Question: ECMAScript (or ES) is a trademarked scripting-language specification standardized by Ecma International in ECMA-262 and ISO/IEC 16262. It was created to standardize JavaScript, so as to foster multiple independent implementations. ECMAScript has remained the best-known implementation of JavaScript since the standard was first published, with other well-known implementations including JScript and ActionScript. Coders commonly use ECMAScript for client-side scripting on the World Wide Web, and it is increasingly being used for writing server applications and services using Node.js.

The ECMAScript specification is a standardized specification of a scripting language developed by Brendan Eich of Netscape; initially it was named Mocha, later LiveScript, and finally JavaScript. In December 1995, Sun Microsystems and Netscape announced JavaScript in a press release. In March 1996, Netscape Navigator 2.0 was released, featuring support for JavaScript.

Owing to the widespread success of JavaScript as a client-side scripting language for Web pages, Microsoft developed a compatible dialect of the language, naming it JScript to avoid trademark issues. JScript added new date methods to alleviate the Year 2000 problem caused by the JavaScript methods that were based on the Java "Date" class. JScript was included in Internet Explorer 3.0, released in August 1996.

Netscape delivered JavaScript to Ecma International for standardization and the work on the specification, ECMA-262, began in November 1996. The first edition of ECMA-262 was adopted by the Ecma General Assembly in June 1997. Several editions of the language standard have been published since then. The name "ECMAScript" was a compromise between the organizations involved in standardizing the language, especially Netscape and Microsoft, whose disputes dominated the early standards sessions. Eich commented that "ECMAScript was always an unwanted trade name that sounds like a skin disease." 1. What is ECMAScript?
2. Who created it?
3. From which company?
4. What was it originally called?
5. When did it become known as Javascript?
6. What browser supported it?
7. What else?
8. What issue did Javascript have?
9. Who tried to fix the problem?
10. What was the name of their effort?
11. Why did they call it that?
12. Why was ECMAScript created? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. a trademarked scripting-language specification
2. Brendan Eich
3. Netscape
4. Mocha,
5. In December 1995
6. Internet Explorer
7. Netscape Navigator 2.0
8. trademark
9. Microsoft
10. JScript
11. t to avoid trademark issues
12. to standardize JavaScript

Question: One of the traditions which is now a necessary part of Christmas is a that of Father Christmas, or Santa Claus. According to the modern legend, he is a magical figure who visits all the children of the world during the night before Christmas Day, leaving presents which they find the next morning. He flies through the night sky in a sledge pulled by reindeer, and enters houses by climbing down chimneys. This strange legend is based on the life of a man called Nicholas, but in fact we know very little about him. Historians think he was a Christian bishop in Turkey in about 285--350 A.D. One of the stories about him is that he helped three poor girls. No one would marry them because they were so poor. To provide them with money for their weddings, Nicholas secretly dropped some gold coins down the chimney of their house. After Nicholas died, he was made a saint by the church.(The name Santa Claus thus comes from St Nicholas.) His feast day was celebrated in December, and parents started giving their children secret presents from St Nicholas. Over the years, this custom became part of our Christmas traditions.

Recently, a psychologist has claimed that Father Christmas is "the perfect fantasy" for children. According to Professor Anthony Clare, children love the character of Father Christmas because he is like an ideal father: he loves children and gives them presents, but he never criticizes them, is never angry, and children do not even need to thank him for the presents. Other writers, however, point out that Father Christmas can be a frightening character to some children. Jane Bidder says that some children are terrified of this fat, bearded old man. It can certainly confuse many children. As parents, we warn our children to be careful of strangers and never to let them into the house, and yet we tell children that a strange man will come into their bedroom at night! Some children can become very worried about this idea and fear that he is a kind of burglar.

Most children, however, understand from their parents and from the media that Father Christmas is basically a _ character, and look forward to his annual visit with joy and excitement. 1. How did the legend of Santa Claus start?
2. What was his name?
3. How does he get into people's houses?
4. When did Nicholas live?
5. Why did he want to help the poor girls?
6. What is the theory of why children like Santa Claus so much?
7. What makes him so ideal?
8. Do all children feel that way about him?
9. Why not?
10. Why would they be frightened?
11. What did Nicholas drop down the chimneys?
12. Did he tell anyone that he was doing this? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. a Christian bishop in Turkey
2. Nicholas
3. down the chimney
4. 285--350 A.D.
5. to provide them with money so they could get married
6. he is like an ideal father
7. he loves children and gives them presents, but he never criticizes them and is never angry
8. no
9. he can be frightening to some children
10. they may think he is a burglar
11. gold coins
12. no

Question: (CNN) -- The man whose face was chewed off by a naked man in a brutal assault in Miami says he doesn't know why his attacker singled him out, according to CNN affiliate WFOR.

"He attacked me," Ronald Poppo said of his assailant in a police recording obtained by the affiliate and broadcast Thursday. "He just ripped me to ribbons. He chewed up my face. He plucked out my eyes. Basically that's all there is to say about it."

Poppo, who is now blind, said he initially thought Rudy Eugene, 31, was "a good guy."

"But he just went and turned berserk," he recalled of the May incident. "He apparently didn't have a good day at the beach and he -- he was coming back. And I guess he took it out, took it out on me or something. I don't know."

Poppo's statements were made and recorded during a July 19 interview with Miami police.

Eugene was killed by a police officer after the 18-minute attack, which was captured by on video by a surveillance camera.

It shows Eugene coming across 65-year-old Poppo on a sidewalk along Miami's MacArthur Causeway, stripping clothes off him and eventually chewing on his face. Police said Poppo lost 75% of his face in the attack.

A police official initially theorized that Eugene was under the influence of "bath salts," a drug that contains synthetic stimulants that can "cause chest pains, increased blood pressure, increased heart rate, agitation, hallucinations, extreme paranoia and delusions," according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse. 1. Who was attacked?
2. By whom?
3. How was he assaulted?
4. Was the attacker wearing a bathing suit?
5. Why did the attack happen?
6. Did Eugene survive?
7. How long was the assault?
8. Where was Poppo?
9. On what road?
10. In what city?
11. And then what?
12. And then what?
13. How much of his face did Poppo lose?
14. What drug might have Eugene taken?
15. Do bath salts cause visions?
16. How old is Poppo?
17. And the aggressor?
18. Is Poppo blind now?
19. What did he think at first?
20. Where was the video filmed?
21. Who reported the story? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Ronald Poppo
2. Rudy Eugene
3. his face was chewed off
4. no
5. He apparently didn't have a good day at the beach
6. no
7. 18 minutes
8. a sidewalk
9. MacArthur Causeway,
10. Miami
11. stripped Poppo's clothes
12. chewing on his face
13. 75%
14. bath salts
15. yes
16. 65
17. 31
18. yes
19. Eugene was a good guy
20. surveillance camera
21. WFOR