question: Reggie Hilaire was a rookie cop on September 11, 2001. He worked at ground zero for 11 days beside his colleagues -- many of them, including Hilaire, not wearing a mask. He was later assigned to a landfill in Staten Island, where debris from the World Trade Center was dumped.

For about 60 days between 2001 and 2002, the New York police officer was surrounded by dust.

In 2005, Hilaire was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. He underwent surgery and radiation. Just months later his doctor told him he also had multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that multiplies the body's plasma cells to dangerous levels.

It's a cancer that usually strikes much later in life. Hilaire was 34.

More than 1,100 people who worked or lived near the World Trade Center on 9/11 have been diagnosed with cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A few months ago Hilaire received a letter from the CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, officially offering him medical insurance under the World Trade Center Health Program. About 1,140 people have been certified to receive cancer treatment under the WTC Health Program, a representative told CNN.

These are the first numbers released since the program was expanded a year ago.

In September 2012, federal health authorities added 58 types of cancer to the list of covered illnesses for people who were exposed to toxins at the site of the World Trade Center in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.

Dr. John Howard, administrator of the WTC Health Program, had said the year before that cancer treatments would not be covered by the compensation fund. At the time, he said there was inadequate "published scientific and medical findings" to link 9/11 exposures to cancer.
1. when did Hilaire find out she had cancer?
2. what kind?
3. how old was he?
4. is this a normal age for this cancer?
5. what was his job?
6. was he a veteran in 2001?
7. what state did he work in?
8. did he work at ground zero?
9. where did he work later?
10. how long did he work ground zero?
11. what did he get a few months after his diagnosis?
12. from who?
13. how many people have gotten treatment from them?
14. who runs this WTC health program?
15. who is the administrator?
16. did he always think 9/11 caused cancer?
17. how many types do they recognize now?
18. when did they add them?
19. how many people have gotten cancer related to 9/11?
20. what else does Hilaire suffer from?
21. what does this do to him?
22. how long did he work in the dust?
23. did he wear a mask?
24. why wasnt cancer treatments always covered?
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answer: 1. In 2005
2. thyroid cancer
3. 34
4. No
5. He was a rookie cop
6. No
7. New York
8. Yes
9. A landfill
10. 11 days
11. He received a letter.
12. From the CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
13. 1,140
14. The federal health authorities
15. Dr. John Howard
16. No
17. 58
18. September 2012
19. 1,100
20. multiple myeloma
21. It multiplies the body's plasma cells to dangerous levels
22. For about 60 days
23. No
24. There was inadequate "published scientific and medical findings" to link 9/11 exposures to cancer

question: Solar time is a calculation of the passage of time based on the position of the Sun in the sky. The fundamental unit of solar time is the day. Two types of solar time are apparent solar time (sundial time) and mean solar time (clock time).

A tall pole vertically fixed in the ground casts a shadow on any sunny day. At one moment during the day, the shadow will point exactly north or south (or disappear when and if the Sun moves directly overhead). That instant is local apparent noon, or 12:00 local apparent time. About 24 hours later the shadow will again point north/south, the Sun seeming to have covered a 360-degree arc around the Earth's axis. When the Sun has covered exactly 15 degrees (1/24 of a circle, both angles being measured in a plane perpendicular to the Earth's axis), local apparent time is 13:00 exactly; after 15 more degrees it will be 14:00 exactly.

The problem is that in September the Sun takes less time (as measured by an accurate clock) to make an apparent revolution than it does in December; 24 "hours" of solar time can be 21 seconds less or 29 seconds more than 24 hours of clock time. As explained in the equation of time article, this is due to the eccentricity of the Earth's orbit (i.e. the Earth's orbit is not perfectly circular, meaning that the Earth-Sun distance varies throughout the year), and the fact that the Earth's axis is not perpendicular to the plane of its orbit (the so-called obliquity of the ecliptic).
1. Solar time is based on what?
2. How many kinds of it are there?
3. Can you name one of them?
4. Please name one of them
5. What's another name for that one?
6. Please name the other kind of solar time?
7. Wjat's another name for that kind?
8. Does the sun take less time to get all the way around in September than in December?
9. How many seconds more than 24 hours clock time can solar time be?
10. How many less?
11. This is because of what?
12. Does that mean the Earth's orbit is a perfect circle?
13. What does it mean?
14. Is the Earh's axis perpendicular to the plane of its orbit?
15. Is there another name for that?
16. What is it?
17. The shadow of a pole in sun points in how many possible directions?
18. Does it ever dissappear?
19. When?
20. Does the author like sun dials?
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answer: 1. the position of the Sun in the sky
2. Two
3. yes
4. apparent solar time
5. sundial time
6. mean solar time
7. clock time
8. yes
9. up to 29 seconds
10. up to 21 seconds less
11. the eccentricity of the Earth's orbit
12. no
13. the distance between Earth and Sun varies throughout the year
14. no
15. yes
16. obliquity of the ecliptic
17. 360
18. yes
19. when the Sun is directly overhead
20. unknown

question: Emily was a princess that lived in a castle made out of rainbows and chocolate. Her mom and dad were very kind to her. Her favorite thing to do was to play on the swings on the chocolate tree in their front yard with her friend Daisy. Emily always got first turn on the swings, and Daisy always pushed her, until it was Daisy's turn, and Emily would push Daisy. One day, Daisy said that she wasn't going to push Emily on the swings if Daisy didn't get to swing first. This made Emily very mad. Her turn was always first, and Emily thought that it wasn't fair that Daisy wasn't going to push her if she didn't get to swing first. So she ran into the castle to tell her mom and dad the Queen and King. The Queen and King listened to Emily's story, and they told Emily that it was Daisy's turn. "What?" said Emily. She was so mad! Emily always got the first turn! "It's only fair to Daisy, Emily." said her mom. "Now go out there and push your friend on the swing." Emily went outside and pushed Daisy on the swing. After Emily pushed Daisy, Daisy pushed Emily, and Emily came inside still upset. "Why did you make me push her on the swing first?" said Emily. "Because that's how you keep friends, sweetie." said her mom the Queen. "If I were Daisy and I never got to get a turn first, I don't think I'd want to be friends." "Okay, I think I understand that." said Emily. From then on, Emily and Daisy took turns being first on the swing, and they were friends for the rest of their lives.
1. What was Emily?
2. Where did she live?
3. Who was her friend?
4. What did Daisy want?
5. did that upset Emily?
6. Who did she tell about this?
7. Did they tell her to let Daisy go first?
8. Did she understand why before or after playing with Daisy again?
9. Did they continue being friends?
10. Where was the swing they used?
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answer:
1. a princess
2. in a castle made out of rainbows and chocolate
3. Daisy
4. to be pushed on the swings first
5. yes
6. her parents
7. yes
8. after
9. yes
10. on the chocolate tree in their front yard