Institute of technology (also: university of technology, polytechnic university, technikon, and technical college) is a designation employed for a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable levels of the educational system. It may be an institution of higher education and advanced engineering and scientific research or professional vocational education, specializing in science, engineering, and technology or different sorts of technical subjects. It may also refer to a secondary education school focused in vocational training.[citation needed] The term institute of technology is often abbreviated IT and is not to be confused with information technology.

The English term polytechnic appeared in the early 19th century, from the French Ecole Polytechnique, an engineering school founded in 1794 in Paris. The French term comes from the Greek (polu or poly) meaning "many" and (tekhnikos) meaning "arts".

While the terms "institute of technology" and "polytechnic" are synonymous, the preference concerning which one is the preferred term varies from country to country.[citation needed] What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Is the institute of technology just one kind of school?
2. can you get different types of degrees?
3. is polytechnic a Latin term?
4. Then what kind?
5. where did it come from?
6. What school was opened in Paris?
7. Did it open in 1894?
8. When then?
9. Institute of technology can be shortened to what?
10. what else does that stand for?
11. Does institute of technology and polytechnic mean the same thing?
12. Are there advanced kinds of studies at these institutes?
13. What's an example?
Answer: 1. No
2. Yes
3. No
4. English
5. Ecole Polytechnique
6. an engineering school
7. No
8. 1794
9. IT
10. information technology
11. Yes
12. Yes
13. advanced engineering

Millie thought she would like to stop eating meat, but she didn't know if she could do it. Once, when she was younger, she had tried to go without eating meat, but before the first day was over, her stomach had felt a little empty. "Hmm," she had thought. "Maybe it's not good for me to stop eating meat. Maybe that's why I feel so hungry."

But, now, she wondered if there was anything she could do so she wouldn't feel so hungry, even if she did stop eating meat.

She went to the library, and there, she saw a magazine. Below the title, the cover said, "Learn to live on vegetables!" She read in the magazine that it was good to change her meal plan slowly. If she really felt hungry for a little meat, the magazine said, it was okay to have some, and then go back to eating her veggies.

She also read that beans could give her body a lot of the same things meat could, but that eating things like rice and noodles would help the beans do a better job of building her body and giving it energy. That way, she would feel better, instead of feeling so hungry!

Millie wasn't sure if it would work this time, but the magazine's tips made her want to give it another try! What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. what did she want to stop eating?
2. had she ever tried to stop before?
3. and when was that?
4. what happened the first day she tried to quit?
5. where did she go to get more info about it?
6. What did the cover of the mag say?
7. how did the article suggest she accomplish her goal?
8. what did she read was a good replacement for meat?
9. and what would help them do a better job?
10. did she want to try again?
Answer: 1. meat
2. yes
3. when she was younger
4. her stomach had felt a little empty
5. the library
6. Learn to live on vegetables!
7. slowly
8. beans
9. rice and noodles
10. yes

(CNN) -- It's the super yacht with a super model and her billionaire tycoon husband as its joint owners and the 100ft supermaxi Comanche lived up to expectations with a blazing start to the Rolex Sydney-Hobart race Friday.

The 'Bluewater Classic' in its 70th staging is the first real competitive test for Comanche, which has been specially built for distance racing and speed record attempts, the brainchild of Netscape co-founder Jim Clark and his wife, Kristy Hinze-Clark, who was born in Australia.

Comanche, skippered by American Ken Read and with a strong international crew, is expected to battle it out for line honors with seven-time winner Wild Oats XI in the 628-nautical miles race, one of the highlights of the international yachting calendar.

The traditional Boxing Day start from Sydney Harbor saw an early glimpse of Comanche's speed with the skipper of Wild Oats XI, Mark Richards, moved to exclaim: "She's smoking -- look at that thing go!"

Out to sea and past the first mark in an unofficial record time, Comanche led from Wild Oats XI with the other supermaxis Ragamuffin and Perpetual Loyal giving chase.

The race, which runs down the east coast of Australia and across the Bass Strait to the Tasmanian capital Hobart, has drawn a 117-strong entry, the biggest since 1994.

But pre-race attention has centered on Comanche -- with its wide-bodied and cutting edge design, and two years in the building in Maine in the United States.

Clark watched from a supporting boat as his wife was part of the crew when Comanche took part in the Big Boat Challenge in Sydney Harbor on December 9, won by Wild Oats XI. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What is the race called?
2. How many are racing?
3. Is this a record?
4. What day does the race begin?
5. Who won the last race?
6. How many times did Wild Oats win?
7. Who is the boat's driver?
8. How long is the race?
9. Where does it start from geographically?
10. What body of water does it cross?
Answer: 1. Rolex Sydney-Hobart
2. 117
3. no
4. Boxing Day
5. unknown
6. seven
7. Mark Richards
8. 628-nautical miles
9. Sydney Harbor
10. e Bass Strait

We live in an amazing world, reading the following news and you will find it yourself. News 1: Bao Xishun is the tallest man in the world. He is 2.36 metres tall. He Pingping is the shortest man in the world. He is only 0.73 metres tall. They are Chinese. On July 13th, Bao Xishun married a girl and He Pingping took part in their wedding ceremony . News 2: In the USA, a seventh-grader, Aidan Murray Medley went fishing in the sea one morning. The 12-year-old boy caught a 250-kilogram shark! It took Aidan 28 minutes to catch the shark. It was so hard that his body lost all feeling. Aidan now has the Florida record . He beat a 232-kilogram catch from 1981. News 3: A young sheep climbs a tree to feed on leaves in a park in the southern Swedish town of Lund. The sheep climbed to a height of seven metres and spent an hour and a half in the tree before returning to the ground. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What is the theme of this article?
2. How so?
3. How tall is that?
4. Who is the shortest?
5. How tall is he?
6. What nationality are Bao Xishun and He Pingping?
7. Did they know each other?
8. How do you know?
9. What else is amazing?
10. Who caught the fish?
11. What is so amazing about that?
12. Was it easy to catch that big of a fish?
13. How so?
14. Did that hurt him?
15. How?
16. Was he recognized for his accomplishment?
17. How?
18. What else is amazing about our planet?
19. What is amazing about that?
20. How long did it stay up there?
Answer:
1. The world is amazing.
2. Bao Xishun is the tallest man.
3. 2.36 metres.
4. He Pingping
5. .73 metres.
6. Chinese
7. Yes
8. He Pingping took part in his wedding.
9. Someone caught a 250-kilogram shark
10. Aidan Murray Medley
11. He was 12.
12. No.
13. Took 28 minutes to catch.
14. Yes
15. His body lost all feeling.
16. Yes.
17. He has the Florida record.
18. Sheep climb trees to feed
19. It climbed seven metres.
20. Hour and a half