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Australian government provides $15.8 million for North Adelaide Technical College

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Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Australian Minister for Vocational Education and Training, Gary Hardgrave has announced the government will provide AU$15.8 million to establish an Australian Technical College in North Adelaide. The minister said the government was entering into a partnership with the Archdiocese of Adelaide and consortium of industrial and manufacturing companies.

The North Adelaide college will be located in Elizabeth and be operated as an independent non-government school. The college is one of 25 to be established across the country.

Enrolments at the college will begin in 2007 and will offer courses in areas where identified skills shortages exist in the North Adelaide region, specifically – engineering, construction, electronics and cooking.

Mr Hardgrave said that the proposed college had been popular among the North Adelaide business community. “This important initiative has been well received by North Adelaide business and industry, and will help to address skills needs and provide opportunities for those in greatest need, including a lot of Indigenous students in the region,” Mr Hardgrave said.

“The fact that this College is being led by local employers, local government and other key stakeholders, means it will be truly industry and community driven,” he said.

Australian Technical Colleges were established to cater for year 11 and 12 students who wish to do an apprenticeship as part of their school education.

The Australian Education Union has expressed a number of concerns about the model put forward by the government. In a report, they claim that trade facilities at TAFE colleges (operated by state governments) will deteriorate as funding is diverted to the ATCs. The union is also concerned that ATCs are supposed to be selective VET schools. According to the union they will have selective entry and preferential funding. It is feared that teachers will be lured away from schools and TAFE colleges to higher paid positions in ATCs.

The Education Union suggested that the government invest in schools that already offer vocational education programs.

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Friday, April 3, 2009

Quiznos, a fast food restaurant chain that specializes in selling submarine sandwiches, has aired a controversial television commercial, with an extended version only appearing in the late-night lineups. The commercial is a promotion for the company’s new sandwich, the ‘Toasty Torpedo’. Bob Sassone, a writer for TVSquad.com, argues that it is homosexually themed and compares it to pornography.

The commercial begins with a toaster oven talking to Scott, a Quiznos sandwich maker, in a male voice. “Scott, I want you to do something,” says the toaster to Scott. As he takes a bite of a Torpedo and appears to look in the direction of his genitals, Scott says to the toaster, “[sic] not doing that again. That burned.” The toaster replies, “We both enjoyed that.”

Later in the commercial, the toaster asks Scott to make one of the sandwiches and says the price of it is “sexy” and then “sexier.” Scott grins and does so. The toaster then asks Scott to “stick it in me”. The sandwich just happens to be 12 inches long, giving the appearance of a special relationship between Scott and the toaster oven.

Quiznos published a press release on March 24 announcing the new line of sandwiches. They stated that their price of US$4 helps to ease the economic pinch. In a statement to Wikinews Quiznos stated that their commercials are within the company’s character and they were designed to get people talking.

“We developed our new ads to be consistent with the Quiznos brand and to get people excited about our new Toasty Torpedoes. Some of the ads are edgy and provocative, but they’re well within the confines of the Quiznos brand character,” said Rebecca Steinfort, chief marketing officer for Quiznos to Wikinews.

“Since Quiznos has a broad range of consumers that eat at its more than 4,500 restaurants nationwide, we tailor our commercials to be relevant and appeal to our diverse customers – all of whom are watching different kinds of programming. The new ads are fun and entertaining, and the edginess and innuendo of the ads are designed to get people talking about our new Toasty Torpedoes, and that’s exactly what we want: people to talk and taste our new sandwiches,” added Steinfort.

Bob Sassone a writer for TVSquad.com, one of the Internet’s top television weblogs, compared the commercial to a pornography film.

“The new Quizno’s commercial is probably the closest we’ll get to a gay porn flick in a mainstream sub shop ad,” Sassone wrote.

In 2007, the company made another controversial commercial. It featured people on the street eating samples of a Quiznos ‘Prime Rib Dinner’ sandwich. They promoted it as having a lot of “meat” and near the end it featured two women eating a sandwich saying, “It’s not lacking any meat. And that’s what real women need”.

“Nevertheless, Quiznos remains committed to providing its customers with high-quality ingredients at everyday lower prices, all with excellent service. As such, we encourage consumers to give feedback on the commercials to our corporate marketing department through the website,” said Steinfort.

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Panasonic Lumix Digital Camera Review 3 Easy Tips For Great Pictures

Panasonic Lumix Digital Camera Review 3 Easy Tips For Great Pictures

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With a Panasonic Lumix Digital Camera Review,you will have a much better chance of making the right choice for your next digital camera. There are So Many digital cameras to choose from! A person can get lost trying to choose just the right camera for themselves and, make sure that it will be a good ‘fit” for their needs.. Are they all the same? No, they are not. Careful selection is required by you and with just a little bit of knowledge, you can be sure to make an “educated”digital camera choice.

What are the things that can ruin your camera purchase and your pictures, too? Problems with Low Light, Slow Speed and Poor Image Quality. A lot of digital cameras can be prone to these problems. You definitely will not get good results with your picture taking if you purchase a digital camera that has these deficits. Panasonic Lumix Digital Cameras and Canon Digital Cameras both score very high in these critical areas so you can avoid these unfortunately far too common problems.

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So, the solution and the 3 Easy Tips for Great Pictures is look for digital cameras that get high rankings in All of those 3 areas. I have picked the 2 Best Consumer Rated and Professionally Rated cameras for you to consider. The Panasonic Lumix LX5 and the Canon SX30 IS. Both of these cameras are excellent choices and will give your pictures that “professional” look that you are wanting. With very good to excellent “low-light” ability, very good speed ( so you don’t miss out on your picture entirely), and good image quality, you can be sure that your next digital camera purchase will be a good one. As a matter of fact, Panasonic Digital Cameras have won the “Most Reliable Camera Award” for several years and again just recently. That should give you added confidence in your camera choice. A camera that takes great pictures for you won’t be much good if it keeps breaking down. The Panasonic Lumix LX5 has been professionally rated #2 out of #89.

As you can imagine, both of these cameras are extremely popular and are consistently at the top for the “Best Sellers” Lists and, after reading this Panasonic Lumix Digital Camera Review, you should have a solid and clear idea of what to look for. Either the Lumix LX5 or the Canon SX30 IS will be an excellent choice for your next digital camera purchase..

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Meredith writes about Panasonic Digital Cameras and others for online publications. She believes that Panasonic Lumix Digital Camera Review are the best buy as they do not have the same Low Light and Reliability Problems that other digital cameras can have. To see these 2 cameras please visit squidoo.com/panasonic-lumix-digital-cameras-3-tips-so-you-dont-buy-camera-regretsAuthor: Meredith Van Dyck

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Lewis Hamilton wins 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix

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Sunday, July 26, 2009

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the FIA Formula One 2009 ING Magyar Nagydij at the Hungaroring, just outside of Budapest, Hungary.

His KERS-equipped car was quick enough to overtake all the rivals in front of him, except only Fernando Alonso (Renault), who took the pole position yesterday. But Alonso’s first pit-stop brought trouble with an untightly done wheel nut and he left the front right tyre spinning off the track, luckily no one was hurt as compared to Massa yesterday, and Surtees last Sunday.

Massa’s teammate for Ferrari, Kimi Räikkönen, also managed to get through from seventh on the grid, to second place with the help of KERS. On the podium, his second place trophy was presented by prominent opera singer Placido Domingo.

Mark Webber set up a third place for Red Bull, while his team-mate Sebastian Vettel was out of the race due to problems with the car’s suspension.

Nico Rosberg drove his Williams up to fourth place,while the second McLaren of Heikki Kovalainen came fifth.

Championship leader Jenson Button gained two points for Brawn by finishing 7th and is now 18.5 points ahead of Webber, who has moved into second place ahead of Vettel. He split the two Toyota cars of Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli, who completed the top eight.

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The Importance Of Arrt Continuing Education

The Importance Of Arrt Continuing Education

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There is more to being a professional today than simply doing your job to the best of your ability. You need to be ready and able to keep up with the changes in the industry which include the technological advances that continue driving it forward. These advances along with shifts in the healthcare system will easily demand that professionals pursue continuing education and keep current with the latest developments. This allows you to remain competent and most importantly, allows you to remain employed.

Continuing Education Since 1995

ARRT continuing education has been a requirement since 1995, with technologists’ CE records being audited in 1997. Those who are audited will need to provide immediate proof that they have earned 24 CE credits within the allotted time if they wish to continue practicing. Naturally, this is a potentially hazardous profession and with that being the case patients and hospital administrators want only the best operating their equipment.

What is a Continuing Education?

The system will define ARRT continuing education as one that is: “planned, organized and administered to enhance the knowledge and skills underlying the professional performance that the technologist uses to provide services to patients, the public or the medical profession. To qualify as a CE activity, it must provide sufficient depth and scope of a subject area.”

To that end, it is crucial that you receive your continuing education from a reliable source and one that is approved by your organization. By keeping your skills sharp, and by ensuring that you continue being vigilant, you will not only keep your job; but you will also continue to be the best at what you do.

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Oakland, California record release party catches fire

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Sunday, December 4, 2016

A fire broke out at a record release party in Oakland, California late on Friday night. Nine were confirmed dead the following morning with the death toll rising to 24 the next day.

The warehouse, known as Ghost Ship, was hosting a party for the release of the newest album by Joel “Golden Donna” Shanahan. It is in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood, a mix of commercial and residential buildings nestled together. The structure is one block away from Fire Station No. 13 and at least 55 firefighters spent four hours containing and stopping the fire which began at approximately 11:30 p.m.

Firefighters and police cordoned off the block to spectators. The two-story, mixed-use structure also housed the artist collective Satya Yuga who hosted the show and is being searched by firefighters. Out of approximately 50 attendees, at least 25 were declared missing. Shanahan was among the survivors.

Efforts to rescue partygoers were compounded by the roof caving in during the inferno as well as the stacks of furniture, art pieces, and supplies which turned into obstacles for first responders.

Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf:

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Last night’s fire was an immense tragedy. I am grateful to our first responders for their efforts to deal with this deadly fire. Our focus right now is on the victims and their families and ensuring that we have a full accounting for everyone who was impacted by this tragedy. We are fully committed to sharing as much information as we can as quickly as possible.

The structure is owned by Chor N. Ng, who is also the proprietor of several other buildings in the East Bay. On November 13 Ng was cited by the city for having stacks of garbage in and around the warehouse. Most fatalities were reported to have occurred in the upstairs portion of the building where escape was hampered by unstable stairs and miscellaneous art pieces lying in the way. The building lacked any smoke detectors and sprinklers; fire extinguishers were found outside of the premises.

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Thursday, November 29, 2018

On November 17 and November 18, Wikinews attended the 2018 Bangalore Comicbook Convention, in Karnataka, India. Beginning on Saturday morning, the ComicCon continued till Sunday. Organised by ComicCon India, who organised Comic Con in Hyderabad in October, this event was held at Karnataka Trade Promotion Organisation (KTPO)’s convention hall. Wikinews spoke to convention’s international guests Ryan O’Sullivan, Dan Watters, and Vanesa Del Ray.

UK-based freelancer comicbook writer Ryan O’Sullivan, who has worked for Image Comics and Vault Comics, and wrote video game comics including Eisenhorn, Warhammer 40,000, and Dark Souls, was one of the guests attending ComicCon. Along with him, London-based freelance comic book writer Dan Watters was also one of the attendants. Watters has worked with Image Comics on Limbo, as well as Lucifer for Vertigo Comics. Watters has also written comics for Assassin’s Creed, Wolfenstein and Deep Roots. Cuban comic book artist Vanesa Del Rey was also one of the guest attendants, who has illustrated Scarlet Witch, Daredevil Annual, and Spider-Women Alpha for Marvel Comics; and Redlands for Image Comics.

The convention started at 11 AM. Crossing between the genres of science fiction, horror, anime, fantasy and comics, the event sprawled throughout all corners of the facility. Marvel Zone, Amazon Video zone, AXN Live RED Special Session, Warner Bros’ Aquaman and Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald experience, and Sony Pix zone attracted large number of audience.

On day two, Sumit Kumar, creator of Chin Chin, inspired by Chacha Chaudhary and Tintin, had a panel in the afternoon.

At 1:30 PM, there was a video presentation by Yali Dream Creations. The video was about The Village. Yali Dream Creations’ Shamik Das Gupta said the story of their comic The Village is “supernatural, social, horror”. Later, there was another presentation about their other comic, Rakshak ((hi))Hindi language: ?Protector — A Hero Among Us, about a masked vigilante in India. The first part of the four-part comic was released in 2016’s Delhi ComicCon, Gupta said. Gupta also added “Delhi gang rape story pushed me”. The session ended around 1:45 PM.

After Yali Dream Creations, there was a comic launch by Rahil Mohin. Mohin had previously launched Sufi Comics in 2008, The Wise Fool of Baghdad and two comics about Persian poet Rumi and now Blame it on Rahil. While he was on the panel, he was sketching cartoon, while the host was asking questions that Mohin had prepared, focused on the 90s cartoon themes. The questions were “[What was the] breed of Courage the Cowardly Dog?”, “Catchphrase of Flintstone”, and “Arch nemesis of Dexter”. His session finished by 2 PM.

At 2 PM, there was a session with AXN, and questions about AXN shows. Musician Shrey also played scores of various AXN shows on guitar, which audience had to guess. At 2:30 PM, there was a session with Cuban comic artist Vanesa Del Rey. She said it was her first convention in India, and said, “It is like any major convention in the US”. This year, Vanesa Del Rey was nominated for an Eisner Award. During the discussion, she said she wanted to do sci-fi epic,romance, mystery and thriller comics in future. Regarding romance genre in comics, she said it is “something worth exploring”. And regarding her career choice, she said her grandmother was an artist and her “family was very supportive”.

Later, there was a session with Sony PIX, with Minions appearing on the stage.

The event finished around 8 PM.

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A Review Of Grants For College Students

A Review Of Grants For College Students

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Maybe you have applied to some universities, but have you checked for available scholarships and grants? This is what you should evaluate and take into consideration when you are applying to a university. Of course, all you want at the moment is to get that absolute freedom and time on your own, but don’t forget that someone has to pay for that. Going to college is quite expensive and most people cannot afford to pay for it all. There is hope though, in the form of grants for college students. Even if your financial situation is not very good, there are more than a few solutions… just get your laptop.

Have you though about ways to find money for your or your child’s tuition? Robbing a bank or knocking over the local mall is not a good idea. Probably you haven’t thought about that before. Then you should start thinking and find a way to pay for college. You can get financial help without the burden of payback. Just try to find the best scholarships and grants for college students. You should not give up searching for free money even if you haven’t succeeded to get a scholarship after high school. Full time student employment is always an option but you should better check all the other possibilities first.

What I did before I headed off to a university was to carefully examine all the students loans and grants for college students. I got online and checked the FAFSFA.com. This site offers free applications which you can fill out in order to ask for financial aid. I found many different loans and grants available. I suppose you are aware of the fact that grants are money you should not pay back. This is such a fantastic solution to your financial difficulties.

Usually each state has some money for grants for potential college students, apart from that federal grants are also available. All you have to do is to fill out some applications and acquire financial aid. You shouldn’t neglect free money. This is the easiest way to make the university payments. Getting online is the first step to finding financial aid such as grants for college students. Search for all the free money you can get from the state or the university you are admitted to. This is the best you can do unless you want to spend all your free time having a full time job while you are in college.