Question: A patient on the brink of death has received the world's first self--contained artificial heart--a battery--powered device about the size of a softball that runs without the need for wires,tubes sticking out of the chest.It is powered by a small battery pack worn outside the body that transmits current through the skin.

Two surgeons from the University of Louisville implanted the titanium and plastic pump during a seven-hour operation at Jewish Hospital Monday.The hospital said the patient was''awake and responsive''Tuesday and resting comibrtably.It refused to eve personal details.

The patient had been expected to die within a month without the operation, and doctors said they expected the artificial heart to extend the person's life by only a month.But the device is considered a major step toward inlproving the patient's quality of life.

The new pump,called AbioCor,is also a technological leap from the mechanical hearts used in the l980s, which were attached by wires and tubes to large machinery outside the body.The most famous of those, the Jarvic-7,used air as a pumping device and was attached to an apparatus about the size of a washing machine.

''I think it's potentially a major step forward in the artificial heart development,''said Dr.David Faxon,president of the American heart Association.However,he said the dream of an implantable,permanent artificial heart is not yet a reality:''This is obviously an experimental device whose long--term success has to be demonstrated."Only about half of the 4,200 Americans on a waiting list for donor hearts received them last year,and most of the rest died.

Some doctors,including Robert Higgins,chairman of cardiology at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond,said artificial hearts are unlikely to replace donor hearts."A donor heart in a good transplant can last l5 to 30 years.''he said.''It's going be hard replace that with a machine.'' 1. What was implanted on MOnday?
2. Was this common?
3. How many times has it been done?
4. Who implanted it?
5. from where?
6. How does the heart work?
7. Where is the battery?
8. and how does it work?
9. how is the patient doing?
10. How was the persons health before?
11. and now?
12. how many are on the donor list?
13. how many will receive a transplant?
14. how about the rest?
15. will these replace donor hearts?
16. who says?
17. where is he from?
18. where?
19. Does a donor heart extend life?
20. for how long? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. artificial heart
2. no
3. this is the first
4. Two surgeons
5. University of Louisville
6. battery--powered
7. outside the body
8. transmits current through the skin.
9. awake and responsive
10. expected to die within a month
11. xtend the person's life by only a month
12. 4,200
13. about half
14. die
15. unlikely
16. Robert Higgins
17. chairman of cardiology
18. Virginia
19. yes
20. l5 to 30 years

Question: A senior Palestinian Authority official died Wednesday after a confrontation with Israeli troops, prompting President Mahmoud Abbas to halt security coordination with Israel, according to Palestinian officials.

Ziyad Abu Ein died after clashes with Israeli soldiers midday Wednesday in the Palestinian village of Turmusaya, which is northeast of the West Bank city of Ramallah, longtime chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat said in a statement. Abu Ein -- a minister in Abbas' Fatah party and head of the Committee to Resist the Wall and Settlements -- was there participating in nonviolent demonstrations to mark international Human Rights Day, according to Erakat's statement.

There were varying reports of exactly how Abu Ein died, including what role -- if any -- Israeli authorities played in it.

Pictures from various news agencies depict an Israeli soldier with his hands to Abu Ein's neck, followed by another showing him on the ground. The official Palestinian news agency WAFA, meanwhile, reported that the Palestinian official lost consciousness after he inhaled tear gas and an Israeli soldier hit him in the chest.

"The Israeli soldiers called Abu Ein by name and seemed to be focused on him," witness Kamal Abu Safaka told CNN. "There was a lot of pushing, kicking and punching by the soldiers. ... When Abu Ein tried to intercede, they hit him on the chest with a rifle butt and grabbed him by the throat and pushed him back and then threw a large amount of tear gas and stun grenades."

Dr. Ahmed Bitawi, the director of the Ramallah hospital that inspected Abu Ein's body, said he died from asphyxiation after choking on vomit brought on by tear gas inhalation. 1. what caused Ziyad death Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. unknown

Question: Mark twain tells a boy's story in The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn. Huck is a poor child, without a mother or home. His father drinks too much alcohol and always beats him.

Huck's situation has freed him from the restriction of society. He explores in the woods and goes fishing. He stays out all night and does not go to school. He smokes.

Huck runs away from home. He meets Jim, a black man who has escaped from slavery . They travel together on a raft made of wood down the Mississippi River.

Mark twain started writing "Huckleberry Finn" as a children's story. But it soon became serious. The story tells about the social evil of slavery, seen through the eyes of an innocent child. Huck's ideas about people were formed by the white society in which he lived. So, at first, he does not question slavery. Huck knows that important people believe slavery is natural, the law of God. So, he thinks it is his duty to tell Jim's owners where to find him.

Later, Huck comes to understand that Jim is a good man. He finds he cannot carry out his plan to inform Jim's owners of his whereabouts . Instead, he decides to help Jim escape. He decides to do this, even if God punished him. 1. What boy does Mark Twain write about?
2. Is he rich or poor?
3. Did he have a mother in the home?
4. Who is the black man that he meets?
5. What river do they travel down?
6. Is Jim a Slave?
7. Did Huck go to school?
8. What did they use to go down the river?
9. What was hucks full name?
10. Did people thing slavery was the law of God?
11. Huck lived in what type of society?
12. Did Huck tell to Jim or help him escape?
13. Did Huck orginally plan to tell on Jim?
14. Is Huckleberry Finn a children's story?
15. Did Huck always question slavery?
16. Did Jim have owners?
17. What did Huck's father do to him?
18. Is that why he ran away?
19. What did huck do instead of go to school?
20. Did Huck like to smoke? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Huck
2. poor
3. no
4. Jim
5. the Mississippi
6. yes
7. no
8. a raft
9. Huckleberry Finn
10. yes
11. white society
12. escape
13. yes
14. yes
15. no
16. yes
17. beat him
18. unknown
19. stayed out all night
20. yes