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After five years, as much as I hate zoos, I decided to visit the animal zoo in Sana'a again. For only 100 Yemeni Riyals for each, we entered the small and only zoo in Sanaa; already there were over a hundred people, mainly children, inside. I noticed immediately that the protective cages around the animals had been increased and the layers thickened. This was good, in that it stopped the public from coming too close to the animals; and better still - it made it difficult for the public to feed the animals or throw things into the cages. But this made it, too, difficult to view and photograph the animals. The timing of my visit also didn't help - at noon, it was very inconvenient for taking photos. Still, even with the heat and the sun right overhead - I managed to take a few photos of the poor creatures confined within the zoo.
The white-tailed mongoose (Ichneumia albicauda) is the largest of all mongooses. For this almost solitary nocturnal, very skilled hunter - to be kept in a cage like this must be very punishing. This mongoose used to be common in Yemen and other parts of the southern Arabian Peninsular; but not any more.
Considered almost endangered by the IUCN - in Yemen, the honey badger or the ratel (Mellivora capensis) is very rare in the wild - almost non existent; I have never, ever seen any in the wild. This is a ferocious and very solitary animal that requires a wide space; it must be difficult for the keepers and the animal - for it to be kept confined in a cage like this and this small. As, after man, honey badgers are the most destructive to honeybees and as honey is very priced in Arabia, especially in Hadhramout - these creatures have been relentlessly hunted in the Arabian Peninsular.
The caracal (Caracal caracal) looks very much like the domestic cat; but, it's larger and very graceful, very fast and a formidable predator. I recall, once while in the streets of Sana'a, a man carrying a reed basket, came to me and asked me if I would be interested in buying 'some thing special'; when I asked him what the 'special thing' was - he opened the basket and inside it was a beautiful caracal; on seeing how alarmed and shocked I was, the man ran away with his basket. Conservationists have been trying hard to conserve these creatures (in the Hawf Protected Area in particular), but this is made very hard with the ongoing political/security upheavals and the economic hardships in the country - I very much hope the conservationists succeed. A few caracals are kept at the zoo.
Few wild creatures awe me as much as the very remarkable, very smart, cunning and small Arabian red fox (Vulpes vulpes arabica). A few years ago, they were very common and easily spotted in Yemen, in Hadhramout in particular. Now, they are very rare. Of all wild creatures in Yemen, it is the Arabian red fox that I have seen many more times than others; and it's the only one that I have had the luck of viewing at very close range; one evening - a red fox looking for food, allowed me to come to as close as to about two meters of it before it ran away. When I was trying to take this photo of the red fox at the Sana'a zoo, it kept running and jumping up and down the cage - it was never still; it seemed very stressed and very agitated. Confined in such a small cage, with intrusive humans gawking at it every few minutes and with the heat - I couldn't blame it at all.
Unlike the Emir of Wady Hadhramaut and his Harem who lives a normal baboon life in the wild, the above, male, Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) is not free. Revered by the ancient Egyptians, these days, due to human encroachment and modernization, the sight of these primates is becoming very rare in Yemen. Five years ago, there were less baboons at the zoo than this time - which is good as they can be better fed. The way this male baboon kept giving me quick glances, every now and then - really depressed me.
These two Asiatic or Golden jackals (Canis aureus) above seem as stressed and agitated as the fox; they were continuously running inside the very small cage. They are nocturnal and are strictly monogamous who mate for life - which make me respect them enormously. They used to roam the wilds of southern Arabia but, today, they are very rarely seen in the wild.
I am not sure what species the above tortoise, is - there are several others of the same, in this same cage; it seemed to me very much like the African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata) - which is surpassed in size only by the giant island species from Aldabra and Galapagos.
For an extremely large bird as the Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus), to be kept in a small cage like this - must be one of the worst things that can happen to it. Many people do not know that Yemen is rich in birds: over 400 species of birds have been recorded, with new species being added to the national list almost annually. One of the reasons for this diversity is the fact that Yemen is at the intersection of three bio-geographical regions: Africa, Asia, and the Western Pale Arctic.
Another extremely sad bad in the zoo is the scavenger and also hunter - lappet-faced vulture - several are caged in the zoo; these birds are also very large and in the zoo, are kept in very small cages. There are two subspecies of lappet-faced vulture. The African subspecies, (Torgos tracheliotus), has mostly dark brown to black feathers, which contrast starkly with the white thighs and white bar running across the leading edge of the underwing, clearly visible in flight. The north-east African subspecies, (Torgos tracheliotus negevensis), is altogether browner, including partially brown thighs,
The largest and heaviest of all living birds, the ostrich (Struthio camelus) is instantly recognisable, with its long, bare neck, large body and long, sturdy legs. A few are kept at the Sanaa zoo. Close to the ostriches, I saw only one of the amazing Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) which used to roam the desert, mountains and valleys of Yemen and other parts of Arabia; due to relentless hunting, they became extinct in the wild. Now, this desert antelope can once again be seen wandering the dry Arabian Peninsula - thanks to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his family who have done the most to save this magnificent animal; many have now been reintroduced in the wild in several countries. In June 2011, the species' threat level was downgraded from "endangered" to "vulnerable" in the red list published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature - the first time this had happened to an animal that had been declared extinct in the wild.
As I have seen and still do always see wild cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in the wild in East Africa where they are abundant, the sight of the two in a cage at the zoo was very depressing; Yemen used to have wild cheetahs very long ago - not any more. The two in the cage are African. The fastest land mammal in the world, the cheetah has many adaptations that allows it to sprint across the plains. Its rangy frame supports long limbs and a deep chest cavity, and this species has a small waist and an extremely flexible spine . Unlike other cats, the cheetah has claws that are not fully retractable, enabling it to grip the ground when in a hunting sprint. The large nostrils allow greater amounts of air to enter the lungs, and the tail is particularly long to provide extra balance when cornering.
Relentlessly hunted through the ages and due to fast human encroachment and loss of habitat, the Arabian leopard Arabian leopard (Panthera pardus nimr) is almost extinct in the wild today. Only a couple of hundred or so are still left in the wild (the exact population is unknown) in one location in Yemen and in Oman; in the Dhofar region of Oman, they are better protected and more secure. When I was at the leopard cage, I was very close to it, and at one point the leopard that was walking around the cage, stopped and very angrily looked at me; the look from its eyes was frightening. Why shouldn't it be? In a cage like that, even a domestic cat would get very upset.
The Arabian leopard is the largest and most powerfully built of all Arabian cats, but is thought to be the smallest of the 15 leopard subspecies. Apart from its substantially smaller size, this subspecies can be distinguished from its African and Asian counterparts by its paler overall colour. Indeed, the more typical deep golden-yellow colour only exists along the animal's back, whilst the rest of the body fades to beige or greyish-white. The body is almost entirely interspersed with widely-spaced black rosettes and spots characteristic of the species, which help to camouflage the cat in the bare, rocky terrain in which it lives. Sexes look alike, but males are generally larger than females.
Several lion (Panthera leo) cubs are kept in the zoo; the zoo keepers told me that they were off-springs of the descendants of lions that used to roam in the wilderness of Yemen; I doubt this. Reportedly, the lions at the zoo - were from the old Imam's Palaces zoo; which were actually trapped from wild Yemeni lions. Evidence of lions living in the Arabian peninsula can be found in old Greek writings, but, as far as I know, there is no proof, so far, that these lions at the Sana'a zoo are descendants of those, old, wild Yemeni lions.
I was allowed to enter the cage and photograph the almost domesticated cubs; the zoo keepers even allowed me to handle them. Note the Arabian leopard prowling in the adjacent cage. Imagine lion cubs living next to the leopard, where they can see each other. All species of cats are enemies of each other; lions can never live with cheetahs or leopards, unless domesticated. But the leopards in the adjacent cage looked to me to be, still, wild and ferocious.
When I was snapping pictures of these pair of handsome male lions, I realized that the one seated (above) was intently staring at me. I stopped taking photos and for what seemed like a long time, I and it gazed at each other. In East Africa, where I have seen male lions in the wild - I have never been gazed at by these wonderful cats. Unlike the leopard, the lions gaze, wasn't scary at all.
After the long gaze, the lion started licking its feet. It's distressing to see lions in cages or in a zoo - however well built and provided for the cage or the zoo is. Still, these lions are where they are safest in Yemen. Generally, most Yemenis are not aware of the importance of protecting and
conserving wildlife; the public should be made aware and sympathetic to
protecting and saving wildlife. Both on land and in the seas. Only a few young Yemenis are beginning to realize the importance of wildlife.
As much as I was saddened and depressed at the sight of the animals at the zoo and at the very poor habitat in which the animals were in; I knew, too, that for some of these animals - like the caracal, the golden jackal, the leopard, the lions and most of the other animals in the zoo (except for the birds), they are much more safer and secure in there, than they would be in the wild. I also know that, at the zoo, they are being protected from poachers, habitat loss, starvation and predators. It would be very relieving and pleasing, if a time would come when descendants of these creatures within the zoo would be released in the wild again.
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|Sana'a Zoo - White-tailed Mongoose
|Sanaa Zoo - Honey Badger
|Sanaa Zoo - the Caracal
|Sana'a Zoo - the Arabian Red fox
|Sana'a Zoo - Hamadryas Baboon
|Sanaa Zoo - Asiatic or Golden Jackal
|Sana'a Zoo - Desert Tortoise
|Sanaa Zoo - the Griffon Vulture
|Sana'a Zoo - the Lappet-Faced Vulture
|Sanaa Zoo - Ostrich and Arabian Oryx
|Sana'a Zoo - Cheetah
|Sanaa Zoo - Arabian Leopard
|Sana'a Zoo - Arabian Leopard
|Sana'a Zoo - Lion Cubs
|Sanaa Zoo - Lion Cubs
|Sanaa Zoo - Lions
|Sana'a Zoo - Lions
|Sanaa Zoo - Lions
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We checked off another fun project from our Spring Family Bucket List! The kids are eager to see if they can catch a leprechaun this year. Obviously they won't but we have a plan for that. This was the perfect craft for a rainy day and the kids loved making the clouds, painting the rainbow path, and their eyes lit up when everything was finally put together! Read through the directions or just look at the pictures to get your own ideas. It might seem like a lot of work, but it was actually pretty simple and the kids had a lot of fun!
What we used:
- Shoe box
- Scissors, tape, glue
- Plain roll paper
- Paint, all colors
- Sponge brushes for painting
- Small cauldron
- Gold glitter
- Rainbow popsicle sticks
- Jumbo cotton balls
- Chalkboard signs and pens
What we did:
1. Cut a small hole in the top of the box. I cut a hole about 1 inch by 2 inches. You'll wrap and cover it with glitter later.
2. Wrap the box with plain roll paper and paint it green. Explain to the kids that leprechauns are attracted to the color green! Set the box aside to dry and begin the next step.
3. Cut a long piece of roll paper and have the kids paint it like a rainbow. While the rainbow trail is drying, make the chalkboard signs. You can write whatever you'd like! We wanted it to look like the end of the rainbow so that's what we wrote.
4. Now that the box is dry, glue the popsicle sticks to the front to make the rainbow stairs.
5. Glue the box and chalkboard signs onto the rainbow trail. I glued the rainbow paper trail to a piece of cardboard for extra structure and support. Shape the cotton balls into clouds and glue wherever the kids want them.
6. Now for the finishing touches! Poke a hole in the wrapping paper where your trap is on top of the box. Don't cut the paper out, just make a line vertically then horizontally. Using glue, make a square outlining the trap then cover generously with gold glitter.
To make the pot of gold: simply spread glue evenly over one side of a cotton ball. Dip the side with glue in gold glitter and tuck the white side of the cotton ball into the pot. Next glue the bottom of the pot to the box.
What to do when you don't catch a leprechaun!
Obviously, you won't actually catch a leprechaun so you'll need to come up with a fun story. On Saint Patrick's Day Eve, we will cut a small jagged hole in the bottom corner of the box staging the leprechauns escape. We will leave a few chocolate gold coins with a note that says:
"Your trap was deceiving and caught me for a bit, but I am a leprechaun and we have many tricks! Here's some gold since you almost had me fooled; just know you'll have to do better if you want ALL of my treasure!" -Jolly McClover


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Unlike nearly every other upcoming or past film based on a toy property, there's one movie that has got my utterly rabid attention, and I know its name…I know its name. It's The LEGO Movie, from ne'er-do-wrong directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, and the latest clip is similar to the rest in that it uses its time introducing us to its many characters, as well as offering up a few new jokes and a little more Batman, which is what every film needs as far as I'm concerned. And if you've already familiarized yourself with everyone from the film, why not spend a few minutes making a LEGO figurine out of yourself? Or maybe just dress up like Batman for the 2,097th straight night like I did.
You can't always tell a movie is going to be great just by the studio still at the beginning of the preview, but the LEGO baseplate design of the Warner Bros. logo is an excellent touch. From there, we see the old mystic Vitruvius (Morgan Freeman) not quite recognizing Emmet (Chris Pratt), who is mistaken for the last living Master Builder, a savior to the LEGO world currently in danger of becoming all glued together at the hands of the nefarious President Business (Will Ferrell). We get to meet him as well, along with Batman (Will Arnett), Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks), and Bad Cop/Good Cop (Liam Neeson), all to the tune of The Ting Ting's years-old single "That's Not My Name," which was a weird, though apt, choice of music.
The clip features short bursts of new footage, which is totally allowed for a film that seems to be packed full of jokes and visual gags. I know it's mostly the editing that creates this joke, but Emmet's "Oh, look, a rainbow!" punchline to his claim that he's "dark and brooding" is as annoying as the tired trend of jokes about people's lacking attention spans. Kids have to be sick of those too, right?
And now the moment you've been waiting for. Just head on over to this site to make a LEGO figure out of yourself, or at least as close a representation as possible with the limited number of choices available. It's nowhere near as comprehensive as the create-a-character modes on video games, but it's still a fun and colorful way to spend a few minutes of your day. I'm assuming they didn't have the rights to use any licensed names, so you can't make yourself look like any superheroes or Star Wars characters. But you can look like the secret identity of a superhero. Below you'll find the closest representation of me I could create.
It's not that handsome, but then neither am I, or my supercharacter Beardo Weirdo. You can find a lot more yellow faces, including those voiced by Jonah Hill, Nick Offerman, Charlie Day, Cobie Smulders, Alison Brie and Channing Tatum – when The Lego Movie hits theaters on February 7, 2014. Check out the film's latest trailer below.


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Sarnia-Lambton MP Roger Gallaway is pushing for a vote this week on whether to continue financing the controversial national firearms registry -- a vote that could kill the program and put Gallaway at odds with his own Liberal party. "I believe I have been deceived," Gallaway said yesterday of the nine-year-old registry that has cost taxpayers $1 billion.
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Hardworking Ghanaian reggae & dancehall rapper, Shatta Wale is not dulling in serving up new musical content on a regular basis.
The leader of the Shatta Movement Empire and signee to Ghana based music empire, Zylofon Records, arrived this week with this double treat.
While his previous effort in "Gringo" still enjoy amazing airplay across radio and tv stations across Africa, Shatta is not ready to rest on that laurel but get back to business as usual.
The first record is dubbed "Mama Stories" which celebrates Mothers' Day and the second track, a love-themed effort given the title "Chocolate Love".
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Much has been said about the exponential manner in which technology has been advancing in recent years. I was born in 1970 and I have always been a huge music lover. During my life, I've moved from the 8-track and vinyl records to cassette tapes, cds and now iTunes. Cell phones have become an integral part of our lives, but anybody older than 30, remembers a time when telephones where stationary and featured a rotary dialing system. Yes, things have really changed in the last decades, and 2009 marks the centennial of an invention that, in many ways, made all these changes possible. Today, we can't turn around without encountering something made of plastic. This relentless ubiquity makes it hard to believe that plastic has not always been a part of our world.
The Age of Plastics began in 1909 when Leo Baekeland created Bakelite, a synthetic polymer composed of phenol and formaldehyde. Since then, the world has never looked the same. Toothbrushes, chairs, shopping bags, Nylon shirts, Teflon frying pans, car bumpers, Tupperware containers, sunglasses, GPS navigation devices, Gore-Tex jackets, bobble-head dolls and the very keyboard that I use to type these words, are all entirely or partially made of plastic.
It is ironic and paradoxical that the material responsible for drastically changing the world is also the same one that refuses to change. Before plastics, all natural elements coexisted in a constant and cyclical mutation. The transformation cycles were, in most cases, relatively short. If you threw a banana peel on a field and came back to the same spot a week later, it would have disappeared. Worms, birds and erosion would have quickly reintegrated it into the system. Due to its insolubility in water and chemical inertness, plastic waste can take a thousand years to completely degrade. The ecological consequences of plastic's durability are just beginning to be understood, but one thing is certain, resistance to the natural process of degradation can be extremely destructive. Still, this is not an article on the ecological consequences of plastic pollution. It is a short meditation on the beauty and necessity of change as it applies to nature and our consciousness.
Compared to plastic, water is one of the most harmonious substances, and it quickly and easily integrates into its environment. The water molecule's structural simplicity grants it the graceful fluidity that has allowed for life to exist on our planet. Wherever there is water, there is life. The opposite can be said about plastic, its complex molecular structure that refuses to change, destroys life around it. Similarly, in our lives; simplicity, generosity and a willingness to transform ourselves allow us to gracefully interact with our environment; convolution, concealment and rigidity threatens to destroy everything inside and around us.
Water has no fear, it runs, it drips, it waves, it crystalizes and evaporates. Water changes over and over again without ever losing its essence, and its flow brings life and beauty to our world. The Niagara Falls, the River Nile, Arctic icebergs, rainbows and tropical storms are all incarnations of the same flow. We are no exception, water enters and leaves our bodies during our entire lifetime, constantly replenishing 75% of our physical mass. The Niagara Falls have been in me, and a part of me will eventually become a rainbow. So, if change produces so much beauty, why would we want to be plastic? if transformation is life, why would we want to be lifeless?
For centuries, children were allowed to be innocent and the elder were considered wise and respectable. Today, thanks to a phenomenon that advertising and marketing agencies call "age compression", children strive to look older and the old obsess on looking younger. Age compression is based on making you feel inadequate with your own age and then selling you something that promises to resolve the "deficiency". The idea is that, there is a perfect age where you are perceived as young, strong, healthy and independent, and you should strive to achieve and maintain it. Whether you are dressing up to pretend you're not a child or buying a sports car to pretend you are not older, age compression wants a vast majority of the population to spend money in a vain attempt to remain unchanged.
Praising inertness over change may be profitable for advertisers and corporations, but certainly has not been beneficial for society at large. We live in a culture where beings who, for millions of years have been composed of 75% water, are now compelled to replace live tissue and fluids in their bodies with dead and obstructive plastic inserts. Ironically, this ugly practice is done in the name of beauty. But the worst damage is not physical but psychological, living in a constant state of perceived inadequacy has taken a heavy cultural toll.
Once, looking at an ad for Viagra, a wise old man told me: "Why the hell would I want to go there again?". When I asked him what he meant, he explained that the reason why our sex drive and potency decreases as we age is because it allows us to become more contemplative and thus more able to focus on the approaching miracle of death. He mentioned that most ancient cultures understood this well, and incorporated this knowledge into their traditions. Their elders were wiser and more courageous because of these contemplations, while, in his view, today's older generation is just old and afraid.
Of course modern western cultures don't like to talk about death, let alone regard it as a miracle. Contemplating death would assume aging and in the west we are engaged in the futile practice of denying the passage of time. In order to live a full life, we must prepare to welcome death, let ourselves be water and flow. Plastic, like an expressionless Botox-filled face, is lifeless. Isn't an instant of transformation worth more than an eternity of lifelessness?


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Currently Counting Down To:
My bestie coming in to visit this coming weekend! We are going to Canada baby! Woot woot!
Currently Super Proud:
Of all the hard work my husband did today helping me get our house clean. It looks so much better!
{What can I say? We are unintentional pack rats. We don't intend on saving any of the things we do, but we just don't deal with it often enough and it piles up at a scary fast rate!}
Currently Broadening:
My photography skills. Thinking up more creative poses and themes to do!
Currently Concluding:
That I just might never get everything school-related turned in on Sunday night. But, at least they still give you a lot of credit for late work. Yay.
Currently Reading:
A really good book about teaching kids gratitude called Growing Grateful Kids. As well as a very cool YA fantasy book called The Magi that a friend of mine wrote. {Dude. It's only $2.99 for the e-book edition on Amazon. Go get it here! It's on Amazon's top 20 YA list already!}
Currently Thinking:
I should finish up that homework I've been procrastinating on. But it's so much more fun to blog than to write about the anti diuretic hormone.
Currently My Favorite Thing:
My piano. I have missed it greatly.
Currently My Second Favorite Thing:
My great playlists on Spotify. I need to add another new song to my list but of course it's stalled on the update. Boo.
Currently Saving All My Pennies For:
Going to my best friend's wedding in Salt Lake this summer!!
Currently Wanting To Travel To:
Hawaii!! Or London.
Currently Wanting In My Cupboard:
Nothing. I am so full after a really good iced latte.
Currently Wanting To Learn:
How to stay organized!
Currently Drooling Over:
All the adorable baby clothes in stores.
Currently Confessing:
That I spent five out of seven days last week at Target. Yeah... I love that store.
Currently Listening To:
Nickelback- Lullaby
Currently Obsessed With:
Pinterest. Oh my... And Spotify playlists.
Currently 1st Place Comedic Genius:
Jeff Dunham
Currently Addicted To:
Sleep! And good music.
Currently Fantasizing About:
having an amazing closet full of great outfits and accessories
Currently Sad Because:
there might be changes in life that I'm not too fond of
Currently My Motto:
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. {This has been my motto forever.I love it.}
Currently Dreaming Of:
being financially on top of it.
Currently Needing To Update:
My wardrobe. Really. I need some outfits. Not just random pieces.
Currently Want To See In My Closet:
Color and cute combinations!
Currently Enjoying:
relaxing after a long day of cleaning!
Currently Have A Girl Crush On:
LC. Or Reese Whitherspoon.
Currently Shopping:
for nothing right now so we have some extra money for when my bestie comes in, and for when I take maternity leave
Currently Discovered:
That my sweet husband doesn't throw any of his mail or receipts away.
Currently Redecorating:
Our place with some great wall art I found at Target!! (and totally loving my piano too!)
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Kinglake tennis, netball, Black Saturday rebuild
ClientBushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority
Full construction of four asphalt and synthetic grass tennis courts and two asphalt and acrylic surface netball courts.
Project challenge
The site selected was formerly the Kinglake Primary School site which was tiered and difficult to work with. The site was extremely tight.
2MH solution
Good design principles using a cut and fill approach to level the site delivered an excellent result. Courts complemented with fencing, a clubroom servicing both tennis and netball courts and the construction of a 3 pitch cricket practice net facility.
"Our vision was to not just rebuild but to redesign and redevelop a state of the art sporting precinct. 2MH Consulting were incredible advocates. Exceptional high standards. No hesitation in recommending."
Nicole Seckold, Secretary
Kinglake Ranges Tennis Club
North Central Victoria
Local government
Project type
Sports facilities, Tennis courts, Netball courts, Football ovals
2MH services
Quoting & tender management, Design management, Design, Project management, Sports facility design
Outdoor infrastructure
Landscaping, Sports surfaces, Paths & paving, Light & power, Water, Fencing


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Codex is a series of handwoven cloth panels investigating the complex interaction of measured ink pattern and randomized block patterns utilizing an ancient weave structure known as samit.
The first few images are installation shots of Codex 1 and 2 from In the making, an exhibition at the Illingworth Kerr Gallery featuring the work of: Ward Bastian, Jolie Bird, Nicole Burisch, Hyang Cho, Dean Drever, MacKenzie Kelly-Frère, Stephen Holman, Robin Lambert, Wednesday Lupypciw, Brendan McGillicuddy, Tyler Rock, Jenna Stanton, and Pavitra Wickramasinghe.
Image 1 (left to right): works by Jolie Bird, Hyang Cho, Brendan McGillicuddy, Dean Drever with Codex 1 and 2 in the foreground.
Image 3 (left to right): works by Pavitra Wickramasinghe and Ward Bastian with Codex 1 and 2 in the foreground.


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Nothing can prepare you for 50 ounces of rain—90 trillion gallons – falling over four days. You cannot prepare for sustained 100-mph winds. But as the people in the Gulf Coast of Texas know, you can recover. With help. In our cover story this issue, "Lone Star Strong" writer Glenn Cook visited the region just after Hurricane Harvey hit. Through his photos and story, he shows how Texas educators, school leaders, and community restored a sense of normalcy to their students weeks after hurricane landfall.
Lone Star Strong Slideshow
On the Cover
Lone Star Strong
Story and photos by Glenn Cook
Texas schools rebuild after Hurricane Harvey blast
Hurricanes Irma, Maria disrupt schools in Florida, Puerto Rico
Michelle Healy
The Face of Hunger
Del Stover
Districts work to solve childhood hunger
Whole District Fundraising
Stan Levenson
Development offices help raise money for K-12 districts
Observation Deck
Maribeth Vander Weele
ESSA monitoring can bring benefits to districts
Kathleen Vail, Thomas J. Gentzel, Kevin E. Ciak
Public Advocacy
Electronic School
Seeking Counsel
Explore the latest education trends.
Online Only Articles
The Canary in the Cage is Choking
Robert A. Rammer
As building leaders, principals are under stress
Building Blocks to School Improvement
Lisa Hillian and Craig Reed
How school leaders can help their schools change and improve
Backward by Design
Thomas Hughes
Changing hire practices is difficult, but essential
What's Your Mission?
Denise Schares
Mission statements answer the question, "why do we exist?"
The Thinking Classroom
Carrie DeWaters
Differentiated or personalized instruction is a common practice in many schools.


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Below are a list of our most frequently asked questions about the product.
Why use SmarterSurveys when a course survey instrument is available within my learning management system?
- ADVANCED FUNCTIONALITY - SmarterSurveys provides advanced survey building and reporting tools that are not available in the basic functionality of the free survey tools within learning management systems.
- COMPARATIVE METRICS – If you use the standardized survey items within SETE we can produce reports that benchmark performance across similar institutions.
- BIAS CONTROL – Using the proprietary SETE System we can statistically control for student bias based on 24 factors such as the student's grade in the course, gender, time of class, delivery system, etc.
- DATA BANK – We provide a data bank of over 300 possible end of course survey items which you can use in addition to your own items.
- VALIDATED INSTRUMENT - We make available a bank of survey items which have undergone rigorous item analysis resulting in a bank of items with high reliability and validity.
- CUSTOMIZATION – Using our custom programming services you can add desired functionality in a timely and affordable manner.
- INTEGRATION – We achieve many of the same integration features such as single sign on, deployment of surveys as assignments, deployment of surveys within the learning space of the LMS, reporting of participation metrics to faculty.
- APPROPRIATE ACCESS – Using our tiered, role-based access to data only the appropriate persons obtain access to survey results.
- CONSULTING – We can provide consulting services to help you improve your survey instruments and response rates.
- EXPERTISE – Providing course surveys is what we do, not just one feature among many. Measuring student satisfaction is critical to the improvement of your institution. For that mission critical role trust the experts, not just a general software company.
Can I customize the look of the SmarterSurveys tool?
Yes, your annual license gives you the right to completely customize the look of the tool to match your schools website. Text and labels throughout the system can also be modified in the configuration section.
SmarterSurveys seems like a good tool for conducting evaluations. Is there a way to try the product out for a trial period?
Institutions considering licensing SmarterSurveys may qualify for a trial period. Click Here to request more information.
Do I need to install any software or buy expensive hardware?
No. SmarterSurveys operates under a Software as a Service (SaaS) model. Under this model, there is no software your institution or users must install or manage. When your institution signs up, we will create a custom user interface that has the look and feel of your institution's website. We will give you the sub domain, and you can link that in any way you choose. SmarterSurveys is housed on dedicated servers in a secure, high powered, redundant datacenter faculty located in Birmingham, AL. The datacenter is monitored and supported by a group of onsite network administrators 7 days-a-week, 24 hours-a-day, 365 days-a-year. SmarterSurveys utilizes both automated network monitoring as well as human intervention and oversight to keep data secured. Complete information about the technical infrastructure of SmarterSurveys is available upon request.
Does SmarterSurveys have support staff to help with implementing the system and possible technical difficulties?
Yes. As part of your initial setup, a member of our team will assist your Admin group with setup and developing an implementation plan around the product for your institution. Support to end users of SmarterSurveys, is provided via an online support request ticketing system and a knowledge base. Links to a form through which students can request support as well as gain access to the knowledge base are provided on each screen of the product. During business hours, support requests are answered within two hours. Depending on the volume of requests, many are answered within minutes. Requests received prior to 9:00 PM CST on weekdays are typically answered the same night with requests submitted later in the evening being answered at the start of business the following day. On weekends and holidays, a response can be expected within 24 hours.
How soon are survey results available?
Persons with appropriate levels of administrative access can log into SmarterSurveys and view incoming data and reports in real time. Schools are able to monitor results as they are being submitted. If schools are doing more detailed analysis of returns, they typically wait until after the survey has closed to complete more advanced computations such as comparisons to previous terms.
How long are my reports available?
All data and reports are stored in the SmarterSurveys' system for 10 years. Data older than 10 years is archived and available for a small fee.
Can data collected in SmarterSurveys be exported for use with other analytical programs?
Yes. All data is available for export in multiple formats including CSV, flat text file, and Microsoft Excel (xls) formats.
Who can view the survey results?
Each school identifies one person as the SmarterSurveys primary administrator. This person then assigns other persons at the school with the appropriate level of access to data and reports. Generally faculty are only able to see the results from their own courses and administrators such as department chairs can only view reports from within the scope of their authority.
What results do students see?
Immediately after submission of data, students receive a confirmation message. If schools desire for students to see some form of generalized summary report of other students' entries, this could be done. However, this practice is not typical.
What types of questions can be asked on the survey?
Schools determine the types of questions that are asked. Any objective question type can be asked. Subjective questions such as open ended answers can also be asked, but no calculation is done from the input, just reporting of the input from the students. Common objective question types include multiple choice, true/false, Likert-type scales, checkboxes, radio buttons, and drop down boxes.
Can SmarterSurveys control for bias and/or provide a standardize score?
Yes. You have the option of using SmarterSurveys as a basic survey collection and reporting tool or use one of our 2 methods of scaling scores and controlling for bias. Our fixed approach is using the SETE (Student Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness) instrument. This 12-item instrument developed by the University of North Texas is a validated response scale which has evolved from over three years of research and development. With this instrument, you can control for bias and generate scaled scores for each evaluated user. Our flexible approach is using the ASA (Advanced Survey Analysis) tool. This integrated tool allows you to use your existing end-of-course items and also control for bias and generate a scale score for faculty.
How are students' responses anonymous if reminder emails can be sent to non-participating students?
SmarterSurveys uses an advanced process through which the student first authenticates into the system. Once our system determines that the student is one of the students included in the data file we received from the school, then we provide the appropriate survey to the student. The process for authentication and data submission are totally separated in our database. We are technically not able to match up student entries with student contact information.
How does SmarterSurveys prevent students from submitting more than one response per course?
Using the data file provided from the school to SmarterSurveys, we create a single "digital ticket" to each survey per course and per student. Once that "ticket" has been used by a student for that course, the student cannot access the survey for that course again. They can access surveys for other courses for which they have not yet completed the survey.
Can students submit surveys for more than one course at a time?
SmarterSurveys is designed for students to submit their perceptions about a single course. However, immediately after the student submits their input for one course, they are asked if they would like to submit feedback for another course. The student is shown a list of the courses for which they have not yet submitted a survey.
How often can schools use SmarterSurveys?
Schools can use SmarterSurveys as often as they would like. While the name of this solution is SmarterSurveys, it could also be used for mid-course evaluations or for any other type of survey that the school would like to administer.
How do students access SmarterSurveys?
SmarterSurveys works with each school to provide a process which is best for their students. SmarterSurveys provides multiple options for access including:
- SmarterSurveys sends emails to the students providing instructions and a unique link to the evaluation.
- A link to the SmarterSurveys site for the school is embedded into each online course. Students click the link to access the surveys.
- In either of the above models the students can be automatically logged into the appropriate surveys or they can use a user name/password to authenticate into the system.
Can SmarterSurveys be integrated with existing user authentication systems?
Yes, SmarterSurveys can be integrated with existing user authentication systems such as LDAP, NTLM, MS AD, and others.
How long can the SmarterSurveys survey be active?
Schools determine the dates of availability for all surveys. Typical times range from one week to three weeks. A common model is that the survey opens with one week left in the course and is left open for two weeks afterward. It is conceivable that a school might have some sort of survey, such as a student services survey, which remains open at all times.
Are students required to complete the entire survey?
Schools set the policy on whether or not students are required to complete the survey. Most schools strongly encourage students to participate but do not require it. Schools can determine which, if any, of the questions on the survey are required.
How long is the data available?
All data is automatically archived for up to ten years if the school takes no action to delete it. The primary SmarterSurveys administrator at the school can choose to delete data from the system, At this point the data is truly deleted and cannot be recalled. Deletion of data should carefully be performed.
Is SmarterSurveys Feedback 508 Compliant?
Yes, but when creating surveys with SmarterSurveys's EFM Feedback application, you must ensure that any graphic contained in the survey uses an Alt Tag description of the graphic.
In addition, some users of screen reader applications have difficulty with table-oriented structures such as those used in a matrix question. Technically, while the matrix questions are still 508 compliant, SmarterSurveys recommends that you do not use this type of question if you need to adhere to a strict usage of 508 compliance.
Can results be printed or linked from other websites?
Yes, all score reports are available in PDF format so that users can print them and/or link to them from another website.
Is technical support available to faculty and students using SmarterSurveys?
Yes, during normal business hours (central time) technical support is available via a support ticket system, email and/or toll free phone. After hours support is available via a support ticket system, email or voice mail. After hours support requests are responded to either before or shortly after the start of the next business day.
How is SmarterSurveys priced?
Pricing for SmarterSurveys is based on the number of users. Users are individual students, faculty, and administrators.
What can schools do to increase response rates on end-of-course evaluations?
One of the reasons why schools select SmarterSurveys is because it can increase the response rate on end-of-course evaluations. We realize that a higher response rate helps schools spot meaningful trends in their data. Lower response rates often are overly influenced by the outliers of very pleased or very disappointed students. SmarterSurveys recommends the following actions to increase the response rate:
1. Promote the end-of-course surveys prior to the end of the term. Schools can place posters around campus, post announcements on bulletin boards, stuff reminders in student mail boxes. Faculty can make announcements to students and add instructions to take the survey to their course instructions.
2. Give students a long window of opportunity to submit the surveys. Students are very busy, especially around the end of the term as they are composing papers and studying for exams. A common model is that schools open the survey with one week left in the course and then leave it open for two weeks after the course has ended.
3. Regularly remind the students about the survey. One of the features of SmarterSurveys is that we can send a daily email reminder to students who have not yet submitted their end-of-course surveys. The email provides clear instructions on how to access the surveys and reminds them of the courses for which they have not submitted the surveys.
4. Provide an incentive for participation. Schools can provide rewards ranging from free tuition for one course to a $25.00 book store gift certificate. SmarterSurveys can randomly select a student(s) as the winner of the random drawing. Each term the schools should promote the fact that these students were the winners.
5. Assure students that their input is anonymous. One of the benefits of partnering with SmarterSurveys to collect the data is that when students know that the school is collecting the data, they fear that their input is not anonymous. But since SmarterSurveys is a reliable third party, we assure students that their contact information is never reported with their evaluation input.
6. Inform students of improvements that have been made based on their input. When a change in policy or practice is made based on a trend indicated in the SmarterSurveys data, this is encouraging to students because they know that their thoughts are making a difference.
7. Require participation. Schools can require students to participate before their grades can be released for the term. Caution should be used in considering this method because students who submit the survey just to meet the requirement may not accurately reflect their true perceptions.
Thomas M. Archer of Ohio State University has provided an article titled "Characteristics Associated with Increasing the Response Rates of Web-Based Surveys." Archer made the following recommendations for increasing the response rate on web-based surveys: [1] Increasing the total days a questionnaire is left open, with two reminders, may significantly increase response rates. It may be wise to launch in one week, remind in the next week, and then send the final reminder in the third week; [2] Potential respondents must be convinced of the potential benefit of accessing the questionnaire; and [3] Do not be overly concerned about the length or detail of the questionnaire - getting people to the web site of the questionnaire is more important to increasing response rates.
Arher, Thomas M. (2007) Characteristics Associated with Increasing the Response Rates of Web-Based Surveys. Practical Assessment & Evaluation, 12(12). Available online: http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=12&n=12
According to the research literature, what factors impact a student's end-of-course evaluations?
Studies have shown that the students' ratings are affected by characteristics of the course, the instructor and the student (Dukes & Victoria, 1989). Conventional wisdom among university professors seems to be that instructor evaluations are heavily influenced by the grades the instructor gives (Winer, 1999). Sonner and DeLoach (2003) noted in their study that 28% of non-traditional university students believe that evaluations are influenced by grades. In order to ensure valid and accurate evaluations from students, a proposed evaluation process should be sensitive to the "difficulty of the first test" (Hewett, 1988) and final grades for the term. Other characteristics of interest that affect ratings of the instructor include:
- Students' Interest: "...students' self-reported sleepiness in the class was negatively correlated with the ratings of instructor's ability to explain material clearly and understandably". (Tang, 1987)
- Student Participation: "Participation in classroom discussions was significantly related to the students' ratings of the professor's ability to stimulate students' interest in the subject matter, willingness to talk with students outside of class, and knowledge in this class". (Tang, 1987)
- Purpose of Student Evaluation: "...the mean rating was higher when the student was told the purpose [of the evaluation] … The results of this study agree with the findings of Driscoll and Goodwin, Aleamoni and Hexner, Sharon and Bartlett, and Taylor and Wherry which show that certain types of information tend to elevate or increase average student ratings". (Douglas & Carroll, 1987)
- Socialization with Instructor Outside of Class: "Socializing with students outside of class improved a female Instructor's [ratings], but social contact did not affect the ratings given to male Instructors". (Kierstead, D'Agostino & Dill, 1988)
- Perceived Friendliness of Instructor: "Smiling slightly depressed ratings given to male instructors, but it elevated those given to female Instructors". (Kierstead, D'Agostino & Dill, 1988)
- Grades Received: "The biasing effect of grades on evaluations has been clearly demonstrated in a variety of experimental studies". (Cahn, 1987) "Generally class evaluations are higher in classes with higher student grades". (Shapiro, 1990) "In other words, students satisfied with their grades took credit for it; students dissatisfied with their grades blamed the Instructor". (Benz & Blatt, 1996)
- Story telling: "If it is the case that story-telling is what it means to be 'interesting,' as we concluded in this study, then faculty may want to apply this understanding to their teaching, i.e., tell stories." (Benz & Blatt, 1996)
- Use of Textbook: "The present study showed that reading the textbook before coming to the class was positively associated with their ratings of the instructor's knowledge of the subject matter and students' knowledge in this class..." (Tang, 1987)
- Teacher Behaviors: "...male and female instructors will earn equal [ratings] for equal professional work only if the women also display stereotypically feminine behavior". (Kierstead, D'Agostino & Dill, 1988)
- Teacher Delivery: "For two semesters at Cornell University, Stephen J. Ceci taught his developmental psychology course in exactly the same way – with one exception. The second time, he spoke more enthusiastically, varied his pitch, and used more gestures. The result was a major improvement in student ratings of his course." Researchers "were stunned to find that Dr. Ceci had earned much better scores in the second semester for his level of knowledge, organization, fairness, and even quality of the textbook. Yet student performance on the tests was about the same in both courses." (Chronicle, 1997)


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Top 10 Reasons to Retire in Palm Coast Florida
Since the early 1900's, folks in the Northeast who are fed up with harsh winters have found themselves migrating to the south, to live in a tropical paradise. Naples, Sarasota and St. Augustine are popular coastal cities in Florida, to name a few. The mega rich started the trend by building mega mansions along the beaches for their winter homes, in places like Palm Beach, Vero Beach, Boca Grande and Sanibel Island.
The state of Florida boasts a population of 19 million residents. Buyer's often ask us, where are the best cities to live in Florida without crowds, traffic congestion and a high cost of living? Here we share information about a coastal city which 'locals' know about, those who have lived in Florida for more than a decade, the city of Palm Coast and Flagler Beach named after the railroad tycoon Henry Flagler. Palm Coast is located on the northeast coast of Florida between St. Augustine and Daytona Beach. According to the 2010 census, the current population of Palm Coast is about 75,000 people and not much has changed in the past two years. Palm Coast homes are so desirable, some employees working in nearby cities such as Orlando and Jacksonville are willing to commute on a daily basis to live in the Quieter Side of Florida.
Here's why folk's chose Palm Coast homes, a top pick our list of where to retire in Florida:
- BEST BEACHES - Flagler Beach has 26 miles of hard wide sandy beaches. In most places you will need to walk down stairways to reach the shoreline. When the tide is out, sand bars are revealed and small pools of water collect along the shore. These minature lagoons are very kid friendly' allowing safer play away from the waves crashing on the shore. Flagler Beach is a popular surfing location. The Tommy Tant Memorial Surf Classic draws hundreds of surfers to compete at this annual surf contest. Flagler Beach also attracts surf fishermen as much as the beach attracts sunbathers soaking up the sun. Flagler Beach is also one of Florida's most beautiful uncrowded pet friendly beaches and is a great place to find Palm Coast homes.
- BEST GOLF COURSES - Florida has more golf courses than any other state, about 1,250 golf courses in all and most are easy to play. The topography of Florida is mostly flat so when a golf course hugs the ocean like the Hammock Dunes Club, golfers take notice. Hammock Dunes Club is located in Palm Coast Florida has two private championship golf courses. The Grand Club in Palm Coast is home to three public golf courses, where golf membership is not required. World Golf Village is just to the north for more golfing experiences. The World Golf Hall of Fame and PGA Tour Golf Academy are considered world class golf attractions at World Golf Village. Members of the club have the chance to play the King & Bear and Slammer & Squire golf courses along with eight more championship golf courses in the St. Augustine area.
- LOW COST OF LIVING - Florida has no state income tax. Sales tax in Flagler County Florida is 6%. Palm Coast Florida has a low real estate tax millage rate, approximately 14.5183 converting to $145 for every $1,000 of home value less eligible homestead exemptions. With real estate prices still at the lowest levels of the decade, beautiful homes in gated Florida Intracoastal Waterway communities can easily be found under $200k in Palm Coast Florida.
- AWESOME WEATHER - Florida is nicknamed 'The Sunshine State' because of more days of sunshine than anything else. While rumors circulated for a while about more people moving out of Florida, Flagler County has showed a migration increase of 17% in 2009 and Flagler County is not alone. Real Estate Scorecard credits the awesome weather in Florida as a contributing factor with Baby Boomers who are searching for where to retire in the Southeast. In January, the highs reach 68 degrees while the low temperature drop to only 46 degrees. At the hottest time of the year, temperatures in Palm Coast reach a maximum of 90 degrees while low's drop to 73 degrees. Palm Coast being located in the northern part of the state and on the east coast is blessed by delightful weather the majority of the year and rarely a hurricane. Palm Coast Florida has not had a direct hit from a hurricane since the 1950's.
- FLORIDA'S PROTECTED NATURE - There are 24 community parks in Flagler County. Here are the most popular 10 parks and bike trails in Palm Coast Florida part of Flagler County:
- Central Park in Town Center - 9 acre urban park connected to Lehigh Trail
- Graham Swamp Trail - 2.18 mile wildlife and eco-system pathway, bike trails
- Hammock Dunes Bridge Trailhead, access to St. Joe Walkway & Intracoastal Waterway
- Heroes Memorial Park - Tribute to Military and Law Enforcement
- Lehigh Trail - 8 miles of abandoned railway corridor, bike trails
- Linear Park - St Joe Walkway part of the Great Florida Birding Trail, bike trails
- Pine Lakes Parkway - Outdoor exercise path with stop stations
- Princess Place Preserve - 1,500 acres of camp sites, hiking and equestrian trails
- Washington Oaks Garden State Park - formal gardens, between AIA & Intracoastal Waterway
- Waterfront Park - 20 acre park and pathway along the Intracoastal Waterway
- CULTURAL ARTS - From informal concerts on the lawn (First Friday's on Flagler Beach) to big stage theatre performances, this coastal Florida city has plenty to offer in the way of music, art and culture. The most popular venues in Flagler Beach are the Flagler Playhouse and Flagler Auditorium. Festivals in Palm Coast Florida provide equally enjoyable entertainment such as the Palm Coast Art Show, Creekside Festival, Movies in the Park and Cracker Day. Marineland in Palm Coast is a fun day trip for kids and grandkids, to learn more about the ocean and swim with the dolphins. Don't let the name fool you, the Quieter Side of Florida, provides a calendar filled with events to keep you busy at retirement.
- BOATING AND KAYAKING - When you live in Florida, most Floridian's prefer to live close to the ocean and we highly recommends it. Whether to scuba dive, explore the mangroves by kayak or leisurely boat on the Intracoastal Waterway at sunset, there is fascinating marine life to observe in the wild. Manatees, turtles and colorful tropical fish are a good place to start. In the winter time, Right Whales can be seen from the shore in Palm Coast Florida. Throw away your business suit and tie because you won't need it when you own a Palm Coast home. Flip flops and your camera will become your best friend as everyday is casual Friday in Florida.
- QUALITY MEDICAL CARE NEARBY - Florida Hospital Flagler is a mission based hospital rapidly expanding in Palm Coast Florida. Recently Florida Hospital Flagler added a new Town Center Surgery and Urgent Care outpatient facility. Florida Hospital Flagler's Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon John Walsh, MD, was named one of America's top surgeons by the Consumer's Research Council of America this month. Specialties at Florida Hospital Flagler include: Neurology, Family Practice, General Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Gastroenterology, Emergency Medicine, Anesthesia, Radiology and Vascular Surgery.
- QUICK ACCESS TO AREAS OF INTEREST - Unlike northeastern states, the roads in Florida are pretty much in a straight line heading north, south, east and west. No winding curves or drop off cliffs, the kind of scary roads you would find in the mountains or along the west coast in California. Florida's highways are fast and easy to drive. In one hour, people can drive to Walt Disney World, Universal Studios and Sea World, Florida's most popular tourist attractions. Or in one hour, you can reach Jacksonville International Airport to the north or Daytona International Airport to the south. In about 2 hours, you can drive to Port Canaveral Florida to board a cruise ship heading off into the Caribbean. With Palm Coast being in the northern part of the state, this Florida coastal city provides quick highway access to family and friends in Georgia or South Carolina.
- HOUSING COSTS - Florida is on sale right now and has been for a couple of years. Palm Coast Florida is not a metropolitan city with an abundance of job opportunities and is generally where people move when they find where to retire in Florida. When the housing market collapsed, like the rest of the state, Palm Coast home prices fell quickly. In August 2011, the Business Insider listed Palm Coast Florida as one of the best housing markets during the next five years projecting 15.2% growth when the Palm Coast Florida housing market begins to advance ahead. Now is a great time to find gated Florida Intracoastal Waterway communities with low homeowners association dues and monthly costs.
If Florida is on your radar as you search for where to retire, keep in mind Florida is a huge state and you will need help from someone who is knowledgable about the whole state. The Quieter Side of Florida won't stay quiet for long as the secret slowly seeps out about why Palm Coast Florida is one of the best cities to live in Florida. Ask to introduce you to our trusted colleague and master negotiator of Palm Coast homes. Write [email protected] or call us toll free at 866.384.1799.


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University of Miami
Miami Hurricanes' baseball team edges St. Thomas University 7-6 in 10 innings
If the sixth-ranked Miami Hurricanes were thinking too hard about the NCAA's No. 1 baseball team — the Florida Gators — coming to Mark Light Field this weekend for one of the biggest series of the season, they're probably not now.
On Wednesday, it was the nation's No. 2 team in the lesser-regarded National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) that nearly made the Canes crumble.
Neighboring St. Thomas University, the runner-up at last year's NAIA World Series, scored three runs in the eighth inning on a home run by Oscar Aguirre to take a two-run lead, before UM tied it in the ninth inning and won 7-6 in the 10th on an error by St. Thomas pitcher Brandon Valentin.
With two outs and runners on second and third for Miami, Jacob Heyward hit a full-count dribbler to Valentin, who bobbled the ball and pulled St. Thomas first baseman Kendrick Gutierrez off the bag with an errant throw that allowed Chris Barr to score the winning run at The Light.
"I was just trying to get a hit for my team," Heyward, UM's cleanup hitter, said of the dribbler. "I didn't hit it the way I wanted to, but things happen in mysterious ways. I just tried to bust my butt down the line to try to beat out a play."
The Hurricanes (4-0) stranded a school-record 22 runners, including nine with the bases loaded in the fifth, sixth and eighth innings.
"Well that probably comes under the definition of an ugly win, but you'll take it any way you can," UM coach Jim Morris said. "We played good defense. We could have pitched better. We definitely could have hit better. We left too many guys on base. But at the end of the day we won. … Heyward put the ball in play with two strikes and busted his butt to get down the line on a dead out and ends up bang-bang a safe play because he busted it and played hard."
It was nearly St. Thomas' first win over Miami since March 4, 1986.
The two schools have been playing since 1968, when St. Thomas — out of Miami Gardens — was known as Biscayne College. Miami leads the overall series 74-6.
The game was delayed 43 minutes by heavy rain after Miami scored a run, but left the bases loaded for the third time.
St. Thomas (7-8) pitched its mid-week starter Wednesday, saving its right-handed ace — 6-2, 300-pound senior Ben Ancheff — for conference rival Webber International this weekend. Nonetheless, for most of the game, the Bobcats looked every bit like players seeking their first national championship, as opposed to the Hurricanes seeking their fifth.
Canes catcher Zack Collins said Miami had not overlooked the Bobcats because of this weekend's big series with the Gators, who beat Miami twice in the 2015 College World Series, including in the elimination game.
"I just think we left a lot of guys on base tonight," Collins said. "We had a lot of opportunities to score early and we didn't. We left a team like that in the game and they obviously hit that three-run home run. It's the game of baseball. I don't think we were looking ahead. Obviously there was talk about Florida and stuff but I think we played for tonight and we just didn't get it done."
UM went up 2-0 in the first on singles by Chris Barr and Collins, a walk by Jacob Heyward, RBI single by Willie Abreu and sacrifice fly by Johnny Ruiz.
St. Thomas evened it up in the third on a home run to right field by German Morales, double by Adam Duarte and RBI-single by Jose Gomez.
UM made it 3-2 in the third on a wild pitch that scored Abreu, who walked and advanced to third on a single by Ruiz.
Collins' RBI single to right scored Carl Chester to make it 4-2 in the fourth, before St. Thomas inched one run closer in the sixth on an RBI single to left by Steven Fischer, scoring Gomez.
UM could only muster one in the eighth with bases loaded, and scored its ninth-inning run on a fielder's choice.
UM right-handed sophomore Jesse Lepore lasted four innings in his first career start, allowing two earned runs on six hits and a walk, with one strikeout.
Freshman Andrew Cabezas relieved Lepore and allowed four runs on four hits and a walk in 3 2/3 innings. Sidewinder Cooper Hammond pitched a third of an inning, and freshman Frankie Bartow went the final two for his first career victory.
St. Thomas used eight pitchers. Starter Alex Sarmiento lasted 3 2/3 innings.
Susan Miller Degnan: 305-376-3366, @smillerdegnan


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Print Edition - 2016-04-12 | MONEY
River control plan lies dead for lack of chief
Apr 12, 2016-
The Karnali River Control Project lies dead because it has no project head. The post of project head has remained vacant for more than two months, and there is no one to carry out administrative and embankment related tasks at the project based in Rajapur in western Nepal.
Ministerial and secretarial-level delays in reaching a decision regarding filling the vacant post have prevented the project from spending its budget, and the construction work has come to a halt, sources at the project office said.
Officiating chief Lekhnath Subedi said that the project's employees had not been able to get their salaries due to the absence of a project head with financial authority. "The construction work has stalled as the contractor has not been paid for the completed tasks," Subedi said.
Moreover, the rising water level of the Karnali River is likely to delay the project's completion. According to contractor Bharat Poudel, the water level of the Karnali could rise in June as the snows on the mountains start to melt, and this could affect the construction work at the Rs22-billion project.
The government had allocated a budget of Rs230 million for the project in the last fiscal year. This year's budget has been jacked up to Rs400 million.
The Karnali River Control Project was set up to build a concrete embankment within five years in a bid to protect villages and farmlands at risk.
Around 5,000 houses are affected annually by floods and inundation by the Karnali River. Technical experts at the project said that floods and inundation would be minimised after the 5-metre-high structure is completed.
Around 200,000 residents in Rajapur Municipality and five VDCs suffer heavy losses of life and property due to floods during the monsoon.
Moreover, locals believe that the Rajapur area, also known as 'a grain basket', will see minimum losses during the monsoon after the project's completion.
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But the Martins occupied her thoughts a good deal; she had spent two very happy months with them, and now loved to talk of the pleasures of her visit, and describe the many comforts and wonders of the place. Emma encouraged her talkativeness — amused by such a picture of another set of beings, and enjoying the youthful simplicity which could speak with so much exultation of Mrs. Martin's having "two parlours, two very good parlours indeed; one of them quite as large as Mrs. Goddard's drawing-room; and of her having an upper maid who had lived five-and-twenty years with her; and of their having eight cows, two of them Alderneys, and one a little Welch cow, a very pretty little Welch cow, indeed; and of Mrs. Martin's saying, as she was so fond of it, it should be called her cow…
Emma, Chapter 4.
Poor easily led Harriet…about to be persuaded by Emma, that what were probably the happiest two months of her life are to be tossed aside, along with the Martins themselves.
I must admit the picture Harriet paints of the life the Martins have at Abbey Mill Farm is not at all as graceless as Emma would have her (and us) believe. And of course it revolves around some animals: they were farmers after all.
But it does not necessarily mean that their home dairy was not conducted without a certain style.
Do allow me to explain….
Channel Island breeds of cows were (and still are ) famed for the richness of their milk. The Channel Islands –the main islands are Jersey, Guernsey Alderney Sark and Herm- are a group of islands not far from the French coast and are British Dependencies, and strictly are part of the Duchy of Normandy. As such they are part of the British territories for the ruling monarch holds the title and lands of the Duke of Normandy (a title they have held since 1066 and William I).
(Alderneys circa 1820 by an unknown artist)
These types of cattle were most probably collectively known as 'Alderneys' because all Channel Island cattle, whether originally from Jersey, Guernsey, or Alderney were transported for sale from the individual islands but arrived in England from the last port of call – Alderney – via the "Alderney Boat".
In fact it is calculated that no more than 4% of all the cattle known as 'Alderneys' in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were actually from that particular Channel Island.
Having an Alderney to provide milk for ones dairy was an extremely fashionable thing to do in the late 18th /early 19th century.
This was something Jane Austen knew from first hand experience, for her mother, the redoubtable Mrs Austen, kept Alderneys at Steventon to provide beautiful rich creamy milk for the household.
Here is an extract from a letter she wrote on 26th August 1770:
What Luck we shall have with those sort of Cows I can't say. My little Alderney one turns out tolerably well, and makes more Butter than we can use, and I have just brought another of the same sort, but as her calf is but just gone, can not say what she will be good for yet…
(See: Jane Austen: A Family Record, Deirdre Le Faye, Page 23)
Alderneys were also sometimes kept for decorative purposes in the early 19th century:
A few breeds of cattle were imported into the British Isles at this time. They had little effect on the development of native breeds and were treated more like fashionable curiosities. The Kerry and its miniature version , the Dexter, came from Ireland and the Alderney was the collective name given to Channel Island Cattle.
Exotic species also arrived from India and the Far East.
These cattle were kept primarily by noblemen to decorate their country parks. Willliam Youett comments that …" it is thought fashionable that the view from the breakfast or drawing-room of the house should present an Alderney Cow or two grazing at a little distance".
He further explained that the animals were popular partly for the richness of their milk but more for their diminutive size.
It was only later in the 19th century that Alderney or Jersey or Guernsey cattle, often crossed with native breeds, became properly established as dairy herds in the gentle climate of the South West of England.
(see pp 198-200: Farm Animal Portraits by Elpseth Moncrieff).
I have a suspicion that while the Martins no doubt had a dairy for milk on their farm to provide milk butter and cream for the household, and an Alderney cow would have provided them with the richest milk that could have been had at the time, they were also not averse to the cows around that dairy and in the pastures surrounding their house looking very decorative too: which indicates that they were not exactly the uneducated, subsistence, farming bumpkins that Emma would have us, and poor Harriet, believe ;-)
And just to show that all this interest in cattle was not confined to the Yeomanry, as Emma would have it, here is a picture of the Countess of Chesterfield and her daughters inspecting, from the comfort of their fashionable pony phaeton, one of the Earl's prize milk Alderneys in 1810
The Earl of Chesterfield was an agricultural improver like Mr Knightley and was sufficiently proud of his livestock to pay the famed Shropshire–born animal artist, Thomas Weaver, the artist of this painting, £147 for this portrait.
(Self portrait of Thomas Weaver, circa 1816)
The Earl also, in the same year commissioned this painting , designed to hang with the one above, depicting him with his son, Lord Stanhope, his steward Mr Blaikie, a cowman and a prize heifer in the Earl's immaculate farmyard at Bretby Park.
So as you can clearly see, keeping an Alderney was not quite as despicable and detestable an act as Emma would have us believe;-)


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Behavioral Healthcare Specialist Linda Sookman Joins Booming Healthcare Team Of Morpace Inc.
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., June 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Morpace Inc. announced today Linda Sookman, an accomplished professional in the behavioral health and medical field, joins their growing Healthcare Team, which has experienced major growth in the behavioral healthcare space that is expected to continue.
«We are so excited to have Linda join our team,» said Susan Semack, Senior Vice President of the Healthcare Team of Morpace. «She brings over 20 years of experience in quality management of behavioral healthcare solutions, and will be a valuable resource to our expanding client base.»
Sookman is a clinically trained nurse who worked in hospitals for over 10 years before focusing on the administrative side of healthcare. For over 20 years, she was Vice President of Quality Management for Psychcare, which was acquired by Beacon Health Options, where Linda stayed on as Associate Vice President of Quality.
As Quality and Accreditation Consultant, Sookman will be instrumental in the continued growth of the Morpace Healthcare Team, assisting clients with the connection between medical and behavioral healthcare management, and advising health insurance clients as they work to meet corporate regulatory and accreditation requirements.
Sookman earned her Nursing degree from Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, NY and B.S.N. from Towson University, MD. She is also a Certified Practitioner of Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) and a certified Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt Healthcare Professional.
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text: Sydney-based artist Natasha Frisch creates elegant and meticulous paper sculptures that challenge our perception of the built environment. Many of her works posses a chameleon-like quality, effortlessly camouflaging themselves into their immediate environment.Natasha completed her Bachelor of Arts (Media Arts) at RMIT University, and since then has presented in several solo exhibitions both in Australia and overseas. A veteran in taking part in artist-in-residence programs, Natasha was a recent recipient of the Woollahra residency, where she will be creating her plant works for a community project. At the end of the year she will be travelling to NYC for a 3-month residency at NARS .Featured Project // Natasha's precise replicas of everyday objects, made by hand using tracing paper and tape.Why It Rocks // Even though each piece requires a significant amount of work and skill, her sculptures never scream for attention – they are delicate, quiet and subtle.Below is a little Q&A with the artist. (She can be contacted here.) Natasha Frisch, It Was Never Meant To Be This Way 2006. Tracing Paper, Double Sided Tape, Fishing Line. 139cm L x 95cm W x 108cm H.Natasha Frisch, It Was Never Meant To Be This Way (detail), 2006. Tracing Paper, Double Sided Tape, Fishing Line. 139cm L x 95cm W x 108cm H.Natasha Frisch, Baby…Don't Cry 2005. Tracing Paper, Glue, Balsa Wood, Fishing line. 4.8cm L x 3.9cm W x 0.6cm H.Natasha Frisch, burning the midnight oil in her studio in New York.Natasha Frisch, Left – Since I met you #2 2010. Right – Since I met you #1 2010. Type C Photograph (b0th). 39cm W x 60cm H (both). + What are you seeking to portray in your work? What is fundamental to your practice – your philosophy and your process?I mainly work with modest materials such as tracing paper, double-sided tape and fishing line to construct models and installations that closely approximate everyday objects and sites. The fragile and impermanent nature of the materials I use ensures that the work cannot be easily transported or translated to another site. The temporary constructions exist only for the lifetime of the exhibition and upon de-installation the work is documented and then destroyed. If the work is to be shown again it must be re-made and all that remains of each piece is photographic or video evidence. My installations document the situations where human behaviour has altered the physical or emotional for better or worse and via stillness and spatial displacement allow for a slippage between the real and the unreal. Natasha Frisch, Somebody else's shadow (NY) 2012. Still from Stop-motion animation. [work in progress].Natasha Frisch, Us [working title]. Type C Photograph, From the Murray's Cottage series. [work in progress]. + What has been your favourite project so far?It may be yet to come… I was recently awarded a 3 month residency at The New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation in Brooklyn for late 2013.+ What was one of your biggest lessons learned since starting out?Persistence is everything.+ Any interesting/ funny/ quirky facts about your work that you could share with us?Nobody ever believes that the work is made from paper so they have to touch it to make sure it is. The first time I exhibited 'Somewhere In Between' somebody actually sat on them because they thought they were real. See blog post and photos that prove this. Natasha Frisch, Somewhere In Between 2010. Tracing Paper, Double Sided Tape. Chairs: 38cm L x 36cm W x 95cm H. + Best piece of advice you've been given?Be true to yourself.+ If you were not an artist, what would you be?Possibly an architect or industrial designer.+ Nothing inspires me like…Forgotten architecture, overheard conversations, and weeds. Natasha Frisch, Nasty Little Piece of Work (detail), 2004. Tracing Paper, Glue, L.E.D. Dumpster: 18cm L x 13.9 cm W x 12.5 cm H.Natasha Frisch, It's Nothing… Really 2006. Still from Single Channel Video. 59cm L x 42cm W. + I am really good at…Cutting, folding and sticking paper.+ Most people don't know that I…Make all of my paper work by hand. Natasha Frisch, Nowhere Near Here (detail) 2008. Tracing Paper, Glue Dots. Grass: 10-15cm H, Dimensions Variable.Natasha Frisch, Nowhere Near Here 2008. Tracing Paper, Glue Dots. Grass: 10-15cm H, Dimensions Variable.[Images courtesy of the artist.] 2 Responses emily // the daily smudge January 23, 2013 So gorgeous – and so unlike anything I've seen before. I love that everyday uncelebrated objects are paperfied… lovely stuff!! Reply Interviews with Designers & Artists | Yellowtrace 2013 Archive. December 27, 2013 […] | Little Trace Of // Yoram Roth. 08 | Little Trace of // Melbourne Artist Miso. 09 | Little Trace Of // Natasha Frisch. 10 | Interview // Nicholas Gurney. 11 | Interview // George […] ReplyLeave a Reply Cancel reply


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The Promise Foundation was set up in 1987 to provide services in the area of Mental Health, Education and Potential Realisation. TPF believes that a nation's greatest resource is its human resource and contributes toward its development by applying behavioural sciences. The group comprises a core group of psychologists, social workers, special educators and teachers, and an international network of specialist consultants. As a non-government organization set up as a trust, TPF works at all levels -- local, national, and international, with project-based funding.
Recognising the need for early childhood intervention for cognitive development, TPF has a two-level Stimulation Intervention Programme (SIP) for children, 3 to 6 years. On one level, it runs Promise Shishukendra, a preschool and demonstration center catering to the needs of 30 children in a slum in Koramangala. The pre-school demonstrates TPF's methods for early childhood care and stimulation. With the aim of laying strong foundations for later formal learning, the preschool lays high emphasis on literacy acquisition skills, balancing all round stimulation with individualised school-readiness stimulation.
On the second level, it conducts training programmes primarily for anganwadi workers, and ECCD workers in NGOs and community-based organizations. All levels of workers can avail of TPF's training programmes: unskilled, ECCD workers, and ECCD workers with some ECCE training. The programmes range from monthly sessions to modular inputs spanning 3 to 12 months and specialise in training people who work in the rural sector and urban slums. 30-40 people can enroll in every training session. It specialises in training for ECCD services in deprived communities. It has also developed a stimulation kit that is given to every trainee after the training programme.
It also offers consultancy on ECCD services and training at the national and international levels. Its clients range from NIPCCD to country offices of the UNICEF.
TPF's key focus is pre-literacy and literacy acquisition processes and strategies for resource-poor communities. Therefore, its research is linked mainly with pre-literacy and literacy acquisition processes in the Indian languages, as well as with school readiness issues. In 2002-2003, in partnership with NIPCCD, it participated in the ILO-IPEC-APSBP Action Plan for prevention of Child Labour Project executed in four districts of Andhra Pradesh. The project aimed to strengthen anganwadis as a crucial preventive method to contain the later-day drop-out rate in primary schools, and the consequent drift to child labor. As the training agency, TPF provided skills training in ECCE. Its paper on Early Warning Signals for prevention of child labor was disseminated to key functionaries in the ECCD sector and participating anganwadis were given a section of TPF's Stimulation Kit.
TPF has a number of resources to share: documents, status reports, books, in-house films, teaching aids such as the Stimulation kit and training. Details of these are regularly updated on its website. Occasionally, it brings out a training newsletter to reinforce the training inputs given during the training programmes and to network the teachers it has trained. During the ILO-NIPCCD project, the newsletter was published every month. It encouraged teachers to contribute their ideas and use the newsletter as a teaching tool in the pre-schools. A unique feature of this newsletter was the poster it carried which could be used in the classrooms.
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
The Pronouncing of Vows
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10 comments:
- Zephyrinus said...
Many Congratulations, Brother.
Deo Gratias.
- Wednesday, November 13, 2013
- umblepie said...
Many congratulations, best wishes and prayers to Brother Peter Mary
F.SS.R. God bless his parents - what a long way to come, I'll have to get my atlas out to find out exactly where Montana is! And of course God bless the F.SS.R community, of Golgotha Monastery, Papa Stronsay.
- Wednesday, November 13, 2013
- Konstantin said...
God bless Brother and may He grant him happiness in religion and a crown above.
- Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Many Congratulations Br Peter Mary.
May God bless you.
Frater Marcin Góral (Berlin)
- Thursday, November 14, 2013
Congratulations, Br!
I'm curious though, why is the brother at the far end in scarf and different cape?
- Friday, November 15, 2013
- Transalpine Redemptorists said...
Adam, he is a postulant, that is one who is trying the life before becoming a brother.
- Friday, November 15, 2013
Congratulations Brother Peter, The Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer are blessed having you there. We do miss you in Christchurch and hope to see you again sometime.
God Bless you and all the Community
- Friday, November 15, 2013
- Matthew M said...
MANY YEARS, Brother!
Are those Canterbury Caps being worn? Most amazing.
- Monday, November 25, 2013
- Transalpine Redemptorists said...
No, not Canterbury Caps, just the Roman Biretta.
- Tuesday, November 26, 2013
May GOD bless your journey, Brother Peter Mary!! Our "loss" (St. Joan of Arc Chapel) is the Church's gain!!
You are in my prayers -
Diane (Post Falls, Idaho, USA)
- Saturday, November 30, 2013


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Our Home: HDB Key Collection
>> Tuesday, May 12, 2015 – Our Home
A major throwback to 2014.
We thought we will expect the key collection to be in June 2014. Somehow or rather, our project was delayed days after days and even months after months! Finally it was our turn for key collection on December 2014. It was the best gift before our honeymoon.
Things to bring
1. Identification Cards for both parties.
2. Marriage Certificate if you are buying a flat under the Fiance/Fiancee Scheme and also if you applied for the Additional CPF Housing Grant (AHG).
3. Home Insurance.
4. Latest CPF Statement/Payslips/Company letter.
5. Completed GIRO form given in the letter of appointment document.
6. Lastly, do remember to bring all the original copy of the required documents.
1. Arrive at least 30 minutes to an hour earlier to get a queue at Level 2 ETIQA Counter to settle your Fire Insurance. Fire Insurance is about $4.50 (Cash or NETS only). For us, we upgraded the premium Home Insurance which is about $79 per year. There is a promotion going on at the time. (Pay 4 years for 5 years coverage!)
2. Proceed back to Level 1 to scan the letter for key collection queue ticket.
3. There will be a lot of documents for you to sign. So please, practice your signature first. HAHAHA. You will need all the original required documents to be ready. Stay calm and do not panic as the friendly officer will be there to guide you along.
4. Once the documents are signed, the officer will ask you to proceed to Level 3 to pay for the conservancy fee. It will cost about $35.80 (Cash or NETS only). After that, you will return to him/her to collect your keys together with all the relevant documents.
5. You may want to proceed to SP services to turn the utilities on. But if your renovation will not start anytime, you may choose to postpone it first. For us, we skipped this step.
That's all folks! I hope you will have a clearer picture of what will be going on during key collection. Lastly, CONGRATULATION! I can feel the happiness and joy in you. After all, we have been waiting for years, aren't it! Perhaps I will do up the checking of defects. We all have defects in our units for sure! I have wrote a blog post on balloting flat a few years back, you may want to read it here. Congrats and all the best!
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Operatives of EFCC says it discovered N632.2 million in the former judge's bank account, reiterating it as the reason for his involuntary retirement.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it made a huge discovery on the former Chief Judge of Enugu State, Innocent Azubuike Umezulike.
The agency also found that the lodgements of funds came from lawyers, businessmen, politicians and litigants.
Former Chief Judge Umezulike was believed to have operated the account without a Bank Verification Number (BVN) as at June 2016..
The former Chief Judge has been invited by EFCC for interrogation on January 17 on some of the shocking lodgments.
The National Judicial Council (NJC) said on September 29, 2016, it recommended, that former Chief Judge Umezulike to Governor Justice Lawrence Ugwuanyi of Enugu State for compulsory retirement for:
"Delivering judgment in a case 126 days after final addresses were adopted by parties, and for other instances of abuse of office".
The council also found Justice Umezulike guilty of allegedly "receiving a donation of N10m from a businessman, Prince Arthur Eze, during his book launch while two cases in which Prince Eze was said to have had "vested interest", were in the judge's court."
It was learnt that the ongoing probe of the judge followed petitions against him, including some sent to the National Judicial Council (NJC).
A source, said:
"From the probe of the salary account of the judge with the main branch of First Bank Plc in Enugu, our team discovered that he was operating it without a BVN as at June 2016.
"Further verification showed that he was earning N701, 726. 28 per month but he did not make any single withdrawal for 11 months.
"When we analysed an account linked to the judge, the turnover was about N396, 544.034.73 with a closing balance of N632.223.47 as at 15th of June 2016."
"We were able to identify how lodgments were made into the account linked to Justice Umezulike. The depositors included Justice Umezulike, legal practitioners, businessmen, politicians and litigants. The judge invested most of the cash in Treasury Bills."
There were indications that some assets identified with the judge might be seized by the EFCC, pending the conclusion of its investigation.
According to EFCC:
"Our detectives uncovered three properties allocated to the ex-CJ by the Enugu State Government. These are:
Plot H/136 Golf Phase II, Enugu allocated in 2000 but sold to Mr. J.I. Chime in 2007 who subsequently sold it to Cosmas Offia in 2008;
Block B2 Flat 16 Maryland Estate, Enugu allocated in 2012 Sold to Igwe Goddy Moore; and
Plot H/88 Gold Estate Phase I, GRA Enugu allocated in 2015 which is still in the judge's possession.
When EFCC detectives couldn't find the Assets Declaration Form of the ex-CJ from the Code of Conduct Bureau, they decided that the properties may end up being seized.
"We may however place the properties located so far under temporary asset forfeiture."


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It's Friday and time to link up with Doodle Bugs Teaching to showcase our week.
Little hands were strengthened with these fun fine motor activities.
We 'basted' turkeys by squeezing pipettes of water onto foam turkeys.
We scrunched tissue paper onto corn cut outs to make some colorful corn.
Unifix cubes were a big part of our learning.
We used muffin pans to work on colors and counting.
Colored pompoms and tongs added a fine motor element, too.
We worked on letter sounds by finding pictures that started with our letter.
You can find all these Thanksgiving/Turkey activities in my newest pack HERE.
My family celebrated my mom's birthday with a party.
It was very sweet. My mom doesn't like a lot of attention drawn to her, but I'm pretty sure she had a great day!
Tell us about your week. Head over to Doodle Bugs Teaching and link up!
Thanks for reading! Have a great day. :)