I'm setting myself a challenge to come up with 10 ideas per day.
So, for this first post, I'm brainstorming 10 questions that you should ask yourself before buying a dog washing business.
A lovely friend of mine recently told me she'd seen a fantastic idea for a dog washing business franchise that's for sale. It was a very convincing sales prospect, and they made the offer sound fantastic. They were opening up a new region for this franchise and it's going to be awesome and they would make all this lovely money just washing dogs.
So I started thinking about is what makes someone good at dog washing? And what would make someone successful in purchasing a dog washing business?
What experience have you had with dogs? have you ever washed a dog before and what sort of dogs have you washed? If you've only ever washed your family pet, who knows you, I imagine it's very different washing big dogs and small dogs in a cramped and unfamiliar environment. And the experience would be very different to washing your family's small terrier out in the backyard, hosing them down with a bucket and some shampoo. Then there's how much experience you've had with doggy skin conditions, clippering a dog, or nail and ear care that would go along with the job.
How much time do you have, and how much flexibility do you have for appointments? Depending on the clientele, they may prefer late nights, weekends or middle of the day. There would be a period of time when you would probably not be able to take extended holidays without getting staff in, so you don't lose regular clients.
Your local council should be able to provide some information on pet ownership in the area – or the ABS. Or look up your local dog parks and pay them a visit on the weekends – take note of the types of dogs, are they big/small, are they generally well groomed?
Consider the socio-economics and culture of the area you'll be working in – are there lots of apartments (meaning smaller dogs and maybe less room for washing) or bigger backyards (bigger dogs and families who will do the washing themselves).
How many dog washing companies are already in your area? How established are they? What sort of marketing are they using? What prices are they charging? How would your business be different to what dog owners are currently using?
Give some of them a call and check out their availability – are they free any day, or can't squeeze you in for a month? If you call three places and they all have lots of available spots, then maybe there isn't enough work for everyone.
Don't get caught up in the magic turnover figures presented. Consider the expenses of the business, how much you personally need to make to survive and how much time you have free.
If you know you can only work x hours per week, then you can work out how much you need to be charging per dog to make your desired income.
Consider all the possible expenses – insurance, advertising, council registrations, business registrations, consumables (shampoos), tools, water, electricity, signage, uniforms, promotional materials, freebies and promotions. If it's a franchise, you'll have additional costs from the franchiser too. Once you have added all these up, divide that by 52. That will give you an idea of how much you need to make per week to cover your costs. Divide that figure by how many possible dog washing hours you can do.
For example – $1000 per week expenses/40 hours dog washing @ 1 hour per dog = each dog costs you $25 to wash. If you only get to wash 20 dogs, then each dog is going to cost you $50.
Once you've worked out your costs, then consider how long it will take you to make a return on your investment, so to have paid off the business start up costs. If you've paid $50,000 for the business, you would need to be making at least $1,000 additional to your costs per week to get to a point where you've paid off the costs and are making a profit.
Consider what your ideal client looks like – wealthy, time poor, pampered pets. Does that describe the majority of pet owners in your area?
Building on from how much the service cost you to run, you then need to start thinking about how much is the market willing to pay. This is also part of your competitor research – what are other companies charging? How often do these clients return? How many regular clients would I reasonably get.
What pricing structures are other services using? Do they account for the size of dogs? Extras like clippering? How could you structure a package to maximise your value to customers, while making a profit?
When you consider how much people are charging – consider how often they getting their customers back, so for someone just getting their dog washed – how often would they get their dog washed? is it a weekly thing? Or a monthly thing? Or a seasonal clippering? Or more often during winter if the dogs like to go and play in the mud, or less in summer if they go swimming a lot.
What area were they working in? Is this area similar to the one you'll be setting up in?
What's the culture of that area like – a lot of older people who might have money and less physically able to wash their dogs? Or a lot of young families who may be willing to wash the dog themselves?
You can't ask too many questions – Go to the council and ask what their regulations are – can you put the water in the storm water drain? Can you park on the kerb? Can you use certain types of shampoos? Can you run your generator any time of day? What insurances and licences do you need?
Go to the state government and find out their regulations and registering a business. Find out about advertising in the local area – what are the best ways, what are the costs?
One of the most important things before all of this is to consider why you want to start a dog washing business.
What is it about you about the washing that lights you up that excites you that motivates you?
Is it that you've seen a gap in the market and you seen that you can do this dog washing business better than anyone else that is out there?
What will make people come and use your services is you and your point of difference and your passion for the industry.
I imagine someone starting a dog washing business would be the person who has a beautiful dog for themselves, no matter what size, but that they love to groom that dog. They love to put ribbons in her hair and putting little jackets on it and clipping her toenails and tying bows in it.
You would be doing all the dog grooming activities that you'll be doing in your everyday work and you love doing that so much that you offer to do that for your friends and it excites you. You make time out of your busy day to groom your dog and to wash your dog, and take care of your dog. You do all this because you love it and you can see the benefits of doing that for your dog.
Having that natural passion, skill and interest is what would make you a successful dog washer.
If you've never held a dog in your life, if you've rarely touched dogs, and don't pat every dog you see on the street, if you've never held a pair of clippers, and rarely even do your children's hair, or offer to walk the family dog, then I would suggest you reconsider 100 million times before going out and purchasing a dog washing business.
Stay tuned for 10 ideas of different businesses that dog lovers can start that aren't dog washing.
What is the 10 Ideas Project? Inspired by a TEDx talk given by James Altucher, I am on a mission to make myself an ideas machine. Every day, I will write down 10 ideas for different things. These might be business tips, inspiration, content ideas, strategy ideas, things I love, things I hate, and all the millions of ways that I can think of to inspire, motivate and encourage mothers who want to change their lives, by either getting a new job, a new career, start a business, or grow their existing business. They're quick, flow of thought pieces that map out the 10 first things that come to my mind on a particular topic. Some days, I'll expand on them. Other days, I'll keep them short. Some days they'll be great and some days not so much. Other days, I'll make them pretty and use lots of pictures and headings and lovely things. But I'm making it my mission to keep writing and keep on getting better at them.


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FBI Denies AP Report About Missing Ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson
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The FBI issued a statement Saturday contesting a report by the Associated Press on Thursday, which cited an anonymous U.S. official as saying many U.S. government officials believe ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson is no longer alive.
"This characterization is not accurate and diminishes the U.S. government's resolve to safely return Robert (Bob) Levinson home to his family," the FBI said in a statement. "Bob disappeared from Kish Island, Iran on March 9, 2007. In 2010, a video showing him in captivity was sent to the Levinson family by his captors. As Bob was taken inside Iran, the U.S. government continues to reiterate its call on the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to locate Mr. Levinson and return him home to his family."
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This presentation will explain the many aspects of an appraisal; types of an appraisal, purposes of an appraisal; definitions of values used in an appraisal and who is qualified to do an appraisal.
Nancy Harrison is the Senior Fine Art Specialist at Emigrant Bank Fine Art Finance. She was a Senior Vice President and Director of the l9th Century European Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture Department at Sotheby's for over 25 years. Prior to joining Emigrant Bank Fine Art Finance, Ms. Harrison was President of her own art appraisal and advisory firm which brokered sales and acquisitions, managed collections, and developed a wide ranging fine art appraisal practice. Her clients included major collectors, insurance companies, and notable art institutions. Ms. Harrison serves on the board of directors of the Appraisers Association of America (AAA) and served as the organization's President from 2010 to 2013. She is currently an executive member of the Association of Professional Art Advisors (APAA), and is a USPAP-compliant IRS-qualified Certified appraiser, who covers a broad range of fine arts fields—from Old Master to Contemporary art. She has been a lecturer on topics related to connoisseurship and collecting at NYU-SCPS, and has appeared on PBS's Antiques Roadshow. Ms. Harrison is a graduate of Vassar College with a B.A. in Art History, and holds a Masters degree in Art History from Hunter College Graduate Division.


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A Profile of George Papandreou
on June 22, 2010 10:03 pm
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When an election takes place during a time of crisis, the primary concern of voters isn't always hotness.* For example, polls indicate that if the US presidential election were being held tomorrow, a junk shot wearing an American flag pin would win. Sure, a giant mass of shredded tires and golf balls might not be the hottest candidate, but for some reason Americans are really worried about oil spills right now.They're also worried about the economy, and it would be nice to have a president who could eliminate our national debt by rolling over our creditors and crushing them.**
Given that Greece is teetering on the verge of economic collapse, I can hardly blame them for electing George Papandreou, the only prime ministerial candidate who looked unlikely to borrow billions of dollars and then default on his loan. (As opposed to, say, this guy.) What the Greek people did not count on, however, is that by electing someone who looked stern and fiscally responsible, they might have accidentally elected someone who actually is stern and fiscally responsible.
Shortly after taking office, Prime Minister Papandreou announced his plan to rein in Greece's massive budget deficit by instituting a series of sensible and well-thought-out austerity measures, including:
• Temporarily halting construction of the Superacropolis.
• Reforming Greece's nearly bankrupt pension system by piling everyone over the age of 61 into a large, hollow, wooden horse and presenting it as a gift to Turkey. Take that, Turkey!
• Cutting down on expensive parliamentary elections by extending the prime minister term length from 4 years to 80 years.
These proposals have proven wildly unpopular with the Greek people, most of whom support a simpler, two-step plan:
1. Pretend to pass austerity measures to trick the EU into lending them more money.
2. When it is time to pay back the loan, change the name of the country to "Breece" so the EU can't find them.
When protesters criticized Papandreou's austerity measures and called for the implementation of the "Breece" plan, the prime minister responded by saying that he had been implementing the Breece plan, and thanks a lot for blowing his cover.
In conclusion, there is a lot of blame to be spread around for the Greek financial crisis. One thing that's certain, though, is that you can't blame Greece, any more than you can blame JD and me for taking out a 28.8 million dollar loan so we could purchase the space shuttle Atlantis. (Seriously, how were we supposed to know that loan was a bad idea? We're not fancy accountants with graphing paper. We're just regular people who want to live in a space shuttle.)
*Unless the crisis is an emergency prime minister beauty pageant. Or an impending ice age.
**Plus, it just looks so patriotic wearing that American flag pin. It draws a sharp contrast to our current president, who wears a Kenyan flag pin. (For the record, Obama asserts that this is not because he prefers Kenya to America, but because he prefers the Kenyan flag to the American flag, because it is a lot cooler looking. And, let's face it, he's right.)
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package abi44_0_0.expo.modules.ads.facebook;

import android.content.Context;

import com.facebook.ads.Ad;
import com.facebook.ads.AdError;
import com.facebook.ads.InterstitialAd;
import com.facebook.ads.InterstitialAdListener;

import abi44_0_0.expo.modules.core.ExportedModule;
import abi44_0_0.expo.modules.core.ModuleRegistry;
import abi44_0_0.expo.modules.core.Promise;
import abi44_0_0.expo.modules.core.interfaces.ActivityProvider;
import abi44_0_0.expo.modules.core.interfaces.ExpoMethod;
import abi44_0_0.expo.modules.core.interfaces.LifecycleEventListener;
import abi44_0_0.expo.modules.core.interfaces.services.UIManager;

public class InterstitialAdManager extends ExportedModule implements InterstitialAdListener, LifecycleEventListener {
  private Promise mPromise;
  private boolean mDidClick = false;
  private InterstitialAd mInterstitial;
  private UIManager mUIManager;
  private ActivityProvider mActivityProvider;

  public InterstitialAdManager(Context reactContext) {
    super(reactContext);
  }

  @Override
  public void onCreate(ModuleRegistry moduleRegistry) {
    if (mUIManager != null) {
      mUIManager.unregisterLifecycleEventListener(this);
    }
    mUIManager = moduleRegistry.getModule(UIManager.class);
    mActivityProvider = moduleRegistry.getModule(ActivityProvider.class);
    mUIManager.registerLifecycleEventListener(this);
  }

  @ExpoMethod
  public void showAd(String placementId, Promise p) {
    if (mPromise != null) {
      p.reject("E_FAILED_TO_SHOW", "Only one `showAd` can be called at once");
      return;
    }

    mPromise = p;
    mInterstitial = new InterstitialAd(mActivityProvider.getCurrentActivity(), placementId);
    mInterstitial.loadAd(mInterstitial.buildLoadAdConfig().withAdListener(this).build());
  }

  @Override
  public String getName() {
    return "CTKInterstitialAdManager";
  }

  @Override
  public void onError(Ad ad, AdError adError) {
    mPromise.reject("E_FAILED_TO_LOAD", adError.getErrorMessage());
    cleanUp();
  }

  @Override
  public void onAdLoaded(Ad ad) {
    if (ad == mInterstitial) {
      mInterstitial.show();
    }
  }

  @Override
  public void onAdClicked(Ad ad) {
    mDidClick = true;
  }

  @Override
  public void onInterstitialDismissed(Ad ad) {
    mPromise.resolve(mDidClick);
    cleanUp();
  }

  @Override
  public void onInterstitialDisplayed(Ad ad) {

  }

  @Override
  public void onLoggingImpression(Ad ad) {
  }

  private void cleanUp() {
    mPromise = null;
    mDidClick = false;

    if (mInterstitial != null) {
      mInterstitial.destroy();
      mInterstitial = null;
    }
  }

  @Override
  public void onHostResume() {

  }

  @Override
  public void onHostPause() {

  }

  @Override
  public void onHostDestroy() {
    cleanUp();
    mUIManager.unregisterLifecycleEventListener(this);
    mUIManager = null;
  }
}

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Shailene Woodley (born November 15, 1991)[1] is an American actress, film producer, and activist. Born in San Bernardino and brought up in Simi Valley, California, Woodley began modeling at the age of four and began acting professionally in minor television roles. She first gained prominence for her starring role as Amy Juergens in the ABC Family drama series The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2013).
Shailene Woodley made her film debut in Felicity: An American Girl Adventure in 2005 and went on to star in the coming of age film The Spectacular Now (2013). For the former, she received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture and the latter won her a special jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
She achieved wider recognition for her starring role as a teenage cancer patient in the romantic drama The Fault in Our Stars (2014) and as Beatrice Prior in the science fiction film The Divergent Series (2014–2016). From 2017 to 2019, she played a sexual assault survivor in the HBO drama series Big Little Lies, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Woodley is an environmental activist and has served as a board member of the super PAC Our Revolution.
Shailene Woodley was born in San Bernardino County, California,[1] on November 15, 1991, but grew up in Simi Valley, California. Her mother, Lori (née Victor),[1] is a school counselor, and her father, Lonnie Woodley, is a school principal.[2] She has a younger brother.[3]
At the age of fifteen, she was diagnosed with scoliosis[4] and was put in a chest-to-hips plastic brace to stop her spine from curving further.[5] Shailene Woodley attended Simi Valley High School[6] and modeled at the age of four. She also took some acting classes with Anthony Meindl.[7]
Shailene Woodley began her acting career in 1999 with a minor role in the television film Replacing Dad. She went on to feature in minor television roles in The District and Crossing Jordan (in the latter, she portrayed the ten-year-old version of Jill Hennessy's title character).
She followed with a leading role in the television film A Place Called Home (2004) as California Ford, which earned her a nomination for a Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actress in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special.[8]
She also originally played the young Kaitlin Cooper in The O.C.[4] and appeared as the titular character Felicity Merriman in the television film Felicity: An American Girl Adventure (2005). Her performance received another Young Artist Award nomination, this time for Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special (Comedy or Drama).
Following this, Woodley appeared in numerous guest roles in other television series, including Everybody Loves Raymond, My Name is Earl, CSI: NY, Close to Home, and Cold Case.
Shailene Woodley was then cast as the main character, Amy Juergens, in the ABC Family series The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2013), about a 15-year-old girl who learns she is pregnant. The show explores the effects of her pregnancy on her family, friends and herself as well as life at a California high school.
Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly praised her performance stating that it "lifts a well-meaning, rather brave, but ramshackle show a notch."[9] Popular among viewers, the show became one of ABC Family's most-watched telecasts throughout its five-season run, spanning over 121 episodes.
2011–2014: Film debut and breakthrough
In 2011, Shailene Woodley made her feature film debut in The Descendants, where she played Alex, the troubled elder daughter of Matt King (played by George Clooney). Her performance received positive reviews from critics. A. O. Scott from The New York Times said, "Ms. Woodley..[gives]..one of the toughest, smartest, most credible adolescent performances in recent memory."[10]
Peter Debruge from Variety said that her performance is a "revelation" and that "in the role of Alex, [she is] displaying both the edge and depth the role demands."[11]
Receiving accolades for her performance, Woodley received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture,[12] and won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female.[13] People named her one of 2012 "Most Beautiful at Every Age."[14] Woodley was also considered one of the 55 faces of the future by Nylon Magazine's "Young Hollywood Issue".[13]
Shailene Woodley starred in the film adaptation of Tim Tharp's novel, The Spectacular Now, as Aimee Finecky, an innocent, bookish teenager who begins dating the charming, freewheeling high-school senior (Miles Teller).[15] The film premiered at Sundance on January 18, 2013.[16]
Her portrayal of Aimee gained praise from critics; Los Angeles Times' critic Betsy Sharkey said that Shailene Woodley and Teller "bring such an authentic face of confidence and questioning, indifference and need, pain and denial, friendship and first love,"[17] while another critic from The Guardian said that they gave "remarkably strong performances" that "display a depth of feeling that's breathtaking in its simplicity and honest[y]."[18]
Additionally, Woodley won the Special Jury Award for Acting, alongside Teller, at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead.
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X-Men Seminal Moments: Adam Kubert reflects on 'X-Men' #1
The veteran comic illustrator shares his thoughts about the all-time best selling issue of 'X-Men'.
by Blair Marnell
X-Men Seminal Moments: Adam Kubert and the 90s X-MEN
Later this summer, Jonathan Hickman is bringing the X-Men into a new era with HOUSE OF X and POWERS OF X. But this isn't the first time that Marvel's mutant heroes have dramatically changed the game, and Marvel veterans have been reflecting on the events that brought us to this point. Adam Kubert has already left his mark with unforgettable runs on WOLVERINE and UNCANNY X-MEN. But Kubert's choice goes back to a familiar place: the X-MEN #1 relaunch in 1991.
X-Men (1991) #1
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In October 1991, Chris Claremont and Jim Lee's X-MEN #1 set the comic market on fire on its way to approximately 8.1 million copies sold. (That's still an all-time record!) We've previously touched on the issue's significance for the way that it reignited the conflict between Charles Xavier and Magneto. However, it was a much bigger milestone for the X-Men themselves. Nearly three decades later, we see this group of characters as the iconic X-Men. Yet at the time, most of these heroes barely knew each other.
On the way to the X-MEN relaunch, the original five X-Men were still headlining their own series, X-FACTOR. While the two teams of mutant heroes crossed paths in INFERNO, X-TINCTION AGENDA, and a few issues in between, there wasn't much interaction between them. Cyclops hadn't been on the X-Men since UNCANNY X-MEN #201, while Beast, Angel, and Iceman had long since left the team. Because she was replaced by the Phoenix for several years, even Jean hadn't been a member since 1976's UNCANNY X-MEN #100.
Rather than simply putting the X-Factor team in one book, the two teams were intermingled into separate X-Men squads. Cyclops, Beast, Wolverine, Rogue, Psylocke, and Gambit became the Blue Team, with Jubilee as their frequent companion. That's the team that headlined X-MEN, while UNCANNY X-MEN's Gold Team consisted of Storm, Jean Grey, Colossus, Iceman, and Archangel. Bishop joined the team a few issues later.
Re-reading X-MEN #1, it's intriguing to see that the newly reunited X-Men hadn't entirely settled their personal dynamics. Instead of feeling a bond with Gambit, Rogue was far more drawn to Magneto. She was even the only member of the team who gave Magneto the benefit of the doubt when he became an international target. As for Gambit, the only woman he openly flirts with in the issue was Jean Grey. He didn't seem to care if Jean was in a relationship with Cyclops before planting a kiss on her lips. Unfortunately for the Ragin' Cajun, the Jean he kissed was actually a lifelike exploding robot.
Just two issues later, Rogue and Gambit would begin their own epic courtship that ultimately culminated in last year's X-MEN GOLD #30 when they tied the knot. Over time, these two groups bonded together as friends and even family. They proved to be so iconic that "X-Men: The Animated Series" took most of its influence from these early X-MEN issues and retained the instantly classic costumes that were designed by Lee.
Without this X-MEN relaunch, the X-Men animated series may never have happened. That show in turn led to the X-Men live-action films, which paved the way to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It all had to start somewhere, and X-MEN #1 proved that the mutant heroes had appeal far beyond the dreams of the comic book industry.
Stay tuned to Marvel.com for more news and updates on HOUSE OF X and POWERS OF X!
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Former Suns great Amar'e Stoudemire has signed with the BIG3 as a co-captain of Tri-State.
Former Suns great Amar'e Stoudemire has signed with the BIG3 as a co-captain of Tri-State alongside captain Jermaine O'Neal and co-captain Nate Robinson. This offseason, BIG3 expanded rosters by adding a second co-captain to each team.
In recent weeks, Baron Davis (3's Company), Ron Artest (Killer 3s) Glen "Big Baby" Davis (Power), Carlos Boozer (Ghost Ballers) and Drew Gooden (3's Company) have been announced as high-profile co-captain acquisitions.
The premier half-court, 3-on-3 basketball league, BIG3 features many of the greatest, most popular and skilled NBA players of all time. Founded by producer, actor and music legend Ice Cube and entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz, the BIG3 combines highly competitive, physical, fast basketball and incredible fan experiences. Comprised of eight teams, the league played to huge crowds in ten different US cities throughout the 2017 inaugural season.


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(Dallinger)
C Williamson, Chrysler leads G Winton's AC and L Evans' Vauxhall during the early laps of the Interstate Grand Prix, Wirlinga Road Circuit, Albury, New South Wales, 19 March 1938…
Australia Day, 26 February 1938 marked 150 years since the arrival of Governor Phillip and the First Fleet- the sesquicentenary of European settlement of Australia- ignoring the 60,000 years or thereabouts the continent has been occupied by the indigenous people of the Great Brown Land.
Official celebrations throughout the country took place between 26 February and 25 April- in Albury they occurred from 12 – 19 March and comprised an athletic and cycling day on the Saturday including the Albury Gift professional sprint race, the Albury Gun Club Championship, a swimming carnival and extended to the finale on Saturday 19 March, the 'Interstate Grand Prix', a 150 mile (148.5 mile) handicap event for cars 'regardless of engine capacity'.
The lack of an engine capacity limit may seem not particularly notable, but the Phillip Island 1928 to 1935 'AGP's had all been for cars of less than 2 litres in capacity whereas the December 1936 South Australian Centenary GP, later appropriated as an AGP, run at Victor Harbor was raced to what was effectively Formula Libre. Their was no AGP run in 1937 despite attempts to appropriate the the December 1936 event as 'the 1937 AGP' in the decades following.
What the South Australians did, or more specifically the event organisers, the Sporting Car Club of South Australia, was to create Formula Libre as the class to which the AGP was run up to and including the 1963 event- when the Tasman 2.5 Formula succeeded it.
The officials in Albury, Albury/Wodonga being the twin Murray River border towns of New South Wales and Victoria involved the Melbourne based Victorian Sporting Car Club to organise the motor-racing aspects of the celebrations.
After considering various alternatives a track of 4.25 miles long was chosen by the local council and VSCC around the roads of Wirlinga, now an Albury suburb, but then 4.5 miles from Albury's business centre.
Christened the 'Wirlinga Circuit' it 'embraced a 1.25 mile section of the Old Sydney Road to the north-east of Albury, a '55 chain' section of the Livingston-Thurgoona Road and more than a mile of Orphanage Road'.
This course is variously described in the newspaper accounts of the day 'as having a good surface, the majority bitumen, and the remainder buck-shot gravel which is practically dust proof' or '…half the course is macadam (broken stone of even size bound by tar or bitumen) and the other half gravel, it is being specially treated with calcium chloride to make it as free as possible of dust'.
Another report described 'The roughly rectangular course, which starts on the Hume Weir road has one straight of about 1.9 miles, another of a half a mile and a long sweeping curve of 2.1 miles in length'. By the time of the Albury Gold Cup meeting at Wirlinga in July 1939 the entire course was bitumen surfaced.
'This course is claimed to be one of the finest and fastest tracks in Australia' the Melbourne Age recorded, clearly that fellow had not been to Lobethal or Mount Panorama at that point of his motor racing research/reportage!
Look closely at the circuit layout and you can see the different start/finish lines in 1938 and 1939/40. The road on the right is Bowna Road, now called Table Top Road '..which was part of the Hume Highway prior to the construction of Hume Weir- it saw dozens of cars attempting the Sydney-Melbourne record during ther twenties' wrote Ray Bell. The road at the bottom of the photo is a stretch of the Riverina Highway. The other long stretch on the left of the map which leads north is called Orphanage Lane, which is no longer driveable (ozpata)
In 1938 the only Australian race tracks which were bitumen or tar were some of the 'Round the Houses' tracks in many country towns of Western Australia and Lobethal in the Adelaide Hills. Phillip Island, the site of the early AGP's, Victor Harbor, which held the December 26 1936 South Australian Centenary Grand Prix, and Mount Panorama, Bathurst, which held its first race meeting at Easter in 1938- all had loose gravel surfaces.
So Wirlinga, with a mix of sealed and unsealed surfaces would present challenges to the drivers- many of whom were unfamiliar with a solid surface like bitumen with the exception of those who had raced on the Maroubra concrete bowl or the opening January 1938 Lobethal meeting several months before. Such drivers included Hope Bartlett, Bob Lea-Wright, Colin Dunne, Jim Boughton, Alf Barrett, Tim Joshua, Harry Beith, Arthur Beasley and A Aitken and perhaps one or two others.
Fred Foss and passenger negotiate the loose gravel Forrest' Elbow, Bathurst during the Easter 1938 AGP, DNF in his Ford V8 Spl 3.6. No doubt winner Peter Whitehead had a very exciting ride in his supercharged ERA B Type (NMRM)
As the big weekend approached the Victorian Sporting Car Club ran a rally to Albury on the weekend of the 5th and 6th of March in which the clubs office-bearers, together with competitors and their friends journeyed the 325 Km up the Hume Highway to inspect the course- 'which the club found had undergone considerable improvement. The bends of the track will need more attention and this will be given as suggested by officials'.
A meeting of competitors, mechanics and club officials was held in the VSCC's clubrooms at 395 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne on Thursday 17 March at 5pm before the 'circus' left town for Albury/Wodonga, no doubt plenty of eager competitors were already in the border towns by the time this meeting took place.
Practice was to be held on the day before the race from 7 am with entry prices set at 2 shillings and a similar amount charged for a seat in the 'huge grandstand' (of which I cannot find a picture). Prize money totalled 300 pounds- 100 pounds was for the winner, the balance was paid down to eighth place.
Whilst the important track logistics were taking place in the lead up months to the meeting, the Victorian Sporting Car Club set about getting as healthy a national entry of cars as was possible for the blue-riband event. Whilst a good field of cars was entered, perhaps the proximity of the 18 April Easter Bathurst AGP to Wirlinga was a barrier to some competitors racing for fear of damaging their mount before the Mount Panorama meeting.
Many of the fast guys of the period entered, perhaps the 'headline act' was British mystery man, racer throughout Australia in 1938/9 and MI5 spy Allan Sinclair in a supercharged 1100cc Alta. This car was a fizzer at Lobethal in January with a better showing expected- but not delivered in Albury, or pretty much anywhere else he raced with the exception of Rob Roy Hillclimb in Victoria.
Maroubra Speedway Ace Hope Bartlett entered an MG Q Type, 1934 Australian Grand Prix winner Bob Lea-Wright- and then current VSCC President raced a Terraplane 8 Special with Frank Kleinig certain to be a front-runner in Bill MacIntyre's Hudson 8 Special. Both these cars were powered by modified variants of side-valve straight-eights manufactured by the US Hudson/Terraplane companies.
Its interesting to look at Kleinig's car as it was at Wirlinga and the huge amount of work it took to to turn it into an 'outright racer' by the time of the 1939 AGP at Lobethal less than twelve months hence.
Alf Barrett, Morris Cowley Spl, crowd close to the unguarded circuit edge (Dallinger)
Alf Barrett was entered in his Morris Cowley Spl but very shortly thereafter acquired an Alfa Romeo Monza, and it was his performances with that car which shot him to fame- by the time of the January 1939 AGP he was pretty much 'the man' despite one or two others racing faster cars such as Jack Saywell, Alfa Tipo B/P3.
Tim Joshua's unique single-seater, supercharged four-cylinder Gough powered Frazer Nash cannot have been in the country too long with the Bryant & Mays Matches family member a guy who always drove well.
This huge factory complex (hard to believe how big a factory it was/is just to make matches) off Church Street Richmond, Melbourne is well known to locals in restored form and was unfortunately the property redevelopment which all but financially destroyed Porsche Cars Australia's Alan Hamilton in the late eighties.
It wasn't the 'Nash first meeting though, he raced it in the SA GP at Lobethal in January. The car, number #3 above is in the Wirlinga paddock alongside Hope Bartlett's MG Q Type and the Jack Phillips/Ted Parsons #6 victorious 1934 Ford V8 Spl.
Other cars of note are perhaps the D Souter MG P Type driven by Colin Dunne who was fresh from a great win in his own MG K3 in the Junior Grand Prix at Lobethal. No doubt Dunne took this drive to preserve his own K3 for the forthcoming AGP. Others were Jack O'Dea, MG P Type, Jim Boughton in a Morgan 4/4 Coventry Climax and Barney Dentry's Riley Spl.
Jim or 'Jack' Boughton, Morgan 4/4 Coventry Climax 1100 with the long arm of the law behind- by the time of the '39 AGP at Lobethal this car was a single-seater- and still is. Orphanage Road corner- this stretch of road no longer exists (Dallinger)
Of an entry list of 25 racers, thirteen or thereabouts are 'factory cars' with the balance Australian Specials- these cars would increasingly form the most significant numbers on our grids until the dawn of the fifties when the end of Australian Grands Prix run to handicap rules forced those after victory to acquire a car which could do just that on an outright basis!
(B King)
Sesquicentenary festivities in Albury were well underway by the time the Governor of Victoria, Lord Wakehurst alighted the train from Melbourne and performed the formal opening ceremony for the week on Tuesday 15 March in the Albury Botanical Gardens.
On raceday, Saturday 19 March, some 6,000 to 10,000 spectators attended the meeting from towns far and wide across South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria- good train access allowed the punters to make the long distance trip from the major population centres of Sydney and Melbourne relatively easily.
Albury Banner and Wodonga Express, 25 March 1938
Jack Phillips won the race (below) driving his 3.6 litre Ford V8 Special from George Bonser's Terraplane 8 Spl and Les Burrows aboard a similar Terraplane 8 Spl.
Phillips, accompanied by his business partner and co-owner of the car, Ted Parsons, covered the 150 miles in 2 hours 13 minutes and 15 seconds, an average of about 67 mph.
The two friends were partners in a Ford sales and service agency in Wangaratta, a major centre of agriculture to the south-west of Albury in Victoria, it was very much a hometown win all the same.
Hats in the air and general body language of the crowd suggests this is the last lap for the victorious Ford mounted locals (Dallinger)
So successful was the meeting that the 'Albury Banner and Wodonga Express' correctly predicted that the race would become an annual event- for a while at least until the outbreak of war.
Unfortunately the only scratching from the event was Allan Sinclair in his Alta with gearbox failure, the unreliability of this car was to be one of its hallmarks in his hands.
Phillips was the only driver to have a trouble free run, and when other competitors either dropped out or made multiple pit stops he was able to take the lead on lap 23 of the 33 laps.
At that stage McDonald, Standard Spl was in front but he had mechanical problems and withdrew. Early DNF's were Evans having completed only 2 laps- and Kleinig's Hudson Spl, Bartlett MG Q Type, Beith Terraplane, Lea-Wright Terraplane, Wrigley MG Magnette, Boughton Morgan, Aitken Riley, Dunne MG P Type, Barrett Morris Cowley Spl.
Frank Kleinig's Hudson effectively became the scratch-man with Sinclair's withdrawal and was rightly regarded as one of the favourites for victory. The press-on Sydneysider recorded the fastest lap of the 4.25 mile track with a 3 minute 26 seconds time but the Hudson had trouble early on and after multiple pit-stops he called it quits on lap 10.
Frank Kleinig Hudson 8 Spl 4.2 rounds up the KR McDonald Standard Spl (Dallinger_
Jack O'Dea's MG P Type leads the Riley of A Aitken, that car sold to him by Allan Sinclair from amongst the six or so cars he brought with him to Australia in late 1937 (Dallinger)
Barney Dentry, Riley Spl winner of the 50 Miles Race at Cowes in November, was well up until he too pitted for repairs to his Riley. Dentry provided one of the thills of the race when he challenged Arthur Beasley's Singer on the Main Straight and passed him for fifth place only 150 yards from the end of the race.
Plenty of excitement was provided by the crowd 'the largest that has yet assembled at a sporting event in Albury'.
'Close on 6,000 people thronged the huge grandstand and on either side of the road near the finish line. The crowd got out of control when the last stages of the race were being completed. Despite the repeated entreaties to refrain from crossing over the road, people surged from one side to the other in droves, right in front of fast moving cars. However there were no accidents' the Albury Banner reported.
George Bonser's Terraplane Spl 3.5 at speed with spectators rather close to the tracks edge (Dallinger)
Harry-flatters in top gear, which Wirlinga Straight I wonder? (Dallinger)
The winning Phillips/Parsons Ford, a 1934 model, was modified in the manner typical of the day.
The 4 litre Ford flathead V8 was fitted with dual carburettors sitting atop an aluminium inlet manifold, a Winfield camshaft, an enlarged sump, oil cooler and double radiators were incorporated. A contemporary report says that 'Phillips had a remarkable run of good luck in this race compared with other events he competed in'.
Clearly the two boys from Wangaratta were entering a purple patch with the car because they soon thereafter had a great run of results.
After Wirlinga the intrepid duo towed the Ford to Bathurst at Easter where they were sixth in the 1938 AGP won by Peter Whitehead's ERA- and then third in the January 1939 AGP at Lobethal, that race won in brilliant style by Perth's Allan Tomlinson in an MG TA Spl s/c.
Returning home they 'doubled up' and won the 1939 Albury Gold Cup at Wirlinga in July, they didn't take the win in the 1940 event, the last motor race held at Wirlinga. Back across the border to Lobethal they won the 1940 South Australian 100, and that was pretty much it until the end of hostilities, Patriotic GP at Applecross in Perth held on 11 November 1940 duly noted.
Jack Phillips and Ted Parsons aboard their Ford V8 Spl at Lobethal in the Adelaide Hills during their successful run, 1939 AGP (N Howard)
Whilst much is rightfully made of Doug Whiteford's Ford V8 Spl, 'Black Bess', its best results were still to come, perhaps this is the most successful Ford V8 Spl pre-War? After the conflict the beast was sold twice, then crashed and written off in the late forties- a lovely replica built by Ted Parson's grandson in recent times will have been seen by some of you.
Phillips, in covering the 150 miles in 2:13.15 also did the fastest time of the race, his average time for each lap was 3:50 compared to Kleinig's fastest lap of 3:43. At an average speed of 67-69 mph Phillips was about a lap ahead of Bonser's Terraplane who was a similar distance ahead of Les Burrows Terraplane. Then followed George Winton AC, Dentry's Riley, the Beasley Singer, Williamson's Chrysler and O'Dea's MG P Type.
The teams prize went to Burrows, Bonser and Kleinig.
Phillips, Parsons aboard the winning Wirlinga car, I wonder who built the body, quality of workmanship and finish high (Dallinger)
(Tim Hocking via R Bell)
Pit and paddock scene from the final Wirlinga meeting over the Kings Birthday weekend, 10 June 1940.
The Interstate Gold Cup was won by Harry James' Terraplane with the lap record for all time as it turned out, set by Alf Barrett's Alfa Romeo Monza at 89 mph.
I wonder if that is Barrett's Monza to the left of Jack Phillip's Ford Special #5 in the photo above?
Alf Barrett applies a touch of the opposites to the wheel of his Morris Cowley Spl- the power of the supercharged GP Alfa which replaced this machine, capable of a 90 mph top speed, must have been considerable, not to say every other aspect of the cars performance!
Raced in a couple of AGP's in Colin Anderson's hands- he raced the car at Bathurst in April to 12th place whilst Barrett's Lombard AL3 retired after completing only 3 laps, I'm not sure what became of this highly developed 1.7 litre attractive Morris or who built it in Melbourne.
Jack O'Dea's beautiful MG P Type in profile. Some modern online accounts have Les Murphy driving the car at this meeting but neither the entry list or race accounts i have seen make mention of the AGP winner at the wheel.
The K McDonald 'Flying Standard Spl' is not a car I know anything about, I am intrigued to understand who built it and it's specifications if any of you can oblige.
Jack O'Dea's MG P type leading the scrapping duo of Colin Dunne in Souter's MG P and George Bonser's Terraplane Spl.
The Phillip/Parsons Ford post-war at Port Wakefield when owned by Granton Harrison- with his back to the camera. Alongside is the ex-Bira/Snow/Colin Dunne/Russell Bowes/Ron Uffindell MG K3 (D Donovan)
Photo and other Credits…
'Foto Supplies' Albury Flickr Archive- photographer John J Dallinger, we salute you
Bob King Collection, N Howard, National Motor Racing Museum, Tim Hocking, ozpata, Dean Donovan
Melbourne Age 10/2/1938, Albury Banner and Wodonga Express 11/3 and 25/3/38, Melbourne Herald 15/3/38, Sporting Globe 15/1/38
Ray Bell and John Medley on The Nostalgia Forum
Tailpiece: When men were men…
Jack Phillips with kidney belt to keep his gizzards under control with helmet wearing Ted Parsons alongside- who is the dude on the left I wonder?


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The magic of science with everyday tools in Ghana; Heather Beem's PEN story
By Kay Ugwuede 23rd September 2020
My Life In Tech is putting human faces to some of the innovative startups, investments and policy formations driving the technology sector across Africa.
Heather Beem wants every science student on the continent to be able to understand and remember meiosis or Newton's First Law of Motion because they were taught in such a memorable way. Through Practical Education Network (PEN), she has started this mission in Ghana to help teachers find tools around them to teach their students better. This is her life in tech.
What is the most interesting experiment you remember carrying out to learn a science concept? Perhaps it was the theory of cause and effect; if you add yellow to red, you get orange. Or it was rubbing your palms together to understand friction.
More often than not, as we progress along the academic ladder, these basic experiments seem to gradually disappear until they are replaced exclusively by black or white boards and copious class notes interspersed with laboratory visits where a facility and trained staff are available.
Ghana-based Practical Education Network (PEN), founded by Heather Beem, launched to address this lack of practical learning in schools across the country.
Born in the US to an American dad and Taiwanese mom, Beem picked interest in STEM after attending a high school summer camp where, in building robots, bridges and the likes, she came to the realization that there were fun ways to incorporate math and science into real life solutions.
As a young girl, Beem loved music (she plays the violin and piano) and sports, math too, but science and technology fields seemed like more assured career paths from the examples of adults she'd seen around her. So she went on to study mechanical engineering in her undergraduate and graduate programs.
While at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) doing a PhD program, she thought the six year period was ample time to do more than get another degree certification and bounce. Interested in doing some work outside of the US, she got connected to schools in Ghana through MIT's D-Lab. D-Lab was founded in 2002 to encourage the proliferation of practical, design-based solutions in three key areas: education, research and innovation practice.
"While I was pursuing these very cutting edge ideas in my lab, I also started realising that there were so many students around the world who are not experiencing practical stuff," Beem says.
"Over time, it really became a conviction of mine that this is something we have to address. [Because] it has so many implications for social, personal development among other things."
Simulating difficult concepts from everyday tools
PEN is a not-for-profit pushing for a revamp of the mechanics of learning from a teacher-centric, theory-heavy modality to a constant hands-on, interactive experience. The core focus of the organisation's activities are teachers across Ghana and, Beem hopes, the rest of the continent in the coming years.
PEN, on invitation of a school or organisation, gathers together a group of teachers numbering anywhere from 10-60 who are then engaged in a variety of hands-on activities using locally available materials for at least a full day.
"We're talking about balloons, straws, water bottles, flowers, stones, anything that can be readily accessed in any community in Ghana," Beem says.
During these sessions, the teachers attempt to bring to life the science concepts embedded in the curriculum subjects they teach. They learn from Beem and her team but also practice among themselves, and awed by the experience, are always eager to take these experiments into their classrooms. Or explore more ways of utilising available materials to bring the lessons home for their students.
A session explaining the chemistry of balancing reactions could go like this: bottle tops and toothpicks are used to represent chemical elements and their bonds respectively. By moving them around to mirror how elements combine or dissociate, some students are able to understand the concept a lot better than if the reactions were written down on a blackboard. Beem calls this approach Manipulatives.
As with schools in many parts of Africa, schools remain closed in Ghana as a result of the pandemic. Except those writing their final year exams, students are expected to return to classes in January 2021.
It's been quite the shift for Beem's team during this period. The organisation's activities have been physical. Now, the team is working to take some of the activities online and are translating PEN's existing content into online-friendly material. This will entail video conferencing, Live sessions, and visual content that allows teachers to remotely carry out these experiments while being guided on-screen at their own pace. The good thing is, teachers outside of Ghana can potentially access the material, aiding the organisation's dream of expanding outside of the country.
"We have four different partners that have already signed up their teachers to come on board the online training," Beem says.
"We have people who are eager to try it out and we are very much in the development mode right now."
PEN's activities have been funded through various means over the years. The first three years were supported by grants from MIT. Corporate sponsorships from large firms like ExxonMobil have also been a revenue source. The goal is to target more corporate and individual partnerships and sponsorships as well as work towards developing more revenue streams.
Woman in tech
With every woman I profile in this series, it becomes clearer that the female in tech experience exists on a spectrum. For some, gender bias and stereotyping is the exception while for some, it is a hallmark of their careers.
Beem, as a mechanical engineering student, has always been in the minority gender-wise but she considers this something she has used to her advantage in her career.
"It's actually been an asset to have built up that muscle of being ready to excel and to do a good job so that people don't put a stereotype on you," she says.
Like some others, explicit bias as a result of gender is something she rarely experiences. It is not the same for her students at Ashesi University where she teaches engineering.
"In working with them I realised that, wow, the females have to overcome some really serious stereotypes and barriers to get to where they are."
Beem's faith is intricately woven into the work that she does.
"I'm grateful I did not have to experience some of those things, but it's also made me think about gender more since coming here and I think I'm building a desire to enable more females to feel confident to take up careers in STEM."
Five years down the line, Beem says her stay and experience in Ghana "has been great". While it took time to get used to a different clime, culture and cuisine, she says the opportunity to make an impact has been rewarding especially because even some small measure can go a long way in people's lives.
"It would be more difficult for me to feel that level of impact if I was working in the US."
Beem's faith is also intricately woven into the work that she does.
"Because I don't think I would have been able to uproot my life in the US and move here if I didn't have this conviction that this is the way forward and it is my duty as a child of God to put my ideas and skills into action," she says, and this conviction has helped her pull through the frustrations and challenges of running PEN in the last five years.
One of those challenges has been realising that the problems with the way Ghana's educational sector is set up is more systemic and requires change at that level for substantial impact to be made.
"The scope of the problem is ever unfolding," she says.
Part of the team's work over the last few months has also been trying to engage with the government to effect more lasting change on that level. One example was working with the ministry of education to review and rework the science curricula for primary schools and junior high school.
Of course, running a startup, hiring staff and raising funds has been challenging in typical fashion. But the impact that the activities make in the lives of the teachers, how it transforms, first, their thinking about what is possible, and then the dynamics of their classrooms, is extremely rewarding. And these changes quickly become evident in the students' disposition towards science classes and their performances in examinations.
Beem has big dreams for PEN. By 2025, the goal is to have all science teachers in Ghana exposed to its teaching approach for the sciences and then to extend these to neighbouring anglophone West African countries where the curricula are similar.
"I see this as something that can be replicated in so many different contexts. My goal is that this approach will continue to spread for a long time that many teachers and students across many countries will be able to benefit from it."
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Battletome: Flesh-Eater Courts is a hardback book and an essential guide for any collector. Covering background, history and beautiful artwork as it delves into the world of the hungry undead.
One Hardback copy of the Battletome: Flesh-Eater Courts supplied in English.


In response to heightened food insecurity in Zimbabwe, Crown Agents and CARE, through the Grain Trade Market Facility, utilised existing market structures to avoid a potentially devastating food disaster. Using innovative solutions that brought together both the public and private sectors the programme ensured that people could meet their basic food needs through mobile money transfers. Utilising private sector systems increased access to funds and guaranteed market demand. This improved the availability of grain nationwide, maintained price stability and ensured vulnerable households were able to meet their basic food needs.


In this artsy neighborhood dreamed up in the late 1990s by two Savannah College of Art and Design students, creativity fuels the community. Fun and funky shops, galleries and studios now thrive in once-rundown buildings. Shop for vintage clothing, vinyl records and original art, and treat your taste buds in a number of quaint and quirky cafes.
Browse vintage vinyls at Graveface Records in the Starland District.


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Recently, an industry-led committee of members across the securities industry issued a white paper outlining the timeline and actions required to move from a three-day (T+3) trade settlement cycle to a two-day (T+2) trade settlement cycle for securities transactions in the United States by the third quarter 2017. We applaud industry's leadership in seeking changes to mitigate risks and improve capital efficiency.
Earlier this year, the Commission's Investor Advisory Committee encouraged the Commission and market participants to move forward on reducing the settlement cycle, which would improve investor protections and reduce systemic risks.
We look forward to working with our fellow Commissioners and the staff, as well as partnering with market participants to shorten the settlement cycle as soon as possible.
 See "Shortening the Settlement Cycle: The Move to T+2" available at http://www.ust2.com/pdfs/ssc.pdf. Currently, the Commission's rules require settlement of trades in equities, corporate and municipal bonds, and unit investment trusts (UIT) three business days after a trade is executed, which is commonly referred to as T+3. Trade settlement is the date upon which security ownership transfers.
 See "Recommendation of the Investor Advisory Committee: Shortening the Trade Settlement Cycle in U.S. Financial Markets (February 12, 2015)" available at http://www.sec.gov/spotlight/investor-advisory-committee-2012/settlement-cycle-recommendation-final.pdf.


Hi! It's Jilly. Last week I started telling you about our cruise, and told you about the reference guide I made for my sweet sister who was watching our kids. In the guide I had a menu plan, and I told you I would share it. Well, here it is! Nothing super fancy, but a week and a half worth of easy meals! I hope it gives you some inspiration, and not very much perspiration!
Day 2: Soup & Salad - a week or two before I left I made a big pot of soup and froze the leftovers in a gallon ziploc bag. So, all she had to do was get it out of the freezer in the morning to defrost, then heat it up at dinner time.
Day 6: Taco Soup - just like this recipe, but I cook the meat with the taco seasoning like it says on the packet (or bottle, if you have the big one from Costco), then add it to the beans, etc that are already cooking together in a separate pot.
Day 7: Pizza & Movie Night!
Day 8: Spinach Lasagna Rolls - Love this recipe from SkinnyTaste!
Day 9: Honey Dijon Rosemary Pork Chops - one of my favorite recipes from the cookbook "Our Best Recipes" by Better Homes & Gardens. I should share it with you sometime!
Day 10: Baked Potato Bar with chili, cheese, etc.
Day 11: Baked Penne - recipe coming soon. It's super easy, I promise!
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These are great ideas!! I'm always looking for new recipes. Thanks for linking up at Romance on a dime!!


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InnovAsepsis Limited is pleased to announce and invite you to the launch of the PedalTap a retrofittable and affordable, hands free foot operated water dispensing device designed to reduce the spread of infectious disease and save water.
During the interactive Innovation Marketplace at the USAID's Higher Education Solutions Network (HESN) technical convening TechCon 2016 in Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston USA, November 10-12, 2016, innovators from Makerere University College of Health Sciences School of Public Health-ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) scooped top two cash prizes out of 24 competitors in the category of Products and Services. Elijah Djan, an Innovator from RAN's Southern Africa Resilience Innovation Lab working on the Nubrix project-'re-cycling paper to produce bricks, walked away with the 1st prize worth USD 2,500 while Grace Nakibaala, an architect from Makerere University working on the Pedal Tap Innovation 'non-touch water dispensing system' won in the 2nd place USD 1,500. Additionally, Bonita Nanziri, an innovator working on a sickle cell anaemia diagnosis kit-MDEX, won the 1st place private sector prize out of 32 competitors. The prize was on Engineering and Design Review from ASME Engineering 4 Change out of 32 competitors. This team will also benefit from a full technical analysis of their innovations' business model working towards further developing the same.


A photograph of the original honour roll commemorates former students of the school who served in World War One.
Note: The school was closed in 2004 and the location of the actual honour roll is unknown.
A very successful function in connection with the unveiling of the Roll of Honour took place at the public school, Alford on Wednesday, July 16th, when there was a large assembly of people and children. Mr George Heath unveiled the Roll of Honour after which the children sang "The Song of Australia. "
The Kadina and Wallaroo Times (SA), 23rd July 1919.
"...old boys of this school who served the Empire in the Great War "
to indicate all the "old boys' returned from the war.


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The university's Academic Advising Center is located in Hertz Hall, room 107. It provides entering freshmen, continuing students, and transfer students with general advising information and help. This includes information on the general education program, graduation requirements, transferability of credits, interpreting Central Academic Progress System (CAPS) reports, pre-major advising, and counseling students who are in academic difficulty. The center also offers special program advisors, advising seminars, college survival skills classes, and advising publications.
The Academic Advising Center manages UNIV 101, a required course for entering freshmen, that assists students with learning about the university's policies and procedures, selecting a major, advising for general education, and other forms of support. For more information visit the Academic Advising website at www.cwu.edu/~acadadv/.
College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP)
The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) provides financial and academic support services to freshman students from migrant and seasonal farmworking backgrounds. It is funded by a grant from the Department of Education, Office of Migrant Education.
CAMP is designed to help students succeed as they begin their college careers by recruiting and assisting them through the CWU admissions process, and by providing them support during their freshman year. Eligible students receive a variety of services including scholarships, stipends, tutoring, study skills training, mentoring, career planning services, and cultural enrichment opportunities.
To qualify for the CAMP program the student must meet the following requirements:
Be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or eligible non-citizen
Have freshman standing (fewer than 44 quarter credits)
Meet criteria to determine migrant or seasonal farmworker status:
Parent (or student, if independent) has worked for at least 75 days in the last 24 months in farmwork such as production of crops, dairy products, poultry, livestock, tree harvesting, or fish farming. Farmwork must be primary form of employment and be performed on a temporary or seasonal basis
OR student has participated in the Chapter 1 Migrant Education Program
OR student or parent qualifies for the WIA167 program
To apply for the CAMP Program, call 509-963-1729 (toll free 866-298-4968 x1729) or download an application off the website at www.cwu.edu/~camp.
Career Services is a comprehensive career counseling and resource center designed to engage students as active participants in their career development from freshman year through alumni status. The central purpose of Career Services is to help students prepare for academic and career success. The office strives to serve the needs of individuals through these career-related programs and services.
UNIV 103: For those who are not certain which major or career path is right for them, Career Services offers a two-credit course, Career Exploration, on the Ellensburg campus. It is offered each quarter. One-on-one counseling can achieve similar results over time if a student cannot take the class.
UNIV 301: This two-credit Career Management class helps students prepare for the transition from the classroom to the workplace. The focus of the course is on job search skills in pursuit of fulfilling employment.
Job Search Preparation: On-campus interviews take place in Barge Hall, room 204M, between students and a variety of businesses, government agencies, non-profit organizations, school districts, and the military. Educational placement files are managed through Career Services as well. Career events are offered throughout the year to bring together graduating seniors and organizations that are seeking well-trained graduates.
Career Counseling: Career counselors help students to make major and career decisions through a variety of online assessments and determining skills, strengths, values, and interests. To prepare the students for internship and career opportunities, career counselors provide information on developing strong resumes and cover letters, practicing effective interviewing skills, learning successful internship and career job search strategies, and how to negotiate salary. Focus is on becoming a professional. Those experiencing career transitions are also welcome to meet with a career counselor.
Students and alumni seeking assistance at Career Services are strongly encouraged to open an account on the Wildcat Career Network's job search engine at www.cwu.edu/~career. Registration opens up the database of job and internship opportunities, and allows students to sign up for on-campus interviews and career events. There is no fee for this service.
Counselors are available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Barge Hall, rooms 202 and 204M in Ellensburg, and at CWU-Lynnwood and CWU-Des Moines as well.
Cooperative Education: Cooperative Education offers assistance to students wanting to take advantage of real-life work experience while they are in school. Many departments require an internship as part of the major; others accept a limited number of hours toward graduation. An internship is an opportunity to combine career, social, and personal growth with the educational process. The student works with their department advisor and the Career Services Co-op office in Barge Hall, room 204M to prepare the process that leads to a successful academic/work experience.
Career Fairs and Events: The department organizes career fairs throughout the year as an opportunity to network with employers, learn dining etiquette, interview with businesses, meet with faculty, review graduate school opportunities, and more. Check information on career fairs, workshops and events on www.cwu.edu/~career.
Graduate School Preparation: Career Services assists students with the graduate school application process, including refining the CV or resume, providing feedback on the Statement of Purpose, information on the graduation school interview, and references.
CWU Testing Services
CWU Testing Services provides support to CWU students, faculty, and staff, as well as the central Washington community. Information, including a list of exams and dates, is available from its offices in Bouillon Hall, room 125, at www.cwu.edu/~testing, or by phoning 509-963-1847.
CWU Testing Services administers over 25 exams, scans exams for faculty, and processes Student Evaluations of Instruction. CWU Testing Services is a ETS/Prometric test center.
Exams offered include:
Placement into CWU courses or programs (COMPASS and the Communication test)
College Level Examination Program (CLEP) tests for challenging certain courses
English proficiency tests for non-native speakers, e.g., Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), and Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC)
Various certification and professional development exams including CASTLE, KRYTERION and ETS.
Tests for other topics including the General Education Development (GED), Graduate Record Examination (GRE), Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT), Law School Admission Test (LSAT), etc.
Don and Verna Duncan Civic
Taking action, it's how you improve the world and yourself at the same time. The Don and Verna Duncan Civic Engagement Center (CEC) provides professional, major-oriented experiences through community service initiatives. From short-term volunteering to intense capstone service programs, the CEC encourages individuals to use their discipline-specific knowledge in order to address community-based social, political, environmental, and economic justice issues. Join the CEC in supporting important issues while building your resume and your competencies in the process. To discover what opportunities are currently available, visit www.takeactioncwu.com or stop by room 256B in the SURC.
Educational Opportunity Center
Deciding where to go to college, figuring out how to pay for it, and completing all the necessary forms is complicated. The Educational Opportunity Center (EOC) is set up to help students gather the necessary information to make good decisions about their future educational plans and think clearly through the available options. EOC is available, principally, to help low-income adults, who are the first in their family to attend college, work through the admission process. For further information, call 509-574-6895 or e-mail at eoc_program@cwu.edu. The webpage is located at www.cwu.edu/~eoc.
Educational Technology Center
The Educational Technology Center (ETC), located in Black Hall, provides instructional technology services, support, training and curriculum resources to all faculty, staff, and students in the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). The ETC library houses various library collections, computers, and a Multimedia Production Lab. The ETC is intended to serve as an exemplary model of educational technology resources and educational curriculum materials for K-12 pre-service and in-service teachers in the state of Washington. The ETC has wireless Internet access and computer workstations with printing capabilities. For more information call 509-963-3293 or visit the website at www.cwu.edu/~etc.
Central Washington University maintains memberships in several national honor society chapters. Here is a list of those memberships.
Alpha Epsilon Rho: This is the national honor society for broadcasting. Founded in 1943 for the purpose of emphasizing superior scholarship and creative participation in telecommunication production and activity, it prepares its members for roles as responsible telecommunicators. Membership in Alpha Epsilon Rho is open to undergraduate and graduate students who are making electronic media studies one of their major academic interests and who meet high standards of scholarship.
Alpha Eta Rho: (AHP) This International Professional Collegiate Aviation fraternity acts as a bridge between aviation colleges and the aviation industry. AHP was established in 1929 by Earl W. Hill, an aviation instructor at the University of Southern California and, with help from students and faculty, was founded on April 10, 1929. It is the oldest professional aviation fraternity in history. AHP members serve the aviation industry in fields such as: Aviation Captains, NASA Engineers, Flight Attendants, Aircraft Mechanics, Aerospace Engineers, Corporate Pilots, and many more.
Alpha Kappa Delta: This is an international sociology honor society. Founded in 1920 and an accredited member of the Association of College Honor Societies, Alpha Kappa Delta is a non-secret, democratic, international society of scholars dedicated to the philosophy of Athropon Katamanthanein Diakonesein or "to investigate humanity for the purpose of service." AKD seeks to acknowledge and promote excellence in scholarship in the study of sociology, the research of social problems, and such other social and intellectual activities that will lead to the improvement of the human condition.
Alpha Lambda Chi: The fundamental purpose of Sigma Lambda Chi is to provide recognition to outstanding students in construction curricula. Sigma Lambda Chi is the society that offers students the opportunity to be recognized locally and internationally for their academic accomplishments as a construction major.
Alpha Phi Sigma: This is the nationally recognized honor society for students in the criminal justice sciences. The society recognizes academic excellence by undergraduates as well as graduate students of criminal justice. The honor society is open to students who have a declared law and justice major or minor, who maintain a minimum of 3.0 overall GPA on a 4.0 scale, and a 3.2 GPA, on a 4.0 scale, in law and justice courses. The student must also rank in the top 35 percent of their classes and have completed a minimum of four courses within the law and justice curriculum.
Alpha Sigma Lambda: This national honor society, established in 1946, provides the opportunity to recognize the special achievements of adult students. Alpha Sigma Lambda acknowledges adult students who accomplish academic excellence while facing competing interests of family, work, and community. Members must have earned a minimum GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale. The CWU chapter of ASL is Psi Delta Omega and is advised by the Center for Student Empowerment. Invitations to join Psi Delta Omega are sent out at the beginning of each academic year, and induction ceremonies are held both at the Ellensburg campus and at one of the Puget Sound- area centers.
Delta Pi Epsilon: This is a post-baccalaureate honor society for business educators. Its objectives are to improve business education through research, recognize exceptional research achievements, and publicize research in business education. Membership is open to business educators who meet scholastic criteria and exhibit a commitment to research in business education.
Eta Sigma Gamma: Since its inception in 1967, Eta Sigma Gamma, the National Health Education Honorary, has had a rich history of contributions to the profession of health education and health promotion. It was through the commitment of a group of dedicated professors and students at Ball State University that the first chapter of the honorary was established. Today, there are over 80 chapters representing thousands of students in colleges and universities around the United States.
Eta Zeta: This is the Department of Geological Science's chapter in the Earth Sciences national honor society, Sigma Gamma Epsilon. The purpose of the honor society is to recognize exceptional scholarship and professionalism among our geological science majors, and to foster student scholastic, scientific, and professional advancement. To become a member, a student must have completed at least 15 quarter hours in Earth Sciences courses, have a minimum 3.0 GPA in Earth Sciences courses, and have a minimum GPA of 2.67 in all university courses.
Kappa Delta Pi: The honor society in education, Kappa Delta Pi, encourages high professional, intellectual, and personal standards, and recognizes and honors outstanding achievement in the study of education. Membership is open to undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty by invitation. New members are inducted quarterly.
Lambda Pi Eta: This is the national honorary society for undergraduates in communication. As an accredited member of the Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS), Lambda Pi Eta (LPH) has an active chapter at CWU's Department of Communication. LPH represents what Aristotle described in The Rhetoric as three ingredients of persuasion: logos (lambda) meaning logic, pathos (pi) relating to emotion and ethos (eta) defined as character credibility and ethics. Lambda Pi Eta recognizes, fosters, and rewards outstanding scholastic achievement while stimulating interest in the communication discipline.
Omicron Gamma: This is the CWU chapter of Beta Beta Beta. Beta Beta Beta (TriBeta) is a society for students, particularly undergraduates, dedicated to improving the understanding and appreciation of biological study and extending boundaries of human knowledge through scientific research. Since its founding in 1922, more than 200,000 persons have been accepted into lifetime membership, and more than 553 chapters have been established throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.
Pi Sigma Alpha: (Mu Lambda chapter) This is CWU's honor society for students of political science. This is a national honorary, first organized in 1920, with more than 300 chapters throughout the country. Membership is based upon scholastic achievement and a genuine interest in the understanding of politics and political issues.
Phi Kappa Phi: The national honor society of Phi Kappa Phi recognizes and encourages superior scholarship in all academic disciplines. Membership is open to undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty members by invitation, with election based on superior scholarship. New members are inducted each spring.
Phi Sigma Tau: This is the international honor society in philosophy. Its purpose is to recognize and encourage excellence in philosophic scholarship among students and faculty. Central's local chapter (Washington Alpha) meets periodically to discuss philosophic issues. Membership is based on scholastic attainments.
Psi Chi: This is the national honor society in psychology, founded in 1929 for the purpose of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining scholarship in, and advancing the science of, psychology. Membership is open to graduates and undergraduates who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests and who meet the minimum qualifications. Psi Chi is an affiliate of the American Psychological Association and a member of the Association of College Honor Societies.
Sigma Pi Sigma: This is the national physics honor society. It was founded in 1921 and now has over 400 chapters nationwide. It is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is affiliated with the American Institute of Physics and with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Membership is open to undergraduate and graduate students and faculty members. Students elected to membership must maintain high standards of general scholarship and outstanding achievement in physics. Besides providing an incentive for all physics students to rise to excellence, the society also encourages physics interest and science literacy in the general public.
Tau Iota: This is Central's chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the international honor society in history. Membership is composed of students and professors who have been elected upon the basis of excellence in the study and writing of history. The society's objective is the promotion of the study of history by the encouragement of research, good teaching, publication, and the exchange of learning and thought among historians.
Theta Alpha Kappa: This is the national honor society for religious studies. Central Washington University was granted a Theta Alpha Kappa charter in 2007. Its overall purpose is to provide local and national recognition to students with high scholarship and an academic interest in the field of religious studies. It also, promotes student interest in research and advanced study in the field, provides opportunities for the publication of student research papers of merit through the Journal of Theta Alpha Kappa, encourages a professional spirit and friendship among those who have demonstrated an aptitude for excellence within the field, and popularizes interest in religious studies among the general collegiate and local community.
James E. Brooks Library
The Brooks Library provides resources and services to stimulate intellectual curiosity and facilitates learning and research within the academic community. The library's personnel are engaged in the creation of collections of materials that support the curriculum and the provision of access to those materials. More specifically, these activities include the collecting and preservation of materials, user instruction and guidance, information retrieval, analysis and organization, global access to library and information resources, and collaboration with instructional faculty in developing programs, collections, and research.
Students and other library users have 24/7 Web-based access to over 1.3 million books, films, government documents, maps, audio recordings, videos, and DVDs on site in the Brooks Library. Additionally, the library provides similar access to more than 25 million information items from the academic libraries of the Northwest that belong to the Orbis Cascade Alliance. Full-text electronic and/or paper subscriptions to over 15,000 periodicals and academic journals are available electronically or on site.
Library staff are available to provide personal service to students for more than 99.5 hours per week. Group study areas and an open computer lab are available to users who visit the main library in Ellensburg. Students at the centers have access through a toll-free phone number or e-mail access to reference librarians. Internet connectivity for personal laptops is available on each floor of the library and laptops are available for checkout by students. The library's staff, services, and collections support the educational efforts of students, foster intellectual, social and ethical development, and show students how to locate, use, and evaluate information to equip them for independent, lifelong learning.
Student Support Services (SSS) is a federally funded TRIO program under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Education, as defined by the U.S. Department of Education. SSS provides opportunities for academic development, assists students with basic college requirements, and serves to motivate students toward the successful completion of their post-secondary education. Students who are first generation, low income, or who have a disability are eligible for the program on a space-available basis. The program may also provide grant aid to current, active, SSS participants who are receiving Federal Pell Grants and are of freshman or sophomore status. The goal of SSS is to increase the college retention and graduation rates of its participants and facilitate the process of transition from one level of higher education to the next. SSS is funded 80 percent by a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education and 20 percent by CWU.
Washington Trio Expansion Program (WaTEP)
Washington TRIO Expansion program is funded by the state of Washington and is designed to serve 250 TRIO-eligible students each year. Students must be first generation, low income, and/or students with disabilities, who are not otherwise served in a regular Student Support Services program. Students will have access to services such as those found in the SSS program with the ultimate goal to help retain and graduate them from the university.
Academic Achievement Programs: Tutoring and Supplemental Instruction
Individual tutorial assistance is provided for students participating in Student Support Services, Washington TRIO Expansion Program, College Assistance Migrant Program, Student Transitions and Academic Resources, Science Talent Expansion Program, and McNair Scholars.
Supplemental Instruction provides student-led, out-of-class study sessions designed to teach students critical thinking, problem-solving, and organizational skills that will enable them to master abstract and complex material. Supplemental Instruction is offered in several historically difficult classes each quarter and is open to any student enrolled in those classes.
Student Transitions and Academic Resources (STAR)
Student Transitions and Academic Resources (STAR) is an intensive academic support program that assists academically-at-risk students complete transitions into, through, and out of the university, develop academic study skills and responsibility for learning, and achieve their educational goals. Students served by STAR are conditionally admitted to CWU, their admission contingent upon their participation in the program and compliance with program policies. To promote the academic success, retention, and graduation of its students, the STAR program provides intensive, individualized academic advising, personal, career, and financial aid counseling, tutoring, peer mentoring, advocacy, and conflict resolution coaching, and appropriate referrals for students needing further assistance in resolving concerns and achieving their academic goals.
University Math Center
The University Math Center provides academic support in quantitative skills for students in courses across the curriculum. There are two main avenues of support. The UMC staffs and operates three levels of developmental math courses to prepare students for college-level mathematics. Advising for appropriate placement is required through the UMC, Hertz Hall, room 101. Individual tutoring is available for these courses.
The University Math Center's second avenue of support is through the Drop-in Help Lab located in Hertz Hall, room 104. Students are encouraged to use the lab for any course with a quantitative component. Trained peer tutors are on staff to guide students through the process of solving problems. No appointment is necessary—students may either stop by with a specific question or use the lab as a place to do homework alone or with classmates. Current lab hours, placement information, and answers to frequently asked questions about the UMC's services are available at www.cwu.edu/~mathcenter.
Trained peer consultants work with students of all levels and disciplines, guiding them toward written communication that will be effective in a global and diverse environment, during and after their studies at CWU.
Consultants meet one-on-one with students in the center and reach out throughout the university. Consultants lead interactive workshops with small and large groups of students, tailored to the needs of each course; for example, they may discuss thesis development, research, elements of argument, organization, punctuation, citation, or peer review.
The center's services are free and available both in-person and on-line, at the main campus and the University Centers. In Ellensburg, one-on-one consultations are available six days a week, in Hertz Hall,
room 103, the library's Fishbowl, and the SURC, room 273. Students may drop by or make appointments.
Live, interactive online consultations are available by appointment, for students of all campuses. For more information, go to the website, www.cwu.edu/~writingcenter, or call 509-963-1296.


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I know there are users who use the Harmony here to control their squeezebox--is there an easy way for people to send their codes/info to someone who's having trouble making it work? I can correctly control the power and play, but the navigation buttons and menu buttons, etc., aren't set up correctly. Thanks for any input.
> aren't set up correctly.
can use the button remapping feature to set up the 659.
Squeezebox in the Devices section.
standard or custom buttons on the 659 to the desired functions on the SB.
Shuffle, and Size as Custom Buttons.


Since the very beginning of the Institute, a major part of our research topics dealt with rendering and modeling. Here you can get an overview of all the projects that fall within that category. We are also working on real-time rendering and procedural modeling, especially in the context of urban visualization.
PhD-theses (running or finished) of our institute.
In this area, we concentrate on algorithms that synthesize images to depict 3D models or scenes, often by simulating or approximating the physics of light.
Uses concepts from applied mathematics and computer science to design efficient algorithms for the reconstruction, analysis, manipulation, simulation and transmission of complex 3D models. Example applications are collision detection, reconstruction, compression, occlusion-aware surface handling and improved sampling conditions.
In computer graphics we produce images, videos and other content that is perceived by humans. Unfortunately, human perception is still not well understood, making it hard to design algorithms that perfectly fit a user's needs. Understanding how people see, do and perceive things is therefore a key component when optimizing and creating new rendering algorithms.
In this area, we focus on researching methods and algorithms that facilitate creation, representation, analysis and processing of 3D models.
The advent of consumer-grade 3D printing has recently sparked interest in fabrication-aware shape design and optimization. We use techniques from computer graphics and engineering to develop new computational tools to facilitate the design process of physical artifacts.
Last update on 12. Feb 18.