Q: CHAPTER XXVII 

THE COLLISION IN THE FOG 

"Hullo! Mumps isn't keeping this flag of truce very good," remarked Sam, as the seashell dropped at his feet. 

"There is something inside of the shell," said Tom. "A bit of paper. Perhaps it's a message?" 

"I'll soon see," returned his younger brother, and ran to where he could not be seen from the other yacht. 

He pulled from the seashell a small, square of paper, upon which had been hastily scrawled the following in lead pencil: 

"I will help you all I can and hope you won't prosecute me. I will see that Dora S. gets something to eat, even if I give her my share. They intend to go to Sand Haven if they can give you the slip." 

"Good for Mumps! He's coming to his senses," cried Sam, and showed the others the message. Dick read the words with much satisfaction. 

"I hope he does stand by Dora," he said. "If so, I'll shield him all I can when the crowd is brought up for trial." 

"If he tells the truth we may as well put into harbor and make for Sand Haven," said Martin Harris, who had now resumed the chase once more. 

"Yes; but he may not be telling the truth," was Sergeant Brown's comment. "The whole thing may be a trick to get us to go to Sand Haven while that crowd goes somewhere else." 

"I think they are tired of carrying the girl around," said Carter. "To give her up to us would have been no hardship." 

1. Mumps
2. Sergeant Brown
3. Sand Haven
4. A bit of pape
5. a message
6. lead penci
7. Mumps
8. Sand Haven
9. Dora
10. no
11. square
12. no
13. satisfied
14. the others

Numbered questions:
1. who sent the message about Dora?
2. who thought it might be a trick?
3. where did he think it was trying to get them to go?
4. what was in the shell?
5. what was on the paper?
6. written in what?
7. who offered to give Dora their food?
8. where did he say they were going?
9. who did carter think they had grown tired of carrying?
10. was the paper in the shape of a circle?
11. what shape was it?
12. was the writing neat?
13. how did Mumps message make Dick feel?
14. who did Sam show it to?

Q: (CNN) -- As President Obama's second-term Cabinet starts to take shape, we can see some of the outlines of what the White House hopes to do in the next four years. 

The major theme is that Obama is prepared to defend his turf, tooth and nail. This is a Cabinet whose strength is defense rather than offense. 

Gone are the hopes of bipartisanship. Now it's time to really engage the partisan battle. Obama won't be pushing for many watershed changes in the next four years, but he is not going to make it easy for Republicans to make any deep inroads into what he has accomplished. 

During the last two weeks, the president rolled out his nominations on national security -- Sen. John Kerry for secretary of state, Sen. Chuck Hagel for secretary of defense, and John Brennan to direct the CIA. He then nominated his chief of staff, Jack Lew, to be secretary of the treasury. 

We must be careful not to infer too much from presidential appointments, since these people ultimately serve the interests of the president rather than vice versa -- but still, the identities of the members of the new Cabinet provide important hints. 

This is a team with experience and deep roots in Washington. It is clear that Obama, sobered after four brutal years of fighting with Republicans in Congress, realizes that he needs leaders who have clout in Congress. 

On national security, this is a team with deep experience that can protect the existing policies the administration has adopted. Obama has selected two Senate veterans who are also military veterans, Kerry and Hagel, with the hope of using their connections with legislators and their knowledge of the ways and means of the legislative process. 

1. Obama
2. Cabinet
3. second-term
4. defense rather than offense.
5. no
6. Sen. Chuck Hagel
7. John Brennan
8. During the last two weeks, the president rolled out his nominations on national security -- Sen. John Kerry for secretary of state, Sen. Chuck Hagel for secretary of defense, and John Brennan to direct the CIA. He then nominated his chief of staff, Jack Lew, to be secretary of the treasury.
9. of the president
10. experience
11. Republicans
12. four
13. brutal
14. secretary of the treasury.
15. chief of staff
16. no
17. protect the existing policies the administration has adopted
18. Kerry and Hagel
19. using their connections with legislators and their knowledge
20. knowledge of the ways and means of the legislative process.

Numbered questions:
1. Who is ready to defend their turf?
2. What is starting to take shape for him?
3. What term?
4. What is the Cabinet's strong suit?
5. Is there a possibility of bipartisanship?
6. Who did he nominate for Secretary of Defense?
7. Who is likely to be the director of the CIA?
8. Over how long has Obama been presenting his selections for the Cabinet?
9. Who's interests do these nominees serve?
10. Are these Presidential appointees newbies or do they represent experience?
11. Who has the president been battling with for a long time?
12. For how long?
13. Has this been easy on him?
14. Who is Jack Lew?
15. What other position did he hold?
16. Is Obama making it easy for the Republicans?
17. what does he feel that this team can do for the administration?
18. What two nominees are Senate and Military vets?
19. What does the president want to use that these two have?
20. Lastly, what do these leaders have in Congress that is beneficial to Obama?

Q: The unemployment rate is a measure of the prevalence of unemployment and it is calculated as a percentage by dividing the number of unemployed individuals by all individuals currently in the labor force. During periods of recession, an economy usually experiences a relatively high unemployment rate. According to International Labour Organization report, more than 200 million people globally or 6% of the world's workforce were without a job in 2012. 

There remains considerable theoretical debate regarding the causes, consequences and solutions for unemployment. Classical economics, new classical economics, and the Austrian School of economics argue that market mechanisms are reliable means of resolving unemployment. These theories argue against interventions imposed on the labor market from the outside such, as unionization, bureaucratic work rules, minimum wage laws, taxes, and other regulations that they claim discourage the hiring of workers. 

Keynesian economics emphasizes the cyclical nature of unemployment and recommends government interventions in the economy that it claims will reduce unemployment during recessions. This theory focuses on recurrent shocks that suddenly reduce aggregate demand for goods and services and thus reduce demand for workers. Keynesian models recommend government interventions designed to increase demand for workers; these can include financial stimuli, publicly funded job creation, and expansionist monetary policies. Its namesake economist John Maynard Keynes, believed that the root cause of unemployment is the desire of investors to receive more money rather than produce more products, which is not possible without public bodies producing new money.

1. The unemployment rate
2. by dividing the number of unemployed individuals by all individuals currently in the labor force
3. no
4. more than 200 million people globally
5. Six
6. the International Labour Organization
7. Keynesian economics
8. yes
9. financial stimuli
10. yes
11. publicly funded job creation, and expansionist monetary policies
12. John Maynard Keynes
13. he's an economist
14. the desire of investors to receive more money rather than produce more products
15. no
16. no
17. three
18. Classical economics, new classical economics, and the Austrian School of economics
19. no
20. it will discourage the hiring of workers

Numbered questions:

1. What is being calculated?
2. How so?
3. Is it generally low during a bad economic period?
4. How many folks didn't have jobs in 2012?
5. What percent is that?
6. Says who?
7. What uses focus on the cycle of folks not working?
8. Does that say governments should help?
9. How so?
10. Any other ways?
11. Like what?
12. Who is this style of thinking named after?
13. What does he do?
14. What did the think caused the issue?
15. Did he think this could be done?
16. Do experts agree on what makes folks jobless?
17. How many types of thought think markets fix it?
18. And they are?
19. Do they agree with external influence trying to help?
20. Why not?