question: Wikispecies is a wiki-based online project supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. Its aim is to create a comprehensive free content catalogue of all species; the project is directed at scientists, rather than at the general public. Jimmy Wales stated that editors are not required to fax in their degrees, but that submissions will have to pass muster with a technical audience. Wikispecies is available under the GNU Free Documentation License and CC BY-SA 3.0.

Started in September 2004, with biologists across the world invited to contribute, the project had grown a framework encompassing the Linnaean taxonomy with links to Wikipedia articles on individual species by April 2005.

co-ordinated the efforts of several people who are interested in getting involved with the project and contacted potential supporters in early summer 2004. Databases were evaluated and the administrators contacted, some of them have agreed on providing their data for Wikispecies. Mandl defined two major tasks:

Advantages and disadvantages were widely discussed by the wikimedia-I mailing list. The board of directors of the Wikimedia Foundation voted by 4 to 0 in favor of the establishment of a Wikispecies. The project was launched in August 2004 and is hosted at species.wikimedia.org. It was officially merged to a sister project of Wikimedia Foundation on September 14, 2004.
1. What is Wikispecies?
2. What year was it started?
3. What month?
4. Who was asked to make contributions?
5. Who is it supported by?
6. What is its goal?
7. Is it meant for the general public?
8. What is it available under?
9. What year did they get ahold of people to support it?
10. how many voted for them making it?
11. Where is it hosted?
12. When did it merge?
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answer: 1. a wiki-based online project
2. 2004
3. September
4. biologists
5. Wikimedia Foundation
6. to create a comprehensive free content catalogue of all species;
7. no
8. GNU Free Documentation License and CC BY-SA 3.0
9. 2004
10. Four
11. species.wikimedia.org
12. September 14, 2004

question: BLOOMINGTON --- Once Staci Roper, 14, starts sending text messages, she finds it hard to stop. " Sometimes I text from the time I get up until I go to bed, except during school," said the eighth-grader at Kingsley Junior High.

Her sister Sara Roper, 18, also texts a lot, saying "It is a lot easier than using the telephone."

For teens, technology has become a common way to start and keep social contacts.

Richard Sullivan, a teacher at Illinois State University, said text messaging has become "the new way of passing notes."

"It is an important tool for social communication, especially for the youth," Sullivan said.

But the girls have to store their mobile phones during school because they can be a distraction , Sullivan said.

That is why parents must monitor their children's mobile phone use, said Tim Shannon, a child psychologist at Carle Clinic in Bloomington.

The same technologies that can help communication can be _ if children use them to ignore their family at supper, Shannon said.

While Linda Roper does not allow her children to text massages during meals, she usually does not need to intervene . "My kids are both very disciplined and good about doing their homework," she said.

Gary and Mary Carstens also do not allow their children to text at supper or at family get-togethers.

Their daughter, Kayla, 14, usually texts more on weekends when she has more free time. Kayla likes text messaging "because others can't hear you."

The Carstens got Kayla a mobile phone several years ago because she is active in after-class sports and the phone allows her parents to keep in touch with her.

Mary Carstens believes all the communication allowed by modern technology is good for her kids.
1. Does Tim Shannon think parents should monitor phone usage?
2. What is his profession?
3. At which clinic?
4. Does Linda Roper allow her children to use their phones during meals?
5. Is it usually necessary for her to intervene?
6. Why?
7. What about the Carstens, do they allow their children to text at supper?
8. Are they prohibited anywhere else?
9. Where?
10. What is their daughters name?
11. How old?
12. Does she text more during the week?
13. When?
14. Why?
15. Does she enjoy texting?
16. What is her reason?
17. Did her parents get her a phone to play games?
18. Why did they get her a phone?
19. What does Richard Sullivan say texting has become?
20. What does he believe has become an important tool for communication?
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answer: 1. yes
2. he's a child psychologist
3. Carle Clinic in Bloomington
4. no
5. no
6. her kids are both very disciplined and good about doing their homework
7. no
8. yes
9. family get-togethers
10. Kayla
11. 14
12. no
13. the weekends
14. she has more free time then
15. yes
16. "because others can't hear you."
17. no
18. to keep in touch with her
19. "the new way of passing notes."
20. text messaging

question: London police are well known in the world. Today there are policemen everywhere, but in 1700 there was no policeman in London at all. A few old men used to protect the city streets at night, and they were not paid very much. About 300 years ago, London started to get bigger. The city was very dirty and many people were poor. There were so many thieves who stole money in the streets that people had to stay in their homes as much as possible. In 1750, Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people to stop thieves. They were like policemen and were called "Bow Street Runners" because they worked near Bow Street. Fifty years later, there were 120 Bow Street Runners, but London had become very big and needed more policemen. So, in 1829, the first London Police Force was started with 3,000 officers. Most of the men worked on foot, but a few rode horses. There was no policewoman in London until 1920. Today, London police are quite well paid and only a few police officers still ride horses. Perhaps the London Police Force's greatest achievement is to meet changing conditions and provide excellent police service . The two main reasons for the Force's development were the growth of population and the progress of science and technology.
1. When did London start to get bigger?
2. Were most people rich?
3. Was there a lot of crime in the streets?
4. what did people have to do because of that?
5. Did someone want to stop the crime?
6. who?
7. What did he do?
8. what were they called?
9. when did the real police force start?
10. with how many men?
11. Did they all work by walking around?
12. were females on the force back then?
13. when did females join?
14. do officers still ride horses?
15. How many Bow Street Runners were there after 50 years?
16. was that enough men to keep London safe?
17. Are London police well known?
18. what is their greatest achievement?
19. what is one main reason the force developed?
20. and another?
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answer:
1. 300 years ago
2. Many people were poor.
3. Yes
4. Stay home.
5. Yes
6. Henry Fielding
7. He started to pay a group of people to stop thieves.
8. Bow Street Runners
9. In 1829
10. 3,000
11. A few rode horses
12. No
13. 1920
14. Only a few.
15. 120
16. No
17. unknown
18. To meet changing conditions and provide excellent police service,
19. Growth of population
20. The progress of science and technology