Most of Media services are Townsville-based such as TV, Radio and Newspaper however Thuringowa does have several small publications.
Newspapers
The Sun Newspaper is a free weekly publication distributed to 52,713 homes in the urban and rural suburbs of Thuringowa and Townsville, it is published by News Limited and printed with the Townsville Bulletin's printer. It was Previously called the Twin cities advertiser before being split into The Thuringowa Sun and The Townsville Sun, but after a few years The Thuringowa Sun Merged with the Townsville Sun to form The Sun newspaper of today.
The Townsville Bulletin is a Townsville based daily newspaper that has a distribution covering a large number of towns and cities in North Queensland. the paper's main focus is news and events within the Thuringowa and Townsville area but also covers state, national and world news.
The Express started printing in 1996 and is delivered monthly to homes free in the Townsville and Thuringowa cities. The Express is published by Poinciana Publishing Thuringowa and printed by the North Queensland Newspaper Company.
The Express promotes business thought-out the Thuringowa and Townsville region.
The Thuringowan is a monthly publication from the Thuringowa city council that first went to print in May 2005, it covers news and events within the city
DUO Magazine is Thuringowa and Townsville's free 64-page monthly magazine
targeted at women aged 25-54 years. DUO is distributed to selected suburbs with the highest numbers of their core demographic. DUO is also distributed via hotels, cafes, restaurants and beauty salons.
DUO has the largest print run of any local magazine with a distribution of 15,000 copies.
Radio Stations
*Live FM 99.9
*Sea FM 100.7
*Classic FM 101.5
*4TO FM 102.3
*Hot FM 103.1
*4TTT 103.9 FM
*ABC Radio National 104.7 FM
*Triple J 105.5 FM
*Mix FM 106.3
*4K1G 107.1 FM
*ABC North Queensland 630 AM
Television Stations
Free to air
Analogue
*02: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Queensland (ABC TV)
*07: Seven Queensland (Channel Seven, Seven Network)
*09: WIN Television (Nine Network)
*10: Southern Cross Ten (Network Ten)
*28: SBS TV (Special Broadcasting Service)
Digital
As for analogue, plus:
*04: Digital tv guide channel
*11: Ten Video Guide (Ten Program Guide & Weather Channel)
*21: ABC2
*33: SBS World News Channel
*38: SBS Radio 1
*39: SBS Radio 2
*70: Seven High Definition Demonstration (20 minute loop of HD images with Dolby Digital audio
*77: Seven EPG (Seven Program Guide, News Headlines and Weather Channel)
*99: Nine EPG (Nine Program Guide, News Headlines and Weather Channel)
*200: DIG Radio (A mix of blues, soul, country, roots, world music, jazz, rock
*201: DIG JAZZ (Music radio service for jazz)
Pay TV
*Austar Digital (via satellite)
*Select TV
Newspapers
The Sun Newspaper is a free weekly publication distributed to 52,713 homes in the urban and rural suburbs of Thuringowa and Townsville, it is published by News Limited and printed with the Townsville Bulletin's printer. It was Previously called the Twin cities advertiser before being split into The Thuringowa Sun and The Townsville Sun, but after a few years The Thuringowa Sun Merged with the Townsville Sun to form The Sun newspaper of today.
The Townsville Bulletin is a Townsville based daily newspaper that has a distribution covering a large number of towns and cities in North Queensland. the paper's main focus is news and events within the Thuringowa and Townsville area but also covers state, national and world news.
The Express started printing in 1996 and is delivered monthly to homes free in the Townsville and Thuringowa cities. The Express is published by Poinciana Publishing Thuringowa and printed by the North Queensland Newspaper Company.
The Express promotes business thought-out the Thuringowa and Townsville region.
The Thuringowan is a monthly publication from the Thuringowa city council that first went to print in May 2005, it covers news and events within the city
DUO Magazine is Thuringowa and Townsville's free 64-page monthly magazine
targeted at women aged 25-54 years. DUO is distributed to selected suburbs with the highest numbers of their core demographic. DUO is also distributed via hotels, cafes, restaurants and beauty salons.
DUO has the largest print run of any local magazine with a distribution of 15,000 copies.
Radio Stations
*Live FM 99.9
*Sea FM 100.7
*Classic FM 101.5
*4TO FM 102.3
*Hot FM 103.1
*4TTT 103.9 FM
*ABC Radio National 104.7 FM
*Triple J 105.5 FM
*Mix FM 106.3
*4K1G 107.1 FM
*ABC North Queensland 630 AM
Television Stations
Free to air
Analogue
*02: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Queensland (ABC TV)
*07: Seven Queensland (Channel Seven, Seven Network)
*09: WIN Television (Nine Network)
*10: Southern Cross Ten (Network Ten)
*28: SBS TV (Special Broadcasting Service)
Digital
As for analogue, plus:
*04: Digital tv guide channel
*11: Ten Video Guide (Ten Program Guide & Weather Channel)
*21: ABC2
*33: SBS World News Channel
*38: SBS Radio 1
*39: SBS Radio 2
*70: Seven High Definition Demonstration (20 minute loop of HD images with Dolby Digital audio
*77: Seven EPG (Seven Program Guide, News Headlines and Weather Channel)
*99: Nine EPG (Nine Program Guide, News Headlines and Weather Channel)
*200: DIG Radio (A mix of blues, soul, country, roots, world music, jazz, rock
*201: DIG JAZZ (Music radio service for jazz)
Pay TV
*Austar Digital (via satellite)
*Select TV
Urban Magic is a genre that combines aspects of fantasy and urban fiction in the elements of plot, theme, and setting. The genre is differentiated from science fiction and fantasy in that both urban setting and elements of magic play integral roles. Without one or the other the text would fail.
While the genre is not new, it has only recently (post 2000) entered the mainstream.
Examples
The genre is prevalent in modern movies, novels, comics, and television broadcasts.
Novels
Charles de Lint
The Blue Girl
Neil Gaiman
Neverwhere (1996), American Gods (2001), Anansi Boys (2005)
While the genre is not new, it has only recently (post 2000) entered the mainstream.
Examples
The genre is prevalent in modern movies, novels, comics, and television broadcasts.
Novels
Charles de Lint
The Blue Girl
Neil Gaiman
Neverwhere (1996), American Gods (2001), Anansi Boys (2005)
THE AQUINAS UNIVERSITYOF LEGAZPI COLLEGE OF NURSING BICOL’S FIRST
By Vicente B. Peralta, RN, MSN
The Aquinas university college of nursing was founded on June 20, 1967 as the Legazpi College - Immaculate Conception Hospital College of nursing, inc. this was established in line with the institution’s commitment to serve the educational and development needs of the community. Mrs. Ida L. Guerro was appointed as the dean of the college.
On March 8, 1968, the university status was conferred to Legazpi College by then education secretary onofre D. Corpuz. The name Aquinas university of Legazpi (AUL) was adopted in honor of St. Thomas Aquinas, a Dominican doctor of the Catholic Church. Rev. Fr. Ramon C. Salinas, O.P. became the first rector and president of AUL.
The Legazpi College of nursing, inc. then became the Aquinas University ICH College of nursing. It is the first college of nursing in the whole Bicol area.
The college started with 160 students for the five-year Bachelor of Science in nursing program. Of this number, only 25 were admitted to nursing proper (third year). Twenty-two successfully completed the program on April 7, 1972. These pioneers of 72 hurled a 100% passing mark in the nurse’s board examination in that same year. The succeeding four more years duplicated this exemplary performance by the pioneers.
In 1975, AUL acquired majority ownership of the Legazpi medical center, Inc. subsequently the center was renamed Aquinas university hospital. The AUL-ICH consortium ceased; thus, the AUL became the base hospital of the college.
In the same year (1975), four alumnae of the college passed the US state board examination for registered nurses. They were misses Acido, Amaranto, Aringo and Majadilla. They all belonged to class ’73.
The AUL college of nursing affiliated with various hospitals in Legazpi city, viz, the Albay provincial hospital, Estevez memorial hospital and tanchuling maternity and children’s hospital. These institutions served as teaching hospitals for the students’ clinical practice. The rural health units of daraga and Sto. Domingo of the province of Albay became the laboratories for the student’s community health nursing practice. The juniors are exposed to medical-surgical patients at the University of Sto. Tomas Hospital while the seniors practice nursing skills at the national mental hospital, San Lazaro hospital, and the national orthopedic hospital.
The manila summer affiliation enhances the clinical skills of the students in the areas of Medical surgical Nursing, Communicable Diseases Nursing, Orthopedic Nursing, and psychiatric Nursing. Moreover, the students are also exposed to the city life in manila necessary for taking the board examination and future professional practice.
Accreditation of the college was applied for with the Philippine accrediting association of schools, colleges, and universities (PAASCU) in June 1976 by then rector and President Fr. Ramon C. Salinas, O.P. Fr. Salinas was then a member of the PAASCU board. Accreditation, after a formal visit by the PAASCU team was acquired in 1979. PAASCU accreditation was re-acquired by the college after a PAASCU team visit in March 1997. The AUL College of nursing was the first college of nursing accredited in the Bicol area.
In 1998, the professional regulation commission (PRC) had given the college a continuing professional education (CPE) provider member. This means that all symposia, seminars, workshops and the like, geared towards professional advancement for nurses conducted by the college is credited for renewal of license by the PRC. A professional nurse needs to go to manila for this purpose of professional updates. A two day symposium held at the concourse. Convention center, Legazpi city, sponsored by the college and AUL nursing alumni during the silver jubilee was given 15 CPE units, while the alumni convention, 4 CPE units.
To achieve excellence in nursing education, the college made faculty development its foremost goal. Two faculty members, Messr. Leo G. Llana and Vicente B. Peralta completed the Master of Science in nursing major in primary health care program in St. Paul University, Tuguegarao, Cagayan. They were assisted as scholars by the fund for assistance to private education (FAPE) and Aquinas University. The dean and two faculty members attended the one week international convention for nurses held at Shangrila EDSA Plaza, March 18-21, 1998. The resource speakers for this convention came from the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Europe.
Another faculty member, Mrs. Nida Y. Baldo, completed a one month course on thesis preparation at UST, manila. In summer are 1998 a faculty member was sent on mental health and psychiatric nursing. The mental health management institute of Ontario, Canada conducted this seminar-workshop for faculty members teaching psychiatric Nursing.
In the same year, dean rubino and Mrs. Shane S. Del Rosario coimpleted their Ph.D. at the University of Nueva Caceres, Naga City. They were also assisted, as scholars, by FAPE and Aquinas University.
Two faculty members, Mrs. Erlinda Baronda and Mrs. Nida Baldo completed their master of arts in Nursing at Aquinas University in 1999. With their completion of the MA program, all the faculty members of the college are holders of a master’s degree. Consequently, all faculty members are ranked assistance professors or associate professor and are all full time teachers of the college.
The BSN curriculum is tailored to meet the needs of the students to achieve the goal of excellence in the profession. The curriculum is competency-based and community-oriented. The college adopts the health resources development. The students work for the people in attaining barangays of Sto.Domingo. This is also in lime with the department of health’s vision of “health in the hands of the people by 2020.”
Also in 1998, the college implemented the common 2-year associate in health science education (AHSE) curriculum. This is an undergraduate program that prepared students for entry into different health courses.
Upon completion of the 2-year preparatory course, students are equipped to function as health educators. A certificate of completion is awarded after completing this two-year associate in health science education.
To prepare the faculty members to handle the different concepts in the new BSN curriculum, the college in cooperation with the Aquinas University of Legazpi center for training and continuing professional education (AUL-CTCPE) conducted a series of seminars-workshops, such as:
1. May 13-22, 2009.
Regional training workshop on teaching primary health care I and II. This training was conducted in cooperation with ADPCN, Inc. and HRDP network Philippines and CHED. Twenty-two teachers from various colleges of nursing in Bicol participated.
2. June 28-30, 2000.
Teachers training on anatomy and physiology. The resource person was a faculty from St. Paul University.
3. January 12-13, 2000.
Seminar-workshop on the nursing process. The speaker was a professor from the Chinese general hospital college of nursing, manila. All students of the college attended and faculty members acted as facilitors.
4. February 22-23, 2001.
The UST-college of nursing in cooperation with CHED, conducted a seminar-workshop on “The Teacher: A Leader and Facilitator of learning.” This was conducted in coordination with the college. There were 117 participants.
Researched by: john rhen santillan 2nd year BSN(2007)
By Vicente B. Peralta, RN, MSN
The Aquinas university college of nursing was founded on June 20, 1967 as the Legazpi College - Immaculate Conception Hospital College of nursing, inc. this was established in line with the institution’s commitment to serve the educational and development needs of the community. Mrs. Ida L. Guerro was appointed as the dean of the college.
On March 8, 1968, the university status was conferred to Legazpi College by then education secretary onofre D. Corpuz. The name Aquinas university of Legazpi (AUL) was adopted in honor of St. Thomas Aquinas, a Dominican doctor of the Catholic Church. Rev. Fr. Ramon C. Salinas, O.P. became the first rector and president of AUL.
The Legazpi College of nursing, inc. then became the Aquinas University ICH College of nursing. It is the first college of nursing in the whole Bicol area.
The college started with 160 students for the five-year Bachelor of Science in nursing program. Of this number, only 25 were admitted to nursing proper (third year). Twenty-two successfully completed the program on April 7, 1972. These pioneers of 72 hurled a 100% passing mark in the nurse’s board examination in that same year. The succeeding four more years duplicated this exemplary performance by the pioneers.
In 1975, AUL acquired majority ownership of the Legazpi medical center, Inc. subsequently the center was renamed Aquinas university hospital. The AUL-ICH consortium ceased; thus, the AUL became the base hospital of the college.
In the same year (1975), four alumnae of the college passed the US state board examination for registered nurses. They were misses Acido, Amaranto, Aringo and Majadilla. They all belonged to class ’73.
The AUL college of nursing affiliated with various hospitals in Legazpi city, viz, the Albay provincial hospital, Estevez memorial hospital and tanchuling maternity and children’s hospital. These institutions served as teaching hospitals for the students’ clinical practice. The rural health units of daraga and Sto. Domingo of the province of Albay became the laboratories for the student’s community health nursing practice. The juniors are exposed to medical-surgical patients at the University of Sto. Tomas Hospital while the seniors practice nursing skills at the national mental hospital, San Lazaro hospital, and the national orthopedic hospital.
The manila summer affiliation enhances the clinical skills of the students in the areas of Medical surgical Nursing, Communicable Diseases Nursing, Orthopedic Nursing, and psychiatric Nursing. Moreover, the students are also exposed to the city life in manila necessary for taking the board examination and future professional practice.
Accreditation of the college was applied for with the Philippine accrediting association of schools, colleges, and universities (PAASCU) in June 1976 by then rector and President Fr. Ramon C. Salinas, O.P. Fr. Salinas was then a member of the PAASCU board. Accreditation, after a formal visit by the PAASCU team was acquired in 1979. PAASCU accreditation was re-acquired by the college after a PAASCU team visit in March 1997. The AUL College of nursing was the first college of nursing accredited in the Bicol area.
In 1998, the professional regulation commission (PRC) had given the college a continuing professional education (CPE) provider member. This means that all symposia, seminars, workshops and the like, geared towards professional advancement for nurses conducted by the college is credited for renewal of license by the PRC. A professional nurse needs to go to manila for this purpose of professional updates. A two day symposium held at the concourse. Convention center, Legazpi city, sponsored by the college and AUL nursing alumni during the silver jubilee was given 15 CPE units, while the alumni convention, 4 CPE units.
To achieve excellence in nursing education, the college made faculty development its foremost goal. Two faculty members, Messr. Leo G. Llana and Vicente B. Peralta completed the Master of Science in nursing major in primary health care program in St. Paul University, Tuguegarao, Cagayan. They were assisted as scholars by the fund for assistance to private education (FAPE) and Aquinas University. The dean and two faculty members attended the one week international convention for nurses held at Shangrila EDSA Plaza, March 18-21, 1998. The resource speakers for this convention came from the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Europe.
Another faculty member, Mrs. Nida Y. Baldo, completed a one month course on thesis preparation at UST, manila. In summer are 1998 a faculty member was sent on mental health and psychiatric nursing. The mental health management institute of Ontario, Canada conducted this seminar-workshop for faculty members teaching psychiatric Nursing.
In the same year, dean rubino and Mrs. Shane S. Del Rosario coimpleted their Ph.D. at the University of Nueva Caceres, Naga City. They were also assisted, as scholars, by FAPE and Aquinas University.
Two faculty members, Mrs. Erlinda Baronda and Mrs. Nida Baldo completed their master of arts in Nursing at Aquinas University in 1999. With their completion of the MA program, all the faculty members of the college are holders of a master’s degree. Consequently, all faculty members are ranked assistance professors or associate professor and are all full time teachers of the college.
The BSN curriculum is tailored to meet the needs of the students to achieve the goal of excellence in the profession. The curriculum is competency-based and community-oriented. The college adopts the health resources development. The students work for the people in attaining barangays of Sto.Domingo. This is also in lime with the department of health’s vision of “health in the hands of the people by 2020.”
Also in 1998, the college implemented the common 2-year associate in health science education (AHSE) curriculum. This is an undergraduate program that prepared students for entry into different health courses.
Upon completion of the 2-year preparatory course, students are equipped to function as health educators. A certificate of completion is awarded after completing this two-year associate in health science education.
To prepare the faculty members to handle the different concepts in the new BSN curriculum, the college in cooperation with the Aquinas University of Legazpi center for training and continuing professional education (AUL-CTCPE) conducted a series of seminars-workshops, such as:
1. May 13-22, 2009.
Regional training workshop on teaching primary health care I and II. This training was conducted in cooperation with ADPCN, Inc. and HRDP network Philippines and CHED. Twenty-two teachers from various colleges of nursing in Bicol participated.
2. June 28-30, 2000.
Teachers training on anatomy and physiology. The resource person was a faculty from St. Paul University.
3. January 12-13, 2000.
Seminar-workshop on the nursing process. The speaker was a professor from the Chinese general hospital college of nursing, manila. All students of the college attended and faculty members acted as facilitors.
4. February 22-23, 2001.
The UST-college of nursing in cooperation with CHED, conducted a seminar-workshop on “The Teacher: A Leader and Facilitator of learning.” This was conducted in coordination with the college. There were 117 participants.
Researched by: john rhen santillan 2nd year BSN(2007)
Print Quota Theft aka "Jiffing" is the use of another user's print quota without their permission or knowledge, typically at a university or other similar place with print limits on student accounts. Typically the theif will prowl around the computer labs looking for someone who has forgotten to log out of their account, and subsequently use it to print at their will. The user may claim they didn't realize they were on someone elses account upon being caught.