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Buenos Aires, Argentina (CNN) -- Roberto Sanchez, the Argentine singer known as "Sandro" and who drew comparisons to Elvis Presley, died Monday night after complications from surgery, his doctor told reporters. He was 64.
Sandro's romantic ballads made him a star in the 1960s, but he first found the limelight as rock and roll singer who imitated Elvis' style.
In his long career, Sandro recorded dozens of albums and also acted in 16 movies, according to the Web site Rock.com.ar. He is considered one of the pioneers of the Spanish Rock movement.
The singer was also known as "El Gitano," or "the Gypsy," because of his family's Roma roots.
Some accounts place Sandro as the first Latino artist to sell out Madison Square Garden in New York.
Sandro died at the Italian Hospital in Mendoza, Argentina, where he was being treated for complications from a heart and lung transplant last month.
He is survived by his wife, Olga Garaventa.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
Answer the following questions:
1: what is one of Roberto Sanchezs nicknames?
2: is he a pioneer?
3: what movement is he a pioneer of?
4: when did he become famous?
5: where is he from?
6: how old was he when he died?
7: what caused his death?
8: was he married?
9: to who?
10: what did he do at Roberto Sanchez?
11: what did he do at Madison Square Garden?
12: what did he get last month?
13: any other nicknames?
14: where did the nicknames come from?
15: who is he compared to?
16: when is the funeral?
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In music, a single, record single or music single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. Typically, these are the songs from albums that are released separately for promotional uses such as digital download or commercial radio airplay and are expected to be the most popular. In other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album.
As digital downloading and audio streaming have become more prevalent, it is often possible for every track on an album to also be available separately. Nevertheless, the concept of a single for an album has been retained as an identification of a more heavily promoted or more popular song (or group of songs) within an album collection.
Despite being referred to as a single, singles can include up to as many as three tracks on them. The biggest digital music distributor, iTunes, accepts as many as three tracks less than ten minutes each as a single, as does popular music player Spotify. Any more than three tracks on a musical release or thirty minutes in total running time is either an extended play (EP) or, if over six tracks long, an album.
Answer the following questions:
1: How many tracks can a single include?
2: What does the music industry signify a single as?
3: Is it released for sale?
4: To private bidders?
5: Who then?
6: Is it possible for every track to be available as a single?
7: What has the single concept been reserved for?
8: Anything else?
9: Who sells more digital music than anyone else?
10: How many songs with they take on a single?
11: How long can they be?
12: In total?
13: Does anyone else share this policy?
14: Who?
15: What is an album called that has 30 mins of songs?
16: What does that stand for?
17: What about over 6 songs?
18: Is a single released independent from the album?
19: Can it appear on the album as well?
20: Is it possible for every track on an album to also be a single?
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Laura and Graham were having a party for their good friend Judy. Judy had graduated high school and they wanted to show her how proud they were of her, and Judy would be moving far away at the end of the year. Judy was going to college to become a doctor. She thought about becoming a lawyer or an engineer. She even thought about being a scientist. Judy would be bringing her friend Mike. There wouldn't be many people at the party, since this was a celebration with close friends. Laura set out drinks and snacks for Judy and the other guests. The snacks she set out were salty pretzels.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who was throwing a party?
2: For who?
3: What for?
4: Is she planning on staying near her friends?
5: Was the party huge and loud?
6: Where is she going?
7: To become an engineer?
8: What is she going for?
9: Who did she bring to the party?
10: Who sat out the drinks and snacks?
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Local businessmen are increasingly facing competition from on line retailers. Larry Pollock, owner of Camera Co/Op on South Congress, said he has been dealing with this kind of problem for years, even before the Internet. The struggle began with mail-order catalogues, which are similar to online retailers in that they have few employees to pay, no sales tax fees and no business venue to lease and manage.
"Their overhead is lower, but they don't offer a service like we do," Pollock said.
Pollock, however, said providing a valuable service to customers does not always guarantee continued sales.
"We spend 30 minutes to an hour with somebody and they go home and buy it online," he said.
According to the state comptroller's office, online shopping is developing at a more rapid rate than traditional businesses.
In spite of how fair or unfair online shopping may be to the local businessmen, consumers will continue to turn to the Internet for its variety and accessibility, said Mitch Wilson, an online shopper. "You have a larger selection and it's easier to compare prices."
Wilson said he built his personal computer and paid a third of the price by shopping online.
"Before the Internet, I would have had to go and buy an assembled computer from somebody like Dell," he said. "Before I started shopping online I could never find all the pieces I wanted. No single store had everything needed, so shopping online saved me from having to buy from Dell."
Janny Brazeal, a psychology freshman, said online shopping is too impersonal.
"I'd rather see it in person, touch it, know that I'm getting it," she said.
Brazeal also said she would not give out her credit card number or other personal information online no matter how safe the site claims it is.
Answer the following questions:
1: What doesn't always guarantee continued sales?
2: Who made this assertion?
3: What company does he own?
4: Where's that located?
5: Has he been dealing with this issue since before the Internet?
6: For how long?
7: Is the overhead for online businesses higher or lower?
8: Do they offer the same service as Pollock?
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(CNN)The arduous search for a missing technology executive and five others feared dead after a suspicious fire destroyed a mansion in Annapolis, Maryland, could take days, fire officials said Tuesday.
The 16,000-square-foot waterfront house belonged to executive Don Pyle, chief operating officer for ScienceLogic, company spokesman Antonio Piraino said.
Pyle was believed to have been at home with his wife, Sandy, and four grandchildren.
The sheer size of the structure and the fact that three-fourths of the building had collapsed into the basement, with piles of deep-seeded debris still smoldering, compounded the search, said Anne Arundel County Fire Capt. Robert Howarth, who is leading the investigation along with a team from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
"Your looking at five standard houses put together," he said. "This is more of commercial fire than it is a residential fire. There are a lot of businesses that aren't 16,000 square feet. That adds to it."
Pyle had not been heard from on Monday, and his colleagues at ScienceLogic were "hoping for a miracle," CNN affiliate WJLA-TV in Washington reported.
By midday Tuesday, fire officials had not been able to search the still-burning ruins, Howarth said. Heavy equipment is being moved in over the next 12 hours to aid in the search for victims and clues -- a process that could take days.
"We have some very unique challenges with this house," Howarth said. "The construction of the house contained a lot of very heavy materials. We're looking at some steel beams that weigh in the area of 7 tons."
Answer the following questions:
1: Who owned the house?
2: What type of house is it?
3: How large is it?
4: Did it have a cellar?
5: Did it have an attic?
6: Who else lived in the house?
7: How many days had passed since the fire?
8: Had they begun to search the house yet?
9: Why?
10: Any other reason?
11: Who was heading the search?
12: What's his rank?
13: What state was the house located in?
14: What county?
15: Had anyone gotten any communications from Pyle?
16: Who is ScienceLogic's representative?
17: Who is the COO?
18: What was his wife Sandy's occupation?
19: How many are thought to be dead?
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On the way home from his job at a bakery in Wainscot, New York, one August evening,Craig Schum,33,stopped his car at the East Hampton Airport. A group was protesting, airplane noise,and Schum,who had kicked off his shoes,got out of the car.
Within seconds, though,Schum saw something astonishing.A small plane dived and crashed into the woods about l00 yards from the runway."I don't remember making the decision that I should go help out," he recalls."I just started running."
Sehum ran across the street barefoot,climbed over a six--foot-high chain link fence, and dashed about l00 yards toward the woods.When he got there, he discovered 5l yea r-old pilot Stephen Bochter,his head bleeding,beside the burning plane.Bochter's passenger,his wife, Kim Brillo,was on the ground, unconscious "She had blood all over her."says Schum."I thought she was dead."
Jack Gleeson,17,a high school student working a summer job at the airport,caught up to Schum and,with Bochter's help, 1ifted the chain-link fence and brought Brillo underneath it.Moments later,the entire plane exploded.
After the rescue team arrived,Bochter and Brillo were airlifted to a nearby hospital and treated for cuts,injuries and Brillo's broken arm, Bochter, an experienced pilot, 1ater said that the plane's electrical system had failed shortly after takeoff.He had been attempting to land at the East Hampton Airport when the plane began to nosedive.He managed to level the wings before crashing into the woods.
"Everything was on fire,and Schum came out of nowhere to save us."says Bochter."We're blessed to have lived through it"
Answer the following questions:
1: Who is Jack Gleeson?
2: How old is he?
3: Where did Craig Schum stop his car?
4: What did he do with his shoes?
5: What did he see next?
6: What did he climb over?
7: Who did he find?
8: And who else?
9: Were they ok?
10: Who caught up to Schum to help?
11: When did the plane explode?
12: How did Bochter and Brillo get to the hospital?
13: What failed shortly after taking off?
14: Where was Bochter trying to land?
15: How old was Craig Schum?
16: Where did the plane crash?
17: Where did it crash?
18: How far was it from the runway?
19: What did Schum start doing right after?
20: How old was Stephen Bochter?
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The James Bond series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have written authorised Bond novels or novelizations: Kingsley Amis, Christopher Wood, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks, Jeffery Deaver, William Boyd and Anthony Horowitz. The latest novel is "Trigger Mortis" by Anthony Horowitz, published in September 2015. Additionally Charlie Higson wrote a series on a young James Bond, and Kate Westbrook wrote three novels based on the diaries of a recurring series character, Moneypenny.
The character has also been adapted for television, radio, comic strip, video games and film. The films are the longest continually running film series of all time and have grossed over $7.040 billion in total, making it the fourth-highest-grossing film series to date, which started in 1962 with "Dr. No", starring Sean Connery as Bond. As of 2017, there have been twenty-four films in the Eon Productions series. The most recent Bond film, "Spectre" (2015), stars Daniel Craig in his fourth portrayal of Bond; he is the sixth actor to play Bond in the Eon series. There have also been two independent productions of Bond films: "Casino Royale" (a 1967 spoof) and "Never Say Never Again" (a 1983 remake of an earlier Eon-produced film, "Thunderball"). In 2015, the franchise was estimated to be worth $19.9 billion, making "James Bond" one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who wrote The James Bond series?
2: When was the character created?
3: What are the stories about?
4: How many novels are there?
5: Is Fleming still alive?
6: What year did he pass?
7: Has anyone else written Bond stories?
8: Who has most recently?
9: What is the name of his book?
10: What date did it come out?
11: Who wrote about a character called Moneypenny?
12: What kind of stories did Charlie Higson write about?
13: Is the character only seen in books?
14: What other media can you find him?
15: How much money has the movies made?
16: When was the first movie released?
17: What was it called?
18: Who played bond?
19: How many films have been made?
20: What is the most recent?
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Two best friends lived in a small town. They grew up together and did everything together. One boy was named James, and he was a cute, fat kid who was always picked on. And then the other boy was named Alex, and he was handsome and cool. They were opposites, but they didn't care. Alex would always protect James from the bullies because James was weak.
One day, James was being teased by the bullies, Gordon and Johnny, but Alex wasn't there to save him. James didn't know what to do and was scared. But then he remembered all of the times Alex stood up for him. James looked up to Alex and he thought of him as his hero. James wanted to protect himself and not have Alex always come to help. So this time, James got up and was brave. He stood up to Gordon and Johnny and told them that he wasn't scared. The bullies didn't know what to do and then gave up. They went away to look for more fun things to do. Alex saw the whole thing and was proud of James for being brave.
Now James and Alex protect each other and stand up for each other. They still are the best of friends.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who are the best friends?
2: Who was fat?
3: Who protected him?
4: Was he there when James was bullied?
5: Who were the bullies?
6: Did James protect himself?
7: Was Alex proud of James?
8: Because the bullies did what?
9: Does James stand up for Alex now?
10: What is James now?
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(CNN) -- It has been a rocky couple of years for the people of Egypt. Since the 2011 revolution, the economy has tanked, street protests are an almost daily occurrence and the political situation remains volatile.
However, a handful of young Egyptians have found that the best way to take a stand against the turmoil is with stand-up comedy.
"We are like a little beam of sunlight, coming through and reminding people, 'Don't worry! When this cloud passes, it will be brighter. It will be happier,'" says Rami Borai, a comedian in one of Egypt's first home-grown comedy troupes, Hezb El Comedy.
The group, whose name means "The Comedy Party," was formed in 2009 by Hashim Al Gahry, who admits he started up with "zero capital." Al Gahry and some friends pooled their savings, and started marketing the group through social media. When they're not performing, Hezb El Comedy teaches the art of stand-up to other aspiring comics, instructing them on things like timing and body language.
"We're not the funniest people in the world, but it's the experience that has put us in a position to give them advice and tell them, 'These are our mistakes, and this is what you can do to avoid what we did,'" says Al Gahry.
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Other Arab nations are similarly investing in grassroots comedy. In Qatar, a few young comics have come together to form SUCQ (an acronym for Stand Up Comedy Qatar).
"It's an American art. We took it from the Americans. We have reshaped it to adapt to our culture and society and people," says Hamad Al Amri, 24, a comedian who is also a banker by day. Mohamed Kamal, who also performs stand-up with SUCQ, notes that given Qatar's political climate, there are limits to what he can joke about.
Answer the following questions:
1: What place is this article aiming at?
2: When did their revolution take place
3: What did the young Egyptians come up with?
4: Name one of the comedian?
5: What's the group's name?
6: and what does it mean?
7: What year was it formed>
8: By who?
9: Did he have any capital at all?
10: So what did he use?
11: How did they market their group?
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Los Angeles (CNN) -- The story of a king overcoming a speech impediment to lead his people through World War II took top honors at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.
"The King's Speech" won the best picture, best actor, best director and best original screenplay Oscars at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre Sunday night.
The saga of how a college student created Facebook, which is now credited helping citizens overthrow their leader in the Mideast, lost out on the big awards, but "The Social Network" did win Oscars for best musical score, film editing and best adapted screenplay.
Natalie Portman, who played a ballet dancer in "Black Swan," was given the best actress Academy Award. Portman also won Golden Globe and SAG best actor trophies in recent weeks.
When "King's Speech" director Tom Hooper accepted the best director Oscar, he noted that it was his mother who found the script for him.
"The moral of this story is listen to your mother," Hooper said.
"King's Speech" writer David Seidler pointed out that at 73, he was the oldest person to ever win best original screenplay.
"My father always said to me I would be a late bloomer," Seidler said, noting that at 73 he is the oldest winner ever in the category. "I hope that record is broken quickly and often."
Colin Firth, who portrayed the stuttering King George VI in "The King's Speech," completed his sweep of best actor honors with the Oscar win."I have a feeling my career has just peaked," said Firth, who also won a Golden Globe and the SAG award.
Answer the following questions:
1: What kind of awards show was held?
2: Is it a semi-annual event?
3: How many have there been?
4: Where was it held?
5: Where in Hollywood?
6: What day of the week?
7: What movie revieved best picture?
8: Was that the only award it won?
9: Who played a ballet dancer?
10: In what movie?
11: Did she recieve an award?
12: Has she won any other awards?
13: Who directed "King's Speech"?
14: Did he find the script himself?
15: Who wrote the movie?
16: How old was he?
17: Did he win anything?
18: Who acted as King George?
19: Did he have a hard time talking?
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CHAPTER 65
Lady St. Jerome was much interested in the accounts which the cardinal and Lothair gave her of their excursions in the city and their visits.
"It is very true," she said, "I never knew such good people; and they ought to be; so favored by Heaven, and leading a life which, if any thing earthly can, must give them, however faint, some foretaste of our joys hereafter. Did your eminence visit the Pellegrini?" This was the hospital, where Miss Arundel had found Lothair.
The cardinal looked grave. "No," he replied. "My object was to secure for our young friend some interesting but not agitating distraction from certain ideas which, however admirable and transcendently important, are nevertheless too high and profound to permit their constant contemplation with impunity to our infirm natures. Besides," he added, in a lower, but still distinct tone, "I was myself unwilling to visit in a mere casual manner the scene of what I must consider the greatest event of this century."
"But you have been there?" inquired Lady St. Jerome.
His eminence crossed himself.
In the course of the evening Monsignore Catesby told Lothair that a grand service was about to be celebrated in the church of St. George: thanks were to be offered to the Blessed Virgin by Miss Arundel for the miraculous mercy vouchsafed to her in saving the life of a countryman, Lothair. "All her friends will make a point of being there," added the monsignore, "even the Protestants and some Russians. Miss Arundel was very unwilling at first to fulfil this office, but the Holy Father has commanded it. I know that nothing will induce her to ask you to attend; and yet, if I were you, I would turn it over in your mind. I know she said that she would sooner that you were present than all her English friends together. However, you can think about it. One likes to do what is proper."
Answer the following questions:
1: what was going to happen at st george's?
2: who mentioned it?
3: Who was interested in the stories the cardinal and Lothair had?
4: what type of folks did she never know?
5: what reward should they have?
6: where was Lothair found?
7: why by?
8: who is she giving thanks to for his rescue?
9: where will her friends be?
10: even people of different faiths?
11: which are mentioned?
12: and?
13: of everyone, who would the lady rather have there?
14: was instructed to go, or told to think about it?
15: did Miss Arundel want to ask him herself?
16: Why did the priest take Lothair to the city?
17: from?
18: was there another reason?
19: did he ever answer the question about going to the hosipital
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In a surprising result, the No. 69 Middle School girls' football team yesterday beat their school's boys' team. The boys' team often helped the girls with their training . They had never lost to the girls before, but this time the girls beat them 4 -- 3. After the game, Wu Nai, head of the boys' team, was very unhappy. "We all thought this would be an easy game," he said. "We never thought a team of girls could beat us. This is the saddest day of my life. " But Mr Hu, the boys' PE teacher, said he thought the girls should win. "The boys were too confident ," he said. "I told them before the match that they needed to play well. They all thought that girls' football was a joke. Now they know better. They didn't play carefully, and they lost." The match had started well for the boys. After 30 minutes, they were winning 2 - 0. Their best player, Lu Ming, scored in the thirtieth minute. Earlier, the mid-field player, Ma Zhengquan, had scored the first goal in only the second minute of the match. After the first half hour, the boys seemed to become too confident. At first, the girls had felt a bit nervous , but then they became more and more confident. Just before half time, Li Xiaolin made the score 2 - 1. In the second half, the boys were the first to score. It was from Lu Ming. After that the boys became lazy, but the girls kept on working hard. Hao Meiling scored in the 68th minute, to make the score 3 -- 2. Then Li Xiaolin scored twice in the last six minutes to make the last score 4-3. It was a surprising finish. The girls' PE teacher, Miss Wang, was very pleased with their work. "They were great!" She said. "I told them they could win. I told them that the most important thing was teamwork. The boys' team had some good players, but my girls were a better team!"
Answer the following questions:
1: Who beat the schools boys team in football?
2: Who scored twice in the last 6 miniutes?
3: What as the score after 30 minutes?
4: Was the head of the boys team happy aftery the game?
5: Did he think it would be an easy game?
6: Why did Mr. Hu think the girls deserved to win?
7: Were the girls confident playing from the begining of the game?
8: Who scored first in the second half?
9: Who scored in the 68th minute?
10: What was the final score of the ,game?
11: Had the boys ever lost to the girls before?
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The Gunpowder Plot was conspiracy to kill King James I, as well as the members of the House of Lords and Commons at the re-opening of Parliament. It was designed by a group of Catholics in protest against the anti-Catholic laws that were being introduced by the king. Robert Catesby was the leader of the group. It was he and his cousin, Thomas Wintour, and two other friends, Thomas Percy and John Wright, who formed the center of the group. They were joined by nine more men; among them was Guy Fawkes, from the city of York in the north of England. Fawkes found a store room directly under the House of Lords and rented it out under the false name of John Johnson. The conspirators stored thirty-six barrels of gunpowder there, and Fawkes, who was an explosives expert, was to light the fuses on 5th November 1605. The plot failed because one of the conspirators, Francis Tresham, sent a letter to his relative, who was a member of the House of Lords. The letter warned him not to attend the opening ceremony of Parliament. The letter was passed on to the authorities, who took action. Guy Fawkes was found in the cellar on the night of 4th November with the thirty-six barrels and a number of fuses. He was imprisoned and ill-treated, eventually giving away the names of the conspirators. Soldiers of the king surrounded Holbeach House, in the Midlands, where they knew the conspirators to be hiding. In the fight that followed, four of them were shot dead, including Catesby and Percy, who were actually killed by the same bullet. The others were imprisoned and hanged along with Guy Fawkes on 31st January 1606. These days, on 5th November, children all over Britain celebrate Guy Fawkes Night by building huge bonfires and lighting fireworks. It's a family tradition and an occasion to eat potatoes baked by the flames. There is always a 'guy' on top of the fire, a model of Guy Fawkes, dressed in the clothes of the 17th century.
Answer the following questions:
1: What was the plot to kill King James I?
2: Who else was it designed to kill?
3: Who were the designers?
4: What were they protesting?
5: Who was making the law?
6: Who was their lead man?
7: Who was his main helper?
8: How were they related?
9: How much gun powder did they have in storage?
10: What day were they going to light them?
11: Were they able to?
12: Why?
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Adult contemporary music (AC) is a style of music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, rhythm and blues, quiet storm, and rock influence. Adult contemporary is rather a continuation of the easy listening and soft rock style that became popular in the 1960s and 1970s with some adjustments that reflect the evolution of pop/rock music.
Adult contemporary tends to have lush, soothing and highly polished qualities where emphasis on melody and harmonies is accentuated. It is usually melodic enough to get a listener's attention, and is inoffensive and pleasurable enough to work well as background music. Like most of pop music, its songs tend to be written in a basic format employing a verse–chorus structure.
Adult contemporary is heavy on romantic sentimental ballads which mostly use acoustic instruments (though bass guitar is usually used) such as acoustic guitars, pianos, saxophones, and sometimes an orchestral set. The electric guitars are normally faint and high-pitched. However, recent adult contemporary music may usually feature synthesizers (and other electronics, such as drum machines).
Answer the following questions:
1: What era does Adult contemporary cover?
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The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state from the 13th century until 1795. The state was founded by the Lithuanians, one of the polytheistic Baltic tribes from Aukštaitija.
The Grand Duchy later expanded to include large portions of the former Kievan Rus' and other Slavic lands, including territory of present-day Belarus, parts of Ukraine, Poland and Russia. At its greatest extent in the 15th century, it was the largest state in Europe. It was a multi-ethnic and multi-confessional state with great diversity in languages, religion, and cultural heritage.
Consolidation of the Lithuanian lands began in the late 12th century. Mindaugas, the first ruler of the Grand Duchy, was crowned as Catholic King of Lithuania in 1253. The pagan state was targeted in the religious crusade by the Teutonic Knights and the Livonian Order. The multi-ethnic and multi-confessional state emerged only at the late reign of Gediminas and continued to expand under his son Algirdas. Algirdas's successor Jogaila signed the Union of Krewo in 1386, bringing two major changes in the history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: conversion to Catholicism and establishment of a dynastic union between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland.
Answer the following questions:
1: What state is this about?
2: What state within Lithuania in particular?
3: What year did it begin
4: Who was the first ruler?
5: What religion was he?
6: When did the state end?
7: About when was it the largest?
8: What continent?
9: Did everyone speak the same language?
10: Was everyone Catholic?
11: Was everyone religious?
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Al-Qaeda ( or ; ', , translation: "The Base", "The Foundation" or "The Fundament" and alternatively spelled al-Qaida, al-Qæda and sometimes al-Qa'ida) is a militant Sunni Islamist multi-national organization founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, and several other Arab volunteers who fought against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s.
Al-Qaeda operates as a network made up of Islamic extremist, Salafist jihadists. It has been designated as a terrorist group by the United Nations Security Council, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union, the United States, Russia, India, and various other countries (see below). Al-Qaeda has mounted attacks on civilian and military targets in various countries, including the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings, the September 11 attacks, and the 2002 Bali bombings. The U.S. government responded to the September 11 attacks by launching the "War on Terror". With the loss of key leaders, culminating in the death of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda's operations have devolved from actions that were controlled from the , to actions by associated groups and "lone-wolf" operators. Characteristic techniques employed by al-Qaeda include suicide attacks and the simultaneous bombing of different targets. Activities ascribed to it may involve members of the movement who have made a pledge of loyalty to bin Laden, or the much more numerous "al-Qaeda-linked" individuals who have undergone training in one of its camps in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq or Sudan. Al-Qaeda ideologues envision a complete break from all foreign influences in Muslim countries, and the creation of a new caliphate ruling over the entire Muslim world.
Answer the following questions:
1: What is the English translation for Al-Qaeda?
2: When was the group founded?
3: By who?
4: Is it designated as a terrorist group by anyone?
5: Who is it that has Designated them as Terrorists?
6: What has the groups actions devolved from?
7: Which Goverment declared a war on terror?
8: Is Al-Qaeda a multi-national organization?
9: How does Al-Qaeda operate?
10: Does it like foreign influences?
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Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 in Saybrook Colony as the Collegiate School, the University is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. The school was renamed Yale College in 1718 in recognition of a gift from Elihu Yale, who was governor of the British East India Company. Established to train Congregationalist ministers in theology and sacred languages, by 1777 the school's curriculum began to incorporate humanities and sciences. In the 19th century the school incorporated graduate and professional instruction, awarding the first Ph.D. in the United States in 1861 and organizing as a university in 1887.
Yale is organized into fourteen constituent schools: the original undergraduate college, the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and twelve professional schools. While the university is governed by the Yale Corporation, each school's faculty oversees its curriculum and degree programs. In addition to a central campus in downtown New Haven, the University owns athletic facilities in western New Haven, including the Yale Bowl, a campus in West Haven, Connecticut, and forest and nature preserves throughout New England. The university's assets include an endowment valued at $25.6 billion as of September 2015, the second largest of any educational institution.The Yale University Library, serving all constituent schools, holds more than 15 million volumes and is the third-largest academic library in the United States.
Answer the following questions:
1: How many books are in it's library?
2: Is it a small library?
3: How does it rank among American libraries?
4: What does it serve?
5: How many are there?
6: Which one was the original?
7: Where was it?
8: When did it start?
9: Is it a public school?
10: What city is it in?
11: In what state?
12: Why was the name changed?
13: From whom?
14: What did he do?
15: Of what?
16: What was it supposed to train?
17: When was the first PHD granted?
18: When did it become a university?
19: How much money is endowed?
20: Is that big?
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Since I was a child, I called my father my Kong, after King Kong. I believed that he was just as strong as the giant ape . As he faced death, _ .
Two months after he passed away, my sister called to ask if I would like to go see Lisa Williams, a well-known witch . I was familiar with Lisa from her show on Lifetime, and since I was eager to get a sign from my father, I agreed to go.
I took my father's gold watch and listened as Lisa helped audience members communicate with their loved ones. "I have a grandfather-like figure with me and he is speaking about his granddaughter Jilly," she announced. The audience was quiet; no one raised a hand. I nudged my sister and whispered to her that this was Dad ,for my third child and my father had a deep bond(,) and he called her Jilly.
Although I sensed his presence, I wasn't confident enough to raise my hand. I needed something a bit more concrete, something undoubted.
"This man is letting me know he had cancer," she continued. I nudged my sister harder and assured her this was our father. Lisa went on to say that this person died in June (my father had died June 8th). There was swelling of the legs.
"Important information," she called out. My heart beat fast . I jumped up when she asked, "Who is holding his watch?" I waved the watch in the air.
"He wishes you congratulations." My fourth child was born three weeks after my father died. I was in shock and could not believe I was getting a chance to hear from him, yet I knew our bond was strong enough that he could come to the world. She banged on her chest like an ape and apologized, saying, "I don't know why but he wants me to do this like Tarzan." It didn't resonate with me until my sister called out "King Kong!" I was convinced. No way could this woman have ever known a detail unless Dad was communicating through her.
Each bit of information she gave us was just as meaningful. She ended our session by informing us that he would send us coins. The very next day I found six coins in various places; they seemed to have come out of nowhere. Even in death he is my Kong, and he remains important in my life.
Answer the following questions:
1: How did I call my dad?
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(CNN) -- David Cameron must have whiplash. Practically overnight this week, the British prime minister went from being one of the leading voices demanding that Syria's President Bashar al-Assad be punished for using chemical weapons, to a humbled, chastened politician with his hands tied.
British lawmakers voted Thursday night against even the possibility of using force against Syria, forcing Cameron to concede bluntly, "We will not be taking part in military action."
What do Syria's neighbors think?
The vote was close -- seven MPs out of the 557 who voted could have changed the result -- and the outcome was a shock. Prime ministers aren't supposed to lose votes on the use of military force. British media said it hadn't happened in hundreds of years.
But although the result was stunning in one sense, in another it wasn't surprising.
Over more than seven hours of debate on Syria loomed one chilling specter: Iraq.
Bergen: Syria is a problem from hell for the U.S.
Britain feels badly burned by the way Tony Blair led the country into war there a decade ago, and Cameron was fighting a defensive battle against the memory of Blair from the moment he kicked off debate in the House of Commons: "I'm deeply mindful of the lessons of previous conflicts, in particular the deep concerns of the country of what went wrong in Iraq. We're not invading a country; we're not searching for chemical weapons."
It's an argument he needed to make.
Why Russia, China, and Iran are standing by Syria
Answer the following questions:
1: Who must have whiplash?
2: Who is he
3: Are his hands tied?
4: Was he demanding Bashar al-Assad be punished
5: Who is that
6: Who voted against the use of force
7: When?
8: against who?
9: Was the vote close
10: How many MPs voted
11: What was the thing looming over the debate
12: What was the specter?
13: How many hours was that debate?
14: How does Britain feel
15: What did he do?
16: Who was fighting a defensive battle?
17: WHO was fighting a defensive battle?
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By the 1890s the profound effect of adrenal extracts on many different tissue types had been discovered, setting off a search both for the mechanism of chemical signalling and efforts to exploit these observations for the development of new drugs. The blood pressure raising and vasoconstrictive effects of adrenal extracts were of particular interest to surgeons as hemostatic agents and as treatment for shock, and a number of companies developed products based on adrenal extracts containing varying purities of the active substance. In 1897 John Abel of Johns Hopkins University identified the active principle as epinephrine, which he isolated in an impure state as the sulfate salt. Industrial chemist Jokichi Takamine later developed a method for obtaining epinephrine in a pure state, and licensed the technology to Parke Davis. Parke Davis marketed epinephrine under the trade name Adrenalin. Injected epinephrine proved to be especially efficacious for the acute treatment of asthma attacks, and an inhaled version was sold in the United States until 2011 (Primatene Mist). By 1929 epinephrine had been formulated into an inhaler for use in the treatment of nasal congestion.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who isolated epinephrine?
2: Was it pure?
3: What form was it
4: Did someone produce it in a pure state?
5: Who?
6: What was it used for?
7: How was it used?
8: Was there another way it was administered?
9: How?
10: What was the brand name?
11: When could someone buy it in the US?
12: Who else offered the drug?
13: What was it called?
14: What else was epinephrine used to treat?
15: Starting when?
16: What did people want to learn more about?
17: Of what chemicals?
18: Why?
19: What did they want to make?
20: What was an early usage of the chemicals?
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CHAPTER XLVI
Our Pet Fox Finds a Tail
Frank returned home, and his immediate business was of course with his father, and with Mr Gazebee, who was still at Greshamsbury.
"But who is the heir?" asked Mr Gazebee, when Frank had explained that the death of Sir Louis rendered unnecessary any immediate legal steps.
"Upon my word I don't know," said Frank.
"You saw Dr Thorne," said the squire. "He must have known."
"I never thought of asking him," said Frank, naïvely.
Mr Gazebee looked rather solemn. "I wonder at that," said he; "for everything now depends on the hands the property will go into. Let me see; I think Sir Roger had a married sister. Was not that so, Mr Gresham?" And then it occurred for the first time, both to the squire and to his son, that Mary Thorne was the eldest child of this sister. But it never occurred to either of them that Mary could be the baronet's heir.
Dr Thorne came down for a couple of days before the fortnight was over to see his patients, and then returned again to London. But during this short visit he was utterly dumb on the subject of the heir. He called at Greshamsbury to see Lady Arabella, and was even questioned by the squire on the subject. But he obstinately refused to say more than that nothing certain could be known for yet a few days.
Immediately after his return, Frank saw Mary, and told her all that had happened. "I cannot understand my uncle," said she, almost trembling as she stood close to him in her own drawing-room. "He usually hates mysteries, and yet now he is so mysterious. He told me, Frank--that was after I had written that unfortunate letter--"
Answer the following questions:
1: What's the name of the man who had died?
2: Did his death have an effect on legal proceedings?
3: What was the effect?
4: Where was Mr Gazebee?
5: Who did Frank think was the heir?
6: Who could he have asked about that?
7: Had Frank asked him?
8: Did Dr Thorne come again during the story?
9: For how long?
10: What was he there for?
11: Where did he go back afterwards?
12: Why did he stop by Greshamsbury?
13: Did someone ask him about the heir?
14: Who?
15: Did he get an answer?
16: Who had a married sister?
17: Did the sister have any children?
18: Who?
19: Does anyone speak with her?
20: Who is that?
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Stinky Pete wanted to build a tree house. He needed to get a ladder to bring wood up the tree. He went to his friend's house to borrow a ladder. He also borrowed a bucket. He needed the bucket to carry nails. His friend is named James. The ladder was too big for Stinky Pete to carry alone. He had James help him carry the ladder back home. The ladder was heavy. They were careful to stay on the sidewalk. Stinky Pete got the hammer from his tool box. He gave James a rope. Stinky Pete and James got to work on the tree house. They worked all day. They painted the inside of the tree house blue. They painted the outside of the tree house red. They did not use green or orange paint. They used the rope to climb down from the tree house. When they were all finished, Stinky Pete helped James carry the ladder and bucket back to his house. Stinky Pete thanked James for helping him.
Answer the following questions:
1: What did skinny pete want to build?
2: what did he borrow?
3: whose?
4: what was their name?
5: what else did James lend him?
6: for?
7: could pete carry the ladder himself?
8: why not?
9: what did he do?
10: they were careful to do what?
11: where did pete normally keep his hammer?
12: what did he hand to James?
13: how long did they work?
14: what color paints didn't they use?
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CHAPTER VII
IN WHICH DAVE IS ROBBED
Dave found himself in a decidedly unpleasant situation. The door of the room was locked and Tom Shocker stood against it. The man lit the gas, but allowed it to remain low. Dave saw Nat Poole standing close to a bed. The money-lender's son had a small bottle and some cotton in his hand.
"I suppose this is a trick?" said Dave, as coolly as he could.
"Rather good one, too, isn't it?" returned Nat, lightly.
"That depends on how you look at it, Nat. Did you forge Mr. Dale's name?"
"Why--er--I--er----"
"That isn't a nice business to be in."
"Humph! you needn't preach to me, Dave Porter! You played a dirty trick on me and I am going to pay you back."
"What are you going to do?"
"You'll see soon enough."
"I want you to open that door!" cried Dave, wheeling around and confronting Tom Shocker. "Open it at once!"
"This is none of my affair, Mr. Porter," answered the man, with a slight sneer. "You can settle it with Mr. Poole."
"I'll settle with you, you rascal!" cried Dave, and leaping forward he caught Tom Shocker by the shoulder and forced him aside. "Give me that key!"
"Don't you do it!" cried Nat. "Here, wait, I'll fix him! Hold him!"
Nat poured some of the stuff in the bottle on the cotton and advanced on Dave. At the same time Tom Shocker caught Dave by both arms and essayed to hold him.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who leapt forward?
2: Who caught Dave by his arms?
3: Was someone standing against the door?
4: Who was close to the bed?
5: What was the money-lender's holding?
6: Was Nat holding the bottle?
7: Who thought a trick was being played?
8: What is Dave's last name?
9: What did he exclaim he wanted open?
10: Who did Nat go towards with the bottle?
11: What kind of a situation did Dave find himself in?
12: Was the gas high?
13: Was anyone accused of forgery?
14: Who?
15: Whose name was forged?
16: Did anyone have a gun?
17: What did Nat pour the contents of the bottle on?
18: Who ended up constraining Dave by the arms?
19: Do we know why Dave wanted the door open?
20: Who yelled out "Here, wait, I'll fix him! Hold him!" ?
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Dorset (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the non-metropolitan county, which is governed by Dorset County Council, and the unitary authority areas of Poole and Bournemouth. Covering an area of , Dorset borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east, and Hampshire to the east. The county town is Dorchester which is in the south. After the reorganisation of local government in 1974 the county's border was extended eastward to incorporate the Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch. Around half of the population lives in the South East Dorset conurbation, while the rest of the county is largely rural with a low population density.
The county has a long history of human settlement stretching back to the Neolithic era. The Romans conquered Dorset's indigenous Celtic tribe, and during the early Middle Ages, the Saxons settled the area and made Dorset a shire in the 7th century. The first recorded Viking raid on the British Isles occurred in Dorset during the eighth century, and the Black Death entered England at Melcombe Regis in 1348. Dorset has seen much civil unrest: in the English Civil War, an uprising of vigilantes was crushed by Oliver Cromwell's forces in a pitched battle near Shaftesbury; the doomed Monmouth Rebellion began at Lyme Regis; and a group of farm labourers from Tolpuddle were instrumental in the formation of the trade union movement. During the Second World War, Dorset was heavily involved in the preparations for the invasion of Normandy, and the large harbours of Portland and Poole were two of the main embarkation points. The former was the sailing venue in the 2012 Summer Olympics, and both have clubs or hire venues for sailing, Cornish pilot gig rowing, sea kayaking and powerboating.
Answer the following questions:
1: What is Dorset's archaically named?
2: When was the reorganization of the local government?
3: What type of county is it?
4: It has a long history of what?
5: Has it seen a lot of civil unrest?
6: In what world war it was involved in?
7: Where does half of its population live?
8: Why was its border extended eastward?
9: What occurred there in the 8th century?
10: What's to the west of Dorset?
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(CNN) -- It's called the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment, and weeks before authorities say he got on a plane with a bomb, Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab was in it.
The vast government databank, known as TIDE, is administered by the FBI's Terrorist Screening Center. It contains information about hundreds of thousands of people, the majority of them foreign nationals, who are suspected of having terrorist leanings.
An FBI official said AbdulMutallab was included in TIDE after his father warned the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria of his son's hard-line beliefs and possible ties to militant Islamists.
To understand how he could have been under the government's scrutiny and still make it onto a U.S.-bound plane with an explosive, you have to understand the way the government's watch list system works. TIDE is just the start.
The FBI uses the raw information contained in the TIDE databank to determine whether to put the subject onto the government's terror watch list, known as the Terrorism Screening Data Base. That list contains the names and aliases of about 400,000 people, but AbdulMutallab didn't make the cut.
According to Chad Kolton, a spokesman for the FBI's Terror Screening Center, there wasn't enough hard evidence to back up AbdulMutallab's father's fears, and so he wasn't placed on the terror list.
The bureau's own Web site spells out the criteria for inclusion in the screening database, saying that "only individuals who are known or reasonably suspected to be or have been engaged in conduct constituting, in preparation for, in aid of, or related to terrorism are included."
Answer the following questions:
1: was there hard evidence against him?
2: what does TIDE stand for?
3: is TIDE just the start?
4: who uses the information in TIDE?
5: who uses the information in TIDE?
6: Which FBI department administers it?
7: Did the suspect get onto a plane?
8: where was it going?
9: who did the father warn?
10: where?
11: how many people does TIDE have information on?
12: what is the government watchlist known as?
13: did he end up on the list?
14: what kind of info does FBI use to determine who gets on the list?
15: who is the FBI spokesman mentioned?
16: what did he get on the plane with?
17: what is his full name?
18: what did his father suspect he had ties with?
19: what did he say about his beliefs?
20: does the list also contain aliases?
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Documentation is a set of documents provided on paper, or online, or on digital or analog media, such as audio tape or CDs. Examples are user guides, white papers, on-line help, quick-reference guides. It is becoming less common to see paper (hard-copy) documentation. Documentation is distributed via websites, software products, and other on-line applications.
Professionals educated in this field are termed documentalists. This field changed its name to information science in 1968, but some uses of the term documentation still exists and there have been efforts to reintroduce the term documentation as a field of study.
While associated ISO standards are not easily available publicly, a guide from other sources for this topic may serve the purpose. . David Berger has provided several principles of document writing, regarding the terms used, procedure numbering and even lengths of sentences, etc.
The following is a list of guides dealing with each specific field and type:
The procedures of documentation vary from one sector, or one type, to another. In general, these may involve document drafting, formatting, submitting, reviewing, approving, distributing, reposting and tracking, etc., and are convened by associated SOPs in a regulatory industry. It could also involve creating content from scratch. Documentation should be easy to read and understand. If it's too long and too wordy, it may be misunderstood or ignored. Clear, Short, Familiar words should be used to a maximum of 15 words to a sentence. Only gender hyper neutral word should be used and cultural biases should be avoided. Procedures should be numbered when they are to be performed. .
Answer the following questions:
1: What is one example of digital analog?
2: What is the main topic?
3: Do people get educated for this?
4: What are they called?
5: Has it always been called this?
6: What new name did it undertake?
7: How is it distributed?
8: Are there any other ways?
9: Name another.
10: What's the last
11: Who came up with some principles on how to write docs?
12: Are all the procedures associated with this the same in all sectors?
13: What about this should be easy?
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(CNN) -- Lewis Hamilton extended his Formula One drivers' championship lead after finishing second behind Red Bull's Mark Webber at the British Grand Prix.
World champion Jenson Button, who narrowly missed out on his first podium finish at Silverstone after coming fourth, still trails McLaren teammate Hamilton in second.
Third-placed Webber stormed back into title contention after winning his third race of the season. The Australian leapfroged fellow Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel, who is 24 points adrift of Hamilton in fourth.
McLaren also lead Red Bull by 29 points at the top of the constructors' championship.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso stayed fifth overall but lost ground after earning no points, ending the race in 14th after being given a drive-through penalty for illegally overtaking Robert Kubica of Renault off the track.
Nico Rosberg of Germany continues to outperform his Mercedes teammate Michael Schumacher, recording his third podium finish this season to replace Kubica in sixth.
Drivers' Championship (after 10 rounds):
1. Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren 145 points
2. Jenson Button (GB) McLaren 133
3. Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull 128
4. Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 121
5. Fernando Alonso (Sp) Ferrari 98
6. Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP 90 Constructors' Championship:
1. McLaren 278 points
2. Red Bull 249
3. Ferrari 165
4. Mercedes GP 126
5. Renault 89
6. Force India 47
Answer the following questions:
1: What sport does Lewis Hamilton compete in?
2: Did he compete in the British Grand Prix?
3: What did he place?
4: Behind whom?
5: How many races has he won this season?
6: For what brand does he drive?
7: Who is another driver for that brand?
8: Which team is ahead of Red Bull?
9: By how much?
10: Where did Ferrari's driver end the race?
11: What is his name?
12: Was he given a penalty?
13: For what?
14: Who?
15: Which team does he drive for?
16: Which German drives for Mercedes?
17: Who is his teammate?
18: Who is performing better?
19: Who is currently ranked first in the Championship?
20: After how many rounds?
21: Which Championship is it?
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A bracket is a tall punctuation mark typically used in matched pairs within text, to set apart or interject other text. The matched pair may be described as opening and closing, or left and right symbols.
Forms include round (also called "parentheses"), square, curly (also called "braces"), and angle brackets (also called "chevrons"); and various other pairs of symbols.
In addition to referring to the class of all types of brackets, the unqualified word "bracket" is most commonly used to refer to a specific type of bracket: in modern American usage this is usually the square bracket and in modern British usage this is usually the round bracket.
Chevrons were the earliest type of bracket to appear in written English. Desiderius Erasmus coined the term "lunula" to refer to the rounded parentheses (), recalling the shape of the crescent moon.
Some of the following names are regional or contextual.
The characters ‹ › and « », known as guillemets or "angular quote brackets", are actually quotation mark glyphs used in several European languages. Which one of each pair is the opening quote mark and which is the closing quote varies between languages.
In English, typographers generally prefer to not set brackets in italics, even when the enclosed text is italic. However, in other languages like German, if brackets enclose text in italics, they are usually set in italics too.
Answer the following questions:
1: What was the first form of brackets in written English?
2: Who came up with the name "lunula?"
3: What symbol did it refer to?
4: Which he thought resembled what?
5: How many types of brackets are there?
6: What is an example of a type of bracket?
7: What does bracket normally refer to in the modern American language?
8: How about in British?
9: What are guillemets also known as?
10: What do English typographers mostly not like to do?
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New York (CNN) -- More than 80 Michael Jackson collectibles -- including the late pop star's famous rhinestone-studded glove from a 1983 performance -- were auctioned off Saturday, reaping a total $2 million.
Profits from the auction at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York's Times Square crushed pre-sale expectations of only $120,000 in sales.
The highly prized memorabilia, which included items spanning the many stages of Jackson's career, came from more than 30 fans, associates and family members, who contacted Julien's Auctions to sell their gifts and mementos of the singer.
Jackson's flashy glove was the big-ticket item of the night, fetching $420,000 from a buyer in Hong Kong, China. Jackson wore the glove at a 1983 performance during "Motown 25," an NBC special where he debuted his revolutionary moonwalk.
Fellow Motown star Walter "Clyde" Orange of the Commodores, who also performed in the special 26 years ago, said he asked for Jackson's autograph at the time, but Jackson gave him the glove instead.
"The legacy that [Jackson] left behind is bigger than life for me," Orange said. "I hope that through that glove people can see what he was trying to say in his music and what he said in his music."
Orange said he plans to give a portion of the proceeds to charity.
Hoffman Ma, who bought the glove on behalf of Ponte 16 Resort in Macau, paid a 25 percent buyer's premium, which was tacked onto all final sales over $50,000. Winners of items less than $50,000 paid a 20 percent premium.
Answer the following questions:
1: Where was the Auction held?
2: How much did they make?
3: How much did they expected?
4: WHo buy the Jackson Glove
5: Where was the buyer of the glove from?
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (), commonly referred to as Rutgers University, Rutgers, or RU, is an American public research university and the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey.
Rutgers was chartered as Queen's College on November 10, 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. The college was renamed Rutgers College in 1825 in honor of Colonel Henry Rutgers (1745–1830), a New York City landowner, philanthropist and former military officer, whose $5,000 bond donation to the school allowed it to reopen after years of financial difficulty. For most of its existence, Rutgers was a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church.
In 1864, the college expanded its role in research and instruction in agriculture, engineering, and science when it was named as the state's sole land-grant college under the Morrill Act of 1862.
In 1924, it gained university status with the introduction of graduate education and further expansion. However, Rutgers evolved into a coeducational public research university after being designated "The State University of New Jersey" by the New Jersey Legislature in laws enacted in 1945 and 1956. It is one of only two colonial colleges that later became public universities. Rutgers, however, remains something of a public-private hybrid, in particular retaining certain "private rights" against unilateral changes in its governance, name, and structure that the state might otherwise want to impose.
Answer the following questions:
1: When did it gain university status?
2: What state is Rutgers in?
3: What is it called?
4: What country is it located in?
5: Are their larger universities in new jersey?
6: Is it public or private?
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(CNN) -- When White House press secretary Josh Earnest said this week that President Barack Obama had "substantially improved the tranquillity of the global community," many observers reacted with disbelief.
When the President refused to go to the U.S.-Mexico border last week to see the crisis of young people flooding into the United States because "he's not interested in photo ops," lesser mortals noted he had played pool with Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, dropped by a brewery to have a beer and shook hands with a man wearing a horse-head mask.
When he went to Delaware on Thursday and opened with a few sentences about the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner in Ukraine before joking about Joe Biden and going back to his prepared text on infrastructure, many thought he had failed to take seriously an international disaster. They were even less impressed when he had lunch at the Charcoal Pit and ordered burgers and fries (not a photo op, of course). It was not until 24 hours later that he took to the podium to promise an aggressive investigation.
With the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria causing the collapse of Iraq and continued violence in Syria, the Syrian dictatorship consolidating its power, the Iranians failing to take steps to end their nuclear weapons program and Hamas firing more than 1,000 rockets at Israel, the President and his team have moved decisively to brief The New York Times on his passion for late-night intellectual dinners exploring physics, architecture and questions far more profound than the fate of the Middle East.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who was playing pool?
2: With who?
3: Who's that?
4: Of what?
5: Did the president go to a bar?
6: Where else did he go?
7: What did he do there?
8: Did he meet anyone unusual?
9: How so?
10: What kind?
11: Where did he go Thursday?
12: What did he talk about there?
13: Who did he joke about?
14: What is happening in Iraq?
15: Why?
16: Is there a battle happening somewhere?
17: Where?
18: Who is the first person mentioned?
19: What does he do?
20: What did he say?
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CHAPTER TWO.
STRONG EMOTIONS ARE SUCCEEDED BY SUPPER, AND FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSIONS ON DISCOVERY, WHICH END IN A WILD ALARM!
When Karlsefin had been introduced to Leif Ericsson, the former turned round and presented to him and Biarne his friend Thorward, the captain of the other ship. Thorward was not a tall man, but was very broad and stout, and had a firm yet pleasing cast of countenance. Both Thorward and Karlsefin were men of about thirty-five years of age.
"Are you not on viking-cruise?" asked Leif as they walked up to the house together, while the male members of his household and the men of the settlement assisted the crews to moor the ships.
"No; my friend Thorward and I are not men of war. We prefer the peaceful occupation of the merchant, and, to say truth, it is not unprofitable."
"I would that more were of your way of thinking," said Leif. "I do not love the bloody game of war, and glad am I that we have got into a quiet corner here in Greenland, where there is small occasion for it. Biarne, too, is of our way of thinking, as no doubt you already know."
"He has often told me so, and, if I mistake not, has feathered his nest well by merchanting."
"He has," answered Biarne for himself, with a laugh.
While they thus advanced, talking, little Olaf had kept walking in front of the tall stranger, looking up into his face with unbounded admiration. He had never before seen any man so magnificent. His father and Biarne, whom he had hitherto regarded as perfect specimens of mankind, were quite eclipsed. Looking backward and walking forward is an unsafe process at any time. So Olaf found it on the present occasion, for he tripped over a stone and in falling hit his little nose with such violence that it soon became a big nose, and bled profusely.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who were the two captains?
2: Who did they meet?
3: Who was with him?
4: Was someone's son with them?
5: Whose?
6: What was his name?
7: What happened to him?
8: why?
9: Are Karlsefin and Thorwards fighters?
10: What are they?
11: Do they make good money?
12: Does Leif like war?
13: Does he wish more people hated war?
14: Where does he live?
15: How old are the men?
16: Who else is a merchant?
17: Does he make a lot of money?
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Have you ever watched the big parade on Tian'anmen Square on October 1? Some students performed in the big parade. In order to get ready for it, this summer, many Beijing middle school students had a different kind of vacation. Instead of hanging out with friends or traveling, they trained hard for the 60th birthday of China this year. Students trained from 7:30 am to around 10:00 am or from 4 pm to 6:30 pm, because it was very hot this summer. They wore white hats, T-shirts and blue trousers. The hats and T-shirts were printed with a red logo, the number "60". The first week of training was PE. Students practiced standing and squatting. Then they moved on to practice the group show. When we watched the parade on TV we saw them making colorful pictures. What did the students think of their unusual summer? "Sometimes we find it a bit tiring." said Lu Wenqi, 13. "But most of us think it's a great _ to take part in such an important show." Li Hui, 15, thought the same as Lu. She said her classmates were hardly late for training. "It's a wonderful chance for us," said Li. "When my parents were in college, they also took part in a national day parade. Now it's my turn!"
Answer the following questions:
1: How old is Li Hui?
2: what were the hats and shirts printed with?
3: in what color
4: what color where the pants?
5: did the studetns like what they were doing?
6: how old is Lu?
7: are they often on time?
8: what had Li's parent's done?
9: what birthday are they celebrating?
10: how old?
11: what could they have been doing instead?
12: what times were they practicing?
13: why not in the middle of the day?
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PANAMA CITY, Panama (CNN) -- Ricardo Martinelli, the multimillionaire owner of a supermarket chain, was inaugurated as president of Panama on Wednesday.
Ricardo Martinelli is a pro-business conservative who defeated a candidate from the ruling center-left party.
National Assembly President Jose Luis Varela performed the swearing-in and placed the presidential sash on Martinelli, a pro-business conservative who defeated a candidate from the ruling center-left party in May.
The citizens of Panama "want things to be done differently," Varela said at the inauguration. "An attitude of change starts today."
In his first speech as president, Martinelli promised a smaller government budget but raises for public workers.
Public safety, an issue that the outgoing administration of Martin Torrijos struggled to maintain, will be a priority, Martinelli said.
"Our prisons will be rehabilitation centers, not schools for criminals," he said.
Panama will also work with Mexico and Colombia to combat drug trafficking in the region, Martinelli said.
Among the dignitaries at the inauguration was deposed Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted in a military-led coup Sunday. The Organization of American States has condemned the coup, and Zelaya has continued to carry out his presidential duties.
The son of Italian immigrants, Martinelli, 57, is a self-made businessman who is chairman of the Super 99 supermarket chain, one of the largest private companies in Panama.
The U.S.-educated president previously served as minister and chairman of the board of directors of the Panama Canal Authority and formerly was director of social security for Panama, according to his Web site.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who was inaugurated as President on Wednesday?
2: What country did he become president of?
3: When?
4: What is he the owner of?
5: Who swore him in?
6: What did he promise in his first speech?
7: What will be a priority?
8: Who will he work with to combat drug trafficking?
9: How old is he?
10: Where did he receive his education?
11: What do the citizens of Panama want?
12: What chain is he chairman of?
13: Who is he the son of?
14: What has he previously served as?
15: Did he hold any other positions?
16: What was that?
17: Was anyone important at the inauguration?
18: Who was it?
19: Is he conservative or liberal?
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(CNN) -- As senior World Cup photographer for leading agency Getty, Shaun Botterill has snapped pictures of every tournament since 1994.
He has found himself in some pretty privileged positions, capturing compelling images of football's greats -- and poignant, intimate shots away from the on-field action.
Sure, you have to be lucky to capture certain key moments when they happen, says Botterill. But he is also a firm believer in creating your own luck: being prepared when the magic unfolds on the pitch.
"I think knowledge of the sport is particularly important, because certain players have different styles," the Briton tells CNN's Sports Photo Masterclass series.
"A midfielder is more creative; he's always going to be looking for that pass. And you've got players like Ronaldo who will run a play -- he'll challenge plays, he'll make pictures. So that's where you get those big action shots.
"Generally the good players that just want to win and score make better pictures."
It's been said that eyes are the windows to the soul. Botterill says he's learned that focusing on players' eyes helps photographers to anticipate their moves.
While covering the trophy ceremony at the 2006 World Cup in Germany -- a tournament he describes as one of his favorite events to have worked at -- Botterill caught a glimmer in Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro's eyes as he stood with his team for the presentation.
"Once Cannavaro got the trophy, he didn't just grab it," Botterill recalls.
"You could see he had something in his mind to do. Things seemed to slow down and I thought I knew what was going to happen next."
Answer the following questions:
1: who is the senior World Cup photographer
2: what leading agency does he work for?
3: what does he take photos of?
4: how long has Botterill worked at Getty?
5: what has he captrued pictures of over the years?
6: o capture certain key moments when they happen you have to be what?
7: how does he create his own luck?
8: does he belive having information of the industry is nessacry
9: why?
10: Good players that want to win does what?
11: what position does he feel is most creative?
12: why?
13: what are our window to the soul?
14: who will run a play?
15: whaere does he get big action shots?
16: why does Botterill focus on the eyes?
17: when was the world cup in Germany
18: how does he describe it?
19: whose eyes did he catch a glimpse of there?
20: whats his position?
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How much do you know about Albert Einstein? Albert Einstein, born on March 14, 1579 in Germany, was a great scientist in the world. He was strange because he hated haircuts and new clothes. He believed in peace. All his life, he hated war. However, his most famous idea, E=mc2, helped create the world's most dangerous weapon . Many people think he was the smartest person in the world. But Einstein said that _ What did he like? Einstein liked learning sailing . He sailed in small boats all his life. He once joked, "Sailing is the sport that takes the least energy!" When Einstein was a child, his mother made him take violin lessons. At first, he didn't like the violin. But then he learned to love music and became a good violinist. Later, he said, "Love is the best teacher." Why is the sky blue? In 1910, Einstein asked a question which many children often ask, "Why is the sky blue?" After his careful research, he answered the question like this: "It's because light is made up of many colors including blue. When light travels to Earth, gas particles spread the blue light all over the sky." His answer is true in physics.
Answer the following questions:
1: Was Einstein born in America?
2: Where was he born?
3: Did he play any musical instruments?
4: Which instrument?
5: Did he voluntarily take lessons?
6: Did he stick with it?
7: Did he become a good player?
8: What did he say about the experience?
9: What was his most famous idea?
10: What did it help create?
11: Was he a pacifist or warmonger?
12: What else did he hate?
13: Did he like new clothes?
14: What did many people think about him?
15: Did he like any sports?
16: Which one?
17: Did he sail large boats?
18: Does sailing take a lot of energy?
19: What did he ask in 1910?
20: Did he answer that question?
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CHAPTER VIII
A MYSTERIOUS LETTER
In the morning mail Gus Plum received a letter postmarked London which he read with much interest. Then he called on Dave.
"I've just received a letter I want you to read," he said. "It is from Nick Jasniff, and he mentions you." And he handed over the communication.
It was a long rambling epistle, upbraiding Plum roundly for "having gone back on him," as Jasniff put it. The writer said he was now "doing Europe" and having a good time generally. One portion of the letter read as follows:
"The authorities needn't look for me, for they will never find me. I struck a soft thing over here and am about seventy pounds to the good. Tell Dave Porter I could tell him something he would like to hear--about his folks--but I am not going to do it. I don't think he'll meet that father of his just yet, or that pretty sister of his either. She'd be all right if she didn't have such a lunkhead of a brother. Tell him that some day I'll square up with him and put him in a bigger hole than he got me into. If it wasn't for him I wouldn't have to stay away as I'm doing--not but what I'm having a good time--better than grinding away at Oak Hall."
As may be imagined, Dave read this letter with even greater interest than had Gus Plum. What was said about his father and sister mystified him.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who sent the letter?
2: Who did he write to?
3: Who else was mentioned in it?
4: Did he read the letter?
5: Did he find it interesting?
6: Did it interest him even more than the intended recipient?
7: Why?
8: Where is the sender of the letter?
9: Is he having good time there?
10: Is he hiding from someone?
11: Was his appearance changed?
12: Who else did he mention in the letter?
13: Did he think highly of Dave?
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The Indian National Congress () (INC, often called Congress) is a broad-based political party in India. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th-century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement, with over 15 million members and over 70 million participants. The Congress led India to independence from Great Britain, and powerfully influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire.
The Congress is a secular party whose social liberal platform is generally considered on the centre-left of Indian politics. The Congress' social policy is based upon the Gandhian principle of Sarvodaya—the lifting up of all sections of society—which involves the improvement of the lives of economically underprivileged and socially marginalised people. The party primarily endorses social liberalism — seeking to balance individual liberty and social justice, and secularism — asserting the right to be free from religious rule and teachings.
After India's independence in 1947, the Congress formed the government at center in most instances, and many regional state governments. Congress became India's dominant political party; , in the 15 general elections since independence, it has won an outright majority on six occasions and has led the ruling coalition a further four times, heading the central government for 49 years. There have been seven Congress Prime Ministers, the first being Jawaharlal Nehru (1947–64), and the most recent Manmohan Singh (2004–14). Although it did not fare well in the last general elections in India in 2014, it remains one of two major, nationwide, political parties in India, along with the right-wing, Hindu nationalist, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). In the 2014 general election, the Congress had its poorest post-independence general election performance, winning only 44 seats of the 543-member Lok Sabha.
Answer the following questions:
1: What is INC?
2: Was INC ever independent?
3: Who did they break free from?
4: Who was the leader?
5: what happened in 1947?
6: How many prime ministers were there?
7: Who was the first one?
8: and the most recent one?
9: why did congress perform slowly in elections?
10: How many political parties are there in India?
11: what are they?
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Turkish (), also referred to as Istanbul Turkish, is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 10–15 million native speakers in Southeast Europe (mostly in East and Western Thrace) and 60–65 million native speakers in Western Asia (mostly in Anatolia). Outside of Turkey, significant smaller groups of speakers exist in Germany, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Greece, the Caucasus, and other parts of Europe and Central Asia. Cyprus has requested that the European Union add Turkish as an official EU language, even though Turkey is not a member state.
To the west, the influence of Ottoman Turkish—the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire—spread as the Ottoman Empire expanded. In 1928, as one of Atatürk's Reforms in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, the Ottoman Turkish alphabet was replaced with a Latin alphabet.
The distinctive characteristics of the Turkish language are vowel harmony and extensive agglutination. The basic word order of Turkish is subject–object–verb. Turkish has no noun classes or grammatical gender. The language has a strong T–V distinction and usage of honorifics. Turkish uses second-person pronouns that distinguish varying levels of politeness, social distance, age, courtesy or familiarity toward the addressee. The plural second-person pronoun and verb forms are used referring to a single person out of respect.
Answer the following questions:
1: what language is the article about?
2: is it called something else?
3: what?
4: what countries do most people who speak it in South Eastern Europe live?
5: how many of them are there?
6: is it used in places other than Europe?
7: what makes it distinct?
8: in what order are words used?
9: what happened in 1928?
10: who did that?
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Chapter 32 The Disposal of a Bonanza
'SUCH was Ritter's narrative,' said I to my two friends. There was a profound and impressive silence, which lasted a considerable time; then both men broke into a fusillade of exciting and admiring ejaculations over the strange incidents of the tale; and this, along with a rattling fire of questions, was kept up until all hands were about out of breath. Then my friends began to cool down, and draw off, under shelter of occasional volleys, into silence and abysmal reverie. For ten minutes now, there was stillness. Then Rogers said dreamily--
'Ten thousand dollars.'
Adding, after a considerable pause--
'Ten thousand. It is a heap of money.'
Presently the poet inquired--
'Are you going to send it to him right away?'
'Yes,' I said. 'It is a queer question.'
No reply. After a little, Rogers asked, hesitatingly:
'ALL of it?--That is--I mean--'
'Certainly, all of it.'
I was going to say more, but stopped--was stopped by a train of thought which started up in me. Thompson spoke, but my mind was absent, and I did not catch what he said. But I heard Rogers answer--
'Yes, it seems so to me. It ought to be quite sufficient; for I don't see that he has done anything.'
Presently the poet said--
'When you come to look at it, it is more than sufficient. Just look at it--five thousand dollars! Why, he couldn't spend it in a lifetime! And it would injure him, too; perhaps ruin him--you want to look at that. In a little while he would throw his last away, shut up his shop, maybe take to drinking, maltreat his motherless children, drift into other evil courses, go steadily from bad to worse--'
Answer the following questions:
1: Who had told a narration?
2: Who was informed of this?
3: What was their immediate response?
4: Was it brief?
5: What did they do afterwards?
6: Did they eventually become quiet again?
7: Who broke the quiet?
8: How much money was involved?
9: Was it to be sent immediately?
10: Who had asked about that?
11: Did the narrator find this question to be unusual?
12: Did the narrator intend to send the entire sum?
13: Did he pause to reflect?
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Woodbridge, Virginia (CNN) -- The police photograph is chilling. In grainy black and white tones, it shows 13-year-old Martin Andrews sitting in a makeshift box, his leg chained. The look in his eyes is one of fear, fatigue and disbelief. He had just been rescued from a nightmare.
"I was abducted by a sexually violent predator by the name of Richard Ausley, who had been twice convicted for sexually assaulting young boys, and he had taken me for eight days," Andrews recalled of his ordeal 37 years ago this month. "I was left to die."
As a survivor of a sex crime, Andrews is one face of an issue the Supreme Court will revisit Tuesday: civil commitment, which allows the government to keep sex offenders in custody even after they have served their sentences. Twenty states have such laws, including Virginia, where Andrews was held captive and repeatedly assaulted.
CNN normally doesn't name victims of sex crimes, but Andrews, now a victims' advocate, agreed to tell his story.
On the other side of the debate is the first sex offender released from Virginia's civil commitment program, and one of just a handful nationwide.
"I served my time for what I did, and I didn't feel like I should be incarcerated again," said this man, who asked that his identity not be revealed for fear of retribution. "It was a scary thing to know that you could be committed to a mental institution for the rest of your life."
The man said mandatory therapy helped him, but he thinks that could have been initiated while he was in prison.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who is the victim of a sex crime?
2: How old was he at the time?
3: What evidence did the police have?
4: Who kidnapped him?
5: How long ago was this?
6: How many times had he been convicted?
7: How long was he in captivity?
8: What issue is the Supreme Court looking at?
9: Do states already have such laws?
10: What is that?
11: Which states?
12: Who is being released in Virginia?
13: What was the state going to make him do?
14: What did the police photograph show?
15: Was it in color?
16: What had just happened before the picture was taken?
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CHAPTER XLII
The Prince dined carefully, but with less than his usual appetite. Afterwards he lit a cigarette and strolled for a moment into the lounge. Celeste, who was waiting for him, glided at once to his side.
"Monsieur!" she whispered. "I have been here for one hour."
He nodded.
"Well?"
"Monsieur le Duc has arrived."
The Prince turned sharply round.
"Who?"
"Monsieur le Duc de Souspennier. He calls himself no longer Mr. Sabin."
A dull flush of angry colour rose almost to his temples.
"Why did you not tell me before?" he exclaimed.
"Monsieur was in the restaurant," she answered. "It was impossible for me to do anything but wait."
"Where is he?"
"Alas! he is with madam," the girl answered.
The Prince was very profane. He started at once for the elevator. In a moment or two he presented himself at Lucille's sitting-room. They were still lingering over their dinner. Mr. Sabin welcomed him with grave courtesy.
"The Prince is in time to take his liqueur with us," he remarked, rising. "Will you take fin champagne, Prince, or Chartreuse? I recommend the fin champagne."
The Prince bowed his thanks. He was white to the lips with the effort for self-mastery.
"I congratulate you, Mr. Sabin," he said, "upon your opportune arrival. You will be able to help Lucille through the annoyance to which I deeply regret that she should be subjected."
Mr. Sabin gently raised his eyebrows.
"Annoyance!" he repeated. "I fear that I do not quite understand."
The Prince smiled.
Answer the following questions:
1: Did the prince have good appetite?
2: Did he have a cigarette after that?
3: What he did next?
4: Who approached him next?
5: How long she had been waiting?
6: Who did she inquire about?
7: What is his other name?
8: Did prince know about it?
9: Who was with Sabin at that time?
10: Where he was?
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The old camera Brownie picked up in a charity shop was a splendid find. But the undeveloped film still inside turned out to be even more of a treasure.
New owner Don Roccoforte had it developed and saw in it an attractive dark haired woman in her thirties with two young boys. He immediately determined to try to find out who they were.
A few weeks later the California-based camera collector received the news that left him _ . The woman was his wife Jaqueline's aunt in a picture taken around 50 years ago, and one of the boys, her cousin.
The couple have now unraveled the astonishing coincidence, which leads back to Mrs. Roccoforte's native Lancashire, where many of her family still live. The camera was bought from a shop in Preston, England by Brownie, a friend of Mr. Roccoforte, who knew of his interest in photography and thought it would be an unusual gift.
Back in California, the contents of his new possession inspired Mr. Roccoforte's curiosity. Recognizing the water in the background of the photo as a lake in Lancashire, he sent a copy to the local paper in Preston to see if any readers could help.
Another relative recognized the group as Winnie Bamber, still living in the area at the age of 81, her son Tony, Mrs. Roccoforte's cousin, and Tony's childhood friend, Mick Murphy.
Yesterday Mrs. Bamber was still gasping at the turn of events which has reunited two strands of her family. She said she remembered taking the boys to the lake and losing the camera. The two boys, both now 58, still live near Preston.
Mrs. Roccoforte's father is Winnie Bamber's brother, Billy Charnley. He and his wife moved to America in the 1960s. Their daughter met Mr. Roccoforte there and they married and moved to Preston for two years before returning to America.
Answer the following questions:
1: What was found in the thrift store?
2: What surprise was there in it ?
3: How was it described?
4: Who found the camera?
5: Who is Don Roccoforte?
6: Did he recognize the people in the developed photo?
7: What was he going to do about that?
8: Was he able to?
9: How long did it take to find out?
10: What was fascinating about who was in the picture?
11: What body of water was in the photo?
12: Located where?
13: Had he seen the lake before?
14: Who did he send the photo to?
15: Are the people in the photo still alive?
16: How did the camera end up in a shop?
17: Who lost the camera?
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- After spending nearly 28 years in an irreversible coma, heiress and socialite Martha "Sunny" von Bulow died Saturday in a New York nursing home, according to a family statement. She was 76.
Sunny von Bulow is pictured during her 1957 wedding to Prince Alfred von Auersperg.
Von Bulow was subject of one of the nation's most sensational criminal cases during the 1980s.
Her husband, Claus, was accused of trying to kill her with an overdose of insulin, which prosecutors alleged sent her into the coma.
He was convicted of making two attempts on her life, but the conviction was overturned on appeal. He was acquitted in a second trial.
His retrial in 1985 received national attention.
"We were blessed to have an extraordinarily loving and caring mother," said the statement from Von Bulow's three children -- Annie Laurie "Ala" Isham, Alexander von Auersperg and Cosima Pavoncelli -- released by a spokeswoman. "She was especially devoted to her many friends and family members."
Martha von Bulow was born Martha Sharp Crawford into a wealthy family. She inherited a fortune conservatively estimated at $75 million, according to an article on the von Bulow case posted on truTV.com's Crime Library Web site.
In her early years, she drew comparisons to actress Grace Kelly.
She became known as Princess von Auersperg with her first marriage, to Prince Alfred von Auersperg of Austria. That marriage produced two children: Alexander and Annie Laurie.
The von Bulows married in 1966 and had a daughter, Cosima.
Answer the following questions:
1: When was Martha born?
2: What did she become know as when married to the Prince?
3: Who was accused of trying to kill her?
4: his name?
5: Surname?
6: When was her first wedding?
7: and her next?
8: how much did she inherit?
9: where was that figure published?
10: which of their websites?
11: who was she compared to
12: how long was she comatosed?
13: where did she die?
14: a hospital?
15: what?
16: how old was she?
17: what was Claus accused of?
18: how?
19: was he convicted?
20: what year was the retrial?
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CHAPTER XXIII HOPE
"Faith, Madame!" said Sir Andrew, seeing that Marguerite seemed desirous to call her surly host back again, "I think we'd better leave him alone. We shall not get anything more out of him, and we might arouse his suspicions. One never knows what spies may be lurking around these God-forsaken places."
"What care I?" she replied lightly, "now I know that my husband is safe, and that I shall see him almost directly!"
"Hush!" he said in genuine alarm, for she had talked quite loudly, in the fulness of her glee, "the very walls have ears in France, these days."
He rose quickly from the table, and walked round the bare, squalid room, listening attentively at the door, through which Brogard has just disappeared, and whence only muttered oaths and shuffling footsteps could be heard. He also ran up the rickety steps that led to the attic, to assure himself that there were no spies of Chauvelin's about the place.
"Are we alone, Monsieur, my lacquey?" said Marguerite, gaily, as the young man once more sat down beside her. "May we talk?"
"As cautiously as possible!" he entreated.
"Faith, man! but you wear a glum face! As for me, I could dance with joy! Surely there is no longer any cause for fear. Our boat is on the beach, the FOAM CREST not two miles out at sea, and my husband will be here, under this very roof, within the next half hour perhaps. Sure! there is naught to hinder us. Chauvelin and his gang have not yet arrived."
Answer the following questions:
1: Is Sir Andrew married?
2: who is Magurerite?
3: Were the walls paperthin?
4: Who was speaking loudly?
5: Who wanted her to be more quieter?
6: Why did Magureite wanted to know if they were alone?
7: Who was sad?
8: what was the boat's name?
9: when is her husband arriving
10: Did chavelin and his gang come yet?
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Istanbul (, or ; ), historically known as Constantinople and Byzantium, is the most populous city in Turkey and the country's economic, cultural, and historic center. Istanbul is a transcontinental city in Eurasia, straddling the Bosphorus strait (which separates Europe and Asia) between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its commercial and historical center lies on the European side and about a third of its population lives on the Asian side. The city is the administrative center of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality ( with Istanbul Province), both hosting a population of around 14.7 million residents. Istanbul is one of the world's most populous cities and ranks as the world's 7th-largest city proper and the largest European city.
Founded under the name of "Byzantion" (Βυζάντιον) on the Sarayburnu promontory around 660 BCE, the city developed to become one of the most significant in history. After its reestablishment as "Constantinople" in 330 CE, it served as an imperial capital for almost 16 centuries, during the Roman and Byzantine (330–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin (1204–1261), and the Ottoman (1453–1922) empires. It was instrumental in the advancement of Christianity during Roman and Byzantine times, before the Ottomans conquered the city in 1453 and transformed it into an Islamic stronghold and the seat of the Ottoman Caliphate.
Answer the following questions:
1: what is the population of Istanbul?
2: what name was it founded under?
3: in what year?
4: what is one of the historical names for it?
5: how many continents does it straddle?
6: which two?
7: how many centuries has it been an imperial capital?
8: how does its population rank in comparison to other cities of the world?
9: about how many people live on the european side?
10: is it the largest city in Europe?
11: when did Ottomans conquer the city?
12: what become the dominant religion there?
13: was it always?
14: what other religion was it instrumental to?
15: during what period?
16: what years did that span?
17: when was it reestablished as Constantinople?
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Bob, Jim and Alice are good friends. They all study in the same class in Red Star Middle School. The weekend is coming and the weather is going to be sunny and warm. Now they are talking about their plans. Bob is going to the hospital on Saturday. It is not far from his house, so he wants to go there by bike. He is going to visit a sick boy called Ben in the hospital. He wants to make Ben happy and give him some interesting storybooks. He is going to stay there for the whole day. Jim is going to ride to Great Zoo with his father on Sunday. He wants to see the pandas, tigers, lions and elephants. He wants to stay there for the whole day. On Saturday, Alice is going to the Green Park with her friends on foot. She is going fishing by the lake, going boating on the river and playing on the slide . She plans to stay there for the whole afternoon.
Answer the following questions:
1: Where do the friends go to school?
2: How many friends are there?
3: Are they planning on hanging out together over the weekend?
4: What does Alice plan on doing?
5: Is she going in the morning?
6: Will she go alone?
7: With who then?
8: What will Jim be doing?
9: with who?
10: When?
11: To see what?
12: How about Bob?
13: Is he hurt?
14: Why is he going?
15: Named?
16: for what?
17: What kind?
18: Is he going for a few hours?
19: For how long?
20: Is Ben healthy?
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I'm Tony. My best friends are Frank and Cindy. We often do many things together. Frank lives next to my home and we are in the same class. He is thirteen years old and tall and of medium build. He has curly hair and blue eyes. He's good-looking and very clever. He's good at math and often helps me with my homework. He likes wearing black pants and yellow T-shirts. Cindy doesn't go to my school. She's eleven years old. She is thin and of medium height. She has curly blonde hair and her eyes are brown. She is good-looking, too, but a little bit shy. She is good at playing the guitar. Her favorite subject at school is music. She often teaches Frank and me to play the guitar after class. The three of us have great fun together, and we help each other and sometimes play video games at my house.
Answer the following questions:
1: How old is Cindy?
2: What is she good at?
3: What's her favorite subject?
4: Does she go to the same school?
5: Is she the same age as Frank?
6: What feature do they have in common?
7: What is Frank good at?
8: Does he go to the same school as Tony?
9: Is he in the same class?
10: Where does he live?
11: Is he older than Cindy?
12: By how much?
13: Where do they play video games?
14: Which friend is a little bit shy?
15: Who does she teach guitar to?
16: When?
17: Who gets help with their homework?
18: From whom?
19: What does Frank like to wear?
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(CNN) -- Jason Baldwin paused Saturday on his first morning of freedom in 18 years to share a revelation he gleaned in prison while serving a life sentence.
The "West Memphis Three" member recalled telling inmates he had figured out the secret of life.
"What is it?" they asked.
"I said, 'Enjoy it. Enjoy it,'" Baldwin told CNN Memphis affiliate WMC.
And enjoy it he did Friday and Saturday. Baldwin, Damien Echols and Jessie Misskelley Jr. -- freed Friday in Arkansas after a complicated plea arrangement -- spent time with family, friends and supporters.
Echols and Baldwin saw the sunset Friday from the rooftop of the Madison Hotel in Memphis, across the Mississippi River from West Memphis, Arkansas. Supporters Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam and Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks joined the party.
The three men, who served 18 years in prison following their convictions in a 1993 triple-slaying in West Memphis, walked free Friday to cheers from a supportive crowd after entering rarely used pleas in which they maintained their innocence but acknowledged that prosecutors have evidence to convict them.
They had been imprisoned for the slayings of second-graders Steven Branch, Christopher Byers and Michael Moore.
The boys' bodies were mutilated and left in a ditch, hogtied with their own shoelaces. Prosecutors argued that the defendants, teenagers at the time, were driven by satanic ritual and that Echols, sentenced to death, had been the ringleader. Baldwin and Misskelley received life sentences.
Attorney Stephen Braga, who represented Echols, said his newly freed client and Baldwin were fascinated by new foods, cell phones and other technology Friday.
Answer the following questions:
1: How many kids were killed?
2: Was someone put in jail for the killings?
3: who?
4: How long was Jason Baldwin in jail?
5: Were they all there that long?
6: When were they found guilty?
7: Where did the murders happen?
8: What grade were the murdered kids in?
9: Where were the bodies found?
10: Where the bodies in good shape?
11: What was wrong with them?
12: How were they tied?
13: with what?
14: whose?
15: Who was the lawyer for Echols?
16: How old were the people arrested
17: Whose idea was it?
18: What was his punishment?
19: What did the other two get?
20: Did they ever get out?
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CHAPTER VIII
IN THE SWAMP
"There she is!"
"She seems to be all right!"
"Shall we go on board?"
Such were the cries from the Rovers and their friends as they came in sight of the _Dora_. The view of the houseboat filled them all with pleasure.
"Wait!" said Harold Bird. "Don't show yourselves!"
Dick at least understood and held the others back.
"Keep out of sight--we want to investigate first," he said, in a low tone. "There is no use in our running our heads into the lion's mouth."
"Mine cracious, vos der a lion aroundt here?" demanded Hans, turning pale.
"Maybe you'll find a lion if you don't keep quiet," answered Sam, with a snicker.
After that but little was said. Gradually they drew so close that they could see from one end of the _Dora_ to the other. Not a person was in sight.
"Really does look as if the craft was deserted," was Harold Bird's comment. "Perhaps they got scared when they saw what a crowd was following them."
"I move two of us go on board and the rest stay here," said Tom. "Then, if there is trouble, the crowd to stay behind can come to the rescue."
"That's a good scheme," answered his elder brother. "Supposing Sam and I go? You can lead the rescuing party, if it becomes necessary."
This was also agreed to, and a minute later Dick and Sam, with their pistols in hand, crawled from the bushes and made for the side of the houseboat. A gangplank was out and they saw the footprints of several men and also two horses.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who are they looking for?
2: Who thinks they should stay hidden?
3: What does Dick say they should do first?
4: Is there anyone on the boat?
5: Why does Bird think the people left?
6: How did they feel when they first saw the boat?
7: What does Hans think might actually be close?
8: Can they see the whole boat?
9: How many are going on the boat?
10: who's idea is that?
11: What might they run into?
12: Who will help in case of trouble?
13: Who agrees with Tom?
14: Does everyone agree?
15: Who goes to the boat?
16: Who suggested which two would go?
17: Who does he think should lead the crowd/
18: Do they take anything to the boat?
19: Do they notice anyone?
20: Who?
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The Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML; ISO 8879:1986) is a standard for defining generalized markup languages for documents. ISO 8879 Annex A.1 defines generalized markup:
Generalized markup is based on two postulates:
HTML was theoretically an example of an SGML-based language until HTML 5, which admits that browsers cannot parse it as SGML (for compatibility reasons) and codifies exactly what they must do instead.
DocBook SGML and LinuxDoc are better examples, as they were used almost exclusively with actual SGML tools.
SGML is an ISO standard: "ISO 8879:1986 Information processing – Text and office systems – Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)", of which there are three versions:
SGML is part of a trio of enabling ISO standards for electronic documents developed by ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34 (ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1, Subcommittee 34 – Document description and processing languages) :
SGML is supported by various technical reports, in particular
SGML descended from IBM's Generalized Markup Language (GML), which Charles Goldfarb, Edward Mosher, and Raymond Lorie developed in the 1960s. Goldfarb, editor of the international standard, coined the “GML” term using their surname initials. Goldfarb also wrote the definitive work on SGML syntax in "The SGML Handbook". The syntax of SGML is closer to the COCOA format. As a document markup language, SGML was originally designed to enable the sharing of machine-readable large-project documents in government, law, and industry. Many such documents must remain readable for several decades—a long time in the information technology field. SGML also was extensively applied by the military, and the aerospace, technical reference, and industrial publishing industries. The advent of the XML profile has made SGML suitable for widespread application for small-scale, general-purpose use.
Answer the following questions:
1: What does SGML stand for?
2: What's it used for
3: what is an exclusive tool?
4: and?
5: Who was it applied by?
6: who else?
7: and?
8: What came before SGML?
9: who developed it?
10: and?
11: and the third?
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(CNN) -- Senegal's octogenarian incumbent president is seeking a third term Sunday, a bid that has sparked deadly protests and threatened the nation's reputation as one of the most stable democracies in Africa.
The incumbent
Abdoulaye Wade, 85, came to power in 2000 after multiple unsuccessful runs. One of the continent's oldest leaders, the French-trained lawyer also has a degree in economics. He is seeking a third term against a crowded field of 13 others, including two women.
He was initially credited with boosting the nation's infrastructure, but his critics have accused him of autocracy and said he is grooming his son to take over after him.
Others have accused the leader of grandiose investments, including a costly towering monument near the capital of Dakar that sparked criticism in a country where poverty is still rife.
Other contenders include Ousmane Tanor Dieng, Moustapha Niasse and Macky Sall, the latter of whom considered Wade a mentor.
Why are protesters against his run?
Senegalese protesters have taken to the streets nationwide since Wade won a court bid to run for a third term despite a constitutional limit mandating two terms. Wade successfully argued that he is exempt because he took office before the term limit was put in place.
Wade is among a list of elderly leaders clinging to power in sub-Saharan Africa despite demands for them to step down. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe used his recent 88th birthday to lash out at critics and vowed to run for re-election.
The opposition has said it will protest if Wade wins, but analysts say a lack of cohesion among foes and a system that favors the incumbent make it harder to unseat Wade, who is nicknamed the "hare" for his shrewd politics.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who is the current president of Senegal?
2: How old is he?
3: Since when has he been president?
4: Is he running again?
5: How many terms has he had so far?
6: Is everyone in favor of his next term?
7: Why not?
8: Is it allowed to have more than two terms in Senegal?
9: So why can Wade run?
10: Is he the oldest leader in Africa?
11: Who is older?
12: Where is he president?
13: How old is he?
14: What is Wade's nickname?
15: Why?
16: What did Wade study?
17: anything else?
18: How many people is he running against?
19: Are they all men?
20: How many are women?
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The War of 1812 (18121815) was a conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies. Historians in Britain often see it as a minor theater of the Napoleonic Wars; in the United States and Canada, it is seen as a war in its own right.
Since the outbreak of war with Napoleonic France, Britain had enforced a naval blockade to choke off neutral trade to France, which the United States contested as illegal under international law. To man the blockade, Britain impressed American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy. Incidents such as the "Chesapeake–Leopard" Affair inflamed anti-British sentiment. In 1811, the British were in turn outraged by the "Little Belt" Affair, in which 11 British sailors died. British political support for a Native American buffer state, which conducted raids on American settlers on the frontier, hindered American expansion. On June 18, 1812, President James Madison, after receiving heavy pressure from the War Hawks in Congress, signed the American declaration of war into law. Senior figures such as Lord Liverpool and Lord Castlereagh believed it to have been an opportunistic ploy to annex Canada while Britain was fighting a war with France. The view was shared in much of New England.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who signed a declaration for America?
2: When did he do it?
3: What specific declaration was it?
4: Which war did this begin?
5: Who was it between?
6: Did the Brits view it as part of a larger engagement?
7: Which one?
8: What other country was a major player in that conflict?
9: Which country had a naval blockade imposed on them?
10: Did the US believe this was legal?
11: What did the Brits do to keep the blockade running?
12: How long did the American war last?
13: Did people believe this conflict was an attempt to add more territory to the US?
14: Which people in particular?
15: Was this opinion common in much of the South?
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CHAPTER I
WYNDHAM PAYS DUTY
Red reflections trembled on the sea, a fringe of languid surf broke along the beach, and as the liner turned a point, a white town that rose in terraces, glimmered like a pearl. A yellow flag ran up to the masthead, the throb of engines slowed, and a noisy launch steamed out from behind the mole. Marston, leaning on the rail, watched her approach, and his look was thoughtful when he turned to Wyndham.
"If Don Ramon got our telegram, he's probably on board," he said. "I hope he is, because if he doesn't come it might imply he means to make things difficult for us. He could if he liked."
"Larrinaga will come," Wyndham replied. "From all accounts, he's a pretty good officer, but I don't expect he neglects his interests while he looks after the State's. I'm counting on this."
"I s'pose one mustn't be fastidious, but I don't want to get involved in fresh intrigue. The job we've undertaken is awkward enough."
"Very awkward," Wyndham agreed, with some dryness. "In a way, it looks too big for us. To begin with, we have got to pay duties we dodged, and satisfy the Government we cheated. Then, without exciting the latter's curiosity, we're going to stop a rebellion and carry off its leader. There's the worst puzzle. The fellow's cunning and powerful. Moreover, he's my uncle."
He stopped, for the engines clanked noisily as the screw turned astern; then the anchor splashed and the launch swung in to the gangway. The port doctor came on board and after him a man in tight-fitting American clothes. His wide black belt was spun from the finest silk and Marston noted his hat. Indians had woven the delicate material under running water; presidents and dictators wore hats like that, and none of the few produced were sent to Europe. It was obvious that Señor Larrinaga was now a man of importance.
Answer the following questions:
1: Do the characters know if Don Ramon is on board the ship?
2: Why might he be?
3: Do they want to see him there?
4: Why?
5: What color was the ship's flag?
6: Are Marston and Wyndham on the ship?
7: Where are they?
8: What are they doing there?
9: Have Wyndham and Marston been acting honestly?
10: What immoral things have they done?
11: What do they have to do after making amends for those things?
12: who is the leader?
13: Is he intelligent?
14: Who was the first person they saw after the anchor dropped?
15: and the second?
16: what did Marston pay attention to in the man's outfit?
17: what was special about the hat?
18: what kinds of people wore similar hats?
19: Were a large number produced?
20: could they be purchased in Europe?
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Chicago (CNN)An Illinois teenager accused of trying to support ISIS pleaded not guilty Tuesday in federal court.
Mohammed Hamzah Khan, 19, had invited his family to join him in his plans to travel to join ISIS in the Mideast, authorities said. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is using warfare and terror in an attempt to create an Islamic state across Sunni areas of Iraq and in Syria.
The teenager's mother, Zarine Khan, condemned ISIS and accused it of using social media propaganda to brainwash Muslim youths. She cited last week's terror attacks in Paris that killed 17 people and allegedly involved a now dead suspect with ties to ISIS.
"We condemn this violence in the strongest possible terms. We condemn the brutal tactics of ISIS and groups like them. And we condemn the brainwashing and the recruiting of children through the use of social media and Internet," the mother told reporters while reading tearfully from a statement.
"We have a message for ISIS, Mr. Baghdadi and his fellow social media recruiters: Leave our children alone!" Zarine Khan said, as her husband, Shafi Ullah Khan, stood beside her.
She was referring to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the mysterious boss of the terror group ISIS.
Her son is charged with one count of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. The charge he faces carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
He wrote that he was leaving the United States to join ISIS, according to a criminal complaint. Authorities said they found a three-page letter in the bedroom he shared with a sibling in Bolingbrook, Illinois, in which he invited his family to join him. But he warned them not to tell anyone about his travel plans, the complaint said.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who did Mohammed Hamzah Khan invite to join him on his trip?
2: Where was he going?
3: To do what?
4: How old is he?
5: Who is his mother?
6: Does she think ISIS is a good group to join?
7: What terror attack did she cite?
8: How many people were killed then?
9: Who did the suspect have ties with?
10: Did her son go to court?
11: What was he charged with?
12: Did he plead guilty?
13: How many years could he spend behind bars?
14: How much could the fine be?
15: Who stood beside his wife while she gave a statement?
16: What is his name?
17: Who does she say is the boss of the organization?
18: What did they find in her son's room?
19: Where did they live?
20: Did he ask his family to keep his plans a secret?
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Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani will be put to death for several charges of rape and extortion, charges that differ greatly from his original sentence of apostasy, Iran's semi-official Fars News agency reported Friday.
Gholomali Rezvani, the deputy governor of Gilan province, where Nadarkhani was tried and convicted, accused Western media of twisting the real story, referring to him as a "rapist." A previous report from the news agency claimed he had committed several violent crimes, including repeated rape and extortion.
"His crime is not, as some claim, converting others to Christianity," Rezvani told Fars. "He is guilty of security-related crimes."
In a translated Iranian Supreme Court brief from 2010, however, the charge of apostasy is the only charge leveled against Nadarkhani.
"Mr. Youcef Nadarkhani, son of Byrom, 32-years old, married, born in Rasht in the state of Gilan is convicted of turning his back on Islam, the greatest religion the prophesy of Mohammad at the age of 19," reads the brief.
The brief was obtained by CNN from the American Center for Law and Justice and was translated from its original Farsi by the Confederation of Iranian Students in Washington.
It goes on to say that during the court proceeding, Nadarkhani denied the prophecy of Mohammad and the authority of Islam.
"He (Nadarkhani) has stated that he is a Christian and no longer Muslim," states the brief. "During many sessions in court with the presence of his attorney and a judge, he has been sentenced to execution by hanging according to article 8 of Tahrir -- olvasileh."
Answer the following questions:
1: Who is the dep governor of Gilan?
2: Was anyone tried there?
3: Were they convicted?
4: Who was it?
5: What did Gholomali accuse the media of?
6: What charge was brought against Nadarkhani in 2010?
7: What type of document contained that info?
8: Did it need to be translated?
9: What is Nadarkhani's fathers name?
10: How old is Nadarkhani?
11: Is he married?
12: Who obtained the brief?
13: From where?
14: What language was the original brief in?
15: Who translated it?
16: What did it state he denied in the brief?
17: Did he claim another religion?
18: Which one?
19: What his sentence?
20: How?
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Psychiatrists who work with older parents say that maturity can be an advantage in child raising--older parents are more thoughtful, use less physical discipline and spend more time with their children. But raising kids takes money and energy. Many older parents find themselves balancing their limited financial resources, decreasing energy and failing health against the growing demands of an active child. Dying and leaving young children is probably the older parents' biggest, and often unspoken fear. "Having late-life children often means parents, particularly fathers, end up retiring much later. For many, retirement becomes an unobtainable dream." says Brandy Gabrielle, an economics professor.
Henry Metcalf, a 54-year-old journalist, knows it takes money to raise kids. But he's also worried that his energy will give out first. Sure, he can still ride bikes with his athletic fifth grader, but he's learned that young at heart doesn't mean young. Lately he's been taking afternoon naps to keep up his energy. "My body is aging," says Metcalf. "You can't get away from that."
Often, older parents hear the ticking of another kind of biological clock. Therapists who work with middle-aged and older parents say fears about aging are nothing to laugh at. "They worry they'll be mistaken for grandparents, or that they'll need help getting up out of those little chairs in nursery school," says Joann Gals, a New York psychologist. But at the core of those little fears there is often a much bigger one: "that they won't be alive long enough to support and protect their children," she says.
Many late-life parents, though, say their children came at just the right time. After marrying late and undergoing years of pregnancy treatment, Marilyn Nolen and her husband, Randy, had twins. "We both wanted children," says Marilyn, who was 55 when she gave birth. The twins have given the couple what they desired for years -- a sense of family. Kids of older dads are often smarter, happier and more sociable because their fathers are more involved in their lives. "The dads are older, more mature," says Dr. Silber, "and more ready to focus on parenting."
Answer the following questions:
1: How old is Henry Metcalf?
2: What's he do for a living?
3: What's it take to raise kids?
4: Instead of worrying about cash, though, what's he worried about giving out first?
5: What's he like to ride with his fifth grader?
6: Is his kid a couch potato?
7: What's Henry take to keep his energy up?
8: What's the name of Marilyn Nolan's husband?
9: How many kids do they have?
10: How old was Marilyn when she had them?
11: Did they want the kids?
12: What kind of sense did it give them?
13: When older dudes have kids, what's one of the things the kids tend to be?
14: Are kids with older dudes for fathers smarter?
15: Are they happier or sadder than other tykes?
16: Do their fathers get more involved in their lives?
17: What's an older's parent biggest, and often unspoken terror?
18: What turns into an unobtainable dream?
19: Who said this?
20: What's she do for a living?
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There was once an alligator who liked to wear orange sweaters. He liked that is was orange instead of a boring color like white or black. All of the other alligators would laugh and point at him and say mean things about him. They would say it was silly for an alligator to wear a sweater. One night it got very cold and the ground was very hard. The alligator rested well with his sweater to keep his tummy warm and protected from the cold ground. After that night all of the alligators wore different colored sweaters (red, blue, green, and yellow) and were safe and warm from the cold weather. They thanked him and apologized for laughing before. The point of this story is that sometimes silly ideas turn out to be the best ideas and we shouldn't make fun of others.
Answer the following questions:
1: What is the main character in this story?
2: How was he different from others?
3: What color?
4: why?
5: How did wearing them negatively impact him?
6: Were they always mean?
7: What made them change?
8: Did they ever do something nice to him?
9: What is the moral of this tale?
10: How many different colors of sweaters did the others end up wearing?
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(CNN) -- Edgar M. Bronfman Sr., a former Seagram executive and president of the World Jewish Congress for nearly 30 years, died in New York Saturday, according to a spokesman for his family's foundation. He was 84.
Bronfman died of natural causes, according to Jonathan Cohen, a spokesman for the family's Samuel Bronfman Foundation, named after his father, a wealthy liquor mogul. Edgar Bronfman was surrounded by family when he died, Cohen said.
Bronfman devoted much of his life to advocating for Judaism and Jewish causes. He traveled to the Soviet Union in 1970 to lobby for greater freedom for Jews living there and helped to win restitution for Holocaust victims from Swiss banks in 1997. President Bill Clinton awarded Bronfman the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999.
Bronfman also exposed the Nazi past of former Austrian President Kurt Waldheim.
"He was the first of his kind, a titan of industry that dedicated himself fully to advocating, advancing and encouraging the Jewish people," said Dana Raucher, executive director of the family's foundation. "Edgar showed how vision and long-term thinking can impact the entire landscape of Jewish life. "
Bronfman, the son of Canadian liquor mogul Samuel Bronfman, became chairman and CEO of the Seagram Company in 1971. While at the helm, Bronfman worked to expand Seagram's presence abroad and to develop the company's holdings beyond alcohol, including acquiring Tropicana and investing in oil and DuPont, the chemical company.
Bronfman retired from the Seagram Company in 1994 and passed the reins to his son Edgar Jr. He was president of the World Jewish Congress from 1981 until 2007.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who is the story about?
2: For what organization was he President?
3: What other title did he have?
4: How long was he with Congress?
5: What happened to him?
6: When?
7: Where?
8: How old was he?
9: Who said he died naturally?
10: And who's he?
11: Who was the Foundation named after?
12: What did his father do?
13: Did Bronfman die alone?
14: What causes did he devote his life to?
15: What award did Clinton bestow him?
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CHAPTER I
GUY POYNTON AGAIN
"I Suppose," the boy said thoughtfully, "I must seem to you beastly ungrateful. You've been a perfect brick to me ever since that night. But I can't help being a bit homesick. You see, it was really the first time I'd ever been away from home for long, and though my little place isn't a patch on this, of course, still, I was born there, and I'm jolly fond of it."
His companion nodded, and his dark eyes rested for a moment upon the other's face. Guy Poynton was idly watching the reapers at work in the golden valley below, and he did not catch his friend's expression.
"You are very young, _mon cher ami_," he said. "As one grows older one demands change. Change always of scene and occupation. Now I, too, am most hideously bored here, although it is my home. For me to live is only possible in Paris--Paris, the beautiful."
Guy looked away from the fields. He resented a little his friend's air of superiority.
"There's only a year's difference in our ages!" he remarked.
Henri de Bergillac smiled--this time more expressively than ever, and held out his hands.
"I speak of experience, not years," he said. "You have lived for twenty years in a very delightful spot no doubt, but away from everything which makes life endurable, possible even, for the child of the cities. I have lived for twenty-one years mostly in Paris. Ah, the difference!"
Guy shrugged his shoulders, and leaned back in his chair.
Answer the following questions:
1: What was Poynton watching in the valley below?
2: Where did Bergillac say he wants to live?
3: Does he live there?
4: What is the difference in ages between the friends?
5: Does Bergillac say Poynton is very young?
6: Does Bergillac want to live in the present location?
7: Is Poynton fond of where he was born?
8: Is he a little homesick?
9: What does Poynton call Bergillac?
10: What does Bergillac say happens when one grows older?
11: Did Poynton feel resentful about this?
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Harry is a boy with a learning disability. On his fourth birthday, he was given a pug called Millie. Two weeks after the dog's arrival, he was happier and calmer and said his first words, "dog" and "mummy". Just two months later, thieves stole the dog, and now the heartbroken little boy is back to where he started. He has refused to talk since losing his best friend. His mother was worried and gave him another dog, but he just "pushed it away". Mrs Hainsworth, his mother, says, "My son is very sad. He'll go over to her cage and just beat on the bars. There is no word coming out, but you just know he's screaming 'Where is Millie' inside. Millie was really his best friend. They would play together happily for hours. None of his toys has ever held his attention that long. Now he has just completely turned quiet again. "Harry suffers from a condition which affects his ability to speak and move. But the dog's being with him achieved more in days than months of speech therapy and physiotherapy had. Mrs Hainsworth says, "My son was so happy when he saw Millie. Being with Millie changed him, and within two weeks he had said his first words and was working on saying 'dad'. Just last week, his teachers and I were saying how much Millie had helped him. And now this!" Mrs Hainsworth is considering buying another pug in the hope that her son will accept it. Maureen Hennis of the charity, Pets as Therapy, says she has seen many cases of dogs helping people with speech problems. "People may talk to a dog when they wouldn't like to talk to another human," she says. "A dog doesn't care if words come out wrong."
Answer the following questions:
1: Do dogs care if your words come out all wrong?
2: Who might people talk to a dog instead of?
3: Who has seen many cases of dogs helping people with speech issues?
4: What kind of business does she run?
5: What's her last name?
6: What's the name of her business?
7: Has she seen a lot of cases?
8: Who is Harry?
9: Does he have a disabililty?
10: What kind?
11: When was he given a pug?
12: What was its name?
13: How long did it take for the dog to have an effect on him?
14: What was one of the noticeable results?
15: And the other?
16: What was his first word?
17: And then what'd he say?
18: How old was Harry when he got Millie?
19: How long was it before thieves just up and stole the mutt?
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Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs. They loved each other and played together so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their houses. One evening, Brownie's family noticed that their dog hadn't returned home. They went looking for him, but with no success. Brownie didn't show up the next day, and by the next week he was still missing. Curiously, Spotty showed up at Brownie's house alone. He barked loudly. But busy with their own lives, Brownie's family just ignored their neighbor's nervous little dog. Finally, one morning Spotty refused to take "no" for an answer. He followed Ted, Brownie's owner, everywhere he went. He barked, then rushed towards a nearby empty lot and back, as if to say, " Follow me!" Finally, Ted followed the dog across the empty lot. The dog led the man to a tree a half-mile from the house. There Ted found Brownie alive. One of his legs was crushed in a trap. Ted wished he had taken Spotty's earlier appeals seriously. Then Ted noticed something amazing. In a circle around the injured dog, he saw a lot of dog food. They were the remains of lots of meals. Spotty had been visiting Brownie every day. He had stayed with Brownie to protect him, snuggling with him at night to keep him warm and nuzzling him to .
Answer the following questions:
1: Who caused the path in the grass?
2: Who are they?
3: How do they know each other?
4: Where did they make the path?
5: Who was missing?
6: How long was he gone?
7: Who looked for him?
8: Where was he?
9: What had happened to him?
10: Who showed Ted where he was?
11: How did Spotty try to tell them?
12: What did the family do?
13: How did he get them to listen?
14: What else?
15: Did Ted listen?
16: What did he do?
17: Was Brownie living?
18: was he hurt?
19: Who had been watching Brownie?
20: What did Scotty take him?
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London (CNN) -- Olympic star Ryan Lochte said Friday that he tries to maintain a sense of humor and perspective despite his intense focus on swimming -- one that leaves him little time for romantic relationships or much else besides training and competing.
In an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan, Lochte showed off one of his grills, which he said shows "part of my personality." Just one of the jewel-encrusted items that often adorn his teeth is reportedly worth $25,000.
"I am taking this seriously, but there's so much more to life than just swimming," he said. "That's what I want to have people know: You know what, I'm having fun doing this."
Still, free time for the 28-year-old -- who has been called one of the Olympics' most eligible bachelors -- has been severely limited over the past decade.
When asked "who gets more women," he or rival and fellow American swimmer Michael Phelps, Lochte said he does by a "60/40" margin. Still, the swimmer -- whose mother, Ike Lochte, created a media hubbub recently when she said her son only had time for "one-night stands," which he explained had to do with sporadic dates and not sexual flings -- said it is hard for him to cultivate a long-term relationship given his training regimen.
Phelps leads U.S. gold rush in pool
"I am young, but that's not me," Lochte said of one-night stands.
"I like being in relationships. When I am in a relationship, I want to give (a woman) my entire heart," he added. "And lately I haven't been able to do that just because swimming has taken such a big role in my life."
Answer the following questions:
1: What's Ryan Lochte's age?
2: Where is he from?
3: Where does he compete?
4: What does he compete in?
5: Does he enjoy it?
6: Is he single?
7: Does he have much free time?
8: How long has this been an issue for him?
9: Has it impacted his love life?
10: What colleague is in a similar situation?
11: Where is Lochte mentioned as having jewelry?
12: On which part of his body is he mentioned as having jewelry?
13: Who is he having the discussion with?
14: On what day?
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San Antonio ( Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is the seventh-most populous city in the United States and the second-most populous city in Texas. Founded as a Spanish mission and colonial outpost in 1718, the city became the first chartered civil settlement in Texas in 1731, making it the state's oldest municipality. The city's deep history is contrasted with its rapid growth: it was the fastest growing of the top ten largest cities in the United States from 2000 to 2010, and the second from 1990 to 2000. Straddling the regional divide between South and Central Texas, San Antonio anchors the southwestern corner of an urban megaregion colloquially known as the "Texas Triangle".
San Antonio serves as the seat of Bexar County. Recent annexations have extended the city's boundaries into Medina County and, though for only a very tiny area near the city of Garden Ridge, into Comal County. Since San Antonio was founded during the Spanish Colonial Era, it has a church (San Fernando Cathedral) in its center, along with a main civic plaza accompanying it in front, a characteristic which is also found in some other Spanish-founded cities, towns, and villages in Spain and Latin America. Due to its placement, the city has characteristics of other western urban centers in which there are sparsely populated areas and a low density rate outside of the city limits. San Antonio is the center of the San Antonio–New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area. Commonly referred to as Greater San Antonio, the metropolitan area has a population of 2,454,061 based on the 2017 US Census estimate, making it the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States and third-largest in the state of Texas. Growth along the Interstate 35 and Interstate 10 corridors to the north, west and east make it likely that the metropolitan area will continue to expand.
Answer the following questions:
1: What is this about?
2: Where is that?
3: Is it the most populated city there?
4: What ranking is it?
5: What about in the country?
6: What was it started as?
7: What else?
8: When?
9: Is it an old city there?
10: What is in the center of it?
11: What building, in the town?
12: What is it called?
13: What is in front of that?
14: Where else is that found?
15: Is it thickly populated out of town?
16: What is it the corner of?
17: Which side?
18: What is that?
19: What county is it in?
20: How many people live there?
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was settled by the Ainu, Nivkh, and Orok before recorded history. The "Nihon Shoki", finished in 720 AD, is often said to be the first mention of Hokkaido in recorded history. According to the text, Abe no Hirafu led a large navy and army to northern areas from 658 to 660 and came into contact with the Mishihase and Emishi. One of the places Hirafu went to was called , which is often believed to be present-day Hokkaido. However, many theories exist in relation to the details of this event, including the location of Watarishima and the common belief that the Emishi in Watarishima were the ancestors of the present-day Ainu people.
During the Nara and Heian periods (710–1185), people in Hokkaido conducted trade with Dewa Province, an outpost of the Japanese central government. From the Middle Ages, the people in Hokkaido began to be called Ezo. Hokkaido, formerly known as Ezochi or . The Ezo mainly relied upon hunting and fishing and obtained rice and iron through trade with the Japanese.
During the Muromachi period (1336–1573), the Japanese created a settlement at the south of the Oshima Peninsula. As more people moved to the settlement to avoid battles, disputes arose between the Japanese and the Ainu. The disputes eventually developed into a war. Takeda Nobuhiro killed the Ainu leader, Koshamain, and defeated the opposition in 1457. Nobuhiro's descendants became the rulers of the Matsumae-han, which was granted exclusive trading rights with the Ainu in the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods (1568–1868). The Matsumae family's economy relied upon trade with the Ainu. They held authority over the south of Ezochi until the end of the Edo period in 1868.
Answer the following questions:
1: When did Hokkaido do trading with the Dewa Province?
2: When was Hokkaido first noted in history?
3: By what source?
4: What was the name of that text?
5: What does it say about Hokkaido?
6: What happened in the Muromachi period?
7: What time span does that period cover?
8: What about the Nara period?
9: What was Hokkaido once called?
10: What were the people from there called?
11: When where they first called that?
12: How did they source their food?
13: What about rice?
14: What led to the fighting between Japanese and the Ainu?
15: What was the outcome from those disputes?
16: What happened to the Edo period?
17: When did that period occur?
18: Did anyone trade with the Ainu?
19: Why did they trade with them?
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"I believe you're the right person to write an advice column for the students called Dear Amy!" Jenny, editor of the school newspaper, said to Andy, who finally agreed to accept the job if Jenny promised not to tell it to anyone else. At first it wasn't too bad. Most of the letters he received were interesting and quite easy to answer. Then came a letter from a person named Joe. "Dear Amy," it began, "I'm in real trouble. I've wanted to be a songwriter all my life, but my parents don't even let me take music lessons. I have a guitar, but they both get angry if I play. I've tried explaining, but they didn't listen. I feel sad. Should I run away from home? Maybe that will make my parents agree." The letter signed "Joe". Andy thought about this letter for a long time. Should he advise someone to run away from home? Probably not. But didn't Joe have a right to be a songwriter if he wanted to? Andy thought hard, but couldn't think out a good answer. Andy couldn't sleep. He just worried about poor Joe. At a bar a few days later, Eleanor, a girl in Andy's maths class, sat down next to him and asked, " What's wrong with you? You look a little worried." "I guess I do," said Andy. "If you get a problem, why don't you try writing to Dear Amy about it?" asked Eleanor. Andy sighed. But Eleanor continued, "In fact, I guess Dear Amy is rather busy with other problems. She still hasn't answered the _ letter I wrote her last week. You'd better read it -- it may even make the most hard-hearted person cry! It was supposed to be from a songwriter named Joe."
Answer the following questions:
1: how did the letter begin?
2: what was the name of the person the letter came from?
3: how did it begin?
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Syncretism () is the combining of different beliefs, while blending practices of various schools of thought. Syncretism involves the merging or assimilation of several originally discrete traditions, especially in the theology and mythology of religion, thus asserting an underlying unity and allowing for an inclusive approach to other faiths. Syncretism also occurs commonly in expressions of arts and culture, (known as eclecticism) as well as politics (syncretic politics).
The English word is first attested in the early 17th century, from Modern Latin "syncretismus", drawing on Greek ("synkretismos"), meaning "Cretan federation".
The Greek word occurs in Plutarch's (1st century AD) essay on "Fraternal Love" in his "Moralia" (2.490b). He cites the example of the Cretans, who compromised and reconciled their differences and came together in alliance when faced with external dangers. "And that is their so-called "Syncretism" [Union of Cretans]".
Erasmus probably coined the modern usage of the Latin word in his "Adagia" ("Adages"), published in the winter of 1517–1518, to designate the coherence of dissenters in spite of their differences in theological opinions. In a letter to Melanchthon of April 22, 1519, Erasmus specifically adduced the Cretans of Plutarch as an example of his adage "Concord is a mighty rampart".
Overt syncretism in folk belief may show cultural acceptance of an alien or previous tradition, but the "other" cult may survive or infiltrate without authorized "syncresis" nevertheless. For example, some Conversos developed a sort of cult for martyr-victims of the Spanish Inquisition, thus incorporating elements of Catholicism while resisting it.
Answer the following questions:
1: What is syncretism?
2: When was it first attested?
3: and in Greek?
4: where does it commonly occur?
5: anything else?
6: In English what two languages is it derived from?
7: In Greek, did it appear in an essay?
8: What was the name of it?
9: Did the Cretans compromise?
10: Did they form an alliance?
11: When?
12: Did Erasmus use the word?
13: In what work?
14: Was it published?
15: when?
16: Who did he write a letter to?
17: When?
18: what was it an example of?
19: What religion was incorporated?
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CHAPTER V
About L. D.
Apollo Crosbie left London for Allington on the 31st of August, intending to stay there four weeks, with the declared intention of recruiting his strength by an absence of two months from official cares, and with no fixed purpose as to his destiny for the last of those two months. Offers of hospitality had been made to him by the dozen. Lady Hartletop's doors, in Shropshire, were open to him, if he chose to enter them. He had been invited by the Countess de Courcy to join her suite at Courcy Castle. His special friend, Montgomerie Dobbs, had a place in Scotland, and then there was a yachting party by which he was much wanted. But Mr Crosbie had as yet knocked himself down to none of these biddings, having before him when he left London no other fixed engagement than that which took him to Allington. On the first of October we shall also find ourselves at Allington in company with Johnny Eames; and Apollo Crosbie will still be there,--by no means to the comfort of our friend from the Income-tax Office.
Johnny Eames cannot be called unlucky in that matter of his annual holiday, seeing that he was allowed to leave London in October, a month during which few chose to own that they remain in town. For myself, I always regard May as the best month for holiday-making; but then no Londoner cares to be absent in May. Young Eames, though he lived in Burton Crescent and had as yet no connection with the West End, had already learned his lesson in this respect. "Those fellows in the big room want me to take May," he had said to his friend Cradell. "They must think I'm uncommon green."
Answer the following questions:
1: where does Eames live?
2: when did Apollo leave London?
3: to go where?
4: what does the author feel the best month of vacation is?
5: when was Eames going in vacation?
6: was he happy about that?
7: what did he say the people in the room thought he was?
8: was he connected to the West End?
9: does Apollo have a lot of invites?
10: when was Eames going to allington?
11: who was one of the people who had invited Apollo?
12: where was she?
13: do people in London like taking vacation in May?
14: how long was apollo going to be in allington for?
15: and how long did he want to be away from the office for?
16: did he know what he was going to be doing then?
17: who was the special friend that had invited him?
18: who had a place in scotland?
19: who else invited him?
20: where was he to meet her if he decided?
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Theoretical physics is a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena. This is in contrast to experimental physics, which uses experimental tools to probe these phenomena.
The advancement of science generally depends on the interplay between experimental studies and theory. In some cases, theoretical physics adheres to standards of mathematical rigor while giving little weight to experiments and observations. For example, while developing special relativity, Albert Einstein was concerned with the Lorentz transformation which left Maxwell's equations invariant, but was apparently uninterested in the Michelson–Morley experiment on Earth's drift through a luminiferous ether. Conversely, Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for explaining the photoelectric effect, previously an experimental result lacking a theoretical formulation.
A physical theory is a model of physical events. It is judged by the extent to which its predictions agree with empirical observations. The quality of a physical theory is also judged on its ability to make new predictions which can be verified by new observations. A physical theory differs from a mathematical theorem in that while both are based on some form of axioms, judgment of mathematical applicability is not based on agreement with any experimental results. A physical theory similarly differs from a mathematical theory, in the sense that the word "theory" has a different meaning in mathematical terms. A physical theory involves one or more relationships between various measurable quantities. Archimedes realized that a ship floats by displacing its mass of water, Pythagoras understood the relation between the length of a vibrating string and the musical tone it produces. Other examples include entropy as a measure of the uncertainty regarding the positions and motions of unseen particles and the quantum mechanical idea that (action and) energy are not continuously variable.
Answer the following questions:
1: What is theoretical physics used to explain?
2: Can it also predict things?
3: What does it employ?
4: What part of physics is it different from?
5: What did Einstein develop?
6: What did he win for this?
7: What does a physical theory involve?
8: What keeps a boat above water?
9: Who figured this out?
10: Did he also study musical tone?
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The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands, which encompass . Major divisions of the agency include the National Forest System, State and Private Forestry, Business Operations, and the Research and Development branch. Managing approximately 25% of federal lands, it is the only major national land agency that is outside of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
The concept of the National Forests was born from Theodore Roosevelt’s conservation group, Boone and Crockett Club, due to concerns regarding Yellowstone National Park beginning as early as 1875. In 1876, Congress created the office of Special Agent in the Department of Agriculture to assess the quality and conditions of forests in the United States. Franklin B. Hough was appointed the head of the office. In 1881, the office was expanded into the newly formed Division of Forestry. The Forest Reserve Act of 1891 authorized withdrawing land from the public domain as "forest reserves," managed by the Department of the Interior. In 1901, the Division of Forestry was renamed the Bureau of Forestry. The Transfer Act of 1905 transferred the management of forest reserves from the General Land Office of the Interior Department to the Bureau of Forestry, henceforth known as the United States Forest Service. Gifford Pinchot was the first United States Chief Forester in the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt.
Answer the following questions:
1: where did the concept of National forests come from?
2: what was it called?
3: what was the name changed to in 1901?
4: what does USFS stand for?
5: how many major divisions are there?
6: what is USFS a part of?
7: what agency is it under?
8: what did the Act of 1891 do?
9: in 1905, who was control given to?
10: who was Gifford Pinchot?
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New York (CNN) -- Two New York men accused of brutally beating an openly gay man have been indicted on hate crime charges, authorities said.
The indictment filed Thursday morning charges defendants Daniel Aleman, 26, and Daniel Rodriguez, 21, both of College Point in Queens, New York, of 14-counts of assault and robbery as a hate crime, according to Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown. If convicted, both men face up to 25 years in prison.
Police say the two men shouted "anti-gay remarks" while viciously beating victim Jack Price, 49, as he left a 24-hour deli on College Point Boulevard in Queens in October 2009. After the assault, the two men stole Price's wallet and other personal property from his pockets.
Price was treated at New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens for a broken jaw, several broken ribs, two collapsed lungs and a lacerated spleen.
Aleman and Rodriguez are being held without bail. Their arraignment is scheduled for January 25.
Ted Kasapis, attorney for Rodriguez, said he doesn't believe prosecutors will be able to prove "any hate crimes here."
An attorney for Aleman could not be reached for comment.
Answer the following questions:
1: How old was Jack Price?
2: Who is accused of beating him?
3: And who else?
4: Have they been indicted?
5: On what charges?
6: Where are the men from?
7: What did they shout at Price while assaulting him?
8: What did they do after beating him up?
9: What hospital was Price taken to?
10: What was he treated for?
11: And what else?
12: Anything else?
13: Is there any bail set for Aleman and Rodriquez?
14: How many counts of assault and robbery do the two men face?
15: How long might they serve in prison?
16: Where was Price coming from when he was assaulted?
17: When is the arraignment scheduled for?
18: Who is Ted Kasapis?
19: For who?
20: What does he think can't be proved?
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John wanted to have a birthday party for his son, Mike. John and his wife Sara knew that their son loved clowns, as did their daughter Jane. So they looked up a place to have a clown come to his birthday party. When the clown arrived, ten of Mikes friends showed up to watch the show. His parents had sent out 12 invites, thinking 6 or 8 kids would come. The clown started the show by squirting some water from a flower into John's face. This caused John's face to turn red. After the show, when everyone had left, it was up to John and Sara to clean up after the party. There was food everywhere; they had had salad and there was lettuce on the ground. Later that evening it was dinnertime and the family had to choose what to eat. The choices were order a pizza, make hamburgers, go get fried chicken or make noodles. Since it was Mike's birthday they let him choose. He really wanted pizza so they called up Pizza Palace to place their order. When the pizza arrived it did not come in a square box like most pizzas. Instead it was in a round box that no one had ever seen. John gave everybody a slice and then placed Mike in his lap to eat dinner.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who wanted to throw a party?
2: for who?
3: what is his name?
4: what is mike's mother's name?
5: What does Mike love?
6: and who else did?
7: Who was she to Mike?
8: How many friends came over to the celebration?
9: How many were invited?
10: how many did they think would make it?
11: what did the clown do first?
12: then what happened?
13: where did the water come from?
14: Who had to tidy up afterwards?
15: What did John ask for for dinner?
16: What were there other options?
17: would they have had to make the friend chicken?
18: What shape was the container for the pizza?
19: where did Mike sit to have his meal?
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CHAPTER XII. THE AWAKENING
La Boulaye awakened betimes next morning. It may be that the matter on his mind and the business that was toward aroused him; certainly it was none of the sounds that are common to an inn at early morn, for the place was as silent as a tomb.
Some seconds he remained on his back, staring at the whitewashed ceiling and listening to the patter of the rain against his window. Then, as his mind gathered up the threads of recollection, he leapt from his bed and made haste to assume a garment or two.
He stood a moment at his casement, looking out into the empty courtyard. From a leaden sky the rain was descending in sheets, and the gargoyle at the end of the eaves overhead was discharging a steady column of water into the yard. Caron shivered with the cold of that gloomy February morning, and turned away from the window. A few moments later he was in Tardivet's bedchamber, vigorously shaking the sleeping Captain.
"Up, Charlot! Awake!" he roared in the man's ear.
"What o'clock?" he asked with a yawn. Then a sudden groan escaped him, and he put his hand to his head. "Thousand devils!" he swore, "what a headache!"
But La Boulaye was not there on any mission of sympathy, nor did he waste words in conveying his news.
"The coach is gone," he announced emphatically.
"Coach? What coach?" asked the Captain, knitting his brows.
"What coach?" echoed La Boulaye testily. "How many coaches were there? Why, the Bellecour coach; the coach with the treasure."
Answer the following questions:
1: what did the coach have?
2: what had happened to him?
3: who announced this?
4: to who?
5: what's his name?
6: and what does La Boulaye call him?
7: was it a cold morning?
8: what month was it?
9: was it snowing?
10: then?
11: what was releasing water?
12: was it in his room?
13: where?
14: where was the water flowing?
15: was the hotel noisy?
16: what is the quietness described as?
17: why did he get up so early?
18: and did he get out of bed right away?
19: what is his first name?
20: what was wrong with the captain?
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Unlike the Spanish milled dollar the U.S. dollar is based upon a decimal system of values. In addition to the dollar the coinage act officially established monetary units of mill or one-thousandth of a dollar (symbol ₥), cent or one-hundredth of a dollar (symbol ¢), dime or one-tenth of a dollar, and eagle or ten dollars, with prescribed weights and composition of gold, silver, or copper for each. It was proposed in the mid-1800s that one hundred dollars be known as a union, but no union coins were ever struck and only patterns for the $50 half union exist. However, only cents are in everyday use as divisions of the dollar; "dime" is used solely as the name of the coin with the value of 10¢, while "eagle" and "mill" are largely unknown to the general public, though mills are sometimes used in matters of tax levies, and gasoline prices are usually in the form of $X.XX9 per gallon, e.g., $3.599, sometimes written as $3.599⁄10. When currently issued in circulating form, denominations equal to or less than a dollar are emitted as U.S. coins while denominations equal to or greater than a dollar are emitted as Federal Reserve notes (with the exception of gold, silver and platinum coins valued up to $100 as legal tender, but worth far more as bullion). Both one-dollar coins and notes are produced today, although the note form is significantly more common. In the past, "paper money" was occasionally issued in denominations less than a dollar (fractional currency) and gold coins were issued for circulation up to the value of $20 (known as the "double eagle", discontinued in the 1930s). The term eagle was used in the Coinage Act of 1792 for the denomination of ten dollars, and subsequently was used in naming gold coins. Paper currency less than one dollar in denomination, known as "fractional currency", was also sometimes pejoratively referred to as "shinplasters". In 1854, James Guthrie, then Secretary of the Treasury, proposed creating $100, $50 and $25 gold coins, which were referred to as a "Union", "Half Union", and "Quarter Union", thus implying a denomination of 1 Union = $100.
Answer the following questions:
1: What system of values is the U.S dollar based upon?
2: What is the value of an eagle in the U.S monetary system?
3: In circulating for what are denominations less than a dollar issued as?
4: When was the coin known as the double eagle discontinued?
5: What are mils sometimes used for?
6: Has any $100 dollar coin knows as the Union ever been issued?
7: Who suggested creating $100, $50, $25 gold coins in 1954?
8: What is the value of a Dime coin?
9: What is paper currency less than one dollar sometimes called?
10: Are the Union and the mill known well to the general public?
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The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on 18 September 1947 under the National Security Act of 1947. It is the most recent branch of the U.S. military to be formed, and is the largest and one of the world's most technologically advanced air forces. The USAF articulates its core functions as Nuclear Deterrence Operations, Special Operations, Air Superiority, Global Integrated ISR, Space Superiority, Command and Control, Cyberspace Superiority, Personnel Recovery, Global Precision Attack, Building Partnerships, Rapid Global Mobility and Agile Combat Support.
The U.S. Air Force is a military service organized within the Department of the Air Force, one of the three military departments of the Department of Defense. The Air Force is headed by the civilian Secretary of the Air Force, who reports to the Secretary of Defense, and is appointed by the President with Senate confirmation. The highest-ranking military officer in the Department of the Air Force is the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, who exercises supervision over Air Force units, and serves as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Air Force combat and mobility forces are assigned, as directed by the Secretary of Defense, to the Combatant Commanders, and neither the Secretary of the Air Force nor the Chief of Staff have operational command authority over them.
Answer the following questions:
1: What is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed forces called?
2: What branch was it originally a part of?
3: When was it formed as a seperate branch?
4: Who organizes the U.S. Air Force?
5: How many military departments are in the Department of defence?
6: Who is in charge of the Air Force
7: Who does he report to?
8: Does the Secretary of Defense direct the Air Forces combat and mobility forces?
9: How does the USAF articulate is core functions?
10: Who appoints the Secretary of the Air Force with Senate confirmation?
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Short Skirts Are Out!
After decades of skimpy skirts and sleeveless tops on game days, some schools in the US are saying cheerleader uniforms will have to meet stricter dress codes when they are worn in class.
In Lake County, Florida, cheerleaders with uniforms too skimpy for the code are being asked to wear long shorts or trousers under their skirts and a T-shirt under the sleeveless tops, according to a district memo. Principals at two of Lake's eight high schools - Leesburg and Lake Minneola - are not allowing the outfits in school at all.
Michelle Thomas, a cheerleader at Leesburg High School, was disappointed when she learned she couldn't wear her outfit to school on game days.
"It shows that we're a team just like all the other sports," she said.
But the school administrators did not agree. "During the educational portion of the day, they have to meet the dress code just like every other student," said school board chairwoman Debbie Stivender, who ordered the staff to bring the outfits into line with the dress code.
Bare midriffs are banned across the state by the Florida High School Athletic Association, but no state rules mention cheerleader miniskirts. Sheila Noone, a spokeswoman for cheerleading uniform company Varsity Brands, says the outfits haven't become more revealing over the last 10 years. She says that the short skirts are designed to help the girls jump and kick.
"Cheerleading is athletic," Noone said. "There's a lot of jumping, so you won't want a knee-length skirt that might hamper a tie touch."
Most cheerleaders were sad to hear the news, but say they'll follow the rules. Even male cheerleaders, whose pants and tops meet dress codes, chose not to wear their outfits to show unity.
"I understanding, because they are kind of short," said Holly Bishop, 14, a Lake Minneola High School cheerleader, about her miniskirt. "It would have been really, really cool to wear them to school."
Answer the following questions:
1: What outfit has been banned at some schools?
2: Where?
3: How many high schools are in that county?
4: How many have banned the uniform?
5: Where does Michelle Thomas go to school?
6: What sport is she in?
7: What does she want to wear on game days?
8: Why do they need short skirts?
9: How old is Holly Bishop?
10: Where is she a cheerleader?
11: What portion of the day should they be dressed to code?
12: Will the cheerleaders go by the rules?
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Tel Aviv is a major city in Israel, located on the country's Mediterranean coastline. It is the financial center and the technology hub of Israel, with a population of , making it Israel's second-largest city. Tel Aviv is the largest city in the Gush Dan region of Israel. Tel Aviv is also a focal point in the high-tech concentration known as the Silicon Wadi.
Tel Aviv is governed by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality, headed by Ron Huldai, and is home to many foreign embassies. Tel Aviv is a global city and is the 32nd most important financial center in the world. Tel Aviv is known to have the third-largest economy of any city in the Middle East after Abu Dhabi and Kuwait City. The city has the 31st highest cost of living in the world. Known as "The City that Never Sleeps," Tel Aviv receives over a million international visitors annually. A "party capital" in the Middle East, it has a lively nightlife and 24-hour culture.
The city was founded in 1909 by Jews on the outskirts of the ancient port city of Jaffa. Its name means Spring Hill, though the hill was mostly sand. The modern city's first neighborhoods had already been established in 1886, the first of which was Neve Tzedek.
Answer the following questions:
1: What city is ranked the 32nd most important financial center in the world?
2: Which city has the largest economy in in the Middle East?
3: Which city is second?
4: What city has the 31st highest cos of living anywhere?
5: What's it's nickname?
6: How many international visitors does the city get?
7: Yearly?
8: What's a college student sounding description of the city?
9: Why is the city described that way?
10: What people founded the city?
11: From where?
12: What was the first neighborhood in Tel Aviv?
13: Where is Tel Aviv located?
14: Is it on a coastline?
15: Which one?
16: Is it the largest city in Israel?
17: Is it the biggest city in the Gush Dan region?
18: Who is the leader of Tel Aviv?
19: What is the governing municipality?
20: Is Tel Aviv considered a tech hub?
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Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by "Billboard" magazine in the United States.
This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sales and streaming.
The current number-one song, as of the chart dated for October 7, 2017, is "Body Like a Back Road" by Sam Hunt.
"Billboard" began compiling the popularity of country songs with its January 8, 1944 issue. Only the genre's most popular jukebox selections were tabulated, with the chart titled "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". The chart length was not standardized; a given week had anywhere from two to eight positions.
For approximately ten years, from 1948 to 1958, "Billboard" used three charts to measure the popularity of a given song. In addition to the jukebox chart, these charts included:
The names of each chart changed slightly during each chart's life. The "jukebox" chart – which by 1956 was known as "Most Played C&W in Juke Boxes" – ended on June 17, 1957. The "best sellers" and "jockeys" charts continued until October 13, 1958.
Starting with the October 20, 1958 issue, "Billboard" began combining sales and radio airplay in figuring a song's overall popularity, counting them in one single chart called "Hot C&W Sides". The chart began with a standard length of 30 positions each week. The name of the chart, and the number of positions varied through the years: Its name was switched to "Hot Country Singles" on November 3, 1962; it was expanded to 50 slots on January 11, 1964; then 75 on October 15, 1966; and finally 100 beginning July 14, 1973.
Answer the following questions:
1: what is the number one song on the Hot Country Songs chart in this article?
2: as of what date?
3: how many positions are on that chart?
4: does it include streaming data too?
5: who publishes it?
6: is that a tv show?
7: what is it?
8: when did they start tracking the popularity of country songs?
9: what three charts did they use to measure a songs popularity?
10: how long did they use those for?
11: what years did it span?
12: when did the jukebox chart end?
13: did the other charts end at the same time?
14: when did they end?
15: how many positions did the new C&W chart have?
16: when did they start that?
17: did they ever expand the position count?
18: to what?
19: what was the chart named in 1962?
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Ted's Birthday
Ted was feeling happy as he looked into his bedroom mirror. He knew that tomorrow would be his birthday. Ted would be seven years old and his daddy was going to take him somewhere special.
Ted's little brother Paul was playing with his alphabet blocks on the floor. Ted walked over and pat him on the shoulder. "Daddy said he's taking me to the new yogurt store," he told Paul. Paul is four years old so he asked Ted what a yogurt store was. "Yogurt is like ice cream," he told Paul, "and I'm going to get cherry." Paul said that he wanted cherry, too.
Then Ted walked over to the closet. He looked at his favorite shirt and pants to wear tomorrow. Then he looked at his shiny black pair of shoes. He smiled because he would have a nice shirt, pair of pants, and pair of shoes to wear for his birthday.
The two boys then heard the front door open and close. They raced down the stairs to greet their father. "Daddy, I'm ready for my birthday," Ted said. "Me too," said Paul. Their father laughed as he picked them up and carried them upstairs.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who was in a good mood?
2: Why?
3: How old would he be?
4: Does he have any siblings?
5: What is the sibling's name?
6: Is he older or younger?
7: What did Ted tell him?
8: What do you get there?
9: What kind is Paul getting?
10: Who else is getting that flavor?
11: What clothes will he put on the next day?
12: What else?
13: WHat did they hear?
14: WHat did they do then?
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The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity. Special relativity applies to elementary particles and their interactions, describing all their physical phenomena except gravity. General relativity explains the law of gravitation and its relation to other forces of nature. It applies to the cosmological and astrophysical realm, including astronomy.
The theory transformed theoretical physics and astronomy during the 20th century, superseding a 200-year-old theory of mechanics created primarily by Isaac Newton. It introduced concepts including spacetime as a unified entity of space and time, relativity of simultaneity, kinematic and gravitational time dilation, and length contraction. In the field of physics, relativity improved the science of elementary particles and their fundamental interactions, along with ushering in the nuclear age. With relativity, cosmology and astrophysics predicted extraordinary astronomical phenomena such as neutron stars, black holes, and gravitational waves.
Albert Einstein published the theory of special relativity in 1905, building on many theoretical results and empirical findings obtained by Albert A. Michelson, Hendrik Lorentz, Henri Poincaré and others. Max Planck, Hermann Minkowski and others did subsequent work.
Einstein developed general relativity between 1907 and 1915, with contributions by many others after 1915. The final form of general relativity was published in 1916.
Answer the following questions:
1: What did Einstein publish in 1905?
2: Did he build on anyone else's results?
3: What was one of their names?
4: How about another?
5: Anyone else specifically mentioned?
6: Did anyone do work based on Einstein?
7: Who was one of those people?
8: Who had a theory of mechanics?
9: How long had it been around?
10: Did Einstein's theory take precedence over Newton's?
11: What was one of the concepts it introduced?
12: What was another?
13: What field has relativity added improvements to?
14: What did it usher in?
15: Is it known if Godzilla will crush Japan and take over the world?
16: What extraordinary phenomena has been predicted with relativity?
17: What else?
18: Any other cool stuff?
19: When was the final form of general relativity published?
20: How many years had it taken Einstein to develop it?
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Biodiversity, a contraction of "biological diversity," generally refers to the variety and variability of life on Earth. One of the most widely used definitions defines it in terms of the variability within species, between species, and between ecosystems. It is a measure of the variety of organisms present in different ecosystems. This can refer to genetic variation, ecosystem variation, or species variation (number of species) within an area, biome, or planet. Terrestrial biodiversity tends to be greater near the equator, which seems to be the result of the warm climate and high primary productivity. Biodiversity is not distributed evenly on Earth. It is richest in the tropics. Marine biodiversity tends to be highest along coasts in the Western Pacific, where sea surface temperature is highest and in the mid-latitudinal band in all oceans. There are latitudinal gradients in species diversity. Biodiversity generally tends to cluster in hotspots, and has been increasing through time, but will be likely to slow in the future.
Answer the following questions:
1: What tends to cluster in hotspots?
2: Will it speed up or slow down in the future?
3: What's it a contraction of?
4: Does it talk about life on Mars?
5: What type of life does it refer to?
6: Does it encompass a variety of life?
7: Are ecosystems important parts of biodiversity?
8: What about species?
9: What type of gradients are there in species diversity?
10: Which band in all oceans is it highest?
11: Are the sea surface temperatures there higher or lower than other places?
12: Which coasts?
13: What type of biodiversity on those coasts?
14: Is biodiversity distributed evenly on Earth?
15: Is it found more or less in the tropics?
16: What type of biodiversity is greater near the equator?
17: What is that a result of?
18: Is genetic variation part of biodiversity?
19: What other types of variation are as well?
20: Does species variation extend to the whole planet?
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Today is National Bike-to-Work Day. And on New York City's jammed streets, people are cycling on hundreds of miles of new bike lanes. But New York's widespread efforts to make streets safer for bikes have also left some locals complaining about the loss of parking spots and lanes for cars.
When the weather is good, Aaron Naparstek likes to pedal his two young kids to school on a special Dutch-made bicycle. Naparstek supports the new lane.
Aaron: The bike lane on Prospect Park West is really introducing a lot of new people to the idea that it's possible to use a bike in New York City for transportation or to travel around. This is what 21stcentury New York City looks like.
Prospect Park West is still a one-way road, but where it used to have three lanes of car traffic, now it has two, plus a protected bike lane. Supporters say that makes the road safer for everyone, including pedestrians, by slowing down cars and taking bikes off the sidewalk. But some longtime residents disagree. Lois Carswell is president of a group called Seniors for Safety. She says the two-way bike lane is dangerous to older residents who are used to one-way traffic.
Lois: We wanted a lane -- the right kind of lane that would keep everybody safe, that would keep the bikers safe. But we want it to be done the right way. And it has not been done the right way.
Craig Palmer builds bars and restaurants in Manhattan. I was interviewing him for a different story when he brought up the bike lanes all on his own.
Craig: I think the biggest problem is that Bloomberg put all these bike lanes in. You took what used to be a full street and you're shrinking it.
Then there are the Hasidic Jews in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, who forced the city to remove a bike lane through their neighborhood. But polls show that the majority of New Yorkers support bike lanes by a margin of 56% to 39%. Bicycle advocate Caroline Samponaro of Transportation Alternatives calls that _
Caroline: If this was an election, we would have already had our victory. The public has spoken and they keep speaking. And I think, more importantly, the public is starting to vote with their pedals.
Answer the following questions:
1: are Jewish people mentioned?
2: what type?
3: where do they live?
4: did they do something?
5: what?
6: where?
7: who did they force?
8: what one?
9: is there a route that only goes in one direction?
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CHAPTER XVI.
DISCOVERED.
Cummings was bringing up the rear during this march across the city, and when Jake halted he naturally thought it was in obedience to some signal made by Poyor, therefore he remained silent until hearing Neal say imploringly:
"Go on, Jake. Don't stop now when we have a chance of getting away in safety, for what is gold in comparison with life?"
"Have you halted with any idea that it may be possible to carry anything off with us?" Cummings asked, speaking in a whisper, and Jake replied in the same cautious tone:
"That's the size of it. You brought us here with the promise that we could make ourselves rich, and when the first little thing goes wrong you run. Now I will do as I please."
"It is nothing less than suicide. We have before us a journey so long and difficult that however small a burden you may have to carry, it will seem all too heavy."
By this time Poyor turned back to learn the cause of the halt, and when it was explained he said gravely:
"Each instant we stand here brings death so much nearer. Even at this moment watchful eyes may be upon us, and once we are discovered flight will be almost impossible."
The little party stood directly in front of what was evidently the main entrance to the temple. It was formed of twenty slender shafts of white stone which in the moonlight looked translucent, and each column upheld a grotesque figure composed of what appeared to be silver.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who stopped the group's advance?
2: Who halted the group?
3: Who was in the rear?
4: Who did he believe had signalled?
5: Did he start talking?
6: Who did?
7: Did he agree with stopping?
8: What did he think was more important that gold?
9: Who inquired about taking stuff with them?
10: What did Jake say he had promised?
11: Did he want to run?
12: Did Cummings feel staying was dangerous?
13: Who felt they might be being watched?
14: Did he think escape would be easy?
15: Where were they standing?
16: To what?
17: What was it made of?
18: Of what material?
19: What color?
20: How did they look in the light?
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CHAPTER IX
The opportunity for an explanation between Jacob and his fellow speculators speedily presented itself. Amongst his letters, on the following morning, Jacob found a somewhat pompous little note from Dane Montague, inviting him to lunch at the Milan at half-past one. Littleham, supremely uncomfortable in a new suit of clothes, was the other guest, and champagne was served before the three men had well taken their places.
"A celebration, eh?" Jacob observed, as he bowed to his two hosts.
Mr. Montague cleared his throat.
"Our meeting might almost be considered in that light," he admitted. "Yesterday afternoon we sold the last plot of land on the Cropstone Wood Estate."
"Capital!" Jacob exclaimed. "Full price?"
"Sixpence a yard over."
Jacob nodded approval.
"By the bye," he said, "I see that the Water Company is getting on very well with its connections. They must have several hundred men at work there."
Mr. Montague appeared a little startled.
"Well, well! At any rate we shall be able to keep our word. Electric light and water will be ready for every house as it is built."
"That reminds me of a question I was going to ask you," Jacob went on. "What price are we going to charge for the electric light?"
"What price?" Montague murmured, balancing a knife upon his forefinger and watching it meditatively.
"The Company'll have to fix that amongst themselves," Littleham declared brusquely.
"One or two of the people who've bought plots have made enquiries," Jacob continued, without noticing the last speaker. "I think they've begun to realise that they're pretty well at our mercy--or rather at the mercy of the Company."
Answer the following questions:
1: Who was invited to lunch
2: by who
3: where
4: at what time
5: who else was coming
6: what did they receive before sitting down
7: were they celebrating something
8: what was it
9: for how much
10: what company is mentioned next
11: how many men work there
12: what "word" do they try to keep
13: about what
14: do they know how much will be charged for this
15: who gets to decide that
16: What is Montague balancing
17: Did Jacob ignore Littlehams previous statement
18: How many people have enquired about the utilities
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CHAPTER 6
Can piety the discord heal, Or stanch the death-feud's enmity? --Scott
It must not be supposed that such a history of Guy's mind was expressed by himself, or understood by Mrs. Edmonstone; but she saw enough to guess at his character, perceive the sort of guidance he needed, and be doubly interested in him. Much did she wish he could have such a friend as her brother would have been, and hope that nothing would prevent a friendship with her nephew.
The present question about the horse was, she thought, unfortunate, since, though Guy had exercised great self-denial, it was no wonder Philip was annoyed. Mr. Edmonstone's vexation was soon over. As soon as she had persuaded him that there had been no offence, he strove to say with a good grace, that it was very proper, and told Guy he would be a thorough book-worm and tremendous scholar, which Guy took as an excellent joke.
Philip had made up his mind to be forbearing, and to say no more about it. Laura thought this a pity, as they could thus never come to an understanding; but when she hinted it, he wore such a dignified air of not being offended, that she was much ashamed of having tried to direct one so much better able to judge. On his side Guy had no idea the trouble he had caused; so, after bestowing his thanks in a gay, off-hand way, which Philip thought the worst feature of the case, he did his best to bring Hecuba back into his mind, drive the hunters out of it, and appease the much-aggrieved William of Deloraine.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who had no idea the trouble he'd created?
2: Who wanted to end the conversation?
3: Who wanted to be forbearing?
4: Who was doubly interested in Guy?
5: What animal was the unfortunate question concerning?
6: Who was frustrated?
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Betty and I are best friends.Our birthdays are on the same day,so every year we have a birthday party together.But this year,we had a costume party instead. While we were writing the invitation,my mum came in and asked."Why not invite John?"John had been in our class for only a few months,but he was always getting better grades in math than anyone else in class.I wrinkled my nose and said,"Mum,he wears the same pants to school every day.How can he even afford a costume?"Mum said nothing.The next day,mum gave me an envelope with a shopping certificate in it."I thought it would be nice of you to give this to John,"Mum said.But how?We didn't want to make John embarrassed.We discussed it for a long time.Finally,Betty and I had a good idea. On the day of our party,kids arrived,dressed differently.John arrived,in an old sheet ,but still in the same brown pants as usual.We danced,ate snacks and played games in groups.Before eating the birthday cake,Betty said in a loud voice,"Now it's time for the great prize game.It's the following riddle..."It was a math game.None of us was surprised when John came up with the right answer first and walked off with the envelope. Everything went on well as we planned.John wore a new pair of pants and a new shirt the next week.He felt happy.So did we. When we helped others,we need to find a proper way,or we may hurt them in another way.
Answer the following questions:
1: What sort of party did the friends have this year?
2: What is the friend's name?
3: Are their birthdays right next to each other?
4: What date were the two born?
5: Who did the mother tell them to have come to the celebration?
6: What was he good at?
7: Was he new to the school?
8: How did the mother gift him for the celebration?
9: Were the girls worried that he would be too happy about it?
10: How many activities did they do at the celebration?
11: Did they have a celebratory pie?
12: What type of game did they tailor to the boy?
13: Did he win?
14: What item of clothing did they notice he donned every day?
15: Did he buy new ones?
16: How did that cause him to feel?
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More "Breaking Bad" yo?
The series star Bryan Cranston seemed to drop a major hint in an interview with CNN's Ashleigh Banfield Thursday. Asked by Banfield if his character, Walter White, died or not, Cranston said, "Hey, you never saw bags zip up or anything. Or say ... you know." He left the rest up to viewers' imaginations.
In response to questions about whether the character could show up in a movie or anywhere else ever again, Cranston said: "Never say never."
Whoa.
He may have been teasing, but that remark revived hopes for countless fans who still are mourning the loss of the character and the acclaimed series. The show literally went out with a bang in September 2013 and there was even a mock funeral held for the character in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where the series was set and filmed.
Cranston has remained busy since the series ended, most recently starring in the summer film "Godzilla." And AMC has announced that "Breaking Bad" fans can look forward to a new series, "Better Call Saul," which will be a spinoff featuring criminal lawyer Saul Goodman.
What say you diehard fans? Do you think Cranston was kidding or not?
Answer the following questions:
1: Who is the star of the series?
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Educators across the U.S. are calling for major changes to the admission process in higher education.
The National Center for Educational Statistics (or NCES) reported that U.S. colleges and universities received more than 9 million applications between 2013 and 2014 and admitted more than 5 million students. But the problem is not in the number of students, a new report says. The report is called "Turning the Tide -- Making Caring Common."
The report argues that the process schools use to choose students causes major problems. David Hawkins is the Executive Director for Educational Content and Policy. He says that most colleges and universities require many things from students when they apply.
Schools usually require an essay describing a student's interests or why they want to study at that school. The schools also ask for letters from teachers describing why a student is a good candidate. But, Hawkins says, schools are most concerned with a student's high school grades and standardized test results.
The Education Conservancy is an organization that fights to make higher education equal and available. Lloyd Thacker is the Executive Director of the Education Conservancy, saying that the college admission process has changed a lot.
"Over the past 30 years, college admissions have become more complex." He says that ranking systems for colleges and universities are a big part of the problem.
U.S. News and World Report is a media company that creates a list of what it calls "America's Best Colleges." The company bases the list on information collected from colleges and universities across the country. This information includes results of standardized tests like the SAT from all of a school's students. Higher average test results help put schools higher on the list.
Thacker claims, "Too many students are learning to do whatever it takes in order to get ahead, even if that means sacrificing their own individuality, their health, their happiness and behavior..."
"The impact on students and on parents is that college is all about where you go. The rank has nothing to do with the quality of education that goes on at the college."
The Harvard report states that the best way to change the admission process is by changing college applications.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who is calling for major changes?
2: To what?
3: What is the NCES?
4: What do they report on?
5: What is the problem?
6: What causes major problems?
7: Who is David Hawkins?
8: What do schools require?
9: What are schools most concerned with?
10: What is the education conservancy?
11: Who is Lloyd Thacker?
12: What does he say?
13: Have admissions become more complex?
14: What does he say?
15: What is the U.S. News and World Report
16: What is an example of a standardized test?
17: What does the Harvard report state?
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CHONGQING, China (CNN) -- Anna He is like a lot of kids about to turn 10. She plays with her brother, fights with her sister, practices piano, hates vegetables and is adapting to her new life -- adapting, because even though she's Chinese, this little girl seems far from happy about living in China.
Anna He, 9, finds it hard to adjust to life after she was returned to her biological parents, Jack and Casey He.
"I always hate staying in China," she says. "It's one of the worst places I have ever been. When I first went to the big city, there was so [much] pollution and so [it] always makes me feel bad. I also don't like the smell."
Her new life in China began after the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled last year that Anna should be returned to her biological parents, Jack and Casey He, known in China as He Shaoqiang and Qin Luo respectively.
The decision ended a six-year custody battle.
Anna was born prematurely while her parents were in Memphis, Tennessee, on temporary work visas. Unable to cope financially, they decided to give her up temporarily until they were able to get back on their feet.
That's when Jerry and Louise Baker stepped in and agreed to take temporary custody of Anna, when she was 4 weeks old. The Bakers said they made a verbal agreement with the Hes to take care of Anna until she was 18.
But the Hes dispute that. They wanted their daughter back soon after her first birthday and eventually went to court to have their parental rights restored. After a bitter legal battle, the Hes finally prevailed and Anna was returned to her parents. Anna was given a six-month transition period to adjust to her biological family before the Hes left the United States.
Answer the following questions:
1: What makes Anna like a typical child?
2: What else?
3: How does she feel about eating her veggies?
4: Why is she so unhappy?
5: Who are her birth parents?
6: And their Chinese names?
7: Why did they give Anna up?
8: What does she hate so much about China?
9: What about the pollution bothered her?
10: Who took custody of Anna when she was an infant?
11: Did they sign anything?
12: What kind of an agreement did they have?
13: And what was did this agreement state?
14: What was the original agreement?
15: Was it easy for the Hes to get custody of Ana?
16: How long did the custody battle take?
17: Did they take her back to China right away?
18: How long before they went back to China?
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A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter for short), scriptwriter or scenarist is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs, comics or video games, are based.
Screenwriting is a freelance profession. No education is required to become a professional screenwriter, just good storytelling abilities and imagination. Screenwriters are not hired employees but contracted freelancers. Most, if not all, screenwriters start their careers writing on speculation (spec) and so write without being hired or paid for it. If such a script is sold, it is called a spec script. What separates a professional screenwriter from an amateur screenwriter is that professional screenwriters are usually represented by a talent agency. Also, professional screenwriters do not often work for free, but amateur screenwriters will often work for free and are considered "writers in training." Spec scripts are usually penned by unknown professional screenwriters and amateur screenwriters.
There are a legion of would-be screenwriters who attempt to enter the film industry, but it often takes years of trial-and-error, failure, and gritty persistence to achieve success. In "Writing Screenplays that Sell", Michael Hague writes, "Screenplays have become, for the last half of [the twentieth] century, what the Great American Novel was for the first half. Closet writers who used to dream of the glory of getting into print now dream of seeing their story on the big or small screen."
Answer the following questions:
1: Who is a screenplay writer called in short?
2: Define screenwriter?
3: Is it a freelance profession?
4: What's a different thing about them in terms of their work?
5: What does a spec script mean?
6: What's the difference between a professional one versus an amateur one?
7: Which one from the both work for free?
8: Are they considered writers in training?
9: Does it take them long to enter the film industry?
10: Do they undergo a lot of trial and error before entering the industry?
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London (CNN) -- When Andy Murray won the Brisbane International, a warmup event for January's Australian Open, few were surprised.
But what followed was largely out of character for a man who is perceived as one of the more dour characters in the world of sport.
After winning the final, Murray turned towards the television cameras and showed a side of himself that had so rarely been seen.
"I'd like to dedicate this victory to one of my best friends," the British tennis star told the crowd. "He's back home watching and you're going to get through."
Thousands of miles away in London, Murray's former roommate Ross Hutchins sat facing the prospect of six months of grueling chemotherapy after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma -- a cancer of the lymph node immune system.
Friends since their early years and former doubles partners, the two were inseparable on and off the court, with both taking time to tease one another about their receding hairlines.
But not even Hutchins, who has seen a side of Murray that few others have caught a glimpse of, expected such a gesture.
"I didn't expect the speech, that's for sure," the Englishman told CNN's Open Court.
"I just expected him to, well I was hoping he would win the title ... we had been very close that week as we always are.
"So I was watching the speech and was thinking how pleased I was he had won, and then he came and dedicated his trophy, which meant the world to me.
Answer the following questions:
1: What event did Andy Murray win?
2: What event was he going to next?
3: What did he do that was unusual for him?
4: Why?
5: How did they know each other?
6: Did they play together?
7: Was his friend shocked?
8: What treatment did his friend need?
9: How long?
10: Where does he live?
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For many people, the name Baskin-Robbins is connected to sweet memories of eating ice cream. Irvine Robbins, who helped create this famous company, died in May at the age of ninety. His career of making fun and exciting ice cream flavors changed the way Americans enjoy this food.
Irvine Robbins opened his first ice cream store in 1945 in California. At the time, there were no stores that sold only ice cream. His sister's husband, Burton Baskin, also opened his own ice cream stores.
In 1948 they combined their six stores into one business. Baskin and Robbins realized that they were too busy to operate each store well. So, they decided to sell part of each operation to the manager of that store. This permitted the company to grow quickly.
By 1953, they renamed their company Baskin-Robbins. They advertised that they sold 31 kinds of ice cream to show the many choices buyers had. There was one flavor for every day of the month.
Robbins and Baskin sold "Lunar Cheesecake " the day after astronauts landed on the moon in 1969. Other flavors included "ChaChaCha", for cherry chocolate chip, and Robbins' personal favorite "Jamoca Almond Fudge". They said, "We sell fun, not just ice cream."
By 1967, there were 500 Baskin-Robbins stores in the United States. The business partners sold their company that year. Today, there are more than 5,800 Baskin-Robbins stores around the world.
Answer the following questions:
1: When did Irvine Robbins opened his first ice cream store?
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CHAPTER XXXV.
Were uneasiness of conscience measured by extent of crime, human history had been different, and one should look to see the contrivers of greedy wars and the mighty marauders of the money-market in one troop of self-lacerating penitents with the meaner robber and cut-purse and the murderer that doth his butchery in small with his own hand. No doubt wickedness hath its rewards to distribute; but who so wins in this devil's game must needs be baser, more cruel, more brutal than the order of this planet will allow for the multitude born of woman, the most of these carrying a form of conscience--a fear which is the shadow of justice, a pity which is the shadow of love--that hindereth from the prize of serene wickedness, itself difficult of maintenance in our composite flesh.
On the twenty-ninth of December Deronda knew that the Grandcourts had arrived at the Abbey, but he had had no glimpse of them before he went to dress for dinner. There had been a splendid fall of snow, allowing the party of children the rare pleasures of snow-balling and snow-building, and in the Christmas holidays the Mallinger girls were content with no amusement unless it were joined in and managed by "cousin," as they had always called Deronda. After that outdoor exertion he had been playing billiards, and thus the hours had passed without his dwelling at all on the prospect of meeting Gwendolen at dinner. Nevertheless that prospect was interesting to him; and when, a little tired and heated with working at amusement, he went to his room before the half-hour bell had rung, he began to think of it with some speculation on the sort of influence her marriage with Grandcourt would have on her, and on the probability that there would be some discernible shades of change in her manner since he saw her at Diplow, just as there had been since his first vision of her at Leubronn.
Answer the following questions:
1: What is measured by degree of criminality?
2: Who arrived in December?
3: Who knew this?
4: Did he see them before his meal?
5: What did he do before eating?
6: How was the weather?
7: What were the kids gonna do?
8: Which kids wanted to play with "cousin?"
9: Who was "cousin?"
10: What was he doing?
11: Who did he plan to meet later?
12: Where did he go before something rang?
13: Who was she engaged to?
14: Where had he seen Gwen?
15: And where else had he seen her?
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CHAPTER XVIII: DOUBLE, DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE
'Truly the tender mercies of the weak, As of the wicked, are but cruel.'
And how did Lilias show that she had been truly benefited by her sorrows? Did she fall back into her habits of self-indulgence, or did she run into ill-directed activity, selfish as her indolence, because only gratifying the passion of the moment?
Those who lived with her saw but little change; kind-hearted and generous she had ever been, and many had been her good impulses, so that while she daily became more steady in well-doing, and exerting herself on principle, no one remarked it, and no one entered into the struggles which it cost her to tame her impetuosity, or force herself to do what was disagreeable to herself, and might offend Emily.
However, Emily could forgive a great deal when she found that Lily was ready to take any part of the business of the household and schoolroom, which she chose to impose upon her, without the least objection, yet to leave her to assume as much of the credit of managing as she chose--to have no will or way of her own, and to help her to keep her wardrobe in order.
The schoolroom was just now more of a labour than had ever been the case, at least to one who, like Lilias, if she did a thing at all, would not be satisfied with half doing it. Phyllis was not altered, except that she cried less, and had in a great measure cured herself of dawdling habits and tricks, by her honest efforts to obey well- remembered orders of Eleanor's; but still her slowness and dulness were trying to her teachers, and Lily had often to reproach herself for being angry with her 'when she was doing her best.'
Answer the following questions:
1: Who found they could forgive a great deal?
2: Who was forgiven?
3: Had her routines before been generous to others?
4: Did her housemates see a big difference in her?
5: How many places was she ready to participate in helping with?
6: What were they?
7: Which one was more work?
8: Was she able to only go halfway in effort in there?
9: Who tried to comply with directives?
10: Whose directives?
11: Who had to remind herself to not be cross with the girl?
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Los Angeles (CNN) -- The doctor convicted in pop star Michael Jackson's death is suffering possibly life-threatening and permanent injuries after almost a year in a small jail cell, his lawyers are warning.
Dr. Conrad Murray is housed in a high-security section of the Los Angeles County jail because of his notoriety, which isolates him from the general population for his protection but means he has "extremely limited access to exercise."
"Death or injury at the hands of another prisoner, however, is no worse than a slow death caused by a loss of circulation and atrophy resulting from inhumane confinement of a large man in a tiny space," lawyers Valerie Wass and Michael Flanagan wrote in a letter addressed to Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca Wednesday.
Conrad Murray invites Katherine Jackson to visit him in jail
Murray -- jailed since November 7, 2011, when he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death -- is 6 feet 5 inches tall, but confined in a 5-foot-by-7-foot cell, the letter said.
"If one were to keep a dog in a space just a few inches larger than the dog's length, for any extended period of time, contentions of animal cruelty possibly leading to prosecution would likely result," it said.
The sheriff's office did not immediately return repeated calls from CNN for comment.
Wass, who is overseeing the appeal of Murray's involuntary manslaughter conviction, told CNN Thursday his jail conditions "are the equivalent of a large individual flying coach in a middle seat for a period of a year."
Answer the following questions:
1: When was Murray put in prison?
2: On what charge?
3: Who died?
4: Was the Doctor injured?
5: Attacked by an inmate?
6: What caused it?
7: Is he represented?
8: By whom?
9: What did they do Wednesday?
10: Who was it to?
11: Of what?
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Megan Tarzynski, 17, knows she lives in a world where looks are important, especially for teenage girls, but she is not ashamed of (...) her looks.
At Notre Dame High School for girls, Tarzynski takes an active part in many activities. "I am involved with drama club and another club called Polish club," said Megan.
Eighty-five percent of Megan's body is covered with what are called "port wine stains "caused by a serious illness. She also has glaucoma .
Megan has been going to Children's Memorial Hospital for laser treatment since she was a child.
When she was growing up, her mom, Karen Miller, had a hard time dealing with the public.
"I'd be accused of beating her and burning her. I mean, it was very difficult, very difficult, and I was a young mom and just to hear those things from people was hurtful," said Karen.
Support from her family and persons of her age have helped Megan accept herself.
"I only wear make-up if I'm going out in public or some place where I would feel more uncomfortable," she said. "And, if I'm at school, I usually don't wear make-up. I feel pretty comfortable with the girls around me," said Megan.
One of those girls is Megan's new friend Tanan Nicpon. She said, "I don't judge Megan by her looks. She is a really cool person."
"Megan is amazing. There is nothing that she can't do. She doesn't let anybody put her down. She does not let anyone help her in any way; she doesn't want any special treatment. She just does everything. She's amazing," said Karen.
In the autumn, Megan will be a senior at Notre Dame High School.
Answer the following questions:
1: What skin condition does Megan have?
2: How much of her skin is affected?
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What Is Today's American Dream
They may not have called it the American Dream, but for centuries people have gone to America in search of freer, happier, and richer lives. But is today's American Dream a mythical concept or still a reality?
Isabel Belarsky's tiny Brooklyn apartment fills with the sound of her father's voice. Sidor Belarsky sings an Aria in Russian and 90-year-old Isabel, her lips painted an elegant red, sways gently to the song coming from her stereo.
Isabel speaks with pride about her father's talent and his success as an opera singer: Albert Einstein was such a fan she says that he invited Sidor to accompany him on his speaking engagements and would ask him to sing to the audience.
How the Belarskys came to be in America is an extraordinary tale that Isabel loves to tell. It was the offer of a six-month job by a Mormon college president, who had seen Sidor singing in Leningrad, that enabled the Belarskys to escape from Stalin's Russia in 1930. "Our dream was being in America," Isabel says. "They loved it. My mother could never think of Russia, it was her enemy and my father, he made such a wonderful career here."
Like generations of immigrants before them, the Belarskys came to America in search of freedom--to them the American Dream meant liberty. But Isabel says it promised even more. "The dream is to work, to have a home and to get ahead. You can start as a janitor and become the owner of the building."
The American Dream is not written into the constitution but it is so ingrained in the national psyche that it might as well be. Many point to the second sentence in the Declaration of Independence--the "certain unalienable rights" that include "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" as the "official" version of the phrase. But it was actually in 1931 that the term was popularized, when historian James Truslow Adams wrote in The Epic of America that the Dream means "a better, richer, and happier life for all our citizens of every rank".
The concept of the American Dream has not stayed static. For European immigrants, like Isabel, fleeing persecution in the first half of the last century, the Dream was about a life without persecution.
But somewhere in the middle of the last century the dream changed. As America's post war economy boomed, the new arrivals wanted more than freedom--they wanted a share of the prosperity as well.
In the 1950s, TV commercials featured housewives proudly showing off kitchens filled with gleaming appliances. The quest for liberation became a quest for Coca Cola. As the century wore on, the materialistic slant of the dream overtook the political side. Dallas and Dynasty suggested this was a country where it was possible to become not just rich, but filthily rich.
Cheyanne Smith was shocked at the deprivation that greeted her in America. She arrived in New York from the Caribbean seven years ago. Having watched endless American TV shows as a child, she thought she knew what to expect when her family moved to Brooklyn. Instead, the deprivation of one of New York's poorest neighbourhoods shocked her.
"I thought this is not America because this is not what I see on television," she says. Like Cheyanne, 18-year-old Franscisco Curiel is also ambitious. He came from Mexico City three years ago to go to college here but he's worried that Brooklyn's schools aren't going to give him a good enough education. "The system is broken; we can't get the superior education that they supposedly want to give us," he says.
Through the centuries America's immigrants have endured terrible hardship and sacrifice so that they and their children can get ahead. Perhaps it's not surprising to hear the members of the Bushwick youth group lament the multiple, low paid jobs that their parents must do simply to get the rent paid and put food on the table. What is startling is that these bright, ambitious youngsters just don't believe that talent and hard work are enough to ensure they will ever have a shot at that mythical American Dream.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who had the American Dream?
2: What was something they dreamed for?
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CHAPTER VII.
BUYING THE OUTFITS.
"You saw Tom Roland and Jasper Guardley?" burst from the lips of the Portney brothers simultaneously.
"Yes," replied Fred Dobson. "I couldn't believe my eyes at first, but when I felt sure I was right I ran up to speak to Roland."
"And what did he say?" queried Earl.
"He didn't give me a chance to speak to him. He and Guardley disappeared in the crowd like a flash. I rather think they saw me and avoided me."
Earl and Randy exchanged glances. Tom Roland and Jasper Guardley had followed them to San Francisco. What could it mean?
"I shouldn't wonder if they are bound for Alaska, too!" burst out Randy. "Oh, Earl, supposing they got that letter--"
"It's more than likely they did," said the elder youth, quickly. "I'll wager both of them are going to try their fortunes in the new gold fields. Well, they had a cheap trip West," he concluded bitterly.
"If we could prove they got the money, we could have them locked up."
"But we can't prove it, Randy; we haven't time, so we'll just have to let matters stand where they are. For my part I never want to see either of them again," said Earl, decidedly.
Fred Dobson had listened to the latter part of the conversation with interest, and now he wished to know what it all meant.
"They must be guilty," he said, after Randy had recited the facts. "Guardley is a bad egg. You know he was up before my father several times. But say, Randy," he went on, as Earl turned away with Foster Portney to secure extra accommodations at the hotel for the two following nights, "can't you fix it up with your uncle so that I can go to Alaska with him? I'll work like a slave for the chance to go."
Answer the following questions:
1: Which chapter is this?
2: What's being bought in this chapter?
3: Were the Portneys lovers?
4: Who saw Tom and Jasper?
5: Who'd he run up to speak to?
6: Who was interested in what Roland said?
7: What's his last name?
8: Does Fred think Tom was avoiding him?
9: What's Earl's brother name?
10: Where did Tom and Jasper follow the Portney brothers to?
11: Where does Randy think they're going to go next?
12: Was Fred surprised to see Tom and Jasper?
13: How could the Portney brothers get them locked up?
14: Was Fred interested in the conversation?
15: Does he think they're guilty?
16: What does Fred's father do for a living, most likely?
17: What did Earl go with Foster to secure?
18: For how many nights?
19: Who would love to work as a slave if it means getting to go to Alaska?
20: Whose uncle could fix it so he could go?
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A man named Albert had the choice to build a tree house, a garage, a desk, or a cabinet. Albert chose to build something big to share with his kid, so he wanted to make a tree house. Albert had to choose what kind of stuff to make the tree house out of. Wood is popular, but splinters would hurt his son. Metal is very strong, but it would also be very hard to use. Plastic is not expensive, but it also bends a lot. The last choice was to give up, but Albert really wanted to do this for his son. It would make him very happy. Albert ended up choosing wood, as it was the most popular choice. Albert went to the store to buy nails, tools, and wood, but forgot to buy glue. He had to go back there and he finally had everything he needed. He got started and it was very hard. One hour went by, then two, then three, then four. Finally, on the fifth hour, Albert finally finished the tree house. His son ran out and jumped into his dad's arms. They both looked at it, and Albert's son gave his dad a kiss for all the hard work he had done. Albert looked at the tree house he had built and was very happy. He had done it all by himself, and he was happy to see his son being so happy as well. They would have a long summer of playing together in the tree house that Albert built. It was one of the best tree houses ever!
Answer the following questions:
1: What was the man's name?
2: And what was he faced with?
3: To do what?
4: What'd he decide on?
5: Why?
6: With whom?
7: What decision was he faced with next?
8: What was he first option he considered?
9: And what were its advantages?
10: What were its disadvantages?
11: And what was his next option?
12: And the advantage of that?
13: And its disadvantage?
14: What was his final option?
15: And what advantage did that material have?
16: And its disadvantage?
17: What didn't Albert want to do?
18: Why?
19: Why?
20: What did he end up choosing?
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(CNN) -- It used to be called "the love that dare not speak its name" -- particularly in Hollywood, where the revelation of homosexuality was believed to be a career-killer.
Clay Aiken recently announced he was gay on the cover of People magazine.
Now, out gays and lesbians are as casually visible as the cover of People magazine, which has recently run stories on Ellen DeGeneres' wedding to Portia de Rossi and Clay Aiken's decision to discuss his sexuality.
So, in a time when self-declared bisexual Tila Tequila can have a highly rated MTV show on looking for a partner of either sex, Lindsay Lohan talks about her relationship with DJ Samantha Ronson and "Star Trek's" George Takei can have a very public wedding with his longtime partner, is coming out still a big deal?
Publicist Howard Bragman, author of the forthcoming "Where's My Fifteen Minutes" (Portfolio), says that it is.
"Every person that comes out is another barrier coming down," Bragman, who is openly gay, told CNN.com. Acceptance by the mainstream public, he observes, is easier but by no means automatic, particularly when issues such as gay marriage are at stake. "I look at it as a long-term process. The revolution is over -- now it's an evolution." Watch "American Morning's" Lola Ogunnaike look at changing attitudes »
Bragman was around when a performer revealing his or her homosexuality could still shock. He helped guide Dick Sargent when the "Bewitched" star came out of the closet in 1989, and remembers when it was difficult to get support for movies such as "Philadelphia," the 1993 film that won Tom Hanks an Oscar as a lawyer dying of AIDS.
Answer the following questions:
1: Who announced their homosexuality freshly?
2: Who had a popular show on MTV?
3: Was announcing homosexual orientation for entertainers normal in the late 80's?
4: What movie was awarded in 1993?
5: Who starred in it?
6: Who else identifies as homosexual?
7: Who is she married to?
8: Who is the writer mentioned in the article?
9: What did he write?
10: Who was dating a disc jockey?
11: Who was her girlfriend?
12: Who admitted their orientation in 1989?
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