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A Flame In The Wind (also called A Time For Us) was a soap opera that aired on ABC Daytime from December 28, 1964 to December 16, 1966. The show focused on the community of Haviland and it's citizens. The main families were the Skerba, Reynolds, Austen and Farrell families.
When the series began, Haviland's richest citizen, widowed Kate Austen (Kathleen Maguire) wrote a novel, in the same manner as Main Street, which showed Haviland's citizens in a less than perfect light. After the novel was stopped by her publisher, she and her son, Chris, (Richard Thomas) left Haviland, never to return. Her former mother in-Law, Louise Austen (Josephine Nichols) remained in town to become a friend to Jason Farrell (Walter Coy), who had marital troubles with his wife, Leslie (Rita Lloyd); Kate's place as town gossip was taken by Miriam Bentley (Lesley Woods).
The later stories were focused on young love, embodied by the two Skerba sisters, Linda (Barbara Rodell; Jane Elliot) and Jane (Beverly Hayes; Margaret Ladd), battling over the same young man, Steve Reynolds, the son of Kate's former book publisher, Craig Reynolds (Frank Schofield). Linda, who eventually went to New York, to become an actress, dated her director, Paul Davis (Conard Fowkes); and sensible Jane remained behind in Haviland and married Steve Reynolds (Gordon Gray; Tom Fielding). However, later on, Linda and wealthy Roxanne Farrell Reynolds (Margaret Hayes) vied for the same guy, Doug Colton (Ion Berger), who eventually married Roxanne for her money.
When the show's title was changed to A Time For Us,(the title which it became better known) the Skerba family (Besides Jane and Linda, the family included their father Al (Roy Poole), a construction foreman; and Martha (Lenka Peterson), the sympathetic mother) underwent a name change as well.
Since the name, Skerba, was considered somewhat ethnic for the time, it was changed to the more Americanized name of Driscoll. Which was successful in that it eliminated the class conflict that had been part of the show's first year, and put the Driscolls on the same social footing as the other families of Haviland.
The series is notable for beginning many actors careers. A Time For Us marked the first ever appearance of actress Leslie Charleson, who played a minor character named Pam. She eventually went on to play Dr. Monica Quartermaine on General Hospital.
Actress Jane Elliot, who played the second Linda, also later appeared on General Hospital as Monica's sister in-law, Tracy Quartermaine; (Which allowed Leslie Charleson and Jane Elliot to work together again) while actress Margaret Ladd, who played the second Jane, later played Jane Wyman's younger daughter, Emma Channing on Falcon Crest.
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Muthukulam
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Muthukulam is a small Village in the South Indian state of Kerala almost equidistant from the South Kerala Towns of Kayamkulam and Haripad. It has the Kayamkulam lake as it's eastern Boundary and National Highway No.47 on it's western side. A thin strip of land on the eastern side of the Kayamkulam lake seperates Muthukulam from the Arabian sea. The climate is tropical monsoon with a very heavy rainy season from June to August. The monsoon winds cause waves to thrash the coast and the roar of these waves can be heared throughout the season Rice and Coconut form the main agricultural produce besides fish from the lake and the Arabian Sea. -->
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Photographic example of Roscea of the forehead (via Dermis.net) described as "Domed papules"
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A photographic example of Roscea of the forehead (via Dermis.net) described as "Domed papules" outlined in the following paragraph:
As rosacea progresses, other symptoms can develop such as semi-permanent erythema, telangiectasia (dilation of superficial blood vessels on the face), red domed papules (small bumps) and pustules, red gritty eyes, burning and stinging sensations, and in some advanced cases, a red lobulated nose (rhinophyma).
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To End All Wars
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To End All Wars is a game based on World War 1, and is coming to playstation 3 and xbox 360.
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Electromatic
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Electromatic is the name of a Christian charity organization from Greensboro, NC which formed in the early part of 2007. Their original goal was to raise money for mission trips to Africa by combining worship with live music and praise. The devised a sound that isn't too harsh with influences from surf, soul, funk, rockabilly, and old fashioned rock n roll. With the money earned from door to door record sales, the success of their album "One Eye Crying", and the huge turnouts for their east coast tour, this charity organization has retreated into their church to record their much anticipated second album "25 Feet of Rock n Roll". With positive responses from their congregation, as well as the local Greensboro media, the four founders (Mike Fowle, Nate Lightning, Kenneth Saunders, and Bill Torkewitz)have begun to bring family friendly entertainment back into the public's eye. The future success of the organization might rejuvinate the local music scene in Greensboro, which has been waning in popularity since the late 90's, and hopefully revitalize the downtown area. WoW! Weekly magazine, the Durham based Strike Force Records, and the local Greensboro underground fanzine "Garage Punk" all cite Electromatic as a major influence in the sudden interest in the local music scene and the expansion of the family friendly atmosphere in the city. With the newly remodeled downtown area, the opening of more wine bars and beer pubs, and the new explosion of night life, the city of Greensboro is once again becoming a hot spot for the trendy young working class. With the profits from the business growth in the city, this charity has been able to raise money for missionary trips across the world.
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Digital Media Academy
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File:Dma logo.gif Digital Media Academy is a nationally-recognized technology training organization offering hands-on learning experiences at universities across the United States.
DMA was founded in 2001 as the Academy for New Media at Stanford University. DMA is accredited by Stanford University Continuing Studies, recognized as an Apple Authorized Training Center, and an Adobe Authorized Training Center.
In addition to its adult, teen and kids summer programs, DMA provides on-site training, also know as DMA on the Road, to schools and companies throughout the year.
DMA on the Sea
DMA also offers learning experiences through DMA on the Sea cruises. Recent excursions have included a Film and Photography Caribbean Cruise. Attendees have the opportunity to learn Photoshop and Final Cut Pro with with professional industry techniques from Apple and Adobe Authorized Instructors.
DMA Teen Summer Computer Camp
DMA offers teen technology courses specifically for teens at university locations. Courses are one or multi-week, Monday through Friday with special weekend and overnight options. DMA programs offer a great day-only experience or a full on campus experience.
DMA Kid's Summer Computer Camp : Digital Media Adventures
DMA offers kids summer computer camps, Digital Media Adventures, at universities across the United States.
Digital Media Advntures offers one week or multi-week programs for kids ages 9 - 13.
Kids camp courses include:
+ Video Game Creation
+ Digital Video, Filmmaking and Effects
+ Web Design with dreamweaver, Photoshop and Flash
+ Robotics and Programming
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MEDIU - Al Madinah International University
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Al Madinah International University
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Al-Madinah International University (ar: جامعة المدينة العالمية) or MEDIU is a Malaysian private university owned by Al-Madinah International (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd.
It is a web-based University providing opportunities for students to pursue their desired academic and career goals.
The main campus is located at Shah Alam, Malaysia.
In addition to this, there is currently a learning centre in Indonesia and many more will open shortly throughout the world to cater for a global student base.
MEDIU obtained approval as a university from the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) Malaysia on 26 December 2006 and subsequently was registered on 20 June 2007.
After a period of enrollment, MEDIU started its operation on 25th February, 2008, with students studying in two foundation programs.
Among other target markets, the University aims to cater for working adults, who are often challenged in terms of time and availability, and who often unknowingly place barriers in front of them from further education.
University Council
MEDIU’s University Council, the highest governing body, consist of prominent members of the Muslim community in Saudi Arabia.
The chairman of the Council is Prince Dr. Bandar Bin Salman Aal-Saud, an advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Aal-Saud.
His assistant is Dr. Abdul Bari Bin Awad Al-Thobaity, the Imam and Preacher of the Prophet’s Mosque in Al-Madinah.
Among the other members is Datuk Dr. Zulkefli bin A. Hassan, Chief Secretary of Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia.
The Rector of MEDIU is Professor Dr. Mohammad Bin Khalifa Al-Tamimi, who was appointed by Prince Dr. Bandar bin Salman Aal-Saud, the chairman of the University Council.
GATESLIST is a centralized network of FREE Online Classifieds, featuring classified listings (automotive, buy/sell, community, events, jobs, personals, real estate, services, and pets categories, etc.,) and message boards on various topics. Most user friendly classified site on the Internet.
The company was founded by a Toronto based software developer and an Intenet entrepreneur
Niranjan Mohammed, who also owns a software consulting company called IIST Online Inc.
Geographic Scope: GATESLIST Classifieds is available in 63 countries altogether.
Countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,
Caribbean, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Repub, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Micronesia, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore,
South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, U. A. E., United
Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam
Languages: English
Features: User based listings, Advanced Search, Contact IP trace
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GATESLIST Classifieds
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GATESLIST is a centralized network of FREE Online Classifieds, featuring free classified listings (automotive, buy/sell, community, events, jobs, personals, real estate, services, and pets categories, etc.,) and message boards on various topics. Most user friendly classified site on the Internet.
The company was founded by a Toronto based software developer and an Intenet entrepreneur
Niranjan Mohammed, who also owns a software consulting company called IIST Online Inc.
Geographic Scope: GATESLIST Classifieds is available in 63 countries altogether.
Countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,
Caribbean, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Repub, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Micronesia, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore,
South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, U. A. E., United
Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam
Languages: English
Features: User based listings, Advanced Search, Contact IP trace
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Jonathan "MC Thunder" Munden
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Jonathan "MC Thunder" Munden was born in Leeds on 28th February 1989.
At the age of 7 he started his journey in Mc ing. By the age of 14 he was recording his battles with friends.
He is a regular in the Birdcage in Leeds and well known among the gay community.
His hobbies include Rugby League, Football, Beer and food.
He works for a local freight forwarder in Leeds.
His nicknames are "The Human Forklift" "MC Thunder" and "Lunchboy" is his know by the latter due to the size of his lunchbag.
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Judge Hiram Bond
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Judge Hiram Bond was born in 1838 in Farmersville, Cattaragus County, New York in 1838 and died in Seattle in 1906. He was a corporate lawyer, investment banker and an investor in various businesses including gold mining. Jdge Bond is chiefly remembered as the basis for the character Judge Miller in Jack London's novel "The Call of the Wild". Judge Bond's sons were Louis Bond and Marshall Bond who were mining engineers educated at Yale and Stanford. The Bonds owned the cabin and tent pitch overlooking Dawson City, in the Northwest Territory where Jack London had lived on a work exchange during the Fall of 1897 and part of the Spring of 1898. The Bond brothers had also owned the sled dogs that London used in Dawson for the Bonds and other of his clients. One of their was the basis for the character Buck. London visited Marshall Bond at Judge Bond's Ranch in Santa Clara and "The Call of the Wild"" begins with a description.
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Roland D-50
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SYNTHESIZERS ARE BALLS
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Analog box
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Analog box is a software synthesizer developed by Andyware; the current version is Abox 2. In Abox you have to place the components (like FFTs, Wave in and Wave out) and the wire them together to form circuits.
It has also advanced features like VST plugins support.
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Afonso Maria
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Afonso Maria, born in 1990, is the son of the legendary guitar player Jairo Maria, who was known for being a close friend of B.B. king, and known for having played multiple times live with Jimi Hendrix.
He uses the same guitar his father used, the legendary Gibson SG made by the Worldwide famous luthier Pedro Pires.
In addition to Dr. Smith's current role with the LCIA, he is also Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Cardiology. As of October 2006, Dr. Smith has been the Chair of the Steering Committee of the Government of Canada's Heart Health Strategy. Dr. Smith is also the current President and Director of the Peter Lougheed Medical Research Foundation, a national initiative to support excellence in health research in Canada.
The Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta is a partnership between the Calgary Health Region and the University of Calgary. Its mandate comprises all cardiovascular research, education and service delivery, with a service area extending from Saskatchewan, Southern Alberta and Eastern British Columbia.
Research
Research within the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta extends from basic science, clinical and translational, to population and service. Notable successes include:
APPROACH database and Heart Alert
Innovative STEMI protocol
Stephensen CMR Centre, ranking first in Canada and third globally, as measured by number of published peer-reviewed articles
Programs under the jurisdiction of the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta include Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, in addition to contributions to other medical programs as well as graduate studies in the sciences.
"Shadow memory" is a phrase used to describes a computer science technique in which potentially every byte used by a program during its execution has a shadow byte or bytes. These shadow bytes are typically invisible to the original program and are used to record information about the original piece of data. The program is typically kept unaware of the existence of shadow memory by using a dynamic binary instrumentor, which, among other things, may translate the original programs memory read and write operations into operations that do the original read and write and also update the shadow memory as necessary.
Naturally, this technique when implemented naively has both high slowdown and large memory requirements. The shadow memory requirements can be lessened through two level tables, similar to those used by modern operating systems for virtual memory lookup. For example, initially all first level page entries (each entry might cover 128kB) might point to a reserved "invalid" or "uninitialized" page entry. As the program reads/writes to/from a section specified by a page entry, then a new page entry is automatically created and initialized with the default values. Future reads/writes to that section will use that newly created entry.
The slowdown is harder to overcome, as each load and store must somehow result in the shadow memory being updated if 100% correctness is desired. Furthermore, modern CPUs perform relatively poorly when doing data intensive tasks due to the limits of local cache sizes.
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Nethercote, N. and Seward, J. 2007. How to shadow every byte of memory used by a program. In Proceedings of the 3rd international Conference on Virtual Execution Environments (San Diego, California, USA, June 13 - 15, 2007). VEE '07. ACM, New York, NY, 65-74. DOI= http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1254810.1254820
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Shanizay...the best thing since bread n butter is officially the hottest shorty out there. Please beware!
Not what u would call a people person but very friendly. loves to hang out with her friends like, vanessa, tata, robbie ,her buddy philbil and of course her dog roofus. Its AE wear and SB's all day and yes I am a wikipedia search cuz i am that damn hot. haters luv ya! this is shaynay reporting. goodnight everybody!
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In the early 90s, he served as the Artistic Director of the historic Pasadena Playhouse. Lazarus has directed over eighty plays and musicals. His play, A Tale of Charles Dickens, co-written with Janet Jones, was produced and recorded for radio by Los Angeles Theater Works in association with the Antaeus Theater Company. Other credits include directing Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues, Personals (which was written by Marta Kauffman, David Crane, Stephen Schwartz and Alan Menken), Kristin Chenoweth in her solo concert debut, The People vs. Mona, Mark St. Germain's Camping With Henry And Tom (starring Robert Prosky, Ronny Cox and John Cunningham) and The 24th Day (starring Noah Wyle and Peter Berg).
Lazarus produced and directed A Stephen Sondheim Evening, which starred Angela Lansbury, George Hearn and Sondheim. It was recorded by RCA Records and received a Grammy Award nomination. He produced and hosted Anything Goes, an award-winning radio series celebrating the American musical theater past, present and future for WBAI-FM.
Awards & Nominations
Los Angeles Dramalogue Award: Best Director (The 24th Day) WON
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Bold textWhy is Ruskin College Selling its Main Buildings in the Centre of Oxford?Bold text
Ruskin College was built in its present location at Walton St, Jericho, in order for its students to study alongside some of the world’s highest academics, the most elite, learned, and successful people in the world. Its location in the centre of Oxford is still what draws in the majority of its students; the opportunity to go to oxford university lectures, visit the Bodleian library, have use of oxford university faculty libraries and take part in oxford union debates have always been part of what makes Ruskin so special.
Headington Campus was bought as an overflow site, to take pressure off the main site, and allow for further expansion. It was never intended to be the main or only campus.
Ruskin has given the Privileges of the highest of the elite to people from some of the most disadvantaged backgrounds, who have never been given or had a real chance in life because of circumstances: be that accident of birth, upbringing, disability or whatever reason either way, The majority of Ruskin graduates go on to be professionals. Authors, lecturers, trade union leaders, presidents of their countries, mp’s – have all come from Ruskin, and started with little or no education or prospects. Italic text
If you want more info on Ruskin History / Graduates there are many great books in the current library, you may also want to ask a member of the Ruskin fellowship (graduates association) about their members. Italic text
Walton Street is on the open market for 7.5million
The college has 2.5 million in the bank (from sale of existing properties)
The Headington redevelopment requires 20million pounds
Where is the other 10 million coming from? Why are such drastic measures being made to raise just over a third of the budget?
If we are going to be raising funds anyway, why rush in and sell our assets?, why not wait until we have enough money to develop Headington without selling Walton street, and then raise money until we can redevelop Walton street? What is the rush to build?
• The plan was the creation of the principal, a highly merited social sciences academic – but not an architect or a businessperson: this is the main reason we would have to sell the original college and move to the site in Headington. The current principal has done a lot of good work at this college, but this is one idea which must be re-addressed and made flexible, as its current rigid nature is stifling progress, and threatening the core of the college.
The plan would leave us with less lecture rooms & less student rooms (accommodation) than what we currently have now.
The plan (if we sell Walton street) would cause us to lose our oxford union membership
The plan involves spending over 2 million on a restaurant whose only practical purpose would be to feed the students in the interim period between bulldozing the existing canteen and building a new one.
• A property developer offered to give around 4 million, fully redevelop Walton St (a roughly 5 million pound task for a building company, or a task that could easily cost double that for an academic institution hiring private contractors.) In exchange for a 150 year long lease(150 year rent basically), on the back end of the property (the Kitson and Dining blocks). It is also common sense that the developers would continue to refurbish their end of the building in order to keep getting the most from their investment.
The administration have now decided ignore this offer as it didn’t offer enough ready cash for the redevelopment of Headington
• The new library, which the sale of Walton street would help finance. Is expected to cost 6 million
Walton street is a huge set of buildings – of which the existing library is only a tiny part, is on the market for 7.5 million
The new library would also only be a fraction of the size of Walton street – (although much larger than the current library, not least because, the current library (at Walton St) only has half (or possibly a 3rd of) as many floors as planned because not enough funds were raised to finish building it,… The proposed library would be wonderful, but could history repeat itself? The proposed Kitson library would also have been wonderful, and would still work today, if it had been completed
We have overstretched ourselves in plans before – and ended up having to compromise, this time we also have to take a huge gamble. Is it worth it? Should we learn from previous mistakes?
• The re-development is apparently for the students, to give them what they want.
The students have had no briefing, no seminar no nothing – on the principals plans for the future of Ruskin – although repeated articles have been placed in the oxford mail. (the college being been put up for sale in the mail was without the consent of the board of governors)
The principal has only recently agreed to disclose information to the students (for the first time), offering to give a ‘walk and talk’ after the demonstrations from the students during the governors executive meeting on Friday 22nd feb 08
There is a waiting list for students to move from Headington campus to Walton Street, there are students on that waiting list who have been there since September. There are also many empty rooms at Headington campus.
What do the students want?
Where do the students want to be?
Has anybody actually asked them?
The History of Ruskin College
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Dennis Hird, Socialist Educator and Propagandist, First Principal of Ruskin College (Ruskin College Library Occasional Publication)
by John Beatson-Hird (Author)
'I Ban Everything': Free Speech and Censorship in Oxford Between the Wars - Some Episodes in the History of the University of Oxford and Ruskin College (Ruskin College Library Occasional Publication)
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Education and the Working Class: Ruskin College, 1899-1909
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[[Link title]]== Why Is Ruskin College Oxford For Sale? (Walton Street, Jericho site) ==
Why is Ruskin College Selling its Main Buildings in the Centre of Oxford?
A Brief History of Ruskin College and Why It Should Remain in Oxford
Ruskin College was built in its present location at Walton St, Jericho, in order for its students to study alongside some of the world’s highest academics, the most elite, learned, and successful people in the world. Its location in the centre of Oxford is still what draws in the majority of its students; the opportunity to go to oxford university lectures, visit the Bodleian library, have use of oxford university faculty libraries and take part in oxford union debates have always been part of what makes Ruskin so special.
Headington Campus was bought as an overflow site, to take pressure off the main site, and allow for further expansion. It was never intended to be the main or only campus.
Ruskin has given the Privileges of the highest of the elite to people from some of the most disadvantaged backgrounds, who have never been given or had a real chance in life because of circumstances: be that accident of birth, upbringing, disability or whatever reason either way, The majority of Ruskin graduates go on to be professionals. Authors, lecturers, trade union leaders, presidents of their countries, mp’s – have all come from Ruskin, and started with little or no education or prospects.
If you want more info on Ruskin History / Graduates there are many great books in the current library, you may also want to ask a member of the Ruskin fellowship (graduates association) about their members.
Walton Street is on the open market for 7.5millionThe college has 2.5 million in the bank (from sale of existing properties)
The Headington redevelopment requires 20million pounds
Where is the other 10 million coming from? Why are such drastic measures being made to raise just over a third of the budget?
If we are going to be raising funds anyway, why rush in and sell our assets?, why not wait until we have enough money to develop Headington without selling Walton street, and then raise money until we can redevelop Walton street? What is the rush to build?
The Plans For Redevelopment
The plan was the creation of the principal, a highly merited social sciences academic – but not an architect or a businessperson: this is the main reason we would have to sell the original college and move to the site in Headington. The current principal has done a lot of good work at this college, but this is one idea which must be re-addressed and made flexible, as its current rigid nature is stifling progress, and threatening the core of the college.
The plan would leave us with less lecture rooms & less student rooms (accommodation) than what we currently have now.
The plan (if we sell Walton street) would cause us to lose our oxford union membership
The plan involves spending over 2 million on a restaurant whose only practical purpose would be to feed the students in the interim period between bulldozing the existing canteen and building a new one.
Positive Alternative?
A property developer offered to give around 4 million, fully redevelop Walton St (a roughly 5 million pound task for a building company, or a task that could easily cost double that for an academic institution hiring private contractors.) In exchange for a 150 year long lease(150 year rent basically), on the back end of the property (the Kitson and Dining blocks). It is also common sense that the developers would continue to refurbish their end of the building in order to keep getting the most from their investment.
The administration have now decided ignore this offer as it didn’t offer enough ready cash for the redevelopment of Headington
The New Library
The new library, Is expected to cost 6 million
Walton street is a huge set of buildings – of which the existing library is only a tiny part, is on the market for 7.5 million
The new library would also only be a fraction of the size of Walton street – (although much larger than the current library, not least because, the current library (at Walton St) only has half (or possibly a 3rd of) as many floors as planned because not enough funds were raised to finish building it,… The proposed library would be wonderful, but could history repeat itself? The proposed Kitson library would also have been wonderful, and would still work today, if it had been completed
We have overstretched ourselves in plans before – and ended up having to compromise, this time we also have to take a huge gamble. Is it worth it? Should we learn from previous mistakes?
The re-development is apparently for the students, to give them what they want
The students have had no briefing, no seminar no nothing – on the principals plans for the future of Ruskin – although repeated articles have been placed in the oxford mail. (the college being been put up for sale in the mail was without the consent of the board of governors)
The principal has only recently agreed to disclose information to the students (for the first time), offering to give a ‘walk and talk’ after the demonstrations from the students during the governors executive meeting on Friday 22nd feb 08
There is a waiting list for students to move from Headington campus to Walton Street, there are students on that waiting list who have been there since September. There are also many empty rooms at Headington campus.
What do the students want?
Where do the students want to be?
Has anybody actually asked them?
The Debate
Open debate has always been a natural part of Ruskin College life, below is the current active debate - please feel free to add to it.
Pros: Argument (for the sale)
1. We would no longer have to waste time money and effort on cross campus administration
2. We would dispose of a building that has an archaic plumbing central heating and electricity system.
3. We would move to a site where parking would be better, and travel coming in and out of college / work would be much easier
4. We could attract more students
5. We could develop a better relationship with Brookes
Cons: Counter argument (against the sale)
1. No argument
2. It would cost hundreds of thousands to replace the current heating/lighting/plumbing, we are spending millions on redevelopment anyway, why not spend it where it is needed.
3. -a)Headington hall would be a nightmare for people who don’t know oxford to get to (I had to get a taxi from the college when I first came) –b)it isn’t near to any public transport links. (meaning people would have to use cars which is bad for green / sustainability) -c) Headington turns in to a solid traffic jam every afternoon during rush the hours.
4. –a) The main attraction of Ruskin to students is the location of its Walton street site –b) why would we want to attract more students anyway, when we are effectively downsizing?
5. We could jeopardize our relationship with Oxford
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Dennis Hird, Socialist Educator and Propagandist, First Principal of Ruskin College (Ruskin College Library Occasional Publication)
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'I Ban Everything': Free Speech and Censorship in Oxford Between the Wars - Some Episodes in the History of the University of Oxford and Ruskin College (Ruskin College Library Occasional Publication)
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