Question:
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Vinton Gray Cerf ForMemRS, (; born June 23, 1943) is an American Internet pioneer, who is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet", sharing this title with TCP/IP co-inventor Bob Kahn. His contributions have been acknowledged and lauded, repeatedly, with honorary degrees and awards that include the National Medal of Technology, the Turing Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Marconi Prize and membership in the National Academy of Engineering.

In the early days, Cerf was a manager for the United States' Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) funding various groups to develop TCP/IP technology. When the Internet began to transition to a commercial opportunity during the late 1980s, Cerf moved to MCI where he was instrumental in the development of the first commercial email system (MCI Mail) connected to the Internet.

Cerf was instrumental in the funding and formation of ICANN from the start. He waited a year before stepping forward to join the ICANN Board, and eventually became chairman. He was elected as the president of the Association for Computing Machinery in May 2012, and in August 2013 he joined the Council on CyberSecurity's Board of Advisors.

Cerf is active in many organizations that are working to help the Internet deliver humanitarian value in our world today. He is supportive of innovative projects that are experimenting with new approaches to global problems, including the digital divide, the gender gap, and the changing nature of jobs. Cerf is also known for his style, typically appearing in a three-piece suita rarity in an industry known for its casual dress norms.
1. Who is the topic of the article?
2. When was he born?
3. Is he still living?
4. What is he known as?
5. Who invinted TCP/IP?
6. What title does he share with Cerf?
7. What are the two recognized as?
8. Has Cerf won any awards?
9. What is one?
10. What was his job title when working for the govt.?
11. What group did he help form and even fund?
12. What position did he eventually hold for ICANN?
13. What post was he elected to in 2012?
14. Is he known for his "Style"?
15. What style is he known for?
16. How does the industry normally dress?
17. What group did he join in 2013?
18. Did he help found NASA?
19. Did he help to create email?
20. What does Cerf do today?

Numbered answers:
1. Vinton Gray Cerf
2. 1943
3. yes
4. Internet pioneer
5. Bob Kahn
6. co-inventor
7. the fathers of the Internet
8. yes
9. the National Medal of Technology
10. manager
11. groups who develop TCP/IP technology
12. chairman
13. president
14. yes
15. three-piece suit
16. casual
17. Council on CyberSecurity
18. unknown
19. yes
20. deliver humanitarian value

Question:
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CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.

IN WHICH VERY PERPLEXING EVENTS OCCUR.

The visitor referred to in the last chapter was a tall, broad-shouldered old man with a snowy head of hair and a flowing white beard, a long, loose black garment, and a stout staff about six feet long.

Cormac had gone to a spring for water at the time he arrived, and Bladud was lying on his back inside his hut.

"Is any one within?" demanded the stranger, lifting a corner of the curtain.

"Enter not here, whoever you are!" replied the prince quickly, springing up--"stay--I will come out to you."

"You are wonderfully inhospitable," returned the stranger, as the prince issued from the hut and stood up with an inquiring look which suddenly changed to one of astonishment.

"Beniah!" he exclaimed.

"Even so," replied the Hebrew, holding out his hand, but Bladud drew back.

"What! will you neither permit me to enter your house nor shake your hand? I was not so churlish when you visited my dwelling."

"You know well, old man, that I do not grudge hospitality, but fear to infect you."

"Yes, I know it well," rejoined the Hebrew, smiling, "and knowing that you were here, I turned aside on my journey to inquire as to your welfare."

"I have much to say about my welfare and strange things to tell you, but first let me know what has brought you to this part of the land--for if you have turned aside to see me--seeing me has not been your main object."
1. Where had Cormac gone?
2. for what?
3. What was Bladud doing?
4. where?
5. What did the stranger ask?
6. What did he do to the curtain?
7. Did the prince want him to come in?
8. Was the Prince surprised to see who it was?
9. Did the Prince want to shake his hand?
10. Why not?
11. Was the visitor young?
12. Did he go out of his way to see the prince?
13. How is the visitor's hair described?
14. Does he have a beard?
15. What is he wearing?
16. Is it short?
17. Tight?
18. What is he carrying?
19. Are his shoulders narrow?

Numbered answers:
1. A sprint
2. A spring for water
3. Lying on his back.
4. Inside his hut.
5. Is any one within?
6. Lifted a corner
7. No
8. Yes
9. No
10. He did not want to infect him.
11. No
12. Yes
13. Snowy
14. Yes
15. A black garment
16. No
17. Loose
18. a six foot long staff
19. No

Question:
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CHAPTER X

MYSTERIES IN MAYFAIR

That night, and for many nights afterwards, Macheson devoted himself to his work in the East End. The fascination of the thing grew upon him; he threw himself into his task with an energy which carried him often out of his own life and made forgetfulness an easy task. Night after night they came, these tired, white-faced women, with a sprinkling of sullen, dejected-looking men; night after night he pleaded and reasoned with them, striving with almost passionate earnestness to show them how to make the best of the poor thing they called life. Gradually his efforts began to tell upon himself. He grew thinner, there were shadows under his eyes, a curious intangible depression seemed to settle upon him. Holderness one night sought him out and insisted upon dinner together.

"Look here, Victor," he said, "I have a bone to pick with you. You'd better listen! Don't sit there staring round the place as though you saw ghosts everywhere."

Macheson smiled mirthlessly.

"But that is just what I do see," he answered. "The conscience of every man who knows must be haunted with them! The ghosts of starving men and unsexed women! What keeps their hands from our throats, Dick?"

"Common sense, you idiot," Holderness answered cheerfully. "There's a refuse heap for every one of nature's functions. You may try to rake it out and cleanse it, but there isn't much to be done. Hang that mission work, Victor! It's broken more hearts than anything else on earth! A man can but do what he may."
1. WHo is the main character?
2. What was he devoted to?
3. What location?
4. Who wanted to have dinner?
5. Who grew thinner?
6. Was anyone angry at Victor?
7. Who?
8. What did he say?
9. Did Macheson smile?
10. In what way?
Numbered answers:
1. Macheson
2. work
3. East End
4. Holderness
5. Macheson
6. Yes
7. Holderness
8. I have a bone to pick with you
9. Yes
10. mirthlessly