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Taliban's high command in secret talks to end war in Afghanistan
Insurgents could be brought back into government, while ceasefire will not hinge on Nato withdrawal
Thursday 07 October 2010
Secret high-level negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban leadership aimed at ending the war have begun, diplomatic sources have revealed. Meetings which included delegates of the Quetta Shura, the Taliban's Pakistan-based governing body which is overseen by Mullah Mohammed Omar, are believed to have taken place in Dubai. The Taliban high command had previously rejected any political negotiations until Western forces had left Afghanistan.
Talks have also taken place in Kabul with "indirect representatives" of the insurgency. It remains unclear whether this is a parallel process to the one taking part in the United Arab Emirates. According to reports, Pakistani officials, led by the former foreign minister, Aftab Ahmed Shirpao, were present at meetings at the Serena Hotel in the Afghan capital.
The Dubai discussions are said to have centred on the conditions under which the Taliban would agree to call a ceasefire. They have dropped the demand that Western forces are fully withdrawn from Afghan soil before any peace talks can open but are insisting on an agreed timetable for the exit of Nato troops. The extreme Islamist movement ran Afghanistan between 1996 and the US-led invasion in 2001 and was notorious for its hardline interpretation of Islam, banning such things as music and education for girls. The movement was branded a terrorist organisation by the US after being toppled.
According to diplomats, representatives of the Taliban could initially be brought back into governance at local levels as part of a reconciliation process. It is also claimed that a deal may involve Mullah Omar, the one-eyed religious leader who fled Afghanistan on a motorbike shortly after the 2001 invasion. Some of his lieutenants could also be given immunity from future prosecution and go into exile in Saudi Arabia under a deal. Human rights and women's groups have long feared a political settlement which would allow the Taliban back into power and potentially water down rights guaranteed under the constitution.
Military setbacks are thought to have influenced renewed US backing for the idea of negotiating an end to the conflict. The White House yesterday said that Barack Obama "supports" attempts to negotiate with the Taliban, but stressed its members must pledge to respect Afghan law and lay down their arms. Robert Gibbs, the White House spokesman, said that the US was not directly involved in the talks. Clandestine meetings are however believed to have taken place between senior Taliban members and CIA officials, according to Pakistani officials.
Pakistan, which has been working to promote itself as an irreplaceable interlocutor with the Taliban, remains extremely wary of the Dubai process.
News of meetings in the UAE comes at a particularly fraught time in relations between Pakistan and the West.
On 30 September, three Pakistani soldiers were killed by missiles fired from Nato helicopters in what appeared to have been an accident. The US yesterday apologised for the attack, that led to the Pakistani authorities last week shutting down the Khyber Pass, which is used by Nato supply convoys heading into Afghanistan. The closure has left hundreds of trucks bottlenecked at the one remaining route into Afghanistan from Pakistan. Since the border closure, Nato convoys have been struck seven times by militants. The most recent attacks came yesterday when gunmen set fire to at least 55 fuel tankers and killed a driver. The first attack was on more than two dozen fuel tankers at a parking lot on the outskirts of Quetta, in Baluchistan province, followed by another attack yesterday evening in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province last night.
An indication of the determination of the Pakistani authorities to take a central role in talks to ensure a pro-Islamabad government in Afghanistan came earlier this year when Pakistani troops and US agents captured Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's operational commander. His capture was reported to have been fortuitous but it has since emerged that the Pakistanis had been monitoring his whereabouts and decided to detain him because he had brokered secret peace talks with the Afghan government. The most recent talks do not include the Haqqani network, which operates inside Afghanistan but is based in Pakistan and has strong links to the Pakistani spy agency the ISI. The group has been systematically targeted in American cross-border air attacks recently even though Pakistani officials have been pressing the Karzai government to open dialogue with the network.
Last week General David Petraeus, the US commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, said senior Taliban leaders had "sought to reach out" to the top level of the Karzai government. The General, who is due to give an assessment of the conflict to President Obama in December, effectively laying out an exit timetable, added: "This is how you end these kinds of insurgencies."
Steffan de Mistura, the head of the UN mission to Afghanistan, said both sides in the conflict have realised that a negotiated settlement is the only way to end the violence. "There is no military solution, we all know it. The Taliban know it too. [The only format] is political dialogue, reconciliation, deal."
The Afghan government held a "peace jirga" in the capital, Kabul, in July, and last week formed an official government reconciliation team, the High Peace Council. The latest talks have their origins in a fruitless set of initial contacts hosted by the Saudi government in the kingdom more than a year ago and attended by Mr Karzai's older brother Qayum Karzai. These were followed, according to diplomatic sources, by talks between Mullah Baradar and Ahmed Wali Karzai, another brother, in Dubai last January. Separate talks were held between Engineer Ibrahim, then the deputy chief of the Afghan intelligence service, and another Taliban leader, Tayyib Agha.
Thomas Ruttig, co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, yesterday advised caution. "It's more talks about talks and there's also messaging involved so it's spreading the good news without much of a basis... It's messaging for the countries that have troops here. They have to the beautify [the situation]. Paint it in a rosier colour.
"I'm not convinced there really is a strategy of talks with the Taliban. There is a willingness, but it is probably [also] a lot of lip service as there was lip service in the framework of the counter-insurgency strategy of protecting the population. A lot of special forces are doing other things."
Prospects for peace: Can a deal with the insurgents be done?
The Taliban has long insisted that no peace deal is possible until all foreign forces have left Afghan soil, an impossible concession for Nato, which knows full well that President Hamid Karzai's government and it fledgling security forces would swiftly fall without its support. Yet preliminary discussions in Dubai suggest that Taliban leaders may be willing to drop this deal-breaker under certain conditions.
There is speculation a deal may be possible if:
* Western forces agree to leave Afghanistan on an agreed timeline. In return the Taliban would call a ceasefire ahead of their departure.
* Taliban representatives take local government jobs as part of a reconciliation process. To an extent this is already happening, with some MPs and senators sympathising with the militants if not actually backing them.
* Mullah Mohammad Omar and his lieutenants on the Quetta Shura, or Taliban governing council, receive immunity from prosecution and go into exile, probably in Saudi Arabia. Other Taliban prisoners are to be released. The Saudi government, however, will only allow the exile clause if the movement disavows all links with Osama bin Laden and al-Qa'ida, a condition the Americans will also insist on.
But there are a number of sticking points with no obvious resolution. Among them are:
* The insurgents are extremely decentralised and special forces raids, taking place at record intensity, exacerbate this by killing new leaders as they emerge. What one band of insurgents accepts may be intolerable for another.
* There is also the question of large, nominally pro-government constituencies resisting or sabotaging a peace deal. Many Afghans from ethnic groups unaffiliated with the predominantly Pashtun Taliban see overtures to insurgents as a betrayal.
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Using your Vita to play PlayStation 4 games won't disappoint, according to Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida.
In an interview with 4Gamer, Yoshida provided a few new details on their much anticipated remote play feature. With regards to battery drain on the handheld, he said, "It's very inexpensive (in terms of processing workload). Just as much as network communication. I don't have precise measurements, but the battery life of the PlayStation Vita will be the same as when playing a game online."
As far as controls are concerned, the differences in button layout between the PS4 and PS Vita shouldn't pose a problem either. "Compared to the DualShock 4 the number of buttons on the Vita is lower," Shu explained. "Conversely the DualShock 4 has no touch screen. The DualShock 4 allows for basic gameplay on the PS4, but in order to allow you to play enjoyably with the PS Vita's remote play, we're asking developers to offer custom button mapping for the controller."
And then there's the question of visual quality. How will something streamed from the PS4 to the Vita's 5 inch screen look? Apparently quite awesome. "Since the screen is very large, with PS Vita games of course, but even when it displays PS3 games via remote play. It looks beautiful. Combine that with PS4 games and it will be amazing. For those that have a PS Vita, the value of the console will increase. If you try it by yourself, I think you'll realize there's no better experience."
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SINGAPORE, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The euro fell on Tuesday after Moody's stripped France of its prized triple-A rating, while the yen hovered near a seven-month low against the dollar ahead of a Bank of Japan policy decision due later in the day.
The Moody's downgrade of France chilled the euro, which had rallied to its highest level in nearly two weeks the previous day, helped by optimism that Greece will receive more funding.
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Saturday 25 May 1996
Michael Doohan, Australia's 500cc world champion, aims to win in Italy for the fourth year in a row at Mugello tomorrow but he will face strong competition from the Italian Luca Cadalora, who has a score to settle.
The 30-year-old Doohan, chasing his third world title and leading the championship after four races, took the Italian Grand Prix at the Tuscan circuit in 1995 and 1994 and the San Marino Grand Prix at the same track in 1993.
Cadalora, who like Doohan rides a Honda, has never won a 500cc race at the circuit north of Florence. To heat up their rivalry, the Italian was quoted yesterday as saying Doohan had behaved in an unsporting manner when he won in Spain earlier this month.
Cadalora, who finished second in the race at Jerez on 12 May, accused Doohan of removing the mini-camera that the top 10 riders have installed on their bikes to relay television pictures. Doohan allegedly carried out the removal on the starting grid minutes before the race.
"That gave him an unfair advantage of around three kilos," Cadalora said, "but I couldn't do anything about it because there is only a private agreement between teams to install the cameras and not an FIM [the governing body of international motorcycling] ruling."
Cadalora said that the race at Mugello was very important strategically for the championship. "This is the place where you can win or lose the championship, that's always the way it's been historically," he said.
The Italian has 55 points to Doohan's 71 after winning the opening race of the season in Malaysia.
Spain was a return to form after a lull in Indonesia and Japan and Cadalora said he was on the right track again. "The most important thing is to put pressure on the leader," he said. "I would like to win here but I think winning depends on the amount of work you put in and your state of mind. I think this could be the right moment."
While the 500cc is the big race of the day, home fans will be following Aprilia's 250cc champion, Max Biaggi, who is the most popular motorcycling celebrity in Italy.
Biaggi won at Mugello last year. Another celebrity attraction in the paddock will be the world skiing champion, Alberto Tomba.
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A MAN apologised after his friend pushed a 24-year-old into a stream in Bicester and demanded cash.
Luke Bostock, of Bicester, was walking along chapel Street at the junction with Market Square towards the Shell garage when the attack happened.
He said he was approached by two men, one in his blind spot, and was shoved over a wall near Utopia Hair Salon at about 3.30am.
He fell down the bank and landed on his back when cash was demanded from him on Sunday, August 10.
He said: "They caught me unaware in my blind spot.
"They then asked me for money, but I didn't give them any.
"One of them apologised for what happened, which I thought was weird because he didn't try to stop it."
He called police from the Shell garage and was taken to Banbury Horton General Hospital for cuts on his face.
He said: "I felt confused at the time, but now I am not too fussed.
"Obviously I would like them to be caught, and if they are anyone's mate and thinks they were out of order please call the police."
The first man is white, in his 20s, 6ft2ins, blond, clean shaven with a heavy build.
He was wearing a purple polo shirt with a distinctive orange logo, blue jeans and white trainers.
The second was black, in his mid-20s, 5ft8ins and of slim build.
He was wearing a black sweater and blue jeans.
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I am finally sitting down after a long day of food, family, and blessings. I am thankful for so much in my life that makes it joyful, loving, and full. And I am thankful for all of you readers of our blog! I hope you each had a few minutes today to reflect on all you are thankful for.
Review: Joy in Mudville
Written by: Bob Raczka
Illustrated by: Glin Dibley
Carolrhoda Books, 2014, Hardcover
Target Audience: Ages 3-8
Genre: Fiction
Theme: Gender, Perseverance, Being Unique
How We Discovered This Book: When my writing partner Joanna was here for a visit, she entered my children in a drawing at our independent bookstore. My daughter Elizabeth won an autographed copy of this book.
It begins where the famous poem "Casey at the Bat" ends (it's in the back for reference if you need to refresh your memory). A girl pitcher is brought in to restore the team's reputation, and she has some unorthodox methods for saving the day.
What I Liked:
I like this book because a girl is the hero in a traditional boy's sport. She comes to the rescue, but with her own way of doing things.
What Did My Kids Think?
Both my kids love this book, and it is on frequent rotation for reading before bed. It's about a girl and baseball, which keeps them both interested.
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The First Page
Attend virtually any conference on writing and someone will insist the first page is paramount. You must hook the reader. I'd heard the idea enough, and struggled with nailing a great first page on many a project, but it wasn't until my MFA that I took the time to analyze what I thought was a good first page. While doing an editing internship with Hunter Liguore, editor at American Athenaeum, I was charged with reading 34 first pages (without knowing the author or title) and deciding which ones I would accept, as an editor, and which I would decline. It was very informative, and I encourage you to try it out. Discovering what magical recipe for first page elements I was most hooked by has helped me figure out what my own first pages lacked. Here's a sample of questions that I came up with from a few of the samples:
Is there too much emphasis on setting?
If the character isn't very fleshed out, does the story premise fill in the gaps?
What kind of tension was there?
Were the questions raised unique and so enticing I had to read on?
Does the description feel connected to the character?
Is there dialog? What does it show about the characters?
Ultimately, I learned that I connect most with the people, the characters. Any other element had to serve them. If it didn't– for example, if there was a lot of description about a ritual but not about the characters–then I wasn't interested. I writes stories about people (arguably every writer does), so I need to make sure each of my first pages highlights the characters and their struggles, their connect to place, their sense of the world.
Try this exercise with books you've already read. Or take ten books from your to read shelf and read only the first pages. If you could only pick one to read further (pretend you're an editor with a limited list), which one would it be and why? Or read the latest Flogging A Pro, a post on Writer Unboxed that takes first pages from a variety of genres and analyzes them in a similar same way. I imagine most of you read or write picture books, but I think the exercise can be helpful there too. It's a lot of fun!
If you're a reader, and not a writer, asking these questions can help you discern what it is you're looking for in story, in general, and help you find better books to read for ourselves and your children.
Floppy-eared rabbits
For PiBoIdMo, I decided to keep a small journal with me at all times, something I'd often considered, but had never done before. One page per idea. And I'd look to my own life for the seeds. Over the past few days, I've found that being attentive to, well, life and all its ridiculousness (or wonder or awkwardness or or or) is the best way to access interesting concepts for picture books. After I got my notebook, the ideas started coming like hot-cakes. Not all of them seem immediate winners.
A recent favorite: I just returned home from dinner with friends, one of whom shared a story about a bush airstrip in remote Alaska covered in floppy-eared rabbits. Now, it might take a more creative person than me to turn that into a viable picture book. But what a fantastic image! I wrote that one down, but if it inspires you, go with it. (Please send me your draft, if you do.) On a more serious note, my son has developed a fear of riding the school bus–there are so many angles to take on this theme. Katie once said that she's got too many ideas, and I see what she means. The ideas are really every where. We just have to take them and run.
Registration for PiBoIdMo has passed, but I encourage you to check out the daily posts. I've gotten something from each of them, and maybe, just maybe, there might be something to help me write my book about the rabbits on the airstrip.
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Happy Halloween everyone! I hope you all had a day (and evening) that was just a touch of spooky, and sprinkle of sweet, and a whole lot of fun.
Over on Susanna Leonard Hill's blog, she's sponsoring her annual Halloweensie contest. We are challenged to write a 100-word Halloween story for children using the words pumpkin, broomstick, and creak.
Every year I find the 100-word limit VERY challenging, but here goes:
Witches, wizards, living down my street
Why do they pick tonight to come and trick or treat?
Skeletons, ninjas, knocking on the door
I give them each a candy but they try to get quite more.
Pieces, handfuls, candy quickly gone
Running up and down my street and traipsing 'cross the lawn.
One has a pumpkin head and one flies on a broom
One makes a creaking noise and howls up at the moon.
I think I'll skip this holiday until I'm big and tall
I hope I've grown a little bit around this time next fall.
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Interview: Alice Hutchinson of Byrd's Books/ PiBoIdMo Kickoff
This week, we have the pleasure of welcoming Alice Hutchinson, owner of Byrd's Books, an independent bookseller in Bethel, CT. Alice has been involved in the world of literature for over 30 years, beginning with roles as buyer and manager for her mother's New Age bookstore. Alice has held several leadership roles within the Bethel community, and holds a Masters of Arts degree in Teaching with a concentration in Young Adult literature. Byrd's Books was founded almost 3 years ago, and expanded last year into a larger location. If you are in the Bethel are, you can certainly stop in for a visit, but online ordering is also available.
KDC: Alice, thanks for taking time to give us your insights into the book industry. Tell us what inspired you to open an independent bookstore?
AH: I believe a bookstore creates community, and it becomes a special place where people can support the arts. In our area, there was a vacuum when Borders closed, which I felt created a hole for the book community. There was an opportunity to fill that void, and I had a theory that people still wanted books along with their e-readers. I initially opened in a small location, and found that my theory was correct. So far, this community appears to want to support a brick-and-mortar bookstore, and we moved into a larger location to expand our ability to provide quality literature and book-related merchandise. People realize that when you buy from a local bookstore versus looking in person and then shopping online, you support a business that will then return more funds and involvement to the community itself. We put an emphasis on Connecticut authors, and actively support them through signings, consignment of self-published work, and other events.
KDC: What trends are you seeing now in both the publishing and consumer buying of children's books?
AH: At Byrd's Books, our most popular section is Connecticut authors, second most popular is books for ages 9-12, and third is books for 4-8 years old. Parents are looking for chapter books as well as books in a series that their children can get engaged with in order to improve their reading ability. We don't carry most of the more populist book series (like those from Disney) – I strive to find series with more literary content like those from Kate DiCamillo. Bookstores are responding to the changes with education and the Common Core requirements, and the best way to do that is to carry great non-fiction including science books, good biographies of interesting people, and stories about people and topics that are fun and compelling. Non-fiction is on the rise, which is a good thing for literature anyway and fun to buy for.
KDC: How do you decide what books to buy for the store?
AH: We read Publisher's Weekly, and we are very active members of the American Bookseller's Association. We get advance copies of books from both the Association's division Indie Bound and from publishers, and we do our best to review many of them to find those that are high quality and would be the right fit for the store. Most catalogs from publishers are on a system called Edelweiss, where reps add markers that allow us to see if books are trending on Goodreads, Publisher's Weekly, or other sources. We do a lot of special orders for customers, which sometimes helps us discover interesting new books.
KDC: If a 5 year old and a 10 year old asked you for book recommendations, what would you tell them?
AH: I would ask them, "What's the last book you read that you loved?" I listen carefully to how they talk about the book, and that will give me a jumping off point to find them books with similar topics or tone. At 5 years old, children often want chapter books but secretly are still interested in picture books. It also depends on whether they are reading, or they are being read to. If they are reading to themselves, you want to encourage their sight recognition of the words. At 8 years old, children are right on the edge between the 9-12 and 4-8 categories. If they are exceptional readers, you still may find good content in the 4-8 category because it is so wide. I will often take a strong 8 year old reader over to the Newberry section or introduce them to some classics like Mr. Popper's Penguins, or From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. These books are fun to read, and are an important part of cultural literacy. Often a parent will tell me what they want their child to be reading and that they are bright, but that does not necessarily translate into reading ability or maturity. Your average 11 year old with above average reading ability will come in and ask for books in the teenage section (like The Hunger Games), when there are plenty of great books at the 9-12 level that provide challenge without getting into the issues with social relationships and violence that a high schooler is better prepared to grapple with. Helping match a person with a special find is one of the great joys of book selling.
KDC: Is there anything else you'd like to add?
AH: As we discussed before, our online ordering capability allows you to get the book you want 24 hours a day. We also have a lot of great events coming up, including a children's writing workshop in February with Gail Carson Levine, and in late November is an opportunity to support your community bookstore through Small Business Saturday. Like ours, many bookstores will be having authors selling books right within the store on that day.
Thank you Alice for your great perspective on the book selling industry. We appreciate your time.
Make sure to support your local bookstore and if you are looking for a place to order your next book, give Byrd's Books a try!
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Attention Picture Book Writers! November is Picture Book Idea Month–or PiBoIdMo, for short.
Tara Lazar, who hosts one of 2013's Top Ten Blogs for Writers, has organized this fun event for quite a few years. The basic premise is to come up with 30 new ideas for picture books, all within November. You could do one idea a day, or all 30 ideas on the last day of the month–that's up to you. Each day, there will be a special post of encouragement from various peeps in the kid lit world–I'm especially excited about Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen and Ammi-Joan Paquette. There are books to win, even critiques from published authors, agents and editors. Katie participated a few years ago; this is my first time.
Registration is open until Nov. 7th. Sign up here.
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Hello faithful readers! We've been writing our blog for 2-1/2 years now, and have learned so much about ourselves, our readers, and the field of children's literature. 2015 is just around the corner–and feels like the perfect time for us to upgrade your experience of the blog with more varied content, an improved look, and increased opportunities for us to interact with you.
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Review: Mouse and Mole, A Perfect Halloween
One of my favorite Halloween books this year (last year, too) is Mouse and Mole, A Perfect Halloween, by Wong Herbert Yee. Yee wrote the Fireman Small picture book, which my son loved as a preschooler. When I saw this easy reader, I knew we had to have it.
Divided into four chapters, the book follows best friends, Mouse and Mole, as they prepare for Halloween. Mouse is whimsical, brave, and laughs at everything, while Mole is serious, timid, and does things by the book. As they decorate houses and carve pumpkins, Mouse is the one holding Mole's hand throughout the scariness of the holiday. But don't be fooled–there are plenty of twists to keep things interesting!
A Perfect Halloween is suitable for young independent readers, though it's wonderful to read aloud, too. Mouse and Mole seem like a modern Frog and Toad, and their friendship is just as fun to watch. Yee's accompanying artwork is also very charming and funny. This story is one of seven books written about Mouse and Mole. So far it's the only one I've read, but the more times I read it, the more I want to read them all.
This would be a fun book to read before carving pumpkins. (You'll just have to read to find out what happens to Mole's jack'o'lantern!) Also, it would be a nice choice if you have young ones that might be a touch scared by Halloween–they will be able to see themselves in Mole's story and find fun in the end.
Point of View
I am working on a new novel, and have been struggling with the appropriate point of view for my characters. There are two teenage girl protagonists, so I initially challenged myself to write it in a close third person. The problem is, close third does not feel close enough.
After much internal wrangling, many discussions with my critique group, and the opinions of some teachers/published authors, I have decided to try first person with alternating chapters. I have not ready many middle grade/young adult novels that successfully alternate between two distinct characters, especially of the same gender. A few books have been recommended to me, including Because of Mr. Terupt (multiple voices) and Gemini Bites.
Are there other books that you have read that you would recommend?
Wish me luck! I'm off to rewrite the beginning, where hopefully I can make these two girls jump off the page.
Review: Found
Written and Illustrated by: Salina Yoon
Walker Books, 2014, Hardcover
Target Audience: Ages 3-8
Genre: Fiction
Theme: Responsibility, friendship
How We Discovered This Book: This was in the new books bin at our library, and I immediately loved the illustrations. My son thinks it was created in oil pastels.
This is a book of few words, with a simple but important premise. What do you do when you find an adorable stuffed bunny in the forest?
What I Liked:
This book is so sweet. You think you know how this book will turn out, but it takes a little twist at the end. The illustrations perfectly express the sweetness of the story.
What Did My Kids Think?
A bulletin board of lost notices plays prominently in middle of the story. It is full of tongue-in-cheek references, as well as jokes from other stories and fairy tales. I thought some might be over my kids' heads, but they got most of them, and giggled like crazy. There is something to be said for books that don't talk down to kids.
Have your kids/students make their own lost sign for something they have lost – the more creative the better!
Brainstorm with your kids or students on what would be the best thing to find. And then what would they do with it? Play? Share it? Give it to someone else?


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Murray steps up for Ireland
ESPNscrum Staff
September 8, 2011
Murray will make his full Test debut against the USA © Getty Images
Ireland coach Declan Kidney has selected scrum-half Conor Murray for his full Test debut in thier opening Rugby World Cup clash against USA on Sunday.
The 22-year-old won two caps as a second-half substitute against France and England last month and will partner fly-half Jonathan Sexton at half-back with Eoin Reddan dropping to the bench.
Flanker Sean O'Brien and fullback Rob Kearney were not considered as they continue to recover from knee and groin injuries, meaning there are starts for Geordan Murphy and Shane Jennings. Although Kidney expects O'Brien and Kearney to return to action soon.
Gordon D'Arcy is restored at inside centre alongside Brian O'Driscoll having recovered from the calf injury which delayed his arrival in New Zealand. With Keith Earls moving on to the wing, Andrew Trimble has to make do with a place on the bench.
Flanker Todd Clever will lead an Eagles side that shows a number of changes to that which was beaten 20-14 by Japan in their final World Cup warm-up clash last month. Roland Suniula will make only his second start at fly-half and his brother Andrew links up with Paul Emerick in a new-look midfield.
There is also a return for winger Taku Ngwenya while up front Shawn Pittman comes in at loose-head, John van der Giessen gets the nod at lock and Nic Johnson anchors the back-row.
Ireland: G Murphy; T Bowe, B O'Driscoll (c), G D'Arcy, K Earls; J Sexton, C Murray; T Court, R Best, M Ross, D O'Callaghan, P O'Connell, S Ferris, S Jennings, J Heaslip
Replacements: J Flannery, T Buckley, D Ryan, D Leamy, E Reddan, R O'Gara, A Trimble
USA: Blaine Scully; Takudzwa Ngwenya, Paul Emerick, Andrew Suniula, James Paterson; Roland Suniula, Mike Petri; Mike MacDonald, Phil Thiel, Shawn Pittman, John van der Giessen, Hayden Smith, Louis Stanfill, Todd Clever (c), Nic Johnson
Replacements: Chris Biller, Matekitonga Moeakiola, Scott LaValla, Pat Danahy, Tim Usasz, Nese Malifa, Colin Hawley
Referee: Craig Joubert (SA)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wal), Carlo Damasco (Ita)
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The Learning Company and Academy offers an enriched education in a creative and stimulating environment.
It is our goal to educate the whole child and to instill in our students a lifelong passion for learning.
Our enthusiastic and dedicated teachers and our well-balanced curriculum contribute to the fact that our students are excited about learning and they look forward to coming to school each day.
The program at The Learning Company and Academy provides the perfect balance between the structured approach and the developmental approach to learning.
We believe in meeting the needs of the, whole child, socially, emotionally and cognitively.
We believe that this sound, early childhood educational program gives our students the tools that will serve them well on their educational journey.
Our phonics-based program provides a strong foundation for success in reading.
School Overview
|School Type
|Early Childhood / Day Care
|Religious Affiliation
|Grades Offered
Student Body
|Total Students
|35 students
|Student Body Type
|% Students of Color
State avg.: 43%
|Students by Grade
Academics and Faculty
|Total Classroom Teachers
|1 teachers
|Student : Teacher Ratio
National avg.: 13:1
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- School Location Miles Students Grades
San JoseAlmaden Preparatory School
5670 Camden Avenue
San Jose, CA, 95124
(408)723-90170 mi | 108 students | Gr. K-8
Los GatosLos Gatos Christian School
16845 Hicks Rd
Los Gatos, CA, 95032
(408)997-4681(Christian)0.7 mi | 361 students | Gr. PK-8
San JoseSt. Timothy's Lutheran School5100 Camden Ave
San Jose, CA, 95124
(408)265-0244(Other Lutheran)0.8 mi | 78 students | Gr. NS-5
San JoseAppleseed Almaden Montessori School
5200 Dent Ave
San Jose, CA, 95118
(408)264-7333Montessori School1 mi | 6 students | Gr. PK-KG
San JoseChallenger School - Harwood
4949 Harwood Road
San Jose, CA, 95124
(408)723-01111.1 mi | n/a students | Gr. PK-8
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