Question: The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. It is published by Conde Nast. Started as a weekly in 1925, the magazine is now published 47 times annually, with five of these issues covering two-week spans.

Although its reviews and events listings often focus on the cultural life of New York City, "The New Yorker" has a wide audience outside of New York and is read internationally. It is well known for its illustrated and often topical covers, its commentaries on popular culture and eccentric Americana, its attention to modern fiction by the inclusion of short stories and literary reviews, its rigorous fact checking and copyediting, its journalism on politics and social issues, and its single-panel cartoons sprinkled throughout each issue.

"The New Yorker" debuted on February 21, 1925. It was founded by Harold Ross and his wife, Jane Grant, a "New York Times" reporter. Ross wanted to create a sophisticated humor magazine that would be different from perceivably "corny" humor publications such as "Judge", where he had worked, or "Life". Ross partnered with entrepreneur Raoul H. Fleischmann (who founded the General Baking Company) to establish the F-R Publishing Company. The magazine's first offices were at 25 West 45th Street in Manhattan. Ross edited the magazine until his death in 1951. During the early, occasionally precarious years of its existence, the magazine prided itself on its cosmopolitan sophistication. Ross famously declared in a 1925 prospectus for the magazine: "It has announced that it is not edited for the old lady in Dubuque." 1. What magazine came about in February of 1925?
2. What's the name of the man that helped create it?
3. And who was the woman?
4. What was her name?
5. Where was Ross employed before the magazine?
6. Was he a reporter or an editor?
7. How many issues come out a year, now?
8. What's different about five of them?
9. Does this magazine's readers all live in New York?
10. Does the magazine have short stories in it?
11. What kind?
12. Do they publish reviews of other works?
13. What kind of Americana do they feature in commentaries?
14. How is their fact checking described?
15. What's a magazine Ross didn't want to resemble?
16. Who created the General Baking Company?
17. What did he and Ross join to create?
18. What did Ross say about the old lady in Dubuque?
19. When did he say that?
20. When did he die? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. The New Yorker
2. Harold Ross
3. his wife
4. Jane Grant,
5. New York Times
6. " reporter.
7. 47 times
8. they are two-week spans.
9. No
10. iyes
11. modern fiction
12. yes
13. eccentric
14. rigorous
15. Judge
16. entrepreneur Raoul H. Fleischmann
17. F-R Publishing Company.
18. the magazine wasn't editer for her
19. 1925
20. 1951.

Question: A historian is a person who researches, studies, and writes about the past, and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is concerned with events preceding written history, the individual is an historian of prehistory. Although "historian" can be used to describe amateur and professional historians alike, it is reserved more recently for those who have acquired graduate degrees in the discipline. Some historians, though, are recognized by publications or training and experience. "Historian" became a professional occupation in the late nineteenth century as research universities were emerging in Germany and elsewhere.

During the "Irving v Penguin Books and Lipstadt" trial, it became evident that the court needed to identify what was an "objective historian" in the same vein as the reasonable person, and reminiscent of the standard traditionally used in English law of "the man on the Clapham omnibus". This was necessary so that there would be a legal bench mark to compare and contrast the scholarship of an objective historian against the methods employed by David Irving, as before the "Irving v Penguin Books and Lipstadt" trial, there was no legal precedent for what constituted an objective historian. 1. when did historian become a professional occupation?
2. where?
3. what trial is mentioned?
4. what did the court need?
5. for what?
6. can historians study pre-history?
7. what are they specifically called?
8. what do you need to have now to regarded as a historian these days?
9. can amateurs be referred to as historians?
10. was there legal precedent before the Irving V Pengquin Books and Lipstadt trial? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. late nineteenth century
2. Germany and elsewhere
3. "Irving v Penguin Books and Lipstadt"
4. legal precedent
5. constituted an objective historian
6. Yes
7. historian of prehistory
8. graduate degrees
9. Yes
10. No

Question: Suspicion that a Norwegian citizen was involved in the deadly Westgate Mall attack in Kenya last month "has been strengthened" but is not yet confirmed, Norway's security service said.

The Norwegian citizen, said to be of Somali origin, is believed to have ties to Mohamed Abdikadir Mohamed, known as Ikrima, who is regarded as one of the most dangerous commanders in the Somali terror group Al-Shabaab.

The Norwegian security service, PST, said its investigations in Norway and Kenya were ongoing, and that despite some media outlets reporting a name for the possible Norwegian suspect, it was not ready to confirm his identity.

"It has not yet been determined whether a named Norwegian citizen actually took part in the attack or not," a PST statement said Friday.

"Based on the information that we have uncovered this far in the investigation, however, the suspicion of his involvement has been strengthened."

It has also not yet been determined whether the person in question is still alive, the statement said.

Kenyan counter terrorism sources said Norwegian intelligence services in Kenya were investigating both Ikrima and the Norwegian citizen and have spoken to the latter's sister in Norway.

But Trond Hugubakken, head of communications for the PST, told CNN on Saturday that the two Norwegian officers currently in Kenya are not investigating Ikrima, only the Norwegian citizen and his connections with Al-Shabaab, as they seek to establish whether he was in Kenya.

He said the citizen's name would be disclosed by Norwegian authorities only if he's confirmed to be one of the gunmen killed in the mall attack, or if they have sufficient evidence to issue an international warrant for his arrest. 1. Who leads PST?
2. And his title?
3. What is it?
4. Who is suspected?
5. What did he do?
6. What?
7. Where?
8. When?
9. Is there a confirmation?
10. Is he from Norway?
11. What is his nationality?
12. Is he tied to terrorists?
13. Which group?
14. Who is the leader?
15. Does he have an alias?
16. What is it?
17. Which officials are working with the Norwegians?
18. Who is under investigation?
19. Has his name been disclosed?
20. Does he have relatives?
21. What relationship? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Trond Hugubakken
2. head of communications
3. Norwegian security service
4. Norwegian citizen
5. attack
6. Westgate Mall
7. Kenya
8. last month
9. No?
10. Yes
11. Somali
12. yes
13. Al-Shabaab
14. Mohamed Abdikadir Mohamed
15. Yes
16. Ikrima
17. Kenyan
18. Ikrima
19. No
20. Yes
21. sister