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By ice
June 18, 2022 in Tanzania
About ten weeks ago it was my time to return to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in general and Ndutu Lodge in particular, my sixth trip since 2014.
As I am slightly running of time (in three weeks I shall leave for Namibia) this will once again not a very detailed and thorough trip report, I instead plan to summarize my sightings and thoughts with key word, sprinkled by the odd photo and (sometime later in summer) half a dozen YouTube clips. Feel free to ask questions, though.
Speaking about which: the money I spend on my gear is almost exclusively invested in video and filming equipment, so those photos I will upload were shot with an old iPhone 8 or an even older Canon DSLR. No extensive post production on them, either.
Edited June 18, 2022 by ice
road transfer to Amsterdam - I find it more convenient to drive to Schiphol (+/- 2,5 h from where I live) than to fly (although flying would in fact be cheaper)
had dinner with one of the co-owners of Ndutu Lodge and then spent the night in a hotel close to the airport
unfortunately Schiphol was extremely busy on that morning, so much so that I did not have enough time for an early lunch in one of the restaurants, instead I was "forced" to rely on the food they served on board
on time departure at AMS and on time arrival in JRO
unlike in 2021, this year I'd estimate 90% left the plane, only 10% continued on to Dar
sat smack in the middle of the plane was bad luck, since the exit stairs were positioned at the front and at the rear of the plane. In the end it took me almost an hour to pass all those queues.
my guide Hamisi was waiting outside the terminal. Together we drove to Arusha where I spent the night at a small lodge while he crashed with relatives.
8:30 am departure, arrival in Karatu at 11:15 am
got a cash and bought a local SIM card
met the local Lodge manager Stephen who was on leave for lunch while Hamisi had a minor problem with his vehicle fixed
Being a returning guest has a lot of advantages. For me, I can buy the soft drinks I drink at the lodge in bulk and thus cheap in Karatu and then store them behind the bar. Saves me about 100 USD, money that at the end of the trip goes straight into the tip box of the Lodge.
it took us until 17:30 to reach the Concourse, where Lake Ndutu and Lake Masek meet. That night, we had the first of many sightings of the Masek Pride.
For me, I was happy to see that all the cubs I had last observed in 2021 had survived the thirteen months since my last visit.
That evening the teenage males showed enough courage to stalk some elephants with babies, but to no avail.
Monday, April 11th - Morning Drive
mating pair #1 of lions close to the western shore of Lake Ndutu, lions that were named Lamarsi and Bessy
mating pair #2 of lions slightly north of the Lake, the male has yet to be identified, the female was daughter of the Marsh Pride, born in 2019
Monday, April 11th - Morning Drive (con'td)
our first (of half a dozen) sightings of a lone male lion named Liangata; a crippled male lion who lost a big part of one of his hind legs, most likely when trying to escape a poacher's snare
the kill he was with was (we assume) stolen from hyenas; Hamisi had seen him stealing another carcass from hyenas two weeks earlier.
finally our first cheetahs for this trip, a pair of adult males. They were unfortunately trodding through dense woodland, so it didn't make sense to follow them or even take their GPS position
Monday, April 11th - Afternoon Drive
Cassandra, leader of the Marsh Pride and with 14 years of age one of the oldest lionesses in the NCA, on a wildebeest kill, together with another female lion teenager of her pride, also born in 2019
a cheetah mum with three cubs appr. six months old
the little family had full bellies so the chances that they would go out hunting again today were slim. Nevertheless we spent the rest of the afternoon with them and then saved their GPS position before we returned to the lodge for the night.
Tuesday, April 12th - Morning Drive
back to Makao Plains where we were glad to find out that the cheetah family had barely moved over night
And today they were most certainly hungry again. We followed them for two hours and were then rewarded with the first kill of our trip. That was the 23rd time I witnessed a cheetah kill in the NCA and yet that one was special. As far as I remember all the other cheetahs we observed would rely on the element of surprise. Obviously a lot of times they were noticed before they were close enough to give it a try. In this case, they would (naturally) stop their endeaveours.
Not so this lady. She had targeted two Thompson Gazelles and seemed out of luck when those gazelles spotted her. However, instead of turning around and at least pretend to have lost interest she set out to run - a full speed chase that lasted nearly 30 seconds and ended with one of the gazelles down.
Africalover
Location: Denmark
Looking forward to the rest of the TR, how was driving conditions in and after the rain season?
Tuesday, April 12th - Morning Drive (cont'd)
second sighting of the second mating pair from yesterday
Tuesday, April 12th - Afternoon Drive
Masek Pride in full force at the Concourse, the younger cats munching away on a wildebeest kill
first sighting of a female leopard called Half Tail
Later that night, back at the lodge, I was allowed into the recreation room of the staff and the guides since this is the only place that has power after 10 pm and also a feed to Satellite TV. Back in Europe it was Champion's League time and despite the slight time difference I wanted to witness how my team would perform (unfortunately not to well...)
4 minutes ago, Africalover said:
We never had any problem. It was mostly dry, just once there was heavy rain.
Wednesday, April 13th - Morning Drive
subadult lioness, seeking shade right next to our car
Wednesday, April 13th - Afternoon Drive
Masek Pride near Lake Masek
Lake Masek is (just like Lake Ndutu) filled with saltwater. However, as a result of the first rains of the season pools of fresh water had accumulated in little dips right next to the shore; fresh water that around 17:00 drew the attention of a small family of zebras, including the odd youngster.
Too bad that five of the six lions were fast asleep, only Brenda, one of the adult lionesses took notice - and went immediately into stalking mode. Hamisi and I became quite excited, after all it was the very same Brenda who about a year ago took down another zebra in Hugo's Valley, one of two major sightings of my Ndutu 2021 Safari.
Unfortunately and very much to our disappointment, Brenda missed the right moment to complete her hunt - the lioness was spotted by the zebras before she was close enough to attack.
Thursday, April 14th - Morning Drive
back to Makao Plains, still looking for cheetah but instead finding the three legged lion Liangata again
notice the red spots between the legs - that is the at that time still not fully healed leg wound
With the lion passing within meters of our vehicle Hamis and I were musing about his future. Liangata's first entry into the database of the local lion researchers dates back to 2016, his last from 2019, before Hamisi saw him again after a three year absence about two weeks ago, so obviously the cat had despite its crippled leg survived at least these last three weeks. Back in March he had stolen a carcass from a clan of hyenas, so that might be the way to survival: solely concentrating on feeding on what others have killed. Liangata might even be able to join one or more nomadic lionesses, offering protection in exchange for his share of their kills.
With Liangata limping in westerly direction Hamisi was already busy searching for our next sighting - and discovered a male adult cheetah that was well aware of the presence of the lion.
Half an hour later (in the meantime Liangata had disappeared behind the horizon) all of a sudden two lone wildebeest calves caught our attention - and that of the cheetah. Old enough to survive without the milk of their mothers, they were still way too young to survive without the protection of a herd. What followed was the most straightforward cheetah hunt I ever saw: no prolonged stalking and (after bringing the calf down) no extended playing with the prey - eight minutes later the wildebeest was dead.
Just like the cheetah kill on Tuesday we had this sighting to ourselves as well. When half an hour later the first other vehicle approached I decided that this was a good time to leave. The morning was still young and the Plains usually have a lot to offer.
Around 10:00 the excited calls of a large flock of wattled starlings drew our attention - a lone adult lioness had pulled a wildebeest carcass underneath the trees where the birds had their nests. On closer inspection we noticed that this cat was injured, too: a small puncture on her belly, still slightly bleeding and thus most likely inflicted while fighting with the wildebeest. More seriously, one of her eyes was milky-grey.
Atravelynn
I hope the milky eye lioness recovers. Living with one milky eye is not that uncommon, but don't know the extent of the other injuries. On another topic--that avatar is mind-blowing.
Edited June 22, 2022 by Atravelynn
10 hours ago, Atravelynn said:
Well, I'm not so sure about her chances. She's alone and obviously rather old. That kill we saw her with, was quickly stolen by the three-legged male. She would neither stand a chance against a klan of hyenas. Last but not least I suspect that losing one eye has impaired her hunting abilities - more about that to follow. But yes, I hope against the odds, too.
Interestingly enough, despite her age, local researchers were not able to identify this female, seems like she must have migrated from quite far away.
The female lion had occupied the very same island three-legged Liangata had called his home until the day before. Him (Liangata) we found less than a mile away from the island and the lioness.
On closer inspection we noticed that he not only had lost part of his right leg, but also that he was infested with ticks - and that at (for a male) very sensitive body parts.
I was then and still am more than ever convinced that he lost the leg in the sling of a poacher. However, if you look at the stump, it looks as if it was / is healing nicely.
We mused that the watery eye lioness and the three-legged Liangata would make a perfect match. And who knew, being less than a mile apart, maybe they would find each other?
Our morning drive ended with the male cheetah. With a full belly he had left his wildebeest kill behind and sought shelter in high grass.
Tuesday April 14th - Afternoon Drive
On our fifth day in the NCA I felt the time was right for a change, so instead of driving to one of the usual suspect places we headed north to Hidden Valley - as it turned out, in vain: nothing there, not even a hyena.
Luck somewhat changed on our way back to the lodge - we found two nomadic male lions later aptly named Kidonda and Masikio, meaning "Head" and "Wound" respectively. I was particularly interested in Kidonda. Another guest at the lodge had showed me pictures of his open skull wound, a wound as big as a man's fist, with parts of his brain clearly visible.
That night, during our first encounter with these two, I was concentrating on getting my video shots. Better and clearer photos are to follow.
Zubbie15
Really enjoying this report @ice, I'm doing to be there next February! A quick note, kidonda is the word that means wound, masikio means ears.
10 minutes ago, Zubbie15 said:
yeah, I just noticed that too when checking my personal notes. Guess I still have to work on my Swahili skills Masikio got his name because he has a crumpled right ear and Kidonda...well, I explained.
"Another guest at the lodge had showed me pictures of his open skull wound, a wound as big as a man's fist, with parts of his brain clearly visible." Was this from the past? Was the poor animal walking around like that now? Your lion shot does not show an injury but maybe other photos will. I have seen that kind of wound in a wild dog and it was managing.
You have somewhat of an emergency ward of lion injuries. I like the thought that these wounded beasts might find each other and live happily ever after, anthropomorphic as it may be.
2 hours ago, Atravelynn said:
"Another guest at the lodge had showed me pictures of his open skull wound, a wound as big as a man's fist, with parts of his brain clearly visible." Was this from the past? Was the poor animal walking around like that now? Your lion shot does not show an injury but maybe other photos will.
It was a very fresh wound and if you look carefully at the head of the younger lion sitting on the right, you will notice that his mohawk is a bit scrubby - that's where the skull is open. Bare with me and you'll get much better images from the front.
Yes, he was walking around like nothing had happened, absolutely no signs of impairment - tough beasts.
Remember we saw three mating pairs: two on April 11th and one on April 12th. Until yesterday I thought that the second lioness from April 11th was mating with the same lion on April 12th. However, last night the local researcher finally found the time to work with the photos I sent her and these are her results:
April 11th: Lamarsi and Bessy (both from Masek Pride)
April 11th: Leboo and BIM60 (BIM = Big Marsh Pride)
April 12th: Masikio and BIM60
Now we were the very first people to spot Leboo. Until that day Lamarsi (and his companion) Loseyay were dominating not only the Masek but also the Big Marsh Pride. However, Loseyay has not been seen for months, so maybe he died or wandered off and left Lamarsi on his own. Coincidence or not, but since then both Leboo and Kidonda with Masikio showed up in their territory and BIM60 was mating with both, which is seen as a sign that either might take over the Big Marsh Pride from Lamarsi and Loseyay.
On April 12th, another guide told us that Masikio had been fighting with another lion minutes before we arrived at the scene. Now logic tells me that this could have been Loseyay (extremely unlikely because we never spotted him during my 12 nights stay), Lamarsi (trying to uphold his dominance), Leboo (fighting for his newly acclaimed leadership) or...Kidonda, wanting his share in mating time.
April 15th - Morning Drive
Over night three-legged Liangata has been rather busy - while we had been secretly "advising" him to sweet-talk to the lone lioness with the watery eye, he had done the exact opposite: stolen her kill.
One hour later we found our first cheetah of the day - an adult female. For the next hour and a half we followed her all over the plains. She was obviously hungry and there were some opportunities too but in the end she did not even try to hunt, let alone have success, so maybe a) she was less hungry than we thought, b) she was still unexperienced or c) there were too many hyenas around for her liking.
April 15th - Afternoon Drive
During our lunch break the female cheetah had unfortunately wandered off from where we had left her. We spent rest of the afternoon with Liangata who was still happily munching away on what was left of the wildebeest and later with the Masek Pride at the Concourse.
Half an hour before sunset we received word that two leopards had been spotted mating, not far from where we were parked. Wow, that would have been a lifer for me: I have seen dozens of lions mating, even cheetah but never leopards.
By the time we got to the respective tree, the male had unfortunately disappeared. Male leopards seem (at least in the areas I visit) to be more shy than females. Another guide told us that a few tourists had been talking too loud and that spooked the male away.
Hamisi was able to identify the female as Half Tail, the same cat we had come across a few days before. We waited until long after sunset but the male never returned.
8 hours ago, ice said:
It was a very fresh wound and if you look carefully at the head of the younger lion sitting on the right, you will notice that his mohawk is a bit scrubby - that's where the skull is open. I did notice the scrubby mohawk but who am I to judge hairstyles? Bare with me and you'll get much better images from the front. right-o
Unfortunately over night the female leopard had wandered off, too, so after a quick check of the area we headed southwest again. I was curious how three-legged Liangata had fared over night. However, for the moment it seemed we had run out of luck: the little island where he had chewed on the wildebeest carcass for the two days before had been taken over by hyenas, jackals and vultures, and yet, my guide wouldn't be my guide if he did not find a more interesting alternative within minutes:
It was Liangata. He had apparently left the carcass behind, probably in search of another kill he could steal from whoever crossed his paths. But Liangata was a bit out of luck, too: he had run into a klan of hyenas. A scene that reminded me of the final act of "High Noon", that 1952 Fred Zinnemann Western, when whilom Cary Cooper was facing four hoodlums. But who is Gary Cooper? Liangata had to deal with eighteen adversaries, no less.
Smart as hyenas are, they must have noticed that their opponent was in no condition to seriously fight and yet, despite their huge advantage in numbers, they did not dare to attack. We waited for half an hour for a fight that never happened before the hyenas dispersed.
Next we had our second encounter with the watery-eye lioness, the very same lioness that had lost her last kill to Liangata. It looked as if she was ready to hunt again. In front of her was a huge lion of at least 200 wildebeests, including plenty of calves, slowly trodding toward Serengeti. Perfect conditions - or so we thought.
Now Hamisi had to find the perfect position for his car - not too close, so as not to alarm the antelopes and not too far way, since we did not want to miss the action that we thought was certain to come.
One hour later the last wildebeest had passed, with the lioness merely staring after them.
To her defense: maybe with only eye left it is difficult for the lioness to estimate distances, and yet, she could have at least tried, I thought, after all she had nothing to lose but a lot to gain.
Our morning drive ended with the female cheetah we had spent time with the morning before. According to Hamisi's GPS device she had only covered 1,3 km since then, extremely little for a cat that was obviously hungry.
Hope dies last but for for the next 1 1/4 hour she again stayed put where she was.
During our lunch break several other guides reported sightings of at least two different leopards. Unfortunately we failed to find them - with instructions like "The leopard is in a tree near the ostriches" no surprise, though. Lamarsi, the male dominating the Masek and what is left of the Thin "Pride" (see below) was a second rate substitute.
Now three-legged Liangata is very well my favorite lion of this 2022 trip and yet he is (not yet) my favorite cat in the entire NCA, that title belongs to Laura.
Next to Cassandra, with twelve years of age Laura is the second-oldest lioness in the area. She was one of the stars of a BBC Documentary filmed about ten years ago. It was Laura, who "presented" me my very first lion kill in the NCA in 2020 and it was and is Laura, who constantly loses her entire litter of cubs. Last year, Laura and her 10 year old daughter Willow were all that was left of adult lionesses in the Thin Pride and now Willow has not been seen for months, either.
At least Laura - clearly recognizable by the large notch in the back of her right ear - has made contact with other lions again. So far, Ingela has not been able to clearly identify the two subadults. However, she suspects that Laura was be accompanied by one of her own sons, born in April 2020, and by Lelatia. Lelatia is a male who only appeared in the NCA a few months ago and was then practically "adopted" by Laura.
Seeing Laura again really made my day.
Two more sightings are left: @Atravelynnhere you go, Kidonda at the other end of Big Marsh.
Lion Researcher Ingela doesn't want to rule out the possibility that Kidonda sustained his head wound while hunting. I, on the other hand, am sure: such a huge and deep wound can only be the result of a fight with another lion; maybe even a fight with his pal Masikio; another guide claimed to have observed two lions fighting for a female ready to mate on Tuesday.
For Hamisi and me, it was amazing to observe that Kidonda, despite this serious injury, was acting like a perfectly normal lion.
Final sighting of that day: BIM59, another subadult lioness of the Big Marsh Pride, born in April 2019.
Sunday April 17th - Morning Drive
spotted five lions on Kusini Plains behind the border to Serengeti NP
due to a lack of interesting sightings continued on to Makao Plains where we were more successful: two subadult male lions
Two subadult male lions that had spotted a lone and limping wildebeest.
Just like yesterday Hamisi had to figure out the best position for his Landcruiser. He decided to drive around the wildebeest to the park in a straight line behind both predators and prey. Perfect thinking if you have clients like me who want to film. However, somehow we must have scared the wildebeest off...it limped away.
Bummer - that was the third time we had encountered lions in perfect conditions to hunt: the Masek Pride with a herd of zebras on Wednesday, the watery-eye lioness and a herd of wildebeest yesterday and now these young males with a single wildebeest, a wildebeest that was even injured.
It was 9 o'clock, for Hamisi a good time to make a breakfast stop. Looking back, that was one of these moments and decisions that can "make or break" a safari. We had not yet finished our sandwiches and eggs, when the lions gave it a second try. "This time no missing" was Hamisi's comment...and he was right.
What a success story: this was the third year in a row with me filming a lion kill in the NCA, my sixth lion kill overall, four of them here in Tanzania.
What strikes me was how peaceful the two were with each other. Sure, the wildebeest carcass was large enough to feed two lions even for days. But in my experience that doesn't mean anything, friendship among lions always ends when they eat, regardless of whether a rabbit or an elephant was killed.
Sunday April 17th - Afternoon Drive
For the first time on this safari we drove to a place called "The Triangle" - other guides had reported that a cheetah mum with two subadult cubs had just started stalking gazelles. Unfortunately the directions communicated through the radio once again lacked a lot in precision - we lost valuable time in locating the other cars and the cats, respectively. Once we found them, the hunt was already over, its victim (an adult Thompson Gazelle) lying dead in front of half a dozen vehicles, the three cheetahs for the moment keeping a safe distance to their kill - some drivers (do I have to mention the name "Leopard Tours")) had positioned their vehicles well into the comfort zone of the cats.
Half an hour later the cheetahs felt safe enough to starting devouring their well-earned meal.
Our so far most interesting (and most successful) day of this trip ended with two unknown adult lioness and two also unknown nomadic male lions, all still in the Triangle.


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Choose a romantic walk into Fiscalina Valley, an adventuresome summit climb, or just relax and play with the kids...our guided walking tours, which take place three times a week, are also very popular. The Dolomites - this magnificent mountain range is perhaps the most spectacular in Italy because of its striking, pale - coloured dolomitic limestone, which over the millennia has been eroded into towers and steep-sided valleys by rain, ice, sun and wind. At sunrise and sunset the drama of the scenery increases when cliff-faces are tinged with red or pink. In August 2009, the Dolomites were declared a natural heritage site by UNESCO.


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SMU is taking additional steps to promote safety in light of the recent assault of a student on campus. Awareness and resources are essential in keeping our campus as safe as possible and supporting anyone who is a crime victim.
SMU has notified the campus via an e-mail alert and campus fliers.
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The holiday season traditionally brings warm memories, shared friendship and a significant amount of stress for members of a university community. The pressures of exams, travel plans and preparations for family gatherings can overwhelm faculty, staff and students alike – especially new undergraduates facing their first college finals.
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"In particular, I ask that you be aware of signs of stress among students, especially first-year students as they enter into their first set of final examinations," wrote Provost Paul Ludden in an annual e-mail to SMU faculty and staff dated Nov. 15, 2011.
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Faculty and staff members can share information securely and confidentially through the Dean of Students' Caring Community Connections website (SMU ID and password required for access).
In addition, regular physical exercise at the Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports can help individuals stay fit for the season while relieving the stress it can bring.
In addition, SMU Counseling and Psychiatric Services (CAPS) offers a variety of online resources for faculty, staff, students and parents in dealing with stresses ranging from anxiety and trauma to insomnia and homesickness.


As mentioned in my previous post on their Asatsuyu, Chiki Tea sent me a couple bags of sencha to review. I want to be clear that I was not paid for this review, nor am I under obligation to give this tea a good rating.
Okumidori is a deep steamed fukamushi from Kagoshima, a southernly prefecture of Japan.
The packaging indicates that this sencha is sweet, fresh, and summery. The aroma concurs. Sweet grassy scents entwine with subtle vegetal notes. There is also something I can't quite put my finger on. Perhaps a hint of barley, but I'm not entirely sure.
The leaves are a medium shade of green. Their shape consists of crumble and slender needles.
Okumidori is easy to brew. Its sweet spot is easy to find. The tea is quite forgiving if the brewer misses their mark.
The parameters used feel like home plate to me. 4.3g of leaf, 1 minute of brew time, and a temperature of 75C (167F) is a good starting point for any high quality sencha. In the case of Okumidori, I didn't have to change anything. Through experimentation I have found any brew near these parameters will turn out well.
The liquid is a light green with a yellow tint. There is almost no cloudiness. A nice, subtly-sweet aroma radiates from my cup.
The taste is refreshingly clean. There seems to be three levels to the flavour profile: a brothy/vegetal base, an intricately sweet mid level, and a top level consisting of grassy highlights.
While the base is brothy, it isn't a driving factor. This keeps the astringency low, and gives the tea a snappy feel. The mid-tones make the taste dynamic. A complex mix of mid level flavours gives Okumidori a sweetness that registers almost like apple on my palate. On top of all this is a splash of grassy and light vegetal notes. This creates a fun and refreshing atmosphere.
The second infusion is fairly cloudy, and a darker shade of green. Brew it for 20 seconds, a couple degrees hotter than the first.
For the third infusion, steep for 45 seconds at a few degrees hotter. For the fourth, brew for 2:00 minutes at roughly the same temperature as the third.
To make the iced sencha, I used the technique described in our cold brewing sencha guide. Okumidori makes great iced tea. When brewed cold, it is very bold and flavourful.


From cover to cover Seeing Things features a series of interfaces: journeys in and out of real world situations; between real and mythical; between secular and spiritual; between existence and annihilation; between objective and subjective; from the present into the future; between first order experience and seeing things anew. Movement from one side to the other requires a range of access points: doors, windows, gates, casements, a car's windscreen, the human eye.
Heaney sets the scene for a dramatic, unexpected encounter: a time of day (driving south at dawn); a state of emergency (going full out); poor visibility on narrow Irish roads (high-up stone-wall country); the early chill (rocks still cold); potential skid conditions (Rainwater gleaming).
Then suddenly around a bend (took a turn) the need for an emergency stop (fox stock-still,/ Face-to-face) The driver's immediate reaction is of combined thrill and panic (Wildness tore through me); he captures the movements and colouring of the fleeing creature on memory-film: the creatures tensing (dipped), turning away (wheeled) and making a loping escape (a level-running tawny breakaway).
The poet addresses the creature in hindsight (O): its attractive head and characteristic tail (neat head, fabled brush), its instant of surprised alarm (astonished eye), its eye colour altering in the sudden brightness (flared into with morning).
Then, equally dramatic, a change of tack, light shone on the reasons for driving fast at this early hour: a mother in labour, a plea for successful outcome (Let), a third child (rebirth) born both protected by a mother's fluids and on a rainy day (come through water), a daughter both wanted and begotten in love (through desire).
Present at the birth he has a queasy 'turn' and requires a fox-like exit – crawling backwards across clinic floors with an equally astonished eye (that startled iris), back into fresh air.


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British MP, critic of Kashmir move, send back from Delhi airport
New Delhi, Feb 17: A British MP, critical of India's move to withdraw Jammu and Kashmir's special status, on Monday said she was denied entry despite a valid visa after she landed at Delhi airport and deported to Dubai from where she had flown into the Indian capital.
Labour Party MP Debbie Abrahams claim that she had a valid visa was rebutted by India's Home ministry which said she was informed about her e-visa being cancelled.
Abrahams, who chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Kashmir, said she was travelling on a valid e-visa to India to visit family and friends but her visa was revoked without explanation.
A Home Ministry spokesperson in New Delhi said the British parliamentarian had been duly informed that her visa was cancelled and she arrived in Delhi despite knowing this.
When contacted, Abrahams told PTI she "had not received any emails before February 13".
After that, she had been travelling and was away from office.
Her office in the UK confirmed she was put on a plane to Dubai, which is where she flew into Delhi from earlier on Monday.
"We are in contact with the Indian authorities to understand why Deborah Abrahams MP was denied entry to India. We provided consular assistance to her whilst she was in New Delhi Airport," said a British High Commission spokesperson in New Delhi.
Abrahams' e-visa was reportedly issued last October, and was valid until October 2020.
Recounting her experience at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, she said in a statement on Twitter that she arrived here on Monday morning and was informed that her e-visa been cancelled.
In her statement, Abrahams said she had presented herself at the immigration desk along with her documents and e-visa.
"…the official looked at his screen and started shaking his head. Then he told me my visa was rejected took my passport and disappeared for about 10 minutes.
"When he came back he was very rude and aggressive shouting at me to 'come with me'. I told him not to speak to me like that and was then taken to a cordoned-off area marked as a Deportee Cell. He then ordered me to sit down and I refused. I didn't know what they might do or where else they may take me, so I wanted people to see me," the British MP said.
The immigration officer disappeared again, she said, adding that she phoned her sister-in-law's cousin who she was going to be staying with.
"Kai got in touch with the British High Commission and he tried to find out what was going on," she wrote on Twitter.
She said later several immigration officials came to her but none of them knew why her e-visa was cancelled. "Even the person who seemed to be in charge said he didn't know and was really sorry about what had happened."
Reacting to Abrahams' deportation, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor asked why the government was scared of critics if it claimed the situation in Kashmir was normal.
"Reacting to the British MP Who Criticised Govt on J&K Stopped At Airport: conduct really unworthy of a democracy & guaranteed to give us a far worse press than if she had been admitted," he said on Twitter.
Abrahams was among a group of MPs who issued formal letters following the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status under Article 370 in August last year.
"We are gravely concerned at the announcement by Indian Home Minister, Amit Shah, that Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, has been removed by Presidential Order," the Opposition MP had noted in her letter to the UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab at the time.
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Anthony Howe, an American sculptor, creates amazing metallic sculptures. Could these sculptures inspire your students to create their own using alfoil and silver cardboard?
They use rotation around a series of axes to create fluid movements like a jellyfish.
Maths jokes are a great way to add some spice to your maths sessions. Challenge your students to collect, discuss and evaluate as many different maths jokes as they can. You could develop a whole school collection to share with parents too.
This red T-shirt is one of my favourites: "Too much pi gives you a larger circumference" – so clever, so mathematical.
Why was six afraid of seven? Because 7 8 9.
Question: What do you call a crushed angle?
Question: Why was the scalene triangle sad?
Answer: Because he would never be right.
Which maths jokes are your favourites? Why?
One of the benefits of being a Maths Matters Resources subscriber is you have legal access to 1000s of specifically targeted mathematical photographs. Of course you might use these as part of a non-maths lessons but we try to provide a wide selection of photos from across the world that will enhance your maths sessions in particular. Yesterday we visited the Botanical Gardens and even though this was our third visit for the year, it still provided us with a new selection of 2D patterns and 3D objects. Maths can be seen all around us, you only have to look.
Some people have used this idea creatively. You know we can write the time of day as a 6-digit number. The first two digits are the hour in 24-hour time from 00 to 23. The next two digits are the minutes from 00 to 59. The last two digits are the seconds from 00 to 59. For example 13: 09: 22 is 9 minutes and 22 seconds past 1 o'clock in the afternoon.
Using this information, you can now go to a website that shows what colour these 6 digits represent on the HEX Colour system. They give a specific colour for every second of our 24 hour day. That's just 86 400 out of the possible 16 million possible colours.
What else can your students do with this system?
Anish Kapoor is one of our favourite sculptors. He was born in Bombay India in 1954 but lives now in London. He creates huge geometric structures, often out of highly reflective polished stainless steel. The final effect is often astounding, even though it may be a simple rectangle with a curve, like C-Curve, or a gigantic squashed cylinder, like Sky Mirror. One of his most famous sculptures is his 2006 Cloud Gate, 110 tonnes of mirrored stainless steel in Millennium Park Chicago.
Bev is standing in front of one of his small granite sculptures, Number 8, at the Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice.
Art and mathematics can be a magical mix. Check out these amazing paintings from local Sydney artist Beth Redford. Beth uses computer graphics to help her design and calculate then she laboriously measures and creates her final paintings by hand. Just beautiful. What can your students create using their own computer graphics?
There is a fantastic new exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London – The Fabric of India. It is packed full of mathematical information for your students to explore. It is on from 3 October 2015 until 10 January 2016. Wonderful for understanding how spectacular embroidered patterns are created.
There are plenty of accompanying video clips too. Did you know that red dye techniques were known to the Indus Valley civilisation about 45000 years ago? And that cotton has been cultivated for 9000 years? Or that 'ari" hook embroiderers from Gujurat, India, were highly prized by the Mughal and European courts?
Christmas time is packed with interesting facts for data analysis.
For example Americans spend a little more on fake trees than real trees, yet there are twice as many real trees purchased. And 85% of real trees are pre-cut.
You also get a summary of facts from 2008 -2014 so you have useful comparisons and observations to explore.
This site includes some Australian facts.
It has a Christmas countdown clock and simple costs to use with your Stage 2 or 3 class.
Mental Maths Warmups are a wonderful way to start every maths session. They are short, efficient, language-based, targeted, relevant activities that up to the whole class can be engaged in at one time. You can spend about 10 minutes every day warming up your students strategic thinking, problem-solving and fact recall.
These summarise, recall and practise maths concepts you have tackled with your students in a previous year, term or week.
These target maths concepts that your class is studying today or this week or in this unit.
These investigate maths concepts your class may not have been introduced to yet, They are great as a quick pre-assessment check.
Although sample Mental Warmups are scattered throughout our Maths Resources, you can find a large collection of them sorted into specific grade groups in The Maths Session.
We suggest that your school Maths Improvement Team conducts a resource check for the major substrands every year. So that this task is manageable, we suggest that these surveys are spread out over 4 terms. To make your life easy, we provide a suggested list for each of the MEASUREMENT and GEOMETRY substrands. Its all ready for teachers to just tick and your Maths Improvement Team to summarise and analyse.
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Recently I had a heated discussion with colleagues about the word "worksheet". They argued that these were linked to textbook activities that are boring, mechanical and invariably worksheets are mindless exercises in mathematics. I argued that my colleagues were referring to "textbook" tasks, or something like that. I didn't win the argument. I didn't convince them that worksheets could be wonderful examples of activities for our students. I now try to avoid using the term "worksheet" throughout our Maths Matters Resources website, just in case the term is misunderstood in any way.
But the heart of this conversation was really that in primary mathematics we should be providing our students with worthwhile activities, full of interest, maths language, challenge and real-life relevance. What you call these in your classroom doesn't really matter. A rose by any other name still smells as sweet. So what is it about an activity that makes it effective in primary mathematics?
An activity should be relevant to the needs and interests of your students. It should encourage them to think together with a partner, to use language to explain and explore, to try out and compare different strategies. When a challenge has more than one solution however, the problem for us as teachers is that it becomes more difficult to "mark", to evaluate, especially if we have more than 30 students in our class and they are working on a variety of activities with a variety of possible solutions. Textbook examples often have just one expected answer, so we know if it is correct or incorrect. But does 'easy to mark' mean 'effective to practise and explore"? Invariably "no". Simple answer-driven tasks do not generally encourage effective mathematical thinking or sharing of strategies.
I face the same problem when creating activities for Maths Matters Resources. As you will have noticed I try to focus on activities where students have to talk, think, compare, evaluate and explain their thinking, preferably within a real-life context. And I know that as busy teachers you want me to provide "easy to mark" solutions so you can get on with something else in your classroom. In just about all of my recent activities, I try to do this. This can mean providing a few examples of strategic thinking, or ways to solve a particular problem. For example, I provide sample definitions for you in Grades F/1/2 What 3D Object am I PICTURE CARDS ACMMG022 ACMMG043, or an example of responses to a mental warm-up in Grades 3/4 What do I know AREA Mental Warmups F123456. In Grades 5/6/7 Little Town Shopping Centre POSITION Activities (9 pages) ACMMG113, I provide plenty of checklists where your students can cross reference possible data to select a matching correct solution. Phew. It was incredibly complicated to do all this but hopefully they help to make your classroom management a little easier.
So just stop and take a big breath next time you are tempted to hand out a "worksheet" to your class. It may be easy to copy and mark but the quality of learning can never match the challenge of a stimulating, open-ended problem to solve in pairs or small groups. We want Australians of the future who can think for themselves, tackle challenges head-on, work co-operatively to achieve a common goal.
Jennifer Townley is a sculptor who creates beautiful mechanical automata with a mathematical zing. You can see plenty of examples at her website, www.jennifertownley.com. How can you use one of these sculptures to inspire your students to create their own sculptures? What is it that they like or dislike about these sculptures?
And there are so many other artists to explore. Have you discovered the Swedish ceramic artist Eva Hild yet?
Or the British sculptor Andy Goldsworthy?
Or the Russian/US sculptor Naom Gabo?
Cartoons are a great way to use humour to teach and develop mathematical ideas. This Mathematicians Food Fight by cartoonist Daniel Reynolds is a good example. It plays with the idea that the mathematical symbol pi is an actual pie that can be used in a food fight. Very silly but very effective. What a great way to start a whole unit talking about and exploring the wonderful relationship between the circumference of every circle and its diameter. Perhaps your students can create their own maths cartoons to inspire students in another class too.
Make maths come to life in your classroom with a focus on animals. Your students love to discover amazing animal facts. Encourage them to create mathematical lists about what they learn as they work with a partner or in a small group.
This baby stingray, for example, is like a square – but with an alien body attached. So amazing. Are there any other creatures that have a square body shape? If you look under a microscope, or even better an electron microscope, you can discover a whole world of mathematical wonders. Geometric shapes galore. Encourage your students to collect facts about Number, Space/Geometry, Measurement, Chance and Data. e.g there are over 60 different species of stingray, they can live up to 25 years in the wild, they give birth to 2 – 6 young at a time, they grow up to 1.98 m. What else can they discover?
Mathematics has always inspired humans to decorate their belongings and surroundings with mathematical patterns and designs. One of the earliest artefacts discovered is a 40 000 year old green stone bracelet from the Denisovskaya cave, Russia. And prehistoric hand stencils on a cave in Spain were probably made by neanderthals about 35 000 years ago – the first known symbolic art.
Some modern artists are more closely inspired by mathematics than others. MC Escher for example, or in this picture, the Swiss-German artist Paul Klee (1979 – 1940). This is Klee's painting Castle and Sun, created in 1928. His greatest inspiration came when he visited Tunisia in 1914, where colour dominated his thinking. "I know that it has hold of me forever… Color and I are one. I am a painter." He produced about 9 000 works of art in his lifetime, an amazing achievement.
A web search will discover some of these works – why not focus on the mathematical ones? Find your favourite Klee painting, for example, then analyse it for colour, shape and size. Try to copy it exactly or use it as an inspiration for your own mathematical work of art.
Make sure you keep your eyes and ears open for something mathematical happening in the news. For example the New Horizons spacecraft reached Pluto and its moon Charon on Tuesday 14 July after a 9 year journey. How wonderful that scientists and mathematicians can work together to make such things happen. Think of all the mathematical facts about Pluto you can use to inspire your students – making place value, for example, come to life in your classroom.
Pluto is 7.5 billion kilometres from earth. How can we really think about that? What is a billion? (1 000 000 000) 1 billion seconds is about 31.7 years, so 1 billion seconds ago would put us in 1983. 1 billion minutes is approximately 1901 years, so 1 billion minutes ago would land us in the year 114. 1 billion hours is approximately 114 000 years, so 1 billion hours ago would land us in the Lower Paleolithic era or Old Stone Age. 1 billion days is approximately 2.74 million years, so 1 billion days ago would be when the genus Homo appeared in Africa. That means it is a VERY long way away!!!
Did you know that the ashes of Clyde Tombaugh, who died in 1997, were sent with New Horizons to Pluto. So dramatically romantic. What an honour to visit Pluto 85 years after his initial discovery.
Studying and creating maps is a wonderful way to link both 3D Objects, 2D Shapes and Position sub-strands in your maths sessions. The earliest map found so far is from the Czech Republic dated about 25 000 years ago. This showed geographical landmarks in the area. Another early map was created on the walls of Lascaux Caves, France about 16 500 BC. The ancient Babylonian created clay maps of the world as early as 600 BC. The ancient Egyptians also created maps to record property boundaries. And the ancient Chinese created maps on silk. Islamic scholars had world maps in 1154 AD to help Arab merchants and explorers. Records also show Polynesian maps of the Pacific Ocean to help their sailors travel large distances. Sticks were tied in a grid with palm strips to represent wind and wave patterns. Attached shells showed were to find small islands.
Later in the 16th century, of course, the Flemish cartographer, Mercator, worked out a way to make the 3D world look better as a 2D shape and the Mercator's Projection map was born. Today we have highly detailed digital maps based on aerial photography and satellite imagery. We even have them accessible on our phones.
Maps helped humans define their 3D world as 2D images and as 3D globes. The word 'cartography" means the study of maps and it comes from a Latin word "carta" (map). All your students, young and all, can enjoy thinking about how to represent the world around them as a map. You'll find our suggested activities at Geometry – Position. We also have a few maps in Position Photographs and Position Graphics. We are always on the lookout for plenty more!


These wallets are made from vintage postcards of American trees. This is the perfect slim wallet for carrying a few credit cards, your ID and some cash for a quick trip to the store, a walk with the dog or a night out. No more George Costanza pockets!
The last photo shows how rad your cash and cards will look inside.


Recipes are wonderful. They guide you through the twists and turns of forgotten dishes or new cuisines. But as much as we love recipes at Food52, we might love (not)recipes even more. Why? Because making your favorite food without instructions, concrete times, or exact measurements allows greater exploration and learning. (Not)recipes teach you the basics, then encourage you to run wild. Don't have a specific ingredient? A-ok! Don't feel like mincing? Rough chop away! Want to substitute a different protein? Be our guest!
Today, our founders Amanda and Merrill woke up bright and early to bring the joy of not-recipes to the Today Show, turning a crispy, one-pan chicken into two different 5-ingredient meals. The beauty of the chicken is that you don't need to sear, roast, or grill it. Instead, the "bottom-up cooking" method involves laying chicken, skin side down, in a barely hot pan, and leaving it alone for about 30 minutes (flipping once). Amanda put the super-crispy chicken to work in a grain bowl, while Merrill did a riff on her mom's classic warm chicken salad.
For even further proof that this isn't a one-trick chicken, watch and learn how to make three different 5-ingredient (or less) pan sauces, from a simple lemon glaze to a faster way to get blistered tomatoes and garlic. The variations are endless!
Did you see Amanda and Merrill on the Today Show? What's your favorite way to riff on a chicken dinner?
Formulas are magnificent. They direct you through the turns and turns of overlooked dishes or new cooking styles.
This works in a 400 degree oven too, and you can add small potatoes to the pan (and rosemary branches and whole garlic cloves).


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MARCH HAPPENINGS AT THE OKC ZOO
The spring season brings free activities, popular attractions, camel rides, events and more
OKC ZOO SPRING/SUMMER ATTRACTION SCHEDULE
Add these popular attractions to your Oklahoma City Zoo "must do" list and there's no limit to the fun you'll have! All Zoo rides and attractions are operational weather permitting. The following schedules can be made and all are subject to change without notice.
Centennial Choo Choo: Rides offered daily from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cost is $3 per person. Children two and under free.
Children's Zoo Barn: Guests with young children will go wild for this spacious oasis where little ones can connect with animals and nature. Open daily from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Free to experience.
Elephant Express Tram: Enjoy the view as you tour the Zoo! Rides offered daily 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with four stops in the park. All day bracelets are $6 per person. Children two and under free.
Endangered Species Carousel: Take a spin! Open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cost is $3 per person.
Explorikeet Feedings (Children's Zoo): Flock to the fun! Guests have the unique opportunity to feed and interact with our colorful lorikeets. $3 per person to feed. Open daily from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This experience closes for a "bird break" from 1-1:30 p.m.
Giraffe Feeding: Come face-to-face with our gentle giants–Ellie, Julu and Demetri! Daily feeding opportunities from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Cost is $5 per person.
Sea Lion Presentations: Sea lion presentations provide "fin"tastic fun for all ages! Daily presentations at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the Sea Lion Presentation Stadium. Cost is $4 per person. Children two and under are free.
Stingray Bay: Be in awe as the Zoo's majestic stingrays glide and slide past your fingertips! Cost is $3 per person with paid Zoo admission. Children two and under are free. Open daily from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
ONGOING: NOW THROUGH THURSDAY, APRIL 30: GORILLAS ON THE LINE CELLPHONE CHALLENGE
When gorillas are on the line, it's up to us to answer the call! The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden is looking to the community-at-large to help save gorillas by donating old or used cell phones to the Gorillas on the Line Cell Phone Challenge. Small electronics frequently contain a substance called coltan and 80 percent of the world's coltan supply is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also home to many gorillas. Mining for coltan threatens the habitats of gorillas, chimpanzees, okapi and other endangered species. When individuals donate used phones or other electronics, the coltan from those devices is re-used and reduces the need to mine for the compound in gorilla habitats. The global goal for Gorillas on the Line is to collect 20,000 devices in 2020! Schools, organizations, businesses and individuals are encouraged to collect as many cell phones and electronics as they can in support of gorilla conservation. These items can be dropped off for recycling in the Zoo's guest experience office in the entry plaza.
ONGOING: OKC ZOO'S WILD ENCOUNTERS – NEW LOWER PRICING!
The Oklahoma City Zoo provides you with an exclusive peek at what happens behind the Zoo scene with Wild Encounters! Wild Encounters are unique experiences that let you see some of your favorite Zoo animals in up-close ways like never before. Follow expert animal caretakers backstage to learn more about the grizzly bears, Asian elephants, Indian rhinos, sea lions and Galapagos tortoises. Wild Encounters are available daily and each experience comes with a souvenir lanyard! Each child under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. Prices range from $36–$45 per person for ZOOfriends members and $40–$50 per person for non-members. Reserve your spot by calling Guest Services at (405) 425-0262 online at okczoo.org/tickets.
ongoing: OKC ZOO's CARETAKER chats
Are you curious about wildlife and wild places? Ask and learn! The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden is offering daily opportunities for guests to engage with its animal experts called "Caretaker Chats". These free, informal chats, provide a unique opportunity for guests to ask questions about the Zoo's animal family and their counterparts in the wild from the experts themselves–our caretakers. OKC Zoo keepers are everyday conservationists, dedicated to protecting and preserving our planet and the amazing animals we share it with. "Caretaker Chats" signage will be posted on grounds and the schedule includes the following animal areas:
10 a.m.: Clouded Leopard (Cat Forest)
10:30 a.m.: Galapagos Tortoise (New Habitat Near Entry)
1:30 p.m.: Western Lowland Gorillas (Great EscApe Habitat)
2 p.m.: Asian Elephant Presentation (Sanctuary Asia's Elephant Pavilion)
3 p.m.: Southern Cassowary (Sanctuary Asia)
NOW–friday, april 3: PEPSI Vending Machine Art Contest
The Oklahoma City Zoo and Pepsi invite Oklahoma's students, K-12, to participate in the Pepsi Vending Machine Art Contest for a chance to win wild prizes and have their original art design on a Pepsi vending machine at the Zoo. This year's contest theme, RECYCLING: Make It Second Nature, encourages students to illustrate creative ideas for promoting recycling and how doing so can help protect and restore our planet's natural resources. Entries become property of the OKC Zoo and must be postmarked by Friday, April 3, 2020. The winning designs will be unveiled during the Zoo's Earth Day celebration, Party for the Planet, on Saturday, April 25, at 2 p.m. Each of the contest's grand prize winners (K-5 and 6-12) will receive a $300 gift card to a store at OKC Outlets and their design will become the cover of a Pepsi machine at the Zoo for an entire year to be admired by an estimated one million guests. Winners from all award categories will receive a certificate and have their designs on display at the OKC Zoo and OKC Outlets. To learn more about the contest, visit okczoo.org/pepsicontest or contact Candice Rennels at (405) 425-0298 or crennels@okczoo.org.
SATURDAY, MARCH 7: CAMEL RIDES RETURN
Camel rides are back at the Oklahoma City Zoo! This seasonal attraction returns and starting Saturday, March 7, OKC Zoo guests can take their visit to new heights with a camel ride on one of three dromedary camels. The $6 tickets to ride may be purchased on-site at the camel ride area. Rides will take place from 9:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends (weather-permitting) and children under 6 must be accompanied by a paying adult. Other rules are posted at the habitat. Camel rides are not included in the Zoo-It-All or Ride-It-All packages.
FRIDAY, MARCH 13: ZOO KEYS KICKS OFF
Sponsored by Oklahoma's Own News9, OKC Zoo Keys is an all-new reimaging of a classic Zoo activity that began in the 1960s. Guests of all ages can unlock recorded messages from more than 20 displays throughout the Zoo. This retro attraction features information about the Zoo's signature species and conservation efforts and spoken by some of News9's most popular anchors and meteorologists. Cost is $3 per key. Zoo Keys are not included in Zoo-It-All.
SATURDAY, MARCH 14: OKC ZOO AND RED CROSS HOST BLOOD DRIVE
The American Red Cross of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma City Zoo are coming together for Oklahomans, and supporting ongoing opportunities for blood donors to give. The Red Cross will host a blood drive at the OKC Zoo's Rosser Conservation Education Center on Saturday, March 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For additional information about donating blood and the requirements to give, visit redcrossblood.org.
TUESDAY, MARCH 17: ST. PATRICK'S DAY ANIMAL ENRICHMENT
We are wild for all things green! On Tuesday, March 17 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., OKC Zoo fans of all ages will enjoy watching select animals receive festive enrichment items and learning more about the Zoo's green practices and conservation initiatives. This event is free with Zoo admission.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18: safari soirÉe tickets available
A safari under the stars awaits at the Oklahoma City Zoo's premiere 21+ event, Safari Soirée hosted by the Oklahoma Zoological Society. Come celebrate and support the OKC Zoo's conservation mission and help us ensure a fierce future for wildlife and habitats at the fourth annual Safari Soirée on Friday, April 24, 2020 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Experience an evening of delicious food, exotic drinks and unforgettable entertainment. General admission tickets include food, drinks, and access to live entertainment and cost $90 per person ($80 for ZOOfriends members). Tickets go on sale Wednesday, March 18 at 10 a.m. at zoofriends.org/safarisoiree, by phone at (405) 425-0618 or in the ZOOfriends' membership office in the entry plaza. Must be 21 or older.
MONDAY, MARCH 23: NEW AT THE ZOO – FLAMINGO MINGLE!
Flock to the fun and experience the excitement of feeding the Zoo's American flamingos. Flamingo Mingle feedings occur daily, weather-permitting, in the Children's Zoo habitat. Cost is $7 per person and includes a souvenir cup! Flamingo Mingle is not included in Zoo-It-All.
TABLES NOW ON SALE FOR BRAINY BEASTS
Are you an apex trivia master? Save the date for the second annual Brainy Beasts Trivia Night, hosted by ZOOtroop at the Oklahoma City Zoo on Thursday, April 9. Gather your teammates and prepare to test your trivia knowledge on all things animal-related from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Zoo's new Sanctuary Asia. Participants will have an opportunity to win wild prizes plus local gifts and treats. Tables for Brainy Beasts Trivia Night are now on sale. Table costs are $200 for four people and $400 for eight people. Individual tickets are not available. Included in the price is an event T-shirt, food, beer provided by COOP Ale Works and wine, plus, a night of wild team trivia. Sponsorships are available at $1,000, $2,500 and $5,000. Proceeds from this event support the Oklahoma Zoological Society and the operation and continued growth of the Oklahoma City Zoo and its conservation initiatives. For tickets, click here. Must be 21 or older.
TICKETS ON SALE FOR WHINOS FOR RHINOS
Sip, sip hooray for rhino conservation! Tickets are on sale now for Whinos for Rhinos, the wildest wine-tasting event in town, returns Thursday, April 9, 2020 at Put a Cork in It in Oklahoma City's Bricktown District. Join the OKC chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and enjoy three to four different wines paired with small dishes matched to complement each wine perfectly. Each guest will receive a souvenir wine glass painted by one of our amazing zoo animals. There will also be a silent auction with animal-related items! Ticket prices are $35 in advance with wine glasses guaranteed. Walk-ins are welcome. Please note: ticket prices will be $40 at the door, wine glasses available while supplies last. Proceeds benefit rhino and wildlife conservation. For tickets, click here.
MARCH: OKC ZOO'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS
For additional information about these and other programs, call Education at (405) 425-0218 or visit www.okczoo.org.
NOW THROUGH MARCH 31: ZOO CREW TEEN VOLUNTEER PROGRAM APPLICATIONS OPEN
Are you a teen wanting to find a fun way to spend your summer that will also make an impact on wildlife and our environment? Zoo Crew Teen Volunteers are a specially selected group of students who serve as conservation leaders by connecting guests with wildlife and conservation topics. Applications will be accepted from Monday, March 2 – Tuesday, March 31. Click here to learn more.
MARCH 5 & MARCH 6: HOMESCHOOL PROGRAM – AROUND THE WORLD: AUSTRALIA
Enjoy experiences beyond the four walls of a traditional classroom with the OKC Zoo's homeschool programs. Monthly classes focus on various animals and plants and includes animal encounters, zoo tours, and hands on activities. Australia is home to many unique animals! Let's hop, crawl, and swim across the continent to see who calls Australia home! Enroll today for Thursday, March 5 from 1-2:30 p.m. or Friday, March 6 from 1-2:30 p.m. or 3-4:30 p.m. Cost per student: $10 for ZOOfriends members, $12 for non-members. For additional information or to register, click here.
MARCH 11, 26 AND 28: CUB CLUBS – BEAUTIFUL BIRDS
Enroll your little one in the OKC Zoo's Cub Club programs. These monthly classes are geared to introduce youngsters, 2-5 years of age, to the natural world around them. On March 11, 26 and 28, join us for "Beautiful Birds"! From flying high to diving deep, there are so many beautiful birds on our planet. Come learn all about them through activities, story time, crafts, and even meet a bird ambassador! Click here to register.
SUNDAY, MARCH 29: NATURE EXPLORERS PRESCHOOL OPEN HOUSE
Using the Zoo's natural setting, Nature Explorers Preschool focuses on developing the "whole child" -- i.e., cognitive, physical, social, emotional, and creative development. Curriculum increases direct contact time with the outdoors through discoveries about the Zoo plants and animals. Children ages 3, 4 and 5 will have daily zoo explorations, interactions with "animal ambassadors" in the classroom, and participate in special events. Learn more about Nature Explorers at an Open House on Sunday, March 29 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Rosser Conservation Education Center.
GIRL SCOUTS AND SCOUTS BSA PROGRAMS
The Oklahoma City Zoo offers many opportunities for Scouts BSA and Girl Scouts to learn about the natural world. The zoo has a variety of scout badge and overnight programs. Please click on the link to explore what we have to offer this March.
SAVE THE DATE FOR WHAT AWAITS IN APRIL…
Read Across Oklahoma at the OKC Zoo (Tuesday, April 7, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.)
Brainy Beasts Trivia Night at the OKC Zoo (Thursday, April 9, 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.)
Party for the Planet®/Earth Day at the OKC Zoo presented by Bob Moore Subaru (Saturday, April 25, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
OKC Zoo's premiere 21+ event, Safari Soirée hosted by the Oklahoma Zoological Society (Friday, April 24, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.)
There's a wild world waiting to be discovered at the Oklahoma City Zoo, all that's missing is you! Located at the crossroads of I-44 and I-35, the Zoo is a proud member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, the American Alliance of Museums, Oklahoma City's Adventure District and an Adventure Road partner. Hours of operation are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Regular admission is $12 for adults and $9 for children ages 3-11 and seniors ages 65 and over. Children two and under are admitted free. Stay up-to-date with the Zoo on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and by visiting Our Stories. Zoo fans can support the OKC Zoo by becoming Oklahoma Zoological Society members at ZOOfriends.org or in-person at the Zoo! To learn more about these and other happenings, call (405) 424-3344 or visit okczoo.org.
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Some of our previous concerts from over the years.
Adoramus celebrates its twentieth anniversary in 2016 and this classical concert was the first in our Adoramus 20 years concert series.
Nicola Hooke joined the orchestra to sing Schubert's Totus in corde langueo.
in the second half The Adoramus singers performed J.S. Bach's wonderful Magnificat.
Our Christmas concert was held once again in the beautiful St Stephen's Church in Bush Hill Park. A return to our trademark variety of musical styles was hugely popular and the church was full to capacity.
Adoramus were joined once again by the Eastfield Primary School Chhoir, whose enthusiasm was infectious and singing a delight.
What a wonderful start to the Christmas season!
The Vivaldi was programmed for the second half of this wonderful concert which was a 'come and sing' opportunity for people to give performing with Adoramus a go, while accompanied by our marvellous orchestra ensemble.


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Mandy Is Beautiful, Badass, and Boasts the Ultimate Nicolas Cage Performance
Germain Lussier
Sometimes you watch a movie and instantly know it's something people are going to watch and discuss from this moment in history forward. Panos Cosmatos' Mandy is exactly that and we absolutely loved it.
On the surface, Mandy is a very straightforward story. A logger named Red (Nicolas Cage) finds his simple life torn apart when he and his wife, Mandy (Andrea Riseborough), are attacked by a cult, and he goes on a murderous rampage. But Cosmatos—coming off the trippy Beyond the Black Rainbow—is not a surface filmmaker. Like a painter with a canvas, that plot is just the base level. On top of it, layers upon layers are added, thematically, visually, and sonically. The resulting film is sumptuous and, somehow, almost delicious.
How can a film be "delicious," you ask? Mandy is so evocative and colorful, such a feast for the eyes and ears, it really approaches that. Cosmatos and his cinematographer Benjamin Loeb have created a prismatic, lush film. Every frame looks like it was created with a dozen color filters to give it a unique, almost tangible, hue. One frame will be bright blue. The next, deep red. Later, light orange, purple, and green show through, and there's just a sense that, upon multiple viewings, many deeper meanings can be read into the specific choices of the colors in each scene. And even if they can't, they look absolutely gorgeous and help drive the story, especially in multiple long takes where we're left to really think about what we're watching for long periods of time.
The score, by late composer Jóhann Jóhannsson (to whom the film is dedicated), adds another crucial layer to the film. Mandy doesn't have a lot of dialogue in it, so for most of the film, the moody, synth-heavy music stands in for the emotions and thoughts of the characters. It's effective and intense, but also kind of toe-tapping, and will make you miss Jóhannsson (who also scored Arrival, The Theory of Everything, and Sicario) that much more.
None of that would matter, though, if the story and performances weren't up to the technical mastery of Mandy. Thankfully, they are.
In a way, Mandy feels like a milestone in the career of Nicolas Cage. After rising to become one of the most famous and critically acclaimed actors of a generation, in recent years he's dialed back his mainstream output for lighter fare that really buys into his manic mystique. With Mandy, he not only embraces that persona but fuses it with the intense emotion and range that made him a household name. It's maybe the quintessential 21st century Cage performance: a guttural, impressive, focused turn that anchors and elevates the movie.
Andrea Riseborough, despite being the title character, doesn't have as much to do as her counterpart, but her performance is no less magical. Through her, Mandy is a mystery. She has a calm, innocent, almost ethereal presence that makes you feel like she's better than all of us, knows it, but sympathizes with us. That's primarily conveyed through Riseborough's eyes, but also her calming voice and stoic movements, not to mention an impressive wardrobe of rock n' roll t-shirts.
Then there are the villains, headed up by cult leader Jeremiah (played by Vikings' actor Linus Roache). Most of them are one-note but still manage to be creepy as shit. However, Roache has more to do and is a revelation. He's come a long way from playing Thomas Wayne in Batman Begins, and here, the actor bares all (literally) as the cult leader who has so much going on behind his gaze that you understand why people simultaneously follow and love him, but also fear and despise him.
Oh, and did I mention that Mandy is also fucking badass? This is a revenge story, after all, and as the film moves along with its patient, consistent pace, eventually Cage does get to murder people in some very memorable ways: using an incredible custom ax, engaging in a chainsaw fight (that's two people, with chainsaws, fighting), and ensuring several other gloriously bloody exits.
If anything, my biggest gripe with Mandy is that Cosmatos doesn't go far enough in that section of the movie. After the brutal suffering in the first half of the film, the comeuppance is not quite as satisfying as it could be. At times, it even feels a little rushed in comparison to everything else and there are a few logical hiccups that occur as Red is on the hunt for the evil cult. This doesn't really take away from the larger story, but in a movie that's so precisely put together, it is a tiny bit of a letdown.
And yet, with that minor asterisk, Mandy is a triumph. It's a wonderful blend of art house aesthetic with mainstream sensibilities. A rich film that leaves you excited, but also mentally engaged. Hours after seeing it I'm still not exactly sure what, if anything, Cosmatos is trying to say. Maybe this is a character's metaphorical journey to Hell. Maybe it's kind of a death metal song brought to life (there are literal face meltings, after all). Maybe (in all honesty, probably) it's much, much more than that. Nevertheless, Mandy rules, and you should check it out.
Mandy comes to theaters and VOD Friday.
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Q: SQL query is returning 0 when running shell script but 6 when checking db I'm trying to run a shell script that has a SQL query in it. Now, I can't use a SQL script in the shell script because of story requirements. I have been trying to get the shell script to return the correct count which is '6' but it is only returning '0'.
#!/bin/ksh
. /apps/path/config/setenv.ksh
DATE=`date "+%m%d%Y`
returnMessage="`sqlplus  username/password@$ORACLE_SID << EOF
WHENEVER OSERROR EXIT SQL.OSCODE ;
WHENEVER SQLERROR EXIT SQL.OSCODE ;

spool /apps/path/data/test.txt
SET HEADING OFF
SET FEEDBACK OFF
SET VERIFY OFF
SET ECHO ON
SET PAGES 0
SET LINESIZE 90

select count(*) from table where dt = to_date('06/18/2020','MM/DD/YYYY');
EOF
`
"
        exitCode=$?
        oracleError=`echo "$returnMessage" | grep ORA-`
        if [ -n "$oracleError" -o "$exitCode" -ne 0 ]; then
                log "An error occurred while looking up the $COUNT"
                log "SQLPlus Exit Code = $exitCode"
                log "SQLPlus Message is: $returnMessage"
                return 1
        fi
        export COUNT=`echo $returnMessage"
        return 0

The output is also given below
SQL> SET HEADING OFF
SQL> SET FEEDBACK OFF
SQL> SET VERIFY OFF
SQL> SET ECHO ON
SQL> SET PAGES 0
SQL> SET LINESIZE 90
SQL>
SQL> select count(*) from table where dt = to_date('06/18/2020','MM/DD/YYYY');
         0
SQL>

THis is the output and the code I'm using. Not sure where it is going wrong since the query should return 6;

A: UnCOMMITted data is only visible within the session that created it (and will ROLLBACK at the end of the session if it has not been COMMITted). If you can't see the data from another session (i.e. in SQL*Plus invoked from the shell) then make sure you have issued a COMMIT command in the SQL client where you INSERTed the data.
Note: even if you connect as the same user, this will create a separate session and you will not be able to see the uncommitted data in the other session.
If you have issued a COMMIT and still can't see the data then make sure that both the SQL Client and the shell program are connecting to the same server and the same database and are querying the same user's schema of that database.

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Duodecimos is an acceptable word in Scrabble with 16 points. Duodecimos is an accepted word in Word with Friends having 19 points. Duodecimos is a 10 letter long Word starting with D and ending with S. Below are Total 234 words made out of this word.
Note There are 5 vowel letters and 5 consonant letters in the word duodecimos. D is 4th, U is 21th, O is 15th, E is 5th, C is 3rd, I is 9th, M is 13th, S is 19th, Letter of Alphabet series.