negative thoughts about Mitt Romney being a Mormon or the effect of his policies on their congregants. One said he hasn't decided whom he will vote for, and McKissic said he'll go fishing on Election Day.
Answer the following questions:
1: How many pastors were talked about?
2: What were their misgiving about Obama?
3: What about Romney?
4: What did they say that might affect?
5: Did they say anything about third party candidates?
6: Who said they would go fish?
7: Who said they were undecided?
8: Who said that their church-goers should abstain?
9: Who claimed that they did?
10: Who wrote it?
11: Who else contributed?
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Chapter 3: A Terrible Disaster.
It was an anxious time for his wife, after Gregory started. He, and those with him, had left with a feeling of confidence that the insurrection would speedily be put down. The garrison of Khartoum had inflicted several severe defeats upon the Mahdi, but had also suffered some reverses. This, however, was only to be expected, when the troops under him were scarcely more disciplined than those of the Dervishes, who had always been greatly superior in numbers, and inspired with a fanatical belief in their prophet. But with British officers to command, and British officers to drill and discipline the troops, there could be no fear of a recurrence of these disasters.
Before they started, Mrs. Hilliard had become intimate with the wife of Hicks Pasha, and those of the other married officers, and had paid visits with them to the harems of high Turkish officials. Visits were frequently exchanged, and what with these, and the care of the boy, her time was constantly occupied. She received letters from Gregory, as frequently as possible, after his arrival at Omdurman, and until he set out with the main body, under the general, on the way to El Obeid.
Before starting, he said he hoped that, in another two months, the campaign would be over, El Obeid recovered, and the Mahdi smashed up; and that, as soon as they returned to Khartoum, Hicks Pasha would send for his wife and daughters, and the other married officers for their wives; and, of course, she would accompany them.
Answer the following questions:
1: What was to be put down?
2: slowly?
3: Whow was Mrs. Hillard intimate with?
4: of who?
5: any others?
6: Who was more disciplined than the Dervishes?
7: under who?
8: Which officers were to command?
9: and what were they to do?
10: what were they to do to the troops?
11: why?
12: What happened to Mahdi?
13: brought on by who?
14: of?
15: Who did Mrs. Hillard pay visits to?
16: who was she with?
17: Who did she receive letters from?
18: When did he feel the campaign would be over?
19: Was he certain of this?
20: How did he feel about it?
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Young women are more adventurous than young men when travelling abroad in gap years.One in three female backpackers visits more than three countries during a year out and travels alone, according to new research.
By contrast, the majority of their male counterparts visit only one country and tend to travel in groups, says a survey by the Gap Year company, which provides information and services for students considering taking a year out.
More women than men say that their prime reason for taking time off is to see the world and experience different cultures.Men are more likely to rank "having fun" higher on their list of _ .Women are more likely to value the challenge of a foreign trip, and many cited reasons such as learning a language and meeting new people.
The more adventurous gap years taken by women seem to work to their benefit; more than three quarters of those surveyed have reported increased confidence, self-reliance and independence, whereas only half of the men had that experience.
The research also shows that women are more likely to do voluntary work while travelling, with more than one in ten helping with teaching or development projects.One of the reasons given for this is a wish to see the country in an authentic light.
A greater proportion of women than men face objections or criticism from their families over their gapyear plans.Among the men surveyed, lack of money is the main barrier to travel.
Carolyn Martin, a doctor from London,is a typically confident female traveller.Starting in Cape Town, she travelled around southern Africa and Australia with a string of unusual and sometimes dangerous jobs.
"I had one job chasing elephants off the runway in Africa by banging a stick against a pan," she recalled."It was OK but one day I did get chased by one."
She said that she had travelled alone because "you meet more people".
Answer the following questions:
1: Why does Carolyn Martin prefer to travel by herself?
2: Did she work with lions in Africa?
3: Was she chased by an elephant?
4: Where is she from?
5: Who does the article argue is more adventurous when traveling out of the country?
6: How many different countries do most men visit on their travels?
7: Who is most likely to travel by themselves, men or women?
8: How many countries does an average woman visit in a year of traveling?
9: Do most men say that seeing different cultures is the main reason for traveling?
10: What is their main goal?
11: Do women state that learning a new language is a reason to travel?
12: Who is more likely to gain self esteem from traveling?
13: What else do women gain on these excursions?
14: Did any men experience those things as well?
15: Who would be most likely to do unpaid work while traveling?
16: What do they achieve themselves from that?
17: Out of ten women, how many on average will teach or help with projects while traveling?
18: What is the main reason a man may not travel?
19: What about for women?
20: What is the year between college and a working career often called?
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Nathan Phillips, who will formally begin his freshman year at the University of San Diego(USD) on Aug. 31, will arrive on campus in an unusual and philanthropic manner.
Phillips is expected to arrive between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Thursday on his bicycle, having pedaled 1,450 miles from Astoria, Ore.
Phillips combined his desire to complete a long bike ride before entering college with his interest in helping the children of Uganda.
He is raising funds for Invisible Children, a San Diegobased organization seeking to end conflicts annoying northern Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic and stop the use of children as soldiers.
Phillips had raised $1,540 before embarking Aug.11 and hopes to reach $2,000.
Phillips, who is from Redmond, Washington, visited Uganda during high school and worked in an orphanage there. He was also inspired by a presentation by Invisible Children at his high school.
"I have been to Uganda and personally gotten to know some of the kids affected by the war," Phillips said in a statement released by the university."I would do anything to help these kids."
Phillips' new roommate, Kyle Sharp, has joined him for the last 600 miles of the trip. Students and other members of the USD community are expected to join him for the last 13 miles.
"Nathan's passionate commitment to improving the lives of children more than 8,000 miles away resonates with USD's mission to prepare future leaders to change the world for the better," Pamela Gray Payton, assistant vice president of public affairs at USD, said in a prepared statement."We are delighted to have Nathan as a member of our campus community."
Supporters from USD and Invisible Children will greet Phillips and his followers when they arrive in front of Founders Hall on campus. The public is invited as well.
Answer the following questions:
1: How much money has Nathan Phillips collected?
2: For what?
3: Where is that group located?
4: What does it want end using kids for?
5: Where?
6: Has Nathan ever been to Uganda?
7: When?
8: Where did he work there?
9: Who is he trying to assist?
10: Where is he headed?
11: Why?
12: What is he starting at USD
13: When does school start?
14: What mode of transportation is he taking to school?
15: What day will he get there?
16: What time will he get there?
17: Where is he coming from?
18: How big is the distance?
19: Did someone ride he final 600 miles with him?
20: Who?
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CHAPTER VIII.
THE STEALING OF THE HORSES.
"Go slow, men," came softly from Gilroy. "You know what kind of a man Leeson is."
"Reckon I do know," came in a growl from Fetter. "And I've got an account to settle with him, too."
"I'm pretty certain the boy is here," went on the leader. "But we must make sure if the others are here too, or if they have ridden off to the fort. If they have gone to the fort----"
"Hist!" came in warning from Potts. "You're talking too much. I've heard that this Leeson sleeps with his ears wide open."
"He does," grumbled Fetter; and then the three desperadoes relapsed into silence.
They were advancing upon the cabin from the rear, and each held a ready pistol in his hand, while his rifle was slung over his back. They had seen the boys and Benson head for the trapper's home while it was still light and they were on a high cliff; but darkness had closed in on the scene, and they had come up to the spot in ignorance of what had followed.
Tiptoeing their way they reached the lean-to where the horses had been stabled, and with caution Gilroy went inside. By feeling the animals he soon learned that three had been in use but a few hours before, while the fourth was cool and comfortable.
"Their horses are here," he announced. "And a fourth is here, too."
"That's Leeson's," answered Fetter. "But I thought he had two or three."
Answer the following questions:
1: What were they coming up on?
2: From what side?
3: What was in their hands?
4: What was on their backs?
5: Who were they looking for?
6: Did he have anyone with him?
7: Who?
8: Where were the horses?
9: Who went inside?
10: What did he do to the animals?
11: What did that tell him?
12: How many?
13: For how long?
14: Had any not been used?
15: How many?
16: Whose horse was it?
17: Were they concerned that other people were with the boy and Leeson?
18: If they weren't, where would they have gone?
19: How does Leeson sleep?
20: Who owns the cabin?
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Kurdish is a continuum of Northwestern Iranian languages spoken by the Kurds in Western Asia. Kurdish forms three dialect groups known as Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji), Central Kurdish (Sorani), and Southern Kurdish (Palewani). A separate group of non-Kurdish Northwestern Iranian languages, the Zaza–Gorani languages, are also spoken by several million Kurds. Studies as of 2009 estimate between 8 and 20 million native Kurdish speakers in Turkey. The majority of the Kurds speak Northern Kurdish ("Kurmanji").
The literary output in Kurdish was mostly confined to poetry until the early 20th century, when more general literature began to be developed. Today, there are two principal written Kurdish dialects, namely Northern Kurdish in the northern parts of the geographical region of Kurdistan and Central Kurdish further east and south. Central Kurdish is, along with Arabic, one of the two official languages of Iraq and is in political documents simply referred to as "Kurdish".
The Kurdish languages belong to the Iranian branch of the Indo-European family. They are generally classified as Northwestern Iranian languages, or by some scholars as intermediate between Northwestern and Southwestern Iranian. Martin van Bruinessen notes that "Kurdish has a strong south-western Iranian element", whereas "Zaza and Gurani [...] do belong to the north-west Iranian group".
Answer the following questions:
1: What is this about?
2: What do they speak?
3: Where are they located?
4: How many people speak it?
5: In which country?
6: What do they call it in the north?
7: Do less than half of them speak that?
8: How many different kinds of it are there?
9: What is one?
10: Where is that?
11: What is another?
12: Is that in the east?
13: Are there any other kinds of it?
14: Do they speak it in any other country?
15: Which one?
16: What else do they speak there?
17: Are there any other countries besides that?
18: Which one?
19: Which kind do they speak there?
20: What else do they speak?
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN , ) is a regional intergovernmental organisation comprising ten Southeast Asian states which promotes Pan-Asianism and intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, military, educational and cultural integration amongst its members and Asian states. Since its formation on 8 August 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, the organisation's membership has expanded to include Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. Its principal aims include accelerating economic growth, social progress, and sociocultural evolution among its members, alongside the protection of regional stability and the provision of a mechanism for member countries to resolve differences peacefully. ASEAN is an official United Nations Observer. Communication by members across nations takes place in English.
ASEAN covers a land area of 4.4 million square kilometres, 3% of the total land area of Earth. ASEAN territorial waters cover an area about three times larger than its land counterpart. Member countries have a combined population of approximately 625 million people, 8.8% of the world's population. In 2015, the organisation's combined nominal GDP had grown to more than US$2.8 trillion. If ASEAN were a single entity, it would rank as the sixth largest economy in the world, behind the USA, China, Japan, France and Germany. ASEAN shares land borders with India, China, Bangladesh, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea, and maritime borders with India, China, Palau, and Australia. Both East Timor and Papua New Guinea are backed by certain ASEAN members for their membership in the organisation.
Answer the following questions:
1: What does ASEAN stand for?
2: What is it?
3: Who is in the organization?
4: When was it created?
5: What date?
6: How large of a land area does it cover?
7: How many people live in that area?
8: What percentage of the population is that?
9: What countries created it?
10: What countries have been added?
11: What is one of it's main objectives?
12: What is another?
13: And the last?
14: What was the GDP in 2015?
15: what
16: What are some of the countries it's land borders?
17: What are some countries that it's water borders?
18: What two countries do some members want to join?
19: Does it follow United Nations rules?
20: What language does the communication happen in?
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When the film opens, the Oakland A's have just lost a game to the New York Yankees. And they're about to lose three of their best players to richer teams. Beane is sad, because he doesn't have enough money to compete with the big teams. But then he meets Peter Brand, a young Yale graduate and statistics expert.
Brand introduces Beane to sabermetrics---a controversial system for measuring how good a baseball player is. It applies computer-generated( )statistical analysis to work out a player's ability. It's completely different from the more traditional methods of talent spotting that all the other teams are using. With sabermetrics, Beane begins buying players other teams aren't interested in. And he manages to build a winning team with very little money.
Monayball is based on a true story, but characters have combined, dates have been changed and some events have been invented all for dramatic effect. For example, Peter Brand, Beane's assistant, never existed. However, he is largely based on Beane's former assistant Paul DePodesta. Though there are these changes, critics think that Brad Pitt's portrayal of Beane is _
One journalist wrote, " Pitt imitates Beane's gestures and speech patterns."
Beane's use of sabermetrics changed baseball. Now many teams rely on the method. But this form of complex computer-generated statistical analysis is used in business too. And these days, many businesses use sabermetrics to help plan their business strategies.
But Moneyballisn't just about facts and figures. Billy Beane himself was once a major-league baseball player. At the start of his career people expected big things from him. But he didn't achieve what is expected of him and in 1990 he retired with an average record. This past failure always returns to his mind, and the film is also about whether Beane will finally achieve success in his life.
The critics love Moneyball. One called it " the most soulful of baseball movies", another described it as a " home run". And most agree it's on track for some major awards.
Answer the following questions:
1: What movie is this?
2: Is it based on a true story?
3: How does the movie start?
4: What are they about to lose?
5: To whom?
6: Why is Beane sad?
7: Who does he meet to change that?
8: Who is Peter?
9: Did the critics like this movie?
10: What did Beane use to change baseball?
11: Do other teams use it now?
12: What did Beane do before this?
13: What was expected of him?
14: Did he accomplish that?
15: When did he retire?
16: Did he have a good record?
17: Who plays Beane?
18: Do they think he did a good portrayal?
19: Where the characters and dates accurate to the real story?
20: Why did they change things?
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CHAPTER XVIII.
It was a beautiful July afternoon, the air musical with midsummer hum, the flowers basking in the sunshine, the turf cool and green in the shade, and the breeze redolent of indescribable freshness and sweetness compounded of all fragrant odours, the present legacy of a past day's shower. Like the flowers themselves, Albinia was feeling the delicious repose of refreshed nature, as in her pretty pink muslin, her white drapery folded round her, and her bright hair unbonnetted, she sat reclining in a low garden chair, at the door of the conservatory, a little pale, a little weak, but with a sweet happy languor, a soft tender bloom.
There was a step in the conservatory, and before she could turn round, her brother Maurice bent over her, and kissed her.
'Maurice! you have come after all!'
'Yes, the school inspection is put off. How are you?' as he sat down on the grass by her side.
'Oh, quite well! What a delicious afternoon we shall have! Edmund will be at home directly. Mrs. Meadows has absolutely let Gilbert take her to drink tea at the Drurys! Only I am sorry Sophy should miss you, for she was so good about going, because Lucy wanted to do something to her fernery. Of course you are come for Sunday, and the christening?'
'Yes,--that is, to throw myself on Dusautoy's mercy.'
'We will send Mr. Hope to Fairmead,' said Albinia, 'and see whether Winifred can make him speak. We can't spare the Vicar, for he is our godfather, and you must christen the little maiden.'
Answer the following questions:
1: What month was it?
2: What was Albinia wearing?
3: Where was she sitting?
4: Who greeted her?
5: Were they related?
6: Was he her dad?
7: What was he?
8: What was postponed?
9: Was it morning?
10: What was it?
11: Who was coming home soon?
12: Who was he not going to be able to see?
13: What was happening Sunday?
14: Where will Mr Hope be sent?
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After killing Osama Bin Laden and dropping his body into the ocean to avoid causing more hatred fro, the Muslims , the American government recently released a video of Osama Bin Laden living in his safe house watching TV , which has been viewed millions of times . The following are comments made by viewers .
A. Yeah , Osama got what he deserved , Iraq got what they deserved , and Afghanistan got what they deserved . Saddam got what he deserved , Hitler got what he deserved . The list goes on & on .
B. I hate saying this but is believe America deserved 9/11 ... They have screwed up so many governments ....
C. I'm American and I and my brother suspected the whole story about dropping him into the ocean . We feel if they really killed him they would keep his body for proof .
D. All you Islamic haters are ignorant fools . The terrorists don't have anything to do with the religion . They say they are part of the Islamic Religion but they are not . Nuking ( kill somebody with nuclear bombs ) Pakistan will do nothing by the way .
E. Please give me the 2 minutes of my life back that I watched your pointless and fake video .
F. Man ? Why is this video fake ? Rather than shouting about how it's obviously not Osama , why not provide the arguments for it instead of coming off as if you simply want to deny it for the sake of denial .
G. What a load of nonsense , an _ to any intelligent person , Bin Laden dead for ages ... watch Benazir Bhutto say so on YouTube a week before she herself was murdered . The Muslims murdered her for being an American spy !
H. I honestly don't know what to believe , but ... why did the terrorists confirm his death if it didn't happen .
Answer the following questions:
1: What happen to Osama Bin Laden after he was killed?
2: Why?
3: Was a video released where he was living?
4: What did it show?
5: HOw many people have watched it?
6: What was one of the comments made?
7: Did they think Iraq got what they deserved?
8: What did someone say about America?
9: Are there any doubters about the body in the ocean story?
10: What was another comment?
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Los Angeles (CNN) -- A lawyer who filed a teen sex abuse lawsuit against "X-Men" director Bryan Singer said three more "Hollywood types" will be targeted in similar suits soon.
Michael Egan, who accuses Singer of sexually abusing him starting when he was 15, appeared with attorney Jeff Herman at a news conference in Beverly Hills on Thursday.
"I was a piece of meat," Egan, now 31, told reporters. "There was no relationship."
The civil suit filed in U.S. District Court in Hawaii on Wednesday alleged that Singer offered the aspiring teen actor a role in an "X-Men" film if he gave in to his sexual demands, while threatening to destroy his career if he didn't.
Singer's representative said the accusations were "completely without merit."
"We are very confident that Bryan will be vindicated in this absurd and defamatory lawsuit," Singer's representative said. "It is obvious that this case was filed in an attempt to get publicity at the time when Bryan' s new movie is about to open in a few weeks."
Singer is one of Hollywood's most successful directors and producers, having directed two installments of the "X-Men" film franchise and a Superman movie in the past 15 years. His next film, "X-Men: Days of Future Past," is set to hit theaters on May 23.
Fox, the studio distributing the X-Men movies, issued a statement about the accusations Thursday.
"These are serious allegations, and they will be resolved in the appropriate forum. This is a personal matter, which Bryan Singer and his representatives are addressing separately."
Answer the following questions:
1: Who was accusing another of a crime?
2: Last name?
3: In what Court?
4: Of what State?
5: Who was being accused?
6: Name a movie he's associated with.
7: At what age was the accuser allegedly abused?
8: And how old now?
9: What did the accused rep say would be the outcome?
10: What other movies has he been involved with?
11: Did the Studio ever respond to this?
12: How many more would be accused?
13: Who was the alleged victim's legal rep?
14: Last name?
15: At what event did he speak on the matter?
16: What day was that?
17: Where?
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JACKSONVILLE, Florida (CNN) -- Eduardo Gonzalez, a petty officer second class with the U.S. Navy, is about to be deployed overseas for a third time. Making his deployment even tougher is the fact his wife may not be around when he comes back.
Mildred and Eduardo Gonzalez worry about what would happen to their family if she is deported.
His wife faces deportation to Guatemala -- her home country that she hasn't seen since 1989. He also doesn't know what would happen to his young son, Eduardo Jr., if that happens.
"I like being in uniform and serving my country, but if she goes back I'm going to have to give it all up and just get out and take care of my son and get a job," he said.
"Defending the country that's trying to kick my family out is a thought that always runs through my mind."
Gonzalez, who works on helicopters that bring cargo, supplies and military personnel in and out of Iraq, testified before a House Judiciary Committee panel last month, detailing his situation and urging officials to consider some sort of policy to deal with cases like his, where military members' families could be deported while they're defending their country overseas. Watch "they're tearing families apart" »
"I want to serve my country 100 percent. But with this issue in the back of my mind, I feel I can't do that," he testified on September 6.
The U.S. military does not have a policy to deal with such cases. Each is handled case-by-case, not by the military, but by immigration authorities. The government doesn't have numbers on how many military members are in predicaments similar to Gonzalez's.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who is about to be deployed?
2: Where is he being deployed?
3: How many times will this be?
4: Is he a petty officer?
5: Which class?
6: What branch of military?
7: What is the wife's name?
8: What does she face?
9: To where?
10: When did she last go there?
11: Do they have a son?
12: What is his name?
13: Does Gonzalez want to serve his country?
14: What does he work on?
15: Did he testify?
16: In front of whom?
17: When did this happen?
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CHAPTER IX
THE SMITING OF AMON
That evening I sat ill at ease in my work-chamber in Seti's palace, making pretence to write, I who felt that great evils threatened my lord the Prince, and knew not what to do to turn them from him. The door opened, and old Pambasa the chamberlain appeared and addressed me by my new titles, saying that the Hebrew lady Merapi, who had been my nurse in sickness, wished to speak with me. Presently she came and stood before me.
"Scribe Ana," she said, "I have but just seen my uncle Jabez, who has come, or been sent, with a message to me," and she hesitated.
"Why was he sent, Lady? To bring you news of Laban?"
"Not so. Laban has fled away and none know where he is, and Jabez has only escaped much trouble as the uncle of a traitress by undertaking this mission."
"What is the mission?"
"To pray me, if I would save myself from death and the vengeance of God, to work upon the heart of his Highness, which I know not how to do----"
"Yet I think you might find means, Merapi."
"----save through you, his friend and counsellor," she went on, turning away her face. "Jabez has learned that it is in the mind of Pharaoh utterly to destroy the people of Israel."
"How does he know that, Merapi?"
"I cannot say, but I think all the Hebrews know. I knew it myself though none had told me. He has learned also that this cannot be done under the law of Egypt unless the Prince who is heir to the throne and of full age consents. Now I am come to pray you to pray the Prince not to consent."
Answer the following questions:
1: What is the title of the chapter?
2: Where does the story open?
3: What is the author trying to do?
4: Who entered the room?
5: Who was she?
6: What did summons did she bring?
7: What was the new title of the woman summoned?
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Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington (CNN) -- The American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers in a shooting rampage is sitting in a military courtroom for the next week or more, hearing the evidence against him.
The Article 32 hearing began Monday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state to determine if a trial is warranted for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who could get the death penalty if convicted.
The deadly shooting spree near a small U.S. base in Afghanistan's Kandahar province last March strained already tense U.S.-Afghan relations and intensified a debate about whether to pull out American troops ahead of their planned 2014 withdrawal.
"He committed a mass killing crime, and we would like the court in the United States to implement justice and punish him according to the crime," Ahmad Zia Syamak, a spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai, told CNN on Monday.
Bales acted with "chilling premeditation" and was "lucid, coherent and responsive" when he left the remote outpost and went from house to house, gunning down villagers, Lt. Col. Joseph Morse, the Army's prosecutor, told the court. Women and children were among the 16 dead and six wounded, authorities said.
"Nothing really justifies killing women and children in a noncombat situation," Bales' attorney, John Henry Browne, told CNN earlier. "But there may be explanations if that's true."
Read more: Stunned friends recall good deeds of Afghanistan killings suspect
The first soldier to testify Monday was Cpl. David Godwin, who said he watched a movie and drank Jack Daniels whiskey with Bales and another soldier, Sgt. Jason McLaughlin, just hours before the alleged attack.
Answer the following questions:
1: What court does Ahmad want to implement justice?
2: Who does Ahmad speak for?
3: Who's that?
4: What news organization did Ahmad express his opinion to?
5: When?
6: Is Ahmad hoping someone will be punished?
7: Who?
8: Did he do something bad?
9: What is he accused of doing?
10: Does anything justify killing women and children in a noncombat situation?
11: Who made that statement?
12: What's his name?
13: Does he think there's a valid explanation if it's true?
14: Are Bales' friends stunned by his actions?
15: When did the first soldier testify?
16: Who was it?
17: What's his rank?
18: What did he do with Bales hours before the attack?
19: What else?
20: Who was the other soldier with them?
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CHAPTER IV.
Signor Andrea D'Arbino, searching vainly through the various rooms in the palace for Count Fabio d'Ascoli, and trying as a last resource, the corridor leading to the ballroom and grand staircase, discovered his friend lying on the floor in a swoon, without any living creature near him. Determining to avoid alarming the guests, if possible, D'Arbino first sought help in the antechamber. He found there the marquis's valet, assisting the Cavaliere Finello (who was just taking his departure) to put on his cloak.
While Finello and his friend carried Fabio to an open window in the antechamber, the valet procured some iced water. This simple remedy, and the change of atmosphere, proved enough to restore the fainting man to his senses, but hardly--as it seemed to his friends--to his former self. They noticed a change to blankness and stillness in his face, and when he spoke, an indescribable alteration in the tone of his voice.
"I found you in a room in the corridor," said D'Arbino. "What made you faint? Don't you remember? Was it the heat?"
Fabio waited for a moment, painfully collecting his ideas. He looked at the valet, and Finello signed to the man to withdraw.
"Was it the heat?" repeated D'Arbino.
"No," answered Fabio, in strangely hushed, steady tones. "I have seen the face that was behind the yellow mask."
"Well?"
"It was the face of my dead wife."
"Your dead wife!"
"When the mask was removed I saw her face. Not as I remember it in the pride of her youth and beauty--not even as I remember her on her sick-bed--but as I remember her in her coffin."
Answer the following questions:
1: Who was searching in vain?
2: Who was he searching for?
3: Where was he searching?
4: Where did he try last?
5: Did he find him there?
6: What was he doing?
7: Who did D'Arbino go to seek help?
8: Did he find anyone there?
9: What was he doing?
10: Where did they carry Fabio to?
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To get to the tennis court, Conner Stroud has to push his wheelchair there.
The 15-yea-old from North Carolina, US was born without legs. But when he picks up his racquet and begins to hit a ball, you quickly see that the young man just want to win.
Stroud began playing tennis at age 5 at the small tennis club his parents own. For years, he played against able-bodied players by putting rubber on the stumps of his legs. Though he was a foot (30.48cm) or two shorter than many of the players he played against, he won a number of matches. He became well-known enough that he got to meet Rafael Nadal, his favorite player at the US Open in 2013.
"The most important thing is that he's happy," Nadal told reports about Stroud after that 15-minute meeting. "He's playing tennis... That's a great example of being happy even if life doesn't give you everything."
Stroud started playing wheelchair tennis at 13 and now he is No 1 in the US.
Earlier this summer, he played for the US in the world's biggest junior wheelchair team tennis event --- the World Team Cup. He played six matches and won five of them as the US won the cup for the first time since 2000.
"He is a polite boy , but he will rip your heart out trying to beat you," Jason Harnett, a United States Tennis Association coach, said of Stroud. "You see that attitude in a lot of the best players, whether they are able-bodied or disabled.
Teenage players can often get disappointed and angry. Racquets sometimes get thrown. Players shout at themselves after missed shots. Stroud never does that.
" I just try to stay positive," Stroud said. "After every point, I try to say I'm going to win the next point, or the next game, or the next game, or the whole match.
" There's always room to be positive . You can always win another time."
Answer the following questions:
1: When did Stroud start playing tennis?
2: Where?
3: Who owned it?
4: What was he missing at birth?
5: How did he play against people with legs?
6: What did he use rubber for?
7: Did this equalize their heights?
8: What difference remained?
9: How old is he now?
10: How does he get around?
11: What kind of tennis does he play?
12: Is he ranked?
13: What?
14: When did he start playing this?
15: When did he play in the World Team Cup?
16: How many matches was he in?
17: How many did he lose?
18: Who is his favorite player?
19: Did he meet him?
20: When?
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Public caught up in argument over safety of genetically modified or simply GM products, report Zhang Lei and Zhong Nan in Beijing.
More than 300 people gathered to enjoy a bowl of porridge made from genetically modified food on Saturday, an attempt to quell public fears about the safety of the product.
The first China Golden Rice Tasting Event was held at Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan, Hubei province, sparking another round in the nationwide debate about the safety of GM crops, often called "Frankenfood" by opponents.
Similar events have been held in more than 28 cities since May, the university said.
Both the pro and anti camps have posted conflicting comments on the Internet, with each providing evidence to back up their beliefs, but the exchanges are becoming increasingly bitter.
Jiang Tao, a senior engineer at the Center for Agricultural Resources Research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who is in favor of GM foods, was annoyed about what he called "amateurs" spreading rumors.
"Just look at the people who are opposed to GM foods; can you find anyone from a related field in the scientific community?" he asked. Jiang also accused the anti-GM lobby of repeatedly using outdated or inaccurate data to support an "incorrect" stance.
Chen Yunfa, an independent researcher into the Yangtze River Delta economy, recently wrote a commentary on the Internet news portal Eastday in which he criticized the actions of the 61 scientists, saying they had gone "beyond their proper duty". He suggested that large multinational corporations might be behind the letter and similar incidents, prompted by a desire to freeze China's patent hybrid rice technology out of the market.
To support his contentions, Chen said that GM rice, first produced by scientists in the US, still hasn't gained official approval from the US government. However, the US authorities have actually granted licenses to six varieties of GM rice. The commercial planting of two varieties - anti-herbicide (BAR) transgenic rice LL RICE 06 and LL RICE 62 - produced by the French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis, was approved in 1999 and a license for cultivation for edible use was granted in 2000.
The public outcry for GM labeling and boycotting has hindered the advancement of the technology. Concern about GM foods has been fueled by studies like the one published by French professor Gilles-Eric Seralini in September 2012. Seralini claimed that his research involving rats proved that the GM corn fed to them caused tumor growth. Furthermore, there is growing concern that the pesticides used on GMOs are contributing to the decline of the world's honey bee population, leading to honey bee deaths by infecting the brains of the insects with toxins. Therefore, some experts recommend the labeling of non-GM foods so that consumers can make that decision without a regulatory burden being placed on GMOs.
However, we should be cautious about anything that may risk humans' life. Only time will tell.
Answer the following questions:
1: What is the big controversy about?
2: Who finds false stories about it annoying?
3: What does he call the folks on spread them?
4: What is his job title?
5: Does he think the folks who spread the stories are science-minded?
6: How many folks reported this story?
7: Did a lot of folks have oatmeal?
8: On what day?
9: For what purpose?
10: What negative nickname do folks give this type of chow?
11: Where was the taste ceremony at?
12: What what its official name?
13: Have a bunch of other places had ceremonies like that?
14: How many?
15: How many scientific folks did someone criticize?
16: Who was it?
17: What did he say they'd done?
18: How many types of this chow has been given the thumbs up in the USA?
19: What has slowed the progress of this tech?
20: What living creature is thought to be put in danger by this chow tech?
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Andrew Engel was puzzled. He was sitting in class, but had no idea what the other students were talking about. He had done his homework, paid attention to lectures, and taken notes, but nothing was familiar. "Everyone is so much cleverer than I am," he thought. It was a strange feeling, as he was always a good student in high school. He felt even more puzzled a few days later. He got lost on his way to his favorite cinema. What's worse, he began having trouble finding the right words when speaking. He asked, "What's for dinner, Mom?" after he had just eaten. Poor Andrew, he was only 15! His parents were worried and took Andrew to see a doctor. A brain scan made it clear: Andrew had a malignant brain tumor . It was pressing on the part of the brain that makes new memory. He should be operated on as soon as possible. Andrew was _ ! Doctors removed the tumor, but Andrew's memory was still poor. He was told he would probably never go back to school. Andrew was eager to enter a university, but it seemed that his dream wouldn't come true. "Even though they told me this, I knew I wanted to go back to school," Andrew said. "I wanted to get my memory back." Andrew began by auditing an English class at a nearby school. In class, he took notes carefully and read his notes several times a day, then typed them again and again. He studied twelve hours a day, seven days a week. He worked ten times harder than other students. In 2007, at age 29, he graduated from a local university. Six months later, Andrew found a job.
Answer the following questions:
1: How old was Andrew?
2: Was there something wrong with him?
3: Physical or emotional?
4: What was wrong?
5: How did it affect him?
6: Why not?
7: What was one of his first inclinations that there was a problem?
8: Was he typically a good student?
9: What else did he have difficulties doing?
10: Did he get lost or confused?
11: Did he need surgery to remove the tumore
12: Was his memory immediately better?
13: Did he go right back to school?
14: What was he told about being able to return?
15: How did he feel about that?
16: What did he do to make that a reality?
17: How many days a week?
18: Did he attend a University?
19: Did he graduate?
20: When?
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The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings, advocacy and other programs.
The society is one of the four parts of the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics and a member of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences.
It was founded in 1888 as the "New York Mathematical Society", the brainchild of Thomas Fiske, who was impressed by the "London Mathematical Society" on a visit to England. John Howard Van Amringe was the first president and Fiske became secretary. The society soon decided to publish a journal, but ran into some resistance, due to concerns about competing with the American Journal of Mathematics. The result was the "Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society", with Fiske as editor-in-chief. The de facto journal, as intended, was influential in increasing membership. The popularity of the "Bulletin" soon led to Transactions of the American Mathematical Society and Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, which were also "de facto" journals.
In 1891 Charlotte Scott became the first woman to join the society. The society reorganized under its present name and became a national society in 1894, and that year Scott served as the first woman on the first Council of the American Mathematical Society.
Answer the following questions:
1: What does AMS stand for?
2: What was it originally known as?
3: Who created it?
4: When?
5: What does it exist to do?
6: Can you name one way it does that?
7: Who was the first president of the organization?
8: What was the name of their journal?
9: Was everyone happy about that?
10: How many parts of the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics is it?
11: Where did they hold a membership?
12: Where did Fiske visit that where he found a similar organization?
13: Did it give him inspiration?
14: Who was the first female member?
15: When?
16: When did they rebuild the organization?
17: And what did they become at that time?
18: Was Scott also the first female on the Council of the American Mathematical Society?
19: Which council was that?
20: Does the AMS have scholarships?
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(CNN) -- Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off after inspiring Real Madrid to an incident-packed 4-2 victory at home to Almeria on Saturday night, in which he created a goal, scored one and also missed a penalty.
The world's most expensive player helped Real bounce back from last weekend's 1-0 "El Clasico" defeat to Barcelona as the big-spending capital outfit came back from 2-1 down in an explosive final 20 minutes.
However, unbeaten Barca stayed five points clear at the top -- having played one more match -- with a 2-1 victory at Deportivo La Coruna as Lionel Messi scored twice.
Ronaldo, making his first appearance at the Bernabeu in two months following ankle problems, crossed for Sergio Ramos to head the opening goal in the 31st minute.
However, Fernando Soriano leveled with a deflected shot in the 58th minute and Kalu Uche put lowly Almeria head just three minutes later as Real failed to clear a corner.
The hosts equalized with 17 minutes left as Argentina forward Gonzalo Higuain kept up his hot scoring run with a predatory finish after the Almeria defense did not deal with a cross from the left.
With eight minutes remaining, Ronaldo went down under the challenge of the onrushing Diego Alves, but the goalkeeper saved his resulting penalty -- however, Karim Benzema followed up to smash in the rebound to put Real ahead.
Ronaldo wrapped it up a minute later from Higuain's low cross, and was booked for tearing off his shirt to pose in front of his adoring fans.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who did Ronaldo do at the end of the match?
2: What was Ronaldo booked for?
3: Why did he do that?
4: What was the score on Saturday night?
5: Who won?
6: Were they the away team?
7: Where did they play?
8: What has Ronaldo been suffering from?
9: Did he play on Saturday?
10: Who won the weekend before?
11: Had Barca lost any games?
12: where were they playing?
13: Who made two goals?
14: How many minutes were left when Ronaldo went down?
15: Where is Gonzalo Higuain from?
16: What position does he play?
17: Did he go on a scoring run?
18: Did Ronaldo score on Saturday?
19: Did he set someone up to score?
20: Did he make his penalty shot?
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Originally based on the English alphabet, ASCII encodes 128 specified characters into seven-bit integers as shown by the ASCII chart on the right. The characters encoded are numbers 0 to 9, lowercase letters a to z, uppercase letters A to Z, basic punctuation symbols, control codes that originated with Teletype machines, and a space. For example, lowercase j would become binary 1101010 and decimal 106. ASCII includes definitions for 128 characters: 33 are non-printing control characters (many now obsolete) that affect how text and space are processed and 95 printable characters, including the space (which is considered an invisible graphic:223).
The code itself was patterned so that most control codes were together, and all graphic codes were together, for ease of identification. The first two columns (32 positions) were reserved for control characters.:220, 236 § 8,9) The "space" character had to come before graphics to make sorting easier, so it became position 20hex;:237 § 10 for the same reason, many special signs commonly used as separators were placed before digits. The committee decided it was important to support uppercase 64-character alphabets, and chose to pattern ASCII so it could be reduced easily to a usable 64-character set of graphic codes,:228, 237 § 14 as was done in the DEC SIXBIT code. Lowercase letters were therefore not interleaved with uppercase. To keep options available for lowercase letters and other graphics, the special and numeric codes were arranged before the letters, and the letter A was placed in position 41hex to match the draft of the corresponding British standard.:238 § 18 The digits 0–9 were arranged so they correspond to values in binary prefixed with 011, making conversion with binary-coded decimal straightforward.
Answer the following questions:
1: what is based on the eng. alphabet?
2: how was it made?
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Rio de Janeiro (; ; "River of January"), or simply Rio, is the second-most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas. The metropolis is anchor to the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, the second-most populous metropolitan area in Brazil and sixth-most populous in the Americas. Rio de Janeiro the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's third-most populous state. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named ""Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea"", by UNESCO on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape.
Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. Later, in 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court transferred itself from Portugal to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the chosen seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal, who subsequently, in 1815, under the leadership of her son, the Prince Regent, and future King João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and Algarves. Rio stayed the capital of the pluricontinental Lusitanian monarchy until 1822, when the War of Brazilian Independence began. This is one of the few instances in history that the capital of a colonising country officially shifted to a city in one of its colonies. Rio de Janeiro subsequently served as the capital of the independent monarchy, the Empire of Brazil, until 1889, and then the capital of a republican Brazil until 1960 when the capital was transferred to Brasília.
Answer the following questions:
1: What municipality are we talking about?
2: When was it founded?
3: By whom?
4: Which ranking in population is it in the Americas?
5: What was it the seat of at first?
6: When did the War of Brazilian Independence start?
7: Of which empire was it a domain?
8: Where did the city become a capital of after that?
9: In what year?
10: Who moved to Brazil in 1808?
11: Whose court?
12: Who was leader when Brazil became a kingdom?
13: Within how many areas did he achieve this?
14: Name one.
15: Name another please.
16: Which is the last?
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(CNN) -- Early this year, Michael Sam made news by announcing he is gay. On Saturday, he made history as the first openly gay player to be drafted by a National Football League team. Seconds later, he made waves kissing his boyfriend in celebration as cameras looked on.
Now, Sam has one goal in mind -- to make the St. Louis Rams' roster.
"I'm determined to be great," he told reporters Tuesday in St. Louis. "So I'm going to train hard and try to make the team."
As a selection in the seventh and last round in the NFL draft, Sam playing for the Rams or any other NFL team this upcoming season is hardly a lock.
And with standouts like Chris Long and Kendall Langford, the fact that St. Louis boasts one of the league's best defensive lines -- the place where Sam starred at the University of Missouri -- makes his task even harder.
That challenge isn't lost on Sam, who some experts thought might not fit in the NFL not because of his sexual orientation but because they characterized him as a "tweener" -- too small to play on the defensive line, too slow to be a linebacker.
Still, he sees the chance to learn from his Rams coaches and teammates things that can help improve his game. And he seemed careful Tuesday not to get too far ahead of himself, expressing thanks for being given "the opportunity to play" but professing no certainty that he will be on the sidelines come opening day.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who announced that he is gay?
2: When he did that?
3: Was he drafted by a NFL team?
4: Did he make a history of some sorts?
5: What?
6: What is his goal now?
7: Does he want to be great?
8: Whom did he tell that?
9: When?
10: What he is going to do to achieve that?
11: How is Ram's defensive lines?
12: Who are their standout players?
13: Will all these will be easy for Sam?
14: What some characterized him as?
15: Is he fast enough?
16: Is he a big guy?
17: Do the experts think his sexual orientation matters?
18: From whom he can still learn?
19: Is he careful about his acts?
20: Did he thank everyone?
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CHAPTER ONE
PLAYING PILGRIMS
"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.
"It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.
"I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff.
"We've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth contentedly from her corner.
The four young faces on which the firelight shone brightened at the cheerful words, but darkened again as Jo said sadly, "We haven't got Father, and shall not have him for a long time." She didn't say "perhaps never," but each silently added it, thinking of Father far away, where the fighting was.
Nobody spoke for a minute; then Meg said in an altered tone, "You know the reason Mother proposed not having any presents this Christmas was because it is going to be a hard winter for everyone; and she thinks we ought not to spend money for pleasure, when our men are suffering so in the army. We can't do much, but we can make our little sacrifices, and ought to do it gladly. But I am afraid I don't," and Meg shook her head, as she thought regretfully of all the pretty things she wanted.
"But I don't think the little we should spend would do any good. We've each got a dollar, and the army wouldn't be much helped by our giving that. I agree not to expect anything from Mother or you, but I do want to buy _Undine and Sintran_ for myself. I've wanted it so long," said Jo, who was a bookworm.
Answer the following questions:
1: What holiday are they discussing?
2: What might they have to give up that holiday?
3: Which sister is wearing a dress that is not new?
4: what does she not like being?
5: who is lying on the floor?
6: Who suggested they not buy each other gifts that year?
7: what is one of her reasons for suggesting this?
8: does she agree with spending money for nice things?
9: for what reason?
10: do they know anyone who is serving in the military?
11: who is that?
12: is he nearby?
13: which sister feels insulted some girls have lots of nice things?
14: how much money does each girl have?
15: what does Jo want to purchase with it?
16: does she like to read?
17: does she think her money would help the military?
18: is Meg happy to sacrifice this holiday?
19: what does she think upon with regret?
20: are the girls afraid their dad might not come home from the war?
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One day Mary took a walk to the park. The park was very close to her house. One her way to the park she passed her friend Kim's house. Mary stopped by and asked if Kim wanted to play. Kim said yes. Mary and Kim walked together to the park. John's house was three houses down. Mary and Kim stopped by to ask John if he wanted to play at the park. John said no. He was afraid of being chased by a squirrel. Mary worried that John didn't like her, but John thought she was a good friend. So Mary and Kim went to the park to play. They loved the park. They loved the flowers, and the swings! Soon it was dinnertime and the girls went home. What a lovely day at the park.
Answer the following questions:
1: how many houses away was John's house from Mary's
2: where did Mary walk to?
3: was it close?
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Kievan Rus' begins with the rule (882–912) of Prince Oleg, who extended his control from Novgorod south along the Dnieper river valley in order to protect trade from Khazar incursions from the east and moved his capital to the more strategic Kiev. Sviatoslav I (died 972) achieved the first major expansion of Kievan Rus' territorial control, fighting a war of conquest against the Khazar Empire. Vladimir the Great (980–1015) introduced Christianity with his own baptism and, by decree, that of all the inhabitants of Kiev and beyond. Kievan Rus' reached its greatest extent under Yaroslav I (1019–1054); his sons assembled and issued its first written legal code, the Rus' Justice, shortly after his death.
The term "Kievan Rus'" (Ки́евская Русь Kievskaya Rus’) was coined in the 19th century in Russian historiography to refer to the period when the centre was in Kiev. In English, the term was introduced in the early 20th century, when it was found in the 1913 English translation of Vasily Klyuchevsky's A History of Russia, to distinguish the early polity from successor states, which were also named Rus. Later, the Russian term was rendered into Belarusian and Ukrainian as Кіеўская Русь Kijeŭskaja Rus’ and Ки́ївська Русь Kyivs'ka Rus’, respectively.
Answer the following questions:
1: When did Kievan Rus' began?
2: by whom?
3: When did they change their religion?
4: who was the leader?
5: how did he do it?
6: What was Prince Oleg trying to protect?
7: When did the name start being used?
8: why?
9: Why was it moved there
10: how did they have their first major expansion
11: What was issued?
12: by whom?
13: what else was he known for?
14: who did they fight against?
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CHAPTER XXXII
MORRISON IS DESPERATE
Certainly it was a strange little gathering that waited in Morrison's room for the coming of Laverick. There was Lassen--flushed, ugly, breathing heavily, and watching the door with fixed, beady eyes. There was Adolf Kahn, the man who had strolled out from the Milan Hotel as Laverick had entered it, leaving the forged order behind him. There was Streuss--stern, and desperate with anxiety. There was Morrison himself, in the clothes of a workman, worn to a shadow, with the furtive gleam of terrified guilt shining in his sunken eyes, and the slouched shoulders and broken mien of the habitual criminal. There was Zoe, around whom they were all standing, with anger burning in her cheeks and gleaming out of her passion-filled eyes. She, too, like the others, watched the door. So they waited.
Streuss, not for the first time, moved to the window and drawing aside the curtains looked down into the street.
"Will he come--this Englishman?" he muttered. "Has he courage?"
"More courage than you who keep a girl here against her will!" Zoe panted, looking at him defiantly. "More courage than my poor brother, who stands there like a coward!"
"Shut up, Zoe!" Morrison exclaimed harshly. "There is nothing for you to be furious about or frightened. No one wants to ill-treat you. These gentlemen all want to behave kindly to us. It is Laverick they want."
"And you," she cried, "are content to stand by and let him walk into a trap--you let them even use my name to bring him here! Arthur, be a man! Have nothing more to do with them. Help me to get away from this place. Call out. Do something instead of standing there and wasting the precious minutes."
Answer the following questions:
1: What was the gathering for?
2: How many people were there?
3: Where was this at?
4: Was Lassen a handsome man?
5: Where did Adolf come from?
6: How was Morrison dressed?
7: Where there any femals?
8: who?
9: What was everyone doing?
10: for who?
11: How did they get him to come?
12: Was he an American?
13: What was he?
14: Who was Zoe's brother?
15: Were the men there to hurt Zoe?
16: What were they there for?
17: who's name did they use to get him there?
18: What did she want Arttur to do?
19: and do what?
20: and what else?
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Hello Sandy, We have just returned form our holiday. We went with our friends,Edward Smith and his wife Tina, to the Yorkshire Moors. It is a beautiful natural park. There are lots of places to walk on the tops of the hills,miles of grassland with no people,just sheep and birds. Edward had just come out of hospital and he could not walk as far as before. However, this meant that we walked in the mornings, and then stopped at a restaurant for lunch each day before returning to the place we lived in. Edward and I slept in front of the fire all afternoon, while the ladies went for another walk. Very pleasant! I took lots of photos from the place we lived in, across the valley below us, of the morning sunrise, and the mist in the valley. Also, in England, the old steam-powered trains are very popular. I took many photos of the train. Yesterday we had the first snow of this winter. It is very early. We usually have snow in January. It rained all day, then snowed in the evening .Today we have bright sunshine! Both Jenny and I are well. I don't know if I told you, in the last e-mail , that Jenny is now working in a hotel. Although she has to work hard, people there are nice, and she is enjoying the work. Please write to us to tell us your news. Yours, Victor
Answer the following questions:
1: Is this written like a letter would be written?
2: Who wrote it?
3: To whom was it written?
4: what is the overall subject?
5: where did they go on vacation?
6: is it ugly there?
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Svalbard (; prior to 1925 known by its Dutch name Spitsbergen, meaning "jagged mountains") is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. Situated north of mainland Europe, it is about midway between continental Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range from 74° to 81° north latitude, and from 10° to 35° east longitude. The largest island is Spitsbergen, followed by Nordaustlandet and Edgeøya.
Administratively, the archipelago is not part of any Norwegian county, but forms an unincorporated area administered by a governor appointed by the Norwegian government. Since 2002, Svalbard's main settlement, Longyearbyen, has had an elected local government, somewhat similar to mainland municipalities. Other settlements include the Russian mining community of Barentsburg, the research station of Ny-Ålesund, and the mining outpost of Sveagruva. Ny-Ålesund is the northernmost settlement in the world with a permanent civilian population. Other settlements are farther north, but are populated only by rotating groups of researchers.
The islands were first taken into use as a whaling base in the 17th and 18th centuries, after which they were abandoned. Coal mining started at the beginning of the 20th century, and several permanent communities were established. The Svalbard Treaty of 1920 recognizes Norwegian sovereignty, and the 1925 Svalbard Act made Svalbard a full part of the Kingdom of Norway. They also established Svalbard as a free economic zone and a demilitarized zone. The Norwegian Store Norske and the Russian Arktikugol remain the only mining companies in place. Research and tourism have become important supplementary industries, with the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault playing critical roles. No roads connect the settlements; instead snowmobiles, aircraft and boats serve inter-community transport. Svalbard Airport, Longyear serves as the main gateway.
Answer the following questions:
1: what is the name of the airport?
2: what were the islands first used as?
3: when?
4: is it still used for the same purpose today?
5: who mainly stays further in the north?
6: is it part of any norwegian county?
7: what is it's dutch name?
8: when was it known by this name?
9: is it in the pacific ocean?
10: then where?
11: how many supplemental industries have become important?
12: which ones?
13: what kind of mining goes on?
14: when did this start?
15: which mining community can you find?
16: what has happened since 2002?
17: what does the dutch name mean?
18: Spitsbergen is bigger than which islands?
19: where is the research station?
20: what did the 1925 act do?
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(CNN) -- Inter Milan are once again five points behind rivals AC Milan at the top of the Italian Serie A table after crushing Genoa 5-2 at the San Siro on Sunday.
But the defending champions had to come from behind to claim the three points, Genoa leading 1-0 at the break after Rodrigo Palacio fired home following good work from Abdoulay Konko.
However, Inter were a different side in the second-half and three goals in seven minutes completely turned the match around.
The home side leveled in the 50th minute when Giampaolo Mazzini slotted home Maicon's cross and they took the lead a minute later when Samuel Eto'o converted a rebound after Goran Pandev's shot was fumbled by goalkeeper Eduardo.
And Eto'o added his second goal just six minutes later with a superb individual effort, the Cameroon striker's 18th goal of the season.
Goran Pandev made it 4-1 in the 68th minute, after being set-up by Eto'o and Wesley Sneijder, and Yuto Nagatomo netted his first goal for the club to complete the scoring.
Mauro Boselli's late header proved little more than a consolation goal for the visitors.
Meanwhile, third-placed Napoli lost more ground on the top two after being held to a goalless draw by lowly Brescia at the San Paolo, with coach Walter Mazzarri sent to the stands in the first half for arguing with the referee.
The Naples side are now eight points off the top and just two points ahead of fourth placed Lazio, who saw off Palermo 2-0 thanks to an early double from Giuseppe Sculli.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who is placed fourth?
2: And third?
3: What's the point difference between them?
4: How did it get that close?
5: Who did that?
6: What teams played Sunday?
7: Are Genoa Inter Milan's rivals?
8: Who is?
9: What was the score at the break?
10: Who was leading?
11: Did Genoa win?
12: So Inter Milan did?
13: How long did it take them to take the lead?
14: What was the score in the 68th minute?
15: Who scored that fourth point?
16: How?
17: Who set him up?
18: Did either of them score goals earlier?
19: Who?
20: What was the final score?
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It was a great day for a picnic and a picnic was a great way to start the summer holiday. Fred brought his classmates John and Betty to a wonderful picnic place. After lunch, John said they should play football. When the ball came to Fred, he kicked it into some long grass. "I'll get it," he said and hurried off to find the ball. Moments later after there was a shout and out came Fred holding his leg. "I've been bitten by a snake!" As the others rushed over to help, Fred laughing. "Ha! I'm not really hurt." But Betty didn't laugh, "I can't believe you did that, Fred. I was really frighten for you." The friends then decided to go for a swim. John and Betty jumped into the water. Fred was standing on a long rock by the riverbank and said, "Watch and jump" They shouted excitedly as he went under the water, but as the seconds passed he didn't come back to the top. The friends became worried. Suddenly they heard Fred's laugh. "Won't you ever learn? I swam behind this tree when I jumped." "Very funny, Fred?" said John angrily. "Anyway, I'm feeling tired and I'm going for a sleep." Betty joined him. Fred, however, moved to a narrow part of the river and jumped in. Although he was a good swimmer, the water there was moving much faster and Fred found himself being _ away. He managed to catch hold of a tree, but he was very tired now and with the water still moving fast, couldn't pull himself out. Back at the picnic place, as Betty and John were preparing to sleep, they heard Fred's cries for help. John looked at Betty and said, "Does he really think we're so foolish? Wake me up in an hour. It'll be time to go back home then."
Answer the following questions:
1: What did John want to play?
2: Who was he playing with?
3: Who else was there?
4: Who was the prankster of the group?
5: Was he attacked by a serpent?
6: Did he think it was a funny joke?
7: Who didn't agree?
8: What season was it?
9: Did they go swimming?
10: Where?
11: Was the current fast or slow?
12: Who cried for help?
13: What was he holding onto?
14: Did his friends believe him?
15: Where were they?
16: What did they make plans to do?
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A teenage boy wielding two kitchen knives went on a stabbing rampage at his high school in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, early Wednesday, before being tackled by an assistant principal, authorities said.
Twenty students and a security officer at Franklin Regional Senior High School were either stabbed or slashed in the attack, Westmoreland County District Attorney John Peck told reporters.
The accused attacker was been identified as 16-year-old Alex Hribal, according to a criminal complaint made public. Hribal, who was arraigned as an adult, faces four counts of attempted homicide, 21 counts of aggravated assault and one count of possession of a weapon on school grounds, the documents show.
"I'm not sure he knows what he did, quite frankly," Hribal's attorney, Patrick Thomassey, said, adding he would file a motion to move the case to juvenile court.
"...We have to make sure that he understands the nature of the charges and what's going on here. It's important that he be examined by a psychiatrist and determined where he is mentally."
A doctor who treated six of the victims, primarily teens, said at first they did not know they had been stabbed.
"They just felt pain and noticed they were bleeding," Dr. Timothy VanFleet, chief of emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, told CNN.
"Almost all of them said they didn't see anyone coming at them. It apparently was a crowded hallway and they were going about their business, and then just felt pain and started bleeding."
Arguing against bail for Hribal, the district attorney told the court that four of the victims were in critical condition, including one who was "eviscerated." There's a question whether the victim will survive, Peck said.
Answer the following questions:
1: What happened at Franklin Regional Senior High School?
2: Who gave the reporters that information?
3: Who attacked them?
4: How old is he?
5: Will he be tried as a minor or an adult?
6: What charges is he facing?
7: Were there any other charges?
8: What were they?
9: Anything else?
10: Was he examined by a Psychiatrist?
11: What else did his lawyer have to say?
12: What is his attorneys name?
13: Did he think it was fair to try him as an adult?
14: Was he going to try and change that?
15: By doing what?
16: What happened when the victims were stabbed?
17: Who is the Dr. that treated them?
18: Where were they treated at?
19: What kind of Dr. treated them?
20: Who did the Dr. report the victims information to?
21: What is the victims condition?
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CHAPTER V. MADONNA'S INGRATITUDE
We stayed in Fossombrone little more than a half-hour, and having made a hasty supper we resumed our way, giving out that we wished to reach Fano ere we slept. And so by the first hour of night Fossombrone was a league or so behind us, and we were advancing briskly towards the sea. Overhead a moon rode at the full in a clear sky, and its light was reflected by the snow, so that we were not discomforted by any darkness. We fell, presently, into a gentler pace, for, after all, there could be no advantage in reaching Pesaro before morning, and as we rode we talked, and I made bold to ask her the cause of her flight from Rome.
She told me then that she was Madonna Paola Sforza di Santafior, and that Pope Alexander, in his nepotism and his desire to make rich and powerful alliances for his family, had settled upon her as the wife for his nephew, Ignacio Borgia. He had been emboldened to this step by the fact that her only protector was her brother, Filippo di Santafior, whom they had sought to coerce. It was her brother, who, seeing himself in a dangerous and unenviable position, had secretly suggested flight to her, urging her to repair to her kinsman Giovanni Sforza at Pesaro. Her flight, however, must have been speedily discovered and the Borgias, who saw in that act a defiance of their supreme authority, had ordered her pursuit.
Answer the following questions:
1: where did they stay ?
2: for how long ?
3: wwhere were they going ?
4: when were they trying to get there ?
5: what did they do during the ride ?
6: did he ask why she was going to rome ?
7: who was she ?
8: what is the rest of her name ?
9: who wanted to make rich friends ?
10: in his what ?
11: who was his nephew ?
12: who was her brother ?
13: who found out about the flight ?
14: what did they order ?
15: was the sky clowdly ?
16: what was it ?
17: was it in the summer ?
18: who do you know this ?
19: what was overhead ?
20: and they were advancing toward a ocean ?
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CHAPTER IV
To reach their table, the one concerning which Francis and his friend had been speculating, the new arrivals, piloted by Louis, had to pass within a few feet of the two men. The woman, serene, coldly beautiful, dressed like a Frenchwoman in unrelieved black, with extraordinary attention to details, passed them by with a careless glance and subsided into the chair which Louis was holding. Her companion, however, as he recognised Francis hesitated. His expression of somewhat austere gloom was lightened. A pleasant but tentative smile parted his lips. He ventured upon a salutation, half a nod, half a more formal bow, a salutation which Francis instinctively returned. Andrew Wilmore looked on with curiosity.
"So that is Oliver Hilditch," he murmured.
"That is the man," Francis observed, "of whom last evening half the people in this restaurant were probably asking themselves whether or not he was guilty of murder. To-night they will be wondering what he is going to order for dinner. It is a strange world."
"Strange indeed," Wilmore assented. "This afternoon he was in the dock, with his fate in the balance--the condemned cell or a favoured table at Claridge's. And your meeting! One can imagine him gripping your hands, with tears in his eyes, his voice broken with emotion, sobbing out his thanks. And instead you exchange polite bows. I would not have missed this situation for anything."
"Tradesman!" Francis scoffed. "One can guess already at the plot of your next novel."
"He has courage," Wilmore declared. "He has also a very beautiful companion. Were you serious, Francis, when you told me that that was his wife?"
Answer the following questions:
1: where was Oliver that afternoon?
2: what were the patrons probably asking yesterday?
3: and what about today?
4: does he have a companion?
5: what color is she wearing?
6: and who is dressed like?
7: is she beautiful?
8: who is she to him?
9: what is his full name?
10: who is Francis' friend?
11: what does Francis think this will be for Wilmore?
12: does Wilmore think he is a coward?
13: then what?
14: would you say Oliver is a gentleman?
15: how do you determine that?
16: and who is holding the chair for the lady?
17: does she smile at them?
18: does she acknoledge them in any way?
19: what is Wilmore's first name?
20: did Francis return the greeting?
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CHAPTER XLV.
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.
Granville helped him on his arm into the judge's room amid profound silence. All the court was deeply stirred. A few personal friends hurried after him eagerly. Among them were the Warings, and Mrs. Clifford, and Elma.
The judge staggered to a seat, and held Granville's hand long and silently in his. Then his eye caught Elma's. He turned to her gratefully. "Thank you, young lady," he said, in a very thick voice. "You were extremely good. I forget your name. But you helped me greatly."
There was such a pathetic ring in those significant words, "I forget your name," that every eye about stood dimmed with moisture. Remorse had clearly blotted out all else now from Sir Gilbert Gildersleeve's powerful brain save the solitary memory of his great wrong-doing.
"Something's upon his mind still," Elma cried, looking hard at him. "He's dying! he's dying! But he wants to say something else before he dies, I'm certain. ... Mr. Kelmscott, it's to you. Oh, Cyril, stand back! Mother, leave them alone! I'm sure from his eye he wants to say something to Mr. Kelmscott."
They all fell back reverently. They stood in the presence of death and of a mighty sorrow. Sir Gilbert still held Granville's hand fast bound in his own. "It'll kill her," he muttered. "It'll kill her! I'm sure it'll kill her! She'll never get over the thought that her father was--was the cause of Montague Nevitt's death. And you'll never care to marry a girl of whom people will say, either justly or unjustly, 'She's a murderers daughter'.... And that will kill her, too. For, Kelmscott, she loved you!"
Answer the following questions:
1: Who is the main person in this story?
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Twenty years are just a blink in time. But 20 years is also long enough for a man to grow up. It is always painful. For Andre Agassi, maturing in the spotlight of international tennis competition was even harder.
On September 3, the American tennis player said a tearful goodbye to his 21-year career after a third-round defeat in the US Open. The 36-year-old tried his best, but was unable to keep up with German Benjamin Becker, _ years his _
"The scoreboard said I lost today, but what the scoreboard doesn't say is what I've found," Agassi said to the fans. "I have found inspiration and you willed me to succeed." It was an emotional speech at the end of a long career.
Agassi hated tennis as a teenager as much as he loves it now. His father made him play when he was a child. He got bored, and became a rebel . The strict training that his father pushed upon him got in the way of his wild lifestyle. He grew hair long, wore colourful clothes and spat at a judge. Over the years, he has made bad jokes during news conferences Asked what he would say to his 17-year-old self, Agassi answered, "I would say, I understand you a lot more than I want to be you."
The turning point in Agassi's career came in 1992 when he unexpectedly won his first Grand Slam at Wimbledon. It was the first time Agassi understood what real champions finally understand: winning is a test of courage and not just power, it's a marathon, not a sprint .
And what a marathon Agassi was about to begin. He cut his long hair, got fitter and tightened up emotionally. On the court, he was ranked No. 1 for almost two years. His lowest point came in 1997 when his ranking dropped to No. 141. He didn't quit though. "I knew that I would try to get the most out of myself every day from that day forward. That was my promise," he said. "That never stopped."
Answer the following questions:
1: Who's the subject of the article?
2: Did he always love tennis?
3: How many years was he at the number 1 rank?
4: How many years did he play professionally?
5: How old was he at the time?
6: When did he win his first at Wimbledon?
7: When was his lowest point?
8: Why was it low?
9: To what?
10: What day did he retire?
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The Times of India (TOI) is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world according to Audit Bureau of Circulations (India). It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838.It is the second oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation after the Bombay Samachar.Lord Curzon the then Viceroy of India called The Times of India "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked "The Times of India" among the world's six best newspapers.
It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report 2012, "The Times of India" was ranked 88th among India's most trusted brands and subsequently, according to the Brand Trust Report 2013, "The Times of India" was ranked 100th among India's most trusted brands. In 2014 however, "The Times of India" was ranked 174th among India's most trusted brands according to the Brand Trust Report 2014, a study conducted by Trust Research Advisory.
"The Times of India" issued its first edition on 3 November 1838 as "The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce". The paper published Wednesdays and Saturdays under the direction of Raobahadur Narayan Dinanath Velkar, a Maharashtrian Reformist, and contained news from Britain and the world, as well as the Indian Subcontinent. J.E. Brennan was its first editor. In 1850, it began to publish daily editions.
Answer the following questions:
1: What family owns Bennett, Cokeman, & Co. Ltd?
2: And what paper does Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. own?
3: What language is it published in?
4: How often does it come out?
5: They're the largest selling what?
6: According to who?
7: When was it's first paper sent out?
8: What was it called back then?
9: Who was the editor at that time?
10: How often did they publish papers back then?
11: On what days?
12: What kind of reformist was the man in charge at that time?
13: Did the paper contain news from Britain?
14: When did it go to seven publications a week?
15: How does it rank by circulation?
16: What is it the oldest of?
17: What did the Viceroy call the paper?
18: And what did the BBC rank it as?
19: What report ranked the paper as 88th most trusted?
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(CNN) -- The Renault Formula One team have agreed to pay damages to their former driver Nelson Piquet Jr. and his ex-world champion father after accusing the pair of lying in the controversial "crashgate" affair.
Renault have confirmed on their official website that they were wrong to issue a press release in September 2009, in which they claimed the Piquets had lied by suggesting the team had forced Piquet Jr. to deliberately crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
At the time, Piquet Jr. stated he was ordered to crash by team bosses in order to help teammate Fernando Alonso win the race.
And when the case was heard by the World Motor Sport Council, Renault were handed a two-year suspended F1 ban, enabling the pair to sue for libel in British courts.
Admitting they libeled the duo, a Renault statement read: "The team accepts -- as it did before the World Motor Sport Council -- that the allegations made by Nelson Piquet Junior were not false.
"It also accepts that Mr Piquet Junior and his father did not invent these allegations in order to blackmail the team into allowing him to drive for them for the remainder of the 2009 season.
"As a result, these serious allegations contained in our press release were wholly untrue and unfounded, and we withdraw them unequivocally.
"We would like to apologise unreservedly to Mr Piquet Junior and his father for the distress and embarrassment caused as a result.
"As a mark of the sincerity of our apology and regret, we have agreed to pay them a substantial amount of damages for libel as well as their costs, and have undertaken not to repeat these allegations at any time in the future.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who got in trouble for lying?
2: What were they given as a result?
3: How long?
4: Who presided over the hearing?
5: Did they admit they had lied?
6: Who were the lies about?
7: Anyone else?
8: Who?
9: What year did this begin?
10: When did the incident in question happen?
11: At what event?
12: What was someone told to do on purpose?
13: Why?
14: Who said to do it?
15: Did this incident have a nickname?
16: Which was?
17: Was the father ever #1?
18: Did the two get anything out of it?
19: What?
20: What country could they do the suing at?
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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its charter granted in 1837 and Supplemental Charter granted in 1971.
Originally named the Institute of British Architects in London, it was formed in 1834 by several prominent architects, including Philip Hardwick, Thomas Allom, William Donthorne, Thomas Leverton Donaldson, William Adams Nicholson, John Buonarotti Papworth, and Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey.
After the grant of the royal charter it had become known as the Royal Institute of British Architects in London, eventually dropping the reference to London in 1892. In 1934, it moved to its current headquarters on Portland Place, with the building being opened by King George V and Queen Mary.
It was granted its Royal Charter in 1837 under King William IV. Supplemental Charters of 1887, 1909 and 1925 were replaced by a single Charter in 1971, and there have been minor amendments since then.
Answer the following questions:
1: Where is the Royal Institute of British Architects located?
2: Which country?
3: Who chartered it?
4: Who opened it?
5: Why was it created?
6: What was it first known as?
7: When was the name changed?
8: When was it moved?
9: Who was present for its opening?
10: Their names?
11: How many additions were made to the original charter?
12: When were they all combined?
13: Was King George V one of the founders?
14: How about Thomas Donaldson?
15: What does RIBA stand for?
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(CNN) -- The Connecticut Senate on Thursday voted to repeal the death penalty, setting the stage for Connecticut to join several states that have recently abolished capital punishment.
In the last five years, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York and Illinois have repealed the death penalty. California voters will decide the issue in November.
The bill now goes to the House of Representatives, where it is also expected to pass. Gov. Dannel Malloy, a Democrat, has vowed to sign the measure into law should it reach his desk, his office said.
"For everyone, it's a vote of conscience," said Senate President Donald Williams Jr., a Democrat who says he's long supported a repeal. "We have a majority of legislators in Connecticut in favor of this so that the energies of our criminal justice system can be focused in a more appropriate manner."
In 2009, state lawmakers in both houses tried to pass a similar bill, but were ultimately blocked by then-Gov. Jodi Rell, a Republican.
Capital punishment has existed in Connecticut since its colonial days. But the state was forced to review its death penalty laws beginning in 1972 when a Supreme Court decision required greater consistency in its application. A moratorium was then imposed until a 1976 court decision upheld the constitutionality of capital punishment.
Since then, Connecticut juries have handed down 15 death sentences. Of those, only one person has actually been executed, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, a nonpartisan group that studies death penalty laws.
Michael Ross, a convicted serial killer, was put to death by lethal injection in 2005 after giving up his appeals.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who was executed in Connecticut after 1976?
2: How?
3: When?
4: Who voted on Thursday?
5: To do what?
6: Who will vote next?
7: What states already have?
8: When will the next state choose?
9: Who will vote in Connecticut next?
10: Is it going to be successful?
11: Where will it go next?
12: What will he do?
13: What party is he?
14: Who stopped the previous bill?
15: What party?
16: How many sentences have been given since 1976?
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(CNN) -- It could be the spartan living environment, or perhaps growing up in the thin air nearly 3,000 meters above sea level -- or maybe it's the influence of a legendary local coach.
Whatever its secret, a remote mountain town in Ethiopia has produced a string of world-beating distance runners.
Three-time Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba is the current cream of a crop that has helped put Bekoji on the map. Like many from her area, she was clearly born to run.
"Running is for me my job, but also my source of entertainment," the 27-year-old told CNN's Human to Hero series.
"It's because of running that I am well known around the world. For me, it's the ultimate thing."
Her elder sister Ejegayehu was an Olympic silver medalist in 2004, while younger sister Genzebe was the 2009 world junior cross country champion and a younger brother Dejene is a promising 800m runner.
Sporting excellence flows through the family genes: Dibaba is the cousin of double Olympic 10,000m champion Derartu Tulu, while she was also inspired by another cousin -- Bekelu, who she often calls her sister, and was an international distance runner.
They all hail from Bekoji, a town of fewer than 20,000 people set high in the mountains of the Arsi province, but with a freakish record for track and field success.
"Bekoji has produced so many great athletes starting from Derartu. In Beijing, Kenenisa (Bekele) and I brought home two gold medals each," Dibaba said.
"Bekoji has strong runners. Bekoji is great and can produce even greater athletes."
Answer the following questions:
1: Who is the cream of crop?
2: Who is she?
3: What is she known for?
4: Did she speak out to CNN?
5: Do she have siblings?
6: What do they do?
7: Who is Bekelu?
8: Where are they from?
9: What is they record there?
10: What did she bring back home?
11: What can Bekoji produce?
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Editor's note: Jane Velez-Mitchell is host of the HLN show, "Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell," a topical event-driven show with a wide range of viewpoints. Velez-Mitchell is the author of "Secrets Can Be Murder: What America's Most Sensational Crimes Tell Us About Ourselves."
Jane Velez-Mitchell says the targets of stalkers aren't just celebrities and that millions are victims.
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Hollywood starlet Jennifer Love Hewitt recently obtained a restraining order against a man who she claims had been stalking her since 2007.
The man sent hundreds of threatening letters, as well as plane tickets to Australia, and he left flowers at the home of Hewitt's mother.
Uma Thurman had even more frightening brushes with her stalker before he was convicted. Jack Jordan visited her house and also tried to get into her on-set trailer.
Thurman eventually faced Jordan in court, where he was convicted of stalking and aggravated harassment and sentenced to three years probation and psychiatric counseling. This, to me, sounds like a victory for Jordan, since he was placed in the same courtroom as his victim and could eventually go right back to stalking.
Many assume this type of thing is relegated only to those who grace the covers of gossip magazines and movie posters. Sheila Ann Grayson wasn't famous, but that didn't save her. Police in South Carolina say Grayson was killed by her stalker last May, two weeks after taking out a restraining order against him.
A new study published this month by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics estimated based on a survey that 3.4 million Americans per year are victims of stalking. For some perspective, that's more than the entire population of Chicago, Illinois.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who obtained a restraining order?
2: How long had she been stalked?
3: What did he send to her?
4: How many?
5: What did he send to her mother?
6: Who did Jack Jordan stalk?
7: Where did he try to find her?
8: Was he convicted?
9: Of what?
10: Did he receive jail time?
11: How long was his probation sentence?
12: Who was ultimately killed by her stalker?
13: Was she famous?
14: Did she have a restraining order in place?
15: How many people are estimated to be stalking victims?
16: According to whom?
17: Where did Hewitt's stalker send her tickets to?
18: How much time passed between Sheila's restraining order and her death?
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At London College, the boys can go to the city in the afternoon. But they must return to the school before six. And Bob doesn't often obey the rule. One afternoon, Bob walked to the city and went to the cinema. When he got to the school, it was eight o'clock. He was a little worried. He ran quickly to the gate. It was closed. He went round the school building to another door. That one was closed, too. Then he saw an open window on the ground floor. It was the head teacher's office. Bob looked into the room, and no one was there. He quickly climbed up and jumped into the room. Just then he heard a voice. He looked around and hid under the sofa. One minute later, Mr. Scott, the head teacher, came in. He turned on the light and sat down on the sofa. Then he began to read. Bob lay under the sofa and looked at the head teacher's feet for an hour. He could not move. At last the head teacher stood up and walked towards the door. "Thank goodness, he didn't find me under the sofa." thought Bob. Then the head teacher stopped. He turned his head and spoke to the sofa, "Would you mind turning off the light when you leave?" he said and left the office.
Answer the following questions:
1: What school were the boys at?
2: Who was the boy that did not follow rules?
3: Where did he go whilst in the city?
4: Did he arrive back on time?
5: What time did he arrive?
6: How did he get back in?
7: Who did the room belong to?
8: What was the teachers name?
9: Did he catch Bob?
10: Where?
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Downing Street sources have indicated that the British tennis player,Andy Murray,will be Recommended for a knighthood for ending Britain's 77-year wait for a Wimbledon men's champion title.David Cameron,the British prime minister,who was in the royal box on Sunday at Wimbledon told reporters that he couldn't think of anyone who deserves one more.More news on the knighthood is surely to come, but Murray's achievement has a _ in that he is Scottish, not English.
Also in the royal box show on Sunday was Scotland's first minister, Alex Salmond, waving the white-and-blue Scottish flag in the row directly behind Cameron after the victory.No Scotsman had won the singles at Wimbledon since Harold Mahony in 1896.Salmond was later asked on BBC Radio whether Murray's achievement had been a victory for Britain. "Absolutely,and for tennis fans everywhere,"Salmond said."Let everyone enjoy the victory.But you will allow us just the little private thing.Let us wave our national flag."
The Scottish government,headed by Salmond,has announced that Scotland will hold a referendum on independence from Britain in September 2014.Murray,who lives in the London area but was born and raised in the Scottish town of Dunblane,has not said publicly which way he would vote on the issue,and his Wimbledon Championship will only mix interest in his views.
But this was a national moment.Murray's semifinal victory over Jerzy
Janowicz drew a peak television audience of 13.24 million viewers, the biggest of the year in Britain.The final then topped that with a peak audience of 17.3 million,the biggest audience for a Wimbledon final since at least 1990, according to the B BC.
Only one name will go on the trophy ,but tennis at the highest level has now become a team event.Murray,who once had frequent fits of anger during matches,has transformed himself into a much more focused force with the help of an extensive support group.Murray's rise to champion has clearly something to do with his decision to hire the former number one tennis champion Ivan Lendl as his coach just before the 2012 season."He's been very patient with me; I'm just happy I managed to do it for him."
Onward Team Murray goes toward a defense of the United States Open title,beginning next month,and then eventually to defending at Wimbledon next year with the British drought well and truly over.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who is Andy Murray?
2: Is he Scottish?
3: Why is he up for knighthood?
4: Who is David Cameron?
5: Who else was in the royal box?
6: Who is he?
7: What color flag did he have?
8: Which Scotsman won Wimbledon last?
9: When?
10: Where was Murray born and raised?
11: Where does he live now?
12: Who did Murray compete against in the semifinal?
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Tom was a college student. He often made excuses not to attend classes. Also he spent much of his free time playing computer games. He never went to the library to study. How time flew! At the end of the term, there was an important thing--the final exam . He was afraid of it. "What should I do?" Tom walked up and down in the room the day before the exam. He was so nervous. Suddenly, he thought of an idea. The next morning, Tom went into the exam room very early. He found a young man and took a seat next to him. "Hey you!" Tom greeted. "What?" The young man asked. "Can you help me?" Tom said politely. "Please let me copy your paper during the exam." When hearing his words, the young man just smiled but said nothing. When the bell rang, the young man stood up and came to the front, saying "It is the time for the final exam. Now I will hand out the papers to all of you and collect them in one hour." Tom sat there with his mouth wide open.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who went to school?
2: Which type?
3: Was he prepared for finals?
4: How much time was allotted?
5: Did he have perfect attendance?
6: Did he play around a lot?
7: What?
8: Who did he hope to cheat with?
9: Was he successful?
10: Did he spend much time studying?
11: Was he fretful?
12: Where did he go ahead of time?
13: Did he remain standing?
14: Who did he sit by?
15: What was the gender?
16: Was he elderly?
17: How did the teacher respond to Tom?
18: Did he say anything at that point?
19: How did he address the teacher?
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One Thursday morning, John's dad was making him breakfast. John came downstairs in his favorite blue shirt and fed his dog Bentley. After washing his hands, John sat down to a hot plate of pancakes, eggs, and bacon. John's baby sister Emily began to cry in her high chair. John gave Emily her pink pacifier to calm her down. After breakfast, John took Bentley out to the backyard to play fetch in the green grass. John only threw the ball a few times before it started to rain and they had to come back inside. Bentley shook himself to get the water off him and splashed John. John's dad asked John, "Do you want to play a game?" John said that he did and ran to get his favorite board game, Trouble. When they sat on the living room floor to play, Emily crawled over to sit in John's lap. Bentley lay next to John's dad with his head on his paws. John thought this rainy day was perfect.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who was cooking breakfast?
2: Was it the weekend?
3: What day of the week was it?
4: Who fed the dog?
5: What is his name?
6: What was the weather like?
7: Who got upset during breakfast?
8: What is her name?
9: Who calmed her down?
10: How?
11: Who went outside after the meal?
12: What did John do when he went back inside?
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Gia was new in the neighborhood. She really wanted to meet some new friends. She was lonely and tired of playing with her toys all by herself. Her mother told her that the best way to meet new friends was to go somewhere where other kids are at. She remembered seeing a park on the corner when they were moving in. She asked her mother if she could go to the park. Her mother walked her down the street to the park. When Gia got to the park she was not happy. There was no one there. She sat on a swing and looked at the ground. It seemed like this was going to be another lonely day. Gia heard a noise and looked up. There was a girl coming down the hill. She smiled, but she was a little scared. What if she wasn't nice? That would make her sad. Gia was so happy when the girl walked up and said, "Hi, my name is Julie. What's yours?"
Answer the following questions:
1: Who was new?
2: How was she feeling?
3: Who did she get advice from?
4: What advice did she give?
5: Did she know of anywhere kids hung out?
6: where?
7: Where is that?
8: Had she ever seen kids there?
9: So did she go there?
10: Did she go alone?
11: Who went with her?
12: Did the trip to there fix her problems?
13: Why not immediately?
14: So how did it get better?
15: What did she do before the girl got there?
16: Did she worry about anything when the girl showed up?
17: What did she worry about?
18: What was the other girl's name?
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Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American major record label established in 1958 as the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group (WMG), and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. Warner Bros. Records was established on March 19, 1958, as the recorded-music division of the American film studio Warner Bros.. For most of its early existence it was one of a group of labels owned and operated by larger parent corporations. The sequence of companies that controlled Warner Bros. and its allied labels evolved through a convoluted series of corporate mergers and acquisitions from the early 1960s to the early 2000s. Over this period, Warner Bros. Records grew from a struggling minor player in the music industry to become one of the top recording labels in the world.
In 2003, these music assets were divested by their then owner Time Warner and purchased by a private equity group. This independent company traded as the Warner Music Group before being bought by Access Industries in 2011. WMG is the smallest of the three major international music conglomerates and the world's last publicly traded major music company. Cameron Strang serves as CEO of the company.
Artists currently signed to Warner Bros. Records include Sleeping with Sirens, Cher, Kylie Minogue, Kimbra, the Goo Goo Dolls, Sheryl Crow, Ciara, Gorillaz, Adam Lambert, Bette Midler, Blur, Duran Duran, Fleet Foxes, Jason Derulo, Kid Rock, Lily Allen, Linkin Park, Muse, Nile Rodgers, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Black Keys, My Chemical Romance and Regina Spektor.
Answer the following questions:
1: Does this company sign artists?
2: What is the company called?
3: When was it started?
4: Is it called something different now?
5: Who is someone they signed?
6: Anyone else?
7: Was it autonomous at first?
8: Who long did it shift around?
9: Did it start big and then get small?
10: Who had them in 2003?
11: After that?
12: What happened in 2011?
13: How many huge musical businesses are there?
14: Are they the biggest?
15: Are they all on the public market?
16: Who runs it?
17: Do they only sign women?
18: What male example is there?
19: Do they have less than 5 people right now?
20: Do they make films?
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A recent report found 46% of parents agreed that their child knew more about the Internet than they did. And now new research shows parents are turning to their children for lessons in technology.
The new study of around 1,000 parents showed that 67% of parents have asked their teenager children for technology-related advice. 44% have asked their teenager for help using the Internet, and 41% have received teen advice about how to use the TV or home entertainment system.
Ahad Surooprajally, a father of five children, says his children help him with technology in the home. "They've grown up surrounded by technology," he explains. "We have four computers and four iPads in our house. If I want to know something technical they're the ones I go to."
He says his nine-year-old son Habeeb is the only person in the house who really understands the TV. So he tells Habeeb which film he wants to watch and Habeeb connects his mobile phone to the TV. "You teach your kids everyday life lessons, but the tables are turned when it comes to technology," says Ahad.
As well as learning how to use technology properly, there is another advantage of parents asking their children to help them understand the digital world. They may be able to get a better understanding of what their kids are doing online.
Will Gardner of the charity Childnet International says, "We have to continuously encourage parents to find out more about what their children are doing online. If the kids are using a social networking site, get them to show you around it if you are not using it already."
Answer the following questions:
1: How many parents were polled in the study?
2: What percentage need help from their teenagers when it comes to technology?
3: How many agreed their children knew more than they did about the internet?
4: How many children does Ahad Surooprajally have?
5: What different types of technology do they have at their house?
6: Which one of his children really understand the TV?
7: How old is he?
8: What does he help with?
9: What is another advantage of asking kids for help with technology?
10: Who is Will Gardner?
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Germany is a federal republic consisting of sixteen federal states (German: Bundesland, or Land).[a] Since today's Germany was formed from an earlier collection of several states, it has a federal constitution, and the constituent states retain a measure of sovereignty. With an emphasis on geographical conditions, Berlin and Hamburg are frequently called Stadtstaaten (city-states), as is the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, which in fact includes the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven. The remaining 13 states are called Flächenländer (literally: area states).
The creation of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949 was through the unification of the western states (which were previously under American, British, and French administration) created in the aftermath of World War II. Initially, in 1949, the states of the Federal Republic were Baden, Bavaria (in German: Bayern), Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse (Hessen), Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), North Rhine Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz), Schleswig-Holstein, Württemberg-Baden, and Württemberg-Hohenzollern. West Berlin, while officially not part of the Federal Republic, was largely integrated and considered as a de facto state.
Answer the following questions:
1: How many states in Germany?
2: When was the creation of the Federal Republic of Germany
3: through the unification of what?
4: What administration were they under?
5: Does Germany have a constitution?
6: why?
7: What does it emphasize?
8: What is Berlin called?
9: Anyplace else have that name?
10: how about the remaining 13 ?
11: what does that mean?
12: Is west berlin part of the federal republic?
13: What was it considered?
14: Was it intergrated?
15: What was created in the aftermath of WWII?
16: What includes the cities of Breman and Bremerhaven?
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Good evening, everyone! Let's talk about some of the new and the old everyday shows. The news is on Channel Six from 6:00 to 7:00 every evening. Johnson has been reading the news for many years. He and his group always do their job well. The same channel is also good for late night watching. At 11:30 every night, Ted talks with famous people on this 90-minute show Night Time. He always has interesting people on. This week, three movie stars are going to talk about their new movies. In the afternoon, Channel Eleven has a good children's show The Children's Room at 3:30. This show has interesting cartoons. They keep children happy and entertained for hours. Channel Three has the best game shows. They ask some interesting questions and give away a lot of money and gifts. It's really a good way to learn about the world in the game shows.
Answer the following questions:
1: What is on at night after 11pm?
2: What is on Channel Six?
3: Which channel has cartoons?
4: At what time?
5: Where can you watch game shows?
6: Are they educational?
7: Who reads the news?
8: Who are the guests on Night Time this week?
9: What are they going to discuss?
10: Who is the host?
11: What time does the show start?
12: How long is it?
13: What night is it on?
14: Is Johnson new at channel six?
15: How long has he been doing his job?
16: What do people win on the game shows?
17: Which channel has shows for kids?
18: Any show in particular?
19: What time does it aire?
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Within hours of becoming a national hero, a viral video star and the top topic on Twitter, Charles Ramsey talked about having trouble getting sleep.
It wasn't because of all the excitement that followed his knocking down a Cleveland neighbor's door, freeing three women and a girl who police say were held hostage for years.
Instead, Ramsey told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Tuesday, it was about knowing he had lived for a year near the captive women on the city's West Side.
"Up until yesterday the only thing that kept me from losing sleep was the lack of money," the restaurant dishwasher said on "Anderson Cooper 360."
"I could have done this last year, not this hero stuff," said Ramsey. "Just do the right thing."
Ramsey recounted Monday night's drama, when he heard a girl scream "like a car had hit a kid."
He ran from his living room, clutching a half-eaten McDonald's Big Mac, to the house and helped free a woman identified as Amanda Berry.
"Amanda said, 'I've been trapped in here. He won't let me out. It's me and my baby."
Who are the three women freed in Cleveland?
Ramsey and a man named Angel Cordero broke down the door, CNN affiliate WEWS reported in an earlier interview heard around the world.
Ramsey told CNN he had never seen Berry before Monday, and at first, he could not place the name.
"Berry didn't register with me until I was on the phone, like wait a minute, I thought this girl was dead."
Answer the following questions:
1: Who was having trouble sleeping?
2: What made him well known?
3: Who did he talk to at CNN?
4: Which social media platform was it trending on?
5: What city did it occur?
6: What day of the week was it?
7: What was the name of the person he saved?
8: What was he holding when he ran to help?
9: Who helped Ramsey?
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"Well, what did I say?Buck's a real fighter, all right," said Francois the next morning when he discovered that Spitz had disappeared and that Buck was covered in blood. "Spitz fought like a wolf," said Perrault, as he looked at the bites all over Buck. "And Buck fought like ten wolves," answered Francois. "And we'll travel faster now. No more Spitz,no more trouble." Francois started to harness the dogs. He needed a new lead-dog, and decided that Solleks was the best dog that he had. But Buck jumped at Solleks and took his place. "Look at Buck!" said Francois,laughing. "He's killed Spitz,and now he wants to be lead-dog.Go away, Buck!" He pulled Buck away and tried to harness Solleks again.Solleks was unhappy too. He was frightened of Buck, and when Francois turned his back,Buck took Solleks' place again. Now Francois was angry. "I'll show you! " he cried,and went to get a heavy club from the sledge. Buck remembered _ ,and moved away. This time,when Solleks was harnessed as lead-dog,Buck did not try to move in.He kept a few meters away and circled around Francois carefully. But when Francois called him to his old place in front of Dave, Buck refused.He had won his fight with Spitz and he wanted to be lead-dog. For an hour the two men tried to harness him.Buck did not run away,but he did not let them catch him.Finally,Francois sat down,and Perrault looked at his watch.It was getting late. The two men looked at one another and smiled. Francois walked up to Solleks,took off his harness, led him back and harnessed him in his old place.Then he called Buck. All the other dogs were harnessed and the only empty place was now the one at the front. But Buck did not move. "Put down the club," said Perrault. Francois dropped the club, and immediately Buck came up to the front of the team.Francois harnessed him, and in a minute the sledge was moving. Buck was an excellent leader. He moved and thought quickly and led the other dogs well. A new leader made no difference to Dave and Solleks; they continued to pull hard.But the other dogs had had an easy life when Spitz was leading.They were surprised when Buck made them work hard and punished them for their mistakes. Pike,the second dog,was usually lazy;but by the end of the first day he was pulling harder than he had ever pulled in his life. The first night in camp Buck fought Joe,another difficult dog,and after that there were no more problems with him.The team started to pull together,and to move faster and faster. "I've never seen a dog like Buck!" cried Francois, "Never! He's worth a thousand dollars. What do you think, Perrault? " Perrault agreed.They were moving quickly,and covering more ground every day. The snow was good and hard,and no new snow fell.The temperature dropped to 45degC below zero, and didn't change. This time there was more ice on the Thirty Mile River, and they crossed in a day.Some days they ran a hundred kilometers,or even more. They reached Skagway in fourteen days; the fastest time ever.
Answer the following questions:
1: What kind of animal is Buck?
2: Did Buck get into a fight?
3: With what?
4: Who did Buck fight with?
5: What happened to Spitz?
6: Who was harnessing the dogs?
7: Who was the best dog?
8: Was he afraid of Buck?
9: Did Buck want to be lead dog?
10: Was Francois happy about that?
11: What did he get?
12: Did Buck remember that?
13: Where was Buck's place?
14: Who tried to harness Buck again?
15: Anyone else?
16: Who had a watch?
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A Muslim is someone who follows or practices Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion. Muslims consider the Quran (Koran), their holy book, to be the verbatim word of God as revealed to the Islamic prophet and messenger Muhammad. The majority of Muslims also follow the teachings and practices of Muhammad ("sunnah") as recorded in traditional accounts ("hadith"). "Muslim" is an Arabic word meaning "one who submits (to Allah)".
The beliefs of Muslims include: that God is eternal, transcendent and absolutely one ("tawhid" or monotheism); that God is incomparable, self-sustaining and neither begets nor was begotten; that Islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that has been revealed before through many prophets including Abraham, Moses, Ishmael and Jesus; that these previous messages and revelations have been partially changed or corrupted over time ("tahrif") and that the Qur'an is the final unaltered revelation from God (The Final Testament).
The religious practices of Muslims are enumerated in the Five Pillars of Islam: the declaration of faith ("shahadah"), daily prayers ("salat"), fasting during the month of Ramadan ("sawm"), almsgiving ("zakat"), and the pilgrimage to Mecca ("hajj") at least once in a lifetime.
To become a Muslim and to convert to Islam is essential to utter the "Shahada", one of the Five Pillars of Islam, a declaration of faith and trust that professes that there is only one God "(Allah)" and that Muhammad is God's messenger. It is a set statement normally recited in Arabic: "lā ʾilāha ʾillā-llāhu muḥammadun rasūlu-llāh" () "There is no god but Allah , (and) Muhammad is the messenger of God."
Answer the following questions:
1: What is the article talking about?
2: Define a Muslim?
3: Name their holy book?
4: What's the meaning of the word muslim?
5: Whose practices do they follow?
6: Do they believe in other prophets?
7: Name 2 for me?
8: Are there 5 pillars of Islam?
9: Name one please?
10: Who was the Quran revealed to?
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Broadway theatre, commonly known as Broadway, refers to the theatrical performances presented in the 41 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Along with London's West End theatre, Broadway theatre is widely considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world.
The Theater District is a popular tourist attraction in New York City. According to The Broadway League, for the 2016–2017 season (which ended May 21, 2017), total attendance was 13,270,343 and Broadway shows had US$1,449,399,149 in grosses, with attendance down 0.4%, grosses up 5.5%, and playing weeks down 4.1%.
The great majority of Broadway shows are musicals. Historian Martin Shefter argues, "'Broadway musicals,' culminating in the productions of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, became enormously influential forms of American popular culture" and helped make New York City the cultural capital of the nation.
New York did not have a significant theatre presence until about 1750, when actor-managers Walter Murray and Thomas Kean established a resident theatre company at the Theatre on Nassau Street, which held about 280 people. They presented Shakespeare plays and ballad operas such as "The Beggar's Opera". In 1752, William Hallam sent a company of twelve actors from Britain to the colonies with his brother Lewis as their manager. They established a theatre in Williamsburg, Virginia and opened with "The Merchant of Venice" and "The Anatomist". The company moved to New York in the summer of 1753, performing ballad operas and ballad-farces like "Damon and Phillida". The Revolutionary War suspended theatre in New York, but thereafter theatre resumed in 1798, the year the 2,000-seat Park Theatre was built on Chatham Street (now called Park Row). The Bowery Theatre opened in 1826, followed by others. Blackface minstrel shows, a distinctly American form of entertainment, became popular in the 1830s, and especially so with the arrival of the Virginia Minstrels in the 1840s.
Answer the following questions:
1: How many theatres are on Broadway?
2: How many seats do they have?
3: What city are they in?
4: in what Burrough?
5: Is it a popular place?
6: What was the attendance in 2016-2017?
7: What did it gross?
8: Was attendance up?
9: Down by how much?
10: Was the gross down too?
11: up by what?
12: Were the playing weeks up?
13: Down by what?
14: What makes up the majority of the shows?
15: Who is one of the influential producers?
16: and another?
17: What city is the cultural capital?
18: What was created on Nassau Street?
19: How many did it hold?
20: what happened in 1752?
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Have you ever wanted to achieve something really amazing in life? Well, Greg Mortenson wanted to climb a mountain, but he ended up helping thousands of people to have a better life. Greg's story began with failure. In 1993, he set out to climb K2, the world's second highest mountain. But Greg never made it to the top. After five days, he stumbled into the village of Korphe in northern Pakistan, injured and hungry. The kind villagers there looked after him for several days. Greg saw that the villagers were very poor and hungry, and some of them were ill. Also, the village school didn't have a roof and the children wrote on the ground with sticks, Greg knew he wanted to do something to help. "I'll build you a school," he told the villagers. "I promise." Greg went back home to the USA to raise money for the school. He even lived in the car to save money! Finally he went back to Korphe and built the school. But _ was just the beginning of something bigger! Since then, Greg's organization has built around 80 schools and runs many others in Pakistan and other countries, too. Greg hasn't finished yet. He does many other things to help people in poor countries. He has got many prizes, but it's the smiles of the children he has helped that makes him happy! Greg has just written a best-selling book about his story called Three Cups of Tea. It's an interesting and exciting book which tells us what ordinary people can do with courage and determination .
Answer the following questions:
1: What did Greg want to do initially?
2: What mountain?
3: Is it the second highest mountain in the world?
4: Did he make it to the top?
5: So did his story begin with failure?
6: What year was it when he went to climb the mountain?
7: What village did he end up?
8: Where exactly?
9: Was he injured?
10: Were the villagers hungry too?
11: Did they look after him?
12: What did Greg promise them?
13: Where did Greg raise the money?
14: What did he do to save the money?
15: did he build the school?
16: How many schools has his organization built?
17: What is Greg's book called?
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Lillo Brancato Jr., an actor who appeared in "The Sopranos," was acquitted of the 2005 killing an off-duty New York City police officer but found guilty of attempted burglary.
Lillo Brancato Jr. appeared on "The Sopranos" and played alongside Robert De Niro in "A Bronx Tale."
Brancato, 32, was also acquitted of two counts of burglary, but could face three to 15 years in prison on the attempted burglary charge. He has already served three years, according to his attorney, Joseph Tacopina.
Police officer Daniel Enchautegui, 28, was killed trying to break up a burglary attempt at his neighbor's house in the Bronx in December 2005.
During the trial, Brancato said there was not a break-in. Brancato said he knew the owner of the home, and that he and friend Steven Armento, 51, were drinking at a strip club when they decided to go hunt for valium.
Brancato told the jury that the owner, a Vietnam veteran, gave him permission to come to his house and take painkillers or other pills whenever he wanted.
Brancato admitted to breaking a window at the home, but said it was strictly because he was going through intense heroin withdrawal that night and he said he was trying to wake up his friend to get the drugs.
When Brancato and Armento entered the home, the next door neighbor -- Enchautegui -- came outside to investigate.
That's when prosecutors said Armento shot the officer through the heart with his .357 Magnum.
Armento was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in November. The jury in that trial took less than six hours to convict Armento.
Answer the following questions:
1: How old was Daniel Enchautegui?
2: What was his job?
3: What happened to him?
4: When?
5: Where?
6: At whose home?
7: Why was he there?
8: Was he shot?
9: with what?
10: Was the killer arrested?
11: Who was it?
12: When did he go to court?
13: Was he found guilty?
14: How long will he be in jail?
15: Who else was charged in the crime?
16: What was his job?
17: Did he work with any famous people?
18: Who?
19: In what?
20: What was he looking for the night of the murder?
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The motif of the England national football team has three lions passant guardant, the emblem of King Richard I, who reigned from 1189 to 1199. The lions, often blue, have had minor changes to colour and appearance. Initially topped by a crown, this was removed in 1949 when the FA was given an official coat of arms by the College of Arms; this introduced ten Tudor roses, one for each of the regional branches of the FA. Since 2003, England top their logo with a star to recognise their World Cup win in 1966; this was first embroidered onto the left sleeve of the home kit, and a year later was moved to its current position, first on the away shirt.
Although England's first away kits were blue, England's traditional away colours are red shirts, white shorts and red socks. In 1996, England's away kit was changed to grey shirts, shorts and socks. This kit was only worn three times, including against Germany in the semi-final of Euro 96 but the deviation from the traditional red was unpopular with supporters and the England away kit remained red until 2011, when a navy blue away kit was introduced. The away kit is also sometimes worn during home matches, when a new edition has been released to promote it.
Answer the following questions:
1: Which team uses the emblem of past royalty as their motif?
2: what is on it?
3: what royalty did it belong to?
4: when did he rule?
5: what color are the lions?
6: what changes have been made?
7: when?
8: why?
9: by who?
10: what was added to the motif?
11: what was the significance?
12: what color uniform do they usually wear?
13: has it always been that color?
14: what have they been before?
15: what did the star symbolize that was added to the logo?
16: when?
17: where is the logo worn?
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The Gospel According to Matthew (; also called the Gospel of Matthew or simply, Matthew) is the first book of the New Testament. The narrative tells how the Messiah, Jesus, rejected by Israel, finally sends the disciples to preach the gospel to the whole world.
Most scholars believe the Gospel of Matthew was composed between AD 80 and 90, with a range of possibility between AD 70 to 110 (a pre-70 date remains a minority view). The anonymous author was probably a male Jew, standing on the margin between traditional and non-traditional Jewish values, and familiar with technical legal aspects of scripture being debated in his time. Writing in a polished Semitic "synagogue Greek", he drew on three main sources: the Gospel of Mark, the hypothetical collection of sayings known as the Q source, and material unique to his own community, called the M source or "Special Matthew".
The divine nature of Jesus was a major issue for the Matthaean community, the crucial element marking them from their Jewish neighbors; while Mark begins with baptism and transfiguration, Matthew goes back further still, showing Jesus as the Son of God from his birth, the fulfillment of Old Testament messianic prophecies. The title Son of David identifies Jesus as the healing and miracle-working Messiah of Israel (it is used exclusively in relation to miracles), sent to Israel alone. As Son of Man he will return to judge the world, an expectation which his disciples recognise but of which his enemies are unaware. As Son of God he is God revealing himself through his son, and Jesus proving his sonship through his obedience and example.
Answer the following questions:
1: When do scholars think the Gospel of Matthew was recorded?
2: Does the Gospel have another name?
3: What is it also called?
4: How does Jesus prove his sonship?
5: Is the author of the gospel known?
6: How many sources did the author use?
7: What was one of his sources?
8: Was the author thought to be female?
9: Who is thought to be the author?
10: What number book of the new testament is Matthew?
11: What was an issue for the Matthaean community?
12: What gospel begins with baptism?
13: Who does Matthew show Jesus is the son of?
14: Where is Jesus the Messiah of?
15: Why is Jesus send to Israel?
16: Who does God reveal himself through?
17: What language is Matthew written in?
18: What other sources did the author use?
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The Americans believe that anybody can become President of the United States. In a recent Hollywood comedy , that is exactly what happens.
Dave Kovic, played by Kevin Kline, is a kind-hearted man who runs a business that finds people jobs. He leads a typical American way of life, except for one thing-he looks exactly like the President, Bill Mitchell. In fact, the only thing that makes him different from the nation's leader is that he is very nice!
The president has started using look-alikes during some public appearances. Dave is offered a chance to "serve his country" by becoming _ . However, things go wrong. The President becomes very ill and Dave ends up acting as the President forever.
Director Ivan Reitman, who made the popular and successful comedies like Twins, Ghostbusters and Legal Eagles, could have gone for easy laughs by making fun of the American government. Instead, Dave is an attractive comedy about an ordinary man in extraordinary situations. Kevin Kline gives a double performance as Dave and the President, and Sigourney Weaver is at her best as his First Lady. The love story that develops between her role and Dave is a real classic .
The film is 100% American. However, if you've ever felt that anybody could do a better job running the country than the people in power, then you'll enjoy Dave!
Answer the following questions:
1: Who is the original president?
2: Who becomes the president?
3: Who is the actor?
4: What does he do at first?
5: What's the only thing that distinguishes him from the president?
6: What happened to the president?
7: Did he die?
8: Who plays as the president?
9: Who directed?
10: What's the name of the movie?
11: Is it critical of the US government?
12: Where was the movie made?
13: What kind of movie is it?
14: What did Dave do before becoming president?
15: Who is the other actor mentioned in the story?
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When Abraham Lincoln was young, he worked in a store. One day a woman came into the store and bought some things. They added up to two dollars and six and a quarter cents. The bill was paid, and the woman was satisfied. But the young storekeeper, not feeling quite sure about his calculations , added up the things again. To his surprise he found that it should have been but two dollars. "I've made her pay six and a quarter cents more," said young Abe, upset. It was an unimportant thing, and many salespersons would forget it, but Abe was too careful for that. "The money must be paid back," he decided. At night, he closed the store and walked to the home of his customer. He explained the matter, paid over the six and a quarter cents, and returned satisfied. Here is another story of young Lincoln's strict honesty. A woman entered the store and asked for half a pound of tea. The young man weighed it out. This was the last sale of the day. The next morning, when beginning his duties, Abe discovered a four-ounce weight on the scales . It flashed upon him at once that he had used this in the sale last night, and so, of course, given his customer short weight. Many people would not have been much worried by this discovery. But Abe weighed out the balance of the half pound, shut up the store, and carried it to the customer. I think that the name, so often given in late times to President Lincoln, of "Honest Old Abe", was well deserved .
Answer the following questions:
1: Who is the story about?
2: How old was he during the story?
3: What was his job?
4: What nickname was he eventually given?
5: Who came in the store first?
6: Did she buy anything?
7: How much did she pay?
8: Did she think there was a problem?
9: What did Lincoln do after she left?
10: Was the bill correct?
11: How much should he have charged her?
12: Did he just forget about it?
13: What did he do?
14: When did he go?
15: What did the next woman want to buy?
16: Was the sale correct?
17: Why not?
18: How did that happen?
19: How did he solve this problem?
20: Was his nickname appropriate?
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Rose sat behind Kate in the classroom. They got on well with each other. But one day, Rose didn't see her school IC card at lunch time. She asked her classmates and looked for it everywhere. But she couldn't find it. Later, one girl said that she saw Kate take a card from Rose's desk. Hearing this, Rose got very angry. When she met Kate in the afternoon, Rose shouted, "You have stolen my card!" Hearing this, Kate began to cry, "No, no, I didn't steal it! I only took it by mistake." But Rose didn't think so and she began to say bad words to Kate. Just then a teacher came up and asked what had happened. Kate told the whole story. She said a middle school classmate of hers came to see her in the morning. She was so excited that she took the card on the desk and rushed out. Then they went for lunch happily. "I used the card, but I had thought it was mine. I didn't know it was Rose's until she looked for it. I was too afraid to explain it to her. So I decided to put the card back with some money secretly. I am sorry, Rose." Kate said in a low voice. "It's just a misunderstanding !" said the teacher. Tears came into Rose's eyes. Then she said, "I was very sorry, Kate! I hope we are still good friends." Kate smiled when she heard the words. Hand in hand, they walked toward the classroom building.
Answer the following questions:
1: What kind of card did Rose not see?
2: At what time did this occur?
3: Did someone tell her that her card was taken?
4: Who did she say took the card?
5: What was Rose's reaction to this information?
6: Did Kate end up using the card?
7: What did she leave with the card when she returned it?
8: Who was seated behind Rose in class?
9: Did they get along?
10: What did Rose yell at Kate that afternoon?
11: Upon hearing this, what was Kate's response?
12: Was she crying at this time?
13: At first, did Rose believe Kate's explanation?
14: What sort of classmate had come to visit Kate earlier?
15: Did she and the classmate then leave to go eat?
16: In the end, did Rose accept Kate's story?
17: Was Kate bored when her classmate came to see her?
18: What emotion did she feel?
19: Why didn't Kate initially explain what happened with the card to Rose?
20: Did Rose ask her classmates for help in locating the card?
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Hero
Carl West is an unassuming all-American 24 year old . You might think that because he works in a convenience store that he's not the brightest guy you're likely to meet. Yet this slightly scruffy young man in his Nike sneakers , was smart enough to break a fake story that successfully fooled the world for 35 years . "I guess I just got lucky," West smiles. " It just goes to show you don't have to finish high school to be smart."
Forty Years' Study
"I've spent 40 years in astronomical study, and 20 years of that specifically in Satellite Systems study. I have a University chair in three major Universities and sat on 5 different governmental committees on Space Exploration. Hell, I wrote a research paper on the Lunar Landings that took 18 months to research, then a further 3 months just to correct it." Steven pauses to scratch his head. "Yet not once did it occur to me to wonder who filmed Armstrong as he stepped onto the moon. How could I have been so stupid? "
The Evidence
* If Armstrong was the first to walk on the moon, then who filmed him walking down the ladder?
* There's no gravity on the moon, so why didn't the astronauts just float away?
* It's really hot on the moon, so Armstrong should have died of thirst.
* The deadly radiation belts around the Earth turn everyone radioactive and make your eyes boil unless you are wearing 18 inches of lead . So how did they get through it?
Answer the following questions:
1: Who spend many decades studying space?
2: How long?
3: How many years studying satellite-related things?
4: Does he have prestige at colleges?
5: How many different schools?
6: Has he written papers on outer space-related things?
7: How long did he take to write one?
8: What did he never question?
9: Who was the one who thought of it?
10: How old is he?
11: Does he have prestige at colleges?
12: Where does he work?
13: Is he clean shaven?
14: How old was the false information he was responsible for breaking?
15: Did he believe it was hard work that caused this result?
16: What then?
17: How many pieces of proof are cited?
18: What doesn't the moon's environment have?
19: What would be the result of that?
20: Is it cold on the moon's surface?
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From March 29 to April 19, a new version of Death of a Salesman
was performedat tne Capital Theatre as the first in a series of
foreign classics to mark the 60th anniversary of the Beijing People's Art
Theatre.The last time this play was performed in Beijing was 29 years ago.
Death of a Salesman was created in 1949 by Arthur Miller, who used it to reveal the weakness of the "American Dream" .The main character, Willy Loman, believes wholeheartedly in American capitalism, and desires to "succeed" but his own greed _ him in the end.Death of a Salesman's first performance was a huge hit on Broadway, where it shocked the American theatre world, and strengthened the 33-year-old Miller's status as a master of American theatre.The play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, New York Drama Critics' Circle, and the Tony Award for Best Play.The New York Times praised Death of a Salesman as a milestone of 20th century theatre.In 1999, Death of a Salesman received another Tony Award for Best Revival, and the then 83-year-old Miller was given the National Medal of Arts.
The 1983 version of Death of a Salesman was directed personally by Arthur Miller on a visit to China, with Beijing director and actor Ying Ruocheng as the main character of Willy Loman.On May 7, 1983, the play was performed for the first time at the Capital Theatre, and the first series of performances lasted until August 18, with over 50 performances, some of which filled the house, and all of which had great influence.
When it was first performed here, China didn't have "salesman" , so the actors had to use their imagination to represent the characters and American society, and the audiences weren't entirely sure about some information.For example, they couldn't understand what "fixed payments" were, or why, if Willy was a lower-class member of American society, his family had a house, car, refrigerator, and television.But this didn't stop the play from becoming a widely-known page in Beijing's theatre history.
Answer the following questions:
1: Where the new version was performed?
2: What was the name of the play?
3: Was is a special occasion?
4: Of what?
5: Was it played in Beijing?
6: After how long?
7: Who directed the 1983 version?
8: Who was the main character?
9: On what date it was played?
10: How many shows they had then?
11: Was it well received?
12: Did China have real life salesman then?
13: What actors did to portray them?
14: Was the audience confused?
15: Any example of what they didn't get?
16: Any other?
17: Going back which year the original play was created?
18: By whom?
19: What did the main character believe?
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Passage 1
The information Highway is the road that links computer users to a large number of on-line services; the Web, e-mail, and software, to mention just a few. Not long ago, the information Highway was a new road, with not many users. Now, everyone seems to want to take a drive, with over 30 million families connected worldwide. Not surprisingly, this well-traveled highway is starting to look like a well-traveled highway. Traffic jams can cause many serious problems, forcing the system to close down for repair. Naturally, accidents will happen on such a crowed road, and usually victims are some files, gone forever. Then, of course, there's Mr. Cool, with his new broad-band connection, who speeds down the highway faster than most of us can go. But don't trick yourself; he pays for that speeding.
Passage 2
Want to know more about global warming and how you can help prevent it? Doctor Herman Friedman, who is considered a leading expert on the subject, will speak at Grayson Hall next Friday. Friedman studied environmental science at three well-known universities around the world before becoming a professor in the subject. He has also traveled around the world observing environmental concerns. The gradual bleaching of the Grate Barrier Reef, which came into the public eye in 2002, in his latest interest. Signed copies of his colorful book, which was published just last month, will be on sale after his talk.
Answer the following questions:
1: How many families are connected to this roadway?
2: Who has a new broad-band connection?
3: Is he going a lot quicker than we are?
4: But does that come with a cost?
5: Does is seem like everybody wants to travel this road?
6: Does the road need to shut down for repair sometimes?
7: Due to minor or major problems?
8: When wrecks occur, who vanishes?
9: When was the road new?
10: Who's giving a talk at Grayson Hall next Friday?
11: What's the main idea of the talk?
12: How many schools did that guy attend?
13: What did he major in?
14: Did he travel far?
15: What was he watching on those trips?
16: How long has his new book been on the shelves?
17: Is it plain and drab?
18: What's happening to the reef?
19: When did that hit the news?
20: Is that his newest worry?
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MaxiCode is a public domain, machine-readable symbol system originally created and used by United Parcel Service. Suitable for tracking and managing the shipment of packages, it resembles a barcode, but uses dots arranged in a hexagonal grid instead of bars. MaxiCode has been standardised under ISO/IEC 16023.
A MaxiCode symbol (internally called "Bird's Eye", "Target", "dense code", or "UPS code") appears as a 1 inch square, with a bullseye in the middle, surrounded by a pattern of hexagonal dots. It can store about 93 characters of information, and up to 8 MaxiCode symbols can be chained together to convey more data. The centered symmetrical bullseye is useful in automatic symbol location regardless of orientation, and it allows MaxiCode symbols to be scanned even on a package traveling rapidly.
MaxiCode symbology was released by UPS in 1992.
MaxiCode symbols using modes 2 and 3 include a "Structured Carrier Message" containing key information about a package. This information is protected with a strong Reed-Solomon error correction code, allowing it to be read even if a portion of the symbol is damaged. These fields include:
The structured portion of the message is stored in the inner area of the symbol, near the bull's-eye pattern. (In modes that do not include a structured portion, the inner area simply stores the beginning of the message.)
Answer the following questions:
1: What does MaxiCode look similar to?
2: What does it use in a grid instead of bars?
3: Who created this system?
4: What is it primarily good for?
5: Can you name an alternative name for a MaxiCode symbol?
6: How large is this kind of symbol?
7: What's in the very center of it?
8: Can several of these symbols be hooked together?
9: For what?
10: How much can it store?
11: And how many can be hooked together?
12: Where is the message stored on the symbol?
13: How about a structured portion of a message?
14: What modes include these structured messages?
15: Is that information protected?
16: With what?
17: Can it be read if it's damaged?
18: What kind of info is in these structured messages?
19: When did this system come out?
20: Is it public domain?
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(CNN) -- The threatening calls reportedly came one after the other to Mexico's main Catholic seminary.
Callers, claiming to be from one of the country's feared drug cartels, offered an ominous warning: Pay up if you value the safety of your priests.
"They called several times. They identified themselves as the Familia Michoacana, but who knows?" Cardinal Norberto Rivera, archbishop of Mexico City, revealed at a Mass this week. "I spoke with the authorities. We made the appropriate report. Because they wanted us to pay. Because if not, they would kill one of us. They wanted to extort 60,000 pesos ($4,600)."
Reports of extortion have become increasingly common as drug cartels expand their reach in Mexico. But public denouncements of such attempts are rare.
Rivera called on parishioners to report extortion to authorities, and he urged them not to pay.
His description Sunday of the extortion attempts and a statement denouncing drug violence give a glimpse into the problems faced by a Catholic Church often caught in the crossfire of warring cartels and government efforts to stop them.
In the country's capital alone, more than 10 priests have been threatened with extortion, said the Reverend Hugo Valdemar Romero, a spokesman for the archdiocese.
"None of them have paid," he told CNN. "Last year, two extortionists were arrested."
It's not uncommon for individual parishes to face extortion threats, he said. But the calls last month to the Seminary of the Archdiocese of Mexico marked the first time such a large church-run institution in the capital had been targeted, Romero said.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who got the threats?
2: Where?
3: Who the callers claimed to be?
4: What they want?
5: If not paid, what they would do?
6: Is this types of activity common?
7: Why?
8: Do people denounce it?
9: How many times they called in this case?
10: Who they said they are?
11: Who says that?
12: Who is he?
13: of what?
14: Who did he inform that?
15: When?
16: How much they wanted?
17: Did he talk to the appropriate persons?
18: How many priests were threatened in the capital?
19: Who informed that?
20: In what capacity?
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The first ever trans-Atlantic telephone call was made from New York City to London in 1927. In keeping with this spirit, we'd like to tell you some of our other communication records: * Most spammed person Microsoft chairman William H.Gates III(the U.S.A.)receives up to four million spams each day. However, with the help of all the people who are working in Microsoft and anti-spam technology, only around ten spares reach his inbox per day. * Earliest e-mail In l971,Ray Tomlinson,an engineer at the computer company, and Newman in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the U.S.A. sent the first e-mail.At first it was an experiment to see if he could get two computers to exchange a message.(It was Ray who decided to use the @ symbol to separate the other's name from their location. The first e-mail message was "QWERTYUIOP") * Largest LAN party The largest LAN(Local Area Network)party was made up of 8531 unique computers and 9184 members in Sweden from 30 November to 2 December 2006. * Most telephone books torsi in three minutes Tina Shelton tore 21 telephone books at last, each with l028 numbered pages in a time of three minutes in California, the U.S.A. on 9 February 2007.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who gets more spam in this country than anyone else?
2: When did the first phone call across the Atlantic occur?
3: Between which cities?
4: How much spam does he get?
5: Where does he work?
6: Does anyone filter his email?
7: Does the spam reach him
8: When did electronic mail first get sent?
9: Btween who?
10: What was the purpose?
11: To discover what?
12: What is a LAN?
13: What record is held for that?
14: How many participated?
15: When did this occur?
16: And where?
17: What is another record?
18: Who accomplished this?
19: How many were torn?
20: At the same time?
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Akrotiri and Dhekelia, officially the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia ( SBA; ; ), is a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus. The areas, which include British military bases and installations, as well as other land, were retained by the British under the 1960 treaty of independence, signed by the United Kingdom, Greece, Turkey and representatives from the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities, which granted independence to the Crown colony of Cyprus. The territory serves an important role as a station for signals intelligence and provides a vital strategic part of the United Kingdom communications gathering and monitoring network in the Mediterranean and the Middle East.
The territory is composed of two Base Areas. One is Akrotiri, or the "Western Sovereign Base Area" ("WSBA"), which includes two main bases at RAF Akrotiri and Episkopi, plus all of Akrotiri Village's district (including Limassol Salt Lake) and parts of eleven other village districts. The other area is Dhekelia Cantonment, or the "Eastern Sovereign Base Area" ("ESBA"), which includes a base at Ayios Nikolaos plus parts of twelve village districts.
The Sovereign Base Areas were created in 1960 by the London and Zurich Agreements, when Cyprus achieved independence from the British Empire. The United Kingdom desired to retain sovereignty over these areas, as this guaranteed the use of UK military bases on Cyprus, including RAF Akrotiri, and a garrison of the British Army. The importance of the bases to the British is based on the strategic location of the island, at the eastern edge of the Mediterranean, close to the Suez Canal and the Middle East; the ability to use the RAF base as staging post for military aircraft; and for training.
Answer the following questions:
1: How many base areas comprise Akrotiri and Dhekelia?
2: What is in the Western one?
3: what is the Eastern Base?
4: When were they created?
5: Why did the UK want to maintain control of these areas?
6: What are included in the base areas?
7: what agreements set the bases aside for the British?
8: were any other agreements involved?
9: which ones?
10: why did the British want to keep military bases in the area
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Chocolate was a box turtle. Lauren found her one day on the side of the road, hiding in her old, worn shell, frightened by the cars going by. Lauren picked Chocolate up to help her cross the street, because Lauren knew that turtles are very slow and cars are very fast. After Lauren got Chocolate to the other side of the road, Chocolate peeked her head out of her shell and looked at the little girl. Lauren saw that not only was Chocolate's shell worn, one of her eyes was shut. Lauren thought Chocolate needed more help from her, so Lauren took the turtle home. Lauren hid Chocolate in her bathtub, because she was worried that her mother would be mad. Lauren went to look up what turtles like to eat and left Chocolate alone in the bathtub. Lauren was still looking up turtle facts when she heard her mother call out, "Lauren, get in here now!" Lauren knew she was in trouble. But when Lauren came into the bathroom, her mother was smiling. Lauren's mom told her that she had a turtle when she was a little girl. Lauren and her mom took Chocolate to an animal doctor who treated sick turtles. The doctor gave them special drops to put in Chocolate's eyes. Lauren put the drops in Chocolate's eyes, like the doctor told her and soon the turtle's eyes were all better. Chocolate's shell was still old and worn looking, like an old shoe, but now her eyes were beautiful, like the golden jewels on Grandma's earrings. Lauren was glad that she helped Chocolate.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who was chocolate?
2: Who found her?
3: Where did she find her?
4: What was she hiding in?
5: What was frightening her?
6: What did lauren do to try and help her?
7: What did the turtle do after that?
8: What did lauren notice then?
9: Did lauren do anything because of this?
10: Who did lauren hid her from?
11: Why did she hide her?
12: Where did she hide her?
13: What did lauren do after that?
14: Did laurens mom find the turtle?
15: What her mom do then?
16: Did they take the animal to the vet?
17: Was the doctor able to help the turtle?
18: What di the doctor give them for the turtle?
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Leah and the Big Yellow Dog
Leah was very happy. It was a bright, sunny day and Mommy was taking her to Leah's favorite place. Leah loved the play park near the water!
Mommy parked the car and Leah ran out right away and climbed the big slide. Up she went and then down. Two other kids saw Leah and ran over and slid down, too. Leah was laughing and happy.
Suddenly a big, yellow dog walked into the park. This was really a friendly dog, and only wanted someone to play with. But Leah was scared of dogs.
Leah didn't see the dog at first. Leah started walking toward the swing, and the dog followed Leah. Before Leah sat on the on the swing, she turned around and saw the dog smiling at her. The dog looked goofy standing there with its mouth open.
Leah was scared. She started yelling and screaming. This only made the dog look confused. The dog then began sounding out with Leah, barking and howling itself. They were a sight to see with Leah screaming and the dog howling.
Mommy went over and took Leah away from the dog, but mommy could barely keep herself from laughing. The dog's master came and got the dog, and Leah went back to playing. "Some dogs are nice," Mommy told Leah.
Answer the following questions:
1: what did Leah run toward?
2: where was she?
3: who took her there?
4: did Leah go up the slide?
5: what walked into the park?
6: what color?
7: was it friendly?
8: did Leah like dogs or was she scared of them?
9: did the dog follow her?
10: did she see the dog?
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CHAPTER XIII. UMBELAZI THE FALLEN
So I stayed on at Nodwengu, who, indeed, had no choice in the matter, and was very wretched and ill at ease. The place was almost deserted, except for a couple of regiments which were quartered there, the Sangqu and the Amawombe. This latter was the royal regiment, a kind of Household Guards, to which the Kings Chaka, Dingaan and Panda all belonged in turn. Most of the headmen had taken one side or the other, and were away raising forces to fight for Cetewayo or Umbelazi, and even the greater part of the women and children had gone to hide themselves in the bush or among the mountains, since none knew what would happen, or if the conquering army would not fall upon and destroy them.
A few councillors, however, remained with Panda, among whom was old Maputa, the general, who had once brought me the "message of the pills." Several times he visited me at night and told me the rumours that were flying about. From these I gathered that some skirmishes had taken place and the battle could not be long delayed; also that Umbelazi had chosen his fighting ground, a plain near the banks of the Tugela.
"Why has he done this," I asked, "seeing that then he will have a broad river behind him, and if he is defeated water can kill as well as spears?"
"I know not for certain," answered Maputa; "but it is said because of a dream that Saduko, his general, has dreamed thrice, which dream declares that there and there alone Umbelazi will find honour. At any rate, he has chosen this place; and I am told that all the women and children of his army, by thousands, are hidden in the bush along the banks of the river, so that they may fly into Natal if there is need."
Answer the following questions:
1: Were there many people at the place?
2: Where has he remained?
3: Who was still there?
4: Anyone else?
5: Was anyone associated with royalty?
6: Whom?
7: What are they?
8: Did any rulers belong to this?
9: How many?
10: Who were they?
11: Did anyone choose sides?
12: Who did this?
13: Did anyone stay with Panda?
14: How many did?
15: Can you name one?
16: What does he do?
17: When would he visit him?
18: To discuss what?
19: Who had chosen a site to battle?
20: Where had he picked?
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"I left Tangier, my birthplace, the 13th of June 1325 with the intention of making the pilgrimage to Mecca... to leave all my friends both female and male, to abandon my home as birds abandon their nests." So begins an old manuscript in a library in Paris-the travel journal of Ibn Battuta.
Almost two centuries before Columbus, Ibn Battuta set off for Mecca, returning home three decades later as one of history's great travelers. Driven by curiosity, he journeyed to remote comers of the Islamic world, traveling through 44 modern countries, three times as far as Marco Polo. Little celebrated in the West, his name is well known among Arabs. In his hometown of Tangier, a square, a hotel, a cafe, a ferry boat, and even a hamburger are named after him.
Ibn Battuta stayed in Mecca as a student for several years, but the urge to travel soon took over. In one adventure, he traveled to India seeking profitable employment with the sultan of Delhi.On the way, he described his group being attacked in the open country by 80 men on foot, and two horsemen. "We fought... killing one of their horsemen and about twelve of the foot soldiers... I was hit by an arrow and my horse by another, but God in his grace preserved me... ". In Delhi, the sultan gave him the position of judge, based on his _ study at Mecca. But the sultan had an unpredictable character, and Ibn Battuta looked for an opportunity to leave. When the sultan offered to finance a trip to China, he agreed. IbnBattuta set off in three ships, but misfortune struck while he was still on the shore. A sudden storm grounded and broke up two ships, scattering treasure and drowning many people and horses. As he watched, the third ship with all his belongings and slaves (one carrying his child), was carried out to sea and never heard from again.
After a lifetime of incredible adventures, Ibn Battuta was finally ordered by the sultan of Morocco to return home to share his wisdom with the world. Fortunately, he agreed and wrote a book that has been translated into numerous languages, allowing people everywhere to read about his unparalleled journeys.
Answer the following questions:
1: When did IBN Battuta leave for Mecca?
2: When did he return?
3: How many countries did he go through?
4: Compared to Marco Polo, how far did he travel?
5: Is he famous with Arabs?
6: Where was he born?
7: On what date?
8: What did he do while in Mecca?
9: What did he hope to do in India?
10: Did he have a peaceful journey?
11: How many men attacked him on foot?
12: How many horsemen?
13: How many horsemen were killed?
14: Who did he think preserved him?
15: What job did he get in Delhi?
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David Beckham had a dream: to be the first English player to appear in four World Cups.But now it appears that dream is over after a serious injury to his Achilles tendon which means he could be out of action for around six months.With this year's World Cup in South Africa only three months away, sadly Beckham looks set to miss out.The injury happened while Beckham was playing for AC Milan against AC Chievo in the Italian league.After attempting to kick the ball he fell to the ground and hobbled off the pitch before being stretchered away.
It is not yet known whether he has completely severed his Achilles tendon or only torn it.The player has now flown to Finland for assessment and treatment by a knee specialist.
England manager Fabio Capello fears the worst for Beckham's World Cup chances.
"We have to wait for the results of the scan but it looks like he is out of the World Cup," he said in a statement."I spoke with him after the game on Sunday night to offer my support.
"David is a great professional and has worked very hard to be ready for the World Cup, so missing it will be a big blow."
Beckham's former manager at American club LA Galaxy, Alexei Lalas, echoed Capello's words of support:
"It is a horrible situation for Beckham.I know how much it meant to him to be in the World Cup and how important he was to the England team.
David Beckham is now 34 and some are asking whether this serious injury could mean his whole career is over.
Whatever happens, as one of football's best-known and popular players, Beckham will have no shortage of encouragement from fans around the world.
Some will remember Beckham's miraculous recovery from an Achilles injury in 2006, when he was back on the pitch after only eight weeks.
If he could repeat the same feat in time for the World Cup it really would be the stuff of fairytales.
So, perhaps all is not lost.Optimists will _ from Alexei Lalas' words:
"You never want to write off David Beckham as he has shown us his ability to bounce back ."
Answer the following questions:
1: Who had a dream?
2: How many World Cups did he want to appear in?
3: What injury did he suffer?
4: What teams were playing when he suffered his injury?
5: Where does he come from?
6: Did he tear or severe his Achilles tendon?
7: Did he manage to walk of the pitch when he got injured?
8: Where did he fly for assessment?
9: Who checked on his leg?
10: What's the name of England's manager?
11: When was the last time he suffered such injury?
12: How long did it take him to recover last time?
13: What sport does he play?
14: Where the next World Cup going to be?
15: How much time is left till the next World Cup?
16: How old is the player?
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Hi, I'm Li Ping. I am 15 years old. I am pretty healthy. I like doing all kinds of sports, such as football, basketball, running and swimming. Every morning, I get up early and do exercise. I play basketball on Wednesdays and Saturdays with my friends every week. I do my homework every day. I like watching TV, but I can't watch it every day on school nights. I only watch it on Saturday evening. I am neither fat nor thin. My eating habits are very good. I try to eat a little meat and lots of vegetables and fruit. And I never eat junk food. Do you know me? I'm Zhao Hui, a 14-year-old student. I am a little fat. I like eating meat. I eat meat three or four times a week. I especially like eating junk food. I want to eat it every day, but my parents don't allow me to eat it every day. I only eat it once or twice a week. I don't like exercise at all. Sometimes, I swim with my friends because I like it. I know exercise is good for my health. From now on, I have to exercise every day.
Answer the following questions:
1: What's my name?
2: What is my age?
3: Am I sick?
4: What activities do I favor?
5: When do I play basketball?
6: Do I sleep in?
7: Why not?
8: Am I diligent in my schoolwork?
9: When do I watch television?
10: Am I fat?
11: What about thin?
12: How well do I eat?
13: What don't I eat?
14: How old is Zhao?
15: Does Zhou have snacks?
16: How often does Zhou want it?
17: Does Zhou get to eat it daily?
18: Why not?
19: How often does he eat it?
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CHAPTER XVIII
THE NEW DECK HAND
Having said so much, Peter Slade seemed more inclined to talk, one reason being that he wanted to get at the bottom of the mystery which had brought Tad Sobber and his uncle to that part of the globe. Tad had hinted of great wealth, and of getting the best of the Rovers and some other people, but had not gone into any details.
Peter said he had come to Nassau to join his mother, who was stopping there for her health. His father was coming on later, and then the family was going across the ocean.
"I know there is something up between your crowd and the Merrick crowd," said the youth. "You are both after something, ain't you?"
"Yes," answered Tom.
"What?"
"I can't tell you that, Slade. It's something quite valuable, though."
"Well, I guess Sobber's uncle will get ahead of you."
"Perhaps so. What is the name of the tramp steamer he is looking for?"
"The _Josephine_."
"Was she to be here?"
"They hoped she would be."
"Were they going to hire her?" asked Sam.
"I suppose so."
"Then Merrick had money."
"Yes, he had some, and that Spaniard had some, too."
A little more conversation followed, and then the Rover boys asked Slade where he was going to stop, and said they might see him later.
"This is mighty interesting," remarked Tom, as he and his brother hurried to their hotel. "We must tell father of this without delay."
But Mr. Rover could not be found until that evening, when the party came back from the visit to the flower gardens. He listened with deep interest to what was said, and then went off on a hunt for Sid Merrick and the tramp steamer _Josephine_ without delay.
Answer the following questions:
1: What brought Tad and his uncle?
2: What had Tad alluded to?
3: and?
4: Who was there for his mom?
5: Was his father there?
6: Was he going to be
7: Is Tom open with Slade about his intentions?
8: Who had money?
9: and?
10: Was Mr. Rover around at the time?
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(CNN) -- Authorities have made a second arrest related to a series of arsons in the Coatesville, Pennsylvania, area, the Chester County Arson Task Force said late Thursday.
Roger Leon Barlow is one of two people arrested in suspected arsons around Coatesville, Pennsylvania.
Mark Gilliam, 20, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, was arrested Thursday on a federal charge of attempted arson in the town of Thorndale on January 25, authorities said.
Gilliam was arrested at his residence without incident, according to the task force.
Gilliam is expected to have his initial appearance on Friday in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Roger Leon Barlow, 19, of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, was arraigned Thursday afternoon on charges that he is responsible for several of the 23 suspected arsons in and around Coatesville since January 1, said Chester County District Attorney Joseph Carroll. Watch authorities announce his arrest »
He is charged with "arson and related offenses" in connection with at least nine of the fires. Among them was a spree that destroyed 15 homes in late January,
His bail was set at $9 million.
Special agent Mark Porter of the multi-agency task force that has been investigating the fires said the group is still investigating the other blazes and will "continue our efforts until everyone is brought to justice ... and we can bring some sense of peace to the city."
The task force would not comment on a possible motive, but Carroll said he does not suspect Barlow of a hate crime, classified as targeting an individual group or gang-related activity.
Answer the following questions:
1: how much was Roger's bail set as?
2: how many were arrested?
3: where have the arsons been happening?
4: who is the other person arrested?
5: how old is he?
6: where was he arrested?
7: when was Roger arraigned?
8: how old is he?
9: how many homes were destroyed?
10: when?
11: Who is Mark Porter?
12: when is gillam's initial appearance?
13: when was he arrested?
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Mirth Pham was born in Vietnam. He left his native country when he was 21 years old. Minh has been in America for almost two years. There is still much he does not understand about America.
Once Minh was in a supermarket. He saw an old man and an old woman. They wanted a box of cereal .The box was on a high shelf. The man and the woman couldn't reach it. Minh saw a ladder. He got on the ladder and got the box. He handed it to the elderly couple. They thanked him.
"Where are your children?" asked Minh. "Why don' t they help you buy food?"
"Our children have their own lives," said the man and the woman. "We like to be independent." Mirth doesn't think this is right. In his country, .children help their parents. Minh gave the elderly couple his phone number. He told them to call him if they needed help. One night they asked Mirth to dinner, but they never asked him for help.
One day, Minh was walking with a Vietnamese friend. The two were going to a movie. Minh wanted to go to a restaurant first. Minh took his friend's hand. He pulled him toward the restaurant. People on the street stared at Minh. In Vietnam, friends often hold hands. Minh found out that people in America are not used to holding hands.
Minh Pham is going through a process known as re-socialization. Socialization is the process in which a person learns to live in a society. Everyone goes through this process. Minh went through it when he lived in Vietnam. But the Vietnamese way of life is much different from the American way of life. When Mirth came to America, he had to learn a new way of life. He had to learn how to live in a new society.
Minh has learned a lot about American life in two years. He still has a lot to learn. The process of re-socialization can take many years.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who is this story about?
2: Where's he from?
3: How long has he be in the US?
4: How old is he?
5: What were elderly couple in the store wanting to buy?
6: Did he help them?
7: Did the couple have kids?
8: Where was he and his friend going, on foot?
9: Do friends normally hold hands where he's from?
10: Is the way of life there the same as the in the US?
11: What did he go through to learn to live in a new country?
12: How long can it take?
13: Did the elderly couple have a way to contact him?
14: Did they?
15: For help?
16: For what?
17: Where did Minh want to go before seeing the film?
18: Did his friend pull him towards a place to eat?
19: Do people in the US hold hands much?
20: Does Minh have more to learn about the US?
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I have a good memory of my grandfather,Jack. He was sitting in his armchair in the front room.
I sat next to him. We were reading aloud,our heads bent over the page in front of us,a finger marking the words;separated by seven decades,brought together by words. It's a common scene in British families;however,in our case,the usual order of things is reversed .Granddad had been blind since I was tiny,so I was reading to him.When reading aloud,people usually read something that's of interest to the listener. So I didn't read children's books;I read the sorts of things Granddad liked to hear about. Much of the vocabulary in Granddad's reading material was far beyond me. When I met unfamiliar words,I'd spell them out.
Granddad would help me. It must have been painful for him to hear news;but he never hurried me along or complained. Our reading wasn't really about getting knowledge. It was a way for us to spend time together.
My grandfather wasn't always blind. He had been a good carpenter .The first Christmas of my parents' marriage,he built my mother a bookcase,which now belongs to my son Jonah,providing a link between four generations.
I was a fortunate child;I spent a lot of time with my grandfather,and he opened the world to me in a particular way. Reading was our way of building a relationship that has had a lasting effect on me. In the school holidays,I sometimes accompanied him on trips to the seaside with the local association for the blind. This might seem strange,but I felt that my personal value was realized because I could finally do something for Granddad.
A decade later,I found a position in a nursing home,which reminded me of my early experiences;reading to senior citizens was a connection back to Granddad. More than simple conversation,reading aloud is a connection between two individuals and it can have a big emotional effect on elderly people.
Answer the following questions:
1: Could the author's grandfather see?
2: Had he always been blind?
3: What was his previous profession?
4: What is his name?
5: Where does the author work later in life?
6: Can reading to senior citizens have a positive effect?
7: What piece of furniture has been passed down for generations in the author's family?
8: How many generations?
9: Who owns it now?
10: Where did the author and Jack sometimes go on trips?
11: What group accompanied them?
12: Is reading together common in British households?
13: Did the author and Jack read kids books together?
14: Did his grandfather get annoyed with him?
15: What reminds the author of his Granddad?
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CHAPTER LII.
SHOWING HOW THINGS WENT ON AT NONINGSBY.
Yes, Lady Staveley had known it before. She had given a fairly correct guess at the state of her daughter's affections, though she had not perhaps acknowledged to herself the intensity of her daughter's feelings. But the fact might not have mattered if it had never been told. Madeline might have overcome this love for Mr. Graham, and all might have been well if she had never mentioned it. But now the mischief was done. She had acknowledged to her mother,--and, which was perhaps worse, she had acknowledged to herself,--that her heart was gone, and Lady Staveley saw no cure for the evil. Had this happened but a few hours earlier she would have spoken with much less of encouragement to Peregrine Orme.
And Felix Graham was not only in the house, but was to remain there for yet a while longer, spending a very considerable portion of his time in the drawing-room. He was to come down on this very day at three o'clock, after an early dinner, and on the next day he was to be promoted to the dining-room. As a son-in-law he was quite ineligible. He had, as Lady Staveley understood, no private fortune, and he belonged to a profession which he would not follow in the only way by which it was possible to earn an income by it. Such being the case, her daughter, whom of all girls she knew to be the most retiring, the least likely to speak of such feelings unless driven to it by great stress,--her daughter had positively declared to her that she was in love with this man! Could anything be more hopeless? Could any position be more trying?
Answer the following questions:
1: Who was the woman's daughter enamored with?
2: What was the daughter's name?
3: And her mom?
4: Had she admitted her feelings to her mom?
5: To herself?
6: Did her mom see a solution for the situation?
7: Where was the man currently?
8: Where did he spend a lot of time there?
9: Was he going to be there for awhile?
10: When was he expected today?
11: Was he wealthy?
12: Did he have a promising occupation?
13: Did the mother feel he was a suitable husband?
14: How did she describe his level of sutability?
15: Who else had the mother spoken to?
16: Was her daughter outgoing?
17: How did her mom characterize her personality?
18: Did the mom find the situation hopeful?
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(CNN) -- The boyfriend of a missing Arizona woman is being held without bond on fraud and other charges while police seek additional information into his girlfriend's disappearance, Chandler police said Tuesday.
Jamie Laiaddee went missing from the home she shares with her boyfriend in the early morning hours of March 18, police said.
At first, friends and family didn't think too much about the lapse in communication with their loved one -- the 32-year-old Laiaddee usually got in touch with them every few weeks and it was not uncommon for her to go months without calling her parents, according to Chandler police spokesman Sgt. Joe Favazzo.
It wasn't until 10 weeks later, on May 28, that Laiaddee's father officially reported her missing to police after learning of his daughter's disappearance from her boyfriend of three years -- identified by Chandler police and friends as Bryan Stewart.
Upon searching the couple's home, authorities found Laiaddee's car, purse, keys and other personal effects.
As part of their investigation, authorities also discovered that Stewart had been living under a false name for the past eight years. His real name is Rick Wayne Valentini and he is 41, Favazzo said.
Court documents refer to Valentini by his assumed name.
Stewart was apprehended by police at a Scottsdale apartment after investigators learned he had an outstanding traffic-related arrest warrant. When he was found, he was "in possession of a vehicle owned by Jamie," according to police.
Stewart, who police said is the last person to see Laiaddee, told investigators that he and Laiaddee had an argument on March 17 and broke up after she told him she was taking a new job in Denver, Colorado, Favazzo said.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who filed a report?
2: Stating what?
3: For how long?
4: Who did she live with?
5: Why did it take so long to report?
6: Were her belongings missing from the house?
7: Was her vehicle still there?
8: What name did her boyfriend go by?
9: Was that his legal name?
10: What is?
11: How long has he assumed a different name?
12: And his age?
13: What name does the court use to identify him?
14: How did police locate him?
15: In what city?
16: Was he the last to see her?
17: Were they getting along well?
18: What happened the day before she went missing?
19: Why?
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CHAPTER III.
THE END OF THE BALL.
THE priest's long journey did not appear to have fatigued him. He was as cheerful and as polite as ever--and so paternally attentive to Stella that it was quite impossible for her to pass him with a formal bow.
"I have come all the way from Devonshire," he said. "The train has been behind time as usual, and I am one of the late arrivals in consequence. I miss some familiar faces at this delightful party. Mr. Romayne, for instance. Perhaps he is not one of the guests?"
"Oh, yes."
"Has he gone away?"
"Not that I know of."
The tone of her replies warned Father Benwell to let Romayne be. He tried another name.
"And Arthur Penrose?" he inquired next.
"I think Mr. Penrose has left us."
As she answered she looked toward Lady Loring. The hostess was the center of a circle of ladies and gentlemen. Before she was at liberty, Father Benwell might take his departure. Stella resolved to make the attempt for herself which she had asked Lady Loring to make for her. It was better to try, and to be defeated, than not to try at all.
"I asked Mr. Penrose what part of Devonshire you were visiting," she resumed, assuming her more gracious manner. "I know something myself of the north coast, especially the neighborhood of Clovelly."
Not the faintest change passed over the priest's face; his fatherly smile had never been in a better state of preservation.
Answer the following questions:
1: Where has the traveler come from?
2: Who is he?
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The Azores ( or ; , ), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores, is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal, an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the North Atlantic Ocean about west of continental Portugal, about west of Lisbon, in continental Portugal, about from the African coast, and about southeast of Newfoundland, Canada.
Its main industries are agriculture, dairy farming, livestock, fishing, and tourism, which is becoming the major service activity in the region. In addition, the government of the Azores employs a large percentage of the population directly or indirectly in the service and tertiary sectors. The main settlement of the Azores is Ponta Delgada.
There are nine major Azorean islands and an islet cluster, in three main groups. These are Flores and Corvo, to the west; Graciosa, Terceira, São Jorge, Pico, and Faial in the centre; and São Miguel, Santa Maria, and the Formigas Reef to the east. They extend for more than and lie in a northwest-southeast direction.
All the islands have volcanic origins, although some, such as Santa Maria, have had no recorded activity since the islands were settled. Mount Pico, on the island of Pico, is the highest point in Portugal, at . If measured from their base at the bottom of the ocean to their peaks, which thrust high above the surface of the Atlantic, the Azores are actually some of the tallest mountains on the planet.
Answer the following questions:
1: What is the official name of the Azores?
2: Where is it?
3: What country is it a region of?
4: How many islands does it include?
5: What kind?
6: Who is a major employer there?
7: What do they hire people for?
8: How many groupings of islands are there?
9: Are these geographical?
10: What are they?
11: What is Portugal's highest area?
12: Where is that?
13: Did all of the islands begin as volcanos?
14: Do they all still erupt?
15: When was the last eruption on Santa Maria?
16: What ocean are they in?
17: What is the main town?
18: Do they raise cows?
19: For what?
20: Do they have an tourists?
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Chuck Berry, the man often called the "father of rock and roll" is still performing at 85. Another music great, Smokey Robinson, has described Chuck Berry as "the inspiration for all of today's rock 'n' roll guitarists." And, Anthony Kiedis calls him "a musical scientist who discovered a cure for the blues."
On stage, he became known for his wild performances, and his "duck walk" that many musicians copied. But his songwriting skills -- some call him a rock and roll poet -- and his guitar work really set him apart. Early in his career he played mostly blues for black audiences in clubs in St. Louis, Missouri. But the most popular music in the area was country. So this musical scientist mixed country and blues.
Chuck Berry was born on October 18th, 1926, in St. Louis, where he still lives. His mother, Martha, was a high school principal. He was born the fourth of six children. He started singing in church when he was six years old. His interest in music stuck with him.
A lot of Chuck Berry's material is about teenage life, especially school. Chuck Berry and two friends were arrested after they used a gun to steal a car . He was released from prison four years later. But that would not be the last of his legal problems over the years.
Filmmaker Taylor Hackford made a documentary called "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll," named for a Chuck Berry song. It centered on the making of a concert to honor the musician on his sixtieth birthday in 1986. More than seventy-five artists and bands have done their own versions of Chuck Berry songs. Many have done several, including the Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, Conway Twitty and Bruce Springsteen.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, included Chuck Berry in its first year of honors in 1986. The Hall of Fame had this to say: "While no individual can be said to have invented rock and roll, Chuck Berry comes the closest of any single figure to being the one who put all the essential pieces together."
Answer the following questions:
1: what was he called?
2: how old is he?
3: why was he arrested?
4: with who?
5: who made a documentary?
6: what was it called?
7: What did other artists copy?
8: and what else?
9: When was he born?
10: does he live with his mother?
11: his mother's name was?
12: what did she do?
13: who did he mainly play for early in his career?
14: where did he start singing?
15: when did he turn 60?
16: what is a lot of his work about?
17: what set him apart?
18: what was the popular music in his area?
19: how long was he in prison for?
20: who described him as an inspiration?
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CHAPTER X.
As Susy's footsteps died away, Clarence closed the door, walked to the window, and examined it closely. The bars had been restored since he had wrenched them off to give ingress to the family on the day of recapture. He glanced around the room; nothing seemed to have been disturbed. Nevertheless he was uneasy. The suspicions of a frank, trustful nature when once aroused are apt to be more general and far-reaching than the specific distrusts of the disingenuous, for they imply the overthrow of a whole principle and not a mere detail. Clarence's conviction that Susy had seen Pedro recently since his dismissal led him into the wildest surmises of her motives. It was possible that without her having reason to suspect Pedro's greater crime, he might have confided to her his intention of reclaiming the property and installing her as the mistress and chatelaine of the rancho. The idea was one that might have appealed to Susy's theatrical imagination. He recalled Mrs. McClosky's sneer at his own pretensions and her vague threats of a rival of more lineal descent. The possible infidelity of Susy to himself touched him lightly when the first surprise was over; indeed, it scarcely could be called infidelity, if she knew and believed Mary Rogers's discovery; and the conviction that he and she had really never loved each other now enabled him, as he believed, to look at her conduct dispassionately. Yet it was her treachery to Mrs. Peyton and not to himself that impressed him most, and perhaps made him equally unjust, through his affections.
Answer the following questions:
1: What was on the window?
2: Had they been there long?
3: why were they restored?
4: why did wrench the bars?
5: Who did this?
6: Who did Clarence suspect Susy had seen?
7: What was Clarence's intentions?
8: and what was to become of susy?
9: were the two a couple?
10: Then who was Pedro?
11: Was it suspected that she was unfaithful with Pedro?
12: Did Clarence and Susy love each other?
13: Did infedality affect Clarence greatly?
14: How did Mrs. Peyton feel of this?
15: What impressed Clarence the most?
16: Did Clarence leave the door open?
17: Did he open the window?
18: Did the room look a mess?
19: how did he feel in the room?
20: Why?
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The mystery stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are famous all over the world. The detective in his stories is called Sherlock Holmes. He solves mysteries in a most surprising way. His assistant, Dr Watson, watches with admiration and then writes up the story of the mystery afterwards. This is a useful story writing skill. Because Watson is not very clever, the story remains a mystery until the end. The readers can sometimes pick up some clues before he does! Then, to make Watson understand the mystery, Holmes has to explain it all, step by step. So we, the readers, get to see it step by step too. Watson is almost as good a character in the story as Sherlock Holmes! The very first time they meet, Holmes greatly surprises Watson. When they are first introduced, Holmes says to Watson, 'How do you do? I see you have been to Afghanistan .' Watson is too amazed by this to ask Holmes how he knows this. Watson has, indeed, been to Afghanistan. Later, he asks Holmes about it. Holmes explains that there is nothing magical about what he does. He gets to know it all by very, very careful observation . Observation One Watson was introduced to Holmes as a doctor. Yet Holmes thought that the way he stood and walked made him seem like a soldier. So, this meant he was probably an army doctor. Observation Two Watson's face was quite dark skinned. But his wrists were pale. So his dark face was probably sun burnt. This meant that he had been to a hot, sunny country. Observation Three At the time, the British army had soldiers at bases in many parts of the world. So there were still a lot of places to choose from. However, Holmes saw that Watson looked very tired and he was always holding his left arm, as if it was painful. So, he had probably been with the army to a place where they were fighting. There was only one place where the British army was fighting at that time: Afghanistan.
Answer the following questions:
1: who is the writer?
2: is he well known?
3: who is the main player in his books?
4: does someone help him?
5: who?
6: does the main character have a job?
7: what?
8: how did he surprise his helper when they first met?
9: was his helpers skin milky and white?
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Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s. The terms "popular music" and "pop music" are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many styles. "Pop" and "rock" were roughly synonymous terms until the late 1960s, when they became increasingly differentiated from each other.
Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music. Pop music is eclectic, and often borrows elements from other styles such as urban, dance, rock, Latin, and country; nonetheless, there are core elements that define pop music. Identifying factors include generally short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure), as well as common use of repeated choruses, melodic tunes, and hooks.
David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop music as "a body of music which is distinguishable from popular, jazz, and folk musics". According to Pete Seeger, pop music is "professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music". Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music. The music charts contain songs from a variety of sources, including classical, jazz, rock, and novelty songs. Pop music, as a genre, is seen as existing and developing separately. Thus "pop music" may be used to describe a distinct genre, designed to appeal to all, often characterized as "instant singles-based music aimed at teenagers" in contrast to rock music as "album-based music for adults".
Answer the following questions:
1: What terms are often mixed up?
2: Don't they mean the same thing?
3: What's the difference?
4: Are pop and rock the same?
5: Were they at one time?
6: When?
7: Who is the first male mentioned by name?
8: What does he think?
9: Does anyone agree with him?
10: Who?
11: Is anyone else mentioned?
12: Name?
13: Does he agree with Hatch?
14: What does he think?
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New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and south, and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north, respectively. The Atlantic Ocean is to the east and southeast, and Long Island Sound is to the south. Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, is New England's largest city. The largest metropolitan area is Greater Boston, which also includes Worcester, Massachusetts (the second-largest city in New England), Manchester (the largest city in New Hampshire), and Providence (the capital and largest city of Rhode Island), with nearly a third of the entire region's population.
In 1620, Puritan Separatist Pilgrims from England first settled in the region, forming the Plymouth Colony, the second successful English settlement in the Americas, following the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia founded in 1607. Ten years later, more Puritans settled north of Plymouth Colony in Boston, thus forming Massachusetts Bay Colony. Over the next 126 years, people in the region fought in four French and Indian Wars, until the British and their Iroquois allies defeated the French and their Algonquin allies in North America. In 1692, the town of Salem, Massachusetts and surrounding areas experienced the Salem witch trials, one of the most infamous cases of mass hysteria in the history of the Western Hemisphere.
Answer the following questions:
1: What is New England?
2: Containing what?
3: What are 3 of the states?
4: The other 3?
5: What state borders it to the west and south?
6: What country borders it to the north?
7: What ocean does it border/
8: What is the largest city in New England?
9: What happened in 1620?
10: Forming what?
11: Was that the first settlement?
12: What was?
13: When was that founded?
14: What happened in 1692?
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Many languages in the United States are used, or historically have been used. Over 500 languages are spoken at various levels by the U.S. population. The most commonly used language is English (specifically American English), which is the de facto national language of the United States. Since the 1965 Immigration Act, Spanish is the second most common language in the country. The state government of Louisiana offers services and documents in French, as does New Mexico in Spanish.
There are many languages indigenous to North America or to U.S. states or holdings in the Pacific region. Hawaiian, although having few native speakers, is an official language along with English at the state level in Hawaii. Alaska recognizes twenty Native languages as official.
According to the American Community Survey 2016, endorsed by the United States Census Bureau, the languages spoken at home with over 100,000 (in millions) speakers older than five are:
While modern estimates indicate that American Sign Language was signed by as many as 500,000 Americans, as of 1972—the last official survey, closer estimates range around 100,000 as of 2011. (Although various cultural factors, such as passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, have resulted in far greater educational opportunities for deaf children, which could double or triple the number of current ASL users.).
Answer the following questions:
1: What are the three most used languages in the US?
2: What's the national language?
3: How many people use ASL?
4: What influences these numbers?
5: And what government law?
6: How many indigenous languages are in Alaska?
7: Where is French most common?
8: How many languages are used?
9: Who measures the use of languages by the American populace?
10: Other than English, what language is official in Hawaii
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Kongbai, Guizhou (CNN) -- Savoring a meal of vegetables and rice grown in nearby paddy fields washed down with some home-brewed rice wine served, it's clear Long Taiyang is delighted to be back.
Once one of the 250 million Chinese farmers that left behind their families to forge a living in the coastal factory towns, the 37 year old lives back in his ancestral village of Kongbai, a jumble of 200 timber houses that cling to the side of a valley in southeast Guizhou, one of China's poorest province.
"I don't want to leave anymore," he says, tired of factory work and living in a cramped dormitory after four years spent making leather shoes in Wenzhou in eastern China.
Long is not alone in abandoning what has been described as the one of the greatest human migrations of all time.
While the overall number of migrant workers is still on the rise in China, those seeking work in their home provinces increased at a quicker pace that the number of long-distance workers, according to analysis by The China Labor Bulletin.
Investment in China's inland provinces has meant that many migrant workers can now find decent paying jobs closer to home and many, like Long, have concluded that separation from their families and communities is too great a price to pay.
Grand plans
Not just home to sample his wife's cooking, Long has a plan to give himself and his village a better future.
He hopes to revive the traditional trade of silver and metal working that has all but died out as people left in search of better opportunities.
Answer the following questions:
1: who is delighted to be back?
2: where did he return to?
3: what is the name?
4: is it a rich area?
5: what type of socioeconomic area is it?
6: in what country?
7: does he want to stay ?
8: why not?
9: how long did he live in the dormitory?
10: what did he do in the factory?
11: in what place?
12: what is on the rise?
13: where?
14: who stated this?
15: analysis by who?
16: how old is Long?
17: what type of plans does he have?
18: why?
19: what does he want to revive?
20: of what?
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Many people like animals and raise one or more as pets--dogs, cat or some kinds of birds. I love dogs, too. My aunt gave me a dog on my birthday. We call it Wangwang. It is a little black dog. He is friendly and helpful. Most of the time he likes to run and play with me. Sometimes he follows my father around in the fields. One day, my father took off his grey coat and put it on the ground under a big tree. Wangwang stood watching him. My father said, "Watch over my coat, Wangwant." Wangwant sat down beside the coat. My father went on working. After he finished his work, he forgot all about his coat and went home. Late in the evening I didn't see my dog. I looked everywhere for him calling, "Wangwang, Wangwang!" But Wangwang didn't come back. Soon my father wanted something that was in his coat pocket. Then he remembered what he had done. He went back to the big tree. What do you think he saw? Wangwang was sitting on the coat so that nobody could take it away.
Answer the following questions:
1: Do people like animals?
2: Which kinds?
3: Did someone get a pet?
4: What kind of pet?
5: What did they name it?
6: What color is he?
7: Is he a big pup?
8: Does he like to follow someone around?
9: Who?
10: Did Dad give someone a task?
11: What?
12: Did he do a good job?
13: Why did Dad go back to his coat?
14: Where did he leave it?
15: What did he discover there?
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The Kingdom of Italy () was a state which existed from 1861, when King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 1946, when a constitutional referendum led civil discontent to abandon the monarchy and form the Italian Republic. The state was founded as a result of the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which can be considered its legal predecessor state.
Italy declared war on Austria in alliance with Prussia in 1866 and received the region of Veneto following their victory. Italian troops entered Rome in 1870, ending more than one thousand years of Papal temporal power. Italy entered into a Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1882, following strong disagreements with France about the respective colonial expansions. However, even if relations with Berlin became very friendly, the alliance with Vienna remained purely formal, as the Italians were keen to acquire Trentino and Trieste, corners of Austria-Hungary populated by Italians. So, in 1915, Italy accepted the British invitation to join the Allies in World War I because the western allies promised territorial compensation (at the expense of Austria-Hungary) for participation that was more generous than Vienna's offer in exchange for Italian neutrality. Victory in the war gave Italy a permanent seat in the Council of the League of Nations.
Answer the following questions:
1: When did the Kingdom of Italty begin?
2: Who was King?
3: of?
4: until?
5: What did the dicontent cause?
6: What did it form?
7: When did Italy declare war?
8: Who was their alliance?
9: Who were they fightig?
10: when?
11: What did they receive?
12: When did Italy enter Rome?
13: How long had there been Papal power?
14: Who was in the triple alliance with Italy?
15: when?
16: How were they disagreeing with?
17: about what?
18: How was the alliance with Vienna described?
19: What did the Italians want?
20: What happened in 1915?
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(CNN) -- Jose Mourinho likes to keep them guessing.
Three days after the Real Madrid manager hinted he was on his way back to England and Chelsea, the self-proclaimed "Special One" insisted his future was still undecided.
Mourinho signed a contract extension until 2016 with Real Madrid last May after ending Barcelona's three-year stranglehold on La Liga, but his relationship with the Spanish press soured and he has clashed with Madrid and Spain's much-loved keeper, Iker Casillas.
"When I decide on my future, my wife and kids will be the first to know, then the president and general director," Mourinho told reporters ahead of Real Madrid's game against Real Valladolid. "I haven't decided to leave. If I go, I will not give explanations."
Despite Mourinho's pronouncement Friday, England's Sun newspaper claimed that he has already agreed to return to Chelsea but that an official announcement was unlikely until July 1.
On Tuesday following Real Madrid's exit in the Champions League semifinals for a third straight season under Mourinho, this time to Borussia Dortmund, the 50-year-old, not for the first time, spoke of his deep fondness for England.
"I know in England I am loved," Mourinho said. "I know. I know I am loved by the fans. I am loved by the media that treats me in a fair way, criticizing me when they have to, but giving me credit when I deserve it. I know I am loved by some clubs, especially one."
Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas, who worked under his fellow Portuguese and formerly managed Chelsea, said Mourinho resurfacing in the Premier League would be "spectacular." With Mourinho at the helm, Chelsea ended a 50-year title drought and won back-to-back Premier League titles.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who is the boss of Tottenham?
2: Who was he the former manager of?
3: What does he think about Mourinho coming back?
4: How long has it been since Chelsea has won a title?
5: Did Mourinho change that?
6: How many did he win?
7: Were they spaced apart over years?
8: What is Mourinho's nickname?
9: Is it self proclaimed?
10: What does he insist about his future?
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Elizabeth Blackwell was born on February 3, 1821 in Bristol, England. Her father was a rich sugar businessman at the time. Because her parents thought boys and girls should be equal, Elizabeth received the same education as her brothers.
In 1832, her father's business was destroyed by fire, so her family moved to New York City. But her father's business there failed. Then in 1837, the family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. Not long after, her father died. After her father's death, Elizabeth, at the age of 16, had to go to work.
When she was 24, she visited her dying friend Mary. Her friend said, "You're young and strong, you should become a doctor." That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. But she knew this was what she was going to do.
After several rejections from medical schools, she finally was accepted by Geneva Medical College. By studying hard, she graduated successfully in 1849.
After graduating from medical school, she went to Paris to learn more about medicine. She wanted to be a surgeon, but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.
When she returned to America in 1851, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. In 1857, Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children. Besides, she also set up the first medical school for women in 1868, where she taught the women students about disease prevention. It was the first time that the idea of preventing disease was taught in a medical school.
Elizabeth Blackwell started the British National Health Society in 1871, which helped people learn how to stay healthy. In 1889, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman doctor in the United States. Most importantly, she fought for the admission of women to medical colleges.
Elizabeth Blackwell died on May 3, 1910, when she was 89.She opened a world of chances for women. She always fought for what was right in all her life. In 1949 the Blackwell medal was established. It's given to women who have excellent achievements in the field of medicine. She'll always be remembered as a great woman.
Answer the following questions:
1: how old was elizabeth when she had to go to work?
2: what was her father's business destroyed by?
3: where did her family move to?
4: when was Elizabeth born?
5: what was her last name?
6: what city was she born in?
7: was her father a businessman?
8: was her father successful in new york city?
9: how old was she when she visited her friend?
10: what was her friends name?
11: where did her family move to after NYC?
12: what year was that?
13: what did Elizabeth want to be?
14: when did she graduate medical school?
15: where did she go next?
16: what medical school did she graduate from?
17: what type of doctor did she want to be?
18: did she open a hospital in America?
19: what kept her from being a surgeon?
20: when did she open the hospital?
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Los Angeles (CNN) -- You wouldn't have expected Charlie Sheen to go quietly after his increasingly bizarre behavior prompted his TV bosses to fire him from "Two and a Half Men," and Sheen would not want to disappoint you.
He spewed an eight-and-a-half-minute, grandiloquent, profanity-laced tirade online late Tuesday, a day after he was sacked.
At first Sheen comes across like a college student who's read too much of the Beat writers Jack Kerouac or Allen Ginsberg, referring to himself as the "raven-wise, Gibson-shredding napalm poet before you, alone and unshackled.
"Oh how they once begged to attend my perfect banquet in the nude," Sheen intones. "Now they just beg for the keys to my gold."
He calls himself the "Malibu Messiah" and repeatedly refers to himself as a warlock.
But, clearly reading a prepared speech in video recorded live on Ustream.com, Sheen goes on long enough to make it hard for viewers to laugh off his rant.
Chuck Lorre, the creator of the program that starred Sheen for eight years, comes in for the greatest abuse.
"I see you, you little worm, I see you behind your plastic smile, your bitchy pout, and your desperate need to be liked," Sheen says, calling the TV executive "Chuck E. Cheese Ball," not using Lorre's full name.
He accuses Lorre of "narcissism, greed (and) hatred of yourself -- or women," one of several moments in the video that should give armchair psychiatrists plenty of material to mine.
He says of CBS chief executive Les Moonves: "You gave me your word so you gave me nothing. It must really suck being your missus," again mangling the name.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who made a rant on Tuesday?
2: What happened a day before this?
3: What prompted his firing?
4: What poets does the writer compare him to?
5: Any others?
6: What instrument does Sheen claim to "shred?"
7: In what condition does he assert guests wanted to go to his banquet?
8: What does he think they grovel for?
9: What nickname has he given himself?
10: What mystic vocation does he claim to belong to?
11: On what platform did he issue this rant?
12: Did it seem impromptu?
13: Was it easy for viewers to laugh off?
14: Who was the creator of the show he got fired from?
15: Who was the primary target of his ravings?
16: What animal did Sheen compare him to?
17: And what nickname did Sheen grant him?
18: How did he characterize Lorre's smile?
19: And what character flaws did he accuse Lorre of possessing?
20: Does he feel the CBS chief's wife is happy being married to him?
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