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The Trans-Siberian Railway connects Moscow with the Sea of Japan, over a distance of 5,753 miles. Even today, it takes eight days to complete its entire journey over seven time zones and through 87 Russian cities.
The railway was built from 1891 to 1916 under Tsar Nicholas II, with many convicts exiled to Siberia being pressed into working on its construction. Originally, the line broke at the large Lake Baikal and ferryboats connected two sections of track across the water, but the final stage of construction included a circumnavigation of the lake. Today, branches of the line allow travellers to reach China and Mongolia as well as Japan, or to depart at stops along the route. A thriving trade in used Japanese cars sees many drivers making the journey in the cheapest available bunks - easing the boredom with vast quantities of vodka - and driving vehicles back across the wilderness for sale on the Russian market.
Other tourist trips run today on private trains such as The Golden Eagle, allowing them to travel in comfort over 15 days with stops and visits along the route.
This style of travel may be more in keeping with that of the first train to run along the route, which boasted marble floors and a grand piano in the first class carriages, with caviar and sturgeon on the dinner menu. Third class passengers, on the other hand, were described as "packed like sardines. Their cars hold nothing save wooden bunks, two tiers therof, and each has four and sometimes six. One's health would certainly be jeopardised by a passage through them." (Lonely Planet, Trans-Siberian Railway, p. 52). This mode of travel allowed costs to be kept low enough for ordinary Russians to afford the journey east. Still, it must have been as dull as Fevvers suggests - trains moved at little more than 25 km/h for fear of derailment, food often ran short east of Lake Baikal, and rails and bridges broke down due to the cold and the haste of their construction.
The creation of the Trans-Siberian Railway boosted Siberia's economy through easier export of grain, oil and gas, and attracted several million Russians to the region to establish industrial towns where previously only semi-nomadic tribes had lived.
In the play and film Fiddler on the Roof (1964; 1971), Hodel travels to Siberia on the Trans-Siberian Railway in search of her exiled fiance.
In 2010, Russian Railways and Google created an online experience of the entire Trans-Siberian journey. Viewers can skip to different parts of the route, and choose between wheel noise, Russian music or a reading of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace (1869) to accompany their virtual journey.
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There is often confusion over whether to make your Stone jewelry in 18carat gold or 22carat!
18 carat gold contains 75% gold, with the rest made up of other more durable metal alloys used to add colour and strength. It is hard compared to 22carat gold. It can withstand the stone more effectively in setting.
22 carat gold – is very soft, as it consists of around 91.6% gold and so it's not ideal for stone set jewellery, being more suitable for plain gold jewellery, such as wedding bands. Soft gold can easily change the shape over long use and can make stone settings loose, which can be risky.

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Police appeal for bushfire photos, video
Bendigo police in central Victoria want to see any photos or videos of a bushfire two weeks ago.
Police are investigating the cause of the fire in Eaglehawk that killed one man and destroyed about 60 houses, and say any time or date-stamped footage will help their examination.
They have been speaking with people who called 000 to let them know of the fire.
Detective Kylie Chisolm says they are still investigating the fire's cause.
"A lot of people were obviously near the vicinity of the fire or involved in the fire themselves and we're quite interested in obtaining photos or video footage which show the fire," she said.
Meanwhile, families who have lost their homes in bushfires will have the property clearing costs funded.
Yesterday, the Commonwealth and state governments announced plans to fund any demolition costs associated with the bushfires.
Work is expected to start in Bendigo later this week.
The funds will save families from paying tens of thousands of dollars in clearing costs.
The governments say this will free up money to be spent rebuilding family homes.
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text: The curved screens of Samsung's Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus helped them stand out in the smartphone crowd, but it's clearer than ever that the company does not have a lock on the idea. Apple is exploring the concept as well: it just get a patent for a technique that molds thin glass into curved shape without a drawn-out process or using risky chemicals. By having alignment tools shift along with higher temperatures during a glass dropping process, where the material shapes itself around a mold, Apple can bend glass without any interference — leading to curvy surfaces that are both quicker to make and higher quality. A patent doesn't mean that we will see a curved iPhone in the immediate future, though. Apple leaves its options open and suggests that anything from mice to TVs could be candidates, should the company take action at all. If the patent ever applies to real-world products, however, we'll have an inkling as to how the bendy shapes came to be.


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Survey results suggest that half of the almost 1.5 million 2006 college graduates will end up being miserable and hating their jobs, according to a recent survey from The Conference Board. This is disturbing when considering the large amount of money and time that are invested in earning a college degree and choosing a job.
Further figures show that 50 percent of people in the workforce in America are not happy with their jobs.
According to Michael Spremulli, a corporate personality profiler, college speaker and CEO of The Chrysalis Corporation, there are keys to making the right job choice. College students usually receive little or no practical information from advisors about the selection of a major or about joining the workforce, so they may make choices and choose careers that result in them being unsuited for their choices.
Spremulli's company is a consulting firm that helps companies make the right choices in hiring. Based on his expertise with college students, he has developed a guide to help with this difficult individual decision - the Triple Crown of Success. He says, "A key solution is a student identifying their personal Triple Crown of Success early in their college experience. College students must be proactive and not wait around for some guidance counselor to take them by the hand through the process--it's not going to happen."
The theory could also be used by anyone trying to make a career choice. It is based on three elements-personality, abilities and motivators. "Each is equally important," he says, adding, "Once someone knows all 3 of their elements, discovering their ideal career path becomes incredibly easy."
Personality This is an important and basic part of the evaluation. The person must access how his personality will fit in the chosen field. For example, a shy person may not be happy in a job that requires a lot of social interaction with co-workers and may not be at ease dealing directly with clients, an area a more out-going person would enjoy. Is working alone, with few interruptions ideal, or are group projects preferable? Examine personality traits honestly.
Abilities What are you really good at and what do you enjoy? Are the strengths in writing, the computer, research, problem solving? It is much easier to perform in a job that capitalizes on strong points, so consideration must be given to these areas in the choice of jobs.
Motivation Spremulli states that motivation is the driving force in career happiness. Motivation is important because it "drives behavior" and people who are clear on what motivates them "are ahead of the pack to landing a job they are jazzed about." Motivation, be it money, power or personal growth, is what fuels behavior in every area of life, not only in a career. If the position taken is not in line with these motivators, career happiness is very difficult to obtain or sustain.
Salary is also an important part of any job choice, but it is not the most important consideration. There are two factors that consistently rank higher-job satisfaction and personal fulfillment. These two objectives must be given weight, if it is in choosing the entry level first job, or when deciding to switch jobs or even careers.
By giving careful examination to these key elements- personality, abilities, motivation- years of frustration and unhappiness may be avoided. There may not be a perfect job for everyone, but, hopefully, the chances will be in favor of finding a job you are "jazzed about".
Spremulli's http://findyouridealcareer.com/blog/category/figuring-out-what-motivates-you/ free podcast offers advice and students may call in for personal help and in his words, "It's like 'Car Talk' but for your career."


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Look around any gathering of people — anywhere at any time — and the utter ubiquity of smartphones is really quite startling. In just a few short years, the mobile phone has undergone a fast-forward evolution from a clamshell convenience to an omnipresent piece of communication technology. Considering that this transformation took only about a decade — the iPhone celebrated its 10th anniversary this summer — it stands to reason that the next 10 years are going to be interesting.
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The Year In Film – Part One
It's coming on Christmas, they're cutting down trees, putting up reindeers, singing songs of joy and peace. Which can mean only one thing. The most wonderful time of the year, list compiling time!
But instead of a standard top 10 movies, here's a look at the year of our Lord 2010 in film world, including scene of the year, best lines, much missed and film-worthy news.
Scene Of The Year
Kick Ass – Hit-Girl's entrance
Despite a few voices heralding Matthew Vaughn's incredibly enjoyable film as the end of civilization as we know it (Christopher Tookey we're looking at you), the majority of sane cinema goers knew it to be a guilty pleasure of Tarantino-sized proportions. The guiltiest pleasure of all was seeing lil' Chloe Moretz going loco on a room full of gangsters to the sound of the Banana Splits. Altogether now, NA-NA-NA, NA-NA-NA-NA, NA-NA-NA, NA-NA-NA-NA
Honourable mentions
Toy Story 3 – Trash Chute Trauma
After a tribute to The Great Escape, some Spanish Buzz and the scariest animated monkey since Chris Griffin looked in his closet, the anthropomorphic friends find themselves in the one place they always hoped they'd never be; the rubbish heap. Could this really be the end for Woody and the gang?
The Social Network – Zuckerberg is an Asshole
As opening sequences go, The Social Network's grabs you by the balls and refuses to let go. Kicking off with some scene-setting White Stripes, the first 5 minutes is simply a couple having an argument. What should be dull is riveting and complex, telling you exactly what you need to know about the youngest billionaire before his billions.
Quote of the Year
"Fuck Mini Babybells!" Four Lions.
It takes an enormous amount of skill to sum up a movie in a single line of dialogue without falling into the trap of obviousness. Even more difficult is making it drink-spittingly hilarious. So when Waj, the borderline mentally challenged but deeply passionate would-be-terrorist offers this gem of anti-consumerist nonsense, everything about the characters ill-advised goals and aims is perfectly encapsulated. And "Rubby dinghy rapids bro" as an analogy for the afterlife isn't half bad either.
Honourable mentions
"After we watch "The Bucket List," remember to cross "watch 'The Bucket List'" off our bucket list." Easy A
"If I were God, I would have made the world just so and no different. And so I have you… I have you." The Road
"Machete Don't Text" Machete
"You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger darling" Inception
Most Film-Worthy News
Chile Miners
When the news is normally nothing but an exercise in miserablism, the end result of the Chilean Miner's Rescue was a breath of fresh air tantamount to being able to see the sun for the first time in 69 days. As such Hollywood pounced on it within seconds. Every Latin American actor from Gael Garcia Bernal to Javier Bardem to Cheech Marin. Get Chong involved and we're got a movie. That or Harold And Kumar Go To San Jose.
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UK Election
As far as politics as entertainment goes, May 2010 was better than Strictly Get My X-Talent Dining With Dinosaurs. Back in the two weeks of post-election madness, TV news was drama of the highest calibre well worthy of a big screen Peter Morgan docu-drama. As for casting, how about, a Dreamworks-style Shrek creature for Gordon, a soulless ILM robot creation for Cameron and Adam Woodyatt (aka Ian Beale) as Nick Clegg. Or is that unfair to Adam?
Cat In a Bin
If 24 the movie ever does go ahead here's the pitch. Mad bitch puts cat in bin. Jack Bauer has eight hours to find her. Wait, the maths isn't quite right there. We need three mad bitches and three cats…
Most Missed
Dennis Hopper
As iconic as the Harley Davidson he mounted in Easy Rider, Hopper's legacy will live long after his untimely death. Apocalypse Now, Blue Velvet, Speed – Hopper played batshit crazy like no-one else. Damn good painter too.
Tony Curtis
Some Like It Hot, Spartacus, The Sweet Smell Of Success, The Defiant Ones. Sometimes a man's films speak for themselves.
Leslie Nielsen
Probably the most celebrated fatality of the year in as far as, the day of The Naked Gun's star's death was awash with celebration of a man's life. That he could still make us chuckle from beyond the grave is as high praise as possible.
Irvin Kershner
Me: I love The Empire Strikes Back.
The Late Irvin Kershner: I know.
Best Internet Finds
Ian McKellen is The Fresh Prince
If you're looking for a present for a film fan this Christmas you could do a lot worse than Pixar animator Josh Cooley's childlike take on your favourite films. Buy it here. Here's a taster.
Check back next week for more of the Alternative Review of 2010, including Best Breakout, Posters, Characters and reasons why 2011 will be better…


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It wasn't so long ago that arts organizations throughout America were happy to go it alone.
Martine Collier, president and CEO of Culture Works, cites an example.
"In 2003, I worked for the Georgia Council for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts was giving away $10,000 community partner grants," she recalled. The idea was to encourage partnerships between two arts organizations or between arts and social services agencies.
"I could not get even one arts organization to apply!" Collier said.
In recent years, a major economic downturn has changed all of that. These days collaboration is the name of the arts game. The good news is that arts groups are finding — sometimes to their great surprise — that the collaborations aren't just financially beneficial but can be creatively exciting as well.
That point was dramatically demonstrated last weekend when the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Dayton Ballet and the Dayton Opera joined together on the Schuster Center stage for their first Signature concert. The gala evening was a direct result of the merging of the three organizations in July 2012, the first such merger in the country. Judging from the pre-talks and the standing ovations, both the audiences and the performers were thrilled.
"I took my 84-year-old mother to the Opening Spectacular," said Alice Licata of Kettering. Licata said the event was one of the most enjoyable she has ever attended at the Schuster. But she was most thrilled with the effect the concert had on her mom, who suffers from serious dementia.
"She was literally transfixed by the performances, and the most astounding thing is she still remembered it 24 hours later!" Licata said. "That is practically miraculous! She has always loved the Philharmonic, the Ballet and the Opera, so to have them all together this way made a huge impression on her. She was nearly in tears by the end, and I'm so glad I took her."
National trend
The spirit of collaboration for community betterment is a huge trend that's showing up in both big cities and small towns throughout the nation, said Mary Campbell-Zoph, deputy director of the Ohio Arts Council. Collaborations are everywhere, with most arts organizations now involved in some level of collaboration, she said.
"I think it's a whole different philosophy today about how the arts build communities," she said. "It's a whole eco-system of cultural activities that bring a vibrancy to a town."
One aspect of this approach is called creative place-making.
"I think the big philosophical shift this represents is captured in the recent book titled, 'Building Communities, Not Audiences' " she said. "It's by Doug Borwick, who was in Dayton not too long ago. It's a huge trend right now. The idea is that we can design and enhance a better community using cultural assets of the community."
Campbell-Zoph, who began her career overseeing public programming at the Dayton Art Institute, said collaborators are finding that the new relationships not only increase efficiency but can deepen the artistic experience.
That's been the case with orchestras throughout the country, said Rachelle Schlosser, director of media relations for the League of American Orchestras.
"We are seeing cross-genre collaborations between orchestras and the jazz, rap and the rock world; ballet and opera companies; art museums; and even cultural institutions like aquariums," she said. "For example, one recent new work commissioned by the Des Moines Symphony was directly inspired by the artworks in the city's sculpture park, and, in Long Beach, Calif., Steve Mackey's 'Urban Ocean' was commissioned by the Aquarium of the Pacific."
Schlosser said some of the most meaningful developments in her field are the strong collaborations forming between social service agencies and orchestras, as orchestras across the country run — or participate in — after-school programs for underserved kids, provide low-cost or free music lessons and instruments for children, and health and wellness therapy for Alzheimer's patients, kids with autism, the elderly and hospital patients.
How the thinking has changed
Ann Fortescue, director of the Springfield Museum of Art, has worked in the museum world for 30 years in cities including New York and Pittsburgh.
In the pre-recession days, retrenching typically involved trimming back programming and staff, she said
"The rude awakenings and hard lessons of the recession are that we trimmed back as far as we could go," she said. "We had to get creative. Part of the silver lining is that an economic downturn often fosters innovation."
Fortescue said there's always a point where everybody is anxious but that "they somehow manage to press the pause button long enough to think about how they can solve the problem — and then they can come up with a recipe for survival and growth."
As a result, Fortescue said she's watched collaborations grow from discreet program partnerships into mutually-beneficial collaborations that are not always based in programs.
Regional examples of the trend
The arts and cultural groups in Springfield are collaborating under the umbrella of the Springfield Foundation to produce a marketing piece twice a year that showcases the performing arts groups' seasons and the visual arts groups' exhibitions and programs.
"That was not so common pre-recession," Fortescue said, adding that even though arts organizations know more about their audiences these days, they're still starved for information about what motivates them.
"We recognize that by working together — particularly with marketing — we stand to gain audiences we might not reach by ourselves."
Other types of partnerships
Another kind of collaboration involves physical plants.
"Because we're stewards of collections — whether they are art objects or historic archives or library collections — museums need specialized controlled environments," Fortescue explained. " And that's a higher facility operating expense, and so museums are looking at ways to establish partnerships that can enable them to operate the facility and gain something in addition."
That's the logic behind the sign on her museum that now reads: "Springfield Center for the Arts at Wittenberg University."
"The museum was not using its entire building and Wittenberg university had need of some additional space for the theater department, so the university and museum worked out a purchase agreement whereby the university owns the building and the museum leases back just the space it needs," Fortescue said.
Fortescue predicts that communities are going to continue to see more examples of collaboration.
"We're going to see innovative things and unexpected collaborations and like any industry, we're going to copy and adapt things that work well in other situations," she said. "It might not always be a merger; it could be a shared service. And I think as they collaborate and form these new partnerships, the arts organizations are showing one another that they can do this without losing their identity — and that's very important."
Being proactive
Rick Jones, executive director of the Fitton Center for the Arts in Hamilton, decided to organize a group of Hamilton's arts leaders about a year ago with a working title of Creative Coalition. The group consists of leaders of the Hamilton-Fairfield Symphony Orchestra, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, Miami University Downtown, Hamilton City Schools, Hamilton Civic Theater, City of Sculpture, the Fitton Center, and soon Artspace and possibly Butler Tech School of the Arts.
"The first several months we discussed issues on a higher plane than the programs produced by each organization," Jones explained. "My mission with this group continues to be to facilitate discussions that are vision and mission based to keep them from digressing to the programmatic, administrative or other more concrete issues."
Jones insists that by holding discussions "at the 30,000 foot perspective," members will begin to see the truth of why the work of the organizations is so important to their community — economically, educationally, socially and culturally.
An artist's viewpoint
As a result of a Music Alive grant — a partnership of New Music USA and the League of American Orchestras — composer Stella Sung is beginning a three-year residency with the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance. Over the next three seasons, she'll create a one-act opera, a chamber work for dance and music for educational performances. Sung also will become part of an educational program that creates works that integrate dance, vocal and instrumental music and reach more than 50,000 students annually.
Sung says her work is rooted in the collaborative process but insists it's not an easy path.
"Collaborations require a considerable amount of patience, flexibility, shared common vision, open evaluation, trust and hard work but the results can be marvelous, " said Sung, who is the former Composer-in-Residence for the Orlando Florida Philharmonic Orchestra and is currently Composer-in-Residence for Dance Alive National Ballet in Gainesville.
She has worked on film documentaries, animation and is currently working on her first opera, which will have its world premiere at the University of Florida next April.
"Opera — as well as the musical — is perhaps the quintessential musical genre of collaboration as there are so many aspects to production that require many talents and skills from a variety of people that must all come together to form a common vision," Sung said." I am not only the composer, but also a co-production manager for this production."
Sung said her new collaboration with the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance will open new doors of creative thought and artistic exploration that will be looked at throughout the United States and perhaps abroad as well.
University collaborations
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company is also demonstrating just what can be done when an arts group and a university get together. The company has formal partnerships with the University of Dayton, Central State University and Wright State University.
"We provide services to their students across several disciplines, to enrich extra-curricular and campus life," said DCDC executive director Ro Nita Hawes-Saunders. "In return, the universities provide earned revenue to the dance company. To the best of my knowledge, we are the only dance company with such deep institutional partnerships."
With UD, for example, DCDC participates on campus in the annual Black Catholic Mass and the school's Celebration of the Arts. Other DCDC collaborations involve community church choirs. In the spring, the company will collaborate with the Bach Society of Dayton for a new dance work.
Hawes-Saunders said the university partnerships are a source of income; the other collaborations help the non-profit dance company expand its audience, garner performance revenue, increase marketing opportunities and gradually build a donor base of individuals. For four years now, this new business model has held the company in good stead during the most difficult period of the Great Recession, she said.
Summing up
Arts organizations will never go back to the old ways of doing things in isolation, Martine Collier said.
"There's a new normal — not just in Dayton, but nationally," she said. "It took a sea change, but if anything positive has come out of the economic downturn, it's the collaborations that are taking place."
Every Sunday in Life & Arts, we connect you with the events and people who define Dayton's art scene. You will find information about top upcoming local arts events, plus conversations with the people who are making a difference through their contributions to local arts. Today, we take a closer look at how arts groups in this region are working together.


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So you drive a van into a school bus full of kids. You kill 4 of them. You and your boyfriend are illegally in the country. The immigration fiasco has been in the news for over 6 years. Huge demonstrations both for and against illegal immigration have been happening all over the country. Given all of that exactly where in this article do you think the AP thought to update us with the fact that this woman who killed 4 children was an illegal alien? Furthermore that the owner of the van was also an illegal?
Woman Accused in Deadly School Bus Crash Charged With Identity Theft
FOXNews.com – Woman Accused in Deadly School Bus Crash Charged With Identity Theft – Local News | News Articles | National News | US News
MINNEAPOLIS Federal prosecutors filed identity theft charges on Friday against the woman accused in a school bus crash that killed four students.
- Olga Marina Franco del Cid, 24, of Minneota, was already charged in state court with four counts of criminal vehicular homicide.
Nope not in the first paragraph…
- The new charges accuse her of giving authorities a false name and Social Security number after the crash Feb. 19, when four students were killed when a van she drove crashed into their school bus near Cottonwood in southwestern Minnesota. She was charged with two counts of aggravated identity theft and two counts of false representation of a Social Security number.
Nothing in the second paragraph…though admittedly there is a hint of something amiss.
- Prosecutors filed the same federal charges against her live-in boyfriend, Francisco Sangabriel-Mendoza, 29, also of Minnesota, who prosecutors say was the registered owner of the van. A warrant was issued for his arrest, and authorities asked anyone who knows his whereabouts to call the Immigration and Customs Enforcement toll free hot line at 1-866-347-2423.
Third paragraph gives us a really big hint that something is amiss with their citizenship status but leaves us guessing.
- Franco's attorney, Manuel Guerrero of St. Paul, declined comment on the new charges, saying he hadn't seen them. Franco did not immediately return a message left at the Lyon County Jail in Marshall.
Fourth paragraph…zip, zilch nada.
- Both of Franco and Sangabriel-Mendoza face maximum potential penalties of five years in prison on each false representation count and two years on each identity theft count.
Fifth paragraph has us wondering why it would take so long to tell us that both of these folks the owner of the van and the driver of the van that killed 4 children are illegal aliens. But in case you are keeping track, nope nothing in that paragraph either.
- Right after the crash, Franco identified herself as Alianiss Nunez-Morales. But immigration investigators found the real Nunez-Morales in Connecticut. She told them her purse and identification documents were stolen more than six months ago when she was living in Puerto Rico, according to an ICE affidavit.
- The affidavit alleges Franco used Nunez-Morales' Social Security number to obtain a Minnesota identification card, an ID that is not a driver's license. Franco allegedly was not licensed to drive in Minnesota. She also allegedly gave the Social Security number at two Minnesota companies where she worked.
- When ICE agents searched her home in Minneota last Friday, they found a Guatemalan birth certificate, a certified Guatemalan ID card for Franco, correspondence to and from Guatemala in the name of her parents, and numerous receipts showing money transfers to her mother in Guatemala, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a news release.
Nothing in the 6th, 7th and 8th paragraphs either. But at least they identify where she was sending her money to, Guatemala. In case you didn't know illegals sending money back to Mexico are the second or third largest source of income to Mexico:
The total value of remittances has been estimated to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 6 to 11 billion dollars. The Mexican government admits that the remittances form the country's third-highest source of income, after petroleum and tourism. Some estimates actually put remittances in second place.
Hmmm…not much incentive there to stop illegals…but lets get back to our investigation of Associated Press's whitewashing job.
- Authorities earlier said Franco is in the United States illegally.
In the 9th paragraph we learn that the woman in question was in the country illegally. Why did it take so long? Is it because the AP understands that most people won't read that far down into the story? Is there an agenda to whitewash illegal immigration?
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Australian values – that's what the Government says are at the heart of changes to citizenship requirements announced today. As part of a major shake-up of the system, the citizenship test will be changed to embody a largely yet-to-be-determined set of values. Permanent residents will also have to wait longer to apply, and stricter English language requirements will come into force. To talk on this and many other issues of the day and the week, I'm joined by Senator Arthur Sinodinos, who is the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science.
Senator, welcome back to RN Drive.
Hey Patricia, great to be with you.
What is it that the current citizenship process is lacking? What needs to actually be fixed? What's broken?
I think when it comes to Australian citizenship, every so often it's important for us to remind ourselves of what is it that makes us Australians, and why it's important to affirm the importance of citizenship, and encouraging those people who want to come to Australia to ultimately become citizens and participate fully in the life of our society. There's nothing wrong in the sense of a huge gap between where we've been and where we're going – we're building on the foundations of what's already there. As you mentioned earlier, there have been earlier initiatives under the Howard Government and others in terms of citizenship tests and the like, and we've had a debate now for 20 or 30 years about the way in which the identity of Australia is changing. And what the citizenship test does, what reflecting on Australian values does, I suppose, is ask each of us to think about what is it that makes us proud about being Australian, and what is it we want to say to others who come here that we want them to be part of.
Okay, so what are those values? Can you define them?
Well look, at one level the values are reflected in the institutions that we've got: the role of democracy, the rule of law, equality before the law, the respect that we should have for each other, the tolerance which we should have for each other. In other words, Australia is very much about, you know, as long as we can all get on with each other then in a sense it doesn't matter what we're about or what we do in our spare time. It's how we have regard for each other – live and let live.
Okay, but isn't that already in the pledge? That's already there.
Yes, but what I'm saying is every so often it's good to reaffirm that and put an emphasis on it, particularly at a time when there's uncertainty in society, when people are feeling under all sorts of pressures, to promote the fact that we are finding ways to bring Australians together and to remind them that the things that unite us are much bigger than the things that divide us.
How is the test going to ensure the person taking that test will have these values, rather than simply being able to remember a set of information?
Well, I think because having to do the test and having to have a period to reflect on it actually encourages people to think about what they're doing and why they are doing it, and why they want to be part of Australia, and why we want them to be part of Australia. We're on a journey; our identity has changed as the composition of our population has changed, and it's important for us to keep refreshing that test and reflecting on what it is that we are.
English language requirements for citizenship will be more robust than they are now. I mean, did your parents speak English when they came to Australia from Greece?
No, no they didn't, they learned English here, just as no doubt was the case with your parents.
That's right, and I don't think my parents would pass the test that Malcolm Turnbull described today.
And Patricia, we're talking about the post-war period, where we were going through this massive expansion of Australia in terms of population and development. Now, what's happening increasingly is that, you know, English is very much the lingua franca of the world – if I can put it like that. But the point is we have a lot of people wanting to come to Australia. We use the English test as a way of testing the commitment of people to be part of the broader Australian society. We need to show, all of us, that we can communicate with each other, that we're on a similar wavelength. I think that's very important. That's why we put so much effort into adult migrant education programs and learning English as a second language if you come here, whether as a child or as an adult now. The settlement services that we've put into the community, that's all about encouraging everybody to feel they're part of the broader Australian experience.
If you're just tuning in, Arthur Sinodinos, who is the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, is my guest, and our number is 0418226576. Shadow Foreign Minister Penny Wong was on RNBreakfast with Fran Kelly this morning, and she said the current test was in English, she says it's a test that was largely designed by John Howard. What's wrong with the English standard already required? Because it's in English, people are expected to know English. How high does the English test have to be?
Well, I think the level that's been struck is reasonable enough, particularly in a context where increasingly we're pitching the migration program to get the most skilled people that we can, because there's a lot of people that want to come to Australia and we want to encourage that. I think the English level that we're talking about is quite reasonable in all the circumstances. To the extent that that takes pressure off some of our adult migrant education programs in Australia, that means that that funding can go to other things, but I don't think we should get hung up about the standard of English. The important thing is we're sending a signal as a community that we want to celebrate what we are as Australians, and that becoming part of the Australian family carries with it a set of rights and responsibilities.
The Government will add questions to the current test, aimed at cracking down on inappropriate attitudes on issues such as violence against women, child and forced marriage, female genital mutilation. Why just these issues? Why have they been raised specifically? Shouldn't the test also ask about attitudes, then, towards, for instance, gay people in the community?
Well, I think the issue with some of the first set of questions that you raise is it was making a point about how we have regard for each other and respecting the rights of the individual. That's very much a part of, if you like, Western civilisation – the civilisation that's formed so much of the basis of what we are about as a society. That's what those sorts of questions are about.
So do you think they should be expanded beyond, I mean, those issues I raise about domestic violence which, let's be clear, is illegal and should be. So it's already illegal – you can't live in Australia and do that without …
[Interrupts] Patricia, there will be a process of consultation. So in that sense, you know, there's further work that can be done on this based on feedback from the community, and I think that's a good way to do this.
Would you favour being broader than just focussing on, for instance, just domestic violence? Should it focus on other crimes that we also don't accept as a community?
Well I haven't had much chance since the announcement to think about that, but that's why I'll be interested to see what the feedback from the public is, in the sense that it doesn't matter what I think, it's what the public thinks that will matter.
Just on 457 changes, which were the other big announcement of the week which certainly you as a portfolio minister have some responsibility over as well. How many new jobs for Australians will be created by scrapping 457 visas?
Well, we're in a process of only starting to implement these changes now, so I'm not across any estimates or modelling that's been done to date about where this will ultimately end up in terms of net increase in jobs available for Australians. This will take some time to bed down, and some of these changes don't come into effect until March 2018. But what's important about this is to understand that these changes will sharpen and make those programs more effective, but we're not throwing the baby out with the bathwater. We're going to make sure that the skills that we need that are in short supply in Australia, and particularly those skills that can supplement what we do here, will still be able to be supplied through these sorts of arrangements. But, at the same time, we're putting an obligation on ourselves as a government and as a community to put more focus on training and providing the, if you like, the upgrading of skills of our own domestic workforce so they can fill more of these jobs. So in the budget there will be further announcements around things like training funds and the like, and how they will be administered to maximise the impact of improving our skill levels.
The 216 occupations that have been removed from the system account for just 8.6 per cent of the 457 visas granted between June and December last year. How was the decision made to remove these particular professions?
Well there was consultation within government, and some consultation with bodies outside government, around occupations and the likely shortages in those areas. In some cases it was to remove occupations where it was clearly based on outdated information, or where applications to come here had not occurred for a number of years.
But, look, there will be a further process and I'll be certainly encouraging the tech community to communicate with me about their issues to make sure that we're not throwing out the baby with the bathwater in making these changes. But please understand, every so often with government programs, you have to go through a process of looking at them because they can get flabby over time, they can become outdated, there were circumstances over the last few years where there were blowouts in areas where clearly the skill levels have to be questioned, and this is something where we need to have taken action. We have taken that action …
So, you're saying to the tech sector we might review this, we understand that you have acute shortages?
What I'm saying to the tech sector is we don't want any unintended consequences with this and therefore I will engage in a dialogue with them to make sure that we are not throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Okay, so does that mean there is an opening there? That there would be an adjustment for the tech sector on the 457s?
Smart governments always look to adjust to make sure that policy initiatives are meeting their requirements or their policy objectives and avoiding unintended consequences.
So you think there might be some unintended consequences? You're hearing what they're saying and you're worried?
[Talks over] What I'm saying … what I'm saying is there has been debate in the tech community around some of these measures and I'm happy to engage in a dialogue on that. That's what open government is about.
If you're just tuning in, Arthur Sinodinos is my guest, the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science. 0418226576 is our number. You were in the PM's meeting with the gas industry yesterday which has developed along with AEMO a framework to make sure gas is delivered at times of peak electricity demand to prevent blackouts. Can you give us some more detail, how is this going to work?
Well, what happened is that at the first meeting a few weeks ago with the gas producers, the Prime Minister asked for undertakings in this regard and the gas producers went away, reviewed potential supply, and came back and indicated that they believed that there was sufficient supply available to avoid some of the situations we saw last year. We have AEMO, the Electricity Market Operator, going away to model the information that's been provided and at the meeting yesterday, the Prime Minister made it clear that subject to that information, if we're not satisfied with the potential supply response, clearly there may be scope for us to take further regulatory action in order to ensure that Australians don't suffer shortfalls in supply and have the optics of gas going offshore being exported at the same time as we're having to potentially import gas to meet domestic needs …
[Talks over] So, you are prepared to …
… or we're starving domestic industry of needed feed stock.
So, you are prepared to flex your regulatory muscle? Because you haven't yet. You're still saying that might happen?
Well, this is a government which essentially is pro-market, so we're dealing with the industry, the gas industry in this case, on the basis of seeking to achieve some desired outcomes without the need to take stronger action. If stronger action is required, the Prime Minister has made it clear that he's asked the gas exporters to provide information, and we will look at possibly regulatory options to address any short-term market issues.
Just a final question, Tony Abbott has declared that sneaky and underhand leaking needs to stop after polling was published indicating he could've lost his seat of Warringah in the last federal election. Who's being sneaky and underhanded and trying to undermine Tony Abbott?
Well, I don't know where that polling has come from but like a lot of government ministers, I don't like leaking, I agree with him.
Do you think there's a campaign against Tony Abbott? He seems pretty cranky today.
No, I don't believe there is. These things happen from time to time but we all have to get on with life and Tony and I and everyone else will be traipsing back to Canberra soon for the budget and getting on with providing good economic outcomes for Australia.
In the meantime, do you look forward to his ongoing interventions? I know there's some government ministers including Peter Dutton who've defended his right to speak out and say, you know, he's right on what he's warning.
[Talks over] Well, look, I've always said that as a former leader- and he's now a backbencher and, of course, backbenchers can say things that ministers can't say, but as a former leader he has the privilege of being able to speak on a variety of issues. Always, of course, it's got to be measured and proportionate, and I'm sure if you spoke to him he would say that he's trying to do this in that party interest and that national interest.
He would say that. Do you think he is though?
Well, I always look forward to the orations and quotations from my colleagues.
So you think he's doing it just for the good of the party?
Look, I think it's important for all of us in public life to say what we really think. You should never stop people from being authentic.
[Talks over] So I want you to say what you really think.
So, what I really think is that as a former Prime Minister he has the capacity to speak out on issues. He's doing that, and as I said before, there's also responsibility to be proportionate and of course always having an eye to the party interest and the national interest.
Fair enough. Arthur Sinodinos, thank you so much for joining us tonight.
Thank you.
That's the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Arthur Sinodinos.


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Last Saturday, RiverWatch trainer Matt Young and five brave river citizens (including myself), wearing questionably waterproof boots, waded into the chilly March waters of the Saline Branch in Urbana's Crystal Lake Park. Another six participants without waterproof gear watched from the riverbank. We were participating in a RiverWatch training session, becoming citizen scientists ready to observe and report on the water quality of Illinois' rivers.


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It's definitely stone fruit season and I bought a flat of peaches a few weeks ago for the purpose of canning. We ended up with a lot of jars but with 12 pounds of peaches, there were still some left over. One and a half pounds to be exact.
Peach pie is a pretty perfect summer dessert and Smitten Kitchen recently made an ode to the streamlined peach pie. It looks beautiful and delicious. That's all well and good, but I couldn't help but gild the lily. How about adding some raspberries.
I mean, peach and raspberry is a classic combination. Escoffier named a sauce made with the two and draped over vanilla ice cream 'Peach Melba' after the famous opera singer, Nellie Melba. I know it's an extra ingredient but I really didn't think it could go wrong.
It couldn't. This pie is delicious.
One of the problems with peach pie, and pretty much all fruit pie when you get down to it, is making sure the filling sets. There are several ways to go about this. One is to pick fruits high in pectin. Pectin is a natural chemical in fruit and helps liquid become gel. It's what's used to make jelly set and it can keep pies from running. But that doesn't help if you want peach pie because peaches are low in pectin.
Another solution is to add a starch like corn starch or tapioca starch which are both popular. But too much starch can change the pie's flavor.
A third option is to reduce the liquid before you bake the pie so that there's less water in the filling. The problem with option three is that cooking the fruit ahead of time makes it break down and the taste isn't as good.
So I used a recipe that combined options two and three and tweaked it for the addition of raspberries. Macerating the fruit releases the juices and then you can reduce the liquid without cooking the peach slices. Adding cornstarch is like insurance to make sure the pie sets but I didn't need too much so you can't taste it.
Raspberries add a great tartness to the sweet peaches and I even added some cinnamon and ginger to the crust to complement the raspberries. So I'll probably be sticking to this recipe, simplicity be damned.
Peach Melba Pie
Lightly adapted from The Pie and Pastry Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum
Two batches flaky pie crust with 2 tsp ground cinnamon added
1 ½ pounds peaches, peeled* and sliced
¾ – 1 pound raspberries (1 pint)
2/3 cup sugar
½ tsp kosher salt
Juice of half a lemon
4 tsp cornstarch
Prepare the pie crust and let it rest in fridge for about an hour.
Place the sliced peaches in a large bowl with the raspberries, sugar, salt, and lemon juice. Allow it to macerate for at least 30 minutes.
Strain the now juicy peaches and collect the liquid in a medium-sized saucepan. Bring it to a boil over medium heat and let it reduce down to about 1/3 cup of liquid. Toss the peaches well with the cornstarch.
While the liquid is reducing, roll out half of the pie dough to fit in the pie pan and tuck it into the corners. It should end up about ¼ inch thick.
At this point, you need to preheat the oven to 425F.
When the liquid is reduced, stir it into the peaches. The liquid may harden a bit but it will spread evenly in the oven.
Roll out the second half of the dough and drape it over the top of the pie. Pinch the two crusts together by using your thumb on one side of the dough and your index and middle finger on the other side and on either side of your thumb. You can make a lattice if you want (using this pretty great tutorial ) or just cut slits in the top crust to allow steam to vent out.
Place the pie on a sheet pan covered in foil (to catch drips) and bake the pie for 40 minutes or until the juice is bubbly and the crust is browned. You may need to cover the edges of the pie with foil about 20 minutes to keep them from burning.
Let the pie cool for at least 3 hours before serving. The longer it cools, the better it will set. Once the filling is set, it will stay set even if you warm it up later. Serve it as soon as it's set or store it in the fridge for up to one week.
* Yes you need to peel the peaches. It's not very hard but it is messy so do it over a bowl to catch the juice. And make sure your peeler is sharp or it will go poorly.


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New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, [1961]. First Thus. Hardcover. Octavo (21.5cm); original cloth in white and tan pictorial dust jacket; xxii,234pp. Two faint ink dashes to upper jacket panel else Fine. BLOOMFIELD & MENDELSON B75a. Auden's introduction to this collection of the Greek poet's work was first published in the Atlantic, April, 1961. (Inventory #: 21564)


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Empire State Building cuts energy use 20%
By Steve Hargreaves (CNN) The Empire State Building is on an energy diet.The hulking building, a symbol of American power and, to some, excess, has cut its energy use by 20%.And thats just due to changes to the buildings exterior. Once retrofits are made to tenant spaces on the inside, the second tallest building in Manhattan will be nearly 40% more efficient.
The retrofits will cost $20 million once theyre complete, and are expected to save the owners $4.4 million in annual energy costs."After one year, we have proven that investing in energy efficiency gives building owners a dollars-and-cents advantage," said Dave Myers, a president at Johnson Controls, which conducted the retrofit.
The changes to the Empire State include:
- Filling the existing windows with an energy saving gas and adding an additional plastic pane.
- Upgrading the buildings cooling system.
- Using computerized "smart" energy management technology that can adjust temperatures floor by floor.
- Provide tenants with detailed energy use in their space.
- Automatically shut off lights in unused areas.
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Remember the 2014 Drug Aware Pro?
Probably not, so let's refresh.
Michel Bourez won. Yadin landed a really good air. The waves were mostly average -- aside from the few heats they ran at The Box. See our Flipbook from it here.
The most important word in that paragraph is average. Margaret River is an average wave. It has a rightful place in surfing history and is still better than most places on most days, but for a stop on a World Tour that has the resources to go anywhere? Probably not worthy.
It is, however, surrounded by waves that are.
The Box is one of them, which is great because they're permitted to run heats there. News just broke that they've added North Point to the list of permissible locales this year. As in, this North Point:
That's worthiness if we've ever seen it. You can read more in a story by Swellnet here.
Interesting concept, these mobile contests. It's said to be a logistical migraine to actually move an event to another site, but it's a format that could be hugely beneficial if they can find a way to lessen the pain. The hypothetical audible to North Point will be a good test.


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Named after a '90s video game of the same name, Commander Keen wields a sound that encapsulates sweaty house-show moshing and staying up 'til dawn for the sake of good music and friends. The trio, now Cookeville-based but active in the Murfreesboro scene over the years, began recording its debut in the summer of 2015, though the effort fell flat and band members decided to start from scratch. A year or so later, with the help of engineer Nick Ohren, What a Waste packs a punch with nine tracks spanning just 20 minutes.
With Blake Marlow on guitar and vocals, Matt Billings on bass and Zach Ramsey handling percussion, "Die Hard II" kicks off the album with a scuzzy guitar buzz that lingers throughout the release. Marlow's sing-scream vocals, paired with catchy riffs and thunderous drums, recall that of Nashville garage rock duo JEFF the Brotherhood with early Diarrhea Planet thrown in for good measure. The second track, "Carolina Avenue," is a college mantra about staying up all night that ends with a solid minute of relentless shredding. "The Pit" lives up to its name with a mental image of headbanging in the pit. Next up is the anxious, piano-riddled "Yr Heart," followed by "Low Budget Dreams" and "Good Sport Game."
The album as a whole is one big party, but it also captures the sobering reality of post-graduation unease with lyrics like If I live to be older than 23, box me up and send me down the line on "Die Hard II" or Try to grow up / But I'm stuck in this rut for good on the album's closer, "Die Hard I."
Albeit short, What a Waste is a solid release that drives home part of the college experience (if a combination of drinking, smoking and live music is your thing). It's fun, raucous and, at times, a little outlandish, but it's worth checking out, especially if you follow the local house show circuit.
If you want to catch the band in Murfreesboro or a nearby town, head to their Facebook page for show updates. To listen to Commander Keen now, visit commanderkeenband.bandcamp.com.


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The eradication program for the little fire ant (LFA) infestation in a Mililani Mauka neighborhood is showing early signs of success. After completing five of the eight planned treatments in the six-acre infestation zone, spot surveys have not detected LFA.
"While we are still guarded in our assessment, the fact that we aren't finding little fire ants indicates that the eradication plan is working pretty well," said Scott Enright, chairperson of the Hawaii Board of Agriculture. "The collaboration between multiple agencies, area legislators, the community association and the residents is really the foundation of this early success."
LFA was first detected in Mililani Mauka in June 2014 by a resident on Auina St. Subsequent surveys found the invasive ants covered homes on both sides of a greenway (gully).
A multi-agency group has been working since to survey and treat the area. The agencies include HDOA, the Hawaii Ant Lab (HAL), the Oahu Invasive Species Committee and the Hawaii Invasive Species Council.
According to the treatment plan developed by HAL and HDOA entomologists, several alternating types of pesticides and bait formulas are applied on a six-week interval. The last treatment scheduled for Mililani Mauka is in May 2015.
Crews applied approved chemicals on yards, as well as in trees, and after a few series of treatments, they were able to control the ant population. The state says homeowners can also apply the chemical Amdro, which can be found in most garden shops, but officials prefer to take the lead in treatments.
"What we tell the homeowners is that you can use Amdro because it's easy to find," said Derek Arakaki, plant pest control specialist with the state Department of Agriculture. "But for us, we'd like to do the treatments. We go out and do the whole yard, every square inch."
Officials say they will still need to do three more treatments and then monitor the area for up to three years to make sure the little fire ants have been eradicated.
"We would not have been able to accomplish as much as we have without the exemplary cooperation of the Mililani residents and the town association," said Neil Reimer, PhD, administrator of HDOA's Plant Industry Division. "We received 100 percent cooperation from the residents in allowing us on their properties and many helped us conduct surveys and even took time off from work to help us."
Meanwhile, agriculture officials are pushing a measure that, for one, would give them added manpower and money to step up inspections of goods shipped from the Big Island, where the little fire ant and coqui frog are firmly established.
Enright says when the little fire ant was first discovered on the Big island in 1999, the infestation was already too widespread to eradicate the pest, so the agriculture department instead focuses on control.
He says battling the little fire ant on Maui and Kauai has also proven difficult. "On Kauai, we found it on a cliff-side home," he said, "and where we found it on Maui, along the Hana Highway, it is in fairly rugged terrain."
The state says it was far easier to take on the little fire ant in Mililani Mauka, where the terrain is easier to deal with and there were residents willing to cooperate.
"It was a scary time for us," said Dave O'Neal, executive director of the Mililani Town Association. "We all read the stories of the little fire ant and all the damage they can do and the pain they can cause."
Gerald Tanaka was working out in the yard with his wife when she was bit a few months ago. She was bit yet again, and that's not all.
"Actually, it did come in my home and it bit my mom," said Tanaka. "They like peanut butter and chocolate and whatnot, so if you're eating that and just put it on the side, they'll come in and eat it."
State agriculture officials are also looking for another controversial tool.
"In places like the Big Island where the little fire ant is firmly established, we probably will move to quarantine areas," said Enright. "And when we are in, we will call for compliance agreements."
Enright said the department will especially target fruit and potted plants, which the pests like to hitch rides on as they are being transported around and out of the Big Island. He said the proposed legislation would allow for the transport of the goods out of quarantined areas if the growers agree to sign compliance agreements to help the state deal with the pests.
Senate Bill 1059 was already approved with minor amendments by three committees in the state Senate, and has been referred to both the Ways and Means committee and the Judiciary and Labor committee for further review.
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Uganda Backtracks On Decision To Bar Sudanese President From AU Summit
By Shout-Africa – Uganda has backtracked on an earlier decision not to invite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir to the African Union summit.
"President Bashir of Sudan was actually invited for the AU summit scheduled to take place in Kampala from the 19-29 July 2010," read a statement from Uganda's ministry of Foreign Affairs that appeared in the press Tuesday.
Sam Kutesa, the Ugandan foreign minister, told RFI that the government was misquoted.
"We invited Sudan, we invited all African countries," he said in an interview on Tuesday.
But the government was quoted last week saying that President Bashir was not invited, prompting a furious response from the Sudanese government.
"President Yoweri Museveni has disclosed that his Sudanese counterpart General Omar Hassan Beshir has not been invited to attend the African Union Conference" but that Sudan was free to send another representative, read the presidency statement released on Saturday evening.
Sudan responded on Sunday by demanding an apology from Uganda and asking the summit be moved to another venue.
Uganda has in the past wavered in its attitude toward Beshir, who is wanted by the ICC for war crimes and crimes against humanitity in connection with the conflict in Sudan's western Darfur region.


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|L to R – Virginia Smith, me, Annie Jones, Laura Resnick
The Clear Creek Writers' Workshop was lots of fun last Saturday. The writers' group held it in a historic home in Shelbyville that added to the atmosphere of books and talk. The best part of the day, of course, was meeting new writing friends. Here I am in the line-up with fellow workshop presenters, Ginny Smith and Annie Jones. Laura Resnick was the keynote speaker and joined us for the panel here as we were getting ready to answer questions. Most of the questions seemed to deal with technology and what a writer should do to have a presence on the internet. I stayed mostly quiet and listened to the experts. They had some good ideas about focusing your blogging energy and making sure you had great content.
Great advice. I hear it everywhere I go and writers start handing out advice about how to establish a presence on the net. Well, I'm here. I'm talking, but I don't know about that great content stuff. I always want to ask, "What do you call great content?" Information on how to live to be one hunded and five? Hints about what to cook for supper? Advice on how to get the ten and twelve-year-old siblings to stop fighting?
Or maybe how to write a bestseller? How to meet a deadline? Now we're getting into some good content. Uh, maybe even great content. And the thing is I'm guessing there are already a dozen or a few hundred blogs that address those very things. There are blogs on everything. Raising dogs. Horses. Chickens. I'm guessing there are even blogs about eating chicken or maybe not eating chicken. So I listened to the others and tried to learn.
Here are some of the writers who were ready to ply us with their questions. Earlier I had shared with them my "confessions." That was the title of the workshop. "Confessions of a Working Writer." Confession wasn't hard. I told them about my ups and downs as a writer. Then I told them how the very best thing any writer can do if they really want to write is write. That desire or unstoppable will to put words on paper or computer screen can't be taught. It has to rise from within the writer.
But I did love their workshop title. Then they gave my session the title, "Even a historical fiction writer has to stay current." Maybe that was the reason for all the electronic conversation. They were trying to keep me current. Did I say "keep" me current? I probably should be saying try to get me to inch at least a little closer to current. Maybe close enough that I can see the distant shoreline even if I do know that I'm never going to get my little electronic boat rowed to shore.
Content, Ann, content! Are you noticing what I'm seeing here with these words? Con'tent and con-tent.' They don't sound alike, but they look exactly the same. So I can be content with my content. And I'll hope some of my readers will be content too.
But since I'm talking about content, you can be looking forward to some great content on Sunday when I'll be posting Suzanne Woods Fisher's interview about raising guide puppies and writing bestselling Amish books. What do you know? There's that great content about how to get on the bestseller lists. Suzanne knows how it's done because she does it all the time. If you leave a comment for her interview on Sunday, she'll also be giving away a copy of one of her books to a lucky winner.
Thanks for reading my contented content. That's where writers get in trouble, isn't it? When they get content with their content and don't keep pushing for better and better content. Hope the sun is shining down on you and if there are storms that the dark clouds are flying so high over you way up in the sky that you barely feel the breeze as they pass over.


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Hey friends! Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Today I'm sharing 15 ways to show you care. Not all these ideas have to be for a husband or significant other- some can be for a friend, galentine, or family member. I hope these ideas get you thinking outside the box to make someone's day special. Not everyone loves Valentine's Day, and this could be a perfect opportunity to make someone's day for the better!
- Send Flowers to a Friend- If you have a friend that's going through a tough time or doesn't have a significant other, send her a bouquet of her favorite flowers to let her know you're thinking of her. If flowers are out of the budget, send her a valentine's card in the mail!
- Make a Meal For Your Spouse/Boyfriend– Guys, I don't know about you, but Alex loves to eat and I hate cooking. Food is definitely a part of his love language.
- Speaking of Love Languages– Learn the love language of your spouse, friends, etc. When you know what makes them feel most important, it really helps when trying to make a nice gesture. If your husband's love language is quality time, going to a game of his favorite sports team or attending a cooking class might mean more to him than buying him a sweater.
- Bake Some Treats– If you have the time, invite some of your friends to bake some valentine's treats with you! Otherwise, you can make a plate of goodies to drop off at their place as a surprise.
- Offer to Babysit– Do some of your friends have kids? Offer to watch their babies so they can enjoy a valentine's date!
- Surprise your Spouse with a New Experience– Maybe it's taking a weekend trip to a city you've never visited, or something as simple as trying out a new local restaurant. Trying new things together is something that you should never stop doing!
- Host Galentine's Day– This one would be tough for me, because my friends live all over the place and not many are local. If you're fortunate enough to have most of your friends live in the city, host a galentine's get together!
- Small Jar of Goodies– hit up the Target dollar spot for some cute + inexpensive gifts for your friends + coworkers! For example, you could get some fuzzy socks, nail polish, and a mug of cocoa for the perfect cozy DIY gift!
- FaceTime Date– Like I said before, very few of my friends live local so sometimes you just need to utilize FaceTime. One of my friends temporarily moved across the country so we always like to set up our FaceTime chats.
- Be Intentional About Your Words– This really applies to all the people in your life, but for me I'm definitely working on it with my husband. Sometimes it's so easy to just say something without even thinking of how it might make the other person feel. Take your time to respond to situations, especially when you don't see eye to eye.
- Girl's Day– Okay my mom and I do this all the time, but Valentine's is the perfect time to take your mom, friend, sister, or sister-in-law, and have a girl's day to get pedicures!
- Make a List + Pray– Seriously make a list of all the important people in your life, and jot down a few notes. Maybe something is happening in their life that needs prayer at the moment. Go through the list of all your important people and pray for them. Prayer can move mountains!
- Be an Intentional Gifter– If you pay close attention, you will pick up on gift ideas for your significant other. Whether they complain about their favorite shoes showing signs of wear or see a jacket they like while you're out and about, jot it down in your phone. It's so much easier to have a handful of gift ideas that you know they will love!
- DIY it!– Maybe you don't have a ton of money to spend on a gift and that is okay! One of my favorite gifts from my husband was a book of bible verses to help me when I'm stressed or anxious. Pinterest has a ton of DIY ideas and don't be afraid to make it your own
- Get Some Pictures Done– Maybe you have a friend that has a nice camera or is a photographer. Get some fun pictures at a coffee shop or in the snow. Pictures are priceless, and it doesn't have to be a big occasion like your wedding just to get them done.
I hope that these 15 ideas can help every person in your life feel special and loved. It doesn't have to be Valentine's to use these ideas either, you can modify some of them to be used year round! I hope you all have the best weekend.
What are your Valentine's plans?
Love Always,
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I like blurs, and I like images with dark shadows and deep greens (hence the name of this site). If you don't like blurs or darkish images, this one probably won't be to your taste but I hope you'll give it a chance :-). I was very happy to capture this image a couple of years ago at dawn on the Baru River on Costa Rica's south/central Pacific coast. I took a few images where I cranked up the ISO in order to obtain a faster shutter speed and a sharp bird but I didn't think these images were anywhere near as interesting. For me, the image below says much more about the essence of this lone green-heron flying up a rainforest river corridor as dawn breaks than any more literal, sharp focus photo could ever do.
TECH NOTES: Canon 40D, Canon 300 mm f2.8 L IS lens, 1.4x teleconverter, Manfrotto tripod, Really Right Stuff ballhead, Wimberley Sidekick, f22, 1/10, ISO 100
PROCESSING NOTES: full-frame, standard tweaks in Lightroom
Here's the thought process I went through while taking this photo.
First, this stretch of river is known for being an early morning flight path for green herons and cattle egrets. Starting right at dawn to about 30 minutes after, the photographer will get about 5 to 8 flybys, sometimes groups or pairs of cattle egrets and other times a solitary green or little blue heron. I definitely had a preconceived notion of what I wanted out of this image so the first order of business was to position myself properly. That meant standing across from a particularly shady section of the opposite riverbank. Because this section of the bank had much less early morning light falling on it than did the middle of the river, I knew that proper exposure for the bird would allow the riverbank to fall off into black.
Second, how was I to meter properly for the bird when one only got a five second or so window when a bird flew by? I used manual metering and set my exposure so that the opposite bank would be rendered at about 2 to 3 stops below average. I can't remember if I nailed it right away or if I adjusted a bit after the first flyby but you get the idea that by knowing the rough quantity of light falling on one part of the scene, you can set it to render the other tones properly.
Third, gear was a pretty easy choice. I had a Canon 40D and a Canon 5D to choose from. The full-frame 5D is much better with high ISOs but since I knew I wanted a blur, this wasn't an issue (see below). The 40D offered me two advantages -- a little bit of effective extra reach because of the APS-C/1.6x sensor and much better autofocus capability. So, 40D it was. In terms of the lens, I knew I wanted my trusty 300 mm. I could have shot it by itself and then cropped but I prefer to try nail compositions in-camera. So, I added a 1.4x teleconverter, which would make the bird a bit larger in the frame. Since I would be standing around a lot waiting for birds to fly by and because I wanted to keep my horizon level, I chose to work from a tripod.
Fourth, what about camera settings? I decided that 1/10 of a second was going to be a good shutter speed for the blur/pan effect I wanted. I could have set my camera in shutter priority mode but then I would run the risk of having the camera meter differently as I panned across the scene, ruining the careful thought I had already put into how to meter the scene. I'm not one of those photographers who thinks manual mode is the only way to shoot, but it is the only mode that allows you to be in complete control of all variables affecting exposure, which was important for this shooting situation. So, I went to manual mode, set 1/10 of a second, and then set my other two variables (aperture and shutter speed) so that they brought the meter to underexpose by two stops or so when I pointed the lens at the shaded opposite riverbank (see the second point above). I first decided that ISO 100, my lowest choice with the 40D, would help to slow down the shutter speed and would also produce the least noise. After that, I simply stopped down the aperture until I obtained the exposure value that I wanted for 1/10 second at ISO 100. That aperture turned out to be f22. That might have given me cause for concern because it had the potential to bring the background too much into focus. Nonetheless, since I knew the background would be falling to black and because I knew the image would be a pan blur in any case, the large depth of field that f22 would give me would not harm the image. In fact, f22 gave me a bit more leeway in terms of nailing the focus (notice that even though the bird is a blur, the focus is indeed right on).
Fifth, I had to decide how to move my camera during the exposure and how to achieve focus. Again, even though the bird is a blur, you can see some sharpness to the wing and the shape of the bird. If the bird weren't in focus, the image would not have been successful. I set my camera in Servo mode for the autofocus and selected the AF point that I knew would be closest to where I wanted to position the bird in the frame. The other issue was how to pan the camera to keep the horizon level. To do this, I leveled my tripod as carefully as I could and then simply took a couple of practice swings, panning the camera across my target stretch of river and snapping off a couple of frames. This allowed me to confirm that my horizon was level and also to check that my exposure was on for the background.
Sixth, for the composition, I knew that I wanted a bird in the upper left third of the frame. This would give the bird visual room to move and would also allow some green streaks of reflected forest vegetation to appear across the bottom of the frame.
Seventh, with all of this done, it was time to actually try to take a picture! My strategy was as follows. Whenever I would see a bird start to fly upriver, I would swing my camera downstream and start to focus on the bird, bumping and releasing the focus as it flew toward me. Once it got parallel to me and was flying across my target field of view I would snap the shutter a few times until the bird was angled past and thus not in a good position anymore for a photo. I would pan along with the bird, matching its speed, and kind of continue on as I shot -- kind of like following through when swinging a golf club or baseball bat. Had I been shooting a faster shutter speed, I would have set my camera on burst/continuous shooting mode. With my slow shutter speed, however, it wasn't necessary. I just tripped the shutter each time I though the bird was in a good position and I had decent focus.
I don't remember how many images I shot but it certainly wasn't a one and done kind of deal. Any time you shoot action, you're going to shoot plenty of pictures in order to get that one winner. You'll increase your chances greatly, however, by putting some thought into your image beforehand and being prepared when the time comes!
I hope you've enjoyed this post and the thought process behind the image. Successful nature photography is all about previsualizing an image (even when shooting action or capturing a fleeting moment), analyzing the tradeoffs that your previsualized image entails, and then making choices. Hopefully this little article will give you some ideas for the next time that you're out in the field photographing.
If you have questions or comments, please leave them below, and I'll respond as soon as I can.


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For all of you that are tired of Winter, hang in there, the calendar says it's spring, but the weather outside has yet to realize this, like this morning, waking up to snow on the ground and -11C. Hang in there guys, a few more weeks and we'll be shedding winter coats, hats, mitts, ice scrapers, snow shovels and picking up rakes & hoes as we start to work on the curb appeal of our homes. With the way homes are marketed these days curb appeal is critical, a prospective buyer views your home online, then does a drive-by and then schedules a visit, if our home doesn't have a welcoming,homey feel to it, then prospective buyers could just drive on by. So take the time, clean, paint, move any garbage or debris to the back of the house, put out some colourful plants and say to those buyers come on in. Good luck with the spring selling season as I feel there will be alot of activity due to the fact everybodies been couped up all winter.
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