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Located in the desirable Portomarin tract within the community of Talega. This beautiful 4 bedroom plus loft, 3 bath home features a highly sought after floor plan with a main floor bedroom, inviting interior courtyard that allows lots of natural light bringing the outdoors inside, expanding the living space, a dual sided see through fireplace in the formal dining room to the kitchen area, a formal living room with fireplace, a gourmet kitchen with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances that include a double oven, 6 burner cooktop, center island, dinette and inside laundry room. The exquisite master suite has a spacious bathroom, dual sinks and walk in closet. There is a 3 car attached garage with direct access for convenience. Enjoy the many Talega amenities that include the award winning K-8 Vista Del Mar school, championship golf course, several association pools, clubhouse, parks, hiking trails, tennis courts, sports parks, summer concerts in the park and the Talega Village center with shops and restaurants.
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- Colorado State University, ALU GHG Inventory Software
- EPA's Global Methane Initiative
- EPA's Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) International Activities
- EPA's U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory IPCC Emission Factor Database
- IPCC National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Program (NGGIP)
- Low Emissions Asian Development (LEAD) Program
- NCSP Manual on Managing the Greenhouse Gas Inventory Process
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- USAID's Global Climate Change Program
- Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories in Asia (WGIA)
Developing GHG inventories is an essential first step toward managing emissions. EPA assists developing countries--Non-Annex I countries under United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)--to improve their capacity to estimate and track their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A complete and transparent national GHG inventory is an essential tool for understanding emissions and trends, projecting future emissions and identifying sectors for cost-effective emission reduction opportunities. A national inventory is also a core element of National Communication reports to the UNFCCC.
EPA has developed a capacity-building approach to help countries build sustainable GHG inventory management systems. The Agency also builds capacity through technical support to enhance data collection for estimating GHG emissions and sinks for agriculture, forestry, and other sectors. This work complements activities that non-Annex I countries are taking under the UNFCCC.
Through this capacity-building program, EPA is partnering with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the UNFCCC, and other partners and donors to provide technical assistance in various regions and countries. EPA has ongoing activities with country partners in Southeast Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, and will also participate in a multi-agency effort in the Andean Region.
Approach to Building Sustainable Inventory Systems
The foundation of EPA's approach to assisting developing countries in building their capacity to produce complete and transparent national GHG inventories is based on lessons learned over 15 years of working alongside developing country experts in many regions around the world, in addition to leading development of the U.S. national GHG inventory.
EPA's approach has two components. First, EPA works with each country to improve its institutional capacity to manage the GHG inventory compilation process and to establish a sustainable system for producing regular national GHG inventories. Second, EPA provides technical assistance in collecting data, developing analytical methods, and documenting the inventory process so that countries can continue to build upon their efforts for the future.
EPA provides tools and technical assistance to complement these two components, including:
- Working with inventory compilers to document their national inventory systems using the National System Templates, which facilitates identification of key gaps and areas for targeted assistance.
- Collaborating with countries to obtain and process high-quality satellite data and aerial imagery needed to implement IPCC land-use methodologies.
- Training country experts on the ALU (Agriculture and Land-Use National GHG Inventory) software tool, enabling countries to estimate emissions and removals from all AFOLU categories.
These tools, developed in conjunction with USAID, are consistent with UNFCCC reporting guidelines and are available through the links below. A number of key lessons have been learned and integrated into EPA's approach:
- A high level of technical expertise on the source and sink categories (forests, crops, livestock, energy, etc.) already exists in most developing countries. The challenge is to put this expertise to use in applying the IPCC methodologies to develop a high quality, well-documented inventory, and a sustainable inventory management system.
- Climate change teams in developing countries may face significant challenges, including:
- Small teams with multiple responsibilities and limited resources;
- Incomplete or missing activity data;
- Lack of country-specific emission factors;
- Insufficient documentation of methods and data sources used in previous inventories; and
- Difficulties retaining capacity and expertise developed during the preparation of previous National Communications.
- Host countries should lead the effort to set priorities for inventory improvements.
- GHG inventory capacity-building activities must be highly targeted, focusing on specific, measurable, and realistic outcomes with the ultimate goal of preparing a complete, transparent, accurate, consistent, and comparable national GHG inventory.
- A complete, transparent, well-documented GHG inventory provides a solid foundation for developing future national inventories.
National System Templates
A major component of U.S. EPA's approach is to build sustainable national GHG inventory management systems using the pre-defined National System Templates as a starting point. Completed templates can be compiled into a single National Inventory System Report, which provides a comprehensive documentation of each critical component for managing development of the GHG inventory development process. These tools are consistent with IPCC and UNFCCC guidelines for national GHG inventory development. This section describes and provides download links for each of the six individual templates, along with the Key Category Analysis Tool.
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Institutional Arrangements for National Inventory Systems (IA) (MS Word, 270KB)
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Methods and Data Documentation (MDD) (MS Word, 200KB)
Description of Quality Assurance and Quality Control Procedures (QA/QC) (MS Word, 265KB)
Description of Archiving System (AS) (MS Word, 68KB)
Archiving Recommendations and Tips (MS Word, 109KB)
Key Category Analysis (KCA) (MS Word, 1,437KB)
Key Category Analysis Tool (MS Excel, 1,632KB)
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National Inventory Improvement Plan (NIIP) (MS Word, 85KB)
Technical Assistance and Tools for Data Collection and Data Management
EPA assists countries to overcome data collection barriers and enhance their capacity to transition to higher-tier methods for key categories There are two general parts to this approach:
- Identification of data needs and strategies: EPA works with national experts to identify critical data needs for applying the IPCC methods and then assists them with assembling the data.
- Software tools: EPA has supported the development of software tools that simplify the task of estimating emissions from agriculture, land-use change and forestry, and solid waste.
Data Collection for the Agriculture, and Land Use, Land-use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) Sectors
This sector is an important source and sink of emissions for many developing countries, but managing the large amount of data and ensuring appropriate cross-linkages where data is shared among different source/sink categories can be an overwhelming task. To assist developing countries in this task, EPA and Colorado State University have developed the ALU (Agriculture and Land-Use) software tool. The ALU tool enables countries to estimate emissions and removals from all agricultural and land-use source categories, using either IPCC Tier 1 or Tier 2 methods from the 1996 IPCC Guidelines as updated by the 2000 and 2003 IPCC Good Practice Guidance. Associated with the tool are specific activity data workbooks that assist inventory compilers in compiling the required data for implementing the IPCC methodologies.
The newly updated FAOSTAT emission database provides country-level estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions based on FAOSTAT activity data and using Tier 1 computations for the Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use sectors. The database contains updated historical estimates for 1961 through 2011 as well as projections to 2030 and 2050, and for Land Use from 1990 through 2010.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) & Remote Sensing Data Collection
A requirement for developing a national GHG Inventory for land use, land-use change and forestry utilizing the IPCC Guidelines is a complete and consistent representation of a countries land-base broken out by the six IPCC land use categories (Forest Land, Cropland, Grassland, Settlements, Wetlands and Other Lands). These six main land use categories are then sub-categorized to the level (e.g., forest types, crop systems, grassland types) at which the inventory estimates will be developed. EPA is working with developing countries to obtain and process high-quality satellite data and aerial imagery needed to implement these IPCC land-use methodologies. Assistance varies by country but ranges from improving the accuracy of existing maps to full map production, quality assurance, and evaluation. Once geographic data are complete, EPA works with each country to input the processed data into the ALU tool to estimate emissions and removals from land use, land-use change and forestry.
Data Collection for the Waste Sector
As developing countries increase reliance on sanitary landfills to manage wastes, methane emissions from solid waste disposal become an important source of emissions. EPA has worked with countries to improve collection of data on waste composition and disposal practices. The data can then be input into the 2006 IPCC Waste Model to develop GHG estimates from this source. Data can also be shared with other regions through the IPCC Emission Factor Database .
In addition, data collected from some regions as part of this work were used to customize the International Landfill Gas Model, which estimates landfill gas generation from landfills, potential landfill gas recovery, and methane emission reductions.

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#InspiredByInStyle: Friends Are Fashion Blogger (and InStyle Reader) Yolanda Black on How to Wear Green Leather
In this new series, we demonstrate how our most avid readers sport the trends in our magazine. Look for it on What's Right Now every weekend, and be sure to try out a look or two yourself and tweet us a photo @InStyle using #inspiredbyinstyle. This week, we're featuring Yolanda Black of Friends are Fashion.
"Searching for the appropriate staples each season can be tricky, but after coming across 'Palettes: Cypress + Steel Gray + Navy' in the fall special issue of InStyle Your Look, I was inspired to invest in a piece like this green leather skirt from Zara. To style it, I paired my new purchase with a solid blue turtleneck and black heels for an effortless feel." Get inspired by more InStyle readers we ♥ in our gallery.
Browse through Black's blog at friendsarefashion.com or follow her on Pinterest at @80_YolandaBlack.Plus, check out more of our readers (and find out which stories inspired them) in our November issue with the gorgeous Taylor Swift on the cover, available on newsstands and for digital download now.
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Hello everybody, today I am back with another concert review/experience post. I was lucky enough to be able to go and see indie-pop five piece Blossoms last night in Brighton and it was rather insane, to say the least... My friend and I got to the venue at four and doors opened at seven so … Continue reading Blossoms/ Brighton Dome.
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Hello, I'm here for my second post of this week and I have something really special to share with you. A couple of months ago I was contacted by a company named Vivid, I'm sure you have heard of them before. They have an amazing product launching next week and I have been lucky enough … Continue reading Vivid Brainbox
Hello, happy new year to everyone. I'm really happy to start this year off with a collaboration with one of my new found favourite brands. The name of the brand is CHJGD (pronounced 'charged'). CHJGD make loads of tech goodies but mainly focusing on power banks. They make power banks of many shapes sizes and power … Continue reading CHJGD collaboration.
Hi everyone, I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas I know I did . 2016 was an okay year for music. Not much surprised me, It was the year for acts like Adele and Justin Beiber and that just doesn't amaze me too much. However, in between a lot of the rubbish, there were … Continue reading Best albums of 2016.
Hi, this is a different type of post to what I usually write as I don't normally write about music I don't like as I feel its not really needed. However, this is a hate post I guess you would call it as I cannot keep my opinion under wraps any longer. I do appreciate … Continue reading Why I hate grime.
Hey guys, if you follow me on social media you would probably already know that I was lucky enough to attend one of the 1975's sold out shows in London this week. I had an amazing time so I thought I would share with you my thoughts and also my pictures. So I went to … Continue reading The 1975 o2 arena.
Hey guys, I'm so excited to be sharing this post with you all today, as you can tell by the title this will be my second post into my end of year series my best songs of this year. I wrote about my least favorite songs in my first post you can catch that here … Continue reading Best songs of 2016
Hey guys. Christmas is fast approaching so that does mean we are getting near the end of the year. here I am going to share with you a list of my most hated songs of 2016. I am aware that a lot of people love these songs but this is my blog so it's my … Continue reading My worst songs of 2016.
Hey guys, I hope everyone has had a good week. So today I am here to share with you something really special, well I should say someone special. Recently I came across an artist named John Galea, John is a singer-songwriter from Norfolk and he is amazing. The kind people over at Zamna Media sent me … Continue reading John Galea
Hello guys, So I know that you have probably read this title and thought isn't it too early to be posting Christmas posts?.I guess my answer is no we only have 6 more blogs coming up before Christmas and in there I have to put my end of year countdowns,a concert experience, and a sponsored post … Continue reading Music themed Christmas gift guide.


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Where West meets East in interfaith dialogue
When we think about revelation in the context of interfaith dialogue, an immediate problem seems to present itself. Surely, claims to revelation are claims that here, and here exclusively, is the act of God, and elsewhere a series of human attempts to reach God. Here is God being active, the God of scripture, the God of the creeds, the God who makes decisions and commits God's self to courses of action in the world. And there is the world of religious striving, before which, if we wanted to be unkind, God sits with his arms crossed, waiting for something to happen.
There is another issue: If revelation is bound into ideas of divine action, then it seems we're assuming that other religious traditions than our own are bound into human advance and human achievement. And that can lead us to very unhelpful polarities, not just between Christian claims to revelation and those of other faiths, but between the Abrahamic faiths and what are often called the Dharmic faiths, as if Christianity, Judaism, and Islam were preoccupied with divine action, and other faiths—an extraordinarily diverse category that includes the religions of the Orient—do not have a concept of divine action that is comparable. They have at best a notion of enlightenment or liberation, which has less to do with divine action than anything the Abrahamic faiths talk about. It's a tempting typology. I'm going to suggest that it's a profoundly misleading one.
there are three points about divine action in the Abrahamic traditions that give us a great deal to think about in connection with how we speak of revelation. The first principle, shared by Christians, Jews, and Muslims, is that divine action is the eternal enactment of divine being. That is to say, divine action is not episodic or arbitrary. Divine action expresses what it is to be God, enacts what it is to be God. In Thomist terms, God's essence, the definition of what it is to be God, is to act in a godly fashion.
The second point, which is implied in the first, is that divine action is never reactive. It is never simply triggered into being or operation by some other action. That doesn't mean it is arbitrary, because—and here is the third point—the eternal enactment of the divine being is always self-consistent. To use a rather crude image, if the divine action were a great tree growing up through the universe, the rings would be the same wherever you cut it. To use more theological language, the God of scriptural revelation in the Abrahamic traditions is a God who makes and keeps promises, a covenantal God who can be relied upon not to change. And that unchangingness is not a privation of freedom or an arrest of movement but, on the contrary, a way of speaking about the intensity of movement, liberty, and continuity that is the acting-out of divine being.
Let me concentrate for the moment on the Christian tradition and the Christian claims about revelation in the reality of Jesus of Nazareth. If what Christians claim is that the life of Jesus is the action of God as unmediatedly as it is possible for God to act within the finite world, then the divine action in Jesus must manifest what is true of God, not just in first-century Palestine or 21st-century Boston, but for all ages and all times. It must be true for all. And that, of course, is where the difficulties sometimes come in thinking of the relation between claims made about Jesus and dialogue with other religious families.
But the difficulties may not be quite as knotty as we are inclined to suspect. We should ask, What exactly is revealed about God in the life of Jesus? Here are two thoughts about that. First, the God revealed in action in Jesus is a God who does not hold back the divine love in its radical fullness and a God who does not wait on human achievement before bestowing grace. That seems very clear in the Gospel. If we speak of the God of Jesus Christ, that is a God whose action is not conditioned by or conditional upon our good behavior or even, dare I say, our orthodoxy. The act of this God does not wait upon our successful performance of this or that intellectual, moral, or spiritual duty. The act of this God is unreservedly bestowed prior to, and independently of, whatever we may achieve, conceive, or muster.
Second, the God revealed in the life of Jesus is divine action encountered in and through relations of self-dispossession. This is a God who is met when the ego is set aside. This is a God who, if we have to speak mythologically, sets aside the divine ego or the divine selfhood in isolation in order to be God with us; the God who appears to us in the selflessness, more specifically the helplessness, even the apparent hopelessness of the event of Calvary; the God whose act is made specific and concrete in the world by a self-giving and a letting go—a God with whom we therefore align ourselves by our own struggles to get rid of self-protection, of fear, and of self-serving.
Now, to speak in these terms is to say something like this: that the new meaning in and around the person of Jesus, his life and death and resurrection, is a clearer sense of how the divine enacting of the divine being comes through to us. What is revealed is not a set of pieces of information about God. It is something rather more like the habits, or even the skills, needed in human life for the act of God to be transparent to us.
The new meaning has less to do with propositions sent from Heaven—that's fairly commonly accepted—and more to do with that elusive, hard to pin down sense that this is how we live if this is what we want to see or know more fully. To put it in plain terms, what's revealed is how to be a disciple.
So, to speak of Jesus as the revelation of God, to speak of Jesus as the presence of the act of God in our midst, is to speak at the same time in terms of how we know God in the habits of our lives. We associate with the life and death and resurrection of Jesus a moment in which we discovered how to live our life, under the judgment and in the light of that picture of a God holding nothing back and a God therefore encountered in self-dispossessing. That's what we know, and that's how we know. And from that, I turn to the question of how it affects interreligious encounter and conversation.
If this model of divine action and divine revelation is anything like correct, then when the Christian approaches those who are faithful to another religious tradition she or he does not come with claims of exclusively vouchsafed information about the divine, but with a narrative and a set of habits, disciplines, or practices in which the Christian says the act of God has become specific. And the Christian will look at members of other religious families with an eye to where radical grace or radical selflessness or covenantal dependability comes to light. The Christian, believing this is where divine action comes alive, will be listening in the voice and looking in the life of the other for those elements that are in some sense significantly recognizable, not in terms of converging formulae or doctrines, but in terms of habits expressing an openness to causeless grace, habits expressing a dependence on and an orientation to a faithful or a promise-keeping God, and perhaps above all, those habits that educate and sustain the emptying of the ego, the absence of the selfish self, and the presence or coming to birth of radical compassion.
Dialogue begins in the moment when the Christian invites the partner in conversation to spell out how such habits arise from their own basic commitments, their own worlds of thought and imagery. The Christian does not in dialogue seek to say these are the important things about God revealed to us in Jesus. Much more, the Christian approaching the non-Christian says: This is what we have learned about the human setting, the human embedding of divine action, and this—mysteriously but wonderfully—we see in you. We see habits we can recognize. We see melodies as harmony we can understand and imagine. And we need to know from you how you have learned, where you have grown from, in developing and sustaining habits such as these.
That doesn't compromise or prejudice our proper readiness to say that there is something given in the life of Jesus that affords a definitive and truthful model of how we talk about the act of God. It does, though, express an equally proper reluctance to say that the act of God is exhaustively present in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus in such a way that everything else must be simply the struggles of doomed human beings to get to some sort of divine vantage point so that revelation and enlightenment may turn out to be not quite so radically opposed after all.
In most parts of the Buddhist world, enlightenment is not something you achieve. Enlightenment happens. You receive enlightenment. You are enlightened. The passive voice is crucial for the Buddhist.
Reading recently a modern Buddhist text, I encountered phraseology that would shock anyone who thinks of the purpose-driven life as the ideal life. The Buddhist teacher said, simply, planning makes enlightenment impossible. Whether that teacher is right or not, the point I am making is that it won't do, in conversation, to oppose revelation and enlightenment as divine action versus human action. The Buddhist will have no concept of divine action as we understand it. But that doesn't mean the Buddhist believes that what happens in enlightenment is a human action, an achievement, a skill brought to perfection. On the contrary, it is only when all such thoughts have been silenced that you are enlightened; something occurs, an event in which your perceptions of yourself, your world, and whatever it is that structures the meaning of that world are turned inside out.
To go out into the bewildering and sometimes disorienting world of interfaith encounter with the stubborn and probably rather unformed conviction that wherever you go something of Jesus Christ waits for you, is an act of witness. It is not perhaps the act of witness some people would like to see, brandishing the memory of Jesus as a weapon to intimidate others, but an expectant and humble desire to meet in others the God we have met in Jesus, and to meet in others the otherness in which they have learned that vision.
Rowan Williams is the former Archbishop of Canterbury and the Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. His essay is drawn from a talk he gave in the Heights Room on April 7, sponsored by the Church in the 21st Century Center and the theology department.


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A RUSSIAN PERFORMANCE artist was hospitalised yesterday after stripping naked and nailing his testicles to a Red Square cobblestone in protest against the Kremlin's crackdown on political rights.
A video (warning viewer discretion advised) of the graphic action, available on Russian websites, showed artist Pyotr Pavlensky sitting naked outside Lenin's Mausoleum being covered with a blanket by police officers while horrified passers-by looked on.
The state-run RIA Novosti news agency said Pavlensky was taken to a police station after being treated in a central Moscow clinic.
The Saint Petersburg-based artist said in a statement posted on the Grani.ru website that he was trying to draw attention to Russian society's inaction in the face of the development of a "police state".
Russia marked its annual Police Day holiday yesterday.
It is not the first time the 29-year-old has resorted to eye-watering methods of protest.
He has previously sewn his lips together to demonstrate against the jailing of two female members of the Pussy Riot punk band who staged an anti-Kremlin performance inside Moscow's main cathedral in 2011.
He was also arrested after wrapping his naked body in barbed wire outside a Saint Petersburg government building in May.
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Looking to keep up with GLBT culture: The Gay & Lesbian Review is for you. I recently renewed my subscription to the GLR, and I am thrilled to share it with all of you. Back in the day, I wrote a couple of book reviews for the GLR, and I am irritated with myself for letting my subscription lapse.
Publishing since 1994, the GLR is a bimonthly magazine—yes, it still appears as an actual magazine—that is dedicated to GLBT history, culture, and politics. The GLR approaches these topics with articles that come from a wide array of identity and disciplinary perspectives. It is also an excellent source for thoughtful and well-written reviews of books, plays, movies, and more. The GLR is a fantastic way to keep informed and update to date on GLBT culture generally. The GLR is delivered in a plain white envelop, so your reading remains your business.
And, here's the best part, it is only $23 for a year of the magazine and online access and only $9.95 for online access. Consider a subscription for yourself and growing the GLBT reading community by sending one to a friend. This is a great gift idea and a great way to support the GLBT person in your life. The printed word has long served as DNA for the GLBT community, so this is an awesome way to source ourselves and each other.
While the GLR publishes as a traditional magazine, it also boasts a robust web site. Your subscription provides you access to online content, but you can also sign up for a newsletter that offers a wonderful precis of the current issue. Being able to keep up with Martha Stone and Andrew Holleran's thoughts on GLBT culture is worth the subscription price alone.
As a good friend once taught me, you have to support the culture you want to see. We are the GLBT reading community, so think about offering your support by subscribing to The Gay & Lesbian Review today. If you check out the GLR–much less subscribe–post a comment. I would love to hear your thoughts.


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We had to change our entire web site at Go Daddy's convenience and at OUR expense. We have decided to let this site go once it expires. This is incredibly frustrating. In the meantime, please visit us on Facebook for more up-to-date info.... /https://www.facebook.com/TheLintRollers/
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My take goes something along these lines (and this is based on a v quick paper review);
- Great idea, save on data stored by doing all the funky stuff that lots of these appliances / approaches can offer
- If the selling cost / implementation cost stack up - there could be a heap of money to be saved here...
- Base use cases that are offered seem to make sense
- One approach that gives backup, data in a 2nd / 3rd site, good approach to offering data into development all looks good
Things that I still need to get a view on / not so sure about;
- Looks like use cases currently documented, whilst good may be limited
- Does the product scale to the large enterprise (or where is it aimed at?)
- Management looks pretty cute (on PowerPoint ware) - but how easy is it when it gets to hundreds / thousands / tens of thousands of instances??)
- Who is gonna by them / how long will they be a standalone entity - takeover.com....
- What is the time to market / time to implement the product - buying it is just the starter - how long to get it into the infrastructure ecosystem, integrate and make useful
- Interop matrices - use cases with oracle / rman are listed (as an example) but do oracle recognize the solution and will they assist with a problem when it hits
- Business case - does it stack up???? - cant comment on numbers as haven't seen them - but will offer comment back
Anyway there you go - just a quick view as it stands - will comment back as I learn more...
That's all - MOT man just coming to see me now - hopefully it's a pass and not an expensive bill for car!!!
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This is about the absolutely greatest influence on my life, as a person and an artist. Though we do completely different things, this guy taught me many of the fundamentals of what it means to live for your art. For good and bad. The man I'm talking about is my father.
Gert Rasmussen is his name, and these days he works mainly as a blacksmith, using his long time artist name Grasart. It's a return to the roots for him. As a teenager, he was a blacksmith's apprentice for a while, before being lured away by working with glass, painting, sculpting with clay and porcelain and working with precious stones and metals. You might say he has come full circle. You might say he has come home. Continue reading "The Man of Steel"


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Our Board of Directors works to expand the scope and reach of SoulSpark Learning's mission to optimize the development and well-being of youth and educators. Directors receive formal training in non-profit best practices and SoulSpark Learning is a member of the Colorado Nonprofit Association. Our team has professional experience in education, psychology, equity, public health, research, business and nonprofit leadership. We partner with diverse community members and invest our time, expertise and resources in caring for the entire SoulSpark Learning community.
From a family of educators, Kate is a mother who has been teaching and learning alongside children and teachers for as long as she can remember. Her parents were pioneers in holistic education; her father taught world history and psychology at the high school level and her mother taught kindergarten.
Kate was awarded a full scholarship to University of Colorado-Boulder for her Master's in Education (emphasis in equity). She graduated in just over a year with a 4.0 while teaching and raising two young children. In addition, Kate has a Doctorate in Education (curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in gifted) from the University of Denver where she attended on a dean's scholarship. Her dissertation focused on what IS working in practice to support diverse gifted youth in thriving. Prior to launching SoulSpark Learning, Kate co-led the opening of Mackintosh Academy's Boulder campus, a K-8 IB World school with a holistic vision for educating gifted and creative learners. In addition, Kate contributes to the community as a director at SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted) where she served as president from 2016-17, as a mentor at Watson University and as an advisor on The G Word Film.
Megan Carr, M.A. (Meg) brings over 30 years experience working with children and young adults in a variety of roles. She is a Registered Psychotherapist and Coach who specializes in working with the highly sensitive, creative and gifted at Red Feather Rising. She works with adolescents and adults utilizing a neurobiological therapeutic approach to process and repair trauma, attachment patterns and nervous system dysregulation. She is trained in the Attachment Repair Model (ARM), ICF certified Coach for Life training, Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), Equine – Assisted Psychotherapy, Shamanic Studies and Energy Medicine. She is the direct understudy and apprentice to Peter Cummings, LCSW, Creator and Founder of the Attachment Repair Model.
Amber is a health care professional with clinical experience informed by degrees in integrative physiology and sociology, as well as a Master's in Public Health with a dual emphasis in epidemiology and community and behavioral health. She currently serves as the Emergency Medical and Trauma Services (EMTS) data section manager at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. With goals to merge quantitative and qualitative data management, Amber has experience in evaluation, program planning and intervention, statistical analysis, continuous quality improvement, as well as effective dissemination of information.
Rebecca taught English at Southington High School in Connecticut before entering a doctorate program in Philosophy and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. While at TC, Rebecca earned her Master's in Philosophy and Education before taking a parental leave of absence as a doctoral candidate. As a mother of 4, a short leave turned into 13 years or raising her family. During this time, Rebecca began a formal study of educational and child psychology ultimately pursuing a second Master Degree in School Psychology. Rebecca also works in national advocacy for children's mental, and behavioral health supports in schools as a leader and Committee Co-Chair for the National Association of School Psychologists. She is the proud mother of 4 adolescents, a Sophomore and Senior studying at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Sophomore and Senior studying at Greenwich High School, in Greenwich, Connecticut. She is also the mother-figure for 3 adorable dogs- Max, Molly and Lulu, and a co-host of the School Psyched Podcast, which creates collaborative conversations and free professional development for school psychologists.
Sharon Duncan works nationwide with parents, educators, psychologists and pediatricians, to find solutions for a wide-variety of challenges that often accompany raising and educating gifted children. Sharon consults on educational decisions and options (including homeschooling), behavioral concerns, provides training and classroom support to educators, works with schools to create or improve gifted programing or student-specific plans, and connects people to resources. Professionally, Sharon spent 26 years working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and has served on the governing boards of public and private schools. She is a sought-after speaker and the co-founder of Gifted Identity and Gifted Research and Outreach. Sharon also serves on the board of Gifted Homeschoolers Forum (GHF).
You'll find Markus working at the intersection of education and empathy. He currently lives in Aurora, Colorado and serves as the Head of School for The Logan School for Creative Learning, founded by Patti McKinnell. His most recent presentations have included Giving Students Voice & Choice in the Classroom and What the @$^# is Gifted? In addition to his work at Logan, Markus is a practitioner of the World Game through Instituut Kind en Beeld, Netherlands. Markus studied school leadership at Harvard's graduate school of education and English literature at Howard University. He is always looking for ways to serve as a catalyst for change and to question the status quo.
Marina is Founder and Executive Director of CLACE (Latin-American Center for Arts, Science and Education). She is currently an education team member of NASA's MAVEN mission, Multicultural and Media consultant for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Discover Health/Decubre tu Salud program, Research Associate for NSF SciGirls national program, Multicultural Consultant for the City of Boulder, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Wings Museum over the Rockies and Coordinator for SWL program for Boulder Valley School District (BVSD). Marina is a UN and UNESCO Interpreter and Translator with a passion for STEM education. She is also the producer of "Tu Educación", a weekly segment on the local Latino TV station, Telemundo. Marina has served as a Victim Advocate for the Boulder Police Department since 2003 and received the "Chief Commendation Award" in 2016 for her service. She consults and speaks across the country and is a proud Mom and "Mimi" to 5 amazing grandchildren.
Nancy is a licensed psychotherapist with a private practice in Aurora. She specializes in treating anxiety, stress, and trauma in adults. She has a passion for counseling individuals with sensory processing sensitivity, giftedness, twice exceptionality, and other types of neurodiversity. She also provides counseling for individuals with culturally diverse backgrounds and identities. Nancy received her B.A. in psychology from University of Chicago and M.A. in counseling psychology from University of Denver. For over a decade, Nancy has led parent groups, spoken at conferences, facilitated programs, and served on committees regarding the needs of gifted and twice exceptional children.
John developed the WingFlower healing approach by integrating understanding of neuroscience, technology and indigenous healing practices. Of Cherokee lineage, he is a multi-disciplined energy healer who combines his intuitive abilities with formal training in crystology, Qi Gong and nervous system release to accelerate healing. His innovative approach is particularly powerful for highly sensitive, creative and gifted youth and adults whose threshold for emotional injury is lower given their high levels of empathy and awareness. John is a Qi Gong advanced practitioner having studied directly Master Zhou Ting Jue. In addition, John has taught students of all ages and levels, both in the arts and as a Master Healer.
SoulSpark is the place where each person's unique constellation of strengths and interests connect with opportunity to shine and be of service. Equity is central to our mission of optimizing the development and well-being of youth and the educators who care for them. To this end, SoulSpark Learning has adopted an anti-discrimination policy that applies to all the organization's activities and operations including, but not limited to, selection of volunteers, employment, service offerings, choice of vendors and community partnerships. SoulSpark Learning shall not discriminate on the basis of race, disability, color, religion / creed, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin / ancestry, marital status, citizenship, military status or any other protected class.
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Recent Publications (book chapters)
Bachtel, K. (2017). The Heart of It: EQ Skill Gaps Contributing to Underachievement. In Klingner, R. (Ed.), Gifted Underachiever (pp. 93-119). Huntington, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
Bachtel, K. (2017). Emotional Intelligence for Achievement and Well-being: SoulSpark's The Heart of EQ. (monograph). University of Denver, Colorado.
Recent Publications (invited articles)
Bachtel, K. (2018). We are Our Environment: The Eco-System of Gifted Development.
Bachtel, K. (2018). Sparking Leadership in Gifted Girls. Parenting for High Potential. National Association of Gifted Children.
Bachtel, K. (2017). Trauma: A Call for Collaboration.
Bachtel, K. (2015). Inclusive Communities Say "No."
Bachtel, K. (2014). Your Learning Path: A Framework for Creating and Considering Learning Environments.
Bachtel, K. (2014).The Power in Sensitivities.
Dissertation (2017)
Seeing the Unseen: An Educational Criticism of a Gifted School
The Washington Diplomat
Interviewed for and quoted in
Minority Students Underrepresented in Gifted Programs
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Good Monday morning, and happy Eclipse Day (1-3 p.m. ET), which turns out to be a harmonic convergence with President Trump's first prime-time address to the nation (9 p.m.), on his 214th day in office.
Situational awareness: Vessels from several nations are searching for 10 U.S. missing sailors, as the USS John S. McCain docked in Singapore with "significant damage" to its hull after an early-morning collision with an oil tanker, per AP. It was the second accident for the Navy's 7th fleet in the Pacific in two months. Once again, damage flooded crew berths and machinery.
Donald Trump is a Jekyll and Hyde president: He pops off wildly about everything from war to walls, threatening the unthinkable. But then he acts fairly conventionally when it comes to the actual policy.
This phenomenon will be on display at 9 tonight when Trump addresses the nation on Afghanistan for half an hour from Fort Meyer in Arlington, Va., with soldiers in his live audience.
A month ago, Steve Bannon and friends thought they were winning their argument for a drawdown, rather than the increase advocated by SecDef Jim Mattis — with Bannonites contending that Americans in general, and Trump country in particular, didn't want to pour more America lives into an unwinnable fight.
Now, Trump has settled on a plan that's perfectly satisfactory to the War Cabinet that met with him Friday at Camp David. And we're told the intelligentsia will generally like the plan.
The plan will have the U.S. not winning, but not losing.
The N.Y. Times reports in its lead story that Trump's strategy "is likely to open the door to the deployment of several thousand troops."
Jonathan Swan's bottom line: "Trump has been reluctantly open to the generals' opinion, and I'm told he doesn't want to be the president who loses the country to the terrorists."
Let us count the ways we've seen this movie before:
- Blowing up NATO.
- Getting out of NAFTA.
- Building a wall in first 100 days.
- Picking a fight with U.S. allies like Mexico.
- Mass deportations.
- Trade war with China.
- Tough talk on North Korea.
- Threatening to pull out of Afghanistan.
This tendency by Trump, more than anything, is what drove Bannon nuts — and will drive Breitbart's assault on the "globalists," as Bannonites sneeringly call the officials responsible for the more conventional policy actions.
- Trump has lost both the agitators for radical action to match radical words (Bannon, Mooch), and his enablers (Priebus). He will still talk to them, but power always shrinks on the outside.He's left surrounded by the architects of The Conventional.
- Be smart: Some of the victories for normality weren't presidential whim, but process victories by inside players who knew how to slow or stall Bannon. This is the hidden hand of the Committee to Save America that we've told you about.
- Growing Trump threat: GOP lawmakers know his bark is way worse than his bite, and no longer fear his tweet threats or bluster. They not only don't like him, or respect him, they don't fear him, which is power-sapping. Turns out the bully can't throw a punch!
Go deeper:
- Swan has a cheat sheet on the debate, based on deep reporting from top sources.
- To get smart fast on the president's decision, our experts recommend "America Needs to Stay in Afghanistan," by Vance Serchuk of the Center for a New American Security, via The Atlantic on Friday: "Rather than following the example of his predecessors in searching for an exit from the outset of his presidency, [Trump] can learn from their experience and commit to stay."
P.S. Josh Rogin on the WashPost opinion page: "Bannon had been busily operationalizing his plan to win the economic war with China. ... The Kushner-Kissinger view holds that the U.S.-China relationship is too complex and important to risk throwing into disarray. They advocate cooperation over confrontation."
2. Bannon v. the Murdochs
The coming war between Steve Bannon and the "globalists" inside the White House promises to be a public spectacle, and a continuing distraction for the Trump administration. But it's Bannon vs. the Murdoch sons that could really define conservativism — or at least conservative media — far beyond the Trump era.
- We reported this weekend that Bannon, backed by the billionaire Mercers, has dreams of the Fox rival in the video/TV space. It will be unapologetically nationalist, and unapologetically at war with the Republican establishment, globalism and anyone who sides with either.
- Oh, and Bannon has the added incentive of knowing Rupert Murdoch — executive chairman of 21st Century Fox, the parent of Fox News — pushed for his ouster.
- Bannon vs. the sons — Lachlan and James, the nest-generation leaders — will be even more intriguing. The sons tell anyone who will listen that they fancy themselves globalists who one day would like to steer Fox away from its hard-right roots and sexist, white-men's-club reputation and reality.
- They are, by temperament and ideology, the anti-Bannons. As James Murdoch wrote to friends last week in an email condemning the "racist mob" in Charlottesville: "Diverse storytellers, and stories, can make a difference, and that diversity, around the world, is a crucial strength and an animating force in my business."
What to watch for:
- Can Bannon pry away a Sean Hannity or Lou Dobbs, or lasso Bill O'Reilly?
- Does Fox crank up the America First dimensions to preempt Bannon?
- Can Bannon actually run a media company that transcends a small niche of the most nationalistic and pugilistic American conservatives? For all the hype, Breitbart is hardly a serious Fox rival right now.
- Will Bannon form an alliance with Sinclair Broadcast Group, the nation's largest owner of television stations, with unabashedly conservative management and commentary?
P.S. From a great N.Y. Times tick-tock (Jeremy Peters and Maggie Haberman) on Bannon's final days:
- "Bannon was notorious for maintaining his own, shadowy presence within the White House. ... He did not use a computer, preferring to have paper printed and handed to his assistant to stay outside the formal decision-making process."
- "Bannon ... told [chief of staff John] Kelly that if Mr. Trump delivered a second, more contrite statement it would do him no good, with either the public or the Washington press corps ... 'They're going to say two things: It's too late and it's not enough.'"
3. Bloomberg: The New Clinton
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to bring together more than 30 heads of state and 100 CEOs in New York on Sept. 20, in conjunction with the United Nations General Assembly, as part of a plan to move into the elite space once held by the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting.
The thinking behind Bloomberg Philanthropies' Global Business Forum is that UNGA week in New York puts more powerful people in one spot than any other single event on earth.
Former President Bill Clinton, who has said he wants other organizations to join him in the CGI mission, will speak at Bloomberg Philanthropies' Global Business Forum in an unofficial handoff.
Axios will be an official media partner (along with Quartz), so we can bring you exclusive insights:
- The lineup features an astonishing roster of world and corporate leaders: French President Emmanuel Macron, the new Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Bill Gates, Alibaba's Jack Ma, Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein, BlackRock's Larry Fink, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, IMF head Christine Lagarde, Carlyle's David Rubinstein and dozens more.
- The mission: "to discuss opportunities for advancing trade and economic growth, and the related societal challenges – from climate change to workplace automation to terrorism."
- Topics will include megatrends such as: "As technology advances and increasing automation change the nature of work, how will we create new jobs and economic opportunities for those who are displaced? … Can disruptive technologies eradicate disease, create new sources of clean energy, and eliminate poverty?"
- The background: "The Forum was inspired by the Bloomberg U.S.-Africa Business Forum, which in 2014 and 2016 brought business leaders together with heads of state from every African nation, and the Clinton Global Initiative, which held its Annual Meeting during U.N. General Assembly week and established a new model to bring together global leaders from all sectors to create and implement tangible solutions to the world's most pressing challenges"
- From an open letter by President Clinton explaining why he was concluding the CGI Annual Meeting: "'I hope the hard work and benefits of CGI's great staff and its members' creative cooperation will keep rippling out into the world. The commitment model has been adopted by other forums and I hope that more will do so, or that new organizations will arise to do this work."
Go deeper:
- Visit www.BloombergGBF.com for the latest program details and confirmed participants.
- The event will be streamed live on Bloomberg.com.
- Media can apply for media credentials here. Questions to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Bonus: What liberals get wrong about climate change
Amy Harder's thought bubble in her great new "Harder Line" energy column:
"Republicans are the bigger sinners in this debate because most of them refuse to acknowledge that climate change and humans' role driving it is a real thing, as I wrote in my column last week. The left faces an inherently different and trickier problem than the right's rejection of the science: Their tactics and messaging are hobbling their push to address climate change."
4. "Trump and the CEOS: A Soured Partnership"
A Wall Street Journal front-pager has worthy new nuggets on the rupture between Trump and business:
- "When in a July interview Mr. Trump told The Wall Street Journal that Apple CEO Tim Cook had promised to build 'three big plants, beautiful plants' in the U.S., Apple declined to comment publicly. Though Mr. Trump had incorrectly portrayed Apple's U.S. plans, Mr. Cook didn't openly challenge the president because 'it would have been a tweet war," according to a person familiar with the company."
- "Over the months, leaders brooded to their boards and families over whether they should take a stand against the president, according to leaders and corporate advisers. 'Informal conversations among board members often revolved around "what do you tell your kids?"' said Leslie A. Brun, Merck's lead director and CEO of Sarr Group LLC, an investment holding company."
- "Trump asked J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. chief James Dimon to back his argument that China was a currency manipulator. ... 'They're not, Mr. President,' he said. 'They're defending their currency.'"
5. Totality
The perfect story for our time ... the WashPost on how to use your smartphone to photograph the eclipse:
Astrophotographers — the professionals and enthusiasts with their giant cameras hooked up to telescopes — will probably tell us it's a fools errand to attempt to get a high-quality photo with anything less than a thousand dollars' worth of equipment. But it is possible to get a decent and memorable photo with whatever you have in your back pocket — iPhone, Android or otherwise.
Be smart: "Just don't let the desire to get that perfect Instagram shot distract you from the once-in-a-lifetime event itself."
6. The Axios Way: How you do it
Lots of great feedback to CEO Jim VandeHei's post on The Axios Way — some lessons learned starting two media companies. There were requests for him to expand it to cover tricks/techniques that apply to all organizations, not just media startups.
I did a quick Summer 6 edition of AM this morning so you'd have time to soak in these points, which are useful for any organization, tiny or giant, that you lead or serve.
Why it matters: Thanks to the explosion of technology and social media in particular, every industry — and most jobs — are changing faster than ever. This requires a new set of strategies to thrive in this era of transparency, distraction and disruption.
Read and share Jim's full post.
1. Market manically. For all the whining about technology, you can reach more people, more frequently, with more precision than at any point in humanity.
- How you do it: If your marketing plan has conventional media only or catch-all "social media" section, destroy it. You need a specific plan for every media ecosystem — Facebook, video, Twitter, TV, email, etc — and to understand it's a different, often radically different, one for each. Make no mistake, it's harder than ever to punch through the noise, so you need a level of brand marketing sophistication most lack.
2. Think of your brand as a political candidate. You need to be hyper-aware of how you're seen by your core constituencies (employees and customers) and by the broader public.
- How you do it: Be vigilant for signs of erosion in your base; or failing to respond forcefully to negative attacks; or underutilizing technology to connect with your people in authentic, compelling ways. And don't forget that people love a good narrative. So write and sell one, internally and externally.
3. Over-communicate. In our short-attention-span world, full of cluttered and distracted minds, every leader and manager needs to explain what they're doing and why they're doing it every week, if not every day.
- How you do it: It's not enough to save it for the staff retreat. Find a simple, clear way to explain what each person is doing, how they'll be measured, and how it fits into your company's larger purpose. And do it often. If not, you will end up with a bunch of distracted, underperforming malcontents.
4. Speak like a human. What the hell is the difference between "mission" and "values"? Who the hell really cares? What all employees — millennials in particular — want to know is what you're doing and why you're doing it. So just say it that way. (We're in the process of doing just this, and it's been very clarifying).
- How you do it: Social media thankfully forces authenticity and writing like you would speak in normal settings. Your "what" and "why" should be in this casual language. If you sound like a corporate robot, reboot.
5. Force-multiply. It's not just that hiring someone better than you makes you better. It encourages that person to do the same. Soon, you have a talent factory. But many leaders/managers are too insecure to hire others who might outshine them. So they hire middling talent, trained to do the same. Soon you have the hot mess of mediocrity with no easy fix.
- How you do it: You get this right at the very top by obsessing about finding killer executive talent secure enough to hire/empower stars. This is contagious. As for the flip side, get rid of leaders who don't get it.
6. The tech wolf is at your door. Your job, your company and your industry face imminent threat from new technologies or robots. This threat will worsen.
- How you do it: Knowing this alone should instantly sharpen your mind and shorten your planning cycles. You don't have the luxury of five-year plans or one-year budgets. Yes, set a North Star. But constantly adapt to keep pace with technologies and swift changes in your marketplace. Tame the tech wolves eyeballing your lunch — before they eat it.
7. Heed red flags. Bad values are cancer, and it spreads. We look for killer talent with humility, and never compromise on either half.
- How you do it: Resist the urge to overlook signs that someone won't fit with your culture, even if they're awesome at what they do. In the past, we occasionally averted our gaze from people with bad values but great gifts — and regretted it every single time. The same will likely happen to you, too.


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Pirelli has confirmed the tyre compounds which will be taken to the Singapore Grand Prix, which takes places in September.
Under 2016 regulations, compound choices for 'flyaway' races must be announced 14 weeks in advance of an event, compared to the eight week deadline for European races.
The Ultra Soft, Super Soft and Soft tyres will be used, the fourth time Pirelli is set to bring such a combination to a Grand Prix.
The purple-banded rubber made its debut in Monaco last weekend, with Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton using the tyre for over half of the race distance en-route to victory.
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Capital teachers protest use of force against Sindh counterparts
Islamabad: Federal Government College Teachers Association (FGCTA) on Wednesday observed Black Day to express solidarity with the teachers of Sindh. who were tortured by police in Karachi last month. They also had a token strike during which they boycotted their classes for ten minutes. They also held protest and condemned the behaviour of the bureaucracy. The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) held a protest on February 26 in front of provincial assembly in Karachi. They were demanding speedy promotions. During their peaceful protest, the police unleashed water cannons on the male and female teachers and also used teargas, leaving a number of them injured.
Complete Story: http://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=13_03_2014_152_005
Legislation on free, compulsory education uphill task
Lahore: Punjab Assembly Standing Committee on education chairman Engr Qamar ul Islam Raja has said the legislation for implementaion of Article 25A is a tricky matter. Mr Raja was speaking at the Punjab Primary School Library Policy Dialogue organised by Alif Laila Book Bus Society. He said India had inserted this clause in its constitution in 2002 and implemented in 2012. The chairman said he would ensure that component of libraries in schools should be included in the law as well as in the school education department's annual budget for the fiscal 2014-15. A USAID representative also briefed the audience about the Pakistan Reading Project wherein 300 community libraries has been established in Pakistan, including 96 in Punjab.
Complete Story: http://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=13_03_2014_177_012
Invigilators to face action if students found cheating
Swabi: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, has warned the seniour education staff, including principals and headmasters, to strictly discourage cheating in board examinations otherwise action would be taken against them.
Complete Story: http://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=13_03_2014_182_008
Innovative solutions: improving quality, access to education
Islamaabad: The word innovation usually conjures up,facilities, but sometimes a fresh perspective can help achieve the desired results with minimum expense. This was in evidence at Kuch Khaas, where members of the Education Innovation Alliance: Kitabon Se Agay, shared ideas for improving the quality of education and accessibility on Wednesday. Arafat Majeed from National Rural Support Programme discussed the benefits of a second shift for girls from one to eighth grade in boys' schools in Shikarpur. He stated that cultural constraints in rural Sindh was a real obstacle to co-education but starting a second shift in boys' schools for girls was an initiative that not only increased enrollment in that shift but also in the morning shift.
Complete Story: http://tribune.com.pk/story/682049/innovative-solutions-improving-quality-access-to-education/
Law to promote book reading
Lahore: The upcoming legislation vis-à-vis Right to Free and Compulsory Education Bill following the insertion of Article 25-A under the 18th Amendment will also include provision of libraries and promotion of book reading culture among the students. Engr Qamar-ul-Islam proposed to link registration of private schools with the provision of libraries for students to promote book reading among the students upon which some representatives of private schools said there was a more need to establish libraries at public schools, as their schools already had libraries.
Complete Story: http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-5-237925-Law-to-promote-book-reading
Reforms: call for review of education system
Participants of a two-day conference have recommended setting up of a body comprised of clerics and education experts to formulate a relevant education system, said a press release. Adding on, State Minister for Education Baleeghur Rehman said the government desires to formulate an educational system which would be a combination of religious and contemporary knowledge.
Complete Story: http://tribune.com.pk/story/681608/reforms-call-for-review-of-education-system/
Alarming UNICEF facts about poor Pakistani children
Unicef findings: "Compared to 58 per cent of boys, there are 48 per cent of girls enrolled in primary school. Just over a third of Pakistani women are literate. An estimated 3.6 million children under the age of 14 mostly work in exploitative and hazardous labour. The 2005 earthquake destroyed nearly 8,000 schools, 4,000 water schemes and about 80 per cent of health centres. Polio cases have dropped from 1,100 cases in 1997 to 40 in 2006 by vaccinating 95 per cent of targeted children (32 million) at least four times a year."
Complete Story: http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-29059-Alarming-Unicef-facts-about-poor-Pakistani-children
Pakistani women on the path of empowerment
KARACHI: 'The literacy rate of females in Pakistan is at 39.6 percent compared to that of males at 67.7 percent. The objectives of education policies in Pakistan aim to achieve equality in education between girls and boys and to reduce the gender gap in the educational system. The situation of women in the country was quite miserable, and they were victims of domestic violence and sexual assault being denied of their due social, economic, political and financial rights.
Complete Story: http://paktribune.com/news/Pakistani-women-on-the-path-of-empowerment-267466.html
HEC takes steps to improve education
The top education regulatory body seems to be trying to keep moving its work forward, or in this case, downward. It is now all set to address issues around education quality in the affiliated colleges of various universities.
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has planned to evaluate 300 affiliated colleges on the minimum quality standards (MQS) criteria.
The commission has previously been criticised as many universities, particularly in central Punjab were known to grant affiliations while compromising on quality.
Complete Story: http://tribune.com.pk/story/681701/hec-takes-steps-to-improve-education/
Introducing uniform education system in KP a feather in PTI's cap
PESHAWAR - To discourage classed-based education system in the province, Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is going to introduce English as medium of instruction from the upcoming academic year, starting from April-2014. The dual system of education had almost closed the doors of universities and standard colleges for the poor people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and after attaining even high marks in their metric examinations, they were not allowed to take admission for F.Sc in government colleges, because most of the top seats had been occupied by the students of upper class families who spend million of rupees by getting quality education in English medium schools.
Complete Story: http://www.nation.com.pk/national/13-Mar-2014/introducing-uniform-edu-system-in-kp-a-feather-in-pti-s-cap?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/24hours-news%20(The%20Nation%2


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The Skywalker Project: Soaring to New Heights
Though its name implies science fiction, Skywalker's results have been incredibly real. A small, unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with remote sensing devices, Skywalker flies over maize fields collecting images and data. It is able to measure several hundred plots in one take. Spectral reflectance and thermal imagery cameras on its wings allow scientists to conduct non-destructive screening of plant physiological properties such as crop growth and water use, at enough resolution to obtain information at plot level.


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A vibrant residential population helps support business growth and development, and creates a high level of activity day and night. The recovery of the central city is vital for the economic recovery of Christchurch and the wider region.
Suburban and rural centres play an important role in providing accessible services for communities and are a focal point for social and economic activity. Well-designed centres are people focused, providing social hubs which meet the needs of the community.
We are coordinating a cross-agency Central City Promotion Group to help market the central city as a great place to visit, work, invest and live. Council are working hard to improve the condition, safety and accessibility of streets and public spaces in the central city.
Several suburban centre master plans have funding to improve their streetscape. A new central city Residential Programme is in development, and the Enliven Places Programme is supporting activity in the central city and along the Ōtākaro Avon River. We are also coordinating a programme to promote, support and build social innovation and social enterprise in Christchurch.
Come and explore what's new in the central city, and support local businesses. Get involved in events and support Gap Filler(external link) and other organisations that help bring life to the city.
Take a look at the Shape your place(external link) toolkit which explains how you and your community can work with Council to enhance your neighbourhood and bring your ideas to life.
|What do we want to achieve?
|What has happened?
Mixed result
More people living in the central city
At June 2018, there were 6160 people living in the central city. This is 2100 fewer than before the earthquakes. Further information.
Mixed result
Satisfaction with the range of things to do in the central city
|Almost 70% of respondents agreed there is a range of things to do in the central city for everyone, with 16% disagreeing. Further information.
Mixed result
Christchurch residents visiting the central city
|Although the proportion of residents visiting the central city at least once a week for non-work purposes increased from 31% to 46% between 2016 and 2019, less than half of the city's residents are visiting the central city this frequently. Further information.
Mixed result
|Visitors from outside of Christchurch are staying in the central city
|In 2018, guest nights in the four avenues were 58% of the level they were pre-earthquakes. However, guest nights have increased by 337% since 2012. Further information.
Positive result
|Overall visitor experience in Christchurch
|Visitors rate their overall experience of Christchurch as 8.5 out of 10, and have consistently rated it at over 8 since 2013/14. Further information.
Mixed result
|Employment in the four avenues
|Employment in the central city at February 2018 recovered to 39,500. This is still 11,800 employees below the pre earthquake number of employees at 51,300. Further information.
Positive result
Retail sales in the four avenues
|Retail sales in the four avenues have increased by 26% since June 2012 to reach $810 million by June 2018 (excluding motor vehicle and fuel sales). Further information.
Positive result
Satisfaction with new buildings, streetscapes and open spaces
|71% of respondents are satisfied with the look and feel of new buildings, while 72% are satisfied with the look and feel of streetscapes and open space in the central city. Further information.
Mixed result
Safety in the four avenues
|Over 90% of people feel safe in the central city during the day, however this proportion decreases to 54% after dark. Further information.
Before the 2010–2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence, the estimated population in the central city was 8,280 at June 2010.
The impact of the earthquakes on the housing stock resulted in the population declining to a low point in 2014 with 5050 people. As a result dwellings have been rebuilt, repaired and new developments, the population has increased by 1100 people to reach an estimated 6160 people at June 2018.
The Central City Recovery Plan(external link) noted that most successful central cities around the world have between 3% and 6% of the city's population living within the central city. For Christchurch, this means between 11,000 and 23,000 people. In 2018, 1.6% of Christchurch residents lived inside the four avenues.
Since 2011, there have been 450 dwellings replaced, and 600 new dwellings granted consents in the four avenues.
In 2019, almost 70% of respondents to the Life in Christchurch survey were satisfied with the range of things to do in the central city for all people, compared with 60% in 2017.
Slightly more (74%) felt there was a range of things to do specifically for families and children, up from 67% in 2017.
The proportion of people who felt there was not a range of things to do in the central city fell from 25% to 16% between 2017 and 2019. Those who felt there was not a range of things to do specifically for children and families fell from 14% to 9%.
Residents are visiting the central city for non-work purposes more frequently. In 2018, around 38% of residents visited the central city once a week or more for non-work purposes, compared with 31% in 2016.
The proportion of residents who visited two or three times a month increased slightly from 38% in 2017 to 40% in 2018. The proportion who reported they visited the central city less than once a month fell from 31% to 22% between 2016 and 2018.
Since 1998, the number of guest nights in commercial visitor accommodation such as hotels, backpackers and motels in the central city increased by around 62,000 per year, to peak before the earthquakes at 1.7 million guest nights per year (June 2010).
The earthquakes had a catastrophic impact on the accommodation capacity in the central city, especially on hotels and backpackers. As a result of this and the damage to the central city, guest nights decreased by 87% to 227,000 in 2012. Since then they have increased by 337% to 992,000 in the year ended June 2018.
The overall visitor experience of Christchurch is likely to be influenced by their experience of the central city. Visitors rated their overall experience of the City as 8.5 out of 10 in the summer of 2017/18. This has generally been over 8 since the 2013/14 summer.
New Zealand and Australian visitors tend to rate their overall experience slightly higher than other international visitors.
Employment in the four avenues grew slowly from 46,000 at February 2000 to 53,600 in 2005. From this peak, the employment in the four avenues declined to 51,300 at February 2010 before the Canterbury Earthquake sequence.
The impact of the earthquakes can be seen in the 2012 year with a loss of 22,500 employees since 2010.
Since 2012 employment in the four avenues recovered by 10,620 people to 39,500 at February 2018. This is almost halfway to the pre-earthquakes employment level.
Employment growth in the years to February 2017 and 2018 averaged 3500 employees (or 10%) per year.
Retail sales (excluding motor vehicle and fuel sales) increased from $610 million in the year ending December 2012 to $854 million in December 2017. They have decreased slightly since then, at a total of $810 million for the year ending June 2018.
The central city industry with the greatest percentage growth since the year to June 2012 was food and beverage, with growth of 114%, followed by department and other, with 38% growth.
Generally residents view the new buildings in the central city positively, with 71% satisfied or very satisfied with the look and feel of new buildings in the 2019 Life in Christchurch survey. Less than 14% were dissatisfied. These results have improved since the 2017 and 2018 surveys.
There are similar feelings towards the look and feel of streetscapes and open spaces in the central city, with a noticeable improvement since 2018. This may be due to the completion of a number of projects, such as Manchester Street landscaping and Rauora Park in the East Frame.
In 2019, 72% of respondents were satisfied or very satisfied with the look and feel of streetscapes and open spaces in the central city, compared with 55% in 2017.
People feel safe in the central city during the day time, with over 90% saying they felt fairly or very safe in the Life in Christchurch survey series, dating back to 2017.
However people's perceptions of safety at night are much lower with around half (54%) stating they felt fairly or very safe in the central city after dark. In 2019, 8% stated they felt very unsafe after dark, an improvement from 14% in 2017.
The Quality of Life survey has similar findings for perceptions of safety after dark. In 2018, 48% of respondents felt a bit unsafe or very unsafe in the central city after dark. This has decreased from 63% in 2008.
People reported feeling unsafe in the central city at night largely due to perceptions around unsafe people or unsafe environments.
In 2019, of those who indicated that they felt unsafe in the central city at night, the most common reasons for feeling like this was due to people under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol (70% of those who felt unsafe at night), anti-social behaviour (62%) and isolated areas (53%). These results are similar to previous years.
There have been steady annual increases in the proportion of respondents citing the presence of beggars and homeless people in the streets as a reason for feeling unsafe at night. Those who answered 'begging' increased from 27 to 45% between 2017 and 2019, while those who answered 'homeless people' increased from 31 to 48% over the same period.
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Forklift, Heavy Equipment and Service Solutions Company
Liftech Equipment Companies started as a forklift company. That changed in 1988 as we expanded to better provide heavy equipment, construction equipment and service solutions to industries like industrial, construction, distribution, pulp and paper, and lumber.
With our headquarters located in Syracuse, NY, Liftech now employs more than 160 employees in seven different locations across the Northeast. No matter the location, our customer service philosophy stays the same – to understand our customers' needs and provide them with the products and service that fit those needs.
Liftech only offers heavy equipment and construction equipment from recognized brand leaders in their respective fields. We are proud to sell, rent and service the following brands and more:
Working with such great companies has allowed Liftech to form a competent and dedicated working environment that has led to an average employee tenure of almost 10 years. Not to mention customers who come back year over year for their forklift and equipment purchases, service, parts, training and more.
Liftech is a privately owned company with strong ties and deep roots in the local community. This atmosphere, applied throughout the entire company, has allowed Liftech to become an industry leader while maintaining a strong presence throughout the Northeast. Long-lasting relationships with customers have been a result of this business model.
So whether you need to lift it, pull it, dig it, roll it, clean it, or fix it, call on us.
We're here for you!


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European Spice Services nv is a one-stop shop for food safe spices, herbs and air- and freeze-dried vegetables. Our products are purchased from selected quality suppliers in the country of origin. We can offer our European clients direct container deliveries or a logistic distribution solution. Since its incorporation in 2003, the company has grown into one of Europe's leading players in this colourful and tasteful niche.
A "one-stop shop" concept for herbs, spices and air-and freeze-dried vegetables.
A high quality product range produced in compliance with the European directives.
Market and product knowledge through years of experience.
Sustainable cooperation with the best producers in the world.
Innovative in organic, Farm to Fork and fair trade products.
Direct delivery of food safe ingredients from the country of origin.
Cost-efficient logistic solution tailor- made to fit the client's needs.
Distribution centers in Antwerp (Belgium), Witney (UK) and Qingdao (China).
We deliver 10.000 MT to 90 active B2B-clients all over Europe.
We offer multilingual and flexible services in Dutch, French, English, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.


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6.22.2013 / Outfits
I'm A Lady.
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Lovely outfit!ReplyDelete
Love your hair as well
Those heels look great with those jeans, Sade. Gorgeous as usual! Big fan of the stripes, if I knew you in real life I would be that friend that asked to borrow your stuff.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous outfit. I love your top and bag xReplyDelete
I love the blouse with those jeans, you look amazingg:) xxReplyDelete
ah thanks for sharing josie's blog! and you look ace btw xReplyDelete
Cute outfit!ReplyDelete
I love the jacket and heels :)
Teenage Daydreams X
Haha 'What would Beyonce do?' I like that :)ReplyDelete
Mo x
I've wanted those American Apparel Jeans for ages, so jealous they look amazing on you, as does the red lip.ReplyDelete
Sam x
I love this outfit, Especially the striped top, such a great basic to have around. You look lovely as always Sade. I'm sad to say that whenever I think what would Beyonce do I end up breaking out into single ladies and getting distracted from what I was actually trying to do in the first place so I'm glad it actually works for you. Really like Josie's blog too, great recommendation :)ReplyDelete
Rosalie x
What would Beyonce do; such words to live by. Hahaha. I really love this outfit. Really well done.ReplyDelete
Dejhana | Waite A Little
Ah thank you for the mention Sade, totally blushing right now! You look gorgeous, so 50's. And that last line is the best bit of advice ever! xxxReplyDelete
3rd photo down you look SO fierce. Love this set of photos! XXReplyDelete
5 stars! Beautiful outfit!ReplyDelete
lol @ "What would beyonce do". Love your glassesReplyDelete
you are a lady! I love the combination of rolled up jeans and heels; it looks awesome xxReplyDelete
Great pictures :) I love your jeans rolled up :) xReplyDelete
Beautiful lip colour! :) i Love the detailing on your leather jacket too. I really want some Isabel Marant Dicker boots!! :)ReplyDelete
Your absolutely beautifulReplyDelete
Love the outfit!
The red lipstick looks great too
Fabulous outfit with awesome high heel shoes.. Looking super stylish! :) XoXoReplyDelete
Looking fab dear I like such frames for spectacles !!ReplyDelete
i love how quirky yet chic your outfits always look! Loving those jeans! Could you please check out my blog? I'd love your feedback :) xxReplyDelete


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Paper Mario Walkthrough :
This walkthrough for Paper Mario [WII] has been posted at 02 Oct 2008 by pyromasteromegaz and is called "Paper mario bosses: Bower??/ The Koopa Bros". The Walkthrough have a rating 5 by 21 our users. If walkthrough is usable don't forgot thumbs up pyromasteromegaz and share this with your freinds. And most important we have 3 other walkthroughs for Paper Mario, read them all!
Walkthrough - Paper mario bosses: Bower??/ The Koopa Bros
max:Hp 10 attack power:1 def:1 The Koopa Bros. try attacking Mario in a robot-like suit of Bowser! Though if you deal 10 damage to it it will break and the Koopa Bros. will have to face Mario head on! Action-command Bower??'s attacks and keep attacking him with your hammer and he'll break really easily. I recommend using Bombette or Kooper to take him down. Red koopa hp5 attack:1 def:1 the other koopa bro's are the same start the battle by stacking on top of each other and doing a spinning-shell attack to damage Mario. It causes 1 damage for every Koopa that is stacked. When it's your turn to attack attack it two times in a row with Mario and his partner to topple the Koopa Bros. over. When they fall they will land on their shells unable to get up meaning that they will be vulnerable to attacks! Keep attacking one Koopa while it's on its back and it will soon die. Rinse and repeat until you kill all four Bros koopas and you will recieve your first Star Spirit Eldstar!
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Mountain Bike Accessories
900 Foot Pump Red
Reference: 8385190
Designed for inflating the tyres on road bikes to a high pressure. Also suitable for hybrid, city, kids' and mountain bikes.
Universal pump for all types of valve (Presta/Dunlop/Schrader). Adapts to different valves using its double head corresponding to each valve. Aluminium barrel.
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Maximum pressure: 10 bar / 145 psi
Ease of use
Clip connection. Double head adapts to each type of valve
Needle pressure indicator to control the pressure reached.
Double foot and aluminium barrel for greater stability


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Situated in Boyle County Roscommon, Boyle Motor Works has been serving the town and local area since the 1930's. Boyle Motor Works has been transformed over the years and now provides a Topaz service station, a Mace convenience store and a Tyre Centre.
Together with Topaz, Ireland's largest fuel and convenience brand, we provide the latest in fuel technology. Topaz have sourced an additive for our fuels that:
- Improves engine efficiency
- Cleans and protects against corrosion
- Reduces emissions