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Playing with audio in HTML5 today is really simple and fun. We can play, pause and stop musics and sounds on our web applications, sometimes it could be a great idea and no, we aren't back in 1998: audio is today an important aspect of nowadays web applications because it provides feedback after actions, make the mood of the website clear and provides beautiful effects interacting with the user interface.
In this tutorial I want to show how you can fade in and fade out audios playing with HTML5 API and JavaScript. Check out the demo, download the source and let's do this!
The concept
The base of this simple trick is playing with the
setInterval function: talking


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Information Security is unique for a few reasons that impact your organizations ability to architect and maintain a solid detection and defense strategy in an ongoing way:
- Unlike other departments in your organization, InfoSec has adversaries. We are actually attacked by individuals and malicious software on a daily basis who only need to be right in their methodology one time in order to be considered successful. InfoSec on the other-hand needs to get it right 100% of the time or we are seen as unsuccessful.
- InfoSec is often forced to respond to various compliance regulations such as government requirements or the credit card-holder industry requirements.
- InfoSec does not typically get the ability to dictate the networking, operating system, and application architectures that we are required to protect. Instead, we are told to simply protect what exists, where it exists.
Because of these issues, and a host of others, it is critical that we plan effectively and produce a consistent, well thought-out strategy for securing our environment. This strategy must be effective at securing our environment, identify our short-comings, and provide a flexible architecture that allows for growth and change. It must also provide direction for future projects and purchases that encourages product and services selections that are cohesive with the rest of the overall strategy rather than become an un-integrated point solution.
Priveon consults on a regular basis with our customers to provide assistance in planning for this overall architecture and strategy. We ensure you are looking at the big-picture and not just the current state of your environment as well as the future time-line. An overall security strategy engagement with Priveon will ensure you are working with consultants that can leverage their years of experience to provide you an executable strategy that can leverage your personnel resources more effectively, spend your limited budget more effectively, and protect yourself more effectively.
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So as part of my first WISH WANT WEAR series I decided to start with of course my wish list.
This beautiful skirt from Temperley london (£695) is a lil bit lovely and would look perfect for the forthcoming Cosmo fash fest
I've been eyeing up these Steve Madden (£29.99) shoes for some time now and I think it might be time for them to finally be mine especially for under £30.
I love this Gucci Bag (£570), I love the new Gucci logo.
This Robert Piguet Fracas available from liberty£135 perfume is a must have scent. This smell is not your run of the mill scent which makes it a must have buy.
It's been quite a while since I did a wishlist. I must admit I've accumulated a little list of things I'd like to purchase (in my dreams!!). As ever I have a major fashion split personality, I think I'll forever be concurrently lusting after designer but am more high street. Without further ado, here's the pieces that I am currently lusting after.
@TemperleyLondon @CosmopolitanUK @SteveMadden @LibertyLondon @gucci @RobertPiguet


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I've been waiting for this day for a long time… I re-applied for the MLB Fan Cave in New York City and am waiting to see how it pans out. Last year was amazing! I did more than I ever thought a fan could do, starting with applying the first time for this dream of mine. With guys backing me like Brandon Kintzler, and my group of Superfan friends, I found some success and made it to Arizona. Once there, I met some really awesome people (29 other finalists of which I still talk to most), some legends like George Brett, and even got to meet the brains behind it all, the visionary Tim Brosnan. That was the first of 4 elevated events I never anticipated in my lifetime.
Number 2 came from Caitlin Moyer, Director of New Media for the Milwaukee Brewers. Nonchalantly she asked me, hey, would you like to throw out the first pitch on May 5th? … ….. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? I remember greats like Warren Spahn and Hank Aaron throwing out first pitches… I remember George W. Bush doing it, and had even seen WWE Superstar Shawn Michaels do it once at US Cell. I accepted, then decided to go around the powers-that-be (due to knowing the answer) and asked my friend Brandon Kintzler, the guy who gave me that little push last year for the Fan Cave, to be my catcher. He did it, and well, the rest is history. I surely one-hopped it and was nervous as hell, but I did it.
The 3rd came in July… after filling out 2 applications, getting screened, and multiple phone interviews, I convinced the Travel Channel that my crew and I throw an epic tailgate party. We were shown on Adam Richman's show, Fandemonium, although most of what I did was edited out. Even after all the planning, the money, the soliciting of Wolski's Tavern and Lakefront Brewery, the hours of time, I did gain one thing; a friend in Adam Richman. He even tweeted support for me for this year.
The baseball season ended on a quiet note… Rob Wooten got called up which was awesome, and he saw some success which I know will be repeated in 2014. In September, I managed to gather Woot, Kintzler and Tyler Thornburg to the secret location of the Brewers Fan Cave and we taped a few nonsense scenes that didn't make sense… I promised they would in January, once the video came together. And it did! (See previous post).
Perhaps the best way for me to end the season though was on a low note that turned into a high note. Corey Hart, hands down my favorite ballplayer since he first came up to the Bigs, signed with another team. Not just another team though, an American League team, thus almost guaranteeing me that I wouldn't see him play in person this year. It was what was best for him and his wife and kids, and I know his career will prosper in Seattle. I mean, he's the man! The CONDOR! He left us, but he did not forget us… you can read for yourself in the newspaper clipping below.
For those of you who don't know, the Condor Fan Club founders were Rob Gustafson (also an amazing videographer that created my videos), Chris Schatz, myself and Dan Bilke. The club expanded with other members like Dynex Dan, Wild Bill, Superfan Shaggy and many others We are thankful that he remembered us, and he will be missed.
And now, 2014, February, after my video and application have been submitted, I am restless waiting to hear back from MLB on what my future will hold…. Stay tuned folks… Share my video, pray for me, and don't stop believin.


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You're my dusty Old Book;
I've flipped your pages for so long.
Things discovered, each look,
What I thought? I had it all wrong.
Richly leather-bound Book,
Your hidden Secrets elude me.
I'll pull you from your nook
And thumb through your tan vellum sheets.
This time I'll see the hook
And I'll understand the plot line.
Fourth, Tenth… Mystery Book.
You made no sense from the byline.


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Friday Night on White: Crush
- Dates: September 14, 2018
- Presenting Organization: Town of Wake Forest
- Venue: White Street Brewing Company
- Location: Wake Forest
- Address: 218 S. White St., Wake Forest, NC 27587
- Phone: 919.435.9415
- Times: 6-9pm
- Admission: Free
Crush will be performing live on S. White St. as part of Wake Forest's Friday Night on White series. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and join your friends and neighbors in downtown Wake Forest for another incredible season of Friday Night on White. Presented by White Street Brewing Co., Friday Night on White is a series of free concerts featuring a variety of premier local bands. In addition, several downtown merchants offer a variety of special discounts, programs and activities. Volunteers are needed to perform a variety of roles. Come join your friends and family and enjoy the music of some of our area's finest musicians while taking in the great atmosphere of downtown Wake Forest.
Photo credit: Will Haddock (WSBC)


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Find an email alias in Active Directory
Posted: Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 by marcus
Ever try to add a new SMTP alias to a user account, only to be told that the alias was already in use? Finding where this alias is already in use becomes really easy by performing a custom search inside of Active Directory.
From AD Users & Computers, right click on your domain and choose Find.
From the Find: drop-down list, select Custom Search
Click on the Advanced tab
Enter the following LDAP query:
Remember to change firstname.lastname@example.com to the email address that you are attempting to find.


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MONTGOMERY, AL - The Alabama AFL-CIO Wednesday announced it will endorse Commissioner Ron Sparks for governor.
The group chose Sparks over Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert Bentley.
"I couldn't be happier to have the endorsement of the Alabama AFL-CIO," Sparks said. "I have long been a supporter of working families in Alabama and it's nice to be recognized for the work I've done for working families. I will never turn my back on them. And I will fight to make sure that all working families in Alabama get the care and education they deserve."
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How will your kids' use of technology affect their development? Does the time your toddler spends playing with your iPad or smartphone do more harm than good? How much should parents worry about their kids' screen time?
Hanna Rosin, senior editor at The Atlantic, appeared on HuffPost Live to discuss some of the questions she explores in her recent article "The Touch Screen Generation." She wrote:
... as technology becomes ubiquitous in our lives, American parents are becoming more, not less, wary of what it might be doing to their children. Technological competence and sophistication have not, for parents, translated into comfort and ease. They have merely created yet another sphere that parents feel they have to navigate in exactly the right way.
Joining Rosin on HuffPost Live were three other parents, HuffPost Parents Managing Editor Farah Miller, app developer Caroline Hu Flexer and child psychiatrist Dr. Michael Anderson.
In the comments, HuffPost Live Producer Nkechi Nneji asked, "How much of this is parents feeling guilt?" She wondered if moms and dads were worried that technology was only a temporary fix -- "a band-aid" that would only come back to haunt them later.
Rosin, whose adorable 4-year-old son Gideon sat on her lap as she spoke, said guilt is only part of the dilemma for parents. "They feel like, oh my gosh, my kids have to be really good at technology, but …if I give them the wrong technology, or too much technology, I'm going to ruin them. It's in the anxious box as opposed to the smart decisions box."
Miller noted that the blank "screen look" that appears on kids' faces when they are deeply engaged in screens troubles her. "When I see my daughter watching 'Doc McStuffins,' which is the one of the moment…I can't even get her attention. Whereas with other games it's kind of like they're still there. I think that's where it's not just guilt. I think there is something, you can sense when your kid isn't quite where you want them to be."


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These 3 pictures were actually from Thursday night but, I decided to include them because it was all prep for the rain!
We were preparing a section of the loafing barn for our cows to eat and make a little curb out of some scrap wood we have so our cows feed would stay dry during the down pour.
During dry weather conditions our cows (Jarret & I's small herd) eat in troughs outside in the pasture, but when it rains we feed them indoors so they can be out of the weather and take time to eat.
This was some of the prep for the rain!
Friday the girls have swim lessons and Bryce swims with one of the siblings, which is actually in Maddie's homeroom class.
The girls are learning about floating & kicking and are so excited to wear goggles in the pool! 😃
While the instructor is working with the other kids, she has Naomi hang out on the ramp because sometimes Miss Naomi thinks her skills are a little more advance than they really are...
I joke with her that she's like an alligator!
Bryce absolutely LOVES to swim!!!
He will be the first one in the pool and the last one out, he is my little fish.
I remember taking Bryce to swim lessons when he was four. I would take him on Saturday mornings, this is when Maddie was in the NICU and this was one of my little special times with him.
Now Saturday...the day and night of the torrential rain, thunder and lightning!
All. Day.
Jarret spent A LOT of time making sure all of the milk cows had dry bedding to lay on under cover and that all their food was dry!
You take care of the cows and the cows will take care of you!
Right when I was taking this picture is was raining so hard, the thunder was roaring and the lightning was all over the sky!
Jarret no lie, probably changed his clothes about 5 times from being soaked!
Saturday the kids and I had went out and took care of the little calves earlier in the day when it was only sprinkling and then we were held up inside all day. Bryce played his Xbox, the girls watched movies and played, I got some laundry, organizing and reading done, oh and I also cleaned out the fridge!
Sunday, about mid morning the sun was starting to come out and we all ran outside, freedom!
The kids were going stir crazy, it was bringing flashbacks of winter break and being stuck in the house.
Sandbox time!
Since I was curious what the creek looked like, I asked the girls if they wanted to walk down there with me (it's kind of a hike) and Maddie was the only taker.
Maddie loves nature walks, Naomi not so much. She asked if it was going to be a lot of walking, I said yes, she said no I'm gonna play sand and be by Dad.
Off Maddie and I went...
This whole area here were we are walking down to the creek isn't usually covered in water, that's how much rain we had!
See how the water is coming from the right side as well, not normal, it's usually just in the creek in the left side. The force of the water changed the whole landscape of the rocks! Water is such a powerful force.
This is Maddie's element.
Quiet, Nature, collecting rocks, listening to the water, watching the water run and finding little worm friends.
Bryce rode his bike down to be with us too.
Harley, our lab, was LOVING all the water. He kept running through the water, shaking off, running back through...he was playing.
Grandma had came down right before Bryce, she drove the Ranger down so she could see the creek and Maddie and I didn't have to hike back up.
When we were just sitting here listening to the water, it reminded me of when we use to go to the Sierra mountains growing up.
You know how you smell a certain smell, or see something and it takes you back. The trees, the leaves, the sound of the creek, the breeze...it was like being in the Sierras, I could sit her all day.
After we headed back up, Naomi was riding her bike and helping to push up the feed to the cows.
Oh does Naomi love to help feed the cows!
She loves to help push up the feed with a broom to the cows when they pushed it out and also help feed the babies. She likes having little jobs or tasks.
She said something so funny when I was taking her picture...
She said, "Mom don't step on the cows pepper!"
Me- What? What Pepper?
Naomi- Right there by your feet.
Me - I looked down and it was the cow's salt block!!!
Salt-Pepper, close enough, haha.
Before milking Jarret had to give a bottle of Dextrose to a cow, it's like sugar water, it's to give them some energy. Just like Momma's need a little extra help, so do cows too!
Here's Dad, always tinkering or working on something.
That was our weekend!
EVERYONE worked really hard this weekend to make sure the cows were taken care of, from Mom & Dad hauling silage in the crazy weather, to Jer's countless hours in the weather, to our milker boys showing up in torrential conditions, to the kids being patient and understanding. It takes a team!
Talk to you all soon,


text: The video was shot on location at Porto di Roama, Italy as part of an extreme sports stunt film, which also included the slam dunk basketball team 'Lords of Gravity' and acrobatic artists 'Streaks' on Teeterboard. Also seen in the video are Hungarian trampolinists Botond Dajka and Csanad Borley, who partnered with Greg for the film. Roe and Borley perform a synchronized routine near the end of the video. Needles to say, it wasn't an easy task when performed outdoors, due to sunlight and wind conditions. Check it out.


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Thursday, September 25, 2014
On Saturday, the International Association of Fire Fighters held its annual Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial in Colorado Springs, Colo. to honor the heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty, including one from South Queens.More than 1,200 firefighters from across the United States formed the honor guard as the families of 168 fallen firefighters were presented with the ceremonial union flag. This is the 28th year that the IAFF has conducted this ceremony. It is a time of reflection for many families as they remembered their loved ones who answered their last alarm.This year, a former Howard Beach resident had his name placed on the wall during the ceremony.West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire Department's ex-chief Kevin M. Delano Sr.'s name was placed on the wall in the Colorado Rockies. "Buck," as he was affectionately known, was a New York City firefighter from Ozone Park's Ladder Company 142. He responded, as many of his brothers and sisters, to the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, and remained on the mound for days during the rescue and recovery effort.His reward was not pretty. Shortly after, Delano was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive form of leukemia that eventually took his life in 2008.
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Due to the SOLD OUT status of MIX07 Las Vegas this past May, Microsoft is serving up ReMIX07 with a twist in Boston on October 8 & 9, 2007. Brad Abrams, Group Product Manager for the Microsoft.Net Framework Product Group, will be delivering the Day 1 keynote where he'll address the Rising Tide of User Experience. If you missed him at Houston TechFest a few weekends ago, this is your chance to see him live!
Here's just a glimpse at some of the great reasons to go to REMIX07:
- Each attendee will receive a $120 MS Store Credit redeemable at www.msecompanystore.com
- Attendees can learn about Silverlight on Linux "Moonlight" from Miguel de Icaza
- Additional highlights including Popfly, Robotics Studio, Photosynth, and Halo3!
- Awesome Keynote Speakers: Brad Abrams Molly Holzschlag
- Other Speaker Highlights
- Brad Abrams - .Net Fw GPM
- Molly Holzschlag– Designer Industry Luminary
- Miguel de Icaza – Novell Mono Project
- Matt Gibbs – Ajax Toolkit
- Catherine Heller – Live Service Technical Evangelist
- Rocky Lothka – Magenic
- Fritz Onion – Pluralsight
- Eugene Osovetsky – WCF, Silverlight Networking PM
- Seema Ramchandani – Windows Client PM (Silverlight)
- Christof Sprenger – AST, Architect
So - why are you still reading this? Click over to the ReMIX07 web site and register today!


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*This post was originally published 2 years ago.
A few months ago, I stumbled on a book called "The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up" by Marie Kondo. And it was kind of magic and kind of life changing; it definitely inspired us. One thing she doesn't touch on a lot specifically is how to go about this life changing magic with the children in our home, though a big part of her message is to only do your own things. So how did we approach it?
The spaces where a child's things inhabit will be different from family to family (and house to house), Marie Kondo advises to keep all like things together but just as you wouldn't take that to mean your own possessions need to inhabit one spot, your children's possessions need not either. In our home I consider my children's spaces as their own "house" which helps to detach my expectations of how it should be or look or what should be held within it.
It was important not to take short cuts for me. I wanted to support them in going through the process in its entirety, having them hold each thing and decide if it sparks joy. The clincher here is to accept whatever decision they make. There things, their choice.
Them having less things could never be more important than our relationship with them. We weren't going to do something they were uncomfortable with.
You see, you could try all the well known "tricks" with kids for purging like keeping x amount or one in one out (or two out or whatever) or play off their guilt of already having so many x so shouldn't they gift others away but it sort of defeats the whole process to focus on getting rid of things in an arbitrary and rule orientated fashion. Whilst we might want our kids to have less, surely what we want more than that is for kids to develop a mindfulness and gratitude for their things and a highly attuned joy meter. We have to accept our responsibility for things getting to this point and know that there is no quick fix for shifting the family culture; it is a long term goal best met through supporting each person's own choices (mistakes included) and leading by example.
If we become the driving force, the commander of the process then what room is their for them to learn? And perhaps that is just encouraging hoarding tendencies because it makes sense to hold onto as much as possible lest someone or something out of your control sweep through and clear a large percentage out, you need a safety buffer. It also sends a message that our joy meter is more 'true' than their own and I really don't want that. For a message to be absorbed it needs to come from within them, it needs to be internally motivated; it is a personal journey. For me, beyond that, autonomy is the priority always. It is not something I would compromise for a concept, especially with all I believe to be true of people and learning. This is my ideal, it won't necessarily be theirs.
Something it helps to remember is that kids are less burdened by baggage and surely we want to keep it that way! I feel like it is the conditioning of a parent who continues to suggest they might need this or this was expensive or but your grandma gave you that or I like that (read often as "I like the kind of parent it helps me feel for you to own that") that breaks down and dilutes the inner attunement to joy originally. It is a parent enforced slither that begins fear based hoarding. When you protect the option of abundance, it leaves a person safer to let go of more.
And what of our own baggage? Perhaps the most important thing is to actually work through the process yourself first. Often we have hugely conditioned fears that will be barriers to authentically meeting our child's needs through their own process. If you are unschooling, perhaps the biggest one will be surrounding your responsibility to provide your child with abundance…. but what if we considered the abundance of time and space and detached from taking ownership of that role; particularly in today's world with so much access to things without needing to personally store or own them, children have such ease in building their own versions of abundance — and isn't that what unschooling should be about? Supporting their own direction!
The other thing is that kids change rapidly. Things will eventually be worn out or outgrown or outplayed naturally, without any need to control that variable. And as we move towards a more mindful approach of what we bring in as we live new truths, reduction can take place at a slower, more comfortable pace.
I think, when it comes to children, finding everything a home is what sets them up for success even if they decide to keep everything. They can clearly see then that there is not endless space without the concept being forced upon them. They also will be empowered and enabled to take better care of their things when homes are clear and specific, encouraging mindfulness. This is why I think helping home items should be the focus for a parent, they might need time to truly trust and hone in on their joy, especially if they have lived in an environment that has diminished their personal voice.
Both girls were excited to go through the process having watched us so we just followed their lead of when to start and explained the process. Our youngest who is 3 found joy in almost all of her things, she thanked and let go of a handful at most so I concentrated on helping her find them proper homes so that things could be at rest and so she had space to enjoy her room. I think what helped most for her is seeing everything have a home and feeling how it felt to be in that room – it was much simpler to play and to find things, it was much more peaceful. She still has largely the same amount of things but her room has a completely different feel to it and it is so much easier to keep in a usable state for her which is joy sparking for both of us.
KonMari was never meant to be about purging, you don't have to get rid of a lot to feel the effect because it is about becoming more intentional with the environment you curate. Joy is different for every person, forget expectations and focus on surrounding your family with theirs!


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Pupil Premium Allocation
The Pupil Premium was introduced by the government in April 2011 to provide funding to support the raising of achievement for disadvantaged students based upon the following criteria:
- children from low income families who are eligible for free school meals (FSM)
- looked after children in care for at least a continuous period of 6 months (LAC)
- students from families whose parents serve in the Armed Forces.
'Ofsted' conducted a survey of the impact of the Pupil Premium and published a report in September 2012. This report outlined a national variance in the use of the Pupil Premium. Overall, the report pointed to the fact that there was little evidence of a strong focus upon the Pupil Premium and since then, the government has since recommended separate monitoring as well as reporting requirements for this, with information being freely available to Governors and inspectors with information published on the College website.
Pupil Premium Funding
Pupil Premium funding is received on a financial year basis rather than per academic year.
The organised level of Pupil Premium funding at its inception in April 2011 was £480 per student, this funding has been increased by Central Government in each of the following financial years to £623 per student in April 2012 with the current level of funding of £935 per student.
At Marsden Heights Community College in 2014/15 there were 327 students eligible for the deprivation pupil premium, creating actual revenue of £319,255. This level of funding has been derived from the number of pupils eligible based upon the Autumn 2014 census and Free School Meal (FSM) history on all School Censuses since 2007, known as 'Ever 6'.
The pupil premium resources have been allocated to support the identified cohorts to accelerate their levels of achievement. The funding was also used to support other interventions beyond the curriculum in an attempt to remove all barriers to progress.
We have planned our deployment of the Pupil Premium funding to ensure that all staff are fully aware that we have:
- made all reasonable efforts to ensure the money is spent on the target groups.
- thoroughly analysed which pupils were underachieving, particularly in English and Mathematics and identifying why they were underachieving.
- used achievement data frequently to check whether interventions or techniques were working and made adjustments accordingly through our individual pupil tracking data.
- Never confused eligibility for the Pupil Premium with low ability and we have focused on supporting disadvantaged pupils to achieve the highest levels.
- Kept governors informed as regards the performance and outcomes of this spending.
School performance tables now include an indicator to show the attainment of PP students within the stated categories who are collectively identified through a 'disadvantage 'measure devised by the DfE
Since September 2012 all schools have had to publish key online information which details:
- The amount of Pupil Premium funding the College will receive during the current academic year
- Details of planned allocation and spend of the Pupil Premium
- Details of how the Pupil Premium was spent during the most recent academic year
- The impact of the spending of the Pupil Premium in terms of its overall effects upon disadvantaged students…we have to demonstrate that a difference has been made in closing the attainment and progress gaps which may exist
The key is to be able to demonstrate that PP students have:
- Increased their functional understanding in literacy as well as in numeracy
- Have attained as well as made progress in English Language and Maths
- Produced overall outcomes in line with the rest of their year cohort
'Ofsted' will examine:
- Students who make progress relative to their starting points
- The progress that has been made since joining the College
- Progress of SEN students within and outside of the PP category
- How well students are prepared for their next stage of education (entry requirements etc)
- How well gaps between different pupil categories are being narrowed
Breakdown of College population into year groups
|Year Group
|Total Number of Students
|Number of Pupil Premium Students
|% Pupil Premium Students
Analysis of Pupil Premium Students Attainment and Progress
Outcomes for 2014-15
What impact has Pupil Premium spending had upon students who are within this cohort? Information of impact upon the learning and progress of Pupil Premium has been collated in 'RAISE' on-line. This is a document used by schools and 'Ofsted' inspectors to examine school performance.
The following tables compare the attainment and progress of Pupil Premium students and non Pupil Premium students during 2014-15. They also compare the last three years to track any improvements made.
|English %3 Levels Progress
|Mathematics %3 levels progress
|%5A* – C including English and Mathematics
|Progress 8
|Marsden Heights
|National average 2015
|Marsden Heights
|National average 2015
|Marsden Heights
|National average 2015
|Pupil Premium
|Non Pupil Premium
Our gaps between Pupil Premium students and Non Pupil Premium students achievements have in the main been decreasing since 2013.
|%3 Levels Progress English
|%3 Levels Progress Mathematics
|% 5A* – C English and Maths
|2013/14College Gap
|2014/15 College Gap
|2015/16 College Gap
Over the last three years the gap between Pupil Premium and Non Pupil Premium has changed considerably both in attainment and progress, last year the Pupil Premium students performed better than their peers at Marsden Heights. This year a bigger gap than usual is apparent. We are regularly looking at ways to raise the attainment and progress of all students so that they are closer to national averages, this is despite having a much lower attainment profile on entry at key stage 2 than most schools within the country.
Pupil Premium Funding in 2015-16
The Pupil Premium is additional funding given to schools so that they can support their disadvantaged students and close the attainment gap between them and their peers.
The total number of students entitled to Ever 6 free school meals and therefore eligible for Pupil Premium funding in 2015/16, is 326; the number of students recorded under Order or Residence Order and eligible for Pupil Premium Plus funding, is 3.
Based on funding of £935 and £1,900 respectively per student, we have received an indicative total allocation for the year of £310,510.
Funding is planned in a variety of ways using different weightings of 40% or 80% of costs (40% being the percentage of students eligible for Pupil Premium of the total number of students on roll ) i.e.
|Area of Spending
|Impact of Spending
|Staffing costs for 1 x Personalised Learning & Behaviour Support Leader to support students across all years in Reflection & Seclusion
|This process dramatically cut the number of fixed term exclusions given across the college from 17.8% 2012/13 to 4.4% in 2015/16. There is still an in college gap between disadvantaged students and none disadvantaged students that will focused on over the next academic year.
|Staffing costs for Youth and Community Workers to develop extra-curricular enrichment activities for students both in and out of college
|Worked successfully with pupil premium students across all year groups. Provided many extra- curricular opportunities such as Summer schools, intervention work and residential. Provided year 7 students with an introduction to outdoor education via Forest School.
|Continued employment of additional teaching staff to support teaching and learning for all students and reduce adult:student ratio
|Improved results in GCSE English
Consistent, well qualified teaching staff
Engaging teaching strategies used
Smaller groups to allow personalised learning
Some teachers used to team teach or used to run intervention sessions or support groups.
|Employment of 2 x additional TA2 support to deliver personalised intervention programmes
|Provided in class support for students to help to break down barriers to learning. Delivered small group intervention when needed to aid access to a differentiated curriculum. Working mainly with disadvantaged students with SEN, this lead to this group doing slightly better than the none SEN pupil premium students at the end of year 11.
|Employment of TA3 support to deliver personalised intervention programmes
|Provided in class support for students to help to break down barriers to learning. Delivered small group intervention when needed to aid access to a differentiated curriculum. Working mainly with disadvantaged students with SEN, this lead to this group doing slightly better than the none SEN pupil premium students at the end of year 11.
|Employment of Engagement Mentor to support vulnerable children and families
|Impact was affected due to staff illness/ absence over the academic year. Worked hard to create links between college and the most hard to reach families. Improved the attendance and attitude of the students who were targeted.
|Employment of 1 x full-time Librarian to support student learning
|Enabled students to access the Lexia programme before the start of the school day to boost significantly literacy skills of the lowest ability students, as well as facilitating the Accelerated Reader programme that runs across the whole of KS3. The LRC is used as a drop in centre for homework as well as providing access to ICT and printing facilities.
|Employment of Attendance Assistant to support student attendance
|Targeted disadvantaged students for first day response but did not close the attendance gap that opened between disadvantaged and none disadvantaged students.
|Employment of full time Attendance Manager to support student attendance
|This role was vacated early in the year and was not replaced. This role will be done by none teaching heads of year in future.
|Employment of 3 x TA3 (Inclusion) to support students in planning and delivery of intervention programmes
|Worked successfully with vulnerable disadvantaged students, delivering one to one support. Building self-esteem, confidence and dealing with health issues. Students developed positive relationships and engaged in the process, this has lead in some cases to significant academic progress.
|Funding for intervention programmes
|This money was spent on a number of interventions including extracurricular visits for year 7. The purchase of ICT equipment for disadvantaged students to use at home. Out of college tutoring. Equipment and college uniform. The money was also used to support intervention programmes, paying for transport, catering and resources.
|Used to purchase uniform, ICT equipment and other resources to remove barriers to learning for disadvantaged students.
|Incentive rewards scheme
|This money was spent on various rewards that were used to support behaviour for learning; money also funded an attendance award.
|Contribution to educational visits focused on enrichment
|Enabled all students in Year 8 to attend a science visit as part of Science Week.
Disadvantaged Funding in 2016-17
|The Pupil Premium Grant is additional funding given to schools so that they can support their disadvantaged students and close the attainment gap between them and their peers.
|The total number of students entitled to Ever 6 free school meals and therefore eligible for Pupil Premium Grant funding in 2016/17, is 311; the number of students recorded under Order or Child Arrangements Order and eligible for Pupil Premium Plus funding, is 2 . Based on funding of £935 and £1,900 respectively per student, we have received an indicative total allocation for the year of £294,585.
|Funding is planned in a variety of ways using different weightings of 40% or 80% of costs (40% being the percentage of students eligible for Pupil Premium of the total number of students on roll)
|Area of Spending
|Outline Actions
|Staffing costs of 2 x TA2 support to deliver personalised intervention programmes
|To work one to one or in small groups to provide intervention packages that aim to overcome educational barriers amongst disadvantaged students.
|Staffing costs of 5 x non-teaching Head of Year posts as pastoral support, tracking, monitoring and intervention
|To provide pastoral care to all students with a focus on the needs of disadvantaged students. To work with students and families to provide a smooth access to education. To track and monitor the progress of students and put intervention packages in place. Work towards narrowing the attendance gap between disadvantaged and none disadvantaged students.
|Staffing costs of Engagement Mentor to support vulnerable children and families
|To work closely with students and families of vulnerable. Mentoring students and developing social skills.
|Staffing costs of 1 x full-time Librarian to support student learning
|To facilitate the accelerated reading programme that covers the whole of key stage 3. To work with disadvantaged students using the Lexia programme.
|Staffing costs of Attendance Officer to support student attendance
|To focus on disadvantaged students in first day response. To work towards narrowing the gap between disadvantaged and none disadvantaged students. To convene attendance panel meetings when appropriate.
|Staffing costs of 3 x TA3 (Inclusion) to support students in planning and delivery of intervention programmes
|To work with the most vulnerable disadvantaged students, planning and delivering one to one and small group intervention. Where necessary will also work alongside outside agencies to break down barriers to learning. To engage with and provide intervention to students who have been put into restoration. The team will track and monitor the progress of each of the students they work with.
|Funding for intervention programmes
|To be allocated over the course of the academic year.
|Incentive rewards scheme
|To be allocated over the course of the academic year.
|Contribution to educational visits focused on enrichment
|To support a science department visit to the zoo.
|Contribution to costs for Leading Practitioner – Maths (from Sep)
|Employment of 2 x Literacy & Numeracy TA2 to develop reading, writing and mathematical skills
|Purchase of tablets for student use
|Purchase of ICT numeracy programme
|Purchase of Lexia UK programme


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The Lysaght Institute, Newport
Betonbauen work includes grit blasting with sand and general concrete repairs.
The 'Stute' was an important part of community life for many years and it is our intention to create a 'New Lysaght Institute' that will incorporate its illustrious past and provide a community hub for the future.
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sandblasting of the the iconic 'W R Lysaght Institute' stonework."
The 'Stute' was an important part of community life for many years and it is our intention to create a 'New Lysaght Institute' that will incorporate its illustrious past and provide a community hub for the future.
A Linc Cymru Development are encouraging people to get involved with this refurbishment project. From sharing your knowledge of days gone by to suggesting ideas for days to come.
History of Lysaght Institute
The Lysaght Institute was built by the joint efforts of the firm of John Lysaght Ltd and its employees, to celebrate the contribution of the workforce to the success of the Orb Steelworks. In its heyday, the steelworks employed 3,000 people.
"The Stute" opened its doors in December 1928 and quickly became an integral part of the local community. Standing in over eight acres of its own grounds, it boasted a ballroom (with maple wood dancefloor), billiard room, skittle alley, public bar and lounge, and the "Stute" provided workers and their families with a wide range of social activities and events for many years. The Institute closed its doors for the last time in 2001 and sadly the building deteriorated rapidly. In 2007 the whole of the 22-acre site, including the now derelict Institute, was bought by a national house builder who secured planning permission to develop between 350 and 450 homes. However, in 2008, the house builder's plan's changed and the company put the site and the Institute up for sale. During their ownership, the company tried to sell the Institute but despite wide spread marketing, no interest was received.
In December 2008, things changed for the better when the former 'Orb' site and the Institute were bought by Linc-Cymru for redevelopment.
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Wirecutter: the Olympus OM-D is your best (expensive) mirrorless camera
This excellent camera recommendation hurts me in one way (I don't need to buy another camera!) but it helps me out in two other ways.
First, I get to link to The Wirecutter some more. This pleases me, because they're doing excellent, essential work there. Really, before you start diving into research on buying something, give them a look. They'll save you so much time. They've recently steered me in the right direction on grills, standing desks, LED lightbulbs, cheap cables, and soundbars.
Second, I get to talk cameras!
What cameras would you recommend these days? I'm glad you asked! (You didn't. I don't care.) I'm assuming we're talking new cameras only (and there have been extraordinary advances in cameras lately). I'm also making the blanket claim that image quality of any new camera is "more than good enough". Let's go by general parameters (and roughly by increasing price).
- Point and shoots Ehh, these aren't worth it anymore. Your cell phone camera will do. The only exception would be if you're really interested in a waterproof camera like the Panasonic TS line or the Olympus Tough TG1
- Small but competent I'd look hard at the Canon S100 (also reviewed here), which is awesome and significantly smaller than even the smallest mirrorless system cameras. The Sony RX100 looks amazing, but 'spensive.
- Small mirrorless system camera Will you buy other lenses? If yes (and you mean it!), go Olympus (E-PM1 or E-PL2) for the lens selection (mostly) and image stabilization. Otherwise, maybe consider the Sony NEX5n.
- Entry-level DSLR I have a hard time recommending any of these. They're fine – even outstanding – imaging machines and a lot of people love them. But they're (to me) not very fun to use, and they all have dinky, unpleasant viewfinders. I dunno. Pass. Or get the latest Canon Rebel and be happy. Whatever.
- Mid-level mirrorless Toss-up between Panasonics: G3 if you want an included viewfinder or swivel screen. GX1 if you don't. If you're looking at the GX1, do at least peep at an Olympus EP3 for the chic retro styling and image stabilization.
- Top tier mirrorless Toss-up between the Olympus EM5 if you want image stabilization or the slightly aging Panasonic GH2 if you want a full swivel screen or are serious about movies. The Sony NEX7 is a sweet camera but the system doesn't have a lot of enthusiast lenses. The Fuji XPro1 is glitchy and, no, it won't get better.
- Mid-level DSLR My diamond in the rough here is the Pentax K5: it's small but extremely well-built with full weather sealing and image stabilization. Not to mention that for $900 as of this writing it's a screaming deal. If I were bootstrapping an event photography business today, I'd grab two of these and a bunch of lenses for a fraction of the price of a comparable Nikon or Canon system and get to work.**
- Full-frame DSLR At this level you don't need me to tell you what you want. (But it's probably the Nikon D800.)
** I'm torn here. The Nikon D7000, Canon 7D, and Sony A77 are sweet cameras. Big problem: Sony, Nikon, and (especially) Canon keep refusing to make appropriate enthusiast lenses for their smaller-sensor cameras (which are the vast majority of their sales), and even when they do make appropriate lenses people don't buy them "because they might [but won't] go full-frame someday". So you're stuck with a lot of lenses with inappropriate focal lengths that are larger, heavier, and more expensive than they have to be. Pentax also has the legacy lens problem, but they don't make full-frame digital cameras now. So their new lenses are at least right-sized (but don't get me started on the focal lengths for some of their primes). Check out Pentax's digital f/2.8 telephoto zoom: the focal length works out to the classic 70ish–200ish range, but it's several inches shorter, half the weight, and a fraction of the price of Nikon's latest 70-200. Why won't Canon make a lens like that?
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September 10, 2010 – Gather around at Chaffee Park in Denver tomorrow for the 8th Annual Sunnyside Music Festival at 44th & Tejon. Free music in the park among friends and neighbors was the goal of a couple in 2000 when they started the Sunnyside Bluegrass Festival. They hosted the event in their backyard with 2 bands, 2 kegs, 50 people and 20 dogs.
Since then the festival has quickly grown in popularity but took a hiatus after 2004 for a couple of years because the original couple moved away. A new couple started it back up again in 2007 and now the Sunnyside Music Festival in Denver has a permanent home at Chaffee Park every year on the Saturday after Labor Day. This event would not be possible without the sponsorship of local businesses and volunteers. A portion of the proceeds is donated back to the community every year. Sunnyside has donated about $5,000 to date.
Here is the line up for tomorrow's event in Colorado:
Main Stage:
Sponsored by: Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorado
Kent School Denver: 10:00
Indomables Musical: 11:50
Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore: 1:35
Paper Bird: 3:35
Filthy Children: 5:35
The Pirate Signal 6:20
Beer Garden Stage
Sponsored by: Rhino Staging
Battle of the Bands Winner Kara & Brendan Hesse, aka The Brosis: 10:40
Battle of the Bands Winner The Incantations: 11:10
Joshua Novak: 12:45
Legendary River Drifters: 2:30
Dyrty Birds: 4:25
Get your picnic baskets and blankets prepared for a day of live music and blue skies in Denver!


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One on One Basketball congratulates the 2016 Harriet Novarr Scholarship Award winner Victoria Yoder.
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Yes, small household items can now be tagged for pick-up under this program, saving the resident money on special pick-up costs.
The collection of your bags will be on the same day as your normal recycling pick-up.
Simple Recycling is a Westland based company.
Any clean and dry clothing item, i.e. shoes, boots, jackets, shirts, pants, blouses, dresses, curtains, sweaters, etc.
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There are five old Latin phrases that provide guardrails for our beliefs as part of the reformed tradition. As we get our Bearings for this Journey called Life, these set the course for us by starting with God, focusing on Jesus, living according to Scripture, standing on faith, and receiving God's grace.
Waypoint Community Church is part of the Covenant Order ofEvangelical Presbyterians. To learn more, visit their website. As an ECO church we hold to the Essential Tenets and the Book of Confessions as deeper explanations of what we believe, shaping all of the aspects of the church from infant baptism, women's leadership, human sexuality, gifts of the Holy Spirit, to style of worship. As participants in this network of Presbyterians, as a gathering we subscribe to a Covenant agreement on keys to our faith.


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712 Castro St
4 BR, 3.5 BA Downtown View Grand Victorian
712 Castro St
Address: 712 Castro St
City: Eureka Valley
Bedrooms: 4 BR
Bathrooms: 3.5 BA
Style: Multi-Family
Perched on the Liberty Hill, this four bedroom grand Victorian provides close proximity to both Noe Valley and the Castro village. With its historic Victorian façade, once inside the home enters the 21st Century with a modern kitchen, bathroom, and outdoor decks. Fortunately, all the beautiful details have been lovingly retained including the parlor's wallpaper, fireplace, staircase railings, stained glass windows, working pocket doors, and ornate crown moldings. Characteristic high ceilings, bay windows, tall doorways and beautiful reclaimed fir wood floors blend with ultra-contemporary conveniences for today's lifestyle.
The width of the property lot allows for a wide main level which includes a formal entry, triple parlor which opens to incorporate a delightful front sitting room with downtown San Francisco views. The main living room boasts an original wood-burning fireplace, ornate crown molding, hardwood floors, and eastern light. The third part of the parlor is currently used as a library and reading area. The Dining Area comfortably seats a large dinner party and overlooks the lush backyard.
The ultra modern Kitchen features handsome stainless steel counter tops along with custom teak cabinets and ample storage. A modern Powder Room was added to the main level. French doors open to the beautifully landscaped, sunny PATIO/GARDEN for alfresco dining and relaxation. Tall fern trees provide the backdrop to perennials, seasonal blooms and a lush lawn; An arbor leads to the deep, terraced backyard.
Top-of-the-line Professional appliances include:
- • Custom Liebherr refrigerator and pull-out freezer drawer
- • Bertazzoni 6-burner gas range
- • Range Hood
- • Microwave-convection oven>
- • 2-Drawer Fisher and Paykel Dishwasher
- • 60+ bottle SubZero wine cooler
The MASTER BEDROOM overlooks the patio/garden and features wardrobe closets. The Master Bedroom has unique teak parquet that creates a warm glow when the western light shines through the tall custom windows. The luxurious MASTER BATH with handsome tile surround houses a stainless steel top vanity, designer sink with mirror and wall sconces, spacious step-in shower with multiple shower heads, and deep spa tub.
The charming FRONT and MIDDLE BEDROOMS share a large FULL BATH with finishes similar to the master bath. Additional closets are located off the hall. The FRONT BEDROOM is currently being used as a library with fireplace, large picture windows, and panoramic downtown views of San Francisco city and Bay Bridge.
Downstairs is a one bedroom/one bath apartment that could be used for guests, a nanny, or rental income. A full garage has ample room for wine storage and one car parking. There is parking for a 2nd car in the driveway.
* Square footage and other information was received from third party sources. Such information has not been, and will not be, verified by Climb Real Estate Group. If important to buyers, this information must be verified by buyer's own investigation.


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Summary: The Senior Director, Research position is a management position within ASAE Foundation, reporting to the Chief Research Officer. The incumbent oversees and administers the industry, market, and benchmarking research programs; supervises research managers and coordinators; and collaborates with the publishing and fundraising teams as a partner in helping achieve Foundation goals. The incumbent is responsible for the conceptualization, planning, and execution of most research projects, with the support of research project managers.
• Partner with staff team leadership and volunteer groups to develop and maintain research agenda.
• Identify, evaluate, supervise, and provide constructive input on internal and external research needs and opportunities. Design research methodologies and statistical analysis plans.
• Collaborate with content development/dissemination teams to design research studies and produce viable, revenue-generating deliverables from research studies.
• Design studies of the appropriate scope to support robust body of content and deliverables, both at no charge and revenue-generating.
• Evaluate and provide input on resource needs and availability for all research activities, including: maintaining the research calendar, assessing technology requirements, and recommending studies or components of studies that should be outsourced or that require consultation.
• Employ strategies to scan the business environment for research needs and opportunities, and provide input on proposed research topics for strategic alignment.
• Coordinate vendor and contractor activities. Ensure research partners have access to ASAE resources as needed. Track progress against research objectives. Advise on project modifications to align with organizational strategy and priorities.
• Direct work of formal and informal volunteer committees, advisory groups, and task forces that serve to advise and support research and other Foundation activities.
• Supervise research staff. Assign projects and tasks. Set individual goals and evaluate progress. Ensure adherence to organizational standards and principles of responsible conduct of research.
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Apr 10, 2017
Today we're catching up with former Whitecap Wes Knight.
Wes joined the team in 2009 when the club was still playing in the USL, and was one of the players that stuck with the team when they moved to Major League Soccer in 2011.
Wes was a popular player during his time in Vancouver, and put his name into the history books by assisting on one of the goals in the Whitecaps' 4-2 win over Toronto FC in their inaugural MLS match.
Although things looked good on the outside Wes' life was about to take a dark twist that would turn his world upside down.
Join us as Wes recalls his time in Vancouver, a devastating injury, and the turning point that would ultimately lead him to a rewarding new path empowering people to reach their potential.
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The Magazine for Underwater Professionals
Jan/Feb 2015
Autonomous underwater vehicles: operational experience and the future
Autonomous underwater vehicles have been gradually gaining a foothold in the offshore industry over the last 20 years. AUVs are primarily used for survey operations. They have recently gained a higher public profile with the coverage of the search for flight MH 370 in the South Pacific. However, opinions over AUVs tend to be mixed in the oil and gas industry; AUVs have both ardent supporters and deep sceptics. The AUV may be ready for the industry, but is the industry ready for the AUV?
The Aberdeen Branch's November 2014 evening meeting focused on this question. A number of speakers discussed the development and current status of AUVs in the subsea oil and gas industry. The presentations looked at low and high logistics AUVs, their capabilities, their applications and their advantages over traditional survey methods. Both contractor and operator perspectives were covered.
The meeting was chaired by Damian Ling from the Chevron subsea survey team. Damian has extensive operational experience with AUVs at Chevron, and chaired the meeting in a well-informed and assured manner. Damian first introduced Stuart Inglis from Subsea 7, who gave a short presentation on the Aberdeen Branch SUT+ group and its plans for 2015.
The first technical speaker for the evening was Simon Goldsworthy, business development manager at NCS Survey Ltd. Simon presented NCS' operational experience with the small, low logistics Gavia AUV, manufactured by Teledyne Gavia. The Gavia is a relatively small modular AUV, typically deployed in a configuration of around 3.5 metres in length, 20 centimetres in diameter and a weight of 120 kilograms. The NCS business strategy is to use vessels of opportunity to support its AUV operations. Simon described a range of operational modes, including a two-man beach launch, a fast rescue craft (suitable for calmer weather, outside the North Sea), a small host vessel using very simple launch and recovery methods and a large host vessel with a cradle launch and recovery system developed by NCS.
NCS started its AUV survey business in 2009. The operation grew slowly at first, but has become a successful survey business. Simon described some of the challenges which NCS has faced in developing its AUV capability, including NCS' own operational learning and improvements in the reliability and uptime of the AUV. Low logistics AUVs are widely supplied in military operations, characterised by a high supply of vehicles of low specification, and little support from the manufacturer. In contrast, oil and gas applications are characterised by a low supply of AUVs but with high specification, and a high demand for the manufacturer's support. Simon explained how the engagement of the manufacturer is critical to optimising the AUV for oil and gas survey operations. Simon completed a very open and interesting presentation with a summary of NCS' future development plans and a request for support from the operators to define their future requirements, to assist the industry with development direction.
The next speaker was Andy Docherty, offshore AUV manager at DOF. Andy described DOF's experience with the higher logistics Hugin AUV, manufactured by Kongsberg Maritime. The Hugin vehicle is intended for deployment from a larger host vessel with its own dedicated trolley/stinger launch and recovery system. DOF started its AUV operations with the Hugin 3000 AUV in Norway, operating as part of the Geo Consult business, which was later acquired by DOF. Geo Consult/DOF operated the Hugin 3000 up to 2008 when it was lost in Western Australia. DOF subsequently replaced the vehicle with the newer Hugin 1000, and has since built up an extensive and impressive track record with the AUV.
Like NCS, DOF also uses vessels of opportunity, but the larger logistics demands require a containerised logistics system which can be mobilised onto suitable vessels. Andy noted the importance of the vessel and its mobilisation; vessels of opportunity vary widely and the right vessel specification and equipment is critical to the success of the project. DOF has completed more than 20,000 kilometres of line survey since October 2012. Typically, the Hugin runs on 18- to 20-hour missions with launch and recovery operations once a day. DOF has recently ordered an updated Hugin 1000 with updated specification, including hot-swap hard disk drive data storage to reduce turnaround times, and plans to update the existing Hugin 1000 to the same specification. Andy closed his very simulating presentation with some operational lessons learned by DOF, and by summarising DOF's plans for the future.
The third speaker was Jonathan Mueller-Wiesner, subsea operations engineer in BP's North Sea operations subsea and pipelines team. Jonathan gave an overview of BP's operational lessons from pipeline landfall inspections with a small low logistics AUV. His presentation was based on most recent BP landfall inspections (2013) conducted with a small AUV in north east Scotland and Shetland, up to five kilometres offshore, in water depths inaccessible by offshore vessels. Jonathan focused on the operability of AUVs in a subsea execution framework and the readiness of AUVs as a standard subsea inspection tool. Jonathan noted that, on paper, the AUV has the potential to be cheaper than other survey methods, to reduce the execution risks and to obtain data closer to the beach line. In practice, the mobilisation was easy and the AUV performed well in strong tides and shallow water. However, progress was slow due to reliability, launch and recovery (which was limited to flat calm seas from the small host vessel) and the need to repeat surveys due to the partitioning of the survey route. Jonathan acknowledged that BP would repeat inshore surveys with AUVs, but would ensure that their lessons learned were addressed in future operations.
Jonathan also explained that BP is not ready to perform offshore AUV pipeline surveys in the North Sea and is looking for better reliability and wider weather windows for launch and recovery. Jonathan gave a very honest and engaging summary of AUV performance from the operator's perspective.
The final speaker of the evening was Jim Jamieson, technology manager/life of field at Subsea 7. Jim's presentation was titled 'The Autonomous Inspection Vehicle (AIV)'. Subsea 7 has replaced the word 'underwater' with 'inspection' to identify a number of key developments in its vehicle capability. The Subsea 7 AIV is a medium-sized ROV-shaped vehicle with dimensions of 1.7 metres by 1.3 metres by 0.8 metres. Like an ROV, the vehicle has the ability to hover and hold station and is suitable for all types of infield inspection. A key technology is the feature-based navigation capability (developed by Seebyte Ltd) which allows the AIV to interpret its environment and compare against its own mission "world model". The AIV can adjust its own mission to suit the actual environment that it encounters.
Jim described how the AIV is deployed from a seabed basket, therefore avoiding the critical launch and recovery at the water surface. The AIV can return to its own basket, dock safely and wait to be recovered later, therefore removing the schedule dependency on vessel operations. Jim explained how Subsea 7 has identified a number of operational modes, including deployment from a host facility, simultaneous operations from construction vessels working in the area and the self-explanatory "lobster potting" operational mode where more than one AIV and basket can be deployed by a single support vessel. Each AIV completes its mission from and back to its basket, while the support moves between baskets to recover, recharge and redeploy each AIV in turn.
Jim concluded his very absorbing presentation with some personal comments on the future of autonomous technology and how it can be developed towards full autonomous intervention in the underwater environment. Jim explained the road map using a simple "see-sense-touch-do" model. Current autonomous vehicles can "see" their environment, and are beginning to "sense" it too, with advanced sensors. The next challenge is to "touch" the environment; while this may seem a simple operation in human terms, it is a significant technical challenge to develop the interaction, feedback and sensitivity to allow controlled contact with other features. Once achieved, then the door is open to the final "do" step, and the possibility for simplified intervention activities. The technology and road map are impressive. However, as Jim explained, it has to make economic sense to become reality.
The evening concluded with Damian Ling's thanks to the speakers, for four fascinating and high quality presentations. The evening raised many questions from the floor and much thought provoking discussion. Launch and recovery are clearly important challenges, but AUV technology is definitely here, ready and available, and has an exciting future ahead.
One of the key questions of the evening was put to Andy Docherty of DOF, namely, has the AUV replaced the ROV for survey operations? Andy replied that the AUV is faster and lower cost than an ROV, but the ROV can still perform operations that are not yet within the capability of an AUV; for example, the Hugin single head MBES cannot provide the same level of data density as the dual head ROV. Some of these misgivings will be overcome in the future as the AUV industry develops more ways to close the gap, as has already been done with positioning accuracy and data repeatability. The AUV is not intended to replace the ROV but to provide a viable alternative.
We were delighted to see a high turnout, with 165 attendees at the event who enjoyed further debate in the bar and over the buffet dinner provided by the Treetops Hotel. As always, our grateful thanks are due to the speakers and our branch sponsors Fugro, GE Oil and Gas, KD Marine, Nautronix, OneSubsea, Technip and Wood Group Kenny.
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London-based foreign currency specialist Thomas Exchange Global recently opened a flagship branch in Victoria Place Shopping Centre at Victoria Rail Station—thus providing travel money services to the residents and workforce in SW1 and nearby areas. Thomas Exchange Global formed the new partnership with Victoria Business Improvement District (VBID) to offer preferential exchange rates over the branch counter rates to Victoria Privilege Cardholders.
VBID is a business-led and -funded body created to support economic growth in Victoria as well as to create a vibrant destination for those who work, visit, and live in the area. According to VBID, there will be an increase of 147% in public space and 50% in capacity in Victoria Station as a result of recent investments for new office, commercial, and residential developments.
"More than 130 million people use the Victoria transport hub each year and hence, our new branch is strategically located to provide visitors, workers, and residents alike with convenient access to travel money. We are proud to team up with VBID—an establishment committed to offering a better place to live, visit and work in Victoria," stated Trevor Samuel, Senior Manager at Thomas Exchange Global.
With 11 branches located throughout London, Thomas Exchange Global is well-known among Londoners for offering the most competitive exchange rates and instant availability of over 120 different types of foreign bank notes at each of its outlets.
"Victoria transport hub has direct rail and coach links to all of London's airports. Most passengers passing through need to catch a flight and in turn, don't have time to wait 24+ hours for travel money as is standard for many travel money services. Our ability to readily meet the foreign currency needs of travellers to any part of the globe place us well ahead of the competition in SW1," concluded Trevor.
Thomas Exchange Global also offers an International Money Transfer Service in which funds can be remitted to overseas bank accounts within 1 to 2 days. With commission-free service for transfers over £10,000 (otherwise a fee of £9.90) backed by competitive exchange rates, customers are assured a superior deal and substantial savings compared to banks and money brokers.
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As dedicated foreign exchange specialists, Thomas Exchange Global has the professional expertise, in depth market knowledge, technological infrastructure, and commitment to provide an unprecedented level of service that sets the standard in the foreign exchange industry. They are specialists in all areas of foreign exchange. They provide commission free currency as well as travellers cheques.
Thomas Exchange Global branches are located at Strand, Embankment, Victoria Street, Victoria Place (Victoria Rail Station), Liverpool Street, London Wall, Hammersmith, High Street Kensington, Cannon Street, Canary Wharf, and Richmond.
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Represents the data for an attribute. Each attribute value is described as a name-value pair. The name is the data type, and the value is the data itself. For more information, see Data Types in the Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide.
Specifies how to perform the update. Valid values are PUT (default), DELETE, and ADD. The behavior depends on whether the specified primary key already exists in the table. If an item with the specified Key is found in the table:PUT - Adds the specified attribute to the item. If the attribute already exists, it is replaced by the new value. DELETE - If no value is specified, the attribute and its value are removed from the item. The data type of the specified value must match the existing value's data type. If a set of values is specified, then those values are subtracted from the old set. For example, if the attribute value was the set [a,b,c] and the DELETE action specified [a,c], then the final attribute value would be [b]. Specifying an empty set is an error. ADD - If the attribute does not already exist, then the attribute and its values are added to the item. If the attribute does exist, then the behavior of ADD depends on the data type of the attribute: If the existing attribute is a number, and if Value is also a number, then the Value is mathematically added to the existing attribute. If Value is a negative number, then it is subtracted from the existing attribute. If you use ADD to increment or decrement a number value for an item that doesn't exist before the update, DynamoDB uses 0 as the initial value. In addition, if you use ADD to update an existing item, and intend to increment or decrement an attribute value which does not yet exist, DynamoDB uses 0 as the initial value. For example, suppose that the item you want to update does not yet have an attribute named itemcount, but you decide to ADD the number 3 to this attribute anyway, even though it currently does not exist. DynamoDB will create the itemcount attribute, set its initial value to 0, and finally add 3 to it. The result will be a new itemcount attribute in the item, with a value of 3. If the existing data type is a set, and if the Value is also a set, then the Value is added to the existing set. (This is a set operation, not mathematical addition.) For example, if the attribute value was the set [1,2], and the ADD action specified [3], then the final attribute value would be [1,2,3]. An error occurs if an Add action is specified for a set attribute and the attribute type specified does not match the existing set type. Both sets must have the same primitive data type. For example, if the existing data type is a set of strings, the Value must also be a set of strings. The same holds true for number sets and binary sets. This action is only valid for an existing attribute whose data type is number or is a set. Do not use ADD for any other data types. If no item with the specified Key is found:PUT - DynamoDB creates a new item with the specified primary key, and then adds the attribute. DELETE - Nothing happens; there is no attribute to delete. ADD - DynamoDB creates an item with the supplied primary key and number (or set of numbers) for the attribute value. The only data types allowed are number and number set; no other data types can be specified.
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Day 2 in the books at King Crossfit in Seattle. Rudy and I spent the majority of the day on the Olympic Lifts. It was pretty cool to walk through the first pull, the sweep back of the bar off the floor, and foot positioning in the jerk. They got it! We saw their lifts transform and efficiency started to happen. It was sweet to watch their light bulbs come on for the first time.
We spent all day on the Olympic lifts today because of a couple HUGE principles for Crossfitters. Primarily, Rudy and I are huge advocates that proficiency in the Olympic lifts translates to most everything in Crossfit. Bottomline, if I get really good at the Snatch and Clean and Jerk that ability and capacity will trickle down into every other movement. Think about it this way. If I have a 300lb Front Squat and can Clean 250 then I come up against a competitor with a 400 Front Squat who can clean 350, not only will my competitor beat me in all the lifting BUT he will also move a thruster or a wall ball or perform a air squat faster and with less effort. The same is true of the snatch in comparison to the OHS, KB Swing, or Box Jump. If you are good at the Olympic lifts you will have the capacity and the ability to be good at EVERY other movement. They are top level movements and thus create a greater capacity for the lower level movements. Flip the tables though and find someone who is really good at KB Swings and Wall Balls they may not be good at the Snatch and CJ. (Jason Hoggan) Sure they could destroy a 12 min Opens AMRAP but when they hit the snatch ladder at Regionals their finished. The majority of Crossfit's movement do not create greater proficiency in the Olympic lifts. It works the other way around. This is why I preach and preach that Crossfitters MUST be good at the Olympic lifts if they expect to compete on a high level in the sport of fitness.
It was a pretty cool day seeing the camp folks understand that and truly desire to be better at the lifts. Awesome day!
Oh and this is pretty cool. Unbelievable honor to be on this poster with some incredible lifters. I mean it is ridiculous that I am even mentioned in the same sentence as folks like Jenny Arthur, Jon North, James Tatum, the Barnes brothers, or Travis Cooper. Incredibly blessed.


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Rick San Nicolas' career seems to have led him naturally to Lexus. The new brand manager at Atkins Kroll smiles and says, "I like seeing other people happy. I guess that's why sales comes naturally to me."
He moved back to Guam just five months ago after deciding with his fiancée Maria that it was time to come home and get settled before they marry next July. "Between work, working out, trying to fit in traveling when I can, and my other half, that's basically my day."
The son of educators Miguel and Eva San Nicolas, Rick grew up on a street named after his grandfather Enrique in Talofofo surrounded by 50 first cousins. He says his large extended family and siblings helped shape the person he has become. "I'm very ambitious, I'm very driven. My parents set the bar high, but also gave me proper support."
Achieving goals of all kinds is what drives this ambitious southern boy. He saves money for a trip or dedicates time to meet a fitness goal. He muses, "I feel like my drive and my determination to succeed in whatever it is I do allows me to succeed inside and outside of work."
Though his parents wanted him to become a teacher, Rick had an enterprising touch from a young age. "Growing up, there was a golf course behind my house. Me and my cousins would go in the jungle and find golf balls. We would clean them up and sell them to tourists that were driving by in golf carts," Rick recalls, laughing.
After finishing his degrees in Business and Public Administration at the University of Guam, Rick together with Maria decided to see where opportunity would take them by moving to San Jose, California. He got a job at Google Shopping Express (now Google Express).
Then Maria's job with a luxury shoe company led them to Los Angeles, and Rick got a job with Apple, helping customers find products to fit their needs. "It's funny, because when I first started out in my career path, I jumped around a lot." He adds that his parents, who had picked their career young and stuck with it, would worry and wonder when he would settle down. "Now I think I've found it and I'm really enjoying it. I'm happy to see where it takes me."
Rick's bedrock is his family. When asked who inspires him, he doesn't hesitate to say his older brother, Senator Michael F.Q. San Nicolas. "He's always kind of been my third parent. My rock, I would say, growing up. A lot of people think we had it easy, but our lives weren't really easy. Our parents supported us with our education and all that, but everything we got we kind of had to earn. It's something that I'm proud about," he says.
He also cites the influence of his grandfather, Franklin Quitugua, a seven-time Guam senator, life-long public servant, and advocate for education. "He was someone in the community. He inspired me to want to be someone." Undoubtedly though, his parents have kindled his dedication and work ethic. "They didn't have it easy. They got married very young. They took turns going to school, they both got teaching degrees. They both got their masters. They both became principals. My mom eventually got her doctorate."
Education runs thick in the family. His younger sister Faith is also a teacher, and Rick says he's often considered going for his teaching degree, wondering if he went in the right direction. "You never know the path that God wants you to go down. He eventually guided me to this position, and it's been great."
After deciding to come home from the mainland, Rick applied at Atkins Kroll, but got on the plane not knowing if he'd gotten the job. He says despite the horror stories about car sales he was intrigued. "I always looked at it as similar to real estate: you determine your own success. So I came here with an open mind."
At Lexus, Rick is bringing his appreciation for hard work to his role as sales manager. He steeples his fingers and says, "I hope to learn as much as I can in my current role. I'd like to grow and learn from the many different managers we have."
Rick credits his amazing team for accepting him and his management style. "They were very established in the car industry, and I was coming from nowhere, really." Currently driving a demo Lexus RX350 F Sport, Rick says, "I really enjoy the RX, I think it's a great vehicle." He says the SUV is great for Guam's imperfect roads. He adds, "We have a great group of guys, who respect each other. I want to give a shout out to my entire team for giving me the opportunity and allowing us to succeed as a team."
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Hal Fleming has worked for the Peace Corps,the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department of State, UNICEF and the US Mission to the United Nations. He has lived ten years in West and North Africa, and has been on shorter missions to 20 other African countries plus others in the Asia and Pacific regions. This experience has given him a rich background for his short stories, poems and novels.Early on, he worked at Forbes Inc. in New York and also taught at the university level. He holds degrees from Brown and Columbia Universities and lives with his wife, Arlene, a leading expert on the protection of cultural property, in Northern Virginia.
The Brides' Fair, a novel of diplomatic intrigue and suspense, was first set down in draft over 20 years ago on my return from almost five years in Morocco. Given the pressures of work and family, I did not have time to go back to the book until recently when I updated certain elements, making the book more relevant to current concerns over terrorism and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa. The main characters in the book, however, remain as originally conceived.The novel is now available from a number of North American and European book sellers.
Short stories and poems about West Africa are also available at this site, as well as information about my new (10/10) novel ONCE UPON A STORM.