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Finalist, Romance Writers of America® RITA® Award for Best Romance Novella
California girl Ashley Turner never had much of a Christmas growing up. No chimney for Santa to climb down, or even much of a home. Now, thanks to a transatlantic house swap, she’s finally getting the proper London Christmas she’s always wanted, complete with snow and Christmas pudding. But she never expected Santa to deliver a sexy stranger straight to her borrowed bed. Naked.
For game designer Oliver Stansfeld, Christmas holds nothing but difficult memories. He can’t wait to swap his London flat and spend the holidays in sunny California, as far away as possible from wassail and cheeriness. But when an ice storm grounds his plane, he returns to his flat to find his bed already occupied by the pretty schoolteacher from San Diego. The least he can do is show his houseguest where to find the perfect Christmas tree before he leaves.
As the ice melts and flights resume, things are heating up between them. Ashley’s looking to create her perfect Christmas dream, while Oliver wants to escape his Christmas nightmares. Is he willing to let go of the past and risk his heart on a lifetime of steamy Christmas kisses under the mistletoe?
Publication date: December 5, 2013
Publisher: Agony and Hope Publishing
Word count: 28,000 words
Finalist, 2014 Romance Writers of America® RITA® Award for Best Romance Novella
“I couldn’t stop laughing, sighing and silently cheering these two on as they try not to fall in love.” —Romancing Rakes for the Love of Romance
The buttery sweet scent of fresh mince pies teased Ashley as she sipped her hot chocolate. Snuggling deeper into the overstuffed sofa, she watched Santa’s feet emerge from the chimney. He wriggled his girth backward to free himself, displaying an impressive plumber’s crack above the fur-trimmed red suit bottoms before he stood and hiked up his pants. She stifled a giggle, startling him. He spun around, his elbow cracking into her temple…
Ashley woke with a panicked gasp as a man tumbled into her bed, knocking his skull against hers and cursing loudly enough to make her realize this was no dream. It was a potential nightmare. She struggled to free herself from under him and fought for breath to scream.
“Bloody hell!” he yelled, apparently not lost for breath himself. “What the—?”
Ashley answered with a sharp fist to his eye, and he cursed again.
The weight lifted from her, and Ashley reached in the dark for the lamp next to her bed only to grasp air. Twisting to her left, she blinked as her eyes adjusted and told her she wasn’t imagining things. No lamp, no bedside table. Where was her furniture?
A hand grabbed her hip and she kicked out, connecting with something soft that made the man squeal like a rich girl who got a pony on Christmas morning. His hand slid free and a loud thump told her he’d landed on the floor. Don’t give him a chance to yank you down with him. Escape! But one of her legs was still tangled in the comforter, so she grabbed a pillow and beat it over his head while she thrashed to get free.
“Stop,” he gasped, “…love of God.”
She raised the pillow over her head, ready to deliver death by feathers, when her eyes finally got used to the semidarkness. The room was dully lit by a streetlamp casting its light through a thin curtain. Her room faced away from the street and stayed dark all night. A small table and lamp stood on the right side of the bed, not the left. The walls were painted a deep, dark color. Maybe red. Not the bright sunshine yellow of her room. Masculine, antique-looking furniture lined the walls. Not the cheapo build-it-yourself-with-instructions-half-translated-from-Chinese that she could afford. And the man—who’d used the word bloody as a curse—lay curled up on a wooden floor like a newborn with a tummy ache. Real wood, not linoleum designed to look like wood.
Crap. She was in London, not San Diego. And this house was the one she’d swapped her own for during the holidays. Double crap.
“Who are you?” She glared at the man on the floor, tightening her grasp on the pillow and judging the distance to the bedroom door in case he gave the wrong answer.
“Oliver,” he groaned. “Oliver Stansfeld. You’re in my bed.” Still grimacing, he cupped his package with one hand while the other protected his face from further pillow attack.
“Oh, no.” Mortal terror quickly ebbed away, replaced by a different kind of panic. Horrified, she slapped her hand over her mouth. I’ve been asking Santa for a man for ten years, and this is what I do to him? She lowered the pillow. “I’m so sorry. Can I…um, can I help you with anything?”
He rolled to his knees but stayed hunched over, his forehead resting against the floor. For the first time she noticed that someone had unwrapped him. Her Christmas gift was nekkid. He panted, in through his nose and out through his mouth, clearly trying to get a grip on the pain. She gave him a few moments and tried to ignore the way his deep breaths accentuated the muscles bunched across his back and rounding over his taut backside.
Stop perving. He’s hurt, and you just attacked him in his own home. “Do you need an ice pack?”
He groaned again. Shaking his head, he said, “No ice. Just another moment of silence. Please.”
Oh, crud. He was polite even when she’d nearly smashed his family jewels. Maybe that was a British way of coping with agony. Would he kick her out of his house? Surely he would understand that she’d thought he was an attacker. She’d saved for this trip for five years and she was finally here, ready to live her childhood fantasies of snow, figgy pudding and men who called each other guv’nor, but she’d just gouged the man’s testicles for heaven’s sake. Hospitality only went so far.
“I’m so sorry—”
“Shh.” He pressed a finger to his lips, still cringing. She held herself completely still until Oliver took one last deep breath and pushed himself up to kneel below her, covering his groin with both hands. He let out a pained-sounding sigh and finally met her eyes. Blinked. Then seemed to look more intently.
Holy Christmas miracle, the man had the bluest eyes she’d ever seen. Even with only a touch of light to illuminate the room, she could tell they were a wintry blue like ice, but without the coldness. In fact, they warmed up as a wry smile touched his lips and shone even brighter because they were offset by his mop of dark hair.
“Sorry I startled you,” he said, his voice still somewhat strained. “I didn’t expect to find Goldilocks in my bed. I take it you’re one of the San Diego women I’ve swapped houses with?”
She nodded. “But…what are you doing here? You’re supposed to be in San Diego.”
He reached for her and she stiffened. Oh, he wanted the pillow. Fair enough. She let it go and he covered his crotch, making her bite back her disappointment. Bad girl. Man in pain.
“Technically speaking, not quite,” he said. “I should be in a plane above Canada right now, but Mother Nature and Heathrow have scuppered my plans.”
Her brows drew together, and he explained. “The runways are covered in ice. They boarded us, then made us sit on the tarmac for five hours before announcing the airport was closing. No flights in or out today.”
“You’re kidding! At Heathrow?”
“It was a catastrophe.” He grimaced. “The staff said we were best off coming home and trying again tomorrow, so I’m stuck here for another night instead of on a sunny beach. I’m sorry, I figured your flight had been canceled too. When did you get in?”
“Seven this morning.”
“Ah. You must’ve been one of the last ones allowed to land. And no problems?”
She shrugged. Did Brits often have conversations naked? “The plane skidded a little when it landed. The train to Paddington was fine but catching a bus was harder than I thought. Apparently a lot of buses were canceled because the roads were too icy.”
He blinked up at her. “You took a bus to Shoreditch from Paddington? That must’ve taken nearly as long as the flight from L.A.”
The memory of her first London adventure made her smile. “I took three buses here from Paddington. And it took about two hours. Most of that time was waiting for the next bus. I’ve never been to London before, so I wanted to see everything. I didn’t want to travel underground.”
“A taxi would’ve been much easier.”
“And much more expensive.”
He inclined his head in agreement. “But with three of you sharing—”
“Oh! I forgot to tell you. My roommates backed out at the last minute. I’m here alone.”
Alone. Yes, she was alone for Christmas…again. Not quite the perfect vacation she’d imagined, but at least she was here.
“Wait,” he said, eyes narrowing, “I’m supposed to be staying at your place. By myself.”
She rushed to reassure him. “Don’t worry. It’s still all yours. Kendall fell in love and decided to spend the holidays with her boyfriend, and Devon’s mother had to be rushed to the hospital last week so she’s in the Bay Area.”
She shrugged, making her oversized pajama top slip over her shoulder. She unconsciously pulled it back up, but his gaze followed her movement, making her very much aware that she sat in his bed braless while he kneeled on the wooden floor. Naked. “Yep. It’s just me here for Christmas.”
His gaze stayed on her no-longer-bare shoulder. “That’ll be lonely, won’t it?”
Her smile strained a little before brightening. “Maybe. But I’ve been saving for this vacation for years, and my flight was non-refundable. So I’m going to have the best damn Christmas of my life.”
Suddenly looking uncomfortable, he cleared his throat. “I’ll, um…I’ll let you get back to sleep, then. I’ll be in the spare room downstairs if you need anything.”
“Oh no! This is your bed. I should go.”
He held up his hand to stop her when she shifted to get off the bed. “Please. It’s yours while you stay here.” With a playful wink, he said, “I’d never forgive myself for kicking a woman out of my bed.”
She bit back her smile and watched as he stood, pretty awkward with the pillow still clutched to his stuff. Sadly, he managed it without exposing himself and said, “Sleep well. I hope the jet lag’s not too bad.”
“You too.” She cringed. “I mean, about sleeping well. Not the jet lag thing. You’re from here.”
He threw her a panty-melting grin before striding out of the room with a surprising amount of dignity, considering he was bare-ass naked and he’d been bested in a pillow fight by a girl.
Peppermint. The scent wove its way into his dreams, enveloping him in childlike sweetness and excitement before reality crashed in to remind him of all that had been stolen from him. All that he’d destroyed.
Consciousness swept the cobwebs from the sleepy corners of his brain until he finally gave up and opened his eyes. Peppermint. He could still smell it. Finally awake, he detected another smell alongside it. He closed his eyes and breathed in deeply through his nose.
Chocolate. Pure, sinfully rich chocolate. His neighbors must…
No, not his neighbors. His guest—the one he’d never planned to meet in person. They’d both signed up to a website that helped people trade houses for their holidays. As much as he wanted to avoid Christmas, he hadn’t wanted to spend two weeks in a hotel so the solution had seemed perfect. Have a holiday in someone else’s home—a home in a warm climate where it wouldn’t feel like Christmas—and pretend it was his for a while. His home on a California beach. His life without memories.
But one whiff of peppermint and chocolate brought Claire right back to him.
Stop being pathetic. Throwing his duvet to the side, he pushed himself out of bed and made for the door, only to have a draft of chilly air remind him he was naked. Shite. Not only was he growing colder and less impressive by the second, but last night he’d dumped his suitcase in the entryway and stripped on his way up the stairs, desperate to get to bed after such an exhausting, frustrating day. Somehow he would have to cross the living room and mount the stairs to his bedroom where he could grab some clothes—all without knowing where in the house his guest was.
What had his footie coach always told him in school? Remember the six Ps: Prior preparation prevents piss-poor performance.
Except he hadn’t been in a fit state to prepare for anything last night, when he’d fallen into bed naked and landed on a strange woman—clearly frightening the life out of her. Smashing his still-throbbing nuts seemed to have calmed her down, but his strolling through the flat starkers would only convince her he was a sex pest.
Not that he would be around for long. Surely Heathrow would be open by now. But still…He glanced around the room for anything that might cover his pride. Nothing in the wardrobe—Claire’s nurse had cleared it out when she’d left. The pillow had worked last night, but it’d been dark so his guest probably hadn’t seen his arse hanging out. That left the curtains or the duvet.
Yanking the duvet off the bed, he wrapped it around his waist. It was thick with feathers, making him feel like the freakish mutant offspring of a human woman and the Michelin man. He waddled out the door and into the living room, where his houseguest sat curled on the couch in her pajamas. Cute pajamas—the all-in-one kind with feet and a hoodie. They were mint green, covered with holly and smiling snowmen, and looked fleecy. Inexplicably, warmth began creeping through his body again.
She sipped from a steaming mug and focused on a hardback book laid across her lap, giving him a chance to see her in the lamp’s soft light. Goldilocks, indeed. Pale blond hair curled around her shoulders and beyond to nestle against her breasts, which he sadly couldn’t see anything of since she was swaddled in fabric. The only skin he could see—her face—was lightly tanned, the kind of tan that spoke of days outside in a sunny climate rather than hours spent baking under a heat lamp. He couldn’t make out the color of her eyes, downcast as they were on her book.
He must’ve swayed closer because she looked up and smiled when she saw him. Brown eyes. Like dark chocolate.
“Morning,” she said, her voice still husky with sleep. “I hope I didn’t wake you. I couldn’t sleep and didn’t want to waste a second of this beautiful day.”
Her enthusiasm smacked him in the face. It just seemed so…American. When was the last time the prospect of anything had put such a joyful expression on his face, or even got him out of bed before sunrise?
Probably Christmas when he was seven. He’d sneaked downstairs early and seen that Santa had left a bike with his name on it. His dad had still been speaking to him and taught him how to ride it. Suddenly uncomfortable, he cleared his throat. “No, you didn’t wake me.” Though he did notice the peppermint smell grew stronger out here. “Did you figure out the kettle all right?”
Her brows drew together. “Kettle?”
“The tea kettle. For boiling water.” Wait, she was American. “Or are you drinking coffee? Did you find the cafetière?”
Her confusion only seemed to grow, but he couldn’t figure out what he’d said to flummox her.
“No…I brewed my special peppermint hot chocolate recipe.”
Ah, that explained the smells. They reminded him that he needed to check Heathrow’s website and get the hell out of here before he drowned in other people’s Christmas cheer. Instead, he shuffled farther into the room. “And what’s special about your recipe?”
She snuggled deeper into the sofa pillows and raised the mug to her lips again. God, those lips. Wide and tipped upward at the corners, smiling even as she sipped. She looked so sensuously cuddly that he was filled with a strange longing to collapse next to her and wrap her happiness around him.
“First, you start with really high-quality chocolate—the luxury stuff you can’t find in supermarkets. I walked around the neighborhood yesterday and found a specialist chocolate shop at Spitalfields market. Mmm…” She closed her eyes in mock ecstasy. The warmth he’d felt turned to molten heat and headed south for the winter. Good Lord. Soon his duvet wouldn’t be thick enough to hide her effect on him. It’s morning. That’s why. Just a delayed good morning from my todger. Except the quality of this semi-erection was distinctly different than morning wood.
Obviously unaware of his dilemma, she continued. “Then you use milk––” she raised a brow, managing to look like an angel about to give someone a telling-off “––not water.”
He struggled to contain his grin, twisting his face into a look just as severe as hers. “Of course. Never water. Sacrilege.”
“Let me guess the third ingredient. Peppermint Schnapps?”
She gasped. “At eight in the morning? What d’you think I am, a lush? No way. I crumble a candy cane into the mug and stir until it melts. It’s delicious. Want to try some?”
She held her mug out to him in a way that somehow came off as sweetly innocent instead of overfamiliar. But a thought bounced into his mind—a thought spoken with Claire’s voice—and he shook his head to ward it off. Yummy! Drink it, Ollie.
“Are you sure?” she asked, and he realized two things at once. First, that she’d taken his headshake as a negative instead of an attempt to rid himself of the voices in his head. Probably a good thing. Second, he didn’t know her name. He knew there were three women living in the beach house he’d swapped his house for, but which one was she? She’d said some names last night, but he’d been too distracted by her momentarily bare shoulder in the intimacy of his moonlit bedroom to pay close attention. “I’m sure. Thank you. Um…this is rather embarrassing, but I didn’t catch your name.”
She set the mug on the old leather travel trunk he used as a coffee table and stuck out her hand. “I’m Ashley. Ashley Turner.”
“Lovely to meet you, Ashley Turner.” Ashley with the soft, warm hands and smile that could light up the Highlands in the dead of winter. He cleared his throat. “I’ve got a couple of mates named Ashley.”
“Mmm-hmm. They’re both men.”
She grinned bigger. “Well, I’m not.”
Yeah, he’d caught that. More the pity that she was here in London and not in San Diego, where he could flirt with a holiday romance. Which reminded him… “I need to see when my flight’s going today.”
She gave him an encouraging nod and turned back to her book, seeming to forget about him with almost insulting ease. After standing there awkwardly watching her for a second, he finally shook off his lust and crossed the room to his carry-on bag. When he bent to unzip it, though, his duvet slipped and fell to the floor. He scrambled and yanked it back up, but not before he heard a suspicious choking sound.
Ashley coughed, slapping at her chest.
“You okay?” he asked.
“Mmm-hmm.” Her cheeks had turned peppermint red. He tried not to laugh as she fumbled an attempt to make him think she hadn’t been watching him. Waving at her book, she hurriedly explained, “Ghost of Christmas Future just showed up. Startles me every time.”
“Uh-huh.” He pulled out his laptop, took it to the kitchen table while keeping a firm hold on his duvet, booted the computer up and opened Heathrow’s website.
Then cursed. Loudly.
Raking his fingers through his hair, he yanked hard and swore again.
“Airport’s closed. All flights canceled. All day.” Three days before Christmas and one of the world’s busiest airports was closed due to a cold snap they’d been unprepared for. Didn’t that just say it all? If America was the land of optimism, Britain was the home of everything going tits-up. God, he wanted to bask in the California sunshine so badly he could taste the coconut sun cream, but instead he was stuck in Blighty, surrounded by twinkle lights, merry pub-goers and too much snow.
And memories of a Christmas-mad young woman who’d been stolen from his life far too early. A woman who had no Christmas future, thanks to his recklessness.
A tentative hand touched his shoulder, and he twitched in surprise. Ashley pulled out the chair across from him and sat down, propping her elbows on the table. “I’m sorry, Oliver.”
“Ollie,” he said automatically.
“Ollie,” she repeated softly. “You’ll get there tomorrow. There’s no way they can keep the airport closed for two full days. In the meantime…”
She smiled, a smile so full of promise that his interest piqued again. Suddenly he could think of at least a half dozen pleasant ways to forget about being snowed in. He cocked a brow and felt one side of his mouth lifting in a Grinch-like grin. “Yes?”
She leaned forward and whispered, “Why don’t you come Christmas tree shopping with me?”


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How did you discover your favorite art medium?- My father was an oil painter, though for some reason he has not painted in years. He's living in another continent, and painting was a passion, a hobby, something he did not pursue - he was a Navy man, then a lawyer, as well as an artist. As well a self taught electrician, carpenter, etc. Interesting chap. But yes - I learned how to oil paint at the age most children are still using crayons - sure, I used crayons as well, and to this day, but you know what I mean...
How do you see your future work and style developing? - I feel like I am heading more & more towards realism, in some form or other. I started out in an inchoate, sort of untrained way. I then got tired of what I was capable of producing (or NOT capable, as the case may be) and attended art school. What I have always adored for reasons I can't entirely understand or articulate are the look and plain old capacity to render things in a realistic way. Thus, I hope to become hyper-realist. I hope to paint like Vermeer, you know, sort of to say I CAN, partly - though the real reason is the indescribable absorbing sort of joy that comes from translating a piece of reality - with its true colours, light conditions, shapes, etc - into a perfectly rendered piece of art. Warts & all. Since I'm not certain whether art would ever become any thing like a full fledged career for me I cannot say how much beyond that it would go, though I assume there's something beyond realism... if not the past 300 years or so of art history would not have occurred.
How do you manage your time? - for some really bizarre reason, I have gotten into a psycho late-night mode. Am currently undertaking a rather ambitious 3 month painting project and I find myself really only able to work between, say, 9pm at night and 5AM. I have even tried to artificially switch this around by going to be early (before 1am at least) so as to get up early and begin painting at a sensible hour - no hope - still would wake up after 11am and get nothing done. I've resigned myself! At least until the end of this project, I officially have the Graveyard Shift in art for Madison County, North Carolina.
Have you exhibited work or taught classes? - I have exhibited work in Atlanta and now Asheville, NC, where I currently reside.
Can you tell us a little about your methods and/or techniques? Though I work in many mediums, etc, I want to briefly describe oil painting. I begun with straight up alla prima painting - wet on wet, I believe they call it - and then came to LOVE glazing techniques, thanks to that last oil painting class I took at college, where i learned both the technique & the mediums/chemicals used. Now am developing hybrid styles mixing glazing with wet on wet, as well as, in an ad hoc sort of way, developing ways to achieve different sfumato effects & specific hues & whatnot through sheer persistence as opposed to actually doing the reasonable way and reading up about various techniques, etc. Experimenting - that's it, in a word.
What have you done this past year? 2012 has been an excellent artistic year for me! I begun by selling my first commission for $500 and shortly thereafter managed to fund my Kickstarter Campaign, 90 Paintings in 90 Days, AKA the Epic Painting Project, which has allowed me to complete, as of this writing, 80 or so oil paintings. These are reinterpretations of the ouvre of the incredible landscape Romantic era British artist, JMW Turner. These are done on prepped wood panels - not traditional wooden panels, but pieces of driftwood rescued from local waterways. The shapes of the canvases very directly correlate to the subject matter and the composition itself - an effort with which my husband, photographer and artist in his own right, assists me with. He can view each piece of wood chosen, we consult the JMW Turner book of images we have, etc. One painting a day. Intense.
What are your artistic highlights? - This Epic Painting Project has been a highlight, both in a creative and business sense. Being able to Kickstart (as it were) a project of this length and effort is an achievement I, even 6 months ago, could not have fathomed bringing to fruition. It involved more promoting, advertising and selling than I've ever really done in my life, and gave me a look into what arts fundraising is like. Some confidence in terms of future projects will come from that, no doubt. Artistically, of course, the effort is legion. I address many of these matters in my blog turner.aliciaraya.com but, in a nutshell, doing this has allowed me to stick to an artistic discipline, exploit & explore the medium, learn style from a master, and provide me with a cohesive portfolio group of works - something I've never really had in the past.
What artistic plans do you have for the coming year? - wow, lots! Firstly, I always have felt I have not come into my style yet, my 'voice', as it were. I still feel too pulled in many directions - from freeflow abstract/expressionistic to hyper realism attempts to surrealism - in so many mediums as well - oil, acrylic, mixed media, charcoal, at times glass & sculpture & digital. It's the sort of hodge podge output that would have been cured by a good stint in an MFA program. It is, for whatever reason, something I strive for, a personal voice, a cohesive set of work. So I undertake projects (such as the Epic Painting Project) with a view to force myself down certain pathways - in this case, exploit the expressive possibilities of oil painting. Other goals include experimenting with different mediums and techniques - something I'm also building into my project. By the end of the year in a more practical sense I would also love to successfully market and place my Project in a gallery - already talking to some local organizations about that - and promote & facilitate the sales of what I do so as to better imagine a future where I might do this long term. I'd like to concentrate on creation vs sales this year however - I have all these raw materials hanging about the house - would like to spent this year producing, and next year really promoting, hitting crafts sales and so forth.
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The author acknowledges grants from the US Department of Education GAANN program, the National Science Foundation MUSES program, and the USEPA P3 program for supporting urban sustainabihty research at USIEP. Dr. Sarosh Khan and USIEP PhD students Mike Whitaker, Mark Pitterle and Tim Hillman provided resources for some sections of this chapter.

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All those who were waiting to have another glimpse of King Khan's envious six-packs, are in for a disappointment of sorts! Well, not exactly once we hear out what Shahrukh Khan has to say about his upcoming Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.
Speaking about his role and get up in the Aditya Chopra directed venture, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, opposite debutante Anushka Sharma, SRK reveals that he has not worked out for four months. And this was intentional as he did not want to show off his muscles, rather those famous six-pack "Dard-E-Disco" abs of Om Shanti Om. The actor discloses the reason behind the same and it is a very logical and an interesting one.
He explains that the muscles were coming in the way of the character that he is playing in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. He essays the role of a very normal, regular person, quite unlike the flamboyant Om from his blockbuster hit of last year, the 87 crore Om Shanti Om.
As of today, the next offering from the Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Mohabbatein team, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, is all set to release globally on December 12.

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By Rhonda McCurry on August 14, 2020
Robots on the Farm: Modernizing the Food Industry
Clint Brauer from Cheney is working to re-shape food. His operation, MG Honor Farms in south-central Kansas, is a mecca of vegetables and herbs. For nearly a decade, MG Honor Farms has grown food for local consumers. Brauer, along with high school students and other part-time help, has completed most of the work himself.
“We are branded on vegetables and herbs and grass-fed lamb that is rotationally grazed,” Brauer says. “Now we plan to expand this to our broadacre farm operation.”
This summer, Brauer launched a new wave of farm labor to help him. On May 22, 10 robots joined his farm. The robots repeatedly cut weeds such as pigweed and mare’s tail near ground level, within an inch of soybeans, milo, cotton, sunflowers and corn.
The vision of using robots to carry out no-till and regenerative farming is made possible by Brauer’s professional background in technology. He grew up near Cheney, worked for Sony in California and returned to his Kansas roots in 2010. Now, Brauer says, his worlds have combined to re-shape food for hungry consumers.
“I have a friend, Steven Gentner, who writes machine vision software,” Brauer says. “He is a brilliant engineer and after I explained to him how farms worked, I asked, ‘Can robots be used to control weeds between rows of crops, without damaging the crops?’ Steven said, ‘Yes.’”
Next, Greenfield Robotics was born.
BOTS MEAN BUSINESS
After testing with existing farm tools, Brauer began working on his prototype three years ago with engineer Carol Sutter, another technology guru from California, testing a design to remotely control robots to cut down pigweed.
In 2019, the Greenfield team settled on a design and put four robots to work killing weeds on 25 acres of soybeans. Next, the team developed an internet system to stream live video at the edge of the field and control the robots using a PC.
The robots were able to maintain these 25 acres, but the team concluded the remote-control robot needed a person to constantly walk behind it or steer using a computer from the edge of the field, which was labor intensive and subject to errors.
All last winter, Gentner and Sutter wrote machine vision software to control 10 robots at one time and partnered with Eck Fabrication in Kingman to improve the hardware.
Brauer, Gentner and Sutter added to the team Nanden Kalle, an accomplished product and business development pro, and Jay Samit, a strategist who has been creating and advising successful companies since the ’80s.
The team worked out details in one of the MG Honor Farms greenhouses to test how the software will perform in the actual field this season.
“This will either work or go down in flames, but we are pretty confident as the season goes on, the bots will get the job done,” Brauer says. “The bots will use machine vision to steer themselves in rows, in a field, where the path was established through drone and satellite imagery.”
Greenfield Robotics plans to maintain 400 to 600 acres of corn, soybeans, cotton, sunflowers and milo (or grain sorghum) across 10 farms this summer, as part of a paid beta trial.
Brauer recognizes there may be a need this year to use herbicides for “burndown,” which is a way to kill weeds and grasses in row crops, to complement the robots. But he hopes that robots can control broadleaf weeds better than herbicides because they mow the rows repeatedly. The robots weigh between 100 and 140 pounds, so after a big rainstorm, they can still get the job done without bogging down in the field.
The team plans to expand in 2021 and add a new form of weed control that eliminates grasses in addition to broadleaf weeds.
“When we started developing robots, my vision was just to kill pigweed,” Brauer says. “We think, given the robotics systems we are currently developing, tractors may not be needed on our cropland as soon as this next year. And we believe these systems will lower weather-related risks, give back farmers control over their costs, boost productivity and re-align farmers and consumers.”
FROM ROADSIDE TO ROBOTS
MG Honor Farms has evolved from humble beginnings 10 years ago. Brauer began growing vegetables on a few acres just outside his grandmother’s farmhouse. His market was local only, including restaurants in Wichita and roadside stand customers. But the lessons learned were hard ones, Brauer says, as Wichita was not a terrific market for local foods, making income a struggle.
“I also learned the Kansas climate is not consistent enough to grow some veggies at a local level,” he says. “We couldn’t grow at a price point people could comprehend.”
Eventually MG Honor Farms built multiple greenhouses near Cheney, and Brauer worked with his cousin on a hydroponic business in Topeka, where they grew various greens such as lettuces, arugula and kale for large customers like HyVee Stores in Kansas City. The Topeka business is currently not operating, but Brauer learned a ton about consumer interests while spending more than 30 weekends in Kansas City demonstrating and speaking firsthand with prospective buyers in stores.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Brauer says he has recognized the demand for food fresh from the farm. Farm traffic picked up at MG Honor Farms as families wanted to pick their own produce.
HEALTHY FOOD BEFORE AND AFTER
Just before the pandemic, MG Honor Farms launched a new program. Customers now help grow their own vegetables through a subscription program. Visitors not only get to take vegetables home, but they also learn how to grow them.
Brauer decided to launch this program so Wichita-area consumers could learn how to grow food, herbs and flowers, share ideas about new products to create with those crops, get some exercise and take time away from their “garden” and let others keep it going.
“As we sold into grocery stores and to pet food companies, I just wanted to make food less risky,” Brauer says.
Both the Greenfield Robotics and MG Honor Farms teams joined Brauer, he says, because they believe in producing food in a safe, special way. It’s not about the money, but rather for people’s health and ecology.
Brauer says if his grandmother, Margaret, could see her former farmstead now she would get a good laugh at how many segments of the farming and growing industry Brauer has become involved in.
“The timing couldn’t be better for what we’re doing,” he says. “The whole country is waking up and asking how our food supply becomes resilient and how it gets from the farm to the consumer.”
To learn more about MG Honor Farms, visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/MGHonorFarms.


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After the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced a new administrative procedure Friday that would allow a unified Native Hawaiian government — if one is established in the future — to enter into a formal government-to-government relationship with the United States, some Native Hawaiian sovereignty activists spoke out in protest, arguing that Native Hawaiians are not a tribe but a sovereign nation and that the rule does not address the real issue — that the U.S. helped facilitate the illegal overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893 and continues to illegally occupy Hawaii.
“In some ways it is monumental that after 123 years of systemic oppression and policies that attempted to sever our ancestral connections to ʻāina (ancestral lands and resources), illegitimize our language and culture, and erase the national history of a sovereign and independent state — that the Obama administration is the first since President Grover Cleveland to explore the restoration of Hawaiian governance,” Kamanamaikalani Beamer, associate professor at the University of Hawai’i Mānoa Hawai’inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge and the Richardson School of Law Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law, told NBC News.
“In reality, many Hawaiians feel this development is less about benevolence and the beginning of good faith negotiations and more about the continued seizure of our national lands and resources and ignoring our claims under international law at a time when our national consciousness is reawakening and the politics of aloha ʻāina (love for land and natural resources) are beginning to influence and take root across our island planet,” Beamer continued.
Protests were organized on the islands of Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai, according to Protest Na’i Aupuni.
At a protest Friday in front of Iolani Palace in Honolulu on the island of Oahu, Healani Sonoda-Pale of Protest Na’i Aupuni challenged the DOI’s claim to have listened to Native Hawaiians during its public hearings.
“Two years ago, when the Office of Hawaiian Affairs CEO Kamana’opono Crabbe [sent his] May 5, 2014 letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, in it, he essentially questioned the legitimacy of U.S. jurisdiction in Hawaii and he requested proof of how the Hawaiian Kingdom was legally annexed to the United States,” Sonoda-Pale said at the protest. “Within two months of Crabbe’s letter, hearings on five islands went on for two weeks. Thousands of Hawaiians came out, but only hundreds were able to testify. Ninety-five percent of Hawaiians who spoke out were opposed to any notion of federal recognition or state and federal interference in our right to self-determination.”
“We are not going to be defeated,” Professor Williamson Chang of the University of Hawaii Richardson School of Law said at Iolani Palace. “There have been many many deceits; there have been many many coersions. There have been Bayonet Constitutions. This is the second Bayonet Constitution. We survived the first, we will survive the second. Because this is so wrong. It is so against the truth. And the truth is that annexation — which we discovered in 2014 which led to the letter by Dr. Crabbe — that the United States, by its own laws in this very book, the laws of the State of Hawaii, has admitted by its own laws that it has never taken Hawaii.”
In 1993, President Bill Clinton signed the Apology Resolution, publicly acknowledging and apologizing for the United States’ involvement in the illegal overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani and the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893, admitting that the United States violated Native Hawaiians’ right to self-determination and international law. Some Native Hawaiians believe that the logical resolution is the full restoration of the Kingdom of Hawaii as a sovereign nation, rather than having the U.S. government decide the terms.
“The United States took a stable government, destabilized it, and then has the nerve today to say, ‘We will make a deal with you, and the deal is you agree to become our native people and we will negotiate some kind of settlement that will make life a little bit better for you,'” Professor Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwoʻole Osorio of thge University of Hawaii Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies said at Iolani Palace. “The very very worst part of all of this is that what the U.S. has done through the DOI, what the state has done through Na’i Aupuni, those things have really actually acted to divide a people who were moving, who have been moving, towards a legal, rational, and reasonable solution to the hewa that the United States committed more than a hundred years ago.”
“We do not agree because none of this has been good for us as a people,” Osorio continued. “Not as a people, not as a nation, and we respectfully ask the United States to move out of this and the state of Hawaii to stop the continual interferences in our right to rebuild our nation. We ask this respectfully. And we are going to continue whether they do this or not. We continue to build towards the day when we will be an independent nation again.”

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This comprehensive introduction to Asia offers readers a clear overview of the continent from ancient times to the present.Meyer, Milton W. is the author of 'Asia: A Concise History', published 1997 under ISBN 9780847680634 and ISBN 0847680630.

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Many years ago, I received a Betty Crocker recipe card set. This is one of the recipes from it, that we love and still make. It's originally called Quick Honey Mustard Chicken Wings, but honestly, you can't tell it's a "honey mustard" flavor like you might be used to, with the chili sauce in it. Note: the chili sauce that's used here is not a Mexican chili sauce, this is found near the ketchup section of the grocery store.
I looked and looked online for a link to share for this recipe, but found nothing. I adapted the cooking method to make it easier and doubled the sauce here.
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You can’t have fall without something pumpkin. Try this easy, fast, healthy, and yummy pumpkin pudding that is also low in calories. The cashew vanilla cream is delicious and it doesn’t need any dairy or additives. Make a bit batch and put a dollop on all things dessert. This parfait is also vegan, gluten, and dairy free. It’s good for you and the planet. Yea!
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Milanovic and Eppes Conduct Workshop at the UDC: A Simulation-Based Approach to STEM Challenges
Ivana Milanovic, professor of mechanical engineering, and Tom Eppes, professor of electrical & computer engineering were invited to conduct a one-day workshop at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) on November 30th. The first part of the workshop featured two talks on how simulations can be successfully integrated into engineering graduate and undergraduate courses. This pedagogical approach combines problem- and inquiry-based learning and employs both model building and application development. The learning strategy emphasizes outside-of-class exercises supported by reference materials and faculty mentoring. The second part of the workshop was a hands-on activity focused on how to construct a working model of either fluid flow over a back-step or an electroosmotic micromixer. The event was attended by approximately 30 faculty and students from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at UDC.


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Senecas stage walk? to mark loss of territory
Members of the Seneca Nation of Indians mourned past losses of homeland and commemorated their resilience as a people during a walk on Saturday along old Route 280 in Steamburg.
The event came as a remembrance of an episode nearly 50 years ago, when Senecas were forced to leave their lands in the Allegany Territory.
"Those Seneca who lived through the removal, those who watched their houses burn to the ground – they experienced trauma and heartbreak that no doubt nearly broke their spirit," said Seneca President Robert Odawi Porter, in an address at the Steamburg Community Center, according to a release from the Seneca Nation.
The Senecas mourn the 1960s as a time of loss of territory in the Allegany area, due to the construction of the Kinzua Dam.
The nation's release stated that 600 people were forced to move from their homes and properties.
The commemorative walk is an annual event.
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LEWISTON – Retired Col. Vanessa D. Barron, a 1978 graduate of Niagara University and a 31-year Army veteran, will return to the NU campus to discuss the federally funded Troops to Teachers program at 3 p.m. Thursday in the multipurpose room of the Gallagher Center.
Troops to Teachers is a national program designed to help eligible military personnel to begin new careers as teachers in public schools serving a high percentage of students from low income families. Barron is manager of the Troops to Teachers program for New York and Pennsylvania.
Michael J. Freedman, associate director of public relations for the university, said all current and prospective students, especially those considering education as a major, are encouraged to attend.
The presentation is free and open to the public.
Troops to Teachers may provide stipends of up to $5,000 to help pay for teacher qualification costs or bonuses of $10,000 to teach in targeted schools.
Participants who accept the stipends or bonuses must agree to teach for at least three years in targeted schools.
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Amherst man will miss ?first game since 1979
Anyone who knows Tom Jasinski can tell you it takes a lot to keep him away from a Buffalo Bills home game.
Jasinski, 51, of Amherst, will miss today's big game against the New England Patriots because he had a kidney transplant six days ago in the Erie County Medical Center.
"He hasn't missed a game since the 1979 season. He's been to at least 260 straight games," said his wife, Ginny Wallace. "And Tom has only missed four games since he started going to games with his grandparents 44 years ago."
Jasinski is doing "exceptionally well" with his new kidney, and if it was up to him, he might very well show up at Ralph Wilson Stadium today, his wife said.
The last time Jasinski missed a game, he was in the hospital, getting diagnosed with the diabetes that eventually required the kidney transplant.


Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (mnr.krg.org) - The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Natural Resources, Ashti Hawrami, commented today on the Iraqi federal government’s petition to a US court to seize crude oil produced in the Kurdistan Region.
“The KRG’s lawyers sent a letter to a court in Texas to explain the misrepresentations of the Iraqi federal government. The Iraqi federal government has petitioned a Texas court for an order to seize crude oil legally produced, exported, and sold by the KRG in accordance with the Iraqi constitution and law. The letter indicates the possibility of massive counterclaims against the federal government. ” said Minister Hawrami.
“The federal government of Iraq is trying to achieve in foreign courts and in the Iraqi supreme court what is denied to the federal government by the Iraqi constitution. The federal government cannot win, because our crude is legally produced, shipped, exported, and sold in accordance with the rights of the Kurdistan Region as set forth in the Iraqi constitution,” continued Minister Hawrami. “Our claims for unpaid compensation, which must be paid as provided in the Iraqi constitution and the law, will also be put before any foreign court in which the federal government is seeking to attack us,” Minister Hawrami continued.
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There are 2 codes for Carajas Airport: (IATA Code and ICAO Code). Carajas Airport Code is CKS, IATA Code and Carajas ICAO Code is SBCJ.
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- 1 How gel electrophoresis is used in cases?
- 2 What is gel electrophoresis and why is it so important for DNA testing in criminal cases?
- 3 How can gel electrophoresis be used for paternity testing?
- 4 Why is gel electrophoresis important for forensic scientists use?
- 5 How is gel electrophoresis used in paternity testing?
- 6 How does using gel electrophoresis help to determine the genotypes of individuals?
How gel electrophoresis is used in cases?
Applications of gel electrophoresis In the separation of DNA fragments for DNA fingerprinting to investigate crime scenes. To analyze results of polymerase chain reaction. To analyze genes associated with a particular illness. In DNA profiling for taxonomy studies to distinguish different species.
What is gel electrophoresis and why is it so important for DNA testing in criminal cases?
Gel electrophoresis is used to create DNA fingerprints from crime scene and suspect samples. A match between samples suggests which suspect committed the crime.
What can gel electrophoresis be used for?
Gel electrophoresis is a laboratory method used to separate mixtures of DNA, RNA, or proteins according to molecular size.
How is gel electrophoresis used to identify individuals?
The technique of gel electrophoresis separates DNA by size, thus allowing people to be identified based on analyzing the lengths of their DNA. Students then analyze results from these experiments and work on case examples using DNA to match babies to parents and crime scene evidence to suspects.
How can gel electrophoresis be used for paternity testing?
Gel electrophoresis is used in paternity testing by comparing DNA from a known child to the DNA of males when the biological father is unknown. …
Why is gel electrophoresis important for forensic scientists use?
Electrophoresis can be used to analyze proteins, including those found in human blood. Unlike DNA or RNA, proteins may not be charged. Thus, this application may be useful in forensics to discover any injected substances in the blood or the presence of diseases in suspects.
What is the purpose of gel electrophoresis quizlet?
laboratory method used to separate mixtures of DNA according to molecular size. Molecules are separated by being pushed through an electrical field through a gel that contains small pores.
How can DNA technology allow us to investigate a crime scene?
DNA can be used to identify criminals with incredible accuracy when biological evidence exists. In cases where a suspect is identified, a sample of that person’s DNA can be compared to evidence from the crime scene. The results of this comparison may help establish whether the suspect committed the crime.
How is gel electrophoresis used in paternity testing?
How does using gel electrophoresis help to determine the genotypes of individuals?
One application of gel electrophoresis in DNA analysis is that it can reveal an individual’s genotype at a specific genetic locus. In this case, the DNA segments loaded into a sample well are copies of the DNA from one chromosomal region or locus from a single individual.

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Apollo Bay and the surrounding coast and hinterland are where I spend most of my time. These photos were all taken in February 2021 in the final weeks of summer. With the exception of the spectacle of the gas exploration rig being towed through Bass Strait south of Apollo Bay, these photos capture ordinary daily life on the west coast. Sometimes I go on a mission with the camera to capture big swell, whales, the Milky Way or whatever. Sometimes I just take a photo or two while doing other things.
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Port Campbell Ocean Swimming Race
I first entered this ocean swimming race in 2007. I missed the 2010 and 2015 swims, but in 2015 I did the Bay of Islands swim (a one-off as it turned out) instead of the Pt Campbell swim. In relation to the Bay of Islands swim, see the second part of my post at:
These 14 ocean swims were all in genuine (and sometimes challenging) ocean conditions in beautiful remote locations.
My swim wave was scheduled for 1020. Around 1000 I put my hat, sunglasses and car keys on the driver’s seat, shut the door, and went to open the back door. During that short walk the car doors auto-locked (a malfunction of some sort) and my wetsuit and goggles were in the car. I made the start line in time. That’s the short story. The next three paras contain the detail for those interested.
No time to get the RACV to attend. So I borrowed a coat hanger from the Surf Life Saving Club rooms and refashioned it in the standard way to hook and open an inside door handle after inserting the wire between the door edge and the door seal. I have done this on more than one occasion (usually on somebody else’s car). But those crafty Germans have designed a car door seal which cannot be entered in this way. It was now about 1005 and my fellow age group swimmers were gathering at the starting line on the beach.
So back to the SLSC at a brisker walking pace where I found the masonry brick shown in the picture. The rear quarter window seemed the obvious and cheapest way to gain entry. A gentle tap with the brick did nothing. After progressively harder whacks which were now attracting the bemused attention of unhelpful onlookers, the window finally shattered but the force used sent the brick and my arms through the new opening. My hands and forearms received numerous minor scratches from the sharp shards around the window frame. I ignored the tiny droplets of blood appearing on my minor scratches as there was now only about 10 minutes to my race start. I thought I was on the home run as I threaded my hand inside the window to unlock the doors using the inside back door handle. But pulling on the door handle did not unlock the doors! Swimming mates were now coming looking for me to tell my my race was being marshalled for the start. The coat hanger wire at full stretch would not reach diagonally across the car from rear left quarter window to the driver’s seat to get the key tantalisingly in full view but so far unreachable.
So back to the SLSC again. I found a broom and twisted an end of the coat hanger wire around its handle, fashioned a hook on the other end, and after a bit of angling with time running out fast I delicately hooked and retrieved the key. It was now approaching 1015. A quick change into my wetsuit (after shaking as many glass fragments off as I could with a quick shake), confirmed I had my cap, watch and earplugs and jogged to the start line and joined the milling swimmers just as the starter’s briefing finished. The starter’s gun was then fired. Not a problem.
It was a very enjoyable swim and I didn’t think once about the VW key saga while doing my 1350m.
Some of my long time ocean swimming friends from Apollo Bay at the finishing line, all wearing the big smile of a cold water ocean swimmer coming ashore. Clockwise from top left: Boo, Vicki and Michelle (third and fourth-place getters in their age group), Suzie (fastest of the Apollo Bay swimmers) and Jenny.
Apollo Bay swimmers striking a pose. Boo strolling up the finishers’ race and not looking at all exhausted after her swim. Mark, me and Keelan after the swim. Always a great day. I had ten friends swimming in this race.
The ocean at Apollo Bay is cool in summer and cold in winter. This is exactly how a group of ocean swimming locals like it. They swim all year round and have been doing so for many years. There are about 20 swimmers in total and on any given day at least a few of them (usually more) will meet at ‘the wall’ for a short swim or a longer swim as the mood takes them. The swim goes ahead in most weather and sea conditions, save for those brought by very strong winds from the east or thereabouts. Photos of such conditions are in an earlier post at: https://southernoceanblog.com/2020/10/28/easterly-seas-at-apollo-bay/ . There is always a convivial post-swim catch up over coffee at one of the local cafes.
Portrait of a King Parrot
There is no smooth segue between the topics ‘ocean swim’ and ‘king parrot’, save perhaps for saying just that. So, moving right along and seeing we are now discussing parrots, this juvenile male king parrot landed on the verandah rail at my house and looked at me through a window as I sat reading the newspaper. He hopped around and stared straight at me, as if beckoning me to come outside. I fetched my camera and went outside and he walked along the verandah rail to a position close to me. He was utterly unfazed by being near me. In fact he was much friendlier and more relaxed than the magpies which visit me quite regularly.
He was a most sociable and cooperative subject for this impromptu portrait sitting.
Little Henty Reef lies just a short swim off Hayley Point at Marengo on the west coast of Victoria. The reef and adjacent waters are part of the Marengo Reefs Marine Sanctuary.
There are days when it is unsafe to swim at Little Henty Reef. Early this morning conditions for an ocean swim there were perfect. Clear blue skies, no wind, no swell and only a light south-to-north tidal current in the bay between the reef and Marengo beach. The water was cool and clear. This morning I swam with Mary, Michelle Sue and Susie – all regular local ocean swimmers.
Susie descending effortlessly to the seabed.
Little Henty Reef has featured on this blog since it began with my first post in June 2017. If you’re interested in seeing the reef in other moods:
This morning on my ocean swim with friends at Apollo Bay a wild dolphin appeared in the water very close to us and a remarkable encounter followed.
Sue saw some dolphins up close near the harbour wall. The next contact was when a single dolphin surfaced right beside Michelle and Mary about 150m offshore and 300m+ north of the wall where we entered the water. I swam across 30-40m to join them upon hearing the exhilaration and excitement in their voices at what they had just experienced. The dolphin disappeared momentarily then surfaced again right beside Mary and greeted the three of us. Then Sonja and Vicki joined us, and a series of unhurried wonderful audiences with this dolphin followed. Susie was doing a longer swim, but joined us and saw the dolphin up close on her return leg. The pattern of the encounters was simple. The dolphin would disappear after spending time with us, the pod of swimmers would briefly resume swimming north, and the dolphin would reappear and repeat. Eventually it didn’t reappear, and we think it may have gone out to sea a little to feed. By this stage we were 450-500m from the wall. The return swim seemed effortless, mainly because my thoughts were consumed with what we had just experienced.
Wonderful aspects of this dolphin choosing to swim with us included seeing it in smooth and powerful motion at much less than arms’ length from us. Each of us experienced the dolphin surfacing, porpoising and diving with effortless power and verve at very close quarters.
A couple of times the dolphin swam directly beneath me at a distance of a metre or so, and rolled on its back as it glided past me. The visibility underwater wasn’t great. But I could see enough to have no hesitation, despite needing a breath, in leaving my face in the water until it swam out of visual range. It surfaced right beside me at one point and I saw its whole head and blowhole out of the water at very close range, as well as its back and dorsal fin. The front of its head was lighter in colour than its body, which was various shades of grey. There were scuff marks on its body and dorsal fin which were no doubt a unique record of this creature’s life in the ocean. The texture of its skin could easily be seen – it looked solid but smooth and rubbery. The water flowing over and around its body flashed in the sunlight. The swimmers were reasonably close together when this was occurring, and the speed and agility of its movements without touching any of us was exhilarating.
A memorable moment, while I was swimming, was when it approached me from directly behind without me being aware it was there and appeared directly beneath me at speed and without a lot of separation. I lifted my head and looked forward. It surfaced right in front of me at that moment and rose out of the water at speed in a beautiful porpoising arc. To see this manoeuvre while in the water directly behind and close to the dolphin was thrilling. The white water of its wake was streaming over its body. It then circled back and joined us all again.
But the remarkable and unique aspect of this dolphin so actively and intimately engaging with us was that at various times it swam right up to each of us and just stopped, looking directly at us with its nose and head partially out of the water. Its blowhole was out of the water and clearly visible. The back of its body was submerged. Its tail flukes were under the water. Its dorsal fin was partly out of the water, and its pectoral fins were motionless by its side underwater. We could look into its eyes. I did not hesitate in embracing the irresistible self-deception of seeing a smile in the fixed curved line of its closed mouth. The dolphin was not swimming or moving much at all. It just floated there, as if checking us out one by one, face to face at a distance of a foot or so. This did not occur fleetingly. It was relaxed and deliberate. Most of us were appraised by the dolphin more than once in this manner. These unusual up close and personal encounters lasted longer than I expected, then the dolphin would turn and swim or dive away.
That this wild and highly intelligent creature would, entirely of its own volition, choose to interact with a handful of us as it did, was a great surprise and a great privilege.
I have no photos of the dolphin to share. On reflection, I am glad I simply enjoyed the experience we had, rather than the different and decidedly inferior experience of taking photos of the dolphin up close. The words above merely record that together with my swimming friends, today was the day we met a wild dolphin in its ocean in an unhurried way, on its terms. But there was something wonderful about it which elevated the experience far above my pedestrian description. Rarely have words so failed me in sharing an experience.
The main beach at Apollo Bay faces east and is completely exposed to the wind waves and rough seas brought by easterly and south-easterly winds. The waves erode the beach and dunes up to and sometimes above the high water mark and the wind moves huge amounts of sand. Once the wind gets above around 25 knots the bay becomes a potentially dangerous place for swimmers, entirely unattractive to surfers and a magnet for kite surfers who revel in the 25-30 knot winds.
In strong easterly conditions there is a lot of water moving around creating rips and side sweeps and general movement of water in often unpredictable directions. An ocean swimmer could stay afloat and swim in these conditions but would most likely encounter currents quite different to those normally experienced in the bay which could make it very difficult or impossible to return to shore before becoming exhausted or hypothermic.
So far this week at Apollo Bay the wind has been blowing non-stop day and night from the east at 25-30 knots, gusting higher at times. Monday had some sunny breaks, but on Tuesday we only saw cloud and cold winds. The forecast is for the winds to moderate and stay from the east or south-east until at least the end of the week.
Any water person in the area shown the photos below without being told anything about when they were taken could immediately identify the conditions as easterly. They are very distinctive compared to the conditions when the wind is from anywhere between the NW around through W to S.
I live in Apollo Bay and start most days with an ocean swim. I don’t swim in the open bay in strong easterly conditions, but fortunately the local harbour provides protected waters which are an ideal plan B. These photos capture something of the easterly sea conditions, as well as the contrasting harbour waters in which I have continued my daily swims during the otherwise unswimmable easterly conditions so far this week.
First day of easterlies
Day two of the easterlies
Harbour swim on day three of the easterlies
The easterly by day three had eased a little and was closer to 20 than 30 knots. The open seas were still white and rough. The inviting glassy clear water inside the harbour was the spot to swim today. Eight of us swam in the harbour this morning instead of the usual locations of Apollo Bay (and sometimes Marengo). Of course, warming up over coffee and a chat followed.
Winter on the shores of the ocean at Apollo Bay is a time of open fires, strong winds, big seas, cold fronts, cold oceans, cold swims and driving rain. It’s a wonderful season to be in this wild and remote part of the world.
Winter Ocean Swimming at Marengo
I woke up to blue skies, a light offshore wind and no swell this morning. I measured the sea temperature at Marengo at 11°C. On July 6 I measured it at the same spot at 14°C. Late August is typically when the ocean is coldest at Apollo Bay. I have never measured it below 11°C here and in recent years it has not dipped below 12° in winter.
A perfect day for a solo swim at Marengo with my iPhone 8 in its trusty waterproof housing.
Solo Swim at Marengo
A Harbour Swim at Apollo Bay
When both Marengo and the bay at Apollo Bay are either not safe or not suitable for swimming, the local harbour offers an alternative. I have swum here when it was rough with a howling northerly coming straight in the harbour mouth. I have often swum here when big easterly seas pound the local beaches, as the eastern side of the harbour water is calm in such conditions in the lee of the breakwater. I have swum here when it was so dirty from dredging that the visibility was zero and the dirt clung to my face and wetsuit after I had left the water. I have swum here when it was dirty because it was rough. On one such swim, in relatively shallow water, I encountered one of the large resident stingrays. We gave each other a fright. Stingrays are not uncommon in the harbour. Finally, I have swum here in the black of night, during a 100 day challenge for which I had to swim at least 1000m every day for 100 days. The only option on one particular day was the harbour after dark. That was not an enjoyable swim and I have no plans to repeat it.
But the day these photos were taken, the harbour was picture perfect. The water was clear, calm and various shades of blue and green. It may have looked like a tropical paradise, but the water temp was 12°C and the air temp less. But it was still a very pleasant swim.
Lorne Pier after Sunset
The sun had set as I was driving through Lorne, and the fading light on a layer of cumulus cloud on the eastern horizon beyond the Lorne pier demanded a few photos.
A black and white version and a version with variation of the actual pastel colours. An experiment I won’t persist with.
The next two shots have are the colours I saw. These photos vary in the number of surfers present, and in the inclusion of the tree and headland on the right in the second image. I like these, and if I were submitting them to a surfing magazine, there is no doubt the paddling surfers would add to the appeal of the picture.
But this image was my final choice. I like the balance of the opposing lines of the small wave and the jetty, and the clouds were also a little more detailed and vibrant here than in some of the other shots I took. I like the simplicity of the shot. It has very few elements.


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Last night Wendy Williams, Toni Braxton, Gabrielle Douglas and many more famous faces, spent their time walking in the annual Red Dress Fashion show to bring awareness to heart disease. New York Fashion Week kicks off today (Thursday), and the show that sets things off is the Red Dress fashion show, which reminds women that everyone has a role to play in the fight against heart disease.
The Heart Truth campaign, sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute hit the Hammerstein Ballroom to showcase the 2013 Red Dress Collection via some of our favorite celebrities. Toni Braxton not only participated in the show, but she has been open about her personal battle with heart disease and lupus.
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As the United States struggled in the throes of the Great Depression, a new Army Corps of Engineers district was created in New Mexico under the command of Captain Hans Kramer. Although flood control and irrigation projects in the sparsely populated region of the Canadian River were not economically feasible in 1929, widespread unemployment in the early 1930's helped to convince President Franklin D. Roosevelt to approve the building of Conchas Dam.
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After the war, the district resumed civil works construction and completed John Martin Dam. Other major projects followed in the ensuing years. They are, in chronological order: Jemez Canyon Dam, Abiquiu Dam, Two Rivers Dam, and Cochiti Dam in New Mexico; Trinidad Dam in Colorado, and Santa Rosa Dam in New Mexico.
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VIA preps Pentium 4 ‘clone’
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If Intel won't give us a Pentium 4 bus licence, we'll make our own Pentium 4. That, in effect, is what VIA told attendees at the Microprocessor Forum yesterday.
The chip - described in an interview with EBN as a "Pentium 4 clone" - is codenamed CZA and will run at 2GHz, utilise an 18-stage pipeline to get it there, and employ a "Pentium 4 bus" and P4 design concepts. It will be fabbed at 0.10 micron, but won't ship before 2003-2004.
The CZA is based on a new P4-style architecture, so it's no straightforward successor to VIA's current C3 family of x86 processors. The next C3-series processors, internally known as the C5X (aka Nehemiah) and the C5XL, both of which will ship during the first half of next year at 1.1-1.5GHz. Both may ship as the C4.
Interestingly, the follow-up to the C5X, believed to be dubbed the C5Y and codenamed Esther, is expected to ship in the second half of next year. That part is thought to the the one that will take VIA's chip family to 2GHz. At which point, presumably, it will be succeeded by the "Pentium 4 clone". ®
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Video: Giannis Antetokounmpo Goes Down Screaming as He Suffers Brutal Injury in Game 4
- Updated: September 6, 2020
The Milwaukee Bucks are in a critical Game 4 against the Miami Heat, as they trail 0-3 in their Eastern Conference semifinals series.
It turns out, things will get even tougher for the Bucks as it has been reported that superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo is out for the rest of the game after going down with an ankle injury.
Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo (ankle sprain) is out for remainder of Game 4.
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The Bucks forward could be seen screaming and holding his ankle as he went down with an injury early in the second quarter.
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Antetokounmpo was listed as questionable entering Sunday’s matchup, as he was seen with a “very noticeable limp” on Saturday.
If the Heat move forward and sweep the Bucks, they will be awaiting the winner of the series between the Toronto Raptors and Boston Celtics.