Question: CHAPTER THE SEVENTH. 

THE DEBT. 

ARNOLD was the first who broke the silence. "Is your father seriously ill?" he asked. 

Geoffrey answered by handing him the card. 

Sir Patrick, who had stood apart (while the question of Ratcatcher's relapse was under discussion) sardonically studying the manners and customs of modern English youth, now came forward, and took his part in the proceedings. Lady Lundie herself must have acknowledged that he spoke and acted as became the head of the family, on t his occasion. 

"Am I right in supposing that Mr. Delamayn's father is dangerously ill?" he asked, addressing himself to Arnold. 

"Dangerously ill, in London," Arnold answered. "Geoffrey must leave Windygates with me. The train I am traveling by meets the train his brother is traveling by, at the junction. I shall leave him at the second station from here." 

"Didn't you tell me that Lady Lundie was going to send you to the railway in a gig?" 

"Yes." 

"If the servant drives, there will be three of you--and there will be no room." 

"We had better ask for some other vehicle," suggested Arnold. 

Sir Patrick looked at his watch. There was no time to change the carriage. He turned to Geoffrey. "Can you drive, Mr. Delamayn?" 

Still impenetrably silent, Geoffrey replied by a nod of the head. 

Without noticing the unceremonious manner in which he had been answered, Sir Patrick went on: 

"In that case, you can leave the gig in charge of the station-master. I'll tell the servant that he will not be wanted to drive."  1. whose father is sick?
2. what is his last name?
3. is his dad very sick?
4. who asked him first?
5. how did Geoffrey reply?
6. who became leader of family
7. was Geoffrey going to see his dad?
8. how?
9. who was he travelling with?
10. where were they leaving from? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Geoffrey
2. Delamayn
3. Yes
4. ARNOLD
5. handing him the card
6. Lady Lundie
7. yes
8. by  train
9. Arnold
10. Windygates


Question: MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is an audio coding format for digital audio which uses a form of lossy data compression. It is a common audio format for consumer audio streaming or storage, as well as a de facto standard of digital audio compression for the transfer and playback of music on most digital audio players. 

The use of lossy compression is designed to greatly reduce the amount of data required to represent the audio recording and still sound like a faithful reproduction of the original uncompressed audio for most listeners. An MP3 file that is created using the setting of 128 kbit/s will result in a file that is about 1/11 the size of the CD file created from the original audio source (44,100 samples per second × 16 bits per sample × 2 channels = 1,411,200 bit/s; MP3 compressed at 128 kbit/s: 128,000 bit/s [1 k = 1,000, not 1024, because it is a bit rate]. Ratio: 1,411,200/128,000 = 11.025). An MP3 file can also be constructed at higher or lower bit rates, with higher or lower resulting quality. 1. Is MP3 commonly used?
2. What is it used for?
3. What is its full name?
4. Is it used for analog audio?
5. What's the purpose of compression?
6. Should it sound different?
7. How much smaller is an MP3 file than a CD?
8. Could it be smaller than that?
9. What would happen if it was smaller?
10. And if it were higher, what could happen? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Yes
2. consumer audio streaming or storage
3. MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III
4. No
5. reduce the amount of data required
6. No
7. about 1/11 the size
8. Yes
9. lower resulting quality
10. higher resulting quality


Question: (CNN) -- A Yemeni court Monday sentenced to death one of the leaders of the terrorist group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen's state-run news agency reported. 

Prior to his capture, trial and sentencing, Saleh al-Shawsh had been one of the three most wanted members of the group, an arm of Osama bin Laden's broader terrorist organization formed last year. 

The Specialized Criminal Court in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa sentenced al-Shawsh after finding him guilty of killing Yemeni soldiers and attacking oil installations and security checkpoints in the province of Hadramout, reported Saba, the Middle Eastern nation's state-run news agency. Referring to al-Shawsh as a member of an "armed gang," the report said that the incidents he was involved in occurred between 2007 and 2010. 

Yemen has become a main battleground for al Qaeda, with the government carrying out air strikes and a ground campaign against the group this weekend. 

President Barack Obama's counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, met the president of Yemen a month ago to discuss al Qaeda and U.S. support for Yemen, the U.S. Embassy announced at the time. Brennan delivered a letter to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh affirming U.S. support for Yemen, the embassy said. 

The Obama administration is considering adding armed CIA drones to help fight the increasing threat of al Qaeda in Yemen, a U.S. official said in August. 

A U.S. counterterrorism official told CNN that the administration recognizes that "not enough is being done in Yemen" to meet the growing challenge posed by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.  1. What court sentenced someone to death?
2. Who was sentenced?
3. What group was he a member of?
4. Who's organization was it?
5. What kind of organization is it?
6. What was Saleh sentenced for?
7. What was the president's administration's answer to this?
8. Who reported that?
9. When did the the crimes take place?
10. In what province did the crime take place?
11. When was it announced that Obama was going to add the drones? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. A Yemeni court
2. Saleh al-Shawsh
3. al Qaeda
4. Osama bin Laden's
5. a  terrorist organization
6. killing Yemeni soldiers and attacking oil installations and security checkpoints
7. They are considering adding armed CIA drones to help fight the increasing threat of al Qaeda in Yemen
8. U.S. official
9. between 2007 and 2010.
10. the province of Hadramout
11. It was announced a month ago.