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EVEN so huge and conservative a country as Brazil could not start out upon the pathway of republican freedom without some unrest; but the political experience gained under a régime of limited monarchy had a steadying effect. Besides, the Revolution of 1889 had been effected by a combination of army officers and civilian enthusiasts who knew that the provinces were ready for a radical change in the form of government, but who were wise enough to make haste slowly. If a motto could mean anything, the adoption of the positivist device, “Order and Progress,” displayed on the national flag seemed a happy augury.
The constitution promulgated in 1891 set up a federal, union broadly similar to that of the United States, except that the powers of the general Government were somewhat more restricted. Qualifications for the suffrage were directly fixed in the fundamental law itself, but the educational tests imposed excluded the great bulk of the population from the right to vote. In the constitution, also, Church and State were declared absolutely separate, and civil marriage was prescribed.
Ever since the war with Paraguay the financial credit of Brazil had been impaired. The chronic deficit in the treasury had been further increased by a serious lowering in the rate of exchange, which was due to an excessive issue of paper money. In order to save the nation from bankruptcy Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, a distinguished jurist, was commissioned to effect an adjustment with the British creditors. As a result of his negotiations a “funding loan” was obtained, in return for which an equivalent amount in paper money was to be turned over for cancellation at a fixed rate of exchange. Under this arrangement depreciation ceased for awhile and the financial outlook became brighter.
Uruguay then enjoyed a respite from party upheavals until 1910, when José Batlle, the able, resolute, and radical-minded head of the Colorados, announced that he would be a candidate for the presidency. As he had held the office before and had never ceased to wield a strong personal influence over the administration of his successor, the Blancos decided that now was the time to attempt once more to oust their opponents from the control which they had monopolized for half a century. Accusing the Government of an unconstitutional centralization of power in the executive, of preventing free elections, and of crippling the pastoral industries of the country, they started a revolt, which ran a brief course. Batlle proved himself equal to the situation and quickly suppressed the insurrection. Though he did make a wide use of his authority, the President refrained from indulging in political persecution and allowed the press all the liberty it desired in so far as was consistent with the law. It was under his direction that Uruguay entered upon a remarkable series of experiments in the nationalization of business enterprises. Further, more or less at the suggestion of Batlle, a new constitution was ratified by popular vote in 1917. It provided for a division of the executive power between the President and a National Council of Administration, forbade the election of administrative and military officials to the Congress, granted to that body a considerable increase of power, and enlarged the facilities for local self-government. In addition, it established the principle of minority representation and of secrecy of the ballot, permitted the Congress to extend the right of suffrage to women, and dissolved the union between Church and State. If the terms of the new instrument are faithfully observed, the old struggle between Blancos and Colorados will have been brought definitely to a close.
Paraguay lapsed after 1898 into the earlier sins of Spanish America. Upon a comparatively placid presidential régime followed a series of barrack uprisings or attacks by Congress on the executive. The constitution became a farce. No longer, to be sure, an abode of Arcadian seclusion as in colonial times, or a sort of territorial cobweb from the center of which a spiderlike Francia hung motionless or darted upon his hapless prey, or even a battle ground on which fanatical warriors might fight and die at the behest of a savage Lopez, Paraguay now took on the aspect of an arena in which petty political gamecocks might try out their spurs. Happily, the opposing parties spent their energies in high words and vehement gestures rather than in blows and bloodshed. The credit of the country sank lower and lower until its gold stood at a premium of several hundred per cent compared with paper money.
European bankers had begun to view the financial future of Argentina also with great alarm. In 1890 the mad careering of private speculation and public expenditure along the roseate pathway of limitless credit reached a veritable “crisis of progress.” A frightful panic ensued. Paper money fell to less than a quarter of its former value in gold. Many a firm became bankrupt, and many a fortune shriveled. As is usual in such cases, the Government had to shoulder the blame. A four-day revolution broke out in Buenos Aires, and the President became the scapegoat; but the panic went on, nevertheless, until gold stood at nearly five to one. Most of the banks suspended payment; the national debt underwent a huge increase; and immigration practically ceased.
By 1895, however, the country had more or less resumed its normal condition. A new census showed that the population had risen to four million, about a sixth of whom resided in the capital. The importance which agriculture had attained was attested by the establishment of a separate ministry in the presidential cabinet. Industry, too, made such rapid strides at this time that organized labor began to take a hand in politics. The short-lived “revolution” of 1905, for example, was not primarily the work of politicians but of strikers organized into a workingmen’s federation.
For three months civil guarantees were suspended, and by a so-called ” law of residence, ” enacted some years before and now put into effect, the Government was authorized to expel summarily any foreigner guilty of fomenting strikes or of disturbing public order in any other fashion.
Political agitation soon assumed a new form. Since the Autonomist-National party had been in control for thirty years or more, it seemed to the Civic-Nationalists, now known as Republicans, to the Autonomists proper, and to various other factions, that they ought to do something to break the hold of that powerful organization. Accordingly in 1906 the President, supported by a coalition of these factions, started what was termed an “upward-downward revolution” in other words, a series of interventions by which local governors and members of legislatures suspected of Autonomist-National leanings were to be replaced by individuals who enjoyed the confidence of the Administration. Pretexts for such action were not hard to find under the terms of the constitution; but their political interests suffered so much in the effort that the promoters had to abandon it.
To remedy a situation made worse by the absence usual in most of the Hispanic republics of a secret ballot and by the refusal of political malcontents to take part in elections, voting was made both obligatory and secret in 1911, and the principle of minority representation was introduced. Legislation of this sort was designed to check bribery and intimidation and to enable the radical-minded to do their duty at the polls. Its effect was shown five years later, when the secret ballot was used substantially for the first time. The radicals won both the presidency and a majority in the Congress.
One of the secrets of the prosperity of Argentina, as of Brazil, in recent years has been its abstention from warlike ventures beyond its borders and its endeavor to adjust boundary conflicts by arbitration. Even when, its attitude toward its huge neighbor had become embittered in consequence of a boundary decision rendered by the President of the United States in 1895, it abated none of its enthusiasm for the principle of a peaceful settlement of international disputes. Four years later, in a treaty with Uruguay, the so-called ” Argentine Formula” appeared. To quote its language: “The contracting parties agree to submit to arbitration all questions of any nature which may arise between them, provided they do not affect provisions of the constitution of either state, and cannot be adjusted by direct negotiation.” This Formula was soon put to the test in a serious dispute with Chile.
By their treaties of 1902 both republics declared their intention to uphold the principle of arbitration and to refrain from interfering in each other’s affairs along their respective coasts. They also agreed upon a limitation of armaments the sole example on record of a realization of the purpose of the First Hague Conference. To commemorate still further their international accord, in 1904 they erected on the summit of the Uspallata Pass, over which San Martin had crossed with his army of liberation in 1817, a bronze statue of Christ the Redeemer. There, amid the snow-capped peaks of the giant Andes, one may read inscribed upon the pedestal: “Sooner shall these mountains crumble to dust than Argentinos and Chileans break the peace which at the feet of Christ the Redeemer they have sworn to maintain!” Nor has the peace been broken.
Though hostilities with Argentina had thus been averted, Chile had experienced within its own frontiers the most serious revolution it had known in. sixty years. The struggle was not one of partisan chieftains or political groups but a genuine contest to determine which of two theories of government should prevail the presidential or the parliamentary, a presidential autocracy with the spread of real democracy or a congressional oligarchy based on the existing order. The sincerity and public spirit of both contestants helped to lend dignity to the conflict.
José Manuel Balmaceda, a man of marked ability, who became President in 1886, had devoted much of his political life to urging an enlargement of the executive power, a greater freedom to municipalities in the management of their local affairs, and a broadening of the suffrage. He had even advocated a separation of Church and State. Most of these proposals so conservative a land as Chile was not prepared to accept. Though civil marriage was authorized and ecclesiastical influence was lessened in other respects, the Church stood firm. During his administration Balmaceda introduced many reforms, both material and educational. He gave a great impetus to the construction of public works, enhanced the national credit by a favorable conversion of the public debt, fostered immigration, and devoted especial attention to the establishment of secondary schools.
Excellent as the administration of Balmaceda had been in other respects, he nevertheless failed to combine the liberal factions into a party willing to support the plans of reform which he had steadily favored. The parliamentary system made Cabinets altogether unstable, as political groups in the lower house of the Congress alternately cohered and fell apart. This defect, Balmaceda thought, should be corrected by making the members of his official family independent of the legislative branch. The Council of State, a somewhat anomalous body placed between the President and Cabinet on the one side and the Congress on the other, was an additional obstruction to a smooth-running administration. For it he would substitute a tribunal charged with the duty of resolving conflicts between the two chief branches of government. Balmaceda believed, also, that greater liberty should be given to the press and that existing taxes should be altered as rarely as possible. On its side, the Congress felt that the President was trying to establish a dictatorship and to replace the unitary system by a federal union, the probable weakness of which would enable him to retain his power more securely.
These were, indeed, dark days for Chile. During a struggle of about eight months the nation suffered more than it had done in years of warfare with Peru and Bolivia. Though the bulk of the army stood by Balmaceda, the Congress was able to raise and organize a much stronger fighting force under a Prussian drillmaster. The tide of battle turned; Santiago and Valparaiso capitulated; and the presidential cause was lost. Balmaceda, who had taken refuge in the Argentina legation, committed suicide. But the Balmacedists, who were included in a general amnesty; still maintained themselves as a party to advocate in a peaceful fashion the principles of their fallen leader.
Chile had its reputation for stability well tested in 1910 when the executive changed four times without the slightest political disturbance. According to the constitution, the officer who takes the place of the President in case of the latter ‘s death or disability, though vested with full authority, has the title of Vice President only. It so happened that after the death of the President two members of the Cabinet in succession held the vice presidency, and they were followed by the chief magistrate, who was duly elected and installed at the close of the year. In 1915, for the first time since their leader had committed suicide, one of the followers of Balmaceda was chosen President by a strange coalition of Liberal-Democrats, or Balmacedists, Conservatives, and Nationalists, over the candidate of the Radicals, Liberals, and Democrats. The maintenance of the parliamentary system, however, continued to produce frequent alterations in the personnel of the Cabinet.
In its foreign relations, apart from the adjustment reached with Argentina, Chile managed to settle the difficulties with Bolivia arising out of the War of the Pacific. By the terms of treaties concluded in 1895 and 1905, the region tentatively transferred by the armistice of 1884 was ceded out right to Chile in return for a seaport and a narrow right of way to it through the former Peruvian province of Tarapacâ. With Peru, Chile was not so fortunate. Though the tension over the ultimate disposal of the Tacna and Arica question was somewhat reduced, it was far from being removed. Chile absolutely refused to submit the matter to arbitration, on the ground that such a procedure could not properly be applied to a question arising out of a war that had taken place so many years before. Chile did not wish to give the region up, lest by so doing it might expose Tarapacâ to a possible attack from Peru. The investment of large amounts of foreign capital in the exploitation of the deposits of nitrate of soda had made that province economically very valuable, and the export tax levied on the product was the chief source of the national revenue. These were all potent reasons why Chile wanted to keep its hold on Tacna and Arica. Besides, possession was nine points in the law!
Protracted negotiations over the boundaries became alike tedious and listless. But the moment that the respective diplomats had agreed upon some knotty point, the Congress of one litigant or another was almost sure to reject the decision and start the controversy all over again. Even reference of the matter to the arbitral judgment of European monarchs produced, so far as Ecuador and Peru were concerned, riotous attacks upon the Peruvian legation and consulates, charges and countercharges of invasion of each other’s territory, and the suspension of diplomatic relations. Though the United States, Argentina, and Brazil had interposed to ward off an armed conflict between the two republics and, in 1911, had urged that the dispute be submitted to the Hague Tribunal, nothing would induce Ecuador to comply.
Colombia was even more unfortunate than its southern neighbor, for in addition to political convulsions it suffered financial disaster and an actual deprivation of territory. Struggles among factions, official influence at the elections, dictatorships, and fighting between the departments and the national Government plunged the country, in 1899, into the worst civil war it had known for many a day. Paper money, issued in unlimited amounts and given a forced circulation, made the distress still more acute. Then came the hardest blow of all. Since 1830 Panama, as province or state, had tried many times to secede from Colombia. In 1903 the opportunity it sought became altogether favorable. The parent nation, just beginning to recover from the disasters of civil strife, would probably be unable to prevent a new attempt at withdrawal. The people of Panama, of course, knew how eager the United States was to acquire the region of the proposed Canal Zone, since it had failed to win it by negotiation with Colombia. Accordingly, if they were to start a “revolution,” they had reason to believe that it would not lack support or at least, connivance from that quarter.
On the 3d of November the projected “revolution” occurred, on schedule time, and the United States recognized the independence of the “Republic of Panama” three days later! In return for a guarantee of independence, however, the United States stipulated, in the convention concluded on the 18th of November, that, besides authority to enforce sanitary regulations in the Canal Zone, it should also have the right of intervention to maintain order in the republic itself. More than once, indeed, after Panama adopted its constitution in 1904, elections threatened to become tumultuous; whereupon the United States saw to it that they passed off quietly.
Alluding to the use made of the liberties won in the struggle for emancipation from Spain by the native land of Miranda, Bolivar, and Sucre, on the part of the country which had been in the vanguard of the fight for freedom from a foreign yoke, a writer of Venezuela once declared that it had not elected legally a single President; had not put democratic ideas or institutions into practice; had lived wholly under dictatorships; had neglected public instruction and had set up a large number of oppressive commercial monopolies, including the navigation of rivers, the coastwise trade, the pearl fisheries, and the sale of tobacco, salt, sugar, liquor, matches, ex-plosives, butter, grease, cement, shoes, meat, and flour. Exaggerated as the indictment is and applicable also, though in less degree, to some of the other backward countries of Hispanic America, it contains unfortunately a large measure of truth. Indeed, so far as Venezuela itself is concerned, this critic might have added that every time a “restorer,” “regenerator,” or “liberator” succumbed there, the old craze for federalism again broke out and menaced the nation with piecemeal destruction. Obedient, furthermore, to the whims of a presidential despot, Venezuela perpetrated more outrages on foreigners and created more international friction after 1899 than any other land in Spanish America had ever done.
While the formidable Guzmán Blanco was still alive, the various Presidents acted cautiously. No sooner had he passed away than disorder broke out afresh. Since a new dictator thought he needed a longer term of office and divers other administrative advantages, a constitution incorporating them was framed and published in the due and customary manner. This had hardly gone into operation when, in 1895, a contest arose with Great Britain about the boundaries between Venezuela and British Guiana. Under pressure from the United States, however, the matter was referred to arbitration, and Venezuela came out substantially the loser.
In 1899 there appeared on the scene a personage compared with whom Zelaya was the merest novice in the art of making trouble. This was Cipriano Castro, the greatest international nuisance of the early twentieth century. A rude, arrogant, fearless, energetic, capricious mountaineer and cattleman, he regarded foreigners no less than his own country folk, it would seem, as objects for his particular scorn, displeasure, exploitation, or amusement, as the case might be. He was greatly angered by the way in which foreigners in dispute with local officials avoided a resort to Venezuelan courts and still worse rejected their decisions and appealed instead to their diplomatic representatives for protection. He declared such a procedure to be an affront to the national dignity. Yet foreigners were usually correct in affirming that judges appointed by an arbitrary President were little more than figureheads, incapable of dispensing justice, even were they so inclined.
Jealous not only of his personal prestige but of what he imagined, or pretended to imagine, were the rights of a small nation, Castro tried through-out to portray the situation in such a light as to induce the other Hispanic republics also to view foreign interference as a dire peril to their own independence and sovereignty; and he further endeavored to involve the United States in a struggle with European powers as a means possibly of testing the efficacy of the Monroe Doctrine or of laying bare before the world the evil nature of American imperialistic designs.
By the year 1901, in which Venezuela adopted another constitution, the revolutionary disturbances had materially diminished the revenues from the customs. Furthermore Castro’s regulations exacting military service of all males between fourteen and sixty years of age had filled the prisons to overflowing. Many foreigners who had suffered in consequence resorted to measures of self-defense among them representatives of certain American and British asphalt companies which were working concessions granted by Castro’s predecessors. Though familiar with what commonly happens to those who handle pitch, they had not scrupled to aid some of Castro’s enemies. Castro forthwith imposed on them enormous fines which amounted practically to a confiscation of their rights.
While the United States and Great Britain were expostulating over this behavior of the despot, France broke off diplomatic relations with Venezuela because of Castro’s refusal either to pay or to submit to arbitration certain claims which had originated in previous revolutions. Germany, aggrieved in similar fashion, contemplated a seizure of the customs until its demands for redress were satisfied. And then came Italy with like causes of complaint. As if these complications were not sufficient, Venezuela came to blows with Colombia.
As the foreign pressure on Castro steadily increased, Luis Maria Drago, the Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs, formulated in 1902 the doctrine with which his name has been associated. It stated in substance that force should never be employed between nations for the collection of contractual debts. Encouraged by this apparent token of support from a sister republic, Castro defied his array of foreign adversaries more vigorously than ever, declaring that he might find it needful to invade the United States, by way of New Orleans, to teach it the lesson it deserved ! But when he attempted, in the following year, to close the ports of Venezuela as a means of bringing his native antagonists to terms, Great Britain, Germany, and Italy seized his warships, blockaded the coast, and bombarded some of his forts. Thereupon the United States interposed with a suggestion that the dispute be laid before the Hague Tribunal. AIthough Castro yielded, he did not fail to have a clause inserted in a new “constitution ” requiring foreigners who might wish to enter the republic to show certificates of good character from the Governments of their respective countries.
Having succeeded in putting around his head an aureole of local popularity, Castro in 1905 picked a new set of partially justified quarrels with the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, Colombia, and even with the Netherlands, arising out of the depredations of revolutionists; but an armed menace from the United States induced him to desist from his plans. He contented himself accordingly with issuing a decree of amnesty for all political offenders except the leaders. When “re-elected,” he carried his magnanimity so far as to resign awhile in favor of the Vice President, stating that, if his retirement were to bring peace and concord, he would make it permanent. But as he saw to it that his temporary withdrawal should not have this happy result, he came back again to his former position a few months later.
Venting his wrath upon the Netherlands because its minister had reported to his Government an out break of cholera at La Guaira, the chief seaport of Venezuela, the dictator laid an embargo on Dutch commerce, seized its ships, and denounced the Dutch for their alleged failure to check filibustering from their islands off the coast. When the minister protested, Castro expelled him. Thereupon the Nether “ands instituted a blockade of the Venezuelan ports.
What might have happened if Castro had remained much longer in charge, may be guessed. Toward the close of 1908, however, he departed for Europe to undergo a course of medical treatment. Hardly had he left Venezuelan shores when Juan Vicente Gómez, the able, astute, and vigorous Vice President, managed to secure his own election to the presidency and an immediate recognition from foreign states. Under his direction all of the international tangles of Venezuela were straightened out.
In 1914 the country adopted its eleventh constitution and thereby lengthened the presidential term to seven years, shortened that of members of the lower house of the Congress to four, determined definitely the number of States in the union, altered the apportionment of their congressional representation, and enlarged the powers of the federal Government or, rather, those of its executive branch ! In 1914 Gomez resigned Office in favor of the Vice-President, and secured an appointment instead as commander in chief of the army. This procedure was promptly denounced as a trick to evade the constitutional prohibition of two consecutive terms. A year later he was unanimously elected President, though he never formally took the oath of office.
Whatever may be thought of the political ways and means of this new Guzmán Blanco to maintain himself as a power behind or on the presidential throne, Gomez gave Venezuela an administration of a sort very different from that of his immediate predecessor. He suppressed various government monopolies, removed other obstacles to the material advancement of the country, and reduced the national debt. He did much also to improve the sanitary conditions at La Guaira, and he promoted education, especially the teaching of foreign languages.
Gomez nevertheless had to keep a watchful eye on the partisans of Castro, who broke out in revolt whenever they had an opportunity. The United States, Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Cuba, and Colombia eyed the movements of the ex-dictator nervously, as European powers long ago were wont to do in the case of a certain Man of Destiny, and barred him out of both their possessions and Venezuela itself. International patience, never Job-like, had been too sorely vexed to permit his return. Nevertheless, after the manner of the ancient persecutor of the Biblical martyr, Castro did not refrain from going to and fro in the earth. In fact he still “walketh about” seeking to recover his hold upon Venezuela!

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It was another long weekend and another one spent away. This time we would be spending the weekend with my parents and my brother, David, his wife Natalie and their daughter Chiara. We would be spending our time at Bartholomeus Klip, a wonderful guest house set alongside a 5 star lodge, at the base of the Elandsberg Mountains on the edge of the Elandsberg Nature Reserve. The reserve is about 25kms from Wellington in the direction of Tulbagh and is a critical reserve in that it preserves a patch of Renosterveld, most of which has been converted to pasture in the Swartland and so less than 5% remains intact. In fact, much of the Elandsberg Nature Reserve was originally farmland but it was proclaimed as a reserve and now has been left to recover to its natural state.
The focus of the weekend would be on Adam. It was for the celebration of his 7th birthday and it had also been some time before my side of the family had all been together. With our rather overwhelming numbers we tended to overrun the place and I think little Chiara took some time to adjust to her older cousins. Fortunately she hit it off with Emma but perhaps as she grows a little older it will be her boy cousins that will be a little more appealing.
Being in a slightly different area it also meant we would be doing some biodiversity stuff. Jeanie and I had been to Bartholomeus on two previous occasions but it was a long time ago and my interests were far more squarely of the avian sort. I had never cared to even notice the other animals. This time I would be changing that. Sure, there are always plenty of birds to see considering the mix between farmland and nature reserve but aside from some atlassing the birding would be a secondary activity.
My focus this weekend would be on an animal that had received some very prominent press in the last week or two but unfortunately for very depressing reasons. A consortium of scientists had gathered in London of late and had proclaimed the 100 animals and plants that were at the highest risk of extinction. South Africa featured four times in that list with a yam from Mpumalanga, a pipefish from the Eastern Cape, the Table Mountain Ghost Frog from the eastern slopes of Table Mountain and the Geometric Tortoise which is only found on the foothills of the Elandsberg Mountains and in some remaining Renosterveld in the Worcester area. The latter would be my primary target.
For whatever reason, people that are keen on nature are always fascinated most by those animals that are rarest. It is seldom that we remark on how many Cape Turtle Doves we saw while birding, or, how amazing the Impala were on that game drive in the Kruger Park. Interesting stories usually involve those “once in a lifetime” encounters and the rarer the animal is the more you’ll have your audience on the edge of their seat as you regale your fortunate encounter. I suppose we are also drawn by these rare animals as there is a degree of privilege associated with a sighting. Perhaps to take it even further we know we need to see these things as they may not exist in ten years’ time.
My new found interest in reptiles was also a strong driving factor and since we were going to be in the heart of Geometric Tortoise territory I would be trying my hardest to make sure I found one.
I had been told by a good friend that “it’s a tortoise – how hard can it be?”, but following a game drive with our ranger, Johan, I was a lot less optimistic about our chances. Firstly, this tortoise is a lot smaller than the usual Angulate or Leopard Tortoises we usually see. Secondly the ornate patterning on the shell provides an extraordinary degree of camouflage. Finally, we were also told that following a fire during February this year that swept through the Elandsberg range due to a carelessly controlled braai alongside the nearby Bains Kloof Pass, the number estimates had been downgraded significantly. The staff of the reserve had trawled the fire remains picking up countless carcasses of the tortoises. The exercise also allowed for a more accurate census and it was determined that there were most likely fewer than 500 remaining. From original estimates of over 2000 this was a bit of an eye opener and a huge cause for concern. It was no wonder that this animal found itself on the list of the top 100.
Not only would we be facing all the odds due to its rarity but the weather was not really playing along. We were quite early on in the summer season and with miserable weather predicted for most of the weekend the chances that there would be enough heat to get the tortoises moving was slim. Our game drive was particularly chilly and had most of the participants mumbling with descent every time I got Johan to stop for some seemingly uninteresting animal. The Cape Clapper Larks were in full display and even the least hardened of our group were entertained by the antics.
We also had a lifer reptile in the form of a Marsh Terrapin and the group as a whole were appalled as I jumped out of the vehicle, shed my shoes and waded into the flooded grassland and picked up the smelly terrapin. For an animal that lives its whole life in rapidly deteriorating water quality it is no surprise that it rivalled most animals I have ever seen (or smelt) for body odour. Johan gave me a useful warning to avoid the mouth of the terrapin as it harbours a nasty bite. After a few pics we were happy to send it back into the murk of the flooded area.
Johan also managed to find a tiny little toad amongst the vegetation. How he ever found it is still a mystery to me as it was no bigger than my thumbnail and it was so camouflaged amongst the sandy areas that it was hard to see when it was right under our nose. Johan wasn’t quite aware how exciting a frog find would be for me and since I had never seen anything like this one I emptied a fair portion of my memory card taking pics of this creature from all angles. We even contemplated that it was possible we had found a new species to science and it would be named in Johan’s honour!
When getting back to the lodge a little later we thumbed through our books and settled on a bizarre ID that just went to show how “green” I really am when it comes to amphibians. I got it so unbelievably wrong that I am too embarrassed to share what I actually thought it was. Trevor and Cliff set me right a little later on in the day and sanity prevailed when we settled on a baby toad of the rather common variety. Cliff’s opinion was that it was a baby Raucous Toad, which is not particularly exciting, but it was still a bit of a learning curve.
Needless to say we returned to the lodge without clapping eyes on a Geometric Tortoise. We did, however, return with a bit of useful gen and Johan suggested we give it another try when the sun peaked out from the clouds and started warming things up.
Jeanie had planned on dragging us out for some wine tasting in Riebeek Kasteel but as the sun started to shine and the day warmed up a bit I suggested to Tommy that we take a walk to the area that Johan had suggested. The wine tasting was shelved.
I offered the same to Adam but a bike ride with his mom held much greater appeal than a “low likelihood” animal search.
Tommy and I set out and we were surprised and pleased at how rapidly the day had warmed. This was a good sign. What was not so good was that the warmer weather coupled with the very wet conditions meant that things could not have been better for the “miggies”. I am not sure what the scientific name is but I am sure you all know what I mean – those tiny winged insects that don’t seem big enough to cause any hassles but when they come in swarms of several thousand they make an impact. To add insult to injury the conditions were ripe for a couple of horse flies and after traipsing the area for a relatively short while I was starting to think that this was going to end badly. Tommy, as always, was a trooper, moaning a lot less than his dad but when a swarm of bees entered the mix we knew that our time in the field was going to be short.
We were standing in humid renosterveld, up to our eyeballs in insect infestations of plague-like quantity and we had not set eyes on a tortoise of any description.
Just as things could not get any worse, I glimpsed the unmistakeable shell patterning of a Geometric Tortoise a few metres to my left.
Within seconds we both had our cameras clicking away and we had at least put ourselves through the unpleasantness for a good reason. Standing next to the tortoise, I decided that this animal could be extinct by the time Adam gets a chance to see it so we phoned home and called my dad and Adam out to see it. Since no cars are allowed in the reserve it was a good 20 minutes before they arrived on their bikes and so it meant another twenty minutes putting up with the miggies and horse flies. It was a real labour of love but I was very pleased that they got the chance to see it.
Our walk back to the house was one of the most unpleasant I can ever remember. We were completely overwhelmed by the miggies. It was also interesting to note some sibling negotiation in my oldest. Tommy “offered” to ride Adam’s bike back to the house. Adam, being the generous soul that he is agreed to walk back. I like to think he jumped at the chance to spend time with his dad but within 5 minutes he was regretting his decision. We both eventually decided that running was the only way to lessen the pain – we got back faster and the wind whistling past our ears reduced the numbers of critters landing on us. It was our only foray to find a tortoise – we couldn’t cope with the miggies again.
The heat on Saturday was very short-lived. We woke up on Sunday to drizzly weather that worsened to full blown rain forcing us all indoors for most of the day. It wasn’t a total disaster though as it was the day of Adam’s 7th birthday and much time was spent opening presents, eating cake and watching DVD’s that had been part of the treasure trove that he had reaped.
Fortunately for my new found interest in frogs, rainy weather is often welcomed just as much as sunny weather is welcomed for bird photography. When we had arrived on Friday night I had immediately noticed that there were quite a few Cape Rain Frogs calling from a section of bush quite near the lodge. Tommy and I had tried our luck at finding one earlier on in the weekend but they were no easier to find here than they were to find in Newlands and the southern suburbs. The calls are quite ventriloquial and just as they start up and you think you are getting close, they stop and leave you wondering where they are coming from. We also noted that a lot of the calls were coming from thick bushes which, mostly, had deep Aardvark and Porcupine burrows at their bases and although I was quite keen to throw one of the boys down the holes to see what they could find I realised it would not be responsible behaviour.
On the Sunday night after the birthday festivities had died down and all the kids were in their pyjamas I decided to head out and try find one. I would be going solo which was a good thing since it was dark and the rain was coming down. It wasn’t raining hard but just enough to be a little irritating. It was irritating for me but it was invigorating for the rain frogs as they were calling en masse all around me. It was hard to pin point exactly where the calls were coming from but I reckon there were more than 25 males in a very small area. If there were 25 males then there must have been at least 25 females so I was loving my chances.
I had reason to feel optimistic as my search had only just begun in the sodden grass when I looked down at my feet in the torchlight and noticed this round, plump little ball that resembled a small wet stone, sitting hunched up in a small clearing between the grass tufts. I could only believe that I had struck gold when I leaned down and picked it up and stared into the grumpy little face that was a Cape Rain Frog. It was amazing to have found one so quickly. Certainly no skill – just sheer luck.
Now I had a huge dilemma. I only had a single torch, I had no phone and I was about 200m from the house. There was no way I was going to get away with not showing this awesome find to the boys. I had seen a Cape Rain Frog without them on a previous occasion and they wouldn’t let me get away with it again. If I left the frog at the spot I would never find it again in the dark nor would it stay put, particularly after being handled.
There was only one thing for it. I would take it back to the house with me.
I also needed to make sure that I returned it to the same spot. Who knows – it may have been about to embark on an evening of procreation with a mate and it would be wrong to deny it. So, since I did not have my GPS with me, I wedged my torch in amongst the grass so it shone up into the sky. I had hoped it would create a similar effect to those power beams that they shine at concerts but after walking 20 metres away I could barely see a speck of light. Not only was I likely to return the frog to a different spot but I would also be very likely to lose my torch.
Fortunately I was not too far from the house and I trusted my sense of direction and so started my way back to the house in the dark. I got there a few minutes later bursting with pride at my latest find and walked in while everyone was winding down watching a bit of quiet television.
My prize was not quite as coveted as I had hoped.
Jeanie was probably right though. Five minutes into taking a few pics, for a variety of reasons that I am still unable to understand, poor little Adam and Jack were in floods of tears and there was no way to console them. Perhaps the pumpkin hour had finally been breached and they were in full meltdown. I was shooed out of the house and set on my way to take it back to where it had come from.
It was a lesson learned but I suspect it won’t stop me from bringing goodies home after dark in the future.
Fortunately I was also able to find my way back to my searchlight and I placed the frog right back to where I had found it.
The weekend was predictably too short and Monday morning brought an end to our time out there. The only return I had from a quick birding drive with Tommy and Emma on Monday morning was a few pics of some of the birds and especially a nice pic of the textrix subspecies of Cloud Cisticola.
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I give worth and honor to the Grandmothers and Grandfathers who have lived before us, and who still live in a state of mysterious perpetuity inside the Land we all walk upon. They passed their life-force and wisdom on to us, their children, through the ritual of love and birth and blood.
This is the time of Samhain, the fulfillment of the moon of Samonios. While most modern Pagans only celebrate Samhain on a certain day, i.e. October 31, November 1, or the like, the historical reality was a bit different. According to the Coligny Calendar, a native Celtic method of time-keeping that was discovered decades back in France, the month of Samonios, which marked the beginning of the new year, was the time in which the festival of Samhain was celebrated- and the beginning of Samonios could fall on different days on different years, due to the fact that it is a lunar calendar.
Samhain originally probably wasn't a "day", but a fortnight-long festival. The Full Moon that began Samonios occured on the 8th or 9th of October, meaning that the fourteen days that followed it was the time of Samhain's festivities. Tonight, there is no moon; the moon has gone dark, making this the "Returning night" of Samonios.
Modern Pagans can celebrate this season at any point, realistically during October or November, so unless you are a historical calendar reconstructionist (like me) it matters not. Samonios will always fall in October/November, and on the average, it manages to land near the end of October.
When to celebrate Samhain is not such a big problem; if you are in touch with the world around you, you already know: you celebrate when the cold really comes back, and when you "feel" the world turn towards darkness. The cauldron of the year finally boils down to nothingness in the Dark Season of Samhain, bringing about a profound spiritual event- the destruction of the world and all the worlds. As all the worlds were born from their living source ages ago, so one day, the ancients believed, they would all fall apart and become overwhelmed by "Fire and Water"- the elements in their destructive form. After this came a period of rest- the Holy Night of the Gods, before the worlds were regenerated from the womb of Sovereignty.
Samhain is a chance to consciously participate in the reversal and overturning/destruction of the worlds. It is the time we celebrate the end of things, and the dark night that follows, waiting for regeneration. The end of things isn't a mere "stop"; it is a radical reversal, as the horn of Misrule sounds. It is, perceptually, a wild and phantasmagoric event. It is a radical reversion to the hidden and mysterious roots of all things.
A human being experiences their own Dark Season when they die- and death is a sudden inversion of life, as the mindstream of the dead person is thrust into the Great Otherness, and visions of many kinds, ranging from the peaceful to the frightening are experienced. Much wisdom waits to be found in the moment of Truth that death brings to us, but we must learn to deal with fear and the "other side" of life, before we will be prepared to "recieve" the death experience properly.
There is no "good and evil" in any of this. Death is not "evil" while life is "good". Life is the name we give to the perpetual nature of our existence, whether as human beings, or as the Sidhe-spirits on the "other side" of this world; "Death" is the name we give to the point where we move from one of those conditions to the other. Death is the "point between" one kind of existence and another; "death is the center of a long life", as they say.
We have to keep our minds on our own deaths, every day of our lives. It may sound macabre or morbid, but I assure you, it is a great key to wisdom. If we consider our own bodies dead, lying silent in the ground, being consumed by the earth and by animals, or if we see ourselves glowing bright orange and black as we are consumed by flames on our own pyres, we will be forced to consider what is important in our lives. We will also reconsider what we think is important now. I have searched long and hard for what outlasts death, and my search was successful- the love we have for our wives, husbands, lovers, and children, and the affection we have for our friends, those meaningful and powerful bonds are what we "take with us".
The secret was so simple, and it was hiding in plain sight- you can really FEEL what is important in life, and it happens freely, with love and joy at human company. It bathes us with its power, and so many of us don't recognize it. There is no money or possession that can make us happy or accompany us at the level of our spirit, but love, love is the heart of every joy that will last. I can tell you now- the "Great Mystery" eluded me until I saw it in the one place I was meant to see it- and far from hiding in some cavern in the Underworld, I saw it in the face of my newborn daughter.
The Dark Season allows those whom death has taken to the Otherworld to visit us, in a very real and immediate way. When we turn our thoughts to our own mortality, and when our eyes see the coming of the winter, the end of the year and the mystical moment "between" where the new year waits for its regeneration and birth, and when we see that same pattern reflected in our own mortals lives and deaths, we are putting ourselves into a very receptive state of mind, a state of mind where all our assumptions about the world break down.
Who really knows the meaning behind it all? To be born, to live, to die, to be reborn- why the great Round, the Great Cycle? Why the endless fear, wonder, the questioning? Death shatters our illusions, and life gives us time to consider the nature of illusion. We are becoming stronger and wiser through seasons of life and events of death. When you hit that "space between" in your own mind, when you doubt the things you always wanted, always accepted, that's when the ancestors can speak to you from the "other side" of life.
The ancestors have become wise, gone among the Sidhe, the Dead, and seen their mortal illusions fall away. In that timeless condition, they dance their planxtys, and reach out for communion with us, as it is their nature to do. We are all connected, the living to the "dead", and the "dead" to the living. Perhaps they wonder at us and our world like we wonder at theirs; or perhaps, they are far more aware of us than we could be of them, a timeless mode of perception that they share with the Gods.
Not all of the dead become so wise; but those who do become our timeless and tireless protectors and guides. When death rises up to overwhelm the world, or even our mortal bodies, we are thrust into an inverted, frightening, and surreal "space between"- and in that indeterminate space, a gap opens up, mentally, that lets the wisdom of those who dwell in that space come to us.
I pray that we will all recognize it, and give up on trying to fix ourselves down with too many "solid" notions and assumptions about ourselves and the world- we are all greater and more fluid powers than we realize.
The Dark Season teaches us this lesson: life is water, not stone. Death reduces bodies to dust, just as water reduces rocks to sand. The worlds have fallen into the darkness of the unmanifest, now in the Season of Samhain, and in the strangeness of that place, the wisdom of our ancestors drones on, sacred chants of the people Below the Hills. The worlds have been washed away, and their noise has fallen silent. We couldn't hear our own inner voices, or the voices of our ancestors before, but now we can.
Now is the time to hear it- go outside at night, light your candles and fires, put the apples that are the food of the dead at the roots of trees, and really listen to the darkness. Soon, a vision of great fire and light will flood over the world and all things will begin again, and wisdom will be there with it, waiting to be heard and discovered, forever.
"I pray that we will all recognize it, and give up on trying to fix ourselves down with too many "solid" notions and assumptions about ourselves and the world- we are all greater and more fluid powers than we realize."

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Samsung Fast Charge Wireless Charging Stand W/ AFC Wall Charger for $25.19 shipped. Here is a screenshot for reference. It provides the ability to charge compatible Galaxy smartphones, and other Qi-compatible devices, without the need to plug the device in to a wall charger or USB port. Most places have it for about $47.
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TP-LINK RE355 AC1200 Wi-Fi Range Extender for $59.99 shipped. Here is a screenshot for reference. The TP-LINK AC1200 Wi-Fi Range Extender connects to the router wirelessly, strengthening and expanding the router’s signal into areas it can’t reach on its own. The device also reduces signal interference to ensure better Wi-Fi coverage. Most places have it for about $104.
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TP-LINK Archer C5 AC1200 Dual Band Wireless AC Gigabit Router for $67.95 shipped. Here is a screenshot for your reference. This wireless router supports 802.11ac, 1.2Gbps of total available bandwidth, simultaneous dual band networks, dual USB ports to share printers, files, and media across the network.
Denon HEOS 5 Wireless Speaker for $199.00 shipped. Here is a screenshot for reference. This interestingly styled mid-sized speaker plays cloud music, music stored on your phone or tablet, plus USB and NAS sources. You can find out more about its functions here. Most places have it for about $399.
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Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter (WiDi) for $39.95 shipped. Here is a screenshot for reference. The Wireless Display Adapter uses Wi-Fi Certified Miracast to display everything from your device on an HDTV or monitor. It’s an Intel Wireless Display (WiDi) certified adapter, so it works with 2-in-1s and tablet devices with Intel WiDi capability.
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The Kuravanji is a popular dance drama placed among the minor literacy genres in Tamil (Sitrilakkiyam). It is a composite category, amalgamating elements like "Kura-p-pattu", "Ula", figuring in Sangam and later literature. The main theme in a Kuravanji is the love and affection of the female protagonist towards the deity of the temple or the local ruler. She pleads to the God of Love to fulfill her wish. During the performance, she praises the local deity and glorifies the land. She also requests her maids to bring her lover to her. The scenes are enacted in a dancing form. A common theme in most of the 'Kuravanji' dramas is a gypsy woman who appears on the scene and describes the properity of the land through songs. She reads the palm of the heroine and predicts the fulfillment of her desires. The form is also referred to as kuram and kuluva natakam.
Roja Kannan is a senior disciple of Sri Adyar K. Lakshman and Padmabhushan Smt. Kalanidhi Narayanan. She has performed extensively in India and abroad and has won many awards and accolades for her crisp and lively performances in the Kalakshetra style of dance. She is the Director of her school of dance â€˜Bharatha Natyalayaâ€™, training hundreds of students.
Priya Murali â€“ a senior disciple of Smt. Sudharani Raghupathy, is a recipient of several awards and has performed and conducted workshops extensively in India and abroad. She is a senior teacher at Sree Bharathalaya and is adept at choreography and nattuvangam.
N.Srikanth - Since the age of 6, Srikanth has been at home on the stage, first as an actor in the Bhagavata Mela dance drama of Mellattur, Tamilnadu, and as a dancer in the tradition of Bharathanatyam. Srikanth has trained under several illustrious Gurus, including Sri. Shanmugasundaram Pillai, Dr. Saraswati, and Dr.Padma Subrahmanyam, at whose institution he broadened his horizons in the art of Natya.
Aswathy Srikanth -Aswathy started her training under her mother, renowned dancer, Smt. Kalamandalam Saraswathy, at the tender age of four, giving her first stage performance at the age of seven. Aswathy is trained in three forms of dance, namely Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattam and Kuchipudi. She began her training in Mohiniyattam under her mother and now continues under, Smt. Kalamandalam Leelamma, one of the most illustrious names in Mohiniyattam.

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By making your video screen an unusual very wide width, you can fit more in every shot and scene and make it more engaging. More screen size in front of visitor’s eyes mean less distracting things for them to look at.
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ISO and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on 6 July 2011 signed a cooperation agreement on international Standards related to the trade of animal and animal products. The ISO-OIE agreement was signed at the ISO Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, by ISO Secretary-General Rob Steele and OIE Director General Bernard Vallat.
ISO, a nongovernmental organisation with a membership comprising the national Standards bodies of more than 160 countries, is the world's largest developer of voluntary international Standards, with a current portfolio of more than 18600.
The OIE is an intergovernmental organisation with 178 member countries developing international standards concerning the safety of trade in animals and products of animal origin. OIE's aim is to improve animal health and welfare worldwide. The OIE is one of the so-called 'three sisters', along with the Codex Alimentarius Commission and the International Plant Protection Convention, whose standards, guidelines, and recommendations are specifically recognised in the World Trade Organization's Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement.
Areas of ISO's work of potential interest to the OIE include Standards for food products, microbiology, animal feeding stuffs, fisheries and aquaculture, conformity assessment, tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry, quality management, biological evaluation of medical devices, consumer policy, ships and marine technologies, packaging, and social responsibility.
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Sir George Brown arrived to-day, and Lord Raglan went down to meet him, and returned with him to head-quarters. The weather has changed again. The sun is out, the rain is over, and a cold, drying wind is blowing over the plain. The French are arming our right attack. The left attack is completely armed. There is no appearance of any considerable force of Russians either to the north of Sebastopol or over the heights of Balaklava. All danger of attack from Baidar seems very trifling. It would be almost impossible for the enemy to deploy on the hills and in the ravines over our position, and the plain is impassable for artillery. The Tchernaya is now our great line of defence, and it is a line which defends itself. There is only one bridge over it, descending from Mackenzie’s farm, and that is not fit for the transport of either artillery or cavalry; and the banks of the river are so steep, that bridges must be thrown over whenever it may be desirable to send either arm across it. Towards Inkermann, the whole valley is flooded, and turned into marsh and bog.
The preparations to remedy our great error in the plan of our first attack proceed rapidly. Our troops are in better condition, and huts are being erected on every side.
It blew half a gale of wind all night, and the rain fell till two o’clock p.m. in the day, but the wind was warm, and the temperature agreeable. The roads are very heavy, and the country is not easily traversed. The soil is not so tenacious, however, as it is when drying up in fine weather after heavy rains. It is then so sticky, that the wheels of artillery wagons actually “drag” in it, and the earth accumulates solidly between the spokes. It need not be said with what difficulty men get over the ground on foot.
As to the condition of the horses, it is really pitiable. It is now four or five days that our cavalry and artillery horses have been without hay, and that all they have had to eat has been the ration of barley, and, now and then, a little chopped straw. The reason of this is simple. No hay has been received by the commissariat in harbour; and yet it is stated that Mr. Filder wrote last September to the authorities at home, to state that it would be absolutely necessary for them to take steps to send out forage for the horses from England. What is the result of our mode of doing business? At a recent board, the veterinary surgeons condemned no less than 140 horses out of the Royal Artillery alone! The diseases of most of these animals – once fine English horses, the glory and pride of Woolwich holidays – were simple; they were the produce of hard work in carrying up shot and shell, and of insufficient food.
The mounted staff corps is now reduced to about twenty-eight effectives.
The French workmen have made considerable progress with the new batteries on our right. On the left they were exposed to a heavy fire from four till half-past four o’clock, and the Russians blew up another French magazine inside the batteries. They at once opened fire along their lines with six tremendous salvoes of artillery, and rushed up on their parapets and gave three loud ringing cheers. The damage done by the explosion was, I am happy to say, very insignificant, and before the Russians had ceased cheering, the French took their revenge by discharging a tremendous volley of heavy shells, which burst on the walls of the Admiral’s house, and silenced for a time the guns in No. 3 Battery at the Flagstaff Fort.
The railway progresses very rapidly, and has now reached a point 300 yards from the town. The enemy appears to have abandoned any attempt to annoy the workmen, and nave not put guns on Canrobert’s-hill.
The French mortar batteries are within 1300 metres of the inner batteries of the Russians. A sortie of insignificant strength was made by the garrison last night, and was repulsed as usual. The French lost five men only. The Cossacks on the hills to the northeast of Balaklava have nearly disappeared, and there are no indications that they intend to reoccupy the hills on which it was supposed the enemy were about to reconstruct redoubts.
The utmost secrecy is observed respecting our future operations. Strict orders have been issued that artillery and engineer officers are not to give information respecting our works to any one but officers entitled to demand it; and infantry officers are not allowed to get any details concerning the works and armaments.


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On the Microsoft Launcher, you can add a to-do list page that syncs with Wunderlist. Can I change what list is displayed similar to the widget? Or if I want to display a different list, the widget is my only option?
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Attention passengers -we are sorry to announce that all services out of Gigglesworth Station are delayed! Gather around Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis on platform one as they pass the time by sharing the classic tale of The Railway Children. Living by the railway line, the children spend quite a bit of time watching the trains and making some unexpected friendships. There is the old gentleman who regularly takes the 9.15 train and who helps them solve the mystery of what happened to their father. And there is the Russian immigrant who teaches them that compassion and understanding cross all boundaries. All aboard and full steam ahead! Find your travel companions and take your seats for Heartbreak Productions’ outdoor adaptation of The Railway Children, a classic children’s tale by Edith Nesbit.
The Railway Children - What better setting to enjoy a summer evening’s theatre than our beautiful walled gardens.


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The next level of road rage is Freeway Fury! Jump from car to car and clear out the cars just swerving on the freeway until there's only police cars, tanks, and army trucks trying to end your reign of traffic terror.
Use the Arrow Keys to drive the car. Hold Z and use the Arrow Keys to jump from car to car.


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Welcome to the Ukulele Tabs & Songsheets page. Here are PDFs (some with accompanying videos) to download - free - to anyone who's interested.
Unless they get removed, that is! That's right, there's always a possibility that a few rights owners may object, claiming copyright infringement, even though I'm not charging. Some publishers and artists are in favour of the democratic free-for-all of the internet, some aren't. Others, including me, shrug their shoulders and say, "Oh well, this is the reality of the music business in the 21st century."
SO, a plea to fellow copyright owners: please be nice and let my ukulele chums have a little harmless fun with my arrangements of your tunes as well as mine. I always credit the writers and I'm not making any money from it. However if you do decide to object to a particular item I will remove it.


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The Kings Square play space concept design is inspired by Fremantle’s industrial history and close links with nature. It includes design features such as cranes, bridges, train tracks and shipping containers and incorporates natural elements including water and trees.
It also includes lighting treatments, interactive soundscapes and tactile nature play elements. The draft concept has different zones to appeal to toddlers through to primary school aged children and has been designed to be accessible for children with disabilities. The plan was endorsed by council in February 2018.
Take a look at the draft concept plan and perspectives.
The concept design for the new play space in Kings Square was endorsed by council on 28 February 2018, as part of the overall concept design for the public space upgrade.
The next step for the project will be to complete a play safety and accessibility audit and further investigations to inform the detailed design.
The draft concept is expected to be presented to council in February as one of a number of major elements in the broader public space renewal program.
Following approval by council, the play space project will move into the detailed design and documentation phase.
Many thanks to the kids and families who shared their ideas to help us plan for a new children's play space for the Kings Square redevelopment.
We received many contributions that gave us some great information about what kinds of play activities are most preferred, specific things people would like to see included and key design considerations.
What would you like to do most in the Kings Square play space?
The top three selections from local school children were: climbing, water play and swinging.
The top three selections from parents were: water play, climbing and being in nature.
Climbing (including ladders), sliding, trees (including treehouses and cubby), flying fox/ zip-line (speed), stepping stones (balancing), water elements.
Parent and carer’s responses across the ideas board showed clear preferences for: water play, natural elements (including use of recycled materials, making use of the trees, keeping elements simple to inspire imagination).
Elements to include for inclusion (specifically autism spectrum) include: tactile elements, activities that use and develop gross motor skills and cause and effect/motivation.
Flexible space – “give it a festival feel and mix it up” ideas included accommodating children’s events, library activities, creative or drama activities and concerts.
Design for multi-ages – elements for little ones but also consider older siblings and teens; make it a multi-generational space where people can mix informally.
Other considerations raised were: safety and security, refreshments nearby and shade / shelter.
We will now use this data to develop a draft concept design for the new play space, which we'll present to the community early 2018.
Come to the Fremantle Library to see the ideas of nearly 170 local school students for the new Kings Square play space.
Jean Hobson recently visited the Library and said “I’m really impressed with the ideas I’ve already seen from local school children and I expect before the end of this process there’ll be a lot more come in!”. Mrs Hobson said she was pleased a new generation of local children and their parents are helping design a brand new play space in the city centre.
The school workshop ideas will be on display until 24 October 2017.
The current playground in Kings Square is named after prominent local identity and former Fremantle Deputy Mayor Jean Hobson. Jean was instrumental in encouraging other councillors of the day to support the playground.
We were delighted to meet her recently and learn more about the back story to the Kings Square playground.
We had a great time working with students from five local schools on design ideas for the new space. See our photo gallery for more images of these events and check out their ideas on display at Fremantle Library till 24 October.
Expression of interest to City of Fremantle schools to participate in a design workshop.
Five local schools responded to our expression of interest for a workshop. Nearly 170 City of Fremantle school students from Beaconsfield, Hilton, Fremantle, Samson and Lance Holt developed, modelled and presented their ideas to City staff and a Council representative.
We'll be heading to Buster's Birthday Celebration at Hilton PCYC to speak to parents of young children about their thoughts, and work with pre-schoolers through our specially designed activity.
See us at the drop-in session at Esplanade Youth Park for families with young children to share their thoughts with us over a coffee.
You can tell us your ideas online via My Say Freo, or download a design pack, complete it and return to us.
We will also be distributing information to local child care providers and key early years groups.
Children's ideas will be on display at the City of Fremantle Library 22 September to 24 October, come and see what our youngest community members have come up with.
All of the ideas and thoughts provided will be compiled and analysed. The City will work with the appointed Landscape Architect team to develop this into a concept design.
The concept design will be developed and released.

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One of Paris' chicest and most lovely restaurants - "Ralph's" is the only restaurant of the Polo Ralph Laurent Group in France. It's such a stylish and perfectly decorated place so you feel to have dinner in your own wonderful backyard. Even the staff is clothed super stylish in an typical Ralph Laurent outfit, the waiters with pin-striped trousers, a slim white and blue striped shirt and a branded apron and the hostesses in marine blue and dark brown riding boots. We had a beautiful corner table in the backyard with linen tablecloths and a bench full of pillows to feel comfortable and like to be at home.
The menu was specialized on burgers and steaks but with the goal to make something special out of the little things.
The amuse bouche was a typical Tuscan snack, deep fried green olives accompanied by an amazing glass of rosé Champagner.
As a starter I had a hand cutted tuna tartar with avocado and sesame, a perfect dish on a mild summer night. The fish was super soft and was very tasty and fitted perfectly with the avocado.
My colleague tried the the classic shrimp cocktail with a Montauk red sauce - Montauk is a small village in Long Island, New York. It's such a simple dish but convenience with its soft and delicate taste.
My main course was a double RL grilled boneless rib eye steak medium rare which is a little bit more fatty but gets a better taste and is more for steak lovers and Daniel tried the seared filet mignon medium, a soft and not fat peace of the back of the veal. Both steaks were served with home made chips and spinach.

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In conjunction with Takashimaya Goes Green, here are TWO creative ways to reuse your Takashimaya shopping bag!
Conventional wrappers too cliché for your taste? We show you how to deconstruct our shopping bag, and reuse it as a bouquet wrapper — perfect as a gift for your loved ones!
Yes, you read that right. Learn how to fold paper roses from reusing our shopping bags! Present this handmade gift and score some brownie points.
Support our Love the Earth and Takashimaya Goes Green efforts in-stores for the month of April! Eco-friendly brands and sustainable products will be on sale, together with special trade-ins and discounts when you reduce, reuse, and recycle! Keep an eye out for these promotions on our Facebook page now!


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Any chance of getting the Classification of Japanese back from the dead?
I'm not sure what John did, but I suspect it was a nuclear strike.
You know, that f.ing s.cks. Okay, so robert wanted to take off, thats fine. There were some great threads that got blown out of the water without even asking if anyone of the participants were willing to step up.
Well, when someone leaves and confirms that they want their messages deleted, that is what I normally do. Sorry, but they are all gone.
Anyways, I was just venting. We lost some real classics in here.


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NEW RANKINGS: Mackenna McClure "McFly FPV" 🇺🇲 is the new #4 Ranked pilot in the Top 32 Pilot Rankings of the IDRA 2018 Challengers Cup, after the St. Mary's Internationals, Race 7 of the Series, at St. Mary's College of Maryland with RACE X Maryland!
Get ready for Manila Regionals - IDRA 2018 Challengers Cup on July 1!
Blog on Race 7 results and season points will be published on Thursday!

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The blue check is for those who become sponsors in the directory. Sponsorship is the only way to get your picture in the directory.
Sponsorship links appear at the top of the page.
A sponsor will have some regular links, too. Those go wherever they would normally go on a page.


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The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has received some criticism for its handling of immigration detention casework, with a recently published report calling for improvements to the process to ensure that people are not detained for any longer than necessary.
John Vine, Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) and Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, published the report following a joint inspection into the quality and effectiveness of immigration casework, and the resulting knock-on human impact.
The report, entitled ‘The effectiveness and impact of immigration detention casework’, noted that on average in the first quarter of 2012, around 3,500 people were detained under immigration powers, either in immigration removal centres or prisons. More than 40 of those people had been held for over two years.
While the courts have held that detention with a view to removal is only lawful if there is a realistic prospect of this occurring within a reasonable period, there is no statutory time limit on how long someone can be detained.
HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) consistently finds that detainees experience heightened levels of anxiety and distress as a result of their uncertain futures. Each individual detained costs nearly £40,000 a year.
During the inspection, the inspectors found that in most cases, the decision to detain was defensible and properly evidenced and most were progressed diligently and in line with legal and policy guidelines.
there was little evidence of the effectiveness of Detention Centre Rule 35 procedures, which are designed to provide safeguards for some of the most vulnerable detainees.
Following their inspection, HMIP and ICIBI made ten recommendations for improvement for the Agency. These included establishing an independent panel to examine all cases of detainees held for lengthy periods, and conducting detention reviews on time and with the appropriate level of authority.


text: What kind of slang will you find at the gym? The old standby, jacked, meaning “muscular,” may derive from the lifting motion of a car jack. January joiners are those well-meaning souls who make new year’s resolutions to get in shape, and stop showing up a week later. Cardio queens are the ladies in fancy sweatsuits taking a leisurely stroll on the treadmill while reading a magazine. This is part of a complete episode.

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