Q: Nathan Phillips, who will formally begin his freshman year at the University of San Diego(USD) on Aug. 31, will arrive on campus in an unusual and philanthropic manner.

Phillips is expected to arrive between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Thursday on his bicycle, having pedaled 1,450 miles from Astoria, Ore.

Phillips combined his desire to complete a long bike ride before entering college with his interest in helping the children of Uganda.

He is raising funds for Invisible Children, a San Diegobased organization seeking to end conflicts annoying northern Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic and stop the use of children as soldiers.

Phillips had raised $1,540 before embarking Aug.11 and hopes to reach $2,000.

Phillips, who is from Redmond, Washington, visited Uganda during high school and worked in an orphanage there. He was also inspired by a presentation by Invisible Children at his high school.

"I have been to Uganda and personally gotten to know some of the kids affected by the war," Phillips said in a statement released by the university."I would do anything to help these kids."

Phillips' new roommate, Kyle Sharp, has joined him for the last 600 miles of the trip. Students and other members of the USD community are expected to join him for the last 13 miles.

"Nathan's passionate commitment to improving the lives of children more than 8,000 miles away resonates with USD's mission to prepare future leaders to change the world for the better," Pamela Gray Payton, assistant vice president of public affairs at USD, said in a prepared statement."We are delighted to have Nathan as a member of our campus community."

Supporters from USD and Invisible Children will greet Phillips and his followers when they arrive in front of Founders Hall on campus. The public is invited as well.

1. Nathan Phillips
2. no
3. his bicycle
4. University of San Diego
5. Students and other members of the USD community
6. no
7. in front of Founders Hall on campus

Numbered questions:
1. Who is starting school on August 31?
2. Are his parents driving him there?
3. What mode of transportation is he using?
4. What institution is he attending?
5. Who is expected to be there to greet him?
6. Will it be a private ceremony?
7. If someone wanted to attend, where on the school grounds would they go?

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Eastern Europe is the eastern part of the European continent. There is no consensus on the precise area it covers, partly because the term has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, cultural, and socioeconomic connotations. There are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region". A related United Nations paper adds that "every assessment of spatial identities is essentially a social and cultural construct".

One definition describes Eastern Europe as a cultural entity: the region lying in Europe with the main characteristics consisting of Greek, Byzantine, Eastern Orthodox, Russian , and some Ottoman culture influences. Another definition was created during the Cold War and used more or less synonymously with the term "Eastern Bloc". A similar definition names the formerly communist European states outside the Soviet Union as Eastern Europe. Some historians and social scientists view such definitions as outdated or relegated, but they are still sometimes used for statistical purposes.

Several other definitions of Eastern Europe exist today, but they often lack precision, are too general or outdated. These definitions vary both across cultures and among experts, even political scientists, as the term has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, cultural, and socioeconomic connotations. 1. What exact area does Eastern Europe cover?
2. What is one way it is defined?
3. How many influence does that say it has?
4. How many is that?
5. When did they come up with another way to define it?
6. What does it basically have for a synonym?
7. Which former communist states are named as being Eastern Europe?
8. Are these old definitions?
9. What are definitions missing?
10. Do all political scientists agree?
11. Are there a lot of connotations to the term?
12. Where is Eastern Europe?
numbered_answers: 1. no precise area
2. a cultural entity
3. Greek, Byzantine, Eastern Orthodox, Russian , and some Ottoman culture influences
4. Five
5. during the Cold War
6. Eastern Bloc
7. states outside the Soviet Union
8. Some historians and social scientists say so
9. precision
10. no
11. yes
12. the eastern part of the European continent

CHAPTER THIRTEEN.

A SLEEPLESS BUT A PLEASANT NIGHT.

The evening which followed the day that has just been described was bright, calm, and beautiful, with the starry host unclouded and distinctly visible to the profoundest depths of space.

As it was intended to send the _Smeaton_ to Arbroath next morning for a cargo of stones from the building-yard, the wrecked party were prevailed on to remain all night on board the _Pharos_, instead of going ashore in one of the ship's boats, which could not well be spared at the time.

This arrangement, we need hardly say, gave inexpressible pleasure to Ruby, and was not altogether distasteful to Minnie, although she felt anxious about Mrs Brand, who would naturally be much alarmed at the prolonged absence of herself and the captain. However, "there was no help for it"; and it was wonderful the resignation which she displayed in the circumstances.

It was not Ruby's duty to watch on deck that night, yet, strange to say, Ruby kept watch the whole night long!

There was no occasion whatever for Minnie to go on deck after it was dark, yet, strange to say, Minnie kept coming on deck at intervals _nearly_ the whole night long! Sometimes to "look at the stars", sometimes to "get a mouthful of fresh air", frequently to find out what "that strange noise could be that had alarmed her", and at last-- especially towards the early hours of morning--for no reason whatever, except that "she could not sleep below." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. what was the weather like?
2. what could you see?
3. what were they trying to obtain?
4. where would they get them from?
5. what were they going to send there?
6. what couldn't be spared?
7. who did it please that it didn't work out?
8. Who would worry about them being missng?
9. Could they control the situation?
10. who stayed alert all night?
Answer:
1. Bright, calm, and beautiful.
2. The starry sky.
3. A cargo of stones from the building-yard.
4. Arbroath.
5. The Smeaton.
6. One of the ship's boats.
7. Ruby.
8. Mrs Brand.
9. No.
10. Ruby.