Q: CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE.

A GREAT FIELD-DAY, IN WHICH SLAGG DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF.

Now, although we have said that Jim Slagg knew how to pull a trigger, it does not follow that he knew how to avoid pulling that important little piece of metal. He was aware, of course, that the keeping of his forefinger off the trigger was a point of importance, but how to keep it off when in a state of nervous expectation, he knew not, because his memory and the forefinger of his right hand appeared to get disconnected at such times, and it did not occur to him, just at first, that there was such an arrangement in gun-locks as half-cock.

Flinn reminded him of the fact, however, when, soon after entering the jungle, his straw hat was blown off his head by an accidental discharge of Slagg's gun.

"Niver mention it," said Flinn, picking up his riven headpiece, while poor Slagg overwhelmed him with protestations and apologies, and the black boy stood behind exposing his teeth, and gums and the whites of his eyes freely; "niver mention it, Mr Slagg; accidents _will_ happen, you know, in the best regulated families. As for me beaver, it's better riddled than whole in this warm weather. Maybe you'd as well carry your gun at what sodgers call 'the showlder,' wid the muzzle pintin' at the moon--so; that's it. Don't blame yoursilf, Mr Slagg. Sure, it's worse than that I was when I begood, for the nasty thing I carried wint off somehow of its own accord, an' I shot me mother's finest pig--wan barrel into the tail, an' the other into the hid. You see, they both wint off a'most at the same moment. We must learn by exparience, av coorse. You've not had much shootin' yet, I suppose?"

Answer the following questions:
1. What was damaged by an accidental gunshot?
2. Whose?
3. What was it made of?
4. Who shot it?
5. What's his first name?
6. Was discharging his weapon inadvertently a new problem for him?
7. Was he aware he shouldn't keep his finger on the trigger?
8. Why did he?
9. Did he feel bad about the incident?
10. Was he forgiven by his victim?
A: 1. A hat
2. Flinn's
3. Straw
4. Slagg
5. Jim
6. No
7. Yes
8. He was nervous
9. Yes
10. Yes
Q: Telecommuncations in the United Kingdom have evolved from the early days of the telegraph to modern broadband and mobile phone networks with Internet services.

National Telephone Company (NTC) was a British telephone company from 1881 until 1911 which brought together smaller local companies in the early years of the telephone. Under the Telephone Transfer Act 1911 it was taken over by the General Post Office (GPO) in 1912.

Until 1982, the main civil telecommunications system in the UK was a state monopoly known (since reorganisation in 1969) as Post Office Telecommunications. Broadcasting of radio and television was a duopoly of the BBC and Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA): these two organisations controlled all broadcast services, and directly owned and operated the broadcast transmitter sites. Mobile phone and Internet services did not then exist. The civil telecoms monopoly ended when Mercury Communications arrived in 1983. The Post Office system evolved into British Telecom and was privatised in 1984. Broadcast transmitters, which belonged to the BBC and IBA, were privatised during the 1990s and now belong to Babcock International and Arqiva.

British Rail Telecommunications was created in 1992 by British Rail (BR). It was the largest private telecoms network in Britain, consisting of 17,000 route kilometres of fibre optic and copper cable which connected every major city and town in the country and provided links to continental Europe through the Channel Tunnel. BR also operated its own national trunked radio network providing dedicated train-to-shore mobile communications, and in the early 1980s BR helped establish Mercury Communications', now C&WC, core infrastructure by laying a resilient 'figure-of-eight' fibre optic network alongside Britain's railway lines, spanning London, Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester.

Answer the following questions:
1. What was made in 1992?
2. By who?
3. When that happened, how many private telecoms networks in the UK were larger?
4. Did it have over 10,000 kilometers of cables?
5. What types of cable were used?
6. Did it connect all the big cities?
7. Was it connected to the Channel Tunnel?
8. What kind of network did it lay along the railroad tracks in the early '80s?
9. What company did that help to establish?
10. Did it go all the way to Manchester?
11. What communications system was in Britain prior to 1982?
12. Did they have any competition?
13. How many organizations controlled radio and TV?
14. What was one?
15. And the other?
16. What broke up the monopoly?
17. What year did that occur?
18. Who owns the transmitters now?
19. When was NTC around?
20. Who took over then?
A: 1. British Rail Telecommunications
2. British Rail
3. None
4. Yes
5. fibre optic and copper
6. Yes
7. Yes
8. a resilient 'figure-of-eight' fibre optic network
9. Mercury Communications
10. Yes
11. Post Office Telecommunications
12. No
13. Two
14. the BBC
15. Independent Broadcasting Authority
16. Mercury Communications
17. 1983.
18. Babcock International and Arqiva
19. 1881 until 1911
20. the General Post Office
Q: London (CNN) -- A British businessman who is accused of having his wife killed during their honeymoon in South Africa will be allowed to leave jail on bail, a judge decided Friday.

Shrien Dewani is accused of hiring a crew of hitmen to kill his wife during a taxi ride in Cape Town, South Africa in November.

British Judge Duncan Ousely rejected concerns from the South African government that Dewani would use his funds and international connections to flee before an extradition hearing.

Ben Watson, a lawyer for the South African government, cited hotel surveillance video that he said showed Dewani twice meeting with a cab driver as the sort of evidence indicating Dewani's involvement in a plot against his wife.

But Ousely ruled that Dewani, who did not attend the hearing, had a genuine interest in clearing his name and said he has cooperated with investigators from both England and South Africa.

Dewali's solicitor, Andrew Katzen, said he was "delighted" with the outcome but declined further comment following the court hearing.

Dewani, who is jailed in London's Wandsworth Prison, will be allowed to stay at his parents' home. He will be required to report to a police station in Bristol every morning.

A court hearing has been temporarily scheduled for Jan. 20, but it is unclear when South Africa will submit a formal extradition request.

Dewani's lawyers say he is innocent and will fight extradition.

Dewani's wife, Anni Dewani, died in an apparent carjacking as the couple took a taxi ride in a crime-ridden neighborhood of Cape Town. Dewani was allowed to leave South Africa, but this week prosecutors there accused him of hiring a crew of hitmen to kill his wife.

Answer the following questions:
1. does dewani has a wife
2. what was he accussed of
3. when did this happen
4. who was his solicitor
A:
1. no
2. hiring a hitman
3. this week
4. Andrew Katzen