[Miss Nuala McAllister]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure when the findings of the feasibility study into extending the North-South Glider route to Glengormley and Carryduff will be published.

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to provide an update on efforts to ensure timely street lighting repairs.

[Mr Robbie Butler]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the technical issues impacting journeys on the Portadown-Belfast-Bangor train line as a result of the opening of the Belfast Grand Central Station.

[Ms Diana Armstrong]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what emergency plans his Department has in place to mitigate the risk of flooding this winter in Fermanagh and South Tyrone, around the Fermanagh Lakelands.

[Mr David Honeyford]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what input his Department will have into the development of any aviation strategy agreed by the Executive, relating to road and rail access, further to York Aviation's Air Connectivity to Support Inbound Tourism and Business Growth report submitted to the Department for the Economy.

[Mrs Cathy Mason]: To ask the Minister of Health for an update on his Department’s ongoing work to promote early intervention practices in the childcare and early years sector to meet the needs of children showing early signs of special educational needs.

[Mrs Linda Dillon]: To ask the Minister of Health, given his recent allocation of up to £13 million to enhance services for children with disabilities, what measures will be put in place to ensure that families are positively impacted by this funding.

[Mr Phillip Brett]: To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail each bid he submitted to the Department of Finance as part of the October Monitoring Round.

[Mr Phillip Brett]: To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any consideration he has given to creating a taskforce to bring together representatives of the creative industries.

Did you know that July 4th is one of the deadliest holidays of the year due to alcohol-impaired driving crashes? If you are involved, fines, attorney’s fees and mandatory DUI classes are just some of the things you have to deal with if you make the choice to drink and drive this holiday weekend.

[Mrs Michelle Guy]: To ask the Minister of Education for an update on outstanding capital projects for schools in Lagan Valley.

[Mr Philip McGuigan]: To ask the Minister of Education whether the Review of the Northern Ireland Curriculum will consider a statutory requirement for schools to educate pupils on the dangers of gambling as part of the core curriculum.

[Miss Nicola Brogan]: To ask the Minister of Education whether (i) Emotional Wellbeing Teams in Schools will be available to schools in the academic year beginning in September 2025; and (ii) all schools will have access to this programme.

[Miss Nicola Brogan]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any plans to make the Emotional Wellbeing Teams in Schools a permanent support in prevention and early intervention strategies for schools.

[Miss Nicola Brogan]: To ask the Minister of Education whether he plans to make funding available beyond September 2025 for Emotional Wellbeing Teams in Schools to ensure all schools have access to the program.

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education whether money allocated to schools who are establishing a Specialist Provision in a Mainstream School is specifically earmarked for that purpose or do schools have discretion on how to spend this funding.

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any advice he has received from officials in relation to meeting the Loyalist Communities Council.

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the capital funding available to schools moving to full time pre-school offer as part of standardisation of Pre-School Education Programme.

[Mr Stephen Dunne]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any plans his Department has to improve education on the dangers of illegal drugs within schools.

[Ms Kate Nicholl]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any engagement he has had with the Minster for the Economy in relation to data sharing around special educational needs and support requirements for relevant people moving from schools to further or higher education.

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the Minister of Education (i) for his assessment of the possible closure of Gaelscoil an Lonnáin; and (ii) to detail any work his Department has undertaken to seek another location for the school.

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail all organisations that have received funding from his Department or its arms-length bodies for the delivery of Relationships and Sexuality Education since he came to office.

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education when payments arising from the pay and grading review for non-teaching staff will be made.

[Mrs Cathy Mason]: To ask the Minister of Education, following the briefing at the Committee for Education on 6 November 2024 in relation to the Executive Childcare Strategy, to provide a breakdown of the (i) £23 million to be allocated in 2024-25; (ii) £55 million to be allocated in 2025-26; (iii) £80 million to be allocated in 2026-27; and (iv) £100 million to be allocated in 2027-28.

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when they were provided with a draft answer from officials to AQW 15667/22-27; and when the question will be answered.

[Ms Paula Bradshaw]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister how the priority projects currently being worked on by the Strategic Investment Board relate to the Programme for Government.

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any consideration they have given to including death, dying, and bereavement as a key priority in the final Programme for Government.

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when they were provided with a draft answer from officials to AQW 14970/22-27; and when the question will be answered.

[Mr Colin McGrath]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 17423/22-27, to detail (i) when waste licence LN/13/35 was amended to increase the maximum storage capacity from 10,000 tonnes to 20,000 tonnes; and (ii) why this variation was not noted in the Minister’s original response.

[Mr Colin McGrath]: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the evaluation that is carried out to analyse the impact of flooding on farms, where compensation is sought.

[Ms Connie Egan]: To ask the Minister of Justice whether the Tackling Paramilitarism, Criminality and Organised Crime programme will continue on current funding levels beyond the end of March 2025.

[Mr Patsy McGlone]: To ask the Minister of Justice for her assessment of the comments made by the Tánaiste at the British Irish Association conference in September 2024 that a root and branch reform of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Retrieval is needed.

[Mr Peter Martin]: To ask the Minister of Justice whether the PSNI will be provided with adequate capital budget to fulfil its plans following the acquisition of the former Kinnegar army base, Holywood.

The Committee for Infrastructure has welcomed the allocation of £4 million to the York Street Interchange Scheme and the announcement that the scheme development will now go ahead.

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At Bombay Hook NWR, Delaware.

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Hermit Thrush judging from the pale but complete eyering (in other photos) and spotting that does not go as low as the Wood Thrush.
Bombay Hook NWR, Delaware.

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Well that's quite the combination.
Return Day in Georgetown, Delaware.

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Authors Archie Reed and Stephen G. Bennett discuss their book, "Silver Clouds and Dark Linings: A Concise Guide to Cloud Computing."

William Ulrich and Neal McWhorter, authors of Business Architecture: The Art and Practice of Business Transformation, cover the basics and discuss the role of business architecture in a changing market landscape.

William Ulrich and Neal McWhorter, authors of Business Architecture: The Art and Practice of Business Transformation, discuss why billions of IT investment dollars are wasted, and how to stop the bleeding.