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Project Engineer
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|Project Engineer
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|Regional QLD
|$110,000 - $120,000 + Super
|Contact Name:
|Denise Kostoulias
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|July 26, 2020 05:45
Job Description
Our client delivers an array of works from new builds and civil works, through to heritage or remediation. Their diverse portfolio is what attracts Australia's top talent and their flat line management structure is what retains them. Due to several newly awarded projects, there is an immediate need for a Project Engineer to join the team.
As the Project Engineer you will be responsible for:
• Managing the OH&S on site
• Assisting with Project Management
• QA of all works carried out
• Liaising with all key stakeholders relevant to the project
To be considered for the position of Project Engineer you will require:
• Building and Construction Degree or relevant tertiary qualifications
• Minimum of 2 years experience working on new build projects
• Australian Citizenship
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• A proven ability to meet strict deadlines
• Experience on defence projects is highly desirable
For any questions relating to this role or other opportunities with D&B and our clients please contact Denise Kostoulias on (02) 9376 8200 or click apply. Your application will be treated as strictly confidential.
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1. Managing Director - Chairman
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3. Chief Engineer - Member
4. Human Resource & Adm. Manager - Member
5. Financial Manager - Member
6. Integrity Assurance Officer - Secretary
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An Integrity Assurance Officer ensures liaison between the corporation and the Government and other stake holders.
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Last year, I let it all get the better of me - my focus turned "aesthetic" - I was too focused on how I looked and how it appeared to everyone else - which only served to backfire. I fell apart. My old self-doubt reared its ugly head and said "you assumed failure - you have become that failure".
I stopped treating my body right, and my mind wandered through all the levels of doubt and negatives of the past. I lulled in turmoil and I lost my belief - as though I didn't deserve what I'd worked so hard to change - nor had I been "given" the payout for working so damned hard in the first place.
I expected more and more - and I received less and less for it.
My biggest "failure" was not in lack of achievement - it's in being complacent with what truly mattered - what had driven me in the first place. My heart wasn't in "changing for the better" - it was elsewhere, I was superficial and greedy, and it came back to bite me - to teach me a lesson in humility.
The last couple of weeks have been met with trepidation in the lead up to my sixth anniversary from the day I decided to change. I felt like a failure - untrue to myself - a fraud - after a year of negativity and disappointment that just kept feeding upon itself. I've gained weight, I quit the gym, I ate everything in sight and withdrew from my networks. I was shunning myself with shame, and berating myself for making things worse. I taunted myself that I'd "given up".
But, after lots of soul searching, I realised I haven't given up - not entirely. I was "hibernating" - waiting until it was 'right', again. Manifesting the strength and courage to really acknowledge who I am NOW - and what that means to the next chapter. My evolution.
I woke up and wrote some words on scrap paper first thing yesterday morning... they read:
I am capable, and I am willing.
I have, and I can do again.
I have exercised the art of discipline and self compassion, and I will continue to do so.
I have adapted, I am flexible.
I am strong, in spirit and in self.
My changes are my choice, and my choices are my challenge that I willingly accept.
I have changed, and I have gained a freedom in doing so.
I am successful, and will continue to be so, just as I choose.
We're conditioned to believe that success only comes in reaching set goals - anything less than meeting that goal is not enough, and going backwards is instantly negative or a route to 'failure'. We measure our worth SO MUCH on these factors that they eat away at us until we believe we're 'less' because we haven't yet met them. Forgetting that our heart, soul, love, honour, trust, friendship = all the beautiful elements that make us who we are, holds far more value than a size 12 pair of jeans and a great set of abs will EVER hold... On our death bed, will we truly care that we ran 5 marathons or drove a $50,000 car?!
I will NOT subscribe to the context that I've failed because I couldn't meet a 'goal' that's constructed in this aesthetic or superficial frame. My true goals - the underlying tummy-numbing goals - were to find a reason to live. I found that - I found ME. Everything else is a bonus.
Life is fluid. What I aspire to change will always keep moving, and I'll move and adapt with it, the way its intended. That is what drives me, why I started - I chose to live - and all the curve balls, hardship, tears, fun, laughter, happiness, fears, excitement, sunsets and really awesome watermelon are there to be experienced. To endure. To embrace.
It's my sixth year anniversary today - and I made the call to forgive myself for the turmoil of last year - it was a learning curve that needed to happen.
Walking around my favourite river circuit tonight, thinking about what I truly want, what "goals" I'd like to fill my year with... a few choice words slipped into my head that just wouldn't leave me.
My choices and attitude in life do.
2014: healthy in mind and healthy in body.
That's my goal this year - time to round up the happy and embrace another year of life!
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Comtraya! Welcome to my photo blog. I am not a photographer, art student, or design major. I get asked that a lot by strangers. I say I am not a photographer because there are so many things that define me that my ASD prevents me from committing to one area. Rather, I am a thinker, a dreamer, that uses this beautiful medium of photography to bring my dreams to fruition. I am currently shooting with a Canon Rebel t2i. I am still getting the hang of it and am excited to see how my work and skill level progress as more time passes.
–(UPDATE)– Maybe I am a photographer now that people pay me to photograph stuff, who can say? I don't think money knows enough to determine what a person is, although it certainly can make some traits more pronounced (i.e. evil, greed, pride, generosity..) Either way, I have taken to calling myself the owner of NC Pole & Aerial Photography (NCPolePhotography.com).
I have many more interests and hobbies that occupy my time that I could talk about here but I think it would be more fun to let my images speak for me. I chose the name CHINKandCRANNY as a reference to Ralph Waldo Emerson. I just love that guy and have found through my reading that many of the thoughts I had spent years unsuccessfully trying to explain with words, he had already written down with eloquence and simplicity. The particular passage my name comes from is taken from "Prudence," an essay in Emerson's first series. Speaking of the ways in which man can perceive and interact with his surroundings, Emerson writes:
There are all degrees of proficiency in knowledge of the world. It is sufficient to our present purpose to indicate three. One class live to the utility of the symbol, esteeming health and wealth a final good. Another class live above this mark to the beauty of the symbol, as the poet and artist and the naturalist and man of science. A third class live above the beauty of the symbol to the beauty of the thing signified; these are wise men. The first have common sense; the second, taste; and the third, spiritual perception. Once in a long time, a man traverses the whole scale, and sees and enjoys the symbol solidly, then also has a clear eye for its beauty, and lastly, whilst he pitches his tent on this sacred volcanic isle of nature, does not offer to build houses and barns thereon- reverencing the splendor of the God which he sees bursting through each chink and cranny.
My ultimate goal for each of my many endeavors is to gain this spiritual perception, the highest degree of knowledge. For the purposes of this blog I hope that I can not only show you the beauty of my world, but more importantly the wisdom and splendor that it innately contains as imparted by its grand creator.


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After a successful debut with 'Vijetha' hero Kalyaan Dhev's second film is confirmed under Rizwan Entertainment banner.
This new film will be directed by a debutant Puli Vasu and very soon the shooting would commence. The female lead is yet to confirmed and in the coming days, she would be finalised.
SS Thaman is going to compose music while Kursheed (Kushi) is the co-producer.
The supporting cast of this untitled movie includes Rajendra Prasad, Naresh VK, Posani Krishna Murali and Pragathi.
More details soon.
Cast: Kalyaan Dhev, Rajendra Prasad, Naresh VK, Posani Krishna Murali, Pragathi
Director: Puli Vasu
Producer: Rizwan
Banner: Rizwan Entertainment
Co-producer: Khursheed (Kushi)
Music: SS Thaman
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Art Director: Brahma Kadali
Co-directors: D Rajendra, Ravi
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2017 Toyota Tacoma diesel, redesign, price – When it comes to pickup trucks, Toyota is known and respected manufacturer, especially in the places where these pickups need to do some serious work and are not just for show. One of their popular models, Tacoma, has not been updated for years now and although it is a great pickup, it appears that it is not selling so good anymore. That is why the Japanese manufacturer decided to finally update the popular pickup, which is going to be known as the new Toyota Tacoma 2017. Most notable changes are on the exterior, where the new Tacoma has all-new design, but according to the manufacturer, the biggest improvement is the new chassis (which is also used for Toyota Hilux).
2017 Toyota Tacoma redesign
First thing you will notice on the outside of the new 2017 Toyota Tacoma is how similar this pickup is to Toyota 4Runner and Toyota Tundra. Both of these vehicles have been redesigned and it appears that customers love the new design. It will also have the new hexagonal grille, smaller headlights with built in LED daytime running lights. The pickup will be offered with 16-inch alloy wheels and can be bought with either normal or all-terrain tires. The back of the pickup is quite classic – two vertical taillights and Tacoma branding can be seen.
The interior is going to get lots of changes and improvements. First thing Tacoma owners will notice is how improved is the quality of the cabin, especially when you compare it with the previous models. Most notable changes are better seats, dashboard made out of soft plastic material and waterproof floor mats. The base model of 2017 Toyota Tacoma will come with air conditioning, adjustable front seats, multifunctional steering wheel and four speaker audio system with USB connectivity as part of the standard equipment.
New Toyota Tacoma 2017 specs
The one thing that is not going to be changed in the new Toyota Tacoma 2017 is the engine. The pickup truck will be available with the popular 2.7-liter inline-4 engine, that should have more power than its predecessor – it should produce around 190 horsepower and it will probably be paired with new six speed automatic gearbox and four wheel drive will be optional.
If we look at the competition we can notice that their trucks also come with diesel powerplants, or at least they have plans for that. There are some rumors about 2017 Tacoma with Cummins diesel 2.8-liter engine which will improve its fuel economy and towing capacity as well.
2017 Toyota Tacoma price and release date
The base model of the new Toyota Tacoma 2017 should be cheaper than its competition – it should cost around $18,000. Its competition is going to be chevy Colorado, GMC Canyon and Nissan Frontier. The 2017 Toyota Tacoma should go on sale in the summer of 2016.


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What does seem clear is that you still contend that D's are calling for 'open borders' as part of the their official stance. FO says that's a lie. I have to agree.
You cited a quote from HRC which speaks to a dream. An ideal. An eventual goal. Are you under the impression that this 'dream' of hers has been folded into the negotiations? Or has become a part of the D platform? Or plays any role in the party beyond a vague hope which some may sympathize with?
I'm not. If you are... based upon what evidence?
That is the nub. If you can credibly support that belief, then FO is wrong, and you'd have an argument that your cartoon is 'political commentary' instead of 'propaganda'.
And, of course at that point we'd have to take up the question of what that stuff flowing out of the elevator represents, and whether that representation would be accurate. To me it looks like some sort of bloody mess. Suggesting that a policy of 'open borders' would result in blood and filth flowing in. Debatable, eh? One might even call it a second lie inserted to buttress the first lie.


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Terry comes through the taunts in Spurs draw
England captain John Terry produced a typical block to spare Chelsea defeat in a 1-1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur in his first match since he was charged by UK prosecutors with racial abuse.
England captain John Terry produced a typical block to spare Chelsea defeat in a 1-1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur in his first match since he was charged by UK prosecutors with racial abuse.
Chelsea centre-back Terry blocked a goalbound shot from Emmanuel Adebayor in stoppage time to ensure a point for the visitors at White Hart Lane on Thursday.
The draw left Spurs third in the Premier League table, two points in front of their London rivals, after Adebayor's opener was cancelled out by an equaliser from Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge.
And it meant Spurs were nine points adrift of leaders Manchester City and Chelsea 11 shy of the table-toppers.
The build-up centred around Terry, charged on Wednesday with racially abusing QPR defender Anton Ferdinand during Chelsea's loss at Loftus Road in October.
But Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas, speaking after Thursday's point, praised Terry's resolve
"Since the situation he has improved," he told Sky Sports.
"He has grown in terms of performance. He's a reference point for this team. It shows his character and strength and personality.
"His effort for the collective is extraordinary," the Portuguese added.
Meanwhile Spurs boss Harry Redknapp was happy enough with a draw.
"In the end there were chances, some great chances at the end but certainly a point is a fair result," he said.
Tottenham got off to an ideal start as Togo international Adebayor took advantage of Chelsea skipper Terry's slipshod defending eight minutes into the match by slotting home before Sturridge levelled midway through the first half.
Terry was booed by the bulk of Spurs fans as he began his pre-match warm-up, but was applauded by the away contingent.
He was jeered again as he led Chelsea out ahead of kick-off -- and with every touch of the ball. But apart from his mistake to let in Adebayor, he delivered an assured performance.
Chelsea had failed to beat Spurs on their last five visits to White Hart Lane and the hosts had them on the back foot from the first whistle.
And after seven minutes Spurs were ahead -- and Terry was partly at fault, after Sandro took the ball off Sturridge in midfield and sent Bale on a run down the left.
Gareth Bale sped toward the byline and just before crossing the ball into the box, Terry peeled off Adebayor to give him enough space to meet the Wales star's centre, missed by Chelsea keeper Petr Cech, for a close range tap-in.
Juan Mata came close to levelling for Chelsea three minutes later, but his stinging shot was palmed into Sturridge's path by Brad Friedel and the Blues striker spooned the rebound over the bar.
Sturridge made amends in the 23rd minute as he turned in Cole's cross.
The goal was met with vehement protests from Spurs players, who claimed the England left-back had handled in the build-up.
Five minutes later Didier Drogba came close to firing Chelsea ahead, as he acrobatically controlled Jose Bosingwa's wayward cross before volleying against the post.
Chelsea were forced into a reshuffle at the back on the half hour as Branislav Ivanovic came off with what looked like a thigh injury.
Their injury problems were compounded soon afterwards when Nigeria international Jon Obi Mikel limped off the field.
After the break Chelsea continued to dominate and Ramires ran onto Drogba's through-ball only to be denied by Friedel.
Tottenham had the ball in the net two minutes before the hour mark as Adebayor headed in William Gallas's flick from Luka Modric's free kick, but the 'goal' was ruled out for offside.
A rare mistake from Ledley King in the 73rd minute almost resulted in a second for Sturridge after the Tottenham defender's weak headed clearance fell to the striker, but Friedel was able to keep the ball out.
Cech saved his side from a loss six minutes from time when he managed to tip over Sandro's shot, which took a wicked deflection off Raul Meireles's heel.
And in injury time the Chelsea lkeeper managed a full-stretch save to tip wide Adebayor's shot from just inside the area.
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Discover How To Build An Aquaponics System
Farming does not have to be a very difficult job. However, some people view farming as the hardest job around and are constantly trying to make it easier. This is when some people will think about an aquaponics system and how much easier these can make the work of a farmer, but also how much produce they can grow for themselves or their family. This is when people should know more about how to build an aquaponics system. By knowing how to do this, it will be easy for people to build a system on their own and know it is going to work for helping them in growing the produce they want to eat.
The first thing that you are going to need to do is start to gather all of your materials that you are going to need to set up your aquaponics system. These are usually very simple and can be found at almost all of the fish stores, but also at some of the garden centers as well. Here is a simple list of the items that you are going to need to have.
- A glass or plastic fish tank that does not have any leaks.
- You will need to get some gravel from a fish supply store, usually you will find 2.5 pounds of gravel for every 5 gallons of water is a good ratio.
- Just like when you have an aquarium you need to have a pump and the best one that you can get for your aquaponics system is one that is large enough to circulate 100 gallons per hour.
- Air pumps are another thing that you will need. With an aquaponics system you will need fish and they need air. So you should make sure you get the air pump that is large enough to circulate the air.
- Just like an aquarium you need to have an air stone as well. This way you can get the air pumped into the tank.
- Plastic tubing for the water pump and the air pump. This way you are going to be able to get the air circulated around and the water moved around as well.
- A grow bed that is measured for the tank and has at a minimum of three inches of growing medium on the top of the tank.
- Growing medium is something else that you are going to need to have. This way you can start to get your plants growing.
- Plants and fish is the final item you are going to need. That is because the fish are going to provide the nutrients that your plants are going to need to grow with.
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The first thing that you need to do is anything that will be dealing with the fish, especially the gravel should be rinsed off completely. This way it will be easy for you to get all the excess debris that can hurt your plants and fish alike removed. After the gravel has been rinsed you will want to put this in the bottom of the tank. Then you can add in water to your tank as well.
After you have done this you will want to drill some holes in your growing bed. These holes are very important or you could have problems with the water being pumped up and out of your tank into the grow bed and flooding over. You may want to test this out as well to make sure it is draining the water fast enough to avoid having a messy counter. Something that is important is to make sure you have a hole that is large enough to feed your tubing through as well. If you forget this step it could be very difficult for you to get the water up to the grow bed.
After you have done this you will take the water pump and place it inside of the tank with the hose running up to the grow bed. You need to leave the water hose about an inch or so above the top of the grow bed, but also make sure you have enough to loop around the grow bed, with it being above the grow bed. When you have it looped around the grow bed you need to make sure you pinch off and tape off the end of your hose.
After you have it ran around and looped up you will want to drill small holes into the hose. This way it will have a sprinkler like effect on your plants that are in the hydroponics system. After the holes have been made in the hose, you will want to take and cover it with the medium you are using for the growing.
Hooking up the air pump and air stone is going to be the next step. You will put the air stone in the tank, but then you should plug in the air pump. Make sure you have bubbles coming out of the air stone.
Checking the pH of your tank and then making sure you check the flow of the tank. You will want to let the tank sit for at least a day before you add in any fish because they need to have water that is settled. You should wait several weeks before you start to add in the plants, but if you want to get the work done quickly you can add in some plants right away, but you should be slow in how you are adding in the plants.
When you are trying to produce your own food you will find it can be a major challenge. This is when you should know more about how to build your own aquaponics system. By knowing how to build this it will be easy for you to get the system built up and know it is going to work for your needs and provide you with all the food you need.
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Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's freed democracy leader, has admitted she has yet to summon up the courage to watch a film portraying her life, as it contains scenes depicting the deaths of her father and British husband
Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's freed democracy leader, has admitted she has yet to summon up the courage to watch a film portraying her life, as it contains scenes depicting the deaths of her father and British husband.
Suu Kyi, thanked French film director Luc Besson for his portrayal of her life that she believes will keep the spotlight on her country's struggle to shed its repressive regime.
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It addresses the deaths of her father, Burmese nationalist leader Gen Aung San who was assassinated, and husband, British academic Michael Aris, who died of cancer while she was in custody.
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One of the tricks to making the most out of voice dictation (and Vocola in particular, I think) is that you must be willing to continually improve upon the way you do things. The command you wrote three months ago and that has served you well since can likely be improved upon in response to a changing play style. This post explains three techniques I have recently introduced into my gameplay: using dynamically declared variables to heal your off-tank, issuing multiple commands at a time, and dragging and dropping.
Dynamic Variables
I have previously demonstrated how one can pre-define an array of values as an available variable for use in a macro, allowing you to write just one macro to handle all spells of a particular type (targeted, helpful; targeted, harmful; untargeted). This can be expanded further, however, by using the Variable Vocola extension:
This simple extension allows you to remember things between commands during the same session. For example, you could remember the current contents of the clipboard (obtained via Clipboard.Get()) for inserting later via a different command. By session, it is meant that all these variables are forgotten each time you exit Vocola or use the "load extensions" command.
For help installing Vocola extensions, click here.
As a Restoration Druid, one of the boons we bring to a raid is the ability to roll multiple heals over time on multiple tanks. The in-game UI includes a tanks-only UI frame which works great with mouseover healing, and it works well to set your focus to one of your raid's tanks in conjunction with a focus-first heal macro like this one:
<targeted_help> := Bloom = Lifebloom | Rejuve = Rejuvenation | Jenn = Rejuvenation | Heal = "Healing Touch" | Grow = Regrowth; <targeted_help> = "/use [@mouseover,help][@target,help][@focus,help][@player] $1"{Enter};
The above macro will preferentially heal your mouse over target, but — assuming one is not available (or that you are mousing over an enemy) — will automatically heal your target instead. If your target cannot be healed, it will then preferentially cast upon your focus. This allows you to easily run around while maintaining your instant-cast HoTs on at least one target since it frees your mouse (or head tracker, as the case may be) to be used to steer your character.
Of course, this doesn't allow you to easily maintain heals on more than one individual (although you could certainly use a pre-defined array of raid members and refresh heals on the off-tank by referring to her by name). But by using the Variable extension previously mentioned, it's possible to write a dynamic macro that will allow you to declare an off-tank variable at the start of any raid and use the declared alias to refer to her. With the Variable Vocola extension installed, you can use the following set of commands to store a character name (one already declared in your friends variable) as another aliased parameter (in this case, T2):
<friend> := Phae = Phaelia | Alex = Alexandriann | Nesbit | Rabidus; <targeted_help> := Bloom = Lifebloom | Rejuve = Rejuvenation | Jenn = Rejuvenation | Heal = "Healing Touch" | Grow = Regrowth; Set <friend> as Tank 2 = Variable.Set("Tank2", $1); <targeted_help> T2 = "/use [@"Variable.Get("Tank2", "Phaelia")"] $1"{Enter};
In the above set of commands, I have defined a
<friend> variable as a list of possible groupmates, aliasing those with longer names to save time. Likewise, I have defined an array of possible targeted heals. The set variable command expects a friend's name to be supplied
and stores that name with an in-memory alias of "Tank2." (Note: this is not what I will use to refer to the variable when speaking.) Finally, I have written a macro which will first cast upon the individual whose name has been stored in memory, and assuming that variable has not yet been set this play session, will instead cast upon myself.
I feel like I have only scratched the surface in terms of what this technique might be used to accomplish, and I would welcome any suggestions from readers for what else this functionality might afford.
Issuing Multiple Commands
One feature of Vocola that I have not previously discussed is the ability to adjust the rate at which commands can be issued and subsequently interpreted. Out-of-the-box, Dragon NaturallySpeaking will only accept a single command at a time. This restriction makes voice dictation feel more restrictive than it otherwise would. However, Vocola allows you to adjust this threshold, at least for all commands stored together in a single file. In other words, you cannot chain commands together between your globally written commands (those defined for use throughout all applications) and the commands you have written specifically for, as an example, World of Warcraft. This is a minor limitation, however, one I have only rarely run into myself.
The benefit of this technique, in addition to an increased feeling of responsiveness, is that you don't have to wait for your first command to be recognized before issuing a second. So you might issue the command, "Heal Mr. Phae", subsequently remember that he forgot to wash the dishes, and immediately issue a "jump" command to interrupt your cast.
To adjust your command threshold, use the following command in your global commands file:
$set MaximumCommands 3;
You can instead set a command threshold by application by using the above command in an application-specific file.
Setting a higher threshold does introduce the possibility of Vocola misinterpreting, for example, two individual commands as a single command, assuming that both parts are themselves legitimately recognized commands. For example, I previously allowed the numbers 0-9 to be spoken aloud to press their corresponding buttons in game. However, I also previously healed in groups using the numbers 0-4. And a third command allows me to cast a heal without any additional parameters (thus defaulting to my mouseover target, my target, and my focus respectively). This caused a conflict when I increased my maximum command threshold beyond one, because Vocola could not be sure that when I said "heal 3" if I meant to cast my heal on [party3] or whether I wanted to cast the spell defined as "heal" using its default targeting order and then press the 3 button. For this reason, you may have to tweak existing commands so that those frequently used beside one another cannot be misunderstood or accidentally chained. In my case, I have switched to using letters for targeting in groups. This actually works well, since I display my groupmates' health bars horizontally, in columns that correspond to the lettered columns I use for raid healing.
<friend> := A = Phaelia | Phae = Phaelia | Alex = Alexandriann | Nesbit | Rabidus; <group_letter> := B = 1 | C = 2 | D = 3 | E = 4; <targeted_help> <friend> = "/use [@$2] $1"{Enter}; <targeted_help> [<group_letter>] = When($2, "/use [@party$2,help] $1", "/use [@mouseover,help][@target,help][@focus,help][@player] $1"){Enter}; <targeted_help> <column_index> <row_index> = "/use [@raid"Eval(Eval(5*$2) + $3)"] $1"{Enter};
To avoid causing conflict between my group heal ("heal B"), my raid heal ("heal B4"), and my numerical command, I ended up scrapping the numerical command altogether. I only very rarely referred to abilities from my action bars by their numerical value anymore, since it's much easier to refer to them by name or at least some variation thereof. The numbers 0-9 are too often used in macros to be used by themselves as a separate command.
Note that this will not allow you to exploit by "queuing" multiple commands. You are still subject to the same restrictions as other players since spells and abilities cannot fire simultaneously.
Dragging and Dropping
Out-of-the-box, Dragon NaturallySpeaking does not allow you to drag and drop (at least not easily — I suspect it's possible using a mixture of awkward commands). Arhqirah of Drak'Thul (US) wrote in to ask how he might replicate this functionality:
I am also suffering for RSI, just ordered the SmartNav4: EG, I am happy that you let me know of this tool through your YouTube video. I want to start playing WoW again soon, so I have been practicing using Dragon, Vocola, Unimacro and Dragonfly.
How do you drag and drop with the SmartNav and voice commands? 🙂
Dragging and dropping is one of those features that I struggled to replicate, at least until I found the Vocola Keys extension. With it installed, I was able to write the following macro:
(start = hold | stop = release) drag = Keys.SendInput({LeftButton_$1});
In this case, you would say "Start Drag" and "Stop Drag." Outside of WoW, it might be useful to further adopt these commands for easily copying and pasting, like so:
start copy = Keys.SendInput({LeftButton_hold});
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Batman and Robin #1
This was not on my original plan to pick up. But there was something to the cover, and the logo, and even the concept in general that I decided I actually WAS interested in at least checking out. I was too late to snag this at my usual comic shop, but went to another across town (where I wound up buying 5 more #1s that I'd not intended to get). I think what ultimately got me about this issue was that the concept is sound, and I've tended to like Tomasi's writing…I just haven't cared for Gleason's art, and grudgingly put up with the art when this team was on Green Lantern Corps. But given the dynamic between Batman and Robin–I rather enjoyed it with Dick and Damian, and was intrigued at seeing Bruce and Damian interacting. The villain of this issue triggered a huge sense of deja vu for me–I'd swear I've seen this villain before, but I cann't place him as to where. An early issue of the Batman Reborn saga, perhaps? And despite my general dislike of Gleason's visual style, I think that was particularly on the Green Lanterns, with the human faces. His Batman is much more to my liking, though still not 100% thrilled with Robin's look. Still…I hate to say it, but I think I'll be back for Batman and Robin #2. (7/10)
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I vaguely remembered this title from the 1990s, back when the New 52 were announced. A few weeks earlier, I'd wound up snagging a copy of the original Resurrection Man #1 (with the little circle "hologram" on the cover) from a bargain bin, so decided I would be interested in checking this new series out. Given the character's been in limbo for a lot of years, I was curious at what would bring the character back to being an active part of the new DCU. Add to it that this is Abnett and Lanning, and I was basically sold on it, sight unseen. Now, something to Dagnino's art really gave me a sense of '90s deja vu in the early pages of this issue–perhaps because (again) this is such an unfamiliar character I'm not used to seeing as part of a mainstream DCU. As such, the visuals fit the book quite well. The story's a bit more unfamiliar, and I really have no clue who anyone is. But seeing the main character die and come back with some new "ability" each time he "resurrects" has something to it that keeps things interesting. I'll be back for #2. (8/10)
Superboy #1
I'm not sure what I expected of this title, exactly…but what I got wasn't it. I can't tell if this is supposed to be the same Superboy (essentially, despite the reboot/relaunch) that I've known. But this seems like a whole new character, almost a new "origin." Given that the New 52 seem to have varying degrees of newness about them, I'm a little put off here. Among other things, this feels a LOT like the introduction of the new Guardian (during the 7 Soldiers stuff?) where the "original" had been killed and this is a new character cloned from that one. Particularly with the "loss" of Jonathan AND Martha Kent, this comes off as a much different and less personable character to me. The art's not bad, and the story isn't bad in itself–just that it quickly comes off as something I'm not all that interested in. Maybe another perspective or some clarification would pick that up for me…but for the moment, I'm just not all that engaged or interested (all the more having read "Superboy Goes Bad and Beats Up the Teen Titans" back in 2005 heading toward Infinite Crisis. I can't speak to new readers 100% new to the concept, but as a "clone" of Superman, this is NOT "the adventures of Superman when he was a Boy" but it does not feel, either, like the likely adventures of Connor…and I really have no interest right now in a brand-new Superboy. (6/10)
Demon Knights #1
Maybe I just don't pick up on certain subtleties…especially when it's a subtlety buried in the midst of one issue when I'm actually reading a bunch back to back. But this one just doesn't stand out to me the way it seems to be to others, and I don't see the tie to Stormwatch here. Of course, I didn't much enjoy Stormwatch, so…yeah. It was the cover that "sold" me on this–when I had to go to a second comic shop to get Batman and Robin, I told myself that if they had this in stock, I'd give it a try. The art wasn't bad, and definitely fit the tone of the story. The story itself was semi forgettable, but not bad. There's an air of "fantasy" with the supernatural here, and this is definitely a side of the DCU I'm less familiar with, as it really gets away from the "superheroics." I also found Etrigan to be more interesting NOT being a "rhyming" demon. But I do think that overall, this title's one that while not entirely uninteresting, I'm just not hooked enough to arbitrarily come back for a second issue. (6.5/10)
Deathstroke #1
My first exposure to Deathstroke was his appearance in an issue of Superman back in 1992, shortly before Superman's death. At the time he was just another colorful character, and it was a bit of time before I even realized he was a "villain," given that he had his own ongoing series. Mostly lost track of him until Identity Crisis, and since then I've had mixed feelings on the character. This was one that I picked up having decided to grab a few extras to take advantage of a promotion (buy 5, get 1 free). The cover's not terribly impressive, nor is the logo. The story wasn't all that thrilling (though humans modified with "Clayface DNA" does seem 'new'). The "twist" at the end drastically affected what I thought was shaping to be an interesting sort of supporting cast for the title, and in its own way does a disservice to holding my interest. The art's not bad (though doesn't blow me away), and something about Deathstroke's current design seems somewhat "off" from what I'd "prefer" for the character. All in all, not a bad issue–this seemed to somewhat stand alone as a "pilot" and while I don't necessarily want my time back, unless someone else does a job in "selling" me on it, I don't see picking up #2. (6/10)
Red Lanterns #1
I have to admit–when this title was announced, I was quite excited. A Lantern Corps other than Green getting its own book! Of course, it's been well over a year since I stepped off the monthly following of all the Brightest Day stuff, so my interest has cooled a bit. Until the New 52 was announced, I'd figured this title had been scrapped. But I opted to give this first issue a try, as I've found myself particularly drawn back to the Batman and Green Lantern sides of the DCU. There's some potential here, but this feels like something better suited for an official mini-series than ongoing. The story here seems to be coming out of the War of the Lanterns–which I've not yet read–but I can follow along well enough. The art's good, too–I've generally enjoyed Benes' work. All in all, I think I'm going to probably pass on later issues. I see this being a limited story that'll make a decent collected volume, and that'll be the preferred way to read it, for me. (7/10)
Grifter #1
I'm not sure why I picked this up instead of Legion Lost #1. Perhaps because I'm avoiding the Legion of Super-Heroes, as they've never really been my "thing" on the whole. I really don't feel like I know anything new of this Grifter character than I knew before the issue, and can't totally separate him from being one of "those Wildstorm characters," especially with the multiple Wildstorm relaunches and events and such I've read through the years, a couple of which I've tried to get into. The art's not bad, but the story doesn't grab me at all. I can't tell if the character's crazy, or who the "voice" is really supposed to be; nor how much this may be dredging up characters or concepts from early Wildstorm stuff (Daemonites, perhaps?). I have enough knowledge to feel unfulfilled here, though I wonder if there's enough in the story to hook those unfamiliar with any of this. Maybe things'll improve, but this was one issue too much for me, at present. (4/10)
Animal Man #1
I passed on this one for the first week. But heard plenty of praise for it and so decided to check it out for myself. Wound up being fairly impressed–I've never read Morrison's run on the old Animal Man series, nor did I read the recent mini-series; but I kinda enjoyed what I saw of the character in 52. The story and art for this issue weren't bad; I was interested to see Buddy's family interactions, and it was neat seeing some of the ways he can use the animal powers in every-day life–both instinctively as well as to serve his own purpose (such as getting to sleep). The ending of the issue was thoroughly creepy, but served to hook me–I am highly interested in the next issue and where this is going…there's something to the involvement with animals that gets to me. Offhand, I think this was one of my favorite of the New 52 so far, in the overall experience and stuff sticking with me. (8/10)
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By DALE WHITE
VENICE — City leaders on Monday outlined how they can seek proposals to best redevelop the former winter home of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus.
The 11-acre site at the southern gateway to the island of Venice has been mostly abandoned for years.
The City Council wants a new tenant for that prominent location on the Tamiami Trail that will enhance the gateway while also possibly recognizing the site's historical significance.
After the long-vacant building was condemned earlier this year, the city had most of the structure removed. The 58-foot-high steel framework remains and possibly could be used in a new structure.
Instead of a more formal request for proposals, the City Council is talking about distributing a "letter of interest" inviting not just developers but members of the public to submit ideas about what to do with the site. The letter will mention the city's interest in preserving the legacy of the circus on that site.
They discussed what to include in the document Monday and may have a version available for their Dec. 10 meeting.
It is not the first time the city has explored redeveloping what many believe could be one of the most valuable tracts of land on the island.
In 2004, the city looked at proposals for 125 acres on the airport property, and received bold ideas that included a marina, hotels, condos, movie theaters, museums and even a YMCA. But the concerns about the intensity of the development so close to the airport tabled the proposals and the Great Recession brought a halt to much development for several years.
Supporters of circus history mounted an effort to save and restore the arena, but have not been able to raise enough money to fund the project.
But, with the economy improving and the former circus site continuing to fester, Venice is taking a fresh look at what might be done with the property.
The land belongs to the municipal airport, which took over the former Venice Army Air Base in 1947.
Although the circus rented the site for $1,000 a year for more than three decades, the Federal Aviation Administration now insists that the airport get "fair market value rent" from any non-aviation tenant.
Two years ago, the FAA determined that fair market rent to be $460,000 a year, City Manager Ed Lavallee said. That figure may need to be updated.
Airport manager Chris Rozansky noted that the airport is losing $140,000 in annual rent from the restaurant Sharky's on the Pier because the FAA wanted ownership of the pier transferred from the airport to the city.
Getting a tenant for the arena site is "critical" to keep the self-sustaining airport operating "in the black," council member Bob Daniels said.
The public notice will stipulate that residential uses are prohibited on the property.
It will also note the possibility that a road could be built on the land to provide access off the Trail for a commercial tenant and to create a connection between U.S. 41 and Airport Avenue
Larry Ivey, Orlando Bevington and other members of the Venice Circus Arts Foundation, which wanted to preserve the arena, urged the city to turn the remaining structure into an open-air pavilion and having the airport rent the site as a festival grounds.
Brett Stephens of the Venice Aviation Society urged the council to ensure the airport gets "fair market value" for the property.
Venice seeking ideas for old circus arena
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Australia says it has agreed to repair ties with Indonesia that were damaged last year following accusations of Australian spying.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Tuesday that defense, intelligence and border security cooperation will resume under the terms of a new deal.
Indonesia downgraded its relationship with Australia following reports in November that Canberra tapped the phone lines of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, his wife, and other officials.
Relations have slowly improved since then, but Indonesia has been seeking formal reassurances that Australia will not spy on its leaders.
Bishop said she and Prime Minister Tony Abbott will soon travel to Indonesia to sign a code of conduct, the details of which have not been released.
Even before the scandal, Indonesia-Australia relations were strained over Prime Minister Abbott's policy of turning boats of Australia-bound asylum seekers back to Indonesia.


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Apparently the public 'spoke' and the United Kingdom left the European Union at 11pm on 29th March 2019. Brexit actually happened!
In the intervening period between then and now a lot has happened. Some of it was predicted pre Brexit, some of it wasn't.
As I sit at home writing this, a little glance at my watch tells me, it is a little after 11pm on the 29th March 2024.
Of course pre Brexit it would be an hour later but we did away with the clocks moving forwards and backwards in our first year out of the EU.
It was done to appease all those who'd always refused to alter their timepieces during their annual trips to Benidorm or Torremolinos. Obviously most of them are now dead but the change holds.
Many of those that wanted to stay part of the EU at the time of the referendum, but were too young to vote, have asked for the time changes to be returned to how they were pre Brexit. They weren't listened to then and they jolly well won't be listened to now, future of the country or not.
Anyway, for those who weren't executed for their opposition to Brexit but were incarcerated with no access to any information from the outside world, here is a brief summary of what you have missed.
One change that will probably come as a surprise to nobody is the marriage of Boris Johnson and Theresa May. It was long an open secret in the halls of Westminister that the two were in love and their public opposition to each other was merely a ruse designed to throw tabloid journalists off the scent.
Their wedding was a grand affair with Theresa May's ex husband acting as best man to Boris and his ex wife performing matron of honour duties for the bride. A lovely day was had by all once a small pro EU demonstration was dealt with using the now familiar tactic of gunning down all those unhappy with the way Brexit has turned out.
Jeremy Corbyn who, you will remember, was leader of the Opposition during the Brexit negotiations now lives happily in Brussels pretending he was a pro European all along. Nobody really believes him but he's such a nice man they let it pass.
Other significant players in the Brexit movement have not fared so well. Michael Gove is now a bus driver in Chippenham.
Ironically the bus he ferries his passengers around on is the very one used to peddle the, now infamous, '£350m extra per week to the NHS' lie to naïve voters. Oh what fun he has when passengers get on his bus and request the cost of a journey to wherever. When he tells them and they respond with a hilarious; "Are you sure it's not £350m?" he smiles but silently curses the day he allowed Boris Johnson to make him agree to what was clearly nonsense.
David Davis, the governments chief negotiator during the lengthy Brexit process is now homeless and living in a dustbin in the grounds of the home of his opposite number in the EU.
Very occasionally Michel Barnier throws David a scrap of something that makes him think everything will turn out ok in the end even though it clearly won't. Does this remind you of anything?
Nicola Sturgeon reprised her alter ego, Jimmy Crankie, and has returned to making absolutely nobody laugh at seaside venues throughout the country.
So what of the issues the Brexit campaign was supposedly about?
Immigration remains as big an issue as ever. As expected anyone that couldn't trace their UK family tree back, at least five hundred years, were disposed of. They were rounded up and made to walk the plank off the White Cliffs of Dover into the English Channel where they all drowned.
The problem was that those left couldn't find enough people to hate and were therefore lost as to what to talk about in the pubs and supermarkets. After a while they decided that the new enemy were people not born in the City or Town they were living in.
These days if you're a Scot living in London or someone from Brighton working in Manchester then you're seen as no better than pre Brexit Poles, Romanians, Pakistanis etc.
Unofficial borders have been set up and papers must be shown to gain entry and exit from all our major Cities.
Recently Liverpool, who incidentally voted to 'remain' during the original referendum, have declared their intention to hold a vote of their own to give its inhabitants a say on whether the City should leave the United Kingdom.
Given that this particular place has been treated appallingly by successive governments for many years nobody will be surprised if they decide to set up an independent Scouse nation.
Our National Health Service is much changed. As referenced earlier the extra £350 million per week promised by the 'leave' campaign was a big fat lie. As a result of changes to immigration policy and, perhaps more telling, an increased resentment towards foreigners, there are even fewer qualified healthcare professionals available to plug an ever increasing shortage in staff numbers.
At first those in charge, yes it's still Jeremy 'Massive' Hunt, laughed off the issue by claiming we would 'grow our own'.
It took about five minutes for this plan to be scuppered when it was pointed out that a lack of investment in education, and in young people as a whole, meant that, as a nation, we no longer had enough people bright enough, empathetic enough or ambitious enough to provide what the NHS needs.
A couple of years ago a few brave souls took to the streets to point out that our current education, immigration and health policies were combining to fail the NHS. They were set upon by a pack of dogs and soon put back in their EU flag coloured boxes.
It's not been all bad though. As a nation we are now able to negotiate our own trade deals. There was a great fanfare of celebration recently when our only remaining licensed (The term 'free press' is now against the law to use) newspaper, The Daily Mail, announced that we had reached a deal with El Salvador where we would sell them one hundred bars of Kendal mint cake and buy three goats and an old woman in return.
As the biggest trade deal we've achieved to date the Daily Mail ran with a typically bombastic headline;
"Take that you Remoaner Traitors. The UK is back at the sixth from the top table".
Brexit has also been good for all those born in the UK who grew up dreaming of careers as fruit pickers, chamber maids and mobile car wash workers. When I say good, what I mean is that it would be if all those types of businesses hadn't gone bust because of the higher wages UK born employees demanded for doing less work.
There had been some concern that we would no longer be able to travel freely and enjoy our two weeks in sunnier climes every summer. This has proven to be nonsense, we can still travel abroad as long as we're millionaires several times over.
Our Sports team have been on the up and up as well. The UK is UK champion at every sport it plays. Obviously we only now play ourselves as its too expensive to travel and we're too scared foreigners will murder us if we allow them on our soil but, apparently, that's not the point.
We've also rid ourselves of Meghan Markle and Roy Keane but that's a whole other story.
I'd finish by saying; 'and all that remains..' but the word 'remain' is now punishable by death so, instead, I'll go with; all that's left to say is….
Well fucking done!
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Google announced on Thursday what the company terms the "biggest ever update" to its popular and controversial Street View map imagery Web-based service.
Google has doubled the number of Street View special collections and has updated imagery of more than 250,000 miles of roads, the company said in a blog post.
Street View coverage has been broadened in 11 countries, including the U.S., Sweden, the U.K., Italy and Singapore, and special collections have been launched for South Africa, Japan, Spain, France, Brazil, Mexico and other countries.
Street View, a feature of Google Maps, gives users continuous, panoramic, ground-level images of map sections, letting people virtually explore neighborhoods, including even the inside of some buildings, like museums, restaurants and stores. However, the service has often been criticized over personal privacy and national security concerns, and for those reasons has been challenged in court by groups and individuals and limited by the governments of some countries.
Google's biggest Street View controversy erupted in May 2010, when the company disclosed that for years the cars used to take the photos had also collected data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks whose signals they detected. This data included networks' names (SSIDs) and their routers' unique identifying numbers (MAC), website traffic logs, text of email messages and user names and passwords.
In the latest upgrade, Street View users can take virtual strolls through Russia's Catherine Palace and Ferapontov monastery, Taiwan's Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Vancouver's Stanley Park and the interior of Kronborg Castle in Denmark, where Shakespeare's "Hamlet" takes place. "You can even walk through the urban jungle of Singapore's Fort Canning Park, without ever leaving home," Ulf Spitzer, Street View program manager, wrote in the blog post.
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8/05/2009 - Press release
The greater the amount of pollution due to suspended particulate matter from traffic in residential areas, the greater the risk of developing asthma. This not only affects children, but also non-smoking adults. This was the conclusion reached by the SAPALDIA cohort study backed by the Schweizerischen Nationalfonds (Swiss National Foundation on Scientific Research) in collaboration with the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL).
Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the respiratory tract. It is accompanied by permanent hypersensitivity to a large amount of stimuli and causes attacks of respiratory failure. Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children; however adults can also develop this disease. Suspended particulate matter emitted by traffic is especially dangerous to human health, as it is linked to the emergence of asthma in non-smokers.
The study was conducted in Switzerland, from 1991 to 2002, within the framework of the SAPALDIA study from which a total of 2,725 non-smokers between the ages of 16 and 60 were selected. During this time, 41 people from a total of 2,725 (1.5% of all studied) developed the disease as non-smokers. This is the news presented by the SAPALDIA cohort study, which was published in the journal Thorax (*).
Arguments for a debate on town planning
The 41 cases of asthma were not randomly distributed throughout Switzerland, but rather mostly emerged in built-up areas with heavy traffic. In areas where traffic was not as heavy, the risk of developing asthma was reduced. Dr. Nino Künzli, researcher from the Centre of Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL) and the Municipal Institute for Medical Research (IMIM), as well as the main contributor to the study who recently became a professor at the Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Basel, states: "Our results contribute to the debate on town planning regarding the type of buildings that should be built and how far they should be from heavy traffic." According to Künzli, the only regulation of this kind in existence – in California new schools cannot be built less than 300 metres away from motorways – tallies with the conclusions of the study.
Global model Researchers calculated the exposure of those studied with a global model, combining the emissions of suspended particulate matter from traffic during the entire period with meteorological data such as wind and rainfall information. In this way, researchers could establish the exposure time to suspended particulate matter for the eight regions from which the subjects came.
From 1991 to 2002, in Switzerland, average air pollution due to suspended particulate matter from traffic dropped from 2.84 to 2.25 micrograms per m3. In reference to this, the reduction in pollution in urban areas such as Basel and Geneva was greater than in rural areas such as Davos or Montana, where in 1991 the air was already clean. Although the reduction of pollutant emission is good news, new cases of asthma continue to emerge. "This is reason enough to only sell cars with minimal or no pollutant emissions," states Künzli.
Researchers restricted their study to people who had never smoked. Tobacco smoke essentially contains the same pollutant substances as those produced by traffic, but in higher concentrations. For this reason, although they may not be exposed to air pollution, the risk of developing asthma is greater for smokers.
(*) Nino Künzli, Pierre-Olivier Bridevaux, L.-J. Sally Liu, Raquel Garcia-Esteban, Christian Schindler, Margaret W. Gerbase, Jordi Sunyer, Dirk Keidel, Thierry Rochat, from the SAPALDIA team (2009): Traffic-Related Air Pollution Correlates with Adult-Onset Asthma among Never-Smokers. Thorax Published Online First: 8 April 2009. DOI: 10.1136/thx.2008.110031
SAPALDIA (Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults) The objective of the SAPALDIA study is to discover the causes that trigger changes in respiratory and allergic symptoms over time. In 1991 the cohort study measured the pulmonary function and possible allergies of 9,651 participants, who were chosen randomly from eight different areas. In 2002, 8,047 people provided new information on the condition of their health. Another health examination should take place in 2010. http://www.sapaldia.net
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Minorities in the Southeast Asian Massif Research Lab, Canada
The Minorities in the Southeast Asian Massif research laboratory brings together students working with Professors Sarah Turner (Geography, McGill) and Jean Michaud (Anthropology, Université Laval, Québec City) on a number of cross-disciplinary research projects. Lab members investigate a broad array of topics that generally relate to better understanding the livelihoods of upland ethnic minorities in the Southeast Asian Massif, encompassing southwest China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.
Yunnan-Vietnam Border Dynamics (2009-)
Members of the lab and collaborators are researching cross-border trade and livelihood dynamics across the southwest Yunnan-northern Vietnam border. We are currently focusing on the Vietnam provinces of Lào Cai, Lai Châu, Điện Biên, and Hà Giang, and the Yunnan prefectures of Honghe and Wenshan. The team aims to better understand how transnational ethnic minority residents achieve cross-border trading livelihoods, while negotiating the political implications of an international borderline. Drawing on conceptual literature from livelihood studies, marketplace investigations, commodity flow analyses, and borderland debates, we focus on the importance of the place-based knowledge of border residents, recognizing that their local wisdom and experiences often reflect very down-to-earth ways of negotiating borders and state policies.
Vietnam Upland Livelihood Dynamics and Agrarian Change (2002-)
Some lab members concentrate on highland livelihoods with regards to agrarian change and market integration. In Vietnam, we are trying to better comprehend the activities, interactions and power relations that occur between upland minorities such as Hmong and Yao, and Kinh (lowland Vietnamese). Our work is currently situated in a number of different rural locations in the north-western upland provinces of Lào Cai and Hà Giang, located on the border with China. Different foci include: hybrid rice and maize state subsidy programs and upland residents' reactions and resistance, state marketplace development policies and local trader coping mechanisms, food security and impacts of extreme weather events. These themes provide a broad understanding of how upland minorities have coped over time in making a living by adapting their livelihood patterns during what are often highly antagonistic political circumstances, from imperial rule, through colonial and socialist rule, and finally to post-socialist market conditions today.
Environmental Decision Making among Upland Minorities (2011-)
A group of us are undertaking research examining environmental decision making in the northern Vietnam uplands and south-eastern Yunnan among a number of ethnic minority groups. This research includes Land Use and Land Cover Change (LULCC) analyses on both sides of the border. We aim to advance understandings of culturally based conceptualisations and practices towards the use and protection of the environment by these minority groups. This is a region whose natural environment profoundly impacts on the Vietnamese lowland delta plains where millions of people live. This research is working to develop our understanding of the traditional knowledges and practices of upland residents and how these can be put to use in the protection of the environment, and to help the Vietnam State design appropriate, sustainable upland policies.
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