Q: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA; pronounced , like "Noah") is an American scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce that focuses on the conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere. NOAA warns of dangerous weather, charts seas, guides the use and protection of ocean and coastal resources and conducts research to provide understanding and improve stewardship of the environment. In addition to its over 11,000 civilian employees, NOAA research and operations are supported by 321 uniformed service members who make up the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps. NOAA traces its history back to the convergence of multiple agencies: The United States Coastal and Geodetic Survey (founded in 1807), the Weather Bureau (1870) and the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries (1871). NOAA was officially formed in 1970. The acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere at the Department of Commerce and the agency's interim administrator has been Benjamin Friedman since the end of the Obama administration on January20, 2017.

NOAA plays several specific roles in society, the benefits of which extend beyond the U.S. economy and into the larger global community:

The five "fundamental activities" are:

NOAA was formed on October 3, 1970, after U.S. President Richard Nixon proposed creating a new agency to serve a national need "or better protection of life and property from natural hazardsfor a better understanding of the total environment[and] for exploration and development leading to the intelligent use of our marine resources." NOAA formed a conglomeration of several existing scientific agencies that were among the oldest in the federal government. They were the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, formed in 1807; the Weather Bureau, formed in 1870Geodetic Survey and Weather Service had been combined by a 1965 consolidation into the Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA), including the uniformed Commissioned Corp (founded 1917); and the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, formed in 1871. NOAA was established within the Department of Commerce via the Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970. In 2007, NOAA celebrated 200 years of service with its ties to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Answer the following questions:
1. what is this about ?
2. what is a short name for it ?
3. and it sounds like ?
4. when did it start ?
5. what year ?
6. how many scientific agencies were formed ?
7. what was formed in1807 ?
8. what other one ?
9. how many years was honored as of 2007 ?
10. with ties to ?
11. anything else ?
12. how many fundamental activities is it ?
13. how many people work for them ?
14. how many are uniformed ?
15. and they make up what ?
16. and when was it officially formed ?
17. when did the obama admin end ?
18. what year ?
19. the Weather Bureau started in what year ?
20. Benjamin Friedman did what ?
A: 1. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
2. NOAA
3. Noah
4. October 3
5. 1970
6. several
7. United States Coast
8. Geodetic Survey
9. 200
10. United States Coast
11. Geodetic Survey
12. fundamental activities
13. 11,000
14. 321
15. Commissioned Officer Corps
16. 1970
17. January20
18. 2017
19. 1870
20. interim administrator
Q: June came and the hay was almost ready for cutting.On Midsummer's Eve, which was aSaturday, Mr.Jones went to Willington and got so drunk at the Red Lion that he did not comeback till midday on Sunday.The men had milked the cows in the early morning and then hadgone out rabbiting, without bothering to feed the animals.When Mr.Jones got back, heimmediately went to sleep on the living-room sofa with the "News of the world" over his face,so that when evening came, the animals were still not fed.At last, they could stand no longer.

One of the cows broke into the door of the store-house with her horns and all the animalsbegan to help themselves to the grains.It was just then that Mr.Jones woke up.The nextmoment he and his four men were in the store-house with whips in their hands,whipping in all directions.This was more than the hungry animals would bear.Together,though nothing of the kind had been planned beforehand, they jumped upon their masters.

Jones and his men suddenly found themselves being struck with horns and kicked from allsides.The situation was quite out of their control.They had never seen animals act like thisbefore, and this sudden uprising of creatures whom they were used to beating andwhipping just as they chose frightened them.After only a moment or two, they gave up tryingto defend themselves.A minute later all five of them were in full fright down the road, with theanimals running after them joyfully.

Answer the following questions:
1. Why did the cows bust into the warehouse?
2. Why?
3. Whose job was it to feed them?
4. Why did Jones not not do it?
5. Why could he not stay up?
6. How many days was he out drinking?
7. In what town was he drinking?
8. What were his men doing instead of feeding the animals?
9. How many men went to try to stop the cows?
10. What did they use?
A: 1. they were hungry
2. no one fed them
3. Mr Jones and the other men
4. he went to sleep
5. he had gotten drunk
6. .two days
7. Willington
8. They were rabbiting
9. four
10. whips
Q: The Normans (Norman: Nourmands; French: Normands; Latin: Normanni) were the people who in the 10th and 11th centuries gave their name to Normandy, a region in France. They were descended from Norse ("Norman" comes from "Norseman") raiders and pirates from Denmark, Iceland and Norway who, under their leader Rollo, agreed to swear fealty to King Charles III of West Francia. Through generations of assimilation and mixing with the native Frankish and Roman-Gaulish populations, their descendants would gradually merge with the Carolingian-based cultures of West Francia. The distinct cultural and ethnic identity of the Normans emerged initially in the first half of the 10th century, and it continued to evolve over the succeeding centuries.

The Norman dynasty had a major political, cultural and military impact on medieval Europe and even the Near East. The Normans were famed for their martial spirit and eventually for their Christian piety, becoming exponents of the Catholic orthodoxy into which they assimilated. They adopted the Gallo-Romance language of the Frankish land they settled, their dialect becoming known as Norman, Normaund or Norman French, an important literary language. The Duchy of Normandy, which they formed by treaty with the French crown, was a great fief of medieval France, and under Richard I of Normandy was forged into a cohesive and formidable principality in feudal tenure. The Normans are noted both for their culture, such as their unique Romanesque architecture and musical traditions, and for their significant military accomplishments and innovations. Norman adventurers founded the Kingdom of Sicily under Roger II after conquering southern Italy on the Saracens and Byzantines, and an expedition on behalf of their duke, William the Conqueror, led to the Norman conquest of England at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Norman cultural and military influence spread from these new European centres to the Crusader states of the Near East, where their prince Bohemond I founded the Principality of Antioch in the Levant, to Scotland and Wales in Great Britain, to Ireland, and to the coasts of north Africa and the Canary Islands.

Answer the following questions:
1. what is the normans in french ?
2. what was a great fief of medieval France ?
3. The Normans were famed for what ?
4. anything else ?
5. what cuntury did they give thier name in ?
6. what is a region of france ?
7. norman comes from what ?
8. from how many places ?
9. cna you name them ?
10. under what ruler ?
11. from where ?
12. how many inpacts the the dynasty have ?
13. can you name them ?
14. and the far west ?
15. what language did they adopt ?
16. of what land ?
A:
1. Normands
2. The Duchy of Normandy
3. martial spirit
4. Christian piety
5. 10th and 11th
6. Normandy
7. Norseman
8. Three
9. Denmark, Iceland and Norway
10. Richard I
11. Normandy
12. political, cultural and military impact
13. political, cultural and military
14. no
15. Gallo-Romance language
16. Near East