Problem: (CNN) -- To a friend of more than 20 years, Manssor Arbabsiar was a man who liked to be called "Jack" and didn't seem to have strong views on politics or religion.

To U.S. authorities, the 56-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen is a suspect in an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States.

"It was shocking because it didn't seem like he would be the type of person to do something like that," said Mitchel Hamauei, who said he met Arbabsiar through mutual Iranian friends.

"He was a happy go lucky guy, always joked around," Hamauei said. "He had a really happy demeanor."

Hamauei, who runs a gyro and kebab restaurant in Corpus Christi, Texas, said the two were close enough that he attended the graduation of Arbabsiar's son.

"I know his wife and his son. They're very down-to-earth people," Hamauei said.

The two kept in touch even after Arbabsiar moved to Austin about four or five years ago.

"I saw him about a year ago. He came by the store to eat a sandwich."

Arbabsiar was a used car salesman, Hamauei said. Their conversations would be about "life in general," he said. "Nothing religious. Nothing political."

"He would go out and party," Hamauei said. "As far as I know he never practiced religion."

Martha Guerrero, Arbabsiar's estranged wife, told the Austin, Texas, station KVUE Tuesday that they've "been separated for a long time" and she doesn't know anything about his affairs.

However, she believes he is innocent.
1. Who liked to be called something?
2. What did he like to be called?
3. Was he a very serious guy?
4. How was he?
5. Was he really opinionated about politics?
6. Had he planned something?
7. Did people suspect he was like that?
8. What was the raction?
9. What was his job like?
10. Would he keep to himself at home?
11. What would he do?
12. Does he have any family?
13. Who?
14. Is he close to his wife?
15. Is she convinced of his guilt?
16. What does she think about this?
17. Who did she talk to?
18. What was her name?
19. When did her husband come to Austin?
20. Did his old friend still see him?
21. When?
Answer: 1. Manssor Arbabsiar
2. Jack
3. no
4. happy go lucky
5. no
6. to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States.
7. no
8. shock
9. he was a used car salesman
10. no
11. go out and party,
12. yes
13. a wife and son.
14. they are estranged
15. no
16. that he is innocent.
17. Austin, Texas, station KVUE
18. Martha Guerrero
19. about four or five years ago
20. yes
21. about a year ago.

Q: (CNN) -- Evangelist Tony Alamo is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison after an Arkansas judge sentenced him to 175 years Friday on charges that included taking minors across state lines for sex, according to prosecutors.

A jury convicted Alamo in July on 10 federal counts covering offenses that spanned 11 years and dated back to 1994, according to documents from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.

Alamo, the 75-year-old founder and leader of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, will serve the sentences on each count consecutively, for a total of 175 years in prison, prosecutors said.

In addition to his sentence, Alamo was fined $250,000, court documents showed.

His lawyer filed an appeal Friday.

Christopher Plumlee, assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, welcomed the sentence.

"Given the number of victims and the difficult type of testimony they had to provide in order to get to trial, it's gratifying for them to see him get this sentence," he said. "Not only did they entrust their lives to him, he did it in the name of God. And he betrayed their trust."

Authorities in September 2008 arrested Alamo, whose real name is Bernie Hoffman, and raided his 15-acre compound near Texarkana, Arkansas.

An indictment released in November 2008 accused Alamo of transporting five girls across state lines for sex. The criminal complaint included accounts from three girls, two of whom were 17 when the complaint was released last year, and one who was 14.

Answer the following questions:
1. When was the appeal filed?
2. Who is the assistant US attorney for the Western District of Arkansas?
3. Who was sentenced?
4. how long was he sentenced for?
5. What were his charges?
6. When was he convicted?
7. When was Alamo arreted?
8. Was he also fined?
9. how much?
10. What is his real name?
11. Where was he arrested?
12. how many minors did he take?
13. were any of the girls' ages released?
14. what were their ages?
15. when was the indictment released?
16. was he convicted by jury or judge?
17. how many counts was he convicted on?
A: 1. Friday
2. Christopher Plumlee
3. Tony Alamo
4. 175 years
5. taking minors across state lines for sex
6. July
7. September 2008
8. yes
9. $250,000
10. Bernie Hoffman
11. at his 15-acre compound
12. five
13. yes
14. two were 17, one was 14
15. November 2008
16. judge
17. 10

Problem: It has been used for thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers (which are strong in tension) embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression. Wood is sometimes defined as only the secondary xylem in the stems of trees, or it is defined more broadly to include the same type of tissue elsewhere such as in the roots of trees or shrubs.[citation needed] In a living tree it performs a support function, enabling woody plants to grow large or to stand up by themselves. It also conveys water and nutrients between the leaves, other growing tissues, and the roots. Wood may also refer to other plant materials with comparable properties, and to material engineered from wood, or wood chips or fiber.

The Earth contains about 434 billion cubic meters of growing stock forest, 47% of which is commercial. As an abundant, carbon-neutral renewable resource, woody materials have been of intense interest as a source of renewable energy. In 1991, approximately 3.5 cubic kilometers of wood were harvested. Dominant uses were for furniture and building construction.
1. How much wood was harvested in 1991?
2. Why?
3. How many meters of forest are there on our planet?
4. How much of that is available commercially?
5. Can this be renewed?
6. Is it rare?
7. How long has it been used in construction?
8. What is it's other main use?
9. What is it a composite of?
10. Are they weak?
Answer:
1. 3.5 cubic kilometers
2. furniture and building construction.
3. 434 billion cubic meters
4. 47%
5. yes
6. no
7. thousands of years
8. fuel
9. cellulose fibers
10. no