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(CNN) -- The megayacht that Steve Jobs commissioned in the final years of his life has been impounded in Amsterdam after a payment dispute involving the designer, Philippe Starck.

The Venus, a 100-million-euro ($137.5 million), 260-foot-long yacht, made its unofficial debut in late October. It's currently stuck in the Port of Amsterdam after Starck hired a debt-collection agency to attempt to remit the final payment for his design.

According to lawyers at Ubik -- Starck's design company -- speaking with Reuters, the designer has only received 6 million of the 9-million-euro commission and is seeking the rest of the payment before the Venus will be released.

"These guys [Jobs and Starck] trusted each other, so there wasn't a very detailed contract," Roelant Klaassen, a lawyer for Ubik, told Reuters.

The Venus is a floating ode to both Jobs and Starck's minimalist aesthetic. Made entirely out of aluminum, with 40-foot-long floor-to-ceiling windows lining the passenger compartment and seven 27-inch iMacs making up the command center.

In Walter Isaacson's biography of Jobs, the late Apple CEO is quoted as saying that, "I know that it's possible I will die and leave Laurene with a half-built boat, but I have to keep going on. If I don't, it's an admission that I'm about to die."

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1. Who's boat had been confiscated?
2. Who requested it to be collected?
3. Why
4. What was the dispute about?
5. What is the name of the Yacht?
6. And how much is it worth in US dollars?
7. How much has Starck been paid?
8. How much was he supposed to receive in total?
9. What is Ubik?
10. Who is Roelant Klaassen?

Numbered answers:
1. Steve Jobs
2. Starck
3. As its stuck in the Port of Amsterdam
4. Money being not payed to Starck's
5. The Venus
6. $137.5 million
7. 6 million
8. 9-million-euro
9. A Starck's design company
10. a lawyer for Ubik

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Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland, and third-largest in the United Kingdom. Historically part of Lanarkshire, the city is now located within the boundaries of Glasgow City Council one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It is situated on the River Clyde in the country's West Central Lowlands. Inhabitants of the city are referred to as "Glaswegians" or "Weegies".

Glasgow grew from a small rural settlement on the River Clyde to become the largest seaport in Britain. Expanding from the medieval bishopric and royal burgh, and the later establishment of the University of Glasgow in the fifteenth century, it became a major centre of the Scottish Enlightenment in the eighteenth century. From the eighteenth century onwards, the city also grew as one of Great Britain's main hubs of transatlantic trade with North America and the West Indies.

With the onset of the Industrial Revolution, the population and economy of Glasgow and the surrounding region expanded rapidly to become one of the world's pre-eminent centres of chemicals, textiles and engineering; most notably in the shipbuilding and marine engineering industry, which produced many innovative and famous vessels. Glasgow was the "Second City of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian era and Edwardian period, although many cities argue the title was theirs.
1. What river is the city on?
2. What are inhabitants referred to?
3. Which city is it?
4. In what nation?
5. What region of the country is the city in?
6. Is it the largest seaport in Britain?
7. What University is there?
8. When was it built?
9. What happened in the 18th century?
10. What trade was Glasgow linked to?
11. with who?
12. who else?
13. When did the population expand rapidly?
14. What was Glasgow a centre for?
15. What else exploded during the Industrial Revolution?
16. What kind of engineering were they into?
17. Is Glasgow by the sea?
18. When was Glasgow called the "Second City of the British Empire?"
19. What City Council is Glasgow in?
20. How many council areas are there?

Numbered answers:
1. River Clyde
2. "Glaswegians"
3. Glasgow
4. Scotland
5. West Central Lowlands
6. yes
7. University of Glasgow
8. in the fifteenth century
9. it became a major centre of the Scottish Enlightenment
10. transatlantic trade
11. with North America
12. the West Indies
13. during the Industrial Revolution
14. chemicals, textiles and engineering
15. shipbuilding and marine engineering industry
16. marine
17. no
18. for much of the Victorian era
19. Glasgow City Council
20. 32 council areas

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CHAPTER XX

A LONG CHASE BEGUN

As they journeyed down the Hudson the boys and Martin Harris scanned the river eagerly for some sign of the _Flyaway_.

"It's ten to one she put down a pretty good distance," remarked Dick. "They wouldn't bring Dora over here unless they were bound for New York or some other place as far or further."

"I believe you," said Tom. "But she may be delayed, and if what Harris says is true the _Searchlight_ ought to make better time than Baxter's craft."

Several miles were covered, when, Sam, who had just come up from the cabin, called attention to a farmer who was ferrying a load of hay across the river.

"If he's been at that sort of work all day he may know something of the _Flyaway_," he suggested.

"We'll hail him, anyway," said Tom. "It won't do any harm, providing we don't lose any time."

So the farmer was hailed and asked if he had seen anything of the craft.

"Waal now, I jest guess I did," he replied. "They war havin' great times on board of her--a takin' care of that crazy gal."

"A crazy girl!" cried Dick. "Who said she was crazy?"

"One of the young men. He said she was his sister and had escaped from some asylum. She called to me to help her. But I don't want nuthin' to do with crazy gals. My wife's cousin was out of his head and he cut up high jinks around the house, a-threatenin' folks with a butcher knife."
1. what boat are they searching for?
2. what river were they on?
3. did they think they were far behind?
4. who did they see on the river?
5. what was he doing?
6. how long had he beebnat it?
7. did they think he had seen the boat?
8. did they ask him?
9. had he seen it?
10. what did they tell him was wrong with Dora?
Numbered answers:
1. the Flyaway
2. the Hudson
3. yes
4. a farmer
5. ferrying a load of hay
6. all day
7. They believed it was a possibility
8. yes
9. yes
10. unknown