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Exotic Myanmar – 10 days
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- Tour Length: 10 days / 9 nights
- Tour Type: Myanmar Tour Packages
- Start From: Yangon (Rangoon)
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Myanmar is the cultural home to artist, craftsmanship, ruins, temples, pagoda and many more. Explore the most significant pilgrimage place for Myanmar Buddhist, which is the extraordinary place for visitors. And then discover the real Myanmar people and their legendary stories with marvelous sightsee. Central Myanmar – Bagan & Mandalay will express what is real Myanmar, and we will spend enough time to understand. All you need to do is open your eyes, warm your heart and free mind. Visiting to Myanmar is exotic, awe-inspiring and memorable every step of the way.
Meals: D
Yangon Arrival
Welcome to Yangon! The first thing you will notice greenery pictogram once you touched down Yangon. Our helpful local associate will assist you to start your journey begin. On the way from Airport, will pass by The Lady Aung San Suu Kyi's resident front gate; adored how difficult her democracy journey. There will be placed an up-to-date news journal inside the car and you will be explained about the gracious community and amazing pagodas along the way. Once you are checked in at Hotel, we will arrange a first visit to Shwedagon Pagoda, which is over 2500 years old, and learn why this glittering pagoda is the landmark of Yangon. Depend on your International Flight arrival time; tour schedule will be adjusted accordingly. Dinner will served with Famous Roasted Golden Duck. Enjoy your first night!
Yangon City Sightseeing
Morning, your local guide will pick up you to taste the local breakfast as well as to witness of bustling morning wet market. Lots of new experiences will come along the whole morning until we reach to Jetty to take a slow Patrol River Boat to Della. Feel the wind of fresh and lots of Seagull will follow the Patrol during the cruise. Poetry Workshop and Salted or Fresh Water Fish Firm will be the highlight for the tour. Evening will take a walk along the night market where local people enjoy the time with friends. For those who want to have local culinary expedition, there will be an option to dine with a local family at their house. Or take a option to dine at local restaurant.
Yangon – Golden Rock
Early breakfast at 6am, then drive to Htauk Kyant World War II Memorial Cemetery, which was, build in 1951. The compound is peaceful, beautiful and photogenic. Then proceed to Kimpun Base Camp where Golden Rock – local called as Kyaik Hti Yoe, pagoda is situated. Golden Rock is one of the most important religion sites in Myanmar and famous for its extraordinary (or unbelievable) position of the big rock with small pagoda at the edge of a mountain. This trip will be the combination of religion, culture, nature and pleasant atmosphere. There will be 45min with open truck to get to the middle camp, and then estimate 1.5-hour short trek will also be involved to reach the top of the Hill. Comparing the day and night view of Golden Rock Pagoda as well as the windy surrounding, and also for the outstanding sunset, will be the best part of this trip. Overnight at Golden Rock Hill.
Golden Rock – Bago – Yangon
After breakfast, we will climb down from Kyaik Hti Yoe Hill if you choose to live at the hotel on submit. Numerous local teashops and souvenir shops offering traditional signified stuffs. You will have a chance to taste out all local fruit Jams; it's a heaven for sweet lover. Drive back to Yangon and will pass by a few spot in Bago – former capital of King Bayintnaung. Will spend some times enough to visit for Shwetalyaung Buddha Image and Mon Village. Arrive back Yangon and have a good relax. Dinner inside Kandawgyi Garden will see how local enjoy their evening with the sensation view of Shwedagon Pagoda.
Meals: B, L, D
Yangon – Bagan
Take an earliest flight to Bagan, a city scattered with thousands of pagodas – most of them are over 800 years old. On arrival you will be taken to the prominent Tharabar Gate where most of the historic stories are connected. Secondly will visit to Ananda Pagoda to enhance more about ancient legendary & realize about masterpiece of architecture. Just a quick direction to west, you will witness Thatbyinnyu – the highest temple in this plane of Bagan area. Then stopover to an only one hindu religion multiplying temple remaining in Bagan, Nat Lyaung Kyaung, where you can see Vishnu figure. Enjoy lunch with chicken rice (Burmese style) at the restaurant near Bupaya. Then transfer to hotel for check in and to avoid the heat. Afternoon, start the tour again with plausible Myinkaba Village for its lacquer ware workshops, wonderful stories on the way; Manuha Temple – a strange alter Buddha image build by a Mon King to reflect the stress and anxiety of his captive by King Anawrahta. Nearby Temples Gubyaukgyi and Nan Paya will be visited. Magnificent sunset can enjoy at Shwesandaw Pagoda if not too much crowded. Overnight in Bagan.
Meals: B, L, D
Bagan & Beyond
Morning, transfer to Jetty for a loveliness boat trip to SALE, a colorful and beautiful town filled with the art. Firstly explore Yoke Sone Monastery for its heritage culture and outstanding woodcarving. Enjoy the scene of Irrawaddy River and reflect the time of Ancient Kings – AD 1882. Afternoon, drive back to Bagan and take a rest for a few hours. Late Afternoon, will visit Dhammayangyi Temple where you would be explained all mysterious stories with painful history. About a half mile away, there is a temple called Sulamani. Sophisticated temple style, constructed around 1182, where visible structure of Kong Bong Era can be discovered. Overnight in Bagan.
Bagan – Mandalay
Since Bagan is the one of the most significant places in Myanmar, a colorful Nyaung Oo market is also a must sight in Bagan, this will make you realize the livelihood of local people daily chore. Time to head off for the spiritual heart of Myanmar – Mandalay. On the way we will visit a palm juice making shops and you will have fun. Arrival Mandalay, Check-in hotel and a few hour will spare for relax. Then will drive to Maha Muni Buddha Image – one of the holy & highly respected places for Buddhism. Then a short visit to the town's craft workshops, this place is recommended to buy bronze or wood crafts. After that, a quick visit to Shwe Kyaung Monastery and appreciate its fine teak design & building. A nice sunset over the Mandalay Hill will blend your trip to be perfect. Overnight in Mandalay
Meals: B, L, D
Mandalay & Beyond
Morning, drive to Old Amarapura, which is a quite village current days. Observe the well known the world's longest wooden Bridge U Bein, walk over and have a great time. On the way back to Mandalay, we will pay visit to Maha Ganayon Monastery. Trendy Mandalay Noodle will be your lunch before you take off the boat trip to Mingun Bell (total 90 Tons weight) will amaze you with unfinished pagoda, which might give you a few thoughts and recalling time. Evening will chill out in the busy Mandalar night. Grill fish in Shan style with beer will perfect for your evening. Overnight in Mandalay.
Meals: B, L
Mandalay – Yangon
Wake up the morning with Royal history and a visit to Mandalay Royal Palace- The Last Kingdom of Myanmar. Then take the fly back to Yangon, upon arrival will drive to Chauk Htet Gyi Buddha – a reclining Buddha image, you will realize surprisingly the huge figure how delightfully. Visit downtown Yangon and will show you the true lives of Burmese people - the look beyond the faded colonial shop fronts. You will enjoy shopping and witnessing Bogyoke Aung San Market. You will get the best view of Yangon while having your lunch. Afternoon will transfer to Yangon International Airport for your departure flight from Myanmar
Meals: B, L
Yangon Departure
Start your day with the morning jetty visit and taste of Myanmar rice cakes for remembrance. After visit to the city center Sule Pagoda, visit downtown Yangon; walking tour for colonial era building and will show you the true lives of Burmese people - the look beyond the faded colonial shop fronts. You will enjoy shopping and witnessing Bogyoke Aung San Market. You will get the best view of Yangon while having your lunch. Afternoon will transfer to Yangon International Airport for your departure flight from Myanmar. End of Exotic Myanmar.
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I've used whipped topping mixed with melted Baker's Chocolate and I can usually get it just as smooth as my BC. I don't know how just whipped topping alone would do and also I don't think it would work well under fondant, it's super soft.
There's always ganache for filling AND covering!
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The Outcome: First place in the "Developing World" category.
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Abduction - Review
Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Alfred Molina, Jason Issacs, Maria Bello, Denzel Whitaker, Michael Nyqvist
Dir: John Singleton
Taylor Lautner, of the Twilight series fame, must have thought he's making a relevant career jump. Except even in Abduction, he plays a forcibly serious, lost teenager with a brooding personality, similar to Jacob from the Twilight series. Watch Abduction only if you really need any (pathetic) excuse to see Taylor Lautner on screen.
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A few weeks ago, when we caught the trailer of Abduction on IMDB, a friend happened to bring something very relevant to my notice. In essence, Abduction looked like it was a more stylized, self-serious version of the forgettable Salman Khan Starrer Tumko Na Bhool Payenge (TNBP).
I wanted to disagree because secretly I found Taylor Lautner very umm...good looking. But I couldn't – and this further reinforced after I watched the film.
Abduction is centered on a teenager, Nathan Harper (Lautner) who figures that he's been lied to about his identity when he finds his baby picture on a missing person's website. Further investigation into this takes him on an unexpected journey of (predictable) revelations and a web of complicated truths about his identity.
He has recurring dreams about his hidden identity (Reason for comparing to TNBP no 1), for which he seeks psychiatric help. Unfortunately that doesn't stop him from being sunk into the messy whirlpool.
Of course, it all sorts itself out once Lautner decided to bare his shirt (reason no. 2) and take matters in his own hands. Alongside his high school crush, Karen Lowell (Lily Collins), he embarks upon a brave (allows the heroism) little expedition that makes for a repetitive, bordering on hilarious visual experience. The film faults fundamentally with its inability to evoke empathy for the lead teenager who is in such a mess.
Even if we manage to move above and beyond a relationship (or lack thereof) with the protagonist, what jars the most about Abduction is the fact that everybody in the film, most of all Director, John Singleton takes themselves much too seriously, and for no real reason, I deduced. Singleton's 2 Fast 2 Furious was at least true to its genre - of being a fast paced, testosterone pumping, macho film.
Writer Shawn Christensen has written a script of convenience. Clues just happen to fall upon Nathan's lap, he just happens to have exactly what he needs at any given moment of time – there's no intellectual struggle on his part. The only struggle we see is with Lautner and his acting abilities. And we know he's hot- but it can't all be a breeze for him, can it?
The film looks its part though – with a monotone palate and of course, it helps to have a good looking protagonist, but on every other account, Abduction fails. You know a film is bad, if I recommend you watch the Twilight series instead.
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Parental Guidance:
- Violence: No blood, just action scenes
- Language: No expletives
- Nudity & Sexual content: Kissing scenes between teenagers
- Concept: A search for one's abducted identity
- General Look and Feel: grungy and action-packed
Abduction - Movie Details
- Official Sites: Website Facebook Twitter YouTube
- Producer: Davison, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Dan Lautner, Roy Lee
- Director: John Singleton
- Lead Cast: Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Alfred Molina, Jason Issacs, Maria Bello, Denzel Whitaker, Michael Nyqvist
- Story: Shawn Christensen
- Cinematography: Keith Brian Burns
- Editor: Bruce Cannon
- Music Director: Ed Shearmur
- Costume Designer: Ruth E. Carter
- Art Direction: Liba Daniels
- Facebook Page: Link
- Running time: 106 minutes
- Reviewer: meeta
- Language: English
- Country: USA
- Genres: Action, Thriller


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Hi all,
i am new in Edinburgh and need some help here... anyone wants to show me the city?
Hi all,
i am new in Edinburgh and need some help here... anyone wants to show me the city?
Hi April85,
I've lived in Edinburgh for almost 5 years and I'm leaving in 2 weeks to go travelling. It's a great great city and I'll definitely miss it.
I can't promise that I'll have time to show you around, but I'm more than happy to help you out with any advice/recommendations that you need.
What are you looking for/interested in?
You've arrived at a great time with the festival just kicking off!
Well i arrived month ago already but never really had a chance to see anything.
I am interested in history... i think that is the main thing. And i wouldn't mind some good bars too
Hi April.
Edinburgh is my home town, although I don't live in the UK anymore, I still love to visit.
Just now, get yourself a festival guide and get yourself up to the Pleasance when the shows begin.
This was my bible when I was a single lass http://www.list.co.uk/
Also, I joined the local gym to meet people as well, I'm sure you will be fine - just throw yourself into it - Edinburgh is a fantastic place.
There is the comedy club up in York place that has some great evenings on and quite cheap as well.
Good luck.
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Lyle Pearce Lovett is an American country musician, singer/ songwriter who was born to the 1stof November, 1957 and is now 57 years old. He was born in Houston, Texas into a middle class family to dad William Pearce and mom Bernell Louise.
Standing over a 183 cm tall, Lyle has a height of over 6 feet; that's an excellent height to get a man. He's got a great physique along with appears. Having working out in the fitness center from quite a while, he's exposed his body in a few shirtless images which can be on the media. He does not appear to have any tats in his body nor any piercings. A charming guy, he's got good looks along with his black hair and gleaming blue eyes, and a distinctive grin on his face. Using a great sense of humor and courteous behaviour, he could be an actual crowd favorite as well as an excellent man to be with.
Regarding his private life, Lyle has a history of dating a few of the well-known girls on the planet. Because of this, he's been in the peak of controversies, which will be a thing that folks consistently love to read or hear about. Although there have been rumors seeing their kids; it isn't clear if they've got one. Prior to April, he was dating actress Julia Roberts from 1993 to 1995. Their two year relationship was nearly going to grow into a wedded life, but the couple split due to some private motives. He'd also been with his partner and celebrity Ashley Judd since 1991, but that relationship finished soon only a year after. Gossips seeing his other girlfriends prior to Ashley haven't been verified. Any untrue accusations that pointed in the direction of the gossip he was sexually homosexual have already been denied.
Certainly one of the best pop singer of his time, he's given many hit songs and made many records. He's recorded 6 albums till date; and his "It Is Not Enormous It Is Substantial", that was released in 2007 made the no.2 of Top Country Albums chart. Likewise, his hard work has earned him several accomplishments such as the Grammy for four times.
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David Schofield reads this exciting original adventure featuring the 12th Doctor and Clara, as played by Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman in the BBC TV series.
The Doctor and Clara are called to a mysterious, isolated house on a moonlet in the Asurmian Reach. There they meet the inscrutable Justin Winter and his two assistants, Joey and Carenza. Winter has called for the Doctor's help: he and his friends are trapped in the house, all exits having long ago been sealed.
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"Winter is... unanswered"
it was great. my first audio story I loved it. and love how the mystery continued beyond this story.
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I loved this story so much!
Thank you David Schofield For Narrating This Audio Book & Keep Up The Good Work Dude!
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Doctor Clara trouble
Clara showing the Doctor why she is with him by saving him.
A difference of vocal from those you would have in your head.
I laughed got scared and hoped Clara and the Doctor would win.
Please keep this going.
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This book was horrible. the plot was weak, predictable with the ending known pretty much instantaneously. i found it the audio equivalent of the mannequin episode without the nostalgia or new who excitement.
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Szu-Wei Chen
Szu-Wei Chen is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Occupational Therapy at NYU. Szu-Wei is from Taiwan and received her B.S. and M.S degree in Occupational Therapy from National Taiwan University. Before beginning her studies at NYU, Szu-Wei worked as an occupational therapist for governmental projects contracted with Taiwan Occupational Therapy Association, including Service of Job Accommodation for People with Disabilities and Service of Long-term Home Health Care. She also gained clinical experiences while working in Center of Assistive Technology in National Taiwan University Hospital. Szu-Wei is interested in studying diverse participation issues among people with disabilities and older adults as well as evaluating program outcomes. In addition, she is interested in exploring education related topics to improve competences of clinical practitioners and OT students.
Maria Khawaja
Maria Khawaja, MS, OTR/L is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Occupational Therapy at NYU. She graduated with a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from Boston University's Sargent College and holds both a B.A. in Psychology and B.S. in Therapeutic Studies from Boston University. She is pursuing a certificate and board certification in Behavioral Analysis. Maria has worked as an occupational therapist in public and private special education schools as well as in home and community-based settings. Currently, Maria is the Director of Occupational Therapy at the McCarton Center for Developmental Pediatrics, The McCarton School, and The Children's Academy: A School for Speech and Language Development. She is also an adjunct faculty member at New York University. Her goal is to help bridge the gap between pediatric research and practice. Maria's interests include therapist education, functional evaluation in pediatrics, development of curriculum-based occupational therapy programs, vestibular habilitation, auditory interventions, and the integration of behavior analytic principals into pediatric occupational therapy practice.
Chang Dae Lee
Chang Dae Lee is a PhD student in the Department of Occupational Therapy at NYU Steinhardt. Chang Dae is from South Korea and received his BS and MS in Occupational Therapy from Yonsei University. Before studying at NYU Chang Dae was a part-time occupational therapist working with adults with mild cognitive impairment and dementia. His research interests include interventions that improve quality of life and decrease death anxiety of the elderly, and cognitive rehabilitation in the elderly.
Ellen Modlin
Ellen Modlin is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Occupational Therapy at NYU. Ellen graduated from NYU's entry level OT program in 1995 with a specialty affiliation in pediatrics. Ellen worked in the NYC public schools, Early Intervention, and the Nassau County school district. Currently she serves on the school district's assistive tech committee for the development of screenings and interventions with technology to support students in the classroom. Ellen's area of interest is using assistive tech to assist students with visual-perceptual deficits.
Yun Shi
Yun Shi is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Occupational Therapy at NYU Steinhardt. Yun Shi is from China; she received her B.S. degree in Occupational Therapy from Capital Medical University in Beijing and M.A. degree in Occupational Therapy from New York University. Before studying for the M.A. degree at NYU, Yun Shi worked as a rehabilitation therapist at Tongren Hospital in Beijing. Her research interest is in outcome measures and physical dysfunction.
Brocha Stern
Brocha Stern is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Occupational Therapy at NYU. She graduated with her Master of Occupational Therapy from Temple University and earned a BA in Psychology from Touro College. Before entering the PhD program, she worked for four years at Kessler Rehabilitation Center in New Jersey with a focus on upper extremity rehabilitation. Brocha is pursuing her certification in hand therapy in order to demonstrate clinical excellence and to substantiate her research to an interdisciplinary audience. Brocha's research interests relate to the benefits of occupation-based practice in hand therapy, the application of neurorehabilitation principles to orthopedic rehabilitation, the relationship between occupation-based practice and neuroplasticity, the appraisal and development of functional outcome questionnaires in hand therapy, best practice in rehabilitation of the stiff proximal interphalangeal joint, and the utilization of frames of reference to inform occupational therapy practice.
Chien-Ying Yang
Chien-Ying Yang is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Occupational Therapy at NYU Steinhardt. She comes from Taiwan, and earned her B.S. degree in Occupation Therapy from Kaohsiung Medical University and her M. S. degree in Occupational Therapy from National Taiwan University. She is also currently an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Occupational Therapy at NYU. Her research interests include understanding motor performance, functional outcome as well as social participation in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.


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Who can resist these cheerful tulips? In the garden, tulips are a welcome sign of spring, and you can bring them inside with this lovely quilt. We love how they seem to twirl in the breeze.
The designer, Cindy Carter, created this pattern as a baby quilt. We can see it displayed just about anywhere around the home.
Quilt by Marie of Chestnuts Quilting.
The tulips are pieced (not paper pieced) making it one of the easier tulip quilts we've seen.
The finished quilt is 42″ x 42″, with 11″ blocks.
A larger version is available with 16″ blocks. Instructions are included for two bed sizes:
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After more than a decade in show business, Vancouverite Andrew Ooi has become one of the most influential personalities in Asia's expanding entertainment world.
Working out of his unassuming offices on Oxford Street, the thirtysomething manager and film producer has been promoting Asian acting talent in Hollywood and putting together film deals in North America and some of Asia's most vibrant movie markets.
Mr. Ooi attributes his endurance and his ability to thrive in show business to keeping his business focused and to minding the details, skills valued by entrepreneurs across all sectors, whether gritty or glamorous. As owner of a boutique entertainment practice, Mr. Ooi is known for working closely with the talent, and making sure his people are treated well.
"There's a lot more that goes on behind the camera and the glitz is only a part of what we do," Mr. Ooi says of his Vancouver-based company, Echelon Talent Management. "As an audience member, you only get to watch what we in the industry want you to see."
Mr. Ooi's activities across time zones, cultures and oceans have made him a go-to guy for a number of film executives in Asia and Hollywood. Echelon Talent Management handles Maggie Q ( Nikita, Mission Impossible 3), Chin Han ( Contagion, The Dark Night) and Josie Ho ( The Courier), with whom he has partnered to make movies in Hong Kong under the 852 Films banner. Last year, Mr. Ooi and Ms. Ho produced Dream Home, an edgy slasher movie that made the rounds at international film festivals.
Mr. Ooi is also a principal in Singapore-based COcreative Co., a venture with Los Angeles producer-manager Sukee Chew. "I manage actors while she manages writers and directors," he says, "so we are now packaging films and projects to shoot in Asia and possibly North America. Singapore, like Vancouver, is a gateway city and is well positioned for our needs."
Asia's film industries have had many ups and downs, but they are now in the crosshairs of any global entertainment company. China, for example, makes about 500 films a year. By the end of this year, the mainland's box-office receipts will have doubled from 2010.
Although a quota system limits the number of foreign productions playing in Chinese cinemas, all the major multinational entertainment companies have invested time and money to position themselves in the market. Investors from the mainland, looking for a diversified portfolio and better returns, are also increasingly looking at North American projects.
Mr. Ooi, who was born in Singapore, graduated with a chemistry degree from the University of British Columbia in 1994, a time when Chinese movie directors and actresses were attracting the attention of mainstream Hollywood studios. That appetite has come and go, yet he makes sure his talent continues to get work, which in itself is an achievement in show business.
Mr. Ooi gets approached by aspiring actors, directors and producers all the time. His advice: "Be real, be genuine, especially to yourself."
He produced his first film, Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th in 1999. He has also co-produced the award-winning CBC miniseries Dragon Boys and the Canadian independent film Dim Sum Funeral.
He served as executive producer on The Courier, by Oscar-nominated director Hany Abu Assad, scheduled for release in 2012. It stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Josie Ho, Til Schwieger and Mickey Rourke.
Although he is often in Asia for weeks at a time, Mr. Ooi is committed to remaining based in Canada. "I live in Vancouver because it is the North American gateway to Asia and China. In 2006, there were 910,000 visible minorities in Vancouver, and this could climb to 2.3 million by 2031.
"My business requires that I be in the centre of this exchange between east and west and Vancouver is well positioned for that. More than anything else, I love this city. The food, the fresh air and the lifestyle."
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We present numerical results obtained using a lattice gas model with dynamical geometry. The (irreversible) macroscopic behaviour of the geometry (size) of the lattice is discussed in terms of a simple scaling theory and obtained numerically. The emergence of irreversible behaviour from the reversible microscopic lattice gas rules is discussed in terms of the constraint that the macroscopic evolution be reproducible. The average size of the lattice exhibits power–law growth with exponent ½ at late times. The deviation of the macroscopic behaviour from reproducibility for particular initial conditions ('rogue states') is investigated as a function of system size. The number of such 'rogue states' is observed to decrease with increasing system size. Two mean–field analyses of the macroscopic behaviour are also presented.
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New tables threaten quality
SCHOOLS are set to enter pupils for a record number of GCSE subjects thanks to the Government's plans for revamped league tables.
The new tables, to be published next autumn, will reward schools for the number of GCSE grades achieved. This, say headteachers, is bound to lead to more exam entries.
But the Secondary Heads Association has warned that academic quality could be sacrificed in the rush, which will also put students under unfair pressure.
The change to the league tables was announced last month by education minister Estelle Morris.
The decision to publish schools' overall GCSE performance in terms of points for the eight possible grades (starred A grade scores 8 and G scores 1) rather than grades, is intended to reward achievement across the ability range.
Until now, performance tables have been heavily criticised for emphasising five good passes - grades A* to C. Lower-performing pupils have been ignored in the tables and, it is claimed, neglected in the classroom.
"It's inevitable that schools will present their performance in the best light possible," said John Dunford, general secretary-elect of the Secondary Heads Association.
"We recognise that there may be issues around quantity and quality. You have to be very careful if you go down the quantity route; it's not doing pupils any favours. It could put them under pressure. But the problem is the fault of the league tables, not the fault of the schools."
Listing pupils' points score, he said, is better than a ranking based on A* to C grades. But the SHA remains opposed to league tables in the first place.
In constructing the new tables, the Government has chosen to credit schools for the average of the total number of points per child, rather than for the average grade per child.
Choosing to list the average grades would have been politically difficult. It could, for example, have pressured schools into preventing some weaker students from sitting subjects they were likely to fail. It would also have brought about the strange position in which a pupil with one A-grade scored higher than one with nine B-grades.
The revamped performance tables will also include a new progress measure, comparing pupils' key stage 3 test results with their GCSEGNVQ achievements.
The number of examination entries per pupil has risen sharply during the 1990s, although the total has dropped slightly with the declining number of secondary pupils.


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Volvo has launched the S60 Cross Country crossover sedan in India. The Volvo S60 Cross Country is priced at Rs. 38.90 lakhs ex-showroom (Mumbai).
Volvo has installed its tried and tested 2.4-litre 5-cylinder turbo-diesel under the bonnet of the S60 Cross Country. The five pot turbo engine produces 187bhp and 420Nm of peak torque while returning a mileage of 13.7km/l.
0–100km/h takes 8.8 sseonds and the top speed is 210km/h.
The engine sends its power through a six-speed automatic gearbox (with paddle shifters) to all four wheels through Volvo's always on All-Wheel-Drive system.
The Volvo S60 Cross Country looks like a normal Volvo S60 that is on stilts. Volvo has added skid plates on the front and the rear as well as the sides. The Cross Country has a 65mm ground clearance advanage over its normal S60 sibling at 201mm and sits on 18-inch alloy wheels.
The S60 Cross Country is available in 5 colours — Rich Java, Osmium Grey, Oynx Black, Crystal White and Bright Silver.
All the upholstery on the S60 Cross Country is done up in leather. The centre console is typical Volvo with numerous buttons and the 7-inch touchscreen infotainment doubles up as display for the video from the reversing cameras.
The sunroof comes as standard and Volvo's dual zone climate control system ensures that tempratures inside remain comfortable while the rear window is electrically heated. The instrument cluster is a TFT screen as well.
Volvo has stuffed the S60 with a boatload of safety features including ABS with EBD, Dynamic Stability Traction Control and Volvo's City safety braking system.
Other safety features include cruise control, Electronic Brake Assist (EBA) hill descent control, hill start assist along with a speed sensitive steering wheel and a tyre pressure monitoring system.
Also standard are dual step front airbags which are complimented by side and curtain airbags along with whiplash protection for those in the front seats.
The S60 Cross Country also features rain sensors and water repellant front and side windows.
The Volvo S60 Cross Country currently doesn't have any rivals but it will help the S60 in its fight against the BMW 3 series, the Mercedes Benz C Class and the Audi A4.


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2 nights ago at 2am he randomly texts me
Him: Night
Me: Really
Next day
Me: why are you still playing head games?
Him: Huh
Me: oh your phone texted me itself then
Him: yes
Me: you know what I mean... Maybe you should get a game boy
Him: ok
Me: What do you want
Him: guess
Me: to be my bf
Him: lol no
Me: [Massive insult so he stops contacting me for good]
Him: LOL
Me: [Insult continued]
Him: Ok
Me: [ continued insult]
Me: [Sends that final extremely long emotional text, for him to leave me alone basically to stop going out of his way to hurt me.]
Why is he so fixed on hurting me no reason now Pretty much want to know why guys do this is it like a control thing or do you think that he actually wants to be with me but wants to play kid games first?
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For my job I'm a cam girl.
I dated this guy for a month. He broke up with me because he said I was playing "games". I tried to get back with him for about 6 months. Then I gave up I deleted him off my Skype to avoid temptation to talk to him. He blocked me everywhere else. About a month or less after I deleted him, I noticed he kept coming in my chat room. I asked him for about 2months why he kept coming in. Finally he said because "he likes seeing me naked". I'm hardly ever naked though in the chat room though. We talked after that spotted for about 2 and a half months. He randomly starts ignoring me. When I did what he said to I'm pretty sure he wasn't watching.
But during that 2 months he said he "doesn't like sharing me." then "That I don't care about us." and how "when I apologize for things I never mean it." Not far after he said I was creepy just because I wanted to see him so I don't know I was already not in a good mood so I pretty much told him "don't EVER talk to me again and how he is starting to make me realize how I feel basically that he is making me miserable and depressed. I apologized the next day but still sad don't contact me or tempt me to talk to him. He said nothing to both messages.
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Long story short, yes he wants you. But not YOU as a person. (I will explain)
Short story long, you can't expect to Skype naked and NOT have the releationship be a bit more carnal and sensual than it could be communicative and feel appreciated. This guy digs your body, and his penis is telling him to text you for an imagined booty call. He thinks one night you'll just show up and be ready for it. I cannot help but think how stupid that is. Yes, I can see how people in the nude consider it an art, the human body is incrediable, and it is abused to a point that eventually makes it not so incredible. I thought said you were a camgirl. Not a camwhore. (If you are, I should butt out, because if that's how you make money..) Enough about that "I'm hardly ever naked" problem I wanted to address...
Now about this jerk. I have a little sister who also got late-night texts, from bfs and exs and "friends" who wanted out of the friend zone. They get desparate, tease you. Say something funny and then half-caring. Half-caring would be the response if he asks how are you and you say something other than "fine" or "good" like "my grandma died" "my parents divorced" "I failed one of my classes" or the simple "no" to "are you okay?" Everyone can have sob stories to tell you. They are going through things just as we all are. It's life. There are problems and difficulties that we have to trudge through. Most of these are true. Some will be lies. The biggest truth is, these boys are immature. You deserve better, and maybe you already know this. Try dating someone new and not having to Skype naked or do anything sexual to aid the relationship. It's more like a misguided attempt. You achieve the opposite result. This is how creepers are made. So they will be all like, "sorry 'bout dat" and switch back in gear as though they weren't really listening. Even if they were, in the long run, they may not care.
Bottom line. BE CAREFUL. This IS the internet. My adive: get a new phone for about $20-$35 and change your number and for God's sake don't give it to him... especially out of pity. You can feel bad- - -that's it. Move on.11|00|0
We never had sex. And I didn't do "cam" shows for him when we were together. I gained about 30lbs since he broke up with me last year so my body is not attractive. Reason I barely get naked on web cam if at all. Most people just like talking to me any way. He also live 1,000 miles away I met him on a dating site before I started camming. & We met in real life he payed for it.
Well, regardless of your body. That doesn't make you any less of an individual and you should be treated with respect as such. I don['t know what you look like, I don't need to know. I'm actually very very obese, and I learned to live with it because it's my own pace to lose weight and besides, I like eating! We all have our respective differences and flaws, but we should have a clear understanding of the uniqueness of the individual, and not merely the benefits and appetites to satisfy.
I'm just saying I''m still extremely confused in general this whole thing make no sense to me but I think he is going to stop contacting me now I was super mean in my texts/


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J.J. Barea (rest) has been ruled out for Wednesday against the Grizzlies.
J.J. Barea returned from a rest and hit 5-of-14 shots and three 3-pointers for 13 points, four rebounds, nine assists and two steals in 27 minutes in Tuesday's 109-91 loss to the Nuggets.
J.J. Barea is starting on Tuesday vs. the Nuggets, sending Wes Matthews to the bench.
J.J. Barea will rest on Sunday vs. the Suns.
J.J. Barea came off the Mavericks' bench on Wednesday for 14 points, three rebounds, three assists and one 3-pointer in 22 minutes.
J.J. Barea is available to play against the Clippers on Wednesday.
J.J. Barea and Devin Harris could pick up a rest day Wednesday vs. the Clippers.
J.J. Barea played 15 minutes vs. the Kings on Tuesday, scoring nine points with four assists, three rebounds and three triples.
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J.J. Barea posted 17 points, six assists, three 3-pointers and two rebounds vs. the Bucks on Sunday, as Dallas earned a 109-105 win on the road.
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I've been skating For about 3 years with my best friend Anthony. He introduced me to a few of his friends that skate, and we all started to become friends and now we skate whenever we can get on a board. For some of us skating is like a drug, you always want it and its hard to stop. Every year on june 21, we all meet up at one of our skate spots and take part in Go Skate Day. This year I hope to have my cameras put together so we can get film for our skate team.
We recently made a skate team called Resolve Skateboards, we are sponsored by 8bolts apparel. 8bolts apparel makes our t-shirts, stickers, and now hopefully our boards. Our skate team consist of me and 11 other guys that love to skate, i isn't even the love for it is the passion and dedication to the sport that makes us love it. This year we will be releasing a video for our team. The name of the video hasn't been decided yet but will hopefully be released in a month or so.
With me being the filmer for the team i spend most of my time with them finding the perfect angle and shot for each rider filming lines and street. Filming isn't as easy as it looks it requires a lot of balance and focus otherwise you video will be all over the place. Most of the time we film it takes a few tries for our rider to get his tricks dialed so we can have a clean video. When most people hear the word "Skaters" they think of the typical cliche of graffiti, drugs and bad attitudes but thats not us we want to make skaters seen differently sometimes we get yelled at and kicked from skate spots sometimes we even get threatened.
Most people don't have a problem with us skating on their property however some people have the audacity to yell at us for skating in legal places. About a month ago my friends and I were standing in a little shopping center and a random stranger from the street pulled up in his car and started telling us we weren't allowed to skate there. We asked him why we couldn't skate there and he said it was illegal however if there aren't any signs posted saying no skating we don't have to leave, he argued and asked do you have to have a sigh I responded with "yes otherwise its not illegal" but as he continued to harass us we decided to leave and skate somewhere else then 20 minutes later we were kicked out of a spot by a police officer driving down the street using his mic to tell us that we couldn't skate.
No matter your sport whether it be racing, flying, bull riding or whatever you go crazy for, it doesn't matter who supports you as long as you love your sport and are dedicated to it and dont give up. There are many people i've come across since i've been skating and bmxing that have gotten barely hurt or can't land a trick so they believe they aren't good and give up. If you can give up in a sport then you can just as easily give up in life if you care about it truly you'll try until you get it. This years go skate day will be different.


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Author Tags: Poetry
Russell Thornton is a North Vancouver poet. His collection House Built of Rain (Harbour, 2003) was a Dorothy Livesay Prize finalist and a ReLit Award finalist. He won first prize in the League of Canadian Poets National Contest in 2000 and he won The Fiddlehead magazine's Ralph Gustafson Prize in 2009.
Russell Thornton's collection Birds, Metals, Stones & Rain (Harbour 2013) was nominated for a Governor General's Award, the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and the Raymond Souster Award, administered by the League of Canadian Poets and given to any member-poet who has published a book in the previous year.
Russell Thornton has lived for periods of several years in Montreal, in Aberystwyth, Wales, and in Larissa and Thessaloniki, Greece. Poems set in the eastern Mediterranean are featured in his collection, The Hundred Lives, along with a series of sonnet responses to the Gospel story of Lazarus. Some of his poems also appear in Greek translation in the anthologies Foreign Language Poems on Thessaloniki (Kedros Publishers, Athens, 1997), Into a Foreign Tongue Goes Our Grief: Poems On or After Cavafy (Bilieto Publishers, Peania, 2000), and Thessalonki: A City in Literature (Metaixmio Publishers, Athens, 2002).
Thornton's poems have appeared widely in Canadian literary magazines, and in a number anthologies including In Fine Form: The Anthology of Canadian Form Poetry (Polestar, 2005), Rocksalt: An Anthology of Contemporary BC Poetry (Mother Tongue, 2008), Open Wide A Wilderness: Canadian Nature Poems (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2009), A Verse Map of Vancouver (Anvil, 2009), the Montreal International Poetry Prize 2011 Global Anthology (Vehicule, 2012), Poet to Poet (Guernica, 2012), Best Canadian Poetry in English 2012 (Tightrope, 2012), Poems from Planet Earth (Leaf, 2013), and Alive at the Center (Ooligan, 2013). His poems have twice been featured on Vancouver buses as part of B.C.'s Poetry in Transit.
Articles on Thornton's work include "Facing the Environmental Crisis with Contemplative Attention: The Ecopoetics of Don McKay, Tim Lilburn, and Russell Thornton", which appears in Making Waves: Reading BC and Pacific Northwest Literature (Anvil Press, 2010), and "Four Canadian Poets: McKay, Solie, Thornton, and Barwin", which appeared in Dream Catcher Magazine, UK, 2010).
Review of the author's work by BC Studies:
House Built of Rain
First Prize, League of Canadian Poets National Contest, 2000 ("The Beginnings of Stars")
Shortlisted, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, BC Book Prizes, 2004 (House Built of Rain)
Shortlisted, ReLit Poetry Award, 2004 (House Built of Rain)
Ralph Gustafson Prize, 2009 ("The Rain Bush")
The Fifth Window (Thistledown Press, 2000)
A Tunisian Notebook (Seraphim Editions, 2002)
House Built of Rain (Harbour Publishing, 2003)
The Human Shore (Harbour, 2006)
Birds, Metals, Stones & Rain (Harbour Publishing, 2013)
The Hundred Lives (Quattro 2014)
Portia Priegert on Russell Thornton
By Portia Priegert
Even in an interview – that most utilitarian of conversations – Russell Thornton has a poet's voice: soft, with a lyrical inflection, offering both fluid metaphor and a probing rumination.
His poetry is like that too. Four well-received books, including his most recent, The Human Shore, explore with impeccable eloquence his preoccupations with nature, travel, solitude and family history.
These are typically Canadian themes, says Thornton, who notes that Canadian writers are obsessed with their roots and family lineages, concerns that often operate in opposition to the wilderness setting and the chill of the Arctic wind.
"For me, it has to do with that strange loneliness that is part of Canada. You hear it in pop songs – Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, these kind of people – you hear that vastness of the landscape and that coldness."
Thornton places himself in "the real deep mainstream" of Canadian letters – a lyric poet who distills the natural world, current social realities and the processes of history through the idiosyncrasies of his own personality. He cites the influence of some of Canada's poetic giants – men such as Irving Layton, Al Purdy, Earle Birney and Don McKay.
Thornton describes his creative process as circular, drawing comparisons to the oral traditions of indigenous people.
"I'll start with an image. I'll try to open myself up so that I receive impressions that gather around that image and that help that image to circle around some sort of idea."
While he eschews formal structures like sonnets or villanelles he spends hours honing what he calls "systems of sonic glue" – the basic rhythms and flows of language.
"I try to write musically. I pay a lot of attention to the music and the kinetic energy that can be struck between syllables."
He also allows stories to enrich his work. "I really think it's inevitable that when you try to write about people, narrative is going to creep in. And it's a marvelous creeping in. Creeping in sounds negative but, of course, it's not. It's a wonderful invasion. Story is magical."
Thornton is an inveterate traveler and lived in Europe for years as a young adult, drifting from country to country, always writing about his impressions, or, as he puts it "blackening pages" of his notebooks. "I had wanderlust really bad, curiosity, all the standard stuff," he says.
Thornton is also interested in ancient cultures and lived for a time in Wales and Greece.
He returned to his native Vancouver 10 years ago and earns a living with two part-time jobs – doing home repairs and teaching English – while stealing moments in between for his craft.
He offers simple advice to aspiring poets. "Read, read, read. Write, write, write. A lot of people who want to write don't actually want to read and the two things are two sides of the same coin."
But don't expect words to come easily, he warns. "The writing itself, it's a hard slog. It's not just something you spill out and it's done. Spilling out may be the first phase, but after that it's just labour – it's blood, sweat and tears. Language is intractable."
The Hundred Lives (Quattro $18)
Article (2015)
from BCBW (Autumn)
Having lived for several years in Larissa and Thessaloniki, Greece, Russell Thornton has included poems set in the eastern Mediterranean for his sixth collection, The Hundred Lives (Quattro $18).Some of his previous work has appeared in Greek translation in the anthologies Foreign Language Poems on Thessaloniki (Kedros, Athens, 1997), Into a Foreign Tongue Goes Our Grief: Poems On or After Cavafy (Bilieto, Peania, 2000) and Thessalonki: A City in Literature (Metaixmio, Athens, 2002).


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At Cape Three Points on the beautiful Ghanaian coast, a canoe washes up at an oil rig site. The two bodies in the canoe - who turn out to be a prominent, wealthy, middle-aged married couple - have obviously been murdered; the way Mr. Smith-Aidoo has been gruesomely decapitated suggests the killer was trying to send a specific message - but what, and to whom, is a mystery.
The Smith-Aidoos, pillars in their community, are mourned by everyone, but especially by their niece Sapphire, a successful pediatric surgeon in Ghana's capital, Accra. She is not happy that months have passed since the murder and the rural police have made no headway.
When the Ghanaian federal police finally agree to get involved, Detective Inspector Darko Dawson of the Accra police force is sent out to Cape Three Points to investigate. Pretty as the coast is, he is not happy to be sent away from his wife and two sons, the younger of whom is recovering from a heart operation. And the more he learns about the case, the more convoluted and dangerous it becomes. Three Points has long been inhabited by tribal villages of subsistence fishers, but real estate entrepreneurs and wealthy oil companies have been trying to bribe the tribes to move out. Dawson roots out a host of motives for murder, ranging from personal vendettas to corporate conspiracies.
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Pretty good mystery; Disturbing narration
It was well spent for the story but not the listening.
Not quite on the edge but it was a good mystery.
Not if he is doing a book from a cultural experience with which he is unfamiliar which seemed to be the case here.
I want to read the 2nd book in this series.
This is my 2nd Darko Dawson mystery. The first was the first, Wife of the Gods. I read the hard copy for that one and enjoyed the writing as well although I thought the author could improve his craft overtime. I think he has with this one although as at least one other reviewer indicated it could have used some better editing. For instance, passages like "...she said sincerely" suggest the author does not trust himself to capture the mood and intent of the character through what he has already set up prior to and in the description of the scene. This one came at the end so perhaps he was rushing to finish. In any case, the story was a pretty good mystery that held the reader to the end. I heard an interview with the author about his love of American detective stories and it seemed to show up too apparently in the "Columbo" type tendency of Darko to always say "...and one more thing" as he is leaving an interrogation.
One of the reasons I am attracted to these novels is because they are set in Ghana West Africa, a place for which I am very familiar and have traveled to at least once a year for the past 15+ years. The novels do a great job of capturing the culture, history, and in this one in particular, the contemporary issues the people and country are dealing with. Although I have not followed how the country is managing its oil fortunes lately, I do know that it has experienced a boom in economic activity in the area near where the drilling is occurring and the author seems to do a very good job of weaving into the story the political and society changing dimensions of these issues. Indeed, one of the things I have liked most about both books have been the authors ability to "educate" the reader about the culture and challenges of the nation in a way that both entertains and humanizes the place. That is unfortunately very much needed in most writing about the people and places in the continent of Africa and the author should be greatly applauded for that.
What was most disturbing about the narration of the audiobook, and an issues that almost forced me to pick up the hard copy and read, is the considerable butchering of the language and names by the narrator. He is definitely not a native Ghanaian speaker (American accent), and, I would be surprised if he has even visited and experienced the people and language there. While most listeners are likely to not have done so as well, for those of us who have, it was painful to hear the repeated mis-pronuciations of proper names (People and Places) among too many other things. Frankly, I think it borders on a level of disrespect for the work; not on the part of the author (I don't know how much influence he would have had in the audiobook performance) or the narrator; but on the publisher which should have done a better job of confirming the authenticity of the narration. For me, it is an extremely important dimension of an audio reading and for this to be so badly done was, I repeat, disturbing.
So, I say get the book, not the audiobook, and enjoy.
- Kwesi Soti Mtundu
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Letters will be accepted for the Open Forum for publication in the next available issue after receipt. Letters may be sent to Forest Lake Times, 880 SW 15th St., Forest Lake, or by e-mail to [email protected] Letters should not exceed 250 words and must be signed with the writer's name, address and telephone number. Deadline is noon Monday. The newspaper reserves the right to edit letters and assure that rules of libel and good taste are not violated.
Needed Legislation
Ugly. Queer. Freak. Skank.
These and others like them are just words. These are "teasing" words. Yet these words are deadly.
These words led to nine suicides and numerous attempted suicides in the Anoka-Hennepin school district from 2009-2010. Those who died were all teenagers, most under the age of 15.
All of those deaths, and the unknown, countless others across the state, were avoidable. They were avoidable, but there was no protection for the victims because their school district, like those throughout Minnesota, had no formal ability to prevent the deadly bullying that took place.
I applaud Governor Dayton and the Legislature for ensuring that more stringent anti-bullying protections are now in place statewide. Maybe, just maybe, no child in our state will be killed by the sharpness of a bully's words ever again.
Devon Holstad
Forest Lake
Pray for Country
Once again we are being reminded that prayer has been an integral part of our nation's history.
Each step in the forming of this nation and its constitution was preceded by prayer and trust in God – following his precepts as how man should live.
From before 1776 into the 21st century, American leaders have recognized God's hand in our development and importance of Christian values in our culture – a culture offered to all people – to share, not change.
The National Day of Prayer – the first Thursday of every May – has been set aside for people of faith to gather and follow the founding fathers' example by thanking God for our past and asking for his wisdom and guidance for our country.
The American culture's Christian values are being diluted and taken away by our complacency, our being the nice guy, our doing what "feels right," our taking personal gain, our not considering the consequences and our not focusing on serving the Lord.
Our culture needs to be retained for our children and grandchildren.
Join area pastors and citizens on May 1. Let's pray with a love of God and a trust in his response – for each individual, all parents, every family and the churches there; for schools, teachers that share the truth, administrators that guide them and youth seeking to know themselves and the world around them; for government, with people chosen to manage our affairs.
At noon on Thursday, May 1 at the American Legion, pray to our awesome God!
Diane Rueb
Forest Lake
Bravo, School Staff
Thanks to our teachers and administrators for a wonderful night of entertainment on Saturday. The first annual school district staff variety show was a huge hit.
The acts were funny – some serious, but all very entertaining. I knew you were all good at your day jobs, but I had no idea of your star power!
At the same time, you were raising money for our Community Education program. Thank you for giving up time from your already-very-busy schedules. A big shout out to Julie Ohman for her leadership.
We are thankful to have all of you in our school district.
Karen Morehead
Forest Lake
Capitol Excess
Regardless of one's political affiliation, I think most Minnesota voters feel that the $73 million Senate office building recently authorized by our Legislature is a waste of their money.
Who of us would build a new home while our present home was being remodeled?
I think that most Minnesota voters also realize that we do not really need 134 state representatives or 67 state senators. A bill has been introduced by Rep. Bob Barrett to reduce the number of representatives to 64 and senators to 32. That bill has received little or no publicity from the press, other than columnist Joe Soucheray.
Each Minnesota voter should ask their representative and their senator why a new $73 million office building is really needed. They should also ask why the number of legislators cannot be reduced.
If the numbers were reduced, there would absolutely be no need for the new office building, plus there would be considerable other savings.
Hopefully, there would also be more efficient action to pass good legislation.
Roger Machmeier
Chisago City
Lowered Ideals
Have you ever been accused of not being open-minded regarding same-sex marriage? I have, and the accusation inspired me to truly ponder how marriage is defined by society, as well as how I define it personally.
I quickly began to realize that the very meaning, the traditional meaning, is not what is defined in the dictionary. It seems that society has chosen to define marriage as really no more than a legal contract between two people – of the opposite or same sex – that choose be in a committed relationship recognized by the state. The couple need not be open to life, and the contract can be broken if the relationship does not work out.
I am unclear as to when the definition of marriage came to include same-sex partners. How does a definition get changed, and by what authority? Who does this definition represent – the majority? I don't recall having a vote.
Call me old-fashioned perhaps, but I feel upholding the beautiful tradition of a marriage between one man and one woman is not only necessary for stable and healthy families, but society itself depends on it. It is so much more than just a legal contract between two people.
Slowly and gradually, society has lowered our ideals regarding marriage. I remember when I was a little girl playing with my friends chanting the jump-rope song: "First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage."
I miss those simple days and can't help but wonder what the future holds.
Jean Morehead
Forest Lake


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- sylphlike
- adjective see sylph
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Sylphlike — Sylph like , a. Like a sylph; airy; graceful. [1913 Webster] Sometimes a dance . . . Displayed some sylphlike figures in its maze. Byron. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sylphlike — sylph|like [ˈsılf laık] adj literary a sylphlike woman is attractively thin and graceful … Dictionary of contemporary English
sylphlike — adjective literary attractively thin and graceful: a sylphlike figure … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sylphlike — sylph ► NOUN 1) an imaginary spirit of the air. 2) a slender woman or girl. DERIVATIVES sylphlike adjective. ORIGIN Latin sylphes (plural), perhaps from sylvestris of the woods + nympha nymph … English terms dictionary
sylphlike — adjective a) of or pertaining to a sylph b) slender and graceful … Wiktionary
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sylphlike — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. slender, willowy, diaphanous, charming; see graceful 1 , 2 , gracefully … English dictionary for students
sylphlike — sylph|like [ sılf,laık ] adjective MAINLY LITERARY thin, delicate, and graceful: SLENDER … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sylphlike — UK [ˈsɪlfˌlaɪk] / US adjective mainly literary thin, delicate, and graceful … English dictionary
sylphlike — adjective moving and bending with ease • Syn: ↑lissome, ↑lissom, ↑lithe, ↑lithesome, ↑slender, ↑supple, ↑svelte • Similar to: ↑graceful … Useful english dictionary