Question: What two weapons was used to break down a door?

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: sledgehammer and a crowbar

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 encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a <hl> sledgehammer and a crowbar <hl>; 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 encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a <hl> sledgehammer and a crowbar <hl> ; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready.


Question: Which direction is being looked in?

That said, his more forward-looking items — I tried on an excellent bomber with an embroidered bee on the chest ($1,890) — show a possible pathway through the tension. But several of the other shops here feel deeply superfluous: say, the Hermès perfumery, which is right next to a Davidoff of Geneva cigar shop. A newsstand sells magazines like Sleek and The Great Discontent along with matcha-flavored mini Oreos. And truly functional stores seem like outliers. What will become of humble, excellent Kamakura Shirts, relegated to a side corridor on the second floor, if the local business crowd doesn’t find it? No one is coming to ground zero to buy an expertly cut oxford shirt.

Answer: forward

<hl> That said, his more forward -looking items — I tried on an excellent bomber with an embroidered bee on the chest ($1,890) — show a possible pathway through the tension. <hl> But several of the other shops here feel deeply superfluous: say, the Hermès perfumery, which is right next to a Davidoff of Geneva cigar shop. A newsstand sells magazines like Sleek and The Great Discontent along with matcha-flavored mini Oreos. And truly functional stores seem like outliers. What will become of humble, excellent Kamakura Shirts, relegated to a side corridor on the second floor, if the local business crowd doesn’t find it? No one is coming to ground zero to buy an expertly cut oxford shirt.

That said, his more <hl> forward <hl>-looking items — I tried on an excellent bomber with an embroidered bee on the chest ($1,890) — show a possible pathway through the tension. But several of the other shops here feel deeply superfluous: say, the Hermès perfumery, which is right next to a Davidoff of Geneva cigar shop. A newsstand sells magazines like Sleek and The Great Discontent along with matcha-flavored mini Oreos. And truly functional stores seem like outliers. What will become of humble, excellent Kamakura Shirts, relegated to a side corridor on the second floor, if the local business crowd doesn’t find it? No one is coming to ground zero to buy an expertly cut oxford shirt.

That said, his more <hl> forward <hl> -looking items — I tried on an excellent bomber with an embroidered bee on the chest ($1,890) — show a possible pathway through the tension.


Question: How many schools will be able to keep some spots for children coming from low-income or non-English speaking families?

Taking a small step to address segregation in New York City schools, the Education Department announced on Friday that it would allow seven schools to reserve slots for children from low-income or non-English speaking families. Six of the seven schools that will change their policies are unzoned, meaning that they admit students by lottery rather than by drawing from the surrounding neighborhood, the Education Department said. Under the pilot program, students who qualify for free or reduced lunch, are in the child welfare system, are English-language learners or have incarcerated parents would be given priority in those lotteries. The schools would set aside from about 20 percent to 60 percent of their seats for students in those groups, many of them black or Hispanic. All the affected schools are elementary schools, and the changes will take effect for the upcoming kindergarten application cycle. The program grew out of recommendations that the schools’ principals made to the Education Department last year, as Mayor Bill de Blasio has faced growing pressure from principals and community leaders to increase diversity.

Answer: seven

<hl> Taking a small step to address segregation in New York City schools, the Education Department announced on Friday that it would allow seven schools to reserve slots for children from low-income or non-English speaking families. <hl> Six of the seven schools that will change their policies are unzoned, meaning that they admit students by lottery rather than by drawing from the surrounding neighborhood, the Education Department said. Under the pilot program, students who qualify for free or reduced lunch, are in the child welfare system, are English-language learners or have incarcerated parents would be given priority in those lotteries. The schools would set aside from about 20 percent to 60 percent of their seats for students in those groups, many of them black or Hispanic. All the affected schools are elementary schools, and the changes will take effect for the upcoming kindergarten application cycle. The program grew out of recommendations that the schools’ principals made to the Education Department last year, as Mayor Bill de Blasio has faced growing pressure from principals and community leaders to increase diversity.

Taking a small step to address segregation in New York City schools, the Education Department announced on Friday that it would allow <hl> seven <hl> schools to reserve slots for children from low-income or non-English speaking families. Six of the seven schools that will change their policies are unzoned, meaning that they admit students by lottery rather than by drawing from the surrounding neighborhood, the Education Department said. Under the pilot program, students who qualify for free or reduced lunch, are in the child welfare system, are English-language learners or have incarcerated parents would be given priority in those lotteries. The schools would set aside from about 20 percent to 60 percent of their seats for students in those groups, many of them black or Hispanic. All the affected schools are elementary schools, and the changes will take effect for the upcoming kindergarten application cycle. The program grew out of recommendations that the schools’ principals made to the Education Department last year, as Mayor Bill de Blasio has faced growing pressure from principals and community leaders to increase diversity.


Question: Where did the team see Fells on the big screen at?

Coughlin, who has visited Fells, said Fells had had three consecutive days of progress after responding well to the new combination of antibiotics. “I think these three straight days are really a wonderful sign, but there’s more tests to be done,” Coughlin said. “And again, the response to the antibiotic is critical.” Defensive tackle Jonathan Hankins said the players were heartened to speak directly to Fells and to see him on a big screen in the team’s auditorium. “It was good to talk to him and see how he’s doing,” Hankins said.

Answer: auditorium

Coughlin, who has visited Fells, said Fells had had three consecutive days of progress after responding well to the new combination of antibiotics. “I think these three straight days are really a wonderful sign, but there’s more tests to be done,” Coughlin said. “And again, the response to the antibiotic is critical.” <hl> Defensive tackle Jonathan Hankins said the players were heartened to speak directly to Fells and to see him on a big screen in the team’s auditorium . <hl> “It was good to talk to him and see how he’s doing,” Hankins said.

Coughlin, who has visited Fells, said Fells had had three consecutive days of progress after responding well to the new combination of antibiotics. “I think these three straight days are really a wonderful sign, but there’s more tests to be done,” Coughlin said. “And again, the response to the antibiotic is critical.” Defensive tackle Jonathan Hankins said the players were heartened to speak directly to Fells and to see him on a big screen in the team’s <hl> auditorium <hl>. “It was good to talk to him and see how he’s doing,” Hankins said.

Defensive tackle Jonathan Hankins said the players were heartened to speak directly to Fells and to see him on a big screen in the team’s <hl> auditorium <hl> .


Question: Which New York borough had the highest percent of new chain stores between 2014 and 2015?

The Bronx led the city’s five boroughs in the largest percentage of new chain stores from 2014 to 2015, up to 944 from 914. Nur Moznu, a manager who has worked for Zaro’s for nine years, said many customers had come in to say they would miss the fresh bread and bagels.

Answer: The Bronx

<hl> The Bronx led the city’s five boroughs in the largest percentage of new chain stores from 2014 to 2015, up to 944 from 914. <hl> Nur Moznu, a manager who has worked for Zaro’s for nine years, said many customers had come in to say they would miss the fresh bread and bagels.

<hl> The Bronx <hl> led the city’s five boroughs in the largest percentage of new chain stores from 2014 to 2015, up to 944 from 914. Nur Moznu, a manager who has worked for Zaro’s for nine years, said many customers had come in to say they would miss the fresh bread and bagels.


Question: What is the main location of Pace Gallery?

PACE GALLERY DREAMS BIG The Pace Gallery, which turns 55 this year, making it one of the country’s oldest contemporary art galleries, has never been in the real-estate business. As Marc Glimcher, Pace’s president, has said, “We are serial renters.” But it doesn’t seem to be keeping the gallery from shaping its fortunes in Chelsea, where it has three locations. Over the next two years, along with the landlord of its flagship location at 534 West 25th Street, the gallery will oversee the construction of an eight-story building, at 540 West 25th Street, that will give it 30,000 more square feet for shows, for staff now working at offices on East 57th Street and for visible storage of art in transit through the gallery, an idea that has been growing in the museum world but that will be a novelty in a commercial gallery. The space will let Pace put its 10,000-volume art-scholars’ library front and center and also house the operations of Pace Editions and Pace/MacGill. “We don’t know exactly what it’s going to be, but it’s not going to be the same ritual of show after show and fighting other galleries for the hot artists,” Mr. Glimcher said. “We have a chance here to redefine what it is to be a gallery and to be Pace.”

Answer: 534 West 25th Street

PACE GALLERY DREAMS BIG The Pace Gallery, which turns 55 this year, making it one of the country’s oldest contemporary art galleries, has never been in the real-estate business. As Marc Glimcher, Pace’s president, has said, “We are serial renters.” But it doesn’t seem to be keeping the gallery from shaping its fortunes in Chelsea, where it has three locations. <hl> Over the next two years, along with the landlord of its flagship location at 534 West 25th Street , the gallery will oversee the construction of an eight-story building, at 540 West 25th Street, that will give it 30,000 more square feet for shows, for staff now working at offices on East 57th Street and for visible storage of art in transit through the gallery, an idea that has been growing in the museum world but that will be a novelty in a commercial gallery. <hl> The space will let Pace put its 10,000-volume art-scholars’ library front and center and also house the operations of Pace Editions and Pace/MacGill. “We don’t know exactly what it’s going to be, but it’s not going to be the same ritual of show after show and fighting other galleries for the hot artists,” Mr. Glimcher said. “We have a chance here to redefine what it is to be a gallery and to be Pace.”

PACE GALLERY DREAMS BIG The Pace Gallery, which turns 55 this year, making it one of the country’s oldest contemporary art galleries, has never been in the real-estate business. As Marc Glimcher, Pace’s president, has said, “We are serial renters.” But it doesn’t seem to be keeping the gallery from shaping its fortunes in Chelsea, where it has three locations. Over the next two years, along with the landlord of its flagship location at <hl> 534 West 25th Street <hl>, the gallery will oversee the construction of an eight-story building, at 540 West 25th Street, that will give it 30,000 more square feet for shows, for staff now working at offices on East 57th Street and for visible storage of art in transit through the gallery, an idea that has been growing in the museum world but that will be a novelty in a commercial gallery. The space will let Pace put its 10,000-volume art-scholars’ library front and center and also house the operations of Pace Editions and Pace/MacGill. “We don’t know exactly what it’s going to be, but it’s not going to be the same ritual of show after show and fighting other galleries for the hot artists,” Mr. Glimcher said. “We have a chance here to redefine what it is to be a gallery and to be Pace.”

Over the next two years, along with the landlord of its flagship location at <hl> 534 West 25th Street <hl> , the gallery will oversee the construction of an eight-story building, at 540 West 25th Street, that will give it 30,000 more square feet for shows, for staff now working at offices on East 57th Street and for visible storage of art in transit through the gallery, an idea that has been growing in the museum world but that will be a novelty in a commercial gallery.


Question: Why does this writer travel frequently?

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: for work

<hl> As someone who flew more than 400,000/year internationally for work , I can definitely echo other travelers’ sentiments. <hl> 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.”

As someone who flew more than 400,000/year internationally <hl> for work <hl>, 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.”

As someone who flew more than 400,000/year internationally <hl> for work <hl> , I can definitely echo other travelers’ sentiments.


Question: Where and how long was the race?

The team rebuilt the boat in four months and rejoined the fleet last weekend in Lisbon for the final two legs of the 39,000-nautical-mile race. Nicholson’s second-place finish in Lorient, France, this week behind the all-women crew of Team SCA confirmed his high hopes for Team Vestas Wind’s return, although he said last week that two podium finishes would be bittersweet. “Everyone on our team has a lot of pride,” Nicholson said the day before the start of this week’s race from Lisbon to Lorient. “If we do show our potential, it will probably hurt even more, knowing we could have done well and had a chance to win the event.”

Answer: Lisbon for the final two legs of the 39,000-nautical-mile race

<hl> The team rebuilt the boat in four months and rejoined the fleet last weekend in Lisbon for the final two legs of the 39,000-nautical-mile race . <hl> Nicholson’s second-place finish in Lorient, France, this week behind the all-women crew of Team SCA confirmed his high hopes for Team Vestas Wind’s return, although he said last week that two podium finishes would be bittersweet. “Everyone on our team has a lot of pride,” Nicholson said the day before the start of this week’s race from Lisbon to Lorient. “If we do show our potential, it will probably hurt even more, knowing we could have done well and had a chance to win the event.”

The team rebuilt the boat in four months and rejoined the fleet last weekend in <hl> Lisbon for the final two legs of the 39,000-nautical-mile race <hl>. Nicholson’s second-place finish in Lorient, France, this week behind the all-women crew of Team SCA confirmed his high hopes for Team Vestas Wind’s return, although he said last week that two podium finishes would be bittersweet. “Everyone on our team has a lot of pride,” Nicholson said the day before the start of this week’s race from Lisbon to Lorient. “If we do show our potential, it will probably hurt even more, knowing we could have done well and had a chance to win the event.”

The team rebuilt the boat in four months and rejoined the fleet last weekend in <hl> Lisbon for the final two legs of the 39,000-nautical-mile race <hl> .


Question: What slipped by 1 percent?

Answer: Spending on government building projects

<hl> Spending on government building projects slipped 1 percent, although it has risen over the last year largely because of the construction and maintenance of highways and streets. <hl>

<hl> Spending on government building projects <hl> slipped 1 percent, although it has risen over the last year largely because of the construction and maintenance of highways and streets.


Question: Which courtroom did the trial take place in?

CENTENNIAL, Colo. —  Inside Courtroom 201, the families of the dead and wounded watched in taut silence on Thursday afternoon as the judge shuffled through a stack of verdict forms containing the fate of James E. Holmes, the gunman who slipped into a Colorado movie theater in 2012 and opened fire on their sons and daughters, friends and loved ones. As the judge began reading the verdicts — guilty, guilty, guilty — repeated 165 times over an entire hour, for each count of murder and attempted murder, the families sobbed quietly, clutched one another’s shoulders and nodded along to a recitation of guilt that many had been waiting nearly three years to hear. Sandy Phillips wrapped herself tightly in the green scarf that her slain daughter, Jessica Ghawi, had loved. A father whose son was killed patted the arm of Joshua Nowlan, who was wounded and now walks with a cane.

Answer: Courtroom 201

<hl> CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Inside Courtroom 201 , the families of the dead and wounded watched in taut silence on Thursday afternoon as the judge shuffled through a stack of verdict forms containing the fate of James E. Holmes, the gunman who slipped into a Colorado movie theater in 2012 and opened fire on their sons and daughters, friends and loved ones. <hl> As the judge began reading the verdicts — guilty, guilty, guilty — repeated 165 times over an entire hour, for each count of murder and attempted murder, the families sobbed quietly, clutched one another ’s shoulders and nodded along to a recitation of guilt that many had been waiting nearly three years to hear. Sandy Phillips wrapped herself tightly in the green scarf that her slain daughter, Jessica Ghawi, had loved. A father whose son was killed patted the arm of Joshua Nowlan, who was wounded and now walks with a cane.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Inside <hl> Courtroom 201 <hl>, the families of the dead and wounded watched in taut silence on Thursday afternoon as the judge shuffled through a stack of verdict forms containing the fate of James E. Holmes, the gunman who slipped into a Colorado movie theater in 2012 and opened fire on their sons and daughters, friends and loved ones. As the judge began reading the verdicts — guilty, guilty, guilty — repeated 165 times over an entire hour, for each count of murder and attempted murder, the families sobbed quietly, clutched one another’s shoulders and nodded along to a recitation of guilt that many had been waiting nearly three years to hear. Sandy Phillips wrapped herself tightly in the green scarf that her slain daughter, Jessica Ghawi, had loved. A father whose son was killed patted the arm of Joshua Nowlan, who was wounded and now walks with a cane.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Inside <hl> Courtroom 201 <hl> , the families of the dead and wounded watched in taut silence on Thursday afternoon as the judge shuffled through a stack of verdict forms containing the fate of James E. Holmes, the gunman who slipped into a Colorado movie theater in 2012 and opened fire on their sons and daughters, friends and loved ones.


Question: Where was Rosenblatt built?

The offensive downturn alarmed coaches nationwide, although the bat was not the only reason. Rosenblatt was built on a hill, and the prevailing wind blew out. At TD Ameritrade, the wind often blows in, knocking down well-hit balls in the alleys and straightaway center. Minnesota Coach John Anderson, who pushed for the new standard while serving on the N.C.A.A. Division I baseball committee, wished it had had more time to study its effects before the stadium opened. “We would have designed the stadium with shorter dimensions in left-center, center and right-center,” Anderson said. The power falloff was not limited to Omaha. Regular-season home runs per game last year sank to 0.39, the lowest since the N.C.A.A. began keeping records. Bold outfielders with the speed to run down balls over their heads played shallower, cutting off singles and reducing scoring further. “For a few years, the field was playing like a softball field,” said Coach Rick Vanderhook of California State Fullerton. “When you’ve got good athletes, they can cover the whole softball field. Hits were at a premium.” The seam height on the new ball, though only 0.015 of an inch less than that of the old one, is enough to cause a significant reduction in drag. The Washington State University Sport Science Laboratory, which specializes in bat and ball dynamics, found that the lower-seamed ball flew about 20 feet farther on average in 2013 testing. Performance suggests the change achieved its objective. Regular-season home runs rose to 0.58 per game, according to the N.C.A.A. Teams combined for 135 home runs in N.C.A.A. regional and super-regional play, or 0.56 per game, a jump of more than one-third over last season (84, 0.34 per game).

Answer: on a hill

The offensive downturn alarmed coaches nationwide, although the bat was not the only reason. <hl> Rosenblatt was built on a hill , and the prevailing wind blew out. <hl> At TD Ameritrade, the wind often blows in, knocking down well-hit balls in the alleys and straightaway center. Minnesota Coach John Anderson, who pushed for the new standard while serving on the N.C.A.A. Division I baseball committee, wished it had had more time to study its effects before the stadium opened. “We would have designed the stadium with shorter dimensions in left-center, center and right-center,” Anderson said. The power falloff was not limited to Omaha. Regular-season home runs per game last year sank to 0.39, the lowest since the N.C.A.A. began keeping records. Bold outfielders with the speed to run down balls over their heads played shallower, cutting off singles and reducing scoring further. “For a few years, the field was playing like a softball field,” said Coach Rick Vanderhook of California State Fullerton. “When you’ve got good athletes, they can cover the whole softball field. Hits were at a premium.” The seam height on the new ball, though only 0.015 of an inch less than that of the old one, is enough to cause a significant reduction in drag. The Washington State University Sport Science Laboratory, which specializes in bat and ball dynamics, found that the lower-seamed ball flew about 20 feet farther on average in 2013 testing. Performance suggests the change achieved its objective. Regular-season home runs rose to 0.58 per game, according to the N.C.A.A. Teams combined for 135 home runs in N.C.A.A. regional and super-regional play, or 0.56 per game, a jump of more than one-third over last season (84, 0.34 per game).

The offensive downturn alarmed coaches nationwide, although the bat was not the only reason. Rosenblatt was built <hl> on a hill <hl>, and the prevailing wind blew out. At TD Ameritrade, the wind often blows in, knocking down well-hit balls in the alleys and straightaway center. Minnesota Coach John Anderson, who pushed for the new standard while serving on the N.C.A.A. Division I baseball committee, wished it had had more time to study its effects before the stadium opened. “We would have designed the stadium with shorter dimensions in left-center, center and right-center,” Anderson said. The power falloff was not limited to Omaha. Regular-season home runs per game last year sank to 0.39, the lowest since the N.C.A.A. began keeping records. Bold outfielders with the speed to run down balls over their heads played shallower, cutting off singles and reducing scoring further. “For a few years, the field was playing like a softball field,” said Coach Rick Vanderhook of California State Fullerton. “When you’ve got good athletes, they can cover the whole softball field. Hits were at a premium.” The seam height on the new ball, though only 0.015 of an inch less than that of the old one, is enough to cause a significant reduction in drag. The Washington State University Sport Science Laboratory, which specializes in bat and ball dynamics, found that the lower-seamed ball flew about 20 feet farther on average in 2013 testing. Performance suggests the change achieved its objective. Regular-season home runs rose to 0.58 per game, according to the N.C.A.A. Teams combined for 135 home runs in N.C.A.A. regional and super-regional play, or 0.56 per game, a jump of more than one-third over last season (84, 0.34 per game).

Rosenblatt was built <hl> on a hill <hl> , and the prevailing wind blew out.


Question: Which wildlife in California is in danger of extinction?

In recent decades, the ecology of the delta deteriorated to the verge of collapse, with many of California’s native fishes believed to be in danger of extinction. Scientists said that excessive pumping was a contributing factor. Congress imposed restrictions that reduced water for farmers, and environmental groups sued under the nation’s landmark conservation laws to further tighten the rules. The extended drought has compounded the problems. Across large parts of the Central Valley, farmers have survived by pumping groundwater at a furious rate, causing water tables to drop precipitously and thousands of shallow wells to run dry.

Answer: native fishes

<hl> In recent decades, the ecology of the delta deteriorated to the verge of collapse, with many of California’s native fishes believed to be in danger of extinction. <hl> Scientists said that excessive pumping was a contributing factor. Congress imposed restrictions that reduced water for farmers, and environmental groups sued under the nation’s landmark conservation laws to further tighten the rules. The extended drought has compounded the problems. Across large parts of the Central Valley, farmers have survived by pumping groundwater at a furious rate, causing water tables to drop precipitously and thousands of shallow wells to run dry.

In recent decades, the ecology of the delta deteriorated to the verge of collapse, with many of California’s <hl> native fishes <hl> believed to be in danger of extinction. Scientists said that excessive pumping was a contributing factor. Congress imposed restrictions that reduced water for farmers, and environmental groups sued under the nation’s landmark conservation laws to further tighten the rules. The extended drought has compounded the problems. Across large parts of the Central Valley, farmers have survived by pumping groundwater at a furious rate, causing water tables to drop precipitously and thousands of shallow wells to run dry.


Question: What year did the baseball players strike?

By pointing to freedom abroad, M.L.S. demonstrates that restraining salaries in a sports landscape where free agency is rampant will naturally lead those without it to push hard for it. Yet The Daily Mail has calculated that the average player salary in M.L.S. ranks 22nd among the world’s soccer leagues, a fraction of the average in top competitions like England’s Premier League and Germany’s Bundesliga. No wonder M.L.S. players want more. The question is: How far will they go to get it? The 1994 baseball players’ strike came at the expense of the World Series. The N.H.L. has locked out its players three times, once for a full season.

Answer: 1994

By pointing to freedom abroad, M.L.S. demonstrates that restraining salaries in a sports landscape where free agency is rampant will naturally lead those without it to push hard for it. Yet The Daily Mail has calculated that the average player salary in M.L.S. ranks 22nd among the world’s soccer leagues, a fraction of the average in top competitions like England’s Premier League and Germany’s Bundesliga. No wonder M.L.S. players want more. The question is: How far will they go to get it? <hl> The 1994 baseball players’ strike came at the expense of the World Series. <hl> The N.H.L. has locked out its players three times, once for a full season.

By pointing to freedom abroad, M.L.S. demonstrates that restraining salaries in a sports landscape where free agency is rampant will naturally lead those without it to push hard for it. Yet The Daily Mail has calculated that the average player salary in M.L.S. ranks 22nd among the world’s soccer leagues, a fraction of the average in top competitions like England’s Premier League and Germany’s Bundesliga. No wonder M.L.S. players want more. The question is: How far will they go to get it? The <hl> 1994 <hl> baseball players’ strike came at the expense of the World Series. The N.H.L. has locked out its players three times, once for a full season.


Question: Who brings a popular message of social justice?

He added, “I think that our church in Cuba is still looking too much into itself.” But Francis has unique advantages in Cuba, given that he is a native Spanish speaker bearing a popular message of social justice and the pitfalls of capitalism. Cuban officials have already signaled their approval. During his last trip to the Vatican, Raúl Castro joked that Francis might even convince him to return to church. Few expect that a Cuban government still so firmly in power is going to roll over, no matter how popular the pope may be. And those government critics, especially in Miami, who want Francis to publicly rebuke Mr. Castro are likely to be disappointed. The toughest negotiations will likely happen in private. “Cuba is his hardest task,” Mr. Hare said. “He will know that he has to engineer a new path in Cuba and he has the best opportunity yet with his rhetoric, background of social activism and lack of stuffiness to open the key to the Cuban door.”

Answer: Francis

He added, “I think that our church in Cuba is still looking too much into itself.” <hl> But Francis has unique advantages in Cuba, given that he is a native Spanish speaker bearing a popular message of social justice and the pitfalls of capitalism. <hl> Cuban officials have already signaled their approval. During his last trip to the Vatican, Raúl Castro joked that Francis might even convince him to return to church. Few expect that a Cuban government still so firmly in power is going to roll over, no matter how popular the pope may be. And those government critics, especially in Miami, who want Francis to publicly rebuke Mr. Castro are likely to be disappointed. The toughest negotiations will likely happen in private. “Cuba is his hardest task,” Mr. Hare said. “He will know that he has to engineer a new path in Cuba and he has the best opportunity yet with his rhetoric, background of social activism and lack of stuffiness to open the key to the Cuban door.”

He added, “I think that our church in Cuba is still looking too much into itself.” But <hl> Francis <hl> has unique advantages in Cuba, given that he is a native Spanish speaker bearing a popular message of social justice and the pitfalls of capitalism. Cuban officials have already signaled their approval. During his last trip to the Vatican, Raúl Castro joked that Francis might even convince him to return to church. Few expect that a Cuban government still so firmly in power is going to roll over, no matter how popular the pope may be. And those government critics, especially in Miami, who want Francis to publicly rebuke Mr. Castro are likely to be disappointed. The toughest negotiations will likely happen in private. “Cuba is his hardest task,” Mr. Hare said. “He will know that he has to engineer a new path in Cuba and he has the best opportunity yet with his rhetoric, background of social activism and lack of stuffiness to open the key to the Cuban door.”


Question: Which site formerly handled the coverage of sci fi and fantasy?

Some of the areas of coverage that those sites focused on will now be addressed by the remaining seven sites. Jezebel, he said, will now “become the primary voice for celebrity and pop culture coverage in the network.” Gizmodo, which recently hired a new editor, Katie Drummond, from Bloomberg, will take over the coverage of science fiction, fantasy and futurism that was previously handled by the site io9. Seven people will lose their jobs in the revamping, although six jobs will be created. Plans to license Gawker’s content management system, Kinja, will be shelved. Gawker.com, the first site founded by Mr. Denton, had been seen as the quintessential Manhattan media and gossip publication of the Internet age — a destination for ambitious, young writers eager to cover the industry and the powerful figures who populate it. It has been no stranger to turmoil itself, with frequent changes among its top newsroom leadership, scandals over subjects it has covered or materials it has published. Disagreements in its staff have often broken into public view. But the announcement on Tuesday represents a more fundamental change of direction for the site and the company.

Answer: io9

Some of the areas of coverage that those sites focused on will now be addressed by the remaining seven sites. Jezebel, he said, will now “become the primary voice for celebrity and pop culture coverage in the network.” <hl> Gizmodo, which recently hired a new editor, Katie Drummond, from Bloomberg, will take over the coverage of science fiction, fantasy and futurism that was previously handled by the site io9 . <hl> Seven people will lose their jobs in the revamping, although six jobs will be created. Plans to license Gawker’s content management system, Kinja, will be shelved. Gawker.com, the first site founded by Mr. Denton, had been seen as the quintessential Manhattan media and gossip publication of the Internet age — a destination for ambitious, young writers eager to cover the industry and the powerful figures who populate it. It has been no stranger to turmoil itself, with frequent changes among its top newsroom leadership, scandals over subjects it has covered or materials it has published. Disagreements in its staff have often broken into public view. But the announcement on Tuesday represents a more fundamental change of direction for the site and the company.

Some of the areas of coverage that those sites focused on will now be addressed by the remaining seven sites. Jezebel, he said, will now “become the primary voice for celebrity and pop culture coverage in the network.” Gizmodo, which recently hired a new editor, Katie Drummond, from Bloomberg, will take over the coverage of science fiction, fantasy and futurism that was previously handled by the site <hl> io9 <hl>. Seven people will lose their jobs in the revamping, although six jobs will be created. Plans to license Gawker’s content management system, Kinja, will be shelved. Gawker.com, the first site founded by Mr. Denton, had been seen as the quintessential Manhattan media and gossip publication of the Internet age — a destination for ambitious, young writers eager to cover the industry and the powerful figures who populate it. It has been no stranger to turmoil itself, with frequent changes among its top newsroom leadership, scandals over subjects it has covered or materials it has published. Disagreements in its staff have often broken into public view. But the announcement on Tuesday represents a more fundamental change of direction for the site and the company.

Gizmodo, which recently hired a new editor, Katie Drummond, from Bloomberg, will take over the coverage of science fiction, fantasy and futurism that was previously handled by the site <hl> io9 <hl> .


Question: What kind of experience republican are requesting  their candidate has?

Answer: in the political system

<hl> A) “In a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll, Republicans prefer an outsider to a candidate with experience in the political system by a 24-point margin (60 to 36).” <hl>

A) “In a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll, Republicans prefer an outsider to a candidate with experience <hl> in the political system <hl> by a 24-point margin (60 to 36).”


Question: What is the name of the former head of the Russian atomic energy ministry?

Switzerland has extradited some people wanted for financial fraud by countries like Russia, despite criticism from human rights groups concerned that they would not receive a fair trial in their homeland. At the request of the United States, Switzerland arrested Yevgeny Adamov, the former head of the Russian atomic energy ministry, in 2005. But after a long tussle between Washington and Moscow, which then also sought his extradition on embezzlement charges, Switzerland sent Mr. Adamov back to Russia to stand trial, rather than to the United States.

Answer: Yevgeny Adamov

Switzerland has extradited some people wanted for financial fraud by countries like Russia, despite criticism from human rights groups concerned that they would not receive a fair trial in their homeland. <hl> At the request of the United States, Switzerland arrested Yevgeny Adamov , the former head of the Russian atomic energy ministry, in 2005. <hl> But after a long tussle between Washington and Moscow, which then also sought his extradition on embezzlement charges, Switzerland sent Mr. Adamov back to Russia to stand trial, rather than to the United States.

Switzerland has extradited some people wanted for financial fraud by countries like Russia, despite criticism from human rights groups concerned that they would not receive a fair trial in their homeland. At the request of the United States, Switzerland arrested <hl> Yevgeny Adamov <hl>, the former head of the Russian atomic energy ministry, in 2005. But after a long tussle between Washington and Moscow, which then also sought his extradition on embezzlement charges, Switzerland sent Mr. Adamov back to Russia to stand trial, rather than to the United States.

At the request of the United States, Switzerland arrested <hl> Yevgeny Adamov <hl> , the former head of the Russian atomic energy ministry, in 2005.


Question: What is a key concern for Rep. Ryan?

Of course, most lawmakers in Washington spend long periods away from family. But by declaring the preservation of his family life a key concern in taking on a job that is a seven-day-a-week venture — the sort of job he sought once before, in 2012, when he was the Republican vice-presidential nominee — Mr. Ryan, 45, may be ushering in a new era for a position traditionally held by older congressmen who spent years rising through party ranks. “In U.S. society, we often talk about ‘working moms’ but not about ‘working dads,’ and the work-life policies that organizations do provide are often considered as being mainly for women,” said Erika Kirby a professor of communication studies and an authority on work-life issues at Creighton University in Omaha. “So I think Representative Ryan’s call for protecting his family time within a demanding job is extremely significant.”

Answer: the preservation of his family life

Of course, most lawmakers in Washington spend long periods away from family. <hl> But by declaring the preservation of his family life a key concern in taking on a job that is a seven-day-a-week venture — the sort of job he sought once before, in 2012, when he was the Republican vice-presidential nominee — Mr. Ryan, 45, may be ushering in a new era for a position traditionally held by older congressmen who spent years rising through party ranks. <hl> “In U.S. society, we often talk about ‘working moms’ but not about ‘working dads,’ and the work-life policies that organizations do provide are often considered as being mainly for women,” said Erika Kirby a professor of communication studies and an authority on work-life issues at Creighton University in Omaha. “So I think Representative Ryan’s call for protecting his family time within a demanding job is extremely significant.”

Of course, most lawmakers in Washington spend long periods away from family. But by declaring <hl> the preservation of his family life <hl> a key concern in taking on a job that is a seven-day-a-week venture — the sort of job he sought once before, in 2012, when he was the Republican vice-presidential nominee — Mr. Ryan, 45, may be ushering in a new era for a position traditionally held by older congressmen who spent years rising through party ranks. “In U.S. society, we often talk about ‘working moms’ but not about ‘working dads,’ and the work-life policies that organizations do provide are often considered as being mainly for women,” said Erika Kirby a professor of communication studies and an authority on work-life issues at Creighton University in Omaha. “So I think Representative Ryan’s call for protecting his family time within a demanding job is extremely significant.”


Question: What work did Ken Kalfus publish in 2003?

According to Hertzberg, Didion “has always been at her most original when she writes about the state she knows best,” her native California. Thomas Mallon, assessing “Where I Was From,” Didion’s 2003 book about her home state, called it “the work of someone who can still be very much herself, someone who is even now, arguably, a great American writer.” Quotable “If a woman had written it, she would have been denounced as a very anti-male person. It’s extremely feminist — to such an extreme that I think only a male writer could have gotten away with it.” — Margaret Atwood on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly Tentative Speculation In 2003, Ken Kalfus published “Our 9/11,” a story about a husband and wife who (happily) each believe that the other perished in the attacks when neither did. Now comes “In the Shadow of the Towers,” an anthology of speculative fiction that touches directly or indirectly on the attacks. Contributors include Cory Doctorow and Jeff VanderMeer.

Answer: Our 9/11

According to Hertzberg, Didion “has always been at her most original when she writes about the state she knows best,” her native California. Thomas Mallon, assessing “Where I Was From,” Didion’s 2003 book about her home state, called it “the work of someone who can still be very much herself, someone who is even now, arguably, a great American writer.” Quotable “If a woman had written it, she would have been denounced as a very anti-male person. It’s extremely feminist — to such an extreme that I think only a male writer could have gotten away with it.” <hl> — Margaret Atwood on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly Tentative Speculation In 2003, Ken Kalfus published “ Our 9/11 ,” a story about a husband and wife who (happily) each believe that the other perished in the attacks when neither did. <hl> Now comes “In the Shadow of the Towers,” an anthology of speculative fiction that touches directly or indirectly on the attacks. Contributors include Cory Doctorow and Jeff VanderMeer.

According to Hertzberg, Didion “has always been at her most original when she writes about the state she knows best,” her native California. Thomas Mallon, assessing “Where I Was From,” Didion’s 2003 book about her home state, called it “the work of someone who can still be very much herself, someone who is even now, arguably, a great American writer.” Quotable “If a woman had written it, she would have been denounced as a very anti-male person. It’s extremely feminist — to such an extreme that I think only a male writer could have gotten away with it.” — Margaret Atwood on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly Tentative Speculation In 2003, Ken Kalfus published “<hl> Our 9/11 <hl>,” a story about a husband and wife who (happily) each believe that the other perished in the attacks when neither did. Now comes “In the Shadow of the Towers,” an anthology of speculative fiction that touches directly or indirectly on the attacks. Contributors include Cory Doctorow and Jeff VanderMeer.

— Margaret Atwood on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly Tentative Speculation In 2003, Ken Kalfus published “ <hl> Our 9/11 <hl> ,” a story about a husband and wife who (happily) each believe that the other perished in the attacks when neither did.


Question: What is the address of Spectrum?

This week night offers a couple of strong concert choices. On Sunday, you can head to Spectrum, a very cozy space on the Lower East Side, for Morton Feldman’s late, visionary Piano and String Quartet, featuring the pianist Joseph Branciforte and string players drawn from several ensembles: Christopher Otto, Pauline Kim Harris, John Pickford Richards and Mariel Roberts. (9 p.m., 121 Ludlow Street, second floor, spectrumnyc.com.) And on Thursday there’s the second installment in the Argento Chamber Ensemble’s Mahler as New York Contemporary series, which this time pairs the chamber arrangement of “Das Lied von der Erde” with recent works by Oliver Schneller and Jesse Jones. (7:30 p.m., Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, at 67th Street, 212-933-5812, argentomusic.com.)

Answer: 121 Ludlow Street, second floor,

This week night offers a couple of strong concert choices. On Sunday, you can head to Spectrum, a very cozy space on the Lower East Side, for Morton Feldman’s late, visionary Piano and String Quartet, featuring the pianist Joseph Branciforte and string players drawn from several ensembles: Christopher Otto, Pauline Kim Harris, John Pickford Richards and Mariel Roberts. <hl> (9 p.m., 121 Ludlow Street, second floor, spectrumnyc.com.) <hl> And on Thursday there’s the second installment in the Argento Chamber Ensemble’s Mahler as New York Contemporary series, which this time pairs the chamber arrangement of “Das Lied von der Erde” with recent works by Oliver Schneller and Jesse Jones. (7:30 p.m., Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, at 67th Street, 212-933-5812, argentomusic.com.)

This week night offers a couple of strong concert choices. On Sunday, you can head to Spectrum, a very cozy space on the Lower East Side, for Morton Feldman’s late, visionary Piano and String Quartet, featuring the pianist Joseph Branciforte and string players drawn from several ensembles: Christopher Otto, Pauline Kim Harris, John Pickford Richards and Mariel Roberts. (9 p.m., <hl> 121 Ludlow Street, second floor, <hl> spectrumnyc.com.) And on Thursday there’s the second installment in the Argento Chamber Ensemble’s Mahler as New York Contemporary series, which this time pairs the chamber arrangement of “Das Lied von der Erde” with recent works by Oliver Schneller and Jesse Jones. (7:30 p.m., Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, at 67th Street, 212-933-5812, argentomusic.com.)


Question: How much weight did Alberto Youseff lose in prison?

“It’s hard to predict,” he said. “Statistically, when you have cases against the rich and powerful, things tend to end with pizza. We have no illusions. No aspirations to be superheroes. We are only a group of guys determined to do our best.” One person who will be celebrating before too long is Alberto Youssef. Stress and jail have turned his hair gray, slimmed him down by 40 pounds and landed him last year in the hospital with a heart attack. His wife divorced him and he is said to be destitute. His days as a nexus of cash and gifts are over. But Judge Moro determined that his assistance had been so helpful that he was given the minimum sentence allowed in his plea agreement. With the time he has already served, he will be free by the beginning of 2017.

Answer: 40 pounds

“It’s hard to predict,” he said. “Statistically, when you have cases against the rich and powerful, things tend to end with pizza. We have no illusions. No aspirations to be superheroes. We are only a group of guys determined to do our best.” One person who will be celebrating before too long is Alberto Youssef. <hl> Stress and jail have turned his hair gray, slimmed him down by 40 pounds and landed him last year in the hospital with a heart attack. <hl> His wife divorced him and he is said to be destitute. His days as a nexus of cash and gifts are over. But Judge Moro determined that his assistance had been so helpful that he was given the minimum sentence allowed in his plea agreement. With the time he has already served, he will be free by the beginning of 2017.

“It’s hard to predict,” he said. “Statistically, when you have cases against the rich and powerful, things tend to end with pizza. We have no illusions. No aspirations to be superheroes. We are only a group of guys determined to do our best.” One person who will be celebrating before too long is Alberto Youssef. Stress and jail have turned his hair gray, slimmed him down by <hl> 40 pounds <hl> and landed him last year in the hospital with a heart attack. His wife divorced him and he is said to be destitute. His days as a nexus of cash and gifts are over. But Judge Moro determined that his assistance had been so helpful that he was given the minimum sentence allowed in his plea agreement. With the time he has already served, he will be free by the beginning of 2017.


Question: Who was warmly received in Europe?

Indeed, Mr. Reed said he had been more warmly received in Europe where, in a series of recent shows, he explored the concept of the filmstrip in his paintings. “It’s always been strange to feel that I’m an American painter who’s much more appreciated in Europe than I am here,” he said. Mr. Reed is creating a work for Mr. Blum’s West 57th Street gallery — seven adjacent Technicolor canvases making a 42-foot-long horizontal piece that appears to extend through a wall and into Mr. Blum’s office. “I hope the painting seems endless,” Mr. Reed said. “I’m excited about what I’m doing now,” he added. “I just hope I live long enough to be able to explore it. Painting is a long game — you need a lot of years. I feel like I’m finally getting a feel for certain things and it’s taken me this long to do it.”

Answer: West 57th Street gallery

Indeed, Mr. Reed said he had been more warmly received in Europe where, in a series of recent shows, he explored the concept of the filmstrip in his paintings. “It’s always been strange to feel that I’m an American painter who’s much more appreciated in Europe than I am here,” he said. <hl> Mr. Reed is creating a work for Mr. Blum’s West 57th Street gallery — seven adjacent Technicolor canvases making a 42-foot-long horizontal piece that appears to extend through a wall and into Mr. Blum’s office. <hl> “I hope the painting seems endless,” Mr. Reed said. “I’m excited about what I’m doing now,” he added. “I just hope I live long enough to be able to explore it. Painting is a long game — you need a lot of years. I feel like I’m finally getting a feel for certain things and it’s taken me this long to do it.”

Indeed, Mr. Reed said he had been more warmly received in Europe where, in a series of recent shows, he explored the concept of the filmstrip in his paintings. “It’s always been strange to feel that I’m an American painter who’s much more appreciated in Europe than I am here,” he said. Mr. Reed is creating a work for Mr. Blum’s <hl> West 57th Street gallery <hl> — seven adjacent Technicolor canvases making a 42-foot-long horizontal piece that appears to extend through a wall and into Mr. Blum’s office. “I hope the painting seems endless,” Mr. Reed said. “I’m excited about what I’m doing now,” he added. “I just hope I live long enough to be able to explore it. Painting is a long game — you need a lot of years. I feel like I’m finally getting a feel for certain things and it’s taken me this long to do it.”


Question: How many points did Brandon Knight have?

HEAT 100, LAKERS 94 Dwyane Wade scored 25 points and added 6 assists, Hassan Whiteside grabbed 25 rebounds and host Miami rallied to beat Los Angeles. The Heat held on to the No. 7 spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race and posted two straight home wins for the first time in more than four months. SUNS 105, MAGIC 100 Brandon Knight had 28 points and 7 assists in his best game for Phoenix, and the Suns overcame a 15-point deficit to beat host Orlando. Markief Morris added 23 points and 6 rebounds to help Phoenix end a two-game skid and improve to 4-10 in its last 14. Victor Oladipo led the Magic with a career-high 38 points.

Answer: 28

HEAT 100, LAKERS 94 Dwyane Wade scored 25 points and added 6 assists, Hassan Whiteside grabbed 25 rebounds and host Miami rallied to beat Los Angeles. The Heat held on to the No. 7 spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race and posted two straight home wins for the first time in more than four months. <hl> SUNS 105, MAGIC 100 Brandon Knight had 28 points and 7 assists in his best game for Phoenix, and the Suns overcame a 15-point deficit to beat host Orlando. <hl> Markief Morris added 23 points and 6 rebounds to help Phoenix end a two-game skid and improve to 4-10 in its last 14. Victor Oladipo led the Magic with a career-high 38 points.

HEAT 100, LAKERS 94 Dwyane Wade scored 25 points and added 6 assists, Hassan Whiteside grabbed 25 rebounds and host Miami rallied to beat Los Angeles. The Heat held on to the No. 7 spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race and posted two straight home wins for the first time in more than four months. SUNS 105, MAGIC 100 Brandon Knight had <hl> 28 <hl> points and 7 assists in his best game for Phoenix, and the Suns overcame a 15-point deficit to beat host Orlando. Markief Morris added 23 points and 6 rebounds to help Phoenix end a two-game skid and improve to 4-10 in its last 14. Victor Oladipo led the Magic with a career-high 38 points.


Question: What did SAC plead guilty to?

Mr. Ganek and Mr. Chiasson were once star traders at SAC Capital, the former hedge fund founded by the billionaire investor Steven A. Cohen, and long a focal point of the government’s investigation. Although SAC ultimately pleaded guilty to insider trading, the government never raided its offices, highlighting the rarity of such an aggressive move. Mr. Ganek is not the first to question the government’s tactics.

Answer: insider trading

Mr. Ganek and Mr. Chiasson were once star traders at SAC Capital, the former hedge fund founded by the billionaire investor Steven A. Cohen, and long a focal point of the government’s investigation. <hl> Although SAC ultimately pleaded guilty to insider trading , the government never raided its offices, highlighting the rarity of such an aggressive move. <hl> Mr. Ganek is not the first to question the government’s tactics.

Mr. Ganek and Mr. Chiasson were once star traders at SAC Capital, the former hedge fund founded by the billionaire investor Steven A. Cohen, and long a focal point of the government’s investigation. Although SAC ultimately pleaded guilty to <hl> insider trading <hl>, the government never raided its offices, highlighting the rarity of such an aggressive move. Mr. Ganek is not the first to question the government’s tactics.

Although SAC ultimately pleaded guilty to <hl> insider trading <hl> , the government never raided its offices, highlighting the rarity of such an aggressive move.


Question: What nation was occupying the Palestinian territory?

Two other American churches — the Episcopal Church and the Mennonite Church USA — were also debating Israeli divestment measures this week at their conventions. Last year, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) approved a resolution to divest from three companies that it said supplied Israel with equipment used in the occupation of Palestinian territory. With about 1.8 million members, the church remains the largest to endorse divestment at a churchwide convention. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and his subordinates have called the B.D.S. movement a new form of terrorism to delegitimize Israel. Supporters of the movement, including a growing number of American Jews, have called such criticism a scaremongering and divisive tactic meant to thwart legitimate debate about the Israeli occupation of lands seized in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Representatives of Jewish Voice for Peace, an advocacy group based in Oakland, Calif. that has endorsed the B.D.S. movement, attended the United Church of Christ meeting as observers. They said they welcomed the boycott resolution and described it as a reflection of growing impatience with what they called Israel’s intransigence.

Answer: Israel

<hl> Two other American churches — the Episcopal Church and the Mennonite Church USA — were also debating Israel i divestment measures this week at their conventions. <hl> Last year, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) approved a resolution to divest from three companies that it said supplied Israel with equipment used in the occupation of Palestinian territory. With about 1.8 million members, the church remains the largest to endorse divestment at a churchwide convention. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and his subordinates have called the B.D.S. movement a new form of terrorism to delegitimize Israel. Supporters of the movement, including a growing number of American Jews, have called such criticism a scaremongering and divisive tactic meant to thwart legitimate debate about the Israeli occupation of lands seized in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Representatives of Jewish Voice for Peace, an advocacy group based in Oakland, Calif. that has endorsed the B.D.S. movement, attended the United Church of Christ meeting as observers. They said they welcomed the boycott resolution and described it as a reflection of growing impatience with what they called Israel’s intransigence.

Two other American churches — the Episcopal Church and the Mennonite Church USA — were also debating <hl> Israel <hl>i divestment measures this week at their conventions. Last year, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) approved a resolution to divest from three companies that it said supplied Israel with equipment used in the occupation of Palestinian territory. With about 1.8 million members, the church remains the largest to endorse divestment at a churchwide convention. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and his subordinates have called the B.D.S. movement a new form of terrorism to delegitimize Israel. Supporters of the movement, including a growing number of American Jews, have called such criticism a scaremongering and divisive tactic meant to thwart legitimate debate about the Israeli occupation of lands seized in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Representatives of Jewish Voice for Peace, an advocacy group based in Oakland, Calif. that has endorsed the B.D.S. movement, attended the United Church of Christ meeting as observers. They said they welcomed the boycott resolution and described it as a reflection of growing impatience with what they called Israel’s intransigence.

Two other American churches — the Episcopal Church and the Mennonite Church USA — were also debating <hl> Israel <hl> i divestment measures this week at their conventions.


Question: Who is the college president of Columbia?

A 2011 survey showed that 37 percent of college presidents lived in official residences and that an additional 29 percent received housing allowances, according to the American Council on Education. The fair-market value of housing is included in compensation on reports that colleges must file with the Internal Revenue Service. While most employees would regard free housing as an enticing perk, more than a few college presidents have complained about the lack of privacy at these official residences, which are frequently used as venues for university celebrations and fund-raisers. Several presidents have rejected living in the official residence, including Dr. Gee’s successor at Vanderbilt, Nicholas S. Zeppos, who declined to move into the mansion, which is currently used for university functions. Some colleges, however, require presidents to live on campus. Among them, according to a university spokesman, is Columbia, where the president, Lee C. Bollinger, lives in the official residence. His compensation in 2013 included $360,000 that the university estimated was the annual fair-market rent of his use of the house. While president at N.Y.U., Dr. Sexton has not lived in the apartment at 37 West Washington Square, which is officially designated as the president’s residence. In his emailed statement, Mr. Beckman said the apartment had been occupied by several of Dr. Sexton’s predecessors, but that when Dr. Sexton was named president, he chose to remain in the faculty apartment he had occupied since the late 1980s, which is down the street in another university-owned building.

Answer: Lee C. Bollinger

A 2011 survey showed that 37 percent of college presidents lived in official residences and that an additional 29 percent received housing allowances, according to the American Council on Education. The fair-market value of housing is included in compensation on reports that colleges must file with the Internal Revenue Service. While most employees would regard free housing as an enticing perk, more than a few college presidents have complained about the lack of privacy at these official residences, which are frequently used as venues for university celebrations and fund-raisers. Several presidents have rejected living in the official residence, including Dr. Gee’s successor at Vanderbilt, Nicholas S. Zeppos, who declined to move into the mansion, which is currently used for university functions. Some colleges, however, require presidents to live on campus. <hl> Among them, according to a university spokesman, is Columbia, where the president, Lee C. Bollinger , lives in the official residence. <hl> His compensation in 2013 included $360,000 that the university estimated was the annual fair-market rent of his use of the house. While president at N.Y.U., Dr. Sexton has not lived in the apartment at 37 West Washington Square, which is officially designated as the president’s residence. In his emailed statement, Mr. Beckman said the apartment had been occupied by several of Dr. Sexton’s predecessors, but that when Dr. Sexton was named president, he chose to remain in the faculty apartment he had occupied since the late 1980s, which is down the street in another university-owned building.

A 2011 survey showed that 37 percent of college presidents lived in official residences and that an additional 29 percent received housing allowances, according to the American Council on Education. The fair-market value of housing is included in compensation on reports that colleges must file with the Internal Revenue Service. While most employees would regard free housing as an enticing perk, more than a few college presidents have complained about the lack of privacy at these official residences, which are frequently used as venues for university celebrations and fund-raisers. Several presidents have rejected living in the official residence, including Dr. Gee’s successor at Vanderbilt, Nicholas S. Zeppos, who declined to move into the mansion, which is currently used for university functions. Some colleges, however, require presidents to live on campus. Among them, according to a university spokesman, is Columbia, where the president, <hl> Lee C. Bollinger <hl>, lives in the official residence. His compensation in 2013 included $360,000 that the university estimated was the annual fair-market rent of his use of the house. While president at N.Y.U., Dr. Sexton has not lived in the apartment at 37 West Washington Square, which is officially designated as the president’s residence. In his emailed statement, Mr. Beckman said the apartment had been occupied by several of Dr. Sexton’s predecessors, but that when Dr. Sexton was named president, he chose to remain in the faculty apartment he had occupied since the late 1980s, which is down the street in another university-owned building.

Among them, according to a university spokesman, is Columbia, where the president, <hl> Lee C. Bollinger <hl> , lives in the official residence.


Question: What phrase was written inside the hospital?

What was clear was that those trapped had been living in difficult conditions. Video shot by insurgents entering the grounds showed the hospital building in rubble, with dismembered or decomposing bodies strewn about. Food and water had been airdropped to the those trapped inside. Graffiti on the walls read, “Assad or we damn the country.” In one video posted by insurgents, voices can be heard, apparently those of insurgents watching the escape.

Answer: “Assad or we damn the country.”

What was clear was that those trapped had been living in difficult conditions. Video shot by insurgents entering the grounds showed the hospital building in rubble, with dismembered or decomposing bodies strewn about. Food and water had been airdropped to the those trapped inside. <hl> Graffiti on the walls read, “Assad or we damn the country.” In one video posted by insurgents, voices can be heard, apparently those of insurgents watching the escape. <hl>

What was clear was that those trapped had been living in difficult conditions. Video shot by insurgents entering the grounds showed the hospital building in rubble, with dismembered or decomposing bodies strewn about. Food and water had been airdropped to the those trapped inside. Graffiti on the walls read, <hl> “Assad or we damn the country.” <hl> In one video posted by insurgents, voices can be heard, apparently those of insurgents watching the escape.


Question: From which country was the wolverine being sent?

If there were a manual for transporting wolverines, Rule No. 1 would probably go something like this: Make sure the wolverine cannot get out of the cage. At Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday, it became clear that this precaution had not been taken. A 40-pound male wolverine named Kasper was being shipped from a zoo in Norway to a conservation park in Alaska. At around 3:30 p.m., he arrived in Newark to change planes and go through United States Customs. It was there that the animal’s handler, Sarah Howard, noticed there was a hole in Kasper’s cage. “His head was sticking out,” said Ms. Howard, a curator for the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, the wolverine’s intended new home. She had flown to Newark to meet him. The cage was made of metal, said Joseph Pentangelo, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport. “It’s believed he chewed a hole in it.”

Answer: Norway

If there were a manual for transporting wolverines, Rule No. 1 would probably go something like this: Make sure the wolverine cannot get out of the cage. At Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday, it became clear that this precaution had not been taken. <hl> A 40-pound male wolverine named Kasper was being shipped from a zoo in Norway to a conservation park in Alaska. <hl> At around 3:30 p.m., he arrived in Newark to change planes and go through United States Customs. It was there that the animal’s handler, Sarah Howard, noticed there was a hole in Kasper’s cage. “His head was sticking out,” said Ms. Howard, a curator for the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, the wolverine’s intended new home. She had flown to Newark to meet him. The cage was made of metal, said Joseph Pentangelo, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport. “It’s believed he chewed a hole in it.”

If there were a manual for transporting wolverines, Rule No. 1 would probably go something like this: Make sure the wolverine cannot get out of the cage. At Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday, it became clear that this precaution had not been taken. A 40-pound male wolverine named Kasper was being shipped from a zoo in <hl> Norway <hl> to a conservation park in Alaska. At around 3:30 p.m., he arrived in Newark to change planes and go through United States Customs. It was there that the animal’s handler, Sarah Howard, noticed there was a hole in Kasper’s cage. “His head was sticking out,” said Ms. Howard, a curator for the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, the wolverine’s intended new home. She had flown to Newark to meet him. The cage was made of metal, said Joseph Pentangelo, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport. “It’s believed he chewed a hole in it.”


Question: How many meals a day are many families in South Sudan living on?

Three United Nations agencies reported Thursday that 3.9 million people in South Sudan, roughly a third of the population, now face “severe food insecurity” because of the mayhem and disruptions caused by that country’s nearly two-year-old civil war. A statement issued jointly by the agencies, Unicef, the World Food Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization, also said that at least 30,000 people in Unity State, in the north-central part of South Sudan, had fallen into the “catastrophe” phase of food insecurity — the most dire — and are “living in extreme conditions and are facing starvation and death.” Some families, the statement said, are subsisting on one meal a day of fish and water lilies. Despite a number of peace pledges made by the warring sides, fighting has persisted in South Sudan. Serge Tissot, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s representative in South Sudan, said in the statement that “livelihoods have been severely affected by high inflation rates, market disruption, conflict-related displacement and loss of livestock and agricultural production.”

Answer: one

Three United Nations agencies reported Thursday that 3.9 million people in South Sudan, roughly a third of the population, now face “severe food insecurity” because of the mayhem and disruptions caused by that country’s nearly two-year-old civil war. A statement issued jointly by the agencies, Unicef, the World Food Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization, also said that at least 30,000 people in Unity State, in the north-central part of South Sudan, had fallen into the “catastrophe” phase of food insecurity — the most dire — and are “living in extreme conditions and are facing starvation and death.” <hl> Some families, the statement said, are subsisting on one meal a day of fish and water lilies. <hl> Despite a number of peace pledges made by the warring sides, fighting has persisted in South Sudan. Serge Tissot, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s representative in South Sudan, said in the statement that “livelihoods have been severely affected by high inflation rates, market disruption, conflict-related displacement and loss of livestock and agricultural production.”

Three United Nations agencies reported Thursday that 3.9 million people in South Sudan, roughly a third of the population, now face “severe food insecurity” because of the mayhem and disruptions caused by that country’s nearly two-year-old civil war. A statement issued jointly by the agencies, Unicef, the World Food Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization, also said that at least 30,000 people in Unity State, in the north-central part of South Sudan, had fallen into the “catastrophe” phase of food insecurity — the most dire — and are “living in extreme conditions and are facing starvation and death.” Some families, the statement said, are subsisting on <hl> one <hl> meal a day of fish and water lilies. Despite a number of peace pledges made by the warring sides, fighting has persisted in South Sudan. Serge Tissot, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s representative in South Sudan, said in the statement that “livelihoods have been severely affected by high inflation rates, market disruption, conflict-related displacement and loss of livestock and agricultural production.”


Question: Who had brought Sandy two books?

On a quiet Friday morning in November 2010, Sandy sat down with a mug of honey-ginger tea to read two books that Daryl had brought her. By this point, a year and a half after her amnestic M.C.I. diagnosis, she had progressed to what Duffy said was Alzheimer’s disease. She had retired from Cornell, but she was doing well. She could still travel alone to familiar destinations, including Austin, Tex., where Emily was living. Jeremy had temporarily moved back home to be with her. She could read novels, even difficult ones like Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road.” She played tennis, gardened and went for walks around Ithaca with a handful of friends, most of them former colleagues from Cornell. She saw a few psychotherapy patients. One would later say that even though Sandy was having some trouble remembering words, “it didn’t really matter. In a therapy relationship you’re talking more about emotions — and in that regard, she didn’t miss a beat.”

Answer: Daryl

<hl> On a quiet Friday morning in November 2010, Sandy sat down with a mug of honey-ginger tea to read two books that Daryl had brought her. <hl> By this point, a year and a half after her amnestic M.C.I. diagnosis, she had progressed to what Duffy said was Alzheimer’s disease. She had retired from Cornell, but she was doing well. She could still travel alone to familiar destinations, including Austin, Tex., where Emily was living. Jeremy had temporarily moved back home to be with her. She could read novels, even difficult ones like Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road.” She played tennis, gardened and went for walks around Ithaca with a handful of friends, most of them former colleagues from Cornell. She saw a few psychotherapy patients. One would later say that even though Sandy was having some trouble remembering words, “it didn’t really matter. In a therapy relationship you’re talking more about emotions — and in that regard, she didn’t miss a beat.”

On a quiet Friday morning in November 2010, Sandy sat down with a mug of honey-ginger tea to read two books that <hl> Daryl <hl> had brought her. By this point, a year and a half after her amnestic M.C.I. diagnosis, she had progressed to what Duffy said was Alzheimer’s disease. She had retired from Cornell, but she was doing well. She could still travel alone to familiar destinations, including Austin, Tex., where Emily was living. Jeremy had temporarily moved back home to be with her. She could read novels, even difficult ones like Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road.” She played tennis, gardened and went for walks around Ithaca with a handful of friends, most of them former colleagues from Cornell. She saw a few psychotherapy patients. One would later say that even though Sandy was having some trouble remembering words, “it didn’t really matter. In a therapy relationship you’re talking more about emotions — and in that regard, she didn’t miss a beat.”


Question: Galaxy S5 and S6 are made by what company?

Some phone makers, like Samsung with its Galaxy S5 and Galaxy S6 models, let you take a screen shot by touching the phone’s display with the side of your hand and swiping from left to right; the Power and Volume Down button combination works as well. To see a collection of your Samsung screen shots, open the Gallery app, go to Album view and tap Screenshots. Sharing iTunes Files Between Computers Q. I have a work and home computer with different iTunes libraries. If I want to copy songs from one computer’s music library to the other, can I just copy the tracks to my Dropbox folder and then download them to the other computer from there?

Answer: Samsung

<hl> Some phone makers, like Samsung with its Galaxy S5 and Galaxy S6 models, let you take a screen shot by touching the phone’s display with the side of your hand and swiping from left to right; the Power and Volume Down button combination works as well. <hl> To see a collection of your Samsung screen shots, open the Gallery app, go to Album view and tap Screenshots. Sharing iTunes Files Between Computers Q. I have a work and home computer with different iTunes libraries. If I want to copy songs from one computer’s music library to the other, can I just copy the tracks to my Dropbox folder and then download them to the other computer from there?

Some phone makers, like <hl> Samsung <hl> with its Galaxy S5 and Galaxy S6 models, let you take a screen shot by touching the phone’s display with the side of your hand and swiping from left to right; the Power and Volume Down button combination works as well. To see a collection of your Samsung screen shots, open the Gallery app, go to Album view and tap Screenshots. Sharing iTunes Files Between Computers Q. I have a work and home computer with different iTunes libraries. If I want to copy songs from one computer’s music library to the other, can I just copy the tracks to my Dropbox folder and then download them to the other computer from there?


Question: When is the first day of Masters?

In theater terms, Woods is in previews. For him, opening night is April 9, the first day of the Masters. If he is worried about the state of his game, Woods hid it behind his actor’s mask. After signing his scorecard, he stepped to the microphone and deadpanned, “I’m just doing this so I won’t get fined.” Everybody, starting with Woods, laughed at his sendup of the media-averse Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch. Woods’s stab at humor hit closer to the funny bone than the attempt by the marshal at the par-3 seventh hole on Thursday. As Woods’s group approached the tee box, the man announced to the fans, “No jokes about missing teeth, blondes or 5-irons.”

Answer: April 9

In theater terms, Woods is in previews. <hl> For him, opening night is April 9 , the first day of the Masters. <hl> If he is worried about the state of his game, Woods hid it behind his actor’s mask. After signing his scorecard, he stepped to the microphone and deadpanned, “I’m just doing this so I won’t get fined.” Everybody, starting with Woods, laughed at his sendup of the media-averse Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch. Woods’s stab at humor hit closer to the funny bone than the attempt by the marshal at the par-3 seventh hole on Thursday. As Woods’s group approached the tee box, the man announced to the fans, “No jokes about missing teeth, blondes or 5-irons.”

In theater terms, Woods is in previews. For him, opening night is <hl> April 9 <hl>, the first day of the Masters. If he is worried about the state of his game, Woods hid it behind his actor’s mask. After signing his scorecard, he stepped to the microphone and deadpanned, “I’m just doing this so I won’t get fined.” Everybody, starting with Woods, laughed at his sendup of the media-averse Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch. Woods’s stab at humor hit closer to the funny bone than the attempt by the marshal at the par-3 seventh hole on Thursday. As Woods’s group approached the tee box, the man announced to the fans, “No jokes about missing teeth, blondes or 5-irons.”

For him, opening night is <hl> April 9 <hl> , the first day of the Masters.


Question: What was the book about?

“It was a book this thick, but we were free,” joked Mr. Harschel, waving an imaginary building code volume. Mr. Olthuis noted that the house had been built following code for land houses, which, in keeping with a mandate to build greener houses in the Netherlands, stipulated triple-glazed windows, heavy insulation and even a heat exchanger to retain heat from effluent — something that most houseboats, which tend to be light houses on a heavy foundation, avoid. Mr. Harschel estimates that the couple spent 350,000 euros, or $380,000, to build the house (the lease for the lot is €600 a month), and guesses that the value of the property has probably more than doubled in the years since it was built.

Answer: building code

<hl> “It was a book this thick, but we were free,” joked Mr. Harschel, waving an imaginary building code volume. <hl> Mr. Olthuis noted that the house had been built following code for land houses, which, in keeping with a mandate to build greener houses in the Netherlands, stipulated triple-glazed windows, heavy insulation and even a heat exchanger to retain heat from effluent — something that most houseboats, which tend to be light houses on a heavy foundation, avoid. Mr. Harschel estimates that the couple spent 350,000 euros, or $380,000, to build the house (the lease for the lot is €600 a month), and guesses that the value of the property has probably more than doubled in the years since it was built.

“It was a book this thick, but we were free,” joked Mr. Harschel, waving an imaginary <hl> building code <hl> volume. Mr. Olthuis noted that the house had been built following code for land houses, which, in keeping with a mandate to build greener houses in the Netherlands, stipulated triple-glazed windows, heavy insulation and even a heat exchanger to retain heat from effluent — something that most houseboats, which tend to be light houses on a heavy foundation, avoid. Mr. Harschel estimates that the couple spent 350,000 euros, or $380,000, to build the house (the lease for the lot is €600 a month), and guesses that the value of the property has probably more than doubled in the years since it was built.


Question: When was Simmons contract suppose to end?

But do not expect Simmons to say anything, at least about his departure, until he and ESPN are legally done with each other. Talent contracts like Simmons’s typically contain nondisparagement clauses, so if Simmons strikes out angrily before negotiating his exit — if, say, he verbally slapped Skipper or ESPN — he would forfeit about a third of his estimated $5 million salary, based on just over four months left on his contract.

Answer: just over four months

But do not expect Simmons to say anything, at least about his departure, until he and ESPN are legally done with each other. <hl> Talent contracts like Simmons’s typically contain nondisparagement clauses, so if Simmons strikes out angrily before negotiating his exit — if, say, he verbally slapped Skipper or ESPN — he would forfeit about a third of his estimated $5 million salary, based on just over four months left on his contract. <hl>

But do not expect Simmons to say anything, at least about his departure, until he and ESPN are legally done with each other. Talent contracts like Simmons’s typically contain nondisparagement clauses, so if Simmons strikes out angrily before negotiating his exit — if, say, he verbally slapped Skipper or ESPN — he would forfeit about a third of his estimated $5 million salary, based on <hl> just over four months <hl> left on his contract.


Question: What are the names of the personalities mentioned by first and last name?

Though “The Starters’ “ television audience is growing, Mr. Elder and Mr. Melas, with the show’s other personalities, Trey Kerby and Leigh Ellis, have not abandoned podcasting. This season they introduced “The Drop,” a weekly, podcast-only show that is downloaded 70 percent more frequently on average than the podcast of the daily “The Starters” television show, according to the network. Last week’s episode featured references to Katy Perry’s Super Bowl halftime show and a discussion of some of the more handsome N.B.A. stars. “The Starters” TV show has tried to incorporate the lighter elements of “The Basketball Jones” podcast in a way that recreates the spontaneity of its hosts’ old material. On their show last Thursday, in a segment called “Meme Team,” the hosts counted down some of the goofiest moments from the N.B.A. that week. Number one on the countdown was Westbrook’s reaction to being stiffed on a high five by a teammate. In the video, he turned around sharply and glared at the offending player. “That screams cat to me,” Mr. Elder said. “Case closed, right? He’s more like a cat.”

Answer: Trey Kerby and Leigh Ellis

<hl> Though “The Starters’ “ television audience is growing, Mr. Elder and Mr. Melas, with the show’s other personalities, Trey Kerby and Leigh Ellis , have not abandoned podcasting. <hl> This season they introduced “The Drop,” a weekly, podcast-only show that is downloaded 70 percent more frequently on average than the podcast of the daily “The Starters” television show, according to the network. Last week’s episode featured references to Katy Perry’s Super Bowl halftime show and a discussion of some of the more handsome N.B.A. stars. “The Starters” TV show has tried to incorporate the lighter elements of “The Basketball Jones” podcast in a way that recreates the spontaneity of its hosts’ old material. On their show last Thursday, in a segment called “Meme Team,” the hosts counted down some of the goofiest moments from the N.B.A. that week. Number one on the countdown was Westbrook’s reaction to being stiffed on a high five by a teammate. In the video, he turned around sharply and glared at the offending player. “That screams cat to me,” Mr. Elder said. “Case closed, right? He’s more like a cat.”

Though “The Starters’ “ television audience is growing, Mr. Elder and Mr. Melas, with the show’s other personalities, <hl> Trey Kerby and Leigh Ellis <hl>, have not abandoned podcasting. This season they introduced “The Drop,” a weekly, podcast-only show that is downloaded 70 percent more frequently on average than the podcast of the daily “The Starters” television show, according to the network. Last week’s episode featured references to Katy Perry’s Super Bowl halftime show and a discussion of some of the more handsome N.B.A. stars. “The Starters” TV show has tried to incorporate the lighter elements of “The Basketball Jones” podcast in a way that recreates the spontaneity of its hosts’ old material. On their show last Thursday, in a segment called “Meme Team,” the hosts counted down some of the goofiest moments from the N.B.A. that week. Number one on the countdown was Westbrook’s reaction to being stiffed on a high five by a teammate. In the video, he turned around sharply and glared at the offending player. “That screams cat to me,” Mr. Elder said. “Case closed, right? He’s more like a cat.”

Though “The Starters’ “ television audience is growing, Mr. Elder and Mr. Melas, with the show’s other personalities, <hl> Trey Kerby and Leigh Ellis <hl> , have not abandoned podcasting.


Question: Who did Mr. Hincapie say beat a confession out of him?

The judge’s ruling came after lengthy hearings, starting in February, during which Mr. Hincapie testified that a detective had beaten a confession out of him and a previously unknown witness, Mariluz Santana, came forward to swear she had not seen Mr. Hincapie on the subway platform when the murder happened. Mr. Watkins, a tourist from Utah visiting New York for the United States Open, was stabbed in the chest on Sept. 3, 1990, in a struggle with at least six young men who had tried to rob his family inside the Seventh Avenue subway station at 53rd Street. Some of the men later said they needed money to go dancing at the Roseland Ballroom. Mr. Hincapie, now 43, was arrested the next day and confessed to taking part. He was one of seven young men convicted of felony murder at two separate trials. Under state law, everyone who takes part in a mugging can be held responsible for murder if a victim dies.

Answer: a detective

<hl> The judge’s ruling came after lengthy hearings, starting in February, during which Mr. Hincapie testified that a detective had beaten a confession out of him and a previously unknown witness, Mariluz Santana, came forward to swear she had not seen Mr. Hincapie on the subway platform when the murder happened. <hl> Mr. Watkins, a tourist from Utah visiting New York for the United States Open, was stabbed in the chest on Sept. 3, 1990, in a struggle with at least six young men who had tried to rob his family inside the Seventh Avenue subway station at 53rd Street. Some of the men later said they needed money to go dancing at the Roseland Ballroom. Mr. Hincapie, now 43, was arrested the next day and confessed to taking part. He was one of seven young men convicted of felony murder at two separate trials. Under state law, everyone who takes part in a mugging can be held responsible for murder if a victim dies.

The judge’s ruling came after lengthy hearings, starting in February, during which Mr. Hincapie testified that <hl> a detective <hl> had beaten a confession out of him and a previously unknown witness, Mariluz Santana, came forward to swear she had not seen Mr. Hincapie on the subway platform when the murder happened. Mr. Watkins, a tourist from Utah visiting New York for the United States Open, was stabbed in the chest on Sept. 3, 1990, in a struggle with at least six young men who had tried to rob his family inside the Seventh Avenue subway station at 53rd Street. Some of the men later said they needed money to go dancing at the Roseland Ballroom. Mr. Hincapie, now 43, was arrested the next day and confessed to taking part. He was one of seven young men convicted of felony murder at two separate trials. Under state law, everyone who takes part in a mugging can be held responsible for murder if a victim dies.


Question: why did people flee from Syria?

Mr. Abou Zeid said the current trash crisis also did not bode well for the government’s ability to deal with the country’s other problems. “If on such local matters they can’t even function and agree, how can they agree on the bigger issues?” Mr. Zeid said. The civil war in neighboring Syria and the more than 1.2 million refugees who have fled to Lebanon are taxing the economy and the government’s ability to provide services. Political divisions have left the country without a president for 14 months, and the current Parliament extended its own mandate last year, essentially re-electing itself after failing to agree on a law to govern new elections. Dysfunctional politics are nothing new in Lebanon, a country with 4.2 million people before the Syrian civil war. Since Lebanon’s own civil war that ended in 1990, a constellation of mostly sectarian political parties have tried to govern the country through consensus — a commodity often in short supply.

Answer: The civil war

Mr. Abou Zeid said the current trash crisis also did not bode well for the government’s ability to deal with the country’s other problems. “If on such local matters they can’t even function and agree, how can they agree on the bigger issues?” Mr. Zeid said. <hl> The civil war in neighboring Syria and the more than 1.2 million refugees who have fled to Lebanon are taxing the economy and the government’s ability to provide services. <hl> Political divisions have left the country without a president for 14 months, and the current Parliament extended its own mandate last year, essentially re-electing itself after failing to agree on a law to govern new elections. Dysfunctional politics are nothing new in Lebanon, a country with 4.2 million people before the Syrian civil war. Since Lebanon’s own civil war that ended in 1990, a constellation of mostly sectarian political parties have tried to govern the country through consensus — a commodity often in short supply.

Mr. Abou Zeid said the current trash crisis also did not bode well for the government’s ability to deal with the country’s other problems. “If on such local matters they can’t even function and agree, how can they agree on the bigger issues?” Mr. Zeid said. <hl> The civil war <hl> in neighboring Syria and the more than 1.2 million refugees who have fled to Lebanon are taxing the economy and the government’s ability to provide services. Political divisions have left the country without a president for 14 months, and the current Parliament extended its own mandate last year, essentially re-electing itself after failing to agree on a law to govern new elections. Dysfunctional politics are nothing new in Lebanon, a country with 4.2 million people before the Syrian civil war. Since Lebanon’s own civil war that ended in 1990, a constellation of mostly sectarian political parties have tried to govern the country through consensus — a commodity often in short supply.