ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which operates the network) and the Hearst Corporation (which owns a 20% minority share) The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen along with his brother Scott and Ed Egan.

ESPN broadcasts primarily from studio facilities located in Bristol, Connecticut. The network also operates offices in Miami, New York City, Seattle, Charlotte, and Los Angeles. John Skipper currently serves as president of ESPN, a position he has held since January 1, 2012. While ESPN is one of the most successful sports networks, there has been much criticism of ESPN, which includes accusations of biased coverage, conflict of interest, and controversies with individual broadcasters and analysts. , ESPN is available to approximately 94,396,000 paid television households (81.1% of households with at least one television set) in the United States. Nielsen has reported a much lower number in 2017, below 90,000,000 subscribers, losing more than 10,000 a day. In addition to the flagship channel and its seven related channels in the United States, ESPN broadcasts in more than 200 countries, operating regional channels in Australia, Brazil, Latin America and the United Kingdom, and owning a 20% interest in The Sports Network (TSN) as well as its five sister networks in Canada. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What station is this about?
2. Where does it mainly run from?
3. Anywhere else?
4. How many other places?
5. And they are?
6. Is the name an anagram?
7. What does it stand for?
8. How many companies own it?
9. Between whom?
10. Who controls the least?
11. Does the station have a sparkling reputation?
12. What are the problems?
13. Anything else?
14. How many homes can use it?
15. Does it keep growing quickly?
16. Is it in more than one country?
17. How many?
18. When was it created?
19. By how many people?
20. And they are?
Answer: 1. ESPN
2. Bristol
3. yes
4. Five
5. Miami, New York City, Seattle, Charlotte, and Los Angeles
6. yes
7. Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
8. one joint venture
9. The Walt Disney Company and the Hearst Corporation
10. Hearst Corporation
11. no
12. accusations of biased coverage
13. conflict of interest
14. approximately 94,396,000
15. no
16. yes
17. more than 200 countries
18. 1979
19. Three
20. Bill Rasmussen along with his brother Scott and Ed Egan

CHAPTER XI

MIGUEL TAKES CONTROL

A black cloud rolled from _Mossamedes'_ funnel and blew across her bows. The beat of engines quickened and when the stern swung up their furious racing shook the ship. Kit pictured Macallister, sternly calm, at the throttle wheel. Much depended on his skill, for if he were slow when the spinning screw came down and the runaway machinery resumed its load, something must break. Kit, however, did not go to the engine-room. He stood at the door of the pilot-house, inside which Miguel Snz gripped the slanted gratings with his bare feet. His face was wet by sweat and his brown hand was clenched on the steam-steering wheel.

Although the muscular effort was not great, steering was hard. _Mossamedes_ rode high above water and the gale pressed upon her side; the combers lifted her, and screw and rudder could not get proper hold. Sometimes she came up to windward and rolled until the white seas swept her rail; sometimes she yawed to lee. Kit saw the bows circle and pictured the compass spinning in its bowl.

So far, Miguel steered by compass. Don Erminio had changed his course and headed obliquely for the shoals. It was not the course the gunboat's captain would expect him to steer. Revillon, no doubt, imagined the line along which _Mossamedes_ travelled inclined at a small angle out to sea, in order to clear the hammered sands, and he could steam down from his commanding position and cut her off. The line, however, really slanted the other way. Dark clouds obscured the sky, the light was bad, and the driving spray made accurate observation hard. Kit thought Don Erminio's plan was good, but longed for dark. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. where did the cloud come from
2. what color was it
3. where was he standing
4. what color was Miguels hand
5. what did he hold onto with his feet
6. who was in the pilot house
7. what did he steer with
8. what hid the sky
9. whos plan did Kit like
10. was it hard to navigate the ship
11. what shook the ships
12. who was at the throttle wheel
13. had they changed direction
14. was the ability to see bad
15. who hpoed for it it be dark soon
16. what was spinnng in its bowl
17. was this a big storm
18. has anyone died thus far
19. did they survive the storm
20. who was sweating
Answer: 1. _Mossamedes'_ funnel
2. black
3. at the door
4. brown
5. slanted gratings
6. Miguel Snz
7. hand
8. Dark clouds
9. Don Erminio's
10. Yes
11. the gale
12. Don Erminio
13. Yes.
14. YEs.
15. Kit
16. the compass
17. Yes
18. unknown
19. Yes
20. Miguel

The Nobel Prizes in physiology or medicine, physics and chemistry are the most respected prizes in science. But talk to scientists in private, and many will complain why (besides jealousy, perhaps) are some scientists unhappy with the Nobels?

One reason is that the committees can often be slow to recognize achievement. Alfred Nobel specified in his will that the prizes should reward work done in the previous year. But experience soon showed that this was risky, as medals were given out for discoveries that later proved questionable. So a degree of caution is probably advisable. Sometimes, though, it can lead to strange results. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, for instance, had to wait until 1983 to win a prize for work he had done in the 1930s on the structure of stars. However, Albert Einstein never won a prize for his theory of relativity. Even though some pretty suggestive evidence had been produced by Arthur Eddington in 1919, relativity, which has later passed every experimental test ever thrown at it, was still considered somewhat risky and obscure.

Another criticism concerns the tradition that no more than three people can share a prize. Science is rarely this clear-cut. Take this year's physics prize, which recognised Peter Higgs for predicting the existence of the mass-bestowing particle that now bears his name. Dr Higgs was only one of several people with a claim. Two other teams---- Rober Brout and Francois Englert, as well as Gerald Guralnik, Carl Hageh and Tom Kibble----- submitted papers on the same idea to the same journal that published Dr Higgs's work, all within a few months of each other. Science often works like this, with different people coming up with similar ideas at similar times. In the event, the committee decided to honour Dr Engler (Brout is dead, therefore unqualified), whose paper was earlier than Dr Higgs's but did not explicitly predict a particle, over Dr Guralnik and his collaborators, who were more comprehensive but published a few weeks later. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What is a reason that scientists are unhappy with Nobels?
2. Did Albert Einstein ever win a Nobel Prize?
3. How many can have the honor at one time?
4. When did Chandrasekhar get his award?
5. What did the person do to get the award this year?
6. Who else claimed it?
7. Who was it?
8. Who else got honored?
9. Who was earlier than the winner?
10. What is the most respected award?
11. What is risky?
12. Anything else that is a risk?
13. What was done in the '30s?
14. Who did the most comprehensive report?
Answer:
1. Slow to recognize achievement
2. No
3. Three
4. 1983
5. Making a prediction
6. Two other teams
7. Rober Brout and Francois Englert
8. Gerald Guralnik, Carl Hageh and Tom Kibble
9. Dr Engler
10. The Nobel Prize
11. relativity
12. Rewarding work done in the previous year
13. Work on the structure of stars
14. Dr Guralnik and his collaborators