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Situational awareness: A newly-built pedestrian bridge at Florida International University in Miami collapsed today. The current number of fatalities and injured has not been released by authorities. More.
1 big thing: Russia probe reached Trump Org
Robert Mueller has subpoenaed the Trump Organization for documents including those related to Russia, the N.Y. Times' Michael Schmidt and Maggie Haberman report.
Why it matters: "The order is the first known instance of the special counsel demanding records directly related to President Trump's businesses..."
- "The breadth of the subpoena was not clear, nor was it clear why Mr. Mueller issued it instead of simply asking for the documents..."
- "The Trump Organization has typically complied with requests from congressional investigators for documents for their own inquiries into Russian election interference, and there was no indication the company planned to fight Mr. Mueller's order."
- "The Trump Organization has said that it never had real estate holdings in Russia, but witnesses recently interviewed by Mr. Mueller have been asked about a possible real estate deal in Moscow."
2. What you missed
- James Comey book tour: I'll be moderating a conversation with the former FBI Director on April 30 in D.C. as part of the nationwide tour for his book, out April 17th. Details.
- Scoop: Benjamin Netanyahu thinks Trump will most likely withdraw the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal in May. What it means.
- The leaders of the U.S., U.K., Germany and France issued a rare joint statement unequivocally blaming Russia for the poisoning of Sergei Skripal. Read it. ... The U.S. also added new sanctions over meddling.
- The F.D.A. is moving ahead with new rules that would reduce nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels. More.
- North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp joins a growing list of vulnerable Democrats up for re-election this year who don't want to be viewed as Clinton Democrats. The list.
3. 1 nerdy thing
Unpredictable climate and natural disasters like earthquakes may have spurred early humans to create innovative tools and ways to communicate earlier than previously thought, according to 3 studies published Thursday in Science.
"It's not just humans changing but really the entire ecosystem. It's a picture that's bigger than just the human ancestors themselves."— Smithsonian's Richard Potts, who spearheaded the studies

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"The reason that science struggles with the issue of psychic phenomenon or parapsychology is that they are "using the Sun to find the Moon." A similar point occurs in the joke about the man looking for his car keys under a streetlight. He had lost his keys somewhere in the house but there was more light under the street lamp. " – Jadoa Tai Alexander (The Book Of Storms)
What do you think, guys?
I've always been of the belief that things that are unknown can't always be effectively tested or analyzed from already proven scientific frameworks because we are working off the assumption that this phenomena works in a way that we already know of i.e. physical manifestations of spirits are some kind of natural element that can be classified in a periodic table.
By the same token; using already proven scientific methods to prove the existence of spirits is certainly a starting point, given the rock-solid faith that most of society has in science as a belief system these days (for that is essentially what it is, no?).
I could only liken it to the way that scientists decide if there is life on other planets; if there is oxygen and water, then there is life… right?
Skeptical baby meme… it had to be done 🙂
I suppose the point behind my micro-post is this; although familiar and proven frameworks can be useful in helping us investigate and discover, they should not be used to limit or define the boundaries of what can and cannot exist. If mankind worked that way, then Columbus would never have circumnavigated the globe, hundreds of years after the Vikings.
Truth is a wonderful thing; always changing and evolving as we discover more about the world and the universe around us, but we should never stop at one point and say "Alright, that's it… this is the end. This is the Truth.". It borders on the edge of obnoxious or arrogant to assume that we have learnt all that there is to learn about life and existence.
"True wisdom is knowing what you do not know." – Confucius


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|Ploughing in beautiful Vinales Valley
I am thrilled because this is my first ever cover. And the icing on the cake is that my hero, Bob Brown, also features in the issue. He has written an inspiring article about the struggle to save the mighty humpback whales of Walmadan from the depredations of Woodside, which plans to build a huge gas factory on the Kimberley coastline.
Emboldened by this photographic coup, I decided to spend Thursday, my writing day, practising photographing moving subjects. And I lucked on the perfect occasion - the Dance Sports extravaganza at Hisense arena.
|Ballroom peacocks
I had never attended the event before but the advice of our dance teacher, Hooman, prepared me perfectly. He suggested that if I simply imagined the delightful Strictly Ballroom was a documentary rather than a fictional story, I would be primed for Dance Sports.
And he was spot on. I have never seen so many sequins (or more correctly, Swarovski stones) and 'support teams' (often obviously mothers) hand-sticking sequins onto clothing, shoes and headbands in the breaks between cheering on their stars.
I witnessed plenty of ruffled feathers, fouls, and one dramatic spill on the dance floor, and even the occasional dancer having a good time. I watched fascinated as a mother spent two full hours laboriously oiling and arranging her charge's hair, with precise corn rows decorated with - you guessed it - sequins, so that not a hair moved the whole time her daughter danced.
It's obviously all about perfection. I have never seen so many scrulpted bodies and sculped hair both on head and face, and fake tan is de rigeur. I watched as female partners painstakingly applied make-up to their partners' exposed chests and the backs of their hands. The sheer volume of make-up adorning competitors left Ab Fab's Patsy looking au naturel.
During the 6 hours I waited to see Hooman and Dalena perform in their first set I had ample opportunity to experiment with action photography, as you can see.
|Spinning, spinning
|Hooman and Dalena - worth every minute of the wait


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- To assign new role as Secretary, Accountant or any other role. Select Manager and then Type the Role name in the Role field. Give the necessary access as per his role.
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- Once you add the member, system will send the email to the member on how to access your society portal.
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What Do Adobe and Microsoft Have In Common? An Enemy
Similarities aside, most agree that the two shall never meet, citing differences in corporate style, user interface concepts and attitudes towards customers. Much like a merger between Burger King and McDonald's, although many customers may approve, it isn't likely to occur outside of a dream.
As noted in the industry, Apple has stated many times that Adobe's Flash will never be on its iOS devices such as the iPhone or iPad. Adobe believes that the internet is not the same with its technology. Will the two ever meet? Not likely, but at some point the technologies may come together.
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Nancy and Wallace's Wedding Preview
Nancy and Wallace's Wedding Preview
A few selections from Nancy and Wallace's beautiful wedding at The Westin. This wedding featured a super fun wedding party, a gorgeous bride and amazing food. Oh, and the cutest furry little friend coming down the aisle for their ceremony!
There are many more where these came from – we'll have the rest out soon …. but in the meantime, enjoy Nancy and Wallace's wedding preview.
Congratulations xoxoxo
Bridal Gown: Cameo & Cufflinks, Alvina Valenta
Hair and Makeup: Avenue Beauty
Decor and Co-ordination: Reflections Weddings and Events
Floral Designs: Flower Artistry
Venue: The Westin Downtown Calgary
Photo Booth: Flash Co Photo Booth Rental
Cake: Swirl Custom Cakes & Desserts
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3 Benefits of Deploying an Effective Social Media Strategy
With the introduction of social media into the business world, individuals and organizations all over the globe are interested in building and incorporating the perfect solid social media strategy for their sites. So companies who do not have a social media presence online may find they will miss a wide variety of opportunities. To promote their products, services, and their company's brand. Even though some businesses are investing quite a bit of time, effort, and money in developing an effective social media plan. Others may not grab at these great opportunities because they do not understand its overall benefits.
So, for those of you who are not familiar with why social media strategies are really important. Here are examples of the top benefits that should get considered. Especially you are on the fence about joining in with others that do.
Increases Traffic by Driving Large Volumes of Visitors to the Site
In order for a website to have any success at all, it is essential that it has visitors to frequent the site. Getting these numbers are not always easy. They normally come from several days, weeks, or even months of preparations and modifications. While there are numerous ways to go about getting people to visit a site. In order to conduct business, or become engaged in other activities, one of the most notable today is the use of social media strategies. Since social media strategies involve getting social networks involved with a site's promotions. They are great for getting the word out to specific target audiences in a matter of minutes. This is because social networks can generate a huge amount of interest. By referring whole groups of users to a specific site to see what is going on. For instance, if a company is offering a sale on athletic shoes. They can promote the sale via Facebook and other social networks that already have an athletic audience. Meaning, the site owner and their representatives can deploy a custom marketing campaign. Targetted at these groups to buy the athletic shoes that they are offering at a discounted price.
Used to Build a Loyal Audience and Keep Them Engaged in the Company's Activities
When an entrepreneur opens their doors for business, there are many responsibilities that they will be tasked with. from making sure the staff is paid on time to ensuring the products and services are available on time, there's quite a bit that must be done. One of the most important tasks is growing the business so that it can afford to keep the doors open. To accomplish the type of growth that is really needed today, the owner can launch a wide variety of different marketing campaigns to increase the numbers. In fact, in many situations, the owner may find that they can benefit greatly from designing an effective social media strategy.
With this kind of marketing campaign, the primary goal is to build a loyal audience. By keeping this audience engaged with the company's activities. Fortunately, there are several major social networks that the business owner, and their representatives, can add to their strategies. These include Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and the like. All of which are social networks that can be used to build a loyal audience. This audience will not only participate in buying the company's new products or services. But also show their interest by spreading the word about the company's brand to others in the network.
Build a Mobile Presence to Increase Physical Customers within a Local Area
When a business owner deploys their first website, they may find that they are bombarded by all kind of different industry terms. Some of which may make a lot of sense, while others may be very confusing and even vague. However, it does not matter which terms are being introduced to the new owner. It is essential that they are familiar with those that will become game changers in increasing and growing their business. One of the most notable today is the terms that refer to building a mobile presence.
Building a mobile presence is ideal for many different reasons so it is important for site owners to add this social media strategy to their list. This is because social media has already gone mobile and is making a major difference in businesses all over the globe. For instance, when a company has a strong mobile social media presence. They may find that they can increase the sales and profits dramatically in their local areas. Specifically, in cases where the social media feedback is positive for a restaurant or other kinds of food chains. This is because social media feedback from certain networks can either help to increase the demand in a business. It can also decrease demand (specifically if the services of a restaurant is reported as being particularly bad). Therefore, it is important for business owners to deploy a social media strategy that takes both the positives and negatives into consideration. These considerations are key as they launch and monitor their campaigns.
As referenced above, when a business owner deploys a new website, they can easily become overwhelmed with lots of industry terms. Some of which tend to be much more important than others. So, it is essential for business owners and their assigned staff members to do their research in advance before launching a marketing plan for their site. Though there are many different ways to increase the demand for a product or service today, one of the best involves the use of an effective social media strategy. This is because there are numerous benefits to using this kind of strategy to increase a company's business which includes increasing the site's traffic by driving large volumes of consumers from social networks to the site, building loyalty by keeping social network groups engaged with the company's activities, and building an effective mobile presence for companies who want their products and brands to be recommended to others inside and outside of a specific social network.


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What is the Workplace Action Plan?
The Sustainable Dairying: Workplace Action Plan is an industry action plan developed by DairyNZ and Federated Farmers to assist dairy farming businesses to adopt good workplace management practices.
The plan describes what a quality work environment in the dairy industry might look like and sets out the coordinated actions and commitments of the industry. It also provides practical advice and support to employers and employees.
Why do we need a Workplace Action Plan?
The benefits of a quality workplace are considerable. Good work environments will help attract and keep the motivated and talented people we need in our industry. Good work environments are productive, rewarding, safe and enjoyable for all people on farm – employers and employees. Good work environments mean you can reap the rewards in the good times and help each other during the tough ones.
DairyNZ and Federated Farmers are clear that it is people who will drive our dairy business success – economic, environmental and social.
The five pillars of good people management
The Workplace Action Plan is built on five pillars of good people management. Farms first need to create workplaces with firm foundations by complying with the law. However, if you want people to stay, grow and contribute then you need quality work environments which motivate and reward people fairly. You need to do more than the basics. Developing a plan to improve your farms performance in the five pillars of good people management is a great start.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the Workplace Action Plan help farmers?
The primary aim of the Sustainable Dairying: Workplace Action Plan is to provide support to dairy farm businesses, and give them options to improve their ability to attract, motivate, develop and retain skilled employees.
Who else supports this plan besides Federated Farmers and DairyNZ?
A range of organisations have signed up as supporting partners of the plan including Massey and Lincoln Universities, Young Farmers and the Dairy Women's Network.
Does this involve new regulations to which farmers must comply?
No. The Workplace Action Plan has been developed by DairyNZ and the dairy section of Federated Farmers to help farmers and employees. It does not create and apply any new regulations. The plan offers employers and employees voluntary activities they can undertake to support their businesses. It also clearly sets out legal requirements.
What about that 50 hours recommendation, what does that mean?
The plan says that staff who are working on a well-designed roster normally are not likely to work more than 50 hours a week; have regular days off (at least two consecutive days) and are not likely to work more than 10 hours a day. It also recognises that dairying has strong variations in seasonal work demands which sometimes call for long hours and exceptional effort. However, exceptional circumstances should not be embedded as the norm. It is a legal requirement that minimum wages or above have to be paid for all hours worked.
Does that mean there are no standards that farmers have to comply with?
No, there are already legal standards that farmers have to meet – these are clearly set out in the plan to make it easier for farmers to understand what those set regulations and legal standards are for employment and health and safety – and how to ensure their businesses comply and avoid any time-consuming problems.
The Workplace Action Plan considers these legal standards are the foundations for good employment relationships.
So why would a farmer go the extra steps of the Workplace Action Plan – from good to great?
Sticking just to the legal standards is unlikely to create satisfying and productive work relationships and help farmers attract and retain skilled staff. It's a competitive marketplace for good staff – and the options are global and growing for young people.
What does the Workplace Action Plan expect the farmer to do?
A recommended first step for farmers is to check the guidance captured in the five pillars of good employment practice, and evaluate whether they have gaps that they want to address. There are tools to help farmers do this – and our aim is to make it easy for them to take action if they want to and set out a road map for them to boost the performance of their businesses.
Will this cost farmers' money?
Only some of the actions recommended have a cost associated with them, such as conducting the Good Practice HR Assessment Survey for farm personnel ($200 plus GST). Other follow-up actions such as involving a rural professional may also require investment.
However, these investments and their timing are stepped and voluntary. There is also considerable room for adaptations and actions that have little or no cost.
Behind all of the actions recommended is the proven return to businesses of good people management.
Workplace Action Plan: Employer
Having a quality workplace will allow you and your team to focus on delivering great results for the farm and everybody in the team has a part to play.Read more
Workplace Action Plan: Employee
Dairying offers many rewarding career options, the key to this is the work environment and dairy farms need to be enjoyable, safe, productive and rewarding places to work.Read more


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Adventures in Salvador Day 5
Today was busy busy. One of the hostel staff work me up really gently this morning at seven a.m. I wanted to surprise Silvana for a change and not keep her waiting. I struggled up after too little sleep. She and I went to the corner store and bought washing soap for clothes. Oh, no, 10:30 p.m. rolls along so quickly and I haven't had a chance to read yet.
I am not going to get by Bonfim church--I have too much work to do. I will probably sit in my room and study all day. I might have to spend Saturday doing the same thing--hum. We shall see. Lesson here: do not take homework on a vacation (smile).
So anyway, I dropped Vera Nobles a line to see if her party were still in town. They are. She dropped me a line back to meet her at the Zumbi dos Palmares statue in the Square. I got caught up looking at art and had to run back to the hostel to wash my face, make my purse lighter and head back to the Square.
I was about 10 minutes late. I knew they would give me ten minutes in Brazil to get there, right? There was an African Internet cafe across the street. Very convenient, so I went on line to see if I'd missed an email--I had not, so I send a few like: I am still here.
About 40 minutes later--I was running back and forth, I saw Baba Wade pushing Mama Vera along the path toward the statue. I called their names as I made my way over there. They turned and well it was a nice greeting. These are my family (smile). All was all of a sudden as good as it could get. When one is traveling, there is nothing like seeing people from one's home base, especially when the connection is the kind of connection the Nobles and I have.
I am getting my Brazilian groove on. I can walk in a circle and not get lost. I can make it to the elevator. Haven't been on it alone yet (smile). I think when Silvana leaves I will be doing the taxi thing, especially when I find an English speaking driver (smile).
We walked around for a minute. The streets are not wheelchair friendly at all. We settled on a place I'd seen a few days earlier. We had mango juice and french fries. While we talked others from ABPsi and the Merritt Fulbright project came through. It was like homecoming (smile). I ran my essay ideas by Dr. Wade and he helped me figure them out (smile). Siri told me there is something Saturday afternoon I can join them at, it depends though on whether I have gotten my work done (smile).
We couldn't take any photos but the view of the city from where the elevator is was magnificent. There was the first auto in Salvador there and the marble in marble stairs, the special exhibit of the painter in the basement. We even had a guide, to make sure we didn't snap a photo (smile).
I went back to the Tourism office and there was a woman there who is vegan who gave me four restaurants. Ramas was really close. They do the kilo thing (weigh the plate and the food and you pay by the kilo).
Ramas even had natural snacks and chocolate. The only word I recognized in the packaging was "gluten." The cook didn't speak English but he knew vegetarian and pointed to everything I could eat (smile).
The upstairs breeze was great in the place and there was a nice view of the plaza. I will certainly go back to that one. The host was pleasant. People are speaking Portuguese to me. I am starting to look native (smile).
One of Nabilah or Vera's lessons looks at the similarities between black English and Afro-Portuguese. She and I met at UC Berkeley in an Arabic class over 30 years ago. We were also both studying linguistics. The grammar they use is Bantu as well--who would have known, right?
I am going to a Condomble public event on Saturday evening. I met a tour guide at the other gold church, the third of three. It was the one near the hospital museum. The tour guide will pick me up.
They each have to develop a certain amount of curriculum available to other scholars to use immediately. Quite a bit is interdisciplinary which is great. Baba Wade and Vera said they were at the Francisco church and Bill Clinton came in with his security. They didn't move. I said, "so they wouldn't get shot." We laughed.
On my way back to the hostel after leaving Ramas I saw this poster I have been seeing around on buildings everywhere in Pelourinho, so when I inquired as I walked by, I couldn't resist going up the stairs. The Centro Cultural Correios gallery is really nice, and the exhibition of Denise Camargo's "Silencionago" is phenomenal!
Stay tuned.
Silvana is leaving tomorrow :-( But another sister-friend of a friend is popping by the hostel tomorrow to help me figure out the rest of my stay (smile). God is good to crazy wild women who jump on planes without definite plans or linguistic parachutes (smile).
When I get my papers written for the other three classes, I will post photos (smile). The gold leaf is pretty amazing. The Africans did all the work. Its intricacy is amazing too!


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So Christopher Hitchens drank 2 bottles of whiskey in the interviewers presence
Hitchens also smoked 50 cigarettes per day
A great hero for atheism-drink and smoke yourself to a very painful early death-great
The reason why Christopher smoked and drank so much, finally revealed:
He pitied his relentless attackers.
They couldn't match him on logic and facts about religion, not by a long shot, not while he lived, and not afterwards. And he wanted them to save face; but how to engineer that???
Aha! By smoking, drinking, and sometimes using uncouth language, he was generously donating opportunities for ad hominem attacks.
Yeah, even those who need their fingers to do arithmetic can easily come up with ad hominem 'arguments.'
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Sweet & Sour. Like take-out, but healthier. Quick & easy to make. Satisfying. Yup, this dish is all of those things and then some. It's a quick and tasty meal that will give you leftovers which is always good for meal prepping (if that's your thing) and just saving time all around. The sauce is similar in taste to the sweet & sour sauce that you may remember from take-out places, but it's lighter and it's nice to know exactly what's in it. Add that with some crunchy veggies, golden tempeh and some jasmine rice….Mmm! Delicious. Thanks to the tempeh, you'll get a hefty serving of protein too.
2 1/2 tbsp soy sauce (or tamari)
1/3 cup rice vinegar
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup ketchup
1 tbsp cornstarch
2 tbsp brown sugar
2 tbsp coconut oil
1 package (250 grams) tempeh (cut into strips, then cubed)
1 cup fresh or canned pineapple (use the juice too)
veggies of choice such as purple cabbage, carrots, peas, broccoli
1 red chili (chopped & seeded)
1 cup jasmine rice
Sriracha (for garnish)
- Add the soy sauce, rice vinegar, water, ketchup, cornstarch, brown sugar, and 1 tbsp coconut oil into a large skillet. On low heat, us a whisk to mix the ingredients together and let it simmer to thicken. Set aside.
- In a frypan heat the other tbsp of coconut oil until it melts. Then add in the tempeh, pineapple chunks (plus the juice), peas, carrots, chili pepper and purple cabbage. Cook over low-medium heat for about 8 minutes or until tempeh is golden and veggies are cooked.
- Cook your jasmine rice according to package instructions (usually about 8-9 minutes).
- Add the sweet & sour sauce to the tempeh and veggie mix. Stir well and heat.
- Serve sweet & sour tempeh over a bed of jasmine rice. Garnish with Sriracha sauce if desired.


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Implementing Full-Screen Mode
Posted by Adolf Szabo on July 14th, 1999
Desktop-as-a-Service Designed for Any Cloud ? Nutanix Frame
Full Screen mode is widely used in programs such as Word, VisualC, Corel Draw etc. If you take a closer look on the these implementations you will notice that they solve this problem differently.
Below you will find an example for this problem. I have used it in my editor program ( MyLight ) for a long time. This application has been tested under Windows 9x and Windows NT.


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Chris Benesh grew up birding in California. After earning his degree in zoology, Chris joined the Field Guides staff, and his life underwent a wonderful transformation. The intervening years at Field Guides have taken him to many corners of the world and across both the Arctic and Antarctic circles!
Chris's passion for education has led to his serving on the Arizona Bird Committee, leading the occasional workshop, and--we must add--thoroughly explaining in admirable detail the nuances of flycatchers to tour participants and colleagues alike. Chris's schedule includes tours to many parts of North America, Panama, Mexico, Australia, and occasionally Peru. He lives in Tucson.
"Chris makes birding extra fun. His birding style and talent and good humor and helpfulness ensure a great trip for participants with varying levels of birding experience. I hope to travel with him in the future." A.B., Spain: La Mancha, Coto Donana & Extremadura
"Field Guides is always our favourite tour company, and we decided it would be nice to escape the northwest winter for a while. We are always keen to travel with Chris, and there were several of the more difficult Texas species that we'd not previously seen that were on the list for this trip. We got them all. An excellent overall experience. Guide Chris Benesh was super as ever..." B.M., Spring in South Texas
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Time to share some fun ukulele resources:
We've got playlists for your listening pleasure, some great tutorials and a magazine that must be on your ukulele-loving radar!
Playlists Galore: Humble Baritonics is the place to hang out if you love Baritone Ukulele. Fresh content is added all the time and you can find everything from books to makers to a world of great videos. Of particular note is the Bad-Ass Baritone Ukulele Playlist featuring our very own – Jay Lichty!
Easy Ukulele Chords for Beginners: This is just one of the many resources that you'll find for both uke and guitar players at Coustii.com.
UKE Magazine – The UK's dedicated print publication for ukulele players and fans.
A Great Way for Ukulele-lovers to Give Back! We invite you to learn more about Luthiers for a Cause. It is a project that is well underway and one that pairs some of the finest ukulele builders with a non-profit organization gifting ukuleles to hospitalized children via The Ukulele Kids Club.
Fun Gift-Giving Ideas: An ever evolving list of cool gift ideas for the ukulele players in your life! Ukulele Player Gifts
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Liaison Librarian, Game Design and Development
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- Office:
- Grand River Hall Room 108D
- Office hours:
- Drop-in hours: Drop-ins are welcome! When I am on campus, I typically work M-F 8:30 -4:00pm, but you can see my up to date schedule on the whiteboard outside of my office
- Make an appointment through email to ensure I am there. I am always happy to help you!
- Phone:
- 519-756-8228
- Extension:
- x5411
- Email:
- firstname.lastname@example.com
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I am interested in outreach and information literacy instruction; chiefly looking for new and exciting ways to engage with the community and increase "library love". I also am interested in game-based learning and instruction, makerspaces, and bridging the gap between academia and the community.


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If NASA can give the Curiosity Rover a software update from literally millions of kilometres away, why can't I get phone coverage at my house? Also, mystery islands surfaced off the coast of New Zealand and Pyramids, once lost to time, have been spotted from space.
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We watched the new Studio Asylum film – AVENGERS GRIMM! A strange and twisted mash up of fairy tale and action flock that culminates in the Bizarre.
Hold onto your Hairnets, its going to get weird.
"When Rumpelstiltskin destroys the Magic Mirror and escapes to the modern world, the four princesses of "Once Upon a Time"-Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Rapunzel-are sucked through the portal too. Well-trained and endowed with magical powers, the four women must fight Rumpelstiltskin and his army of thralls before he enslaves everyone on Earth." – The Asylum via IMDB


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1KA service can be used free of charge at 1KA.si domain. Only registration is required (new users) or login (registered users).
For initial start with 1KA, there is an information available for beginners and for advanced users.
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1KA tool is continuously evolving. Therefore, every two months an upgrade is made on www.1ka.si. New functionalities are systematically presented every time an upgrade is carried out.
After each upgrade we recommend you to refresh with CTRL + F5 command or delete files and images from the cache by using the CTRL + SHIFT + DELETE. More >>
On Sunday, December 8, 2019, a major upgrade of the 1KA tool took place, with many improvements made to existing functionalities and a number of important new functionalities developed in October and November. In particular, the following should be noted:
On Saturday evening, October 5, 2019, a major upgrade of 1KA will take place, with some new features available to users. In particular, the following should be noted:
Renewed questionnaire export, analysis and reports design: In addition to the newer design, which is now in line with the rest of the graphic design of the 1KA tool, we have also edited the exports for newer question types.
GDPR news:
Updated display of grid question on mobile devices: By default, 1KA has customized the question on the mobile phone as a series of questions (survey example - mobile preview), now it is possible to turn on automatic question spreading (survey example - mobile preview).
Updated video tutorial Easy survey creation. More >>
Updated API documentation. More >>
Updated mobile app. More >>
Updated help links inside the app (question mark icon in the upper right corner).
Two functionalities to enhance your 1KA account security:
A major upgrade of the 1KA tool has been carried out. Many improvements have been made to existing functionalities and bug fixes, both on the general www.1ka.si domain and on virtual domains.
Additional options for the combined table: the ability to change the width of each subquestion in the combined table. More >>
Two-factor authentication for administrators: More >>
Changed data export settings: three possible ways to export data and para data – export data, identifiers only or export data and para data. More>>
Export information on the use of randomization: when exporting para data, the order of eventual randomizations of questions, responses or blocks is also exported. More>>
Integration of questions to mobile devices: font size of the questions and answers is increased, all input fields take up to 100% of the screen width. Tables and all subtypes of the question type "table" on mobile devices turn into the basic type of question with the basic vertical layout, where each button occupies 100% width. The same applies to additional settings, e.g. display of answers in multiple columns or display of questions horizontally beside/under the question. "Sorting" type of question on a mobile device is displayed in the form of a drop-down list that is adjusted for mobile devices. More >>
Randomization of questions, answers and blocks: in addition to the existing options for random sorting of answers and questions in the survey, now in the case of more blocks, it is possible to randomly sort blocks. For all three types of sorting, the registration in paradoxes is also arranged, which means that the survey editor can see in which order the blocks, questions or answers were shown to the respondent. More >>
The option of limiting the number of checkboxes to choose: You can now set a minimum and maximum number of possible responses for a category "multiple-answer" type question.
Upgraded the "Other" response that allows the respondent to enter his answer: in the case of a compulsory question, the respondent must also enter the answer when choosing the answer "Other".
Added a new language for respondents - Hebrew, which is also arranged from right to left. More >>
The ability to disable the question for the respondent: in addition to locking the editing of the question for the survey editor, we can now disable the question even for the respondent. The respondent can see the question and answer (for example, if it is completed), but cannot change it. More >>
A major upgrade of the online survey tool 1KA (version 19.01.18) was carried out. There have been many improvements to existing functionalities and implemented new functionalities developed in the period from October 2018 to January 2019.
New features:
• New themes for online surveys: in addition to classic colour themes, there are now 2 dynamic themes (1KA Nature and 1KA Office) with 15 randomly displayed images. More >>
• The ability to sort the response values: the values of the answers to an individual question can now be sorted out by one click. Also, now turning on the 'Edit Response Values' function remains on and visible, even when the editor of the question is closed. More >>
• The ability to copy questions and answers from Word to 1KA while creating a survey: Once we have a survey in 1KA, we can copy questions and answers directly from Word to 1KA. You can do this in the same way as in the interface for creating a new survey. More >>
Upgraded existing functionalities:
• Enhanced translation interface: the interface for adding a translation of the survey to other languages now allows you to also translate even more recent types of questions (slider, hotspot). More >>
With the last upgrade, which took place on Saturday, September 27, 2018, we mainly upgraded the external shell of the website (the responsive design), where we improved the appearance of the site on mobile devices. We have also upgraded the search engine.
New functionalities:
The outer shell of the site has been completely renewed, such as the setting of the responsive design, as well as the entire colour image and the 1KA logo. The shape and image of the inside of the application almost did not change, only slightly adjusted the colour. The whole design is the work of the design studio Toaster. A simple interface for registration on virtual 1KA domains has also been renewed.
New functionalities:
Upgrade of existing functionalities:
The upgrade mainly covers the adjustments to the GDPR settings and other minor irregularities in the operation of the 1KA tool.
Under the new Regulation on the Protection of Personal Data (GDPR), within the framework of the 1KA tool, we implemented a range of measures, from technical adjustments to new functionalities available to the author of the survey (editor) or respondent.
Other new functionalities:
Upgrade of existing functionalities:
Renewed search through the application, which works separately by content (always in the upper right corner of the web page) and by questionnaires (within the application in the 'My Surveys' tab). More >>
A new advanced module »Panel« was created to connect a survey with online panels, where 1KA users can recruit respondents (e.g. Valicon, GfK). More >>
Ability to limit the number of characters is added at open questions. More >>
Revamped interface for survey, form and voting creation:
By revamping the interface, visual outlook and usability were improved. New functionality of importing archival surveys saved on a computer was also added. More >>
New survey templates:
Pre-set survey template was redesigned. For surveys created using the old template, the template won't be changed.
Beside the templates that can be chosen for use on PC, different templates can now also be chosen for mobile devices. Five new mobile templates are now available. More >>
New options for adding icons when using image question type:
When using image question type, which is one of the layouts of question type "Categories - single answer" new icons are now available. Besides already existing stars, smileys and thumbs, now heart, flag or user can be used. More >>
New functionalities when conducting calculations
Option of treating nonresponse as a value 0 (option is enabled by ticking the box "Missing value as 0") was added when using calculations. In the case when respondents do not answer all the questions included into the calculation, the value of the question is treated as a 0. If that option is not selected, calculation renders value -88 for nonresponses which in turn creates an error in the calculation. More >>
Added functionality for identification and redirection of respondents:
In the end of the survey user can set that respondents are linked to a certain website after the completion of the survey. Additional parameters can be included into URL address: a) respondent's ID, b) respondent's status, c) by using data piping, value of system variables in the survey can be included (example: https://www.1ka.si?q1=#Q1#). More>>
Additional option when using question type Location:
When using question type Location, it is possible to focus on the map by using button "Set focus" that is located on the map. More >>
Question type Slider can now be added directly:
Question type Slider which is a special layout of question type "number" can now simply be selected from the array of all question types when editing questionnaire. More >>
Addition of new API functions:
Application 1KA enables integration with other systems and applications through its API (application program interface) interface. Some reading and writing functions were prepared. With the newest reading function, a list of all public links for a certain survey can be obtained. More >>
New question types:
Image Hotspot: option to set up a question with an image, where respondent answers by marking one or more regions on an image. More >>
Photograph: respondents can make selfies and other photographs that are then saved as answers in a database (with links to images). More >>
Placing answers on stripes: with question types 'table – classic' and 'table – semantic differential' you can place answers on stripes (useful for questions such as Net Promoter Score). More >>
Setting up a static first page (introduction): possibility of setting up a static introduction or displaying the CAPTCHA verifying test that enables avoidance of false (computer generated) clicks on a survey. More >>
Possibility of adding conditions based on respondent's device: when inserting conditions, we can determine that only respondents accessing survey through a certain device can answer it (eg. telephone, computer, tablet or robot.). More >>
Update of 1KA email invitation system: updated interface for sending email invitations. At the same time option of sending invitations through mail or SMSs was added. Interface also supports (documents) sending invitations through these channels. More >>
Upgraded 'drag and drop' question type: setting up a 'drag – drop' layout is now available also for question type 'table – multiple answers' where it is possible to choose between different layouts such as frames or boxes. More >>
Option to set default answer labels for 'category – single answer' question type: default answer labels (eg. agree, true) that are available for 'table – classic' question type, can now also be used for 'category – single answer' question type. More >>
New type of question – location: new question type with two ways of entering location that enables location recognition of respondents and marking different locations on the map. More >>
Advanced option of adding pictures as an answer: option of quick adding of picture that allows adding picture as an answer with only one click. More >>
New module for creating quizzes: new module enables creation of different quizzes and tests. The specialty of turning quiz module on is its option of predetermining correct and wrong answers. At the end of the quiz or survey all questions are listed and correct and wrong answers with it. More >>
Option of editing survey after its completion by respondents: in the end of the survey we can enable show of a link for editing survey after its completion that allows respondent to access and edit survey after its completion.
Settings of export of PDF / RTF files with responses: in 1KA tool users can export the whole questionnaire and display of the respondent's answers in PDF or RTF format. More >>
Setting the default responses: In the 'Edit' - 'Questionnaire' tab users can set a default response. In this case, when the respondent sees the question, a default answer will already be selected. Respondent can however select a different answer. More >>
Option to see changes made to the survey: In the 'Archive' tab users can – in addition to the already existing archives of questionnaire, data, invitations, analysis, survey and test entries – monitor changes made to the questionnaire, changes made to the respondent's data (archive of the data changes is automatically generated when users change the respondent's data in the Quick view) and changes of appending/merging data (import). More >>
Option of graphic display of averages for the question type category - single answer and number: For question type category – single answer and question type number users can now select a chart type 'Average' (in the 'Analyse' – 'Charts' tab). This can be selected in case the questions (category – single answer and number) are ordinal variables (we can calculate the averages). More >>
Additional options of editing data of the respondent: In the 'Quick edit respondents' users can copy the entire data of individual respondent. By copying all the data (answers) of the respondent will be copied, but not the paradata. The functionality is useful, if we (editors) are manually entering the data and we have a large number of respondents with identical answers. More >>
Option to disable automatic enumeration of questions: New option in the Settings tab, that enables you to disable automatic enumeration of questions, which means that the name of the question will maintain the same, regardless off the changes we made by moving or deleting questions. More >>
Upgraded Insight of responses by pages in the 'Dashboard' tab: In the 'Dashboard' tab users can now filter Responses by pages according to different statuses and thus analyse in details, where respondents are leaving the survey. More >>
Upgraded options for using comments: In addition to making comments on questions, editors of the survey can now add comments on conditions and blocks. Another novelty is the option to include comments by default – when creating a new survey, the comments will be automatically included. More >>
New question type 'drag and drop': For questions category - single answer and category – multiple answers a new layout is available – 'drag and drop', enabling a creative display of questions, whereby the respondent selects an answer by moving options (possible answers), or classifying them into groups etc. The functionality also works on the mobile version. More >>
Exporting data into SPSS with one click: 1KA now offers an option to export data into SPSS with just one click. By clicking on the button 'Export to SPSS', a file with data (.SAV) will be saved on your computer. Data is already prepared for further analysis. More>>
Setting quotas based on variables in the questionnaire: in the questionnaire's editor we have a new question type 'Quota' (under Advanced features). With quotas we can determine the exact number of respondents who can see a certain question(s), by different criteria (e. g. sex, age). Quotas can also be used even if we want to determine the exact number of people who can see a specific answer (e.g. registrations for workshops, where only limited number of people can apply to a certain workshop). More >>
Creating Max-Diff table (table where respondent can choose the most and at least important answer): suitable for marketing surveys where we want respondent to select the most important and at least important answer. We can use MaxDiff table by inserting table-single answer question type and then choosing 'MaxDiff' layout. In that case, the table-single answer will transform in a way, that answers (e.g. factors, characteristics) are set in the middle and the categories (e.g. most important, least important) are set leftmost and rightmost. More>>
Tracking survey changes in the archive: In the questionnaire archive we can track all changes made to the questionnaire. More>>
Option for editing calculations (e.g., determining the number of decimals for the calculation's result): when we use calculations, the results often include numbers with multiple decimal places, which may lack transparency. From now on, you can determine to how many decimals the number should be rounded. More >>
Added option for transferring values from the answer of one question into the text of another question's answer: in addition to the option of transferring values from the answer of one question into the text of another question, we can now transfer the value form one of the answers in the text of the next question. More >>
Upgraded interface for adding respondents into email invitations: more operators and option to import databases in different formats: added option to import different file formats, added option of using more operators. More >>
New option for managers of virtual domains: option of adding existing users under theirs overview (linked to the domain, e.g. @1ka.si) and the option of sending email invitations (through own server) to users of the domain. More >>
Larger upgrade of advance module to support telephone surveys:
improved interface to review added contacts;
added search engine to search through contacts, for example if you want to change the telephone number of a particular contact (particularly useful in case of a large number of contacts);
new call status 'D - delayed', which we do not wish to call a number at the moment, when it is presented to the interviewer.
the possibility of adding access to the survey to interviewers (interviewers only have access to the interface for calling, but not to editing or viewing data);
added a summary review of calls by the interviewer (in the Dashboard);
automatic 'locking' of numbers in case of several interviewers (the same number cannot be displayed to two different interviewers at the same time)
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New options for blocks, e.g. random classification of questions in a block: in the block settings now is the option to randomly sort the content (questions) of the block. Here we can determine, whether all or only part of questions will be randomly displayed to the respondent. For example, if we have a quiz with 100 questions in a block, we can determine that each only 20 random questions from the block will be displayed to the respondent. More >>
Upgraded options for users with administrator status (administrators of own installations):
Copy a folder with its surveys: When you want to have more copies or versions of same questionnaires, you can copy multiple surveys at once with just one click. For example, we have a series of questionnaires for the Organization 1, organized in one folder, and we want the same questionnaires for the Organization 2. By clicking on the 'Copy folder' the map will double and thus all associated questionnaires in the folder where then edited only example. Now all you have to do is, to change the name of the folder, questionnaires and e.g. organization, where applies.
In the 'My Surveys' - 'Activities' tab is now filtering option in individual subtabs (Weekly, Monthly, Yearly, Total). Filtering can be done specifically according to the survey statuses 5 (partially completed) and 6 (completed).
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Upgrade of advance module to support telephone surveys: waiting list added, which shows list of numbers we have an appointment for another call and calling list, that shows list of all numbers lined up for call. Option to determine the order of calls was added: fixed, random, A-Z, Z-A. Other data can be shown in the telephone module interface, beside telephone number: name, surname and name of company – everything that makes calling easier, we can instantly see who our contact person is. More>>
New type of question – image type: with question type category – single answer new type of layout is available - image type. You can choose between three images: star, thumbs (up) and smile emoticons. It's mostly suitable for graphic presentations of scales, e.g. popularity, satisfaction, usability, etc., where the respondent, for example, assess satisfaction with the website by selecting a number of stars. More >>
Option to change the size of radio and checkbox buttons separately mobile surveys: with questions that include radio buttons or checkboxes, we can change the size of button for the entire survey, specifically for mobile phones. So we can only adjust the size of the buttons for the survey on the mobile phone, while a survey completed by computer remains unchanged. More >>
Option to choose between the nominal and ordinal type of scales directly in the taskbar: in question taskbar we have a lot of different options for editing: copying, adding conditions, question preview and an option to delete a question. For questions type 'category – single answer', 'category – multiple answers' and 'tables' additional options is available, where we can choose between nominal or ordinal scale type directly in the taskbar. More>>
Upgraded options for administrators (administrators of own installation): search engine for users (useful especially for administrators with larger user database), option to send messages to other users, new question type – electronic signature. More>>
New email address for notifying respondents and editors of surveys (firstname.lastname@example.com): default address for sending e-invites from 1KA system and notifying (notifying about filled out survey, status of survey and deleting survey) email@example.com was changed into email@example.com.
Email address firstname.lastname@example.com for contacting users was replaced with new email address - firstname.lastname@example.com.
Upgraded price lists for methodological counselling and technical services.
The new functionality of resizing radio and checkbox buttons: you can change the size of radio and checkbox buttons for the entire survey (25 x 25 px up to a maximum of 55 × 55 px), which is due to the specific way of using particularly recommended for mobile devices. More >>
Additional editing options for slider question type: there are new options for editing the slider, including the possibility of using default descriptive labels (eg. the scale for validity, agreement, likeability, etc.), turning off slider's handle, and turning off the number above selected point. More >>
Option to edit messages for respondents in the case of survey quotas: if you use quotes to limit the number of answers, you can now change the message displayed to respondents, when the quota is met. The message can be altered in the Standard words tab or directly in the Activity/Quotas tab, where you can turn on quotas. More >>
Survey option to display blocks in form of tabs: if the survey contains blocks in form of tabs, respondents can complete the questionnaire moving as usual (by clicking Next button) or by clicking on the individual tabs (blocks) that are positioned on the top the questionnaire. In a similar way you can navigate through the survey when editing the questionnaire. More >>
Exposed and upgraded option of importing data: Import data, which includes adding and merging data, is exposed as a separate option in the Data tab. The functionality is upgraded and every step that leads you through the process of adding/merging data is described. More >>
Additional adjustments of online surveys on mobile devices: added automatic adjustment of questions with inserted video. In the tab 'Edit' - 'Settings' are also added Mobile settings where you can turn off the option to adjust to the mobile device (e.g., for testing, etc.).
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Organizing surveys in folders: we added a new administrative functionality, which increases the transparency over surveys. Users can create folders where you drag and drop the surveys and organize them into folders according to topic, time, purpose, etc. More >>
Limiting the number of (valid) answers: functionality of limiting valid answers was added. Users can specify the maximum number of replies regard to the valid units (partially completed or completed surveys). The survey will be automatically deactivated when it reaches the maximum number of replies. More >>
Additional options for editing questions:
New functionalities
Upgrade of language settings
New options for design
Upgrade of existing settings
New user settings options:
More options for editing introduction and conclusion:
More options for cell alignment in tables:
Added options for reviewing in the STATUS tab:
Updated labelling of test entries: automatically generated entries are now separated from manual test entries; it is also possible to delete the automatically generated entries separately. More >>
Added search for data: the user can search through database by typing keywords into the search. More >>
Users with their own installation have the option to design their own skins: here you can see some examples designed for Safe.si awareness point (example 1, example 2, and example 3).
In addition to the renewed homepages on Slovenian and English sites, in January 1KA experienced two major improvements:


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Civil Division of High Court has ordered for the immediate and unconditional release of Eddie Mutwe, the body guard of the Kyadondo East Legislator, Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine.
Eddie Mutwe was allegedly picked up by state operatives from Semakokiro Plaza in Kamwokya on August 25th and was locked up incommunicado in unknown place.
His lawyer, Eron Kiiza filed a Habeas corpus application on August 30th. A Habeas corpus is an application filed seeking the production in court of an arrested person so as he/she answers any charges if at all there are any. Justice Musa Sekaana directed security agencies to produce Eddie Mutwe in Court on September, 4th and show cause why he is being detained.
The orders were issued to Attorney General, Chief of Defense Forces and the Director of Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence on grounds that their actions were unconstitutional. On September 4th, the State prosecutor, Peter Tusubira told court that Eddie Mutwe would be taken to Gulu Magistrate's court to answer for treason.
He asked court to adjourn the matter until this morning to update court on whether Eddie Mutwe had been charged or not. However, Tusubira was no show in the court room as promised. Mutwe's lawyer, Eron Kiiza informed court that his client has never appeared before court.
He argued that the endless detention of his client is illegal and infringes on his constitutional rights to fair hearing and asked court to order whoever has him to release him unconditionally. In his ruling, Justice Sekaana said the continued detention of Eddie Mutwe is illegal and ordered that he should be released immediately and unconditionally.
Sekaana stated that there was no proof that Eddie Mutwe was produced in any court given the fact that neither his lawyers nor family has seen him in court. On September 6th, Mutwe's lawyer wrote to the CID Director, AIGP Grace Akullo demanding for the release of Mutwe or else she was to be sued in courts of law.
The Following day, Kiiza sued Akullo for the illegal detention of Mutwe. When contacted, Police Spokesperson, Emilian Kayima on why Eddie Mutwe hasn't been produced in court, Kayima said, Vincent Ssekate, the Spokesperson of the Criminal Investigations Department was well placed to answer. Ssekate said he was going to find out whether Eddie Mutwe is still with police.


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Goods will be despatched within 3 days (usually within 1 day), of cleared payment, as long as goods are in stock. As yarns, threads & fabrics are all hand-dyed, sometimes I'm out of stock of some colours, in that instance customer will be informed of estimated despatch.
Goods will be sent 1st class via Royal Mail.
Sorry I only send orders to the UK.


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McKinney Falls State Park was originally part of a ranch operation that was founded around 1850 by Thomas F. MicKinney. It changed hands and its final owner donated the property to the State of Texas in 1971.
There are no hotels that are next to the park that provide views. The closest hotel is Super 8 Austin Airport South, just a little over two miles away. It does offer cheap rooms with excellent amenities and facilities. The Holiday Inn Austin Airport is a little further away, but is much more expensive than the Super 8.
Staying near the park means quick access to the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and southeast Austin. It's a quick trip to either location which means more time to spend at the park, and less time spent traveling to the airport. The only drawback is the fact that a car is required to travel to downtown Austin in order to experience the music and restaurant scene.
Visitors to McKinney Falls State Park have plenty of activities available to them. Camping, hiking, biking, bouldering, and picnicking are all allowed in the park. The campsites have water and electric hookups for conveniences, or rent one of the six cabins for a little more comfort. Fishing is allowed in the park, and no license is needed for fishing from the shore. Swim in Onion Creek, but contact the park about swimming conditions before arriving.
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Marlena and Randy's Family Session
As a family photographer, I always have this idea of the perfect family photos. And this sweet little session could not have been more perfect! When we were planning their family session, Marlena told me that Jameson LOVES flowers. I immediately thought of this beautiful field right across from Poplar Grove Plantation. I drove past it several times leading up to her session and knew there was a field of flowers. Unfortunately, the day of their session most of the flowers had died but we were still able to capture some. The ones of them sitting down in the field of flowers are some of my favorite! We had the perfect amount of sunlight and these images could not be more magical.
This session was very special to all of them but I think mostly for Marlena and Jameson. Jameson's daddy passed away when Marlena was pregnant with Jameson. This was a very monumental photo shoot for them. It was the first time for Marlena and Jameson to have their family portraits taken with a man, a very special man! Marlena and Randy have been dating for quite some time now. Jameson and Marlena have welcomed him into the family with open arms and love that he is there for them and with them every step of the way. They make the perfect little family of three and I can not wait to see what this family has in store! They deserve only the best and the happiest of endings.
Marlena and Randy enjoyed chasing after Jameson. This sweet little family had no problem loving on each other, playing with each other and just enjoying being in each others company. Jameson picked flowers for mom. They walked along the dirt path and snuggled with Jameson. It was the perfect ending to a day. <3 This session, like all my sessions, was not just about the family photos. For Marlena and Randy, this session was about enjoying Jameson and enjoying being together. With so much love and laughter it is impossible not to capture beautiful family photos with this sweet little family.
Marlena is part of my Mommy Photography Program. To check out her mommy and me session click here.
Looking for beautiful family portraits too? Fill out the form below and I will be in touch!


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There has been a new development in the story of Norris Atthey, the former military policeman arrested last summer, at the instigation of the RSPCA, for allegedly drowning a grey squirrel. Mr Atthey dedicates his life to defending one of England's last populations of red squirrels near Morpeth, Northumberland, against the deadly advance of grey squirrels, which are officially classed as pests – not least because they are carriers of a disease, fatal to the reds, to which they themselves are immune.
As I reported last August, Mr Atthey was so angry at the RSPCA's prosecution of a Staffordshire window cleaner for drowning a grey squirrel, which had been attacking his bird-feeder, that he told the local paper that he too had drowned a grey squirrel, challenging the RSPCA to prosecute him. He wanted to produce evidence that drowning, which is quite legal, inflicts less suffering on an animal than other methods.
The ever-zealous RSPCA rose to the bait, coming round with two policemen to arrest him. Despite being held in a police cell for nine hours, he would divulge no more than what he had already told the Morpeth Herald. Eventually he was told he would be charged, under the 2006 Animal Welfare Act, with causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. Nine days ago, after thousands of pounds had been spent on lawyers and a report by an expert witness closely linked to the RSPCA, the case came up before District Judge Stephen Earl.
At the start of the hearing the RSPCA announced that, since it had no evidence other than Mr Atthey's statement to the paper, it would be dropping the charges. The judge nevertheless ordered that, since Mr Atthey had brought the case on himself, he should pay his own substantial costs. The RSPCA then, however, issued a press release claiming that Mr Atthey had "handed us a signed declaration stating that he had drowned a squirrel" but had then "advised the court that this was not true".
Since Mr Atthey and his lawyer strongly deny that he ever did such a thing, I wrote to the RSPCA asking for details as to when and to whom this "signed statement" had been made. Could I see it? Avoiding my questions, they merely repeated their claim, saying "it would be entirely improper of us to give any legal statement such as this to a journalist".
The charity is always quick to publicise the 2,000 prosecutions it brings each year (far more than anyone else except the Crown Prosecution Service), because this plays a key part in encouraging the public to contribute to its £115 million-a-year income. Even in this case, it ended its misleading press release: "Please help us to continue our vital welfare work and make a donation today."


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Waste Silicon Being Reused in Flexible Lithium-Ion Batteries
Clean technologies like solar cells and lithium-ion batteries allow us to use renewable energy and use energy more efficiently, but often the materials that they're made from are scarce, expensive, hard to recycle or all of the above. Many researchers have been trying to tackle this problem by either developing technologies that uses more abundant materials, like these solar cells, or by finding ways to reuse and recycle the materials already being used in advanced technologies.
A partnership between Rice University and the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium is focusing on the latter. The researchers have found a way to use waste silicon that would otherwise be discarded to make flexible lithium-ion batteries that could actually store more energy and be a step toward batteries that can conform to any shape and cost less to make.Rice University reports, "The Rice lab of materials scientist Pulickel Ajayan created forests of nanowires from high-value but hard-to-recycle silicon. Silicon absorbs 10 times more lithium than the carbon commonly used in LI batteries, but because it expands and contracts as it charges and discharges, it breaks down quickly.
The Ajayan lab reports this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science on its technique to make carefully arrayed nanowires encased in electrically conducting copper and ion-conducting polymer electrolyte into an anode. The material gives nanowires the space to grow and shrink as needed, which prolongs their usefulness. The electrolyte also serves as an efficient spacer between the anode and cathode."
For this waste silicon battery to actually make it into our devices one day, the researchers knew that the manufacturing process had to be simple to replicate and scalable. They used the established processes of colloidal nanosphere lithography to create an anti-corrosion barrier on the silicon and metal-assisted chemical etching to create millions of nanowires out of a silicon wafer. An electrolyte was then used to create a flexible matrix out of the nanowires that can easily be peeled off the wafer and then used in a lithium-ion battery. The researchers say that these processes can easily be done with silicon wafers the size of pizzas.
The resulting battery using the silicon nanowire array was able to put out 150 milliamp hours per gram. Even after 50 charge and recharge cycles, the battery showed little signs of decay. The researchers are now working on improving those figures and testing different battery configurations.


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The little-big thing that got me comfortable reading books on my laptop was realizing that the shape of my browser window was important. There I am, reading Accelerando! and something wasn't right.
I resized my browser window narrow and tall, like a paperback book, and all the sudden it was no problem. I didn't realize how wide the columns of the Internets are! And how much of a difference it makes. I read a lot, I guess I'm wired up this way now.
It got me to thinking - I'm always resizing my browser window anyway, and there's basically one size I like by default, wide and covering most of the screen of my 12" pbook.
This one:
is nice for reading long-form book type writing. And:
is the default browse setting I like.
Also, here's another interesting piece of javascript for a bookmarklet:
What this does is goes to the href= page and makes the page you clicked the bookmarklet on available as $_ENV['QUERY_STRING']. Useful for del.icio.us-style bookmarking and stuff.


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Bras Basah.Bugis is a shopper's paradise, with swanky malls, charming boutiques and bustling street markets.
Bras Basah.Bugis
Bugis is a thriving district with a colourful past. Today it boasts everything shoppers could ever ask for; swanky malls, charming boutiques, bustling street markets, and of course, bargains at every corner. At Bras Basah.Bugis, you can discover local and international brands, curate pieces that speak to your passion and hunt for keepsakes that will remind you of the Singapore experience. This shopping trail should take about four hours.
Bargain shopping
Shopping in Bugis is easy on the eyes and on the wallet, with a lot of the shops catering to young adults and teenagers.
1. Bugis Street
Start at 1 Bugis Street Market, which offers an array of apparel, accessories and eats. Here lies one of Singapore's oldest and colourful districts. In the past, Bugis Street Market was crammed with entertainment and al fresco dining, along with nightly adult-themed shows.
Today, it's a bustling street market. Step into the covered bazaar that sells everything from quirky knickknacks and homeware to affordable and fashionable garments. Bargain hunters, get ready to scour the best deals through shops packed with cheap clothes, shoes and accessories. While you wander through the maze of shops, grab a bite at one of the snack stalls located within. With over 600 stores spread across three levels, you'll definitely find something that suits you. For more fashion options, head up to the second and third level.
Bugis Street Market. 3 New Bugis Street, Singapore 188867. +65 6338 9513.
Daily 11am-11pm.
Where high street fashion and entertainment meet
2. Bugis+
Just next to Bugis Street Market is 2 Bugis+, a 10-storey mall that has equal levels of fun and shopping. The lower levels are dedicated to fashion, while the upper levels are all about entertainment.
Shop at international high street labels like Berskha and Pull&Bear that update their stocks regularly, so you can be sure that there's always a new look to discover. Find outfits that may not be available back home on these shelves.
Head over to the Editor's Market, a homegrown boutique for tastefully curated fashion. Here you can mix and match pieces for your perfect outfit. The more items you pick, the cheaper it gets. Then, take a break and indulge in the mall's vast entertainment options. Catch a movie, shoot some pool or even go prawning on the roof. If you'd like to do as the locals do, sing your lungs out at a karaoke booth at Manekineko or play a game of darts at iDartsHalo.
Bugis+. 3 New Bugis Street, Singapore 188867. +65 6338 9513.
Daily 10am-10pm.
3. Kapok at National Design Centre
A short walk away is National Design Centre, home to multi-label boutique and café 3 Kapok. This is where discerning fashionistas can sift through a curated cult collection of international labels like Maison Kitsuné, Stolen, and Mischa. Or mix and match pieces to express your personal style, before taking a tour around the design centre.
For lunch, grab a table at Tanuki Raw. This café just next door serves up a playful, modern take on Japanese food. A crowd favourite is the truffle yakiniku don; angus short rib is served with rice, folded in truffle soya sauce and crowned with an onsen egg (an egg cooked precisely to produce a firm white but a runny yolk).
Kapok, National Design Centre. 111 Middle Rd, Singapore 188969. +65 9060 9107.
Daily 11am-9pm.
4. Bugis Junction
Across the road is 4 Bugis Junction, a mall that appeals to the young crowd with its fast fashion, costume jewellery, kawaii (cute) collectibles, and street-smart backpacks and courier bags. Complete your look at one of the many fuss-free fashion boutiques like 107 Style and 3 Halo Apparel. Then, take a stroll outside the main building, along two streets of air-conditioned walkways flanked by pushcarts selling knickknacks ranging from scarves to baby shoes.
Bugis Junction. 200 Victoria Street, Singapore 188021. +65 6557 6557.
Daily 10am-10pm.
Old school charm and quirky knickknacks
5. Bras Basah Complex
From Bugis Junction, walk down along Victoria Street and you will arrive at 5 Bras Basah Complex, an old-school building that's been dubbed 'Book City'. Trawl through mountains of second-hand books and magazines of possibly every topic you can think of. To spruce up your coffee table, head to Basheer Graphic Books for new collections of graphic books and magazines. You'll find titles ranging from home and décor to art. Bras Basah is also home to hipster stores selling novelties like retro Chinese toy cars. End the trail by buying a piece of quirky art at Cat Socrates that you can bring home as a memento. It's bound to make a good conversation starter in your living space.
Bras Basah Complex. Blk 231 Bain Street, Singapore 180231. +65 9111 3257.
Mon-Thu 10am-7pm; Fri-Sun 10am-9pm.


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Microform Imaging LTD raises over £3,000 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance Charity
After totting up the proceeds from our fundraiser in September, held at the East Ardsley Festival, staff at Microform Imaging are proud to announce that a total of £3,155.10 has been raised for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance Charity.
Looking to raise money for the service, staff members at Microform asked local businesses for both sponsorship and a helping hand during the festival, where a range of stalls, games, and activities were created as a result.
The event was also attended by West Yorkshire Police, who brought special cars, motocross bikes, and riot gear, allowing visitors to learn about the role that the force plays in the community.
Children were also catered for with a range of bouncy castles, competitions, games, and ice creams.
Local artists, performers, and bands were also out in full force to entertain and wow visitors, who were able to enjoy the acts throughout the course of the day.
Microform would also like to give special thanks to all involved throughout the community and especially to staff at Microform — who had only three months to organise the event from start to finish.
The Yorkshire Air Ambulance Charity is an organisation that has to rely on the generosity of individuals and organisations throughout the community in order to save lives across Yorkshire.
It only receives help through secondment of Paramedics from the NHS, through the Yorkshire Air Ambulance Service NHS Trust.
In order to keep both air ambulances running, it costs a total of £12,000 every single day — equating to £4.4 million every year.
To find out more about how you can help the charity, check out its fundraising guide here.
The festival, as seen in the Morley Observer.


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Incident at Vichy
With his trademark unrelenting honesty and conviction, Arthur Miller examines a major Holocaust issue: the failure to assume responsibility and the consequent moral and social guilt of those who refuse to fight evil. Set in a detention room in Vichy, France during the 1942 German occupation, a number of people have been rounded up and are awaiting interrogation before being sent to concentration camps. It is soon obvious that they are Jews with false papers that will not stand up to close scrutiny. While individual stories flow past the juror?s eye, events soon focus on Leduc (Harris Yulin), a psychiatrist, and an Austrian prince (Richard Jordan), who recognizes his guilt of silent complicity and his failure to act responsibly while the Germans rose to power. Miller raises theoretical and ideological arguments and brings up the question of where responsibility lies. Notions of the nature of personal sacrifice, issues of personal blame, and a debate on how much each person is obligated to help in a larger crisis are addressed in this truly important and provocative television event.
"Arthur Miller at his most searching and provocative. A play that makes you think." - The New York Times
1973, Drama, 80 minutes, Color
Cast: Rene Auberjonois, Harris Yulin, Allen Garfield, Barry Primus, Bert Freed, Andy Robinson, Thomas Bower, Joseph Hindy, Harry Davis, Sean Kelly, Edmund Gilbert, William Hansen, Jack Denbo, Lee Bergere, Curt Lowens, Ed Bakey
Written by: Arthur Miller
Music by: Lyn Murray
Directed by: Stacy Keach
Produced by: George Turpin
Executive Producer: Norman Lloyd


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Posted: Apr 07, 2018
MEDFORD, Mass. – No. 3 Tufts University used a big second quarter to distance themselves from, and eventually beat, the fourth-ranked Wesleyan University men's lacrosse team Saturday afternoon at Bello Field. The Jumbos (9-0, 6-0 NESCAC) outscored the Cardinals (8-2, 5-1 NESCAC) 4-0 in the second quarter to build a lead that they would never give up, earning the victory by a score of 14-10. The loss marked Wesleyan's first in conference play this season.
- The first quarter was tightly contested as the teams traded goals to begin the game. Wesleyan struck first less than a minute in as Harry Stanton '18 hit a turnaround shot from the goalie's right.
- Ben Connelly immediately answered for Tufts, scoring the next two goals in a row. Stanton would score two more times in the quarter for the Cardinals and so would Jumbos' Andrew Seiter and Cam Irwin to go into the second with the score knotted at four.
- Tufts' defense in the second quarter locked down Wesleyan, allowing zero goals for the entire 15 minutes. On the other end, Garrett Samuelson, Connelly, Matt Treiber, and Frank Hattler all scored to build the Jumbos an 8-4 halftime lead.
- The teams played to a 6-6 tie in the second half with the Cardinals never getting closer than four. Tufts outscored Wesleyan 3-2 in the third quarter, only to be outscored by the visitors 4-3 in the fourth and final frame.
- Three Cardinals combined for all of the team's goals with Stanton tallying four as Taylor Ghesquiere '18 and Ronan Jacoby '21 both had three. Ghesquiere also picked up an assist on the day. Cole Turpin '18 and Carter Hawthorne '19 each assisted twice and Ryan Flippin '18 and Zach Zavalick '20 both did so once. Colin Malarchuk '20 led the way with two caused turnovers and Zavalick had seven ground balls. Zavalick was also impressive on face offs, winning 12-of-21.
- Despite the lose, sophomore goalie Otto Bohan made 18 saves, stopping many that looked destined to find the back of the net. Tufts' goalie Mason Pollack played admirably for the Jumbos as well, making nine saves.
- Danny Murphy paced Tufts with seven points coming from two goals and five assists. Connelly scored four goals and Seiter had three. Treiber scored twice and picked up three assists, while Hattler had one goal and two assists. Samuelson and Irwin both scored one and Griffin Johnson recorded two assists. Connor Lansdale and Arend Broekmate each caused two turnovers on defense and Henry Hollen led the way with seven ground balls.
- The Jumbos held the advantage in shots, 45-38, and ground balls, 34-27.
- The Cardinals will look to get back on track Tuesday, April 10 for a road game against in-state rival Trinity.
- Recap courtesy of Tufts Athletic Communications -


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The narrative of dreams and nightmares
Alida Ivanov
Sven-Harry's Art Museum, Stockholm
26 January – 31 March, 2013
An artist possesses, on the one hand, the power to change how we see reality, and on the other hand, the ability to trick us into see something that isn't there. A world can be created through the expression and the imagination of an artist. In the exhibition Stargazer at Sven-Harry's Art Museum, in Stockholm, Swedish artist Karin Mamma Andersson invites us into a world just like that.
As a curator, Karin Mamma Andersson really amazed me. When I saw the list of the artists, I did get worried. This extensive list consists of 21 artists, both Swedish and international, who have used 21 different techniques of expression; we find everything from video, to installation, to paintings, drawings and the list goes on. All of these artists have different aesthetic languages and in some ways they also have different goals in their work. But, there was a strange and subtle thread through the whole exhibition and that is the aesthetic of Karin Mamma Andersson: the uncanny of everyday life, homeliness with an underlining of the darkness and the disquiet landscapes.
The spaces in Sven-Harry's Art Museum are incredible. They work almost as a maze where you can discover whatever they hold. When you enter the museum, you enter the gift-shop first, which is an honest way of viewing the present economical situation of museums. It also works as a reality check when you leave.
Afterwards you are guided into a white cube and then into the next space, which is a windowed rectangle. The show continues up the stairs to several smaller spaces: all of them actually help the narrative of the show. Here you may ask, with all of the different aesthetics and artists in this exhibition, what is the narrative of it?
Sonja Nilsson, The Silence of the Lambs
Among the artists we find a video installation by Sonja Nilsson called The Silence of the Lambs. The title is taken from the movie with the same name. In the film there is a scene where the serial killer Buffalo Bill dances in women's clothing, the artist reenacts this. The video is seen in a dollhouse-sized room in between two walls. All of a sudden, it flashes and you're blinded. The image is left stuck on your retina for a few minutes. The picture of the figure in a white negligée doesn't go away even when you close your eyes. It's an almost claustrophobic, strange, and voyeuristic experience that is beautiful and scary at the same time.
Klara Kristalova is famous for her sculptures, but mostly for her ceramic, glazed figures. These are based on myths and fairytales and possess childish qualities. The character of the young woman is the one that reoccurs in her work. In this show there is a borderline piece called The Elephant. I call it borderline because it's a woman, who is called an elephant. There is bodily fixation to it; the girl is chewing on her own nose.
Kerstin Hansson, Verklighetens Folk
Another ambiguous piece in the exhibition is an installation by Kerstin Hansson, Verklighetens Folk (People of Reality). It consists of shelves that are stuffed with plaster figurines in girly colors and glitter. And by stuffed, I really mean stuffed. There is not a single empty space on these shelves. All of the figurines are turned towards the visitors and they look at them with their happy, but dead eyes. This is probably the prettiest work, from afar, but when you get closer you see the dust and the obsessiveness of the piece.
The exhibition has both newer and older works; one of my favorites among these is Lucas Cranach's Venus from the 16th century. This is one of many Venuses. They all have different hairstyles, with or without a cherub, background scarves, but they're all incredibly beautiful. The one in this show is a shy one; she has no direct eye contact with the beholder (a classic case for the male gaze). But there is something tranquil about her and it creates a balance with other more turbulent works.
Lucas Cranach, Venus
Henry Darger probably stands for one of the more unsettling works. In this undated, Boschian drawing we see an endless array of violence, abuse, pedophilia and just plain darkness. In its beige, pinkish tone it's hard to process what you actually see. This is something that happens with many of the works in the show, they have this dual quality to them.
By looking at all the individual works in this show, it can be hard to find a narrative. But this show does have one – it's the narrative of dreams, or in some cases nightmares. Everything makes sense in a nonsensical way. But you just have to go with the flow and accept the inner logic of Stargazer.
Artists included in the exhibition: Francis Alÿs, Fikret Atay, Dick Bengtsson, René Clair, Lucas Cranach, Henry Darger, Marcel Dzama, Paul Gauguin, Kerstin Hansson, C.F. Hill, Åke Hodell, Lisa Jeannin, Ernst Josephson, Bruno Knutman, Klara Kristalova, Sonja Nilsson, Tal R, Ladislas Starevich, Nino Strohecker, Fruls Tilpo, Johnson Weree.


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Well thats 2 in 2. I thought I'd make this one but...
Without an admit in hand I would need in my backup school application in addition to Harvard. More work, more pain. Hope all this pays of in the end.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Waitlisted at Tepper
Well thats 2 in 2. I thought I'd make this one but...
Posted by Anand at 4:07 PM 7 comments
Friday, December 15, 2006
Waitlisted at Tuck
Somehow I felt that this was going to happen but I don't feel any emotion as in dissapointment, relief or joy. I guess waitlist is supposed to do that to you i.e. confuse you. Tuck's note mentions that very few people(what is very few?) are waitlisted so that leads me to beleive that something might come out of this. FAQs suggest that they are not looking for supplemental material but for the candidate to show his interest in the program and the school. Not quite sure how to go about it but I better get started on my waitlist strategy now.
Posted by Anand at 7:41 PM 5 comments
Monday, December 04, 2006
Darden done and Bangalore here I come
Well! I have completed my Darden application and am pretty ga-ga about it. Havin planned 3 weeks for Darden app it didn't expect to be submitted it just the day before but as usual I procrastinated till the last minute. I managed most of it in the last 3 days. The essays are very similar to Tuck and to some extent you can say the same about the school. Hence it wasn't that difficult a task.
I can be pretty pleased at the fact that I have absolutely no App'ing or work to do for the next 2 weeks. I am going to be in bangalore on vacation. My brother's getting married and its going to be a really fun trip. Certainly earned a vacation with all the work i have done last couple of months.
Finally : Attn Bangalore MBA bloggers - How about a blogger get togather or a 'Beer Challenge'
Thanks to Marina for starting that. Its becoming quite a popular event worldwide ;)
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The franchise licence for Kidzania in India is owned by Imagination Edutainment. Singapore-based KidZ Inc., whose shareholders are Comcraft Group, Xander Group and Maxfield Management Limited, owns 74% of the franchise while actor Shah Rukh Khan owns the remaining 26%. The chain is also present in Mumbai.
"The project funding will be done through 70% equity and 30% debt, Kumar said, adding that KidZania Delhi will be a 147-acre facility in Noida and will be ready in 2016.
"We are very bullish about the Delhi NCR market. While we will be targeting kids between 4-14 years and their parents residing in Delhi, Noida and Gurgaon and we feel there is a great potential in the surrounding cities of Sonipat, Panipat, Mathura, Agra and Meerut. Our feasibility report has also shown interest of inbound tourists and school groups from Punjab and Haryana. We are confident of hosting 600,000+ visitors in the first year," said Kumar.
The indoor theme-park, built-to-scale across three levels, will be spread over nearly 100,000 sq ft and have a capacity to host 1,800 visitors, based on a mix of 65% children and 35% adults.
Kumar said the operating cash break-even on an annualised basis in Delhi-NCR is expected within 12 months of the launch. The project is expected to break-even in five-six years.
The project will have new establishments that include an underground archaeology facility, a stadium and a hanging aircraft at the entrance. The concept is present in 20 cities including London, Dubai, Jeddah, Lisbon, Tokyo and its start-point, Santa Fe in Mexico.
The Mumbai facility has seen more than 700,000 young visitors, including those from over 300 schools, in the last 24 months. Children are allowed to take part in activities as professionals and also act as customers in establishments like the bank, aircraft, allowing them to learn, spend or earn their own currency called KidZos.
The Delhi facility has already signed on brands including Parle-G for a biscuit factory, Bajaj Electricals for a culinary school and an energy conservation hub, Kellogg's for a cereal factory, Big Bazaar for a supermarket, and E-Zone (electronics store), among others. The Mumbai facility houses over 36 brands.


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Crescent Head is always a good destination on the bike.
I take a few hours off for an early morning loop down Plomers Lane and Maria River Road.
Off the point at Crescent Head
View from Racecourse Beach
Limeburners Creek
Wetlands behind the beach
Someone's been here before me
Beach access at Delicate
I got stuck in a bog and had to turn it around
Plomer Road is actually pretty dry for a change
Hastings Oyster leases
Hastings Oyster leases
Corduroy at Crescent Head Road
The bird life is happy to see all the water
Our new bypass will be open next week
Thank God