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December 4, 2008. This page contains all major
reports and comment pieces in the current edition.
Landrush? By ERWIN CHLANDA.
Land developer Ron Sterry, through Elders Real Estate, says he's been paid $1000 deposits over the weekend for each of 20 residential blocks on his Coolibah Tree Estate, south of The Gap.
He had entered into agreements for three further blocks during the two weeks before, and will "sell" five more blocks by the end of this week.
The Real Estate Institute's David Forrest says the level of interest in the semi-rural land shows "the Alice Springs market is buoyant.
"There's been a shortage of land for some time."
Another industry source says an announcement is imminent about development of residential land in Mt Johns Valley, on the other side of the range from Mr Sterry's land.
This is expected to be developed in two lots of 40 blocks, after protracted negotiations with native title holders.
Five builders bought, between them, nine blocks in Mr Sterry's development. Among them were Kylie and Michael Goryan, from Unique Constructions, who put their names on two blocks.
They will live on one and build a "spec house" on the other.
They say the Coolibah Tree Estate is "still close to town yet semi-rural".
They currently live at Stirling Heights, at the western edge of town, with its adjacent Ridges Estate the only other recent residential development in Alice Springs.
Stirling Heights is fully sold (some blocks have their third owner), and there are 12 blocks left in Ridges Estate.
These blocks, and those apparently soon to go on stream at Mt Johns Valley, opposite the golf course, are 800 square metres.
The Ridges Estate blocks cost less than $160,000.
Mr Sterry's blocks are between 1300 and 2500 squm and are selling for between $178,000 and $240,000.
All up Mr Sterry's development will have 250 lots.
The first parcel contains 46 fully serviced blocks.
Titles will be issued no later than September next year.
He says the price for the next batch will go up between five and 10%.
Mr Sterry says none of the intending buyers questioned the price.
About 20% of the buyers are people under 30.
Mr Forrest says the interest in Mr Sterry's land shows "it is priced properly – the market has made its comment". Buyers have been waiting for the land to come on stream.
Mr Forrest says the sales show that there is buyer interest in different types of land, and the NT Government should bear this in mind, not just offering one type of development at a time.
Negotiations about Mt Johns Valley with native title holders have been going on for four years, but an industry source says compulsory acquisition would have been no faster.
The precedent set at Stirling Heights was a 50% share for the native title holders.
"By now we'd be just about finished in the Supreme Court, and we'd be heading for the High Court."
The source says far from allowing the project to go ahead immediately, compulsory acquisition would have triggered a series of "stay on proceedings" applications, with endless – and hugely costly – appeals and counter appeals.
On the front foot with law & order. By KIERAN FINNANE.
Mayor Damien Ryan and the Town Council have trumped the Territory Government on law and order, moving to employ a security firm to conduct foot patrols in Todd Mall, plagued by vandalism and violent attacks in recent weeks.
The patrols began last Friday and will be trialled for a month, seven nights a week, from 9pm to 4am.
One of their functions is to gather "solid evidence" that council can then take to the Northern Territory Government in a bid for more effective interventions.
The move is costing council $5000 a week, with the money taken from another budget area.
Mr Ryan followed up on Monday morning by calling together, for his regular press conference, the Centre's five MLAs to present a united front on solutions to the town's law and order problems.
Despite Mr Ryan's best intentions to keep politics out of the gathering, the Opposition Members and media generally saw the council's move as a reflection on the Territory Government 's failure to adequately address anti-social behaviour.
Council's action, which also includes immediate improvements to lighting in the mall, cut through in what has been a protracted debate, more so than Minister for Central Australia Alison Anderson's youth summit called for December 9.
Her purpose is to get the various youth programs in town working in concert and to identify the service gaps, but when she said that no more resources would be asked for, Member for Araluen Jodeen Carney (Country Liberal) pounced. She accused Ms Anderson of doing nothing but talk.
"We are crying out for resources," she said – such as an increased police presence in the mall.
Greatorex MLA Matt Conlan (Country Liberal), more conciliatory in tone, nonetheless recalled the "six crime summits" initiated by former Chief Minister Clare Martin, and the "documentation" that came out of them.
"I haven't seen a lot of progress," he said.
Moving Alice Ahead was "nowhere to be seen" 10 months on.
Ms Anderson pointed out that $5.5m is already coming into town for youth services – she was talking about no more money going into that area, but rather getting the existing funding to work more effectively.
The youth forum will bring together a dozen organisations, including NGOs, the Town Council, Lhere Artepe and Territory and Federal departments, with officers at decision-making level. It won't include the five MLAs.
Ms Anderson wants a one page "no nonsense" document to come out of the forum and has pledged to act on it with a two to three week turn-around once the festive season is over.
She also spoke strongly about parental responsibility: programs shouldn't be "baby-sitting" children for parents who are drinking, gambling, taking drugs.
Asked about the slow progress on parental responsibility agreements and orders – just one in five months and it was in the Top End – she said: "They are still seeping through the Berrimah wall."
On the question of resources Member for Stuart (Labor) and Minister for Regional Development, Karl Hampton, said regional development is an area where "we can do something, something we can have a greater level of control over".
He is also Minister for Sport and Recreation and said he would be providing a development officer for basketball in Alice Springs.
Member for Braitling Adam Giles (Country Liberal) called on the two Labor MLAs to "vote against the government" on his proposal of a parliamentary committee for Central Australia, also uniting the five MLAs, which would "inquire into and report on specific measures and resource requirements" to support the economic development of Central Australia and to reduce antisocial behaviour.
He sees the two as going hand in hand.
Chief Minister Paul Henderson has apparently ruled out such a committee.
Ms Anderson and Mr Hampton did not respond directly to Mr Giles's challenge but both acknowledged the merit of his intentions.
They also said that they would fight for resources for Central Australia if they are needed.
Mr Hampton said the shires need to be involved in resolving anti-social behaviour issues.
Mr Ryan said it was remiss of him not to have invited the newly elected presidents and he would follow up immediately.
Law and order is not "a core responsibility of council", he said, but "urgent circumstances require urgent responses".
He said the employment of private security guards was "not a criticism of police", but council wants a permanent police presence on foot in the mall as well as a manned station.
Superintendent Sean Parnell of the Alice Springs Police agrees that there is "no substitute for people on the ground".
Police do have foot patrols in the CBD in the summer months when the town "comes alive" at night.
And in the recent assault on Alderman Liz Martin in the mall, police were in the immediate vicinity, gave chase and arrested the offender in the river.
"That is direct evidence of the police being engaged in foot patrols," said Supt Parnell.
He has no problem with the council's move – "That's their call" – but said the security guards will have a different role to police. For instance, they have no power of arrest.
Meanwhile, council has also reactivated the CCTV steering committee, made up of members of the public.
Its original members have been contacted, and council will advertise for new members.
CEO Rex Mooney said the job of the committee would be to oversee expansion of the system, including looking at the possibility of using mobile cameras.
Council would not be reconsidering expansion, despite the poor record to date of CCTV usefulness in leading to arrests of offenders.
Council continues to believe in its role as a deterrent.
Mr Mooney said council has received and is currently reviewing a funding agreement from the NT Government for the expansion and on-going monitoring costs.
Mr Ryan said council has called for daily updates on CCTV footage from the night before.
Council's action on lighting includes turning on again disused lights around the Flynn Church. Four were turned on last week, six more this week.
The bollard lighting will be made less vulnerable to destrucion. Council has recently replaced some 90 smashed bulbs in the bollards, at a cost of $2000. There are plans also to light up the council lawns – which Mr Ryan decsribed as becoming a "nightly war zone" – and the car parks as well as the Gregory Terrace taxi rank.
The Centre's beautiful sandstone ... look again. By KIERAN FINNANE.
Rocks alongside the recently developed Discovery Walkway, leading from the railway station to the Stuart Highway, are painted to look like sandstone.
And the paint is peeling.
With a budget of $330,000, the walkway was designed to give tourists information about Alice Springs and its attractions as well as to provide some comfort, such as shade and water, along the way.
The Alice Springs News asked the project partners, Great Southern Railway (GSR) and Tourism NT, if they were aware that the rocks were painted.
If so, were they satisfied with this as an image to present to visitors?
GSR CEO Tony Braxton-Smith said, via a spokesperson, yes, he was aware that the rocks were painted – the project had to work to a budget.
He was satisfied with the result – the walkway had been well received.
A spokesperson for Tourism NT provided a response so meaningless as to be insulting:
"This is a joint project between GSR and the Northern Territory Government; all terms are agreed between these two parties."
Further questions to both organisations about who has responsibility for maintaining the landscaping, full of couch grass and weeds after the rain, were unanswered when the News went to press.
A town with an uncertain future. By Heritage Architect DOMENICO PECORARI.
The apparent demolition of the K-Mart wall is only the latest of recent developments that are contributing towards the continuing "uglification" of our town.
While we all worry about the recent increase in youth-led vandalism and lawlessness, we turn a blind eye to the ways in which some of our town's leading businesses and corporate bodies are undermining the future sustainability of the place.
We don't seem to notice the odd new building that happens to block off a once beautiful vista of the Western MacDonnells, the odd trees which disappear overnight, the fevered rush to demolish buildings without well-thought out re-development plans.
Soon, our interstate and international visitors won't need to leave town to see the "wide open spaces": they need only look at the former Melanka site, which recently joined the former Aboriginal Art Centre next to KFC, the former Pizza Hut site next to Yeperenye, Lizzie Milne's old block next to K-Mart, the former Service Station site on Wills Terrace and several other flattened building sites in our town's centre, in presenting the visitor with an image of a town with an uncertain future.
Sadly, the latest Melanka re-development fiasco is symptomatic of the fundamental problem which our town is facing: that of not having any real "Town Plan".
Over the past 25 years, I've seen this town's development determined by the "bucket of money" mentality.
Developers have decided what and where they develop, based upon nothing more than opportunism and with little or no regard as to to how their development fits into the broader, longer-term picture. If their plans do not fit the zoning regulations, there's always the re-zoning process.
As a result, our town is developing into an inefficient, costly town, almost entirely dependent on imported goods and seemingly with little concern for whether this direction can be sustained into the future.
Our community leaders continue to pin their hopes on "growth", at all costs it would seem, while ignoring the fact Alice Springs is really an island, surrounded by seas of sand.
No town is "too small" to begin planning its future. The best placed authority to manage the development of a well thought out and viable Town Plan is the local Council.
There is no need to look to the outside for consultants as we have all the expertise we need in this town.
Long-time locals with a wealth of knowledge in a diversity of fields from geology, energy and water management, flora and fauna to arts and culture, social services and planning/building for our local climatic conditions.
Local experts with a willingness to share their time in the development of a "road map" for our town's development in a world that is changing with increasing uncertainty.
What better incentive could we offer intelligent developers than a town that plans for its sustainable future rather than just "leaving it to chance"?
The K-Mart wall should be seen as more than just an isolated incident. It needs to become a turning point in our town's development, a point when the town's citizenry realises that every individual action has an effect on the collective whole.
The Alice Springs Town Council, as the elected voice of those citizens, needs to take control of the town's future.
If they don't, tell me – who will?
Note: Domenico Pecorari is an architect with expertise in heritage matters and 24 years of local knowledge.
Kmart mural: no guarantees. By KIERAN FINNANE.
Owners of the Kmart building in Alice, Centro Properties Group, are giving "no guarantees" about what will happen to the sandstone mural on the building's west-facing wall, damaged during the September 22 storm and now being demolished.
According to the Department of Planning and Infrastructure, "the owners will be required to rebuild the outer wall in accordance with the Development Permit or seek a variation through the appropriate planning process".
The Development Permit says in part that the "sandstone wall ... will at all times be maintained to the satisfaction of the Town Engineer, Alice Springs Town Council".
Mayor Damien Ryan says he will settle for "nothing less than full replacement of the stone mural".
He has told the owners this, pointing out the above condition in the Development Permit.
He was incensed when state manager for NT and SA of the Centro Property Group, Mario Boscani, told him that the condition does not say anything about a "mural", it refers only to a "sandstone wall".
Mr Boscani reiterated this when he spoke to the Alice News, saying that he is seeking advice on what the condition "really means"
Mr Boscani told the News he understands the importance of the wall to the town, but the solution "needs to be reasonable".
He said his company's primary concern is with the "safety of the occupants of the building and passers-by".
He is happy to work with the council in "resolving the issue" but expects "some movement" on what the reinstated wall will look like and what it will be made of.
Reinstatement of a "full sandstone wall may not be appropriate", he said.
Mr Ryan, through CEO Rex Mooney, threatened to again issue a "cease work" order on Tuesday if council did not receive information about the owner's intentions. Till then council had only had contact from the builder carrying out the demolition.
It was subsequent to this that Mr Boscani finally spoke to Mr Mooney, despite the clear identification of the Town Council as the overseeing authority in the development permit condition relating to the wall.
The News asked Mr Boscani if alternatives to demolition of the wall had been explored, for instance, bracing to make it safe and then repair.
He said the engineering report (provided to Centro by Project Building Certifiers in Alice Springs) had said the wall was beyond the point of repair.
The Alice News asked the Department of Planning and Infrastructure if it was appropriate, in a case such as this, involving a building of significance, to accept only the advice of a company being paid by the owner?
Ray Smith, Regional Manager, Lands & Planning, replied: "The advice was given to the building owner by a registered structural engineer. In accordance with legislation, the owner was obliged to act on that advice.
"The certifier and building owner are responsible for making the building safe."
The News also asked if the department had required options other than demolition to be explored.
Said Mr Smith: "The Planning Scheme cannot be used to prevent making a structure safe."
What processes are in place to protect the town's built environment, if buildings are not heritage listed?
"Individual building owners can deal with their own properties within the planning and building requirements of the day."
Mr Boscani says he is not aware of having dealt with the Department of Planning in relation to the wall; his dealings have been with WorkSafe NT.
Heritage Minister Alison Anderson had explored issuing an Interim Conservation Order, which would have halted demolition, but the advice from her department was that the most appropriate course of action was through the Planning Act.
She was assured that the conditions on the Development Permit would be sufficient to ensure that the wall be reinstated in its original form.
Her advice was that the permit condition was suspended while the building was made safe, but will apply again once it is safe.
"We are not walking away from the issue," Ms Anderson told the Alice News.
"All the appropriate people in Darwin are aware of the situation.
"Our office has been told by the builder that the wall is being removed in such a way that it could be replaced," she said.
"I would hope they are numbering the bricks," said Mr Ryan, steeling himself for a fight.
"The only variation I would accept to the original mural is to the one metre that extended above the roofline that caused the problem in the first place."
He says he told Mr Boscani that the community only accepted the building in the first place because of the stone mural.
Otherwise the "big grey box" would have had to be built in the industrial area.
When art becomes part of every day.
In a first for Alice Springs, a local business has commissioned a work of public art to occupy its shop window for the foreseeable future.
Photographer Mike Gillam has produced a series of large scale black and white photographs for the Alice Springs Pharmacy, to be displayed in their window fronting Hartley Street.
After six months of design and negotiation, the photographs will be installed over the coming days, providing "a gentle counterpoint to some of the social behaviour and violence that taints the surrounding area", says Mr Gillam.
The series will also act as a rhythmic backdrop for the pharmacy's products displayed on brightly coloured plinths.
He says the project's aim is to "raise the morale of those who make a daily investment in social unity in Alice Springs".
And he also wants it to speak to "a large number of Aboriginal people, quietly getting on with their lives, who are demoralised as well".
He wants them to look into the window and see an affirmation of their lives.
The five images show a positive engagement with life in Central Australia and are book-ended by simple close-ups of hands.
Near the entrance, a young child holds out her cupped hands to offer us a gift, a view of the hawkmoth that produces Yeperenye caterpillars.
At the opposite end, an old Aboriginal hand provides guidance to a white toddler.
This image will be repeated inside the shopping centre and reversed to show a tiny child helping an old person.
The local people photographed for the project will not be identified because Mr Gillam wants everyone to look at the pictures and see "my sister, grandfather or child".
Through the centre of the display, a pillar will be converted into a community directory for those in crisis with after hour contacts for clinics, rehabilitation services and shelter. The image of a gum tree that has toppled into a gorge and re-grown provides a visual example for those who need to turn their life around.
While the body of the display will be completed soon, simple and understated messages that will accompany the photographs will be refined and added to over the next two weeks.
For instance, a statement of the simple fact that "for every year of education our nation can provide to a young mother, her children may live up to four years longer" will accompany one of the images.
While most shop front banners are only expected to last a season, a quality UV laminate should see the images last at least five years, despite the strong morning sunlight they receive through the summer.
This however has meant some compromise to the resolution of the photographs.
Accused murderer MC Willshire: how would you have judged him?
Part 3 of an interview with historian DICK KIMBER.
Part 3 of an interview with historian DICK KIMBER about Mounted Constable Willshire, accused but acquitted of murder in 1891. The trial was conducted in Port Augusta. (See Parts 1 and 2 in our issues of November 20 and 27.)
ERWIN CHLANDA asks Mr Kimber about the feeling in Port Augusta during the trial – was it neutral, a lynch mob mentality, or supportive of Willshire?
KIMBER: Generally speaking it was highly supportive of Willshire. He would have been reasonably well-known there because of the visits while escorting murderers and cattle-killers down from the Centre, and to a fair few he would have been considered an heroic police officer on the dangerous frontier. There is evidence, though, that there were also those who remained neutral, and wanted a fair trial.
An important further point is that he received almost universal support, including considerable gifts of money to help him in his defence, from Central Australian pastoralists and a few others.
There is no doubt that many held him in regard for the genuine hard work of his patrols and arrest of cattle-killers, but there would have been some who were protecting their own hides too, for numbers had gone on patrols during which Aboriginal men had been shot.
There would have to have been a chance that, were Willshire found guilty in the trial, there would have been a demand to check what really happened on some of his other patrols.
NEWS: What happened at the trial?
KIMBER: Well, I recommend that anyone who wants to read the detail should read Peter Vallee's recent book, "God guns and government on the Central Australian frontier". I do not agree with the book in its entirety, but the trial is excellently considered.
The prosecutor, barrister James Stuart, did what he had to, but no more, really,
In contrast, the crucial figure for the defence was barrister Sir John Downer, grandfather or great-grandfather of our recent Foreign Minister, who was quite brilliant of mind and also cleverly theatrical in court (as well as expensive).
The jury was also widely, and probably correctly, believed to have been 12 men who, however impartial they might have attempted to be, were likely to be inclined to support Willshire.
Furthermore, those citizens who attended the trial were undoubtedly on Willshire's side. And the presiding judge, Judge Henry Bundey, gave highly questionable advice about the legal definition of "accomplice", which resulted in most of the witnesses not being able to be called.
Sir John was in his element. Willshire's statement of what had transpired was read out to applause from the public gallery. He gave generous praise to Willshire as a man who often faced danger.
He also made much of the fact that the evidence indicated that inter-group feuding was the reason for the murders, independent of Willshire's presence.
He was also fortunate that, because of Judge Bundy's decision, he only had to question the Native Constables. As they gave some conflicting evidence in their witness statements, he exploited these differences by his questioning, and the jury had their attention drawn to the increasing points of disagreement in their responses.
Judging well, I preseume, the mood of both the jury and public gallery, and being highly skilled as a barrister, he effectively ignored any suggestions that Willshire had lusted after one of the murdered men's wives, and that the bodies had been burnt.
Instead he spent much time lauding Willshire's heroic work, pointing out that he had not done the shootings, drawing attention to the fact that the Native Constables had shot Donkey and Roger despite Willshire telling them to arrest them (meaning that the Native Constables were murderers), and stating that the case would be "humorous" except that "a man's life was at stake." He concluded:
"[Mounted Constable Willshire] was put to the risk of being hanged on the testimony of two self-convicted murderers, whose statements were of the most extraordinary contradictory character."
The jury retired for just 15 minutes and delivered its verdict:
"We find the prisoner not guilty, and would add that we consider there is not a tittle of evidence incriminating the prisoner."
The public gallery were called to "Silence" several times, and then Willshire was cheered by his many supporters as he walked out of the court a free man.
NEWS: Many people today think he was guilty and should have been convicted. Where did Gillen and, indeed, Mounted Constable South and the Attorney-General go wrong with their prosecution?
KIMBER: I don't think that they did. The judge erred in his legal point over the word "accomplice". Had all of the women witnesses been able to be called too, the weighting would have dramatically shifted.
However, it is also certain in my view, on the basis of the way that Downing was able to question the Native Constables, that he would similarly have been able to question the women and direct the jurors' attention to their conflicting statements. Therefore, although I believe that he was guilty, I think that the jury would have given the same verdict – "innocent".
It would be interesting to know how you would have judged him if you had been on the jury back then.
NEWS: Did anyone in South Australia have other views?
KIMBER: A couple of people questioned the trial result in the newspapers. However, I think the most telling comment came from the Minister Controlling the Northern Territory, F. W. Holder. In May, 1895 he wrote to the South Australian Premier, C. C. Kingston as follows: "I earnestly request that M. C. Willshire may be immediately removed from the Northern Territory.
"His reputation is such that, in my opinion, he is the last man in the world who should be entrusted with duties which bring him in contact with the Aborigines."
Book sings about country. By KIERAN FINNANE.
The annual Papunya Tula show which openedlast weekend was also the occasion for the local launch of a major work by scholar and curator Vivien Johnson, titled Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists.
Johnson, who has had more than 20 years' engagement with the Papunya Tula movement, said she didn't set out to write its history in this form but came to see that it was the best way to write it.
It offers readers "a way into the movement", starting with the artists themselves, understanding where they are from, who they are connected to, who and what has gone before, all of which gives insight into their development as artists, creators of works with which the reader may be familiar.
For the artists themselves, to whom Johnson has gifted her royalties, she hopes the book makes a "small contribution" to their sense of ownership of and belonging to a great and historic movement.
This, she said, can be lost sight of in "the daily wrangle for money and cars", the book serving as a reminder of what has been and can be accomplished.
Johnson spoke of the "storm gathering" – the global economic slowdown – that will have repercussions for the artists, but described their company as a "sturdy ship" able to weather that storm.
It may be a time for people to get back in touch with the deeper reasons for why they paint, what it was all about in the early years, she said.
At the launch Dick Kimber recalled the first show of Papunya paintings held in Alice Springs, where only two out of 45 sold, one of them to himself.
Once that changed though and people discovered the dollar value of certain paintings, there was pressure, including from themselves in response to the market, to operate more and more as contemporary artists – quite different from the way 'art' had been produced traditionally, yet still distinct from the 'Western' model.
Johnson spoke of "almost a torch that gets handed from one artist to another" and of a "collective creativity" that has nourished the cultural outpouring that has been and is the Papunya Tula movement.
Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists is published by IAD Press, whom Johnson couldn't "praise highly enough" for their determination "to get to the end of the road" and "to get it right".
Publisher Jill Walsh described it as "the greatest challenge" the press has had, while Kimber hailed it as "a singing book" – "it sings about country".
Its success is due to the way people have "worked together", said Johnson, "one of the messages of the book and of the Papunya Tula company".
Bush cures. By KIERAN FINNANE.
Lena Pwerl is a force of nature in a room already filled with laughter and excited talk.
As she talks about the bush medicine her people have always used and continue to use, her rich voice vibrates with energy and she strikes me on the leg repeatedly to make her point.
While I may not understand all the words, a mixture of English and her Aboriginal language, I get the message – the profound conviction of the rightness of this way.
Rubbing sick bodies with emu fat, or goanna, perentie or kangaroo fat.
Gathering and boiling up the strong-smelling native plants – a favourite is ilpengk (gidgee fuschia) – for drinking, washing or mixing with the fats for rubbing.
These things are good for colds, headaches, aching limbs, skin sores, scabies, burns.
Mary Kemarr Morton is a different presence, softer spoken, twinkling eyes, soft laughter, but just as fervent.
She speaks of another practice – drawing her own blood and rubbing it into the bodies of sick babies, onto sores, infected eyes.
This medicine is a "quick one", she says, though it is not done so much any more as people's blood is not so good.
The women, from Utopia, are gathered at Araluen where their art and language show, Intem-antey anem, meaning "these things will always be", opened on the weekend.
It was put together in response to the desire of the women to document bush medicine knowledge in order to pass it on to younger generations.
Batchelor Institute lecturers and youth media trainers from CAAMA worked with the women on the project.
The exhibition includes etchings, grass sculptures, stories in Alyawarr, Eastern Anmatyerr and English, videos, and, of course, for the opening, song and dance.
At the media preview, young girls from Utopia were taking photos of each other in front of the etchings and sculptures they had done. They were shy in the way of young girls, but proud.
Had they known about these treatments before?
Yes, they said, "from [when we were] little kids". They themselves had been treated this way when they were sick – this way and the clinic.
And did they know about which plants were good for medicine?
Oh, yes. They'd been learning this all their lives, going out bush.
Who had taught them?
Of course.
Shows at Araluen until February 8.
Recalling the days at the old Mission Block. By BEVERLEY JOHNSON.
For Jackie Okai seeing Pastor Paul Albrecht return to Alice Springs for the 70th anniversary of the old Lutheran Church last Sunday was a "tearful" moment: she remembers his visits to Jay Creek Mission when she was young.
"I used to clean the kitchen when I was a little girl. I remember Pastor Paul.
"When I saw him here I couldn't believe it. I wanted to run and hug him."
Lutheran missionaries began preaching gospel at Hermannsburg, west of Alice Springs in 1877.
Pastor Paul is the son of the greatly respected Pastor FW (Friedrich) Albrecht, Superintendent at the Hermannsburg Mission from 1926 to 1962, who purchased for 25 pounds the original six acre block of land at 49 Gap Road, known as the Mission Block.
The old church was built on the site in 1938. Before then services took place in various locations, including under the huge gum tree on the south-east side of the block.
The anniversary service, led by Pastor David Kuss together with Pastor Paul, was held under the towering tree.
The old church building has been heritage listed and the NT Government has helped fund its restoration.
South Australian Mr EAA Materne donated the materials to build the church when he heard from his son Erhardt that the Alice Springs congregation had no fixed shelter and had to worship outside.
Three generations of the Materne family were proud to attend the service. Milton Materne from Greenock, South Australia said, "Services would take place during dust storms and freezing cold weather."
Milton's son Chris moved to the Territory in 1991. Now here with his own family, his children attend the Sunday school held in the newly restored building.
Olga Radke, one of the co-ordinators of the celebrations, enjoyed gathering together photographs about life at the Mission Block for the occasion: "It has been like piecing together a jigsaw puzzle. It's been a lovely process. People have been able to see themselves as children in the photographs we have collected."
Posted in Alice Springs 12 years ago, Pastor Basil Schild serves Aboriginal Lutherans, visiting the 18 town camps in and around Alice Springs as well as the hospital and prison.
He said the 2006 census recorded 1808 Lutherans in Alice Springs, with many of them Aboriginal and "living below the poverty line".
There were many Aboriginal faithful at the celebrations last Sunday.
William Armstrong, a Southern Arrernte man, was sent to Alice Springs as a boy. He recalls enjoying the "change of scenery".
The mission offered variety and change compared to life at the community out by the Finke River.
"The new changes made life interesting. I was able to find parallels within my culture and the Lutheran church. We had to find a way where groups could fuse and walk on common ground."
William and Mary Wolski shared stories and remembered having "a lot of fun" at the mission – raiding the rockmelons and swiping oranges from the nearby farm after Sunday school.
When the Mission Truck arrived there was more mischief to be had.
"We didn't have cars around much in those days, going for a ride was a form of entertainment, we used to sneak on the truck and see how many times we could get away with it," says William.
Both have a "strong bond" with the old church.
Mary has lived for many years in South Australia yet, "My heart is still in Alice Springs", she says.
The church in its early days was used by Western Arrernte people and a small congregation of European settlers.
It is now very much "for all" language groups.
"Translation is a big thing at the church," says Pastor David.
Indigenous followers have insisted on using their own languages.
Over the last few years a bi-lingual service has started and bibles have been translated and services conducted for various Indigenous language groups.
An expert's take on uranium worries. By Dr D. C. "Bear" McPhail, of the Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University.
The Alice Springs News put some key issues raised about the Angela Pamela uranium mine, proposed by Cameco 20 kms south of Alice Springs, to Dr D. C. "Bear" McPhail, of the Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University.
He has kindly accepted our request to provide unbiased expert advice.
Here is his first batch of answers.
THE ISSUE: In our edition of November 6, Cameco geologist Jennifer Parks replied to letter writer Hal Duell, saying: "The spills referred to are essentially water with tiny amounts of uranium ranging up to 35 parts per million." On November 13 we quoted a scientist: "This is either a misprint, or a very worrying willingness to disguise the truth: 35 parts per million is 1750 times more than the upper limit in the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines! Hardly a 'tiny amount'."
BEAR: The issue of big or small, as well as the environmental impact, depends on several factors.
First, what is the concentration of uranium in the water, and how much water is involved? 35 ppm of uranium in water is much higher than the guideline value of 0.02 ppm, but if the total amount of water is small then the concentration will be diluted if mixed with other water (surface, ground or otherwise).
For instance, if a 100 litre spill mixed with 100,000 litres of water, the concentration would be diluted by 1000 times.
The actual dilution can be much higher in many natural systems.
Second, you need to be careful when comparing the uranium concentrations in water, rock or other materials. Uranium ore has high concentrations, such as the values Ms Parks mentions, but they are different materials, and the impact of uranium on the surrounding areas is different.
Third, how does the uranium in water react with rock, or with changes in water chemistry (e.g., acidity, oxidation, other elements and compounds)?
Uranium can precipitate or dissolve depending on the conditions and surrounding rock and soil, which affects how much can remain in the water.
This is complex so it depends on the actual situation to understand how the uranium will react.
THE ISSUE: The aquifer close to the proposed uranium mine is protected by a barrier of low permeability rock some hundreds of metres thick.
This is the same barrier that protects the aquifer from the Brewer Estate (or Noxious Industries Area), 10 kms to the north-west of the mine prospect, which includes an oil loading facility, an abbatoir and cattle yards.
There is no such thing as zero permeability but for all practical purposes there is no permeability in this barrier. There is shallow saline water sitting over it which "tends to prove the point.
If there were significant permeability the saline water wouldn't be sitting there, it would be leaking into the aquifer and it would show up as increased salinity.
But fears continue to be expressed that this protective rock barrier could be fractured, for instance if explosives were used during mining.
It was suggested you'd need an impact of something like the comet that hit Gosse's Bluff to disturb this barrier.
BEAR: It's always possible that the groundwater situation can change, including fracturing. One of the difficulties with many groundwater environments, though, is that waters move slowly underground, and that means it can be a long time, e.g., decades and much longer, before any impacts are seen.
THE ISSUE: Furthermore, mining would take place "down the natural hydraulic gradient".
BEAR: I think this means that the mining would take place downstream along the groundwater flow.
If so, this would mean any impact on groundwater quality would be seen farther away from the town. A good argument, if the hydrogeology is known well enough.
THE ISSUE: You'd have to pump for thousands of years to pull the hypothetically contaminated water through the sandstone, and the borefield has only a few hundred years' life.
BEAR: True, but I'm sure nobody would want to leave any "hypothetically contaminated water" without knowing where it might show up in the future.
THE ISSUE: At the Finke Start / Finish line and the Drag Strip, there is separation of as little as a 30 metre thickness of permeable gravel between the developments and the recharge area for the aquifer.
The greatest risk in the area is from a road or rail transport accident leading to spillage of fuel or other contaminants.
Diesel fuel is a greater risk than yellow cake. Yellow cake is transported in secure containers. A spill would be relatively easy to clean up.
Diesel fuel is more mobile, transported in greater quantities in less secure containers, and more difficult to clean up.
But Angela Pamela's tailings dam would be in the catchment area for Rocky Hill.
We would have to know what would happen in the case of a mega flood – we know these have happened in the past, around 1200 and 2000 years ago.
BEAR (who specifies that this comment relates only to tailings impoundment, not to spills): Your source is right to mention any tailings or other mining products that might lead to adverse environmental impacts.
The possible impacts depend on the nature of the tailings or other products, the prevailing climate, and the methods used to isolate or otherwise dispose of them.
LETTERS: Today's truants are tomorrow's prisoners.
Sir,– I am somewhat bemused (at the very least) and outraged (at the very most) when I read of someone in the Education Department responding to a query by Christopher Raja that, "... it is not possible to 'force' students to be at school."
I would ask, at what level is it not possible to do this?
Apparently the public has not yet had enough of a gutfull not only of juvenile truancy and crime but also of ever-increasing rates of incarceration of, and I will say it flat out, Aboriginal young men ... the ultimate product of school truancy.
It must surely cost $60,000 plus per year to incarcerate someone in prison. How about the government allocating a half-million dollars for six or so full-time truancy officers to police the streets during daytime hours and "forcibly" take them to school ... even a specially set up classroom designed specifically for truant students of all ages and staffed by the very best educators.
And when the parents are located, ensure that their Centrelink payments are fully quarantined until they can demonstrate anything resembling responsible parenting.
And if they cannot achieve this minimum goal, then remove the children and place them in foster homes and, for once, fully resourcing and not abusing or neglecting foster parents (through a corrupt and / or incompetent FACS system) rather than engaging the services of full-time "paid carers".
These kids need families, and I don't particularly care whether they are black, white or brindle!
I am a late-in-life adult educator, specialising in remedial literacy and numeracy, and I will argue vociferously the case that, current TV ads notwithstanding, it IS definitely and OFTEN too late to learn.
The optimum age for learning to read and write and do maths is between the ages of 4 to15.
It is not when one has turned 20, 30, 40, 50 or 60. This isn't rocket science! We have a seven and a half year old Aboriginal foster son who has been in our care for most of his life. And his current reading level exceeds the reading level of over 50% of the 100+ adult Aboriginal men (and to a far lesser extent, women) that I have attempted to teach to read over the last four years. Perhaps I am not all that good of a teacher! But my grand educational theory is summed up in the formula: "Educational Success is achieved by having Bums on Seats over Time!"
God help us if we as a society and culture(s) cannot figure this matter out!
Steve Swartz
Alice Springs
Is mural next?
Sir,– Here I go again, but it was with shock that I noted the decision of the K-Mart building owners to demolish the sandstone mural.
What about the painted mural done by the Kessings? Will that also go?
I wouldn't go as far as calling it heritage but it is significant in the town make-up. It is a legacy to Alderman Smith who was on the Planning Authority at the time and strongly objected to the enormous blank wall to be erected facing West. The compromise accepted by all at the time was the sandstone mural.
Many is the time I spoke with tourists taking photos and commenting on this beautiful work.
It is a great pity that decisions being made today take no account of the hows and whens of the past.
It is a great pity that when you can shift Abu Simbel [ancient Egyptian temple] and restore the great Buddhas we are being told 'well it wasn't done properly and a brick might fall off, so let's knock it down.'
What a lot of rot and shame on the Department of Planning.
Don't let it happen!
Hermann Weber AM
Ex-Alice, now in Clare, SA
Uranium in local water?
Sir,- I'm writing about the front page uranium article (Alice News, November 20), "How 'tiny' can become big in the nuclear heat".
Uranium in the local water supply would no doubt be a bad thing.
I for one could not think of a worse situation for a town like Alice Springs, being in the position it is.
I also fully agree with Ms Parks, if a scientist would like to venture an opinion, stand up and be counted, don't hide behind anonymity.
Uranium ore has a decay rate (half-life) measured in millions of years. When uranium ore has fully decayed, it is lead.
Mining the uranium ore does not increase the radioactive strength.
I can safely assume the uranium ore in the ground at the proposed mine site was once much more radioactive.
I can also assume the water seeping into the catchment area through the uranium ore has been doing this for millions of years.
Yet the water is not polluted with uranium at this time.
Now a mining company wants to take away the uranium ore, so preventing the possible pollution of my water.
The problem is?
Richard Kinsel
Alice Springs
ED – The scientist is well known to the Alice Springs News. We accepted the reason for anonymity, and chose to publish the information because we consider it authentic and in the public interest. This is established practice in media organisations around the western world.
Protecting children?
Sir,– The Government's claims to be committed to child protection in the Northern Territory are in tatters.
The Health Minister's disgraceful mismanagement of the installation of security cameras at Royal Darwin Hospital after the rape of a five-month old baby there in March 2006 is just part of the story of this Government's systemic failure to protect children.
There has been a totally unacceptable delay in the implementation of the Government's Care and Protection of Children Act.
Amid great fanfare by this Government, the Bill was introduced into Parliament in August 2007 – 15 months later it still hasn't come into effect.
And when it does finally become operational next month, the November 26th edition of the Government Gazette shows great slabs of the Bill are not even going to commence.
This delay – and the missing chunks – shows child protection is tragically low on the Government's list of priorities.
When the Government introduced the Bill in August 2007 the then Minister, Marion Scrymgour described it as: "A comprehensive approach to prevent harm and exploitation to children".
After revelations in May 2006 on the ABC's Lateline program of the shocking levels of abuse of children in Aboriginal communities, the Government pledged to lift its game.
Sadly, in a practical sense, the Government has done very little to prove that commitment.
Jodeen Carney
Shadow Minister for Child Protection
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2021 Celebration
The Department of Jewish Studies and the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life, held their 2021 end-of-year celebration on May 4, 2021. Held through Zoom, university administration, faculty, staff, students, family and friends gathered to celebrate and acknowledge the students who received awards for excellence and research for the 2020-2021 academic year and the graduating Jewish studies major and minors.
The graduating seniors from the Jewish studies department were acknowledged and celebrated with individual banners. Award recipients were announced and recognized for their academic excellence and research projects.
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TAMPA BAY, FL. – May 18, 2021 – Madico® Inc., one of the world's leading manufacturers of innovative window film, coating, metallizing and laminate solutions, is a Diamond Sponsor of this year's International Window Film Conference & Tint-Off scheduled for June 7-9 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.
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Just a day into the summer preparations for the new 2014-15 season, Juventus were finding themselves in a delicate and unexpected position. For the numerous family of tifosi Bianconeri, the news that emerged came as a devastating cyclone. After three years and as many consecutive Scudetti won, manager Antonio Conte announced his resignation.
"When you are at a club as prestigious as Juventus, which boasts such an illustrious winning tradition, there is an obligation to win and that can be tougher than elsewhere," said Conte in his official statement for the club's YouTube channel.
Few were those who believed at that particular moment that in less than a year, Juventus will have already sealed another Scudetto, fought their way to the Coppa Italia final and, most impressively, made it all the way to their first Champions League final in 12 years.
That small minority disappeared altogether the day after.
Less than 24 hours after the initial announcement, such a performance became inconceivable when Mssimiliano Allegri — sacked by AC Milan in January of that year — was named as Conte's replacement. Yet Allegri took Conte's "obligation to win" literally and guided his new team towards the unthinkable — the Champions League trophy just 90 minutes away and Barcelona the partner for Old Lady's last dance.
Pragmatic, tactically disciplined and relying on the force of the group, Juventus finished second behind Atletico Madrid in their group, before seeing off Borussia Dortmund, AS Monaco and defending champions Real Madrid on their way to the final.
Allegri slowly managed to implement his preferred 4-3-1-2 formation but the capacity to switch back to 3-5-2 whenever the circumstances were demanding it was perhaps the key of this already successful season. A highly experienced, rock-solid defence boasting the likes of Andrea Barzagli, Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci, Patrice Evra and Stephan Lichtsteiner, led from between the posts by World Cup winner and club captain Gianluigi Buffon, contained opposite attacking threats admirably throughout the season.
Its ultimate challenge, however, is waiting in the final.
Barcelona's formidable front trio Neymar, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez has torn apart every defence it came across, the three superstars scoring an astonishing 113 goals between them so far.
But to achieve such feats, Barcelona had to pass through some darker times.
Blaugrana were still searching for the best replacement for Pep Guardiola when the miserable condition of Tito Vilanova, that eventually led to his mournful passing away in 2014, and the fruitless year under Gerardo "Tata" Martinez left them close to disarray.
It was Luis Enrique who managed to steady the ship in the end, as his appointment last summer turned out to be a most shrewd one. After a first part of the season with problems of all sort, Barcelona slowly started to run on all cylinders coming January this season.
And when the phrase "all cylinders" is mentioned, I daresay just three are meant — and indeed, needed.
Messi, Suarez and Neymar are playing some fantastic kind of football, one which recently seems to be governed by the Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno motto.
One for all, all for one. Surely Alexandre Dumas never thought his philosophy could be at one point applied in football. Perhaps the fact the sport as we know it now was not yet played at that particular time counted towards that as well.
Yet, because of Enrique, it is working and the almost effortlessly way Barcelona overcame Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain and Guardiola's Bayern Munchen on their way to the final proves just that. The title in Spain has been secured and Athletic Club de Bilbao were handily beaten in the final of the Copa del Rey. A situation much similar with the one of Juventus, with both clubs aiming for the most prestigious treble there is.
Barcelona may be the favourites, but la Vecchia Signora has the maturity and, at the same time, the vivacity to give the Spanish giants a good run for their money, through the exquisite midfield of Andrea Pirlo, Paul Pogba, Arturo Vidal and Claudio Marchisio. Strikers Alvaro Morata and Carlos Tevez have also managed to develop a prolific relationship, one that is responsible with the goals, completing the industrious profile of Allegri's team.
Berlin — the host city of the Champions League final — is also a place close to the hearts of Buffon, Pirlo and Barzagli for that was the venue where the three of them won the World Cup with Italy in 2006.
"Mind you, we mustn't go there [to Berlin] as tourists," said Buffon after Juventus booked their place in the final.
And they surely won't.
The best attack in the world will be facing the best defence in one epic final in Berlin.
Author's footnote
For various reasons — or perhaps just because of Berlin — Rammstein's Ich Will springs to mind.
We want you to trust us
We want you to believe everything from us
We want to see your hands
We want to go down in applause – yeah!
But surely, Max Allegri and Juventus' players would very much want and, indeed, deserve all that.


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Effects of blue light on the biochemical composition and photosynthetic activity of Isochrysis sp. (T-iso)
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Date | 2013-02 | ||||||||||||
Language | English | ||||||||||||
Author(s) | Marchetti Julie1, Bougaran Gael1, Jauffrais Thierry1, Lefebvre Sebastien2, Rouxel Catherine1, Saint-Jean Bruno1, Lukomska Ewa1, Robert Rene3, Cadoret Jean-Paul1 | ||||||||||||
Affiliation(s) | 1 : IFREMER, Lab Physiol & Biotechnol Algues, F-44311 Nantes 3, France. 2 : Univ Lille 1, LOG, CNRS, Stn Marine Wimereux,UMR 8187, F-62930 Wimereux, France. 3 : IFREMER, Lab Physiol & Ecophysiol Mollusques Marins, Stn Expt Argenton, F-29840 Argenton En Landunvez, France. |
Source | Journal Of Applied Phycology (0921-8971) (Springer), 2013-02 , Vol. 25 , N. 1 , P. 109-119 | ||||||||||||
DOI | 10.1007/s10811-012-9844-y | ||||||||||||
WOS© Times Cited | 52 | ||||||||||||
Keyword(s) | Isochrysis, Blue light, Photosynthesis, Proximate composition, Chemostat | ||||||||||||
Abstract | In aquaculture, particularly in bivalve hatcheries, the biochemical composition of algal diets has a strong influence on larval and post-larval development. Biochemical composition is known to be related to culture conditions, among which light represents a major source of variation. The effects of blue light on biochemical composition and photosynthetic rate of Isochrysis sp. (T-iso) CCAP 927/14 were assessed in chemostat at a single irradiance (300 μmol photons m−2 s−1) and compared with white light. Two different dilution (renewal) rates were also tested: 0.7 and 0.2 d−1. Relative carbohydrate content was lower under blue light than under white light at both dilution rates, whereas chlorophyll a and photosynthesis activity were higher. In contrast, carbon quota was lower and protein content higher under blue light than under white light, but only at 0.7 d−1. Despite these metabolic differences, cell productivity was not significantly affected by the spectrum. However, the nitrogen to carbon ratio and photosynthetic activity were higher at 0.7 d−1 than at 0.2 d−1, while carbon quota and carbohydrate content were lower. Our results show that blue light may influence microalgal metabolism without reducing productivity for a given growth rate, a result that should be of great interest for microalgal production in aquaculture. | ||||||||||||
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These date and nut morsels are perfect for Tu BiShvat, when it is customary to eat foods containing the Seven Species, which includes dates.
2 egg whites
1/2 cup sugar
pinch of salt
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
1 (7 1/2 oz.) pkg. dates, cut up
3/4 cup walnuts, chopped
candied cherries, cut up
chocolate chips
- Preaheat oven to 325°F. Grease and flour a cookie sheet.
- Beat the egg whites until stiff. Gradually add the sugar and salt. Continue beating until thick. Add the lemon juice and fold in the dates and nuts.
- Drop by teaspoonfuls on cookie sheet, and leave room for spreading.
- Decorate the top of each cookie with a piece of candied cherry or chocolate chip.
- Bake for 10 minutes and then reduce to 225°F. The dainties are done when slightly browned.
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MacIver News Service | August 28, 2013
[Milwaukee, Wisc…] The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) released a memo on Wednesday responding to the federal Department of Justice's (DOJ) claims that Wisconsin's Department of Public Instruction (DPI) "must do more" to enforce the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in choice schools around the state.WILL concludes the DOJ cannot force DPI to enforce the law on private schools that participate in the choice program because it is inapplicable to these schools and DPI does not have the authority to do so. Rick Esenberg, President of WILL, said DOJ's letter to DPI is not based in any finding of actual discrimination.
"DOJ misunderstands school choice in Wisconsin and ignores state and federal law, decades of court precedent, and even long standing federal policy," Esenberg said in the release. Esenberg added that it is "just another federal power grab."
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Relationship of Activated Clotting Time and Bleeding Related Outcomes in the FUTURA OASIS-8 Trial
Title of Proposed Research
Relationship of Activated Clotting Time and Bleeding Related Outcomes in the FUTURA OASIS-8 Trial
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Sripal Bangalore
Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA, FACC, FSCAI
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24 September 2013
Lay Summary
Activated clotting time (ACT) is used as a measure of degree of anticoagulation (how thin the blood is) in response to the use of unfractionated heparin (UFH) (blood thinner) during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (stenting procedure of the heart arteries). The target goal for ACT is a balance between the risk of ischemic complications (complications due to clotting) (due to inadequate blood thinning reflected by a low ACT) vs. bleeding complications (due to excessive blood thinning reflected by a high ACT). However, the relationship of ACT with bleeding and ischemic events in patients receiving both UFH and low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) is not well defined. In addition, an optimal ACT target for such patients receiving both UFH and LMWH is not well defined. Moreover, most of the prior studies that evaluated ACT and bleeding predated modern use of potent antiplatelet agents (such as clopidogrel and GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors).
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Winter is coming and in this article, you can find tips for Lighting Home. Because it is a dark season, we prepared a selection of home lighting ideas.
For your light design project, you can inspire yourself with these lamp ideas. HOMMÉS Studio will present wall lamps, ceiling lamps, chandeliers, and others. Check how to add and use them during the winter season.
Playing with Natural Light
The house lighting should always be influenced and planned by the available natural light. For example, on a dark day, there should be several sources of light. From a ceiling lamp to floor and table lamps.
On the contrary, on a brighter winter day, the light design can be reduced. Because of the high level of natural light, a single lamp turned on in the room could work.
Lighting Decor for Dark Rooms
Not in all dark rooms is necessary to have a big amount of spotlights. For instance, in a dark bathroom, maybe some candles combined with one or two wall lights can be enough.
In the same vein, while waking up in a dark winter morning, soft light sources can be more pleasurable. Subsequently, at bedtime, they will help to make a warm and comforting environment. On the other hand, rooms like the kitchen where the lack of natural light affects more, it needs brighter beams.
Light Bulbs Temperature
The temperature of the light bulbs is measured on the Kelvin scale from warm white at 2700-3000K to daylight at 6500K. In the winter season, the bulb's temperature is more essential than ever.
Adjustable lighting solutions such as dimmer switches or LEDs are a good option. With these, it's possible to display multiple color temperatures and intensities. In case you can't have these lights, switch out the bulbs to increase clarity. Chose the ones to change according to their function.
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Autism, or ASD, is a condition where your brain works differently. Each person with autism has a unique experience with it, to the point where I hesitated to write this post. For every child who is neurodiverse, there will be tips and tricks that sound good to some but not to all. In everything I write, I hope you, dear reader, will take what you need and leave the rest, and none more so than this particular post. However, I do think that I can offer some good ideas to make your homeschool days go better.
Without further ado, my 8 tips for homeschooling when your child has Autism.
1. Post a calendar for events and appointments.
Children with autism often experience the world as unpredictable and uncomfortable. By creating a wall calendar filled with all of your important weekly events (dance, soccer, scouts, and co-op) and adding to it things like dentist appointments, trips, and other out-of-the-ordinary events, your child will be better able to prepare themselves for their day and week.
Make a point of marking off days or moving a counter to the correct day, so that your child has no trouble finding what is on today's agenda.
2. Create a weekly and daily rhythm or pattern, that your child can expect.
Many autistic people thrive on having a routine. In your homeschool planning, this may mean doing the same subjects in the same order every morning, or it may mean having a regular rotation: Every Monday you do art and poetry tea time. Every Tuesday and Thursday you do math and science. Wednesday and Friday are language arts and history.
If you find your child gets upset about the routine you have planned, go back to the drawing board to make one that will work. Be sure to talk to your child about tweaks to the routine in advance.
3. Work with your child's sensory needs.
For many autistic people, the world is literally uncomfortable all the time, as they experience sensory processing differences. Providing positive sensory input while they work can often help a child focus and participate better.
Holding a weighted toy, like this dolphin, or allowing it to lay on them, can help ground a child and make them feel calmer during lessons. There are many weighted toys and blankets to choose from, in a variety of weights. Choose a toy that weighs between 5 and 10% of your child's body weight, and plan to use it for less than an hour at a time. I find most of the time, children will naturally set the toy aside during lessons when they are feeling calm. A weighted toy may be especially helpful during lessons that your child finds challenging. For example, if math tends to upset them, that is a good time to pull out your weighted friend to join your class.
Make your homeschool time even more comfortable by allowing your child to wear pajamas, listen to or read aloud books in bed or on a comfy couch or chair, and have soft or natural light and gentle music playing during lessons. If your child's sensory system is comfortable, they should be better able to focus on lessons and learning.
4. Follow their passions when you can.
Many children develop an obsession, a thing they want to talk about, learn about, and explore, regardless of your lesson plans. Frequent topics for obsessions include trains, dinosaurs, wars, insects, and Minecraft. If your child is loath to put away their obsession, use it to your advantage. You can find whole unit studies and teacher resources on any of those topics and more with a quick Google search.
An obsession can be a great reason for your child to try reading new books or writing a story or blog about their interest (you can take dictation for younger students). Obsessions can lead us to try a new craft or activity or go on a field trip to learn in a different environment. All of these opportunities help to stretch your student's understanding of the world and their own skills, even if it seems like they are only learning about one thing. Interest-led learning leads to a deeper understanding of the material, and that is a good thing.
5. Learn through unit studies.
Unit studies work well for many children with ASD because it allows them to think deeply about a single topic and not have to make uncomfortable transitions to a different subject. A good unit study can include lessons in science, history, practical math, language arts, and fine art, all in a single context.
All of the lessons in our programs are unit studies designed to work well for children who don't want to switch between separate books for each subject. Even the curriculums designed for younger children are designed to be a set of unit studies where you do one unit each week. However, there are many other unit studies available on a wide variety of topics. You may choose to alternate units that focus on topics in science, history, and literature, to cover a wider variety of topics over the course of your school year.
6. Don't neglect your child's strengths while working on addressing their weaknesses.
One of the pitfalls of homeschooling a child with learning challenges is that you can get too wrapped up in your child's weaknesses and forget to foster their strengths. Make a list for yourself of ways to support your child in both their weaknesses and their strengths, and be sure to do some of each every week. This is hard, I know. It is easy to focus a lot of your energy on one or the other. Carve out a little time for your child to work on handwriting or verbal skills each week, or whatever weaknesses they have. Then make sure your schedule has time for their giant building project in Minecraft, or to watch that science documentary they are interested in.
Not every strength has to be academic. But it is important that you take time to do things with your child that they see themselves as good at. Cook dinner together, play board games, whatever they enjoy. Finding balance is key for everyone's happiness. A happy homeschool makes a happy life.
7. Make time to practice life skills every day.
The opportunity to do life skills each day with your child may be both the greatest gift and the most frustrating part of homeschooling a child with ASD. Due to sensory issues or processing challenges, life skills such as bathing, dressing, cooking, cleaning and other chores often happen later for children with ASD. They need more help to learn to do these things on their own. But these skills are essential to being happy, self-sufficient adults. So carve out a little time each week to work on them.
Go slowly. If your child tends to resist helping with household tasks, try to choose ones they are interested in or will be successful with. Most children cannot resist helping when you state they need to bake brownies today for part of school. And for some reason, using the squirt bottle and cleaning the insides of the windows has been a favorite simple chore for all of my children.
8. Celebrate all your child's achievements and successes, plus your own.
When your child has a great day, writes their name or first sentence, or learns a new skill, celebrate that. Create your own tradition. It could be baking cookies, getting a small treat like stickers or having a FaceTime visit with grandma to share your excitement.
As a homeschool parent, celebrate those achievements too, but also reward yourself for getting through the hard days, too. Hide your own stock of chocolate, or bath bombs to have on the days when you know you deserve a prize for getting through a day full of meltdowns and challenges. Reward yourself with a grown-ups only TV show while your spouse manages the children. You are doing hard work! Give yourself the recognition you deserve for all that you do.