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Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making it Connecticut's third-largest city after the coastal cities of Bridgeport and New Haven. Census Bureau estimates since then have indicated Hartford's fall to fourth place statewide, as a result of sustained population growth in the coastal city of Stamford.

Hartford is nicknamed the "Insurance Capital of the World", as it hosts many insurance company headquarters and insurance is the region's major industry. The city was founded in 1635 and is among the oldest cities in the United States. It is home to the nation's oldest public art museum (Wadsworth Atheneum), the oldest publicly funded park (Bushnell Park), the oldest continuously published newspaper ("The Hartford Courant"), and the second-oldest secondary school (Hartford Public High School). It also is home to Trinity College, a private liberal arts college, and the Mark Twain House where the author wrote his most famous works and raised his family, among other historically significant attractions. Twain wrote in 1868, "Of all the beautiful towns it has been my fortune to see this is the chief."
1. Is Hartford the largest city in Connecticut?
2. what rank is it?
3. what state is it the capital of?
4. what cities are larger?
5. what is it nicknamed?
6. why is it nicknamed that?
7. when was Hartford founded?
8. is it one of the newest cities in the U.S.?
9. what is its population?
10. as of what year?
11. according to what?
12. do they still think it is it still in 3rd place in the state by population?
13. which city is estimated to have over taken it?
14. what is the nations oldest public art museum?
15. Does Hartford have the oldest continuously published newspaper?
16. what is it called?
17. what did Twain say about the city?
18. when did he say that?
19. did he live there?
20. what is the name of the second-oldest secondary school?

Numbered answers:
1. no
2. third
3. Connecticut
4. Bridgeport and New Haven
5. Insurance Capital of the World
6. because insurance is the region's major industry
7. 1635
8. no
9. 124,775
10. 2010
11. according to the 2010 Census
12. no
13. Stamford
14. Wadsworth Atheneum
15. yes
16. The Hartford Courant
17. Of all the beautiful towns it has been my fortune to see this is the chief.
18. in 1868
19. yes
20. Hartford Public High School

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Every month, Julia and her cousins would go to visit their grandparents. They would be excited because their grandfather would give them a few coins. Then they would buy toys and sweets. The grandparents commented that, behaving like this, the children would never learn to manage their money. So they planned a special test, in which the children would have to show, over the course of a year, just what they could manage to get with those few coins.

Some thought that they would save their money, but Rubin and Nico continued spending it all on sweets. So they give up saving.

Monty decided to manage his money by exchanging it: buying and selling things, or bettering it with others. Soon he surprised the whole family. He had accumulated lots of money. However, Monty was not very careful, and he got involved in more and more risky deals. A few months later he became penniless after a losing bet.

Alex, had a will of iron. He saved the money and at the end of the year he had collected more money than anyone. Even better, with so much money, he had managed to buy sweets at a reduced price, so that on the day of the competition he was presented with enough sweets for more than a year. And even then, he still had enough left for a toy. He was the clear winner, and other children learnt the advantages of knowing how to save and how to wait.

There was also Julia. Poor Julia didn't enjoy the competition because even though she had a wonderful secret plan, she had spent her money without giving her plan enough time to work. However, she was so sure that her plan was a good one, that she decided to carry on with it, and maybe change the expressions on her s' faces, who had seemed to be saying "What a disaster that girl is. She couldn't manage to save anything."

When she was about to complete the second year of her plan, Julia surprised everyone by turning up at the grandparents' house with a violin and a lot of money. She did it very well.
1. Who spent money on sweets
2. Where did the money come from?
3. Did her grandma approve?
4. Why not?
5. Which cousin had willpower?
6. What did he accomplish?
7. Who lost all their moola?
8. Who lost it gambling??
9. How many kids were competing?
10. Did any of them learn a lesson?
11. Who?
12. Who purchased the instrument?
13. During the first year?
14. How long did it take?
15. Who devised the experiment?

Numbered answers:
1. Julia and her cousins
2. their grandfather
3. no
4. they thought the children would never learn to manage their money
5. Alex
6. He saved the money
7. Julia
8. Monty
9. Five
10. yes
11. Children other than Alex
12. Julia
13. no
14. Until she was about to complete the second year of her plan
15. The grandparents

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(CNN) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has added his brother-in-law to a military board in a move analysts say paves the way for an heir, according to South Korea's state-sponsored Yonhap news agency.

Kim Jong-il has named his brother-in-law Jang Song Thaek to a top military board.

The addition of his kin to the powerful National Defense Commission also solidifies his standing, Yonhap said.

Kim was reappointed Thursday as chairman of the military board in his first major public appearance since a reported stroke in August. His brother-in-law, Jang Song Thaek, is considered his right-hand man, according to Yonhap.

Jang, who has been married to Kim's sister since 1972, currently serves as a director of the Workers' Party, Yonhap said.

"Kim wants to keep the military in check and secure loyalty to both the military and the party," Cha Doo-hyeogn, a North Korea expert, told Yonhap.

Kim also increased the number of members in the military agency to 13, from eight, Yonhap said.

"Overall, the power of the National Defense Commission was strengthened," Seoul's Unification Ministry spokesman, Kim Ho-nyoun, told Yonhap in a briefing.

There were no other major changes in the new parliament, which signifies that Kim, 67, is prepared to maintain the status quo as he readies someone to take over from him, analysts told Yonhap.

Kim's recent health problems and long absence from public functions have prompted speculation on whether he is ready to groom an heir to the world's only communist dynasty. But the secretive nation shields its internal affairs from international scrutiny.
1. What kind of health problems has he been having?
2. Who did he name to the top military board?
3. What is his name?
4. Who does he consider to be his right hand man?
5. How long has Jang been married to Kim's sister?
6. What is Jang
7. Were there any changes to the parliament?
8. How many people did he increase the agency with?
9. How active is Kim in public functions?
10. What do people speculate that he is getting ready to do?
11. What do analysts say paves a way for an heir?
12. What was Kim reappointed as?
13. What did Kim Ho-nyoun tell Yonhap in a briefing?
Numbered answers:
1. he had a stroke
2. his brother-in-law
3. Jang Song Thaek
4. Jang Song Thaek
5. 46 years today
6. a director of the Workers' Party
7. no
8. Five
9. not very
10. have someone take over from him
11. adding the brother-in-law to a military board
12. chairman of the military board
13. Overall, the power of the National Defense Commission was strengthened