Question: A mum saved her daughter's life with her newly learned first aid skills. Sonya Hall, 33, of Denny Avenue, Lancaster, had only just attended one first aid class the day before when she found herself needing to use the skills on her three years old daughter Tilly.

Sonya, who also has son Emmen, six, attended the first aid course at Lune Park Children's Centre in Lancaster. Then she was faced with every parent's worst nightmare when Tilly went blue in the face and stopped breathing. But thanks to her newly acquired skills, Sonya saved Tilly's life.

Sonya said: "Tilly was playing with her brother and they were fighting over a toy. Emmen won the fight. Tilly fell backwards and her head was hit. She was face down and shaking and at first I thought she was upset. But then I saw she was blue in the face and had stopped breathing. I reacted without thinking and immediately started using the first aid skills I had learned the day before which were so fresh in my mind. I began doing mouth-to-mouth and chest compressions . It probably took about a minute before Tilly started breathing again, but to me it felt like a lifetime."

After getting Tilly breathing again, Sonya called an ambulance and the doctors came. Since then, Tilly has been diagnosed with Reflex Anoxic Seizure . Sonya said: "The seizure can happen when there's any unexpected pain, fear or fright. It is just so lucky that the day before it happened, I had been practising first aid."

The Empowering Parents First Aid course is run by Lancashire Adult Learning. Sonya said: "I am just so glad I did the course and learnt the first aid skills. I always feared I would not know what to do in a crisis situation, but luckily I had the knowledge and skills to deal with it." 1. What is the class at Lancashire Adult Learning called?
2. Does it have an official title?
3. Was Sonya Hall happy that she took the course?
4. What was she scared of before taking it?
5. Does she have any children?
6. How old is Sonya?
7. Did she ever have to use the skills she attained in the class?
8. What did she do?
9. Did she save anyone's life?
10. Who?
11. Is she related to Sonya?
12. Does Tilly have any siblings?
13. Is Tilly the oldest?
14. Who is older?
15. What were she and her brother doing when the incident in question occurred?
16. What were they fighting about? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. first aid
2. first aid course
3. yes
4. not know what to do in a crisis
5. yes
6. 33
7. yes"
8. reacted without thinking
9. yes
10. Tilly.
11. her kid
12. yes
13. no
14. Emmen
15. fighting
16. a toy.

Q: Conventionally, a computer consists of at least one processing element, typically a central processing unit (CPU), and some form of memory. The processing element carries out arithmetic and logic operations, and a sequencing and control unit can change the order of operations in response to stored information. Peripheral devices allow information to be retrieved from an external source, and the result of operations saved and retrieved.

Mechanical analog computers started appearing in the first century and were later used in the medieval era for astronomical calculations. In World War II, mechanical analog computers were used for specialized military applications such as calculating torpedo aiming. During this time the first electronic digital computers were developed. Originally they were the size of a large room, consuming as much power as several hundred modern personal computers (PCs).

Modern computers based on integrated circuits are millions to billions of times more capable than the early machines, and occupy a fraction of the space. Computers are small enough to fit into mobile devices, and mobile computers can be powered by small batteries. Personal computers in their various forms are icons of the Information Age and are generally considered as "computers". However, the embedded computers found in many devices from MP3 players to fighter aircraft and from electronic toys to industrial robots are the most numerous.

1. central processing unit
2. yes
3. the first century
4. The size of a large room
5. in specialized military applications
6. calculating torpedo aiming
7. yes
8. memory
9. carries out arithmetic and logic operations
10. astronomical calculations
11. yes
12. as much as several hundred modern personal computers
13. yes
14. MP3 players
15. fighter aircraft
16. industrial robots

Numbered questions:
1. What does CPU stand for?
2. Are peripheral devices useful?
3. When did the first computers start appearing?
4. How big were the first digital computers?
5. How were analog computers used in WWII?
6. such as?
7. Are modern computers more efficient than early computers?
8. What has to accompany the processing unit?
9. What does the processing unit do?
10. What were computers used for in the medieval era?
11. Did original digital computers use a lot of power?
12. How much?
13. Are computers found in a lot of contemporary items?
14. such as?
15. and?
16. and?

input: CHAPTER XV

AN AUTOMOBILING ADVENTURE

"What did you run over?" asked Sam.

"Look for yourself," returned his big brother. "This is an outrage! I wish I could catch the party responsible for it," he added bitterly.

Dick had stopped the touring car in the midst of a quantity of broken glass bottles. The glass covered the road from side to side, and had evidently been put there on purpose.

"Say, do you think that chauffeur had anything to do with this?" demanded Tom.

"Hardly," answered Dick. "If his story about the fire was not true he'd know he'd be found out."

"Maybe it was done by some country fellow who is running an auto repair shop," suggested Sam. "I've heard of such things being done--when business was dull."

"Well, we'll have to fix the tire, that is all there is to it," said the oldest Rover. "Might as well get out while we are doing it," he added to the girls.

"Lucky you stopped when you did," said Tom as he walked around the machine. "If you hadn't we might have had all four tires busted."

"What a contemptible trick to play," said Dora as she alighted,

"Can you mend the tire?" asked Nellie as she, too, got out, followed by her sister.

"Oh, yes, we can mend it--or rather put on another," said Dick. "But we'll examine all the tires first," he added, taking off a lamp for that purpose.

It was found that each tire had some glass in it, and the bits were picked out with care. While this was going on Dick suddenly swung the lamp around so that its rays struck through the trees and bushes lining the roadway. 1. Is Sam an only child?
2. Does he have a sister?
3. Does he have a brother?
4. What's his name?
5. Why did the car stop?
6. Why were they in the road?
7. Do they know who did it?
8. Who do they suspect?
9. Are all of the tires destroyed?
10. Any of them?
11. Was there glass in more than one tire?
12. How many?
13. What did they do about that?
14. How does Dick feel when he runs over the glass?
15. What does he yearn to do?
16. What did the chauffeur tell a story about?
17. When might an repair store owner do it?
18. Are there girls in the car?
19. What are their names?
20. What does Nellie want to know? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. No
2. unknown
3. Yes
4. Dick
5. They ran over broken glass bottles.
6. They were put there on purpose
7. No
8. An auto repair shop owner
9. No
10. Yes
11. Yes
12. All of them
13. they picked out the glass
14. Angry
15. catch the party responsible
16. the fire
17. when business was dull
18. Yes
19. Dora and Nellie
20. If the tire can be mended