Question: What are the majority of inmates confined in B.C.D.C doing?

Many inmates do not get the required medical care, the motion says. “It must be remembered that the great majority of those confined in B.C.D.C. are awaiting trial, and so, under our Constitution, may not be punished,” the motion said, referring to the Baltimore City Detention Center. “Moreover, even for those confined in the jail who have been convicted, the Constitution does not permit them to be punished by denial of medical or mental health care, or by subjecting them to conditions of confinement that are unreasonably dangerous or inconsistent with human dignity.” The problem has been long in the making as Baltimore did not invest in upkeep of the jail, the oldest sections of which date from the 1850s, said Elizabeth Alexander, the former director of the National Prison Project of the A.C.L.U. and one of the lawyers who filed the motion. “There have been decades of neglect; this didn’t just happen in a day,” she said. “Lack of staff, lack of resources and ultimately a lack of priority for people who don’t have much influence in society all led to this.”

Answer: awaiting trial

Many inmates do not get the required medical care, the motion says. <hl> “It must be remembered that the great majority of those confined in B.C.D.C. are awaiting trial , and so, under our Constitution, may not be punished,” the motion said, referring to the Baltimore City Detention Center. <hl> “Moreover, even for those confined in the jail who have been convicted, the Constitution does not permit them to be punished by denial of medical or mental health care, or by subjecting them to conditions of confinement that are unreasonably dangerous or inconsistent with human dignity.” The problem has been long in the making as Baltimore did not invest in upkeep of the jail, the oldest sections of which date from the 1850s, said Elizabeth Alexander, the former director of the National Prison Project of the A.C.L.U. and one of the lawyers who filed the motion. “There have been decades of neglect; this didn’t just happen in a day,” she said. “Lack of staff, lack of resources and ultimately a lack of priority for people who don’t have much influence in society all led to this.”

Many inmates do not get the required medical care, the motion says. “It must be remembered that the great majority of those confined in B.C.D.C. are <hl> awaiting trial <hl>, and so, under our Constitution, may not be punished,” the motion said, referring to the Baltimore City Detention Center. “Moreover, even for those confined in the jail who have been convicted, the Constitution does not permit them to be punished by denial of medical or mental health care, or by subjecting them to conditions of confinement that are unreasonably dangerous or inconsistent with human dignity.” The problem has been long in the making as Baltimore did not invest in upkeep of the jail, the oldest sections of which date from the 1850s, said Elizabeth Alexander, the former director of the National Prison Project of the A.C.L.U. and one of the lawyers who filed the motion. “There have been decades of neglect; this didn’t just happen in a day,” she said. “Lack of staff, lack of resources and ultimately a lack of priority for people who don’t have much influence in society all led to this.”

“It must be remembered that the great majority of those confined in B.C.D.C. are <hl> awaiting trial <hl> , and so, under our Constitution, may not be punished,” the motion said, referring to the Baltimore City Detention Center.


Question: Who misses the central point of the debate

For Catholics, pastoral care for real people often trumps strong teaching — for example, when communion is offered to political leaders and military officials who lead a war judged to be unjust, like the 2003 invasion of Iraq. But divorced and remarried Catholics have been denied communion. Mr. Douthat misses the central point of debate, which is the degree to which all Christians who are thinking about what God requires should consider the experience, including intimate experience, of living neighbors.

Answer: Mr. Douthat

For Catholics, pastoral care for real people often trumps strong teaching — for example, when communion is offered to political leaders and military officials who lead a war judged to be unjust, like the 2003 invasion of Iraq. But divorced and remarried Catholics have been denied communion. <hl> Mr. Douthat misses the central point of debate, which is the degree to which all Christians who are thinking about what God requires should consider the experience, including intimate experience, of living neighbors. <hl>

For Catholics, pastoral care for real people often trumps strong teaching — for example, when communion is offered to political leaders and military officials who lead a war judged to be unjust, like the 2003 invasion of Iraq. But divorced and remarried Catholics have been denied communion. <hl> Mr. Douthat <hl> misses the central point of debate, which is the degree to which all Christians who are thinking about what God requires should consider the experience, including intimate experience, of living neighbors.


Question: Who is the composer behind "Guys and Dolls"?

Broadway Playhouse: Frank Loesser (Sunday) It’s time for small guys and dolls to learn about the adult ones who shared a spotlight on Broadway — and the man who helped bring them to life. At this program, the season’s conclusion to the Broadway Playhouse series at Merkin Concert Hall, which introduces classic musicals and their creators to the next generation of audiences, they can discover the world of Frank Loesser. The composer and lyricist behind “Guys and Dolls” and “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” Loesser also wrote a famous tune that could be an anthem for this winter: “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” Singalongs and interactive games are part of the fun. At 11 a.m., 129 West 67th Street, Manhattan, 212-501-3330, kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch.

Answer: Frank Loesser

<hl> Broadway Playhouse: Frank Loesser (Sunday) <hl> It’s time for small guys and dolls to learn about the adult ones who shared a spotlight on Broadway — and the man who helped bring them to life. At this program, the season’s conclusion to the Broadway Playhouse series at Merkin Concert Hall, which introduces classic musicals and their creators to the next generation of audiences, they can discover the world of Frank Loesser. The composer and lyricist behind “Guys and Dolls” and “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” Loesser also wrote a famous tune that could be an anthem for this winter: “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” Singalongs and interactive games are part of the fun. At 11 a.m., 129 West 67th Street, Manhattan, 212-501-3330, kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch.

Broadway Playhouse: <hl> Frank Loesser <hl> (Sunday) It’s time for small guys and dolls to learn about the adult ones who shared a spotlight on Broadway — and the man who helped bring them to life. At this program, the season’s conclusion to the Broadway Playhouse series at Merkin Concert Hall, which introduces classic musicals and their creators to the next generation of audiences, they can discover the world of Frank Loesser. The composer and lyricist behind “Guys and Dolls” and “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” Loesser also wrote a famous tune that could be an anthem for this winter: “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” Singalongs and interactive games are part of the fun. At 11 a.m., 129 West 67th Street, Manhattan, 212-501-3330, kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch.


Question: Who was the lead producer of Rotten

Oh cruel fate. You make a musical about two struggling playwrights who are always outshined by Shakespeare; the musical is nominated for 10 Tony Awards, and the only one it wins is for the guy who plays Shakespeare. The cheeky creators of “Something Rotten!” had been hoping for a different outcome. But licking their wounds was not going to help them bounce back, so, instead, they have embraced an unorthodox post-Tonys marketing strategy: calling attention to their plight. On Facebook, Twitter and in a full-page ad in The New York Times on Sunday, the show is trumpeting its status as “Loser!” in the best-musical race. The campaign notes that the show is not alone: a string of successful shows, from “West Side Story” to “Wicked,” had in previous years been passed over for best musical. “You’re always hoping that you’re going to win, but if you don’t, you have to think about how to position your show,” said Kevin McCollum, the lead producer of “Rotten!” “Very few shows have the confidence to go with the headline ‘Loser!,’ but it illustrates that we’re confident enough to acknowledge our loss and celebrate those that came before us.”

Answer: Kevin McCollum

Oh cruel fate. You make a musical about two struggling playwrights who are always outshined by Shakespeare; the musical is nominated for 10 Tony Awards, and the only one it wins is for the guy who plays Shakespeare. The cheeky creators of “Something Rotten!” had been hoping for a different outcome. But licking their wounds was not going to help them bounce back, so, instead, they have embraced an unorthodox post-Tonys marketing strategy: calling attention to their plight. On Facebook, Twitter and in a full-page ad in The New York Times on Sunday, the show is trumpeting its status as “Loser!” in the best-musical race. The campaign notes that the show is not alone: a string of successful shows, from “West Side Story” to “Wicked,” had in previous years been passed over for best musical. <hl> “You’re always hoping that you’re going to win, but if you don’t, you have to think about how to position your show,” said Kevin McCollum , the lead producer of “Rotten!” <hl> “Very few shows have the confidence to go with the headline ‘Loser!,’ but it illustrates that we’re confident enough to acknowledge our loss and celebrate those that came before us.”

Oh cruel fate. You make a musical about two struggling playwrights who are always outshined by Shakespeare; the musical is nominated for 10 Tony Awards, and the only one it wins is for the guy who plays Shakespeare. The cheeky creators of “Something Rotten!” had been hoping for a different outcome. But licking their wounds was not going to help them bounce back, so, instead, they have embraced an unorthodox post-Tonys marketing strategy: calling attention to their plight. On Facebook, Twitter and in a full-page ad in The New York Times on Sunday, the show is trumpeting its status as “Loser!” in the best-musical race. The campaign notes that the show is not alone: a string of successful shows, from “West Side Story” to “Wicked,” had in previous years been passed over for best musical. “You’re always hoping that you’re going to win, but if you don’t, you have to think about how to position your show,” said <hl> Kevin McCollum <hl>, the lead producer of “Rotten!” “Very few shows have the confidence to go with the headline ‘Loser!,’ but it illustrates that we’re confident enough to acknowledge our loss and celebrate those that came before us.”

“You’re always hoping that you’re going to win, but if you don’t, you have to think about how to position your show,” said <hl> Kevin McCollum <hl> , the lead producer of “Rotten!”


Question: Which nation may be less welcoming to foreign banks?

FRANKFURT — Anshu Jain, the co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank, chuckled when he was asked on Monday whether the United States had become inhospitable to foreign banks. “There is a big advantage to being American in America,” he said. In fact, zealous regulators and aggressive law enforcement authorities have prompted most other European banks to curtail their operations in the United States. On Monday, Deutsche Bank responded to the tense atmosphere with a sweeping plan to shrink its investment bank and reduce its dependence on borrowed money. The changes probably make Deutsche Bank less of a threat to the global financial system. But they are sure to raise questions about whether Germany’s signature bank can continue to compete in the same league as Goldman Sachs or JPMorgan Chase.

Answer: United States

<hl> FRANKFURT — Anshu Jain, the co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank, chuckled when he was asked on Monday whether the United States had become inhospitable to foreign banks. <hl> “There is a big advantage to being American in America,” he said. In fact, zealous regulators and aggressive law enforcement authorities have prompted most other European banks to curtail their operations in the United States. On Monday, Deutsche Bank responded to the tense atmosphere with a sweeping plan to shrink its investment bank and reduce its dependence on borrowed money. The changes probably make Deutsche Bank less of a threat to the global financial system. But they are sure to raise questions about whether Germany’s signature bank can continue to compete in the same league as Goldman Sachs or JPMorgan Chase.

FRANKFURT — Anshu Jain, the co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank, chuckled when he was asked on Monday whether the <hl> United States <hl> had become inhospitable to foreign banks. “There is a big advantage to being American in America,” he said. In fact, zealous regulators and aggressive law enforcement authorities have prompted most other European banks to curtail their operations in the United States. On Monday, Deutsche Bank responded to the tense atmosphere with a sweeping plan to shrink its investment bank and reduce its dependence on borrowed money. The changes probably make Deutsche Bank less of a threat to the global financial system. But they are sure to raise questions about whether Germany’s signature bank can continue to compete in the same league as Goldman Sachs or JPMorgan Chase.


Question: How many months has Christine's Store been open?

This little shop’s odd moniker is apt, given the creative pursuits of its trio of owners: an artist and poet, a mixologist and a former fashion magazine editor. Along an easy-to-miss alley, this seven-month-old boutique is jam-packed with quirky contemporary clothes and accessories as well as vintage items, mostly from Cambodia. Current offerings include ultra soft cotton T-shirts silkscreened with bespectacled cow heads ($18). 252 Alley of Ghosts (Pub Street Extension/New Street A); 855-15-378-088; ministryofapm.com In their 14-month-old whitewashed space on the second floor of a French Colonial-era apartment building, the Parisians Christine Gleizes and Regis Bastide curate an array of items based on Ms. Gleizes’s travels. Cotton wraps by the Senegalese-based designer Johanna Bramble, inspired by the sacred baobab tree, rely on a time-honored weaving method ($90 to $169). Trendy handbags from Vietnam by the French designer Valérie Cordier are a collage of colors and patterns evoking Latin America and Asia, using materials like denim, rivets and leather remnants ($63 to $145). 29, Street 9; 855-17-543-541; christines-store.com Hailed as Cambodia’s first concept shop in Phnom Penh, trunkh now has an outpost in Siem Reap with repurposed and newly designed items inspired by Cambodian everyday life. The Californian and Aussie owners of both shops sell Khmer objects they find on road trips like old, painted signs from a beauty shop and a veterinary hospital ($200 to $600). Their signature piece: a robin’s-egg shutter turned into a brushed-steel and glass table ($350).

Answer: 14-month

This little shop’s odd moniker is apt, given the creative pursuits of its trio of owners: an artist and poet, a mixologist and a former fashion magazine editor. Along an easy-to-miss alley, this seven-month-old boutique is jam-packed with quirky contemporary clothes and accessories as well as vintage items, mostly from Cambodia. Current offerings include ultra soft cotton T-shirts silkscreened with bespectacled cow heads ($18). 252 Alley of Ghosts (Pub Street Extension/New Street A); 855-15-378-088; ministryofapm.com <hl> In their 14-month -old whitewashed space on the second floor of a French Colonial-era apartment building, the Parisians Christine Gleizes and Regis Bastide curate an array of items based on Ms. Gleizes’s travels. <hl> Cotton wraps by the Senegalese-based designer Johanna Bramble, inspired by the sacred baobab tree, rely on a time-honored weaving method ($90 to $169). Trendy handbags from Vietnam by the French designer Valérie Cordier are a collage of colors and patterns evoking Latin America and Asia, using materials like denim, rivets and leather remnants ($63 to $145). 29, Street 9; 855-17-543-541; christines-store.com Hailed as Cambodia’s first concept shop in Phnom Penh, trunkh now has an outpost in Siem Reap with repurposed and newly designed items inspired by Cambodian everyday life. The Californian and Aussie owners of both shops sell Khmer objects they find on road trips like old, painted signs from a beauty shop and a veterinary hospital ($200 to $600). Their signature piece: a robin’s-egg shutter turned into a brushed-steel and glass table ($350).

This little shop’s odd moniker is apt, given the creative pursuits of its trio of owners: an artist and poet, a mixologist and a former fashion magazine editor. Along an easy-to-miss alley, this seven-month-old boutique is jam-packed with quirky contemporary clothes and accessories as well as vintage items, mostly from Cambodia. Current offerings include ultra soft cotton T-shirts silkscreened with bespectacled cow heads ($18). 252 Alley of Ghosts (Pub Street Extension/New Street A); 855-15-378-088; ministryofapm.com In their <hl> 14-month <hl>-old whitewashed space on the second floor of a French Colonial-era apartment building, the Parisians Christine Gleizes and Regis Bastide curate an array of items based on Ms. Gleizes’s travels. Cotton wraps by the Senegalese-based designer Johanna Bramble, inspired by the sacred baobab tree, rely on a time-honored weaving method ($90 to $169). Trendy handbags from Vietnam by the French designer Valérie Cordier are a collage of colors and patterns evoking Latin America and Asia, using materials like denim, rivets and leather remnants ($63 to $145). 29, Street 9; 855-17-543-541; christines-store.com Hailed as Cambodia’s first concept shop in Phnom Penh, trunkh now has an outpost in Siem Reap with repurposed and newly designed items inspired by Cambodian everyday life. The Californian and Aussie owners of both shops sell Khmer objects they find on road trips like old, painted signs from a beauty shop and a veterinary hospital ($200 to $600). Their signature piece: a robin’s-egg shutter turned into a brushed-steel and glass table ($350).

In their <hl> 14-month <hl> -old whitewashed space on the second floor of a French Colonial-era apartment building, the Parisians Christine Gleizes and Regis Bastide curate an array of items based on Ms. Gleizes’s travels.


Question: Which writer used to be a priest

DAVID PASINSKI Fayetteville, N.Y. The writer is a former priest. To the Editor: In the 1960s I met with the Jesuit head of theology at my former university. When he heard my medical history with childbirth, which included emergency surgery, seven transfusions and the last rites with the first birth, he said: “I fail to see how God will be honored by four motherless children. You should use birth control.”

Answer: DAVID PASINSKI

DAVID PASINSKI Fayetteville, N.Y.

<hl> DAVID PASINSKI Fayetteville, N.Y. <hl> The writer is a former priest. To the Editor: In the 1960s I met with the Jesuit head of theology at my former university. When he heard my medical history with childbirth, which included emergency surgery, seven transfusions and the last rites with the first birth, he said: “I fail to see how God will be honored by four motherless children. You should use birth control.”

<hl> DAVID PASINSKI <hl> Fayetteville, N.Y. The writer is a former priest. To the Editor: In the 1960s I met with the Jesuit head of theology at my former university. When he heard my medical history with childbirth, which included emergency surgery, seven transfusions and the last rites with the first birth, he said: “I fail to see how God will be honored by four motherless children. You should use birth control.”


Question: What have schools started placing more emphasis on?

So schools have evolved to place more emphasis on the collaborative filmmaking process. “Incoming students may know how to operate a camera,” said Bob Gazzale, president of the nonprofit American Film Institute in Los Angeles, whose conservatory counts directors like David Lynch and Terrence Malick as graduates. “What we teach them is how to work together to tell a story.” Schools are also changing to keep pace with the entertainment industry, which is unrecognizable compared to the days when Martin Scorsese was a film student at New York University and Michael Bay at Wesleyan. Computer-generated visual effects have replaced movie stars as the primary reason the masses buy tickets. China is rapidly becoming Hollywood’s No. 1 box office market. Netflix is now making movies at almost the same clip as Paramount. Big studios now expect filmmakers to help create spinoff video games. And television has stolen much of film’s cultural and financial heat. To keep up, administrators have broadened their curriculums. Film school used to essentially mean learning to direct, write and shoot a movie. Now students go to study television writing and production, digital media, computer animation or video game design. If a picture moves, there is a program for it. At the film school of the University of Texas, Austin, a class offers instruction in “virtual realities, cyborg identities, multimedia applications, technological convergence, digital divide and transnational politics.” Creating entertainment for an increasingly diverse audience — Hispanic moviegoers now drive the North American box office, according to industry data — is a growing focus in film schools across the board. Among the new classes in DePaul University’s film program: “Writing the Web Series.” You Wanna Work in Movies? Good Luck One very important aspect of film school has not changed: There is still no guarantee of a career.

Answer: collaborative filmmaking process

<hl> So schools have evolved to place more emphasis on the collaborative filmmaking process . <hl> “Incoming students may know how to operate a camera,” said Bob Gazzale, president of the nonprofit American Film Institute in Los Angeles, whose conservatory counts directors like David Lynch and Terrence Malick as graduates. “What we teach them is how to work together to tell a story.” Schools are also changing to keep pace with the entertainment industry, which is unrecognizable compared to the days when Martin Scorsese was a film student at New York University and Michael Bay at Wesleyan. Computer-generated visual effects have replaced movie stars as the primary reason the masses buy tickets. China is rapidly becoming Hollywood’s No. 1 box office market. Netflix is now making movies at almost the same clip as Paramount. Big studios now expect filmmakers to help create spinoff video games. And television has stolen much of film’s cultural and financial heat. To keep up, administrators have broadened their curriculums. Film school used to essentially mean learning to direct, write and shoot a movie. Now students go to study television writing and production, digital media, computer animation or video game design. If a picture moves, there is a program for it. At the film school of the University of Texas, Austin, a class offers instruction in “virtual realities, cyborg identities, multimedia applications, technological convergence, digital divide and transnational politics.” Creating entertainment for an increasingly diverse audience — Hispanic moviegoers now drive the North American box office, according to industry data — is a growing focus in film schools across the board. Among the new classes in DePaul University’s film program: “Writing the Web Series.” You Wanna Work in Movies? Good Luck One very important aspect of film school has not changed: There is still no guarantee of a career.

So schools have evolved to place more emphasis on the <hl> collaborative filmmaking process <hl>. “Incoming students may know how to operate a camera,” said Bob Gazzale, president of the nonprofit American Film Institute in Los Angeles, whose conservatory counts directors like David Lynch and Terrence Malick as graduates. “What we teach them is how to work together to tell a story.” Schools are also changing to keep pace with the entertainment industry, which is unrecognizable compared to the days when Martin Scorsese was a film student at New York University and Michael Bay at Wesleyan. Computer-generated visual effects have replaced movie stars as the primary reason the masses buy tickets. China is rapidly becoming Hollywood’s No. 1 box office market. Netflix is now making movies at almost the same clip as Paramount. Big studios now expect filmmakers to help create spinoff video games. And television has stolen much of film’s cultural and financial heat. To keep up, administrators have broadened their curriculums. Film school used to essentially mean learning to direct, write and shoot a movie. Now students go to study television writing and production, digital media, computer animation or video game design. If a picture moves, there is a program for it. At the film school of the University of Texas, Austin, a class offers instruction in “virtual realities, cyborg identities, multimedia applications, technological convergence, digital divide and transnational politics.” Creating entertainment for an increasingly diverse audience — Hispanic moviegoers now drive the North American box office, according to industry data — is a growing focus in film schools across the board. Among the new classes in DePaul University’s film program: “Writing the Web Series.” You Wanna Work in Movies? Good Luck One very important aspect of film school has not changed: There is still no guarantee of a career.

So schools have evolved to place more emphasis on the <hl> collaborative filmmaking process <hl> .


Question: For what reason did the government give funds to the museum?

The villages’ Chinese heritage has been played up in recent years as locals seek to cater to a small but growing number of tourists, mostly Thai, who come seeking cool weather, Chinese food and locally grown oolong tea. Huang Jiada, who joined the Kuomintang during the Cold War after his family had fled to Myanmar, has been leading the effort to preserve Ban Rak Thai’s unique history. On a recent crisp afternoon, Mr. Huang, 53, hopped on his motorbike and sped up a bumpy dirt path to the top of a hill. At the peak was a sparse, one-room museum that he built with funds from the Thai government to commemorate the Kuomintang Army. Inside, recent photos of elderly veterans wearing oversize military fatigues were displayed alongside hand-drawn maps of battle routes and older photos that showed young, gun-wielding soldiers marching under the army’s red, white and blue flag. Mr. Huang pointed to a portrait of a heavyset man wearing rumpled clothes and an orange beanie. “This is the man who conscripted me into the army in Myanmar when I was 11,” Mr. Huang said, speaking in southern-inflected Mandarin. “He couldn’t read or write, but he could certainly fight and kill.”

Answer: commemorate the Kuomintang Army

The villages’ Chinese heritage has been played up in recent years as locals seek to cater to a small but growing number of tourists, mostly Thai, who come seeking cool weather, Chinese food and locally grown oolong tea. Huang Jiada, who joined the Kuomintang during the Cold War after his family had fled to Myanmar, has been leading the effort to preserve Ban Rak Thai’s unique history. On a recent crisp afternoon, Mr. Huang, 53, hopped on his motorbike and sped up a bumpy dirt path to the top of a hill. <hl> At the peak was a sparse, one-room museum that he built with funds from the Thai government to commemorate the Kuomintang Army . <hl> Inside, recent photos of elderly veterans wearing oversize military fatigues were displayed alongside hand-drawn maps of battle routes and older photos that showed young, gun-wielding soldiers marching under the army’s red, white and blue flag. Mr. Huang pointed to a portrait of a heavyset man wearing rumpled clothes and an orange beanie. “This is the man who conscripted me into the army in Myanmar when I was 11,” Mr. Huang said, speaking in southern-inflected Mandarin. “He couldn’t read or write, but he could certainly fight and kill.”

The villages’ Chinese heritage has been played up in recent years as locals seek to cater to a small but growing number of tourists, mostly Thai, who come seeking cool weather, Chinese food and locally grown oolong tea. Huang Jiada, who joined the Kuomintang during the Cold War after his family had fled to Myanmar, has been leading the effort to preserve Ban Rak Thai’s unique history. On a recent crisp afternoon, Mr. Huang, 53, hopped on his motorbike and sped up a bumpy dirt path to the top of a hill. At the peak was a sparse, one-room museum that he built with funds from the Thai government to <hl> commemorate the Kuomintang Army <hl>. Inside, recent photos of elderly veterans wearing oversize military fatigues were displayed alongside hand-drawn maps of battle routes and older photos that showed young, gun-wielding soldiers marching under the army’s red, white and blue flag. Mr. Huang pointed to a portrait of a heavyset man wearing rumpled clothes and an orange beanie. “This is the man who conscripted me into the army in Myanmar when I was 11,” Mr. Huang said, speaking in southern-inflected Mandarin. “He couldn’t read or write, but he could certainly fight and kill.”

At the peak was a sparse, one-room museum that he built with funds from the Thai government to <hl> commemorate the Kuomintang Army <hl> .


Question: What should Mr. Renzi not waste?

The weekend’s maneuvering probably allows Mr. Renzi to accelerate reforms of the economy, the political system and the judiciary. He mustn’t waste the chance as Italy is living on borrowed time.

Answer: the chance

The weekend’s maneuvering probably allows Mr. Renzi to accelerate reforms of the economy, the political system and the judiciary. <hl> He mustn’t waste the chance as Italy is living on borrowed time. <hl>

The weekend’s maneuvering probably allows Mr. Renzi to accelerate reforms of the economy, the political system and the judiciary. He mustn’t waste <hl> the chance <hl> as Italy is living on borrowed time.


Question: What percentage of men had been in combat accordingg to Oleksandr l. Leshchenko

The training aims to remold the Ukrainian units by increasing the responsibilities of noncommissioned officers, fixing a Soviet legacy of an officer-heavy infantry. Without sergeants paying attention, basic mistakes were being made, the trainers said. Capt. Nicholas Salimbene, an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off. “It’s about the professionalism of the force,” he said. “We want them to look like soldiers.” “You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.” The Ukrainians should, too, Captain Salimbene said. The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians. Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “99 percent” of the men in the course had already been in combat.

Answer: 99 percent

The training aims to remold the Ukrainian units by increasing the responsibilities of noncommissioned officers, fixing a Soviet legacy of an officer-heavy infantry. Without sergeants paying attention, basic mistakes were being made, the trainers said. Capt. Nicholas Salimbene, an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off. “It’s about the professionalism of the force,” he said. “We want them to look like soldiers.” “You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.” The Ukrainians should, too, Captain Salimbene said. The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians. <hl> Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “ 99 percent ” of the men in the course had already been in combat. <hl>

The training aims to remold the Ukrainian units by increasing the responsibilities of noncommissioned officers, fixing a Soviet legacy of an officer-heavy infantry. Without sergeants paying attention, basic mistakes were being made, the trainers said. Capt. Nicholas Salimbene, an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off. “It’s about the professionalism of the force,” he said. “We want them to look like soldiers.” “You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.” The Ukrainians should, too, Captain Salimbene said. The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians. Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “<hl> 99 percent <hl>” of the men in the course had already been in combat.

Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “ <hl> 99 percent <hl> ” of the men in the course had already been in combat.


Question: How many downloads of the free Jon Rafman videos were there?

The perception that video or sound art is difficult to grasp is something that Mr. Gryn hopes will change with Daata. “We are not a gallery — we are not art advisers,” he said. “What we are is a commissioning platform that works with artists who work in those mediums and who promote their art form and nurture awareness. My idea is that you make a self-sustaining business that commissions the next round of artists’ works.” By the beginning of September, all the inaugural artists had sold several editions of their works, and there were over 500 downloads of a free Jon Rafman video. By Mr. Gryn’s standards, “that is fantastic,” he wrote in an email, because it means the work is being seen and bought. Jessica Witkin, the director of the New York gallery Salon 94, which specializes in new media, drew a parallel with how collectors eventually warmed to photographic art, accepting the idea that more than one edition could be available.

Answer: 500

The perception that video or sound art is difficult to grasp is something that Mr. Gryn hopes will change with Daata. “We are not a gallery — we are not art advisers,” he said. “What we are is a commissioning platform that works with artists who work in those mediums and who promote their art form and nurture awareness. My idea is that you make a self-sustaining business that commissions the next round of artists’ works.” <hl> By the beginning of September, all the inaugural artists had sold several editions of their works, and there were over 500 downloads of a free Jon Rafman video. <hl> By Mr. Gryn’s standards, “that is fantastic,” he wrote in an email, because it means the work is being seen and bought. Jessica Witkin, the director of the New York gallery Salon 94, which specializes in new media, drew a parallel with how collectors eventually warmed to photographic art, accepting the idea that more than one edition could be available.

The perception that video or sound art is difficult to grasp is something that Mr. Gryn hopes will change with Daata. “We are not a gallery — we are not art advisers,” he said. “What we are is a commissioning platform that works with artists who work in those mediums and who promote their art form and nurture awareness. My idea is that you make a self-sustaining business that commissions the next round of artists’ works.” By the beginning of September, all the inaugural artists had sold several editions of their works, and there were over <hl> 500 <hl> downloads of a free Jon Rafman video. By Mr. Gryn’s standards, “that is fantastic,” he wrote in an email, because it means the work is being seen and bought. Jessica Witkin, the director of the New York gallery Salon 94, which specializes in new media, drew a parallel with how collectors eventually warmed to photographic art, accepting the idea that more than one edition could be available.


Question: was rabin was assasanated?

The film, A.F.P. said, “relied on documents, photos and videos, particularly from the months before Rabin’s assassination, including those showing speeches from politicians such as Netanyahu at rallies against the Oslo accords, where Rabin was depicted in a Nazi uniform.” I hope a lot of Americans see this film — for the warning it offers to those who ignore or rationalize the divisive, bigoted campaigns of Donald Trump and Ben Carson and how they’re dragging their whole party across civic redlines, with candidates saying, rationalizing or ignoring more and more crazy, ill-informed stuff each week.

Answer: before Rabin’s assassination

<hl> The film, A.F.P. said, “relied on documents, photos and videos, particularly from the months before Rabin’s assassination , including those showing speeches from politicians such as Netanyahu at rallies against the Oslo accords, where Rabin was depicted in a Nazi uniform.” <hl> I hope a lot of Americans see this film — for the warning it offers to those who ignore or rationalize the divisive, bigoted campaigns of Donald Trump and Ben Carson and how they’re dragging their whole party across civic redlines, with candidates saying, rationalizing or ignoring more and more crazy, ill-informed stuff each week.

The film, A.F.P. said, “relied on documents, photos and videos, particularly from the months <hl> before Rabin’s assassination <hl>, including those showing speeches from politicians such as Netanyahu at rallies against the Oslo accords, where Rabin was depicted in a Nazi uniform.” I hope a lot of Americans see this film — for the warning it offers to those who ignore or rationalize the divisive, bigoted campaigns of Donald Trump and Ben Carson and how they’re dragging their whole party across civic redlines, with candidates saying, rationalizing or ignoring more and more crazy, ill-informed stuff each week.

The film, A.F.P. said, “relied on documents, photos and videos, particularly from the months <hl> before Rabin’s assassination <hl> , including those showing speeches from politicians such as Netanyahu at rallies against the Oslo accords, where Rabin was depicted in a Nazi uniform.”


Question: How many small cars were recalled last year?

Harry Reid, the Senate Democratic leader, and Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, visit in the afternoon. MARKETS • U.S. prosecutors unveiled today a $900 million settlement with General Motors over its failure to disclose a defect in ignition switches tied to at least 124 deaths. G.M. admitted that it did not disclose the flaw to federal regulators and falsely represented to consumers that the vehicles posed no safety concern. The defect led to the recall of 2.6 million small cars last year.

Answer: 2.6 million

Harry Reid, the Senate Democratic leader, and Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, visit in the afternoon. MARKETS • U.S. prosecutors unveiled today a $900 million settlement with General Motors over its failure to disclose a defect in ignition switches tied to at least 124 deaths. G.M. admitted that it did not disclose the flaw to federal regulators and falsely represented to consumers that the vehicles posed no safety concern. <hl> The defect led to the recall of 2.6 million small cars last year. <hl>

Harry Reid, the Senate Democratic leader, and Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, visit in the afternoon. MARKETS • U.S. prosecutors unveiled today a $900 million settlement with General Motors over its failure to disclose a defect in ignition switches tied to at least 124 deaths. G.M. admitted that it did not disclose the flaw to federal regulators and falsely represented to consumers that the vehicles posed no safety concern. The defect led to the recall of <hl> 2.6 million <hl> small cars last year.


Question: What had disappointed Dr. Coggan?

Dr. Coggan had earlier grown disappointed with the “establishment” science in which, he says, academic research and corporate profit priorities are increasingly indistinguishable. He bootstrapped the research laboratory with his own money and now supports it with funding from a variety of private individual contributions and scientific research grants. NeuroLinx now supports a range of research projects, including an exploration of the way dolphins sleep, an effort to create a computer simulation of the ubiquitous lab worm C. elegans (known as the Open Worm project), and an exploration of nerve damage in diseases like multiple sclerosis. Dr. Ohayon had done early research in the field of autonomous agents based on neural networks, computing models inspired by biological nervous systems, but stopped for almost a decade because of worries about military applications of the technology.

Answer: the “establishment” science

<hl> Dr. Coggan had earlier grown disappointed with the “establishment” science in which, he says, academic research and corporate profit priorities are increasingly indistinguishable. <hl> He bootstrapped the research laboratory with his own money and now supports it with funding from a variety of private individual contributions and scientific research grants. NeuroLinx now supports a range of research projects, including an exploration of the way dolphins sleep, an effort to create a computer simulation of the ubiquitous lab worm C. elegans (known as the Open Worm project), and an exploration of nerve damage in diseases like multiple sclerosis. Dr. Ohayon had done early research in the field of autonomous agents based on neural networks, computing models inspired by biological nervous systems, but stopped for almost a decade because of worries about military applications of the technology.

Dr. Coggan had earlier grown disappointed with <hl> the “establishment” science <hl> in which, he says, academic research and corporate profit priorities are increasingly indistinguishable. He bootstrapped the research laboratory with his own money and now supports it with funding from a variety of private individual contributions and scientific research grants. NeuroLinx now supports a range of research projects, including an exploration of the way dolphins sleep, an effort to create a computer simulation of the ubiquitous lab worm C. elegans (known as the Open Worm project), and an exploration of nerve damage in diseases like multiple sclerosis. Dr. Ohayon had done early research in the field of autonomous agents based on neural networks, computing models inspired by biological nervous systems, but stopped for almost a decade because of worries about military applications of the technology.


Question: What is one example of an indication for gun violence?

No single law usually could have prevented mass shootings, which remain rare. Gun violence experts are increasingly interested in changing laws to better target those who have a demonstrated propensity for gun violence. For instance, a nonviolent felony conviction from two decades ago may well be less predictive of gun violence than a domestic violence protection order or drunken-driving conviction, said Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research.

Answer: domestic violence protection order

No single law usually could have prevented mass shootings, which remain rare. Gun violence experts are increasingly interested in changing laws to better target those who have a demonstrated propensity for gun violence. <hl> For instance, a nonviolent felony conviction from two decades ago may well be less predictive of gun violence than a domestic violence protection order or drunken-driving conviction, said Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research. <hl>

No single law usually could have prevented mass shootings, which remain rare. Gun violence experts are increasingly interested in changing laws to better target those who have a demonstrated propensity for gun violence. For instance, a nonviolent felony conviction from two decades ago may well be less predictive of gun violence than a <hl> domestic violence protection order <hl> or drunken-driving conviction, said Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research.


Question: How many people lived on Needles along California and Arizona?

PAUL MATUSKA is the closest thing the American West has to a water cop, and his beat includes Needles, Calif., a beleaguered desert town midway between Flagstaff, Ariz., and Los Angeles. About 4,800 people live in Needles, on the western bank of the Colorado River where it cuts a swath in the mud between California and Arizona. The old railroad town is the gateway to the farmland of the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation across the river. Mr. Matuska, a hydrologist, is one of about a dozen accountants for the federal Bureau of Reclamation, which controls water distribution along the lower half of the Colorado River. His job is to count the water used by cities like Needles and the farms around them — lands close to the essential Colorado — and make sure they don’t take more than their share of the river.

Answer: 4,800

PAUL MATUSKA is the closest thing the American West has to a water cop, and his beat includes Needles, Calif., a beleaguered desert town midway between Flagstaff, Ariz., and Los Angeles. <hl> About 4,800 people live in Needles, on the western bank of the Colorado River where it cuts a swath in the mud between California and Arizona. <hl> The old railroad town is the gateway to the farmland of the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation across the river. Mr. Matuska, a hydrologist, is one of about a dozen accountants for the federal Bureau of Reclamation, which controls water distribution along the lower half of the Colorado River. His job is to count the water used by cities like Needles and the farms around them — lands close to the essential Colorado — and make sure they don’t take more than their share of the river.

PAUL MATUSKA is the closest thing the American West has to a water cop, and his beat includes Needles, Calif., a beleaguered desert town midway between Flagstaff, Ariz., and Los Angeles. About <hl> 4,800 <hl> people live in Needles, on the western bank of the Colorado River where it cuts a swath in the mud between California and Arizona. The old railroad town is the gateway to the farmland of the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation across the river. Mr. Matuska, a hydrologist, is one of about a dozen accountants for the federal Bureau of Reclamation, which controls water distribution along the lower half of the Colorado River. His job is to count the water used by cities like Needles and the farms around them — lands close to the essential Colorado — and make sure they don’t take more than their share of the river.


Question: Who warned about a digital economy?

Although strikes come and go here, the violence of the Uber brawl seemed to shock even the French. While commentators deplored the thuggery of some cabdrivers, they deplored “L’uberisation” even more. “The uberisation of the economy is a godless and lawless development model,” wrote Jean-Michel Bouguereau in La République des Pyrénées. Yves Théard in Le Figaro warned that “the invasion of the digital economy” risked loosening the screws of the French economic model, with its emphasis on workers’ rights and social protection, “one by one.” Yves Dusart in the newspaper L’Est Républicain, summed up, “The French model, snug in its padded jewelry box, is cracking.”

Answer: Yves Théard

Although strikes come and go here, the violence of the Uber brawl seemed to shock even the French. While commentators deplored the thuggery of some cabdrivers, they deplored “L’uberisation” even more. “The uberisation of the economy is a godless and lawless development model,” wrote Jean-Michel Bouguereau in La République des Pyrénées. <hl> Yves Théard in Le Figaro warned that “the invasion of the digital economy” risked loosening the screws of the French economic model, with its emphasis on workers’ rights and social protection, “one by one.” <hl> Yves Dusart in the newspaper L’Est Républicain, summed up, “The French model, snug in its padded jewelry box, is cracking.”

Although strikes come and go here, the violence of the Uber brawl seemed to shock even the French. While commentators deplored the thuggery of some cabdrivers, they deplored “L’uberisation” even more. “The uberisation of the economy is a godless and lawless development model,” wrote Jean-Michel Bouguereau in La République des Pyrénées. <hl> Yves Théard <hl> in Le Figaro warned that “the invasion of the digital economy” risked loosening the screws of the French economic model, with its emphasis on workers’ rights and social protection, “one by one.” Yves Dusart in the newspaper L’Est Républicain, summed up, “The French model, snug in its padded jewelry box, is cracking.”


Question: What type of center was created to foster discussion between neuroscientists and psychoanalysts?

Am I the only psychoanalyst who is tired of being told by others what I think and how I practice? Richard A. Friedman’s fascinating article begins with a casual dismissal of psychoanalysts as closed to new developments in science. Nothing could be further from the truth. The New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute many years ago developed a neuropsychoanalysis center to foster discussion between neuroscientists and psychoanalysts. Most of the practicing analysts I know are eager to learn about the newest developments in biological psychiatry, neuroscience, developmental and experimental psychology, special education, sociology and occupational therapy. We have already entered a new era of multidisciplinary collaboration, so that we can understand and integrate the mutual influences of biology, environment and the development of the inner life with greater complexity and apply the new understanding to help our patients. The old, easy clichés about Freudian analysts stop us from moving forward. Can we stop throwing rocks and talk to one another?

Answer: neuropsychoanalysis center

Am I the only psychoanalyst who is tired of being told by others what I think and how I practice? Richard A. Friedman’s fascinating article begins with a casual dismissal of psychoanalysts as closed to new developments in science. Nothing could be further from the truth. <hl> The New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute many years ago developed a neuropsychoanalysis center to foster discussion between neuroscientists and psychoanalysts. <hl> Most of the practicing analysts I know are eager to learn about the newest developments in biological psychiatry, neuroscience, developmental and experimental psychology, special education, sociology and occupational therapy. We have already entered a new era of multidisciplinary collaboration, so that we can understand and integrate the mutual influences of biology, environment and the development of the inner life with greater complexity and apply the new understanding to help our patients. The old, easy clichés about Freudian analysts stop us from moving forward. Can we stop throwing rocks and talk to one another?

Am I the only psychoanalyst who is tired of being told by others what I think and how I practice? Richard A. Friedman’s fascinating article begins with a casual dismissal of psychoanalysts as closed to new developments in science. Nothing could be further from the truth. The New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute many years ago developed a <hl> neuropsychoanalysis center <hl> to foster discussion between neuroscientists and psychoanalysts. Most of the practicing analysts I know are eager to learn about the newest developments in biological psychiatry, neuroscience, developmental and experimental psychology, special education, sociology and occupational therapy. We have already entered a new era of multidisciplinary collaboration, so that we can understand and integrate the mutual influences of biology, environment and the development of the inner life with greater complexity and apply the new understanding to help our patients. The old, easy clichés about Freudian analysts stop us from moving forward. Can we stop throwing rocks and talk to one another?


Question: Who invited John out for drinks and steak?

“But, but ...” “When I started out,” he explained, “I was invited by the founder of our company for drinks and steak. And I tried to pay for our dinner, which ended up about $200 — and this was in the ’70s, when $200 meant something. He yanked my wallet from me and said, ‘John, I invited you to dinner; that means you’re my guest. And if you’re my guest, that means I’m supposed to take care of you. And if I’m going to take care of you, that means I’ve got your bill.’ ” He continued. “And my boss said, ‘What kind of boss would I be — what kind of man would I be — if I made my worker or guest, who I know makes far less money than me, pay for the meal? That’s just a pathetic move that shows I have no empathy. That’s not a good philosophy to live by. So I pay. The good person always offers to pay; and the wealthier of the two always does.’ ” “Can we at least go Dutch?” I responded to the executive.

Answer: founder of our company

“But, but ...” <hl> “When I started out,” he explained, “I was invited by the founder of our company for drinks and steak. <hl> And I tried to pay for our dinner, which ended up about $200 — and this was in the ’70s, when $200 meant something. He yanked my wallet from me and said, ‘John, I invited you to dinner; that means you’re my guest. And if you’re my guest, that means I’m supposed to take care of you. And if I’m going to take care of you, that means I’ve got your bill.’ ” He continued. “And my boss said, ‘What kind of boss would I be — what kind of man would I be — if I made my worker or guest, who I know makes far less money than me, pay for the meal? That’s just a pathetic move that shows I have no empathy. That’s not a good philosophy to live by. So I pay. The good person always offers to pay; and the wealthier of the two always does.’ ” “Can we at least go Dutch?” I responded to the executive.

“But, but ...” “When I started out,” he explained, “I was invited by the <hl> founder of our company <hl> for drinks and steak. And I tried to pay for our dinner, which ended up about $200 — and this was in the ’70s, when $200 meant something. He yanked my wallet from me and said, ‘John, I invited you to dinner; that means you’re my guest. And if you’re my guest, that means I’m supposed to take care of you. And if I’m going to take care of you, that means I’ve got your bill.’ ” He continued. “And my boss said, ‘What kind of boss would I be — what kind of man would I be — if I made my worker or guest, who I know makes far less money than me, pay for the meal? That’s just a pathetic move that shows I have no empathy. That’s not a good philosophy to live by. So I pay. The good person always offers to pay; and the wealthier of the two always does.’ ” “Can we at least go Dutch?” I responded to the executive.


Question: Why was the strategy criticized?

But the strategy has been controversial, and it was criticized by none other than Yanis Varoufakis, the Greek finance minister, who, a year ago described the practice as a “hidden bailout from European taxpayers.”  Mr. Varoufakis, then a relatively unknown economist, argued that the loans were a potent risk for Greece, which would have to assume responsibility for them if the banks failed. The practice has also been flagged by two German economists as a questionable way for troubled eurozone economies to extract funding from the central bank.

Answer: hidden bailout from European taxpayers

<hl> But the strategy has been controversial, and it was criticized by none other than Yanis Varoufakis, the Greek finance minister, who, a year ago described the practice as a “ hidden bailout from European taxpayers .” <hl> Mr. Varoufakis, then a relatively unknown economist, argued that the loans were a potent risk for Greece, which would have to assume responsibility for them if the banks failed. The practice has also been flagged by two German economists as a questionable way for troubled eurozone economies to extract funding from the central bank.

But the strategy has been controversial, and it was criticized by none other than Yanis Varoufakis, the Greek finance minister, who, a year ago described the practice as a “<hl> hidden bailout from European taxpayers <hl>.” Mr. Varoufakis, then a relatively unknown economist, argued that the loans were a potent risk for Greece, which would have to assume responsibility for them if the banks failed. The practice has also been flagged by two German economists as a questionable way for troubled eurozone economies to extract funding from the central bank.

But the strategy has been controversial, and it was criticized by none other than Yanis Varoufakis, the Greek finance minister, who, a year ago described the practice as a “ <hl> hidden bailout from European taxpayers <hl> .”


Question: Who has to approve the change of this guideline about cholesterol consumption?

Did recommendations change when these studies were published? No, but they got closer to changing on Thursday, when a government committee urged repeal of the guideline that Americans limit their cholesterol intake to 300 milligrams a day, saying, “Cholesterol is not a nutrient of concern for overconsumption.” I’m sure this will come as a surprise to a vast majority of Americans, who for decades have been watching their cholesterol intake religiously. (The change won’t be official until it is approved by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture, but they usually closely follow the committee’s recommendations.)

Answer: the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture

Did recommendations change when these studies were published? No, but they got closer to changing on Thursday, when a government committee urged repeal of the guideline that Americans limit their cholesterol intake to 300 milligrams a day, saying, “Cholesterol is not a nutrient of concern for overconsumption.” I’m sure this will come as a surprise to a vast majority of Americans, who for decades have been watching their cholesterol intake religiously. <hl> (The change won’t be official until it is approved by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture , but they usually closely follow the committee’s recommendations.) <hl>

Did recommendations change when these studies were published? No, but they got closer to changing on Thursday, when a government committee urged repeal of the guideline that Americans limit their cholesterol intake to 300 milligrams a day, saying, “Cholesterol is not a nutrient of concern for overconsumption.” I’m sure this will come as a surprise to a vast majority of Americans, who for decades have been watching their cholesterol intake religiously. (The change won’t be official until it is approved by <hl> the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture <hl>, but they usually closely follow the committee’s recommendations.)

(The change won’t be official until it is approved by <hl> the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture <hl> , but they usually closely follow the committee’s recommendations.)


Question: What state assemblyman was recently indicted by Mr. Bharara?

David Ganek, a Manhattan socialite and art collector whose $4 billion Level Global was one of the funds raided, sued Mr. Bharara on Thursday, claiming that the government violated his constitutional rights by fabricating accusations against him. The lawsuit against Mr. Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, also named as defendants the federal prosecutors and F.B.I. agents who orchestrated the raid. While legal experts said Mr. Ganek’s lawsuit could be a long shot, it comes at a time when Mr. Bharara’s image as an invincible prosecutor — racking up convictions on Wall Street and setting his sights on Albany’s power brokers — is beginning to fray. Mr. Bharara’s crackdown on Wall Street, for one, is facing judicial challenges. Recently, a federal appeals court ruling overturned the convictions of two hedge fund traders, including Anthony Chiasson, Mr. Ganek’s partner at Level Global. And Sheldon Silver, the state assembly speaker whom Mr. Bharara recently indicted, has complained that the prosecutor’s office is fighting his case in the news media.

Answer: Sheldon Silver

David Ganek, a Manhattan socialite and art collector whose $4 billion Level Global was one of the funds raided, sued Mr. Bharara on Thursday, claiming that the government violated his constitutional rights by fabricating accusations against him. The lawsuit against Mr. Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, also named as defendants the federal prosecutors and F.B.I. agents who orchestrated the raid. While legal experts said Mr. Ganek’s lawsuit could be a long shot, it comes at a time when Mr. Bharara’s image as an invincible prosecutor — racking up convictions on Wall Street and setting his sights on Albany’s power brokers — is beginning to fray. Mr. Bharara’s crackdown on Wall Street, for one, is facing judicial challenges. Recently, a federal appeals court ruling overturned the convictions of two hedge fund traders, including Anthony Chiasson, Mr. Ganek’s partner at Level Global. <hl> And Sheldon Silver , the state assembly speaker whom Mr. Bharara recently indicted, has complained that the prosecutor’s office is fighting his case in the news media. <hl>

David Ganek, a Manhattan socialite and art collector whose $4 billion Level Global was one of the funds raided, sued Mr. Bharara on Thursday, claiming that the government violated his constitutional rights by fabricating accusations against him. The lawsuit against Mr. Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, also named as defendants the federal prosecutors and F.B.I. agents who orchestrated the raid. While legal experts said Mr. Ganek’s lawsuit could be a long shot, it comes at a time when Mr. Bharara’s image as an invincible prosecutor — racking up convictions on Wall Street and setting his sights on Albany’s power brokers — is beginning to fray. Mr. Bharara’s crackdown on Wall Street, for one, is facing judicial challenges. Recently, a federal appeals court ruling overturned the convictions of two hedge fund traders, including Anthony Chiasson, Mr. Ganek’s partner at Level Global. And <hl> Sheldon Silver <hl>, the state assembly speaker whom Mr. Bharara recently indicted, has complained that the prosecutor’s office is fighting his case in the news media.

And <hl> Sheldon Silver <hl> , the state assembly speaker whom Mr. Bharara recently indicted, has complained that the prosecutor’s office is fighting his case in the news media.


Question: How much is the Decide Now app?

Sometimes, of course, you want an app to make the decision for you without any of your input. That’s where Decide Now, $1 on iOS, is great. Think of it like a wheel of fortune. You spin the on-screen wheel that’s labeled with different options and go with the one that’s selected by the marker when the wheel finally stops spinning. The app has many wheel options preloaded — like your options for a night on the town — or you can enter them. Decision Maker by Jonathan Chow is a similar, free Android app, although it’s not as attractive. But remember: The app doesn’t have to live with the consequences of your decision.  Quick Call
  Lumific is an intelligent photo gallery app that’s just hit Google’s Android app store after being in testing for a while. The app promises to organize your messy smartphone photo archive for you, including automatically choosing what it thinks is the best photo from a group of similar ones and even straightening up images you’ve snapped that are askew. It’s free — so give it a spin.

Answer: $1

Sometimes, of course, you want an app to make the decision for you without any of your input. <hl> That’s where Decide Now, $1 on iOS, is great. <hl> Think of it like a wheel of fortune. You spin the on-screen wheel that’s labeled with different options and go with the one that’s selected by the marker when the wheel finally stops spinning. The app has many wheel options preloaded — like your options for a night on the town — or you can enter them. Decision Maker by Jonathan Chow is a similar, free Android app, although it’s not as attractive. But remember: The app doesn’t have to live with the consequences of your decision. Quick Call Lumific is an intelligent photo gallery app that’s just hit Google’s Android app store after being in testing for a while. The app promises to organize your messy smartphone photo archive for you, including automatically choosing what it thinks is the best photo from a group of similar ones and even straightening up images you’ve snapped that are askew. It’s free — so give it a spin.

Sometimes, of course, you want an app to make the decision for you without any of your input. That’s where Decide Now, <hl> $1 <hl> on iOS, is great. Think of it like a wheel of fortune. You spin the on-screen wheel that’s labeled with different options and go with the one that’s selected by the marker when the wheel finally stops spinning. The app has many wheel options preloaded — like your options for a night on the town — or you can enter them. Decision Maker by Jonathan Chow is a similar, free Android app, although it’s not as attractive. But remember: The app doesn’t have to live with the consequences of your decision. Quick Call Lumific is an intelligent photo gallery app that’s just hit Google’s Android app store after being in testing for a while. The app promises to organize your messy smartphone photo archive for you, including automatically choosing what it thinks is the best photo from a group of similar ones and even straightening up images you’ve snapped that are askew. It’s free — so give it a spin.


Question: What is the cannabis trade show mentioned in the article?

“The medical benefits of cannabis are undeniable,” said Jeremy Norrie, a medical marijuana user in West Hollywood, Calif., who operates the Secret Cup, a cannabis trade show. “To keep it in the Schedule I classification is knowingly ignorant. It seems more to me that this judge wanted to avoid controversy and having to deal with the issue. We don’t see anywhere near the kind of public problems that the other drugs in Schedule I have.” A spokesman for the D.E.A., Matthew R. Barden, said it would not comment until officials saw Judge Mueller’s written ruling.

Answer: Secret Cup

<hl> “The medical benefits of cannabis are undeniable,” said Jeremy Norrie, a medical marijuana user in West Hollywood, Calif., who operates the Secret Cup , a cannabis trade show. <hl> “To keep it in the Schedule I classification is knowingly ignorant. It seems more to me that this judge wanted to avoid controversy and having to deal with the issue. We don’t see anywhere near the kind of public problems that the other drugs in Schedule I have.” A spokesman for the D.E.A., Matthew R. Barden, said it would not comment until officials saw Judge Mueller’s written ruling.

“The medical benefits of cannabis are undeniable,” said Jeremy Norrie, a medical marijuana user in West Hollywood, Calif., who operates the <hl> Secret Cup <hl>, a cannabis trade show. “To keep it in the Schedule I classification is knowingly ignorant. It seems more to me that this judge wanted to avoid controversy and having to deal with the issue. We don’t see anywhere near the kind of public problems that the other drugs in Schedule I have.” A spokesman for the D.E.A., Matthew R. Barden, said it would not comment until officials saw Judge Mueller’s written ruling.

“The medical benefits of cannabis are undeniable,” said Jeremy Norrie, a medical marijuana user in West Hollywood, Calif., who operates the <hl> Secret Cup <hl> , a cannabis trade show.


Question: How many classes are provided by the United States Army?

For a moment, he twirled the rope in his hands like a lasso, then threw the hook over the wire, and tugged hard, testing for explosives. When nothing happened he signaled two comrades, who ran up and started snipping the wire with cutters. Although this was a typical training exercise for raw recruits in an elemental soldierly skill, there was nothing typical about the scene. Far from enlistees, these soldiers were regulars in the Ukrainian National Guard, presumably battle-hardened after months on the front lines in eastern Ukraine. And the trainer was an American military instructor, drilling troops for battle with the United States’ former Cold War foe, Russia, and Russian-backed separatists. “It’s been a long time since I heard a target called an Ivan,” First Sgt. David Dzwik, one of the trainers, said in an interview out in the sunny forest, while observing the Ukrainians run through drills. “Now, I’m hearing it again.” The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses. Here in western Ukraine, they are far from the fighting, and their job is to instill some basic military know-how in Ukrainian soldiers, who the trainers have discovered are woefully unprepared. The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready. When the war began a year ago, the Ukrainian Army was all but worthless — rife with corruption and Russian spies, and made up largely of “skeleton” battalions of officers with just a few men. About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.

Answer: 63

For a moment, he twirled the rope in his hands like a lasso, then threw the hook over the wire, and tugged hard, testing for explosives. When nothing happened he signaled two comrades, who ran up and started snipping the wire with cutters. Although this was a typical training exercise for raw recruits in an elemental soldierly skill, there was nothing typical about the scene. Far from enlistees, these soldiers were regulars in the Ukrainian National Guard, presumably battle-hardened after months on the front lines in eastern Ukraine. And the trainer was an American military instructor, drilling troops for battle with the United States’ former Cold War foe, Russia, and Russian-backed separatists. “It’s been a long time since I heard a target called an Ivan,” First Sgt. David Dzwik, one of the trainers, said in an interview out in the sunny forest, while observing the Ukrainians run through drills. “Now, I’m hearing it again.” <hl> The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses. <hl> Here in western Ukraine, they are far from the fighting, and their job is to instill some basic military know-how in Ukrainian soldiers, who the trainers have discovered are woefully unprepared. The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready. When the war began a year ago, the Ukrainian Army was all but worthless — rife with corruption and Russian spies, and made up largely of “skeleton” battalions of officers with just a few men. About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.

For a moment, he twirled the rope in his hands like a lasso, then threw the hook over the wire, and tugged hard, testing for explosives. When nothing happened he signaled two comrades, who ran up and started snipping the wire with cutters. Although this was a typical training exercise for raw recruits in an elemental soldierly skill, there was nothing typical about the scene. Far from enlistees, these soldiers were regulars in the Ukrainian National Guard, presumably battle-hardened after months on the front lines in eastern Ukraine. And the trainer was an American military instructor, drilling troops for battle with the United States’ former Cold War foe, Russia, and Russian-backed separatists. “It’s been a long time since I heard a target called an Ivan,” First Sgt. David Dzwik, one of the trainers, said in an interview out in the sunny forest, while observing the Ukrainians run through drills. “Now, I’m hearing it again.” The course on cutting wire is one of <hl> 63 <hl> classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses. Here in western Ukraine, they are far from the fighting, and their job is to instill some basic military know-how in Ukrainian soldiers, who the trainers have discovered are woefully unprepared. The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready. When the war began a year ago, the Ukrainian Army was all but worthless — rife with corruption and Russian spies, and made up largely of “skeleton” battalions of officers with just a few men. About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.


Question: Who had sister whose hockey career was ended by concussions?

Women’s hockey is a growing sport, evolving through quicker and stronger players who are finally being rewarded for their talents as paid professional athletes. But concussions have kept some of the best players away from the ice for extended periods as the sport struggles to combat an issue that football and men’s hockey have failed at times to properly address. The N.H.L. is facing litigation, with former players accusing the league of glorifying violence and ignoring the dangers of repeated head injuries. “The amount of players still getting concussions on the national level and college level, it’s too many,” said Pucci, whose sister’s hockey career was also ended by a concussion.

Answer: Pucci

Women’s hockey is a growing sport, evolving through quicker and stronger players who are finally being rewarded for their talents as paid professional athletes. But concussions have kept some of the best players away from the ice for extended periods as the sport struggles to combat an issue that football and men’s hockey have failed at times to properly address. The N.H.L. is facing litigation, with former players accusing the league of glorifying violence and ignoring the dangers of repeated head injuries. <hl> “The amount of players still getting concussions on the national level and college level, it’s too many,” said Pucci , whose sister’s hockey career was also ended by a concussion. <hl>

Women’s hockey is a growing sport, evolving through quicker and stronger players who are finally being rewarded for their talents as paid professional athletes. But concussions have kept some of the best players away from the ice for extended periods as the sport struggles to combat an issue that football and men’s hockey have failed at times to properly address. The N.H.L. is facing litigation, with former players accusing the league of glorifying violence and ignoring the dangers of repeated head injuries. “The amount of players still getting concussions on the national level and college level, it’s too many,” said <hl> Pucci <hl>, whose sister’s hockey career was also ended by a concussion.

“The amount of players still getting concussions on the national level and college level, it’s too many,” said <hl> Pucci <hl> , whose sister’s hockey career was also ended by a concussion.


Question: What does an outdated router become?

Router manufacturers have more recently improved Wi-Fi technology with mobile devices in mind, said Mr. Fraser. New routers often include smarter antennas that do a better job of assembling signals and beaming energy toward devices that are moving around. Some features inside newer routers also help reduce signal interference. Newer routers typically can transmit data over two radio frequencies — 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz — and give you the option to split them up into two separate Wi-Fi networks. In general, the 2.4 GHz band transmits data farther and is more crowded because many types of devices, like cordless phones and microwaves, use that frequency. The 5 GHz band is less congested but typically travels a shorter distance. Consumer behavior is also to blame for Wi-Fi headaches. People may wait years before buying a new router, so their devices might be more up-to-date than their infrastructure. An outdated router becomes a bottleneck that hinders the speeds of web downloads and file transfers between connected devices.

Answer: a bottleneck that hinders the speeds of web downloads and file transfers between connected devices

Router manufacturers have more recently improved Wi-Fi technology with mobile devices in mind, said Mr. Fraser. New routers often include smarter antennas that do a better job of assembling signals and beaming energy toward devices that are moving around. Some features inside newer routers also help reduce signal interference. Newer routers typically can transmit data over two radio frequencies — 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz — and give you the option to split them up into two separate Wi-Fi networks. In general, the 2.4 GHz band transmits data farther and is more crowded because many types of devices, like cordless phones and microwaves, use that frequency. The 5 GHz band is less congested but typically travels a shorter distance. Consumer behavior is also to blame for Wi-Fi headaches. People may wait years before buying a new router, so their devices might be more up-to-date than their infrastructure. <hl> An outdated router becomes a bottleneck that hinders the speeds of web downloads and file transfers between connected devices . <hl>

Router manufacturers have more recently improved Wi-Fi technology with mobile devices in mind, said Mr. Fraser. New routers often include smarter antennas that do a better job of assembling signals and beaming energy toward devices that are moving around. Some features inside newer routers also help reduce signal interference. Newer routers typically can transmit data over two radio frequencies — 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz — and give you the option to split them up into two separate Wi-Fi networks. In general, the 2.4 GHz band transmits data farther and is more crowded because many types of devices, like cordless phones and microwaves, use that frequency. The 5 GHz band is less congested but typically travels a shorter distance. Consumer behavior is also to blame for Wi-Fi headaches. People may wait years before buying a new router, so their devices might be more up-to-date than their infrastructure. An outdated router becomes <hl> a bottleneck that hinders the speeds of web downloads and file transfers between connected devices <hl>.

An outdated router becomes <hl> a bottleneck that hinders the speeds of web downloads and file transfers between connected devices <hl> .


Question: Did there appear to be any challengers to McCarthy's ambitions to be speaker?

“When it became clear that the majority leader lost his election, I didn’t frankly believe it was right for me to leave at the end of last year,” Mr. Boehner said. But if Mr. Boehner was counting on his No. 2 to replace him, he did not give Mr. McCarthy much warning, telling him about his plans to retire only two minutes before giving the news to the entire House Republican conference. “I had to tell him five times, because he didn’t believe me,” Mr. Boehner said. While there appear to be no challengers to Mr. McCarthy for the speakership at this point, there is little doubt that Tea Party conservatives will be looking for a candidate to back.

Answer: no challengers

“When it became clear that the majority leader lost his election, I didn’t frankly believe it was right for me to leave at the end of last year,” Mr. Boehner said. But if Mr. Boehner was counting on his No. 2 to replace him, he did not give Mr. McCarthy much warning, telling him about his plans to retire only two minutes before giving the news to the entire House Republican conference. “I had to tell him five times, because he didn’t believe me,” Mr. Boehner said. <hl> While there appear to be no challengers to Mr. McCarthy for the speakership at this point, there is little doubt that Tea Party conservatives will be looking for a candidate to back. <hl>

“When it became clear that the majority leader lost his election, I didn’t frankly believe it was right for me to leave at the end of last year,” Mr. Boehner said. But if Mr. Boehner was counting on his No. 2 to replace him, he did not give Mr. McCarthy much warning, telling him about his plans to retire only two minutes before giving the news to the entire House Republican conference. “I had to tell him five times, because he didn’t believe me,” Mr. Boehner said. While there appear to be <hl> no challengers <hl> to Mr. McCarthy for the speakership at this point, there is little doubt that Tea Party conservatives will be looking for a candidate to back.


Question: How many percentage of California's water is from underground?

As it happens, Needles gets most of its water from underground — pumping an average of about 700 million gallons a year from four wells it has drilled into the local aquifer. In recent years, such withdrawals have taken on more importance in the West, particularly in California and Arizona, as streams shrivel, rivers are fought over and reservoirs run dry. About 60 percent of California’s water now comes from underground, according to estimates by NASA researchers. Arizona, staring down imminent rationing of Colorado River water, pumps nearly half its supplies from aquifers.

Answer: 60 percent

As it happens, Needles gets most of its water from underground — pumping an average of about 700 million gallons a year from four wells it has drilled into the local aquifer. In recent years, such withdrawals have taken on more importance in the West, particularly in California and Arizona, as streams shrivel, rivers are fought over and reservoirs run dry. <hl> About 60 percent of California’s water now comes from underground, according to estimates by NASA researchers. <hl> Arizona, staring down imminent rationing of Colorado River water, pumps nearly half its supplies from aquifers.

As it happens, Needles gets most of its water from underground — pumping an average of about 700 million gallons a year from four wells it has drilled into the local aquifer. In recent years, such withdrawals have taken on more importance in the West, particularly in California and Arizona, as streams shrivel, rivers are fought over and reservoirs run dry. About <hl> 60 percent <hl> of California’s water now comes from underground, according to estimates by NASA researchers. Arizona, staring down imminent rationing of Colorado River water, pumps nearly half its supplies from aquifers.


Question: How was their actions filmed?

OK Go  (Saturday) These chipper pop-rockers have an innovative eye for music video concepts. In their new clip for the slippery nü-disco track “I Won’t Let You Down,” off their fourth record, “Hungry Ghosts,” they zip around on motorized scooter chairs, weaving among choreographed dancers, as the action is filmed above by a drone. The footage recently was shown as part of the New York City Drone Film Festival, an appropriate setting for such lofty and left-of-center minds. At 8 p.m., Terminal 5, 610 West 56th Street, Clinton, 800-745-3000, terminal5nyc.com. (Anderson)

Answer: above by a drone

OK Go (Saturday) These chipper pop-rockers have an innovative eye for music video concepts. <hl> In their new clip for the slippery nü-disco track “I Won’t Let You Down,” off their fourth record, “Hungry Ghosts,” they zip around on motorized scooter chairs, weaving among choreographed dancers, as the action is filmed above by a drone . <hl> The footage recently was shown as part of the New York City Drone Film Festival, an appropriate setting for such lofty and left-of-center minds. At 8 p.m., Terminal 5, 610 West 56th Street, Clinton, 800-745-3000, terminal5nyc.com. (Anderson)

OK Go (Saturday) These chipper pop-rockers have an innovative eye for music video concepts. In their new clip for the slippery nü-disco track “I Won’t Let You Down,” off their fourth record, “Hungry Ghosts,” they zip around on motorized scooter chairs, weaving among choreographed dancers, as the action is filmed <hl> above by a drone <hl>. The footage recently was shown as part of the New York City Drone Film Festival, an appropriate setting for such lofty and left-of-center minds. At 8 p.m., Terminal 5, 610 West 56th Street, Clinton, 800-745-3000, terminal5nyc.com. (Anderson)

In their new clip for the slippery nü-disco track “I Won’t Let You Down,” off their fourth record, “Hungry Ghosts,” they zip around on motorized scooter chairs, weaving among choreographed dancers, as the action is filmed <hl> above by a drone <hl> .


Question: What was the suspected cause of the fire?

Barnum called his Davis display “The Belle of Richmond.” A wax figure of a man wearing a dress similar to those seen in the sketches that had already made the story notorious, it might have enjoyed an epic run. But the fervor that made it a hit also doomed it from the start. The fire that broke out at the American Museum on July 13, 1865, was a destructive marvel. Thirty thousand people turned out to watch the conflagration, while Barnum’s menagerie spilled onto Broadway. When firemen smashed the whale tank to help extinguish the flames, Barnum’s belugas burned alive. In the midst of this mayhem, the Davis statue came tumbling down. While the crowd jeered, a bearded mannequin dressed in women’s attire was hurled into the street, its skirt acting briefly as a parachute. “As Jeff made his perilous descent,” The New York Times reported, “his petticoats again played him false, and as the wind blew them about, the imposture of the figure was exposed.” Landing to “cheers and uncontrollable laughter,” the statue was then promptly hanged, just as the song suggested. The cause of the fire remained a mystery, but many assumed arson. “It is suspected,” The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported, “the guilty parties were rebel sympathizers offended by the prominence Barnum has given to the manner of Jeff Davis’ capture.” A Confederate partisan who witnessed the blaze wrote that the banners painted with Davis’s image “gave the flames such an impetus, that they could not be controlled.” This was only the beginning of Davis’s fraught place in the American imagination. Among Southerners, the abuse he endured — at the hands of both wags like Barnum and his jailers at Virginia’s Fort Monroe — took on a life of its own. His suffering became a passion play of the Lost Cause, the nearly religious cult of grievance that convinced subsequent generations of the Union’s intent not only to defeat the Confederacy but to emasculate it. “The North’s treatment of Jefferson Davis,” the historian Andrew F. Rolle wrote in 1965, “symbolized the humiliation being inflicted upon the South.”

Answer: arson

Barnum called his Davis display “The Belle of Richmond.” A wax figure of a man wearing a dress similar to those seen in the sketches that had already made the story notorious, it might have enjoyed an epic run. But the fervor that made it a hit also doomed it from the start. The fire that broke out at the American Museum on July 13, 1865, was a destructive marvel. Thirty thousand people turned out to watch the conflagration, while Barnum’s menagerie spilled onto Broadway. When firemen smashed the whale tank to help extinguish the flames, Barnum’s belugas burned alive. In the midst of this mayhem, the Davis statue came tumbling down. While the crowd jeered, a bearded mannequin dressed in women’s attire was hurled into the street, its skirt acting briefly as a parachute. “As Jeff made his perilous descent,” The New York Times reported, “his petticoats again played him false, and as the wind blew them about, the imposture of the figure was exposed.” Landing to “cheers and uncontrollable laughter,” the statue was then promptly hanged, just as the song suggested. <hl> The cause of the fire remained a mystery, but many assumed arson . <hl> “It is suspected,” The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported, “the guilty parties were rebel sympathizers offended by the prominence Barnum has given to the manner of Jeff Davis’ capture.” A Confederate partisan who witnessed the blaze wrote that the banners painted with Davis’s image “gave the flames such an impetus, that they could not be controlled.” This was only the beginning of Davis’s fraught place in the American imagination. Among Southerners, the abuse he endured — at the hands of both wags like Barnum and his jailers at Virginia’s Fort Monroe — took on a life of its own. His suffering became a passion play of the Lost Cause, the nearly religious cult of grievance that convinced subsequent generations of the Union’s intent not only to defeat the Confederacy but to emasculate it. “The North’s treatment of Jefferson Davis,” the historian Andrew F. Rolle wrote in 1965, “symbolized the humiliation being inflicted upon the South.”

Barnum called his Davis display “The Belle of Richmond.” A wax figure of a man wearing a dress similar to those seen in the sketches that had already made the story notorious, it might have enjoyed an epic run. But the fervor that made it a hit also doomed it from the start. The fire that broke out at the American Museum on July 13, 1865, was a destructive marvel. Thirty thousand people turned out to watch the conflagration, while Barnum’s menagerie spilled onto Broadway. When firemen smashed the whale tank to help extinguish the flames, Barnum’s belugas burned alive. In the midst of this mayhem, the Davis statue came tumbling down. While the crowd jeered, a bearded mannequin dressed in women’s attire was hurled into the street, its skirt acting briefly as a parachute. “As Jeff made his perilous descent,” The New York Times reported, “his petticoats again played him false, and as the wind blew them about, the imposture of the figure was exposed.” Landing to “cheers and uncontrollable laughter,” the statue was then promptly hanged, just as the song suggested. The cause of the fire remained a mystery, but many assumed <hl> arson <hl>. “It is suspected,” The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported, “the guilty parties were rebel sympathizers offended by the prominence Barnum has given to the manner of Jeff Davis’ capture.” A Confederate partisan who witnessed the blaze wrote that the banners painted with Davis’s image “gave the flames such an impetus, that they could not be controlled.” This was only the beginning of Davis’s fraught place in the American imagination. Among Southerners, the abuse he endured — at the hands of both wags like Barnum and his jailers at Virginia’s Fort Monroe — took on a life of its own. His suffering became a passion play of the Lost Cause, the nearly religious cult of grievance that convinced subsequent generations of the Union’s intent not only to defeat the Confederacy but to emasculate it. “The North’s treatment of Jefferson Davis,” the historian Andrew F. Rolle wrote in 1965, “symbolized the humiliation being inflicted upon the South.”

The cause of the fire remained a mystery, but many assumed <hl> arson <hl> .


Question: what was NXP market value on Friday

NXP Semiconductors, a big chip manufacturer, is near a deal to acquire a smaller peer, Freescale Semiconductor, in a cash-and-stock transaction, people briefed on the matter said on Sunday. An agreement could be announced as soon as Sunday evening, one of these people said, while cautioning that the talks could still collapse. If completed, the combination would unite two big makers of chips for industries ranging from automobiles to networking to mobile payments. As of Friday evening, NXP had a market value of about $21 billion, while Freescale had a market capitalization of about $11 billion.

Answer: $21 billion

NXP Semiconductors, a big chip manufacturer, is near a deal to acquire a smaller peer, Freescale Semiconductor, in a cash-and-stock transaction, people briefed on the matter said on Sunday. An agreement could be announced as soon as Sunday evening, one of these people said, while cautioning that the talks could still collapse. If completed, the combination would unite two big makers of chips for industries ranging from automobiles to networking to mobile payments. <hl> As of Friday evening, NXP had a market value of about $21 billion , while Freescale had a market capitalization of about $11 billion. <hl>

NXP Semiconductors, a big chip manufacturer, is near a deal to acquire a smaller peer, Freescale Semiconductor, in a cash-and-stock transaction, people briefed on the matter said on Sunday. An agreement could be announced as soon as Sunday evening, one of these people said, while cautioning that the talks could still collapse. If completed, the combination would unite two big makers of chips for industries ranging from automobiles to networking to mobile payments. As of Friday evening, NXP had a market value of about <hl> $21 billion <hl>, while Freescale had a market capitalization of about $11 billion.

As of Friday evening, NXP had a market value of about <hl> $21 billion <hl> , while Freescale had a market capitalization of about $11 billion.


Question: What is the five-year plan called?

“This industry is so far behind sports, it’s ridiculous,” Mr. Lee continued. “It’s easier to be president of the United States as a black person than be head of a studio. Honest.” And so it went, as the film academy — stung by fierce criticism of its failure to nominate any black actors or directors in the last round of Oscar voting — used its annual Governors Awards to face its diversity issues head on. As the evening began, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the Academy’s president, set the tone with a speech about inclusiveness, and the disclosure of a five-year plan, called “A2020,” to broaden the demographics of the group’s membership, staff and governing board.

Answer: A2020

“This industry is so far behind sports, it’s ridiculous,” Mr. Lee continued. “It’s easier to be president of the United States as a black person than be head of a studio. Honest.” And so it went, as the film academy — stung by fierce criticism of its failure to nominate any black actors or directors in the last round of Oscar voting — used its annual Governors Awards to face its diversity issues head on. <hl> As the evening began, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the Academy’s president, set the tone with a speech about inclusiveness, and the disclosure of a five-year plan, called “ A2020 ,” to broaden the demographics of the group’s membership, staff and governing board. <hl>

“This industry is so far behind sports, it’s ridiculous,” Mr. Lee continued. “It’s easier to be president of the United States as a black person than be head of a studio. Honest.” And so it went, as the film academy — stung by fierce criticism of its failure to nominate any black actors or directors in the last round of Oscar voting — used its annual Governors Awards to face its diversity issues head on. As the evening began, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the Academy’s president, set the tone with a speech about inclusiveness, and the disclosure of a five-year plan, called “<hl> A2020 <hl>,” to broaden the demographics of the group’s membership, staff and governing board.

As the evening began, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the Academy’s president, set the tone with a speech about inclusiveness, and the disclosure of a five-year plan, called “ <hl> A2020 <hl> ,” to broaden the demographics of the group’s membership, staff and governing board.


Question: How long do turquoise killifish typically survive?

Even when hobbyists pamper them in aquariums, turquoise killifish survive only a few months, making them among the shortest-lived vertebrates on Earth. So the turquoise killifish may not seem the best animal to study to discover the secrets of a long life. But researchers are finding that this tiny fish ages much as we do, only at a much faster pace. “It’s a compressed life span,” said Itamar Harel, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University. Dr. Harel and his colleagues recently developed a set of tools to probe the biology of the turquoise killifish.

Answer: a few months

<hl> Even when hobbyists pamper them in aquariums, turquoise killifish survive only a few months , making them among the shortest-lived vertebrates on Earth. <hl> So the turquoise killifish may not seem the best animal to study to discover the secrets of a long life. But researchers are finding that this tiny fish ages much as we do, only at a much faster pace. “It’s a compressed life span,” said Itamar Harel, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University. Dr. Harel and his colleagues recently developed a set of tools to probe the biology of the turquoise killifish.

Even when hobbyists pamper them in aquariums, turquoise killifish survive only <hl> a few months <hl>, making them among the shortest-lived vertebrates on Earth. So the turquoise killifish may not seem the best animal to study to discover the secrets of a long life. But researchers are finding that this tiny fish ages much as we do, only at a much faster pace. “It’s a compressed life span,” said Itamar Harel, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University. Dr. Harel and his colleagues recently developed a set of tools to probe the biology of the turquoise killifish.

Even when hobbyists pamper them in aquariums, turquoise killifish survive only <hl> a few months <hl> , making them among the shortest-lived vertebrates on Earth.