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Angel of Joy™ Barbie® doll is the first in a series of Angel dolls that represents warm and endearing sentiments. She is beautiful and elegant in an ivory jacquard gown with scooped neckline. Her puffed skirt drapes gracefully over a sea foam green underskirt, and her ivory chiffon sleeves sweep into wide, bell-shaped cuffs. Her dress is accented with intricate details including a flower and embroidered appliqué at the neckline, golden and rose trim bands on the sleeves and majestic pleated wings.
Inspired by Online Card Class Pattern Paper with Jennifer McGuire and Kristin Werner. Thought it would make a perfect spring card.
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Women's Rights National Historic Park, Seneca Falls, New York
Exhibit: April 1 - 30, 2014
Theme: “...immediate admission to all the rights and privileges….”
About theme: This is a phrase taken directly out of the Declaration of Sentiments, which was the document that came out of the Seneca Falls Convention. It will do several things. Firstly, it will connect the project directly to Women's Rights NHP. Also, it will allow us to take that phrase and expand upon its meaning to be more inclusive.... Civil Rights, LGBT rights, etc. and take it beyond women's rights.
View images of art submissions as they arrive at our studio on Flickr at www.flickr.com/photos/thedreamrocket/sets/72157634869593768/
Learn more about The Dream Rocket project and exhibits at www.thedreamrocket.com
Location:
Women's Rights National Historic Park
136 Fall Street, Seneca Falls, New York 13148
315-568-2991
Website: www.nps.gov/wori/index.htm
Participants:
Institute of Technology at Syracuse Central Students, Syracuse, NY x2
Seaview Weavers Guild, Bellevue, WA
Suzan Engler, Arlene Ritz, Carol Moellers, and Jo Jo Hall
Roz Ford, Amerst, N.L., Canada
Rachel and Abbi, students at North Gwinnett High School, Suwanee, GA
Chloe, Farial, and Sarah, students at North Gwinnett High School, Suwanee, GA
D.D. Woodbury, Houston, TX
University of Huddersfield, England
Rose Mary Baty-Willcox, Canfield, OH
Girl Scout Troop 33101, Oakland, CA
Beverly Haring, Colorado Springs, CO
Charlotte Sveilis, Benson, AZ
A group called 'Women Can', Concord, NH
Doris Carr, Kansas City, MO
Fowler High School Art Club, Syracuse, NY
Corcoran High School, Studio in Art Students, Syracuse, NY x 3
Kathleen Wheaton, Fairport, NY
Franklin Elementary School, Syracuse, NY
Meachem Elementary School’s Art Club, Syracuse, NY
Bloomfield High School, East Bloomfield, NY x 7
Daisy Troop 482, Macedon, NY x 2
Midlakes High School, Clifton Springs, NY x 2
Grant Middle School, Syracuse, NY
Geneva High School, Geneva, NY x 3
Morgan Abbotts and Deirdre Abbotts, Westport, CT x 2
Emily Howland Elementary School, Aurora, NY x 7
Tesseract School, Phoenix, AZ x 6
Sherri Shokler, Madison, WI
North Rose-Wolcott High School, Wolcott, NY x 5
Suzan Engler, Panorama Village, TX
Amanda Gilmour, Hanover, MA
Womyn's Work, Albuquerque, NM
Orthodox Jewish families in Jacksonville when the sentiment for the creation of a traditional Jewish congregation began to crystallize. By 1901 their number had grown to forty, and they realized their dream by incorporating as the Hebrew Orthodox Congregation B’nai Israel on December 6, 1901.
By 1907, the membership of B’nai Israel had increased to seventy-five, and the congregation erected a synagogue on the corner of Jefferson and Duval Streets in the Lavilla neighborhood. The lot was purchased with a down payment of $50 and a total cost of $25,000.
In 1926, the congregation hired a rabbi ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, who introduced Conservative Judaism and the synagogue-center concept as a means of strengthening and perpetuating Judaism in our growing community. To that end, in 1927 a down payment was made on a more spacious site in Springfield, facing a park at the corner of Third and Silver Streets, while Congregation B’nai Israel assumed a new identity for itself as the Jacksonville Jewish Center.
Over the next thirty-five years, the Jacksonville Jewish Center expanded its facility to meet the needs of a growing congregation. By 1959, the impressive campus of three large buildings housed a two-story main sanctuary complete with balcony and choir lofts, a chapel, library, social hall, school, playground, auditorium/gymnasium, banquet facility, bridal lounge, meeting rooms and offices.
With an eye to the future, property at 3662 Crown Point Road in Mandarin was acquired in November, 1963. The following summer, the synagogue’s day camp moved to the new site, where a recreational park with an Olympic-size pool and playing fields had been built. Renovated and improved throughout the years, the synagogue’s summer camp and schools continue to use this facility.
Groundbreaking on the synagogue-center complex took place on September 16, 1973. On Sunday, January 11, 1976, a caravan of automobiles followed an open truck upon which Center dignitaries sat carrying our priceless Torah scrolls from the ark at Third and Silver to their new home in Mandarin. It was an historic event that culminated in a moving dedication ceremony. Over the next 30 years, our magnificent synagogue building would see many additions, improvements and renovations to keep pace with the many activities, events and celebrations of our community.
I'd not planned to go out this morning. The weather forecast said it would be greyer than a grey thing and discussions I'd had suggested all my geeky photographer friends were going to use this as an excuse for a lie in today. I'd have done exactly that had i deleted my daft o'clock in the morning alarms. After hitting snooze through several times from around 5am onwards I actually got up at around 6:40am. Curious about the glow outside I looked out and noticed a gap in the clouds hovering over North Blyth and 15 minutes later I was stood at the top of this ramp.
I've had this location in mind for a while. It has sentimental value to a friend who spent a lot of time here in her youth with her family.
Just another quick tag card to add to my collection to send to my daughter who is away at College :(
Hero Arts stamp: S5032 Design Block Stencil
Tim Holtz inks: broken china, faded jeans, peeled paint and crushed olive.
Martha Stewart dollie.
SRM sentiment.
Thanks for peeking:)TRace
Dia 11 – 18/12/2008, quinta-feira.
Não sou o único adulto a acreditar em Papai Noel.
Sinto que as minhas energias estão chegando ao fim, mas, por outro lado, o fim também está chegando a um novo começo. Amanhã é o último dia daquilo que posso chamar de uma das experiências mais intensas que vivi ao longo de toda minha vida. Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Solidariedade, Amigos, Natal, Emoção. O medo que por vezes senti, faz brotar intensamente na manhã desta quinta-feira um sentimento de querer ficar mais nessa terra, onde todos acreditam em Papai Noel, porque aqui ele realmente está. O nascimento de Jesus faz o coração de cada cidadão blumenauense ter uma tonalidade blau, igualzinho ao azulado e brilhante “Natal Alles Blau Blumenau”.
Devido às leves dores que ainda sinto na lombar, desço pra tomar café-da-manhã e logo retorno ao quarto para dar início aos meus exercícios matinais de alongamento, que provocam alívios imediatos. Abraço minhas pernas, está chegando ao fim. Estico minha pernas, está chegando ao fim. Conto até 20, conto dois, dois dias para partir. Recebo um SMS da Ana Maria dizendo que aquele será o último dia de trabalho dela - todos têm o seu limite, e o limite dela foi eterno. Trabalho lindo, mas muito, muito pesado, para pouca gente. Faltam voluntários. Está chegando ao fim. Estico minhas pernas. Está chegando ao fim. Cansado. Feliz. Está chegando ao fim.
Mando um SMS para a Ana Maria dizendo que estarei na Vila na parte da tarde. No banho, que apesar de ser num hotel modesto, porém muito digno, fecho os olhos e me vejo num lindo e incomparável lugar que não tem nome - esse lugar é cercado por aromas, cercado por beleza. Para sentir-se aonde você quiser, basta sonhar, basta fechar os olhos. O luxo aqui é estar participando de trabalho tão especial e gratificante como o que acontece na Vila Germânica, enquanto seres humanos pedem socorro e você, de alguma forma, pode estender as mãos a eles e dizer: “Estou aqui, quero ajudar”.
Banho. A água fria bate na minha pele, meus músculos contraem, o sol brilha lá fora. Medo, não te queremos aqui, o sol brilha lá fora. São Pedro, precisamos da sua misericórdia, nos dê uma quinta-feira de céu azul, e assim ele atende ao pedido de toda uma cidade. “Faz o medo ir embora”, continuo pedindo, olhando para aquele tão blau céu, pois o Natal é “Alles Blau Blumenau”. Sinto-me cansado, sinto dor, e o que são essas palavras se está chegando ao fim? Meu coração fica apertado. Está chegando ao fim pra mim, mas a luta aqui é sem fim.
Guerreiros. Guerreiros foram todos aqueles voluntários que estiveram aqui, que seja apenas por umas horas, um ou dois dias - eles deram suor e sangue do tempo que tinham para tirar a armadura que vivemos exibindo por aí de forma tão esdrúxula e orgulhosa, da qual sinto vergonha. Tire essa armadura e mostre seu coração. Guerreiros. Guerreiros foram centenas de soldados que tiveram sua imagem denegrida pela mídia depois do erro de cinco ou seis. Centenas tiveram coragem, salvaram outras centenas de vidas que pediam socorro. Aplausos para o Exército brasileiro. O povo de Blumenau tem respeito a esses homens guerreiros. Guerreiros são os anônimos que resgataram vidas. Guerreiros mostram o coração e, em Santa Catarina, não precisam de armaduras esdrúxulas, pois lutam apenas com a alma. Tire essa armadura, mostre seu coração.
Saio do banho e checo meus e-mails. Sueli, que conheci durante os trabalhos voluntários na Vila e que é funcionária da Secretaria de Turismo de Blumenau, me envia um convite para ir até a Secretaria logo que eu puder e pergunta sobre a possibilidade de eu doar algumas fotos para o Acervo Histórico de Blumenau. Aliás, eles querem tanto as fotos quanto esse Diário, assim que for concluído. Fiquei honrado com o convite e orgulhoso de poder contribuir com a história dessa cidade através dos registros de uma fase de tragédia, mas também uma fase de virar o jogo, de se transformar, de mostrar os humanos que somos, de se renovar. Não precisamos de armaduras para sermos guerreiros.
Durante a manhã e parte da tarde, fico selecionando as mais belas imagens que consegui capturar durante os meus dias aqui. São mais de 1500 fotos… São imagens belas do trabalho voluntário na Vila, imagens belas da tragédia em Blumenau. Mas existe beleza na tragédia? Acredito que sim. É na tragédia quando o homem se mostra mais homem e evolui, e a fase da escuridão logo passará, a luz virá para iluminar nossos caminhos e todos levaremos lições devidamente aprendidas, seremos mais dignos de nos chamarmos seres humanos. Daqueles que se foram, sentiremos saudades, mas a vida é eterna, e há de encontrarmos com todos eles lá no Céu, o mesmo Céu que trouxe medo e que irá nos mostrar o caminho da paz e da serenidade.
Está chegando ao fim. Fim e início de uma nova Era, enquanto todos aprendem com a tragédia.
Guerreiros. Preciso falar sobre quatro deles que convivi e pouco falei nas páginas desse Diário:
Pablo. O Pablo é de Blumenau e não sei ao certo sua profissão, mas ao longo desses dias, mostrou-se um guerreiro que não precisa de armadura para lutar, pois tem a alma e o coração mais fortes do que qualquer armadura medieval. Pablo tem garra e luta incansavelmente, todos os dias, sem parar. Pablo é brincalhão e feliz. Como todos os voluntários que sobraram, ele faz de tudo, até dirigir empilhadeira ele já fez. Pergunto-me se ele já tinha feito isso antes, pois vai ver ele tem prática, mas não sei. É um homem de coragem e coração grande. Pablo não precisa de armadura, ele já a tirou de seu corpo há muito tempo, se é que algum dia chegou a usar.
Cesar. Cesar, 39 anos, mora em Londres e passavas ferias em Criciúma, SC, com a família. Cesar chegou na mesma semana que eu, talvez um ou dois dias depois, e desde então, não desanima, está todos os dias na Vila com o mesmo ânimo e garra que o fez arregaçar as mangas, deixar o tempo com a família de lado e vir ajudar. Cesar mora em Londres, Cesar está carregando e descarregando caminhões. Cesar não usa armaduras, também usa o coração.
Fábio. Tive oportunidade de conhecê-lo através da Ana Maria, que o me apresentou. Fábio veio de São Paulo e é executivo de uma multinacional britânica. Veio por poucos dias, pois eram os dias que ele tinha disponíveis, mas e daí? Fábio quer ajudar como pode, com o tempo que lhe é permitido. Aqui, Fábio não usa gravatas e ternos vistosos, combinados com sapatos italianos. Fábio, aqui, apenas usa o coração, é a sua arma inspiradora. Fábio foi embora, mas cumpriu sua missão bravamente.
Daniel. Daniel é de Niterói, RJ, estudante e está de férias. Parte da família mora no Sul. Outro dia ele me falou: “Eu estava de férias, sem fazer nada, por que não vir ajudar?”. Daniel deve ter uns 20 anos e já é um guerreiro. Faltam mais “Danieis” por aí...
Claodemir, que aqui comigo trabalhou durante a primeira semana, é outro guerreiro, e mais: professor. Claodemir me enviou um e-mail com as seguintes palavras, ao ver meus comentários no Diário me lamentando por não ter trabalhado “na ponta”, ou seja, entregando os donativos diretamente às vítimas. Peço licença, Claodemir, para copiar o que escrevestes:
“Foi muito bom trabalharmos juntos em prol de uma sociedade maravihosa. Nossa atuação foi muito alegre e contagiante, tanto na Vila Germânica, na separação dos donativos, como na EBM, no momento da entrega dos donativos. Dava pra ver no rosto de todos um enorme sorriso quando recebiam aqueles donativos. Muitos estavam sufocados por angústias da perda de suas casas ou até membros da família. Brunno, que bom atuarmos juntos!”.
Não preciso comentar, apenas ler essas palavras. Elas, por elas sós, já mostram a relevância de todo um trabalho árduo e excessivo, executado por muito poucos. Mas o sentimento de Solidariedade prevalece e o interessante foi que, dessa vez, o movimento foi inverso: do Norte e Nordeste do país, regiões tão pobres, que em geral precisam de doações, passando pelo Centro-Oeste e Sudeste, chegando ao Sul. Aqueles que doam, algum dia também precisarão da mão estendida do seu semelhante - é a roda da vida. Pense sobre isso: um dia pode ser eu ou você o necessitado.
Aqui, não sou o único adulto a acreditar em Papai Noel!
Saio da Vila Germânica e resolvo ir assistir, no Teatro Carlos Gomes, o evento beneficente que faz parte da programação natalina da cidade. Trata-se de uma apresentação entitulada “Arte Solidária”, onde alunos das escolas do Teatro Carlos Gomes se apresentam para o público: teatro, dança, ballet, coral e orquestra. Uma arte que encanta e que me faz sonhar. Eu fiquei boquiaberto com a beleza e o nível das apresentações. O som da orquestra vinha do palco e voava como leves borboletas brancas dentro daquela linda sala de teatro avermelhada. Clássicos como Woodhouse e Haendel transmitiam calma e paz num momento de angústia. As bailarinas, com graça e suavidade, faziam-me pensar como a vida é bela, embora não enxerguemos ou não queremos enxergar tal beleza. A alegria e o humorismo dos atores das peças de teatro me arrancavam gargalhadas, como uma criança faz ao ver palhaços. As escolas do Teatro Carlos Gomes emocionaram a platéia, foram ovacionados. Que apresentação! Parabéns a todos os artistas!
Ao final da apresentação, um dos atores contou sobre a existência de desacreditar e voltar a acreditar no bom velhinho. Para aqueles que querem entender porque tanto digo que Papai Noel existe, disponibilizei no YouTube esse vídeo e compartilho com vocês: br.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ2cM9rmyeI
Lá no YouTube, vocês também encontram vídeos das lindas apresentações que assisti no Teatro Carlos Gomes de Blumenau, são elas:
- Orquestra –Rustic Dance, Charles Woodhouse - br.youtube.com/watch?v=3yeSqQb1Lic
- Coral, Flauta e Piano - Estrela, estrela, Vitor Ramil - br.youtube.com/watch?v=u-3Ij1jq4rE
- Coral e Flauta - Ciranda da Paz, Yara Campos - br.youtube.com/watch?v=s4McGchFz6Q
Boas lembranças da cidade que encanta.
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Nearly 1,000 Students to Participate in WSSU Commencement on May 15
WINSTON-SALEM, NC -- Christina Wareâs story is one of the many inspiring testimonials of the nearly 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students from near and afar who are expected to participate in Winston-Salem State Universityâs commencement ceremony on Friday, May 15, at 9:45 a.m., at Bowman Gray Stadium, 1250 South Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive.
Academy Award-winning recording artist, activist and actor Common will be the keynote speaker. There are no guest limits or ticket requirements for the ceremony.
It is conceivable that Wareâs story of work ethic, undeniable spirit and enthusiasm encapsulates the sentiment of her graduating 2015 classmates.
Ware, 43, of Winston-Salem, is quite active on and off campus as a mentor to other students, a member of the non-traditional student organization, the first president of Epsilon Chapter 130 of Tau Sigma National Honor Society at WSSU, a wife and proud mother of two. She is also legally blind. She wants to blaze trails, set examples and raise the bar for others with disabilities.
âIn 2007, I lost my eyesight. After a six-month pity party, I decided to continue my education and make a difference for others. Since 2008, I have spent every day of my life proving to society that having a disability does not mean we are weak. I am now an advocate for persons with disabilities,â Ware, a business major, said, "We are not handicapped, we are handy capable!"
Ware, who can be described as always pleasant and having an unlimited enthusiasm for life, says every day alive is like Christmas. She demands to be treated like everyone else and has been noted to say, âI may physically fall, but mentally I can get back up and pull a 4.0 semester.â After graduation she wants to start a Kosher/Halal foods business and become active on community boards.
The China Connection
From the City of Harbin, the capital and largest city of the Heilongjiang province of the People's Republic of China, WSSU Master of Arts in the Teaching of English as a Second Language and Applied Linguistics students Yaowen Xing and Chunling Zhang have found a second home at WSSU and in Winston-Salem. They perhaps have come the farthest distance attend the university.
With a population of more than five million people, Harbin is situated in the northeast region of China so close to Russia that only the Songhua River separates the two countries. Nicknamed the Ice City, the average winter temperature is -3.5 °F with annual lows hitting -31.0 °F. Itâs no wonder the students say the warmer weather here in the Piedmont Triad has not been lost in translation with them and itâs one of the things they enjoy.
âWe really love the weather in North Carolina, especially the long summer time, since our hometown is so cold with snow for almost 6 months of the year,â Xing, 30, noted. âWe also love the people at WSSU and the faculty who all are nice and it has been a really good experience.â
Xing and Zhang, 35, are in America as part of a Chinese education immersion program to help exchange the cultures between China and America. They enjoy working as cultural ambassadors to students in both the cultures. The two came to the U.S. in 2013 and have been teaching at Konnoak Elementary school during the early hours and studying and researching later in the day. âComing to America was a dream for me after learning about it through books, movies and music, and my time here it has been amazing,â Xing said.
Zhang, said she didnât know much about WSSU or Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCUâs), but after a short time here she knew WSSU would be was special part of life. âI have met many African- Americans who have been friendly and helpful. I now can say I truly have many black friends,â Zhang said. She and Xing have taken advantage of the HBCU experience. They have been often seen attending evening lectures and presentations, sports events, musical and visual arts events. With their WSSU master degrees they will return to China one day in the future to make an impact on teaching and the quality of education there.
The All-In Approach
Olivia N. Sedwick, 21, a political science major from Indianapolis, has taken âthe all-in approach" to her WSSU experience. The current WSSU student government president (SGA), honorâs student and champion athlete, chose WSSU over other schools she could have attended.
Featured in a USA Today article highlighting the HBCU experience released last June, Sedwick is quoted as saying about WSSU, âI fell in love with the school.â She says, âWe talked about things that I had never had the chance to before coming from a predominantly white high school.â
Liking the intellectual and social environment, she was comfortable becoming involved around campus. In her first year, a walk-on athlete for the womenâs track and field team, she was a 2013 CIAA Indoor Womenâs Track and Field All-Conference competitor and the WSSU womenâs shot put record holder until earlier this year, although she never competed in the throws until coming to college. In her second year she served as the sophomore class vice president while also being appointed to serve on many committees throughout the university. In that same year, she was a delegate to the UNC Association of Student Governments (UNCASG), representing WSSU students on a state-wide level. At the end of that year, she became the first African-American female elected senior vice president of UNCASG and served in that capacity for the entirety of her third year while being active as the chief of staff for the WSSU student government association that year also. Toward the end of her term in UNCASG, she decided to run for student body president and has served as the voice of the students for the duration of her last year. With all of her activities, she has maintained a 3.95 GPA throughout her time in college.
Sedwick has been selected as a UNC General Administration Presidential Intern, which begins in July. Upon completion of the prestigious one-year appointment, Sedwick plans to attend Howard University School of Law.
A Drum Major who will March for a Noble Cause
Willie Davis, 22, a social work major from Fayetteville, N.C., who has led WSSUâs Red Sea of Sound Marching Band as a drum major for his senior year, will now march to lead the charge for helping veterans and their families cope with typical and unique challenges of serving in military. Davis will be one of four Cadets with the distinct honor of being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant U.S. in the U.S. Army during this yearâs commencement ceremony. Despite that professionally Davis will help vets, military and families with things like dealing with emotions, he said, âI donât think I will be ready for the commissioning part (of commencement) emotionally.â
Readiness for Davis is an understatement. The youngest of three siblings, who was age 10 when his father died, Davis has been an A average student throughout life. He was in the top ten of his high school class and the first generation in his family to attend college. At WSSU, besides maintaining high academic achievement and serving in the U.S. Army ROTC, Davis has been active with the WSSU Band, the University Choir, a Campus Ambassador, a mentor to freshmen students, vice president of the WSSU chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity, a Veterans Helping Veterans Heal intern and a member of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem.
After graduation, Davis is going to graduate school at the University of South Carolina. He plans to complete that program in one year and begin his military duties. As a clinical social worker, his responsibilities may range from clinical counseling, crisis intervention, disaster relief, critical event debriefing, teaching and training, supervision, research, administration, consultation and policy development in various military settings. He wants to specialize in helping military veterans who suffer from different traumas such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), paranoid schizophrenia and other conditions.
Nearly 1,000 Students to Participate in WSSU Commencement on May 15
WINSTON-SALEM, NC -- Christina Wareâs story is one of the many inspiring testimonials of the nearly 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students from near and afar who are expected to participate in Winston-Salem State Universityâs commencement ceremony on Friday, May 15, at 9:45 a.m., at Bowman Gray Stadium, 1250 South Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive.
Academy Award-winning recording artist, activist and actor Common will be the keynote speaker. There are no guest limits or ticket requirements for the ceremony.
It is conceivable that Wareâs story of work ethic, undeniable spirit and enthusiasm encapsulates the sentiment of her graduating 2015 classmates.
Ware, 43, of Winston-Salem, is quite active on and off campus as a mentor to other students, a member of the non-traditional student organization, the first president of Epsilon Chapter 130 of Tau Sigma National Honor Society at WSSU, a wife and proud mother of two. She is also legally blind. She wants to blaze trails, set examples and raise the bar for others with disabilities.
âIn 2007, I lost my eyesight. After a six-month pity party, I decided to continue my education and make a difference for others. Since 2008, I have spent every day of my life proving to society that having a disability does not mean we are weak. I am now an advocate for persons with disabilities,â Ware, a business major, said, "We are not handicapped, we are handy capable!"
Ware, who can be described as always pleasant and having an unlimited enthusiasm for life, says every day alive is like Christmas. She demands to be treated like everyone else and has been noted to say, âI may physically fall, but mentally I can get back up and pull a 4.0 semester.â After graduation she wants to start a Kosher/Halal foods business and become active on community boards.
The China Connection
From the City of Harbin, the capital and largest city of the Heilongjiang province of the People's Republic of China, WSSU Master of Arts in the Teaching of English as a Second Language and Applied Linguistics students Yaowen Xing and Chunling Zhang have found a second home at WSSU and in Winston-Salem. They perhaps have come the farthest distance attend the university.
With a population of more than five million people, Harbin is situated in the northeast region of China so close to Russia that only the Songhua River separates the two countries. Nicknamed the Ice City, the average winter temperature is -3.5 °F with annual lows hitting -31.0 °F. Itâs no wonder the students say the warmer weather here in the Piedmont Triad has not been lost in translation with them and itâs one of the things they enjoy.
âWe really love the weather in North Carolina, especially the long summer time, since our hometown is so cold with snow for almost 6 months of the year,â Xing, 30, noted. âWe also love the people at WSSU and the faculty who all are nice and it has been a really good experience.â
Xing and Zhang, 35, are in America as part of a Chinese education immersion program to help exchange the cultures between China and America. They enjoy working as cultural ambassadors to students in both the cultures. The two came to the U.S. in 2013 and have been teaching at Konnoak Elementary school during the early hours and studying and researching later in the day. âComing to America was a dream for me after learning about it through books, movies and music, and my time here it has been amazing,â Xing said.
Zhang, said she didnât know much about WSSU or Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCUâs), but after a short time here she knew WSSU would be was special part of life. âI have met many African- Americans who have been friendly and helpful. I now can say I truly have many black friends,â Zhang said. She and Xing have taken advantage of the HBCU experience. They have been often seen attending evening lectures and presentations, sports events, musical and visual arts events. With their WSSU master degrees they will return to China one day in the future to make an impact on teaching and the quality of education there.
The All-In Approach
Olivia N. Sedwick, 21, a political science major from Indianapolis, has taken âthe all-in approach" to her WSSU experience. The current WSSU student government president (SGA), honorâs student and champion athlete, chose WSSU over other schools she could have attended.
Featured in a USA Today article highlighting the HBCU experience released last June, Sedwick is quoted as saying about WSSU, âI fell in love with the school.â She says, âWe talked about things that I had never had the chance to before coming from a predominantly white high school.â
Liking the intellectual and social environment, she was comfortable becoming involved around campus. In her first year, a walk-on athlete for the womenâs track and field team, she was a 2013 CIAA Indoor Womenâs Track and Field All-Conference competitor and the WSSU womenâs shot put record holder until earlier this year, although she never competed in the throws until coming to college. In her second year she served as the sophomore class vice president while also being appointed to serve on many committees throughout the university. In that same year, she was a delegate to the UNC Association of Student Governments (UNCASG), representing WSSU students on a state-wide level. At the end of that year, she became the first African-American female elected senior vice president of UNCASG and served in that capacity for the entirety of her third year while being active as the chief of staff for the WSSU student government association that year also. Toward the end of her term in UNCASG, she decided to run for student body president and has served as the voice of the students for the duration of her last year. With all of her activities, she has maintained a 3.95 GPA throughout her time in college.
Sedwick has been selected as a UNC General Administration Presidential Intern, which begins in July. Upon completion of the prestigious one-year appointment, Sedwick plans to attend Howard University School of Law.
A Drum Major who will March for a Noble Cause
Willie Davis, 22, a social work major from Fayetteville, N.C., who has led WSSUâs Red Sea of Sound Marching Band as a drum major for his senior year, will now march to lead the charge for helping veterans and their families cope with typical and unique challenges of serving in military. Davis will be one of four Cadets with the distinct honor of being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant U.S. in the U.S. Army during this yearâs commencement ceremony. Despite that professionally Davis will help vets, military and families with things like dealing with emotions, he said, âI donât think I will be ready for the commissioning part (of commencement) emotionally.â
Readiness for Davis is an understatement. The youngest of three siblings, who was age 10 when his father died, Davis has been an A average student throughout life. He was in the top ten of his high school class and the first generation in his family to attend college. At WSSU, besides maintaining high academic achievement and serving in the U.S. Army ROTC, Davis has been active with the WSSU Band, the University Choir, a Campus Ambassador, a mentor to freshmen students, vice president of the WSSU chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity, a Veterans Helping Veterans Heal intern and a member of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem.
After graduation, Davis is going to graduate school at the University of South Carolina. He plans to complete that program in one year and begin his military duties. As a clinical social worker, his responsibilities may range from clinical counseling, crisis intervention, disaster relief, critical event debriefing, teaching and training, supervision, research, administration, consultation and policy development in various military settings. He wants to specialize in helping military veterans who suffer from different traumas such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), paranoid schizophrenia and other conditions.
Do you have any idea to contest the coming election, if so under which party.?
Question Submited By: WEERAKKODYSARATH
When elections are held I will always contest elections. I have served the UNP in the past and now I am holding office in the PA administration. I will continue to serve the country in terms of the PA administration which has done well in finding solutions to national issues that has confronted Sri Lanka for several decades. I am also an advocate of consensual politics. I am sure you will understand by now the party ticket under which I will be seeking my candidacy.
Generally I admire you as a gentlemen as you possess remarkable qualities for being a very few of your colleagues in the ruling party carries a proper educational back-ground. It is the lack of proper education and proper culture that makes some of your co-ministers and deputy ministers to behave in the manner they do. What is your comment on this issue?
Question Submited By: Jayantha Jayamanne
Thank you for the kind sentiments expressed about me. I do believe that having a proper educational background is important for members of the legislature. However, you would agree that there are many in the private sector and other fields who have no university or professional qualifications but have proven to be extremely successful. In my view members of parliament should be those who work for the welfare of the people of this country and who conduct themselves with grace and dignity. In particular they must respect the rule of law of the country and strive to bring development to Sri Lanka.
Do you think Sri Lanka needs to and can afford to squander Rs.4.5 billion on hosting the SAARC summit in Kandy given the current economic predicament facing the country, and the dire hardships being faced by the common man? How can recklessness of this nature be supported by any credible politician? Why couldn't Sri Lanka just tell the SARC members that it cannot afford this tamasha?
Question Submited By: David
In view of logistical constraints the main SAARC Summit will be held in Colombo. We are hoping to organize some events in Kandy to commemorate this event. The reason that Kandy was thought of as a venue initially was to develop the city as an alternative conference destination. I believe that a country should have the ability to hold international conferences at several venues. Certainly the figure of Rs. 4.5 billion is a gross exaggeration. We are yet to finalize the cost for the event. Furthermore, you would agree that as a member of the International Community, it is vital for Sri Lanka to take on its share of responsibilities in promoting regional interactions. It was our view that as Sri Lanka celebrates the 60th Anniversary of Independence this year, it would be significant to have an event of this nature in Sri Lanka with the participation of 8 Heads of State from the region and numerous VIPS from the world. I do agree that such events are held at a cost. However, it also promotes the image of the country as a safe destination for travelers and raises our profile. It contributes well in terms of our promotion of investments, trade, tourism and able all Sri Lanka’s profile for stability.
Dear Sir; I respect your endurance in withstanding the criticism targeted against you by the opposition. Obviously they do it to show their existence rather than what they really believe in what they say. In any case, what is puzzling me is: Why do you have to enter into politics and work hard without finding a job in any of the government departments where you can relax, instead of working hard?
Question Submited By: Busby
Well, Sri Lanka has always been a very vibrant, multi party democracy and as with all democracies criticism from opposition parties’ forms a key element of such a system. I welcome comments from opposition parties as it reflects a difference of opinion and demonstrates a counter point. I have entered politics to serve the people and I think you would be making a generalization to say that at Government Department people do not work hard. I can safely say that it has not been the case with all the Government institutions I have been associated with since entering parliament and the ones I have headed and held office in.
Dear Mr. Bogollagama, it's nice having you in the meeting room. Do you feel the people are pleased with situation in the country in terms of rising COL, war, uncertain political conditions, under the present government? And apparently the government is planning a general election. In the event the govt. loses the election, what would you would be the result?
Question Submited By: Hamdon
The rising cost of living is of grave concern to the Government and all possible efforts are being taken to minimize pressure on the general public. The Government deeply appreciates the fortitude with which the general public bears this burden particular in view of the efforts being taken to rid the North of the country of terrorism. You would agree that these are difficult times with the Government having to take on one of the most ruthless terrorist organizations in the world. We are advancing with great success. The East has been cleared and elections are being held there. We seek the understanding of the people at this crucial time. No general election has been planned nor is it in sight. Period of Government extends up to 2010.
Hon. Minister, I have a few questions for you: 1) You undertake many foreign tours. According certain media you have visited some countries more than once during the last year or so. My question is, wouldn’t this extensive traveling make you and most of all our country seem desperate? 2) There are reports in the media that suggest that some of your family members have a lot of influence on the Foreign Ministry. In fact it was reported that you son travels with you on foreign tours. What’s your response to your critics? I am sure your son is very capable but don’t you think such unprofessional acts on your part would hamper your credibility? 3) We are getting closer to Iran. Apparently the Iranian President will be visiting us next month (unconfirmed yet). I know Iran has promised to sponsor a few projects, but isn’t the government worried about irking the US? Thanks, Ares!
Question Submited By: Rajitha Jayasinghe
1) The type of foreign visits undertaken by me falls in to three categories. The first of these being to promote bilateral relations which entails visits to meet counterparts thus registering support for Sri Lanka’s political, economic and other agendas. The second is participation at multilateral fora which Sri Lanka is a member of or has gained membership in. Sri Lanka’s visibility was enhanced in 2007 due to these visits. Multilateral and regional fora attended were the United National General Assembly sessions (UNGA), Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), SAARC, ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Ministerial Meeting. The third type of foreign travel is accompanying the Head of State on State visits numbering over 6 visits in 2007. If I had to repeat a visit to a country like that of India or the US it was largely due to these visits belonging to any one of the three categories mentioned above. 2) The members of my family have no influence in the Foreign Ministry and my two children are studying overseas. My children have always been exposed to overseas travel form a very early age and they are being educated and continue to live overseas. My children have never traveled at the expense of the State. 3) Sri Lanka has remained a Non Aligned country and continues to follow an independent Foreign Policy. We have maintained strong bilateral relations with several countries in the closest form, and do enjoy a similar relationship with both the US and Iran. The Iranian President is due to visit Sri Lanka in the third week of April 2008.
was the official residence of Sri lanka High Commissioner in UK which was occupied by Mr.Faiz Musthapa, Q.C. until his departure in Feb. 2005 not suitable for the occupation of new high commissioner who assumed duties after one week of his departure?
Question Submited By: Ama Senadeera
The issue of an official residence should not become a matter of choice of an Ambassador or High Commissioner. It is a matter for the Foreign Ministry to assess and determine the suitability of the lodging and premises for the Head of Mission. The decision to demolish the current residence due to its dilapidated state and undertake reconstruction of new premises at the same site was taken by the Foreign Ministry after several consultations with independent experts and a Cabinet Decision was accordingly taken.
It is indeed always a treat to see how you speak & do things as the FM of Sri Lanka. In fact without any doubt you are the best Sri Lankan to replace the big shoes of late FM Mr. Laxman K. Yet I feel you are not as aggressive as late Mr. Laxman K. when it comes to counter attacking western deplomats allegation on Sri Lanka & its conduct on war & I feel it is people like Dr. Dayan J. & Prof. Rajiv W. who are on the frontline responding to these so-called "All well, All in line west, which happened to be grand mothers of Human Rights". Any reason why you choose this way ???
Question Submited By: Kapila Kahapola
Maintaining foreign relations must be viewed both from the point of view of national interest and international repercussions. In this regard the Foreign Minister’s task lies in positioning Sri Lanka’s message with clarity and sustaining it with credibility. In today’s context, issues confronting Sri Lanka have several angles. One needs to be mindful of using one response to a given angel without allowing it to have an adverse effect on the other side of the divide. We are living among many friends in the world and some of these friends may place different moral judgments on some of the issues that we may be confronted with. I strongly believe that an “explanation” should be a means towards clearing misgivings rather than verbose attacks.
What will be the policy of appointing ambassadors and representatives of sri lanka to other countries? Is the criteria to only include old politicians, retired personnel from armed forces, qualified and well educated diplomats or your son whom you are reportedly training to be a politician/diplomat?
Question Submited By: jayantha dharmaratne
In the selection of Ambassadors and representatives foremost consideration has been placed on the suitability of the individual vis-à-vis that of the country’s representation given the specific location. In this regard a great emphasis is being placed on the achievements of the respective individuals in their respective careers which stands as a yardstick in the selection process. In addition their integrity is also measured. The ones who come from the Sri Lanka Foreign Service (career diplomats) are also evaluated both in terms of their suitability and seniority. My son’s entitlement to be what he should be is his own individual preference and I will not bear my influence on that.
Sir, what is the progress of the Examination held by the Ministry to recruit Grade III officers? Have you already taken a lot without releasing the results?
Question Submited By: Rohana
The Examinations referred to was held in January 2008 and the results of this Examination have not been released as yet by the Department of Examinations. No recruitment has been made based on this Examination as results are pending.
Do you believe that you are doing a better or at least an equal job of representing our country as the late Dr. Lakshman Kadiragamar did? Has your extravagant expenses lead to any sort of benefit towards our country? If so why have there been so many blunders reported in the media attributed to the incompetences of our foreign service?
Question Submited By: Dushan Dharmasena
In terms of the job that I am doing the assessment can only come from persons like you. At the same time all the deeds in my term of office could be seen from the benefit Sri Lanka is deriving in international fora. The effort to counter terrorism has gained substantial momentum in 2007 with the LTTE front organizations being banned in several countries in the West. We have been able to position Sri Lanka’s military efforts purely as a need for countering terrorism whilst enhancing the political approaches to the conflict. We have become a member of several international fora in 2007 and enjoy reciprocation from bilateral relations as seen from the State visits undertaken by H E the President. In the year 2007 we won a seat in the UNESCO Executive council with over 130 countries supporting us. Sri Lanka hosting the SAARC Summit in 2008, the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Ministerial Meeting in 2009, the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) Meeting in 2011 are significant achievements during this period. As for the extravagance in expenditure, whilst respecting your personal viewpoint I must state that expenditure has been in line with allocations and no extra expenditure has been incurred. In most visits the host country also extends hospitality which helps to minimize costs.
Fa fred... serà que et trobes sola
Estic sola... serà que no has mirat al voltant
No hi ha res al voltant... serà que no escoltes
Només hi ha silenci... doncs pensa que ja has trobat alguna cosa... el silenci!!
Necessitava posar una foto, encara que fora d'arxiu... per tal d'expressar sentiments..
Que passeu una bona nit... i un bon dia de demà, amics!
C'est à peu prés ce que devait ressentir le Christ à ce moment là.
Un mélange d'incompréhension, d'amour, de peine et d'amour pour son prochain.
Nous ignorons tout des sentiments du Christ.
A aucun moment il n'exprime une émotion.
C'est un peu comme si tout, absolument tout passait par le verbe. Nous savons que tout ne passe pas seulement par le verbe mais que le non verbal ( comme les expressions du visage, les petits gestes) parle bien plus et qu'en est-il des sens (l'odorat, la vue, le touché, ...)
La maîtrise des émotions du Christ surprend dans cette scène : La patience, l'attente, la compréhension, l'amour de son prochain, l'acceptation des événements.
L'ensemble des sentiments qui l'aurait attaché à l'humanité ; Le christ les a caché à la face du monde sur le Mont des Oliviers.
Attribué à Francesco Terilli (XVIe-XVIIe siècle)
Christ aux outrages
Ivoire
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.
what the fuck does ANYONE need a vehicle like this for? in new york city? i ask you. what fucking rough terrain in new york is this fuckwad going to drive over?
asshole.
dave teter's got a shot or two like this, if i recall.
actually, if you search everyone's photos for "fuck you hummer" there's quite a few with the same sentiment. pretty awesome.
in fact, there's a whole fuck you and your H2 website but it doesn't look like they've updated in a few months. eh, i submitted this anyway.
This one has grown on me – I think this might be the one I submit for the student exhibition. . . Maybe.
This one was taken in a candid moment with Bianca, reinforcing the fact that it pays to be attentive at all times! I’d planned for a movement shot with this one, Bianca would lift up the mask and draw it to her face – the flowing black cloth would swirl around and look cool and menacing/have form. In reality, it looked like a weird kind of snake! We tried everything, but couldn’t get it to have any form! I did have an inkling of this problem before I went into the shoot, and was going to bring a coat hanger to place under the mask, but I forgot to bring it! I’ve got a few exposures, though, so I might just merge a few of them together in photoshop around the mask, see if that looks any good – probably not, though! Haha
I’m glad this one came out though! Another go at symbolism for me – fairly general and amateurish but I like the idea (something I’ve always thought about, but found was expressed VERY eloquently in Infinite Jest): the mask represents cynicism, the face we wear of internal emptiness. Unemotional because society and culture has deemed this cool. The doll (cringingly obvious, I know) represents a time when naivety was not frowned upon – when we were our most human. I also picked that dress – it’s a black and white print of flowers – showing media/mass society’s impact on nature – in this case, human nature. I also chose it because it would sharpen up very nice, indeed. =) AND it looks hot! =D Could’ve done with a belt, but I ran out of funds.
Lighting – I wanted a lot of light for this one, to capture the movement (not to be, unfortunately) - so I had the key light as that giant softbox camera right, and fill from the square softbox camera left (turned down a bit). I needed enough light on the background to separate the black cloth, but I didn’t want high key – the background was white rolled paper. It looks pretty plain now, without that movement to help, though. Oh well.
Large here: www.flickr.com/photos/40246713@N03/4170998115/sizes/l/
sentiment Papertrey - Happy Trails
entered in the Moxie Fab challenge
www.moxiefabworld.com/2012/10/paper-crafting-tips-tricks-...
Mes observations :
vendredi 14 mars 2014
≥10 Bruants proyers
≥3 Tariers pâtres
≥40 Goélands leucophées
4 Mésanges bleues
20 Alouettes des champs
3 Pluviers dorés
≥12 Corbeaux freux
1 Perdrix rouge
20 Serins cinis
10 Fauvettes mélanocéphales
≥3 Pouillots véloces
≥5 Gallinules poule-d'eau
10 Mouettes rieuses
≥100 Mouettes mélanocéphales
3 Grands Cormorans
≥20 Bouscarles de Cetti
10 Canards colverts
2 Chevaliers culblancs
1 Héron cendré
≥5 Corneilles noires
≥30 Bergeronnettes grises
≥3 Merles noirs
+ de 6 ? Pics verts
≥1 Rougequeue à front blanc
≥4 Bergeronnettes des ruisseaux
Nombreuses !... Fauvettes à tête noire
Nombreux !... Rougegorges familiers
1 Lapin de garenne
5 Tourterelles turques
≥40 Étourneaux sansonnets
Entry for A Blog Named Hero Topsy Turvy and HA May challenges. Details blogged, TFL!
ceciliacards.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/magical-sentiments.html
I made up a pair of earrings that matches this necklace awhile back.....the client liked them and commissioned this. They are Czech glass of WWII vintage...but mean a lot to my client. The 14K white gold and diamongs reflect his sentiment.
These objects are probably not stones, but moulded concrete.
Ej blommor lägg som kärlekstecken
på vårdarne, ej grönt. Lägg sten!
- O. Levertin
Varosha - Maras is the southern quarter of the Famagusta, a de jure territory of Cyprus, currently under the control of Northern Cyprus. Varosha has a population of 226 in the 2011 Northern Cyprus census. The area of Varosha is 6.19 km2 (2.39 sq mi).
The name of Varosha derives from the Turkish word varoş (Ottoman Turkish: واروش, 'suburb'). The place where Varosha is located now was empty fields in which animals grazed.
In the early 1970s, Famagusta was the number-one tourist destination in Cyprus. To cater to the increasing number of tourists, many new high-rise buildings and hotels were constructed. During its heyday, Varosha was not only the number-one tourist destination in Cyprus, but between 1970 and 1974, it was one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world and was a favorite destination of such celebrities as Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, and Brigitte Bardot.
Before 1974, Varosha was the modern tourist area of the Famagusta city. Its Greek Cypriot inhabitants fled during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, when the city of Famagusta came under Turkish control, and it has remained abandoned ever since. In 1984 a U.N. resolution called for the handover of the city to UN control and said that only the original inhabitants, who were forced out, could resettle in the town.
Entry to part of Varosha was opened to civilians in 2017.
In August 1974, the Turkish Army advanced as far as the Green Line, a UN-patrolled demilitarized zone between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, and controlled and fenced Varosha. Just hours before the Greek Cypriot and Turkish armies met in combat on the streets of Famagusta, the entire Greek Cypriot population fled to Paralimni, Dherynia, and Larnaca, fearing a massacre. The evacuation was aided and orchestrated by the nearby British military base. Paralimni has since become the modern-day capital of the Famagusta province of Greek Cypriot-led Cyprus.
The Turkish Army has allowed the entry of only Turkish military and United Nations personnel since 2017.
One such settlement plan was the Annan Plan to reunify the island that provided for the return of Varosha to the original residents. But this was rejected by Greek Cypriots in a 2004 referendum. The UN Security Council Resolution 550 states that it "considers attempts to settle any part of Varosha by people other than its inhabitants as inadmissible and calls for the transfer of this area to the administration of the United Nations".
The European Court of Human Rights awarded between €100,000 and €8,000,000 to eight Greek Cypriots for being deprived of their homes and properties as a result of the 1974 invasion. The case was filed jointly by businessman Constantinos Lordos and others, with the principal judgement in the Lordos case dating back to November 2010. The court ruled that, in the case of eight of the applicants, Turkey had violated Article 1 of Protocol 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights on the right of peaceful enjoyment of one's possessions, and in the case of seven of the applicants, Turkey had violated Article 8 on the right to respect for private and family life.
In the absence of human habitation and maintenance, buildings continue to decay. Over time, parts of the city have begun to be reclaimed by nature as metal corrodes, windows are broken, and plants work their roots into the walls and pavement and grow wild in old window boxes. In 2014, the BBC reported that sea turtles were observed nesting on the beaches in the city.
During the Cyprus Missile Crisis (1997–1998), the Turkish Cypriot leader, Rauf Denktaş, threatened to take over Varosha if the Cypriot government did not back down.
The main features of Varosha included John F. Kennedy Avenue, a street which ran from close to the port of Famagusta, through Varosha and parallel to Glossa beach. Along JFK Avenue, there were many well known high rise hotels including the King George Hotel, The Asterias Hotel, The Grecian Hotel, The Florida Hotel, and The Argo Hotel which was the favourite hotel of Elizabeth Taylor. The Argo Hotel is located near the end of JFK Avenue, looking towards Protaras and Fig Tree Bay. Another major street in Varosha was Leonidas (Greek: Λεωνίδας), a major street that came off JFK Avenue and headed west towards Vienna Corner. Leonidas was a major shopping and leisure street in Varosha, consisting of bars, restaurants, nightclubs, and a Toyota car dealership.
According to Greek Cypriots, 425 plots exist on the Varosha beach front, which extends from the Contandia hotel to the Golden Sands hotel. The complete number of plots in Varosha are 6082.
There are 281 cases of Greek Cypriots who filed to the Immovable Property Commission (IPC) of Northern Cyprus for compensation.
In 2020, Greek Cypriot Demetrios Hadjihambis filed a lawsuit seeking state compensation for financial losses.
The population of Varosha was 226 in the 2011 Northern Cyprus census.
In 2017, Varosha's beach was opened for the exclusive use of Turks (both Turkish Cypriots and Turkish nationals).
In 2019, the Government of Northern Cyprus announced it would open Varosha to settlement. On 14 November 2019, Ersin Tatar, the prime minister of Northern Cyprus, announced that Northern Cyprus aims to open Varosha by the end of 2020.
On 25 July 2019, Varosha Inventory Commission of Northern Cyprus started its inventory analysis on the buildings and other infrastructure in Varosha.
On 9 December 2019, Ibrahim Benter, the Director-General of the Turkish Cypriot EVKAF religious foundation's administration, declared all of Maraş/Varosha to be the property of EVKAF. Benter said "EVKAF can sign renting contracts with Greek Cypriots if they accept that the fenced-off town belongs to the Evkaf."
In 2019–20, inventory studies of buildings by the Government of Northern Cyprus were concluded. On 15 February 2020, the Turkish Bar Association organised a round table meeting at the Sandy Beach Hotel in Varosha, which was attended by Turkish officials (Vice President Fuat Oktay and Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül), Turkish Cypriot officials, representatives of the Turkish Cypriot religious foundation Evkaf, and Turkish and Turkish Cypriot lawyers.
On 22 February 2020, Cyprus declared it would veto European Union funds to Turkish Cypriots if Varosha were opened to settlement.
On 6 October 2020, Ersin Tatar, the Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus, announced that the beach area of Varosha would reopen to the public on 8 October 2020. Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said Turkey fully supported the decision. The move came ahead of the 2020 Northern Cypriot presidential election, in which Tatar was a candidate. Deputy Prime Minister Kudret Özersay, who had worked on the reopening previously, said that this was not a full reopening of the area, that this was just a unilateral election stunt by Tatar. His People's Party withdrew from the Tatar cabinet, leading to the collapse of the Turkish Cypriot government. The EU's diplomatic chief condemned the plan and described it as a "serious violation" of the U.N. ceasefire agreement. In addition, he asked Turkey to stop this activity. The U.N. Secretary-General expressed concern over Turkey's decision.
On 8 October 2020, some parts of Varosha were opened from the Officers' Club of Turkish and Turkish Cypriot Army to the Golden Sands Hotel.
In November 2020, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Turkey's ambassador to Nicosia, visited Varosha. In addition, the main avenue in Varosha has been renamed after Semih Sancar, Chief of the General Staff of Turkey from 1973 to 1978, a period including the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
The European Parliament on 27 November, asked Turkey to reverse its decision to re-open part of Varosha and resume negotiations aimed at resolving the Cyprus problem on the basis of a bi-communal, bi-zonal federation and called on the European Union to impose sanctions against Turkey, if things do not change. Turkey rejected the resolution, adding that Turkey will continue to protect both its own rights and those of Turkish Cypriots. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus presidency also condemned the resolution.
On 20 July 2021, Tatar, the president of Northern Cyprus announced the start of the 2nd phase of the opening of Varosha. He encouraged Greek Cypriots to apply Immovable Property Commission of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to claim their properties back if they have any such rights.
Bilal Aga Mosque, constructed in 1821 and taken out of service in 1974, was re-opened on 23 July 2021.
In response to a decision by the government of Turkish Cyprus, the presidential statement of the United Nations Security Council dated on 23 July said that settling any part of the abandoned Cypriot suburb of Varosha, "by people other than its inhabitants, is 'inadmissible'." The same day, Turkey rejected the presidential statement of the UNSC on Maras (Varosha), and said that these statements were based on Greek-Greek Cypriot propaganda, were groundless and unfounded claims, and inconsistent with the realities on the Island. On 24 July 2021, the presidency of Northern Cyprus condemned the presidential statement of the UNSC dated on 23 July, and stated that "We see and condemn it as an attempt to create an obstacle for the property-rights-holders in Varosha to achieve their rights".
By 1 January 2022, nearly 400,000 people had visited Varosha since its opening to civilians on 6 October 2020.
On 19 May 2022, Northern Cyprus opened a 600m long X 400m wide stretch of beach on the Golden Sands beach (from the King George Hotel to the Oceania Building) in Varosha for commercial use. Sun beds and umbrellas were installed.
UNFICYP said it would raise the decision taken by Turkish Cypriot authorities to open that stretch of beach in Varosha with the Security Council, spokesperson for the peacekeeping force Aleem Siddique said on Friday. The UN announced its "position on Varosha is unchanged and we are monitoring the situation closely".
In October 2022, the Turkish Cypriots announced that public institutions will be opened in the city.
In April 2023, Cleo Hotel, the 7-floor Golden Seaside Hotel, and the 3-star Aegean Hotel were purchased by a Turkish Cypriot businessman (from their Greek Cypriot owners) who will operate them within 2025.
On 10 August 2023, the Government of Northern Cyprus decided to construct a marina and tourist facility in Varosha.
Varosha was analyzed by Alan Weisman in his book The World Without Us as an example of the unstoppable power of nature.
Filmmaker Greek Cypriot Michael Cacoyannis described the city and interviewed its exiled citizens in the film Attilas '74, produced in 1975.
In 2021, the Belarusian group Main-De-Gloire dedicated a song to this city that has become a ghostly place.
Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a de facto state that comprises the northeastern portion of the island of Cyprus. It is recognised only by Turkey, and its territory is considered by all other states to be part of the Republic of Cyprus.
Northern Cyprus extends from the tip of the Karpass Peninsula in the northeast to Morphou Bay, Cape Kormakitis and its westernmost point, the Kokkina exclave in the west. Its southernmost point is the village of Louroujina. A buffer zone under the control of the United Nations stretches between Northern Cyprus and the rest of the island and divides Nicosia, the island's largest city and capital of both sides.
A coup d'état in 1974, performed as part of an attempt to annex the island to Greece, prompted the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. This resulted in the eviction of much of the north's Greek Cypriot population, the flight of Turkish Cypriots from the south, and the partitioning of the island, leading to a unilateral declaration of independence by the north in 1983. Due to its lack of recognition, Northern Cyprus is heavily dependent on Turkey for economic, political and military support.
Attempts to reach a solution to the Cyprus dispute have been unsuccessful. The Turkish Army maintains a large force in Northern Cyprus with the support and approval of the TRNC government, while the Republic of Cyprus, the European Union as a whole, and the international community regard it as an occupation force. This military presence has been denounced in several United Nations Security Council resolutions.
Northern Cyprus is a semi-presidential, democratic republic with a cultural heritage incorporating various influences and an economy that is dominated by the services sector. The economy has seen growth through the 2000s and 2010s, with the GNP per capita more than tripling in the 2000s, but is held back by an international embargo due to the official closure of the ports in Northern Cyprus by the Republic of Cyprus. The official language is Turkish, with a distinct local dialect being spoken. The vast majority of the population consists of Sunni Muslims, while religious attitudes are mostly moderate and secular. Northern Cyprus is an observer state of ECO and OIC under the name "Turkish Cypriot State", PACE under the name "Turkish Cypriot Community", and Organization of Turkic States with its own name.
Several distinct periods of Cypriot intercommunal violence involving the two main ethnic communities, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, marked mid-20th century Cyprus. These included the Cyprus Emergency of 1955–59 during British rule, the post-independence Cyprus crisis of 1963–64, and the Cyprus crisis of 1967. Hostilities culminated in the 1974 de facto division of the island along the Green Line following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. The region has been relatively peaceful since then, but the Cyprus dispute has continued, with various attempts to solve it diplomatically having been generally unsuccessful.
Cyprus, an island lying in the eastern Mediterranean, hosted a population of Greeks and Turks (four-fifths and one-fifth, respectively), who lived under British rule in the late nineteenth-century and the first half of the twentieth-century. Christian Orthodox Church of Cyprus played a prominent political role among the Greek Cypriot community, a privilege that it acquired during the Ottoman Empire with the employment of the millet system, which gave the archbishop an unofficial ethnarch status.
The repeated rejections by the British of Greek Cypriot demands for enosis, union with Greece, led to armed resistance, organised by the National Organization of Cypriot Struggle, or EOKA. EOKA, led by the Greek-Cypriot commander George Grivas, systematically targeted British colonial authorities. One of the effects of EOKA's campaign was to alter the Turkish position from demanding full reincorporation into Turkey to a demand for taksim (partition). EOKA's mission and activities caused a "Cretan syndrome" (see Turkish Resistance Organisation) within the Turkish Cypriot community, as its members feared that they would be forced to leave the island in such a case as had been the case with Cretan Turks. As such, they preferred the continuation of British colonial rule and then taksim, the division of the island. Due to the Turkish Cypriots' support for the British, EOKA's leader, Georgios Grivas, declared them to be enemies. The fact that the Turks were a minority was, according to Nihat Erim, to be addressed by the transfer of thousands of Turks from mainland Turkey so that Greek Cypriots would cease to be the majority. When Erim visited Cyprus as the Turkish representative, he was advised by Field Marshal Sir John Harding, the then Governor of Cyprus, that Turkey should send educated Turks to settle in Cyprus.
Turkey actively promoted the idea that on the island of Cyprus two distinctive communities existed, and sidestepped its former claim that "the people of Cyprus were all Turkish subjects". In doing so, Turkey's aim to have self-determination of two to-be equal communities in effect led to de jure partition of the island.[citation needed] This could be justified to the international community against the will of the majority Greek population of the island. Dr. Fazil Küçük in 1954 had already proposed Cyprus be divided in two at the 35° parallel.
Lindley Dan, from Notre Dame University, spotted the roots of intercommunal violence to different visions among the two communities of Cyprus (enosis for Greek Cypriots, taksim for Turkish Cypriots). Also, Lindlay wrote that "the merging of church, schools/education, and politics in divisive and nationalistic ways" had played a crucial role in creation of havoc in Cyprus' history. Attalides Michael also pointed to the opposing nationalisms as the cause of the Cyprus problem.
By the mid-1950's, the "Cyprus is Turkish" party, movement, and slogan gained force in both Cyprus and Turkey. In a 1954 editorial, Turkish Cypriot leader Dr. Fazil Kuchuk expressed the sentiment that the Turkish youth had grown up with the idea that "as soon as Great Britain leaves the island, it will be taken over by the Turks", and that "Turkey cannot tolerate otherwise". This perspective contributed to the willingness of Turkish Cypriots to align themselves with the British, who started recruiting Turkish Cypriots into the police force that patrolled Cyprus to fight EOKA, a Greek Cypriot nationalist organisation that sought to rid the island of British rule.
EOKA targeted colonial authorities, including police, but Georgios Grivas, the leader of EOKA, did not initially wish to open up a new front by fighting Turkish Cypriots and reassured them that EOKA would not harm their people. In 1956, some Turkish Cypriot policemen were killed by EOKA members and this provoked some intercommunal violence in the spring and summer, but these attacks on policemen were not motivated by the fact that they were Turkish Cypriots.
However, in January 1957, Grivas changed his policy as his forces in the mountains became increasingly pressured by the British Crown forces. In order to divert the attention of the Crown forces, EOKA members started to target Turkish Cypriot policemen intentionally in the towns, so that Turkish Cypriots would riot against the Greek Cypriots and the security forces would have to be diverted to the towns to restore order. The killing of a Turkish Cypriot policeman on 19 January, when a power station was bombed, and the injury of three others, provoked three days of intercommunal violence in Nicosia. The two communities targeted each other in reprisals, at least one Greek Cypriot was killed and the British Army was deployed in the streets. Greek Cypriot stores were burned and their neighbourhoods attacked. Following the events, the Greek Cypriot leadership spread the propaganda that the riots had merely been an act of Turkish Cypriot aggression. Such events created chaos and drove the communities apart both in Cyprus and in Turkey.
On 22 October 1957 Sir Hugh Mackintosh Foot replaced Sir John Harding as the British Governor of Cyprus. Foot suggested five to seven years of self-government before any final decision. His plan rejected both enosis and taksim. The Turkish Cypriot response to this plan was a series of anti-British demonstrations in Nicosia on 27 and 28 January 1958 rejecting the proposed plan because the plan did not include partition. The British then withdrew the plan.
In 1957, Black Gang, a Turkish Cypriot pro-taksim paramilitary organisation, was formed to patrol a Turkish Cypriot enclave, the Tahtakale district of Nicosia, against activities of EOKA. The organisation later attempted to grow into a national scale, but failed to gain public support.
By 1958, signs of dissatisfaction with the British increased on both sides, with a group of Turkish Cypriots forming Volkan (later renamed to the Turkish Resistance Organisation) paramilitary group to promote partition and the annexation of Cyprus to Turkey as dictated by the Menderes plan. Volkan initially consisted of roughly 100 members, with the stated aim of raising awareness in Turkey of the Cyprus issue and courting military training and support for Turkish Cypriot fighters from the Turkish government.
In June 1958, the British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, was expected to propose a plan to resolve the Cyprus issue. In light of the new development, the Turks rioted in Nicosia to promote the idea that Greek and Turkish Cypriots could not live together and therefore any plan that did not include partition would not be viable. This violence was soon followed by bombing, Greek Cypriot deaths and looting of Greek Cypriot-owned shops and houses. Greek and Turkish Cypriots started to flee mixed population villages where they were a minority in search of safety. This was effectively the beginning of the segregation of the two communities. On 7 June 1958, a bomb exploded at the entrance of the Turkish Embassy in Cyprus. Following the bombing, Turkish Cypriots looted Greek Cypriot properties. On 26 June 1984, the Turkish Cypriot leader, Rauf Denktaş, admitted on British channel ITV that the bomb was placed by the Turks themselves in order to create tension. On 9 January 1995, Rauf Denktaş repeated his claim to the famous Turkish newspaper Milliyet in Turkey.
The crisis reached a climax on 12 June 1958, when eight Greeks, out of an armed group of thirty five arrested by soldiers of the Royal Horse Guards on suspicion of preparing an attack on the Turkish quarter of Skylloura, were killed in a suspected attack by Turkish Cypriot locals, near the village of Geunyeli, having been ordered to walk back to their village of Kondemenos.
After the EOKA campaign had begun, the British government successfully began to turn the Cyprus issue from a British colonial problem into a Greek-Turkish issue. British diplomacy exerted backstage influence on the Adnan Menderes government, with the aim of making Turkey active in Cyprus. For the British, the attempt had a twofold objective. The EOKA campaign would be silenced as quickly as possible, and Turkish Cypriots would not side with Greek Cypriots against the British colonial claims over the island, which would thus remain under the British. The Turkish Cypriot leadership visited Menderes to discuss the Cyprus issue. When asked how the Turkish Cypriots should respond to the Greek Cypriot claim of enosis, Menderes replied: "You should go to the British foreign minister and request the status quo be prolonged, Cyprus to remain as a British colony". When the Turkish Cypriots visited the British Foreign Secretary and requested for Cyprus to remain a colony, he replied: "You should not be asking for colonialism at this day and age, you should be asking for Cyprus be returned to Turkey, its former owner".
As Turkish Cypriots began to look to Turkey for protection, Greek Cypriots soon understood that enosis was extremely unlikely. The Greek Cypriot leader, Archbishop Makarios III, now set independence for the island as his objective.
Britain resolved to solve the dispute by creating an independent Cyprus. In 1959, all involved parties signed the Zurich Agreements: Britain, Turkey, Greece, and the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders, Makarios and Dr. Fazil Kucuk, respectively. The new constitution drew heavily on the ethnic composition of the island. The President would be a Greek Cypriot, and the Vice-President a Turkish Cypriot with an equal veto. The contribution to the public service would be set at a ratio of 70:30, and the Supreme Court would consist of an equal number of judges from both communities as well as an independent judge who was not Greek, Turkish or British. The Zurich Agreements were supplemented by a number of treaties. The Treaty of Guarantee stated that secession or union with any state was forbidden, and that Greece, Turkey and Britain would be given guarantor status to intervene if that was violated. The Treaty of Alliance allowed for two small Greek and Turkish military contingents to be stationed on the island, and the Treaty of Establishment gave Britain sovereignty over two bases in Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
On 15 August 1960, the Colony of Cyprus became fully independent as the Republic of Cyprus. The new republic remained within the Commonwealth of Nations.
The new constitution brought dissatisfaction to Greek Cypriots, who felt it to be highly unjust for them for historical, demographic and contributional reasons. Although 80% of the island's population were Greek Cypriots and these indigenous people had lived on the island for thousands of years and paid 94% of taxes, the new constitution was giving the 17% of the population that was Turkish Cypriots, who paid 6% of taxes, around 30% of government jobs and 40% of national security jobs.
Within three years tensions between the two communities in administrative affairs began to show. In particular disputes over separate municipalities and taxation created a deadlock in government. A constitutional court ruled in 1963 Makarios had failed to uphold article 173 of the constitution which called for the establishment of separate municipalities for Turkish Cypriots. Makarios subsequently declared his intention to ignore the judgement, resulting in the West German judge resigning from his position. Makarios proposed thirteen amendments to the constitution, which would have had the effect of resolving most of the issues in the Greek Cypriot favour. Under the proposals, the President and Vice-President would lose their veto, the separate municipalities as sought after by the Turkish Cypriots would be abandoned, the need for separate majorities by both communities in passing legislation would be discarded and the civil service contribution would be set at actual population ratios (82:18) instead of the slightly higher figure for Turkish Cypriots.
The intention behind the amendments has long been called into question. The Akritas plan, written in the height of the constitutional dispute by the Greek Cypriot interior minister Polycarpos Georkadjis, called for the removal of undesirable elements of the constitution so as to allow power-sharing to work. The plan envisaged a swift retaliatory attack on Turkish Cypriot strongholds should Turkish Cypriots resort to violence to resist the measures, stating "In the event of a planned or staged Turkish attack, it is imperative to overcome it by force in the shortest possible time, because if we succeed in gaining command of the situation (in one or two days), no outside, intervention would be either justified or possible." Whether Makarios's proposals were part of the Akritas plan is unclear, however it remains that sentiment towards enosis had not completely disappeared with independence. Makarios described independence as "a step on the road to enosis".[31] Preparations for conflict were not entirely absent from Turkish Cypriots either, with right wing elements still believing taksim (partition) the best safeguard against enosis.
Greek Cypriots however believe the amendments were a necessity stemming from a perceived attempt by Turkish Cypriots to frustrate the working of government. Turkish Cypriots saw it as a means to reduce their status within the state from one of co-founder to that of minority, seeing it as a first step towards enosis. The security situation deteriorated rapidly.
Main articles: Bloody Christmas (1963) and Battle of Tillyria
An armed conflict was triggered after December 21, 1963, a period remembered by Turkish Cypriots as Bloody Christmas, when a Greek Cypriot policemen that had been called to help deal with a taxi driver refusing officers already on the scene access to check the identification documents of his customers, took out his gun upon arrival and shot and killed the taxi driver and his partner. Eric Solsten summarised the events as follows: "a Greek Cypriot police patrol, ostensibly checking identification documents, stopped a Turkish Cypriot couple on the edge of the Turkish quarter. A hostile crowd gathered, shots were fired, and two Turkish Cypriots were killed."
In the morning after the shooting, crowds gathered in protest in Northern Nicosia, likely encouraged by the TMT, without incident. On the evening of the 22nd, gunfire broke out, communication lines to the Turkish neighbourhoods were cut, and the Greek Cypriot police occupied the nearby airport. On the 23rd, a ceasefire was negotiated, but did not hold. Fighting, including automatic weapons fire, between Greek and Turkish Cypriots and militias increased in Nicosia and Larnaca. A force of Greek Cypriot irregulars led by Nikos Sampson entered the Nicosia suburb of Omorphita and engaged in heavy firing on armed, as well as by some accounts unarmed, Turkish Cypriots. The Omorphita clash has been described by Turkish Cypriots as a massacre, while this view has generally not been acknowledged by Greek Cypriots.
Further ceasefires were arranged between the two sides, but also failed. By Christmas Eve, the 24th, Britain, Greece, and Turkey had joined talks, with all sides calling for a truce. On Christmas day, Turkish fighter jets overflew Nicosia in a show of support. Finally it was agreed to allow a force of 2,700 British soldiers to help enforce a ceasefire. In the next days, a "buffer zone" was created in Nicosia, and a British officer marked a line on a map with green ink, separating the two sides of the city, which was the beginning of the "Green Line". Fighting continued across the island for the next several weeks.
In total 364 Turkish Cypriots and 174 Greek Cypriots were killed during the violence. 25,000 Turkish Cypriots from 103-109 villages fled and were displaced into enclaves and thousands of Turkish Cypriot houses were ransacked or completely destroyed.
Contemporary newspapers also reported on the forceful exodus of the Turkish Cypriots from their homes. According to The Times in 1964, threats, shootings and attempts of arson were committed against the Turkish Cypriots to force them out of their homes. The Daily Express wrote that "25,000 Turks have already been forced to leave their homes". The Guardian reported a massacre of Turks at Limassol on 16 February 1964.
Turkey had by now readied its fleet and its fighter jets appeared over Nicosia. Turkey was dissuaded from direct involvement by the creation of a United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) in 1964. Despite the negotiated ceasefire in Nicosia, attacks on the Turkish Cypriot persisted, particularly in Limassol. Concerned about the possibility of a Turkish invasion, Makarios undertook the creation of a Greek Cypriot conscript-based army called the "National Guard". A general from Greece took charge of the army, whilst a further 20,000 well-equipped officers and men were smuggled from Greece into Cyprus. Turkey threatened to intervene once more, but was prevented by a strongly worded letter from the American President Lyndon B. Johnson, anxious to avoid a conflict between NATO allies Greece and Turkey at the height of the Cold War.
Turkish Cypriots had by now established an important bridgehead at Kokkina, provided with arms, volunteers and materials from Turkey and abroad. Seeing this incursion of foreign weapons and troops as a major threat, the Cypriot government invited George Grivas to return from Greece as commander of the Greek troops on the island and launch a major attack on the bridgehead. Turkey retaliated by dispatching its fighter jets to bomb Greek positions, causing Makarios to threaten an attack on every Turkish Cypriot village on the island if the bombings did not cease. The conflict had now drawn in Greece and Turkey, with both countries amassing troops on their Thracian borders. Efforts at mediation by Dean Acheson, a former U.S. Secretary of State, and UN-appointed mediator Galo Plaza had failed, all the while the division of the two communities becoming more apparent. Greek Cypriot forces were estimated at some 30,000, including the National Guard and the large contingent from Greece. Defending the Turkish Cypriot enclaves was a force of approximately 5,000 irregulars, led by a Turkish colonel, but lacking the equipment and organisation of the Greek forces.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations in 1964, U Thant, reported the damage during the conflicts:
UNFICYP carried out a detailed survey of all damage to properties throughout the island during the disturbances; it shows that in 109 villages, most of them Turkish-Cypriot or mixed villages, 527 houses have been destroyed while 2,000 others have suffered damage from looting.
The situation worsened in 1967, when a military junta overthrew the democratically elected government of Greece, and began applying pressure on Makarios to achieve enosis. Makarios, not wishing to become part of a military dictatorship or trigger a Turkish invasion, began to distance himself from the goal of enosis. This caused tensions with the junta in Greece as well as George Grivas in Cyprus. Grivas's control over the National Guard and Greek contingent was seen as a threat to Makarios's position, who now feared a possible coup.[citation needed] The National Guard and Cyprus Police began patrolling the Turkish Cypriot enclaves of Ayios Theodoros and Kophinou, and on November 15 engaged in heavy fighting with the Turkish Cypriots.
By the time of his withdrawal 26 Turkish Cypriots had been killed. Turkey replied with an ultimatum demanding that Grivas be removed from the island, that the troops smuggled from Greece in excess of the limits of the Treaty of Alliance be removed, and that the economic blockades on the Turkish Cypriot enclaves be lifted. Grivas was recalled by the Athens Junta and the 12,000 Greek troops were withdrawn. Makarios now attempted to consolidate his position by reducing the number of National Guard troops, and by creating a paramilitary force loyal to Cypriot independence. In 1968, acknowledging that enosis was now all but impossible, Makarios stated, "A solution by necessity must be sought within the limits of what is feasible which does not always coincide with the limits of what is desirable."
After 1967 tensions between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots subsided. Instead, the main source of tension on the island came from factions within the Greek Cypriot community. Although Makarios had effectively abandoned enosis in favour of an 'attainable solution', many others continued to believe that the only legitimate political aspiration for Greek Cypriots was union with Greece.
On his arrival, Grivas began by establishing a nationalist paramilitary group known as the National Organization of Cypriot Fighters (Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston B or EOKA-B), drawing comparisons with the EOKA struggle for enosis under the British colonial administration of the 1950s.
The military junta in Athens saw Makarios as an obstacle. Makarios's failure to disband the National Guard, whose officer class was dominated by mainland Greeks, had meant the junta had practical control over the Cypriot military establishment, leaving Makarios isolated and a vulnerable target.
During the first Turkish invasion, Turkish troops invaded Cyprus territory on 20 July 1974, invoking its rights under the Treaty of Guarantee. This expansion of Turkish-occupied zone violated International Law as well as the Charter of the United Nations. Turkish troops managed to capture 3% of the island which was accompanied by the burning of the Turkish Cypriot quarter, as well as the raping and killing of women and children. A temporary cease-fire followed which was mitigated by the UN Security Council. Subsequently, the Greek military Junta collapsed on July 23, 1974, and peace talks commenced in which a democratic government was installed. The Resolution 353 was broken after Turkey attacked a second time and managed to get a hold of 37% of Cyprus territory. The Island of Cyprus was appointed a Buffer Zone by the United Nations, which divided the island into two zones through the 'Green Line' and put an end to the Turkish invasion. Although Turkey announced that the occupied areas of Cyprus to be called the Federated Turkish State in 1975, it is not legitimised on a worldwide political scale. The United Nations called for the international recognition of independence for the Republic of Cyprus in the Security Council Resolution 367.
In the years after the Turkish invasion of northern Cyprus one can observe a history of failed talks between the two parties. The 1983 declaration of the independent Turkish Republic of Cyprus resulted in a rise of inter-communal tensions and made it increasingly hard to find mutual understanding. With Cyprus' interest of a possible EU membership and a new UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 1997 new hopes arose for a fresh start. International involvement from sides of the US and UK, wanting a solution to the Cyprus dispute prior to the EU accession led to political pressures for new talks. The believe that an accession without a solution would threaten Greek-Turkish relations and acknowledge the partition of the island would direct the coming negotiations.
Over the course of two years a concrete plan, the Annan plan was formulated. In 2004 the fifth version agreed upon from both sides and with the endorsement of Turkey, US, UK and EU then was presented to the public and was given a referendum in both Cypriot communities to assure the legitimisation of the resolution. The Turkish Cypriots voted with 65% for the plan, however the Greek Cypriots voted with a 76% majority against. The Annan plan contained multiple important topics. Firstly it established a confederation of two separate states called the United Cyprus Republic. Both communities would have autonomous states combined under one unified government. The members of parliament would be chosen according to the percentage in population numbers to ensure a just involvement from both communities. The paper proposed a demilitarisation of the island over the next years. Furthermore it agreed upon a number of 45000 Turkish settlers that could remain on the island. These settlers became a very important issue concerning peace talks. Originally the Turkish government encouraged Turks to settle in Cyprus providing transfer and property, to establish a counterpart to the Greek Cypriot population due to their 1 to 5 minority. With the economic situation many Turkish-Cypriot decided to leave the island, however their departure is made up by incoming Turkish settlers leaving the population ratio between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots stable. However all these points where criticised and as seen in the vote rejected mainly by the Greek Cypriots. These name the dissolution of the „Republic of Cyprus", economic consequences of a reunion and the remaining Turkish settlers as reason. Many claim that the plan was indeed drawing more from Turkish-Cypriot demands then Greek-Cypriot interests. Taking in consideration that the US wanted to keep Turkey as a strategic partner in future Middle Eastern conflicts.
A week after the failed referendum the Republic of Cyprus joined the EU. In multiple instances the EU tried to promote trade with Northern Cyprus but without internationally recognised ports this spiked a grand debate. Both side endure their intention of negotiations, however without the prospect of any new compromises or agreements the UN is unwilling to start the process again. Since 2004 negotiations took place in numbers but without any results, both sides are strongly holding on to their position without an agreeable solution in sight that would suit both parties.
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Gente, eu tou super enrolada, minha reforma está na etapa final (viva, tenho cozinha dentro de casa), por isso to me atrasando. As vezes eu tenho a foto, as vezes tenho o note e as vezes tenho a câmera pra baixar as fotos, e na maioria das vezes, não tenho tudo junto! E se alguem precisar de uma assistente de eletricista, assist de pintora e faxineira, entre em contato! kkkk
(Mas é ÓBEVEO q antes de carimbetar, eu tive q aproveitar este lindo peladinho, neh gente?)