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A recent analysis released by Direct Line for Business revealed that there has been a decline in the number of construction apprenticeships.
This analysis is based during the year 2013/2014 compared to other years. Although the number of apprenticeships had increased over the last five years and stood at 434,630, only 30,370 were within the construction and trade sectors. That's only 7%.
The analysis also found that only two construction and trade focused apprenticeships was ranked within the top ten compared to 2006 where the percentage of construction focused apprenticeships stood at 12%. These apprenticeships also 'topped the table, with more than 20,000 apprenticeships undertaken in this field' in 2006.
The fall in apprenticeship uptake suggests an industry that doesn't currently excite young professionals. Bruce Boughton, People Development Manager at specialist housing provider Lovell shared his thoughts on these findings.
'I'm not surprised that the number of construction and skills apprenticeships has fallen in recent years. Clearly that's the impact of the recession, which affected the intake of people within the industry. Lovell was one of the companies that continued taking on apprentices all the way through the recession, which I think will help us grow as we come out of the recession,' Boughton said.
For a long time the construction industry has been viewed as a male dominated sector. Whenever you cast your eye on a building site there's a distinct lack of females on the front line. A Guardian article published in May 2015 revealed that women only make up 11% of the entire construction workforce, but even then the roles females were employed in were often behind a desk in design, management or secretarial roles.
These roles do play a hand in the running and functioning of the sector. But how refreshing would it be to see more women out on construction sites physically helping with a new housing development? I don't know about you, but assembling items, whether its furniture or an elaborate BBQ grill gives me an insane amount of pride.
More than that though, the construction sector is absolutely crucial to the UK economy. The infrastructure produced by this sector impacts our day to day lives. Our homes, roads, public spaces and sanitation rely heavily on good construction. There couldn't be a better time to pursue a career in this industry given the ever evolving technology and collaborative efforts that results in innovative projects.
A 2015 Briefing Paper titled Construction Industry: statistics and policy stated that the construction sector accounted for 6.5% of the total economy in 2014. This translated to a total of £103bn, which is indicative of how important this sector is to our society.
So why are we letting something like perception allow good talent to slip away? Apprenticeships are essential to building a passionate and capable work force and as we've said before, issues plaguing the industry need to be properly addressed and solutions implemented.
Encouraging an uptake is one battle; creating a diverse workforce is another. One this is evident though – it's going to take a lot of hard work.
'For reasons not just down to the construction industry, we find our industry not as attractive to women in particular as it is to men. We need to be more proactive in tackling that. Obviously having more roles in the first place and expanding an industry that is recruiting quite heavily provides a platform where we can be more diverse and we can attract women and also ethnic minorities into our industry,' Boughton explained.
Redefining the construction industry is the first step to changing perceptions. Showing children and prospective workers the achievements of women within the industry is an excellent way to inspire females into the industry. The Women in Construction Awards does just this by honouring women within the industry and celebrating their achievements. If we don't make a big deal about these milestones then how are we suppose to inspire the next generation?
In the meantime though, Boughton is hopeful that there will be a change in the tide.
'Apprenticeships have played a very important part in bringing new and particularly young people into the construction industry and I think that has to continue. I think the number of apprentices within construction will bounce back, we've already seen that. I would expect the number of apprentices that Lovell employ will double over the next five years or so and I wouldn't be surprised across the industry overall that we'll see numbers increasing quite rapidly.'
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"The Circle of Sisters" by President Boyd K. Packer
"Are We Not All Beggars?" by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
"Fun to Do"- Children's Songbook pg. 253
"I Am a Child of God"- Children's Songbook pg. 2 or this Children's Choir
"A Happy Family"- Children's Songbook pg. 198
"Here We Are Together"- Children's Songbook pg. 261
"Because God Loves Me"- Children's Songbook pg. 234
"The Family"- Children's Songbook pg. 194
"When We're Helping"- Children's Songbook pg. 198
"Families Can Be Together Forever"- Children's Songbook pg. 188 or watch this music video
The Primary 1 Lesson 24 handout packet includes:
- One I love my brothers and sisters coloring page
- One happy/frown page- Fold the paper in half and put a popsicle stick in the middle. When you ask the questions in the lesson, your students can vote with this stick instead. You can even color them before or after.
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A lot of these ideas are going to be similar to last week's.
Joseph Smith's Operation- Figures to color and use to tell the story of his operation
Hidden Picture- Some kids do well with these, others don't. They can be lots of fun though.
I Can Help My Family Be Happy- Draw of put a happy face pictures on each of the scenes that shows happy families.
I Can Live with My Father in Heaven Again- Make this house strip that goes with the song, "I Am a Child of God."
I Have a Family Here on Earth- Draw a picture of your family then make it into a wind stock
Origami Heart Envelopes- Make some ahead of time to fill up with sweet surprises (stickers, little pictures) to give out to their families
Strengthening My Family- Make these into a paper chain, straw necklace, or glue them all over paper.
My Family- Learn the signs for words relating to family
My Family- Make scene with these figures then talk about something you can do for each person to show them that you care
May Your Homes Be Filled with Love and Courtesy- Bright Idea poster
Happy Family- File folder game from Green Jell-O with Carrot or use this Families Can Be Together Forever file folder game
Family Bingo- Play this Family Bingo game from Green Jell-O with Carrot
Coloring Pages
Moses Becomes a Prophet (includes a picture of baby Moses)
Faith, Prayer, Repentance, and Forgiveness Strengthen Me and My Family
Family Members Have Important Responsibilities
Heavenly Father Planned for Me to Come to a Family
I Am a Child of God, and He Has a Plan for Me
My Family and I Can Serve Others
My Family Can Follow Jesus Christ in Faith
Temple Blessings Unite Families
I Am My Heavenly Father's Child (color the pictures to go with the song)


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Got this for my fireman husband who spends his 24 hour shifts in a very small and depressing dorm-type room. Nothing was on the walls. (So much for de-stressing after a call!) This has been a pleasant escape for my husband who loves nature and the great outdoors. The captain on the next shift has also commented on how much he likes it. (He likes the hunting potential of the picture, I guess!) The third captain probably hasn't noticed that there is a picture up! ha The "wrap-around frame" is pretty cool and stylish.
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George Kent
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Professor Kent is co-convener of the Commission on International Human Rights of the International Peace Research Association, and he has worked as a consultant with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Children's Fund, and several civil society organizations. He is part of the Working Group on Nutrition, Ethics, and Human Rights of the United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition.
His most recent book is Global Obligations for the Right to Food (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008).
Focus: Agriculture, Development, Ethics, Health, Human Rights, Poverty, United States, Americas, Global, Oceania
Link: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~kent/
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- Global Strategies for Child Nutrition (Commentary)
Selected Publications:The Political Economy of Hunger: The Silent Holocaust (New York: Praeger, 1984)
Fish, Food, and Hunger: The Potential of Fisheries for Alleviating Malnutrition (Boulder, Colorado: Westview, 1987)
The Politics of Children's Survival (New York: Praeger, 1991)
Children in the International Political Economy (New York: Macmillan/St. Martin's, 1995)
Freedom from Want: The Human Right to Adequate Food (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2005)
Global Obligations for the Right to Food (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)
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Lloyds Banking Group has made a huge loss on its stake in the Virgin Racing Formula One team, according to the latest accounts of its parent company, Manor HoldCo.
The team – part-owned by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group – was driven to a £35.3m pre-tax loss in the 14 months to 31 December 2010 following a disastrous £17.6m investment in a computer-aided car design system. Unlike other F1 teams, its car was designed using just computer simulations, rather than being tested in a wind tunnel, and this strategy hasn't paid off.
Virgin Racing has failed to score a point since its first race and finished last in the standings in both 2010 and 2011.
Manor HoldCo's accounts were four months overdue and were lodged at the end of November just days after Companies House threatened to prosecute directors for failing to file.
They include Darryl Eales, the chief executive of Lloyds' private equity division, Lloyds Development Capital, and Andrei Cheglakov, an investor in the Russian sports car manufacturer Marussia.
The accounts paint a grim picture of the team's finances. Its turnover, mainly derived from sponsorship and prize money, came to £30.1m – about a fifth of the revenue of a top team such as McLaren. Costs totalled £63m, with the biggest single expense believed to be paying WR Technology, a company owned by the team's former technical director, Nick Wirth, for the computer simulation. Virgin fired Mr Wirth in June and the accounts state that "it is the intention of the group to move towards in house research and development projects in the future."
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Memphis and Temple jumped into The Associated Press college football poll for the first time this season, joining Houston to give the American Athletic Conference three ranked teams for the first time in the history of the three-year old league.
Ohio State remained No. 1 in the AP Top 25 released Sunday. For the second straight week, six teams received first-place votes in the media poll, led by the Buckeyes with 28. No. 2 Baylor has 12, No. 3 Utah received 16, No. 4 TCU got three and No. 5 LSU and No. 6 Clemson each have one.
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Not many things come for free in China. Living here the last 5 years I actually cant think of anything besides smog, dust, noise and commercial text messages.
So the fantastic view over the SIP and JinJiHu from the hotelbar on the 55 floor is really the exception to the rule.
Luckiely none of the Lonely Planet guys was here yet so you can enjoy it all by yourselve. Only a few hotel guests might get lost and end up here. Even most of the locals dont know this spot, a real secret hidden treasure.
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... stopped working during the night) to be serviced. Bill had arrived and all appeared to have been sorted. Returning to the traffic. It really is amazing! They drive on left hand side of the road and, like the USA, a right-hand turn I'd permitted on a red light if it is safe to do so. The safety aspect doesn't seem to come into the equation as we watch and our drivers negotiate round cars and bikes that seem to turn when it suits them. ...
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I woke in the morning still entangled in his arms. But that wasn't what woke me. My new phone was ringing, with a number I recognised even though it wasn't in my phone. I answered it with a groan, pressing it to my ear. "Oh, Clarke, it's so good to hear you." I swallowed.
"Hey, Alex. What's up?" His voice twisted something terrible in my stomach and my face dropped as Kyle awoke beside me.
"Wha'?" He murmured softly and my face fell as Alex explained to me his plans. I hung up and switched off my phone. Kyle looked curious and I sighed.
"That was Alex, my ex from Australia," I explained, though my face was still pulled down in a grimace.
"Oh," he murmured and I instantly wanted to throw my arms around him.
"He's coming to visit me. I don't want to see him... I thought I'd left him," I whined.
"You don't have to see him if you don't want to," he will find me. He was like a bloodhound, he knew my scent. He could find me anywhere.
"I gave him my address before I left. He'll find me," I whimpered as my arms flew around him.
"If he does, I'll tell him you don't want to see him," he smiled, but I was worried. Alex wouldn't back down so easily.
"Thanks," I grinned, kissing him lovingly and without any hesitation he kissed me back, his lips pushing on mine a little more forcefully than he used to.
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"Mmm, whatever."
"Bed then," I grinned, rolling so I was on top of him, propping myself above him I kissed him softly. I noticed his tension as he kissed back and grinned mischievously. "You're awfully tense..."
He chuckled, "Is it any wonder?"
"Mmm, I guess not, a big muscley guy like me hovering over you like this," he giggled, "I won't take advantage." Unlike Alex.
For Alex, when we both had a day off it was a day in bed. Whether I wanted it or not and he also took advantage of my lack of strength compared to his. I wasn't like that, I wouldn't take him against his will.
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"What if I say no?" I smirked.
"Then I'll just have to wear this, won't I?" He stuck out his tongue.
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His arms crossed around my back and he smiled weakly, "I don't love you yet. But I will"
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Hi All! I have moduleA which depends on moduleB of revision 0.2. I do retrieve for moduleA, using an [artifact].[ext] pattern, and get locally b.jar of revision 0.2. Then I edit moduleA's ivy.xml to make it depend on moduleB's previous revision 0.1, and redo retrieve. As a result, I still find local b.jar of revision 0.2, so it does not by some reason get overwritten with revision 0.1. If I previously delete local b.jar of revision 0.2 manually, I successfully get revision 0.1 after second retrieve. Also, if I use retrieve pattern like [artifact]-[revision].[ext], it also goes well and b-0.2.jar gets replaced with b-0.1.jar. So, is this the expected behavior? I assume this is something to do with artifacts's last-modified date: if I manually make the earlier revision's artifact date later in the repository, then my problem vanishes. Looks much like Ant <copy> logic, but is it appropriate in this case? I am using Ivy 2.1.0 with default ivysettings. Retrieve's sync parameter does not affect the situation. Pavel
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A 27-year-old Pillager woman, who was arrested April 5 after an investigation into the sale of methamphetamines, was sentenced Monday in Crow Wing District Court to 25 years of supervised probation, with a possibility of four years in prison if she violates her probation.
Jennifer Nicole Kenowski, who pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree possession of a controlled substance, also was sentenced to serve 180 days in jail with credit for time served.
According to the criminal complaint, Kenowski was arrested along with Jeremy Edward Volkmuth, 36, and Brian Wayne Parker, 38, after the Lakes Area Drug Investigative Division had a search warrant for the vehicle occupied by the three suspects. Narcotic agents confiscated a clear plastic bag with about 17 grams of methamphetamine, a metal one-hitter (drug pipe) containing a residual amount of burned marijuana, three cellphones and a white napkin with drugs notes. Two of the cellphones contained text messages about the sale of controlled substances.
Conditions on Kenowski's supervised probation include having no contact with Volkmuth and Parker, cannot purchase any controlled substance or alcohol, must follow the chemical dependency laws, cannot enter any bars or liquor stores, will be subject to random searches, must supply DNA samples, may not use any firearms or other dangerous weapons and pay a $585 fine.
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More cute 3D creatures, learning lessons in love and responsibility – this time they're wolves in the Canadian Rockies.
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The issue is this: official statistics are very good at measuring the parts of the economy that are shrinking in importance, namely agriculture, mining and manufacturing. The monthly figures for UK industrial production, due today, will generate a lot of attention in the City and the press because they are there; but they are not very significant.
Our statistics are not so good at measuring the great bulk of national output. In particular, more and more value is being created by the service industries. This category lumps together relatively low-value services like hairdressing with high-value "intangible" ones - or "weightless" activities, as I'd prefer to call them - such as computer software, telecommunications, biotechnology advances and entertainment.
In his recent testimony to the Senate budget committee, Mr Greenspan discussed the findings of the Boskin committee. This group of economists concluded that the failure of the consumer price index to take account of improvements in quality in items such as computers and other electronic goodies means that US inflation has been overstated by a full percentage point. Follow-up work by economists at investment bank Kleinwort Benson in London concludes that the bias is no different in the UK.
Professor Danny Quah of the London School of Economics, an expert on weightless economics, says: "The measurement point on relative upwards and downwards biases is just something that has got to be right. Much less clear, for now, is what these magnitudes are: economic reasoning tells us the sign, but no more."
If prices have been overstated, that means the real value of output has been understated. For real growth is calculated by adjusting the easily measured nominal value of output for price inflation.
The Federal Reserve Board has looked into whether published price, output and productivity figures actually make sense. In his testimony the chairman reported that the figures for real output and productivity in the service sector of the economy were implausibly weak. They indicated falling productivity, or output per hour, in services at a time when the returns to owners of service businesses had been steady. It makes no sense to think that services have been getting less and less efficient for the past 20 years, Mr Greenspan argued.
The mis-measurement of prices would appear to be the most likely explanation of the anomalies. It would answer the well-known quip of economist Robert Solow that "you can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics".
The Fed chairman believes there could be more big gains in productivity to come from computers, drawing the analogy with the spread of electric motors. These were a well-known technology in the late 19th century but were used as one part of steam-driven production systems. It was not until factories gradually converted from vertical processes last century to horizontal ones in the early 20th century that companies began to replace steam with electricity. Businesses do not take the fullest advantage of new technology until they replace existing factories and machinery.
Mr Greenspan made it clear that he was not trying to argue that if inflation was lower and real output higher than we have all thought, then there is no need to worry about inflation. Changing the measurements would also raise the estimate of the economy's potential output growth, so the Fed still needs to worry about how close to capacity business is operating.
But some of the policy implications of inadequately measuring weightless, or intangible, activity are spelt out in a new paper from Britain's Office for National Statistics. The paper points out that while there has always been a dimension of weightlessness to the economy, it has increased recently. Statisticians have had difficulty keeping track.
Some experts have suggested re-classifying activities as manufacturing, services and information, as opposed to just manufacturing and services. Manufacturing involves physical goods, services a clearly linked transaction between a provider and a consumer. The ONS paper lists the unique characteristics of the information sector arising from the weightlessness of its output. Information output can take variable forms. There need be no direct contact between provider and purchaser, and the location of the economic activity is uncertain. Its value does not lie in its tangible properties. It is easy to copy and easy to distribute. Distributors can easily add value to it.
It is clear that this is nothing like the sort of economic output we are used to thinking about. In many ways it resembles classic public goods such as defence or education, which share some of the same characteristics. Indeed, education is likely to share more and more of the technological characteristics of the information industries.
In principle, the ONS reckons, as long as the commercial transactions concerned can be recorded, it does not matter for compiling national accounts in current price terms whether they take place on the Internet or down at the local shopping centre. But there are several thorny conceptual problems for monitoring the economy.
For one thing, if there is no direct link between producer and consumer, then production and consumption do not have to occur in the same place at the same time. How is international trade to be measured if information output is accounting for a growing share of the economy? How are we to tell where information has originated?
It is particularly hard to construct a price index for information output, and correspondingly difficult to deflate its nominal value to get a measure of real output. One reason is the fact that charges to consumers of information goods are often flat fees - a television licence, an Internet connection fee, a software licence fee. It is very hard to price the subsequent number of transactions. In addition, information products are very varied and change quickly. It will become increasingly difficult to identify a single cost of living index, and harder to measure and target inflation.
More fundamentally, the output of the information industries is not very dependent on physical processes, the transformation of materials. It will become increasingly difficult to record the value added in the sector. For example what is the economic value added in a derivatives trade? It is near impossible to say. The spread of electronic money - at a speed which will surprise most people - will make the notion of a money supply just as elusive.
Official statisticians plan to explore the possibility of reclassifying the economy into manufacturing, services and information. They would certainly like to improve data collection. With the question of intangibility or weightlessness steaming up the policy agenda it is clear that our measurement and understanding of the economy will be changing radically.
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I was...right?
It all happened so fast:
A scream.
A rush of students.
And Jade was being wheeled away to an ambulance.
It almost made me feel guilty for my suspicions earlier that day. As if I had somehow caused this. I knew it was ridiculous, no matter how harmful a thought crossed some-one's mind, thoughts didn't cause someone to collapse. Afterall Ethan's stares hadn't done a thing to Ally.
We stood in the hallway, watching with throngs of curious students as Ethan entered the ambulance beside her and they were driven away.
It was at that moment the guilt for my suspicions left me. If anyone else had entered the ambulance with Jade I would have passed off my earlier feelings as paranoia. But suddenly they were renewed. I think deep down, there was a part in all of us that knew; if any of the rest of us had been in that ambulance, Ethan wouldn't have cared one bit.
Slowly the other students began to lose interest, filtering back into the school as though only returning from lunch; the only clue to what had passed were the hushed conversations and fevered glances back at our group. Then something odd happened. As if somehow Jade's dissappearance was the right time to make his move, I felt Nick's hand on the small of my back, and before I knew it he was leading me away from everyone else and into an empty classroom.
"What's going on Nick? This isn't really the time..." I avoided looking at him, hoping that he had dragged me here for something else.
"Jules.." he reached a hand towards me, tilting my head so he was in full view, "I'm not going to kiss you." I was taken aback: It was the last thing I had expected him to say. A part of me relaxed when he said it; my heart slowed its frantic beating, the butterflies in my stomach stopped trying to break through to the outside world. But part of me was disappointed, almost as if I wished he had just kissed me...
I looked at him and managed a small smile, hoping he hadn't seen the confusion flitting over my face.
"So what are we here for Nick?" Even to me my voice sounded a little more unsure than normal.
Nick didn't answer, instead he pulled a rather crumpled peice of paper from his pocket and handed it to me, "Ethan dropped this on the way to the ambulance." I gave him a puzzled look before opening it...
I immediately recognised Jade's hand-writing.


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AUD/USD slid below $0.9500 on lower-than-expected employment data from nearly 1-week high at $0.9545 reached yesterday. Aussie was rejected by the Ichimoku Cloud at H4.
Technical setup looks bearish. Remember that last week AUD breached down the rising wedge after it had been rejected from the 200-day MA and 50% Fibo of the decline from April to August in the $0.9750/00 area. This week Australian dollar staggered around 38.2% Fibo. We may actually see Aussie forming a head & shoulders – in this case there's a risk of a move to $0.9000. We need some really strong data coming from the US to cause such move though.
There's support at $0.9450 and $0.9423. In our view, Aussie's vulnerable for a decline to $0.9350/00. Resistance is at $0.9545, $0.9600 and $0.9650.
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Farmer spent the last month-plus in Pullman but like most walk-ons, is waiting for paperwork to clear and did not enroll in summer classes. Farmer was named first team Santa Cruz Coast League as a senior for his work on the offensive line but he also has strong long snapping skills -- he could first earn his way onto the field at Washington State there. He took official visits to Hawaii and SMU this past winter, and Arizona State, Hawaii and others also offered him preferred walk-on status before Farmer chose WSU. Brother Danny plays fullback at Hawaii.
Zack Tatman, OL, Sprague, OR, (6-5, 300) Tatman is a former highly regarded Sprague High tight end, originally planned to walk-on at Oregon State before going the junior college route. Now checking in at 6-5 and 300 pounds, he figures to play offensive line at Washington State. It was unclear at press time if Tatman has three years of eligibility or two.
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His prep coach at Shafter fielded interest from USC, Nebraska, San Diego State and others this past recruiting year. Statistics for his senior season were incomplete at press time -- through four games he had already tallied 57 tackles, an average of 14.3 per with a high of 19 sticks. He is also an all-area track and field athlete, and was the South Sequoia League champion in the 200 (22.93), high jump (6-2), long jump (21-4) and triple jump (46-11) this past spring.
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Jarred Walker, DB, Moses Lake, (6-2.5, 190)
A unanimous first-team All-Columbia Basin 4A defensive back, Walker chose to walk on at Washington State rather than accept a scholarship to Eastern Washington. A physical player with a penchant for hard hits, he was also a star hoops player for Moses Lake.
Kevin Baffney, LB, Walla Walla, (6-2, 215)
He was named Class 2B state Player of the Year for 2007 by the Associated Press and also earned first-team all-state honors at quarterback and safety as a senior. He will play linebacker at WSU, where he also played during his prep career. He led DeSales to a perfect 13-0 season in '07, throwing for 1,964 yards and 26 TDs on the season with only three picks. Also a standout pitcher in baseball.
Brandon Jones, CB, Seattle, (5-9.5, 178)
Will sit out the 2007 season after transferring from Cal. Coming out of O'Dea, he was a member of Cal's 2006 class, signing with the Bears over offers from UW, Oregon and others. He is a strong candidate to earn a scholarship at Washington State before the 2009 season and has had an outstanding showing during the Cougs' summer workouts.
WASHINGTON STATE AND other schools limited to 105 players until the first day of class, which usually gives the Cougs room to invite somewhere around 10 preferred walk-ons for the start of fall camp. The day classes start in late August, a good sized influx of additional walk-ons will suit up and join the team.
Wulff has said the Cougs will recruit walk-ons with much the same effort as they recruit scholarship players -- the plan he outlined the day he was hired was to build the strongest walk-on program in the state.
An old Husky coach, Jim Lambright, was give the boot shortly after he criticized the practice performance of his scout team leading up to a bowl game -- some Husky fans today still deride him for making excuses for the bowl game loss. The thing is, Lambright was right.
The better the walk-ons, the stronger the scout team, the higher the level of competition week in and week out for the starting units and the more prepared the team is on Saturdays.
And then there's always the guys who start as walk-ons, end up earning a scholie and becoming a significant contributor on gameday, a phenomena the Cougar Nation has seen oft-repeated over the years in the persons of Mike Shelford, Mawuli Davis, Scott Lunde, Shawn Tims, Cory Withrow and many more.
Some of the preferred walk-ons listed above may just follow that same path.


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What can I say - it was just perfect. When we had arrived, Randy explained us everything in his house, so it was easy to find one's bearings. The house was so nice... The room was quite comfortable and the location was great, so Downtown and Beach could be reached in thirty minutes by bus. The kitchen has been large and nothing was missing, cooking was also pleasant. So, Rand: We'll see you again!
Randy rocks!
There would be nothing more to say, but since this is a review, here we go:
Randy was the best host we had so far. He will do everything that you have a great time in LA. And he has many informations and recommendations that will give you the opportunity to explore LA not only as a tourist.
Randy is very comunicative and he knows some good stories to tell, if you would like to talk to your host, if you won't force you into it. :-)
The house is worth a stay as well. You can use the kitchen, have a nice backyard which is a beautiful place for having your meals and the shower is very comfi, and so is the bed.
And it is perfectly located to reach the different places in LA (short times to the beaches, to downtown and Hollywood...)
Next time in LA we will definitely try to get a room at Randy's again!
Hope to see you in Germany, big guy!
Our decision to stay with Randy' was a good one for several reasons. Firstly, Randy is a very friendly and cooperative person. If you like, he offers you lots of great advice regarding L.A. and its surronding. Randy has even mastered various sightseeing broshures. You can borrow it from him anytime. Secondly, the house and our room were clean and nice. The bathroom and kitchen were convenient und well equiped. Finally, Randy's house is perfectly located. It is just a couple of minutes to Beverly Hills and a short drive to the beach. Hollywood and Universal Studios are not too far away, as well. My husband and I definitely recommend to stay at Randy's.
Unfortunately we spent only 3 days in LA at Randy's. But it really payed off to stay at Randy. He is a great, helpful and open-minded guy and a pleasant host. Even long before we arrived he supported us with a vast amount of invaluable informations, tipps and insights. He gave us a warm welcome and made us feel at home. His house is a nicely decorated and furnished place, is perfectly situated between Beverly Hills/Hollywood and Santa Monica. We followed his suggestions of the Do's & Don'ts of LA and had three wonderful days (pretty different each). Don't be silly and ignore his helpful suggestions but just take your time to talk to him and you will receive funny and unique stories about nearly everything that might be of interest to you. Even before your stay he will provide you more material (his own, approved by his travelers!) than you could collect in a day at the Los Angeles Public Library ;-) He really loves LA, and who could be a better guide?
He is fond of company and loves to share things and experiences no matter what. We were really sad when we had to leave and desolate that we could not enjoy his beautiful, contemplative garden for another relaxing get-together. But if we should come to LA again (likely!) we would love to take Randy as the pivotal point of our trips again. Keep the spirit Randy!
Mel & Chris
Staying with Randy was the best decision we made. Since my cousin and I arrived to Los Angeles, we felt like we were at home thanks to Randy, who made us really comfortable in his house. The house is amazing, clean and it's in a lovely neighborhood. Randy knows every secret place of Los Angeles and has lots of interesting anecdotes about the city.
Nuestro viaje a Los Angeles no habría sido posible sin Randy, quien hizo que pasasemos una gran semana. Le estamos muy agradecido por todo lo que hizo. Además, habla muy bien español.
Thank you. Marc and Jordi.
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Staying with Randy was such a good time we'll never forget! I visited Los Angeles with my friend Tom for the first time and since the first moment arriving at Randy's home we felt really comfortable - just like home coming. Randy is an exceptional amicable person with a wonderful house right next to Beverly Hills.
Randy lent us some selfmade booklets and shared his impressive knowledge for the trips around LA. For example an unforgettable area right next to the Hollywood sign with a nice view over LA.
Furthermore our host helped to receive my luggage from the airport because the airline did a mistake at repacking my luggage into the right plane. Thanks to Randy's enthusiastic telephone calls I got my case a few hours later and enjoyed my fresh clothes ;)
His wonderful, clean home is right next to all the sights like Hollywoods Downtown, Malibu, Santa Monica or Venice Beach. We recommend to rent a nice car if you want to visit all these nice places within 30 minutes.
Our one-week-trip ended with a lovely evening when Randy took us to a nice bar in Beverly Hills.
Thank you for the perfect time, all the interesting talks and your nice home - we would really love to come back as soon as possible!
Tom & Eric
We spend wonderful 4 days at Randys art deco luxus villa! Randy is so nice and gave us exceptional non touristic recommendations that were very helpful to get to know los angeles. He did also prepare little booklets you can loan for your trip. Rooms as well as bathrooms were very comfortable and clean. Randy even gave us towels, we could use the frigde, washing machine and dryer. You just feel like home at Randy! Totally recommended! Thanks Randy! ;)
I just came home - from a unbelievable trip through the US ans I do not want to miss to say :
never miss Randy's place at all if you ever come to L.A !
after being in New York, Boston and Vegas I arrived in his home tired and full of hope. And I found a quiet place for all my wishes and hopes...
Even Randy had to take care about some private Business he led me feel that I am his angel - he was even painting a town map of his own for me, just to get sure that I will find all the right places around.
I do not want to say he is great or he is " very " .. - whatever..
Randy always gave me the Feeling of being a special friend - being a relative. He got an awesome Kind of humor, which made me feel comfortable and welcome - during my stay about five days .
I was never alone ! Randy was with me all the time : in my thoughts and his magazines about L.A. and what I can do or not, what will be important (( like the Watts Towers // which I ignored to just stay at the venice beach for a sunset ... hi hi )) - and he just won a friend in Germany = ME !!!
I can never pay him back his trust in me and his hope that I will definitly have a wonderful time in the city he is born in !!!!!
AND RANDY _ : for sure I had one of the best times in my life !!! I loved to cook in your house my Food and to wash my clothes in your machine.. I loved to lock the door in the evening and to sit in your garden, listening the little fountain. I loved to take the bicycles to ride along L.A. and I loved to share the moments ...
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in Your HOME !!!
If I will ever have the Chance to come back I will definitly ask you.. .
You shared your stuff and house with me - and I thank you so much !
Yeah, and there is a bus and a Train Station, which I missed, cos I used my rental car up and down...
Hope to see you soon in Germany
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Randy was the best choice. Thank you, I have to be there. He helped me a lot. Very good friend. He is very exciting, and kind person. I want to go back :) Everyone I recommend Randys home. The Randy homes is very beautiful, nice :) I love His home :) And I love Randy :) Thanks Randy :) Sophie
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Because co-op was introduced, many assume that Dead Space 3 will not have the atmosphere of previous installments. This likely exists due to Resident Evil 5 sense it relied heavily on co-op and not horror. However, that's not what I'm here to discuss. What reasons could Dead Space 3 be scary? And I don't mean speculation.


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When I was younger, my friends and I used to dress up in matching costumes and play a game in which we pretended to fight fierce creatures like "wildcats" and "bears." We were in our late teens at the time, and our game is more commonly known as high school basketball.
Here in Dar es Salaam a decade later, I sometimes catch a community member (from India) watching cricket, his national obsession, and wonder why on earth people would be interested in such a silly game. Growing up in the most beautiful state in the nation (read: Iowa), I have come to believe that our sports, like basketball and American football, are clearly superior to games that use terms like "googly" and "wicket." There are other times, though, like when I sit down beside my Indian brother, when I can step back for a second and think about our sports from another perspective, see them for a moment the way I see a game like cricket.
Let's look at football: you have adult men, twice my size, wearing shiny outfits with sparkly helmets. These enormous men can be observed throwing themselves at each other, almost guaranteeing themselves future discomfort – and possibly serious brain damage – following rules that seem to make no sense, especially to someone who did not grow up with the game. This entire course of affairs is overseen by an apparently god-like figure dressed like a zebra, who makes decisions that cause thousands of people to yell at their televisions. Apparently this zebra-clad-demi-god has long range powers of hearing and cares what American viewers think. Oh yeah, and I'm one of those yelling people. Weird.
It's truly dizzying to think about how much time, money, energy, and human emotion goes into games that are, well, games. Stranger still when I notice how we even create games about the games, and how we spend an inordinate amount of time assembling fantasy teams1 or competing in office pools.2
Not that I can put myself outside all this commotion – no, I'm a more or less rabid fan myself. If Notre Dame loses a big game, I feel it; I swallow the loss like a dumbbell and carry it around inside me for days. If the Miami Heat face an elimination game, I am noticeably nervous before tipoff.3
At the same time, my emotional investment is strangely selective. If the Blackhawks win the cup, I think, "Oh, that's cool. I used to live in Chicago." If Serena loses the U.S. Open this weekend, I'll think, "Oh, that's too bad. Now… what shall I eat." And while I enjoy watching soccer with my community members, my bed is often more attractive than watching a late-night game. I like any number of teams and players – just as you are welcome to "like" this article by clicking on the thumbs-up above – but only a few can make or break my heart.
Knowing that I don't have a serious interest in most of your favorite players or sports (and knowing that you could probably care less about the particular teams in which I am invested) seems to throw the value of all this fan fanaticism into question. After all, if the vast majority of people could care less, why should I care so much? Clearly, there are physical and mental benefits to participating in sports, but what about watching other people do the actual work of running, jumping, throwing, and kicking? Is following sports simply a massive waste of time and energy?
Speaking of wastes, fans of all kinds have just completed our yearly trek across the driest of sports-season wastelands. The NBA Finals finished months ago. Baseball was in the dog days of summer. And, as a dreaded odd-numbered year, we didn't even have an Olympics or a World Cup to satisfy our addiction. To me, the odd-year summertime sports wasteland always feels like a horrible Lenten fast I did not choose.
But today, my friends and fellow fans, today. Today marks the end of our long trek – and perhaps it also marks the perfect time to look at the value of getting wrapped up in sports – because today the college football season starts. And for us fans, that is a very good thing indeed.4
I bring all this fandom reflections up because, ultimately, following sports – even if we run the risk of becoming a little too obsessed – is valuable. And it's valuable because it provides some of the best practice for life. For example, by identifying with a team or a player, non-Cubs fans are able to experience the full range of human emotions but without any real consequences.5 (I say non-Cubs fans, because we all know that Cubs fans experience only one emotional patterns: delusional hope followed by bitter disappointment.)6 Or this: when I'm cheering for the Fighting Irish I can swing from laughter to tears to faster than a toddler at bedtime. Whether "we" win or lose, however, my life is outwardly the same, though I can presumably learn from the experience.
In many ways, sports fandom is like great literature. (If you're thinking, wait, you're comparing LeBron and Brian Kelly to Shakespeare and Dostoevsky? The answer is yes. Yes, I am.) While I understand more about myself and the human condition when I read about Hamlet and Alyosha my external world does not really change – the same with fandom.
One key difference, however, is that while War and Peace moved me, it took much, much more time than when "Jesus Shuttlesworth" (if don't know that reference watch this) hit the "shot heard 'round the world"7 to force overtime in game six of the NBA finals. I may or may not have stood up and yelled: "try hitting a last-second three without even looking at the position of your feet, Tolstoy!"
One key similarity is that both literature and fandom can prepare us for life. When your team actually wins the big game, for example, sports is an opportunity for joyful celebration – a key part of the spiritual life. I do not normally hug random strangers, though this can be perfectly acceptable in a bar or stadium when the team you're cheering for wins a big game. Loud Dude Who's Had One Too Many, I love you, man. College Student Who Sneaked Alcohol Into The Game, let's hug. It's sacramental.
Following sports, of course, prepares us for less celebratory times as well. No matter how hard we try, there are usually others who are better. In a 30-team league, 29 teams end their year in disappointment. Like in life, there are times when there is nothing we can do to avoid defeat and embarrassment, especially when you know you're going to see that annoying coworker or classmate who cheers for the rival team on Monday morning.
Plus, as a fan forever scarred because of watching the illegal "Bush Push" in person, sports has taught me that sometimes life just isn't fair. There are bad calls, freak injuries, off days, and commissioners who do whatever they want for "basketball reasons." What "should" happen often does not become reality. It's easy to raise a-million-and-one "what if" questions that ultimately are not helpful – though they certainly give us something to talk about. As my friend (and fellow TJP-er) Joe Simmons likes to say, we don't remember all the green lights we get. While I can still dwell on the red lights in my own life, sports at least gives me practice for dealing with them.
It comes down to this: sports, while also showing us the potential for ugly division, illustrates how it is possible to unite the world – in fandom as well as competition. Admittedly, my sports fandom has led me to have irrational prejudices (my brother and I would not even think about going to the University of Michigan, a great school, because they were The Enemy… I've never met Ann Arbor, but because both teams I cheered for growing up played against Michigan each year, I've been bombarded by t-shirt messages that did not say kind things about the state.)
But what makes something like the Olympics so beautiful, however, is that it unites people from around the world – athletes and fans both. Even if we might cheer in a special way for our own country, we can all stand in amazement at someone like Usain Bolt. I once watched the World Cup with a group of people from thirteen of the 32 teams that played that year, and while we would give each other a hard time if our countries competed, we were united in watching this display, even when we were not united by language, religion, sex, occupation, or personality.
And one last thing, sports has taught me better than anything else that there's always hope. After all, if the L.A. Clippers can rise from being the biggest laughingstock in all of sports to the place where the third best player in the world chooses to play, then maybe I am also not defined by my past and the mistakes I've made. No matter what I have done today, I always have the future to improve.
There's always next year – even for us spiritual Cubs.
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New Justin Bieber 'Boyfriend' Preview Clip Lands
Another clip for Justin Bieber's much anticipated 'Boyfriend' video (which drops tomorrow (May 3) at 7:50PM on MTV) has landed. And guess what? It looks totally different from the teasers that came before it. A bit incongruous? Yes. But totally intriguing? You betcha!
Justin Bieber 'Boyfriend' Video to Drop on May 3
Where are all our Beliebers at? Justin Bieber's 'Boyfriend' video has a debut date and it's May 3. That's just two days away. Finally! Go ahead, squeal with joy over this good news. We'll wait and then give you more details…
Justin Bieber Releases 'Boyfriend' Video Teaser
Justin Bieber is all grown up in the teaser video for 'Boyfriend.'
Justin Bieber's 'Boyfriend' Single Released, Reveals New Mature Sound [LISTEN]
I must admit, I was a bit skeptical about the hype behind Justin Bieber's new 'Boyfriend' single. For starters, I thought it would leak (like every song/album does) days before the slated Monday morning midnight release, but it didn't. I also didn't think I would be as impressed as I was when I heard it for the first time, but I was.
Katy Perry Getting Serious With New Boyfriend Baptiste Giabiconi
Hey, Russell Brand? Katy Perry seems to be moving on just fine. The 'Part of Me' singer is rumored to be getting serious with her new squeeze, Baptiste Giabiconi — so much so that he's considering moving to Los Angeles to be closer to his gal.
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Katy Perry works fast. The singer has reportedly moved on from her failed marriage to Russell Brand already! Rumor has it that she is dating Baptiste Giabiconi, who in addition to being incredibly well-coiffed and appears good-looking even behind a pair of shades, is the highest paid male model in the world.
So Perry has swung from a British comedian to a hot French model who also sings? Obviously, Perry doesn't have a type! She's an equal opportunity dater, not to mention beautiful, rich, talented, famous and a catch.
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Sometimes, it's best to just keep doing what you're doing. Josh Hamilton, who racked up 43 home runs and 128 RBIs with the Rangers last season, has had a rough first year with the Angels. And while his struggles are likely due to a combination of things, the 32-year-old may have been adversely affected by a new diet that he started last offseason. Hamilton, who enters Friday's action hitting .249 with 21 home runs and 76 RBIs, started a natural juice diet last offseason, according to MLB.com's Alden Gonzalez. The outfielder entered the season weighing 227 pounds, which is about 20 pounds lighter than normal for him, and is now down to about 215. Hamilton reportedly would like to start at 245 next season and finish no lighter than 230. "I'm going to try to put some weight on, but do it the right way — by doing a lot of the things I'm doing now, but adding more calories, things like that," Hamilton reportedly said. "Because this year, I haven't been weaker than I have — I'm just as strong in the weight room as I've ever been — but I think there's something to say about having a little extra butt on you." A five-year, $125 million contract can help a guy buy a lot of things. But "a little extra butt" requires some work. Filed under: Headlines, Los Angeles Angels, MLB, Ricky Doyle
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Katie Holmes and Andy Cohen love mayonnaise enough to go to a birthday party for it? I did not. But apparently they do because the duo was spotted on Pier 84 in New York City today celebrating Hellmann Mayonnaise's 100th birthday.Did you guys know that
Really guys, it's all worth it for that photo of Katie lovingly leaning toward a giant, mayo cake. There were a whole bunch of chefs at this even from Mario Batali to Tim Love, and they're all clearly enjoying the mayonnaise. I think mayo gross, but power to you guys. Launch the gallery to check out all the photos. Do you think it's all very weird?