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Speeches by Minister
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's speech and responses to questions at the International Volunteer Forum, Moscow, December 3, 2018
Dear friends,
I am pleased to have this opportunity to address participants at the International Volunteer Forum, a dynamic and proactive group of people. I understand my compatriots are here, but also representatives from over 120 countries. I am also happy to welcome representatives from international organisations who encourage the volunteer movement.
I would like to say from the onset that we have seen that you have a powerful and infectious energy. A sympathetic approach to an issue and a willingness to come to the rescue have turned the volunteer movement into an important factor in uniting society, a tool for resolving urgent issues in various areas. I would like to express my deepest respect for your noble efforts.
The fact that you are here at the volunteer forum shows Russia's openness. We are invariably ready to develop the broadest possible cooperation with our foreign partners in all geographical areas and in all formats, based of course on consideration and respect for each other's interests.
Russia consistently stands up for the principles of international law, primarily the fundamental principles in the UN Charter such as equal rights for all people, sovereignty, non-interference in the domestic affairs of others, and the peaceful resolution of debate. Unfortunately, we are seeing a drifting away from these principles by a whole group of nations. They are trying to slow, if not reverse, the objective process of an evolving multi-polar world order which relies not on one or two poles but on several large poles, poles that are now objectively evolving.
Powerful centres of economic growth and financial influence are being established, and they include the potential to effect political relations on the global arena. It is this process that is being targeted in order to preserve a system that is historically dead, while trying to replace universal multilateral structures with bloc-based mechanisms that advance the policy of one group of nations to the detriment of others' interests. Thus, the premise of multilateral agency is being undermined, something that was enshrined, among other things, in the UN Charter and which was widely developed in past decades especially after the Cold War. In this sense your forum offers an example of true dialogue where people listen and heed, respect their partner's opinions, where they try to find a balance of interests rather than simply impose their view on their partners.
We are interested in boosting all areas of humanitarian contact. The fact that we are actively supporting contact between people is evident in our hosting of the Olympic Games in Sochi, the 29th World Festival of Youth and Students, the FIFA World Cup when millions of foreign fans and visitors came to see Russian cities and life in today's Russia. And also to see how the real picture of life in Russia differs from what is read in biased media outlets.
I would like to sincerely thank all the volunteers who have put their backs and hearts into helping to organise these major events in the Russian Federation. I have no doubt that the accumulated experience will be fully used by the volunteer movement in the future as an integral part of what we call public diplomacy. In 2020, the world will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Victory in World War II. For us, this means the Great Patriotic War, first and foremost. Now, the Volunteers of Victory National Public Movement is establishing the International Volunteer Team of the 75th Anniversary of Victory to contribute to the organisation of events dedicated to this great anniversary. We expect that volunteer organisations of our compatriots abroad will join this initiative.
I know that the UN General Assembly set the objectives of integrating volunteering into the causes of peace and development. In accordance with these decisions, volunteering has already become an important tool for the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. We are aware of your contribution and appreciate it.
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme remains the key contributor to global volunteering. It is gratifying that volunteers in 126 countries, where 30 UN agencies work, take part in its work. Volunteers actively help to implement projects aimed at strengthening peace and security, protecting the climate, providing basic services to the population, including in the field of primary health care, fighting various infections, developing education, reducing poverty, and much more.
Russia actively encourages the volunteer movement. A network of volunteer associations has been formed, and volunteer support programmes have been launched. This year, as you know, was declared the Year of the Volunteer in our country. We want to see Russian volunteers being represented as widely as possible at multilateral venues and having opportunities for greater interaction and experience sharing with colleagues from other countries.
In July 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme signed an agreement to implement a joint innovative volunteering project. The Memorandum of Financing involves the participation of 20 volunteers from Russia in the activities of the UN organisations in such areas as peaceful settlement, the creation of partnerships in social areas, environmental protection and much more. The selected Russians are sent to the states of the CIS, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East for a period of one year. I hope that they will share their experience when they return, and we will be able to put cooperation with UNV on a regular basis.
Another initiative to develop the volunteer movement, supported by the Foreign Ministry, is the Consolidation of the Volunteer Movement in the CIS project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). A special account was set up to finance it, the so-called 'youth window' as part of the Russia-UNDP Trust Fund. It is our expectation that this practical project will also help bring together volunteer organisations in the CIS countries.
We continue to contribute to consolidating the international volunteer movement, among other things, by getting Russians involved in the common efforts to fulfil the 2030 agenda. In 2020, Russia will submit a national survey on progress in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). We would be happy if volunteers, as an integral part of Russian civil society, also participate in this work in addition to federal government agencies and business and academic circles.
Dear friends,
We are your allies in supporting the atmosphere of friendship and mutual understanding between nations. We are always open for a constructive dialogue with you. We will continue to encourage your initiatives.
In conclusion I would like to congratulate you on the occasion of International Volunteer Day coming in a few days. All the best to you.
Question: What is your attitude to the initiative of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area to set up a volunteer humanitarian aid corps? This year this organisation was represented at forums held by the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation. Its goal is humanitarian missions to deliver food and basic necessities to Russian regions and abroad.
Sergey Lavrov: I do not have specific information on the subject but I always strongly support such initiatives. Currently, the Russian Humanitarian Mission, headed by well-known journalist Yevgeny Primakov, is working in the Middle East, primarily in regions inhabited by Christians but not only Christians. The mission gives priority to Christians because in recent years they have been leaving this region on a mass scale. There is a real danger that the Middle East and North Africa that were the cradle of Christianity, as well as of other world religions, will remain without this integral part of its peoples.
If you have projects for rendering humanitarian assistance to those who need it in other countries, do not hesitate to write to us. We will assist you in getting visas if required and help solve other logistical issues.
Question: We would like to organise legal education for volunteers. Will you help us?
Sergey Lavrov: As a citizen of the Russian Federation I one hundred percent agree with you. But, as you might understand, the Foreign Ministry can hardly be of assistance in this area.
You are right in raising this question. I believe that First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration Sergey Kiriyenko and his staff have heard you and will organise the legal education of volunteers, all the more so as today we are taking part in an event focused on the exchange of experience on these matters.
Question: There are 14th-16th-century maps on the Russian Geographical Society's website where our country is designated as Great Tartary. Is our country prepared to present its globalisation concept?
Sergey Lavrov: Our country, in particular the late Academician Yevgeny Primakov, was the first to have put forward this concept. Yevgeny Primakov did quite a lot for our foreign policy in his post as Foreign Minister and to preserve and make our Foreign Intelligence Service more effective when he was in charge of it, and, of course, as Prime Minister when the country was going through a very hard time, and also when he held other offices, including at the Russian Academy of Sciences.
It was he who after being appointed Foreign Minister in 1996, put forward a multi-polar world concept and proposed a new Russia-India-China format that has survived to this day. The day before yesterday, a regular top-level meeting in this format took place in Buenos Aires. This group of three countries is at the core of the BRICS organisation of like-minded people that was created to promote the globalisation concept on terms of equality, mutual respect and respect for one another's interests, rather than through dictating various decisions [to other countries], exerting economic pressure and imposing illegal sanctions.
The fact that the aggregate GDP of the BRICS countries, who are also members of the G20, has already exceeded that of the G7 countries means a lot. The creation of the Group of 20 countries that meets every year to address key challenges facing the world today also shows that the G7 countries are unable to take decisions concerning everyone in the world alone. They might want this but it's already impossible.
The BRICS countries have supporters among other G20 countries who are not members but who share our approaches and views, I mean, say, Mexico, Argentina and Indonesia.
As they say, dripping water wears away a stone. A multi-polar world is gradually forcing its way through not because someone has put forward a concept but because someone has seen the objective processes that cannot be stopped.
Question: Mr Lavrov, where does Motherland begin for you?
Sergey Lavrov: With my mother. I think this is obvious. My mother is still alive. May God keep her healthy. She turned 90 recently.
Question: I have lived in Russia for five years. My mother is Russian and my father is from Syria. Based on my roots, I would like to establish a Russian volunteer centre in Damascus. How realistic is this goal?
Sergey Lavrov: I believe it is quite realistic. You have my sincere support. There may be only one difficulty, which is security situation. Please explain your concept in writing and submit it through the International Volunteer Forum. I promise to read it personally and we will recommend things you can do.
Question: Are there any plans to adopt a document providing visa-free travel for volunteers?
Sergey Lavrov: I am absolutely in favour of this. The thing is that it is very difficult to establish criteria. Suppose we suggest that the world community should sign a treaty on visa-free travel for volunteers all over the world. I can tell you immediately that there will be a lot of questions from many countries. The main one is who will issue the document in addition to the passport which will give the right to visa-free travel?
We have signed and ratified one agreement with the European Union on facilitating the visa regime when the EU still saw its core interests in developing a strategic partnership with Russia, among other things. Then we agreed to sign another document which enumerated groups of people entitled to visa-free travel. It included journalists, human rights activists and participants of youth and academic exchange. However, that document did not have a direct effect and, sadly, did not come into force. If it had, then each of the groups I mentioned would have been to be interpreted. How do you decide if someone belongs to an academic or youth exchange? The agreement assumed that each trip would be preceded by sending a list which, for example, would be officially sent on behalf of our youth delegation to the European Union explaining that this delegation falls under the category of people who do not need visas. All this must be specified.
However, I am ready to support the idea of volunteer exchanges on extremely relaxed terms. Probably, it is easier to affirm or approve of this concept than to agree upon the concrete parameters of its implementation, especially now. People take advantage of many different situations. For example, many people join migrants from Africa and the Middle East going to Europe, even though these people have nothing to do with legal migrants who qualify for refugee status. They are either wealthy people or people with hostile intentions.
We should take every idea to its logical conclusion. I am ready to support this idea but at the moment I cannot see how we could get it to a point where it's functional.
Question: We were born in the Soviet Union. It also had volunteers but they were called Timurites, or members of Timur's Squad. Do you remember anything you did as a child that makes you proud and for which you could be called a Timurite?
Sergey Lavrov: I have never been an official member of Timur's Squads, and so I do not have a squad card. But I was an Octobrist, a Pioneer and a member of the Komsomol movement. My mother taught me to help the elderly and to stand up for them. When I lived in a village as a child, I helped bring water from a well or buy foods. But I was never a member of Timur's Squads.
Question: There is a special project under which couples will take care of orphans: they will set up special villages with separate houses for such families. The foster parents are trained to properly take care of orphans, after which they take eight or nine orphans and live with them in these special villages. However, there is not enough money for building and maintaining such villages and for training foster parents. There are about a hundred such villages across Russia. Where can they turn for government funding?
Sergey Lavrov: I think you should go to the Education Ministry. I know about this movement. I have a very good friend, a priest from Pushkin in the Leningrad Region, who has created a similar village. Both the children living there and their foster parents are happy. They feel that they are part of a very good and noble cause. They received funds from a private investor. I can help you contact them. He cannot finance all your projects, but he can tell you which methods you can use. Please, leave your phone number with the organisers, and he will call you.
Question: We have created a mobile application based on the neural network technology, which people can use to help each other. Could you consider this project and consult us on how to better promote it to our foreign colleagues from neighbouring countries?
Sergey Lavrov: I suggest that you start with proposals to launch this cooperation within the CIS. As soon as you are ready to work with your CIS colleagues, we will support you by proposing roundtable discussions where you can present your project.
Question: I have been living in Russia for 18 years. It is said that Russia is a land of opportunities. What opportunities does Russia offer to its people and to foreigners?
Sergey Lavrov: This is a question for you. I was born in Russia and feel at home here. It's terrific that you have felt good living here for 18 years. As for the details, we can discuss them.
Question: How do you deal with or hide your emotions?
Sergey Lavrov: There is always a place for emotions, but sometimes you must keep them in check. Sometimes you have to check your emotions even though you want to give them free rein.
Question: Who can we ask to open a Sberbank branch in Sevastopol or elsewhere in Crimea, so that we won't have to go to mainland Russia for the presidential grants?
Sergey Lavrov: I'm sure you know that I have nothing to do with banks. The government cannot order banks to work in the regions on which absolutely unfair sanctions have been imposed. Crimea and Sevastopol residents cannot receive Schengen visas. I suggest that you take your problem to the Presidential Executive Office and the financial bodies whose representatives are here. I wholeheartedly support your desire to have the same standard of living as other Russian citizens do.
Question: We often use volunteers from Georgia, who have had problems with Russian visas. Are there any forecasts for the improvement of relations with Georgia?
Sergey Lavrov: We not only have forecasts but also hard facts. Air service was restored between some cities in Georgia and Russia several years ago.
Comments and statements by Foreign Ministry Spokesman
Comments and statements by Foreign Ministry Spokesman
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18 June 201814:01Comment by the Information and Press Department on the ceasefire in Afghanistan
6 June 201816:43Comment by the Information and Press Department on the terrorist act against a gathering of faith activists in Kabul
17 May 201815:27Comment by the Information and Press Department on act of vandalism on World War II Memorial in Shymkent
23 April 201816:20Comment by the Information and Press Department on a terrorist attack in Afghanistan
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Briefing of the Foreign Ministry Spokesman
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8 November 201919:27Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova, Moscow, November 8, 2019
1 November 201917:39Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova on the sidelines of the International Public Diplomacy Forum, Dialogue on the Volga: Peace and Mutual Understanding in the 21st Century, Volgograd, November 1, 2019
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21 March 201821:29Briefing by Director of the Foreign Ministry Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Vladimir Yermakov, Moscow, March 21, 2018
2 November 201714:00A joint briefing of the MFA, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Industry and Trade, Moscow, November 2, 2017
30 August 201709:36Interview of the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the Council of Europe Ivan Soltanovsky
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Hi Friends, I'm back for day two of Lawn Fawn Inspiration Week. In addition to two new stamp sets there are also some new dies to go with some other Lawn Fawn favorites, On the Mend, Quinn's Capitals and Quinn's 123s. I used the new On The Mend dies and Daphne's Closet collection to make my card.
I actually stamped and cut out a bunch of these cutie bandaids before settling on which patterns to use, but thanks to the new dies cutting them all out was a breeze!
Be sure to visit the Lawn Fawn blog to see more projects with the new Lawn Cuts dies!
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Esophageal Cancer
"The esophagus is in the chest area and it is about ten inches long. This organ is a part of the digestive tract food moves from the mouth through the esophagus to the stomach". Studies show that men are more at risk than women starting at the age of 65 or older is usually the risk factors of esophageal cancer. People who smoke are more likely to develop esophageal cancer also people who drink heavy are more likely to be at risk. There are two types of esophagus cancer squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma usually people that drink heavy and smoke are more at risk of having squamous cell carcinoma other risk factors would be obesity, diet, smokeless tobacco. Esophagus
Prevention, Detection, Diagnosis
The detection and symptoms of esophageal cancer would consist of heartburn, weight loss food becoming stuck or coming back up or pain in the chest or back. The diagnosis of esophageal may use different methods usually a barium swallow in which the medical term is upper GI series. Next would be an endoscopy this where a gastroenterologist looks down your esophagus with an endoscope, this procedure is called an endoscopy. Your doctor may order a biopsy depending on the results of EGD a biopsy is the only way to find out if the cells that are present are cancerous. The way that esophageal cancer affects the body may be detected by an endoscopic ultrasound or MRI to show if the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes the bones or other organs this cancer can spread and affect the liver and lungs. The treatment depends on where the cancer is located within the body and has it spread to other structures of the body. The options for treatment consist of radiation, surgery, chemotherapy or a combination of them all. Because esophageal cancer is hard to control with treatment your doctor may refer you to a specialist who teat esophageal cancer Some of the side effects as a result of treatment consist of what your body is...
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The representative of Japan's Isuzu Motors announced the expansion of its activities in Iran. The representative of Isuzu in the unveiling ceremony of Truck FVZ 26 tons said, "Iranian market is important for Isuzu Motors and because of this, the company wants to expand its activities in Iran". (February 2018)
Isuzu is listed as a participating company at the 14th International Exhibition of Transportation & Urban Services & Related Industries which takes place October 27-30th, 2016 in Tehran Iran. (Participating International Companies)
"Isuzu uses the Bahman Group as its distributor in Iran, according to Isuzu's Web site. The Sepah Cooperative Foundation, a large investment fund closely linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), owns a 45 percent share of the Bahman Group, according to Iranian newspaper reports. (Among the links between the Sepah Cooperative Foundation and the IRGC: the general manager of the the Sepah Cooperative until this fall was IRGC commander Ahmad Vahid-Dastjerdi. Another former notable head of the Sepah Cooperative Foundation was Mohsen Rafiqdoost, who helped found the IRGC. The Sepah Cooperative Foundation's stake in the Bahman Group has also been reported by Rand Corporation, in a 2009 report prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, as well as the think tanks the Washington Institute, and the Council on Foreign Relations reports.) Isuzu spokesman Kouichi Itou said in a statement that the company was not aware of those links and believed that a 'Retirement Insurance Organization' was a 45 percent shareholder in Bahman."
From 2000 through March 2010, Isuzu has been the recipient of $1.9 million in U.S. federal funds. (The New York Times, "Profiting from Iran, and the U.S.", 3/6/10)


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Heat advance to face Indiana, topping NY 106-94
By TIM REYNOLDS | Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James was still on the court, enjoying the moment after ousting the New York Knicks, when the first questions came about what's next for the Miami Heat.
For one day, Indiana can wait.
Having Thursday off from practice is Miami's first playoff prize, and although a five-game win over the Knicks might have seemed easy, the reigning Eastern Conference champions insisted afterward that it was more grinding than it appeared.
James had 29 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, Chris Boshand Dwyane Wade both scored 19 points and the Heat beat the short-handed Knicks 106-94 in Game 5 of an East first-round series Wednesday night. Miami will host the Pacers in Game 1 of the East semifinals on Sunday afternoon.
"Even though it was a five-game series," Wade said, "it was a very tough series."
For the Heat, it was only the first step. They have one goal — getting back to the finals and winning it all — and that was likely why even beating the longtime rival Knicks prompted, at most, a subdued celebration.
"We do not take this for granted," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "This was a tough series. We feel very good about moving on and it'll only get tougher from here."
Carmelo Anthony scored 35 points for the Knicks, including a spinning jumper over James at the end of the third quarter that pulled New York within 81-67. It was far from being enough to stave off an all-too-familiar playoff result for Anthony, part of that 2003 draft class that also yielded James, Bosh and Wade.
Anthony has played 54 postseason games, being part of wins only 17 times. A misleading stat for certain — it's hardly all on him — and no shortage of people in the Heat organization interrupted their celebrating of a series-clincher to tip their caps Anthony's way afterward.
"We fought, under the circumstances," Anthony said. "I'm not one to make any excuses for anything. … But Miami, they're a tough defensive team. They stick to what their schemes are."
Head-to-head, Anthony and James both scored 139 points in the series. James shot 48 percent from the field, Anthony 42 percent. James averaged 6.2 rebounds and 5.6 assists, Anthony averaged 8.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists.
"It was fun, man," James said. "He's one of the most competitive players I've ever played against in a playoff series."
Amare Stoudemire scored 14 points, Landry Fields and J.R. Smith both added 12, Mike Bibby had 10 and Tyson Chandler grabbed 11 rebounds for New York, which is 1-8 in playoff games since Anthony and Stoudemire became teammates.
"Miami is a very good team," Stoudemire said. "You have to give credit to them."
Stoudemire fouled out with 4:48 left, and the Knicks put together one more run with hopes of extending the season. New York cut the margin to 11 points four times in a 2-minute span, but Miami answered every time, the last of those a 3-pointer by Shane Battier with 54 seconds left.
That sent the white seat covers flying in all corners of the arena, the fans knowing it was finally over.
"There's a lot of pride that takes place in this kind of series," Wade said.
James had 13 points on only six field-goal attempts by halftime, Wade shook off a scoreless first quarter with 12 in the second, and Miami went into the break leading 55-44.
The margin was less than 10 points for only 90 seconds of the third quarter. Stoudemire went to the bench with his fifth foul with 6:41 left in the third, and Miami went on an 11-2 spurt not long after to all but seal the outcome. It was 67-58 when Fields made two free throws with 4:49 left in the quarter — and then the Heat's "Big Three" needed just 3 minutes to blow the game open.
Bosh and Wade combined for six points in that flurry, James the other five, including a 21-footer with 1:29 left to put Miami up 78-60.
"We stress moving the ball," Bosh said. "We had some fantastic possessions."
For the Knicks, it was not a fantastic finish.
New York's season started with great expectations. Not long after the lockout ended the Knicks acquired Chandler from Dallas, a move made possible by using the amnesty clause on Chauncey Billups.
Those moves were expected. Just about everything else that happened was not. From the firing of coach Mike D'Antoni to the emergence of Jeremy Lin before he was sidelined by a knee injury, the Knicks had a roller-coaster ride that continued with a debilitating series of injuries against Miami.
Rookie guard Iman Shumpert was lost in the third quarter of Game 1 to a torn knee ligament, Stoudemire sliced his left hand after taking out his frustrations on a metal-and-glass fire extinguisher case after a Game 2 loss, and Baron Davis shredded his knee so badly in Game 4 that he is expected to be out a year — at least.
"I thought we played well in spurts," Knicks interim coach Mike Woodson said. "Our guys got a short taste of what playoff basketball's about. It's something this summer we've got to sit and think about and hopefully get ready for next season."
He didn't put any extra emphasis on the word "hopefully," but he could have. One of New York's first orders of business this offseason will likely be deciding if Woodson will be back on the sideline, as many expect.
"Woody's done a heck of a job with that team," Spoelstra said.
Notes: Miami went 7-1 against the Knicks this season, including playoffs. The Heat won three of four games against Indiana this season. … James had seven points, five assists and zero field goals in the first quarter. Only two other players (Billups in 2007 and Jerryd Bayless in 2011, both in fourth quarters) had done that in any quarter since James entered the league, according to STATS LLC. … Rapper Rick Ross was among those courtside.


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I would love to live in a space like this. Old, vintage, rusty. I will have so much fixing it up and fun furniture shopping. And a freaking dance floor as my living room. Why not? According to Yatzer, this is a renovation of an abandoned men's club which is now a home! 47 year old David Hurlbut bought this property a year ago, after he found it on historicproperties.com. And guess what? He paid less than $100k and he the span of 10 years, has only spend $150k on it.
Kudos to Hurlbut for preserving the architectural details. He left the walls as is..unfinished and preserved the chipped, faded paint by sealing the walls with clear glossy polyurethane paint. J'adore! Enjoy..
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Holy Wow girl..you and me both!! How cool is this place?? Thanks for sharing…Im having a *tad* bit of an issue resizing a couple pics to all match:( Ill try again tonight, if I cant….Ill replace them with new ones..Id never forget about ya:) Mwah!!
very cool . i dig the space.
Very nice! I also love that he preserved the architectural details but the old, peeling paint and darkness gives it a spooky vibe, lol!
Deliciously beautiful… Every inch of this place screams out my name as well. Thanx for sharing.


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To: PK-12 Info.
Subject: On 7/6 - Gmail goes live! Plus the Checklist for Google Apps and FirstClass
From: David Boxer, Director of ISS
Dear Blake Colleagues,
On Friday, July 6, at 12:01 a.m., your @blakeschool.org email will be routed to your Blake Gmail account.
Please read and complete the the FirstClass to Gmail, Groups and Calendar Transition Checklist.
The checklist provides answers to your most common questions and helpful resources.
In addition, it would be advisable to take the following self-assessments to assist you in becoming more proficient with the Google Apps services:
- Calendar Self-Assessment
- Gmail Self-Assessment starting on July 6
- Groups Self-Assessment starting on July 6
July 6 - July 13, Kali Olson will be available in MS 241 to provide drop-in support for your Google Apps questions from 8 - 10 a.m. Or you can submit a case to Support @Blake.
David Boxer
P.S. I expect this may be my last PK-12 Info FirstClass Conference post and I look forward to seeing everyone in the corresponding Google Group.
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For Sale $650,000.00 - Residential, Single Family Home
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Sleepaway Camp: Fun For the Camper, Respite For His Family
The other day, I had a vague sense that I was supposed to be doing something; that I'd forgotten something. I glanced down at my watch: 2:10 p.m., and I panicked. Ben takes his afternoon meds at 2:00 p.m. But I don't have to give Ben his meds because he is away at camp for the month.
If last summer was any indication, it will take about a week before that gnawing mid-afternoon feeling disappears. Before I no longer remind myself to put out Ben's morning med before I go to sleep. Before I stop dreaming about autism.
Ben's time at camp is wonderful for him and that is the primary reason that we send him. The secondary reason: it's a respite for us. Our family needs some time away from autism. Our other kids need some time to be our focus. My husband and I need time to reconnect as a couple. And I need time to recharge. But before any of this restoration can occur, we have to get through a pretty rocky fortnight.
The two-week gap between the end of school and the start of camp is a treacherous one. The lack of structure provided by the school day makes the time pass slowly. Any attempt to impose any sort of schedule on Ben is met with resistance and resentment. Yet Ben, who suffers from anxiety, tends to grow more anxious without an agenda. Add to that the transition from academic year to summer vacation and the changes at his camp — he was unbearable those two weeks.
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Anxiety makes him wake up very early in the morning. As camp departure grew closer, his wake-up time got earlier and earlier. He became obsessive about accomplishing tasks during those very early hours. Such as deciding which Legos to bring – a noisy task no matter what the hour but most especially at 4:45 a.m. – and figuring out which iPod case would be the best choice. These endeavors were his coping mechanisms. They provided a sense of purpose and control.
So those two weeks were hard. Really, really hard. Ben, too, has been aware of the strain in our household and is overwhelmed by his own anxiety. He just wanted to get to camp because he knew that once he got there, he would relax. Nerves aside, I knew that too. I told him that I would miss him, but didn't belabor the point.
Research, and by that I mean my own personal experience, has proven that emphasizing how much fun he will have rather than how much I will miss him does a much better job of allaying his own worries. I pull him into my arms for a strong hug and quickly shut the garage door after he and Warren pull away from the house.
Freedom. Freedom to breathe. To read. To travel. To renew old friendships. Freedom to be a calmer, quieter version of me.
And freedom for Ben. To experience. To change. To grow. Freedom to be whatever version of himself that he wants to be.
Getting to the Promised Land requires passing through narrow straits. But then we truly value that freedom.
Rabbi Rebecca Einstein Schorr is a CLAL Rabbis Without Borders Fellow whose work appears regularly on the Rabbis Without Borders blog and Kveller.com as well as a variety of other websites. Writing at This Messy Life (www.rebeccaeinsteinschorr.com), Rebecca finds meaning in the sacred and not-yet-sacred intersections of daily life. Follow her on Twitter @rebeccaschorr


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Can't stop thinking of this film that I finally saw after my friend Dylan's urging. A vampire movie from Sweden unlike any you've seen before. Dark and puzzling and full of ambiguity. I have a new theory on it every day... Go rent it!
Monday, April 27, 2009
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New build narrowboats & dutch style barges
St Tudno is an old Birmingham Canal Navigations 'joey' boat built by Bantocks in probably the late 1890s. She was originally used on the BCN as an open day boat carrying coal along the main lines. She has more recently had a motor stern added, encorporating the original butty back end.
St Tudno was used as a liveaboard narrowboat with a wooden cabin over the old cargo hold, this has now been removed and the new owner intends to add a new steel conversion. She arrived at Sheet Stores in late October 2012 and will be undergoing restoration work by Paul and the team.
P.J. Barber Boatbuilder Limited is a small company led by Paul Barber, who builds traditional style narrowboats and wide beam (dutch style) barges. Also able to offer repair work, such as re-bottoming
P. J. Barber Boatbuilder Ltd
Sheet Stores Basin
Sheet Stores Industrial Estate
Fields Farm Road
Long Eaton
Tel: 07956 491311 or 0115 946 1752
P. J. Barber Boatbuilder Ltd now has a Facebook page, follow us on there to keep up to date on the latest work being completed at Sheet Stores.


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Friday, 24 October 2008
(Nearly) All Smiles in Yorkshire
It isn't that usual for me to spend a day drinking with the legendary Beer Hound, Tyson, late of this parish, but yesterday, in a persistent drizzle, I did. Huddersfield, considered by many to be a beer Nirvana was the destination. Naturally we warmed up a little first with a pint at Sinclairs in Manchester City Centre. Both of us felt that the Sam's Old Brewery Bitter was, on this occasion, just off the mark, but it set us up nicely for our rattly train trip over the Pennines.
Our first stop was the well known Rat and Ratchet. It is years since I've been there and Tyson had to be dragged off his usual wrong route to the place, which is admittedly in a bit of an awkward spot, being down a hill across a very busy ring road with many unforgiving motorists. It was quiet when we arrived and the welcome was warm from a knowledgeable barman. We sat in the main bar which has wooden floorboards and has a very cosy feel to it. We tried six or seven beers each, with for me, the stand out being the locally brewed mild from Mallinson's. The Ossett beers were excellent too in this Ossett tied house which does guests.
Next after a trek back up the hill and a hoof through a car park is the Grove, which neither of us had visited before. An end of terrace local, it has a lounge and a tap room and is done up simply but attractively, with many prints and cartoons on the wall. Around twelve cask beers were on offer and a number of draught foreign beers too. The eclectic beer list for bottles is umpteen pages long. Even the snack menu - and I'm talking packet snacks here - is nearly four pages long with some dangerous chilli concoctions and flavoured crickets being noteworthy. Cheese and Bacon cricket anyone? The menu advises you to have A & E on your speed dial before eating and may well not be kidding!
The super landlady was friendly and welcoming and guided us happily through the various offerings and made us feel most at home. The beer? More Mallinson's, this time Town Pride Bitter which was very bitter and various other halves of this and that including for me, Vale Black which was overpoweringly chocolatey. Then the landlady mentioned she had Moravka Lager, the krasnicove (unfiltered) version. We had both been keen to try this for ages and ordered two halves eagerly. We tried to like it. Honestly we did, but it had a strange spoiled fruit aroma and a slightly eggy taste did not add to the enjoyment. We should have tried the "ordinary" Moravka, but didn't realise it was on too until looking at the web site today. Much better was the excellent Jaipur IPA which for once was almost clear and had good body and condition as well as excellent bitterness. Reluctantly we took our leave, Tyson sighing about the lengthy list of things we simply didn't have time to try. We'll be back and you should go. It is a classic already. You could spend all day there and not tire of it. One odd thing though. All the cask beers are served through short necks and no sparklers. Strange for this part of the world. Their website is here.
It was all downhill from there, both literally and figuratively. In steady dripping rain we hoofed down to the Cherry Tree JDW as it is run by a regular at my local pub. Maybe for that reason the welcome was again warm and service was prompt. Pints of Phoenix Last Leaf were thoroughly enjoyed, though a taste of Abbott Special Reserve didn't make me keen to have any. It was easy from there on in. Just round the corner to our last two destinations, both on the platform of the station. The Head of Steam and the King's Head complement each other very nicely, though for me the sheer cosiness of the right hand bar of the Head of Steam takes some beating, though you'll probably find more interesting beers at the King's. A Swift One 's Beer Blog describes it all very well here, so I won't and my camera battery had died by then anyway. We drank E&S Beyond the Pale under the doleful eye of the dour Czech barmaid, who had obviously modelled herself on the sinister Polish lasses from Harry and Paul. We only found out where she was from by a long and challenging guessing game, where each guess was met with a single word "No". Not the merest hint of a smile was forthcoming as our guesses got wilder and wilder, though she did utter the word "Brazil?" with a modicum of disbelief. As we shrivelled under her withering gaze, we left and went to the barn like King's Head where we drank lots of something pale and hoppy - their speciality - and mine, though by now note taking and remembering was a thing of the past.
Back in Manchester common sense took over for me at least. Under Tyson's unerring guidance we weaved our way through the back streets to the Hunter's Indian Caff where rice and three sorted us out. No more beer for me, but Tyson is made of sterner stuff. He was off to meet a mate in the Northern Quarter for more liquid refreshment.
It was a good day. Apart from the Head of Steam - and perversely that made the visit all the more interesting and nothing could take away from the sheer comfort of the place - we were greeted warmly throughout by bar staff who were genuinely glad to see us and made us feel appreciated. Well done Huddersfield.
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- Erlangernick said...
Neither swan necks nor sparklers? I'm like, SO there, dude!
Couple of questions from a poor Yank though: End of terrace? A & E? Right hand bar?
And aside from being cold, was the Czechchick hot?
- 24 October 2008 at 15:08
- Wurst aka Whorst said...
Talismann, did you eat the deviled eggs? I'm growing those chilies and they are nice. Do you recall if the R&R still serve Sierra Nevada Pale Ale in keg form?
- 24 October 2008 at 15:43
- Tandleman said...
Nick - End of terrace means a pub at the end of a terraced row of houses.
A&E - Accident and Emergency. Your Emergency Room. Right hand bar? Bar on the left side of the pub and one on the right? You can work out the rest!
Whorst - Have to say I didn't notice that one way or another. Maybe Tyson did?
- 24 October 2008 at 16:13
- Tandleman said...
Ooops. No I didn't try the eggs. I value my life too much. These warnings had a ring of truth to them and talking of rings. I didn't want to damage mine!
- 24 October 2008 at 16:17
- Tyson said...
The Moravka was disappointing, although, as you say, we really tried to like it. Can't recall if the R&R had SN on, sorry. Wish I could remember what we had in the King's Head as it seemed to liven our jaded palate, though.
Of course the Czech chick was hot-why do you think we were trying to engage her in conversation:) However, even the fabled charms of TM failed to thaw her glacial persona.
- 24 October 2008 at 18:25
- Erlangernick said...
I'd figured it had something to do with terraced houses, but looking at your photo and the bird's eye view of the map linked from the pub's webbie, http://www.multimap.com/s/cSAVTAl9, I don't see no terraces!
A&E is also the name of the section of the Portland (Oregon) paper dealing with arts & entertainment, including gastro trade reviews and stuff. I think they would indeed be interested in a place with cheese & bacon crickets.
Is a left-hand pub more liberal then? ;) I'd also figured I knew what you meant, but was curious about why or how one would even notice the difference.
- 25 October 2008 at 10:33
- Tandleman said...
i think you might still be missing the point Nick. The pub has two bars. One on the left side of it and one on the right side of it. They look different and feel different. The right hand side one was the one we were in!
- 25 October 2008 at 11:49
No Sierra Nevada Pale Ale at thr Rat, but the Grove has Anchor Liberty Ae which is excellent, but ar 5.9 is just too nice!
- 31 October 2008 at 07:19


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What's More Awesome: Awards vs. Awarding
You Decide!
Awarded: Wow. What an honor. Here I was minding my own blogging business when out of no where Robertson Writes, nominated me for The Versatile Blogger Award! I am very grateful and wow how cool! Or should I say Awesome!
Following the rules of this award, I will tell you some things about myself and nominate other bloggers. I will attempt to nominate some new blogs that I have recently connected with to spread the love. It is St. Valentine's day of honor is it not?
If you are nominated, you've been awarded the Versatile Blogger award.
- Thank the person who gave you this award. That's common courtesy.
- Include a link to their blog. That's also common courtesy — if you can figure out how to do it.
- Next, select 15 blogs/bloggers that you've recently discovered or follow regularly. ( I would add, pick blogs or bloggers that are excellent!)
- Nominate those 15 bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award — you might include a link to the The Versatile Blogger Award site.
- Finally, tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself.
Seven (7) things about me:
1. When I started blogging it was drudgery because it was means to an end. Now I find I like Blogging a lot more than I thought I would. I just had to find the form of blogging that I enjoyed and look at it as an end in itself. Not a means.
2. Sometimes I want to just abandon the internet entirely and every notification that comes with it. But then I find that I can still have pancakes without having the guilt of eating gluten or flour! So I forgive the internet.
3. I like action figures and have for a long time. I think using my imagination is important.
4. Whenever possible I love taking time away from all that has to do with modern living and going for a camping or hunting trip. With my family of course and a book.
5. Though sometimes I let my State {what is happening around me, either good or bad} influence my opinion of my Standing. I know my Standing is sure. My Standing is that I am a child of the Most High God. And I am accepted by Him because of what Jesus, His son, has done for me. Not because of my own merit.
6. I love medieval things. In example: weapons, foods, castles, histories, Age of Empires…
7. I've got some chickens that attack me and I still pick them up and pet them. And I have a miniature Hereford/red Angus cross. She likes to have her hair done.
Awarding: My nominees are:
1 Angela Ruth Strong 2 Author Lisa Phillips 3 Author Ray 4 Christian Mom Book Review
5 Doctor Who From the Start 6 Don Charisma 7 ESV Skyrim 8 Henry Landis
9 Lost Rebel Archives 10 Nick Illustrates 11 Not a Free Country 12 Olive Loft
13 Sci-Fi Horror Fantasy 14 The Dreamers Adventures 15 Widget Words
Enjoy your nominations my friends. And keep being Awesome! Thanks for being a part of my blogging community. 🙂 Don't forget to spread the Love!


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Gili Air restaurant and bar Freedom Bar
Gili Air restaurant and bar Freedom Bar
Gili Air restaurant and bar Freedom Bar (also known as Hikmah bar) is set right on the beach on Gili Air, and has a small very convivial bar where there are always a few interesting types hanging out ready for fun.
Like to share something about Gili Air restaurant and bar Freedom Bar? Leave your comment and rate Freedom Bar Gili Air at the bottom of this page.
The food is OK, meaning cheap price and not so well cooked (fish dishes overcooked) but that is not such an issue on Gili Air as maybe it is on Bali.
Actually on Gili Air not much matters at all as it is so relaxing being out of the hurly burly of Bali.
Relaxing with no engin noises, except for occasional construction noises, is soooo nice!
Freedom Bar Gili Air has tables on the sand or larger ones inside under cover. The bar has some reggae/rasta roots, reflected in the decor.
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Gili Air restaurant and bar Freedom Bar is a very nice place to hang out at, the staff are fun and like experimenting with cocktail mixes which is always fun.
I have been to Gili Air restaurant and bar Freedom Bar many times at night and there is always something fun going on there.
Freedom bar Gili Air is something of a locals' hangout too.
Freedom bar is owned by Indonesian women's rights activist Ratna Sarumpaet.
See Ratna Sarumpaet, a voice for Indonesian women on this website. I like the fact that even when I am having fun I can support a good cause!! Perfect!!
In my top 10 Gili Air restaurants and bars, Freedom Bar is one of the last bars on the right as you go north along the main beachfront area.
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Good Gili Air late night bar, nice scene. Seems like anyone can rock up with their music and plug in, so pretty diverse tunes. Met a US Dj there whose ipad was full of all those obscure indie tracks I love. I loved it. Met some other people there who gave me some great travelling tips. Seems like a great little international melting pot. Cool. My fave Gili Air bar. Nice relaxed place to meet people.
All I would say about Gili Air is a perfect place for honeymoon!!
This place is FUN! Bit outrageous of course, but a fun bar where you meet everyone sitting there, or just have private chat.
We ate and partied here last week. Crazy. Wild night. Heard of another party. Cool place. Funky little bar.
Good place for a drink at night. Fun staff. Easy to meet people.
What a great bar. Awesome.


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When it comes to my morning coffee, pour over style coffee has been my stand-out favorite for the better part of a year. The ritual of preparing the brewer with the proper filter, precisely measuring out coffee grounds, and heating the water to perfection is a lovely routine that brings a welcome moment of quiet to my Saturday mornings. This, however, has posed a bit of a problem on busy weekdays. Traditional pour over coffee is phenomenal on taste, but it is a time consuming process that requires you to watch over every step to ensure proper flavor extraction. That's not a process that is easy to fit in a weekday morning routine between packing school lunches and trying to track down my daughter's misplaced shoe.
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The water reservoir is filled from the top of the machine but does not require precise filling amounts. The brewer will heat up only the amount of water needed for that exact pot of coffee. My husband and I brew a 4-cup pot of coffee to yield 2 large mugs of delicious coffee.
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Just imagine if everything on weekday mornings was so cooperative. At least we have coffee on our side!
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Author: Nella Larsen
Year of Publication: 1928
LC Call Number: PS 3523 .A7225 .A6
(Well, not all my posts are about Fullmetal Alchemist!)
This book includes both Quicksand and Passing, both by Nella Larsen, but they're two separate books, so I'm going to post about each individually.
Quicksand is in some ways a character study of Helga Crane. Helga is the daughter of a Danish mother and an black American father; her father, however, is gone and her mother is dead. She has a tendency to be dissatisfied and spends the book wandering from one place to another, in search of a place she can really live. She lives in the South and works as a teacher at Naxos, a school dedicated to "racial uplift," and then she lives in Harlem and participates in activism for racial justice, and then she lives in Denmark and is paraded around as an exotic oddity. Ultimately, she ends up in living in a shack in the South as a preacher's wife and losing herself in the birth of many children. Although Helga is never satisfied with her life as it is, she is always optimistic about her life as it might be. Every time she moves to a new stage of her life, she feels that this time, this will experience the fulfillment that was lacking from her prior life. This time, she will be happy.
This becomes frustrating for the reader; after the first couple moves, it becomes clear that Helga's problems will not be solved as she believes they will. This frustration stopped her from being an especially sympathetic character for me, even if I understand, to some extent, the need to believe that changing one's life will bring happiness. At the end of the book, she seems to understand this:
She couldn't endure it. Her suffocation and shrinking loathing were too great. Not to be borne. Again. For she had to admit that it wasn't new, this feeling of dissatisfaction, of asphyxiation. Something like it she had experienced before. In Naxos. In New York. In Copenhagen. This differed only in degree. And it was of the present and therefore seemingly more reasonable. The other revulsions were of the past, and now less explainable.
Although Helga seems to end up in the place which is least suitable for her, it doesn't ultimately seem to matter; her discontentment is not a result of whatever life she is living but a facet of her character. The feeling of suffocation is inevitable. And then again, she abandons whatever relationships she has acquired and whatever responsibilities she has taken on every time she leaves—students, roommates, fiances.
But this wandering shows us some of the possibilities for an educated, mixed-race black woman in the early twentieth century United States, and Larsen explodes each one. In each case, while the reader may not believe that any of this will help Helga, we can see that the problems she identifies are real.
There is the thing that I believe is analogous to what is today called respectability politics. Helga can teach at Naxos, but it is a petty and hierarchical world whose hypocrisy she cannot stand. Larsen takes aim here at the notion of "racial uplift." The notes of the book suggest that the name "Naxos" is chosen partly because, reversed, it is "Saxon" because the school worships whiteness. I don't have enough knowledge to comment competently on that, but there is certainly an emphasis on coming from the "best" families and adhering to certain ideas of high-class behavior and avoiding vulgarity. Helga is told that dark-skinned people should not wear bright colors, but she loves beauty and color and good taste and resists the drab and joyless life that she is encouraged to lead. This need for for dullness and respectable virtue is maintained at Naxos by a steady undercurrent of gossip and jealousy. There is a notion that it is the responsibility of the Naxos teachers to sacrifice to set an example for their students, or for "the race." When Helga tells her principal she is leaving, he attempts to persuade her to stay by telling her that she is needed to provide a "a sense of values" to Naxos. Helga recognizes no such responsibility.
She attempts to seek help from her uncle, but he rejects her, hoping she will understand why he cannot offer her any aid. She seeks other work, but her education fits her only for teaching; she hopes to work in a library, but is not qualified, and when she seeks other work from an employment agency, she is told that no work suitable for her in available.
She is happiest in Harlem, but she finds herself guilty of a different kind of hypocrisy. Harlem is in some ways the opposite of Naxos; the social scene in Harlem is about protest and what Larsen at one point terms "racial ardor." Helga's roommate Anne, along with others in her social circle, are much concerned with issues of racism and the promotion of black culture. Helga doesn't believe that racism has much affect on Anne's life, because she lives in Harlem and avoids all contact with white people, and she also considers Anne a hypocrite because she doesn't, in fact, have a strong investment in black culture; her preferences are more canonically valued by the wider world. As Helga observes, Anne, "like the despised people of the white race…preferred Pavlova to Florence Mills, John McCormack to Taylor Gordon, Walter Hampden to Paul Robeson." From my perspective, Helga is a little unfair to Anne; one could argue that these preferences themselves are not wholly independent of exposure to racial prejudice (after all, how is the canon formed, and how is culture proliferated?), and in any case she does not know Anne well enough to make this evaluation. There is, however, more to Helga's discomfort than this; she finds herself a hypocrite as well because she is engaged with activism in which she does not truly believe. It's hard not to imagine that part of this has to do with her own mixed heritage, since she is advised to avoid telling anyone that some of her family is white. In any case, this relationship to "the race question" (as it's occasionally called in the text) doesn't work for her.
So, she tries living in Copenhagen, where she has some relatives. If, as I wrote above, she is testing every possible option for a woman in her position, Denmark doesn't quite fit it because it is only due to her own family circumstances that she is able to move there—but we can make sense of it as a journey into an exclusively white space where she already has an in. She wants to be among "approving and admiring people, where she would be appreciated, and understood." And, in Denmark, she does get attention. However, the attention she receives is really objectifying. Her aunt dresses her up like a doll and shows her off to all her friends. She "felt like nothing so much as some new and strange species of pet dog being proudly exhibited." A painter wants to paint her portrait. People stop her in the street and question her about her race. This is a way for her aunt and uncle to gain social status. Helga doesn't belong here either; what she really wants is agency. So she leaves Denmark.
Back in Harlem, she wanders into a church as she is having a breakdown, and it hits her at exactly her most vulnerable moment. She has a strange experience and is drawn into what appears to be some sort of religious fugue state; after this she forms a relationship with the reverend, marries him, and moves back to the South to play the role of his wife an a small, poor, black community. This is striking because it is so obviously the opposite of everything that Helga has ever wanted, with her education and her love of beauty and ease and her quick wit and her impatience for everyone who does not appreciate her perspective. Here she suffers poverty, as well as pain and illness that are a result of her quick succession of pregnancies. How does she end up in a place like this, the worst of all the options she has been shown? It almost feels as if, unsatisfied with each of them, she kept trying until she completely ran out of options. In any case, it's discouraging.
So Helga drifts from one of the limited possibilities available to her to another. One interesting facet of this drifting is that she always seems to be running away from a man. The introduction to the book insists that both this book and Passing are not about race but rather about the protagonists' unacceptable desires. I think race plays an important role in the book, as I've shown above, but it is true that Helga has a very difficult time managing her relationships with men. James Vayle, to whom she is engaged in Naxos, and Axel Olsen, who attempts to marry her in Copenhagen, are really mere features of their localities, and not at all attractive to Helga (she notes that she does not love James Vayle but had expected to love him after they were married). She wishes to escape from relationships with them; Olsen in particular seems too eager to own her. She is attracted to the principal of Naxos, but she also wishes to escape her attraction to him. His appearance in Harlem is one of the things that drives her to leave, and fuels her resentment of Anne. After he marries Anne, he kisses Helga; she is actually excited about this, but it is his subsequent apology for having behaved inappropriately that drives her to the church, where she apparently loses her power to make these decisions on her own.
And in fact, maybe we can combine these two factors; the problem all along is that Helga feels constrained, because specific standards of appropriate behavior are placed upon her without her consent. She resists, but the more she resists, the more she is drawn in, until eventually she is left in a situation with stricter standards than any of the others. This is, I am sure, the meaning of the title, Quicksand. The more you struggle, the more quickly you sink.


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When Arizona passed SB-1070 last year, the state began to feel the economic pain almost immediately due to a boycott that was organized in response. This past fall, the Center for American Progress, along with the consulting firm Elliott D. Pollack & Company, found that the boycott itself could cost the State Convention Industry 2,800 jobs and $141 million.
Today, the Center for American Progress, together with the Immigration Policy Center, released a report that details the more long-term economic effects of the law itself. According to the study, the SB-1070 approach "would have devastating economic consequences" if its goal of driving out undocumented immigrants was accomplished. "Driving the undocumented immigrants out of Arizona would lead to significant losses of jobs for both native-born and foreign-born workers," states the report. "It would trigger a significant contraction of the state economy as it struggles to grow its way past the Great Recession. And it would lead to substantial lost tax revenue for the state government which is already reeling from the recession and high unemployment."
The report compares the cost of mass deportation versus the economic benefits associated with legalizing Arizona's undocumented population:
Deportation effects in Arizona
- Decrease total employment by 17.2 percent
- Eliminate 581,000 jobs for immigrant and native-born workers alike
- Shrink state economy by $48.8 billion
- Reduce state tax revenues by 10.1 percent
Legalization effects in Arizona
- Increase total employment by 7.7 percent
- Add 261,000 jobs for immigrant and native-born workers alike
- Increase labor income by $5.6 billion
- Increase tax revenues by $1.68 billion
The report does not include an analysis of the costs associated with defending SB-1070 in court. Since Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ) signed the bill into law in April, the state of Arizona has spent over $1.5 million fighting legal challenges against it and will likely spend even more as the lawsuit moves its way through the courts.
Arizona is currently facing an estimated $825 million budget deficit. Brewer has already proposed a budget containing $1 billion in spending reductions to Medicaid and other services. Republicans are now demanding another $600 million in additional spending cuts, including $200 million from K-12 education.


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Despite swirling rumors, teaser footage descriptions, and two official studio synopses, Ridley Scott's Prometheus is still shrouded in secrecy, especially with regard to the plot and what connections it has to the Alien franchise.
As one of the creators of Lost, writer Damon Lindelof has a lot of experience keeping secrets. Which is why it came as a bit of a surprise to hear that he had disclosed so many details of Prometheus to the MTV Movies Blog.
On developing Prometheus with Ridley Scott, Damon Lindelof said:
"Having done 'Lost' for six years, I felt this tremendous responsibility because I'm one of the visionaries behind the show, so there's no safety net below you. When I got the call [from Ridley] I had this tremendous amount of relief and comfort that Ridley Scott is going to be the safety net. What ensued was a series of conversations where I was kind of interviewing Ridley to get a sense of the movie he wanted to make. Once I got a sense of that, then it was really about channeling that idea so that I was realizing his vision, as opposed to imposing my vision on it. That was my perspective. His perspective was more kind and generous in terms of ideas that I brought to the movie. But really everything I was coming up with was just a different spin on what he was saying to me."
Hmm – it's unclear how being "one of the visionaries" behind Lost means Lindelof doesn't have a safety net, especially considering he could probably always call up one of the other visionaries – J.J. Abrams – and get a co-producing or co-writing job, a la Star Trek and its sequel.
On Michael Fassbender's role as an android:
"He plays a robot. One of the things that evokes the idea of 'Blade Runner' is, 'What does the movie look like from the robot's point of view?' If you were to ask him, 'What do you think about all of this? What's going on? What do you think about these humans who are around you?,' wouldn't it be cool if we found a way for that robot to answer those questions. When you cast a guy like Fassbender, who's going to bring a lot more to it than [makes clichéd robot movements] — that was me doing the robot, I don't know if you could tell — it's not Anthony Daniels. All due respect. He's phenomenal. But C-P3O…"
On Charlize Theron's role as an employee of a mysterious corporation:
"Her character's name is Meredith Vickers and she's sort of a corporate entity. That's another one of the familiar things from the 'Alien' movies — that there are corporate interests in play. I feel like Charlize brought a new spin on that old variation. It's a remix …. I don't think she's slimy [like Paul Reiser's character in 'Aliens']. She's not the fast-talking, snake-oil face of the company. By the way, 'What company is she a face of?,' I think is a big part of the fun. As we were developing the script, she had some really cool ideas that made it not the suit you're used to."
On the importance of an ensemble cast, carried over from the original Alien:
"I think one of the really cool things about the first 'Alien,' if you watch it cold, Ripley is kind in the background like one of the crew members, and you're like, 'Skerrit's [who played Captain Dallas] the hero of the movie,' and he's one of the first to go. And then you're like, 'It's [the engineer played by] Harry Dean Stanton.' And, no, he's gone… and suddenly Sigourney Weaver, in the last 40 minutes of the movie, is the only one left alive. I think the idea of building a really cool ensemble and again presenting the audience with like, 'Who's going to be left standing at the end of this movie? Maybe all of them. Probably not,' [that's] part of the fun of what we set out to do."
Since this isn't the first semi-big Prometheus news piece so far this week – the other being the second official synopsis that was released on Tuesday -- might 20th Century Fox be gearing up for a teaser trailer release sometime soon? After all, the San Diego Comic-Con footage received rave reviews from the all who saw it, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to garner more goodwill by showing it to the rest of us.
Follow me on Twitter @benandrewmoore.
Prometheus hits theaters June 8th, 2012.
Source: MTV Movies Blog


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Ethelbert Miller: Prolific Writer and Tireless Mentor
Jihan Asher
Before he became
the person the Washington Post called "the most influential
person" in the area's arts community, E. Ethelbert Miller was a
typical student. In his critically acclaimed memoir, Fathering
Words, he speaks candidly about his days as an undergraduate
at Howard University, from the frustrations of dorm life and failing
economics class to his decision to change his major and become a
It's a decision he has stuck with through the years and one that has brought him critical acclaim, peer recognition and personal fulfillment as the author of 10 books, most of them anthologies. Miller's poetry has also been included in numerous anthologies, notably The Oxford Anthology of African-American Poetry and the Maryland Millennial Anthology, and his poem, "We Embrace," is engraved in stone outside of the DuPont Circle metro station in the heart of Washington, D.C.
His work, naturally, has not gone unrecognized.
He has received numerous honors and awards including an honorary
doctorate of literature from Emory & Henry College, which he
says is one of his proudest professional moments; the O.B. Hardison
Jr. Poetry Prize in 1995; and the Stephen Henderson Poetry Award
by the African American Literature and Culture Society in 1997.
His book of poetry, How We Sleep on the Nights We Don't Make
Love, was awarded the Independent Publisher Book Award in 2005.
Currently, Miller is preparing to travel to Abu Dhabi for the release of a collection of his poems that have been translated into Arabic and he is reflecting on his second memoir, The Fifth Inning, which was released this month as the first book published by Busboys and Poets.
"It examines middle age or what I call the fifth inning," Miller explains. "In baseball, a game becomes official after five innings. I examine my life in a much deeper fashion than I did in Fathering Words. My first memoir has a chronological order because I was telling the reader about how I became a writer. The Fifth Inning examines my emotions, my dreams as well as failure. It's perhaps the most honest book I've written."
In addition to being director of the African-American Resource Center at Howard and a prolific writer, Miller is well-known as a tireless mentor to young people who aspire to success in the literary world.
"I tell them all the same thing," he says.
"Read the news each morning and know what's going on around you.
Discover a favorite author. Read for enjoyment and pleasure, but
read in order to master the mechanics of what makes a poem or story
In addition, Miller says young writers should
ask themselves the fundamental questions: "Who am I? What do I believe
in? How can I be of service to my fellow man?" and let the
answers to those questions lead them.
Despite his schedule, Miller finds time to serve his community through various area nonprofits. He currently chairs the board for the Institute for Policy Studies and is a board member of Provisions Learning Project, The Writer's Center, Split This Rock and the Capitol Letters Writing Center. He is also the host and organizer of the popular "When The Word is Written Literary Series," sponsored by the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. In 2004, he traveled to Camp Ederle in Vicenza, Italy to conduct a workshop with American troops stationed there.
"It was the first time NEA (National Endowment
for the Arts) entered into a partnership with the U.S. military,"
he says. "The project was a way of capturing the stories of the
wartime experience. So many men and women in our military are writing
at key points in their lives. We honor them with a program like
Operation Homecoming. I was fortunate to be invited to conduct a
writing workshop with troops who had been stationed in Iraq and


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Character Education
Our character education program is designed to help all learners develop the skills necessary for success in today's world.
Peter Reynolds (left photo) with the Oakwood Elementary Character Education Team at the
Ohio Association of Elementary School Administration (OAESA) conference.
New Name ... Same Great Program
Our elementary character education program is getting a new name!
We have been teaching the same great lessons at Harman School and E.D. Smith Elementary for years. However, we have referred to the program as Harmanize at Harman and Grit at Smith. This has caused some confusion and this year the Character Education Leadership Team decided to find a name that encompasses what it means to be a Lumberjack in one unique program title.
What is the new name? Well, we like to make learning FUN so we are doing a Big Reveal! A letter a day will be released on Thursday, August 23 through Thursday, August 30 on the morning announcements. The letters will NOT be released in order and students will have an opportunity to make as many words as possible with the letters they collect.
The new title will be revealed on Friday, August 31 during the first character education lesson. Stay tuned for the final answer!
Ongoing Topics
Grit is perseverance and passion for long-term goals.
As an educator, you may be hearing a lot about grit these days—and with good reason. Studies show that kids who demonstrate grit persist at hard tasks and outperform their competitors. Grit is a critical strength of most people who are successful. It is especially complex because it is related to other skills and mindsets such as optimism, purpose, growth mindset, bravery, and even self-control.
There are a lot of misconceptions about grit. Grit is much more than just encouraging kids to "try harder" or not give up—it's also about helping kids find their passion. Having grit does not mean never quitting—it means quitting responsibly (and not just because times get tough) and sticking to the things to which you are truly dedicated.
Retrieved from https://characterlab.org/tools
Growth Mindset
Having a growth mindset means understanding that intelligence can be developed.
A growth mindset is a belief that we can get smarter through hard work and practice. This means that struggling with something difficult doesn't mean you're not smart—it's a chance to grow your intelligence. Growth mindset is all about trying hard, using good strategies, and getting the help you need.
Growth mindset is a popular notion in the field of education right now, but it's commonly misunderstood. It might seem like growth mindset implies that everyone has exactly the same potential in every domain, but that's not quite true. Instead, growth mindset means everyone's intellectual ability can always be further developed. Growth mindset is not about telling your students to never give up. A benefit of growth mindset is that it helps you stay motivated to stick it out when things are difficult, but telling students not to quit won't do that alone. You have to (truthfully!) convince kids that their efforts will result in increased ability (because ability can grow!) and remind them that they're learning when something is hard for them to do.
Retrived from https://characterlab.org/tools
2017-2018 Topics
Kindness & Empathy
Social/Emotional Intelligence
Social/Emotional intelligence is understanding feelings and using them to inform actions.
Social/Emotional intelligence refers to the ability to understand your own and others' feelings and emotions and then to use this understanding to inform your decisions and actions. Socially/emotionally intelligent people solve interpersonal problems quickly by understanding what is upsetting others and being empathetic to these concerns. They tend to recognize when they've said something that made someone uncomfortable and know what makes others "tick." Socially/emotionally intelligent people are able to thrive in many different relationships and settings because they quickly learn the social rules.
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2016-2017 Topics
Having a purpose means being driven by something larger than yourself.
Having a purpose is different from being tracked into a specific vocation or outcome— it's being oriented toward a vision of the future. Perhaps it's a big goal you have for your future, a motivation to help the world around you, or both. The goal or purpose itself can be general, and it can be relatively temporary. When kids are motivated by a larger purpose, studies show that they have more academic motivation, life satisfaction, identity formation, and vocational success.
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Curiosity is a strong desire to learn or know something—a search for information for its own sake.
It's also about leaving your mind open to possibilities and being honest about what you do and don't know. Curiosity is about exploration—there's a reason that one of NASA's Mars rovers is named for this strength. Curiosity is an important aspect of learning because it is a source of motivation.
Most kids are naturally curious. In schools, we can create environments where curiosity is cultivated, supported, and encouraged. Curiosity arises when kids believe there is new information to acquire and that it will be feasible to learn that information.
Retrieved from https://characterlab.org/tools
Zest—also referred to as vitality—is an approach to life that is filled with excitement and energy.
When people hear the word "zest," they may first think of lemons. In psychology, zest and vitality are a combination of the physical sense and the psychological sense of feeling well. Zest is about exhibiting enthusiasm and feeling energized. But zest doesn't need to be loud—the quiet, introverted artist can approach her latest project with zest, even if she is alone in her studio.
Most kids have enthusiasm for something. In school, we can work to find what that something is and be sure not to extinguish it as kids get older.
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2015-2016 Topics
Optimism is being hopeful about future outcomes combined with the agency to shape that future.
Being optimistic doesn't mean you don't get upset when bad things happen—it's normal to get upset! But the optimist recognizes that most bad things are temporary and looks for opportunities to change circumstances for the better through new efforts or strategies.
This isn't your traditional "glass half full" optimism (which some might call blind positivity) because optimistic people seek to directly connect their own power and actions to the future they want. For example, after getting a bad grade on an exam, an optimistic student believes that studying harder or differently will earn her a better grade on the next one. Another critical part of optimism is not "catastrophizing" a situation. For example, when a friend doesn't want to play that day, the optimistic kid imagines that his friend is having a bad day, not that no one wants to be his friend.
Retrieved from https://characterlab.org/tools
Self-control is controlling one's own responses so they align with short- and long-term goals.
Self-control is about harnessing your energy toward a particular end goal—it is not the same as obedience or following rules.
Two important types of self-control for students are work self-control and interpersonal self-control. Having work self-control allows you to stick with your long-term goals and stay focused on a task that may be difficult or even boring. (This is the sort of self-control that also helps you stick to an exercise plan or make healthy eating choices in the face of temptation.) Interpersonal self-control allows you to maintain your temper, hold back from interrupting, and respond to others in ways that are socially appropriate.
Someone displaying self-control can delay a short-term temptation to play games on her phone if it interferes with her long-term aspiration to do her homework each night. Someone with high self-control who aims to run a marathon will not press the alarm clock's snooze button on the morning he scheduled a training run. In this way, self-control is linked to grit, growth mindset, and optimism.
Retrieved from https://characterlab.org/tools
Gratitude is the appreciation for the benefits we receive from others, and the desire to reciprocate.
Those who demonstrate gratitude—and those who don't—see life differently. Individuals demonstrating gratitude tend to emphasize language related to gifts, givers, blessings, blessed, fortune, fortunate, and abundance. Individuals who don't demonstrate gratitude, on the other hand, tend to focus on deprivation, deservingness, regrets, lack, need, scarcity, and loss. For instance, a grateful person might say, "I get to go to class today," whereas an ungrateful person might say, "Why do I have to learn all this useless stuff?"
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2018-2019 Schedule
This year during our Character Education lessons we will be completing an author book study utilizing books written by Peter Reynolds. To learn more about Peter Reynold's work visit his website.
- Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018
- The Word Collector read by Mrs. Patterson & Mrs. Harris
- Topic: Empowerment
- The Word Collector read by Mrs. Patterson & Mrs. Harris
- Friday, Aug. 31, 2018
- I'm Here
- Topic: Connections
- I'm Here
- Friday, Sept. 14, 2018T
- The Dot
- National Dot Day! Homeroom activity
- The Dot
- Friday, Oct. 19, 2018
- Going Place & FUN RUN! Morning session & afternoon run
- Topic: Collaboration
- Going Place & FUN RUN! Morning session & afternoon run
- Friday, Nov. 9, 2018
- So Few of Me
- Topic: Balance
- So Few of Me
- Friday, Jan. 18, 2019
- I Am Human
- Topic: Empathy
- I Am Human
- Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019 @ E. D. Smith Elem. & Thursday, February 14, 2019 @ Harman School
- Playing from the Heart
- Topic: Joy
- Playing from the Heart
- Friday, April 5, 2019
- Ish
- Topic: Confidence
- Ish
- Friday, May, 3, 2019
- Say Something
- Topic: Empowerment
- Say Something
- Thursday, May 30, 2019
- Family Day!
Character Education Q & A:
- What is Character Education?
- Who developed the character education program?
- What resources are used to develop the character education program?
- Who coordinates the lessons?
- How are the groups formed?
What is Character Education?
Character education includes a broad range of educational approaches such as whole child education, service learning, social-emotional learning, and civic education. All of these approaches share a commitment to helping young people become responsible, caring, and contributing citizens.
Our elementary character education program is the same program at Harman and Smith.
Who developed the character education program?
What resources are used to develop the character education program?
Who coordinates the lessons?
How are the groups formed?
Groups are made up of around 15 students and include students from all grade levels (1st-6th). Students are assigned to a group during their 1st grade year, and they remain in that group the entire time they are in elementary school.
The goal of creating multi-age groups is to create community across the grade levels and provide leadership opportunities for our 5th and 6th graders.
Character Education Resources
Carol Dweck & Mindset


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When are you open?
What shoes do I need to wear?
We provide bowling shoes to all our guests. These are included in the price of your bowling.
Can I make advanced bookings?
Yes. Please book online or call the centre on 01352 704315
How do I book a party or group booking?
Just give us a call on 01352 704315 to speak to a member of staff. We are open 7 days a week!
Do you have any special offers or promotions?
For all our latest promotion please visit our special offers page.
Do you serve food and drinks?
We have a wide selection of food and a licensed bar in the centre.
How long does a game of bowling last?
Our bowling lanes are sold by either the half hour or by the hour. You then are able to bowl as much as you like for the hour.
What is the age of a junior?
Anyone aged 18 years and younger.
Is there an age restriction on bowling?
We do have assisted ramps to allow smaller children to still join in and have fun! Children aged 10 years old and under must be accompanied by an adult of at least 18 years of age.
How do I make a suggestion or complaint?
We are always happy to receive feedback on our facilities and service. Visit the Aura website through the following link: Make a suggestion or complaint.


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Australian parents are being asked to follow in the shoes of their US counterparts, and stop using the homeopathic teething tablets that are being investigated over links to baby deaths.
The recall of Hyland's Baby teething tablets and Hyland's Baby nighttime teething tablets follows serious concerns about the side effects on children of the potentially toxic plant belladonna.
Last year, the US Food and Drug Administration raised the alarm about the homeopathic teething products after there were 400 reports of adverse events, and unfortunately 10 deaths.
Adverse symptoms reported by hundreds of families
The adverse events allegedly occurred over a six year period in America. Symptoms to look out for include fever, lethargy, vomiting, sleepiness, tremors, shortness of breath, irritability and agitation.
Parents are being urged to play it safe when it comes to relieving their child's teething pain. Image: Hyland's US site
A Therapeutic Goods Administration bulletin advised that Hyland's baby teething tablets and baby nighttime teething tablets should be returned to their place of purchase.
Aussie parents encouraged to cease giving the teething products to their babies
"While the TGA had tested samples of these products supplied in Australia and found no quality issues, Kadac is now recalling the tablets as a precautionary measure due to the potential safety risk that belladonna alkaloids can pose to children," the bulletin released on Saturday states.
"The effects of belladonna can be unpredictable and could cause serious health problems."
The TGA bulletin stated that other Hyland's products, such as Hyland's Baby teething gel were considered safe, but would no longer be marketed in Australia.
"Please note that the Hyland's Baby teething gel is not affected by this recall. However, all Hyland's baby teething products, including the gel, will no longer be marketed in Australia."
Parents are being advised to return the product from the place of purchase. Image: iStock
The recall, initiated by Hyland's Australian distributor Kadac, in consultation with the TGA, comes two weeks after the same product was recalled by its distributor in the United States.
If you have any Hyland's Baby teething tablets or Hyland's Baby nighttime teething tablets, do not use them.
Return them to the place of purchase for a refund or call Kadac on 1300 762 025.
If you have any questions or concerns about this issue, talk to your health professional.
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A step-by-step guide making an adorable teething bunny thanks to Teethingbunny.com