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MIKE LLOYD - Lead Vocals

CHARLIE TURNER - Lead Guitar

JAMES PEARCE - Bass/Vocals

ADAM HEARN - Guitar/Vocals

MATT VERRELL - Drums/Vocals

 

Third Place Victory are a 5 piece pop punk/emo band from Thanet, Kent in the United Kingdom. The band started life as a three piece band, formed in 2005 by guitarist Adam Hearn and bassist James Pearce. Under the name kAREN they played local shows to packed out audiences. After a good few years in this format, the drummer left, leaving the position open for Mike Lloyd to step in on drumming duties. It was also around this time that they decided to gain a second guitarist and change the band's name to Third Place Victory. With James Pearce on lead vocals, they played a few shows locally, mainly cover songs. The second guitarist left after just a few months of being in the band, prompting Mike Lloyd to move onto lead guitar and lead vocals for live shows. Matt Verrell, a drummer who had been friends with all 3 remaining band members applied to drum for Third Place Victory after liking the music they made. The formula was there, and the new 4 piece took to playing shows once again. After just two months of being in this line-up they recorded a two track demo, the first installment of their now 5 track EP. As soon as it was released the band realised they were onto a good thing. With an ever growing army of fans taking an interest in the music they decided to see how far they could push the band. Mike found it harder and harder to play and sing, and after the demo CD the band all decided a seperate second guitarist would be the best idea so he could focus soley on vocals. Charlie Turner, a guitarist in Mike's previous band Challenge The Chess Club agreed to be in the band and the final lin-up of Third Place Victory was complete. The band and their songs can be found at http://www.facebook.com/thirdplacevictory

James Denis Horley (born 1960) is an Australian Engineer and Project Manager who founded the Wenden group of companies in 1990; now known as Wenden Partners Pty Limited.
Life, Education and Family
Born June 1960, in Melbourne, Australia, and educated at CBC, he completed an engineering cadetship & Dip Eng in 1980. His sporting attributes and career aspirations worked in parrallel during the 1980s where he competed in various sports and international events including athletics, AFL football and Rugby, but his main passion was always motoracing in which he competed within the Australian & Asian Championship and the 1987 World Touring Car Championship.
Horley incurred a server injury in 1988 suffering a broken neck whilst competing in an South East Asian Touring Car Championship motor race. He married Wende Scott in 1990 and had two children; Devon & Taylor. He went onto form a group of companies in Australia, Europe & the USA involved in Project Engineering and Grand Prix Safety where he became a leading authority in Motorsport safety and circuit design, he was based in the UK in the 1990's where he obtained a Masters Degree in Applied Science.
Career
Horley obtained a engineering cadetship with the Johns Perry Group Limited in 1978 and worked ion various heavy engineering projects in Australia and was latter sent to overseas appointments to New Zealand and Asia where he worked on various heavy industrial & mining projects including projects with New Zealand Steel, Port of Singapore and the Drecro sand mining project in Sri Lanka.
On returning to Australia in 1983, he took a position as project engineer with John Holland Engineering on the ‘Drayton’ Coal mine quickly progressed to project management roles on the Loy Yang Power Station, Ranger & Mt Isa Mine sites
In 1986 he was approached to act as Principal Project Manager for the construction, of the new Ford Motor Company plastics plant in Melbourne. Following this, he embarked on an ambitious array of complex projects including the Melbourne Airport terminal redevelopment and Parliament House in Canberra, expansion of the CUB Brewery and the construction of the ‘Tubemakers’ pipe production facility.
In 1990 he founded the ‘Wenden Group' which specialized in Project Management & Engineering services to Australian Industry.
Horley excelled in project engineering and has undertaken a wide variety of industrial projects throughout Australia and overseas. Today James Horley is a member of the Royal Institute of Engineers (Australia) MIEAust and a Certified Practicing Project Director (CPPD) with the AIPM.
Sporting Life
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A talented athlete, Horley competed in various sports both in Australia and Asia however his main sporting interest was always Motor Racing ; with very little success in his early days, Horley was mentored to give rallying a try and acquired his first car, a Datsun 1600 and competed in the local Victorian Rally Championship. He soon gained notoriety with some spirited performances in The Australian Rally Championship in the late 70's
In 1980, with some sponsorship and good luck, he took his new can and team to New Zealand to drive in the lead up events to the World Rally Championship event, The Motorguard Rally of New Zealand. He was spotted by a local Nissan factory backed team looking for a replacement driver and the rest is history.
A move to Singapore quickly followed to allow him to complete in the South East Asian rally championship in a factory supported Nissan Silvia. His talents shown through and an invitation was soon on the table to complete in the Asian Sports Car Championship in the new Porsche 930.
Horley returned to Australia in 1983 and continued his career as an engineer and race driver in Group C Touring Cars and drove for the Country Dealer Team in the 2 litre category and competed in the last year of Group C regulations in 1984. In 1985, with the introduction of Group A as the Australian & World Touring Car category, Horley built a new 2 car team with the support of his sponsors, Netcomm Australia and prepared two Ford 3000S Capri’s which completed in the Australian Touring Car Championship and Australian Endurance Championship in 1986
In 1987, The team acquired a Group A Nissan Skyline Turbo DR30RS for an assault on the outright category. The team competed in both the Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) & some World Touring Car Championship (WTC) events.
In 1988, whilst competing in the South East Asian championship during the 1988 Australian Grand Prix Formula 1 Grand Prix event in Adelaide, Horley crashed at high speed and suffered a broken neck which forced his retirement from competition at only 28 years old.
The next two years were dedicated to recuperating from his injury and surprised many when he latter competed in a summer triathlon series.
Telemetry
Horley’s engineering expertise and knowledge of motorsport saw him design and develop the world’s first live data telemetry system . This technology was a world first for motorsport and was initially used at the Sandown Raceway in the 1987 Castrol 500 where he finished 5th outright.
Telemetry has been a key factor in modern motor racing. Developed in Australia in 1987; Horley designed the 'Racing Modem' in conjunction with his sponsor Netcomm Australia.Telemetry allows the race engineers to interpret the vast amount of data collected during a test or race, and use that to properly tune the car for optimum performance. Systems used in some series, namely Formula One, have become advanced to the point where the potential lap time of the car can be calculated and this is what the driver is expected to meet. Some examples of useful measurements on a race car include accelerations (G forces) in 3 axis, temperature readings, wheel speed, and the displacement of the suspension. In Formula 1, the driver inputs are also recorded so that the team can assess driver performance and, in the case of an accident, the can determine or rule out driver error as a possible cause.
Horley went on to develop a version of the data transmission specifically for television, where the car's instrument panel could be shown during live TV broadcasts. This initiative was first used by Australia's 7 network during the World Touring Car Championship in the Bathurst 1000 in 1987 and is now utilized by many broadcasters on various motorsport coverage throughout the world.
Today, telemetry is required feature with most major teams including Formula 1 and Sports cars championships and every time you see that little ‘dash board’ on your TV screen was also due to Horley’s invention where he ‘linked’ his invention into the Bathurst 1000 television broadcast by working with Australia’s channel 7 network.
In addition to that telemetry has also been applied to the use of Yacht racing. The technology was applied to the Oracle's USA-76.

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Jim Parker (born December 21, 1967) is healthcare administrator who sought the nomination for the United States Congress in the Ohio Second Congressional District in 2006. While spending very little money, Parker almost pulled off an upset victory in the Democratic primary by knocking on the doors of thousands of people throughout the seven county Southern Ohio Congressional District.
The Southern Ohio 2nd Congressional District comprises seven counties: Adams, Brown, Clermont, Hamilton, Pike, Scioto and Warren Counties.) (map)
Personal background
His father was a steelworker and his mother was a nurse's aide.
Parker worked for the 's Association in 1991 and Meyersdale Community Hospital in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, in 1992. The next year he began work with Appalachian Regional Healthcare, a 4,000 employee hospital system in southeastern Kentucky. In 1995, he became the Assistant Administrator of Whitesburg Appalachian Regional Hospital in Whitesburg, Kentucky. In 1998, he became the Assistant Administrator of Pike Community Hospital in Waverly, Ohio. In 2004, he joined the Adena Health System in Chillicothe, Ohio, where he was the Director of Finance and Support Services for the Physician Services Division, a group of more than 130 physicians. In the fall of 2007, Parker became the Director of MSO Services with the health system. In 2009, he began his own business and worked as the Interim Director of Physician Services at Cabell Huntington Hospital, a level II trauma center with an academic relationship with the Marshall University School of Medicine.
Parker is Board Certified in Healthcare Management and is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), a Member of the Medical Group Management Association, a Member of the American College of Medical Practice Executives, a Certified Medical Practice Executive (CMPE), and a Member of the Greater Ohio Healthcare Leadership Forum.
Jim Parker almost won the primary in 2006
Jim Parker has announced that he might seek the nomination in the Democratic primary for the Southern Ohio 2nd Congressional District in an attempt to unseat Congresswoman Jean Schmidt. Jean Schmidt became famous overnight as she personally attacked Congressman Jack Murtha, a Marine Colonel, Vietnam War hero and member of Congress when she called him a coward on the floor of the US House of Representatives because he expressed his opinion that America needs to end the war in Iraq.
Jim Parker's campaign for Congress the last time he ran centered around three main objectives:
# Parker wanted to expand the Medicare program from age 65 to age 55 without raising taxes by allowing every business in the United States to purchase healthcare coverage for the older employees in their workforce directly from the Medicare program at a price that is lower than any commercial healthcare insurance company is willing to offer. "If we lower the cost of healthcare for families and small businesses in America today, we will free up dollars which will allow businesses to create more jobs and we will save the Medicare program by adding dollars back into the program without raising taxes. We must be willing to completely redesign the way that Medicare pays for healthcare and we must simplify and expand the existing free care programs that are offered to millions of Americans who do not have health insurance. The number one way to increase access to healthcare and to lower the cost of healthcare is to improve the American economy and create economic opportunities for millions of people."
# Parker wanted to reinvent the American economy where lately, millions of people have lost their jobs and some of the previously most successful companies in America are filing for bankruptcy. He explained that most of the people in his Congressional district are employed in healthcare, government or by the schools. He is passionate about expanding American manufacturing employment opportunities with an effort to lower the cost of energy consumption for every American family. He explained that we could manufacture, distribute and install the components necessary for using the energy of the sun, the wind and other renewable and environmentally friendly sources of energy. We will create an economy where millions of people who have lost their jobs can be retrained to make and to implement renewable energy sources in homes and schools and public buildings all across America. The answer to America's economic problems is to grow the economy in a way that lowers the cost of energy for every family in America. The more we manufacture, the lower the price of renewable sources of energy for the average hardworking American will become.
# Parker also believes that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the recent nuclear testing that has been initiated by North Korea, are not only moral challenges of the 21st century but that they also present significant economic challenges as well. We must act quickly to support democracies across the globe but we must work to guarantee that the governments of other nations utilize their own military resources to eliminate terrorism from the face of the earth.
Parker was the first Democrat to announce a 2006 challenge to Republican Jean Schmidt, who had won a 2005 special election.
On his 2006 site Parker for US Congress., Jim Parker said that he "ran for US Congress against some of the wealthiest people in Southern Ohio." He ran a populist campaign, writing on his campaign site that voters "are working harder than ever, only to give their earnings to the oil companies, insurance companies and prescription drug companies of America. If you make less than $100,000 per year to support your family, your entire Bush tax cut went to oil, medicine and insurance." He said that he supported a middle class tax cut for families that earn less than $100,000 per year, health insurance for every child in America and an expansion of the Medicare Program from age 65 to age 55 without raising taxes.
In response to the Dayton Daily News asking why Ohioans should vote for him, Parker said "I believe in the American Dream. This campaign is about Family, Medicare, Social Security and the American Dream. I've been the Assistant Administrator of two Hospitals for 10 years and have worked in healthcare for nearly 20 years. My healthcare leadership experience has prepared me to solve the problems that challenge the survival of Medicare and Social Security. These programs are important to millions of people and we need to have members of the United States Congress who are qualified to protect those programs."
In the 2006 Democratic primary, Parker finished with 22.35% of the total vote but he did not spend any money. Instead, he launched a Southern Ohio door-to-door campaign for US Congress every night after work and every weekend until election day. He lost to his nearest challenger by only 100 votes.
He finished first place in Pike and Scioto Counties; second in Clermont (Jean Schmidt's home county), second in Warren, and second in Brown Counties; third in Adams County; and fourth in Hamilton County, which provided Victoria Wells Wulsin with almost half of her votes. Wulsin later went on to lose the election to incumbent Republican Congresswoman Jean Schmidt. 2006 Democratic Primary Election Results:
Parker has indicated that he might seek the Democratic nomination to serve as the Representative to US Congress in the 2010 Democratic primary. Although, he has been speaking with thousands of people throughout the Southern Ohio Congressional District since he last ran for Congress. Some political insiders have speculated that Jim Parker will run for Congress as an Independent but Parker has not commented yet.
Jim Parker, in his traditional fashion, has bypassed the normal political process and has taken his message of hope to the thousands of people who live and raise their families in Southern Ohio. As a matter of fact, if you are reading this right now, he might have knocked on your door and talked with you about his ideas to improve the lives of millions of people in the United States of America and throughout the world.
Further reading
*Lawrence Budd. "2nd District Candidates List Qualifications." Dayton Daily News. June 2, 2005.
*Malia Rulon. "Schmidt's foes having field days." The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 28, 2005.
*Howard Wilkinson. "Newest U.S. Rep. Schmidt has opposition." The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 19, 2005.
*Frank Lewis. "Parker Seeks Democratic Nomination for 2nd District" Portsmouth Daily Times. August 21, 2009.
*Adam Sheets. "Parker Running for Congress to Make a Difference in People's Lives" The University Chronicle. October 28, 2009.