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Not the best known of journalism's honors, the annual George Polk Awards carry a cachet that's the legacy of their namesake -- George Polk was a CBS reporter assassinated in Greece in 1948 while covering that country's civil war. Though they're awarded in a wide range of categories that don't necessarily require journalists to go in harm's way, the Polks embody the specific values of dogged enterprise and courage to a degree even the Pulitzers do not.
The 2009 Polks were just announced by Long Island University, which administers them, and the award for international reporting went to Paul F. Salopek of the Tribune for "Waging War and Peace in Africa," a series of articles last fall describing a new Pentagon initiative in East Africa. A model journalist in the George Polk tradition, Salopek won a Pulitzer in 2001 (it was his second), for coverage of civil war in Congo. In 2006 he was arrested in Sudan and accused of espionage, and he spent more than a month in jail.
The Polk committee hailed Salopek for "uncovering the rarely publicized but more controversial aspects of America's war on terror in the Horn of Africa, an expanse that includes Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan and Eritrea." The citation went on, "In three reports from remote and lawless regions, he described the beleaguered efforts of the United States military to pre-empt an anticipated surge of radical Islamist activity. His accounts also depicted growing anti-American sentiment and accusations of secret rendition and prison programs in the region."
Here's a list of all of this year's Polk winners. We particularly applaud the Polk for radio reporting, which is going to Alex Blumberg of This American Life and Adam Davidson of National Public Radio for their joint report "The Giant Pool of Money." Says the Polk committee: "Their piece distilled down the highly complex chain of events that led to the subprime mortgage crisis. Through the stories of mortgage brokers and packagers, as well as those who have lost their homes, the pair illuminated the impact of no-interest, no-asset (NINA) mortgages and connected the dots between the people on Wall Street who made the deals and the people on Main Street whose lives will never be the same."
When I heard this report, it seemed to me that Blumberg and Davidson were making coherent not merely terms and processes that had remained incomprehensible in the press coverage of the crash, but also terms and processes so arcane the press coverage had avoided even bringing them up.
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2012 BMW Z4 Introduction
Unlike any other type of car, cruising in a roadster captures both the best and worst about driving. Top down, the wind rushes through your hair, every passing scent fills your nostrils (whether pleasant or not) and it's easy to feel at one with the road. But when it's time to put the top up, the fun usually ends.
Thanks to its retractable hardtop, the BMW Z4 offers the freedom of a convertible with the convenience of a coupe: more security, superior chassis rigidity, more rearward visibility and less susceptibility to pesky weather. While Porsche focuses more on performance and Mercedes seems to emphasize luxury and comfort, the BMW Z4 strikes a happy medium.
The 2012 BMW Z4 offers a choice of turbocharged engines: a 240-hp 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-4 in the new sDrive28i, a 300-hp 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-6 in the sDrive35i, and a 335-horsepower 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-6 in the sDrive35is.
New for 2012 is the Z4 sDrive28i, which replaces the outgoing sDrive30i. The 2012 BMW Z4 comes standard with more features than before (although the base price has also increased), including Bluetooth, a USB port and floor mats. The current-generation Z4 sDrive35i was launched as a 2009 model. The Z4 sDrive35is was introduced as a 2011 model.
The new 2012 BMW Z4 sDrive28i is the base model and the first to use BMW's all-new N20 engine, a 2.0-liter twin-powered turbo four-cylinder that makes 240 horsepower, slightly less than the venerated, naturally aspirated inline-6 it replaces, but with more power available at lower revs, along with 30 percent more torque. As they say, horsepower sells cars, while torque wins races.
Four-cylinders have never been a staple in the BMW lineup; earlier use was limited to a few models with less-than-stellar performance, and Munich's engineers admit it wasn't an easy decision to return to smaller powerplants. But with increased global pressure to reduce emissions, all automakers are faced with the challenge of increasing efficiency while maintaining performance. Several technologies in BMW's new engine enable the Z4 to keep its sporty dynamics while achieving what BMW says will be a 20 percent improvement in fuel economy. For one, the crankcase is about 22 pounds lighter. High-pressure direct injection as well as electronic variable valve timing uses fuel more efficiently than older systems. And the turbocharger, which consists of one turbine directed into two chambers (hence BMW's TwinPower nomenclature), uses engine exhaust to generate an extra boost of power.
Slightly quicker is the Z4 sDrive35i. EPA numbers for the sDrive35i are 18/25 mpg with the manual transmission and 17/24 mpg with the DCT. The sDrive35is delivers even better performance with the same fuel economy.
We found the Z4 offers the nimble, responsive driving character one would expect from BMW. The performance and feel of balanced precision is there in every Z4. Models with the manual transmission and devoid of many of the techno-gadgets including iDrive will make for the most sporty, free-feeling roadster, while heavier, highly optioned Z4s feel more like grand touring machines than sports cars. For car club track days, the high-performance sDrive35is with the dual-clutch gearbox might be the hot setup.
We think this roadster is best suited to someone who values luxury as much as performance. The closest competitors to the 2012 BMW Z4 include the luxe Mercedes-Benz SLK roadster and the Audi TT. For those who want an unadulterated roadster that gives the true feeling of the open road, the Porsche Boxster might be a better choice. But in general, the BMW Z4 does an admirable job combining fun, comfort and style.
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The mastermind of the Naxalite attack on soldiers in Chhattisgarh, has killed 76 soldiers earlier
By Mirza Shehnaz April 6, 2021 Updated: April 6, 2021 No Comments4 Mins Read
Once again, the whole nation is heartbroken, once again the whole country has cried together. In the Naxalite attack in Bijapur Sukma of Chhattisgarh, 23 soldiers have lost their lives simultaneously. Apart from this, many jawans are injured and some are still missing. According to media reports, a group of 400 Naxalites attacked a battalion of a few jawans, but despite being small in number, the jawans retaliated to this Naxal attack and killed 12 Naxals and wounded 16 Naxals. . It is being told that the mastermind of this attack is the dreaded Naxalite Madvi Hidma.
Who's Hidma? (Naxalite Hidma)
The general public has hardly heard the name of Hidma, but its name has been added to the list of security forces and police from long ago. This infamous Naxalite was born in a village called Puvarti in Sukma district, which is situated in the middle of inaccessible hills and dense forests. You can guess the condition of this village, which is cut off from the population of the whole country, that for the last 20 years, the children have not seen the face of the school here. Regardless of whoever has the government in the country, the Naxalites still dominate here today.
Hidma studied till 10th and then joined the Maoists in the year 1990. In the Naxalite movement, many such companions were also associated with him, who had received a good education, Hidma learned to speak English from them. Today, this dreaded Naxalite speaks fluent English. This is the reason why he became a favorite of Naxalite leaders.
Humans are one name many
Even though the world knows it by the name of Hidma but it does not have a single name. It is known by many names in the organization. Somewhere it is called by the name of Deva, and elsewhere its companions call it Bhima. Naxalites, who are caught during the operation, say that no leader has a name in the organization, he has dozens of nicknames. The 40-year-old man's real name is said to be Hidmanna. He is the Chief of the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army which includes about 250 Maoists.
Hidma, who is fond of the AK-47, remains under the supervision of a battalion armed with sophisticated weapons. Due to its security circle and the situation in the area where it lives, the police is not able to reach it. Due to the problem of connectivity in the forest, the difficulties of the police increase further. Hidma's wife Raje is also a Naxalite and a member of the Divisional Committee. There are more than 30 murder and massacre cases registered against it.
This is not the first time that Hidma's name has come up in a Naxalite attack. This Naxalite, known for leading and making precise strategies, has done many big incidents before. It is said that in 2010 there was a Naxalite attack in Tadmetla, in which 76 CRPF soldiers were martyred. Hidma had an important role in this attack. Apart from this, Hidma also played an important role in the Jeeram Valley Naxalite attack in 2013. This was the same attack in which 31 people, including many big Congress leaders like Mahendra Karma, were killed. Hidma was also said to have played an important role in the attack in Burkapal in 2017. For all these reasons, Hidma's name is on the top of the security forces' hitlist.
The mother has not yet been informed that the eldest son of the house has been martyred while fighting the Naxalites
Apart from some identity, no other firm information is available about it. According to local newspapers, this infamous Naxalite carries a gun in one hand and a notebook in the other, speaks English. One of its main identities is that one finger of its left hand is severed. Even the police do not recognize its face today. He has an old picture of Hidma, with the help of this the police is looking for him.
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Mirza Shehnaz
Shehnaz Ali Siddiqui is a Corporate Communications Expert by profession and writer by Passion. She has experience of many years in the same. Her educational background in Mass communication has given her a broad base from which to approach many topics. She enjoys writing around Public relations, Corporate communications, travel, entrepreneurship, insurance, and finance among others.
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It's time for University of Sydney alumni to break their silence on fee deregulation.
by Honi Soit
When Vice-Chancellor Michael Spence took to the Great Hall last Tuesday, he was armed with a PowerPoint presentation, a hands-free microphone and a few choice excerpts from the University budget.
Throughout his presentation, Spence steered well clear of the podium from which the evening's other speakers would make their cases for or against university fee deregulation. Instead, he paced the stage, and with visual aids and a liberal time limit, set out the case for why the university's current financial position is becoming untenable.
A few minutes into his remarks, Spence was interrupted by heckling from members of the student body angry at the format of the meeting, and at what they perceived to be Spence's lack of true consultation.
MC Adam Spencer tried to put an end to the heckling, but, when the students refused to be quiet, Spence stepped in. "Why don't we have a vote?"
Spence turned to the room.
"People who would like me to finish my brief remarks, can you now clap?" His request was met with polite applause from the audience.
"People who'd like to listen to more shouting, can you clap?" This time, there was much louder, much more enthusiastic applause from the audience.
Spence looked momentarily bemused, but managed to maintain his game face.
"Well," he said, "I have the microphone." And so he continued. Eventually, the hecklers sat down.
It doesn't take too great a stretch of the imagination to read symbolism into the scene we've just described.
In the fight over fee deregulation, there is a power imbalance between the people pushing for fee deregulation, and the people campaigning against it. In one corner, you've got the Vice-Chancellors of the Group of Eight (including our very own Spence) and the boys of the Federal Cabinet. These are powerful organisations and individuals whose opinions on higher education are regularly solicited, and afforded respect, by virtue of their positions. In the other corner, there's a motley crew of students, left-wing academics, and unionists. Surveys indicate that a substantial majority of Australians are actually on this side, but, in a political system where silence is tantamount to assent, there's a very good chance that this quiet majority could be overlooked.
In order to try to rectify this power imbalance, a few months ago, a number of fellows of the University Senate began petitioning the University of Sydney to hold a meeting of Convocation, which would call on University of Sydney alumni to debate the merits- or otherwise- of the government's fee deregulation policy. The significance of this move was immediately noticed by the national media, with a Sydney Morning Herald report declaring that "a revolt inside the powerful ruling body of the University of Sydney is threatening to undermine the federal government's [fee deregulation] proposal."
The University, however, was extremely reluctant for Convocation to take place. Spence – who, with some qualifications, had already come out in support of fee deregulation – told the media Convocation was "an anachronism". Alongside Chancellor Belinda Hutchison, Spence worked against efforts to get it off the ground inside the Senate. Eventually, a compromise was reached, with the University agreeing to host a "town hall-style meeting" where select members of the University community would be able to speak to their concerns before an audience, the Chancellor, and the Vice-Chancellor himself.
There is a very good reason that this "town hall-style meeting" was offered as a compromise by the University to the rebel Senate Fellows. As long as the debate about fee deregulation is taking place on the same terms as debates about staff cuts and enterprise agreements, the University is in well-charted territory. By now, opposition to University change proposals from groups such as the SRC, the NTEU, the CPSU and SUPRA is virtually a given, and the University knows that, as long as opposition is confined to only these groups, it commands sufficient resources and respect to win nearly all the fights it chooses to pick.
While the town hall meeting was open to all members of the University community, it was, unsurprisingly, dominated by USyd's most familiar faces. The speeches were generally excellent, but entirely predictable; precisely no one in the room was surprised when a group of current and former student activists, academics, and union representatives argued against higher university fees, preaching to a chamber of the already-converted. Truly novel contributions were absent. More importantly, so too were new contributors.
Ultimately, the town hall meeting did little more than situate a debate that is occurring anyway in a more auspicious-looking location than usual. It allowed the University to avoid opening a new front in the ongoing conflict over fee deregulation, while still giving the impression of consultation and engagement.
A meeting of Convocation, by contrast, had the potential to prise open an entirely new space in this debate, a space that the University has never had to figure out how to navigate before. This would be a space where thousands of USyd alumni could add their voices. It is perhaps, optimistic to think that Convocation would have drawn Michael Kirby and Germaine Greer back to the sandstone halls of their youth to fight Tories like it's 1962 again. However, every year, thousands of these alumni are prevailed upon to donate vast amounts of money to this University, suggesting that they realise their ongoing vested interest in improving their alma mater. They need to leverage that position. From public statements to boycotting donations, the alumni can put pressure upon the University's management, and also upon the government, in a way that student activists cannot.
The importance of the alumni in this debate shouldn't be underestimated. Graduates of this University, as we are often reminded, hold positions of power and influence across Australia's political, corporate, and cultural spheres. They command far greater respect in the public imagination than student activists, and many of them possess the means of exerting actual influence over political and policy processes. Opposition to university fee deregulation is a mainstream position. But while it continues to be articulated in the public sphere almost exclusively by student activists, it will continue to be perceived, and treated by the government, as a marginal one.
Less than twelve hours after the conclusion of the town hall meeting where Michael Spence had heard almost unanimous opposition from staff and students to fee deregulation, he joined his fellow Group of Eight Vice-Chancellors in Canberra to lobby the Federal Government to pursue the policy. Student activists who had hoped that Spence's willingness to listen to all 26 speakers at the town hall meeting might have indicated a willingness to actually pay attention to the will of the University of Sydney community threw up their hands in frustration.
But, as Michael Spence reminded us last Tuesday, we are not the ones with the microphone. That privilege and power lie elsewhere. Much of it lies in the hands of USyd alumni.
They need to use it.


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Galápagos Islands, off the coast of Ecuador
The Galapagos archipelago is best known for its amazing array of endemic species. These plants, invertebrates and vertebrate species have evolved over time due to isolated island life. Endemism is high in all living organisms on these islands from lichens, flowering plants, insects and land snails to finches, giant tortoises, iguanas and rats. Darwin first studied the wildlife of the islands taking note of the evolution of the landbirds such as finches and mockingbirds that adapted to a specific niche in the available habitat. These islands are a natural, living laboratory with minimal human disturbance until recently. Only five of the islands are inhabited. These islands are some of the largest and thus contain some of the highest diversity. The variation in elevation, size, and distance between the islands has contributed greatly towards the species diversity and level of endemism on each island.
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The Galapagos Islands are part of Ecuador although they lie in the Pacific Ocean about 960 km to the west of mainland South America. This unique ecoregion encompasses the entire Galapagos archipelago including 13 islands larger than 10 km2, 19 larger than 1 km2, 42 islets smaller than 1 km2 and at least 26 emergent rocks. There are approximately 128 named islands in the archipelago with Isabela as the largest with 4,588 km2 reaching an elevation of 1,707 m and Darwin as the smallest with only 1.1 km2 and an elevation of 168 m. The total land area of the ecoregion sums to 7,882 km2, with 1336 km of coastline.
This archipelago is continually changing due to its volcanic past and present. Most of the islands represent the summit of a volcano, some of which are anchored at more than 3,000 m below on the Pacific Ocean floor (WCMC 1990). The western part of the archipelago contains the youngest islands, and experiences the most intense seismic activity (WCMC 1990). Eruptions and earthquakes are common, as are other characteristics such as crater lakes and parasitic vents flanked by lava flows marking the summits. Other landscape features include fumoroles, lava tubes, sulphur fields and a variety of pumice, ash and tuff ejected from the volcanoes. To geologists these islands are considered quite young, dating back 3-6 million years for the oldest islands in the eastern part of the archipelago and less than 1 million years for the younger islands in the west. Soils are also young leaving mainly basaltic remnants, as erosion and other natural processes break down lava rock.
The Climate of this ecoregion varies slightly within the 430-km area encompassing the islands. The climate also varies as a result of the multiple water currents intersecting, which shift accentuating the two main seasons and small transition periods where either season can prevail. The Garúa (misty) or dry season lasting from about May to December results from the cool Humboldt Current. This season is characterised by cool temperatures, mist and drizzling rain, also known as "gaura" that accumulates around the highlands of larger islands. The hot and wet season prevails from about December to May, as a result of the influence of the warm Panama current shifting to surround the islands. This season is characterised by heavier rainfall and warmer temperatures with March reaching as high as 30°C with as much as 80 mm of rainfall (Swash 2000). The coldest and driest month is August with temperatures as low as 18°C and as little as 5 mm of rainfall (Swash 2000). Annual rainfall statistics vary according to temperature, which declines 0.9°C for every 100-m elevation, resulting in an average rainfall for the archipelago of 356 mm at sea level and 1092 mm at 200 m above sea level.
Every seven years, due to the interference of El Niño currents the cold water upwelling is altered. The upwelling of the cold, Humbolt Current provides nutrient rich waters with plankton that are the basis for the Galapagos marine food chain. Birds, reptiles and mammals that rely on the marine environment for their sustenance suffer immensely. El Niño currents are much stronger on average every seven years over powering the cold up welling. This causes the surface waters surrounding the Galapagos ecoregion to be warmer and much less productive than normal. The marine dependant creatures suffer losses while the land populations increase, as well as the vegetation and rainfall (Jackson 1999). The upwellings of the cold currents are important to the sea dependent species such as Galapagos penguins and flightless cormorant. These birds do not breed until the nutrient rich currents come in, and on El Niño years many will not breed at all. On a good year however, when the rich current is providing plenty, they may have more than one chick.
Four of the islands are inhabited: Isabela, Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal and Floreana (Acharya 2000). A defence base is also located on Baltra Island resulting in a combined resident human population of about 17,000 (Acharya 2000). Fresh water is a limiting factor for humans. Only one island, San Cristobal has a perennial water supply that can adequately sustain humans. Seasonal springs occur on Santa Cruz and Floreana. Brackish water is available on all the inhabited islands (WCMW 1990).
The Galapagos ecoregion is home to about 500 species of native vascular plants, more than 180 are endemic (Acharya 2000). The actual number of plant species is continually challenged due to the young geologic age of the islands, many plants seem in the process of evolving. This makes their taxonomic classification difficult for botanists (Jackson 1999). Lying in the Pacific dry belt most of the land in the archipelago is covered by arid, semi-desert xerophytic vegetation. Only a small percentage of the islands reach the higher elevations where more rainfall is concentrated, yielding a more lush, tropical vegetation types. The vegetation of this ecoregion breaks into gradients from sea level to the highest elevation with the progression from littoral zone, to arid zone, to humid zone (Perry 1984). A transition zone exists between the arid and humid zones.
The littoral zone is a narrow stretch of arid lowland near the shore, which leaves only the possibility of growth by salt and drought tolerant vegetation in this area. Mangrove species such red mangrove Rhizophora mangle, black mangrove Avicennia germinans, white mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa) and button mangrove (Conocarpus erectus) grow along the calm lagoons. Common shrubs include (Maytenus octogona) and saltbush (Cryptocarpus pyriformis). Herbaceous plants that have also developed salt and drought tolerance growing near the shores are Sesuvium portulacastrum, the endemic S. edmonstonei, and beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae), which is very important as a dune stabiliser.
The arid zone, inland of the littoral zone, occupies the most land in the Galapagos ecoregion extending over some entire small islands possessing the most diversity. This zone is composed of drought tolerant, xerophytic species of cacti, trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants. The average range of this zone extends from 80 to 200 m in elevation or more (Perry 1984). The most well known tree is the palo santo (Bursera graveolons), however a smaller species B. malacophylla occurs only on Seymour, Baltra and Daphne islands. Other trees in this zone include the endemic guayabillo (Psidium galapageium) and paga paga (Pisonia floribunda). Cacti have adapted water storage capacities in order to survive in these arid zones. The cactus genera Jasminocereus and Brachycereus are endemic as well as all Galapagos' species of the genus Opuntia. Examples of these endemic cacti are the lava cactus (Brachycereus nesioticus) and prickly pear cacti (Opuntia echios and O. helleri). Woody shrubs compose the lower levels of the vegetative layers in this zone such as the endemic Castela galapageia, Lecocarpus pinnatifidus and other species of the genera Lecocarpus. Herbaceous plants have also adapted to this arid zone including several endemic varieties of Galapagos tomatoes (Lycopersicon cheesmanii), passion flower (Passiflora foetida), and species of the endemic gerneras Tiquilia and Chamaesyce (Jackson 1999).
The humid zone follows the arid zone on islands that reach elevations above 300 m, with a transition zone between the two. This transition zone exhibits a combination of vegetation types and species slowing the gradient from arid to humid species including Pisonis floribunda, Psidium galapageium and P. galapageium with Scalesia trees. Garua fogs maintain this humid zone during the dry season when they form during the night and last well into the next day depositing moisture and acting as a shield in these areas of high elevation. Within this zone separate phases of vegetation have developed. These are very small layers within the humid zone yet they are lush and tropical as a result of the higher moisture received. From 300-500 m elevation, the Scalesia spp. dominated layer becomes apparent, emerging from the transition zone, with trees reaching 5-15 m in height. There are twenty different forms of this genus, the plant kingdom's version of Darwin's finches, which are scattered across the islands that reach these higher elevations (Jackson 1999). Cat's claw (Zanthoxylum fagara) is also most abundant, mainly above the Scalesia but below the Micronia acting partially as a transition within the humid zone species (Jackson 1999). Trees are replaced by shrubs on Santa Cruz and San Cristóbal islands. Miconia robinsoniana standing between 3-4 m tall at 600-700 m above sea level dominates the landscape creating a separate layer. This endemic shrub was the most extensive on Santa Cruz Island but is now almost completely altered by agriculture and cattle grazing (WCMC 2000).
The highest elevations, above 900 m, are the pampa layers within the humid zone. Known for the ferns, sedges, grasses, Sphagnum mosses and 11 species of native orchids including Purthieva maculata (Steadman 1988). The pampa holds the most ferns species, although 90 different species grow throughout the Galapagos archipelago (Jackson 1999). Endemic tree ferns such as Cyanthea weatherbyana grow in collapsed lava tubes, potholes and other cracks and crevices left by the tectonic activities (WCMC 1999).
The Galapagos ecoregion holds many native endemic snails, plants, insects, reptiles, birds and mammals. Due to its young age and level of isolation associated with being an island archipelago, the ecoregion has low number of species. The ecoregion does however remain high on the list of areas for conservation due to high endemism and low disturbance. Most species here are endemic which is unusual even for the most species rich ecoregions. The endemic concentration is elevated when subspecies are brought into consideration. Most endemic species in the Galapagos archipelago have at least two subspecies due to the divergence of the species to better adapt to each island.
Twenty of the 22 species of reptiles in the Galapagos are endemic. The giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus) is a good example of how the variety of endemic individuals rises greatly when incorporating subspecies, since it has 11 subspecies remaining of the original 14. These land tortoises have developed slightly different attributes due to their locations. Isabela Island holds five of these subspecies, one on each of its main volcanoes. The other remaining subspecies are on James, Santa Cruz, San Cristobal, Pinzon, Espanola and Pinta Islands. There are 3 species of snakes that are all endemic and each has 2-3 subspecies including Philodryas biserialis, Alsophis dorsalia and A. slevini (Jackson 1999). There are also 5 endemic species of geckos belonging to the genus Phyllodactylus, 7 endemic species of lava lizards belonging to the genus Tropidurus, 2 species of land iguanas include Conolophus palidus on Santa Fe Island only and C. subcristatus, and finally the marine iguana (Amblyrhnchus cristatus).
There are many bird species native to the Galapagos ecoregion; the two major groups include seabirds and landbirds. Seabirds still use the land for breeding, resting and raising their chicks, however they obtain their food from the sea. Therefore they usually live near the shore on the beaches or cliffs of the littoral zone. There are 19 resident species of which 5 are endemic. One endemic species is the Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) and the only species of penguin to exist north of the equator and nest in the tropics (Jackson 1999). 90% of the population concentrates on the western most islands Fernandina and Isabela which coincide with the Cromwell Current that cools surface temperatures and increases marine productivity (Kyra 1997). Many other endemic birds also depend on this current as a food source. For example, the waved albatross (Diomedea irrorata), which is considered endemic to Espanola Island spends long periods of time at sea; the flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) is the only flightless species from its genus; the swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus); and lava gull (Larus fuliginosus) considered one of the rarest gulls in the world (Jackson 1999). Some of the non-endemic birds include the boobies, storm petrels, frigatebirds, and terns. Shore birds are also dependent on the rich upwelling current as abundant residents and migrant visitors of this ecoregion. There is only one specially adapted endemic, Butorides sundevalli, which blends with the lava landscape increasing its success at catching prey.
Landbirds are not as numerous as sea and shore birds due to their relative immobilisation to and from these islands but out of the 29 species, 24 are endemic. It seems that one of the most notable attributes of these birds is their relative lack of fear towards humans. This fearlessness was even noted by Darwin in his notes from visits to these islands in 1845. Some of these fearless, endemic predators are the Galapagos hawk (Buteo galapagoenis), the subspecies Galapagos barn owl (Tyto punctissima) and short -eared owl (Asio flammeus). Other landbirds endemic to the Galapagos ecoregion are the Galapagos dove (Zenaida galapagoensis), Galapagos rail (Lateralus spilonotus), Galapagos martin (Progne modesta), and four species of mockingbirds from the genus Nesomimus that are endemic to specific islands within the Galapagos ecoregion (Jackson 1999).
Much like the divergence of species seen in the land tortoises, Darwin's finches form their own family, with only one species outside of the Galapagos on Cocos Island, Costa Rica. There are 13 finches from the same family Fringillidae the most remarkable divergence of these species is their beak structure and specialised feeding capabilities. For example, on Wolf Island sharp-billed ground finches have been nicknamed vampire finches because they peck at the skin of masked and red footed boobies until they draw blood which they drink. On other islands small, medium and sharp-billed ground finches eat ticks and mites that they remove from iguanas and giant land tortoises. Woodpecker and mangrove finches (Camarhynchus pallidus, C. heliobates) also have notable feeding behaviours; as they feed on insects and larvae if they can not reach one they will find a tool to help remove the desired morsel. All Darwin's finches are specialised to their habitats. Some are not as pronounced as the ones previously mentioned, however their adaptations are most noticeable during times of reduced food availability including the warbler finch (Certhidea olivacea), small, medium and large tree finches (Camarhynchus parvulus, C. pauper, C. psttacula), vegetarian finch (Platyspiza crassirostris), and the large, cactus and large cactus ground finches (Geospiza magnirostris, G. scandens, G. conirostris) (Jackson 1999).
Mammals are not very numerous due to their inability to survive such a long journey at sea from the mainland to the islands, except for the 6 mammals considered native to this ecoregion. The endemic subspecies Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus californianus wollebacki) and species Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galagapoensis) most likely arrived by swimming to the islands. While endemic species of rice rats (Oryzomys bauri and Nesotyzomys narboroughii) most likely floated on raft like objects to the islands. Two bat species Lasiurus brachyotis and L. cinereus also have made it to the islands, and they are not endemic.
The Galapagos ecoregion is in almost its entirety designated a National Park. In 1968 97% of the land in the Galapagos archipelago was included in the park which was recognised as a World Heritage Site in 1978 and a biosphere Reserve in 1984 (WCMC 2001). The current human population is restricted to five islands, numbering about 17,000 individuals their waste and garbage disposal methods are a concern as well as agricultural practices and other resource uses.
The World Wildlife Fund and Charles Darwin Research Centre are working together to produce an ecoregion assessment and biodiversity vision for the conservation and rehabilitation of this ecoregion. This is a five-year plan will designate necessary steps for lowering the influx of introduced species and the removal of established introduced species from the islands. Some of these actions include reducing the port of entry to one, completely human free islands, population reduction on inhabited islands and active removal, and monitoring of introduced species.
The state of the ecoregion has been deteriorating since humans first began visiting the islands in the 1800's. These visitors and inhabitants introduced species which damage and out compete native species, causing population reduction and in some cases extinction. Pigs, cats, dogs, horses, burros, cattle, goats, rats, sheep and mice were all introduced in the past and are still a problem as conservation scientists struggle to remove them from the natural habitats. Introduced plants species, now outnumbering native species, represent a major problem as they compete with native vegetation, taking over habitats more quickly than the native vegetation can adapt to these assailants. Conservationists however are actively eradicating introduced plants and animals from the islands. They are especially concentrated on getting control of the expanding problems caused by fast growing plants such as guava (Psidiun guajava), quinine (Chinchona succirubra), lantana shrub (Lantana camara) and elephant grass (Chinchona succirubra). As of the year 2000, Genovesa and Fernandina are free of introduced organisms because of the efforts of the National Park Service and The Charles Darwin Research Station. This research station has been an active conservation movement in this ecoregion since 1964. One of the many important operations at the research station is its role as the nursery of these islands. Giant tortoises and iguanas have been bred and raised in the research station to such success that populations have been saved from extinction and released individuals have gone on to successfully breed in the wild (Jackson 1999).
Tourism is a huge income for the people of these islands. When organised tourism began in 1969 the National Park Service enacted strict rules to prevent the over 40,000 visitors a year from damaging the ecosystems and wildlife (Jackson 1999).
The majority of the human population lives in the Galapagos archipelago. This archipelago encompasses three percent of this ecoregion that is not part of the National Park. The population is however out growing these small areas and is saying they need more space. Conservationists however are suggesting that reducing the number of human residence would greatly help the islands. In 1998 Bensted-Smith indicated that the island population was growing at 8% a year, mainly due to immigration from mainland Ecuador. These islands have become more appealing due to the possible income made fishing or by tourism (Bensted-Smith 1998). The lack of jobs and high amount of poverty in mainland Ecuador is triggering migration to the islands.
The main threat to the well being of all species of organisms within the Galapagos ecoregion are invasive, exotic and introduced species. The introduced herbivores such as cattle, goats and sheep are damaging entire ecosystems. They overgraze areas allowing severe erosion resulting in further degradation of the habitat. They are also removing food and water supplies from the native wildlife such as land iguanas and giant tortoises (Acharya 2000). The seriousness of this problem is very high. With more and more tourists and imported goods acting as vectors that increasing the number of introduced species admitted. Recently a tree frog was found. There are not any native amphibians in this ecoregion due to their intolerance to salt, until now. The implications of this introduced species are not yet known but it cannot be good. A common problem the introduced organisms have the upper hand in their assault, leaving the native organisms victim to its inability to adapt and evolve resistance before it is eradicated.
Introduced plants are a major threat to the native vegetation especially on islands where certain trophic levels may not be occupied leaving an opening, which can be readily occupied by an introduced species (Schofield 1989). Most of the current and predicted extent of invasion by introduced plants results from invasion of disturbed habitats (Moll 1998). Plant introduction continues to be a concern due to the ease at which they are transported by local people between islands and the mainland by boat.
Climate change poses high consequences such as raised water temperatures much like those during El Niño years that resulted in a 75% die off of marine dependent species such as Galapagos penguins and marine iguanas. Global warming could cause an over all temperature increase; lowering the productivity of the whole marine based food chain for mammals, birds and reptiles. Global warming will also increase the growth and adaptability of introduced plants damaging native plants and the animals, which live off these resources (Moll 1998).
The Galapagos Islands were lumped under the broad classification of xeric scrub to better represent the broad scale classifications of ecoregions, and we recognise the unique and diverse species associations that stray from this classification in the montane regions (CDF/WWF In prep.). These islands have been a laboratory for species endemism and diversity and need no formal justification. Classifications follows CLIRSEN/DINAF (1990).
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The documentary Cary Grant: A Class Apart digs a little deeper into Hollywood's quintessential leading man
Documentary Review: Cary Grant: A Class Apart
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I watched the 2004 documentary, Cary Grant: A Class Apart on TCM recently and I've been thinking about it off and on ever since. It's not so much that it was a brilliant piece of filmmaking. It's a pretty standard movie star biography. What made the deeper impression was Cary Grant, the man, as portrayed by his own words, the facts of his life, film clips, and affect he and his actions had on others.
He was a complex personality. He was a womaniser, or at least, a man who loved many, many women. But he was Cary Grant—how could he not be? Two of his former wives appear in the documentary, Betsy Drake, to whom he was married for thirteen years, and Barbara Harris, who was his wife from 1981 until his death five years later. They both dismiss the ever-present gossip that Grant may have been bisexual, Drake most entertainingly, "Why would I believe that Cary was homosexual when we were busy fucking?" She is definitely a woman scorned, or at least, severely bruised still by her marriage, which she describes all-too vividly as a dictatorship, where she lost her identity and Cary was the only star. She desperately wanted children, but Grant either ignored her desires or refused to participate. Th viewer must take all her hurt feelings into account when she adds, "Maybe he was bisexual. He lived 43 years before he met me. I don't know what he did."
Harris completely dismisses the rumors which have perpetuated all these years based primarily on hearsay and publicity photo shoots he did with longtime friend and roommate Randolph Scott. Certainly no homosexual couple, in the 1930s, in a town like Hollywood, which was notorious for cooking up false romances to cover up its gay stars' sex lives (Monty Clift, Rock Hudson), would promote and publish such photos. It's a case of wishful thinking and different times meaning different things. It doesn't matter to me one way or the other if Cary had a boyfriend, but it seems strange how fervent the desire is to attach gay rumors to celebrities like Grant. Why is it so important to some people to know which star is sleeping with which star?
Noticeably absent from the documentary is Dyan Cannon, who parted most acrimoniously from Grant two years after their marriage, but also gave him his only child, daughter Jennifer Grant, whom he absolutely doted on, "If I had known then what I know now, if I had not been so utterly stupid, I would have had a hundred children and I would have built a ranch to keep them on." Grant finally becoming a father and crowing about it must have been hard for Betsy Drake to take.
The documentary tries to make the case that Archie Leach, as he was named at birth, created the persona of Cary Grant and was ultimately trapped by it. I think that's overly dramatic and not entirely true. Grant did create Grant. With the help of influential women he was involved with, and producers and directers that he worked with, but Grant was always also Archie Leach. He never forgot where he came from—a difficult childhood that he escaped as soon as he could by joining an acting troupe at 16.
He never lost his edge, even while looking more urbane, more handsome, more sleek than anyone has ever looked in a tux. Grant has said, "I have spent the greater part of my life fluctuating between Archie Leach and Cary Grant, unsure of each, suspecting each." And, "Everybody wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant." I think what Grant is really saying is that as an artist he created the Cary Grant persona, but it was actually just a bigger version of himself. We all do that, in some way. Our work persona versus how we act with our friends and family. What makes Cary Grant's persona that much bigger, makes him "Cary Grant," is that it had to be big enough to withstand audiences seeing him blown up 100 times larger-than-life on the big screen. It must be hard to see yourself that exaggerated, filmed sometimes harshly, sometimes lovingly, but still objectified. Like an old snapshot blown up to billboard size.
Grant was so good at being Cary Grant that it was almost forgotten by all that he was acting. Audiences just wanted to see him, as he realized, "I've often been accused by critics of being myself on-screen. But being oneself is more difficult than you'd suppose."
The film also confirms that Grant took LSD, when it was still legal, in the early '60s, "My intention in taking LSD was to make myself happy … I took it with a group of men, one of whom was Aldous Huxley. We deceived ourselves by calling it therapy, but we were truly interested in how this chemical could help humanity." Grant was trying to exorcise his demons, and he did seem to lead a happy, more peaceful life after he left Hollywood.
What the documentary does have in abundance is clips from his films, both classic and forgotten. It is amazing to be reminded how many wonderful movies he made. As handsome as he was, when I think of Grant I first think of screwball comedy. No one had his acrobatic approach or could do it better, keeping pace, word-for-word, with female costars such as Katherine Hepburn and Rosalind Russell.
Grant made four wonderful films with Alfred Hitchcock, who knew how to exploit his flawless profile as well as his dark side. Luckily these films and more are still on frequent rotation on TCM. I'm looking forward to seeing him again in such films as Topper, The Philadelphia Story, Suspicion, North By Northwest, Bringing Up Baby, and Arsenic And Old Lace.
Grant wonderfully sums up his experience of Hollywood, his career, "When you're a young man, Douglas Fairbanks Sr. is driving. Wally Beery is the conductor, and Chaplin's got a front row seat. You take your seat, and back behind you is Gary Cooper … Suddenly a young man named Ty Power gets on. He asks you to move over. You make a picture with Joan Fontaine. You think you do a good job, but she wins the Oscar, and you get nothing. And pretty soon more and more people get on, it's getting very crowded, and then you decide to get off. When you get off the trolley, you notice that it's been doing nothing but going around in circles." He may have felt at times he was going in circles, making the same movies, never getting recognized, although he was finally awarded an honorary Oscar in 1970. But he had an acting career that was truly unique. As much as other actors like Tyrone Power or Louis Jourdan may have made him feel that his time had passed, there has never been another leading man like Cary Grant.
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This triptych was inspired by the dramatic difference in perception that accompanies a change of scale. When viewing any subject from a great distance, we inevitably come away with an impression that is dramatically different from what we would find if we viewed the same thing on a personal level or scrutinized it under a microscope. These three images are all visions of the sea. The first shows a vast horizon under golden sunlight. The second is an underwater snapshot of bubbles and seaweed. The final panel depicts a network of cell walls, nature's underlying structure.


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Facial recognition vendor Clearview AI raises $8.6m, as it faces a lawsuitFacial recognition vendor Clearview AI raises $8.6m, as it faces a lawsuit
Court proceedings scheduled to begin in Vermont later this month
Clearview AI has raised $8.6m to continue offering controversial facial recognition software to businesses and federal agencies.
The round comes despite a series of legal challenges and growing concerns over the company's data handling practices.
Going clear
Clearview AI spent most of its life operating in the shadows, until it was exposed in an explosive New York Times feature in January.
The company claimed it had scraped more than three billion publicly available images from Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and other platforms, helping it develop an impressive facial recognition tool with a high accuracy rate.
But the system has not been independently tested, or analyzed for racial bias. Later, reporters discovered that the company told prospective clients its platform had a 75 percent accuracy rate – but that was the number of times it was able to find a match, which was not necessarily correct.
In February, Buzzfeed News published a list of Clearview's customers – comprising 2,200 law enforcement agencies, companies, and individuals. Among them were US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, and Macy's.
The company has individual customers who work for the FBI, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Interpol, and countless local police departments.
Contravening claims that Clearview only dealt with law enforcement agencies in the US and Canada, documents showed that the company was selling to corporations, as well as governments in Australia and Saudi Arabia. It also supplied a version of the app to investors, who used the tech at dinner parties to identify other venture capitalists.
Following the revelations, and a subsequent lawsuit, Clearview promised to stop selling its products to corporate clients.
With the increased attention has come legal scrutiny. Social media platforms are investigating whether Clearview was violating their terms of use, and several states are suing the company for invading citizen privacy.
Earlier this month, a judge in Vermont ruled that the state can proceed with a lawsuit against the company, which is alleged to have been collecting photos without consent. "Clearview's practices are disturbing and offend public policy," Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan said at the time.
The ACLU has sued the company in Illinois, using the same state law that previously saw Facebook fined $550m. Over in Europe, the EU's privacy body has said the tech might be illegal, but is yet to make a ruling.
None of this has put off Clearview's new investors, which remain undisclosed. Previous investors include Kirenaga Partners and controversial billionaire Peter Thiel, who co-founded Palantir, backed Anduril, sits on the board of Facebook, and serves as an unofficial advisor to the President.
Clearview's SEC filing also reveals two existing board members, Murtaza Akbar of Liberty City Ventures, and Hal Lambert, the founder of Point Bridge Capital.
Lambert served on the Inaugural Committee for President Trump and was the finance chair for the Texas GOP, Buzzfeed News noted. Meanwhile, Point Bridge is responsible for an investment fund for pro-Republican companies, called MAGA ETF.
All of this is set against a backdrop of growing hostility towards facial recognition apps in the hands of law enforcement agencies, and the wider protests against police brutality.
As demonstrations gripped the nation, major tech companies came forward promising to rethink how they approached facial recognition – IBM stopped "general purpose" facial recognition sales, and Amazon and Microsoft paused police sales, among others; some American cities announced facial recognition bans.
Clearview saw this as an opportunity: "While Amazon, Google, and IBM have decided to exit the marketplace, Clearview AI believes in the mission of responsibly used facial recognition to protect children, victims of financial fraud, and other crimes that afflict our communities," CEO Hoan Ton-That said at the time.
Ton-That also claimed that the company had solved the racial bias problem found in many facial recognition tools. This has not been independently verified, and Clearview has not submitted its models to the National Institute of Standards and Technology for study.
Within algorithms NIST has studied, it found higher rates of false positives for Asian and African American faces, when compared to images of Caucasians. It found even higher rates of inaccuracy on pictures of African American females.
Facial recognition errors have led to at least one arrest – Robert Williams, an African American, was detained in June due to the DataWorks Plus program falsely identifying him as a criminal.


Gee Greenslade is very well known in the photographic industry mainly because of her incredible conceptual artwork but also for the awards that she has won with it. She is the current SA Creative Photographer of the year 2013 and was runner up in the Fine-Art category at national level last year in Melbourne. Her pieces are large, edgy, detailed masterpieces that I would love to see in a Corporate boardroom...getting everyone thinking out of the box could be quite a benefit just for starters...they are the kind of artwork that every time you look at them you find something new to wonder about.
Harmony Nicholas is also well known in the Industry in more of an iconic sense. Her artwork which she has been prolific for many years has a style and perfection that is only hers....she is nationally and internationally acclaimed and has been published on numerous occasions. I would strongly advise anyone in Adelaide to purchase one of her Artworks because it is going to be one of the best investments ever made and the value is certain to rise. She is already a star with a mind blowing body of work...I look forward to watching her shine.
Matt James is an emerging photographic artist and was recommended to me by Gee as being someone highly talented to watch. His work consists of a cohesive series of self-portraits and this is the first time he has exhibited....there is a great opportunity here to get in at ground level with an emerging talent...he is going to be going places for sure...his work is sensitive and poignant and is a must see.
I also have some of my conceptual work in the exhibition to fill in the gaps but the reason I decided to put on this exhibition is because we have such a wealth of talent here in SA that hasn't yet been discovered and I think its about time it was. There are only a handful of photographic artists exhibiting nationally and internationally. Being digital by nature it is rare that these works find their way off computer screens and onto gallery walls which is ironic because digital artists are the people who know better than anyone else how to make something large scale look amazing!
Showing at Crackerjack Gallery 89a Goodwood rd Open Wed, Thurs, Frid and Sat 10-3pm. Watch facebook for updates on any late nights.
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Smith's Building is a historic building at 201-207 Worthington Street in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Folarin Jerry Balogun (* 3. Juli 2001 in New York City) ist ein englisch-US-amerikanisch-nigerianischer Fußballspieler. Der englische Nachwuchsnationalspieler spielt seit seinem zehnten Lebensjahr für den FC Arsenal.

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Balogun begann seine fußballerische Ausbildung als Zehnjähriger beim FC Arsenal. In der Saison 2016/17 spielte er einmal für die U18-Junioren. In der Folgesaison schoss er wettbewerbsübergreifend 12 Tore in 25 Spielen für die U18 im Pokal und der Liga sowie für die U23 in der Premier League 2. In der Saison 2018/19 schoss er 25 Tore in 19 Spielen in der U18 Premier League, nebenbei kam er noch fünfmal für die zweite Mannschaft zum Einsatz, wobei er einmal traf. In der folgenden Saison stieg er endgültig in den U23-Kader auf und machte dort in 15 Spielen zehn Tore und gab vier Vorlagen. Die Spielzeit 2020/21 absolvierte er als Kapitän der U23-Mannschaft und kam mehrmals in der Europa League zum Einsatz. Sein Profidebüt gab er am 29. Oktober 2020 im Europa-League-Gruppenspiel gegen den FC Dundalk, als er in der 74. Minute für Edward Nketiah ins Spiel kam. Bei seinem nächsten Einsatz, dem 3:0-Sieg über den Molde FK, schoss er sein erstes Profitor nach Einwechslung zum Endstand. Im April 2021 verlängerte er seine Vertragslaufzeit bei den Gunners bis 2025 und sagte: "Ich habe ziemlich große Ambitionen". Am 13. August 2021 (1. Spieltag) spielte er das erste Mal in der Premier League bei der 0:2-Niederlage gegen den FC Brentford in der Startelf. Nach einem weiteren Einsatz in der Premier League wechselte er Mitte Januar 2022 auf Leihbasis zum FC Middlesbrough in die EFL Championship. Für die anschließende Saison 2022/23 wechselte er erneut leihweise, nunmehr zum französischen Erstligisten Stade Reims.

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Balogun spielte für englische und US-amerikanische Juniorennationalmannschaften. Er ist seit 2021 für die englische U21-Nationalmannschaft aktiv.

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Fußballspieler (FC Arsenal)
Fußballspieler (FC Middlesbrough)
Fußballspieler (Stade Reims)
Engländer
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US-Amerikaner
Nigerianer
Geboren 2001
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Looks funny with cars. I used a gradient patch size of 1 for the compute terrain.
I was preparing myself an objects sequence but for a test it is too cumbersome.
This is the same box scene but with this horse instead.
Yes very cliche but life goes on It will be the same to all of us.
I have a basic but complicated to make scene in my mind just to test this more Ulco.
But i have to finish that damn animation. I will get back to this later ones more.
Holy cow, that looks damn good. When I saw this gif, I remembered that I have this OBJ sequence on my HD for years, but forgot about that.
Did you copy the sequence to get the whole length of the animation? If so, what is the most convenient way of renaming the copied objects?
Now, if we only could offset the starting points for the instances to get a more random look!
I use Total Commander since nearly 20 years Hannes.
It does have a batch file renaming command (beside many more things).
I first changed the naming order to have 3 digits.
with "filename.025.obj" and copied the new files to the original folder.
So i had a series of files that ended with 048.
Then i made anther one series with the same procedure beginning with 049 this time.
Repeat the same so much you want. It gets even faster while copying the 48 files then 96 etc.
There might be other ways but it takes longer to write then doing actually. Very easy.
For offsetting , when you have done the above, copy all of the files and then offset-rename the file numbers.
This is what we could have as a new option in Terragen. Offsetting image sequences and object sequences.
I think Matt could this apply very easily? We could use the same image-object sequence in this way hopefully.
Together with what we talked in the first page (repeating,oscialating etc.) using this kind of scenes would be very easy in Terragen.
Irfan View has a batch file renaming/converting feature as well. Maybe it's possible to do the job with it.
I know the principles of doing that, but I didn't know which is the most convenient way.
I remember someone of the planetside crew talking about an animation offsetting feature for individually each instance of the population. I guess it was said that this might be quite difficult to accomplish.
But if it would be possible to create a population of an object sequence of let's say 24 objects and you would be able to loop that sequence and to offset the animation once just for the whole population, you could create several populations of the same (24 instances) object sequence with different offsets and have enough variety. Maybe this wouldn't be as complicated to implement than an individual offset feature for each single instance.
Offsetting for each instance might be hard probably,i don't know.
But as a general option the animation module needs those options.
And there is a editing feature for individual instances for some closer editing if needed already.
They would be enough for me as a start at least.
You would have to deal with much less manual work and probably file sizes.


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Sometimes the inspiration for my paintings comes from models I have made and photographed in different lighting conditions. Other times I am inspired by places I've been, things I've seen or how I have felt.
One of our family's favourite places to go for a summer holiday is Hawke's Bay, on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand.
We have a favourite holiday house that we rent to get away from it all, on the outskirts of the small town of Havelock North. It's in the middle of fields, beside a river, and within walking and cycling distance of cafes and a great supermarket. There are also wineries nearby too. A perfect balance of town and country!
Hawke's Bay has some of the most reliably lovely summer weather and long sunshine hours. The people are friendly and relaxed, and is beautiful (like most of New Zealand!), with big skies.
Our holidays there always involve lots of sun, swimming, beaches, and yummy food.
The summer when I painted these two paintings Hawke's Bay was having a severe drought - in stark contrast to Wellington, where we live, which was having the coldest, wettest summer in years.
Driving from the lush greens of home to the dry ochres and blue skies of the Hawke's Bay region was such a vivid (and welcome) contrast.
These two paintings of Hawke's Bay represent my memory of a happy family holiday, in blazing hot sun, in one of my happy places.
This photo is from another year, when it was much greener in Hawke's Bay. It's such a beautiful view from the top of TeMata Peak that I just had to add it in here too!