The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), also known as the Agriculture Department, is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, agriculture, forestry, and food. It aims to meet the needs of farmers and ranchers, promote agricultural trade and production, work to assure food safety, protect natural resources, foster rural communities and end hunger in the United States and internationally.

Approximately 80% of the USDA's $140 billion budget goes to the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) program. The largest component of the FNS budget is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as the Food Stamp program), which is the cornerstone of USDA's nutrition assistance.

After the resignation of Tom Vilsack on January 13, 2017, the Secretary of Agriculture is Sonny Perdue.

Many of the programs concerned with the distribution of food and nutrition to people of America and providing nourishment as well as nutrition education to those in need are run and operated under the USDA Food and Nutrition Service. Activities in this program include the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides healthy food to over 40 million low-income and homeless people each month. USDA is a member of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, where it is committed to working with other agencies to ensure these mainstream benefits are accessed by those experiencing homelessness. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What does USDA stand for?
2. What percentage of the USDA budget goes to FNS?
3. What is the USDA also known as?
4. is it responsible for executing federeal laws?
5. relating to what?
6. Whose needs does it try to meet?
7. do they try to maintain the safety of food?
8. Do they try to end hunger in the US?
9. How much is the budget?
10. What is the largest part of the budget?
11. which includes what program?
12. what did that used to be called?
13. who is the sec of agriculture currently?
14. who had that job before?
15. was he fired?
16. when did he resign?
17. do they provide education?
18. How many people are served each month?
19. what council is it a part of?
20. are the recipients wealthy?
Answer: 1. United States Department of Agriculture
2. Approximately 80%
3. the Agriculture Department
4. yes
5. farming, agriculture, forestry, and food
6. farmers and ranchers
7. yes
8. yes
9. $140 billion
10. the FNS program
11. the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
12. the Food Stamp program
13. Sonny Perdue
14. Tom Vilsack
15. no
16. January 13, 2017
17. yes
18. over 40 million
19. the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
20. no

The corridor windows at the Hangzhou Entel Foreign Language School look a bit different from other schools. They are all decorated with beautiful paper cutting art. But they are not just for decoration. They are also to stop birds from flying into windows. Chen Zitong, 14, a Junior 3 student at the school came up with the idea. In early January, she wrote a letter to the headmaster and suggested this. She often saw birds fly into the clean windows and get hurt. After some online research, she found this solution. "Some people decorated windows with stickers or posters. Then I thought of replacing them with our traditional paper cutting art," Chen said. To Chen's surprise, the headmaster took her advice. The school organized a paper cutting art competition. Students' works that got awards were pasted on the corridor windows. In fact, there have been paper cutting art classes since 2011. "We have classes once a week for a month to teach paper cutting," said Fan Ming, an art teacher. The teaching building even has a display wall to show students' works. Through the class, Shi Jiawei, 14, fell in love with the art of paper cutting. "It's very fun. I can design my own patterns and present interesting things through it," she said. She created many works like bears and magpies . Paper cutting also helps students become more patient. Wang Yiyou, 12, was once an active boy. But now, he can carefully design a delicate paper cutting work with scissors and gravers . "I am so proud that I can make it look perfect," he said. (By Wu Qian, 21st Century Teens Staff) What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who came up with the idea for unique windows?
2. How old is she?
3. Who did she send her suggestion to?
4. When?
5. What problem was she trying to solve?
6. Which school uses her method?
Answer: 1. Chen Zitong
2. 14
3. the headmaster
4. January
5. birds from flying into windows
6. Hangzhou Entel Foreign Language School

Rafael Nadal completed his preparations for the U.S. Open by claiming the title in Cincinnati for the first time with a hard-fought 7-6 7-6 win over home hope John Isner Sunday.

It was his 26th victory at a Masters 1000 tournament and second in succession after lifting the trophy in Montreal last week.

Nadal, who has won nine titles in 2013 in a remarkable run since returning to the ATP circuit after injury in February, has moved to No.2 in the world off the back of that success.

It has relegated Britain's Andy Murray, who will be defending his U.S. Open crown when the action starts at Flushing Meadows on August 26, to third seed when the draw is made later this week.

Only a shock first round exit at Wimbledon has interrupted Nadal's charge to the top of the rankings with three of his successes coming on hard courts on top of his traditional dominance on clay.

Isner, who had beaten World No.1 Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals, forced two set points at 6-5 on Nadal's service in the opener, but could not punish his Spanish opponent.

Nadal eventually took the subsequent tiebreak 10-8 before another closely fought second set.

He could not force a single break point on the service of the giant Isner, but in the second tiebreaker forged a 5-1 lead to take control.

A typical cross court winner gave Nadal victory in a shade under two hours, collapsing to the ground in trade mark fashion.

It was his 15th straight victory on hard courts and he will be the man in form for the final grand slam of the season, looking at add to his French Open success earlier this year. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. who beat someone in the quarter finals ?
2. who did he beat ?
3. where is his opponent from ?
4. what victory # was this for him ?
5. who won 9 titles ?
6. was that in 2017 ?
7. what is the year ?
8. was he ever injured ?
9. who will defend the us open crown ?
10. where ?
11. when ?
12. where is andy from ?
13. when was nadal injured ?
Answer:
1. Isner
2. Novak Djokovic
3. Spain
4. unknown
5. Nadal
6. no
7. 2013
8. yes
9. Andy Murray
10. at Flushing Meadows
11. August 26
12. Britain
13. in February