Arnold K. Garr, "Latter-day Saints in Tubuai, French Polynesia, Yesterday and Today," in Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The Pacific Isles, ed. Reid L. Neilson, Steven C. Harper, Craig K. Manscill, and Mary Jane Woodger (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008), 1–22.
Arnold K. Garr was chair of the Department of Church history and Doctrine at BYU when this was published.
The island of Tubuai, French Polynesia, has the distinction of being the first place in the world where Latter-day Saint missionaries taught the gospel in a language other than English. It is a small island (about three by six miles) located in the beautiful South Pacific approximately 350 miles south of Tahiti. Missionaries set foot on the island in 1844 while the Church was headquartered in Nauvoo, Illinois, and Latter-day Saints have been there ever since. This chapter has three purposes: first, to briefly retell the story of the first missionary and converts on the island; second, to highlight the most significant developments in the Church on Tubuai during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; and third, to report on how the Church and its members are doing on the island in the early twenty-first century.
The story of the Church in Tubuai actually began with a patriarchal blessing given in Nauvoo, Illinois, on March 28, 1843. On that day the Prophet Joseph Smith's brother Hyrum placed his hands upon Addison Pratt's head and prophesied, "You shall go out and come in and go forth upon the face of the earth, . . . and your acts to be written in the chronicles of your brethren; . . . your name shall be perpetuated . . . from generation to generation . . . and had in honor until the latest generation." A few weeks later, on May 11, 1843, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles voted to call "Addison Pratt, Noah Rogers, Benjamin Grouard, and Knowlton F. Hanks . . . on a mission to the Pacific Isles." They were the first Latter-day Saint missionaries ever sent to Polynesia. Twelve days later, on May 23, President Brigham Young ordained Pratt a seventy and set him apart to go specifically to the Society Islands (French Polynesia). In the blessing, President Young prophesied that the people in Pratt's mission would say to each other, "Hearken ye . . . to this man," and they would "give presents, etc." These blessings would be fulfilled within the next few years. Elders Rogers, Grouard, and Hanks were also set apart on this occasion. Rogers, the eldest and most experienced, was called to be president of the mission.
On June 1, 1843, the four adventurous missionaries departed from Nauvoo on the steamer Sarah Ann. They made their way east across the United States and arrived at New Bedford, Massachusetts, on September 21, 1843. At the time New Bedford was considered the very center of America's whaling industry. Within days Pratt arranged for their passage to the Society Islands on the whaler Timoleon. The ship set sail on October 9 and had been at sea less than a month when, on November 3, Hanks passed away. Even before Hanks left Nauvoo, he had been seriously ill with consumption, now known as tuberculosis. Unfortunately, his condition became even worse with each passing day until his death. Hanks became the first Latter-day Saint missionary to be buried at sea. Nevertheless, the Timoleon pressed on, "searching out whaling grounds in all waters, [making] its way across the Atlantic, around the Cape of Good Hope, across the Indian Ocean, along the southern coast of Australia and into the Pacific." The ship touched land only twice during its far-reaching, monotonous, seven-month journey.
Tubuai was the first Polynesian Island that the Timoleon visited. At about two o'clock in the morning on April 30, one of the sailors shouted, "Land ho!" Pratt went on deck and beheld for the first time the beautiful island that he would soon come to love so dearly. For Pratt, this historic sighting was a rendezvous with destiny. From that moment on, his name would forever be associated with the island of Tubuai in the history of the Church. Originally the missionaries did not plan to initiate their proselyting activities in Polynesia at Tubuai. The Timoelon had merely stopped at Tubuai to replenish its supplies. It was then supposed to take all three missionaries to Tahiti, where they were to begin their labors. This all changed, however, soon after Pratt went ashore at Tubuai.
The people of Tubuai were kind and hospitable to all three missionaries, but they were especially fond of Pratt. He quickly won them over because of his engaging personality and willingness to try and communicate with them using the Hawaiian language. Almost immediately they began to plead with him to stay on the island and preach the gospel. This was an extremely difficult decision for Pratt because he had planned to go to Tahiti with the others. However, after the king himself prevailed upon him to stay, Pratt decided to make it a matter of prayer. He was soon convinced that if he left Tubuai, he would be "running away from duty" and therefore "resolved at once to stay." The Timoleon stayed at Tubuai a total of ten days and then, on October 9, set sail for Tahiti, taking Rogers and Grouard along. Pratt was the only passenger to stay behind. He was about to embark upon a life-changing, nineteen-month adventure.
There were only about two hundred people living on Tubuai in 1844. These residents were normally a loving people, but if taken advantage of they could also be fighters. For example, in 1789 when the mutineers from the famous ship Bounty tried to establish a colony on Tubuai, the islanders went to war against the rebellious sailors and forced them off the island. Prior to the early nineteenth century, the religion of Tubuai was primarily paganism, including cannibalism. However, in 1817 William Ellis of the London Missionary Society began to preach Protestant Christianity to the people. He was followed, in 1822, by native Tahitian missionaries who taught Christianity and brought literacy to the island. By 1840 the London Missionary Society "had recorded the spoken language in writing" and "printed a complete translation of the Bible." When Pratt arrived in 1844, basically all the people on the island considered themselves Christians, but the older generation could still remember their former traditions.
Although Pratt eventually had tremendous success in teaching the indigenous population of Tubuai, many of his first converts actually came from a small group of American shipbuilders who were living at the town of Mataura. Normally one would not expect a hardy band of sailors-turned-shipbuilders to be receptive to the gospel, but they were. From the time they first met Pratt they were friendly to him, and they soon became his proselytes. The first person to convert to the Church in all of the Pacific Isles was Ambrose Alexander, one of those shipbuilders. He was baptized on June 16, 1844, approximately six weeks after Pratt arrived on Tubuai.
July 29, 1844, is an important date in the history of the Church for Tubuai. On that day Pratt organized not only the first branch of the Church in Tubuai but also the first branch in all the Pacific Isles. On that occasion Pratt ordained Charles Hill an elder and chose him as a companion to take the place of Knowlton Hanks, who died at sea. Pratt then ordained John Layton a priest, William Carrington and James Clark as teachers, and Joseph F. Bowen and Ambrose Alexander as deacons. The little branch had a total of eleven members, including Pratt.
Certainly the most high-profile person to join the Church in Tubuai was Repa, King Tamatoa's oldest daughter and heiress to the throne. In fact, one of the Protestant missionaries from Tahiti had actually crowned her queen before Pratt arrived on the island. This coronation had possibly taken place after King Tamatoa's wife died and before the king married his next wife, Toupah. Nevertheless, Pratt baptized Repa, the queen or crown princess, on January 5, 1845.
During Pratt's first nine months on Tubuai, missionary work went extremely well. On February 20, 1845, he wrote a glowing report to Brigham Young: "I have baptized fifty-seven persons on this island. . . . Among them are the queen, who is heiress to the crown, a deputy king and his wife and daughter, . . . the head chief and his wife, these are the adopted parents to the queen, and several of the subordinate chiefs." Pratt then explained, "So you see the reins of government are within the church, and it has blundered me into a very awkward position, for if you will allow me to speak jestingly, I am prime minister of the island. My counsel is sought for in most law cases, though it is my endeavor to keep clear of them as much as possible." Three and a half months later, Pratt had baptized three more people, making sixty converts altogether. This was approximately 30 percent of the island's population. "His success on Tubuai anchored the mission," wrote one historian, "guaranteed its perpetuity, and also encouraged Elders Rogers and Grouard to persist in their efforts" on other islands of French Polynesia.
Unfortunately, after that first year, missionary work on Tubuai slowed down to almost a standstill. However, when the work stalled in Tubuai, it started to accelerate in another part of French Polynesia. Grouard began having incredible success on the island of Anaa, east of Tahiti, in the archipelago of Tuamotu. In less than five months, between May 1 and September 21, 1845, Grouard baptized a total of 620 people and organized them into five branches. It was a phenomenal achievement, but it left Grouard feeling overwhelmed. He desperately needed Pratt to help him, so Grouard sailed to Tahiti and from there sent a letter to Pratt requesting that he come to Anaa and assist him in the work.
Pratt could not refuse Grouard's emotional plea for help. He left American convert Charles Hill in charge of the Tubuai Branch and made preparations to leave the island. The Saints on Tubuai were sad to say good-bye to their beloved "Paraita." They showered Pratt with gifts, including "a large pile of [coconuts], [bananas], plantains, native cloth . . . etc." After several tearful farewells, Pratt and his devoted friends, Nabota and Telii, sailed to Tahiti, thus ending the first chapter of the history of the Church in Tubuai.
Missionaries Pratt and Grouard labored successfully on Tahiti and the Tuamotu Islands from December 20, 1845, to March 28, 1847. Then Pratt sailed to America, leaving Grouard behind to administer to the affairs of the Church on the islands (Rogers had already returned to America in December 1845). Pratt was determined to recruit more missionaries in America to serve in French Polynesia, after which he planned to return to the islands himself. During the years Pratt was gone from the islands (1847 to 1850), Grouard faithfully carried on. He called John Hawkins, one of his converts, to help him supervise the work. Hawkins spent most of his time in the Tuamotus while Grouard split his time primarily between Tahiti and Tubuai. One of the great needs of the mission was to have a boat to transport the elders from island to island. Therefore, during the next three years, Grouard devoted much of his energy to "building and selling boats." In fact, in 1850, when the next group of missionaries arrived in Tubuai, Grouard was in the process of constructing a large ship.
By the time Pratt reunited with the Saints in America, the Latter-day Saints had migrated from Nauvoo to Salt Lake City, and President Brigham Young was leading the Church. Pratt gave a report on his mission in the October 1848 general conference and requested that the Church please send more missionaries to the islands. The conference voted unanimously to send Pratt back to French Polynesia with additional missionaries. Church leaders eventually decided to send two groups to the islands: one to Tahiti and the other to Tubuai. The first group was comprised of only two elders: Addison Pratt, who was called to be mission president, and James Brown, a veteran of the Mormon Battalion. They left Salt Lake City on October 2, 1849, and arrived in Papeete, the capital of Tahiti, on May 24, 1850. They originally planned to sail from there to Tubuai, after a brief stay, but unfortunately the local government would not allow the two missionaries to leave Tahiti for the next eight months.
The second company of missionaries participated in something historic. This was the first time the Church called wives and children to accompany their husbands and fathers on missions. There were twenty-one missionaries called to serve in this group, including Pratt's wife, Louisa, and their daughters Ellen, Francis, Lois, and Ann Louise; Hiram E. W. Clark, a fourteen-year-old boy for whom Sister Pratt was caring; Louisa Pratt's sister and brother-in-law, Caroline and Jonathan Crosby, and their son Alma. In addition, there were two other families: Brother and Sister Thomas Tompkins and their two children, and a Brother and Sister McMerty and their child. There were also four single men: Joseph Busby; Simeon A. Dunn; Julian Moses; and Sidney Alvarus Hanks (the brother of Knowlton F. Hanks, who had passed away during the initial sea voyage to Tubuai). This company left Salt Lake City on May 7, 1850, and arrived at Tubuai on October 21. Therefore, when Louisa Pratt and her group dropped anchor at Tubuai, her husband, Addison, and his companion, James Brown, were still detained in Tahiti. Finally on January 28, 1851, Pratt was allowed to join his wife and the other missionaries at Tubuai.
There was such a need for a mission ship that this new band of missionaries made it their highest priority to build one. They worked diligently for months and finally completed the project in April 1851. They proudly named the new vessel Ravaii (the fisherman). They used the ship primarily to transport missionaries between islands, but they also used it in business ventures to help finance their missions.
After the completion of the Ravaii, the missionaries were appointed to preside over various island congregations throughout French Polynesia. President Pratt and his brother-in-law, Jonathan Crosby, were appointed to preside over Tubuai, but they also had responsibilities for other islands and were gone from Tubuai much of the time. For example, Pratt was away on one occasion for forty-one days and on another for seventy-three days. In addition Jonathan Crosby was gone for 103 days while on assignment in the Tuamotus. Also, soon after the ship was completed, all the brethren who were there with their families (except for Pratt and Crosby) went back to America. As a result of these circumstances, Louisa Pratt, Caroline Crosby, and their children were left on Tubuai alone for long periods of time. Living on the island when their husbands and fathers were gone was not easy, but Sisters Pratt and Crosby, along with their children, accomplished much good during their stay on Tubuai. They taught school, held prayer meetings, and sang hymns. They also taught the women of the island how to garden, quilt, sew, and knit. In general, they introduced many of the customs common to the Latter-day Saint women in America.
When the elders finished their work on the Ravaii, they were finally able to focus their efforts on proselyting. This accelerated missionary activity brought more converts into the Church, but the increased attention also caused more persecution. This adversity reached a high point when the government passed a law in March 1852 essentially placing all churches under state control. The government also decreed that only Polynesians could preach Christianity. This made it virtually impossible for foreigners to serve as missionaries. As a result, the Latter-day Saint elders from America left French Polynesia. When they departed, there were about sixty Latter-day Saints in Tubuai and approximately 1,500 to 2,000 living on other islands. After the Americans left, Polynesians administered to the Church throughout all of French Polynesia for the next forty years, from 1852 to 1892.
As a result, the First Presidency called James S. Brown to return to the islands, after being away for forty years, to "help reestablish the Church." By this time Brown was sixty-five years old, missing one leg, and in rather poor health. Nevertheless, he accomplished a remarkable amount of good in a rather short period of time. He was called to be the mission president and was accompanied to French Polynesia by his son, Elando, and an elder named Thomas Jones Jr.
Brown visited many islands and found several people who remembered him from when he served four decades earlier with Addison Pratt, or "Paraita," as the locals had called him. Brown convinced many former Latter-day Saints that he and his companions were the true followers of Joseph Smith and that the RLDS missionaries were the apostates.
Brown's activities on Tubuai were especially impressive. He and Seegmiller arrived at Tubuai on September 20, 1892, to a cool reception. But after about two weeks several people on the island who remembered Brown from his former mission came to him with many concerns about the Reorganized Church. Brown clarified that priesthood authority, held by Joseph Smith, continued in the Latter-day Saint Church. After that meeting, numerous people requested baptism and between October 4 and the end of November, sixty-five people joined the Church. Two months later, on January 6, 1893, a missionwide conference was held at Faaite in the Tuamotus. There were 425 Saints present from ten different branches. All sixty-five members of the Tubuai Branch were in attendance, more than any other branch except one. President Brown's mission lasted fourteen months. When he sailed back to America on July 8, 1893, he had reestablished the Church on a firm foundation upon which others would build.
Through the years the Church in Tubuai continued to expand but sometimes at an uneven pace. From 1893 to 1900, it grew from 65 to 159 members. Missionary work received a boost in 1904 when the Church published the first Book of Mormon in Tahitian. However, there were also times of frustration and discouragement. From 1913 to 1918, there were no American missionaries on Tubuai, and evidently during that time the branch became dysfunctional. Fortunately the missionaries returned in 1918, and by 1919 the branch was reorganized. In 1938 the government passed a law which "forbade any nonresident from going to the island of Tubuai or the Australes." As a result, no American missionaries served on the island from 1939 to 1948. Nevertheless, during that time a local elder named Teag a Nauta continued proselyting on Tubuai.
In 1956 the Church organized the first elders quorum in French Polynesia. The quorum included all 125 elders living on the islands of Tubuai and Tahiti. On September 9, mission president Ellis V. Christensen called Taumata Mapuhi to be president of the quorum. Mapuhi chose Tinomana Hauata and Joseph Benalek to be his counselors. One of the quorum's first undertakings was to prepare the members to go to the New Zealand Temple. This was a Herculean task that took years of preparation, but finally in 1963, sixty-nine Church members from Tubuai and Tahiti received their endowments in New Zealand. Considering what a tremendous sacrifice it was for the French Polynesian Saints to travel to the temple in New Zealand, one can only imagine how thrilled the members were when the Church built a temple in Tahiti in 1983. President Gordon B. Hinckley, then first counselor in the First Presidency, dedicated the Papeete Tahiti Temple on October 27, 1983. Thereafter, Saints at Tubuai could get to the temple in one hour by plane.
In 1994 the Church celebrated the 150th anniversary of Addison Pratt and his companions' arrival in Tubuai. Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles visited the island on that occasion. He also spent time in Tahiti, where he met the territorial president and all the members of the cabinet. As a result, the president and other high government officials attended several Church-sponsored events.
In December 2006 Professor Craig K. Manscill and I decided to visit Tubuai and learn what the contemporary island, the Church, and its members are like. Our stay on Tubuai turned out to be three of the most memorable days of our lives.
Tubuai is a picturesque tropical paradise that has somehow kept itself a secret from the tourists of the world. It is a small, oval-shaped, volcanic island that is dominated by a lofty, tree-covered mountain that seems "to rise immediately out of the sea." Tubuai is surrounded by a white coral reef island with a few breaks in it that allow ships to pass through. Inside the coral reef is a beautiful turquoise lagoon that is as calm as a lake and an excellent place for fishing. Tubuai is just as attractive as some nearby islands that have become famous vacation retreats. However, it has not become commercialized like those places. Therefore, it is much more traditional, although not primitive. The major source of income is agriculture, not tourism. The population is about 1,700.
The island has a small airport. Planes fly in from Tahiti only four times a week: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. There are basically only two major roads on Tubuai: one circles the outside of the island, and the other cuts through the middle of Tubuai, connecting the villages of Mataura and Mahu. The public school provides education through the tenth grade. The students who go beyond the tenth grade must attend school in Tahiti, which is paid for by the French government. Students either board at the school in Tahiti or live with relatives. The school year is from August to June with a month holiday in December.
Tubuai does have three television stations that originate in Tahiti, but it does not have a movie theater. The island has one gas station but no car dealerships. Residents buy their cars in Tahiti. Tubuai does have three nice guest houses but no hotel that is in operation. There is a restaurant with twenty-five seats that is open for lunch and dinner. There are also at least three small general stores. In addition, there is one hospital with two doctors, eight nurses, and a dentist.
Most of the people on Tubuai are bilingual: all speak Tahitian, and about 80 percent speak French. Many can read some English, but few speak it fluently. Virtually all the people on the island are Christians. There are approximately six hundred Protestants (from the London Missionary Society), five hundred Latter-day Saints, two hundred Catholics, one hundred members of the Community of Christ (formerly RLDS), eighty Adventists, and fifty Jehovah's Witnesses.
If I were asked, "What is the most distinguishing feature of the Church in Tubuai today?" I would reply, "The members!" I have never known a group of people who are as spontaneously affectionate, hospitable, and generous as the Tubuai Saints. Manscill and I had never met anybody from the island before we arrived. We were told that we would be met at the airport by a sister named Brigitte, who would be our interpreter. However, when we stepped off the plane, to our great surprise, we were greeted by Brigitte and the entire district presidency. Each of them welcomed Manscill and me with a warm embrace and a kiss on both cheeks. They also placed several beautiful leis around our necks.
The district president was a relatively young man named Jacques Tumarae. He had served a mission in Tahiti and currently worked as a policeman on Tubuai. His first counselor was Bérode Harevaa, who worked as a carpenter specializing in roofing. He was also probably the finest young spear fisher on the island. In addition, Bérode was married to our interpreter, Brigitte. The second counselor was Stéphane Turina, who was a heavy machine operator. Our interpreter, Brigitte Harevaa, had served a mission in the Philippines and had traveled to Utah in the past to visit former mission companions. She spoke English better than most on Tubuai.
We were invited to attend a family home evening that first night. We expected to be hosted by one family with perhaps six or eight people present. Instead it was held on the beach and hosted by the district presidency. There were scores of people in attendance from all four branches of the Church. The students were home from school in Tahiti for Christmas vacation, and the youth from each branch performed native dances for us.
The next day we went on a tour of the island. Once again we thought that Brigitte would be our only guide. It turned out quite differently, however. The members had arranged to drive us around the island in an open-air bus, and dozens of local Saints accompanied us. Our tour guide was the charismatic Titaha Temarohirani, Brigitte's father and a sixth-generation Latter-day Saint. Titaha was also a descendent of King Tamatoa. He had served in the district presidency and was currently on the district council. He was also the unofficial Church historian of the island. The tour lasted all day, and the Saints on the bus sang the whole time except for stops. We drove past the airport and later found out the head administrator there was Karine Tahuhuterani, a member of the Church. We also drove past the public school and learned that Jacques Turina, a Latter-day Saint, taught Tahitian there.
During our tour, one of the Church members asked if I was thirsty. I said yes. I expected him to open an ice chest and offer me a can of soda. Instead he stepped off the bus and picked a coconut off a tree at the side of the road. He cut off the top of the coconut and offered me the milk. Later that evening our guide, Titaha, invited us to his home for dinner and entertainment. On that occasion Jacques Turina formally bestowed honorary names upon Professor Manscill and me, a rare distinction given to few visitors. Obviously we were grateful and humbled.
By 2007 the Church in Tubuai was well organized. There were three modern, well-kept chapels on the island, in Mahu, Taahueia, and Ziona (Zion). There were branches meeting in each of those buildings plus a fourth branch at Mataura that met in the Taahueia Chapel. There were 187 members in the Mahu Branch, 91 in Ziona, 127 in Taahueia, and 110 in Mataura. The entire membership on the island was 515 out of a total population of approximately 1,700. That means the island was about 30 percent Latter-day Saint (about the same percentage as in the days of Addison Pratt). The seminary and institute program ran very well on Tubuai. The coordinator for the Church Educational System was Richard Williamu, a large, athletic man with a jovial personality. He was a well-respected former stake president who resided in Tahiti but visited Tubuai at least twice a year. The district seminary supervisor was Marjorie Tepapatahi, Brigitte's sister. There were three early-morning seminary classes: the Mahu Branch with eight students, Ziona Branch with five, Mataura Branch with eleven, and Taahueia Branch with seven (the students from the Mataura and Taahueia Branches were combined into one class). The seminary classes were taught in the chapels. There was one institute class taught by Brigitte in the Taahueia Chapel.
Tubuai is part of the Tahiti Papeete Mission, presided over by President Marama Tarati and his wife, Christiane. Both are from Raiatea Island, French Polynesia. At the time of our visit, there were two full-time missionaries serving in Tubuai: Temauri Tiaehau from Tahiti and Danny Crosby from the United States. They were living in the Taahueia Chapel and working diligently to continue the legacy of Addison Pratt.
 Addison Pratt, The Journals of Addison Pratt, ed. S. George Ellsworth (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1990), 114–15.
 Joseph Smith, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ed. B.H. Roberts, 2nd ed. rev. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1964), 5:386.
 Smith, History of the Church, 5:404.
 Smith, History of the Church, 5:405.
 Smith, History of the Church, 5:417.
 Pratt, The Journals of Addison Pratt, 121.
 Pratt, The Journals of Addison Pratt, 125.
 R. Lanier Britsch, Unto the Islands of the Sea: A History of the Latter-day Saints in the Pacific (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1986), 4.
 S. George Ellsworth, Zion in Paradise: Early Mormons in the South Seas (Logan, UT: The Faculty Association, Utah State University, 1959), 7.
 Pratt, The Journals of Addison Pratt, 150.
 S. George Ellsworth and Kathleen C. Perrin, Seasons of Faith and Courage: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in French Polynesia, A Sesquicentennial History, 1843–1993 (Sandy, UT: Yves R. Perrin, 1994), 2–3.
 Pratt, The Journals of Addison Pratt, 151–52.
 Pratt, The Journals of Addison Pratt, 154.
 Pratt, The Journals of Addison Pratt, 158.
 Pratt, The Journals of Addison Pratt, 189.
 Britsch, Unto the Islands of the Sea, 5.
 Britsch, Unto the Islands of the Sea, 5–6.
 Pratt, The Journals of Addison Pratt, 159.
 Pratt, The Journals of Addison Pratt, 175–76.
 Times and Seasons, November 1, 1845, 1021; emphasis in original.
 Pratt, The Journals of Addison Pratt, 169.
 Millennial Star, August 1, 1845, 59.
 Pratt, The Journals of Addison Pratt, 178.
 Times and Seasons, May 1, 1845, 882–83.
 Pratt, The Journals of Addison Pratt, 179.
 Times and Seasons, November 1, 1845, 1020.
 Pratt, The Journals of Addison Pratt, 228.
 Millennial Star, August 1, 1845, 58.
 Times and Seasons, November 1, 1845, 1020; emphasis in original.
 Pratt, The Journals of Addison Pratt, 237.
 Kathleen C. Perrin, "Seasons of Faith: An Overview of the History of the Church in French Polynesia," in Pioneers in the Pacific: Memory, History, and Cultural Identity among the Latter-day Saints, ed. Grant Underwood (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005), 204.
 Ellsworth, Zion in Paradise, 15; Pratt, The Journals of Addison Pratt, 253.
 Pratt, Journals of Addison Pratt, 253–54.
 Ellsworth, Zion in Paradise, 15.
 Pratt, The Journals of Addison, 257.
 Britsch, Unto the Islands of the Sea, 16.
 Ellsworth, Zion in Paradise, 25.
 Ellsworth and Perrin, Seasons of Faith and Courage, 18.
 Perrin, "Seasons of Faith," 206.
 Britsch, Unto the Islands of the Sea, 15.
 Britsch, Unto the Islands of the Sea, 17.
 Ellsworth and Perrin, Sermons of Faith and Courage, 22.
 Ellsworth and Perrin, Sermons of Faith and Courage, 26.
 Ellsworth, Zion in Paradise, 27.
 Perrin, "Seasons of Faith," 207.
 Ellsworth and Perrin, Seasons of Faith and Courage, 31.
 Britsch, Unto the Islands of the Sea, 21.
 Britsch, Unto the Islands of the Sea, 22.
 Kathleen C. Perrin, "150th Year of Church in Tahiti," Church News, May 7, 1994, 12.
 Perrin, "Seasons of Faith," 209; Ellsworth and Perrin, Seasons of Faith and Courage, 40.
 Ellsworth and Perrin, Seasons of Faith and Courage, 39.
 Ellsworth and Perrin, Seasons of Faith and Courage, 40.
 Britsch, Unto the Islands of the Sea, 26.
 Britsch, Unto the Islands of the Sea, 26–27.
 Ellsworth and Perrin, Seasons of Faith and Courage, 41.
 Perrin, "Seasons of Faith," 210.
 2007 Church Almanac (Salt Lake City: Deseret Morning News, 2006), 359.
 Ellsworth and Perrin, Seasons of Faith and Courage, 73–74.
 Ellsworth and Perrin, Seasons of Faith and Courage, 74.
 Ellsworth and Perrin, Seasons of Faith and Courage, 135.
 Britsch, Unto the Islands of the Sea, 73–74.
 Britsch, Unto the Islands of the Sea, 77.
 Ellsworth and Perrin, Seasons of Faith and Courage, 312.
 Andrew Jenson, Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1941), 804.
 All these statistics were provided for the author by Richard Williamu, the coordinator for the Church Educational System and former stake president in Tahiti.


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Many children with autism or intellectual disability had poor attendance or even deregistered from school, often due to unmet needs, after their schools switched to online learning, reports a study and associated policy briefing led by a UCL researcher.
The researchers surveyed roughly 1,200 parents of children aged 5-15 with neurodevelopmental conditions, exploring absenteeism in May 2021 and its contributing factors.
The findings of the study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), as part of UK Research and Innovation's rapid response to Covid-19, have fed into a round table hosted by the National Children's Bureau.
The researchers found that Covid-19 itself only had a limited impact on school attendance, as physical health risks overall were not a major barrier to school attendance. Instead, up to 31% of school attendance barriers were linked to unmet need.
Mental health was also an important barrier, as anxiety was significantly linked to more days absent, more likely persistent absence, and more days of school refusal.
Satisfaction with school support for learning from home averaged only 5.5 on a scale of 1-10.
Lead author of the research, Dr Vaso Totsika (UCL Psychiatry) said: "In our survey, we found that blanket school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic likely exacerbated existing difficulties with school attendance for autistic children and children with an intellectual disability. Among such families who de-registered from school, we found that the primary reason was dissatisfaction with schools for not meeting the additional needs of their children.
"Children with neurodevelopmental conditions often wind up in 'Elective Home Education' after a period of low attendance after their needs weren't met by their school – for a lot of these families, it wasn't entirely an elective choice, so governments should acknowledge that in how they discuss home-educated children."
The researchers found that poor parent-teacher relationships also predicted higher numbers of school absences.
In the policy roundtable, the researchers were joined by parent advisers, other academics, and representatives from education departments of the England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland education departments.
Some of their policy recommendations included:
National policy should focus on preventing the root causes of school absence that lie within the system, which should involve work to remove barriers to attendance such as unmet special education needs, lack of flexibility, mental health and wellbeing difficulties, and bullying.
Trusting relationships between children, families and schools are of paramount importance for supporting high levels of attendance, so guidance should emphasise working with parents as partners, and that schools should be transparent about the support they offer.
Improving attendance is best supported by multi-agency teams in place around the school and the family.
Anxiety and mental health difficulties are a leading cause of low attendance, so more should be done to address barriers to accessing mental health support.
Flexible schooling options should be considered when this is the best interests of the child.
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Al Bashaer Schools, were founded in 1994, and cover five educational levels starting from Preschool & Kindergarten up to Secondary. Starting Primary 6 boys and girls are segregated . The national division is located in New Maadi. It has been built on approximately 2850 square meters. The school is built according to the regulations of the Ministry of Education with proper measures and standards of educational buildings, following the earthquake standards, as well. Since Sept.2006 the International division is located in Zahraa Al-Maadi (Carrefour area) nearly 5 km from the national school. Surfaces for classes, laboratories, libraries, resource rooms, computer labs, mosques and other areas are established in accordance with the authorized measures of educational buildings. Al Bashaer Schools, were founded in 1994, and cover five educational levels starting from Preschool & Kindergarten up to Secondary. Starting Primary 6 boys and girls are segregated . The national division is located in New Maadi. It has been built on approximately 2850 square meters. The school is built according to the regulations of the Ministry of Education with proper measures and standards of educational buildings, following the earthquake standards, as well. Since Sept.2006 the International division is located in Zahraa Al-Maadi (Carrefour area) nearly 5 km from the national school. Surfaces for classes, laboratories, libraries, resource rooms, computer labs, mosques and other areas are established in accordance with the authorized measures of educational buildings.
Al Bashaer Schools, were founded in 1994, and cover five educational levels starting from Preschool & Kindergarten up to Secondary. Starting Primary 6 boys and girls are segregated . The national division is located in New Maadi. It has been built on approximately 2850 square meters. The school is built according to the regulations of the Ministry of Education with proper measures and standards of educational buildings, following the earthquake standards, as well. Since Sept.2006 the International division is located in Zahraa Al-Maadi (Carrefour area) nearly 5 km from the national school. Surfaces for classes, laboratories, libraries, resource rooms, computer labs, mosques and other areas are established in accordance with the authorized measures of educational buildings.
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It almost always happens that when someone feels unbridled passion for a craft, it is usually the result of a long family tradition. For Emmanuel Servais Agboton, the story is quite different. He came to Cuba from Africa in 1980 as a young man and discovered here what would become the greatest passion in his life: antique mosaic tiles from colonial times that are found in homes, arcades, public buildings, sidewalks, just to mention a few of the places that are graced by these tiles. Emmanuel speaks with great love of the country where he decided to make his home and start a family over 30 years ago.
"Cubans walk on art." he says, "There's pure art under their feet." Inexistent in his own country, Benin, mosaic tiles were something he came to know when he first came to Cuba. Since then, he has worked uninterruptedly in recovering this tradition—the manufacture of mosaic tiles (also called hydraulic tiles) following an age-old traditional methodology.
The Artes Próceres mosaics factory specializes in reproducing and restoring colonial tiles from antique molds and provides technical advice for their correct laying. Much of this production goes to private homes.
Although Emmanuel has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, his true calling is the craft that he has shared for 17 years with his most experienced worker, 74-year-old José Agustín Hernández, who started making mosaic tiles in the 1950s at the prestigious La Campana factory. Today most of these factories are closed and only a few are still operating.
Over 90 percent of the floors in Havana are laid with mosaic tiles, some even dating back to colonial times. However, the inexorable passage of time has taken its toll on the beautiful floors that are quickly deteriorating. Most of the time, broken or damaged household floors are replaced by the only option found in retail stores: identical, mass-produced tiles, usually of doubtful quality. This is why Emmanuel's goal is to try and recover Havana's floors as much as possible, remaining faithful to the centuries-old manufacturing technique.
When Emmanuel began in this endeavor, he sought out master tile builders who were eager to pass on the secrets of their ancient trade. Although many of the designs are created exclusively by him, he has recovered damaged tiles, which many times had been discarded as worthless and useless.
Producing mosaic tiles is not an easy task as it is an entirely manual job. No matter the size of the demand for these tiles, each piece is made one at a time from molds that contain cement and mineral pigments. Originally, tiles were prepared from a pigmented clay base and then fired in an oven. Following the discovery of Portland cement and the development of hydraulic presses, cement tiles are prepared without the use of clay or heating. The Artes Próceres factory has also introduced innovative alternative materials, recycling concrete debris, which is finely grinded and used in the three-layer tile.
The desired color pattern stencil is then placed within the mold. These stencils are made of brass, which makes them easier to shape and form the lines and curves that will result in many beautiful designs, ranging from traditional flower designs to more modern contemporary ones. The mold is then filled with several layers of material, which will give resistance to the tile (it has been shown that the tile wears away at a rate of 1mm every 25 years). Appropriate colors are hand poured into each cell of the stencil. Subsequently, pressure is applied, depending on the use the tile will be given and the conditions it will be exposed to. Finally, it is rinsed with plenty of water and let to stand in a water bath for several days to cure to its final hardness, and later air dried. The end result is a durable and beautiful tile, which continues to be the ideal flooring for Cuba's tropical climate.
Emmanuel's work is largely the work of an artist whose designs are inspired by his life, his emotions and his own ancestral culture. Accordingly, each tile made at Artes Próceres has a name, which is as beautiful and suggestive as the tile itself. Some of the names are descriptive of the tile's design, such as Vineyard, Dove, Accordion, Fleur-de-lis, Seagull, Spyglass, Square and Checkers, while others have been named after his own family: Honorine, Philippe and Narcisse. Some tiles are reminiscent of his childhood, like Miriam Makeba and The Queen of Sheba. And still others wish good fortune to Cuban families: Prosperity and Progress.


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Semesterlägenhet nära stranden i Golfe-Juan
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Bara några minuters promenad från sandstranden och marinan
Semesterlägenhet belägen i Golfe Juan bara några minuters promenad från sandstranden och marinan. På gångavstånd hittar du också en stormarknad och flera restauranger. Inom en kort bilresa kan du nå Cannes centrum med den berömda "La Croisette", affärer och festivalpalats, Antibes med sin mysiga gamla stad och Picasso-museet, några av Rivierans bästa golfbanor och inlandet med dess små medeltida byar . Vid havet kan du hitta alla typer av vattensporter.
Lägenheten ligger på fjärde våningen i en byggnad med hiss. Från balkongen finns en vacker utsikt över Medelhavet. Lägenheten består av hall, ett vardagsrum / matsal med dubbel bäddsoffa, kök, badrum med dusch, separat toalett och ett sovrum med dubbelsäng.
Enkel åtkomst till lägenheten med kollektivtrafik.
Bostad : 50 m2
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Antibes, 4,4 km
Cannes, 7,3 km
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Tågstation : 1,4 km
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This weeks review camera is a neat little garage sale find costing a mere $5 back when my dad picked it up in the late 1980s! The camera is a Mercury II made by the Universal Camera Corporation. It's an odd, but not unattractive looking mechanical contraption that was sold back in the late 1940s to very early 1950s. The ads for this camera hyped the unique rotary shutter with a claimed 1/1000 shutter speed, and the fact that it captured 'half frame' pictures for additional economy.
The Mercury II uses standard 35mm film cartridges, but captures the image in a half frame (18mm x 24mm) vertical orientation which results in 65 pictures from a roll of 36. Not a big deal, but the aspect ratio is 4:3, or old standard TV; not 3:2 as are full 35mm pictures. When actually measuring the images and film gate, the capture area is closer to 19x25mm.
For a more thorough examination of the Mercury camera, the Universal Camera Corporation, and better pictures, go to Mike Eckmans site.
The shutter speeds on my copy are not exactly spot-on, but are surprisingly accurate considering the camera has been sitting in the garage for the last 30 years, and most likely never cleaned in its life. The 1/1000 setting averages 1/550, which is probably closer to normal for these cameras based on other mechanical shutters I've tested. Other speeds are: 1/300 is 1/250, and 1/200 is 1/140. The slower settings are close to the indicated speed.
Color film was becoming a big deal back in the late 1940s, so Universal marketed the Mercury II as the first 'minicamera' designed especially for taking color photos on economical 35mm film.
With the introduction out of the way, let's check out some specifications, and then head back to 1951 and take some pictures!
Name; Mercury II (model CX), cat. no. CX 27, purchased from, or owned by Compass Instrument and Optical Company, New York.
Box contents; camera, owner's manual, Jiffy mask samples, and some information cards, see picture below.
Manufactured by; Universal Camera Corporation, (aka Univex) of New York City, NY; and Chicago and Hollywood.
Date of manufacture; 1945-1951? our review model probably 1951.
Price; a 1951 magazine ad for a Mercury II with 35mm Tricor F/2.7 lens; $53.89, and claimed retail price of $82.90, so maybe it was a trade magazine. Current ebay prices are around $25-$100+ for a working copy.
Guarantee; early models for one year. In the 1951 owner's manual, only 120 days; the company collapsed and went bust in 1952.
Build material; aluminum and magnesium.
Dimensions; Size is 5.5″ (141mm) wide, 3.7″ (93mm) high, and 2.1″ (53mm) deep, including lens.
Focal length; 35mm; covers around 50mm in 135 format.
Focusing; manual, indexed in feet, 1′-6″ (0.5m) to infinity.
Approximate resolution; will make good 5″x 7″ size prints.
Lens; Universal Tricor 35mm F/2.7 coated three element anastigmat with nine aperture blades.
Shutter and speed; stamped metal, rotary focal plane with speeds marked at; 1/20, 1/30, 1/40, 1/60, 1/100, 1/200, 1/300, 1/1000. Has cable release socket next to the shutter button.
Features; 'half frame' economy; get 65 pictures on a roll of 36. Hot and cold shoe. Also, the highly advertised 1/1000 shutter speed.
Flash. not built-in, but has synced hot shoe.
Viewfinder; vertically oriented like a 6×4.5 camera. Tiny, dark and awful uncoated glass viewfinder with parallax correction marks.
Accessories for this model; K-23 leather case, choice of lenses, rangefinder, sunshade, M-29 flash, M-30 extinction meter, and yellow, green, and red filters for B&W film, and a polarizing filter. Owners manual suggests there are 'telephoto' lenses available from the manufacturer.
Crippling features and omissions; viewfinder is too small and dark, you have to put your eye against the camera to see the whole view; eyeglass wearers are screwed.
Good features; simple mechanical camera with robust rotary shutter, so with a little luck you can start shooting decent pictures even from an old beat-up copy.
Go here for an owner's manual, and be sure and tip the site owner for this thoughtful service.
A complete boxed Mercury II. The MercuryJiffy masks are for making slides from your transparency film, and will fit in a standard 35mm tray for projection. The tissue paper folded up underneath the camera was probably used for wrapping and protecting the camera. Click image to read the small print.
There are a lot of dials and knobs on the front of the camera, fortunately, it's not as complicated as it looks.
First off, from the top left is the shot counter; you manually set it to the number of exposures of the roll; so for a roll of 36 you would set it to 65, and then start taking pictures. Be careful when handling the camera as the shot counter dial is not locked, and moves in either direction at any time.
Directly beside the shot counter is the shutter cocking knob. Turn the knob clock-wise as you face the camera until it stops, then it's ready to shoot. To the right of the cocking knob is the shutter speed dial. You press in and turn it to the required speed. When you press the shutter button, this dial and knob spins briefly.
The viewfinder window is at the top right. It's pretty small and dark, but there's nothing you can do about it other than to make sure it's clean. In this picture you can just make out the parallax pointer marks at the bottom left of the window.
The small round knob at the bottom is for unlocking the winder mechanism so you can safely rewind the film. It also locks the shutter button so you don't accidentally trip the shutter while rewinding.
A close-up of the lens shows us the aperture settings indexed around the silver part of the barrel. The reference index is at the same place as F/2.7 is here in the picture.
The black knurled ring near the focus scale is for unscrewing the lens, (clockwise).
The chrome focus scale is against the camera body; it turns either by gripping the outside knurled edge or by a small knob just visible on the other side of the lens. The focus index reference is the semi-circular protrusion (with a vertical line) between the top two knobs.
The bottom of the camera features an off-center ¼-20 tripod socket. The button to the right opens the back cover. The three little external protrusions are feet, and the others are pins for holding things inside.
A look at the back of the camera. The smaller dial (called a 'filminder' by Mercury) on the left reminds you of what type of film is loaded; fast, medium or slow, and then the number of exposures, either an 18 or 36 roll. In this picture the dial is set for color film with a roll of 36, which yields 65 half frame exposures.
At the top the semi-circular depth of focus scale starts at F/2 for the Hexar lens, and moves down to the F/2.7 Tricor. The scale picks up on the front of the camera at F/3.5.
The large dial in the center is pretty scary looking; however, if you follow the owner's manual, it's really easy to use, and very helpful in a variety of lighting situations.
With the cover opened, the stamped steel film gate and pressure plate can be seen. The take-up spool has a lengthwise strap, and you feed the film leader under it from the opposite side so it won't slide out when you advance the film.
Here are some bad test images scanned on a Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 ED. All are around 2400 pixels on the long end; there is no additional resolution from scanning at a higher sample rate. I used cheap Kodak Max 400 for all the images here; this film is not my favorite because of the poor shadow detail, and it's hard to get a good scan as opposed to the great Kodak Ektar or Portra films. Click for larger images.
A pleasant spring scene in the Desert Southwest. Near F/8 focused near infinity.
Focused on cactus flowers. Probably stopped down to F/5.6 or so based on the lack of decent background blur.
Wide open at F/2.7, focused on the foreground flowers. A cloudy day.
Desert trail flowers. Probably F/8-11.
Trailhead parking at center. F/8-11. Notice blurry right side.
Memory bench, F/8-11 and blurry right side.
Flowers in the wash. F/11.
A tranquil scene at F/8-11.
The frame spacing is not perfect, but adequate, especially when considering the rather crude winding mechanism. The film gate is stamped metal and is slightly off-set on my copy.
The Universal Mercury II is a neat looking camera, and just begs to be stripped down for a good cleaning and lube, then shined up with new coverings applied. I may do just that, but not right now. I'm a little disappointed in the quality of the lens; it's not very sharp overall, and pretty soft on the right side. Maybe my copy isn't quite right, and someone played around with it over the years and screwed something up. I did take apart the lens, but found no issues that really stick out from the normal. I may buy another and see if I can get a little better quality out of the lens, which is important with little half frame negatives.
I ran two rolls through the camera, Kodak 400 Max, and Fuji Velvia slide film, which unfortunately got stuck inside the camera, and actually broke off as I wound it!! I think the problem was the film leader slid along the take-up spool strap, started winding off-center, and the sharp winding teeth stripped the sprocket holes creating a tare, and creeeehhhk, it tore in half. Solving this problem may involve creating a much longer lead for the film, say about 4-5 blank shots and then start with number one.
The Mercury II has a lot going for it, and I'm not going to let this bad experience sour my affection for this cool and unique camera. So I would recommend getting one if you like the look as much as I do, but be sure and take some time to practice with it and hopefully you'll experience better results than I did, at least on the first outing or two. Go here for a look at how to do a tear-down.


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Posted on January 31, 2016 by Jen Shakeel in Uncategorized
If there is one constant in my life it is that the human experience has always fascinated me. People intrigue me. I don't mean this facetiously. Through my 42 years of life I have learned a lot about people, personally and professionally as well as intentionally and unintentionally.
When I was in college working towards my nursing degree I also did a lot of course work in Criminal Justice and Psychology. Back then it was because I was going to be a nurse first and use nursing to work my way through law school. The goal, to never be out of a job, but deep down it was because both fields allowed me to work with people where they were at. To help them I HAD to understand who they were and how they got there… and then help them get to where they wanted to be. It's my life purpose I realized a few years ago.
Today, I want to focus on human interaction, professionally. More to the point what it means to work in an environment where a true community has been created and how the "threat of invasion" from an outside force proves the existence of that community.
Essential Elements of a Community
To be honest, I had never really thought about a community in the workplace. It isn't that I didn't think they existed, I just never really thought about it until recently based on an experience.
Just to cover the bases, let's talk about what it takes to create a community. There has been considerable research done on this topic, what brings people together. It appears as though there has been only one theory that has been able to stand the test of time. The theory is called "Sense of Community."
This theory was formed by two social psychologists, McMillan and Chavis in 1986. Their theory can be described in one sentence,
"Sense of community is a feeling that members have of belonging, a feeling that members matter to one another and to the group, and a shared faith that members' needs will be met through their commitment to be together (McMillan, 1976)."
They go on to describe the four factors that contribute to a sense of community.
How about if we take a closer look at each of these factors to see how you can use them to make your community as healthy as possible.
You may already have the starts of a community in your workplace. While you read through the psychological factors I request that you think about the most successful community you are a part of. Does that community have these factors?
Membership is the feeling of belonging or of sharing a sense of personal relatedness. It includes five attributes:
Boundaries– How do people become members and what are the boundaries keeping others out
Emotional safety – By building boundaries and including the right people, you create trust and a feeling of safety
A sense of belonging and identification– Members must feel like they fit in and that this is "their community"
Personal investment– If members contribute or make sacrifices to the community, it enhances their sense of community
A common symbol system – Sharing a symbol like a sports team jersey or gang colors creates a sense of community
In other words, it is important to not just invite anyone and everyone to your community. Think about what you want your community to be about and who would make your community better. Make sure that anyone who joins is going to be a good fit.
By setting boundaries to getting into a community, you make members feel special and create a higher level of trust.
The second element is influence, or a sense of mattering. It has to work both ways, with members feeling like they have influence over the community and the community having influence over the members
Influence also speaks to the concept of giving first before asking for anything. The theory states that:
"People who acknowledge that others' needs, values, and opinions matter to them are often the most influential group members, while those who always push to influence, try to dominate others, and ignore the wishes and opinions of others are often the least powerful members."
Create an environment in your community where members feel like they have a say in what happens.
Each member should know that someone is listening, no matter what, even if it's just the community manager.
And for a community to have influence over its members, it simply has to become a place that they care about. It has to provide them with value that they don't want to lose.
Integration and Fulfillment of Needs
This essentially means that by joining a community a member gets what they hoped to get by joining. It reinforces the idea that your community, like any other product, needs to solve a problem for its members in order to make it worth their time and contribution.
This could be looked at as a "reward," for being part of the community. This can be as concrete as knowing that when you need a question answered that there is a person in the community that will get that answer for you. Or it could be an intangible reward such as a feeling of belonging, a support network, inspiration, thoughtful conversation, knowing that someone has your back, etc.
Members need to feel rewarded in some way for their participation in the community in order to continue to contribute.
Shared Emotional Connection
All healthy communities have a story. Members will have a history of experiences together and the belief that there will be more experiences together in the future.
McMillan & Chavis provide an example:
"This is the feeling one sees in farmers' faces as they talk about their home place, their land, and their families; it is the sense of family that Jews feel when they read The Source by James Michener (1965)."
These experiences form a long lasting, emotional connection. That's why a community that goes through a crisis often comes out much stronger because they've now shared a difficult situation, forging a strong emotional bond amongst members.
This factor is believed to be the "definitive element for true community".
Curious to see where your community is at; click here for a quantitative analysis.
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· Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 3,000 p.m.
· A Certificate in Computer Applications from a recognised institution.
· NOTE: Possession of Process Server Certificate will be an added advantage.
Basic Salary Scale: Kshs. 12,380 – Kshs. 16,370 p.m.
· Kenya Certificate of Education (KCE) Division IV or Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E) Mean Grade D (Plain).
· Ability to care for resources.
· Maintaining general cleanliness around the office by collection and disposal of litter to ensure staff health and safety.
So as to reach the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions on or before 28th Sept, 2018. Women, persons with disability and those from marginalized Communities are encouraged to apply.


I named this quilt Farmer's Wife Improv, each time I told my daughter she looked a little confused and asked why I did not call it improve. Gotta love the beautiful minds of our children!
My decision to start a Farmer's Wife quilt was made on January 2, 2012. I started immediately. It did not take long for my 7 year old daughter to make a request that the quilt was hers. I of course obliged.
We decided that the quilt would be made with solids and I chose Kona Solids. My daughter picked the colours; purples, blues and greens. Each block she helped pick the colours that we used. She did a great job.
It did not take long (well actually it did take long) to decide that I could not complete the 83 blocks required to make the twin size quilt and I moved on to plan B, build up each block. This was a good decision in two ways, I was actually able to complete the quilt and I was able to make each block the same size, something I had not accomplished with the small blocks. I was loving how each block came out and pictured them in a random pattern on the finished quilt.
The above blocks are some of my favourites! If you look very carefully you can see that I used different colours of variegated thread to quilt each one.
Size: approx. 73" x 89"
I am linking up with Quilt Story and Better of Thread; see my Link Up page.


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Technology in 25 years
Carte Blanche is celebrating 25 years of broadcasting with a touch of nostalgia. Remember the days when there were no mobile phones, no Internet? And when Derek's hair looked like Rod Stewart's? No? A short trip down memory lane may jog your memory and remind us how far the world has moved since 1988. Aired on 8 Sep 2013.
Sebokeng - Making a Difference in Tiny Lives: November 2016
Johannesburg Parent and Child Counselling Centre (JPCCC)
CB20: Millions
CB20: A Gem in Kimberley
CB20: R75-million
CB20: Making a Difference Launch
Keyless car conundrum
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟴 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯. In a crime so perfectly executed, it's almost impossible to spot. Thieves are making off with high-end cars and bakkies while their owners blissfully go about their business. Keyless entry cars are hot targets for criminal networks that have evolved globally. In South Africa, car thieves are swapping guns and violence for smart technology that enables them to steal cars without breaking a sweat, or physically confronting owners. And local crime networks are making up for lost time. Carte Blanche exposes the ease of high-tech car thefts that has manufacturers heading back to the drawing board to reverse engineer solutions. Your favourite episodes are now available on Carte Blanche: The Podcast: https://bit.ly/PodcastCB
Medical aid misery
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟱 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮. Is it a case of money before members? Health Squared sold itself as a 'dynamic, new-age medical scheme that is continuously challenging the status quo by delivering more of the healthcare benefits you need'. But for three years, it operated well under the mandatory solvency threshold of 25 percent without a word of caution to its members. Even as the financial situation deteriorated post-pandemic, with a rapidly dwindling membership and an above-average claims ratio from pensioners, members were oblivious that the writing was on the wall. When the axe finally fell, and the scheme applied for voluntary liquidation, members on chronic treatment for life-threatening diseases had mere days to scramble for alternative cover. The bombshell came in defiance of a bid by the Council for Medical Schemes to appoint a curator to protect members. In a lifeline to some, the court ruled that 54 members on dialysis would have their treatment and medication covered until the end of September, or until they joined another scheme. Carte Blanche investigates what this means for patients experiencing grave, life-altering risks. Your favourite episodes are now available on Carte Blanche: The Podcast: https://bit.ly/PodcastCB
Rugby rumpus
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟰 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮. Intense and full of drama, rugby union is one of the globe's biggest sports. World Rugby has never been more competitive, with traditional rivalries like the Springboks and the All Blacks often decided by a single point . With such fine margins, referees hold the key to ensuring fair play. But the performance of match officials is increasingly in the spotlight, with every controversial decision analysed and criticised. With so much at stake, and innovative technology advancements at their fingertips, why are some referees still getting it wrong? Your favourite episodes are now available on Carte Blanche: The Podcast: https://bit.ly/PodcastCB
Sting in the tale
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟳 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮. Technology is turning the tide in the fight against the illicit drugs trade and its many associated crimes. For better and worse. These days, anyone wanting to get their hands on hard drugs needn't risk the danger and uncertainty of the black market. With the evolution of social media and online apps, criminals are having a field day marketing their illicit goods to people from all spheres of society and – scarily - to any child with access to a phone. From pornography to street and prescription drugs, to guns and forged official documents, all are for sale on many of the platforms we rely on every day: community information apps, e-hailing, social media and messenger apps with a "people near me" function. Carte Blanche follows a Crime Intelligence-driven investigation into online drug running as we join a sting operation and listen to harrowing stories of victims having to pay with their bodies when they fail to reach the sales targets set by their criminal bosses. Your favourite episodes are now available on Carte Blanche: The Podcast: https://bit.ly/PodcastCB


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The Uganda Reentry Guide Project
Published on July 19, 2018 August 5, 2018 by SsuubiLeave a comment
Wells of Hope in partnership with University of Illinois and in collaboration with Uganda prisons services carried out a research on the Uganda reentry guide for two weeks from 16th to 27th July. The research was a combination of activities but majorly about visiting the service providers. These were organizations and companies believed to have services that would help the incarcerated members once they have been released.
The research team was headed by Rebecca Ginsburg, a professor at the University of Illinois, Johnny Paige, an American researcher and four Ugandans namely: Shiphrah, Brian, Godfrey and Charles; making a team of six researchers and Patricia from Wells of Hope who was the Ugandan coordinator. These were the people who would go out to visit different service providers and carry out interviews. The interviews were about finding out if these service providers would offer any services that the incarcerated people would use or need, for example how a person who has been released from prison can obtain a national ID, counseling services, among others.
Before the actual research began, there was training for the researchers on 16th July. It was led by Rebecca who oriented the researchers on how to conduct the interviews and how to approach the service providers. The researchers had to do play roles and read different handouts before they set out for the research; and they conducted the research in pairs.
A Reentry Advisory Committee was formed to help to evaluate the daily activities while the research was being conducted. This composed of service providers, formerly incarcerated people and well wishers. During the research, there was a general committee called the Reentry Guide Research Council which comprised church leaders UPS officials and different organization members. They met once to talk about progress so far and a way forward. They discussed about the places that were visited then and how to make the project sustainable without relying on the University of Illinois or Rebecca because funds were not enough to continue sustaining it for a long period.
Rebecca and Johnny interacted with inmates at Upper prison Luzira and Women prison Luzira to also give them an update on the guide. They all expressed their thoughts about the guide and said it was a promising project and they were hopeful that once it comes out it will be a good thing for the incarcerated members and their families.
Rebecca Ginsburg and Jonny Paige interacting with inmates
Johnny encouraged them and motivated them that being in prison doesn't mean that all hope is gone; that there is more to look out for. He told them that it's them to change the people's attitudes and perception about the people in prisons. He urged them to be good representatives for all incarcerated people. There were committees that were formed in both prisons and this was to make communication easy.
During the research, Rebecca interacted with the Commissioner General of Prisons Dr. Johnson Byabashaija; and she updated him about the progress of the research. The commissioner shared that Reentry is at the heart of every correctional institution. He said that there was a gap of reentry; and thanked Rebecca through the University of Illinois for helping Uganda get one.
Rebecca Ginsburg and Francis Ssuubi sharing a photo with Dr. Johnson Byabashaija, the Commissioner General of Prisons on 25th July 2018
We thank Rebecca Ginsburg, the University of Illinois, the Uganda Prisons Service, Jonny Paige, the entire research team and everyone who has come on board to help in the research about the Reentry Guide for Uganda
Foster Care Program: Visit By Bethany Christian Programs
Sebilu Bodja interacting with the children at Wells of Hope Junior Schoool
On 12th and 13th July, Wells of Hope hosted Mr Sebilu Bodja and Corrie Sjoblom from Bethany Christian Services, Ethiopia. The aim of his visit was to assess the need for the Foster Care Programme for children with parents in prison, under Wells of Hope Care. During his visit, he interacted with mothers at Luzira Women prison (under Wells of Hope care and those whose children are in the prison day care centre), mothers of children with parents in prison in the FACE programme, the children at Wells of Hope Junior School and Wells of Hope staff at the secretariat/ head office.
At the prisons, mothers expressed their gratitude to Wells of Hope for the love, care and continued support towards their children; "I see Wells of Hope as a father, more so a mother because a mother does whatever it takes to ensure that her children are happy," a mother said.
They all happily welcomed the new program; they said that they would prefer having their children spend the holidays with foster families who are not related to them to spending the holidays with their relatives because their relatives pose a danger to the children. One of the mothers said that if her children stayed with her relatives, there would be high chances of them returning to the terrible conditions they were in before joining Wells of Hope. The mothers expressed complete trust in Wells of Hope to choose families where their children would be cherished and loved; and want Wells of Hope to always monitor the foster families.
The mothers appreciated Wells of Hope for the support rendered to them; "we never imagined that someone would ever look at us as human beings. Our children should never reap the fruits of the crimes we committed," a mother said.


Roy Marsh's KR2S landing at the 95 KR Gathering at Covington, TN. His KR2S is considered to be the first KR2S. It was used, to some extent, as a prototype for mold construction. His fuselage is extended 14" (one bay) to the rear, but doesn't have the extra 2" added in front of the spar that became standard in the plans. His tail is standard KR2 proportions, however.
This is Roy's version of the four bar canopy linkage. Each link is about 12" long, and tucks up into the bottom of the canopy frame when the canopy is closed. The secret to this thing is that the front two links are synchronized by welding them to a bar that is free to rotate, which runs just in back of the instrument panel.
There's always a crowd wherever this KR visits. The engine is a turbocharged 80 hp Revmaster. Roy made frequent trips between California and the Arizona (or New Mexico, I forget).


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"""
Django settings for patchew project.

Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 1.9.5.

For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/topics/settings/

For the full list of settings and their values, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/ref/settings/
"""
import os

# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))

VERSION = open(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "VERSION"), "r").read().strip()

MODULE_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "mods")

# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/howto/deployment/checklist/

# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = '@f-l5@70om7o(7rda^oxd$f#60g3jy#&m^p7z@vkf+&$*@%!^o'

ALLOWED_HOSTS = []

# Application definition

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'api.apps.ApiConfig',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'rest_framework',
]

MIDDLEWARE = [
    'django.middleware.gzip.GZipMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
]

REST_FRAMEWORK = {
    'DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CLASS': 'rest_framework.pagination.PageNumberPagination',
    'URL_FIELD_NAME': 'resource_uri',
    'PAGE_SIZE': 50,
    'UPLOADED_FILES_USE_URL': True,
}

ROOT_URLCONF = 'patchew.urls'

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [
            os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "www", "templates"),
            ],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
            ],
        },
    },
]

WSGI_APPLICATION = 'patchew.wsgi.application'

# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/ref/settings/#databases

def env_detect():
    if "PATCHEW_DATA_DIR" in os.environ:
        # Docker deployment
        return False, os.environ.get("PATCHEW_DATA_DIR")
    elif "OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR" in os.environ:
        # OpenShift deployment
        return False, os.environ.get("OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR")
    elif "VIRTUAL_ENV" in os.environ or os.environ.get("PATCHEW_DEBUG", False):
        # Development setup
        return True, os.path.join(os.environ.get("VIRTUAL_ENV",
                                                 "/var/tmp/patchew-dev"),
                                  "data")
    elif os.environ.get("PATCHEW_TEST"):
        # Test environment
        return True, os.environ.get("PATCHEW_TEST_DATA_DIR")
    else:
        raise Exception("Unknown running environment")

DEBUG, DATA_DIR = env_detect()

# In production environments, we run in a container, behind nginx, which should
# filter the allowed host names. So be a little flexible here
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["*"]

if not os.path.isdir(DATA_DIR):
    os.makedirs(DATA_DIR)

BLOB_DIR = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, "blob")
if not os.path.isdir(BLOB_DIR):
    os.mkdir(BLOB_DIR)

if DEBUG:
    INSTALLED_APPS += ['debug_toolbar']
    MIDDLEWARE += ['debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware']

MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, "media")
MEDIA_URL = "/media/"

if not os.path.isdir(MEDIA_ROOT):
    os.makedirs(MEDIA_ROOT)

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': os.path.join(DATA_DIR, "patchew-db.sqlite3"),
    }
}

# If the PATCHEW_ADMIN_EMAIL env var is set, let Django send error reporting to
# the address.
admin_email = os.environ.get("PATCHEW_ADMIN_EMAIL")
if admin_email:
    ADMINS = [('admin', admin_email)]

SERVER_EMAIL = 'server@patchew.org'

# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators

AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
    },
]

# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/topics/i18n/

LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'

TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'

USE_I18N = True

USE_L10N = True

USE_TZ = False

# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/howto/static-files/

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'wsgi', 'static')

STATICFILES_DIRS = [
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"),
]

INTERNAL_IPS = [
    "127.0.0.1",
]

if not DEBUG:
    LOGGING = {
        'version': 1,
        'disable_existing_loggers': False,
        'handlers': {
            'file': {
                'level': 'DEBUG',
                'class': 'logging.FileHandler',
                'filename': os.path.join(DATA_DIR, "log", "patchew.log"),
            },
        },
        'loggers': {
            'django': {
                'handlers': ['file'],
                'level': 'DEBUG',
                'propagate': True,
            },
        },
    }

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


The above info came from BH (aka Big Hamster), and was edited by yours truly (contact me). The image came from Dragon Ball GT.
Vegeta Jr is a distant descendant of Vegeta and Bulma who shows up in the last episode of Dragon Ball GT. It is unknown if he is from their daughter's or son's side of the family. He is very similar to his ancestor with his upwards pointy hair and long widows peak. He can even make a super saiyan transformation even if he's only 1/16 saiyan and Toriyama said that only a quarter saiyan have enough saiyan blood.
Vegeta Jr battles Goku Jr, Pan's great-great-grandson, in the ring of the Tenka-ichi Budokai. They fight as Super Saiyans, though the winner of the battle is unknown since the series ends during that match.
The above description came from BH (aka Big Hamster), and was edited by yours truly (contact me).


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Police Move-On Powers: A CMC Review of Their Use
This report from the Australian Crime and Misconduct Commission examines the use of police move-on powers by the Queensland police.
Key findings in this report include: the vast majority of people moved on were adults, primarily in the 17 to 24 age group; peak usage of the powers occurred on weekends, in warmer months, and in entertainment hotspots; Indigenous people were significantly more likely to receive a move-on direction than non-Indigenous people; and that most people who disobeyed a move-on direction were arrested. This report examines the use of move-on powers by the Queensland Police Service. The move-on powers are intended to give the police services the power to respond to antisocial behavior, thus leading to improved perceptions of community safety. Official data from four-time periods were analyzed in this review to examine the use of the directive: 1 year prior to and 1 year following statewide expansion of the powers, 2 years after expansion, 33 months after expansion, and 2 years prior to and 2 years after statewide expansion of the powers. The review examined three key questions: how are police using move-on powers, what role do move-on powers play in policing public order, and what is guiding or influencing the use of move-on powers. Following an examination of the data, the report lists 11 recommendations for providing legislative and policy changes for the use of move-on powers by the police. Figures, tables, appendixes, and references
Queensland Crime and Misconduct Cmssn
GPO Box 3123, Level 3, Terrica Place, 140 Creek Street, Brisbane Qld 4001 Australia, Australia
Book (Softbound)
Report (Annual/Periodic)
Civil remedies for police Complaints against police Foreign crime statistics Foreign criminal justice systems Foreign laws


Toppers and boosters fall into four broad categories—those used to publicize schools and their athletic teams, those passed out to promote political candidates, those distributed by civic organizations to advertise New Mexico towns and those given out by merchants to advertise their businesses. Car dealerships account for most of the latter category. Please see the page on Front Bumper Plates for information on how New Mexico law affects the display of these plates on vehicles.
Photo credits: Albuquerque GPA and New Mexico Sheriff's and Police Association toppers courtesy Barry Deutsch. Deming Duck Race, Lovington, N.M. Amigos, Ruidoso Chamber of Commerce, N.M. Beef, and Santa Fe Indian School courtesy David L. Minton. All others by Bill Johnston.


Recently, I had the pleasure of attending one of L.A.'s most exciting food events of the year–the American Wine & Food Festival. It's confusing to me why Los Angeles has so many different food festivals, so I've chosen to reserve our festival coverage for the truly worthy. Let me just tell you…AWFF is the hands-down winner of this category. Dropping $300 on a ticket for a food festival may seem steep, but the moment you step onto the Universal Studios backlot, you will consider it money well spent.
Universal trams took attendees through the studio's various lots (including a Manhattan set convincing enough to make my senses tingle) on the way to what can only be described as some kind of Utopian world for foodies. There was a red carpet that led directly into a maze-like path where, at every turn, a renowned restaurant and its famed chef stood serving up master creations.
One of the first tables to greet guests belonged to Paul Prudhomme, the original king of cajun cuisine (sorry Emeril). When I was about 13, my grandma got me a cookbook by Paul Prudhomme–it was my very first serious cookbook. I became so starstruck when I saw him that I hovered around his motorized wheelchair for about 5 minutes before moving on. Sadly, I regret that I was too excited to say hello or taste his food.
After grabbing a map, I started on a journey that can only be described as a foodie's dream come true. There is so much to bring you from this event, that I have decided to break it down into a few different posts.
First up, is my chat with Executive Chef Amar Santana of Charlie Palmer's restaurant. Santana, who has been in Palmer's kitchen since the ripe old age of 19, describes his own cooking as "fresh" and "not too heavy." His style is actually pretty descriptive of Southern California cuisine–though, like he says, Cali fare is often much less adventurous than elsewhere.
For AWFF, Santana and Palmer teamed up with Fiji water to produce a dish that is right on board with Santana's style: Saffron and Olive Poached Shrimp with Avocado Gazpacho. The shrimp were tender and moist, so that was easily my favorite part. Neither of these are particularly labor intensive, so I'm happy to report that I snagged the recipes for you! My advice is to nix the two tablespoons of sea salt and just sprinkle to taste. Enjoy!


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Six minutes with Hanaan Indari
By Floyd Alexander-Hunt - Jul 08, 2020 10:27 am AEDT
Hanaan Indari starts her new role as Managing Partner at Carroll & O'Dea Lawyers this month, making her the first woman to do so in the firm's 121-year history. Indari has been with the firm for 23 years and is passionate about leadership opportunities for women.
How does it feel to be the first female managing partner at Carroll & O'Dea Lawyers?
It's a great honour. Generally, in the profession there is a lack of women at the leadership level, so it is great the firm is making its mark. Women are extremely competent and bring something different to the leadership level. When you have more women and diversity at the top, it brings many positives to the organisation. One of the issues for some women is that whilst they are extremely competent they might not automatically put their hand up to go to the next level. I think it is incumbent on people like me now in a leadership position to help by providing support and more opportunities for women.
What makes a good leader, and do you have any advice for people wanting to pursue a similar career path to you?
I think the key is authenticity. I'm very fortunate that my values align with the values of the firm. I encourage all lawyers to work hard and say yes to every opportunity that comes their way. Saying yes allows you to diversify your skill set in different areas of practice. Another crucial element is finding good mentors. I've had a brilliant mentor, Howard Harrison, who is the current managing partner at the firm. He gave me great opportunities and now he's handing over the baton to me. I intend to mentor and support others in the firm.
What are you most passionate about?
I'm passionate about helping people and access to justice. My dad was an Arabic journalist and an advocate in the Lebanese community. I come from a background where contribution to the community and helping people is of huge significance. The law has given me this opportunity to assist people and make a difference to their lives.
What have been your biggest career highlights?
Making partner after only six years with the firm was a big achievement. I was one of the youngest to be appointed and felt very honoured. After that I was proud to become the first deputy managing partner at Carroll & O'Dea Lawyers. I've been fortunate to do pro bono litigation particularly refugee advocacy. I also worked on the first stolen generation case early on in my career.
How have you coped with changes due to COVID-19?
I think it's been a challenging time for everyone. In a matter of days, we adapted the whole firm to operate remotely which ordinarily would take years. I'm transitioning to the role of managing partner during a pandemic. While this might seem daunting, I see it as an opportunity to help reshape the firm for the future. I'm passionate about having a flexible workplace on a permanent basis, digitising processes and continuing to provide the highest service to our clients.
What do you do in your spare time?
I love cooking and yoga. I'm also part of a book club that meets every six weeks. At the moment we're meeting via Zoom and reading Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo. It's great because we all have such diverse opinions from each other. We're in our tenth year of running the club, so I guess you can say I'm not afraid of commitment.
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Model and activist Emily Ratajkowski wears a bikini like no other — so perhaps it's no surprise she's taken to wearing bikinis with her everyday outfits. The 27-year-old stepped out in New York City overnight wearing a denim mini skirt, Nike Cortez sneakers, and a barely-there off-the-shoulder bikini top from her swimwear label, Inamorata Swim.
The look showed off Ratajkowski's taught abs and minimal frame, proving, once again, that when you have a model's physique you can pull off any look.
Ratajkowski launched her swimwear label earlier this year, smarty capitalising on the fact her personal brand is synonymous with bikinis and underwear.
She kept accessorising to a minimum, wearing simple red-tinted sunglasses, a red gold buckled belt and gold jewellery — including the simple wedding band she and husband Sebastian Bear McClard had made ahead of their February 2018 wedding.


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