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Recommended reading
A list in chronological order of recommended reading in the land sector in Laos.
1) Aiding or Abetting? Internal Resettlement and International Aid Agencies in the Lao PDR
By: Ian G. Baird; Bruce Shoemaker
Organisation: Probe International (2005)
2) Study on land conflicts and conflict Resolution in Lao PDR: Land policy study No. 9 Under LLTP II
By: Nouphanh Mahaphonh; Pheuiphanh Nyaorivathana; Meena Phimphachanh; Sysaweui chittasupha; Serntai Pasay; Peter Jones
Organisation: GTZ (2007)
3) Environmental and Social Impacts of VLRC Rubber Plantation, Bachieng
By: François Obein
Organisation: Earth Systems Lao; Agence Française de Développement (2007)
4) Power, Progress and Impoverishment: Plantations, Hydropower, Ecological Change and Rural Transformation in Hinboun District, Lao PDR
By: Keith Barney
Organisation: York University (2008)
5) Rural Land Management and Land Administration (Policy Brief No. 2)
Organisation: Sub-Working Group on Upland development, MAF (2008)
6) Land and Forest Allocation in Lao PDR : Comparison of Case Studies from Community-Based NRM Research, Society & Natural Resources
By: Yayoi Fujita; Khamla Phanvilay (2008)
7) Study on Women's Land and Property Rights under Customary or Traditional Tenure Systems in Five Ethnic Groups in Lao PDR
By: Elizabeth Mann; Ny Luangkhot
Organisation: GTZ/Lao-German Land Policy Development Project (2008)
8) Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Land in Lao PDR
By: Oliver Schoenweger; Alfons Ullenberg
Organisation: GTZ (2009)
9) Research evaluation of economic, social, and ecological implications of the programme for commercial tree plantations: case study of rubber in the south of Laos PDR
Organisation: TERRA; NLMA; Khon Kaen University (2009)
10) Manual on Participatory Agriculture and Forest Land Use Planning at Village and Village Cluster Level
By: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF); National Land Management Authority (NLMA) (2010)
11) Land Concessions, Land Tenure, and Livelihood Change: Plantation Development in Attapeu Province, Southern Laos
By: Miles Kenney-Lazar
Organisation: Fulbright Program – Faculty of Forestry, National University of Laos (2010)
12) Investment and Access to Land and National Resource: Challenges in Promoting Sustainable Development – A think piece
Organisation: World Bank Team (2010)
13) The socio-geography of mining and hydro in Lao PDR
By: Nina Fenton; Magnus Lindelow
Organisation: World Bank (2010)
14) Crossroads: The Illicit Timber Trade Between Laos and Vietnam
Organisation: Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) (2011)
15) Concessions and Leases in the Lao PDR: Taking Stock of Land Investment
By: Schoenweger; Heinimann; Epprecht; Lu; Thalongsengchanh
Organisation: MoNRE, CDE, SDC (2012)
16) Facilitator guide: Free Prior Inform Consent (FPIC) for REED+ (2014)
Organization: RECOFTC
Find this in Lao
17) Revealing the hidden effects of land grabbing through better understanding of farmers' strategies in dealing with land loss
By: Diana Suhardiman, Mark Giordanob, Oulavanh Keovilignavonga, Touleelor Sotoukee
Organization: IWMI (2015)
18) Rush for cash crops and forest protection: Neither land sparing nor land sharing
By: Thoumthone Vongvisouka, Rikke Brandt Broegaardb, Ole Mertzb, Sithong Thongmanivong
Organization: FoF – NOUL (2016)
19) Land and Forest Tenure in Laos: Baseline Overview 2016 with Options for Community Participation in Forest Management. Read in English.
By Michael Dwyer
Organization: UN-REDD Program (2016)
20) Responsible Large-Scale Agricultural Investments in the Mekong Region: An Online Dialogue Summary Report. Read in English.
By Jean-Christophe Diepart
Organization: Mekong Regional Land Governance (2017)
Original source can be found here.
21) Peoples' Stories and Natural Resources Around Us (2015).
Read the story in Lao and English.
Organization: Mekong Watch
Find the story from original source : Lao and English.
22) The Recognition of Customary Tenure in Lao PDR (October, 2017)
Written by Jeremy Ironside, Reviewed by Natalia Scurrah (MRLG) and Chansouk Insouvanh (Consultant)
Organization : Mekong Regional Land Governance (MRLG)
Find this in English.
23) The presentation of the Responsible Large-Scale Agricultural Investment in the Mekong: A regional workshop organized by MRLG from 15-17 November, 2017 in Vientiane, Laos
- Fair deal or Order by Vongpaphane Manivong, NAFRI.
- Contract Farming in Laos by NAFRI
- On the learning curve: sustainability in the making in the Laotian coffee sector by Cirad and FAN, NUOL
- Linking Smallholder Plantations to Global Markets: Lesson Learn from IKEA Model in Vietnam by Forest Trends
- Opportunities, Risks and Growing Inequality by Land Core Group
- Myamar CP Maize narrative Report by Pa-O Youth Organization
24) State Spaces of Resistance: Industrial Tree Plantations and the Struggle for Land in Laos (2018)
Read the paper in English
Authors: Miles Kenney – Lazar, Diana Suhardiman and Michael B. Dwyer
25) See the section Publications for pieces of research commissioned and published by the LIWG.


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One of my favourite Revit blogs is revit3D.com by Gregory Arkin. He never pulls any punches when talking about BIM vs CAD. So, in the spirit of good natured 'tool bashing' I have started a new line of swag with a nuanced slogan...until they shut me down that is.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
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One thing I'm always trying to keep in mind is the internal list and monologue of how to find out information. Knowing where one can find a given piece of information when one needs it is very important.
I had to buy shoe polish and related supplies today. As I was walking through town, I thought to myself "What does one tip the Shoe Shine guy at the Airport?", since I can see myself using his services in my travels. If I had an ettiquette book, I would look it up, but any I have ready access to are most certainly out of date, so I asked Peter, my caffeine dealer (aka, owner of Bombadill's coffee house, and the ex cabbie)
Peter says that if the shoe shiner charges under $5, pay him $5. If it's over $5, pay $1 or some percentage. I the guy is REALLY GOOD, and does a great job on your shoes, then all bets are off and you have to go with your gut.
Finally, if he does a great job, and is reading the New York Times as you come up, keeps you entertained with the patter and such, and actually relates something he notices about you or something you say to the New York Times, then he is really a superhero and Shoe Shine Guy is his everyday disguise, so you need to tip him even more, and suppport your local super hero.
Todays Moral: Support your local superheros. Get your shoes shined at the airport.


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Hi guys,
System Software version 4.07 for the PlayStation 4 has been released today. This is a mandatory update which improves the quality of the system performance.
To update the System Software using your PS4 go to [Settings] > [System Software Update] and click 'Next' and then 'Update'.
If for any reason you cannot use your PS4 to download the update, it is also available to download and install using a computer and USB storage device. Please note it may take a short while for the page to be updated with the new version file.
Main features of version 4.07:
Improves the quality of the system performance.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. You can also see tips in this thread for updating the System Software should you run into any issues.
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Low Cost Card Deck of Safe Coping Skills (English) - 112 cards; can play as game
The Seeking Safety card deck can be used as a game or to help remember the skills. It has 112 cards: 84 safe coping skills, 24 quotations, and 3 exercises. An ideas card offers various ways to play the game for groups and/or individuals. You can also make up your own games. The cards are professionally designed, with each type of card color coded (peach = relationship skills, blue = action skills, purple = quotations, etc.). The cards offer a fun way to learn and practice the ideas from Seeking Safety, and can be used with both adults and adolescents. This card deck is lower cost because it is missing the instruction card, but you can download that here. Also the colors are very slightly off, but the card deck is still totally fine! The low-cost card deck is available in English only but if you would like the Spanish deck or the regular English deck you can get those.


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Canada's North has a shortage of quality affordable housing options. A significant portion of the existing stock of Northern housing was designed by outsiders based on the decades-old premisethat the single-family, owner-occupied home is the best environment in which to live and raise children; and that a housing market provides jobs and the options to establish financial equity. The North, however, requires specific Northern housing programs and policies.
Framing Sustainable Options for Housing in Canada's North offers four case studies of successful and innovative Northern housing initiatives across the country. It also explores some of the major policies and programs established and implemented across Canada since the mid-1900s. This report ultimately suggests that effective Northern housing strategies require sensitive partnerships, programs, and policies that support and involve Northerners, are respectful of and relevant to Northern lifestyles, traditions, and cultures, and are consistent with the long-term goals of sustainable development.
Executive Summary
Chapter 1—Introduction
Chapter 2—The Northern Canadian Housing Policy Context
Chapter 3—Affordability of Northern Housing
Chapter 4—Availability of Housing in the North
Chapter 5—Innovative Approaches to Northern Housing Development: Four Case Studies
Chapter 6—Final Observations and Recommendations
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Got nothing to do today so I decided to continue reading Robert Fulgrum's book entitled True Love. I posted one short story from this book months ago here.
If you want to be all giddy, read ahead. It will only take a few minutes from your time. And I promise, you'll never regret reading this. Go ahead. Help yourself. :'>
Margery and I were childhood sweethearts dating off-and-on from the time we were thirteen until about age twenty. We were pretty serious about each other. We graduated from high school and our ives changed and separated. She went east to Connecticut and then to college in New Mexico. I went to Ohio, then Hawaii. In time we would marry different people although I would also always consider her my first and strongest love.
Some fifteen years later (about 1978) my life was a mess. Not the sort of life one would deliberately set out to create.
I was suffering from chronic alcohol abuse, a disease which runs in my family. I nearly died from withdrawals and subsequently committed myself to a hospital.
Upon release from the hospital three weeks later, I was physically, emotionally and financially bankrupt. I had no idea what would become of my life.
In short order, I would legally divorce and take custody of two sons aged nine and ten. I would strike off into single parenthood vowing never again to marry.
Several weeks after being released from the hospital, I was sitting around with my mother one evening reviewing a box of family photos. I came across a picture of me and my childhood sweetheart taken before a school dance. We were about seventeen and deeply in love at that time.
I said, "God, why did I have to have that eleven-year marriage. What a disaster. Why couldn't I have married Margery and lived a more normal life instead. I loved her so much. It never even occurred to me to ask her to marry. Why did I have to go through that other marriage: Why did I have to go through all that other stuff?
"I think I will try to find her," I said to my mother. My mother said, "Maybe you'd better go back to the hospital for awhile. You're not even finished with the divorce you're going through. This is not the time to be thinking about another relationship."
"Besides that," she added "you haven't seen nor talked to Margery for how long - fifteen years? She's probably happily married, has four children and lives in New Mexico. Forget her and just concentrate on raising those darling boys."
I reached for the South Bay telephone directory and began looking up people by Margery's maiden name, Southworth. There were a dozen or so of them in the Los Angeles area. I began telephoning them to see if maybe, just maybe I might reach a sister or aunt or someone who might know where she was. I felt very, very strongly about this - compelled to act.
I did not reach her or a relative that night but I reaffirmed to my mother how strongly I felt that I would be seeing her again.
The next morning I left Rolling Hills at 7:30 am to cross the Los Angeles basin for Hollywood, where I worked. For no apparent reason I decided to go a different way. I took a left, I headed for the San Diego freeway, a direction I seldom went since it was a long way to get to work.
As I approached the freeway (along with millions of other commuters), I was stopped by the red light that meters people onto the freeway system there. I waited for the light to change to green.
While I was waiting a tan van pulled up alongside me and began honking. I couldn't quite see up into the van, but I could tell there was a person with large dark glasses driving.
She raised her dark glasses up over her forehead and it was her! Margery Southworth! I was stunned. I put my forehead on the steering wheel and began to cry. Then I started to laugh, I just couldn't believe it. The light changed and I had to get on the freeway. I stayed in the right lane and put on my right blinker to get off the freeway. She responded. We were still communicating, I thought.
We left the freeway and pulled into the parking lot of Mattel Toys. I got out of my car, walked over to her and we gave each other a big hug. We talked and asked each other a few questions (she had been single for fourteen years). I asked for her phone number. Later in that day, I called her and we made arrangements to have dinner the following Friday night.
Eight months later we had a large wedding on a hilltop overlooking our elementary school and Los Angeles. Sixteen years later we are still happily married living in the Federal Way area.
We have both accepted this relationship as a gift, a very special gift from God. A miracle.
-Patrick Godfrey, Federal Way, WA
What did I tell you? It's so lovely, isn't it?
If you really are destined to be together, love will find it's way to keep you together. :'>


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Ask any veteran or wannabe comic book artist and almost without exception when asked, "What is the most difficult thing to draw?" and they'll answer—women. Trust me, I know, I have difficulty myself.
There's something about the way that women are put together: their curves, torso area and faces that makes drawing women difficult, but not impossible. The biggest mistake young artists make when drawing women is they tend to make them look too muscular and use too many line-especially in their faces. The whole secret to drawing women is economy of lines and simplicity of form-any drawing of a woman should emphasize the soft, subtle curves of their body, their grace and most importantly their beauty.
Tom Nguyen understands the complexity of drawing women. His new book offers step-by-step instructions, with illustrations and photos, on how to draw faces, facial features, hairstyles, expressions, age variations, dynamic poses and lighting effects and five full-length demonstrations that simulate real-life "assignments from cover art to a complete comic book page are also included.
Artist of all sorts will want to study this book as it offers excellent advice and tips on drawing women of all shapes, sizes, ages and ethic backgrounds. Hot chicks-even hotter art!


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After three weeks of punishing pedalling the torture is finally over and the 167 finishers can rest easy in their beds, safe in the knowledge that they don't have to get up and ride another 180 km over the toughest roads in France in the morning. This Tour will go down as one of the most fiercely contested in recent history, the yellow jersey was settled in the penultimate stage's time trial, the green jersey on the Champs-Elysees and the polkadot jersey went down to the final climb up l'Alpe d'Huez. It was a year of firsts as well, Australia got its first Tour Champion with Cadel Evans, Britain got its first green jersey winner with Mark Cavendish and a true climber and GC contender won the KoM jersey, Olympic road race Champion Samuel Sanchez, for the first time since Richard Virenque in 2006 (I'm not counting Michael Rasmussen's 'titles' in 2005 and '06).
Before I look at the star's of this year's race let's have a quick recap of how the last week's racing unfolded:
Stage 16
Thor Hushovd got his second win of the race and tenth in total, outwitting fellow Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen to win the final sprint into Gap. The real action came behind though as Evans, Contador and Sanchez stole time from the Schleck brothers with some aggressive riding on the descent from the Col de Manse which left Andy complaining of dangerous race routes.
Yellow – Voeckler, Green – Cavendish, KoM – Vanendert
Stage 17
A second consecutive stage for Norway and a second for Boasson Hagen and Team Sky. The race ventured on to foreign soil for the only time this year as the peloton crossed into Italy, Boasson Hagen attacked from the breakaway on the ascent of the final climb and distanced Jonathan Hivert and Bauke Mollema with a combination of aggressive descending and mistakes from those in pursuit. Contador and Sanchez attacked again on the final descent but didn't have enough in their legs to stay away as they were caught in the final 500m by the group containing all the race favourites.
Yellow – Voeckler, Green – Cavendish, KoM – Vanendert
Stage 18
The climbing got serious today, three hors category climbs, all over 2350m and the highest summit finish ever in le Tour on top of the Col du Galibier. Fresh from the criticism he faced over his comments made earlier in the week, Andy Schleck attacked on the Col d'Izoard and no-one could go with him as he rode up the road to find support in the form of two teammates from the day's early breakaway. They couldn't help him for long though as he powered past them and up the Galibier to win the famous stage with one of the gutsiest rides in modern Tour history. Meanwhile behind Evans effectively rode solo up the Izoard and Galibier as Contador struggled to stay in touch with his group and Frank Schleck understandably hitched a ride on Cadel's back wheel. Andy's lead over the Evans and yellow jersey group was up around the four-minute mark at the foot of the Galibier but the tireless work from Evans and a final burst from Voeckler saw the heroic Frenchman reduce his deficit on the line to 2 mins 21 secs, meaning he kept the yellow jersey by just 15 secs.
Yellow – Voeckler, Green – Cavendish, KoM – Vanendert
Stage 19
Not content with one trip up the Galibier, the Tour organisers scheduled another gruelling stage as the riders hauled themselves over the Col du Telegraphe before tackling the Galibier once again and finishing atop the iconic Alpe d'Huez. Contador, out of the GC reckoning after 'hitting the wall' on the previous day's final climb, attacked on the first climb of the day and was followed by Andy. Evans, Sanchez and Voeckler couldn't, or didn't, follow the attack and the two attackers rode to the head of the race, leading the field over the Telegraphe and the Galibier. They could never establish a significant gap over the chasing pack though and the whole field was back together at the foot of l'Alpe d'Huez. Yellow jersey holder Thomas Voeckler knew he didn't have it in him to follow the attacks that would come so his right-hand man Pierre Rolland was set free to steal some glory for himself as he attacked on the Alpe along with Canadian Ryder Hesjedal. Contador countered the attack and compatriot Samuel Sanchez followed, last year's champion caught and passed Rolland and Hesjedal and looked like the Contador of old as he set a tempo that no-one else could live with. Sammy Sanchez wasn't done though and he worked with Rolland to claw his way back to Contador only for Rolland to spring another attack and ride away from both of them to the finish line. Sanchez crossed the line in second to seal the KoM jersey ahead of Andy Schleck, who in turn took the lead in the race as Thomas Voeckler finally surrendered the maillot jaune.
Yellow – A. Schleck, Green – Cavendish, KoM – Sanchez
Stage 20
Heading into the decisive 42.5 km time trial Andy Schleck had a lead of 53 secs over brother Frank and 57 secs over Cadel Evans. They were the only 3 with real ambitions of wearing the yellow jersey on the Champs-Elysees, the big question was whether 57 secs was a big enough buffer for notoriously shaky time-triallist Andy. The question was answered emphatically by Cadel Evans on the route around Grenoble with the outcome being a resounding no. The stage itself was won by German Tony Martin but the ride of the day came from Evans as he rode the time trial of his life to come in just seven seconds behind the HTC rider and 2'32" ahead of Andy. The Aussie was finally wearing the yellow jersey on the day it really mattered, on the final roll into Paris and on to the Champs-Elysees. The Schleck brothers occupy the remaining steps on the podium with Andy ahead of big brother Frank, Contador put in a champions ride to finish the stage in third and haul himself back up to fifth overall, leaving new French hero Voeckler to keep hold of his fourth place.
Yellow – Evans, Green – Cavendish, KoM – Sanchez
Stage 21
The roll into Paris now regularly sees celebratory sipping of Champagne by the team of the yellow jersey and this year was no different as Cadel Evans and the rest of his BMC team toasted a job well done as the peloton ambled its way through the Paris suburbs. The real action started once they reached the capital and it finished as it has done for the past two years, HTC caught the breakaway in the final lap and set up a procession win for Cavendish, only this year it had the added bonus of a green jersey for the fastest man on two wheels at the end of it.
Yellow – Evans, Green – Cavendish, KoM – Sanchez
Stars Of The Tour
Cadel Evans – The oldest post-war Tour winner at 34 years and the 2009 World Champion becomes the first Southern hemisphere rider, not just Aussie, to win the yellow jersey. The nearly man finally emerged victorious in the world's biggest bike race after plenty of attacking riding in the first week, consolidation in the second week, and mountains of solo work in the Alps as those around him refused to help him drag attacks back. It was then all finished off with a stunning time-trial to take the yellow jersey when it really mattered.
Mark Cavendish – Only the second Brit to ever win a jersey at Le Tour, the first since Robert Millar won the climber's polkadot jersey in 1984 and the first Brit to win the coveted green jersey for sprinters. A change in tactics to target the intermediate sprints paid off and another five stage wins capped a near faultless tour for the Manx missile.
Samuel Sanchez – Olympic road race champion and last year's 4th placed rider was Mr. Consistency in the mountains and his second place on the final climb up l'Alpe d'Huez clinched the polkadot jersey for the Spaniard. A change in the points allocation for this competition meant the jersey went to a true climber who finished high up the GC instead of an opportunist who simply racked up the points over the early climbs of the day.
Pierre Rolland – France may have stumbled upon their next star of road cycling as Thomas Voeckler's chief helper in the mountains turned in a virtuoso performance in the final mountain stage of the race to win on l'Alpe d'Huez. He followed it up with a solid time trial to hold off Estonian Rein Taaramae and win the young rider's white jersey competition.
Thomas Voeckler – The new hero of French cycling, surpassing his deeds of 2004 to hold on to the yellow jersey for another ten days through the Pyrenees and the Alps, finally giving it up on the final climb of the race.
Thor Hushovd and Edvald Boasson Hagen – Two stages apiece for the Norwegian duo and a 1-2 in stage 16 as world champion Hushovd got the better of his heir apparent. Their achievements were widely celebrated as a large contingent of Norwegian fans lined the streets of every stage to cheer on their heroes.
Johnny Hoogerland and Juan Antonio Flecha – Victims of the Tour's most bizarre incident as a television car crashed into Flecha who inadvertently bundled Hoogerland off the road and into a barbed-wire fence. Both riders got up and finished the stage, had the next day off on the first rest day and then emerged battered and bruised to ride to the finish in Paris.
So it's all over for another year, it's hard to imagine how next year could match the tension, competitiveness and excitement that this year's edition has brought us but it will give it a go anyway. 2012 will hopefully see a fully fit Contador and a motivated Wiggins back to battle it out with the Schleck brothers and reigning champion Evans, and who knows there might even be another French contender for the GC in the shape of an older and wiser Pierre Rolland.
Photos: Yellow jersey – Stewart Dawson, Galibier – Guido Bellomo, Evans – Petit Brun


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Hadrian's Wall stretches from Wallsend, Tyne and Wear to Bowness-on-Solway in Cumbria, or to be more precise, between the Roman Forts of Segedunum and Maia. It was built under the orders of Emperor Hadrian on AD 122 to mark the northern limit of the Roman Empire, it is the most important monument built by the Romans in Britain, and a reminder of the past glories of one of the world's greatest civilisations.
Although much of the wall has since disappeared what is left is often spectacular especially where it follows the uplands in the Northumberland National Park. The wall is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site and now from May 2003, a new 83 mile National Trail. It is thus now possible to follow the remains of the wall for the whole length of the way, even through the built up areas at either end, in fact unless you are a wall scholar the best place to start your walk is Heddon-on-the-Wall.
Another thing worth contemplating is the fact that for 22 miles between Heddon-on-the-Wall and Milecastle 33, the route stays beside the fairly busy B6138. Although you will be walking on a footpath, and purists will be followingthe wall line, its course is followed by the road!
You can decide therefore whether you want to follow the National Trail, or with the right maps, you could come off wall route and deviate using minor roads and footpaths via Corbridge and Hexham to rejoin the wall trail at Chollerford.
The best remains and the nicest scenery is found in the Northumberland National Park and in Cumbria: the central and Western parts of the route.
Tourist Information Centres: Brampton (seasonal) 016977 3433, Carlisle 01228 625600, Haltwhistle 01434 322002, Hexham 01434 652220, Newcastle 0191 261 0610, Once Brewed (seasonal) 01434 344396.
Stage 1: Wallsend to Heddon on the Wall 15 Miles (24km)
From the tourist information in Wallsend, by the Swan Hunter Ship Yard, the trail heads out following the walls of the ancient Roman fort of Segedunum. Take the Fossway through Walker and Byker. There can be very busy traffic along Shields Road, until there is the opportunity to drop down to the Tyne river via "Broad Chare" road for a vista of the Elegant Tyne Bridges and of the Newcastle skyline inc. St. Nicholas Cathedral. There should be time to climb up to Newcastle Keep. Walk out of the city by the built up banks of the River Tyne. Cross the busy A69 and then the Western Newcastle bypass and continue Through Newburn before steeply ascending from the river with the countryside about to open up, You enter Northumberland continue to the first substantial section of the wall just before reaching Heddon -on-the-Hill.
Stage 2: Option A: Purists Route: Heddon on The Wall to Chollerford 15.25 miles (24.5km)
The route follows the B6318 out of Heddon crosses the A69 then follows the waymarked trail sometimes in the Vallum ditch, and beside the road, with only minor deviations all the way to Chollerford. There are neverthe less some interesting things to see: hr remains of Vindobala Roman Fort, The Welton Reservoirs, with beautiful associated meadows which in Spring have many flowers; the site of Halton Castle, the field patterns in the fields nearby and there is the battle site of heaven field. Won by Oswald king of Northumbria against forces sent from wales and the English Midlands. You the come into the Wall, Chollerford and Humshaugh areas for accommodation
Stage 2: Option B: Heddon on the Wall to Hexham 16 Miles (25.5km)
Follow the road as above turning off at Rudchester farm, away from the wall line for the next 11 miles, through Horsley and then finally across the fields, entering woods to cross the Whittle dene. Cross fields and minor roads zig - zagging across the landscape until rolling onto the old Newcastle road and into Corbridge with the interesting remains of Corstopitum Roman Fort at the intersection of what was Dere Street, the Roman Road. Reach the pretty village of Corbridge, then crossing the Tyne the trail heads to Dilston, going over the railway line and on through the forests of Park Wood past the Duke's House in all its neo gothic glory! Then it is down through Spruce and Larch into the old market town of Hexham, a great place to pause if you are not staying here. Famous market place and Abbey, lots of beer & good views from the Tyne! From Hexham, either stay the night, or walk, or take a taxi the five miles to Chollerford to continue the wall walk, Cross over the Tyne, continuing on via minor roads through the former pit village of Acomb and rejoining the line of Hadrian's Wall a mile before Chollerford which we reach once again on the B6318 military road..
Stage 3: Chollerford to Once Brewed 12 Miles (19.3 km)
Next it is on through Chollerford, still on the road as far as Fozy Moss, where the road veers off the wall as it reaches the crags of the Whin Sill Escarpment. Our stage roller coasters to Housteads, with its famed fort and National Trust Museum. There are excellent views over what Richards calls the "Northward Tynescape" to the Bellingham and Simonside Hills. Now follows arguably the most scenic section of the trip over Highshield crags and then down via Peel Crags to the National Park car park at Steel Rigg, from where you can walk out to accommodation at Once Brewed.
Stage 4: Once Brewed to
Walton 16.25 Miles (26 km) (or Brampton (+2 mile or 3.2km diversion off route)
The wall climbs to its highest point over Winshields Crags, before descending to the delightfully named Bogle hole. Downsteps through Thorny Doors and up Cawfields Crags with excellent views onto the Pennines. The way passes by Great Chesters and Magnis (Roman forts), passing Greenhead, the ruin of Thirlwall castle and in another mile or so crosses the Cumbria / Northumberland border on the River Irthing at Gilsand (possibility of accommodation). Interesting Roman defences are found at Birdoswald, and eventually after a trek to Banks you will find a shop / Post office. However it is yet another three miles of some of the best cross country walking of the entire trek, until you reach the real reason for the day's walk�that's right the pub in Walton - The Centurion! The pretty little town of Brampton is the obvious place for accommodation around here, but this is two miles off the route proper.
Stage 5: Walton/Brampton to Carlisle 11 Miles (17.8 km)
The route continues undulating across country, passing Castlesteads House, crossing the Cam beck, briefly joining the road at Newtown before skipping across the fields and once again after a few miles you join minor roads, crossing the M6 and on via Rickerby into Carlisle on quieter tracks by the beautiful River Eden. This is a very interesting historic city and has good transport connections if you have to leave at this point.
From Carlisle the Wall Walk follows the Cumbrian Coastal Footpath, firstly out of the defunct industrial suburbs of the town. Perhaps of interest to people into industrial heritage. The trail follows the Eden once again, more or less parallel with the line of the Wall and Vallum, through Grinsdale and Beaumont where you at last veer away from the Eden. You get good views from just north of the village to the peaks of Skiddaw and High Pike to the south and across the Solway Firth to the West. Through Burgh by Sands, a short detour takes you to the point on the marsh where Edward I died in 1307. In the vicinity of Dykesfield House, the trail joins an old railway embankment for a couple of miles before rejoining the line of "The Wall" near Glasson. From here the route follows the minor road to Bowness on Solway, the site of the Roman fort of Maia and journey's end.
Fast frequent rail services operate along the East Coast Main line between London, York, Newcastle and Edinburgh, operated by GNER with rail connections from Newcastle into the Tyne Valley. Virgin Trains operate Intercity trains between London, Manchester, Carlisle and Glasgow with rail connections from Carlisle into the Tyne Valley. Virgin Trains also operate cross country Intercity services providing links to Newcastle from Scotland, South West England, Birmingham, Sheffield and Leeds. Inter-Regional Trans-Pennine services provide frequent services to Newcastle from Liverpool, Manchester, West Yorkshire and York. Please contact National Rail Enquiries 08457 484950 for details of timings and they will pass you on to the relevant train booking numbers.
For connections from Newcastle and Carlisle: Arriva Northumbria 0191 212 3000 (685 service) or Traveline 0870 6082608. A special bus service - the Hadrian's Wall Bus - operates daily along about half of the length of the Wall throughout summer. It stops at all the key locations (including Vindolanda, Birdoswald, Chesters, Once Brewed and Housesteads) and so allows for continuous linear walks over a period of days Further details of the Hadrian's Wall Bus and ticket prices are available by telephone from Northumberland National Park Authority: 01434 344 777 or Cumbria County Council: 01228 606003.
Newcastle Airport has regular international flights from Amsterdam, Bergen, Copenhagen, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Oslo, Paris and Stavanger, as well as a regular shuttle flights from London Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted. There are domestic flights to Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Southampton, Isle of Man, Jersey and Wick. Newcastle airport - flight information Tel: 0191 214 3334
There are good motorway connections to Hadrian's Wall. Access from the western side of the country is
along the M6 from the south and A74 (M) from Glasgow to Carlisle. Access from
the eastern side of the country is along the A1(M) to Newcastle, with the
option of using the A68 which links Edinburgh and Darlington to reach the
central part of Hadrian's Wall. The A69 between Newcastle & Carlisle runs
parallel to the Wall (approx 2-5 miles south) and is the main access route.
At the start of your walk: To get to Wallsend from Newcastle Central Station take a train or bus, or a Metro train on the Tyne loop via Monument. If you would rather start in the countryside, then take a bus out to Heddon on the Wall. The Tyne and Wear Omnibus Co. run a service out of Eldon Square in Newcastle to Heddon in 25 mins, it also goes on to Hexham.
At the end of your walk: Carlisle is straight forward to exit from and get onto mainline rail services. From Bowness on Solway, there are a few bus connections back to Carlisle, not sundays but it is easiest to take a taxi.


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Hi Child Of God,
I pray you are having a great day, do you believe that today and this month is your set time? I pray you do as this month whether you like it or not, believe or don't believe your set time has come. I thank God for each and every one of you who have taken the time to comment and come in agreement with me across social media. Today I need you to do it again as this weekend you must meet with the angel of wealth and prosperity! Today as I was praying and fasting on your behalf, I wanted to send this message to declare a special blessing into your life. From today everything you put your hands to must be blessed. What it's your set time, there is no door that can be shut. When it's your set time no denial can be in front of you. Today I truly believe that God is going to bless you in every Land and place that you set your feet upon. This is a favour to experience everywhere you go. Child of God when it's your set time, you must be remembered before God. Yes, this is the year of Beauty and Glory and your star must shine in everything that you do.
Today comment on this message I have shared with you, as I need you to declare " I will behold and be surrounded by God's Beauty and Glory." This year you are about to experience and behold all of God's Glory and beauty. This year as you stay focused on God through prayer, through serving in the house of God, through your tithes and sowing seeds as you are doing these works diligently, God is going to see you through. God has seen your patience and good attitude. It's because of all these things and many more, that God is about to surround you with beautiful things. God is going to surround you with His Glory. And with His Glory, it will be filled with people that will favour you with exquisite things that will be beneficial to your life. This Friday I want you to experience this special anointing as we wash, cleanse and anoint our hands, every spirit of poverty and lack will be washed away to be restored with ways of new income and wealth in abundance. Join with me this weekend as prosperity must enter in all areas of your life is about come forth Amen. Stay Blessed – Prophet Climate
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Have you ever wonder what's the Hubspot or Social Media Examiner?
If you are social media geek (ohh I am sorry for calling you a geek, oops I did it again) you probably attended one of their webinars or you follow one of Hubspot team members: Chris Brogan, Dan Zarrella, Mike Volpe, etc. or Social Media Examiner team members: Michael Stelzner, Mari Smith, and many more.
HubSpot Inbound Marketing Software helps our 4,000+ customers generate traffic and leads through their websites, and convert more of those leads into customers. HubSpot software includes tools for: blogging, landing pages, lead nurturing, marketing analytics, content management, social media, SEO, CRM integration, email marketing, and more.
Hubspot it's a Internet Marketing Company. What they did (and that was great) they started from sharing content by e.g. providing a lot of webinars. I think that it's similar case study to Social Media Examiner, where Michael Stelzner decided to share content and not trying to sell at first.
So what Social Media Examiner is all about?:
Social Media Examiner is a free online magazine designed to help businesses discover how to best use social media tools like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to find leads, increase sales and generate more brand awareness. Technorati and AdAge rank us as one of the world's Top 100 business blogs. Our more than 92,000 email subscribers look forward to our daily original content.
Here is an example how Hubspot is trying to get business closer to their service – by offering free 30-days trial, here's a video:
I think that's a great, new way of promoting and building your brand by creating and sharing content and not trying to sell as much as possible right away. I understand that it takes more time and efforts (?) to achieve goals this way but at the same time you are able to build a strong and well-known brand and have a big number of followers/viewers/users/subscribers.
The moment you have your own business and you need professional support – where will you go to find that? Would you chose company you know or try the one you don't know? I bet you will try the one you know, right? I think that Social Media Examiner and HubSpot started from building their brands and when they become recognizablevia social media they decided to launch next stage of their business plan – sale.
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Kakani day tour is in Nuwakot district in Nepal. The Kakani tour is located at 29 km North West of Kathmandu. It will take just a one-hour drive from Kathmandu. It is 1982 miters high from Sea level. The tour route is start from center bus station in Kathmandu.
Here will be wonderful surroundings with Himalayan views of Nepal and many different places for Day tour in Kakani. Here will be outstanding views of Langtang Himalayan range, Shisa pangma Himalayan range, Annapurna Himalayan range, Gaurishankar himal and Manaslu. Of course, there will be many centuries old local villages around the Kakani. You will have great option to look around and loran with their culture and custom. Most of peoples were farmer around here. They are planting rice, corn, millet Of course they produces many different types of Vegetable and fruits during the seasonable.
After your Day tour at Kakani return back same way to Kathmandu by private car. Here will be unforgettable memory of local people, their culture and custom and their living standards. You will realise about their respect for everyone.
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When undertaking an appropriate assessment of impacts at a site, all features of European importance (both primary and non-primary) need to be considered.
Annex I habitats that are a primary reason for selection of this site
|2330 Inland dunes with open Corynephorus and Agrostis grasslands
|Wangford Warren and adjoining parts of RAF Lakenheath are included in the Breckland site as the only occurrence of this habitat type in the UK. The site has one of the best-preserved systems of active inland sand dunes in the UK. The habitat type, which is in part characterised by the nationally rare grey hair-grass Corynephorus canescens occurring here at its only inland station, is associated with open conditions with active sand movement. The site shows the colonisation sequence from open sand to acidic grass-heath.
|3150 Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition - type vegetation
|The Breckland meres in Norfolk represent natural eutrophic lakes in the east of England. They are examples of hollows within glacial outwash deposits and are fed by water from the underlying chalk aquifer. Natural fluctuations in groundwater tables mean that these lakes occasionally dry out. The flora is dominated by stonewort pondweed Characeae Potamogetonaceae associations.
|4030 European dry heaths
|The dry heaths of Breckland are representative of European dry heaths in East Anglia, in eastern England, developed under a semi-continental climate. Breckland has an average annual precipitation of only 600 mm, relatively hot summers and cold winters. Frosts can occur in any month of the year. The dry acidic heath of Breckland represents H1 Calluna vulgaris Festuca ovina heath in the SAC series. The sand sedge-dominated Carex arenaria sub-community (H1d) is typical of areas of blown sand a very unusual feature of this location. The highly variable soils of Breckland, with underlying chalk being largely covered with wind-blown sands, have resulted in mosaics of heather-dominated heathland, acidic grassland and calcareous grassland that are unlike those of any other site. In many places there is a linear or patterned distribution of heath and grassland, arising from fossilised soil patterns that formed under peri-glacial conditions. Breckland is important for rare plants, such as perennial knawel Scleranthus perennis ssp. prostratus, and rare invertebrates.
|6210 Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites)
|Breckland in East Anglia is the most extensive surviving area of the rare grassland type CG7 Festuca ovina Hieracium pilosella Thymus praecox grassland. The grassland is rich in rare species typical of dry, winter-cold, continental areas, and approaches the features of grassland types in central Europe more than almost any other semi-natural dry grassland found in the UK. The terrain is relatively flat, with few physical variations, but there are mosaics of calcareous grassland and heath/acid grassland, giving rise to patterns of structural variation.
Annex I habitats present as a qualifying feature, but not a primary reason for selection of this site
|91E0 Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) * Priority feature
Annex II species that are a primary reason for selection of this site
Not applicable.
Annex II species present as a qualifying feature, but not a primary reason for site selection
|1166 Great crested newt Triturus cristatus
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...not to procrastinate? I knew a few weeks ago that I needed to replenish my stash of sympathy cards, but as usual, I waited until I needed one to make more.
I tried out my first (but certainly not last) ever IndigoBlu stamp to make this card:
I am so happy that I purchased this beautiful floral stamp. It is amazingly detailed, and looks great stamped in Watering Can archival ink. I stamped the sentiment with Jet Black Archival on vellum, and added a simple navy bow.
Taking advantage of the supplies that were out and ready for use, I made a second sympathy card, so that I can stash one.
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It's been a long time since I've had any energy to post on this site. Diagnosed with cancer October 28th and dealing with chemo, etc. has impacted me with fatigue and pain.
But thankfully, there are mysteries galore to get me through the hours of bed rest. And since I'm feeling relatively okay today, thought I'd take a moment to recommend: The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra >>, by Vaseem Khan.
Not everyone likes cozies, but if you are so inclined you will probably be charmed by this first in series. There is a clear love of Mumbai expressed throughout, and one is transported –in a cozy way–to that city. Khan maintains an adept balance between describing the poverty, corruption, wealth, and people of Mumbai, and yet keeping the novel firmly planted in an uplifting crime/mystery.
Newly retired, Inspector Chopra's first day without employment is immediately taken over by a crime and an elephant. We are transported throughout the region as Chopra investigates the mysterious death his replacement at the police station immediately closes as a suicide. His adventures are harrowing but told in a cozy fashion, his wife is charming, his mother-in-law as annoying as we'd expect, and…well yes, the elephant. You'll just have to read it yourself to learn about the elephant.


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Unlike ordinary activities, projects are temporary and unique. Running projects requires vision, planning, sketching, communicating, monitoring and finally measuring the results.
In this module we want to ask:
- What is a project and how is it distinguished from ordinary activities?
- What is the role of a project manager?
- What are tools to develop a project?
- What are decisive steps to succeed?
- How can we avoid pitfalls?
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- What is engagement?
- What does engagement look like?
- How do you measure engagement?
- How do you engage students?
- Are compliant students always engaged?
- What sort of engagement is required to prepare students for life after school?
- If students are not engaged but are still succeeding at school, is this OK?
I presented some of my thoughts about engagement in a 7 minute presentation "Engaging 15-19 year olds" at the Opera House Teachmeet (#TMHouse) in December 2015. See my presentation slides here also hear my presentation here at timecode 24.40. Below are some of my thoughts on engagement behind my presentation.
What does engagement look like?
This is a difficult question to answer; often parents, students and the community measure student engagement based on the achievement of good results, such as A's, high Naplan, HSC and ATAR's, or getting into the right University course. These are often used because they are easy to measure but I would question whether this is the right way to measure engagement, as many students can still achieve excellent results without being engaged.
Students who are engaged:
- Learn because they want to really find out
- Do deep learning
- Are enthusiastic, passionate and ask lots of questions
- Understand their unique strengths and talents
- Have ownership of their learning and you can't stop them from getting involved
- Have a twinkle in their eye and a bounce in their step.
I don't know the best way to measure and identify when students are engaged, but tests on their own don't always offer a good insight.
What do you think engagement looks like and what ways do you use to identify and measure engagement beyond tests and numbers?
What does not being engaged look like?
When students are not engaged they will:
- Comply
- Retreat
- Rebel
Compliant students can perform well academically, often these can be top students or perhaps students who do just enough to get through under the radar. They can be very strategic about what they do, often just spending time only on what will get them more marks or on what they think the teacher thinks is important. The learning process or content has less value to these students than the grades. So you will often hear "What do I need to get more marks?" or "Just tell me what I need to do". These students can be ritual about their compliance, with the importance being on pleasing others, making their parents proud for example, or doing enough not to get into trouble.
These compliant students are not often questioned about their level of engagement because by all regular measures they seem to be performing and behaving well and thus are assumed to be engaged. When you remove the external extrinsic motivation, what is left? When you finally take away the reasons for compliance you are often left with a shell of a young adult, with no passion, no interests or self-belief.
I think we therefore need a balance between providing students with the structure and support to get good marks and giving students the freedom and ownership to discover the reason and motivation to drive their own learning.
This balance is a difficult one to do, often you need to give students the opportunity to discover their own selves, but this takes time to develop and learn and is often high risk if the important measure is the next test or HSC exam.
Retreating students will quietly disappear within a classroom. They are hard to see because they will not disrupt the classroom and will often do enough to make it look like they are engaged, but their minds can be anywhere but in the room. These students will retreat within themselves when the learning does not capture them. Like complying students, these students often slip through because they don't make a fuss or do just enough to do OK.
Rebelling students are the ones that everyone notices, because when the learning doesn't interest them they will let you know! They will often do things (such has get into trouble) to avoid doing the work because it does not engage them.
Students who are not engaged tend to have little control over their learning or what they do. Over time this can have a very negative effect on:
- How they see themselves
- Their understanding of what they like, are good at or what engages them
This can cause indifference to their education, learning and to life. It can also increase their anxiety around learning because how they see themselves is based on outcome or marks which they can't control. This can lead to negative mental health outcomes, which further effects learning and relationships. It can also cause major disruptions to other students' learning, especially if they rebel.
Students who are not engaged are also missing out on skills and knowledge that are important for work and life after school such as:
- Problem solving
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Application of skills to new tasks
- Taking responsibility for their learning and actions
Do we have learning environments and content to engage our students and to prepare them for life after the HSC?
In the next post I will discuss some of the programs we are trying at our school to engage students during the HSC to prepare them for life after school.


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Writer's Log #20: Making Time
By Joe Dyton
Ugh, I'm so embarrassed by how long it's been since I've written a new post. I guess if there's a positive to my lack of blog posts is that the reason is I've been busy writing. I have a pair of steady freelance gigs that have kept me busy when I get home from my day job. Between the 9 to 5 and my freelance writing, I just haven't had the time to blog like I had hoped.
Unfortunately, the other thing my writing schedule as cut down on is my marketing. I've dedicated so much time to working on articles when I get home at night, I have been unable to send out Letters of Interest and resumes at the rate I had been before I started getting work. The thing is, I need to be doing that. Right now, the two steady gigs I have make for a nice supplement to my full-time salary. However, I want my freelance income to get to the point that it could support me on a full-time basis if need be. I know that won't happen unless I start knocking on doors again and asking for work. As much as I would like it to be the case, work isn't just going to fall into my lap.
So for the past couple of months, I've just chalked up my lack of blogging and marketing to, "I'm too busy working, I don't have time for anything else." Well, today, I decided that's no longer a valid excuse. I need to carve out time each night to putting more posts on the blog and marketing my writing services. I'm still trying to figure out how to balance the full-time job/freelance writing/marketing/blogging quagmire.
I'd love to open this up to you, my readers. If you're a full-time employee and a freelance writer, or if you were a full-timer who wrote on the side and now freelance full-time, how do you/did you make time for your job, freelance work and to continue marketing? After a full day's work, how did you get up the energy to get back in front of a computer and start writing all over again? Did you ever take vacation days from your day job to catch up on freelance writing? Please leave any tips, suggestions, stories in the comments section below!
I also wanted to pose another question. I interview people who work at various companies for a lot of the articles I write. I'm not only a freelance journalist, but I'm a freelance copywriter, too. Is it in bad taste to ask sources for my articles about doing writing for their companies? Any insight on this would be much appreciated!
Thank you for reading. It's been far too long since I've done this and it feels great to be back. From now on, I'm going to make time to post here, even if I don't have it.
The Links:
Gideon Thomas shares how he turned his writing hobby into a career.
Allison VanNest offers a few tips on how to land more freelance writing jobs as a beginner.
Kirsty Stuart has seven reasons freelance writing clients aren't hiring you.
Christopher Cuna gives you self-motivation tricks to bring your business to a reality.
Joe Dyton (@dyton99) is a freelance journalist and copywriter in Washington, DC. He may be reached at email@example.com.


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NASA's Hubble Helps Astronomers Uncover the Brightest Quasar in the Early Universe
Zoom Lens in Space Gives Hubble a Peek into the Era of Galaxy Birth
Zoom Lens in Space Gives Hubble a Peek into the Era of Galaxy Birth
Less than a billion years after the big bang, a monster black hole began devouring anything within its gravitational grasp. This triggered a firestorm of star formation around the black hole. A galaxy was being born. A blowtorch of energy, equivalent to the light from 600 trillion Suns, blazed across the universe. Now, 12.8 billion years later, the Hubble Space Telescope captured the beacon from this event. But Hubble astronomers needed help to spot it. The gravitational warping of space by a comparatively nearby intervening galaxy greatly amplified and distorted the quasar's light, making it the... Read more
Astronomers Unveil Growing Black Holes in Colliding Galaxies
Largest infrared survey of nearby galaxies' cores reveals black holes in the process of merging
Largest infrared survey of nearby galaxies' cores reveals black holes in the process of merging
Some of the Hubble Space Telescope's most stunning images reveal galaxies in distress. Many of them are in the throes of a gravitational encounter with another galaxy. The photos show perfect pinwheel patterns stretched and pulled into irregular shapes. Streamers of gas and dust flow from galaxies into space. And in this chaos, batches of young, blue stars glow like tree lights, fueled by the dust and gas kicked up by the galactic encounter. For some galaxies, the powerful meeting with a passing galaxy will eventually end in mergers.
But hidden from view deep inside the dusty cores of these... Read more
Researchers Catch Supermassive Black Hole Burping — Twice
NASA Great Observatories team-up to identify flickering black hole
NASA Great Observatories team-up to identify flickering black hole
Supermassive black holes, weighing millions of times as much as our Sun, are gatherers not hunters. Embedded in the hearts of galaxies, they will lie dormant for a long time until the next meal happens to come along.
The team of astronomers using observations from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and as well as the W.M. Keck Observatory in Mauna Kea, Hawaii, and the Apache Point Observatory (APO) near Sunspot, New Mexico, zeroed in on a flickering black hole.
A black hole in the center of galaxy SDSS J1354+1327, located about 800 million light-years away, appears to... Read more
Collapsing Star Gives Birth to a Black Hole
Massive dying star goes out with a whimper instead of a bang
Massive dying star goes out with a whimper instead of a bang
Every second a star somewhere out in the universe explodes as a supernova. But some super-massive stars go out with a whimper instead of a bang. When they do, they can collapse under the crushing tug of gravity and vanish out of sight, only to leave behind a black hole. The doomed star, named N6946-BH1, was 25 times as massive as our sun. It began to brighten weakly in 2009. But, by 2015, it appeared to have winked out of existence. By a careful process of elimination, based on observations by the Large Binocular Telescope and the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, the researchers eventually... Read more
Gravitational Wave Kicks Monster Black Hole Out Of Galactic Core
Runaway black hole is the most massive ever detected far from its central home
Runaway black hole is the most massive ever detected far from its central home
Normally, hefty black holes anchor the centers of galaxies. So researchers were surprised to discover a supermassive black hole speeding through the galactic suburbs. Black holes cannot be observed directly, but they are the energy source at the heart of quasars — intense, compact gushers of radiation that can outshine an entire galaxy. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope made the discovery by finding a bright quasar located far from the center of the host galaxy.
Researchers estimate that it took the equivalent energy of 100 million supernovas exploding simultaneously to jettison the black hole. What... Read more
Hubble Dates Black Hole's Last Big Meal
Energetic event 'burped' billowing plasma bubbles 6 million years ago
Energetic event 'burped' billowing plasma bubbles 6 million years ago
About 6 million years ago, when our very remote ancestors began to evolve away from chimpanzees, our Milky Way galaxy's hefty black hole was enjoying a sumptuous feast. It gulped down a huge clump of interstellar hydrogen.
Now, eons later, we see the result of the black hole feast. The black hole "burped" hot plasma that is now towering far above and below the plane of our galaxy. These invisible bubbles, weighing the equivalent of millions of suns, are called the Fermi Bubbles. Their energetic gamma-ray glow was first discovered in 2010 by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. (Enrico Fermi was... Read more
NASA Telescopes Find Clues for How Giant Black Holes Formed So Quickly
Using data from three of NASA's Great Observatories (the Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory, and Spitzer Space Telescope), scientists have found the best evidence to date that supermassive black holes in the early universe were produced by the direct collapse of a gas cloud. If confirmed, this result could lead to new insight into how black holes were formed and grew billions of years ago. This artist's illustration depicts a possible "seed" for the formation of a supermassive black hole. The inset boxes contain Chandra (top) and Hubble (bottom) images of one of two candidate seeds,... Read more
Behemoth Black Hole Found in an Unlikely Place
Imagine driving through a small town containing modest-sized buildings and seeing a 100-story skyscraper. Astronomers found the equivalent monstrosity in space: a near-record supermassive black hole that weighs 17 billion suns and lives in a cosmic backwater community of a few galaxies. Until now, extremely massive black holes have been found at the cores of very large galaxies in regions of the universe packed with other large galaxies. This is not just coincidence. Like a cosmic Pac-Man, a monster black hole gobbles smaller black holes when two galaxies collide. This game of bumper cars is common... Read more
Hubble Finds That the Nearest Quasar Is Powered by a Double Black Hole
Quasars are the light fantastic. These brilliant cores of active galaxies blaze with the radiance of a hundred billion stars compressed into a region of space not much larger than our solar system. Supermassive black holes, with millions or billions of times the mass of our sun, are the only imaginable powerhouse behind these tsunamis of raw energy.
Hubble Space Telescope astronomers set their sights on the nearest quasar to Earth, Markarian 231, located 581 million light-years away. Black holes – even supermassive ones – are too compact to be resolved by any present-day telescope. So, astronomers... Read more
Hubble Video Shows Shock Collision Inside Black Hole Jet
One of the trademarks of the Star Wars film episodes is the dreaded Death Star battle station that fires a beam of directed energy powerful enough to blow up planets. The real universe has such fireworks, and they are vastly more powerful than the Star Wars creation. These extragalactic jets are tearing across hundreds of light-years of space at 98 percent the speed of light. Instead of a battle station, the source of the killer beam is a supermassive black hole weighing many million or even a billion times the mass of our sun. Energy from the spinning black hole, and its titanic magnetic fields,... Read more


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Why should I volunteer?
(1) The time you spend volunteering for the PMI Tulsa Chapter is an investment in yourself. For example, if you've ever wondered what it is like to be in charge of a business, you will get first hand experience because we are a prosperous business. Although we aren't in business to make a profit, we have business goals and we strive to create value with the resources at our disposal. Much of our chapter business is conducted through "virtual team" methods, so you can gain valuable business experience without a lot of time away from work and family.
(2) The time you spend volunteering is a great way to contribute to your profession. Professionals who give back to their discipline are among the most respected members of their profession, and the discipline of Project Management is no exception. Simply put, volunteering in your professional discipline is the right thing to do.
(3) If you want to expand your network of friends and professional associates, volunteering is a significant step beyond simply attending our chapter events. Be part of a great group.
What kind of volunteer jobs are needed by the PMI Tulsa Chapter?
What are your skills? What do you enjoy doing? You don't have to wait for the "right" volunteer position to be advertised. Let's create the right volunteer position based on your strengths and interests.
- If you want to exercise your leadership skills, consider an elected position on our Board of Directors. We do everything from strategic planning to tactical management, to front-line coordination.
- If you are good with record keeping and reporting, our Director of Finance would enjoy having some assistance with the books.
- If you like writing, graphical design or editing, our Director of Communications will welcome your help.
- If you are good at networking and person-to-person interactions, our Director of Marketing and Director of Membership need you today.
- If you want to learn web site design, virtual team collaboration, event management, public relations, there are plenty of opportunities to get involved.
- If you enjoy being a Project Manager, we have lots of projects to manage, too.
I'm a Project Management Professional (PMP). Can I earn PDU's for volunteering?
Yes. Volunteering can qualify for Category 5 Professional Development Units (PDUs). For a description of qualifying activities and number of PDUs you can earn, click here to launch the Continuing Education Requirement Handbook.
You do not need to be a PMP to be a volunteer or a member of the Board of Directors.
How do I learn more?
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Reuse, RE-use, RE: ReuseAlliance.org
Anyway, Good Point Recycling sponsored the dinner conversation in the name of WR3A, it was moderated by MaryEllen Etienne. About 30 attendees, most of them well known in the recycling field.
I shared the challenges of the World Reuse, Repair and Recycling Association, which at certain points of fantasy aspired to represent all types of reuse. We wound up specializing in electronics, and there, mostly as a speed bump on the road to stopping all reuse exports.
We got traction by publishing useful data on one page, the "Mining Factsheet" of 2003 (mostly designed to point out that if exports are curtailed so much that the products we buy result in mining, then the perfect has become the enemy of the good). With the hits on that page, we attracted people with a similar mission. The first grant came three years later. Two weeks ago, to be precise. I am working on a press release. It's fantastic. Stay tuned.
The temptation is to start a directory of all reuse businesses. I think Craigslist has that covered. They can go to secondary research, from Dept of Commerce and places like Rochester Institute of Technology (Dr. Nasr is a remanufacturing guru there), and try to distill a "Factsheet". If the facts draw people, they have an audience ("Hey! That describes MY business!") and businesses will link to it or refer people to it. That can become a mailing list.
We'll stay in touch. We have revamped the Certification Tool page at WR3A.org. More on that, too, will come later.
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Thanks Robin for getting the word out.
The Reuse Alliance was indeed thrilled to host the 1st National Reuse Summit as part of the reuse track we developed for the GRRN National Zero Waste Conference. Once again, we'd like to thank all four event co-sponsors for their support: Green Office Systems, iWasteNot Systems, US EPA Region 2, and WR3A.
The summit brought together over 30 people from around the country for a spirited discussion about reuse. Participants represented leaders from reuse sector organizations, government agencies, environmental educators, and community activists. We had conversations about the importance of data and outreach on raising public awareness of reuse, and several actionable ideas came out of the summit. These discussions helped further develop a strategy that will allow the Reuse Alliance to help meet the needs of the reuse sector. If anyone would like to review the proceedings from the 1st National Reuse Summit, or the reuse panels that took place earlier that day, please visit our website (http://www.reusealliance.org/resources).
Readers may also be interested to hear that the Reuse Alliance is launching our campaign to establish a "National Reuse Day" on October 20th of every year (the date was chosen in acknowledgment of the National Reuse Summit). We hope you will join in this effort. Please contact us for more information.
Lastly, I would like to encourage all of Robin's blog readers to help support our work by becoming an official member of Reuse Alliance (http://www.reusealliance.org/join).
MaryEllen Etienne
Executive Director
Reuse Alliance
Reuse is the original green collar job!
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This week, I am living a second adventure outside of my comfort zone. I am taking a workshop with Pat Dews, an award winning American artist that started off as a realistic watercolour painter and is now an abstract and mixed techniques painter.
I signed up after taking a previous workshop exploring Abstraction in May, which I enjoyed so much and thought this would bring my art forward.
I meant to share my thoughts every night when I got home but found myself too tired and drained by the time I sat down at the end of the day. Let me tell you the experience is novel and quite tiring. Fun, yes, but speed of execution, noise and lack of space were difficult to deal with the first 2 days, not to mention working on paper which I never really did before.
So here is what I learned so far. I summarized each day with one main idea I felt needed to be integrated completely to move forward. I heard these main ideas before, we've probably all read about them, but now, they were demonstrated to us in quite an enlightening manner.
Here is my take on the workshop so far and what I learned:
Day 1- On the first day I learned that I have to look at the world in terms of SHAPES, first an foremost, Small, Medium and Large shapes. You need the 3 kinds in your painting.
Day 2- On the second day, I learned that "It is only a piece of paper" (or a canvas), it's not the end of the world! I knew that already but it finally sank in. Don't worry, relax and enjoy the ride and if you hate the result, don't lose sleep over it, cover it up tomorrow. We were told to make a failed painting on purpose, to put anything any which way on a piece of paper or a canvas, so that we could rescue it later, to get rid of fear, you know, that fear of failing.
Day 3- Today, I learned that you can go beyond a failed painting and make it good if you keep working at it, especially with acrylics. Cover it up, change the focal point, make up shapes, don't get discouraged and go with it. Invent, create, do anything and think composition. The possibilities are endless! A lot is about attitude. Don't worry so much about it, don't give up !
Here are a few tips:
1- One of the most important thing is SCALE – make sure not everything is the same size and that your shapes are not too big or to small for the size of paper or canvas you are working on.
2- In abstract, you must show depth by overlapping your shapes, so overlap what you want to come forward, decide what you want to come forward.
3- Texture adds a lot to a larger shape: add grids, use wax paper, newspaper, saran wrap, texture, texture, texture your larger shapes unless you want it to be an absolute quiet space.
4- Make the eye travel through your painting by using leading elements. One dot can add a lot
5- Use a picture for inspiration if you want, but look for shapes, not details.
The "Failed painting" concept:
A very interesting few days indeed ! Here is a work in progress I started with putting yellows and reds any which way and that I had used to protect my table while painting a previous smaller piece, in order to create a "failed painting".


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'Friday the 13th' is the retelling of the original about teenaged summer camp counselors that are systematically slaughtered by a mysterious killer. The new Jason Voorhees will appear in his familiar setting at Crystal Lake.
'Friday the 13th' hits theatres on Friday 13th February, 2009.


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Drug Rehab:
Statistics have shown that their are approximately 90 marijuana users, 39 people abusing prescription drugs, 14 cocaine addicts, and 6 people using hallucinogens that live in Moscow, Pennsylvania.
There will also be close to 11 people arrested for drug charges and around 8 DUIs in Moscow this year.
After deciding that you will need aid with a drug addiction you have made the first and most difficult step toward recovery, but the next step of looking for that help might be a intimidating task if you do not know where to look. This page provides you with a list of public, private, non-profit, and gay drug rehab centers and intervention specialists near Moscow, Pennsylvania.
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On Pointe teaches the traditional dance of the Hawaiian Island.
Ages: 5 years and above, as recommended by an instructor
Dance Wear:
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- Boys: Sweatpants & t-shirt suitable for movement.
Dance Shoes: Barefoot, unless otherwise instructed.
Hair: All hair must be pulled back out of the face. If ponytail is longer than the shoulder blades, the hair must be in a bun. The only jewelry that can be worn in any class is stud earrings.


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Hochschild Mining
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Questor says HOLD
Hochschild Mining
Just one month after the second round of quantitative easing (QE), the Federal Reserve chairman raised the prospect of another round of asset purchases – or QEIII. This has caused investors to fret about prospects for the dollar – boosting precious metals prices. This has prompted shares of all miners in the sector to rise, including Hochschild.
When Questor last gave an update on the Latin American-focused silver miner at the start of October, the shares were rated as a hold. It was argued that the valuation looked pretty full and there could be a rally in the dollar that would hit silver prices.
Unusually, the price of silver has kept charging ahead, despite some strengthening of the dollar last month. This has caused Hochschild shares to continue to surge – and they have risen by more than a quarter in the two months since Questor last said hold.
The prospect of more QE certainly looks like a negative for the dollar – and investors continue to worry about European sovereign debt and the future of the single currency. Against this backdrop, it is not surprising that precious metals are seen as a safe haven against devaluing currencies.
Yesterday, RBC Capital upgraded its rating on the shares to "outperform" from "sector-perform" after it had updated its models. The bank increased its 2011 silver forecast to $25 (£16) an ounce from $18 and its long-term silver price assumption (2015) was raised to $17.50 from $15, with $20 forecast for 2014.
Hochschild recently sold its remaining 6pc stake in Lake Shore Gold, raising C$80m (£50.2m). This represented a 37pc profit on its initial investment and it will strengthen the group's balance sheet and help fund its exploration plans. Hochschild has also recently bought into another exploration programme in Chile.
The company has raised confidence in its prospects by increasing the mine life of its operations by finding new resources. This had been a major focus of investor concern. In the first half of this year, the company increased its total mine life by 11pc to 7.9 years. At the end of 2008, the mine life figure stood at just 5.9 years. In its third-quarter update, the company did not restate its mine life but this is expected to grow further in the second half after the company materially increased the resource life of the San José property from 8.4 to about 12.5 years.
The shares are trading on a December 2010 earnings multiple of 36.3, falling to 18.6 next year. There is no doubt that this rating is high, but if the silver price stays at these levels then the shares will continue to outperform.
They were first recommended on August 23 last year at 284.2p and they are up 132pc compared with a FTSE 100 up 20pc.
However, Questor is cautious. Should the silver rally come to an end, it is likely to see a sharp correction as investors cash in this year's substantial gains.
Questor thinks it prudent that if investors want to buy into the company, they should wait and see what happens. Should the silver price dip, buy Hochschild.
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We have many different farm animal displays setup throughout our barns along with educational signs telling you some fun facts about our animals.
Enjoy our hands-on petting farm area and even try feeding some little animals.
Finish off with a tractor-pulled hayride out to the pumpkin patch to find that perfect pumpkin.
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A property expert has expressed optimism about the long-term prospects for Britain's housing market.
Phil Spencer, presenter of Channel 4's Location Location Location, said it is not a "happy time"for the property sector in the UK at the moment.
However, he stated that market conditions are likely to recover in time, as soon as the state of affairs in the wider economy gets better.
Mr Spencer commented: "Once the financial markets, the economy and the housing markets have started to recover, those people will all move."
He added that as soon as the market bottoms out and starts its ascent, consumer confidence should begin to pick up.
Nevertheless, he stated that people would still be asking how long this recovery is likely to take.
This comes after Nationwide reported that the average price of a house in the UK fell to £158,872 in October 2008.
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SBF Representation
The Scottish Building Federation is represented on a number of important industry bodies and organisations;
CITB Council
SBF Representative: Craig Bruce (Pert Bruce Construction)
The CITB Council is an integral part of CITB governance and, as the 'voice' of the industry, provides insight into industry challenges across nations and industry sectors.
B&CE Board
SBF Representative: David Smth
Created in 1942 to offer financial services to the Building and Civil Engineering industry, B&CE is a still a not-for-profit organisation providing simple financial products. Today, B&CE have expanded with coverage across all sectors, offering a range of services such as employee accident and life cover and the popular automatic enrolment solution The People's Pension.
B&CE continue to acknowledge their construction heritage with industry representatives on their Board, widespread engagement across the sector and through the development of the B&CE Charitable Trust.
Scottish Building Apprenticeship and Training Council (SBATC)
SBF Representative: SBATC Chair Gavin Hay (City Building (Glasgow) LLP)
The Scottish Building Apprenticeship and Training Council (SBATC) was created by SBF in 1934 to regulate the training and working conditions of apprentices entering the industry. Today, SBATC retains these crucial objectives whilst also acting as the registration and joint awarding body for all construction apprenticeships in Scotland.
SBATC therefore plays a key role in determining the nature and duration of construction apprenticeships, agreeing the terms and conditions of apprenticeship in addition to shaping and approving the curriculum of craft qualifications including the 'skills test'.
Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC)
SBF Representative: Alastair White
SBF is the only Scottish representative in a grouping of nine trade federations around the CIJC table when negotiating the collectively bargained Working Rule Agreement which sets standard terms and conditions of employment across the industry.
Constructing Better Health Board
SBF Representative: Vaughan Hart
Constructing Better Health (CBH) is a not-for-profit scheme dedicated to improving the standard of occupational health management in the construction industry. SBF Managing Director, Vaughan Hart, is also a Director of CBH, representing the interests of SBF Members and the wider Scottish construction industry in progressing this increasingly important agenda.
Scottish Building Contract Committee (SBCC) / The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT)
SBF Representatives: Eric Fleming and Ian Honeyman
Construction Scotland - Industry Leadership Group
SBF Representative: Derek Shewan (Robertson Group Ltd)
The Construction Scotland Industry Leadership Group (ILG) brings together key figures from the private and public sector to drive sector growth and industry wide collaboration and alignment.
The ILG is charged with developing industry‐led strategies for construction, providing leadership to stimulate action by businesses and promote industry growth. The ILG also has a number of working groups in areas such as Procurement and Skills and People which are also populated by SBF Members.
Scottish Parliament Cross Party Group on Construction
SBF Representative: Vaughan Hart
The aim of the CGP on Construction is to ensure that Scotland has a world-class construction industry delivering best value for its clients, a safe environment on its sites and a proper career path and employment prospects for its people.
The CPG on Construction will be the forum for Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs), stakeholders and interested parties to engage directly with each other in order to raise awareness of the opportunities and challenges facing the sector and to better inform the development of policy in this important area.
Scottish Parliament Cross Party Group on Skills
SBF Representative: Paul Mitchell
The aim of the CPG on Skills is to bring together a wide range of organisations and individuals involved in skills development in Scotland to discuss and share ways in which skills development can be enhanced to bring sustainable economic benefits.