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Mexico City, or the City of Mexico (Spanish: Ciudad de Mexico audio (helpinfo) American Spanish: [sjua() e mexiko]; abbreviated as "CDMX"), is the capital of Mexico. As an "alpha" global city, Mexico City is one of the most important financial centers in the Americas. It is located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de Mexico), a large valley in the high plateaus at the center of Mexico, at an altitude of 2,240 metres (7,350 ft). The city consists of sixteen municipalities (previously called boroughs).

The Greater Mexico City has a gross domestic product (GDP) of US$411 billion in 2011, making Mexico City urban agglomeration one of the economically largest metropolitan areas in the world. The city was responsible for generating 15.8% of Mexico's Gross Domestic Product and the metropolitan area accounted for about 22% of total national GDP. As a stand-alone country, in 2013, Mexico City would be the fifth-largest economy in Latin Americafive times as large as Costa Rica's and about the same size as Peru's.

1. How much money is domestically made each year?
2. Which year specifically?
3. Where at?
4. Is it a small suburb?
5. What percent of the country's money did it make?
6. What about the metro?
7. Is it a 'beta' place?
8. What is it then?
9. Is it found on a mountain?
10. Where then?
11. How high?
12. Is it unimportant financially?
13. How many smaller parts is the broken into?
14. What are they named?
15. Did they used to have a different name?
16. What was it?
17. Is it the 2nd largest money maker in Latino territory?
18. Then what is it?
19. Where is it equal to?
20. Where is it bigger than?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. US$411 billion
2. 2011
3. Greater Mexico City
4. no
5. 15.8%
6. about 22%
7. no
8. alpha
9. No
10. Valley of Mexico
11. 2,240 metres
12. no
13. sixteen
14. municipalities
15. yes
16. boroughs
17. no
18. Mexico City would be the fifth-largest economy in Latin America
19. Peru
20. Costa Rica

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CHAPTER XIV.

HOW KING BOABDIL EL CHICO MARCHED OVER THE BORDER.

The defeat of the Christian cavaliers among the mountains of Malaga, and the successful inroad of Muley Abul Hassan into the lands of Medina Sidonia, had produced a favorable effect on the fortunes of the old monarch. The inconstant populace began to shout forth his name in the streets, and to sneer at the inactivity of his son Boabdil el Chico. The latter, though in the flower of his age and distinguished for vigor and dexterity in jousts and tournaments, had never yet fleshed his weapon in the field of battle; and it was murmured that he preferred the silken repose of the cool halls of the Alhambra to the fatigue and danger of the foray and the hard encampments of the mountains.

The popularity of these rival kings depended upon their success against the Christians, and Boabdil el Chico found it necessary to strike some signal blow to counterbalance the late triumph of his father. He was further incited by his father-in-law, Ali Atar, alcayde of Loxa, with whom the coals of wrath against the Christians still burned among the ashes of age, and had lately been blown into a flame by the attack made by Ferdinand on the city under his command.

Ali Atar informed Boabdil that the late discomfiture of the Christian knights had stripped Andalusia of the prime of her chivalry and broken the spirit of the country. All the frontier of Cordova and Ecija now lay open to inroad; but he especially pointed out the city of Lucena as an object of attack, being feebly garrisoned and lying in a country rich in pasturage, abounding in cattle and grain, in oil and wine. The fiery old Moor spoke from thorough information, for he had made many an incursion into these parts, and his very name was a terror throughout the country. It had become a by-word in the garrison of Loxa to call Lucena the garden of Ali Atar, for he was accustomed to forage its fertile territories for all his supplies.

1. what did Ali tell Boabdil?
2. what did the popularity of the kings depend on?
3. who lost in the the mountains of Malaga?
4. what did this lead to?
5. who was inactive?
6. had the son ever used his weapon?
7. what did he prefer?
8. what did Boabdil el Chico think was necessary?
9. who is his father in law?
10. who attacked the city?
11. what city has lots of cows and grain?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. that the late discomfiture of the Christian knights had stripped Andalusia of the prime of her chivalry and broken the spirit of the country
2. upon their success against the Christians
3. the Christian cavaliers
4. a favorable effect on the fortunes of the old monarch
5. The populace
6. yes
7. he preferred the silken repose of the cool halls of the Alhambra to the fatigue and danger of the foray and the hard encampments of the mountains.
8. to strike some signal blow to counterbalance the late triumph of his father.
9. Ali Atar
10. Ferdinand
11. Lucena

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Many people consider their pets members of the family and are very sad when they die, but what if you could clone your dog, cat or bird?

A scientist in New Orleans, who has proved his ability to clone other animals, is now offering the possibility to pet owners here in Wisconsin.

Scientists have not been able to clone dogs, cats or other pets, but if and when the time comes, several companies will be ready and able to do the job.

The question is: Are you ready to clone your pet? Brett Reggio is betting on it.He is working on his Ph. D at Louisian State University. He's successfully cloned a goat five times and wants to try the process on family pets. So he started a business called Lazaron. "What Lazaron provides is the first step in the cloning process. "He said."It's for curing and storing the fiberglass cells that will be used for cloning."

"Your first reaction is yeah! I think I'd like that." said Donna Schacht, a pet owner.

"I don't believe you can ever replace a special love," pet owner Paulette Callattion said.

Most pet owners will tell you freezing your pet's DNA in hopes of one day cloning it is a personal decision.

Scientists say that cloning your own pet doesn't mean that the offspring will have the same intelligence, temperament or other qualities that your pet has.

1. Are scientists allowed to clone pets?
2. What is Reggio's occupation?
3. Has he cloned anything?
4. What?
5. How many times?
6. What does he want to clone next?
7. Did he start a business?
8. Called what?
9. Which stage of the cloning procedure does it perform?
10. What is stored in this step?
11. What are they used for?
12. What is Schacht's first reaction?
13. What about Callattion?
14. How can pet owners prepare for when cloning is legal?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. no
2. doctoral student
3. yes
4. a goat
5. five
6. pets
7. yes
8. Lazaron
9. first
10. fiberglass cells
11. cloning
12. she likes it
13. Doesn't think it replace a special love
14. freezing their pet's DNA