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Listen Live: Bonner Springs vs. Pratt, Class 4A state tournament, 4:45 p.m. Wed.
March 7, 2012
On Wednesday morning the Bonner Springs girls basketball team will embark, accompanied by a police and fire escort out of the school lot, on its first trip to the Class 4A state tournament.
Listen to a live audio broadcast of the No. 3 Braves (22-1) compete against No. 6 Pratt (18-4) at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday in the stream above. A report of the game will follow later on Wednesday on bonnersprings.com.
Meanwhile, read about how the Braves got here in this recap from Saturday's sub-state title victory against Tonganoxie, and view a photo gallery from the game.
And be sure to use #BonnerSports to tweet your thoughts on the game, and to find the latest updates.
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Here's what I made for the candle mat swap, along with three others that I made, and the lovely one I received from Sharon.
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The origins of spirituals remain obscure, but this musical genre dates back to the beginnings of African-American sacred folk traditions. From 1788, when the First African Church in Savannah, Georgia, became the earliest independent African-American congregation in the country, worship services incorporated the spirituals. In addition to singing traditional Protestant hymns, African-American churches embraced this other form of song, described by slaves as "spiritual himes" to distinguish them from the Biblical songs of the European tradition. Spirituals originated as singers added new words to existing melodies, often varying the lyrics with each performance. Syncopated handclapping and foot stamping served as the usual accompaniments in a time when laws in the deep South prohibited slaves from "keeping drums, horns or other loud instruments which [might] call together or give sign or notice to one another."
A yearning for freedom and hope for redemption informed the text of spirituals. For example, in "Go Down, Moses," a slave compared his plight with that of the ancient Hebrews, enslaved by the Pharoah in Egypt. Likewise, abolitionist Frederick Douglass said that hearing the words of "Run to Jesus" inspired him to escape from slavery.
Plate of "Ring-Shout in the Cabin." Found in: Parrish, Lydia. Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands. New York: Creative Age Press, 1942. Plate 22.
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In the Georgia Sea Islands, rural isolation preserved African-American folk practices into the twentieth century. Nowhere was the dramatic clash between African and European ideas of worship more evident than in reactions to one of the earliest documented practices: the ring shout. The shout combines shuffling circular motion with song, repeated for up to five hours, and culminating in a state of ecstasy. Ignorant of its roots in African sacred tradition, most whites disapproved of the practice, and some African-American nineteenth-century clergy even tried to ban it as "heathenish."
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Seward, Theodore F., ed. Jubilee Songs: Complete. As Sung by the Jubilee Singers, of Fisk University, (Nashville, Tenn.) under the Auspices of the American Missionary Association. New York: Published by Biglow & Main, 1872.
Marsh, J. B. T. The Story of the Jubilee Singers. Boston: Houghton, Osgood, 1880.
In 1871, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, used the school's last forty dollars on a concert tour which they hoped would ward off bankruptcy for the five-year-old school. During the next eight years, the group of nine singers, seven of them former slaves, raised $150,000-enough to save the university and erect its Jubilee Hall, the South's first permanent structure for the education of black students. The success of the Jubilee Singers derived mainly from the public's fascination with spirituals, the first authentic African-American music which most whites had ever heard.
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Commitment : 5k Plans!
Lordy! Just when I wanted to get back on a roll with blogging, that nasty-ass winter ick tried to beat me down. I spent two hours in the ER this morning around 3am :( Apparently my eardrum hadn't bursted … until now. WOW, worst pain in my life. It really scared me because I couldn't hear very well outside of that ear and I was almost nauseous. Anyway, two hours, one bottle of stronger antibiotics and one bottle of Vicodin later … I'm a pretty happy camper ;)
Last time I mentioned my fitness goal for this summer : to run five 5k races! For those of you who haven't been around since the beginning of this little blog of mine, I ran my first 5k a couple of years back. (Sweet video of me crying in that post, FYI. lol)
It was such a life changing experience. Going from the mindset of "I'm too fat to run, EVER" to meeting my goal of running a 5k in under 45minutes really gave me an enormous boost of self-confidence and pride in myself. A lot has happened since then: graduating, moving, getting pregnant, etc. I've gone back to my pre-runner weight, and honestly, a little of that pre-runner mindset. I'm so looking forward to starting the momentum again!
So here I go! I've got my five 5ks picked out. If you live around these races (I'm talking to YOU Ivy, Dessie, Sarah!) you should probably run them with me :)
#1 : "Ronald Runs" 5k | May 8th | Iowa City : This will be a great opening 5k for me. The proceeds benefit the Ronald McDonald House (yay kids!) and the race is casual and fun. It winds through the hospital area in Iowa City and a beautiful golf course. Kids, pets, strollers, walkers, everyone is welcome! I would love to bust out the jogging stroller for this one and take The Little One with me! Even Foxy Fiance says he'll come along!
#2: "Dam to Dam" 5k | June 4th | Des Moines : The Dam to Dam holds a special place in my heart. This was my 1st and only 5k, so I really want to beat my previous record (42 minutes) here. This is an enormous event in Des Moines – making it the largest 1/2 Marathon in the entire nation! The 5k has over two thousand participants. It's usually hot and fast – winding through downtown and ending along the river.
#3: "Midnight Madness" 5k | July 9th | Ames : My old stomping grounds! I went to college in Ames, and was always envious of the runners in this city. Ames is kind of known for their unique races to get the college kids involved. This race is at night! It starts around 10pm (with several race lengths) and ends at Bandshell park with all the pasta you can eat! There's lots of people and a band usually plays as well. It's basically one big midnight party :)
#4: "Willowwind Fun Run" 5k | August 6th | Iowa City : I hope to make this my fundraising race. Willowwind is an amazing private school in Iowa City. They put an enormous amount of time, money, and effort into establishing school that focuses on the arts. Iowa has had many public grade schools have to cut out their art/music programs entirely. This fun run is to help raise money and awareness to keep this school running and providing it's students with an amazing education. In a perfect world, my Little One would go to this school. Tuition is pretty crazy, so I'm not sure that will be possible. If I can't help with tuition, I certainly can run a few miles for a good cause!
#5: "Seawall to Seawall" 5k | September 3rd | Clear Lake : I'm most excited for this race, because I'll be running it with my brother's girlfriend, Ivy, and my step-mom Deb. Which means they can't back out – now that you've all read this ;) It takes place at Clear Lake, a community in northern Iowa. It's beautiful, quaint, and always a good relaxing time. I love that their name echo's "Dam to Dam," but more lake-verbage. :D September sounds like a great time to run a race, weather-wise. Also, I'll be getting married one month later! What better way to blow off some steam and get away for the weekend.
What do you think? Sounds like a good variety, right? Even if I have to walk part or all of these races, I still want to complete them with pride. Remember my theme this year? Determination. I'm making big goals, and doing everything I can to complete them! I plan to start up the Couch to 5k plan, which I did back with my 1st 5k. Once this sickness is over, it's just me, my nike plus system, and the open road :D
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How do you pay the bills? What are your day jobs?
We pay our bills with online checking. The day jobs vary from having none to working in bars, hospitals and owning a business.
What's the biggest crowd you've ever played for?
Arapahoe Basin Ski Resort, last Memorial Day weekend. We set up at the ticket counter platform, had it cranked up, and all the people in line riding the chairlift and coming down the hill had a soundtrack to their day.
Favorite places to play?
Red Rocks, Quixote's, Gothic, Bluebird, Cricket on the Hill and the Goat (Summit County).
Why music?
It's only rock and roll, but we like it, like it, yes we do!
If not music, what else?
Lovin' life and hanging with the band family, since we are all good friends.
What band names were left on the cutting-room floor in favor of your current one?
Crembone, Grapeway, Chin Music.
Funniest/strangest gig story -- local?
After our set at Red Rocks, hanging out in the famous tunnel checking out all of the signatures of people who have played there. It was strange to be able to put our band and names there, too.
Funniest/weirdest gig story -- on tour?
Last winter, leaving Denver for some mountain gigs. We were heading to the Goat in Keystone. The weather was horrendous. We had chains on the bus. Everyone was inside with all of our stuff, and we blew out a tire. We met Destiny that night. She was actually a six-year-old blind girl who was born on Halloween. She was the daughter of the tow-truck guy. We rode in the cab of the tow truck with her singing "You Don't Have to Call Me Darlin,'" by David Allan Coe. Then we were jamming out with Nine Inch Nails. At first she was psyched because she thought we were magicians, not musicians. She got over it.
Worst gig?
A Camel Cigarette event held at the Church in Denver. We hate it when people don't have their shit together. It is even more disappointing when there is a huge budget and everyone's talking a big game, and then nobody gets their part done. No advertising. Lame party. People running around all stressed out. Not fun.
What do you love about the local scene?
That radio is finally seeing that there is a market for music that people like. Including bands from this area. All bands are local somewhere. 99.5/The Mountain. 1610 AM KCUV. Also that there is every kind of music represented in Denver from a wide array of bands.
What bugs you about the local scene?
That people have a hard time paying a $5 cover because they spend all of their money on a $63 -- and up -- ticket for some Clear Channel show. All of the service fees from Ticketmaster are way more money than what bands are charging at the door to their favorite bar.
What's the biggest misconception about your band/act?
That we are a Grateful Dead cover band. During our shows, we play 90 percent original music, and when we do play a cover, we try to pick out some good old random tunes.
Any random facts we should know?
We have the best sound guy in town: Richard Korte. Dave also has two and a half balls.
Avalanche or Broncos?
Go Avs, Go Stars -- kind of the Yin and Yang. With so many people in the band from different towns, the smack talk around sports is crazy. We try to stick to music.
Parting shot/final comments?
It is all about the love.
And you are...?
Dave Cieri of Dave Cieri and the Arms & Legs Quartet (now known as General Populace).
How long has your act been together?
One year.
Recent recordings of note?
We're working on a new disc as we speak.
How do you pay the bills? What are your day jobs?
All of us, right now, are just playing in the band or teaching.
What's the biggest crowd you've ever played for?
Probably 500 people at the Fox Theatre, opening for Stanley Jordan.
Favorite places to play?
Dulcinea's 100th Monkey and the Fox Theatre.
Why music?
I never knew anything else. It's a different language used to express and study the world that we live in. English falls short many times, and this is a way of digging deeper. I've never had a choice. I've enjoyed it from the beginning -- even though I don't really remember the beginning. It's serious fun; that's probably the easiest answer.
If not music, what else?
I don't know. I'm going back to school to study history, so I'm interested in that. But I'll always love music, whether I make money at it or not.
Funniest/strangest gig story -- local?
They're all pretty strange.
Funniest/weirdest gig story -- on tour?
With this band, we haven't really been on tour at all.
Worst gig?
We played up in Vail once for a political event. That group up there tends to be pretty apathetic.


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Lincoln-Way H.S. art students draw attention
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Kayla Wolfe holds her award-winning photo at Lincoln-Way North in Frankfort,. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
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Three Lincoln-Way High School art students have joined the ranks of Andy Warhol, Richard Avedon and Truman Capote.
All have won gold or silver medals at the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition — the largest and most prestigious art contest available to students. The national contest, which drew more than 230,000 entries this year, singled out Lincoln-Way North freshman Justas Varpucanskis, Lincoln-Way North sophomore Kayla Wolfe and Lincoln-Way West senior Will Baker.
Justas won a silver medal for his oil painting, "Lamentations of an Angel." Kayla won a gold medal for her digital photograph, "Fierce," and Will also won a gold medal for his pastel drawing entitled, "Childhood Beast."
According to the website www.artandwriting.org, the contest is open to teens in grades seven through 12 in 28 categories of art and writing as they compete for the chance to earn scholarships and have their works exhibited or published. Judges look for works that best exemplify originality, technical skill and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.
This is the 90th year for the competition, which begins at the regional level. Those earning gold at the regional contest — held locally at Downers Grove North High School — advance to the national competition.
Lincoln-Way students enter the contest every year, but "rarely" have a national winner, Phil Labriola, art director at East and North High Schools said. And, it's the first time a photograph won, which is a growing — and "extremely competitive" field, he said.
Kayla — who aspires to be a fashion photographer and has her own darkroom at her Mokena home — entered the contest for the first time this year. She modestly said the photo "just happened" one day when she and her friend Heather Sedivy decided to take some photos on a hill behind her house. She photographed Heather in a bright green outfit, with her Canon Rebel T3i, standing next to the dirt hill, tossing rocks into the air.
It was a photo she did not intend for her instructor to see.
"When I saw it on the computer, I knew it was at a higher level than what I would normally see. This is something I would see in a magazine," Labriola said, adding that he had to convince Kayla to submit the photo in the contest. "When you look at her photographs, she has a very creative eye. She may say it's all a mistake, but she's very modest."
The sophomore, who will graduate early in 2014, hopes to go to New York University with a goal of making the cover of Vogue Magazine, she said.
Similarly, Justas' artwork is not typical of a high school student, Labriola said.
"His work is just amazing in terms of technical skill," he said.
His painting has a Renaissance quality to it, a style not often seen in high school. Justas, who has been taking art classes since age 5, likes to study the "old masters," like Bougeaureau and Titian.
"For art, the best place to learn is from the past," he said. He was excited about winning and created this piece specifically for this competition.
"It's great that there will be more recognition for this kind of art. I hope people will have more respect for the old masters," Justas said.
This contest is not his first. Two years ago, in seventh grade, he won a national art contest sponsored by Google.
He plans to study art in Europe, hopes to become an art teacher and make some money off his art work.
For Will, "Childhood Beast" is the first piece he really concentrated on, estimating that he spent 50 hours on this chalk pastel drawing of an animal combination — the head of a Harpies Eagle, a grizzly bear body with ram's horns.
"When I found out I had won, it helped me to decide that I want to continue working in an artistic field," he said. He plans to attend Northern Illinois University to major in either visual communications, photography, illustration, or art education.
"I feel a lot of people don't appreciate art. I felt I was not very good when I took Art Fundamentals, but I kept trying. It's like anything you do — if you want to do it well, you have to keep trying. More students should try art, and keep trying to develop a talent," Will said.
"We are all so proud of Will," said Paul Faris, art director at Lincoln-Way Central and West.
As gold medal winners, Will and Kayla will travel to the awards ceremony on May 31, which will be webcast from Carnegie Hall at 6 p.m. Eastern Time. Their art work will be displayed in various exhibits over the next two years.
Kayla and Justas will be among 49 student artists from Lincoln-Way North and East High Schools who will have their work on display at the Frankfort Public Library now through April 18.


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Texas A&M-Kingsville to host bomb threat drill Feb. 21
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The emergency management team (EMT) at Texas A&M University-Kingsville will be partnering with the Sixth Civil Support Team of the Texas Military Forces Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 20-21, when they conduct a Bomb Threat Drill on campus. Members of both teams and representatives from several area law enforcement and fire agencies will spend all day Wednesday conducting a table top exercise going over reaction to several different scenarios.
Those practices will be put into use during Thursday's event as the teams will re-enact the drill in real time at various facilities around campus. Community members should not be alarmed as vehicles from the Sixth Civil Support Team as well as several first responders will be on and around the campus.
"All universities are required to conduct a drill of this type," Dr. Terisa Riley, senior vice president of fiscal and student affairs and chair of the EMT. "It will give our emergency management team and the entire campus community a good opportunity to put our Emergency Management Plan to the test.
"It will be a lot of hard work, but we are looking forward to whatever scenario they throw our way because I know our team will come through with high marks," she said.
Following the drill, the emergency management team will conduct an after action review to determine strengths and weaknesses.
Tentative members outside the university who will participate include Kingsville Police Department, Task Force and Fire Department; Kleberg County Sheriff's Department and Office of Emergency Management; United States Border Patrol; and Texas Department of Public Safety.
For more information, call 361-593-3612.
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Australian Government response to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade report:
Inquiry into Australia's trade and investment relations with Asia, the Pacific and Latin America
December 2012
Recommendation 1
Work towards the admission of India to membership of APEC as soon as possible.
Australia supports India's membership of APEC and will consider the manner in which we might support India in gaining membership.
The Government notes that while the moratorium on new APEC members expired in 2010, APEC economies have not yet agreed to re-open the issue. A number of economies have expressed interest in joining APEC. The admission of any new member would require consensus amongst all APEC economies.
Recommendation 2
That Australia continues to strongly support the work in APEC on the identification and elimination of choke points in regional supply chains and the development of modern and efficient communications networks.
Australia has taken a lead role in this work in APEC through the development of APEC's supply-chain connectivity work program. At its November 2010 Summit, APEC Leaders endorsed eight Supply-chain Action Plans to improve logistics in the APEC region. APEC Leaders also set a 10 per cent improvement target for the performance of regional supply-chains by 2015, taking into account each economy's circumstances. A mid-term assessment of progress toward this goal is due in 2013.
Australia worked closely with other APEC economies, particularly Singapore, Japan and the United States, to identify chokepoints to the smooth flow of goods, services and business travellers throughout the region.
The Supply-chain Action Plans aim to:
- make logistics regulations more transparent;
- address inadequate logistics infrastructure;
- provide capacity-building for logistics sub-providers;
- improve goods clearance at the border;
- reduce burdensome customs procedures;
- build capacity in multi-modal transport networks;
- address variations in cross-border communications standards; and
- improve regional cross-border customs transit arrangements.
Australia is leading work on the Action Plans dealing with inadequate logistics infrastructure and variations in cross-border communications standards. Australia is working on three projects relating to logistics: a review of best practice in logistics associations in APEC economies; development of standards for safe use of heavy road vehicles; and a proposal to address deficiencies in information infrastructure linking major seaports. In pursuing work under these Action Plans, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade works closely with the Department of Infrastructure and Transport and the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, and other government agencies.
As lead economy for the Action Plans on cross-border communications standards, Australia has coordinated work programs to improve means for maintaining the resilience of submarine telecommunications cables and, through cyber security initiatives, promoted a trusted and safe online environment.
Recommendation 3
That Australia continues to set an example to other APEC member economies by: (i) maintaining its momentum towards trade liberalisation; and (ii) encouraging the APEC membership to push strongly for a positive and forward-looking outcome in the Doha Round.
The Government is working actively to ensure that Australia remains a model economy in APEC by continuing its trade liberalisation program.
In 2011 the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Trade Policy Review concluded that Australia has one of the most open economies in the world, and a trade policy framework characterised by an unusually high degree of transparency. Unilateral reductions in tariffs have reduced the average applied "most favoured nation" tariff rate to 3.1 per cent, from 3.8 per cent in 2006; further unilateral reductions will continue through to 2015.
Australia remains strongly committed to trade liberalisation – negotiation of improved access for Australian exporters to overseas markets to generate prosperity – as well as ongoing domestic reform. The Government's domestic reform agenda (skills enhancement, better infrastructure, taxation reform, a seamless national economy and innovation) will help ensure that Australian exporters are internationally competitive and can take advantage of the opportunities offered by trade liberalisation.
Australia has a strong record in encouraging the APEC membership to push strongly for a positive and forward-looking outcome in multilateral trade liberalisation negotiations. At the Vladivostok APEC Summit in September 2012, APEC Leaders called for fresh thinking to explore new and credible approaches to the WTO Doha Round negotiations. Australian efforts helped secure this approach, which included the possibility of advancing parts of the Doha agenda, such as trade facilitation, based on consensus. APEC Leaders also reaffirmed their pledge against protectionism, through a standstill on trade barriers through to 2015.
Trade Facilitation
Recommendation 4
That the Australian Government commit itself to a concerted effort to lift Australia into the top 20 countries in the World Bank's list of economies having the easiest trade access.
The Government agrees with the Committee's recommendation that it is important to do more to improve and enhance Australia's trade access through trade facilitation measures.
Promoting trade facilitation through a commitment to a regulatory environment that minimises barriers to business is a priority for the Government.
The Government is delivering an effective border protection regime for the Australian community by regulating and facilitating legitimate trade. The strategies undertaken to achieve this goal include:
- minimising the regulatory burden at the border so that goods are delivered in the most efficient and cost-effective way;
- co-designing Australian trade, industry and border protection policies with strategic partners in a way that minimises the impact on legitimate trade;
- intelligence-led risk-based interventions at the border to detect and prevent the import or export of prohibited items;
- the effective delivery of industry assistance through advance rulings on classification, valuation and origin and tariff concession arrangements;
- encouraging Australia's trading partners to minimise regulatory burden at the border through capacity building activities and bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations; and
- implementing and managing Australia's international commitments under free trade agreements, the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, and WTO agreements.
In APEC, Australia is a strong supporter of work to improve trade facilitation. APEC economies were able to achieve reductions in trade transaction costs (by five per cent between 2002 and 2006 and a further five per cent by 2010) through a range of initiatives targeting movement of goods, alignment of standards, business mobility and electronic commerce. The World Bank estimates that APEC-driven improvements in customs procedures, regulatory cooperation, logistics and infrastructure delivered US$58.7 billion in savings for business between 2007 and 2010.
Australia continues to lead work on trade facilitation in APEC economies including through supporting the Services Trade Access Requirements (STAR) Database and APEC's supply chain connectivity agenda. The STAR database is a business-friendly, on-line tool to help services providers from all APEC economies take advantage of new export opportunities by increasing their awareness of the regulatory requirements to trade and invest.
In the WTO, Australia is pushing strongly for an agreement on trade facilitation. Potentially 44 per cent of the benefits of the Doha Round are estimated to emanate from a trade facilitation agreement. The trade facilitation negotiations would lead to more modern, efficient customs clearance procedures and better cooperation between the customs authorities of WTO Members. This would markedly reduce the time it takes for goods to be processed and cleared, resulting in real reductions in the costs of trading.
Recommendation 5
That Australia work towards the complete introduction of paperless trading as soon as possible and that it encourage and, where necessary, assist its trading partners to achieve the same outcome.
The Australian Government commenced work in 2005 to examine the feasibility of introducing an agreed international trade data standard supported by information technology systems, including a single window that would enable linking of trade data across government and industry to facilitate data re-use and pre-population.
Work continued through the International Trade Cluster of the Standard Business Reporting (SBR) initiative, led by Treasury in 2007. A Business Case concluded that the Integrated Cargo System (ICS), implemented in 2005 and operated by Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, already provided a single window for the bulk of international trade-related reporting to Australian Government for import and export cargo.
t the border the ICS facilitates paperless clearance for 99.5 per cent of imports and 99.7 per cent of exports transactions. For a small proportion of transactions, border agencies request the presentation and sighting of trade documents to complete risk assessment. In some instances, exporters and importers may present trade documents electronically to border agencies. Ongoing work on paperless interaction includes advanced testing of the feasibility to electronically submit declarations in the postal environment and for household personal effects, which are currently paper based transactions. The aim is that electronic solutions would constitute 100 per cent of postal declarations and around 68 per cent of personal effects consignments.
Other initiatives are currently being investigated across Government to improve the range of electronically accessible trade documents, including permits, which would then further facilitate electronic clearance.
Drawing on the experience and lessons-learned in developing and implementing the ICS as the Australian national single window paperless trading capability, Australian Government agencies are active participants in bilateral discussions and international forums. Such opportunities both leverage and assist Australia's efforts for success in paperless trading and facilitate timely dissemination and adoption of "best practice outcomes" by Australia and its trading partners.
Recommendation 6
That Australia should strongly encourage the complete acceptance of the APEC Business Travel Card by the remaining members of APEC; and also explore the possibility of establishing a similar arrangement with other trading partners, e.g. non-APEC economies in Latin America, the EU and India.
The Government agrees that Australia should be encouraging the acceptance of the APEC Business Travel Card by the remaining members of APEC.
Through the APEC Business Mobility Group, Australia and other APEC economies have strongly encouraged the small number of APEC economies that have yet to finalise arrangements to transition to full membership of the APEC Business Travel Card scheme.
The Government continues to explore facilitative visa arrangements with Australia's trading partners in APEC and other regions, including with India, and with countries in Latin America and in the European Union.
Recommendation 7
That Australia should take a leading role in working towards the improvement of supply-chain processes in APEC and in encouraging other trading partners to undertake a similar program.
Australia is playing a leading role in improving supply chain processes in APEC.
The Department of Infrastructure and Transport (DIT) is undertaking an AusAID-funded project to enable Indonesia, Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Vietnam to develop their own industry-based logistics associations in partnership between industry and government. Australia, Singapore and Thailand are providing expert advice to the project. The project seeks to enhance information flows and coordination among government agencies on policies affecting the logistics sector. It will develop a National Logistics Association (NLA) generic template and deliver a compendium of NLA best practices and benefits.
This project has been a catalyst for PNG to establish its first National Logistics Association (PNG-LA). The Australian Logistics Council is assisting PNG develop sound governance and reporting arrangements. The PNG-LA will act as a single voice for PNG's supply chain industry needs in interacting with relevant PNG authorities on key logistics issues.
In addition, DIT has played a leading role in developing a methodology for measuring progress towards the goal agreed by APEC leaders of achieving 10 per cent improvement of supply-chain performance in terms of reduction of time, cost and uncertainty by 2015.
Recommendation 8
That, in view of the benefits arising from the Export Market Development Grants Scheme, it should continue indefinitely and be fully funded to provide certainty for exporters seeking to widen their overseas market focus.
The Government has extended the Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) Scheme to the 2015-16 grant year and is committed to working with industry to maximise the benefit of the EMDG Scheme within the total funding that is available.
In the Mid-year Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2012-13, the Government announced it would retarget the Export Market Development Grants program towards emerging and frontier markets, with a focus on Asian markets. This measure complements the recent review of Austrade, which recommended that Austrade's export promotion work be undertaken in the world's emerging and frontier markets as this is where Australian businesses can benefit most from government support.
Latin America
Recommendation 9
The Sub-Committee considers that the introduction of electronic visa applications would be an excellent, and inexpensive, way to assist in improving trade and investment relations with the countries of Latin America. It would have valuable spin-off benefits for the tourism industry and would also facilitate business travel to Australia.
The Government agrees, and believes that the introduction of electronic visa applications would be an inexpensive way to assist in improving trade and investment relations with the countries of Latin America.
or foreign nationals intending to visit Australia for business or other reasons, including for citizens from countries in Latin America, the Government, through the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, has increased the number of visa categories accessible through electronic lodgement in recent years. In particular, the Government has extended electronic lodgement to client groups who have demonstrated compliance with visa conditions.
On 15 February 2012 Argentine and Brazilian nationals became eligible to apply online for a Tourist visa (Subclass 676), known as "e676". Chilean nationals became eligible to access the e676 service on 20 September 2011.
In 2013-14, the Government intends to progressively roll out online visitor visa applications to citizens of all countries.
Recommendation 10
The Sub-Committee recommends that the Government review the processing of applications by skilled migrants and, where appropriate, seek ways to fast track the recognition of their skills.
The Government continues to review processes to achieve the most responsive processing times possible to enable employers to meet their skilled employment needs. In May 2011 the Government committed A$10 million over four years to fund a new processing centre with the aim of reducing the median processing time of Temporary Business (Long Stay) visas (Subclass 457) to 10 days for "decision-ready" applications.
Australia has a transparent and accountable system for processing applications for recognition of the skills of migrants to Australia. There is a national system of legally authorised organisations for nominated skilled occupations that process applications by individuals for recognition of qualifications for skills gained overseas. These assessing bodies are legally independent, professional organisations, and in general terms the Government has no statutory role in their assessment processes. DIAC continues to work with the various third parties involved in assessing aspects of visa applications (including skills assessments) to ensure that these processes are as transparent and responsive as possible.
Recommendation 11
The Sub-Committee also recommends that urgent attention be given to achieving mutual recognition of university qualification between Australia and the countries of Latin America. This would assist the efforts of Australia's universities to attract post-graduate students, who might otherwise go to American or British universities. It would also assist tourism through attracting the relatives and friends of such students to visit Australia.
The Government notes the desirability of achieving mutual recognition of university qualifications. To this end, Australia has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) on mutual recognition of qualifications with Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru.
Australia is a signatory to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Lisbon Recognition Convention and as such has in place policies and procedures for transparent, timely and defensible recognition of foreign qualifications, including those from Latin America.
In 2011 there were 2,042 students from countries in Latin America enrolled in post graduate degrees at Australian universities. This represented an increase of 2.5 per cent on the 2010 post graduate enrolments from Latin America.
In 2011 there were 31,450 student enrolments from Latin American countries. Of these, 12.4 per cent were in the higher education sector, 31 per cent were in the vocational, education and training (VET) sector and 53.7 per cent were in the English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students (ELICOS) sector. By country of origin, the top four student enrolments were from Brazil (15,266 enrolments or 48.4 per cent), Colombia (8,923 or 28.3 per cent), Peru (1,985 or 6.3 per cent) and Chile (1,974 or 6.3 per cent).
Australia established the Australian Education International-National Office for Overseas Skills Recognition (AEI-NOOSR) as its National Information Centre after signing the UNESCO Lisbon Recognition Convention in 2002. The National Information Centre promotes international student and labour market mobility through qualifications recognition, including qualifications gained by individuals from accredited educational and training institutions in Latin America. The National Information Centre is an easily accessible information resource that responds to inquiries about recognition overseas of Australian degrees and provides advice on authorised processes in Australia that assess qualifications gained by individuals in institutions in other countries.
In Australia, admission to professional practice may require registration at the national or state and territory level, or membership of the relevant professional body. Recognition of professional qualifications for the purposes of admission to practice, including qualifications gained overseas, is carried out by professional bodies which assess individuals and their qualifications against the relevant professional standards. Admission to professional occupations in Australia requires a specialised academic higher education qualification at degree level and, in some cases, relevant experience. In Australia, national, state and territory authorities regulate a number of professional occupations, relying on professional standards developed in conjunction with the relevant professional bodies. Professional bodies responsible for recognition processes often accredit higher education programs in the relevant disciplines and maintain close relationships with higher education institutions.
Australian professional bodies can and do establish their own mutual recognition agreements with their overseas counterparts.
AEI-NOOSR has a supportive relationship with higher education institutions and professional bodies. The National Information Centre provides broad information support services about the comparability of overseas qualifications in Australia, including through Country Education Profiles (CEP) Online, an easily accessible information resource designed as a general recognition guideline. CEP Online describes the education systems of overseas countries and provides assessment guidelines on the comparability of many overseas qualifications to Australian qualifications on the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF). In Australia, foreign qualifications are compared to qualifications on the AQF (www.aqf.edu.au).
The CEP guidelines provide information on qualifications in 13 countries in Latin America. For countries that are not included in CEP Online, AEI-NOOSR provides information on the recognition of overseas qualifications to institutions and individuals.
Recommendation 12
Allied to the previous recommendation, the Sub-Committee recommends the adoption of a "working holiday" scheme for visitors from Latin America. At present, visitors from 27 countries can access such arrangements, but of the Latin American countries only Chile is included in that list.
The Government agrees that adding more Latin American countries to the "working holiday" scheme would be of benefit to Australia and concluded a review of the Working Holiday Maker program in 2010. Based on the review's conclusions, the Government initiated a work program of negotiations with several countries for new reciprocal Work and Holiday (Subclass 462) visa arrangements. The Government may add other countries to the negotiations schedule in the future, subject to wider bilateral considerations and Australian economic and labour market conditions.
Foreign Governments may register interest in Australia's reciprocal Work and Holiday (Subclass 462) visa arrangements through contact with the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship, or through contact with an Australian embassy, high commission or consulate overseas.
Australia and Argentina implemented new reciprocal Work and Holiday visa (Subclass 462) arrangements in February 2012. Australia and Mexico commenced negotiations in late 2010 for a capped Work and Holiday visa arrangement. Australia responded to Mexico's queries on proposed legislative limitations, and negotiations on a draft text are progressing well. Australia is currently in the final stages of negotiations with Uruguay on a Work and Holiday Memorandum of Understanding, the new arrangements are expected to commence early 2013.
Recommendation 13
All of the Latin American Ambassadors indicated how much they appreciated visits by Ministers, particularly at the head of business delegations, and by Parliamentary representatives. The Sub-Committee recommends that increased priority be assigned to visits such as these to the countries of Latin America – in line with the Government's declared intention to engage more closely with Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Government sees value in increased visits to Latin America by Ministers and Parliamentary representatives.
In June 2012 Prime Minister Julia Gillard visited Mexico and Brazil. Prime Minister Gillard and Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff announced that the Australia-Brazil relationship would be elevated to the level of a strategic partnership.
In December 2011 Australia's then Minister for Foreign Affairs (Kevin Rudd) visited Mexico and El Salvador. He also visited Mexico in September 2011, and again in February 2012 for the G20 informal Foreign Ministers' Meeting.
In April 2012 Australia's Minister for Trade and Competitiveness, Dr Craig Emerson, visited Brazil, Chile and Colombia, with business delegations, for bilateral discussions, and attended the G20 Trade Ministers' Meeting in Mexico. Parliamentary Secretary Richard Marles visited Uruguay in December 2011 and Venezuela and the Caribbean in January- February 2012, and the Caribbean again in May and September 2012.
In January 2012 the Prime Minister's Special Envoy (for Latin America and the Caribbean) visited Mexico, Nicaragua and Guatemala. In May 2012 the Special Envoy visited the Dominican Republic, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.
At the Parliamentary level, Senate President Senator the Hon John Hogg has played a strong role supporting Australia-Latin America relations. He hosts two functions annually for the Latin American Ambassadors and parliamentary colleagues. In 2009, he visited Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Mexico. In 2011, he visited Peru.
The Government will continue to identify opportunities for Australian Ministerial and Parliamentary visits to countries in Latin America.
Recommendation 14
That COAG make improved cooperation between the Commonwealth and the States, and between the States themselves, a high priority – to achieve higher levels of efficiency in the transport and logistics supply chains, provision of infrastructure, and trade facilitation.
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) seeks to improve cooperation between the Commonwealth and the States and Territories to respond to the challenges facing Australia. One of the strategic themes agreed by COAG in early 2011 to focus its agenda is a national economy that is driven by our competitive advantages. Under this theme COAG is pursuing a number of microeconomic reforms; regulatory and competition reforms; infrastructure investment; and the use of new digital technologies to drive productivity.
In September 2011 COAG established the Standing Council on Transport and Infrastructure (SCOTI). Members of SCOTI are Commonwealth, State, Territory and New Zealand Ministers with responsibility for transport and infrastructure issues, and a representative, at Councillor level, of the Australian Local Government Association. The Council pursues and monitors issues of national significance which require sustained, collaborative effort in the areas of transport, logistics and infrastructure. An example of this is the recent completion of the National Land Freight Strategy.
The Pacific
Recommendation 15
The Sub-Committee expressed its satisfaction that AusAID has given some emphasis to gender issues in negotiations with the Pacific Islands Forum countries. It proposes that these issues should continue to be advanced by DFAT and AusAID as a priority.
The Government continues to advance gender issues and gender equality in Forum Island countries. In September 2011, Prime Minister Julia Gillard appointed Australia's first Global Ambassador for Women and Girls. The Ambassador works to support Australia's objective to empower women and girls around the world.
Australia has offered assistance to Forum Island countries for country specific research on the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus. While Australia does not determine the scope of these reports, gender is one issue that Forum Island countries may address. Gender awareness is also integrated into Australian funded trade training for Pacific Island trade officials.
In addition, the Prime Minister announced a new $320 million, 10 year commitment to expand Australia's support to empower women and promote gender equality across the Pacific. Announced at the 2012 Pacific Islands Forum, this initiative aims to increase:
- the number of women in leadership and decision making roles at national and local levels by training and mentoring current female MPs and candidates;
- economic opportunities for women through improving access to financial services and produce markets; and
- safety for women through improved services, violence prevention and access to justice.
This work will be supported by efforts to:
- change social attitudes about roles and status;
- increase advocacy for women's equality; and
- improve health and education outcomes for women and girls.
This builds on support Australia currently provides for gender equality in the Pacific. It includes efforts to improve access to finance, reduce barriers to women's participation in business, leadership training and efforts to eliminate violence against women.


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Faking Gift Cards Is Easy, Says Weezie –Cagle
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Step one: Purchase an HP Indigo 7000 or an MGI JETcard press. Step two: Buy some gift cards as templates. Step three: Make your own ersatz gift cards and spend them all over town...just not where you live. Gotta be smart about it.
Well, SOMEONE thought this was a good idea, as police in Augusta, GA, are on the lookout for a criminal who made off with thousands of dollars in jewelry from a mall in that city—ill-gotten booty procured not with a gun or knife, but courtesy of phony Visa gift cards. The WJBF ABC affiliate reported that police are on the hunt for a known suspect, whose name we won't use since he has not been charged with a crime (or captured) as of press time.
However, we will tell you that Weezie, as the man is known (whew, we thought George Jefferson's wife was in trouble for a minute), is also wanted in Boston, Philadelphia and Dallas. Sounds like Weezie needs to start a West Coast crime spree.
Police believe that Weezie is somehow printing the cards himself. HP, MGI and other vendors who offer plastic card printing technologies might want to cross-reference their client lists for anyone named Weezie.
"It's scary that it can be done this easily," Kevin Keegan, the manager of Harris Jewelry in the Augusta Mall, told WJBF. "Of course, with the economy the way it is, people are doing what they can to make money."
It's nice to know that the counterfeiting community has graduated to the next level. As technology becomes more sophisticated, so do the thieves.
B-A-A-A-A-D NEWS: Speaking of technology, an old tradition is going by the wayside, much to the relief of sheep everywhere. The University of Notre Dame announced it was no longer printing diplomas on sheepskin, ending a practice as old as educational degrees themselves.
The school's newspaper, The Observer, reported that the printing vendor who provided sheepskin diplomas to the university had decided to halt the practice, which involved lead type. With order volumes dwindling and the safety concern that accompanied the process, Notre Dame's provider decided to ax the offering.
The school had offered both sheepskin and paper diplomas to its graduates for more than 100 years, with sheepskin availability playing a role from time to time, The Observer noted. Also, in recent years, more students had requested paper diplomas.
An official in Notre Dame's registrar's office noted that, as a substrate, sheepskin is susceptible to fading, shrinking and wrinkling. He said the office gets calls each year for reprints of sheepskin diplomas that had been damaged by the sun.
The Observer said the school will invest in software and high- quality printers to prepare the diplomas. The paper diplomas will be in full force in time for January 2012 graduations.
Back in the day, paper was difficult to produce, so an alternative was necessary. One has to wonder how many possibilities were pondered during the hunt for paper substitutes. Incidentally, I'd be interested in finding out the name of the person who first looked upon a sheep and said, "You know, that beast's hide would be perfect for parchment printing."
DUTCH TREAT: One European government is being seen as a trendsetter for the elimination of mass paper usage. Upon returning from summer recess, members of the Holland Senate were given Apple iPads, complete with a new Senate app designed for their new devices.
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The price for the devices and the app creation came in around US$201,000, but the elimination of printing and courier costs in the first year will offset most of that amount. While we're not fans of eliminating paper usage, governments do tend to waste a ton of paper that invariably takes up filing cabinet space. And, if it does end up saving taxpayers money, then it can't be a bad thing. PI
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The Circuit Judge of Part 1 presides over civil jury and nonjury cases.
Puckett estimates that at least 75 percent of his time is devoted to domestic relations cases within the district. He served as presiding judge of the 10th Judicial District for two terms and was instrumental in bringing the Tennessee Supreme Court's Scales Project to the District in 2002.
He serves on the Pattern Jury Instructions (Civil) and Domestic Relations Committees of the Tennessee Judicial Conference. In addition to his trial court experience where he has tried more than 100 jury trials to verdict, Puckett has twice served on Special Supreme Court Worker's Compensation Appeals Panels at the request of Chief Justice Gary Wade and Justice Sharon Lee. He has written three appellate opinions.
The judge is a lifelong resident of East Tennessee with more than 17 years of experience as a trial attorney in courts of the 10th Judicial District. He is now in his 17th year of service as district judge.
Prior to being elected judge in 1998, he served briefly as an assistant district attorney for the 10th Judicial District. In December 1997, after completing a merit review by the State's Judicial Selection Commission, he was nominated by the commission and was appointed by Republican Gov. Don Sundquist to complete the term of the late Judge Earle G. Murphy.
He is seeking re-election to a third eight-year term which will begin Sept. 1, 2014.
Puckett was born May 7, 1951, in Bristol, Va. He is a 1973 graduate of Bryan College where he received his bachelor of arts in history. In 1979, he received his doctor of jurisprudence degree from Cecil C. Humphrey's School of Law of the University of Memphis.
He has served on the board of trustees of Bryan College since 1987, and is a past president of the College Alumni Association and of the Cleveland Jaycees. He has been involved in numerous youth sports activities in Bradley County and has served as executive director of the Cleveland Express Track Club. He is also a past president of the Cleveland Middle School PTO.
Puckett is a charter member of the Col. Benjamin Cleveland Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution and served as chaplain of the chapter for four years.
He attends Broad Street United Methodist Church. His wife, Patty Puckett, teaches English at Cleveland High School and college dual enrollment in conjunction with Lee University.
The Pucketts have three children, Andy, who works at Dell Computers in Nashville; Anna Carden, a nurse practitioner working in Cleveland; and Elizabeth Kubba, who is employed by Bradley County Schools, and a 5-month-old grandchild, Anna Love Carden.


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As it does every Christmas season, Planned Parenthood e-mails its supporters a Christmas card titled, "Choice on Earth." This year it has an accompanying video on "Moments that inspired us in 2007." One of the highlights of the year is the opening of a new clinic in Aurora, Illinois. Catholic League president Bill Donohue ripped into this today: "Planned... [Read more...]
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What to Expect During an Upper GI X-ray
This examination is usually performed on an outpatient basis and is often scheduled in the morning to reduce your fasting time.
A radiology technician and a radiology assitant will guide you through the upper GI series.
As you drink the liquid barium, which resembles a light-colored milkshake, the radiologist will watch the barium pass through yor digestive tract on a fluoroscope, a device that projects radiographic images in a movie-like sequence onto a monitor.
The exam table will be positioned at different angles and your abdomen may be compressed to help spread the barium. Once the upper GI tract is adequately coated with the barium, still X-rays will be taken and stored for further review.
You will be asked to hold very still and may be asked to keep from breathing for a few seconds while the X-ray picture is taken to reduce the possibility of a blurred image.
For a double-contrast upper GI series, you will swallow baking-soda crystals that create gas in the stomach while additional X-rays are taken.
When the examination is complete, you will be asked to wait until the radiologist determines that all the necessary images have been obtained.
Time Consideration
This exam is usually completed within 20 minutes.
Other Factors
You may find the thick consistency of the barium unpleasant and difficult to swallow. The liquid barium has a chalky taste that may be masked somewhat by added flavors such as strawberry or chocolate.
Being tilted on the examination table and having pressure applied to the abdomen can be uncomfortable. The examination also can make you feel bloated.
If you receive gas-producing crystals, you may feel the need to belch. However, the radiologist or technician will tell you to try to hold the gas in (by swallowing your saliva if necessary) to enhance the detail in the X-ray images.
At Sky Ridge Medical Cener, the technologist can minimize your movement by automatically tilting the examining table. These actions ensure that the barium is coating all parts of the upper GI tract. As the procedure continues, the technologist or radiology assistant may ask you to drink more barium. You may hear the mechanical noises of the radiographic apparatus moving into place during the exam.
After the examination, you can resume a regular diet and take orally administered medications unless told otherwise by your doctor.
The barium may color your stools gray or white for 48 to 72 hours after the procedure. Sometimes the barium can cause temporary constipation, which is usually treated by an over-the-counter laxative. Drinking large quantities of fluids for several days following the test can also help. If you are unable to have a bowel movement or if your bowel habits undergo any significant changes following the exam, you should contact your doctor.
Limitations of an Upper GI X-ray
Mild irritation of the lining of the stomach or esophagus is difficult to detect, as well as ulcers smaller than 2 inch in diameter. The test will detect larger ulcers. It also can suggest the presence of underlying infection with the bacterium, Helicobacter pylori, the most common cause of ulcers; but additional noninvasive tests such as a blood test or breath test may be required to confirm this infection. Finally, biopsies of any abnormal areas cannot be performed with this test.


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First Burnout game, Pretty damn good
Lets get on to the gameplay since there is really no story at all...your basically just crashing into people and earning rep for your licence class to go up every time you win like 15 events or 30 or more.
So when it comes to the gameplay as Alex Navarro said and i will totally miss you definetly one of gamespots best ever, that once you start the game up and go oh yea this is cool.....it might take you like...just 45 minutes to reajust where your sitting or get a drink or some food or lie back and releax because....you really do get overwhelmed at these places that you go to and in some cases (which includes me) might just go extreamly slow at the start and then realise...oh yea youe supposed to be going like 180 miles an hour and just desotry everything that gets near you.
Which is probably the most fun of this game is just smashing into other cars or doing the most bizare crash that you could ever think of because that sheer satisfaction of watching some other care go flying to the side or hitting into the back of a bus is really REALLY satisfying, which also brings me to a part that i felt that this game really lacked at....for being a free world experienced game....there is sure as hell alot of trafic that really seems to get in your way when your in a race of doing marked back wether its going really fast or going through a intersection then all of a sudden the line that you were going down a truck appears infront of you and you just get extreamly frustrated.
WHICH then brings me to another fact of this game that cordinating the streets of the city with the compass or mini map really isnt that helpful at all because not only when your in a race do you have to look at the road and find short cuts to go through and look to see if your about to hit a car, but when your going really fast and you have to continuaslly keep looking back at the mini map to see where your going BAMM!! theres a wall or a car there that you hit because you have to keep switching back from looking at the mini map (which is also pretty small and diffcult to see) and also pay attention of whats infront of you which can get frustrating and just make you want to quit.
A really neat and interesting thing to do is when you do want to start a event you go to a set of street lights press down on two buttons and there your in a event, the only set back to this that if you fail that event and want to try it again you have to drive all the way back and retake which you shouldent do anyway because theirs probably many events already around you.
A great feature to this is the online play which holds up to 8 players simutanously which is really cool especially when you get into the later challenges and its a really easy quick way to actually do it you just press right on the D pad select a couple of options and it dosent matter where you are in the city and there you go...now you got a bunch of people around you killing you and doing weird stuff lol.
Alright enough about gameplay lets get into the graphics of this game (i will not get into the controls because thats simple and should be easy to figure out). When talking about graphics you look at both games for the diffrent platforms and to be honest the PS3 has a slighter edge on the Xbox 360 but other then that they both seem identical when it comes to the graphical style of gameplay both with beautiful crashes with parts flying off or the sun setting behind the background of Paradise City.
The sound (when it comes to hitting walls or engines reveing) is really fantastic you actually feel like your doing mean and terrible things when you hit another car or in vise versa when they hit your car and you go flying across the road, NOW when it comes to the sound track....its pretty terrible...Guns N' Roses did the main theme song which pops up everytime you start the game and is kinda annoying...then you just have weird songs in the game like Girlfreind from Avril Lavigne which is just like.....ok....stop...turn off done! and then you have this DJ that pops up everytime to give you hints that you should already know by now or comments you on how bad you suck when you lose a event and ya cant even turn him off....if its a radio im pretty sure you can turn it off.
So overall other then the stupid soundtrack the annoying Dj and the impossibly hard streets to naviage with cars pop up infront of you it really really is ALOT of fun to get into with your freind to complete all 360 i think of challenges online, and for newcomers i think you should just wait a bit and let everything releax and go to a freinds house and play it and see how it is because you might be overwhelmed like i was (i only rented the game)


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The Pagosa Duathlon is a RUN / BIKE race held annually in July in the pristine mountains of Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
SATURDAY, July 12th, 2014.
Mini-DU Kids Fun Race begins at 7:30am
Half and Full Duathlons starting at 8:15am.
Join us for a fun race day anyone can 'du'!.
Entrants can race a full or half Duathlon, or compete on a relay!
About the Duathlon
After 7 years, the ACVAP Duathlon is now a highly-anticipated summer event that has nearly tripled in size since it's inception!
Runners and bikers trek through beautiful Pagosa terrain, ending with prizes and awards. Spectators welcome too!
If you or your business would like to be a SPONSOR, call Carmen Hubbs at 970-264-9075
You too can enjoy a great morning out in our beautiful forests for a few hours… we need many volunteers to help out! It really is a fun time! We need helpers at the registration tables, race timers, aid stations & course marshals . Events start at 7:30am and end around noon so you still have the rest of your Saturday to enjoy. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated!
Contact Carmen Hubbs at ACVAP, 970-264-9075.
The Pagosa Duathlon is a run-bike race in three formats: the Full Duathlon is a 6 mile trail run/14 mile mountain bike ride; the Half-Duathlon is a 3 mile run/8 mile ride; the Mini-Du Kid's Fun Race is for our younger athletes and is a 1 mile run/2 mile ride.
The run is first. The bike portion of the duathlon takes place on a single-track forest service trail and gravel roads. A mountain bike is a must!
Race routes integrate beginner and intermediate levels of single-track trails, dirt and gravel roads. The venue of the San Juan National Forest could not be more perfect for athletes!
Relays are allowed – one person bikes and one person runs.
Please NO DOGS on the course!
Click here to view our FAQ sheet.
ACVAP Fundraiser
The Pagosa Duathlon is an annual event held to raise funds for the Archuleta County Victim Assistance Program (ACVAP) in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. All proceeds from the duathlon go towards supporting programs for assistance with child abuse, domestic violence, elder abuse, sexual assault and depression. Learn more about ACVAP services and support at www.ACVAP.org.
Duathlon News & Updates
2014 Registration NOW OPEN!
Registration for the 2014 Pagosa Duathlon is now available.
Click on the Registration Tab above and get ready to
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what the racers say
- ~ wide range of ability
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"what great open space, fun & energetic people, not too stressful at the start of the race, and good trails!"
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The Kyle Centre Mom and Babe drop-in is back with gusto! We are loving connecting with all of the new moms and babies in the Tri-Cities. If you are new to the area or have lived here for a while, this is a fantastic way for you to start building your mommy community. With many cutbacks and changes in our community the Kyle Centre Mom and Babe drop in was sadly cancelled a few months back… but now it has returned. CMommy.ca founder Meghan Simington has taken on this wonderful volunteer opportunity as a way to get information out to local moms.
The Wednesday Kyle Centre Mom and Babe group host a weekly speakers on a variety of subjects ranging from the YMCA Daycare Referral Services, Gymboree Play Tips, Breastfeeding, Toy Cleaning, and so much more. We have also pulled together a ton of resources that will be onsite for all of our local moms to look through and take home.
With all of these great resources, weekly speakers, the Kyle Centre also offers coffee, and snacks and a time to chat with other moms. Kyle Center is located at: 125 Kyle Street Port Moody, BC. Our meet-up runs from 1:15-2:45 for a $2.50 drop-in fee which can be paid at the front desk as you come in.
Be sure to sign up for our Newsletter when you join us to keep up-to-date on all of our events and speakers. Also please keep us posted on any subjects you are wanting to hear more about.
Can't make the drop-in but looking for answers? Email us your questions and we will get back to you ASAP with resources or a link to what you are looking for.
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