question: Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- A Los Angeles County grand jury has indicted the former city administrator of Vernon, California, an industrial city that borders scandal-plagued Bell, on three felony counts after an investigation into questionable business practices. 

Court documents show that Donal O'Callaghan has been indicted on two counts of conflict of interest and a count of public officer crime related to the misappropriation of public funds. 

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office says the counts against O'Callaghan, 54, involve an alleged misappropriation of more than $140,000. 

"The law prevents public officials from making contracts the have a personal interest in and Mr. O'Callaghan made a contract that paid his wife money," said deputy District Attorney Max Huntsman. "We're alleging he paid her more than $140,000." 

The grand jury was looking into business deals between O'Callaghan and his wife, Kimberly McBride. 

According to Vernon city records, the city hired McBride in 2009 as a $40-per-hour consultant and for "administrative account services." 

"It's preposterous that he was indicted for the hiring of his wife, which was done with the knowledge and consent of the city attorney and the City Council of Vernon," defense lawyer Mark Werksman told CNN. 

"We are seeing an overreaction and hysterical response to the scandal in neighboring Bell," he said. "They are looking for examples of municipal government corruption behind every bush. But it isn't here." 

Huntsman disagreed with Werksman's contention. 

'I think it's a reaction to Vernon, which has a long history of criminal behavior by public officials. We heard complaints against Mister O'Callaghan, looked into the law and found a basis for the charges," Huntsman said. "The fact that it coincides with criminal charges against officials in Bell has to do with raised public awareness about corruption in municipal governments." 
1. What borders Bell?
2. What is that?
3. Where?
4. How is Bell described?
5. Who was indicted?
6. On how many counts?
7. For what?
8. How much money was involved?
9. What is his name?
10. How old is he?
11. Who did he hire?
12. What is her name?
13. When did that happen?
14. Who is Max Huntsman?
15. Who is Mark Werksman?
16. Who did he talk to?
17. What does Huntsman disagree with?
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answer: 1. Vernon
2. An industrial city
3. California
4. Scandal-plagued
5. The former city administrator
6. Three
7. Questionable business practices.
8. $140,000
9. Donal O'Callaghan
10. 54
11. His wife
12. Kimberly McBride
13. 2009
14. District Attorney
15. Defense lawyer
16. CNN.
17. Werksman's contention.


question: Norfolk () is a county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the west and north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea and, to the north-west, The Wash. The county town is Norwich. With an area of and a population of 859,400, Norfolk is a largely rural county with a population density of 401 per square mile (155 per km²). Of the county's population, 40% live in four major built up areas: Norwich (213,000), Great Yarmouth (63,000), King's Lynn (46,000) and Thetford (25,000). 

The Broads is a network of rivers and lakes in the east of the county, extending south into Suffolk. The area is not a National Park although it is marketed as such. It has similar status to a national park, and is protected by the Broads Authority. 

Norfolk was settled in pre-Roman times, with camps along the higher land in the west, where flints could be quarried. A Brythonic tribe, the Iceni, inhabited the county from the 1st century BC to the end of the 1st century AD. The Iceni revolted against the Roman invasion in AD 47, and again in 60 led by Boudica. The crushing of the second rebellion opened the county to the Romans. During the Roman era roads and ports were constructed throughout the county and farming was widespread.
1. When did the first people live in Norfolk?
2. Where in england is it?
3. Does it have coastline?
4. were the first settlements for farming?
5. what is north of it?
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answer: 1. Rre-Roman times.
2. East Anglia in England
3. Yes.
4. No.
5. Suffolk.


question: We live in an amazing world, reading the following news and you will find it yourself. News 1: Bao Xishun is the tallest man in the world. He is 2.36 metres tall. He Pingping is the shortest man in the world. He is only 0.73 metres tall. They are Chinese. On July 13th, Bao Xishun married a girl and He Pingping took part in their wedding ceremony . News 2: In the USA, a seventh-grader, Aidan Murray Medley went fishing in the sea one morning. The 12-year-old boy caught a 250-kilogram shark! It took Aidan 28 minutes to catch the shark. It was so hard that his body lost all feeling. Aidan now has the Florida record . He beat a 232-kilogram catch from 1981. News 3: A young sheep climbs a tree to feed on leaves in a park in the southern Swedish town of Lund. The sheep climbed to a height of seven metres and spent an hour and a half in the tree before returning to the ground.
1. What is the theme of this article?
2. How so?
3. How tall is that?
4. Who is the shortest?
5. How tall is he?
6. What nationality are Bao Xishun and He Pingping?
7. Did they know each other?
8. How do you know?
9. What else is amazing?
10. Who caught the fish?
11. What is so amazing about that?
12. Was it easy to catch that big of a fish?
13. How so?
14. Did that hurt him?
15. How?
16. Was he recognized for his accomplishment?
17. How?
18. What else is amazing about our planet?
19. What is amazing about that?
20. How long did it stay up there?
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answer:
1. The world is amazing.
2. Bao Xishun is the tallest man.
3. 2.36 metres.
4. He Pingping
5. .73 metres.
6. Chinese
7. Yes
8. He Pingping took part in his wedding.
9. Someone caught a 250-kilogram shark
10. Aidan Murray Medley
11. He was 12.
12. No.
13. Took 28 minutes to catch.
14. Yes
15. His body lost all feeling.
16. Yes.
17. He has the Florida record.
18. Sheep climb trees to feed
19. It climbed seven metres.
20. Hour and a half