Question: What was the name of the American trainer

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: Capt. Nicholas Salimbene

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. <hl> Capt. Nicholas Salimbene , an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off. <hl> “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.

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. <hl> Capt. Nicholas Salimbene <hl>, 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.

<hl> Capt. Nicholas Salimbene <hl> , an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off.


Question: How many people worked under Ms. Chen before it was reduced to 10?

As of mid-May, the fund had raised just $18 million in the 2015 fiscal year, compared with an average of $29 million a year over the last decade. The Education Department said on Tuesday that by June 30, the end of the fiscal year, the fund had raised $21.75 million, but it said it could not provide a list of new grants that were secured in May and June. Under Ms. Chen, the organization’s staff shrank to 10, from 21. Most recently, the chief financial officer left only a few months after she was hired. According to one of the people familiar with confidential discussions about the circumstances of Ms. Chen’s departure, members of the board had been unsettled by a recent audit committee meeting in which Ms. Chen was unable to answer questions about the fund’s finances. Ms. Chen, whose resignation was first reported by Politico New York, did not respond to an email. The Education Department’s press office offered a statement on her behalf, saying she “greatly appreciated the opportunity to work with the chancellor and the city’s extraordinary philanthropic community.” The department said that Sarah Geisenheimer, a former associate director at the Rockefeller Foundation and a senior adviser to Ms. Fariña, had been made acting executive director of the fund, effective immediately, and that it would conduct a formal search for a permanent executive director.

Answer: 21

As of mid-May, the fund had raised just $18 million in the 2015 fiscal year, compared with an average of $29 million a year over the last decade. <hl> The Education Department said on Tuesday that by June 30, the end of the fiscal year, the fund had raised $ 21 .75 million, but it said it could not provide a list of new grants that were secured in May and June. <hl> Under Ms. Chen, the organization’s staff shrank to 10, from 21. Most recently, the chief financial officer left only a few months after she was hired. According to one of the people familiar with confidential discussions about the circumstances of Ms. Chen’s departure, members of the board had been unsettled by a recent audit committee meeting in which Ms. Chen was unable to answer questions about the fund’s finances. Ms. Chen, whose resignation was first reported by Politico New York, did not respond to an email. The Education Department’s press office offered a statement on her behalf, saying she “greatly appreciated the opportunity to work with the chancellor and the city’s extraordinary philanthropic community.” The department said that Sarah Geisenheimer, a former associate director at the Rockefeller Foundation and a senior adviser to Ms. Fariña, had been made acting executive director of the fund, effective immediately, and that it would conduct a formal search for a permanent executive director.

As of mid-May, the fund had raised just $18 million in the 2015 fiscal year, compared with an average of $29 million a year over the last decade. The Education Department said on Tuesday that by June 30, the end of the fiscal year, the fund had raised $<hl> 21 <hl>.75 million, but it said it could not provide a list of new grants that were secured in May and June. Under Ms. Chen, the organization’s staff shrank to 10, from 21. Most recently, the chief financial officer left only a few months after she was hired. According to one of the people familiar with confidential discussions about the circumstances of Ms. Chen’s departure, members of the board had been unsettled by a recent audit committee meeting in which Ms. Chen was unable to answer questions about the fund’s finances. Ms. Chen, whose resignation was first reported by Politico New York, did not respond to an email. The Education Department’s press office offered a statement on her behalf, saying she “greatly appreciated the opportunity to work with the chancellor and the city’s extraordinary philanthropic community.” The department said that Sarah Geisenheimer, a former associate director at the Rockefeller Foundation and a senior adviser to Ms. Fariña, had been made acting executive director of the fund, effective immediately, and that it would conduct a formal search for a permanent executive director.

The Education Department said on Tuesday that by June 30, the end of the fiscal year, the fund had raised $ <hl> 21 <hl> .75 million, but it said it could not provide a list of new grants that were secured in May and June.


Question: how many years was mccain in vietnam?

And then Trump insulted John McCain, saying he was only a war hero because he got captured, adding, “I like people that weren’t captured, O.K.?” McCain spent five and a half years as a P.O.W. in Vietnam and was repeatedly tortured and had his bones broken. As CNN reported, “Trump, meanwhile, received four student deferments and one medical deferment to avoid serving in the Vietnam War.” What does it mean to impugn a man who has sacrificed so much for his country? It means you can smear anyone. Last week another redline was crossed. At a Trump town hall event, the first questioner began: “We got a problem in this country. It’s called Muslims. We know our current president is one. We know he’s not even an American. But anyway. We have training camps brewing where they want to kill us. That’s my question. When can we get rid of them?”

Answer: McCain spent five and a half years as a P.O.W. in Vietnam

<hl> And then Trump insulted John McCain, saying he was only a war hero because he got captured, adding, “I like people that weren’t captured, O.K.?” McCain spent five and a half years as a P.O.W. in Vietnam and was repeatedly tortured and had his bones broken. <hl> As CNN reported, “Trump, meanwhile, received four student deferments and one medical deferment to avoid serving in the Vietnam War.” What does it mean to impugn a man who has sacrificed so much for his country? It means you can smear anyone. Last week another redline was crossed. At a Trump town hall event, the first questioner began: “We got a problem in this country. It’s called Muslims. We know our current president is one. We know he’s not even an American. But anyway. We have training camps brewing where they want to kill us. That’s my question. When can we get rid of them?”

And then Trump insulted John McCain, saying he was only a war hero because he got captured, adding, “I like people that weren’t captured, O.K.?” <hl> McCain spent five and a half years as a P.O.W. in Vietnam <hl> and was repeatedly tortured and had his bones broken. As CNN reported, “Trump, meanwhile, received four student deferments and one medical deferment to avoid serving in the Vietnam War.” What does it mean to impugn a man who has sacrificed so much for his country? It means you can smear anyone. Last week another redline was crossed. At a Trump town hall event, the first questioner began: “We got a problem in this country. It’s called Muslims. We know our current president is one. We know he’s not even an American. But anyway. We have training camps brewing where they want to kill us. That’s my question. When can we get rid of them?”


Question: Who was the 30 year old man charged with killing?

3. The 30-year-old man charged with killing a Texas sheriff’s deputy said nothing as prosecutors described horrified witnesses at a gas station watching as he repeatedly shot the victim from behind. The district attorney said she did not know if anti-police sentiment was a factor. 4. Traffic in Hungary backed up for miles as Austria stepped up border checks. Last week’s discovery of the remains of 71 people in an abandoned, unventilated truck pushed Europe to the grim realization that homegrown trafficking rings were preying on the incoming floods of war refugees and other migrants. 5. Refugees packed trains from Hungary to Germany, which has eased its asylum requirements for Syrians. The German leader, Angela Merkel, warned that Europe faces the possible end of the open border policy that has defined the European Union.

Answer: a Texas sheriff’s deputy

3. <hl> The 30-year-old man charged with killing a Texas sheriff’s deputy said nothing as prosecutors described horrified witnesses at a gas station watching as he repeatedly shot the victim from behind. <hl> The district attorney said she did not know if anti-police sentiment was a factor. 4. Traffic in Hungary backed up for miles as Austria stepped up border checks. Last week’s discovery of the remains of 71 people in an abandoned, unventilated truck pushed Europe to the grim realization that homegrown trafficking rings were preying on the incoming floods of war refugees and other migrants. 5. Refugees packed trains from Hungary to Germany, which has eased its asylum requirements for Syrians. The German leader, Angela Merkel, warned that Europe faces the possible end of the open border policy that has defined the European Union.

3. The 30-year-old man charged with killing <hl> a Texas sheriff’s deputy <hl> said nothing as prosecutors described horrified witnesses at a gas station watching as he repeatedly shot the victim from behind. The district attorney said she did not know if anti-police sentiment was a factor. 4. Traffic in Hungary backed up for miles as Austria stepped up border checks. Last week’s discovery of the remains of 71 people in an abandoned, unventilated truck pushed Europe to the grim realization that homegrown trafficking rings were preying on the incoming floods of war refugees and other migrants. 5. Refugees packed trains from Hungary to Germany, which has eased its asylum requirements for Syrians. The German leader, Angela Merkel, warned that Europe faces the possible end of the open border policy that has defined the European Union.


Question: when  anne gary pannell retired ?

“I was filled with social reform zeal,” she said. “It was a big thing for my parents, who had not gone to college, that I was going to college. It was really a shock to them, the change between how I was when I went in and when I came out. So we had some rough years.” So did Sweet Briar’s president at the time, Anne Gary Pannell, who Ms. English said was so worn out dealing with the strife on campus that she retired when the class of 1971 graduated.

Answer: when the class of 1971 graduated.

“I was filled with social reform zeal,” she said. “It was a big thing for my parents, who had not gone to college, that I was going to college. It was really a shock to them, the change between how I was when I went in and when I came out. So we had some rough years.” <hl> So did Sweet Briar’s president at the time, Anne Gary Pannell, who Ms. English said was so worn out dealing with the strife on campus that she retired when the class of 1971 graduated. <hl>

“I was filled with social reform zeal,” she said. “It was a big thing for my parents, who had not gone to college, that I was going to college. It was really a shock to them, the change between how I was when I went in and when I came out. So we had some rough years.” So did Sweet Briar’s president at the time, Anne Gary Pannell, who Ms. English said was so worn out dealing with the strife on campus that she retired <hl> when the class of 1971 graduated. <hl>


Question: Who did Fiorina dare, during the debate?

But more importantly during Wednesday’s debate, Fiorina unleashed a scurrilous attack in her pitch to defund Planned Parenthood, saying of the attack videos released about the group: “I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to watch these tapes. Watch a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, ‘We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.’ “ In fact, the footage of the fetus was “stock footage” that “was added to the video to dramatize its content,” according to PolitiFact, which rated Fiorina’s comments as “mostly false.” FactCheck.org also said: “We are aware of no video showing such a scene.” As Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall put it Friday: “Fiorina has a habit of simply making things up.”

Answer: “I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama

<hl> But more importantly during Wednesday’s debate, Fiorina unleashed a scurrilous attack in her pitch to defund Planned Parenthood, saying of the attack videos released about the group: “I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to watch these tapes. <hl> Watch a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, ‘We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.’ “ In fact, the footage of the fetus was “stock footage” that “was added to the video to dramatize its content,” according to PolitiFact, which rated Fiorina’s comments as “mostly false.” FactCheck.org also said: “We are aware of no video showing such a scene.” As Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall put it Friday: “Fiorina has a habit of simply making things up.”

But more importantly during Wednesday’s debate, Fiorina unleashed a scurrilous attack in her pitch to defund Planned Parenthood, saying of the attack videos released about the group: <hl> “I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama <hl> to watch these tapes. Watch a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, ‘We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.’ “ In fact, the footage of the fetus was “stock footage” that “was added to the video to dramatize its content,” according to PolitiFact, which rated Fiorina’s comments as “mostly false.” FactCheck.org also said: “We are aware of no video showing such a scene.” As Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall put it Friday: “Fiorina has a habit of simply making things up.”


Question: What did the Highlanders beat the Sharks by?

The 32-24 victory against the Sharks, from South Africa, in Wellington on Saturday night was a case in point. The Hurricanes scored four tries to claim a bonus point in the standings under Super Rugby’s scoring system, but it was a physical and bruising match that saw the lead change hands several times before the New Zealanders landed the knockout blow in the final 10 minutes. The Sharks have struggled this season and were beaten, 48-15, by the Highlanders the previous week, also in New Zealand. But they could well have snatched victory from the Hurricanes but for a disallowed try midway through the second half.

Answer: 48-15

The 32-24 victory against the Sharks, from South Africa, in Wellington on Saturday night was a case in point. The Hurricanes scored four tries to claim a bonus point in the standings under Super Rugby’s scoring system, but it was a physical and bruising match that saw the lead change hands several times before the New Zealanders landed the knockout blow in the final 10 minutes. <hl> The Sharks have struggled this season and were beaten, 48-15 , by the Highlanders the previous week, also in New Zealand. <hl> But they could well have snatched victory from the Hurricanes but for a disallowed try midway through the second half.

The 32-24 victory against the Sharks, from South Africa, in Wellington on Saturday night was a case in point. The Hurricanes scored four tries to claim a bonus point in the standings under Super Rugby’s scoring system, but it was a physical and bruising match that saw the lead change hands several times before the New Zealanders landed the knockout blow in the final 10 minutes. The Sharks have struggled this season and were beaten, <hl> 48-15 <hl>, by the Highlanders the previous week, also in New Zealand. But they could well have snatched victory from the Hurricanes but for a disallowed try midway through the second half.

The Sharks have struggled this season and were beaten, <hl> 48-15 <hl> , by the Highlanders the previous week, also in New Zealand.


Question: According to the motion, what sort of care are inmates not receiving?

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: medical care

<hl> 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. “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 <hl> medical care <hl>, 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.”

Many inmates do not get the required <hl> medical care <hl> , the motion says.


Question: What kind of talking device for communication was the unschool troops learned?

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: encrypted walkie-talkie

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. <hl> 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. <hl> 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 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 <hl> encrypted walkie-talkie <hl>; 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.

The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an <hl> encrypted walkie-talkie <hl> ; 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.


Question: The Recording Industry Association of America changed how it tracked sales in what year?

“When a Man Loves a Woman” was his first recording for Atlantic Records, after a patient at the hospital introduced him to the record producer Quin Ivy. It reached No. 1 on the pop charts in 1966 and sold more than a million copies, becoming the label’s first gold record. (The Recording Industry Association of America began certifying records as gold in 1958.) Raw and lovelorn, the song was a response to a woman who had left him for another man, Mr. Sledge said. He called its composition a “miracle.”

Answer: 1958

“When a Man Loves a Woman” was his first recording for Atlantic Records, after a patient at the hospital introduced him to the record producer Quin Ivy. It reached No. 1 on the pop charts in 1966 and sold more than a million copies, becoming the label’s first gold record. <hl> (The Recording Industry Association of America began certifying records as gold in 1958 .) <hl> Raw and lovelorn, the song was a response to a woman who had left him for another man, Mr. Sledge said. He called its composition a “miracle.”

“When a Man Loves a Woman” was his first recording for Atlantic Records, after a patient at the hospital introduced him to the record producer Quin Ivy. It reached No. 1 on the pop charts in 1966 and sold more than a million copies, becoming the label’s first gold record. (The Recording Industry Association of America began certifying records as gold in <hl> 1958 <hl>.) Raw and lovelorn, the song was a response to a woman who had left him for another man, Mr. Sledge said. He called its composition a “miracle.”

(The Recording Industry Association of America began certifying records as gold in <hl> 1958 <hl> .)


Question: Who made a piece of art by taking a blowtorch to plastic?

Bernard Goldberg A strikingly American version of Modernism, Paul Cadmus’s painting “Venus and Adonis” (1936) riffs on a Rubens canvas from the 1630s depicting the same subject. Exhibited in several museums, this is a relatively tame piece by Cadmus, whose work was removed from the Corcoran Gallery in Washington in the 1930s at the request of the United States Navy because of its salacious depiction of sailors. (Cadmus was one of the first publicly gay artists.) Mazzoleni The surge of interest in masters of Italian Modernism is reflected at Mazzoleni, which is showing works by Alberto Burri, Lucio Fontana and Michelangelo Pistoletto. A diminutive 1966 red plastic work by Burri, made by taking a blowtorch to plastic, is like a miniature version of what is on view in the Burri show at the Guggenheim Museum. Several canvases with Fontana’s signature slashes are joined by a recent Pistoletto mirror work that includes a flat image of a man on a telephone.

Answer: Alberto Burri

Bernard Goldberg A strikingly American version of Modernism, Paul Cadmus’s painting “Venus and Adonis” (1936) riffs on a Rubens canvas from the 1630s depicting the same subject. Exhibited in several museums, this is a relatively tame piece by Cadmus, whose work was removed from the Corcoran Gallery in Washington in the 1930s at the request of the United States Navy because of its salacious depiction of sailors. (Cadmus was one of the first publicly gay artists.) <hl> Mazzoleni The surge of interest in masters of Italian Modernism is reflected at Mazzoleni, which is showing works by Alberto Burri , Lucio Fontana and Michelangelo Pistoletto. <hl> A diminutive 1966 red plastic work by Burri, made by taking a blowtorch to plastic, is like a miniature version of what is on view in the Burri show at the Guggenheim Museum. Several canvases with Fontana’s signature slashes are joined by a recent Pistoletto mirror work that includes a flat image of a man on a telephone.

Bernard Goldberg A strikingly American version of Modernism, Paul Cadmus’s painting “Venus and Adonis” (1936) riffs on a Rubens canvas from the 1630s depicting the same subject. Exhibited in several museums, this is a relatively tame piece by Cadmus, whose work was removed from the Corcoran Gallery in Washington in the 1930s at the request of the United States Navy because of its salacious depiction of sailors. (Cadmus was one of the first publicly gay artists.) Mazzoleni The surge of interest in masters of Italian Modernism is reflected at Mazzoleni, which is showing works by <hl> Alberto Burri <hl>, Lucio Fontana and Michelangelo Pistoletto. A diminutive 1966 red plastic work by Burri, made by taking a blowtorch to plastic, is like a miniature version of what is on view in the Burri show at the Guggenheim Museum. Several canvases with Fontana’s signature slashes are joined by a recent Pistoletto mirror work that includes a flat image of a man on a telephone.

Mazzoleni The surge of interest in masters of Italian Modernism is reflected at Mazzoleni, which is showing works by <hl> Alberto Burri <hl> , Lucio Fontana and Michelangelo Pistoletto.


Question: Where was Mr. Harper-Mercer placed when he didn't take his medication?

“He’s no babbling idiot nor is his life worthless,” Ms. Harper wrote. “He’s very intelligent and is working on a career in filmmaking. My 18 years worth of experience with and knowledge about Asperger’s syndrome is paying off.” Alexis Jefferson, who worked with Ms. Harper at a Southern California subacute care center around 2010, said the gunman’s mother sometimes confided the difficulties she had in raising her son, including that she had placed Mr. Harper-Mercer in a psychiatric hospital when he did not take his medication. “She said that ‘my son is a real big problem of mine,’ ” Ms. Jefferson said in a telephone interview. “She said: ‘He has some psychological problems. Sometimes he takes his medication, sometimes he doesn’t. And that’s where the big problem is, when he doesn’t take his medication.’ ”

Answer: a psychiatric hospital

“He’s no babbling idiot nor is his life worthless,” Ms. Harper wrote. “He’s very intelligent and is working on a career in filmmaking. My 18 years worth of experience with and knowledge about Asperger’s syndrome is paying off.” <hl> Alexis Jefferson, who worked with Ms. Harper at a Southern California subacute care center around 2010, said the gunman’s mother sometimes confided the difficulties she had in raising her son, including that she had placed Mr. Harper-Mercer in a psychiatric hospital when he did not take his medication. <hl> “She said that ‘my son is a real big problem of mine,’ ” Ms. Jefferson said in a telephone interview. “She said: ‘He has some psychological problems. Sometimes he takes his medication, sometimes he doesn’t. And that’s where the big problem is, when he doesn’t take his medication.’ ”

“He’s no babbling idiot nor is his life worthless,” Ms. Harper wrote. “He’s very intelligent and is working on a career in filmmaking. My 18 years worth of experience with and knowledge about Asperger’s syndrome is paying off.” Alexis Jefferson, who worked with Ms. Harper at a Southern California subacute care center around 2010, said the gunman’s mother sometimes confided the difficulties she had in raising her son, including that she had placed Mr. Harper-Mercer in <hl> a psychiatric hospital <hl> when he did not take his medication. “She said that ‘my son is a real big problem of mine,’ ” Ms. Jefferson said in a telephone interview. “She said: ‘He has some psychological problems. Sometimes he takes his medication, sometimes he doesn’t. And that’s where the big problem is, when he doesn’t take his medication.’ ”


Question: When a statue is accepted, what key term is used described the accepted bill?

“I think we’ll give it a serious look,” said Representative Kenneth Bragg, the House majority leader. “I think they just want assurance that adopting the federal statue isn’t going to weaken too much of what we did in our state version. That’s the key.”

Answer: adopting

“I think we’ll give it a serious look,” said Representative Kenneth Bragg, the House majority leader. <hl> “I think they just want assurance that adopting the federal statue isn’t going to weaken too much of what we did in our state version. <hl> That’s the key.”

“I think we’ll give it a serious look,” said Representative Kenneth Bragg, the House majority leader. “I think they just want assurance that <hl> adopting <hl> the federal statue isn’t going to weaken too much of what we did in our state version. That’s the key.”


Question: What city was the combine from?

BUFFALO —  They were pushed, prodded, measured, weighed and otherwise subjected to a kind of scrutiny familiar to anyone who has inspected produce before buying. But in this case, the commodities were teenagers, the top draft-eligible hockey prospects in the world, who last week were examined and tested — physically and mentally — at the 2015 N.H.L. scouting combine here at HarborCenter, part of a two-rink hockey complex completed in 2014 by the host Sabres. For the first time in its history, the combine moved from the Toronto area, where it had been held the last several years in a crowded ballroom in Mississauga, Ontario. There were other changes, too. Physical testing took place over two days, Friday and Saturday, instead of one. And new tests were added, all designed to mimic skills better suited for hockey.

Answer: Mississauga, Ontario

BUFFALO — They were pushed, prodded, measured, weighed and otherwise subjected to a kind of scrutiny familiar to anyone who has inspected produce before buying. But in this case, the commodities were teenagers, the top draft-eligible hockey prospects in the world, who last week were examined and tested — physically and mentally — at the 2015 N.H.L. scouting combine here at HarborCenter, part of a two-rink hockey complex completed in 2014 by the host Sabres. <hl> For the first time in its history, the combine moved from the Toronto area, where it had been held the last several years in a crowded ballroom in Mississauga, Ontario . <hl> There were other changes, too. Physical testing took place over two days, Friday and Saturday, instead of one. And new tests were added, all designed to mimic skills better suited for hockey.

BUFFALO — They were pushed, prodded, measured, weighed and otherwise subjected to a kind of scrutiny familiar to anyone who has inspected produce before buying. But in this case, the commodities were teenagers, the top draft-eligible hockey prospects in the world, who last week were examined and tested — physically and mentally — at the 2015 N.H.L. scouting combine here at HarborCenter, part of a two-rink hockey complex completed in 2014 by the host Sabres. For the first time in its history, the combine moved from the Toronto area, where it had been held the last several years in a crowded ballroom in <hl> Mississauga, Ontario <hl>. There were other changes, too. Physical testing took place over two days, Friday and Saturday, instead of one. And new tests were added, all designed to mimic skills better suited for hockey.

For the first time in its history, the combine moved from the Toronto area, where it had been held the last several years in a crowded ballroom in <hl> Mississauga, Ontario <hl> .


Question: What words does Tempest use to describe her character Gloria?

Writing in language that is, at once, musical and street tough, cadenced and conversational, Ms. Tempest creates portraits that feel both immediate and finely etched. There’s Kevin, “steady and plain,” and his restless wife, Jane, who’s “ready for change,” and Brian, unhappily married to Mary, with an angry son named Clive. Brian has an affair with Jane, who gives birth to his child Thomas — who, as family dramas so often play out in myths — will have a fateful encounter with Clive. Tommy, gifted and hungry, falls in love with Gloria — “the kind of girl whose scars run deep” — but even as he starts to achieve his dream of becoming an artist, he risks losing everything he’s dreamed of out of carelessness and self-absorption.

Answer: “the kind of girl whose scars run deep”

Writing in language that is, at once, musical and street tough, cadenced and conversational, Ms. Tempest creates portraits that feel both immediate and finely etched. There’s Kevin, “steady and plain,” and his restless wife, Jane, who’s “ready for change,” and Brian, unhappily married to Mary, with an angry son named Clive. Brian has an affair with Jane, who gives birth to his child Thomas — who, as family dramas so often play out in myths — will have a fateful encounter with Clive. <hl> Tommy, gifted and hungry, falls in love with Gloria — “the kind of girl whose scars run deep” — but even as he starts to achieve his dream of becoming an artist, he risks losing everything he’s dreamed of out of carelessness and self-absorption. <hl>

Writing in language that is, at once, musical and street tough, cadenced and conversational, Ms. Tempest creates portraits that feel both immediate and finely etched. There’s Kevin, “steady and plain,” and his restless wife, Jane, who’s “ready for change,” and Brian, unhappily married to Mary, with an angry son named Clive. Brian has an affair with Jane, who gives birth to his child Thomas — who, as family dramas so often play out in myths — will have a fateful encounter with Clive. Tommy, gifted and hungry, falls in love with Gloria — <hl> “the kind of girl whose scars run deep” <hl> — but even as he starts to achieve his dream of becoming an artist, he risks losing everything he’s dreamed of out of carelessness and self-absorption.


Question: Why was the author preoccupied with learning the ideal strategy?

I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how Tarcisius might have gotten away unscathed. Maybe by pretending to have a sore throat? It seemed important to identify the best strategy, because some modern-day version of the Huns or pagan Romans could arrive at any minute. Catholicism was, as I learned after the Pius XII incident, the largest faith in my city. Many of our teachers were probably only a generation away from being picked-on immigrants, and maybe they brought their sense of paranoia with them to the classrooms. That’s understandable, but being both the powerful majority and the persecuted minority is like having your cake and eating it, and then taking over the bakery and bolting the front door. This brings us back to Pope Francis, a humble man who accepts that he’s very powerful. He may have a little car and a modest home, but when he looks out at the world, his gaze isn’t defensive. He wants Catholicism to thrive — on a planet without global warming. He knows there are places where Catholics are suffering terribly for their faith, but when he looks at an embattled flock, he also sees Muslim immigrants who need Christian countries to open their borders.

Answer: because some modern-day version of the Huns or pagan Romans could arrive at any minute

I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how Tarcisius might have gotten away unscathed. Maybe by pretending to have a sore throat? <hl> It seemed important to identify the best strategy, because some modern-day version of the Huns or pagan Romans could arrive at any minute . <hl> Catholicism was, as I learned after the Pius XII incident, the largest faith in my city. Many of our teachers were probably only a generation away from being picked-on immigrants, and maybe they brought their sense of paranoia with them to the classrooms. That’s understandable, but being both the powerful majority and the persecuted minority is like having your cake and eating it, and then taking over the bakery and bolting the front door. This brings us back to Pope Francis, a humble man who accepts that he’s very powerful. He may have a little car and a modest home, but when he looks out at the world, his gaze isn’t defensive. He wants Catholicism to thrive — on a planet without global warming. He knows there are places where Catholics are suffering terribly for their faith, but when he looks at an embattled flock, he also sees Muslim immigrants who need Christian countries to open their borders.

I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how Tarcisius might have gotten away unscathed. Maybe by pretending to have a sore throat? It seemed important to identify the best strategy, <hl> because some modern-day version of the Huns or pagan Romans could arrive at any minute <hl>. Catholicism was, as I learned after the Pius XII incident, the largest faith in my city. Many of our teachers were probably only a generation away from being picked-on immigrants, and maybe they brought their sense of paranoia with them to the classrooms. That’s understandable, but being both the powerful majority and the persecuted minority is like having your cake and eating it, and then taking over the bakery and bolting the front door. This brings us back to Pope Francis, a humble man who accepts that he’s very powerful. He may have a little car and a modest home, but when he looks out at the world, his gaze isn’t defensive. He wants Catholicism to thrive — on a planet without global warming. He knows there are places where Catholics are suffering terribly for their faith, but when he looks at an embattled flock, he also sees Muslim immigrants who need Christian countries to open their borders.

It seemed important to identify the best strategy, <hl> because some modern-day version of the Huns or pagan Romans could arrive at any minute <hl> .


Question: In what church were Michael and Brigid married?

Brigid Graham Abraham and Michael Alexander Hensley were married Friday at the St. Brigid Church in Peapack, N.J. Msgr. Edward C. Puleo performed the ceremony. The bride, 30, and groom, 31, met at Pickard Chilton, an architecture firm in New Haven, where she is an archivist and he is an architect. The bride graduated from Barnard College and received a master's degree in library and information sciences from Rutgers. She is a daughter of Moira Q. Abraham and Dr. Daniel J. Abraham of Westfield, N.J. The bride’s father is a pediatrician at Somerset Pediatric Group in Warren, N.J. Her mother is a library media specialist at Roosevelt Intermediate School in Westfield.

Answer: St. Brigid Church

<hl> Brigid Graham Abraham and Michael Alexander Hensley were married Friday at the St. Brigid Church in Peapack, N.J. Msgr. <hl> Edward C. Puleo performed the ceremony. The bride, 30, and groom, 31, met at Pickard Chilton, an architecture firm in New Haven, where she is an archivist and he is an architect. The bride graduated from Barnard College and received a master's degree in library and information sciences from Rutgers. She is a daughter of Moira Q. Abraham and Dr. Daniel J. Abraham of Westfield, N.J. The bride’s father is a pediatrician at Somerset Pediatric Group in Warren, N.J. Her mother is a library media specialist at Roosevelt Intermediate School in Westfield.

Brigid Graham Abraham and Michael Alexander Hensley were married Friday at the <hl> St. Brigid Church <hl> in Peapack, N.J. Msgr. Edward C. Puleo performed the ceremony. The bride, 30, and groom, 31, met at Pickard Chilton, an architecture firm in New Haven, where she is an archivist and he is an architect. The bride graduated from Barnard College and received a master's degree in library and information sciences from Rutgers. She is a daughter of Moira Q. Abraham and Dr. Daniel J. Abraham of Westfield, N.J. The bride’s father is a pediatrician at Somerset Pediatric Group in Warren, N.J. Her mother is a library media specialist at Roosevelt Intermediate School in Westfield.


Question: What was Sheldon Drobny helping Mr. Rodman with?

Even more important, according to Mr. Rodham, was what he said was going to be Mr. Clinton’s help on his Haiti rebuilding project. That project came about when Sheldon Drobny, an old friend, contacted Mr. Rodham about making a connection for a Chicago-area contractor, who wanted to become involved in building houses in Haiti. “We were trying to help. Period,” Mr. Drobny, a co-founder of Air America Radio, the former liberal talk network, said in a phone interview. He called the effort “humanitarian.”

Answer: making a connection for a Chicago-area contractor

Even more important, according to Mr. Rodham, was what he said was going to be Mr. Clinton’s help on his Haiti rebuilding project. <hl> That project came about when Sheldon Drobny, an old friend, contacted Mr. Rodham about making a connection for a Chicago-area contractor , who wanted to become involved in building houses in Haiti. <hl> “We were trying to help. Period,” Mr. Drobny, a co-founder of Air America Radio, the former liberal talk network, said in a phone interview. He called the effort “humanitarian.”

Even more important, according to Mr. Rodham, was what he said was going to be Mr. Clinton’s help on his Haiti rebuilding project. That project came about when Sheldon Drobny, an old friend, contacted Mr. Rodham about <hl> making a connection for a Chicago-area contractor <hl>, who wanted to become involved in building houses in Haiti. “We were trying to help. Period,” Mr. Drobny, a co-founder of Air America Radio, the former liberal talk network, said in a phone interview. He called the effort “humanitarian.”

That project came about when Sheldon Drobny, an old friend, contacted Mr. Rodham about <hl> making a connection for a Chicago-area contractor <hl> , who wanted to become involved in building houses in Haiti.


Question: Does this writer find airline status important?

As someone who flew more than 400,000/year internationally for work, I can definitely echo other travelers’ sentiments. My friends all think it’s a great glamorous thing, but it’s a miserable experience, and I flew on Virgin, which is heads and shoulders above anything mentioned in this article. At the end of these trips, I couldn’t wait to sit on my couch and sleep in my bed. As far as I’m concerned, the people who equate their self-worth with their airline status can have it! I ended up giving the miles to family members and friends. Rick of Summit, N.J.: On my United statement, I get a Rodney Dangerfield. It says “Status: No status.”

Answer: As far as I’m concerned, the people who equate their self-worth with their airline status can have it!

As someone who flew more than 400,000/year internationally for work, I can definitely echo other travelers’ sentiments. My friends all think it’s a great glamorous thing, but it’s a miserable experience, and I flew on Virgin, which is heads and shoulders above anything mentioned in this article. At the end of these trips, I couldn’t wait to sit on my couch and sleep in my bed. <hl> As far as I’m concerned, the people who equate their self-worth with their airline status can have it! I ended up giving the miles to family members and friends. <hl> Rick of Summit, N.J.: On my United statement, I get a Rodney Dangerfield. It says “Status: No status.”

As someone who flew more than 400,000/year internationally for work, I can definitely echo other travelers’ sentiments. My friends all think it’s a great glamorous thing, but it’s a miserable experience, and I flew on Virgin, which is heads and shoulders above anything mentioned in this article. At the end of these trips, I couldn’t wait to sit on my couch and sleep in my bed. <hl> As far as I’m concerned, the people who equate their self-worth with their airline status can have it! <hl> I ended up giving the miles to family members and friends. Rick of Summit, N.J.: On my United statement, I get a Rodney Dangerfield. It says “Status: No status.”


Question: Where did the drone strikes take place?

Perhaps no single C.I.A. officer has been more central to the effort than Michael D’Andrea, a gaunt, chain-smoking convert to Islam who was chief of operations during the birth of the agency’s detention and interrogation program and then, as head of the C.I.A. Counterterrorism Center, became an architect of the targeted killing program. Until last month, when Mr. D’Andrea was quietly shifted to another job, he presided over the growth of C.I.A. drone operations and hundreds of strikes in Pakistan and Yemen during nine years in the position.

Answer: Pakistan and Yemen

Perhaps no single C.I.A. officer has been more central to the effort than Michael D’Andrea, a gaunt, chain-smoking convert to Islam who was chief of operations during the birth of the agency’s detention and interrogation program and then, as head of the C.I.A. Counterterrorism Center, became an architect of the targeted killing program. <hl> Until last month, when Mr. D’Andrea was quietly shifted to another job, he presided over the growth of C.I.A. drone operations and hundreds of strikes in Pakistan and Yemen during nine years in the position. <hl>

Perhaps no single C.I.A. officer has been more central to the effort than Michael D’Andrea, a gaunt, chain-smoking convert to Islam who was chief of operations during the birth of the agency’s detention and interrogation program and then, as head of the C.I.A. Counterterrorism Center, became an architect of the targeted killing program. Until last month, when Mr. D’Andrea was quietly shifted to another job, he presided over the growth of C.I.A. drone operations and hundreds of strikes in <hl> Pakistan and Yemen <hl> during nine years in the position.


Question: In what year did Don Mattingly set the major league record for most grand slams in a season?

Don Mattingly is the author of one of baseball’s most preposterous statistical anomalies. In 1987, he set the major league record (it has since been tied) for most grand slams in a season — six — and those were the only ones he ever hit. Two of them came during a streak in mid-July when he matched the record for most consecutive games with a home run — eight — actually hitting 10 in eight games. The last one, in Texas against the Rangers, just barely sailed over the wall in left-center field, not exactly the left-handed Mattingly’s power alley. “Holy cow, he did it!” Phil Rizzuto screamed, announcing the feat on TV. “Holy cow, Mattingly is unbelievable.”

Answer: 1987

Don Mattingly is the author of one of baseball’s most preposterous statistical anomalies. <hl> In 1987 , he set the major league record (it has since been tied) for most grand slams in a season — six — and those were the only ones he ever hit. <hl> Two of them came during a streak in mid-July when he matched the record for most consecutive games with a home run — eight — actually hitting 10 in eight games. The last one, in Texas against the Rangers, just barely sailed over the wall in left-center field, not exactly the left-handed Mattingly’s power alley. “Holy cow, he did it!” Phil Rizzuto screamed, announcing the feat on TV. “Holy cow, Mattingly is unbelievable.”

Don Mattingly is the author of one of baseball’s most preposterous statistical anomalies. In <hl> 1987 <hl>, he set the major league record (it has since been tied) for most grand slams in a season — six — and those were the only ones he ever hit. Two of them came during a streak in mid-July when he matched the record for most consecutive games with a home run — eight — actually hitting 10 in eight games. The last one, in Texas against the Rangers, just barely sailed over the wall in left-center field, not exactly the left-handed Mattingly’s power alley. “Holy cow, he did it!” Phil Rizzuto screamed, announcing the feat on TV. “Holy cow, Mattingly is unbelievable.”

In <hl> 1987 <hl> , he set the major league record (it has since been tied) for most grand slams in a season — six — and those were the only ones he ever hit.


Question: what did Fahs put up on her walls where she lived?

As a high school student in Battle Creek, Mich., Mimi Fahs dreamed of Wellesley, but it was freezing cold the day she visited. She saw Sweet Briar in the spring, “and, oh my God, what a contrast,” she said. Dr. Fahs, now 65 and a professor at the CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College, was in Sweet Briar’s class of ’71. Her first day, she plastered her freshman dorm room with anti-Vietnam War posters. As it happened, her roommate, who was from North Carolina, had friends who were fighting there.

Answer: anti-Vietnam War posters

As a high school student in Battle Creek, Mich., Mimi Fahs dreamed of Wellesley, but it was freezing cold the day she visited. She saw Sweet Briar in the spring, “and, oh my God, what a contrast,” she said. Dr. Fahs, now 65 and a professor at the CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College, was in Sweet Briar’s class of ’71. <hl> Her first day, she plastered her freshman dorm room with anti-Vietnam War posters . <hl> As it happened, her roommate, who was from North Carolina, had friends who were fighting there.

As a high school student in Battle Creek, Mich., Mimi Fahs dreamed of Wellesley, but it was freezing cold the day she visited. She saw Sweet Briar in the spring, “and, oh my God, what a contrast,” she said. Dr. Fahs, now 65 and a professor at the CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College, was in Sweet Briar’s class of ’71. Her first day, she plastered her freshman dorm room with <hl> anti-Vietnam War posters <hl>. As it happened, her roommate, who was from North Carolina, had friends who were fighting there.

Her first day, she plastered her freshman dorm room with <hl> anti-Vietnam War posters <hl> .


Question: What is Muslim not a part of?

They tell the world that though the mass murderer was quoting from the Quran, he got the Quran wrong. Some of the gutsy ones don’t forget to add: What about your own secular mass murderers? They are suggesting that Muslim mass murderers should be treated like non-Muslim mass murderers, like those shooters on American college campuses or the invaders of Iraq. Should we thank them for striving for parity among mass killers? Did someone say peace? They say that Islam teaches us to respect all religions. They again point to the Holy Book: Look, here’s Jesus; he is our prophet, too. But they don’t explain the point of having a religion if its god and its prophet are no bigger or better or faster than yours. We are encouraged to look at Sufi Islam as a model of moderation. Yet Sufi Muslims, brandishing Rumi and whirling like couplets in a bad poem, don’t even pretend to offer any solution. When asked about Islam they say, let’s listen to some music. At least they are more honest than our spokesmen. And thank you, our spokesmen, for reminding the world that Muslims are not a race. Some of us speak Chinese, others Swahili. Some of us are gay, painters, lawyers, prostitutes, pimps or drummers, and of course mass murderers. Muslims disagree over most things, about this life and the afterlife as well. I have a household of six and can never get us to agree on anything, even though one is an infant and two are dogs.

Answer: Muslims are not a race

They tell the world that though the mass murderer was quoting from the Quran, he got the Quran wrong. Some of the gutsy ones don’t forget to add: What about your own secular mass murderers? They are suggesting that Muslim mass murderers should be treated like non-Muslim mass murderers, like those shooters on American college campuses or the invaders of Iraq. Should we thank them for striving for parity among mass killers? Did someone say peace? They say that Islam teaches us to respect all religions. They again point to the Holy Book: Look, here’s Jesus; he is our prophet, too. But they don’t explain the point of having a religion if its god and its prophet are no bigger or better or faster than yours. We are encouraged to look at Sufi Islam as a model of moderation. Yet Sufi Muslims, brandishing Rumi and whirling like couplets in a bad poem, don’t even pretend to offer any solution. When asked about Islam they say, let’s listen to some music. At least they are more honest than our spokesmen. <hl> And thank you, our spokesmen, for reminding the world that Muslims are not a race . <hl> Some of us speak Chinese, others Swahili. Some of us are gay, painters, lawyers, prostitutes, pimps or drummers, and of course mass murderers. Muslims disagree over most things, about this life and the afterlife as well. I have a household of six and can never get us to agree on anything, even though one is an infant and two are dogs.

They tell the world that though the mass murderer was quoting from the Quran, he got the Quran wrong. Some of the gutsy ones don’t forget to add: What about your own secular mass murderers? They are suggesting that Muslim mass murderers should be treated like non-Muslim mass murderers, like those shooters on American college campuses or the invaders of Iraq. Should we thank them for striving for parity among mass killers? Did someone say peace? They say that Islam teaches us to respect all religions. They again point to the Holy Book: Look, here’s Jesus; he is our prophet, too. But they don’t explain the point of having a religion if its god and its prophet are no bigger or better or faster than yours. We are encouraged to look at Sufi Islam as a model of moderation. Yet Sufi Muslims, brandishing Rumi and whirling like couplets in a bad poem, don’t even pretend to offer any solution. When asked about Islam they say, let’s listen to some music. At least they are more honest than our spokesmen. And thank you, our spokesmen, for reminding the world that <hl> Muslims are not a race <hl>. Some of us speak Chinese, others Swahili. Some of us are gay, painters, lawyers, prostitutes, pimps or drummers, and of course mass murderers. Muslims disagree over most things, about this life and the afterlife as well. I have a household of six and can never get us to agree on anything, even though one is an infant and two are dogs.

And thank you, our spokesmen, for reminding the world that <hl> Muslims are not a race <hl> .


Question: who charges tenants for the rent of their units?

Mr. de Blasio has also called for the elimination of a provision of the rent-stabilization law that allows landlords to charge market rates once a rent-regulated unit reaches a monthly threshold of $2,500. It accounts for nearly two-thirds of the stabilized apartments lost each year.

Answer: landlords

<hl> Mr. de Blasio has also called for the elimination of a provision of the rent-stabilization law that allows landlords to charge market rates once a rent-regulated unit reaches a monthly threshold of $2,500. <hl> It accounts for nearly two-thirds of the stabilized apartments lost each year.

Mr. de Blasio has also called for the elimination of a provision of the rent-stabilization law that allows <hl> landlords <hl> to charge market rates once a rent-regulated unit reaches a monthly threshold of $2,500. It accounts for nearly two-thirds of the stabilized apartments lost each year.


Question: What does  the future of skin care start with?

LONDON — What’s being billed as the future of skin care starts suspiciously like a visit to the dentist: with a mouthwash gargle. That’s to eliminate debris that may interfere with a good saliva sample, from which DNA will be extracted and serums tailored to one’s genetic blueprint. The test is from a company called GeneU (pronounced “gene you”) and performed at its nine-month-old shop on New Bond Street, which looks like a cross between a science fiction movie set and a silver-gray-and-red-dipped Apple store — perhaps fittingly, because the DNA test is done by a flash-drive-size microchip. It’s administered by one of a handful of improbably dewy-skinned beauties who also happen to have Ph.D.s. Unlike other DNA tests, which are sent to labs and take at least two weeks to complete, GeneU’s in-store test is done in 30 minutes. Currently, it looks only at variations in two genes: one that contains instructions for how fast your body degrades collagen and the other for antioxidant protection.

Answer: a mouthwash gargle

<hl> LONDON — What’s being billed as the future of skin care starts suspiciously like a visit to the dentist: with a mouthwash gargle . <hl> That’s to eliminate debris that may interfere with a good saliva sample, from which DNA will be extracted and serums tailored to one’s genetic blueprint. The test is from a company called GeneU (pronounced “gene you”) and performed at its nine-month-old shop on New Bond Street, which looks like a cross between a science fiction movie set and a silver-gray-and-red-dipped Apple store — perhaps fittingly, because the DNA test is done by a flash-drive-size microchip. It’s administered by one of a handful of improbably dewy-skinned beauties who also happen to have Ph.D.s. Unlike other DNA tests, which are sent to labs and take at least two weeks to complete, GeneU’s in-store test is done in 30 minutes. Currently, it looks only at variations in two genes: one that contains instructions for how fast your body degrades collagen and the other for antioxidant protection.

LONDON — What’s being billed as the future of skin care starts suspiciously like a visit to the dentist: with <hl> a mouthwash gargle <hl>. That’s to eliminate debris that may interfere with a good saliva sample, from which DNA will be extracted and serums tailored to one’s genetic blueprint. The test is from a company called GeneU (pronounced “gene you”) and performed at its nine-month-old shop on New Bond Street, which looks like a cross between a science fiction movie set and a silver-gray-and-red-dipped Apple store — perhaps fittingly, because the DNA test is done by a flash-drive-size microchip. It’s administered by one of a handful of improbably dewy-skinned beauties who also happen to have Ph.D.s. Unlike other DNA tests, which are sent to labs and take at least two weeks to complete, GeneU’s in-store test is done in 30 minutes. Currently, it looks only at variations in two genes: one that contains instructions for how fast your body degrades collagen and the other for antioxidant protection.

LONDON — What’s being billed as the future of skin care starts suspiciously like a visit to the dentist: with <hl> a mouthwash gargle <hl> .


Question: What number marriage is this for Mr. Chow?

“It’s not like I get impressed once, and I’m over it, and I need something new,” she said. “I love this teacup. It impresses me. When I love something, whether things or people, I love them very deeply.” She is the third Mrs. Chow. (Or maybe even the fourth; some magazine profiles over the years have indicated that Mr. Chow was briefly married in the 1960s. Asked to clarify, he responded: “I’m not a family lawyer, nor an accountant. I don’t think it’s relevant.”) She was preceded by the model Tina Chow, who died in 1992; and, before that, Grace Coddington, who is now the creative director at Vogue.

Answer: third

She is the third Mrs. Chow.

“It’s not like I get impressed once, and I’m over it, and I need something new,” she said. “I love this teacup. It impresses me. When I love something, whether things or people, I love them very deeply.” <hl> She is the third Mrs. Chow. <hl> (Or maybe even the fourth; some magazine profiles over the years have indicated that Mr. Chow was briefly married in the 1960s. Asked to clarify, he responded: “I’m not a family lawyer, nor an accountant. I don’t think it’s relevant.”) She was preceded by the model Tina Chow, who died in 1992; and, before that, Grace Coddington, who is now the creative director at Vogue.

“It’s not like I get impressed once, and I’m over it, and I need something new,” she said. “I love this teacup. It impresses me. When I love something, whether things or people, I love them very deeply.” She is the <hl> third <hl> Mrs. Chow. (Or maybe even the fourth; some magazine profiles over the years have indicated that Mr. Chow was briefly married in the 1960s. Asked to clarify, he responded: “I’m not a family lawyer, nor an accountant. I don’t think it’s relevant.”) She was preceded by the model Tina Chow, who died in 1992; and, before that, Grace Coddington, who is now the creative director at Vogue.


Question: What does Amtrak claim most payments from New Jersey go towards?

“Amtrak’s leadership must reflect and determine how they can better manage their current funding to avoid these types of delays in the future,” he said in a statement. Amtrak also depends on money from states, and its relationship with Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey soured last week. On Friday, Mr. Christie accused Amtrak of “abject neglect” of its infrastructure. He said he had asked New Jersey’s attorney general to determine how the state could make sure that the nearly $100 million it pays Amtrak each year was being used properly. Amtrak officials countered that New Jersey Transit’s payments mostly go toward operating costs, like train dispatching and inspections, and for electricity to run the trains, and that in the 2014 fiscal year, for example, only about $13.6 million was left for system upgrades.

Answer: operating costs

“Amtrak’s leadership must reflect and determine how they can better manage their current funding to avoid these types of delays in the future,” he said in a statement. Amtrak also depends on money from states, and its relationship with Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey soured last week. On Friday, Mr. Christie accused Amtrak of “abject neglect” of its infrastructure. He said he had asked New Jersey’s attorney general to determine how the state could make sure that the nearly $100 million it pays Amtrak each year was being used properly. <hl> Amtrak officials countered that New Jersey Transit’s payments mostly go toward operating costs , like train dispatching and inspections, and for electricity to run the trains, and that in the 2014 fiscal year, for example, only about $13.6 million was left for system upgrades. <hl>

“Amtrak’s leadership must reflect and determine how they can better manage their current funding to avoid these types of delays in the future,” he said in a statement. Amtrak also depends on money from states, and its relationship with Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey soured last week. On Friday, Mr. Christie accused Amtrak of “abject neglect” of its infrastructure. He said he had asked New Jersey’s attorney general to determine how the state could make sure that the nearly $100 million it pays Amtrak each year was being used properly. Amtrak officials countered that New Jersey Transit’s payments mostly go toward <hl> operating costs <hl>, like train dispatching and inspections, and for electricity to run the trains, and that in the 2014 fiscal year, for example, only about $13.6 million was left for system upgrades.

Amtrak officials countered that New Jersey Transit’s payments mostly go toward <hl> operating costs <hl> , like train dispatching and inspections, and for electricity to run the trains, and that in the 2014 fiscal year, for example, only about $13.6 million was left for system upgrades.


Question: What colleges provided the New York Times with requested data on concussion tracking, training, and protocols?

In 2012, Dr. Paul Echlin, who helped develop a concussion curriculum in Canadian schools, led a small study of two Canadian college teams and found that female hockey players sustained concussions almost twice as frequently as men did. The New York Times contacted every N.C.A.A. Division I women’s hockey program by email or telephone to ask about concussion tracking, training and protocol details. Almost two-thirds of colleges did not respond with any information, some citing confidentiality. Only Cornell and New Hampshire provided all of the requested data. USA Hockey and Hockey Canada did not provide staff members for interviews to detail their concussion programs, instead referring to information on their websites. “The problem is these organizations are dancing around the issue,” Echlin said, citing concerns about participation numbers as a reason that national federations might not be more forthcoming.

Answer: Cornell and New Hampshire

In 2012, Dr. Paul Echlin, who helped develop a concussion curriculum in Canadian schools, led a small study of two Canadian college teams and found that female hockey players sustained concussions almost twice as frequently as men did. The New York Times contacted every N.C.A.A. Division I women’s hockey program by email or telephone to ask about concussion tracking, training and protocol details. Almost two-thirds of colleges did not respond with any information, some citing confidentiality. <hl> Only Cornell and New Hampshire provided all of the requested data. <hl> USA Hockey and Hockey Canada did not provide staff members for interviews to detail their concussion programs, instead referring to information on their websites. “The problem is these organizations are dancing around the issue,” Echlin said, citing concerns about participation numbers as a reason that national federations might not be more forthcoming.

In 2012, Dr. Paul Echlin, who helped develop a concussion curriculum in Canadian schools, led a small study of two Canadian college teams and found that female hockey players sustained concussions almost twice as frequently as men did. The New York Times contacted every N.C.A.A. Division I women’s hockey program by email or telephone to ask about concussion tracking, training and protocol details. Almost two-thirds of colleges did not respond with any information, some citing confidentiality. Only <hl> Cornell and New Hampshire <hl> provided all of the requested data. USA Hockey and Hockey Canada did not provide staff members for interviews to detail their concussion programs, instead referring to information on their websites. “The problem is these organizations are dancing around the issue,” Echlin said, citing concerns about participation numbers as a reason that national federations might not be more forthcoming.


Question: What is the current standard of interest rate?

Yet there are those who still see the stock market as the best investment, given low interest rates at banks and the huge amount of capital needed to buy property in many cities. Song Tairan, 25, an employee at an Internet company in Beijing who lost 20 percent of a first-time $16,000 investment he made in March, said he was still in. “I’m not anxious anymore because I’m used to the tumbling now,” he said. “I plan to invest again. The whole situation seems to be improving. I’m bullish on the stock market.”

Answer: low interest rates

<hl> Yet there are those who still see the stock market as the best investment, given low interest rates at banks and the huge amount of capital needed to buy property in many cities. <hl> Song Tairan, 25, an employee at an Internet company in Beijing who lost 20 percent of a first-time $16,000 investment he made in March, said he was still in. “I’m not anxious anymore because I’m used to the tumbling now,” he said. “I plan to invest again. The whole situation seems to be improving. I’m bullish on the stock market.”

Yet there are those who still see the stock market as the best investment, given <hl> low interest rates <hl> at banks and the huge amount of capital needed to buy property in many cities. Song Tairan, 25, an employee at an Internet company in Beijing who lost 20 percent of a first-time $16,000 investment he made in March, said he was still in. “I’m not anxious anymore because I’m used to the tumbling now,” he said. “I plan to invest again. The whole situation seems to be improving. I’m bullish on the stock market.”


Question: Where are the Chibok girls?

This lack of reaction was symptomatic of why the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan was swept aside last month — the first time an incumbent president has been successfully voted out of office in the history of our nation. For too long they ruled, not governed, and in doing so had become so focused on their own self-interest and embroiled in corruption that the duty to react to the anguish suffered by their citizens had become alien to them. My administration, which will take office on May 29, will act differently — indeed it is the very reason we have been elected. This must begin with honesty as to whether the Chibok girls can be rescued. Currently their whereabouts remain unknown. We do not know the state of their health or welfare, or whether they are even still together or alive. As much as I wish to, I cannot promise that we can find them: to do so would be to offer unfounded hope, only to compound the grief if, later, we find we cannot match such expectation. But I say to every parent, family member and friend of the children that my government will do everything in its power to bring them home.

Answer: Currently their whereabouts remain unknown

This lack of reaction was symptomatic of why the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan was swept aside last month — the first time an incumbent president has been successfully voted out of office in the history of our nation. For too long they ruled, not governed, and in doing so had become so focused on their own self-interest and embroiled in corruption that the duty to react to the anguish suffered by their citizens had become alien to them. My administration, which will take office on May 29, will act differently — indeed it is the very reason we have been elected. This must begin with honesty as to whether the Chibok girls can be rescued. <hl> Currently their whereabouts remain unknown . <hl> We do not know the state of their health or welfare, or whether they are even still together or alive. As much as I wish to, I cannot promise that we can find them: to do so would be to offer unfounded hope, only to compound the grief if, later, we find we cannot match such expectation. But I say to every parent, family member and friend of the children that my government will do everything in its power to bring them home.

This lack of reaction was symptomatic of why the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan was swept aside last month — the first time an incumbent president has been successfully voted out of office in the history of our nation. For too long they ruled, not governed, and in doing so had become so focused on their own self-interest and embroiled in corruption that the duty to react to the anguish suffered by their citizens had become alien to them. My administration, which will take office on May 29, will act differently — indeed it is the very reason we have been elected. This must begin with honesty as to whether the Chibok girls can be rescued. <hl> Currently their whereabouts remain unknown <hl>. We do not know the state of their health or welfare, or whether they are even still together or alive. As much as I wish to, I cannot promise that we can find them: to do so would be to offer unfounded hope, only to compound the grief if, later, we find we cannot match such expectation. But I say to every parent, family member and friend of the children that my government will do everything in its power to bring them home.

<hl> Currently their whereabouts remain unknown <hl> .


Question: What did Sandy order from Mexico?

In October, Sandy wrote to an address in Mexico listed on the website of “The Peaceful Pill Handbook.” Weeks passed, and she fretted that her order had been confiscated at the border. But at last it arrived: a cardboard box, no bigger than a softball, wrapped in brown paper. Sandy eagerly took scissors to the packaging and retrieved two 100-milliliter bottles of pentobarbital — she had bought an extra one just in case, even though she believed that one bottle would be enough for a person her size. The drug needed to be kept in a cool place, so she took the bottles down to the basement. For the time being, she could leave the pentobarbital on a shelf, comforted by the knowledge that it was there. Now that the matter of “How?” was taken care of, the Bems turned back to the elusive question of “When?” They still generally agreed that Sandy would probably be alive until the end of 2014. But even with the treatments in Manhattan, her cognitive deficits were becoming more pronounced. When Bev came from Oregon to visit, Sandy couldn’t understand how Bev and she could possibly have had the same parents. She didn’t recognize Robyn’s name in conversation, and when Emily tried to explain that Robyn was “Dad’s sister,” Sandy asked who, exactly, was Dad?

Answer: pentobarbital

In October, Sandy wrote to an address in Mexico listed on the website of “The Peaceful Pill Handbook.” Weeks passed, and she fretted that her order had been confiscated at the border. But at last it arrived: a cardboard box, no bigger than a softball, wrapped in brown paper. <hl> Sandy eagerly took scissors to the packaging and retrieved two 100-milliliter bottles of pentobarbital — she had bought an extra one just in case, even though she believed that one bottle would be enough for a person her size. <hl> The drug needed to be kept in a cool place, so she took the bottles down to the basement. For the time being, she could leave the pentobarbital on a shelf, comforted by the knowledge that it was there. Now that the matter of “How?” was taken care of, the Bems turned back to the elusive question of “When?” They still generally agreed that Sandy would probably be alive until the end of 2014. But even with the treatments in Manhattan, her cognitive deficits were becoming more pronounced. When Bev came from Oregon to visit, Sandy couldn’t understand how Bev and she could possibly have had the same parents. She didn’t recognize Robyn’s name in conversation, and when Emily tried to explain that Robyn was “Dad’s sister,” Sandy asked who, exactly, was Dad?

In October, Sandy wrote to an address in Mexico listed on the website of “The Peaceful Pill Handbook.” Weeks passed, and she fretted that her order had been confiscated at the border. But at last it arrived: a cardboard box, no bigger than a softball, wrapped in brown paper. Sandy eagerly took scissors to the packaging and retrieved two 100-milliliter bottles of <hl> pentobarbital <hl> — she had bought an extra one just in case, even though she believed that one bottle would be enough for a person her size. The drug needed to be kept in a cool place, so she took the bottles down to the basement. For the time being, she could leave the pentobarbital on a shelf, comforted by the knowledge that it was there. Now that the matter of “How?” was taken care of, the Bems turned back to the elusive question of “When?” They still generally agreed that Sandy would probably be alive until the end of 2014. But even with the treatments in Manhattan, her cognitive deficits were becoming more pronounced. When Bev came from Oregon to visit, Sandy couldn’t understand how Bev and she could possibly have had the same parents. She didn’t recognize Robyn’s name in conversation, and when Emily tried to explain that Robyn was “Dad’s sister,” Sandy asked who, exactly, was Dad?


Question: do mutual funds have to immediately fulfill redemptions?

“When the market is pricing assets that low, you should worry,” he said. Mutual fund analysts say that the Third Avenue fund is perhaps the riskiest of the many high-yield funds that investors have been piling into in recent years. Mr. Lapointe and his team of analysts acted more like private equity investors, taking large stakes in companies that were either already bankrupt or emerging from bankruptcy. Unlike most funds that hold bonds that can be bought and sold, albeit with some difficulty, private equity funds are not required to pay back investors on demand — it is a must for mutual funds.

Answer: it is a must for mutual funds

“When the market is pricing assets that low, you should worry,” he said. Mutual fund analysts say that the Third Avenue fund is perhaps the riskiest of the many high-yield funds that investors have been piling into in recent years. Mr. Lapointe and his team of analysts acted more like private equity investors, taking large stakes in companies that were either already bankrupt or emerging from bankruptcy. <hl> Unlike most funds that hold bonds that can be bought and sold, albeit with some difficulty, private equity funds are not required to pay back investors on demand — it is a must for mutual funds . <hl>

“When the market is pricing assets that low, you should worry,” he said. Mutual fund analysts say that the Third Avenue fund is perhaps the riskiest of the many high-yield funds that investors have been piling into in recent years. Mr. Lapointe and his team of analysts acted more like private equity investors, taking large stakes in companies that were either already bankrupt or emerging from bankruptcy. Unlike most funds that hold bonds that can be bought and sold, albeit with some difficulty, private equity funds are not required to pay back investors on demand — <hl> it is a must for mutual funds <hl>.

Unlike most funds that hold bonds that can be bought and sold, albeit with some difficulty, private equity funds are not required to pay back investors on demand — <hl> it is a must for mutual funds <hl> .


Question: In which country did Russian fighting that the public considered necessary take place?

If the Islamic State seemed a distant threat at one point, the Kremlin now appears genuinely concerned about repercussions. About 2,400 Russians have joined the extremist movement, a senior security official announced recently, and an additional 3,000 men from Central Asian states are believed to be fighting in Syria. It is considered unlikely that Mr. Putin will propose sending Russian troops to join the fighting. The memories of the Russian debacle in Afghanistan in the 1980s remain too fresh. Even Russian casualties fighting next door in Ukraine — a war the public accepted as necessary for its own protection — were hidden by the state.

Answer: Ukraine

If the Islamic State seemed a distant threat at one point, the Kremlin now appears genuinely concerned about repercussions. About 2,400 Russians have joined the extremist movement, a senior security official announced recently, and an additional 3,000 men from Central Asian states are believed to be fighting in Syria. It is considered unlikely that Mr. Putin will propose sending Russian troops to join the fighting. The memories of the Russian debacle in Afghanistan in the 1980s remain too fresh. <hl> Even Russian casualties fighting next door in Ukraine — a war the public accepted as necessary for its own protection — were hidden by the state. <hl>

If the Islamic State seemed a distant threat at one point, the Kremlin now appears genuinely concerned about repercussions. About 2,400 Russians have joined the extremist movement, a senior security official announced recently, and an additional 3,000 men from Central Asian states are believed to be fighting in Syria. It is considered unlikely that Mr. Putin will propose sending Russian troops to join the fighting. The memories of the Russian debacle in Afghanistan in the 1980s remain too fresh. Even Russian casualties fighting next door in <hl> Ukraine <hl> — a war the public accepted as necessary for its own protection — were hidden by the state.


Question: Reclaiming the site would keep faith with what?

As for fears about noisy Berliners partying late into summer nights there, the Flussbad may require what Times Square’s pedestrian plazas do: more policing and sanitation. But that’s the trade-off for making a more popular and accessible public space. It would be great if Berliners reclaimed a site that is now for tourists and dead at night. It would be good for the city, too, to recuperate a long-abject waterway at its center, and keep faith with its post-Wall soul. How do you say “cannonball!” in German?

Answer: its post-Wall soul

As for fears about noisy Berliners partying late into summer nights there, the Flussbad may require what Times Square’s pedestrian plazas do: more policing and sanitation. But that’s the trade-off for making a more popular and accessible public space. It would be great if Berliners reclaimed a site that is now for tourists and dead at night. <hl> It would be good for the city, too, to recuperate a long-abject waterway at its center, and keep faith with its post-Wall soul . <hl> How do you say “cannonball!” in German?

As for fears about noisy Berliners partying late into summer nights there, the Flussbad may require what Times Square’s pedestrian plazas do: more policing and sanitation. But that’s the trade-off for making a more popular and accessible public space. It would be great if Berliners reclaimed a site that is now for tourists and dead at night. It would be good for the city, too, to recuperate a long-abject waterway at its center, and keep faith with <hl> its post-Wall soul <hl>. How do you say “cannonball!” in German?

It would be good for the city, too, to recuperate a long-abject waterway at its center, and keep faith with <hl> its post-Wall soul <hl> .


Question: What time does the Oliver Wolcott Library close on Saturdays?

LAKEVILLE The White Gallery “For the Love of Making Art: The Work of Robert Baras.” Through July 12. Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and by appointment. The White Gallery, 344 Main Street. thewhitegalleryart.com; 860-435-1029. LITCHFIELD Oliver Wolcott Library Oil paintings by Victor Leger. Through June 26. Mondays, noon to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sundays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oliver Wolcott Library, 160 South Street. 860-567-8030; owlibrary.org.

Answer: 2 p.m

LAKEVILLE The White Gallery “For the Love of Making Art: The Work of Robert Baras.” Through July 12. Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and by appointment. The White Gallery, 344 Main Street. thewhitegalleryart.com; 860-435-1029. LITCHFIELD Oliver Wolcott Library Oil paintings by Victor Leger. Through June 26. <hl> Mondays, noon to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m .; Sundays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oliver Wolcott Library, 160 South Street. <hl> 860-567-8030; owlibrary.org.

LAKEVILLE The White Gallery “For the Love of Making Art: The Work of Robert Baras.” Through July 12. Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and by appointment. The White Gallery, 344 Main Street. thewhitegalleryart.com; 860-435-1029. LITCHFIELD Oliver Wolcott Library Oil paintings by Victor Leger. Through June 26. Mondays, noon to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to <hl> 2 p.m <hl>.; Sundays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oliver Wolcott Library, 160 South Street. 860-567-8030; owlibrary.org.

Mondays, noon to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to <hl> 2 p.m <hl> .; Sundays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oliver Wolcott Library, 160 South Street.


Question: What is needed to move around floodwater?

The new groundwater law that the Legislature passed last year would give farmers stronger incentive to cooperate in such plans. In wet years, they might allow their fields to be flooded in the winter or early spring to recharge the groundwater, and they would then be entitled to pump a certain amount out in dry years. Now, urgent research is underway to figure out what soils and crops can tolerate deliberate flooding. To move floodwater around in the winter, new canals and other infrastructure may be needed in some areas, one potential use of some of the $2.7 billion in public money. If floods come this winter, Mr. Cameron will wish he were in a position to go beyond his 2011 experiment, capturing more water. But, like many farmers, he does not yet have the canals and gear in place to make that work, a big reason the farmers could be forced to watch millions of gallons of floodwater escape to the sea this winter.

Answer: canals and other infrastructure

The new groundwater law that the Legislature passed last year would give farmers stronger incentive to cooperate in such plans. In wet years, they might allow their fields to be flooded in the winter or early spring to recharge the groundwater, and they would then be entitled to pump a certain amount out in dry years. Now, urgent research is underway to figure out what soils and crops can tolerate deliberate flooding. <hl> To move floodwater around in the winter, new canals and other infrastructure may be needed in some areas, one potential use of some of the $2.7 billion in public money. <hl> If floods come this winter, Mr. Cameron will wish he were in a position to go beyond his 2011 experiment, capturing more water. But, like many farmers, he does not yet have the canals and gear in place to make that work, a big reason the farmers could be forced to watch millions of gallons of floodwater escape to the sea this winter.

The new groundwater law that the Legislature passed last year would give farmers stronger incentive to cooperate in such plans. In wet years, they might allow their fields to be flooded in the winter or early spring to recharge the groundwater, and they would then be entitled to pump a certain amount out in dry years. Now, urgent research is underway to figure out what soils and crops can tolerate deliberate flooding. To move floodwater around in the winter, new <hl> canals and other infrastructure <hl> may be needed in some areas, one potential use of some of the $2.7 billion in public money. If floods come this winter, Mr. Cameron will wish he were in a position to go beyond his 2011 experiment, capturing more water. But, like many farmers, he does not yet have the canals and gear in place to make that work, a big reason the farmers could be forced to watch millions of gallons of floodwater escape to the sea this winter.


Question: what subjects has John Jay been recognized for?

Inside John Jay, which sits on a busy thoroughfare near Lackland Air Force Base, a statue of a giant white mustang stands near the entrance, rearing up with a front hoof reaching skyward. Educators and students feel the incident has wrested attention from the school’s successes. John Jay serves as a science and engineering magnet school, and has been recognized by the state for academic distinction in math, science, social studies and English language arts.

Answer: math, science, social studies and English language arts

Inside John Jay, which sits on a busy thoroughfare near Lackland Air Force Base, a statue of a giant white mustang stands near the entrance, rearing up with a front hoof reaching skyward. Educators and students feel the incident has wrested attention from the school’s successes. <hl> John Jay serves as a science and engineering magnet school, and has been recognized by the state for academic distinction in math, science, social studies and English language arts . <hl>

Inside John Jay, which sits on a busy thoroughfare near Lackland Air Force Base, a statue of a giant white mustang stands near the entrance, rearing up with a front hoof reaching skyward. Educators and students feel the incident has wrested attention from the school’s successes. John Jay serves as a science and engineering magnet school, and has been recognized by the state for academic distinction in <hl> math, science, social studies and English language arts <hl>.

John Jay serves as a science and engineering magnet school, and has been recognized by the state for academic distinction in <hl> math, science, social studies and English language arts <hl> .


Question: What is Mr. Putin focusing on to the exclusion of Russia's problems?

Second, it gives Mr. Putin the opportunity to play the statesman, too busy reasserting Russia’s rightful position in the world to get caught up in problems like recession, 16 percent inflation and a weak ruble. “He wants to keep the society consolidated and to present himself continuously as a high-profile leader who lives somewhere above everything in the country,” Mr. Trudolyubov said, “so you cannot connect anything that he is doing to what is happening with the ruble, or the hospitals or the schools or the roads. All that is beneath him.” Third, there is a kind of “bread and circus” aspect to it all. In keeping with the paternalistic traditions of czarist Russia, Mr. Putin constantly assumes the role of national superhero.

Answer: reasserting Russia’s rightful position

<hl> Second, it gives Mr. Putin the opportunity to play the statesman, too busy reasserting Russia’s rightful position in the world to get caught up in problems like recession, 16 percent inflation and a weak ruble. <hl> “He wants to keep the society consolidated and to present himself continuously as a high-profile leader who lives somewhere above everything in the country,” Mr. Trudolyubov said, “so you cannot connect anything that he is doing to what is happening with the ruble, or the hospitals or the schools or the roads. All that is beneath him.” Third, there is a kind of “bread and circus” aspect to it all. In keeping with the paternalistic traditions of czarist Russia, Mr. Putin constantly assumes the role of national superhero.

Second, it gives Mr. Putin the opportunity to play the statesman, too busy <hl> reasserting Russia’s rightful position <hl> in the world to get caught up in problems like recession, 16 percent inflation and a weak ruble. “He wants to keep the society consolidated and to present himself continuously as a high-profile leader who lives somewhere above everything in the country,” Mr. Trudolyubov said, “so you cannot connect anything that he is doing to what is happening with the ruble, or the hospitals or the schools or the roads. All that is beneath him.” Third, there is a kind of “bread and circus” aspect to it all. In keeping with the paternalistic traditions of czarist Russia, Mr. Putin constantly assumes the role of national superhero.