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Party Cooperation in a Results Perspective - Ukraine
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How Basic Community Infrastructure Works can Trigger Livelihood Improvements and Good Governance Personal notes on a validated model integrating socio-economic progress and democracy development in poor urban areas
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Results of the Swedish cooperation strategy for Zambia, 2008-2011
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Sida's follow-up on support to justice in reconciliation processes
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Swedish central government authorities in development cooperation
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Gender Aware Approaches in Agricultural Programmes: A study of Sida-supported Agricultural Programmes
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Sida's Regional Strategy for Cooperation with South East Asia, 2005–2009
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I have a 1999 Oldsmobile Delta 88 78000 Mi. Lately when I turn the wheel Right as I'm driving I get a clicking coming from under the car. My Mechanic says my C V JOINTS are O.K. They put new MOUNTS in thinking this would solve the problem, but it is still there. Any suggestions?
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I was made very aware how neccesary it is to have adeqate travel Insurance. Beleive me Myanmar (Burma) is one such place. To find yourself with some form of injuries here is to be in major trouble.Hospitals are few and far between with little modern technology..This was bought to my attention and mind when one evening I had climbed one of the many red-brick chedis. The climb to the top was rather difficult as the steps were extremely narrow and I had to place my foot sideways to use the steps. I was sitting on the top with a marvellous view of the sun setting on these red brick structures creating a wonderful glowing colour. When finally the sun had set I was very happy as I had captured some nice photos and it had rapidly got dark.I then realised that I had to climb down and what a mjor problem that then presented...anyway I got down slowly without mishap BUT had I fallen here I would have had a major problem.So glad that I had my small torch with me..I beleive that when obtaining travel insurance ALWAYS include repatriation as part of the contract... I never travel without adequate travel insurance cover.
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Mt. Bopa is crowded with monkeys - and they are totally spoiled by pilgrims and tourists so that they lost all shyness and can get really clinging if not aggressive for foodhunting.
Another thing is that they pee and poo everywhere, which was a very nice experience walking barefoot (on holy ground, of course) when it started to rain heavily and a yellow flood came down the stairs making it impossible to avoid contact with it. Grrrrreat!
Spending money attentively-avoid the tower
Right now there are many calls for (tourist)boycotting this country - but this only hits the common people - not the Junta leaders. Especially now, the people of Burma are in desperate need for (the attentive) visitors.
I mentioned "attentive" tourists, because you have to look carefully where you spend your money. Avoiding all profit for the Generals and their crew might be impossible since visa fees, taxes or also entry fees end up in their pockets, but by all means avoid luxury 5-star hotels, government airlines and all business involved with the Junta and the generals who try to keep all business within their "families".
For Bagan, especially avoid the watchtower - those 10 bucks certainly go to the wrong pockets.
For Burma right now, I guess individual travelling is the best solution, since you have a better control of your spendings. You can minimize the Juntas profits and maximize the benefit to the common people.
Watch out for snakes - on my first day I already had contact with two of them crossing my way. Also dont expect hospitals (if you get there at all) to have antidote. I heard Burma has one of the highest death rates on snakebites.
Where there's temples.......
....there's always things to buy!! The usual roaming eagle eyed kids with postcards, T shirts and other bits. They accost you from the moment you arrive, and then again when you leave! If you stop, you will be surrounded - and it can be difficult to buy from one only. No matter how much resolve I start out with, I always end up coming home with dozens of postcards - often dirty and dogeared!
If you really don't want to buy anything, just be polite and say "no thank you" and keep walking.
It can be funny to watch the cluster when a bus pulls up at a temple! - particularly if you are not ON the bus!
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This is more of a giggle story really than a tip - but, those amongst us who may be overly sensitive about body dimensions may be well warned!!!
Some of the temple based vendors have clothes besides the usual t- shirts. I nearly fell over laughing when this little girl came running over holding up this shirt - for ME! She looked thoroughly confused when I went into laughing convulsions and took her pic - errr and said "no thanks" when I regathered myself.
I guess we just look bigger than them - and big can be any number of X's before the L's!
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Souvenir vendors
By the entrance of every temple you'll more or less find a number of vendors selling crafts. All of them will persuade you to buy, some are more persistent than others. If you don't want your visit to be spoiled by a continuous chase of soiuvenir sellers, then just ignore them. More persistent are postcard selling children who are even heart breaking to deny.
Keep in mind though that selling souvenirs is an important source of income for these people.
Take precautions for heat
As Bagan lies in a plain and you've planned your trip during the dry season (mainly Jan onwards), remember to take your sunlotion and a hat as the sun can be very hot during midday. A bottle of water is a must (usually provided for free from upmarket hotels).
Consider also to break your journey in the heat of the day either by resting in your hotel or having a lunch somewhere with a slight breeze of air.
Things are better if you take a horse cart (they have a tent overhead), but if you opt for a bicycle then beware of a possible sunburn
According to my horse cart driver, beware of snake if you intend to visit the temples after the sunset or night time.
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Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously
The thing you learn with Potage Parmentier is that "simple" is not exactly the same as "easy." It had never occurred to me that there was a difference until Eric and I sat down on our couch that night and took our first slurps of Julia Child's potato soup. Certainly I had made easier dinners. Unwrapping a cellophane-swathed hunk of London broil and tossing it under the broiler was one method that came immediately to mind. Ordering pizza and getting drunk on Stoli gimlets while waiting for it to arrive, that was another favorite. Potage Parmentier didn't even hold a candle, in the easy department.
First you peel a couple of potatoes and slice them up. Slice some leeks, rinse them a couple of times to get rid of the grit – leeks are muddy little suckers. Throw these two ingredients in a pot with some water and some salt. Once the leeks and potatoes have simmered for an hour or so, you mash them up with a fork or a food mill or a potato ricer. All three of these options are far more of a pain in the neck than the Cuisinart – one of which space-munching behemoths we scored when we got married - but Julia Child allows as how a Cuisinart will turn soup into "something un-French and monotonous." Any suggestion that uses the construction "un-French" is up for debate, but if you make potage parmentier, you will see her point. If you use the ricer, instead of being utterly smooth, the soup will have bits – green bits and white bits and yellow bits. After you've mushed it up, just stir in a couple of hefty chunks of butter, and you're done. JC says sprinkle with parsley but you don't have to. It looks pretty enough as it is, and it smells glorious, which is funny when you think about it. There's not a thing in it but leeks and potatoes and butter.
One interesting thing to meditate on while you're making this soup is potatoes. There's something about peeling a potato. Not to say that it's fun, exactly. But there's something about scraping off the skin, and rinsing off the dirt, and chopping it into cubes before immersing the cubes in cold water because they'll turn pink if you let them sit out in the air. Something about knowing exactly what you're doing, and why. Potatoes have been potatoes for a long, long time, and people have treated them in just this way, toward the end of making just such a soup. There is clarity in the act of peeling a potato, a winnowing down to one sure, true way. And even if you did push it through some gadget you got at Crate and Barrel afterwards, the peeling was still a part of what you did, the first thing.
...So I had made this soup, this Potage Parmentier. And it was good – inexplicably good. We ate it sitting on the couch, bowls perched on knees, the silence broken only by the occasional snort of laughter as we watched a pert blonde high school student dust vampires on the television. In almost no time we were slurping the dregs of our third servings. (It turns out that one reason we're so good together is that each of us eats more and faster than anyone either of us has ever met; also, we both recognize the genius of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.) After the gynecologist appointment, when I was standing in the Korean deli staring at produce, I'd been thinking, "I'm twenty-nine, I'm never going to have kids or a real job, and my husband will leave me and I'll die alone in an outer borough hovel with twenty cats and it'll take two weeks for the stink to reach the hall." But now, three bowls of potato soup later, I was, to my relief, thinking about nothing much at all. I lay back on the couch, quietly digesting. Julia Child's soup had made me vulnerable.
Eric saw his in, and took it.
"That was good, honey."
I sighed my agreement.
"Real good. And there wasn't even any meat in it."
(Eric is a sensitive 21st-century sort of a guy, but a Texan, nevertheless, and the idea of a dinner without animal flesh gets him a little panicky.)
"You're such a good cook, Julie. Maybe you should go to culinary school."
I'd started cooking when I began dating Eric – to impress him, more or less. In the years since, though, the whole thing had blown a little out of proportion. I don't know if Eric felt pride that he had introduced me to my consuming passion, or guilt that my urge to satisfy his innocent liking for escargot and rhubarb had metastasized into unhealthy obsession. Whatever the reason, this thing about the cooking school had developed into one of our habitual dead-end alleys of conversation. I was too deliciously idle after my soup to get ticked off about it, and just snorted quietly. Even that indication that he had my ear, though, was a tactical error. I knew it as soon as I'd made a sound. I squeezed my eyes shut, feigning sudden sleep or deafness.
"Seriously. You could go to the Culinary Institute! We could move out to the Hudson Valley, and you could just spend all your time learning to be a chef."
And then, no sooner than I'd cautioned myself against it, I made Tactical Error #2: "They won't let me in without professional experience. I'd have to go peel potatoes for two-fifty an hour for six months. You want to support me with all your big bucks while I do that?"
Giving in to the enticing prospect of emasculating my husband. Always, always a mistake.
"Maybe some other school to start, then – somewhere here in the city?"
"We can't afford it."
Eric didn't answer. He sat quietly, on the edge of the couch, with his hand on my shin. I thought about kicking it off, but the shin seemed a neutral enough spot. One of the cats jumped up onto my chest, sniffed my breath, then stalked off stiff-legged, her mouth open in faint disgust.
"If I wanted to learn to cook, I'd just cook my way through Mastering the Art of French Cooking."
It was an odd sort of a statement to make drip with sarcasm, but I managed it anyway. Eric just sat there.
"Not that it would do me any good, of course. Can't get a job out of that."
"At least we'd eat good for awhile."
Now I was the one who said nothing for a moment, because of course he was right about that.
"I'd be exhausted all the time. I'd get fat. We'd have to eat brains. And eggs. I don't eat eggs, Eric. You know I don't eat eggs."
"No. You don't."
"It's a stupid idea."
Eric said nothing for a while. Buffy had ended and the news was on – a correspondent was standing on a flooded street in Sheepshead Bay saying something about a broken water main. We sat on the couch in our stuffy Bay Ridge living room, staring at the screen as if we gave a shit. All around us teetered towers of boxes, the looming reminder of our upcoming move.
When I look back on it now, it is as if I could actually hear the taut creak of a fisherman giving out just a tiny bit of line when Eric said: "You could start a blog."
I cut my eyes over to him in irritation, a massive white-skinned shark thrashing its tail.
"Julie. You do know what a blog is, don't you?"
Of course I didn't know what a blog was. It was August of 2002. Nobody knew what a blog was, except for a few guys like Eric who spent their days using company computers pursuing the zeitgeist. No issue of domestic or international policy too big, no pop culture backwater too obscure; from the War on Terror to Fear Factor, was all one big, beautiful sliding scale for Eric.
"You know, like a website sort of a thing. Only it's easy. You don't have to know anything about anything."
"Sounds perfect for me."
"About computers, I meant."
"Are you going to make me a drink, or what?"
And he did. He left me alone. He was free to, now that he knew the hook was sunk.
Lulled by the calming music of ice clattering in the cocktail shaker, I began to ponder: this life we had going for ourselves, Eric and I, it felt like the opposite of Potage Parmentier. It was easy enough to keep on with the soul-sucking jobs; at least it saved having to make a choice. But how much longer could I take such an easy life? Quicksand was easy. Hell, death was easy. Maybe that's why my synapses had started snapping at the sight of potatoes and leeks in the Korean deli. Maybe that was what was plucking deep down my belly was, that sounded whenever I thought of Julia Child's book. Maybe I needed to make like a potato, winnow myself down, be a part of something that was not easy, just simple.
Just then Eric emerged again from the kitchen, carrying two Stoli gimlets. He handed off one of the glasses to me, carefully so as not to spill from over those treacherous martini lips, and I took a sip. Eric always made the best gimlets – icy cold, very dry, with an almost-not-there shade of chartreuse lingering in their slightly oily depths.
"Okay," I said, taking another sip as Eric sat down beside me. "Tell me again about this blog thing?"
And so, late that evening, a tiny line dropped into the endless sea of cyberspace, the slenderest of lures in the blackest of waters:
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"Mastering the Art of French Cooking." First edition, 1961. Louisette Bertholle. Simone Beck. And, of course, Julia Child, the woman who taught America to cook, and to eat. Today we think we live in the world Alice Waters made, but beneath it all is Julia, and no one can touch her.
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Government drone by day, renegade foodie by night. Too old for theatre, too young for children, and too bitter for anything else, Julie Powell was looking for a challenge. And in the Julie/Julia Project she found it. Risking her marriage, her job, and her cats' well-being, she has signed on for a deranged assignment.
365 days. 524 recipes. One girl and a crappy outer borough kitchen. How far it will go, no one can say….
It wasn't much – nearly nothing, in fact. Not even so much as a recipe for potato soup. A few words strung together, is all. But together, out there, they seemed perhaps to glow, only faintly. Just enough.


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Loki's helmet and shackles, the swords of Heimdall and Lady Sif, a hauntingly beautiful Dark Elf mask, the book that contains the history of Yggdrisil – they're all part of what makes Marvel's exhibit at Disneyland's Innoventions fit for the gods.
"Thor: Treasures of Asgard" invites the exploration of an epic collection of objects and artifacts brought to Earth straight from the helm of the Nine Realms, before transporting guests across the Bifrost to Asgard itself.
And while certain relics like the Casket of Ancient Winter and the Aether are too dangerous to display – not that The Collector would let the latter out of his milky-eyed sight – there is so much to take in, you won't even miss them. Besides, once Odin's voice booms down in a flash of smoky thunder, you'll be so utterly gobsmacked by the awesome that your jaw will fall off and roll into a dark corner of the exhibit room.
Odin bellows the following to all gathered:
Welcome to "Thor: Treasures of Asgard," an exhibition designed to create a better understanding between our two great worlds.
With the discovery of extraterrestrials and ancient Asgardian "gods" and the reappearance of an American legend after seventy years, life on Earth has been irrevocably changed since the Battle of New York.
These dramatic new developments have been difficult for our world to accept, but astrophysicist Jane Foster has been working with Thor himself to forge an alliance between Earth and Asgard.
More smoky flashes, and the Rainbow Bridge that unites the dimensions opens, allowing visitors to enter the Odin Father's throne room.
No, really.
As you turn around, not fully realizing what you're looking at, hidden doors sweep open grandly to reveal the Mighty Avenger Thor. With his Mjolnir.
Hear that? It's the sound of your mind being blown.
We're not in Midgard anymore… 1 of 16
To Asgard!
It all begins just around the corner from "Iron Man Tech Presented By Stark Industries." 2 of 16
To quote Tony Stark, "The point is you're welcome..."
Discover the secrets of an ancient realm… 3 of 16
The Einherjar's Shields and Swords 4 of 16
The Einherjar are Odin's most elite Asgardian warriors. This formidable military unit protects the Nine Realms as well as guards the dungeons in Asgard, where Loki was imprisoned following his assault on Earth. Wherever there is a conflict deemed worthy of Asgard's involvement, the Einherjar can be found defending the innocent and keeping the peace. This collection includes a number of shields, swords and sheaths used by the Einherjar in their recent battle with the Dark Elves in Asgard.
The Warriors Three – Hogun's Mace 5 of 16
The Warriors Three are comprised of Thor's closest comrades and fellow adventurers: Fandral, a dashing swashbuckler and hopeless romantic; the fierce and brooding Hogun; and Volstagg, known for his hearty spirit and even heartier appetite. Each of the Warriors Three would gladly lay down his life for Thor and follow the God of Thunder into any battle, no matter how grim the odds.
Hogun carries a weapon as blunt and brutal as himself. He used his trademark mace during the Asgardians' interdimensional war with the marauders, a conflict that came to a violent and victorious end on Hogun's home world of Vanaheim.
Lady Sif and Fandral's Weaponry 6 of 16
Left: The Lady Sif has been one of Thor's most loyal friends and confidantes since childhood. She is one of the fiercest warriors in Asgard, and can always be counted on to fight alongside Thor and the Warriors Three in any conflict. Sif was also the first to suspect Loki of high treason during Thor's banishment on Earth, suspicions that were ultimately confirmed when the God of Mischief attempted to wrest the throne from Odin. Sif has used this particular sword and shield during multiple conflicts in Asgard: Jotunheim, realm of the Frost Giants, and Svartalfheim, home of the Dark Elves.
Right: The brash and perpetually optimistic Fandral is a master swordsman, and can always be found wielding a blade much like this one, which the warrior used during the Dark Elves' recent invasion of Asgard.
Volstagg's Axe 7 of 16
The larger-than-life and gregarious Volstagg brandishes a weapon to match his outsized personality, a battle-axe such as this one, which served him well in skirmishes with the treacherous Frost Giants and the vengeful Dark Elves.
The Einhejar's Swords and Sheaths 8 of 16
The Einherjar are Odin's most elite Asgardian warriors. This formidable military unit protects the Nine Realms as well as guards the dungeons in Asgard, where Loki was imprisoned following his assault on Earth. Wherever there is a conflict deemed worthy of Asgard's involvement, the Einherjar can be found defending the innocent and keeping the peace. This collection includes a number of shields, swords and sheaths used by the Einherjar in their recent battle with the Dark Elves in Asgard.
Heimdall's Helmet 9 of 16
Heimdall is the all-seeing, all-knowing Gatekeeper of Asgard who keeps watch over the Bifrost, the means of traveling between worlds along the metaphysical branches of Yggdrasil, the World Tree that unites the Nine Realms. The noble sentry also prevents intruders from crossing the Rainbow Bridge that connects his observatory to the kingdom of Asgard.
Heimdall wore this particular helmet for many years before donning a new suit of armor from the armory following the Dark Elves' attack on Asgard.
Asgardian Skiff Toy 10 of 16
This hand-carved skiff is a fine example of the kind of toy Asgardian youth enjoy playing with in their distant realm, much like children here on Earth. Although Asgard is a technologically advanced society, this quaint plaything demonstrates that its young people enjoy using their imaginations to pass the time.
Heimdall's Long Sword and Daggers 11 of 16
Heimdall is the all-seeing, all-knowing Gatekeeper of Asgard who keeps watch over the Bifrost, the means of traveling between worlds along the metaphysical branches of Yggdrasil, the World Tree that unites the Nine Realms. The noble sentry also prevents intruders from crossing the Rainbow Bridge that connects his observatory to the kingdom of Asgard.
Heimdall wielded the long sword and daggers for many years before obtaining new weapons from the armory following the Dark Elves' attack on Asgard.
The Book of Yggdrasil 12 of 16
The Book of Yggdrasil chronicles the entire history of the Nine Realms, from the birth of the universe through the present day. Odin has graciously agreed to display this priceless artifact in an effort to help the people of Midgard - which is how Asgardians refer to Earth - better understand their world's place in the cosmos. The book is open to a prophecy that foretells a battle with the Dark Elves, a dire prediction that recently came to pass in the heart of Asgard; the black plains of Svartalfheim, realm of the Dark Elves; and in the United Kingdom here on Earth.
Dark Elf Mask and Dagger 13 of 16
Upper right: The mask was found in the wreckage of Odin's Throne Room after the Dark Elves' recent attack on Asgard. The Dark Elves were born of the darkness that existed before the Big Bang. The creation of our universe proved to be poisonous to the Dark Elves... the light, the air, the very matter that sustains us is lethal to them. Designed to sustain the Dark Elves' very lives, these ornate masks appear as the Dark Elves once did: beautiful, noble and regal. But they only serve to hide what the Dark Elves have evolved into - monsters that wait in the shadows, biding their time as they seek to transform our universe back into one of eternal night.
Lower left: The Dark Elves had been thought dead for millennia, any evidence of their ancient race destroyed in the battle against King Bor and the warriors of Asgard. But the Dark Elves survived... as is evidenced by this ancient weapon, the dagger of Malekith himself. Forged of Dark Matter that predates our own universe, the merciless leader of the Dark Elves used this blade during his siege on Asgard. The blade now serves to remind us of the deadly nature of these ancient and wicked creatures.
Loki's Helmet 14 of 16
Loki is the God of Mischief, the adopted son of Odin and Frigga, and brother of Thor. He is the biological son of Laufey, onetime ruler of the Frost Giants. Odin rescued the infant Loki after a battle with the Frost Giants in Jotunheim and raised the child as his own son. Loki's discovery of his true parentage fueled his treachery and treason in Asgard, and ultimately led to his attack on Earth at the Battle of New York.
Though not pictured because I was absolutely captivated by Loki's helmet and the idea that this piece of costuming had actually sat upon Tom Hiddleston's head, to either side of the helmet are the dagger and shackles that imprisoned him in the dungeons of Asgard, on loan to the this exhibit to demonstrate Thor's pledge to protect the people of Earth from further threats from his brother and any other hostile forces.
Odin's Throne Room 15 of 16
Wow. Just wow.
Thor, the Golden-Haired Son of Odin Himself 16 of 16
Thor smells like new plastic and promise, and invites guests to a personal audience. He won't let you hold his hammer though, so don't ask. Not that I said anything...
The exhibit will remain open until early 2014. For more photos from the "Thor: Treasures of Asgard," click over to Pilar Clark's Instagram and search #ThorDarkWorldEvent.
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Photo credits: Pilar Clark, Marvel and Walt Disney Pictures (featured image and corresponding image in lead slide only)
Photo caption credits: "Thor: Treasures of Asgard" exhibit
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Populous has been selected to design the 40,000-seat main stadium for the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic games in Sochi, Russia
They are the first practice to have ever been officially appointed for the design of two Olympic Stadiums at one time – they are also designing the main stadium for the London 2012 Olympic games. It is the 25th year of Populous' involvement in Olympic and Paralympic games.
Populous has also designed masterplans and overlay plans for competition and non-competition venues and facilities in the 2014 games.
John Barrow, Populous senior principal said: 'The main stadium design, in addition to the venue overlay plan we have prepared for the 2014 Games, delivers a wonderful vision for the Winter Olympics, and a lasting sustainable legacy for Sochi.
Its sweeping form responds to both its coastal location and mountainous backdrop, whilst its crystalline skin engages with its surroundings by day, and provides an iconic representation of the colour and spectacle of the games when illuminated at night.'
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Yesterday I started a new print and of course I'm still learning so I'm trying to tweak my style. I have been reading about using Cyanotype to start the print process then go to the gum colors. So I started with a Cyanotype which was underexposed but I did get some of the shadow areas covered. Then I went to yellow gum color and I usually use the formula 1/2ml yellow, 3ml gum, 3ml dichro. What has been happening is I get a build up of color to the point it begins to flake around the edges. So this time I went with the same formula but less than 1/2 ml of color. I felt that if it wasn't strong enough I could add another layer of color.
When I finished with the cyan color at the end it just did not have the deep blacks I was looking for. So I added the black and there was my darker shadows. The color seemed washed out due to the amount of color added. I added another layer of Y,M,C. this gave me much deeper colors and over all a much less washed out print. There was a total of 8 layers and the build up was minimal.
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The recent activity organised by the Oxford University Press at the Park Towers atrium in Karachi, Dosti Kitabon Sey, seemed like anything but an exercise in promoting reading, and coordinator Khaled Anam explained why it was so. "This was a blow of the trumpet to gather the media and announce the forthcoming event," he said, appearing almost childish in his excitement about the mission to be carried out to "change mindsets."
He is certainly the right choice to manage the event for children which goes on from June 8 to July 14. As a well-known composer who has worked extensively in children's programming on television, last year Khaled also composed songs for children with EMI. Another feather in his cap is the Gripps Theatre for which he has written extensively and enacted plays for children as well.
"It is very important to break the indoctrination around us; that we need to do by promoting reading activities among children and bringing optimism in their lives," he said while speaking to Images on Sunday.
At the event, Khaled invited children from three to 12 years and up on stage to recite poems or narrate stories of their choice. In return they received goody bags from the OUP. While children gradually warmed up to the concept, parents could be seen urging their kids to gather their wits and go on stage.
"My focus is the parents more than the children," said Khaled. "They are the decision-makers as to where to take children and what to buy them or let them buy for themselves. Our elders need to start taking a genuine and keen interest in kids and lure them towards books. Only parents are capable of doing this." Back to the event, there was no stopping their enthusiasm once the kids summoned up the courage to perform on stage.
Later, OUP MD Ameena Saiyid introduced the project in Urdu followed by a short speech by Goethe Institut Director Manuel Negwer who has worked extensively in promoting reading and children's activities in Pakistan. More children were given a chance to perform once the speeches were over and prominent personalities such as Raju Jamil also spoke.
According to the coordinator, the event received an overwhelming response in the form of emails from parents among other indicators. The OUP outlets were reportedly flooded with parents' queries as to how to gain membership, especially considering that kids' summer vacations are presently underway and they need to participate in extracurricular activities.
"I have informed them all that this chain of events is absolutely free for children," said Khaled. "We need to play a role that the media is not shouldering satisfactorily." He went on to refer to the minimal amount of TV programmes and publications for children in the country.
The proceedings became somewhat vague when a participant read out a story from a comic book published by the OUP on Abdul Sattar Edhi's life. It may not have been a great idea to read a comic book out loud and that too as a solo stint, and a suggestion here is that Khaled Anam should call on his dramatist skills and read it out to children at any of the related future events.
Picking up as if on cue, Khaled Anam said, "I also want to introduce storytelling in the forthcoming events."


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- 26 August 2009 | Bodyboarding
With a potential date overlap between the bodyboard division of the Greenaway Pro in St Ives (4-5 September) and the Auto-Sleepers British Nationals at Porthtowan (5-6 September), the organisers of both competitions are co-ordinating their efforts to avoid a clash.
The bodyboard division of the Greenaway comp will now be held on Friday 4th September; leaving competitors free to compete in both this and the Nationals on 5-6 September.
Rich Hall from the British Bodyboard Club ('BBC') said "We recognise that the Greenaway Pro is a unique event, and that Tom had a lot of friends in both the sponge and stand-up surf communities". He continued "A lot of guys want to remember Tom by entering the memorial competition, so we're pleased that we've been able to reach this accommodation".
Matt Smith organiser of the Greenaway Pro said "we've had a lot of interest from the bodyboarders, so it was unfortunate to have the date conflict. This was a sensible compromise that should allow everyone to do both comps if they want to."
In the spirit of goodwill, the BBC have agreed that should the bodyboard division of the Greenaway Pro not run to completion on the Friday; any competitors who are still in the competition but have entered the Nationals will be permitted to check in by text or by phone on Saturday morning rather than in person at Porthtowan - thereby enabling them to complete the St Ives event first thing on Saturday and then head straight to Porthtowan for the Nationals.
Rich Hall said "We wouldn't normally bend the established protocols like this, but we recognise the contribution Tom made to the sponge community and want to honour his memory".
- 26 August 2009 | Bodyboarding
The 3rd Grand Slam event on the 2009 IBA World Tour got underway at Praia Grande' in Sintra, Portugal today.
The waves were clean 2-3 feet and the weather was almost perfect.
The first two rounds of the Men were contested as well as the trails and R1 of the Women.
Both of the front-runners in the WWT got their campaign off to a great start with Unate Aguirre (SPN) and Neymara Carvalho (BRS) winning their opening heats to progress into the next round. However the show-stopper of the day was Brazilian Isabella Sousa who scored two of the best waves of the day and completed some amazing moves to be crowned the days best performer with a heat total of 17.25
The surf was pumping around lunchtime as Praia Grande' served up some punchy wedges and ramps for the competitors to show off their style.
The WTDK event will begin tomorrow with some of the Worlds best drop-knee competitors here for the first IBA International DK event.
- 24 August 2009 | Bodyboarding
The 14th edition of the Sintra Portugal Pro will kick-off tomorrow in Praia Grande.
More than 180 athletes from around the world will compete in the 6th stage of the IBA World Tour 09.
The event will take place until August 30th.
2-to-3 meter waves are expected in the Sintra Portugal Pro.
The DK event will have a $5.000 prize-money.
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