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Apr 5, 2012
The 'official' West post..
Fifth Year Senior deemed too fast for race he loves!
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West, I feel your pain. As much as I am friends with the Delts bikers, this was not a cool move. If I have learned anything from riding it's that respect in the cycling community is just as important as being a fast rider. I will always admire the rider who pulls their fair share and takes 2nd over the rider who sits in and takes 1st.The little 500 rulebook is partly to blame seeing as the rules are starting to create more problems then solve them. Can we please just let any student who goes to our school race?...I'm tired of watching.
-Graham Dewart
- April 5, 2012 at 6:13 PM
- Kaleb said...
Sad story here. I feel bad for you, Chris. You were always an all-around good guy and good cyclist during my time at IU.
With that said, the final ruling does follow the letter of the law. But for IUSF to reverse its decision mid-stream is weak. Little 500 is governed by all of ten pages of eligibility requirements. That's it. The rules are not hard to understand.
If Chris is ineligible this year, then I should have been recognized as a four-year rider in 2010; I had 3 races and 4 qualifications under my belt. (this is not meant to suggest bitterness on my part, only gross inconsistency in how rules are followed).
Consistency, please, IUSF. It's sad that circumstances like this bring the issues to the forefront. Such things should have been resolved internally long ago.
And DTD - that was a classless appeal. I'm calling BS on the lack of influence on Sojka from teammates and coaches. Race your bikes and win with your legs, not a rulebook. In the end, we're all fellow cyclists who share in a unique and special event.
- April 5, 2012 at 7:16 PM
Not like West was going to make Phi Delt win anyway... IUSF never should have okayed his appeal in the first place. I feel bad for the guy, but rules are rules.
I'm with Graham, it's a damn intermural sport. Let people have fun and ride. It would be a better race if Dewart, Smith, and West could ride. Bailey should figure that out.
- April 5, 2012 at 8:06 PM
me think that Delts scared of little girls if they post sub 2:40 ITT. PROTEST
- April 5, 2012 at 9:00 PM
idk if the ruling makes sense or not. But i do understand the decision. The appeal was tasteless. Another case of riders worrying about things other than training for the race.
- April 5, 2012 at 11:44 PM
I understand but it is tasteless. They need some fish filet. Some sesame seed. Boom boom sticks
Delts needs some dudes with dicks, not pussys
- April 6, 2012 at 1:15 AM
Wow Delts, if you can't beat em, get them kicked out huh? Incmy day i wanted to beat the best....i guess its different now. Straight girls is all i can say. Wow! Actually I take that back, the girls race doesn't even do that.....My only question is.....was this all RJ.....or a little bit of Neibler..........or dare I say Jordan B.........I hear he helped in writing the appeal. Conflict of interest if I do say so myself.
- April 6, 2012 at 1:32 AM
Hey Delts I have a question? If you get all of the top riders ineligable who are you going to ride behind and draft of off all race??? Bitches are scared to pull. Real men pull then pull out.......
- April 6, 2012 at 1:36 AM
Didn't mean to make mr. West upset??? Hahahahah that is this biggest piece of s*** I've ever read. Is that what Matt Neibler told you to say? Or RJ?
- April 6, 2012 at 1:40 AM
Disagree respectfully and sign your name. It's okay to be angry or have a differing opinion but at least show an element of maturity if your going to argue your claim. Learn from the first two posts.
- April 6, 2012 at 1:52 AM
I can't wait to see Lusk get bEat up on race day by the red jumpsuit clan. Get ready for hell hankypoo
-Delt superstar Phildo
- April 6, 2012 at 6:15 AM
It's unfortunate that IUSF can't enforce the rules on their own and the riders are left to be the police and take the blame. The rules are clear in this case.
- April 6, 2012 at 7:01 AM
IUSF DID enforce the rules originally and West appealed his ineligibility, BOOM the system works. The problem there-in lies, how/why does someone protest an appeal? The same rulebook that made West not eligible is the same rulebook that made him eligible again and the same damn rulebook that allowed Phil to protest and make him not eligible again. Does it matter if it was Phil, the whole Delts team, alumni pressure or Keil coming back and crying like a baby? The system is flawed and situations like this bring that to light.
- April 6, 2012 at 10:06 AM
- Todd said...
I agree the appeals process should be reviewed. To grant West an appeal in Feb 2011 and then reverse it is hard to accept. Both parties, Phi Delts and Delts went through the appropriate procedures to file the appeals, but in a case of eligibility like this, there should be a final ruling made earlier.
Maybe the rule could be changed to IUSF posting when a rider or team has been granted an appeal and then other team have 30 days to file a protest against that appeal. That way, someone like West doesn't go a whole year thinking that he will be eligible.
Like others have said, I am really curious as to what facts Delts brought to the table to convince IUSF to overturn West's eligibility.
- April 6, 2012 at 10:25 AM
Todd, that's a good idea. 30 days and that's it. The problem is smart people would keep this low key and not tell other teams about it and 30 days would go by an no one would care. But then the closer Little 5 comes, suddenly everyone cares. IUSF would have to make each appeal public so that teams would know to protest the ruling or not within that 30 days. One of my teammates didn't make grades. He appealed and won because he was friends with the race director and no one knew he had bad grades. He didn't race though, but rode quals.
Who was responsible for the protest in 1993 to get rid of the mountain bike rider guy that mountain bike racer that rode for Cutters?
- April 6, 2012 at 10:34 AM
- Todd said...
Art Keith was the Cutters rider and it was actually in 1994. Art took a year off in 1993, but he was the rider on the 1992 team who closed the final gap when we lapped the field.
In 1994 when he rejoined, he thought he was eligible until the week of quals. My understanding of it is that Randy Spruill of Sigma Chi filed the appeal saying that an "Expert" mountain biker should be viewed as equivalent to a Cat 1/2. Spruill went on to win the sprint for Sigma Chi that year.
Ironically, there was some question about Spruill being a Cat 2 at the time, but getting USCF (USA Cycling) to respond in those days was a bit harder because results and Categories were not on the internet. The Cutters would not have likely protested him anyway.
The Cutters did try to file an injunction to get Art reinstated but it failed.
- April 6, 2012 at 10:51 AM
ISUF messed up by letting him in the race in the first place and realized that if he were to compete in his 5th year, it would open the door for anyone to appeal for a 5th year. The legal system works off precedence.
And remember, Jordan Bailey wasn't the one who made this decision in the first place, he had to of been playing damage control throughout this whole process.
IUSF didn't want to deal with every good rider staying a 5th year to dominate the race.
- April 6, 2012 at 4:40 PM
Any good rider can stay a 5th year you jackass. As long as they don't ride in the race or quals one year. See phi delt this year to remind yourself
- April 6, 2012 at 6:45 PM
"As long as they don't ride in the race or quals one year"
Exactly... Chris west competed in quals...
- April 7, 2012 at 11:02 AM
West had an opportunity to make his case in front of the Appeals Board. Apparently he failed to make it compelling enough to convince a majority to rule in his favor. An additional hearing would not necessarity make this position any more valid. People don't get additional hearings in court because they didn't like the verdict.
Maybe West should have had Woj go in with him, afterall he got Reike a second vote for HoF, because he didn't like the results of her fist chance.
- April 8, 2012 at 3:17 PM
what if jim nantz could narrate little 5?
- April 8, 2012 at 7:01 PM
I wish Gus Johnson did the play by play.
- April 8, 2012 at 10:44 PM
In the american judicial system we have a thing called an appeal, this is a review of the case for new evidence or poor judicial procedure. In this case the fact he was told in 2011 he could ride and then had the ruling changed should/ would fall under the category of an additional appeal.
I agree he should have had Woj come with him but only to show this issue has arisen before and Woj was allowed to ride 5 years.
You also have your fact wrong about RIEKE, the reason she was granted a second vote was her senior year the IUSF dropped the ball on organizing the HOF committee. This body is supposed to review and bring riders up for a vote. The fact is this body did not meet because it was not asked by IUSF. So in fairness to everyone else in the race who has had the opportunity to be reviewed the next year the HOF committee did review Rieke and did bring her name up. She was then voted it by the riders.
The fact is if West was no good he could have ridden 5 years and no one would have cared. This issue only shows how silly the IUSF's rules have become. If this is a true intramural event then all undergrad students should be allowed to compete. Fact is, for to long the IUSF have done what it wants when it wants to suit certain riders. Proof of this is the CAT 1/2 rule. Either allow them or don't when ever you have a grey area like they do now (enter as a 5 work your way up to pro) people will continue to challenge this rule (what if I am a 4 and cat up right before little 5 to a 2 can I still ride that race? Or am I kicked out? Should a wait a week to send paper work in to get the upgrade?)
This type of silly and multi-what if rules only allow for more and more judgement by the IUSF rather then having a clear cut rule (All undergrads can ride who meet the grades).
- April 9, 2012 at 8:36 AM
Huge difference between Woj and West. Woj was clearly injured and didn't actually ride in quals or the race.
- April 9, 2012 at 9:43 AM
And became a member of the HOF.
If you look back at the previous thread we have examples of people not injured who got to ride 5 years. I think this whole thing is silly, let the kid ride or don't just be consistent with the rules and stay to them.
- April 9, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Change the CAT 1/2 RULE!
- April 9, 2012 at 2:50 PM
- Todd said...
The rule as written does serve a valuable purpose. It reduces recruiting and forces teams to develop riders from within. It also allows riders to progress and get better on the road which the old rule didn't do.
I don't think the issue here is necessarily if West should be able to ride or not. I think the issue is how the appeal was handled and how the appeals rule is written.
- April 9, 2012 at 3:29 PM
- Geraint Parry said...
If new information comes to light regarding a precedent that could benefit West then could there be another re-appeal?
That seems to be where the unfairness exists in the system. Shouldn't there be a Double Jeopardy rule (if I understand that correctly) here?
West was deemed allowed to ride (by Pam's committee) but then stopped from riding (by Jordan's committee). If Jordan quit today and Matt Ewing was drafted in as a stop-gap replacement then surely he could reappeal for a more favourable result?
- April 9, 2012 at 6:16 PM
The TMT rule, definitely needs to be changed
- April 9, 2012 at 8:39 PM
Pam is gone. Jordan is in. Pam's ruling does not stand. Jordan's ruling stands. See ya.
- April 9, 2012 at 10:21 PM
West definitely got the shit end of the stick thanks to Pam or the appeals board that initially granted him eligibility. Quite simply the if West didn't have such good connections (with Pam), he would have never been granted eligibility for 2012 in the first place.
Just because you were selected for riders council doesn't entitle to your own set of rules. I agree with Sojka here, keep the rules consistent for everyone. If you deny eligibility to dewart and smith because bullshit rules then deny West's eligibility as well.
I happened to speak to a member of appeals board and apparently there was little deliberation; West was in clear violation of the L5 rules. Quite simply he's ineligible no matter how you look at, even if he gained favor with the asst. race director.
While no one likes a whistleblower, it's neither immoral or against any unwritten rider's code to simply enforce the rules as they are written. Had it not been such a West favorable article, I would have expected more support for the rules.
- April 9, 2012 at 11:57 PM
free chris west
- April 10, 2012 at 12:07 AM
The rule is that you can appeal an appeal, but that's the end of the process. So if Ewing replaced Jordan tomorrow no additional appeals would be allowed. Period. End of story.
As noted earlier, West got the shit end of the stick because an appeal that flew in the face of the rules was granted. That is the heart of the matter.
That it took so little time for the current appeals board to undo the incorrect appeal shows what a cockup the original group committed.
- April 10, 2012 at 5:19 AM
- Justin Keene said...
I don't buy for a second that the coaches and other teammates did not influence the DTD appeal. Chris is one of the most humble and kind guys in this town. I just don't get going after him unless you felt threatened by the fact that your team couldn't compete with PDT.
I agree with Geraint the double-jeopardy involved here is baffling. This is just another instance of Jordan being very different from Pam. Take it or leave it.
Also, man up and sign your name to your comment. Own your online bravado.
- Justin Keene
- April 10, 2012 at 1:27 PM


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Top 10 Karaoke Songs
The best karaoke songs give us a chance to show off our vocal prowess and be the star we always knew we could be. Picking the perfect song is crucial. To impress friends and coworkers -- or even just strangers at the bar -- it must be not only be fun (and singable) for you, but also enjoyable for the audience.
If they're singing along by the second chorus, you've made a good choice. To help ensure you're never without a crowd-pleaser up your sleeve, we've put together a list of 10 karaoke songs we think are sure to knock 'em dead.
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Dixie Chicks - 'Wide Open Spaces'
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What's better than belting Taylor Swift songs with your girlfriends on a night out? 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' is an anthem for women tired of being in a bipolar relationship. This song is always fun to sing and sure to draw some crowd participation. BYO sass.
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Garth Brooks - 'Friends in Low Places'
A classic sing-along in bars and backyards across the south, 'Friends in Low Places' always gets a crowd going. It's the ultimate track to choose when out with the guys -- no frills, no fuss, just a rugged, down-home Garth tune. When the whole place joins in on belting the word 'oasis,' you'll know you've picked the best song for karaoke.

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In case you're wondering, it was a wild and wacky first day here at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show. Here's what you missed last night if you didn't stay up with us throughout our first day of coverage — or at least here's a round-up of what we thought were the top five stories:
1.) Godzilla is Back! Nissan revealed the new GT-R which supposedly is not only a Corvette Z06 killer, it's a Porsche 911 Turbo killer. We haven't driven it so we don't know for sure and we're kinda just going off the claims of others. What we do know is it's hot and it's not only the sports car with the biggest buzz here in Tokyo, it's the car with the biggest buzz.
Nissan GT-R Live Reveal
Nissan GT-R First Video
2.) We heart Tonka trucks. Seriously — any automaker will find their way to our hearts real quick-like if they're able to build a concept car that looks like a Tonka truck. Exhibit A would be the Suzuki X-Head concept car. We love it and now that we've seen it in person we love it even more.
Suzuki X-Head Live Reveal
3.) The BMW 1-series tii concept. It's supposed to make you think E30 M3 while simultaneously looking like a 2002 tii. All we know is the BMW fan-boys are all atwitter over the possibility it'll have a 2.0-liter turbo. This was one of only two vehicles revealed here that were not revealed before-hand. Who knew that would be enough to be noteworthy?
Tokyo Motor Show: BMW 1-Series tii
4.) The Volkswagen Space up! Concept. The other concept not revealed beforehand. Otherwise it's basically the up! concept revealed in Germany at the Frankfurt Auto Show, except bigger, longer and you know, more uncut.
Tokyo Motor Show: Volkswagen Space Up! Concept Car
5.) BMW confirms CS concept. BMW's Japanese boss confirmed that yes, the German automaker will build something based off the CS Platform that hit the Shanghai show earlier this year. Yup, the "Shanghai Surprise" became the "Japanese Shocker" — which we hear is big in certain upstairs venues in Rappongi.
Tokyo Motor Show: BMW Confirms New Model Based on CS Platform
Well folks, we'll drop another round-up in a few short hours after we've finished up showing off all of our new tricks we found here at the Tokyo Motor Show's first day and then look for a full-show round-up sometime on Thursday. We're gonna hit up some Yakatori places and be back in a jiffy — you keep your eyes right here on the Tokyo Auto Show tag.


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As an amateur psychologist wannabe, I have often felt comfortable (perhaps too comfortable) diagnosing people with all manner of mental pathology. It's gotten easier after a good bit of practice. All it takes is a very close examination of a person's tendencies and nuances and a knowledge of some clinical vocabulary. Psychologists employ many tools to help analyze the mind, from written tests to personality inventories to fancy ink splatters. But I'm here to present a more seasonally appropriate way to determine whether someone is suffering from a mental illness, and that is by examining the state of their Christmas light displays.
Now, of course, such a test comes equipped with certain drawbacks. For instance, there is not a single shred of scientific verifiability here. Like the Rorschach, the Christmas Light Personality Test (or CLPT as we call it in the pseudo-psychobabble trade) is vulnerable to the subjective interpretation of the test-taker. But don't let that stop you from making valuable insights about your neighbors. I'll provide you with a basic guide that will help you make the most accurate assessments possible as you drive through your neighborhood during the months of November, December, and January. For Christmas light displays between the months of March and October, that's a whole other level of mental pathology not covered in this particular test. Consider those citizens beyond help and promptly move.
Now let's get started, shall we?
1. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
The minimal, monochromatic display exhibits the decorator's repressed sexuality. If the homeowner is a woman, she likely wears her hair pulled back in a tight bun and pairs this with long skirts, support hose, and scratchy wool cardigans. The male is equally conservative and is likely repressing homosexual tendencies through the extensive use of color coordinated sweater vests. Expect to see an abnormally large number of cats and Amy Grant CDs inside this home.
2. The Anally Expulsive
The anally-expulsive decorator, in opposite polarity to the anal retentive one, exhibits elements of disorganization and carelessness caused by being allowed to use feces as a form of artistic expression during the toddler years. It is also possible that people who decorate this way have experienced traumas that forced them to regress to the age of five, when such a display would have been the pinnacle of winterland fantasy. Or, and this is the more likely explanation, this person is addicted to meth and strung up these lights in the midst of a four day ride on the dragon. As a precaution, do not light a match inside this home.
3. The Projectionist
Decorators of this variety will likely insist that you are a tacky individual who puts crappy, amateur Christmas decorations on your house when they are really just talking about themselves. The inflatable snowman is also representative of the ego or possible erectile dysfunction.
4. The Repressed Matrix
This decorator was presented with a red pill, which would extract him from a computer-generated mind program designed to enslave humanity, and a blue pill that would make him blissfully ignorant of the "real world." He chose the blue pill, but his subconscious mind continues to replay buried memories of his experiences fighting bad guys called Agents, and looking at the world through a cascade of computer code, which is manifested by the above light display.
5. The Compensator
Penis, stature, bank account. Just pick one. Or all of the above.
6. The Acrophobic
The untouched second story indicates that this decorator was loathe to install lights with the assistance of a ladder, likely due to a fear of heights. Either that, or the house is occupied by dwarfs. Dwarfs afraid of heights. Or dwarfs without a ladder.
7. The Dissociative Identity
The disproportionately large numbers of inflatable and light-up figures in this person's yard suggests a subconscious expression of the decorator's myriad personalities. The large snowman in the middle represents the dominant personality, suggesting that the person is rather cold-hearted, yet vulnerable to change.
8. Dashed Hopes
The decorator aimed high, yet encountered an insurmountable obstacle, rendering the once ambitious display incomplete. Or, maybe the decorator fell victim to a rickety ladder, and the surviving spouse decided to light the remainder as a tribute to the fallen.
9. Gender Confusion or The Compromise
The decorator of this home is very likely a transvestite. Here we witness the subconscious struggling with the masculine rigidity of the blue lights and the feminine flamboyance of the multi-colored festivity bedecking the window. Could also be the sign of a disagreement between spouses, where the wife let the husband hang his stupid blue lights around the door, but only if he promised to finally clean all the junk of the goddamn porch.
10. The Freud
Sometimes a palm tree light display is a palm tree light display, though I think it's prudent to go with the most obvious diagnosis here: Urolagnia.


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Total Medicare enrollment in New York
In 2009 there were 309,3591 Medicare beneficiaries in New York, which is 15.9 percent of its total population. That compares with 16 percent of the United States population enrolled in Medicare.
The states with the highest percentage of beneficiaries are West Virginia and Maine with about 21 percent each. Those with the lowest percentage are Alaska (9.5 percent) and Utah (10 percent). In raw numbers, Alaska has the least recipients at 69,301 and California (which has about an eighth of the country's population within its borders) has the most at a little over 5 million (13 percent of its population).
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Individuals who qualify by virtue of their age alone make up 82 percent of New York Medicare recipients. The balance — 18 percent — are on Medicare as the result of a disability. Kentucky has the highest percent of Medicare recipients listed as disabled (28 percent), followed by Alabama, Mississippi, West Virginia and Arkansas. Hawaii has the smallest percentage at 12 percent, followed by North and South Dakota at 14 percent each.
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In 2014 in New York, 35 percent of all Medicare recipients chose a Medicare Advantage plan. New York is in a two-way tie with Wisconsin for #11 among all states for insureds choosing an Advantage plan. Nationwide, 30 percent of Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in a Medicare Advantage program. A full 32 percent of urban dwellers choose them, compared to only 20 percent of rural dwellers, likely due to less access to plans.
Minnesota is the only state where more than half (51 percent) of Medicare eligibles enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan. Alaska, with only 22 Advantage enrollees, is the only state to have zero percent enrolled in Medicare Advantage. Five more states have Medicare Advantage enrollment (by percentage of the state's Medicare enrollees) in the single digits: Wyoming with 3 percent, New Hampshire with 6 percent, Vermont and Delaware (both with 7 percent) and Maryland squeaking in with 9 percent.
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New York has 1,357,662 in stand-alone prescription drug plans. The state has 29 plans with premiums ranging from $13 to $144 per month. That amounts to 45 percent of all enrollees in New York having a stand-alone Rx plan compared to an average of 47 percent nationally. (Florida is highest with 52 percent.)
Medicare prescription drug coverage — called Medicare Part D — was the result of legislation passed in 2003 and signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2006. It is a bit of a controversial program because it was an unfunded liability — meaning that the vast majority of costs fell on taxpayers — and the law also barred Medicare from negotiating lower drug prices with drug makers.
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Cheltenham Folk Festival 2011Friday 11th to Sunday 13th February 2011
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 1QA, England MAP
early bird £65, 5-16 year olds £35, under 5 free
last updated: Thu 2nd Feb 2012
A mid-winter festival presenting both national and local artists, many of whom perform, and are available to meet at one or many of the events taking place over the weekend.
The 15th Cheltenham Folk Festival takes place from Friday 11th to Sunday 13th February 2011.
Line-upConfirmed acts so far include headliners Jon Boden and The Remnant Kings, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, and Lunasa. Plus Freya Ferguson & Abbott, The Crucible Trio, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman, The Melrose Quartet, Pilgrims' Way, Sam Sallon, Johnny Coppin with Paul Burgess, Karen Tweed, The Yetties, Old Swan Band, Askew Sisters, Pete Coe, Jackie Oates and Boyle, Tyrrall, Boyle, with more still to be announced.
TicketsIndividual concert tickets are dependent on availability although many artists appear more than once over the weekend. Camping is not included in the ticket price. An adult early bird weekend ticket is priced at £65 the price will increase on Saturday 1st January. Children under 5 years are admitted free; 5-16 year olds tickets are priced at £35. Concessions are available priced at £55 for students, disabled and jobseekers.
To buy tickets, click here.
On siteFood includes vegetarian dishes, and there are real ales too. The town centre and all-day car parks are within a few minutes walk.
Indoor campingis available at around £25 for the weekend or around £10 per night at St Luke's Church Hall. No campers under 16 years of age. Facilities include toilets, showers, kitchen and disabled access.
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The Cheltenham Folk Festival is promoted by Cheltenham Borough Council.
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20 years of Shopfront
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- UTS Shopfront began in 1996 as a project to match UTS students with small community-based organisations
- Since then, the award-winning Shopfront program has seen more than 1000 projects with 800 community organisations completed and become one of the university's key programs championing social justice and the scholarship of community engagement
UTS is celebrated for its commitment to community engagement and social justice. For 20 years UTS Shopfront [2] has led the charge, providing under-resourced communities easy access to university-level knowledge and expertise.
Shopfront [2] began in 1996 as a project to match UTS students with small community-based organisations, and, says former Academic Director Paul Ashton, "that same community engagement and social justice work continues to this day".
From running just six coursework projects in their first semester, to now celebrating more than 1000 completed projects in partnership with 800 community organisations, it's clear the Shopfront team haven't been resting on their laurels.
Community Engagement Coordinator Lisa Andersen believes the success comes down to a few key factors. "We're the oldest cross-faculty program in Australia, so not only did we learn from all our mistakes in the early days, but we now have a deep knowledge of ongoing social justice and community development issues.
"All the projects and research we undertake are free, community-initiated, and based on real community needs," she says. "Our longevity comes from listening to the community sector and continuously adapting our program to respond to their needs."
From humble beginnings in the 90s, where the program had to demonstrate its worth with just two years of funding, today, Shopfront is one of UTS's key programs championing social justice and the scholarship of community engagement.
"The university has always had a core value around social justice, which really aligns closely with the values of the team, our approach, and the outcomes of the work we do," says Program Manager Pauline O'Loughlin.
The very first Shopfront projects saw the creation of an anti-homophobia video and students in the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building (DAB) working with non-government organisations. Some of these relationships between community groups and Shopfront continue today.
Says Ashton, "We have always prioritised small, community-based organisations and have been guided by a rule that we'll only work with organisations that are open to working with staff and the students in their disciplines on academically rigorous projects."
This philosophy is still a central element of Shopfront. And it is the reason why the program has received national and international acclaim for its community engagement model and for specific community projects.
In 2000, Shopfront was awarded a $100,000 grant for three community fellowships by the NSW Department for Women. They won the National Award for Community Engagement and Teaching in 2005, and came second for the International MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship in 2015.
They've also recently been shortlisted for the AFR Higher Education Awards 2016 Community Engagement Award (the winner will be announced on 16 November).
Expanding on their community work, Shopfront has demonstrated how an ethos of community engagement can be valuable to strategic partnerships and research fellowships.
In 2007, Shopfront established the Research Fellowship Program, and secured a major five-year ARC grant for Cultural Asset Mapping in Regional Australia. It also established the Gateways [6] e-journal in partnership with Loyola University Chicago in 2008, and went on to form a Gateways Partnership with the University of Cape Town in 2009.
One of Shopfront's most remarkable successes though, has been its ability to grow and change with community needs. In 2013, in response to a sector-wide need for skilled volunteers, Shopfront developed the UTS SOUL Award [7] – the university's social leadership and volunteering program. Students in the SOUL Award have since completed over 51,000 volunteer hours for its community-based organisations.
Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) student Thomas Ricciardiello undertook a group project through Shopfront in 2015 as part of the Socially Responsive Design subject in DAB.
He recounts his team had the "pleasure of working with the not-for-profit group Sailors with disAbilities [9] on a project to document their 21-year history in the form of an online interactive archive."
The success of the project won his team a UTS Creative Media Social Justice Award at the 2016 UTS Human Rights Awards – just one of the many Shopfront projects that has been recognised through this biennial UTS event.
Says Ricciardiello, "It was a really confirming experience to have our efforts recognised. Capturing the aspirations of Sailors with disAbilities isn't an easy task as there is a lot more behind their work than what you can tell from their website. They are a terrific group and deserve any attention they get, so it was a lovely moment to be simultaneously rewarded for our work within the project and to give them a much-needed spotlight as well."
O'Loughlin elaborates: "The students who are working in the community are like consultants. The organisations often don't have the skill sets that the students have so it's a great benefit to everyone when postgrad or work-ready final-year students can be involved."
Shopfront has supported many high-profile community projects and organisations over the last 20 years, and alumni have become part of the rich fabric of the community sector. Though, Andersen says, "our history is full of amazing partnerships, it's the projects that would never have happened without Shopfront being a gateway to UTS that are closest to my heart."
Twenty years is a long time, giving Ashton, Andersen and O'Loughlin the chance to reflect and think about what's next. All three have been involved with Shopfront since the beginning in 1996, and with O'Loughlin saying goodbye to UTS at the end of this year, Shopfront's 20th anniversary is a chance to celebrate the achievements of the program, staff and students involved.
Says O'Loughlin, "It has been an honour to work with all of our partners, and to be part of the social justice agenda of UTS for such a long time. We're looking forward to celebrating with everyone who has been involved in making this work possible."
Adds Ashton, "Shopfront has been great fun!"
A 20 years celebration of Shopfront at the Design, Architecture and Building sculpture garden on Wednesday 16 November from 5.30pm to 7.30pm. For more information, email email@example.com [11]


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Giving back can take many different forms, be it a monetary donation, your time, or donating goods to assist in generating funds. At Salvos Stores we rely heavily on the generous donations of the public to ensure we can continue to raise funds for the valuable Salvation Army Community Programs.
When a donation is received at Salvos Stores, they are priced and then placed on the shop floor for sale. The monies generated are then provided to The Salvation Army and benefit the wider Australian Community. These donations help many different people, from all walks of life by providing them food, shelter, support with addiction or finding a job, and a little goes a long way.
Donations are vital to ensure we can continue to raise these funds. During the colder winter months, our donation stocks tend to run low as we are unable to keep up with the huge demand for extra winter items such as jumpers, jackets, hat, scarves and gloves. We would love your help in ensuring we have plenty in stock to keep everyone warm this winter by donating your good quality winter woollies to Salvos Stores.
"Donations are vital to Salvos Stores ensuring we can continue to generate funds for the valuable Salvation Army Community Programs. We really appreciate the generosity of the public and encourage them to continue to donate their good quality items to Salvos Stores during opening hours" said Frank Staebe, Chief Operating Officer Salvos Stores.
Good quality donations are accepted at all stores during opening hours and at selected Sunday donation centres. For more information on the opening hours of your local store visit our website www.salvosstores.com.au. Donations are encouraged to be made during opening hours to ensure they are not subject to damage or theft overnight.
If you are unable to make a donation during opening hours, Salvos Stores offers a home collections service by contacting 13 SALVOS (13 72 58).
Salvos Stores Southern Territory operates 215 retail stores in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and Northern Territory. Salvos Stores operates as a fully functioning retail business, recycling pre-loved goods and relying heavily on the generosity of the public. Overall Salvos Stores operates as a thriving business with the added benefit of contributing positively to the excellent work of The Salvation Army.
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The Fresh Produce Project formed a collaboration between Music Industry College (MIC) and hiphop artist Dr Elliot Gann from Today's Future Sound, Oakland, USA.
The Fresh Produce Project facilitated music production workshops, events and lessons for artists and young people at the college and in the local area. A key focus of the project provided industry-standard skill development and career opportunities.
MIC students who may not have recorded their work, or been eager to participate, were encouraged to work in the studio with the artist as a practitioner of Hip Hop, industry experience and music production expertise. This opportunity was extended to local youth and artists from diverse cultural backgrounds to collaborate with MIC students including young people from Brisbane Youth Services (BYS).
The highlight of the project was The Fresh Produce Project Showcase. This was an exciting community event where participants were able to showcase their own original works and the songs they created during the project.
July 2015 to August 2015
Brisbane, Queensland
$20,000 – Artist in Residence program
There was immediacy to the music production meaning that beats were formed extremely quickly and this captured and maintained young people's attention. The students were very quickly able to create music during the project and as a result, they experienced a sense of achievement.
Jordan Bruce, BYS
The artist provided the following reflections about the project:
One of my major learnings from the project was how powerful music, and the arts in general, is in breaking down barriers between people and how music can be used as a therapeutic tool.
The Fresh Produce Project enabled MIC to collaborate with a wide array of individuals and organisations in the community including Elements Collective, Brisbane Youth Services and Mental Illness Fellowship QLD. For the young people involved with BYS, the project provided them with a safe place to participate in the project and has provided them with the opportunity to use the resources and facilities at MIC in the future.
The Fresh Produce Project involved young people from diverse cultural backgrounds including indigenous participants. It was encouraging to see young people share their passion for music and how this enabled them to build positive relationships out of the project.'
One tip I would give schools is to think carefully about when this type of project should be implemented in a school year as term 3 is already a busy and interrupted time of the school year.
Charlie Thomson, Music Industry College
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How to Win Over the Chinese Consumer
As Western retailers bet on China to drive profits, some of the biggest mistakes are made because brands don't understand the Chinese consumer. The WSJ's Deborah Kan speaks to Tom Doctoroff, author of the book "What Chinese Want: Culture, Communism & The Modern Chinese Consumer."
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... I ... pro Western brands targeting China for future profits the winning enter the Chinese consumer may not be that straightforward I'm Deborah con for The Wall Street Journal digital network ... joined now by TomTom drop ... off that that that what Chinese want Coulter Kamin isn't and China's modern consumer ... base originating as Tom ... so what's the economy changing so rapidly to me exactly is the Chinese consumer today ... they're too many different uses the Chinese consumer you have the upper middle class to the middle class who have decreed urban mass market sch and then you have people that are just coming into the consumer said ... so there's always we see consumers entering the market and then climbing up this is the economic ... pyramid ... though it is difficult to make generalizations about each ... consumer at the sides economically ... okay ... I guess that ... the mistakes of Western brands making is thinking that the West and ... Western tastes can really be applied to the Chinese market is that correct ... that's correct ... because despite the ... variations on Chinese consumers there is the unifying theme ... that springs from China ... and is Confucian culture ... Confucian culture is really a conflict between on one hand recommendation hierarchy ... the other hand it ... very relentless ambition ... to ... climb up that hierarchy ... Chinese brands need to be brought into alignment with that tension or conflict and grandson of fundamental role in resolving its ... soul ... Westerners need to understand that Chinese are not coming individualistic in the Western sense ... define yourself independent of society that they want to climb themselves socially mandated hierarchy of success so instead of rent left leg left rebrand Mam who actually brand did say it like a handbag ... only for the Chinese market was that a good move in your opinion ... definitely at the Democratic CDB designed it with the Chinese consumer in mind if they wanted it that the sweet spot ... Chinese products need to ... be on one hand conspicuous on the other hand ... paradoxically they need to be understated ... so when you do product design is to move up the hierarchy ... you need to make it clean but you need to make an understated going in this gets into a lot of additional identity cues ... it's the same thing for automobiles ... because the people the projects that its time sitting in the backseat this with a sharper in the front seat so the backseat needs to be buried ... Roddick in roomie ... and Melissa's and lapis products seem to be designed with the Chinese will do in my ... and I went in and intervene Kelana said one of the biggest mistakes people make inside China is the fact that they think that China has one China instead of ... sad alot and very different regions would you agree with that ... I would have to disagree with that because the heat that geography is often are ready hearing ... China is very unified culturally speaking that that Confucian conflict please everywhere ... there are variables ... local variables beyond a mass marketer of ... plastic even higher ... and also there are due to an age variables ... so depending on which sickening fall into the teens need to be tailored ... to get inside the box you ... there's a unifying theme and variations on that theme ... the Chinese world U was actually quite kooky since it's not the euro it doesn't have any difference similar to the ... Protestant nor can the Catholic south in Europe ... ok to that extent ... oh what would you say are some unhappy that the biggest mistakes people are making inside China right now ... I think that the biggest mistake people make ... it's the strategic level is ... the view that China becomes modern and International Aero becoming they're becoming Westerners well though and that's absolutely not true ... and I think that another more practical mistake that people make is the price value creation ... Chinese people although the middle classes mean they're ready to leave ... penny pinch and so the price value equation ... that for the the the affordability assumptions are often a misstated ... solar products need to be two notches to suit Chinese tastes ... but also to suit Chinese top that ... at page Tom Dakar off joining us now from Beijing thanks very much I'm Deborah con for The Wall Street Journal digital network


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The Monkey: Packaging new marker genes
The Monkey (build_marker and index modes) is a workflow that allows users to build new PhyloSift marker packages from locally-housed reference marker gene alignments. This workflow may be useful, for example, if users have unpublished, phylogenetically informative marker genes they want to harness for environmental taxonomic assignments. The Monkey will output a complete marker package for each input gene, consisting of a tree, a HMM profile (or CM for rRNA data), a taxon map, a list of representative sequences in FASTA format, and the reference gene alignment. This workflow is executed in two steps: build_marker mode to compile and write the reference packages, followed by index mode to organize marker databases for LAST and Bowtie searches in the main PhyloSift client workflow. To execute the Monkey you will need to specify an input FASTA file of aligned marker gene sequences, a user-defined threshold for Phylogenetic Distance (PD) used in tree pruning, and a taxon mapping file containing two columns (accession number and NCBI taxon ID, separated by a tab).
Note #1: You will need to install the taxtastic package (developed by Erick Matsen's group at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center) and its dependencies before you will be able to execute build_marker mode in PhyloSift. This package requires a number of dependencies which we have decided not to bundle within the PhyloSift download, including Python 2.7, SQL Alchemy, xlrd, and docutils. Full instructions for installing taxtastic and its dependencies can be found on here on the GitHub install page.
Note #2: New marker packages are labeled according to their input file names (the final reference package in the /share/phylosift/markers folder will be have the same name as the original filename, e.g. NewMarkerGeneAlignment.fasta). Core marker data will be overwritten during new marker builds if input files do not have unique names compared to existing PhyloSift markers. In addition, the Monkey can only build a marker package for one gene at a time; we recommend the use of a wrapper script if you have many different gene alignments that need to be processed.
To get started with build_marker mode, first ensure you have taxtastic and its dependencies installed on your machine. You can confirm a successful installation by typing the following command (this should bring up the help dialogue for taxit):
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./phylosift build_marker –alignment <alignment file> –tree_pd <PD pruning threshold for tree> –taxonmap <optional Acc to NCBI taxonID map>
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Once marker packages are built, run index mode using the command:
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A schematic diagram of the Monkey workflow is as follows:
Once running, the Monkey will iterate through the following steps:
- Marker genes in the FASTA file are counted and imported into HMMbuild (to create profile HMMs for protein coding genes) or ssu-build (to create Covariant Models for rRNA genes) to create a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) out of the alignment.
- Alignments are cleaned and unique IDs are arbitrarily generated for each marker gene sequence.
- A Fasttree phylogeny is constructed de novo using the renamed marker gene sequences with unique IDs. Following phylogeny construction, representative sequences are identified according to PD (the tree is collapsed using sequence similarity criterion defined by user input in the initial command, e.g. 99%).
- Tree reconciliation is carried out to reconcile the Fasttree marker gene phylogeny with the NCBI taxonomy hierarchy, where nodes in the marker gene tree are mapped to nodes in the NCBI tree. In PhyloSift this reconciliation process is always conducted as follows:
[NOTE: In the future we may aim to carry out this reconciliation step in the opposite manner, e.g. mark up the Fasttree phylogeny with taxonomy. However, at the moment we need a single framework to mark up taxonomy in order to calculate taxon abundances in PhyloSift. Because we rely on a diverse collection of marker genes, annotating the reference phylogenies with taxonomy will require a significant effort to reconcile topologies across gene trees, and will require the development of new computational algorithms to ensure such an approach is robust]
- Marker gene alignments are cleaned and wrapped into reference marker packages and placed into the shared directory containing all other PhyloSift markers.
- New marker genes must now be indexed using PhyloSift's index mode. Note that these locally indexed marker packages will not interfere with the automatic update process for PhyloSift core markers.


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we have had a long run of hot days and nights, the littles have not slept well, the bigs had not slept well. everything slowed right down. the essentials were done and not much else.
that being said my best friend and fellow swapper drove out for our printing date earlier in the week and we stopped and started our way through our printing, lunching and entertaining 3 littles all who wanted to 'stamp'.
my plans for lovely blogging photos of printing processes, our lovely quiche and salad lunch and the necessary cups of tea and louise slice all fell away as trial and error and a travelling timetable took precedence. i took a moment of quiet yesterday while one pitter slept the other adventured and i battled to get out some coloured prints i was comfortable with (love will never happen for me if it is not grey). i may still take another spin on the stamps tomorrow if the opportunity presents itself.........colour is hard!!!
but that said this is what i will be popping in the post if that fails. after another press (ironing in 36 degree = not fun), trim and suitability lovely wrapping. i hope everyone gets the piece they may have eyed up!
next time around i will definitely participate again but make the change to screen printing as i really did love the sharp edges from my paper stamping, which after lots of fussing i just could not achieve on the fabric. i think possibly it was a mistake to pre-wash the fabric?
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Under FA91\S105(1), expenditure met directly or indirectly by the participator out of a guarantee payment (i.e. a payment received on or after 19 March 1991 and made by a guarantor under an abandonment guarantee) is not allowable. It is not treated as incurred by the participator, or any other participator, in the field.
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We have been on a lot of dates, some of us in the quest to look "for the one", and some of us just to be a part of the game. But since karma is nearly always a bitch, none of our dates have ever gone according to the plan. But what we are going to show would actually make you feel better about your dating overtures, and remind you that there is still a lot of good left in this world.
So when Jimmy Fallon, the host of "The Tonight's Show with Jimmy Fallon", described his date on Twitter, there was no way the Twitterati wasn't about to let that one go. Here are a few of the best-
And kids, this is how I met your…
I was so clueless on a date with this girl, I served saltine crackers and made her play Mario Kart with me. #MyWorstDate
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There was no way Bill Bradley was going to stay behind
Her dad showed up and sat with us at Starbucks. Then he asked when it was gonna be over. Bruh, it was over when you sat down #MyWorstDate
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Bowling and Dinner, definitely sounds like a Date!
He payed for my dinner and bowling then proceeded to tell me "even though this seems like a date, it's not a date" #MyWorstDate
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Not so classic faux pas
At restaurant I couldn't decide between the sea bass or salmon so I asked the waiter "How is your semen?". Mortifying. #MyWorstDate
— Meredith Allison (@RockTique) May 24, 2017
Poor Girl 😛
He "forgot" his wallet, i had to pay for EVERYTHING and then he stole my cd and left with another girl! #MyWorstDate #IMissThatCD
— ereesa (@bitter_apple) May 24, 2017
The Guy has got a point there!
My date said I was his 12 year old sister so the movie was cheaper. I was 17 at the time! @FallonTonight #MyWorstDate
— Kerri Gray 🍀 (@kerrikgray) May 24, 2017
I don't even know what to say!
#MyWorstDate ever took me to see Attack of the Clones, where i spent 2 hours warding off his attack of the gropes! There was no 2nd date 🙊
— Ɗєє Fєctívє (@deedles420) May 24, 2017
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There was no way Donald Trump wasn't going to be mentioned
I asked her if she was proud of me, and she said yeah, but her smile just didn't seem real. It was like she secretly HATED me. #MyWorstDate pic.twitter.com/3aLEOYjjbR
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) May 24, 2017
A funny bit to tickle your murderous side
She spoiled the movie, barely ate dinner, turned Nickelback on the radio, murdered me in cold blood, and framed my best friend #MyWorstDate
— Collin Murr (@CollinMurr) May 24, 2017
Another one for Donald Trump and his Posse
#MyWorstDate one time I was in Moscow & my friend Vlad said he knew two beautiful girls who wanted to show me this performance art piece…
— Donald J. Drumpf (@RealDonalDrumpf) May 24, 2017
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These never get old
I thought it was going to be a silent fart and it came out louder than an air horn. I never heard from her again #MyWorstDate
— Marcos (@MarcosAmparo3) May 24, 2017
I just puked inside, 4 times
#MyWorstDate A girl tried to kiss me with a mouthful of ranch dressing
— Bennett Karoll (@TheBennettK) May 24, 2017
This guy's a keeper for all you MBA dudettes
Friend of mine #MyWorstDate: guy gave ppt presentation over coffee if why they'd be great together. Follow up email straight after….
— Suzanne kellett (@suzanne_kellett) May 13, 2017
The Classy One!
#Myworstdate all dressed up, face beat for the gawds and then he pulls up at BurgerKing 😑
— Adelle M. (@leopard_869) July 1, 2016


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Connect with English "Saying Goodbye/Leaving Home" Rebecca gives her final music lesson, while her father secretly goes shopping for a car to give her. The show concludes with a review and a brief discussion about the drama.G
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Clifford's Puppy Days "The Big, Big Present/Hanukah Plunder Blunder" The Big, Big Present: The kittens accidentally break the Menorah. Their "sticky" attempts to fix it result in a special, if unusual, Menorah that becomes part of their annual celebration. Hanukah Plunder Blunder: Zo can't resist sneaking in and opening all eight of his presents on the first night of Hanukah. D
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Arthur "Happy Anniversary, Parts I & II" Arthur's parents have been married for 10 years and it's time to celebrate! But the festivities are cut short when the van breaks down, stranding the whole family. Will the Reads miss their fancy dinner reservation? And what about Arthur's special "Bionic Bunny" sleepover with Buster?! Just when things couldn't get any worse, Arthur and D.W. end up locked in a diner storeroom - but when they hear the inspiring radio tale of Crooning Cowboy Kid Carter and his little sister sidekick, Arthur realizes that the best celebration of all is just being with his family. D
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Martha Speaks "There Goes The Neighborhood/I Scream" There Goes the Neighborhood - Martha can't believe that Helen and Alice are making such a fuss about a kitten. Ice Scream - Alice is shocked to discover that Truman has never actually tried ice cream.G
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Curious George "The Big Picture/Juicy George" George and Steve paint an empty billboard with a picture to promote a book about endangered birds.G
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Flight of the Penguin/Let's Go Fly A Kite" Flight of the Penguin - Sally and Nick are pretending to fly in their backyard. Oh wouldn't it be great if they really could? The Cat in the Hat brings them to meet his good friend Percy the penguin. After a fun race with a penguin and a bird, the kids learn that not all birds fly, but that doesn't mean they aren't fast! Let's Go Fly a Kite - Sally, Nick and the Cat are trying to fly a kite, but there's not enough wind. D
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Super Why! "'twas The Night Before Christmas" 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, and all through Storybrook Village, not a creature was stirring.except for Whyatt, who has an important question for Santa! So the Super Readers catch up with Santa and his reindeer as they gallop from rooftop to rooftop and unravel the mystery of Santa's childhood, discovering along the way how to help spread the magic of the holiday. Educational Objectives: To learn about making others feel good, play with the alphabet, experiment with spelling, and use the power to read to change the story!. D
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Dinosaur Train "One Small Dinosaur/T. Rex Migration" One Small Dinosaur - Mrs. Pteranodon takes Buddy and Tiny to visit a Mikey Microraptor, one of the smallest of dinosaurs ever. Tiny is annoyed that Mikey is even smaller than she is, but Mikey looks up to Tiny as a role model. T. rex Migration - Buddy and Tiny go to visit their friend Annie Tyrannosaurus and discover she isn't home, so they follow clues and find her on a migration with her family. D
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Sesame Street "Goodbye Pacifier" Curly Bear is unsure about giving up her binky, so Elmo tries to help. He remembers when he had a binky and how hard it was for him to say goodbye to it too. The first thing he tried was putting all his binkies in a box for Leela to give to her sister's new baby, but he missed his binkies so much that he searched around his room and found another one. D
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Sid The Science Kid "Sid's Special Dad Day" Sid is excited to play soccer with his Dad outside--but he's not excited to lather up in sunblock, because it takes way too long to put on! At school, Sid and his friends discover that sunblock is a great way to protect your skin from the sun. And they also learn about the amazing ways the sun helps the Earth. D
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WordWorld "The Christmas Star/A Christmas Present for Dog" The Christmas Star - It's the night before Christmas and Frog needs a star to hang on his Christmas tree. Duck thinks this will be the perfect present for Frog, and tries to lasso one out of the sky for him. Try as he might, Duck is unable to catch a star for Frog, and cries himself to sleep. D
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Caillou "Words" Writing and reading are the focus today. Caillou is all excited to read the weekend paper with Daddy, but the wind and a very mischievous cat delay his reading time. With a little patience and persistence, Caillou finally gets to enjoy his favorite comic strip. D
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Barney & Friends "Bonjour Barney!: France" Emma wants to paint an award-winning painting for the "Art In The Park Show," but she is just isn't satisfied with her artwork. Barney takes her to France to learn how to paint from his friend Pierre. While there, they learn about France and how to paint by following your heart!. D
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Flight of the Penguin/Let's Go Fly A Kite" Flight of the Penguin - Sally and Nick are pretending to fly in their backyard. Oh wouldn't it be great if they really could? The Cat in the Hat brings them to meet his good friend Percy the penguin. After a fun race with a penguin and a bird, the kids learn that not all birds fly, but that doesn't mean they aren't fast! Let's Go Fly a Kite - Sally, Nick and the Cat are trying to fly a kite, but there's not enough wind. D
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Zoboomafoo "Playtime" In this episode of Zoboomafoo, Animal Junction is filled with the sounds of playtime. Lion cubs, serval kittens, duckilngs and even children visit Martin, Chris and Zoboomafo for some much needed recreation, and of course, playtime!G
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Curious George "The Big Picture/Juicy George" George and Steve paint an empty billboard with a picture to promote a book about endangered birds.G
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Martha Speaks "There Goes The Neighborhood/I Scream" There Goes the Neighborhood - Martha can't believe that Helen and Alice are making such a fuss about a kitten. Ice Scream - Alice is shocked to discover that Truman has never actually tried ice cream.G
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The Electric Company "Friends Or Aunts" Annie Scrambler and her aunt go head-to-head with Lisa and Hector on a semi-popular game show. D
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WordGirl "A Better Mousetrap: Part 1/A Better Mousetrap: Part 2" A Better Mousetrap: Part 1 - On the latest episode of "Getting the Scoop with Scoops," Scoops interviews WordGirl, reminiscing about her victorious adventures defeating Dr. Two Brains. Humiliated and worried about his villainous reputation, Dr. Two Brains hijacks the television studio with a Goop Ray to give WordGirl her final interview. A Better Mousetrap: Part 2 - In an attempt to maintain his dignity, Dr. Two Brains' takes over Scoops' talk show. D
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Wild Kratts "Flight of the Draco" While on a mission to discover the secret of the Draco lizard's gliding abilities, Martin and Chris uncover an evil plot by fashion designer, Donita Donata. She has been capturing these amazing creatures with a plan to make them part of her new Fall collection. It's the Wild Kratts team to the rescue! Science Concept: Gliding, Gravity. D
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Cyberchase "The Emperor Has Snow Clothes" Hacker has crowned himself Emperor of Penguia and deposited the real emperor as a frozen statue in a distant corner of the site. The CyberSquad arrives just as a crippling snowstorm makes its way across Penguia in a path that seems destined to collide with their rescue. Digit uses updates on the storm's progress from cyberweathercaster Stormy Gale (Janice Huff) to help the kids track the storm. D
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Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "How Much Frosting Can You Bear?" Grandma Ruffman takes over today's show. Her friends Fig and Tucker's person is getting married, so she calls upon Ruff and the FETCHers to help her with the wedding gifts! She sends Rubye and Jay to meet up with some experts at the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center to engineer a bear-proof picnic basket for the couple. Meanwhile Shreya, Emmie, Marc, and Marco bake the bride and groom's actual wedding cake!. D
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Lark Rise to Candleford When the local Lark Rise gossip, Mrs. Mullins, discovers her daughter Emily is pregnant, she leaps to the conclusion that Daniel is the father. Everyone, including Laura, rallies round to defend him.G
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Lidia Celebrates America "Holiday Tables & Traditions" Chef and culinary author Lidia Bastianich begins her new series of specials that celebrate culture through food by exploring the American immigrant experience through the revelry of the holidays. She first prepares a traditional Italian Christmas Eve La Vigilia (feast of the seven fishes) wth actor Stanley Tucci. Then she visits a Mexican-American holiday celebration in San Antonio, Texas, takes in Chinese New Year in San Francisco, and attends a Passover Seder in New York City.G
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Christmas at St. Olaf: Rejoice, Give Thanks, and Sing St. Olaf College in Minnesota celebrates 100 years of its Christmas Festival, which began as a small campus event and now has a worldwide audience. Five choral ensembles and the St. Olaf Orchestra - more than 500 student musicians strong - perform a rich repertoire of Christmas compositions, familiar carols and hymns from around the world. This year's performance also debuts newly commissioned works by American composers Andr? J. Thomas and David N. Childs.G
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Red Circles Copper enamel Earrings
Contemporary Red Circles Copper Enamel Earrings. Made by hand using a copper base onto which layers of enamel powder are kiln fired and a pattern is then scratched through. Traditionally this is known as sgraffito. Great artisan earrings for everyday wear or for a well thought gift for someone special. All My Cherry Pie Jewellery is delivered in a handstamped cotton gift pouch.
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Copper Enamel Square Drop Earrings with Pink and White Spots
Beautiful and fun handmade enamel earrings in rose pink with little white spots. The copper has been handsawn into a curved square shape of around 1cm which I have then decorated with kiln fired enamels and attached to a sterling silver wire to form an ear wire. A great gift idea for summer birthdays or weddings.
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Circles Enamel Earrings in Pink and Blue
Bright Contemporary and fresh little handmade earrings. These Circles Enamel Earrings would be great for summer wear with denim. They have been made by hand in my studio on the East Coast of Scotland using kilnfired powdered glass enamel which is fused onto the surface of the copper during firing. Subsequent layers of colour are added and a pattern and detail is added by scratching through the layers. This technique ie known as sgraffito. The earrings have been finished with a sterling silver earwire and the drop length is approximately 2cm.
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Zig Zag Enamel Drop Earrings.
Blue and white zig zag geometric earrings that have been made by hand using a sgraffito enamel technique whereby each layer of enamel colour is fused onto a base of copper, then each subsequent layer is added and a pattern is scratched through to reveal the colour below. These are bright geometric drop earrings perfect for everyday wear or great for a thank you or birthday gift for a friend. The earwires are sterling silver and the drop of the earring is approximately 2cm. All jewellery is delivered gift read in a little handstamped cotton linen gift pouch.
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Small Enamel Earstuds bindi drop coloured enamel
Teeny tiny enamel earstuds that have been handcut from sheet copper into a bindi, drop, petal shape. The size is just 10mm x 6mm approximately.
Available in 6 different colours. After soldering a sterling silver earpost to the back I have kiln fired enamel glass powder onto the front in a range of warm and vibrant colours from china red and deep indigo blue, to pale butter cream and pistachio green.Really versatile easy to wear earstuds in a collection of gorgeous colours would make a great gift for birthday or mothers day.The Enamel earstuds are delivered in a little handprinted cotton/linen gift pouch.
I hope you enjoy browsing the other items in my shop, as I handmake all my own jewellery I always welcome special requests and custom designs.Really versatile easy to wear earstuds in a collection of gorgeous colours would make a great gift for birthday or mothers day.
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Round Enamel Drop Earrings with Red
These little round enamel drop earrings have a really unusual and contemporary feel. A bright and modern design. A small copper disc (12mm) has been decorated by kiln firing layers of glass enamel powder which are then fused together to create pattern. Due to the nature of the enamelling process each design is entirely unique and individual. I have then made an ear wire from sterling silver which has been attached through a hole in the copper disc. These round enamel drop earrings have an elegant drop of around 2.5cm The earrings will be delivered to you carefully packaged in a hand stamped cotton linen gift back ready to give.
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Powder Blue and Teal Enamelled Copper Earrings
I have made these little square Powder Blue and Teal Green Enamelled Copper Earrings by layering up coloured enamel powder and kiln firing before adding another layer and scratching through to create a speckled pattern. This type of work is formally known as sgraffito, due to the nature of this process each pair of earrings is entirely unique. The enamelled part of the earring is 1cm and is attached to a length of sterling silver wire to form an ear wire . As with all My Cherry Pie Jewellery it is delivered to you Gift Ready in a hand stamped cotton/linen gift pouch. Thank you for considering my work and I hope you enjoy viewing more of my jewellery.
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Pale blue enamel earrings with star pattern
Beautiful delicate little pale blue enamel earrings with hand drawn star pattern in copper enamel. The enamel has been kiln fired onto the copper which has been hand cut before attaching a sterling silver ear wire . All jewellery is delivered ready to give in a hand stamped linen gift pouch.
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Dotty Red and White Ear studs enamelled on Copper
Cute little Dotty Red and White Ear studs in a curved square shape. These everyday cheery little earrings are made by using enamel powder which has been fused onto copper in a kiln. The detail for these spotty dotty ear studs has then been painted on using finer enamel powder before being re-fired in the kiln. The colours used are a bright China red base with an ivory white spot. I have soldered a sterling silver ear post on the back of the copper shape. These bohemian little ear studs are around 1cm in size. I make all my jewellery by hand in my studio on the East coast of Scotland. If you have any commissions or requests I am happy to accept them These earrings are so adorable and would make a great birthday or christmas gift as they arrive gift ready in a little hand stamped gift pouch.
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Geometric Patterned Copper enamel earrings
These teeny geometric patterned Copper enamel Earrings are so easy to wear and versatile. They have been handmade in my studio on the East Coast of Scotland. I enjoy working with different colour combinations and layers of enamel to create distinct and unusual pattern effects. With this Geometric Earring I chose to work with an Ivory white enamel that I lay over a brighter China Red before scratching a linear pattern into it. All the enamel is dry sifted onto copper before being fused to the metal at high temperature in a Kiln. The teeny curved square shape has been cut out from the metal sheet and is approximately 1cm in size. Before I apply the enamel design to the front I solder a length of Sterling silver wire to the back which is then formed into an ear wire. There are matching items available for these earrings making it a much admired Gift. All my Jewellery is supplied to you in a little hand stamped cotton/linen Gift Bag. Ready for Gift Giving or receiving. Enjoy x
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Indigo Blue Patterned enamel Copper Earrings Handmade
Dainty little handmade earrings using Indigo blue coloured enamel on a copper base. The detail on these earrings has been created by layer of white enamel powder which has been fused on to a shaped copper base in a kiln. After cooling another layer of enamel powder in blue is put on and I then scrape or stencil pattern into it before a further firing in the kiln. The ear hook has been made by soldering a piece of sterling silver wire onto the back of the copper. A colourful and versatile little pair of handmade earring stat would making a loving gift for her to be much admired. All my jewellery is made by hand in my studio on the East Coast of Scotland. It is then delivered to you in a lovely hand stamped gift pouch to keep them as good as new, or to give as a gift. Due to the nature of the enamelling process there may be slight differences in colour from the photograph as each colour has a different firing temperature but this only adds to the intrinsic handmade nature of my pieces. If you would like to have a little handwritten gift card included please send the details and I would be happy to do this for you.
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Handmade Copper Etched Heart Ear studs with verdigris blue patina
These handmade copper etched heart ear studs have been decorated using an etch resist on the copper metal to detail a rustic heart pattern. The copper discs I have used as a base are 18mm approximately and have a detail edge similar to a little stitch effect.
After the metal was etched I highlighted the detail by using a verdigris green blue patina which creates a beautiful vintage antique feel to the earrings.
I have finished these earrings by soldering a sterling silver post on the back.
These are great bohemian and artisan earrings for casual everyday wear
As with all jewellery from My Cherry Pie these earrings will be delivered to you in an exquisite little cotton linen gift bag which has beed hand stamped ready for you to give or receive as a memorable gift .
After the metal was etched I highlighted the detail by using a verdigris green blue patina which creates a beautiful vintage antique feel to the earrings.
I have finished these earrings by soldering a sterling silver post on the back.
These are great bohemian and artisan earrings for casual everyday wear
As with all jewellery from My Cherry Pie these earrings will be delivered to you in an exquisite little cotton linen gift bag which has beed hand stamped ready for you to give or receive as a memorable gift .


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Unique Train Stop
The origins of the Railway Hotel Castlemaine were inspired by the steam trains that stopped nearly at the front door.
Travellers from Melbourne, Maldon and everywhere in between used this novel means of transport to explore the goldfields areas with Castlemaine catching the hearts of many.
With the increasing popularity of this historic venue, itself, we will be opening for weekend lunches from July 19th and working with tourism operators in and around the area to provide a unique dining/bar experience for visitors to the area.
The Hotel boasts many historic artefacts and stories which catches the hearts of first time visitors, drawing them back for more, and wanting to share the experience with friends and family.
If you want to find your way to our Hotel via train, here are the latest time tables: http://www.vgr.com.au/timetable.php
Vline Timetables – Melbourne to Bendigo return
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Special Steamrail Tours
Click this link to go the website of Steamrail Tours that offer special tours throughout the year, some of which pass through Castlemaine http://www.steamrail.com.au/tours.php


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1 day. Tomorrow our baby turns 18. That's impossible, right? It was just yesterday that he graduated high school. It was just yesterday that he played his last high school football game. It was just yesterday that he joined track. It was just yesterday that he ran the bases. It was just yesterday that he went to the petting zoo. It was just yesterday that he was born.
26 days. In 26 days there is a mandatory high school football meeting that means absolutely nothing to us any longer. A little piece of my heart is torn because of that.
27 days. In 27 days, my husband won't know what to do with himself after work. His old normal would be heading to the field to watch practice. His new normal will be something decidedly different.
31 days. In 31 days we will go back to our happiest place on earth and spend the weekend decompressing after a busy summer, and relaxing before college picks up.
36 days. In 36 days we will drive our youngest to college. We'll pack up his clothes and TV. His Xbox, his books, and his football. His laundry detergent, cases of water and Gatorade and enough Pop Tarts and beef jerky to get him through two-a-days. He'll go to the same college his brother went to, take completely different classes, have day after day of football practice that lead into Saturday games, study Chemistry and in his own words "blow shit up", and join a fraternity where he is a legacy.
37 days. In 37 days we may swing by the high school football field to watch the scrimmage for the new season.
47 days. In 47 days, our oldest will finish his minor, to add to his major. He wants to teach and coach at the middle school level...he also wants to design and build things. We'll see which path sticks.
47.5 days. In 47.5 days, we'll do one of two things. Jump for joy that they are both settled, or cry like babies because they are gone. (Your guess on which one of us does each). Will we also stare at each other and not have anything to say? Will it become the new normal? Will my husband really embark on the new naked room in the house? (Sorry kids!) Will I have time to write another book or finish my photography book? Will we go on vacation alone? Will we stop running out of milk, toilet paper, paper towel, bottled water?
52 days. In 52 days, our youngest will be playing at the collegiate level in the scrimmage that leads into the season. We'll be there with smiles on our faces, and provisions in the truck.
59 days. In 59 days we'll travel to the first away game of many. We'll sit in the stands and cheer from the sidelines. I'll take pictures and try to capture these moments.
91 days. In 91 days we'll be married 24 years. It seems like just yesterday he asked me to marry him. Or even the day of, standing in the vestibule at Holy Apostles, where my father took my hand, looked me in the eye and said "Are you sure? The car is parked right outside the door. We can leave now." (Side note, we've been together for 28, so in my mind it's really 28 years of marriage.)
103 days. In 103 days it will be fall break. I have no idea when we will see either of our boys. One can only hope they end up at home.
131 days. In 131 days is the final regular season game. Yet another season that will go by too fast.
137 days. In 137 days the crew will head out for deer hunting season. Unless the team makes playoffs. Then will we adjust on the fly.
5 1/2 months. In 5 1/2 months, first semester will be done. Our youngest will be tired, our oldest relieved. We'll be leading into Christmas and our annual family vacation.
2017 is right around the corner. Another year will go by way too fast. Our kids are grown and nearly out on their own. I will still worry about them, and ask they call or text when they get somewhere they are going. They will call when they advice, or are homesick. I'll watch for those texts that say "I love you" or "hi mom" or "I aced that test mom!) (HINT HINT BOYS!). All a parent can ask for is that they are safe, healthy and happy (and that they make good choices). And hope that once in a while they come back for a visit. Remember, boys, there is no place like home.