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Initiative "Schulen: Partner der Zukunft"
The "Schools: Partners for the Future" (PASCH) initiative creates a global network of more than 2,000 PASCH schools with particular ties to Germany. The Goethe-Institut supports around 600 PASCH schools in the national education systems of over 100 countries.
The "Schools: Partners for the Future" (PASCH) initiative was launched in February 2008 by Germany's Federal Foreign Office. PASCH is coordinated by the Federal Foreign Office and implemented in cooperation with the Central Agency for Schools Abroad (ZfA), the Goethe-Institut, the German Academic Exchange Service and the Educational Exchange Service of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Guiding principles and goalsPASCH is organized according to four guiding principles:
- prospects through education,
- broadened horizons through multilingualism,
- access to language and education and
- joint tackling of future problems as an international community of learners
"Schools: Partners for the Future" initiative
The initiative is coordinated by the Federal Foreign Office and implemented in cooperation with the Central Agency for Schools Abroad (ZfA), the Goethe-Institut, the German Academic Exchange Service and the Educational Exchange Service of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany.
The network of German schools abroad and schools offering the German Language Certificate is being strengthened. Furthermore, cooperation with schools is being stepped up with a view to anchoring German as a foreign language more firmly within national education systems. In addition, scholarships for pursuing a course of study in Germany and opportunities for school exchanges and twinning programmes are made available.
Goals of PASCH
The initiative is designed to arouse and sustain young people's interest in and enthusiasm for modern-day Germany, German society and the German language. A global network of partner schools of the Federal Republic of Germany is being created; the schools become part of an international community of learners through shared activities and exchange.
PASCH offers attractive training courses that help give pupils and teachers qualifications that will serve them well in the longer term, thereby building upon the skills that the young people will need to study in Germany and in their later professional lives. It additionally aims to establish lively and long-lasting ties to Germany and to encourage schools, teachers and pupils to share their thoughts and ideas openly with one another and to work together. Furthermore, PASCH is linked to other foreign cultural relations and educational policy initiatives such as the "Kulturweit" voluntary service.
Role and activities of the Goethe-Institut
The Goethe-Institut helps the more than 600 schools it supports to include or expand German teaching on their curricula. It offers teachers further training in pedagogical methods and language courses, and equips schools with modern multimedia-friendly teaching, learning and cultural studies materials. Within the framework of the initiative, the Goethe-Institut has additionally sent teaching experts out to assist the partner schools around the world. Youth programmes are run in Germany for pupils from participating schools, allowing them to improve their language proficiency, develop their intercultural skills and experience Germany and its culture at first hand.
- General area
- Teachers' area
- Students' area
The general area features information about the participating institutions and their activities. These include projects within the framework of the PASCH initiative, blogs from staff working in different regions of the world, PASCH youth courses in Germany and a forum where schools can find international twinning partners. An interactive world map provides an overview of the network of partner schools, and the participating schools present brief portraits of themselves.
The teachers' area
In this area, teachers can find ideas about how to use PASCH-net in their German lessons, download teaching materials and obtain information about pedagogical methods. The PASCH learning platform allows teachers to set up their own virtual classrooms or to use existing courses.
In the community, teachers can share material or find partners for their project ideas. Thanks to the community, the learning platform and blogs, teachers can realize international projects such as regional online school newspapers or podcasts.
On its PASCH learning platform, PASCH-net offers tutored online further training courses for teachers. In the PASCH-net-Führerschein online course, teachers learn about the website's advantages for German lessons, such as the communities, learning platform and PASCH-Global school newspaper. In the Moodle-Führerschein online course they learn how the PASCH learning platform, which is based on Moodle software, can be used in school lessons or during a teaching training course.
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
The students' area
Pupils learning German at PASCH schools can share ideas and opinions with other pupils in the community. They can also upload texts, photos and videos there, set up groups and join forum discussions.
Competitions and projects encourage pupils to get involved. Texts with different levels of difficulty provide information about Germany, including options for studying there.
Discussion topics, activities and language games for learners of German.
Anyone who wants to play an active role in the communities or the learning platform on PASCH-net has to register and then log in using their e-mail address and password.
School portraits
We are pleased to showcase a number of representative projects and events organised as part of the initiative "Schools: Partners for the Future" on this page: PASCH-Activities
Partner Schools
As a designated Language College, Tomlinscote School considers modern languages a basis for pupils' carreer chances and aims to offer as wide a choice of languages as possible.
We were delighted to learn that German is offered as a first foreign language and that all students are expected to take at least one foreign language to GCSE examination.
The German Department at Tomlinscote School is currently working on increasing the take-up of German. To ensure that pupils receive an authentic impression of German-speaking countries, the school has joined various partnerships such as with the Robert Bosch Gymnasium in Wedlingen.
An intensive and constantly developing exchange programme benefits in particular pupils in Key Stages 3 and 5. Those in KS 5 are offered the option to do a one-week work experience in Germany.
Tomlinscote School already has some experience in Content and Language Integrated Learning Projects (CLIP). As a member of the "Schools, Partners for the Future" project the school hopes to play a part in further developing cross-curricular teaching in the UK.
Tomlinscote School
The school had already been involved in a number of CLIL projects (Content Language Integrated Learning) and it has been able to intensify and extend these projects. Since the start of the partner school initiative a number of primary and secondary schools in the Crewe area have been motivated to choose German as their foreign language and these schools are also currently engaged in a number of CLIL projects.
Leighton Academy
Over the last years a great number of projects as well as educational and cultural events have made Bishopbriggs Academy a nationally acclaimed example of excellence (i.e.: Modern Languages Excellence Report 2011). This partnership project has had a significant impact with teaching colleagues, education authorities and elected political members at both a local and national level with responsibility for education. It has aided and positively influenced promoting the teaching and learning of German in Scottish education and increased the interest in German society.
Bishopsbriggs Academy
Colyton Grammar School is regarded as one of the best schools in the country with Ofsted rating the school as 'Outstanding'.
As a progressive school it has the most advanced technology, including a languages lab and a video conferencing system. The school offers its students a wide range of extra-curricular activities and operates through the "Leading Edge Partnership" scheme with seven other selective secondary schools in its local area as well as with the University of Exeter.
German is offered as a second foreign language after French from Year 8. The German department has a total of five teaching staff and has carried out successful collaborative projects with sixth-form students in primary schools.
In addition to this, the German department maintains an exchange program with the Gymnasium Eckental in Bavaria, as part of which sixth form students complete a work placement in Germany. Moreover, trips to Berlin are also regularly arranged in collaboration with the history department.
Colyton Grammar School
The school takes an active part as a 'Leading-Edge' school in the development of innovations in the educational sector and trains new teachers as a 'Teaching school'. Moreover, in co-operation with the Bergische Universität Wuppertal the school offers internships abroad for German teaching students.
The school has already been admitted into the digital network a while ago. It is also very active in the 'Think German' network of the University of East Anglia and offers free teacher trainings for local German teachers as part of the EEG (East England German network) since 2015. A local German teacher has received the 'German Teacher Award' in 2016, a local annual award, organised by the German Embassy in London. Farlingaye High School perfectly blends into the network of partner schools in the United Kindgom.
Farlingaye High School
It was founded in 1896 as a Catholic school for boys which was turned into a coeducational sixth form college in the 1970ies. At present, more than 1700 students are doing their A-level courses at St Brendan's in Bristol in southwestern England.
As a Leading Edge School in the Bristol area for the German language, St Brendan's Sixth Form College offers its students the opportunity of the Halsbury Work Experience, a work experience placement camp in Aachen, Dortmund, Köln, Münster or Koblenz, a town with which the college has had links for a long time.
St Brendan's also enables its learners of German to collaborate with local primary and secondary schools in a mentoring program. Sixth formers from St Brendan's College support pupils from these schools, thus profiting not only in terms of their German language skills but also on a personal level because of being able to pass on their love of the German language and culture.
What is more, the college guarantees an innovative teaching approach in the MFL department, making students use the virtual learning environment Moodle, with access to podcasts, videos, homework and class work.
Further, St Brendan's is to become an examination centre for the German language and the Goethe Zertifikat for the Bristol area by 2020.
St Brendan's Sixth Form College


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Daud Arabian, part of Oman-based Daud group of companies, and UAE-based Majid Al Futtaim Ventures, part of Majid Al Futtaim Holding, has announced a joint venture partnership in UAE-based F&B company Gourmet Gulf Company. The partnership marks the entry of Majid Al Futtaim Ventures into the Middle East F&B market.
Gourmet Gulf was founded by Daud Arabian in 2006 and holds the exclusive development and franchise rights in a number of Middle East markets for brands such as California Pizza Kitchen, Morelli's Gelato, YO! Sushi and Hummingbird Bakery.
"The Middle East and surrounding markets are experiencing some of the fastest growth in he world, particularly in the food industry. This partnership enables Gourmet Gulf to scale our operations and propel our rate of expansion in a dynamic, but considered manner to maintain our leading position in the F&B franchising sector," says Sami Daud, CEO, Gourmet Gulf.
"This is a landmark partnership as our first investment in the Middle East F&B sector. Gourmet Gulf is a very well respected operator with an exceptional portfolio of brands and a solid track record in the region. Combining this with our retail expertise makes for a compelling alliance, and we are confident of mutual success," says Ahmed Galal Ismail, CEO of Majid Al Futtaim Ventures.
Gourmet Gulf which currently operates 25 F&B outlets across the Gulf is scheduled to open over 10 restaurants in the next six months. "Our objective is to have well over 100 outlets in operation by 2020, a goal that we are well on our way to achieving. In addition to the opening of new outlets of our existing franchise brands, we are also in the final stages of signing a number of new concepts for the region which will launch very early next year," says Daud.


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The Last Remnant PC Game
The Last Remnant is set in a fictional world featuring a number of distinct humanoid races; the Mitras, most human in appearance, the Yamas, strong fish-like people, the Qsitis, small reptilians, and the Sovanis, feline people with four arms. The story of the game revolves around "remnants", mysterious and coveted ancient artifacts of varying shapes and sizes which possess magic powers and which have been the cause of several wars throughout the game's history. As Remnants come in varying forms, all cities throughout the world have one that their ruler is bound to that assist to govern and bring peace to their assigned realm.
For example, Athlum has the Valeria Heart; a gigantic sword set in the middle of the Town Square. It governs courage and gives all those it surrounds the strength to stand up for their rights. David, the ruler of Athlum also is bound to the Gae Bolg; a weapon Remnant that is shaped like a cannon and can deliver devastating effects on the battlefield.
Ten cities have been revealed for the world of The Last Remnant which are Athlum, Balterossa, Celepaleis, Ghor, Royotia, Melphina, Nagapur, Baaluk, Elysion, and Undelwalt. They all have their own monumental Remnants.
Game Features
The Last Remnant features a brand new battle system labelled by Hiroshi Takai
(director) as a "Turn-based, command-based system using symbol encounters." There are no random encounters.It also contains quick time events, sequences where the player must press a combination of buttons with a correct timing to defeat enemies. Pressing a correct button on the correct timing increases the battle effect and increase the damage too. Also,the next player attacking will also be pushed up on the action list.
In addition to the main character, the player's team (called a "Union") is composed of a number of soldiers whose skills vary according to different parameters. One parameter is the "morale" bar, which is affected by the events in battle and affects the way characters perform in battle. Battles can involve up to 70 enemies at once and are at the core of the gameplay. Nobuyuki Ueda has commented on the battle system, claiming that it is "much deeper than the few seconds it received in the movie".Additionally, a high number of quests are expected.
Unlockable: New Game +
Beat the game and start a new one and you'll be able to carry over certian things. Components, formations, gold, magazines, maps, Mr. Digg's status, and Rush's first tier of arts are carried over.
System Requirements:
Windows XP SP2/ Vista **
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo (2 Ghz) / AMD Athlon X2 (2 Ghz)
RAM: 1,5 Gb
Video: Nvidia Geforce 8600 VRAM 256 MB or better
Sound: 100% DirectSound Compatible Sound Card
Optical: DVD-ROM Dual-Layer
Internet: Broadband Connection
Display 1024×768, 32 Bit
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Flipkart spends 80 percent of its digital marketing budget on mobile: Flipkart Ads business head Prakash Sikaria
MUMBAI: While addressing a session at a marketing conclave in Mumbai, that debated the relevance of mobile marketing and the need to go app first for brands, Flipkart Ads business head Prakash Sikaria shared that the eCommerce giant spends almost 80 percent of its digital marketing budget on mobile.
Sikaria's confidence in the medium stems from the data the eCommerce site has gathered as an advertising and eCommerce platform that tracks its consumers' usage behaviour on multiple screens.
When posed with the question 'is mobile a minor or a major screen' Sikaria simply asked, 'Is that even a debate'. To back his astonishment at the topic of debate, Sikaria shared that for a eCommerce company such as Flipkart going mobile first was only natural, given that more and more of the site's consumers are switching to spending more time on their smartphones.
"Just to put things in perspective, 3 hrs of mobile in India is equatable to 92 mins of television, which is in turn equatable to 31 minutes of desktop usage by viewers. What we see as a consumption pattern for several businesses mobile is the only screen in India, and going forward a large proportion of the time spent on any medium by consumers would be on mobile," Sikaria shared, highlighting how India is unique in its mobile friendliness.
Sharing some data the eCommerce platform has gathered from its own consumer research and data and analysis of consumer behaviour on the platform, around 50 per cent of the time spent on mobile is used for communication. According to the consumer pattern gathered from traffic on Flipkart's mobile app and its web usage analysis, Sikaria inferred that usually customers try the mobile app first, and once they are convinced with the services and have grown loyalty towards the brand, they move to web. This places mobile marketing as the supreme most important requirement for a brand that functions mostly digitally, as it introduces the service to new consumers.
"We have also noticed that across metrics there is better customer engagement and better customer experience on mobile from how much time consumers spend on the site per visit, to how many successful transactions they complete per visit," Sikaria shared.
As per Sikaria, once the user has jumped the hurdle of downloading the app the engagement is far higher on mobile than on other medium like desktop, provided the app is designed conveniently for them. That is the reason every ecommerce site, every travel startup or web based business wants their app to by in everyone's phones.
It is to be noted that between the four to five major eCommerce players in the country, television media raised about Rs 1,200 crores in advertising revenue in a single quarter, albeit it was before Diwali last year.
Now with a key player such as Flipkart thinking mobile first, should television advertisement slot seller be worried about the smaller screen stealing away the advertisers which are native to the medium?


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Today's google doodle is of Simone de Beauvoir, a woman I really should know more about since I don't mind the feminist label and I am an avid reader. What really struck me though was seeing the images of her, it instantly reminded me of my paternal grandmother who was part French--something that I probably should not mention since there is a sort of friendly animosity between the English and that country across the Channel ;-). Unfortunately I didn't inherit much of the inherent French chic from her nor did I get any of the tall, blonde, gorgeousness from the Scandinavian side of my Dad's family.
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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3)
Description of problem:
Problem occurs when trying to add an FC3 x86_64 samba machine to an
ADS domain. the "net ads join" command will segfault.
(both the version included in FC3 and the development version
(3.0.8-3) have this problem)
Problem is known and resolved in samba:
Please include fix here.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
How reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
1. setup system to prepare to join ADS domain
2. run net ads join -U firstname.lastname@example.com
3. sigh as the command segfaults ;-/
Actual Results: Segfault
Expected Results: No segfault
Additional info:
Seems to be fixed in samba-3.0.10-1.fc3, so this bug can be closed.


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(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump renewed his Twitter assault on OPEC, pushing the case for lower oil prices a week before the cartel meets to set production policy.
"Oil prices are too high, OPEC is at it again. Not good!," the president tweeted on Wednesday morning. It's the second time he's used social media to rail against the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. He made similar comments in April.
The U.S. is putting pressure on OPEC members to increase production as global benchmark prices flirt with $80 a barrel, raising pump prices in the months before the U.S. votes in midterm elections that could decide which party controls Congress. A mix of new U.S. sanctions on Iran, chaos in Venezuela and robust global growth has tightened the oil market. The U.S. has lobbied Saudi Arabia and other members, arguing they need to raise output by 1 million barrels a day to keep prices in check, people told Bloomberg News earlier this month.
Saudi Arabia has floated several plans to fellow OPEC members as the kingdom seeks consensus before the meeting in Vienna next week. Russia, the leading country outside OPEC that's part of the current agreement, is also pushing for higher production. But the countries pushing for looser policy face staunch opposition from Iran and Venezuela, both under sanctions from Washington.
Although Saudi Arabia has benefited from oil's rally over the last two years, the government relies on a strong security relationship with the U.S., giving Washington some influence in the debate over OPEC policy. And while purchases have waned as shale production has grown, America is traditionally one of the biggest customers for Saudi oil.
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and President Vladimir Putin are meeting in Moscow tomorrow to discuss oil policy on the sidelines of the opening match of the FIFA World Cup. The full organization, plus non-members like Russia who agreed to take part in the earlier round of production cuts, are meeting June 22 and 23 in Vienna.
Saudi Arabia last month signaled it was ready to boost output in the second half of the year to ease consumer anxiety about higher prices, a policy U-turn for the kingdom that only weeks earlier advocated for production restraint.
"I think in the near future there will be time to release supply," Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in Russia in late May.
The change in Saudi tone came after major oil consuming nations, including the U.S., India and China, complained about rising fuel prices. On April 20, Donald Trump took to Twitter to lambaste the cartel's push for higher prices. "Looks like OPEC is at it again," he tweeted. "Oil prices are artificially Very High!"
Trump's tweets drew lots of responses, including one from oil hedge fund founder Pierre Andurand, who expects prices will be above $150 a barrel in less than two years. "At current prices U.S. oil producers are still losing money. Adding to their $500bil of losses since 2007... so if all production growth is unprofitable what makes oil prices high?? Maybe they are actually way too low..."
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I would love to take some star trails and would like so feedback as to what turns out best.
I would have thought a 4 hour exposure at f22 is how it is done, but I have heard about taking multiple exposures and blend them together.These two attempts of mine (and I am not worried about the flare from a local street light at this point) were both taken with 2 minute exposures, the first being at f22 and the second at f3.5, both had a 30 second interval.
The first image had 4 exposures and the second one had two exposures.
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Our Freedom
Posted by Patricia at Tuesday, July 03, 2012
2 comments:
- Scarlett Rains said...
I've seen this video before and I thought it was well done. Having been reared in a military children's home, I have a strong patriotic sense of duty. Our country is changing and we must be mindful to participate and do our part to make the changes beneficial to the whole.
God bless you, Patricia, and God bless our country.
- July 6, 2012 at 11:56 AM
- Patricia said...
Hi Scarlett,
I share you patriotic feelings and wanted to acknowledge July 4th ... I think Matt Damon did a great job. I especially liked his quote: "...a perfect union will not just happen...."
You are the first (and only) person I've met that was reared in a military children's home. I suspect you have had an interesting life.
Thanks for stopping by,
Blessings and Peace to you, Patricia
- July 6, 2012 at 12:20 PM
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Eden took this photo of Chili and I. Chili is getting very old. She wants to be loved all the time. She's a good excuse for a nap.
Travel - Solar and Wind Power - Cob and Strawbale Construction - Electric Cars - New Physics - Metaphysics - Oddities and Silly Videos - Photographs of my Life. That's about it.
Sunday, January 29, 2006
We've been enjoying some choice google videos lately, seen via some guy's best of site. Everything from amazing guitar or ukelele solos, to totally weird Japanese acts.
Tonight I faxed letters to my California senators, asking them to filibuster Mr. Alito. And I sent out an annoying email plea to all my friends to do likewise. We all get so busy it's easy to miss when our democracy is being overthrown from within. This Alito dude is bad news.
I also made curtains for my new massage studio this afternoon. I used a few classical sarongs from Bali and two of Krista's balinese silk hangings. Looks good. We decided that I should use our back room instead of Krista's studio and I'm really happy about it. It's a beautiful space. I called or wrote to my long time clients and hope to be up and running very soon. I also went out and bought new sheets! I got three sets of cozy flannel sheets for only $12 each! On sale. A nice affirmation for re-starting my practice.
Tonight I faxed letters to my California senators, asking them to filibuster Mr. Alito. And I sent out an annoying email plea to all my friends to do likewise. We all get so busy it's easy to miss when our democracy is being overthrown from within. This Alito dude is bad news.
I also made curtains for my new massage studio this afternoon. I used a few classical sarongs from Bali and two of Krista's balinese silk hangings. Looks good. We decided that I should use our back room instead of Krista's studio and I'm really happy about it. It's a beautiful space. I called or wrote to my long time clients and hope to be up and running very soon. I also went out and bought new sheets! I got three sets of cozy flannel sheets for only $12 each! On sale. A nice affirmation for re-starting my practice.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Homeschool Bowling
India and I have been going bowling monday afternoons for the past 5 weeks or so. One of the homeschool moms set it up. We went yesterday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) and the place was packed. Usually it's a ghost town.
Both India and I had record scores for our last game! She rolled 126 and I got 216!!
My previous high was 181 way back when I was India's age. My dad was upper management in Atlanta's public transit company and at some point we joined the bus drivers' leauge. I got to bowl with 3 black bus drivers, which was so cool! Of course I must have totally sucked. The drivers were all very good and quite serious about competing within the league. I think the management folk were evenly distributed to handicap all the bus drivers' teams evenly.
India is probably the best out of all the kids, although her style is pretty weird. Somehow it works for her. I'm glad we get to go bowling together. It's fun.
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Unsolicited Advice
Buy some silver. Maybe some gold. Do it soon.
(If you happen to have any savings.)
Why? Because the US dollar may soon plummet in value. Will likely soon plummet in value. So if you happen to have any savings, the value of your savings is about to decline. Perhaps radically. It's hard for normal folks to comprehend, and for an idiot like me it's nearly impossible. But I've got some smart friends who have been patiently trying to explain these things to me.
And they say that the government is printing so much money the printing presses are melting. This means inflation. They point out that foreign governments are starting to quietly offload dollar reserves for other currencies. Uh oh! And there's that pesky Iranian Bourse that's firing up in March--that'll either start world war III in earnest or kick the legs out from under the ol' petrodollar. And speaking of petroleum, what happens when prices inevitably skyrocket? Hmmmm.
So buying gold or silver is a hedge against inflation. As the dollar loses value these metals gain in value. Still, it's not really an investment to make money so much as an effort to keep your money from going away. If you consider the costs of just three things: housing, heating and health care you'll get a sense of how drastically inflation is rising. Inflation means that your money is worth less and less.
Personally I dislike gold. I agree with the lepreuchan in Finian's Rainbow who says that it's not intended for mortal folk, it's too powerful and causes chaos and misery. Certainly the mining of it tends to result in environmental attrocities. Call me soft hearted. Or soft headed, I don't care. Silver, for me, just seems cleaner. On the other hand, if you have gobs of money you'd like to preserve, gold is alot more convenient--for example, $10,000 worth of gold weighs about a pound and $10,000 worth of silver more like 70 pounds.
Okay, so here's what you do: take your cash money down to the ye old coin shop and buy some pre-1965 half dollars or quarters. You can also buy silver bars or one ounce minted units, but I think you're safer with the old coins. And ignore all those pretty 'collectible' coins. Take a bag of silver coins home and stash 'em under the ol' mattress. Or if that's too lumpy dig a hole in the back yard or something. I don't care. Just do it. By the way, you use cash so the government doesn't know you have it. Especially if you are buying gold. They've confiscated gold in the past. They just might do it again. (Which is also one argument agains keeping your loot in a bank's safe deposit box.)
Now on the other hand--just on the off-chance that the banks all go bust (that your bank goes bust), it might not hurt to have some cash money too. That you can keep under the mattress. I doubt it'll happen (though it sure did in Argentina not so long ago). If it does happen though (perhaps if the real estate bubble really pops hard) your cash money will become very very valuable, at least for a time.
There. You've been warned. Now I can sleep peacefully.
Of course, maybe you don't have any savings anyway. In that case....Uh....Hell, I don't know.
Be of good cheer,
ps. Krista pointed out that this all makes it seem like we have thousands of dollars stashed under OUR mattress and I've just posted an invitation to robbers. So I had to take the money out of our mattress and bury it in the backyard.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
I'm Going!!
I just did it! I bought my ticket to Bali!!
Turns out I'm not going as a courier after all. Being a courier would be a great way to get over to Asia, or just visit Hong Kong. But it was too much stress trying to make the connections for Bali. I think I would have saved maybe $200 and added many many hours of travel time and uncertainty. I guess I'm getting older or maybe wiser--I'm actively avoiding stress (um, not counting actually going on the trip). I also spent a little more on my ticket to knock out one whole airport transfer and 6 hours of travel time on the way back. The flights are 22 hours and 19 hours going and coming home. Ugh.
My flight will be about $650 more than just having our sarongs shipped here. I figure I'm going to earn that money somehow or other before I go. Maybe I'll call all my old massage clients and set up my table. Maybe I'll call a bunch of old Deva Luna accounts and get extra orders.
I've got some time anyway. I'm not leaving till the end of February. Nearly a year from our last flight.
One thing that's bothering me: we bought so much cool stuff last time and had it shipped via cargo, that we don't really need or want anything else. But I made friends with lots of shop keepers and some craftspeople. I also suspect that business is bad since that last bombing a few months ago. I'd like to support these folks.
So I'll put it out there to you, my dear reader: if you can think of anything you'd like from Bali, let me know and I'll try to procure it for you. I expect to have a whole duffel bag's worth of space to cram with sarongs, hammocks, buddha statues, musical instruments, carvings, chess sets, hand painted silk pillow cases, ikat clothing or blankets, etc.. If there's something you want get me some money and I'll bring it back if I can (sorry, no contraband) at cost. Not to pay for my trip but rather to support the good folk making and selling their excellant craftwork. I'm serious about this, you can write me at email@example.com
Anyhow, I'm way excited. And a little scared! I'll be on my own this time. Yikes.
Oh well, back to defeating the Alito nomination and closing down the old storage locker.
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Been Hibernating...
Sorry it's been so long. I've been hibernating. Finally, yesterday, the sun came out and it was lovely. It's been raining for so long and so hard that I've hardly shown my face to the sky. Here in old Santa Rosa we were untouched by the flooding. Our new house was very cozy.
The photo above is from Christmas morning. Santa did a lot of shopping at the goodwill this year and was very successful at it. I splurged and got Krista a black resonator guitar so that she can start her own jug band. She's been hard at it learning rag time.
I was looking for gifts more in the $5 to $13 range--until she wrote another new song. This new song, New Moon, put me over the edge. I really think Krista could be recording some day, or even performing! The joke is that her playing and singing are so quiet it's hard to hear her--and you really can't play a resonator quietly! Anyhow, she's wanted the thing forever and has taken to it like a duck to water.
In other news, I may be heading back to Bali soon, to pick up our 150 sarongs and re-visit the old stomping grounds. I think I've found a courier flight with Jupiter Air to Hong Kong and our travel agent Kristina with AirBrokers came through with a Hong Kong to Denpasar source. I may be able to do the whole round trip for about $500. Knock on wood. That's only $130 more than having the sarongs shipped!
Ah, a week in Ubud. I've got it all pictured in my mind. Stay at the Gayatri again, meals at Tutmaks, a $5 massage every day. Hell, twice a day! Play chess with Made our driver. Hang out with the guys in the alley. Drive around with Nyoman, our other favorite driver. And bring back those damned sarongs we ordered back in May last year.
I'll keep you posted.
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TENS Units for Pain Management
TENS is the short form for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation.
This unit is used for relieving nerve related acute and chronic pain conditions by electrical stimulation of sensory nerves.
Sticky patches, otherwise known as electrodes are fastened on the skin and electrical impulses travel to nerve fibers that exist beneath the skin.
Activating the mechanism through which endorphins are released relieves pain. These are natural chemicals, which are released in the brain, and fight pain, making you feel good, hence the name feel good hormones.
Besides, the electrical stimulation obstructs the pain signals from being transmitted to the brain. The pain is stopped in its tracks and thus not felt. Most patients who engage TENS units give incredible feedback on pain relief.
Side Effect Free
Of importance to note is that TENS are side effect free if used as directed by the medical professional as opposed to prescription or over the counter drugs.
People with long-term pains are mostly on narcotics, which are quite addictive. It is for this reason among many others that people are advised to use TENS unlike narcotics, which constitute most Pain Control medicines.
However, some patients have complained of red skins where the electrodes are attached. This merely calls for a change of the sticky patches or gels.
Benefits of TENS Units
TENS could be used to relieve systemic pain caused by bursitis and rheumatoid arthritis. Cluster headaches, whiplash and dental problems may result in head and neck pain which can also be sufficiently treated by your TENS unit.
The unit also comes in handy for cancer, multiple sclerosis, sprains, sciatica, carpal tunnel syndrome, foot, knee, postoperative pain, back pain, neck pain, arthritis, fibromyalgia etc.
Other non-pain uses relate to muscle relaxation, swollen joints and general body relaxation. Essentially, it takes roughly 30 minutes to experience relief from the pain.
While some people use their units all day long, others prefer engaging in various sessions. Using a TENS unit will prove to be very trifling.
Their package sports directions for use. The small battery controlled devices are easily portable, making them convenient for users who may want to carry them around.
They feature attachments, which can be clipped on your belt, bra, shirt pocket, etc.
The device can be tuned to varying intensities depending on the prevailing level of pain. In order to get a TENS unit, it is usually mandatory to get a prescription from a doctor.
Also, it is important that the device is used following continued the supervision of a qualified physician.
The units are FDA approved and their usage pose no risks at all, if used as instructed, by the right persons and on the right places.
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A good place to start reading on this topic is the SAS-SPSS-STATA FAQ on the UCLA STATA website. You'll see StatTransfer mentioned here, which is the most comprehensive package for switching between different types of data. However, this is a commercial package. There is a free version to download which converts 15 out of every 16 observations, but this is obviously undesirable for the perfectionist.
So I've been looking into data conversion possibilities besides StatTransfer, with an emphasis from the STATA user's point of view. The first thing I noted is that STATA reads in many types of data using infile, infile2, insheet, infix, odbc and fdause. Infile reads unformatted ASCII (text) data. Infile2 reads ASCII (text) data in fixed format with a dictionary. Insheet reads ASCII (text) data created by a spreadsheet. Infix reads ASCII (text) data in fixed format. Odbc reads Access, Excel and dBase files. Fdause reads datasets in FDA (SAS XPORT) format.
Besides all these possibilities, researchers can often find themselves with an SPSS file that they need to convert to STATA. It is possible to do this by opening the SPSS file (.sav) in SPSS and saving it in STATA .dta format (there are many formats to choose from). One thing I noted when saving to STATA format within SPSS is that SE should be selected when saving large (i.e. >250 obs.) data-sets. The highest STATA format available in SPSS 17 is STATA 8 SE, but this opens fine in STATA 9 and 10. It is also possible to get SPSS 17 on a free 30 day trial from the SPSS website.
As an alternative, there is a relatively new STATA plug-in called "usespss". It is available as a STATA ado-file here and here. It reads SPSS (.sav) files into STATA, but if one needs to convert portable SPSS (.por) files (as I did), then a version of SPSS will have to be used for conversion to .dta


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This 10-month-old German Shepherd puppy has toys galore but her favorite plaything is a very odd one indeed. Puppy Heidi loves playing with an ice cube!
See this beautiful little girl have a ball with her ice cube!
The German Shepherd puppy chases, chews, and pounces on the ice cube as it scoots around the kitchen!
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The Mystic Poet – by Moon Laramie
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Mercedes de Acosta was a Spanish-American poet born in New York City on 1 March, 1893. Apart from publishing three volumes of poetry, she also wrote a novel and numerous stage plays. Mercedes saw herself as a spiritual explorer. She studied Theosophy and followed the teachings of the Indian mystic, Ramana Maharshi. He was considered to be an avatar, an incarnation of a deity on earth. He encouraged her to develop God Realisation, to see the divine in all things. She practised yoga, studied astrology and believed in reincarnation. She was a friend of the poet Kahlil Gibran, who introduced her to the mystical Hindu texts of the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita. Mercedes is perhaps best known as the lover and confidante of the Hollywood actress, Greta Garbo. But Mercedes was much more than Garbo's intimate, she was her spiritual guide, steering her on a journey to the heart of the ancient eastern traditions. As they sat together one night on a mountain top in Casa del Mare, Mercedes revealed the secrets of the Ageless Wisdom to Greta Garbo. They remained there the whole night, talking about karma, the origins of the universe and the destiny of humanity.
Mercedes had first met Garbo in the summer of 1931 at the home of the Hollywood screenwriter, Salka Viertel. From this initial encounter, Mercedes knew that she had met Garbo before although not in the conventional sense. As the two women shook hands, a sixth sense told Mercedes that she had known Garbo in many previous incarnations. Mercedes had a similar experience a number of years later. Bambina, her Bedlington terrier, had died while she was travelling in India. Shortly after returning to California, a puppy with the exact same markings ran in front of her car. When she took the dog home, it instinctively seemed to know where Bambina's basket was and jumped straight into it. Remembering Bambina's favourite snack was bananas and brandy, Mercedes gave some to the puppy. The dog devoured them and at that moment Mercedes knew Bambina had come home to her.
Mercedes was able to travel astrally. She had studied how astral travel was practised by adepts in the Far East. When separated from Garbo by thousands of miles, Mercedes astrally projected herself from her own home in California to Garbo's hotel room in Stockholm. When she later checked her astral perceptions of the room with Garbo, her impressions were completely accurate. Mercedes believed she was able to travel to Garbo across the astral plane because of the powerful psychic bond between them.
Towards the end of 1938 Mercedes began a six month journey of spiritual discovery in India. Travelling on a train to Madras, she was seated in a carriage between an old man in a loin cloth and a dapper young Indian barrister. The conductor came into the carriage. When he saw Mercedes, he became very animated. He eagerly asked her a question in Tamil. As she did not understand the language, the old man next to her offered to translate. Mercedes asked the old man if something was wrong with her ticket? He told her the conductor's question was not about that. The conductor had intuited that she was a seeker on a spiritual quest and was asking whether she believed in the unity of the Divine with the individual soul. She told him that she did. Her destination was Arunachala where she hoped to have an audience with Ramana Maharshi. When she entered his ashram, he was sitting in the Buddha posture, deep in meditation. Finally he opened his eyes. Mercedes had many questions for him. What path should she follow? What teacher should she follow? What was the truth about reincarnation? Ignoring her questions, he told her that only when the human body is threatened does a person believe he will die. The rest of the time he does not think about death. It is almost as if he were immortal and in his ignorance, he is right. The Truth asserts itself despite the belief that the body is the Self. The final thing Ramana Maharshi told Mercedes moved her deeply and steered her course for the rest of her life. He told her she would have no need for further questions. It was better to meditate and have no thoughts, letting the mind rest quietly on the Self in the cave of the Spiritual Heart.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- British home prices rose 1.4 percent in March, mortgage lender Nationwide said, representing an annual rate of increase of 16.7 percent and driving the average price of a home in Britain to 142,584 pounds ($259,218). Nationwide raised its forecast for housing price growth to 15 percent for the year, up from an earlier projection of 9 percent growth. "London property prices are now expected to grow at around 10 percent, with increases of over 20 percent foreseen in the North, Wales and North West. The rest of the U.K. will be clustered around 15 percent," it said.
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USA Today's Darrell M. West on immigration:
One study found that 25% of all the technology and engineering businesses launched in the USA from 1995 to 2005 had a foreign-born founder. In Silicon Valley, that number was 52.4%.
If you live in a middle-class or affluent area of Silicon Valley, you probably owe much of your good schools, steady home prices and safe neighborhoods to highly educated immigrants from the Middle East, Asia, and Southeast Asia.


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There are 2 ways of doing it:
The first way is simple click open, select the paper you want and then size it down to the size you want and then trace and select edge cut.
The second way is a few more steps, but you can add designs to any shape.
Step one: Open the shape you want to cut; make it what size you want
I'm using a set of labels that I use for title background and journaling blocks.
Step two: Select File –> Open and open the folder with the paper you want to use, but DO NOT OPEN
I keep all my papers in folders by line in my digital scrapbooking folder
Step three: Select the paper you want to use, and drag it into the shape.
I selected papers at random just to show you how it looks.
Then you're ready to go. You can print and then cut. You could add your journaling right on top or resize as needed. You can also go back and change the paper by dragging a new paper on top.
I hope this helps Thanks for reading and happy crafting ❤ Ann
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New York: Actor Neil Patrick Harris has a room here that has a secret door and is full of magician's props and antique magic kits.
"It has a secret door to get in, so there's this big magic poster on the wall and then there's a smaller magic poster on the side and that's of a magician and one of his eye's is a button," Harris said on the talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live," reports femalefirst.co.uk.
"You wouldn't ever know, but when you push the button, it opens the door and then you can go in and I have lots of magic props... I love that 'Scooby Doo' stuff, the secret doors. I wanted it to be a candlestick and you pull the candlestick and you heard 'zoinks' and it opened," he added.
The 41-year-old actor, who has four-year-old twins Harper and Gideon with his husband David Burtka, has stopped the two children from exploring the room by placing the entry button high up so they can't reach it until they're older.
"Our kids are four and I collect antique magic kits and so it's the room they're not allowed in. And so they can't open it until they're nine or ten and able to reach the button," he said.


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Here I found an interesting site called Storify, which allows you to create stories using social media. Only with little bit of good presentation of the tweets, videos, images and descriptions.. you can create a wonderful story.
This site is very useful and easy to use. All you need to do is search the topic over different social media like twitter, facebook, youtube, flickr, google, web links and storify itself. Collect the information from them and drag it over a single page.
Add some description and some textual information for making the story more spicy... That's All! You've created an informative story.
Now, you can even embed the story over your blog post and tweet it out to your followers or share it over facebook... Do whatever you want to spread your story.
I really loved this Site... Nice concept for realtime story sharing!
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Below i've embedded a storify to explain you better about it and to give you an example of its embed feature.


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Arsenal reportedly have an "exit strategy" in place that will see Arsene Wenger's tenure as manager brought to an end in the summer if the Gunners miss out on UEFA Champions League qualification.
According to the Daily Mail's Sami Mokbel, Wenger's contract expires at the end of next season, but Arsenal are keen to avoid a repeat of the uncertainty over his future that plagued the team last year.
Some of the powers that be at the Emirates Stadium want the situation resolved one way or another this summer, whether it be Wenger's departure, a new deal or definitive confirmation he will see out his contract until 2019 and then leave.
It seems reaching the Champions League—either by finishing in the Premier League's top four or winning the UEFA Europa League—will be the overriding concern when the decision is made, as the club are worried their absence from Europe's elite competition for another year will hamper their income from commercial deals.
Mokbel reported kit manufacturers Nike and Adidas "both have a firm interest" in replacing Puma when their deal with Arsenal expires next year.
Puma's deal is worth £30 million per season to the Gunners, but Nike and Adidas are reluctant to put in "huge money" amid the ongoing concern over Champions League qualification.
Arsenal's hopes of finishing in the top four took a serious blow on Saturday as they lost 1-0 to rivals Tottenham Hotspur, who are only one place above them in fifth but seven points clear.
As the Mirror's John Cross noted, the scoreline did not accurately reflect the play:
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Tottenham 1 Arsenal 0. That was one of the biggest 1-0 thrashings I've ever seen.
2018-2-10 14:21:09
ESPN FC's Mattias Karen held Wenger responsible:
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Pretty clear Wenger got his tactics wrong today. Had said the best way to defend was to keep the ball, but went for a defensive system where his two best playmakers were completely ineffective and record signing Aubameyang had absolutely no service to work with. #totars
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The Frenchman has come under increasing pressure from the Emirates faithful after overseeing a decline at the club over the last decade or so, with no Premier League titles since 2004 and no hint of European success since they reached the Champions League final in 2006.
Despite winning three FA Cups since 2014, the Gunners have stopped challenging for the honours that match their stature, per The Independent's Miguel Delaney:
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@RorySmith because – for better or worse – the only current currency in the game for clubs of that level is leagues and Champions Leagues.
2018-2-13 23:51:25
Wenger could previously at least be relied upon to deliver Champions League qualification, but after years of threatening to, the team finally failed to finish in the top four last season, and they now have a mountain to climb to get back in.
The coach should probably move on regardless of how Arsenal's season finishes, but it's unlikely he'll do so if he does manage to deliver Champions League football.
If he doesn't, the Gunners should be prepared to be ruthless to maximise their chances of rejoining Europe's elite the following year.


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An alliance of open-space activists and environmental-justice advocates win an important victory
You can fight city hall and win!
Earlier this month, the Seattle Green Spaces Coalition (Green Spaces) and TreePAC saved the Myers Way Parcels, 33 acres of open space in the middle of neighborhoods with poor air quality, concentrated poverty and a high number of people of color. Myers is bigger than Madrona Park and Beach (31 acres) and much bigger than Gas Works Park (19 acres).
In order to preserve Myers, the activists had to persuade Mayor Ed Murray to change course. He planned to sell the property to raise $5 million for homeless services. Now he will preserve Myers and find the money to fight homelessness elsewhere.
How did they do it?
In 2014, Elaine Ike and Mary Fleck, who met while working on a community garden, approached Cass Turnbull, founder of PlantAmnesty and TreePAC, about retaining city-owned surplus properties as open space. As a first step, they obtained a list of surplus properties from the city and had it translated from bureaucratize into English.
"Myers jumped out at me," recalls Turnbull. "I saw all that land. It had fields, which you never see in the city."
They learned that the City was considering selling the property. In fact, in 2006, the City had a deal with Lowe's to buy Myers, but that had fallen through.
The three women decided to organize. Ike and Fleck formed Green Spaces. The three of them began circulating letters, gathering signatures on a petition (eventually getting over 1,700 people to sign) informing neighbors and forming alliances with environmental and parks groups.
Eventually the three women grew to a group of around 15 active volunteers. They expanded their efforts to include a slide show, a power point and a booth for neighborhood events. They lobbied the city council and city departments. Support was slow in coming, however. "I was determined despite the fact there was zero chance we might succeed," says Turnbull.
Then, on November 2, 2015, Murray declared Seattle's homelessness a state of emergency. In order to raise $5 million for extraordinary measures, Murray would sell Myers. The most likely use, the open-space activists learned, would be for warehouses with plenty of truck traffic.
"We knew the fire was lit," remembers Turnbull.
The campaign broadens
Fortunately, just around that time, Ana Vasudeo joined the effort. Vasudeo had recently moved to Seattle and had previously worked on environmental, racial and economic justice. Turnbull asked Vasudeo to review her presentation on Myers.
Right away, Vasudeo saw something important was missing. Turnbull's presentation "was just about the environment, it needed to focus on environmental justice," says Vasudeo. The activists knew that in 2014, the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency had studied the air quality of the Greater Duwamish, an area that includes city neighborhoods around Myers as well as unincorporated White Center. The Agency reported that the Greater Duwamish had the fifth worst air quality in the entire central Puget Sound region, including all of King, Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap counties. "All the air stats were there," says Vasudeo. "We changed the pitch. Let's focus on community engagement and communities of color. They have been overlooked forever." Murray's plan to sell Myers for warehouses, with their accompanying high levels of truck traffic, would only make the bad air worse.
The activists not only broadened their own understanding of the issue but also changed their outreach strategies. They reached out beyond environmental and parks groups and found new allies.
The next major letter of support to Murray came from the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, a community advisory group for the Duwamish River Superfund. Soon, neighborhood community councils joined the effort and began lobbying the mayor.
Then Murray played right into the activists' hands. On April 22, Earth Day, 2016, Murray released his "Equity and Environment Agenda." Murray's Agenda noted that poor, communities of color have a disproportionate amount of pollution: "[B]ecause they also live near highways and heavy industry, residents in these neighborhoods face the greatest impact of a multitude of environmental hazards."
In March, the activists got an appointment with Seattle City Councilmember Lisa Herbold (District One). Herbold represents South Park, Highland Park and Top Hat neighborhoods near Myers, and isn't afraid to take on the mayor.
Herbold immediately supported the activists. Vasudeo described the councilmember as "ballsy."
At the end of March, the White Center Community Development Association became the next major ally to support the activists.
Murray kept moving ahead with the sale, however.
On June 30, the City held a meeting to inform the surrounding neighborhoods about the Myers' sale.
The large and broad alliance, which Green Spaces and TreePAC had built, packed the house with over 150 people. Many ordinary people made spontaneous, heartfelt speeches about preserving the land, Turnbull says. When their opposition to the sale didn't seem to have any effect on the city bureaucrats, the crowd became fierce, Turnbull continues. She says the meeting's mood was so charged, it was a little bit frightening.
Two weeks later, after two years of organizing, the activists won. On June 13, Murray announced the Myers Way Parcels would be preserved as open space. He thanked "those who shared their input." In political speech that means, "Uncle!"
As the activists reflect on their struggle, they are very clear about the key to their victory. "It was the race and social justice issues that did it," says Turnbull.


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- The total capacity of the entire RAM in the currently utilized environment was 400 GB.
- The peak measured CPU utilization was 160 GHz.
- The peak measured RAM utilization was 180 GB.
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- Test Pool: CPU Shares = Low (2,000 Shares)
- Test Pool: RAM Shares = Low (2,000 Shares)
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- Production RAM reservation = 180GB
- Production CPU and RAM Shares = High
- Test CPU reservation = 40 GHz
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- Test CPU and RAM Shares = Low
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- Production CPU Reservation = 160 GHz
- Production RAM Reservation = 180 GB
- Production CPU Limit = 224
- Production RAM Limit = 270
- Test CPU Reservation = 40 GHz
- Test RAM Reservation = 45 GB
- Test CPU Limit = 56 GHz
- Test RAM Limit = 68 GB
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Planning Advice Note 65: Planning and open space
- Directorate:
- Local Government and Communities Directorate
- Part of:
- Building, planning and design
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Planning Advice Note (PAN) 65 provides advice on the role of the planning system in protecting and enhancing existing open spaces and providing high quality new spaces.
40. The importance attached to open space in the strategy and development plans should be reflected in development management decisions. The credibility of the planning system can be significantly undermined when policies on the protection and provision of open space are set aside in development management decisions without sound and clear justification, particularly where planning authorities have an interest in the land.
41. Pre-application discussions can help to explore the issues associated with open space provision and management at an early stage. A design statement from the developer can help communicate the factors that have been taken into account in preparing the layout and design of the project. They can be particularly helpful in the context of speculative applications.
42. Planning agreements or bonds are often used to secure financial contributions from developers for open space provision or enhancement. Planning conditions or agreements can also be used to ensure that maintenance is put in place. Agreements must be reasonable and relevant to the proposed development. Further guidance on the use of planning agreements can be found in SODD Circular 12/1996: Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972: Planning Agreements.
Developer contributions
Developer contributions may be either contributions made to the local authority towards capital investment or a one-off payment to fund a stream of revenue payments - usually for the maintenance of an open space for a number of years. Such payments are often referred to as commuted sums and are generally calculated as a multiple of the annual maintenance cost. Where relevant, the development plan should set out the multipliers for commuted sums.