Problem: 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?
Answer: 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

Problem: The console was first officially announced at E3 2005, and was released at the end of 2006. It was the first console to use Blu-ray Disc as its primary storage medium. The console was the first PlayStation to integrate social gaming services, included it being the first to introduce Sony's social gaming service, PlayStation Network, and its remote connectivity with PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita, being able to remote control the console from the devices. In September 2009, the Slim model of the PlayStation 3 was released, being lighter and thinner than the original version, which notably featured a redesigned logo and marketing design, as well as a minor start-up change in software. A Super Slim variation was then released in late 2012, further refining and redesigning the console. As of March 2016, PlayStation 3 has sold 85 million units worldwide. Its successor, the PlayStation 4, was released later in November 2013.
1. How many playstation 3's have been sold?
2. And at what cost?
3. Was it ever replaced by a newer system?
4. What did they call it?
5. How much is the new system?
6. When was system 3 fist made?
7. How was it promoted first?
8. Where was it first promoted?
9. What type of memory technology did it have?
10. What was manufactured first in 2012?
Answer: 1. 85 million
2. unknown
3. Yes
4. PlayStation 4
5. unknown
6. 2006
7. a redesigned logo and marketing design
8. unknown
9. unknown
10. A Super Slim variation

Problem: ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Michele Trobaugh regrets the day she heard a radio advertisement for Dr. Jan Adams.

Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Jan Adams operated on the mother of rapper Kanye West the day before she died.

Eager to fix breasts that weren't the same size and a rash that occurred where her breasts rubbed against her stomach, Trobaugh, then 28, went to see Adams in his office in Huntington Beach, California. She says she trusted him right away.

"I fell for his charm. I fell for his confidence," she says.

But her surgery turned out to be a "nightmare," she says.

Trobaugh says that in March 2006, Adams gave her a breast augmentation, tummy tuck and liposuction -- all at one time.

"The next day I woke up fighting for every breath. It was like an elephant was sitting on my chest," she says. "And when I got up to go the restroom I noticed the girdle I was wearing was soaked with fluid and blood. For days I was soaking through blankets and towels."

Trobaugh says she had three infections. She had a second surgery a few weeks later to remove fluid from her hips.

Questions surrounding the death of another of Adams' patients, Donda West, mother of rapper Kanye West, have reignited Trobaugh's pain, she says. She has not sued Adams but says she may in the future.

Asked to respond to Trobaugh's comments, Adams issued a statement through his publicist, Kevin Williams.

"I believe very strongly in the fundamental American principle of the right of the individual to defend himself," the statement said. "Recently inaccurate and, frankly, false statements have ciruculated that require clarification. Unfortunately, it has become impossible to separate thsese statements from other professional issues. I will await my turn."
1. What is Jan Adams's job?
2. Where?
3. Who hired Dr. Adams?
4. How old was she at the time?
5. Why did she want to hire him?
6. Did she think Adams was untrustworthy?
7. Where is the doctor's office?
8. Was she satisfied with the surgery?
9. What was the problem?
10. Did she have to get more surgery done?
11. How much later?
12. What was its purpose?
13. When was the original surgery done?
14. What was done during the procedure?
15. Has Adams operated on someone famous?
16. Who?
17. What is she known for?
18. Who is he?
19. What happened to Donda West?
20. Has Trobaugh sued?
Answer:
1. plastic surgeon
2. Beverly Hills
3. Michele Trobaugh
4. 28
5. She wanted to fix breasts that weren't the same size and a rash that occurred where her breasts rubbed against her stomach
6. No
7. Huntington Beach
8. No
9. she had three infections
10. Yes
11. a few weeks later
12. to remove fluid from her hips.
13. March 2006
14. a breast augmentation, tummy tuck and liposuction
15. Yes
16. Donda West
17. she's the mother of Kanye West
18. a rapper
19. She died
20. No