question: Chapter 13: Preparing A Rescue.

Stanley remained where he was until Meinik returned, in half an hour, with the rope. Stanley made a loop at one end; and then knotted it, at distances of about a foot apart, to enable him to climb it more easily. Then they waited until the guard fire burnt down low, and most of the men went off into a hut a few yards distant, three only remaining talking before the fire. Then Stanley moved round to the other side of the palisade and, choosing a spot immediately behind the hut where the sentries were posted, threw up the rope. It needed many attempts before the loop caught at the top of one of the bamboos. As soon as it did so, he climbed up.

He found that the position was an exceedingly unpleasant one. The bamboos were all so cut that each of them terminated in three spikes, and so impossible was it to cross this that he had to slip down the rope again. On telling Meinik what was the matter, the latter at once took off his garment and folded it up into a roll, two feet long.

"If you lay that on the top, master, you will be able to cross."

This time Stanley had little difficulty. On reaching the top, he laid the roll on the bamboo spikes; and was able to raise himself on to it and sit there, while he pulled up the rope and dropped it on the inside. Descending, he at once began to crawl towards the hut. As he had seen before climbing, a light was burning within, and the window was at the back of the house. This was but some twenty yards from the palisade and, when he reached it, he stood up and cautiously looked in.
1. When did Meinik return?
2. What did he bring with him?
3. Who waited for him?
4. What did Stanley do with the rope?
5. Where?
6. And then did what?
7. How far apart were the knots?
8. Why?
9. Was his position pleasant?
10. What was he climbing?
11. How did the bamboo end?
12. Did this happen naturally?
13. Could he cross?
14. What did he do instead?
15. What did Meinik do to help?
16. And what did he do with it?
17. How long was it?
18. Did it help?
19. What did he do with it?
20. What did he crawl towards?
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answer: 1. in half an hour
2. the rope
3. Stanley
4. made a loop
5. at one end
6. knotted it
7. about a foot
8. so he could climb it more easily
9. no
10. bamboo
11. in three spikes
12. no
13. no
14. slip down the rope
15. took off his garment
16. folded it up into a roll
17. two feet long
18. yes
19. laid it on the spikes and sat on it
20. the hut

question: (CNN) -- Like he does every week, Chris Hardwick hosted "Talking Dead" on Sunday night -- but this time, he was coping with a heartbreaking loss.

His father, Billy Hardwick, died of an apparent heart attack a day earlier.

Chris Hardwick, who hosts the aftershow for AMC's most-watched series, "Walking Dead," said he decided to continue with his duties because it was an appreciated distraction.

He said he was grateful that he had a chance to tell his 72-year-old father that he loved him, and encouraged viewers to appreciate their families.

Billy Hardwick was a Hall of Fame bowler who also appeared on his son's podcast, nerdist.

"My dad was my favorite podcast guest. He was amazingly open and it brought us closer," Chris Hardwick tweeted Saturday.

According to the Professional Bowling Association, Billy Hardwick's career took off after "one of the greatest turnarounds in professional bowling history."

He went from a rookie in 1962 to winning four titles the next season.

After he retired, he opened Billy Hardwick's All-Star Lanes in Memphis, Tennessee.

People we lost in 2013

CNN's Susan Candiotti contributed to this report.

1. What Chris hosted?
2. On which day?
3. How often?
4. Why he is sad?
5. When?
6. How old was he?
7. What was his name?
8. What was his profession?
9. Did he attend in his son's shows?
10. In what show?
11. What format was it?
12. When was he a rookie?
13. Then what happened next season?
14. After retirement what he did?
15. Where?
16. What year he died?
17. Who contributed to this story?
18. In which network?
19. How did he die?
20. Did his son continue with his usual duties after that?
****
answer: 1. "Talking Dead"
2. on Sunday night
3. weekly
4. His father died
5. a day earlier
6. 72
7. Billy Hardwick
8. Billy Hardwick was a Hall of Fame bowler
9. yes
10. nerdist
11. podcast
12. 1962
13. won four titles
14. opened Billy Hardwick's All-Star Lanes
15. Memphis, Tennessee
16. 2013
17. Susan Candiotti
18. CNN
19. apparent heart attack
20. yes

question: International Futures (IFs) is a global integrated assessment model designed to help in thinking strategically and systematically about key global systems (economic, demographic, education, health, environment, technology, domestic governance, infrastructure, agriculture, energy and environment) housed at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures. Initially created by Barry B. Hughes of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver in Colorado, the model is free for public use in both its online and downloadable forms.

The Pardee Center for International Futures has partnered with many organizations to produce forecasts and data analysis. IFs has been utilized in the National Intelligence Council's "Global Trends 2020", "Global Trends 2025", and "Global Trends 2030" report. The International Futures model has also contributed to the United Nations "Human Development Report" and the "Global Environmental Outlook".

IFs is hosted free for public use by Google Public Data Explorer, the Atlantic Council, and the Institute for Security Studies.

The model incorporates dynamically linked sub-models. They include: population, economic, agricultural, educational, energy, socio-political, international political, environmental, health, infrastructure and technology. IFs is a unique modeling tool because it endogenizes the impact of such a wide range of global systems for 183 countries.

The help system that accompanies the software provides an extensive overview of the model structure and computer code used to write the model. IFs has three main functions, all connected to its conceptual treatment of integrated assessment forecasts: data analysis, scenario analysis, and display.
1. What does IFs stand for?
2. Who was it created by?
3. Where is it located?
4. Where did the creator study at?
5. What state is that in?
6. What does it do?
7. What has this research helped with?
8. What else?
9. What companies host for free?
10. Who else?
11. And?
12. What are some sub sections of the models?
13. And?
14. What is a main function of the IFs?
15. Second one?
16. And the last one?
****
answer:
1. International Futures
2. Barry B. Hughes
3. Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures
4. Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver
5. Colorado
6. produce forecasts and data analysis
7. United Nations "Human Development Report"
8. "Global Environmental Outlook".
9. Google
10. the Atlantic Council
11. Institute for Security Studies.
12. population, economic, agricultural
13. educational, energy, socio-political, international political, environmental, health, infrastructure and technology.
14. data analysis
15. scenario analysis
16. display