One day, suddenly, a Senator from the planet Reecee (Inner Rim) is gone. He has told nobody of his departure, and while also some of his guards are missing, most of his staff didn't know anything. His spaceship (a Corellian Space Cruiser) left Coruscand in the night, heading to Garos IV (Mid Rim) and has landed in the city of Garan.
The Senate Intelligence Service (SIS) tells the PCs to go and investigate. They will be given more information by a contact that works under cover there and that they will meet in secret.
The SIS pays the spaceship ticket to Garos and gives the PCs a code cylinder to encrypt information when they will communicate their discoveries to Coruscant through public HoloNet terminals.
After some city encounters (smugglers, false informers, rogues and thugs) the heroes will manage to meet the contact (Sian Tev, a Sullustan) in a cantina. He will tell them that the Senator's ship has been seen leaving the city to reach some abandoned Hibridium mining structures near the town of Thraie (on Mount Usca) near a Hibridium mine. He will give them some money to reach Thraie and to loan a used landspeeder to reach the mines, and tells them to find informations on that mines, which are suspected to contain illegal things.
The PCs will have a few encounters in the town looking from the speeder and searching information abut the mines. There they will be identified by a Twi'lek agent of the "Silent Hands" (SH), a small criminal organization which now has control of the abandoned mines.
They will have a few chances to realize that she is spying them and stop her before she transmits the informations to the SH headquarters (if they capture/kill her they will find a recording rod with all the PCs conversations and their pictures); if they don't, she will try to kill them putting some explosive in their room. She will also jam the sprinter's engine that will need repairing before they can use it.
Sian Tev manages to give the PCs a map of the mining installations, but the map is largely incorrect because many things have been changed after the mines where closed.
In the mines they will fight some battle droids and some Rodians and Zabrak if the Silent Hands, and maybe also the Twi'Lek spy. They will also find the Senator's ship (with most of it's systems removed and so unusable) where the Senator's guards are kept captive. They will find out that the Senator has actually been abducted by the Silent Hands under commission of someone else (which they will have to find out). After some time in the mines (before the PCs will get to them) the Senator and most of the bosses will leave with a smaller ship (maybe a FireSpray) going to the small spaceport town of Rengo.
The characters will get to Rengo and Sian Tev will join them there.
They will investigate for some time, probably with some bounty hunters and assassins from the Silent Hands seeking for them.
The Senator and the Silent Hand bosses will then fly to Aldovui, a small minerary planet in the Outer Rim near the Hutt Space.
The PCs will be encharged to go there; there are no SIS agents on Aldovui, so the characters will be given an improved commlink (that works via hyperspace) to communicate.
Now the party will be of higher level (maybe 6) and will probably have a small, ligh starship to travel around on loan by the SIS.
The characters now will have to find the crime lord that has organized all the plot (and that works for the Trade Federation, but doesn't know anything abut the Sith).
The characters now will probably be considered agents of the SIS and face some other quests.
In one of those quests they will need to go back to Garos IV and they will find some deeper laboratories in the abandoned mines, where some powerful combat droids are being crafted (or something alike).
Any suggestions are welcomed: this is my first SW campaign.
After they blow up the installation the crime lord will probably have an open bounty on their heads to personally display on why you shouldn't mess with him. He Might not know anything about the sith but he could funnel some trade feration droids to his own defence or Silent Hands or get soem Dark Side marauders that work as assassins.
Ill post later if i think of naything else.
Sounds like a great idea in my opinion! The story is well thought out and interesting. Locations like Garos IV and Sacorria are a good idea since they are well known in Star Wars.
Maybe a real cool side-twist would involve Sian Tev being a Silent Hand and secretly be working against the heroes? Anyway, this story sounds like a great adventure! All the luck to you and your players!
hmm .. depending on how much we get closed to TPM ..
then when docking with the bad Senator (we call him mr X) (characters have rigged the ship with sensors and microphones to gather more proof) they grab him and travel back to coruscant/SIS hq.
The side twist I wanted to have was that the Reeceean senator is in contact with the dark side, but this is so well hidden that the crime lord itself does not know him and think of him as an enemy (maybe he will be some sort of non-Sith dark force user). After some time they will find him as mentor of some Dark Side marauders organizing a big mess (and maybe kill the Socorrian crime lord while he was in forced exile on some barren planetoid after the PC captured him).
Anyway I still need to work out a reason why the crime lord will kidnap the senator.
About non combat encounters: I will have non combat encounters, of course (actually I find them easier to prepare). My only problem are XPs: We won't be playing many sessions (we have a D&D campaign running, also, and few time), while the players would probably want to level a bit quicker, at least to see more features and possibilities for their characters.
When I'll finish to write down the detailed version of the campaign with the data I will probably put it online somewhere.
The OCR had rulles for exp based on adventure which i still use it works great for non combat adventures. Give extra XP to people who RP the best or somthing along those lines.
Experience points in Star Wars is not the same as other role playing games I've played. The OCR has a guideline based on the length of an adventure. As the GM you have to determine that adventure length.
I like to think of each encounter as an event that should be rated, like a judgment at a skating competition.
Like the French at the Olympics it is hard for a GM to be impartial. So I suggest you rate the encounter base on 3 sets of criteria based on a 1 to 10 number, 1 being pathetic and 10 being fantastic. Add the three choices to your combat note sheet and jot the ratings down right after the encounter. You can figure the math out later.
Take these 3 scores add them together and divide by 3 for an average.
Multiply this by 10 and this is the percentage of experience allowed out of 100% for that encounter.
To get the benchmark of experience points allowed take the average of the characters levels and multiply it by 1,000.
If one or more force points are used in the encounter add one to the average level.
For every dark point given subtract .5 from the average level to a minimum of .5.
Multiple the final benchmark of experience points by the percentage allowed. This final number needs to be and divided equally among the characters.
You could have multiple encounters in one game session and if you jot down the rating on your note sheet you can tally them up at the end of the sessions or save them for the beginning of the next one.
Also having enough experience points does not always mean advancement to the next level right away. Sometimes my characters have to find a trainer/master/mentor/guild-master/expert/guru/special computer/artifact/visit a planet/write home to mom/etc. before they can move up. Sometimes this in itself causes an adventure or encounter. Until they advance to the next level they can not exceed the level after in experience points. They can get up to 1 less than they need, but all remaining experience points are lost to the void.
For that days total session each character that participated received a total of 460 points of experience.


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Susannah FULLER was born 1 about 1807 in Shabbington, Buckingham, England. She died after 1880. She married 2 Emanuel CROOK in Jul 1838 in Thame, Oxford, England.
M iv John CROOK was born in Oakley, Buckingham, England. He was christened 1 on 31 Aug 1845 in Oakley, Buckingham, England. He died after 1850.
F v Mary CROOK was christened 1 on 21 Dec 1846 in Oakley, Buckingham, England.
F vi Martha CROOK was christened 1 on 21 Dec 1846 in Oakley, Buckingham, England.
Thomas SHIRLEY was born 1 about 1838 in Oakley, Buckingham, England. He died after 1880. He married Susannah Elizabeth CROOK.
Susannah Elizabeth CROOK [Parents] was born in Oakley, Buckingham, England. She was christened 1 on 28 Aug 1839 in Oakley, Buckingham, England. She died after 1880. She married Thomas SHIRLEY.
John KIRBY was born 1 about 1842 in Oakley, Buckingham, England. He died after 1900. He married 2 Sarah Anne CROOK in Jul 1869 in Thame, Oxford, England.
Sarah Anne CROOK [Parents] was born in Oakley, Buckingham, England. She was christened 1 on 16 Sep 1841 in Oakley, Buckingham, England. She died after 1900. She married 2 John KIRBY in Jul 1869 in Thame, Oxford, England.
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M ii Tom W. KIRBY was born 1 about 1872 in Chaterhouse, Somerset, England. He died after 1880.
M iii Edgar E. KIRBY was born 1 about 1873 in Chaterhouse, Somerset, England. He died after 1880.
M iv Earnest KIRBY was born 1 about 1875 in Aston Rowant, Oxford, England. He died after 1880.
F v Susan KIRBY was born 1 about 1876 in Aston Rowant, Oxford, England. She died after 1880.
M vi Owen C. KIRBY was born 1 about 1880 in West Wycombe, Buckingham, England. He died after 1880.
M vii William KIRBY was born 1 about 1886 in Wolvercote, Oxford, England. He died after 1900.
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F ii Jane Elizabeth KINGABY was born 1, 2 in Jul 1865 in Leyton, Essex, England. She died 3 in Jan 1888 in Pancras, London, England.
F v Florence Mary KINGABY was born 1, 2 in Jan 1871 in Clapton, Middlesex, England. She died after 1890.
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M ii Thomas I. BARTON was born 1 about 1857 in St. George, Surrey, England. He died after 1880.
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"'We Were What No One Else Had:' How Black Fashion Models Constructed a New Wave of Performativity and Visibility." The Routledge Companion to African American Theatre and Performance (CAATP). (Fall 2018). Eds. Kathy A. Perkins, Sandra L. Richards, Renée Alexander Craft, Thomas F. DeFrantz.
"Dandy Lion: The Black Dandy and Street Style." College Art Association Reviews (caa.reviews). (April 2018). Eds. Edward Chambers, Alan Gilbert.
"In Search of the Good Life: Toward a Discourse on Reading the Black Body in Hip Hop and Luxury Fashion."QED: A Journal of GLBTQ Worldmaking. (Special Issue: Sartorial Politics, Intersectionality, and Queer World Making). (Fall 2017). Ed. Eric Pritchard.
"Open Space: Black Fashion Studies." International Journal of Fashion Studies 4, no. 1. (April 2017): 103-139. Ed. Rikki Byrd.
"On the 'Black Designer." The Fashion Studies Journal, 1, no. 1 (September 2016). Eds. Kimberly Jenkins, Lauren Downing-Peters. http://www.fashionstudiesjournal.org/essays/2016/9/11/on-the-black-designer.
"Looking the Part: The Liberation and Criminalization of Black Men Through Style and Adornment." BIAS Journal of Dress Practice 4, no. 1 (May 2016). https://issuu.com/dresspracticecollective/docs/bias_issue_4_fashion_and_violence.
"Designing Our Freedom: Toward a New Discourse on Fashion as a Strategy for Self-Liberation."African-American Arts: Activism and Aesthetics. (Forthcoming 2018). Ed. Sharrell D. Luckett.

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The 2016 IICTG Inaugural Meeting was held during the 3rd International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics, Guimaraes, Portugal.
A presentation on the vision and scope of IICTG was made by Dr. George K. Chang (President of IICTG), Prof. Antonio Gomez Correia (Vice-President of IICTG), and Prof. Soheil Nazarian (Technical Affair of IICTG).
Dr. George K. Chang, Prof. Heinz Brandl, and Prof. Soheil Nazarian during the ICTG conference. Prof. Heinz Brandl is now a Steering Committee member of IICTG.
Prof. Antonio Gomez Correia and Dr. George K. Chang during the gala dinner.
Prof. Cesare Sangiorgi, Prof. Soheil Nazarian, and Dr. George K. Chang presented on intelligent compaction during the NDT workshop. Prof. Cesare Sangiorgi co-authored the EU's intelligent compaction specification for foundation layers "CEN/TC 396 Technical Standard on Continuous Compaction Control".


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Yves Tumor's latest album is a benchmark in experimental music. It is searing and borderless, music that is aware of oppressive confinement, and music with an intoxicating urge to be free.
You can ask to be known and you can resist being defined all in the same breath. This is the demand at the center of Yves Tumor's primal, beautiful, and beseeching new album, Safe in the Hands of Love. At no point in its duration do you have a clear sense of where, exactly, you are. Tumor has been identified as a noise artist but has released ambient tracks and made grooving songs that could pass for R&B and pop. Safe in the Hands of Love embraces it all. Few albums that feel this big wander so freely between genres and fewer still manage to invoke such intense emotions while remaining so inviting. It's Tumor's first project since signing to Warp, and it dwarfs everything the artist has released by several orders of magnitude. The leap is so audacious it's disorienting.
Tumor seems to savor invoking disorientation. "A lot of people are confused about my actual whereabouts, but that's OK," Tumor once said when asked a simple question: "Where do you live?" But there is no apparent desire to trick anyone: If anything, Tumor's evasiveness stems from something more like self-preservation. There is implied violence, after all, in the language of definition, in "boxing in" and "pinning down." Definition can be something that happens to you, a way of robbing you of selfhood. Incipient violence, symbolic and literal, both as a lure and threat, seethes in Tumor's music. There is palpable menace in the mix—the drum hits on "Economy of Freedom" feel like something already dead hitting the floor. The noise collage of "Hope in Suffering (Escaping Oblivion & Overcoming Powerlessness)" buzzes at the edges with what sounds like the sampled sounds of carrion flies. When pure moments of beauty arise, like the cello solo in "Recognizing the Enemy," you almost fear for them.
Everywhere on Safe, violence mingles uneasily with delicacy—Tumor's own voice switches from a wraithlike falsetto to a yell to a menacing chant. All of it feels too close—mixed too close in our headphones, clipping into distortion, but also too close for comfort, the massive sounds looming over the delicate ones. "Have you looked outside? I'm scared for my life," Tumor pleads on "Noid." This is music aware of oppressive confinement, and music with an intoxicating urge to be free.


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When we woke up on Saturday, we were greeted by rain. Not just rain. Very heavy rain. So heavy initially that I considered going back to bed. But it was our last day in Austin and I intended to make the most of it. While it was a wee dreary walking around with an umbrella after so many days of carefree strolls in the Texan sunshine, when life hands you lemons, you have to make lemonade, am I right?
Carrie went to find coffee (if you're reading all our posts, are you sensing a theme here?) and was to meet me later, having a leisurely early afternoon, while I went off in search of the London act I didn't think I'd be able to see all week but somehow the organisational gods smiled down on me and suddenly I found I could. St. Jerome's Laneway Festival is an annual music event in Auckland, New Zealand, and at this year's SXSW, they hosted an afternoon showcase covering both stages of Holy Mountain out on 7th Street.
I arrived too early for who I was there for, so I walked between the stages to see if my ears perked up to anything I heard. In the backyard stage when I arrived were Brisbane rockers The Creases, who have that Beach Boys-ey, Best Coast-esque sunny surf pop sound nailed down all right. Not my thing at all but certainly enjoyable enough under a tent that was keeping us dry from the elements. Far more impressive to me was the guitar singer Jarrod Mahon was playing, in a shape that defies description. Maybe 'The Preposterous Pentagon'?
After the Creases finished, I almost got impaled by one of Bo Ningen's guitars (that would have been awful) and quickly went back to the indoor stage to find a very tattooed, not at all huggable one man band Kirin J. Callinan, who according to this FasterLouder article was one of the big Aussie success stories of SXSW 2014. There was nothing about his performance that screamed 'trailblazer' to me, but I suppose for you ladies (and certain men) who enjoy a shirtless man with tattoos performing on a guitar and screaming into a microphone, you should probably get on this bandwagon ASAP.
I'm not sure how best to describe the Tourist set to you. It was way too short – it seemed like less than 20 minutes – and Phillips doesn't sing, so when you're watching him perform, it's him attacking a wide array of synthesisers, sequencers and other electronic gizmos, while he's bopping his body around, clearly caught up in the music. Dance without words is hard to explain to other people, because you have to *be* there experiencing to really 'get' it, to have the music pulsing through your veins.
Carrie and I had decided the night before that we were going finish up at the afternoon session of the British Music Embassy, where I had made plans to meet Steve Lamacq and have a meeting of the minds there (about bands of course). The very funny thing about Latitude 30 is that no matter who you know or have met during the week and is/are British, inevitably you will run into him/her/them at the venue at some point, because it's like Latitude 30 has a beacon only Brits can hear and they are drawn in, usually multiple times during the week, to the place.
For me, going back to the British Music Embassy would bookend a mental week of seeing bands old and new as well as seeing old friends while making new ones. I didn't want to miss the chance of saying goodbye and best wishes to any of my friends before I left Austin. We arrived in time to order a round of drinks (it was our last day, after all) and get positioned for Meursault, a trio from Edinburgh.
I had heard of Meursault and maybe two songs of theirs, so going into their performance pretty much uneducated about them, I was surprised when I was faced by their fabulous aural assault on our ears, led by singer/songwriter Neil Pennycook. You haven't lived until you've heard a Scotsman be witty with his banter between songs in which where he's practically ripping your ears off with a scream of emotion. This kind of harder rock is more John's domain, but Meursault's two performances on Saturday came to be defining moments of my SXSW 2014: Carrie and I were so impressed with their set, we changed our plans entirely to have an early night and swung by the Hype Hotel that night to see them again for the second time in 7 hours. I still don't understand how another blogger could have confused their sound and called it alt-folk. That one definitely needs his (her?) ears checked. Emotionally raw vocals, raucous guitar, accompanying bass to feed the raucous sound, and driving rhythm on drums? Meursault ticks off all the boxes.
Carrie had seen Glass Animals on Tuesday at the Haven for the Harvest Records showcase Tuesday night, but I hadn't up to that point. On paper, Glass Animals' formula of pop and r&b with synths seemed to be right up my alley, while entirely not Carrie's bag at all. Sadly though, I wasn't impressed with them live. As Carrie was busy getting pregnant to 'Black Mambo' and 'Gooey', I had to wonder if my countless hours of listening to exemplary electronic music had jaded me, because their set was very much to me a "I've already heard that before, nothing new to see here" kind of disappointment.
Thankfully, I had the next band to look forward to, and look forward I did, as singer George Waite tuned up his bass. The Crookes, whose shows either in the UK or here in America I've covered on TGTF, were about to restore my sanity. It's quite funny being in Austin with other American Crookes fans, of which there weren't that many for SXSW 2013. However, word had clearly spread about the Sheffield band, as Latitude 30 was rammed for their 3:50 PM set.
As they played, the front section of friends new and old turned into one of the most fun dance parties I'd had in a long time, as we kicked up our heels to the infinitely rough on the edges single 'Play Dumb' and the driving 'Before the Night Falls', both of which figure on the band's third album 'Soapbox' out in April on Fierce Panda. (My review of the album can be read here; it's fantastic.) This display of unfettered dancing did not go unnoticed by Steve Lamacq, who commented on one of his first 6music programmes after returning from Austin that he felt it quite heartwarming that there were so many of us who were singing along to the Crookes because we knew all the words to 'Afterglow'. We don't dance alone, indeed.


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How will West Bengal's Green City Mission really make a difference - CSE presents a blueprint
Green City Mission and incentive programmes for green buildings to curb resource guzzling and pollution can help only if resource-saving targets, norms and guidelines are adopted and monitoring is mandated
Kolkata, March 10, 2018: The West Bengal government's Green City Mission and other green building programmes offer an excellent opportunity for early action which can lead to resource savings and lesser environmental impacts, but only if it adapts sustainability guidelines and performance monitoring benchmarks – says Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the New Delhi-based research and advocacy think tank. CSE recently conducted a workshop in the city on this issue, in association with the Institute of Town Planners of India, West Bengal Regional Chapter.
"West Bengal has embarked on its Green City Mission and is offering incentive programmes for green-rated buildings. It is critical to ensure and monitor that these green initiatives are leading to real resource savings and minimizing environmental impacts," said Anumita Roychowdhury, executive director-research and advocacy, CSE, while addressing the workshop.
"Cities are high-growth areas and need robust urban planning principles and technical and administrative preparedness to curb the environmental fallouts of aggressive building construction and urban expansion. Cities will have to focus on compactness of urban form, architectural design and efficient technologies for energy efficiency, appropriate choices of building material, operational management, and strong monitoring. Otherwise, new habitats can become unliveable and environmentally unviable," Roychowdhury added.
Titled Green Cities Mission: A Dialogue on Urban Sustainability,the workshop, held on March 10, had brought together a large body of stakeholders to deliberate on the sustainability norms, rules and guidelines for buildings and built areas to be integrated with the building clearance process as well as to look at specific issues and strategies of energy efficiency, water and waste management, construction and demolition (C&D) waste, and role of green areas in built environment.
Paradox of plenty amidst poverty
Real estate business booms. Demand grows.But amidst millions of vacant houses, West Bengal faces housing shortage
Real estate is one of the fastest growing sectors in West Bengal. Back in 2012, the sector was anticipated to grow at a rate of 15-20 per cent. As per the Government of India's estimates that year, the urban housing shortage in West Bengal was in the range of 1.33 million units. The industry estimates that urban housing demand in Kolkata is about 300 per cent more than the supply.
Housing shortage is the most acute in the low-income group. LIG, or Low Income Group, housing demand is 25 times the supply, while in middle- and high-income groups, the demand is 1.5 and 2 times the supply, respectively. This means a significant increase is needed in the stock of affordable housing. Till 2017, the housing sanctioned nation-wide has taken care of about 11 per cent of the country's total urban housing shortage (as estimated in 2012). West Bengal did better – it completed about 18 per cent of this sanctioned stock, and ranked eighth best among all states and UTs.
"The state, though, has been more innovative with building typologies for the low-income category. It has adopted a rental housing policy that offers more affordable housing options for the poor. Affordable housing and poor people's housing for resource efficiency and thermal comforts require guidelines," said Roychowdhury.
Ironically, while there is so much housing shortage,a large number of new houses in the state are lying vacant. According to the Economic Survey of India 2018, West Bengal has about 0.5 million vacant houses, which is about 8 per cent of the total census houses in the state. Similarly, Kolkata has about 90,000 vacant houses, which constituteabout 8 per cent of the total census housing in Kolkata.
The crucial need is to ensure people get access to existing and new housing to lessen the burden of building newer units. This also means that if the incentive programme for the affordable housing is not designed and implemented well, it may further incite misuse of subsidy available for affordable housing for speculation and defeat the purpose of meeting the housing needs of all,especially the poor. This is extremely wasteful and may impose high environmental risks.
The environmental concerns
Huge impacts on the environment. Resource efficiency and sustainability guidelines are the need of the hour.
Individually, together and cumulatively, buildings exerta substantial impact on the surrounding environment. In India, buildings are responsible for 40 per cent of energy use, 30 per cent of raw material use, 20 per cent of water use, and 20 per cent of land use. At the same time, buildings account for 40 per cent of carbon emissions, 30 per cent of solid waste generation, and 20 per cent of water effluents.
Said Rajneesh Sareen, programme director of CSE's sustainable habitat team: "Resource inefficiency in this sector can impose limits on further growth -- water will be one such limiting factor. In Kolkata, for instance, wetlands are the city's crucial waste disposal systems." According to a CSE study, these wetlands, handling 810 million litres a day (MLD) of wastewater, save the city an estimated Rs 400 crore a year in water treatment costs. In many places in the city and across the state,groundwater is contaminated with arsenic and has high concentration of iron. Excessive groundwater withdrawals have drawn in polluted water and saline water even in central and south-central Kolkata. This calls for water-sensitive urban design.
Said Sareen: "All built areas will have to adopt water harvesting systems to save and store rainwater. In West Bengal, the focus will have to be more on preserving water bodies to store rainwater than only recharge groundwater, as the groundwater is shallow and contaminated in many places and the soil has poor recharge capacity. This will have to be supported by decentralized wastewater treatment to augment water supply."
Adopt sustainability norms and guidelines for Green City Mission and other green building initiatives: TheWest Bengal government has crafted several green programmes for buildings and townships. These include an incentive programme for green buildings, Green City Mission and policies to promote renewable energy, water and waste management etc. CSE researchers point out that the new built environment will require much more robust benchmarks for resource savings and efficiency.
The Green City Mission provides for conservation of water resources, energy-positive city, sustainable public transport, greening plan, safety and security, among other things. Said Roychowdhury: "While this offers an opportunity for integrating the principles of sustainability, the experience of other cities shows the devil is in the detail. Therefore, it is important to ensure that the new reforms include guidance framework, legal mandate and rules for multifarious sectors including energy, water and sanitation, waste management, urban design and mobility access, and urban landscape and greens. Urban planning will have to be integrated with transit planning from the very beginning to discourage car-centric infrastructure. This initiative aims to integrate, harmonise and streamline all the key existing sectoral policies and regulations and find a unified and integrated framework for implementation and monitoring."
Need compact city design: Urban planning today is increasingly moving away from the compact city design towards urban sprawls. Examples are New Town Kolkata or Rajarhat: the new urban design is all about super-size blocks of mass housing, gated communities, poor public transport connectivity, etc. This is increasing distances, dependence on personal vehicles, travel and energy intensity, and pollution.
The older compact urban form of the established city of Kolkata illustrates the legacy of a best practice in urban planning and design. As this reduces travel distances, it allows more walk and public transport trips. As much as 31 per cent of trips are in the distance range of 2-5 km; and 29 per cent in the 6-10 km range. In fact, about 22 per cent of the trips fall in the range of 0-1 km that can be easily covered by walking. This has enabled very high share of public transport usage and walking – as high as 89 per cent of all daily travel trips. More than 1/4th of the working population can commute to work on foot.A good walk and cycling infrastructure and public transport can transform the city and reduce pollution. But this template has not been adapted for the new and modern urban form.
Globally, cities are adopting mixed land-use in combination with public transport strategy for safety and sustainability: Whilenew urban planning in India and West Bengal increasingly moves towards segregated land-use and sprawl, advanced countries are reversing this policy. California, one of the most sprawled US states with car-centric urban design, has enacted the Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act (SB 375) in 2008. This requires integrated land-use and transportation plans, to focus development around transit. It has set targets for increasing density near transit lines and stations; mixed land use; improving walkability; reducing block size and enhancing access to job centers, among other things. As a result, 2/3rd households living near transit in Los Angeles (LA) now own one or fewer cars; nearly 1/4th of commuters living near transit in LA take transit, walk or bike, compared with just 8 per cent in the larger region; about 22 per cent of the jobs in LA County are within walking distance, increasing the number of people who live in the half-mile radius around transit stations that can reduce per-household vehicle miles traveled by 30 per cent.
Link incentives with resource saving performance of buildings and monitor performance of buildings: Green building regulations may remain a non-starter if post-construction monitoring is absent or is weak. Even in cases where green rating systems have been promoted with government back-up and incentives, there is no record of the actual performance of the buildings and the nature of resource saving measures applied. West Bengal allows 10 per cent extra built-up area or floor area ratio if developers adopt a green rating system. But these incentives are not linked with actual performance of the buildings. Without proper performance monitoring, green-rated buildings can perform worse than standard buildings (as is evident in the US and other countries).
It is important to link incentives with top performance and not with minimal improvement. There should be penalty for non-compliance. This also requires official oversight. Currently, compliance is based entirely on self-reporting by builders and rating agencies without independent official oversight. If not done effectively and transparently, this can lock in enormous inefficiencies and resource guzzling and negate the benefits of green rating at an enormous cost to the government and wastage of tax-payers money. The incentives should be used to push only the top line of performance and not to promote minimum green measures that should be obligatory for all buildings to meet.
Need climate-sensitive, affordable and efficient solutions: "The climate of West Bengal allows very efficient use of passive architectural design including effective use of ventilation, shading and day-lighting to reduce the overall thermal load of the building. This can reduce the need for mechanical space coolingand can be complemented with energy-efficient electrical appliances" said Sareen. But often, the construction industry encourages use of materials and architecture that are not always appropriate for local climates. For instance, the craze for glass in a hot climate leads to unacceptable heat ingress that increasesthe use of energy-intensive air conditioning. Current approaches do not differentiate between different climate zones or between conditioned and non-conditioned buildings. Authorities should promote good energy efficiency practices (including renewable energy) and auditing of energy performance of buildings.
Need climate-resilient urban planning and design to protect against extreme weather events: Protection of water bodies in urban design is crucial as our cities are becoming increasingly more vulnerable to extreme weather events, including flooding and drought. The city needs to manage its wetlands better to avoid flooding. According to a World Bank and University of Leeds study, Kolkata already stands third on the list of cities prone to flood risks and climate disasters. A recent study by the South Asian Forum for Environment pointed out that in a decade -- from 2005 to 2015 -- Kolkata has lost 53 per cent of its peri-urban wetlands; currently, 86 per cent of the stretch of Adi Ganga flows below the average environmental flow volume. Moreover, green space planning will also have to be linked with mitigation of heat island effect in built areas.
Manage and capitalise on construction and demolition (C&D) waste: With the construction boom,generation of C&D waste is on the rise in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA) but there is no scientific estimate of its quantum and the trend. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), in its 2017 Guidelines on Environmental Management of Construction & Demolition (C&D) Wastes report, mentions that Kolkata generates 1,600 tonnes of C&D waste annually.But accordingto the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), the quantity is only around 40-45 tonnes. C&D waste is inert in nature, but has a wide range of ecological fallouts. Its indiscriminate handling and disposal chokes water bodies, damages roads and footpaths, obstructs traffic, pollutes the air and renders composting of municipal solid waste difficult, apart from unnecessarily eating into a city's landfill space. C&D waste can easily be recycled and brought back to substitute virgin building material (which are in short supply) for construction. The Government of India has notified the C&D Waste Rules in 2016; this requires immediate implementation. The KMC is setting up a recycling plant at Dhapa. New Town Kolkata Development Authority offers paid services for disposal of C&D waste at a rate of Rs 2,000 per metric tonne. Said Avikal Somvanshi of sustainable building programme of CSE: "These are important steps forward. A lot more is needed to establish a circular C&D waste economy as mandated by the new C&D Waste Rules."
Improve public acceptance of green buildings and build public support: CSE called for demystification of green building measures and building public support and acceptance of these programmes. Said Roychowdhury: "Tell people what "works" and what "doesn't work" in terms of energy-efficient, water-saving and resource-saving strategies for homes. Inform people about the rate of return on costs for energy-efficiency and water conservation products and appliances. Build support for green buildings. People must know where to find information on options, prices and suppliers. Deepen understanding -- how individual decisions to conserve water and energy add up to overall savings that benefit the community. Resource efficient city development can happen without compromising economic growth."
For more information on CSE's work on sustainable urbanisation, please contact Vrinda Nagar of The CSE Media Resource Centre, vrinda.nagar@cseindia.org, 9654106253.
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Bulkan justifies "guidance" to City Mayor Chase-Green; seeks to stop public "ridicule", "protect the image" of govt
Posted by: Denis Chabrol in Business, News, Politics January 29, 2018	0
Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan.
Local Government Minister, Ronald Bulkan on Monday rejected accusations by Georgetown Mayor, Patricia Chase-Green that he was meddling in Council's affairs and instructing Council, through her, to adopt a new decision-making procedure in violation of the municipal laws.
"We can't be fossilised with any legislation. We are in a new era now. We are in a new democratic environment and laws are made by man and not because there is no requirement in the law for an action, it means that we can't, utilizing the democratic formula and principle, we can't evolve with the changing times," he told Demerara Waves Online News. He declined to say what could be done if the Mayor or Council defies central government's expectations.
Describing Chase-Green as not only as a political colleague but a "comrade" in the People's National Congress Reform (PNCR), he labelled her accusations "unfair and unjustified". He wondered how the Council's request for hundreds of millions of dollars for garbage collection and drainage and irrigation did not amount to intervention.
The Minister also dismissed the Mayor's claim that he was interventionist in the work of the City Council in the same way as the then People's Progressive Party Civic (PPPC). "This is why I was particularly disappointed that I could be accused of acting as my predecessors did because nowhere in the records you will be able to find that," he said. In contrast, he said under the PPP, the minister would have granted approval and instructed the Town Clerk to "rubber stamp" it.
Asked whether the temporary prohibition of the use of open spaces for other purposes was not a contradiction of government's stated position that it would not intervene in the work of locally elected bodies, he said that was "as a result of an overwhelming sentiment in the Cabinet that open spaces in the city should be treated with sanctity; that you must have a sanctity for Green Spaces" instead of constructing buildings.
The Local Government Minister declined to say whether the Mayor and Town Clerk's actions have resulted in a loss of political support, but noted that he has intervened in the past because government has been harshly criticised for City Hall's actions. "I have a responsibility. My Cabinet colleagues expect me to intervene where actions of the Council are deemed not to be in the best interest of the administration and subject the administration to ridicule and other unfavourable opinions," he said. Bulkan recalled that in the past he had intervened when the Town Clerk had unilaterally removed Bourda Market vendors from Robb Street, and from outside the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA). "Some of my colleagues may be unhappy that I am choosing to publicly call out some public officers and administrators but I have a duty and an obligation and a responsibility to protect the image of this administration as well as of the wider citizens and I don't think I have any apologies to make because I am certainly not motivated by any malice or ill-will," he said.
The Local Government Minister said he copied his letter to the Mayor to the General Secretary and Vice Chairman of the People's National Congress Reform because the Councillors in Georgetown are "largely there by virtue of the support they have from the number one political force which is the People's National Congress Reform".
Asked whether the Town Clerk and the Mayor were acting in the best interest of the People's National Congress Reform, he said he operates "within a political structure and a political environment and I am not a free agent". "Emphatically, unambigously no" was his response to whether he was sending a signal that he was displeased with Mayor Chase-Green's performance ahead of internal Mayoral elections scheduled for March 15, 2018.
Bulkan signaled that he was concerned that land was about to be transferred to Taljit "who seems to have a predilection for gobbling up public spaces that are reserved for beautification and recreational purposes to convert to private housing development ". Taljit had come under the microscope by parliamentarian, Carl Greenidge, when APNU and AFC had been in opposition.
With regards to the Mayor's accusation that he often intervenes in municipal affairs without first consulting or writing her, Bulkan said he wrote her only after a newspaper had reported on January 14, 2018 that residents of Bel Air Park had taken legal action to prohibit City Hall from transferring the playground to a contractor, Terrence Taljit to build townhouses for the mayor, town clerk, city engineer and medical officer of health. Further Bulkan said at that time he did not meet Town Clerk, Royston King or write Chase-Green until he received an email on January 20 from a cabinet colleague who stated that "another major issue waiting to happen". That email, he said, had an attachment dated January 20 and authored by Damian Fernandes that accused Council of no consultation with regards to the use of the Farnum Playground. Bulkan said he told King that he would have been writing the Mayor about the Bel Air Ground and Farnum Playground issues and required all necessary documentation.
The Minister and the City Mayor are at loggerheads ever since he last week ordered Council to temporarily prohibit the use of open spaces, playgrounds and recreational parks for purposes other than which they are intended. The Local Government Minister admitted that his formula -a project should be placed on the agenda only if two-thirds of the Councillors decide it should discussed even if the constituency representative objects- was not written in law. The Mayor is relying on the Municipal and District Councils Act 28:01, but the Minister said there is there is the "overarching" Local Democratic Organs Act Chapter 28:09 which is influenced by Guyana's Constitution as well as statements of representation, consultation and inclusiveness by President David Granger. At the same time, he conceded that his "guidance" was not entrenched in law. Bulkan argued that his suggestion was based on the democratic principle in which a constituency councilor should not be excluded and at the same time worthwhile initiatives that are blocked by a constituency councillor could be overridden by more than a simple majority. He said perhaps his approach and formula could be included in amendments to harmonised local government legislation.
The Minister used the opportunity to express his sympathy with City Hall at the passing of Councillor Junior Garret last week.
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ESPN Announces Details For Annual Sprint NBA All-Star Celebrity Game
Courtesy: ESPN
ESPN has officially announced that it will broadcast the 2014 edition of the Sprint NBA All-Star Celebrity Game.
The annual celebrity basketball game is scheduled to be broadcast February 14th at 7pm ET. It will be broadcast live from the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA. This year's broadcast marks the tenth anniversary of ESPN's broadcast of the game. Fans can also catch the game online via WatchESPN. Veteran play-by-play man Mark Jones will have the call. He will be joined by analyst Jon Barry and reporters Stuart Scott and Chris Broussard.
This year's broadcast marks the first time that ESPN NBA Countdown analysts Jalen Rose and Bill Simmons will serve as coaches for the celebrity game. Mike & Mike hosts Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg will play in the celebrity matchup for the first time ever, too. And before the game, Mike and Mike will host their show live on-site from the Hyatt Regency hotel in New Orleans. Fellow ESPN personalities including SportsCenter anchor Stan Verrett and three-time NBA Champion and ESPN NBA analyst Bruce Bowen will also be part of the game.
This year's Sprint NBA All-Star Celebrity Game is part of the NBA All-Star Jam Session. It will feature stars from across the sports and entertainment world. Two-time MVP Kevin Hart and America's Got Talent host Nick Cannon will take part in this year's game. They will be joined by a number of other celebrities including: Jesse Williams (Grey's Anatomy), Columbus Short (Scandal), Michael B. Jordan (That Awkward Moment), Erin Heatherton (Victoria's Secret model, philanthropist, actress), U.S Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, E! News anchor Terrence Jenkins, Kristin Ledlow (Co-host of NBA TV's NBA Inside Stuff), and WNBA stars Skylar Diggins (Tulsa Shock) and Elena Delle Donne (Chicago Sky). More information on this year's Sprint NBA All-Star Celebrity Game is available online at http://www.nba.com/news/as.celebrity.game/2014-celebrity-game-event-page/index.html. More information on all of ESPN's NBA coverage is available online at http://www.facebook.com/NBAonESPN and http://espn.com/nba. To keep up with the latest sports and entertainment news and reviews, go online to http://www.facebook.com/philspicks and "Like" it. Fans can always keep up with the latest sports and entertainment news and reviews in the Phil's Picks blog at https://philspicks.wordpress.com.
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WNBA Has Strong Start To Season
The 2013-2014 WNBA season is off to a pretty strong start. This weekend's double header saw the Washington Mystics taking on the Tulsa Shock and the Chicago Sky facing off against the Phoenix Mercury. The double header pulled in a 0.3 household coverage rating and averaged 366,000 viewers (P2+), including the most viewed regular season game on ESPN2 in nine years. The pair of games featured the top four teams from this year's WNBA draft presented by State Farm. It included ESPNs "3 to See" trio of Elena Delle Donne (Chicago Sky), Skylar Diggins (Tulsa) and Brittney Griner (Phoenix). ESPN and the ESPN family of networks will focus on the "3 to See" throughout the WNBA season. This includes coverage online at ESPN.com and espnW.com.
The broadcast of the Mystics/Shock Memorial Day 3pm broadcast earned a 0.3 rating with 314,000 viewers. The 5pm game featuring the Sky and Mercury pulled a 0.4 rating with 455,000 viewers. It was the most viewed game on ESPN2 since the Phoenix took on New York on July 11th, 2004. That game pulled in a 0.5 rating with 487,000 viewers.
The 2012 WNBA regular season on ESPN2 averaged a 0.2 household coverage rating. Coverage of the 2013 WNBA season returns Saturday, June 8th at 3:30pm with a matchup of the Phoenix Mercury and the defending WNBA champion Indiana Fever. The game is the first of the 2013 WNBA regular season. It will air on ABC.
WNBA fans can keep up with the latest scores and more from around the league when they "Like" the WNBA on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/wnba. Fans can keep up with all the latest around the WNBA on ESPN via Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ESPN and on the official ESPN website at http://www.espn.com.
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WNBA Kicks Off 2013-2014 Season This Weekend On ABC
The 2013-2014 WNBA season starts next Monday. And it all kicks off with a double header on ABC. The double header will feature the top four teams from this year's WNBA draft presented by State Farm. It all starts with a match between the Washington Mystics and Tulsa Shock at 3pm ET. The Chicago Sky and Phoenix Mercury follow at 5pm ET. Along with the games, ESPN will offer an in-depth look at course taken by the league's top picks—The "3 To See–from college to the pros. The "3 To See" are Elena Delle Donne (Delaware to Chicago Sky), Skylar Diggins (Notre Dame to Tulsa Shock), and Brittney Griner (Baylor to Phoenix Mercury).
ABC's double header matchup is just part of Monday's season opening celebration of the WNBA. ESPN Classic will air a Memorial Day weekend marathon featuring a series of games featuring the "3 To See." The full slate of games is listed below.
ESPN Classic Memorial Day "3 to See" Marathon
Date Time (ET) Game
Sun, May 26 4 p.m. 2012 NCAA Women's National Semifinal: Connecticut vs. Notre Dame
Diggins 19 points leads ND to an 83-75 win
6 p.m. Connecticut at Notre Dame (2013)
Diggins scores 29 points in ND's 96-87 triple-overtime win
8 p.m. 2013 NCAA Championship Second Round: Delaware vs. North Carolina
Delle Donne nets 33 points in loss in final home game
10 p.m. 2012 NCAA Women's National Championship: Notre Dame vs. Baylor
Griner has 26 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks in win
Midnight 2012 NCAA Championship Second Round: Kansas vs. Delaware
Delle Donne scores 34 points in loss
Mon, May 27 1:30 a.m. Notre Dame at Tennessee (2013)
Diggins has 33 points, five assists and four steals in victory
3:30 p.m. 2012 CAA Championship: Drexel vs. Delaware
Delle Donne dominates with 27 points and 10 boards in win
7 a.m. Connecticut at Baylor (2011)
Griner leads with 25 points, nine rebounds and nine blocks in victory
9 a.m. Delaware at St. John's (2013)
Delle Donne tallies 29 points, 16 boards, two assists and two blocks in overtime win
11 a.m. 2011 NCAA Women's National Semifinal: Connecticut vs. Notre Dame
Diggins nets 28 points in win over UConn and National Player of the Year Maya Moore
1 p.m. Baylor at Connecticut (2013)
Griner scores 25 points in win, including 3,000th of her career
Fans of the WNBA will also get to see the return of the Boost Mobile WNBA All-Star Game on July 27th. The game will air that day at 3:30pm ET on ABC live from the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT.
The team of Pam Ward, Rebecca Lobo, and Carolyn Peck return once again this season to call the games, with Ward calling the play-by-play action. Holly Rowe and LaChina Robinson will serve as reporters for select games. Sue Bird—seven-time WNBA All-Star and two-time WNBA Champion with the Seattle Storm—will join the broadcast team this season from the ESPN Studio. This includes the opening day double header. Bird is sidelined this season while she recovers from left knee surgery.
The full season schedule is available below:
2013 WNBA Regular-Season Schedule (subject to change)
Date Time (ET) Game Networks
Mon, May 27 3 p.m. Washington Mystics at Tulsa Shock
Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck & LaChina Robinson ESPN2
5 p.m. Chicago Sky at Phoenix Mercury
Ryan Ruocco, Rebecca Lobo & Holly Rowe ESPN2
Sat, June 8 3:30 p.m. Phoenix Mercury at Indiana Fever
Ryan Ruocco, Rebecca Lobo & Holly Rowe ABC
Wed, June 12 8 p.m. Connecticut Sun at Indiana Fever
Pam Ward & Carolyn Peck ESPN2
Tue, June 25 8 p.m. Phoenix Sun at San Antonio Silver Stars
Tue, July 2 8 p.m. Tulsa Shock at Connecticut Sun ESPN2
Tue, July 9 9 p.m. Atlanta Dream at Minnesota Lynx ESPN2
Thu, July 11 9 p.m. Los Angeles Sparks at Tulsa Shock ESPN2
Thu, July 18 10 p.m. Phoenix Mercury at Los Angeles Sparks ESPN2
Tue, July 23 7 p.m. New York Liberty at Indiana Fever ESPN2
Sat, July 27 3:30 p.m. Boost Mobile WNBA All-Star Game
(Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Conn.) ABC
Tue, Aug 6 10 p.m. Seattle Storm at Phoenix Mercury ESPN2
Tue, Aug 20 10 p.m. Los Angeles Sparks at Seattle Storm ESPN2
Sat, Aug 24 7 p.m. Indiana Fever at Minnesota Lynx ESPN2
Wed, Sep 11 8 p.m. Phoenix Mercury at Chicago Sky ESPN2
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WNBA Draft Airs On Primetime Tonight
Courtesy: ESPN/WNBA
The 2013 WNBA Draft will be held tonight on ESPN2. This year marks the first time ever that the WNBA has held the draft in primetime. It will be highlighted by the "3 To See", Elena Delle Donne (University of Delaware), Skylar Diggins (Notre Dame), and Brittney Grinor (Baylor). The broadcast—presented by State farm—will air at 8pm/7pm CT tonight. It will be held at ESPN's Bristol, CT headquarters. The league's second and third rounds will air live on ESPNU from 9-10:30pm. Fans can watch all three rounds online and via mobile devices on WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app. Each round consists of twelve picks each. WNBA fans can get even more content throughout the day today on ESPN's SportsCenter and on espnW.
Kevin Negandhi will host the draft. He comes into tonight's broadcast fresh off the heels of a successful broadcast of the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. It marks the first time that he will host the annual draft. He will be joined by analysts Rebecca Lobo and Carolyn Peck. Reporters Holly Rowe and LaChina Robinson will also be on hand to bring viewers the latest news and more live. Guards and forwards highlight this year's top draft crop. Among the top guards expected to be on hand are: Alex Bentley (Penn State), Layshia Clarendon (California), Kelly Faris (Connecticut), Tayler Hill (Ohio State), Lindsey Moore (Nebraska) and Sugar Rodgers (Georgetown). The league's top prospective forwards include: Tianna Hawkins (Maryland) and Toni Young (Oklahoma State); and center Kelsey Bone (Texas A&M).
The Phoenix Mercury is at the top of this year's draft for the third time in the history of the franchise. The Chicago Sky, Tulsa Shock, Washington Mystics, and New York Liberty round out the top five teams in the draft this year.
ESPN and the WNBA are now in the seventeenth year together. And heads of both organizations recently signed a new contract that will extend the pair's partnership through the 2022 season. This year's season opens with a special Memorial Day doubleheader that pits the league's top four draft picks against one another. Washington and Tulsa will face off at 3pm. Chicago and Phoenix follow that game at 5pm.
To keep up with all the latest from the WNBA and ESPN, fans can go to the official WNBA Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/wnba and its official website, http://www.wnba.com or the official ESPN2 Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/ESPN and its official website, http://www.espn.com.
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Q: Gostaria de um layout assim porem minha  não esta juntando com o rodapé

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main {
  background-color: fuchsia;
  display: block;
  float: right;
  padding: 1em;
  width: 85%;
  height: 300px;
}

aside {
  background-color: firebrick;
  padding: 1em;
  width: 15%;
  height: 352px;
}

footer {
  background-color: chartreuse;
  clear: both;
  padding: 1em;
}
<title>Example1</title>

  HEADER
  MAIN
  ASIDE
  FOOTER

Eu recomendo você fazer da seguinte maneira:

* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

html,
body {
  height: 100%;
}

.geral {
  min-height: 100%;
  position: relative;
  height: 100%;
}

.header {
  background-color: aqua;
  display: block;
  float: right;
  padding: 1em;
  width: 85%;
}

.footer {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 100%;
  background-color: chartreuse;
  clear: both;
  padding: 1em;
}

.content {
  background-color: fuchsia;
  display: block;
  float: right;
  padding: 1em;
  width: 85%;
  height: 70%;
}

.aside {
  background-color: firebrick;
  padding: 1em;
  width: 15%;
  height: 100%;
}
<title>Example1</title>

      HEADER

      MAIN

      ASIDE

      FOOTER

Desse modo, você não define um tamanho para o seu main (mudei o nome para content, pois é nesse espaço que você coloca o conteúdo do seu site).

A: Tente colocar o position absolute e o height 100%.
aside {
    background-color: firebrick;
    padding: 1em;
    width: 15%;
    height: 100;
    position: absolute;
}

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According to the The Himalayan Times newspaper, local health workers in Arun Rural Municipality check the health of mother and child and provide material support that can include rice, baby clothes, 500 rupees (about 4.5 US dollars) and – in a local twist – a rooster.
The visits are important because only 57% of women in Nepal give birth in hospitals and other facilities, reported the Kathmandu Post. As the Post pointed out, for every 100,000 births in Nepal, 229 women die during or after childbirth. That is a huge reduction since 1996, when the rate was 539 per 100,000 births.
However, the country's next target is to cut the rate to 125 per 100,000 births by 2020. According to an official interviewed by the Post, that target will be missed unless post-natal deaths of women can be reduced.
A short-term concern is lack of a budget to finance cash incentives. In January health facilities stopped providing the money – which can amount to as much as 3,800 rupees (34 US dollars) – to encourage woman to give birth in facilities since January, reported the Post.
Health Ministry officials say the issue is just a temporary cash crunch.
This entry was posted in development, health, health care, international development, Nepal, Women and tagged maternal health by martylogan. Bookmark the permalink.


Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye) is an irritation or infection. It affects the membrane that covers the white of your eye and the inside of your eyelid (conjunctiva). It can happen to one or both eyes. The membrane swells and the blood vessels enlarge (dilate). This makes your eye red. That's why conjunctivitis is sometimes called red eye or pink eye.
Conjunctivitis, or Pink Eye, can be caused by a viral infection, bacterial infection or even allergies and other irritants.
Pink eye caused by a virus will usually go away on its own. Artificial tears and warm compresses can relieve symptoms. Your licensed health care provider may also prescribe eye drops. A viral infection can be very contagious and spreads quickly. To prevent this, wash your hands often. Use a separate tissue to wipe each eye. Don't touch your eyes or share bedding or towels.
Pink eye caused by a bacterial infection can be treated with eye drops. Your licensed health care provider may prescribe eye drops or ointment to kill the bacteria. Warm compresses can help keep the eyelids clean. To keep the bacteria from spreading, wash your hands often. Use a separate tissue to wipe each eye. Don't touch your eyes or share bedding or towels.
Conjunctivitis caused by allergies and irritants is usually best controlled by avoiding the irritant. Artificial tears can help flush out the eye and lubricate the surface. Your licensed health care provider may also prescribe eye drops to reduce swelling and relieve redness. In some cases, you may have to stop wearing contact lenses or eye makeup.


Speech by metropolitan archbishop of Riga Zbigņevs Stankevičs during his ingress on 21 August 2010 is available here.
Address on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Restoration of the Independence of Latvia on 21 August 2016 is available here.
Speech in Riga Dome Church on 18 November 2016 is available here.
Other archbishop's homilies and speeches in Latvian are grouped in chronological order and available by clicking on the selected year below.


This study develops a blended version of the monetary and portfolio models for the MK/USD exchange rate, and assesses the forecasting performance of the model against a simple random walk. The results indicate that the model performs better than the simple random walk on the 6, 12 and 24 months forecasting horizons. However, the model does not perform well on the 3-month horizon, which is supported by theory suggesting that exchange rate movements are not driven by fundamentals in the short term. We also add a variable drift term to the random walk process and compare its performance against both the simple random walk and the fundamental model. The results show that random walk (with a variable drift) performs better than the other models in out-of-sample process at both short term and long term horizons. This result suggests that this (the random walk with a drift) process might be the best tool for exchange rate forecasting on all the forecast horizons. When it comes to exchange rate forecasting in the long term, a fundamental model might still be the best alternative.
Regarding the structural model (with fundamental determinants of nominal exchange rate), the empirical results indicate that a worsening current account balance and decreases in net external flows result the depreciation of exchange rates. This is in line with practical experience. On the other hand, higher domestic interest rates have an insignificant impact on exchange rate. In an economy with several structural bottlenecks and poor infrastructural services, high interest rates cannot be expected to induce capital flows. A rise in domestic inflation is associated with a deprecated exchange rate. Lastly, consistent with theoretical expectations, another significant finding is that an easing in monetary policy (increase in money supply growth) is associated with a depreciation of the exchange rate.
These findings lead us to make the following conclusions. Developments in the current account balance have implications on the exchange rate market. Measures aimed at improving the current account position, for example through exports, are also instrumental in stabilizing the exchange rate – through appreciation. Considering that Malawi has been traditionally depending on tobacco as its chief foreign exchange earner, and taking into account the anti-smoking campaign militating against the crop amidst low prices, it is imperative that Malawi should diversify into other foreign exchange earner (for instance tourism) in order to ensure macroeconomic stability, which itself is a pre-requisite for economic growth and therefore poverty reduction. Thus, policies that influence exports and imports of goods and services also determine exchange rate movements. Likewise, prospects concerning funding for a donor aid dependent economy like ours may influence the direction of market forces in determining the exchange rate movements. Big swings in external funding could cause instability Therefore, government's credibility regarding the use of external public funds and implementation of related reforms is important in as far as stability of the foreign exchange market and overall macroeconomic stability are concerned.
It is worthy to note that divergent opinions exist as to the usefulness of devaluation (or depreciation) as a policy tool. There are those that believe devaluation as a policy tool can boost exports and so crate jobs. It should be noted however that since the kwacha was floated in 1994, it has been on a depreciating trend almost continuously without corresponding gains from the export sector. Without losing sight of the interest of exporters, it should be noted that a depreciated kwacha has implications in terms of increased import expenditures (oil import bill), government debt service, domestic inflation and cost of imported intermediate inputs. In the short term, what we should strive as a nation is to have a stable Malawi kwacha exchange rate. In the long run, the viable option is in ensuing a competitive export market is increased productivity among exporting firms. This may include export diversification and implementing measures to limit market imperfections.
Cheung, Y., M. Chinn and Garcia. (2003): 'Empirical Exchange Rates of the Nineties: Are Any Fit to Survive?' Santa Cruz Centre for International Economics Paper 03' 14.
Dornbusch, R. (1976): Expectations, 'Expectations and Exchange Rate Dynamics' Journal of Political Economy 84: 1161 - 76.
Meese, R. A. and K. Rogoff. (1989a): 'Empirical Exchange Rate Models of the Seventies: Do They Fit Out of Sample?' Journal of International Economics 14:3 - 24.


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