Question: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records and with increasing public access to those documents, which comprise the National Archives. NARA is officially responsible for maintaining and publishing the legally authentic and authoritative copies of acts of Congress, presidential proclamations and executive orders, and federal regulations. The NARA also transmits votes of the Electoral College to Congress. 

The Archivist of the United States is the chief official overseeing the operation of the National Archives and Records Administration. The Archivist not only maintains the official documentation of the passage of amendments to the U.S. Constitution by state legislatures, but has the authority to declare when the constitutional threshold for passage has been reached, and therefore when an act has become an amendment. 

The Office of the Federal Register publishes the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, and United States Statutes at Large, among others. It also administers the Electoral College. 1. Who admins the Electoral College?
2. Does it publish anything?
3. What?
4. Who overseas the operation of the National Archives?
5. Does he maintain anything official?
6. Who can pass amendments to the U.S Constitution?
7. What authority does the Archivist have to declare?
8. Is the NARA an independent agency?
9. What is it charged with preserving?
10. Does it increase or decrease public access to them?
11. Who do those records comprise?
12. Can NARA declare something legally authentic?
13. What does it transmit?
14. To whom does it send them?
15. Are the copies of acts it publishes authoritative?
16. What type of proclamations does it publish?
17. What type of orders?
18. How about regulations?
19. Does the NARA do anything for the Russian government?
20. Who is the chief official that overseas it? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. The Office of the Federal Register
2. Yes
3. the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, and United States Statutes at Large
4. The Archivist of the United States
5. Yes
6. state legislatures
7. when the constitutional threshold for passage has been reached, and therefore when an act has become an amendment.
8. Yes
9. government and historical records
10. increases
11. acts of Congress, presidential proclamations and executive orders, and federal regulations.
12. Yes
13. votes of the Electoral College
14. Congress
15. Yes
16. presidential
17. executive orders
18. federal
19. No
20. The Archivist


Question: Disney's cartoon, Finding Nemo, tells a touching story of a father called Martin and his son Nemo. 

Martin loses his wife and an entire family of unhatched eggs to a huge shark. Only one fish egg remains, Nemo. Martin promises his dead wife that he will protect his young son at any cost. So, Martin becomes fearful of almost everything in the ocean. That makes him over protective-he hopes to keep his kid safe from the challenges that life presents. Martin's nagging makes Nemo feel that he doesn't need his dad telling him what to do. 

So on his first day of school, Nemo and some friends swim to the edge of their coral reef, a place Martin always thinks is very dangerous. When Martin shouts at Nemo come back, Nemo refuses to listen to him and swim out to a boat in the distance. Suddenly, he gets caught by some divers. So begins Martin's journey to find Nemo, who ends up in an aquarium in an office in Australia. Soon the worried father runs into Dory, a forgetful blue fish, who helps Martin find his son. Meanwhile, Nemo misses his father terribly. He soon hears that he will be given to an eight-year-old girl who likes to kill fish. 

Can Martin find his son before it is too late? 

Finding Nemo is a physical and mental journey. Martin overcomes his shyness and anxieties and Nemo discovers his own and his father's hidden strengths. It celebrates the relationship between fathers and their sons. 

The cartoon paints a sea world that is alive with color. All the characters are very human-like and have their own personalities. 

Finding Nemo was released in the US on may 30, earning about US $70.6 million in just three days, it has set a new opening records for a cartoon. 1. What film is being talked about?
2. Whi made it?
3. How much did it make?
4. What day was it released?
5. Who is Martin?
6. What is Nemo?
7. Where does Nemo end up?
8. What do they do with him?
9. Where do they find him?
10. Who helps find him? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Finding Nemo
2. Disney
3. US $70.6 million in just three days
4. may 30
5. the father of Nemo
6. the son of Martin
7. he gets caught by some divers
8. unknown
9. in an aquarium in an office in Australia
10. Martin and Dory


Question: Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A Pakistani court Monday gave police two weeks to prepare their case for charging five Americans whom police suspect of planning terrorist attacks. 

Authorities have said they plan to prosecute the five men -- who are being held in jail -- under the country's anti-terrorism act. 

A court hearing was set for January 18. 

Police have said they are confident that the Americans were planning terrorist acts, according to Tahir Gujjrar, deputy superintendent of police in Sargodha, where the men were arrested December 9. 

Gujjrar told CNN a preliminary investigation suggests that the men came to Pakistan to wage jihad and had sought to link up with Jaish-e-Mohammed and Jamaat-ud-Dawa militant organizations, neither of which showed interest, he said. The men wanted to martyr themselves, he said. 

Jaish-e-Mohammed is the group believed to be responsible for the murder of journalist Daniel Pearl. 

But Mohammed Ameer Khan Rokhri, an attorney representing the men, said they testified on the Quran, the Muslim holy book, "that they have no connection with any banned organization," including Jaish-e-Mohammed or al Qaeda. 

They told the court, "We are going to Afghanistan to help the Muslims who have been injured by the NATO forces and other Afghan forces," the attorney said. And they said the didn't intend to commit any crime in Pakistan, he said. 

The five young men are identified as Ahmed Abdullah Minni, Umar Farooq, Aman Hassan Yemer, Waqar Hussain Khan and Ramy Zamzam. All are in their early 20s except Yemer, who, according to the interrogation report from Pakistani police, is 18 years old. Two of the suspects are Pakistani-American, two are Yemeni-American, and one is Egyptian-American.  1. How many Americans were charged?
2. What was the name of the journalist murdered?
3. What group is responsible?
4. Who is his attorney?
5. What did he testify on?
6. Were all the victims in their 20's?
7. How long was the court given to prepare their case?
8. When was the hearing set for? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. five
2. Daniel Pearl
3. Jaish-e-Mohammed
4. Mohammed Ameer Khan Rokhri
5. the Quran
6. yes
7. two weeks
8. January 18