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I remember getting interested in Australian car culture the moment I saw my first Mad Max Interceptor. With news that Ford is ceasing production of big RWD cars in Australia we thought we'd look back at the best with your help.
Years after seeing that first big Ford, I had flatmates from down under while living in London who kept telling me that being a Holden (GM) or a Ford guy is "more serious business than a rugby final against the All Blacks (New-Zealand)." Now it seems like Australian Fords are going even further down, leaving us without Falcons and their Ute variants.
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Remember Tim Burton's doomed Superman Lives movie everyone's been buzzing about lately, thanks to a director wishing to make a documentary on the project?
New photos have surfaced via a tweet from DCU Movie Page that show more of Nicolas Cage in his Superman suit, and he looks...well, you can make up your own mind. Please note, DCU did not state as to where the photos came from, so we can't verify their authenticity.
One thing's for certain, they're an improvement from the first shot we were shown of Cage decked in (an earlier version?) of Supes' garb:
The more and more we learn about Burton's Superman Lives, the more eccentric and fascinating the project sounds. If its backstory interests you, head on over to director/producer Jon Schnepp's Kickstarter to support his documentary on "the most original and strangest Superman ever."


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reported on photos a reader sent me showing a Walmart point of sale display promoting a hitherto unknown $50/month Verizon Wireless Unlimited Smartphone plan.
The displays indicated that the plan included unlimited talk and messaging and 1 GB of data. Previously, the least expensive Verizon prepaid smartphone plan was $60 for unlimited talk and messaging and 2 GB.
The new plan was described as a "Walmart Exclusive" and a "Limited Time Offer". There was a lot of speculation in my initial post and in the comments about what exactly those phrases meant.
The biggest question was whether the plan was available only with Verizon prepaid phones sold by Walmart or if phones from other sources including devices added to Verizon Prepaid using the carrier's "Bring Your Own Phone" (BYOP) program. We now have answers thanks to a statement I received today from Verizon Corporate Communications:
The Exclusive Price Plan is available on all eligible VZW 3G Smartphones, such as the iPhone® (4/4S), BlackBerry® (3G) and Android TM (3G) devicesA Verizon spokesperson also confirmed to me that once a user is active on the $50 Smartphone Plan they do not need to use a Walmart card to renew the plan. Renewals can be made using Verizon prepaid top-up cards or PINs from any source, including local stores or online sellers like callingmart.com. $50 Smartphone users can also set up and use auto pay online at My Verizon, however they are not eligible for the $5/month auto-pay discount.
A subscriber who already has an eligible Smartphone does not need to purchase a new Smartphone from Wal-Mart
The Exclusive Price Plan is only available at Wal-Mart and the subscriber will need to purchase a $50 Card (or a multi-denominational card that is loaded with $50) from Wal-Mart
Subscribers will remain on the Exclusive Price Plan for as long they continue to replenish their accounts with at least $50 every month
"Limited Time Only" means that subscribers will be able to add this Exclusive Price Plan for a limited time, but if they add the plan during the availability period, subscribers can keep the plan for as long as they continue to replenish their accounts with at least $50 every month.
In addition to Verizon Prepaid smartphones, you can also activate any non-LTE Verizon Smartphone, including BlackBerrys and the iPhone 4 and 4S on any of Verizon's prepaid Smartphone plans. In addition to the $50 plan there are $60 and $70 unlimited smartphone plans that include 2GB and 4GB of data respectively. BlackBerrys on the smartphone plan can access BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS), which is required by BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), BlackBerry Email and some apps.
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Our friends Ariel and Paul have a weekend cottage in the English countryside in Wiltshire. We've spent quite a bit of time at Rose Cottage, as it is called, over the last 10 years, and have watched it transform from being a weekend getaway for two, to a family home (they have a 7-year-old named Daphne), to a sometimes rental property. (Yes, you can rent it!) As you can probably tell from their lovely taste, both Ariel and Paul are in creative fields—they met when they were working at Wallpaper Magazine, and now Ariel is in business development at the advertising and branding agency Winkreative, and Paul is the founder of furniture company Another Country. We absolutely love Rosie, as the cottage is affectionately called, and their spare yet homey sensibility. We asked them a few questions while we were there over Thanksgiving, and picked up some nice design tips in the process.
Tell us about Rose Cottage: The house was a 17th century one-up one-down that had a series of extensions around it, done over the years. When we came we decided we would take everything down except the really original house, and then we reconceived our own extension which was around the core.
How bad was the shape? It had been well looked after, but it was damp and needed major modernization.
The kitchen and dining room didn't exist. The inspiration was to have a main room for living dining and cooking, that was unlike what we have in London, which was a Victorian, very parceled off between dining and living. We like natural fabrics, wood, gravitate towards earth tones…and a certain sense of English farmhouse. The grey floor cushions were the first thing we bought for the house, and we bought them at Habitat, and they are the longest lasting item we've ever owned. We watch tv on them. They're a table. They're seats. They're footrests. You can lounge out.
How much did it change for you when it became a rental? We did strip a lot of personal affects out, but the main crowning glory for me, is the larder, which now feeds my obsession of order. There are no more stacks of everything…each jar has its place. I can't stockpile. That's been very liberating. Stuff doesn't go uneaten. I don't have jars and jars of different relishes and mustards. We open it, we eat it.
"This (below) is a reprint of an image by photographer Seydou Keita. The actual photo is tiny, but this is a reprint done quite large."
Tell us about the chandelier: It's Piet Boon, designed for a company called Moooi, which means pretty in Dutch. We liked it because we felt the house could use some black, as an anchoring color, and we liked the clean classic modern lines. (And we thought it would be fun to bump our heads every time we get up from the table!)
This (above) is a view from the living room across the dining area and into the kitchen.
I love how the fridge and how everything is built in. And one of my favorite parts of the kitchen is how the dishwasher opens right across from the cabinet where all the plates, bowls, etc, are stored. I imagine how many steps that saves over the course of a year. Was this planned? We designed the kitchen so the counters the door of the dishwasher and the cabinet doors could be fully opened, but you could still walk through. We also like that counter is wide enough that we can cook, and visit with friends who sit across the counter, but don't hover. One of my other favorite things is that it's enclosed enough, that even though it's an open plan, I can turn the lights off, and forget the kitchen is there.
Tell us about the black stools (from Another Country, Paul's furniture company): They're elongated stools, with the three different height footrests. We put them in the house because they balance the chandelier.
Tell us about the framed pics in the guest toilet: They're a collection of odd little things that were given to me that I wanted to keep out and I don't really like picture frames on tables, so I put them all in that little bathroom. The scale seemed right.
I love the sitting room. Tell us about how it's used, and how you feel in it? We use it to take afternoon naps. It's also where we read the paper when Daphne is wathching cartoons in the living room. The daybed was a wedding present from Paul's parents, and it's Dutch 18th century. The pillows in the window seats are Josef Frank, from Svenskt Tenn in Stockholm, where Ariel spent a lot of time, when she was the creative director of Wallpaper Magazine.
Tell us about the adorable beds in Daphne's room: They're new, and they're actually handmade and come from Gloucestshire. I sent a sketch of what I was looking for and they made them. No, they weren't cheap, but you only buy them once, and they're the only piece of furniture in the room. I also wanted her to feel that her bed at Rose Cottage was like home.
The landscape pictures are of the land just behind their property, which is called the Oyster Coppice. You can wander through the woodlands, and across the wide fields. The whole area is so lovely—there are plenty of lovely walks, nearby pubs, castles, and Stonehenge and Avebury are relatively close by.


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Last night I attended my first Manchester WordPress User Group Meeting (MWUG). Hosted at the MadLab in the Northern Quarter the group is a great way to learn a little more about WordPress. Below is a quick review of two points discussed with some useful references.
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1. Post Types
At the moment in the WordPress back end you have the option to add a new post or a new page. What post types allows you to do is add new types of posts, so add a new "movie", "person" etc rather than adding a new post. This could be very useful if your blog / site is used as a CMS as you have different areas where new content needs adding e.g. a football team site could have several post types – player, match reports, fixtures, ticket information per match etc.
You can accomplish this already by using pages and assign them a different template, but this requires the creation of template files in your theme. Post types should allow you to create the majority from the back end.
The added benefit is that the new post type is added to the menu in the back end which is great for keeping things simple for non techy users.
Mike Little went over an example using some sample code from http://wpengineer.com/impressions-of-custom-post-type/, head over there to read more about post types. This will change the way you create CMS sites using WordPress.
2. Menus
Currently if you want to create a menu thats a mix of posts, categories, has children, but doesn't show a particular page you would need to use wp_list_pages with various arguments and add the code to your theme. Menus allows the building of menus in the back end add and then the ability to display your menu using widgets.
This system has been taken from Woo Themes (this site runs on) and will be added into WordPress 3.0, you can get it now if you use the subversion access. Head over to http://wordpress.org/development/2010/02/menus-merge-patch-sprint/ for more information on menus in WordPress 3.0.
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A crossword puzzle published by the AJC and several other papers has sparked controversy because it includes an offensive term for Jewish people.
"Shylock, e.g." was the hint for 32-down in last Friday's crossword puzzle. "Shylock" is a derogatory term for Jewish people; the word comes from the name of a Jewish moneylender in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice."
The answer to 32-down was "Jew," prompting outrage among many puzzle-solvers.
"If they put 'African American' as a clue, they wouldn't put 'Uncle Tom' as the answer," said one reader to Atlanta's WXIA-TV. "It's just as inflammatory as what Paula Deen Said."
The Anti-Defamation League complained to Tribune Media Services, the puzzle's syndicator, and asked for an apology. The company responded with a statement that included the following:
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Acer has just announced its latest addition to the Android tablet world, the Iconia Tab A200. Apart from the name and looks, the A200 is similar to the Iconia A500, internally.
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This course will introduce students to the major learning style theories and help students integrate the use of learning style theory into their instructional plans.
EDN 506 Using Technology to Improve Instruction (3.00)
This class focuses on a wide variety of computer-based technologies that can be used to manage, supplement, and enhance the instructional process. No prior computing knowledge is necessary.
EDN 507 Content Reading (3.00)
This course examines the current research, curricular goals, and methods of teaching and integrating reading and language arts throughout content areas. Students will apply strategies for teaching reading within their specific disciplines. Content literacy in a standards-based curriculum and research-based best practices for teaching all readers - struggling, gifted, English-language learning, and challenged - will be studied. Specific emphasis will be placed on the strategic use of literature in various content classes. The course is designed to provide teaching professionals strategies and practical knowledge to enhance student learning and competencies.
EDN 508 Leadership for Innovation and Change (2.00)
Students will examine theories of change, school culture, and interaction with internal and external forces affecting school leaders. Students will analyze current issues and research facing K-12 schools and school leaders. No field work component is required for this course.
EDN 509 Using Multimedia in the Classroom (3.00)
This course focuses on the integration of multimedia technology with elementary and secondary curricula. Students will examine multimedia as an effective pedagogical tool, then plan and design individual instructional multimedia projects for use in their own classrooms.
EDN 510 Classroom as a Learning Environment (3.00)
This course will address all aspects of the classroom learning environment, including the physical, behavioral, social, and psychological influences, as well as the instructional implications for fostering a community of learners and improved student learning. Principles of effective management, classroom organization, planning, and instructional grouping strategies will be emphasized. Students will examine effective communication techniques for fostering positive relationships with and among students, parents, and other school personnel. Students will plan for ways to enhance their own approach in the classroom, as well as strategies for assisting colleagues.
EDN 512 Science Inquiry Workshop (2.00)
Participants will experience science as a way of learning, thinking, and understanding. Elementary school teachers will be immersed in a learning community in which they are given opportunities to reflect, challenge, and collaborate with each other, as well as the instructors, in both formal and informal settings. The program will lead participants through scientific reasoning processes initially by rekindling their innate curiosity about scientific phenomena, and then by systemically developing these reasoning skills through repeated practice. Understanding is further enhanced by relating concepts to everyday phenomena.
EDN 513 Methods in Mathematics: Technology in The Classroom (3.00)
This course covers the following topics: calculator/graphing and computer algebra approach to problem solving; logarithmic and exponential functions and their application to real life situations (like finance, population planning, investments); trigonometric functions and their applications to real life situations; introduction to fractal geometry and iteration of functions; and pedagogical methods including group work, peer instruction, and interactive learning environment. Required project: Create a 3 week unit utilizing the techniques learned in this course and implement it in your classroom.
EDN 515 The Institutional and Political Environment of Schools (3.00)
The governance of schools today is characterized by a fundamental shift in structure, organization, and administration. This course examines these changes and the political, social, and business context in which school administrators make decisions. The course includes the historical foundations and evolution of schools as a social institution, as well as the issues that shape policy-making at the local school level.
EDN 522 Navigating Special Education and School Law (3.00)
This course focuses on an analysis of selected general legal principles, case and statute law, and lawmaking agencies that impact schools, educational leaders, and subgroups such as English Language Learners and students with disabilities. Federal and state constitutions and statutes, and case law will be related to the responsibilities of teachers, principals, supervisors, central office administrators, superintendents, and school board members. Candidates will become familiar with the significant legal issues affecting today's delivery of educational services to all students, including students with disabilities and English Language Learners. Students will become informed about professional codes of ethics, the process and management of litigation, policy development at the district level, and constitutional, statutory, and regulatory provisions that bear on the operation of a school district.
EDN 524 Professional Ethics for Teachers (3.00)
An introduction to professional ethics focused on models of professional-client obligation and dilemmas specific to the practice of education.
EDN 530 Characteristics of Students With High Incidence Disabilities (3.00)
The course examines the identifying characteristics of students with mild to moderate disabilities (learning disabilities, communication disorders, emotional and behavioral disabilities, cognitive disabilities, autism, ADHD) as defined under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act. The Response-to-Intervention (RtI) process will be studied along with the definitions of the different disabilities and incidence rates. Students may not receive credit for both EDN 430 andd 530.
EDN 532 Methods of Teaching Students With High Incidence Disabilities (3.00)
This course will cover effective instructional methods, strategies, accommodations and modification, in multiple content areas, as they relate to teaching K-12 students with high incidence disabilities in inclusive settings. Strategies to collaborate with colleagues and with parents/families of students with disabilities will also be covered including co-teaching, family-educator conferences, and working effectively with paraprofessionals. Students may not receive credit for both EDN 432 and 532.
EDN 533 Foundations of Curriculum and Instruction (3.00)
This course focuses on the development of a basic understanding of the philosophical basis of various curriculum models. It also focuses on the processes of curriculum planning, development, and evaluation. The principal goal is to facilitate the student's ability to recognize the relationships among the philosophical bases, curriculum, and teaching and learning. The student is acquainted with the underlying principles, effective practices, and techniques appropriate for overall curriculum planning.
EDN 534 Leadership for Supervision and Instruction (3.00)
This course is designed to examine the educational leader's role as a facilitator of learning. The primary objective of the course is to explore the broad area of school reform through the lenses of supervision, pedagogy, assessment, standards, and dilemmas that reform in these areas can create. There will be an emphasis on the concepts and skills of leadership that are required to enhance and extend student learning, including instructional supervision. The state requirements in teacher and principal supervision will be addressed in this course. Candidates will be required to participate in training by certified staff in accordance with the provisional of Section 24A-3 of the School Code [105 ILCS 5/24A-3].
EDN 536 The School/Home/Community Partnership (3.00)
An interactive, participatory graduate course designed to explore the administrator's role in the school, home, and community relationship. Through discussion, interactive exploration, group analysis, and networking, students experience ways to be educational leaders in this triad. Focus is on parent and community involvement, communication with stakeholders, school-business partnerships, school board relations, and additional areas of interest that involve the community as a key component.
EDN 538 Psychological Diagnosis and Educational Learning Needs (3.00)
This course will prepare students in the field of education with knowledge, skills and experience related to: 1) diagnostic and educational assessment instruments and methods; 2) administration and scoring of diagnostic and educational assessments; 3) interpretation of assessment results; 4) data-based decision making regarding placement, instructional planning and evaluation of students with disabilities; and 5) communication of diagnostic and educational assessment results to colleagues and parents. Students may not receive credit for both EDN 434 and 538.
EDN 551 Foundations of Literacy Instruction (3.00)
This course is designed to provide an overview of (1) the processes of reading and writing, and (2) the general learning and reading theories that support the literacy process. The major focus will be on connecting theory to practice and devising optimal instructional practices to facilitate reading and literacy learning at various developmental stages.
EDN 552 Language Development and Learning for Diverse Learners (3.00)
This course introduces students to a basic understanding of language acquisition and development from a sociocultural perspective. Emphasis will be on examining (1) the interplay of language and culture, (2) hypotheses of language acquisition, (3) factors influencing English-as-a-second-language (ESL) learning, (4) major ESL instructional approaches, and (5) best practices and literacy resources appropriate for meeting the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse learners/English language learners (ELL).
EDN 562 Reading Assessment Tools and Strategies (3.00)
Students will be introduced to an examination of the nature of the reading process and the tools and strategies used to evaluate reading development. Emphasis will be placed on the use of assessment to strengthen and extend the reading abilities of elementary and middle school students. Students may not receive credit for both EDN 462 and 562. Background check required.
EDN 563 Diagnostic Reading Instruction (3.00)
Students are introduced to the nature of literacy development and the learning difficulties children may face as they develop as readers. The focus of the course is on the interactive view of reading ability and disability, which suggests that reading is the process of constructing meaning through interaction between the reader, the text, and the context of the reading situtation. Students are exposed to a variety of alternative teaching strategies and materials to help students solve their problems with reading. Emphasis is placed on a holistic and ongoing approach to the diagnostic process and the relationship between diagnositc assessment and instructional planning. Students may not receive credit for both EDN 463 and 563.
EDN 590 Special Topics (1.00-3.00)
Topics and credit hours will vary. Topics and prerequisites will be announced in advance. May be taken more than once with different content.
EDN 599 Independent Study (1.00-9.00)
Designed for students who want to do introductory study of a topic not covered in a regular course. Instructor consent required.
EDN 600 Teaching Diverse Students (3.00)
The aim of this course is to examine what it means to teach in an educational organization within a multicultural society. Specific focus will be on cultural, racial, and ethnic backgrounds, teacher awareness of and expanded meaning of culturally responsive pedagogy, and examination of the school/classroom environment that leads to increased learning of all students.
EDN 606 Using Advanced Technology to Improve Instruction (3.00)
An exploration of the research and use of advanced technologies to aid learning. Students will explore promising advanced technologies and applications to determine how they can be used to effectively improve instruction.
EDN 610 School Operations and Management (3.00)
This graduate course is designed to focus on the use of leadership skills in the management function of the school principal. Students learn about the day-to-day responsibilities as well as the general, longer-term responsibilities of the school principal. Care and maintenance of the school plant, operating the food service program, and the principal's role in transporting students are studied. Students study the principal's role in developing and managing a school budget. A focus is also given to writing building level operation and management orientated policies and procedures.
EDN 615 Educational Research in the Learning Environment (3.00)
The course is a forum for analysis and exploration of current topics and research in the field of education in order to gain an informed, multifaceted perspective on the practice of education. The course will include the principles of action research. Students will explore action research methodology through applications to self-identified professional challenges and questions. Students will learn to gather and analyze data, draw conclusions, and disseminate their findings to the educational community.
EDN 620 Curriculum and Program Assessment (3.00)
This course is designed to increase the students' understanding of curriculum and program assessment and the use of technology as a tool in pursuit of data driven decision-making. The course will focus on how to develop and assess curriculum and school programs. Using data collected through program assessment, students will learn how to use data to formulate a school improvement plan for the improvement of instruction, learning, and student achievement, including a focus on the assessment of programs for English Language Learners, students with disabilities, gifted, and struggling learners. Students will gain an understanding of data collection and analysis of how to use that in decision-making. Students will learn how technology can be used to maximize the use of data in school curriculum and program assessment.
EDN 630 Schools As Learning Communities (3.00)
This course is a study of the myriad and complex interactions that take place within a school community. The emphasis is on the school as a learning organization. It examines basic theories, attributes, and functions of human organizations, issues related to motivation, the management of group dynamics and human relations, organizational change, and the nature of leadership within the school environment. The course considers the application of organizational theories, notably systems thinking, to central issues in K-12 education.
EDN 652 Child and Adolescent Literature Instruction K-12 (3.00)
This course provides advanced studies in the major genres of literature to serve the reading needs of students from preschool through high school. This course is designed to provide teaching professionals the pedagogy, critical analysis, selection criteria, and uses of multicultural literature. Participants will be able to concentrate on grade-appropriate literature for their particular interest/assignments in the field for partial requirements in this course.
EDN 690 The Educational Internship I (3.00)
Provides extensive opportunities for leadership candidates to experience authentic field experiences and leadership development while employed full time in a teaching position. This course in based on Illinois State Re-design requirements and leadership standards. During the internship students will be required to complete experiences working with all levels of teachers at PK, K, Elementary, and Secondary, including special education. Three internship projects require students to demonstrate proficiency in understanding and developing a school improvement plan, teacher professional development and evaluation, and school-wide management of systems and resources. Each project includes a summative evaluation that will be conducted at the conclusion of each project. During the internship experience students will work in partnership with a NCC faculty supervisor and a field administration as a mentor. Students wi ll be observed four times during the internship and participate in a minimum of three seminars. Individual conferences will also be established to support students throughout their field work. It is anticipated that Internship I would be completed over two terms Instructor consent required.
EDN 691 The Educational Ldrshp II (3.00)
Provides extensive time and support for students to observe, participate, and learn about the role of school administrator. The course is designed to complement Internship I in providing students an opportunity to hone administrative leadership skills via relevant field experiences while working in partnership with a school administrator and a faculty member. The course is designed to help students apply and extend the field experiences of previous courses in the program to future challenges in education administration, particularly at the building level. Students will demonstrate ISLLC Standards for Principals in discussions, field based projects, and the refinement of an individual leadership portfolio. Students identify and select representative artifacts that are aligned with the standards as well as the SREB Critical Success Factors for principals. It is anticipated that students are able to complete Intern ship II in two terms and that Both EDN 690 and EDN 691 will be completed in a twelve month period. Instructor consent required.
EDN 692 Special Topics (1.50-3.00)
Topics will vary depending on faculty and student interests. Topics and prerequisites will be announced in advance. May be taken more than once with different content. Instructor consent required.
EDN 693 Independent Study (1.50-3.00)
Designed for students who want to do advanced study of a topic previously covered in a regular course but not offered in another course. Instructor consent required.
EDN 695 Master's Project (3.00)
EDN 696 The Educational Leader (3.00)
This course serves as the capstone course in the Master's Program of the Educational Leadership and Administration Program. It requires the analysis, synthesis, and application of all learning and coursework in the program, as well as the student's own experiential knowledge to frame educational issues and provide varied approaches to address those encountered by school administrators. The student provides as a culminating requirement a standards-based portfolio as evidence of leadership knowledge, dispositions, and performance. Last course in program.
EDN 697 Teacher Leader Capstone Exp Experience (3.00)
This course serves as the capstone course in the Master's Program for Curriculum & Instruction requiring the analysis and synthesis of all learning and coursework in the program. Teacher leaders will present a culminating and comprehensive portfolio of learning and leadership evidence reflective of the standards and field experiences.


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Get a taste of the tropics in Townsville North Queensland, gateway to Queensland's far north. The coastal city is a vibrant mix of modern architecture and restored heritage buildings, bustling outdoor cafes, restaurants, boutiques and quirky galleries, all linked by a shady park-lined beach promenade.
Enjoy alfresco dining, explore the Great Barrier Reef and islands or simply enjoy the views from one of the city's beautiful parks. However you like to relax, there's plenty of things to see and do in Townsville.
No visit to Townsville is complete without a stroll on The Strand, a 2.2km-long cafe-lined waterfront parkway with a free water adventure playground for the kids.
Explore the Great Barrier Reef without getting wet at Reef HQ, the world's largest living coral reef aquarium.
Browse the shops and local markets, eat and drink you way along the buzzy restaurant strips on Palmer and Flinders streets, and soak in the water views from a cafe on The Strand.
For a sunset you'll never forget, hike up to the top of Castle Hill and marvel at the 360-degree views.
Whether you prefer to stay on dry land or get a new perspective underwater, you don't have to travel far to make memories near Townsville.
Learn about the state's earliest recorded shipwreck, HMS Pandora, on show at the Museum of Tropical Queensland. Or, drive an hour south to experience one of the world's best wreck dives, the SS Yongala.
Mother Nature knew what she was doing when it came to waterfalls in the tropics. Drive two hours north to see Wallaman Falls, the longest single-drop waterfall in the Southern Hemisphere.
Don't get confused if you hear lots of locals talking about visiting "Maggie" - it's not a person but a patch of paradise just a 20-minute ferry ride from Townsville, with 23 bays and beaches. This is the place where you can cuddle a koala, drive a topless car, ride a horse and race a jet-ski all in one day.
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From international sporting and endurance events and concerts to festivals, art exhibitions, carnivals and markets, there's always something happening in Townsville. Find out what's on and plan a visit around your favourite event.
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Townsville is 1340km north of Brisbane, a less than two-hour flight – you can also fly from Melbourne, Sydney and Darwin. Townsville Airport's international terminal has flights from Port Moresby.
If you're road-tripping, Townsville is 350km south of Cairns, about a 4.5-hour drive.
Get there by overnight sleeper train on the Spirit of Queensland from Brisbane (about 17 hours) or Cairns (six hours), or The Inlander, which travels to and from Mount Isa (about 21 hours).
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Davante Gardner added 16 points and six boards for Marquette (14-10, 6-5 Big East), which sank 30 of 34 free throws and held a 32-19 advantage on the glass.
Seton Hall (13-11, 4-7) made just eight of 14 free throws. Brian Oliver led the Pirates with 15 points while Sterling Gibbs collected 12 points, four rebounds and six assists.
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When I openened a twitter account a few months ago, it wasn't difficult to find the phrase that best captures me: "Born in the wrong century, a would-be salonnière." Ever since college, when I first learned about Marquise de Rambouillet–the refined hostess who led the most talented artists and writers of her day in scintillating intellectual discussions in the elegant alcove of her drawing room–I knew that I had missed my opportunity and true calling in life. Sure, women may be able to be and do whatever they want today. Society is less sexist, more democratic. But in an era when entertainment news outdoes even socio-political news in popularity and readership, what hope is there for placing art, literature and philosophy at the center of public attention again?
The main problem I encountered in being a contemporary salonnière was: Where are the salons? Most academic discourse struck me as too technical and specialized to draw a large audience. Fortunately, while an undergraduate at Princeton University, I had the enormous privilege to study with scholars who epitomized the salon tradition of worldly intellectuals: Professor Robert Fagles, translator of Homer's epic poems, and Professor Victor Brombert, a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books, who encouraged my love for world literature and culture to the point where I decided to pursue Comparative Literature for both my undergraduate and graduate studies. Many years later, I discovered quite a number of online salons, where writers, artists and intellectuals converge to discuss their works, in a clear, interesting and sophisticated fashion. I'd like to share with you some of my favorite contemporary salons.
Litkicks.com. I discovered Litkicks ( http://www.litkicks.com/) in October 2009, when I found on the internet an article about a fellow Romanian-born writer, Herta Müller. The article was called "Herta Who?" by Dedi Felman and it was about the dissident writer's recently awarded Nobel Prize in Literature. At that point, the founder of Litkicks, Levi Asher, also wrote a brief note on the blog about my recently published novel on similar themes, Velvet Totalitarianism, 2009/Intre Doua Lumi, 2011. We got in touch by email and I became a regular reader and occasional contributor on the blog. Litkicks features articles on literature, poetry, art, philosophy, music, cinema and politics.
Levi was a software developer (and culture lover) on Wall Street when he started Litkicks.com in 1994, which became, along with Salon.com, a pioneer culture blog. The website was originally launched to support Beat Generation poetry and experimental fiction. Over the years, it has expanded its scope to include contemporary literature in general, essays on nineteenth and twentieth-century French poetry and fiction (including Michael Norris's excellent essays on Proust), lively political articles, and Levi's top-notch Philosophy Series. Litkicks includes articles on established authors published by the big publishing houses as well as reviews about talented independent writers published by smaller presses. The blog has thousands of readers a day, but thanks to a loyal following of regular contributors and commentators, it retains the intimate feel of a community of friends engaged in intellectual discussions and debates.
Catchy.ro. Founded in 2010 by the Romanian journalist Mihaela Carlan, Catchy.ro (http://www.catchy.ro/) is quickly catching on as Romania's premier blog. Discussing all aspects of art, entertainment, politics and culture, Catchy.ro is inspired by the highly successful The Huffington Post, founded by Arianna Huffington in 2005 and recently acquired by AOL for a whopping 315 million dollars. Part of The Huffington Post's enormous success stems from Arianna Huffington's pull and connections with wealthy investors. To offer just one notable example, in August 2006, SoftBank Capital invested 5 milliion dollars in the company. However, its success can also be attributed to the high quality of its articles and the popularity of its over 9000 contributors. Without question, The Huffington Post gathered some of the best bloggers in every field it features. Moreover, the blog has not merely adapted, but also stayed one step ahead of the curve in its use of technology, recently introducing "vlogging"–or video blogging–which is taking off and making journalism even more multimedia and interactive.
If I mention Catchy's precursor in some detail, it's because I believe these are also some of the features that have helped the Romanian blog grow so quickly during the past year, since its inception. Catchy "like a woman" targets primarily a female audience. But ultimately its panel of excellent journalists–with expertise ranging from art, to literature, to philosophy, to music, to fashion to pop culture and, above all, to the most fundamental aspects of human life itself, like health, love and marriage–draws a much broader audience of both genders and every age group. Like The Huffington Post, Catchy.ro also treads perfectly the line between intellectual writing and pop culture, providing intelligently written articles for a general audience. As some of the more traditional Romanian newspapers have struggled and a few even collapsed, the up-and-coming blog Catchy.ro shows that in every country adaptation is the key to success.
Agonia.net. Started by the technology expert and culture promoter Radu Herinean in 2010, Agonia.net (http://english.agonia.net/index.php) is a rapidly expanding international literary blog. It includes sections on prose, screenplays, poetry, criticism and essays. Agonia.net has the following assets: a) it publishes well-regarded writers and intellectuals, b) it's contributor-run so that it can grow exponentially and internationally (with sections in English, French, Spanish, Romanian and several other languages in the works) and c) it has a team of great editors that monitor its posts and maintain high quality standards. Agonia. net improves upon the model of online creative writing publishing pioneered by websites like Wattpad.com, which are contributor-run but have no editorial monitoring. Because of lack of editorial control, Wattpad.com has not been taken seriously by readers and publishers despite its vast popularity with contributors. Any literary blog that has a chance at being successful has to have the capacity for handling a large number of incoming contributions while also maintaining reliable editorial standards. Agonia.net seems to have mastered this delicate balance.
In participating in these exciting artistic, literary and intellectual forums, I'm starting to feel like my calling as a 21st century salonnière might not be an anachronism after all. I invite you to explore each of them and see which ones fit your talents and interests best.
Claudia Moscovici, postromanticism.com


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Cabinda Province
Cabinda (red), exclave of Angola
|Alvor Agreement
|15 January 1975
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|7,270 km2 (2,810 sq mi)
|Population (2014 census)
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|ISO 3166 code
Cabinda (also spelled Kabinda, formerly Portuguese Congo, known locally as Tchiowa) is an Cabinda. The province is divided into four municipalities—Belize, Buco Zau, Cabinda and Landana.
Modern Cabinda is the result of a fusion of three kingdoms: N'Goyo, Loango and Kakongo. It has an area of 7,270 km2 (2,810 sq mi) and a population of 688,285 (2014 census). According to 1988 United States government statistics, the total population of the province was 147,200, with a near even split between total rural and urban populations.[1] At one point an estimated one third of Cabindans were refugees living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;[2] however, after the 2007 peace agreement, refugees started returning home.[3]
Cabinda is separated from the rest of Angola by a narrow strip of territory belonging to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which bounds the province on the south and the east. Cabinda is bounded on the north by the Republic of the Congo, and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Adjacent to the coast are some of the largest offshore oil fields in the world.[4] Petroleum exploration began in 1954 by the Cabinda Gulf Oil Company, when the territory was under Portuguese rule.[5] Cabinda also produces hardwoods, coffee, cacao, rubber, and palm oil products, however, petroleum production accounts for most of Cabinda's domestic product. Cabinda produces 700,000 barrels (110,000 m3) of crude oil per day. Cabinda Oil is associated with Sonangol, Agip Angola Lda (41%), Chevron (39.2%), Total (10%) and Eni (9.8%).
In 1885, the Treaty of Simulambuco established in Cabinda a protectorate of Portugal and a number of Cabindan independence movements consider the occupation of the territory by Angola illegal. While the Angolan Civil War largely ended in 2002, an armed struggle persists in the exclave of Cabinda, where some of the factions have proclaimed an independent Republic of Cabinda, with offices in Paris.
- 1 History
- 2 Economy
- 3 Secessionism
- 4 Geology
- 5 See also
- 6 References
- 7 External links
Portuguese rule
Portuguese explorers, missionaries and traders arrived at the mouth of the Congo River in the mid-15th century, making contact with the Manikongo, the powerful King of the Congo. The Manikongo controlled much of the region through affiliation with smaller kingdoms, such as the Kingdoms of Ngoyo, Loango and Kakongo in present-day Cabinda.
Over the years, the Portuguese, Dutch, and English established trading posts, logging camps and small palm oil processing factories in Cabinda. Trade continued and the European presence grew, resulting in conflicts between the rival colonial powers.
Portugal first claimed sovereignty over Cabinda in the February 1885 Treaty of Simulanbuco, which gave Cabinda the status of a protectorate of the Portuguese Crown under the request of "the princes and governors of Cabinda". This is often the basis upon which the legal and historical arguments in defence of self-determination of modern-day Cabinda are constructed. Article 1, for example, states, "the princes and chiefs and their successors declare, voluntarily, their recognition of Portuguese sovereignty, placing under the protectorate of this nation all the territories by them governed" [sic]. Article 2, which is often used in separatist arguments, goes even further: "Portugal is obliged to maintain the integrity of the territories placed under its protection". The Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC-R) argues that the above-mentioned treaty was signed between the emissaries of the Portuguese Crown and the princes and notables of Cabinda, then called Portuguese Congo, giving rise to not one, but three protectorates: Cacongo, Loango, and Ngoio.
Through the Treaty of Simulambuco in 1885 between the kings of Portugal and Cabinda's princes, a Portuguese protectorate was decreed, reserving rights to the local princes and independent of Angola. Cabinda once had the Congo River as the only natural boundary with Angola, but in 1885, the Conference of Berlin extended the Congo Free State's territory along the Congo River to the river's mouth at the sea.
Administrative merger with Angola
By the mid-1920s, the borders of Angola had been finally established in negotiations with the neighbouring colonial powers and from then on, Cabinda was treated as part of this colony. The Portuguese constitution of 1933 distinguished between the colony of Angola and the protectorate of Cabinda but in 1956 the administration of Cabinda was transferred to the governor general of Angola. The legal distinction of Cabinda's status from that of Angola was also expressed in the Portuguese constitution of 1971.[6] Yet, when Angola was declared an "overseas province" (Província Ultramarina) within the empire of Portugal in 1951 (in 1972 the name was changed into "State of Angola"), Cabinda was treated as an ordinary district of Angola.
Under Portuguese rule, Cabinda developed as an important agricultural and forestry centre, and in 1967 it discovered huge offshore oil fields. Oil, timber, and cocoa were its main exports by then. The town of Cabinda, the capital of the territory was a Portuguese administrative and services centre with a port and airfield. The beaches of Cabinda were popular among the Portuguese Angolans.[7]
After independence of Angola from Portugal
Consisting largely of tropical forest, Cabinda produces hardwoods, coffee, cocoa, crude rubber and palm oil. The product for which it is best known, however, is its oil. Conservative estimates are that Cabinda accounts for close to 60% of Angola's oil production, estimated at approximately , and it is estimated that oil exports from the province are worth the equivalent of US$100,000 per annum for every Cabindan. Yet, it remains one of the poorest provinces in Angola. An agreement in 1996 between the national and provincial governments stipulated that 10% of Cabinda's taxes on oil revenues should be given back to the province, but Cabindans often feel that these revenues are not benefiting the population as a whole, largely because of corruption. The private sector, particularly the oil industry, has both affected and been affected by the secessionist conflict. During the early days of Cabinda's struggle, the oil companies were perceived to be sympathetic to, if not supportive of, Cabinda's self-determination cause. The strategy used by the separatists to gain international attention, was most evident in 1999 and 2000. During 1999, FLEC-R kidnapped four foreign workers (two Portuguese and two French citizens), but released them after several months, having failed to attract the attention of the international community. FLEC-FAC also increased its activities during 2000 with the more widely publicized kidnapping of three Portuguese workers employed by a construction company, while FLEC-R kidnapped another five Portuguese civilians. These hostages were not freed until June 2001, following the diplomatic intervention of the governments of Gabon and Congo Brazzaville.
Ethnic grounds for self-determination
The arguments for self-determination are based on Cabindans' cultural and ethnic background. Prior to the Treaty of Simulambuco, three kingdoms existed in what is now referred to as Cabinda: Cacongo, Ngoyo, and Loango. The Cabindans belong to the Bakongo ethnic group whose language is Kikongo. The Bakongo also comprise the majority of the population in Uige and Zaire Provinces of Angola. However, despite this shared ancestry, the Cabindans developed a very different culture and distinct variants of the Kikongo language. As a result, Cabindans, in their vast majority, consider themselves different and separate from the Angolans.
Ethno-cultural uniqueness as a basis for self-determination has been vehemently opposed in Angola, by both the government and by prominent intellectuals and civil society personalities. The MPLA's Secretary-General, for example, has characterized the argument as "not enough to grant it independence, because all the provinces in the country have specific cultures".
Secessionist history
In the early 1960s, several movements advocating a separate status for Cabinda came into being. The Movement for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (MLEC) was formed in 1960 under the leadership of Luis Ranque Franque. Resulting from the merger of various émigré associations in Brazzaville, the MLEC rapidly became the most prominent of the separatist movements. A further group was the Alliama (Alliance of the Mayombe), representing the Mayombe, a small minority of the population. In an important development, these movements united in August 1963 to form a united front. They called themselves the FLEC, and the leadership role was taken by the MLEC's Ranque Franque.
In marked contrast with the FNLA, the FLEC's efforts to mobilize international support for its the continent, committed to the sanctity of state borders and firmly rejected recognition of the FLEC's government in exile.
In January 1975, Angola's MPLA, FNLA and UNITA liberation movements signed the Alvor Agreement with the Portugal, to establish the modalities of the transition to independence. FLEC was not invited.
On 1 August 1975, at an OAU summit in Kampala which was discussing Angola in the midst of its turbulent decolonisation process, Ranque Franque proclaimed the independence of the "Republic of Cabinda", . Zairian President Mobutu Sese Seko called for a referendum on the future of the Cabinda. (Lopes is reported to have said at the time that "Cabinda exists as a reality and is historically and geographically different from Angola".)
FLEC formed a provisional government, led by Henriques Tiago. Luiz Branque Franque was elected president. Following the declaration of Angolan independence in November 1975, Cabinda was invaded by forces of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), with the support of Cuban troops. The MPLA overthrew the provisional FLEC government and incorporated Cabinda into Angola.
For much of the 1970s and 1980s, FLEC operated a low intensity guerrilla war, attacking Angolan government troops and economic targets, or creating havoc by kidnapping foreign employees working in the province's oil and construction businesses.
In April 1997, Cabinda joined the indigenous peoples, occupied nations, minorities and independent states or territories. In 2010, Cabinda became a charter member of the Organization of Emerging African States (OEAS).
Recent history
An ad-hoc United Nations commission for human rights in Cabinda reported in 2003 that many atrocities had been perpetrated by the MPLA. In 2004, according to Peter Takirambudde, executive director of the Human Rights Watch mission for Africa, the Angolan army continued to commit crimes against civilians in Cabinda.
Although the Angolan government says FLEC is no longer operative, this is disputed by the Republic of Cabinda and its Premier, Joel Batila.
Recent hikes in oil prices have made Cabinda's untapped onshore oil reserves a valuable commodity.
Peace deal
In July 2006, after ceasefire negotiations in the Republic of Congo, António Bento Bembe - as a president of Cabindan Forum for Dialogue and Peace, vice-president and executive secretary of FLEC - announced that the Cabindan separatist forces were ready to declare a ceasefire. Bembe is the leader of the "Russia, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Japan, South Korea, the European Union and the African Union.
- "We're going to sign a cease-fire with the Angolans who in return have accepted the principle of granting special status to Cabinda", he announced, implying that while his group is resigned to be a part of Angola, they have gotten a promise of some form of autonomy.[10]
From Paris, FLEC-FAC contended Bembe has no authority or mandate to negotiate with the Angolans, and that the only acceptable solution is total independence.[11]
Togo football team bus attack
On 8 January 2010, traveling through Cabinda en route to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations tournament, under the escort of Angolan forces, the bus of the Togo national football team was attacked by gunmen. The ensuing gunfight resulted in the deaths of the assistant coach, team spokesman and bus driver, as well as injuring several others.
An offshoot of the FLEC claimed responsibility. Rodrigues Mingas, secretary general of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda-Military Position (Flec-PM), said his fighters had meant to attack security guards as the convoy passed through Cabinda. "This attack was not aimed at the Togolese players but at the Angolan forces at the head of the convoy", Mingas told France 24 television. "So it was pure chance that the gunfire hit the players. We don't have anything to do with the Togolese and we present our condolences to the African families and the Togo government. We are fighting for the total liberation of Cabinda."[12]
Two giant oil fields, the Malonga North and Malonga West were discovered in 1967 and 1970, respectively, both pre-salt or pre-Aptian producers.[13]:198-199
Located in water depths of 50 to 75 m, oil was discovered in Barremian deposits in 1971, then the Cenomanian section in 1979.
Four offshore oil fields, the Wamba, Takula, Numbi and Vuko, are located in the greater Takula area, producing from the Upper Cretaceous, Cenomanian Vermelha sandstone deposited in the coastal environment.[13]:197
See also
- ^ Collelo, Thomas (editor) (1989) A Country Study: Angola Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Appendix A, Table 2, Cabinda, archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/64tISLTxs on 22 January 2012
- ^ "Refugees from Angola's Cabinda enclave cautious about returning". Retrieved 7 March 2005.
- ^ United States State Department (11 March 2010) 2009 Human Rights Report: Angola
- ^ "Sport and terrorism: A deadly game". Economist.com. 11 January 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
- ^ Cabinda, Angola, ICE Case Studies Number 129, 2004 by Alan Neff
- ^ http://www.nekongo.org/communaute/cabinda1.htm Nekongo: Histoire de Cabinda.
- ^ CabindaAnosOuro.wmv, a film of Cabinda, Portuguese Angola (before 1975).
- ^ Franz-Wilhelm Heimer, The decolonization conflict in Angola, Geneva: Institut de Hautes Études Internationales, 1979
- ^ United States State Department (8 April 2011) 2010 Human Rights Report: Angola, archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/64tLiUdHi on 22 January 2012
- ^ (Reuters): Cabinda separatists say ready to sign ceasefire Retrieved 2 November 2007.
- ^ allafrica.com - Subscription required Retrieved 4 November 2006.
- ^ Sturcke, James (11 January 2010). "Togo footballers were attacked by mistake, Angolan rebels say". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ a b Dale, C.T., Lopes, J.R., and Abilio, S., 1992, Takula Oil Field and the Greater Takula Area, Cabinda, Angola, In Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the Decade, 1978-1988, AAPG Memoir 54, Halbouty, M.T., editor, Tulsa: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, ISBN0891813330
External links
- Official website of province governor
- Information on this province at the Angolan ministry for territorial administration
- Info AngolaInformation on this province at
- Official "Republic of Cabinda" website
- Official Lopez FLEC web site
- US government statistics from 1988
- Kabinda in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
- Exploitation of people of Cabinda alleged
- Articles needing additional references from November 2007
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Romney, who has called for a 20 percent across-the-board tax rate cut, accused the president of distorting his plan to rescue the economy. He also said Obama was misguided in seeking solutions through bigger spending and higher taxes on the wealthy.
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Moderator Jim Lehrer attempted to move the conversation along to other subjects, but Obama and Romney frequently interrupted to return to the tax issue.
Obama charged that Romney's tax plan would cut taxes by $5 trillion. "How we pay for that, reduce the deficit, and make the investments that we need to make, without dumping those costs onto middle-class Americans, I think is one of the central questions of this campaign."
Romney, appearing frustrated at having to repeatedly defend himself, shot back: "First of all, I don't have a $5 trillion tax cut. I don't have a tax cut of a scale that you're talking about. My view is that we ought to provide tax relief to people in the middle class. But I'm not going to reduce the share of taxes paid by high-income people. High-income people are doing just fine in this economy. They'll do fine whether you're president or I am."
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They kept returning to this argument for nearly half of the 90-minute debate, until Lehrer finally persuaded them to move on.
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Romney accused Obama of failing to deliver on his promise to cut the federal deficit in half, and instead doubling it. The Republican promised to agressively target wasteful spending, and included on his hit list Obama's health care reform system, known as Obamacare, and subsidies to PBS, where Lehrer works.
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"Now, we all know that we've got to do more," the president said. He outlined what he called a "$4 trillion deficit reduction plan" that seeks a dollar in additional revenue for every $2.50 in cuts.
Romney countered: "You found $4 trillion of ways to reduce or to get closer to a balanced budget, except we still show trillion-dollar deficits every year. That doesn't get the job done."
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The final portion of the debate was dominated by an extended argument over the troubles and merits of Obamacare, which Lehrer used to segue to a discussion about the role of government in American life - a subject that arguably represents the widest chasm between the candidates and their parties.
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