The television news feature about Ben Heckmann, an eighth grader from Farmington, Minn, was breathless in its praise. "At 14, he has accomplished something many adults can't achieve," the reporter said, "Ben is a twice-published author." But Ben's two "Velvet Black" books, describing a fictional rock band, were not picked from a pile of manuscripts by an eagle eyed publisher. They were self-published, at the cost of $400 by Ben's parents. Over the past five years, print-on-demand technology and a growing number of self publishing companies whose books can be sold online have inspired writers of all ages to avoid the traditional gatekeeping system for determining who could call himself a "published author." The mothers and fathers who foot the bill say they are simply trying to encourage their children, in the same way that other parents buy equipment for a promising baseball player. But others see self-publishing as a lost opportunity to teach children about hardship and perseverance. Mr. Robbins, a critic, thinks it is wonderful to start writing at a young age, but worries self-publishing sends the wrong message. "There are no prodigies in literature," he said. "Literature requires experience, in a way that mathematics and music do not." Alan Rinzler, a publishing industry veteran, suggested parents hire a professional editor like him to work with their child to tear a manuscript apart and help make a better. Ben's father, Ken, said Ben's ambitions "weren't to knockHarry Potteroff the list," but "to get that good feeling inside that you've done something." Ajla Dizdarevic, 12, who has self-published two books of poetry, has been on television and in local newspapers. "Being a published author," she said, "was always a dream of mine." Her new dream: three books by age 15. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. How many books did Ben publish?
2. Who published them?
3. Who paid for this?
4. What is a benefit of self publishing?
5. What other child prodigy has published books beside Ben?
6. How did the television station feel about Ben's book publishing?
7. Was everyone praising the self publishing idea?
8. Why not?
9. What else?
10. What did the kid's father say to the naysayers?
11. Who wee a few of the naysayers?
12. What did Ken feel was a top children's book?
13. What was Ajla's ambition?
Answer: 1. Two
2. Self-published
3. Ben's parents
4. unknown
5. Ajla Dizdarevic
6. Breathless in its praise.
7. No
8. Lost opportunity to teach children about hardship and perseverance.
9. Literature requires experience
10. To get that good feeling inside that you've done something.
11. Mr. Robbins, Alan Rinzler.
12. unknown
13. three books by age 15.

The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France. It was the second time Paris hosted the games, after 1900. The selection process for the 1924 Summer Olympics consisted of six bids, and Paris was selected ahead of Amsterdam, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Prague, and Rome. The selection was made at the 20th IOC Session in Lausanne in 1921.

The cost of the Games of the VIII Olympiad was estimated to be 10,000,000. With total receipts at 5,496,610, the Olympics resulted in a hefty loss despite crowds that reached 60,000 people at a time.

126 events in 23 disciplines, comprising 17 sports, were part of the Olympic program in 1924. The number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses.

Seventeen sports venues were used in the 1924 Summer Olympics. Stade de Colombes served as the final venue for the 1938 FIFA World Cup between Italy and Hungary.

A total of 44 nations were represented at the 1924 Games. Germany was still absent, having not been invited by the Organizing Committee. China (although did not compete), Ecuador, Haiti, Ireland, Lithuania, and Uruguay attended the Olympic Games for the first time while the Philippines competed for first time in an Olympic Games as a nation though it first participated in 1900 Summer Olympic Games also in this city. Latvia and Poland attended the Summer Olympic Games for the first time (having both appeared earlier at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix). What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. How much did the games cost?
2. What were the games called?
3. What is the unofficial name for it
4. Was it just one sport?
5. Was it one country?
6. Where did it happen?
7. When else did it host?
8. How many bids were there in 1924
9. Did the games operate at a loss?
10. How much did they take in?
11. How many events were there
12. How many disciplines?
13. How many sports?
14. How many sports venues were used
15. How many nations were represented?
16. Who was absent?
17. Did China compete?
Answer: 1. 10,000,000
2. Games of the VIII Olympiad
3. The 1924 Summer Olympics
4. No
5. No
6. Paris
7. after 1900
8. six
9. Yes
10. 5,496,610
11. 126 events
12. 23 disciplines
13. 174.
14. Seventeen
15. 44
16. Germany
17. No

Bob Dylan is being investigated on suspicion of inciting hatred in Paris over comments he made in Rolling Stone magazine, French prosecutors said Tuesday.

An organization representing Croatians in France pressed charges against Dylan for allegedly comparing the conflict between Croatians and Serbs to the Nazis' persecution of Jews in an interview last year for the French edition of Rolling Stone.

"If you got a slave master or Klan in your blood, blacks can sense that. That stuff lingers to this day. Just like Jews can sense Nazi blood and the Serbs can sense Croatian blood," the influential singer-songwriter was quoted as saying.

While a Croatian group has said Dylan was referencing the violence that came with the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, it's unclear whether the long-outspoken musician was referring to Yugoslavia or the crimes committed when the Ustasha ruled Croatia during World War II.

The Paris prosecutor's office said Dylan was placed under formal investigation last month by the Paris Main Court for "public injury" and "incitement to hatred."

Vlatko Maric, secretary general of the Representative Council of the Croatian Community and Institutions, told CNN his organization had brought the case almost a year ago.

Explaining the council's decision to pursue the case against Dylan, Maric said the artist's remarks in Rolling Stone were of a "rare violence" that had deeply shocked people from a nation still wounded by the conflict of the 1990s.

"An entire people is being compared to criminal organizations" like the Nazis or the Ku Klux Klan, he said. "The Croatians are peaceful people who respect Bob Dylan as an artist, but we must remind him that he can't make such remarks. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. When was Dylan placed under investigation?
2. By who?
3. For what?
4. What evidence do they have?
5. With who?
6. Who was he talking about?
7. What did he compare them to?
8. Are they peaceful?
9. Who talked to the news?
10. When was the conflict?
Answer:
1. last month
2. by the Paris Main Court
3. "public injury" and "incitement to hatred
4. in an interview last year
5. French edition of Rolling Stone
6. Croatians and Serbs
7. Nazis' persecution of Jews
8. No
9. Bob Dylan
10. in the 1990s