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Early evening, 23rd May 2017.
The Victoria University's Metro Centre on Nicholson Street in Footscray and the Mitchell Institute is hosting an address by Professor Yong Zhao, who the Institute has appointed a Professorial Fellow for his work focusing on the implications of globalisation and technology in education. The topic is "In an era of world-wide learning, is Australia leading or lagging?"
Why am I there?
I am interested in Professor Zhao's interrogation of creativity, entrepreneurship and education. I have been following his quest to understand what needs to change in schools. I have been particularly influenced by his views in World Class Learners (2012). I have researched the relationship between entrepreneurship and creativity since the start of my postgraduate studies in 1990 when I wanted to understand why my drama students faced unemployment if they hoped to work in theatre.
As a working-class kid, I thought this was insane, and so I set off to research entrepreneurship and the making of the Australian theatre industry. I was hugely influenced by Ken Robinson's seminal report, All Our Futures (1999), for the Blair government which repositioned creativity as generic human capacity, rather than something which was given serendipitously by the 'muse'.
Finding myself amongst interesting people
As the address begins, I'm aware that I've found myself sitting in amongst a group of people who seemed to be relating to one another with a robust familiarity, some calling out for a spare sheet of paper to take notes, others talking about the long journey to Footscray. It quickly dawned on me that I was sitting amongst a school staff. When the gentleman sitting next to me introduced himself as the principal of the school, I received my first introduction to Ray Trotter and Wooranna Park Primary School.
I bungled through explaining something about myself as a writer and researcher in an education start-up, Fantastic Learning Systems P/L, passionately focused on helping teachers and school leaders benefit from the changing role of the 'teacher-author' and the school's need to practice 'content strategy'. I explained to Ray that I wanted to grow the status of the profession which in recent times had taken a beating. I wasn't erudite, but I must have said enough to warrant Ray's kind invitation to visit the school.
Early morning, 30th August 2017
The journey to Wooranna Park Primary School involved two trains and one long bus ride from my home in Footscray. Unfortunately, there was a medical emergency on the train ahead which effectively stopped trains on the City Loop into Flinders St Station.
I notified the school of the incident and the friendly voice (Lyn) that greeted my alarm assured me that it would be all right to continue to make my way to the school, that I would be welcome when I arrived. I didn't know then, but I came to understand that the warmth I received down the phone line was to be the keynote for the day.
Now, as I write about my visit, just the memory of the day feels sensational. In part, this is because it makes me think about how I have come to expect indifference from overly busy office staff and teachers running around doing their work. Or, sadly, I've become accustomed to the surly, officious attitudes of school leaders who seem to have left their sense of humour behind, in their climb towards leadership positions.
By contrast, my memory of Wooranna Park Primary School carries the sense of joy which I experienced from staff and students in every part of the school. There was laughter interspersing the serious tasks of educating children. There was swiftness of movement with a welcoming smile when my eyes met those I observed in classrooms or moved through the school's amazingly flowing architectural design.
Elliot Eisner might have been writing about Wooranna Park Primary School when he stated in The Arts & The Creation Of Mind (2002) that
Joy is not a term that is used much in the context of education, but if the arts [WPPS] are [is] about anything, they[it] are[is] about how they[staff and students] make you feel in their presence… about becoming alive.
I didn't know the half of it!
I have spent twenty years, since the first wave of curriculum reforms in the late 1990s, visiting hundreds of schools in my home state of Western Australia. I thought I could 'pigeon-hole' Wooranna Park Primary School on the continuum of 'progressive' and 'regressive' schools which I have developed over the years.
However, WPPS defies such a continuum. Rather, my encounter with Ray, Jennie, Janet and Kieran holds for me a new experience. I see my visit as stepping onto a platform with a group of people ready to be forward-looking, travelling imaginatively to meet the future. I experienced a sense of optimistic realism, as well as a well-researched and rigorous approach. I observed throughout the day, how, as school leaders, they looked to use a sense of creativity in their professionalism. Above all, they are obsessively mindful of their impact on their students and the wider school community
The Welcome: Assistant Principal / Head of Junior School Janet Whittle
As the train incident had made me an hour late in arriving for my 10 am meeting with the Principal, I was preparing myself for a quick visit instead of the whole day I was to spend there. Instead, Janet Whittle arrived within moments of my appearance at School Reception. She explained to me that Principal Ray was with visitors from the Malaysian government, who were looking to develop a future learning centre.
After the customary making of a cup of tea, Janet and I settled in Ray's office where I was introduced to the philosophy of the school through the "Creating a New Education Paradigm" diagram. I noticed how easy it was to listen to Janet. Her authentic welcome soon cleared away any need for further apologies. Instead, Janet exposition of WPPS's concept of a Raison D'etre or, The Reason For Being focused me on the inner triangle of 'Pedagogy' at the heart of the diagram. What struck me was the diversity of configurations learning took on within the school environment at WPPS.
Each of the elements, from workshops to autonomous learners programs listed, described what seemed an extraordinary amount of careful thinking by the staff of the power relationships between teachers and students. All learning environments focused on enabling students to deepen their sense of personal and collective responsibility. There was a willingness on the part of teachers to 'model' their own quest for knowledge. Janet and I were also able to share some thoughts on teaching philosophy to primary age children, working with 'gifted' students and the importance of teacher as researchers
The Guided Tour: Year 5 Students Jarrah and Namra
After my philosophical orientation of the school, Janet walked to a room of Year 5s participating in a 'Literature Circle'. On the way through, I noticed the flow in which the various learning areas moved into one another. There was a transparency about what everyone was doing, yet also a sense of privacy and protection. Students were not 'on display', but neither were they behind 'closed' doors: the use of glass and the unconventional shaping of nooks and spill-out areas called up my continuous interest.
When I was handed over to two Year 5 students, Jarrah and Namra, to be my guides, I noticed the maturity in meeting up with me. Furthermore, the short disruption Janet and I caused in asking for the guides seem to be minimal: I did not hear either the teacher having to give the conventional direction of 'get back to work', nor was there even the slightest hint that anyone was trying to 'get out of doing work'. Janet, together with the class teacher, genuinely asked who was free to give me a guided tour and so Jarrah and Namra stepped forward.
It is not an exaggeration that I felt the students were two of the most amazing young people I've had the pleasure to meet for a long time. They demonstrated a keen understanding as they described their timetable, their projects, their portfolios, their use of the library, their pride in building the 'flying moose'.
Improvisation and another cup of tea.
Quite by accident, the students and I met up with Ray outside the Year 3/4 area. It was the exact moment that I was insisting that the students go to lunch. Ray then took me to the staffroom in which I had an impromptu meeting with the school leadership team. It was here that I was asked questions about my start-up. I was able to say a little more about the importance of enabling the 'teacher-author' to self-publish. As the writer of six textbooks, it was my journey, and I was pretty sure I wasn't alone. Firstly, because the age of 'big publishers' was over as digital tools were available to anyone wanting to become independent authors. Secondly, if teachers and school leaders were to take advantage of this moment in history, it was likely that they might need help in negotiating the mountains of curriculum documents, policy PDFs, web pages, agendas and strategic plans that were now part of the everyday school environment. I wanted to help navigate the change: particularly on ways of bringing content strategies into school so that school leaders could release the best stories of their work.
Janet placed before me a book written by a mother and son on the child's diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes – what would I do? My answer was essentially about building such 'extraordinary' happenings into 'content management' of the school. I tried to explain that I had come to understand that our overly busy schools are made through 'add-ons' that pile up, rather than do what WPPS does, look forward towards solutions, in a sense, before they arise. In the words of the organisational structuring of WPPS,
Change the system, not the child. Do things with children, not to them. Betts.
Meeting Jennie Vine.
Ray was also keen that I meet Jennie Vine and come to hear about the 'Enigma Mission'. I had watched a video before coming to the school, but it was only in speaking with Jennie that I understood the depth of the approach. Again, in conventional terms, project-based learning has been around for some time. However, it seems to me that Jennie places a different expectation of the work. My first impressions were that the name itself ENIGMA MISSION is highly significant in framing the work as an imaginative world in which students might interrogate questions that they value asking. Furthermore, Jennie looked to her students to make transformational change by being passionate and obsessed with a topic.
Ironically, Jennie and I both share an Arts background as directors of student productions and creative work. It was fascinating for me to see how she had 'reverted' to primary education as I had chosen to do when I set up the 'curriculum laboratory' at the Biscuit Factory Arts Centre in South Fremantle. As BFAC's Creative Director, between 2001 and 2008, I devised and implemented over thirty drama and animation projects in afterschool and holiday programmes for over 2000 young people, in which I focused on developing thinking skills, including work with the Philosophy In Schools association. During that time, I won several grants to produce programmes for local schools, youth festival organisations and arts for special needs. I was also a key researcher on the Australian Research Council Linkage Grant in partnership with Dr Felicity Haynes of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Western Australia, studying the impact of arts project on the development of creative thinking skills.
From Enigma Mission To The Enigma Portal
After the staff meeting, Jennie and Kieran invited me to view the Enigma Mission and Enigma Portal at work. I found myself in an uncharacteristic ICT area – uncluttered and imaginatively designed with monitors that displayed the school's courage to connect globally. I observed the connections to other classrooms in NZ in real time, through the time difference meant no one was in the NZ location. I complimented the presence of the green screen. Kieran's self-deprecating humour told me about the problems of a curved wall and its shadows. I watched students doing their independent projects and met Nicolina who outlined her project on 'organic cosmetics' and the fraudulent claims of cosmetic companies who hide behind the 'organic' label.
I experienced the use of a new form of VR through which you can draw and alter effects in real time using two handheld devices. I had a great talk with Kieran on his projects, including the use of steemit powered by blockchain technology. It was a privilege to listen to his awareness of the pedagogical implementation of the technologies with which he works. Since my visit, I have made it a point to read the many articles in which Kieran's work is applauded.
I'm not interested in 'best practice' but 'next practice'!
As a writer and researcher in education, I have used the last decade to become more and more critically engaged in the use of digital technologies in teaching and learning. For instance, while living in London between 2009 and 2014, I completed training on the use of digital tools that play a significant role in the creation curriculum documents: so today I create websites through WordPress.org and devise curriculum on rapid authoring software, Articulate Storyline and Adobe Captivate. Since returning home to Australia in 2015, I have worked in a small team of business manager, a digital content strategist, two graphic/media artists and an author of young people's fiction to further explore being a 'curriculum maker'.
I have now read several news articles on WPPS. The school's audacity is inspirational. There is no doubt in my mind that the staff can demonstrate how students at WPPS are developing into global citizens. There is enormous complexity in everything they do but there is also an overwhelming sense of being in a school community.
As I reflect on Professor Zhao's work, I'm conscious that there is much to do still in the area of creativity, education and technology. However, having visited WPPS, I feel I have viewed what educators need to do if we are, at the very least, to imagine the future. It may be true that the jobs which will employ our students have not yet be invented, and that we cannot 'train' them to be prepared for the workforce. Nonetheless, if we emulate staff and students at WPPS, we might see the ethical and moral responsibility we have to come together and ask more questions than our teacher training ever imagined we needed to ask, and look for collaborative ways towards solutions. Together, like WPPS, we must welcome the digital age with the wisdom of John Dewey who saw that "Education is not a preparation for life. Education is life."


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Now on their own independent label, the Unthanks are musicians in the classic folk tradition and have an intimate knowledge of their native north-east of England. On this latest release, they have expanded their intimate harmony plus instrumentation sound to encompass larger brass orchestrations and the result is a sublime cross-fertilisation of styles with a subtle and tasteful inclusion of brass that never ever detracts from the whole. This writer especially appreciated the trumpet solos, as amply illustrated on the lengthy opener of the title track.
The music here is at once reflective and reposing, yet the melancholia is never depressing, but actually a spiritually uplifting experience. Part of their success probably goes down to their impeccable background knowledge of and quest to explore the northern English folk tradition and beyond, with Ireland never too far from their thoughts. The Unthanks have taken in groups such as the Keelers and the Wilson as well as male sea shanty singers and as a result of this they sound totally authentic in their performances. However, where they win hands down is in their progressive approach, soaking up non-folk influences and then incorporating them into the mix. Pride of place on this occasion goes to the stunning beautiful 'Magpie' which may just be a strong enough song to become their signature tune. The a cappella vocals here are a wonder to behold. Of great interest is how the combination of string and piano combine as on the excellent 'Foundling' which also features the use of trumpet to good effect. In fact the use of orchestration leads one to consider the possible influence of maestro jazz orchestrator Gil Evans and it would not be surprising to this writer if that were to be the case. The group's insider knowledge of folk history is displayed on 'Hawthorn', in probable reference to the Manchester folk club Gaslamp.
This must be a strong contender already for folk album of the year and make for a fine comparison with their 2005 debut, 'Cruel Sister' and its even bleaker follow up, 'The Bairns'. An appearance on the BBC Jools Holland programme recently will hopefully ensure that a much wider audience are able to take in their wonderful music.
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Baby and his brother Ronald Williams, co-founders of Cash Money Records, were profiled on MSNBC's documentary "NEWBOs: The Rise of America's New Black Overclass." In the documentary, Baby flashes millions in cash, cars, opulent gold, and authentic diamond jewelry. No fake Hip Hop ice there.
Also, check out what else Sandra had to say about The Birdman. Check out the pic below and then continue to read:
Rumor has it that Baby invested some of his Cash Money Records loot into an off shore oil rig with a few Saudi billionaires. When the Saudis sold the oil rig, Baby's take was well in excess of $100 million. That would explain why every available female was at the Velvet Room on Sunday.
These are just rumors, mind you. But one of Baby's many tattoos indicates there might be some truth to the rumors.
The tattoo shows an oil rig with the words BRONALD — a combination of the Williams brothers first names: Bryan and Ronald.


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Working with hundreds of posts per day can be overwhelming, especially when you want to search for a specific post. This is why learning how to organize content for each brand is important if you want to speed up your workflow.
The Content Calendar allows you to view all planned content for a single month at a glance, the List View allows you to see all content organized in columns. We will go over each view and how you can use tags, filters, and labels to organize your List and Calendar views.
Group posts by status, date, formats, and channels
Filters can help in a number of ways:
- They reduce loading times, pulling up just specific content you need.
- They help prioritize which posts require your attention first so you can get them done quickly.
- When exporting content as PDFs or CSV files, you can filter the content that's relevant to your team or approvers and not the entire calendar.
In the example below, the filters are set to pull up just post formats Photo, Status, and File in every status expect pending approval for Facebook and Instagram.
This filter will display only those posts you filtered by in both the Calendar and List views. Filters will remain on as you toggle between views or even if you log out of Gain and come back so, make sure to Reset to Default any filters once you are done using them.
In the List View, the additional option to filter by Publish Date is displayed because you're not inside a calendar where posts are already shown in their respective publishing dates. Any drafts without publish dates will also show up in the list view, click Undated to display them.
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- Whenever there's content pending approval that is near its publish date, you can search by Pending Approval status and filter by the Publishing date range. Select all the posts at once and Renotify Approvers.
- You can also choose to override your approver and schedule content if they haven't responded in time and the publish date is getting closer.
- Notify your team and clients when you're done working on a post that was in the Requires Revision stage, add a comment and on the same page send them back for approval.
- Filter specific content to export data for stakeholders or clients.
- In the List View, see in which round of approval posts are in or modify the publish date for specific content by hovering their respective fields. See below.
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Tags are a great way to keep your calendar organized and efficient. They can also be exported along with your posts to show approvers. An advantage of organizing content with tags is that later on, you can filter content by tags as well.
To add a new tag, select all of the posts that you want to tag.
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Once tags are added to content, you can edit them or remove them from specific posts. In the Content Tags section under People, Workflow, Settings you can remove, edit tag names, or see how many time the tag has been used.
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In the List View, you can filter by tags by hovering over the tag. Clicking the tag will display every post labeled with that tag.
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Hover over the day and select the label icon or select the larger label icon underneath the menu buttons to get started.
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From WikiFur, the furry encyclopedia.
Appears legit (e.g. Jamesha Beard appears to be a children's songwriter) but is it furry at all? Should we add a cleanup template or delete it? Thoughts welcome. Simba B 19:59, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
- This and other contributions appear to be more suited to the Muppet Wiki, if anywhere. --GreenReaper(talk) 21:07, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
- I fully agree. They're not very furry. =\ Spaz Kitty 21:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)


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Mid-term exams begin as scores of Logar schools reopen
Mid-term exams begin as scores of Logar schools reopen
PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Scores of schools in central Logar province have reopened, paving the way for midterm exams to commence, an official said on Wednesday.
Education Department spokesman Mohammad Shapoor Arab told Pajhwok Afghan News some schools had been closed after warnings from the Taliban.
"Around 90 closed schools in Pul-i-Alam and Mohammad Agha district reopened for students today and the midterm exams have begun," he said.
In some parts of the province, the examination was unfinished when the schools were ordered closed. He asked families to send their children to school to appear in exams.
Abdul Samad, the student of 11th class at Mohammad Agha high school, said that their school reopened today and he appeared in the exams. "Some students are not aware about the reopening and remained absent."
The Taliban acknowledged the reopening of schools. The group's spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said they had tasked a delegation with reopening the schools.
He said the delegation met Taliban and government officials and convinced them into reopening the schools. Currently 307 schools are functional in Logar. Enrolled there are 150,000 students, including 50,000 girls.
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Monsters Behind Mental Illnesses
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After reading Crazy by Pete Early for my junior research paper topic, the more aware I became of the true horrors that mental illnesses unleash on individuals, their family, and the society. Mental illness can be terrifying beasts, waiting in the dark, jumping and attacking even the most innocent of victims. What I knew about mental illnesses before reading this book, wasn't even the half of it. In school they warn kids about bullying and the consequences it may leave on those being bullied. And almost everyone probably has lost someone they love or know of someone who has passed away because of suicide. But there is so much more to mental illnesses than just depression and bipolar disorder and anxiety. There are so many mentally ill people out there who are rejected by society. Some become so sick that even their family give up on them. Or those families who try to help often reach obstacles because of laws passed. For example; unless your loved one voluntarily agrees or has been proven to be dangerous to themselves or others, they can not be admitted to a hospital or anything similar for help. While there are some ways to bypass this, dong so is not easy. As a result, families are left helpless while their loved one are clearly fighting internal demons.
Countless mentally ill people go on and commit crimes (not intentionally, of course) because their illness gets so out of hand and then end up simply being thrown in jail instead of receiving help. From there, most get worse and face awful conditions. Because not all (barely any, in fact) jail workers receive special training for how to deal with mentally ill patients, most patients face beatings, inhumane treatment, and hateful attitudes from the workers. Convicted mentally ill people can waste away their whole lives in jail, simply waiting to be put on trial. And it is also not uncommon to see a mentally ill person live a cycle of being hospitalized, released, arrested, and hospitalized again for their entire lives. And all the meanwhile, society looks down on these people, doesn't try to help them, or doesn't even realise that there are people among us who need help.
Think about the last time you encountered a homeless person on the street, rummaging through garbage, sleeping on a bench, etc.. What were your thoughts? Was is to avoid all contact with them, and hope that they don't see you walk by? Was is of curiosity, thinking of how that person ended up there? Was it disgust, thinking how could a person let themselves fall to that kind of lifestyle? Was your immediate thought "Oh they're probably just a junkie who got what they deserve"? Approximately one-third of homeless people are people with serious mental illnesses and that number is only growing. And to think that the majority of these people were at one time in their life "normal", healthy, and living in a home with a family that loves them. But here they are...suffering...fighting...and some...losing. Think about the stigma around mental illness today...many might say that no such thing exists, some might feel the effects of it from suffering loved ones, some might laugh at it and simply say that those people can get better if only they tried to help themselves. Where do you stand in this fight? Are you watching from the comfort of your couch, unaffected? Are you sitting on the sidelines, helpless? Or are you the fighter, struggling?


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Train ticket issued to Iris Kidlark by the Canadian Pacific Railway for travel from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Toronto, Ontario, April 1946. The ticket is printed on blue card stock.
Donated to Pier 21, July 12 2006, by Iris Kidlark-Tillett.
Iris Kidlark-Tillett (née Joyce) was born in Swansea, Wales in 1925. Iris met her first husband, Canadian soldier Michael Kidlark, while he was stationed overseas during the Second World War. Michael drove ammunition trucks for the Royal Canadian Artillery. They were married circa 1944. Michael returned to Canada in October 1945 and Iris arrived at Pier 21 on April 10, 1946 on board RMS Aquitania. They settled in Toronto, Ontario and had two sons.
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text: Culture Art & Media New OK Go Music Video Defies Gravity By Kristen Bobst Writer University of Southern California Trinity College Dublin University of Florida Kristen Bobst has written educational apps for kids and reports on space exploration for a variety of websites. our editorial process Kristen Bobst Updated October 07, 2019 OK Go zero gravity music video filmed on a plane flying parabolic curves. OK Go / Facebook / Video Screencapture Share Twitter Pinterest Email Culture History Travel Sustainable Fashion Art & Media Holidays Community OK Go's latest music video, "Upside Down & Inside Out," features a zero-gravity performance — recorded in a single take. The band is known for innovative videos, and their latest undertaking might be the most ambitious thing they've done yet. OK Go have been in the viral video business since 2005 when they released the quirkily choreographed "A Million Ways," which was filmed in lead singer Damian Kulash's backyard. Since then, they've danced on treadmills, performed with a marching band, and even created a massive Rube Goldberg machine. This new video is a far cry from the backyard. To achieve weightlessness for "Upside Down & Inside Out," OK Go filmed the video aboard Russian company S7 Airlines' zero-gravity plane. According to TechCrunch, "To create the video, the S7 Airlines plane flew up and down in a wave-like path. This parabolic motion created the sensation of zero gravity for the band members who were free-falling inside the plane." Because the plane flew in a wave, you can see the gravity shift from hypergravity (where gravity is stronger than on Earth) and the weightlessness that microgravity affords. However, much of the band's time aboard the plane has been cut from the footage, because during these flights, weightlessness occurs in, at most, 27-second long increments followed by several minutes of recovery time. OK GO explains how they made the video appear like three-plus minutes of weightlessness, "After we filmed a scene when gravity returned, we stayed as still as we could for the five minutes of the plane climbing, and then began the next scene as soon as we were weightless again." The cut time is not noticeable because, "We paused our actions, and the music, during the non-weightless periods, and then cut out these sections and smoothed over each transition with a morph." The band says that the video took months to plan. They were in Russia for three weeks in preparation. Over the course of planning, training, rehearsing, and filming, OK Go took 21 flights in total (with 58 "puke events"). The video required the efforts of 60 people including pilots, aerialist dancers, film crew, and cosmonaut trainers. "Upside Down & Inside Out" was choreographed by Damian Kulash and his sister Trish Sie. OK Go released the video exclusively on Facebook on Feb. 11 with the hashtag #GravitysJustAHabit.


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The CRS curriculum provides a unique combination of depth and breadth. In-depth instruction in civil rights and race theory are taught by professors who built the intellectual foundations of the field. Also, courses addressing specific racial groups and other forms of social hierarchies provide rich comparative analyses. This approach helps us understand that we live in a multiracial world with intersecting and overlapping forms of subordination.
Courses in Fulfillment of the Critical Race Studies Specialization
Overview: Students are required to take six (6) courses to complete the program, including two (2) core courses, one (1) course in comparative analysis, two (2) applied courses (one doctrine and one practice), and one (1) course which fulfills the writing requirement, in which students will complete a 35-page paper, double-spaced. This requirement is further described below under the subheading CRS Writing Requirement. The cumulative GPA within these courses must be a B- or higher in order to gain the Critical Race Studies certification. Students can use an externship in place of the applied practice course.
Note: A course fulfilling a requirement MUST be at least 3 units. The ONLY exceptions will be for courses fulfilling the Practice or Doctrine requirement, in which you may use two or more courses to add up to three units. For example, you may take a 1-unit and a 2-unit course OR three 1-unit courses, all approved for the Practice requirement, to fulfill that requirement. You may NOT use a course under 3 units to fulfill the Comparative Analysis requirement.
Core Courses (BOTH courses are required.) (Note that it is highly recommended that these courses be taken in the 2L year and be taken before embarking on the writing requirement.)
Comparative Analysis Requirement (ONE Course) (The courses below provide students with a range of opportunities to study inequality and the law comparatively. Some of the courses (e.g., immigration law) require students to analyze antidiscrimination problems outside of standard antidiscrimination legal frames (such as equal protection or Title VII jurisprudence). Other courses (e.g., sexual orientation and the law) require students to engage social categories other than race. Still other courses (e.g., Federal Indian Law) enable students to think deeply about how law structures the experiences of a particular racial group. Students are required to take one course from the list below.)
Applied Courses Requirement (TWO Courses) (at least one from each list)
The courses below provide a basis for applying the central themes in critical race theory to specific areas of the law and to practical legal settings. The courses listed in Doctrine provide students with a sound grasp of the laws and policies that govern specific areas of practice. The courses listed in Practice are designed to expose students to the practical application of laws and policies to concrete social issues and actual legal settings.
CRS Writing Requirement
Papers used to fulfill the CRS Writing Requirement MUST be at least 35 pages long (when double-spaced) and related to a topic relevant to the CRS Specialization's course of study. NOTE: The CRS paper can be used to fulfill the law school's writing requirement (and/or the writing requirement for another specialization). However, the course or seminar used to fulfill the CRS Writing Requirement may not be used to fulfill another CRS Specialization requirement at the same time. In other words, there can be no double-counting of a single course to fulfill two requirements within the CRS Specialization.
You may fulfill the writing requirement in the following ways:
For courses or independent research with non-CRS Core or Affiliated Faculty, pre-approval is REQUIRED. To obtain pre-approval, the student must submit a description of the writing project to the CRS Program Director by the end of the fourth week of the semester in which the paper is to be written, indicating how the project will engage race/racism or employ critical race scholarship or concepts in its analysis. Please contact the CRS Program Director should you have any questions.


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Oranda Sai-Kou
The Oranda Sai-Kou tournament held in the city of Utrecht was probably this year's high-point of the European riichi mahjong scene. With 68 participants from ten countries gathering to Den Hommel (The Bumblebee) for nine sessions of riichi, this was the longest RCR event ever held in Europe.
This tournament also determined the Dutch Champion, who has been decided with total score from two separate tournaments that took place this year.
The winner was not clear until the last session, and a lot players had the chance to win the tournament. Many had held the first place position at some point during the event, and after the first day many thought that Jean-Marc Dedieu from France would be taking the first place. He had scores of over 130 000 after the first day and even scored a yakuman Su Anko (Four Concealed Triples). In the end the three best players were Bert Claessen, Sjef Strik and Nicolas Poilleux. Of course I had already made the prediction of Sjef and Nicolas making it to top five in the pre-report, but I was really surprised about the winner Bert Claessen, a name I had never heard before. With his final score of 175,100, I'm not certain if made a yakuman or not, or was his play just superb in every other fashion. I'm probably just a bit bitter about my final position.
Yours truly got the fourth place by playing really, really consistently throughout the weekend. I played on table 12 every single session and it usually was me who had to keep the score. I'm surprised how people can play the game, sometimes not actually knowing what they scored. The gong was also a bit confusing since the tournament used the 75+15 minute rule, which states that game plays out normal for 75 minutes, and if you're not finished by then, you can finish your current hand and play one more.I had problems figuring out their announcements about the time and hands, thankfully only one of my tables wasn't finished before the 75 minute mark.
First session was great. Getting a sanbaiman hand really got the blood flowing but after that it was a steady run of placing either 2nd or 1st with bad scores. Didn't even score a haneman or a baiman hand once if I remember correctly. The only session I got a negative score in was my single 3rd place finish with -7900 (-3000 uma (placing penalty) included) so I must have done something right.
My play was my usual style if you can call it that, not taking unnecessary risks but going for it when I was the dealer. I had great time abusing the Kuikae (Chow Switch) rule when I tried really hard against people who had declared riichi, claiming tiles and throwing the claimed away to keep me ready and not drawing any dangerous tiles. I only played into a couple of hands throughout the tournament that I can recall. That still proves I have a long way to go, but I'm satisfied with my overall results of this tournament.
Of course I have to mention that Gemma reached her goal of being 30th in the final scores yay!
I really noticed that people have been improving a lot as players. A couple of years ago it was a struggle against people going obvious Toitoi (All Pungs) and Honitsu (Half Flush) hands every single time, but now it seems people are realizing the importance of riichi in RCR, and are starting to sway away from the MCR/CO (Chinese rules) style of play. Also people are starting to play faster and most of the tables were done before the gong rang.
In conclusion, the tournament was great and I hope that the tournaments in the future will use this tournament as a benchmark in regards to the atmosphere, and level of play.


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About the authors
BRONWYN BANCROFT is a highly-acclaimed Indigenous Australian artist and designer whose picture book artwork is instantly recognisable for its clear lines, accessible style, colour and 'Australian-ness'. She explores the beauty of the Australian landscape and her connection to it, with unique feeling, verve and power. In 1994 she was the Australian Candidate for the UNICEF Ezra and Jack Keats International Award for Excellence in Children's Book Illustration.
Her artwork has been collected in galleries and museums throughout Australia, in the USA and Germany. Exhibitions of her art have been shown in Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand, the USA, France and Germany.
Over the past three decades, Bancroft has authored and illustrated 40 children's books, as well as producing large-scale public artworks, private artistic commissions, and a clothing range.
Bancroft is committed to advancing the rights of Australia's Indigenous people and the protection of artists' rights. She has been an active participant on national committees, including the National Gallery of Australia and the National Indigenous Arts Advocacy Association
Praise for Why I Love Australia:
The text reads aloud like poetry… Her artwork is rich and beautiful.
– Bookseller+Publisher
Praise for W is for Wombat:
A glorious visual feast of colour… highly recommended.
–Sydney's Child Magazine
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GERALDINE BROOKS was born and raised in Australia. After moving to the US she worked for a decade covering stories from some of the world's most troubled areas, including the Middle East, Somalia and the Balkans.
She has since gone on to become a bestselling novelist, with over two million books sold internationally. After two works of non-fiction, she turned to fiction – to dazzling success. Covering themes from the American Civil War and slavery, to book conservation, her richly layered, deeply researched novels have won readers and accolades across the globe, including the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for March.
Caleb's Crossing and People of the Book, were both New York Times best sellers. Year of Wonders is an international bestseller, translated into more than 25 languages, including in Chinese.
In 2010 she received the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for lifetime achievement, and in 2016 she was made an Officer of the Order of Australia. She has been a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies at Harvard University.
Brooks lives with her family and various animals by an old mill pond on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts and spends as much time as possible in Australia.
Year of Wonders carries absolute conviction as an evocation of place and mood. It has a vivid imaginative truth, and is beautifully written. – Hilary Mantel
Geraldine Brooks is a savvy, almost shrewd storyteller. – Robert Dessia
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TOM KENEALLY is one of Australia's most beloved authors, well known for his prize-winning Schindler's Ark – the basis for Academy Award-winning film Schindler's List.
He is the author of more than 50 works of fiction and nonfiction, and as well being the first Australian to win the Booker Prize, has twice won Australia's most prestigious fiction award, the Miles Franklin, been shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize, and garnered Australian Film Institute and Critics Circle awards for his screenplays.
His passion for Australian history embues much of his work, particularly a three volume series focusing on the people of Australia, Australians. He has recently begun a series of crime novels set in colonial Australia co-written with his daughter Meg, citing that he has too many ideas to write himself in his remaining years.
Keneally visited China in 1979 as a founding member of the Australian government's Australia-China Council, and the first overseas delegate visit to the Entombed Warriors, as well as academic and other exchanges.
Keneally is an official 'Australian Living Treasure' and in 1983 he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia.
He opened the space for me and for so many other Australian writers to follow. He showed all that was possible, he demonstrated the connection between the writing and the readers and the life, and he was kind to so many writers, me included.
– Richard Flanagan
Praise for Napolean's Last Island:
This brilliant reworking of a 19th-century footnote is more than historical fiction, it's an account of contemporary relevance – typical Keneally.
–Guardian Australia
© Chris Le Messurier
JOHN MARSDEN has been described as 'Australia's king of young adult fiction' having written more than 40 books, most of them aimed at teenagers, and selling five million copies internationally. He is possibly best known for the Tomorrow series, now a major motion picture, and has also written books on the craft of writing, manhood and parenting.
After pulling out of law school, Marsden survived on odd jobs, then at 28, enrolled in a teaching course and has never looked back – in 2006, his love of education saw him found an alternative school in regional Victoria, of which he remains principal. Teaching fuelled his love of writing too, with his first book published in his mid thirties. Since that time, he has enjoyed great success, his books with themes of depression, isolation and growing up, hitting a nerve with teenagers across the globe.
Marsden has won countless awards for his work, including the Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award, a Victorian Premier's Award and the Christopher Medal in the US. His most recent book is South of Darkness, an adult novel about Australia's convict period.
Marsden has travelled to China several times, speaking to local and international school students about writing and his books, as well as teachers about the alternative school he founded, Candlebark.
Praise for the Tomorrow series:
The best series for Australian teens of all time. – The Age
Praise for South of Darkness:
You will hardly read a more fascinating account of a convict's voyage to Australia. – Australian Book Review
Australian Writers Week in China (10-18 May 2017) is presented by the Australian Embassy in Beijing, Consulates-General in Chengdu, Guangzhou and Shanghai, and is supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.


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President Bush's State of the Union address Jan. 29 was uninspired. The president's proposal leaves the majority of America's seniors without affordable drug coverage.
The test of a good prescription drug proposal is whether it covers all seniors for all drugs at the best possible price. For example, Ray Andrews, of Elk Grove Village, Ill. has diabetes and psoriasis. His wife Gaylee suffers from arthritis, asthma, emphysema, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Their prescription drugs cost $12,600 a year. Ray and Gaylee, both in their 70s, work three part-time jobs to pay for their prescription drugs.
The President's proposal does not help Ray and Gaylee Andrews. It also does nothing to rein in rising drug costs, which are straining seniors' wallets and busting state Medicaid budgets. We have the ability to fund a comprehensive prescription drug plan that will cover all 39 million seniors and people with disabilities. But we need a President who will stand up to the big drug companies. Congress can insure that every American senior has access to affordable prescription drugs if it just has the will to delay the tax cut for one million millionaires.
This is about who comes first. Why should multi-millionaires like former Enron CEO Ken Lay get an additional tax break while people like Ray and Gaylee Andrews have to wait for their prescription drugs? If the president only learns one lesson from the Enron scandal, it is that he should put the needs of America's families and seniors before the needs of his special interest contributors. Americans are calling on the President to put first things first. Take care of filling the prescriptions of our seniors instead of filling the bank accounts of pharmaceutical companies.
William McNary is president of USAction, the nation's largest grassroots consumer activist group, with three million members and 33 affiliates.


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The answer is quite easy; it simply works best for the student
Put it this way, hardcopy books correctly mirror the UMAT, which is a hardcopy test sat at a desk and the hardcopy answer sheet is filled in with a real pencil. The only think online in relation to the UMAT is the application to sit the test. But applying for the test is not what gets you into medicine is it?
So what are the benefits of studying for UMAT online. Again the answer is easy; there are no benefits for the student, it simply means that the company providing the material can save thousands of dollars on printing an posting.
With NIE you have true educational organisation that is passionate about providing the world's best UMAT training and hence your best opportunity to maximise your UMAT scores. We don't script and save on educators, we don't outsource our content, we don't rely on students to author or deliver our material. We employ highly experienced and qualified teachers, we author in house and provide hardcopy books because we know they are far more convenient, practical and effective.
Sure, it would be great if we went online and increased our profit margins accordingly. But profit margins are not more important than seeing you reach your full potential and goals. Shouldn't that be the aim of any valid educational organisation?
So down to nuts and bolts; books can be carried with you at any time. You don't need a computer and a high speed internet connection to study them. You can make notes on your books, scroll back and forward quickly, access multiple pages and books at once and easily discuss them with others at any point in time and at any location. Books are flexible and adaptable in how and when you study. Online resources are not.
Think it through. Work with an organisation that puts your needs first, an organisation that values core and proven educational principles above higher profits and an organisation that delivers learning resources that are far more applicable, relevant and successful. And it this case, that is hard copy books; the same proven materials that NIE has been developing, publishing and utilising since 1999.
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Hikes and Walks on Waiheke
Tie up your hiking boots (Ok, so it's more like your trail runners on Waiheke) and hit the walking trails of Waiheke Island! It's the best way to soak up the coastal and forest scenery on Waiheke Island. Plus, all these walks are absolutely free to access! So what are the walks on Waiheke Island?
In this list, we've put together a mix of walks easy to access from the passenger ferry terminal, as well as others that are worth hiring a vehicle or taking the bus for. Walks on Waiheke Island are mostly a mix of off-road walking tracks, residential streets and roads. However, if you are looking for more things to do on Waiheke Island, be sure to check out 9 Glorious Things to Do on Waiheke Island, as well as 5 Waiheke Island Must-Dos.
1. Onetangi Reserve
The Onetangi Reserve (or Forest & Bird Reserve) is your dose of wilderness on Waiheke Island. Situated behind the huge Onetangi Beach, a network of walking trails takes you through a mix of kauri, nikau palms and manuka forest. It's a good spot for bird watching too, even for the North Island kaka parrot. Hikes in the reserve range from 10 minutes to 2 hours one way.
Location: Access along Trig Hill Road or Waiheke Road. (We recommend starting at the entrance on Trig Hill Road and making your way down.
2. Church Bay Circuit
For hike easily accessible from the passenger ferries at Matiatia Bay, check out the Church Bay Circuit. This 3-hour loop starts by following the path to the southern end of Matiatia Bay. Cross the footbridge and follow the track uphill to a lookout. You'll then follow a coastal track on Te Miro Bay and Church Bay. To complete the loop, follow Church Bay Road all the way to Alison Park where you can either access Oneroa Beach or return to Matiatia Bay via Ocean View Road or the Atawhai Whenua Reserve pathway.
Location: Start from Matiatia Bay.
3. Whakanewha Regional Park
On the southern side of Waiheke Island, Whakanewha Regional Park is well worth making your way to for its lush coastal forest, cascading streams and sweeping beach. Walks in the park take up to 2 hours and 30 minutes to complete.
Location: Access is via Gordons Road.
4. Matiatia – Owhanake Loop
Another awesome walking option where you don't have to venture too far from the ferry terminal is the Matiatia – Owhanake Loop. From the ferry terminal, head north on the track to Cable Bay then Owhanake Bay. There are some excellent coastal views along the way. When you reach Island Bay, follow the green and yellow markers to Korora Road until you reach Oneroa Beach. From the beach, return to Matiatia Bay via Korora Road to Alison Park then via Ocean View Road or the Atawhai Whenua Reserve. This walk takes 2-3 hours.
Location: Access via Matiatia Bay.
5. Little Oneroa Beach Walk
A short walkway (30 minutes) joins Oneroa Beach and the Newton Reserve. These walks can be made into loop walks via residential streets, making the full loop about 2 hours. This is another good option in Waiheke Island's main town and within walking distance of the ferry. From Oneroa Beach, walk along the beach at low tide to Little Oneroa Beach. Alternatively, there is a track to get to Little Oneroa Beach on the corner of Puriri and Ocean View Roads. From Little Oneroa Beach, there is a track leading to a lookout at Fisherman's Rock. To complete the loop, take the track to Newton Road, then Queens Drive to Goodwin Avenue which leads back to Little Oneroa.
Location: Access from Oneroa Beach or Little Oneroa Beach
6. Hekerua Bay to Palm Beach
A mix of walking tracks and residential streets provide a great taste to Waiheke Island coastal scenery in around 2 hours. The walk starts from Waters Glen at the end of Queens Drive, which joins a concrete zigzag track to the Hekerua Bay Reserve. Follow the track to Sandy Bay. Then follow Great Barrier Road and turn on Empire Avenue through the McKenzie Reserve. Come out on Coromandel Road, turn left onto Hauraki Road then Cory Road to the Mawhitipana Reserve and along Palm Beach.
Location: Access is via the top of Goodwin Avenue and Queen's Drive.
7. Rocky Bay's Te Whau Loop
Another awesome walk on Waiheke Island is at Rocky Bay. Start at the Onetangi Sports Park and follow the track on the righthand side of O'Brien Road. Turn right on Magaret Reeve lane which leads down to Okoka (Dead Dog) Bay. Cross the beach then follow the markers uphill onto Vintage Lane. Turn right onto Te Whau Drive and follow the road to the Hitapa Bay walkway leading steeply down to the beach. You'll now follow a scenic coastal path until you reach Kuakarau Bay. Head back inland on Wairua Road then follow the paths into the Kuakarau Bay Forest Reserve. There are two tracks in the reserve that will take you to either Te Whau Drive or O'Brien Road.
Location: Access via the Onetangi Sports Park.


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A common misconception persists among Iowa non-profits and vendors
that all non-profits are exempt from sales tax on goods purchased on
behalf of the non-profit. Most non-profits do, in fact, have to pay
sales taxes on their purchases. Only specifically enumerated non-profits
are fully exempt from sales taxes. However, nonprofit organizations
typically do not have to collect tax on items that they sell so long as
the proceeds go directly to the educational or non-profit purposes of
the organization. It is always a good idea to review these rules if you
are a non-profit operating in Iowa.
The following are the Iowa entities that are exempt from sales and use taxes:
For non-profit organizations which are not found on the preceding list, Iowa Code § 423.3(78)(2011) exempts the sales price of sales
of tangible personal property if the profits from the sale are used for
educational, religious, and charitable purposes. Organizations should
be aware that this is a separate test from the IRS requirements for
exempt status under IRC §501(c)(3). Iowa Administrative Rule 701-17.1
defines the terms, "educational, religious, and charitable". Exemption
as a religious organization is fairly straight-forward and most
churches, synagogues, or mosques should qualify. Educational is defined
as "the acquisition of knowledge tending to develop and train the
individual. An activity that has as its primary purpose to educate by
teaching." Charitable is defined, "the term 'charitable 'may be applied
to almost anything that tends to promote well-doing and well-being for
public good or public welfare with no pecuniary profit to the one
performing the service.". In short, it is a good idea to review these
rules prior to claiming an exemption.
The IDR has a good website for non-profits
that covers these issues in some depth. The exemption for non-profit
sales requires that the net proceeds go towards the charitable activity.
However, if not all of the proceeds go towards charitable activities,
then the exemption is prorated, not denied. The website referred to
above, gives the following illustration:
A local organization (not a 501(c)(3)) has a fundraiser and collects
$10,000 in net proceeds. The organization gives $9,000 to a local
nonprofit homeless shelter and uses $1,000 to pay guest speakers at its
meetings. The organization does not pay sales tax on the $9,000 given
for a charitable activity, but must pay sales tax on the $1,000 it
retained for its own use.
The term net proceeds means the gross revenue less the costs of
operating and holding the event. Unfortunately, non-profit sales tax
issues can get complicated in a hurry. Notice in the above example, the
organization was likely not a qualifying non-profit for sales tax
purposes. However, it qualified for the exemption because the
organization expended the proceeds for charitable purposes. If the
organization were exempt under Iowa sales tax law, the speaker fees
could also be considered exempt net proceeds because the speakers would
be furthering the charitable or educational purposes. It is important to
look at who the entity is that is claiming the exemption.
Other examples given include a food vendor at a little league game
where the proceeds of the vendor go back into the little league for
uniforms. That example is determined to be an exempt activity for sales
tax purposes so long as the little league organization is a IRC §
501(c)(3) charity. Certain local theaters, civic centers, and similar
entities can also claim an exemption for the sales prices of the ticket
sales to their events, provided that the entity sponsoring the event is
an exempt organization and the event furthers the charitable or
educational purposes.
Operationally, it is important to keep track of the proceeds that are
gathered from exempt events. If the organization provides any benefits
(other than reasonable compensation) to its volunteers and members, the
Department has taken the position that the organization must remit sales
tax on the amount spent for these benefits. The Department provides a
simple example of a charity that raised $10,000.00 but spent $1,000.00
on a pizza party for those that helped with the event and its members.
The Department takes the position that those proceeds are not spent in
furtherance of the exempt purposes and the organization must pay sales
tax on the $1,000.00. Thus, it is a good idea to segregate unrestricted
donations from proceeds raised through fundraising and event activities.
If a pizza party is desired, then the donated funds can be used for
those purposes from a separate account without triggering a sales tax
To summarize, only a select few non-profits in Iowa can claim an
exemption for purchases for their organization. Most, however, can claim
a sales tax exemption for their fundraising and event activities -
keeping in mind that the proceeds must be spent in furtherance of the
exempt purpose.
Developing Issues for Tax Professionals
- A question that is being considered by tax professionals and the
Department at the moment is just how the "net proceeds" concept is to be
applied in practice. As we know, the vendor is responsible for the
collection of sales taxes from the consumer at the time the sale is
completed. Thus, the following question is necessarily raised - if the
exemption is applied on the back-end of the transaction (determining the
net proceeds requires analysis after the sale takes place), then how is
the tax to be collected on the front end of the transaction? In
practice, most non-profit organizations simply remit the tax on the
for-profit proceeds without consideration as to how it was collected.
This raises a number of issues as to how you would itemize a receipt or
disclose to those purchasing the item that sales taxes are being
collected. The Department has yet to provide guidance on this issue, but
as charities provide more and more complex services and goods, this is
becoming an issue that will have to be dealt with and developed. We will
post any guidance that we receive on this issue in the future.


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It's so easy to have fun on Fendels Summer Mountain!
Right by the Sattelklause mountain restaurant, where the sun terrace ends, there is a large water play area with a small, knee-deep pond and raft, water pumps and water channels, Kneipp pool and much more. The play area is clearly visible from the restaurant, allowing parents to peacefully enjoy their cup of coffee in the sun, while their kids can unabashedly let off steam on the play equipment
Information about the play area at mountain restaurant Sattelklause
- Free trampoline
- Tree house with bridge and tunnel slide
- Owl trail with obstacle course
- Slides, swings and nest swings
- Small pond with raft
- Water pumps and water channels
- Large sand pit with sun sails and diggers
- Kneipp pool
- Locandy app free of charge for digital play in the nature


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Opportunities for Schools
Kiwi Tennis is passionate about tennis with the aim of giving as many people as possible the opportunity of playing the sport we love. Established in 2012, Kiwi Tennis has quickly become one of the biggest tennis providers in New Zealand. Our team of experienced tennis coaches deliver comprehensive tennis programmes at six tennis clubs across Auckland…and our schools programme is equally as impressive!
We deliver a range of tennis activities to over 2,000 students each term. This includes a variety of in-school activities…
- User pay sessions either before school, after school or
at lunchtime.
- Curriculum time tennis
- Inter-school competition team training
- High performance tennis
- Inter school competitions
- Tennis taster sessions
- Activities at school galas and sports days
Our team of coaches are experienced in schools tennis and the constraints in-school tennis can sometimes bring… larger groups, mixed abilities, smaller spaces and short lesson time. Coaches follow detailed lesson plans to ensure children are active throughout the session, learn a variety of tennis skills and learn some of the basic rules of the game.
If you think your school would benefit from the Kiwi Tennis schools programme, please contact our Operations Manager to discuss your next steps!


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BEIJING, June 12 (UPI) -- A poll released Wednesday by a Chinese newspaper says 53.1 percent of respondents in China see the United States and China as allies or friends.
The survey by the Global Times, a tabloid with a strong pro-government slant, also said 80 percent expect the summit in California Friday and Saturday between U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will have a positive impact on relations.
The poll interviewed 1,305 respondents, age 18 or older, by telephone in seven major Chinese cities.
"The summit, which was portrayed by media as the beginning of a new chapter in Sino-U.S. relations, has boosted confidence among the Chinese public," said Shi Yinhong of China's Renmin University School of International Studies.


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Different gamblers have different preferences when it comes to the games they can play and win at the casino. Temperaments also influence the choice people make because what is best for one person might not be as preferable to another person. Many people who intend to join the gambling team tend to ask questions about what games to play, with high chances of winning. For this reason, we have selected the best games to play at the casino so that you can have an easy time making your choice.
1. Blackjack
This game is not liked by many people especially introverts who do not like interacting with people. However, this is the most publicized game that has high chances of winning. It is therefore advisable that you learn how to play so that you can understand the different tricks to use while playing. Blackjack has the least house edge in the casino meaning that the odds of winning the game are higher for the player.
2. Craps
Crap is also one of the games that have high odds for players. However, it needs a lot of time to master it to be a better player. More so, it requires substantial financial investment for you to play on the table. This game is simple because the main strategies that a player needs to employ are avoiding bets with a high house edge and direct his focus on bets with low house edge. It is one of the most social games.
3. Video Poker
This game is quite similar to slot machines, but the players have higher odds of winning, which is what everyone wants when gambling or betting. This game uses a random number generator similar to the odds you would see when playing with real cards. A player can thus calculate the odds of winning. This game also requires mastery before playing, and it offers a playback percentage of more than 99 percent.
4. Baccarat
Baccarat is one of the most played games by casino high-rollers for many years because its house edge is relatively low hence players have high winning odds.
More so, this game does not involve making decisions like blackjack, but it also uses the traditional deck of cards. It is a perfect game for the high rollers because of the availability of stakes. Also, it is leisurely and good for people who have no interest in learning new strategies.
5. Slot machine
This game is perfect for introverts and other people who do not like socialising with other gamblers in the betting house. It is also mostly played by people who do not want to make any playing decisions. Players simply put their money in the slot machine, spin the reels and accept whatever comes. No mastery is required like blackjack and craps. The higher denominations slot machines are the best to use as the chances of winning are higher. However, this does not
mean you play above your budget.
There are so many other games we have not discussed that are also among the best. Nevertheless, the main thing you should know is that your temperance plays a big role in the games you choose to play. More so, if you want to win, games with a low house edge are the best as they have high stakes.


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Menu Spotlight, Michelin, Recipes
Chefs Recipe: Cured Mackerel with Avocado and Pickled Cucumber, by Douglas Balish
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Chefs Recipe: Slow cooked Italian egg, lovage, radishes and guanciale by Morton's Club
Great British Curry Restaurants – The Luxury Edit
The great British curry has undergone somewhat of a makeover: From the high street evening staple to the present, with all day brasserie-style diners. The transformation has changed perceptions by using refined ingredients, keeping authenticity, use of healthy cooking techniques and modern presentation. Today, this delicious cuisine is more versatile and unique and perfectly suitable for lunch and dinner, and breakfast if you wish.
Since Tamarind delivered the first Michelin star Indian restaurant in the world back in 2001, and Chutney Mary before this creating an esteemed dining environment, the accolades are now coming. There are currently 7 Indian Michelin restaurants in the UK and this looks set to thrive as chefs emerge from these great kitchens to start their own diners, and the finest chefs from around the world make their move on the UK market. See the Indian restaurants changing the industry today, from Michelin to exciting new openings:
Michelin-starred Indian Restaurant
Tamarind – 20 Queen St, Mayfair, London W1J 5PR T: 020 7629 3561
Tamarind started it all off back 2001. Under the then 31-year-old chef, Atul Kocchar, it became the first Indian restaurant in the world to be awarded Michelin status.
It first opened its doors in 1995, quickly building a stellar reputation among London diners and redefining notions of Indian cuisine – and starting the careers of many great chefs. Tamarind of Mayfair retains its star-quality (and Michelin star) to this day. Now under Chef Peter Joseph, it offers lavish dishes inspired by the Moghul fare of North-West India, where fish, meat and game ingredients are typically cooked in a Tandoor oven, while interiors and service remain as refined and welcoming as ever.
Enjoy exclusive benefits here with the Luxury Restaurant Club.
Amaya – Halkin Arcade, 19 Motcomb St, Belgravia, London SW1X 8LB T: 020 7823 1166
Amaya has been the king of Indian restaurants of Belgravia, Knightsbridge and beyond since opening in 2004. Under chef Karunesh Khanna, who gained culinary grounding in Continental cuisine before moving into Indian, applying Continental ideas and technique to Indian food.
He moved to England in 2004 to open Amaya, having previously trained at the Dorchester, the Four Seasons, the Ritz and Claridge's. Amaya uses a theatrical tandoor (a really hot clay oven), set within the room, Sigri (cooking over a coal flame) and Tawa (searing and griddling on a very hot plate) to serve contemporary Indian food. Owned by the same group as Chutney Mary.
Benares – 12a, Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London W1J 6BS T: 020 7629 8886
Chef-patron Atul Kocchar opened Benares in 2003 having previously won a Michelin star for Tamarind as Executive Chef, therein becoming the first ever Michelin-starred Indian chef. He gained his own star in 2007.
It is in a true prime location in Berkeley Square and has striking interiors, with discrete lighting, lily ponds and highly trained staff. It also offers one of the largest private dining rooms in Mayfair, seating 80 people.
Enjoy exclusive benefits here with the Luxury Restaurant Club.
Quilon – 41 Buckingham Gate, Westminster, London SW1E 6AF T: 020 7821 1899
Quilon opened in 1999 under chef Sriram Aylur in Westminster (2 mins stroll from Buckingham Palace) in the TAJ Hotel in Buckingham Gate. It quickly established South-west coastal Indian cuisine on the international food-lovers map and won a Michelin star in 2008 which it has have retained ever since.
The menu embodies a unique blend of ethnic and progressive dishes with seafood at its heart but also offering meat, poultry and vegetarian dishes, mostly designed for sharing.
Enjoy exclusive benefits here with the Luxury Restaurant Club.
Trishna – 15-17 Blandford St, Marylebone, London W1U 3DG T: 020 7935 5624
Located in the heart of London's Marylebone Village, Trishna delivers a contemporary taste of Indian coastal cuisine, and an extensive wine list that focuses on emerging regions and fine wines from niche producers and boutique wineries from all over the world. Created by chef Karam Sethi with his brother Jyotin, they also own Gymkhana and Hoppers (Sri Lankan food).
Trishna's informal and pared back aesthetic of the interiors, offset with antique mirrors, marble table tops and original wooden panelling offers a sociable neighbourhood dining atmosphere. Terrace doors open onto Blandford Street, creating a semi-alfresco ambience throughout the restaurant with the buzz of Marylebone.
Gymkhana – 42 Albermarle St, Mayfair, London W1S 4JH T: 020 3011 5900
Located in Mayfair, Gymkhana opened following the success of Trishna by Karam Sethi and is inspired by the colonial British-Indian 'gymkhana' clubs. The restaurant serves contemporary Indian cuisine using seasonal British ingredients with a strong focus on the tandoori oven and chatpatta sharing dishes in a convivial environment.
The bar at Gymkhana specialises in classic Indian punches and cocktails – fusing spices with Indian spirits and a carefully selected gin and tonic list.
Veeraswamy – Victory House, 99-101 Regent St, Mayfair, London W1B 4RS T: 020 7734 1401
Veeraswamy is the oldest surviving Indian restaurant in the UK. It opened in 1926 by Edward Palmer, a retired Indian Army officer and the grandson of an English general and an Indian princess. In its early years, Veeraswamy served Anglo-Indian cuisine, but in recent decades, based on the popularity of authentic Indian food in the UK, has served a menu of regional Indian cuisine, including dishes from Punjab, Lucknow, Kashmir, and Goa.
Initially, it was spelt Veerasawmy, it became Veeraswamy because of a printing error. Owned by the same company as Chutney Mary (MW Eat Group).
Jamavar – 8 Mount St, Mayfair, London W1K 3NF T: 020 7499 1800
Jamavar London showcases a wide array of flavours from across India. The kitchen team is headed up by Rohit Ghai, former group executive chef at Michelin-starred sites Gymkhana and Trishna. On the menu are dishes from the Royal Kitchens of the North along with succulent options form the shores of the South.
Dishes uncover the unique flavours and secret recipes from different parts of India, ranging from the Royal Kitchens of the North to succulent options of the Southern shores. The menu offers a series of fun tasting plates.
Classic Indian Restaurants
Zaika of Kensington – 1 Kensington High St, Kensington, London W8 5NP T: 020 7795 6533
The original Zaika site, just off the Fulham Road in South Kensington, was the second Indian restaurant to attain a Michelin star in the same year as Tamarind under their then chef Vineet Bhatia. It held a Michelin star from 2001 to 2004. During this time it moved to High Street Kensington and was subsequently purchased by the Tamarind Group in 2012.
Inspired by the feasting traditions of Awadhi aristocrats and using Nawab and Moghul cooking techniques such as Dum Pukht, the chefs concoct timeless North Indian dishes; perfect for sharing and exquisite in their mastery of spice and flavour.
Enjoy exclusive benefits here with the Luxury Restaurant Club.
The Cinnamon Club – The Old Westminster Library, Great Smith St, Westminster, London SW1P 3BU T: 020 7222 2555
Set in the historic grade II listed former Westminster Library, The Cinnamon Club is an institution in the world of Indian fine dining, opened in 2001. One of the original modern Indian restaurants in London, The Cinnamon Club has a long history of serving innovative and creative Indian cuisine in a magnificently majestic setting. Opened by Executive Chef and now media personality Vivek Singh following a stellar career at the best locations in India.
It re-opened in 2015 following a major refurbishment. Vivek and Head Chef Rakesh Ravindran Nair have developed a stunning new menu that combines The Cinnamon Club's signatures with new dishes and celebratory platters.
Enjoy exclusive benefits here with the Luxury Restaurant Club.
Chutney Mary – 73 St James's St, St. James's, London SW1A 1PH T: 020 7629 6688
Chutney Mary's was founded in 1990 by Ranjit Mathrani and Namita Panjab. Its' original site was Kings Road before moving to St James's in 2015. It is renowned as one of the original trailblazers for sophisticated, reworked dishes of British India. The glamorous and stylish restaurant is now well-established as well as being one of London's most famous Indian restaurants, and deservedly so.
Dishoom – Edinburgh, Shoreditch, Kings Cross, Kingly St W1, Covent Garden and Kensington
The original Dishoom opened in 2010, and now totals five locations in London and one in Edinburgh. The latest, in Barkers in Kensington, is due to open later this month. The group is owned by Shamil and Kavi Thakrar, two scions of the Tilda rice family. Dishoom are more casual dining spaces, although each one very distinctive, which serve an all-day menu. Their breakfasts are especially renowned for a bacon naan roll, Bombay omelette or sausage and egg naan roll.
New Top Indian Restaurant Openings
Kricket – 12 Denman Street, London W1D 7HH T: 020 7734 5612
Originally a successful pop-up from Brixton in 2015 in a tiny 20-seat shipping container. In 2017 it opened its first permanent restaurant in Soho. Spread over two floors, Kricket Soho features an open kitchen with counter dining, a dedicated cocktail den and large communal tables available for reservations of four or more. The restaurant is a modern memoir of time spent living and working in Mumbai for its owners.
Combining British ingredients with the authentic flavours, aromas and spices of India, their focus from the start has been to create seasonal, modern Indian plates and drinks, served in a relaxed more casual dining space.
Indian Restaurants Opening Soon
Bombay Bustle – 29 Maddox Street, Mayfair, London, W1S 2PA T: 0207 290 4470
Samyukta Nair and Rohit Ghai, Co-Founder and Executive Chef of Mayfair's Michelin-starred Jamavar, will launch their new restaurant, Bombay Bustle on Maddox Street. Originally penned to open as Dabbawala, the restaurant will now open under a new name due to an existing restaurant being similarly named. Still inspired by the Dabbawalas, the institution of men who use Mumbai's famed local railway to deliver home-cooked meals across the city, Bombay Bustle will pay homage to the culture and people, whose expanse of origins from across India have influenced its culinary history.
Indian Accent – 16 Albermarle Street, Mayfair, London W1S 4HW
We, at the Luxury Restaurant Guide, hold high hopes for Indian Accent. Its' sister restaurant in New Delhi is ranked #1 in India, #2 in Asia, #19 in the World by TripAdvisor and its New York restaurant was ranked Best Indian Restaurant and Runner Up Best New Restaurant by Zagat. One to watch.
Closed Great Indian Restaurants in 2017
We have to mention Restaurant Vineet Bhatia, the eponymous restaurant in Chelsea, which closed one week after receiving its first Michelin star in October 2017. Vineet is no stranger to Michelin stars having been the second Indian chef to receive the accolade for Zaika in the same year as Tamarind became the first Indian restaurant in the world to receive the accolade. He went on to set up Michelin-starred Rasoi and Restaurant Vineet Bhatia in an exquisite Chelsea townhouse setting. We hope to see Vineet, one of the finest Indian chefs, back on the scene soon.


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Despite innumerable technological advancements, conventional IT infrastructure still has its share of vulnerability. Regardless of the amount of time and money you invest in creating a robust IT infrastructure, concerns such as data loss, application malfunction, etc. are always there. However, that is not the case when you have the security promised by cloud backup services for business.
What is Cloud?
Cloud is the next big thing in the world of technology. Simply put, cloud services translate into the delivery of computing resources in the form of hardware, networking, software, and storage services. Cloud services saves businesses from having to invest large sums in setting up onsite infrastructure as they can simply procure the services they need and pay on affordable pay-as-you-go models.
Types of Cloud Services:
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- Network as a Service (NaaS)
- Data Backup Services
Cloud Data Backup: A Cost-Effective Solution for Reliable Security
Cloud backup services for business, as the name suggests, enables businesses to store data in online databases managed by third-party specialist providers, thereby eliminates the risk of data loss due to hardware failure and other similar issues. In addition, as the online databases used are managed by the service providers, businesses are saved from the tedious tasks of maintenance and the cost involved.
In addition to saving the setup cost of an in-house data center, businesses get the freedom to lease as much of storage space as they need, and change it as and when required; thus, scalability is never a problem. Businesses can increase or decrease the leased storage space without having to bear the cost of infrastructure upgrades or disturbing the workflow of their existing architecture.
Selecting a Provider of Cloud Backup Services for Businesses
Although there is no dearth of providers offering cloud backup services; finding a company that offers reliable yet cost-effective services may take you places. To help with the selection, make sure the contenders you shortlist offer the following:
- Data replication
- Automated backup
- Server and application recovery
- Regular assessments
- Round the clock support
In addition, when making the final pick, it is advisable to check the references and client lists of the providers you shortlist. Make sure that the one you select has a credible reputation in the segment, backed by positive client testimonials.
Hope this brief read helps reduce the data storage cost of your organization and rope in a reliable provider of cloud backup services for business.


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6.1 Due to the custom nature of each hat produced, Lid Launch does not offer returns or refunds.
6.2 In the event that the hat you have received is incorrect, a return can be approved at the discretion of Lid Launch. In such case, you are responsible for organising return of the Items to us within 30-day period in order for the Items to be covered under this Policy.
6.3 Lid Launch is not responsible for returning any Items that have been lost in transit.
6.4 You must ensure that the Items are returned to us unwashed, unused, and in their original packaging and tags intact. If the Item does not comply with this clause, you will not be eligible for this Policy.
7.1 Upon receipt of the returned Item, Lid Launch will inspect the Item and make its decision in its sole discretion on your notice whether it is more appropriate to offer a replacement.
7.2 Customers acknowledge and agree that due to the customised nature of the Items, Lid Launch cannot offer any refunds. There is little to no resale value for the Items.
7.3 This Policy does not apply to any Items purchased on sale. No returns, refunds, or replacements will be available in such an event.


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Necessary Passions – Music to Language: a translation
As an author/musician/translator, I have always been interested in the translation of poetry, a feat that requires the translator to possess an awareness of musicality in both original and target language. To musicians, music is a language, stored in the same part of the brain as the mother tongue, which in my case is Italian. Add to this a second language – English – learned before the age of seven, and also stored in the same area of the brain, and the result is three languages informing one another in the creation of an original text. This presentation will examine a personal, multi-disciplinary approach to creating a text by exploring musical forms and their transposition into language.
Genni Gunn is an author, translator, creative writing instructor and musician. She has published twelve books: three novels: Solitaria (Signature Editions), nominated for the Giller Prize 2011; Tracing Iris, made into a film titled The Riverbank; and Thrice Upon a Time, finalist for the Commonwealth Prize; two story collections: On the Road and Hungers; two poetry collections: Mating in Captivity, finalist for the Gerald Lampert Poetry Award, and Faceless; two collections of poetry in translation of Dacia Maraini's, Devour Me Too, finalist for the John Glassco Prize and Travelling in the Gait of a Fox, finalist for the Premio Internazionale Diego Valeri; and one poetry collection of Corrado Calabrò's Text Me. She has also written the libretto for the opera Alternate Visions, produced in Montreal in 2007, and showcased at the Opera America Conference in Vancouver, May 2013. Two of her books have been translated into various languages (including Italian). She is an inveterate traveler, and her experiences are reflected in her most recent book of travel essays, Tracks: Journeys in Time and Place (Signature Editions, 2013)


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U.S. Ambassador Is First to Take Oath on an E-Reader
The United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein became the first U.S. official to take the oath of office on an electronic copy of the country's founding document.
Ambassador Suzi LeVine was sworn in with an e-reader on Friday by Vice President Joe Biden at the White House, which was pre-loaded with a copy of the U.S. Constitution. She then placed her hand on the e-reader. LeVine starts the job on Monday.
A very 21st century swearing in; @AmbSuzi becomes the 1st U.S. Ambassador to take the oath over an electronic device. pic.twitter.com/5E4bjIRQ2x
— U.S. Embassy London (@USAinUK) June 2, 2014
thx so much RT @MauraLONeill: Excited to congratulate new @AmbSuzi to #Switzerland being sworn in by @VP @whitehouse pic.twitter.com/5oeamxqAJN
— Suzi LeVine (@AmbSuzi) May 30, 2014
Before joining the government, LeVine's career was centered on education. She co-founded the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences at the University of Washington, an organization dedicated to early learning research, and was the chairperson of its advisory board from 2006 to 2013. LeVine also worked at Microsoft from 2009 to 2012 as its director of strategic partnerships for student developers and director of communications for education.
My oath... pic.twitter.com/UWG8XNvTXN
— Suzi LeVine (@AmbSuzi) June 1, 2014
LeVine will work from Bern, Switzerland. Watch her full introductory video below:


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Camp Lackawanna is the living sanctuary where people of all ages come to experience God's creation and the grace of Jesus Christ through prayer, fellowship, and learning to care for the natural world.
Camp Lackawanna was founded in 1962. It is located across from Doll Mountain in the majestic surroundings of the Vosburg Neck on the Susquehanna River. The Vosburg Neck is a jewel of the Endless Mountians - the perfect getaway location retreats and events. Camp Lackawanna is 10 miles west of Tunkhannock (off Route 6). It is an hour from Scranton, WIlkes-Barre, and Towanda, PA as well as Binghamton and Endicott, NY.
Camp Lackawanna offers a full summer program for children and is available for rental by organizations, groups, or families.
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This tutorial will teach you how to successfully boot the Fastboot Mode for your HTC One M8 smartphone.
The Fastboot Mode allows users to unlock bootloader, then they can flash new recoveries, custom ROMs, kernels, themes or any other type of Android file that can be used to improve the overall smartphone experience.
Also, Fastboot Mode can be used for tons of other things. The first thing that you need to do is to boot the Bootloader mode and then go to Fastboot menu. This hidden menu is present on all popular smartphones whose name isn't Samsung, though the HTC one is somewhat different, as you first need to load Bootloader menu and only after that you can put the device in Fastboot.
This sub-system mode is usually used by advanced Android users. Do not attempt to use this guide in case you're a beginner.
Note that we cannot be blamed in case you use Fastboot Mode and lose all data that is stored on the HTC One M8 nor in case you brick it.
Note that the Fastboot Mode can be used to unlock the bootloader of your phone. That means that you will lose all data files that are stored on your device, so it would be best for you to backup all your important files before starting such process.
How to enter Fastboot Mode for HTC One 2014 M8
- Power off the smartphone completely.
- make sure that it is not connected to your PC.
- After several seconds with the phone turned off you should press Power.
- After the device powers on you need to press and hold Volume Down and then press again Power.
- This will load the Bootloader Mode of your HTC One M8 and you can release all buttons.
- note that this might be trickier than you would normally expect, so you should more than once in case it doesn't work at the first attempt.
- Use the Volume buttons to select FASTBOOT option. Press Power to boot the Fastboot Mode.
These were all the steps that you had to take in order to learn how to successfully boot your HTC One M8 2014 model into Fastboot Mode.
If you fail at your first attempt, then you should try to repeat the guide than once as you will eventually manage to boot correctly.
If you have any other questions, then you should ask for more help in comments as we will try to come up with a viable solution for any problem you encounter.


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1Voice Lakes and Bay has members from around the Lake District and the North West. Lakes & Bay is our oldest branch having been set up prior to the start of 1Voice as a way to find other people who use AAC for a 10 year old boy to meet. The branch continues to go from strength to strength and organises activities on a regular basis. Activities include bowling, picnics and adapted bikes, boat trips on Windermere, fundrasiing Ceidlidhs, a Christmas party and outdoor pursuits at Bendrigg Lodge. There is always plenty of time to chat.
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