Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

The Austronesian languages are a language family that is widely dispersed throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar and the islands of the Pacific Ocean, with a few members in continental Asia. Austronesian languages are spoken by about 386 million people, making it the fifth-largest language family by number of speakers, behind only the Indo-European languages, the Sino-Tibetan languages, the Niger-Congo languages, and the Afroasiatic languages. It is on par with Indo-European, NigerCongo, and Afroasiatic as one of the best-established language families. Major Austronesian languages with the highest number of speakers are Malay (Indonesian and Malaysian), Javanese, and Filipino (Tagalog). The family contains 1,257 languages, which is the second most of any language family.

Similarities between the languages spoken in the Malay Archipelago and the Pacific Ocean were first observed in 1706 by the Dutch scholar Adriaan Reland. In the 19th century, researchers (e.g. Wilhelm von Humboldt, Herman van der Tuuk) started to apply the comparative method to the Austronesian languages, but the first comprehensive and extensive study on the phonological history of the Austronesian language family including a reconstruction of Proto-Austronesian lexicon was made by the German linguist Otto Dempwolff. The term Austronesian itself was coined by Wilhelm Schmidt (German "austronesisch") which comes from Latin "auster" "south wind" plus Greek "nesos" "island". The family is aptly named, as the vast majority of Austronesian languages are spoken on islands: only a few languages, such as Malay and the Chamic languages, are indigenous to mainland Asia. Many Austronesian languages have very few speakers, but the major Austronesian languages are spoken by tens of millions of people and one Austronesian language, Malay (including Indonesian and Malaysian), is spoken by 250 million people, making it the 8th most spoken language in the world. Approximately twenty Austronesian languages are official in their respective countries (see the list of major and official Austronesian languages).

1. When were similarities between the languages first noticed?
2. By whom?
3. Where are the languages spoken?
4. Are there any members in Asia?
5. How many?
6. How many speak Austronesian?
7. Is it the largest spoken language?
8. What languages encompass the top 4?
9. How many languages does the family contain?
10. Is that the 3rd most?
11. Where does it stand?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. 1706
2. Dutch scholar Adriaan Reland
3. Maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar and the islands of the Pacific Ocean
4. Yes
5. a few
6. about 386 million people
7. fifth-largest
8. Indo-European languages, the Sino-Tibetan languages, the Niger-Congo languages, and the Afroasiatic languages.
9. 1,257
10. no
11. second most

Question: (CNN) -- A second former co-owner of the California slaughterhouse involved in a recall of nearly nine million pounds of meat was charged with knowingly processing and distributing meat from cancerous cows, court documents released this week say.

Robert Singleton, co-owner of the Rancho Feeding Corporation in Petaluma, was primarily responsible for purchasing cattle and loading shipments for distribution, prosecutors say.

He is charged with distributing "adulterated, misbranded, and uninspected" meat, according to the documents.

Singleton jointly owned the meat plant with Jesse J. Amaral Jr., the former president and general manager who is also known as also known as "Babe Amaral."

Amaral and his former employees, Felix Sandoval Cabrera and Eugene Corda, have all been charged with unlawful sale and distribution of contaminated meat.

Prosecutors allege that Amaral and Singleton directed Corda and Cabrera to circumvent inspection procedures for certain cows with signs of epithelioma of the eye, also known as "cancer eye."

While Singleton is accused of knowingly purchasing cattle with signs of epithelioma, Amaral allegedly directed employees to carve "USDA Condemned" stamps out of certain cow carcasses and to process them for sale and distribution, despite having been rejected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture veterinarian.

Amaral is also charged with sending false invoices to farmers, telling them that their cattle had died or been condemned and charging them "handling fees" for disposal of the carcasses, instead of compensating them for the sale price, prosecutors said.

If convicted, Singleton faces up to three years imprisonment, with one year of supervised release, and a $10,000 fine. Amaral, Cabrera and Corda could receive up to 20 years in prison and $250,000 in fines. 1. Name an owner being accused?
2. What company is he with?
3. What did he allegedly distribute?
4. What was wrong with it?
5. what else?
6. And?
7. Who was his partner?
8. A.k.a.?
9. What was one of his positions?
10. And?
11. Were any others facing charges?
12. How many?
13. Name one.
14. And the other?
15. What disease did the cows that Singleton purchased allegedly have?
16. A.k.a.?
17. What fake documents were forwarded by Amaral?
18. To who? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Robert Singleton
2. Rancho Feeding Corporation
3. meat,
4. adulterated
5. misbranded
6. uninspected
7. Jesse J. Amaral Jr
8. Babe Amaral.
9. president
10. general manager
11. Yes
12. Two
13. Felix Sandoval Cabrera
14. Eugene Corda
15. epithelioma
16. cancer eye
17. invoices
18. farmers

Q: The Macintosh, however, was expensive, which hindered its ability to be competitive in a market already dominated by the Commodore 64 for consumers, as well as the IBM Personal Computer and its accompanying clone market for businesses. Macintosh systems still found success in education and desktop publishing and kept Apple as the second-largest PC manufacturer for the next decade. In the 1990s, improvements in the rival Wintel platform, notably with the introduction of Windows 3.0, then Windows 95, gradually took market share from the more expensive Macintosh systems. The performance advantage of 68000-based Macintosh systems was eroded by Intel's Pentium, and in 1994 Apple was relegated to third place as Compaq became the top PC manufacturer. Even after a transition to the superior PowerPC-based Power Macintosh (later renamed the PowerMac, in line with the PowerBook series) line in 1994, the falling prices of commodity PC components and the release of Windows 95 saw the Macintosh user base decline.

1. No
2. unknown
3. Macintosh
4. it was expensive
5. Compaq
6. 1994
7. release of Windows 95
8. Intel's Pentium
9. education and desktop publishing
10. Apple

Numbered questions:
1. Is this article about cellphones?
2. What?
3. What model is it considering.
4. What caused its fall in popularity?
5. Who pushed it to third?
6. When?
7. What further caused its fall?
8. What processor hurt them?
9. What industries helped in the 80s?
10. Who were they competing against?