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Skills available for South Dakota fifth-grade social studies standards
IXL's fifth-grade skills will be aligned to the South Dakota Content Standards soon! Until then, you can view a complete list of fifth-grade standards below.
South Dakota Content Standards South Dakota Content Standards
K-12.H History
K-12.H.1 Students will analyze how major events are chronologically connected and evaluate their impact on one another.
5.H.1.1 Create and use a chronological sequence of related events to compare developments that happened during the same time frame
5.H.1.2 Identify key conflicts with other countries of the world and the effect they had on the U.S. physically, economically, and socially
World War II: lead-up to war in Europe, Asia (5-J.8)
5.H.1.3 Describe the impact other countries had on North America through exploration and conflict
K-12.H.2 Students will analyze and evaluate the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols upon history using multiple sources.
5.H.2.1 Differentiate the cultures of various American Indian tribes
5.H.2.2 Identify and describe the roles of influential people during the American Revolution
5.H.2.3 Identify the key changes leading to and resulting from growth and invention in the U.S. between the Revolution and 1865
5.H.2.4 Evaluate the influence, impact, and interactions of various cultures, philosophies, and religions on the development of the U.S.
K-12.H.3 Students will analyze and evaluate historical events from multiple perspectives.
5.H.3.1 Explain why individuals and groups during the same historical period can differ in their perspectives
K-12.H.4 Students will identify and evaluate the causes and effects of past, current and potential events, issues and problems.
5.H.4.1 Identify the causes and effects of the development of Colonial America
5.H.4.2 Identify key European explorers and the causes and effects of their voyages
5.H.4.3 Explain probable causes and effects of events in the American Revolution
5.H.4.4 Identify key events during the American Revolution considering how they affected people, government, and the economy
5.H.4.5 Compare and contrast social, economic, and philosophical differences between the north and the south prior to the Civil War
K-12.H.5 Students will develop historical research skills.
5.H.5.1 Summarize how different types of historical sources are used to explain events in the past
5.H.5.2 Evaluate a historical source to justify the validity of that source
K-12.C Civics/Government
K-12.C.1 Students will explain, compare and contrast, and analyze the historical principles and philosophical purposes of various forms of governments.
5.C.1.1 Explain why the U. S. was established as a republic over other forms of governments
5.C.1.2 Explain how rules and laws change society and how people change rules and laws
5.C.1.3 Develop a logical argument explaining why governments are necessary
K-12.C.2 Students will explain the historical impact of primary founding documents including, but not limited to, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Bill of Rights and subsequent amendments.
5.C.2.1 Examine the origins and purposes of rules, laws, and key U.S. Constitutional powers
5.C.2.2 Using research, show where the ideas come from that informed the Constitution
K-12.C.3 Students will explain how the Constitution organizes the government of the United States.
5.C.3.1 Using multiple sources, distinguish between the responsibilities and powers of government officials at various levels and branches of government
5.C.3.2 Compare and contrast procedures for making decisions in a variety of settings, including classroom, school, government, and/or society
K-12.C.4 Students will understand the fundamental principles of America's democratic republic and the United States Constitution and the inherent conflicts that may arise.
5.C.4.1 Describe ways in which people benefit from and are challenged by working together in government, workplaces, volunteer organizations, and families
K-12.C.5 Students will understand the ways in which a citizen can use their basic rights to influence decisions of the republic.
5.C.5.1 Explain how democracy relies upon citizens' responsible participation, and draw implications for how individuals should participate
5.C.5.2 Describe how volunteerism has benefitted the U.S.
5.C.5.3 Illustrate historical and contemporary means of changing society
K-12.G Geography
K-12.G.1 Students will apply geospatial resources, including data sources and geographic tools to generate, interpret, and analyze information.
5.G.1.1 Apply latitude and longitude to find absolute locations on a globe and map
5.G.1.2 Investigate maps of different types and scales
K-12.G.2 Students will understand the nature and importance of the Five Themes of Geography: location, place characteristics, human-environment interaction, movement, and region.
5.G.2.1 Explain how cultural and environmental characteristics affect the distribution and movement of people, goods, and ideas
5.G.2.2 Explain how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various natural resources
5.G.2.3 Analyze the effects of environmental and technological changes on human settlements and migration
K-12.G.5 Students will recognize and explain the role population and culture play in creating diversity within the world's places and regions.
5.G.5.1 Describe how the spatial patterns of cultural activities in a place change over time because of interactions with nearby and distant places.
K-12.G.6 Students will understand the ways in which humans culturally adapt to, use, and modify the natural environment and its various elements.
5.G.6.1 Explain how natural events and human activities in one place affect people living in other places
K-12.E Economics
K-12.E.1 Students will apply the fundamental economic ideas and concepts associated with the study of economics.
5.E.1.1 Explain how supply and demand influences sellers in markets
Understand quantity supplied and quantity demanded (5-P.1)
Understand overall supply and demand (5-P.2)
Create and use supply and demand curves (5-P.3)
5.E.1.2 Explain the role of money as a means of trade between individuals and/or groups
K-12.E.2 Students will demonstrate how the forces of supply and demand impact economic decision making.
5.E.2.1 Explain the meaning of inflation, deflation, and unemployment
K-12.E.3 Students will analyze the ways government can impact the market.
5.E.3.1 Describe examples of various institutions that make up economic systems
K-12.E.5 Students will describe how trade generates economic development and interdependence.
5.E.5.1 Describe the role of trading in early U.S. History


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Park opening set for Deer Haven
Deer Haven Preserve and Amy Clark-Bader Bird Sanctuary, Preservation Parks of Delaware County's eighth and newest park, will be dedicated at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24.
Deer Haven Preserve will be open that day from 1 p.m. until dark. After the dedication, the park will be open every day from morning to dark, 365 days a year.
The 97-acre park at 4183 Liberty Road in Liberty Township includes a one-mile walking trail that crosses a newly developed wetland and extends to a bird blind near a pond.
A picnic area and restroom facilities are available.
Later this year, the park district will build a 3,500-square-foot nature center, using "green" construction methods. The center will include a library, a display of bird and animal specimens and a meeting room for use by community groups.
Other future plans include expanding the trails and adding picnic shelters, an amphitheater and a festival field.
Land for Deer Haven Preserve was donated in 2006 by Phyllis A. Havener. A gift from John W. Bader Jr. in memory of his wife, Amy Clark-Bader, is helping to pay for the bird sanctuary and nature center.
Havener family members and Bader will attend the ceremony, along with township and county officials, park commissioners and Preservation Parks of Dela-ware County executive director Rita Au.
Preservations Parks is asking taxpayers to approve a levy renewal in November that will allow the district to acquire land for more parks, enlarge existing parks and protect other nature areas among other projects.
For more information, call (740) 524-8600.

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Tag: Cop26
Tech Digest daily roundup: Zero-carbon flights to run on liquid ammonia
A British company being launched at the Cop26 summit on Friday will unveil technology it claims could enable zero-carbon emission flights running on liquid ammonia by 2030. It aims to build lightweight reactors to "crack" the chemical to produce hydrogen to burn as fuel, a design it says could allow existing planes to be modified…
5th November 2021 5th November 2021 Chris Price News
9 in 10 Brits want to do more to fight climate change, claims study
A study looking at public attitudes towards electric vehicles and the climate crisis has revealed the personal sacrifices Britons are willing to make in the fight against global warming. Climate Countdown, the latest in Ford's quarterly Go Electric reports, finds an overwhelming majority of Brits (91%) feel they have a personal level of responsibility in the fight against climate…
27th October 2021 19th November 2021 Chris Price Electric Vehicles, News
Virtual reality tool to measure carbon emissions on display at COP26
A Northumbria University academic is preparing to showcase an innovative virtual reality device at this year's COP26 Climate Change summit which could help to revolutionise the construction industry. As an expert in sustainable construction in Northumbria's Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Dr Zaid Alwan realised that visualising the impact of carbon in homes and buildings…
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Motor industry reacts to UK's 'Build Back Greener' EV strategy
With the COP26 global climate summit around the corner, the UK government has announced another push towards electric vehicles (EVs) as part of an overall shift to a carbon-neutral economy. Ministers are investing £620m in grants for electric vehicles and street charging points. Car makers will also be forced to sell a proportion of clean…
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World EV Day: Government back EV8 Switch app
Drivers can explore making the switch to an electric vehicle this World EV day with a new government-backed app. As the UK prepares to host the COP26 climate summit this November, the government is working with industry to provide the tools and practical advice drivers need to go electric. A free app called EV8 Switch…
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Q: Facebook tutorial add logout button but blank screen I'm very new to objective C. I followed the tutorial for integrating Facebook to iOS app and did nothing else. After I added the code for logout button stuff, I ran it and it gave me an error at line :
 [self.viewController.view addSubview:logoutButton];
The error is "unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x6b6c550".
I know this might be a stupid error but if anyone can point out where I'm wrong I would be very appreciated!
static NSString* kAppId = @"340105106048288";

// Method that gets called when the sign out button is clicked
- (void)logoutButtonClicked {
    [facebook logout];
}

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions
   (NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{

UIButton *logoutButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
logoutButton.frame = CGRectMake(40, 40, 200, 40);
[logoutButton setTitle:@"Log Out" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[logoutButton addTarget:self action:@selector(logoutButtonClicked)
       forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self.viewController.view addSubview:logoutButton];

facebook = [[Facebook alloc] initWithAppId:kAppId andDelegate:self];
NSUserDefaults* defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
if ([defaults objectForKey:@"FBAccessTokenKey"] && [defaults
    objectForKey:@"FBExpirationDateKey"]) {
    facebook.accessToken = [defaults objectForKey:@"FBAccessTokenKey"];
    facebook.expirationDate = [defaults objectForKey:@"FBExpirationDateKey"];
}
// This part, the authorize method will bring you to the authorization page
if (![facebook isSessionValid])
    [facebook authorize:nil];

    return YES;
}

// Pre iOS 4.2 support
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application handleOpenURL:(NSURL *)url {
    return [facebook handleOpenURL:url];
}

// For iOS 4.2+ support
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application
        openURL:(NSURL *)url
  sourceApplication:(NSString *)sourceApplication
     annotation:(id)annotation {
    return [facebook handleOpenURL:url];
}

// Save the user credential, specifically the access token and the expiration date to the user defaults
- (void)fbDidLogin {
NSUserDefaults *defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
[defaults setObject:[facebook accessToken] forKey:@"FBAccessTokenKey"];
[defaults setObject:[facebook expirationDate] forKey:@"FBExpirationDateKey"];
[defaults synchronize];
}

- (void) fbDidLogout {
// Remove saved authorization information if it exists
NSUserDefaults *defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
if ([defaults objectForKey:@"FBAccessTokenKey"]) {
    [defaults removeObjectForKey:@"FBAccessTokenKey"];
    [defaults removeObjectForKey:@"FBExpirationDateKey"];
    [defaults synchronize];
}
}

A: If you're using IB on your logoutButton, check if you have linked it to your object (xib) in the interface builder. Let me know if the error still occurs.
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 [self.viewController.view addSubview:logoutButton];

won't work. You're using storyboard, right? The initial values generated usually doesn't include "viewController" in the properties. You can only see the "window". There's no instance of the viewController which might have been the cause of the error.
Piece of advice, why don't you implement the whole thing in ViewController and use delegate only when it's necessary, instead.
And by the way, please show the link of that Facebook tutorial, so I can explain to you how it should be implemented.

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Not quite sure what a Petty Officer or a Squadron Leader is? Find all the military ranks and insignia of Norway here.
Who ranks above whom? And what is Group Captain? This is well known for most people in the Norwegian Armed Forces, but can be confusing for others. In the PDF document to the right, you will find the newest and most updated overview over all the Norwegian military ranks and insignia.
From 2016, the Norwegian Armed Forces now have two different career paths for military employees in the organisation: one for officers, and one for specialists.
Officers (OF) are military personnel with military academy education, or academic education and qualification courses. Specialists, or non-commissioned officers (OR), have officer training, or academic qualifications or prior learning of special importance for the Armed Forces.
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New Board of Trustees
Most schools around the country held Board of Trustee elections in June this year. At Appleby School the number of nominations matched the number of positions available so the new Board could be confirmed immediately.
The Board is made up of the principal, a staff representative and five parent representatives. This year six of the trustees were returning members. These are Graham Avery, Nic Walker, Gary Reilly, Rachel Knowles, Meg Matthews and Antony Cliffe. Our new member is parent representative Chris Jack, and we welcome him to his role.
At its inaugural meeting trustees nominated Gary Reilly as chair. Areas of responsibility for each trustee will be determined in due course.
The Board will like to thank and acknowledge the input and successes of outgoing trustee Lou Busby. Without her, many capital works projects we've completed may not have progressed as quickly, or at all!
New family survey
All families new to the school in term 4 of last year and term 1 of this year were surveyed by the Board about their transition to school.
On this occasion 16 families were surveyed. Questions covered the ease of transition, how welcome and safe children feel at Appleby School, how interesting the learning is and how well the children are advancing in their eduction. Reporting processes and parent-teacher relationships were covered, too. The Board was pleased to see that 100% of respondents AGREED or STRONGLY AGREED to every statement provided to them.
Respondents commented favourably about the teaching staff, principal and the welcoming school community.
The Public Health Service has recently confirmed a third case of measles in the Nelson region.
Therefore as required by the Ministry, the school must advise all parents of potential outcomes should the disease spread. This involves the school keeping accurate immunisation records for all children.
Please be sure to keep up to date with this via the principal's weekly newsletters. If you have any questions on this matter, please make contact with the school to discuss further.
The new trustees looked at a five month overview of the schools finances.
It saw the year start with a higher net working capital than expected, and the usual fluctuations in income and expenditure
Once the annual FOAS donation is received this month, financials will be on track with forecasted budgets, while still allowing for expenditure on some items required by the new Health & Safety legislation.
Health & Safety Update
The Government has introduced new Health & Safety legalisation for all businesses and institutions. While the structure around H&S in schools was already robust, there are further initiatives to work through.
While Appleby School has no areas of concern, and in fact has documentation for all its historical safeguarding measures, trustees continue to work through Ministry policy to ensure the utmost care of the school children.
Some improvements being made are:
• safe climbing height marked in trees
• emergency procedures to be explained to parents as well as children
• testing of all electrics
• furniture upgrades
• the crossing being patrolled by an adult
• alarm system upgrade
• a look at carpark layout
• trustees to accompany the principal on his monthly site checks to identify any potential hazards.
• hazard identification sheets being provided to all onsite visitors.
Vulnerable Children's Act
Another Act the Ministry has reminded schools to be vigilant about is the Vulnerable Children's Act. This refers to the process of police vetting to ensure the suitability of adults to have unsupervised access to children at school.
Currently core staff at Appleby School are police vetted. This includes teachers, teacher aides, itinerant teachers and support staff.
The Ministry advises that as of 1st July 2016, schools should consider vetting non- core staff and volunteers, including parent volunteers, who may have unsupervised access to children at school or on school trips.
The Board has decided it is in the best interests of the students to extend the vetting process to these people. Those to be vetted will be notified in advance.
Healthy Kids at Appleby
In April the school was asked to be a part of a nationwide study about health and how to lower obesity rates in children. As you'd expect the healthy living results that came out of our school were something to be proud of.
Senior Camp Approval
Deputy principal Nic Walker outlined plans for November's senior camp to Hanmer Springs.
The Board was satisfied all health and safety aspects had been considered and that a programme of exciting, educational activities had been planned.
The Board agrees initial arrangements should be made, with final sign off to be given once the volunteers list has been viewed & approved.
Discussion Points
Other topics discussed included a progress report on the region-wide establishment of a school cluster to track student learning; the upcoming ceremony to commemorate the return of the school land to Ngati Kuia; and the student's council's latest great ideas.
The next Board of Trustees meeting will be held Wednesday 5th July at school.


Playa Vista-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc. revealed its first full-size passenger capsule Oct. 2, CNBC Technology reports. The hyperloop transport is designed to transport passengers through magnetic tubes at rapid speeds, and the capsule's assembly will be finished in France.
Santa Monica–headquartered Appetize Technologies Inc. announced today it signed a new client, Florida-based Tropical Smoothie Cafe Corp. QSR Magazine, a restaurant trade publication, reports Appetize's cloud-based self-serve and mobile ordering platform will soon be implemented in all of its stores nationwide. Tropical Smoothie Cafe opens an average of two new cafes per week, and operates more than 700 stores.
Recargo Inc., the El Segundo-based operator of electric vehicle charging app PlugShare announced it has been acquired by the American subsidiary of German energy company Innogy. Socaltech reports Innogy eMobile US will use the Recargo acquisition to expand its position in the US market. Both companies declined to provide financial details of the acquisition.


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I tried removing /qb argument from the above command, and found that it is extracting files now. Since i am calling this script while running a.msi, i am getting a warning "Another installation is in progress. you must complete continuing this one " with Retry and cancel option. When i click on Retry it extracts b.msi and stores in TargetDirectory , on cancel it cancels extracting. So im doubting is it possible to call msiexe.exe when running msi package?
Instead of using msiexec.exe is there any way to extract files from msi?


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Carlisle part company with Keith Millen
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Manager Keith Millen has left Carlisle by mutual consent, the club have announced.
The Cumbrians are currently second-from-bottom in League Two and have not won a game since the beginning of January, when they beat Bradford 2-0 in the league.
Millen was appointed manager in October last year and his last game in charge was a 3-0 defeat to Swindon on Saturday.
A statement on the club website read: "Everyone would like to go on record with their thanks to Keith for his work and efforts since he joined us at the end of October 2021, and we wish him the very best as he moves on from the club.
"Assistant manager Gav Skelton will take today's training session."
Carlisle face Leyton Orient, who cut ties with boss Kenny Jackett on Tuesday night, in League Two on Saturday.
Keith Millen
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Arsenal report: Gunners have 48 hours to complete signing of Spaniard - or the deal's off
Chelsea reserve goalkeeper Lenny Pidgeley explains how he ended up front and centre for the 2004-05 Premier League trophy lift
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The Gatehouse Program
HandUp for Success Luncheon
The Gatehouse & COVID-19
Our response and how you can help
Thank you for the overflow of prayers, inspiration and generosity during this extraordinary time.
Our team is working hard to ensure The Gatehouse families are safe, secure and motivated to continue their life-changing transformation toward self-sustainability at The Gatehouse.
Since over 50% of our Members have lost their jobs or faced reductions in available hours due to COVID-19, we predict that our families' needs will escalate as we progress into the year because of their under-employment or unemployment.
— How You Can Help —
Although we cannot give you the opportunity to serve in person because of the shelter-in-place guidelines, here are the ways you can make an immediate impact:
Give a gift online
Purchase an item from our Amazon Wishlist
Host a fundraiser on Everyday Hero
As of today, over half of our members have become furloughed, lost jobs or experienced loss of hours. This is after having almost 100% of our members employed at the end of last year. The sad reality is that others will become unemployed after working so hard to secure a career-path, living wage income.
While our women are applying for unemployment, there will be mixed results. In addition, unlike many Americans, they will have little or no savings to tap into as an emergency fund. As you can imagine, the issues that will escalate as we progress into the year will stem primarily from unemployment. As a result, The Gatehouse families' needs will soar for:
basics such as food since several of our suppliers are no longer able to partner during this time
household supplies, prescriptions, car insurance, gas, and more necessities that most women were able to contribute to while employed
alternative childcare for members who still have the gift of working even though most schools and childcare facilities are closed
healthcare since our on-campus healthcare clinic has closed during this time and Members will lose health insurance along with job loss
additional mental health counseling as they are facing another crisis after the initial crisis which led them to The Gatehouse
increased campus security while our staff works from home
Thank you for your continued partnership and support.
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Walthamstow Folk Festival
Sat, Nov 2, 2019 12:00 PM
Entry Requirements: Under 14s accompanied by adult
A one day festival of folk music from England, Scotland, Ireland and the USA, curated by Tim Chipping of River Lea Records set in the atmospheric surroundings of Walthamstow's ancient church.
Sam Amidon - singer-fiddler-banjoist-guitarist from Vermont, US, Amidon has released six solo albums that consist of adventurous reworkings of traditional American ballads, hymns and work songs. His records feature collaborations with Nico Muhly, guitarist Bill Frisell, and the late great jazz trumpeter Kenny Wheeler.
Emily Portman - singer, writer and concertina player hailed as "one of the British folk scene's most beguiling presences" by Uncut magazine. A multi-BBC Folk Award winner, most recently as part of The Furrow Collective, this will be Emily's first entirely solo concert.
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne - performs traditional tunes and songs on the melodeon and Anglo concertina, with much of the material linked to the West Midlands. Cohen played the very first Walthamstow Folk Festival and has since become one of the most in demand and best-loved performers on the folk scene.
Burd Ellen - is a solo project from Debbie Armour (known for her collaborations with Alasdair Roberts) featuring multi-instrumentalist Gayle Brogan. The group uses traditional English and Scottish Gaelic song and innovative instrumentation to explore and evoke dark landscapes and deep stories.
Rock Of Eye - Alex Vann (Spiro, Three Cane Whale) on mandolin and psaltery, Francesca Simmons (Sam Lee band) on violin and Ron Phelan (The Schmoozenbergs) on double bass. Exploring the folk of the Anglo-Celtic Isles and Europe through improvisation, Rock Of Eye take in everything from early Italian dance music to forgotten Welsh airs.
Katie Spencer - singer songwriter and dazzlingly gifted acoustic guitarist from Yorkshire who cites John Martyn and Roy Harper as influences. Ralph McTell described Katie's style as having "echoes of my dear friend the late great Bert Jansch."
Boss Morris - all-female Morris dancing side from Stroud, making their third appearance at Walthamstow Folk Festival, accompanied by their horde of magical beasts. Boss Morris danced on stage with Hot Chip at this year's Glastonbury Festival, and featured in the video for When I Leave by Fat White Family.
Paddi Benson & Grace Lemon - highly acclaimed Uilleann pipers who joined forces in 2017 to write new music and challenge the boundaries of piping. The duo will be performing with James Patrick Gavin (TEYR) on fiddle and guitar.
12:00 PM Doors open
12:40 PM Boss Morris
12:45 PM Katie Spencer
1:30 PM Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne
Interval - talks in Welcome Centre
3:40 PM Boss Morris
3:45 PM Paddi Benson + Grace Lemon
4:20 PM Rock of Eye
5:15 PM Emily Portman
8:00 PM Burd Ellen
9:15 PM Sam Amidon
10:30PM Event close


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If you continue with a foreign policy when you're arrogant, it makes it harder to hunt down terrorists. Arrogance leaves us isolated.
-Phil Singer
This quote is just one of 9 total Phil Singer quotes in our collection. Phil Singer is known for saying 'If you continue with a foreign policy when you're arrogant, it makes it harder to hunt down terrorists. Arrogance leaves us isolated.' as well as some of the following quotes.
It would appear that a few weeks after the Democratic convention, the Bush team is following Kerry around again in an effort to defend the last four years and keep its base interested.
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Those numbers are a total function of his name, not him. He has a short record that has been described as thin.
The only thing worse than Bush's failed record on health care is his plan to encourage more businesses to stop providing health care to their employees and raise the cost of health insurance even more. It's just another example of how George Bush's wrong choices are taking America in the wrong direction.
Given the revelations that are coming out about Roberts from these documents, it does beg the question as to whether the White House is sincere in its efforts to reach out to minorities and other groups.


Julia Kahl is known for her impressive work as editor and publisher of Slanted. Her passion for typography, editorial design, photography and the research work are seen in each publication. While running the award winning magazine, she and her team are also working on design books, a video interview series and photography calendar called Photodarium. Julia Kahl studied Communication Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt. She lives and works in Karlsruhe. Together with Lars Harmsen she runs the independent publishing house Slanted Publishers, which has been founded in 2014.
How did you end up working in the field of graphic design? Does being a designer speak to your personality at all? Explain how.
After graduating from school, I went on to study Visual Communications at the University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt where I focused on photography and typography. The more I engaged with my studies, I found it more interesting to combine these two disciplines. Finally I graduated with a diploma, making a book about the gold rush of our times.
What was your plan after you graduated from University? Did you follow through with that plan or end up doing something else?
My husband (boyfriend at that time) was living and working in Kalrsruhe where I made an internship (at Magma Brand Design) just half a year before. Therefore it was clear to me to come back to Karlsruhe and start from scratch here. In terms of working: I didn't want to work as a freelancer and therefore had the plan to start preparing a good portfolio and then applying for jobs in the region.
But, things never turn out the way you expect them to 🙂 So, I was asked by my former boss Lars Harmsen whether I could imagine to help out with the next issue of Slanted Magazine. It was a delicate time for Slanted which started 3 years before with the blog that was quite renowned already. However, the magazine was still in the early stages of development with a print run of only 300 copies, printed by our former digital printing partner Océ (they printed the first 5 issues of Slanted magazine on fairs to show the quality of their machines). Slanted received lots of awards and appreciation for the first five issues and made its mark in the design field.
My job was to help designing and editing the first issue that was then being printed offset and therefore we had a bigger print run.
How did you start the Slanted Magazine? Was it a challenging process?
Slanted Magazine was – and still is – a passion-fueled project first of all. Back then, when it started (set. 2005), it was a side project at the design studio MAGMA Brand Design in Karlsruhe, that followed the blog www.slanted.de (est. 2004) to slow down the speed of the digital platform and to dig deeper into the field of typography and graphic design. Of course it was challenging and it always is to edit and publish a magazine, because in the beginning we did not know how to do it »right« and since then we're improving the processes and our work to keep it running.
When I started working for Slanted, most of the things I did were self-taught. I didn't learn how to distribute a magazine when we had the first big print-run. I just called the important book stores and asked them whether they would be interested to have some magazines in stock. Neither we had subscriptions, advertising, or a frequent publishing table. It was a lot of learning by doing and sometimes things worked out fine, sometimes they didn't. Only 10 years after Slanted started, we were able to separate it from the design studio and set it up as an independent publishing house run by Lars Harmsen and me.
What factors do you consider when choosing destinations to focus on in the magazine? What draws you to specific cities/countries and their graphic design?
It is a very subjective, personal decision between Lars and me. Sometimes he come up with an idea, sometimes I do and then we're talking about it. We both love to travel, so often it occurs because of people we met or because of obvious circumstances e.g. Lars was living in Dubai for some months and therefore we are going to publish an issue about the design scene of Dubai end of October this year.
What do you have to consider when planning the content for Slanted? What are five things you'd recommend paying attention to?
Content is more important than design – saying this being a designer may sound weird, but in my opinion its like that. Therefore we invest a lot of time in researching and editing, conducting interviews and reviewing material.
1. Consider the trip and video interviews – this usually is the start of the new issue. We research and make decisions whom to meet in their studios. When meeting up, people tell us much more than only about their work. Keep your ears and eyes open for interesting side stories or the city they live in and maybe you can find some hidden treasures that might be worth to work with in the magazine.
5. Consider production – it might be an early stage to think of papers and the production, but it is worth having this in mind already when thinking about the content. There might be some interesting matches.
What have you learned from traveling around and experiencing different cultures through a design lens?
The importance of design is perceived different, depending on the economical and/or political situation prevailing in the country or city we're visiting. Despite globalization, there are still varieties in a visual design language depending on a certain region. Those cities/countries that don't have a long history of design show super interesting and surprising ways to design. In general, it is always worth talking with each other as this opens up our minds for the big picture.
How do you see the role of women in design throughout different parts of the world? How is this field evolving, in your opinion?
Back in 2010 we published an issue about Women in Design to give it a bigger visibility. In 2018 I think women are more visible than ever before. Also in the Eastern parts of the world, women have more rights and therefore have more possibilities (to study etc.). Still, there are much more female graduates in the western countries, but only few who keep on working in the design field. This still has a lot to do with the complexity of having a family and keep on working. I have a toddler myself and although my husband and me a both taking care of him and we do have daycare center, it is not easy to accommodate a number of things. I'm sure there are many women who decide not to get back to work after birth, or if later, it might be difficult to gain a foothold.
Where do you see yourself in your profession in the next 10 years? Do you see a future for you and Slanted that is different from where you are today?
I'm taking care of everyday business in our office in Karlsruhe where I have support by an awesome, talented team. We just moved to another studio with a little bit more space. I hope we can keep working on Slanted by always finding new ways to collaborate and getting our finances stable.
What's special about a printed magazine, in your opinion? How do you feel that sets your publication apart? Do you plan to digitize?
What are some of your biggest passions, and how do you stay true to those in your professional and personal life?
There's my son and my husband of course with whom I like to spend as much time as I can. I'm traveling quite often, but nowadays I decide to not be everywhere I could. Besides, I'm playing tennis and I'm big into gardening, where I love to spend my time.
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Byram v. United States, 705 F.2d 1418 (5th Cir. 1983) is a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that helps determine when a sale of land will result in a capital gain for purpose of the U.S. Federal income tax.

Facts
Taxpayer John D. Byram sold seven pieces of real estate in 1973.  All transactions were initiated by the purchases; he did not subdivide the land, and spent minimal time and effort.  From 1971–1973 Byram sold 22 parcels of real estate for a gross return of over $9 million and a net profit of $3.4 million.

Issue
Were the properties held for investment purposes (allowing capital gains treatment) and not primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of his trade or business?

Holding
The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the holding of the District Court. The properties were held for investment purposes and not primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of his trade or business and therefore warranted capital gains treatment under Internal Revenue Code sections 1201 and 1202.

The Fifth Circuit Court's reasoning
•	Byram made no personal effort to initiate the sales, he did not advertise, he did not have a sales office, he did not enlist the aid of brokers, he did not improve or develop the land, and he devoted minimal time and effort to the transactions.
•	The court determined that the standard for review from the district court's finding must be accepted unless it is clearly erroneous
•	The district court did not clearly err in determining that 22 sales in 3 years were not sufficiently frequent or continuous to compel an inference of intent to hold the property for sale rather than investment
•	Substantial and frequent sales activity standing alone has never been held to be automatically sufficient to trigger ordinary income treatment
•	A court should avoid placing too much weight on duration of ownership where other indicia of intent to hold the property for sale are minimal in order to follow Congressional intent.

Notes
•	Capital Asset: property held by the taxpayer not including property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of the taxpayer's trade or business

7 Pillars of Capital Gain Treatment
(1) the nature and purpose of the acquisition of the property and the duration of the ownership;
(2) the extent and nature of the taxpayer's efforts to sell the property;
(3) the number, extent, continuity and substantiality of the sales;
(4) the extent of subdividing, developing, and advertising to increase sales;
(5) the use of a business office for the sale of the property;
(6) the character and degree of supervision or control exercised by the taxpayer over any representative selling the property; and
(7) the time and effort the taxpayer habitually devoted to the sales.

Importance
The takeaway from this case, and the reason it is important to everyday investors, is that Byram demonstrated that if you want to sell property AND obtain favorable capital gains treatment, it is essential that you consider the 7 Pillars of Capital Gain Treatment and attempt to stay on the "Byram" Side of the line.  If you begin to deviate, such as having a business office, or subdividing the land, or spending a significant amount of time and effort on sales, the court may disallow capital gains treatment on the sale of property.

See also capital gain

Sources

1983 in United States case law
United States taxation and revenue case law
United States property case law
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit cases

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So its my birthday! Yay or more like mmm! Birthdays, a day when as a child it felt like christmas day! Waking up with excitment nice and early ready for your gifts. Presents wrapped in pretty paper envelopes filled with cards and people chanting happy birthday, well in my household it would be sung in italian, polish and english! Would take ages! I remember wanting a badge in a card so I could wear it to school and show people it was my birthday! Hometime couldnt come quick enough as I skipped off home ready to see my family and friends! A beautiful cake made by my mama with a different themed cake such as My Little Pony that she made! Was amazing!
As I got older birthdays became a time to go out with friends and get a little tipsey whilst dancing the night away! Then I hit 25 and I had a midlife crisis! I felt a surge of panic as I realised a quarter of my life had gone! Like a flash of lightening! I didnt want to celebrate, I started to question myself! What have I achieved? Have I done what I wanted to do? Have I been a good person? Oh boy all the questions! Each birthday since hasnt been the same, I never plan anything and the day comes and goes. Today I am 28, with a child and hoping to buy a house soon! I am getting older so quickly, grey hairs are coming through! How time flies and I honestly havent done what I had hoped- travelling. I thought I would be married by now and still going out with friends. But instead I am a mummy, a dream I never thought Id live, and engaged. I havent travelled or been particularly wild but I realise I have been blessed. I am so lucky to have the family I have, to have the most beautiful boy in the world and a man who makes it all possible. So this post is just to say live everyday the best you can, dont wish your life away because it honestly flies by, appreciate your blessings and be the best you can be.
I feel the same. I am 21 with two kids and have so many ambitions. I am done with planning my life because so far its not gone the way i want it too. Soon as the kids go school its time to focus on my future and career. I want them to have the best, their my whole life and they deserve the best.
Your birthday message is totally right, we should appreciate what we have and not fret over what we could have. Happy birthday again honey, xoxo.
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Happy belated birthday. I hope you had a great day.
Ah this is such a lovely post and message at the end! I'm soon to turn 20 and I keep panicking as I feel I'm getting old haha! Hope you had a lovely birthday pretty lady!
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Pacific Pawa shift builds momentum
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63 Pacific Climate Warriors (PCWs) from 17 teams across the Pacific gathered in Nadi today.
The aim of the gathering is to develop strategies to further strengthen the work of climate activists less than a week after the Pacific Island States declared a climate crisis at the Pacific Islands Development Forum Leaders' Summit.
The gathering of the PCWs aptly called the Pacific Pawa Shift 2019, aims to continuously position and popularise the definition of real climate leadership as committing to a just and fast transition to a world without fossil fuels, powered by 100% community-led renewable energy.
The Pacific Pawa Shift was designed to elevate the voices of communities through equipping participants with story-telling and mobilization skills, so as to put pressure on decision-makers to take real climate action.
Pacific Pawa illustrates the journey that the PCWs are on in the lead up to the UN Secretary General's Climate Action Summit, to be held in New York.
Faipule Elehi Kelehiano Kalolo, the Ulu o Tokelau, (Titular Head of Tokelau), also met with delegates at the Pacific Pawa Shift.
In his address to the PCWs, he announced the launch of the Fakaofo Wind Turbine, which is situated on the southernmost island of Tokelau.
Details of the Fakaofo Wind Turbine is the main feature of the presentation the Tokelauan Government has made at the 50th Pacific Islands Forum Meeting in Tuvalu on 14 August.
"What you are doing is so crucial to triggering a global movement for rapid climate action. I am extremely grateful for the work of the Pacific Climate Warriors and the community outreach you are carrying out," shared Kalolo
"I believe that the scientific evaluation of the climate crisis is real. I strongly encourage you to take action now to address the climate crisis which the Pacific has declared. You, the youth, are critical in delivering key messages to world leaders. Keep raising your concerns to your elected leaders so that we do our best to raise the issues at global platforms such as the UN SG's Climate Action Summit in September and at COP25."
"Pacific leadership is a model which global leaders should adopt if saving humanity is a priority," shared Fenton Lutunatabua, 350 Pacific Managing Director.


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John Horgan says LNG pipeline meets standard of Indigenous relations
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Jan. 9, 2019 1:00 p.m.
LNG Canada has met the B.C. government's standard for proceeding with its liquefied natural gas project and working with Indigenous people along the pipeline route, B.C. Premier John Horgan says.
Horgan commented for the first time Wednesday after RCMP officers moved in to clear a roadblock from a bridge across the Morice River, to give pipeline workers access to the right of way that has been blocked by a dissident group since 2010.
The agreements with all 20 Indigenous communities along the route from the Dawson Creek-area gas fields to Kitimat include hereditary chiefs as well as elected band councils, Horgan said.
The situation remains tense at the site of the protest camp, with RCMP monitoring the road with aircraft and tactical units standing by.
"I would hope they would remain peaceful," Horgan said. "They have every right to object, it's a fundamental principle in Canada and British Columbia. If they're breaking the law, there are consequences for that, and that's why 14 people were arrested yesterday."
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Horgan also commented on the protests across Canada and in the U.S. in response to the RCMP action on Monday, enforcing a B.C. Supreme Court injunction granted to Coastal GasLink, the company contracted to build the pipeline.
"I don't want to diminish the significance of the protests yesterday, but they were not uniformly focused on Wet'sewet'en territory," Horgan said. "There are no orcas, for example, on Wet'suwet'en territory. There were those who were highlighting that. There were those talking about diluted bitumen. There were those talking about eradicating capitalism. There was a whole bunch of discontent on display for Canadians to see."
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Family: Araliaceae Juss.
Genus: Cussonia Thunb.
Cussonia bancoensis Aubrév. & Pellegr.
This species is accepted, and its native range is W. Tropical Africa to Congo.
According to Flora of West Tropical Africa
[FWTA]
Araliaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958
A forest tree; leaves and flower-spikes clustered at the ends of the branches
Flowers greenish-white, with an unpleasant smell which attracts flies.
Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria
Cussonia bancoensis Aubrév. & Pellegr. appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (10 records)
Dec 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [7530], Cameroon K000198211
Onochie, C.F.A. [FHI19658], Nigeria K000043526
Scholes, J. [454], Ghana K000043531
Gledhill, D. [978], Nigeria K000043527
Hall, J.B. [GC37185], Ghana K000043528
Hall, J.B. [2777], Ghana K000043529
Taylor, C.J. [5449], Ghana K000043533
First published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 84: 393 (1937 publ. 1938)
Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
Frodin, D.G. & Govaerts, R. (2003 publ. 2004). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araliaceae: 1-444. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 84: 393 (1938)
Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv. 3: 84 t. 273 (1936), French descr. only.
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Meryl Streep scored an astonishing 16th Oscar nomination for her endearing performance as Julia Child in "Julie & Julia," but it seems increasingly unlikely she will get past Sandra Bullock in the Best Actress race. Bullock, at 45, has scored not only the biggest hit of her career with "The Blind Side," but it's also the biggest grossing movie with a solo-starred woman — with the Oscar bounce probably getting it to an astounding $250 million or more in North America. Small wonder she upset Streep at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The nod is the award for another veteran, Helen Mirren ("The Last Station") as well as a pair of newcomers who have also yet to win a major award this season: Sidibe Gabourey ("Precious") and Carey Mulligan ("An Education").


El Chalten is – quite simply – one of the places you should never skip during a trip to Argentina. This tiny town considered to be a climbing paradise counts around 1600 inhabitants, though apparently no more than 400 people live there year round. The population inevitably swells with the presence of tourists in the summer months – they travel all the way to this remote location as it is the getaway to some of the best hikes in Patagonia.
The name El Chalten means "smoking mountain" in the Aoniken language, and it used to be the actual name of Mount Fitz Roy, referring tot he clouds that normally forma round the peaks in the region. The town was founded in 1985 to keep watch of an area that was highly disputed between Argentina and Chile.
In this post, I highlight all the things that you should see and do in El Chalten, and share some tips to make the most of this incredible place.
El Chalten is all about hiking, and you should head out on a trail as soon as you get there. The walk to the Condor look out is an easy one, with a gradual yet steady ascent but very short (no more than 2 km there and back). With the incredible views of the mountains and Lake Viedma, this is the perfect introduction to what this part of Patagonia has to offer.
The trail is at the southern entrance of town. The best time of day to hike to the Condor Lookout is sunrise, when you have a chance to admire the peaks glow in a beautiful, pink light. However, it's also a great walk to do if you have a couple of hours to kill when you have just arrived in El Chalten, Patagonia, and don't have enough time for a longer hike.
The hike to Laguna Torre is one of the best you can do while in El Chalten. It's a moderate trek that goes to the base of Cerro Torre, were you'll get incredible views of the mountains.
The overall hike takes between 5 and 7 hours, depending on how often you stop and on whether or not you walk all the way to Mirador Maestri, from where you have even better views of the glaciers. The trail starts at the northern entrance of El Chalten, and it's initially very steep for about 2 km, after which it becomes a very easy ascent. The only really difficult bit is the 2 km to Mirador Maestri, for the terrain is unsteady and the trail harder to follow.
One of the absolutely unmissable things to do in El Chalten is hiking to Laguna de Los Tres, at the base of Mount Fitz Roy. This is one of the most rewarding hikes in Patagonia, with incredible views throughout – starting with those you get from Mirador Piedras Blancas and Laguna Capri, to those you finally have once you reach the lake.
There are two starting points to this trail: one is in town, at the northern side, and you'll have to walk to the lake and back on the same trail; the other is at Hostaria El Pilar, at about 12 km north of town (you'll need to get there by taxi, and the ride is about $1200 Argentinian Pesos), and after reaching the lagoon you'll walk on the same trail that goes back to town.
It's an easy to moderate hike for the most part. However, after Campamento Poincenot camping site, the hike becomes strenuous with a one km that goes all the way to the lake. This km is a steady 40% incline on rocky terrain, incredibly hard to walk up and just has hard to walk back down – making this one of the hardest hikes in the area of El Chalten.
Laguna de Los Tres and Fitz Roy trek from El Pilar – this hike departs from El Pilar.
Not far from El Chalten, the Huemul Circuit is one of the most incredible, yet challenging hikes in Patagonia. This hike will take the best of four days, during which you'll have to cross river, climb over mountain passes, and camp – all in exchange for incredible views of the Southern Patagonia Ice Field.
Unlike the majority of hikes in Patagonia, you can't walk this trail independently. In fact, the trail isn't well marked and you will need a local guide to help you navigate the area, cross the river, etc. Make sure you are properly equipped for it, and ask for information in El Chalten before agreeing to do it. You can book your guided Huemul Circuit here.
Chorrillo del Salto is a must when in El Chalten!
One of places you absolutely should not miss while in El Chalten, Patagonia, is Chorrillo del Salto. This beautiful waterfall has a series of small natural pools with crystal clear water – though the water, much like in the rest of Patagonia, is freezing. The views from there are absolutely splendid, and it's a very quiet place too.
To get to Chorrillo del Salto, you have to follow the trail to Laguna de Los Tres from El Chalten, and once you get to the sign marking km 5 of the trail take a detour right. There is no real trail to get there, but it's fairly easy and all you have to do is follow the roar of the water.
TIP: you can actually go to Chorrillo del Salto when hiking to Laguna de Los Tres. It's a perfect place for a break!
Ice trekking is a lot of fun. The most popular place to do it in Argentina is Perito Moreno Glacier, near El Calafate. The good news is that you can actually do it elsewhere too – and closer to El Chalten. This is obviously not something you can do on your own – you need a guide that tells you exactly where to step, and a company that rents you all the gear you will need to walk on ice, such as crampons.
It's a fun way to get a better understanding of the life and look of a glacier, and to listen to its cracks.
The landscape of Patagonia is incredibly varied, and you can get a good idea of this if you visit La Leona Petrified Forest. At about half way between El Chalten and El Calafate, along Ruta 40, this is a place to admire beautiful dry and sandy rock formations, as well as the local wildlife (especially guanacos) and fossils.
You can only visit La Leona Petrified Forest on a guided tour, because it is located in private land. You can enquire in town to find out more.
In El Chalten, you can go running with the best views in the world!
Rafting isn't the first thing that comes to mind when traveling to Patagonia, but it's one of the most fun things to do in El Chalten. There, you can go white water rafting on rivers that are glacier tributaries and get a good dose of adrenaline. Several companies in El Chalten organize rafting expeditions on Rio de las Vueltas, on III and IV class rapids. You'll be given all the equipment and there will be a photographer racing down the river on a kayak to snap photos of you.
You can book your rafting expedition from El Chalten here.
Is there anything better than getting a massage after a long hike? (Well, ok, there is to me: a pint of cold beer – but more on that later). The good news is that El Chalten has a couple of spas where you can get a professional massage, spend some time in the sauna, in the jacuzzi, and even do cold therapy leg treatments which are very effecting into restoring you! The place to go is Spa Yaten.
Yes – one of the best things to do in El Chalten after a long hike is having a good beer. There is nothing better to restore your much needed salts and minerals. The good news is that despite being so small, El Chalten has a few good pubs where you can enjoy a craft beer. The even better news is that most of them observe some sort of happy hour, so your pint will turn out quite inexpensive.
The best place for a good beer in El Chalten is La Cerveceria. It's a lovely pub that brews its own beer, with a nice beer garden and where you can also get very earthy portions of stews and other local specialties. In other words, it's the place to go after a hike.
Summer is by far the best time to visit El Chalten – make sure to go between the end of November and the end of March. If you prefer traveling in the shoulder season, you can head there in October or in April, but keep in mind that many businesses and even trails may be closed then. Make sure to call in advance to double check.
Do keep in mind that even in the summer months the weather in Patagonia remains unpredictable: you can expect wind, rain and in the worst case scenario even snow at any time. Make sure to check the weather before you head out. You can do so here.
Unless you have a very tight schedule, I suggest you stay in El Chalten for a week or more, so that you can wait for good weather conditions to hike to Laguna de Los Tres or Laguna Torre. Make sure to also pack adequately for your trip to Patagonia.
If you are tight on time, don't feel like planning a trip around Patagonia but still want to go to El Chalten, it may be a good idea to consider a guided tour. This way, you'll have a guide to help you navigate the trails, and someone that takes care of all the accommodation and transportation bookings.
Patagonia Hiking: a great 9-days tour for travelers who love nature with stops in El Calafate and El Chalten.
Argentina Multisport: the best option for active travelers who want to have a go at hiking, biking and even rafting around El Chalten.
Hike Patagonia In Depth: with some nights of camping, it's an incredible tour for people who want to be fully immersed in nature.
Best of Patagonia: the longest option, stopping at all the best places in Patagonia.
6 Day tour of Patagonia: a short tour perfect for those who are tight on time.
Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego: best option for those who also want to travel to Tierra del Fuego.
The nearest airport to El Chalten is that of El Calafate, which has direct flights from Buenos Aires and Ushuaia via Aerolinas Argentina, and connecting flights from a number of other places in the country. It then takes about 3 hours to travel from El Calafate to El Chalten.
There are regular buses between El Calafate and El Chalten. These depart from the main terminal, on Julio Argentino Roca in El Calafate, at 8:00 am and 6:00 pm and, during peak season, also at 1:00 pm. The best companies are Chalten Travel and Caltur. A one way bus ride costs around $20.
If you like the idea of having your own car, make sure to pick a car at El Calafate airport. Check out the prices of car rental here. Keep in mind that the only place you can stop along the way for fuel, toilets and food is Estancia La Leona. Quite frankly, the food is so bad that you may as well skip that.
I wholeheartedly recommend you plan your trip to El Chalten and budget for it in advance as much as possible, and withdraw cash in El Calafate, before arriving. There are only two ATMs in town, located by the bus terminal. With the amount of visitors, these are often out of money and out of service. Cash is king in El Chalten, so budget your cash wisely.
Internet is hardly a thing in El Chalten. Even the best of the Argertinian SIM cards will get you any service, and though most hotels and restaurants have wifi, the service is inconsistent at best. Make sure to warn family and friends before going; set up an out of office reply in case someone tries to reach you for work reasons; and by all means do not schedule work conferences or e-meetings while you are there – you'll spend most of the time being frustrated for the poor service while you should actually be hiking!
El Chalten has some good accommodation options and a few good restaurants and breweries. Most places are closed between the end of April and the beginning of October.
Rancho Grande is an excellent hostel near the center of El Chalten. It features private rooms, dorms, good common areas, an in-house pub serving earthy portions of food and even a travel agency. Click here for the latest rates and here for reviews.
Posada y Cabañas El Barranco has good rooms and well equipped bungalows, and it's close the town center. Click here for the latest rates and here for reviews.
Chalten Suites Hotel is the best hotel in town. Click here for the latest rates and here for reviews.
Estancia La Quinta is a fantastic option if you like the idea of an isolated place. It's a 55 minutes walk to the center of El Chalten, or 7 minutes car ride. The rooms are plain but very comfortable, the area very quiet, and the staff very friendly and helpful. Click here for the latest rates and here for reviews.
Maffìa – a simple eatery where you may have to share your table with other people. They still make home made pasta and sauces. Good enough even for Italians, it has earthy portions and fair prices.
Ahonikenk – at the entrance of town, it offers Argentine staples such as milanesa with very big portions and fair prices.
Curcuma – the only completely vegan restaurant in town.
La Vineria – excellent place for draft beers and wines.
Cerveceria Artesanal – the best pub and brewery in El Chalten.
Mathilda – a lovely café with refreshing salads and drinks.
Make sure to get a good travel insurance for your trip to Patagonia. Click here for good insurance deals.
Have you been to El Chalten? What did you like the most about it?


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Is Single National Curriculum the antidote to Pakistan's education crisis?
Published by administrator on February 17, 2021
By Nawal Khurram
The incumbent government is in full swing to introduce its long-promised Single National Curriculum plan. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's manifesto during the 2018 elections quoted an ambitious plan to eliminate class-based education
apartheid—that has left the nation deeply polarized—through a series of reforms which included the introduction of a uniform national curriculum.
After the inception of Pakistan, the elite of the country readily adopted the colonial education system. They have since used education and the English language as political instruments to perpetuate the legacy of their colonial masters of subjugating and ostracizing the poor. The rest have been left at the mercy of the state which in the seventy-four years could not be bothered to ensure the provision of this basic human right. Consequently, Pakistan today has a 22.8 million out of school population—the second largest in the world.
Pakistan's current education system lacks on all fronts, from effective teaching pedagogy to the facilitation of proper resources that are conducive to learning. And the Single National Curriculum fails to address these core issues. Pakistani
educators have a dictatorial approach to teaching instead of one that encourages questioning the established rhetoric and promotes critical thinking. One that sparks curiosity, challenges young minds and forces students to step out of their
comfort zones to explore and discover things on their own. Our teachers, on the other hand, unload the contents of the textbooks verbatim in the classroom and turn their cheek from any question or discussion that deviates from what's quoted in the textbook. Pedagogy is a crucial skill like any other in the world that could only be acquired through effective teacher training and a strong passion for it.
In Pakistan, however, most teachers, I want to stress here that not all, are not passionate educators. As far as the teacher training programs or institutions are concerned, there are scarcely any resources and this makes a perfect recipe for
disaster. Moreover, teacher absenteeism is another factor that contributes to the crisis. Baluchistan and Gilgit-Baltistan have the highest rates of teacher absenteeism. This doesn't come as a surprise as both of these regions are highly
neglected in all policy and governmental levels. Moreover, the disparity in resources available to children in private schools and madrasas is appalling, and this difference cannot be rectified through a uniform curriculum alone. It is surely laudable that the students would have access to the same quality content, but there's no way to ensure that it is imparted in the same way across the country which is where pedagogy again comes into play. The purpose of SNC essentially is to restore equity. Equity means providing people resources depending on where they are in life. While an elite college in Lahore built during the British-Raj for the children of the ruling chiefs of Punjab continues to strictly serve only the elites of the city, offering facilities like horse riding and swimming, there's a one-room Madrasa in Peshawar where students barely have
rugs to sit on during the biting cold of winter. Children from these two starkly different worlds are given the same curriculum and expected to produce the same results. This is purported as establishing equity and providing a level playing field.
Our society's unhealthy obsession with the English language has resulted in students battling with an alien language all their academic lives which leaves no room for creativity and critical thinking. The SNC framework published by MOFEPT highlights that Urdu would be used as the medium of instruction. The board members claim that this would not only make students' lives easier but bring the country together as well. This reflects how far removed they are from the ground realities of the country. Pakistan is home to seventy-four diverse languages and students often speak Urdu as their second or third language. This shift to Urdu is an attempt to quash the linguistic diversity of the country.
Although the curriculum plans to promote regional languages through Urdu, the incongruous placement of this clause seems like a lazy attempt to escape criticism. Further to our disappointment, the Federal Board recognized only four
regional languages: Sindhi, Pashto, Balochi, and Punjabi. One fails to understand how our students would make sense of this seemingly chaotic education policy. This probably could have been avoided if students, who would be the lab rats of this experiment, were included in the discourse.
Our education system at the moment is so lacking and egregious that anything in its replacement would count as an improvement. It is remarkable in and of itself that after seventy-four long years someone has finally decided to pay heed to this pressing issue, however, it is imperative that we do not settle for anything less than a constructive reform.
The writer is an undergraduate student at Trinity College majoring in Political Science and Human Rights Studies.
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Sam Carter/Amanda Tapping Discussion/Appreciation
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Carterslave
Re S9, the more I hear that I am going to be "floored" and "blown away" by the "awesome" episodes to come the more I feel like somebody is trying to sell me a used car. Where was all this flooring, blowing-away awesomeness during much of the distinctly low-budget S8? The S9 spoilers posted to date have yet to quicken my pulse (well, maybe if Orlin comes back), quite unlike the Atlantis spoilers. A couple of the S9 storylines have a distinctly deja-vu feeling about them, too. Besides, the wholesale decimation of the cast, beginning in Heroes & continuing through the end of S8 almost certainly means growing pains & adjustments, as the audience gets used to at least five new characters—and they to each other. If a similar infusion of fresh writing & producing talent were taking place I might be less guarded in my outlook, but at present it seems like too much change in front of the camera & too little behind it.
Please forgive this rant but the insistence with which the "awesome" nature (though I'd settle for AuSam instead) of S9 is ballyhooed just agitates my B.S. detector. Of course, good execution could make all the difference, but I'd feel better if TPTB started promising less & delivering more. But that's just me. Harrumph!
Jr. Member, Gateworld Curmudgeon Club
Originally posted by tsaxlady
I'm a middle school band/choir director and freelance musician. I spent 7 years on the road with a Christian music group as a woodwind specialist playing Saxophone (Soprano, Alto, Tenor & Bari), Clarinet, Flute, & Oboe. Traveled to 49 US states (missed Hawaii) & 56 other countries around the world.
Currently I'm playing with 2 different Jazz Bands and I usually play in the pit orchestra for 4-8 musicials a year - Just finished "Music Man" & "Beauty & The Beast" - start rehearsals for "Suessical" next week. Tonights rehearsal was with one of the jazz bands for a big concert we have on May 12th (we rehearse once a week).
I don't remember were I saw it but I have seen a picture of Amanda with a guitar in her trailer on the set. The first time I meet her one of the things I asked her was about her musicial interests and she said that she does play some folk guitar but not in public.
Well I have a zero block (7:00 am) jazz band rehearsal with my school jazz band so I need to head off to bed - I'll try and post a few more things from the con tomorrow.
But here is one last tidbit for tonight about Amanda mentioned this past weekend. Christopher Judge & Michael Shanks were on the same panel when they were told they only had 2 minutes left on stage they said they would quickly answer the questions of the 12 people still in line waiting to ask questions - It was fun watching them answer things in lighting round fashion running back and forth from one side of the stage to the other. Someone asked Christopher why they changed the style of hats they were from Season 1 & 2 to the new style in S3. Chris said "Amanda was having hair issues!"
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Great Sam pics...I prefer the later season hats too so I'm on board with AT on that one...
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Originally posted by 1speed4Sam
she's definitely a right bonnie lass ...
... and if there's one thing I do find attractive above all else, it's an expressive face.
You & me both, 1s4S. I blame my Stargate obsession on Amanda Tapping's unearthly blue eyes (What exact shade are they?) and those incredibly foxy haircuts. That she's a superb actress doesn't exactly hurt, either.
Yes, "a right bonnie lass" may be one of the more severe understatements of the decade. And if you're a pushover for expressive feminine faces, then the combination of Amanda Tapping & Teryl Rothery should keep you in a state of bliss for some time. It certainly does that to me. They can't be on my TV screen enough.
To those who are disappointed that Sam & Jack didn't Do It by the end of S8, I respond: but they did. It's just a matter of reading between the lines. Especially — "I don't know why we didn't do it years ago." "Yes ... let's not dwell." That's some of the shippiest dialogue I've heard on the show since Carter was missing O'Neill in 100 Days and Fraiser asked "Is this going to be a problem [between us]?" Poor Doc Fraiser ... yet another victim of the Black Widow Curse.
Agent_Dark
Originally posted by ÜberSG-1Fan
I shall make it my personal mission to convert both you and Agent Dark to the way of ultimate shippy joy!!!!!
Argh! I repent! I repent!
Originally posted by sg-1fanintn
if Amanda were to leave, don't you think they could get Claudia Black to come on the team?
... I believe the "ship" stories will go in a new direction. Maybe Daniel and Dr. Lam? Cameron & Dr. Lam? Cameron and the guest star of the week? Maybe Teal'c and Ishta (After all, Jolene Blalock has wrapped up Enterprise now).
Vis-a-vis your first point, that has been the churning, troubling suspicion at the pit of my stomach ever since the Return of Vala {Ugh!} was announced, bringing with it the introduction of the Farscape symbiote into the Stargate host. Either it's a CYA move in case AT doesn't re-up for S10 or an attempt to grease the skids for her in favor of someone with a different fan demographic.
As for your second point, What do I think? NO! Noooooooooooo!! Enough!!! No more shipping!!!!
That's what I think. I'm should cover my ears & hide under my desk, that's what I think.
Seriously, the shippiness has become too much of a distraction from the central premise of the show. It's bad enough that the substantive Fraiser is being replaced by someone who might as well have "Bimbo" tattooed across her forehead. And Jolene Blalock? Back, Show Killer! Take thy non-acting elsewhere! Fix Teal'c up with Vala or something, if one simply must ship.
S1-3 were pretty ship-free & they rocked. It's about time Stargate got back to Terry & the Pirates/Flash Gordon/Fu Manchu dynamic of its early years. And now that Sam/Jack has run its course, let's have at least a temporary moratorium on ships (with one possible exception ... )
*takes deep breath and pokes head through door* Hello! I've been reading this thread for the past few...well, weeks, I suppose...and thought it was about time I actually posted something! Sam's been my favourite tv character and role model ever since I first started watching the show. Amanda Tapping is amazing!!! My fave Sam eps are 'Learning Curve' and 'Urgo' for the humour and great interplay between characters, 'Grace', 'Threads' and 'Moebius' for AT's amazing acting and 'Death Knell' and 'In the Line of Duty' for sheer Sam brilliance!
The main reason I'm finally posting (!) is because I was re-watching 'Gemini' today and got a bit freaked out by all the changes that have hit Sam over the last two seasons. Does anyone else think that some - just a little bit! - of her 'morality', for lack of a better word, has begun to slip away? I mean, when she lied to Fifth and left him on Halla, we at least saw some of the effect it had on her, we know that it really tore her apart. But in 'Gemini' she tells RepliCarter to trust her and promises to help her build a new life - yet is all the while preparing to kill her, apparently without a second thought. And since the writers opened up her more feminine side, with Pete etc, how often have we gotten to see more than a few seconds of kick-butt soldier Sam?
*sighs* Hopefully this is just me being a melodramatic drama queen! And dont get me wrong, I still love and respect the Sam character!!! I just hope we see a more confident and in charge Sam in season nine. Which, btw, I probably wont be seeing for AGES, coz australian networks seem to hate sci-fi. GRRR.
Anyways, ending on a happier note, Sam rocks - no matter what the silly silly PTB try to do to her!
*realises how much written and how much sense it really doesn't make...and runs away!* please dont hate me, oh wonderful Samandans!!! You'll like me once you get to know me!!! Honest!!!
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"Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid."
Originally posted by Charlie
Hello Charlie! Another Aussie
Welcome to the thread, restrooms are over there and liquor cabinet is in the Accountant's Office
I agree with you, I want the return of KickArse!Sam Let's hope season9 is what we're after. Oh and if Channel 7 decide to screw around with us, well there are other ways of watching the episodes
Originally posted by ForeverSg1
"I just remember that dress," shudders AT. Refering to the diaphanous blue affair which showed more than a suggestion of cleavage, she grins, "When the SG-1 guys and crew first saw it they all went 'Woohoo!' I just looked at them and said, 'You know guys, smoke and mirrors, smoke and mirrors. There's a lot of push me-pull you working here.' That's all it ever was and is all it's ever going to be!"
Poor AT/Sam... she looks like an aunt whose nieces have made her play dress-up! And that expression on her face... barely controlled disgust and outrage!
I can't recall the last time I saw an actor so obviously disgusted with the material they were being made to play. The episode was sexist, backward dreck from top to bottom and, boy, did it make you feel mortified for both character & actress. Stargate has never lived that one down.
As for the cleavage, however ... I wonder if it's that much of an illusion. Sam's bosom has been on increasingly prominent display the last few seasons, to the point where it threatens to steal entire scenes. This was particularly diverting in scenes with Fraiser, who appeared to be getting quite an eyeful from her low-angle perspective.
A poster named Yasureyoubetcha made a really great observation regarding Sam and how she handled Replicarter. Basically, his theory, and it really makes sense to me, is that Carter overcompensated with Replicarter because of the mistakes she knew she had made with Fifth.
What do you all think? Did this Yasureyoubetcha guy get it right or what??? If he was on this thread, I'd have to blue him just for that alone...
ooooh hey! hadn't thought of that....actually makes really good sense, and makes me feel better
SamFan31
Welcome to Samanda, Charlie! Glad you decided to post. Since you love Sam and AT you're in the right place and will feel right at home.
I was surprised how few hands went up when Martin asked about shippers.
But he was asking about S/J shippers, no? Factor in the Jack/Daniel ones (who were probably stewing silently), the Janet/Daniel ones, plus the—*cough!*—Sam/Janet shippers & you'd probably have a much bigger show of hands. (There are, of course, several other permutations—some too squicky to mention.)
ChopinGirl suggests bringing back Joe. Aaaaack! Not that dullard—again! Although he's not definitively dead ... those two effete Aschen guys may have simply captured Joe in '01 & made him their sex slave. But I never thought he made the cut of Sam's cooler would-be boyfriends (Martouf, Narim, Orlin, Jack, Rodney).
As for the remark about Mitchell being willing to serve under Carter, there's a wisecrack just dying to be made ... but I think I'll pass.
(My apologies for the sudden plethora of posts; you guys have been in inspiring form of late.)
Originally posted by SamFan31
Thankyou! From what I've read, you all seem pretty awesome
1speed4Sam
Originally posted by Coley
1s4S - "Pete bashing" you will need to see Chimera to understand that comment. I'm showing the ep's in order so you're just gonna have to wait for it - so sometime next year probably!! A tease moi?!
Spoilsport...
Seriously, after reading various posts today (in particular, step forward and take a bow ChopinGal, ForeverSg1, and Carterslave), I'm really looking forward to my formal introduction to the world of Samanda. Then, at last, I might actually understand what you bunch of groovy funsters are on about!!!
ChopinGal
*takes deep breath and pokes head through door* Hello! I've been reading this thread for the past few...well, weeks, I suppose...and thought it was about time I actually posted something! Sam's been my favourite tv character and role model ever since I first started watching the show. Amanda Tapping is amazing!!!
...*realises how much written and how much sense it really doesn't make...and runs away!* please dont hate me, oh wonderful Samandans!!! You'll like me once you get to know me!!! Honest!!!
As O'Neill said to Carter on their first mission through the Gate: "[We] adore you already!" Welcome to the club!


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