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|Address to the Texas Association of College Technical Educators Spring Conference
|by Tom Pauken
|Wed, Apr 18, 2012, 02:44 pm
It is a great pleasure for me to be here today with a group of educators who, I believe, play such an important role in putting Texans to work. Not only do you provide a vital service to the individual students who leave your institutions with the skills needed to start a career, but you help employers in our state meet the demand for skilled workers. Without the technical and career programs at community colleges, we simply would not be able to meet the workforce needs of those businesses.
I want to speak to you today about how important it is that here in Texas we start placing more emphasis on training in the skilled trades—not just at institutions like yours—but at the high school level as well. I believe that doing so would not undercut the technical education already provided at your colleges. To the contrary, community colleges should be playing a bigger role in providing training to high school students. And if more young Texans received vocational and technical formation at the secondary level, they would be better prepared to take advantage of more advanced training at the institutions you represent.
In the past, manufacturing provided Americans with good-paying jobs that made it possible for our workers to provide for their families and enjoy long-term economic stability. Sadly, national tax policy and worldwide macroeconomic trends, have hollowed out our country's manufacturing base over the last decade. Leaders in
The skills shortage has received increased attention with the Associated Press, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post all publishing major stories in the last several months on the challenges faced by many companies looking to hire skilled workers.
The annual survey of Manpower Group for 2011 found that the hardest jobs to fill in the
These skilled jobs pay a good wage. In
In light of the demand for skilled workers and the earning potential such jobs provide, you would think we would be doing more to train students at the secondary and post-secondary levels for a career in the skilled trades. Instead, we have steadily deemphasized vocational and technical training, preferring to pursue a one-size-fits-all approach which says that everyone should attend a four-year university.
Why not recognize the reality that for many students, a four-year university is not the best path? Less than a third of the students who start out at our state's public four-year institutions actually graduate in four years. About half do so in six years. Consider this disturbing statistic from career counselor Marty Nemko:
"Among high school students who graduated at the bottom 40 percent of their classes and whose first institutions (they attended after high school) were four-year colleges, two-thirds had not earned diplomas eight and a half years later." Plus, I suspect these students—and/or their parents—have amassed a significant sum of college debt.
We all learn differently. Some students don't enjoy or do well in a classroom environment, but would excel by working with their hands in a skilled trade. Perhaps they are eager to enter the workforce. It could be that earning income as soon as possible is a much more attractive option than taking on the crushing debt that often goes along with four-plus years of attending college.
For lawmakers committed to addressing that demand for skilled workers, one of the most important things we could do here in
A number of school administrators tell me they are supportive of doing this, but face major impediments which make that objective more difficult to accomplish. If state performance measurements are driven by how students do on the TAKS test and the new STAAR exams, then schools are pressured to place extraordinary emphasis on "teaching to the test." With this latest approach to testing, students will spend even more days of their school year preparing for, and taking, these state-mandated tests.
So much of our public education system in
It is time we challenge the assumption implicit in the "no child left behind" mindset that everyone should be "college ready." Too many of our high school students are becoming dropouts or throwaways because they are not given the opportunity for vocational and technical education at the secondary school level. We are setting young people up for failure with this insistence that everyone should go to a university.
Moreover, statistical data shows that students involved in career training in high school do better academically as well. We have the highest college dropout rate in the industrialized world, according to a recent Harvard study. The College Board, which produces the SAT exam, estimates that only about 40 percent of all college students complete their four-year degrees. What about the remaining 60 percent of people who might have thrived had they been given opportunities for vocational and technical education in high school? Or encouraged to pursue an industry-certified skills training program at a community college?
We should stop promoting the errant notion that a four-year university degree is a guaranteed ticket to the good life. To preach that message is to set well over half of our workforce up for failure. Rather, college should provide an opportunity to get ahead for those who have the desire or need the skills. College should not be a place where area high schools farm out the tasks they are unable to accomplish.
As a first step toward preparing our students for real-world expectations and the jobs that are out there, let's replace the one-size-fits-all TAKS and STAAR tests that we use to evaluate all our students, with two different tests. One test should continue to measure college readiness for those who plan to pursue that route, such as the ACT or SAT. A separate test should measure career readiness.
In fact, in many instances, a career readiness test could take the form of an industry-recognized exam that would not only demonstrate that students have mastered essential concepts in their field, but would also provide those students with a tangible certificate that could be presented to employers as proof of their employability.
As one example, the non-profit curriculum developer, NCCER (formerly the National Center for Construction Education and Research), provides training programs in fields like welding and pipefitting in which graduates obtain portable, industry-recognized credentials along with a wallet card that an employer can use to verify the level of training a student has received.
Secondly, let's give our high school students the facts about the job market. Young people who have successfully completed a skills training program at the secondary or post-secondary school level have a better opportunity to get a good-paying job than a college graduate with a general degree who, by the way, has on average accumulated more than $25,000 in student debt after graduation.
If we are going to move in this direction of rebuilding our pipeline of skilled workers with increased opportunities for vocational education, we have to be creative in how we go about implementing these changes given our finite resources. Equipment is expensive for certain technical training programs, and we have to be resourceful in providing these opportunities to our young people.
We need to avoid expensive duplication of services wherever possible. We should do more to empower you and your institutions to partner with school districts in your region. Your schools already have trained instructors and equipment for skills training. Some of you may have underutilized capacity that could be made available to local high school students who want to take technical courses. And we should do more to make sure these courses qualify for dual credit and make it more attractive for school districts to utilize them in that way. As always, the devil is in the details; and there needs to be an appropriate financing mechanism that is acceptable to both sets of educational institutions.
I also want to issue a challenge to you. As we learned last session, many four-year universities do not want to be held accountable. They like the current funding model, which allows them to receive state dollars based on their enrollment without regard to what their students are learning or how well they do after graduation. I believe that community colleges—especially programs providing career and technical education—can lead by example in this area and help bring about reform by advocating an alternative model in which schools are measured by how many of their graduates obtain employment. Schools that do well could take in more than they currently receive while underperforming schools would receive less.
In a bold move, the Chancellor of the
The time has come to return to an educational model which recognizes the value of career education and encourages the young people of
Tom Pauken is Chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission and author of Bringing America Home.
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written by Pongo , April 18, 2012
Mr. Pauken,
Please review this information found on the My Public Information Station blog:
There's a wealth of factual information that shows the "other side" of Mr. Reeser's proposed funding model.
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Italians sample science and America at Gran Sasso summer program
Far from their homes in the mountains of central Italy, a group of 22 high school students are spending three weeks on the Princeton campus, plunging deeper into science and American society than they ever have.
Now in its fourth summer, the Gran Sasso-Princeton Physics Summer School draws promising young talent from the Italian region of Abruzzo, which is also home to the Gran Sasso National Laboratory. Gran Sasso is conducting a major physics experiment involving Princeton scientists, who view the summer school partly as an opportunity to give back to the communities that support their research.
"Once, after taking a few Princeton undergraduates there, we decided to bring a few Italian students back with us," said Cristiano Galbiati, an assistant professor of physics who is also from Italy. "We try to teach them a bit of science, but also give them the chance to live in a different culture for a few weeks. That can be important for their development, as some of them have never set foot out of their country, so it's a big life experience for them."
The summer program, founded by Princeton Professor of Physics Frank Calaprice and expanded by Professor of Physics Chiara Nappi, is tailored to the students' particular needs: It offers them English language lessons and day trips to nearby cities as well as hands-on experience in a physics lab. It is this unique combination of opportunities that attracted high school senior Federico Di Donato to the school, which runs through Aug. 15.
"I really want to see New York, of course," he said, "but I'll probably study physics at university next year, and this is my first real chance to use lab equipment."
Di Donato was looking up from a large transparent tube filled with an unknown gas he was trying to identify by applying the physical theories he had learned from a lecture earlier in the week.
"We never get this sort of lesson in Italy," he said. "Classes are really abstract there. But here we can actually see what we are studying."
Galbiati said the lab work, which like most Princeton science instruction is oriented toward problem solving rather than rote memorization, would serve students well no matter what they choose to do in the future.
"We're not necessarily trying to turn everybody into physicists -- they are still young enough that they should be looking around," he said. "But they can take the lessons they are learning today with gases, for example, and then apply it to different curricula. It's going to help them in a number of fields, like medicine, biology or engineering."
While Martina Tacconelli is still exploring her options for the future, her lab partner, Alessandra Brancone, has already been bitten by the physics bug.
"Physics is the only thing that can explain all of nature, so I really like learning about it," said Brancone, who has already developed a fascination with relativity. "I'm still amazed that something that takes three seconds for me could take a whole minute for someone else traveling at a different speed. I learned that here for the first time."
Experiences like Brancone's are not uncommon, and the regional university in Abruzzo has seen several summer school alumni enter as science majors.
"We have some feedback on some of our former students who are now at the University of L'Aquila," Galbiati said. "A professor there who I'm working with on a dark matter project has some new students that are planning to join him because they came to our summer school. That was their first exposure to the research conducted at the Gran Sasso lab."
The interaction between the students and the scientists working in Italy has had the added benefit of increasing understanding of the experiment going on at the Gran Sasso lab among members of the local communities. A research group led by Calaprice is conducting a major international particle physics experiment there involving the search for neutrinos.
"The school has had a major impact on how the lab is perceived in the surrounding region," said Galbiati, who also is working on the project. "People were not aware of what was going on because they just saw this big steel door. Now that the students are traveling back and forth every summer, the local population is very supportive of both the experiment and the educational opportunity we're providing."
The director of the Gran Sasso lab, Eugenio Coccia, agreed that the program was a valuable resource to the local communities.
"I came to Princeton last January with the governor of Abruzzo, who was so impressed that the region is now contributing about half the cost of transporting and boarding the students," Coccia said. "People are beginning to understand the value of this kind of educational program."
The greatest value was for the students themselves, he said.
"They come back to Italy really enthusiastic from the experience," said Coccia, who taught at the school himself this summer. "It opens their minds to what a university campus can be. It lets them meet their American colleagues, hear talks from scientific celebrities and have the opportunity to play baseball. And the main result is most of them will choose a scientific degree at the university."


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The Lebanon Rescue Department sponsored its third annual Lebanon Pride Day and Clean Up Day on Saturday.
This was the biggest year ever for the cleanup. In total, 248 volunteers signed up to clean 88 roads in town. Nearly 500 large trash bags were distributed to volunteers to clean along the roadside. Additionally, several loads of tires and large debris items were brought to the Transfer Station that were found along the way.
"We had a lot of residents at the town office waiting at 7:45 a.m. for bags and to sign up, it was a great turn out. We had to go purchase more bags which is a great thing, meaning more volunteers were cleaning up more roads. We had postponed last Saturday's clean up due to the forecast of heavy rain, but the rain moved south of us and it was actually a decent day. A lot of families still cleaned up last Saturday and came back today to do more." Rescue Chief Samantha Cole said.Lebanon Road Commissioner Larry Torno and several of his road crews volunteered their time and trucks to go around town and pick up the trash. They were out picking up the trash still at 4 p.m. because of the turnout. Torno and his crews have volunteered their time and gas each year of the cleanup. The rescue department thanked them for their support.Lebanon Transfer Station Manager Ronal Patch and his crews handled record amounts of trash and debris at the Transfer Station. There were a lot of residents who helped clean up that also brought the trash they collected to the Transfer Station to help. At one point, the line of cars went all the way down the access road to Merchants Row. The rescue department thanked them for their support.
Lebanon Youth Soccer Association allowed the rescue volunteers to borrow their gas grill to help cook for all the volunteers who helped clean.
The Lebanon Rescue Corporation purchased and donated all of the trash bags, gloves and also all the food for the barbecue. They donated nearly $500 worth of supplies for the events.
"It's always a good feeling seeing a lot of families with children helping clean up the sides of the roads. The children see that littering is a bad thing and it helps them make better decisions on recycling and keeping the roads clean. We were amazed at the amount of families and groups that signed up this year and are thankful to everyone who has helped in any way to make this annual event so successful. The roads look amazing and in the three years we have done this, it has made a huge difference." Assistant Rescue Chief Jason Cole added.
The annual event is held around the same week as Earth Day.
All of the volunteers were invited back to the Lebanon Town Office building for a free barbecue. Volunteers were treated to hamburgers, hot dogs, chips and beverages.Both ambulances and the command truck had to clear to respond to medical calls, but several other rescue volunteers helped BBQ and hand out supplies."We also do this event during National Volunteer Appreciation Week as a way to show the community the benefits of volunteering and helping their community. We are so fortunate to have wonderful volunteers in all of the town departments and today the community came together to volunteer to make the roads a lot cleaner and to get ready for a busy summer of visitors to our community for our many different recreational activities." Jason Cole said.
"We would love to recognize everyone who helped, but with nearly 250 people who signed up to help, there isn't enough room! We would like to recognize Sylvia Morris on Long Swamp Road who had 40 bags of trash that she cleaned up herself along the sides of the road. The road crews stopped to thank her, as you can really tell a difference in the roads thanks to people like this. Also thank you to the Lebanon Girl Scouts and all of the Boy Scouts who helped today as well." Jason Cole added.


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In this topic you will learn how to Enter No Pay for an employee who has worked a cross over shift but clock in after midnight.
Scenario 2
In this exercise, Tinker Bell is scheduled to work from 7:00 PM Monday night until 7:30 AM Tuesday morning.
Row 1
She did not clock in at her scheduled time of 7:00 PM due to a personal emergency.
Enter the desired information into the field on Row 1. Enter "1900".
In the CallBack/NoPay column on Row 1 click the drop-down arrow to the right of the CallBack/NoPay field to choose No Pay.
Click the Xfer option on Row 2.
Click the button to the right of the Skip/Take Meal field on Row 1.
Click the 1ST list item to skip the first meal deduction.
Designate "No Pay" time.
Click the Add a new Row at row 1 - Plus (+) Sign button.
Choose "TRC" column to corresponding date.
Enter the desired information into the TRC field. Enter "LAN".
Row 2
Tinker Bell clocked in at 12:30 AM Tuesday morning. Because she did not clock in until after Midnight, the timesheet shows that Tinker Bell worked no hours on Monday, 03/22/10, but worked 6.5 hours on Tuesday, 03/22/10.
You will need to link rows 1 and 2, because the 6.5 hours shown on row 2 are scheduled hours for Monday. You will enter "No Pay" time on row 1 for the scheduled, non-worked hours in order to create that link.
NOTE: A corresponding row must be added to designate whether the time will be paid or unpaid.
The system displays a phantom punch for the blank "Out" field on Row 1.
The Hours column displays 5.00 No Pay hours. Notice that the hours were not added to the Cumulative day total and the system took a meal deduction on both rows 1 and 2 since total work hours on each row is greater than or equal to 5 hours.
NOTE: Daily totals can be viewed in the Payable Details section at the bottom of the page after Time Administration runs.
In this example, you will need to designate to Skip a Meal Deduction for row 1 to correct for the system taking meal deductions on both rows. In this exercise, you will designate the Skip a Meal Deduction on row 1.
The total hours in the Hours column now displays 5.50 hours.
This completes Enter No Pay - Scenario 2.
Enter the desired information into the field on Row 1. Enter a valid value e.g. "1900".
Choose "TRC" column to corresponding date.
Enter the desired information into the TRC field. Enter a valid value e.g. "LAN".


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The Savannah River Section serves a broad membership base across Georgia and South Carolina. We offer monthly member meetings featuring industry speakers, as well as two major events a year - the Product Education Night Show held every spring, and the Golf Tournament taking place each fall. To find out more about the section and what we have to offer, click through the page, visit us on Facebook and LinkedIn, or drop us a line on the Contact page. Thank you for visiting www.isaga.org and we look forward to hearing from you!
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Classic Baby in a basket.
It is amazing how much more hair she has now - just a month later than this photo... and the teeth that have come in that she seems to be working on in this pic!
We were telling Sam to give Emma kisses.
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Jam is tasty. It also involves making games.
Yes, there's a game jam on at Swinburne, starting 2 hours ago. Shit. Better catch up.
The jam is 24 hours long, and unlike many, each group has a completely different theme, or pair of them. Our team has "Sushi" and "Pyrrhic Victory". WHAT THE HELL?
Uh but yeah, we have a game idea about delivering sushi and sacrificing the fishy goodness to ensure safe delivery. Using Unity 3 and general wizardry.


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Here's the situation...
I've gotten alot of comments from my friends about the type of guy I should be looking for now that I've recently become single. They all think I should be putting religion aside and finding someone I can have the life I want with. Its as if them being religious is something I have to learn to ignore just because I actually do wanna get married and have somewhat of a steady, normal life.
But its just soooo important to me, more than I would llike to admit that whoever I spend the rest of my life with is as athiest as I am, if not more...somehow.
If I'm sitting at a bar talking to a tall blonde with perfect hair and a smile that could bring a puppy to life and later find out he's christrian, I immediately want nothing more to do with him. Just the thought of having to love something so closely knit to something I hate is almost nauseating.
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A green pock-faced monster with red eyes and fangs is the depiction of HIV in a new children's book that seeks to explain the science of AIDS to South African children. In the book, Staying Alive, Fighting HIV/AIDS, colorful pictures and simple text describe how HIV invades the immune system and multiplies throughout the body. By explaining the science of the virus and giving frank answers on how it is transmitted, the book's British authors and American publisher hope to teach South African children how to stay safe.
In researching the project, author Fran Balkwill and illustrator Mic Rolph asked South African children of varying backgrounds what they wanted to know about AIDS. "They essentially wrote the book for us," said Balkwill, a cancer researcher who has coauthored several children's science books with Rolph. Balkwill and Rolph recorded their interviews with the children, who all wanted the same questions answered: How is one infected? Is there a cure? What is a vaccine?
The book, published by Cold Harbor Laboratory Press, is being distributed free to 20,000 South African children. It is aimed at children ages 11 to 17, and its backers hope to raise more money so it can be distributed to all South African children. Eventually, they hope to make versions available in other countries where the disease has reached epidemic proportions.
The book emphasizes that couples should practice safe sex and tells children, "You can protect yourself and the people around you, if you start to understand HIV and all its tricky ways." Pictures of condoms in a rainbow of colors worn by a cartoon penis are shown, and the ABC's of sex are given. A is for abstinence, B is for being faithful and for being tested and C is for condoms and for caring about each other. No one should be forced to have sex, and having sex with a young girl cannot cure AIDS, the book says.
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I never dealt with Android devices before so I'm completely newbie at it, please comment if something is too simple.
Say I purchase Android Galaxy Player S WiFi 5.0, that has got Android Froyo 2.2 installed in it.
If there is a new version of Android released tomorrow or next month, will I be able to update it (like I will be able to update my iPod Touch 4 to iOS 5)?


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Mother, daughter team up to bring the holiday spirit back to Newport | Community Spirit
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Take one glance around Newport, and one thing is clear -- the residents love their holidays.
Pumpkins, mums and corn stalks adorn poles, steps and sidewalks across the city.
"It's a community which, you know everybody here, and you have the familiar faces," said Kellye Stokely, a lifelong resident. "It is a friendly town."
But, last year, the holiday spirit was sucked right out of the town when the city's utility poles, usually adorned with holiday lights, were bare.
"It's like the Grinch who stole Christmas, and he never returned the lights to us," Stokely said.
The problem -- the lights weren't exactly lifting spirits anymore.
"The older decorations are over 20 years old, and they're very weather-worn and beaten, and, over the years, several organizations and clubs and people have tried to restore them, and it's just been a very impossible task to do that," Stokely said. "We've just not had the finances here with the city or the county, either one, to put towards that. We have other needs that need to be met."
Still, Stokely decided to do something about it. She enlisted the help of her daughter, Sarah, and went to the city council to make a proposal.
She pitched the idea of a community project, where she would taken in donations to pay for new lights for the city. Council members agreed and kicked off the effort by pitching in $4,000.
"It's something very positive that we can bring to Newport, and it puts a smile on everyone's faces to see all the different lights like you would see in Gatlinburg," said Sarah Stokely, who recently won the Miss Greene County pageant and will go on to compete in Miss Tennessee.
Of course, her platform was "Commit to Your Community," so she's stepping up to make the project happen. She and her mom are calling it "Light Up the Holidays."
"It's a representation of our town, it shows you what kind of community involvement we have within our town, and, no, it's not feeding the hungry or helping the Children's Miracle Network, but it's something to help our town look like a place that you would want to be at," Sarah Stokely said.
Kellye Stokely checked in with the folks in Pigeon Forge and eventually placed an order for 32 lights in the shapes of bells, wreaths, angels and snowflakes. One more was a free sample.
"It helps tourism, it helps our attitude towards the town, and brings the spirit of Christmas to Cocke County," she said.
Each light costs $635, and some organizations have stepped up to "adopt" an entire pole, while others in the community have contributed money toward the light fund. Some are contributing in honor of lost loved ones by purchasing the angel lights.
The lights will go up along Broadway in downtown Newport, on the bridge over the Pigeon River, and near I-40 Exit 435.
"I am very excited. Christmas is one of my favorite holidays, and I love seeing the lights, and I love the music, so it's gonna be something great for our community," Sarah Stokely said.
Anyone who would like to contribute can contact Kellye Stokely at either 423-237-0827 or 423-623-3599.


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- BATTLE MODE: Extended multiplayer experience: take advantage of wireless LAN, Bomberman DS matches up to 8 players making full use of the double screen. Multi- or Single cartridge does not matter for smooth play!
- STANDARD MODE: Enjoy a great single-player mode in this Standard Game. New enemy characters to the game! Each level consists of 100 stages. An area Boss is waiting at the last stage of each area.
- VOICE BATTLE: Place bombs by using a voice-recognition function! And, if you are in danger, just SHOUT! That may summon a shield which protects you from the bomb blast.
- TOUCH SCREEN GAME INPUT: Enjoy a Bonus Game or control menu items by Touch Screen. This new DS functionality adds a great new twist to Bomberman.


text: New York Red Bulls Regional Development School to launch fall tryouts August 19, 2015 01:49 PM Tweet HARRISON, N.J. (August 19, 2015) – The New York Red Bulls have released the tryout dates for the upcoming fall Regional Development School (RDS), the club announced today. To find a tryout date in a host organization near you, visit the RDS registration page on RedBullsAcademy.com. The RDS will return to all previous locations, in addition to adding new facilities, such as SoFive in Carlstadt, N.J., to the schedule. The program will be more accessible than ever, and continues to be the best pathway to the area's highest level youth soccer program following the sixth consecutive season where RDS players accounted for more than 90 percent of players selected for the Red Bulls' youngest Academy team. All RDS locations offer eight weeks of advanced, technical training, focusing specifically on individual functions of the game. Accessible via tryout, each course provides an intensive and challenging environment unlike any other. Top players in the RDS will be selected to represent the New York Red Bulls in winter showcase tournament play, and work towards selection for the highly successful summer select teams, which collected more than 10 titles last year. Players who excel will earn the opportunity to train with and tryout for the full academy teams. The Red Bulls RDS features a low coach-to-player ratio, the most highly qualified staff in the area, and an unrivaled end of season evaluation. The RDS will also now offer a homework tracking service and online video curriculum for at-home development. Applications are encouraged from boys and girls born between 2002 and 2008, who have a strong travel soccer background, and are looking for a unique training environment to supplement their existing club schedule. Applications are also welcome from high level boys born in 2004, looking to enhance their chances of joining the youngest Academy team which will be formed in spring 2016. To find out more, check a detailed schedule, and register for a free try out, visit the RDS page on the brand new Red Bulls Academy website. For further questions, email email@example.com. Back to news


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CLEVELAND -- The Browns have signed free agent kicker Shayne Graham, a potential replacement for Phil Dawson.
A 12-year NFL veteran, Graham has made 85.4 percent of his kicks, fifth in league history. Graham played in 16 games for Houston last season, setting a team record for points with 138. He connected on 31 of 38 field goals and set a career high with 28 touchbacks.
Graham has appeared in 155 career regular-season games. He was selected to the Pro Bowl following the 2005 season with Cincinnati after he finished third in the league with a team-record 131 points. He spent eight seasons (2003-09) with the Bengals.
Dawson, the last player left from Cleveland's 1999 expansion team, recently signed as a free agent with San Francisco.
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TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 01/10/13 -- Lake Shore Gold Corp. (TSX: LSG)(NYSE Amex: LSG)(NYSE MKT: LSG) ("Lake Shore Gold" or the "Company") today released operating results for the full year and fourth quarter 2012 and announced production and cost guidance for 2013.
-- Gold production in 2012 of 85,782 ounces (719,298 tonnes @ 3.9 grams per tonne), with gold poured from 2012 production of 85,184 ounces, in line with Company guidance -- Gold production in fourth quarter 2012 totaling 23,738 ounces (181,575 tonnes @ 4.2 grams per tonne), with gold poured of 24,041 ounces -- Key 2012 mine development and expansion objectives achieved with mining and milling capacity increased 25% to 2,500 tonnes per day (on track to reach 3,000 tonnes per day during second quarter 2013) -- Targets for 2013 include: strong production growth to between 120,000 and 135,000 ounces of gold, cash costs between US$800(1) and US$875(1) per ounce (including royalties), project spending of approximately $80 million and exploration spending of $10 million (largely related to in- mine drilling) -- Cash and bullion inventory at December 31, 2012 of approximately $61 million.
Tony Makuch, President and CEO of Lake Shore Gold, commented: "We finished 2012 strong with higher production and improved grades during the fourth quarter. For the full year, we achieved our production guidance, producing 85,782 ounces and pouring 85,184 ounces. Equally important, we met our key mine development and mill expansion objectives, including increasing both our mining and milling capacity by 25% to 2,500 tonnes per day. We remain on track to increase production capacity to 3,000 tonnes per day during the second quarter of this year.
"The progress we achieved in 2012 has positioned us for significantly higher production, reduced spending and improved cash operating costs in 2013. Production for the year is targeted at between 120,000 to 135,000 ounces of gold. Capital spending on mine development and mill expansion projects is forecast at approximately $80 million, with an additional $10 million budgeted for exploration, largely in-mine drilling. Cash operating costs in 2013 are targeted at US$800(1) to US$875(1) per ounce, including royalties."
Details of the Company's financial performance, including capital and exploration expenditures and operating costs, will be included in its full year and fourth quarter 2012 financial results to be released in March 2013.
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Mine development and operating activities at the Company's Timmins assets are conducted under the supervision of Dan Gagnon, Senior Vice-President, Operations. Mr. Gagnon is a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the information included in this news release.
About Lake Shore Gold
Lake Shore Gold is a mine development and operating company that is in production and pursuing rapid growth through the advancement of three wholly owned, multi-million ounce gold complexes in the Timmins Gold Camp. The Company is in production at both the Timmins West and Bell Creek mines, with material being delivered for processing to the Bell Creek Mill. The Company continues to have an active drilling program aimed at supporting current operations and evaluating high-priority exploration targets around the Timmins Camp. The Company's common shares trade on the TSX and NYSE MKT under the symbol LSG.
Certain statements in this press release relating to the Company's expected production levels, production growth, exploration activities, potential for increasing resources, project expenditures and business plans are "forward-looking statements" or "forward-looking information" within the meaning of certain securities laws, including under the provisions of Canadian provincial securities laws and under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are referred to herein as "forward-looking statements." The Company does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements represent management's best judgment based on current facts and assumptions that management considers reasonable, including that operating and capital plans will not be disrupted by issues such as mechanical failure, unavailability of parts, labour disturbances, interruption in transportation or utilities, or adverse weather conditions, that there are no material unanticipated variations in budgeted costs, that contractors will complete projects according to schedule, and that actual mineralization on properties will be consistent with models and will not be less than identified mineral reserves. The Company makes no representation that reasonable business people in possession of the same information would reach the same conclusions. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. In particular, delays in development or mining and fluctuations in the price of gold or in currency markets could prevent the Company from achieving its targets. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. More information about risks and uncertainties affecting the Company and its business is available in the Company's most recent Annual Information Form and other regulatory filings with the Canadian Securities Administrators, which are posted on sedar at www.sedar.com, or its most recent Annual Report on Form 40-F and other regulatory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Note 1. US$ cash operating costs calculated using a US$/CDN$ exchange rate at par.
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Hey sweet Pam!
I just received the prettiest purple fat quarter in the mail with a card! You are so thoughtful, sweet lady! Thanks for the support through my rough time. The new medication is making me very tired and I want to sleep too much! I'm not getting near enough done.....
Quilty hugs!
Hey there! The line of fabric is Winter's Lane, used a layer cake from M*. The pattern is called Winter Seeds and is free on a blog called The Crafty Quilter. Thanks for your kind words.
I am sorry I missed your Birthday. I have been so busy unpacking things this week today is the first time I have been on the computer. I am glad you had a great day.
Thanks for the compliment on my dog's bed! And her name is Audrey Hepbull :-)
Your avatar pups are precious!
OOOOOOO,, thank you so much.... i have already visited from you other post (i think yours),,, about the baby quilts.... i "hopped right in" and registered.... downloaded the "hobo bag" (a pattern we used to sell about 10 yrs. ago when i worked in local fabric shop...,yikes, i'm getting old....then noticed the "knit and crochet" in the header... This forum is why i get nothing done.... so much to see and communicate... LOL
I just got home from "hip replacement class"... doing it on Oct3,, so i'm trying to "not think about it",,, but it's not helping me get things done in the sewing room....thanks again,, your a sweetie... hugs Babs
Thanks for the welcome back! We had a great time on the cruise, but it wiped us out. I guess we are getting too old to do things like that. I just love sitting on the balcony watching the water go by while drinking a cup of coffee, and the food is just toooo much! We have been sleeping quite a bit, and I hope to download my pics to my computer today. I will post some. If you haven't taken a cruise, you should at least once.
Thanks, Pam!
shhh--I won't say a thing! My fur babies are the same way...life is good for them, but they bring so much joy to our lives.
Have a great day!
Thanks so much! I am pleased with how well it came out. The fabric theme lends itself to be forgiving as Dr. Seuss doesn't have any straight lines in his world (or Whoville either for that matter!)
I'm tall, 6'2", and the Camry is easier for me to get in and out of. For some reason it seemed to me to sit higher than the Accord or other cars. Makes me wonder how the heck I ever crawled in and out of my mustang, way back when. That car was like sitting on the ground. Of course I was younger then.
If you want to shop around and look at features and compare the cars without being bothered by sales people go to www.carmax.com It is so nice being able to look at cars (all over the country if you want) without some guy bugging you. I've actually bought 2 trucks from them and never had a better car buying experience. I knew what I wanted. They give you the price up front and you pay. No trying for the best deal. Never had any problem with a vehicle I bought from them either. Sure beats buying a used car off the street.
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Hi there,
I realized one time, that most of my pain and problems result from a very high muscle tone which even caused me changing of my joints.
I know that this is not a good sign and there are not so many options what might cause this.
Since yesterday the muscle tone was so high that I could hardly breathe anymore. My arms like hell because muscles are kind of biting my bones...As I could not stand that pain I went to the doctor and got a medicine which influences central nervous system (Methocarbamol). It worked immediately...I asked Dr. Google which deseases cause that...it was beside brain stroke just MS and ALS. And I know meanwhile why some physios predicts me to get one of it...If I think logically about it, polyneuropathy seems to be excluded...? Because if it is that, the med would not work...right?
Is there any other explanation?


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Smokey Bear and the Virginia Department of Forestry was among the many fans in attendance Saturday afternoon when South Boston Speedway hosted NASCAR Green Day.
America's Hometown Track hosts the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 racing program.
The featured attractions of the day will be a 150-lap battle for the touring competitors in the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modifed Tour and a pair of 75-lap events for the drivers in the NASCAR Whelen All American Late Model Stock Car Division.
Josh Oakley #8 raced in second for most of the race but on
the final lap a caution caused a restart and a race to the flag
during which Oakley overtook the leader with less than a
1/2 lap to go.
Andy Seuss took the lead on lap 53 and dominated the rest of the way in winning the NASCAR Southern Modified Tour South Boston 150 at South Boston (Va.) Speedway.
Lee Pullman #5 won the second of the 75 lap event.
Other pictures from Saturday at the race!
Everybody but Smokey had ear protection but he did OK. Bet he will have some next time though.
Cathy Rice South Boston Raceway General Manager, Smokey and John Campbell Department of Forestry's Public Relations Manager.
Olivia with the South Boston Track, Danny Bohn car #65 and Smokey
Smokey, The Forestry Dept, Smokey and local firefighters honored during the parade lap.
Smokey drops the green flag to start the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified race. Which was won by Andy Seuss car #11 seen below.
Do you see a hiding Smokey?
Who says Smokey is only for the young?
Smokey talks with Lee Pullman prior to the race. maybe he gave Lee a few tips that helped him win the 3rd race of the day.


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Google recently released a "systems" programming language called Go (not to be confused with the existing programming language called Go!) that is designed to be simple, fast, safe and concurrent.
Google give an impressive feature list:
- Accurate concurrent garbage collection.
- Goroutines and channels for parallelism and concurrency.
- Multiple return values.
- Fast compilation times.
- Structurally-typed object oriented programming.
- First-class functions.
There are two different kinds of compiler available to Go programmers. The more common 8g and 6g compilers for the x86 and x86-64 architectures, respectively, are simple "splat" compilers that translate source directly into assembler. These compilers offer fast compilation but the generated code is not optimized and is generally quite slow, often several times slower than C. Moreover, in the absence of an accurate way to traverse the heap, these compilers use a GC that resorts to conservative collection (blindly traversing the entire heap looking for pointer-like ints) and the current allocator and collector implementations are extremely slow and never return memory to the OS. The gcc-go compiler is a Go front-end for the GCC compiler that offers optimization but currently has no garbage collection at all.
The use of goroutines and channels is really the defining characteristic of the Go language. This feature stems from previous work by Go's creator, Rob Pike, on the Limbo programming language that was released in 1995. Goroutines are similar to tasks in Cilk or the Microsoft TPL except that tasks return a value whereas goroutines do not. Channels are a mechanism for synchronized communication using message passing.
Go may become an interesting language in the future but, for now, the only available implementations are nowhere near competitive and the language itself is missing many common features (non-null references, generics, exceptions and union types). Our impression is that Google are developing the Go programming language largely for itself, first as a language for high-performance web programming but also potentially as a language for Google's proprietary NaCl Chrome plugin that allows x86 code to be downloaded over the web and executed by a browser.


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Date: 26/11/2019
AGIP Masterclass and Presentation 1st March 2017 Post Graduate Education Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, B15 2GW
SCST NATIONAL UPDATE MEETING 2016 25th November 2016 Jury's Inn 45 Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2HQ
SCST NATIONAL UPDATE MEETING 2016 25th November 2016 Jury's Inn 45 Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2HQ
These have been published today with a number of changes. Visit the HCPC website for more information.
AHCS and RCCP met on 11th January and put together a detailed plan, which both parties are committed to discussing with registrants and other stakeholders, in the coming weeks. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss structure, communication, finance, legal responsibility and registers for a new way of working. A further meeting is planned for 25th February.
The House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) has today published a report calling on the incoming Secretary of State for Health to establish a national independent patient safety investigation body - find out more here
Article by Rob Floello MP Stoke on Trent South in Labour's journal Progress - see link below
This is a meeting with the DH lead for regulation, following our meeting with Dr Dan Poulter on 22nd October, 2014
The meeting on 5th March will explore opportunities for closer working with the AHCS
Publication of letter in BMJ 'Without mandatory regulation, clinical physiologists put patients at risk'
Summary of the Government's response to the Law Commissions' report on regulating health care professionals in the UK and social care professionals in England was published today - see RCCP contribution to the consulatation here
Representatives from RCCP attend this event to inform discussions that might impact on education and registration.


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The black sky enveloped NASA test pilot Bill Dana as his X-15 rocket plane stopped climbing at 306,900 feet and began teetering back toward the small brown stretch of Mojave Desert more than 58 miles below.
"The horizon appeared as a ring of bright blue around the shell of the earth, with darkness above," Dana later told NASA officials. "I knew I'd gotten all the altitude I needed to qualify as a space adventurer."
William Harvey Dana, the famed test pilot who helped usher in the space age in the 1960s by routinely flying rocket planes to new supersonic speeds and stratospheric heights, has died. He was 83.
Dana died Tuesday at an assisted living facility near Phoenix from complications of progressive Parkinson's disease. His death was announced Wednesday by NASA.
All military pilots are highly skilled, but test pilots have long been considered the best of the best. Like lead climbers who blaze a path up a mountain peak, test pilots help those who follow them avoid costly mistakes.
Dana was a square-jawed aviator during an age when pilots strapped into cutting-edge aircraft and blasted to the edges of the flight envelope — with little assurance they would return safely. It was the era chronicled in "The Right Stuff," Tom Wolfe's 1979 book (and later a movie) about the early days of the space program.
Over Dana's 48-year career, he flew more than 8,000 hours in more than 60 aircraft, including helicopters and wingless experimental rocket planes.
Several of the aircraft Dana piloted now hang in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. However, he is perhaps most associated with the X-15 rocket plane program, which demonstrated it was possible for a winged aircraft to fly to — and from — space. It was a feat that came 19 years before the space shuttle.
Dana was born in Pasadena on Nov. 3, 1930, and raised in Bakersfield. He received a bachelor's degree from the U.S. Military Academy in 1952 and served four years as a pilot in the Air Force.
After earning a master's degree in aeronautical engineering from USC in 1958, he joined NASA as an aeronautical research engineer at the High-Speed Flight Station — now NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center — at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert.
A year later, Dana became a research pilot flying an array of aircraft that eventually led to his involvement with the X-15. It had taken about 50 years from the dawn of aviation for engineers to create an aircraft that could break the sound barrier and climb to 80,000 feet.
It took NASA and Inglewood plane manufacturer North American Aviation less than five years to develop and build the X-15, which could fly more than five times the speed of sound and climb to more than 240,000 feet. The program's many accomplishments were later overshadowed by NASA's success with the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs.
Only 12 men ever flew the X-15, including famed aviators Neil Armstrong and Joe Engle.
"We were as tight of a group as we could be, but we were all busy on other programs, as well," Engle said. "Bill was one of those types of guys you don't meet every day. He demanded respect from everyone around him."
Dana flew the sleek, black aircraft 16 times, reaching a top speed of 3,897 mph and a peak altitude of 306,900 feet. He started flying the aircraft in 1965 and was the last man to fly it in 1968.
Dana was awarded civilian astronaut wings nearly 40 years later for two of his X-15 flights that exceeded altitudes of 50 miles. He didn't receive that honor earlier because NASA did not give astronaut wings to its pilots.
After the X-15 program, he conducted flight experiments in a wide variety of aircraft, including Northrop's HL-10 wingless flying wedge aircraft and Martin Marietta's X-24B, NASA's last manned rocket plane. The testing Dana did was essential in proving the concept of unpowered approach and landing — a crucial feat in developing the space shuttle.
Testing aircraft also had its lighter moments. In 1969, Dana received a new pressure suit to wear during high-altitude flights in the HL-10. The suit came with white boots instead of the standard black ones.
So Dana asked for a black pair, saying that as a test pilot, he would sooner wear pink boots than white.
When the new boots arrived, they were hot pink with adhesive daisy flower decals on the sides. Not only did he wear the boots on the next flight, he wore them on his last X-24B flight on Sept. 23, 1975.
"Bill was sincere as can be," said Peter Merlin, an aerospace historian and an author of "X-Plane Crashes," a book on experimental aircraft. "As an engineer and a pilot, he knew aircraft inside and out."
Dana served as chief pilot at the Armstrong Flight Research Center from 1986 to 1993, when he was responsible for recruiting, developing and training the next crop of Air Force test pilots.
After stepping down, Dana retired from flying to become the center's chief engineer. He retired from civil service in May 1998.
Dana earned numerous awards and honors over the years, including the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, the Lancaster Aerospace Walk of Honor and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal.
Dana is survived by his wife, Judi, whom he married in 1962, and four children: Sidney, Matt, Janet and Leslie.


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Turning Integrated Apps on or off
When Integrated Apps is turned on, users in your organization can allow third-party apps to access their Office 365 information. For example, when someone uses a third-party app, that app might ask for permission to access their calendar and to edit files that are in a OneDrive folder.
Turning Integrated Apps on or off
Here's how to turn Integrated Apps on or off.
In the admin center, go to the Settings > Services & add-ins page, and then select Integrated apps.
On the Integrated Apps page, select the option to turn Integrated Apps on or off.
More info on Integrated Apps
An integrated app can be created from within your own organization, or it can come from another Office 365 organization or a third-party.
When Integrated Apps is turned on and an app is used, the app asks for permission to set the level of access it needs when it accesses the user's information. A user can give access only to apps they own that access their Office 365 information. They can't give an app access to any other user's information.
There are two kinds of permissions that are used when using Integrated Apps in Office 365: user permissions and admin permissions. For example, when your organization is enabled for Integrated Apps and a user uses a third-party app, the app might ask for the user's permission to read their user profile details, edit or delete their files, read items contained in site collections, and send email as that user.
If an admin registers an app for all users in an organization, he or she is asked for permission to let that app access information and resources in the organization. After this, when other users in the organization use that app, they won't be asked for permission. When an admin registers an app, that admin must make sure that they trust that app's publisher. For details on registering an app, see Adding, Updating and Removing an Application.
If Integrated Apps is turned off, apps that have already been installed and have permission to access information won't be uninstalled, and the permissions won't be removed. Even though Integrated Apps is turned off, admins can still register apps to make them available to their users and allow those apps access to the users' information. For details on removing a registered application and it's permissions, see Adding, Updating and Removing an Application.


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Apparently over-the-top (OTT) set-top boxes aren't exactly selling like hotcakes, and it may be the Smart TV that is to blame.
We recently came across an interesting Media Daily News article which acknowledges that the OTT set-top box platform is imperiled , but, despite its apparent obsolescence, is still plenty important to TV advertisers and channel providers.
Though it would seem that gaming consoles and TVs with built-in Smart functionality will soon render set-tops superfluous, advertisers and providers are no less determined to collect accurate data on their usage. It seems that these interests are essentially agnostic as far as delivery method is concerned, and anything that can provide more ad space, or create more ad revenue, is something they want to explore.
For now, penetration of new media devices is dominated by gaming consoles (56 percent) and even Smart TVs (22 perecent) which have set-tops (11 percent) doubled in this department. Still, with the difficulties that networks and advertisers have had with respect to measuring Internet-based television content, set-top boxes like the Roku, Apple TV and Boxee Box fit nicely into the kitchen-sink approach that the industry is looking employ. "Both the buy and sell sides have the expectation, and rightly so, that all devices on which tuning occurs — not just traditional television sets — be measured and ultimately used as ratings currency," Patricia Liguori, ABC TV's senior vice president of research, told Media Daily News.
Reports like this are less interesting for what they say about the future of Smart platforms, and more so for what they say about technology's ability to out-pace those who profit from it. Though set-tops have a relatively minor market-share right now, networks and advertisers alike are content to throw everything at the wall and see what sticks. That reality stands in stark contrast to that of the past few decades, in which they've had a reliable, set-it-and-forget-it formula for measuring viewership. It's fascinating to see experts in a field suddenly thrust back to the drawing board.
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Cemetery Hoppin'Friday, December 29th, 2006
As the year 2006 fades into oblivion, I though I would share some of my cemetery hoppin' tips with you all. Afterall, this is the blog of a "bonecollector"…muhahahahahahaha.
As for some Cemetery Hoppin' advice:
1. Wear long pants and comfortable shoes.
2. Bring along some weed and/or brush clearing tools…just in case the cemetery has been left neglected and the stones are obscured or hard to get to.
3. Bring shaving cream (yes, you read that right), a spray bottle of water, paper towels, and a squeegee. Some stones have eroded over time and are very difficult to read. Simply spray shaving cream over the info on the stone and then squeegee it off. The shaving cream will settle into the inscription and make it legible. I know it sounds nuts but it works and it will not damage the stone. Once you've gotten your info, simply spray the stone with water and wipe it off with the paper towels.
4. Take photos of EVERY stone in the cemetery. You never know what you may uncover. I highly recommend digital pictures as they can be downloaded straight to your computer. Hint: If you intend to hop more than one cemetery in a single outing, write the cemetery name and location on a piece of paper and take a photo of that piece of paper at the beginning of each cemetery. This will help to differentiate between cemeteries once you get home and forget which stones were in which cemetery…oh, and you will forget…trust me!
5. Last, but not least, be prepared to have fun and solve a mystery or two!


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Contiki tours are for the 18-35 age group only
Let the good times roll as you go deep into some of Peru's ultimate spots on this 8 day adventure. Get your culture fix at Machu Picchu, with its unbeatable views & ancient Inca history. Head to the mighty Amazon before feeling an adrenalin rush in Cusco, with rafting & mountain biking at the ready. Try fishing for piranha, spotting Amazonian Caiman & sleeping at a luscious lodge in the rainforest. You can choose to either trek the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, or take it easy and go by train.
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All tours are priced in British Pounds (GBP)
Day 1 : Lima
A new day, a new country – let's do this! Steeped in Spanish colonialism yet buzzing with modern metro vibes, Lima is sure to ignite your love for Peru. Spend your morning marvelling at lavishly decorated churches and an underground tunnel cemetery overflowing with bones or catacombs, then hit the Barranco district this afternoon to get a feel for its bohemian ambiance. A stroll over the Bridge of Sighs is also a must. And of course no trip to Lima is complete without devouring at least one portion of ceviche – it's a pretty massive deal in the city. Round off the day watching the sun set over the Pacific, most likely with a pisco sour in hand…
Accommodation : Hotel Arawi Miraflores Express (or similar)
Day 2 : Lima to Jungle Lodge via Puerto Maldonado
We'll catch a flight the city of Puerto Maldonado in Peru's southern jungle. We'll have lunch on the river as we travel upstream by a traditional Peruvian boat to our Contiki Special Stay Rainforest Lodge in the mighty Amazon jungle, where we'll try to spot toucans, macaws and capybaras along the way.A quick tour of the city will reveal colourful fruit stalls, open air markets, and locals going about their day. But now we're back underway and we just want to get to the jungle.Our lodge is a special experience in itself! Located in then luscious rainforest and made from wood and clay, its open walls leave you sleeping virtually amongst the rainforest! After you settle in, we'll get a different take on the jungle as we take a hike to the canopy tower. After climbing the 100ft of stairs you will be provided with a birds-eye view of the rainforest! Home to monkeys, birds, bromeliads and other jungle life, this is the ultimate way to see the jungle. After dinner you can experience something really different, heading out to look for caiman, a member of the alligator family native to the Amazon. Scan the shores with flashlights and see if you can catch the red gleam of the light as it reflects off of the caiman's eyes.
Accommodation : Sandoval Lake Lodge (or similar)
Day 3 : Jungle Lodge
With another day at the jungle lodge, keep your eyes peeled for a wildlife like the giant otter,monkeys, tropical birds, bromeliads and other jungle life, this is the ultimate way to see the jungle.
Day 4 : Jungle Lodge to Cusco
Wave goodbye to your jungle home as we're off back to the capital of Peru!Spend today exploring the beautiful city of Cusco - wander the main plaza, visit the Tread Right support weaving centre or feed your sweet tooth with a visit to the chocolate museum. Then get into Cusco's amazing nightlife & join our Illary (Sunrise) Club!
Accommodation : Hotel Tupac Yupanqui (or similar)
Day 5 : Cusco to Sacred Valley
Heading out of Cusco and bound for the Sacred Valley on our private coach, this is where our journey into the ruins and mystique of this land truly begins. But first, llamas. An iconic symbol of Peru, we'll be stopping off at a llama farm to show some love to these furry favourites up close, and we're talking the whole humpback family – llamas, vicuna and alpacas. #llamaselfie achieved, we'll then stop off to witness the ancient Incan art of weaving in practise by a group of talented local artisans. Throughout the journey, play close attention to your surrounds – there's the chance to spot the Incan farming technique of terracing, as well as the 'salineras' (salt mines). Want to know what the Peruvians do for fun? You'll get the chance to play the traditional game of "Sapo", and exactly what that entails we'll leave to the imagination… Our explorations of the Sacred Valley will begin with a guided tour of the Pisac and Ollantaytambo ruins. Our Local Guide will give you the d-l on both, visiting the circular terraced Pisac ruins first which date back to the 1400's. Moving on to Ollantaytambo, base camp for those taking the trek tomorrow, we'll appease dry mouths with some homemade Chica de Jora brew. This tiny town may be small in geographical terms, but what it lacks in size it makes up for in attitude, with artisan shops and cafes spilling out onto streets, and the roaring Urubamba river providing the perfect natural background noise. For those embarking on the Inca trail tomorrow this is your final chance to stock up on last minute essentials (socks, socks and more socks). For all others, spend your time soaking in the vibes, hanging with other travellers and just getting a feel for this iconic little town.
Accommodation : Sol Natura Hotel Ollantaytambo (or similar)
Day 6 : Sacred Valley to Aguas Calientes or Inca Trail Trek
For those embarking on our epic 1 day trek, we'll catch the train to KM104 and the start of a day to remember. With just 3.5 hours on foot and 6-kilometres to cover, the enchanting site that awaits us will make it all worthwhile. Descending into the site we'll take in Wayana Picchu 'Little peak' – the iconic peak you'll have seen in every picture ever – marvelling at the incredible handiwork of the ancient Incas. Satisfaction levels at an all-time high and with a big ol' smile on your tired face, we'll head back to Aguas Calientes and a squishy hotel bed you couldn't be more deserving of. For those not embarking on the Inca Trail,the morning is yours to enjoythe surrounding lush mountains of Aguas Calientes.Can you feel the excitement mounting? Yep – those are pretty much the feels when Machu Picchu is quite literally on the horizon. This afternoon we'll hop on the train to Aguas Calientes, a cute town in its own right complete with roaring river, quaint bridges and local haunts, but most famously known as the gateway town to Machu Picchu. We'll meet up with those who opted for the one day trek, and basically spend the evening hyping each other up for what's to come tomorrow.
Accommodation : Hotel Hatun Samay (or similar)
Day 7 : Machu Picchu to Cusco
Excitement levels at an all-time high, the day we've all been waiting for is finally here – it's Machu Picchu time! Built around 1450 at the height of the Incan Empire, Machu Picchu is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the seven wonders of the new world. We'll be treated to a guided tour of the site taking in such wonders as the Temple of the Three Windows and Wayana Picchu (the peak you'll of seen in every Machu Picchu image ever), and of course you'll have some alone time to explore the area as only you can do. This is one big old tick off the life goals list, so enjoy every single second of it.Back on the train we'll de-brief on our once-in-a-lifetime experience as we head back to Cusco. Last time round was all about getting acquainted with the city, so now you've got you're bearings you can really get lost amongst the market stalls and cobbled streets, maybe even going truly local by trying out a serving of cuy.
Day 8 : Depart Cusco
It's time to say adios to your travel buddies as your trips ends after breakfast. Craving more? Why not jump on our Bolivian Magic trip?
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Fast Food: McDonald's Chicken McBites
Would you like fries (or onion rings or chicken tenders) with that?
Chicken McNuggets used to be my favorite food. I still like them, but not as much as I did in my early 20s, when I would ask potential roommates, dates, and employers if they liked McNuggets. Back then I was so convinced of the McNugget's perfection that I figured I could accurately gauge a person's decency based on where they stood on the matter.
I've since realized that the world is full of perfectly lovely people who don't care for them, but I still think "Do you like Chicken McNuggets?" is a fair indicator of whether a person likes fast food at all. I am engaged to be married to a woman who does not like Chicken McNuggets, but she also doesn't like Whoppers or Wendy's chili and therefore has nothing relevant to say on the topic. I remain convinced that anyone who respects and appreciates fast food should like Chicken McNuggets.
But for all my appreciation for my favorite fast food chicken, I don't have a lot of experience with McDonald's other chicken options, most of which were developed after I'd already found my platonic ideal of a hand-held condiment vessel. I settled on the McNugget early on and saw no reason to stray, so I was a bit behind on the current state of McBird affairs when I noticed a sign for a popcorn chicken option they're calling McBites.
McDonald's currently lists 23 distinct chicken items on their website (18 when you discount the why-bother salads offered to people who like iceberg lettuce and self-deception). In addition to the classic Nuggets and Original Chicken Sandwich, you can now get your chicken grilled, crisped, chipotled, ranched, and wrapped in many more combinations that you'd ever dare dream.
This chicken surplus made me a bit skeptical as to whether there was really any need for a new product. I suspected that McBites would just be small, faux-irregularly shaped McNuggets, which would delight my lunch-eating sensibilities but disappoint my journalistic ones.
As soon as I opened the container—a thoughtfully engineered contraption that pops open to form a sort of highchair for the dipping sauce of your choice—I realized these weren't simply mangled mini-McNuggets. The exterior is a darker-colored, heavier breading not at all like the lighter, weirder McNugget batter. McBites look very similar to KFC's Chicken Poppers, whereas McNuggets don't look similar to anything.
McBites have clearly descended from McDonald's Chicken Select Strips (though they're a shade darker), which I've rarely bothered with due to the aforementioned McNugget fetish. The interior of a McBite looks like whatever mush they cram into the McNugget jacket. It has very little chicken character, lacking even the broth-injected taste I remember from McNuggets, but it hardly matters, because the exterior is so intense.
McBites are more reminiscent of real fried chicken, with a heavily salted and peppered crust that makes an afterthought of the little bit of white meat inside. The exterior has a great texture—crunchy, but not painfully or suspiciously so, as can be the case with other industrially designed foods—and a pretty good taste, but it overpowers the bland white meat to the point where you're effectively eating fried-fried rather than fried chicken.
And I have no problem with that on the face of it, if the fried is up to the task. But though McBites start out strong, after the first glorious fistful my mouth went numb. They're way too over-seasoned. There's a great deal of black pepper and even more salt. After about a third of the way through the 17-chunk, $1.99 "snack size," I was ready to drink the Tangy BarBeQue sauce.
McBites, like everything else in the universe, are nothing like McNuggets, but they're good enough to earn their menu spot despite being tough to eat unsauced and slightly inferior to the more delicate KFC Poppers.
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Sunday Church
10am at 23 Wellington Street Bunbury WA. Come early, grab a cuppa and introduce yourself to others. Our worship style is contemporary, and we hope you feel right at home with us.
Sunday Prayer
A brief prayer time is held each Sunday morning in the Quiet Room off the main auditorium and most Sunday evenings from 5 – 6pm in the Meeting Room. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Our Senior Elder is Tim Wheeldon. Tim is the first point of contact of our church to the general community.
Contact Tim on 0412 456 768 or go to our Contact Us page for more...
Kids & Youth
We offer a teaching time for children during the Sunday morning sermon time during the school terms. Children from Kindy – Year 6 meet in the Children's Room.
About Us
Bunbury Vineyard Christian Fellowship began in 1999 as a plant from the Australind Vineyard Church. The plant originally met at the Bunbury Lighthouse Beach Resort, before moving to the Lyric Theatre for around 18 months and then to our Clifton Street location for 16 years. In August 2017 we moved to our current location in Wellington Street.
Sunday Church
We meet from 10am every Sunday for a time of worship, teaching and encouragement, starting with coffee and conversation in the café before moving into the auditorium for our Sunday service. We take Communion on the first Sunday of each month. Our worship style is contemporary, and we hope you feel right at home with us. The Sunday sermons are uploaded onto our website each week. Please stay for another coffee following the service. We trust you feel very welcome. We also provide a gold coin breakfast for those who are finding life a little difficult at the moment. This starts around 8.30 and consists of eggs and toast, cereals and tea / coffee. Please note that this for people who are not in a position to provide for themselves at the moment.
Childrens' Programme
We offer a teaching time for children during the Sunday morning sermon time during the school terms. Children from Kindy – Year 6 meet in the Children's Room. Parents need to sign their children in and out of the programme.
We have a Quiet Room off the main auditorium for parents of children from 0 – 2 years to use as required. A baby change facility is provided in the Parenting Room/Disabled Access toilet.
Youth Programme
Our Youth Programme for high schoolers includes fortnightly Friday night get-togethers from 7 – 9pm, along with the occasional additional event on some weekends. On Sunday mornings during the teaching, this group meets in the Meeting Room.
Mums and Bubs Group:
Our mums and bubs group meet fortnightly on Tuesdays from 9.30 – 11.30am in varying homes around Bunbury.
Connect Groups
We are strongly committed to encouraging everyone to join a Connect Group because we believe they are so very important to the life of everyone in the church. There are a variety of groups in operation and we are always keen to grow some more! Approach any of the Elders if you would like to join a group or find out more detail.
Mens' and Womens' Ministries
Our men and women are encouraged to initiate activities/events as they feel lead.
A brief prayer time is held each Sunday morning in the Quiet Room off the main auditorium and most Sunday evenings from 5 – 6pm in the Meeting Room (check with one of the Elders). All are welcome to join in.
Music and Worship
A group with a heart for worship, each contributing their abilities to grow our team together. Our rostered musicians and singers practise together early on a Sunday morning.
Our sound and audio-visual team are a vital part of our ministry team. Training is provided for those who have an interest in this area and are prepared to commit to regular involvement.
Let's Eat!
We enjoy a shared lunch together after our service on the second Sunday of the month. Please join us – it's a good time to meet new people and to catch up with others.
Community Involvement/Mission
Our Kids Church supports a Compassion child and we are also part of a TEAR Australia initiative in Asia.
Through TEAR Australia we partner with PNKS, a Cambodian Christian community development agency. For more info visit: https://www.tear.org.au We sub-lease our venue on Saturday afternoons to RCCGO, a Philipino church who conduct their services in Tagalog.
Locally, we try to support families and/or groups in need as the opportunities arise.
We support the local Street Chaplaincy ministry in partnership with other local churches in our community. A number of our fellowship are actively involved with the program (see Tim Wheeldon or Alison Paull for more details).
We supply breakfast to anyone in need each Sunday morning from the café area from 8.30 – 9.30am.
Our Values
Partner with the Holy Spirit
Experience & worship God
Reconcile people with God and all creation
Worshiping & experiencing God goes far beyond singing. In every moment of our lives, we seek to live in the presence of the Lord. At the same time, corporate singing is a precious part of what it means for us to be the people of the kingdom.
Pursue culturally relevant mission in the world
Engage in compassionate ministry
Church Leadership:
We operate as a TEAM lead church – headed up by our Senior Elder, Tim Wheeldon. Tim is the first point of contact of our church to the general community on 0412 456 768. This team includes all the elders and leaders listed below. All are available for contact if you have concerns or needs. The photo board in the foyer will help you identify the various team members and their areas of leadership.
Our Elders meet weekly to pray and plan for the spiritual needs and direction of our church.
Leadership Team:
Our leadership team meets monthly to work through the many issues involved in the nitty gritty of keeping our many activities supported and functioning.
Tim & Judy Wheeldon
Senior Elders
Jane Olsen
Alison & Grahame Paull
Daryl & Linda Nettleton
Ric Turner
IT, Multi Media & Treasurer
Carol Turner
Youth Leader, Venue Hire, Housekeeping
Boudewijn (Beau) Kaan
Building Maintenance
Graeme Johnston
Building Maintenance
Kat Rosair
Mums & Bubs Group Leader
Kristen Rogers
Mums & Bubs Group Leader
Please note that because the sermon files are quite large they may take up to twenty seconds to begin playing on phones and ipads
- Sermons
- 01.http://bunburyvineyard.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20_02_23-Noel-Barnes-Hope.mp320_02_23 Noel Barnes Hope33:04s110audio/mpeg80
- 02.http://bunburyvineyard.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20_02_16-Tim-Wheeldon-Living-as-people-of-hope-for-the-world.mp320_02_16 Tim Wheeldon Living as people of hope for the world32:16s109audio/mpeg80
- 03.http://bunburyvineyard.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20_02_09-Tim-Wheeldon-Why-Worship.mp320_02_09 Tim Wheeldon Why Worship43:24s108audio/mpeg80
- 04.http://bunburyvineyard.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20_02_02-Trevor-Wolfe-Two-Types-of-Fear.mp320_02_02 Trevor Wolfe Two Types of Fear27:46s107audio/mpeg80
- 05.http://bunburyvineyard.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20_01_26-Jane-Olsen-Genesis-the-Meaning-Doesnt-Change.mp320_01_26 Jane Olsen Genesis the Meaning Doesn't Change36:20s106audio/mpeg80
- 06.http://bunburyvineyard.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20_01_12-Darryl-Nettleton-We-are-privileged.mp320_01_12 Darryl Nettleton We are privileged28:32s105audio/mpeg80
- 07.http://bunburyvineyard.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20_01_05-Tim-Wheeldon-This-Vineyard-Thing.mp320_01_05 Tim Wheeldon This Vineyard Thing39:02s104audio/mpeg80
- 08.http://bunburyvineyard.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019_12_29-Group-2019-Reflection.mp32019_12_29 Group 2019 Reflection31:34s103audio/mpeg80
- 09.http://bunburyvineyard.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019_12_25-Tim-Wheeldon-Peace-Love-Hope-and-Joy.mp32019_12_25 Tim Wheeldon Peace Love Hope and Joy21:57s102audio/mpeg80
- 10.http://bunburyvineyard.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019_12_08-Trevor-Wolfe-Jesus-Name-above-all-names.mp32019_12_08 Trevor Wolfe Jesus Name above all names29:54s99audio/mpeg80
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Category: Management Plans
Published: February 2008
Pages: 64
Author(s): Allen Pleus, Larry LeClair, Jesse Schultz and Gretchen Lambert
The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) is charged by the state legislature to prevent the introduction or spread of prohibited and unlisted aquatic animal or plant species1. This effort supports priority WDFW fish and wildlife, public, funding, competence and science goals (Appendix A). The WDFW Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Unit is tasked with implementation of these regulations and other legislative directives.
The Tunicate Management Plan (TMP) has been developed in response to a widespread agreement among the ad hoc Tunicate Response Advisory Committee (TRAC) that invasive non-native tunicates pose a substantial threat to Washington's environmental, economic, and social health. Based on this recognition, the governor authorized $250,000 in emergency and supplemental funding for 2006 and 2007. Funding for the 2007-09 biennium, for which this TMP is directed, comes from the governor's budget of $500,000 to the Puget Sound Partnership. WDFW has contracted $300,000 of this funding to lead state management efforts in assessing the ongoing risks and implementing strategies for controlling or eradicating already established populations.
TRAC is was originally established by the Puget Sound Action Team and is made up of representatives from state and federal agencies, tribal governments, environmental groups, and affected industry stakeholders (Appendix B). The TMP is built on an adaptive management structure and a collaborative approach to addressing invasive species. The TMP is one of many WDFW management plans developed, or in development, by the ANS Unit as part of its overall strategic plan (Appendix C). The basis of all ANS management plans is six unit goals including:
1) Prevent the introduction of new ANS;
2) Control, contain, or eradicate established ANS populations;
3) Predict and detect new or recurring ANS;
4) Coordinate / collaborate in state, regional, national, and international ANS processes;
5) Promote public education and volunteer opportunities; and
6) Promote biodiversity and restoration.
The TMP is structured with this chapter describing the problem being faced and the current status of invasive tunicates in state waters. The second chapter provides the best available science regarding the target species and tools for preventing introductions and managing known populations. The third chapter lays out the 2007-09 priority objectives and tasks under each unit sub-goal. The rest of the chapters provide information on the department's management infrastructure. The TMP is considered an adaptive document where knowledge gained will be incorporated back into the plan and utilized as best available science and management tools. A new TMP is produced biennially unless new information requires earlier revisions.
Suggested citation
Pleus et al, 2008
Pleus, A., L. LeClair, J. Schultz, and G. Lambert. 2008. 2007-09 Tunicate Management Plan. Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. Aquatic Invasive Species Unit. In coordination with the Tunicate Response Advisory Committee. February.


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Hi Everyone
This is just a quick post to say hello and to thank everyone who has kept my mom in their thoughts and prayers. She is doing quite well and they expect her to be released from the rehab unit sometime next week. I know there is still a lot of work involved and hopefully we can get her back to where she was before her hip broke.
On a happy note, because we had to cancel our mini-vacation to visit our son in Arizona, he and his family are coming here! Yeah, I still get to see my grandchildren and have all my family together again!
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|February 6, 2013
|12:20 - 2:00 pm
|Rogers Engineering & Computer Science Building Room 106
|Dr. Charles E. Tinney
Assistant Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
University of Texas at Austin
"Cumulative nonlinear distortion of acoustic waves produced by high-speed jet flows"
In supersonic jets, an extended line of distributed sources act in compliance to generate and propagate noise in a complex manner to an observer far away from the jet. Nonlinear distortion of the acoustic waveform is often considered a prerequisite to understanding this propagation process. This is driven by one's capture of 'shock-type' structures or so called 'N-wave' type signatures in the pressure waveform, which are generally attributed to nonlinear wave steepening. Likewise, imperfect collapse of the spectra between an observer signal and a prediction, formed from a linear rescaling of the closer signal (using 1/r2 dependence), is also believed to be caused by nonlinear distortion. Unfortunately, these observations are most often made using measurements acquired in a range-restricted environment where changes to the waveform, due to cumulative nonlinear distortion, are too small to be accurately quantified, and/or without prior knowledge of the sound propagation path. The current work aims to fill this gap by exploring the acoustic field produced by an unheated, perfectly expanded, Mach 3 jet in a laboratory-scale environment. This talk focuses on a time-averaged approach to understanding the degree of non-linearity in the acoustic waveform at several far-field observer positions. Various "off-the-shelf" indicators are explored including a new model for predicting the presence (or lack there of) of cumulative non-linear waveform distortions in the signal.
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Add some AI and more recursion and watch it turn into a quantum blackhole or melt your Pi.First it compiles itself using the existing compiler on the machine.
Then it does it all again using the new freshly built compiler.
This 1) tests the newly built compiler, and 2) ensures the new compiler is as fast as possible because it is built with the latest code generation.
Wonder who will write the first and last self-improving compiler?