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Strategies for Increasing and Improving Global Education
1. Introduction
2. The aims of the Global Education Week
3. Global Education Week National Contacts and Activities
4. What you can do – 7 Suggestions for school and classroom activities
5. Glossary & Links
6. Global Education Week initiatives in the World
7. Global Education newsletter
In 1999 the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe has launched the first Global Education Week, promoting school activities in the member States with a specific focus on how to overcome poverty and social exclusion.
Since, and on the basis of the very positive feed-back from 1999, the North-South Centre invites the 46 member States of the Council of Europe to participate annually in the Global Education Week through the precious collaboration of national contacts integrating the Global Education Week network.
The theme choosing process for Global Education Week 2004 began in the autumn of 2003 with an interactive discussion between the network co-ordinators on the issue of Global Education Week and its relation to the Millennium Development Goals. During this process, most of the co-ordinators agreed that a critical approach to the MDGs could serve as an overarching framework for GEW. It was agreed that the first goal, focusing on poverty reduction, would be the starting point.
Various theme proposals were considered for the final slogan, and the network decided to adopt the following for Global Education Week 2004:
"Together for a world without poverty"
National co-ordinators are invited to add, if necessary, a short sub title to adapt the theme to their particular national situations.
By clicking on the theme title, you will access to numerous practical links and tools dealing with poverty eradication issue.
2. The aims of the Global Education Week
The Global Education Week encourages pupils and teachers as well as youth groups to explore educational activities for global citizenship. It is a matter of addressing issues of diversity and inequality at the local as well as at the global level with an understanding of the core issues of global citizenship:
· awareness of the wider world and of our own role as a world citizens;
· attitudes of respect for diversity and intercultural communication skills;
· ability to take action to make the world a more equitable and sustainable place;
· responsibility for our own actions
The Global Education Week encourages young people, head teachers and teachers to implement a global education project in their schools, reflecting on how to address exclusion and inequality and discussing globalisation.
For some approaches in teaching about globalisation please consult:
Tide, a teacher's network which supports creative work to meet young people's educational entitlement to understanding the global dimensions, development perspectives and human rights principles which will shape their lives.
Development Education Project works with teachers to raise awareness of global issues
For an overview of Global Trends, global teaching and learning projects or resources, please visit the UN Cyber School Bus
Or explore the list of links to organisations offering teaching methods or resources under tip nº 5 in § 4.
3. Global Education Week National Contacts and Activities
You will find activities sent by our national contacts under the country's name.
To consult GEW activities planned for 2004 please click under the country name, or get in touch with your national contact
Should you wish to share your activity and have it posted on-line on the North-South Centre website, please contact your national contact or the North-South Centre GEW network coordinator Miguel Silva
For GEW activities developed in previous years please click here
4. What you can do – 7 Suggestions for school and classroom activities
Under "What you can do" the North-South Centre outlines a series of tips concerning potential projects and activities to put into practice during the Global Education Week. Please feel free to suggest your own. If you provide feed-back to the North-South Centre - email@example.com - concerning your project we will be posting its description and outcomes on the Global Education Week web site.
Tip 1: Start with an activity about the Global Village
Tip 2: Global Education Week National Contacts and Activities
Tip 3: Present (or get in touch with) School Links Experiences
Tip 4: Consult and join forces with World Aware Education Award Laureates
Tip 5: Consult on-line teaching units
Tip 6: Request and disseminate Examples of Good Practice
Tip 7: Monitor the media
Tip 1: Start with an activity about the Global Village
We have heard it many times: « we live in a global village »… but how do we perceive this village? « If the world were a village of 1000 people… » is a simple activity that can be printed and photocopied to encourage participants to reflect (alone or in small groups) about their knowledge and perception about the world we live in. The overall datas are available to compare later on our estimates with available statistics. Why did we over -or under- estimate certain figure? What does it say about our ideas about certain areas of the world? What are the sources of our knowledge about the world? Please provide your feed-back about what happened during the activity and any updates about the datas by writing to email@example.com who will edit them in the "your feed-back" section.
Tip 2: Global Education Week National Contacts and Activities
Activities sent by our GEW national contacts are being posted under the country's name.
To consult GEW activities planned for 2004 please click under the country name, or get in touch with your national contact
For GEW activities developed in previous years please click here
Please note that this list is regularly being updated. If you do not find a contact point for your country, please double-check with the North-South Centre at the following address: firstname.lastname@example.com
Edit DIBRA
Specialist of International Relations
Ministry of Education
Druga e Durresit, NR 23, TIRANA
Tel: (+355) 42 22260 / Fax: (+355) 42 22060 or 32002
e-mail: email@example.com
Franz HALBARTSCHLAGER
Südwind Agentur
Laudongasse 40 , A-1080 WIEN
Tel.: (+43) 1 405 55 15 - 314
Fax: (+43) 1 405 55 19
e-mail: email@example.com
www.oneworld.at & www.suedwind-agentur.at
and specifically for global education week:
Antonio de la FUENTE
2, rue Renkin, 1030 BRUXELLES
(+32) 2 243 70 43
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Virginia VALOVA
Executive Director
Open Education Centre
31 Dobromir Hriz Street, 1124 SOFIA
Tel/Fax: (+359) 2 946 10 83 / (+359) 2 943 37 15
e-mail: email@example.com
Sanja VRHOVEC VUCEMILOVIC
Professor of English and Sociology
5th Gymnasium (High School)
Ksaver 75, ZAGREB
Tel.: (+385) 1 482 80 70 (Gymnasium)/ Fax: (+385) 1 467 77 57
e-mail: email@example.com & email@example.com
Valentina DEMETRIADOU-SALTET
Ap. Petrou & Pavlon Lyceum
31, Golgon Str. - PO Box 51883
Tel: (+357) 25 367 669 / Fax: (+357) 25 361 342
e-mail: email@example.com
Pavlos PAVLOU
OELMEC - Organisation of Greek Teachers of the National Education - secondary level - of Cyprus
P. O. Box 22159 - 1518 NICOSIA
Tel.: (+357) 22 378 480 & 22 379 590
Fax: (+357) 22 379 430 & 22 379 550
e-mail : email@example.com
Josef FILOUS
CZESHA - Czech Secondary Heads Association
Slovanské Namesti 7, 61200 BRNO
Tel: (+420) 5 49 25 77 09/ Fax: (+420) 5 49 25 77 09
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com & firstname.lastname@example.com
Ludja ZABLOUDILOVÁ
CZESHA - Czech Secondary Heads Association
e-mail: email@example.com & email@example.com
Torben Ulrik NISSEN
Pedagogical Consultant / Teacher
The National Innovative Center of General Education
Islevgaard Allé 5, 2610 RØDOVRE
Tel.: (+45) 44 91 46 46 / Fax: (+45) 44 91 41 40
e-mail: email@example.com
Ruta PELS, president
People to People Estonia,
33-76 Karberi, TALLINN 13919
Tel.: (+372) 635 56 97 & 630 08 41
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com & firstname.lastname@example.com
Ms Outi HANNULA
Coordinator / Global Education
Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus, Kepa ry
Service Centre for Development Cooperation
Sörnäisten rantatie 25 A, 00500 HELSINKI
Tel.:(+358) 9 584 23 271 (direct) / Fax: (+358) 9 584 23 200
e-mail: email@example.com
www.kepa.fi & www.kansainvalisyyskasvatus.net
Rilli LAPPALAINEN
e-mail : firstname.lastname@example.com
Linda BEXHETI & Nicola Danielle LEE
Association for Democratic Initiatives
B. Jovanoski 61, GOSTIVAR 1230
Tel.:(+389) 42 22 11 00 / (+389) 42 22 11 02
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com & firstname.lastname@example.com
Hanna ALLOUCH & Philippe MOBBS
SSI Semaine de la Solidarité Internationale
c/o CRID, 14 passage Dubail, 75010 PARIS
Tel.: (+33) 1 44 72 07 71 - Fax: (+33) 1 44 72 06 84
direct line: (+33) 1 44 72 89 77
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com & email@example.com
Manana DEVIDZE
Associate professor of Tbilisi State University, chair of Ecology;
& director of NGO Foundation "Caucasus Environment"
Ave. Chavchavadze 1,380028 TSU, TBILISI
Tel/fax: (+995 32) 72 20 60
e-mail: email@example.com
Linda HELFRICH
Coordinator Global Education Unit
WUS – World University Service
Goebenstrasse 35, D-65195 WIESBADEN
Tel: (+49) 611 944 61 70/1 / Fax: (+49) 611 446 489
e-mail: email@example.com
Global Education Week 2004 in Germany
Christos CHRISTIDIS
GAIA Education Centre
Plateia Aristotelous 4, 546 23 THESSALONIKI
Tel.: (+30) 2 310 236 415 / Fax: (+30) 2 310 238 494
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Agnes LUSZTIG
AFS Magyarország Nemzetközi Csereprogram Alapítvány
H-1123 Budapest, Alkotás u. 37. I/6.
Tel.: (+36 1) 212-1821
Fax: (+36 1) 214-9972
Hosting: (+36 1) 225-0826
Sending: (+36 1) 225-1380
e-mail: email@example.com
AFS International: www.afs.org
Johnny SHEEHAN
3 Montague Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Tel.:(+ 353) 1 478 41 22 – Fax: (+ 353) 1 478 39 74
e-mail: email@example.com & email@example.com
Paola GIANI
CICSENE - Progetto Pianeta Possibile
Via Borgosesia, 30
Tel. (+39) 011 741 24 35
Fax (+39) 011 771 09 64
e-mail email@example.com
Diana SHULGA
Institute for Environmental Science and Management
University of Latvia
Raina blvd. 19, LV-1586 RIGA
Tel.: (+371) 703 45 75 ; Fax: (+371) 703 45 72
e-mail: email@example.com
Loreta ZADEIKAITE
Head of Basic and Secondary Education Division
General Education Department
Ministry of Education and Science
A.Volano 2/7, 2691 VILNIUS
Tel.: (+370) 2 74 31 48 / Fax: (+370) 2 61 20 77
e-mail: email@example.com
Giedrius KIAULINAS
Lithuanian Centre for Civic Initiatives
(+370) 86 55946
e-mail: email@example.com
Delfine BEIRÃO
Cercle des ONGD du Luxembourg
13, Avenue Gastron Diderich, LUXEMBOURG
Tel.: (+352) 26 45 99 11 / Fax: (+352) 26 45 97 26
e-mail: email@example.com
Philip E. SAID & Rita DEBATTISTA
Department of Curriculum Education Division
Department of Curriculum Management
Education Division
The Mall, Floriana - MALTA
Tel.: (+356).22.49.33 Ext. 210 / Fax: 322.214.171.124
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
and specifically for global education :
Lilia SNEGUREAC & Oxana JIOARA
Centre of Information and Documentation on the Council of Europe
Bibliothèque Nationale de Moldova
78-a rue du 31 août, MD-2012 CHISINAU
Tel: (+373) 2 241 096 ou 2 244 501 / Fax: (+373) 2 241 096
e-mail: email@example.com
Gerard LOMMERSE
Alice O education in a global perspective (National Agency for Global Education)
Oostenburgervoorstraat 90 - PO Box 1548
Tel: (+31) 20 620 48 15 / Fax: (+31) 20 639 14 99
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Hanne AABY
Storgt. 33 A, 0184 OSLO
Tel.: (+47) 22 86 84 13 or 00
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Stefania WILKIEL
Head of the UE Division
Department for International Cooperation
Ministry of National Education and Sport
Al. Szucha 25, 00-918 WARSAW
Tel.: (+48 22) 628 41 35 / Fax: (+48 22) 628 85 61
e-mail: email@example.com
& Irmina ROZKIEWICZ : email@example.com
Cristina PEIXINHO
Co-ordinator of Development Education projects
OIKOS – Development Co-operation
Rua de Santiago, 9, 1100 LISBOA
Tel: (+351) 21 882 36 30 / 34 / Fax: (+351) 21 882 36 35
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
& http://www.forumdc.net/forumdc/matriz.asp
Rodica - Diana CHERCIU
Office for Extra- Curricular Activities
Ministry of Education and Research
Inv. Preuniversitar-Serviciul Educativ
Tel.: (+40) 21 315 78 37, & 21 313 79 56
e-mail: email@example.com
Milan SINDLER & Lydia DESIATNIKOVA
Slovak Development NGO Platform
Miskovecka 2, KOSICE 040 11
Tel.: (+421) 55 646 04 57
Fax: (+421) 55 645 04 94 & 55 633 82 57
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
You can send us information on your activities, ideas, suggestions and experiences with your Global Education activities at:
Zlatka KOS
Office of the Republic of Slovenia for Youth
Ministry of Education, Science and Sport
Stefanova, nº1
Tel.: (+386) 1 426 5701
Fax: (+386) 1 425 9146
e-mail: email@example.com
Xavier PASCUAL CALVO
School teacher and Global Education Co-ordinator
Enric Granados, 139, pral.2ª
Tel.: (+34) 935 321 507
Tel.mobile (+34) 609 942 359
e-mail: email@example.com
Concepción GARCÍA
Área de Educación para el Desarrollo
ACSUR-Las Segovias
Hans LEVANDER& Josefina LOFGREN
Life-Link Friendship-Schools
Uppsala Science Park
Tel.: (+46) 18 504 344 / Fax: (+46) 18 508 503
e-mail: email@example.com & email@example.com
Anita SCHÄRLI
Fondation Éducation et Développement/ Stiftung Bildung und Entwicklung
Monbijoustrasse 31
Tel.: (+41) 31 389 20 25/ Fax: (+41) 31 389 20 29
e-mail: email@example.com
Özgehan ŞENYUVA
Genclik Servisleri Merkezi
Youth Services Centre
Bayindir Sok. 45/9, KIZILAY 06650
Tel.: (+90) 312 417 11 24 / Fax: (+90) 312 425 81 92
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Helen GARFORTH
One World Week
P O Box 2555, READING
Tel.:(+44) 118 939 49 33 / Fax: (+44) 118 939 49 36
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Kwasi BOATENG
One World Week Ghana
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Alicia CABEZUDO
Educating cities
International Association of Educating Cities
Ronda Sant Antoni, 49 pral
Tel.: (+34) 93 292 82 72 / Fax. (+34) 93 425 39 55
e-mail: email@example.com
Elena MENDES
YDC - Youth for Development and Cooperation
Postbus 3201
Tel.: (+31) 10 243 02 36
Fax: (+31) 10 243 02 37
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Christian MOLLEROP
OBESSU - Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions
Westermarkt 2-V
Tel.: (+31).20.623.47.13 / Fax: (+31).20.625.58.14
e-mail: email@example.com
Tip 3: Present (or get in touch with) School Links Experiences
Use the Global Education Week to give visibility and promote School Links and Youth Work Camps projects. You are invited to share with us ideas and checklists for making such presentations effective and consult on-line information such as:
· Department for Education and Skills in UK
· Elearningeuropa eTwinning portal
· European Schoolnet on-line school-twining: eTwinning programme
· Life-Link Friendship-Schools is an independent Non Governmental Organisation promoting contact and cooperation between young people around the world and their schools, through active participation in shared projects such as Environment, Human Rights, Conflict Resolution and Constructive Collaboration
· My Europe school twinning examples and school twinning on the web
And particularly the school links developed by the GEW network national contact:
· Alice O
Tip 4: Consult and join forces with World Aware Education Award Laureates
In co-operation with the Dutch Committee for International Co-operation and Sustainable Development – NCDO; he Austrian Development Co-operation - Komment, and the Development Cooperation Ireland, the North-South Centre awards annually the World Aware Education Award prize for global education projects involving partnerships at the local level.
The awards are attributed to partnerships of relevant actors (NGO/government/educational institution) who have existing projects that improve, increase or integrate global education in secondary schools. Please click here to read about the World Aware Education Award laureates
Should you be interested in submitting a project to the World Aware Education Award, please find herewith the criteria for being eligible and the application form.
Tip 5: Consult on-line teaching units and resources
Amnesty International teaching resources
Anty-Slavery International educational resources
Citizenship education, the portal site for teachers and educators keen to promote the global dimension of Citizenship
Christian Aid religious education for Global Citizenship
The Development Education Association has adopted a number of strategies over the years to develop and share exemplary practice in a global dimension to education and learning.
Education for Sustainable Development has been designed to help teachers, curriculum coordinators, school managers and governors to develop approaches to education for sustainable development.
European Federation for Intercultural Learning - EFIL, the European federation for Intercultural Learning coordinates a thematic network of organisations, schools, and trainers who have a key role in promoting global education in Europe.
Global Education Reader
Global Dimension Website Education Empowering Young People with the Knowledge, Skills and Understanding to Play an Active Role as Global Citizens.
Explore a comprehensive list of on-line Global Education Resources with Global Learning on-line
Global Link is a development education centre based in Lancaster aiming at promoting awareness and understanding of global issues, and empowering people to take positive action for justice, development and sustainability. Global link resource library
Global Workplace, a two-part education unit for grassroots trade unionists who want to find out more about globalisation
Insights from the Field from Peace Corps is a Teacher Guide designed to engage students in an inquiry about the world, themselves, and others as they focus on a culture other than their own. Learning activities and performance tasks to help students can be found under this link.
Just Business - 'Just Business' web site provides information and activities about global and ethical issues for students and teachers of Business Studies and Economics.
Learning Activities for Use With Young People to Explore the Issue of Discrimination
Learning Channel.org multimedia web portal on global education
LearningChannel.org is an OneWorld themed portal, which brings together organisations and audiences involved in the challenges around education today.
Learning for the Global Citizen teaching units
My Community, Our Earth (MyCOE)
The vision of the organizers of My Community, Our Earth (MyCOE) is to build a geographically literate generation able to use this knowledge in their everyday lives to bring about true sustainable development. All participants are eligible to receive a free resource kit, which contains software, maps, and educational materials about geography, GIS technology, and sustainable development.
Save the Children's Education Unit Check out the new education pages for teachers, educationalists and others working with young people. They contain news of the latest available resources as well as information on new materials for teachers and youth workers. New pages for young people: RightOnline
Scientific Network on Globalisation and Development
United Nations CyberSchoolBus
Teach and learn about global issues! Commemorate special days and anniversaries such as the Human Rights Day, Peace Day, and Environment Day and more...
- The bridge project is implemented by a multicultural team of young professionals (less than 32 years old) from the International Bureau of Education (IBE). The BRIDGE team is contributing to IBE's framework programme 'The Adaptation of Educational Content to the Challenges of the XXIst Century'.
- Le projet bridge est réalisé par une équipe multiculturelle de jeunes professionnels du Bureau international d'éducation. L'équipe BRIDGE contribue au programme-cadre du BIE :Adaptation du contenu de l'éducation aux défis du XXIe siècle.
- El proyecto bridge está siendo llevado a cabo por un equipo multicultural de jóvenes profesionales (menores de 32 años) de la Oficina Internacional de Educación. Este equipo contribuye al programa-marco de la OIE intitulado Adaptación de los contenidos de la educación a los desafíos del siglo XXI.
Council of Europe Education materials
COMPASS has been produced within the framework of the Human Rights Education Youth Programme of the Directorate of Youth and Sport of the Council of Europe. The programme aims to put human rights at the centre of youth work and thereby to contribute to the bringing of human rights education into the mainstream.
T-Kits : Training kits
The training kits are thematic publications written by experienced youth trainers and other experts. They are easy-to-use handbooks for use in training and study sessions. T-Kits are produced by the Youth Directorate.
European Charter for Democratic Schools without Violence
Upon the initiative of the Council of Europe, young people from across Europe have prepared the European Charter for Democratic Schools without Violence on the basis of the fundamental values and principles shared by all Europeans, in particular those set forth in the Council of Europe's Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
Tip 6: Request and disseminate Examples of Good Practice
The North-South Centre is producing a series of publications focusing on Examples of good practice in Education for Global Citizenship completed by conference reports dealing with global education implementation policies.
· the first volume (available in English and French) focusing on Global Education in Europe including ten case studies and ten photocopiable, ready-to-use activities
· the second volume (available in Portuguese) focusing on Global Education in Portuguese Speaking Countries. The English version is available through this link.
For further queries concerning the publications please contact email@example.com
Do not hesitate to send your examples of Good Practice to email@example.com
For additional examples of Good Practices please consult the UNESCO / IBE bridge programme - The bridge project - Le projet bridge - El proyecto bridge
Pay attention to the way the media deal with issues of globalisation, social exclusion, and inequality. Select different perspectives and encourage discussion taking into account different points of view. Consult activities available on this issue developed by the Global Express project
Baobabconnections is a non-profit internet based media project of Both ENDS, an online monthly magazine dedicated to building critical awareness, raising debate and stimulating meaningful action toward building a future free of the dire effects of profit driven Corporate Globalisation.
Choike is a portal dedicated to improving the visibility of the work done by NGOs and social movements from the South. It serves as a platform where citizen groups can disseminate their work and at the same time enrich it with information from diverse sources, which is presented from the perspective of Southern civil society. Choike is a project of the Instituto del Tercer Mundo, NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations based in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Choike newsletter
Media Networks:
AJOL – African Journals OnLine - is a database of African-published journals, publishing in a range of academic disciplines. The objective of AJOL is to provide a window to the research published within the continent, and give greater visibility to the participating journals, and to the research they convey.
Baobab connections is a non-profit internet based media project of Both ENDS, an online monthly magazine dedicated to building critical awareness, raising debate and stimulating meaningful action toward building a future free of the dire effects of profit driven Corporate Globalisation.
Choike is a portal dedicated to improving the visibility of the work done by NGOs and social movements from the South. It serves as a platform where citizen groups can disseminate their work and at the same time enrich it with information from diverse sources, which is presented from the perspective of Southern civil society. Choike is a project of the Instituto del Tercer Mundo, NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations based in Montevideo, Uruguay.
International Independent Information Exchange
Inter Press Service News Agency – IPS - the world's leading provider of information on global issues, is backed by a network of journalists in more than 100 countries. IPS focuses its news coverage on the events and global processes affecting the economic, social and political development of peoples and nations.
Panafrican News Agency
AllAfrica Global Media is a multi-media content service provider, systems technology developer and the largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide. Registered in Mauritius, with offices in Johannesburg, Dakar, Lagos and Washington, D.C., AllAfrica is one of a family of companies that aggregate, produce and distribute news from across Africa to tens of millions of end users.
PANOS Institute is an International non-governmental organisation (I.N.G.O.) which has the two-fold objectives of:
• strengthening the media in countries in the South and their capacity to produce, in relation with all the components of the civil society, pluralist information, which is the guarantee of a culture of peace and democracy
• supporting the production of information on priority issues, furthering the circulation of this information at a global level, arousing, stimulating and informing public debate in both the South and the North on topical themes.
Worldview International Foundation
Worldview International Foundation (Worldview) with International Headquarters in Sri Lanka, founded in 1979, is a unique development organization with hands-on experience, knowledge and the capacity to cover the entire gamut of communication and media activities for development.
· The Bulletin – The newsletter of the CoE Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe
· The Europeans – The newsletter of the CoE Parliamentary Assembly
· Newsletter Education – The newsletter of the Directorate General of Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport
· Social cohesion: developments – The newsletter of the CoE Social Cohesion division
North-South Centre of the Council of Europe Newsletters
The Interdependent – The newsletter of the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe
Please, find attached the Bulletin Dialogue, with the best compliments of the North-South Centre Policy Dialogue Unit.
Other Newsletters:
Baobabconnections is a non-profit internet based media project of Both ENDS, an online monthly magazine dedicated to building critical awareness, raising debate and stimulating meaningful action toward building a future free of the dire effects of profit driven Corporate Globalisation.
Choike is a portal dedicated to improving the visibility of the work done by NGOs and social movements from the South. It serves as a platform where citizen groups can disseminate their work and at the same time enrich it with information from diverse sources, which is presented from the perspective of Southern civil society. Choike is a project of the Instituto del Tercer Mundo, NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations based in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Choike newsletter
"EU News, policy positions and 'EU Actors' online", EurActiv.com is now the leading online media on European Union policies. Launched in 2000, the portal has become an essential work instrument for « EU Actors ». EurActiv is a policy portal, going more in-depth than traditional news sites.
Latest news from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Development Education Exchange in Europe Project – DEEEP – newsletter
Global Campaign for Education News Headlines
Get acquainted with the French Semaine de l'Education à la Solidarité Internationale newsletter
UNESCO's Education Today newsletter
The latest issue of the Eco-Schools newsletter is now available to be downloaded!
IUCN – the World Conservation Unit - newsletter
UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Newsletter
World Bank weekly web update & Press Review
PovertyNet the electronic newsletter from the World Bank. This newsletter provides an update of new resources about understanding and alleviating poverty available from PovertyNet.
Human rights
Dignity International: monthly news bulletin
Human Rights Watch News
- Agenda 21 : the Action plan for sustainable development adopted at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit.
A comprehensive list of educational resources on this topic can be found at:http://eelink.net/
- Globalisation: is characterised by "shrinking space, shrinking time and disappearing borders", through the development of market economy, communications technologies, biotechnology, etc, was the main focus of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 1999 Human Development Report
For an overview of Global Trends, global teaching and learning projects or resources, please explore the following links
UNESCO portal on globalisation and governance
Centre for Research on Globalisation (CRG) is an independent research and media group of progressive writers, scholars and activists committed to curbing the tide of "globalisation" and "disarming" the New World Order. The CRG web page based in Montreal publishes news articles, commentary, background research and analysis on a broad range of issues, focussing on the interrelationship between social, economic, strategic, geopolitical and environmental processes.
Global Development Research Center (GDRC)
The Global Development Research Center is a virtual organization that carries out initiatives in education, research and practices, in the spheres of environment, urban, community and information
International Forum on Globalisation (IFG) is an alliance of sixty leading activists, scholars, economists, researchers and writers formed to stimulate new thinking, joint activity, and public education in response to economic globalisation
World Bank site on globalisation
And other research centres on globalisation
- Poverty: A state of deprivation, of not being able to meet the minimum standards for decent living. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) provides annual reports about poverty and development
The eradication of poverty is the main subject of the 1997 Human Development Report
About poverty eradication, we invite you to get acquainted to Millennium Development Goal nº1
- Solidarity: the ability to empathise and support each other. An agenda for social solidarity was discussed and agreed upon in the 1995 Copenhagen World Social Summit, see report, including an action plan for the eradication of poverty
- Sustainable development: development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. For a State of Environment Report, including many national profiles you can refer to:
UNEP.Net, the United Nations Environment Network;
UNEP / GRID Arendal, providing environmental information, communications, and capacity building services for information management and assessment. Established to strengthen the United Nations through its Environment Programme (UNEP) and giving access to environment news, environmental books and publications, and State of the environment reports from countries and regions of the world;
or the Global Virtual University (GVU), an online network university for sustainable development
- Sustainable future: one in which a healthy environment, economic prosperity and social justice are pursued simultaneously to ensure the well-being and the quality of life of present and future generations. Education being crucial to attain that future, please consult UNESCO site on learning for a sustainable future.
The myEUROPE Schools Network is a group of more than 970 schools. They form a unique community of teachers who work for the development and the enhancement of our common European identity
Educational networks
Associated Schools Project Network - ASPnet
The main purpose of UNESCO, according to its Constitution, is to contribute to peace and security by promoting the collaboration of nations through education, science and culture, in order to further universal respect for justice, the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms for the peoples of the world, regardless of race, sex, language or religion. One of the basic aims of the Organization has always been the promotion of peace and international co-operation through education. After its foundation in 1946, educators working with UNESCO produced an impressive number of new ideas and suggestions concerning the education of young people for international understanding.
In order to translate these ideas into concrete action, UNESCO launched the Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) in 1953. As of the year 2003, it includes over 7,000 educational institutions, ranging from pre-school education to teacher training in 166 countries.
Associated Schools commit to promoting the ideals of UNESCO by conducting pilot projects in favour of better preparing children and young people to meet effectively the challenges of an increasingly complex and interdependent world.
Development Education Association - DEA
Development education aims to raise awareness and understanding of how global issues affect the everyday lives of individuals, communities and societies and how all of us can and do influence the global.
Development Education Exchange in Europe Project - DEEEP
DEEEP is a 3-year programme that aims to increase the capacity of European NGDOs to deliver grassroots Development Education (DE) via methodological exchange, training, improved networking, elaboration of common policies and common projects.
European federation for Intercultural Learning - EFIL, the European federation for Intercultural Learning coordinates a thematic network of organisations, schools, and trainers who have a key role in promoting global education in Europe.
EFIL Global Education Reader
European Association for Education of Adults
Since 1984 the International Association for Intercultural Education has brought together professional educators interested in diversity and equity issues in education. This is defined quite broadly, and includes intercultural education, multi-cultural education, anti-racist education, human rights education, conflict-resolution, multi-lingualism issues, etc. The IAIE brings together both academics and classroom teachers from a variety of disciplines by organizing workshops, seminars and conferences, and by the publication of the academic journal Intercultural Education.
LearningChannel.org, multimedia web portal on global education
Learning Activities for Use With Young People to Explore the Issue of Discrimination
Polygone is a European network for Development Education, created with the aim of debating the role education should play, as a transforming activity, in the diverse societies of the North and the South. It is also a frame to exchange experiences, materials and theoretical models.
Pedagogical resources
Please consult a selection of useful links to organisations dealing with global education issues and pedagogical tools … more
Every year, the Education for All Global –EFA- Monitoring Report assesses where the world stands on its commitment to provide a basic education to all children, youth and adults by 2015. Developed by an independent team and published by UNESCO, the report is an authoritative reference that aims to inform, influence and sustain genuine commitment towards education for all.
Unesco-International Bureau of Education
New CD-Rom on good experiences for learning to live together - A CD-ROM including twenty-five good practices in schools for learning to live together is available. The programmes have been selected from RelatED, a database on learning to live together produced by the UNESCO Internatinal Bureau of Education (IBE). …more
Directory of Development organisations: guide to International Organisations, Governments, Private Sector Institutions, Development Agencies, Universities, Research and Training Institutes, NGOs/PDOs, Grantmakers, Banks, Microfinance Institutions and Development Consulting Firms
Non-governmental Organisations Research Guide
Do not hesitate to send your suggestions of useful links to firstname.lastname@example.com
Council of Europe Education materials
COMPASS has been produced within the framework of the Human Rights Education Youth Programme of the Directorate of Youth and Sport of the Council of Europe. The programme aims to put human rights at the centre of youth work and thereby to contribute to the bringing of human rights education into the mainstream.
The training kits are thematic publications written by experienced youth trainers and other experts. They are easy-to-use handbooks for use in training and study sessions. T-Kits are produced by the Youth Directorate.
European Charter for Democratic Schools without Violence
Upon the initiative of the Council of Europe, young people from across Europe have prepared the European Charter for Democratic Schools without Violence on the basis of the fundamental values and principles shared by all Europeans, in particular those set forth in the Council of Europe's Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
Human Rights
Sustainable development
Sustainable development & Fair trade links
Explore The Partnership Programme between the Council of Europe and the European Commission on European Youth Worker Training
T-Kits : Training kits
The training kits are thematic publications written by experienced youth trainers and other experts. They are easy-to-use handbooks for use in training and study sessions. T-Kits are produced by the Youth Directorate.
North-South Centre resources
This space provides information on all resources produced and gathered by the North-South Centre. It facilitates access to the Interdependent (the North-South Centre's information bulletin), working documents, publications, and reports in thematic and chronological order, as well as a list of relevant websites…. more
Council of Europe links
Education for Europe…
… Helping to incorporate the principles of human rights, democracy, tolerance and mutual respect, the rule of law and peaceful resolution of conflicts into the daily practice of teaching and learning…
Division for Citizenship and Human Rights Education
The current Education for Democratic Citizenship project coming to an end towards the end of 2004, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe intends to proclaim 2005 "European Year of Citizenship through Education" (EYCE). This year will conclude the second phase of the EDC project (2001-2004) and could be the starting point for new perspectives in the field of EDC for the Council of Europe and its member states.
Council of Europe NGOs Unit
6. Global Education Week initiatives in the World
- One World Week UK
Under the theme Moving Stories, One World Week gives you the opportunity to explore: people moving, moving on from poverty and moving towards sustainability. You can tackle all three topics, or pick one, or use 'moving stories' to focus on something different if that is more appropriate locally.
Find out what happens in OWW here.
- Christian Aid One World Week
Set up in 1978, Christian Aid One World Week aims to being people together for one week a year to remind themselves and their communities that we are one human race, sharing one planet. It is a week to learn about global issues and to take action locally on things that have a global impact. OWW events now take place all over the world, from Japan to Uganda to India.
- National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) One World Week
NYCI One World Week is a week of youth-led awareness raising, education and action that takes place throughout Ireland during the third week in November every year.
- International Education Week in the US
- Week for International Solidarity in France
This national and local event is a joint initiative launched by NGOs in close collaboration with the public authorities. It brings together all the actors involved in international solidarity (associations, NGOs, local communities, schools, trade unions, work councils...).
7. Global Education newsletter
The Global Education Newsletter, a monthly electronic newsletter for Global Education networks, to share global education news, events and experiences, useful thematic links and educational materials, and serving as an informative vehicle for the global education practitioners.
Wishing you a fruitful reading and looking forward for your comments or suggestions you can address to email@example.com
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Making a market for micro-cap
Small and medium Canadian enterprises: A private equity opportunity
The Canadian economy is easing into a post-financial crisis "new normal," with myriad forces shaping and re-shaping traditional market strategies. As some doors close, new opportunities surface, often in previously untapped areas. For private equity (PE) firms, that means looking downmarket to the rapidly increasing availability of stable, well-run, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
While PE firms and SMEs may seem strange bedfellows, market forces have converged to create a mutually beneficial situation. With Canada anticipating the largest workforce exodus in its history as Baby Boomer retirement begins in earnest, numerous strong mid-cap companies will be available. At the same time, PE firms—with the huge transactions and credit surpluses of pre-2008 behind them—are re-evaluating their business models and looking to new markets. Under the right conditions, both sides can benefit.
The recent Deloitte publication Making a market for micro-cap explores this perfect storm, detailing the PE case on one side, the SME case on the other, and suggesting strategies each can employ to maximize this opportunity.
Learn how the new economy is creating opportunities for shrewd PE firms and SMEs in exit strategy mode.


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I'm so excited that was invited by Net10 Wireless to test drive their mobile service. Being a social media maven and a food blogger having reliable technology at my reach is a must.
But you must be wondering who is Net10 Wireless, this is a prepaid wireless service offering all local, long distance and roaming calls and provided by TracFone Wireless Inc., America's largest "No-Contract" cellular service provider in the U.S. with over 20 million subscribers and provides coverage on the best networks such as Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and more and they offer the latest phone models, including Androids.
Net10 Wireless phones are the perfect way to control spending and usage for every member of my family with no contracts to sign, no monthly bills, no long-term commitments, no hidden fees.
And the phone I will be using as part of this test drive is the Hauwei Ascent II Prepaid Cell Phone with touchscreen for bright and clear web browsing and messaging. It also has a 5MP camera and video recorder and the Android 2.3 operating system and 600MHz processor ensures a fast, intuitive response, I'm sure I will have so much fun using this fancy mobile phone and for sure I will reach for a 10!
In addition, Net10 Wireless Latino is launching their campaign "Levántate un 10" featuring two of my favorite Latino stars Carlos Ponce and Alejandra Espinoza as well as being the presenting sponsor of the Los Gigant3s Tour with Chayanne, Marc Anthony and Marco Antonio Solis. You can learn more at www.levantateun10.com or on their Facebook page www.facebook.com/net10wirelesslatino.
If you want to reach for a 10 with Net10 Wireless make sure you join us with Latina Mom Bloggers and Net10 Wireless Latino on August 15 from 9-10:30pm ET for a Twitter Party!
There will be lots of fun prizes, including tickets to the Los Gigant3s tour! Make sure to RSVP at Latina Mom Bloggers to be eligible to win prizes.
This is part of a compensated campaign with Latina Mom Bloggers and Net10 Wireless. However, all opinions expressed are my own.
This post is also available in: Spanish


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I will be ready for him next year. I have been training.
I will be ready for him next year. I have been training.
PSE Stinger
Bone collector 1100 4 pin fiber optic sight
Hostage rest
Gold tip XT hunter 5575 arrows
I'm pretty sure you need a silvertipped broadhead to kill the easterbunny
Mathews Creed in Black/Lost Camo
T5 Arrow Quiver - Black Gold Ascent w/ 4" Dovetail
NAP ArmorRest - Pine Ridge Nitro Stabilizer
CX PileDrivers 350 - NAP Quickfletch, Killzones & Hell Razors
My 2014 Season Journal Thread
LOL Fitz! You might be right tho. Good luck iowahunter, that Easter Bunny is a sneeky booger


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WELD 84 - Advanced Fabrication Techniques (4)
- Co-requisite: WELD 80, 82
WELD majors only. Emphasis on the use of various types of equipment together with the interpretation of blueprints and sketches to perform practical work assignments.
8 hrs. lect./lab. per week
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of WELD 84, the student will be able to:
- Select and use the proper safety clothing and equipment
- Perform practical projects with minimum supervision.
- Demonstrate welding layout and fabrication from sketches and blueprints, with safe and appropriate operation of hand tools, power tools and equipment according to industry standards
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- Mission Statement
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- College Policies
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Dr. Blake's favorite products for his animal (and human) friends
Here is a list of the products Dr. Blake provides & recommends for all of his furry and human friends alike:
Earthing link below
Fleas, Ticks, Lice, Ear Mites and Mange Natural Treatment
Essential Oils and How to Order Them
Homeopathic Remedies and Bach Flowers
Natural Food For Dogs and Cats
Only Natural Pet Store for great Pet Products
The Doc's favorite Nutritional and Herbal Supplements
Vetri-Science's Amazing Joint Formulas for Pets
Below is links to other outside pages for other products recommended in the previous pages as well as other sites
Perfecto-Geek Web Design & Tech Support – Computer, Web Site and Database Services for very affordable prices
LifeWave Patches - LifeWave patches are amazing for helping detoxification, pain management and assisting the body in its healing process.
Medipatch Flea Collars – Safe and effective flea collars available in both buckle and non-buckle versions
Vetri-Science – Provides a variety of joint based recovery formulas for pets
Young Living – Sells Essential Oils that are great not only for human use, but pets also!
Flint River Ranch – Seller of high quality dog and cat foods that are all natural
BARF – Offers high quality RAW food diet products for pets which are rich in vitamins, minerals, enzymes and proteins
Imutek - Pure Bovine Colostrum to help with immune and digestive help for animals and humans both.
Only Natural Pet – A great pet store for only natural pet products
Washington Homeopathic - Sells a variety of Homeopathic remedies, Bach flowers and much more
Smartitag – Best ID tag system for you and your pets


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For those of us who struggle to watch yet another play-offs in which the A's aren't involved but aren't quite ready to pack baseball away for the winter there is a chance to follow some (hopefully) future A's as they try to impress down in Arizona.
Games started on Tuesday and the Phoenix Desert Dogs already have two games in the books so we can get a look at how some of our prospects have started out:
OF Michael Taylor: 5-8, 1 2B, 2HR, 1BB, 0SO, 1SB
SS Grant Green: 0-6, 1BB, 1SO, 1E
3B Stephen Parker: 0-4, 1SO
P Carlos Hernandez: 3.0 IP, 1H, 1SO
P Travis Banwart: DNP
P Justin James: DNP
P Michael Benacka: DNP
It's still early and most of our pitchers haven't made an appearance yet but I thought it would be good to have a place to congregate and talk about how things are going in Arizona. First topic should probably the hot start Michael Taylor has gotten off to. You can't tell much from 2 games but Taylor really needs to have a great fall league and he couldn't have asked for a much better start. Another important topic is Grant Green's defense, getting his first error isn't a good sign but I am more interested about the chance to get more up to date scouting information about his defensive skills from the heavily scouted fall league.
Phoenix's next game is tonight at 6:35 PT and you can check out the Gamecast over at the MLB's AFL site.


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Building Evacuation Procedures
Upon activation of a fire alarm, utilize the fire exit instructions which are posted in all rooms. If time permits, take all property belonging to you.
Follow the instructions given to you by public safety officers and facilities personnel. Persons who are handicapped or injured will be assisted in the evacuation by public safety and facilities personnal. Remain calm. Do not run. Walk to the proper fire exit and follow instructions. Do not attempt to reenter the buildings unless authorization has been given by proper authorities.


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My last Open Thread was knocked off the board a while ago, so I'm putting this one up. The NFL playoffs have officially started, and for the first time since '99, my Detroit Lions are in the playoffs. They're being set up for failure though, taking on my preseason pick for the Super Bowl, the New Orleans Saints.
Who are you rooting for OTM? I know not all of you are New England fans, so who is everyone getting behind?


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Category: Patu paräoa
One-handed whalebone weapon. Featuring a flat elongated blade with a sharp striking edge. Typically with a round or rectangular hole in the handle for the tau, or wrist cord. The butt of the handle is usually finished with a carved figure or grooves.
|Alternative Terms
|paräoa, patu
Broader Terms
Find additional information about this term at these sites
- 'Riri – traditional Maori warfare - Rakau Maori – Maori weapons and their uses', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Results from DigitalNZ
Searching 27 million digital objects from over 150 content partners across New Zealand
- Plate XIV — Patu 1. Wahaika (p. 328) 2, 4, 6. Patu pounamu (pp. 323) 3. Patu paraoa (p. 326) 5. Kotiate (pp. 327) - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection
- Patu paraoa. A short weapon fashioned from whale's bone - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection
- Patu parÄoa – whalebone club - Ministry for Culture and Heritage
- Patu paraoa, [1] [realia]. - National Library of Australia
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Home > Post > Post 12 > Post 12 News Release > 2011 News Releases > News Release
Trooper Kendra Wilson
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Kentucky State Police
Post 12, Frankfort
(502) 227-2221
Click here to e-mail Trooper Kendra Wilson
July 4th 2011 Holiday Data, Post 12-Frankfort
Date of News Release: 07/08/2011
(Post 12 Frankfort) -- The Frankfort Post reports one fatality in our seven counties within the Post 12 area during the July 4th 2011 holiday. The one fatality occurred in Spencer County involving a motorcycle. The victim was wearing a helmet.
Preliminary statistics* statewide indicate that six people died as a result of six separate crashes on Kentuckys roadways during the 2011 July 4th holiday period. (* as of 07/07/2011)
Troopers working counties in the Post 12 area issued the following citations and conducted 8 traffic safety check points.
|Speed Citations
|Other Citations
|Seat belts Citations
|Child Restraint Citations
|DUI Arrest
|Total Citations
Kentucky State Police Post 12-Frankfort provides police coverage for Anderson, Fayette, Franklin, Scott, Shelby, Spencer and Woodford County.
The Kentucky State Police encourage the public to report impaired drivers by calling 1-502-227-2221 or 1-800-222-5555.
*These statistics are still preliminary as KSP waits for all local law enforcement agencies to report any crashes and fatalities that may have occurred in their areas.


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A former Montgomery County music teacher already convicted of possessing child pornography was indicted Thursday on 39 charges that he sexually abused elementary school girls and raped a middle school student, The Washington Post reports.
Lawrence W. Joynes, 55, of Dundalk faces the possibility of decades in prison if convicted of all the charges, which include sexual abuse of a minor, child abuse, second-degree rape and other offenses related to sexual conduct.
Joynes was a music teacher who taught in
Montgomery County Public Schools for more than 25 years. He
first arrested on child pornography charges in
February 2013 when Homeland Security and Baltimore County police found
videos and images of children on his home computer.
He pleaded guilty earlier this month to
possessing child,
previously reported, and was ordered to register as a sex offender and
sentenced to time served.
The last 10 years of Joynes' career were spent teaching at New Hampshire Estates Elementary School in Silver Spring, where police say most of the 14 children he allegedly abused were in kindergarten to second grade, the newspaper reports. The alleged offenses date from 2005 to last year, and he taught at the school until his arrest.
This week's indictment also includes individual counts of permitting a minor to engage in a representation of sexual conduct. Court papers allege that Joynes posed the girls in sexually suggestive ways while he recorded and photographed them, possibly in a classroom.
Capt. Bob Carter, commander of the Montgomery police department's family crimes unit, told the Post that Joynes used his artistic talents to take advantage of his students: "He used music to open the hearts and minds of these children."
Joynes has also been indicted with 10 counts of sexually abusing a girl at Eastern Middle School in Silver Spring in the 1990s.
Montgomery schools officials issued a statement calling the allegations "very disturbing" and saying that they have cooperated with the investigation and will continue to do so.


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Left: lightfast test on Luminance 6901 Colored Pencils. Yep, since they are already tested it's sort of a moot point, but I wanted to try it out. Left is the control and right is the exposed sheet. No visible fading. Click on the image to view an enlargement.
People just starting to work in colored pencils can easily be overwhelmed with the choice in brands. Limiting yourself to artist quality pencils (and you really do need avoid all student grade pencils) alone will give you more than a handful of great choices.
My advice to people is to go to a store that sells open stock and test a few pencils in the same colors in different lines. By comparing similar reds across 3 or 4 lines of pencils you'll begin to see differences that will matter to you: how waxy or dry does the pencil feel upon application; how hard or soft does the pencil feel when you work it across the paper; does it hold a nice point; does the lead tip crack as you are working; how easy is it to blend two different colors; how much does the line you draw smudge when you rub it with your finger; and on and on—all the questions that mean something to you about how you already work or how you would like to work with colored pencils. (Take a piece of your favorite drawing paper with you to conduct your test on a familiar surface.)
With that information you're able to purchase pencils and begin your drawing adventure.
Well, now added to all of those questions is the recent, in the past 5 years or so, push on the part of the colored pencil companies to respond to colored pencil artists' requests for lightfast pencils—pencils that have actually been subjected to the same types of testing the American Society for Testing and Material does for watercolor paints, oils, pastels, and so on.
Quite awhile back Talens released a line of "lightfast" pencils in both wax binder and watersouble mode. I never thought much of these pencils. I found they worked up rather pale and wimpy. The feel was always scratchy. They reside in a big box that contains the samples I take into class for students to try out. I have to remind myself to be fair. Just because I don't like something doesn't mean that someone else might not love that very thing.
Then Prismacolor released some lightfast colors, not their full range, but a number of colors; and so it goes.
I have to say that I have colored pencil drawings from the 1980s that have not visibly faded. I used Prismacolor (then owned by Berol) and Derwent on those pieces. Some pieces were stored away from light, but a good many were framed and out in the range of light you find in a house. Others were commissioned pieces that were displayed in homes (and in one situation, in rather bright light). They all seem to have held up well.
Because of that and the fact that I like the way Prismacolor pencils work (I like their blend of wax for the way I like to work building up lots of layers with very small strokes) I'm not looking about to change brands, but I do like to pay attention to what is happening with colored pencils.
Over the last several years there has been a push to softer, drier pencils (in the sense that the waxy feel is minimized); a move towards a pastel texture without creating a pastel pencil. It's an interesting transition and if I had an unlimited number of years before me I would probably spend a lot of time experimenting and even change my drawing style with colored pencils to take advantage of some of these new products.
More and more I feel the need to focus, so that won't be happening, but it won't hurt to experiment a bit and see if there are pencils more suited to some subject matter or concept that I might be trying to achieve.
With that in mind I picked up about 8 of the new Luminance 6901 Colored Pencils from Caran d'Ache. This 76 color line has 61 colors earning the highest lightfast rating (I) from the ASTM. It seems that the name of the pencil is taken from the test's name ASTM D-6901.
For me the most exciting development is that Caran d'Ache has formulated the pencil leads for this line using finely-ground pigments which they list on their chart. Previous pencil lines have had cute or enticing names for colors and you practically had to live with your own blended and tested color chart on hand to know how any of the pencils would work with each other. Now, because of the pigment labeling of these pencils, if you know your color theory, you'll be able to quickly select pencils that will work well in a given situation.
I find that these pencils feel softer and less waxy than the Prismacolors; less dry and more waxy than the Derwent Colour Soft line. It's all a matter of degree.
The softer lead allows me to lay down more color, more quickly than I do with Prismacolors. The softer lead also makes blending the edges of my strokes much easier. I find that when I work with the new Luminance 6901 pencils I work looser as well as faster than I do with the Prismacolors. I can think of lots of situations where I might find these characteristics advantageous. I don't enjoy blending dense multilayered color with these pencils as much as I do with Prismacolors. Part of this is that I haven't quite got the hang of the color range (I miss the color selection I'm used to) and part of it is the softer pencil tip. Both items are something I could overcome if I put in some time.
Here's the bad news: these pencils open stock run over $4.00 a piece. Since they are softer I know I'll run through them quickly, and I have a light hand. I know it will be expensive if I use these on any of the gritty surfaces I enjoy working on from time to time. Lots of things to think about.
Whether you're just starting in colored pencils or always looking for new choices, I recommend you get a few of these to try out and compare with other brands. See how they feel and how they work for you. They've got a lot going for them.
The really bad news? You guessed it: no PB60!
(I purchased my pencils from open stock at Wet Paint. They also sell sets. A Google search will yield vendors if you're not in the Twin Cities.)


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Nancy Kissel: The Hong Kong Milkshake Murder
Diminished Responsibility
Every day a pale and gaunt Nancy Kissel appeared in court wearing the same outfit—a simple black dress and oval metal-rimmed glasses. Her dark, dead-straight hair hung loose below her shoulders. Constantly by her side was her mother, Jean McGlothlin, their fingers often interlaced in a tight grip.
By the end of July 2005, the prosecution had presented its case, portraying Nancy Kissel as a duplicitous, cheating wife who meticulously planned the murder of her husband so that she could run off with her lover. Though there were no eye witnesses to the crime, the circumstantial evidence presented was overwhelming. The same prescription drugs she had obtained from doctors for herself were found in her dead husband's body. Andrew Tanzer, the family friend, who shared the pink milkshake with the victim, testified to feeling nearly comatose and acting bizarrely after drinking Nancy's "secret recipe." Maintenance men at her apartment complex testified that she had ordered them to move the rug containing Robert Kissel's body to a storage bin. Bloody clothes and linens found in the storage compartment and in the apartment indicated that the victim withstood a brutal beating from a heavy blunt object, and that the beating had happened on the couple's bed. The prosecution claimed that the murder weapon was a "heavy figurine" that the Kissels had kept in their kitchen.
Nancy Kissel could have pleaded insanity in the murder of her husband, but that would have guaranteed her indefinite incarceration in a psychiatric facility. Instead she and her barrister chose another gambit, diminished responsibility. The legal system in Hong Kong, which is based on the British system, allows defendants to plead guilty to a crime committed under extraordinary circumstances that reduce the defendant's culpability. Nancy Kissel would get on the stand and describe the hell that her marriage had become. She would tell the court that behind closed doors her husband was a monster, and that he drove her to commit murder. But it was a risky move on the defense's part. By entering a plea of diminished responsibility, the burden of proof shifts from the prosecution to the defense. The prosecution would only have to poke holes in her version of events to win the case.
On August 1, 2005, Nancy Kissel took the stand and presented a very different portrait of her husband. To the expat community, Robert Kissel was successful, respected, and admired by his colleagues and friends. But to his wife, he was a cocaine addict and a brutal control freak who beat her regularly and forced her to have rough anal and oral sex nearly every night.
According to Nancy, her husband's use of cocaine started when he was studying for his MBA in New York and she was working three waitressing jobs to support them. They would argue about it, and she would vehemently protest that he was wasting her hard earned money on drugs. He eventually got his degree, and their marriage persevered.
Serious trouble started, she testified, after the birth of her first child. She had gained weight and her body had changed. Robert no longer found her attractive. He hounded her to lose weight. According to Nancy, his sexual preference had turned toward anal sex. She believed that he didn't want to see her face anymore. He was rough with her in bed, pulling her hair to get her to do what he wanted. These assaults became more and more frequent. With tears in her eyes, Nancy Kissel told the court that she soon learned to accept his unwanted penetration because when she resisted, the result would be anal bleeding. On one occasion, he was so aggressive she heard something "pop" in her torso. After going to the hospital, she learned that he had broken one of her ribs.
She claimed that his high-pressure job and the transfer to Hong Kong triggered his worst impulses. In 1999 when she was five months pregnant with her youngest child, Robert had a fit when he realized that her due date coincided with an important business trip to Korea. He had planned on her accompanying him, so he asked her to have her doctor induce labor early so that she could go with him. She refused, and he threw a tantrum, pounding the walls with his fists and threatening to hit her. Two months later he brought up the issue again. She stood her ground and refused to even consider it, and this time he did hit her.
The SARS epidemic came as a blessing for her and got her away from her husband's physical tyranny, though he continued to keep close tabs on her spending. While staying at their Vermont vacation home, she met Michael Del Priore and found someone she could talk to. They enjoyed each other's company and became lovers, but at no time, she testified, did she ever consider leaving her marriage. Her life was in Hong Kong, she said, with her husband and children.


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Debate in Congress over a sales tax requirement for online purchases
CLEVELAND - It was "back to work" Monday for just about everyone after the holiday weekend, but that didn't slow down holiday shopping.
Cyber Monday kicked off, though the online sales started days ago and some will last all week. Americans are expected to spend $1.5 billion online, up 20 percent from last year. This online surge is a concern to some retail operations who think there is an unfair playing field for online retailers.
"I've seen 40 percent off free shipping so I'm definitely going to take advantage of that," online shopper Yasmine Farraj said.
From clothing to electronics, you can save hundreds of dollars shopping on Cyber Monday. There's a built in savings for online shoppers because most e-retailers don't charge sales tax.
There's a push in Congress to change that, and create a level playing field for all businesses. We first told you about this push in July, and the impact it may have on some businesses.
"Our web business is growing and it's a steady growth," said Jeff Campbell, co-owner of Campbell's Sweets Factory .
Campbell's is investing in a new website, redesigning it and adding a section for special deals. Right now, the company can only offer those on Facebook.
Campbell said the online and retail stores compliment each other.
"Probably 40 percent of our online business is still northeast Ohio," Campbell explained.
The other orders come from all over the United States. Like most online retailers, Campbell's doesn't charge sales tax. They don't even charge tax in their store because Ohio doesn't require it on food.
That's not the case though where food is taxed. That leaves an uncertain future for Campbell's if the sales tax push in Congress passes.
"I do think it needs to be leveled, but they need a simple system to charge it," Campbell said.
Many small businesses are worried about the accounting and software costs to collect tax and remit it.
"If I have to write out 50 different tax checks and send it to 50 different states, I probably will get out of the internet business," Campbell said.
Online business that is such a threat to retail stores this holiday, Best Buy is price-matching some online prices. It's another promotion retailers are running to stay relevant in this digital world.
"I'll always shop online," Farraj said.
Staying safe online
If you're shopping online, use your credit card and not a debit card. It gives you extra protection if you don't get what you paid for, and sometimes an extra year on a warranty.
Also look for the "s" next to the http web address. That ensures the website is secure. Make sure you browse privately so your shopping won't be tracked.
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