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- Subjects:Math, Classroom Management, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Developmental Grouping in Math
- Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8
Have you ever felt that some of your students were completely lost when you were teaching math because the concept was harder then they were ready for, while others got it on the first try? If you answered yes, you might want to consider teaching in ability-leveled math groups.
Several years ago, I was explaining to a parent volunteer how my classroom runs and my philosophy of teaching to each child's level. I shared how I have guided reading and writing groups depending on the skill and developmental level of the students. This way I can reach each child to support and extend the areas of learning they need. As I began talking about math and how I taught the whole class, I realized that my teaching methods for math were not aligned with my philosophy of teaching. It was at that moment that I took another look at how I taught math and how I could better reach my students.
I have been teaching math in developmental groups for four years now and I could never go back to whole class grouping. The results I have seen are astounding, but mostly I feel that each child is getting individual instruction and support in the area or skills they need. I actually find planning for math easier because I can target the exact skills the groups are ready for and pace it accordingly.
My Schedule
15 minutes as a whole class math meeting before the rotations
15 minutes of a lesson with teacher
15 minutes of independent work
15 minutes of hands on explorations with math centers
Because I teach full day kindergarten, I have the benefit of having about 1 hour for math instruction 4 days a week. (I have taught with math groups as a half day kindergarten teacher in about 1/2 hour a day.)
Math Meeting
During our math meeting we will do our calendar along with counting our days of school and other typical calendar activities. This is also my chance to address skills that the whole class is ready for or to review a concept.
15 Minutes of Instruction with Teacher
This is my main teaching opportunity with my students. I work on a variety of skills that the group is ready to learn. What I love best about this is that I can differentiate instruction for my students' levels easily. This gives all students a chance to get the needed time to acquire the skills they need. For example, today with one group I was working on identifying numbers 11-20. We had pictures and were counting to find what number matched the amount in the pictures. My next group was working on subtraction number stories. Using our Promethean Activboard (interactive white board) my students manipulated pictures to act out the number stories. My last group was working on counting money amounts with a variety of coins.
15 Minutes of Independent Work
After working with me, the groups typically go to independent work. During this time they will practice the skills they have just worked on with me or a skill we have practiced previously. This can be a paper and pencil activity with manipulatives or just an extended time to continue what we were doing during our lesson.
15 Minutes of Math Explorations
During this time groups get a chance to explore a variety of math concepts in different centers. We have math tubs with games and activities in many concepts including number sense, counting, addition, subtraction, patterning, geometry, graphing, and measurement. Students love playing these fun games as the explore math concepts together.
Using my time to teach at my students' levels and pace, I have found that my students move faster through the curriculum. I no longer have to hold students back because other students are not ready to move on. My higher group is easily working at a late first grade level at this point of the year. In my district we are piloting a MAPS assessment from NWEA. We just finished the computer based test this week and I am very pleased at the results. I have good amount of my students that scored in the first grade and the end of first grade level. Most of my students are above the national average for the end of kindergarten. I do still have some students that are developmentally on or below grade level as well. I love that each of my groups are getting instruction directly at their levels. If I had been teaching whole class I know I would not have seen these same results.
I find that my students are very focused during this math rotation time. Being short 15 minute time slots takes into consideration my students attention span and keeps them engaged in new activities.These rotations have worked so nicely that even substitutes are able to manage when I am absent.
I hope you find this post helpful and that it inspires you to reflect on your own teaching practices. I would love to hear other ways that you differeniate your instruction to reach all of your students levels in math. Please add a comment and share your experiences so that as we too can learn and grow together.
Hi Megan,
I don't know if you are still out there now that it is 2013 - I hope so!
Great idea. I keep trying to structure my math time in a similar way but can't seem to get the hang of it. I teach the same content to whole group and then differentiate after I assess where they are with that concept. At each 'center' each group will work on that concept at their level. Each center has color coded (for each group) folders or tubs with appropriately leveled work. Where I have trouble is with group behavior and trying to teach each group how to do that worksheet or play that game.It seems like all my time is spent explaining directions and monitoring that the voice level is a #1 and they are on task. My principle also asked that each center have a paper and pencil component to keep the kids accountable but I am not sure that is really necessary.
My child has gone beyond the first grade standards in math, what would you recommend as an extension that I can do with him over the summer.
That is great news! Scholastic has some great math resources and activities you can use with him. Also here is a great website that links up a ton of games that you can use for years to come. www.internet4classrooms.com. Good luck and keep challenging him! Smiles, Megan
Math groups sound like a fantastic idea, and something I would love to try. However, we have the EveryDay Math program for kindergarten and 26 students with no assistance. It just seems overwhelming to try and teach in groups - it's difficult enough to manage the whole class. However, thanks for your ideas, and something I would like to look into for next school year. Does your school have an adopted program for math? Do you think this is possible to do with 26 students? Thanks Megan!
Teaching with 26 children and no help is difficult. My district is looking to go to 30 next year without help because of the budget. It is very sad to hear because it limits our time with our kids. Our district used to use Everyday Math up until last year when we adopted another program. At the kindergarten level we do not use it as much because it is not very good.
I actually started out doing my math groups using Everyday Math. I think having more students will make teaching math in groups even more a necessity for me. Once you take the lesson/ skill and teach it to different levels it makes the teaching less overwhelming. Since the students are in ability groups they usually catch onto the skill at the same pace making you less crazy about running around helping those that don't get it and trying to give fast finishers more work to keep them busy.
Another thought that you can try out this year to give you an idea of how to structure your math for next year is to have your whole class lesson like you are doing now 2 or 3 days a week and try the other days in a group setting. You can just do those days as skill days that you notice your students need work on.
I hope this gives you a few ideas. Let me know if you have any other questions! Smiles, Megan
Hello! I really love this idea of math groups, but this year many days I only have about 30 minutes to teach math. You said you taught this way for 1/2 day kindergarten. How did this work? Also, looks like during the first rotation, one group has not met with you, but is doing independent work. Is this work extended from the day before? Hope this make sense! I really love this idea!!
Thanks for your comment! Yes, my kids that are doing independant work in the first rotation are continuing from the lesson the day before. I have setup my rotations so that my higher ability group is at independant work first. These kids are easily able to transition the activity from the day before and practice it that next day.
I completely understand your time restraints and how it makes things difficult. When I taught 1/2 day kindergarten I had about 30 minutes as well. You can still do 3 groups and rotate them through the activities or you can split your class into 2 groups if it makes it easier timewise. If you do 2 groups you can have them complete the work and then get into math center/tubs when they are finished. You could also designate certain days such as 3 days a week when they are not working with you they are ddoing the independant work and the other 2 days they are completing math centers. Once you train the kids on transitioning from one activity to the next they can rotate quickly saving you more time for instruction. Any kind of differentiation that you can give them will benefit your students greatly. I hope this helps you out a little more. I think once you give it a try and tweak it to make it work for your style you will love it. Please let me know if you need any oher details or assistance. Smiles, Megan
Hi Megan, I think your advice is very informative and extremely useful. I am in my 27th year as an educator and always looking for fresh ideas or revised old ones. There is a small problem- I'm a visual learner and usually need a hard copy of information. When I log on and attempt to print the info. I always get all the advisors pictures right smack dab in the middle of the text on each page 3 of the article. How do I prevent that ? Thank you- anne
Anne, Thank you for your comment. You have a lot of experience in 27 years and it is so nice to hear that you are still looking for fresh ideas. We would love to hear more comments from you in the future. I am so glad that you are finding our blog useful. I have sent your question on to see if there is anyway that we can make it printable. I will reply again when I know something further.
Smiles, Megan
Hi Megan!
I have attempted to teach math in small groups - it makes so much sense! I run into a problem though and wondered how you handle it. To figure out exactly where a student is and what challenge they need pertaining to a specific skill I have assumed I need to do a pre-test. We have a pre-test with our series but it is pretty long and takes awhile to do for each chapter. How do you handle finding their exact level for each math skill?
Thanks! I love your daily lesson break-down and I will be adapting it to my first grade class! Meg
Meg, I am glad that you are giving small group math instruction a try. I think once you get the feel for it, you will love it. I can understand that your chapter pretests can take a while. When forming my groups in the beginning, I do a few informal assessments of basic skills to get a feel for the student's skills and how the child works. Once I start my groups I can quickly see if the pace is too fast or if the level is too hard and I move kids around. This movement continues throughout the year. In fact, I just switched 3 kids groups last week. Once I have the groups determined during my minilessons and their independent work I can start to see gaps and areas that I can challenge them. This would be a great time to give some of the pretests. If you have to follow your curriculum exactly, you can go much quicker through it with your higher group and find areas to extend the skills. This year I am fortunate to pilot a kindergarten online MAPs (Measure of Academic Performance assessment from NWEA). This is another way I can determine skills to work on this year. I noticed after giving this assessment this year,I was right on with the grouping and skills of my students. That is one of the benefits of the small group teaching. You are able to understand your students skill level much better. I hope this helps you out. Please let me know if you still have questions or if you need any support as you try out math groups. I am sure you will do great and your students will love it and be successful. Smiles, Megan
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Thanks! I will do that. I always love to read and learn more. Smiles, Megan
Interesting idea. I wonder though if a significant part of the improvement comes less from the developmental grouping and more from the simple fact that your students are now learning in small groups rotating through short sessions instead of as one large group in a long math lesson.
Thank you for your comment. The small groups with students getting more attention is a huge help with students' progress. Being developmental groups I can pace my lessons and skills accordingly. If they were mixed groups I would have to make sure that I was working at a correct pace and level for them. I am sure that would work as well but I think it is more effective in ability groups. Thanks for your thoughts though and you are completely right about the small groups being a huge benefit! Smiles, Megan
I think what you're doing is great! I love reading your blogs and getting new ideas from them. Keep up the great work! Your students are lucky to have such a wonderful, creative, dedicated teacher like yourself!
Thank you for your wonderful compliment and I am very happy that you are getting ideas from this blog. I am sure you are an amazing teacher yourself. Please continue to comment and let me know if you would like any specific topic discussed. Smiles, Megan
Hello! Thank you so much for your post. I am struggling with differentiating math in my 1st grade classroom. I currently teach whole group math and do not feel that I am meeting the needs of all my kids. It's very frustrating..I would love to do math groups. Do you meet with each group every day? Could you let me know what your weekly schedule looks like? Thanks so much!!
I love that you are looking at how you can improve your math instruction! Once you get it going I am sure you will love teaching this way. We start out as a whole class and do our calendar activities or review over a particular skill that is appropriate for the whole class. Then we break into our groups. We rotate after about 15 minutes. This way I do get to meet with each group on a focused interactive minilesson. We rotate 3 times so each group can get to the 3 stations. We do this 4 times a week;. I absolutely love it and see amazing results. I have also done this type of math grouping when I taught 1st grade a few years ago. Let me know if you have any other questions! Smiles, Megan
My class is set up the same way for math. When I was teaching Title I guided reading before I had my own classroom, I always thought, "Why isn't the same done for math?" It makes so much sense and allows me to cater to my students' needs, which is most important to me.
Thanks so much for your comment. I love teaching math this way and I really feel that I reach all of my students' needs. I am so happy that you are finding the same results! Smiles, Megan


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Topic: Show image if number < 30 else show altternate image
I am trying to write a method that will show an image if the number of days is greater than 30 else show a different image.
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def num_of_days
num_of_days = (dor - transfer)/96400.to_i
def show_flag
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being I do not yet know how to put the image in I tried to display the words green and red for the time being. Then in my veiw I did this:
<%= @hrreview.show_flag %>
but nothing shows at all, and but num_of_days does calculate and show the number of days.... so I am confused what I am doing wrong.


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I understand that some of you may be having issues with getting into the chat room. Or being able to undock the app from the browser.
Wish I could offer an answer but I'm not sure what the issue may be? I have accessed the chat room using Chrome and Firefox without any issues. The chat windows starts up floating automatically for me. I did just update to Java version 7-51. I'm not sure if that may be an issue or not but I did notice that I had to allow the Java app permission to run for the site. Maybe that came from my upgrade and the previous settings were lost? Or the chat provider has made changes?
I'm only guessing that you may need to check your permissions in Java or pay attention to the messages at the top of your browser when trying to access the chat room. You may be getting a prompt to allow permissions at that point?
From what I'm seeing though, all is well with the chat room itself.
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Victory: China Eastern Airlines Will No Longer Ship Primates to Labs!
We're delighted to announce a crucial victory in PETA's AirCruelty campaign. This morning, China Eastern Airlines informed PETA that as of March 1, 2013, it will no longer ship primates to laboratories to be used in experiments!
This ends the export of monkeys from China for use in laboratories! Prior to this exciting development, the majority of primates imported into the United States for experimental use were from China—in 2012, more than 10,000 primates destined for U.S. laboratories came from China. After both China Southern and Air China stopped primate shipments for experiments following pressure from PETA, China Eastern was left as the sole transporter of monkeys from that country to laboratories. Its compassionate new policy means that animal experimenters are left without a single airline to transport primates from China and PETA has now been successful in shutting down this market.
In recent months, PETA had stepped up pressure on China Eastern by encouraging our members and supporters to contact the airline via phone and e-mail. More than 100,000 of you took action. (Thank you!) Local activists with Empty Cages Los Angeles and other groups also helped increase pressure recently by conducting protests at China Eastern offices around the world.
What You Can Do
This is an important advance in keeping primates away from experimenters, but PETA won't rest until these smart and sensitive animals are safe once and for all—and we hope you're in it for the long haul, too! Please urge the last three remaining holdouts to follow China Eastern's example and adopt a formal policy prohibiting the transport of primates destined for laboratories.
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Please treat primates with dignity. I simply will not fly on your airline any longer until you do!
this must stop all animal cruelty must end right now and when will it stop that i ask myself
Unbelieveable and we call this humanity……..i will spread the word until you stop aiding this barbaric and cruel exploitation of animals …Have you no honour ?
stop animal abuse!
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Secretary Rice arrives in the Middle East this week to continue discussions with leaders from Israel and the Palestinian Authority in support of the ongoing efforts to lay a foundation for serious negotiations on the establishment of a Palestinian state. Later this fall, the United States will host an international meeting to help Prime Minister Olmert and President Abbas achieve the goal of two states living side-by-side in peace and security.
Is the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state feasible? Should the United States play such a major role in its establishment?
Geo in Virginia writes:
Leslie in Texas writes:
A Palestinian state is as feasible as the Israeli state.
The United States could promote an atmosphere of hope by initiating plans to relocate the United Nations,and supporting infrastructure, to the disputed territory.
Will it work? Yes.
Dave in Texas writes:
Fundamentalist Islam is utterly intransigent. Its proponents do not make the effort to lie about this; they consistently and publicly state their intentions, which are murderous and destructive.
Given this, any accomodation with Hamas is doomed to failure. As long as Hamas is in any kind of leadership position, let alone elected to govern by a majority, then giving it its own state is a step toward the surrender of Israel to destruction.
Individually, they will lie and steal and cheat and dissemble in order to accomplish their missions; we are fortunate that they are too proud to maintain a group public image that is dishonest. It is in their call to murder and destruction that they find their principal appeal, and so they tell the truth in public. Hey, it helped Hamas get elected!
I've had exposure to State personnel active and retired, and was aghast at the consistent anti-Bush posture they take. I've long believed that State is acting, or at least large numbers of its personnel are acting, to undermine Bush's administration and cause him to fail.
Cocktail party conversation does not lie, especially at the third round of drinks. State is infested with what amounts to traitors, people who take for themselves a role they were not intended to have-- evaluators and rejectors of the policies of the man who is constitutionally their superior, and whose orders they are charged with carrying out.
It's appalling, and I would not have believed it without personally hearing it from their mouths, but they were in their cups and among friends and the truth always comes out under such circumstances. And this was retired ambassadors and present ambassadorial staff in a European country I'm talking about, AT AN AMBASSADORIAL MANSION DINNER PARTY.
incidentally, that's a helluva mansion they live in at my expense.
David in Georgia writes:
Yes the creation of a Palestinian state is not only feasible but necessary. The two state solution is the only way to bring some semblance of peace to the area. The U.S. can play a role, however, I think that another mediator should be brought in as I do not think that there is enough trust amongst the Palestinians to the neutrality of the United States to negotiate a perceived fair settlement from the Palestinian perspective.
Steve in Florida writes:
The creation of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state is not only feasible, but absolutely necessary. Also necessary is the payment to every man, woman and child in the occupied territories of Palestine for the taking of their land following World War Two for the creation of the State of Israel. Simply citing the Biblical existence of Israel as being in Palestine, and then proceeding to take over settled Palestinian land for that purpose is ludicrous. Further explanation of that fact is not necessary. Spend the money on war "ad nauseum", or spend the money on the creation of peace; the cost is the same, except in the calculation of loss of human life in the process of the former. Then recover Israeli land to that which existed in its establishment of 1947, and the two countries will have a starting point for peace. What's this -- too difficult to understand? There will be no peace in the Middle East until these two sovereign states can coexist, and there will be no coexistence without compensating Palestinians for their land taken in 1947. I am an American Vietnam Veteran, born in 1950 and raised in the United States of America. Decades of conflict have merely fogged this path to peace, but the solution is simple.
Bill in Texas writes:
@ Steve in Florida --
I understand that most people believe that history begins when they were born, but that's not really the case is it? Without ruminating over ancient history from the early Roman Empire and the Jewish wars to the rise and militant expansion of Islam and 14 centuries of dhemmitude for the Jews, I'll skip directly to the more recent events.
Jews begin to prosper and their numbers increase in their ancient homeland in the late 19th and early 20th century. This resulted in riots in Palestine in 1920, the Jaffa riots of 1921, the 1929 Palestine riots and the Great Arab Revolt from 1936 to 1939; and, these are only the highlights. Then another minor thing occurred in Europe called the Holocaust which by the way was actively supported and cheered on by the Arabs. Then came the outright wars: The 1948 Arab-Israeli War; 1956 Arab-Israeli War; 1967 Arab-Israeli War; 1973 Arab-Israeli War; And, again, these are only the highlights of which all were won by the Jews. There were four major offers of a separate Palestinian state during these years that were flatly rejected by the Arabs. I would contend the Arabs don't want peace or a state. I would content that the Arabs want no Jews whatsoever in Israel or any place else (where they are not dhemmis). Thus, I contend that Arabs and Jews cannot co-exist on the same ground. I would suggest, however, that there is a solution.
There are 22 Arab countries covering an area of 14 million square kilometers not to mention the millions of square kilometers of other Muslim countries. Israel has an area of 20,770 square kilometers and is the world's only Jewish country. Separate the Jews and the Arabs - Jews to tiny Israel and Arabs to, well how about Arabia? Are the Arabs afraid they can't compete with tiny Israel or are they so intolerant that they can't accept "the other" in their midst? But that's the crux of the matter isn't it? The Arabs will murder or enslave "the other" every chance they get. And that's the real history of it.
Separate the Jews and the Arabs.
Susan in Maryland writes:
@ Bill in Texas --
History must include all of the facts, Bill, not cherry-picked scripts. The latter is called propaganda aka Hasbara. It's not working anymore as more and more people become increasingingly aware that the focal point of the judao- portion of the judeo-christian creed is a vicious tribal god who, at the time of Joshua, sanctified genocide, theft, displacement, treachery, deceit, spying, dividing peoples and exploiting their lack of unity to defeat them. Yesterday, we learned that the IDF has been instructed to take over a million square meters of land from the Palestinians. A professor at BenGurion University said that the purpose of the expropriation of Palestinian land for Israel was to fragment Palestinians so that they would be unable to form a strong, unified government. The more things change the more they stay the same.
Jews and Arabs lived in peace in Palestine until a hack journalist from Vienna put his finger to the wind and perceived that Germans would no longer tolerate the economic disruption Jews had imposed on Germany since the time of German unification in 1871. Herzl calculated that Jews needed an escape plan; Uganda was suggested, but Palestine was settled on.
Every European power knew that Jews were looking for a sponsor, and they also knew that that sponsor state would enjoy the favor of Jewish wealth and political & media acumen. Still, only England took the bait, in the Balfour Declaration delivered to Baron Rothschild, but even that closely proscribed document represented double-dealing on the part of Britain--the same land had been promised in the Sykes-Picot Agreement--and Jews have not honored the clause in Balfour that states that the pre-existing inhabitants of Palestine shall not be displaced.
Repeating the same script from however many media outlets money can buy cannot and will not change the facts, and the facts will ultimately trump Hasbara.
I just did a quick search through the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature. "Holocaust" was not a topic categorized in the Guide until 1979. Curious that 1979 is the year the US relationship with Iran derailed; Israel saw an opportunity and stepped in to fill the vacuum.
The question for the United States is how will they manage a soft landing for themselves and their too-close alliance with Jews. How manage the fact that the god that many thought for centuries was the center of their creed has sociopathic tendencies. America has a built-in solution: Thomas Jefferson understood the nature of the Judaic god over 200 years ago and based his creation of the backbone of the United States on the Morals and Teachings of Jesus, a volume he compiled by stripping the King James bible of mythical and miraculous references and compiling only the moral sayings of Jesus, whom Jefferson condisered the greatest moral genius the world had known. That guide, Jefferson's compilation of the Morals of Jesus, is the basis of American government to which Americans can and must return. But what has Israel to turn to? Herzl's Judenstadt? Netanyahu's and Sharon's murderous exploits? The 800,000 homes that Israelis have stolen from Palestinians, in contravention of the Balfour Declaration?
That's real history, too, Bill.
Bill in Texas writes:
@ Susan in Maryland --
Before I take the time to refute your post point by point in detail, please tell me what part of the Holocaust do you deny?
Atilla in Germany writes:
Well since America is the most powerful country in the world + the big brother of Israel and long years supporter with billions of Dollars ( after Israel became strong... ) it has to play an important role in this process.
The truth is, Israel is America (like all other U.S. supported countries ) and it is not the question if creating a sovereign Palestine is correct, it is the question if it is correct of the U.S.A. to just watch and while the blood is running.
It is not about god, it is about oil and power in the Middle East. Palestine should be accepted as state, so the people have a chance to get some food & freedom! And it is only the U.S.A. who can change this situation.
Susan in Maryland:
@ Bill in Texas -- Hasbara in action, Bill: nail any critic with "holocaust denial" charge. If you had said, Do you think it's fruitful to continue to research Holocaust with honesty & objectivity, I would have had more respect for your writing.
Instead, you want to put loaded words in my mouth then condemn me judged on the standard of your prejudice while simultaneously condemning even the presentation of critiques of the evidence or the offering of alternative evidence or interpretations of it. In a number of countries, criticizing any aspect of holocaust is a crime; this very day people are in jail for that 'crime.'
Before I take the time to prepare a detailed answer to your question based on history that cannot be changed, please tell me what part of criminal human rights abuses by Israel against the Palestinians do you deny?
Mathew in Texas writes:
The establishment of a politically autonomous Palestinian state existing alongside Israel is most definitely feasible--the true question at hand is what must the international community do to expedite the acquirement of independence. Quite simply, barriers to the creation of an independent Palestine exist within the management policies of Israel, which do not comply with the political and humanitarian goals of Israel's neighbors or allies. If the international community continues to stand back as Israel cuts off resources from Gaza and isolates the West Bank, it is very likely that we will not see a democratic, autonomous Palestine in many years. This is where the United States' role comes into play. It is absolutely necessary that the US contributes to the establishment of an independent Palestine for two main reasons: diplomatic legitimacy in the Middle East and political legitimacy internationally. By refusing to interfere in Israel's policies towards its environment (2006 Israeli-Lebanese conflict, recent actions within Syria, diplomatically isolating itself) whilst still blindly supporting the Israeli government, the United States is bringing upon itself an outward appearance of belligerence and incompetence. How are we to progress in the Middle East like that?
Yonason in Florida writes:
Susan in Maryland tells Bill in Texas that he doesn't know his history? I would have to write many pages to untangle all the errors she makes, so I'll just try to briefly address a couple, and then put the whole into an Historical perspective many may not have considered, but I think is important.
Jews did NOT displace the Arabs. The Arabs displaced themselves at the behest of their fellows to make it easier to distinguish between Jew and Arab when the Arabs invaded to exterminate us Jews.
Earlier, when Jews were first settling Israel, they either bought land from Arabs or developed empty land, much of which was malaria ridden swamps which Jews (not Arabs) reclaimed. And as Jews began to prosper, even more foreign Arabs came to get jobs. Now these squatters are claiming Jewish land. THAT is history.
The British were required by the League of Nations to establish a Jewish homeland in all of what they renamed "Palestine," a term originally given to Israel by the Romans to disguise the fact that it was Jewish land (even though the world, until recently, was able to remember who's it really was, anyway). And part of that mandate (legally binding under international law) was that Jews would be assisted to emigrate there and Arabs would be limited. The Brits reneged on that, and prevented Jews from coming while encouraging Arabs.
Then the Brits hacked off most of the mandate, also illegally. Then the UN further restricted Jews from land rightfully ours. And if a Jew was caught in possession of a gun to defend himself, the Brits hung the Jew, but if an Arab had a gun to kill a Jew, nobody bothered him. If the Brits caught a Jew entering the "Palestinian Mandate" area against British "laws" (laws contrary to their "mandate") he was shipped back to Hitler's death camps. THAT is history.
Susan says, "I just did a quick search through the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature. "Holocaust" was not a topic categorized in the Guide until 1979."
I am nearly 60 years old. And all through my teens there were war news reels played in television specials, often showing what everyone then knew as "The Holocaust." The term was first used in the early 1940's and became widespread in the 1950's, which is when I was growing up and first heard it used. It was well known. THAT is history.
Since Susan also invokes Jefferson, and his historical period, I wonder if she knows that if it weren't for Jews, America might never have come to be?
Has she ever heard of Chaim (Haym) Saloman? He used his entire personal fortune of $600,000 (billions in today's dollars) and raised another 3.5 million Pounds from Rothschild and others in France, to finance America's Revolution. And, when the fledgling democracy couldn't pay salaries? Salomon personally supported Jefferson, and others, by paying them a pension. When the "Palestinians" were just Arabs, many of them desert marauders, Jews were helping build America. In fact, there were a lot of Jews who fought for America, like Saloman's wife's brother, who was an officer on Washington's staff at Valley Forge. THAT is history.
Now the USA wants to pay Jews back by giving our mutual enemy the advantage it needs to destroy our fledgling country?
Oh, and neither Mr. Saloman nor his descendents was ever reimbursed for their trouble. That may not be gratitude. But it is history.
Yonason in Florida writes:
@ Susan in Maryland -- ...who says to Bill in Texas, ". . . please tell me what part of criminal human rights abuses by Israel against the Palestinians do you deny?"
Well, I can't speak for Bill, but for myself, my answer is an unequivocal ALL OF THEM.
Jenin was a lie. Even the UN says it was a lie. And so all the others.
An Arab kills a Jew, and an Arab in need of an organ transplant is a match and gets the Jewish organ in a Jewish hospital, then she goes home and tells her child to be a shahid to kill Jews for their god.
When they were under Israeli jurisdiction, the Arabs of "Palestine" were much better off than most of the rest of the Arab world. According to CAMERA, "The U.N.'s 2005 Human Development Report, released to coincide with this month's opening session of the U.N. General Assembly, ranks the Arabs of what it calls "Occupied Palestinian Territories" at 102 out of 177 countries. . . " Now, they rule themselves and there are roving gangs, many members wearing police uniforms. But, till then, they were much better off " . . . than Algerians (103), Syrians (106), Egyptians (119), Moroccans (124) and Yemeni (151). Based on data for 2003." If they stopped their attacks, then ALL the violence would stop.
All the suffering of the so-called "Palestinians" is at their own hands. You want to talk civil rights? What about the "Palestiinian" who is accused by his fellows of "colaborating" with Israel? He was given a show trial, and then executed within a matter of hours, his death sentence signed by the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Arafat, when he was still around.. That's a real human rights abuse. Why aren't you up in arms about that?
In short, you show me a case of "Palestinian" persecution by Jews, and I'll show you a lie.
Bill in Texas writes:
@ Susan in Maryland -- Once when I was much younger I saw a man in the restroom of a bar pouring his beer down the urinal and asked him what he was doing. He responded that he was just saving the middle man. That's why I asked you straight away about the Holocaust. It saved a lot of needless rhetoric and those reading the blog now know exactly with whom they're dealing. For those readers interested in some new Holocaust research and interpretation, I invite you to view Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former Iranian president, and listen to him in his own words.
Please see: http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1575.htm
If you sympathize with these views then I can convince you of nothing. The only possible response I have is that Germany lost World War I and lost land. The Turkish Empire also lost World War I and they also lost land. Germany lost World War II and lost more land. The Arabs lost the war in 1948 and they lost more land. The undeveloped land called E1 near Maaleh Adumim that you previously noted is yet another example of losers losing more land. If the Palestinian Arabs continue on this course then my sense is that they will continue to lose land and their naqbahs will multiply accordingly. I can only repeat that the Arabs have been offered (progressively smaller tracts of) land for peace four times in the last 70 years and rejected it each time. If you are inclined to visuals, please look at a map of what the Peel Commission offered the Arabs in 1937. This alone is worth far more that I anything I have said.
Please see: http://www.themiddleeastnow.com/nopalestinianstate.html
Finally, if anyone believes that a relationship exists between the Holocaust not being a topic in the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature until 1979 and the US relationship with Iran in the same year then they can follow that rabbit down the hole. Susan, do I have to ask you what part the Mossad played in 9/11?
Ken in California writes:
A sovereign Palestinian state is only feasible if the West Bank and Gaza are somehow physically connected into a single state. With the Palestinian people having complete control of the entire area.
The past offer from Israel to create a Palestinian state in the West Bank was an insult. Israel was to keep most of Jersulem, the entire area bordering the Jordan River, and the rest of the West Bank was divided into three parts. Israeli settlements were to remain with Israeli only roads connecting the settlements, further braking the West Bank into at least 23 small separated parts.
If Israel really wants Palestianians to accept Israels right to exist, Isreal must also accept the right of Palestine to exist as a real state.
Ron in Kansas writes:
@ Ralph in Greece --
1.) As long as our Congress funds and arms Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine, that's how long America will continue to be the target of Muslim terrorism.
2.) As long as our U.S. military continues to occupy Muslim land, that's how long America will be the target of Muslim terrorism.
3.)Despite what Bush & Cheney says, it doesn't have a thing to do with hating our freedoms, hot dogs, apple pies and Chevrolets. Posted on Wed Oct 10, 2007
1- Please refresh my memory as to when the Isrealites actually lost any claim to at least some of the land where their ancestors existed before the expansion of the "muslim" empires
2- I wonder if you could explain where "muslim lands" vs not yet muslim lands is supposed to end. Am I incorrect in my understanding that the teachings are that any land that can is to be taken and once it has will therefore after be considered such?
3- At least we here still have the ability to get a hot dog on just about any street corner, can eat apple pies day in day out without any compunction, and can buy a chevrolet without having to use an entire life savings.
We can only hope to provide others with the opportunity to experience such for themselves and their children.
@ Kenneth in Canada --
You are right in one context reference the Palestinian state and that is that we cannot create it, good thing we're not trying to.
We are however in our efforts doing everything we can to enable the Palestinian people ( note: not those who seek to control through fear, terror)
but the real people who have families and wish to simply live, worship, and grow without constant interference from outside parties.
In doing so it must be admitted that we have definately done more towards that end than the many neighbors who for their own reasons have chosen to work proactively against exactly that.
Speaking of neighbors, I think Chavez has enough to worry about with his own neighbors that we needn't waste the time in invasions, etc.
PS: I would think he does a good enough job on his own proving his despotism without any help.
Susan in Maryland writes:
@ Yonason in Florida -- You've made about 7 assertions in 2 posts.
Let's deal with them one at a time,starting with this one:
yonason wrote: "The British were required by the League of Nations to establish a Jewish homeland in all of what they renamed "Palestine,"... And part of that mandate (legally binding under international law) was that Jews would be assisted to emigrate there and Arabs would be limited. The Brits reneged on that, and prevented Jews from coming while encouraging Arabs."
The elided part mentions the naming of Palestine, who 'owned' it in some earlier millenia and on and on and on and on. Suggest you read some unbiased histories; I have found very good Teaching Company lectures such as Prof. Harl's "Ancient Civilizations of Asia Minor" and Salim Yaqub, "US & Middle East, 1914-2001."
For those who can't Google the Balfour document and the League of Nations , here are relevant portions. Compare the actual words to yonason's desiderated meanings, above.
"Balfour Declaration 1917
November 2nd, 1917
Dear Lord Rothschild,
I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet.
"His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country."
I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
Yours sincerely,
Arthur James Balfour"
Please note three items:
1. The Declaration is addressed to Baron Rothschild;
2. It grants a national home for the Jewish people "IN Palestine," not "OF Palestine;"
3. It is "clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine."
The League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, July 24, 1922, states in its Preamble:
"Whereas the Principal Allied Powers have also agreed that the Mandatory should be responsible for putting into effect the **declaration originally made on November 2nd, 1917,** [ie the Balfour Declaration, above] by the Government of His Britannic Majesty, and adopted by the said Powers, in favour of the establishment **in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people,** it being **clearly understood that nothing should be done which might prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine,** or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country."
In other words, the terms of the League of Nations=the terms of the Balfour Declaration, and the Mandate of 1922 gave mandatory powers to Great Britain, ie. GB was to administer and enforce the "establishment IN Palestine of national home for the Jews," AND GB was to ensure that "the civil & religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine" were not prejudiced by the establishment of Jews IN Palestine."
I have read the entire League of Nations Mandate and could find nothing that would support your assertion that "Arabs would be limited" in living in Palestine; the documents seem to state the opposite.
Great Britain may, indeed, be accused of double-dealing: Balfour signed an agreement with Baron Rothschild for territory that was already the subject of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, subdividing the same territory between the French and the British.
And indeed, the British did seek to stem the flow of Jews to Palestine as the demographic balance began to shift, causing consternation among Arabs that "IN" was becoming "OF," and as the rights of Arabs were not being protected as the League of Nations Mandate required. Zionists responded by attacking British troops and British government authorities and installations, waging guerrilla war against the British mandatory authority and harrying Arabs who were attempting to establish a sovereign state of their own in the wake of the collapse of the Ottomans.
Susan in Maryland writes:
@ Bill in Texas-
I don't drink beer.
I don't speak Farsi and must be skeptical of a MEMRI translation of Rafsanjani's comments. Nevertheless, assuming the translation is accurate and unbiased, I see nothing that is factually in error or problematic in Rafsanjani's statement.
I believe a distinction between "Jews" and "zionism" was more than implicit; I believe zionism was identified as a political force and movement; I believe Rafsanjani is historically correct and is supported by historians such as Amos Elon in "The Pity of It All" in stating that zionists controlled great wealth, political power, and media in pre-war Germany; that their disproportionate wielding of that wealth and power played a role in inflaming the World Wars that destroyed many parts of Germany and over 2 million German civilians and that included the holocaust of Jews as well as millions of Russian Christians, Polish Catholics (thousands of whom found refuge and safety in Iran, where they still live peacefully), and others.
Bill in Texas writes:
@ Susan in Maryland --
RE: "I see nothing that is factually in error or problematic in Rafsanjani's statement." speaks for itself.
There is no distinction between "Jews" and "zionism". The gas chambers did not discriminate and neither has any other irrational Jew-hater throughout history. In your world view the Jews are responsible for their own incineration. That view is a perversion beyond my ability to describe. I have made my case and will leave it to all of the readers of this blog to make up their own mind - no need for you to respond to the 9/11 inquiry.
Gary in Virginia writes:
I assume the question refers to a Palestinian state as part of a 'two-state solution.' Surely that solution is not feasible, at least not unless the Palestinian side wants there to be two states. The Arab League absolutely rejected the partition of Palestine back in 1947,[see: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1947UN181.html] and the Palestinian National Charter affirms that rejection, especially in Articles 2 and 17 [see: http://www.un.int/palestine/PLO/PNA2.html]. Unless and until that changes, and a couple of generations have passed, I see no reason to expect a two-state solution to work.
Should the U.S. play a major role? Maybe, but I wonder why we are even bothering with peace negotiations at a time when the Palestinian side is violently divided into its al-Fatah and HAMAS wings. Until the Palestinians make peace with themselves, how can we talk about them making peace with Israel?
Susan in Maryland writes:
@ Bill in Texas:
You are reading what you want to read, not what Rafsanjani said. The point Rafsanjani was trying to make is similar to the point Ahmadinejad has made several times, most recently at Columbia University. Ahmadinejad said:
"given this historical event, we need to still question whether the Palestinian people should be paying for it or not. After all, it happened in Europe. The Palestinian people had no role to play in it. So why is it that the Palestinian people are paying the price of an event they had nothing to do with?
The Palestinian people didn't commit any crime. They had no role to play in World War II. They were living with the Jewish communities and the Christian communities in peace at the time."
Here's what MAMRI says that Rafsanjani said:
"Europe resolved a great problem ã the problem of the Zionist danger. The Zionists, who constituted a strong political party in Europe, caused much disorder there. Since they had a lot of property and controlled an empire of propaganda, they made the European governments helpless. What Hitler and the German Nazis did to the Jews of Europe at that time was partly due to these circumstances with the Jews. They wanted to expel the Zionists from Europe because they always were a pain in the neck for the governments there. **This is how this calamity fell upon the Muslims, especially the Palestinians, and you all know this history, more or less.**
Rafsanjani is saying that Muslims are being punished for the wrongs of Germany. That is not disputable.
Susan in Maryland writes:
What happened to the Iran blog?
Susan in Maryland writes:
@ Bill in Texas -- I will not permit my statements to be perverted; I did not say Jews were responsible for their own incineration: stick to the text at hand, not the way you want to pervert it.
There WERE causes to the wars, they did not emerge from insubstantial ether. In "The Pity of it All," Amos Elon explains at length how Germans and Jews lived together to their mutual benefit for many generations. Zionism, however, introduced attitudes and practices that DID inflame the passions of Germans, similar to the way Naomi Klein explains that impositions of the "Shock Doctrine" inflames rage in people, rage that boils over in deadly ways. John Maynard Keynes made the same observation in 1920 in "The Consequences of the Peace," when he warned that the extreme punishment levied on Germany after WWI would result in a very dangerous reaction. History proves that he was right.
Today we have an opportunity to learn from Klein and from Keynes and from the bitter experience of the Jewish people as well as from the ongoing tragedy that the Palestinians are enduring. Instead, some are denying not only facts as they occurred but even denying the search for the facts, while simultaneously repeating the very acts of violence and horror that had created victims in the past.
It is intellectually dishonest as well as dangerous to attack a dispassionate search for facts, patterns, and behaviors as to how it came about that-- to stick to the Rafsanjani statement-- Palestinians were dispossessed of their homes and lands by Jews who had been victimized by Germany. Problems cannot be solved if their causes are not understood, and understanding is not advanced by propaganda but by hard-headed analysis of the facts as they happened.
Yonason in Florida writes:
Excerpts from "The Palestine Mandate" and How the British Violated Them:
It seems there are those who don't like my interpretation of the Palestine Mandate. Maybe these comments will make it clearer.
The mandate was a result of the "...recognition ... [of] ... The historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine and to the grounds for reconstituting their national home in that country;..."[my emphasis, here and below]
Not the "palestinian people" but the "Jewish people." [@Susan of Maryland, please note this well!]
And, so, how were the Brits "mandated" to do it?
... Facilitate Jewish immigration under suitable conditions and shall ENCOURAGE, in co-operation with the Jewish agency referred to in Article 4, close settlement by Jews on the land, ... " (IBID) [where "close settlement" means many and densely populated areas)
So, how did the Brits "faithfully" execute their "mandate?""The British resistence to immigration after 1939 was dramatically illustrated in 1941 by the loss of the ship named Struma with 760 Jewish passengers, ... "
More sordid details of how these Jews were sent back to die in Hitlers death camps can be found here.
And that was just one example. Perhaps hundreds of thousands of Jews could have been saved from extermination had the British, who knew what Hitler was up to, allowed Jews the privilege that the "mandate" required.
Meanwhile, Arab immigration went unrestricted,
... despite the fact that Jewish immigration was ostensibly drastically reduced because the land allegedly couldn't support any more, a claim the Brits later admited was false..
That was only one way the Brits savaged the intent of the "mandate." Another involed violation of this portion, . . .
The Mandatory shall be responsible for seeing that no Palestine territory shall be ceded or leased to, or in any way placed under the control of the Government of any foreign Power."
How did they do that? They gave 70% of it, East of the Jordan river, to be a kingdom for Abdullah, son of Sherif Hussein of Mecca, as in what is now "Saudi Arabia."
But, apart from the fact the Jews were denied what they eventually won, with G-D's help, the question remains. Should the "Palestinians" have their own state, and should the USA help?
Here is some more information of the "moderate""leaders," like Abbas, who would be in control of that little corner of Hell on Earth.
"In mid-March Abbas met with a delegation of 13 terrorist groups in Cairo and invited them to come to Gaza after Israeli Prime Minister Sharon completed his pullout. In doing this he assured the creation of a terrorist entity at Israelãs border.
By late March he met with Hamas and Islamic Jihad and offered them the opportunity to join the PLO - without renouncing terrorism.
In early April he gave the order for the incorporation of wanted gunmen into the PA Security Forces. This was specifically to protect them from Israel; once they began collecting salaries, they had immunity. Before long, he was recruiting Hamas."
Those are the kind of "states" that we want to see destabilized, not established. It is amazing that with what we know about the "Palestinian" Arabs and their leaders that any sane person could want them in charge of anything, let alone a state.
Heck, even many of the "Palestinian" Arabs living in Israel prefer it to Arafat's Islamic, Judenrein "paradise."
Yonason in Florida writes:
A misconception that many today labor under is that the "Palestinian" Arabs were some sort of ancient people who have inhabited Israel for millennia and the Jews are trying to displace them.
There is NO connection between the "Palestinians," who acquired that name in about 1967 as a propaganda tool to fool people into believing that "Palestine" was named for them, and the Philistines who evaporated from history well before the common era (2000 plus years ago) leaving no remnant. The "Palestinians" couldn't possibly be related, especially since most were immigrants to Israel after the Jews began making it a fit place to live in.
Of course, there is one striking connection between the Philistines and the "Palestinians," and that is the fact that Philistine comes from the Hebrew word meaning "invader" which is what those people were.
And I will grant you that, in that aspect, the Philistines and the "Palestinians" are exactly the same.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
If there is one thing about people that's a given, it's that they can only change themselves. You can try to understand them, change their circumstances, try to point the roads to peace, but in the end, they must want it for themselves, knowing what the alternatives are.
And in the knowing, all things are possible.
Regarding America's role playing:
The concept of "Karma" is simply put, reaping what you sow. It goes way beyond this, and forms the basis of living in peace with your actions in the world.
People who bring trouble between them to your door, are asking you to engage in their karma, and feed it. They often blame you when it's still unresolved opon leaving. If you've taken sides, one blames the consequences of the other's action opon you. You have just incurred karma and have done so by allowing the dispute to continue in your home first, and in siding with a disputant, and the attachment to the conflict that it represents, secondly. I'm speaking as if it were
two individuals involved, not nations.
If Arafat and Sharon personalized this conflict, they ignored the best interests of their citizens. Hamas should read the writing on the wall.
A people can elect terrorism to power, but a democracy it doesn't make.
Diplomacy is done by individuals, and words are the worst form of communication ever invented.
But to rid the Karma of attachment to that conflict that America has been burdened with. I mean until they start thinking in the public's interests first and foremost, we will not advance the interests of peace and security, and while we may encourage them to engage in peace, they must find it in their own best interests, and work toward that end to find security.
Any way we approach the situation, our efforts have been consistently sabotaged by seeming to be taking sides, and when we don't step in to stop the slaughter, we are blamed for it.
The goal of a Palestinian State as supported, gives hope to the stateless, and is worthy in that regard.
The thought of a Palestinian state without terrorism is today, unthinkable without the change in attitude necessary from all parties to find peace and eventual trust in that peace.
Bold steps and perhaps controversial ones are required, when a plan is not working, everything must be considered to find one that does. I believe this situation must be next on the list to effectively win the war on terrorism. It must be done through diplomacy, not armed intervention, however that option too must be considered if a peace keeping force is necessary in supporting diplomacy.
Peace comes through strength, this is a given in today's world, how we employ it, ethically, diplomatically, economicly and militarily, let the lessons of Afghanistan be the guide. There is a way. I have faith in this, as I do in my government's ability to correct past mistakes and to address the future with those lessons in hand.
To all the parties I would offer the following advice:
You can achive this most difficult of things, finding the "undiscovered country", so long as you remember your joy. One cannot have hope without it.


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Friday night, 8 p.m. By some temporal miracle, you've gotten the family fed, the little ones in bed – victory! – and you haven't yet fallen asleep face-first into the dishes. You're amazing. And there's still miles to go. You're dragging yourself to the washing machine to pull out that last load of sheets — the ones you plan to sleep on tonight, because somehow those are always the last thing in — when your dear, sweet, beloved other half comes tiptoeing around the corner. Arms out, flirting, he's moving in for a little frisky Friday foray.
You see it coming before he even gets close. You do that stiff-backed thing, spine and shoulders sending off loud, flashing "Really. I'm *still* working" signals, but Feely Dan is clueless. He's a seventh grade Cory to your Topanga. He's an 18-year-old boy who's still shocked you agreed to go to the prom with him. He's got his game all the way on. He's whispering sweet nothings. He's not noticing the mess on the table, the pile of dishes from dinner, or the curious stain you're currently scrubbing. He's only got eyes for you.
You. The one still cleaning.
It's happened to all of us. We're either fixing dinner, doing the laundry, washing the dishes, or just doing one of the other zillion household tasks that pile up innocuously during the week and then hit you like a mack truck as soon as you have a free minute. And it all comes back to the age-old question: How do you balance an ever-growing to-do list, your personal life, family life, military life, housework, *and* sex?
I take comfort that even Achilles' girlfriend probably had to deal with the problem, but it's an all too familiar one, sometimes. It's not that I don't love you, or want you, it's just that I'm still cleaning. I joked about this with friends at breakfast the other day, and I not-so-facetiously suggested that I'd be a lot more likely to hop in the bed at the drop of a dime if someone else had would throw all those cammies in the washer.
Really, that would go a long way in steaming up the house.
Study after study tells us that household chores and sex rank right up there with faithfulness on the list of things that are most important to the success of a marriage. And if the uniforms piled up in the corner are any evidence, housework might be the most immediate, smelly concern.
The math is pretty simple. The research shows that the more housework a husband does, the happier his wife. That's science's way of saying "Honey, when you do your own laundry, and I'm not left trying to bat your hand away while pulling out yet another missing sock from under this pile of dirty clothes from the field, I'm more likely to smile at you sweetly when you give me that look. Not scowl and give you the evil eye."
To put it bluntly: honey, let me introduce you to the mop. You're about to be best friends.
In our house, we try to walk a fine line between spice and sweeping by making sure everything's split down the middle. I do my laundry; my husband does his. We share the rest of the chores (even cooking dinner!) fifty-fifty, and it works pretty well. (I should note that I'm often told how lucky I am that we split our domestic responsibilities so evenly. It's really not luck, though. It's sheer determination. I will let those cammies sit there unwashed and ripe with funk until it's time to move them outside where they can rot properly until they're cleaned. And anyway, before it comes to that, my husband sees the grace provided by that amazing domestic miracle, ye olde washing machine, and he'll throw in some mopping and dusting, too, for good measure.)
But splitting all the household chores isn't easy, not even in our house. We can be honest that most of us live in homes where the adults in the house have divergent views of what "sparkling clean" is. And for many of us, that means calling it a fifty-fifty split when it's more like fifty-fifty nominal sharing and a 67-33 actual split. It might be 2012, but women are still doing twice as much housework as men.
Back at a breakfast date with my girlfriends, we pondered the eternal puzzle: How do we balance these things and make it work? One friend suggested sexy outfits for housework. I suggested hiring a maid. The kind without sexy outfits, if we're being picky. But I also assume I'm getting a maid the day I win the lottery, so we'll see how that goes. The third shrugged her shoulders and we all laughed, because the truth is, no matter what the rhythm is in your house, it's *still* an ongoing problem.
How do you navigate the calls of house, home and honey? Do you manage a split, or are you totally in charge? If you are, incidentally, don't worry: apparently you're rocking a great sex life, too. Women who say they do more housework then their spouses also report having a more active sex life than their peers. I'm pretty sure this just means that honesty is the best policy, because even I can admit that I gave up and threw some green t-shirts into the wash today. But it was an isolated incident, I swear.
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Boxing Returns to Cleveland with "BATTLE IN THE BALLROOM II"
10 Exciting Fights, Featuring Cleveland's Top Amateur Golden Glove Champions
WHAT: Live Amateur Boxing
WHEN: Sat. Jan. 29, 2011
WHERE: "Historic" Slovenian Nat'l Ballroom
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Cleveland, OH – January 4, 2011 - Boxing returns to Cleveland with "BATTLE IN THE BALLROOM II", on Saturday, January 29 at the "Historic" Slovenian Nat'l Ballroom. 10 exciting fights, featuring Cleveland's top amateur golden glove champions, are scheduled.
"The "Historic" Slovenian Nat'l Ballroom is an amazing venue to showcase Cleveland's top talent and we're thrilled to be back. The crowd is electrifying, and the intimacy of the venue makes everyone feel a part of the show," said Kincaid.
The West Side Boxing Club, in association with Kincaid-Godhard Boxing Promotions, is bringing old-school boxing back to the fans, showcasing hungry fighters in action-packed, competitive bouts.
Four Golden Glove champions will be in action at "BATTLE IN THE BALLROOM II", including: Cruiserweight Ryan Forbes (Empire BC/Cleveland), lightweight Jose Sandler (West Side BC/Cleveland), middleweight Alex Vereshchagin (United Boxing Team/John Carroll University), and 2-time lightweight champion Greg "ALL-ACTION" Gilbert (West Side BC/Norwalk).
An exciting undercard featuring other top regional talent is scheduled, including: Heavyweight Deyah Darweesh, middleweight Larry Drummond, lightweight Delonte Heath, and middleweight Edwin Santos. Plus female fighters Gabrielle Conway and Samantha Griffith in separate bouts.
Playboy covermodel Lisa Neeld will be making a special guest appearance at "BATTLE IN THE BALLROOM II" and will be signing autographs and taking pictures with fans.
Doors on the evening of the event will open at 6PM with the first bell at 7PM. The "Historic" Slovenian Nat'l Ballroom is located at 6417 St. Clair Ave. in Cleveland, Ohio.
A limited number of tickets for "BATTLE IN THE BALLROOM II", starting at $15, can be purchased through the Kincaid-Godhard Promotions box office at 440-223-7409 or online at http://www.ProBoxingOhio.com.
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Helpful Reading for the Season of Holy Amnesia0
May 10, 2009 by Reader's Connection
Apologies in advance for recommending a book that I've already recommended. I'm in the midst of a difficult seven-week stretch, and I have needs. Between Easter and Pentecost, my church…
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Information on Entering the USA
You may enter the U.S. no more than 30 days before the start date indicated in section five of your I-20.
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- Before leaving your country, confirm that your passport and visa are still valid for entry into the U.S. The passport should be valid for at least six months beyond the date of your expected stay.
- Check to see that your visa accurately reflects your correct visa status (F or J).
- When you receive your visa at the U.S. Consulate, the consular officer will seal your immigration documents in an envelope and attach it to your passport. Do not open the envelope. The Customs Office at the U.S. Port of Entry will open the envelope.
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- Passport (with attached envelope from Consul) and visa
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- Name and contact information of the International Student Services Coordinator at Lehman College
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If you are traveling by aircraft, the flight attendants will distribute CF-6059 Customs Declaration Form and I-94 Arrival-Departure Record Form for immigration. Before you land at your Port of Entry in the U.S. complete these forms while you are on the aircraft and submit them to the Customs and Border Protection Officer upon your arrival. If you need assistance with these forms, ask the flight attendant before you land.
Upon arrival at the U.S. Port of Entry, proceed to the terminal area for arriving passengers for inspection at one of the Department of Homeland Security stations. As you approach the inspection station, have your passport, SEVIS I-20 or DS-2019, Form I-94, and CF-6059 available for presentation to the Customs Officer. The Form I-94 should reflect the address where you will live (Not the address of the school).
You will be asked to state the reason you wish to enter the U.S. You will also be asked to provide information about your final destination. It is important that you tell the Customs Officer that you will be a student or research scholar. Be prepared to include the name and address of the school where you will enroll or participate.
Once your inspection is complete, the inspecting officer will:
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Students and Exchange Visitors should report to The International Student Services Coordinator at Lehman College as soon as possible to register for courses or validate their intended research participation.
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Fidel Castro: Life of the Cuban Leader
Born August 13th, 1926 in Biran, Cuba, Fidel Castro became interested in politics while attending university. Outraged at the the social and economic inequalities in the country, he sought to oust General Batista through the Cuban Revolution. Castro then took power into his own hands, adopting many communist policies along with his Marxist-Leninist beliefs. Problems and tensions continued however and ultimately forced him to make some concessions. He resigned in the late 2000s. In this video, WatchMojo.com takes a look at the life and rule of Fidel Castro.


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Out there, in the blue, probably one of you remember the fascinating interview with George in LA and the interviewer in Australia. In fact it is, to what I Know, never seen in Sweden. I really would apprecciate if someone of you could send it to me.
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Is it classist to reject someone because they don't have a job?
Most of us know that it's fairly racist to reject a potential partner based on race or on the color of their skin. Many self-identified feminists mourn the perceived standards being projected onto the female gender, and there is more than enough discussion about how people feel in regards to women having short hair or natural hair. (Unfortunately, I am not as well versed about the criterium projected onto same sex/alternative couples, so if you know any – feel free to list them in the comments for added discussion!).
A great deal of people spend an inordinate amount of time trying to prove to others (and themselves) that we're each unique individuals and aren't required to abide by arbitrary beauty prerequisites.
I spend a lot of time thinking about the concept of beauty and whose opinion matters the most. When I was a Senior in high school, there was this guy, CJ, that I liked. He was a white boy; tall and rail-thin, and I remember chatting with him online. In my usual style, I told him I liked him and he responded with: I only date white girls.
Most people would respond with complete disgust over this – How dare he!? That's so racist! I lived in a racially diverse area where a myriad of people attended my high school, so you would think that most people would have a more "open" view of who they'd like to date. But –
My whole life, I've never really been attractive enough for anybody:
1. my skin wasn't clear enough
2. my breasts were too small
3. I wasn't perky enough, hood enough, outgoing enough… the list continues
Of course, our choices aren't made in a vacuum. Do many white people reject black partners out of some racist agenda? If we had a more egalitarian media (since television and cinema influences many people's understanding of relationships and who they're attracted to) – would more people be interested in dating outside of their race, economic class, sex, (etc)?
Many women (and perhaps men too) spend a lot of time looking at how they're not represented in the media, and how this somehow suggests they're not attractive by conventional standards. I'm not exempt from this; I spent a few minutes on Twitter yesterday lamenting how small breasts are rarely touted as being signifiers of attractiveness. Essentially, large breasts are considered more "womanly" and "feminine" than having a "boyish figure".
This is a complex problem: on one hand, the world is giant mirror, reflecting back to us what we believe about ourselves and the world at large. On the other hand, I see this as a type of Second-Hander rhetoric – where I long for other people to give me validation about myself in some capacity. It's almost like I don't exist until someone else decides I exist. All of this pertains to self-esteem, and the value being placed in one's own ideas and opinions.
I don't want to be a Second-Hander, and have other people's prejudices and preferences dictate Who I Am.
What About You? What are some of your preferences or prejudcies?
As anyone said you weren't enough because of the way you look?


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Caldwell woman charged with shooting husband
CALDWELL, Idaho - A 41-year-old Caldwell woman is charged with felony aggravated battery after she acknowledged shooting her husband during a domestic dispute.
Paige Ann Ireland's bail was set at $500,000 on Monday in the shooting of 34-year-old Samuel "Buford" Ireland.
Court records say Paige Ireland told investigators that she and her husband were arguing Sunday and she decided to leave the house. She told investigators she grabbed the rifle because she wanted husband to leave her alone.
Court records say she did not believe the gun was loaded, but her husband yelled at her to shoot him so she pointed it at him and squeezed the trigger, hoping to scare him with the "trigger click sound." The gun fired. She called 911.
Samuel Ireland underwent surgery and was hospitalized in intensive care.