Saturday, June 12, 2010
Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge
Mom and I went to the Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge on the Georgia coast yesterday. The place has quite an interesting history - first it was a Southern plantation, complete with slaves, then after the Civil War, it was subdivided and the land was sold to the former slaves. Later, during WWII, the US government decided that this was the perfect spot for a military base. The land was purchased from the descendents of the former slaves for much less than comparable land plots were purchased from white families. After the war, the land was turned into a National Wildlife Refuge. To this day, descendents of the former slaves struggle to get their land back. I have to admit, I see both sides. On the one hand, had that land been all but stolen from *my* ancestors, I would totally want it back. On the other hand, this place was literally crawling with wildlife. Click here or on the image below to see my photos. To learn more about Harris Neck, click here, and to listen to a segment on Harris Neck from Georgia Public Broadcasting, click here.
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Seriously, Waycross?
The City of Waycross is using my photos on its website without my permission. When I contacted their webmaster, the response I received was laughable. Read all about this absurdity by clicking here. Sigh.
UPDATE: They've removed my photos and replaced them with someone else's... and that someone else is also not receiving credit. Read more here.
UPDATE 2: I received this email this morning:
Good Morning Ms. Keeler, My name is Vance Roberts, IT director for the Southern Georgia Regional Commission. I read your E-Mail yesterday and agree with you -------- we should have obtained your permission for the photos. We downloaded from the web and were not aware of their copyright requirement. We apologize for using without permission. As of yesterday afternoon your photos have been replaced with our own photos. Hopefully this will take care of the problem! If you have any other questions, please let me know. Have a good day --------- Vance Roberts
Does it seem to anyone else that they just don't get it? Sigh.
Saturday, June 05, 2010
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Worth a million words
If a picture is worth a thousand words, well, you figure up what this post is worth. I just got back from a short vacation to south Florida, and am currently VERY busy. (In fact, I am going to be incredibly busy for the next three months, so expect little in the way of blog posts over here until mid August.) Anyway, instead of writing detailed posts to cover what I did while I was away, I'm merely posting links to my flickr sets, so you can view the photos. Clicking on each picture below will bring you to that particular set of photos. Enjoy!!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
I'm still on vacation...
...and things are still haywire in Kyrgyzstan, apparently. Here are some links, but again, can't do much detailed blogging/researching while I'm on the road.
Friday, May 14, 2010
I'm on vacation, but....
....there's counter-revolutionary clashes going on in Kyrgyzstan. I'll give you a few links, but unfortunately, I won't be able to cover the events like I did the ones last month. My poor K-stan :-(
Thursday, May 06, 2010
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