Question: Scientific American (informally abbreviated SciAm) is an American popular science magazine. Many famous scientists, including Albert Einstein, have contributed articles in the past 170 years. It is the oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the United States(though it only became monthly in 1921).

"Scientific American" was founded by inventor and publisher Rufus M. Porter in 1845 as a four-page weekly newspaper. Throughout its early years, much emphasis was placed on reports of what was going on at the U.S. Patent Office. It also reported on a broad range of inventions including perpetual motion machines, an 1860 device for buoying vessels by Abraham Lincoln, and the universal joint which now can be found in nearly every automobile manufactured. Current issues include a "this date in history" section, featuring excerpts from articles originally published 50, 100, and 150 years earlier. Topics include humorous incidents, wrong-headed theories, and noteworthy advances in the history of science and technology.

Porter sold the publication to Alfred Ely Beach and Orson Desaix Munn a mere ten months after founding it. Until 1948, it remained owned by Munn & Company. Under Munn's grandson, Orson Desaix Munn III, it had evolved into something of a "workbench" publication, similar to the twentieth-century incarnation of "Popular Science". 1. When did SciAm become a monthly publication?
2. Who famously contributed to the magazine?
3. Anyone in particular?
4. Who was it founded by?
5. When?
6. Was it sold soon thereafter?
7. To whom?
8. How long after it was founded was it sold?
9. What did it emphasize early on?
10. What section is included in current issues?
11. What kinds of articles does it publish in this section? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. 1921
2. Many famous scientists,
3. Albert Einstein
4. Rufus M. Porter
5. 1845
6. yes
7. Alfred Ely Beach and Orson Desaix Munn
8. ten months
9. reports of what was going on at the U.S. Patent Office.
10. "this date in history"
11. excerpts from articles originally published 50, 100, and 150 years earlier.

Question: A group of frogs were travelling through the woods. Two of them, Nick and Jack, fell into a deep pit . All the other frogs gathered around the pit. When they saw how deep the pit was, they told Nick and Jack that they were as good as dead. Nick and Jack ignored what the other frogs said and tried to jump up out of the pit with all of their strength. The other frogs went on telling them to stop, and that they were as good as dead. Nick listened to them and gave up. Finally, he fell down and died. Jack continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the frogs around the pit shouted at him to stop the pain and just die. Jack jumped even harder and finally got out. When he was out, the other frogs asked, "Did not you hear us?" Jack explained to them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him all the time. 1. what were travelling through the woods ?
2. who fell into the pit ?
3. who gathered around the pit
4. who was good as dead ?
5. why ?
6. who died ?
7. who lived ?
8. why ?
9. what did he think they were saying ?
10. was it more then 3 frogs in the group ? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. A group of frogs
2. Nick and Jack
3. All the other frogs
4. Nick and Jack
5. Because of how deep the pit was
6. Nick
7. Jack
8. He's deaf
9. Encouraging things
10. Yes

Question: (CNN) -- Ukraine has been wracked with ceaseless demonstrations for weeks as protesters demand constitutional reform and a closer relationship with Europe instead of Russia. A breakthrough finally came Tuesday: Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and his government resigned, and the national parliament voted overwhelmingly to repeal sweeping anti-protest laws passed earlier this month.

Still, activists say that while they're pleased by these developments, their fundamental concerns have yet to be addressed. Amid the protests are accounts of police brutality and government intimidation. The desire for a government shake-up was spurred by the government's decision in November to forgo a planned trade deal with the European Union, which many interpreted as a turn away from Europe and toward Russia instead.

CNN iReport had the opportunity to speak to a native Ukrainian who has spent days on the streets of central Kiev, the power base of the opposition. The 31-year-old, who works as a project manager, has been photographing and standing alongside those who are protesting. He shared his thoughts and photos to provide a firsthand view of the demonstrations and the motivations behind them.

Freddy UA asked to be identified with an alias for his protection because of the current state of his country. The interview below has been edited for clarity and brevity.

CNN: When did you first get interested in the protesting?

UA: The Ukrainian people started protesting in November, after the authorities announced they were not ready to sign an agreement with the European Union. A lot of people, including me, were disappointed by this action. 1. Who has been taking pictures of protesters?
2. Is that his real name?
3. Why a fake name?
4. How old is he?
5. What is his job?
6. Where is he from?
7. When did protests begin?
8. Why?
9. How long did they go on?
10. Would they prefer more closeness with Europeans or Russians?
11. Who was in charge when this began?
12. Did he remain so?
13. What was undone after he left?
14. Did this fully satisfy the rebels?
15. How did various authority groups come off?
16. What was a catalyst for all this?
17. Did the rebellions have an ebb and flow, or were they constant?
18. What day did the governmental body step down?
19. What still needs to be acknowledged?
20. Are the cops polite and gental? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Freddy UA
2. no
3. for his protection
4. 31
5. project manager
6. Ukraine
7. November
8. the government did not sign an agreement with the European Union
9. weeks
10. Europe
11. Prime Minister Mykola Azarov
12. no
13. anti-protest laws
14. no
15. unknown
16. the government's decision to not make a trade deal with the European Union
17. they have been ceaseless
18. Tuesday
19. their fundamental concerns
20. no