Question: (CNN) -- Canadian ski resort gondola cars that were left dangling and swaying with terrified skiers inside failed because ice buildup snapped a supporting tower, the resort said Thursday.

One gondola car is suspended above an icy creek at a ski resort near Whistler, British Columbia.

In a rare occurrence called ice-jacking, water seeped into the lower section of the lift tower and turned to ice Tuesday at Whistler Blackcomb resort, 177 kilometers (110 miles) north of Vancouver, a resort official said in a press release Thursday.

The lift hangs from a tower that is spliced into two parts.

Extremely cold temperatures caused the ice buildup that exerted 800 tons of pressure between the two parts that hold the tower together, causing them to rupture, according to Whistler Blackcomb.

The section of the lift affected by the accident had 15 cars going up the mountain and 15 coming down at the time, but they weren't carrying a lot of passengers, according to Doug Forseth, senior vice president of the resort.

He said 53 passengers had been rescued from the stranded cars.

No skiers at the Whistler, British Columbia, resort were seriously injured.

"The towers are not normally designed to allow for any water penetration and so this failure is a very unusual situation," said Warren Sparks, senior vice president of Doppelmayr Canada, the engineering firm that investigated the accident.

They are trying to figure out what caused the water to pool. He said independent structural engineers are examining the tower from Vancouver-based CVMM Consulting Engineers. 1. Where were the gondola cars in trouble at?
2. What is the rare occurrence called that caused the problem?
3. What was the amount of pressure that build up because of the extremely cold temperatures?
4. What is the name of the town that one of the gondola cars was suspened above an icy creak near?
5. Were any of the Skiers seriously injured?
6. How far is the resord from Vancouver?
7. Who is examining the towers to figure out exactly what happened?
8. Are the towers normally designed for this type of thing?
9. How many cars were going up the mountan on the section of the lift that was affected?
10. Were they carrying a lot of passengers?
11. How many were recured from the stranded cars?
12. Who is Doug Forseth? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Whistler Blackcomb resort
2. ice-jacking
3. 800 tons
4. Whistler
5. No
6. 110 miles
7. independent structural engineers
8. no
9. 15
10. no
11. 53
12. senior vice president of the resort

Question: (CNN)It was 3:30 in the morning when Robert Alan Black was escorted into Khalifa jail.

An American in Abu Dhabi, he found himself frightened even though the other prisoners were sleeping. Movie scenes from "Midnight Express" and "Brubaker" swirled through his head.

He sat at a table in the common area, waiting for the others to wake, not knowing what the reaction would be to his presence.

Black, who has a degree in architecture, three master's degrees and a doctorate in educational psychology, was in Abu Dhabi, the capital of United Arab Emirates, for October's Creative Thinkers Conference. He was to present a workshop and emcee the event.

On a Tuesday morning, the 70-year-old got up early to take a walk in the neighborhoods near his hotel. An avid photographer, Black took his camera to snap photos of houses and a couple of the mosques he passed.

When he left the second mosque, he was approached by a man in uniform. He motioned Black to get into a camouflaged truck.

"I had no idea what he wanted," Black said, "but never felt threatened so I got in."

He was driven a short distance to a building with a sign out front that read "Reception." He waited about an hour before he was guided back outside and told, "Do not photograph security areas."

Black asked for clarification, but he was waved away with no further explanation, he said.

He decided to continue his walk. A few blocks away, he came upon a sign on a lamppost that said in English, "Photography Forbidden." Thinking a photo of the sign would make for a novel Facebook post, he snapped an image. 1. Name a film Black thought of.
2. And the other?
3. Where was Black taken?
4. When?
5. How many mosques did he visit?
6. What was he forbidden to take pictures of?
7. And what kind of areas?
8. What kind of vehicle did Black board?
9. Who bid him to board?
10. Did Black feel like getting in the vehicle was dangerous?
11. True or False: The first sign mentioned said "Reception."
12. Did Black take a picture of the second sign?
13. Why?
14. How old is Black?
15. What is his nationality?
16. Is he well-educated?
17. How many master's degrees does he hold?
18. What is he a Doctor of?
19. Why was he in Abu Dhabi?
20. And for what conference? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Midnight Express
2. Brubaker
3. A Khalifa jail
4. 3:30 in the morning
5. a couple
6. A Sign
7. security areas."
8. a camouflaged truck
9. a man in uniform
10. No
11. true
12. Yes
13. It would make a novel Facebook post
14. 70
15. American
16. Yes
17. Three
18. educational psychology
19. for taking photographs
20. October's Creative Thinkers Conference

Question: CHAPTER XVIII

THE HUNTER LOSES HIS TEMPER

The hunter, hidden near the pond of Paddy the Beaver, chuckled silently. That is to say, he laughed without making any sound. The hunter thought the warning of Mr. and Mrs. Quack by Sammy Jay was a great joke on Reddy. To tell the truth, he was very much pleased. As you know, he wanted those Ducks himself. He suspected that they would stay in that little pond for some days, and he planned to return there and shoot them after he had got Lightfoot the Deer. He wanted to get Lightfoot first, and he knew that to shoot at anything else might spoil his chance of getting a shot at Lightfoot.

"Sammy Jay did me a good turn," thought the hunter, "although he doesn't know it. Reddy Fox certainly would have caught one of those Ducks had Sammy not come along just when he did. It would have been a shame to have had one of them caught by that Fox. I mean to get one, and I hope both of them, myself."

Now when you come to think of it, it would have been a far greater shame for the hunter to have killed Mr. and Mrs. Quack than for Reddy Fox to have done so. Reddy was hunting them because he was hungry. The hunter would have shot them for sport. He didn't need them. He had plenty of other food. Reddy Fox doesn't kill just for the pleasure of killing. 1. Where did the hunter hide?
2. Whose pond?
3. What did he want for himself?
4. Would he leave them and return?
5. How long did he expect them to stay?
6. When would he come back?
7. Why did it need to be in that order?
8. Who had helped the hunter?
9. Was it intentional?
10. Without him, who would have gotten a duck?
11. What were the ducks' names?
12. Why did Reddy want them?
13. Why did the Hunter?
14. Was the hunter starving?
15. Whose killing would be the biggest shame?
16. What kind of animal was Reddy?
17. Does the hunter hope for one duck, or both?
18. Who had a joke played on them?
19. Was the hunter noisy while observing the ducks?
20. Where would the hunter find Lightfoot? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. near a pond
2. Paddy the Beaver's
3. the Ducks
4. yes
5. for some days
6. after he had got Lightfoot the Deer
7. shooting at anything might spoil his chance of getting a shot at Lightfoot
8. Sammy Jay
9. no
10. no
11. Mr. and Mrs. Quack
12. he was hungry
13. for sport
14. no
15. the hunter
16. a fox
17. both
18. Reddy
19. no
20. unknown