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This little leaf from last fall made it through winter. Most of the other decaying leaves were in pieces, but this little one held up pretty well.
whiteveinleaf
QA InfoTech utilizes a Test Automation Framework to provide support for automated software testing. It is a set of assumptions, concepts and tools which provides a high quality testing solution to make the project a success.
Preparing young Queenslanders for life in the 1990s, we saw personal computers make their way into schools during the 80s with a strong focus on health, regional education and the arts by Queensland Education.
The photographic unit at the Premier’s Department, Office of State Affairs, captured a snapshot of various events, programmes and initiatives for school children throughout Queensland. This collection contains several arts, music and drama as well as students participating in computer usage.
In the early 1980s, several different computer manufacturers were vying for a foothold in the education market, Apple, Tandy, Atari, Sinclair, Amstrad, Microbee and many others. By 1985 Apple Macintosh was considered a standard system (alongside several others) for all states except Western Australia which adopted the BBC Model B and Microbee computer systems as a standard.
These photos are part are the photographic records held at Queensland State Archives, www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/series/S189
1985
The discussion paper, Education 2000: Issues and options for the future of Education in Queensland was released.
The use of technology to enhance distance education, work in schools and educational administration was supported.
Approval was given for schools to alter the placement of the three pupil free days.
The Department of Education developed a policy on the education of gifted children.
The Special Education Resource Centres were formed as state-wide services, as part of the Division of Special Education.
Early special education officially commenced.
1986
The age of first attendance at primary school increased. Children had to turn five years by 31 January to be eligible for enrolment in Year 1.
There was an expansion of the curriculum in secondary schools and TAFE colleges evident in the further development of co-operative secondary-TAFE programs.
The Advisory Committee which reviewed submissions made in response to Education 2000 reported to the Minister.
The distance education trial began through the Mt Isa School of the Air.
A Preschool to Year 10 (P–10) Syllabus Framework was developed.
Endeavour Foundation schools transferred to Department of Education.
Policy Statement 15 Integration: Mainstreaming of Students with Special Needs introduced.
1987
Children had to turn 5 years by 31 December to be eligible for enrolment in Year 1 in the following year.
The Department of Education launched a series of documents entitled Meeting the Challenge which highlighted a corporate style of management.
The Department reshaped its central administration by strengthening the role of the Policy Committee, appointing a Chief Inspector and adopting comprehensive strategic planning processes.
In regions, initiatives were built on the commitment to decentralisation, while further devolution of responsibility occurred in the operational management of educational programs.
Two new education regions were formed (South Coast and Sunshine Coast regional offices).
The P–10 Curriculum Framework was developed and curriculum documents revised.
The Roma Middle School opened and catered for students in Years 4–10.
A post-compulsory college, the Alexandra Hills Senior College opened.
Two new centres of distance education opened at Longreach and Charters Towers.
1988
The Inspectorate was regionalised.
There was continued development of an integrated P–10 curriculum.
The senior secondary curriculum was broadened to cater for all learners.
Cooperative programs between secondary schools and TAFE colleges were conducted.
The use of computers and information technology in schools was given a high priority.
The Special Education Resource and Development Centres were formed as a consequence of the reorganisation of the Division of Special Education.
Individual education plans for students with disabilities were introduced as part of the new policy Policy Statement 16: Policy and Practice for Special Education Services.
The report National Overview of Educational Services for Isolated Severely Handicapped Children resulted from a Project of National Significance undertaken as a joint project of the Commonwealth Department of Employment Education and Training and the Department of Education Division of Special Services.
The Queensland School for the Deaf closes, as a consequence of decentralisation of services to students with hearing impairments during the 1980's. Programs for students with vision impairment were also decentralised during this period.
1989
A new Education Act 1989 was enacted.
The Department of Education's first strategic plan was adopted.
Decisions about school budgets were devolved to the school level.
There was an amalgamation of correspondence schools which became the School of Distance Education — Brisbane Centre P–12.
The first high school built to a new design opened at Bribie Island.
New prototype buildings for preschool, primary and special education units were assessed.
1989–1990
A comprehensive internal review of the Department of Education commenced through the consultation process, Education Have Your Say.
Professor Nancy Viviani reviewed Tertiary Entrance and produced the report, A Review of Tertiary Entrance in Queensland.
The Offices of Higher Education and Non-State Schooling were established.
The Department developed The Corporate Vision for Senior Schooling in Queensland to accommodate the diverse needs of students in Years 11 and 12.
The first entire primary school based on the new building model opened to students.
1990–1991
The report, Focus on Schools was released. A major restructure of the Department of Education followed.
The Public Sector Management Commission (PSMC) reviewed the Department of Education including its role, operations, responsibilities and management.
Greater responsibilities were devolved to 11 regions for resource, financial administration and human resource management.
A new English Language Arts Syllabus was introduced.
Priority was given to expanding languages other than English (LOTE).
The Viviani Report recommended the establishment of the Tertiary Entrance Procedures Authority (TEPA).
Consultants were engaged to assist in the development of an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) management plan.
The Equity Directorate (Workforce and Studies) was established. A social justice strategy was developed.
The PSMC developed guidelines for recruitment and selection based on merit and equity principles.
The inspectorate ended.
The report Focus on Schools recommended that a strategy for managing the integration policy in Queensland schools be developed as a matter of urgency, and that a state-wide support centre for students with low incidence disabilities be established. A restructure of the Department of Education followed.
Occupational therapists and physiotherapists were employed by the Department of Education to work in schools with students with disabilities. (These services were transferred from the Department of Families).
Policy Statement — Management of Support Teaching: Learning Difficulties (P–7) was introduced.
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Scenes from the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) Side Event: A Feminist Accountability Framework: What the World Needs to Achieve Gender Equality and All the Sustainable Development Goals, co-sponsored by ICRW and its partners Equal Measures 2030, Save the Children, Global Citizen, Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO), UN Women, the Government of Costa Rica, and the Government of Zambia. Held at the Church Centre in New York on 18 July 2017.
Speakers included:
Eleanor Blomstrom, Co-Director and Head of Office at WEDO, Women’s Major Group Chair
Charlotte Bunch, Founding Director and Senior Scholar, at the Center for Women's Global Leadership, Rutgers University
Lakshmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director of UN Women
Ambassador Rolando Castro, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Permanent of Costa Rica to the United Nations
Wallace Nguluwe, Gender Specialist, Ministry of Gender, Zambia
Sai Jyothirmai Racherla, Program Director, ARROW (representing Women’s Major Group)
Alison Holder, Director, Equal Measures 2030
Jenny Ottenhoff, Policy Director, Global Health at ONE
Grace Choi, Associate Director for Global Gender Policy & Advocacy, Save the Children USA
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
The next phase of the development on Baltic Wharf is under way, looking like the highest of high hurdles at the moment.
"Mad Max"
-4500x6000 (Windowed Borderless Gaming Hotsampling)
-Duncan Harris' CE Table (FOV, aspect ratio)
-In-game Photomode
-ReShade Framework + 2B3`s custom shaders
Collector's edition Mad Max should have this glove with brass knuckles.
The term trace metal is used here for potentially toxic metals that persist in the environment, bioaccumulate in human and animal tissues, and biomagnify in food chains. Metals and organometallic compounds are commonly included in emission inventories and monitoring networks, specially mercury, cadmium and lead. Urban and industrial wastewaters, atmospheric deposition and run-off from metal contaminated sites constitute the major sources of toxic metals. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes. POPs persist in the environment, are capable of long-range transport, bioaccumulate in human and animal tissue, biomagnify in food chains, and have potentially significant impacts on human health and the environment. POPs include certain chlorinated pesticides and industrial chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), most of which have already been prohibited in Mediterranean countries. However, POPs can also be unintentionally released, mainly as a result of combustion processes or as by-products in some industrial processes. Some examples are dioxins and furans, hexachlorobenzene (HCB), PCBs, or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
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Javier Ramírez mostró los beneficios de Spring Framework de código abierto para desarrollo de aplicaciones en la plataforma Java
Foto: @falconantonio
I've seen a lot of versions shooting the old port but the skies that day demanded a bit of a straight forward approach for me to compose the scene. This image was shot about 4 months ago. I wanted to show our newly inducted alumni's of the Chasing Light workshop how rewarding it is to be a Landscape photographer and what our place has to offer. Building the right attitude and mindset, We all can be great with what we love to do. I miss shooting with great light. I hope to capture more after the stormy weather. Batch 22 lets do a group shoot this time around! its gonna be an adventure!
John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Economy, Scottish Government appeared before the Finance Committee to give evidence on the Scotland’s Fiscal Framework. 02 March 2016. Pic - Andrew Cowan/Scottish Parliament
Javier Ramírez mostró los beneficios de Spring Framework de código abierto para desarrollo de aplicaciones en la plataforma Java
Foto: @falconantonio
www.parino.it/antique-painting-oil-canvas-landscape-knigh...
COD: 6394
Antique Italian painting of the 19th century. Work oil on canvas depicting particular "landscape with castle and knight" of excellent painter's hand. Framework signed lower left Amalia Barabino (see photo). Wooden frame not coeval sculpted and re-gilded with some signs of wear. Paintings, for collectors and antique dealers. It has a small color drop at the bottom center, canvas in good state of conservation. Sight size: H 38.5 cm x W 53 cm.
Measure: H 51 x W 64 x D 5 cm
#antiques #antiquities #decor #decoration #painting #art #framework #oiloncanvas #landscape
Robert Haldane MAKGILL
C.B.E., M.D., D.P.H.
Born 24th May 1878 Died 3rd Oct. 1946
2nd son of Sir John and Lady Margaret Makgill
M.O. 2nd Gordon Highlanders South Africa 1900-1
LT Col R.A.M.C. [Royal Army Medical Corp] Egypt 1914-18 (C.B.E.)
34 Years service in public health work which he pioneered
A life given for service not self.
In memory of
Agnes Rebecca
Beloved wife of
Hamilton RUTHERFURD
Eldest daughter of
John MAKGILL Bart
Died 14th January 1938
Aged 70
Margaret Isabella
Wife of
John MAKGILL
Of Kemback and Waiuku
Daughter of
Robert HALDANE
Of Perthshire, Scotland
Born January 5th 1847
Died March 18th 1920
Her children arise up and call her blessed
In memory of Joanna
Beloved wife of
Thomas MIDDLETON
Died 18th October 1933 aged 69
Also
Thomas
Beloved husband of
Joanna
Died May 14th 1939
Aged 76
In loving memory of Marion Joyce
Dearly loved wife of
Hubert Reginald Vernon WILLIAMS
And loving mother of April and David
Died 20th September 1959 aged 67 years
Also her dearly loved husband
Hubert Reginald Vernon WILLIAMS
Died 8th May 1981 Aged 84 years
“Father in thy gracious keeping leave we now thy servant sleeping”
ROBERT HALDANE MAKGILL
A fabulous portrait of the man is here
www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/robert-makgill
Robert Haldane Makgill was born on 24 May 1870 at Stirling, Scotland, the son of Margaret Isabella Haldane and her husband, Captain Sir John Makgill of the Royal Engineers. His mother came from a distinguished family: two of her brothers, a sister and a nephew achieved prominence in British public and academic life. Robert also showed unusual intellectual gifts from an early age.
The Makgill family emigrated to New Zealand in 1881 and settled at Waiuku, south of Auckland, where John Makgill took up farming. Robert was educated at a country school near Waiuku, then at Auckland College and Grammar School. As a youth he was a keen yachtsman and won several trophies. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating MB, CM in 1893 with first-class honours. Returning to New Zealand, he was resident surgeon at Auckland Hospital from 1894 to 1896 and honorary bacteriologist in 1897. He went back to Edinburgh to gain his MD in 1899, and completed the diploma in public health from Cambridge University in 1901. By then he had been to South Africa as a civil surgeon attached to the 2nd Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders, and served with the Natal Field Force, for which he was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with two clasps.
After returning to Auckland Makgill was district health officer between 1901 and 1904, the first appointed for Auckland under the 1900 Public Health Act. His reports set a high standard for the new Department of Public Health, and were described as 'masterly' by Andrew Balfour and H. H. Scott in their 1924 survey of health problems in the British Empire. In 1902 Makgill reported on a case of bubonic plague in Auckland, with a detailed description of the pathology. His report as district health officer for that year included graphs and tables, with a comprehensive assessment of public health problems in Auckland city and country districts. Makgill's outstanding ability gained him further appointments: as government bacteriologist in Wellington (1904–8), and then as government pathologist (1908–14), and from 1909 as district health officer in Auckland.
A major part of Makgill's work as a district health officer was the testing and improvement of town water supplies. In Auckland in 1914 he investigated a typhoid epidemic; his scrupulous testing and quarantine methods finally traced the infection to a single carrier in a temporary army camp on One Tree Hill. Ironically, one of his nieces, Barbara Makgill, was among the first reported cases, all of which were marked by red flags on a map of the city; after the epidemic he gave Barbara her flag as a souvenir.
After the onset of the First World War in 1914, Makgill was attached to the Royal Army Medical Corps as a temporary captain and in 1915 and 1916 served in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was made a CBE, but later told his family that the decoration was 'for camel dung and sand': observing that the sand in the camel lines when mixed with camel dung set hard like concrete, he had ordered that the mixture be used for road paving, thereby greatly improving transport and communications.
In 1916 Makgill returned to New Zealand as assistant director of medical services (sanitation) and reported on the outbreaks of pneumonia and meningitis in the military camps at Trentham and Featherston. During the 1918 influenza epidemic he was recalled from the Defence Department when key health officers fell ill, and was largely responsible for dealing with the later phase of the crisis in the Wellington district. While Dr T. H. A. Valintine took leave in 1919–20, Makgill was acting chief health officer, and remained in the Health Department as a senior consultant until his retirement in 1932.
Although not contributing much to the medical journals, Makgill wrote extensively for the annual reports and other Health Department publications. His report on the 1918 influenza epidemic in New Zealand was a model of careful statistical investigation; it argued against the popular belief that the infection had been introduced solely by the Niagara. The crowning achievement of his career as a public health administrator was his expert drafting of the 1920 Health Act, which established the framework of New Zealand's public health system for the next 40 years. He was also involved in drafting the 1925 Nurses and Midwives Registration Act and drafted most of New Zealand's food and drug regulations in the 1920s.
Makgill owned an orchard near Henderson, where his mother lived until her death in 1920, and where he experimented with unusual fruits and vegetables. His best success was with Chinese gooseberries (now better known as kiwifruit). After retiring from the Health Department Makgill regularly visited the United Kingdom, signing on as a ship's doctor on cargo vessels for a nominal salary of one shilling. He stayed with his Haldane relatives at Oxford, where he joined with his uncle, the physiologist Professor Sir John Scott Haldane, in experiments in respiration and the treatment of burns. Barbara Makgill recalls that their arms were 'a mass of scars' from self-inflicted burns as they tried to find the most effective treatment for miners burnt by firedamp (methane) given off by coal. Although he never married, Makgill's keen sense of humour made him a favourite with his nieces and nephews. A stroke partially paralysed his right side not long before he died in Auckland on 3 October 1946, but did not affect his mind.
Robert Makgill deserves to be remembered alongside J. M. Mason, T. H. A. Valintine and J. P. Frengley as one of the architects of New Zealand's public health system in the twentieth century. In almost 30 years in the Health Department he occupied at one time or another all of the senior posts, and his knowledge of New Zealand's public health system was unequalled. [1]
MARGARET ISABELLA MAKGILL nee HALDANE
Extensive family tree
THOMAS MIDDLETON
Area 1 Block H Lot No. 29A
…at his residence 11, Windmill Road, Mount Eden… in his seventy-seventh year. Service at St. Barnabas’ Church, to-morrow (Tuesday) at 11 a.m.[2]
JOANNA MIDDLETON
New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7681, 5 July 1886, Page 4
Marriages
HEELIS-MIDDLETON On July 1 by the Rev. P. J. Riddle, Thomas MIDDLETON, son of the late George MIDDLETON, Esq., of Rosshire, to Joanna HEELIS, adopted daughter of Captain and Mrs. Makgill, Waiuku.[3]
…at her late residence, 11, Windmill Road, Mount Eden, Joanna…private interment[4]
Joanna and Thomas daughter Margaret Dorothy died at 11 Windmill Road also on January 6th 1939 and is interred at Waikaraka[5] Area 1 Block EXT Lot No 161B with her sister’s Vere who died 8 June 1949 and Mona MCKENZIE died 13 December 1977 aged 81; also Thomas MIDDLETON’s sister also named Vere who died 4 Dec 1951. [6]
SOURCES:
[1]
Geoffrey W. Rice. 'Makgill, Robert Haldane', from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 12-Nov-2013
URL: www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/biographies/3m39/makgill-robert-haldane
[2]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=AS...
[3]
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[4]
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[5]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[6]
Auckland Council cemetery database via libraries site: www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/cemeteries/cemetery.html
Most raised-bed garden books use a 4'x4' model. The slope and general arrangement of my backyard wouldn't really allow for that. I mean, it is possible, but not ideal. Boja, being the visual genius that she is, suggested a 2'x8' arrangement. As is usually the case with all of her spoken statements, she was completely right.
I decided on a place to lay the frame down and beat up the area with a mattock.
The frame is plain pine wood from Home Depot. It was difficult to find wood that was actually dry and not split or warped. I couldn't believe how heavy the wood was there. It must have seriously been cut the day before.
I would have preferred Trex or even treated wood, but I couldn't find it in the sizes I wanted. Both were too expensive anyway. Most people think that treated wood can leach chemicals into the soil, but I saw a couple of studies online that showed that this effect is negligible and not a problem at all. The sawdust is a problem during cutting, however. It might also be a bad idea to use treated wood as a cutting board. I also wouldn't use it for a crib. Homemade toothbrushes with the stuff ... yeah, they are also bad. Anyway, if I could find the sizes I wanted, I would make future beds with treated wood - it lasts much longer.
What you see here came from two 10' pieces of ~1.5"x~11.5" wood. We had two 2' pieces cut off of each big plank at Home Depot.
We drilled some holes in the sides and put big screws in there. Making sure the holes and everything lined up while dealing with these very unwieldy boards made me want to try and break them with my head. I highly recommend drinking heavily before assembly. The whole process will take just as long, but at least you will have a good time. Also, being angry and violent while drunk is somewhat acceptable.
After it was all put together, Boja and I took our frame "out back" and put it down in the area I had prepared. I made sure the box was at least somewhat level and filled in the gaps underneath the frame.
When that part was done, I stood around and posed and smiled very smugly. I really should have a stockpile of trophies for moments like those.
When the prospect of anyone besides Boja noticing how magnificent everything looked dwindled, I brought down the giant, redolent bags of soil. I don't remember how many bags we had. Maybe 16 cubic feet? Anyway, I dumped that all in, watered it, and let it sit for a couple of days before planting anything.
Yay!
Javier Ramírez mostró los beneficios de Spring Framework de código abierto para desarrollo de aplicaciones en la plataforma Java
Foto: @falconantonio
Scene 10 of our re-creation: 2 years later.
'Eleven of the brands and retailers sourcing from the factories involved in the Tazreen and Rana Plaza disasters joined high-level compensation meetings, facilitated by the ILO as a neutral chair, on 11-12 September in Geneva. Many other major companies failed to attend, showing total contempt for the 1,900 workers who were injured and the families of over 1,200 workers who were killed making their products' ... Immediately after the meeting Primark committed to providing a further three months salary to all affected families as emergency relief. Unfortunately, none of the other brands or retailers present at the meeting committed to provide such emergency relief' (Source: www.cleanclothes.org/news/press-releases/2013/09/12/bangl...).
'"It is difficult to understand why some brands are using any excuse to try to avoid responsibility. The workers are waiting for money and medical assistance," Monika Kemperle, assistant general secretary of IndustriALL, told Reuters. The Primark discount chain owned by Associated British Foods ..., present at the meeting, also expressed frustration. "The company remains concerned about the length of time it is taking to agree a framework for long-term compensation. As a result the company will now pay a second tranche of emergency aid, lasting three months," Primark said in a statement. It added it had created the first comprehensive database of most of those in Rana Plaza at the time of the disaster, registering details of 3,333 workers as part of its aid plan' (Source: www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/12/us-bangladesh-retailer...).
This is scene 10 of our 10-scene set: www.flickr.com/photos/followthethings/sets/72157632897292...
The rest of the story is here www.followthethings.com/primark.shtml
LEGOing by Ian Cook.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
To kick off our prep work for the Global Youth Summit, the ITU hosted special one-day MILLENNIALS JAM WORKSHOP at its ICT Discover Center, with an exclusive and select group of 40 entrepreneurial young people. The objective of this unique one-day event is to crowd-source a more detailed framework for the Summit where approximately 25,000 young people will input their ideas for the post-2015 global development agenda.
ITU/Rowan Farrell