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- TanzaniaFoodFunding via Tujijenge Tanzania Ltd
Kasuku GroupTanzaniaFoodFunding via Tujijenge Tanzania Ltd
Simba GroupTanzaniaFoodFunding via Tujijenge Tanzania Ltd
Sarafina Group
This will be Mwanahamis's 1st loan from Tujijenge Tanzania. She hopes for a loan to increase the food stock by buying a sack of rice, wheat flour, a bucket of cooking oil, corn flour and half a sack of beans. Her dream is to one day buy land to build her house.
Mwanahamis will share this loan with her loan group Sarafina which has a total of 15 members. The members of the group will hold each other accountable in paying back their loans.
In the picture, Mwanahamis is 1st on the left in a dark blue blouse.
Additional Information
About Tujijenge TanzaniaThis loan is administered by Tujijenge Tanzania, which was founded in 2006. It has operations in Dar es Salaam, the coastal region, and the Lake Victoria region. The organization aims to reach out to micro entrepreneurs and provide them with financial and social intermediation services because capital is one of the major barriers to development and success for micro-enterprise initiatives in Tanzania.
For more information on Tujijenge Tanzania, please visit its partner page, or join its lending team.
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
About Tanzania
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
- Repayment Term
- 6 months (Additional Information)
- Repayment Schedule
- Monthly
- Pre-Disbursed:
- Apr 21, 2011
- Listed
- Apr 29, 2011
- Currency Exchange Loss:
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The Spa at Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai Introduces the New Royal Collection
The Spa at Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai introduces the Royal Collection, a selection of wellness therapies and beauty treatments based on ancient recipes and techniques handed down through the centuries. Created in conjunction with Ytsara from locally sourced natural ingredients, the treatments and products are inspired by healing methods and precious ingredients that are known for their nourishing, calming and purifying effects on the body and mind, and that are guaranteed to leave the guest feeling like royalty.
Ingredients used in the new Royal Collection treatments include:
- Seven Flowers – This botanical preparation is based on a recipe that is based on ancient Thai wisdom and has been handed down through the generations. A rare blend of seven sacred fragrant flowers including lily, jasmine, champak, ylang ylang, pikul, bunnak and sarapee, the Seven Flowers powder is believed to have been used to scent the delicate skins of princesses in years gone by. Known for their unique calming, purifying and hydrating properties, these Thai flowers leave the skin soothed and beautified with an alluring glow. This recipe has been handed down to the blenders at Ytsara, who prepare the powder through a painstaking process of ancient techniques and hand-grinding. Today, Ytsara remains the only company still able to make this special blend.
- Princess Dara Rasami's Rose – Grown exclusively for Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai in the mountains of northern Thailand, the roses are blended into a special powder used in the Spa's new Royal Lanna treatment. Born in the village of Mae Rim, which is today home to Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai, Princess Dara Rasami had a great affection for English roses, and was an honorary member of The Royal National Rose Society in Thailand, being given various rose hybrids each year. Her favourite was a large thorn-free pink rose with a soothing scent, which she named "Chulalongkorn Rose" in dedication to King Chulalongkorn of Siam. The delicate fragrance of the rose imparts a feeling of relaxation as well as offering soothing properties.
- Purple Mangosteen – Known as the "Queen of Fruits," the mangosteen has a deep purple exterior, the colour of spirituality and power, and opens up to reveal a pure white fruit inside. A key ingredient in the Ytsara Rejuvenating Massage Oil, mangosteen is known for its anti-oxidant properties that help to combat the signs of ageing.
- Vetiver – Throughout the past few years, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej has been encouraging the cultivation of this "miracle plant" for soil and water conservation in Thailand. Vetiver has a refreshing citrusy fragrance, and organic vetiver essential oil is used in the Ytsara Rejuvenating Massage Oil, being sourced from the Royal Project in the north of Thailand. Vetiver is known for its strengthening, aphrodisiac and pain-relieving properties.
- 24 Karat Gold – An item known around the world for its beauty and value, in Thai culture gold leaf is synonymous with purity and is often used in religious offerings at temples. It is also a symbolic way for Thais to show their respect to each other. The gold used in these treatments is sourced from various provinces within Thailand, and is hand-pounded to a thickness of 0.000005 of an inch with wooden mallets. Gold is also believed to have detoxifying and purifying qualities.
- Thai Silk – Silk has long been a symbol of Thailand and Thai culture. King Chulalongkorn placed great focus on silk production during his reign as he was eager to ensure that the best quality silk originated in the Kingdom of Siam. The new Royal Collection treatments include a light silk caress of the skin to release tension, as well as light-touch silk glove massage and silk poultices, all of which help to release stress hormones, increase oxytocin (a hormone that promotes bonding with the self and others), and are effective in boosting the immune system.
- Silk Cocoon – Rich in silk protein, silk cocoon powder is included in the new Royal Collection facial scrubs, and is effective in gently erasing impurities while nourishing the skin.
The new Royal Collection Spa treatments include the following:
Royal Lanna Signature Treatment – 150 minutes, THB 9000
The Royal Lanna Signature Treatment begins with a silk caress and silk glove massage to release tension and to prepare the body and soul for the precious Royal Exfoliation - a heavenly scented blend of the seven fragrant flowers of lily, jasmine, champak, ylang ylang, pikul, bunnak and sarapee, as well as Dara Rasami rose, mangosteen and vetiver extracts to gently exfoliate delicate skin. A nourishing fruit and rose tea wrap follows, before a gentle Orient Blend massage soothes the body with a special Rejuvenating Oil with mangosteen extract for its firming and antioxidants effects. For a final regal touch, pure gold leaf is applied to the hands and third eye.
Majestic Sa-at Tension Reliever – 120 minutes, THB 8000
Sa-at means "detoxify' in Thai, and this treatments includes a blend of precious ingredients to do just that. A Thai herbal steam and rose mist, complemented by an application of gold leaf to the third eye, arms and hands, help to eliminate internal toxins and reduce the effects of external environmental pollution. A jasmine red rice scrub follows to gently exfoliate the skin's surface, and an aromatic Rejuvenating Oil massage with mangosteen extract helps to seal the skin's pores, with the combination of fragrances detoxifying the mind as deeply as the body.
Royal Samunprai – 90 minutes, THB 5700
Let tensions drift away with this traditional Thai treatment, unchanged since the 18th century when hot poultices were administered to soldiers returning home from war with muscle aches and bruises. The treatment has been given a luxurious touch with the use of silk poultices filled with hot medicinal herbs to open the pores and soothe the muscles, releasing tensions and revitalizing the mind. An invigorating massage with rejuvenating mangosteen essential oil takes the body on a journey of complete renewal.
Regal Indulgence Facial – 90 minutes, THB 5500
Age-old royal beauty techniques combine with the benefits of effective botanical products in this facial that leaves the complexion with a regal glow. An indulgent rose and silk cocoon facial massage is followed by a rich jasmine nourishing mask to combat fine lines and dull skin. An application of pure gold leaf to the third eye and the hands feeds the skin with oxygen and adds another luxurious boost to conclude the treatment.
Prince and Princess Spa Bliss – 90 minutes, THB 4000
Turn the little ones into little princes and princesses with a soothing pure virgin coconut oil massage followed by a pampering treatment of their own choosing. The following Royal Spa treats are designed to relax and nourish young skin to leave the little ones feeling rested, glowing and pampered like royalty.
- Rose Water and Milk Bath – a soothing blend to nourish young skin
- Silk Touch and Gentle Rose Scrub – a gentle smoothing scrub with silk gloves and rose powder
- Mini Manicure and Pedicure – for fingers and toes fit for the palace
- Golden Hand and Foot Massage – an application of pure gold leaf that is absorbed into the skin through massage
- Shiny Hair Treatment – for flowing locks just perfect for a little princess
The new Royal Collection treatments will be available at the Spa at
Chiang Mai, Mae Rim 50180
Bangkok, 10330
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The Blood Type Diet Archives Volume 15
Sorry 'bout the biochem but...
Posted By: Stephen (A+)
In Response To: Confused about Peter's DHEA explanation (Rod)
here it is!! This is the reason why DHEA CAN be a problem to cortisol, and won't help ratios always. Supplemental DHEA can increase cortisol. Heres why...
Supplemental DHEA up regulates an enzyme called 3-beta dehydrogenase. This enzyme pushes DHEA through to androstenedione. Big deal huh, but 3-beta dehydrogenase also converts hydroxypregnenolone to hydroxyprogesterone. Now, hydroxyprogesterone (via deoxycortisol) is a precursor to, you guessed it cortisol. This is one reason why DHEA can increase cortisol.
I hope this clears things up.
P.S. There are many natural/nutritional/herbal ways around this without taking DHEA.
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The Ets dominant repressor En/Erm enhances intestinal epithelial tumorigenesis in ApcMin mice
1 Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora CO, USA
2 Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora CO, USA
3 Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora CO, USA
4 Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora CO, USA
BMC Cancer 2009, 9:197 doi:10.1186/1471-2407-9-197Published: 22 June 2009
Ets transcription factors have been widely implicated in the control of tumorigenesis, with most studies suggesting tumor-promoting roles. However, few studies have examined Ets tumorigenesis-modifying functions in vivo using model genetic systems.
Using mice expressing a previously characterized Ets dominant repressor transgene in the intestinal epithelium (Villin-En/Erm), we examined the consequences of blocking endogenous Ets-mediated transcriptional activation on tumorigenesis in the ApcMin model of intestinal carcinoma.
En/Erm expression in the intestine, at levels not associated with overt crypt-villus dysmorphogenesis, results in a marked increase in tumor number in ApcMin animals. Moreover, when examined histologically, tumors from En/Erm-expressing animals show a trend toward greater stromal invasiveness. Detailed analysis of crypt-villus homeostasis in these En/Erm transgenic animals suggests increased epithelial turnover as one possible mechanism for the enhanced tumorigenesis.
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Tryphon 53, and married, has been a micro-entrepreneur for years. He is a photographer and sells CDs in the North-east of Kinshasa. He works hard with good management skills in order to realize his dream of one day opening a large store in his area. His business brings in US $50 per week.
He will increase his stock of merchandise with his next loan by purchasing more blank CDs to meet his customers demand and generate additional profits. Tryphon is very happy to be part of one of Hope's groups because he is going to achieve his dreams. He is the father of two children aged between 1 and 8 years old. The oldest attends school.
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
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So, here it is after a bit of playing and pondering. I looked at the Dinan and another DIY intake that was done recently, both of these use an additional filter and flow the air in "after" the stock air filter. I thought I would go for a different version without needing to use another air filter. Since I use an after market replacement air filter (Streamline Helene) and we all know the standard airbox is still fitted to cars with 400BHP+ so can't be too bad in design to start with.
I decided to leave everything after the air filter as it stands as I did not want to introduce and air turbulance on the engine side of the filter, when the current box flows well already.
The rest I will show in pictures for you all
I am fitting a small pipe as a "vent" tomorrow to stop water being drawn up if I drove through VERY deep water, which will face the front so as not to draw in hot air.
I have test driven today and 2nd gear upwards does feel stronger, so I'm pleased with it.
My approach was just to get more cold air in and reduce the resistance of "sucking" for the engine to get air
Also, in picture no.5 you can see where I cut the plastic strut out from infront of my Forge FMIC using a "wire saw" for about $3. It only took 15 mins too including the time to remove and refit the grill.
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The demands of street children will be considered for inclusion in the Congress election manifesto, party leaders said Friday.
A delegation which included 16-year-old Chandni, who leads the 'Badhte Kadam' programme of NGO CHETNA, met Congress leaders Mukul Wasnik and G. Mohan Gopal, both members of the manifesto drafting committee and presented a charter of demands.
"The panel has taken note of their demands and will ensure that they are placed before the manifesto committee," Gopal told IANS.
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FRISCO — Reservoirs in the northern and central Colorado high country will fill on schedule this year, water managers said Tuesday at the annual Summit County state of the river meeting, outlining their expectations for river flows and runoff volume in the Blue River Basin, a crucial water source area for both sides of the Continental Divide.
Most speakers focused was on these headwaters, but statewide maps also showed much of Colorado's southern tier with below to well-below average snowpack — down to 50 percent in the Upper Rio Grande Basin, according to the Natural Resource Conservation Service's Colorado snow survey program.
The dry conditions in parts of the eastern San Juans are part of regional Southwest drought footprint, which is increasing demand for this year's runoff. Southeastern Colorado's plains are still experiencing Dust Bowl conditions, along with parts of the adjacent south-central plains.
Troy Wineland, water commissioner for the Blue River Basin, said headwater streams in the Blue River Basin are flowing at twice their average volume for this time of year, with peak runoff yet to come. Generally, the Blue River and its tributaries reach peak flows some time in mid-June, though the exact timing is weather-dependent, Wineland said. The state of the river meetings continue the next few weeks with sessions up and down the Colorado River. Details here. Continue reading
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Introducing the speech, fellow talk radio host Lionel explains how Alex has seized every broadcast medium possible and used it as a platform for the Infowar, including the legendary Google bomb, which prompted Google to change their whole algorithm process in a bid to stop Alex from making certain topics go viral through the power of his listeners. Lionel humorously emphasizes how people like Alex are pivotal in keeping alive the format of spoken word in an environment where millions of You Tube users with minuscule attention spans have little other interest than watching clips of a "a duck playing a piano".
Alex Jones then commences his speech by discussing the how the landscape of communications is being transformed right now as the powers that be attempt to seize control of the Internet and strangle all alternative voices as a quickening towards technological singularity advances. However, with the establishment now so discredited and untrustworthy, Alex explains how their attacks are actually having blowback and making people turn to the alternative media to an even greater extent.
Alex addresses the assault on the First Amendment, down to the level of other major talk show hosts who publicly announced their refusal to attend the Talkers conference simply because Alex would be speaking, and passionately argues how free speech – a rare commodity in much of the world – is treated like toilet paper by a lot of Americans who believe themselves to be part of the crony establishment.
Alex then unveils the basic truth behind the growing popularity of his message – talk about real issues and do so from a position of honesty and veritas – ignore temptations to join the system and just become a parroter of the controlled consensus and the managed paradigm – become a maverick, look at issues from different perspectives and never follow the herd. Most of our readers are fully cognizant of this, but for a lot of the individuals in the Talkers audience listening to Alex's speech, this would have been something of a revelation.
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"What letter is this?" I asked, pointing at the letter S, the night's bedtime story poised in my lap. A simple three letter word sitting above my finger on the page.
"S!" Peanut exclaimed a little too loudly, giggling in excitement. Obviously this was a good book.
"Right! and it makes a ssssss sound right?" I said emphasising the s sound.
Peanut nods.
"Great! So let's try this," I push forward slowly sounding out "sssssss uuhhh…" Peanut picks up and finishes the last letter and sound, "N!"
"Great job! Okay let's do it a little faster," I suggest. "ssss uuhh…" I start again.
"Ssssuuunnn" Peanut says hesitantly. "Ssuunn. Sun. SUN!" He shouts, laughing out loud. He threw his arms around my neck, squeezing and hugging, giggling and chuckling, his eyes dancing at what he just did. On. His. Own.
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Welcome to chessgame of the gods! The world of Equestria has been chosen by a plethora of gods as their playground, using humans twisted into other species as pieces in their game.
Whether you came here by chance, or were interested by tales such as The Ballad of Echo the Diamond Dog or Griffin the Griffin, we hope you'll enjoy your stay. If you have a doubt don't hesitate to use our help thread and ask away.
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If you are interested, we are now accepting new banners and logos! Have one that we like and we can put it up for a month. We will cycle through the original one and the new ones!
Lately, things have taken quite the spill into inactivity. We're currently making a gigantic overhaul that'll put us right back in our prime. If you're interested in helping this, ask how in the forum.
We are in the process of making a canon Beta to revive things! So what does that mean? That means we need you!
We need writers to join in on our mass collab. So you must be wondering on how to get in to write, right? Well, you see, we need writers, but not that bad. We are looking specifically for a writer of specific talents. If you think you have what it takes to join our misfit group of writers, just shoot StandardIssue a PM! Shee will answer all of your questions of the group, the collab and everything. hurry up though, we have limited spots, and you may not make it!
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I'm Griffin. After getting tossed into Equestria for kicks by some otherworldly force, I went on a bloody rampage to incite revolution against diamond dog slavers, bloodthirsty dragons, and more recently, the other psychotic humans that got thrown into this blender with me. I'll admit, not exactly the best idea. It got me torn limb from limb and left me with even more psychological problems than when I started. Addiction to a magically toxic substance, for one. So, now I'm staying in Canterlot castle, because Princess Celestia wants to keep a close eye on me while I go through treatment.
And I'm Gilda. You know, the really angry griffin who yelled at Fluttershy? Yeah. Grif started this revolution, and took me along for the ride. Now that he's out of the picture, I've got an entire war all to my self, and we've had to do some pretty despicable things to survive, even after we swore we wouldn't. Oh. And I'm pregnant. That's always fun. he doesn't even know yet either.
THE FUCK! THERE IS 1000+ FUCKING YOU SEE THAT!? SOOOOO WHY IS NONE WRITING HMMMMM!? Start writing. Or else!
What picture? I see no picture, and frankly it is hard to imagine there ever was a picture, in plain sight or otherwise.
It's because he's not part of the collab universe, his story was the basis for a big portion of the lore but he decided he preferred to be non-canon so he could write without having to worry about fitting in other stories' canon.
Anybody else notice that The Ballad of Echo The Diamond Dog is in the Non-Canon section? Even though it's one of the TWO main fics that STARTED this?
>>396747 Things are slow, due to the school year and the availability of everyone to get together at a good time.
Wasn't this being rebooted with a new canon? If it still is, anyone know how it's going?
Joined because-
... yeah... anyway, I just had an interesting idea... a chakat without the empathetic withdrawal problem.
Octavia has already been set up as a prissy naive bitch. This makes things more difficult for me. All I need to do is make a story so popular it can retcon the othersPerhaps my story is not fit for this universe.
Tis a sad day indeed for chess game of the gods nearly no stories updating few even their... tis so sad from a once beatiful and wondrous universe. It truly breaks my heart to see what little remains. Tears will be shed deaths will be had and depression will run rampant. For when chess game of the gods comes back maybe even I yes me; might make a story for my writers block is legendary. I have the ideas but no motivation. Let us all wish Canon Beta revives it. This is my fucking masterpiece guys!
as all the writers (excluding like 6 of them i think) commited sepoku, the fans, the voice of the people of the chess game of the gods group, grew hungry for chapters......that even the normal updaters feared there reading wrath! the frenzy has been growing and many fear the uproar of power that the fans will bring, or if the fans will jump into a crate and ship themselves to the next big group, leaving there stories UN watered and fertilized! this is Fuher Lunason, giving you month by month news by chariot, signing off!


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The Most Astounding Fact. {Video: Neil DeGrasse Tyson}
This is one of those videos I want to watch shortly before I pass away, peacefully, after a life well-lived.
Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked by a reader of TIME magazine, "What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?" This is his answer.
"When I look up at the night sky, and I know that, yes, we are part of this Universe, we are in this Universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the Universe is in us. When I reflect on that fact, I look up — many people feel small, 'cause they're small and the Universe is big, but I feel big, because my atoms came from those stars."
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Letters of support should endorse the accomplishments of all team members.
Note: Page restrictions for the nomination text and letters of support are the same for team and individual nominations. Only submit one (1) nomination package for a team nomination. However, please provide a separate nomination form for each nominee, along with a copy of each nominee's teaching certification, evidence that each nominee's teaching certification is in good standing, and evidence of each nominee's experience.
Nominators may be any person or group with direct knowledge of the nominee's contribution (e.g. parent, school principal, supervisor, fellow teacher, etc.). Self-nominations or nominations received from a nominee's direct family member will not be accepted.
Recipients of a Certificate of Achievement may be re-nominated for a Certificate of Excellence in a subsequent year, but are ineligible for a second Achievement award. Unsuccessful nominees may be re-nominated in a subsequent year. In all cases, complete and updated nomination packages must be submitted, including letters of support written during the current nomination period.
Previous recipients of a Certificate of Excellence are not eligible.
Nomination Form
Please complete one nomination form (PDF fillable, 86 KB, 2 pages) for each nominee.
Selection Process
After an initial screening for basic eligibility, copies of the nomination text and letters of support are sent to our selection committee members for review. Selection committee members include representatives of major education stakeholders from across Canada. See the current list of organizations represented on the selection committee.
Nomination packages are evaluated and ranked by selection committee members based on how well the nominee meets the selection criteria. A final list of top-ranked educators is then provided to the Prime Minister for recognition.
Selection Criteria
Award recipients are selected based on the excellence and innovation of their teaching practices, their ability to achieve outstanding results with students, to inspire them to learn and continue learning and to equip them with the knowledge, attitudes and skills they will need to succeed in a 21st century society and economy. While a specific exemplary project or practice may form part of a nomination, nominees are judged on their overall and ongoing merits as teachers.
In selecting award recipients, the committee looks for clear evidence that nominees have excelled in all of the following five areas:
1. Innovative and Exemplary Teaching Practices
The nomination text must describe and provide concrete examples of the teaching practices that best show the teacher's contribution to his or her students' learning, such as:
- creating a particularly stimulating and innovative learning environment;
- creatively integrating a subject with, and across, other disciplines;
- integrating hands-on strategies and problem-solving activities into daily teaching practices;
- using Information and Communications Technologies in the classroom in innovative ways to improve student learning and outcomes;
- implementing provincial or territorial policies and curricula in an exceptional fashion to meet the specific needs of his or her students;
- involving parents in student learning;
- developing community or business-education partnerships;
- demonstrating the relevance of a subject to society; and,
- providing constructive feedback to students.
2. Digital Literacy and Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) in the Classroom
The nomination text must clearly describe and provide concrete examples of teaching practices such as:
- innovative and effective use of ICT in the classroom;
- integrating ICT into the curriculum and across disciplines;
- incorporating best practices related to ICT into lesson plans;
- developing collaborative computer or Internet-based projects, learning materials and resources, or showing leadership in the use of these resources;
- educating students about media awareness, cyber bullying and the safe and ethical use of the Internet—in turn, helping them become good "cyber citizens";
- using assistive devices (such as speech readers, etc.) to support children with special needs;
- providing opportunities for students to be actively engaged in hands-on learning, using a variety of multimedia technologies; and,
- helping students in remote communities access quality learning materials and providing them with equal opportunities for success through the use of ICT.
3. Student Skills Development
The nomination text must describe and provide concrete examples of evidence of student skills development such as students' ability to do the followingFootnote 1:
- listen, understand and communicate effectively;
- demonstrate positive attitudes and behaviours;
- be creative and innovative;
- be flexible and adaptable;
- work independently or collaboratively with others as a team;
- think critically and act logically;
- identify problems and implement solutions;
- show leadership and take initiative;
- use tools, technology and information systems effectively;
- find, organize and apply knowledge and information from various fields;
- set goals and manage time effectively;
- be responsible for actions taken;
- work safely; and,
- learn continuously.
4. Student Achievement and Participation
The nomination text must describe and provide concrete examples of the teachers' role in fostering student achievement and participation with individual students, groups, classes, or the community. Evidence may include the following:
- fostering high attendance rates;
- receipt of individual awards or scholarships;
- outstanding engagement of students regardless of their level or abilities;
- superior student participation in extracurricular activities, educational partnerships, and co-op or apprenticeship programs, beyond course requirements;
- superior student participation in collaborative online learning;
- superior voluntary participation of students in Advanced Placement courses;
- superior student tutoring or mentoring activities;
- superior in-class assessment, district, or school board examination results;
- high achievement in provincial, territorial, national and international contests or exams; and,
- positive testimonials, such as letters from parents, students, administrators, businesses, and education partners.
5. Teacher Commitment and Leadership
The nomination text must describe and provide concrete examples of evidence of teacher commitment and leadership, such as:
- demonstrating a passion for teaching;
- organizing or delivering professional development courses, workshops or other in-service activities;
- organizing or participating in extracurricular activities for students and/or the school as a whole;
- developing and disseminating curricula and learning materials;
- preparing articles or newsletters that contribute to the teaching profession;
- developing subject matter and teaching expertise through professional development;
- doing volunteer work; and,
- mentoring new teachers in all aspects of the profession and acting as a role model.
Letters of Support
Letters of support should provide evidence of the nominee's excellence and achievements under any or all of the five (5) selection criteria. Letters should not exceed two pages each and must be signed by the author. To reduce repetition, please ask writers to focus on one (1) or two (2) specific things about the educator that make them exceptional. Letters may come from anyone with direct knowledge for the nominee's accomplishments; however, letters from parents, students, peers and professional associations are often particularly effective in demonstrating a nominee's impact. One support letter should come from the school principal/director. If the school principal is nominated or wrote, and therefore fully supports, the nomination, then the vice principal or another qualified individual representing the school can write the letter. Letters of support must be dated and issued no earlier than six (6) months prior to the nomination deadline, and must include contact information for the author (mailing address and telephone number).
How to Apply
Once you have identified one outstanding teacher or a team of teachers, develop a nomination package using the nomination guidelines and checklist.
- Each nomination package must include a completed copy of the nomination form (PDF fillable, 86 KB, 2 pages).
- When there is more than one nominee, please complete a separate form for each nominee.
- Nomination forms must be signed by the nominee and the nominator, as well as by the nominee's principal or supervisor.
- When more than one nomination package is received for the same teacher, nominators will be asked to combine their packages.
Assembling a Nomination Package
Length: Your nomination package (nomination text and letters of support) must not exceed 21 pages, excluding teacher certification, letter of good standing, proof of experience and checklist.
Format: All documents must be typed in a font no smaller than 10 points and double-spaced on 8½" × 11" paper.
Packaging: Simple packaging is recommended. Creative packaging can certainly make a nomination package stand out. Unfortunately, selection committee members do not get the opportunity to see it.
Binding: For ease of reproduction, please do not bind your nomination package.
Copies: Please send only one original copy by mail. Completed packages must be postmarked by the deadline date.
Helpful Hints in Preparing a Nomination Text
An effective nomination package should illustrate the outstanding achievements of the nominee and clearly explain why the individual should receive one of Canada's highest honours in teaching. As a nominator, you are "painting a picture" of a nominee's achievements for a selection committee that reviews hundreds of applications, so the package should be compelling.
Although self-nominations are not accepted, nominators are encouraged to seek advice from the nominee while developing a nomination text.
Provide concrete examples and details to demonstrate how the nominee has met the selection criteria and explain the potential impact of the nominee's efforts on teaching. Describe any special projects, philosophies, unique learning environments, extracurricular activities, student reactions, prominent outcomes or special achievements that make this nominee excel.
Focus on the nominee's overall achievements. Show that the nominee is well rounded and meets all five criteria in his or her overall work, not simply in one particular project. Include other activities the nominee participates in for his or her students, fellow educators or school, such as extracurricular activities, volunteer work, or professional development.
Nominators may also consider embedding any relevant photo or quotation directly within their text to support the ideas and concepts that are outlined in their submission. If you chose to incorporate this approach, please ensure that the maximum allowed number of pages is not exceeded.
Please refer to the checklist to ensure you have included all necessary information in your nomination package. To facilitate the preparation of the nomination package and its review by the PMA program office, a copy of the completed checklist is required for each submission.
Nomination Text Template
The following template provides formatting guidelines and suggestions on how to structure your nomination text. Follow the criteria set out in the nomination guidelines and provide adequate detail for each of the five (5) selection criteria. Organize your text using each criterion as a separate heading.
Nomination Deadline
Nomination packages must be submitted to the PMA program office no later than May 15, 2015. Submissions must be sent by mail and postmarked by the deadline date to be considered for the 2015 award. Late entries will not be considered.
Please send nomination packages to the following address:
Prime Minister's Awards for Teaching Excellence
Industry Canada
Jean Edmonds Tower North
300 Slater Street, 20th floor
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C8
For more information, please contact the PMA program office at email@example.com or 613-991-4255, or visit www.pma.gc.ca.
Nomination Checklist
Please print and complete one nomination checklist for each nomination package.
Industry Canada is grateful to the RBC Foundation and OpenText for their generous support of the PMA for Teaching Excellence. Industry Canada and Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, as partners in the Prime Minister's Awards for Teaching Excellence, gratefully acknowledge the volunteer contributions of numerous education organizations across Canada who take part in the award selection process. The program could not function without the participation of these volunteers.
- Footnote 1
Skills are drawn from The Conference Board of Canada's Employability Skills 2000+. For more information, go to The Conference Board of Canada: Education and Learning.
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The Bogey of Fuel Subsidies
BY Henry Boyo, December 19, 2011 / www.lesleba.com
In spite of former President Obasanjo's intimidating presence, his attempts to deregulate the pricing of petroleum products (particularly P.M.S./petrol) hit a brick wall. Consequently, the value of subsidies has steadily increased from less than N100bn a year to over N1,000bn, and may exceed 20% of the proposed 2012 budget according to media reports. .
President Jonathan himself has blamed a cartel for the prevalence and rising value of petrol subsidy. Indeed, David Mark , the Senate President and former Kwara State Governor now Senator, have expressed similar views. Inexplicably, in spite of Mr. President's enormous constitutional powers, neither names nor recommendation for investigation and prosecution of the cartel members are under consideration.
Nonetheless, government continuously extols virtues and the potentially tremendous benefits of breaking the monopoly of the so-called cartel; after all, universally, monopolies are known to create distortions and dislocations in every economy and they are also recognized to promote waste and inefficiency with anti-people pricing!
It is intriguing, however, that in spite of government's recognition of the ill consequences of the monopolistic market in the petroleum downstream sector, it refuses to acknowledge the destructive and
economically poisonous impact of Central Bank's monopoly of the foreign exchange market
; indeed, sadly, government fails to recognize that it is failure to deregulate the foreign exchange market by breaking CBN's stranglehold on our dollar revenue that is actually responsible for the bogey of fuel subsidy! So, rather than point accusing fingers at a possibly non-existent oppressive cartel, it might surprise Nigerians that government by its own faulty monetary policy management is its own worst enemy!
Several articles on fuel subsidy have been published in this column. Today, my responses to salient questions on fuel subsidy are succinctly captured. The reader is left to decide who to believe!!
1. Is There a Relationship Between Fuel Subsidy and the Naira Exchange Rate?
In reality, there will be no need for fuel subsidy if Central Bank (CBN) adopts a naira and people friendly framework for infusing dollar component of monthly allocations into the economy.
If we cast our minds back, we will recognize that the bogey of fuel subsidy evolved from the dastardly blows to naira and welfare of Nigerians by Babangida's reckless devaluation of the naira in consonance with IMF's prescribed Structural Adjustment Programme in the late 1980s.
The reason for this inverse relationship between naira value and fuel price is obvious; fuel prices, like most commodity prices are denominated in dollars; thus, if for example, the international
ex-refinery price
of P.M.S. (petrol) is about 50 U.S. cents, then, our domestic price will be N75/litre (@ N150=$1) plus shipping/transportation and clearing charges, plus reasonable profit margin for the importer.
It should be obvious from above that naira value vis-à-vis dollar is a significant determinant of local price of fuel. Unfortunately, neither the media nor Labour Unions, nor indeed, government seem to recognize this reality! Consequently, Nigerians are misled into searching for solutions to fuel subsidy removal everywhere else but this one!
Incidentally, if the naira, for example, conversely appreciates to, say, N75=$1, when
ex-refinery price
of petrol remains at
, then, of course, our domestic pump price will fall in nominal terms to N36.5/litre plus shipping and clearing, plus a margin for the importer! In such scenario, petrol price will become cheaper than the current subsidized rate of N65/litre. Thus, instead of all the furore on subsidy removal, the government can in fact levy a tax of N10/litre or more on each of the 30 million litres reportedly consumed by Nigerians daily. In addition to projected savings of N1000bn from subsidy removal, almost N400bn can also accrue to government as tax revenue annually.
2. Will Infrastructural Enhancement and Economic Growth be the Product of Subsidy Removal?
If one believes government's promise of infrastructural enhancement from savings from erstwhile subsidy leakages, then one will believe anything; Nigerians are very familiar with goverrnment's failure to deliver on such promises in the past. For example, the huge infrastructural and social welfare enhancement promised after the Paris/London Clubs debt exit have remained a mirage; meanwhile, we gleefully parted with about $18bn on this false premise of huge debt service charges becoming available for revamping our economy!
Indeed, a fortuitous reserve base in excess of $60bn was whittled down to just over $30bn within four years, and yet, such expenditure has not resulted in any major improvement on our social welfare and infrastructure; if anything, Nigerians have become poorer than we were 12 years ago!
Besides, even if as claimed that the abolition of subsidy might indeed generate savings of about N1000bn a year for government, the reality is that the impact of a deregulated pump price
of over
for fuel will create a
poisonous ripple that will further deepen the extent of poverty nationwide as the purchasing power of all naira income earners plummet from its already precarious level.
Ultimately, Nigerians will not witness any significant improvement in infrastructural and social welfare enhancement, while they will continue to slip further into poverty as their paltry naira incomes buy less and less in the market place.
3. What is the Impediment to the Establishment of More Refineries?
We recall that about 20 licences have been granted for private sector sponsored refineries, but understandably, none of these licencees has shown much seriousness to progress the project to completion. In reality, prevailing high cost of borrowing, no businessman is so trusting as to borrow between $500m to $1bn and above with rising cost of funds for a business, whose success depends on government's usually unreliable and undefined schedule for payback of subsidy differentials from actual market selling price.
On the other hand, the festering sore of corruption, and the eternally rising cost of maintenance of existing refineries should be a warning to desist from pouring more public funds into what is patently a wasteful escapade to build more refineries; besides, there is no evidence of any major government utility that has been efficiently and profitably managed, so why should we trust that government's fresh forays into such projects will be successful this time around?
In any case, the relevant question is what would be the impact of subsidy removal on Nigerians and national growth and development. How would N150/litre price affect the standard of living of most Nigerians, who live on less than $2 a day?
A combination of the pervasive impact of fuel price hike of such magnitude, with lending rate well over 20% (as can be expected with MPR currently at 12%!) and a naira that is under pressure and widely speculated to fall to about N200=$1, will deal a deadly blow to the welfare of Nigerians as our incomes rapidly lose more value because of the unmitigated
rage of inflation
. The volatile mix may spur an inflation rate above 20% and reduce the profitability and security of any investment including that of building new refineries.
4. In the Event that Nigeria is a Major Exporter of Crude Oil, is it Not Fair That Nigerians Should Enjoy Subisdy?
My position and recommendation on the appropriate handling of petrol pricing is well articulated in several articles and interviews in both print and electronic media. The concept of fuel subsidy in the Nigerian context is a promotion of waste and an instigation to spiraling inflation with devastating consequences on the welfare of Nigerians.
Nigerians rightly demand that they should enjoy the natural advantage of having crude oil in their backyard. No one can fault such expectations, but inadvertently, the object of the benefit is misplaced!!
The social benefit/advantage of having crude oil should not be seen as controlled or suppression of domestic pump price of fuel, but more importantly and effectively in the enjoyment of a stronger purchasing value of the local currency,
the naira
! A naira/dollar price determined in a free market by the forces of demand and supply should see naira value appreciating when crude oil output/price increase and a depreciating naira value when the converse is the case. In such a correct market space, the issue of subsidy would become immaterial, as petrol price will fall as naira value improves in a 'demonopolised' foreign exchange market.
Regrettably, with the current monetary framework, naira value inexplicably comes
under downward pressure with increasing export dollar revenue!!
, because of CBN's capture of our export dollar revenue and its substitution with naira allocations to the three tiers of government every month at a unilaterally determined rate. Inevitably, the issue of subsidy will be ever-present with petrol prices always on an upward trajectory for as long as CBN's inappropriate management of the process of infusing our export dollar revenue into the economy persists.
5. What will be a Beneficent and Sustainable Solution to the Fuel Subsidy Bogey?
The solution to the unnecessary burden of fuel subsidy and the reconciliation of the myriad contradictions and distortions in the Nigerian economy is quite handy and this solution does not require the knowledge of rocket science. Indeed, I have canvassed this same plausible and practical people-friendly framework over the last 10 years. We recognize that markets controlled by monopolies are usually inefficient, distorted and encumbered by a host of leakages. Incidentally, while government recognises these ugly universal features of monopolies, our authorities appear reluctant to break the CBN's monopolistic stranglehold on our dollar earnings!! The contradictions in our economy and our inability to improve our social welfare and infrastructure in spite of increasing export revenue is the result of CBN's monopoly of over 80% of market dollar supply and 100% of naira supply at the same time!!
If, however, the CBN adopts the instrument of dollar certificates for payment of export dollar derived revenue allocations, such that the three tiers of government are constrained to directly approach the money deposit banks to convert their dollar certificate allocations to naira sums, the forex market will be deregulated and in place of CBN's erstwhile monopoly, dollar holdings (as certificates) will become available to 37 state government, 774 local governments, and a myriad of federal government ministries, departments and agencies in a deregulated market. Thus, we will have these dollar holdings directly pitched against existing naira balances in the money market, without the erstwhile disruptive and poisonous deluge of naira, which CBN pumps into the hands of banks every month when hundreds of billions of naira are substituted for the monthly component of relatively nominally modest distributable dollar revenue.
Thus, a market where more and more dollars chase relatively stable naira balances will evolve with naira's improving value ultimately leading to cheaper petrol prices even without subsidy and the possibility of a per litre petrol tax! This approach will resolve the dilemma of fuel subsidy abolition once and for all time.
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