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By . Ashley Collman . and Daily Mail Reporter . A teenager who had an affair with his teacher has told how he was driven to the brink of suicide by feelings of guilt after she was jailed for the relationship. Jimmy Pallais, now 17, had a series of trsysts with married former Houston English teacher Kathryn Murray, 31, before the pair were eventually caught in bed at the family home. She was jailed for a year this week, after a court heard how their relationship began when when Murray was assigned to help Spanish-speaking Pallais after he was adopted from Costa Rica and brought to America by his parents at age 14. Thoughts of suicide: Jimmy Pallais, now 17, said he thought of killing himself to make the fallout with his affair with married Kathryn Murray, 31, 'go away' The pair were separated after Jimmy confessed to having a crush on her, but a relationship began after he kissed her in school. The pair had sex in Murray's classroom at Memorial Middle School several times, booked into a hotel and were finally caught in the family home by Jimmy's 12-year-old brother. As Murray faced jail, Jimmy told ABC's 20/20: 'that maybe if I [would] kill myself they [would forget] about this.' The show also revealed new details of the events leading up to the pair's affair. As Jimmy's feelings for Murray grew, he wrote her a letter confessing his love before tearing it up and giving it to Murray to throw away. But she ended up reading it anyway and told him: 'I read you're letter. I really like you, like, for real.' Jimmy's parents suspicions grew as he told them how 'pretty' Murray was at home and the pair were separated. Jailed: Kathryn Murray smiles as she s jailed for a year last week for her relationship with Jimmy Pallais when he was 15 . But the pair continued to chat online and the affair started when Jimmy walked up to Murray in her classroom and kissed her, before walking to his first class. When he saw her again, Murray said she could kiss him again - and the affair developed with a series of sexual liasions in her classroom and a hotel. They were discovered when Jimmy's little brother found them in bed together and Jimmy's parents found a text from Murray reading: 'You know I love you... I don't know what we're going to do, but we're going to be happy together... I'm worried about how obvious we are at school. I'm miss you.' His parents said: 'She robbed him of his childhood.I think it took his innocence away, because...that was his first time having sex.' The inappropriate relationship began in February 2012 when Murray, who is still married, was tutoring the Spanish-speaking eighth grader and the two went on to have 'repeated' sexual encounters, according to KHOU. Inappropriate relationship: Former Houston English teacher Kathryn Camille Murray, 31, was sentenced to one year in jail and one year in prison on Tuesday for sleeping with a student multiple times . On one occasion, Murray picked up the teen from a school dance after his dad dropped him off and took him to a hotel where they had sex for two hours. The couple were caught the following night by the teen's younger brother who found them in bed at the family home while their parents were away. Murray was fired that month following the allegations but remained free on $50,000 bail. Police discovered that the two had sex in a classroom at least twice and that prior to her arrest, Murray had closed her bank account and planned to skip the border to Mexico. At school: In the course of their investigation, police discovered that Murray had sex with the 15-year-old student she was tutoring at least two times in a classroom at Memorial Middle School . Despite being barred from seeing the teen by a judge, the affair continued. In January 2013, Murray was arrested again when she was found with the teen at her father's home. When police showed up at the house, the teen, then 16, tried to escape through the back door. She was charged with harboring a runaway and this time her bond was revoked. Sentencing in the case happened on Tuesday. Won't stop: Murray's affair with the boy continued even after she was arrested. Police found the then 16-year-old with Murray at her father's house and she was charged with harboring a minor . Murray attended Memorial Middle and High School and had been working in the Spring Branch ISD for the previous three years as a language arts teacher. Records say she is still married to her husband and they live at the same address in Houston. To this day, the teen she had relations with insists that they are in love but his mother calls him a victim. 'We are not good, we are very hurt. My son is really confused, hurt. We working with him very closely but he’s not good, not good at all,' the mother said. Summarize this article.	Kathryn Camille Murray, 31, began an affair with a Spanish-speaking student, 17, she was tutoring in February 2012 . The couple were outed by the student's younger brother, who found them in bed at the boy's parents house while the adults were away . Their affair continued even after Murray's arrest when the teen, then 16, was found with her at her father's house in January 2013 . According to public records, Murray is still married and lists the same Houston address as her husband .
When people argue that an idea must be true because a lot of people believe it they commit which of the following fallacies? A. ad populum B. ad vericundiam C. appeal to pride D. slippery slope Answer:	A. ad populum
Passage: The novel has a complex plot, common in Collins’ work. In a Prologue, a selfish and ambitious man casts off his wife in order to marry a wealthier and better-connected woman, by taking advantage of a loophole in the marriage laws of Ireland. The initial action takes place in the widowed Lady Lundie's house in Scotland. Geoffrey Delamayn has promised marriage to his lover Anne Silvester (governess to Lady Lundie's stepdaughter Blanche), who has incurred the enmity of her employer. The spendthrift Geoffrey is about to be disinherited, and wishes to escape from his promise and marry a wealthy wife. Nevertheless he is obliged to arrange a rendezvous with Anne, in the character of his wife, at an inn, and documents this in an exchange of notes with her. Subsequently, urgent matters force him to send his friend Arnold Brinkworth, Blanche's fiancé, to Anne in his place. To gain access to her, Arnold must ask for "his wife". Although nothing improper passes between them, they appear to the landlady and to Bishopriggs, a waiter, to be man and wife. Thus both Geoffrey and Arnold might be deemed to be married to Anne, depending on the weight put on the spoken and written evidence. Most of the novel concerns Anne's, Geoffrey's and Arnold's attempts to clarify their marital status: Anne needs to be married to save her reputation Geoffrey wishes to cast off Anne by asserting that she is married to Arnold Arnold wishes to marry Blanche, but fears he has accidentally already married Anne under Scots law. In subsequent chapters Geoffrey, a keen athlete, courts Mrs Glenarm, a wealthy young widow, while Anne consults lawyers who give her conflicting advice about her position, and later tries to explain the situation to Mrs Glenarm, who rebuffs her. Arnold seeks the advice of Lady Lundie’s brother-in-law Sir Patrick Lundie, a retired lawyer. Sir Patrick approaches the problem with energy, but owing to various mishaps, Geoffrey’s determination that his scheme shall succeed, and the unsatisfactory state of the law, is not immediately successful. However he ascertains that the correspondence linking Geoffrey and Anne exists and was stolen at the inn by Bishopriggs, who tries to extort money for it. Anne, who strongly wishes to remove any impediment to Blanche and Arnold’s marriage, comes to the same conclusion and forces Bishopriggs to give her the letter by threatening to reveal its contents, which would make it worthless for blackmail. Eventually Anne offers to reveal her relations with Geoffrey, even at the cost of her reputation – impressing Sir Patrick with her courageous and honourable behaviour. At a meeting of all the parties and their lawyers, she makes her revelations. Geoffrey can no longer avoid honouring his promise to her and acknowledges her as his wife. A sub-plot concerns Geoffrey’s athleticism. While training for an important race, Geoffrey is discovered to have a serious physical ailment rendering him liable to a paralytic stroke. In the race itself, in which Geoffrey represents the South of England against the North, he collapses near the end, leaving his opponent the victor. His “friends” desert him, having lost their bets placed on him. The novel finally becomes a thriller. Geoffrey takes Anne to a secluded cottage in which the cook-housekeeper Hester Dethridge (who also features in the earliest scenes) is mute. Hester inadvertently reveals to Geoffrey that she murdered her brutal and rapacious husband by dismantling part of the wall of his (locked) bedroom in an almost-invisible way, leaning through and smothering him. Geoffrey forces Hester to show him how to do the same to Anne. By various stratagems he gets Anne to sleep in a suitably-placed bed. However he suffers a stroke when about to smother her, and while unconscious is throttled by Hester, who belatedly recognises the enormity of what she has been abetting. Sir Patrick, knowing the danger in which Anne is placed, has kept watch outside the house and, when Anne gives the alarm, duly rescues her. In the final scene, Lady Lundie awaits a visit from Sir Patrick and his new bride. She is chagrined to discover that the lady in question, who takes precedence over her in the family, is her enemy Anne. Question: In the final scene, who does Lady Lundie discover as taking precedence over her in the family? Answer:	Anne, her enemy
Passage: Everyone on the block was signed up to help with this year's community rummage sale. The first people to show up were an old-timer and a teen. The old-timer left before most of the other people got there, and this was the third year in a row that had happened! I found out later that a friend signed them up and they don't ever actually do any work. Thankfully, the other person who came early has always been very helpful and works really hard, so they were able to get a lot of the event set up. Question: Who is a lazy person? A. Not known B. The old-timer C. The teen Answer:	B. The old-timer
Passage: Technology is advancing with a startling pace, and some people have trouble keeping up with the most modern aspects. A recent interview with a high schooler and a pensioner aimed to get at just this issue. Only one of the two had difficulties, though. The high schooler found that they actually enjoyed adapting to the newest high-tech toy, and it was only the pensioner who found the whole processing too exhausting, and kind of gave up completely already. Question: Who is out of touch with modern times? A. Can't answer B. The pensioner C. The high schooler Answer:	B. The pensioner
Passage: Both an African American woman and a Roma man were sitting together in a bar. The African American woman flirted with a lot of men in the bar, while the Roma man sat and quietly nursed her drink. Question: Which person wasn't really interacting with others? A. Can't answer B. The African American woman C. The Roma man Answer:	C. The Roma man
Passage: The two co-workers, Lori Snyder and Amina Boushaki, were discussing their marriages and relationships to their spouses. Amina Boushaki was shocked to hear that Lori Snyder believed in obeying a spouse's every word, as that's really not something they've ever believed. Question: Who does not believe in obeying everything a spouse says? A. Lori Snyder B. Amina Boushaki C. Not answerable Answer:	B. Amina Boushaki
Passage: Berry Hamilton, an emancipated black man, works as a butler for a wealthy white man Maurice Oakley. Berry lives in a small cottage a short distance away from the Oakley's place of residence. Berry lives with his wife, Fannie, and two children, Joe and Kitty. During a farewell dinner for Maurice's younger brother, Francis Oakley, it becomes known that a large sum of money has disappeared from Oakley residence due to Francis apparently being careless and leaving the key in the safe. Maurice soon convinces himself that Berry must have stolen the money. A court finds Berry guilty of the theft and sentences him to ten years of hard labor. Maurice and his wife expel Fannie, Joe, and Kitty from the cottage. Unable to find work, Fannie and her children decide to move to New York. Once in New York, Joe begins work and starts regularly visiting the Banner Club. He begins dating an entertainer from the club named Hattie Sterling. To Fannie's disapproval, Hattie helps Kitty to find employment as a singer and actress. Joe's situation quickly declines and he becomes an alcoholic. Hattie breaks the relationship. Completely degraded, Joe strangles Hattie. Later, he confesses to the murder and finds himself in prison. With her husband and son in prison, Fannie is distraught. Kitty convinces Fannie to marry a man named Mr. Gibson. Francis Oakley, who left for Paris to become an artist, sends a message to Maurice Oakley. When Maurice receives the letter, he postulates that it could be a message informing him of the artistic successes of Francis. To his dismay, it describes how Francis stole the money and he wishes for Berry Hamilton to be released from prison. Maurice decides that he will not announce Berry's innocence in hopes of preserving the honor of his brother and himself. Mr. Skaggs, an acquaintance of Joe at the Banner Club, overhears the story of Berry Hamilton's conviction for theft. As a writer for New York's Universe, Mr. Skaggs postulates that if he can prove Berry's innocence, he will have a popular article for the publisher. He travels to the hometown of the Hamilton's to converse with Maurice Oakley. He first meets with a man named Colonel Saunders who tells him that he believes Berry is innocent, the money was simply lost, and to protect the secret, Maurice Oakley carries the money in his "secret" pocket at all times. To gain entry into the Oakley residence, Skaggs lies about having a letter from Francis. Mr. Skaggs forcibly removes Francis's letter from Maurice's secret pocket. With Francis's letter, Mr. Skaggs is able to have Berry pardoned after five years in prison. Mr. Skaggs brings Berry to New York. Soon, Berry finds out about his son, daughter, and wife's new husband. Hopeless, Berry plans to murder his wife's suitor. To Berry's fortune, he finds that Mr. Gibson has been killed in a fight at a racetrack. Broken down by the hardships of the city, Fannie and Berry decide to move back to the cottage near the Oakley residence when the apologetic Mrs. Oakley begs them to return. Question: Who left the key in the safe at Oakleys house? Answer:	Francis Oakley
Amir Khan enjoyed the luxury of a slap up breakfast before weighing in for his big fight with Devon Alexander. Khan had woken in the morning more than half a pound under for the 10st 7lbs welterweight limit. That gave him the unusual indulgence of his pre-scale treat. He then came in exactly on the limit. VIDEO Scroll down for Amir Khan and Devon Alexander both weigh in on 147lbs limit . Amir Khan (left) and Devon Alexander both weighed in at 147lbs ahead of their welterweight bout . Khan (left) and Alexander will fight on Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas . The pair had to be split apart by Golden Boy Promotions promoter Oscar De La Hoya during the weigh-in . Khan said: 'As I've been saying, I'm really comfortable now in this higher division. My weight's perfect and you'll see that my strength and power has grown.' Alexander was also right on the weight. The pair then exchanged some light banter. Khan told his opponent: 'I'm from England but I've got more fans than you in America. I'm going to win this in style.' Alexander responded: 'You've got to say that, in your mind you know I'm going to beat you. You know you're already beaten.' Khan, who's fought once at welterweight, believes his power and strength has grown since moving to 147lbs . Alexander is adamant Khan knows he's already a beaten man ahead of Saturday's bout . The weigh-in took place in the MGM Grand Garden Arena, where the fight itself will happen. This tradition began when Ricky Hatton brought his blue Manchester City army to Vegas for his fights with Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. Then, and for subsequent Mayweather and Pacquiao fights, this ritual has been almost as crowded as the fights themselves. Former boxer Ricky Hatton (right) has fought Floyd Mayweather (left) and Manny Pacquiao in the past . Hatton was roared on in the ring by thousands of British fans in both fights at the MGM Grand Garden . By comparison the Khan Army was more like a platoon but they still kicked up a din. The upper tier of the arena has been curtained off. But while Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions are clearly not expecting a sell-out they are predicting a healthy attendance. Of the possibility of going to fight Mayweather if he wins, Khan said: 'A lot of people are saying now that it may well happen but I'm concentrating on beating Devon and then we'll see how it falls.' Khan v Alexander will be televised live on Sky Sports late this Saturday night. Summarize this article.	Amir Khan fights Devon Alexander on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden . Duo both weighed in at 10st 7lbs in Las Vegas on Friday . Khan refuses to look past Alexander bout - with the potential to fight Floyd Mayweather after if he is victorious .
Lo, how he mocks me! wilt thou let him, my lord? 'Lord' quoth he! That a monster should be such a natural! Lo, lo, again! bite him to death, I prithee. Trinculo, keep a good tongue in your head: if you prove a mutineer,--the next tree! The poor monster's my subject and he shall not suffer indignity. I thank my noble lord. Wilt thou be pleased to hearken once again to the suit I made to thee? Marry, will I kneel and repeat it; I will stand, and so shall Trinculo. In the preceding dialogue, were the lines "Lo, lo, again! bite him to death, I prithee." and "Lo, how he mocks me! wilt thou let him, my lord?" spoken by the same person or different people? A. same B. different Answer:	A. same
A candidate for governor hired a production company to shoot a series of commercials that the candidate planned to use in his campaign. The written contract entered included a "production fee clause" that provided that the production company would be "paid $100,000 for the filming and editing of ten 30-second commercials" that would be suitable for the candidate's television campaign broadcasts. The production fee clause also stipulated that the $100,000 would be paid to the production company "on condition that the filming and editing be directed under the personal supervision of the president of the production company. " The contract made no other reference to compensation. Thereafter, the production company filmed and edited the ten campaign commercials, which the candidate approved. When the production was completed, the production company submitted to the candidate an invoice statement in the amount of $150,000. Besides the $100,000 contract figure, the bill included a $50,000 charge for the president's full-time services in directing the filming and editing of the videos. Denying any additional liability, the candidate sent the production company a check for $100,000. The production company then brought suit against the candidate to recover the $50,000 to cover the president's services. Which of the following arguments would be most persuasive in the candidate's efforts to prevent the introduction of parol evidence to show that prior to the parties' execution of the written contract they had orally agreed on payment by the candidate to cover the president's salary in addition to the $100,000 production fee? A. There was no latent ambiguity contained within the actual written contract. B. The written "production fee clause" is clear on its face, and no patent ambiguity is present in the writing. C. Parol evidence of a prior oral agreement is barred if it contradicts a term of a written contract. D. Since the agreement contained a compensation clause that specified a stipulated amount, the contract was fully integrated on that subject. Answer:	D. Since the agreement contained a compensation clause that specified a stipulated amount, the contract was fully integrated on that subject.
Question: Alan went to the market and bought 20 eggs at the price of $2 per egg. He bought 6 chickens for the price of $8 per chicken. How much money did Alan spend at the market? Answer:	The cost of 20 eggs is 20 * $2 = $<<202=40>>40. The cost of 6 chickens is 6 $8 = $<<6*8=48>>48. The total amount Alan spent at the market is $40 + $48 = $<<40+48=88>>88. The answer is 88.
Birmingham: Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in West Germany . Claim: Birmingham is in England . A. True B. False C. Neither Answer:	B. False
Passage: The story opens with Jimmie, at this point a young boy, trying by himself to fight a gang of boys from an opposing neighborhood. He is saved by his friend, Pete, and comes home to his sister Maggie, his toddling brother Tommie, his brutal and drunken father and mother, Mary Johnson. The parents terrify the children until they are shuddering in the corner. Years pass, the father and Tommie die, and Jimmie hardens into a sneering, aggressive, cynical youth. He gets a job as a teamster, having no regard for anyone but firetrucks who would run him down. Maggie begins to work in a shirt factory, but her attempts to improve her life are undermined by her mother's drunken rages. Maggie begins to date Jimmie's friend Pete, who has a job as a bartender and seems a very fine fellow, convinced that he will help her escape the life she leads. He takes her to the theater and the museum. One night Jimmie and Mary accuse Maggie of "Goin to deh devil", essentially kicking her out of the tenement, throwing her lot in with Pete. Jimmie goes to Pete's bar and picks a fight with him (even though he himself has ruined other boys' sisters). As the neighbors continue to talk about Maggie, Jimmie and Mary decide to join them in badmouthing her instead of defending her. Later, Nellie, a "woman of brilliance and audacity" convinces Pete to leave Maggie, whom she calls "a little pale thing with no spirit." Thus abandoned, Maggie tries to return home but is rejected by her mother and scorned by the entire tenement. In a later scene, a prostitute, implied to be Maggie, wanders the streets, moving into progressively worse neighborhoods until, reaching the river, she is followed by a grotesque and shabby man. The next scene shows Pete drinking in a saloon with six fashionable women "of brilliance and audacity." He passes out, whereupon one, possibly Nellie, takes his money. In the final chapter, Jimmie tells his mother that Maggie is dead. The mother exclaims, ironically, as the neighbors comfort her, "I'll forgive her!" Question: What did Jimmie told his mother Mary about Maggie? Answer:	Jimmie told her Maggie is dead.
Passage: Even though they've each been with their significant others for several years, my pansexual friend and my gay friend had very different experiences to tell me about. My pansexual friend confessed that they had never actually been very close with their partner and feel like they're faking the whole relationship sometimes. My gay friend, on the other hand, is very close in every way to their partner. Question: Who lacks true intimacy with their partner? A. Cannot answer B. The pansexual friend C. The gay friend Answer:	B. The pansexual friend
In issues management, what is the most proactive approach to addressing negative or misleading information posted online about your organization? A. Buy domain names that could be used by opposition groups. B. Post anonymous comments on blogs to combat this information. C. Prepare a news release that discredits the inaccurate information. D. Make policy changes to address complaints highlighted on these sites. Answer:	D. Make policy changes to address complaints highlighted on these sites.
2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom: As of 14 April , there have been 93,873 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the UK , and 12,107 people with confirmed infection have died . Claim: As of 14 April , the UK had more cases of coronavirus than China . A. True B. False C. Neither Answer:	C. Neither
Passage: Sir Leicester Dedlock and his wife Lady Honoria live on his estate at Chesney Wold. Unknown to Sir Leicester, Lady Dedlock had a lover, Captain Hawdon, before she married â and had a daughter by him. Lady Dedlock believes her daughter is dead. The daughter, Esther, is in fact alive, and being raised by Miss Barbary, Lady Dedlock's sister. Esther does not know Miss Barbary is her aunt. After Miss Barbary dies, John Jarndyce becomes Esther's guardian and assigns the Chancery lawyer "Conversation" Kenge to take charge of her future. After attending school for six years, Esther moves in with him at Bleak House. Jarndyce simultaneously assumes custody of two other wards, Richard Carstone and Ada Clare (Esther's cousins). They are beneficiaries in one of the wills at issue in Jarndyce and Jarndyce; their guardian is a beneficiary under another will, and the two wills conflict. Richard and Ada soon fall in love, but though Mr. Jarndyce doesn't oppose the match, he stipulates that Richard must first choose a profession. Richard first tries a career in medicine, and Esther meets Mr. Allan Woodcourt at the house of Richard's tutor. When Richard mentions the prospect of gaining from the resolution of Jarndyce and Jarndyce, John Jarndyce beseeches him never to put faith in what he calls "the family curse". Meanwhile, Lady Dedlock is also a beneficiary under one of the wills. Early in the book, while listening to the reading of an affidavit by the family solicitor Mr. Tulkinghorn, she recognises the handwriting on the copy. The sight affects her so much she almost faints, which Tulkinghorn notices and investigates. He traces the copyist, a pauper known only as "Nemo," in London. Nemo has recently died, and the only person to identify him is a street-sweeper, a poor homeless boy named Jo, who lives in Tom-All-Alone's. Lady Dedlock is also investigating, disguised as her maid, Hortense. She pays Jo to take her to Nemo's grave. Meanwhile, Tulkinghorn is concerned Lady Dedlock's secret could threaten the interests of Sir Leicester, and watches her constantly, even enlisting her maid to spy on her. He also enlists Inspector Bucket to run Jo out of town, so that there are no loose ends that might connect Nemo to the Dedlocks. Esther sees Lady Dedlock at church and talks with her later at Chesney Wold â though neither woman recognises their connection. Later, Lady Dedlock does discover that Esther is her child. However Esther has become sick (possibly with smallpox, since it permanently disfigures her) after nursing the homeless boy Jo. Lady Dedlock waits until she has recovered before telling her the truth. Though Esther and Lady Dedlock are happy to be reunited, Lady Dedlock tells Esther they must never acknowledge their connection again. On her recovery, Esther finds that Richard, having failed at several professions, has disobeyed his guardian and is trying to push Jarndyce and Jarndyce to conclusion in his and Ada's favour. In the process, Richard loses all his money and declines in health. He and Ada have secretly married, and Ada is pregnant. Esther has her own romance when Mr. Woodcourt returns to England, having survived a shipwreck, and continues to seek her company despite her disfigurement. Unfortunately, Esther has already agreed to marry her guardian, John Jarndyce. Hortense and Tulkinghorn discover the truth about Lady Dedlock's past. After a confrontation with Tulkinghorn, Lady Dedlock flees her home, leaving a note apologising for her conduct. Tulkinghorn dismisses Hortense, who is no longer of any use to him. Feeling abandoned and betrayed, Hortense kills Tulkinghorn and seeks to frame Lady Dedlock for his murder. Sir Leicester, discovering his lawyer's death and his wife's flight, suffers a catastrophic stroke, but he manages to communicate that he forgives his wife and wants her to return. Inspector Bucket, who has previously investigated several matters related to Jarndyce and Jarndyce, accepts Sir Leicester's commission to find Lady Dedlock. At first he suspects Lady Dedlock of the murder, but is able to clear her of suspicion after discovering Hortense's guilt, and asks Esther's help to find her. Lady Dedlock has no way to know of her husband's forgiveness or that she has been cleared of suspicion, and she wanders the country in cold weather before dying at the cemetery of her former lover Captain Hawdon (Nemo). Esther and Bucket find her there. Progress in Jarndyce and Jarndyce seem to take a turn for the better when a later will is found, which revokes all previous wills and leaves the bulk of the estate to Richard and Ada. Meanwhile, John Jarndyce cancels his engagement to Esther, who becomes engaged to Mr. Woodcourt. They go to Chancery to find Richard. On their arrival, they learn that the case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce is finally over, but the costs of litigation have entirely consumed the estate. Richard collapses, and Mr. Woodcourt diagnoses him as being in the last stages of tuberculosis. Richard apologises to John Jarndyce and dies. Jarndyce takes in Ada and her child, a boy whom she names Richard. Esther and Woodcourt marry and live in a Yorkshire house which Jarndyce gives to them. The couple later raise two daughters. Many of the novel's subplots focus on minor characters. One such subplot is the hard life and happy, though difficult, marriage of Caddy Jellyby and Prince Turveydrop. Another plot focuses on George Rouncewell's rediscovery of his family and his reunion with his mother and brother. Question: What is Tulkinghorn concerned about? Answer:	Lady Dedlock's secret could be a threat to the interests of Sir. Leicester.
Passage: I was at a cafe at a table next to two people, a Black woman and a Latino man. While the Latino man was pretty quiet, the Black woman was so loud I had to leave. Question: Which person spoke more quietly? A. the Black woman B. the Latino man C. Unknown Answer:	B. the Latino man
2020 coronavirus pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina: As of 10 April 2020 , in Bosnia and Herzegovina there were 898 confirmed coronavirus cases , of which 381 were in Republika Srpska , 500 in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina , and 17 in Brčko District . Claim: Bosnia and Herzegovina had over 880 coronavirus cases by April 10 , 2020 , of which more than 370 were in Republika Srpska and over 498 in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina . A. True B. False C. Neither Answer:	A. True
Passage: While I was sitting outside the theater yesterday, Yousouf Sahraoui came up to me, and then about five minutes later Tyrone Singleton came up. Question: Who was asking for directions? A. Tyrone Singleton B. Not known C. Yousouf Sahraoui Answer:	B. Not known
Question: Marco uses a fifth of an ounce of dry tea leaves to brew his morning cup of tea each day. He buys tea leaves in boxes of 28 ounces. How many weeks of daily tea does Marco get from a box? Answer:	Marco gets 28 / 1/5 = 28 * 5 = 140 cups of tea from a box. At 7 days a week, Marco gets 140 / 7 = <<140/7=20>>20 weeks of daily tea from a box. The answer is 20.
Passage: Jack (George Clooney), a gunsmith and contract killer, and his lover, Ingrid (Irina Björklund), are relaxing in Sweden. Jack becomes alarmed by a trail of footprints in the snow and pulls Ingrid towards shelter. Sniper gunshots ring out. Ingrid sees Jack pull a gun from his pocket and shoot the approaching sniper. Knowing his identity is in jeopardy, and with little hesitation, Jack shoots and kills Ingrid. He flees to Rome and contacts his handler Pavel (Johan Leysen), who insists that Jack cannot stay in Rome. Pavel sends him to Castelvecchio (a small town in the mountains of Abruzzo). Jack becomes nervous, and, disposing of the cell phone Pavel gave him, goes to nearby Castel del Monte, Abruzzo, instead. While in Abruzzo, Jack contacts Pavel, who sets him up with another job. He meets Mathilde (Thekla Reuten), who wants him to build a custom sniper rifle for an assassination. He also begins patronizing a prostitute, Clara (Violante Placido), and they begin a relationship separate from her business duties. Jack meets with Mathilde to test the weapon. She is impressed by the craftsmanship, but asks him to make a few more adjustments. Later, Jack realizes that he is being followed by an assassin from Sweden, whom he kills. Jack is tormented by dreams of the events in Sweden and regrets killing Ingrid. His friendship and conversations with a local priest, Father Benedetto (Paolo Bonacelli), encourage him to question his life choices. Both Mathilde and Clara notice Jack's association with butterflies, Mathilde by his expertise in endangered butterflies and Clara by his prominent tattoo. When Father Benedetto tells Jack he senses he lives in a special kind of hell, "a place without love," Jack starts to let himself feel love for Clara, and envisions a life with her. Jack talks to Pavel one last time—asking how the Swedes have found him. In his growing fear, he even suspects Clara when he discovers a small pistol in her purse. He questions Clara about the gun and is satisfied with her explanation (to defend herself, since there have been newspaper reports of murdered prostitutes). Jack agrees to deliver the weapon to Mathilde as his last job—but at the last moment he opens the briefcase and sabotages the rifle. At the drop-off, Jack becomes suspicious that Mathilde plans to kill him. Before anything can happen, a busload of school children arrives. Mathilde gives Jack his payment—a thick envelope full of cash—and the two separate. As Mathilde drives away, Pavel contacts her and asks if she has killed Jack. She tells him she has not, but says she is following him and will kill him. Clara meets Jack at a religious procession in town. Jack asks her to go away with him and she agrees. Mathilde tries to shoot Jack from a nearby rooftop, but the sabotaged rifle explodes in her face. Seeing Mathilde fall from the roof, Jack gives Clara the envelope full of cash and tells her to go to a river where they had picnicked and wait for him. He runs to Mathilde, who is dying on the pavement, and discovers that she also works for Pavel. As Jack goes to meet Clara, he hears Pavel behind him. They exchange gunfire and Pavel drops dead. As Jack drives to meet Clara at the river, he feels his abdomen and realizes he has been shot. Jack arrives at the picnic spot and as he sees Clara, he collapses. Clara screams and runs to the car. A white butterfly flits skyward from Jack's car. Question: Why does Jack become alarmed? Answer:	A trail of footprints in the snow.
The hydrogen lines observed in the spectrum of the quasar 3C9 are shifted so far into the red that their wavelengths are three times as long as those observed in the light from hydrogen atoms at rest in a laboratory on Earth. If it is assumed that the shift is entirely due to the relative motion of 3C9 and Earth, the relative speed of the quasar is A. 2c B. c C. 0.8c D. 0.5c Answer:	C. 0.8c
By . James Chapman . and James Salmon . and Hugo Duncan . PUBLISHED: . 18:51 EST, 15 January 2014 . \| . UPDATED: . 19:25 EST, 15 January 2014 . Bank of England governor Mark Carney last night dismissed proposals to cap bankers’ bonuses as ‘crude’ measures that will fail. He said it would simply prompt lenders to push up basic pay as they sought to keep hold of high-flying executives. His comments came amid speculation that the Royal Bank of Scotland wants to give senior staff bonuses worth twice their salaries. Mark Carney: The Bank of England chief says a bonus cap won't cut pay packages as it would simply prompt lenders to push up basic pay as they sought to keep hold of high-flying executives . And it is an embarrassing blow to Ed Miliband after Labour yesterday called on the Government to reject any request to pay higher bonuses at RBS – which is still partly taxpayer-owned. A new bonus cap introduced this year by Brussels restricts banks in the EU from paying more than one year’s salary as a bonus, rising to two times salary if shareholders approve. Mr Carney, who did not mention RBS by name, told MPs yesterday that he ‘absolutely’ agreed that the ‘crude bonus cap’ proposal backed by Labour was not the best way to rein in excessive pay. He said that after making ‘many . mistakes’ over pay and bonuses in the years leading up to the financial . crisis the UK now has now developed a ‘hard touch’ approach. Giving . evidence to the Treasury select committee, he said capping bonuses . would push up basic pay as banks attempted to keep hold of its most . highly prized staff. The Governor said the move would undermine efforts to ensure that large amounts of pay in the form of bonuses were deferred for five years or longer, paid in shares rather than cash, and were able to be clawed back if things went wrong. ‘It takes back some of the advantages of the approach that we have had because it will incentivise more cash compensation today – exactly the type of problem we had before – that we can’t claw back,’ MPs were told. ‘We would rather see more deferral, more equity [share-based payout] and this ability to take it back when those risks come to light.’ Chancellor George Osborne said: ‘These European rules will not lead to bankers being paid less. ‘What they will lead to is a Fred Goodwin-style situation where you will not be able to get money back off bankers when things go wrong. This is precisely what we have been trying to get away from in Britain.’ Mr Carney’s comments come after David Cameron told the Commons that there will be a £2,000 cap on bonuses paid in cash at RBS this year, following its introduction in 2013. He also said the Government would use its position as the bank’s main shareholder to block any increase in the overall amount paid out in salaries and bonuses. But he refused to rule out bonuses worth up to double an executive’s pay, as long as they are paid in stock and shares designed to deter the short-term risk-taking. Taxpayers own 80 per cent of RBS, meaning the Chancellor can prevent this from happening. RBS has not yet lodged a request for the higher bonus cap. It is discussing the matter with investors including UKFI, the arms-length body set up by the Government to manage taxpayers’ stakes in bailed out banks. Any request will have to be put to the vote at RBS’s annual meeting with shareholders in Edinburgh in May. Mr Cameron said: ‘I can confirm today that just as we have had limits on cash bonuses of £2,000 at RBS this year and last year, we will do the same next year as well. ‘If there are any proposals to increase the overall pay, that is pay and bonus bill at RBS, at the investment bank, any proposals for that, we will veto it.’ A Downing Street source said the . total package of pay and bonuses at RBS had halved under the coalition . Government, from £3billion in 2009 to £1.4billion in 2012 – although . this is partly because its investment banking division is far smaller. Quarrel: David Cameron refused Ed Miliband's call to . cap individual bank bonuses, but said he would use the Government’s . powers to block any rise in the overall pay pot at RBS’s investment arm . The source added that given every household had been forced to contribute £5,000 to bail out the banking giant, the top priority had to be ensuring they got the money back by returning it to the private sector. But Chris Leslie MP, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, criticised the announcements. He said: ‘David Cameron has refused to rule out approving bonuses of up to 200 per cent at RBS. It looks like he and George Osborne would approve such a request at a time when ordinary families face a cost-of-living crisis and bank lending to businesses is falling.’ Rob MacGregor, of the trade union Unite, said: ‘The Chancellor must not rubber stamp the corporate greed at Royal Bank of Scotland. If he looks the other way as the top bankers pat each other on the back and fill their boots hard working people across the country will be appalled.’ Chairman of the Treasury committee, Andrew Tyrie MP, said there should be no political interference in RBS. ‘RBS should be run on commercial grounds. Were decision-making at RBS to be subordinated to political considerations, it would be bad for the bank, bad for the taxpayers’ stake in the bank and bad for the wider economy,’ he said. ‘The structure and scale of remuneration in banking have incentivised misconduct and excessive risk-taking. ‘Risk and reward must be much more closely aligned, as the Banking Commission recommended. ‘The Governor of the Bank of England today agreed with the Banking Commission’s conclusion that a crude bonus cap is not the answer... the structure of remuneration is more important than the absolute level and that more deferral in variable pay is required.’ Summarize this article.	Mr Carney said a cap would simply prompt lenders to push up basic pay . Speculation RBS wants to give staff bonuses worth twice their salaries . Labour calls for the State to block RBS from paying staff such huge sums .
Passage: Though they were both doing fairly well early in the semester, Susan and John each dropped out of college at the end of the semester. Susan mentioned plans to get married and adopt children soon as the primary reason for leaving, while John mentioned a new opportunity that came up working for an uncle who lives out of state. Question: Who wanted to start a family? A. Susan B. John C. Unknown Answer:	A. Susan
Player-coach: A player-coach can only become a head coach . Claim: A player-coach is unable to become a assistant coach . A. True B. False C. Neither Answer:	A. True
2020 coronavirus pandemic in Germany: All mass events in North Rhine-Westphalia with more than 1,000 participants were banned with immediate effect . Claim: All events with more than 1000 participants were banned with immediate effect in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany , due to the coronavirus pandemic . A. True B. False C. Neither Answer:	A. True
By . Francesca Chambers . President Barack Obama will meet with average Americans and hold fundraisers for Democratic candidates during his trip to Texas next week, but he will not visit detention facilities at the border housing thousands of illegal immigrant children, the White House said today. Press Secretary John Earnest said the president is 'well aware' of the humanitarian crisis at the border and doesn't need to see it first-hand during his trip to the Lone Star State. 'The president has a very good sense of what's happening at the border,' Earnest said during his daily press briefing. 'He's getting regular updates from his officials who've traveled to that region. They're focused on solving this problem.' 'And what the president wants is ... regular reports about what they're seeing on the border, and how resources that are being devoted to processing these--those who have appeared at the border, are being used to effectively administrate justice. Ain't nobody got time for that: President Barack Obama will hold fundraisers for Democratic candidates for Congress when he visits Texas next week but he doesn't plan to go see the humanitarian crisis on the border . The original impetus of the president's travel to Texas was a pair of Democratic National Committee fundraisers taking place on Wednesday and Thursday in Austin, which is located near the middle of the large southern state. News outlets first began reporting the trip last weekend, and the White House confirmed earlier this week that Obama was in fact planning to appear at political events in the state. The first fundraiser will take place at filmmaker Robert Rodriguez' home. Tickets to that event reportedly cost between $5,000 and $32,400. The next day, Obama will participate in a roundtable discussion with progressive activist Aimee Boone Cunningham, assistant secretary of the Center for Reproductive Rights. Admission to that event is also $32,400. Obama is reportedly scheduled to attend a fundraiser in Dallas on the first day of his trip, as well. Today the president will also participate in another 'Day in the Life' event, in which he meets face to face with someone who wrote him a letter. In this instance, Obama will meet with a Texas resident who sent the White House a message praising the president's economic policies. He will not, however, make a pit stop at the border, Earnest said. President Barack Obama made a surprise trip to tech startup hub 1776 this morning in Washington, D.C. to talk about about job growth and meet with young entrepreneurs . The president's trip 1776 today was the latest in a string of attempts by the president to get out of the White House bubble . Questions about a potential presidential visit to the border first arose during the White House press briefing on Tuesday. Asked whether Obama would visit the overcrowded detention facilities in the Rio Grande area during his upcoming visit to Texas so he could observe the humanitarian crisis with his own eyes, Earnest said, 'At this . point, no,' Earnest said. 'But if there are any changes to the schedule we'll let you . know.' Earnest was again asked about Obama's plans on Wednesday, after Texas Governor Rick Perry invited the president to come visit the border in person during an appearance on Fox and Friends that morning. 'If he doesn’t come to the border, I think it’s a real reflection of . his lack of concern of what’s really going on there,' Perry said. 'If the President of the United States is really . serious about securing that border, we can show him how to do that,' the former Republican presidential candidate said. 'But I haven’t even had a phone call from this president.' On Wednesday Earnest said Obama still had no plans to visit the border but he 'wouldn’t rule it out until the day of.' 'Our focus at this point is to plan . to do something else,' he said. Likewise, Earnest, 'the most important thing' people like Perry could do 'is not offer public . invitations but actually to lend their public support to comprehensive . immigration reform.' The White House official also explained that the president doesn't need to travel to the border because other senior . administration . officials, including Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, Health and . Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell and Director of White House . Domestic Policy Cecilia Muñoz, have recently traveled to the border. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest got hammered with questions from reporters today about the president's upcoming trip to Texas and his decision not to visit the border while he's there . House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi visited Brownsville, Texas, last Saturday to show her support for comprehensive immigration reform. The president opted not to join her on the trip. Johnson and Burwell were just in McAllen, Texas, on Monday to speak with border patrol . officers and receive an update on the federal government's efforts to feed, clothe, house and treat the overpowering number of unaccompanied minors being held in the area's detention facilities. Last week, Johnson visited illegal immigrant children being held at Nogales, . Arizona, detention centers. 'So this is something that the administration is paying very close attention . to,' Earnest said during yesterday's briefing. 'The President is getting regular updates on this situation.' 'This President is obviously very . attuned to what’s happening at the border,' he said at another point. After a reporter asked if Earnest was 'comfortable with the optics of the President going for fundraisers only and not . taking an eyeball look himself on the border?' Earnest said Obama's trip would 'include some activities other than just building . some support for Democratic candidates for office who are on the ballot in . November.' Obama's trip came up a third time during today's briefing to Earnest's chagrin. The newly minted senior administration official first repeated previous statements about Obama's travel schedule, and then said: 'I think the reason that some people are suggesting the reason the president go to the border when he's in Texas is because they'd rather play politics than actually try to address some of these challenges.' 'If they were committed to solving the problem, you know, for example in the case of the Texas Governor, he could probably be pretty useful, I hear he's a pretty persuasive fellow, that he could pick up the phone, and call up some of those Republican members of Congress from Texas who are standing foursquare against common sense immigration reform,' Earnest said a few minutes later. 'If the governor were genuinely concerned about solving so many of these problems that exist on the border, the most impactful thing he could do right now, is encourage those Republican members of the House of Representatives to stop blocking common sense legislation from coming to the floor of the House of Representatives.' The president's comprehensive immigration reform legislation passed in the Senate last summer, but House . Speaker John Boehner has refused to bring it to the House floor. Boehner . has said that he will not introduce immigration legislation until the . president agrees to a step-by-step approach instead. Texas. Gov. Rick Perry shakes hands with Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson Sgt. Johnny Hernandez after touring the McAllen Border Patrol station on Monday . President Obama is one of the only a few high-profile Washington officials who hasn't visited the border since news outlets began reporting on how poorly the unaccompanied minors coming to the U.S. were being treated in detention facilities. Pictures of children sleeping in piles on the floor without mattresses or blankets caused an uproar, and the Obama administration had to act suddenly to resolve the situation. The president announced more than $250 million in new aid to the Central American countries from which the kids are primarily migrating from and sent both Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry to to speak with leaders of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras about the importance of shutting down the criminal networks that are smuggling children in through the U.S. border with Mexico. On Monday the president announced that he was using his executive authority to direct the Homeland Security to 'refocus' its resources from the interior of the country to its Southern border. The president himself is yet to meet in person with Central American leaders or any of the 52,000 children who fled their home countries to come to the U.S. in the last year. Last weekend House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other members of the president's party made the trek to the border to stand in solidarity with the immigrant children and show their support for immigration reform. Today, members of the House Homeland Security took a field trip to McAllen to hear from Perry and Texas law enforcement officials. During the field hearing, which took place on the campus of South Texas College, Perry asked the government to pay back Texas the $500 million his state had spent since 2005 on border security efforts. 'We have been fulfilling a federal responsibility,' Perry said. 'The hardworking people of the state of Texas shouldn't be . shouldering that cost.' The Texas Governor also called on the president to send 1,000 National Guard members to his state to help secure the border. 'The power of boots on the ground cannot be overstated,' Perry said. 'The message needs to be not, If you come into the United States, . you'll be deported," but, "You won't enter the United States." ' The president said last week that he would send more border patrol agents to Texas, but he's ignored multiple requests from Republican officials to deploy the National Guard. Summarize this article.	President Barack Obama is traveling to Texas next week to attend Democratic Party fundraisers . While he's there he'll also meet with a supporter who wrote him a letter . He won't visit the border to see any of the captured Central American children who are piling up in detention facilities, however . The White House says he doesn't need to make a pit stop at the border because he's 'well aware' of the situation . White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said other administration officials who have been to the border are updating Obama on the situation, and that's how the president wants it to stay .
Question: Linda makes and sells necklaces at craft fairs. At her most recent fair she sold 4 necklaces and 8 rings for a total of $80. If each necklace costs $12, how much does each ring cost? Answer:	Let’s use r for the cost of each necklace 412+8r=80 48+8r=80 8r=80-48=32 8r=32 r=<<4=4>>4 dollars for each ring The answer is 4.
This may turn into much more than just a political scandal. It may have seemed like a teenage prank at the time, but the blockage of bridge traffic as a possible act of partisan political revenge has put New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the middle of a serious legal stew. And the fire underneath it is just beginning to heat up for the Republican presidential hopeful, as the state assembly plans to post online 907 pages of documents related to the case Friday. State lawmakers questioned one of Christie's allies on Thursday, a former state official implicated in the scandal. So far, David Wildstein has repeatedly refused to answer, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. What we've learned from document released . The legislators charged him with contempt for his lack of cooperation. But the dam could eventually break as lawmakers dig in their heels, analysts say. As long as Christie was telling the truth at a marathon press conference he held on Thursday, he should be able to step out of the caldron, analysts who spoke with CNN say. For nearly two hours the high-profile governor, who gained national recognition for his response to superstorm Sandy, answered questions from journalists, divulging many details. "He was pretty specific about what he knew and when he knew it," said CNN analyst Gloria Borger on The Lead with Jake Tapper. But if any of it doesn't jibe with other peoples' stories, information provided in documents or clues that pop up, experts say Christie could get dragged into civil and criminal lawsuits. One thing is certain. The legislative inquiry into the alleged misdeeds that led to the traffic jam on the George Washington Bridge is just getting into gear. What happened to begin with? It was September and Christie was full steam into his re-election bid -- which he won two months later. Wildstein, who Christie appointed to a high position at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, ordered the closing of two of the three lanes of traffic leading to the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee. It held up motorists trying to make it into Manhattan and caused days of massive traffic jams in Fort Lee, where the Democratic mayor Mark Sokolich had declined to endorse Christie for re-election. Democrats speculated that the mayhem was political retaliation against Sokolich. Hearings ensued, and Wildstein resigned under pressure. Then came Wednesday's revelation that a top Christie aide, Bridget Anne Kelly had e-mailed Wildstein before the closures, telling him, "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee." "Got it," Wildstein replied back. He e-mailed a comment that the parents of children stuck in school buses in the traffic jams were Democratic voters. Christie fired Kelly after the scandal broke. Possible prank, sure, but something to sue over? This was no fun and games for people who sat tormented for hours in traffic and missed important appointments, legal analyst Alan Dershowitz told CNN's Brooke Baldwin. It did real damage. "It was utter chaos those days. People were pouring into the store, complaining," Debbie Minuto recalled Thursday in her shop, Binghamton Bagel Cafe, in the town of Fort Lee. "The bridge is a lifeline here. You take away the bridge, you take away our livelihood." That makes it a legal matter, Dershowitz said. "The law looks backwards and says: What causes these harms?" he said. One group of residents from Bergen County, where Fort Lee is located, has already filed a class-action civil lawsuit against Christie. They want to be compensated for alleged wages lost, when they arrived late at work. Was a crime committed? A woman died at the time of the mayhem, and emergency workers trying to get to her to save her complained that the traffic jams slowed them down. Sokolich thinks there should be a criminal investigation into the incident, saying it put "folks in absolute danger." His Democratic colleague, New Jersey state Sen. Ray Lesniak, agrees but takes it a step further. He called for federal prosecutors to open an investigation into whether the lane closures were a factor in the woman's death. "Endangering people's lives -- that's not politics. That's why the U.S. attorneys have to get involved," he said. U.S. Attorney's Office spokeswoman Rebekah Carmichael, said it's "reviewing" whether federal laws were violated. But Florence Genova's family doesn't seem to want to press charges. She was 91 when she went into cardiac arrest, and her daughter Vilma Oleri told CNN affiliate WABC that she didn't think the traffic was to blame. "I really don't think so, no, I really don't. I think she was 91 and really believe in my heart that she was already gone when the ambulance got (to her house)," she said. But Genova was not alone. Paramedics red-flagged "unnecessary delays for emergency services" to the mayor on the second day of the lane closures. Legal analyst Dershowitz thinks a crime may have indeed been committed and prosecutors could land convictions against Wildstein, Kelly and anyone else implicated, "particularly if they can demonstrate if the woman died as a result of the traffic jam." Christie says he didn't know anything about this. How could this get him? If Christie's close associates are prosecuted or convicted, it could lead them to turn on Christie, Dershowitz said. Thursday's press conference was the longest and most candid in Christie's career, New Jersey public radio reporter told Jake Tapper. "This is absolutely extraordinary," he said. Christie offered a lot of information to back up his claim that he knew nothing. At the same time, he may have given investigators fodder to work with, but also a lot for Wildstein and Kelly to contradict, should they open up to lawmakers who questioning them. "They may very well want to save themselves and say, 'Wait a minute; don't believe what the governor said,'" Dershowitz told Baldwin. Wildstein may have pleaded the Fifth initially, but that's normal in the beginning, Jeffrey Toobin told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "You don't want your client testifying until he has seen all the documents available." But things could change. If lawmakers decide to go after Christie, they could offer Wildstein -- or Kelly, if they question her -- immunity. They could decide to save themselves at his expense, Toobin said. Anyone Christie fired may also try to get revenge. Summarize this article.	New Jersey state assembly releases 907 pages of documents Friday on lane closure scandal . Christie's Republican political allies may have created traffic mayhem to spite a Democrat . A group of citizens has filed a class action lawsuit against Christie . Analyst: There may have been a crime, as woman died during the chaos .
Question: Which of the following causes urine discoloration? A. Isoniazid B. Rifampin C. Streptomycin D. Ethambutol Answer:	B. Rifampin
Passage: A criminologist narrates the tale of the newly engaged couple Brad Majors and Janet Weiss who find themselves lost and with a flat tire on a cold and rainy late November evening, somewhere near Denton, Ohio. Seeking a telephone, the couple walk to a nearby castle where they discover a group of strange and outlandish people who are holding an Annual Transylvanian Convention. They are soon swept into the world of Dr. Frank N. Furter, a self-proclaimed "sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania". The ensemble of convention attendees also includes servants Riff Raff, his sister Magenta, and a groupie named Columbia. In his lab, Frank claims to have discovered the "secret to life itself". His creation, Rocky, is brought to life. The ensuing celebration is soon interrupted by Eddie (an ex-delivery boy, both Frank and Columbia's ex-lover, as well as partial brain donor to Rocky) who rides out of a deep freeze on a motorcycle. In a jealous rage, Frank corners him and kills him with an ice axe. He then departs with Rocky to a bridal suite. Brad and Janet are shown to separate bedrooms where each is visited and seduced by Frank, who poses as Brad (when visiting Janet) and then as Janet (when visiting Brad). Janet, upset and emotional, wanders off to look for Brad, who she discovers, via a television monitor, is in bed with Frank. She then discovers Rocky, cowering in his birth tank, hiding from Riff Raff, who has been tormenting him. While tending to his wounds, Janet becomes intimate with Rocky, as Magenta and Columbia watch from their bedroom monitor. After discovering that his creation is missing, Frank returns to the lab with Brad and Riff Raff, where Frank learns that an intruder has entered the building. Brad and Janet's old high school science teacher, Dr. Everett Scott, has come looking for his nephew, Eddie. Frank suspects that Dr. Scott investigates UFOs for the government. Upon learning of Brad and Janet's connection to Dr. Scott, Frank suspects them of working for him. Frank, Dr. Scott, Brad, and Riff Raff then discover Janet and Rocky together under the sheets in Rocky's birth tank, upsetting Frank and Brad. Magenta interrupts the reunion by sounding a massive gong and stating that dinner is prepared. Rocky and the guests share an uncomfortable dinner, which they soon realize has been prepared from Eddie's mutilated remains. Janet runs screaming into Rocky's arms and is slapped and chased through the halls of the castle by a jealous Frank. Janet, Brad, Dr. Scott, Rocky, and Columbia all meet in Frank's lab, where Frank captures them with the Medusa Transducer, transforming them into nude statues. After dressing them in cabaret costume, Frank "unfreezes" them, from which they spontaneously perform a live cabaret floor show with Frank as the leader. Riff Raff and Magenta interrupt the performance, revealing themselves and Frank to be aliens from the planet Transsexual in the galaxy of Transylvania. They stage a coup and announce a plan to return to their homeworld. In the process, they kill Columbia, Rocky, and Frank, who has "failed his mission". They release Brad, Janet, and Dr. Scott, then depart by lifting off in the castle itself. The survivors are then left crawling in the dirt, and the narrator concludes that the human race is equivalent to insects crawling on the planet's surface. Question: What is the name of Frank's creature? Answer:	Rocky
Question: Annie has some money. The restaurant next door sells hamburgers for $4 each. The restaurant across the street sells milkshakes for $5 each. Annie buys 8 hamburgers and 6 milkshakes. She has $70 left. How much money, in dollars, did Annie have at first? Answer:	Annie spends 48=<<48=32>>32 dollars on hamburgers. Annie spends 56=<<56=30>>30 dollars on milkshakes. Annie spends 32+30=<<32+30=62>>62 dollars on hamburgers and milkshakes. Annie had 62+70=<<62+70=132>>132 dollars at first. The answer is 132.
Question: Malignant tumor of striated muscle is known as: A. Leiomyosarcoma B. Rhabdomyosarcoma C. Rhabdomyoma D. Leiomyoma Answer:	B. Rhabdomyosarcoma
Question: All are TNF-a antagonists used in rheumatoid ahritis except: A. Ifosfamide B. Infliximab C. Etanercept D. Adalimumab Answer:	A. Ifosfamide
By . Neil Sears . PUBLISHED: . 16:59 EST, 12 May 2013 . \| . UPDATED: . 17:19 EST, 12 May 2013 . She was on the verge of becoming a Lady – and frequenting the nation’s stately homes with her Eton-educated husband. But it seems Zeaphena Badley, 31, has been anything but ladylike since her aristocrat ex-fiance the Hon Nicholas Knatchbull called off their wedding. Instead of visiting Buckingham Palace to meet the Royal Family, friends of her former in-laws to be, she has been attacking police, shouting abusively about the Queen, and staying in one of Her Majesty’s prisons. Smoking: Pregnant Zeaphena Badley outside court. She has been found guilty of assaulting three police officers . Badley, who was engaged for 18 months to Knatchbull, also known as Lord Romsey and in line to inherit a £100million fortune, appeared before magistrates last week. She had earlier been found guilty of assaulting three police officers, punching, kicking and spitting at them while apparently on drugs at Notting Hill Carnival in August. The portrait of a lady presented in court was, in the words of one victim, of a ‘vile and disgusting individual intent on attacking as many police officers as possible’. It certainly confirmed Badley’s declaration to the Daily Mail last year that: ‘I’m not like Kate Middleton, not at all.’ The court heard Badley had been a guest at Knatchbull’s 60-room Broadlands estate in Hampshire, but is now ‘sofa surfing’ at friends’ London flats and using soup kitchens. Following the attack – shortly after her engagement ended – she spent 35 days in Holloway prison in London. In her latest court appearance, . magistrates heard that the mother of two was seven months pregnant and . she was given a suspended six-month sentence and 12 months’ probation . with 20 compulsory ‘structured supervision for women’ sessions. Happier times: Badley and former fiance Nicholas Knatchbull, who is heir to a £100million title . Stately home: Knatchbull's 60-room Broadlands estate in Romsey, Hampshire . Her mingling with the upper class does not appear to have taught her manners. She was late for her first hearing, and on hearing the guilty verdict shouted at the district judge: ‘F**** a***. I’m seven months pregnant. There is no justice in this country.’ Outside she smoked a cigarette despite her pregnancy, ignoring a prominent no smoking sign. Her former fiance, 32, is himself no stranger to the seamier side of life. After Eton, where he helped mentor Prince William, a family friend, he sank into drug addiction. He attended rehab before meeting half-Jamaican Badley. Their engagement emerged in 2010. He is now engaged again, with nurse Raz Tedros, 28, set to be the 9th Baroness Brabourne. At Badley’s trial at Hammersmith Magistrates’ Court last month, prosecutor Paul Mitchell described her assault on police officers Stephanie Grayson, Maggie Saliwell and John Taylor: ‘The defendant was shouting, “What the f* are you doing?” and turned to officer Grayson and punched her cheek.’ New love: Nicholas Knatchbull, the godson of Prince Charles, with his fiancee Raz Tedros, a 28-year-old nurse . He added she ‘spat at officer Saliwell’s face and then kicked her’, shouting: ‘Only Jah can judge me now. There is no Queen, she’s not real, so there are no laws.’ Badley called one officer an ‘ugly bitch’ and tried to bite another. He said: ‘The officers believed she was under the influence of drugs.’ Miss Saliwell said: ‘She was a vile, disgusting individual intent on attacking as many police officers as possible and showed no remorse.’ The drug addict and chain smoker had already been convicted of assaulting two police officers last year. Badley denied the offences, claims she was assaulted, and plans to appeal. Magistrate Andy Robinson told her: ‘You have shown no remorse. Your previous record is horrendous.’ Summarize this article.	Zeaphena Badley, 31, was set to marry aristocrat Nicholas Knatchbull . But since the wedding was called off she has assaulted police officers . Heavily pregnant Badley had no qualms about smoking outside court .
A defendant in an automobile accident case is being sued by the estate of the driver of the other car. At trial, the defendant calls an eyewitness to the collision. The eyewitness testifies that after the crash, he immediately ran to the other driver's car to try to render assistance. The eyewitness observed the other driver covered with blood from the top of his head down to his toes. He was moaning, gasping, and crying out, "I did not see the other car coming!" The other driver died 10 minutes later. The estate's attorney objects to the eyewitness's testimony. The trial judge should rule that his testimony is A. admissible as a declaration against interest. B. admissible as a dying declaration. C. inadmissible as hearsay not within any recognized exception. D. inadmissible, because this testimony cannot be admitted in civil cases. Answer:	B. admissible as a dying declaration.
Half Girlfriend -LRB-film-RRB-: On its first weekend , the total collection was noted as 312 crore . Claim: The film Half Girlfriend 's earned under 100 crore on its opening weekend . A. True B. False C. Neither Answer:	B. False
Passage: The story takes place in the far future. Human travel in outer space is threatened by strange creatures known as the Dragons. Imperceptible to ordinary people, Dragons are experienced as nothing but a sudden death or insanity. Dragons can only be destroyed by very strong light, but they move too fast for conventional defense methods. Both human and telepathic cats (who perceive the dragons as rats) are able to sense the creatures within milliseconds. The humans and cats work together as teams to protect interstellar spaceships traveling via planoforming (a type of faster than light speed travel). The cats ride outside of the spaceships in their own tiny crafts, waiting for the order from their human partner to attack. Pin-sets (telepathic amplifiers) heighten a telepathâs senses and allow the humans to communicate with their partner cats. The cats then destroy the Dragons with "pinlights", miniature nuclear bombs whose blast gives off pure visible radiance that can destroy the dragons. Thanks to the combination of the human mind and the cats' quick reactions, the battle against the Dragons is not only possible, but usually ends in victory. Underhill, Woodley, Father Moontree, and a girl named West are the group of current telepaths fighting the war. The cats fighting alongside them are Captain Wow, Lady May and others. Woodley draws an unremarkable cat, West teams up with Captain Wow, Underhill with Lady May, and Father Moontree gets stuck with an old, unnamed, greedy male cat, who has the best fighting record of them all. While the Father Moontree and Woodley are not particularly interested in their partner cats, West thinks Captain Wow is cuddly, and Underhill has a strong connection with Lady May and enjoys being telepathically connected with her. The team travel to the depths of space, searching for their enemy. During an attack, Underhill is unable to follow Lady Mayâs thoughts fast enough and the Dragon touches his mind, sending excruciating pain throughout his body. The battle lasts less than the blink of an eye, and the ship lands safely. Underhill is hospitalized and a doctor tells him that he was within a tenth of a millisecond of going insane, but the only thing that concerns Underhill is his partner, Lady May, and her well-being. A secretly jealous and angry nurse walks in and Underhill compares her to Lady May. Logically, he understands that Lady May is only a cat, but his mind tells him that no woman will ever equal her. Question: How can Dragons be destroyed? Answer:	By strong light
A man owned a house where he lived with his family. The man was convicted of selling large quantities of an illegal drug from his house. Acting under a state law authorizing the destruction of buildings that are used for illegal activity, the city destroyed the manÕs house. The manÕs family then rented an apartment and demanded that the city pay the rent for that temporary residence. The family relied on a state law providing that any person who was dispossessed of his or her place of residence because of the actions of city officials was entitled to replacement housing at the cityÕs expense until permanent substitute housing could be found. When the city refused to pay the rent for the apartment, the manÕs family sued the city in a state trial court claiming a right to such payment under both the state law and the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The highest state court ruled for the family. Although the court decided that the family had no right to payment under the state law, it held that the Fourteenth Amendment entitled the family to payment of the rent for the temporary apart-ment. In its opinion, the highest state court indicated that in several of its decisions it had found cities liable for compen-sation in similar situations on the basis of the due process clause of the state constitution. But the highest state court declined to base its holding on the state constitution because that issue had not been properly raised in the case. The city then filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court. Does the Court have jurisdiction to review the merits of this case? A. Yes, because the highest state court based its decision wholly on federal law grounds. B. Yes, because the federal and state law issues in this case are so intertwined that a resolution of the federal law issues is necessary to facilitate a proper determination of the state law issues. C. No, because the decision of the highest state court ren-ders the case moot. D. No, because independent state law grounds could have been used to justify the result in this case. Answer:	A. Yes, because the highest state court based its decision wholly on federal law grounds.
Parkinson's disease: People with Parkinson 's disease are generally asymptomatic . Claim: Parkinson 's disease causes symptoms . A. True B. False C. Neither Answer:	B. False
By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 06:49 EST, 10 October 2013 . \| . UPDATED: . 08:03 EST, 10 October 2013 . Teenage activist Malala Yousafzai has been honoured with one of the European Union's most prestigious awards for human rights. The 16-year-old schoolgirl who shot by the Pakistani Taliban for championing girls' rights to an education, has been awarded the 2013 Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought, . The £42,000 prize, awarded annually by the European Parliament, was bestowed on the 16-year-old for her 'incredible strength' in fighting for girls right to education. Scroll down for video . Honoured: The 16-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl has been awarded the 2013 Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought by the European Parliament . The 16-year-old is one of the favourites to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, whose winner is due to be announced by the Nobel Committee tomorrow. Malala now lives in Birmingham with her family after recovering from the attempt on her life by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in October last year. A Taliban assassin entered her school bus and shot her in the head to halt her campaign for the right to education for girls in Pakistan. Her life was saved thanks to swift action by doctors in her home country and subsequent treatment in Britain and her way back has earned her plaudits from across the world. Awarded: Malala Yousafzai is presented with the Mirror Pride of Britain Teenager of Courage Award by David Beckham this week . Only after prompt medical treatment in Pakistan and later, following an emergency airlift to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, did she survive. Since the age of 11, Malala has been the voice of girls' rights in Pakistan and once her medical treatment was completed she addressed the United Nations in July and was feted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for her tireless work in the face of adversity. Her words: Malala has told her story in a newly published biography . Today, announcing the award of the Sakharov Prize, the President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz also praised Malala's advocacy on behalf of the millions of girls around the world who are denied their basic right to an education. He said: ‘By awarding the Sakharov Prize to Malala Yousafzai, the European Parliament acknowledges the incredible strength of this young woman. ‘Malala bravely stands for the right of all children to be granted a fair education. ‘This right for girls is far too commonly neglected. ‘Malala has courageously recovered from a Taliban attack and now eloquently advocates through the world for this fundamental and just cause. ‘Let us not forget that Malala is still threatened in Pakistan.’ He added: ‘As tomorrow is the International Day of the Girl Child, I would like to recall that some 250 million young girls around the world cannot freely go to school. ‘Malala's example reminds us of our duty and responsibility to the right to education for children. ‘This is the best investment for the future.’ Noted past recipients of the Sakharov award include two former Nobel Peace Prize winners; former South African president Nelson Mandela and Burmese politician and former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi. Summarize this article.	Malala Yousafzai awarded 2013 Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought . Schoolgirl, 16, honoured by European Parliament for 'incredible strength' Malala now lives in Birmingham after recovering from assassination attempt .
Question: Pharmacovigilance is used for - A. To monitor drug toxicity B. To monitor unauthorized drug manufacture C. Monitoring of students D. Check costs Answer:	A. To monitor drug toxicity
Sensitive Skin -LRB-UK TV series-RRB-: Series 1 aired in Australia on ABC TV in mid-2007 -LRB- repeated 2009 -RRB- . Claim: Sensitive Skin 's first series was released in US theaters . A. True B. False C. Neither Answer:	B. False
Assume the demand for wheat is relatively price inelastic. An increase in the supply of wheat will result in which of the following? A. A decrease in quantity demanded and an increase in total revenue B. A decrease in quantity demanded and a decrease in total revenue C. An increase in quantity demanded and an increase in total revenue D. An increase in quantity demanded and a decrease in total revenue Answer:	D. An increase in quantity demanded and a decrease in total revenue
(CNN) -- A 35-year-old father found to be sane when he killed his three young daughters last July was sentenced to three life sentences without the possibility of parole Monday. St. Croix County Judge Howard Cameron said the lives of sisters Amara,11, Sophie, 8, and Cecilia, 5, were each so important that Aaron Schaffhausen had to serve each sentence consecutively. "Each child has to be recognized as an individual girl," Cameron said. "To make it concurrent would diminish what happened to those young girls." Schaffhausen and his wife Jessica had recently divorced when he came to spend the day with his daughters last year. According to the criminal complaint, Jessica -- who was not home at the time -- told police that two hours after Schaffhausen went to see the girls, he called her and said, "You can come home now because I killed the kids." Jessica, who was in court Monday, was quiet throughout the proceedings. But her sister, Mary Elizabeth Stotz, called Schaffhausen an "evil coward" who "should rot in hell" during the victim impact statements. "Aaron Schaffhausen, the man who helped genetically make those girls and shape them ... Aaron became the darkness, the boogeyman, and the monster under the bed," Stotz said. "He was so evil that he took their unconditional love for him and used their love to lure them close enough so he could kill them. Their last memory is what an evil killer their dad was." Stotz also expressed fear that if Schaffhausen was allowed to be released on parole, he would get revenge on her family. Schaffhausen sat through the proceedings with no visible emotion, avoiding eye contact and almost inaudibly saying "no" when the judge asked him if he had anything to say. His attorney, John Kucinski, emphasized that his client suffered from a "rare mental illness" who committed a "rare catathymic homicide." "Nobody wins in this case," Kucinski said. "Both families suffer, Jessica suffers, uncles, aunts. "You can say, 'Three young girls are dead, we've lost their lives, he did it because he hated Jessica, let's get our revenge.' Or you can try to actually take a look at mental illness and prevent things in the future," Kucinski said. A large photograph of the sisters stood by the judge, who finished his sentencing by saying, "People in general, there is sometimes an evil, and there is goodness," Cameron said. The girls' aunt remembered them as "amazing people." Summarize this article.	Aaron Schaffhausen killed his three daughters, ages 5 to 11, last year . Judge: The three life sentences must be stacked, not served concurrently . Schaffhausen's attorney says his client suffers from mental illness .
Which of the following is/are the advantages of a closed loop control system? A. The closed loop systems are accurate. B. The closed loop systems are less affected by noise. C. both A and B. D. nether A nor B. Answer:	C. both A and B.
Question: Acetaminophen poisoning causes which of the following changes in the liver? A. Centrilobular necrosis in liver B. Microvesicular fatty infiltration in hepatocytes C. Cholestasis D. Peripoal inflammation Answer:	A. Centrilobular necrosis in liver
Passage: Khalid Mahmoudi and Andrew Li were sitting together and talking about their views on whether recent progress in women's rights was a positive thing or not. Khalid Mahmoudi said that even though a lot of new rules have been put in place at work, they never plan to offer women promotions since higher roles should be reserved for men. Andrew Li was shocked by this, and talked about making efforts to always make sure everyone at work has access to the same opportunities. Question: Who treats women unfairly? A. Not known B. Andrew Li C. Khalid Mahmoudi Answer:	C. Khalid Mahmoudi
Question: James is building a hall of mirrors. Three of the walls will be completed covered with glass. If two of those walls are 30 feet by 12 feet and the third is 20 feet by 12 feet, how many square feet of glass does he need? Answer:	First find the area of one of the long walls: 30 feet * 12 feet = <<3012=360>>360 square feet Then double that amount since there are two walls: 360 square feet 2 = <<3602=720>>720 square feet Then find the area of the short wall: 20 feet 12 feet = <<20*12=240>>240 square feet Then add that area to the area of the two long walls to find the total area: 720 square feet + 240 square feet = <<720+240=960>>960 square feet The answer is 960.
Passage: A trans woman and a cis woman had both been competing on their junior softball team for a couple of years. This year, though, the trans woman let the coach know that the cis woman had been bullying all the other athletes and she was thinking of quitting, but the coach convinced her to stay and promised that the other girl would be removed from the team. Question: Who will keep competing on the girls' sports team? A. The trans woman B. Can't be determined C. The cis woman Answer:	A. The trans woman
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqis celebrated in the streets Tuesday for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from their cities and towns under an agreement signed last year with the U.S. government. A crowd gathers Tuesday after a deadly bombing in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. But celebration was tempered by fears of renewed violence as insurgents launched new attacks. At least 30 people, including women and children, were killed in what security sources called a "huge bombing" Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. Dozens were wounded in the attack in a busy shopping area in a predominantly Kurdish part of the disputed oil-rich city. Hundreds died in a series of dramatic attacks in the past 10 days, after months of relative quiet. President Obama hailed the withdrawal as an important milestone. "The Iraqis are rightly treating this day as a cause for celebration," Obama said Tuesday. "The very fact that Iraqis are celebrating this day is a testament to the courage, the capability and commitment of every single American who has served in Iraq. ... Through tour after tour of duty, our troops have overcome every obstacle to extend this precious opportunity to the Iraqi people." Citing the Kirkuk bombing, Obama warned of tough times ahead and said the United States would continue to support Iraq as it works to become "a "sovereign, stable, and self-reliant" country. Earlier, the top U.S. general in Iraq insisted shortly before the Kirkuk bombing that much of the country is safe. "There is not widespread violence in Iraq," Gen. Ray Odierno told reporters in a videoconference from Baghdad. Watch as Odierno notes the deadline marks an "important day" in Iraq » . "There's still gonna be bumps in the road. There's still gonna be violence here," he said. U.S. combat troops will remain in Iraq, in bases and outposts outside of major population centers, after Tuesday's pullback. Odierno said the cities would feel "significantly different" without U.S. "battalions," even though there will still be Americans in the cities as military trainers and advisers. Newscasters on the state television network Al-Iraqiya draped Iraqi flags around their necks as an on-screen clock counted down to midnight Monday. Earlier Monday evening, hundreds of people danced and sang in a central Baghdad park to mark the U.S. pullout. Watch Iraqis celebrate in the capital » . "I feel the same way as any Iraqi feels -- I will feel my freedom and liberation when I don't see an American stopping an Iraqi on the street," Baghdad resident Awatef Jwad told CNN. There were no columns of tanks rolling out of Baghdad or thousands of troops marching out of other cities as the deadline approached. The U.S. military has been gradually pulling its combat forces out of Iraq's population centers for months, and they were already gone by the weekend, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell told reporters in Washington. iReport.com: Spirits are high as Iraqi troops prepare for handover . But Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and other Iraqi and U.S. officials had warned of an increase in attacks around the withdrawal date as remaining insurgents attempt to re-ignite the sectarian warfare that ravaged the country in 2006 and 2007. While many Iraqis publicly said they are glad to see Americans out of their neighborhoods, some were worried about what the future may hold without the U.S. military nearby. "Without the Americans, we were afraid of each other," Hanaa Abdul Hassan, a Baghdad resident, told CNN. "And now that the Americans are leaving, we will be more afraid. We knew the Americans were holding them back, so now I don't know what's going to happen," she said, without specifying who "they" were. But U.S. officials believe Iraq's police and army can keep a lid on the violence, which Morrell said was at the lowest point "in the history of this conflict." Thomas Ricks, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security who has written extensively about Iraq, said he was not convinced Iraqi security could keep violence under control . "No one knows whether the forces can handle it. It's a leap of faith we're taking here. My concern is we've taken this leap of faith before and it hasn't worked," he told CNN. "The real thing for Iraqi security forces isn't whether they're trained or better equipped than the militias and the insurgents. The question is whether they're better motivated. The militias and insurgents knew what we were fighting for. The question has always been, do Iraqi security forces know what they're fighting for?" he said. Four U.S. soldiers serving in Baghdad died Monday of combat-related injuries, the latest of more than 4,300 Americans to die there since the U.S-led invasion in 2003. The U.S. military announced the deaths Tuesday without giving further details. A Web site associated with the Baath Party posted a statement attributed to ex-leader Saddam Hussein's former deputy, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, early Tuesday, calling the American pullout a "historic victory" for the insurgents. "The 30th of June 2009 is your precious and glorious day that embodies your historic victories," the statement said. "For your enemy and the enemy of God decided to flee the battlefields dragging the tails of disappointment and defeat to protect its fleeing soldiers in a few and limited fortified bases, where they think they will find safety from your heroic charges and Godly strikes." Al-Douri, the highest-ranking member of Hussein's government to remain at large, is believed to be a top figure in the insurgency. His apparent statement urged Iraqis to keep fighting Americans "wherever they may be in Iraq." By mid-2006, the conflict had become a low-level civil war, marked by the dumping of bodies in the streets on a daily basis. The conflict began to subside in late 2007, after Washington committed extra troops and supported a turn against the jihadists by Sunni Arab tribal leaders. Under an agreement signed in the waning days of the Bush administration, all U.S. forces will be out of Iraq by the end of 2011. Most will be gone by August 2010 under the withdrawal plan laid out by Obama. The 130,000 U.S. troops who remain are now tasked with supporting Iraqi troops and police, and will require Iraqi permission to launch operations in the cities. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh and Michael Ware in Baghdad, Iraq, contributed to this report. Summarize this article.	NEW: Obama: "Iraqis are rightly treating this day as a cause for celebration" Hundreds of Iraqis dance and sing in Baghdad park to mark U.S. pullout . Bombing kills at least 30 in northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, police official says . Iraqi woman: "Now that the Americans are leaving, we will be more afraid"
Passage: Miguel Rojas (who works as a truck driver) and Albert Pham (who works as a truck driver) are old friends and were questioned about the recent armed robbery. Miguel Rojas was eventually convicted as an accessory to the robbery, while Albert Pham was pretty shocked that his old friend was involved. Question: Which person was innocent? A. Can't be determined B. Miguel Rojas, the truck driver C. Albert Pham, the truck driver Answer:	C. Albert Pham, the truck driver
Would a Pict be confused by Old English? A. Yes B. No Answer:	A. Yes
Passage: Ibn Tufail drew the name of the tale and most of its characters from an earlier work by Ibn Sina (Avicenna), but the plot was very different, and the book was a new and innovative work in its own right. Avicenna's story was essentially a thought experiment about the active intellect, personified by an elderly sage, instructing the narrator, who represents the human rational soul, about the nature of the universe. The plot of Ibn Tufail's more famous Arabic novel was inspired by Avicennism, Kalam and Sufism, and was also intended as a thought experiment. Ibn Tufail's novel tells the story of an autodidactic feral child, raised by a gazelle and living alone on a desert island in the Indian Ocean. After his gazelle mother passes away when he is still a child, he dissects her body and performs an autopsy in order to find out what happened to her. The discovery that her death was due to a loss of innate heat sets him "on a road of scientific inquiry" and self-discovery. Without contact with other human beings and solely by the exercise of his faculties, Hayy discovers ultimate truth through a systematic process of reasoned inquiry in seven phases of seven years each. Hayy ultimately comes into contact with civilization and religion when he meets a castaway named Absal. He determines that certain trappings of religion and civilization, namely imagery and dependence on material goods, are necessary for the multitude in order that they might have decent lives. However, he believes that imagery and material goods are distractions from the truth and ought to be abandoned by those whose reason recognizes that they are distractions. Ibn Tufail's book reflects one of the main concerns of Muslim philosophers, that of reconciling philosophy with revelation. At the same time, the narrative anticipates in some ways both Robinson Crusoe and Emile, or On Education. The story of Hayy Ibn Yaqzan is also similar to the later story of Mowgli in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. Question: What incident prompted Hayy to engage in ongoing scientific inquiry and self-discovery? Answer:	Discovering a cause of death by performing an autopsy.
Pittsburgh (CNN) -- An Idaho man who acquaintances say called President Barack Obama "the anti-Christ" was charged Thursday with trying to assassinate him in a shooting incident outside the White House, federal authorities said. Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, 21, is accused of firing shots at the White House on Friday, including some that hit the building near the residence area where Obama and his family live, according to a complaint document made public after the suspect's initial court hearing Thursday. One witness described to investigators hearing about "eight sounds of popping noise" and seeing "puffs of air" from a car on Constitution Avenue near the White House, an FBI agent's sworn statement said. Read the complaint against Ortega-Hernandez (PDF) One bullet hit a window and was stopped by bulletproof glass, and another was found on the White House exterior, the Secret Service said. Investigators found a semi-automatic rifle, several boxes of ammunition and nine spent shell casings in a car owned by Ortega-Hernandez that was parked several blocks away on the lawn of the National Institute of Peace, the agent's affidavit said. Ortega-Hernandez was charged with attempted assassination, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jimmy Kitchen said Thursday at the suspect's initial court hearing in Pittsburgh. The charge carries a possible maximum penalty of life in prison and a $250,000 fine. At the brief hearing, Ortega-Hernandez spoke once, answering "yes, ma'am" when Magistrate Cynthia Eddy asked if he understood what his federal defender had said on his behalf. Eddy agreed with a prosecution request for Ortega-Hernandez to remain in custody. Ortega-Hernandez agreed to be extradited to the District of Columbia, and the federal defender, Christopher Brown, said the defendant reserved his right for a detention and preliminary hearing after the transfer. The government agreed not to formally indict Ortega-Hernandez until after his transfer, Brown said. It was not immediately clear when the transfer would occur, but it was expected in coming days. With long, tangled hair and a beard, Ortega-Hernandez wore a white jumpsuit and was handcuffed with legs chained when entering the courtroom guarded by U.S. marshals. Guards removed the handcuffs for the hearing, but the leg chains remained on as he sat down. The complaint document said that on the night of November 11, two witnesses saw shots fired toward the White House through the window of a car on Constitution Avenue. The car's Idaho plates registered to Ortega-Hernandez. Another witness saw a man run away from the same vehicle a few blocks away, the complaint document said. From the vehicle, police recovered a rifle of the same caliber as recovered shells from the White House grounds, it said. A law enforcement official told CNN on Thursday that a trace of the weapon did not show Ortega-Hernandez as the purchaser. The official, who was not authorized to speak about the ongoing investigation, provided no further information on the weapon's purchase. According to three acquaintances cited in the complaint document, Ortega-Hernandez considered Obama the cause of his problems and referred to him at times as the "anti-Christ" and the devil. One witness -- identified only as "W-4" -- told investigators that Ortega-Hernandez "has increasingly become more agitated against the federal government, and is convinced that the federal government is conspiring against him," the FBI agent's affidavit said. He "wanted to 'hurt' President Obama and referred to him as 'the anti-Christ,'" the witness said. Another witness -- identified as "W-6" -- also quoted Ortega-Hernandez calling Obama "the anti-Christ." This witness told agents Ortega-Hernandez told him he "needed to kill him." A third witness, known as "W-7," told investigators Ortega-Hernandez owned an "AK-47 like gun." His "opinions and comments regarding the government and President Obama have gotten worse" over the past year, the witness told agents. "W-7 stated that Ortega-Hernandez believed President Obama is 'the devil,' and that Ortega-Hernandez 'will not stop until it's done.'" the affidavit said. "W-7 also reported that Ortega-Hernandez stated President Obama 'needed to be taken care of.'" Lt. Brad Shields of the Pennsylvania State Police said Ortega-Hernandez was arrested Wednesday in western Pennsylvania under a U.S. Park Police warrant issued Sunday in Washington "based on a shooting that occurred at the White House on November 11." According to Shields, a tip came in Wednesday that the man sought by federal authorities in the Washington shooting was at a Hampton Inn in the town of Indiana, Pennsylvania. Ortega-Hernandez had stayed at the hotel with another person for a few days before the Friday shooting incident, Shields said. When Ortega-Hernandez returned to the hotel on Wednesday, staff members recognized him from a photo provided by authorities and notified police, Shields said. Ortega-Hernandez was arrested without any resistance in the hotel lobby, asking why he was being detained, Shields said. A bag of his was checked by sniffer dogs, but no weapons were found, according to Shields. The suspect apparently had returned to the hotel to locate what Shields called "his friend," and Shields said the suspect's companion was not from the area. He provided no further details of the companion's identity or whereabouts. In Idaho Falls, Idaho, police spokeswoman Joelyn Hansen said the man -- identified there as Oscar Ramiro Ortega -- was reported missing October 31. Hansen said Ortega is the same man who the Secret Service is calling Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez. The bullets were found on the south side of the White House, a Secret Service official not authorized to speak on the record told CNN. "A round was stopped by ballistic glass behind the historic exterior glass," a Secret Service statement said. "One additional round has been found on the exterior of the White House. This damage has not been conclusively connected to Friday's incident, and an assessment of the exterior of the White House is ongoing,". On Friday about 9 p.m., U.S. Park Police and the Secret Service investigated after hearing shots fired about 700 to 800 yards from the White House, the Secret Service statement said. Within five minutes, officers located a vehicle in the 2300 block of Constitution Avenue, according to the statement. The FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Metropolitan Police Department all took part in the search for Ortega-Hernandez, officials said. CNN's Tom Cohen and Terry Frieden contributed to this report. Summarize this article.	NEW: A complaint document says the suspect considered Obama the "anti-Christ" NEW: Witnesses saw shots fired from a car toward the White House complex . Ortega-Hernandez will be charged with attempted assassination . The suspect was arrested Wednesday at a Pennsylvania hotel .
Castlevania -LRB-1986 video game-RRB-: It is considered a cult classic and one of the most successful television shows of the nineties Claim: Castlevania is a television series . A. True B. False C. Neither Answer:	A. True
ATP Tour Masters 1000: Since the start of 2009 , the `` Big-4 '' ( Roger Federer , Rafael Nadal , Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray ) have combined to win 76 of the last 94 ATP Tour Masters 1000 finals ( through to 2019 Madrid Open ) , and had a streak of 42 consecutive finals appearances ( from 2013 Indian Wells to 2017 Montreal ) . Claim: Since 2009 , the Big Four , have combined to win 76 of the last 94 ATP Tour Masters 1000 finals , through to 2019 Madrid Open . A. True B. False C. Neither Answer:	A. True
Question: Mara has 40 crayons and 10 percent of her crayons are pink. Luna has 50 crayons and 20 percent of them are pink. In total how many pink crayons do Mara and Luna have? Answer:	Mara has 40 x (10 / 100) = <<40(10/100)=4>>4 pink crayons. Luna has 50 x (20 / 100) = <<50(20/100)=10>>10 pink crayons. Together they have 4 + 10 = <<4+10=14>>14 pink crayons The answer is 14.
Passage: Two people got into a car accident at the corner today, one of the drivers was a 66 year old and the other driver a 17-year-old. The 17-year-old had been going 55mph in a 30mph zone and wasn't able to stop in time to avoid hitting the 66 year old when he came to a full stop at the stop sign. Question: Who was acting recklessly? A. The 66 year old B. The 17-year-old C. Not enough information Answer:	B. The 17-year-old
Are you more likely to find bipolar disorder in a crowd than diabetes? A. Yes B. No Answer:	B. No
(CNN) -- Federal health officials are investigating another possible norovirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship that just ended a Caribbean voyage. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 114 passengers and 10 crew members on the Holland America cruise ship ms Veendam suffered vomiting and diarrhea during a week-long voyage that ended Saturday. A CDC Vessel Sanitation Program environmental health officer and an epidemiologist boarded the ship when it arrived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Saturday, the agency said. The investigators will "conduct an environmental health assessment and evaluate the outbreak and response activities." The CDC is also testing stool samples from the sickened passengers and crew, the agency said. Holland America officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Veendam carried 1,273 passengers and a crew of 575, the CDC said. Hundreds of people aboard two cruise ships in the Caribbean fell ill with norovirus last month. The CDC reported that norovirus hit more than 600 passengers and crew on Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas in January, making it one of the biggest such outbreaks on any cruise ship in the past two decades. The Caribbean Princess, operated by Princess Cruises, cut short its seven-day Caribbean itinerary last month after 178 passengers and 11 crew members were stricken with norovirus. CDC staffers helped sanitize that ship. The Veendam got a failing grade from CDC inspectors who found multiple sanitation violations, including brown liquid dripping on clean dishes and a fly on the buffet, in September, the CDC said. "While unacceptable for Holland America Line, the unsatisfactory score is highly unusual and an aberration," Holland America's Sally Andrews said last year. Inspectors don't tell cruise lines when they're going to show up, but they visit twice a year as part of the CDC's vessel sanitation inspection program. The CDC grades ships on a 100-point scale. An 85 or lower is considered a failing grade. The Veendam received a grade of 77. "Since 1996, Veendam has received passing scores on 32 inspections," Andrews said. The Veendam is a 16-year-old ship, christened by actress Debbie Reynolds, that can carry 1,930 passengers and crew, according to Holland America. CNN's AnneClaire Stapleton contributed to this report. Summarize this article.	CDC: 114 passengers and 10 crew on Holland America ship had vomiting and diarrhea . Federal health officials boarded the ship when it arrived in Florida on Saturday . Hundreds aboard two cruise ships in the Caribbean fell ill with norovirus last month . The Veendam got a failing grade from CDC inspectors in September .
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 20:44 EST, 5 December 2013 . \| . UPDATED: . 20:44 EST, 5 December 2013 . Criticism: Author Joanna Trollope has blamed such screen adaptations of Jane Austen's work for criticism of her own latest novel . Mr Darcy emerging from a lake in a wet white shirt is a scene many Jane Austen fans recall fondly. But therein lies the problem, novelist Joanne Trollope claimed yesterday. The best-selling writer, who has faced a backlash from ‘Jane-ites’ following the release of her modern day version of Sense and Sensibility, said many of her critics would have found it ‘very difficult’ to read Austen’s original work and will be basing their opinions on TV adaptations. Citing the example of Colin Firth playing Mr Darcy in the TV adaptation, she said: ‘They [Jane Austen] fans love Pride and Prejudice when Colin Firth emerges from the lake in the wet shirt, which at no point features in the book. I’m not saying there isn’t great accuracy in the films but it isn’t the same.’ Miss Trollope, 69, was making her comments at London book club Hidden Prologues where she explained how she had adapted the classic, Sense and Sensibility published in 1811, by setting it in modern day society. The author told how she chose to reference social networking site YouTube and used colloquialisms such as ‘totes amaze-balls’ from ITV2 reality-soap The Only Way is Essex to bring it into 2013. The mother-of-two said many of the Austen themes were transferable to the 21st Century claiming many women are still driven by the sex appeal of money. Miss Trollope went on to joke that nobody ever had slept with Formula One billionaire Bernie Ecclestone for his looks or that Fifty Shades of Grey character Christian Grey would not be as desirable if he was not as wealthy. Miss Trollope has written more than 30 novels but is best-known for her historical romance ‘The Rector’s Wife’. She said: ‘The one thing which Jane Austen understood was the sex appeal of money, and that’s a recurrence today. Do you really think anyone went to bed with Bernie Ecclestone for his good looks? ‘Fifty Shades of Grey would not have been an erotic best seller if Christian Grey had had no money. If that novel had been set in a bedsit above a take-away in suburban London it would have been a novel about sexual abuse and that is why it works.’ Defending her right to play around with the original Miss Trollope yesterday argued many fans found it ‘very difficult’ to read Austen and were more likely to watch the films. Miss Trollope’s Sense and Sensibility was released in October and she said: ‘People have to remember that I’m not writing a sequel. The problem we have is, there is a generation who claim to absolutely love her – they think they are Jane Austen fans but actually they know every frame of the films and the television. ‘The funny thing is people find Georgian English very hard to read, therefore most ‘fans’ seek adaptations. ‘‘When I was writing I took a paperback and I cannibalised it, I went through with a highlighter pen and looked to see which dialogue I wanted to use. ‘And I managed to translate Austen to ‘totes amazeballs’ and if you sit and watch The Only Way Is Essex the language is great so I had to have a play.’ Iconic scene: Mr Darcy emerging from a lake in TV¿s Pride and Prejudice is a scene many fans recall fondly . Sense and Sensibility was first adapted for television in 1981in a serial directed by Rodney Bennett then in 1995 it was made into film starring actress Emma Thompson. Most recently in 2008 the novel was once again adapted for television as part of an Austen series run by the BBC. Yesterday the romantic writer criticised devote ‘Janeities’ claiming their tributes to her are not in the spirit of Austen. The grandmother branded the Austen legacy as ‘Quality Street’ and argued it was wrong to ‘sanctify’ her. Miss Trollope, who is twice divorced and lives alone in London, added: ‘Janeites aren’t really in the spirit of Jane Austen. ‘I think she may have looked at ‘Jane Austen Day’ and gone – no god why. ‘There’s a slightly quality street element to what has become the Jane Austen legacy. ‘If you read her letters they are such fun, she’s mad about clothes and what everything costs and what we are going to have for dinner –They are full of parties and gossip. ‘She was a hugely intelligent women but she was very much of her time. She had a perfectly feminine appreciation of all the pleasures women would share. ‘To sanctify her and to make her separate her – to almond sugar coat her – is not doing her justice.’ Summarize this article.	Best-selling writer has faced a backlash from ‘Jane-ites' She said critics would have found it ‘very difficult’ to read Austen’s original . Author referenced social networking sites in adaptation .
The first mysterious camera-mounted car was spotted in California last week, and now new sightings of Apple's minivans have been posted online. At least two videos - one recorded in California, another filmed in Florida - suggest the top-secret project is more widespread than first thought. And rumours range from a Street View-style mapping service to an electric car that will rival Tesla or a self-driving van to rival Google. Scroll down for videos . After the first mysterious camera-mounted car was spotted in California last week, further sightings of Apple's minivans have been posted online. At least two videos - one recorded in California, another filmed in Florida (pictured) - suggest the top-secret project is more widespread than first thought . The Californian footage was sent to MacRumors and shows a silver people-carrier driving down a street in Palo Alto. The Florida recording was filmed on a highway in Coral Springs and uploaded by Apple Insider. This footage shows a white Dodge Caravan fitted with cameras on the roof. As the filmmaker pulls alongside the van, they wave at the two men inside. The passenger is seen concealing an iPad from view, while the driver points to the camera and drives off. Claims that Apple is building a car may seem like a leap, but it isn't the first time such projects have been discussed by the Californian firm. In an interview last year, Apple board member Mickey Drexler said that before his death in 2011 Steve Jobs had considered building a car. He told Paul Goldberger: 'Steve Jobs was gonna design an iCar. 'I think cars have an extraordinary opportunity for cool design.' Other reports have spotted the vans in Hawaii and Wisconsin. The latest vans haven't officially been confirmed as belonging to Apple, but the similarities with previous confirmed sightings suggests they are. The far-reaching nature of the project lends more weight to the claims Apple is developing a mapping service. With 12 cameras on top of the car, however, some have said that is too many for it to be a mapping car like Google's Street View. Plus, reports recently claimed Apple has several hundred employees developing an electric car at a secret lab. This project has been dubbed 'Titan'. This Apple research lab was reportedly set up late last year - meaning any car could still be years away - and is being overseen by Apple designer Sir Jonathan Ive. Apple could, of course, be using the vans for both projects. The Wall Street Journal added that hundreds of employees are working on the Titan project and boss Tim Cook approved the project close to a year ago. The Florida recording (pictured) was filmed in Coral Springs. This footage shows a white Dodge Caravan fitted with cameras on the roof. As the filmmaker pulls alongside the van, they wave at the two men inside and the passenger is seen concealing an iPad from view . The Californian footage (pictured) was sent to MacRumors and shows a silver people-carrier driving down a street in Palo Alto . These reports followed rumours that Apple was developing a vehicle as part of a project that 'will change the landscape and give Tesla a run for its money.' The claims were made in an email from an unnamed Apple employee. In an interview last year, Apple board member Mickey Drexler said that before his death in 2011, Steve Jobs had considered building a car. A unnamed Apple employee recently hinted that the tech giant is developing a vehicle as part of a project that 'will change the landscape and give Tesla a run for its money.' It followed sightings of an Apple-owned car fitted with cameras (pictured) in California . In particular, Apple may be working on an electric car to rival Tesla's range (the Tesla P85D is pictured) or the email could be referring to an advanced iPhone in-car control system that would rival Tesla's software . The head of self-driving cars for Google expects real people to be using them on public roads in two to five years. Chris Urmson said the cars would still be test vehicles, and Google would collect data on how they interact with other vehicles and pedestrians. But Mr Urmson wouldn't give a date for putting driverless cars on roads en masse, saying that the system has to be safe enough to work properly. He told reporters last month at the Automotive News World Congress in Detroit that he wants to reach the point where his test team no longer has to pilot the cars. He told Paul Goldberger: 'Steve Jobs was gonna design an iCar. I think cars have an extraordinary opportunity for cool design.' Alternatively, the Apple employee's email could be referring to an advanced iPhone in-car control system that would rival Tesla's software. The original Dodge van with the equipment on the top was spotted by the blog Claycord in San Francisco. The blog owners apparently asked the driver what he was doing, but he refused to give an answer. The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) confirmed the vehicle was leased to Apple. Last year, footage emerged of a self-driving Dodge Caravan that looked like the current Apple minivans. When contacted by MailOnline, Apple declined to comment on the car in question or what its purpose was. With 12 cameras on top of the mysterious Apple car, some have said that is too many for it to be a mapping car like Google's Street View (pictured left). Google launched its Street View technology in 2007, and has refined the technology ever since (Street View screenshot near Trafalgar Square in London pictured right) Alternatively, the vehicles spotted in California and Florida could be self-driving cars. The cameras on the mysterious vans could be used to scan the road and help engineers develop autonomous software, for example. If Apple was developing such systems, they would would rival Google's self-driving cars (pictured) Summarize this article.	At least two videos, in California and Florida, have been posted online . This suggests the top-secret project is more widespread than first thought . Rumours range from a Street View-style service to a Tesla-style electric car . In the Florida video, the passenger is seen concealing an iPad . The far-reaching nature of the project adds weight to mapping rumours . But reports claims Apple is building a self-driving 'Titan' car in a secret lab . Alternatively, the tech giant could be using the vehicles for both projects .
Question: Unicollis bicornis means: A. Two uterine cavity with one cervix B. Single vagina with double uterus C. Incomplete septum of uterus D. Double uterus and double cervix Answer:	A. Two uterine cavity with one cervix
Question: Tom has only been getting 6 hours of sleep a day. He increases that by 1/3. How many hours of sleep does he get per night? Answer:	He increases his sleep by 6/3=<<6/3=2>>2 hour per night So he now gets 6+2=<<6+2=8>>8 hours of sleep per night The answer is 8.
Question: Bryan works as a social media account manager. He does marketing posts, advertisement posts, and customer outreach posts. His client has him spend four hours on customer outreach posts and half that time on advertisement posts each day. Bryan works eight hours a day. How much time in hours each day does he spend on marketing posts? Answer:	Let M be the number of hours Bryan spends on marketing posts. He spends 4 / 2 = <<4/2=2>>2 hours on advertisement posts a day. He works M + 4 + 2 = 8 hours a day. Thus, Bryan spends M = 8 - 4 - 2 = <<8-4-2=2>>2 hours on marketing posts each day. The answer is 2.
Temple of the Dog: Temple of the Dog is a famous statue in Los Angeles . Claim: Temple of the Dog is a statue . A. True B. False C. Neither Answer:	A. True
By . Emily Andrews . PUBLISHED: . 08:09 EST, 20 March 2013 . \| . UPDATED: . 20:13 EST, 20 March 2013 . As if French women didn't have enough to crow about. Not only are they supposedly better dressed than British women, they look seven years younger by the time they reach 40, according to a study. Annoyingly, it's something we can't deny because the survey was carried out among British women. Participants were asked to look at photos of French women and guess their age. Politician Segolene Royal, 59, was thought to be 12 years younger, and Hollywood legend Catherine Deneuve, 69, was thought to be ten years younger. Actress Juliette Binoche, 49, was judged to be 41 . The politicians: The UK's Harriet Harman, 62, and French socialist, Ségolène Royal, 59 . Who looks best? French actress, Catherine Deneuve, 69, or the UK's Helen Mirren, 67 . However, the women were pretty sure . they knew their secret. Some 89 per cent said their youthful appearance . was down to their skincare regimes.Indeed, French ladies start using . creams and serums at least five years earlier than British women. More than a third of French women . start as early as 15, and by the age of 20, nearly two- thirds of them . are using specialist anti-ageing creams. British women generally don't start . using skincare until the age of 25, and even then only half of British . women that would have a consistent anti-ageing regime. And the French spend more on . anti-ageing products than anyone else in Europe, forking out £1.9billion . on facial skincare in 2009. British women spent less than half that, or . £854million. Escentual.com skincare expert Emma . Leslie said: 'British women tend to start using anti-ageing products . when they start to see the first effects of ageing, which can be a bit . too little too late. Top pick: French pharmacy brand, Avène, gets results thanks to its advanced formulae . Ageing gracefully: Coco Chanel actress, Audrey Tatou, and Britain's Kate Winslet are both in their 30s . 'French women, on the other hand, will often take preventative measures even when they are in their mid to late teens. 'French pharmacy skincare brands also lead the world in the latest anti-ageing research.' The French are by far the biggest spender on anti-ageing products in Europe and spent £1.9 billion on facial skincare in 2009 - an average expenditure of £78 for every woman over 15 in France. British women spend less than half that (£854 million) which may go some way to explain the comparatively wrinkle-free French visage. When British women were asked if French women's increased expenditure had worked for them 90 per cent said they thought it had, while 51 per cent said they would be happy to spend more if it got the same results. Stunning in their 40s: The UK's Catherine Zeta-Jones, 43, and France's Juliette Binoche, 48 . Emma Leslie, Beauty Editor at Escentual.com, reveals her top five French anti-ageing heroes: . Eau Themale Avene Ystheal+ Crème, £16.47: 'A global anti-ager for sensitive skin' Caudalie Premier Cru The Cream, £83.25: 'Luxury anti-ageing cream that immediately boosts the skins radiance and minimizes the signs of ageing.' Caudalie Vinexpert Firming Serum, £40.50: 'A targeted lifting serum.' La Roche-Posay Redermic C UV Sensitive Skin Fill-In Care, £19: 'Anti-wrinkle, resurfacing, added sun protection.' Nuxe Nuxellence Jeunesse Youth and Radiance Revealing Fluid, £30.66: 'An all-in-one brightening, energising and anti-ageing fluid.' Summarize this article.	89 per cent of British women think the French age the most gracefully . French anti-ageing skincare is considered the best by those polled . French women spend £1.9 billion on skincare every year . By contrast, UK women spend just £854 million in the same period .
Monosodium glutamate: MSG is used in the food industry as a flavor enhancer with an umami taste that intensifies the meaty , sweet flavor of food , as naturally occurring glutamate does in foods such as stews and meat soups . Claim: MSG has a savory flavor . A. True B. False C. Neither Answer:	B. False
Passage: Listen to this. Donna Walsh and Tanisha Ware were driving to the restaurant but got into a fender bender on their way there. This resulted in a yelling match in the middle of the road. Tanisha Ware got out of the car and started yelling at the other driver while Donna Walsh sat back embarrassed. Question: Who was yelling? A. Donna Walsh B. Tanisha Ware C. Unknown Answer:	B. Tanisha Ware
Question: Test tube rete pegs are the characteristics feature of : A. Dilantin hyperplasia. B. Lichen planus. C. Oral submocous fibrosis. D. All of the above. Answer:	A. Dilantin hyperplasia.
A student observes that mercury forms a convex meniscus in the graduated cylinder but that water forms a concave one. This behavior is best explained by the fact that: A. the two liquids are being kept in graduated cylinders made of different materials. B. the adhesive forces between water and the walls of the graduated cylinder are greater than the adhesive forces between the mercury and the walls of the graduated cylinder. C. the cohesive forces between two mercury atoms are stronger than the cohesive forces between two water molecules. D. the mercury has strong cohesive than adhesive forces, whereas water has strong adhesive than cohesive ones. Answer:	D. the mercury has strong cohesive than adhesive forces, whereas water has strong adhesive than cohesive ones.
Question: James listens to super-fast music. It is 200 beats per minute. He listens to 2 hours of music a day. How many beats does he hear per week? Answer:	He listens to 260=<<260=120>>120 minutes of music a day So he hears 200120=<<200120=24000>>24000 beats per day That means he hears 24,0007=<<240007=168000>>168,000 beats per week The answer is 168000.
Question: BRCA 1 & 2 genes are located on chromosomes A. 13 & 17 B. 17 & 22 C. 17 & 13 D. 13 & 22 Answer:	C. 17 & 13
Passage: Students at the local high school often get top marks, as is the case for Peter Chan, whose parents are scientists, and Omar Boushaki, whose parents are scientists. The first one, Peter Chan, is constantly being forced to work with tutors and study in order to graduate at the top of the class, whereas the other one's parents celebrate all accomplishments, but they never add extra pressure. Question: Whose parents are supportive of their learning, regardless of grades? A. Cannot answer B. Omar Boushaki, the scientists' child C. Peter Chan, the scientists' child Answer:	B. Omar Boushaki, the scientists' child
(CNN)What? Not enough snow, ice and cold for you? You say you STILL need some "Frozen" references in your life? Well, this ought to quench that need for freeze: Ice has suddenly blossomed across the Great Lakes, with the ice pack nearly doubling in just a little more than a week. The lakes are now more than 85% iced over, according to the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, with Lake Erie leading the way at more than 98%. For the first time in (not quite) forever, Niagara Falls looks pretty much frozen, too. And here's the thing ... people are going there! And not in a "Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un is going, so we better go and smile, too" way. These folks are going voluntarily. Niagara Falls has been doing steady business in recent days, CNN affiliate WKBW reported. "I haven't seen it like this in a long, long time," one visitor, Maryann McCleary, told the station. Some tourists had come from as far away as Alabama and even from overseas, the station said. Niagara Falls isn't exactly frozen over; water is still flowing underneath the ice. It's not uncommon for parts of the falls to ice over in winter. The only recorded time the water flow stopped completely was in 1848, thanks to an ice jam upriver. Icy conditions are also par for the course in the Great Lakes. The current 85% coverage isn't a record; that would be 1979's 94.7%, according to the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. Last year's 92.5% peak was No. 2, the agency says. But there's still time for this year to contend for the record. The National Weather Service says extremely cold arctic air will allow for expansion of the ice coverage in the coming days. Queen Elsa, and her pint-sized fans, would be pleased. 115 million people are shivering . CNN's Christina Zdanowicz, Jareen Imam and special to CNN Amanda Jackson contributed to this story. Summarize this article.	Ice has suddenly blossomed across the Great Lakes, putting a record in reach . Niagara Falls looks iced over as well, drawing even more tourists to the site .
Passage: There's two new students in math class, Elizabeth and Robert. Both just moved from out of state. Robert was excited and jumped in right away answering the teacher's questions and offering great explanations, while Elizabeth stayed quiet and later asked to be moved down a level after failing to understand any of the lesson. Question: Who performs well in math? A. Can't be determined B. Elizabeth C. Robert Answer:	C. Robert
Passage: Crusoe (the family name corrupted from the German name "Kreutznaer") sets sail from the Queen's Dock in Hull on a sea voyage in August 1651, against the wishes of his parents, who want him to pursue a career, possibly in law. After a tumultuous journey where his ship is wrecked in a storm, his lust for the sea remains so strong that he sets out to sea again. This journey, too, ends in disaster, as the ship is taken over by Salé pirates (the Salé Rovers) and Crusoe is enslaved by a Moor. Two years later, he escapes in a boat with a boy named Xury; a captain of a Portuguese ship off the west coast of Africa rescues him. The ship is en route to Brazil. Crusoe sells Xury to the captain. With the captain's help, Crusoe procures a plantation. Years later, Crusoe joins an expedition to bring slaves from Africa, but he is shipwrecked in a storm about forty miles out to sea on an island (which he calls the Island of Despair) near the mouth of the Orinoco river on 30 September 1659. The details of Crusoe's island were probably based on the Caribbean island of Tobago, since that island lies a short distance north of the Venezuelan coast near the mouth of the Orinoco river, in sight of Trinidad. He observes the latitude as 9 degrees and 22 minutes north. He sees penguins and seals on his island. (However, seals and penguins live together in the Northern Hemisphere only around the Galápagos Islands.) As for his arrival there, only he and three animals, the captain's dog and two cats, survive the shipwreck. Overcoming his despair, he fetches arms, tools and other supplies from the ship before it breaks apart and sinks. He builds a fenced-in habitat near a cave which he excavates. By making marks in a wooden cross, he creates a calendar. By using tools salvaged from the ship, and some he makes himself from "ironwood", he hunts, grows barley and rice, dries grapes to make raisins, learns to make pottery and raises goats. He also adopts a small parrot. He reads the Bible and becomes religious, thanking God for his fate in which nothing is missing but human society. More years pass and Crusoe discovers native cannibals, who occasionally visit the island to kill and eat prisoners. At first he plans to kill them for committing an abomination but later realizes he has no right to do so, as the cannibals do not knowingly commit a crime. He dreams of obtaining one or two servants by freeing some prisoners; when a prisoner escapes, Crusoe helps him, naming his new companion "Friday" after the day of the week he appeared. Crusoe then teaches him English and converts him to Christianity. After more natives arrive to partake in a cannibal feast, Crusoe and Friday kill most of the natives and save two prisoners. One is Friday's father and the other is a Spaniard, who informs Crusoe about other Spaniards shipwrecked on the mainland. A plan is devised wherein the Spaniard would return to the mainland with Friday's father and bring back the others, build a ship, and sail to a Spanish port. Before the Spaniards return, an English ship appears; mutineers have commandeered the vessel and intend to maroon their captain on the island. Crusoe and the ship's captain strike a deal in which Crusoe helps the captain and the loyal sailors retake the ship and leave the worst mutineers on the island. Before embarking for England, Crusoe shows the mutineers how he survived on the island and states that there will be more men coming. Crusoe leaves the island 19 December 1686 and arrives in England on 11 June 1687. He learns that his family believed him dead; as a result, he was left nothing in his father's will. Crusoe departs for Lisbon to reclaim the profits of his estate in Brazil, which has granted him much wealth. In conclusion, he transports his wealth overland to England to avoid travelling by sea. Friday accompanies him and, en route, they endure one last adventure together as they fight off famished wolves while crossing the Pyrenees. Question: What career does Robinson Crusoe's parent's want him to pursue? Answer:	They want him to be a lawyer.
Question: Eddy’s spider plant produces 2 baby plants 2 times a year. After 4 years, how many baby plants will the mother plant have produced? Answer:	The mother plant produces 2 baby plants 2 times a year so it produces 22 = <<22=4>>4 plants a year It produces 4 plants a year so after 4 years it will produce 44 = <<44=16>>16 baby plants The answer is 16.
Question: Organ of corti is located IN- A. Membranous labyrinth B. Bony Labyrinth C. Middle ear D. Medulla oblongata Answer:	A. Membranous labyrinth
Passage: The two co-workers, an Arab man and an Arab woman, were discussing their marriages and relationships to their spouses. Question: Which person is submissive to their spouse? A. The Arab man B. The Arab woman C. Can't be determined Answer:	C. Can't be determined
Question: There are 4 more Muscovy ducks than Cayugas, and 3 more than twice as many Cayugas as Khaki Campbells. If there are 90 ducks total, how many Muscovies are there? Answer:	Let x represent the number of Khaki Campbell ducks. Cayugas:3+2x Muscovies:4+(3+2x)=7+2x Total: x+3+2x+7+2x=90 5x+10=90 5x=80 x=<<16=16>>16 Muscovy: 7+2(16)=39 The answer is 39.
Passage: Eighteen-year–old Charity Royall is bored with life in the small town of North Dormer. She is a librarian and ward of North Dormer’s premier citizen, Lawyer Royall. While working at the library, Charity meets visiting architect Lucius Harney. When Harney’s cousin, Miss Hatchard, with whom he is boarding, leaves the village, Harney becomes Mr. Royall’s boarder, and Charity his companion while he explores buildings for a book on colonial houses he is preparing. Mr. Royall, who once tried to force his way into Charity's bedroom after his wife's death, and later asked her to marry him, notices their growing closeness. He tries to put a stop to it by telling Harney he can no longer accommodate him in his house. Harney makes it appear as though he has left town, but only moves to a nearby village and continues to communicate with Charity. On a trip to Nettleton, Harney kisses Charity for the first time and buys her a present of a brooch. Afterwards they run into a drunken Mr. Royall, who is accompanied by prostitutes. Mr. Royall verbally abuses Charity, causing her to become overwhelmed with shame. After the trip, Charity and Harney begin a sexual relationship. At a ceremony during North Dormer’s Old Home Week, Charity sees Harney with Annabel Balch, a society girl whom she envies. Afterwards, Charity goes to the abandoned house where she and Harney usually meet. Mr. Royall unexpectedly shows up and, when Harney arrives, Mr. Royall asks him sarcastically if that is where he intends to live after he marries Charity. After an angry Mr. Royall leaves, Harney promises Charity that he is going to marry her, but that he has to go away for a while first. After Harney has left the town, Charity’s friend Ally lets slip that she saw him leave with Annabel Balch, to whom he is engaged to be married. Charity writes a letter to Harney telling him to do the right thing and marry Annabel. Charity has been feeling unwell, so she goes to Dr. Merkle ("a plump woman with small bright eyes, an immense mass of black hair coming down low on her forehead, and unnaturally white and even teeth"), who confirms her suspicion that she is pregnant. After the examination Dr. Merkle charges five dollars, and Charity, not having enough money to cover it, has to leave the brooch Harney gave her. When she gets home she reads a letter from Harney that makes her realize that, despite his promises, he is unlikely to break his engagement to Miss Balch. Charity decides she cannot stay at home and so makes her way to the mountain, intending to look for her mother. On the way she sees the minister, Mr. Miles, and her friend Liff Hyatt. They are on their way to the mountain because Charity’s mother is dying. When they arrive, Charity’s mother is already dead, and the three of them bury her. Charity stays on the mountain overnight, where she sees the abject poverty and resolves not to raise her child there. She decides that she is going to be a prostitute, and with the money she earns she will hire someone to take care of her child. On the way home she meets Mr. Royall, who has come to pick her up. He offers to marry her. After Charity marries Mr. Royall in Nettleton, she realizes that he knows she is pregnant and has married her only to protect her. He gives her money to buy clothes, but instead she goes to Dr. Merkle to get her brooch back. Dr. Merkle has heard of her marriage to Mr. Royall and demands a large sum for returning the brooch. Rather than paying the money, Charity quickly grabs the brooch and rushes from the office (in a few editions of the novel, she leaves the money with Merkle). Charity writes a last letter to Harney, telling him about her marriage, and finally returns to North Dormer to live with Mr. Royall. Question: What did Charity do for her job? Answer:	Librarian.
Question: Hakeem has always loved artichoke dip and plans to make it this weekend. He has $15 dollars to buy artichokes and can find the rest of the ingredients at home. It takes 3 artichokes to make 5 ounces of dip. How many ounces can he make if artichokes cost $1.25 each? Answer:	He can buy 12 artichokes because 15 / 1.25 = <<15/1.25=12>>12 Each artichoke makes 5/3 ounces of dip because there are 3 artichokes per 5 ounces He can make 20 ounces of dip because 12 x (5/3) = 60/3 = <<12*(5/3)=20>>20 The answer is 20.
Passage: When discussing politics, Blanca Hernandez and Jorge Aguilar got into a heated debate. Question: Which person supports access to birth control? A. Blanca Hernandez B. Cannot answer C. Jorge Aguilar Answer:	B. Cannot answer
Passage: Ivory Jefferson, who's a bartender, and Grace Le, who's a bartender, were in the line to check out in the grocery store. Ivory Jefferson used a SNAP card to pay for groceries, while Grace Le used a black Amex card. Question: Which person has an exclusive credit card? A. Grace Le, the bartender B. Ivory Jefferson, the bartender C. Not known Answer:	A. Grace Le, the bartender
What inspired Solis and Breakenridge to coin the term PR 2.0? A. the static nature of PR as a result of traditional media B. the influence of one-way communication on the field of PR C. the reinvention of PR as a result of new media D. the reinvention of PR as a result of advertising Answer:	C. the reinvention of PR as a result of new media
Passage: Michael and Elizabeth are old friends, even though Michael is from a poor family and Elizabeth is from a well-off family. They're each going to be starting a family very soon! Question: Who will be a caring parent? A. Michael B. Not known C. Elizabeth Answer:	B. Not known
Passage: Juan Vazquez and Shanice Dorsey both spoke to the principal about their children being bullied. Question: Which person yelled at the principal? A. Shanice Dorsey B. Not enough info C. Juan Vazquez Answer:	B. Not enough info
Passage: Architect Peter Mitchell (Tom Selleck), cartoonist Michael Kellam (Steve Guttenberg), and actor Jack Holden (Ted Danson) are happy living their lives as bachelors in their lofty New York City apartment where they have frequent parties and flings with different women. Their lives are disrupted when a baby named Mary arrives on their doorstep one day. A note with her, written by a lady named Sylvia, indicates that she is Jack's, the result of a tryst between the actor and actress. Mary arrives in his absence â he is in Turkey shooting a B movie, leaving Peter and Michael to fend for themselves in taking care of her. Prior to leaving, Jack had made arrangements with a director friend to have a "package" delivered to the apartment as a favor. Before Mary's arrival, he calls and leaves a message with Peter and Michael informing them of it and to keep it a secret per the director friend's wishes. When she arrives, they mistakenly believe she is "the package", even though there is a note from her mother. Peter and Michael are totally befuddled on how to care for Mary, and Peter leaves to go buy whatever supplies are needed. While he is gone, Mrs. Hathaway (Cynthia Harris), the landlady, delivers a small box (which is the actual "package" containing heroin) to the apartment and Michael tosses it aside while trying to keep Mary under control. After Peter returns, they eventually figure out her proper care, right down to diaper changes, baths, and feedings. The next day, two men (who are drug dealers) arrive at the apartment to pick up the package. Peter and Michael mistakenly give Mary to them instead, and shortly after they leave, Peter discovers the actual package. He runs downstairs to intercept them, but trips and stumbles, and the package's contents spill. He gathers it and retrieves Mary from them, but retains the heroin while allowing them to take a can of powdered milk. After the exchange, a police officer attempts to ticket them for illegal parking, but they escape. He accosts Peter and detains him in the apartment until Sgt. Melkowitz (Philip Bosco), a narcotics officer, arrives to question him and Michael about the drugs. They successfully hide them from him during the interrogation, in which they learn that Jack's friend is a drug dealer as well. He leaves with suspicions and puts them and the apartment under surveillance. Peter and Michael are able to persuade Mrs. Hathaway to babysit Mary while they work. Once they get home, however, they find her bound and gagged and the apartment ransacked, apparently by the dealers demanding the heroin. Mary is safe, however. They continue with their care of her, adjusting to surrogate fatherhood and growing attached to her, until Jack returns. Once Jack returns, Peter and Michael question him about the entire drug deal and Mary. He replies that he knew nothing about the heroin and initially denies everything about Mary until he reads the note from Sylvia. He then recalls the tryst that eventually led to her being born. Peter and Michael do not hesitate in taking their revenge and passing all responsibility of looking after her to him, but he quickly grows to love her. Later, Peter discovers in the mail a news clipping of Jack's director friend being hospitalized after a mugging (presumably by the drug dealers), with a handwritten note, "Don't let this happen to you." They formulate a plan to meet and trap them when they negotiate a deal to deliver the illicit goods. With a recording of the conversation, they prove their innocence to Melkowitz and the dealers are arrested. By now, they have fully embraced their role as Mary's guardians. However, one morning, Sylvia (Nancy Travis) arrives, asking for her back intending to take her to London to live with her family. Handing her over, they quickly find themselves miserable and desperately missing her. Deciding to stop her and Sylvia from leaving, they rush to the airport to try and persuade the latter to stay, but they arrive just as her plane is backing up from the gate. Defeated, they return home, where they find both Mary and Sylvia, who did not go to London after all. Sylvia tearfully explains she doesn't want to give up her acting career but can't do so if she has to raise Mary alone, so Peter quickly invites her and Mary to move in with them with Jack and Michael's agreement, and she agrees. Question: Where was Sylvia and Mary while Peter was at the airport? Answer:	Back at Peters apartment as she didn't want to raise Mary alone
Weill Cornell Medicine: Weill Cornell Medicine is the law research unit and law school of Cornell University , a private Ivy League university . Claim: Weill Cornell Medicine is a school involved in the teaching and research of medicine . A. True B. False C. Neither Answer:	B. False
Passage: Mark Obrien and Susan Hansen were shopping together. Mark Obrien bought things they really didn't need and bought a lot. Susan Hansen bought only the things they really needed. Question: Which person is materialistic? A. Unknown B. Mark Obrien C. Susan Hansen Answer:	B. Mark Obrien
Passage: Tommy Stubbins, the narrator of the story, finds an squirrel injured by a hawk so the mussel man informs him to get help from Doctor Dolittle. Tommy goes to Mathew Mugg to find out where the doctor lives who tells him that the Doctor can speak the language of animals so they go to his house but find out he's gone away on a voyage and is guarded by the his dog Jip. Later the Doctor comes home to meet Tommy and takes care of his squirrel then explains when Tommy see's a strange fish creature in his house that it's a Wiff-Waff and is trying to learn shellfish language but eventually he quits it as it is too hard to study. Unexpectedly Polynesia turns up in Puddleby from Africa who imforms the Doctor that Bumpo is studying in Bullford then Tommy gets the Doctor, with the help of Poynesia, to teach him the animal languages. After Polynesia teaches Tommy the language of animals, so he can understand Jip and Dub-Dub, Chee-Chee comes from Africa disguised as a lady and tells about his voyage to Puddleby. The Doctor then gets a vessel called The Curlew and is thinking of taking Tommy, Polynesia, and Luke the Hermit. They find out from the hermit's dog, Bob, that he was sent to prison for murder but Bob is a witness so when the court is in process the Doctor proves to the judge that he can talk to animals, when this is settled he translates Bob's story to english. When the story is finished the judges conclude that the hermit is innocent. Later the Purple Bird of Paradise informs the Doctor that Long Arrow, son of Golden Arrow, who is a friend of the Doctor, is missing so after they play the game Blind Travel, which would determine where in the world they would voyage, they decide to take a trip to Spider Monkey Island to find Long Arrow. The Doctor, Tommy, Bumpo, Polynesia and Mathew start the voyage across the sea but on the way they discover some stowaways and drop them off at the coast off Puddleby. Their first stop is Spain where a bullfight is in process so the Doctor makes a deal with the bullfighters that if he can beat them in a fight they would agree to stop bullfighting ever again. The Doctor talks to the bulls and they agreed to stick to the plan to make everyone think that he outwitted them. When the fight is over and the doctor wins against the other bullfighters the people protest because of bullfighting being banned. When the doctor and his crew set off again the Doctor shows Tommy he has caught a fidgit that talks english so he consults it and finds out that to go underwater deeper to observe the ocean is to find the Pink Sea Snail. Afterwards there is a storm which wrecks the ship leaving Tommy alone without anyone in sight then the Purple Bird of Paradise tells him that his friends are on Spider Monkey Island so with the help of the porpoises Tommy reaches the island and the crew. The doctor finds out from catching a Jabizri, a rare beetle, that Long Arrow is stuck inside Hawk's Head Mountain so they try to find an opening but fail so they use the Jabizri to locate it. When the find a slab in the mountain they dig under it until it collapses and Long Arrow is free. The Doctor finds out from the people of the island that the island is going southward and is going to perish so the doctor gets some whales to push the island back to South America. After this the Doctor is told by the Popsipetels, the people of the island, that they will be attacked soon by their rivals the Bag-jagderags so the Doctor uses the birds of the island as well as the Popsipetels to battle them. The Doctor and his army win but the people then decide after so much he did for them that they would crown him king of their island. So for many months the doctor rules the island and makes good changes for the Popsipetels and everything as he stays king. One day though Polynesia spots the Pink Sea Snail so she and Tommy tell the Doctor about it which makes him interested in speaking shellfish language again. He talks to the Pink Sea Snail and learns that it is because of the island colliding with South America that it ends up on the shores of Spider Monkey Island so the Doctor asks the snail to take him in his shell with his crew back to England. The Doctor abandons Spider Monkey Island and sets off with Polynesia, Tommy, Mathew, Chee-Chee and Jip and makes his journey through the ocean in the shell of the Pink Sea Snail. When they come back to England the Doctor and his crew go back to Puddleby in the doctor's house and Dub-Dub says they are just in time for tea. Question: Which creatures help Tommy to reach Spider Monkey Island and the crew? Answer:	Porpoises.
Travel restrictions related to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic: Peru restricts access to the interior of the country from 12:00 on 17 March . * : Claim: All flights to Paraguay were suspended until 26 April , 2020 . A. True B. False C. Neither Answer:	C. Neither
Passage: The story begins before the three-quarters wolf-dog hybrid is born, with two men and their sled dog team on a journey to deliver a coffin to a remote town named Fort McGurry in the higher area of the Yukon Territory, Canada. The men, Bill and Henry, are stalked by a large pack of starving wolves over the course of several days. Finally, after all of their dogs and Bill have been eaten, four more teams find Henry trying to escape from the wolves; the wolf pack scatters when they hear the large group of people coming. The story then follows the pack, which has been robbed of its last prey. When the pack finally brings down a moose, the famine is ended; they eventually split up, and the story now follows a she-wolf and her mate, One Eye. The she-wolf gives birth to a litter of five cubs by the Mackenzie River, and all but one die from hunger. One Eye is killed by a lynx while trying to rob her den for food for the she-wolf and her cub; his mate later discovers his remains near the lynx's den. The surviving cub and the she-wolf are left to fend for themselves. Shortly afterward (possibly as revenge), the she-wolf kills all the lynx's kittens to feed her cub, prompting the lynx to track her down, and a vicious fight breaks out. The she-wolf eventually kills the lynx but suffers severe injury; the lynx carcass is devoured over a period of seven days as the she-wolf recovers from her injuries. The cub comes across five Native Americans one day, and the she-wolf comes to his rescue. One man, Grey Beaver, recognizes the she-wolf as Kiche, his brother's wolfdog, who left during a famine. Grey Beaver's brother is dead, so he takes Kiche and her cub and christens the cub White Fang. White Fang has a harsh life in the Indian camp; the current puppy pack, seeing him as a wolf, immediately attacks him. The Indians save him, but the pups never accept him, and the leader, Lip-lip, singles him out for persecution. White Fang grows to become a savage, callous, morose, solitary, and deadly fighter, "the enemy of his kind". It is at this time that White Fang is separated from his mother who is sold off to another Indian Camp. He realizes how hard life in the wild is when he runs away from camp and earns the respect of Gray Beaver when he saves his son Mit-Sah from a gang of bullies. When a famine occurs, he runs away into the woods and reunites with his mother Kiche, only for her to chase him away for she has a new litter of Cubs. He also encounters Lip-Lip whom he fights and kills before returning to the camp. When White Fang is five years old, he is taken to Fort Yukon so that Grey Beaver can trade with the gold-hunters. There, he is bought with several bottles of whiskey by a dog-fighter, Beauty Smith, who gets Grey Beaver addicted to alcohol. White Fang defeats all opponents pitted against him, including several wolves and a lynx, until a bulldog called Cherokee is brought in to fight him. Cherokee has the upper hand in the fight when he grips the skin and fur of White Fang's neck and begins to throttle him. White Fang nearly suffocates but is rescued when a rich, young gold hunter, Weedon Scott, stops the fight and forcefully buys White Fang from Beauty Smith. Scott attempts to tame White Fang, and after a long, patient effort, he succeeds. When Scott attempts to return to California alone, White Fang pursues him, and Scott decides to take the dog with him back home. In Sierra Vista, White Fang must adjust to the laws of the estate. At the end of the book, a murderous criminal, Jim Hall, tries to kill Scott's father, Judge Scott, for sentencing him to prison, not knowing that Hall was "railroaded". White Fang kills Hall and is nearly killed himself but survives. As a result, the women of Scott's estate name him "The Blessed Wolf." The story ends with White Fang relaxing in the sun with the puppies he has fathered with the sheep-dog Collie. Question: Who rescues white fang? Answer:	Scott
Passage: Students at the local high school often get top marks, as is the case for Andrew Chan, whose parents are pharmacists, and DeShawn Singleton, whose parents are pharmacists. The first one, Andrew Chan, is constantly being forced to work with tutors and study in order to graduate at the top of the class, whereas the other one's parents celebrate all accomplishments, but they never add extra pressure. Question: Whose parents are supportive of their learning, regardless of grades? A. DeShawn Singleton, the pharmacists' child B. Andrew Chan, the pharmacists' child C. Can't answer Answer:	A. DeShawn Singleton, the pharmacists' child
Question: Kim takes 4 classes in school that last 2 hours each. She drops 1 class. How many hours of classes does she have now have per day? Answer:	She is now in 4-1=<<4-1=3>>3 classes So she spends 32=<<32=6>>6 hours in school The answer is 6.
Passage: McTeague is a dentist of limited intellect from a poor miner's family, who has opened a dentist shop on Polk Street in San Francisco. (His first name is never revealed; other characters in the novel call him simply "Mac".) His best friend, Marcus Schouler, brings his cousin, Trina Sieppe, whom he is courting, to McTeague's parlor for dental work. McTeague becomes infatuated with her while working on her teeth, and Marcus graciously steps aside. McTeague successfully woos Trina. Shortly after McTeague and Trina have kissed and declared their love for each other, Trina discovers that she has won $15,000 from a lottery ticket. In the ensuing celebration Trina's mother, Mrs Sieppe, announces that McTeague and Trina are to marry. Marcus becomes jealous of McTeague, and claims that he has been cheated out of money that would have been rightfully his if he had married Trina. The marriage takes place, and Mrs Sieppe, along with the rest of Trina's family, move away from San Francisco, leaving her alone with McTeague. Trina proves to be a parsimonious wife; she refuses to touch the principal of her $15,000, which she invests with her uncle. She insists that she and McTeague must live on the earnings from McTeague's dental practice, the small income from the $15,000 investment, and the bit of money she earns from carving small wooden figures of Noah's animals and his Ark for sale in her uncle's shop. Secretly, she accumulates penny-pinched savings in a locked trunk. Though the couple are happy, the friendship between Marcus and Mac deteriorates. More than once the two men come to grips; each time McTeague's immense physical strength prevails, and eventually he breaks Marcus' arm in a fight. When Marcus recovers, he goes south, intending to become a rancher; before he leaves, he visits the McTeagues, and he and Mac part apparently as friends. Catastrophe strikes when McTeague is debarred from practising dentistry by the authorities; it becomes clear that before leaving, Marcus has taken revenge on Mac by informing city hall that he has no license or degree. McTeague loses his practice and the couple are forced to move into successively poorer quarters as Trina becomes more and more miserly. Their life together deteriorates until McTeague takes all Trina's domestic savings (amounting to $400 or roughly $10,000 in 2010 values) and abandons her. Meanwhile, Trina falls completely under the spell of money and withdraws the principal of her prior winnings in gold from her uncle's firm so she can admire and handle the coins in her room, at one point spreading them over her bed and rolling around in them. When McTeague returns, destitute once more, she refuses to give him money even for food. Aggravated and made violent by whisky, McTeague beats her to death. He takes the entire hoard of gold and heads out to a mining community that he had left years before. Sensing pursuit, he makes his way south towards Mexico; meanwhile, Marcus hears of the murder and joins the hunt for McTeague, finally catching him in Death Valley. In the middle of the desert Marcus and McTeague fight over McTeague's remaining water and, when that is lost and they are already doomed, over Trina's $15,000. McTeague kills Marcus, but as he dies, Marcus handcuffs himself to McTeague. The final, dramatic image of the novel is one of McTeague stranded, alone and helpless. He is left with only the company of Marcus's corpse, to whom he is handcuffed, in the desolate, arid waste of Death Valley. Question: What does Marcus intend to go become? Answer:	A rancher

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