Question: Jersey (, ; Jerriais: "Jerri" ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (; Jerriais: "Bailliage de Jerri"), is a Crown dependency of The Crown located near the coast of Normandy, France. Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose dukes went on to become kings of England from 1066. After Normandy was lost by the kings of England in the 13th century, and the ducal title surrendered to France, Jersey and the other Channel Islands remained attached to the English crown.

The bailiwick consists of the island of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, along with surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks collectively named Les Dirouilles, Les Ecrehous, Les Minquiers, Les Pierres de Lecq, and other reefs. Although the bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey are often referred to collectively as the Channel Islands, the "Channel Islands" are not a constitutional or political unit. Jersey has a separate relationship to the Crown from the other Crown dependencies of Guernsey and the Isle of Man, although all are held by the monarch of the United Kingdom.

Jersey is a self-governing parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy, with its own financial, legal and judicial systems, and the power of self-determination. The Lieutenant Governor on the island is the personal representative of the Queen. 1. What is the official name of Jersey?
2. What does it consist of?
3. Where is it located?
4. Is it an independent country?
5. What country's crown is it a part of?
6. What type of democracy does Jersey have?
7. Does it have its own financial and legal systems?
8. What are Jersey and Guernsey commonly referred to as?
9. Is this a political unit?
10. Who is the Lieutenant Governor? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. the Bailiwick of Jersey
2. The bailiwick consists of the island of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, along with surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks collectively named Les Dirouilles, Les Ecrehous
3. near the coast of Normandy
4. it is a Crown dependency of The Crown
5. the English crown.
6. parliamentary
7. Yes
8. the Channel Islands
9. No
10. the personal representative of the Queen.

Question: Soaping up your hands may do more than just get rid of germs. It may wash away the inner confusion you feel right after being forced to make a choice between two appealing choices, according to a new study. The study builds on the past research into a phenomenon known as "the Macbeth effect" . It turns out that Shakespeare was really onto something when he imagined Lady Macbeth trying to clean her conscience by rubbing invisible bloodstains from her hands. A few years ago, scientists asked people to describe a past wrong act. If people were then given a chance to clean their hands, they later expressed less guilt than people who hadn't cleaned. This finding interested W. S. Lee, a researcher. "Anything from the past, any kind of negative emotional experiences, might be washed away," says Lee. He decided to test hand washing's effect on one kind of bad feeling:the tension we feel after being forced to choose between two attractive choices, because picking one choice makes us feel that we've lost the other. People usually try to calm this inner conflict by later exaggerating the positive aspects of their choice. He had students rank 10 different music CDs. Then he offered students two of the CDs and told them to select one as a gift. Some students then used liquid soap. Others only looked at the soap or sniffed it. "Actually, you do not need water and soap," says Lee. Later, the students again had to rank all the music CDs. People who didn't wash their hands had the normal response -- they scored their take-home CD higher, suggesting that they now saw it as an even more attractive one than before. But this wasn't true for the hand washers. They ranked the music about the same. "They feel no need at all to justify (...)the choice," says Lee. But the effects of it just aren't clear. Schwarz says it's too soon to know whether people should head for a sink after making a tough choice. He says washing may help decision-makers by cleaning away mental disorder. But perhaps if they don't go through the usual post-decision process of justifying their choice, they might feel more sorrow in the long run. 1. Who expressed less of something when they had washed up first.
2. What did they express less of?
3. What might get rid of more of a thing?
4. What might that get rid of more of?
5. What is the phenomenon mentioned?
6. Who was onto a thing?
7. What was he onto?
8. What did Shakespeare imagine?
9. What might be washed away?
10. anything else?
11. What was offered to pupils?
12. What were theyinstructed to do with them?
13. What did some kids do with the soap?
14. anything else?
15. Who was the third President of the Galactic Federation?
16. What might a person feel a greater amount of in the long run?
17. What kind of soap did some kids use? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. people who were given a chance to clean their hands.
2. guilt
3. Soaping up your hands
4. germs.
5. the Macbeth effect
6. Shakespeare
7. If people were then given a chance to clean their hands, they later expressed less guilt than people who hadn't cleaned.
8. Lady Macbeth trying to clean her conscience by rubbing invisible bloodstains from her hands.
9. Anything from the past
10. any kind of negative emotional experiences
11. CDs
12. to select one as a gift.
13. looked at the soap
14. sniffed it.
15. unknown
16. sorrow
17. liquid soap

Question: My wife Julie and I were out on the road that runs around where we live, when we saw an old worn-out dog stumbling painfully up the road. We stopped, bent down, talked gently to the dog and patted it. I checked and there was a collar with a phone number. I called but no one answered.

The dog was painfully thin. So Julie ran home to get some of our dog's food while I tried to encourage the dog. After Julie came back, we sat down on the sidewalk while our new friend made short work of the food. Eventually we got her home.

After trying for many times we got a response from the number. A lady came around with a bunch of flowers for us. She explained that Tara had been her father's dog. She was very old and got lost that morning. So, Tara was safely returned home.

Here is the truth of the story:

Actually Julie and I were out that morning because I was leaving. She was trying to persuade me to come back, but I wasn't hearing anything that made that sound likely.

I was about to turn and go when an old black dog walked between us and almost fell down. Suddenly we had something more important than _ to worry about. There was a creature in need right before us and we had to work together to help it.

We did help it. And here I am writing the story in my own home, in my own family.

In the song "Love Is Not a Fight" Warren Barfield talks about marriage. At one point he sings, "And if we try to leave, may God send angels to guard the door."

Sometimes angels come disguised as dogs. 1. Who was the author of the story walking with?
2. What was the real reason they were walking?
3. Was his wife happy to see him go?
4. What did they encounter on their walk?
5. Was the dog fat?
6. Did the dog have any identification?
7. Was the author able to immediately reach someone at the number?
8. What color was the dog?
9. Was the author able to ever reach the owner of the dog?
10. Was it a man or woman?
11. Did she give them anything for finding the dog? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. With his wife Julie
2. The author was leaving
3. No
4. an old worn-out dog stumbling painfully up the road
5. No
6. It had a collar with a phone number
7. No
8. black
9. Yes
10. a woman
11. a bunch of flowers