question: Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a government sanctioned practice whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime. The sentence that someone be punished in such a manner is referred to as a death sentence, whereas the act of carrying out the sentence is known as an execution. Crimes that are punishable by death are known as capital crimes or capital offences, and they commonly include offences such as murder, treason, espionage, war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Etymologically, the term "capital" (lit. "of the head", derived via the Latin "capitalis" from "caput", "head") in this context alluded to execution by beheading.

Fifty-six countries retain capital punishment, 103 countries have completely abolished it "de jure" for all crimes, six have abolished it for ordinary crimes (while maintaining it for special circumstances such as war crimes), and 30 are abolitionist in practice.

Capital punishment is a matter of active controversy in various countries and states, and positions can vary within a single political ideology or cultural region. In the European Union, Article 2 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union prohibits the use of capital punishment. Also, the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states, prohibits the use of the death penalty by its members.
1. how many countries have outlawed the death penalty?
2. how many still use it?
3. what is it's definition?
4. is it called something else?
5. what?
6. what does one have to do to get this sentence?
7. are any specific crimes mentioned?
8. how many?
9. what are the first three?
10. what are the last 3?
11. is this a controversial issue?
12. where?
13. does the EU allow it?
14. is that spelled out somewhere?
15. where?
16. does anyone else ban it's use?
17. who?
18. is that a group of countries?
19. how many?
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answer: 1. 103
2. Fifty-six countries
3. is a government sanctioned practice whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime
4. Yes
5. Capital punishment
6. commit a capital crime
7. Yes
8. Six
9. murder, treason,and espionage
10. war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide
11. Yes
12. in various countries and states
13. No
14. Yes
15. Article 2 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
16. Yes
17. the Council of Europe
18. Yes
19. 47

question: CHAPTER XXVI

A LIVELY GAME OF BASEBALL

If ever a boy was mad clear through that boy was the sneak of Putnam Hall. As the laugh ended, Mumps shook his fist at one and another of his tormentors.

"Think you are smart, don't you?" he spluttered in his rage. "I'll fix you all! I'll go and tell Captain Putnam all about this spread, and then maybe you won't catch it!"

"Mumps, keep quiet," said Dick, placing himself between the enraged one and the door. "Make too much noise, and I'll promise you the worst drubbing you ever received."

"If you peach on me, I'll give you a second whipping," added Tom.

"This is a gentlemanly affair," put in Larry.

"The boy who gives us away gets a thrashing from me."

"Ditto myself," said Frank; and several others said the same. All looked so determined that Mumps fell back in alarm.

"You let me go," he whined. "I don't want to stay here any longer."

"You can't go until you promise to keep quiet," said Dick.

"And you'll promise right now," cried Tom, seizing a pitcher of ice water that had been hidden under one of the stands. Leaping on a bed he held the pitcher over Mumps' head.

"Promise, quick, or I'll let her go!" he went on.

"Oh, don't!" yelled Mumps, as a few drops of the water landed on his head and ran down his neck.

"Do you promise to keep silent?" demanded Dick.

"Yes, yes!"

"All right. Now mind, if you break that promise you are in for at least ten good whippings."
1. Who shook their fist?
2. At who?
3. Was there more than one?
4. Who was he going to tell?
5. What was he going to tell about?
6. What did Dick want him to do?
7. Where did he place himself?
8. Did he threaten Mumps?
9. With what?
10. What did Larry think of the situation?
11. Did Frank want to thrash someone too?
12. Anyone else?
13. How many?
14. Did Mumps want to stick around?
15. Did he whine about it?
16. Did Dick say he would let him leave?
17. What did Tom grab?
18. What was in it?
19. Warm water?
20. What kind?
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answer: 1. Mumps
2. his tormentors
3. yes4
4. Captain Putnam
5. about this spread
6. keep quiet
7. between the enraged one and the door.
8. yes
9. the worst drubbing
10. This is a gentlemanly affair,
11. yes
12. yes
13. several
14. no
15. yes
16. no
17. a pitcher
18. water
19. no
20. ice water

question: A social network is a social structure made up of a set of social actors (such as individuals or organizations), sets of dyadic ties, and other social interactions between actors. The social network perspective provides a set of methods for analyzing the structure of whole social entities as well as a variety of theories explaining the patterns observed in these structures. The study of these structures uses social network analysis to identify local and global patterns, locate influential entities, and examine network dynamics.

Social networks and the analysis of them is an inherently interdisciplinary academic field which emerged from social psychology, sociology, statistics, and graph theory. Georg Simmel authored early structural theories in sociology emphasizing the dynamics of triads and "web of group affiliations". Jacob Moreno is credited with developing the first sociograms in the 1930s to study interpersonal relationships. These approaches were mathematically formalized in the 1950s and theories and methods of social networks became pervasive in the social and behavioral sciences by the 1980s. Social network analysis is now one of the major paradigms in contemporary sociology, and is also employed in a number of other social and formal sciences. Together with other complex networks, it forms part of the nascent field of network science.
1. Who created the first sociograms?
2. when?
3. What for?
4. What did Georg Simmel write?
5. Dealing with dynamics of what?
6. What does a social network consist of?
7. What happens between actors?
8. What give a set of methods?
9. Does this analyze just part of the social parts?
10. How much?
11. What do the theories explain?
12. What is one reason to study this?
13. What's another?
14. Do you know of any more?
15. Does studying social networks just include one field?
16. How many did it come from?
17. What are they?
18. How was this formalized in the 50s
19. What field of science is this part of?
20. Is it part of modern sociology?
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answer:
1. Jacob Moreno
2. the 1930s
3. to study interpersonal relationships
4. early structural theories in sociology
5. triads
6. a set of social actors (such as individuals or organizations) and sets of dyadic ties
7. social interactions
8. The social network perspective
9. no
10. whole social entities
11. the patterns observed in these structures
12. to identify local and global patterns
13. to locate influential entities
14. to examine network dynamics
15. no
16. Four
17. social psychology, sociology, statistics, and graph theory
18. mathematically
19. network science
20. yes