Welcome to understanding the performance-based code. The focus of this presentation is the performance-based nature of the NCC and what this means for compliance with the NCC. This is what you will learn about in this presentation. What performance-based means, why we have a performance-based code, elements of the performance-based code, understanding performance requirements, deemed to satisfy solutions, performance solutions, assessment methods. What does performance-based mean? As a performance-based code, the NCC performance requirements represent the mandatory compliance level of performance that a building must achieve across many different aspects, such as structural integrity, fire safety, health and amenity, access and egress, etc. Buildings must comply with these requirements. Performance requirements specify a level to which some aspect of the building design or construction must perform in order to be compliant. For example, the building structure must be able to resist winds up to a certain force. The building envelope must minimise energy use to retain a comfortable temperature for the climate in which it is built. Building elements must resist the passage of smoke, heat and gases for a minimum period of time so that people can evacuate in a fire. Note that the governing requirements of the NCC must also be satisfied in order to comply with the NCC. These are found in section A of all volumes of the NCC. The NCC doesn't specify how each building has to comply with the relevant requirements. The NCC does allow flexibility in how a building complies with performance requirements. It is up to the building designer or builder and other relevant stakeholders to propose how they will meet the relevant performance requirements for each particular building. This is the compliance solution for the building. So, for example, the NCC doesn't say that any particular material must be used for the walls in a building. It says that the materials used and the way that they are used must meet certain performance standards. For example, in terms of the strength, fire resistance, noise transmission, energy efficiency and then the designer or builder can theoretically use any material that meets the required performance standards. There are three options for different types of compliance solutions. A deemed to satisfied DTS solution uses specified ways of meeting the performance requirements. These are included in the NCC as DTS provisions. In the law, to deem means to consider something as having certain characteristics. So, if a DTS solution is used then it is automatically considered to meet the performance requirements. Note that it might be necessary to do testing during construction to demonstrate that a DTS solution has been installed correctly and therefore is achieving the required performance. The DTS provisions make use of well-known established building and construction techniques practices and or specify reference documents such as Australian standards. This means that if the specified construction method is used or construction is undertaken in compliance with the reference standard then the building is deemed to comply with the performance requirements. A performance solution is another method of complying with performance requirements other than by a deemed to satisfied solution. So, if the designer builder wants to do something different with their building, theoretically there are no restrictions on what solution they choose to design e.g. what materials they can use and what building techniques they use. The resulting building just needs to meet all of the relevant performance requirements. It is also possible to use a combination of DTS solution and a performance solution. This means that the designer builder might use a DTS solution to achieve some performance requirements or some aspect of a performance requirement but will design a performance solution to meet other performance requirements or other aspects of a performance requirement. When using a performance solution the designer must demonstrate how the performance solution complies with the relevant performance requirements through the use of assessment methods. Assessment methods are methods that can be used to demonstrate that a performance solution or DTS solution complies with the performance requirements. The four possible assessment methods are evidence of suitability, verification methods, expert judgement, comparison with DTS provisions. An appropriate authority is required to review the proposed compliance solution for each building to determine if it complies with the relevant performance requirements. Why do we have a performance-based code? In the past, Australia's building and plumbing codes were prescriptive rather than performance-based. This means that they were prescribed i.e. mandated precisely when something must be done, what must be done, exactly how it must be done. This meant that when a designer or builder wanted to do something different or innovative they had to seek approval from a specialist tribunal or court. This could take a long time and add a significant cost to the project. This lack of flexibility made it hard to innovate and improve building design practices and materials, delayed projects, increased costs. For example, if a builder wanted to use a new product with better thermal properties or a new building system, they would have to seek a variation to the code which would take time and cost money. If this variation was not granted they would then have to lodge an objection or appeal the decision which would mean more money spent and more time lost. Instead, the performance-based nature of the NCC means that as long as a designer or builder can demonstrate that the design, material or building system meets the relevant performance requirements in the NCC they should be given approval to use it. Many of the newer innovations in building design, construction and materials would have been difficult, time-consuming and expensive to achieve under a prescriptive code. For example, building a house that complies with Swiss passive-hust energy efficiency standard using unusual building materials such as 3D-printed building components using some modular building design and construction systems creating a building from unusual items such as unwanted shipping containers. Match each term to the closest explanation. A prescriptive approach that is deemed to meet a performance requirement equals DTS solution. The level to which a building element or plumbing element must perform to be compliant equals performance requirement. A non-prescriptive approach to complying with a performance requirement equals performance solution. Any kind of approach to complying with the performance requirements equals compliance solution. A way of demonstrating a solution meets the performance requirements equals assessment method. Understanding performance requirements. Example 1. NCC Volume 1. F4 P5. Construction of sanitary compartments to allow removal of unconscious people. Part F4. Sanitary and other facilities. Must be able to access any sanitary compartment to remove an unconscious person. One of six performance requirements in this part. Qualitative. With sufficient space or other means. For example, the compartment could be built so that the door can quickly be completely removed to allow the removal of an unconscious person. In this case, the space in the compartment would be less of an issue because removing the door allows access and removal. Example 2. NCC Volume 1. B1P3. Glass installations at risk of human impact. Section B. Structural. Design glass at risk of impact from a person provides an adequate level of safety. One of four performance requirements in sections. Qualitative. Not likely to cause. Reasonably foreseeable. Reduce the likelihood. Consider each factor individually when developing a compliance solution. For example, a sliding glass door is likely to require some form of marking to identify it to prevent someone walking through it. Example 3. NCC Volume 2. H7P5. Buildings in bushfire prone areas. Part H7 and syllabary provisions and additional construction requirements. Design and construct Class 1 buildings and associated structures to reduce the risk of ignition during a bushfire. Limited to buildings. Construction in designated bushfire prone areas. Note that Tasmania has a variation to this performance requirement. Example 4. NCC Volume 2. H2P1. Rainwater management. Part H2. Damp and weatherproofing. Design and construct the building and drainage to prevent surface water from entering the building or damaging, creating a nuisance for another property. Limited. Doesn't apply to some Class 10 buildings. Quantitative. Annual exceedance probability of 5%. Annual exceedance probability of 1%. Specifies the intensity of rainfall which the building and drainage must be designed for. A designer must use this specified rainfall measurement as a minimum requirement and designed to meet this. How they design the building to meet this requirement is flexible. For example, the building could be designed with a drainage system that is big enough to remove the volume of water expected with an annual exceedance probability of 5% without causing flooding to a nearby property. Or, it could be designed to capture stormwater from the building's roof with tanks that are big enough to hold quantity of water expected within an annual exceedance probability of 5% and a smaller drainage system to take away any excess. Or in some cases, such as the house on a large property could direct water to a wetland area which would prevent the water from exiting to another property. Example 5. NCC Volume 3. B1 P1 Cold Water Supply. Section B, Water Services. Part B1, Cold Water Services. Cold Water Supply to a building must be connected to a supply that delivers water suitable for drinking. Limited. Applies to water supplied for eating, drinking, food preparation, dishwashing, and personal care. So, for example, the water supply for flushing toilets or for an evaporative cooler does not need to be from a drinking water supply because this water is not intended for any of the uses listed. Example 6. NCC Volume 3. E1, P1, Facilities for People with Disability. Section E, Facilities. Part E1, Facilities. Taps and other controls must have features that allow them to be used by people with a disability. Single performance requirement in this part. Qualitative. Suitable for use. An appropriate authority would determine what kind of taps and other controls would be considered suitable for use. For example, in some circumstances voice or motion activated taps could be considered suitable. Interpreting performance requirements. Question 1. What is required by this performance requirement? The performance requirement requires two different things. 1. That some disabled car parking spaces are provided. 2. That those spaces are clearly designated so that people who are entitled to use them can find them. Question 2. What limitation applies to this performance requirement? The performance requirement is limited so that it doesn't apply to the circumstances listed, i.e. 1. When the building has a parking service such as valet parking that you might find at a hotel or in a busy city paid car park. 2. When the building has no direct access to any car parking spaces for use by anyone. Question 3. Is this performance requirement quantitative or qualitative? The performance requirement is qualitative. It says that you must provide disabled car parks to the degree necessary to give equitable access for car parking. In this case a designer builder can design in a certain number of spaces and the appropriate authority would consider whether the proposed number of spaces was reasonable given things like the size purpose location and likely use of the building. Someone could challenge the planned design of a building on the basis that the number of disabled car parks was not sufficient. That someone could be a person with a disability who would be a user of the finished building or a disability advocacy group. If this performance requirement was quantitative it might have specified a certain number of disabled car parks as being required. Depending on something like the number of people expected to live, work or visit the building. Understanding compliance solutions. A performance based code aims to allow for flexibility in approaches to satisfy the performance requirements. So there are multiple ways to comply with relevant performance requirements in the NCC. One way is to use the DTS provisions which are documented within the NCC volumes. The DTS provisions are deemed to comply with the performance requirements. They are typically referred to as DTS provisions. Deemed is a legally precise word that essentially means considered to be. The DTS provisions generally involve building or installing an element in line with the requirements of an Australian standard or a similar reference document or using a well-known, well-accepted practice. Typically reflect pretty standard ways of doing things that most designers, builders and plumbers will be aware of. Tend to reference known materials, techniques and processes. The DTS provisions may provide a straightforward way to comply with the performance requirements but they have little flexibility and can limit innovation because they specify in detail how things need to be done. When designers, builders or plumbers want to do something different they often need to look beyond the DTS solutions to formulate a compliance solution especially designed for the particular building. This is known as a performance solution equals a compliance solution that demonstrates how particular building complies with the relevant performance requirements without using the DTS provisions in the NCC. A performance solution can have many elements and can make use of a wide range of materials, techniques and processes as long as it demonstrates clearly that these comply with the relevant performance requirements. So performance solutions can provide the flexibility and innovation that a performance-based code seeks to allow. However, creating a unique performance solution for every single aspect of a project i.e. for every single applicable performance requirement may be time-consuming. Often, a designer, builder or plumber will use DTS solutions and performance solutions in combination. For example, they might use the DTS provisions for straightforward aspects of the build which are to be completed using standard materials and building processes but they would use a performance solution for other aspects where they want to use non-standard materials or processes to achieve an unusual result in terms of either the aesthetics, the function or the performance of the building. This could mean using a DTS solution to comply with one aspect of an individual performance requirement and a performance solution to comply with another aspect of the same performance requirement. Using a DTS solution to meet some performance requirements in one part and performance solutions for other performance requirements in the same part. Using a DTS solution to meet all of the performance requirements in one or more parts of the relevant volume and using a performance solution to meet all of the performance requirements in other parts of the relevant volume. Interpreting DTS provisions Question 1. In what different ways can a sanitary compartment be designed to allow for an unconscious person to be removed? Question 2. How do the door and partitions of a sanitary compartment need to be? Question 3. The single-sex bathrooms in a high-tech office are designed with floor-to-ceiling partitions and full height doors that will slide up into the roof. Does this design meet the DTS provisions? The excerpt shows the DTS provisions related to one of the performance requirement examples included earlier in the module. That performance requirement was F4 P5 construction of sanitary compartments to allow removal of unconscious people. The DTS provisions here show one reasonably straightforward method for complying with this performance requirement related to 1. The heights of doors and partitions when they are adjacent compartments, e.g. multiple toilet stalls, that is, the provisions relate to privacy, 2. Mechanisms that allow for access to remove an unconscious person from a sanitary compartment. In terms of access to remove an unconscious person, if a building design complies with these DTS provisions, then it complies with the performance requirements. This means that a design complies with the performance requirements if it is built with doors that open outwards or slide open or can be easily removed from the outside or have the required amount of clear space around them. Theoretically, a designer or builder could come up with other options to meet the performance requirements, e.g. doors that slide away into the floor or ceiling. A designer or builder can exceed these minimum requirements also, e.g. even though the partitions and doors in single sex bathrooms only need to be minimum of 1.8m high, they can be designed to be full height, commonly 2.4m. Note that there is a clause, C, which describes how to comply with the performance requirements for an early childhood centre, understanding performance solutions. Any compliance solution that doesn't make use of the DTS provisions in the NCC is a performance solution. Allowing performance solutions provides flexibility to do things differently, to use different materials, methods and techniques, and potentially to innovate, save money and improve the constructability of a building. However, must provide at least the minimum level required by the relevant performance requirements. It can do better also. A2G2 in the NCC states that a performance solution will only comply with the NCC when the assessment methods used demonstrate compliance with performance requirements. This means that a designer or builder must demonstrate that the performance solution complies with the relevant performance requirements using one of the four assessment methods described in A2G2 of the NCC. Note that these assessment methods are discussed on the next slide. Designers and builders must ensure an appropriate assessment method is used. How do you know which assessment methods are appropriate? It is a good idea to discuss this with the relevant approval authority before you take the time to develop and document a detailed performance solution. Understanding assessment methods. Whether you choose to use a DTS solution or a performance solution or a combination of them, you need to provide some evidence that the proposed solution complies with the performance requirements. The NCC recognises four valid ways of assessing possible compliance solutions, which are shown on the slide on layer 2. All four methods can be used to demonstrate compliance with the performance requirements when you are using a performance solution. Evidence of suitability and expert judgement can be used when you are using a DTS solution. Sometimes the use of a particular assessment method will be straightforward, but in other cases it will require use of consultants and testing. By understanding the possibilities and requirements of the different assessment methods, you will be able to better judge when it makes sense to use each one and how to best make your case for a performance solution. Verification method. A verification method, VM, is a test, inspection, calculation or other method that determines whether a performance solution complies with the relevant performance requirements. Each NCC volume lists acceptable verification methods for different performance requirements, but not every performance requirement has acceptable VMs in the NCC. In formulating a performance solution using a VM, a designer can choose to use a VM that is listed in the NCC or they can use another method that is not listed in the NCC. For example, volume 1 lists D1V1 as a VM for wire barriers, specifically compliance with performance requirements D1P3, 2C and D. E4V1 as a VM for emergency lighting, specifically compliance with performance requirement E4P1. Other VMs that could be used to demonstrate compliance with relevant performance requirements include calculations, analytical methods or mathematical models, tests using a testing procedure either on site or in a laboratory, inspection report, any other acceptable method. The final decision on whether any verification method is acceptable resides with the appropriate authority used for performance solutions only. Evidence of suitability. Evidence is introduced in part A2, but details of acceptable evidence is found in part A5 documentation of design and construction in all NCC volumes. The same evidence of suitability is acceptable for volumes 1 and 2, the BCA, but there are different evidence requirements volume 3, the PCA. Volumes 1 and 2. Documentary evidence may come from an appropriately qualified person who may provide test results or relevant information demonstrating the suitability of the building solution, a report from a professional engineer or recognized expert, certificate from a certification body, report from an accredited testing laboratory. Volume 3. Volume 3 refers to a mandatory plumbing product certification scheme known as the watermark certification scheme. A wide variety of plumbing products must be certified under the watermarks game. This certification comes in the form of a watermark license. The watermark certification scheme is discussed in more detail in the module using NCC volume 3. For any material or product not subject to the watermark certification scheme, documentary evidence may come from a certification body or accredited testing laboratory who may provide test results or relevant information demonstrating the suitability of the plumbing solution. It may also be subject to a risk assessment in accordance with the watermark scheme's rules. A report, certificate from a professional engineer, recognized expert or other appropriately qualified person may also be put forward as documentary evidence. The term accredited testing laboratory is defined in the NCC. The NCC also allows the option to provide any other documentary evidence that may demonstrate the suitability of the solution. The form of evidence used must be appropriate to the use of the material, building or plumbing product. Form of construction or design it relates to. The final decision on whether a document or expert opinion is accepted resides with the appropriate authority used for both performance solutions and DTS solutions. Comparison with DTS solutions. A performance solution can be compared to a current DTS provision to highlight how it will achieve compliance with the performance requirements. In comparison to the other assessment methods, this may be a more straightforward methodology as a benchmark has been set against which the proposed solution can be compared. As with other assessment methods, the final decision on whether a comparison with DTS provisions is acceptable resides with the appropriate authority used for performance solutions only. Obviously it doesn't make sense to compare a DTS solution with itself. Expert judgment. In some solutions where a unique design solution is proposed, an expert judgment may be required. This is especially the case in new, innovative approaches where there is little past history, documentation or the ability to physically test. The NCC defines expert judgment as the judgment of an expert who has the qualifications and experience to determine whether a performance solution or DTS solution complies with the performance requirements. This is a broad definition and should be applied judiciously. The expert needs to have a demonstrated knowledge of the technical issues involved supported by peer recognition. The use of expert judgment is very much dependent upon the situation. As with other assessment methods, the final decision on whether an expert judgment is acceptable resides with the appropriate authority used for performance solutions and DTS solutions. Developing a compliance solution, performance requirements, see F3P1 weatherproofing. The roof must prevent the penetration of water that could cause A and B. Applies to the roof of all buildings of all classes. Doesn't say how compliance must be achieved. Use a DTS solution, a performance solution or a combination of both performance solution. A sustainability conscious client wants to use an innovative type of roofing sheet that is 3D printed from recycled plastics at the construction site. DTS provision F3D2 roof coverings doesn't apply. A performance solution is required. Must demonstrate the proposed roof covering will prevent the penetration of water as required by performance requirement F3P1, i.e. that the roof will perform as required. Consultation with relevant stakeholders and appropriate assessment methods must be used to demonstrate compliance. Approving authority must be satisfied that the proposed performance solution will comply. Deemed to satisfy solution, see F3D2 roof coverings. References a number of documents that address acceptable methods of preventing water from penetrating through a roof depending on the type of roof installed. Therefore, if a roof covering is installed in accordance with F3D2, it is deemed to be acceptable and to comply with F3P1. For example, a metal sheet roof that complies with AS 1562.1 design and installation of sheet roof and wallcladding. Assessment methods Performance solution For the performance solution, the builder, engineer and appropriate authority discuss and agree to the performance solution which is supported by waterproofing testing of a sample of the 3D printed sheets by an accredited testing laboratory who provides a report documenting evidence of suitability. An expert judgment from a professional engineer as a recognised expert to demonstrate that the roof covering and construction together will satisfy the performance requirement. Post installation inspection by a building certifier certifies the 3D printed roof sheeting has been installed in a way that meets requirements. DTS solution For a DTS solution, the builder, purchases and installs metal sheet roofing that complies with AS 1562.1 2018 design and installation of sheet roof and wallcladding. Because the metal roof requires sarking to be compliant, purchases and installs a sarking product that complies with AS and ZS 4200 parts 1 and 2 pliable building membranes and underlays. Organisers for inspection by a building certifier certifies both the roofing and sarking products and their installation comply with relevant standards. Combined solution For a combined DTS and performance solution, the builder provides evidence of compliance for the innovative 3D printed roofing product e.g. agrees to use a particular assessment methods with the approving authority, organisers testing by a credited testing laboratory to provide evidence of suitability, obtains an expert judgement from a professional engineer, purchases a compliant sarking product and installs it in compliance with appropriate standard, organisers for post installation inspection and certification of both the roof and the sarking by a building certifier. The NCC is described as a performance based code because it, a, mandates exactly when, how, where and why buildings and building elements must perform, b, sets minimum requirements for how buildings and building elements perform and allows designers and buildings to choose the best way of achieving them, c, is based on the performance required to keep people and buildings safe. If you answered b, yes, that's right. The NCC establishes the minimum performance requirements for buildings and building elements but allows designers, builders and plumbers to choose how to achieve them for each individual building. Each of the following is a valid approach to meeting the NCC performance requirements. DTS solution, performance solution, DTS solution and or performance solution, assessment method. If you answered DTS solution and or performance solution, yes, that's right. You can use either of these methods or a combination of them. Label the diagram below. The correct labels are compliance level, performance requirements, compliance solutions, performance solutions and or deemed to satisfy solution, evidence of compliance, assessment methods. Match the assessment methods to the type of compliance solutions they can be used with. All assessment methods can be used with a performance solution, evidence of suitability and expert judgment can be used with a DTS solution. Summary, the performance based code establishes the performance criteria that a building and its elements must meet, provides options for how this is achieved, ensures buildings and building elements perform as needed, allows flexibility, allows innovation, reduce costs. Performance requirements specify how a building and its elements must perform. Performance solutions describes how a building and its elements will meet the performance requirements. Key points, three options for compliance solutions, deemed to satisfy solution, performance solution, combination of both. Deemed to satisfy DTS solutions may use reference documents or established building practices, straightforward way of complying but may lack flexibility. Performance solutions allow for flexibility and innovation, must demonstrate that the solution meets the performance requirements. Assessment methods are used to demonstrate compliance, verification method, expert judgment, evidence of suitability, comparison with DTS provisions. Thank you for your time, that brings our presentation on understanding the performance based code to a close. If you'd like more information please visit abcb.gov.au


Hi, I'm Salvatore Bobonis, and today's short video is on how to insert hyperlinked references into Microsoft Word documents for use in policy writing. I do a lot of policy writing for online sources like AlgeZera and Foreign Affairs, and when writing for online venues like that, it's expected that your references should be hyperlinked to other online sources, not provided as footnotes or parenthetic references of some kind. Hyperlinking references is technically very easy. So for example, in this article titled Five-Year Fantasy about China's 13th Five-Year Plan, I have several links already embedded, one to the National People's Congress, one to Deng Xiaoping. I'd like to add a reference to the moderately prosperous society. China's goal now is to create a moderately prosperous society. I have found an article about the moderately prosperous society called The Four Comprehensives. It's from China Daily. The article is about how China defines the moderately prosperous society in terms of four comprehensive indicators. I merely copy the link by highlighting it and typing Ctrl C on my keyboard, or you could right-click and hit Copy. I then go to the Word document, and I highlight the text I want to link. The goal now is to create a moderately prosperous society, and I right-click on the text I've highlighted to create, click Hyperlink, and paste Ctrl V or right-click and paste the link in, and voila, there is the link. Similarly, I might want to add a link to the Much-Ballyhood Chinese Dream to explain that. Again, I have here an article about the Chinese Dream from ChinaDaily.com. I highlight it, right-click and copy, highlight, right-click, Hyperlink, and either right-click and paste or Ctrl V and paste, and there you go. A good style when adding hyperlinks to online documents is to only add a link to two, three, or at most four words as a phrase. Don't link an entire sentence. Also, links should not go on the first word of a sentence. It's bad form to start a sentence with a reference. Usually, the hyperlink references are given either to an action word like to create or to a noun, a descriptive noun like Chinese Dream or National People's Congress. If you were to go through this article, you would see links to proper nouns like National People's Congress and Chinese Dream, also to verbs like to create, set by Deng Xiaoping, China's own projections, a link provided to those projections. The Chinese economy supposedly grew a link to an article about China's supposed growth rate as advertised by the country itself, or a skeptic might argue a link to my own article arguing that China's economy is not growing at all. As you can see, there is a hyperlink every two or three paragraphs, sometimes more than one per paragraph. The appropriate number of links is really up to you, but I would suggest that wherever an important point is made where some kind of backup or reference would ordinarily be made in a research paper, instead, in online policy writing, a hyperlink should be made at the same time. It's also possible to provide hyperlinks to academic journal articles and to books. For academic journal articles, simply give a hyperlink to the online abstract for the article, and for books, it's best to hyperlink either to the Books Publisher page or to a Google Books page or as a last resort and Amazon.com page for the book. Thank you and enjoy your referencing.


Ta-da! It's here. Oh my god, I have it in my hands. The Papercraft Society box one. I can't believe it. I ordered this right at the very beginning when they advertised or started to promote that they were doing these kits. So I signed up, I shared it on my Facebook page and I know lots of others of you signed up as well and you have painfully been waiting like myself. So yes, we did wait a long time for this one but going forward you will just wait normal four weeks, you know, every month and you will get a kit if that's how you decided to subscribe. So anybody that is not familiar with this this is the Papercraft Society box kit from CraftStash. So they have just started this. It's launched the first one by Christina Griffiths and then every month there will be a new designer launching a new kit. The kit inside from what I've seen online is amazing. They've really put a lot of thought into this. Christina has, you know, really thought out that all of the dyes and the papers and everything but the presentation alone I think is exceptional. I have already looked inside this one and I had been sharing videos anyway so I already kind of knew what it was going to be like. So let's get inside. So you can see here the nice box. Love, love all of this beautiful design. Got a nice Velcro closure and then when you open it up here it says I hope you enjoy this beautiful kit as much as I have enjoyed putting it together for you. Christina, not lovely. And then first of all you get this big envelopes. Again a nice Velcro fastening. Don't forget to share your makes with us hashtag, hashtag Papercraft Society and then you open this one up and it has so much stuff in it. So first of all I was drawn to the dyes but I'm going to start here.  There's your stamp set. Got lots of nice sentiments, nice leaves of the flowers. So yeah so that's really really nice and then these are some of the papers that, no these are the, sorry these are the pattern papers and then inside you've got your cardstock. So this is the one that's obviously, I think everyone's going to use this one because it's the one that's on the box. It's gorgeous, really really lovely. You get two sheets, it's all A5 and you get two sheets of this one here. Got a nice subtle, that's going to be nice for backgrounds as well still. And this one here, really pretty, very delicate. And then you've got these really deep roses there as well. Very you know you can easily cut around this as well and create other effects. So those are your decorative papers. So that's that side and then the lovely thing about this is you can keep obviously all of this. I mean if you've got the room you can keep all the boxes and you know stack them up but certainly these envelopes I think are perfect. And this is your dies. These are lovely.  So it is 5x7 which is my favourite card size. So I was so pleased.  Then these will cut out your flowers here. In fact they do all three because you've got this one. You've even then got your Stamen Detail there.  So again you can do so many different effects with this. That isn't one die. There are two separate dies there, your frame and the detail. Then you've got an Inner Frame. So it's perfect for shaker cards. All of these here will fit around all of your sentiments. You've got that beautiful border trim and you've got these here, these leaves which again will die cut this leaf here. And is there another one? Yep, that one there. And then you've got that lovely Holly Decorative Corner there as well. And this one says with love.  You know the words are separate so you can have them obviously used in you know another way. And that's two different dies as well. Loads. You have so much there, so many wonderful ideas. I need to think what I'm going to do and then towards the end here you have your embossing folder. So you will be able to fit these sentiments.  That one there will fit perfectly amongst that. Beautiful. And it's not just for Christmas. I mean all of those dies there can be used all year round. Even the papers. So although it's the Ponsettia Flower it's you know it can still be used all year round. This is really lovely. It's a nice big size. Again I believe that's five by seven. Yep, perfect. But obviously if you do like to make smaller cards then you can do. So it's a nice size.  So you have all of these ones here with the gold foiling. And then here you've got more sentiments. So although you have your stamps you've also got these ones that are done for you. So they're really sweet. So that's what you get in the big envelope. And then we have more. So in here, take this off because I like to keep the tissue paper. So in here we have the collectible inks. So these are the Paper Graph Society inks. These are, I don't know if it tells you what colour they are. Let's have a look. So now I guess well it's pretty self-explanatory. Yellow, black and green. But it's more olive green. That's more of a slightly deeper yellow more going down the mustard kind of route.  These are hybrid inks and they're made in the USA. So very cool. I like those a lot. And then we've got some paper flowers and these are great because you can change that. You can ink them. So you can just pop this ink onto your glass media mat.  You can spray them. You can put glitter on them. You know there's lots of things that you can do with those. So although they're plain white which looks lovely anyway. You can easily colour them. Then we have here this was, oh yeah the measurement guide. So which is always handy. And it's a nice little pocket size there. And we have this beautiful, it's a flat-back pearl embellishment. It's like a, it's one big sticker. So you could put that on the front of the card as it is. But you can easily use these all individually. So what you could do, you might just find that you use those individually and then you've still got that lovely big piece there. Because this is kind of, could be separate. Really, really nice. Really pretty. Then we have the booklet. And you know what, I don't know. I was kind of just expecting some, just a few pages. But it is, it's a proper nice little. It's stapled. It's just a really lovely book. Full of inspiration. There's 15 ideas in here. I think there might even be a few more actually. But those alone are going to be nice to collect. So let me then get the cards here. So this is your card stock. So you have that gorgeous pearlised yellow. Is it picking up there? Oh there you can just see. And obviously that's going to match perfectly with your ink. Along with the green there as well. So that's the yellow. We've got that nice smooth green. It's lovely. And then we've got that softer yellow. So it's more of like a lemony yellow. And then that lovely, it's almost the colour of my nails. Really, really nice. Love those colour. Love those two together. I think they look brilliant. And that's the nice thing about it. Obviously it's full of inspiration here. But you know, like me, break the rules. You can do your own thing. So let's have a little look here. So you've got Hello and Welcome to the First Papercraft Society box. A little introduction by Christina. Then you have your contents. Lots and lots of inspiration. Then it's the five minutes with Christina. And obviously then her cards. This is using the pensettias. Beautiful. Look at all the detail there. Really, really lovely. And then obviously you get all your step-by-step instructions. That was the one I saw that Jeanette done. I like that. And that's obviously then just telling you about more of the range. Lots and lots of inspiration. I love that one. That was one that they showed with the, yeah, Nicky made that one. Just thought it was really nice. Just, you know, again using the stamps and layering them. And yeah, a little bit of colour. Looks really, really lovely. And then it tells you a little bit about the Papercraft Society. So again, those that aren't familiar with this, I will share the links below. But basically, what is the Papercraft Society? It's a premium collection of Papercraft products delivered direct to your door each month. Exclusive Papercraft goodies by brands such as Card Making Magic, Bright Rosa, Simplymade Crafts and more. Exclusive Mini Magazine featuring projects from top designers. Learn new Papercraft techniques and build your stash. Make stunning projects using the contents of each box. Access exclusive video tutorials to help you every step of the way with each project. And choose from monthly, quarterly or yearly subscriptions. And that's the thing I really like. And I'm so glad they've done that because you have the choice to just do monthly. So you can dip in and dip out.  Although that option is there, you can just do the monthly one. And also this is I thought was really good is you can subscribe for 12 months and you'll save 25%. So you're you're kind of getting three, yeah, three boxes for free. I think that's great. And then here you've got gorgeous GIF wrap. They're beautiful. Who doesn't love a pillow box? And it tells you all what you'll need. And then there's more bits and pieces there as well. So I think that is just a nice little touch. Let me just pop all this back in for the moment. I'm not going to put my sticker back on. I'm going to, I might pop that. I'll pop it on the box somewhere because I can use that tissue paper. But yeah, there is the first box. Just a quick insight. I will be sharing projects using this kit. I can't wait to make some lovely bits and pieces. And yeah, I'm really pleased. I've got it not disappointed. One bit. I paid for this with my own money. So this is my complete honest review. And I knew I wouldn't be disappointed. Craft Stasher, you know, I feel are a really lovely company. And yeah, I think they've produced something really nice. So let me know what you think below. I'd really be interested to know what you think. Let me know if you've also got yours as well. Because I know many of you did subscribe. And yeah, let me know if you feel that you want to subscribe. Unfortunately, you won't get this box. The next one is Christina Griffin. So that's going to be nice. Look forward to that one. And if you do follow Craft Stasher, they, you know, will start to do now the I guess event. Well, I would imagine soon we're going to start seeing all the promotion for the next box because it'll be four weeks time. So I look forward to that. So there we go. Look out for tutorials. They will be on their way. And yeah, please give me a thumbs up if you enjoyed today's quick video and subscribe to my channel so you get to see what I make with this lovely product. Thanks for watching. Bye


And also, a civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, has urged partners involved in the ongoing tribunal case of alleged certificate foundry of the Enogu State's Gavna, Itamba, to respect all legal process of the tribunal. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, the National Co-ordinator of Reware, Comrade Immanuel and Wubiko, father urged all stakeholders, especially the media, to exercise restraint and refrain from narrating false claims. For the moment, we urge the media to exercise professionalism and impartiality in their reportage on this issue. It is of utmost importance that journalists adhere to ethical standards and verify information before disseminating them to the public. This information and bias reporting can lead to further confusion and hinder the progress of the legal process. As we continue to monitor the proceedings of the petition tribunal and the other proceedings in other regular calls, we reiterate our trust in the judiciary to dispense justice fairly and independently. However, the top management staff of the NYAC who we met reiterated that NYAC has not authored any aspect of its claim. They emphatically stated that the NYAC's certificate with the Gavna of Enogu State did not emanate from them. Hence, we emphasize that the NYAC's insistence on the alleged forgery remains steadfast according to our findings. There has been no capitulation on the part of the NYAC, and they continue to assert that the Gavna of Enogu State did not emanate from them.


up ladies and gents, is shared dreaming real? Now today I'm going to be talking a little bit about whether the concept of actually sharing a dream with someone, about having the same dream that you're both in is actually possible if it's real and if it is how to do it. Well, sadly at the moment it's not actually possible.  You can't have a shared dream at the moment. That being said, in the future it's possible that it will be very easy to do. You'll be able to plug into a briefcase or a box or something like an inception and enter a shared dream with someone else. And that could be huge for the lucid dreaming community and for the world. You could practice all sorts of scenarios, play out wars, or decide that you don't even need to go to war by entering the same dream. You know, you could have negotiations with people in real life across the world, much like we do on Skype or over the phone, but actually person to person without being there in a dream. There's all sorts of things you could do, but that's in the future. We don't know if that will happen. It might happen, but we just don't know. That being said, there is something known as dream meshing where you can actually enter a similar dream to other people by stimulating it with the same sorts of things. What I mean by that is if you watch a film with someone or if you play a game with someone or if you agree on a topic or a location, it's possible and very likely that you'll dream about the same sorts of things as the other person. You'll have a similar experience. If you both watch a film, you'll both tend to dream about what happened in the film. You can use this to set up an experiment and see what the other person dreams about how they interpret it, that sort of thing. That's maybe a little experiment you guys could try. You could just watch a film with a friend or two and then both all agree to dream about the same thing and then write what happened in the morning and compare notes. For those of you who are convinced that shared dreaming is possible, I've got a little experiment and almost like a challenge for you. I want you to enter a shared dream with someone and before you enter the dream, before you actually go to sleep, I want you to agree on a code word that you're going to tell them in the dream, that you're not allowed to tell them until you enter the dream with them. Then when they wake up, they're going to repeat back to you that code word which you've decided on the night before. If shared dreaming is possible and indeed real, then they will be able to tell you the word because they would have heard it in the dream, in a shared dream. So far no one's actually been able to do that outside of coincidence and luck or randomness. So for it to be like a stand-up argument that is possible, that sort of thing would need to happen again and again. You'd need to be able to prove that 10, 20, 50 times in a row that you can enter a shared dream with someone reliably. Otherwise it's just random and it could just be luck. So that's it guys. One more thing, I'd like to mention some supplements. Recently I've started working alongside the company Vividream with my buddy Jacob and we're going to be promoting these lucid dreaming supplements now. I'm going to explain a lot more about these in detail in the coming weeks but for now all you need to know is that this is called lucidesk. It's a lucid dreaming support supplement. I say support because no supplement can directly induce a lucid dream but definitely helps. This includes Hupazine A, Alpha GPC, Colleen Bitartrate and Ginger Root Extract. So it's a very powerful supplement. If you guys go ahead and get a bottle of this you'll be helping me out. I'll get a small commission because obviously I'm working alongside the Vividream. So I'll put the links in the description. You can obviously read reviews, I'll link to the reviews. It's very good. I'll try it myself. And yeah, that's pretty much it. A sleeping aid supplement to help you fall asleep faster for those of you who have trouble going to sleep at night called Deeper Sleep. So go ahead and check those out. It will really help me out and help this channel grow if you could get a couple of bottles of those. Again, links in the description. And if you have a question please leave a comment or send me a message.


WISIS 2015 has many guests from many different fields. It is a multi-stakehold event, after all. And NGOs are represented here as well. And I'm very pleased to be joined by Berhan Gebrew. Tell me about your organisation, FHI 360. FHI 360 is an international NGO and we work from over 60 country offices around the world. Our practice areas include health, education, environment, civil society, development, research. And we apply technology to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our programmes so that we can deliver the best possible service. Okay, so there's a strong technology strain in the DNA of FHI 360. Tell us how it's being used in a project. Now I'm very interested in, I think it's in Uganda, where you're gathering data on climate change at a very granular level, right? A lot of data, a lot of data. Tell me about that programme and what you've learnt from that. The project in Uganda is called Climate Change Adaptation and ICT, or CHI project. We are collecting data from communities to understand the type of climatic hazards that they are facing. What are the impacts of those hazards in their livelihood? They are dependent on crop and livestock agriculture. How does that impact in their productivity? And we are gathering daily weather data from weather stations located at village level from several villages in the country. And we installed a server as the Uganda Meteorological Authority to receive all those data sets coming from the community. Is it too early to see any trends? How long has the programme been in place? The programme started in 2012. Okay. And we have conducted different surveys to understand the impact of the information, the adaptation information we are providing in increasing their adaptive capacity. Okay. But at the moment it's really a snapshot. You're getting your setting in your baselines, presumably in terms of understanding the climate as it stands. Yes. I mean they are facing quite a number of climatic hazards, drought being the major one, flooding and other climate sensitive diseases that probably threat as a result of some of the hazards. So we are providing agricultural advisories to the communities. We're providing low-cost water harvesting techniques using different channels. We use mobile phones. We use radio broadcasts, interactive radio. We use community loudspeakers and face-to-face meetings to provide those information. So it's resulting in a significant reduction of crop loss and the damage as a result of using the information that we are providing. Okay. So already you can see some benefits. Yes. Now, this forum, what brings you here? What do you hope to gain? Or what have you gained from the conversations you've participated in this week? I came to the WISIS Forum as one of the winners on the e-hills action line. Congratulations. Thank you. It's for a project, an initiative that we implemented in South Africa in collaboration with the Eastern Cape Department of Health. We developed a mobile health library resident on mobile devices that contains thousands and thousands of pages of material on clinical and public health. And clinical nurses and doctors can access this content at the point of care without internet connection on their devices. And it's resulting in significant improvements in the quality of healthcare delivery. Over 80% of the doctors and all nurses have reported improved diagnosis, improved treatment to their patients over the past six, seven years. So we started with about 175 nurses and doctors. Now it's being expanded to over 20,000 clinicians in the province. Congratulations again and thank you for your time today, sir. Pleasure. Thank you.