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Wearable Technology For Expectant Mothers Wins Australian James Dyson Award
By Leigh Campbell
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There are many challenges that come with living in rural Australia -- and quality, personalised healthcare for pregnant women is one of them.
More than half of Australia's rural maternity units have closed over the last 15 years, with safety, cost and workforce shortages putting expectant mothers and families at risk.
Industrial Design student at at RMIT, 22 year old Sarah Heimeier created "Jana" -- a wearable technology which monitors expectant mothers and transmits data to doctors, and has won the Australian James Dyson Award for her idea.
The design features emerging technology within a personalised device that allows mothers to feel at ease, and help doctors monitor for conditions. With real-time information doctors can provide a higher quality of personalised healthcare to pregnant women living in rural areas.
Through the use of an ultrasound transducer and rare earth magnets, the mother is able to wear the device as it monitors her glucose levels and blood pressure. Her doctor is then able to assess her development as she enters information through the mobile application. Her doctor can also communicate through the app -- calling them into a hospital quickly if necessary.
How exactly does it work? A processor, transmitter, and ultrasound transducer allow Jana to monitor the body. An ultrasound transducer produces sound waves which bounce off body tissues and make echoes which the processor can derive blood pressure, glucose levels and heartbeat from. Broad band frequency is used to generate acoustic waves in the tissue to measure glucose levels.
Collected data is then forwarded to the mobile app, and recorded for both the mother and her doctor to see. The mother is able to see any fluctuations on her smartphone, whilst her doctor is can closely monitor progress and check for abnormalities.
The James Dyson Award is an international student design award run in 18 countries. The contest is open to university level students (or recent graduates) in the fields of product design, industrial design and engineering, who "design something that solves a problem."
The Award has an international prize fund of over $AUD180, 000, with $AUD30,000 going to the winner and $AUD18,000 to their university.
Leigh Campbell Lifestyle Editor, HuffPost Australia
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Energie Baden-Württemberg (EnBW) has been selected as exclusive bidder by Valeco, a French solar and wind developer and operator, to acquire 100% stake in the company.
Image: EnBW selected as preferred bidder by Valeco. Photo: Courtesy of EnBW/Weltenangler.
EnBW and Valeco agreed not to disclose the terms of the agreement.
EnBW said that the next step in the acquisition, as per the French law is to consult with the company's staff council. Consequently, EnBW has now started the consultation process, which will have to be completed before entering into a binding agreement.
Based in Montpellier, Valeco is an operator of renewable energy farms in the French energy market. The company has a staff of 135 in onshore wind and solar businesses and has been active in the entire value chain that includes development, construction and operation of renewable power plants.
The installed capacity of the company is 276MW in onshore wind and 56MW in solar. Its pipeline of projects totals to about 1.7GW. Valeco's annual turnover is nearly €50m.
The German company claims to have invested nearly €3bn till date in expanding its renewable energy business as part of its Strategy 2020. Until 2025, EnBW aims to invest another €5bn in Germany and across selected international markets.
From last year, the company has been active in France, developing wind and solar businesses through its subsidiary EnBW Energies Renouvelables.
Recently, the company opened a representative office in Taiwan, where the company, together with Australian investor Macquarie Capital and the Taiwanese industrial company Swancor Renewable, developed three offshore wind power projects in the country's Changhua region since early 2018.


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Goldman and Its Lobbyists Spurned in Finance Fight
Published Thu, Apr 29 20103:12 AM EDT Updated Fri, Sep 13 20134:33 PM EDT
Eric Lichtblau and Eric Dash|The New York Times
Last week, White House officials quietly approached leading financial firms seeking formal letters of support for a Congressional overhaul of financial regulations. One Wall Street powerhouse was left off the list: Goldman Sachs.
Given the government's lawsuit against Goldman, "the message," said a financial industry executive involved in the discussions about the White House solicitation, "was that Goldman's opinion doesn't matter and that it would be negative if Goldman was supportive of what we were doing."
Goldman Sachs employs perhaps the country's most well-connected stable of Washington lobbyists, and it spent $2.8 million last year to bend the ear of federal officials and lawmakers. But the pounding the investment firm has taken in recent days has left it sidelined — at least in public — as Congress moves toward a decision that could reshape the very industry it rules.
With Goldman the target of a Securities and Exchange Commission fraud lawsuit filed two weeks ago and nearly 11 hours of questioning in a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday, the company has been portrayed by many as a symbol of Wall Street excess and abuse.
"All of the Wall Street banks today are politically toxic," said Jaret Seiberg, a financial policy analyst for Concept Capital, a financial policy research group. "Goldman is in that bucket. The hearing makes it harder to get their message out in Washington, but that was true before the hearing and that is true today. To be a Wall Street bank today means there are already two strikes against you."
Still, the company is trying to find a way to influence the debate, even if it cannot play as visible a role.
Goldman Sachs declined to comment on Wednesday on the impact that its legal and public relations troubles have had on its Washington lobbying operations. But one person briefed on its plans, but who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the firm's continuing legal and political troubles, said it was still trying to push its agenda.
In seeking to make its case to lawmakers and their aides, the bank has been largely relying on trade groups, like the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, the American Banking Association, or the Financial Services Forum, to plead its case about concerns in the financial legislation, industry officials said.
In contrast to JPMorgan Chase and other rivals, Goldman has not tried grass-roots outreach efforts, like setting up hot lines to have employees call their Congressional leaders. But on occasion, Goldman and its lobbyists have approached Senate Democrats directly on areas of particular concern, like the so-called Volcker Rule, which would bar institutions like Goldman from buying and selling for their own profit, rather than as a service to its clients, according to a Democratic aide. Another provision that the firm would like to see changed is a ban on banks' trading in the derivatives market.
More often, the firm — whose lobbyists and outside lawyers include Washington luminaries like Richard A. Gephardt, the former House majority leader, and Ken Duberstein, the former Reagan administration official — has relied largely on intermediaries because politicians are worried about being associated with it, government and industry officials said.
"They know they're not going to have that much of an impact," said one lobbyist who works with Goldman but did not want to be named for fear of jeopardizing his relationship with the firm.
In addition to the political concerns, there were also pragmatic ones: many of the Goldman's highest-ranking executives, including Lloyd C. Blankfein, the chief executive, had been preoccupied for the last week in preparing for the Senate hearing.
At the hearing, senators pressed Goldman executives on the allegations by the S.E.C. that the firm had misled investors by selling them a complex mortgage investment that was secretly devised to fail. Senate investigators also made public internal documents that shed light on the large profits the company made, and the satisfaction some of its executives derived, as the housing market began collapsing.
And the events of recent weeks are clearly hurting the access of a company once renowned in Washington for sending its executives to senior posts at the Treasury Department. For instance, Senator Blanche Lincoln, the Arkansas Democrat who wrote the provision that would ban banks like Goldman Sachs from trading in derivatives, had discussed having a fund-raiser at the firm's New York offices this month, but she scuttled the possible event after the S.E.C. filed its lawsuit.
Ms. Lincoln said she would no longer take political contributions from the firm, which has been one of the most prolific contributors to campaigns. Goldman executives and its political action committee have given more than $24 million to federal candidates in the last decade, including nearly $1 million to Mr. Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.
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Home Technology Internet Reacts to Avatar 2's Duration: "Marriages Don't Last That Long!"
Internet Reacts to Avatar 2's Duration: "Marriages Don't Last That Long!"
With Avatar: The Water Way almost upon us, with a December 16th release date meaning audiences will be flocking to theaters over the holidays, people are starting to realize what they're getting into.
The official runtime for Avatars 2 has been revealed, and at 3 hours 12 minutes, it will certainly fall short for the Best Short Film Oscar. That's exactly half an hour longer than the original's runtime Avatars.
It's no big surprise: Movies are indeed getting longer, as we've been exploring a study of execution times per year – but that doesn't mean everyone is happy with it.
Indeed, the Internet has begun to react to Avatars 2the epic minute count.
There are marriages that last less than this new duration of the film AvatarDecember 12, 2022
Surprisingly, that's not quite the insult you think it is.
In 2019 a couple in Kuwait only lasted 3 minutes, second company news sources (opens in a new tab)and it's hard to fault Avatars 2 to be longer than the average pop song.
Most short-lived celebrity marriages last at least a day or two, so even if they end surprisingly quickly, a married couple could still enjoy Avatar: The Water Way before handing over their rings.
But enough of spoiling people's jokes, let's look at other reactions. And, more specifically, the apprehension about it…
Avatar: TWoW has a duration of 3 hours and 12 minutes! @JimCameron obviously doesn't give a damn about people's blisters!! #AvatarTheWayOfWater #Avatar2December 4, 2022
i was going to look at avatar 2, but that runtime? fuck noooooDecember 4, 2022
Holy shit, I just saw that Avatar 2's runtime is 3h10. He better be really good at sitting.December 9, 2022
Some people are pointing this out Avatars 2 not exactly the longest movie of all time…
Before you complain about the duration of #avatar, know that it is 4 minutes shorter than TitanicDecember 12, 2022
… but others look to other recent films to prove that it's not even the shortest…
The running time of Avatar 2 is 3 hours and 10 minutes, which is 8 minutes longer than Avengers Endgame and 21 minutes longer than Black Panther 2.December 13, 2022
With critics' first impressions already out, many people are using the positive reception to Avatar: The Water Way to temper their run-time skepticism, but others are a little confused that many critics haven't addressed the film's epic length.
So far a few critics I know really like Avatar 2. I hope I like it because I'm a bit dreading the 3 hour run time.December 7, 2022
Every review of Avatar 2 so far is like "A TECHNICAL WONDER!! VISUALLY STUNNING!! BEAUTIFUL CAMERA WORK AND SPECIAL EFFECTS WHICH- ""is the plot good? Is the story worth the 3 hours?""….ONE WHALE JUMPED OFF THE SCREEN AND RUB MY BACK!!"December 8, 2022
Director James Cameron defended the length, speaking to What to Watch's sister publication GamesRadar (opens in a new tab)director legend said, "We didn't spend as much time on relationships and emotions in the first film as in the second film, and it's a longer film, because there are more characters to serve. There is more story to serve."
But it certainly is a long time, whether it's deserved or not.
For some context Concorde flew from New York City to London in 2 hours 53 minutes, if it was still flying and you looked at the Avatars sequel on the flight, you will miss the end of the movie.
But James Cameron's epic is certainly not the longest ever made – in fact, it pales in comparison to the more than 21 hours The innocence since 2019, which is the longest non-experimental film ever.
If you are looking for experimental films, the logistics since 2012 it lasts almost 36 days, which actually is longer than many celebrity weddings.


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LIES AND OTHER ACTS OF LOVE
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Dear Carolina was praised as "Southern fiction at its best." Now author Kristy Woodson Harvey presents a new novel about what it really means to tell the truth . . .
After sixty years of marriage and five daughters, Lynn "Lovey" White knows that all of us, from time to time, need to use our little white lies.
Her granddaughter, Annabelle, on the other hand, is as truthful as they come. She always does the right thing—that is, until she dumps her hedge fund manager fiancé and marries a musician she has known for three days.
Her granddaughter, Annabelle, on the other hand, is as truthful as they come. She always does the right thing—that is, until she dumps her hedge fund manager fiancé and marries a musician she has known for three days. After all, her grandparents, who fell in love at first sight, have shared a lifetime of happiness, even through her grandfather's declining health.
But when Annabelle's world starts to collapse around her, she discovers that nothing about her picture-perfect family is as it seems. And Lovey has to decide whether one more lie will make or break the ones she loves.
About Kristy Woodson Harvey
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Yesterday I made what might be considered an audacious claim: sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit, Orthodox Christians bring with them the Kingdom of Heaven everywhere they go. This statement, however, is not pulled out of thin air — it is based upon the writings of the Fathers of the Church and the way Orthodox Christians worship.
Where the Church is, there is the Holy Spirit and the fulness of grace.
What did the Angel declare in this type but the descent of the Holy Spirit, which was to come to pass in our day, and should consecrate the waters when invoked by the prayers of the priest? That Angel, then, was a herald of the Holy Spirit, inasmuch as by means of the grace of the Spirit medicine was to be applied to our infirmities of soul and mind. The Spirit, then, has the same ministers as God the Father and Christ. He fills all things, possesses all things, works all and in all in the same manner as God the Father and the Son work.
The Apostle found nothing better to wish us than this, as He himself said: 'We cease not to pray and make request for you that ye may be filled with the knowledge of His will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding walking worthily of God' (Col. 1:9). He taught, then, that this was the will of God, that rather by walking in good works and words and affections, we should be filled with the will of God, Who puts His Holy Spirit in our hearts. Therefore if he who has the Holy Spirit is filled with the will of God, there is certainly no difference of will between the Father and the Son.
We who are filled with the will of the Spirit are also filled with the will of the Father and the Son.
If I cast out demons by the Spirit, surely the Kingdom of God has come upon you.
Note how this reinforces what St. Ambrose said above — where the Spirit is, so is the Son.
The spirit of truth the gift of Sonship, the pledge of our future inheritance, the first fruits of eternal blessings, the life giving power, the source of sanctification through whom every rational and spiritual creature is made capable of worshiping You and giving You eternal glorification, for all things are subject to You.
In other words, where there is the Holy Spirit, there is the Kingdom of God.
Since Orthodox Christians are sealed with the Holy Spirit, there is the Kingdom of God, there is the Father, there is the Son — where ever they may go. Amen.


Time is running short to get out of the way of Hurricane Florence, a monster of a storm that has a region of more than 10 million people in its potentially devastating sights as it zeroes in on the Southeastern coast. Cloud cover that could encompass multiple states.
In a series of tweets Wednesday morning, Trump said the government "got A Pluses" for storm recovery in Texas and Florida and "did an unappreciated great job in Puerto Rico". The Navy, Air Force and Army have been moving people, ships and aircrafts out of harm's way, though evacuations were not mandatory at bases such as Camp Lejeune.
Duke Energy Corp expected between 25 percent and 75 percent of its 4 million customers would lose power in the Carolinas. The losses won't be easily or quickly overcome. But it could have been worse: Labor Day marked the end of the peak tourism season in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and other coastal getaways.
Manure lagoons are about as pleasant as they sound-vast open-air ponds of manure located next to the many hog farms near the North Carolina coast. At this time, Florence was a Category 2 hurricane.
"We normally take pets for one floor but during the hurricane we make exceptions", said Maureen McGuire, director of sales at Wyndham Garden Jacksonville near Interstate 95 and J. Turner Butler Boulevard.
- Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools has announced that they are canceling classes for Thursday and Friday as Hurricane Florence moves toward the coast. He says: "If Mama and Grandma are going, then a lot of people are leaving". Three other Southern raceways also opened campgrounds to evacuees. We are prepared considering what we went through two years ago. Home Depot and Lowe's activated emergency response centers to get generators, trash bags and bottled water to stores before and after the storm.
East Carolina opted not to travel for its scheduled game this Saturday at Virginia Tech. Virginia has moved its Saturday home game against OH to Nashville, Tennessee.


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Integration and calibration of a multi slit spectropolarimeter
R. Devaraj, K. Sankarasubramanian, Surekha Kamath
Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal
Multi-slit spectropolarimeter is a next-generation spectropolarimeter to obtain vector magnetic field information at high spatial, spectral, and temporal resolution for studying the magnetic structures on the Sun. Once developed, it can be used as ground based instrument at solar observatories, also as a space payload for various solar missions. A high spectral resolution is invariably an important parameter for accurate vector magnetic field measurements and faster cadence is required for the study of dynamical evolution of structures (e.g.; solar flares, sunspots etc.) on the Sun and hence better understanding on the physics behind their evolution. The multi-slit spectropolarimeter mainly consists of a spectrograph, polarimeter package and an area-array detector (CCD camera). The spectrograph consists of multi-slit (5-slits), diffraction grating, collimator and camera lens system. Integration of the polarimeter and detector is achieved by using a LabVIEW GUI platform. User controllable options for camera and LCVR settings were developed in LabVIEW. The CCD camera operation for capturing images is synchronized with the clock used to switch the voltage supplied to the LCVR. This is achieved by providing an external trigger signal from LCVR to camera. Acquisition of data is carried out through CCD into a widely used FITS format along with the experimental settings and other required information. This is achieved using the LabVIEW GUI developed. A calibration curve for voltage versus retardance for LCVR was obtained using an experimental setup. Multi-slit spectrograph was calibrated by filling all the slits using a laser source. Preliminary study of the instrument's polarization response was carried for linearly polarized input.
Advances in Space Research
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For the month of March, I've been only listening to two songs on repeat. And they are TVB themesongs. I don't know why, but when ever I feel stress, angry, or upset; I would reach for these two songs. When ever I listen to these two songs on repeat, it would instantly clear my mind and I would be alright until I crash again. Yes, I have a playlist on my phone that only have these two songs.
I don't know, but I just love these two songs so much. It always calm my mind and makes me happy when ever I listen to them.


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An introduction to quantum computing architecture
The shift from bit to qubit has a revolutionary effect on system architecture. Here are the key terms you need to know.
Posted: February 16, 2021 | by Joachim Haller (Red Hat Accelerator)
When the first few turbo cars came about, they were marketed by sticking the word "turbo" on the back. The word became synonymous with "power," so pretty soon, you could find all kinds of household appliances and other gadgets emblazoned with the word "turbo." A similar thing seems to have happened with the word "quantum," as I find it in all kinds of odd contexts, like the design of houses or models of working.
"Schrödinger's cat" is another concept that some people associate with quantum technology. Schrödinger was corresponding with Einstein and used the cat in a thought experiment intended to disprove (in theory) the idea that superposition could only be revealed once observed (before that, it could be anything). This idea about how quantum mechanics behaved came from Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg and is often referred to as the "Copenhagen interpretation."
A recent article from Jussi Lindgren and Jukka Liukkonen "concluded that the correlation between a location and momentum, i.e., their relationship, is fixed. In other words, reality is an object that does not depend on the person measuring it." To me, this is vastly cool because it continues to fuel a discussion that started 100 years ago!
What's so special about a quantum computer?
Quantum computing is inherently probabilistic, which means it solves challenges based on the most probable outcome while using several dimensions simultaneously. If regular computing can be compared to flipping a coin, where the result is either heads or tails, quantum computing calculates the most probable outcome in a sort of "while the coin is spinning" way. However, quantum computing is more than that: It can be both heads and tails simultaneously, and any variation in-between these two states. This concept is known as superposition. This way of working allows a quantum computer to perform millions of calculations simultaneously to work out the most probable solution or even solutions, which provides us with more options to choose from.
In the world of quantum mechanics, there are phenomena like the quantum state of superposition, quantum entanglement, string theory, and more. The research in this field has a good headwind, and a lot of progress is being made. The mathematical models for how to use all this are evolving rapidly, and new scientific papers on the topic are being published all the time.
Anyone for some qubits?
Quantum computers use qubits to harness the power of quantum mechanics. However, the operations inside qubits are unstable and very sensitive. So far, qubits require some special, challenging requirements to function correctly. They need vacuum and temperatures extremely close to absolute zero. They also tolerate no interference, which becomes very complicated when operating on a nano scale with individual photons and electrons.
The difference between bits and qubits is that a regular computer needs eight bits to represent any number between 0 and 255. With eight qubits, a quantum computer not only represents every number between 0 and 255, but it does it simultaneously! This warps my mind, and even though I have read it so many times, I am still confused about how it actually works—but it does.
There is fascinating research on making quantum computers operate at near room temperature and decreasing their sensitivity by improving the error correction models. When all that comes to fruition, the doors to the future will burst wide open.
So we have established that quantum computers behave very differently from ordinary computers. This also requires entirely new ways of thinking, new math, new models for programming, and new methods of administering the whole thing. Subsequently, new thoughts around setting up the architecture around a quantum computer are needed, especially if we consider how it should interact with classical computers.
Using quantum computing in your system architecture
There are many things to consider when adding a quantum computer to the existing IT infrastructure of classical computers, and this will be explored in another article. Still, one good starting point is to reflect on where to place this new resource. Depending on the type of organization you are architecting for, there might be arguments to have it on-premises or to include it as a service.
In-house quantum computer
This is not to say that each company must have their own quantum computer; that's a difficult order, partly because they are quite expensive and rather delicate to maintain, but also because of the blistering pace of progress. The predominant risk of a quantum computer being outdated even before it is properly run-in is a bit daunting and should spur the plans to source such a service.
Also, consider that today's quantum computers don't really have an equivalent to Windows or Linux—a generic operating system that works on many different quantum computer hardware platforms. Of course, there are projects with this aim, but I believe we will need to go through a few generations before some standard emerges.
Interestingly, the in-house solution for a quantum computer would require much of what we saw in the early days of mainframe computers. We're talking lavish location, comprehensive cooling, excessive electrical consumption, draconian cleanliness, expert access only, and of course, no external interference whatsoever. If this sounds like your company, then, by all means, go ahead with an in-house quantum computer. Otherwise, you'll probably want to consider Quantum Computing as a Service (QCaaS)
QCaaS, speed, and trust
After deciding to get access to quantum computing power from the realms of your trusted service provider, you're now challenged with how to integrate this service-beast into your current IT landscape. From an architectural perspective, it is a good idea to collaborate with the security team on this. Connecting to a quantum computer also means that it can connect back to you, but with a significant difference in processing power. Exercise caution since you don't know who else is using the same quantum computer at your provider. Security is best served as a starter, not as a dessert.
Since quantum computers can use standard fiber-optic network components to communicate, it is also possible to exploit the well-known weaknesses in this area. So it is time to gear up, or else you will have to trust that your provider has taken all necessary security measures and that all their customers can also be trusted. As the adage goes, "trust, but verify."
The age of quantum computers is at our doorstep. Thousands of eager developers are already taking advantage of the free access to quantum platforms—IBM being one of them. There is a call for architecture to start looking into the roadmap for integrating this new technology into the existing IT landscape.
Many companies are hungry for more processing power. With quantum computers being able to do in minutes what no classical computer can even dream of ever doing, the business advantage is shining like a beacon at night.
The current generation of quantum computers is found in scientific institutions or at very large service providers like IBM and Google. There are many similarities to the first mainframe computers when it comes to complexity and uniqueness, so there are good reasons to start with QCaaS. Architecture is key to successfully integrating this new technology with the existing IT landscape, and upcoming articles will look more into the different areas and aspects.
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It Is Time For A Change: The Australian's First Editorial Supporting A Change Of Government
On November 25, 1972, The Australian newspaper published the first of two front-page editorials advocating a change of government and the election of Gough Whitlam and the ALP.
The editorial appeared alongside a report of the Liberal Prime Minister, William McMahon, criticising his Cabinet for its slowness and lack of political judgement.
Describing the poll as "the most crucial Federal election of our time", the Murdoch-owned newspaper said: "This may be our last chance for some time to opt for a bold leap forward in this country's development."
Whilst critical of some aspects of Whitlam's platform, the paper said: "It is time we had a new sense of national identity and national purpose to carry us forward into our challenging and newly expanding future… The best thing that can happen to Australia a week today will be a change of government."
Dec 1, 1972: The Australia's second editorial supporting the ALP
Editorial in The Australian, November 25, 1972.
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It's Time: Whitlam's 1972 Election Policy Speech
The policy speech delivered by Gough Whitlam for the 1972 Federal elections is one of the few such speeches that are remembered decades on. In it, Whitlam set out the "program" he intended to implement in government.
The speech began a tradition of Whitlam commencing with the words first used by Prime Minister John Curtin (1941-45): "Men and women of Australia!"
Listen to the opening words of Whitlam's 1972 Policy Speech
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The decision we will make for our country on 2 December is a choice between the past and the future, between the habits and fears of the past, and the demands and opportunities of the future. There are moments in history when the whole fate and future of nations can be decided by a single decision. For Australia, this is such a time. It's time for a new team, a new program, a new drive for equality of opportunities: it's time to create new opportunities for Australians, time for a new vision of what we can achieve in this generation for our nation and the region in which we live. It's time for a new government – a Labor Government. [Read more…]
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It's Time: Audio, Video And Lyrics
"It's Time" is arguably the most famous political slogan in Australian political history.
The slogan encapsulated the political mood of 1972, even amongst non-Labor supporters. "It's time for a change" seemed to be the prevailing mood after 23 years of coalition government which began in 1949 under Robert Menzies.
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Yo Protesto is the first album from Puerto Rican folk singer Roy Brown. The album was initially released under the small label Vanguardia, but was later released by Disco Libre, a label owned by the Puerto Rican Socialist Party.

Track listing

Cultural impact

Although released in 1969, the album became a symbol of the riots at the University of Puerto Rico that began in 1970. The songs were considered to be part of the movement of rebellion that sparked in the island, highlighting the sociopolitical situation.

In 2005, a tribute album to Roy Brown was released under the title of Yo Protesto: Roy Brown y sus Amigos, coinciding with the 35 anniversary of the release of the album. The album featured new versions of the same songs, some of them with the collaboration of other artists like Danny Rivera, Fiel a la Vega, Tony Croatto, and Silvio Rodríguez, among others.

In 2011, Brown celebrated the 40th anniversary of the album with a concert at the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center.

References

1969 debut albums
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Using a software routine without really knowing what it does. Voodoo programming often implies copying source code from a book or website with minimal understanding of what takes place when it is executed. See shotgun programming.
"voodoo programming." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 11 April 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/voodoo-programming>.


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The federal states started exploring a legal ban after the chance discovery of the National Socialist Underground (NSU) in 2011, blamed for killing nine immigrants and a police woman between 2000 and 2007. It is now widely known fact that acupuncture is one of the best methods to get relief from an otherwise ling lasting pain.
Humans without ambition - Goodbye and Goodluck!
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Missing less than 24 hours to begin the bridge of Easter, we had hired the Hotel in San Sebastian, the itineraries of visits scheduled, all controlled, all? The voice of my wife woke me up to the cruel reality:-you've seen, driving licence will expire within four days, how not hadn't looked it? -Safe? -Here you are making it very clear, sight see for yourself. Tended me the open portfolio, and there it was, four days, was true and tomorrow we went to first hour!! Calm, the important thing is not to lose the calm, I went up to the computer, I went to Google and I wrote, renewing the driving licence, came out me several pages, I was re-reading them until I found the medical center that seemed to fit my needs, Centre Medic Jaume Prime, downtown and with free parking, on its website told me the documents that had to carry, schedules and up to the phones of the headquarter of traffic. I asked for an inquiry and there was no problem, in half an hour I could attend. As stated on their website, I parked free of charge less than 50 meters from the query. I did relevant evidence, and they themselves were responsible for the processing of the document. They gave me the corresponding proof of processing of the renewal and I couldn't go with absolute tranquility. Blessed Internet thought, this same, years ago I would have been a couple of days of comings and goings, paperwork and loss of time.
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I couldn't quite figure out to whom this book was marketed to, honestly. It's told from the vantage point of an adult man, but the majority of the story is him relaying instances from his childhood. Truly, it's very much a Gaimanesque story: a young child faces a terrifyingly sinister supernatural evil alongside a mysterious (yet also subtly sinister) ally in a world that is very present yet effectively hidden from those who don't have the ability to see it. The story by itself would appeal to a younger demographic, but the addition of the adult main character as the narrator ages it up a bit, making it accessible to the adult audience. Part of me wants to think that was a wise choice, but another part of me feels like it made the book feel a bit disjointed, as if it didn't know who was going to be reading it.
Be boring, knowing everything. You have to give all that stuff up if you're going to muck about here."
"So you used to know everything?"
She wrinkled her nose. "Everybody did. I told you. It's nothing special, knowing how things work. And you really do have to give it all up if you want to play.
Dear Niel Gaiman, you speak to my heart so wonderfully.
The only thing that I really have to complain about - and this is an unimportant problem that I have with Gaiman generally - is his use of commas. I swear, to be such a well-known, prolific author, no one seems to have told him that he splices the hell out of his sentences. Every once in a while, I felt my brain stuttering through a sentence to allow for all of the commas he threw into his sentences. It made the reading very awkward in my mind. It wasn't that huge of a deal, though. I just noticed it from time to time when I found myself rereading a sentence because I didn't understand what it meant first read-through.
At the end of the day, this book made me nostalgic for when I was a kid and able to escape to different worlds at the drop of a hat, just because I felt like I wanted an adventure. Thankfully, writing has helped me to hold on to a bit of that, and I feel like I'm more imaginative and adventurous than most, but there is a certain sliver of childhood that I no longer have due to growing up (kind of like the Peter Pan syndrome), and this novel made me miss it.
Ending Thoughts: Not my favorite, but still highly entertaining and fantastical. It was like reading a Hayao Miyazaki film with just a dash of Stephen King. Thumbs up from me.


I think the *New Zealand Village in Yamaguchi* had a similar track – and *Nara Dreamland* had a rollercoaster of that name.
Not your most exciting explore!!
Reminds me of an abandoned water park I went to. There was a tree growing right through a splash pool. Amazing what can happen in a few decades.


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The 1968 Gator Bowl, part of the 1968 bowl game season, took place on December 28, 1968, at the Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. The competing teams were the Missouri Tigers, representing the Big Eight Conference, and the Alabama Crimson Tide, representing the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

The game featured two eventual College Football Hall of Fame coaches, Dan Devine at Missouri and Bear Bryant at Alabama.  Missouri won the game, 35–10.

Teams

Missouri

Missouri finished the regular season with a record of 7–3, with losses to Kentucky, Oklahoma and Kansas. Following the team's loss against Oklahoma, Missouri accepted an invitation to play in the Gator Bowl on November 18. The appearance marked the third for Missouri in the Gator Bowl, and the school's 11th overall bowl game.

Alabama

The 1968 Alabama squad finished the regular season with an 8–2 record, with its two losses coming by a combined three points to Ole Miss and Tennessee. Following the team's victory over Miami, Alabama accepted an invitation to play in the Gator Bowl on November 20. The appearance marked the first for Alabama in the Gator Bowl, and the school's 22nd overall bowl game.

Game summary
The Missouri Tigers scored first, with a Terry McMillan 4-yard touchdown run to complete an eleven-play, 71-yard drive to take a 7–0 lead.

In the second quarter, Alabama scored their only touchdown of the game after Donnie Sutton intercepted a McMillan pass and returned it 38 yards for a touchdown to tie the game at 7–7. Missouri retook the lead late in the second when McMillan scored from five yards out to give the Tigers a 14–7 lead at the half. After a scoreless third quarter, the Crimson Tide scored their final points of the game on a 28-yard field goal by Mike Dean to cut the Missouri lead to 14–10.  Missouri responded with three touchdowns to put the game out of reach. The first score was set up after Roger Wehrli intercepted a Neb Hayden pass and returned it to the Bama 21 yard line. Four plays later, McMillan scored his third touchdown of the game on a two-yard run. Greg Cook scored next on a 35-yard touchdown run and Dennis Poppe had the final points after returning a Scott Hunter pass 47 yards for a touchdown.

For the game, Missouri completed zero passes, but they rushed for 402 yards and they outgained the Crimson Tide 402 yards to 132. The 25-point loss was the worst for Alabama in its 22 bowl game history, and the 35 points Missouri scored were the most Alabama had ever surrendered in a bowl game.

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Kathryn Kinney, who was employed by Bayonne accounting firm Donohue, Gironda & Doria and assigned "full-time" to the Hoboken Finance Department as a financial specialist, pleaded guilty in Monmouth County Superior Court for stealing more than $10,000 from a nonprofit organization.
Before she worked in Hoboken, Kinney, 42, was working as the executive director of the Poricy Park Conservancy in Middletown.
FREEHOLD - The former executive director of the Poricy Park Conservancy pleaded guilty Monday to charges she took more than $10,000 from the nonprofit organization's bank account as she faced foreclosure proceedings on her Bridgewater home.
Kathryn Kinney, 43, pleaded guilty to third-degree misapplication of entrusted funds and will be placed in a pretrial intervention (PTI) program as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors.
Kinney faced as much as five years in state prison, but as part of the plea agreement she will make full restitution and need to stay out of trouble. Once the program is completed, sometime after she makes full restitution, Kinney's criminal record will be wiped clean of the charges.
"However, if you are terminated from PTI you will come before me and be sentenced," state Superior Court Judge Anthony J. Mellaci Jr. told Kinney after accepting the plea agreement.
In pleading guilty, Kinney explained she faced foreclosure on her Bridgewater home in 2006 when she wrote herself advances on her salary without the knowledge or permission of the Conservancy's board of directors.
At the November 14, 2005 Hoboken City Council Meeting, the council passed Resolution No. 05-179 sponsored by 3rd Ward Councilman Michael Russo hiring Donohue, Gironda & Doria effective December 1, 2005.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Administration is hereby authorized to enter into a one (1) year contract (1 December 2005 through 30 November 2006) with Donohue, Gironda & Doria for the provision of financial services at an annual cost of approximately $300,000.00.
---Motion duly seconded by Councilman Giacchi.
---Yeas: Council persons Castellano, Cricco, Del Boccio, Giacchi, Ramos, Russo.
By coincidence, it was at this same City Council meeting that the Robert's administration introduced and the City Council approved the three Hoboken Parking Utility no-bid PARKING METER contracts. On December 11, 2009, NJ Attorney General Anne Milgram announced that John P. Corea, former director of the Hoboken Parking Utility, was indicted today on charges that he conspired to steal more than $600,000 in parking meter revenue that he allegedly split with a Toms River contractor whose company was hired by the City of Hoboken to collect coins from city parking meters.
From December, 2005 to January, 2009, Hoboken paid almost One Million Dollars to the accounting firm for on-site financial services, many of which were previously performed by the Hoboken CFO and Finance Department employees.
The outside firm was brought in to enhance the overall efficiency of the City's accounting system and, if all went well, the City would move to privatize Finance Department after a one year trail period.
But the promise of readily available financial data, the competence to make decisions, and the ability to detect and correct problems throughout the budget year all fell apart when a State mandated yearly fiscal audit found a serious lack of cash controls and the failure of the City's daily accounting system to detect millions of dollars in declining anticipated cash collections.
In January 2009 Hoboken's state-appointed fiscal monitor, Judy Tripodi, declined to renew the Donohue, Gironda & Doria on-site accounting contract.
Watch this short video of the July 25, 2007 "Special" Hoboken City Council meeting as Hoboken 4th Ward Councilwomen Dawn Zimmer questions City CFO George Destefano about his daily duties in the Hoboken Finance Department as he worked along side the private accounting firm.


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Morannes-sur-Sarthe é uma ex-comuna francesa na região administrativa da Pays de la Loire, no departamento de Maine-et-Loire. Estendeu-se por uma área de 47,35 km².

A municipalidade foi estabelecida em 1 de janeiro de 2016 e consiste na fusão das antigas comunas de Morannes e Chemiré-sur-Sarthe. Em 1 de janeiro de 2017 foi fundida com a comuna de Daumeray para a criação da nova comuna de Morannes sur Sarthe-Daumeray.

Antigas comunas de Maine-et-Loire
Estados e territórios fundados em 2016
Estados e territórios extintos em 2017


As As the Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough with many, many thousands of constituents devastated by the SSI collapse, I plead with the Government to consider my analysis.
Now that the liquidation order has been made, I am of the view that this presents some major opportunities for a positive outcome and future at Redcar.
Government is in pole position to turn this situation around.
My understanding is that the Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills has the power to give direction to the official receiver as to how the liquidation is to proceed.
Firstly, the coke ovens and power plant represent a viable business in their own right. There is coal sitting out in the bay in ships waiting to be unloaded. That power plant feeds into the national grid and can make money. That money could be utilised to pay the creditors – many of them in the local supply chain – at least in part for some of the debts they are owed.
Secondly, the blast furnace itself is a nationally and strategically important asset and it is imperative that it is made safe and preserved.
That at the very least should be the direction from the BIS Secretary through to the Official Receiver and that same direction onto the administrator Price Waterhouse Coopers.
If there are insufficiently available funds generated from the coke oven and power plant operation to fund a full mothballing, then Government should provide those funds directly.
My understanding is that a full mothballing is not as costly as some had previously suggested. I'm not an expert but I'm relying on the information the Government has when it says that it would cost a mere £2m to mothball and something similar on an annual maintenance basis.
These are small sums in the grand scheme of things.
The mothballing would avoid an environmental disaster and provide a breathing space to find a buyer as well as the opportunity for a full strategic review of, not only the steel industry, but of all our core industries that underpin our manufacturing base and capability to enable us to put together a coherent and integrated industrial strategy.
Industry is crying out for a national strategy. There are considerable gaps in the UK steel operation. For example, the slab from Redcar is all exported. We don't have an internal UK market for the very steel we produce. Government should be looking to not only identify the gaps, but to settle a strategy that would facilitate the filling of those gaps in the UK steel chain.
If I am wrong about this, let the Secretary of State tell me why I'm wrong.
On the other hand, if there is merit in what I am saying, he should crack on with implementation as a matter of urgency or otherwise provide an explanation as to why he chooses not to.
Ultimately, we cannot let the Redcar plant disappear. I could set out vast tracts as to the damage it will cause to the Teesside economy but we'll learn the full horror of the impact in very early course.
I have to say, in the final analysis, Government should undoubtedly intervene in any event.
Let me make it clear, I am not proposing the full scale nationalisation of the entire UK steel industry. I am concentrating solely on the Redcar operation. But what I am saying is that Government stepping in to take this operation off the hands of the liquidators, lock stock and barrel, should not be ruled out.
Let's face it, when the East Coast mainline fell over some years ago, Government did the right thing and stepped in and took over, albeit temporarily, despite the arguments for it to remain in state hands given the success of the operation. Government stepped in there because the East Coast mainline was far too strategically important for Government to sit on its hands and do nothing.
The same is true of Teesside Steel. And please let's not have the "state aid" argument. If the state was to step in and take on the ownership, it could so economically. The money needed to get it away from the administrator has to be small fry.
What are we talking about? As a non-operational plant with no one wanting to buy it currently, the coke ovens and power plant apart, we must looking at scrap value. There can be no state aid complications in terms of the blast furnace itself whilst the purpose is to secure and preserve the plant. There is no steel production or trading involved. No one can plead "state aid" in those circumstances. And if they do, then so be it. Let's resolve that through the necessary channels in the years ahead. In the meantime the country's biggest blast furnace can be saved.
And as for the coke ovens and blast furnace, I can't accept that any intervention there could contravene state aid provisions. For goodness sake, it's EDF the French state owned energy company which has supplied Redcar with electricity and has been hovering about to literally pull the plug on the plant for the last many weeks because of the unpaid bill.
State owned companies provide energy throughout Europe and we simply could not be penalised for our Government owning and operating the Redcar power plant.
Ultimately this is all a matter of political will. I urge the Government to intervene before it is simply too late.
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My guest today is Hayley Barrett, the author of three very distinct picture books.
In the lyrical Babymoon, a tiny new person has arrived. Mom and Dad and Baby learn the rhythm of being together through this dawn to dusk story of a baby's day, taking the time they need to fall in love as a family. (This is the perfect gift for new parents or toddlers welcoming a new brother or sister.)
Hayley's second book, What Miss Mitchell Saw, recounts the story of astronomer Margaret Mitchell's amazing discovery of a comet. Back in 1847, her find caused an international sensation. Could a woman claim the gold and glory of a royal reward? What Miss Mitchell Saw garnered a starred review from School Library Journal and was named a Mighty Girl's Book of the Year.
Hayley adds, since we last connected, it was named a MA Book Must Read and longlisted for a MA Book award. It's also one of five NE finalists for SCBWI's Crystal Kite Award. J I couldn't be more proud of it.
Hayley's third book, Girl Versus Squirrel, is the rollicking tale of an intrepid girl and a resourceful squirrel's battle of wits. It will be coming out on August 11th and I can't wait to read it.
Hayley, you've written fiction and nonfiction, poetic books and funny books, books for the very young and books for school age readers. Everything you write is a new and delightful surprise. What threads tie your body of work together? You've mentioned that there are elements of nonfiction in everything you write, can you tell us more about that?
As a young person, I was more information-hungry than entertainment-hungry. I looked to books to teach me about the world. When I read (and reread) the LITTLE HOUSE books, I wanted more than to pal around with the Ingalls family. I longed to learn how to build, grow, and make whatever I might need. When I read (and reread) BLACK BEAUTY, I learned how to respectfully care for horses and how to avoid the careless mistakes that ruin them. In books, information was there to be found, and I wanted all of it.
This is why I try to include solid, well-researched facts in all of my books, even the lighthearted, fictional ones. For example, in GIRL VERSUS SQUIRREL, the animal character's behavior is believable because it's scientifically accurate. I know because during my research, I consulted a well-known squirrel expert. Yep.
Why newborns? Why Maria Mitchell? Why squirrels? What was the spark that generated each of your projects? What do you hope your books accomplish?
Well, this world is a fascinating place, isn't it? I find I'm interested in nearly everything, so naturally, I like to write about nearly everything. That's one of the joys of writing picture books. I can write about whatever catches my fancy.
The inspiration for BABYMOON happened many years ago. At that time, I was attending Penn's nursing school in preparation to become a Certified Nurse Midwife. Although our family plans changed and I did not complete the program, I never forgot what I learned about the importance of welcoming babies with gentleness and respect. A new family must be allowed to rest and bond, but in our increasingly busy and distracted world, such families are often pressured to "bounce back" to "normal life." We forget to take time to nurture and protect those who need it most. BABYMOON—the term was coined by a British anthropologist—is my effort to reclaim that sense of restful space.
I must have read about Maria Mitchell when I was a girl, and she stayed with me. From time to time, I'd come across her name in something I was reading, and it always piqued my interest. Finally, I was interested enough to research her life and accomplishments in earnest. That's when I began writing WHAT MISS MITCHELL SAW.
GIRL VERSUS SQUIRREL also came from my childhood days. As a kid, I spent hours watching the squirrels that lived in my neighborhood. If they were feeling sociable, they'd sometimes sit on the fence and let me talk to them. I'd cluck and chirp as best I could and they'd reply in fluent squirrel. If they ever tried to speak my language, I never noticed, but I wouldn't be surprised. Squirrels are mighty smart people.
What obstacles have you had to overcome in your writing process? Is there a particular aspect of the writing journey that challenges you most or is each project different?
Some writers enjoy the revision process, but I find it deeply challenging. A picture book's text is necessarily spare, yet its story and characters must be well-developed and engaging. To accomplish this requires painstaking work and focus, and the resulting manuscript is delicate, much like a sandcastle. Changing even one small part of the whole invites collapse of the structure.
Still, unless I want my work to molder in a drawer, I must revise. The process of revising BABYMOON was profoundly instructive and, to be honest, something of an ordeal. Revising any manuscript is tricky, but one that rhymes? Doubly so. To follow the sandcastle metaphor, it's like trying to modify a castle that's finished and dry. At the slightest touch, those seemingly solid walls with their boxy battlements will disintegrate and must be resurrected into an entirely new, structurally stable, and equally compelling creation. GULP.
I'll probably spend the rest of my life making peace with the revision process, but that's a happy prospect. I'm fortunate to be doing the work I love.
Your picture books have all been illustrated by others. What is your experience with the author/illustrator dance?
I love partnering with illustrators! They get to do what they like to do best—create art—and I get to do what I like—wrangle words. There's a strange sort of disconnected collaboration that's required to make a picture book. Both parties are creatively separate and yet somehow, they end up in a new place together. That's the magic we all hope for and work toward. When it happens—that magical pairing of words and images—the result is something truly special.
Now that I have a few books in the world, I realize how much I enjoy having books that differ from one another visually. BABYMOON bears no resemblance to WHAT MISS MITCHELL SAW, and GIRL VERSUS SQUIRREL looks nothing like THE TINY BAKER. I appreciate each of my illustrators, and I'm committed to supporting not only our shared "book babies," but all of their future work too.
In the middle of creating these books, you also contributed to a poetry anthology, An Assortment of Animals. What was it like collaborating with other authors on this project? Does your work as a poet influence the way you approach picture books?
The Writers' Loft is the center of my writing life, and I'm glad I can contribute to their anthologies. I only rarely write poetry, but I adore rhyming. Once I begin to hear the music and rhythm of a poem in my head, I can't help but work on it. That's what happened for the first anthology, AN ASSORTMENT OF ANIMALS, for which I wrote a poem about a prehistoric equid. There's another anthology coming, all about the ocean and its creatures, and I contributed two poems, one about diatoms and another about right whales.
I hear that there is a fourth book, The Tiny Baker, on its way. Illustrated by Alison Jay; it will be published by Barefoot Books. Could you tell us a little about that?
Gladly! THE TINY BAKER is a sweet story about the proprietress of a bustling teashop that caters to stylish ants and other elegantly attired insects. When kitchen disaster strikes, her can-do clientele work together to help their baker friend. I just saw the color proofs, and the art by Alison Jay could not be more perfect. Wait 'til you see the sugary delights she cooked up!
Oh, sounds delicious! Is there anything else you'd like to share with our readers?
I'd like to add that the children's literature community is wonderfully friendly and welcoming. If any of your readers are thinking about writing or illustrating for young people, they should go ahead and jump right in. The water's fine, I promise.
Thank you so much for being my guest today! You can find out more about Hayley Barrett and her books at https://hayleybarrett.com/.
Author Roundup: Hazel Mitchell
Hazel Mitchell and Toby
When I interviewed Hazel Mitchell back in 2012, http://lcbrennan.blogspot.com/2012/02/hazel-mitchell-interview-and-contest.html, she had just illustrated her first nonfiction book, Hidden New Jersey. She was hoping that project would lead to others.
Boy, did it! At this point Hazel has illustrated or written and illustrated twenty-two books. Here is just a partial list of her titles:
Oceanly, written by Lynn Parrish Sutton and illustrated by Hazel Mitchell, a sweet lullaby for beach-going toddlers.
Borrowing Bunnies, illustrated by Hazel Mitchell, a heartwarming book written by Newbery Honor winning author, Cynthia Lord, about her experience fostering rabbits.
Imani's Moon, written by JaNay Brown-Wood and illustrated by Hazel Mitchell, about tiny Imani and her Maasai village where the animals always have something to say and a girl can touch the moon. (Reading is Fundamental Multicultural Booklist)
How Do Fairies Have Fun In The Sun?, Fairies 1,2,3, and Do Fairies Bring The Spring? all part of a fun fairy series written by Liza Gardner Walsh and illustrated by Hazel Mitchell.
Toby, written and illustrated by Hazel Mitchell, about a rescue dog's struggle to adjust to life within a family and the boy who helps ease him into his new home. (Dog Writer's Association Children's Book of the Year) This book was inspired by Hazel's poodle, Toby.
Hazel's 23rd book, The Fall Fairy Gathering, the last of her seasonal fairy series, will be coming out in July from Down East Books.
She has another book coming out in 2021 which she will write and illustrate. What is it about? That's still a secret, but there just might be kittens…You can find out more about Hazel Mitchell and her delightful books at http://www.hazelmitchell.com/
Author Roundup Leslie Bulion
In my first interview http://lcbrennan.blogspot.com/2012/09/leslie-bulion-and-universe-of-fair.html with Leslie Bulion, she discussed her humorous middle grade novel, The Universe of Fair. This is one of my all-time favorite books, with quirky characters involved in riotous situations which often tug at the heart.
The Universe of Fair also incorporates physics. Physics, as in science? Yup, that's right. And the physics is woven into the story in a seamless and amazing way. Leslie has a master's degree in science, so it makes sense that it often wends its way into her writing.
In fact, Leslie's recent series pairs science with poetry. Hey There Stink Bug, At the Seafloor Café, Random Body Parts: Gross Anatomy Riddles in Verse, Leaf Litter Critters, Superlative Birds, and her latest title, Amphibian Acrobats are fun and fabulous. Superlative Birds was just named to NCTE Notable Poetry List and both it and Amphibian Acrobats received starred reviews from Kirkus and Booklist.
To quote Kirkus' review of Superlative Birds: "With characteristic humor and carefully crafted language, poet Bulion offers readers amazing facts about birds of our world..."
When I talked with Leslie Bulion about her Author Roundup, she was just about to Zoom out to meet with students in Texas. So if you'd like to know more about Leslie, her books, or her workshops, visit https://www.lesliebulion.com/


Learn about home ownership and network with members of APAHO, which hosts Asian Fest.
Join APAHO on Saturday, March 2nd at Kaufman Hall (Room 135) for the NEA Big Reads Hampton Roads.
Join Host Country Polynesia for Asian Fest 2018 at Norfolk's Waterside District May 28, 2018 from 11 am to 6 pm.
Don't miss the first ever Miss Asian Fest Pageant at the Chrysler Museum of Art. See http://www.apaho.org/miss-asian-fest/ for details and to apply.
The Asian Pacific American Heritage Organization (APAHO) will present its 24th Annual Asian Fest Saturday, May 16th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex. The event is free and open to the public.
Join us for our next general meeting where we will discuss our upcoming Asian Fest 2015. We will be meeting at the Joint Use Library in Virginia Beach, VA in room L118.
If you are unable to join us in person, please join us online through AnyMeeting here: http://anymeeting.com/374-243-620.
Join APAHO for our next meeting where we will hold elections and discuss Asian Fest 2015.
Join APAHO to celebrate the 22nd Asian Fest at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex on Saturday, May 31st.