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The degradation of Australia's Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector has come about thanks in no small part to the abundance of privately operated registered training providers who claim to be able to deliver nationally recognized qualifications within absurdly short time frames.
The common feature of many of these types of training providers is to be extremely generous in their facilitation of recognition of prior learning of their customers.
This practice effectively dispenses with time-consuming educational delivery and the application of any rigorous assessment process. The auditing of the validity of the use of such training methods is pathetically weak. ASQA, the federally funded body responsible for regulation and auditing, is meant to prevent 'shonky' VET business operations but has been largely left wringing its hands on the sidelines. Fortunately, the media has led the charge by lifting the lid on some of the most extreme operators of 'carpetbagger' VET schemes.
The question as to whether such 'fast tracked' course qualifications are worthless is to some extent irrelevant, although we taxpayers are committed to pick up the VET Fee Help loans that are accruing billions of dollars in future debt. The main dangers here are where these types of potentially fraudulently issued qualifications were then used to obtain state issued occupational licenses, particularly within the construction industry and specifically for the heavily advertised purposes of obtaining builder license accreditation.
It seems that we must have surely reached rock bottom in the fiasco that our vocational and higher education systems have been allowed to become at the hands of politicians in state and federal government. But once again it has been left to the media to reveal the widespread obfuscation and systemic decay of our university sector with the revelation that the ATAR admission system is routinely abused by schools looking to recruit as many students as possible into their undergraduate programs.
Most disturbingly, it would appear that many construction sector affiliated courses such as building, engineering and architecture are amongst some of the worst offenders. To demonstrate the poor quality standards functioning within the universities admission process, Fairfax media focused on the percentage of students who had not achieved the nominated ATAR scores but were nonetheless admitted into courses regardless of evidence of their capacity to undertake the course content.
The most disturbing data showed that 99 per cent of the 251 students admitted into the Bachelor of Construction Management degree program at Western Sydney University for 2016 have not achieved the required ATAR cut off score of 85 points.
We can have a separate discussion about the ATAR system and the value of what a secondary school education delivers in terms of someone completing year 12 and their capacity to move on to a chosen field of study. The point is, we have allowed a very serious problem to develop with respect to the diminished quality of our vocational and higher educational training. Not that long ago, Australia was fully entitled to boast of world-class quality standards from our graduates from our TAFE and university systems. Not anymore. That status has been severely compromised and leaders from both sides of politics, particularly within the educational portfolios, have been found to be less than adequate in their capacity to develop strategic actions to correct this situation.
The transcript below forms the basis for a conference paper that will be presented shortly. It was prepared by a colleague as part of a research paper. Whilst it is written in academic style, it looks at a disturbing situation currently impacting on the vocational education and training sector in NSW. It is not a pleasing portent for our future objectives, which should be focused on achieving the highest quality standards in our educational and training outcomes.
"After the NSW state election on 28 March 2015, the VET portfolio became the responsibility of the Minister for Regional Development and Skills, John Barilaro. This was the first time since the inception of state-subsidised technical education in NSW in 1883 that technical education has not been part of the Education portfolio. In a number of interviews, the Minister showed a lack of understanding of policy and issues relating to the VET sector, and in particular the challenges currently confronting TAFE NSW. Here are a few examples:
1. Contestability
On 22 April 2015, the Minister claimed that he did not support 100 per cent contestation for VET as TAFE NSW could not compete against the private providers because TAFE's infrastructure and salary costs would not allow it to be competitive:
[TAFE] might be able to [be competitive] in 10 years, but [it] can't now. While I hesitate to use the word, a degree of protectionism may be in order so we don't put a valuable public asset at risk (Ross, 2015).
The Minister is incognisant of his own government's 2013 policies on TAFE contestability:
Under Smart and Skilled reforms, funding to support student entitlements will be subject to contestability…TAFE NSW Institutes will be expected to compete with approved private and community training providers for entitlement funding (TAFENSW, 2013, 7).
TAFE institutes will tender for student places in competition with commercial providers...TAFE institutes will be required to operate on a more autonomously commercial basis (Wilkinson, 2014, 19).
There is a huge amount of funding invested through TAFE and government has a responsibility to ensure that it gets the best value for every dollar it spends. In many cases TAFE will be the most appropriate provider, but other times a private RTO will be the best option. In the Coalition's view, opening the sector up to the market will provide efficiencies, innovation and dynamism, which will benefit all stakeholders (APO, 2014, 43).
On 1 October 2015 the Minister claimed that:
TAFE would struggle if the federal government obtained jurisdiction over vocational education and implemented a fully competitive market (Coulton, 2015, 1).
After being appointed Minister for Skills in April 2015, the Minister is still not aware that the NSW government's policy for TAFE is that of full contestation. He also claimed that:
…each provider had to charge the same fee and compete on quality (Coulton, 2015, 1).
The Minister is clueless. He claims that all RTOs charge the same fees. Private providers charge low fees and counterpoise this practice by appreciably reducing face-to-face tuition time and/or employ 100 per cent on-line tuition. TAFE NSW institutes have also been in commercial competition against each other, since the 1990s, and in competition against the private providers. The Minister should be aware of this. In July 2015, the Diploma of Building Design course was being offered at Granville College (South Western Sydney Institute) for $2,000/year and for $8,500/year at Ultimo College (Sydney institute). The Smart and Skilled website lists the full fee (where there is no government-sponsored place available) for the Diploma of Building Design course for 2016 as
$7,135/year. Sydney Institute is charging $9,990/year in 2016. The Minister has no inkling of what fees his own TAFE institutes are charging, let alone what private providers are charging. He appears to be "getting quite desperate. Every week the spin changes and the blame shifts" (Kaye, 2015, 1), while not realising that he is inadvertently complaining about his own government's policies.
2. Smart and Skilled
Between 2012 and 2015 enrolments in TAFE NSW have declined by 83,000. There were 30,000 fewer student enrolments at the start of 2015 (Smith and Needham, 2015). On 24 June 2015 the Minister claimed that:
Enrolments in diploma courses in TAFE NSW will rise by 10,000 in 2015. This increase in higher-level qualifications is a direct result of industry demand. The NSW Government's policy is to invest in qualifications that directly leads to jobs (Smith and Needham, 2015, 1).
The Minister is heedless and uninformed of the current enrolment numbers in TAFE NSW. He made the above statement in June 2015 when all indicators showed a significant reduction in enrolments in Diploma courses in TAFE NSW. Enrolments declined appreciably in 2015 due to the introduction of the Smart and Skilled policy initiatives, where certain course fees increased over 500 per cent. In the Faculty of the Built Environment and Transport at Sydney Institute enrolments dropped from 8,699 in 2013 to approximately 4,000 in 2015. The exact figures are not available due to the failure of the LMBR computer system."
For the Minister to posit on facts and comment upon issues relating to his own portfolio when he has no concept of what he is espousing is of serious concern for the future of TAFE NSW and the VET sector.
The attack on technical training is not new.
It started in the 1970's. Subjects that were not about the direct skills were removed in Technical colleges, the thinking was young people do not need to be educated. As if they were going to be working in sterile boxes and not connected to the World. The idea of having a wide knowledge about your area of work was also dropped in many areas.
After many decades I appreciate even more the Lecturers who reminded everybody about working ethically and showing respect for the person who provided the money to finance the work.
Recently in Melbourne we had a possible major disaster when cladding caught fire on a tall building, and, the Victorian Government has found a few more possible problem areas.
We need to learn from History.
At once stage in Melbourne when times were tough, the idea of having buildings with brick fireproof walls on the boundary was done away with, until the many deaths and fires brought back the need for fire barriers between properties.
We now are pretending that lightweight systems function just as well and tests are done to prove they have a fire rating. Its not taking into account the low level of ethics and skills of the people on the ground building things. Mistakes and short cuts are covered up without any inspections. What is behind the paint & craft paper finishes nobody knows.
Do we really need a another disaster before we improve our technical education system.
The old mentality that a person was not good at school and he then became a "tradesman" has to end. It starts in Grade 1 primary school. Real Education is a good investment for any society, and, there are no shortcuts to achieve quality outcomes.
Well done, Brett. There is a huge problem with education and training – not least in the building and construction sector. And of course, the privatization of TAFE is a major contributing factor. At taxpayers' expense, we have constructed 'credentialing for cash', with competencies lost in the translation of dollars transferred to the private providers.
It is surely not idealistic to expect to have people who know what they are doing, can speak English, read plans and importantly want to take pride in their work – a key component of a bygone era! As they say, you reap what you sow and we are now seeing just what we have sown! As Brett says, any change towards genuine improvement requires a change of thinking, a change of who is in charge of courses and the rewards they receive. What is glaringly obvious is that reform of both the VET and the tertiary education systems is critical to wresting control the demise of our broken building industry.
We should consider the Vic Ombudsman's findings (2012) on 'builders' who managed to get 'registration' – without sitting a test, or failing the test, presenting a 'mock-up'' Resume from a template, with no experience, no interview, etc. Money is the driver of the industry and proper qualifications and skills have been deemed irrelevant. Charles is spot on – the 'no ability at school, so become a tradie' thinking is still alive and well! Until we review education and training, until we demand a high level of competence – and ethics – we are doomed to have a third world built environment. And all the consequences that follow for consumers and the community. This has enormous ramifications for all Australians. The pollies are the problem and their failure is unforgiveable.


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I am SOOOOO happy for you, Liz! Sounds like he got a wake up call! Until he is stable, tho, don't absolutely count on it - until he is stable, he is still very sick. That's the way this disease can go, esp. when BPs are really really sick. Do you have the meds he didn't take in the house? Get them down him quick!! And your family doc is not equipped to treat BP. It takes a specialist.
Is he on social security disability? If so, he has Medicare and they will pay for a lot of his stay, but you need to look up the benefits of 2005, Google: medicare pays hospital stay 2005. There are a lot of different variances. If he doesn't have disability, ask your parents if they can add him as a dependent. Most all mental hospitals treat substance abuse along with the disease at the same time. He will dry out during the stay and get tons of counseling - all day. They will get him stabilized before he leaves. He cannot sign himself out until the hospital releases him and all the doors are locked. They will get a court order to keep him if he persists. I have also been a patient inside several times!!
Also, until he dries out, he will continue to drink and seek drugs. He is addicted and cannot go without, (I've been there as well) otherwise he WILL get ragey again. If it takes too long to get him on your parent's insurance, find a county hospital, they are either free or on a sliding scale. Most hospitals have an outpatient treatment counseling program after the inpatient stay.
Now for the possibly not so good news: Since he is obviously type I, when he starts his meds, look for the "crash". He will likely be slow, not "with it", maybe very depressed for a while. It usually doesn't go from mania to perfectly stable. Lithium doesn't stop the crash. Most docs will prescribe Lamictal, also a mild mood stabilizer that has a really good antidepressant effect on BPs, but isn't the dangerous kind like real "antidepressants" (SSRIs). The latter will cause mania, guaranteed in Type I.
As for where he stays, well that's up to you. While he is recovering, he really is going to need someone there round the clock to monitor him, emotionally support him, make sure he takes his meds. BPs when they start meds will frequently stop them due to the crash. It feels awful and can go on for weeks, sometimes a month or two. It happened to me, and all I thought abuot was suicide. Unfortunately, my doc just kept telling me I wasn't used to being "normal". What a joke. I got a new one. This is a worse case scenario, it may not be that bad for him if he gets lamictal. My doc was so afraid of the mania in me, she didn't.
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We decided to meet in New York City on New Year's Eve. I enjoyed the sights and sounds of the city and had some of my best memories there. It was a rather chilly evening, so I had to remember to take extra items to keep myself as warm as possible. I was not from New York, actually quite a bit further south, so it always felt colder to me than it would for the locals. We had no plans on going to Times Square to watch another year pass. If you've seen one ball drop on New Year's Eve, you have kind of seen them all.
This particular day on the calendar is of upmost importance to me and the organization I headed up. This was the day that plans for the upcoming year were to be made. Unfortunately, the plans we had worked on for a number of months had to be negotiated, so nothing was carved in stone until these negotiations were complete. To make things worse, they always sent their top negotiator. My reputation for negotiations, much of it historical, was very well documented by the media.
After walking a number of blocks, I finally arrived at my destination. It was a hotel and as I entered through the front doors, two men noticed me and quickly made their way to where I was standing. They were very familiar to me as I had met them for these negotiations on several previous occasions. I preferred to negotiate alone, but they always had a number of people assisting their top negotiator. They escorted me to the elevators and when the first door opened we stepped inside. One of the men inserted a key and pressed the button for the penthouse suite. As I recall, they always used the top floor for every negotiations that had taken place in the past. They always hosted the negotiations.
As we arrived at a door just off the elevator, one of the men opened the door for me and waved his hand as an indication that I should proceed. As I entered the large room, there were many other members of their negotiating team. One younger man asked if he could take my coat. Despite there being many people in the suite, the room was cool, so I kept my coat.
I was offered a refreshment of my choosing. I chose to have my usual. I was shown to a table and decided to sit facing the windows of the penthouse suite. The table was not an ordinary meeting table, but rather one with just two chairs facing one another. I was handed my drink and took a small sip before resting it down on the table.
A few minutes passed with a number of people rushing around taking care of last minute details. Finally, their top negotiator appeared. As he sat down, we exchanged pleasantries, yet the tension in the room made such pleasantries hollow. He was an elderly man with not much hair and a white beard. Before negotiations began, we always started our annual meeting with a best of seven series of chess. It was not necessary to have a coin flip to determine which of us would go first. As was customary, I always played the black pieces, meaning he would play the white pieces and thus would go first in all seven matches.
As the room suddenly went silent, most of the people got a bit closer and began to watch. He put down his glacier fresh glass of water and picked up the first white pawn, the one in front of the Queen, moving it two squares towards me. A few watching had placed a hand upon their jaw, a gesture that would most be associated with the act of thinking. I quickly countered by moving a pawn one square forward to the G3 position of the board.
As the evening progressed there were some close matches, but I had taken the fifth match, so I found myself up 3 matches to 2, with only one more win required to take the series. Feeling confident, I ordered a 2nd refill of my usual drink, a bloody mary. With the tension mounting, match six began. He had played a similar strategy all evening, but his first few moves of this match were not in-line with his previous patterns. I began to lose some confidence as I was unable to detect the strategy he was employing.
With a number my key chess pieces lost, I suddenly saw an opportunity develop. Within minutes I had him in check, but he scrambled to avoid checkmate. However, he was showing the look of panic as we both realized that the win for me was inevitable. He could dodge the inevitability for a few more turns, but rather resigned. My smirk turned to a smile, which was quickly followed by a deep, sinister laugh that made my opponent get up from his chair and start consulting with his advisors.
The chess board was removed and additional chairs were placed behind their top negotiator in two rows of five. As I basked in the glory of winning the series 4 matches to 2, he and his advisors each slowly took their seats. Due to winning the chess series, the negotiations were most definitely in my favour. I, in fact, had doubled my negotiating power. A slim, short man with glasses sat down between us and opened his laptop. He was the official recorder of the negotiations.
Their top negotiator began by noting this was the annual negotiations for the upcoming year. With that he asked me what I wanted as my first step of the negotiations. I leaned back in my chair giving it some thought before announcing that I wanted a catastrophic event to take place for the upcoming year. He reminded me of the wars that were continuing into the upcoming year. I couldn't disagree, but this wasn't about what I had successfully negotiated in previous years, it was about new items for the upcoming year. He also reminded me that mother nature, with the help of climate change, generally took care of the catastrophic events. I agreed that she had been doing very well the last few years, but I reminded him that neither of us had any influence over her. There wasn't a negotiation process with her, every decision she made was unilateral.
I continued by requesting that a research lab technician would "accidently" create a new uncontrolled strain of the plague. That caught the attention of their top negotiator and caused quite a stir with his advisors. He asked how many, where and the duration. I replied by saying one billion, worldwide and at least five years. He responded swiftly by noting that I was out of my mind and wouldn't agree to such senseless devastation of human life. After some heated negotiations, I begrudgingly agreed to ½ a billion, limited to two continents of my choice and completed in two years. I reminded him that my annual record chess series victory streak had now reached 78.
And with another deep, sinister laugh, I reminded them all of just who I was.
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You suffer from the yips or twitching of the hands or wrist at impact. This however, only happens some of the time you play.
This is likely a stress or comfort issue with your game. What people do not often realize is that golfers who tend to have the yips often use too much grip pressure on the club. So if you have additional stress over a specific shot or putt, take a moment to take a deep breath and relax your forearms and hands.
Simply thinking about relaxing your muscles might not do anything for you. If this describes you, then eliminate some of that tension by making a fist with both hands and squeeze as hard as you can for 30 seconds. An important part of preventing the yips is to change how you think during your next shot. Make a change that will linger in your mind during the shot or putt. So if it is the putting yips, you might want to carry an extra putter that is a different style or has a different shaft length. If it is the yips with an iron, try hitting one club up or down and focus on changing the loft to compensate for this change. Many players find it useful to play with a different grip when the yips or to play with only one hand.


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Tendai Chatara finished with figures of 5-61 as Zimbabwe celebrated an historic 24-run victory over Pakistan.
Zimbabwe lost three late wickets to close on 121-4 in their second innings on day three against Pakistan, a lead of 185.
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Hamilton Masakadza hit 75 as Zimbabwe reached 237-8 on day one of the second Test against Pakistan in Harare.
Saeed Ajmal finished with 11 wickets in the match as Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 221 runs in the first Test in Harare.
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Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan put on a century stand for Pakistan to leave the first Test with Zimbabwe finely poised.
Sikandar Raza hit a debut half-century as Zimbabwe closed day two against Pakistan in Harare on 281-7, a lead of 32.
Zimbabwe's players put their pay dispute to one side to reduce Pakistan to 249-9 on day one of the first Test in Harare.
Misbah-ul-Haq top-scored as Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 108 runs in the decisive third ODI to take the series 2-1.
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335 Settlement Dr, Rochester WI 53105-7246 Sold for $240,000 on 12/30/2016
Features of 335 Settlement Dr Rochester WI 53105-7246
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- 7 Total Rooms
- 2 Bedrooms
- 2 Full Bathrooms
- Est. Square Footage: 1,678
- Garage Size: 2.0
- Garage Type: Attached
- Est. Year Built: 2007
- Condo Name: Settlement of Roch
- Condo Fees Include: Common Area Insur., Common Area Maint., Replacement Reserve
- Misc Interior: Cable TV Available, Gas Fireplace, Pantry, Patio/Porch, Priv. Outside Entry, Vaulted Ceiling, Walk-In Closets, Wood or Sim. Wood Floors
- School District: Waterford UHS
- High School: Waterford Union
- County: Racine
- Postal Municipality: Burlington
- Listing Company: Shorewest - Burlington
- Price/SqFt: $148
Property Description for 335 Settlement Dr Rochester WI 53105-7246
335 Settlement Dr Rochester WI 53105-7246 - Spectacular side by side ready to move into! This popular Benton model offers oak trim, oak hardwood flooring, and raised oak cabinetry with new solid surface counters, sink, and backsplash The Living room features a double sided fireplace to view from the den/media room with a large deck located off the den. The MBR offers cathedral ceilings, and a gorgeous MBA with a tub, shower, and duel sinks with new counter tops and faucets. The LL has english windows ready to be finished with a plumbed bathroom and is partially framed with 9 foot ceilings!
Room Dimensions for 335 Settlement Dr Rochester WI 53105-7246
- Master BR: 15.0 x 13.0
- BR 2: 11.0 x 10.0
- Den: 15.0 x 14.0
- Kitchen: 11.0 x 10.0
- Living Rm: 18.0 x 13.0
- Dining Rm: 12.0 x 11.0
- Laundry Rm: 7.0 x 5.0
- Full Baths: 2
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- Water Waste: Municipal Sewer, Private Well
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Sony XBR-A1E Bravia OLED Television
It's name isn't memorable, but its ultra thin, minimal profile definitely is, not to mention what it can do. Sony's 4K HDR Processor X1 Extreme powers the upcoming XBR-A1E Bravia OLED Television, which boasts deeper blacks and richer colors than Sony's past LCD TVs in a screen that's 55, 65, or 77 inches across. But besides picture performance the new sets employ Acoustic Surface technology to turn the screen into a sort of speaker itself, sending audio out by resonating the thin panel to unify sound and image and further strip the television of distractions (here, conventional speakers). It also runs Android TV, with Chrome Cast built right in, so you'll have no problem finding content to display even without a dedicated streaming box or Blu-Ray player.
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Here at the Old Barn we do our work all by hand. Literally each piece is cut, shaped, sanded and finished by hand. You might say that we are fairly handy people.
So why do we do our work by hand? Simply because of the many disadvantages it offers us. First of all it forces our chairs to be imperfect, and much like a work of art no two of our chairs are precisely identical.
Secondly, it slows us down. The hands you shake when buying our chairs are the hands that make your furniture. Each piece is carefully selected and shaped in person, slowly and with the true skill of a craftsman.
Third, and for today we will limit ourselves to just three reasons, we are unwilling to listen to the ungodly droning of CNC machines all day in our shop. Perhaps if we were unable or maybe just too inept to build chairs by hand then we would hang our heads and wonder down that mindless path of computerized completion.
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'Lyrics' by Kieron Gillen
'Music' by Jamie McKelvie
Colours by Matthew Wilson
Despite never really getting paid (such are the economics of independent comics), Gillen managed to snag McKelvie in to draw a second story arc in this world of phonomancers and decidedly British music. The events of this story take place in one night, Christmas Eve Eve, if you can dig it, and it really only takes a few hours from start to finish. There are seven issues to this tale, and each issue takes us through the night from the perspective of a different character. It's an interesting was to make the narrative a bit more fractured and have emotional pay offs to moments really come issues later when you see the flip side to a conversation, what came before, came after, and what it all really means. David Kohl appears again but he only gets the one issue, this story is about the night, about the convergence of souls, and about how music is the backdrop to lives and loves and everything, really.
'Pull Shapes' introduces us to Penny. She's a phonomancer who uses her magics to get people to pay attention, to heighten the enjoyment of the evening; she's not evil just naively young and selfish. We meet her with a little dance ditty in her room and it's hard not to see what she wants us to see. McKelvie does a spectacular job at making Penny the girl that we know we shouldn't look at, the one we don't even want to want to look at, but ultimately the girl we can't take our eyes off.
This is a great intro issue because it's a simple done-in-one tale, as they all will be though interconnected, and it shows us that this is a very different tale to Rue Britannia. This is vignette and character work, not quest, and it's exceptionally well done. Gillen does the voice of Penny very well and you see that he handles all characters very much with their own style and pattern.
'Wine and Bed and More and Again' shows us the flip side to Penny's worst moment of the night as we follow Marc around. He's the pretty boy sulking in the corner because he's haunted by the one that got away. Strange thing is, Marc actually is haunted by the memories of this girl, she who will remain unnamed. He heads to the club with his mate Lloyd but instantly sees it for the bad idea it is when he's stuck bad in the past of those fruitful and perfect moments he shared with her.
'We Share Our Mothers' Health' focuses on coven leader Emily Aster, who we met in the previous volume. She's a lady who has graduated to clubbing instead of sticking to the ubiquitous youth of the club scene. She's beyond it but gets dragged in by David Kohl, who else? She picks the scene apart with a scalpel tongue and makes sure she leaves scars on as many people as she can.
Emily's shining moment comes in the bathroom as she speaks to the woman in the mirror, the woman she has fought and repressed and been victorious over. Emily is a new version and she's prepared to fight to make sure she's the only one. The conversation is fantastic and then she helps out Penny's friend, Laura, as she hides from Penny, as seen in the first issue. You see, Emily does have heart, but it's just so much easier to keep it in check and stay in complete control. This is her world and the only way she can break through is by being crazy, not nice. The issue ends with a great dance floor moment and Emily asserting her control to be the one and only lady living in her body.
'Konichiwa Bitches' serves up a two-headed beast in the DJs of the evening, Seth and Silent Girl. They're a tandem team and work so well together, even when working against each other. This entire issue, except for 3 pages, plays out in a six panel grid, two across, three down. And this structure is absolutely perfect for Gillen to script witty little one page conversations between a multitude of connections of the players of the night. This issue is probably my favourite of the series as it's incredibly funny and bloody well written. It almost reminds me of those Whose Line Is It Anyway? skits where the players would have to come into the ring and have conversations, as the buzzer buzzed they changed places, characters, conversations. It's constantly evolving and progressing and always hilarious. That is this issue.
Seth is a pretentious DJ (is there any other kind?) who constantly challenges those around him to inane and trivial music challenges that he rarely even makes open but adjudicates on anyway. We see Seth as superior and complete petty at all times and this is congruent with his character. We want to think that Seth is actually inconsequential but in a house full of music, and a decree of no magic, he is the lord of all he surveys. He controls the tempo, the pace, the truth of the evening. He is in control and we see that throughout the entire issue, and especially in one fantastic double page spread that is one of the few examples that truly warrants a double page spread. The DJ booth is the sun and the celestial bodies that orbit do so on its gravitational pull, and Seth sees himself as the god of this science, or perhaps its controlled big bang.
Strangest thing is, Silent Girl is actually the one in charge. Seriously.
'Lust, Etc.' gives us the sad and slightly pathetic tale of Laura Heavenly. She's a phonomancer, and a cutter, and in love with her best friend, and confused, and lost, and ultimately very sad. It is these labels, and many more, that Laura lives by. She's not a person just a label to be identified, tagged, and observed. It's tragic watching her just want a true reaction, a real emotion, but she can't find one and lacks the strength to give herself one.
It is nice that by the story's end Gillen gives her a moment of strength to provide her own moment, her own voice. She's owed at least that much.
'Ready To Be Heartbroken' is the story of Lloyd, Marc's best friend, and a man so desperate to create the name Logos for himself that it's really quite sad. We meet Lloyd straight after the events of the night, which is a first in this tale, but all we need to know about him has already been elucidated in the previous chapters. What's now important is what Lloyd (yeah, I refuse to call him Logos too) does with what he has learned.
Lloyd sits down on his bed amidst phonomancer letters, images, and moments and sets to work on his typewriter to create his grimoire, a magical text. We get scrapbook style pages of what Lloyd makes, his interpretation of the night, his dreams and wishes made real through cut-out text and completely open thoughts. He just desperately wants to create what has already been created, he wants to live the music and the vibe that came and went before he even knew about music. He wants a return to glory, but somehow through him. He's an openly admitted anachronism.
Thankfully, something that David Kohl passingly says to Lloyd gives him an opportunity to sample some new music. This understanding that new music is being created, and that it is good, invigorates Lloyd to finally understand that there is always a revolution of sound occurring, and the world is always ready to accept the next invitations to be the big new thing. It perpetual, there will always be more, you just have to be willing to accept it.
The final issue, 'Wolf Like Me' is extremely likeable, and the reviews of it were one of the big reasons I decided to give this entire story a chance. Here we see David's best friend, who has the extremely unlikeable name of Kid-With-Knives or KWK, as he sets about his night. KWK is the only character who is not a phonomancer but he has tried to pick up a few things from David. What he's managed to glean is that you have to let the music fill you, accept it into every cell, and then just ride that high for as long as you can. KWK knows how to do this, he's been doing it since forever.
We then see the gleeful rampage of almost-parkour levels of dancing, kebabs, and lustful enjoyment KWK unleashes on his town. He howls at the moon, steps in on an emo-beating to save the day, scores some food, sneaks said food into the club, nails some shots with his friends, and then sees the prettiest girl on the dance floor. That girl is, of course, Penny and here the series comes full circle as we get the full conclusion that was missing from the first issue. KWK cuts up the proverbial rug and though I kind of think he's a dick I can't help but love that he gets the girl because girls like that are meant to be got. Penny's at that right age, and of the right personality persuasion, that going home with someone is just the right medicine as a prevention for any disease.
There's a great text page of lyrics from the song and in the block letters we can see what exactly is going on with KWK and Penny. It's a perfect, and surprisingly subtle way, to sneak in some softcore action and the final page just ends the entire night on the right note.
Verdict – Must Read. This series is a fantastic and well written set of vignettes with very real characters and that is what matters, the characters. Gillen provides us with a smorgasbord of interest and I like that so many people would each have different favourite characters, and thus favourite issues. It's a great way of luring in many by having a hook for them somewhere in the mix. McKelvie does a great job of making each character act and speak through their eyes, their clothes, their being. The entire thing reads like a great miniseries, be it a comic or a TV show. It's also interesting to see that this is so different from the first trade in nearly every conceivable way, and yet still feels congruent with the reality but is also shockingly possibly the better read. This is superb comics and again you don't need to know the music to get it. So go on out and get it because most importantly I don't think you need to know a lick about the first story to get this one, not at all. This is a sequel that's not only better than the original but it's also something that can be taken on its own and doesn't really stand on the shoulders of the giant tale that came before.
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LAS VEGAS (September 17, 2003) – Clear Channel Entertainment's Motor Sports division announced today the 2003 Maxxis U.S. Open at the MGM Grand Garden Arena October 10-12 will air on SPEED Channel Saturday, October 25, from 8:00 -10:00 p.m. EST. The traditional 90-minute television show for the Maxxis U.S. Open has been expanded to two hours of bar-to-bar racing.
"This two-hour, action-packed program on SPEED Channel has a field of riders chasing down the $300,000 purse at this no holds barred event,¿ said Ken Hudgens, vice president of marketing, Clear Channel Entertainment – Motor Sports. "With a tremendous line-up of riders, including Ricky Carmichael, Chad Reed and Mike LaRocco, this should be a great event on SPEED. We are excited to expand our relationship with SPEED Channel, and taking the coverage from 90 minutes to two hours should enable us to cover more of the action.¿
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Robbie Floyd, Davey Coombs and Cameron Steele will call the race action. The highly anticipated race between two-time Maxxis U.S. Open champion Ricky Carmichael, THQ World Supercross GP champion and AMA Supercross Series runner-up Chad Reed and defending Maxxis U.S. Open champion Mike LaRocco will give viewers two hours of pure excitement.
The Maxxis U.S. Open, founded in 1998 is an invitation-only motocross race held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, featuring the world's top supercross/motocross racers competing for $300,000 – the single largest payout in motorcycle racing. In addition to the premier open class of racing, the Maxxis U.S. Open also offers a variety of racing including minicycles and KTM Junior Supercross Challenge racing. Past winners include: Damon Huffman ('98); Jeff Emig ('99); Ricky Carmichael ('00 & '01); Mike LaRocco ('02).
Tickets for the sixth annual Maxxis U.S. Open presented by Thor/Parts Unlimited on October 10-11, and the Amateur Arenacross World Finals, which will be held at the MGM Grand on Sunday, October 12, 2003, are currently on-sale through the MGM Grand box office and Ticketmaster.com or by phone at 702-479-4000. Fans can also purchase tickets at Las Vegas Motorsports, Honda/Kawasaki of Las Vegas, World Motorcycles and Motorcycle City. For more information, log on to www.ussx.com. The Maxxis U.S. Open is sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing.
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Sanderson Model 1907 British Enfield Mark Iii S.m.l.e. Bayonet Dated 9-16 & 1923
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Here is a nice, original, Sanderson manufactured Model 1907 British Enfield Mark III S.M.L.E. bayonet dated 9 16 with an additional post war check and test date stamp of 1923. The scabbard has H.O.R.T. and broad arrow inspector's stamps. The early scabbard has blued mountings that still retain considerable blue though the mountings show some OD paint likely from this bayonets WW II service. The leather is still quite good. The point is undamaged, the blade is unsharpened showing factory grind all along the edge and the two tone finish is good except for some dark spotting at the tip which I have shown. I'm not surprised about the blade because Heaven help the poor Tommy who took it upon himself to alter his equipments or allow it to be damaged. This is a decent, solid example of the M 1907 that has "been there" through two World Wars and which presents well and has a great feel. I will be listing many WW I and II items,some rare, thisnext Tuesday and Thursday. These pieces are here to give you a heads-up. I've enjoyed my collection for decades and now it is time to pass it along to the next generation to conserve. Ihave provided sharp, detailed photos so you can know exactly what you are getting without those ''surprises'' we all really dislike. We hope you enjoy this carrier! It will be carefully packed in peanuts which is the only way to get fragile items through safely. Remember, we combine shipping to save you money whenever possible. Shipping to PR, HI and AK will obviously be higher than the quote. The new USPS shipping costs are significantly higher especially on larger packages going any distance and I use delivery confirmation, which adds 75 cents. I have never tried to make money from shipping. It's expensive enough as it is! Any extra postage over a buck is returned. Thanks for looking and please check out the other listings for antique lamp parts, musket parts and Lionel O gauge train items over the coming months.
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Scientists in Sweden have found that cardiac glycosides, which are a family of naturally-derived drugs used to treat congestive heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms, may be used against colon cancer as well.
As part of a larger study to screen and identify natural substances with activity against colon cancer, Jenny Felth, Joachim Gullbo, and colleagues picked several cardiac glycosides for further study.
They tested five of these heart drugs against laboratory cultures of human colon cancer cells and found that they were all effective, to varying degrees, at killing the cancer cells.
The sensitivity, however, was rather low when compared to that of other cancer cell types reported previously.
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The Himba are indigenous peoples with an estimated population of about 50,000 people living in northern Namibia, in the Kunene region (formerly Kaokoland) and on the other side of the Kunene River in Angola. The Himba are considered the last (semi-) nomadic people of Namibia..
The Himba are predominantly livestock farmers who breed fat-tailed sheep and goats, but count their wealth in the number of their cattle. They also grow and farm rain-fed crops such as maize and millet. Livestock are the major source of milk and meat for the OvaHimba, their milk-and-meat nutrition diet is also supplemented by maize cornmeal, chicken eggs, wild herbs and honey, only occasionally and opportunistically are the livestock sold for cash.
Both the Himba men and women are accustomed to wearing traditional clothing that befits their living environment in the Kaokoland and the hot semi-arid climate of their area, in most occurrences this consists simply of skirt-like clothing made from calfskins or increasingly from more modern textiles, and occasionally sandals for footwear, with foot soles often found made from old car tires.
Himba women especially, as well as Himba men, are remarkably famous for covering themselves with otjize paste, a cosmetic mixture of butterfat and ochre pigment, to cleanse the skin over long periods due to water scarcity and protect themselves from the extremely hot and dry climate of the Kaokoland as well as against mosquito insect bites. The cosmetic mixture, often perfumed with the aromatic resin of the omuzumba shrub, gives their skin and hair plaits a distinctive orange or red-tinge characteristic, as well as texture and style. Otjize is considered foremost a highly desirable aesthetic beauty cosmetic, symbolizing earth's rich red color and blood the essence of life, and is consistent with the OvaHimba ideal of beauty.


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I know there are loads of recommended backup programs out there but I'm looking for a really simple solution to keep a big drive full of pictures and videos backed up regularly. And I'm looking for a conventional backup i.e. files I can view in explorer just the same as on my working drive.
I have a separate USB portable drive which I use to do a simple drag and drop of my Pictures and Videos folder, which are on an SSD drive in my dektop (not the C drive).
My strategy for a quick back up is to simply copy across the folders to my backup drive then select 'Yes' to merge existing folders then when prompted about files already existing on the destination in the same folders I select 'Don't copy'.
This quickly copies across any new folders and files without copying the whole lot but there are 2 issues with this:
1. I'm not actually copying all folders within 'Pictures' - I'm manually selecting the ones I need - something I would think a nice backup program could automate for me via a job with the relevant folders selected. There's also another folder on my C drive (Lightroom Presets) I have to remember to back up at the same time so, again, I'd think a job in backup program could 'help me remember'.
2. Any files deleted from my working drive are not getting deleted from the back up drive.
So does anyone know if such a program exists? I don't want to get into the hassle of complex programs with incremental back ups because they never seem to work well for me.
E.g. incremental backups actually keep more data on the backup drive as you build up all the incremental back ups than actually exists on the working drive - which seems pretty stupid to me because you end up needing a much bigger drive for your back up. Or has this changed now and there is a simple incremental back up option where it just copies all the files updated or changed and displays them in a standard folder view like the original?
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That's perfect.
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I do play Nidalee top lane for quite some time now. I have to tell you, that this guide is very incomplete yet. I hope I can still show you my play style from Nidalee.
I think the best thing to go for is 9-21-0. You don't really need the mana in utility or the bonus movement speed if you went for movement speed quints. I think its just important to be a tanky top. You will deal tons of damage even if you build pretty tanky. The decision to go for the cooldown reduction in offense is just a possibility, go for the attack speed works out pretty well too, but only if you want to carry or if you play aggressive in lane.
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The reason why I play Nidalee is simple: She's just good at every phase in the game. She a very strong laner because she's ranged and got lots of sustain, but still can deal much damage especially after lvl 6. And if you build her tanky, she will just destroy the enemy team in the team fights by taking much damage but still surviving.
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It's just clear that you max your e first and your q after because you will do tons of damage in your tiger form. Just remember in the tiger form: Use your w, then e, then q for maximum damage!!
You wanna set some traps in the bushes.
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1 in opponent Lane bush - You want these Traps to be there constantly (replace when they time out or an enemy stepped over them.
Harass: You want to harass with your auto-attacks only before lvl 6. Go in/out the bush and do attacks. After you are lvl 6 just remember w,e,q for most damage output. Its perfect if your opponent runs in a trap before. You are one of the best traders and can just heal back after a trade. If you didn't feed, trade whenever your opponent comes to close to you.
blue side: wards into tri-bush and deep into river and traps at their red
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Hapsburg is the name given to Madrid when the Hapsburg dynasty reigned in Spain. This reign began with Charles I, who enriched the city with palaces and monuments. Later on, Philip II made it the capital of Spain and the city grew dramatically.
The journey through the Renaissance and Baroque style buildings of this era is perhaps one of the most picturesque and representative of Madrid.
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As a kid growing up in Los Angeles during the 1950s, nothing was more exciting to me than the Jan. 1st Rose Bowl.
Back then, Los Angeles had no Dodgers, no Lakers, no Kings and no Clippers. The city had the professional football Rams — an explosive team led first by quarterbacks Bob Waterfield (married to movie starlet Jane Russell) and then the taciturn "Dutchman," Norm Van Brocklin.
And the town — believe it or not Los Angeles was a small town in those days — -had two beloved minor league baseball teams, the Los Angeles Angels and the Hollywood Stars.
Joe Guzzardi
But the Rose Bowl, as a once-a-year event, was Southern California's sporting ne plus ultra. And for people who couldn't get into football, the
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade was as thrilling as the game itself.
From my early childhood until 1956, the year my family left Los Angeles, we started each New Year's Day by watching the parade on our tiny black and white television set.
And that family tradition carried on no matter where we lived.
Over the course of the decades, one famous Grand Marshall after another led the annual parade. Many were Hollywood icons: Bob Hope (twice), Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Stewart, Gregory Peck, Danny Kaye, Loren Green, Shirley Temple Black, Lawrence Welk, Angela Lansbury, Carol Burnett, John Wayne and Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.
Others were atheletes: Hank Aaron, Merlin Olsen, Pele, "Chi Chi" Rodriguez, Carl Lewis, and Arnold Palmer.
Even politicians got into the act: Herbert Hoover, Senator Everett Dirksen, Senator John Glenn, Richard Nixon (twice), Gerald Ford and Dwight Eisenhower.
Once the parade ended, our focus shifted to the game, fondly referred to as "The Granddaddy of Them All"- meaning the biggest and the best of the bowls. With the Rose Bowl attendance averaging 102,000, no other game generated more interest.
From its inception in 1947 through 2001, the Rose Bowl was played between the winners of the Pac-10 conference (earlier the Pac-8) and the Big Ten.
Fans automatically-and correctly as it invariably turned out-anticipated that the midwestern visitors would trounce the Pac-10 team. From 1947 thorough 1959, the Big Ten won 12 of the 13 games.
As Californians focused on the Rose Bowl, we had only a vague awareness that football had been played that day in other parts of the country.
The final scores from the Sugar Bowl, the Orange Bowl, and the Cotton Bowl were all in before the Rose Bowl kicked off.
Incredible as it seems today, college football had only four bowl games. All were played on January 1.
I don't have to tell you how much else has changed.
The Rose Parade's elaborate floats — once constructed by volunteers and using as many fresh flowers as the average florist sells over five years — now depend on high-tech computerized animation and exotic natural materials from around the world. Professionals who specialize in float construction build most of the entries.
The 2006 parade will be held on Monday, January 2; but the Rose Bowl will be played on Wednesday, January 4.
Established in 1998, the Bowl Championship Series, the BCS, opened up the Rose Bowl to teams from other conferences. Since 2002, the Miami Hurricanes, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Texas Longhorns have played in Pasadena.
Football fans that have the interest and the energy can now watch 28 bowl games. This year they began on December 26 with the Motor City Bowl game between the Memphis Tigers (7-5) and the Akron Zips (7-6) and will end on January 4 with the national championship game between the number one Southern California Trojans and the number two Texas Longhorns.
Thankfully, one thing — the most important thing- has not changed. The Rose Bowl players, the Trojans' Matt Leinert and Reggie Bush and the Longhorns' Vince Young are among the most outstanding in the nation and will go down among college football's all-time best.
In 1982, then-Tournament of Roses President Harold E. Coombes created the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame to honor outstanding individuals who have contributed to the Rose Bowl's success. Eligible for induction are players, coaches, school administrators, athletic directors and conference officials.
Among those already in the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame are Stanford's Jim Plunkett, Ernie Nevers, Frank Albert and John Ralston; Southern California's
Charles White, O.J. Simpson, Pat Haden and Pete Beathard; Illinois' Buddy Young and Dick Butkus and Ohio State's Archie Griffin and W.W. "Woody" Hayes.
Regardless of the outcome of the Trojan-Longhorn showdown, you can be sure that Leinart, Bush and Young will be added to the long list of great players already in the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame.
Joe Guzzardi, an instructor at the Lodi Adult School, has been writing a weekly opinion column since 1988.