Question: CHAPTER VIII. 

POMPEII. 

On the evening of the day on which the excursion to Vesuvius was made, Rollo came into Mrs. Gray's room, wearing a somewhat disturbed countenance. He told Mrs. Gray that he had got some bad news for her. 

"Ah," said Mrs. Gray, "I'm sorry to hear that. What is the bad news?" 

"Philippe is engaged for to-morrow," said Rollo, "and so he cannot go with us to Pompeii." 

"O, how sorry I am!" said Josie. "What shall we do?" 

"How is he engaged?" asked Mrs. Gray. 

"He is going with a party to Baiæ." 

"Where is Baiæ?" asked Josie. "Is it any where near Pompeii?" 

"No," said Rollo; "it is exactly in the opposite direction. It is on the sea coast to the west, and Pompeii is on the sea coast to the east." 

"What is there to be seen at Baiæ?" asked Mrs. Gray. 

"Nothing but old ruins," said Rollo, contemptuously. "I don't see why people should want to go so far, and take away our guide, just to see old ruins. Besides, there are plenty of old ruins at Pompeii. 

"But, Mrs. Gray," continued Rollo, "I don't think we need any guide at all to go to Pompeii. We can go by ourselves." 

"Do you think so?" said Mrs. Gray. 

"Why, you see I can engage a carriage to take us there myself," said Rollo. "I shall say 'Pompeii!' to the coachman, and point that way. And when we get to Pompeii, we shall find uncle George there, and then we shall get along well enough."  1. What is in Baiæ?
2. Who was going?
3. Who told Mrs. Gray?
4. Was he upset?
5. Why?
6. Was Mrs. Gray upset?
7. Where was philippe supposed to go?
8. Is it near where Philippe is going?
9. Where was it in relation to Baiæ?
10. Was Philippe a friend of theirs?
11. Was Philippe their guide?
12. Did they feel they needed him to go?
13. Who felt that they could take his place?
14. What was his plan? To engage what?
15. Would he speak to anyone?
16. Who?
17. What would he say?
18. What would they do once there>
19. Did he feel they would be alright then?
20. Did Mrs. Gray question their ability to do this? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. old ruins
2. Philippe
3. Rollo
4. Yes.
5. he had got some bad news
6. unknown
7. Pompeii
8. No
9. exactly in the opposite direction.
10. unknown
11. Yes.
12. No.
13. Rollo
14. a carriage
15. Yes.
16. the coachman
17. 'Pompeii!'
18. find uncle George
19. yes
20. Yes.

Q: (CNN) -- Bill Gates is putting out a call to inventors, but he's not looking for software, or the latest high-tech gadget. This time he's in search of a better condom. 

On its Grand Challenges website, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is offering a $100,000 startup grant to the person who designs "the next generation condom that significantly preserves or enhances pleasure" and promotes "regular use." 

It may sound like the setup for a joke, but the goal is deadly serious. While researchers call condoms one of the best ways to stop the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, getting people to use them is another story. 

The foundation wants to see something that will lead men and women outside of a committed relationship to stop and think twice before having unprotected sex. The startup grant could lead to $1 million in further funding. 

"Male condoms are cheap, easy to manufacture, easy to distribute, and available globally, including in resource-poor settings, through numerous well-developed distribution channels," the foundation says. Nevertheless, many people are reluctant to use them because they complain that prophylactics interfere with pleasure and intimacy. This creates "a trade-off that many men find unacceptable," the foundation notes. 

Contraception, by the numbers 

In some places and cultures, condom use is often seen as a sign that a man has AIDS, and many women won't sleep with such men. Female condoms are even more difficult to use and women are often afraid to suggest using them. 

"Any advance or new design that gets people to use condoms would be a big plus," Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one of the world's leading AIDS researchers, said in an interview with CNN. He says great strides have been made in treating HIV infection in Africa, but for every person who is treated two more become newly infected. 

1. a better condom.
2. they interfere with pleasure and intimacy

Numbered questions:
1. What is Bill Gates looking for?
2. What is one reason people don't like to use condoms?

input: Legends about the development of coffee are varied and interesting, involving chance occurrences, political tricks, and the pursuit of wealth and power. 

According to one story, a sheepherder named Kaldi, as he tended his sheep, noticed the effect of coffee beans. He noticed that the sheep became excited after eating the red "cherries" from a certain plant when they changed pastures . He tried it himself, and was soon as overactive as his sheep. Another story relates that a monk happened to discover that this fruit from the shiny green plant could help him stay awake. 

Another legend gives us the name for coffee, "mocha". Omar, an Arabian was thrown to the desert with his followers to die of starvation. In desperation, Omar had his friends boil and eat the fruit from an unknown plant. Not only did the soup save the group, but the residents of the nearest town, Mocha, took their survival as a religious sign. The plant and its beverage were named Mocha to honor this event. 

Coffee was introduced much later to countries beyond Arabia, whose inhabitants believed it to be a tasty thing and guarded its secret as if they were top secret military plans. The government forbade transportation of the plant out of the Moslem nations. The actual spread of coffee was started illegally. One Arab named Baba Budan smuggled beans to some mountains near Mysore, India, and started a farm there. Early in this century, some of those original plants were found still growing fruitfully in the region. 

Coffee today is grown and enjoyed worldwide, and is one of the few crops that small farmers in third-world countries can profitably export. 1. What did a sheepherder notice when his sheep ate coffee beans?
2. what kind of effect?
3. did he try it himslef?
4. what happened?
5. whaty does the word Mocha derive from?
6. why was Omar thrown into the desert? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. EFFECT
2. sheep became excited
3. YES
4. HE WASoveractive
5. soup
6. to die