LINVILLE â Visitors are invited to take their photography skills to the next level â 5,280 feet above sea level, to be exact â at the Grandfather Mountain Photography Weekend.
Due to COVID-19 and ongoing renovation to the Grandfather Mountain Nature Museum, the nonprofit nature parkâs annual Nature Photography Weekend and Camera Clinic have been combined into one event for 2021, taking place the weekend of Aug. 14-15.
Participants will be able to participate in a series of interactive field courses presented by professional photographers, including Vinny Colucci, Kyle Cook, Jamie Davidson, Bill Fortney, Melissa Southern, Tony Sweet and Tommy White, while photographing spectacular scenery and native animals before and after regular business hours, meaning opportunities for sunrise and sunset photography will also be offered. The annual Nature Photography Weekend photo contest will also return.
How Jokowi Solved Indonesia’s Toll Road Dilemma. Sort Of.
In breaking through old bottlenecks, Indonesia’s president has blurred the lines between the state and private enterprise.
May 11, 2021
A section of the Trans-Java Toll Road between the towns of Salitaga and Kertosono in East Java.
Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Tsaqifwicaksono3003
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When President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo took office in 2014, the long-stalled Trans Java Toll Road was in a state of suspended animation. As detailed by Jamie Davidson in “Governing the Roads,” for years the goal of building a highway crossing the island of Java had been derailed by drawn out battles over land acquisition and disputes between local officials and central authorities in Jakarta. Jokowi promised to break through this logjam and construct 1,000 kilometers of toll roads in his first term. Like many of his ambitious goals, at the time it seemed somewhat unlikely.
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Can Pines do it? You betcha!
Punters’ pal: Frankston Pines and Fijian international striker Tito Vodawaqa (centre) torments two opponents in the local side’s 4-1 Cup win over Epping City last week as teammate Jordan Avraham (left) enjoys the moment.
Picture: Darryl Kennedy
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FRANKSTON Pines left online betting agencies reeling with a stunning 4-1 demolition of Epping City in their fourth round FFA Cup tie last Thursday night.
Bet 365 had a Pines’ win at $4.50 fixed odds on the morning of the clash between State 2 visitor Epping City and its State 3 host at Carrum Downs Recreation Reserve.
Those odds were snapped up by punters and tumbled throughout the day with Pines eventually starting a firm odds-on favourite.
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