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Our vision is "to produce Christ-following disciples who will create churches and change worlds".
Our college life is fun, engaging, challenging and full of surprises. We offer several different courses so you have the right college fit for your calling. All of these will involve you being an active member of your local church, so attending weekend services, prayer meetings and getting involved in one or more areas of ministry to build your practical experience is necessary.
You'll also spend a lot of time studying God's word, great leadership books and other academic resources that will help you on your journey.
In addition to this, we hold multiple interstate camps per year which is where you'll get to meet your fellow students, speakers and so much more!
Not only that but as well as getting lots out of the academic aspects of the college, it's the place people tend to make those life long ministry friends. Some of the most fun and exciting experiences come from making memories on ministry adventures.
We do our best to help you make your college life balance with your family life, work life and personal life so that you can finish college and step into the life that God has called you to.
Congratulations! You have a very exciting time ahead of you. There is a few bits of paperwork you'll need to fill out plus a student handbook and some other goodies you'll want to read. To make it easy, we have got all of it on our website. You can download it here


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Biking Bees
Our next adventure is set to take place on May 20th. See the Facebook event here
Our Biking Bee Adventures take place throughout Auckland's many community gardens and city parks, which can be viewed on our interactive map.
They invite everyone of all ages to hop on their bikes and join us on a biking adventure where we explore bee friendly spaces around Auckland whilst learning how we can make our city safe for bees.
We explore the designs of the bee friendly spaces we visit and consider what can be done to make them even friendlier for bees.
We discuss the environmental factors and 'bee facilities' needed for bees and other pollinators to thrive. If we discover one of these bee friendly spaces is lacking in a bee facility, we will create it while we are there and leave them even bee friendlier than we found them.
Join us on our next biking adventure and learn how to design, create and improve the bee friendliness of Auckland's gardens whilst discovering what you can do in your own garden to help.
The first of our seasonal Biking Bees was facilitated by Julia Cardwell and was held in Spring on the 1st of October, 2016. The second and third instalments were facilitated by Ella Rose Shnapp and held on the 27th of May and the 23rd of September 2017 respectively. Greer Juul Rasmussen facilitated our Biking Bee OUT WEST in April 2018, in collaboration with EcoMatters Environment Trust.

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We need to display our characters on screen. Let's create a new component that we will connect to our store to pull the characters out. Create a file at
src/components/CharacterList.js. Put the following in it.
import React from 'react';
import { connect } from 'react-redux';
const CharacterList = ({ characters }) =>

{characters.map(c =>
const mapStateToProps = ({ characters }) => ({
export default connect(mapStateToProps)(CharacterList);
We import React and the connect function from react-redux. This function will allow us to designate what we want to pull out of state and then specify the component we want to pass those pieces of state to as props. Since we don't need any of the lifecycle methods, we define our component as a stateless function. Since props are passed as the first parameter to a stateless functional component, we destructure it to pull the characters out of it. Our characters list is just a simple unordered list.
We create a function called
mapStateToProps. This will be the first argument we pass to our connect function. The current state will be passed to this function. Our job is to define what we want to be sent into our component by returning an object with this data on it. In our function, we destructure the state to pull the characters out of it and then return an object that has these characters on it. This will ensure our characters are passed as props to our component as
Last thing we need to do is export our component, but we wrap it in a new component created by
connect. We invoke
connect twice. The first time, we pass it our
mapStateToProps. This returns a function that we then invoke again and pass it our component. Underneath the hood, it creates a parent component that manages the subscriptions to the store and passes the correct pieces of state down to our view component.
Now that we have our component, the only thing we need to do now is display it in our main app component. Make your
src/components/App.js look like below.
import React from 'react';
import CharacterList from './CharacterList';
const App = () =>

<CharacterList />
export default App;
Here we are bringing in our new component and displaying it on the page. Refresh the page, and you will be able to see our characters!
Now that we are displaying our characters, let's find out how to interact with them. In the next one, we will add click listeners to our character list that will dispatch an action.
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This factsheet covers propagating (by seed and by transplant) ginseng, which requires a period of stratification before germination.
As public parks and recreation facilities are increasingly positioned as health resources, greater demands for providing and using parks are expected. Park improvement projects with the stated purpose of encouraging activity need to be supported by data on the financial costs associated with making such improvements. This publication provide realistic and objective estimates of costs of providing park facilities that can increase physical activity.
This factsheet summarizes the benefits of fruit and vegetable gardening with children. It includes age-appropriate activities for childcare providers to engage young children using fresh produce from the garden for cooking and eating.
This document is presented to answer some commonly asked questions about repellents and mechanical devices that allegedly repel insects and ticks.
Black cohosh is a member of the Ranunculaceae family. It is a native medicinal plant found in rich woodlands from as far north as Maine and Ontario, south to Georgia, and west to Missouri and Indiana. In North Carolina it can be found at elevations up to 4,000 feet and is most common in the western part of the state. It is an herbaceous perennial reaching a mature height of over four feet tall and can grow 18 to 22 inches per month during the growing season.
This publication covers important information about cleaning household textiles after a flood.
This publication discusses growing and harvesting bloodroot, a spring wildflower used to produce natural red, orange, and pink dyes, in North Carolina. It can grow in full sun, but is more often found in semi-shaded, light-wooded areas with moist, acidic soil. The root, consisting of a thickened rhizome covered with fibrous roots, is known for its reddish-orange color.
This factsheet covers commercial goldenseal production in North Carolina, a highly valued medicinal herb which has been collected from the forests in North America for hundreds of years. The historical range for goldenseal in the United States was very broad, ranging from as far north as Vermont and Wisconsin, south to Alabama and Georgia, and west to Kansas. It can still be found growing in patches in moist, rich, hardwood forests in much of this area.
This publication discusses the environmental, economic, health, and community benefits that local food systems provide to communities.
This publication is a useful resource that shell egg producers can use to identify egg defects and possible factors contributing to egg quality issues. It also provides corrective measures for each defect so that producers can incorporate these solutions into their production systems.
This publication focuses on easy-to-grow, child-friendly, cool-season vegetables suitable for childcare center gardening. This is the fourth of eight publications about childcare center production gardens.
This publication describes how children cope with stress and summarizes practices that parents can use to help a child deal with stress.
Phytophthora leaf blight and root rot is a devastating disease which causes a leaf blight and root rot on ginseng. The disease is caused by a fungus, Phytophthora cactorum, which produces spores that are spread by wind, rain, splashing water, and surface water runoff. Root rot is the most serious form of the disease. Therefore, if foliar symptoms are present, preventing spread of the disease from foliage to roots is essential.
This publication focuses on developing fruit and vegetable production gardens in the Outdoor Learning Environment (OLE) of childcare centers. Included are basic garden design and layout to help childcare centers get started in year-round gardening activities. This is the second of eight publications about childcare center production gardens.
This publication focuses on easy-to-grow, child-friendly, warm-season fruits and vegetables suitable for childcare center gardening. This is the third of eight publications about childcare center production gardens.
This publication, part of the Farm to Food Bank Resource Guide, discusses the process of gleaning in North Carolina.
This checklist describes household conditions that can be hazardous to the elderly and recommends ways to improve home safety for older people.
This publication provides practical tips on how to promote health eating by incorporating fresh, local foods into nutrition education and cooking classes. Topics include getting started, knowing what's in season, and where to buy local foods.
Worms can turn food scraps into a soil amendment called vermicompost — worm castings — which increases plant growth and reduces attacks by plant diseases and pests. Vermicomposting is easy, involves little work and can be done indoors or outdoors. All you need is a container, bedding, worms and worm food.
This publication, part of the Farm to Food Bank Resource Guide, discusses food donations given directly to food banks and food pantries in North Carolina.
This publication discusses the pros and cons of mold testing in a home.
There are many different ways to buy local food, and this guide provides information that childcare centers and technical assistance providers can use to understand where to find local food, what to expect, and how to decide which local food source is right for different centers.
This publication includes simple recipes that childcare center cooks and educators can use to engage children in snacking and cooking with fresh warm-season fruits and vegetables from on-site production gardens and elsewhere. This is the fifth of eight publications about childcare center production gardens.
This publication provides information and success stories related to food banks, food pantries, food donation programs, and other resources for addressing food insecurity.
This publication, part of the Farm to Food Bank Resource Guide, discusses venison donation programs in North Carolina.
This publication lists some of the companies that supply medicinal herbs and botanicals by mail order in the United States.
A Farmers' Market Tour is a great way to introduce your program participants to an abundant source of local fruits and vegetables. It can also reinforce messaging about healthy eating and local foods. This guide was designed to be used as part of a regular series of nutrition education classes, such as SNAP-Ed, the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), Faithful Families Eating Smart and Moving More, or other community nutrition education programs.
This publication summarizes the findings of a research project aimed at understanding urban audiences, identifying barriers to engagement in wildlife-dependent recreation, and identifying strategies that the Service can implement to overcome these barriers.
This publication includes simple recipes that childcare center cooks and educators can use to engage children in snacking and cooking with fresh cool-season fruits and vegetables from on-site production gardens and elsewhere. This is the sixth of eight publications about childcare center production gardens.
This publication, part of the Farm to Food Bank Resource Guide, discusses using community and home gardens to supplement food for food banks and pantries in North Carolina.
This appendix is part of the Extension Gardener Handbook and gives users to the tools to implement a youth, community, or therapeutic garden.
This manual covers Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP), a food safety plan for schools to reduce the likelihood of foodborne illness by handling food safely from the time it is received until the time it is served.
Do you have sweetpotatoes that have been gleaned that you plan on using or donating? This resource provides storage information along with family friendly recipes and quick tips about preparation. Great resource for food pantries or anyone who might be receiving gleaned sweetpotatoes that haven't been cured.
This publication covers best freezing practices for a variety of fruits.
This publication offers safety tips and first aid procedures to prevent and treat heat stress disorders that may occur during clean-up after a hurricane or other disaster.
Gardens bring communities together. Not only are community gardens a good way to get more fresh fruits and vegetables in our diets, they also allow us to be active outdoors and build a strong community.
This publication helps parents protect young children from accidents and injuries in the home.
This publication, part of the Farm to Food Bank Resource Guide, discusses setting up a market or farm stand at a food pantry in North Carolina.
This publication, part of the Farm to Food Bank Resource Guide, discusses 4-H projects that raise and harvest chickens for local food pantries in North Carolina.
This publication offers a list of companies and nurseries that carry goldenseal seeds or plants for cultivation.
Maintaining good sanitation throughout production and handling of strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries is important. It is vital that growers and, in turn, their employees understand just how critical any food poisoning outbreak could be to their livelihoods. Pathogens harmful to humans can be transmitted by direct contact (infected employees or animals) or through contaminated water or soil. Once a fruit is infected, pathogens are difficult or impossible to remove. Only thorough cooking (or other similar treatment, such as pasteurization) will reliably neutralize pathogens. Fruits that are field-packed without washing have a higher likelihood of reaching consumers with field contamination. This document focuses on how to best reduce contamination.
This publication lists some of the companies that supply herb seeds and/or plants by mail order in the United States.
Right at your doorstep may be many of the answers to the social, educational, and health challenges faced by children, parents, and teachers in the United States. Tips for encouraging outdoor activities with children are included, along with strategies for setting a standard to be outdoors, care for the environment, and spend time with family.
This booklet will help you determine if you are at risk for osteoporosis, and will explain dietary changes that can decrease that risk.


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Fayette County
Traffic Report, week of Sept. 17
Work done between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., unless noted.
One approach lane at a time of Richmond Road will be blocked at St. Margaret Drive from through Friday, to install new traffic signals.
The right outbound lane of Harrodsburg Road will be blocked between Della Drive and Cheryl Lane Tuesday through Wednesday to replace a utility pole.
The right lane of West Maxwell Street will be blocked between Merino Street and South Broadway through Sept. 28, for utility work.
The northbound lane of North Mill Street will be blocked between West Second Street and Church Street on Wednesday, for crane work.
The westbound lane of Hollywood Drive will be blocked between Ashland Terrace and Sunset Drive on Tuesday, for sewer work.
One lane of Price Road will be blocked between Chiles Avenue and West Main Street through Thursday, for cable line repairs.
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5 Strategies to Build Confidence in Young Writers
5 Strategies to Build Confidence in Young Writers
Yes, I love teaching writing. Helping young writers build confidence is one of my teaching passions. However, it's not because I am an amazing writer. In fact, it is quite the opposite: writing is one of my biggest challenges.
Hi, my name is Whitney, I'm an elementary school teacher, and I am a struggling writer.
All through elementary school, junior high, high school, and even college, I struggled with crafting thoughtful and organized writing pieces. It wasn't until my teaching credential that I figured out how to put my thoughts together in an organized fashion.
I realized it wasn't that I couldn't write, I had never really learned how to write. I can't believe I went so far in my life without any formal writing support (yikes). Looking back, I wish I had learned at a young age how to purposefully structure my writing.
The challenges writing posed to me as a student ultimately helped shape my philosophy as a writing educator. My goal: to help young writers develop the skills necessary to be successful and confident writers of the future. Unlike my early writing experience, I want to prepare my students for any writing challenge. No matter what they are asked to write, and no matter the audience or purpose, I strive to equip them for writing success.
I developed 5 main strategies (and one bonus tip) that I use to improve student confidence in writing.
1. Focus on Making the Writing Process a Habit
When I first went into education, I was nervous about teaching writing to my students. I thought to myself, "if I can't write, how can I possibly teach my students to write?"
Enter: The Writing Process.
I noticed following specific steps helped even the most reluctant writers find success. That's when I knew that the process of writing is just as important as the writing itself. Whether writing a narrative story, an informative essay, or even a short reading response, students use the writing process to tackle writing challenge thoughtfully.
With practice, young writers get in the habit of practicing the phases of the writing process. Using this skill throughout genres and writing types, students gain confidence in their ability to tackle writing challenges. Using the writing process is one of the most important strategies to build confidence in young writers.
2. Build Writing Fluency and Endurance
Writing is a muscle: if it doesn't get used, it gets weaker and weaker. We need to exercise our writing muscles by practicing writing every day. Yep. Every day. Additionally, just like we need to build up muscle strength, we need to develop writing fluency and writing endurance. Both of these writing skills take practice and need regular exercise.
Building writing fluency can be fun and it is a skill we can start developing right away. This is a challenge for many students. Some want to write a draft perfectly from the start. They stop frequently because they can't spell a word, or try to edit their writing while drafting. I call this "Perfectionist Paralysis." We need to break these bad habits and get kids writing fluently without stopping.
One of my favorite ways to improve writing fluency is FreeWriting. During FreeWriting time, students are encouraged to write about whatever they want. The restrictions are they must write without stopping and let their minds wander. Spelling, grammar, and punctuation do not matter. They just write for a certain period of time (I start with 1 to 2 minutes at the beginning of the year and work up to 5-6 minutes toward the end). No erasing. Just writing. At first, it is difficult for many students. They are not used to the sensation of writing and writing quickly. Eventually, they start to love it and FreeWriting becomes many students' favorite writing warm-up activity.
Check out my Free Download, BUILD WRITING FLUENCY & ENDURANCE for a free mini-lesson on Freewriting.
Young writers need to learn to write quickly, but they also need to be able to write for an extended period of time without stopping. That is why we need to build writing endurance. This skill is practiced during FreeWriting. As I mentioned before, FreeWriting is writing without stopping (on a topic of student's choice) and letting their minds wander. As the year progresses and FreeWriting Time increases, and this allows students to build up their endurance.
To build endurance, students must continue writing without stopping for a longer period of time. By gradually increasing the Freewriting time, students learn to slowly build more writing endurance. By the end of the year, students often surprise themselves by finding they fill up an entire page during a FreeWriting session.
Looking to help your students build their writing fluency and endurance? I created a freebie mini lesson and resources to help you get started with Freewriting in your classroom. CLICK HERE to download your own copy of BUILD WRITING FLUENCY & ENDURANCE.
3. Deliver Mini Lessons that Build Writing Skills
I try to move away from placing so much emphasis on spelling and grammar (through isolated worksheets), and instead, use mini writing lessons to focus on a specific writing skill.
Some examples of mini-lessons for writing skills might include: adding transitions, building strong sentences, writing engaging leads, using powerful verbs, and eliminating dead words. Each of these lessons can be embedded in a writing unit and put into action authentically.
When students learn skills during mini-writing lessons and then apply them to their own writing, I find students begin to use them organically. Young writers often notice that their writing is improving and sounds more "professional.". These small skills have a lasting impact on writing outcomes.
4. Provide Scaffolded and Modeled Instruction
When I first started teaching writing, I have to admit, I would sometimes ask the students to write a paragraph or even an essay on a subject and then just let them go free.
No modeling.
No graphic organizers.
No support.
Basically, I was throwing many of my students into a writing ocean where they were sure to drown. Yikes! I was setting my students up for the same writing failure that I endured. Quickly, I learned that students need support (in the form of graphic organizers), and modeled instruction when it comes to writing.
Scaffolded Writing Instruction
I quickly realized that if I wanted my students to engage in the prewriting phase of the writing process, I needed to set them up for success. I began developing graphic organizers related to our writing topics. These tools not only helped students to organize their thoughts and writing, but it also allowed them to visually see the structure of the overall writing piece.
Suddenly, I noticed a huge improvement in writing organization. They were actually prewriting and planning their writing and boy did it totally change the quality! Additionally, students feel less overwhelmed by the task when it is broken up into manageable chunks. Even my struggling writers put information together in a more organized fashion.
Modeled Writing Instruction
However, it is not enough to throw graphic organizers at students and tell them to go for it. They need to observe modeled instruction. First, I choose a part of the graphic organizer to fill-in. Next, I model what the process looks like.
This step-by-step modeling requires a lot of think-aloud, asking for student help, and actually going through the whole motion of writing it down. I then give students time to work on their own graphic organizers independently. I leave up my sample as a reference. Initially, I let students who require extra support copy down what I have written. Students who are more capable can use my example as a reference and adapt it for their own writing.
With more practice, their ability to use the organizer improves, and soon they fill in the graphic organizers independently.
5. Analyze Exemplar Samples and Mentor Texts
Students need quality writing examples. Have you ever noticed that some of your strongest readers are also some of your strongest writers? This is because they tend to read more and get exposure to a variety of quality writing. The more students read, the more they understand when a piece of writing sounds right or when it sounds "off." Students should take the time to analyze mentor texts and exemplar writing samples. This allows them to understand teacher expectations.
Mentor Texts
I use Mentor Texts before starting a new writing type. For instance, before beginning an informative writing piece, my students look in a science or social studies textbook (or an article online). We use the text to analyze the features as a class. We discuss features that are specific to this style of writing. For non-fiction, we look at headings, subheadings, facts, formal language, introduction to a topic, main ideas, supporting details, sentence structure, and images with captions. Students must take the time to discover what makes a piece of writing unique. This helps them understand the structure of the writing style for them to emulate.
Writing Exemplars
In addition to analyzing a mentor text, I also like analyzing exemplar writing samples related to the writing task. This could either be writing by a student or a teacher-created model. Providing students with specific examples of what they will write helps them form ideas and reduces writing anxiety. Increasing understanding and decreasing uncertainty lead to more confidence.
BONUS Tip: Encourage Peer Collaboration
Okay, I wanted to stop at five, but I have one more bonus strategy. Use peer collaboration to help build writing confidence. Peers have a huge impact on student behaviors. We can use this to our advantage by allowing them to have a significant impact on student writing. Peers offer ideas, motivation, and support when it comes to writing.
Generate Ideas
Before beginning a writing activity, I like to have kids partner share ideas they have about the topic. This is a huge part of the prewriting phase. It allows students to verbally construct thoughts as well as spark ideas in other young writers. This helps all students to feel successful as they begin brainstorming and outlining.
When student writing is shared with peers, motivation to try harder increases. Thus, an audience of peers encourages students to put more effort into assignments.
I think support is an important aspect of using peer collaboration in writing. Peers help to support each other in a couple ways. First of all, when students read each other's writing, it exposes them to a variety of sample texts. Struggling writers get to see exemplary writing models and strong writers get to support struggling writers with revising and improving their work. Because of this, I love peer editing and revision. When taught how to revise another student's work effectively, peer revision and collaboration can play a significant role in student writing growth and confidence.
I find that by incorporating these writing strategies into my writing program, my students feel encouraged to take more ownership of their writing, have a clear picture of teacher expectations, and exude more confidence with writing challenges.
Some of my best testimonials are from past students. I love when students come back to tell me that writing is now easy for them. Yes, I have had students use the exact phrase, "writing is now easy!!" When a student tells me that she likes writing or writing is easy, my heart flutters. That is music to my ears! When young writers feel confident in their abilities, I have reached one of my greatest goals as a teacher! Success!
Let me know if you use any of these strategies or if you have any other strategies that you use to increase confidence in your young writers.
Happy Writing,
The Primary Professor
About the Author
I'm Whitney Ebert, founder of ElementaryWritingCoach.com. As you may have guessed, teaching young authors to develop their craft and feel confident in their writing skills is kind of my thing. I have 10+ years teaching experience in elementary education, and I've taught every grade level from kindergarten to sixth grade (except first).
My teaching passions include interest-based learning, creative technology, project based learning, and building confident writers. Additionally, I have my M.S. in Instructional Media, so I frequently incorporate digital flare into projects and writing assignments.
I live in a sunny beach town with my husband, son, and baby girl. When I'm not teaching, blogging, or designing new lesson plans, you can find me at the beach with the family.


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In 2011 Olimpia Splendid launched the ECOGREEN project.
The environmental impact of our products and processes has become a key design concept that accompanies every phase of a product's life cycle: from the phase of design, to selection of materials and disposal of materials at end of life.
During the design phase we select technologies and materials that ensure maximum energy efficiency and minimum environmental impact during the disposal phase. For each product, from geothermal systems to bathroom fan heaters, we always include an ECO function mode to combine maximum energy saving with maximum comfort.
We test and apply innovative technology that allows us to utilize the sources of renewable energy present in the environment. The inverter controlled electric motors installed on our units enable speed adjustments that bring savings of up to 30% compared to traditional technology. Our range of electric heat pumps make it possible to air condition buildings using the energy present in the air as a renewable source. They provide heating, air conditioning and domestic hot water with zero CO2 emissions using 75% renewable, clean, free energy.
Our range of geothermal heat pumps make it possible to use the heat absorbed by the ground or by underground water to air condition and heat buildings, using 80% renewable energy. Our studies on low temperature system terminals, series Bi2+, enable consumption reduction up to 10%, whilst maintaining excellent comfort levels and high response capacity.
In collaboration with designers and architecture firms we focus on the "aesthetic pollution" that is often caused by comfort appliances. We work with designers to blend our machine into the architecture, we work to make our units unobtrusive and minimize their aesthetic impact on exteriors. We strive to achieve sleek, clean designs. These efforts have given life to products such as UNICO®, which have saved our cities from the ugliness of hundreds of thousands of fan motors defacing building fronts. They have also created Bi2® the first fan radiator with a design that blends in perfectly with interior architecture projects.
Olimpia Splendid is the first supporter and founding member of RIDOMUS waste disposal consortium. The consortium handles products at the end of their life cycle, recycling all usable materials and disposing of the rest, minimizing impact on the environment.


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Artist Spotlight: Stephanie Metz
Natalie Menacho
The surreal quality of Stephanie Metz's work is mesmerizing. Her ability to capture the female form in her Figurative Studies series invites us to experience a side of felting that goes well beyond the cute little creatures we are oh so used to seeing in the felting world. Her work has a rare sense of humanity and depth that inspires us to push on and broaden our felting subjects. She created her series Overbred Creatures "to prompt a dialog on the responsibility people have to the biological world."
Well she certainly has our attention! Keep up the excellent work Stephanie! We look forward to seeing your sculptures in person one day!
Artist Spotlight: Stephanie Carswell
Natalie Menacho
Brammble loves the work of Stephanie Carswell! Stephanie is a well-known fiber artist located in Dorset, England. Her sculptures are reminiscent of brilliant taxidermy… but without the guilt! The way she subtly exaggerates the features of the animals she depicts creates a unique and enjoyable style all her own. We love it!
Want to try your hand at some of Stephanie's designs? Check out her kits over at Hawthorne Handmade.
Stephanie also runs and curates Hawthorne Contemporary Craft Gallery. We'll have to check it out next time we're across the pond! It looks like a really cool place!


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The Space Ladies Are Back!
After a long interstellar journey, the sexy, sassy, and sultry inhabitants of Planet Elvis are back on Earth to celebrate the glory that is Elvis Presley!
See them at the Mercury Room as they reprise their critically-acclaimed production from Fringe 2013 - Space Ladies from Planet Elvis - featuring new acts and some special guests!
3 nights only - see them before their rocket ship blasts off!


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The Piggy Education Hour | Mini Pig Pet Education
It is more important to understand the psychology & habits of your pet. Here we provide one hour class for the owners of piggies. Join now & learn more.
Understanding basic and training requirements of piggies and the psychology and behavior of pigs is critically important to having the best pet ever! All new owners of piggies will receive a one hour class on numerous topics. It is best to prepare for this class by reading the articles posted on this website and purchasing the recommended books. Any and all piggy questions will be answered during this session.
The following topics will be discussed during the class and supplemented with detailed written literature:
- Basic Training
- Continue to Litter Box Train your Piggy at home
- Harness and Lead Training:
- How to Begin Harness Training
- Once you get the Harness on your Pig
- Socialization and Trust
- Piggy Psychology and techniques to ensure a well behaved piggy
- Importance of trick training
- Importance of harness training
- Prevention of Spoiled Pig Syndrome
- The Rooting Behavior
- Common Mistakes of new Owners (and how to prevent them!)
and More!
New owners need to arrive wearing suitable shoes since we will walk through a field to view the parents of your new piggy. There are no surprises here! We will point out how you can tell our piggy parents are full grown (growth plates close when piggies turn 3 1/2 years old) and point out the parents of your new piggy.


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If you are trying to save money on vet bills, we have products to treat your animal's wounds, infections or parasitism.
Keep your dog free from internal parasites.
Keep your kitten or cat free of worms.
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I have just been to the termly meeting for Anglican Chaplains in London. This group now regularly includes our Jewish, Hindu and Muslim colleagues in HE Chaplaincy, as well as partners from other Christian denominations.
The key note speaker was Prof Arthur James from Birmingham University. He presented research from interviews with children and young people about thier views of morality and character. It is a project very much inspired by virtue ethics. This is the idea that ethical decisions are made because of virtuous habits practised over time that shape who we are and the character we develop. Viture ethics are great in drawing attention to the daily decisions that we make that help to shape the direction and nature of our lives. However, it is not always clear that virtue alone can shape our decisions about what we think important. Could we not work with discipline, committment, and careful attention to causes that are trivial, destructive or criminal?
I guess this is where virtues need to be practised or 'formed' by a community where common aims and values can be stated and challenged.
On on this point Sam Wells's in his 'Improvisation-the Drama of Christian Ethics' explores the formation of character that comes from participating in a worshipping Christian community. This formation process can only work well, I think, if there is some explicit connection made between the actions in worship and the actions in daily life. For example, 'sharing the peace' – the handshake of reconciliation shared in the service needs to be practised consistently in struggles of office politics as well as at those difficult times with friends, familyor neighbours. Ritual life and daily life need each other.


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Dune bashing (Adventure drive in Desert),Camel Ride, Henna painting, Buffet Dinner, Arabic Dress photography, Unlimited Water, Tea, Soft drinks, Sand Boarding, TANURA SHOW / FIRE SHOW / Live SHOW
Dune bashing (Adventure drive in Desert),Camel Ride, Dinner Buffet, Henna painting, Arabic Dress photography, Unlimited water, tea, coffee, SOFT DRINKS, SAND BOARDING, TANURA SHOW / FIRE SHOW / Live SHOW
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This week I had the pleasure of attending the inaugural Renaissance conference in San Francisco. I decided to go because, like the rest of the people there, I make apps.
All of us know that there is a lot that goes into making an app. First, there's the idea. What is the job that your app will be hired to do? Then there's design. What will your app look like? How will it work? And then finally, there's code, the part that makes your app do what you want it to do. The great thing about Renaissance is how it addressed everything that goes into making an app. There are lots of excellent conferences like WWDC that intensely focus on teaching developers how to leverage the powerful frameworks that allow us to build amazing apps. But this was the first conference I've been to that kept a higher level view that explained more of the what and the why than the how.
The creative process is a big part of making an app. Renaissance did a great job of setting the stage for a discussion around creativity with a talk by Brenda Chapman, the creator of Brave at Pixar. Brenda's talk was great and was followed by an equally impressive talk by Phil Letourneau on Animating Your App To Life. Animation is something that really enhances the experience in an app and Phil did a great job of explaining some lessons we can learn from Disney when it comes to designing the animations in our apps. Mark Pospesel then explained some strategies that developers can use to make their animations seem more real. The entire talk contained only a single line of code, but was extremely valuable for anyone trying to create engaging animations in their apps.
Those talks really set the standard for the entire conference. They were followed by great talks about the importance of type and copy, which is the true content of your application. Bluetooth Low Energy was a high profile technology at Renaissance, featuring several talks and a half-day lab where attendees could try out some of the technology being worked on by the presenters and ask questions about building apps that take advantage of CoreBluetooth and integrate with BLE devices. Not to be left out was Audio, which is one of the least often considered elements of a great app. It was great to see several great presentations about that there as well.
The business side of making apps was well covered. There were a nice variety of successful game developers (who shared some of their secrets for success), business leaders, and solo indie developers there at the conference giving presentations and talking to attendees. Enterprise app development is a huge market and was well represented at the conference. Members of the teams from Push.io and Parse gave great talks on supporting enterprise development through powerful backend services, and Brent Simmons shared some of his experience with NewsGator and Glassboard - his new enterprise collaboration iPhone app.
One of the recent trends in iOS app development has been a focus on quality. I was happy to see a lot of developers talking about this at the conference, and happy to see several great talks about the topic. One of the best points to come out of the first talk was that we should be testing to build better apps, not just testing to build bug free apps. One way to do this is to automate the testing on your apps, and Jim Puls from Square gave a great talk about KIF - a framework designed to do just that. I had the chance to talk to Jim a lot about KIF and I feel really good about using it as the basis for fully automated regression testing now. I'm looking forward to writing more about that in the coming weeks.
One of my favorite quotes from Steve Jobs is "Design is how it works". While developers still outnumbered designers at Renaissance, design was a major focus of the conference and almost the entire last day was devoted to it. One of the most insightful talks was by Justin Maxwell on the concept of Path Dependence. His point, if I can attempt to convey it, was that it isn't skeumorphism that people are against. What frustrates users is when designers produce a UI that is divergent from what the expectations on the spectrum of experience and functionality are. In the 90's, a UI for a sound mixer that matched a real life sound mixer made a lot of sense, because that's what users of the application would understand and expect since they were coming from a real-life sound mixer. That expectation isn't the same for something like a podcasting app, where there is no real-life path dependence to influence a user's expectation. His talk was fascinating and if the videos come out I definitely recommend checking it out. Finally, the atmosphere at Renaissance was really good.
I enjoyed the single track conference format, and I got to meet a lot of wonderful people before, during, and after the conference. Everything about it was very worthwhile. The venue was well chosen, in part because it gave the opportunity for exercise every morning, but also for being open and close to downtown San Francisco. I would definitely recommend going to anyone considering it next year.
Thank you very much to Tim Burks and Bill Dudney for organizing the conference, and to everyone else who came for making it a wonderful experience.


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Halloween 2012
I'm posting this year's story a little early because I hope it will encourage anyone who likes weird stuff to read this time of the year to go to Amazon and buy my short story collection. Titled SCARY STORIES FOR HALLOWEEN, it should go live by Tuesday, the 2nd of October. Through the years, I've always written a Halloween short story for my children and their friends, and I've collected enough of them to form a book (175 pages). Some stories didn't get included, because they were for a young crowd, but the majority have been written in recent years. Hope you enjoy this one! It was inspired by a true event, believe it or not.
The Beginning of the End
© Tracy Dunham 2012
"What the hell was that?" The fisherman, Harry, cut the line, throwing the ugly fish back into the river. "I've never seen the like." He wiped the knife he'd used to cut the line and stuck it back into his pocket.
The day had begun at 5 a.m. as a perfect one for fishing, a bit cool and misty, with warm water, lots of shade, and plenty of quiet. But he and his fishing buddy hadn't caught so much as algae all morning.
"Looked to me like a cross between a snake and a crocodile." His friend, Matt, frowned, leaning over the railings on the bridge to stare into the water.
"You've never seen a croc, so don't go talkin' like an idiot." Reeling in the rest of the line, the fisherman stuffed his bait jar in the basket at his feet. "I'm done. Ain't nothin' gonna bite now, not with that sucker down there."
The late morning sun had shifted and now beat down on the river, where salt water meshed with the downflowing fresh. Both men leaned over farther and glared at the water.
"It's still there, swimming in circles. Maybe we should catch it again, show it to somebody."
"It's still there, swimming in circles. Maybe we should catch it again, show it to somebody."
"Nasty thing, I don't think so." The first fisherman, Harry, pulled out his phone. "I'll call that fish man. The one who's down here all the time looking for whatever he's looking for. Fancy professor, isn't he? Had me put his phone number in my contacts list. That's the guy, Winters." He pushed "send."
Josh Winters checked his cell phone. The number wasn't familiar, but he'd given his card to just about every fisherman from the mouth of the James River, along the Appomattox and the Mattaponi and as far north as he could get and stay within his purview. He answered, not expecting anything earthshattering.
"Hello, Doc? You said to call if we saw something weird in the water, and we did."
The fisherman laid out the macabre fish story, describing the sharp, long teeth, the scales that looked like stones, and a body at least three feet long. "And it's just swimming around in big circles, like it's stuck here. Usually when I set a fish free, it skedaddles. Something you want to see, Doc?"
"You bet I do. Where are you?" Winters waited while Harry gave him directions.
"I can be there in thirty minutes. Keep an eye on it, and take a picture with your cell phone, if you can." If the scales weren't really scales, but scutes, or bony plates, it could be a sub-species of sturgeon. But the teeth didn't fit. Not a bit. He got more excited.
"I can be there in thirty minutes. Keep an eye on it, and take a picture with your cell phone, if you can." If the scales weren't really scales, but scutes, or bony plates, it could be a sub-species of sturgeon. But the teeth didn't fit. Not a bit. He got more excited.
Josh left a note for his wife on the kitchen counter and jumped in the car. It probably wasn't anything, but he couldn't afford to ignore any tips. He'd been yelling loud and clear for a year that the massive climate changes worldwide were capable of creating new species but so far, he hadn't been able to prove it. All the signs pointed to big, big changes in evolution, but the first steps hadn't been found, not yet. He was determined to be the scientist who discovered them, and he knew, just knew, they'd come from the water.
Driving to the old bridge across the river, he thought about what he'd see, hoping it was a different species, something not yet discovered. Sturgeon, it was believed, had cross-bred with other species, producing hybrids. If this was a hybrid sturgeon and it had come from a different genera, he might have something to show for all his research. Trying to tamp down his excitement, he recited every reason why an ordinary fisherman wouldn't have discovered proof of evolution. No primordial soup. No special spot with the exactly correct breeding ground. No extraordinary weather over the past month or so, nothing but the suffocating heat that had become a summer constant. Finally, it seemed as if the heat had broken.
When he got to the bridge, he found the gray-haired, grizzled men sitting on overturned buckets on the edge of the crumbling concrete span, smoking. Josh recognized them from prior conversations, and threw them a wave before he leaned in to the glove box to pull out his camera. These guys had been fishing this spot for years, he remembered.
The men stood as he approached. Their frowns didn't worry him.
"Doc, it's still down there. Me and Harry, we ain't seen nothin' like it, not in all our years fishing this bridge. You said to call."
"Matt, right? Thanks for the call, Harry. So let's take a look." He shook hands before leaning over the edge of the bridge and pulling out his binoculars. The scientist aimed them where Harry and Matt were pointing.
At first, all he saw were rocks and algae. Then there was a gray flash and something moving so quickly, he almost missed it. Checking it out more closely, Josh finally got an eyeful. Letting out a long whistle, he pounded the concrete balustrade.
"Thank you, boys. This is really cool. Keep watching it, will you, while I get my wet gear from the car."
Josh could barely contain his excitement. The fish resembled a sturgeon in size, although a bit small but then again, it could be young and not reached its full growth yet, and it had teeth, which was definitely outside the box. Besides which, sturgeon were unknown in this river. If he could get closer, he'd collect more pictures, and then if he was really lucky, he could net it, tag it, attach a transponder, and release it, so he could follow its progress. Throwing on his wet suit, flippers, and snorkeling gear, he waded into the river. The two old men leaned over the railing, watching him.
The shallow water gave way quickly to pretty deep, then deeper. Swimming slowly, he aimed his waterproof camera forward, trying to keep his movements to a minimum. The fish didn't seem too impressed with him, much to his surprise. Its circles stayed constant, and the fish's mouth opened as if getting ready to scoop up some krill, just like a whale or a bottom-feeding sturgeon. Only sturgeon possessed no teeth, and this one had a mouth full. Filming constantly, Josh willed another one of the unusual species to show up. The behavior fit perfectly into a mating pattern, and this part of the river was warm enough to lay eggs. If he could collect a male and female after observing their mating, he'd do a jig on a tightrope.
Suddenly, the fish swiveled and stared at Josh for half a second before charging at him.
"Whoa!" Letting the camera swing from the lanyard around his neck, Josh backpedalled as fast as he could. He didn't want to interfere with the fish, but those were a nasty set of teeth on that sucker.
He splashed like crazy, expecting the fish to back off and run.
It didn't. Something bumped his thigh, and he felt a pinch. Thank God for the wet suit, because he really didn't relish getting chomped by this whatever-it-was.
"Hey guys!" Josh yelled up to the fisherman, leaning over and staring with the mouths wide open. "Throw some rocks, or something, from up there. Gotta get him off me without killing him."
Hitting the shallows faster than he expected, Josh stumbled backwards and fell flat on his back. At that instant, the fish grabbed onto his flipper and tugged. What the hell? He thought this couldn't be happening. This wasn't some crazy old catfish with a death wish. This son of a bitch was one mean mother, and it clearly didn't matter that Josh was five times his size. Scrambling backwards, he dragged the fish, still chewing on his flipper, out of the water as the fishermen showered gravel and small stones on him and the fish.
Undeterred, the fish clung to his flipper with his jaw locked like a vise. For the first time, Josh was less worried about hurting the creature than he was with getting away from it altogether. He'd never seen such an ugly mother. The scales definitely looked like concrete, and the eyes, boy howdy, those eyes were downright malevolent. And talk about being a fighter – if anyone was going to back down, it was Josh.
Dragging his ass up the embankment, Josh expected the fish to release his death grip on the flipper, but no such luck. It not only held on until it was no longer breathing water, but it squiggled and bucked to make sure it kept its grip on Josh.
"What you want us to do, Doc?" Harry called down from the bridge as Josh cursed and tried to get the flipper off his foot, so he could throw the fish, still locked onto it, back into the water.
"Nothing, thanks," Josh shouted, trying to shove the loose flipper backwards, thus moving the fish into the water before it croaked. If he killed it, he'd never forgive himself. This new species, and he was almost sure it was one, was acting like no other fresh water fish he'd ever studied, except the snakehead.
The snakeheads, an import from China that had destroyed eco systems before it was controlled, and not well at that, was well known by now. This sturgeon on steroids was nothing like the snakehead, of that much he was sure, except for the teeth and the aggressiveness. There was no long dorsal fin, for one thing, and this fish had a narrow mouth, not the wide mouth of the snakehead.
It struck him like a boulder – could a sturgeon have mated with a snakehead? Was this a new predator with the teeth of the snakehead and possibly the size and longevity of a sturgeon? This was all they needed, a stur-snake fish who lived a hundred years or more like the sturgeon with the colossal breeding capacity of a snakehead.
He needed help, and he needed it fast. If he could only get the damned fish back in the water, he'd call for backup. Grad students with nets, other colleagues who'd want to get a look at the monster before anyone else. He was making a list in his head of who to call when he realized that the fish hadn't released the flipper and was on the bank of the river, in the dirt, and still moving. In fact, it was shaking the flipper like a rat terrier would a prey, even though he'd slipped his foot out of the fake fin. Backing up, he watched with awe as the fish, a cold gray color with black eyes, wiggled its way towards him, flipper still in its mouth.
Pausing for a second, the fish seemed to be weighing its options. Josh would swear he could see the shift in thought in its eyes as it realized the flipper wasn't still attached to Josh, and he was getting away. With an audible click, the stur-snake opened its jaws, shook the flipper free, and twisting like a snake, slid faster than any reptile Josh had ever seen.
"Sheesh!" Turning, Josh ran for his car, the fish close behind. If he hadn't known it wasn't possible, he'd have sworn the fish was snapping at his heels. "Guys, anyone have a net?" he yelled to the fishermen still on the bridge.
"Not big enough for that mother!" Harry shouted back. "Got me a filet knife, want me to throw it down?"
Josh noticed the fishermen weren't eager to join him on the riverbank. "Sure, toss it." Josh turned and ran for his car, parked beside the riverside drive.
The thin, sharp bladed knife landed at his side, and as he paused to pick it up, he almost fell over. The damned creature was gaining on him. He didn't want to kill the fish, but it was obvious he'd never get close enough, not without heavy-duty gloves, to grab it and throw it back into the water. Surely it couldn't breathe air, or had it inherited the snakehead's capacity to breathe in oxygen, as well? He didn't want to think about the possibility.
Surely when the fish realized it was on a suicide mission, it would retreat. Jumping onto the hood of his Jeep, Josh jerked off his snorkeling equipment and waited for the fish to turn back. It didn't.
Nothing was safe from this enraged predator, not even the Jeep's tires. The fish lunged, snapping at the front right tire, just under where Josh sat.
Josh had had enough. He needed to study this specimen in detail. To hell with studying it in its new habitat. Either it was on crystal meth or something was seriously wrong in its brain, something that evolution wasn't handling in survival mode. Grasping the filet knife, Josh leaned over and stabbed at the back of the creature's head, just exactly where he should have been able to kill it instantly.
Evidently the stur-snake had an anatomy that wasn't aware it was supposed to be vulnerable. Glancing off the shutes, the knife blade got caught in something else. Jerking back his hand, Josh watched in amazement as the fish turned its head and without another glance at Josh, tugged at the blade with its teeth, dislodging it. That was it. Josh had had it with the sucker.
Clambering from the hood, he edged into the jeep via the passenger side window. Once inside, he considered what to do next. He couldn't leave this air-breathing monster free to attack innocent people and animals. If there were any fish left in the old fishing hole, it would be a miracle. The thing was a killing machine, he was sure of it.
His only option wasn't his first choice, but it was the only one that made sense. Starting the engine, he backed up until he could see the fish, staring at the vehicle as if he would jump on it and shake it between those killer jaws. He increased pressure on the accelerator, trying to fake out the fish. When he thought he was close enough, he floored it.
He never felt a tell-tale bump. How could he have missed it? Braking, he peered out the window, expecting to see squashed fish.
Instead, the creature had turned in the road to face him and was rising up on its back fin, much like a cobra preparing to strike. Josh couldn't believe it.
Grabbing his cell, he dialed 911. This called for the cavalry, and grad students with nets weren't going to cut it. Instead of worrying that he'd sound like a nut job, he laid out the problem to the 911 dispatcher, assuring her of his credentials and that animal control and several armed officers were the only solution to the attack fish even then wiggling towards his Jeep.
To her credit, the dispatcher didn't laugh or talk to him as if she were calling the men with the white jackets to pick him up. While he waited for reinforcements, Josh picked up his underwater camera and started it up again. No one would believe him, and even if they saw the video they'd probably think he's manufactured it, but he would know the video didn't lie. Filming every move the fish made as it stalked his car, he didn't hear the fishermen from the bridge yelling and screaming.
By the time he noticed, the two men were dangling in the air in the claws of a huge bird with a long, pointed beak and feathers a color he'd never seen before. With one man in each claw, the bird swooped low over the Jeep and released them. Cringing, Josh began to shake as the fabric top to the Jeep ripped and both men, bloody and screaming, plunged inside.
"What the f . . . ?" Josh shouted as the two men howled and threw blood all over him as they thrashed about. "What was that? Are you guys okay?"
Josh estimated the men, together, weighed close to four hundred pounds. What kind of bird picked up two men and threw them where it wanted them to go?
They never stopped screaming long enough to answer him. Forcing Harry's hands from his face, Josh saw that his eyes had been pecked out. Bloody holes wept blood and Josh almost retched right there.
But he had to think. Had to figure out what was going on. It wasn't possible, his over-educated brain was telling him. No way in the world.
Fighting the men aside, Josh poked his head out of the rent canvas top and watched the bird circling like a buzzard overhead. He wasn't an ornithologist by a long shot, but he'd seen enough pictures of pterodactyls to know those babies were kin, if they weren't the real thing themselves. How could that be? He wondered. Pterodactyls were as ancient as the origins of the sturgeon and snakehead. Everything pointed to the bird being a pterodactyl, and he was just crazy enough to believe it was a close relative if it wasn't the real thing.
While Josh was busy recording the encircling bird, he didn't notice the fish crawling inside his engine compartment. From there, it wound its way through a hole in the firewall, which it conveniently enlarged with its huge front teeth. While it rested in the insulation barrier, it laid about 15,000 eggs. That done, it gnawed its way inside the passenger compartment and found its prey. The one who had annoyed it the most stood on a seat, his head and arms raised skyward, with an object held aloft. Two other annoying objects lay on a seat, moaning and emitting the most delicious scent.
Mouth open, the fish, which thought of itself as the master of its universe, chose the juiciest target and attacked.
By the time the fish was satiated, there was plenty left for the bird, which perched on the Jeep's roll bar and had a filling meal.
Not far from the spot beside the fishing hole on the river, a lizard awoke from a nap and knew it was time. The ground shook as it took its first steps, leafs shook free from trees, and small animals ran to ground. Even they knew they'd never be fast enough.
The time had come to return the earth to the way it had once been. The good old days were here again.
This time, man wasn't in ascendency. Josh and the fishermen were just the first two sources of real food that would help the young ones survive.


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What can I do on farm to earn a carbon credit?
We've listed the following 5 most popular methods farmers can use.
- Planting native trees and shrubs (Native Forest)
- Reducing nitrous oxide emissions from irrigated cotton
- Storing carbon in your soils
- Managing stock to allow native forest to grow
- Beef Herd Improvement – Earn a Carbon Credit by reducing methane in your Cattle Herd
1. Earn a carbon credit by planting native trees and shrubs (Native Forest).
This method rewards those who are willing to plant trees and receive payments for the carbon stored in the trees/shrubs.
It is highly suited to GROUPS, or a Farmer wishing to establish tree plots for Shade/Shelter etc.
The reason it suits Groups (eg. Landcare groups) is because you can get economies of scale on the buying/planting of the trees.
Environmental Plantings Method
Environmental planting sequestration projects involve establishing forests of native tree species on cleared land. Establishing environmental plantings increases the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by sequestering (absorbing and storing) the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2), as carbon, in the trees and tree debris.
How it Works
This method involves the establishment of a permanent planting of tree species that are native to the local area. YOU must PLANT the Trees/shrubs.
These plantings must:
- have the potential to attain a crown cover of at least 20 per cent across the area of land and a height of at least two metres on that land
- be established by either direct seeding or planting, and
In the five years prior to the project's establishment, the project land must:
- have been non-forested
- have been used for grazing, pasture management, cropping, nature conservation or settlement, or no use, and
- not had woody plants removed, other than known weed species that were required to be removed by law.
- Plants cannot be removed for use as fencing.
- Livestock cannot be grazed in the project area for three years following the establishment of planting, or at any other time if this would prevent the growth of trees.
- Sequestration is calculated using a calculator supplied by the Government.
For more information get in contact with us.
2. Earn carbon credits by reducing nitrous oxide emissions from irrigated cotton.
Nitrogen Fertiliser releases a potent 'greenhouse gas' when applied (nitrous oxide). Reducing this release helps the Government meet its emissions reduction target and the Government is willing to pay Farmers to do this.
This method is available ONLY to Irrigated Cotton producers.
Activities Allowed
To earn a 'carbon credit' an Irrigated Cotton Farmer needs to change their fertilizer regime. While maintaining yield. To do this they can:
- Reduce synthetic nitrogen fertilizer rates,
- OR change timing /rate/application method
- OR They may add an organic alternative
- OR Other methods toimprove nitrogen fertilizer efficiency.
If you have other ideas on reduction of nitrous oxide, you are certainly able to implement these, so long as you can show a reduction in nitrous oxide.
How It Works
After your 'new' application rates are audited, the amount of Nitrous oxide reductions are calculated. The difference between your 'historic' emissions from nitrogen fertilizer and the 'new' level of emissions becomes your emissions reduction and can be converted to a 'carbon credit'
- You need to have records of past N application rates
- Keep records of the changed management activity
- Be audited.
3. Earning a carbon credit by storing carbon in your soils.
A Farmer's Guide to the Soil Carbon Methodology
Measurement-Based Methodology for Sequestering Carbon in Soils in Grazing Systems (V2.4)
It took CFA and others many years to bring a Soil Carbon Method to life – many said it would never be done.
Yet, its here. We can participate. We can earn a Carbon Credit to improve our soils carbon levels.
Some aspects are complex and its still expensive to do the soil testing required – but over time things are changing and innovations are happening.
What follows is the Plain English explanation of the "Measurement-Based Methodology for Sequestering Carbon in Soils in Grazing Systems" Soon one which includes cropping could be available.
We cannot afford to forget that the Soil is the Largest Carbon Sink over which we have control, and ONLY farmers can improve soil carbon on a large scale. Soil carbon sequestration has the potential to help the planet regain its balance and help the landscape regain its health. It is essential for both food security and climate security.
It remains at the forefront of what Carbon Farmers of Australia is passionate about.
This method applies to:
- soil carbon sequestration projects (drawing down carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in soil and vegetation)
- grazing systems (there will be a varied method for cropping enterprises)
- relies upon direct measurement of soil carbon to estimate sequestration (rather than a modelled approach).
Projects can be carried out on:
- land under permanent pasture
- land converting to permanent pasture.
Farmers can nominate any set of land management activities to build soil carbon. It must include at least one new management activity.
Examples of activities can include:
- converting from cropland to permanent pasture
- changing pasture species composition- eg Annuals to Perennials.
- changing grazing patterns. Eg. From set stocking to time controlled grazing or similar.
- Changing Fertilisers to organic or other biological approaches.
- Cover mulching, and many other innovative approaches to keeping soil covered.
Some activities are excluded.
Factors that influence the potential for soil carbon sequestration include:
- soil type
- climate (eg. rainfall, temperature)
- management history and
- activity or management practice
Seek expert advice on which activities will best suit your project site. (Carbon Famers of Australia has many years experience with known activities to improve soil carbon – please contact us for details. )
- the financial costs and
- potential returns
… before submitting an application.
The method sets out a process for soil sampling and analysis to measure carbon levels in soil. This is reasonably complex – please ask for further details.
NOTE: This method could be used with other CFI methods, at the same time on the same piece of land, particularly those feeding providing feed supplements to livestock. The Department considers there is no risk of double counting. Eg. You could be improving your soil carbon and as a result you are turning off your cattle sooner. You could potentially be paid for both the soil carbon AND the reduction in methane emissions.
4. Earning carbon credits by managing stock to allow native forest to grow.
In some of the more extensive agricultural areas in Australia, where land size is relatively large and where often productivity has been falling – due to goat or other activities combined with drought and declining terms of trade,- this method has been highly successful in turning around Farmers fortunes.
It is mainly suitable for larger areas – from about 5000 hectares. Farmers are paid to change livestock management to allow the native forest to regrow.
ERF Contracts can be for up to 10 years and a project can have a life of 25 years or 100 years.
For further information, or to talk it over, please call Louisa on: 0417 280 540.
Here is a short explanation of the method.
What does a "human induced regeneration of an even aged native forest" project look like?
- This method allows for establishment of permanent native forests
- The regeneration involves managing or removing external pressures that prevent regrowth from occurring. Mainly this will mean the removal of stock pressure.
- The method applies to projects where land where regrowth has been suppressed for at least 10 years. You need evidence of this. (EG: Stock records)
- You can get an income for 25 years.
- You can have it as a 100 year project or 25 years. If you choose 25 years, they will reduce your carbon credits by 20%
Grazing allowed.
- Livestock are permitted in the project area in certain circumstances. They must not prevent the forest from achieving its height.
- Trees may be thinned for ecological purposes after project commencement.
How does this method work?
The human-assisted regeneration of forest under this methodology means undertaking one or more of the following land management activities:
- keeping livestock out of the area
- managing the timing and the extent of grazing
- managing, in a humane manner, feral animals
- managing plants that are not native to the project area
- ceasing mechanical or chemical suppression activities.
5. Beef Herd Improvement – Earn a Carbon Credit by reducing methane in your Cattle Herd
The methane emitted from cattle is thought to be a major contributor to the CO2 in the air.
In this method, you can be rewarded for reducing the methane coming from your cattle. It is suited to larger herds, but could also be very good for a Cattle Group who believe they are turning off cattle earlier or have some other improvements which will reduct the methane from the herd. Please note that the 'action' to reduce methane is not restricted – so if you have some new technology – go for it.
For further information or to talk it over, just contact Louisa on 0417 280 540.
POTENTIAL ACTIONS To Gain a Credit:
Improvement in the live weight gain for age enables target weights to be reached earlier.
You must use the Beef Herd Calculator.
EXAMPLES (not an exhaustive list – freedom to choose any method if it can be shown to reduce methane emissions)
- Supplementary feed.
- Install fencing on rangeland properties, (grazing management)
- Sell larger numbers of cattle to a finisher.
- Genetics.
- Other activities allowed so long as they can be shown to have an effect on emissions. Better feed, etc etc.
- Does not prohibit changes in herd composition. Age etc.
- Liveweight gain values are used to derive emissions intensity values
- Emissions are related to feed intake per day, the duration of that feed intake and the protein content and DM digetstibility of the feed. These factors are incorporated in abatement calculations, and where a change in diet is a project activity, details of the change are required as an input to calculations.
- Liveweight and LWG Liveweight can be done by weighing, or where this is not practical, through verifiable alternative means.
- Need records from 3 of the last 7 years (don't have to be sequential) But as close to date of application as possible. LWG must be greater than zero.
- Majority of feed has to be pastures.
- Need some evidence that the 'new' practice will reduce emissions.
- Must be able to identify members of each group of animals as defined by, the herd, the livestock class and the date of entry into the herd.


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I love being a part of making church a welcoming place for children where they can play with God and discover new things!


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Friday, January 27, 2012
9 month pictures!!
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
|New hats from Kiki!!
Both girls started really interacting with each other! Sometimes it's
in the form of pulling off each other's hats or tights!
Other times, it's fighting over diaper cream!!
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Monday, January 9, 2012
Much larger bookends
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Thursday, January 5, 2012
8 month Pictures!
Hard to believe our little 4 pound babies are
8 months old!! It has been a bit of a blur, but
what an amazing 8 months it has been!!
|How could these ladies not light up your life??
|It's hard to say which one is happier!
|Our Evelyn is becoming such a big girl!
She is SO close to being able to crawl forward.
She's mastered crawling backwards, and it
seems to suit her just fine, until she gets stuck
up against a couch or a wall!
|Evie loves eating absolutely anything, bath time or
pool time, smiling, laughing, crawling,
chattering, listening to daddy play music,
and beating toys senseless into the carpet!
Annabelle also will eat anything I put in front of her.
She loves the taste of her medicine and gets frustrated
when it's all gone. She loves playing in the water,
squealing with delight, sometimes vey loudly.
She loves listening to daddy play music,
and she loves blowing spit bubbles!
Oh....and chewing on her tights:)
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Monday, January 2, 2012
Babies' First Christmas!!
|The day after we got back from Florida, we headed
over the mountain for the Roe Family Christmas!
|The girls had a wonderful time at their first Christmas!
|Magnolia being cute!
|And now she's being a little too cool!
|Aunt Leslie has the magic touch!
|Grandpa Jim reading the Christmas story
|Uncle Frank and Evie
|Santa came by for a visit!
|Evie wanted to know who the guy was
holding her!
|And Annabelle didn't bother waking up
for his visit!
|Evelyn opened most of her own presents!
The wrapping paper and bows were a hit
|Her new baby doll got a lot of use
|Evie took her new teddy bear and used it
and grandpa's foot as a pillow....so cute!
|Annabelle went to town on her presents too!
|Jim got a roadside kit from the Heidricks! Oh boy
|Annabelle loved her little pillow pal from
Grandma and Grandpa!
|A very content Evelyn
|Daddy and Onnie
|More wrapping paper!
|While we ate dinner, we put the girls
in boxes.....not sure who had the idea
but they absolutely loved it!
|They each got their own:)
|Oh boy!! Can I go for a ride?
|Lily wanted to join in on the fun!
|Christmas morning with the cousins!!
We got the best Christmas present of all......
Heather and Jeff announced that there will
be one more cousin joining us in July!
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Bible with inscription
John Froats was a barber by trade, and his clock is still ticking in grandson's home in Fonthill, On.
John Froats WW1 helmet
Charles Froats married Charlotte Sweet
Charlotte's brother, William Sweet married Emma Froats
Children of William Sweet and Emma Froats were
- Arthur
- Jennie
- Frank
- Bessie Tinsdill
- William (Bill)
- Alma
John Albert, my grandfather, had three daughters, all of whom have since passed. He lived in Niagara Falls on Roberts Street, and his three daughters lived nearby, two in Niagara Falls and my mother lived in Fonthill, where I live now. I have a picture of my grandfather in his military uniform, his mining light and his WW1 helmet.
Bob Biggar
John's daughters
Muriel Noreen Thibert (Froats) Passed away Sept 22-2013, aged 93. She was born Sept. 6, 1920 at Niagara Falls, Ontario
Laura Bernice Biggar (Froats) Passedaway June 6, 2013, age 90. She was born Oct. 20, 1922 at Niagara Falls, Ontario
Alma June Heximer (Froats) Passed away Sept 26-2006, age 80. She was born May 26, 1926at Niagara Falls Ont.
Around 1929 this house was purchased by Oliver Airhart, a a Lake Township pioneer, a Methodist, and a member of Council.


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