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Receive an afternoon pickup from your Guilin-area or Yangshuo hotel and drive for approximately 1.5 hours to the village of Jiuxian, where you’ll get a taste for life in rural China and get to meet a local family.
Following your trip to Jiuxian, continue to Yangshuo, a town with more than 1,500 years of history. Explore the city’s famous West Street and its collection of bars, eateries, cafes, shops, allowing you the chance to sample a few local delicacies (own expense). When you leave Yangshuo, you’ll transfer to the performance venue in order to arrive for your 7:40pm start time.
Sample a little slice of daily life for residents that dwell along the Li River during this open air performance of The Impression Sister Liu Evening Light Show, enjoying its setting among a series of local islands and a dramatic backdrop of twelve hills. The performance itself is based on a 1960s film called “Sanjie Liu,” a story which chronicles a Zhuang ethnic myth of a woman with an ethereal singing voice. There are seven parts to the show, each of which is created with the help of 600 local performers.
After your show, you’ll receive a return ride back to your Guilin or Yangshuo hotel.


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Kehilat Pardes - The Rock Creek Synagogue is a Jewish congregation affiliated with the Orthodox Union. We meet in the Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy, a day school located in the Aspen Hill neighborhood of Rockville, MD. We were previously known as Beth Joshua Congregation.
We welcome guests and visitors to our community, and hope that you may even entertain moving into our neighborhood! Our community may be small, but it is vibrant and enthusiastic. Aspen Hill is a beautiful, affordable area near Washington, DC. There is a mikvah attached to the shul, as well as an eruv surrounding the community. It is also close to the kosher establishments in the Silver Spring (Wheaton) and Rockville areas.

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The SkyTrain terrazzo floors, awarded the 2013 Job of the Year by the National Terrazzo & Mosaic Association , are now the subject of a museum exhibit at Phoenix city hall. Set to be walked over by multiple millions of travelers for many years to come, the floors are now part of the airport’s culturally and stylistically diverse collection of contemporary art. The floors were commissioned by the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture Public Art Program in partnership with Phoenix Aviation Department. Artists worked directly with the architectural design team to incorporate their original artwork into construction plans, and from there to integrate them into the building’s structure as permanent art installations.
- This is higher than used for the other types, and achieving these temperatures was a long struggle, as well as realizing what materials were needed.
- Also, you are just made aware of how you should clean and maintain your area rugs and, other than that you know nothing else.
- Ancient painting has only survived at a few sites, of which the crowded scenes of court life in the Ajanta Caves are by far the most important, but it was evidently highly developed, and is mentioned as a courtly accomplishment in Gupta times.
- Those who are an expert on rugs can easily tell whether a certain rug is Moroccan, Turkish, Oriental or Persian.
- Methods to reliably create fires hot enough to fire pottery did not develop until late in the development of cultures.
The Indian caste system embodies much of the social stratification and many of the social restrictions found on the Indian subcontinent. Social classes are defined by thousands of endogamous hereditary groups, often termed as jātis, or “castes”. India abolished untouchability in 1950 with the adoption of the constitution and has since enacted other anti-discriminatory laws and social welfare initiatives. India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories. All states, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments following the Westminster system of governance.
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This refers to the markings made on the vessels and figures using sticks with cords during their production. Recent research has elucidated how Jōmon pottery was used by its creators. Archaeological sites where the i’m shocked that there’s gambling in this establishment earliest pottery was found were near deposits of readily available clay that could be properly shaped and fired. China has large deposits of a variety of clays, which gave them an advantage in early development of fine pottery.
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Aggregates of abalone shell, native desert stone and locally recycled glass bring dimension to its intricate geometric floral patterns in vibrant colors. The 9,828-square-foot floor was designed by Daniel Martin Diaz of Tucson. Diaz has designed several prominent public installations, including a terrazzo floor in Tucson.
Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture, developed by the British in the late 19th century, drew on Indo-Islamic architecture. Ancient painting has only survived at a few sites, of which the crowded scenes of court life in the Ajanta Caves are by far the most important, but it was evidently highly developed, and is mentioned as a courtly accomplishment in Gupta times. Painted manuscripts of religious texts survive from Eastern India about the 10th century onwards, most of the earliest being Buddhist and later Jain. The Persian-derived Deccan painting, starting just before the Mughal miniature, between them give the first large body of secular painting, with an emphasis on portraits, and the recording of princely pleasures and wars.
A great part of the history of pottery is prehistoric, part of past pre-literate cultures. Therefore, much of this history can only be found among the artifacts of archaeology. Because pottery is so durable, pottery and shards of pottery survive from millennia at archaeological sites, and are typically the most common and important type of artifact to survive.
She has worked as an advertising copywriter, publisher of several magazines in Michigan, book editor and writer for such magazines as Hawai‘i Business, Enterprise magazine, Southwest Michigan Living, and Better Homes & Gardens. Karen has a college degree in journalism and art, and is a practitioner of Hawaiian cultural arts, including hula. One option that may not be our initial thought is a pure-fiber rug of the Oriental type. You may think 100-percent wool, silk or hemp is impractical in the tropics, but the opposite is true. The way it looks can come from various techniques, while others are specifically designed to stand out. If you wanted to cover a bare-lengthy space in your home, the oval area rug is what you need.
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And there’s Peppy, inspired by Willem de Kooning’s 1955 work “Police Gazette,” with various hand knots reflecting movement and drama via textural elements. “The project brought in people working at the top of their game,” Lebow said. To simplify and accelerate the process of accurately transferring a art design from a 2 ½ by 3-foot drawing to a floor larger than a football field, the entire design was cut out of corrugated plastic boards. Laid end-to-end on the floor, the boards were a template for laying out the aluminum divider strips and design elements.

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Armenian Justice Minister highlights Georgia’s experience in combating mafia
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 9, ARMENPRESS. Georgia has rich experience in tackling criminal subculture, Armenian Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan said at a joint news conference with Georgian Deputy PM, Justice Minister Thea Tsulukiani.
“We have a lot to learn from Georgia in this area because they have rich experience, cases that went to the European Court of Human Rights [ECHR] and the latter’s judgments, in which the ECHR has given assessments in terms of violation of the Convention, in order for us not to repeat the mistakes,” Badasyan said.
Badasyan underscored that no matter how harsh the legislative approach will be, no matter how harsh the practical fight against organized crime will be, their priority will be human rights.
“Human rights will be priority, and naturally any regulation or practice in this area that would contradict fundamental human rights will be ruled out. At the same time, a harsh struggle must be done against organized crime, and such people should not have influence in any circle of the society,” Badasyan said.
On November 19th, the Armenian parliament approved at first hearing a bill aimed at tackling the so-called phenomenon of “thieves-in-law” and related criminal subculture. Under the new law, being anyhow associated with criminal subculture will be an indictable offense.
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BC Business Match helps entrepreneurs and their families to find the right business for their skills and interests, and relocate from large urban centers. It's an initiative designed to sustain and grow the local economies of non-metropolitan BC communities and is spearheaded by Community Futures, a non-profit organization with offices throughout BC.
Small Business BC helps British Columbia’s entrepreneurs grow successful and sustainable businesses through expert business advisors, educational services, easy-to-use free resources and engaging community events.
The South Cariboo Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit organization that is made up of members of the business community including other non-profits. The Chamber acts as a forum through which businesses can speak, providing opportunities to network and allowing members to share ideas and solutions.
- Industry Training Authority manages over 100 trades programs in BC, 49 of which are Red Seal.
- Thompson Rivers University - from traditional academics to trades, from certificates to graduate degrees, TRU offers over 140 on-campus programs and 50-plus Open Learning programs. Don't forget to visit the 100 Mile Regional Campus.
- College of New Caledonia – At CNC, we take pride in helping you learn the in-demand skills you need to reach your potential.
- Work BC - Most jobs require some form of education or training. Get qualified through a variety of post-secondary options - from apprenticeships to university programs – offered in B.C.
Taking Care of Business - A Community Futures Program, Taking Care of Business provides funding for training and one-on-one support for businesses throughout Northern BC. Your business team will have access to free online workshops and webinars, professional business support, and up to $7500 in specific business training.
Venture Connect assists:
- Business owners to prepare for the sale of their business and understand their position in the buy/sell marketplace
- Business buyers, both local and foreign, to identify and acquire appropriate businesses
- Listing agents, business sellers and economic development agencies to expose their opportunities and connect them with buyers
- Economic development agencies and government by gathering and analyzing data and providing trends in the rural business landscape
WorkBC Centres are here to help you find your next job. You will be able to access job search resources, employment planning, skills assessment, training, work experience opportunities and more. Get started using online services or visit your WorkBC Centre today.
For all investment related inquiries, please contact:
Joanne Doddridge - Director of Economic Development & Planning
Office: (250) 395-2434 Fax: (250) 395-3625
Address: PO Box 340, 100 Mile House, BC V0K 2E0

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Promoting communities free of violence based on gender and discrimination, with a focus on Rights in the Chayanta province, PotosíBolivia
In Bolivia, 26% of women have been victims of physical violence according to the recent report of the Second National Survey of Perceptions on the Situation of Violence Against Women in Bolivia in 2017. According to data from the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Victims of Priority Care (FEVAP) in 2017 2,786 cases were attended and for this 2018 there were already 28 women victims of femicide and 4,674 cases of family violence.
Cases of violence have been identified in the Chayanta province, whose inhabitants have expressed their request for attention to the different forms of violence against women.
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IPTK (Tomás Katari Polytechnic Institute)
General objective: Contribute to the construction of peaceful and inclusive societies in the Chayanta province, aimed at reducing violence against women, girls and boys who make the exercise of a life free of violence effective, within the framework of the exercise of their Rights, respect for their cultural identity and the environment.
Specific objective: Achieve the participation and involvement of women in the Chayanta province for the exercise of their Right to a life free of violence; sustainable life systems and incidence on public policies in the Chayanta province.
(5.324 mujeres y 5.208 hombres)
TAU, Provincial Council of Bizkaia (€ 119,999.00)
- Call for women to training events.
- Updating of training material.
- Participatory training workshops for women in Personal Development and Self-Esteem, Right to a life free of violence; National legislation, gender identity and affective-sexual education.
- Spaces for analysis and reflection of women for the defense of their Rights.
- Follow-up to women’s training events.
- Support and technical advice to women’s organizations, rural social organizations, health centers, and the Ombudsman (SLIMs) for the prevention of gender-based violence.
- Workshops to strengthen women’s organizations, peasant social organizations, health centers, Ombudsmen on the Rights of women to a life free of violence, the Mother Earth Law.
- Informative sessions with students on how to recognize and protect themselves from violence.
- Elections of the Student Committees and training workshops on violence prevention and school coexistence with gender equality.
- Intercollegiate contests of partner dramas on the theme of Women’s Rights to a life free of violence.
- Theatrical presentations in the schools and populated center of the municipalities.
- Implementation in the SLIMs of the ADELA Model for the prevention and care of women in situations of violence.
- Inter-institutional meeting for the preparation of Action Plans against gender-based violence.
- Student mobilizations in favor of the Right to a life free of violence.
- Coordination meetings with municipal authorities, the Chayanta province community, ombudsmen, women’s organizations and health centers for the prevention, reporting and care of cases of gender-based violence.
- Participatory sessions with municipal authorities, the Chayanta province community, ombudsmen, women’s organizations and health centers to prepare proposals and action plans for compliance with Law 348 and the Mother Earth Law.
- Presentation of the proposals to the municipal authorities for their insertion in their annual plans.
- Preparation and dissemination of radio jingles on the Right to a life free of violence.
- Development of radio broadcast and awareness microprograms on the Right to a life free of violence.

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Arts and Culture at 2015 Panam Games
On July 10th, 2012 TO2015, the Organizing Committee for the Toronto 2015 Pan and Parapan American Games, will recognize the three year countdown to the 2015 Games in Toronto. Promoting this milestone, TO2015 is planning an event titled "Play Me I'm Yours". This event will consist of 41 piano's which will be designed by artists from each of the 41 Pan American countries. Following this event the pianos will be distributed to locations around downtown Toronto where they will remain on display for public interaction until the end of July.
Play Me, I'm Yours has been showcased internationally since 2008, over 400 pianos have been installed in cities across the world, located in parks, squares, train stations, markets and even on bridges and ferries. The pianos are for any member of the public to enjoy and claim ownership of.
Play Me, I'm Yours has now reached over a million people, including 600,000 in New York, 300,000 in London and 200,000 in Sydney. The Pianos are typically designed by visual artists. By creating a place of exchange Play Me, I'm Yours invites the public to engage with, activate and take ownership of their urban environment. You can learn more about this international phenomenon at www.streetpianos.com
The Arts & Culture Department of the TO2015 Panam Games Organization is in the process of selecting the artists and in the cases of some countries is having difficulty identifying a Toronto based artist who is from or very connected to that country.
Below is a list of the countries that still need to be represented.
British Virgin Islands
Saint Kitts & Nevis
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iPort Rail, a strategic intermodal rail terminal abutting Verdion’s giant iPort logistics park development in Doncaster, is now open, and the first train, hauled by Hector Rail’s GB Railfright affiliate from Felixstowe, arrived on 20th February
Verdion’s iPort logistics park has planning and funding in place for almost 560,000 m2 of logistics space. A £100M, 102,000 m2 mega-shed, 0.5 kms long, has already been completed for Amazon, and CEVA has opened a 20,000 m2 facility, Fellowes occupies a 13,470 m2 logistics unit and fast-growing supermarket chain Lidl expects its new £70M RDC to be ready in spring 2019.
Occupying 30 acres, iPort Rail can accommodate full length 750m long trains, with two 400m (un)loading tracks, worked from one hard-standing side by two Sany reach stackers supplied through Cooper Specialised Handling, and one 800m long reception track. It currently has storage capacity for 1,500 TEU, which can be increased to 3,000 TEU in future as more rail tracks are added. Located within seven hours at most of all the UK’s deepsea container ports, iPort Rail is also a Channel Tunnel secure facility (SACTFF approval) for international trains.
As iPort develops it will become a cargo generator, which will attract business to iPort Rail. The UK’s newest intermodal facility, iPort Rail is also a neutral operator, so is an open access terminal, whereas the existing Doncaster International Railport is operated by Freightliner.
iPort is directly connected to J3 of the M18 motorway via the newly-constructed Great Yorkshire way, the M18/A1M intersection is just two miles away and the M18 also provides direct links to the M1 and M62.
Rail connectivity is good, with capacity for six trains a day and iPort Rail is currently in discussions with Network Rail over paths and also reopening a siding at Rossington, to optimise rail access from all directions.
"We are in discussions with rail freight, companies, shipping lines and NVOCCs, and the feedback is very positive," iPort Rail’s Managing Director Steve Freeman told worldcargonews online. "We are expecting our first commercial train during March."


Exotic Classics is proud to offer this 2003 360 F-1 Spider Red with Saddle interior with only 5,000 one owner miles. Factory cost options include 6 CD Changer, Daytona Style Seats, Power Seats, Colored Upper Dashboard, Red Calipers, Front & Rear Challenge Grill, Scuderia Ferrari Shields, Roll Bar Upholstery Color, Leather Rear Shelf/Door Mould, Modular Wheels, and 3M Nose protection. The 360 was designed with a Spider variant in mind; since removing the roof of a coupe reduces the tensional rigidity, the 360 was built for strength in other areas. Ferrari designers strengthened the sills, stiffened the front of the floorpan and redesigned the windscreen frame. The rear bulkhead had to be stiffened to cut out engine noise from the cabin. The convertible's necessary dynamic rigidity is provided by additional side reinforcements and a cross brace in front of the engine. Passenger safety is ensured by a strengthened windscreen frame and roll bars.The 360 Spider displays a curvilinear waistline. The fairings imply the start of a roof, and stable roll bars are embedded in these elevations. Due to use of light aluminum construction throughout, the Spider weighs in only 60 kg (130 lb) heavier than the coupé.As with the Modena version, its 3.6 liter V8 with 400 bhp (300 kW) is on display under a glass hood. The engine - confined in space by the convertible's top's storage area - acquires additional air supply through especially large side grills. The intake manifolds were moved toward the center of the engine between the air supply conduits in the Spider engine compartment, as opposed to lying apart as with the Modena. In terms of performance, the 0-60 time was slightly slower at 4.4 seconds due to the slight weight increase, and the top speed was reduced from 189 to 180 mph.Despite the car's mid-mounted V8 engine, the electrically operated top is able to stow into the compartment when not in use. The convertible top was available in black, blue, grey and beige colors. The transformation from a closed top to an open-air convertible is a two-stage folding-action that has been dubbed "a stunning 20 second mechanical symphony.


Grace Construction’s Perm-A-Barrier® Passes ASTM Testing
Grace Construction Products, a worldwide leader in products for the construction industry, has successfully completed independent testing on its Perm-A-Barrier air barriers in accordance with the new ASTM E 2357 Standard Test Method for Determining Air Leakage of Air Barrier Assemblies. In addition, Grace announced that voluntary additional testing of air barrier assemblies constructed with its Perm-A-Barrier air barrier products yielded results that surpass requirements of the new ASTM standard, as well as other respected industry specifications. Grace's air barrier products tested include Perm-A-Barrier Liquid, Perm-A-Barrier VP and Perm-A-Barrier Wall Membrane.
The new ASTM standard provides, for the first time, a uniform method to evaluate a full air barrier assembly. Prior to its development, components of the air barrier assembly - such as the air barrier material, flashing material and sealing materials - were evaluated separately. In addition, this new testing method incorporates wind loads that push and pull on the air barrier assemblies, exposing weak areas that could leak air - an advancement from previous test methods.
The ASTM E 2357 test entails installing a full air barrier assembly onto an eight-foot by eight-foot mock-up of an exterior wall assembly. To make the test as realistic as possible, the mock-up includes such features as a tie-in to a foundation wall, tie in to a roof, duct and pipe penetrants, electrical outlet penetrants, a window opening, and post-applied brick ties. All these conditions must be sealed and flashed to the air barrier assembly to withstand positive and negative sustained wind and wind gust loading simulating real-world, in place conditions.
With test results of <0.0008 cfm/ft2 (0.004l/s*m2), grace's perm-a-barrier liquid, perm-a-barrier vp and perm-a-barrier wall membrane all achieved air leakage rates below the detectable limits of the test laboratories' equipment and are 50 times below the allowable air leakage rates specified by the Air Barrier Association of America (ABAA) and a proposed revision to ashrae 90.1 of 0.04 cfm/ft2 (0.2 l/s*m2).
After successfully completing the ASTM E 2357 testing on the air barrier assemblies, Grace chose to subject the assemblies to extreme wind loading beyond the test requirements. The Perm-A-Barrier air barrier assemblies withstood the equivalent of 168 mph wind gusts and air pressures of 72 psf (3445 Pa) before allowing air leakage through the assembly.
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Grace Construction Products offers a wide range of innovative specialty construction chemicals and materials that includes: concrete admixtures and fibers, products for architectural concrete, liquid pigments for colored concrete, cement processing additives, concrete masonry products, air and vapor barriers, structural waterproofing systems and fire protection products. To find out more, please visit www.graceconstruction.com.


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Directed remotely from Europe, activist and artist Ai Weiwei documents China’s lockdown in CoroNation.
Words Adam Bryce
Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has never been one to shy away from speaking his mind about the Chinese government and his new film, Coronation, is no different. We see the release of an incredibly insightful documentary about the unprecedented Coronavirus lockdown that began in Wuhan, China where patient zero was first identified.
It was reportedly December 2019, when murmurs began to spread of Covid-19 (officially CoViD-19, short for CoronaVirus2019). Now, the whole world has been turned upside down by the deadly disease with casualties nearing 800,000 (as of 22 August 2020).
“Surveillance, ideological brainwashing, and brute determination used to control every aspect of society.” — Ai Weiwei.
Weiwei’s documentary tells the story of a cover-up with huge global consequences. The footage was shot by individuals living through the Wuhan lockdown, chronicling their own experiences of this extraordinary series of events. Many harrowing tales are told including an emergency construction worker forced to live out of his car and a grieving son who navigates the bureaucracy of retrieving his father’s ashes. Brace yourself.
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BREAKING: Biden to Decriminalize Cannabis and Expunge Convictions
In anticipation of right this moment’s scheduled vote on the MORE Act by the U.S. House of Representatives, the Biden Administration just announced that hashish is now decriminalized, and that every one federal hashish convictions are hereby expunged.
Actually, none of that’s true. Sorry! It’s what passes for an April Fools joke right here on the Canna Law Blog.
It could be nice, although, if the Biden Administration would stay up to its campaign promise to “decriminalize the use of cannabis and expunge all prior cannabis use convictions.” Biden and Harris may get round to the associated promise to “end all incarceration for drug use alone…” whereas they’re at it. Why not.
It might be that the Administration has been too busy screening staffers for marijuana use, and dismissing incoming candidates for previous use of hashish. The Administration additionally might have been sidetracked updating worker conduct pointers to doubtlessly deny security clearance to anybody investing in a hashish firm. Or, it is also that the President doesn’t actually have the power to unilaterally re- or deschedule marijuana. Biden would have to direct DEA, HHS and FDA to think about that, and he’s been sort of busy. In any case, it’s exhausting to say!
You can inform I’m getting a bit cynical. It’s nice the MORE Act goes to a second vote right this moment. I doubt the Senate will decide it up anytime quickly. My guess is that one other omnibus invoice, the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act — which might be launched within the Senate later this month — would have to be reconciled with the MORE Act if each had been to move. It’s additionally attainable that we’d see contributions from different proposals as properly, together with the States Reform Act, as part of the ultimate product.
I don’t know what’s going to occur right here to be sincere. Neither does anybody else. It’s exhausting to see round corners and now we have been making an attempt to do that for years. Maybe, simply perhaps, Congress can pull all of this collectively earlier than the midterms this fall. Probably not although. And if not, the percentages might dip as soon as once more headed into 2023.
When federal hashish reform lastly does occur, evidently we gained’t have the Executive Branch to thank. For all issues hashish, I dedicate this April Fools day to them.
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I've been creating glass beads for nearly a decade. I have long been fascinated by personal adornment, especially beads and their importance in history, world commerce and culture. Working in the travel business for seventeen years gave me the opportunity to study museum bead and jewelry exhibits, visit street and flea markets and out of the way bead shops all over the world.
Using a torch and raw glass, I make beads that are inspired by my travels and everyday surroundings. Working in my home studio, I continue to explore new ways of crafting glass, enamels and precious metals to create beads that reflect my interest in nature, minerals, insects and all things organic.
I share my life with my husband, Paul, and Willy, the very mischievous Airedale Terrier. Together we all follow our interests in gardening, cooking, traveling and spending time with extended family and friends.


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Tell the sonographer at the startof the scanthat you'd like to know your baby's sex.
Dating scan is a more precise way of establishing your due date than counting from your last monthly period (lmp).
, above all else, remember that, for at least 95% of us, the scan will be fine and we'll go home clutching that amazing (and slightly tear-stained) first pic.
Midwife or doctor should:Review, discuss and record the results of any screening tests from the last appointment.
Midwife or doctor will also:Use a tapemeasure to measure the size of your uterus.
Second scan offered to all pregnant women is called the anomaly scan, or mid-pregnancy scan, and usually takes place between 18 and 21weeksof pregnancy.
Will check the health of you and your baby, give you useful information for example, about a healthy pregnancy diet or antenatal screening and answer anyquestions.
If it is difficult to get a good image, the scan may take longer or have to be repeated at another time.
When will i get my dating scan appointment
Sonographer will put ultrasound gel on your tummy and tuck tissue paper around your clothing to protect it from the gel.
Scansif you have previously miscarried or you have had bleeding in the first few weeks of this pregnancy, you may be offered an early scan between six and 10 weeks.
Your midwife or gp will only recommend an early scan if there's a concern, for example, if you've had bleeding in this pregnancy.
In many cases you will have to pay for this scan and test in a private centre.
Women may be offered more than two scans, depending on their health and their pregnancy.
"having a scan can be very emotional," says jane fisher, director of the testing-support charity antenatal results and choices (arc).
Is the ultrasound scan to estimate when your baby is due, check the physical development of your baby, and screen for possible abnormalities including down's syndrome.
You will then be asked to lower your skirt or trousers to your hips and raise your top to your chest.
When will i get my scan date through
If there is a problem, you will be supported and referred to a specialist," says jane.
Ultrasound scan can be used to:Check your baby's sizeat the dating scan, this gives a better idea of how manyweeks pregnant you are; your due date, which is originally calculated from the first day of your last period, will be adjusted according to the ultrasound measurements.
If you have reason to be worried about your pregnancy in the early weeks, then an early scan may be a good idea.
Best sex positionsfree stuff and great deals how long will it take to get pregnant?
Course, you may not wish to have a scan at all and this can be discussed with your doctor or midwife.
If this happens to you, there are a number of possible next steps; you will be given specialist advice and time to make up your mind.
Midwife or doctor will discuss the options and choices about what happens if your pregnancy lasts longer than 41 weeks.
This scan may be done using a probe placed inside the vagina, instead of the usual abdominal scanning equipment.
Order to get the full results, the findings of the nuchal translucency (nt) part of your scan need to be combined with the findings of your blood test.
The transducer gets to work, a black-and-white image of your baby will appear on the monitor that the sonographer is looking at.
See our overview of scans to find out more about how vaginal scans are done.
Out about ultrasound baby scans, including the dating scan and anomaly scan, to check for abnormalities in the baby during pregnancy.
But, assuming your pregnancy is healthy, you'll still have the dating scan at round about the 12-week mark.
Offer all pregnant women at least two ultrasound scans during their pregnancy:At 8 to 14 weeks, and.
Partner (or another close relative) will always be welcome to come with you but it's totally up to you, of course.
Its good to be prepared, be reassured that there is only an issue in around 3 to 5% of scans, says jane.
You will be able to see movements and some hospitals or ultrasound centres will tell you the sex of your baby if you wish to know.
If you are not sure of your due date you may need to have a dating scan.
'll have a number of antenatal appointments during your pregnancy, and you'll see a midwife or sometimes an obstetrician (doctor specialising in pregnancy).
All is well and your pregnancy is progressing as it should which is the case about 95% of the time you will be given your official due date, or estimated date of delivery (edd), and told exactly how pregnant you are.
Most mums-to-be would probably say it's a good idea to have some company, especially if you're anxious about the scan.
Your sonographer will show you an image of your baby on the screen, and then she'll look closely at the image to:measure your baby's length from his head to his bottom, called his crown rump length (crl).
"performing the scan requires intense concentration from the sonographer, so [many hospitals take the view that] the fewer distractions, the better.
Choice will be respected if you decide not to have the scans, and your antenatal care will continue as normal.
May be that the only scan you need or want during your pregnancy is the anomaly scan at 20 weeks.
, an ultrasound scan is an important medical examination and it is treated in the same way as any other hospital investigation.
A general guide they may include:an early scan at six to 10 weeks, sometimes using vaginal scanning techniquesa dating scan at about 10 to 14 weeksnuchal translucency scans at about 11 to 14 weeksanomaly scans at 18 to 20 weeks.
I be able to tell from the scan if my baby's a boy or a girl?
Appointment is an opportunity to tell your midwife or doctor if you're in a vulnerable situation or if you need extra support.
Midwife or doctorshould give you information about caesarean section,as around one in four women will have a caesarean.
Dating scans are offered at some point between 8 and 14 weeks, with most of them happening between 11 and 14 weeks.
If you are going to have your baby in a public hospital you may be able to have this scan at a public ultrasound clinic.
"that's usually only offered at the anomaly scan[your 2nd routine scan, done at about 20 weeks].
You're more likely to need a vaginal scan if you're overweight or have a bloated tummy from wind, or if your baby's lying in an awkward position.
An ultrasound scan is a much more accurate way of predicting your baby's gestation (how far along in the pregnancy you actually are) than counting from the date of your last period (which is all you and your gp have had to go on up till now).
Dating scan and anomaly scan are offered to all women, but you don't have to accept them.
I am just wondering if anyone has been through the same thing i have been for a early scan at 6 weeks they found 2 sacs with yolk only found 1 heartbeat got to go back in 2 weeks ?
Sometimes, the sonographer will detect an abnormality which may indicate a problem with your baby's development.
Other words, as squeak185sums it up:"they will basically check that there is a heartbeat and that the baby is measuring the right size for how far along you think you are.
You're found to be fewer than 11 weeks pregnant at your dating scan, or your baby measures less than 45mm, you'll be able to rebook your combined screening.

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- Structure of this document
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- The school parliament
- Adapting the model
- The constitution
Model for a school parliament
The following program materials have been developed as a parliamentary-style model for use in conducting proceedings of a primary school student representative council (SRC). It is based on a number of institutional features of the Legislative Assembly for the ACT.
Separately from a school’s SRC arrangements, the materials can also be utilised by upper primary teachers to meet the requirements for teaching the Australian Curriculum Civics and Citizenship strand.
The program acquaints students with a number of key democratic concepts, including the importance of elections and the role of elected representatives in a parliamentary system. It can also be undertaken as a school outreach activity where the Assembly’s education and engagement officers conduct sessions to meet the particular needs of individual schools.
Structure of this document
This document has been structured to assist teachers and students with the establishment and operation of a school parliament. The first section sets out the broad objectives for the school parliament model including options on the use of resources by the SRC and the classroom teacher. The second section provides detailed information on establishing a school parliament through the development of a constitution. The constitution formalises the parliament and may include options for electing members, parliamentary roles and responsibilities, suggested floor plan for a chamber and how sitting days might be organised. The final section of the document contains appendices which include a number of parliamentary templates and a training role play to support the operation of the school parliament.
Assembly education and engagement program
The Assembly’s education and engagement program offers a wide range of different programs for primary school students that can be tailored to meet the needs of teachers and students.
Schools groups are welcome to visit the Legislative Assembly to participate in school parliament role play activities, conduct mock elections and participate in sessions with Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs).
For more information, contact the Assembly’s Education and Engagement Officer on (02) 62053016 or LAeducation@parliament.act.gov.au
Teachers are also able to access a range of other information about the operation of the Assembly through our website.
The school parliament
- involve students in democratic processes and decisions making within the school;
- demonstrate the importance of representation and active involvement in the school community;
- democratically elect student representatives;
- develop student leadership and communication skills;
- give a forum for the presentation of student ideas and opinions on school policies that directly impact students;
- improve the school community by addressing student issues and concerns; and
- support the teaching of the Australian Curriculum Civics and Citizenship strand.
- What is democracy in Australia and why is a democracy important? (ACHASSK115);
- Why do we have laws and regulations? (ACHASSK117)
- How are laws developed in Australia? (ACHASSK146); and
- What are the roles and responsibilities of the different levels of government in Australia? (ACHASSK144).
Establishing a school parliament—Constitution
In working towards the development of a school (or class) parliament, it can be useful to first establish a constitution that sets out the aims, membership and operation of the parliament. The constitution needn’t be a long document or cover the wide range of issues that are included in the Australian Constitution or in the ACT Self-Government Act (note—the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 is a Commonwealth Act, which amongst other things, established the Legislative Assembly. In many respects it is the effective constitution of the ACT) but the process of involving students in the development of such as document can be an important learning opportunity all on its own.
The constitution can be discussed, reviewed and amended over time and any changes can be approved through a vote of the members in the parliament, or, through a referendum of the classrooms or entire school depending on each schools’ requirements.
Below is an exploration of some of the matters which a school or class might wish to include in their constitution (a template framework for a school parliament constitution is provided in Appendix 1).
Schools may already have documents governing the operation of the SRC that can be used as a source document for the creation of a constitution for the parliament.
Adapting the model
Schools may wish to emphasise the cooperative dimensions of government and opposition interactions in a school parliament in order to promote a greater sense of unity and inclusiveness. For instance, the government, opposition and crossbench members, rather than taking up adversarial positions on various issues, could instead work together to achieve common objectives. It is not uncommon for members from different political parties to agree on legislation and to work towards similar goals—the spirit of cooperation and working across the chamber, is an approach that is likely to be more well suited in a school setting.
Alternatively, where the parliamentary model is being used in roleplay activities (and not student government or SRC settings), exploring the underlying nature of the adversarial political dimensions of parliamentary proceedings, the roles of government, opposition and crossbench members can be performed in a more traditional manner, where questioning, debate and disagreement on particular policies or ideas are encouraged.
Naming your school parliament
The school parliament will need a name that formally identifies the body and creates a recognised brand for use in any communication and documentation which is produced by the parliament.
Aims and functions
This section sets out the purpose of the school parliament which is often based around giving students an active say in what happens in their school. The areas of responsibility for the parliament, where students can meaningfully contribute to improving their school through their representation, decisions and activities, should be clearly outlined.
This section should set out who is eligible to be a member of the parliament, the number of members that the body will have, a code of conduct governing the behaviour of members, procedures for replacing a member who leaves (new election or recount of original votes).
The size of the parliament will vary for individual schools depending on their requirements. Consideration should be given to ensuring the structure and size of the parliament facilitates the timely completion of work, ensures that representation is equitable and broad based, and that students are given a sense of ownership over the body.
Members of a school parliament can play an important leadership role in modelling the expected standards of behaviour within the school community in order that everyone feels secure, happy and free to strive towards their full potential. All members of a school parliament are expected to adhere to the values of the school and should be demonstrated in their relationships and interactions with students and staff.
Pledge of office
A ‘pledge of office’ after being elected is one way to highlight the importance of students’ roles as elected representatives. A pledge could be given in front of the school community at an assembly or a special function. The pledge might be as simple as the following short statement or could include additional material from the schools’ values:
I [insert name of student] willingly accept office in the [insert school name] school parliament.
I promise to carry out my duties to the school parliament to the best of my ability, bring to the attention of parliament all matters of concern to my fellow students to help make [insert school name] a school where every student can be happy and successful.
The number of members in a parliament will be determined by each school. However, where possible, an odd number of members is preferable as it will enable decisions or recommendations of the parliament to be decided by a majority (i.e. half of the members + 1).
The term of office should also be established prior to election, this could vary from a school term through to an entire school year. Elections ACT has a number of resources that can be used to help set up and run school parliament elections on the Elections ACT website.
Students interested in being a member of the school parliament would typically go through the process of nominating to stand as a candidate. Schools can facilitate a pre-election period in which students are able to address their peers—usually their class or year group—outline their ideas and plans as well as giving some general biographical information. Students should be given guidelines for nominating and campaigning to ensure a free and fair election. These could include:
- rules around eligibility for nominating;
- guidelines for provision of candidates’ biographical information, ideas and plans that can be used during the campaign; and
- rules on campaigning such as appropriate use of language, provision of true and accurate information, promises made are achievable and promises are not used as an inducement (e.g. “I will give a chocolate for everyone who votes for me”).
Elections can be held in groups determined by the school (e.g. by each class or year group). Elections should be by confidential ballot (i.e. where students write the name of their preferred candidate on a piece of paper which is placed in a secure ballot box).
All students are typically able to vote and if a student is standing for election they are able to vote for themselves.
A student who leaves the school parliament will need to be replaced. There are usually two options for the replacement process:
- Hold a by-election—the class or year that elected the departing member would vote again for a new member. Nominations would be called for, there would be a short campaign and the students would vote.
- Countback—involves looking at which student came second in the previous election and requires that voting information from each election is kept for possible future countbacks. This is the method used for Members of the Legislative Assembly under the Hare-Clark electoral system. Ballot papers from each election are kept and a countback is conducted to determine the next person eligible to be the new member.
Parliamentary roles and responsibilities
There are a number of positions within a school parliament that perform special roles and responsibilities.These are set out below.
Every member of the parliament is eligible to put their hand up to stand for these positions. However, the process of appointing different roles can be useful for reinforcing leadership responsibilities that already exist within the school. For instance, school captains and vice captains would be suitable choices if they are members (schools could also examine integrating the process for electing captains into school parliament arrangements so that, for example, the school captain is Chief Minister and vice captains are Deputy Chief Minister or ministers).
Members can be elected to positions following a nomination process. Where there is more than one nominee, members can hold a vote. In the Assembly, positions such as Speaker and Chief Minister are elected by secret ballot using a ballot box and individual voting papers and school parliaments can adopt a similar approach for all the positions listed below.
The support teacher should act as the Speaker/Clerk until a member is elected to these roles. Members not standing in the election for particular positions could assist the teacher to count votes.
To gain a deeper understanding of the roles and responsibilities of members’ consideration could be given to rotating the roles each term or semester. This would involve members from the opposition and cross bench taking on the positions in government and conversely the government members becoming opposition and cross bench members. A complete rotation would also include the Speaker and Clerk positions.
The Speaker is the head of the parliament and sits at the front of the chamber. The Speaker essentially chairs the meeting of the chamber. It can be useful to rotate the Deputy Speaker into the role of Speaker from time to time in order that both the Speaker and Deputy Speaker are able to participate in parliamentary discussions about particular school issues (in normal parliamentary practice, when the Speaker or Deputy Speaker is in the chair, they do not participate in debates). The Speaker is responsible for maintaining order and ensuring the smooth running of the sitting by:
- chairing sittings of the school parliament;
- ensuring members follow parliamentary procedures with the assistance of the Clerk and Deputy Clerk;
- keeping order by ensuring the order of business is followed, that members can be heard when speaking and every member has a chance to contribute to debates;
- overseeing votes on matters being considered by the parliament; and
- sending a letter on behalf of all members to the school principal/executive on bills passed seeking approval for the bill to be enacted.
Deputy Speaker (optional position to allow rotation of Speaker)
The Deputy Speaker, in the absence of the Speaker, performs duties of the Speaker (as outlined above) and contributes to debates and discussions in the parliament as a normal member when not in the chair.
Traditionally the Clerk (In Australia, pronounced c-l-a-r-k) is not an elected member of a parliament but is responsible for advising the Speaker and ensuring the proceedings are conducted according to the rules. However, for the purposes of providing additional opportunities for student involvement, under this model, the Clerk is treated as an elected member and will have the opportunity to participate in debates. It is suggested that the three Clerk positions be rotated so that each student gets a chance to be a member representative as this is difficult to do while undertaking the responsibilities of Clerk, Deputy Clerk and Assistant Clerk. The Clerk may be responsible for:
- recording the minutes of each parliamentary sitting;
- presenting the minutes of previous sitting;
- assisting the Speaker with organising the parliamentary business for each sitting; and
- recording member votes on decisions made.
The Deputy Clerk and Serjeant-at-Arms will assist the Clerk in the duties listed above and, in addition, may be responsible for:
- carrying the mace into the chamber (if school has one);
- leading the Speaker into and out of the chamber at the start and end of each sitting;
- under the direction of the Speaker, removing a named member from the chamber;
- assisting with the preparation of minutes and votes of each parliamentary sitting; and
- in the absence of the Clerk, performs duties of the Clerk (as outlined above).
Assistant Clerk (optional position to allow rotation of Clerks)
The Assistant Clerk may be responsible for performing the duties of the Clerk/Deputy Clerk when one of these positions is absent and contributing to the parliament as a member when not acting as the Clerk/Deputy Clerk.
The Chief Minister is the leader of the government responsible, with the ministers, for implementing the decisions and laws passed in the school parliament. The Chief Minister may be responsible for:
- reporting to the school parliament on work that is being done on behalf of the parliament;
- developing ideas for bills, with the help of other members;
- supporting ministers to fulfil their responsibilities;
- meeting with the principal and/or executive to discuss bills as required;
- making speeches, e.g. thanking people and presenting gifts;
- writing thank you notes for services rendered to the school/grade on behalf of the school parliament; and
- representing the school on special occasions as required.
Deputy Chief Minister
The Deputy Chief Minister is the second senior member of the government leadership team. Traditionally the Deputy Chief Minister is also a minister and may be responsible for:
- supporting the Chief Minister to implement laws passed in the parliament;
- reporting to the school parliament on matters relevant to their ministerial responsibilities and student feedback;
- developing ideas for bills, with the help of other ministers and members;
- meeting with the principal and/or executive to discuss bills as required; and
- in the absence of the Chief Minister, performs duties of the Chief Minister (as outlined above).
Leader of the Opposition
The Leader of the Opposition plays an important role in a parliamentary democracy by questioning the Chief Minister and ministers on what they have been doing in order to keep the government accountable for the decisions being made. While this can be an adversarial role at times, often the opposition and the government agree about what needs to be done and will work together to ensure this happens. As noted earlier, a cooperative, non-adversarial approach may be more suited well-suited when the model is used as school parliament. The Leader of the Opposition may be responsible for:
- reporting to the school parliament on feedback that has been gathered from students;
- developing ideas for bills with the help of other members;
- organising a shadow ministry to assist with their duties in keeping government to account; and
- holding the government to account by questioning the performance of the ministers.
Deputy Leader of the Opposition
The Deputy Leader of the Opposition is the second senior member of the opposition leadership team and supports the Leader of the Opposition to fulfill their responsibilities. In the absence of the Leader of the Opposition the Deputy performs the duties of the Leader of the Opposition (as outlined above).
Ministers each have a portfolio and work with the Chief Minister to implement the decisions and laws passed in the school parliament. They may be responsible for:
- reporting to the school parliament on matters relevant to their responsibilities and student feedback;
- developing ideas for bills, with the help of other members;
- meeting with the principal and/or executive to discuss bills in their area of responsibility as required;
- forming and organise a committee with other members of the parliament to assist with their duties, the minister will co-ordinate committee meetings and activities; and
- providing information to the student body on decisions of the parliament.
Ministers could each take on an area of portfolio responsibility with the supervising teacher determining ministerial positions in line with school policies and requirements. The school parliament can determine the number of ministers and areas of responsibilities, suggested ministries could include, but are not limited to:
- Minister for Communication (e.g. website and newsletter information, billboard updates);
- Minister for Facilities (e.g. playground equipment, water bubblers);
- Minister for Health and Safety (e.g. sun safety, broken/unsafe surfaces or equipment);
- Minister for the Environment (e.g. Clean up Australia day, rubbish/recycling);
- Minister for Sport (e.g. sporting equipment, access); and
- Minister for Fundraising (e.g. casual clothing days, walkathon).
Members are elected to represent all students from their class or year group. Members can perform a variety of roles including being on ministerial committees as government members, forming the shadow ministry with the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Opposition or sitting on the cross bench.
Opposition members form a shadow ministry that is responsible for commenting on particular areas of government activity, these members are referred to as shadow ministers. In the parliament, shadow ministers will often ask questions of the ministers that they ‘shadow’ and will also take the lead in debating issues connected to their areas of shadow portfolio responsibility.
Members from minor parties and independent members sit in the section of the chamber known as the cross bench. When the government does not hold a majority of seats in the parliament, cross bench members may hold what is commonly referred to as the ‘balance of power’. Their vote may decide the outcome of an issue that is before the Assembly when the government and opposition hold opposing positions.
Members may be responsible for:
- consulting with the students that they represent (in their class or year) to get feedback on ideas, issues or concerns they would like raised in the school parliament;
- representing their classmates in the school parliament by raising ideas and issues discussed in class or year group meetings;
- developing ideas for bills, with the help of all other members;
- providing information back to students that they represent on the decisions of the parliament; and
- helping the ministers with their duties by participating in the committees; or
- forming the cross bench or opposition with the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Opposition.
A support teacher with a special interest in school government can provide a vital link between the students, staff and the school management. The teacher will be able to support the students by helping them develop skills in communication, leadership and decision making. They can also help by providing information on school policy, advice on implementing decisions and administrative back-up to the members of the school parliament.
Where the model is used for role play activities, classroom teachers will obviously play a key role. Classroom teachers can adapt various aspects of the model to suit the particular needs of the class. For instance, it is possible to scale down the number of positions or to relax some of the requirements around minute-taking. It is also possible to debate and discuss hypothetical policies and ideas to illustrate various features of parliamentary practice, rather than using the model to make decisions about classroom rules.
The structure of the chamber will depend on the number of members in the school parliament. Traditionally, parliamentary chambers are setup with the Speaker at the front and the Clerk and Deputy Clerk sitting in front of the Speaker. Government members sit to the right of the Speaker, opposition members to the left, and cross bench at the base between the government and opposition members.
This model suggests 25 Members, which is the same number of members as the Assembly. However, numbers can be adjusted depending on size of the parliament and roles allocated. Suggested arrangements for a 25-member parliament are as follows:
- 1 x Speaker;
- 1 x Deputy Speaker (optional);
- 1 x Clerk, 1 x Deputy Clerk and 1 x Assistant Clerk (traditionally Clerks are not members, however an exception has been made for this model);
- 1 x Chief Minister
- 1 x Deputy Chief Minister
- 5 x ministers
- 1 x Leader of the Opposition
- 1 x Deputy Leader of the Opposition
- 11 x members (remaining students are not in allocated positions and can sit on government, opposition or cross benches). They assist ministers by being part of the committees or the Leader of the Opposition by being in a shadow ministry.
To pass a bill in a 25 member parliament, 13 members need to vote yes (majority vote=half of the members+1).
Sittings of the school parliament
This section of the school parliament constitution should set out how sittings will operate. It needs to include:
- frequency of members meetings with their constituent group (class or year group);
- frequency of sittings (weekly, fortnightly, monthly);
- time of meeting;
- quorum (minimum number of members needed for the sitting to proceed);
- agenda (template in Appendix 2);
- minutes (template in Appendix 3);
- bills (template in Appendix 4);
- reports; and
A bill is a proposed law and is usually presented to the parliament by ministers. However, it can also be presented by opposition and crossbench members. In order for a bill to become an act, a majority of members in the parliament must vote in favour of the bill for it to pass. Bills in the school parliament are proposed actions that the members debate and vote on. Each bill should:
- have a formal name;
- explain the aim of the bill and why it is needed;
- how it will operate;
- how the outcomes will be measured; and
- outline the benefits of enacting the bill (either internally for the student population or externally for fundraising ventures).
An example bill is provided in Appendix 5.
In the Commonwealth, a bill does not become an act until it has been given Royal assent by the Governor-General. In the states, Royal assent is given by the Governor. In the ACT, Royal assent is not required, instead a bill becomes an act, after the Assembly has passed the bill, it has been certified by the Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel have published the act on the ACT Legislation Register at the request of the Speaker.
In the case of a school parliament, it may be useful for the school principal and/or executive to give final approval to a bill before it becomes an act (i.e. before, it is formally agreed that the proposal in the bill will be actioned). This enables the degree of self-determination facilitated by the parliament to be balanced with the need to ensure that proposals flowing from students are in line with the values and requirements of the school community and school policy.
All school parliament bills that have passed should be notified to the school principal and/or executive. The Speaker sends a letter on behalf of the members of the school parliament asking for approval for the bill to proceed (Appendix 6). Once the principal has approved the decision the members will be able to plan and implement the activity as outlined in the bill.
If necessary, it is the responsibility of the Chief Minister, together with the responsible minister and accompanied by the supervising teacher, to meet with the principal and/or executive to discuss any bills from the parliament. Where there might be conflicts with school policies or other concerns, the Chief Minister could be asked to make amendments to the bill to bring it into line.
Question time is an important feature of almost all Westminster-style parliaments. It gives members the chance to ask questions of government ministers without any prior notice on the topic. Questions that are asked at question time must be relevant to a minister’s portfolio responsibilities (for example the environment, sport and communications).
Opposition members can often use question time to ask questions that scrutinise the ministers’ performance. Government members (who are not ministers) will often use question time to ask questions that highlight government initiatives and achievements.
Ministers and the Leader of the Opposition all need to report to the school parliament regularly. There may not be time for every minister to report at every sitting, this will depend on the time allowed for sittings. Reporting could be allocated on a rotational basis, if there are urgent items that need to be reported, these should be prioritised. It is suggested that a time limit be allocated for the reporting period of the sitting.
The reports should contain information on what the member has been doing, including new ideas for bills, any problems reported to them by other members of the student body, progress on activities they and other members are planning or involved in and conclude with an action item they will be completing for the next sitting (where they will be reporting). There is scope to determine the level of reporting and the time allocated as the parliamentary term progresses to see what works and what doesn’t.
Every member has the right to cast one vote and for a bill to pass a majority is required (half of the members+1). Only student members can vote, the support teacher does not get a vote. In crafting the constitution, the school parliament can decide if proxy votes from absent members will be accepted.
The first sitting will require the parliamentary roles to be filled. Where it is school policy that captains and vice captains are automatically members of the parliament, the position of Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister could be allocated to these roles (again, it is possible for schools to integrate elections for the captaincy positions with elections for a school parliament).
Alternatively, parliamentary roles can be elected by student members of the parliament by secret ballot with members submitting their vote by writing it on a slip of paper and placing it in a cardboard ballot box. In this case, the supervising teacher performs the roles of Speaker and Clerk until the positions are filled by student members.
After the positions have been elected, the next item of business should be discussion and acceptance of the school parliament constitution and the supervising teacher may be required to prepare a draft constitution and explain how it would operate. Members could propose amendments or discuss areas that they aren’t sure about as part of this preliminary step.
It may be prudent that no further business is undertaken at the first meeting to allow members time to read and understand the constitution and also to meet with their representative groups (class or year) at least once.
A typical sitting day
The parliament determines its own schedule for sitting dates and times. The sitting agenda sets out the order for business items will be debated (Appendix 2). Sitting days are structured so that debate on bills is the first order of business after the opening and acceptance of minutes. Once this has been completed the next order of business is questions and reports. Debate on any topic can be adjourned to another sitting day if more time is needed to consider an issue, this should be noted in the minutes and remain an item on the agenda until a decision has been made. Schools can adjust the order of business to suit individual requirements.
The formal rules which govern the conduct of business in the parliament are known as standing orders, these are set out in Appendix 7. The members have the right to amend or change the standing orders which would be done through a majority vote in the school parliament.
Committees should be formed to help support the work of members in the parliament. All members who do not already have specific roles in the parliament can nominate to be on a committees to help implement the decisions of the parliament.
Committees could be established for the term of the school parliament, with the same members on each committee assisting a specific minister or the Leader of the Opposition. Alternatively a committee can be established for each planned activity and once that activity has been completed it ceases to operate.
Committees explore issues in greater detail outside of the parliament. This could include developing new bills to go before the parliament, investigating options for fundraising, holding meetings with students on specific projects to ensure student feedback is considered (for example what new sporting equipment students would like) and considering student participation in community events.
Amending the constitution
The members have the right to amend the constitution, add new information or remove information that is no longer relevant.
Changing the constitution is an important item of business and in Australia has to be done by referendum. The school could adopt this model which requires all students voting on any proposed change to the school parliament constitution. Alternatively, it can be done in the school parliament through a debate and vote. As the founding document of the school parliament any additions, deletions or changes to the constitution needs to be passed by a two thirds majority of the members (rather than a simple majority). The support teacher should play a role in providing advice on any impacts of changing the school parliament constitution and can also provide feedback to the parliament from the school principal and/or executive if it is relevant to the proposed change.
A number of school parliament resources have been attached as appendices. These include templates, examples and two chamber scripts. One script is a training script to provide students with a complete parliamentary procedure showing how the school parliament model operates and is based on a 30 minute sitting time (Appendix 8). The second script can be used on a regular basis to help the students with correct parliamentary procedure for the sittings of the school parliament (Appendix 9).

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At very first glance, the Maybach GLS 600 appears like a pumped-up, pimped-out Mercedes SUV just one that’s invested a extended time in a custom made shop. Pumped up mainly because it gets a significant-lifting AMG twin-turbo V8, suspension that can make it float like a limo and plenty of push tech to embarrass a Formulation car or truck. It is also seriously pimped out in bright sunshine, you just cannot seem at it with no a welders’ eyeglasses. And on the within, it is more custom made yacht than luxury SUV.
2021 Mercedes-Maybach GLS: what’s it like on the within and outside?
The yacht theme, in actuality, operates deep. You can see pinstripes and ‘paneling’ all in excess of – on the grille, the 22-inch alloy wheels, the sprint and other random pieces of furniture scattered close to the cabin. And just so it fits seamlessly into the lifestyles of the abundant and popular, Maybach has made use of only the very best products. There are thick, deep-pile carpets rather of floor mats, the roof lining and parcel tray are coated in leather-based, and if you see chrome or wood, you can be certain it is the authentic factor. But very first up, just how comfortable are these Pullman rear seats, and can you seriously kick again and zone out?
The clear strains lend on their own perfectly to the liberal software of chrome.
The very first move consists of having into the cabin. It is rather a climb, so it is awesome that the Maybach pops out a retractable footboard for you as you open up the door. Finished in chrome (of system) with the double M symbol prominently exhibited, it can make clambering up painless. After I settle down, I get a commanding see of the street ahead, and this is rather a adjust in comparison to a relatively reduced-driving limo.
Vehicle footboard can make climbing in straightforward no deficiency of chrome.
When this Maybach is not crafted on a more time wheelbase as its S-Class counterpart is, Merc has thrown out the GLS’s rearmost seats, so this once-seven-seater now seats only 4. And the lion’s share of the place goes to the two Nappa-lined reclinable rear seats that provide almost nothing shorter of a very first-class expertise. As comfortable as a sofa to begin with, the seat foundation is sumptuous, your lessen again is superbly supported, and given that you can recline the seat to 43.5 levels (the identical as the S-Class) and extend a footrest, kicking off your sneakers and stretching out is massively indulgent. And once you discover the suitable angle for the backrest and footrest, all you have to do is conserve it in the seat memory. The GLS is a bit narrower than an S-Class, so a bit more wiggle area would have been awesome, but the seats are heated and cooled, and can massage you in fifty percent a dozen distinct strategies.
Backrest reclined at 43.5 levels, toes propped up and surrounded by the very best products the Maybach pampers you.
And that’s not all! You can even turn the GLS 600 into a mini spa of kinds. Several features pool in to make this take place – the cabin lights are dimmed, the colored ambient lighting sets the temper, and you can opt for your favorite spa songs – performed via the 27-speaker, one,590-watt Burmester sound technique all while the seat delivers a soothing very hot massage. As if owning a son et lumière expertise is not plenty of, the Maybach will even perfume the air. The combined outcome is so great, I let out an involuntary yawn. The piece de resistance, however, is the leather-based Maybach pillow that can be made use of possibly as a bolster or as an more aid for your head. In some cases, it is just the minimal matters.
Even though it is wonderfully finished in the very best products, this is even now plainly a GLS dashboard.
And, really should you want, you can even do an ‘energising’ training, as the massaging seats supply resistance that you need to have to force your again and shoulders in opposition to. What up coming, a a hundred and eighty-degree flat mattress?
There’s also other furniture and fixtures really worth mentioning at the rear, all finished in the very best lacquered wood, chrome and leather-based. The central console that operates the duration of the cabin has heated and cooled cup holders, there are fold-out tables in the elbow relaxation, you can specify normal plug details for your products, there’s a fridge huge plenty of to maintain a Champagne bottle (put between the seats), and you get a pair of clamp-style Champagne glass holders (in addition to the normal cup holders). Of system you get blinds for all the home windows, even for the set eyeglasses at the rear, there’s a enormous panoramic sunroof, and the rear of the cabin gets a detachable tablet in the elbow relaxation, in addition to a pair of huge screens that also arrive with a world wide web browser installed. To see how a lot how a lot all these extras price tag, see the box.
2021 Mercedes-Maybach GLS: what’s it like to push?
I opt for to sit in the rear as we exit Mumbai. Established in Maybach method, which is even cushier than Comfort, the GLS 600 sets off like a luxury liner heading in direction of the open up ocean. In this method, the suspension turns even more supple, throttle responses are even smoother and even the gear shifts mix into the track record seamlessly.
Inside, there is no sensation of speed, even even though we are motoring together rather properly. It is incredibly quiet to begin with, and dropping the enthusiast speed on the seats can make the cabin even more silent. It is so quiet listed here, it gets your consideration. There’s plainly a enormous volume of insulation at get the job done, and every thing feels perfectly damped and hushed.
Couple high-driving SUVs can match the supple yet flat experience of the Maybach GLS 600.
Mercedes has long gone as a result of remarkable lengths to make this doable. This, be sure to don’t forget, is not the basically perfectly-insulated S-Class. The enthusiast motor, for case in point, rests on rubber bearings, so only incredibly number of vibrations are transferred to the cabin. There is an extra coating on the air ducts that more dampens the sound of air hurrying past, and even the rubber-lined, leather-based-clad parcel tray at the rear has numerous layers of insulation to damp boot resonance.
What is also distinct is that the roadways have enhanced or at least they come to feel like they have. Irrespective of its extended-travel suspension and supple set up, the GLS is not bouncy. Bumps and irregularities in the street barely sign up, the 600 rides as flat as a hovercraft and the suspension is so silent, it practically blends into the track record. And all this on merely enormous 22-inch wheels. It is only when you have some substantial alterations in street surface or some sharp edges that you get a bit of a ‘bob-bob’ or a muffled thud.
Sunburst layout of spectacular 22-inch wheels appears great.
So what’s heading on? How is this doable? The basic reply is evolution, suggests Mercedes. The up coming move up from the sensor-controlled Airmatic a few-chamber air springs, witnessed on its before vehicles that experienced the potential to ‘read’ the street ahead, this new model also ropes in the dampers. So not only do the springs change on their own ahead of they arrive at a bump or dip in the street, the dampers do way too. And this happens independently for each and every personal wheel! Mercedes statements this is the only technique close to that can individually handle spring and damping forces at each and every wheel, and importantly, also suppress roll, pitch and carry at the identical time.
2021 Mercedes-Maybach GLS: how does it carry out?
The GLS 600 is also a hugely indulgent push. I start in Maybach method, and even listed here it is the AMG-based mostly twin-turbo V8 that attracts very first blood. Creamy, clean, impossibly torquey and with only a hint of a V8 woffle, this is an remarkable motor. The adjust in character from the AMG point out of tune is enormous. Relatively than pumping iron, the ‘M177’ is plainly more into yoga and pranayama listed here. Energy shipping is supple but robust, and when I flex my suitable foot, there’s normally more torque than I hope. Wow.
And the more I force the jewel-box-like accelerator pedal into the deep-pile carpet, the more the motor appears to have in reserve. You can come to feel the pounds change to the rear when you speed up tough, and of system you come to feel the longitudinal g-forces construct, but the Maybach doesn’t raise its nose or dip down all that a lot.
The Maybach GLS manages to do the -100kph dash in 5.04s, even with its two.7 tonne pounds.
Irrespective of weighing in at two.7 tonnes, the Maybach GLS is also swift. Checks we executed showed that -100kph will take 5.04 seconds, with 200kph coming up in eighteen.12 seconds. The AMG-sourced powerplant in issue is a twin-turbocharged 4.-litre V8 with a 48V starter-generator built-in into the nine-speed automatic gearbox. The motor produces 557hp and 730Nm of torque, and an more 250Nm and 22hp arrive via the 48-volt electric powered push. That, technique permitting, is practically one,000Nm – and you can come to feel it.
The light-weight and oily clean steering also helps guide this supertanker with minimum amount fuss. It lacks feedback as you go a lot quicker, but what helps is that it is incredibly precise and clean, and given that the quickly-acting suspension assures system roll stays in test, the GLS 600 is even delighted to tuck neatly into corners. Dial up Curve method (that will come with a few presets), and it physically tilts the SUV into a corner like a bike, offering a semblance of agility. It is no sportscar, but the cornering speeds generated by this enormous SUV are incredibly amazing, and the transformation from a normal GLS to Maybach is large.
2021 Mercedes-Maybach GLS: what optional extras are available?
The 1st Class rear compartment up grade expenses Rs 7.99 lakh, about the value of a Hyundai Nios. When It does rework the rear seat expertise, not every thing you see listed here is included in that value.
one. Fridge Rs two.35 Lakh
The fridge powering the wood cupboard is huge plenty of to maintain two champagne bottles.
two. Folding Tables Rs three.84 Lakh
The solidly crafted folding tables have a incredibly strong system and are incredibly secure, even on the go.
three. 3D Burmester Seem Rs eight.70 Lakh
Seem can rival a live performance hall with subwoofers and a overall of 27 speakers scattered close to the cabin.
4. MBUX Rear Leisure Rs 5.10 Lakh
Integration of Merc’s super MBUX with rear screens gives near-entire entry you get a world wide web browser way too.
5. Champagne Flute Holder Rs one.71 Lakh
Champagne eyeglasses get a felt lined holder and clamps are made use of in the cupholder to maintain them in spot.
2021 Mercedes-Maybach GLS: what safety functions does it get?
Just some of the tech that can make Maybach’s SUV a technological tour de drive.
E-Energetic Physique Control
Based on the Airmatic air suspension, this technique delivers self-levelling as perfectly as lively damping aid. An electrically pushed hydraulic pump (no slip-up) is made use of to help damp the motion of the car and it does not roll, squat or pitch rather as a lot. Extremely, on inadequate street surfaces this kind of as ours, the technique is even in a position to recuperate energy from the up and down forces generated, about halving the energy prerequisite.
The Mercedes-Maybach GLS actively leans into bends by up to a few levels. This is carried out with the help of the Airmatic air suspension and the 48 volt mild hybrid technique. Completed in a few stages, it helps the Maybach correctly behave like a motorbike and lowers the lateral forces acting on the travellers.
Street Floor Scan
Two cameras continually scan the street surface ahead of the car and supply a type of a few-dimensional image of the street ahead. When surface imperfections are detected, a information is sent to the suspension so it can most effective adapt, even ahead of the negative patch is reached.
Restoration Perform (Bounce Mode)
Bundled as portion of the Off-Street push plan, it is meant to help free a car from deep sand or slush. To do this, the suspension stage is instantly lifted and reduced numerous periods in swift succession. This improves and then lowers force on the tyres, bettering traction and helps the GLS rock by itself free. Observing this two.7-tonne SUV bounce like a lowrider, however, is so a lot enjoyable, most entrepreneurs will mostly use it as a get together trick.
Evasive Steering Aid (ESA)
Among twenty to 70kph, Evasive Steering Aid can help the driver manoeuvre and prevent a pedestrian. To do this the car or truck takes advantage of a pedestrian detection technique fed by both equally digital camera and radar, to specifically work out steering torque, ahead of implementing it to turn the steering wheel.
2021 Mercedes-Maybach GLS: Should you obtain just one?
The Maybach GLS 600 has a setting up value of Rs two.43 crore, but this is ahead of you spec it up. Do that and the value can easily insert a different crore. When this is without doubt a humongous pile of cash, the GLS 600 is even now more easily available than rivals like the Bentley Bentayga or the Rolls-Royce Cullinan, selling prices for which start at Rs 4 and 7 crore, respectively. Yes, contrary to rivals, it doesn’t rather have its individual id and is even now based mostly on a GLS, but what the Maybach delivers otherwise is an expertise not way too significantly removed from these more pricey rivals. On the lookout for an option to a Maybach S-Class limo? This SUV could be just one of the choices.


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Appellation St. Helena’s bASH is a prime opportunity to celebrate the great wines of today, the great chefs of tomorrow, and the community partnerships that bind together our local economy.
Set for Saturday, March 30, at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, bASH is a food and wine pairing competition involving St. Helena wineries, CIA students, and local restaurants/businesses.
Each of the more than 30 participating wineries from Appellation St. Helena (ASH) teams up with two CIA students – or in a few cases local restaurants/businesses.
The students come up with a food to pair with one of the wines from their winery partner. Then the students make 300 servings to hand out during bASH. Members of the public vote for their favorite pairings.
In addition to the usual “People’s Choice” awards, this year bASH is adding a panel of five industry professionals who will judge the “Critic’s Choice” awards: food writer Susie Heller, TV wine personality Leslie Sbrocco, author Virginie Boone of Wine Enthusiast, Master Sommelier Christopher Sawyer, and San Francisco Chronicle restaurant critic Soleil Ho.
Tickets aren’t cheap at $175, but the price is commensurate with the uniqueness of the format – there’s nothing like this open to the public in the Napa Valley – and the quality of the food and wine.
Lesley Keffer Russell, general manager at Saint Helena Winery on Pratt Avenue and president of ASH, explained to us how bASH works. We were most impressed by how the event incorporates community partnerships.
Sunshine Foods partially subsidizes the cost of the food, and owner Jay Smith has been a huge supporter of the event. Sunshine even competes in one of the pairings.
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CIA instructor Lars Kronmark organizes things on the CIA’s end. Kronmark is a St. Helena institution and an influential ambassador on behalf of St. Helena wine and food.
The CIA itself is a priceless asset to the community, and events like bASH are a great opportunity for locals to discover why we’re so fortunate to have the CIA – and its rising-star students – in St. Helena.
At the center of the whole web are the St. Helena wineries. When we asked Russell what sets St. Helena wines apart from the rest of the Napa Valley’s appellations, she said it’s all about our climate.
We get more sunshine and less Bay Area fog than neighboring appellations like Calistoga and Rutherford, which lends our wines a distinctive ripeness. With nearly all of its vineyards on the valley floor, St. Helena produces wines that are lush, fruit-forward, less rigidly structured than mountain wines from hillside vineyards, and equally drinkable now or in 10 years.
The St. Helena appellation extends beyond the city limits and encompasses 12,000 acres. About 6,800 of those acres are in vineyard. Most of us live or work just down the street from one of those vineyards, if not right next to one.
That means bASH is the one great wine event that’s all about St. Helena. It’s about the wine produced from our soil, sculpted by the vineyard workers and winemakers we see around town every day. It’s about Sunshine Foods and the CIA and each of the wineries and grapegrowers who are members of ASH.
It’s about the intricately interlocking gears of the economic machine that sustains our quality of life. It’s about the CIA students who will be winning James Beard Awards and running our favorite restaurants in 20 years.
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I did go riding today.It was a typical Colorado winter day with cold temperatures and bright sunshine. Sprite felt great, and I was happy to be out there sharing the day with her.
As much as I enjoyed the ride, however, I never really stopped thinking about painting. Sprite's little bay ears were a constant reminder of the color I wanted for Aggie, but had not achieved.
After the ride, I spent some time with Karen and Bob, and again, I found myself mentally comparing shades of bay. I thought to myself, "I am never going to be happy with that Aggie!"...
so I went home and did this. I'm not sure if I fixed her or wrecked her, but either way, I have no regrets. I had to do something.
And, you know, at least I didn't cut her head off!
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Originally published at 5 a.m. Oct. 8.
Ordinances allowing homeless shelters and 30-unit-per-acre apartment complexes are among the items Murrieta City Council is set to consider tonight.
Council will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, One Town Square, for the final public hearing before the city’s eight-year plan to meet state affordable housing guidelines is submitted.
The City of Murrieta’s Housing Element 2014-2021
requires a number of zoning changes and code amendments to fulfill the
requirements set out by the State Department of Housing and Community
Murrieta needs to allow for emergency and transitional housing
that temporarily provides services for homeless people or those
transitioning from a homeless situation, according to a city staff
report. Currently, city code allows these as conditionally permitted
The new city code will allow shelters for up to 30
overnight occupants per site, which can not be located within 300 feet
of another, nor within 1,000 feet of parks, schools, day care
facilities, businesses that sell alcohol or the residences of
probationers or parolees.
Also, to meet its obligation of
offering housing for those with very low, low and moderate income
levels, the city was required to identify and accordingly rezone areas
that can accommodate a minimum of 30 multifamily dwelling units per
acre—in zoning terms, Multi-Family-3 (MF-3).
It was determined
that Murrieta needs to zone for 289 housing units for residents with
moderate incomes; 262 for those with low incomes; and 395 for those who
fall in the very low income-earners bracket. The income levels were
determined using the city’s 2010 census data.
conducted an extensive evaluation on appropriate properties to designate
at this new threshold density and ultimately determined to re-zone
three properties owned by the Murrieta Housing Authority (formerly the
Redevelopment Agency) and to establish a transit oriented development
overlay district,” City Planner Cynthia Kinser wrote in the staff
One of the Murrieta Housing Authority properties that
will be rezoned to Village Residential Multi-Family-3, or VRM-3, is
located on six acres on Adams Avenue, north of Ivy Street. Because the
property falls in the Historic Downtown Murrieta Specific Plan, the
rezoning to allow a minimum of 30 residential units per acre—approved by
the Historic Advisory Ad Hoc Committee during a meeting held Sept.
10—must be noted with an amendment.
Another two properties
owned by the Murrieta Housing Authority on the west side of Jefferson
Avenue, north of Murrieta Hot Springs Road, will be rezoned to MF-3.
for the transit overlay district, it is 374 acres between Los Alamos
Road to the north, Jefferson Avenue to the west, Vista Murrieta and
Hancock to the east, and just north of Guava and Murrieta Hot Springs
Road to the south. The current zoning in that area is office and
commercial, but it will be rezoned to MF-3. Kinser stated that the
preferable use for the transit overlay district—urban-scale
development that encourages pedestrian activity—would be mixed, with
commercial/office uses on the first floor of future buildings. Upper
floors would be residential units.
The city does not construct the dwellings, but may subsidize the developments by waiving permit fees.
hearings regarding the Housing Element 2014-2021 were held in February
and September before the Planning Commission, and in March before the