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Category Archives: EkoSkola
Our School Embraces and Celebrates the GREEN FLAG AWARD!
Following a year of hard work, determination, teamwork, collaboration and cooperation from everyone, our school was awarded the prestigious GREEN FLAG. WELL DONE AND THANK YOU ALL!
Our School just awarded the EkoSkola Green Flag award
Letters from the EkoSkola National Jury, informing the school about the Green Flag award:
Parents' Evening Activity – Eat Better (School Lunches)…..Make it Matter!
The title is the Food Code picked up by the EkoSkola students attending St Thomas More College, Secondary School Żejtun. Besides addressing the health benefits of consuming better school lunches, this food code aims to raise students as critical consumers by making the right food choices with the least impact on the environment.
As a way of disseminating good practices of Responsible Food Consumption (RFC) in relation to the Food Code, the EkoSkola students' committee designed a pamphlet, in the form of a school lunchbox to be distributed to all the parents during Parents' Evening on Friday 24th March 2017. Inside the lunchbox, the students presented three different menus consisting of healthy, practical and environment-friendly school lunches that the parents can easily prepare for their children.
The response was highly satisfying and rewarding for the students, with parents commenting very positively and making use of the recipes provided.
Sports Day Activity – School Lunches for Better Health and a Better Environment
It has become a yearly tradition at St Thomas More College, Secondary Żejtun for the EkoSkola Committees (students and teachers) to join forces with the School Council and prepare a healthy packed lunch for the entire school community, on the same day that the school celebrates Sports Day. The only difference this year was the involvement of the project 'We Eat Responsibly', hence rather than focusing solely on the health benefits, we gave as much importance to environmental-friendly practices.
This year's packed lunch consisted of a traditional Maltese Ftira filled with tuna, seasonal vegetables and fresh herbs, and also fresh fruit smoothies (using seasonal products) and a glass of squeezed orange juice freshly cut from the school's citrus garden. Products used to serve the packed lunch were either of paper material or collected back for reusing and recycling. The skin of all the fruits and vegetables used were separated for compost, whereas the strawberry and yoghurt containers were handed to the people responsible for the gardening Project for reusing.
We Eat Responsibly Project support funding
Following the School's participation in the EU project We Eat Responsibly, Mr Godwin Ellul, a member of the Ekoskola School Committee represented the school during the FEE Fest held at St. Benedict College Kirkop Middle School between the 11th and 13th January 2017.
During this event our school was presented with support funding to assist the school in carrying out its actions in relation to the We Eat Responsibly! Project.
The official opening was made by the Hon Evarist Bartolo, Minister of Education and Employment who also distributed the We Eat Responsibly support funding.
Healthy Packed Lunch Day Activity
On the 7th December 2016 the EkoSkola Committee and the Students' Council joined forces to promote the idea, amongst their peers, of consuming a healthy packed lunch as part of the project 'We Eat Responsibly'. The preparations started way ahead, and the two committees took an active role in encouraging participation in this event during assemblies and during Form Teacher time. Orders were taken also during breaks.
Preparations started early on the day and involved teachers and students from both committees to prepare, cook and serve the healthy packed lunch which consisted of baked chicken or vegetarian pasta, traditional home-made imqaret baked in the oven and a small bottle of water. The healthy packed lunch cost €2.
Results of the EkoSkola Questionnaire
Dear students and parents/guardians,
The EkoSkola Committee, within St Thomas More College, Secondary School, Żejtun would like to thank you sincerely for participating in the online questionnaire entitled 'What you eat at home…..Menu for Change'. The total number of responses received was 218 and we are presenting the results of the English and the Maltese versions separately.
Riżultati tal-Kwestjonarju ta' EkoSkola
Għeżież studenti u ġenituri/kustodji,
Il-Kumitat EkoSkola, fi ħdan il-Kulleġġ San Tumas More, l-Iskola Sekondarja taż-Żejtun jixtieq jirringrazzja lil dawk kollha li pparteċipaw fil-kwestjonarju online bl-isem ta' 'X'tiekol id-dar…….Menù għall-Bidla'. In-numru totali ta' risposti miksuba kien ta' 218 u, għaldaqstant, qegħdin nippreżentaw ir-riżultati tal-verżjoni bil-Malti u bl-Ingliż separatament.
X'tiekol id-dar… 'Menù għall-Bidla' Kwestjonarju mill-Kumitat ta' EkoSkola – What you eat at home… 'Menu for Change' EkoSkola Committee questionnaire
Agħfas hawn biex timla il-KWESTJONARJU
Jekk jogħġobkom imlew il-kwestjonarju sa mhux aktar tard mill-Erbgħa 14 ta' Diċembru 2016. Grazzi ħafna.
Click here to fill in the QUESTIONNAIRE
Please fill in the Questionnaire by not later than Wednesday 14th December 2016. Thank you.
TOGETHER 'We Eat Responsibly' – An Event for Students and Parents
During an event for all Year 8 students and their parents, the EkoSkola committee at St Thomas More College, Secondary School, Żejtun extended the opportunity to create awareness about eating responsibly and making wise food choices, as part of the 'We Eat Responsibly' project campaign.
Students and teachers teamed up together and catered for a mini reception for 300 students and parents in the school hall by preparing and serving mini bread rolls with tuna salad filling, sandwiches with homemade hummus paste and fresh greens, fresh fruit kebabs and fruit-infused water as a beverage.
Before the food and beverage items were served, the Year 8 students within the EkoSkola Committee addressed their peers and parents by providing awareness about the project's main objectives, using a video clip to reinforce their presentation.
Launching Campaign of the project 'We Eat Responsibly'
In the week between the 7th and the 11th of November 2016, the EkoSkola committee launched the project 'We Eat Responsibly' during school assemblies.
As newly-appointed members of this year's EkoSkola Committee the students first introduced themselves with their respective year groups and explained that the main aim is to work together to achieve the prestigious Green Flag Award.
To attain this goal the school will be participating in the project 'We Eat Responsibly', which supports Eco-schools in 9 EU countries, including Malta, and which has 38 schools participating, including our school at St. Thomas More Secondary, Żejtun. Our role in this project is to explore ways and means to enable and empower students to in making more responsible food choices for a better health and to shape the World into a better one.
The main concepts of this project were explained better by means of two different video clips (one targeted for the Middle School students and another more suitable one for the Senior School years) and by using the roll out poster as a display in the School Hall and at the Administration Block.
For more information about this project one can access the following websites;
or the facebook page; Nieklu b'Responsabbiltà – We Eat Responsibly
EkoSkola Silver Award
With hard work and determination from the EkoSkola Students' Council and their mentor teachers, together with the support and cooperation of the SMT, staff and parents, our school managed to obtain the EkoSkola Silver Award Certificate for Scholastic Year 2015/16. The award was presented by Her Excellency Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, President of Malta.
Kurt Zahra (2 Jade) and Anne Marie Azzopardi (3 Coral) acted as the school ambassadors, on behalf of the EkoSkola Students' Council and received the award at the President's Palace in Valletta, on Monday 6th June with pride, satisfaction and honour.
The next step is the achievement of the Green Flag, and therefore we invite all the stakeholders (members of staff, students and parents) to come on board and provide the support needed. Let's walk this journey together and obtain the recognition that our school highly deserves.
Well done to all those involved in the attainment of this award and thank you. It makes us all so very proud.
'Healthy Packed Lunch Day' at Żejtun Secondary School
How does the idea of coming to school and enjoy a healthy, freshly-prepared packed lunch, at a very smart price sound? A nutritious and hassle-free initiative, caught the interest of over 300 students and staff members at St Thomas More College, Secondary School, Żejtun and reached its climax on Friday 8th April 2016.
This fund-raising activity was a joint force between the students and teachers of the EkoSkola committee, the School Council and a group of voluntary members of staff. Moreover, it was purposely combined with the annual Sports Day to promote the importance of a healthy lifestyle. The wholesome packed lunch, which was served during the midday break, consisted of a Maltese Ftira with a filling of tuna salad, an orange and cocoa cup cake and a glass of squeezed orange juice freshly picked from the gardens of our school.
The success of this activity was measured not only by the record number of packed lunches sold but also by the number of people from the different areas of the school community who came together to work as one whole team.
Kampanja 'Save the Polar Bear'
Agħfas hawn biex tara' l-preżentazzjoni li ntużat f'din il-kampanja.
Il-Kunsill tal-EkoSkola laqa' l-istedina li jimplimenta dan il-proġett fuq livell ta' skola. Din il-kampanja titkellem dwar il-ħsara li qiegħda ssir lill-Ors Polari minħabba li qiegħed idub is-silġ fl-Artiku, kawża tal-emmissjoni ta' gassijiet tossiċi fl-arja, fosthom minħabba konsum ta' dawl żejjed. Titkellem ukoll dwar x'għandu jkun l-irwol tagħna biex ngħinu lil dawn l-ispeċi milli jiġu estinti, eżempju billi nitfu d-dawl qabel ma noħorġu mill-kamra, billi nużaw anqas karti u nirriċiklaw il-karta, u billi nużaw ir-rota bħala mezz ta' transport minflok il-karozza meta hu possibli.
Qiegħed ikun previst li jekk it-temperaturi jkomplu jisħnu se nesperjenzaw mewġa ta' sħana qawwija u nixfa, kif ukoll maltempati kbar u għargħar li se jkollhom effetti kbar u diretti fuq l-għixien tal-Orsijiet Polari.
Bħala skola waħħalna dan il-logo fuq kull swiċċ tad-dawl sabiex infakkru li wieħed għandu jitfi l-elettriku meta m'għandux bżonn. Jidher li din l-inizjattiva intlaqgħet tajjeb ħafna u qiegħda tiġi segwita bil-għajnuna tal-istudenti tal-EkoSkola u l-Green Leaders.
Jekk naħdmu flimkien nagħmlu d-dinja post aħjar!
Kimsley Grech
3 Coral
Membru fl-EkoSkola
Kampanja EkoMilied
L-Iskola Primarja Luqa tal-Kulleġġ San Injazju nediet kampanja ta' għarfien għal Milied aktar sostenibbli msejħa EkoMilied. Biha tixtieq tqajjem kuxjenza dwar kemm jinħlew karti għalxejn f'dawn iż-żminijiet ta' festi, speċjalment fl-użanza li aħna għandna li ngeżwru r-rigali.
Elezzjoni għall-ħatra tal-Kunsill tal-EkoSkola
Il-membri fi ħdan il-kumitat tal-EkoSkola bdew bil-ħidma sabiex jiġu nominati l-istudenti prospettivi għall-elezzjoni tal-kunsill tal-EkoSkola. Din hija l-lista tal-istudenti li aċċettaw in-nomina flimkien mar-riżultati li ġabu fl-elezzjoni:
L-Ewwel Sena
- Nigel Borg (1 Diamond) – 70 (Elett)
- Maria Camilleri (1 Diamond) – 15
- Beth McCulloch (1 Diamond) – 33
- Gabriele Guercio (1 Sapphire) – 41 (Elett)
It-Tieni Sena
- Maria Magro Conti (2 Coral) – 27
- Kurt Zahra (2 Jade) – 47 (Elett)
- Jack Terrance Jordan (2 Pearl) – 28 (Elett)
- Iker Pace (2 Ruby) – 25
It-Tielet Sena
- Kimsley Grech (3 Coral) – 66 (Eletta)
- Yasmine Micallef (3 Coral) – 8
- Annmarie Azzopardi (3 Diamond) – 18 (Eletta)
- Cheslie Bonnici (3 Diamond) – 2
Ir-Raba' Sena
- Sonique Degiogio (4 Coral) – 30 (Eletta)
- Daphne Xuereb Vella (4 Coral) – 22 (Eletta)
- Mirea Darmanin (4 Diamond) – 17
- Sherise Schembri (4 Diamond) – 5
Il-Ħames Sena
- Mariah Genovese (5 Coral) – 24 (Eletta)
- Katrina Cassar (5 Diamond) – 21
- Shania Vella (5 Diamond) – 21
- Britney Bugeja (5 Garnet) – 22 (Eletta)
Il-kandidati nehdew il-kampanja tal-elezzjoni bejn id-19 u t-23 ta' Ottubru 2015, waqt l-Assemblies, fejn introduċew u ippromwovu lilhom infushom ma' sħabhom tal-istess sena. L-elezzjoni saret il-ġimgħa ta' wara, fuq perjodu ta' tliet ijiem. L-eżerċizzju twettaq permezz ta' sistema elettronika, b'software apposta, sabiex jiġi eskluż l-użu tal-karti, kif ukoll biex nesponu lill-istudenti għat-tagħlim b'differenza permezz tal-użu tat-teknoloġija. Permezz tal-użu ta' dan is-software kellna ndikazzjoni ċara ta' kif kien għaddej l-andament tal-votazzjoni f'kull ħin u r-riżultati finali ħarġu awtomatikament.


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Queen's Jubilee Medals
From the website of the Governor General:
Canadians in all walks of life were recognized by the award of the Diamond Jubilee medal, and serving soldiers of The Calgary Highlanders have been recognized via a number of routes. Nominations were put forward at the request of 41 Canadian Brigade Group to be recognized as part of the Canadian Forces' official allotment of medals, and several members of the regimental family were also recognized for military and community-related work by organizations outside the military, as members of the community (civic groups, government officials, etc.) were also given allotments to distribute to deserving Canadians.
Two soldiers of The Calgary
Highlanders were presented with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal at the
Army Ball in Ottawa in May 2012. On Remembrance Day (11 November 2012) The Calgary
Highlanders presented an allotment of Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medals. Nominees
were selected from across 41 Canadian Brigade Group in order to ensure fair
distribution across the officer, warrant officer, and non-commissioned member
populations, and deserving members were selected based on merit and relative
contributions to both the military and their communities. Only serving members
of the regiment were considered for these nominations. Three additional
presentations were made at the Mens' Christmas Dinner on 15 December 2012.
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Favorite Books of 2015
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
30 comments
I love this list. Right there with on The Bronte Plot and While You're Awake; those were both great reads. And I think several of these should be on my TBR list *makes mental note*. Happy New Year! Hope 2016 treats you well.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Miranda. I enjoyed these books, and if I were being honest, probably more that I shamefully neglected. But, either way, 2015 was a great bookish year and I suspect 2016 will be just as amazing if not more so.Delete
Same to you! Wishing you a fantastic new year. :)
I have only read 8 & 9 on your list, I have some books I am going to need to add to my TBR!ReplyDelete
Missie @ A Flurry of Ponderings Enter my 2nd Annual Blogoversary GiveawayReplies
But oh how amazing those two books are, Missie! :) Hope you find some additional titles you'll enjoy for your 2016 TBR. Happy New Year.Delete
Wonderful list, Rissi! Through Waters Deep and One Enchanted Christmas were awesome reads. :) And I have several of these on my TBR that NEED to be read sooner rather than later!ReplyDelete
Proud and happy to see Rachelle's debut on the list. Go, Rachelle!
Your raving about The Start of Me and You (plus the $2.99 Kindle deal going on right now) has convinced me to make the purchase! ;) Sounds fab! I might need to give Anna and the French Kiss a try sometime, too. I got a Barnes & Noble gift card for Christmas (my parents know me well!) that is burning a hole in my pocket and begging to be spent as soon as I return from vacation!
Finally, thank you, thank you, friend, for including While You're Awake. That means so much, and I'm honored it found a place on the list! Forever grateful for your support and friendship.
Happy New Year, Rissi, and here's to another year of wonderful reads!
I agree! As each year goes by, I'm more and more impressed with the books I read. Three cheers for the talented authors who write them. Both you mention as favorites were high up on my list - I couldn't resist adding all of the novellas I did because they were cute and fabulous. :)Delete
Loved Rachelle's debut. So. Good.
*bites nails* Uh-oh, I do hope you like 'Me and You.' :D I did SO enjoy 'Anna' as well. It's a bit more "adult" in its content, but the wit is hilarious and for that alone, I was hooked. Yay for B&N gift cards. Those are my favorites. (Until you can spend it, enjoy the rest of your vacation, friend.)
My pleasure. I so enjoyed While You're Awake, and of course, am looking forward to whatever you write next, whenever it's ready to be shared with the world.
Happy New Year to you as well - I'm grateful for you, and I hope 2016 is an amazing year for you (beginning with that book haul and B&N gift card!), Book Bestie. :) Hugs!
I love your list. And so many of your faves were mine as well.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hooray for shared favorites - the more we see these reads on 2015 favorites lists, the more amazing we remember they really were. :) Thanks for visiting, Dawn.Delete
I always love these lists! I am really interested in Always Watching and am still curious about Hillary Manton Lodge. I have The Bronte Plot on my shelf just waiting to be read, and I've heard so many good things about it! And I love Sarah Sundin and Melissa Tagg (and Dani Pettrey and Becky Wade). All that to say, I enjoyed reading your favorites list and happy new year to you! :)ReplyDelete
As do I, Cassie; I'll confess I probably over visit blogs to read/comment on these "best of" lists, but hey, it's fun! And I'm a book addict, so I try to own it. ;)Delete
Always Watching is fabulous and Hillary's books are wonderful. The Bronte Plot continues to prove why Katherine is a leading name in this market and of course all of the names you mention are return favorites of mine. :)
Thank you so much for commenting - and for persisting in trying to get your comment through. Apologies for your trouble. Happy New Year, friend. :)
There is no such thing as over-visiting book blogs! Not in my opinion :)Delete
I'm just glad the comment thing worked out! I don't comment as much as I wish I did, so when it didn't work at first I was trying to figure in out. And in the end, the comment got here! Thanks again, Rissi. Happy New Year to you as well!
Right you are, Cassie; there isn't. :DDelete
I'm glad too! But I do feel bad the comments over here give you fits - whether you comment once a week or once a month, I don't appreciate my comment form being sassy. ;) Anyway, thanks for persisting and getting it through! Always fun to chat with you, Cassie.
marvelous list, Rissi!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks so much, Carrie. :)Delete
Amazing list! I loved the ones of these that I've read and the ones that I haven't were either already on my wish list or just got added!ReplyDeleteReplies
We always love that growing TBR, right!? Happy reading, Abbi. :)Delete
What a treat! Thank you for including Through Waters Deep. What an amazing list. I love what you said about Laura Frantz's writing - so true!! I savor every word!ReplyDeleteReplies
My pleasure, Sarah; your 2015 release was beautiful. And I'm eager to read book 2 this summer. :) As for Laura, I'm in awe of her 2015 book. It was... gorgeous and I'm speechless as to the proper way to describe her writing. Such a wonderful story. :)Delete
I'm so thrilled to have my book on this list amid such amazing company! Honored, Rissi, and so glad you love Dirk and Gwyn as much as I do :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi, Rachelle! It was my pleasure to feature Dirk and Gwyn on this list. They're amazing as was your debut. Well done, friend. :)Delete
Dear Rissi, Aside from your list, I'm somewhat slack-jawed by your beautiful, super creative site! I can't tell you how much it means to see Mistress here among such writers as Sarah & Rachelle & others. If it weren't for readers/reviewers like you the book world would be a much less interesting place. Heartfelt thanks for all you do ����.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you for the kind words, Laura. I do have lots of fun with the site and am always excited to play a small role in helping to spread the word about amazing fiction like 'Mistress.' I thoroughly enjoyed your 2015 release and anticipate whatever you write next. Wishing you a wonderful 2016 - and thank you for visiting. :)Delete
This is such a great list!!!! Several of my favs are on here: Mistress of Tall Acre, One Enchanted Christmas, Told You So, Bronte Plot, While You're Awake.ReplyDelete
And thanks for reminding me of several I NEED to read! Gladly, I'll be reading Rachelle Rea's soon. Anna and the French Kiss is still on my shelf. So many to look forward to in 2016, too! :)Replies
Thanks, Courtney. There were some amazing works of fiction in 2015 and I've a feeling 2016 will follow in its lead. Great faves list! Those were some of my best-loved of the year as well - and I have to admit, I like all of the INDIE releases on our lists! :)Delete
Here's to a great year in 2016! May it be filled with more inspiring stories. :)
*sigh* I'm getting so many ideas of books to add to my reading list as I read over everyone else's top reads from 2015!ReplyDeleteReplies
That is a challenge for a book nerd! I feel that dilemma, Amy. I hope in spite of the growing TBR, you find some really worthwhile reads. :) Happy 2016!Delete
Somehow I missed several of these. How did that happen?!! My year was just too busy. Three or four of these I'll have to look at grabbing now. Thanks for sharing! Another list I still haven't done... :)ReplyDelete
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My year was too busy as well, Tressa. Ah, well. I guess they'll wait for us in 2016, right!? :)Delete
Thank you for visiting - and I hope you found those you wanted to grab now. Happy reading. :)
Wow, so many favorites! You read a lot more than I did haha. My personal favorite of my reading year was The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat. Strange and disturbing but psychologically very cool :)ReplyDelete
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I didn't feel like I read many books at all, Hannah, which sort of made me disappointed in my reading habits. But then again, I shouldn't whine because there were some amazing novels on my list this year - and for a book nerd, what else matters in our bookish life!? :DDelete
I've not heard of The Blind Owl, but *shivers* just the title sounds potentially creepy. :D
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You know what it's like when you attend a conference or trade show—there's never enough time to experience it all. That was the case at REAL2015. With over 1,000 leaders and innovators in the emerging 3D space in attendance, the excitement for reality computing was intense and abundant.
Knowing there wasn't enough time to take everything in, we're sharing videos of key speakers, exhibitors and a few of our own Autodesk experts to help round out the REAL experience.
- Nelson Aguilar, Field Survey Chief, Caltrans [California Department of Transportation], discusses how they conducted a massive "as built" 3D laser scan of the Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco. Large-Scale "As Built" scan of Oakland Bay Bridge with Nelson Aguilar
- Jay Freeland, Chief Executive Officer, FARO Technologies, discusses FARO's role in the world of reality capture and computing, and their latest products, including the FARO Edge ScanArm HD, FARO Focus X 330, and FARO Freestyle3D Handheld Laser Scanner.
FARO Technologies Reality Capture & Computing Showcase
- Neil Hrushowy, Manager, City Design Group at San Francisco Planning Department, discusses how reality capture and computing combined with an innovative 3D augmented reality viewer called the "Owl" from Owlized helped engage the citizens of San Francisco on the Better Market Street renewal project.
Neil Hrushowy, Manager, City Design Group at San Francisco Planning Department
- Tatjana Dzambazova, Product Manager, Reality Solutions, Autodesk, shares Autodesk Memento news. Autodesk Announces Memento Available for Free Public Beta; and unveils three Memento exhibits featured at the conference.
Autodesk Memento Showcase
- Mike Whaley, President, Turis Systems, explains how reality computing is helping to foster sustainable construction and building by reducing waste on the job site.
Real Green: Scanning to Sustainability with Mike Whaley and Turis Systems
- Hasti Afsarifard, Business Development, Made In Space – the team that collaborated with NASA on the first 3D Printer for use on the International Space Station – shows a variety of objects created with the printer, including a ratchet created based on an astronaut's request, nylon and PET materials based items, and a fascinating example of how moon dirt could be used, with a binder, as material for a 3D printer.
Made In Space 3D Printing Showcase
We asked industry experts and innovators to briefly share what excites them most about Reality Computing, and where they think the technology is headed. Here are some of the interviews:
- Mike Whaley, President, Turis Systems
Coming up, we will be showing all the presentations from the both stages. Stay tuned!
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How to replicate any beat?
How to replicate any beat
Create a beat grid
Open an image editor, drawing or illustration application. Next you need to draw a beat grid out of 16, 32 or 64 squares of same size depending on how complicated the beat is.
Filter out the frequency zones
Next open an audio editor. Cut the beat you want to replicate into a sample loop. Cut the whole loop from the start to the end - one repetition. Then take that audio clip of the beat and filter out different frequency zones. You want to filter out those zones in order to separate kick, snare, hats etc.
The zones depend on the loop but for the start try filtering out three different zones. Filter out 0-60Hz, 1000-5000hz, 5000-20000hz. Then take the waveform screenshots of all the filtered loops.
Map the filtered results
Go back to an image editor or such and copy the waveform screenshots of those filtered frequencys next to a beat grid. And stretch them so that they match the grid. Next map the beats from the audio screenshot to the grid.
Lay down the replicated beat
Now that you have the beat mapped open your digital audio workstation and start laying down the beat according to the mapped grid. If you did everything correctly you should have just replicated the beat you wanted. If you did some mistakes then you can always repair it back and forth during the process.
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Derick Brassard scored twice to lead the New York Rangers to a 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers Saturday afternoon.
Jesper Fast, J.T. Miller and Lee Stempniak also scored for New York, which swept the Flyers in a home-and home matchup on consecutive days.
The Rangers have also won the first three matchups of the season against Philadelphia. The teams will play once more this season, Feb. 28 in Philadelphia.
Henrik Lundqvist made 21 saves for New York.
Nicklas Grossmann and Jakub Voracek scored for Philadelphia, which has lost four in a row. Ray Emery made 30 saves.


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This is a brief walk through on setting up a Peplink load balancing appliance in "Drop-In" mode (transparent / pass-through)), allowing you to use your current firewall/UTM without any new rules or modifications.
The goal it to not have to change any setting on the existing firewall/UTM as well as allow for any remote connection to remain unaffected. To do this and be able to manage the Peplink appliance you need an additional public static IP from your ISP (if you do not already have one).
i. Connect the LAN interface to you local network
ii. Give a workstation as IP in the 192.168.1.0/24 range (other than 192.168.1.1)
iii. Use a web browser to connect to the http://192.168.1.1 (Peplinks default IP address)
iv. Sign-in with the default username "admin" and password "admin"
i. Once logged in click on "System" on the top menu bar of the WebAdmin
ii. Select "Admin Security" on the left panel
iii. Set the desired "Router Name"
iv. Enter and confirm a new "Admin Password"
v. Change "Security" to "HTTPS" only
vi. Set "Web Admin Access" to "LAN/WAN" if you wish to be able to manage externally (i.e. Peplinks iPhone App)
vii. Select which WAN interface will be used for remote access under "Allowed WAN IP Address(es)" (i.e. WAN 1)
viii. Click "Save" then "Apply Changes" from the top right of the WebAdmin
i. Connect to the WebAdmin at https://192.168.1.1
ii. Sign-in with username "admin" and your new password
i. Click "Next" on the welcome page
i. When asked "Do you want setup in drop-in mode?" select "yes" then "Next"
ii. Select the WAN interface that your main ISP will be connected to (typically "WAN1") then "Next"
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I stopped reading after the ditty about how mean and rude it was when a blind man she saw walking down the street yelled at a woman who tried to help him over a puddle. He knew the puddle was there, the woman didn't ask if he needed help, but apparently blind people don't get to decide whether they need help. Or whether they get touched - he told the woman never to touch a stranger, which seems like advice she needed, but how rude, to put his own feelings about being unexpectedly and nonconsensually touched over this woman's desire to feel helpful without actually bothering to do the work of finding out whether her assumptions match his actual needs. Intent is magic, you know better than other people what they need especially if they have a visible disability and you don't, and bodily autonomy is for able-bodied people. What a delightful poet.
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The Philippines in my opinion is the perfect balance between blue water wide angle and critter or muck diving. I've dived the reefs here many times and the biggest difficulty you'll have is choosing whether or not to go wide angle or macro. From the tiny critters like the nudibranchs, crabs and shrimps, to bigger creatures like giant frogfish on up to schools of swirling sardines, you'll be hard pushed to find a more varied and photogenic environment to dive and take pictures in.
Who is this trip for?
This trip is open to anyone who likes easy going diving, doesn't like being on a route march underwater, and would love to go at their own pace and if taking pictures to spend time unhurried underwater. With or without a camera this trip will deliver you all that. However if you've got any sort of underwater photo kit from a GoPro to a DSLR and would like to get the best from it then Duxy's your man. His extensive experience leading trips and helping people of all abilities will sure to be of value to anyone even the slightest bit curious about trying underwater photography. The house reef diving in the Philippines is normally very straight forward and current free, so everyone from beginners to the more experienced will find it fun and rewarding to dive.
Why was this location chosen?
Magic Island Moalboal and it's sister resort Magic Oceans on Bohol share the same level of comfort and hospitality perfect for the budding underwater photographer. Both resorts have an easy going charm delivering Philippine hospitality set amongst lush green jungle. The house reefs will wow you with loads of picture taking opportunities and short excursions up and down the varied coastline will give everything from classical muck diving, and also blue water drop offs and plateaus covered in corals hard and soft.
In Moalboal we will also have the option to dive the exciting Pescador Island just off shore, with schooling sardines swirling around our heads. I've done it a few times now and it's a dizzying spectacle.
In Bohol there's often schooling bigger fish and the occasional whale shark that happens by. So there is the potential to see everything from the very tiniest creatures to the very largest.
Location specifics/USP's?
At both locations the plan is usually to do two morning dives departing at around 9am, then a third dive after lunch. I normally rely on up to the minute local knowledge as to where are the current hotspots, and unlike a regular trip, if a site is delivering photographically and we choose, then I like to repeat a site, this often pays dividends, not just for the photographers, but all divers usually benefit from this as you get to see the dive site at different times of the day and can get a real appreciation of what is going on at reef level.
Re-visiting locations and even the same marine life but seeing it literally in a whole new light, as the sun arcs across the sky.
What software packages will be used?
On the trips I teach Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop which are by far and away the most commonly used photo editing software programs in popular use. Don't worry if you've never used them before or even own them, I can get you up to speed using my laptop if you desire. However if you'd like to do a lot of editing while away then your own laptop is probably a good idea.
If you already use another piece of software, no problem, I may already know it and the outcomes desired are usually the same, and I can generally work my way round it.
Shooting and editing video is a big deal nowadays as so many people have GoPro's or cameras that shoot great video, so I can show you how to do this. Adobe Premiere Elements is probably the best option currently for most cameras at a reasonable price, but I also use iMovie, Final Cut Pro X and there's a new kid on the block I'm learning, which is free, but very powerful called Da Vinci Resolve and works for both Mac OS and Windows.
What techniques will be explored?
With most beginners I start by teaching shallow available light photography, showing how to use RAW and/or using Custom White Balance to get good colourful confidence boosting pictures from the off. However in places like the Philippines it's often a good idea to get up to speed shooting with strobes and extra lighting first, as so much of the subject matter needs extra light to show it at its best. With the proliferation of GoPro's and other action cameras, a slightly different technique is required, and we will explore using filters and processing to get good colour in the shallows.
I will try and dedicate a whole day to shooting and editing video too. Once you are starting to get a grip on the technicalities we can explore, subject choice, composition and marine life behaviour to give you the skills to find, shoot and edit your pictures, raising your game as we go. With the more advanced I tailor my advice to suit their individual needs setting individual challenges as they wish.
What talks will be conducted?
I normally make time most days to present talks on a variety of subjects.
And I'm currently making all new ones on -
- Available Light – When, where, and how, to take advantage of the available light at your disposal
- Getting Flash #1 – How to mix flash and available light
- Getting Flash(er) #2 – Flash positioning and special techniques
- Composition is King, – Why good framing might be the most important thing you'll learn.
- Shoot, Edit, Show – Making a video with your camera. Even if it doesn't shoot video!!
- What a Fish Knows – a new talk I'm planning with fascinating facts about marine life and reef behaviour based upon the book of the same name
It's not always possible or practical to fit in all the talks, but at the very least I like to get the primary ones about different lighting and framing and composition slotted in at some point.
What is your daily schedule and availability?
As I will be diving alongside the regular group, I like to plan my day around this, and so I will be available to ask questions all day long, from breakfast until we retire, However on a long haul trip like this I like to try and fit in the talks after a third dive of the day or before the night dive if you decide to do extra dives. After the days diving has been done and for those not choosing to night dive, we will decamp to the bar with our computers and cameras for an hour or two chat about the days events and have a picture review session for those that would like, and to ask me further questions and solve any problems you may have encountered.
What Duxy says about the location/trip ?
I love the Philippines and apart from the beautiful reefs and the surroundings they sit in, the people here are really what top it all off. Friendly and good humoured with our comfort and leisure at the forefront of their minds. Nothing ever seems too much trouble, which all makes for the experience of taking pictures a real pleasure and never a chore. The guides are very knowledgeable and are able to spot things hidden within the reef with an almost supernatural skill, and as this area is so popular with photographers they know very well what sites are going to deliver whatever lens you've chosen to shoot with.
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Life, Myth and a Six Shooter
There's always been a cultural fondness towards the Old West – a purely American concept (though that's not entire accurate) about manifest destiny, the gray areas of morality and humanity's conquest of nature and the worlds as its whole. Oh, and lots of guns and bullets, we can't forget those. There was once a time when the world west of the Mississippi River was this overwhelming, frightening, uncharted land that tested man's determination, if not mocked him in his attempts to understand and control it. Before that was the New World, before that the Atlantic Ocean and so on and so forth. There's always been this desire for progression and searching the unknown. Many cite the "old west" as the last frontier...I would say the final frontier but that would require a Star Trek pun and I can't think of a good one at the moment.
Red Dead Redemption captures the period in human history just before industrialization, right when guns were no longer one-shot muskets and were becoming more deadly, assembly line factories were emerging and when people legitimately debated on whether or not those goofy "automobile" things were better than horses. It's a time when communications were emerging with telegraph lines, electricity on the cusp of being in every home and the lands to conquer were lessening or, at least, becoming mapped out for the final time. Out with the old, in with the new, if you will. As they say, it is the "end of an era." That era is what our culture has always had a fondness for. In actuality, the fondness stems more from the myth of that bygone era than the actual desire to want to live there. That mythological, fable-like quality is what we know best thanks to pulp novels and especially though film which more or less shaped all we know about it to this day. They play up the fantastic, such as men in black, quick draws, heroes and saloon brawls, and downplay the disease, poverty, ignorance and racism.
They probably got the violence right, though.
The Old West, and the western genre in general, have always represented something humans have always been fond of: moral ambiguities and blurred lines of right and wrong, not to mention that desire of searching for something. Anything, really. Sometimes even your purpose in life. Sure, you have your bandits, thieves and marshals, but they aren't so easily defined in this time and in this place. It's more a loose idea of wanting a civilized land in a land that, simply, isn't quite there yet. It's the building of it, those decades before it's really achieved, that fascinates us so. There's immoral men wrecking havoc, moral men trying to stay as such and all the fighting along the way with pistol on your hip and just enough coin for a shot of whiskey. It's the same reason myths and legends fascinated the Greeks and Romans – The quiet drifter is our Hercules or Achilles or a gang of banditos our Trojan Army. It's larger than life as we now see it with glazed-over eyes manipulated by decades of fiction writing, tall tales and movies. It's something you dream and fantasize to partake in. Now you can.
It's one thing to watch a gunfighter in a movie or see these tales come to life, it's another thing to participate it in and, in a grander scheme, feel a part of it and partake in its living and breathing world. This is the element that videgames are able to incorporate that no other medium can, and is a shining example of why videogames are their own form of artistic expression that allows it to be distinguished and, hopefully in a few more decades, actually respected. To "feel" the tension on whether or not you can save someone, to look over your shoulders when walking down a street and look into store windows of a gunsmith, to get on a horse and gaze upon a landscape that hasn't existed in a hundred years and explore it and feel as though you are there...these are the elements that videogames can achieve and that its critics don't quite realize...and these are the elements that Red Dead Redemption excels in.
The game taps into our already ingrained fondness of the period and the myth and absolutely exploits it. It's the game you've always wanted but never really realized you wanted it until you started playing. You ride up to a town, hitch your horse and walk into a saloon to order a drink. An out-of-tune piano plays, men eye each other from across poker tables and the local whores hang out in the shadows. You've seen this scene a million times, but you've never really been a part of it. You'll just watch someone like Alan Ladd, John Wayne or Clint Eastwood (or Michael J. Fox) do it. The thought going through your head is "that's so cool" as a gunfight usually stems from it.
It does that here, but instead of saying "that's so cool" you end up reaching for the gun yourself and shooting down five men in the place. Then you belly up and ask for another whiskey at the bar. That's an experience hard to recreate, but Rockstar has in grand fashion.
This is the experience you want. Trust me. You do. Even if you don't realize it until you first get off that ferry in Blackwater, soon get shot down, rise again like a phoenix and look to impact your revenge (and with some government plot that feels tacked on, but I digress). The open nature of the game, covering numerous areas of what we relate to the old west and to its people, cultures and ways of life, is a strong fit that helps draw you in even more, make you feel "cool" or "heroic" or "villainous" at your discretion. Even if it is the glossed-over Hollywood version of it all, it certainly isn't a glossed-over, atmospheric experience.
If there's anything that no person can deny with Red Dead Redemption, it is that it's a technical feat and visually stunning. The seamlessness of this entire world is something it absolutely needed to reach success - a linear structure goes against the entire concept of the Old West in the first place. It's fine tuned both in grand scope and in small detail as you ride miles on your horses, enter a town, get off, enter a saloon, go upstairs, enter your private room and then go to sleep. There's no cutaways, it all moves smoothly as you transition, but more importantly is how natural it all feels and how this element is probably the best, perhaps overlooked, quality of immersion that Red Dead Redemption brings to the table. Not once does it try to remove you from it, save for the save screen and cutscenes. It's all intuitive and non-nonchalant; putting far more focus on the world, its selling point, and the archetypal western characters within it.
This captures the old west as you want it to be captured. The sweeping vistas and attention to detail impresses even in the final hours of a playthrough. The sunsets in the evening, that early morning glow through treebranches, the rolling clouds and painting-like quality of the sky, the rain rippling puddles and even details such as footprints left on dirt roads or grass and brush rustling as you walk upon it. There's variety too, and it absolutely captures the elements of Mexico, the southwest, the arid deserts and the great plains, throwing in a forest or two for good measure. I used to live in many areas this is meant to depict and there were more than one occasions where I felt as though I was transported back to the midwest and those rolling hills and far horizons or to west Texas and that dry, waterless land of rock, dirt and rattlesnakes.
It's populated by familiar faces we've come to expect from this setting. The drunk, the whores, the immigrants and washed up gunfighters. The corrupt politicians or Marshals trying their damnest to keep some sense of law and order in their small, sun-soaked towns. John Marston, our protagonist, is himself a familiar character yet at the same time he's not. He's more a melting pot of many leading men in western movies (notably Shane). He's kind, even if you're doing bad things, and intelligent though he's sometiems mocked he's less intelligent than he appears to be. He's often calm, calculating, and it's easy to see the influence of Spagetti Western hero stereotypes coming through. His story is a simple one, though a bit convoluted in its telling, but he's an overall likable lead to control and go through this place and time with. You need someone who is distinct yet not too written - he is your window after all and it needs to not draw too much attention so as to allow the atmosphere to envelop you.
The atmosphere, an increasingly important attribute of games these days because immersion is so important, is absolutely perfect. Combine these grand visuals and characters with the ambient audio of birds, insects, wild animals, stiff breezes and rickety wagons and you have something that shows effort and passion to suck you into its world from its creators.
I had considered commenting on the story, but I figured "why bother?" You wouldn't play this game for the story anyways, and it's something you've seen before, as I said. It's just that, now, you're involved in it. The selling point is the setting and atmosphere, the story is just something to drive you to do something in it. It's basic, told mainly through long rides across the countryside with other characters where everything from religion to industry to morality is discussed. It's not deep, but it is interesting and shows a little more complexity in the world you're trying to find your way through.
Story in a game like this is more used as a tool to enhance the immersion and interaction. I've played quite a few open-world games, but for some reason, I find that Red Dead Redemption does it better than any of them. I think it has to do with the fact that it fits hand-in-hand with the concepts of the western in the first place. Look out into the wilderness and go explore, or find good (or bad) deeds to do. I buy it a hell of a lot more in this setting than I do an urban one where someone will call you to go bowling. Red Dead Redemption is more about discovery. You find the things to do, and the roll into more things to do as you meet more people through the story. Rarely do things just suddenly appear.
Open world games come at a cost, though. You know what they are. If you read my review of Assassin's Creed II, you know I came across some problematic glitches. Well, though Red Dead Redemption is far more refined in terms of controls and technical feats, you certainly feel more "in tune" with what you can and can't do on screen, it probably has glitch issues ten-fold. This is to be expected, especially graphical glitches, but there's a handful that are pretty inexcusable: instant mission fail and an odd disappearance of the save ability.
The instant mission fail pretty much happens for one of these reasons, and they are sadly common.
I can forgive the graphic glitches, such as animals stuck in the ground or cloth clipping into objects. I can overlook the rather dumb AI glitches, such as your horse getting stuck behind a tree or bad guys not realizing I'm using the same boulder as them for cover and just squat there. I can even forgive my horse mowing down civilians as it runs towards me when I whistle, killing them, and then putting a bounty on my head as a result. Even the time I shot at a tree and a half-dozen horses flew out of the branches and disappeared high into the sky, or the one moment I pushed the jump button and launched into space, believe me, I can list a few dozen easily. Sure, I can get by those...
...but the minute you have something so seemingly trivial end up ending your game and it happen four times...that's when I take issue.
Speaking of all those missions, that's pretty much the standard for gameplay in an open-world. For the most part, the story-related missions are varied and interesting. You'll meet those archetypal characters of all sorts, some far more important to the story, and do their related missions that, often, would correlate and swing into another person's. Hijacking a train, taking on a small army, or just reuniting two lovers. It's all well thought out enough.
You then have the mid-level missions, known as "Stranger" missions. These, too, are great in variety (they seem to be a form of a fetch quest, usually...it covers it well, though). These are necessary, but are enjoyable because they will often explore something that the main story does not when it comes to the western genre. A man willing to trade his slave for a horse or another man trying to find his muse in making movies. It's all interesting and helps expand the world.
I only wish these Stranger missions were greater in number and the ones that are implemented rounded out a bit more. They all just come and go. A few characters will crop back up, but eventually they'll disappear and you'll never see them again and wonder whatever became of it all. Did the wife of the man you killed go off to kill her husband's mistress? Did the movie house operator ever get that movie off the ground? Last I saw him, he was moping in a Union Station camp seemingly waiting for another mission to be coded into the game. Whatever happened to the guy that you kept rescuing? That seemed to just flat-out end right there. There's certainly a sense of non-completion to some of them.
Also...the guy with the flying machine....wow, was that a waste of time or what? The game has you travel every corner of the world only to have the guy jump off a cliff and die. Funny at the time, but in hindsight, that's just padded gameplay hours collecting items. I'm actually a bit angry at that now. Where's my whiskey, barkeep?
Oh, right...back in reality, now.
Finally, the smaller missions are generic, and purely optional. You'll usually find these just riding around the lands and they often consist of preventing a kidnapping/horsenapping, rounding up some fleeing criminals or saving someone from being unjustly hung. Of course, you only assume it's unjust because someone rode up to you to tell you - no need to ask questions, I guess. Outside of that, you have your "always-on" missions, where you achieve small little goals to increase your rankings as a Hunter, Sharpshooter and so on. These are there for the completionists, and in some cases you can actually gain enhancements in doing so, but mostly they are tedious and trivial and you kind of wish more variety was put into them as much as the main missions. They feel tacked on, at best, and unlocking an extra costume or two isn't really worth tackling.
When it comes to game like this, and those glitches are to be expected, it's a matter of everything else outweighing them. Other than a rushed final few hours, everything else Red Dead Redemption achieves not only overshadows those problems, it still has those elements more than polished.
Take for instance the shooting controls. For a western game, shooting a gun needed to feel intuitive and natural, not to mention easy and, hopefully, inventive. While I could take or leave the showdowns, the regular cover-and-fire or time-slow-down approach is not only easy to control but fun on top of it all. I actually hoped things might happen and I'd have to draw a weapon. Truth be told, the slow-down, or Dead-Eye-Meter, can make things really, really easy....but at the same time it's really, really fun. Going through an area with six or seven guys shooting at you, hitting the Dead Eye Trigger and putting a nasty "x" on each one of their heads is thoroughly satisfying.
What's more is that his only adds to the "feel" of the game. Here you are, more or less a Clint Eastwood type, doing those amazing things that gunfighters tended to do in those Spaghetti Westerns – no matter how fantastical and unbelievable they are. The controls are spot on, and though the camera might work against you in some tight quarters, you still feel as though you are controlling the arms, legs and hand of John Marston. Then you have the wide variety, from throwing knives to dynamite, to bushing out a sniper rifle (something that, I wish, more missions took advantage of) to a lasso that, surprisingly, you find yourself using a lot over the course of the game.
Unless you want to kill everyone. I was a "nice guy" and only killed the people that really deserved it. Even then, though, if a bounty is still alive when I shoot out his legs, I'll at least tie him up for a little extra coin..
Speaking of things deserved, like a lot of games these days, Red Dead Redemption implements a "morality" meeter. You can be honorable or dishonorable, and people tended to treat you differently depending on such. Truth be told, this is all pretty superficial. Marsden's personality doesn't really change much. It's just an A or B scenario of doing things. Do you give the money to someone or kill them and keep it for yourself? Do you warn another person about people after them or take the bribe and move on? Overall, it's a good idea and does add an element, but is superficial in its execution. That's to be expected, though. This isn't a role playing game where your actions will have a ripple effect. It's an action/adventure game where you can just have a good amount of options to feel a part of its world.
This balances it all pretty well, however. Now I would love a dialogue-system and deep moral choices, Red Dead already has the set-up, plot and characters to really implement that, but I won't hold the fact that it doesn't do it against it. It does what it needs to do and does it well, far better than any of the Grand Theft Auto games by all accounts.
Adam Sessler, who was on the radio not to long ago, said that Red Dead Redemption is the game you didn't realize was missing from your life. He's absolutely right. People and gamers especially (I sometimes question if those two things are related) have always wanted a good western game, or something, to fantasize about being in the old west. It's why places like Dodge City exist to this day. In the world of videogames, it's been tried and never quite grasped fully. Usually it's more the setting that people were want, wrongfully assuming as such, so most games just took basic genres, such as First Person Shooters or Beat-em-Ups, and just slapped in some saloons, six-shooters and cowboy hats. In reality, it's not just the aesthetics, but the life itself. That openness of everything, the feeling of just you and your horse riding the countryside with danger at every turn.
Red Dead Redemption, though, went beyond even that call. It showed love of the setting and set out to create a world that no longer exists yet we've long been fascinated in as a culture. It's able to have the character and just enough depth, a morality play of a dying, Old West ideology, to compel you. Glitches aside, its technical achievements and atmospheric beauty sets a standard and the voice acting and musical score give an added element that brings this world to life. It could use a bit more depth to it all, especially in terms of world mini-mission variety, collectible and unlockalbe things and just "more" of everything from horses, things to buy and wildlife. What's there is good. Really good. But when the sequel arrives I hope it becomes even more grander than it already is.
And that's' what it really is about: grandness and myth. Despite the fact we all know the hardships of this time and the dangers involved, we've long admired it and probably pretended we were then and there at some point in our lives as our imagination lets loose. We've fantasized about it, thanks to Hollywood and pulp comics, television and country music. It's the myth of the old west like you've always wanted to experience and, despite the hiccups and flaws here and there, you absolutely will.
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Courses & Study Days
Induction Days
It is mandatory for all trainees to attend the relevant Welsh School Induction Day. The next induction day will be for all trainees commencing CT1 and ST3 training programmes in August 2018 and will be held in September 2018. Further details to follow to ALL successful appointees.
Exam Teaching
Primary FRCA
North Wales: a regular regional teaching programme is in place, please contact the College Tutors at Betsi Cadwaladr UHB for further information.
South Wales: a regular regional teaching programme is in place. Please contact email@example.com for the latest SWABS dates
Final FRCA
North Wales: a regular regional teaching programme is in place, please contact the College Tutors at Betsi Cadwaladr UHB for further information.
South Wales: regular regional teaching occurs in Newport, Swansea and Cardiff. We would like to see a flexible approach to where & when you attend to receive maximum benefit from the teaching available across South Wales. Please contact relevant Lead Consultants for Final FRCA in each hospital if you would like to attend:
- Cardiff (Wednesday) - firstname.lastname@example.com
- Swansea (Thursday) - email@example.com
- Newport (Friday) - email@example.com
Plus the following intensive teaching days support early Final FRCA preparation -
Welsh Anaesthetics Finals Teaching (WAFT)
Are you post primary? Are you preparing (or even just starting to think about preparing) for your final FRCA? ...then WAFT is for you!
WAFT runs free study days on specialist topics to support preparation for both the written and SOE aspects of the final FRCA exam.
The days are focused on condensing this specialist knowledge/understanding in to exam orientated sessions to complement local finals teaching and the Welsh Written and SOE exam practice courses. They are also a great way to meet up with colleagues at similar stages of exam prep.
We'll be in touch with dates for 2018-2019 soon.
If you would like to be added to the email contact list, then please email firstname.lastname@example.com with your name and where you are up to with your exams - see you soon.
See also information for the Final FRCA intensive viva course below.
Post Fellowship Teaching
A programme of post-fellowship teaching days are arranged, approximately 6 times per year. The Welsh School strongly encourages trainees to contribute to the organisation of at least one teaching day during their higher training. An interesting and varied programme of topics aims to prepare trainees for their consultant careers. The post fellowship teaching days are co-ordinated at present by Dr Isra Hassan and Dr Emily Buckwell. Please contact Isra or Emily, if you have questions regarding future dates & venues, or to organise a future study day.
Trainees in North Wales may also attend the Merseyside teaching. There are plans to have video-conferencing between North & South Wales.
Pain Study Day
Pain Study Days are held on a regular basis to complement the RCoA training curriculum. Further information is available under latest news. The course organiser is Dr Shefali Kadambande, Consultant in Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine, Cardiff
Improving Quality Together training - Silver Level
The School has formed a partnership with 1000 Lives to provide Quality Improvement Training for senior anaesthetic trainees in Wales Deanery.
Further information is available from Dr Gethin Pugh, firstname.lastname@example.com
Other Courses & Events
SWAC - Primary FRCA Anaesthetic Course
This course is held 3 times each year, just prior to the Primary SOE/OSCE sitting in Cardiff. Please contact Emma Johnson at University Hospital Wales for details - firstname.lastname@example.com
SWAC - Final FRCA Intensive Course
This course alternates between focussing on the Final written exam and the structured oral exam (SOE). It is open to all trainee anaesthetists planning to sit the Final FRCA exam.
A four day course for the written part of the exam held either annually/ biannually approximately six weeks prior to the written exam paper.
This course is structured around lectures, interactive sessions, MCQ and SAQ mock exams, with answers provided for further revision.
A one or two day course for the SOE part of the exam either annually/ biannually approximately six weeks prior to the published exam dates
Day one: Clinical Anaesthesia - Long cases and Short cases
Day Two: Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Clinical measurement
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THE NEXT COURSE WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY in Cardiff. Please contact Beth Phillips at the Royal Gwent Hospital for details - firstname.lastname@example.com
Welsh Final FRCA Written Course
11th-13th July 2018
Birchwood House, University Hall, Cardiff
3 Day course for the Final FRCA Written exams
Lectures from experts in subspecialty fields included in the exam
MCQ and SBA practice
SAQ Practice
Fully catered with lots and lots of caffeine!
Please contact email@example.com for more information and bookings.
Educational Supervisors Update Day
This year's Welsh School of Anaesthetics ES/NCS Study Day will be taking place on the 9th October 2018 at the Commodore Hotel in Llandrindod Wells.
This will be a full day event, at a cost of £65 per person. Please make sure you apply for leave in time!
Places must be booked in advance via this form - your place will be confirmed once payment is received.
The deadline for bookings is the 7th September 2018.
Return to Clinical Anaesthesia
For further information contact: Catrin Maidment, ST7 trainee, email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com, Consultant Anaesthetist, Cardiff
Preparing for Consultant Selection.
A free course run by the deanery for final year trainees. The course is run several times a year.
The next course dates will be from September 2018.
For details go to www.walesdeanery.org
Transfer Courses
All Wales Transfer Courses. For further details please contact email@example.com
MEPA - Medical Emergencies in Paediatric Anaesthesia
This course is run every 3 months for trainees completing their higher/advanced paediatric anaesthesia module in Cardiff.
To book on the course contact email@example.com
Research Courses
The following programme of courses are available through the Cardiff Academic Department of Anaesthetics
- Introduction to Statistics
- Advanced Statistics
- Introduction to Research
- Clinical Innovation
For further details please contact email@example.com
Management Course
A one day Management Course in held annually at UHW. For details of the next course please contact Dr Sahir Rassam -firstname.lastname@example.com or Maria Gundy - firstname.lastname@example.com
Society of Anaesthetists of Wales
For further details please see www.anaesthetistswales.ac.uk
Paediatric Anaesthetic Group of Wales
For further details please see www.pagw.org.uk
South Wales Obstetric Anaesthetists' Forum
Venue: Postgraduate Centre, Bridgend
Trainee Research/QUIP/Case Report submissions are always welcome.
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Nancy Greene South Zone Race Notice – January 29 th , 2017
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- 1 package (10 ounces) - frozen sliced California strawberries in syrup
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News archive
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See Teach NZs table of closing dates and application forms for 2018 study awards, sabbaticals, and study support grants.
Next closing date is 6 June.
NZCER was commissioned by the Ministry of Education to develop a new online survey tool to provide robust information for school-based inquiry into teaching and school practices, and principal leadership.
The tool is free and involves the principal and teachers completing a quick online survey
The tool is open for use in Terms 2 and 3 each year. It takes teachers around 15 to 20 minutes and principals around 10 to 15 minutes.
An instant set of reports is available to use in reviewing and planning.
Participation is voluntary, and confidential. No individual teachers can be identified.
Find out more from these FAQ
The Ministry of Education, together with expert Digital Technologies | Hangarau Matihiko teachers, industry partners, and NZQA, has been developing reviewed NCEA materials to better credential student learning in Digital Technology | Hangarau Matihiko.
The Ministry wants to hear your views on the NCEA level 1 draft achievement standards. This feedback will help ensure your voice is taken into consideration as the Ministry continues to develop these standards.
Feedback will be open until 4pm, Friday 2nd June 2017.
The draft achievement standards and the associated matrix and other materials can be found on this page along with the link to the questionnaires.
Samoa language week / Vaiaso o le gagana Sāmoa supports the curriculum principles of cultural diversity and inclusion and takes place this year between 28 May and 3 June.
The theme for this year is Ma'au i lou ofaga; maua'a lou fa'asinomaga, Keep your identity alive, to thrive.
This page from NZ Curriculum Online has suggestions and resources to help you and your school community celebrate.
This competition is open for students aged 16 -19 at schools or kura in New Zealand and closes on 2 July 2017.
Through this competition, the Ministry of Education is working with the Passchendaele Society and the Fields of Remembrance Trust to raise awareness of the service and sacrifice during this period in military history.
Students enter the competition as individuals or in groups and use digital technology in an innovative way to produce a curriculum resource for Year 7 to 10 pupils about the Battle of Passchendaele.
More details about how to enter and an online entry form are available from this web page.
Use this second spotlight from NZ Curriculum Online to engage in professional learning about Māori achieving success as Māori.
Explore what MASAM means to you and work together with your staff to devise ways to be more culturally responsive.
Includes videos, interviews, a self review framework, blog posts, and questions for discussion.
Words relating to all areas of the Ngā Toi curriculum have now been uploaded to the Paekupu website.
Paekupu was launched in 2016. It will contain the dictionaries related to the learning areas of Te Marautanga o Aotearoa.
Over the next couple of years dictionaries relating to other curriculum areas will be added starting with Te Reo Pāngarau later this year, Te Reo Matatini, and Te Reo Pūtaiao in 2018.
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July 01, 2013 15:44 ET
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FEMA's Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) is a federal program with a mission to modernize and integrate various means of alerting the American public. From a single approved software application, public safety alerting authorities can create a wide variety of secure mass notifications, including those appropriate for the new Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system (also known as the Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS)). The WEA system delivers geographically targeted, text-like alerts to enabled mobile devices without the need for consumer sign-ups.
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Devastated by the sudden death of her beloved father, H is for Hawk author Helen Macdonald attempts to deal with her grief by acquiring and training a goshawk named Mabel, intending, like the famous British author and falconer T.H. White, to become "ferocious, feral and free." H is for Hawk is a seamless blend of memoir, nature writing, and literary criticism: not only does it chronicle the development of Macdonald's extraordinary relationship with Mabel , but it also follows the arc of the author's grief and examines White's process of training his own goshawk, drawing from his aptly named classic The Goshawk.
Macdonald pays attention—to the natural world, to her hawk, to her emotional states—and this fierce level of attention is evident in her writing: "So I sat in the stubble, woozily glorying at the beauty of it all. The mist rising in the hollows. Flocks of golden plover pouring over in sheaves. The way the bluish new rapeseed leaves contrasted with the vertical straw of the stubble at my feet….Grief had spurred me to fly the hawk, but now my grief was gone. Everything was gone except this quiet sylvan scene."
If you enjoy literary memoirs on the introspective side, this one might be for you.


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Society of Fellows
SOF News August 2012
Composer Lei Liang, FAAR'12 has won The Herb Alpert Foundation's 2012 Alpert/Ragdale Music Composition Prize, a residency at Ragdale in Lake Forest, Illinois. He was Guest Composer at soundSCAPE festival in Maccagno, Italy in July, and will be Guest Composer at Japan's premiere music school, Toho Gakuen, Tokyo, in September.
Anthony Sigel, FAAR'05, co-curated the upcoming exhibition Bernini: Sculpting in Clay which opens at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on October 3, 2012 and continues until January 6, 2013. The exhibit will then travel to the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas where it will be on view from February 3 to April 14, 2013. The exhibition assembles 50 bozzetti and modelli and 30 of the artist's drawings from collections around the world for the first time, and includes the unprecedented loan of 15 figures from the Harvard Art Museums.
Through technical study conducted by Sigel, combined with art historical and archival research by co-curators C. D. Dickerson III, Curator of European Art, Kimbell Art Museum, and Ian Wardropper, Director of the Frick Collection, the exhibition seeks a deeper understanding of who Bernini was as a sculptor. Sigel, Conservator of Objects and Sculpture, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard Art Museums, also cowrote the entries and contributed a visual glossary to the accompanying catalogue.


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ANNAPOLIS -- The Anne Arundel County Council adopted a $637 million budget last night that lays off 81 county workers, sets up a $10 million rainy day fund, maintains the current tax rate, but raises spending by 6.5 percent -- or $39 million.
Anne Arundel County Executive Robert R. Neall's budget sets the tax rate at $2.46 per $100 of assessed value. It means, however, that the average homeowner will pay about $100 more a year because of increased assessments.
The budget, worked out after six hours of public discussion and private negotiations between Mr. Neall and the council, will lay off 81 county utility and clerical workers. This was seen as a first step in Mr. Neall's effort to shrink the size of the county's 4,000-member work force over the next three years.


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Ceiling Mount Pulley Operated Easy Drying Hanger
- Useful for indoor installation at passage, balcony or bathroom ceiling.
- Helps to avoid color fading of your designer bedsheets and pretty clothes.
- Single line operating system
- Length 3feet to 9feet available
- 2 to 6 nos of lines available to choose depending on space width and number of family members
- 6 inches optimum space between 2 clotheslines helps smooth air flow between the clothes and reduces damp smeel & mildew.
- Handicapped accessible: easy to use and operate
- Saves space time and money
- Causes fewer creases on clothes due to big diameter stainless steel pipe.No maintenence .fit and forget it.


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The royal blue Zara string ups gave the perfect pop of color to this simple outfit. It gives this simple look a little edge.
Shoes: Zara ( these are cute) | Clutch: Aldo (old) | Vest: DIY (old) | Accessories: Alex and Ani
Get a few of these basics in your life. Thank me later.
Melissa Chanel