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The announcement was introduced — in official information experiences, on social media — as a serious victory for Chinese ladies. The authorities was set to overtake its regulation governing ladies’s rights for the primary time in a long time, to refine the definition of sexual harassment, affirm prohibitions on office discrimination and ban types of emotional abuse.
For many ladies in China, the response was: Hm, actually?
The proposed revisions are the newest in a sequence of conflicting messages by the Chinese authorities in regards to the nation’s rising feminist motion. On paper, the modifications, which China’s legislature reviewed for the primary time final month, would appear to be a triumph for activists who’ve lengthy labored to push gender equality into the Chinese mainstream. The Women’s Rights and Interests Protection Law has been considerably revised solely as soon as, in 2005, because it was enacted practically three a long time in the past.
The authorities has additionally lately emphasised its dedication to ladies’s employment rights, particularly because it urges ladies to have extra youngsters amid a looming demographic disaster. The official newspaper of China’s Supreme Court explicitly tied the brand new three-child coverage to the revision, which might codify prohibitions on employers asking ladies about their marital standing or plans to have youngsters.
The Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai disappeared from public view for weeks in November after she accused a high Chinese chief of sexual assault.Credit…Damir Sagolj/Reuters
At the identical time, the authorities, ever leery of grass-roots organizing, have detained outspoken feminist activists and sought to regulate the nation’s fledgling #MeToo motion. Sexual harassment lawsuits — already uncommon — have been dismissed. Women have been fired or fined for lodging accusations. When Peng Shuai, a star tennis participant, lately mentioned on social media high Chinese chief had pressured her into intercourse, she was censored inside minutes, and lots of fear that she is below surveillance.
Women have additionally been more and more pushed out of the office and into conventional gender roles since China’s chief, Xi Jinping, assumed energy. Some concern that the marketing campaign to encourage childbirth may flip coercive.
The contradictions had been clear in a latest article within the Global Times, a Communist Party-owned tabloid, about Chinese feminist advocacy. While the article hailed the proposed authorized revisions as a “landmark transfer,” it additionally denounced “spooky ‘feminism’” and derided the “so-called MeToo motion” as one more Western cudgel towards China.
Feminist activists have warned towards giving the revisions an excessive amount of weight.
Feng Yuan, the founding father of Equality, a Beijing-based advocacy group, welcomed the transfer for its potential to impose “ethical accountability and stress” on establishments. But she famous that the draft doesn’t specify clear punishments for the violations it outlines. Instead, it makes use of phrases comparable to “will probably be ordered to make corrections” or “could also be criticized and educated.”
“This regulation, to be sincere, is extra of a gesture than a selected plan of operation,” Ms. Feng mentioned.
The gesture, no less than, is in depth. As revised, the regulation would supply probably the most complete authorized definition but of sexual harassment, to incorporate behaviors comparable to sending undesirable sexually specific photos or pressuring somebody right into a relationship in alternate for advantages. It additionally instructs faculties and employers to introduce anti-harassment coaching and channels for complaints.
Alibaba, the e-commerce large, in December dismissed an worker who accused her boss of rape. The case highlighted the hurdles Chinese ladies face once they expertise sexual harassment or assault.Credit…Andy Wong/Associated Press
The regulation would additionally codify ladies’s proper to ask for compensation for home tasks throughout divorce proceedings — following the first-of-its-kind choice by a Chinese divorce courtroom final yr to award a girl greater than $7,700 for her labor throughout her marriage.
Some provisions would transcend these in different nations. In specific, the draft bans using “superstition” or different “emotional management” towards ladies. While the draft doesn’t supply additional particulars, state media experiences have mentioned these bans would cowl pickup artistry. Pickup artistry — a apply that arrived in China from the United States — generally refers to using manipulative methods, together with gaslighting, to demean ladies and lure them into having intercourse. It grew to become a booming business in China, with 1000’s of firms and web sites promising to show methods, and it has been extensively condemned by each the federal government and social media customers.
Elsewhere, bans on emotional coercion are spotty. Britain banned it in 2015, whereas the United States has no federal regulation towards it.
Yet the actually novel elements of the Chinese regulation are restricted. Many of the provisions exist already in different legal guidelines or rules however have been poorly enforced. China’s labor regulation bans discrimination based mostly on intercourse. The compensation-for-housework measure was included in a brand new civil code that went into impact final yr.
While the regulation affirms ladies’s proper to sue, its emphasis is essentially on authorizing authorities officers to take top-down motion towards offenders, mentioned Darius Longarino, a researcher at Yale Law School who research China.
“The precedence must be on bottom-up enforcement, the place you empower people who’ve been harassed to make use of the regulation to guard their rights,” he mentioned.
It is uncommon for victims of harassment to go to courtroom. An evaluation by Mr. Longarino and others discovered that 93 p.c of sexual harassment circumstances determined in China between 2018 and 2020 had been introduced not by the alleged sufferer however by the alleged harasser, claiming defamation or wrongful termination. Women who’ve made public harassment claims have been compelled to pay these they accused.
Nonlegal complaints can convey heavy penalties, too. In December, Alibaba, the e-commerce large, fired a girl who had accused a superior of raping her. The firm mentioned that she had “unfold falsehoods,” although it had earlier fired the person she accused.
Zhou Xiaoxuan, recognized additionally as Xianzi, talking to journalists and supporters exterior a courtroom in Beijing in September. Credit…Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Even when ladies do sue their harassers, they face steep hurdles. Perhaps probably the most high-profile #MeToo case to go to courtroom was introduced by Zhou Xiaoxuan, a former intern at China’s state broadcaster, who asserted that Zhu Jun, a star anchor, had forcibly kissed and groped her. But the case confronted years of delays. In September, a courtroom dismissed the declare and mentioned she had not offered sufficient proof, although Ms. Zhou mentioned the judges had rejected her efforts to introduce extra.
In an interview, Ms. Zhou expressed skepticism that the revised regulation would change a lot.
“The judicial surroundings gained’t be modified by one or two authorized amendments,” she mentioned. “It will take each courtroom, each decide actually understanding the plight of those that undergo from sexual harassment. This might be nonetheless a really lengthy, exhausting street.”
Emotional management may show even more durable to substantiate, particularly in a rustic the place open dialogue of psychological well being can nonetheless carry a stigma. Guo Jing, a feminist activist from Wuhan, famous that psychologists are not often admitted as skilled witnesses in Chinese courts, and that judges is perhaps skeptical of claims of despair or different psychological well being circumstances.
And patriarchal attitudes nonetheless stay deeply entrenched. After the draft revisions had been revealed, a number of male bloggers with massive followings on the social media platform Weibo denounced the provisions towards degrading or harassing ladies on-line, saying they might give “radical” feminists an excessive amount of energy to silence their critics.
Still, some ladies stay optimistic in regards to the attainable energy of the proposed modifications.
Guo Jing, a feminist activist from Wuhan, famous that judges is perhaps skeptical of claims of psychological well being circumstances.
A girl in southern Guangdong Province who requested solely to make use of her final title, Han, out of fears for her security, mentioned that she had endured years of bodily and emotional abuse by her ex-husband. Even although she managed to safe a divorce final yr, he continues to stalk and threaten her, she mentioned. She obtained a restraining order, considered by The New York Times, that cited chat logs and recordings.
Yet even with the restraining order, when Ms. Han referred to as the police, they typically informed her that threats alone weren’t sufficient for them to take motion, as he had not bodily harmed her, she mentioned. If the regulation had been revised, she continued, the police can be compelled to acknowledge that she had a proper to hunt their assist.
“If the regulation modifications, I will probably be much more satisfied that every little thing I’m doing proper now could be proper,” she mentioned.
Joy Dong contributed analysis.


Liverpool – a suburb of Greater Western Sydney in Australia – will be piloting a smart curbside project to facilitate parking. The 12-month pilot project is part of the New South Wales government’s Smart Places Acceleration program which began last year.
The goal of the smart curbs project is to lessen the amount of time spent in looking for parking. A new parking app – called Park’nPay – is also being introduced, that uses artificial intelligence to reduce congestion and streamline the payment process at commuter car parks.
“In busy city suburbs like Liverpool, kerbside parking is valuable real estate. We need to ensure we use it to its optimal level. We also need to guarantee drivers and small businesses are getting an equal share because — it is so important to ensure our suburban economies get back up and running,” Minister for Transport and Roads, Andrew Constance, said.
The pilot project will also collect data to be used in future for the introduction of other measures.
“The data we collect will also help shape safer pedestrian and cycling connectivity to offices, schools, and shops and could help create smarter loading zones that share availability information, to make deliveries quicker and easier,” Liverpool City Council Mayor, Wendy Waller, said.
Funding for the smart parking trials will come from the NSW Smart Places Acceleration Program’s fund, which has set aside AU$45 million (~US$35.1 million) for state government agencies, councils, or regional organizations to adopt smart technologies.
The NSW Smart Places Acceleration Program hopes to deliver dedicated communications networks, smart CCTV; smart lighting; predictive analytics; push-to-talk emergency systems to reduce crime; smart meters to help residents track water and energy usage; smart traffic signalling and real-time route planning to reduce traffic congestion; sensors to monitor air quality; and, digital models to improve construction planning and reduce costs.


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South China Sea – Claimants dig in for control of sea lanes
“Fishermen poised to conquer South China Sea”. This could be the title of the latest Chinese epic film or of a novel based in ancient times, but it actually describes what is happening after Chinese authorities lifted a fishing ban in the contested waters. According to China Daily, fishermen in the Hainan and Guangdong provinces have resumed operations after the annual fishing ban in the northern part of the South China Sea was lifted at the beginning of the month. Declared on 16 May “to protect marine resources and promote environmental awareness among fishermen,” the ban was announced unilaterally for a contested area where five other countries claim ocean features and waters considered by Beijing its national territory. At the time, Vietnam and the Philippines, who are among the five claimants which also include Brunei, Taiwan and Malaysia, protested against the Chinese decision. Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesman Luong Thanh Nghi, in particular, defined it as “invalid.”
According to Chinese media, more than 14,000 fishing boats registered in the Guangdong province, and 9,000 ships carrying 35,611 fishermen from Hainan have already started their journey to the South China Sea to conduct fishing operations. But “the main purpose of China in sending such a large number of fishing boats to the East Sea (as the Vietnamese refer to the South China Sea) is not to fish,” stated the chairman of the Vietnam Fisheries Association, Nguyen Viet Thang. Fisheries resources are of significant economic importance, “but they also provide a pretext for increased civilian patrols in the South China Sea and rally nationalist sentiment,” as underlined in a recent report of the International Crises Group (ICG – ‘Stirring up the South China Sea II: Regional Responses‘).
Beyond the struggle for resources, from fisheries to potential hydrocarbon reserves, the dispute is increasingly becoming a geopolitical battleground. The situation offers no obvious peaceful solutions, although all the claimants, as well as other countries, such as the U.S., not directly involved but interested in ensuring the “freedom of navigation,” routinely claim to be searching for a peaceful outcome. If the goal seems to be clear, means to reach it diverge. Beijing insists on resolving the disputes bilaterally, while Vietnam and the Philippines are actively engaging the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and foreign superpowers like the U.S. with the aim to internationalize the issue. But the results of the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) held last July in Phnom Penh do not bode well for the future: for the first time in 45 years the AMM failed to agree on a joint communiqué due to the South China Sea issue, and probably because of Chinese pressure on the Cambodian chairmanship.
While some observers and experts have been trying to review and understand the diplomatic deadlock, others stressed the political mistakes coming also from Beijing. “China’s victory proved to be Pyrrhic. It won the battle of the comminiqué, but it may have lost 20 years of painstakingly accumulated goodwill, the result of efforts such as the ASEAN-China free-trade agreement, signed in November 2002,” wrote Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at National University of Singapore. In the meantime, with no binding agreement, tension rising and increased chances of an incident among the thousands of boats, vessels and navies crossing one of the most active sea-regions in the world, nationalistic sentiment is rising. This is especially true for Vietnam, whose authorities draw on international law, particularly the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which all the claimant countries have ratified.
Under the UNCLOS, note Vietnamese authorities, a country has jurisdictional rights over fisheries resources in its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and that country has the right to expel foreign fishing boats that illegally enter the EEZ. China’s claims are depicted by its nine-dotted line map, which shows a U-shaped line that encompasses the majority of the South China Sea, including all of the Spratly and Paracel islands, called Hoang Sa and Truong Sa by the Vietnamese. A map that Chinese authorities submitted to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, as a note verbale containing the term “relevant waters,” and thus raising grave concern among the claimants.
Adding to this, last June, the state-run China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) invited foreign energy companies to bid for exploration rights in nine blocks in the South China Sea. The blocks lie completely within Vietnam’s EEZ and overlap with those offered for development to foreign energy corporations by state-owned PetroVietnam.
However, while China bases its maritime claims on its land sovereignty, the ICG report underlines that “many of these land features would likely not meet qualifications set by UNCLOS to serve as a base for EEZs and continental shelves”. Key foreign ministry statements and two authoritative White Papers from 1979 and 1982 outlined claims to all features of both island chains and offer four main historical arguments – “Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa Archipelagos”, Vietnamese foreign ministry, 7 August 1979; White Papers of 28 September 1979 and 18 January 1982 -. A joint submission with Malaysia to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) in May 2009 defined the 200-nautical mile EEZ limits drawn from the mainland.
The feeling is, that nobody wants to back down, particularly not China, at least not until the election of the nine new members of the party’s next Politburo Standing Committee, China’s most powerful decision-making body. According to some international media, the 18th National Congress, scheduled for September or October, may be delayed until November or even January 2013 due to the fallout from the Bo Xilai scandal. Moreover, in November ASEAN members will meet again in Phnom Penh with little hope of finalizing an effective and binding Code of Conduct on South China Sea. While the Chinese government publicly announced that it was ready to enter into formal discussions with ASEAN “when conditions were ripe”, China’s Central Military Committee simultaneously issued a directive establishing a military garrison in the (so-called) Sansha prefecture, which nominally administers all of the Spratly and Paracel islands, the Macclesfield Bank undersea atoll and surrounding waters. This double approach does not help to clarify an already complicated issue, the makings of which may be ripe for a movie script but are unfortunately not fiction.

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Long Range Facilities Maintenance Plan
Since we know that routine and unexpected maintenance demands will arise due to aging facilities and systems. Cleburne ISD must proactively develop and implement a plan for dealing with the inevitability of the unexpected. Consequently, we must plan to meet the challenges of effective facilities maintenance. It is simply too big of a job to be addressed in a haphazard fashion. The consequences of not planning can affect teaching and learning, student and staff health, day-to-day building operations, and the long-range fiscal outlook of our district. Attached is a long-range maintenance plan for many of the district's facility related items. This plan was developed using industry standard life cycle estimates for equipment and building systems.
Facilities maintenance doesn't occur in a vacuum. All grounds and buildings belong to Cleburne ISD, not our maintenance department. The maintenance department's job is to ensure that facilities and grounds are in adequate condition to support the mission of the district. Therefore, day-to-day maintenance activities must be guided by a district facilities maintenance plan that is informed by and aligned with a larger organizational plan. Without a coordinated plan, it is impossible to know whether day-to-day maintenance operations support current and future organizational priorities.
There is no question that maintaining our facilities cost money, but regular facilities maintenance produces savings by:
- Decreasing equipment replacement costs over time
- Decreasing renovation costs because fewer large-scale repair jobs are needed
- Decreasing overhead costs (such as utility bills) because of increased system efficiency
Effective school facility maintenance planning can:
- Improve the cleanliness, orderliness, and safety of Cleburne ISD's facilities
- Reduce the operational costs and life-cycle cost of our buildings
- Helps us as a district to deal with limited resources by identifying facilities priorities proactively rather than reactively
- Extend the useful life of our buildings
- Cleburne ISD Board of Education
- 1. Introduction and Purpose
- 2. Maintenance Scheduling Charts
- 3. Preventive Maintenance Program
- 4. Facilities Inventory
- 5. FY 15/16 Approved Budget for Maintenance & Operations
- 6. Maintenance Vehicle Inventory
- 7. Facility Contact Information
- Purpose of the Plan
- Primary Objectives of the Maintenance Program
- Levels of Maintenance and Related Cost Factors
- General Maintenance Methods
- Maintenance and Operations Organization
Cleburne Independent School District has established an inventory of facilities and contents that are currently assessed at approximately $220,873,827 with approximately 1,373,405 square feet of floor space. This represents an important and vital segment of the education process of Cleburne ISD. It is the responsibility of the district to provide properly maintained and furnished educational environments. This can only be accomplished through efficient, timely, and economical maintenance of our facilities and grounds.
This report provides an overview of the scheduled maintenance of all buildings, identifies objectives of the maintenance program and presents the maintenance and operations budget.
In the sections that follow, elaboration and details are provided that are illustrative of the long range planning for school building maintenance for Cleburne ISD. We will continue to strive for improvement to the procedures and practices stated within the plan.
This comprehensive maintenance plan is established to help identify, improve and develop the plant maintenance program of Cleburne ISD. Educational programs and services mandate that their instructional delivery be presented within educational facilities that provide a safe and healthy environment. The mission of all District Operations Departments is to ensure that the proper environment is provided while managing the efficient use of all resources.
The overall objective of the maintenance program is to maintain, throughout its expected useful life, the interior and exterior of school buildings, the grounds including parking areas, and all fixed and moveable equipment through preventive maintenance and repairs. Further, this objective is specifically intended to provide:
- Buildings and their components which function safely and at top efficiency.
- Facilities and equipment which greatly minimize the possibility of fires, accidents, and safety hazards.
- Continuous use of facilities without disruptions to the educational programs.
- Protection of district property through proper planning, scheduling, and preventive maintenance.
- Provide quality management of maintenance projects and tasks.
- Conservation of energy through utilization of the latest technology and energy conservation measures.
- Insure a quality maintenance program through effective management and efficient utilization of resources.
- Provide the best indoor air quality possible by maintaining a physical environment that supports the needs of the instructional program, staff, students, other users, and visitors who use school facilities and grounds.
There are a variety of factors associated with the desired level of school building maintenance which relate directly to the available resources. These include: Age of facility, age of equipment, available manpower, current level of funding, and facility use beyond that of the regular school day. In order to assess the impact of required school building maintenance efforts, the following factors are presented:
1. Building Use
School buildings may require various levels of maintenance due to the varied use of the facilities. The maintenance effort and cost for school facilities can often be traced to the extent of the facilities use, the type of facilities use, an effective Director of Maintenance and community user respect. This is essentially true of the school buildings in Cleburne ISD that have extensive community-use patterns. Respect and care by the building users usually results in few dollars required for maintenance.
2. Building and Equipment Design
Design simplicity and equipment accessibility as related to performing repairs and preventive maintenance
Quality and maintainability
Ease of component replacement and repair parts availability
Maximum operating efficiency of all mechanical components and maximum energy efficiency of all mechanical/electrical systems
3. Building Codes
Various federal, state and city codes (Building, Safety, Fire, Health, ASHRAE, ADA and indoor air quality) change from time to time. These standards must be adhered to in order to insure a safe, accessible and healthy building environment for students, employees and the public. Maintaining compliance with these code modifications is certainly a cost factor that must be considered in addition to regular building maintenance.
4. Advances in Technology
New technology and energy savings measures related to building equipment and components need to be carefully considered and incorporated into the building maintenance program in order to insure a more cost effective level of maintenance. These new technological advances may require the development of revised maintenance and operations procedures and may reduce operating costs. While such advances may show a first time or one time increase in the maintenance budget, there may be significant long-term decrease in the plant operations budget or increase in life.
5. Condition of Existing School Buildings
The condition of existing school facilities need to be considered as well as frequency of use of facilities beyond the normal school day when evaluating the overall maintenance effort. These factors create a significant impact to the plant maintenance program to provide adequate funding, staffing, and effective building maintenance.
6. Service Standards
Maintenance service standards for school facilities are best established through adequate program administration and supervision, effective employee selection and training and maintaining employee performance within the organization. The overall scope necessary for adequate plant maintenance procedures and services is highlighted in the charts shown in Section II and Section III. They are intended to reflect scheduled service standards and routing preventive maintenance procedures.
7. Operational Considerations (Preventive Maintenance)
The operations component in the individual school (often referred to as a Custodial Services) is an important consideration in assessing overall maintenance levels and determining costs associated with building maintenance. An effective building operation function should complement the centralized plant maintenance function to provide an overall effective plant maintenance program. Cleburne ISD has developed and implemented such a plan. We feel this combined effort is providing an effective plant maintenance program.
In Summary, all of the above-mentioned factors have a direct impact on establishing a cost-effective plant maintenance program that meets the requirements of today’s educational environment.
There are several methods for performing required building and equipment maintenance that have proven to be cost-effective and are presently being utilized at Cleburne ISD. They include:
- Utilization of a centralized maintenance in-house workforce
- Effective use of district personnel to perform preventative maintenance
- Utilization of outside contractors and service agreements as needed
A full-time district maintenance workforce provides the following services:
- Emergency response to power failures, plumbing, heating, and air conditioning failures.
- Monitoring energy management with state-of-the-art computerized system.
- Interior and exterior painting.
- Carpentry, electrical, plumbing, HVAC service, and minor roof repairs.
- Grounds maintenance, mowing, landscaping, etc.
- Minor building modifications.
- Vandalism repairs.
- Maintenance and repairs to fire and security systems.
- Hardware maintenance and repairs.
- Utilize a computerized maintenance management system (School Dude)
Approximately 50% of our full-time maintenance personnel are assigned by specific trade area, i.e., electrician (licensed), plumber, HVAC tech (licensed) and etc. 39% of those employees are crossed-trained in several trades to allow for emergency substitutions when the need arises. Each of these tradesmen develops an in-depth familiarity with their respective assignments. In addition, this familiarity also includes the operation of equipment in each facility. The importance of having trained personnel who are highly capable and readily available constitutes many advantages regarding timely response and maintaining facilities in a safe and ready condition for student use.
The contracted services component relates to the following areas:
- HVAC chiller service (Wheat MS)
- Kitchen fire hoods, service and inspection
- Elevator maintenance and inspection
- Energy management control service
- Fire sprinkler systems maintenance and inspection
- Roof repair and inspection
- Fire extinguisher inspection and service
- Fire and security monitoring
- Bleacher inspection
- Plumbing repairs (major)
Facility Information Management Systems (FIMS):
Automated processes are essential to the operation of the maintenance program at Cleburne ISD. The district has invested in various systems that are used for a variety of activities all intended to assist managing the daily operation and maintenance of the schools.
Cleburne ISD utilizes the following School DUDE products:
For all maintenance related work order requests from school sites.
Preventive Maintenance Direct:
Work orders are established by Maintenance Director.
Utilized by approved private groups who utilize our school facilities including organizations such as Little Dribblers and Scouting organizations
Other Automat Systems:
Cleburne ISD also utilizes other software systems in support of the maintenance functions as follows:
Access Control Software used to manage access cards for each district employee and control access to district facilities. This system is used in conjunction with the intruder alarm system with access primarily given to Administrative Secretaries, Locksmith and Maintenance Services Manager.
Automated HVAC control system installed at Cleburne ISD facilities
Work Order Request Process
Cleburne ISD has defined three primary Maintenance Direct u (School Dude) users at each school site:
- Administrator: Director of Maintenance and Maintenance Supervisor.
- Site Administrator: Principals, Assistant Principals - Responsible for school request and approval process
- Requestor: Any authorized user within CISD
- Technician: Maintenance Department personnel
Maintenance Direct work order requests are routed to the Director of Maintenance for all crafts (trades). The Director of Maintenance then assigns the work order to the appropriate technician including determination of priority.
The Director of Maintenance is also responsible for closing all work orders completed by Technicians (district employees and contractor).
The Operations Department has trained and given full administrative rights to the Maintenance Supervisor who can assign work orders, create reports and other needed tasks in the absence and in support of the Director of Maintenance.
The Director of Maintenance is responsible for prioritizing all work submitted to the Maintenance Department with regards to maintenance. Work is prioritized as follows:
- Emergency: Work requested is intended to protect the life, health and safety of students and staff.
- High: Work requested is intended to insure the functioning of school.
- Medium: Work requested is not an Emergency or High Priority or Cosmetic in nature. Most work requests will fall in this category.
- Low: Work requested is cosmetic in nature.
The Maintenance Department’s top priority is to ensure the health, safety and well-being of our students and staff. We are committed to immediately responding to every emergency situation which may arise at any of our school facilities throughout the district. If necessary, we coordinate our activities with the City of Cleburne.
We adhere to all regulations and standards including all building codes, the Americans with Disabilities Act and Energy Efficiency Standards.
Efficient school building maintenance requires an effective organization structure. The following is an overview of the basic responsibilities of the Maintenance Department and the Plant Operations Department (custodial).
The Maintenance Department has the prime responsibility for building/equipment maintenance based on specific areas of responsibilities. It should be noted that there are some maintenance areas in which contracted services supplement or have major responsibilities for building and/or equipment maintenance. In those cases where contracted services have traditionally been utilized, such services have proven to be cost-effective. The Maintenance Department personnel are also responsible for grounds maintenance, landscaping, and improvements to athletic fields.
Plant Operations Department (Custodial)
The Plant Operations Department provides assistance and service to the schools on a daily basis to perform custodial duties and minor preventive maintenance to the building equipment. Typically, these services are primarily dedicated to cleaning and limited maintenance to promote a health and safe learning environment. However, the custodial personnel assigned to each school also are capable of providing an invaluable service in detecting equipment malfunctions and building deterioration before each becomes a major problem.
The following charts have been developed as a management tool, not only for the purposes of actually scheduling maintenance, but to assist in budget preparation and manpower forecasting. The schedules are meant to be flexible in order to adjust to possible varying budgets and unforeseen issues that will arise.
|A||Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC)|
|D||Parking Lot Resurface/Re-Striping|
|E||Tennis Court Maintenance|
|F||Running Track Maintenance|
|G||Gym Floor Refinishing/Replacement|
Preventive maintenance (P.M.) generally refers to routine inspections, adjustments, lubrication and cleaning of fixed and movable equipment, machinery and appliances utilized in the daily operation of a facility. Performing regular routine preventive maintenance keeps equipment in good running order, reducing the possibility of equipment failure thus insuring and extending expected equipment life. Through regular preventive maintenance, potential problems can be detected early, reducing down time and preventing more expensive repairs.
The performance of routine preventive maintenance in each facility is the responsibility of the Maintenance Department. The following document is designed to give technicians the guidance necessary to perform basic routine P.M. checks and tasks.
It is the responsibility of the individual technician to see that these PM Tasks are performed and properly recorded in School Dude PM Direct. As with other assignments, the Director of Maintenance may delegate some of the tasks to any department employees to ensure tasks are completed.
Problems found during P.M. inspections should be noted in the technician’s comments section in School Dude PM Direct and a Work Order created to ensure the necessary repair is made.
|"Excellent"||New school or renovation, less than five years old|
|"Good"||Building requires only routine maintenance|
|"Fair"||Building requires major instructional or systemic upgrade|
|"Poor"||Scheduled for renovation or closing within five years|
|Adams Elementary||1492 Island Grove Rd. Cleburne, Texas 76033||Good|
|Coleman Elementary||920 Westhill Cleburne, Texas 76033||Fair-Poor|
|Cooke Elementary||902 Phillips Cleburne, Texas 76033||Fair-Poor|
|Gerard Elementary||1212 S. Hyde Park Cleburne, Texas 76033||Fair|
|Irving Elementary||345 Hix Road Cleburne, Texas 76033||Good|
|Marti Elementary||2020 Kilpatrick Cleburne, Texas 76033||Good|
|Santa Fe Elementary||1601 E. Henderson Cleburne, Texas 76033||Good|
|Lowell Smith Middle School||1710 Country Club Road Cleburne, Texas 76033||Good|
|A D Wheat Middle School||810 N. Colonial Cleburne, Texas 76033||Fair|
|Cleburne High School||1501 Harlin Drive Cleburne, Texas 76033||Poor|
|TEAM Campus||1005 S. Anglin Cleburne, Texas 76033||Fair-Poor|
|Transportation Service Center||2002 Kilpatrick Cleburne, Texas 76033||Good|
|Maintenance||2403 N. Main Cleburne, Texas 76033||Fair-Poor|
|Child Nutrition||218 N. Ridgeway Drive Cleburne, Texas 76033||Good|
|Fulton Education Center||311 Featherstone Cleburne, Texas 76033||Good|
|CISD Administration Building||505 N. Ridgeway Drive Cleburne, Texas 76033||Good|
|Yellow Jacket Stadium||1201 W. Henderson Cleburne, Texas 76033||Poor|
|Adams Elementary||1492 Island Grove Rd. Cleburne, Texas 76033||817-202-2000||Dawn Hitt|
|Coleman Elementary||920 Westhill Cleburne, Texas 76033||817-202-2030||Marla Roth|
|Cooke Elementary||902 Phillips Cleburne, Texas 76033||817-202-2060||Airemy Caudle|
|Gerard Elementary||1212 S. Hyde Park Cleburne, Texas 76033||817-202-2130||Tracy White|
|Irving Elementary||345 Hix Road Cleburne, Texas 76033||817-202-2100||Joel Blalock|
|Marti Elementary||2020 Kilpatrick Cleburne, Texas 76033||817-202-1650||Mary Boedeker|
|Santa Fe Elementary||1601 E. Henderson Cleburne, Texas 76033||817-202-2300||Sabina Landeros|
|Lowell Smith Middle School||1710 Country Club Road Cleburne, Texas 76033||817-202-1500||Bill Allen|
|A D Wheat Middle School||810 N. Colonial Cleburne, Texas 76033||817-202-1300||Suzie Keesee|
|Cleburne High School||1501 Harlin Drive Cleburne, Texas 76033||817-202-1200||Chris Jackson|
|TEAM Campus||1005 S. Anglin Cleburne, Texas 76033||817-202-2160||Georgann Storm|
|Transportation Service Center||2002 Kilpatrick Cleburne, Texas 76033||817-202-2190||David Walker|
|Maintenance||2403 N. Main Cleburne, Texas 76033||817-202-1140||Kurt Benson|
|Child Nutrition||218 N. Ridgeway Drive Cleburne, Texas 76033||817-202-1123||Kim Chance|
|Fulton Education Center||311 Featherstone Cleburne, Texas 76033||817-202-1600||Cory Borden|
|CISD Administration Building||505 N. Ridgeway Drive Cleburne, Texas 76033||817-202-1100||Kyle Heath|
|Yellow Jacket Stadium||1201 W. Henderson Cleburne, Texas 76033||817-202-1252||Mark Walker|
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It's no secret that there's something wonderfully comforting about tea for those who enjoy its taste and charms. I've been a tea-drinker since childhood - probably a function of my maternal grandmother's influence (as a native of Northern Ireland).
Tea was, and is, always there when I was chilled or wanted something warm and flavorful. I enjoy a wide variety of blends, but Earl Grey is my strong preference. Something about the scent of the bergamot orange is like a warm embrace to me. I prefer my tea with cream (or milk) and sugar.
Often lately, this chilly autumn weather has brought to mind a memory of one of my most enjoyable tea experiences.
I was traveling for business to London, and was booked into a charming townhouse hotel in Notting Hill.
Typical for those flying "across the pond" from the west (I departed from Boston), I
arrived at Heathrow airport at about 6:00 a.m. local time, so it was very early to arrive at the hotel. The lovely young woman who greeted me when I arrived, explained that my room wasn't available yet - no surprise, since the current occupants probably weren't even awake themselves at that hour, let alone checked out. As an alternative, she invited me to relax in the "lounge" - a cozy, den-like living room overlooking the garden behind the hotel (essentially a townhouse).
(The rendering at top and photo above are from the now-former hotel's brochure.)
Thoughtfully, she asked if I'd like some tea -- that was just the thing. I was weary from traveling and it was a chilly, early November day. Nothing could have been more welcoming and soothing after a nearly 6-hour trans-Atlantic flight.
I recall vividly the blue and white china on which my "arrival" tea was served. It was a familiar traditional pattern offered by several different makers - Johnson Brothers "Blue Denmark" is one version. You can see it in the photo above as the tea service to the left on the coffee table.
For whatever reason, that lovely china pattern always makes me think of that wonderful cup of tea and of time spent in London, nearly 20 years ago. I returned to that hotel twice more thereafter, in part, because it had two resident cats who were a delightful reminder of my own kitties at home.
The hotel was renovated a few years after my stays there, and it was operated for a few more years before being sold and converted back into a residential property. It probably was the best possible outcome for such a charming old building, but certainly a loss for travelers who appreciated its warm and welcoming environs.

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FG approves NIN, debit card merger
Nigerians can now request their commercial banks to provide them with a debit card which doubles as their National Identity Card at no extra cost than the normal fees charged for debit cards.
This is as the Federal Executive Council, on Wednesday, approved a memo from the National Identity Management Commission allowing banks to print debit cards that double as National identity cards.
“It is going to be a form of multipurpose card where it will serve as your national identity card on one hand and also your bank card on the other hand, either MasterCard, Visa or any other kind of card,” the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, told State House Correspondents after Wednesday’s valedictory meeting of the Federal Executive Council at the Aso Rock Villa.
Pantami said although the NIMC Act 2007 only mandates Nigerians to have a National Identity Number and not necessarily a printout card, demands for cards have swelled nonetheless.
He explained that “As in the NIMC Act 2007, section 27, what is mandatory for our citizens and legal residents is the acquiring of the National Identity Number, not the card. However, the card is optional.
“But many citizens, particularly those living in rural communities, always go to NIMC offices complaining that they need the card at hand, even though it’s optional.
“To make it easier, NIMC last year, introduced a smart ID card you can download from the NIMC app. It is just a smart card. You don’t need to have it physically, but that is becoming difficult for our people living in rural communities.”
To ease the difficulty, Pantami said “NIMC has partnered with the Central Bank of Nigeria so citizens who are interested in having a card at hand can easily go to the relevant banks.”
“The bank is permitted to print the card along with either MasterCard or Visa card. It is going to be a form of multipurpose card that will serve as your national identity card on one hand and also your bank card on the other. And based on the agreement, it is without any additional costs on our citizens.
“So when you apply for a card at your bank, you can indicate that ‘I want this card to be multiple purpose whereby it will serve as my bank card and also my national identity card’. Both of them are going to be printed on the same card and it is going to serve the same purposes without any additional costs. So that memo has also been approved by the Federal Executive Council,” the minister said.
The minister revealed that the NIMC and the CBN signed a non-disclosure agreement to protect the privacy and confidentiality of card applicants.
“NIMC and the central bank signed a non-disclosure agreement where your privacy and your confidentiality must be respected in the course of providing the card for you.
“When you apply for the card, the bank will apply online to the NIMC through their database. When they verify and confirm that your record in the database is in alignment with your record in NIMC database, it will be permitted and the card is going to be printed for you immediately,” the outgoing minister told journalists.
In a similar vein, Pantami revealed that FEC okayed a memo proposing the deployment of an automated system to integrate NINs with individual SIM cards.
The system, according to him, is to consolidate the implementation of the NIN-SIM linkage.
He said “As we all know that previous administrations made efforts to verify NIN and SIM starting from 2011 without success. In February 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari approved the implementation of the policy and the revised version of the policy was also launched and unveiled by Mr. President on May 6, 2021.
“As it stands today, the NIN and SIM policy registration is being implemented. In order to consolidate the implementation.
“The Nigerian Communications Commission came up with a proposal that will enhance the implementation of the policy and bring many more benefits to it.”
Pantami boasted that the automated system would sanitise the database and ease the process of SIM replacement for Nigerians or legal residents.
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- Will California fall into the ocean?
- What are tectonic force?
- What does Techtonic mean?
- What are the 4 types of plate boundaries?
- What is another word for tectonic?
- What are the 4 types of earthquake?
- Why are tectonic plates called tectonic plates?
- What happens when tectonic plates move?
- Is tectonic earthquake dangerous?
- What do you mean by tectonic movement?
- What are the 3 types of tectonic forces?
- How many tectonic plates are there?
- What are the 2 tectonic plates called?
- What is the 2 types of earthquake?
- How do we know tectonic plates are moving?
- Does Earth become smaller or bigger when plates move?
- Where do earthquakes most commonly occur?
- How thick are tectonic plates?
- What are the 12 major plates?
- What is the most dangerous type of earthquake?
- What does Pangea mean?
- What do tectonic plates do?
- Was Himalayas underwater?
- Which plate do we live on?
- Can dogs sense an earthquake coming?
- How do plate tectonics affect humans?
Will California fall into the ocean?
No, California is not going to fall into the ocean.
California is firmly planted on the top of the earth’s crust in a location where it spans two tectonic plates.
There is nowhere for California to fall, however, Los Angeles and San Francisco will one day be adjacent to one another!.
What are tectonic force?
Quick Reference. Geological forces that buckle, distort, and fracture the Earth’s crust, including warping, folding, faulting, and volcanic activity. From: tectonic force in A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation »
What does Techtonic mean?
dynamics of plate movementverb) A theory that explains the global distribution of geological phenomena such as seismicity, volcanism, continental drift, and mountain building in terms of the formation, destruction, movement, and interaction of the earth’s lithospheric plates. 2. … verb) The dynamics of plate movement. plate′-tec·ton′ic adj.
What are the 4 types of plate boundaries?
Divergent boundaries — where new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other.Convergent boundaries — where crust is destroyed as one plate dives under another.Transform boundaries — where crust is neither produced nor destroyed as the plates slide horizontally past each other.More items…•
What is another word for tectonic?
What is another word for tectonic?significantimportantsubstantialeventfulmeaningfulbigmonumentalmuchearthshakingearth-shattering235 more rows
What are the 4 types of earthquake?
There are four different types of earthquakes: Tectonic, volcanic, collapse and explosion. A tectonic earthquake is one that occurs when the earth’s crust breaks due to geological forces on rocks and adjoining plates that cause physical and chemical changes.
Why are tectonic plates called tectonic plates?
Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth’s outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle, the rocky inner layer above the core. The plates act like a hard and rigid shell compared to Earth’s mantle.
What happens when tectonic plates move?
When the plates move they collide or spread apart allowing the very hot molten material called lava to escape from the mantle. When collisions occur they produce mountains, deep underwater valleys called trenches, and volcanoes. … The Earth is producing “new” crust where two plates are diverging or spreading apart.
Is tectonic earthquake dangerous?
Earthquakes can cause immense damage to buildings and infrastructure, trigger tsunamis, and reshape the Earth’s surface with their force.
What do you mean by tectonic movement?
Tectonic shift is the movement of the plates that make up Earth’s crust. The Earth is made up of roughly a dozen major plates and several minor plates. The Earth is in a constant state of change. … This movement is called plate motion, or tectonic shift.
What are the 3 types of tectonic forces?
Most geologic activity stems from the interplay where the plates meet or divide. The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; divergent, where plates move apart; and transform, where plates move sideways in relation to each other.
How many tectonic plates are there?
sevenThere are major, minor and micro tectonic plates. There are seven major plates: African, Antarctic, Eurasian, Indo-Australian, North American, Pacific and South American. The Hawaiian Islands were created by the Pacific Plate, which is the world’s largest plate at 39,768,522 square miles.
What are the 2 tectonic plates called?
Tectonic lithosphere plates consist of lithospheric mantle overlain by one or two types of crustal material: oceanic crust (in older texts called sima from silicon and magnesium) and continental crust (sial from silicon and aluminium).
What is the 2 types of earthquake?
There are two types of earthquakes: tectonic and volcanic earthquakes. Tectonic earthquakes are produced by sudden movement along faults and plate boundaries.
How do we know tectonic plates are moving?
Modern continents hold clues to their distant past. Evidence from fossils, glaciers, and complementary coastlines helps reveal how the plates once fit together. Other life dispersed to new areas as continents reconnected, oceans narrowed, or chains of volcanic islands formed. …
Does Earth become smaller or bigger when plates move?
The Continental Slide New crust is continually being pushed away from divergent boundaries (where sea-floor spreading occurs), increasing Earth’s surface. But the Earth isn’t getting any bigger.
Where do earthquakes most commonly occur?
Most earthquakes occur along the edge of the oceanic and continental plates. The earth’s crust (the outer layer of the planet) is made up of several pieces, called plates. The plates under the oceans are called oceanic plates and the rest are continental plates.
How thick are tectonic plates?
125km thickPlates are on average 125km thick, reaching maximum thickness below mountain ranges. Oceanic plates (50-100km) are thinner than the continental plates (up to 200km) and even thinner at the ocean ridges where the temperatures are higher.
What are the 12 major plates?
Primary platesAfrican plate.Antarctic plate.Indo-Australian plate.North American plate.Pacific plate.South American plate.Eurasian plate.
What is the most dangerous type of earthquake?
S waves are more dangerous than P waves because they have greater amplitude and produce vertical and horizontal motion of the ground surface. The slowest waves, surface waves, arrive last. They travel only along the surface of the Earth. There are two types of surface waves: Love and Rayleigh waves.
What does Pangea mean?
Pangea was surrounded by a global ocean called Panthalassa, and it was fully assembled by the Early Permian Epoch (some 299 million to 273 million years ago). … Its name is derived from the Greek pangaia, meaning “all the Earth.”
What do tectonic plates do?
The Earth’s crust is broken up into a series of massive sections called plates. These tectonic plates rest upon the convecting mantle, which causes them to move.
Was Himalayas underwater?
The Himalayas were once under water, in an ocean called the Tethys Ocean. After the subduction occurred when the Indian plate collided with the…
Which plate do we live on?
lithosphereWe live on a layer of Earth known as the lithosphere which is a collection of rigid slabs that are shifting and sliding into each other. These slabs are called tectonic plates and fit together like pieces to a puzzle.
Can dogs sense an earthquake coming?
Dogs have a wider hearing range and better scent detection than humans. Some scientists suggest that dogs can hear seismic activities that precede earthquakes (such as the scraping, grinding, and breaking of rocks underground). … If their hearing is impaired, they are less likely to detect quakes, Coren writes.
How do plate tectonics affect humans?
Plate tectonics affects humans in several important ways. What would Earth be like without plate tectonics? We’d have many fewer earthquakes and much less volcanism, fewer mountains, and probably no deep-sea trenches. … In other words, the Earth would be a much different place.

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Fred N. Ross-Cisneros, Ruwan A. Silva, Neil R. Miller, Lisbeth Tranebjaerg, Valerio Carelli, Thomas A. Albini, Alfredo A. Sadun; Optic Nerve Histopathology in a Case of Wolfram Syndrome Demonstrates a Mitochondrial Pattern of Axonal Loss. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2012;53(14):4878.
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To describe the histopathological features in postmortem optic nerves from a patient with Wolfram syndrome (WS), a rare usually autosomal recessive disease also known as DIDMOAD (diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, and deafness). The present patient had a compound heterozygous defect in the Wolfram gene (WFS1).
Right and left retrobulbar optic nerves were obtained at autopsy from a twenty-five year old male WS patient who died of cardiorespiratory arrest and, as controls the nerves from a healthy twenty year old male who died in a motorcycle accident. Tissues were fixed in 10 % neutral buffered formalin (NBF), dissected into cross-sectional profiles and embedded into paraffin. Tissue blocks were sectioned at 5 microns and immunostained for neurofilament (NF) protein, myelin basic protein (MBP), and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) using an indirect immunoperoxidase method with diaminobenzadine as the chromagen. Stained optic nerves were examined in five quadrants or "zones"; superior, inferior, nasal, temporal, and central on a Zeiss Axioskop bright field microscope. Images were captured with a Spot II digital camera at various magnifications.
The control optic nerves demonstrated a normal homogenous staining pattern reflecting intact bundles of axons (NF), with associated myelin (MBP), and normal astrocytes (GFAP) throughout its parenchyma. The WS optic nerves immunostained for NF and MBP revealed a moderately large zone of degeneration in both the temporal and inferior quadrants at various levels of magnification. The staining for NF and MBP in the remaining WS nerve parenchyma appeared homogenous. The WS optic nerves immunostained for GFAP appeared homogenous although there was a slight volume increase within the temporal and inferior zones of degeneration.
There was a distinct zone of optic atrophy observed in the optic nerves of this case of WS located in the temporal and inferior quadrants that was bilaterally symmetric. This is the same pattern of axonal degeneration, reflecting involvement of the papillo-macular bundle, which is typical of Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) and other mitochondrial optic neuropathies. The present results support the conclusion that WS appears to cause mitochondrial dysfunction with associated optic atrophy.
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Title: Carte Geo-Hydrographique Du Golf Du Mexique Et De Ses Isles. Par M. Rizzi Zamnoni.
Antique Map of the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies, with colored title cartouche. The map is filled with great coastal detail and many place names, soundings, reefs, sand bars and many minor islands.
Mapmaker: Giovanni Antonio Bartolomeo Rizzi Zannoni (Padua, September 2, 1736 - Naples, May 20, 1814) was an Italian cartographer and geographer.
Origin: Atlas Moderne ou collection de cartes sur toutes les parties du globe terrestre, frontespizio, …
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Omar Apollo and his friends gather on an East Village rooftop in this perfectly chill video for “Unbothered.” Directed by Kevin Lombardo, who helmed the short portrait of Omar we premiered earlier this year (check it out here if you haven’t already).
Director: Kevin Lombardo
Production Co.: Extended Family
Executive Producer: Dylan Shanks
Producer: William Van Zandt
Director of Photography: Patrick Golan
Editor: Luca Repola
Location Manager: Jake Nanez
1st AD: Shoichi Murphey
1st AC: Nicholas Lopez
Loader: Nicholas Lopez
Sound Design: William Van Zandt
Colorist: Samuel Gursky @ Irving Harvey
Post Production Producer: William Van Zandt
Shot on Kodak S16mm Motion Picture Film in NYC.
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The Writer's Life 6/2 - Simba
After 51 years, a span of 8019 games, the New York Mets finally have a no-hitter to their credit. Johan Santana, who had shoulder surgery more than a year ago, accomplished what no other pitcher wearing the orange, which honors the departed NY Giants, and blue, which honors the Brooklyn Dodgers, has been able to do, but many ex-Mets have. Nolan Ryan threw an astounding seven. Tom Seaver, who took three into the ninth as a Met, got his as a member of the Reds. David Cone and Dwight Gooden, the dirty dogs, did it with the Skanks. I’ll never forgive them. And just five weeks ago Phillip Humber pitched a perfect game for the White Sox. Of course, the Mets being the Mets, management and fans now wait with baited breath to see if Santana has been overtaxed and re-injured. He threw 134 pitches. I’d bet many fans, at least those who don’t fork over the cash for high-priced tickets, would be happy with the trade-off. After all, they don’t pay his enormous salary, and the lack of a no-hitter was a source of great frustration to many. Muy bien, Johan.
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My thanks to Marie and her sagacious feline Simba. Thanks also to the woman who purchased the huge Wolves of Calla, part of Stephen King’s Dark Tower series. I am thrilled not to have to carry it any more. She also overpaid for James Patterson’s Seventh Heaven, part of the Women’s Murder Club series, another of his co-writes with Maxine Paetro. Whenever a book has been co-authored, my suspicion is the more popular writer had little or nothing to do with it. I also thank my best customer, Jack, employee of Chase, who purchased two thrillers, including one at my recommendation, Tami Hoag’s A Thin Dark Line, which is the best mystery by far I’ve read, which probably means most fans wouldn’t like it. In adhering to its theme throughout the novel, it transcended the genre.
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The ocean and the coastline informed the materials and colour palette in the interior of the yoga studio in the coastal suburb of Mordialloc. Golden aimed to create a sensory experience through the use of texture rather than colour.
"We were inspired by the client's connection to the ocean, love of surfing, and a desire to create an organic, sensory experience for their guests," explained Golden directors Kylie Dorotic and Alicia McKimm to Dezeen.
Personal belongings are stored in joinery with walnut timber-veneer and custom day beds to encourage visitors to relax before and after classes. The ceiling is covered with a sisal fabric to give the space a soft and welcoming feel.
"Understanding of the impact physical environments have on our wellbeing is particularly relevant for a yoga studio," explained Golden. "The design focuses on texture rather than colour, with materiality celebrated throughout."
Warrior One houses two separate yoga studios, a large reception area and guest amenities. Golden maximised the space by dividing the main yoga room into two with custom bi-fold doors made with grass weave wallpaper and solid oak.
Integrated joinery in both studios provides a platform for the instructors and conceals equipment.
"Architectural hardwood beams overhead create subtle rhythm. A hand-textured wall enhances the sense of raw and organic, completing the inspiring space," said Golden.
Pink marble installed on the walls of the bathrooms and rust-coloured loungers in the foyer off-set otherwise muted tones, reinforcing the designers intended connection to the earth. Lights in the entrance are made of soft material, while lighting in the bathroom comes in the form of brass lights that match the taps.
"Brass fixtures bring a sense of quiet indulgence; reflective of a space designed to for transcendent experiences," said Golden.
In the entrance foyer several pieces of custom furniture made by local designers add to the tactile elements of the space. These include a custom counter by artist and stonemason Den Holm and a hand-crafted pendant light by Coco Flip.
"Our desire was to create a calming retreat," said Golden. "We sought to create a wholistic experience aligned with the offer of the Warrior One methodology of creating a Yogi Oasis. A welcoming, bright space with warmth and a chill surfer vibe."
This studio is the second yoga space run by the Warrior One brand. The first is based in Brighton, Melbourne. Sydney-based architect Karen Abernethy created a yoga studio for Humming Puppy in an old Sydney warehouse, which contains a variety of spaces to offer visitors a different sensory experience.
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Eye care has come a long way in recent years and with these advancements come new solutions to age old problems. Problems including nearsightedness, farsightedness, glaucoma, and many other issues can be slowed, prevented or even cured. One of these procedures created for the improvement of vision is known as Phakic IOL. A procedure designed to make vision better, Phakic IOL is otherwise known as ICL or implantable contact lens. Phakos meaning lens of the eye in Greek and IOL which is an abbreviation which stands for intraocular lens, was designed to be permanently implanted into the patients eye to correct high amounts of nearsightedness. Often used after the removal of the natural lens during cataract surgery, the intraocular lens was first successfully implanted in 1949. Through the years advances have been made and currently two types of Phakic IOLs are approved by the FDA
What they are and how they work
Phakic lenses are made of plastic or silicone and are implanted in the eye to permanently reduce the need for glasses or contact lenses. Removal of the lens of the eye is not required for Phakic IOLs and for implementation, only a small incision is required to the front of the eye. The lens is inserted into the incision and is place just in front or behind the iris.
The lenses are used to correct refractive errors or the eye’s focusing power. With the addition of the lenses, the light entering the eye can be focused on the retina providing clear distance vision without the further need for glasses or contacts.
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New Liner Notes”
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Philip Glenister, in From There to Here, a three-strand drama about the 1996 Manchester bomb, was wonderfully well served by a script from Peter Bowker which caught all the anger, the humour, the frustration, of mid-90s Madchester. Six minutes in, the bomb blew, startlingly, out of a clear grey sky. The fallout is only beginning – no lives were lost, though 212 were injured – but Glenister's Daniel, struggling to mediate between his martinet father, his loser brother and his own son (the ever-watchable Daniel Rigby), who is seized with zealous late-Thatcherite business-school dreams of downsizing the family business, goes slowly, inexorably, off his perennial straight and narrow. The bomb is, bizarrely enough, just a character in this, a catalyst: the story is of the city, and of England, not least the 1996 Southgate penalty outcome. Glenister tells his dopey smackhead brother, with an incredulity that can only be accomplished in a face such as Glenister's, "You bet ten grand that England aren't going to mess up in a major tournament?" This is, so far, barbed and brilliant, helped in no small way by the presences of Bernard Hill and Liz White: can there have been a time since the 50s when we were better served by such an array of supporting-actor talent?
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A Poet in New York was actually hard to watch. Not just to undergo the spectacle of Tom Hollander having piled on unsightly lard to gain, as if we were ever any doubt of them, his acting chops to do the Dylan Thomas thing, but to wrestle on a personal level, well into the night, with the question of what drives such men to destruction. I suspect many clues lay in the impossibility of his reacting to his wife Caitlin's constant anger – constant as the sea, constant as love – with anything approaching equanimity: poets don't tend to react with equanimity, the great poets (for he certainly was) much less so. In response he ran away to New York, to die, the only option in his eyes. Much has been made of Mr Hollander, rightly so – his readings, that delivery, all the sonorosities suddenly beseeched with such sudden light playfulness – but to my mind Caitlin, played by Essie Davis, should win a Bafta of her own next year, as rightly tends to happen to anyone associated with the very talented Mr Hollander.