Question: Today is National Bike-to-Work Day. And on New York City's jammed streets, people are cycling on hundreds of miles of new bike lanes. But New York's widespread efforts to make streets safer for bikes have also left some locals complaining about the loss of parking spots and lanes for cars. 

When the weather is good, Aaron Naparstek likes to pedal his two young kids to school on a special Dutch-made bicycle. Naparstek supports the new lane. 

Aaron: The bike lane on Prospect Park West is really introducing a lot of new people to the idea that it's possible to use a bike in New York City for transportation or to travel around. This is what 21stcentury New York City looks like. 

Prospect Park West is still a one-way road, but where it used to have three lanes of car traffic, now it has two, plus a protected bike lane. Supporters say that makes the road safer for everyone, including pedestrians, by slowing down cars and taking bikes off the sidewalk. But some longtime residents disagree. Lois Carswell is president of a group called Seniors for Safety. She says the two-way bike lane is dangerous to older residents who are used to one-way traffic. 

Lois: We wanted a lane -- the right kind of lane that would keep everybody safe, that would keep the bikers safe. But we want it to be done the right way. And it has not been done the right way. 

Craig Palmer builds bars and restaurants in Manhattan. I was interviewing him for a different story when he brought up the bike lanes all on his own. 

Craig: I think the biggest problem is that Bloomberg put all these bike lanes in. You took what used to be a full street and you're shrinking it. 

Then there are the Hasidic Jews in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, who forced the city to remove a bike lane through their neighborhood. But polls show that the majority of New Yorkers support bike lanes by a margin of 56% to 39%. Bicycle advocate Caroline Samponaro of Transportation Alternatives calls that _ 

Caroline: If this was an election, we would have already had our victory. The public has spoken and they keep speaking. And I think, more importantly, the public is starting to vote with their pedals. 1. What is new around the city?
2. Which city?
3. Does everyone think they need them?
4. Do most people support or oppose them?
5. By what percentage?
6. What was lost for the new lanes?
7. What else?
8. Does Aaron Naparstek like them?
9. What kind of bike does he have?
10. Where does he take it?
11. Does he do this when it rains?
12. What is Lois Carswell the head of?
13. Called what?
14. What did the group want?
15. Does she think this one is safe?
16. Who is it unsafe for?
17. Why?
18. Who made the city take out a bike lane?
19. Where was it?
20. Where is that? Provide a numbered list of answers.
****
A numbered of answers: 1. bike lanes
2. New York
3. no
4. support
5. 56%
6. parking spots
7. lanes for cars
8. yes
9. Dutch
10. kids' school
11. unknown
12. a group
13. Seniors for Safety
14. a bike lane that would keep everybody safe
15. no
16. older residents
17. they are used to one-way traffic
18. Hasidic Jews
19. Williamsburg
20. Brooklyn


Question: CHAPTER XXVII 

Philippa and Helen looked at one another a little dolefully across the luncheon table. 

"I supposes one misses the child," Helen said. 

"I feel too depressed for words," Philippa admitted. 

"A few days ago," Helen reminded her companion, "we were getting all the excitement that was good for any one." 

"And a little more," Philippa agreed. "I don't know why things seem so flat now. We really ought to be glad that nothing terrible has happened." 

"What with Henry and Mr. Lessingham both away," Helen continued, "and Captain Griffiths not coming near the place, we really have reverted to the normal, haven't we? I wonder--if Mr. Lessingham has gone back." 

"I do not think so," Philippa murmured. 

Helen frowned slightly. 

"Personally," she said, with some emphasis, "I hope that he has." 

"If we are considering the personal point of view only," Philippa retorted, "I hope that he has not." 

Helen looked her disapproval. 

"I should have thought that you had had enough playing with fire," she observed. 

"One never has until one has burned one's fingers," Philippa sighed. "I know perfectly well what is the matter with you," she continued severely. "You are fretting because curried chicken is Dick's favourite dish." 

"I am not such a baby," Helen protested. "All the same, it does make one think. I wonder--" 

"I know exactly what you were going to say," Philippa interrupted. "You were going to say that you wondered whether Mr. Lessingham would keep his promise." 

"Whether he would be able to," Helen corrected. "It does seem so impossible, doesn't it?"  1. What was Dick's favorite meal?
2. Who does this worry?
3. Who hopes that Lessingham has returned?
4. Does Philippa agree?
5. Out of what consideration?
6. Where were the two talking?
7. Were they cheerful?
8. Whom did they miss?
9. What is the child's name?
10. Is Lessingham the only one gone?
11. Who else is gone?
12. Who won't come near?
13. How does Philippa feel?
14. Who says the other has played with fire?
15. Has Philippa had enough of it?
16. Does Helen deny being something?
17. What?
18. What does she wonder about Lessingham?
19. To do what?
20. Does it seem likely to her? Provide a numbered list of answers.
****
A numbered of answers: 1. curried chicken
2. Helen
3. Helen
4. no
5. personal point of view
6. across the luncheon table
7. no
8. the child
9. Henry
10. no
11. Henry
12. Captain Griffiths
13. depressed
14. Helen
15. unknown
16. yes
17. a baby
18. Whether he would be able to
19. keep his promise
20. no


Question: Perl is a family of high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming languages. The languages in this family include Perl 5 and Perl 6. 

Though Perl is not officially an acronym, there are various backronyms in use, including "Practical Extraction and Reporting Language". Perl was originally developed by Larry Wall in 1987 as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions. Perl 6, which began as a redesign of Perl 5 in 2000, eventually evolved into a separate language. Both languages continue to be developed independently by different development teams and liberally borrow ideas from one another. 

The Perl languages borrow features from other programming languages including C, shell script (sh), AWK, and sed. They provide powerful text processing facilities without the arbitrary data-length limits of many contemporary Unix commandline tools, facilitating easy manipulation of text files. Perl 5 gained widespread popularity in the late 1990s as a CGI scripting language, in part due to its then unsurpassed regular expression and string parsing abilities. 

In addition to CGI, Perl 5 is used for system administration, network programming, finance, bioinformatics, and other applications, such as for GUIs. It has been nicknamed "the Swiss Army chainsaw of scripting languages" because of its flexibility and power, and also its ugliness. In 1998, it was also referred to as the "duct tape that holds the Internet together", in reference to both its ubiquitous use as a glue language and its perceived inelegance. 1. What is the duct tape that holds the Internet together?
2. When?
3. What's its nickname?
4. Is this a low-level language?
5. What type of family is it?
6. Of what?
7. Which languages are included?
8. What is an unofficial acronym?
9. Who wrote it?
10. When?
11. What was it's original purpose?
12. Was anything borrowed from other languages?
13. What?
14. How did the sixth version begin?
15. Are they the same language?
16. When did 5 become popular?
17. As what?
18. Why?
19. Does it work with GUI?
20. What other apps? Provide a numbered list of answers.
****
A numbered of answers:
1. Perl
2. In 1998, it was also referred to as the "duct tape that holds the Internet together"
3. "the Swiss Army chainsaw of scripting languages
4. no
5. high-level family
6. dynamic programming languages
7. Perl 5 and Perl 6.
8. "Practical Extraction and Reporting Language"
9. Larry Wall
10. in 1987
11. to make report processing easier
12. yes
13. they liberally borrow ideas from one another.
14. as a redesign of Perl 5
15. no
16. the late 1990s
17. as a CGI scripting language
18. because of its then unsurpassed regular expression and string parsing abilities
19. yes
20. network programming, finance, bioinformatics