question: The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. It is involved in data gathering and analysis, research, field projects, advocacy, and education. IUCN's mission is to "influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable".

Over the past decades, IUCN has widened its focus beyond conservation ecology and now incorporates issues related to sustainable development in its projects. Unlike many other international environmental organisations, IUCN does not itself aim to mobilize the public in support of nature conservation. It tries to influence the actions of governments, business and other stakeholders by providing information and advice, and through building partnerships. The organization is best known to the wider public for compiling and publishing the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™️, which assesses the conservation status of species worldwide.

IUCN has a membership of over 1400 governmental and non-governmental organizations. Some 16,000 scientists and experts participate in the work of IUCN commissions on a voluntary basis. It employs approximately 1000 full-time staff in more than 50 countries. Its headquarters are in Gland, Switzerland.
1. What does IUCN stand for?
2. what is the longer name for it?
3. Is it a local organization?
4. What field do they work in?
5. and?
6. Do they gather data?
7. Research?
8. Field projects?
9. How long have they been broadening their focus?
10. What are they adding now?
11. Does it do something different than others?
12. Does it try to get the public to support conservation?
13. Is it known to the public what they do?
14. for what?
15. How many members does it have?
16. Are they all governmental?
17. How many scientists?
18. Are they all paid?
19. How many staff members do they have?
20. where is its headquarters?
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answer: 1. International Union for Conservation of Nature
2. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
3. No
4. nature conservation
5. sustainable use of natural resources
6. Yes
7. Yea
8. Yes
9. Over the past decades
10. issues related to sustainable development
11. Yes
12. No
13. Yes
14. compiling and publishing the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™️
15. over 1400 organizations
16. No
17. around 16,000
18. No
19. approximately 1000
20. Gland, Switzerland.

question: SRINAGAR, Indian-administered Kashmir (CNN) -- Six family members were buried alive after an avalanche crashed into their house in a remote village in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials said Friday.

A total of 10 people were killed Friday following five days of continuous snowfall in the mountainous region.

An avalanche in the mountainous Peth Hallan village rolled over the family's house Friday morning, engulfing it in snow, Kashmir Divisional Commissioner Mehboob Iqbal told CNN.

Indian army and police rescue teams were able to rescue only one of the seven family members in the house, he said.

Peth Hallan is about 68 miles (110 kilometers) south of Srinagar.

Another avalanche in the village of Nayal, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) from Srinagar, killed three people, including a woman, a senior police official said.

And in the village of Gulab Bagh, in north Kashmir, a third avalanche buried a house Friday morning, killing one person and injuring three, he said.

"We have so far removed to safety over 300 persons from avalanche-prone villages of Waltengo Nar and Gulab Bagh, and lodged them in makeshift rescue centers," the senior police official said.

After nearly a week of snowfall, authorities have sounded a red alert in the area, asking residents not to move out of their homes, citing the high risk of avalanches.

They are a common threat in Kashmir during winters, and scores of lives have been claimed by them this season in areas where people live along the Himalayan mountain ranges. E-mail to a friend
1. what village was the avalanche?
2. how many different avalanches are mentioned?
3. what region are they generally a threat during the winter?
4. how far is Peth Hallan from Srinagar?
5. how many people were killed Friday?
6. how many days of snowfall were there?
7. is it a flat region or a mountainous one?
8. name another place that had an avalanche
9. how far is that from Srinagar?
10. did anyone die in that avalanche?
11. were they all men?
12. how far is 75 miles in kilometers?
13. where did another avalanche occur?
14. where is that located?
15. when did it hit?
16. was anyone injured?
17. how many?
18. was anyone killed?
19. how many people were moved from Waltengo Nar and Gulab Bagh?
20. what were they put up in?
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answer: 1. Peth Hallan village
2. three
3. Kashmir
4. 68 miles
5. 10
6. five
7. mountainous
8. Nayal
9. 75 miles
10. three people
11. no
12. 120
13. Gulab Bagh
14. north Kashmir
15. Friday morning
16. yes
17. Three
18. yes
19. 300
20. makeshift rescue centers

question: Chapter 3: In A French Chateau.

The three days' ride to the chateau of the Countess de Laville was marked by no incident. To Philip it was an exceedingly pleasant one. Everything was new to him; the architecture of the churches and villages, the dress of the people, their modes of agriculture, all differing widely from those to which he was accustomed. In some villages the Catholics predominated, and here the passage of the little party was regarded with frowning brows and muttered threats; by the Huguenots they were saluted respectfully, and if they halted, many questions were asked their followers as to news about the intentions of the court, the last rumours as to the attitude of Conde, and the prospects of a continuance of peace.

Here, too, great respect was paid to Marie and Philip when it was known they were relatives of the Countess de Laville, and belonged to the family of the De Moulins. Emilie had for some time been a widow--the count, her husband, having fallen at the battle of Dreux, at the end of the year 1562--but being an active and capable woman, she had taken into her hands the entire management of the estates, and was one of the most influential among the Huguenot nobles of that part of the country.

From their last halting place, Marie Vaillant sent on a letter by one of the men to her sister, announcing their coming. She had written on her landing at La Rochelle, and they had been met on their way by a messenger from the countess, expressing her delight that her sister had at last carried out her promise to visit her, and saying that Francois was looking eagerly for the coming of his cousin.
1. Where are they going?
2. Whose?
3. Who is traveling?
4. Who else?
5. How do the Catholics feel about them?
6. Did they say anything to them?
7. Did the Huguenots like them?
8. How could they tell?
9. What was something they asked about?
10. Did they want to know about anything else?
11. Are they related to the Countess?
12. How?
13. Was the Countess married?
14. When did her husband die?
15. How?
16. Did she have children?
17. How did she know they were coming?
18. How>
19. Who the Countesses sister?
20. Who does Francois want to see?
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answer:
1. chateau
2. Countess de Laville
3. Philip
4. Marie
5. They didn't like them.
6. Yes, if they halted.
7. Yes
8. they were saluted respectfully
9. news about the intentions of the court
10. the last rumours as to the attitude of Conde
11. Yes
12. belonged to the family of the De Moulins
13. She was widowed.
14. 1562
15. fallen at the battle of Dreux
16. No
17. Marie Vaillant sent on a letter
18. by one of the men
19. Marie Vaillant
20. his cousin