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By Jeffrey Rosen
Court Watch
The White House has expanded its search for the next Supreme Court justice; and it is now possible to evaluate the scholarship, opinions and constitutional vision of the candidates. All are able federal judges. But some are more proficient than others at textual and historical analysis, and so better equipped to win over the swing justices and to challenge the Court's most aggressive intellectual, Antonin Scalia, on his own terms. In ascending order:
Mary M. Schroeder, 52. U.S. Court of Appeals, Phoenix, Arizona. According to Ninth Circuit legend, Schroeder was a reliable liberal in criminal cases until she was mugged near the steps of the U.S. courthouse; she then became more moderate. She tends to avoid the partisan squabbles that have divided the circuit. Instead, her passion is for efficiency: her liberal colleague, Stephen Reinhardt, reportedly accused her of "numbers fetishism" when she calculated that the Fifth Circuit processes cases more quickly than the Ninth. Schroeder's most important opinion, Flores v. Meese (1991), struck down the ins's policy of detaining the children of aliens in prison camps until their relatives claimed them. Unfortunately, Schroeder's reasoning was so muddled that several of her allies were forced to write separate concurrences; the Supreme Court, 7-2, reversed the decision last month. If she has an overarching constitutional vision, it is difficult to detect.
Amalya L. Kearse, 55. U.S. Court of Appeals, New York City. According to another legend, more likely apocryphal, Kearse was introduced to Nathaniel Jones, a Cincinnati appellate judge and former civil rights lawyer. "Can you bring me up to speed on Section 10b(5)?" -- a key provision in corporate law -- asked Jones. "Yes," Kearse supposedly replied, "if you'll bring me up to speed on section 1983" -- a key provision in civil rights law. As the anecdote suggests, it is not clear why Clinton, who values life experience so highly, would be drawn to a competent corporate lawyer. Although colleagues speak generously of her lack of "partisan affiliation," rumors persist that the Carter appointee may be a moderate Republican. Her opinions, like her manner on the bench, are careful and reserved.
Stephanie K. Seymour, 52. U.S. Court of Appeals, Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Tenth Circuit is among the most collegial of circuits; and though Seymour is one of only two consistent liberals, she has a good record of getting along with her more conservative colleagues. A former Tulsa lawyer and author of a book about public housing in Waterbury, Connecticut, she has distinguished herself as an aggressive questioner. Her opinions reflect case-by-case realism more than an overarching philosophy, but she showed an expansive streak in a 1990 decision declaring that it is cruel and unusual punishment to put non-smoking prisoners in the same cell as smokers. Although she stands out on the Tenth Circuit, Seymour has not, over the past fifteen years, developed a national reputation.
Jose A. Cabranes, 52. U.S. District Court, New Haven, Connecticut. A photograph of Roger Baldwin, founder of the ACLU, is framed in his home study; but in some cases Cabranes's instincts appear to be more pro-government than libertarian. In a 1982 article, Cabranes criticized William Rehnquist and William Brennan for encouraging courts to rely on state constitutions. Federal judges should not forsake their responsibility to protect individual rights, Cabranes argued, and "national needs must be met by national action." At the same time, Cabranes has called the federal sentencing guidelines a "dismal failure" because of their effort to impose a national policy on federal judges. In 1988 Cabranes tried to strike down the sentencing guidelines as a violation of the separation of powers. Cabranes's main scholarly work is Citizenship and the American Empire, a study of the Jones Act of 1917, which made Puerto Ricans American citizens.
Richard S. Arnold, 57. U.S. Court of Appeals, Little Rock, Arkansas. In addition to being Clinton's closest friend on the federal bench, the chief judge of the Eighth Circuit is, objectively, a star. A former candidate for Congress and legislative assistant to Senator Dale Bumpers, Arnold has written two serious law review articles arguing that state courts should have the power to enjoin federal officers who violate federal constitutional rights. Women's groups have already targeted a 1983 opinion in which Arnold refused to apply a Minnesota sex discrimination statute to the U.S. Jaycees. Arnold held -- plausibly, at least -- that the law violated the Jaycee's First Amendment right to freedom of association; but he was reversed by the Supreme Court, in an opinion written by his former boss, Brennan. Arnold was less of a textualist in a 1990 dissent, arguing expansively that "the right to name one's child" should be covered by the right to privacy.
Stephen G. Breyer, 54. U.S. Court of Appeals, Boston. The chief judge of the First Circuit has taught antitrust, administrative law and economic regulation at Harvard since 1965. He became a protege of Senator Edward Kennedy as chief counsel of the Judiciary Committee, where he won the trust of Senate Republicans and helped build a political coalition for airline deregulation. A forthcoming book will address the problems of regulating health risks. The most powerful theme that runs throughout Breyer's writing is pragmatism. He has defended the use of legislative history, and the Sentencing Guidelines (which he helped to draft), on the grounds that law is "properly subject to praise, or to criticism, in terms of certain pragmatic values." At the same time, he is capable of rigorous textual analysis, as he showed in a 1983 case -- unconvincingly reversed by Rehnquist -- in which Breyer held that the Reagan administration's restrictions on travel to Cuba violated Congress's intentions.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 60. U.S. Court of Appeals, Washington, D.C. "If you had to spend the rest of your life on a desert island with Laurence Tribe or Mario Cuomo, which would you choose?" Antonin Scalia was asked at a recent lunch with clerks at the federal courthouse in Washington. "Ruth Bader Ginsburg," Scalia replied. Scalia's esteem for Ginsburg is hardly based on political agreement; for Ginsburg can plausibly be described as the Thurgood Marshall of the women's rights movement. She was the first woman appointed professor of law at Columbia; and as the general counsel of the ACLU's Woman Right's Project from 1972-80, she persuaded the Supreme Court, in six landmark oral arguments, to grant heightened constitutional scrutiny for gender discrimination. Ginsburg also supplied the (controversial) constitutional arguments for extending the ratification deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment. Along with Patricia Wald -- who turns 65 this year and appears to be under less serious consideration because of her age -- Ginsburg has become the most respected judge on the D.C. Circuit. But she is considered slightly more moderate than Wald, who puts less emphasis on collegiality. Although firmly pro-choice on abortion, Ginsburg has an intelligently nuanced view about the constitutional issue posed by Roe v. Wade. In her Madison lecture at New York University last month, she argued that the Court should have simply struck down the extreme anti-abortion law presented in Roe, rather than create a rigid set of rules that displaced every state abortion law in the nation and choked off the legislative momentum in favor of liberalization. Roe might have been less controversial, Ginsburg argued, if it had invoked the reasoning of the gender discrimination cases: "disadvantageous treatment of a woman because of her pregnancy and reproductive choice is a paradigm case of discrimination on the basis of sex."
Of all the candidates, Ginsburg is the most respected both by liberals and conservatives. Her scrupulous position on Roe represents Clinton's best opportunity to cut the Gordian knot of the litmus test; and she is the candidate most likely to win over the swing justices in memos and at conference. The only concern about Ginsburg is that she might become too friendly with the mushy middle. But although she has been willing to compromise on minor details, her core positions -- on broad access to the courts, freedom of religion and speech and gender equality -- are models of principled liberalism. Her nomination would be one of the most acclaimed since Felix Frankfurter, who turned Ginsburg down for a clerkship in 1960 on the grounds that he wasn't ready for a woman. Now, we are.
Jeffrey Rosen is the former legal affairs editor at The New Republic and president and CEO of the National Constitution Center.
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Obsolete Media Miami
The cellulose acetate film degradation process begins with a release of acetic acid and ends sometime after liquid, bubbly deposits ooze and crystallize onto the emulsion. It is not so different than the decay of a more organic body, in both its staged progression and, most especially, its distinct scent—acetic acid is the key component of vinegar. Though there are ways to test for film degradation, one need only smell for it. It's vinegary, yes, but also simultaneously sharp and musty, fresh and rotting. It's a reminder: film is a living thing.
This—aging, vinegared history—is what it smelled like on an exceptionally sticky day in July at the headquarters of Obsolete Media Miami (O.M.M.) in the Design District, where O.M.M. cofounder, preservationist, and film archivist Barron Sherer was disposing of the culprit. (Vinegar syndrome, he explained, is contagious—to other rolls of film.) But it was not unpleasant; in fact, given the archive's interior life, it was a little bit intoxicating. The sun was streaming inside and a NASA documentary screened on a projector while Kevin Arrow—artist, collector, art and collections manager at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, and O.M.M.'s other half—projected overlaying visuals, creating a living, moving collage. Though O.M.M.'s space is wide open, it is crammed with old slides, archived footage, vintage equipment, and found art, all organized tightly enough to feel streamlined but nonchalantly enough to recall an especially fun attic. It is all meant for perusing, browsing, and, for some visitors, utilization.
Sherer and Arrow developed O.M.M. as a research archive, though its origins—obsessive hobbyism, artistic practice, and an intense need to share it all—render the archives an experimental project. Currently nominated for a Knight Arts Challenge grant, O.M.M. is especially utilitarian in an era of digital technology: beyond just the current fetishization of analog media, developing new ways to work with it represents an important merging of ideologies and time. O.M.M. is interested in what Sherer and other archivists refer to as "the migration of content—we're moving this analog material into the digital realm so people have easier access to it."
This is happening in a rather literal sense through actual media transfer, but also more holistically through artistic collaboration. David Brieske, Richard Vergez, and Dim Past are a few musicians currently working with sounds found in the archive for new recordings; pop-up film screenings of archival material are planned throughout the Design District.
At the Miami International Airport, O.M.M., commissioned by Yolanda Sanchez—who manages the fine arts and cultural affairs division of the Miami-Dade aviation department—created a roving pop-up cinema in the concourse, featuring silent films and creating, as Arrow explains, "an antidote to Fox News and airport TV."
There, the typically clinical monotony of the airport terminal was interrupted by the comically strange: projected screenings of the 1920 film One Week, in which a slapstick Buster Keaton and Sybil Seely attempt to build a house in seven days, or vintage animated shorts featuring Disney characters tossing basketballs. For such a welcomed program, the guys of O.M.M. went surprisingly rogue. On each day of their residency, they circled the international departures terminal in a golf cart, looking for the areas most populated with dull expressions. Then, having already stored their equipment, they posted up shop with a projector, screen, and speakers, prompting laughter from children and curious pauses from suits, who stopped mid-wheely-suitcase-roll to snack on Versailles pastries and stare. The interaction transcended the space, at least momentarily, but also encourage travelers to engage with it.
That's the essence of O.M.M.'s community presence: giving back by getting others involved. "Our careers have always been about public service, so now these artistic practices are lining up with that," says Sherer. "It turns out all these nutty, DIY tactics we've used have value." In June, as part of Locust Projects' LAB (Locust Art Builders) program, a class of local high school students visited the archives and made prints using old slides and images; Sherer and Arrow are putting together a filmmaking workshop, featuring Super 8s gifted by the artist Julie Kahn. "When the kids from Locust came by, they started using Photoshop terminology without even realizing it," says Arrow. "Instead of sandwiching the slides, they were making layers. Instead of hole-punching, they were deleting." Hobbies are satisfying conduits for any particular interest—they allow room for constant growth and sometimes act as a medium themselves—but they are much better when they become less singular, more communicative. O.M.M. is satisfying for geeks and inspiring for artists, but it's also a real educational resource, hosting classes and allowing others to explore, rent, or somehow incorporate parts of the archive into their own work.
"I think practicing generosity is important," Arrow explains. "The spirit of altruism runs through this whole project. Both Barron and I were friends with John Spire, who had an audio-visual company on 36th Street and 2nd Avenue; he passed away a few years ago. He was the most generous person in the world with his knowledge and his material. Anyone who shows an interest in this kind of stuff should be generous with their knowledge about it and helping people realize their projects. The volume of stuff that I have—I don't think I can activate all this material in my lifetime. It's great to let others activate it for me."
Adds Sherer: "It's a post-Internet thing: you realize that people have the same interests that we do. Just sitting in your garage with your slides and film is one thing. Then you realize there's this interest everywhere else."
Monica Uszerowicz is a writer and photographer in Miami.

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well this is sepia with a bit of colour thrown in for good measure, a pretty cobblestone street in knaresborough near where i live!!
I love the selective color!
A scene from Last of the Summer Wine !!
thanks, knaresborough is one of the prettiest places you could visit!!
Fee that is really beautiful, it looks great with the sepia. Such pretty flowers. Fantastic perspective.
I would have to agree with Sharon about cropping some off the top. My idea would be at the top of the downpipe.
I just love the selective colouring, I will have to try it one day.
thanks guys!! yes i agree, a crop does improve it!!
yes that would make it more 'authentic'. i may have a go at it (when im not feeling so lazy)!!
*update* i very quickly did it!!
That's great Fee, I really love this pic.
its really nice to have other members input because you all think of things that maybe i haven't noticed or hadn't thought of. please don't worry about offending because i really appreciate everyones feedback!! it's really helping me to improve. when i was here before, i learnt about ND filters (from sharon i think) and that really helped me lots since!!
I MISS THE COBBLESTONES. WE USED TO SEE A LOT OF THEM IN ENGLAND. LOVE THE GORGEOUS FLOWERS THEY BRING OUT THE BEAUTY OF THE STONES.
gosh my memory is poor isnt it.........maybe it was emilie, was definitely a female!!!
my curiosity got the better of me and i did a search!! it was emilie!!


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Amazon Prime vs Netflix: The Battle of The Best Streaming Service
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There isn't a soap opera Matt hasn't seen. But he isn't just hooked on soap operas. Anything that can bring Matt into a whole new world and make him feel like he's left his couch has his attention. He thinks watching TV shows from different countries helps to save him thousands of dollars in travel costs. He just clicks on the TV and away he goes!
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It would be pretty hard to find someone these days who doesn't pay for at least one streaming service. If you're like me, you probably have a few.
The two most popular options would be Amazon Prime and Netflix. Both have a lot of the same characteristics and create their own content, while also having classic and modern television series and movies.
Although Netflix has been around longer, Amazon Prime has become one of the most used streaming services in recent years, thanks in part to the benefits associated with ordering items from Amazon if you're a Prime member.
Both services do offer different content, prices, and streaming options, so it can be hard to determine which service makes for a better streaming experience.
If you've been having a hard time deciding on which one to get or which one to get rid of, I'm here to help you make a decision. So, here we go with the battle of the streaming services. Amazon Prime vs. Netflix.
Main Differences Between Amazon Prime vs Netflix
Amazon Prime has one pricing plan, whereas Netflix has three different plans to choose from.
Amazon Prime subscriptions come with other benefits, such as Prime Music and Prime Reading, whereas Netflix only offers its customers the streaming service alone.
Amazon Prime's viewing library is incredibly extensive, whereas Netflix's viewing library is smaller but has more original content.
Amazon Prime offers subscribers a free month trial, whereas Netflix does not.
Comparing Prices
Price is obviously a concern for most people when it comes to purchasing any product or service and it's no different for anyone who pays for a streaming service.
For some, it may play a larger role in what service they ultimately decide to use. We work hard for our money, and we want to make sure we're getting the most out of our investment.
Netflix currently has three plans. There are a few benefits that all of their plans have, such as the ability to watch on various devices and access the same content. Each plan also has different features, like the number of devices you can use at the same time and the streaming quality.
Netflix's basic plan is $ 9.99 a month. With that, you can only watch it on one device and there is no HD or 4K option. The standard plan is $ 14.99 and you can watch on two screens simultaneously and HD is available but in 4K.
The premium plan is $ 18.99 a month and with this place comes the ability to watch on four screens simultaneously and HD and 4K options are available.
Now when it comes to Amazon Prime, you only have one pricing plan option. The plan is $ 7.99 plus taxes per month or $ 79 annually. With this plan, users will be able to stream all movies and TV shows in the highest quality possible based on a person's TV and internet connectivity.
This includes HD, UHD, 4K and Dolby Atmos. Amazon Prime Video also allows you to buy or rent TV shows or movies. The biggest advantage of having Amazon Prime is all of the associated benefits that come along with it.
Being an Amazon Prime member comes with a slew of extra features that don't come with a Netflix subscription.
When you sign up with Amazon Prime, you instantly get access to free two-day shipping on millions of items or one-day delivery in select cities on qualifying orders over $ 25.
You get Prime Video, which is home to some excellent classic and new content that is constantly being updated, as well as Amazon Originals.
You also get Prime Music, which may not be as popular as Apple Music, but the selection is pretty vast and diverse. Lastly, you get Prime Reading – a rotating selection of eBooks and Amazon Photos, which grants you free unlimited photo storage.
Content Comparison
Netflix has been in the streaming game the longest, so it's no surprise that it has a lot of renowned content on it.
It has become a key distributor of movies and television shows around the world and is currently vastly superior when it comes to the amount of current and original content. Series produced by or made for Netflix has won numerous awards, with many of them becoming critical and commercial successes.
Netflix is fairly consistent with the amount of content they release. New content is virtually added daily or at a minimum, every week. Netflix does a solid job at carrying all types of genres as far as television shows and movies go, and they also have a highly-regarded documentary section.
On the flip side, Amazon Prime Video does have more overall titles than Netflix does. As of this writing, Amazon Prime Video has roughly 18,000 movies and over 4,500 television shows. Of course, I can't verify that, as I'm too busy writing this.
Compared to Netflix in terms of original content, Amazon Prime Video is lacking in this department. They do have some wonderful shows though, such as Mr. Robot, Transparent, etc., but they can't hold a candle to the amount of incredible original programming that Netflix has to offer.
Amazon Prime Video adds new movies and television shows on practically the same basis that Netflix does, but it's better suited for people who enjoy more regional content, as they offer a more distinct and broad range of titles. Netflix on the other hand is a better choice for people who prefer to binge-watch original content.
The Difference Between Amazon and Netflix in Terms of Original Programming
Back in 2019, Netflix stated they were going to put $ 2 billion into original content, and by judging the amount of Netflix-produced programming that has hit our screens, I'd say they kept up their promise.
Also, since 2015, Netflix has increased its content budget by an estimated 34% annually. They shelled out nearly $ 16 billion in 2020 for content, but these numbers are not sustainable, as more of Netflix's budget will find its way into international markets.
Netflix has also gone out and spent an estimated $ 600 million to acquire the worldwide streaming right to comedy juggernaut, Seinfeld. This will end the streaming site Crave's rights who have aired the classic show for the past several years.
In contrast, Amazon spent $ 5 billion on content back in 2017, and that number has consistently grown since then, with Amazon spending roughly $ 7 billion on content in 2020.
The tech giant has also spent some major cash on some popular franchises, as they are trying to get away from niche programming, such as Bosch and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Amazon paid $ 250 million for the right to the beloved series, The Lord of the Rings. Amazon is looking to invest around $ 1 billion over five seasons, which would make it the most expensive series in history.
They also went out and spent $ 40 million on some Sundance hits from the past few years, sadly they did not yield the healthy return that Amazon would have liked.
Who Has a Better User-Interface?
Some people are creatures of habit ad have just adapted to using Netflix. Many feel comfortable with the old-fashioned red-colored theme that Netflix has become known for. Overall, their set-up on televisions and other devices is pretty straightforward, neat and easy to maneuver through.
Although, a lot of users of Netflix are not fans of the way that a trailer or a short scene from a movie or show will start playing when you stay on something for longer than a few seconds. I for one am in this group.
Amazon Prime Video has a different and unique-looking interface that I actually prefer. Unlike Netflix, Amazon Prime Video uses different user interfaces for various devices. So, where you're on a Smartphone, Fire-Tv or tablet, the interface is suited to work with the dimensions of the device.
A streaming service isn't valuable if it isn't compatible with your other devices. Amazon Prime Video is compatible with a wide assortment of platforms and devices, including web browsers on a PC or MAC.
Amazon Prime Video works are compatible with Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, iOS, Android, Xbox One and Series X, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and later versions, Nintendo Wii U, Blu-ray players, smart TVs, Google's Chromecast and Chromecast Ultra.
Netflix, being the originator is compatible with all of the devices and platforms that are listed above, as well as several others, such as Nintendo3DS and Windows Phone.
Question: Is Netflix better than Amazon Prime?
Answer: It's hard to say if Netflix is better than Amazon. They are both quite different in the content they provide. Amazon offers more titles but less original content. Netflix has fewer titles to choose from, but they make some incredible original content. It's really more about your own particular watching habits.
Question: Does Amazon Prime cost more than Netflix?
Answer: Amazon Prime is actually slightly cheaper than Netflix's basic package. Amazon Prime is $ 7.99 a month, where Netflix's basic package is $ 9.99 a month.
Question: Is Amazon Prime going to start making more original content?
Answer: Yes! Amazon has said that they are going to put more than a billion dollars into original programming.
Question: What shows are on Netflix that aren't on Amazon Prime Video?
Answer: Thanks to the original programming that they have produced or created, Netflix has shows like Bridgerton, The Queen's Gambit, Sherlock and Glow that you won't find on Amazon Prime.
Question: Which streaming service has move overall content: Netflix or Amazon Prime?
Answer: Overall, Amazon Prime has more content than Netflix. Amazon Prime has more than 22,000 TV shows and movies. Netflix has less than a quarter of that amount.
Amazon Prime vs. Netflix: The Final Conclusion
As with most things in life, human beings like having a choice. Only having one option to choose from is boring. Luckily, aft reading this, you'll be able to make an informed decision about which streaming site may be best for you.
If you are looking at signing up for your first time with a company, Amazon offers you a first-month trial for free. This allows you to see if you like what streaming is all about without spending a cent.
If you're contemplating which service to keep or get rid of, I recommend having an in-depth look into what kind of shows and movies you and your family tend to watch more.
If you like more options but with less original content, I'd say go Amazon. If you prefer high-quality original content but fewer options overall, I'd recommend Netflix.
My favorite of the two services is, drum roll, please ……… Amazon Prime! I prefer its user interface; the types of movies and TV shows Amazon Prime Video has on it and how frequently new stuff is added. Plus, if you order a lot of things off of Amazon, you cannot beat the benefits that being an Amazon Prime member grants you.
So, Amazon Prime for the win. Happy viewing to you all and stay safe out there.
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Retirement Living to Reach New Heights in Waitara
The Kokoda Residences has been given the green light, marking an early milestone in the delivery of this modern multi-storey seniors living tower in Waitara, on Sydney's North Shore.
The Kokoda Residences signifies a new trend in the aged care and retirement sector, aimed at providing residents with the benefits of community-style living and easy access to important services and transport with close proximity to central city areas.
"We're confident that the project delivery team will ensure a quality building that will complement the Vasey portfolio. This development will truly allow us to return a vibrant senior's community to Waitara."
Kate Gunton – Chairman, Vasey Communities
Kokoda Residences will set a new benchmark for retirement living, offering a vertical community hub complete with 117 independent living units over 12 storeys. Kokoda's multi-storey tower design will offer residents the option of one, two or three bedroom apartments located in close proximity to the restaurants, cafes, arts and cultural attractions in the surrounding suburbs.
We are honoured to have been selected as the Managing Contractor to partner with Vasey Communities, a not-for-profit organisation that specialises in the development of secure, independent residential accommodation for members of the community in need, particularly those with a defence connection.
"We have a proud history of providing retirement living communities across Sydney and this project is a key plank in our village modernisation program."
With Australia's population of 85 years and over expected to increase from 1.8% to 8% over the next 3 years, RCC appreciates the significant contribution that the Kokoda Residences will make to meeting the future demand for aged care and independent living communities.
RCC is committed to supporting the ageing populations in the communities we live and work in, and we look forward to applying our 30+ years aged care and retirement living experience to delivering what will certainly be a superior retirement living accommodation facility, and a cornerstone in Vasey Communities' growing collection of retirement communities across Sydney.
"Both Vasey and RCC have a rich history built around integrity and care. These shared values and our specialist Retirement Living experience, will allow us to collaborate with the stakeholder team to provide a market leading facility and a home for future residents."
– Rod Burger, General Manager of the Aged Care & Retirement Living Division RCC
More about the Kokoda Residences
The Kokoda Residences project consists of a new multi-storey tower offering 117 Independent Living Units over 12 levels of habitable community space with direct access to allied health, mixed retail and commercial services, multi-purpose recreation, meeting rooms and 2 storey basement parking.
The Kokoda Residences is part of the Vasey Communities' growing portfolio of seniors living accommodation across Sydney and is scheduled for completion in 2021.
View more of RCC's retirement living projects here.
Read more about Vasey Communities' growing aged care living portfolio here.
An Exhausting and Rewarding 100km for Lifeline
RCC couldn't be prouder of members of our Newcastle team who pushed themselves to the limit for a worthy cause – the Newy100 team completed 100km in 18 hours to raise awareness and a staggering $50,000 in funds for Lifeline Direct!
Alan McCully and Adrian Connell, both from our Newcastle office, were part of a crew of 15 local Hunter athletes who took on the Newy100 – This monumental 100km by foot event was organised to raise awareness and much needed funds for the suicide prevention and crisis support service, Lifeline Direct. The funds will go to the Lifeline Direct Newcastle and Central Coast branch who have been providing the local community with free access to counselling, crisis and bereavement support services for years.
"On behalf of Lifeline in Newcastle and the Hunter we were honoured to have the Newy100 team choose Lifeline as their charity partner. The fundraising team is very lean and work extremely hard to raise funds to sustain the centre so we are extremely grateful for the monies raised which will support our local centre in Islington.
I was very fortunate to be present over the 18-hour event and witness the camaraderie and determination of the Newy100. And the final 10km, what a wonderful sight; the community support and connection synonymous with what Lifeline represents."
Julie Wicks – Regional General Manager, Lifeline Direct
For the weeks leading up to the event, RCC's extended family and the wider Newcastle community showed an enormous display of support that certainly helped the team surpass their initial $10,000 goal. Alan, RCC Project Engineer and brave Newy100 finisher, said the incredible generosity just goes to show how much the issue of mental health and support services like Lifeline resonates within the local community – and particularly the construction industry.
"Mental health affects so many families, particularly those working in our industry. Organisations such as Lifeline are so important for our community – they literally save lives. The reason I wanted to get involved was not just the personal challenge but because the money raised stays within the local Newcastle community."
"To say we are grateful and humbled is an understatement."
Alan McCully – RCC Project Engineer
The team also invited the local community to join them for the final 10km, 5km or 2km of the mammoth 100km event, which generated another huge display of support, despite the rain.
Congratulations to the Newy100 team for your huge achievement; RCC is certainly proud to have two of their own showing such a selfless commitment to the community!
More About Lifeline Direct
Lifeline Direct is the local delivery arm for Life Australia and is an amalgamation of local offices that share administrative and other support services. The Newcastle and Hunter regions are particularly underfunded, so any donation large or small is very much appreciated.
Click here to show your support for the Newy100 and to donate to Lifeline Direct Newcastle/Hunter.
Read more about Lifeline Direct's services.
Meet Neil – He Loves His Job
In celebration of being awarded the 10th Best Place to Work in Australia by Great Place to Work, RCC has interviewed 10 employees who love their job. RCC is honoured to have such passionate employees who jumped at the opportunity to share what they do, and why they love it.
Meet Neil Coubrough. This year marks Neil's 20th anniversary at RCC. With two decades at RCC and a career in construction under his belt, Neil's seen the enormous growth and evolution the industry has experienced since well before 2000.
But despite an evolving industry, Neil says the culture and camaraderie at RCC has remained steady, and combined with the security his job offers him and his family, Neil says there's very little reason why he wouldn't love coming to work each day.
"I think the reason why I love working at RCC has a lot to do with the people and the culture. To me it's not about the money, it's about working with a team and a culture that you can genuinely relate to."
At the turn of the century, when Neil's RCC journey began, the company was undertaking its first multistage development at the Liberty Grove Residential Complex, ahead of the huge influx of visitors for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Over the next two decades, markets would fluctuate and RCC would take on more projects across various locations and sectors. But despite a growing team taking on larger and more complex projects, Neil says RCC values have remained consistent.
"We're all one team and we're all trying to work to the same goal. There's been a lot of industry change over the last 20 years, but the RCC name and the quality of everyone working here has remained the same."
"You come to work with your friends."
"Everyone wants to be here and I think that's great for the team and the project."
After starting out as a Sub Foreman and progressing to Site Supervisor, Neil now works within our dedicated Aged Care and Retirement Living division and is currently delivering the landmark M by Montefiore project. Throughout his career, Neil has gained experience across the various aspects of a Site Supervisor role, from structures, to facades and finishes. Now specialising in finishes, Neil's especially thankful for the way RCC has shown consistent support for his strengths over the years.
"With RCC you have the opportunity to go from being a foreman to a project manager, to a construction manager, if you want to."
"For me, my path is doing what I do best, and that's working with people on site and making it all happen on the ground. This is where I'm happy."
Neil says his approach to managing large teams is simple;
"I think I earn people's respect because I do what I say. If you say you're going to get an area ready or do a certain job, you do it. Being true to your word and working safe are important RCC values for us and our clients."
As one of the project's go-to men, Neil's job is all about delivering certainty to his team and the client, Montefiore. Whilst Neil says he loves his job for many reasons, he said that the certainty and security RCC has given him over the years has made the biggest impact on him and his family.
"Feeling safe and being secure is a big thing for me and RCC has always given me that."
Neil was nominated by his colleagues for the infectious positivity and hard-working attitude he's brought to RCC for the last 20 years.
Neil's experience speaks volumes about RCC's unwavering culture and camaraderie despite the growth and evolution of the industry. By valuing our teams, and specifically their unique strengths and development, a sense of security means people like Neil can become valued, long-serving employees.
MORE ABOUT 'M' BY MONTEFIORE
Neil is currently a Site Supervisor on the $106m 'M by Montefiore' project.
The development consists of 79 luxury Independent Living Units in Sydney's Randwick. Each apartment features high-end design and quality finishes, setting a new benchmark for quality retirement living.
MORE ABOUT OUR 10TH BEST PLACE TO WORK STATUS
The Great Place to Work assessment is a feedback-based study obtained from a confidential survey of our 700+ employees. It involves an independent audit across areas like hiring and integration, health and wellness, as well as workplace culture. In celebration of being awarded the 10th Best Place to Work in Australia, RCC is interviewing 10 employees about why they love their job.
Learn more about Great Place To Work Australia and their 50 Best Places To Work Study.
Meet Gabby – She Loves Her Job
In celebration of being awarded the 10th Best Place to Work in Australia by Great Place to Work, RCC has interviewed 10 employees who love their job. We're honoured to have such passionate employees who jumped at the opportunity to share what they do, and why they love it.
Meet Gabby McGinness. Gabby is a Contracts Administrator based in the ACT. Since joining RCC, just 18 months ago, Gabby has grown to love her job for the mentors, and for her potential to develop and progress with the company.
"After starting with RCC a year and a half ago in the CA role, I've had the pleasure of working closely with Bob Anthony and Dave Archbold who have both been long serving RCC employees – over 20 years. They have been great mentors by always demonstrating the company values and showing me the RCC way."
As a young cadet, Gabby says she was fortunate enough to receive invaluable mentorship from another female CA she describes as 'strong, capable and determined'. After working hard to progress to a similar role, Gabby has now been a CA for four years – undoubtedly emulating the same hardworking attitude as her first female mentor.
"I'm working towards Senior CA at the moment, but long term I'd like to be a Contracts Manager. I'd love to manage all the head contract administration and take on more client liaison. The role also appeals to me because of the opportunity to manage and mentor a team in the same way I have been mentored."
Gabby says that the company's commitment to diversity and inclusion with staff of various ages and levels of experience creates a positive culture and an environment where personal development and mentorship are accessible opportunities for everyone.
"There's many times that I've been the only female on a project site, but I still get treated the same and have the same opportunities as my male counterparts."
Belonging to a close-knit family herself, Gabby loves her job for the familial bond she's formed with her team, and says site is a home away from home for her.
"My upbringing has taught me that there's nothing more important than family, and that's who you go above and beyond for.
When I joined RCC, I noticed this company has that same feeling within the project team and different business sectors. I think it is great that The Crookes family promote that family company mentality and invite everyone in the company to be a part of it."
With her sights set on a prosperous career in the construction industry, it's talented individuals like Gabby that make RCC's team culture a supportive one. We're proud to have a workplace that allows for progression, growth and fulfillment, but it's our RCC family members who ultimately make this possible.
MORE ABOUT THE ANU SA8 PROJECT
The SA8 student accommodation project for the Australian National University (ANU) involves the design and construction of 1031 student accommodation beds with single occupant rooms in 8 buildings across 5-8 storeys. Designs for both SA6 and SA8 buildings are based on student surveys, emphasizing the importance of communal spaces and encouraging greater interaction between students, their families and the campus community.
Having delivered the SA6 Bruce Hall Redevelopment project for ANU in 2017, RCC was honoured to be selected as the university's construction partner to deliver the current SA8 development.
The Great Place to Work assessment is a feedback-based study obtained from a confidential survey of our 700+ employees. It involves an independent audit across areas like hiring and integration, health and wellness, as well as workplace culture.
2018 was the first year RCC entered the assessment and we were thrilled to be awarded 17th Best Place to Work. Within a year, we rolled out a number of new initiatives to better the experiences of our people. To be recognised as the 10th Best Place to Work this year is a credit to our continued commitment to ensuring that everyone at RCC genuinely looks forward to coming to work each day.
Happy Holidays and Thank You
To our entire extended family, thank you for enjoying the journey with us this year; we wish you a safe and happy holiday season.
It has been a pleasure working with you in 2019 and we look forward to continuing our partnership in 2020.
If you would like to hear more about the projects RCC has delivered, then take a look at our PROJECTS.
If you want to know more about our history and our team, then take a look at WHO WE ARE
$140K For The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Our generous extended family have donated more than $140K to The Sydney Children's Hospital at Westmead. This incredible fundraising has been led by RCC's Industrial team, who are known within our business for their great hair… as well as their big hearts!
Last night more than 40 staff lost their hair for Bandaged Bear and presented The Sydney Children's Hospital at Westmead with the donation. Only a few weeks ago the team decided they would like to raise funds for the worthy cause in the lead up to Christmas, committing to shave their heads to generate donations.
Claude, RCC's General Manager of Industrial, said the generous donation had started with the team themselves and then received support from family, friends, clients and project partners who got on board for the charity;
"Donations from our business partners including subcontractors, suppliers and clients highlight their generosity and how aligned our entire extended family is in our values and commitment to giving back to our local community. I'm extremely proud of the team; its humbling to see them apply the same commitment and passion to this cause as they do to their work every day.
It means a lot to everyone at RCC knowing we have been able to give back to an organisation that touches the lives of so many sick children and their families. We had a choice to shave our heads, but the kids don't have any choice in being sick… We are grateful for what the Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation do each day and being able to be part of that is really rewarding"
Claude Concha – General Manager, Industrial
Claude, whose young son also volunteered to shave his head, said that he was proud to work for a family-based company that encouraged community contribution and to be surrounded by likeminded people who all wanted to jump on board and do something meaningful.
Michal Cohen-Noble from the Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation said she was overwhelmed by the figure and grateful for the donation;
"there are many things we can do with an amount of money like this. It's just absolutely unbelievable" and said such a significant contribution could be used in so many ways; "with this amount we can fund many different things like high priority equipment, on our list that could potentially help in critical emergency care surgical theatres, a fellow which would help any of our departments further the education of our doctors".
Michal Cohen-Noble – The Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation
More about the Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation
The Children's Hospital at Westmead is able to care for 84,000 sick children and their families each year as a result of community support and fundraising.
Learn more about their valuable work.
Meet Jack – He Loves His Job
Meet Jack Reggers. Jack joined RCC in his final years of his engineering degree. Starting in a Graduate role that allowed him to study and gain practical experience in the industry, Jack is now a Site Engineer on our Opera Residences project, delivering one of Sydney's most exclusive future residential developments.
"I love my job and I love what I do, but I think 90% of that is because I come to work with brilliant people every day."
"At RCC, you actually feel like someone. From the Project Manager right through to the cadets, you can feel that everyone truly values each other and the company we work for."
With a family of more than 700 employees, we are committed to ensuring our teams feel familiar and well connected. On a site with over 100 individuals, Jack says the RCC team's culture and mateship creates an environment which keeps them on track; delivering high quality projects whilst genuinely enjoying the process along the way.
"We have meetings with our clients, subcontractors, consultants and architects and everybody sits in the same room to listen and collaborate. Everyone is talking and working together to get the job done."
"It's one collaborative project team pushing in the right direction."
Jack loves his job for its challenges, and for the colleagues he says have become his family. Nominated the 10th Best Place to Work in our category in Australia, we're thrilled to employ passionate people that genuinely enjoy what they do and provide them with a supportive environment and positive company culture to thrive in.
More About the 10th Best Place to Work
More About the RCC Family
If Jack's story has left you wanting to hear more about what its like to be part of the RCC family then watch this space – we are planning another 9 employee interviews over the next 9 months.
In the meantime, check out this video to hear from other members of our team.
More About the Opera Residences
This project includes the construction of 104 high end apartments over 19 levels, three levels of retail space and 6 levels of basement parking within the busy Bennelong Point precinct. Public domain works involve a stairway from Circular Quay to Macquarie Street and a general upgrade to the Circular Quay Public Domain.
MBA Excellence In Construction Awards
RCC would like to congratulate our project teams and subcontractor, consultant and supply partners involved in delivering the Regiment student accommodation project at the University of Sydney campus in Darlington and the Shortland Correctional Centre in Cessnock.
These collective teams who worked on these projects received an award last weekend at the NSW 'Excellence in Construction' Awards gala event.
Regiment Student Accommodation
NSW MBA Award Category:
Student Accommodation Buildings up to $100m Shortland Correctional Centre
Justice Infrastructure
Public Buildings over $50m
For us, success is about completing a development that RCC, our clients and our project partners can all be proud of. Congratulations to everyone who played a part in the design and delivery of these award-winning projects.
Oran Park's First Commercial Topping Out
Project milestone celebrations are always special, but the recent Topping Out Ceremony at Oran Park celebrated the towns first standalone commercial building and raised funds for a worthy cause.
To mark the completion of the structure on the future TRN House building, Greenfields Development Company, TRN Group and the wider project team joined RCC to see the ceremonial tree craned onto the roof slab.
Our Project Manager, Michael said that being able to share the day with wife and daughter was a hallmark of the collaborative environment and culture on the project;
"Greenfields Development Company share RCC's family values and it's rewarding to be working with them, the entire consultant and subcontractor team and the local community so collaboratively".
Michael Ryan
Mark Perich of Greenfields Development Company in Oran Park Town said, "Once complete, TRN House will be the first A-Grade equivalent standalone commercial space offered for sale or lease in Oran Park Town".
TRN House will stand alongside the existing Oran Park Podium retail and commercial precinct and will be the latest addition to Oran Park Town's growing commercial hub.
The event was also an opportunity to promote Pink Up Oran Park, a breast cancer awareness and fundraising campaign supporting the McGrath Foundation, which has seen several sites across Oran Park Town turning a shade of pink during the month of October.
Cana Communities Praise Our Cadets
Finding ways to give back in the communities we live and work in is important to RCC and our staff. Our cadets take this commitment seriously, recently using their construction management skills and passion for a worthy cause to make a real difference for those in need. Our generous subcontractor and supplier partners joined RCC staff to deliver a much-needed upgrade of CANA Communities emergency accommodation in Sydney.
Cana Communities is a charitable organisation which has been operating in Sydney since 1975. They provide short to middle term accommodation for those who are at risk and have nowhere to go. They hold weekly dinners and lunches and provide a community support for those who are suffering or in need, to help them get back on their feet. The organisation is mostly run by volunteers and is solely reliant on donations from the community.
The renovations included the installation of a brand new kitchen, new carpeting, appliances and doors, electrical and hydraulic maintenance, as well as fresh paint throughout the entire home.
Thanks to the generosity of everyone who worked on the project this updated crisis accommodation will now provide those in need with a safe and comfortable place to stay. Our cadets are grateful to Cana Communities for providing them with an opportunity to meet some incredible people and make a difference. As a family owned company we are also incredibly proud of our cadet team; their commitment to the project and their preparation of the budget, programme, resourcing and procurement was impressive and demonstrates the passion and values behind our culture at RCC.
"So much care and effort put it in for people that are usually forgotten. It was good how flexible the people from RCC were, it gave a new feeling of hope to the residents. It was great to see young volunteers taking on this initiative"
Cana Communities
RCC would also like to thank the network of generous subcontractors and suppliers who donated their time, skills and materials to this rewarding project and made it an enjoyable journey for everyone involved.
Shout out to the following organisations who partnered with us on this rewarding initiative:
Top Knot Carpentry & Woodworx Joinery
Winning Appliances
Grid Electrical
Planet Plumbing
Arrow Flooring
TruLogic
Ikon Doors
Premium Doors
Stellar Roofing
Rodaux
Oriel Carpentry
Noria Painting
Lifestart Donation: Site Team Fundraises for Local Community Charity
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June 3, 2017 October 24, 2018 Alicia Sakal
Warm weather days are here at last, and ice cream is a rite of summer!
Marc Jayson, owner of The Goodie Shoppe in New Fairfield, wants to be the go-to destination for ice cream lovers near and far this summer. After all, ice cream has become an actual "ice cream season!"
This hidden gem, located at the corner of Routes 37 and 39, serves up divinely tasty ice cream that's proudly made by Buck's Ice Cream of Milford, Connecticut, a family-owned business known for its premium ice cream.
Some of the best-sellers The Goodie Shoppe carries are certain to tempt the taste buds!
Try Toasted Almond that's made with crumbled French Macaroons, Salted Carmel that's just the right mix of sweet and salty, or Pineapple Coconut that tastes like a Pina Colada.
Of course, one can never go wrong with the "classics" like Chocolate Chip, French Vanilla, and Strawberry or the "pseudo classics" like Mint Chocolate Chip, Butter Pecan, and Cookies and Cream.
However, there's always a new variation to sample like Ultimate Chocolate, Strawberry Cheesecake, and Black Raspberry Chocolate Chunk with Chocolate Swirl.
Ma ny of the children's favorites, and shhh, sometimes "adult" favorites, too, are Cotton Candy, Orange Cream, Peach, Cherry, Peanut Butter, Moose Tracks, and Cookie Dough.
As for the flavors that are the most popular with adults… Cake Batter, Cappuccino, Chocolate Hazelnut, Praline and Cream, Rum Raisin, and Fudge Ripple truly taste just like they sound!
For the more adventurous, there's Swamp and Mud that, fortunately, do not taste at all like they sound, but are just rather "mixed up" and scrumptious!
And, Rainbow Sherbert is always a refreshing frozen indulgence, too.
Price: "Home of the $2.00 Ice Cream Cone!"
Extras: 50 cents each – Chocolate chips, chocolate syrup, hot fudge, cookie crumbs, sprinkles, Reese's pieces, whipped cream, walnuts, and waffle cones.
Additional "chilly treats" to try: Shakes, Sundaes, Pints, and Floats!
Address: New Fairfield Shopping Center, 1 Brush Hill Rd Ste 7 (at the corner of Routes 37 & 39).
Summer Hours: Monday – 7 am to 11 am, Tuesday through Friday – 7 am to 9 pm, Saturday – 7 am to 9 pm, and Sunday – 8 am to 1 pm.
ABOUT THE GOODIE SHOPPE…
For over 20 years, Marc Jayson has owned and operated The Goodie Shoppe in New Fairfield with his wife, Debbie. He personally makes handmade breads of all kinds and decadent pastries, cookies, cakes, and cupcakes for his store every morning. Marc also carries his own original blend of a dark roast coffee.
In his earlier career, Marc was a chef at many well-respected restaurants throughout Fairfield County. He is a graduate of The Culinary Institute of America, CIA.
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Home books Tales of Dormiraa Slumber
The Tailor has been tasked to find the princess…
Upon decree from his king, Sebastian, Tailor to the entire kingdom of Dormiraa, embarks on the mission to fetch the Princess Thalia home, her seven year Royal Tour over. He didn't expect to find her working with clockwork and gears, encased within a coffin of glass. He did not expect the sight of her wild black hair to set his heart to pound, or the flash of her dark eyes would heat his blood. He did not expect he would want her so badly, not when he could never have her.
The princess must become the Queen…
Thalia has always known she must return to the capital to prepare for the throne. She did not expect her father to send the Tailor to fetch her, or that this man with his extravagant clothes and subtle cosmetics would intrigue her so well. There was something about him, something that spoke of danger and secrets, even as his wicked mouth and knowing eyes made her yearn.
However, not everyone desires the princess's return. When they are attacked, they can only turn to each other. Will they overcome status and secrets to discover a love for all time?
The discordant note of a missed strike sounded rose from the coffin, followed by a terse mutter. By the Maiden, was the princess cursing?
A sudden, terrible thought occurred. Was it the princess? Surely she wouldn't curse as if she were a dockworker Maybe it was his source had lied about the gear worker being the lost princess. Maybe this wasn't her at all, and he would spend another three months trying to find the erstwhile royal.
No. If it killed him, this would be her. He was not going to waste any more time on this.
So decided, he intoned, "Princess," in the clear, strong voice he used to quell conversation.
The woman in the coffin—the princess, damn his eyes—started, and a loud clang split the air, immediately followed by one of those deliciously vulgar curses. Pulling out of the coffin, she glared at him.
His breath strangled in his throat. Heat stormed through him, his cock hardening in his too-thin breeches.
Thrice-damned god, but she was arresting.
Wild ebony hair escaped from the band holding it back while furious black eyes pilloried him, full lips pursed in displeasure. Her worker's clothes revealed more of her form than they should, the homespun shirt opened to the middle of her breast bone. The undyed fabric seemed too rough for such fine skin, the dull, off-white hue a contrast with her dusky flesh. The brown leather harness of her trade nipped in her waist and cupped her breasts, while trousers outlined full hips and long legs, the latter encased in knee-high boots of soft brown leather capped with steel.
Quite insanely, he wanted to taste the damp skin revealed by her shirt.
"What do you think you're doing?" she demanded.
She had to be the princess. Only royalty could deal such a stare.
"Doing?" he said.
She folded her arms beneath her breasts. He tried not to notice how her action plumped her flesh deliciously through the leather. "Do not come into a workroom and startle a gear worker, especially if she's wielding tools that could harm her, the object she works on, and your fat head once she recovers herself."
"My apologies, Princess." He offered his most charming smile and ignored how the darkening of her scowl made him harder. "I am the Tailor, and I have been sent to fetch you home."
I am a huge fan of fairy tale retellings…when they are done as well as this one. I have a special place in my heart for Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty style tales, but I have to confess I prefer a strong feminine heroine which is not always the case in those stories. In this story the heroine is strong and knows what she wants, but also able to bend for love. The dichotomy of the strength and frippery of the tailor add to the pleasure of this story.
– Books, Books, and more Books
Its a great little story, with some action and drama, and so much love between Sebastian and Thalia, but neither will admit at, till Thalia's life is in danger. I loved the interaction between them, especially when Thalia pulled her Princess pants up and got all high and mighty with Sebastian, and didn't he just love that!
– Paranormal Romance and Authors that Rock
SLUMBER is based upon "The Glass Coffin", a fairy tale similar to "Sleeping Beauty". I'd been referring the Talia and Sebastian's story as 'the fairy tale story thing' which was a cumbersome way to refer to it, as well as being stunningly unimaginative.
When I got the thinking cap out of the cupboard, dusted it off, put it on my head and finally figured out what the plot would be, I realised SLUMBER was the perfect title. So, from then on, SLUMBER it was!
Decadent Publishing announced they were launching a new line based on fairy tales called Beyond Fairytales. Of course, I jumped at the chance. I LOVE fairy tales so much and was excited to write my own take. I was assigned "The Glass Coffin", a Brothers Grimm tale I hadn't heard of before. After a quick look on the internet, I discovered it was a tale very similar to "Sleeping Beauty" and featured a young tailor who fought a bear and a stag in the forest and then found a princess imprisoned in a coffin of glass by an evil sorcerer.
Using bits and pieces of the tale, I crafted Talia and Sebastian's tale, a story of the tailor of the kingdom of Dormiraa sent to the find the princess, missing for seven years.
As part of my newsletter, I wrote AWAKEN, a companion novella to SLUMBER featuring Thalia's Guardians, Bharia and Stahg. Now, you can read it in full or purchase at your favourite ebook retailer.


Destruction is one of my favorite poems, I've always wanted to do a visual representation of this fantastic piece of writing that has stuck with me since I was little.
I did an English translation using an online translator and my old Spanish copy because I didn't really like the ones out there, this one has a more plain an simple approach.
I'm now working on the video and hope to finish it up in a few days.
And filling them with eternal wicked desire.
Accustoms my lips to infamous love charms.
endless and deserted plains of displeasure.
And the bloody apparatus of Destruction!


May 10th, 2016 – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Intellizence, Inc. is excited to announce that it has been selected as a "2016 TiE50 Winner" for the prestigious TiE50 Technology Awards Program. Winners were announced on Friday, May 6th at the organization's annual entrepreneurial conference, TiECon 2016.
"It is a great honor for Intellizence to be selected as a "2016 TiE50 Winner". This recognition will help increase our standing with customers, investors, and partners and will also assist us in attracting top-tier talent," said Intellizence Founder & CEO, Sachi Komarasamy.


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homed coronavirus Haslemere Adoption Centre
Our new hands-free homing process, which allows people to adopt a cat through the coronavirus crisis, has seen its 1,000th cat go to a new home!
Many of us are getting used to a 'new normal' due to restrictions from the COVID-19 lockdown, and that includes charities like Cats Protection.
In order to continue to be #HereForTheCats and find the moggies in our care loving new families, we've had to adopt a brand new way of rehoming.
Our hands-free homing process involves members of the public finding their purrfect match online, and then us delivering their new companion to their door, all with no human contact.
The scheme has already been a huge success, with more than 1,000 cats delivered to the doorsteps of their excited new owners.
Zoe and Zizzi, a mother cat and her kitten, are just two of the moggies we have homed in this way.
Their new owner Jenny Ball said: "We've been looking for cats that would be right for our family and when we saw Zoe and Zizzi on Haslemere Adoption Centre's Facebook page, we knew that they would be perfect. The contactless process was really straightforward; just a few phone calls and some paperwork and then, the next thing we knew, we had a date for their arrival.
"Since they arrived, the children haven't left their side, even sleeping in the room with them and the cats seem to be lapping up all the attention. They have found their favourite spots; Zoe likes the window seat and they both like to snuggle in their cat tower."
Mark Beazley, Cats Protection's Director of Operations, said: "Much of our work was paused following government advice and our priority was the ongoing care for cats already in our centres or with fosterers. Keeping an open mind about how we've done things in the past has been important as we review and adapt to new ways of working. Hands-free homing has been a tremendous success – hopefully only the first of many."
If you would like to adopt a cat through our new hands-free homing process, visit www.cats.org.uk/hands-free-homing to find out how.
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A teacher will probably wish to use tasks throughout the year to assess capability in specific skills, or to consider students' overall oracy capability in specific contexts, whether or not they have used the initial assessment tasks. Here the intention is assessment for learning (AfL), with evidence derived from the assessments being used to develop teaching, to inform feedback and so to move students' learning forward.
The tasks intended for use at the beginning and end of Year 7 may, of course, be used at any point in the year to check progress, or to enable assessment where presentation, group collaborative discussion or giving and receiving instructions are the focus in the class.
The AfL tasks that follow are presented to give teachers a starting point for assessing oracy skills in the context of debate, drama, group tasks, presentations, instructional tasks and role play. They are not tied to specific curriculum content, but are broadly framed so that they might be used in the context of different lessons. Nevertheless, the skills associated with each task are clearly defined and linked to the skills framework, so that a teacher can choose the focus of assessment in line with their specific foci for teaching and learning.
These are not, of course, the only tasks that might be used in the day-to-day assessment of oracy skills and teachers should feel free to use the general principle of linking specific skills to tasks to create their own AfL tasks.
an assessment proforma for students so that they can make an evaluation of their own and their peers' oracy skills in the context of the task.
As these are AfL tasks, this last element of the presented tasks is particularly important. Though the tasks might be assessed by teachers alone, this is an opportunity to harness the power of student involvement in the assessment process, so that shared goals for development can be established.
GOLD means 'consistently demonstrates this skill'.
SILVER means 'demonstrates this skill some of the time'.
BRONZE means 'rarely or never demonstrates this skill yet'.
Teachers have adopted a variety of approaches to completing these sheets and there is no 'correct way'.
Some teachers have given a rating for each skill as the task has been carried out, later providing an overall oracy rating for the student after considering their individual skills ratings. Other teachers have made much greater use of the notes sections during the task, given an overall oracy rating at the end, and retrospectively considered which skills were evidenced, and to what extent, by individual students during the task. The point is that the information should be useful and a formative influence on teaching.


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Posted on April 2, 2020 by Daily Advocate
Over three decades in education comes to a close
By Bethany J. Royer-DeLong - DarkeCountyMedia.com
File photo After 38 years in education, Jeff Cassell, Director of Administrative Services for the Greenville School District, announced his resignation last week.
GREENVILLE — It has been a total of 38 years in education for Jeff Cassell, Director of Administrative Services for the Greenville School District, after the announcement of his resignation — or final retirement — last week.
It was in 2017 that Cassell retired as the Greenville High School Principal, which was his second retirement after an initial retirement from Bethel Schools.
While the path may seem unusual, it highlights a love of teaching and for Cassell, who turned 60 in March, "It doesn't seem like its 38 years. It doesn't seem possible, that time just went that fast."
The youngest of five children, Cassell grew up in Darke County and was a Franklin-Monroe High School graduate. He entered Manchester College (now Manchester University) as a pre-med student as only to be expected given his older siblings went there with similar pursuits. However, a love of sports, particularly baseball, as well as a love to teach, made for a change of plans.
After that first semester, Cassell went into secondary education mathematics with a minor in physical education.
Cassell taught in Ansonia at the start of his career, before teaching at his former school district in Pitsburg. He then began working in the Bradford schools, followed by several years with Vandalia-Butler, and then the Bethel schools in Miami County.
After a few years with Newton Schools, Cassell returned to Darke County as principal at Greenville's Woodland Primary, followed by the principal at Greenville High School.
After retiring as principal at GHS, he accepted the position of Director of Administrative Services.
Overall, Cassell spent 19 years as a teacher and 19 years on the administrative side as principal, superintendent, or director along with years spent coaching, technology work, and even tutoring fellow teachers.
When asked about the highlights over the last 38 years, beyond the current novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, he noted how much education has changed since his teaching career began in 1982.
"There's really no way we could have school online like we are trying to accomplish now," said Cassell, referring to the COVID-19 forcing school closures and education continuing at home and online. "The communication tools that we have […] is totally different than when I started this adventure."
When asked how current circumstances may affect any potential immediate retirement plans, Cassell stated he had plenty of tasks to accomplish at home, including some downsizing and work outdoors, and perhaps getting in some golf time. And while his teaching career bookends in Darke County, he did note since he still holds a license, if he were needed as an interim, "I would help out."
As announced during the Board of Education meeting last week, Greenville Primary School Principal Jody Harter will now serve in the position as Director of Administrative Services for the Greenville School District.
https://www.dailyadvocate.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/34/2020/04/web1_Jeff.Cassell.file_.photo_.jpgFile photo After 38 years in education, Jeff Cassell, Director of Administrative Services for the Greenville School District, announced his resignation last week.
By Bethany J. Royer-DeLong
DarkeCountyMedia.com
Reach reporter Bethany J. Royer-DeLong at 937/548-3330 or email broyer-delong@aimmediamidwest.com. Read more news, features, and sports at DarkeCountyMedia.com.
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Kate Winslet's upcoming drama The Mountain Between Us tells the story of two plane crash survivors who fall in love while trying to stay alive in the wilderness. As it turns out, the idea finding love amidst chaos is something Winslet is actually quite familiar with.
ET's Cameron Mathison caught up with Winslet and her co-star, Idris Elba, at a junket for their romantic drama on Saturday, and the Oscar-winning actress opened up about how she and her husband, Ned Rocknroll, met under potentially disastrous circumstances.
"I met my husband in a house fire," Winslet recalled. The fire in question occurred in August 2011 when Winslet and her kids -- daughter Mia and son Joe -- were vacationing on Necker Island, the privately owned resort island belonging to billionaire Richard Branson. Rocknroll, Branson's nephew, was staying on the island in an adjacent residence.
"He was the only dude to have a head torch and a pair of shoes, everyone else left everything behind," the Titanic star recounted. "I took a bra and passports and my children."
"So I married him!" she added, laughing. "I was like, 'I'll go for the guy with a head torch!'"
In the film, Winslet and Elba star as two strangers who, after their charter plane crashes on a snow-covered mountain, form a connection to face the perilous wilderness and unforgiving climate as they attempt to find safety and be rescued.
According to Winslet, when she first read the script she was blown away by the "sheer size and scale of it," and that feeling only intensified when it came time to shoot the film in some truly harsh conditions.
"[We filmed it] at 10,000 feet and our coldest temperatures were negative-38," she said. "There were days when we would get to work and I would actually be a little bit afraid about what was gonna happen to us when we got out of that car, just because it was so cold."
As Elba recalled, as the shooting went on, both stars relied on each other to develop the inner lives of their characters and they both worked to take the movie where it needed to go and to be honest to the story.
"It evolved and it changed and there were things that we did that were nowhere to be found actually on paper," Winslet reflected, adding that the idea of finding love under such circumstances "wasn't even a question to me."
"[I never though] this wasn't believable because it had actually happened in my own life," she added.
Winslet and Rocknroll got engaged in the summer of 2012 and later tied the knot at a private ceremony later that year. The pair then welcomed their first child together, Bear Blaze, in December 2013.
As for the Branson-owned luxury island where the pair met, it has recently been devastated once again by Hurricane Irma, which has destroyed several properties and homes.
Winslet and Elba's adventure drama, The Mountain Between Us, hits theaters Oct. 6.


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Plumber Buys Lottery Ticket On A Whim And Wins $1 Million But Goes To His Shift Anyway
by Mauricio Castillo
Mauricio has been writing for 11 years and is deeply into movies, sports and anything funny.
I remember being a kid and thinking that $1 million was the supreme amount of money a person could achieve.
As an adult, I can now recognize that $1 million is definitely life-changing, but it's not the Scrooge McDuck-esque change I used to believe it would be. Basically, you probably wouldn't quit your job if you won a million in the lottery.
Maybe you'd take an extended vacation, or even a day off.
Well, not if you're Marty McArthur.
You see, Marty is a plumber from Colonial Heights, Virginia, who was on his way to work one morning when he hit the jackpot.
As he does every morning, Marty stopped for a cup of coffee and decided to buy a scratch-off lottery ticket.
A few moments later, he sat in his truck and sipped on his coffee while scratching the ticket.
That's when he made the big discovery.
"I was kind of stunned for a minute," Marty said. "I called my wife. She thought I'd been in a wreck or something."
His lottery ticket yielded the grand prize. However, Marty opted for the one-time cash option of $561,798, which he planned to put toward his mortgage and a new car for his wife.
And after winning the prize, he still went to work.
"I couldn't leave them hanging," he said.
Check out Marty and his big win in the video below, and please SHARE it on Facebook!
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Ronald Senungetuk was born in Wales, Alaska, where he grew up with traditional Inupiaq values. At age fifteen, he was sent to Mt. Edgcumbe High School in Sitka. He went on to earn AAS and BFA degrees from the School for American Craftsmen in Rochester, New York, and as a Fulbright scholar earned a Diploma from Statens Handverks and Kunstindustri Skole in Oslo Norway. In 1961 he joined the Department of Art at UAF where he founded and directed the Native Arts Center.
Senungetuk began his career in art and teaching based on Western art concepts. His interest in abstract and applied art and design led to an in-depth study and interpretation of Old Bering Sea art and to making new works fitting a contemporary world. He began combining the two influences by creating colored wood panels showing native hunting, fishing and other subsistence activities in addition to his non-representational objects in wood and silver.


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Rafael Hernandez: March 2022 Wild Factor Award Winner
by admin | Mar 1, 2022 | Awards, Our People, Providence Construction, Uncategorized, Wild Factor
Rafael brings a Will to Win to work every day. No matter how big or small the task is, he can do it! Here every day, he is a self-starter, ready to work.
From helping out his crew to operating a piece of equipment, Rafael carries a positive attitude all day. His positivity rubs off on his teammates, making it a successful win for the team.
He is the foundation to his crew, and his unwavering drive to compete and succeed does not go unnoticed.
Congratulations to our March Winner, Rafael Hernandez!
Caleb Berumez: February 2022 Wild Factor Award Winner
by admin | Feb 1, 2022 | Awards, Our People, Providence Construction, Uncategorized, Wild Factor
This self-starter is the man who everyone wants on their team! No matter the task, he will knock it out of the park. Our teams can rely on this person to maintain a high level of operational excellence, while still remaining efficient and fact-paced.
With our new venture, Wilders, Caleb has stepped up to the plate and has shown great versatility and flexibility. There are so many new strategies he pitched to improve Wilders' inventory systems.
He never lacks the desire and discipline to help out all of our teams achieve success. He is always there to help!
Thank you for everything that you have done, Caleb Berumez! Congratulations!
Kurt Cusac: January 2022 Wild Factor Award Winner
by admin | Jan 1, 2022 | Awards, Our People, Providence Construction, Uncategorized, Wild Factor
Kurt has held a multitude of positions since he began his career with Providence Construction. Everyday he embraces change in the workplace and uses it to his advantage.
His unwavering drive never fails even when he doesn't succeed the first time. New opportunities came to the table when he passed his CDL test in January. Since then, he has been a crucial member of the fleet team.
Congratulations, Kurt Cusac on your WILD win!
Intern to Full-Time: The Hobbs Brothers
by admin | Jul 15, 2021 | Our People, Providence Construction, Uncategorized
From interns to full time employees, Tucker and Carter Hobbs work hard each day out in the field. With a will-to-win and self-starter mindset, they stepped up to the plate and applied to work in the construction industry.
Tucker Hobbs is a Field Engineer and Carter Hobbs is a Support Engineer, both for Providence Construction.
"When I first started with Providence, they didn't see me as a 19-year-old with little experience. Instead, I was given endless opportunities that challenged me and helped me to grow and learn" expressed Carter. Little self-doubt remained as his confidence grew stronger.
With faith and determination, Carter and Tucker continued to enjoy the hard work that they faced each day. Because of the close relationships and hands-on experience, the brothers decided to stay on full-time with PC.
While they are not always on the same job site, their relationship does not weaken. The bond between the brothers is constantly growing stronger and closer. They said it gives them "common ground" to connect with one another.
Throughout their time here at PC, they give thanks to Nick Kerley and Mark Turner for impacting their construction career. Without their help, the brothers would not be as knowledgeable and determined.
For more stories like the Hobbs brothers, please visit the Providence Construction's Career Page for more.
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Q: parseInt value from input and use as a check for the sum of last value with Javascript Trying to track the numbers in an input value and use these as a checkdigit for the last number. Basically, grab the first nine digits of the input, run some simple math and then add those numbers together. Take that total, divide by two then use the remainder as the check digit.
Thus far unsuccessful so if anyone has a good idea of where I am going wrong would gladly appreciate it. I put a fiddle up here: Das Fiddle
 window.onkeyup = keyup;
 var inputTextValue;

 function keyup(e) {
  inputTextValue = e.target.value;
  $('#numberValue').text(inputTextValue);
        // must be 10 characters long
        if (inputTextValue.length !== 10) {
            return false;
        }

        // run the checksum
        var valid = false;
        try {
            var sum = (parseInt(inputTextValue[0], 10) * 2) +
                (parseInt(inputTextValue[1], 10) * 3) +
                (parseInt(inputTextValue[2], 10) * 4) +
                (parseInt(inputTextValue[3], 10) * 2) +
                (parseInt(inputTextValue[4], 10) * 3) +
                (parseInt(inputTextValue[5], 10) * 4) +
                (parseInt(inputTextValue[6], 10) * 2) +
                (parseInt(inputTextValue[7], 10) * 3) +
                (parseInt(inputTextValue[8], 10) * 4);

            var checkNumber = 0;

            if ((sum % 10) > 0) {
                checkNumber = (sum % 10).toFixed(-1);
            }

            if (inputTextValue[9] === ("" + checkNumber)) {
                valid = true;
                alert(checkNumber)

            }
        } catch (e) {
            valid = false;
        }

        return valid;

}

A: You should be using :
   checkNumber = (sum % 10).toFixed(0);

toFixed(-1) will return 0.
Fiddle here

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Game Worlds facilitate Collaborative, Inquiry-Based, and Self-Directed learning
Jason Haas, of MIT, writes that;
"Commercial massively multiplayer online games, or MMOs, like World of Warcraft offer a number of features common to great learning environments. These games are, to varying degrees, collaborative, inquiry-based, and self-directed, all of which make them a prime place to explore aspects of math and science learning. Having a "world" in which to situate problems also means that players can solve something that feels meaningful to them; and see the consequences of their individual and collective actions. The massively multiplayer nature of these games also creates an opportunity for students to address problems with colleagues. Problems too large for any one of them to solve by themselves can be solved collectively by gathering data together, comparing notes, and acting decisively, confident in their evidence-based decisions.
At their best (and, frankly, even at their worst), these games function as a kind of society.
So, if you can combine these existing practices with engaging math and science content, imagine the learning experience you could provide. Thanks to a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we're doing just that.
Our game, The Radix Endeavor, is a massively multiplayer online learning game, designed by our lab, The Education Arcade at MIT, and developed by Filament Games in Madison, Wisc. The game places thousands of players in an Earth-like world with a technical and social situation similar to our 1400s."
To read the full article click here;
http://www.boston.com/business/innovation/state-of-play/2014/02/mind_games_new_adventures_in_l.html
Posted in Funding for Game Based Learning, games in school, MMOG, STEM Games
Tags: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, collaborative learning, Education, Educational game, engagement, Filament Games, Game Worlds, games in education, Inquiry-Based learning, Math, MIT, MMOG, MMOGs, Science, Self-Directed learning, STEM, The Education Arcade, The Radix Endeavor, World of Warcraft
Game Trains Artificial Intelligence to Map the Brain
I usually write about how computer games help humans to learn. Today, I write about how humans (while playing games) help computers to learn. In the process, the humans advance brain science and learn about neurology. I am one of the 70,000+ who have played eyewire, a game that was created by;
"…scientists at MIT, Eyewire is a browser game that lets players take on the challenge of mapping neural pathways in brains — no scientific background required. By playing, gamers are not only mapping neurons, but also training artificial intelligence algorithms to better understand how to map neurons themselves, what Amy Robinson, Creative Director at Eyewire, calls "augmented intelligence". The more that gamers play, the better the computers get."
– Aaron Frank from Singularity Hub – http://singularityhub.com/2013/07/10/70000-have-played-eyewire-game-that-trains-computers-to-map-the-brain/
By creating a map of all the connected neurons in the brain, we advance understanding and treatment of alzheimer's, dementia, mood disorders, and other cognitive diseases. The human connectome has 86 billion connected neurons, so mapping this is impossible for humans to do quickly. But, by using the Eyewire game, we can quickly teach the Artificial Intelligence software to map our connectome much faster than we could.
So, stop playing Farmville, and start playing a serious game!
Map the brain, save your brain, and learn a little brain science!
The world will be a better place.To play Eyewire click here – http://eyewire.org/
To read the full article by Aaron Frank from Singularity Hub click here; http://singularityhub.com/2013/07/10/70000-have-played-eyewire-game-that-trains-computers-to-map-the-brain/
Play a Game, Map the Brain with MIT (eyewire.org)
Tags: alzheimer's, Amy Robinson, Artificial Intelligence, Brain, brain mapping, citizen science, cognitive diseases, Creative director, crowdsourced science, dementia, EyeWire, Games and Learning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, mood disorders, Neuron, Sebastian Seung, serious games


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I've been The Food Girl in Town for two thousand, one hundred and ninety days. What started as a hobby is now part of my identity. At this point I'm sure not what's influenced the other more — my love for food or my love of writing, but one thing is for sure: I am who I am today because of those first two words WordPress made me type in the fall of 2012.
The Food Girl in Town has ebbed and flowed in tandem with my life over the past six years and I have to honestly say I am who I am today because of the blog. The sixth year was all about the baycation and exploring our home province. I signed on as Associate Editor at Atlantic Business Magazine in February, which drastically changed my work life. And the way I travel. I don't have the freedom to jump on a plane whenever I want. I won't lie, it's definitely been an adjustment getting back into the 9-5 groove, but I'm getting there! My new job has also afforded me lots of opportunities to be back in Halifax, so eating with friends there has been a particular joy. What did the last year look like? Dig in.
Yes, I counted. I eat unabashedly with no remorse. From trying soup dumplings in Shanghai to showing visitors where Anthony Bourdain sat at the Big R in St. John's, I savoured every bite. Special thanks to Instagram for helping me remember all the places I've eaten in the past year; it was a delicious trip down memory lane.
Like I said at the beginning of this post, this was the year of the baycation, so most of these cities are small Newfoundland towns, like the Fermeuse overnight with Mike and Chelsea. But I also knocked off Beijing, Shanghai, Ottawa and Halifax too!
It doesn't matter how many hotels I stay in, from a staycation at the Alt Hotel St. John's to the fabulous Sofitel in Nanjing, I'll never get sick of checking in. Turn down service is turning out to be one of my favourite things.
Well not TV exactly, but I was totally feeling my Bourdain moment when I teamed up with the Help Me Order to make videos featuring restaurants on their app! Here's the one I did at Kimchi & Sushi downtown.
My favourite dining experience wasn't a Michelin-starred restaurant, it was a cozy communal dinner I shot last fall at the Grounds Cafe. Read Well & Good Dinners: A Rapturous Recap of Volume III for all the delicious details.
The thing I loved cooking this year: Pasta!
My time at the @fogoislandinn is almost over 😭 After a great day of exploring I'm so excited to relax tonight with my fellow travellers and some live local music! Check out my stories via @northamericantraveller's Insta!
This year Adam and I will finally go on our honeymoon…two years after we eloped at Toronto City Hall. England and Belgium won't know what hit 'em! The baycation infatuation also continues — we're headed to our very first Roots Rants and Roars in Elliston this weekend, another bucket list culinary experience.
Cheers to many more years as The Food Girl in Town!


Swimming, diving and lactate production of the marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus. Bartholomew, G. A., Bennett, A. F., Dawson, W. R.
by Bartholomew, G. A., Bennett, A. F., Dawson, W. R.
Source: Copeia 1976 (4)Material type: Article Publisher: 1976Availability: Items available for loan: Corley Smith Library [Call number: 597.95 BAR] (1).
by Bartholomew, G. A. and Lasiewski, R. C.
Source: Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 16Material type: Article Publisher: 1965Availability: Items available for loan: Corley Smith Library [Call number: 597.95 BAR] (1).
The role of behavior in the temperature regulation of the masked booby.
Source: Condor 68 (6)Material type: Article Publisher: 1966Availability: Items available for loan: Corley Smith Library [Call number: 598.43 BAR] (1).
Heating and cooling rates, heart rate and simulated diving in the Galapagos marine iguana. Bartholomew, G. A., Lasiewski, R. C.
by Bartholomew, G. A., Lasiewski, R. C.
Source: Comparative Biochemistry Physiology 16Material type: Article Publisher: 1965Availability: Items available for loan: Corley Smith Library [Call number: 597.95 BAR] (1).
Oxygen consumption during swimming in Galapagos marine iguanas and its ecological correlates.
by Vleck, D., Gleeson, T. T., Bartholomew, G. A.
Source: Journal Comparative Physiology B 141Material type: Article Publisher: 1981Availability: Items available for loan: Corley Smith Library [Call number: 597.95 VLE] (1).
Effects of activity and temperature on aerobic and anaerobic metabolism in the Galapagos marine iguana.
by Bennett, A. F., Dawson, W. R., Bartholomew, G. A.
Source: Journal Comparative Physiology 100 (4)Material type: Article Publisher: 1975Availability: Items available for loan: Corley Smith Library [Call number: 597.95 BEN] (1).
The relation of oxygen consumption to body size and to heating and cooling in the Galapagos marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus.
by Bartholomew, G. A., Vleck, D.
Material type: Article Publisher: Los Angeles, California, USA University California 1978Availability: Items available for loan: Corley Smith Library [Call number: 597.95 BAR] (1).