question: The mother of the 13-year-old Dutch girl Laura Dekker, whose plans to make a solo sailing trip around the world have recently made world headlines, has spoken out against the trip. "It breaks my heart to think that because of this I could lose contact with my daughter," she said in an interview. "I have never before made such a difficult decision. But I must accept the consequences. I would rather have a live daughter who I will never see again than a dead daughter."

It is the first time that Laura's mother, Babs Muller, has spoken out against the trip. Laura's parents are divorced and the girl has lived with her father since she was six. Her father Dick Dekker supports Laura's plans. However, the Dutch Child Protection Board has decided to place the girl under supervision for two months to ascertain whether she is mentally and physically capable of undertaking the journey.

Ms Muller says she is confident that Laura is technically capable of making the journey. "She can sail like the devil. That's not the problem." However, she is afraid of the problems a 13-year-old girl can encounter in the harbors of Third-World countries and of the psychological pressure of being alone for such a long period on the ocean. "The most important thing, in my eyes, is that she is not yet an adult."

Ms Muller says she told Laura once before that she was opposed to the idea. Her daughter replied, "If you forbid me, you will have ruined my entire life. Then I'll never want to see you again." However, Laura's mother says that reports that a camera team is planning to follow her around the world could change her opinion about the trip.
1. Who is upset about something?
2. Why?
3. How old is Laura?
4. Is she planning a vacation?
5. What kind of trip is she taking?
6. Where?
7. Why is this newsworthy?
8. Is her mother trying to prevent her from going?
9. Do the two live together?
10. Who does Laura live with?
11. Why?
12. For how long?
13. Does she think her daughter is too uneducated to make the trip?
14. What kind of sailor does she feel that her dauhter is?
15. What does worry Ms Muller?
16. How does Laura feel about her mothers opinion?
17. Will Laura really be alone on the triip?
18. Who might be there?
19. Does this change how her mother feels about the trip?
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answer: 1. The mother of of Laura Decker
2. She is afraid that she might lose contact with her daughter
3. 13
4. No
5. A sailing trip
6. Around the world
7. She plans a solo trip
8. Yes
9. No
10. Her father
11. Laura's parents are divorced.
12. Since she was 6.
13. No
14. She can sail like the devil
15. Problems that face a 13 year old girl in third world countries
16. That if she forbids her she will never want to see her again
17. Maybe not
18. A camera team.
19. it could

question: Theravada (Pali, literally "school of the elder monks") is a branch of Buddhism that uses the Buddha's teaching preserved in the Pali Canon as its doctrinal core. The Pali canon is the only complete Buddhist canon which survives in a classical Indic Language, Pali, which serves as the sacred language and lingua franca of Theravada Buddhism. Another feature of Theravada is that it tends to be very conservative about matters of doctrine and monastic discipline. As a distinct sect, Theravada Buddhism developed in Sri Lanka and spread to the rest of Southeast Asia.

Theravada also includes a rich diversity of traditions and practices that have developed over its long history of interactions with varying cultures and religious communities. It is the dominant form of religion in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, and is practiced by minority groups in India, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, and Vietnam. In addition, the diaspora of all of these groups as well as converts around the world practice Theravada Buddhism. Contemporary expressions include Buddhist modernism, the Vipassana movement and the Thai Forest Tradition.

Theravada Buddhism is followed by countries and people around the globe, and is:

Today, Theravada Buddhists, otherwise known as Theravadins, number over 150 million worldwide, and during the past few decades Theravada Buddhism has begun to take root in the West and in the Buddhist revival in India.
1. Where was Theravada Buddhism created?
2. Where did it branch out to from there?
3. Is it a dominant form of religion anywhere?
4. Like wehre?
5. Is the religion liberal or conservative in nature?
6. Does it have a worldwide following?
7. How many followers today?
8. This part of Buddhism follows Buddha's teachings from which Canon?
9. Is it complete?
10. How many complete Buddhist Canons exist?
11. What language is it in?
12. Does it have a wide array of traditions and practices?
13. Did they stem from a long history or short?
14. Were they formed by mingling with other cultures and religious people?
15. What's an example of a newer version of this religion?
16. And another?
17. Where has this religion recently started to catch on?
18. Where else?
19. What does the word Theravada mean?
20. Is Pali a sacred language?
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answer: 1. Sri Lanka
2. The rest of Southeast Asia.
3. Yes
4. Cambodia, Laos,And Myanmar are three.
5. Conservative
6. Yes.
7. Over 150 million worldwide,
8. Pali Canon
9. Yes.
10. Only the Pali is complete.
11. Indic
12. Yes.
13. Long.
14. Yes.
15. Thai Forest Tradition.
16. Buddhist modernism
17. The West.
18. India.
19. School of the elder monks
20. Yes.

question: Jack and his uncle went out walking in the woods near the river. They saw many things when they were in the woods. They saw a chipmunk, a butterfly, a squirrel and some birds. Jack heard a wolf howl. All of the sudden Jack heard a train whistle. It scared all of the animals away and that made Jack sad.

After a bit, Jack heard his Auntie calling for them. Jack hoped that it was time for lunch because he was getting very hungry. He hope that there would be cookies to eat, he didn't want for there to be any vegetables. When they got to the house, his auntie was waiting there with a cake for them. Jack was excited and finished the sandwiches that she had made them for lunch.

When they were finished his uncle told him that it was time to go home. It was getting late and Jack was going to be late for his bedtime if they didn't hurry. His bedtime was going to be a little earlier tonight because he had to go visit the doctor tomorrow and so there would be no story time before bed.

Jack told his uncle that he had a great day and hoped that they could do it again soon.
1. Who was Jack with?
2. Doing what?
3. Where?
4. Near what?
5. What'd they see there?
6. Like what?
7. What else?
8. Anything else?
9. Did they see anything else?
10. What'd Jack hear?
11. Did he hear anything else?
12. What'd he hear?
13. What'd it do?
14. How'd that make Jack feel?
15. Who called for him and his uncle?
16. When?
17. How'd he feel?
18. What'd he want?
19. And what did he not want?
20. And what did he get?
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answer:
1. his uncle
2. walking
3. in the woods
4. the river
5. many things
6. a chipmunk
7. a butterfly
8. a squirrel
9. some birds.
10. a wolf howl
11. Yes
12. a train whistle.
13. It scared all of the animals away
14. sad
15. his Auntie
16. After a bit
17. very hungry
18. cookies
19. any vegetables
20. a cake