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William Trowell
The accolades are piling up for Selkirk Security Services Ltd. of Trail, B.C.
Since William Trowell opened Selkirk Security Services Ltd. in 2006, the company has been recognized every year with a Kootenay Business magazine Best of Business award for security services. The addition of fire and safety services and a retail electronics store has resulted in further Best of Business awards.
Racking up more accolades, Selkirk Security received the first ever Professional Services Business Excellence Award from the Trail & District Chamber of Commerce in 2015, followed by the chamber's Employer of the Year Awards in 2016 and 2017. It's not surprising, then, that Trowell has been selected by Kootenay Business magazine to be on its list of Top 10 businesses for 2018.
What are a couple of accomplishments you're most proud of?
Our constant growth and expansion into fire and safety, purchase of our new building and opening the retail store have been proud moments. But overall as owner and founder of the company I am proud of Selkirk Security and my employees. A simple thought I had over 11 years ago is now a thriving business employing 42 people and supporting many families.
What's changed in your industry over the years and what hasn't?
The security industry is constantly changing. And with these changes come newer products, services and training opportunities for my technicians. The guard department has to stay current with new laws and regulations. We are introducing new technology for the guards to utilize while on duty, including the installation of video cameras and GPS vehicle trackers on Selkirk Security patrol vehicles, and FLIR night vision equipment and personal GPS alert transmitters that utilize the HSPA/LTE network.
What do you think is the main thing your company is doing right?
Dedication to customer service.
What personal trait do you consider to be your greatest strength or asset?
As I have been in the security and law enforcement industry for 30 years now, my knowledge from technical to laws and regulations is my greatest strength and asset. As a licensed security technician, guard, BST instructor and security consultant, my knowledge allows me to help my technicians in the field with design, servicing and installations. I can assist the guards with my knowledge of laws, regulations and interfacing technology to provide a safer work environment for them. Finally, as a licensed security consultant, I am able to provide my knowledge to help my fellow citizens of the Kootenays.
What do you think is the key reason you were named Employer of the Year?
My team of dedicated managers and employees. My staff are my extended family.


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Rock heroes Fall Out Boy released some dates earlier today, and they are for various UK venues during March 2018. They will be bringing their 'M A N I A' tour to the following cities:
Tuesday March 27th 2018 – Birmingham Arena
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Thursday 29th March 2018 – Manchester Arena
Saturday 31st March 2018 – London O2
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (BRAIN) — Park Tool has announced a complete redesign of its PCS-9 and PCS-10 Repair Stands for the new season.
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Our good pal Russ Cohen at Sportsology is really ticked off about the state of the New York Mets, the team he has followed all of his life. I can relate -- stay tuned for my rant on Eric Mangini! But that's another story for another time. Courtesy of our content-sharing arrangement under the auspices of The 21st Century Media Alliance, here's another edition of "Russ's Rants."
Russ's Rants - FIRE MINAYA!
By Russ Cohen
The Mets have been on this runaway roller coaster since last season and we have watched the Mets GM Omar Minaya, and his office literally decay in front of our eyes. It has now come to a head with the "Carlos Beltran" situation, which should have been just an operation, but now it has turned into a big story. Once again, the Mets, who already have a reputation for choking, now have a reputation for having a front office that's in total disarray.
It's hard to take sides in the this latest saga but one thing that is unforgivable and that's the amount of time that has passed until the team or Beltran or Scott Boras, or one of them, decided to get the procedure. If this was done weeks ago, he would have been able to start the season on schedule, but now he will miss at least a month of the season. Once again, Angel Pagan will be patrolling CitiField this season. No slight to him, he's just not Beltran, and now before the season even begins the Mets are already falling out of the pennant race!
To be honest, this season's expectations had been lowered a lot, by me and others, but now I'm not sure if I shot low enough. The team did sign Jason Bay, and they addressed the bullpen issue with some unknown pitchers, but they haven't bolstered the starting rotation and the catching position is still a platoon situation at best. Who is to blame for that? Omar Minaya!
He's been coasting now for two seasons and the Wilpons have either backed him with blind faith or they don't want to pay him for doing nothing; either way, they are getting almost nothing in return, so it's time to cut their losses.
The Mets have very little chemistry on this team. They have some great players, but their supporting cast is getting weaker and weaker and the idea that Carlos Delgado can come in and resume starting at first base is a joke at best. He needs to prove it a lot more than a stint in winter ball. Let's see how he is in spring training before we cast off Daniel Murphy, who gave it his all in every game last year, and that's a lot more than some of the other players on the team.
Minaya and his entire staff should be removed and if the Wilpons want to save an employee or two, fine, but if they stay status quo, the Tony Bernazard debacle will be small potatoes. More devastation will come and it won't matter how much money the Mets have, because their fans will stop going to games and the franchise will be in decline once again. If they nip this in the bud and get a GM who can infuse a new no-nonsense winning attitude, then they can move forward.
Who has the worst job in baseball? The Mets' manager, Jerry Manuel. With all of the injuries and on and off-the-field distractions, he hasn't really had a chance to correct the team's problems. My advice would be to let him go along with Minaya, it's the humane thing to do, and bring back Bobby Valentine who took a less talented team to the World Series back in 2000.
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Logan Smothers brought his entire family for what became the biggest day of his life.
A consensus three-star quarterback prospect in the 2020 class, Smothers knew deep down Nebraska was the school for him when he and his father visited the campus last month. But he needed to know his mother approved and wanted to know what his four brothers thought.
So the family of seven loaded into their Yukon XL and drove most of the 13 hours from Athens, Alabama, on Wednesday. They spent Thursday with the Nebraska coaching staff in and around Memorial Stadium.
As evening crept close, coach Scott Frost asked the speedy QB one question. Where are you at with us right now?
"I told him, 'I'm in. I'll do it right now. I'll commit,' " Smothers told The World-Herald. "We were sitting down. He put his hands out and gave me a big hug."
Smothers becomes Nebraska's first 2020 commit and Frost's third QB recruit since he took over in December. While 2018 signee Adrian Martinez has yet to see the field, the Huskers already have QBs locked down for 2019 and 2020 in Luke McCaffrey (Littleton, Colorado) and Smothers, respectively.
Smothers, a 6-foot-2, 180-pound prospect, didn't want to wait any longer to make it official. Partly because NU is only taking one scholarship quarterback in his class. Partly because the "football-crazy atmosphere" is something he relishes.
After Thursday, he had his family's full blessing too.
"Since we left there (in June), it's been on my heart," Smothers said. "I loved it and that's just where I knew I wanted to go. But I wanted to let the rest of my family see it, my mom, let her ask her questions and everything. At the end of the day, they loved it."
Despite a relatively modest number of offers — Southern Mississippi is probably his best outside of Nebraska — Smothers had drawn interest from Ohio State, Alabama, Auburn and Mississippi State, among other schools. But the Huskers were the only Power Five program to make an official overture, which was a key factor.
Rivals ranks Smothers as the No. 8 dual-threat quarterback in his class nationally while 247Sports pegs him 12th. He clocked a 4.48-second time in the 40-yard dash during an Ohio State camp last month and ran for 719 yards and eight touchdowns on 110 carries (6.5 yards per carry) last fall. While leading an RPO-heavy spread attack similar to Scott Frost's, he also completed 65 percent of his passes for 2,041 yards along with 14 touchdowns and eight interceptions.
"He's extremely explosive," Athens coach Cody Gross said earlier this month. "He has the ability to go the distance every time he touches the ball, which is every play."
Smothers grew up around football. His father, Shane, is Athens' offensive coordinator and his two older brothers both went through the recruiting process before signing with North Alabama. He is also a 4.0 student planning to enter the medical field when his football career ends.
"Where I cam from, being a coach's son, that's all you ever know is hard work," Smothers said. "That's there (at Nebraska), and that's what I want to be a part of."
Smothers took an unofficial visit to Lincoln on June 13 and said he thought about committing then. Ohio State reached out a couple days later and gave him reason to pause, but the Buckeyes accepted the verbal pledge of another quarterback since then.
Still, Smothers said, the Huskers never left the top of his board.
"They want a quarterback with a lot of speed and who is very athletic and they think I fit that perfect," Smothers said. "And I think I fit it because our offense back in Athens, we run a lot of similar stuff. That's a big plus for me is being prepared."
Nebraska has 14 commits for the 2019 class — it ranks 24th nationally according to the 247Sports composite — and now has its first 2020 pledge. Smothers said he's ready to work behind the scenes to help add to both totals.
"I want that role; I want to help recruit and help bring guys here and win a national championship," Smothers said. "I want to do whatever it takes to get those guys here in order to do that because I'm a winner, I'm a competitor and I want to win. Offense, defense, it don't matter. I want to help win a national championship here."?
After a 13 hour road trip with the family and a whole day on campus with the coaching staff, I am extremely blessed to announce I am COMMITTED to the University of Nebraska!????????@coach_frost @Coach_Verdu @CoachChinander @HuskerFBNation #GBR #2020visioN pic.twitter.com/BPqf5MtWFL— Logan Smothers (@logan_smothers) July 27, 2018
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50/50 Slides Into Spring
Tropical Masquerade. Dunk tanks. Life-sized hamster balls. Slip 'n slide. Backyard BBQ. Pool party. It's spring on the PLV Campus, which means plenty of outdoor activities. Jump in!
Make Me a Sandwich
Monday, April 15 | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. | Kessel Conference Rooms C/D
Pace Cooks and Bakes is serving up crafty deconstructed sandwich and dip ideas including a DIY segment, while POWER (Partnership of Women for Empowerment and Respect) will discuss gender norms and stereotypes throughout history.
A Minute to Wing It
Monday, April 15 | 8:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m. | Butcher Suite
Co-sponsored by POSE (Pace Original Style Etiquette), the sisters of Sigma Lambda Upsilon will be hosting an event where teams work with each other to complete "office" activities for prizes! You'll get tips on how to dress professionally for interviews, too, courtesy of POSE.
Blood Drive
Wednesday, April 17 | 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | Gottesman Room
The American Red Cross is visiting! If you're able, please consider giving the gift of life by donating blood. Be sure to get plenty of vitamin C after.
Plunge a Pi
Wednesday, April 17 | 12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. | Alumni Hall Courtyard Lawn
Pay for your chance to dunk a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity into the water tank. They want to plunge stereotypes while raising money for their organization and philanthropy efforts.
Chit Chat with Senator Harckham
Thursday, April 18 | 7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. | Kessel Multi-Purpose Room
Hosted by IGNITE at Pace, New York Senator Pete Harckham will be facilitating an educational discussion with students, faculty, and staff about the Pleasantville district, women in politics, policies, and much more.
Field Day
Friday, April 19 | 3:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. | Alumni Hall Courtyard Lawn
Get active with Pace LIT (Late Intellectual Talks) at their evening field day event! There will be sports, games, and yes, plenty of food.
Alpha Chi Roll
Saturday, April 20 | 12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. | Miller Lawn
You're sure to have a ball with the brothers of Alpha Chi Rho when they roll out their life-sized inflatable hamster balls. Just don't eat right before you climb into one of those. You don't want to lose your lunch!
Tropical Masquerade
Saturday, April 20 | 6:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. | Gottesman Room
The Students of Caribbean Awareness (SCA) invite you their annual fashion show, an extravagant event showcasing the talents of your fellow Setters! Come to support the models and designers, witness the big carnival scene, and of course, enjoy the food.
Movie Night: This Is the End
Saturday, April 20 | 8:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m. | Alumni Hall Courtyard Lawn
Bring your picnic blanket, because the Film Appreciation Program of Pace is hosting an outdoor movie night! Enjoy this disaster comedy co-written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg with free pizza, popcorn, and soda.
Plant a Wish
Monday, April 22 | 12:10 p.m.–1:10 p.m. | Alumni Hall Courtyard Lawn
The Disney Fan Club is celebrating Earth Month by planting wishes! All you need is a wish you'd like to see "grow true." Come plant them (literally) with a seed and soil to watch your dreams unfold.
Denim Day
Wednesday, April 24 | 12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. | Alumni Hall Courtyard Lawn
Pace FIRE (Fighting Ignorance and Rape through Education) invites you to wear denim to raise awareness about victim-blaming. Join them to learn more about this national campaign.
Slip 'n Slide
Friday, April 26 | 12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. | Alumni Hall Courtyard Lawn
Join the brothers of Delta Kappa Epsilon for their semi-annul water extravaganza event! There will be water slides, a dunk tank, and plenty of pizza. It's a great way to cool off with the semester heating up.
(Almost) Anything Goes Talent Show
Friday, April 26 | 7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. | Gottesman Room
Discover all the hidden talent that Pace has to offer! Hosted by Alpha Lambda Sigma, all ticket sales—which are $3—will benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. You'll get to support your fellow Setters and a great cause.
Beauty Beyond the Stigmas
Friday, April 26 | 9:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. | Kessel Multi-Purpose Room
Learn how to apply makeup and style your hair with POSE (Pace Original Style Etiquette)! They'll also be facilitating an important discussion about stigmas in the beauty industry and how to combat them. Prizes will be given out.
Dashout Backyard BBQ
Saturday, April 27 | 2:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. | Parking Lot D
The Students of Caribbean Awareness (SOCA) are cooking up a tasty event to bring the community together and celebrate the soon-to-be end of the semester. Come hungry!
Pool Party
Saturday, April 27 | 7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. | Goldstein Fitness Center, Pool
Grab your beach ball, because the Residence Hall Association is kicking off a giant pool party! Dive in and enjoy an evening swim with your fellow Setters.
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Northern Territory & Queensland, Australia
The tour of a birding lifetime!
The tour of a birding lifetime!
26 April 2020 to 13 May 2020
David Lindo
please contact Sacha Barbato
at Travel Counsellors +44 (0)1603 360 099
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£7,400 per person plus flights
£1,480 per person
up to 8 participants
Second Payment: 26/02/2020
Free loan of Leica Ultravid binoculars is available for the duration of the tour – subject to availability.
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Australia is a place that many of us feel is too far away to ever contemplate visiting. A continent filled with dangerous creatures and with men wearing Crocodile Dundee style headwear. But that is the stereotypical view, as there is far more to this country than that. Well, it literally is a world away – very different to anything that you may have ever experienced before.
The regions we will visit will include the Northern Territory, which is otherwise known as the Top End by Australians. It's capital, Darwin, is a coastal city facing the Timor Sea and is actually nearer to Timor in Southeast Asia than it is to Brisbane on the east coast. Its close proximity to Asia has a great influence on the range of species to be found in the city as some migrate to and from that region. According to the World Meteorological Organisation the city is the world's sunniest after Phoenix, Arizona with 3,067 hours of sunlight per year. For many visiting birders the city is better known as the gateway to Kakadu National Park, a wildlife wonderland that is a three-hour drive to the east.
Even further east lies Queensland, the third largest and second most populated state in Australia. Tropical North Queensland is home to 3000 different plant species, 400-plus birds and 100-plus mammals, many of which are found nowhere else on earth.
The most famous of the North Queensland locals are the Saltwater Crocodile and the Southern Cassowary. Both are formidable beasts in their own right. North Queensland's Wet Tropics World Heritage Area is the oldest tropical rainforest on the planet some 80 million years older than the Amazon.
As you can imagine, this tour will be a very special one.
The local currency is the Australian Dollar.
Our first location will be the Northern Territory. Darwin sits in a wet/dry tropical monsoonal belt in the north of the Northern Territory. It is a small rural capital city surrounded by coastal wetlands, woodlands and farms. Darwin's coastline has up to an eight-metre tidal range between high and low tide to expose feeding grounds for birdlife. If you haven't been there and are a keen birder, you are in for a treat!
The human population of the NT is very low, approximately 250,000 people – a stark contrast to Great Britain's 60 million people living in a country that could fit into the NT almost 6 times! Around 50% of the NT's population lives within 31 miles (50 km) of Darwin metropolitan area, yet over 250 bird species have been recorded in the Darwin region alone! This is due to the diverse and productive range of tropical habitats found right on the city's doorstep.
We also visit the Top End's premier birding destinations to showcase endemic or regional specialties in the region including Darwin and beyond to Fogg Dam, Mary River, World Heritage Kakadu National Park, Pine Creek, Adelaide River and return to Darwin in this 9 day urban and bush birding bonanza.
We will then transfer to Cairns, Queensland where urban birding will be the order of the day. Thereafter, we will explore the some of the richest habitats for wildlife on the Australasian continent. There will also be a Great Barrier Reef Cruise that will involve the opportunity for snorkeling.
Platypus, Little Red Flying Fox, Spectacled Flying Fox, Black Wallaroo, Red-necked Wallaby, Wilkin's Rock Wallaby, Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo, Mareeba Rock Wallaby, Sugar Glider, Long-nosed Bandicoot, Common Brushtail Possum, Northern Striped Possum, Lemuroid Possum, Coppery-tailed Possum.
Pig-nosed Turtle, Freshwater Crocodile, Saltwater Crocodile, Frilled Lizard, Gilbert's Lizard, Golden Tree Snake.
After transferring from the airport there will be a chance to freshen up and relax before joining your guides for a welcome dinner.
Dinner at Darwin. Overnight stay in Darwin (en suite hotel room).
After breakfast we will head off for a full day of urban birding in varied habitats across Darwin.
The morning will be spent at the East Point Reserve – getting our first taste of a monsoon forest environment looking for Rainbow Pitta and shorebirds.
We will then travel to George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens, which is another mixture of monsoon forests and open parkland where we will get great views of all sorts of wildlife – hopefully including the incredible Rufous Owl.
We will have a picnic lunch in Howard Springs Nature Park, a spring-fed monsoon forest pool with a thin strip of riparian vegetation, which is excellent for birdlife including Rose-crowned Fruit Dove.
A stop in Darwin City before sunset will allow us to marvel at the noisy spectacle involving thousands of Red-collared Lorikeets as they settle in their evening roost.
Dinner will be at a local restaurant. Overnight at: Darwin accommodation (en suite hotel room).
The day will start with breakfast and then onto exploring the woodland, riparian and man-made lagoon environment.
We will then travel on to Lee Point at Casuarina Coastal Reserve to explore the tidal mudflats, mangroves, coastal monsoon vine thickets for Red-headed Honeyeater and other mangrove specialists as well as migratory shorebirds.
The stunning wetland scenery of the Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve along the heritage listed man-made dam wall on the Adelaide River floodplain will be our afternoon location. Fogg Dam is an absolute must for birders visiting the Top End.
We will continue east scouring the granite hills of the Mt. Bundey Range looking for Wedge-tailed Eagle – one of the world's largest raptors – soaring above.
We will eat dinner at the Mary River Wilderness Retreat restaurant, while heading back to our rooms there will be the chance to listen and look for nocturnal birds such as Bush Stone Curlew, Barking and Rufous Owls.
Dinner at: Mary River Wilderness Retreat Restaurant. Overnight stay at: Mary River Wilderness Retreat.
We start the day with a two-hour private boat cruise on the retreat's neighboring tropical riverine habitat – this freshwater section of the Mary River will be different to what we would have seen elsewhere! Paperbark trees line the steep banks and sand islands protrude into the water making good resting spots for Freshwater Crocodile and some of the elusive bird species like Black Bittern, Great-billed Heron and Comb-crested Jacana.
We will then travel on to the World Heritage Kakadu National Park through the hilly woodland section of the Mary River National Park. We will pass through the tropical savannah woodlands before opening up into the South Alligator Region floodplains. A picnic lunch will be had near the Ramsar-listed Mamukala Wetlands – a great spot for finches, bush birds and waterbirds.
Dinner at a nearby restaurant in Jabiru. Overnight stay at: Anbinik Kakadu Resort.
We will be exploring the northern reaches of the Arnhem Land Escarpment in monsoon forest pockets and sandstone outcrops bordering Arnhem Land. Moving on to the nearby Ubirr rock art site to see incredible x-ray paintings – thousands of years old and portraying both extinct and living species plus Aboriginal occupation sites. A short but slightly challenging walk will take us to the famous Nadab Lookout providing stunning views over the Nadab Floodplain and escarpment, peering into Arnhem Land where the most iconic lookout photos in Kakadu are taken. It is also a vista made famous by the Crocodile Dundee films. This area is great for sandstone and monsoon specialists such as Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon, Sandstone Shrike-thrush, Rainbow Pitta and Arafura Fantail.
We will have lunch in Jabiru Township, before exploring the town for a spot of urban birding – including a search for the regional specialty 'Ragul' (Partridge Pigeon – red-eye form) and Little Red Flying Foxes (that are massive, by the way!) dispersing en-masse at dusk.
Dinner at a nearby restaurant in Jabiru. Overnight stay at: Anbinik Kakadu Resort.
Burrungkuy (Nourlange) is an ancient Aboriginal occupational site with plentiful rock art to be admired on the sandstone walls. The extraordinary rock art is very different to that found at Ubirr site. It is also home to the locally endemic White-lined Honeyeater, Banded-fruit Dove, the 'Barrk' Black Wallaroo and endemic plants. We can admire the sheer walls of the conglomerate sandstone and vast open savannah woodlands from a lookout place.
We will also enjoy a visit to the shady gardens of the Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Centre before checking in to our accommodation and a chance to freshen up. Before dinner we will indulge in a session of birding around the tropical landscaped gardens and paperbark swamps at the lodge.
Dinner will be at the Cooinda Restaurant. Overnight stay at: Kakadu Lodge Cooinda.
We will start the day with a two-hour boat cruise on the famous Yellow Water Billabong and South Alligator River. It will enable us witness the expansive wetlands and floodplains glowing in the morning light and the thousands of resident waterbirds and reptiles that inhabit the area during the daily dawn frenzy. We will peruse the waterways for Little Kingfisher, Black Bittern and Buff-sided Robin, as well as Golden Tree Snake, Saltwater and Freshwater Crocodiles. After the cruise a lovely cooked buffet breakfast will be awaiting us at Cooinda Lodge Kakadu.
The afternoon will be spent passing through Kakadu's southern hills and ridgelines where Salmon Gums and huge Cathedral Termite mounds are dotted along the way. We will arrive at and explore the historic gold rush and township of Pine Creek. Ten species of parrots, including the locally endemic Hooded Parrot, rightfully makes Pine Creek the 'Top End's home of parrots'. With five common finch species breeding in the region, including the spectacular Gouldian Finch, it's no wonder we love a spot of urban birding in this outback town.
Dinner will be at a local restaurant. Overnight stay at: Pine Creek.
We will spend the first part of the day exploring a variety of natural and man-made sites for finches and parrots around Pine Creek, including the distinctive Gouldian Finch.
We will return to Darwin via Adelaide River township and War Memorial gardens for a spot of birding along riparian vegetation and landscaped gardens. After checking into our accommodation in Darwin and freshening up we will enjoy our last dinner together on the Northern Territory leg of this tropical urban-birding bonanza.
Dinner will be in a restaurant in Darwin. Overnight stay at: Darwin accommodation (en suite hotel room).
We will spend some of the morning around a spot or two in Darwin to clean up on any species we may have missed out on.
After lunch we will head to Darwin International Airport to catch the domestic flight to Cairns International Airport in North Queensland. We will then meet our North Queensland birding specialists at the airport and transfer to our hotel.
Dinner will be at a local restaurant. Overnight at: Cairns accommodation (en suite hotel room).
There is plenty to see in and around Cairns. A wealth of tropical habitats here supports one of the richest assemblages of birds and wildlife in Australia. Not far from the town centre are the Botanical Gardens with adjoining wetlands and conservation areas, offering a fine mix of water and bush birds. Australian Brush Turkey, Orange-footed Scrubfowl, Superb and Wompoo Fruit-Doves, Double-eyed Fig Parrot (ssp maclaeyana), Australasian Figbird, Black Butcherbird, Green Oriole, the stunning Noisy Pitta and Lovely Fairywren may all been seen here as might Spectacled Flying Fox.
In the wetlands of the area we will search for Comb-crested Jacana, Radjah Shelduck, Green Pygmy Geese, White-browed Crake and the handsome Crimson Finch. Nearby mangrove habitat is home to Mangrove Robin, Shining Flycatchers and Beach Stone Curlew.
After a rewarding first day in the wet tropics we will make the journey back to our hotel to freshen up before dinner.
Dinner will be at a local restaurant. Overnight at: Cairns accommodation (en suite hotel room).
After breakfast we will travel southwards through grassland and mangrove edge habitats to look for species like Tawny Grassbird, Australian Pratincole, Cicadabird, Double-barred Finch and Red-backed Button-quail, as well as Pale-vented Bush-hen, Pheasant Coucal, Bush Stone Curlew, Chestnut-breasted Mannikin and Little Bronze-cuckoo.
We will then travel along the coast in search of Southern Cassowary. While large and conspicuous, this species can be surprisingly elusive, so we have allowed several chances for this species on this tour. We may see birds like Barred Cuckoo-shrike, Double-eyed Fig-parrot and Pied Imperial Pigeon as well.
We will then leave coastal Cairns and make our way west to the tablelands, stopping at several sites on the way. In areas of farmland we may see Brolga and Sarus Crane. We will arrive late afternoon at our accommodation for the next three nights. The lodge, set in lush rainforest, is brimming with birds and other wildlife and is adjacent to Crater Lake National Park. It is a fantastic base from which to explore the riches of the area. The opportunities for photography will be excellent.
Dinner at: Wildlife Lodge in the Atherton Tablelands. Overnight stay at: Wildlife Lodge or local restaurant in the Atherton Tablelands.
We will have a full two days to explore the variety of habitats in this area. We don't have to go far however to enjoy a marvellous array of tropical species. Right within the lodge grounds we may find Wompoo and Superb Fruit Dove, Spotted Catbird, Tooth-billed Bowerbird, White-throated Treecreeper, Macleay's and Bridled Honeyeater, Yellow-breasted Boatbill, the stunning Victoria's Riflebird and, by night, Lesser Sooty Owl!
Several mammals may also be seen here including the endearing Long-nosed Bandicoot, Sugar Glider, Northern Striped Possum and Red-necked Wallaby. The tapestry of farmland, woodland and rainforest of this part of Australia are a delight to explore offering a wonderful cross-section of wildlife.
In open areas, we may see our national bird, the Emu, as well as Australian Bustard, Black-throated Finch, Red tailed Black-cockatoo and Blue-winged Kookaburra. Rainforest areas are home to the endemic locally endemic Golden Bowerbird, the enigmatic Chowchilla, Fern Wren, Atherton Scrub-wren and Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo. There is also an opportunity to take a night excursion in search of Lemuroid and Coppery-tailed Possums.
Dinner at: Wildlife Lodge or local restaurant in the Atherton Tablelands. Overnight stay at: Wildlife Lodge in the Atherton Tablelands.
On this morning we will have an early start in the hope of finding one of Australia's most incredible creatures, the fabled Platypus!
We will make a stop or two at a few wetlands where Green Pygmy Geese, Raja Shelduck, Australian Gull-billed Tern and Black-winged Stilt may be seen.
We will then travel north towards Mount Molloy and Mount Carbine to photograph some dry country bird species such as Squatter Pigeon, Red-winged Parrot, Pale-headed Rosella, Red-tailed Black-cockatoo and Great Bowerbird (which may be attending its bower). We may also make a stop at Granite Gorge where we hope to enjoy encounters with Mareeba Rock Wallaby.
Dinner at: Daintree River. Overnight stay at: Daintree River.
We will enjoy a boat cruise on the Daintree River where we may enjoy sightings of Great-billed Heron, Black Bittern, Azure and Little Kingfisher, Large-billed Gerygone, Varied Triller, Shining Flycatcher and Fairy Martin. Additional species we may see in the area include Bar-shouldered Dove, Pacific Koel, Papuan Frogmouth, Scaly-breasted Lorikeet, Hornbill Friarbird, Dusky Myzomela and White-breasted Woodswallow. As we drift quietly along the river you will find that the birdlife is close by and unfazed – a photographer's heaven!
We will then make our way back to Cairns birding en-route at some of the local reserves and bird hotspots.
Dinner will be at a local restaurant. Overnight stay at: Cairns accommodation (en suite hotel room).
On this particular morning we will enjoy trip to the Great Barrier Reef. The stunning Michaelmas Cay is just 40km north east of Cairns and offers an array of tropical seabirds such as Brown Booby, Sooty, Bridled and Black-naped Terns, Common and Black Noddys, Lesser Frigatebird, Pacific Golden Plover and Ruddy Turnstone. More uncommonly Masked Booby, Wandering Tattler, Roseate Tern and Great Frigatebird are seen. There is also a great section of unspoilt reef where you can enjoy a snorkel, if you so wish to.
We will return to our hotel late in the afternoon.
Dinner will be at a local restaurant. Overnight at: Cairns accommodation (en suite hotel room).
After breakfast we will be heading to Cairns airport for our journey home…
Expect hot weather so be prepared. Biting insects (namely mosquitoes but also sand flies) are prevalent in some areas so bring adequate protection. Along with insect repellent wear light coloured clothing as mosquitoes are particularly drawn to dark clothing.
There will not be too much in the way of strenuous walking although the ascent to Nadab Lookout in Kakadu National Park might be slightly challenging for some.
Despite the hype about Australia being filled with dangerous fauna you will be fine provided you follow the strict instructions given to you by your guides. This includes staying away from the edges of waterbodies as crocodiles can lurk.
We recommend that all guests arrive in Darwin before dinner on April 26 to allow for any unforeseen circumstances.
Comprehensive travel insurance is strongly recommended.
Please pack the following items: a large 1 litre drink bottle, day backpack, sunscreen, insect repellent, wide-brimmed hat, comfortable and study walking shoes, long sleeved, light-weight clothing.
Bring a telescope if you have one but the leaders will also have scopes.
Meals and drinks: Breakfast generally consists of a continental style breakfast with cereal, fruit and yoghurt and tea/coffee. Full cooked breakfast is not generally offered at most locations. Lunch will generally consist of a packed lunch style meal eaten in the field, with sandwich/filled roll, fruit, and a drink. Dinner usually consists of several options for main with the choice of either an appetiser or dessert. Drinks (soft and alcoholic) are generally not included but at lunches and breakfasts juice may be made available.
The Australian Bird Guide – Peter Menkhorst et al (Bloomsbury).
Urban Birding in Darwin Part 1
Urban Birding in Darwin Part 2
Second Payment: 26/02/2020
Departure on April 26 from London Heathrow to Darwin (via Singapore).
The return flight from Cairns on May 12 will arrive at London Heathrow on May 13. At time of writing Singapore Airlines were coming in at the best price at around £1,000 return.
The internal flight to Cairns on May 4 (Jetstar flight JQ921) departs Darwin at 12.05 arriving at 15.05 in Cairns.
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'What is DK doing now?'
Thanks for stopping by. We're publishing. We're co-publishing, that is. We're helping you discover stories, of you, but also of you in the context of where you are now. This is very much a space in which you can learn, discover, connect with people in our International online community and find out things that you might not have otherwise have ever thought about before.
Our interests are new literary approaches, styles, poetry of a very different style to what we've been taught in 11th grade Brit Lit, but also, experimental drawing and photography, and writing of course. We're curious. And we're interested in other people who are curious and making things in curious new ways. We're publishing small anthologies, periodically, too. Meantime, we have a weekly eZine, S P A C E, that's been gathering perspectives and sharing them out, one conversation at a time, since early 2014.
If you're interested din sharing more, drop us a line? We've come al long way since Seattle in 2004 when we had the brick-and-mortar office in Capitol Hill and designed brand identities for the likes of Capitol Hill Chamber, Seattle NW Asian Weekly and the Baltic Room. Those are ones you can see, if you're there. There are so many wonderful people whom we got to meet and work for: clients in architecture, software, and design, of course, too. We became, intriguingly, the 'designer's designer,' and got known a little for our way of talking together that invited new thinking, new perspective, and remarkable concept development process. This is big. In fact, this is the crux of DK: finding a smart, cohesive, unique, distinct, and most importantly, genuine, concept. We're still doing that, but in a different form. Since taking to the road in 2013, and landing in Phnom Penh Cambodia in 2014 (still here!), we have moved into other things: mostly conversation space-design. And what comes out of that is the gel that sets the tone for the magic moment, a moment of discovery and connexion that, voila, gives us the concept for each new issue of our publication, S P A C E. Who wants to do this with us? There are lots of ways to get involved.
'Tell me more about S P A C E?'
Jazz, improvisation, innovation in business. Creative thinking. Zinery and creative nonfiction; the literary arts. Are you there? Can you feel this resonating? DK aren't interested in short snippets that say nothing of meaning, of substance. We don't understand advertising or clickbait or how to design amazing websites so people follow the links you want and do the things you want. What we want is nothing short of human connexion: honest, clear, and without agenda. 'Why do you do this, DK?' See our founder, Dipika Kohli's, personal website to get an idea about that. In sum, DK are making S P A C E in real life, like at N, and through our online programmes, so that we can all, together, discover 'the good stuff.' Which is right here, right where we are, when we find remarkable human connexion. Together with you, in true collaboration, we are designing salons, ateliers and, our interactive magazine S P A C E each week. Idealistic, perhaps, but we are looking for the beauty that is in the world, nested in the everyday, if only we can frame a space to note it.
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'Why's it called S P A C E?'
DK's design team studied architecture, graphic design, and tourism. DK hosted people in real life conversation installations in Seattle and Durham NC and then, later, in popups in Southeast Asia. We learned that it's not the content, nor the people, who make the thing great. It's the design of a very specific kind of space, ie S P A C E. When you name a thing, it has a weight. Knowing what the characteristics of that Named Thing are is important; you can design for it if you know what it is you're going for. That's the whole thing about concept design: you have to know what you're going for before you can make sure that you're measuring for what you want, long story, but yeah. Our strategy consultant in Seattle was like, 'You want to optimize for a freedom of lifestyle that lets you live your days the way you want and do the things you want, with people you like to talk to?' Us: 'Yes.' Him: 'That's very different from the usual bottom-line metric.' Us: 'Of course! But that's DK.' And the team smiled, all around the conference table. Realizing, in that instance, we had to switch from conference table meetings in board rooms to round ones in cafes. That was 2006. The rest is history. DK's been freelancing, full-time, as partners Akira Morita and Dipika Kohli continue to develop sidelines with new and different others for the same goal: to make space, ie S P A C E, for such people to find remarkable connexion and interconnexion.
DK wants to optimize for human connexion that's quality, that lasts, that goes places, and that develops into something that you can learn from by participating in it as well as have a chance to share what you don't even know you know. Ask us more. Or try something. It's fun, light, conversational, asynchronous, and freshly budding.
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In September I was part of a church visit by Holy Trinity Hurdsfield (or HTH as we call it) to Tearfund partner the Diocese of Niassa in northern Mozambique. One of the best things about the trip was the others in our party,: Alec, Alice, Pauline, Geraldine, Jenny, Rachel, Mike and Rachel, Karen my wife, James the vicar, Laura from Tearfund – including several who had never been to the developing world before.
I have written this kind of 'warts-and-all' blog to give a real account of where we visited, Tearfund's influence, and the work of the Diocese of Niassa, which Tearfund supports with funds, but also in prayer and practical ways. Sunday morning, two hours on a very bumpy road to church in Mambucha. Mile after mile of brown scrubby land, the maize had been harvested, there was cassava, pigeon peas, bamboo (which is used for building), some vegetables, bananas, mangos and oranges. We passed mud brick huts with thatch, and markets along the roadside.
Time and again we saw people labouring along with bicycles gigantically overloaded, sometimes with maize or charcoal, occasionally with live chickens hanging upside-down from the handlebars. Later we stayed for a few days in Morrumbala, where much of the land was not cultivated; some of it had been burnt and the fires appeared to have got out of control. Houses were small and in poor condition, there were fewer solar panels outside them, pumps and schools were far apart. Fewer people had bicycles or shoes and there was less activity. It had been depopulated somewhat during the civil war, and it's also possible that Morrumbala was suffering from government neglect, since it was an area of support for the opposition party.
St. John's Church, Mambucha
This church was a prime example of a Tearfund-supported process called Umoja (technical explanations later). The deacon, Franco, explained how the church had started in the small house next to the present church in 2007. Members began a savings group which provided the funds for the roof (i.e. it was corrugated iron, not thatch). The building was also used as a pre-school, so young children didn't have to travel so far to the nearest primary. Memory – a diocesan fieldworker was working on combatting the effects of HIV in the community. People's attitude to HIV had changed and they were more willing to be tested, with mobile clinics sometimes coming round. Counselling always accompanied testing and those found positive got treatment. Abstinence until marriage was taught. Sick and old people received support from the church with transport, soap, salt; and also advice on a healthy diet.
Mary, the secretary of the savings group, told us that the group now has 15 members. She had recently bought 18 chickens, which she will raise to sell or eat. She wanted to buy a goat next and planned to increase her regular savings amount.
These were all expressions of Umoja, as was the church's supply of drinking water. In this area there was a shortage – some locals called it the desert of Niassa, though Niassa means "lake" and it was not by any means a desert. the shortage is of safe drinking water. The church requested help through the Diocese and were supplied with the materials and technology to build a rainwater tank behind the church. We saw their large tank of drinkable water which local people could buy, affordably, though it was prohibited to use it for anything other than drinking. There was a well for other uses. Unfortunately the tap on the water tank was leaking. All it needed was a pipe of the right length and gauge, but so far (for months) it had not been possible to get one (really ? in Milanje, over the border in Blantyre)?..
We next visited a lady with one leg for whom the church was building a house nearer to her neighbours so she could receive assistance more easily. Bricks were piled up for burning (burned bricks make for much stronger houses) and the thatch was ready. She had a wheeled prosthetic which some neighbours made for her, and she still farmed a little.
Umoja – And Making Things
Umoja is a Church Community Mobilisation model. It starts with bible studies, takes up to three years, brings a change of focus. It breaks down the old dependency culture, people begin asking what resources they themselves have, and find ways to reduce their reliance on donated financial support.
Very often the result is an explosion of making things. This community had invented a fuel-efficient stove that reduced the amount of firewood required by 75%. Some men made one in front of us, from the soil on the ground, water and a heap of straw, in about ten minutes. At the same time this woman made a beautiful clay pot. Elsewhere people made various types of enriched porridge using dried fish, ground nuts, greens and eggs.
Economic and Social Development
One of the workers told us there is a big weakness in the economics of a poor area like this relying on agronomy. There are no good roads, silos or warehouses, so people have to sell any surplus. If you're lugging maize to market, precariously balanced on a bicycle, and someone in a pick-up offers you a very low price for it, you sell your maize on the spot – because you don't want to lug it any further. If you want to keep maize it's expensive: you'll need security (a guard or a dog) & pest control; you'll probably still lose some.
Umoja, the church and community mobilisation programme developed by Tearfund and operated by the diocese, was encouraging the growth of savings schemes and self-help groups. The savings groups are about business only and help individuals. Self-help groups are more about helping each other and the whole community. In savings groups members save money each week and are allowed to borrow from the pot to start or expand small businesses. Money is repaid with small amounts of interest. At the end of the year the money is shared out between the members. It can be seen as a small local bank. We heard from lots of people who were members of savings schemes – often women – who had set up stalls selling soft drinks, doughnuts etc. One lady was a member of four groups and was rapidly managing to build a new house. The mutual support and business training was an important part of the groups. People started to think that they could do something when before they were sitting around at home doing little.
In self-help groups the money was not being shared out at the end of the year but as time went by the amount in the pot was growing, making it possible to take bigger and bigger loans and do bigger things. The bigger loans available through self-help groups had the potential for starting businesses that really create wealth and employment, rather than just giving an individual a better life. Tearfund was developing manuals for savings and self-help groups, and Umoja materials being translated into some local languages when the call for them was established. Another coming initiative was market linkages, aiming to help members of these groups establish whether there is a market for what they plan to produce, and even how they can fit into a supply chain. Ethiopia is where Tearfund's models have really taken off, and it is being used as a pattern for other countries' training.
click here for Tearfund article on self-help groups in Ethiopia (pdf)Two challenges:
• Field workers, support workers and counsellors in the diocese's various programmes would eventually realise that there is no money forthcoming, whereas from an NGO there might be (Save the Children were at work in this region, with expensive land cruisers, but the Diocese workers were volunteers travelling by bus or bicycle).
• The transition from savings schemes to self-help groups was clearly difficult. We did not see mature self-help groups. What we saw looked more like forming and storming.
The diocese outreach teams said they always seek the consent of the village chief before starting work. If the chief is not interested they go elsewhere but sometimes, when the chief saw what was happening in another community he or she would ask the Diocese workers to come back. Bishop Vicente told us that the church in the diocese of Niassa is growing but growing faster than its resources can cope with. He sounded like he had work-place stress. Most churches were out-stations, led by catechists (trainee priests). Some people would simply start a church, then declare it Anglican, because they knew the Diocese was good at helping its churches. Bishop Vicente said: the Diocese vision is to be a community of communities in Christ – "we are loved, to love others; blessed to bless others". He said it was important that they were a church, not an NGO, their focus being people, not assets.
On 7 Sep it was a day of celebrations: Peace Accord Day, commemorating the end of the civil war in 1992. But better than that – Karen and I stayed at the welcoming home of Earnesto and Lucia Chocana.
We arrived mid-morning and Lucia immediately involved us in her daily life. We accompanied her to pick cassava leaves (I got told off for picking the older, shinier leaves) and fetch water.
Lucia carried something resembling a washing-up bowl, full to the brim, on her head, all the way back from the water pump. She then took us to the market to buy bananas and I bought a sugar cane about three times my height.
Lucia was very quiet but our interpreter, Morrissio was a garrulous, inquisitive young man. His style was to talk with us at length in English till he understood something; then go and talk at length with Lucia; then come back and tell us what's going on. He was a delight. While the cooking was happening he and I played dice and talked.
Earnesto was a priest. The bishop turned up for a church meeting. Earnesto was looking after two parishes, which were enormous, so he had two churches and … 63 outstations (i.e. 63 more churches in his two parishes. The distances were enormous, the roads terrible and Earnesto's motorbike was broken. The outstations were run by catechists (trainee priests).
Karen and Lucia worked hard: Lucia made two charcoal fires. She showed Karen how to pound and cook cassava leaves; and how to cut up an onion, and goat meat, in the open, without a chopping board.
The children played with a tennis ball Karen brought. Karen demonstrated to Lucia and some other women how to make English patchwork mats. Lucia eventually completed a mat. The women admired it and the Bishop said mats like these could be sold as a source of income.
Late afternoon and Lucia served lunch: and it was delicious: nsema (maize stodge), mataka (greens, beans, seasoning), goat.
In the early evening we went to dig some sweet potatoes. When we got back there was a pile of dry pigeon-peas, still in their pods, on the ground; and some short wooden sticks. I joined in bashing the pods. Pigeon-peas are tiny, shiny hard things, each one black, white or red. After a good bashing you can sweep empty husks off the top of the heap, and people scoop peas into broad shallow wicker baskets – the same ones we'd used when picking cassava leaves. Then you do some gentle shaking, swaying, jogging, till the remaining husks can be removed.
Suddenly we were told it was time for Karen & I to wash. Earnesto and Lucia's house was upper middle class by local standards, their toilet was excellent – but if I were to live there it would be this room that would give me nightmares. It was a smelly short corridor with the toilet (I think a fancy seat above a long-drop, but not that long) part way down it. At its end was a low shelf to step over, and someone had furnished it with a bar of soap, a bucket of piping hot water and a little dish. Beside the loo was a huge bucket full of cold water. You could keep clean but it was that malevolent loo, busily stinking.
Later, outside, we listened to the noisy partying at a nearby Pentecostal church, and local beer shops. We ate bananas and fried up pigeon-pea pods. A drunk bloke turned up who sounded like a woman. He knew a little bit of English & pestered us for a bit. Lucia and some others washed dishes and boiled rice. Suddenly, with some ceremony, we were invited inside to watch telly in English. This was a brilliant day all through. I kept having to stop and ask myself "is this really happening"? I watched a documentary on Chinese opera, in English, in a room full of Lucia, Earnesto and their family, who were excited to give us this treat, but who could understand not a word of it. They served us more delicious food.
Our bedroom was small, sweaty, dusty, with scary-looking electrics. But it had a proper bed with a mosquito net. I slept really well. When I woke up at 5am there was still (already) loud party music going on around town.
There were plenty of colourful markets.
All the women liked these caplanas. Karen bought several. Here's Geraldine trying one on.
In the village of Monguye we met Catherine: we interviewed her under a beautiful thatch on thick poles. She left Mozambique during the war, lived in Malawi, married there, moved back here (both of them) after the war; had 1 living child & 6 ghosts. Catherine grew sesame, pigeon-pea, did well (chinese and Indian companies source sesame and pigeon-pea here for export, but I'm not sure whether Catherine sold to them). Catherine and her husband began making bricks, saved money for corrugated iron, built house; house blew down in a storm & now they've saved again & replaced the roof. The house was a reasonable size, well built with an outside toilet and kitchen.
Our lunch of chicken & rice was cooked there. It was a low thatched kitchen with a tiny door. We all went in. A woman was frying chicken feet & offered one to Geraldine.
There was evidence of another charity: ALMA: Anglican Link Mozambique and Angola (something like that). They had paid for the building of this school.
Because of the school four teachers had moved to Monguye and built their own houses. There were 609 pupils, taught in classes of 75, in half-day shifts, from age 6 thru to 14, in theory. The problem as ever, was the region's extreme poverty. Any very bright kid should really have been going to a college in Milanje for further education – but the cost of that, including rent in the town, was way beyond anyone's means. Much more likely was that girls would enter an arranged marriage, some from as young as 11; and boys of 14 would begin work: almost certainly pushing an over-laden bicycle to the market. Other evidences of development included: The community had cleared the road so that, though the road was still very rough, lorries could get through; this meant the teachers, mobile clinics and vendors could come to Monguye. The floor inside the church was made by the women from a mix of cow dung & sand, it was a really nice hard smooth floor. One man described going to the mountains to make bricks, burn them and bring them back for the church building work. Why? "Because of the love & the power of God", he said.
They wanted space to dance in the church. Next they wanted a concrete floor, windows & a door; a hospital and a school.
Catechist Training
Two things inspired me to think that training the catechists was (is) very worthwhile. Firstly it was the church network across the Diocese of Niassa that was bringing Umoja and the various economic and social developments to these poor, remote, rural communities, and the Gospel. Secondly the church was over-stretched. priests could barely keep in touch with their dozens of churches, so they would appoint a catechist (trainee priest) who's probably no more than a young church-goer who's both committed and literate) to run the church. 21 catechists and deacons came for our training day; with fewer than half a dozen Bibles between them. The nearest place to get a Bible in Chichewa (the local language) was Blantyre in Malawi. Nobody, not even priests, had any Bible commentaries or concordances. Prior to 2009 ALMA, who funded the school in Monguye, had been paying for some basic training: how to lead a Bible study; but their fund-raising has dried up now. A priest who'd benefited from any training, was a rare thing.
The catechists were Joao, Louish, Stephano, Bernardo, Rodriguez, Earnesto, another Louish, one woman, called Foster, and I didn't get the others' names. Raphael was our interpreter.
We began with the assumption that they would expect a boring, lecturing style. We played an ice-breaker where they had the names of famous people, or animals, written on a post-it stuck to their fore-heads. They had a lot of fun, talking with each other. But the game failed (technically) because A) they had never heard of the 'famous' people: Bart Simpson, Queen Victoria; B) Karen and I forgot about the language gap and wrote the names of the animals in English! Oops. We got the catechists to share phone numbers with each other; and we sat them at tables where they all came from the same town. In the future they will (we hope) be each other's best support.
Literacy was low. I asked the catechists to line up in alphabetical order of home town. About half their home towns began with the letter "M"; they weren't able to sort on the second letter.
I must admit it was difficult. I am comfortable in teaching mode, in front of a flip-chart; but I soon had the catechists looking stressed, confused, tired. This exercise in making the catechists fall over, was one way of bringing them light relief.
James (our vicar) by contrast was a natch. Karen has experience teaching non-native speaking adults, and she gave me lots of tips. To revive the catechists at one point we stopped for a word game, Joao (who'd been the first to volunteer his phone number) had a game: he wrote "P"s on the board & then had a long sentence in which every word began with a P, something like Padre Pablo, please can I have passage to Portugal via Paris (it works in Portuguese). The game took off, and all the catechists had great fun, laughing, joining in, but James, Karen & I were none the wiser.
This poverty and inequality is not right. It makes us uncomfortable. We need to accept that discomfort and let it change us. How can poverty and inequality be dealt with? On the ground – by local partners, not ex-pats anymore. By changing mindsets and practises – here and at home, but in different ways
On the Tearfund Connected Church website, Umoja in Mozambique has an annual funding target of £40,000, currently it is funded to £5084 by 4 connected churches. click for Tearfund Connected Church page Another part of the site recommends that a UK connected church aims to pledge £10,000 a year for 3 years. It is clear that none of the 4 churches connected with Mozambique is reaching anywhere near that suggested amount.
As a church that has gone to the commitment and expense of having large groups visit Mozambique more than once, we (HTH) should be able to support our Connected Partner more, I think.


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You haven't seen me post a lot about baby showers because – well – I don't photograph them that often. :) My weekends are usually spent shooting weddings or hanging with my family — but when Katie from Intertwined Events asked if I could come document a baby shower she was hosting for her bestie and business partner Meghan – I was all about it! And let's be honest, any excuse to spend the afternoon at Montage Laguna Beach is as good of an excuse as any! It seemed more like a mini vacation than it did work. :)
The spring design of this Montage Laguna Beach baby shower was absolutely adorable. The pops of color in the floral arrangements (including that garland on the mom-to-be's chair!), menus in shades of pink and texture in the hanging balloons were so fun! And, of course, Meghan's outfit was on point! That pink dress and white blazer were the perfect accompaniment to her bump!
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Planning & Design: Intertwined Events | Venue: Montage Laguna Beach | Florals: Elegant by Design | Menus: River and Bridge | Rentals: Signature Party Rentals | Dessert: Beverly's Bakery


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Eric Florack on November 10th, 2016
If we are talking Hillary Clinton Behind Bars does it make sense to not have Bill Clinton locked up? Is there any conceivable way he is not an accessory to the crimes of Hillary Clinton? Along with a great deal of other people as well of course. Which ties into my comments of the other […]
davidl on November 10th, 2016
The Breakfast Scramble: Eric is right. There is a lot about which to talk. His girl Friday. A shout out to Kellyanne Conway. The Little Donny of the primaries was a wild hip shooter. His campaign was in disarray. He never even got on the ballot in Oregon. Somebody corralled Little Donny and I have […]