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Camping Trailers. Australian Info
Camping trailers allow you to enjoy the outback, hassle free
A camping trailer is a simple package. A trailer with the tent already in place, ready to be setup in no time at all. Just park the camper trailer where the tent will go, and the tent can be setup with no stress, in just 10 minutes.
The great outdoors. Camping, enjoying the peace, relaxing, stress free. Once, setting up your tent brought it's own stresses before the relaxation could even begin. This is no longer the case with camper trailers. Innovactive camping trailers designs are the perfect way to enjoy the great outdoors because they give you more time to enjoy your holiday. It's a whole lot quicker than setting up a tent. You can pull up to camp late afternoon, and within 10-15 minutes, be completely setup, get a fire going, and start cooking. On the other hand, with a tent, an hour or so of daylight would be required just for setup.
Camper Trailers allow you to:
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Types of Camper Tents and Trailers:
- Basic Camper Tents such as those available from http://giccampertrailers.com.au/camper-trailer-packages/12ft-camper-tent/ are a basic option that provides the tent gear, ready to be placed within your own trailer, ready for camping.
- Semi Off-Road Trailers. An affordable camp trailer made for every day use, but not suited to harsher outback conditions.
- Off Road Camper Trailers. Usually include heavy duty springs, spare wheel mounted on an upright stand, a rigid draw bar and a solid axle.
Holidaying In A Camper Trailer - Romance Of A Leisurely Holiday
There are many people who love the romance of a leisurely holiday. A leisurely holiday is very much different from a hurried one and it rejuvenates you completely. Time stands still during such holidays and regales you with many fascinating experiences. If you want to have such wonderful and enjoyable experiences, holidaying in a camper trailer is the best option. As they say, "change is the spice of life" and so, such novel experiences will uplift your enthusiasm and excitement. At the same time, hiring camper trailers need not be an expensive proposition. By doing a proper research, you can hire a trailer at an affordable cost. Another advantage is that you can have the liberty of choosing the place you want to visit. You can also choose the way you want to live during the holidays. But, when you select a trailer, you should ensure that the tow bar of the camping trailer is quite sturdy and strong.
It will be a great experience to travel by a camper trailer like those available from GIC Campers here: http://giccampertrailers.com.au/. It is not necessary that you should travel continuously. If you want to relax, you can park the trailer on the side of the highway or road and relax. If you choose off road camper trailers, travel will be more comfortable because you will not feel the impact of bad roads. You will also not be affected by the dust of the roads also. Even if the road has gravel and potholes, you will not face any problem. There is no worry about the vagaries of weather such as rain or sunshine.
There are a few points you should bear in mind while you wish to have a holidaying in a camper trailer:
- While holidaying in a camper trailer, you should ensure to have a few important items with you. These will be useful not only for maintaining your health during your holidaying but for making your life comfortable and happy also. You may be traveling long distances and the weather conditions may suddenly change. This may affect your health and that of your children and other family members. Therefore, it is imperative that you should take utmost precaution about the health of the entire family during such holidaying. In other words, by having these essential items with you, you will be enjoying as if you are having a picnic daily during your holidays. Even if you travel through forest areas, holidaying in camper trailers Australia will protect you from the wild animals. At the same time, you will not be deprived of the pleasure of enjoying the scenic beauty of these areas.
- You can travel across the country and you will not feel tired traveling such long distances because you can relax whenever you want. To make your holidaying a pleasure, it is necessary that you have with you sufficient quantities of all essential items. You need potable water as well as water for washing and taking bath. So, you should have two water tanks separately and they should hold a good quantity of water. You need to have food supplies or grocery items and a gas stove for preparing your food. A well-equipped first-aid box with all essential medicines is a very important item you should have with you. A camera, a good torch, cosmetics and toiletries should also be there. Even before you start your journey, you should procure all these things and keep them ready. Most importantly, you need a map that may guide you during your travel.
- Unlike in other types of holidaying, you can sleep like a king if you decide to have holidaying in a camper trailer. You can carry with you appropriate bedding and pillows so that you can have such a delicious slumber during these holidays. If you make arrangements for mosquito protection also, you can have an undisturbed sleep.
- You should never face shortage of food supplies during your holidaying in a camper trailer. In remote areas, you may not get the supplies you need. It is better you avoid eating out and therefore, if you have sufficient groceries and a gas stove, you can prepare your own food. This will keep the entire family healthy. Further, you should make it a point to eat on time so that your health and that of your family members do not get affected. You can not maintain large supplies of perishable items like milk, fruits, etc. but before you start the journey, you can procure canned fruit, milk that is stored in tetra packs, eggs, canned meat, etc. But, you should ensure that these items do not contain any chemical preservatives because these preservatives may be harmful to your health. By keeping all the essential items with you, you can make your holidaying in a camper trailer an enjoyable and memorable experience.


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Back in October 2007, during an interview with AMR Research analyst Robert Bois, I asked him about his company's findings that 25 percent of CRM software licenses typically go unused at companies. His take was that users simply didn't derive enough incremental value from many CRM applications. They "often complain that CRM or SFA is just an administrative burden, and does little more than prove to their boss that they are doing their job" and resume using familiar tools like spreadsheets or even Rolodexes, Bois told me.
Business intelligence analyst Nigel Pendse, author of an annual BI Survey that he bills as the largest independent survey of BI and performance-management users, shared a more provocative view on the issue of "shelfware," or unused licenses, in our interview earlier this month. Shelfware is a vendor's "most profitable product," he says, which is why many vendors market new features that many users don't want or need, such as real-time BI capabilities. He said:
If they can sell shelfware, they never have to go back in and see the customer or worry about ongoing support. Most of their marketing campaigns are aimed at selling the most profitable product, the shelfware.https://o1.qnsr.com/log/p.gif?;n=203;c=204663295;s=11915;x=7936;f=201904081034270;u=j;z=TIMESTAMP;a=20410779;e=i
Because their growth rates often lag behind expectations, BI vendors "jump on every passing bandwagon and make noise about it." Said Pendse:
... In the planning tool market, the vendors are always frustrated that they've come up with these nice tools that only a small percentage of people in an organization use. They can't make money on applications that have only a handful of users. So they try and come up with arguments for high-participation planning and things like that, where you might do planning once a month instead of once a year. That sounds great, but you try to get every manager in the company to revise their plans every month. Balanced scorecard people have this idea that you'll have everybody in the corporation running off balanced scorecard system, but that means a complete change of human attitude, just for the benefit of a BI vendor to sell more licenses.
Yet shelfware isn't necessarily bad. Pendse believes the number of unused BI licenses currently stands at about 20 percent. Caveat: A move toward server licensing rather than individual seats makes it difficult for him to come up with an accurate estimate. In his opinion, up to 25 percent of unused licenses is a reasonable, even desirable, number. After all, a lack ofunused licenses means a vendor isn't making any new sales, a possible sign of a not-so-innovative vendor or one that doesn't provide enough onoging support. Said Pendse:
The ones with very low shelfware rates also had very aged sites. They weren't selling much anymore. Existing customers were using the licenses but not coming back for more.
Pendse's opinion on shelfware is part of a wide-ranging, very interesting (and sorry, long) discussion on the current state of BI. Other highlights: the focus on BI features when performance is what users really care about; the flat rate of BI penetration among business users; the difficulty in involving business users in BI planning; the performance of BI specialists vs. platform-oriented vendors; and how to determine BI's payoff with a focus on "hard" benefits such as a reduction in headcount increases.
Another of Pendse's opinions that diverges from those of many other analysts, including Gartner: Focus on BI's tactical, rather than strategic benefits. He said:
... The median age of all of the apps we looked at is less than 2 1/2 years. For one reason or another, within five years the typical BI app is no longer in use. The problem's gone away, or people are unhappy with the vendor, or the users changed their minds, or you got acquired and the new owner wants you to do something different. It's not like an ERP system, where you really would expect to use it for many years. The whole idea here is go for quick, simple wins and quick payback. If you're lucky, it'll last for a long time. If you're not lucky, at least you've got your payback.

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It doesn't look like we'll be getting Star Trek 2 until late 2012 at the earliest, but fans who need their fix can head down to their local comic shop. IDW Publishing recently launched a new Star Trek comic series that takes episodes from Star Trek: The Original Series and tweaks them to accommodate the Enterprise crew created in the new timeline from 2009's Star Trek. This makes absolutely no sense since the whole point of the alternate timeline was to create new adventures. "The first few issues of the series are adaptations of TOS episodes, as the 'new' crew encounters some of the same threats the original crew did," explains Star Trek 2 co-writer Bob Orci, "but with differences that reflect things like Kirk being a younger captain and Spock losing his homeworld."
But not all the comics will undermine the benefit of an alternate timeline. Hit the jump for details on how the comics will set up the sequel.
Orci tells StarTrek.com:
As we get closer to the next movie, the stories will begin to foreshadow the events of the movie, such as possibly introducing new characters we will see onscreen… pun very much intended.
Mike Johnson, who is writing the comic series, said that the new comics will be similar to 2009's Countdown, which led into J.J. Abrams' 2009 re-boot:
How much, if at all, will what you're doing ultimately tie into the next film and its story?
Johnson: Very much so, much in the way that the "Countdown" series set up backstory for the last movie. It's fantastic to have Bob's input, because he can steer us clear of story elements that might conflict with what's coming up in the next movie, and we can lay in subtle clues to what's coming up so that once you see the new movie you can go back and see how it evolved in the comics.
Before I get too sour on redoing TOS episodes and my fear that character development will be shuttled off to the comics (the upcoming video game will also be a bridge), there's is a silver lining. If the comics are pulling from TOS episodes to lead into a sequel, that may lend credence to an earlier rumor that the villain in Star Trek 2 will be a character from the original series. If that's the case, then these comics became far more interesting.


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What kind of father gets his son to pose with a severed head?
A twisted Australian terrorist has posted a Twitter photo of his son holding a severed head of a Syrian soldier.
Khaled Sharrouf, who is one of Australia's most wanted terrorists, posted it with a seemingly innocuous caption "That's my boy!".
The implication of that caption is the shocking parenting that his three children are going through, being brainwashed to believe what their father is doing is right.
Sharrouf himself is seen in his posts holding two severed heads.
The images have shocked the world and been published in online editions of newspapers around the world.
Australian PM: ISIL is barbaric
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott pointed out that this image exemplifies the "barbaric" nature of the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIL), a terrorist organisation.
Sharrouf is believed to have left Sydney to fight in Syria with ISIL, an al-Quaeda off-shoot terror group.
The 30-year-old father who has two other young sons also posted a photo of himself holding the head of the same slain soldier.
He also posted photos of three of his sons holding guns and pistols while dressed in military fatigues.
Sharrouf has been actively calling out for other Muslims in Australia to join the fight in the Middle East by posting similar photos on Twitter.
Out of jail
He was among nine Muslim men accused in 2007 of stockpiling bomb-making materials and plotting terrorist attacks in Australia's largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, reported CBC news..
He pleaded guilty to terrorism offences and was sentenced in 2009 to four years' jail.
Australian police announced last month that they had arrest warrants for Sharrouf and his companion Mohamed Elomar, another former Sydney resident, for "terrorism-related activity."
Source: Mail Online, Sydney Morning Herald, CBC News
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Nassim Taleb tells a little parable in his excellent book Black Swan. It's a moral tale about the Thanksgiving turkey. For months leading up to Thanksgiving, it is singled out for good treatment. It is pampered and well-fed by its human caretakers, and it has no reason to think anything foul (pun) is afoot. In fact, the bitter irony is that, as the turkey's rosy outlook on its prospects grows ever rosier, it is actually getting closer and closer to its inevitable demise. Taleb uses this parable to teach an important lesson about catastrophes: we are usually most confident they won't happen right before they do. The market bulls might need to take heed.
In fact, the market bulls are more numerous and vociferous now than they've been in almost three decades. In spite of warnings concerning "valuation," market bulls remain optimistic:
Nonsense, say the bulls, who share skepticism that the market has been inflated through aggressive Federal Reserve monetary easing, yet see no signs that stocks are ready to tank.
"A great many investors and analysts are wasting their time trying to prove that stocks have formed a new bubble—which they claim must soon pop," David C. Jennett, who writes an eponymously named newsletter, said in remarks cited by Investors Intelligence in its report. "I think they are right about the bubble, but wrong about which market is in danger of a crash. It is much easier to make the case that the bond market is the real bubble these days."
In other words, get ready for the axe to fall. September has traditionally been a bad month for stocks. Market bulls may point to the fact that September has been negative for the stock market only twice in the last ten years, but that doesn't give me a great deal of confidence. That just means that when it is rotten, it will be very rotten. Because no one is really expecting it. Or preparing for it.


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If you had to pick one character in a story to describe who you are, who would you choose?
Maximus from Gladiator? Katniss from The Hunger Games? Tommy from Tommy Boy?
I look in the mirror and try to envision the hero in the tales of new and old, thinking about who I most resemble as a character. As much as I would like to be William Wallace or Henry V, I need to be honest with you. I feel that I am more of a Hobbit than anything sometimes; I'm much more like Frodo than Aragorn or Gandalf.
I feel like God has placed me here in this specific time and in this specific context for a reason. But with this purpose and feeling comes a good deal of responsibility. One of the lines from LOTR The Fellowship of the Ring captures this sentiment very well. While discussing the issues surrounding the sweeping of darkness into Middle Earth, Frodo spoke to Gandalf saying,
Frodo: "I wish it need not have happened in my time."
Gandalf: "So do I, and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
I do wish that responsibility was not given to me, but I know that God does not want me to waste my time and life on things that do not matter. I know that he wants me to live a great story, even though conflict emerges and makes things interesting. In LOTR, Frodo kept pressing onward to the goal, though giant spiders, orcs, Nazgul, and other nasty creatures stood in his way. With the help of friends, perseverance, and a little bit of good fortune, Frodo was able to do the impossible. And that is what I hold onto as a person who is in Christ. Though I slip and tumble, I know that in Him, I will make it. Though trial and error befall me, I know that in Him I can move through life and do it well. For it is in His strength that I plan on moving onward, using the time that was given to me by living a better story within the grander story of God.


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Rules & Modifications | Definition of a Coach | Role of the Coach
Please consult the Players' Manual for more information
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Rules & Modifications for Blind Golfers Govern USBGA Competitions
The United States Blind Golf Association follows the Rules of Golf including the Modifications for Blind Golfers at all tournaments sanctioned by the Association. Modifications include:
Rule Modifications for Blind Golfers
2. Rule 8-1 (Advice)
3. Rule 13-4b (Touching the Ground in Hazard)
The following additional Exception under Rule 13-4 is permissible:
Provided nothing is done that constitutes testing the condition of the hazard or improves the lie of the ball, there is no penalty if a blind golfer grounds his club in a hazard preparatory to making a stroke. However, the player is deemed to have addressed the ball if the club is grounded immediately in front of or immediately behind the ball, whether or not the player has taken his stance.
However, given the intent of Rule 14-2b, it may be appropriate to prohibit a coach from remaining in a position that contravenes this Rule if he is performing the duties of a coach or a caddie for two different players simultaneously.
Definition of a "Coach"
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School visit, cultural exchange and sightseeing in the North Island
Want to know more? Contacts Us, Email us [email protected] or request a quote
All dinners are included except one and are a choice of tasty, all you can eat buffets or two course meals served in our favourite restaurants. Breakfasts are buffet style selections of cereals, toast, fresh fruit, yoghurt, juice and hot drinks. Ask us about vegetarian, kosher or halal options. Lunches will be tasty picnics: fresh bread rolls with your choice of fillings, followed by fresh fruit and muesli bar.
• Arrive at Auckland airport and drive to Tauranga via Karangahake Gorge
• Karangahake Gorge Windows walk – Gold-mining
This is a short, very scenic walk through rainforest among early gold-mining artefacts: tunnels, stamper batteries, tramlines, vats. Discuss mining and extraction of gold and compare early attitudes to health and safety and environmental damage with current mining practice
• Visit Mount Maunganui beach for games, to paddle (conditions permitting) and for a sand-
castle building competition.
Overnight Tauranga
Tauranga is New Zealand's fastest growing city after Auckland and a favourite summer holiday destination for kiwis, with its large natural harbour and extensive white sandy beaches. Settled by Māori late in the 13th century and by Europeans early in the19th, it is now a centre for business and international trade, culture, fashion and horticultural science. A wide range of fresh produce, including kiwifruit and avocados is grown in the area due to the mild, sunny climate and volcanic soils. Tauranga is New Zealand's largest export port and a regular stop for both container ships and luxury cruise liners.
• Coastlines: sand dunes and mudflats
Climb all or part of the way up Mauao the iconic mountain at the entrance to Tauranga natural harbour for an overview of coastal landforms, including beaches and dunes, a tombolo, barrier island, mudflats, saltmarshes. Examine and discuss human impacts and their mitigation. Plant dune grasses, time permitting.
Explore mudflats to meet crabs and other organisms inhabiting this highly challenging environment
Discuss adaptations in relation to environmental conditions and collect data on community patterns. Enjoy experiential activities (eg: predator-prey games).
• Marshall's Animal Park: Visit this park in the foothills of the Kaimai Ranges to meet and feed a
wide range of New Zealand's domesticated animals, as well as some of our native forest and aquatic species.
Overnight Tauranga
Rotorua is our oldest tourist resort, because of the bizarre geothermal features spread through and around the city, including geysers, mud pools and hot springs. In the 1800s visitors travelled around the world to see the famous Pink and White Terraces, unfortunately destroyed by Mount Tarawera volcano in 1886. The city is still a thermal resort, but now also has a great range of adventure and cultural activities to keep the visitors there a bit longer
• Kiwifruit orchard – Geography of food
Climb aboard a KiwiKart and experience a fascinating 40-minute tour through lush orchards. Along the way, gain a great insight into the complexities of the kiwifruit growing process, the dynamic Kiwifruit Industry, and just how it has become such a phenomenon in this area. Learn how this unique pocket of land is able to grow the world's healthiest fruit better than anywhere else in the world, and then taste the proof for yourself!
• Okere Falls - Forest ecology
Take a short guided walk through native rainforest to see picturesque waterfalls. This is an introduction to New Zealand's unique bird dominated ecosystems, endangered species and their conservation. Discuss key plant and animal species of the forest ecosystem and their interdependence and taste species important as traditional foods or medicine.
• Polynesian Spa: enjoy a hot swim and mineral-pool soak in the family spa
• OR: Rotorua Museum – Volcanoes and Tectonic Processes. This provides an introduction to
the Taupo Volcanic Zone and the 1886 eruption of Mt. Tarawera, as well as local Maori history and culture, strongly influenced by volcanic and hydrothermal activity in the area. Watch an audio-visual (including earthquake simulation) of Mt. Tarawera eruption. Discussion its effects and options for mitigating/managing effects of eruptions in the future.
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Food insecurity and hunger are very real problems facing refugees and asylum seekers in Australia. The Food Bank service at RISE has been running since 2011, and the number of people who have accessed this service has increased much faster than anticipated. At present we have over 2700 asylum seekers and refugees registered for RISE's support services and most of them are in community detention or are asylum seekers who are on bridging visas in need of food and shelter.
Many of the RISE members have been released to the community through the community-based detention scheme and do not have the right to work or access government support services. Our members therefore risk falling through the cracks of the system to the point that they cannot afford basic food and are left in a perilous state.
The RISE Food Bank aims to address the initial critical needs of refugees and asylum seekers within our community by providing access to free dry food and fruits and vegetables.
In order to reach our goal to provide our community with access to food, we are calling for donations of food items to be donated to the RISE food bank.
Food items that we urgently need include:
Further you can donate toiletries to our drop-in centre including :
In order to donate, please drop off items at our office: Level 1, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne and contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
You can also donate funds to help us purchase food items by clicking here. Be sure to let us know that you would like your donation used for the Food Bank by selecting the 'Special Message' option and indicating so in your message to us.


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MURRAY WATT, LABOR SENATOR FOR QUEENSLAND: It's great to be in Cawarral today with our Shadow Minister for Regional Communications, Stephen Jones; our State Member for Keppel, Brittany Lauga, and Hannah, who is a local mum who has had some problems with the NBN. I'll hand over to Hannah, firstly, who will speak and then we will have a bit of a chat.
HANNAH: Hi, thanks for having me.
JOURNALIST: Tell us about your situation.
HANNAH: Where we live – rural – we understand there may be some connection issues.
The biggest issue we have with connection is the expense it costs to hotspot off the mobile phones. We are finding we are spending two to three hundred dollars a month for less than 20 gigabytes. And that's basically social media and emails. Maybe a skype call if I can fit one in.
It really affects my ability to return to work on a flexible arrangement. My employer is a great flexible work arrangement business but the ability to work from home is not available to me because of the cost to hotspot and the lack of connectivity. It really negatively affects me.
I can't see us maintaining the expense of three hundred dollars a month in mobile phone bills. It's not a feasible exercise that we want to continue. There are also small businesses out here that operate, there is the school – I imagine the lack of connectivity impacts people's ability to study and run small businesses. We reached out to some community members and I've been told that some people will be waiting until 2020 for a connection. We were advised that we would be given a connection in August 2017 but that's now been pushed back to August, 2019 which is a bit far.
JOURNALIST: Who advised you of that?
HANNAH: That was when we jumped online to check our connection. So the NBN website did state August 2017; and the reason I jumped online to check that is that we first contacted a satellite provider and they advised us that we wouldn't be eligible because the NBN would be connected in August, 2017. I, then checked in July, and the pushed back date was August, 2019. I, then, contacted a satellite provider and asked if we could go ahead with a satellite service and they replied that they wouldn't be able to offer us a service until NBN Co connected the fixed-wireless. Basically, we just had to sit and wait for two years.
JOURNALIST: Do you know why the delay?
HANNAH: No but I think a two year delay warrants an explanation. It's quite a large push back.
So I'm returning to work next year and it would be great to be able to work from home if the children were sick. It would be great to be able to maintain my work and keep up with the kids.
WATT: It's pretty frustrating that Hannah can see these towers from her home but the NBN is not up and running.
HANNAH: Yes, it's like a tease. It's there, the infrastructure has been built but hasn't been switched on. It's frustrating to be able to see the towers but not have them switched on and to not know why.
WATT: I'll pass over to Stephen.
STEPHEN JONES MP, SHADOW MINISTER FOR REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS: Well it's great to be here. And thank you to Murray, Hannah and Brittany.
We're in a place that relies on communications. The further you are from the major cities, the more important it is that you have access to broadband services. Every government service, education, healthcare; even dealing with your bank now, the norm is that you do it online. We know that data needs are increasing exponentially. Between 2015 and 2016, the data usage went up by 50 per cent and it will probably go up again by 50 per cent this year. So the need is great.
In July this year, Minister Nash and Michelle Landry stood here for a photo op promising the people in this region that they would be getting the NBN. Well the cruel hoax was that we now know, from the NBN itself, that it won't be until at least 2019. If you want to know what the cost of that is, then just listen to Hannah's story. They are paying three hundred dollars per month because they have no other communication service available to them. So the fact that this has been kicked out another two years, the cost of this delay to this family alone is in excess of $6000.
This is an area where we should be encouraging people to be running home-based businesses, starting new businesses and creating jobs and yet they are spending money in ways in which they don't need to be and which is a real tax on the family household.
Our call today is to the local Member, to stand up for the region, for the jobs of the region. To do something about getting the problems of the NBN fixed. It is the number one issue in which people are jumping up and down about in regional communities across Australia. We have spent $50 billion on the NBN only to find that we are getting a worse service than the one it replaced. That's not good enough and then we found out yesterday that Australia is lagging behind Kenya in terms of internet speeds. Come on, we've got to be able to hold our head up high and say, whether we are in regional Australia or the cities, that we do as well as anywhere in the world. We are a long way from that at the moment.
WATT: Thanks again to Stephen Jones for coming to Central Queensland today. And to be joined by Brittany Lauga, the State Member for Keppel. We've heard from Hannah, a local mum who is experiencing terrible delays in getting NBN to her home which would enable her to work from home when she returns to work. We've just seen delay after delay from the Turnbull Government with the rollout of the NBN. Originally, Malcolm Turnbull told us that the NBN would be rolled out to the entire country by the end of 2016. That timeframe has passed, obviously.
Hannah was told by the service provider, a couple of months ago, that it would be August, 2017. Of course she is still waiting and now the NBN's own website tells her that her and other residents and businesses in Cawarral, and plenty of other places in Central Queensland, will have to wait until 2019. We are talking about three years after Malcolm Turnbull said that the NBN would be rolled out across the entire country. And we've heard from Hannah about what that means to her family in financial terms but also it will make her life that much harder we she returns to work. And no doubt many other people are in the same boat.
Unfortunately, this is another example of Michelle Landry failing her local community. We saw it earlier this year with the Shoalwater Bay expansion where she either misled the public or was completely left out of the loop about compulsory acquisitions of land. She's failed her community by not standing up for permanent, fulltime work as we see the cancer of labour hire and insecure work spread across the region. She's failed to get a single dollar spent or a single job out of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund. And now she's failed to stand up for her community about the rollout of the NBN. To come out here with a Federal Minister, as she did in July, and stand in front of this very NBN tower and try to pretend that the local community would get the NBN; and then they find out that it is a further two years away is a cruel hoax. She should stop misleading her community and go in and fight for them. I'll hand over now to Brittany Lauga.
BRITTANY LAUGA MP, STATE MEMBER FOR KEPPEL: Good morning, it's wonderful to have our Shadow Minister for Regional Communications here with Senator Murray Watt talking about a very important issue. It's probably the number one issue which people talk to my office about, which is poor access to the NBN. We know that just 10km down the road people can get access to super-fast NBN at a fraction of the price. So Hannah, for example, is getting 20 gigabyte for $300 per month; in comparison, down the road people are getting, for a fraction of that, they are getting unlimited or in excess of 200Gb per month. And that's creating inequality in our community.
The difference in the service just 10km down the road, in comparison to the service Hannah is getting, creates a difference in how people live and their lifestyle. And we heard from Hannah about what that means for her lifestyle and her work choices and her ability to get back into the workforce as a working mum. This is the number one issue which people are talking to me about in my electorate office.
For example, what was happening at the Parkhurst Town Centre. Early this year, Senator Watt and I, took that issue on on-behalf of those businesses who were not able to get access to the NBN. In some cases – the doctors for example – who did not have access to a working phone line which can be deadly. We heard nothing from Michelle Landry about that. Those businesses at Parkhurst were left in the dark. In her role as a local Member, she should really be fighting for those businesses. Instead, we heard nothing. It was only after Senator Watt and I took that issue up that we got a resolution.
Not only is the Federal LNP's NBN policy failing this region, so too is the lack of representation from the Federal LNP Member.
JOURNALIST: What do we need to do?
LAUGA: The LNP need to fix the problem they created.
JONES: There are three things we need to do to fix the problem. Number one, they have got to swallow their pride and say that using last century's copper technology to deliver this century's broadband is a failed experiment.
Number two, we have to stop the NBN ping-pong where people are being bounced between the phone company and the NBN with no one talking responsibly. People shouldn't have to care who's responsibility it is. The Government should step in and create the rules which ensure that the NBN takes responsibility for its problems and the phone companies take responsibility for their problems.
On top of that, we need to beef up the powers of the TIO so that we have a tough cop on the beat and upgrade the consumer protections. We have a universal service obligation, we've got a customer service guarantee – they are regulations which were designed last century for last century's technology. We are halfway through the rollout and you would think that the Government would have updated these critical pieces of legislation so that the consumers, like Hannah and businesses here in Rockhampton, weren't encountering the problems they are.


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Young girl dies in storm that takes down four yachts
by Risa Merl
It's an adventurous sailing family's worst nightmare come true. In a tragic turn of events, a six-year-old girl has died after her family's sailing yacht sank in the mid-Atlantic during a fierce storm that brought down four yachts.
The couple and their two children were travelling on a French-flagged sailboat when they encountered severe weather 560 miles south of the Azores island chain. As the yacht went down, the mother and nine-year-old son managed to make it onto the lifeboat while the father and young daughter clung to the sinking vessel, all the while battered by tremendous 10 metre waves.
According to the Portuguese Navy, which rescued the girl and her father, this is just one of four yachts that experienced trouble during this storm. There were a total of 12 people rescued from these four yachts in what the Portuguese Navy is calling an unusually busy 24-hour spell for emergency calls.
Two passing merchant ships were involved in the rescue attempts, one of which rescued the French sailboat's mother and son. A plane spotted the father and daughter and were able deliver an inflatable life raft for them to climb into. They were both rescued, but the girl later died with the cause noted as hypothermia, the Navy reported yesterday.
Diverted from a joint naval exercise, the Portuguese Air Force and US Coast Guard also responded to distress calls and aided the amazing rescues of the other yachts in trouble.


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2014 Seahawks Alumni Weekend
It was an all-decades showing of Seahawks alumni on the first weekend of November. The annual event saw former players from the 70s through recent years gather at team headquarters on Nov. 1 to watch morning practice, and then meet the current players on the roster afterwards. The following day the alumni were introduced on the field prior to the Seahawks – Oakland game, and then sat back and enjoyed a 30-24 win over the Raiders.


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This January, the news broke, via Twitter, that one of the longest superhero rights debacles had finally been untangled. The sixties Batman TV series was finally cleared to arrive to DVD and Blu-Ray, and it should be available to purchase some time later this year. (And likely to appear on streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Instant Streaming.) Conan O'Brien actually broke the news with an enthusiastic tweet. And if you've ever wondered why the show has never been released on home video, let alone on DVD or Blu-Ray already, it was due to a big rights dispute between Fox, who own the show, and Warner Brothers, who own the character.
For people of Conan's generation, and for many of us who grew up watching this show in syndicated reruns, this is indeed great news. The 1966 show, as campy as it was, is one of those touchstones for a certain generation of geek. That includes director J.J. Abrams, who told Vanity Fair when he was a kid, "I was just out of my f*cking mind over Batman. I remember my first day of kindergarten and crying because I was so sad I was going to miss Batman."
Yet when a lot of younger fans watch this Batman TV show today, they don't get it at all, because a lot of people don't watch things in the context of the culture in which it was created. Today's young audiences are more familiar with Christopher Nolan's darker interpretation of the character, a serious tone that topped even the Burton take on Batman in the late 80s and early 90s. (Adam West reportedly likes to joke that he was "The Bright Knight" instead of the dark one.) The show, which only lasted on television for three years, was done with a much more campy approach, and the "serious" comics fans didn't like it even then. But the Batman series was such a touchstone for so many of us growing up, and it was the gateway for many of us to become life-long bat-fans.
Its origins are stuff of legend as well. The series was in the works since the early sixties. It was first envisioned as a weekend show for kids, like the George Reeves Superman, and The Lone Ranger starring Clayton Moore. The story went that the serial version of Batman from the forties was being shown at the Playboy Club in Chicago, and an ABC executive who saw them at Hefner's hideaway thought the character could make a good modern series.
This new edition of Batman had bright colors and set designs, and this was influenced by the pop art sensibilities of the sixties. As for the tone of the show, ABC was trying to go for something like The Man From U.N.C.L.E., a cool spy series of the time. William Dozier, who produced Batman, also felt the only way to do the show was tongue-in-cheek. In addition to producing the show, Dozier narrated Batman as well, describing the perilous situations that the caped crusader and boy wonder were left in between episodes and reciting such classic lines as, "Tune in tomorrow – same Bat-Time, same Bat-channel!"
Like the serials of thirties and forties, the Batman show had cliffhangers, where you had to tune in the next night to see how he and Robin would get out of a jam. This was the first time a prime time TV show would air on two consecutive nights. Batman was supposed to be an hour, but ABC had two open slots on Wednesdays and Thursdays, so it would be divided into two half-hour segments.
Lorenzo Semple Jr. was one of the regular Batman writers, and he also wrote the show's pilot episode. As Semple told me, when he was contacted about writing for the Batman series, "It occurred to me immediately, I never had the slightest doubt about how it should be done. We went over to New York and met with various people at ABC, assured them it was going to be a good series, and they shot it. There was none of this 'development' or network executives involved, it was just done. I don't think a word was ever changed in it."
Lyle Waggoner, who would later star on The Carol Burnett Show and Wonder Woman, almost got the caped crusader role. But Adam West, who had also starred on Maverick, Bonanza and the Outer Limits, ultimately won the Bat-gig, with newcomer Burt Ward playing his faithful sidekick Robin. West got the humor of Batman, and his dry, witty delivery really helped sell the tone of the show. "Adam was perfect for the part," Semple explains. "In the pilot, there was a line where he's supposed to say, 'Robin, let's bug that car.' As he read the line, he said, 'Robin, let's (pause) bug that car. He told the director, 'I'm a bat, bats eat insects. Every time I hear the word bug, it causes a little psychological hesitation!"
The first episode of Batman debuted on January 12, 1966, and it ran on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 7:30 to 8:00 P.M. ABC had been hyping the show for quite some time before it finally aired, and once it hit the airwaves, Batman was a big hit, and Bat-mania swept the country. Before Star Wars revolutionized movie merchandising, there was tons of Batman merch flooding the stores that made a whopping $75 million, an enormous take for the time.
The same year Batman became a hit on television, there was also a theatrical Batman movie where West and Ward would fight all the regular villains, except this time Lee Meriwether played Catwoman. It seemed odd that a Batman movie would be in theaters at the same time as the TV show, and West explained it was to try and raise awareness of the show overseas, but the program was such a hit, it didn't need any additional publicity.
"Many didn't know that the Batman movie was a totally original film," Semple says. "At the time, other shows were putting episodes together and calling it a theatrical film. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. did that, they took four episodes and put them together into a movie." This was also done with The Green Hornet, another crime fighter show produced by William Dozier that was essentially the same show as Batman. Semple wrote for The Green Hornet as well, which he said was "a big failure, but it did discover Bruce Lee."
There's several trademarks of the Batman show everyone remembers, like the cartoon action balloons (onomatopoeias) that popped up doing fight scenes ("Bam!" "Kapow!"), the immortal Batman theme, which was a top 40 hit and also won a Grammy, as well as the villains.
In addition to the regular villains like The Joker (played by Caesar Romero), The Penquin (Burgess Meredith), the Riddler (Frank Gorshin), and Catwoman (who was played by three separate actresses, Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether, and Eartha Kitt), there were the guest villains, which were coveted roles, much like being a guest voice on The Simpsons. Some of the visiting bad guys on Batman included The Day the Earth Stood Still's Michael Rennie (The Sandman), comedian Milton Berle (Louie the Lilac), Planet of the Apes alumni Roddy McDowall (The Bookworm), director Otto Preminger (Mr. Freeze), and Vincent Price (Egghead), among others.
Not to mention Robin's "holies" like "Holy slipped disc!," "Holy fourth amendment!," and "Holy non-sequitors!" Semple says, "That was in the Tom Swift books, which I read as a kid. There was a character named Mr. Damon who'd say things like, 'Bless my fire escape,' whatever would fit in the plot. For the Riddler, I bought a riddle book, and I had more fun with the really stupid riddles. The inferences Batman drew from them were so preposterous. He'd say, 'It can only mean one thing,' which would absolutely be out of left field."
And then there's the iconic Batmobile of the show, which was created by George Barris, the custom car builder who also created the Munsters coach, the Knight Rider KITT car, and many other classic vehicles for movies and television. Barris built the Batmobile from a 1955 Lincoln Futura car, and he transformed it into Batman's fly ride in fifteen days on a budget of $15,000. (Last year, one of the original Batmobiles from the show sold for $4.62 million at auction.) As Barris recalls, "William Dozier called me and said, 'I'm gonna do Batman, and I want a Batmobile.' I looked at the script, I always looked at the script, I see the script has Bang! Pow! Wow! I said, 'If you're going to do that, I want to have the car do the same. Pow! I want to have rockets tubes growing out. Bang! I want to have oil squirters and chain slicers.' So I made a car become a star of the show."
Where Batman first came on like a house on fire, by the third season his popularity was dwindling, and it finally aired its last episode on March 14, 1968. (There were 120 episodes of Batman in all.) As to why the Batman phenomenon didn't last longer, Semple speculates, "Probably because it was a one joke show, and probably because it was such a success, it burned itself out. Nobody knew what they had in those days. They didn't think they had anything special."
Eventually there would be a backlash against the show's camp approach, and when the 1989 Tim Burton film came along, Warner Brothers made it very clear this was not your big brother's Batman. Although it's nowhere near as dark as Nolan's Batman, Burton's vision was much more somber and serious, and it was intentionally as far away from the TV show as possible.
Semple took a lot of heat for Batman's campy style. He also came under similar fire when he wrote the 1976 remake of King Kong, and the 1980 version of Flash Gordon, which is a beloved fan favorite today. Yep, the one with the Queen composed theme.
Many initially didn't get the irony of the series, and as Semple told me, "It probably should have been better off with a laugh track strangely enough, because it is a comedy. The campy things were not popular with serious fans. Batman fans were outraged, and Flash Gordon was the same way. There was a movie magazine called Cinefantastique, and one issue had Lorenzo Semple Jr.'s hate mail! I was considered a serious trasher of great American themes. I wish I still had the issue!"
Yet as the years went by, and more incarnations of Batman came to pass, nostalgia for the TV show remained strong. Like a lot of pop culture phenomenons of the past, there's still a lot of goodwill towards the show from generations of fans who grew up with it, and feel nostalgic for a simpler time in their lives. As West recently said at Comic-Con, "It was such a harmless show, and it was so much fun – absurd. I enjoy it so much more than any other series or movie I've done since."
Where many television actors have cursed being typecast, West finally come to terms with his Batman past, and currently enjoys his place in the character's history. As West told The Hollywood Reporter last year, "We were very fortunate in creating a show that appealed to the entire family spectrum, and I was fortunate to have done a character that was very rich already out there in pop culture. I just came along and embellished it in my way. To create a character that is so loved by people, there is no reason why I shouldn't love it too."
Batman's certainly come a long way since the TV show, and it will be interesting to see how modern fans of the character who've never seen the '60's version will react to it when it's made more available later this year. Like West, Semple looks back on his bat years fondly, telling me, "I really enjoyed Batman, it's the best thing I've written by a long shot."


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Oakland, CA—December 20, 2016
Mills Professor of Government Fred Lawson joined a panel of experts on KQED radio Monday where he spoke about the evacuations of civilians and rebel fighters from the war-ravaged neighborhoods of eastern Aleppo in Syria.
Lawson said during the broadcast that in the broader Syrian conflict, the return of
chemical weapons usage remains very real.
"Whether or not the genie of chemical weapons can be put back in the bottle is very much up in the air right now," Lawson said. "There are too many sides that have access now."
Lawson is the head of the Government department at Mills where he has taught since 1985. He is a scholar of international relations in the Middle East with specific expertise in Syrian, Egyptian, and Gulf affairs. His most recent book is Global Security Watch: Syria.


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Eye-catching taillights enhance the Jetta's modern, purposeful look. The business-like aesthetic is complemented by strong proportions and a sharply-defined front spoiler, while a three-bar chrome grille add a stylish touch.
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A wide selection of TSI and TDI engines are available to choose from, with the 1.4-litre petrol variant using either 125PS or 150PS to deliver steadfast performance. This unit also boasts impressive speed, launching from 0-62mph in under ten seconds with a top speed of 137mph. Volkswagen's BlueMotion Technology is used throughout the range too, where the 110PS TDI S model returns 70.6mpg combined and emits a frugal 105g/km of CO2. You'll therefore stop at the pumps less frequently, which is good news as fuel is one of the few running costs you need to cover.
Multi-link rear suspension gives added traction around corners, working with the electric power steering to achieve a superior ride quality. Upgrade to the Sport level and you'll gain a 15mm lower suspension for increased handling in the urban environment. With pin-sharp steering and assured grip, the Jetta instils confidence every time you venture out.
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Hi friends,
So 2014 is almost over, another year of exploring other creative venues besides DRAWING. Not to say I didn't draw every day, of course I did. I have always been super interested in Film and the process. But this year I wanted to do it, for real. Writing, filming, directing, editing and lastly whoring my film. Good times. I even had a Short appear on public television.
Most of 2014 was spent reading and experimenting with the technical side. Learning about sound and equipment.
2015 will be about making it. Thanks for visiting this site and joining me on this wonderful journey.
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Monday, December 22, 2014
My setup
up top is the zoom h5 (new!)
canon 6d,
24 -105 f4 L
cheap viewfinder
Sony headphones!
and some wires so i can hear stuff!
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DIY hot smoked salmon
For an entree idea using this hot smoked salmon, I sauteed some potatoes in advance and flashed them in a hot oven just before serving to save time. Place some potatoes on the plate first then a couple of pieces of hot smoked salmon, a few lightly dressed salad leaves and finish with another piece of salmon on top. Top it all with a spoon of creme fraiche and a drizzle of new season olive oil. Easy!
|1.6 kgs
|Salmon, skin on
|3 cups
|Soft brown sugar
|½ cup
|1 Ltr
|Water, cold
|1½ cups
|Woodchips, manuka
- Place salmon, skin side up in a plastic container large enough to accommodate the salmon. (Cut the salmon in half if necessary)
- To make the brine, whisk sugar, salt and water together in a bowl and pour over the salmon. Cover container with lid or plastic wrap and place in fridge overnight or a minimum of 3 hours.
- Place a sheet of aluminium foil in the bottom of a stainless steel smoker (available at most camping or hardware stores) and sprinkle 1½ cups manuka woodchips evenly over the foil.
- Remove salmon from brine and place skin side down on a smoking rack in the smoker.
- Cover smoker with lid and place over a medium-high gas flame on your barbecue, or place smoker on the ground outside and light a small dish of methylated spirits underneath.
- Place a weight on top of the lid to prevent too much smoke escaping if required.
- Smoke for 12-15 minutes until salmon is just cooked and able to be flaked.
- Remove salmon from the smoker. Remove pin-bones with tweezers. Turn salmon over and remove skin and the blood-line.
- Best eaten on the day, otherwise refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 4 days.


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Be Hercules, in an alright sidescroller adventure
In Gods you play the mighty half god, half human Hercules, on a quest to get the bidding of the Gods completed. It's an NES looking sidescroller in the way it plays, and it sure gives you a whole bunch of options, missions and diversity, of course, within the limits of a budget oriented game, which is what this one is. The backgrounds and the level design is never exceptional, but even so, it manages to bring about interesting looking areas, that will challenge you pretty thoroughly at times. Thus, Gods is the kind of game that you'd want to sink into, as long as you like sidescrollers, and as long as the style of the 90s NES games is something you find to your liking. So, no matter what, Gods is pretty decent, always having some bonus mission or some bonus power up set in there. There are trinkets to collect, and as you go you will get new powers, new weapons and new items, that will just make your journey forward more tackle ready! Animations wise, and graphics wise, it is a well produced experience, and it sure is worth sinking into, but, if you want a more modern game, with Hercules as well, download Hercules, the Disney classic that is also a remarkable adventure sidescroller.
Gods be praised
Gods is a 1991 action platform game made by Bitmap Brothers, responsible for some other popular games like Xenon and Speedball. In Gods, you play Hercules in his path to achieve immortality. Using various weapons, shooting enemies to destroy them, jumpin over traps, solving puzzles, your goal is to reach the end of the level where you fight with a Guardian, i.e. boss of the level. If you beat all the bosses, the gods will grant you immortality and you become a resident of Mount Olympus, the gome of the gods.This game is praised for its AI because your enemies won't just go from spot A to spot B, waiting for you to kill it. They also adapt to your skill and become stronger as you do, making them a lot harder to destroy. Also, the use of weapons and the action make the game a lot more interesting than other platform games. The graphics isn't much, but it's good for it's time. The sounds are typical for that time, blips and short midi sounds when you pick up an item and a sound of explosion when you destroy someone, and a midi song that is playing in the backgroung all the while. Gods is a very interesting platform game, action packed and definitely worth of your time. If you are a fan of old games, make sure you don't miss this one out.


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I would like to customise the Content Query Webpart like i normally do with DWP but i know its a different approach.
All i want to do is to get the title name and turn it into a link and when you click the title link i want it come up with a a custom page that i would create and pass some querystring parameters to it.
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There are so many challenges that face people coming to the Bar. Those challenges are varied but almost everyone I have spoken to has faced some sort of challenge to making a career as a barrister. Whether it is discrimination of someone from an ethnic minority; direct or indirect. Whether it is discrimination on the basis of a disability. Discrimination against women; sometimes from more senior women in the profession rather than just men with out-dated views.
Socio-economic limits have meant young barristers have massive debt, or have to take second jobs in order to be able to support a practice at the criminal or family bar. There is discrimination that 'young barristers' who come to the Bar later in life feel, even though they have gained experience in other areas. The challenges are varied and immeasurable. They cannot be compared. But they are felt.
In contemplating the challenges that so many young people face another thought occurred. The thing that all young barristers have in common; the ability to rise to a challenge. The fact that they will meet those challenges no matter what. The wish and will to succeed. The determination that they express every day when they turn up at court, knowing they are not properly paid for their time. Or refusing to take otherwise profitable instructions because they are an ethical and honest person.
All the young barristers I have met have so many skills. Not just the specialist advocacy skills that we have in common, but compassion, integrity and a strong and positive belief in the rule of law and justice.
This is why even in the face of so many challenges I have hope, not just for the Young Bar but also for the future of the Bar. It's because there are still people who are willing to meet these challenges.
The responsibility of those of us in positions of responsibility, representation or authority is to help young barristers to meet those challenges.
Last year the Young Bar Hub was set up with this view in mind, and the Young Bar Toolkit is designed to assist those in the early years of practice. Just because young barristers can and will struggle to make it through their careers does not mean that they should have to struggle so much.
There are many things that the Bar Council, Inns and Specialist Bar Associations are already doing to help those who are facing difficulties in their careers. Whether it is the work done on looking at women at the Bar, equality and diversity training, mentoring schemes and in some cases sponsorships. But we cannot rely on those groups to provide all the services and support that is needed.
The Bar is a collegiate profession. We are One Bar. The challenges and difficulties will not be met simply by a few people.
They are the responsibility of all of us. So I would encourage everyone to consider whether they are acknowledging and helping other barristers where they can.
Whether it is through considering your own actions or actively trying to help through being a supervisor or a mentor. By speaking out when you see another member of the profession being treated badly.
We are all independent practitioners. It is time we exercised that independence of thought beyond our work and towards our profession.
Louisa Nye, Chair of the Young Barristers' Committee
(This article first appeared in 'Bar Talk' dated 29 January 2016)


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The Theme Designer page can be accessed by going to "Customize" >> "Design" > "Edit Theme". As the name suggests, the page is for those who want to customize the themes to for example reach a specific color combination for your albums or your homepage. To use the theme designer to manage themes, you do not need any knowledge of CSS or HTML coding. The designer enables you to :
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In the summer of 2013, I had been on a holiday along the coast of Oregon, and in search of warm sandy beaches we stopped in at a little town called Rockaway Beach. We arrived just in time to watch an old steam-train stop right in the middle of town, like something out of a western.
My remembered impression of the area was that it was a sort of a resort town. Or a series of them, perhaps, all along the coast; the kind of places you might take the kids during Summer Break. It was July, so it was hot and sunny, but the breeze and mist rolling in from the ocean created a flux of dry heat and cool damp.
Crossing beyond the rows of resort motels, condos, shops, and quirky tourist traps, the long stretches of sandy golden beach spread out as far as the eye could see running north and south into the far off mist. Where I live, our beaches are sheltered by islands, but here it was just the great tumbling walls of the pacific before us and nothing else.
The twin rocks were quite a striking sight, even at a distance. I remember feeling a sense of awe as I studied them, as though I'd wandered into a dream. I had at times painted landscapes as concept art for video games, and in doing that you can get away with dashing out the strangest landmarks as throwaway scenery (mile high pillars and floating islands are a common cliche). Seeing something like that with my own eyes, however, was entirely mesmerizing. It felt like it couldn't possibly be real.
I'd seen many landscape features on that trip that had the same effect. Especially Haystack Rock and the other giants like it.
I sat in the sand there and drew a sketch of the twin rocks in the distance, but vowed to paint the full scene at a later time and make it part of some kind of travel journal.
I still have sand from Rockaway Beach and nearby Cannon Beach in my book bag; and some in between the pages of the sketchbooks I bought at Powell's City of Books in Portland. I still don't feel like shaking out the bag.
After finishing the initial painting, I decided I'd try out a concept I'd been sitting on for a while now. The "b-side".
I'd wanted to take the concept of musical "b-sides" into my art – particularly in the way I release graphic novels. I wanted certain panels to have "b-sides" that gave you a different perspective on a scene that might otherwise diverge from the narrative. I'd imagined mini-meta-narratives emerging, or at least some pretty absurd stand-alone ideas.
In this case, I decided I'd do a B-side to Rockaway Beach by throwing the Ramones in there. Why? Because they sang a song called Rockaway Beach about a totally different Rockaway Beach, and I think that's absurd and hilarious.
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Restorative nursing refers to nursing interventions that promote the resident's ability to adapt and adjust to living as independently and safely as possible and attain maximum functional potential. The restorative nursing program actively focuses on achieving and maintaining optimal physical, mental and psychosocial function.
National Nurses Week May 6- 12
Posted on: May 5, 2013
National Nurses Week (2013) begins each year on May 6th and ends on May 12th, the birth date of Florence Nightingale. National Nurses Week is one of the nation's largest health care events, recognizing the contributions and commitments nurses make and educating the public about the significant work they perform.Read More


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Welcome to Unique Dental Clinic
Opening Hours : Monday to Friday - 9am to 5pm | Saturday – 9am to 1pm
Contact : 02 98972705
We value your smile and provide services that will make it even more beautifulRead More
Our dedicated team is highly trained, experienced, professional and reliable. We value your teeth as much as you do!Read More
Our range of services encompasses everything from teeth cleaning to complex implantsRead More
Unique Dental has all the necessary dental gear and expertise to service growing children of all ages.Read More
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Unique Dental possesses state of the art dental equipment and the latest dental technologies. Performing dental procedures becomes entirely risk free. Whether you require a whitening service for your teeth, or you are looking for lip filling, you can come to us without worrying about the side effects. Visit our clinic for quality primary dental care and maintenance of your oral health.
We at Unique Dental Clinic, we pride ourselves on our highly trained, highly experienced, professional and friendly team.
At Unique Dental Clinic, we provide a comprehensive range of services such as Dental and Cosmetic services.
Please submit a booking request so that one of our friendly staff can call you to discuss your needs and arrange an appointment time that suits you.
Unique Dental considers its responsibility to dispense dental services that are effective and affordable at the same time. We have designed our services in a manner so that you can have sparkling teeth without paying unbelievable amount of money for those teeth. Tailored Packages are available to suit your budgetary limits. Ripping off our clients with services that are least effective, is not just how we operate at Unique Dental.
We offer various services to our clientele based in Merrylands. From simple dental filling to complex Jaw restoration, we can provide you with all kind of Dental Solutions based on your individual needs. Proper Consultation is done and complete dental analysis through X-Ray is conducted to advise the right treatment for dental restoration. We leave nothing on chance and plan up for every contingency. With us, you are guaranteed with results because we value your trust in our services.
Unique Dental possesses state of the art dental equipment and the latest in dental technologies. This enables us to promise the best service standards to our clients. Performing dental procedures becomes entirely risk free with our exceptional and top of the line equipment. So, whether you require a whitening service for your teeth or you are looking for a lip filling service, you can come to us without worrying about the side effects.
Unique Dental is proud to have created a dedicated customer base who rely on our dental services. This has been made possible with our sheer dedication towards customer satisfaction. We put our best efforts to satisfy each and every need of our patients. We give proper attention to even the smallest detail so that the entire dental or cosmetic procedure is executed in a smooth and flawless manner.
Unique Dental is famous for the longevity and enduring nature of its dental procedures. No matter what kind of dental treatment is exercised, results remain effective for relatively longer period of time, than other dentist services in Merrylands. We not only use the best available material, but we also advise appropriate measures to ensure permanence of dental treatment procedures.
We are the best at what we do. We claim only what we can deliver. So contact us and tell us all about your dental problems and we will make sure all those problems are fixed without any further ado.
Don't wait for toothache to see your Dentist!
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Our doctors are professional and well- trained at their job. They stand by what they do.
I have to admit I was a bit wary walking in, but then the old saying looks are deceiving is generally right for Unique Dentistry. I'm so surprised at how quick it was to remove 2 of my teeth 10 seconds people....and in my experience with teeth removal that is quick, and it goes without saying pain free. The only time spent really was waiting for the anesthetic to kick in 15mins for the first needle, which prepares your mouth and gums for the 4-5 other injections....truthfully I can't remember how many there were I just know there were more than 3 and the only 1 really to give me pain was the one in the roof of my mouth....thats it people. I would highly recommend Unique Dental for there experience and there, tell you how it really is and what you need to do for your own well being regarding your teeth (which can be a bit confronting for some people). Trust me go you won't regret it. Cost'....dame who thinks of that when your in pain.. money worries is the lest of your problems remember, your there for your teeth and to rid yourself of pain.
Highly recommend this dentist for anyone who gets as nervous as I do before these visits. I've been seeing her for 24 years now! She is VERY understanding, and very gentle. Everything is explained well to you.
unique dental was recommended by my aunty and by listening to her and going is honestly the best thing i've ever done, the staff are amazing and the results are even more amazing, i couldn't be more happier with the way my teeth turned out
I had a very special case when I first visited Dr. Faddoul and explained my case in details and she referred me to another specialist because it was so complicated and she wanted me to preserve my tooth. After I visited 2 specialists with different views I came back to her after receiving the report. It was so complicated scenario and After thoroughly assessment from Dr. Faddoul she was able to get to the root cause of my problem and treated me for good and now I am not feeling pain anymore and feeling far better than before. Still under few observations until we reach the ultimate solution. I highly recommend Dr. Faddoul for serious cases when you are in serious pain.
UNIQUE DENTAL is a great place to go, I have been go here for over 21 yrs, my family for 18 yrs, never had any issues ever, UNIQUE DENTAL gives you value for money and the best advice in the area. there is no one better.
I first visited Unique dental in August for a wisdom tooth extraction, I was so nervous and scared, but the dentist and staff were so great. They explained the whole procedure to me.I was shaking on the dentist chair, but I felt better after talking to the dentist. I barely felt any pain, both during and after the extractions. I am now taking my family there too, would highly recommend to anyone who has a fear of needles or dentists in general once you go to Unique Dental in Merrylands, your fear will be gone. I thank everyone at Unique dental for their Patience and time.
After a traumatic experience at the age of 2, with an after hours/weekend dentist I was taken to Unique Dental. Dr Faddoul was amazing! Her approach and caring nature towards me put me at ease. Dr. Faddoul has always been very welcoming towards me and visiting Unique Dental is like seeing family. I have been going to Unique Dental for 14 years, not only has Dida done general dental care for me, but also 2 forms of orthodontics (I am currently undergoing clear path) which have helped me to feel confident about my smile. I absolutely adore Dr Faddoul and her team, in particular Vivienne and Kosta. They are all very professional, supportive and thoroughly explain all treatments to make sure I am comfortable - I have nothing but trust in Dida's work and expertise, and essentially would not feel comfortable with anyone else. Thank you for your patience, dedication and exceptional dental care towards me Dida, I greatly appreciate it, and appreciate you.
Amazing team, amazing dentist! Coming from someone that has a massive phobia of needles, I am still shocked at how easy and pain free it was getting a wisdom tooth removed! (Ps, they'll even hold your hand if you're nice!!) Thanks to the entire team over at Unique, can't wait for my other two to come out so I can see you again! :)
Unique Dental is a dental practice that I consider in the highest regard. Being a patient of this clinic for as long as I can remember, I have always valued the dental expertise offered by Dr Faddoul and her staff. I had my wisdom teeth removed today and it was a comfortable and pleasant experience! A big thank you to the clinic for their assurance and support.
If I could give more than 5 stars I would. The best dental experience in my life. I came here for a second opinion about a sore tooth. Dr Faddoul was honest and upfront, she saved me hundreds of dollars and fixed the problem.
Unique Dental was recommended to me by a work colleague.....I couldn't be happier. I actually enjoy going to the dentist now. Everything is always so easy and friendly. I highly recommend Unique Dental to everyone!!
I have only ever used one dentist besides Dr Faddoul, and it was only because I was living interstate. She is fantastic, makes you feel at ease and doesn't put pressure on you! She is definitely worth seeing!
My son is so anxious when it comes to teeth. Dr Faddfoul and her staff were so patient and supportive of him that he had his fillings done perfectly. She used a gas to sedate him and she was able to complete the work. Dr Faddoul is such a professional with a lot of expertise and knowledge. Her staff are commended for their professionalism and support.
Unique Dental has been our family dentist for 23 years. I have complete trust in their work and they know how to care for their customers.
I would highly recommend dr faddoul to everybody . Not only was she amazing but every single staff member was also ! After my husband and mother had been raving about her I took our 4 children who absolutely adored all the staff ! My eldest hates the dentist yet he felt very relaxed and left going on about her and how it didn't hurt ! 5 stars isn't even enough for them all.
I have a very big fear of the dentist . I was recommended by my son in law and from the second I walked in I felt at ease . Not only are they so friendly and gentle their prices are also fantastic. Now my whole family goes there and I would recommend them very highly !!
I have known Dr Faddoul more than 15 years and I highly recommend her to anyone. Not only does she provides top quality work, but she truly cares for her patients. Also her staff have excellent customer service, especially Vivian.
Dr Faddoul is a very caring dentist. Her team are great at helping you care for your teeth. When you need work done, Dr Faddoul is patient and her team make you feel relaxed. Kosta is a great asset to her already excellent team. I would recommend anyone who needs dental work done to contact her.
I have been a patient for 20 years . From the very start I felt so welcomed by the practice team . Dr Faddoul is very easy to approach and a professional . She explains ur treatment very well . She is very gentle , competent and caring. She ensures ur always comfortable during procedures . I am extremely happy with the service . My best of regards to the team for ur excellent customer service . Thanks to the staff and Dr Faddoul you are a star ! I couldn't be happier and recommend ur work to anyone :)
I am really thankful to the dentist here for doing a such a great job in town.
I neede to get a small dental surgery done and I was scared to death. The dentist here was just so calm and patient. He extracted my tooth in no time and I felt no pain at all. At the end of it, I felt so stupid making a fuss over nothing. I am really thankful to the dentist here for doing a such a great job.
Dr Faddoul is one of the best I have had the pleasure of being a patient, totally recommend her to anyone looking for quality dental care - PKC (Guildford)
Dr Faddoul is seriously the best dentist I've ever visited in *any* country throughout the world. Not only is she very honest, caring, and upfront, but completely pain-free.. hell, I didn't even feel the needles going in.


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Whether its at home or in the office, don't let something else set your day. Most people go right to their emails and start freaking out. Then try to do a hundred things and end up doing nothing they originally planned. After you wake up, take a deep breath, drink water so you rehydrate, eat a good breakfast to replenish your glucose, then set prioritized goals for the rest of your day.


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PQube has revealed the release date for its anime character DLC, and has released the launch trailer for the latest Kenichiro Takaki title to get the localization treatment.
First up we have news regarding the availability of the Japanese-released Mamori and Mirei character DLC, which comes by way of the even more raunchy Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid anime. Thanks to an inquiry by Twitter user @Ravjeet_Bagal, it looks like the DLC will hit the West on October 14th.
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Additionally, PQube has been in touch to let us know about a launch trailer for the fast-paced action title – looking to bombard you with the good stuff while the release is still fresh;
Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni is now available in Europe, and will hit North America on the 11th. Check out my review of the import version of the title if you're on the fence, and grab that DLC on the 14th!


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Though the lines that existed last season won't necessarily be utilized once again in 2013-14, it does appear that there is a left wing vacancy on the Mike Richards-Jeff Carter line with Dustin Penner's departure.
Darryl Sutter had previously alluded to Tyler Toffoli, a 21-year-old right-handed shooter who plays primarily on the right side, making an eventual shift towards the left wing, saying "He's going to have to be a more versatile player in terms of position-wise," on April 12.
Though he's likely to see the majority of his time on the right side for rookie camp games against Anaheim on Saturday and Monday – he was reunited with Manchester linemates Tanner Pearson and Linden Vey – many of the topics presented to him at Toyota Sports Center on Friday centered around the potential position switch. Though it is a question that bears consideration, earning a regular spot on the team appears to be his primary concern.
On whether he felt he had developed chemistry with Mike Richards and Jeff Carter:
Yeah. They're easy guys to play with. They're all-stars in the league, and if I get the chance to play left wing, I'm going to do whatever I can to stay on the line and just play my best.
On the last time he had played left wing for an extended stretch:
I played it a couple of times in junior, and I played a couple of games here. But I don't really see a huge difference. You've just got to take pucks on your backhand and just be strong on your stick, so we'll see what happens at camp.
On his ability to battle along the boards and dig pucks loose:
I've been working really hard, and that's something that Darryl and Dean really focus on, so I really try and be good at that. That's something that I really take pride in my game now.
On whether he has set any goals for the upcoming season:
I just want to make the team. I want to be here full-time and earn my spot on the team.
On whether he prepared any differently during the off-season:
I think I took more reps on the left side, obviously. Just working on my pivoting both ways, and just being quicker. That's something people think that I'm not very good at, and I've been working hard at it, and I think I have taken a real big step this year.
On encouragement from Darryl Sutter last year:
I think when I left at the end of the year, he really wanted me to just work hard and get stronger, and obviously in my skating, but in the gym and just be a pro, and I think I really took a huge step. I was here for a month working out, putting in a lot of time and effort, so I'm really looking forward for the season to start, and I want to make the team.
On how he would characterize the past year:
Oh, it was a great season. It was a really good season for myself and for a lot of other guys, but I think you've got to put that in the past. It's a new season, and you've got to be better and just pretty much forget about what happened last year.


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Lying amidst the Hajjar Mountains and the majestic Arabian Gulf, Ras Al Khaimah is one of the most beautiful and quaint emirates of the UAE. Combining rich heritage with a laid-back vibe, Ras Al Khaimah is the ideal destination for those seeking a weekend getaway in the UAE. This rising emirate boasts of sandy deserts, beautiful mountains and lush greenery dotted with a series of lagoons and creeks giving us enough options when the question arises – what are the top things to do in RAK (Ras Al Khaimah)?
Ras Al Khaimah offers rich cultural heritage, diverse landscapes and a temperate climate making it a great escape for quality value adventure, leisure travel and business trips. With its stunning 40 kilometer coastline along with the rugged terrain of Hajjar Mountains in Oman, Ras Al Khaimah has loads of things to do which is more than enough to justify a gratifying tour.
Apart from its historical attractions, the Emirate also presents an extensive range of exclusive outdoor and leisure activities from biking to mountain climbing to fishing to kayaking and to golfing. There are many tourist attractions to visit around this fascinating city, and we bring to you things you can't afford to miss in Ras Al Khaimah
Top Things to Do in Ras al Khaimah
Historical sites in Ras Al Khaimah
1. National Museum of Ras Al Khaimah
For history lovers, the National Museum is a must-visit attraction in Ras Al Khaimah. The National Museum of Ras Al Khaimah tells the story of the ancient city through its rare artifacts and fascinating exhibits. The museum is one of the few museums in the world that has been continuously inhabited over 7,000 years. The exhibits display the archaeology, city's natural history, and mainly the ethnography since prehistoric times. Don't miss this beautiful museom of Ras Al Khaimah anyhow! If you are thinking what to do in Ras al Khaimah? Make sure you head here first.
2. Dhayah Fort
Dating back to the 16th century, the Dhayah Fort is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Ras Al Khaimah. The country's only hilltop fortification, this graceful fort is constructed out of mud bricks. Today the fort is famed as one of the most significant landmarks in the history of the UAE. During the battle between the locals and Britishers in 1819, most of the building including the tower of the fort were ruined. Later, it became the residence of the ruling family and was then converted into a prison. From the top, visitors can enjoy the enthralling views of the majestic Hajjar Mountains and the Arabian Gulf. Dhayah Fort is one of the places to visit in Ras al Khaimah.
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Outdoor activities in Ras Al Khaimah
1. Go for a Mountain Safari in the Hajjar Mountains: A mountain safari in the Hajjar Mountains is an incredible way to explore the true charm of Arabian Desert and don't forget to enjoy the most scenic drive along the foothills of the mountains. For the outdoor enthusiasts, the Hajjar Mountains provides a wide variety of mountain activities such as mountain biking, rock climbing, abseiling, hill walking and mountaineering. "Wadi Descent" is a special experience, where adventure lovers are able to enjoy the natural flow and excitement of traversing through the narrow waterways amongst the mountains.
2. Bring Your Kid to the Saqr Park: One of the most popular family weekend destinations, Saqr Park is the first amusement park opened in the Ras Al Khaimah. Besides its lush greenery, the Saqr Park is an ideal way to bring your kids for some exciting outdoor activities, where you can enjoy everything from big splash ride to roller coasters, from electronic car hails to indoor tennis court. The park offers a full day of enjoyment and fun for the families. This is the place if you are thinking of "where to go in Ras al Khaimah with kids?"
3. Beaches in Ras Al Khaimah for Enjoying True Peacefulness: The white sand beaches of Ras Al Kahimah wins the hearts of tourists quite easily! You can relax and admire the magical scenery around you. Countless luxury resorts and hotels have come into existence around them, urging the property guests to take the fullest benefit of having fun in the 'private beach'. Exciting activities such as snorkelling and diving are conducted extensively for those interested. You may not be aware but Ras al Khaimah is believed to be one of the best emirates for such activities.
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Desert Safaris in Ras Al Khaimah
1. Dune bashing in Bassata Desert VillageThere is a child in all of us! Amidst the beautiful landscape of the natural reserve, the desert offers a truly Arabian experience. The Bassata Desert Village in Al Wadi gives you an insight into the traditional Arabian Desert life of the earlier days. For adventure lovers, the village offers dune bashing, camel riding or sand skiing. Those who are looking for something traditional, can enjoy belly dancing, henna designing, Tanorah dancing and a sumptuous BBQ dinner.
2. Have a Romantic Dinner while Enjoying the Bedouin Oasis Desert CampExperience the tranquility and peace of overnight desert camping in the Bedouin style. Enjoy dinner in a recreated Bedouin Oasis Desert Camp, lit by lanterns and candles, which certainly has the ring of romance to it. This is a one of its kind authentic desert camping experience, which reflects the lifestyle of the Bedous (nomadic tribes). Just an hour's drive from Dubai, camping in this desert offers a campfire, smoking shisha, BBQ dinner and a place where you can sleep under the stars.
Ras al Khaimah tourist places
Khatt Hot Springs: Travel along the majestic Hajjar Mountain range, where you will find a real oasis that blooms between the barren desert and the azure bay. A perfect place for the tourists to rejuvenate and relax in a natural atmosphere, the Golden Tulip Khatt Springs Resort & Spa offers numerous amenities including private hot pools, Ayurvedic spa treatments and hot stone massage.
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