In America

Hello all, On the plane to Houston. Must say Im disappointed. Why aren't people happy here? Everyone is pushy here. Not even a "hey can you do this for me, thanks". It's not like I've been gone that long. I just think the US population is depressed. Lets fix this guys! Sorry to make this a main point in my blog but cheer up people.

Checked in: Day 19-21?

I think my dates are way off. Whatever. I'll have to figure out how long I actually spent over here later. In the international terminal checked in and through immigration. Pretty much, its up to the airline to do their part and get us home safe and on time.

Last night we had a great final night in Sydney. We walked around the city visiting most of the parks including one with an outdoor ice skating rink. Still bizarre see that in August. Managed to get everything packed in a reasonably decent manner, including all of the swag I collected along the way.

It's a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Sydney. Sun is shinning. We take off at 1:50pm to land in Los Angeles at 10:30am the same day. I'm looking forward to being back but not looking forward to 24 hours of travel.

I keep repeating myself but this trip has been both an adventure but a learning experience. For instance, all airlines over here have a weight limit per passenger, not bag. While this is tough for heavy packers it does make more sense. In america, they will literally make you unpack in the airport to make a 60 bag 50 pounds, even if it means transferring it to a second bag. If you really look at the overall functionality of that, you see how stupid it really is. It's still ultimately the same weight! Our industry is riddled with little things like this. If you have flip flops on or as myself, TOMS, you do not have to remove them through security screening. Boots and large shoes are still asked to be removed but when you can see the feet, what is the point. I'm not making a list of little things I hate, more of a list of things I will write my representative about when I get home.

Nathan and myself are both ready to be back stateside. See you guys soon.

Shane

Back in Sydney: Day 18

Hello all,

Real quick as I have very little time and so much to do on this thing. Nathan and I are safe in Sydney for one last night in the country. Our adventure has been amazing beyond words. I can't wait to share with each individual that has followed me on here about everything I have learned, seen, and experienced. I want to discuss everything from how a Krispy Kreme taste the exact same to myths that we busted, such as "Shrimp on the Barby"

Thank you all for following me on this thing and I will try to post on my way home as much as I can. If not, you will hear from me Sunday night. If you have personal questions and do not see me everyday (do not live in Starkville), shoot me an e-mail. shane.a.irvin@gmail.com

Once again, thank you all for your time reading my blog of this happy island. Cheers and see you stateside!

Shane

Last Day at the Uni: Day 17

Hello all,

Today is our last day in Hobart. I'm writing my blog a bit early because I will be busy packing for an early flight in the morning. Today, I called our, "INSPIRE polo day". Nathan and I dressed up in our polos given to us by our National Science Foundation grant. One, because we honestly forgot to throughout our research stent here and two because we wanted to be the poster child of international research.

So what did we do on our last day at the Uni. Well, we said our goodbyes. Had our final in depth conversations about individuals on Arko's team about research they are conducting, and took a couple of good INSPIRE worthy pictures. Here I am explaining to Nathan the basics of ArcGIS using imagery from a practical (lab) Arko taught earlier this week.

Nathan working with me in ArcGIS

Another task at hand was taking a photo of me getting GPS points. While I've been taking them over the past three weeks, I have been by myself when doing so and honestly can't do both at the same time (take pictures and GPS points). Therefore, I got Nathan to grab a quick shot.

This will pop up on a research poster by next year. Gotta love the face

While I am not done with the blog, at least 3 days left, plus a recovery post, I must say that this trip has been life changing. The opportunity for me to travel to such a place as Australia has opened my eyes to the availability to education in other places besides the United States. While I always knew it was there, it is beyond word how fortunate I am to have set up a connect with the University of Tasmania. I hope to continue staying in contact with all of the individuals I met.

On another important note, I recommend everyone travel to places outside their comfort zone before they die. Even if it means staying in the United States (for finanacial reasons). While I have been fortunate and have traveled internationally a few times now, I beg parents to never hold their childern back with any fear of the world. Also, I recommend avoiding big tour companies. Plan but very little. Just go for the leap. You won't regret it. Talk to you guys from Sydney.

Cheers.

Been Busy? Days 15 and 16

Day 15:

Yesterday was a non-university day. I had stomach issues that morning so I stayed at the hostel. I did however work on some research and lesson planning. I drew up another brainstorming chart that I will get Nathan to review when he gets back from Hobart College, the high school he is touring.

My main focus on my brainstorming chart consisted of an approach of fluid mechanics. While the in-depth subject is too advanced for such a young crowd I will be teaching, there are many aspects of the subject that can be topical. I would like to link my research with the study of fluids with geometric based watershed studies involving flow rates over specific surfaces as well as general hydrology.

While this consumed most of my day, I also took a moment to catch up with family and friends back home. This was important for me to do during the trip as it has been over two weeks since I have seen most of my family and friends.

Day 16:

Today, was a research oriented day at the university. While most of the team I have been working with is out on conference, I have been able to catalog a great deal of literature review for discussion with my adviser when I get back to the states. Around 2pm today, I had a great meeting with Arko. We were able to discuss my thesis project in great detail. While I did not bother him with lesson plan creation, he did not mind that over the past week Nathan and I have been working with Phillippa on that aspect of the grant.

My meeting with Arko confronted me with a vast amount of knowledge that I do not know about my project. Because of his strong background in remote sensing and geo-spatial technologies, he broke down my research unlike anyone has done before. I was able to see facets of my work that I did not know existed. Band allocation, augmenting bad imagery by color correction, and reviewing both the corrected 8 bit imagery and the original 10 bit imagery, Arko opened my mind to a data mining possibility. While he encouraged me not to get too heavily involved with all of the above referenced subjects, he did express the importance of actually at least exploring them. This really allowed me to better understand all facets of this field.

We had a great last meal with Phillippa due to her being at conference. It has been wonderful to establish such great connections between myself and UTAS.

Research: Day 14

Hello all,

Today consisted of the usual class time and lesson planning. Phillippa will be at conference for the rest of the week so we won't be seeing much of her for our time remaining here. Therefore, today I finally got Arko and Phillippa to take a break and grab a quick picture.

From right to left: Dr. Arko Lucieer, Phillippa Bricher, Shane Irvin

Overall, these two weeks have been wonderful. I will meet with Arko on Thursday to discuss my research as well as any ability to collaborate in the future. The main goal for the meeting will be for me to explain my research and get feedback from him about what statistical approaches he would take as well as how to interpolate my sampled data. This meeting will be in conjunction his lecture that I attended today, discussing statistical variance in sampled data as well as the ability to Geo-statistically analysis and interpolation of sampled data. This class helped form a review of former classes I have taken on Geo-statistical analysis. My hope is to work with Dr. Lucieer in the future with my current research as well as a potential for future research.

Lucky Number 13: Day 13

How are you going? I hear this all the time, well more like "How're you going?". It is the phrase over here of "how is it going", or "what is going on". My name for today's post is really only because it is day 13 on my adventure over here. It also coincides to the fact that the frog doesn't have a 13th room. I guess they are a superstitious as we are back in the States.

Today was one of the most productive days on the island yet. Nathan and I attended the first day of the 3rd Annual International Forum on the Sub-Antarctic (http://www.sub-antarctic.org/). This conference has all of the Sub-Antarctic scientist from all over the world come to Hobart to discuss issues like climate change and species invasion on the islands that surround the Antarctic continent.

CCAMLR Headquarters, where the conference was

The ecological diversity on these islands are amazing. The conference hosted everyone from Phillippa's adviser Dr. Dana Bergstrom to a French climate scientist, who I do not have a name for. The conference had chances for me to meet these scientist as well as potential employers. Most people enjoyed the fact that I was from the United States. At the same time, they also enjoy the fact that we aren't the poster child for something for once (i.e. the U.S. typically hogs the spotlight).

Nathan and me at conference (tea time)

The day consisted of this until 4:30pm where we split and headed over to the Tasmanian Royal Botanical Gardens with Phillippa. She wanted to show us a green house where the house is actually cold and humid (to match the Sub-Antarctic temperatures).

You can read!

Thought this was so cool.

The temperature is held at a constant 8-9 degrees Celsius by gigantic fans which I have a video of but thought this video was more important. Listen to them in the background. This is Phillippa describing what she does on Macca Island (shortened for ease).

Standing in the green house (COLD)

We also toured the gardens until closing at 6pm. At this point, Nathan and I split from Phillippa, as she had the conference dinner to go to and we didn't pay for it. We grabbed a bite to eat and wondered around the city some more.

Great great great day. Really excited for tomorrow. Back in class and planning time. Also will be talking to Arko about my research soon. Pumped.

Cheers!

Shane

Market and Rest: Days 11 and 12

Hello everyone,

Writing this blog relatively late. Was pretty tired last night and wanted to sleep so I will discuss both my Saturday and my Sunday.

Yesterday was a long one. We started with an early breakfast and then headed down to the weekly market that happens on Hobart's main square called Salamanca, just like the place in Spain. The weekly market, called the Salamanca market, original I know, consist of all local retailers selling woodwork, jewelry, food, and well just about everything. I ended up purchasing a few gift for people back in the states and got about half a dozen apples from a local grower. Really cool stuff.

Salamanca Market (just a small piece)

After the market Phillippa, who we continues to be kind and take care of Nathan and me, took us to the Tasmania Museum of Art and Science. This was a great quick view into a great deal of the Tasman history. Phillippa also was able to explain some of her research to us in the Australian Antarctic Discovery area of the museum. She would kill me if she knew I was putting this up.

Phillippa describing her research on Macquarie Island

Phillippa further discussing her research

After the museum tour we grabbed a bite to eat and headed back into the city for a search for Kangaroo meat which Nathan says he is going to grill. Surprisingly most of the stereotypes Americans have for Australians have been proved to be a myth. They aren't much for shrimp on the barby, which the don't even call shrimp shrimp. They are prawns! Haha. None the less it was an amazing Saturday.

Today was a day of rest for me. Nathan did the same. Just did lunch and about to go to dinner. Hope everyone is having a great day. Learned an amazing amount this first week. Can't wait for week two.

Cheers all.

Shane

Fridays on the Island: Day 10

Hello all,

Writing this one a bit late because of a downed connection late last night. Currently doing laundry and well typing this up.

Yesterday was a slow morning for me. Woke up in the middle of the night with stomach pains and feeling, well, not so good. Probably something I ate. Anyway, this kinda caused me to sleep in, like big time. Once waking up and getting a shower I was off, around 9:30am, not too bad. It had rained the night before so it was a nice 61 degrees and fresh, hiking to campus.

Looking over the main bay

This best describes the warmth of the day

The day consisted of me reading papers and familiarizing myself with local vegetation around the area. After a day of that, Nathan and I headed to get something to eat at one of the pubs. We went out with a few of the graduate students from the Uni and got to see the night life of Hobart. Pretty fun stuff. Besides that not much else was on the agenda.

Today, we are going to the local art festival they have every weekend and then traveling down to the tessellated pavement south of Hobart. We may even get a chance to tour the local brewery here, which is also the oldest one in Australia, Cascade Brewery.

Have fun back home.

Cheers

Shane

Almost in the middle: Day 9

Hello all,

I say the specific title because Nathan had to do laundry tonight. I've got a couple of more days, I'm scheduled for Sunday unless something drastic happens, like I fall into a pool or pour morning tea on myself. The latter is much more likely to happen.

Anyway, today was extremely interesting. Went to a statistics class based on the program, "R". I got a great couple of ideas on how to interpret my data when I get back. My graduate professor will be very happy to hear about this. Besides this, I went to a lab and read some more papers. It all occurred at the Australian Antarctic Division (herein, AAD). I have learned so much about the Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic. It's phenomenal the ecological diversity on these outer islands that hover temperature around 0-4 degrees Celsius. It's also amazing to see the issues they are riddled with. Overpopulation with invasive species that effect everything from other animals in the food chain to the vegetation. Rabbits are actually being blamed for excessive landslides on one of the islands because of their destruction of one of the root dependent plants. Pretty amazing stuff. If you want to know more ask me and I'll forward your questions to the necessary parties. Look up Macquarie Island.

One interesting thing I did do, is perform a Tim-Tam Slam. Look that badboy up. It's this delicious chocolate biscuit that you use to suck up your hot tea or cocoa. It's pretty awesome, awesome enough to have its own wikipedia entry.

Well, I've got nothing else to really talk about besides today being very mild and quite beautiful.

Lesson Planning and Uni: Day 8

Hello all,

Today was a simple day, fun none the less. Remember I am in Australia, so if I said I was miserable, I know there are many people who would choke me, including some of my local friends here. Speaking of that, I keep meeting more and more people everyday. The guys at the pickled frog, Jimmy and Ema, are super nice and have really taken care of Nathan and me.

Jimmy and Ema

The town of Hobart is very welcoming. Today, I attended classes again, taught by Arko. I also worked on my final lesson plan that is due Friday. Done with that so that means I can relax and only worry about this journal, my professional research journal, and doing my day to day job at the Uni.

My school at the Uni

I've got some great pictures to show you all.

Proof that I'm actually studying at a place called UTAS

Here is me freezing my butt off walking to campus. I call it my mean Russian face.

Russian Face

Overall the day has been good but here is the most important picture. Our food. This was dinner tonight, also called chicken parma here. It's the Aussie Chicken Parmigiana. Pretty good, probably not that healthy but hey, I was good today.

Chicken Parma

Overall, everything is still beautiful. Nathan and I are going to do a little more traveling this weekend. We want to go to the wildlife sanctuary north of Hobart and down to Port Arthur and the tessellated pavement along the coast.

Cheers to all

Shane

Attending Aussie Classes: Day 7

Hello all,

I will actually be posting, well whenever I can. No more timetables. Today at the Uni was an adventure. I attended Arko's (seriously, he does not want me to call him Dr. Lucieer) spatial analysis class. We reviewed over basic statistics. Most of everything I hit last semester in my Geospatial analysis class. Seriously, same stuff...Duh, its science not a foreign language.

Had a meeting with Arko after his class and we discussed my research and why I'm actually in Australia, as today was my first day to actually meet him. He decided that it would be a great opportunity to work with my research and see what exactly I do over the next week.

After the meeting we separated and I continued to familiarize myself with the AAD (Australian Antarctic Division Data Center). Phillippa provided me with an address to get public data to share with Nathan and me for lesson plans and possible incorporation with personal research. I later attended the practical for the class I attended this morning. Went over spatial statistics using the landslide data. Pretty cool stuff. Just another fun day with ArcGIS.

Spent a great deal of the day reading and thinking up lesson plan activities for my NSF fellowship grant. Pretty dull day.

Also, just realized that the time it's telling you guys I'm posting is wrong. It is actually 5:11pm on a Tuesday right now?!

Shane

Actually Doing Work: Day 6

Here I am posting on this blog again, even though I'm breaking my rule I just set about only posting in the mornings. This post is a quick update for my INSPIRE folks letting them know that I am actually starting to do work. While it mostly consist of reading papers (No that's not facebook on my computer behind me..well maybe a little), I am really enjoying it so far.

Dr. Arko Lucieer, my research professor at UTAS will be in tomorrow. Today I am working with one of his graduate students, Phillippa (She is called Pip). She is really extremely sweet and is helping me find my niche here in the department. I am currently looking at her research at Macquarie Island, called Macca. She specializes in the ecology on the island using remote sensing to help her support her random sampling theory. Pretty great stuff. So great that I am actually planning on referencing some of the papers she has provided me for my own research.

Along with paper reading, it is great to see that they are into the same textbooks I use everyday in my research. Tonight we are headed to dinner with Pip. Our goal over the next two weeks is to get me up to speed on their statistical analysis and also a few digital elevation models. While I will be mostly studying the research here, I will apply it all to my research at home.

Shane

Hobart Welcomes Us: Day 6

Reporting from Hobart, Tasmania.

I must start by stating that I will be switching to writing my blogs in the morning. I will discuss what happened the day before as well as what the plans are for the current day.

After we landed in Hobart we were immediately asked if we needed a shuttle to our hotel. Did not even have to ask. Went to the Pickled Frog (http://www.thepickledfrog.com/) where we are staying. It's an older hostel. After checking in we headed to the downtown area which is about two blocks from the frog. This place is bad cold but very friendly. It's cheaper too. We went down to one of the pubs right down the street and had a 250g T-bone with a salad and chips (fries) for $10 bucks. You can't get that in the States.

While at the pub we met a local named Steve. Steve overheard us talking and asked where we were from. He told us that he spent about 15 years in the states as a carpenter/builder for the Wal-mart corporation. I knew he was legit when he could tell me street names in Jackson, MS. He told us about his travels and then it began the Australian versus US comparison.

While we talked about everything from politics to food, Nathan and I found out answers to many of our questions.

1. Aussies are terrified of firearms (they think we are crazy for arming up)

He elaborated that it is too late for the firearm issue though for us, because if guns were outlawed the good of society would be without arms against the evils of society. Therefore we are stuck with the second amendment forever.

2. Aussies think we are tough on Welfare

He informed us that most of the world thinks our welfare system is almost too tough. Here they support generation after generation without complaints. They're school of thought is that of, why have homeless and hungry begging and killing on the street when you can just bite the bullet and feed them and home them. The difference is that they don't have guns so that when people are on welfare they don't have a chance to kill.

3. America has amazing customer service

He told us that it is an approach based off of our companies that send out coupons. There is no such thing here in the Oz. If you don't shop at a certain grocery store, they don't care. People are going to get paid minimum wage (18.00) no matter what.

I'll elaborate more when I get back.

I've gotta head to the Uni.

Cheers mates

Shane

Traveling again: Day 5

Hello all,

Quick update. We are at the airport in Sydney again for our flight to Hobart for our two week research session. Seems like we've been in this country for weeks. Awesome.

Dropped the rental car off and found out that Aussie airports are a little different.

A couple of things:

They do not charge per bag here. You are given 25kg (around 50lb) per passenger. That's it. They don't care how you divide it, even if its 400 bags. So yes, I was over. $75 dollars over but its okay because I was expecting a $35 per bag fee anyway. So I was only shy $5 bucks.

It is possible for TSA to be nicer in the United State. Aussie Security Administration are more efficient and one, don't molest you, and two actually are extremely kind.

That's pretty much it. About to leave this coffee shop and head for my gate. Also, Aussie lattes make American lattes look weak. Hope all is well. Sorry I do not write very much, but I'm not much of an extreme typer nor do I have the internet time. Maybe I'll get better in Hobart.

Cheers mates

Shane

Back to Sydney: Day 4

I am having issues uploading photos and this is the only one I got so enjoy. Today we did this. Cruised along the beach all of the way from Bateman's Bay to Sydney. That is it. We stopped at places like this and once at a quaint cafe on one of said beaches.

Tomorrow we get up early to fly to Hobart. More to come guys

Cheers.

Shane

Goin to the Snowies, ay? : Day 3-4

So I realizes my numbering was a bit off. I think we are in day four. Please see my Facebook for pictures. Until we get to Hobart it's going to be hard to pop pictures in this thing.

Meeting a ton of people. So nice. Today we went to the snowies and boarded for a good while.

Even though we did have a scare. Nathan's pocket opened and keys went missing. We had about given up and were going to pay a hefty fee when I went back to look and there they were.This finding gave me the energy to hit the slopes hard. We are now in Cooma dropping off our gear and headed to Bateman's Bay tonight. Its going to be a late night.

Right now we are using free WiFi at McDonald's, yes their bigmac is the same, even though their drink sizes are no greater that 500ml. I hope all is wellin the states. Tomorrow we drive up the coast to do some whale watching and go to Sydney.

Peace mates,

Shane

Mr Irvin goes to Canberra: Day 2

So what was on our agenda today? Well referencing this old movie, Mr. Smith goes to Washington, we are in the Aussy capitol. How we got here is another story.First we started by renting a car and heading south. While Nathan is driving it is equally creepy being the passenger on the left side of a 110 kilometer an hour vehicle. That's about 70mph for my fellow SI haters out there.Today we visited:A few quant villagesCanberra wine country (Very similar to northeastern wine country)Queanbeyan (sound that bad guy out)That's pretty much it. We drove a lot or a great deal.Headed even more south tomorrow. Talk to you later as Im updating this from my phone and my thumbs are tired.Regards,Shane

Syndey: A night at the Opera: Day 1

Hello all,

Unfortunately with the Internet situation pictures are impossible to upload right now. Maybe over the next few weeks I can do a dump onto flickr or facebook. For now you have my words, trusting eh?

Nathan and I are settled into Sydney for one night, traveling to Thredbo early Thursday morning and then to the coast for a trip back to Sydney. More details to follow with that excursion. But I know what you are curious about, the title of the blog.

Landing in Sydney was a beautiful experience, three hours before landing I actually saw the sun rise over the curvature of the Earth. This is one of the more beautiful things I have ever seen. We landed in rainy weather, did the customs "thing", harmless, and left the airport to head to the hotel. Deb, you were right, the Great Southern Hotel of Sydney amazing. One of the coolest experience throughout the day was cruising on a hour long ferry around the harbor. Most amazing sights I have ever seen. After a long rainy day in Sydney, changing buses and trains, visiting local shops and just people watching, we were hungry for dinner, visiting what locals call a famous Japanese noodle shop. The shop was titled "Wagamama", meaning naughty child. Pretty awesome.

After that naughty adventure (horrible joke on the name, don't be wierd), Nathan and I went walking toward the Sydney Opera House. La Boheme was amazing, great cast and crew. It was also really cool to hang out with the Sydney opera crowd. So down to earth compared to American "Opera" crowds.

Anyway, time running low.

Have a wonder day in the US. The future is promising from our standpoint.

Regards,

Shane

Day 1: Breaking News from the Tarmac

New rule, I am not allowed to predict flights will go great anymore. we are now 90 delayed on a plane. Something about the fuel line getting stuck. Nathan and I have a bet that its actually Harrison Ford messing with stuff. I mean, we are on a 747...Get it?!

Traveling the Distance: Day 1

Hello Everyone,

I am officially traveling for real (Listening to the TSA announcement about unattended bags at SFO as I write this). Anyway, travels so far have been boring and uneventful. This means awesome if you have never flown before. Arrived at Jackson International Airport at 7am to be at my gate for a 9:30am flight at 7:20am. That's okay, it's better to be prepared than be sorry. Flight to Houston then a long jump to San Francisco (4 hours). This is where the fun begins.

Our flight from Houston landed at 3pm and our flight to Sydney isn't until 10:50pm (the reason I am writing this). What did Nathan and I do for 6 free hours? Went downtown San Fran, that's what. As a newbie in the city, it was a great quick experience. Great enough that I will be traveling back here again very soon.

We started off getting a cab to the Wharf. See picture for proof.

So there is proof. What else did we do in San Fran. Emily this one is for you (Food Photography is at least). That's clam chowder in a sour dough bowl. It was eaten while overlooking the bay. Pretty awesome stuff.

Now, while this doesn't pertain to my research and Australia, it is still an update. We are getting ready to board our flight here in the next hour, hopefully without any problems. I will not be able to post for Tuesday as I will be in the air. I land 6am Wednesday in Australia, for anyone interested this is +10:00 UTC, 16 hours ahead of my crew at Mississippi State. I will be sure to post pictures of my area I will reside in for 15 hours (at least I got a window seat). For the mean time check out the trolley and me on Hyde Street climbing my way to Lombard (famous as I was told by Nathan, a resident of this city some years ago).

Thank you all for continuing to read my blog. Real cool Australian stuff will be coming soon.

Regards,

Shane

Packing and Preparing: Days -3 to 0

Hello there

Leaving tomorrow morning early. Flights to the west coast all day then to Sydney tomorrow night at 10:30pm. I'll try and write at the airport in San Francisco.

Thanks for reading

Shane

Setting Up Shop: Day -4

Hello all

My name is Shane Irvin. I am a graduate student at Mississippi State University studying water quality parameters and GIS technologies. As much as I want to go on talking about my super exciting graduate project, well I just won't. One, because I actually want you to keep reading and two, because I want to introduce you to my "Australia Blog".

Now forewarning or as the credit card companies say, tiny type. I am not a typical blogger, while I will be adamant on checking spelling I may just mess up a few words hear and there (Gotcha). If you see a spelling mistake I'm deeply sorry. If you see a grammar mistake, well just be kind and remember that I am an engineer. Me good with crunching numbers, Me no good with writing said numbers.

Back on topic! To further elaborate, I am an National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellow with the GK-12 program at Mississippi State (http://gk12.msstate.edu/). These guys like me enough to let me explore my research on another continent. Pretty cool. I will be working with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with Dr. Arko Lucieer, at the University of Tasmania (http://www.lucieer.net/); excellent research that I can't wait to be involved with.

Tonight, I am just setting up shop. Trying to get this ready to be written on everyday. Two reason for this. I'm required and because honestly I'd be dumb if I didn't keep up with my day to day adventures in the land down under. Please feel free to check in for more updates and as always recommend what you want to hear about.

With kindest regards,

Shane