Q: CHAPTER XV

There was a deal of cursing and groaning as the men at the bottom of the ladder crawled to their feet.

"Somebody strike a light, my thumb's out of joint," said one of the men, Parsons, a swarthy, saturnine man, boat-steerer in Standish's boat, in which Harrison was puller.

"You'll find it knockin' about by the bitts," Leach said, sitting down on the edge of the bunk in which I was concealed.

There was a fumbling and a scratching of matches, and the sea-lamp flared up, dim and smoky, and in its weird light bare-legged men moved about nursing their bruises and caring for their hurts. Oofty-Oofty laid hold of Parsons's thumb, pulling it out stoutly and snapping it back into place. I noticed at the same time that the Kanaka's knuckles were laid open clear across and to the bone. He exhibited them, exposing beautiful white teeth in a grin as he did so, and explaining that the wounds had come from striking Wolf Larsen in the mouth.

"So it was you, was it, you black beggar?" belligerently demanded one Kelly, an Irish-American and a longshoreman, making his first trip to sea, and boat-puller for Kerfoot.

As he made the demand he spat out a mouthful of blood and teeth and shoved his pugnacious face close to Oofty-Oofty. The Kanaka leaped backward to his bunk, to return with a second leap, flourishing a long knife.

"Aw, go lay down, you make me tired," Leach interfered. He was evidently, for all of his youth and inexperience, cock of the forecastle. "G'wan, you Kelly. You leave Oofty alone. How in hell did he know it was you in the dark?"

1. dim and smoky,
2. bare-legged men
3. black
4. Kelly
5. America
6. pulled it out stoutly and snapped it back into place.
7. cursing and groaning
8. no
9. at the bottom of the ladder
10. a swarthy, saturnine man,
11. fumbling and scratching
12. they were laid open clear across and to the bone

Numbered questions:
1. how was the sea lamp desctibed ?
2. who were caring for thier hurts ?
3. what color is the begger ?
4. who called him that ?
5. where is she from ?
6. what did Oofty-Oofty do to the thumb ?
7. what were the crawling men do a deal of ?
8. were they on the top of the ladder ?
9. where were they ?
10. Parsons is described as what ?
11. what was going on with the matches
12. what happened to the Kanaka's knuckles ?

Q: (CNN) -- Gary Sinise has played many characters on television and the big screen, but one of his most important roles in real life is fighting for veterans.

"I have a passionate love for our country. I know that our freedom is provided by men and women, ordinary men and women who take up the call and serve our country," he says. "We can never forget our defenders, and we should do everything we can for them before the battle, during the battle and after the battle when things get rough for them. We should take care of them."

And that's just what the actor is doing through programs at The Gary Sinise Foundation.

The nonprofit helps veterans translate their military skills to civilian careers, sponsors military scholarships and even helps build customized homes for the severely wounded.

"If you're a quadruple amputee, you've lost both arms and both legs, you're going to have some physical challenges for the rest of your life. We want your home to be the most secure, safe, manageable place in your life," explains Sinise. In partnership with Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, homes are built with smart technology such as automated doors and iPad-controlled electronics.

Cpl. Christian Brown, who lost both legs serving in Afghanistan, is looking forward to gaining more independence after he moves into his specialized house.

"Sometimes I get so focused on the small things that are easy for you but hard for me," the Marine says. "And now I actually have to think my way through them. So it's actually very tiring mentally and just to be able to scoot through your house and do the things you need to do, whether that be laundry, you know, use the bathroom, get to a certain area of the house without actually having to put so much thought into it. I think it'll be relief."

1. Our Country
2. actor
3. help veterans
4. The Gary Sinise Foundation
5. Get civilian jobs
6. Get scholarships
7. Help build homes for the wounded
8. Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation
9. Making homes smart
10. Cpl. Christian Brown,
11. Lost both legs in war
12. More independence in his special house
13. Our defenders

Numbered questions:
1. What does he love?
2. What does he do?
3. What else?
4. What is his program called?
5. What does it help do?
6. What else?
7. And?
8. Who does he partner with?
9. What does the partner help with?
10. Who appreciate the help?
11. What happened to him?
12. What is he excited about?
13. What should we never forget?

Q: A geostationary orbit, geostationary Earth orbit or geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO) is a circular orbit above the Earth's equator and following the direction of the Earth's rotation. An object in such an orbit has an orbital period equal to the Earth's rotational period (one sidereal day) and thus appears motionless, at a fixed position in the sky, to ground observers. Communications satellites and weather satellites are often placed in geostationary orbits, so that the satellite antennas (located on Earth) that communicate with them do not have to rotate to track them, but can be pointed permanently at the position in the sky where the satellites are located. Using this characteristic, ocean color satellites with visible and near-infrared light sensors (e.g. the Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI)) can also be operated in geostationary orbit in order to monitor sensitive changes of ocean environments.

A geostationary orbit is a particular type of geosynchronous orbit, the distinction being that while an object in geosynchronous orbit returns to the same point in the sky at the same time each day, an object in geostationary orbit never leaves that position.

The notion of a geostationary space station equipped with radio communication was published in 1928 by Herman Potocnik. The first appearance of a geostationary orbit in popular literature was in the first Venus Equilateral story by George O. Smith, but Smith did not go into details. British science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke disseminated the idea widely, with more details on how it would work, in a 1945 paper entitled "Extra-Terrestrial Relays Can Rocket Stations Give Worldwide Radio Coverage?", published in "Wireless World" magazine. Clarke acknowledged the connection in his introduction to "The Complete Venus Equilateral". The orbit, which Clarke first described as useful for broadcast and relay communications satellites, is sometimes called the Clarke Orbit. Similarly, the Clarke Belt is the part of space about above sea level, in the plane of the equator, where near-geostationary orbits may be implemented. The Clarke Orbit is about in circumference.

1. A geostationary orbit
2. Earth's equator
3. one sidereal day
4. No
5. a particular type
6. George O. Smith
7. Venus Equilateral story
8. 1928
9. Extra-Terrestrial Relays Can Rocket Stations Give Worldwide Radio Coverage?
10. Wireless World
11. 1945

Numbered questions:
1. What is a GEO
2. Where is it above?
3. How long is its rotational period
4. Does it appear to be moving
5. What type of orbit is a GEO
6. Who first talked about such an object?
7. In what story?
8. When did Herman Potocnik mention it
9. What was Arthur C. Clarke's paper called?
10. Where was it published?
11. When was it published?