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6 Important Notes for Couples
Ever wonder why your relationships are not working out? You may left out the details in one of these 6 notes. You may be deeply in love and nothing could break this bond, but trust me, after reading this article you may want to readjust some of your thoughts and actions.
#1 Taking over each other's role
"I'm always the one protecting you from any harm, I need someone to protect me as well"
You may think that the ladies should always be the one always cooking and washing. If you are still thinking that way, it's time to adjust. In this Modern world, A relationship means a lot more than just playing your own roles well. Have you ever encounter people taking leave in your office and you need to cover them? This is the same, if your partner is always doing the same thing, they will feel tired. Once in awhile you can take over their role and let them have a break. "My dear, tonight let's swap roles. I will drive you for dinner and it's on me, you will just sit and stay handsome."
#2 Who should be the "First to know"
Having some problem at work? Boss is cutting your pay due to your lack of performance? You may think that a small cut on your pay is not a big deal but to your partner, they want to be the first to know. If you have a Cancer, they want to be the first to know. Even if you are literately dying at this moment, they want to be the first to know no matter how you do it. They want to know it first not because they want to irritate you but they to feel important and know what they can do for you.
Most people want to know everything, but whether they can handle the truth is another thing. Whether to tell your partner about everything is your choice, but make sure you know what kind of partner you have before deciding.
#3 Knowing who is your number one
This is very important, you can say that you, yourself is the number one in your life but always remember that you and your partner should always co exist as number.
I had this conversation with my dad once, he said that he is the one that will spend the first half of my life as the most important person, "the number 1 in my life". Once i'm married to my husband, My number 1 in life will need to be change.
"If you ever love someone so much, You need to be prepared to let go of that person one day"
My dad mentioned that he had the deserved time to be my number 1. I have to stay committed to my husband from the day we're married, that is also the reason why some parents cry when they hand over their children.
#4 Men think twice and woman feel twice
Sometimes arguments start this way,
Man: I don't think there's anything wrong in here?
Woman: Have you ever thought about my feelings?
What you can do, every time when you quarrel, the guys better ask yourself "how is she feeling?"
For the ladies you better start thinking if your man had really did something wrong or you're just too sensitive on this situation.
After while, both will compromised to this and it'll improve the communication and bonding in the relationship.
#5 Insecurities
Feeling insecure can change a person dramatically. What i have learn these years is that it's better to prevent than to solve it when it already happened. Your partner can feel insecure even with the smallest things like a text message with your colleague. So to prevent this you can always make sure that your phone is available for your partner to see/check.
This is a small price to pay, but i believe your partner is more important than your privacy. What i always do is that i don't hide anything from him unless it's a surprise for him.
#6 How we receive love is different
As we know, different people receive love differently, My best friend Introduced me a good read "The 5 language of love" it's a book written by Gary Chapman how we can express our love in 5 ways.
Some lovers want their partner to Show them love in the words of Affirmation like "I love you" , " I miss you" , "you're the best thing i ever had".
Some will want to receive love in terms of gifts, weather if it's practical or some soft toys, depends on your partner.
Some feels that Action speaks louder than words, if you love him/her you have to show it in action.
Some wants to spend quality time with you, even if it's just sitting in Starbucks Cafe and chit chatting about anything in this world, that will mean quality of time, at least you know each other better.
Some wants to you to be physically present, which means that your kisses and hugs does mean a lot in the relationship.
Like my relationship, he wants to see me putting efforts in everything. You may not be the best but your effort is more important, that will fall under "Action speaks louder than words"


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Arthur Lanyon's 'White Chalk Lines' Opens at Anima-Mundi
'White Chalk Lines', Arthur Lanyon's monumental, multi-media and multi-scale exhibition of paintings opened on Good Friday to great enthusiasm. This ambitious exhibition is presented on all three floors of the gallery and spans an intense, two-year period of creativity and personal development.
In 'White Chalk Lines', we are invited to explore this frenetic stream of consciousness and physical, tour-de-force of mark making. We find ourselves confronted with an emblematic treasure trove of imagery and surface tension and texture.
Delving into the ambiguous, abstracted and gestural work of this talented young painter, one absorbs the tangible imprint of recent experience, distant memory and notable lineage.
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people. I am so happy today that I can't wait to share this. First, I want to
thank God for the strength he has given me so far.
is officially my first weight loss update/post. If you have not read my post
here, please read it. I made the decision to lose weight last December and started
engaging in physical activities as the year 2014 commenced as well as eating
healthy. I started with my highest weight ever (77kg) and dropped 2kg by
hurts so much when you see other people lose so much weight in two months and
you find yourself still hanging there. Since then I have not bothered climbing
the scale because I somehow stopped exercising as usual and was too scared that
I thought I would have added more. Then I started working out again a month after, telling myself I was doing this for me no matter how long it takes.
yesterday I climbed on the scale and wow… I was weighing 67kg meaning I lost
10kg which is about 22 pounds in almost 5months. Though not impressive enough but it
just shows how much improvement I'm making. Likewise, it's a journey for me and
I am not in a hurry to get to my goal weight which is 60kg or probably 55kg
how far have you gone in your journey? What are your goals this year? What are
you feeling guilty about? Have you stopped working out?
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Off the beaches, school mulloway remain the dominant species as they have been pretty well all year. I have spoken to many long term beach fishos and none can recall a period of such numbers over such a widespread area for so long. If only a small proportion of these fish reach maturity, the future looks excellent for a species which not too long ago was seen as threatened by both anglers and NSW Fisheries. Perhaps a bag limit and/or size limit adjustment by Fisheries to complement this unexpected breeding would be prudent sooner rather than later. I don't think too many future-minded anglers would object at all, as the legal 45cm seems hard to justify, especially when studies indicate they do not begin to breed until around 70cm. A bag limit of 5 is also generous for a species with the potential to grow to a size which can be a most memorable catch for an angler. Time will tell if anything changes in this regard.
In the estuary, blackfish numbers remain inconsistent, as they have been for the last couple of years. For those keen on a bit of float watching, both breakwalls are giving up the odd fish to around a kilo, as are many locations upstream. Bream remain in solid numbers, with night baits achieving the better results. With the best tides of the month now just about on us, an after-dark expedition should prove productive. Flathead numbers and quality remain quite good with whitebait and lures enjoying equal success.
Off the stones, marginally improved numbers of drummer have been reported, with ledges south better to date. Diamond Head has picked up and Lighthouse and Blueface are now worth a lash. Bream remain excellent with Hat Head and Plomer giving up several bag limits, while Lighthouse has also held some quality fish. Tailor numbers haven't been great, although the odd solid fish has been encountered during early morning sessions. Better results have been reported from the ledges around Hat Head and Point Plomer. Groper numbers are excellent. All you need is relatively calm seas and crab of any description for bait, and you are in with an excellent chance. Just remember to hang on!
For outside fishos, last weekend saw quite mixed results with some doing reasonably well and others finding the going difficult. Best reports centred around pearl perch, with a couple of bag limit catches enjoyed by a lucky few in depths of around 40m to 50m. Wider out, leatherjackets are back although not to the extent whereby other species cannot be targeted. Closer in, reasonable numbers of small snapper are about, with bait and plastics working well.
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The population of Han Chinese is ∼1.226 billion people. Genetic heterogeneity between northern Han Chinese (N-Han) and southern Han Chinese (S-Han) has been demonstrated by recent genome-wide studies. As an initial step toward health disparities and personalized medicine in Chinese population, this study developed a set of ancestry informative markers (AIM) for Han Chinese population.
Han Chinese compose the largest ethnic group in the world, which accounts for 91.51% of the Chinese population, or ∼1.226 billion people, according to China's 2010 census (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-04/28/content_12415449.htm). Chronic diseases including cancer, vascular disease, and infectious diseases, are the leading causes of death in this population (He et al. 2005). Genetic association study (GAS), a critical approach to understanding molecular mechanisms and population-specific genetic risk of these diseases, can lead to the development of effective interventions at an individual or population level. Currently, a major issue of GAS is the confounding effect of population stratification, which is a common source of false-positive or false-negative results in genetic association studies with case-control study design (Ziv and Burchard 2003). Our recent study identified obvious genetic heterogeneity between northern Han Chinese (N-Han) and southern Han Chinese (S-Han), historically divided by the natural barrier, the Yangtze River (Xu et al. 2009). This study highlighted the importance of the correction for population stratification in GAS of the Han Chinese population.
Population stratification is due to the presence of genetic subgroups with different allele frequencies within a population. When different population subgroups have different disease prevalence, the differences detected in allele frequencies between cases and controls might in fact be independent of disease etiology but actually related to different prevalence. They could result from the underlying sampling bias inherent in the unknown distribution of different genetic populations in the overall sample. This is a common reason for erroneous conclusions of disease associations (Cardon and Bell 2001). By correction for population stratification, a GAS will be able to eliminate spurious genetic associations and thus avoid further fruitless downstream efforts. In addition, a GAS may gain additional statistical power by correcting for population stratification, as shown by our previous study that showed that estimation of the genetic effect for candidate loci could be biased by population divergence (He et al. 2008). To correct for population stratification, structured association identifies subpopulations within the larger population and tests genetic associations conditioned by the inferred ancestral information (Pritchard and Donnelly 2001). This structured association approach represented by the Eigenstrat algorithm (Price et al. 2006) has been extensively demonstrated to be an effective approach for the correction of population stratification. To infer subpopulations, a number of DNA polymorphism markers are required with substantially different allele frequencies among the subpopulations, i.e. ancestry informative markers (AIM). The genotypes of a set of AIMs will enable the classification of subpopulations. To date, there is still no consensus standard to define the number of AIMs for correction of population stratification in each specific population. Genotyping cost is a major factor that determines the number of AIMs used in a study (Londin et al. 2010). We therefore developed a set of AIMs for genetic studies of Han Chinese populations. To minimize the genotyping cost of structured association studies, the classification performance of different number of AIMs were assessed.
This study analyzed a sample of 308 Han Chinese individuals from different geographic regions in China. In this sample, 150,916 autosome SNPs were genotyped with call rate >95% (Xu et al. 2009). Principal component analysis (PCA) implemented in the Eigenstrat software (Patterson et al. 2006; Price et al. 2006) was used to identify ethnic outliers and genetically admixed individuals. For the PCA analysis, 18,000 tag SNPs without obvious linkage disequilibrium (LD; r2 < 0.2) were selected genome-wide. Two-hundred thirty-six individuals were unambiguously distinguishable as N-Han or S-Han, and thus were selected for defining the AIMs in Han Chinese. Geographic distribution of these 236 individuals is described in Table 1. In these 236 individuals, ancestry information content Ia of each autosome SNP was calculated using the infocalc program based on information-theoretic principles (Rosenberg et al. 2003). Across 22 autosomes, an initial set of AIMs including 5000 SNPs was selected by choosing one SNP marker with the largest Ia in each 500 kb window. Each SNP marker has frequency >0.05 in both N-Han and S-Han, and has low LD (r2 < 0.2) with distance of >100 kb from the preceding AIM.
To enable the application of AIMs in genetic studies of Han Chinese, these 5000 AIMs are listed in supporting information, Table S1, ranked by Ia. Shown by the PCA using these 5000 AIMs, N-Han and S-Han individuals formed two obviously distinct clusters by the first principal component (PC1). This finding is concordant with a recent genome-wide SNP genotyping study that revealed a one-dimensional "north-south" population structure in Han Chinese population (Chen et al. 2009). For this initial set of AIMs of 5000 SNPs, Ia of each SNP is highly correlated with its eigenvector weight of PC1 (r = 0.936; Figure S1). This evidence is further support that the information content Ia is mainly determined by one-dimensional "north-south" population structure.
By a stepwise procedure, we decreased the number of AIMs and investigated the change of PCA clustering. In each step, we decreased the number of AIMs by removing AIMs with the smallest Ia. The classification effect of PCAs was assessed by the maximum Matthews correlation coefficient (MCC) of each set of AIMs (Matthews 1975). We observed that the clustering effect was compromised significantly when less than 30 AIMs were used (Figure 1; Figure S2). On the basis of this analysis, we recommend at least the top 30 SNPs in the AIM list in Table S1 should be used in any structured association study on the Han-Chinese population. More robust correction for population stratification is expected when the top 140 AIMs in Table S1 are used, which differentiated N-Han and S-Han unambiguously in our study (Table 2). We further validated the performance of sets of AIMs by k-fold cross-validation. A threefold cross-validation achieved highly similar MCCs as the original model.
Difference in some common phenotypic traits, e.g. body height, facial features, and daily food compositions, are obvious between N-Han and S-Han Chinese. The population structure by genome-wide studies (Xu et al. 2009; Chen et al. 2009) highlighted the importance of correction for population stratification in genetic association study of Han Chinese. A large number of genetic studies are being performed in Han Chinese population, the majority being case-control studies. By providing a set of AIMs, our study aims to help to address the potential population stratification in genetic association studies. However, it is worth emphasizing that correction for population stratification may not always be addressed sufficiently using AIMs (Seldin and Price 2008). Replication of genetic association in an independent study is always important. Besides correction for population stratification, ancestry information inferred using the AIMs in Han Chinese may be used to assess genetic components underlying common traits, as differences in risk for some diseases have been observed between N-Han and S-Han Chinese (Rao et al. 2000; Zhao et al. 2004). Understanding subpopulation-specific risk factors for common diseases using the AIMs can be an initial step toward personalized medicine in the era of post-human genome projects (Barnes 2010).
H.Q.Q. is supported by intramural funding from the University of Texas School of Public Health. S.X. was supported by the National Science Foundation of China (30971577; 31171218) and Shanghai Rising-Star Program (11QA1407600).
Supporting information is available online at http://www.g3journal.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1534/g3.112.001941/-/DC1
Communicating editor: V. Vieland
- Received November 16, 2011.
- Accepted January 8, 2012.
- Copyright © 2012 Qu et al.
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.


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Among all applications, an esteemed panel of jurors will select the finalists that will get the opportunity to present their idea, product or solution during the PostalVision 2020/8.0 event to take place April 3-5, 2018 at The Ritz Carlton Pentagon City, USA (just outside Washington, DC). The PostalPitchTM session will take place on April 4 in the afternoon and only StartUps that will be present at the event will be eligible for the award. Therefore, we urge only StartUps who are able to be present at the April 4, 2018, PostalPitchTM session to submit.
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A blast SMS provider is a web-based platform that creates customized messages and it is sent to a huge group of people at the same time. It's quite often used in enterprises and is currently considered the most efficient way for enterprises to link with their clients, increase their customer reach, and raise brand awareness. One great and reliable sms blast service provider for Malaysian enterprises is One Way SMS.
Why It Has Become So Popular?
Quite recently, the use of blast service provider for Malaysian enterprises has doubled. The key reasons behind most enterprises and organizations shifting to the use of One Way SMS to better their marketing campaigns include:
- Higher potency: Blast SMS services are more potent and efficient than emails and other messaging options that require having an internet connected device. This is based on the fact that more than 98% of the Malaysian population has access to a cell phone that can receive SMS text messages.
- No downtime and overcrowding: SMS-based technology saves a great deal during crisis situations when there are data overcrowding. SMSs do not require the use of data for them to be delivered to the target audience which means even during downtimes, the messages will be received promptly.
- Do not have limitations: More advanced mass texting platforms require the installation of certain apps on the mobile devices of the target audience. This means you must invest real time to convince the target audience to install such applications. When it comes to the SMS technology, no app installations are required as the messages are sent directly to mobile devices of the end user.
Why It Is So Effective?
So many things have contributed to the undisputable efficiency of SMS marketing. Here are some of the aspects that have made SMS messaging one of the most effective marketing strategies:
- Real-time message delivery: When it comes to SMS marketing, there are no issues with delays. Based on studies, it is confirmed that only less than 10% percent of Americans don't have instant access to their mobile devices. The remaining 90% always have their cell phones close to them so there is no doubt that your SMS will be read and responded to.
- Higher Success: as per the study, it was confirmed that of all the SMS sent more than 94% are seen, opened, and read in less than 3 minutes after they are received. This means that there are better chances of your audience responding to the SMS within the least time possible.
- Uses best marketing channels: Everybody who uses a mobile phone knows how to open and read messages. This clearly means that SMS marketing utilizing the most common communication channel that every target audience understands how it works.
There is no doubt that SMS marketing is the most effective and reliable technology for enterprises and organizations. However, since not all SMS marketing platforms can be relied on, you need to be careful when making your choice. It would be better you settle for established and reputable web SMS platforms such as http://onewaysms.com.my/ which offer a whole lot of customized SMS services.


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Perhaps I shouldn't write about this. I suppose it could be construed as a bad habit because most of the time I think it is important to focus on one particular shot or species but sometimes, the opportunities come thick and fast and one has to either take them or leave them.
At those moments, it is important to have the right settings dialled into your camera or to have superhuman abilities to compensate for the differences between the opportunities.
One approach I have found helpful is to analyse the opportunities based on differences between settings.
Most of the time, when photographing birds from a single location, the changes are not environmental and most of the time the light over the scene remains the same. Instead, it is only the birds and behaviour that changes and that makes things a little easier for us because it limits the choices we need to make.
Usually, the choice is a pretty simple one and involves exposure.
The birds are either bright or dark against the background. It's binary thankfully! And that means that we just need to compensate for each alternative.
We can achieve exposure compensation in three ways. Either we dial in compensation and allow the camera to calculate the exposure or we manually change the settings on the fly. Finally, we might wish to create custom settings to flick between them depending on the opportunity in front of us.
For my part, I generally like to program in the custom settings. There is a good reason for this, and it relates to the recognition of the binary choice we have to make, pure and simple. If there were more choices and changes, I might prefer another approach.
It is enough to recognise the pattern that emerges when photographing birds: Most of the time we are located at a point and looking out over an arc. The sun is either rising or setting and more immediately, there may be clouds rolling by. In terms of changes to light that is basically it.
Nothing else in the environment is changing except the colour and tonality of the birds themselves - this makes things very straightforward thankfully!
In this kind of situation, I like to set the camera up in manual mode and include two custom settings. The settings are identical except that one is for white or bright birds and the other is for dark or dull birds.
The adjustment will most often be to shutter speed, on the condition that the environment is bright enough to support a fast enough shutter. If not, I will adjust aperture (wider/brighter) or, as a last resort, ISO.
It is simply a matter of saving the settings to two custom modes or if your camera only has one custom mode, then flick between manual and custom instead. It is handy, with Canon cameras at least, to have Custom mode registration set up on the personal menu too as it provides quicker access.
I often use this technique when faced with different possible sightings and it works well in an African context, where we encounter both birds and animals unexpectedly, most often when driving a vehicle.
It also works brilliantly to compensate for the different conditions on each side of a game vehicle, where one side will involve shots into the sun and the other away from it.
Finally, it is very useful if you like to shoot both stills and video, set up Video (generally you would wish to limit the shutter speed to 1/50 for PAL or 1/60th second for NTSC) for a slower shutter speed. Happily, this setting is also good for panning shots!


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omonteux needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 125 designs submitted by 49 freelance designers.
The Green Changers
The green changers will be a podcast where I interview incredible people trying to change the world to make it more eco-friendly (Entrepreneurs, Authors, Doctors, Nutritionists, Athletes, Meditation experts, etc.)
EDIT : It will be a podcast at first, but the goal is to create a great community around the brand with events and merchandising, so no Micro on the logo ;)
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Adjunct Faculty: Computer Media Technology-Game Development Program, Fall semester 2019
Job description
Category: Adjunct Faculty
Department: Computer Media Technology Department
Locations: Boston, MA
Posted: Feb 21, 2019
Type: Adjunct Faculty
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About Bunker Hill Community College:
Bunker Hill Community College is the largest community college in Massachusetts, serving more than 14,000 students each semester across all modes of instruction. Ranked among the 25 fastest growing public two-year colleges in the United States, BHCC is a multi-campus institution with vibrant, urban campuses in Boston, MA, in nearby Chelsea, MA, and at three satellite locations within the Greater Boston area. BHCC is part of the Massachusetts public higher education system, which includes 15 community colleges.
BHCC offers 103 certificate and degree programs that prepare students to enter four-year institutions or to enter the workforce prepared for better and more highly skilled jobs. Sixty-seven percent of students are people of color and more than fifty percent are women.
Bunker Hill Community College BHCC is nationally recognized as a Leader College by Achieving the Dream and is one of four colleges awarded the National Gates Foundation Achieving the Dream Catalyst grant.
BHCC is a progressive institution guided by five goals: to Foster Student Success, Strengthen Career, Transfer and Workforce Readiness, Advance Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and Develop the College's Infrastructure. The College is committed to a learning community teaching/learning environment and, as an Achieving the Dream institution, is focused on data-driven student success.
Living in Boston:
Boston prides itself on being one of the most livable cities in America with twenty-one diverse neighborhoods offering exceptional medical facilities, vibrant neighborhood business districts, museums, galleries and an extensive network of parks and outdoor recreational areas. Unemployment consistently tracks lower than the national average and job growth in 2014 and 2015 were ahead of projections. Eighty-plus colleges and a quarter of a million college students in the area make Boston one of the country's "youngest major metropolis," according to Boston magazine. Suburbs outside of Boston offer affordable housing options with easy access to public transportation.
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Adjunct Instructors Needed for Fall 2019 for Game Development Programs in Computer Media Technology Department
The Computer Media Technology program provides students in the design, development, and production skills necessary for entry into the Computer Gaming Industry and the Computer Simulation industry.
Graduates of this program will qualify for entry-level positions in the computer Gaming and Computer Simulation industries.
Game Development courses include:
CMT-101 Game Development Essentials
CMT-103 Management Game Development
CMT-119 The Human Character
CMT-121 Maya Foundations
CMT-123 Maya Character Modeling
CMT-129 Photoshop for Gaming
CMT-217 3D Modeling and Sculpting
CMT-223 Maya Character Animation
CMT-229 Creating 3D Special Effects
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Day and evening courses available.
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- Bachelor's degree with the equivalent of three years of relevant experience
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Karti Chidambaram yesterday refused to appear before the investigating agency for questioning in the case, which involves foreign investment clearance to the Aircel-Maxis deal in 2006, when his father was union finance Minister. He said a special court had discharged all the accused and ended proceedings, a claim strongly contradicted by the CBI, which asserts that the investigation is still on.
P Chidambaram today hit out at the CBI on social media, accusing it of "spreading misinformation".
In Aircel-Maxis, FIPB recommended and I approved minutes. CBI should question me and not harass Karti Chidambaram.— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) September 15, 2017
Sad CBI spreading misinformation. In Aircel-Maxis, FIPB officials have recorded statements before CBI that approval given was valid.— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) September 15, 2017
In 2006, Aircel was sold to Maxis, owned by Malaysian billionaire T Ananda Krishnan. According to the CBI's chargesheet, the Mauritius-based Global Communication Services Holdings, a subsidiary of Maxis, had requested approval for an investment of 800 million dollars in Aircel.
Though a cabinet panel led by the Prime Minister should have signed off on the deal, the CBI alleged, then finance minister P Chidambaram unilaterally cleared it.
P Chidambaram was examined in 2014 by the agency in connection with the case.
Earlier this year, Mr Chidambaram had said that the deal was sent for approval to him by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board or FIPB, which reports to the Finance Ministry. "FIPB consists of five Secretaries to the Government of India...who.... submitted the case to the Finance Minister and sought approval. As FM, I granted approval in the normal course of business,'' he said..
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Game Credits
|GreedFall (2019)
|(Lead Character Artist)
|The Technomancer (2016)
|(Lead Character Artist)
|Bound by Flame (2014)
|(Art Direction)
|I Am Alive (2012)
|(3D & Level Art (DW))
|Of Orcs and Men (2012)
|(Lead Artist)
|Faery: Legends of Avalon (2011)
|(Director of Graphics)
|Silverfall: Earth Awakening (2008)
|(Art Director)
|Fire Department: Episode 3 (2006)
|(Artist Designer)
|Silverfall (2006)
|(Artistic Director)
|7 Sins (2005)
|Emergency Fire Response (2003)
|Fame Academy (2003)
|Dino Island (2002)
|(Graphic designers)
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By Sarah Naron
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EAST TEXAS – If your New Year's resolutions included losing weight and getting in better shape, you're in luck! The annual Lighten Up East Texas weight-loss challenge is set to help East Texans reach their fitness goals and take a chance at fattening their wallets in the process.
The program, which is in its sixth year, officially kicked off Saturday, Jan. 6 with a registration event held at the Broadway Square Mall in Tyler.
"It's kind of a motivation, get-you-moving for the new year type of thing," explained Mandy Patrick, an agent with the Houston County Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service. "You're not really required to do any kind of set regimen or anything, although we will have a walking challenge where people can participate on teams just to walk and to get more physically active."
According to Patrick, participants are encouraged to visit their local weigh-in station to log their starting weight by Wednesday, Feb. 28.
"There's a weight out period at the end of April, and for every five percent of body weight lost, you're entered into a drawing for $5,000," Patrick said. "There's one $5,000 prize for a male and one for a female."
Every participant must be registered into Lighten Up East Texas at a designated LUET weighing location within one of these Texas counties: Smith, Gregg, Rusk, Cherokee, Anderson, Henderson, Rains, Van Zandt, Kaufman, Wood, Upshur, Camp, Morris, Titus, Franklin, Hopkins, Delta, Lamar, Red River, Bowie, Cass, Marion, Harrison, Panola, Shelby, Nacogdoches, Angelina, Sabine, San Augustine, Newton, Jasper, Tyler, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Houston, Fannin, Hunt, Kaufman, Navarro, Freestone, Leon, Madison and Walker counties.
Following the conclusion of the challenge, another event will be held at the Tyler mall to give participants a chance to celebrate their accomplishments, Patrick said.
"It's designed to be a slow and steady type process," explained Patrick. "That's why they reward the five percent loss."
According to Patrick, a weight loss of five percent amounts to roughly 10-12 pounds for most people.
"That's something that can be accomplished over a three-month period, and that's a nice, steady way to lose weight instead of a crash diet or a fad diet, where it's really extreme and restrictive," she said.
Patrick explained that the walking program held in affiliation with Lighten Up East Texas is a program started by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension office.
"That's usually over an eight-week period where folks on a team would chart their mileage they walk," she said. "The goal is over eight weeks, with eight people on a team, you could walk the entire 800 miles across Texas to El Paso."
For interested individuals in Houston County, the nearest location to register and weigh in is the AgriLife Extension office in Crockett, which Patrick estimated has been serving as a weigh-in location for the past three or four years.
"You do have to let myself or my secretary see you weigh, but we would be the only ones," Patrick said, adding that all weights recorded will be kept confidential.
Between the official weigh in and weigh out dates, participants will have the opportunity to return to the office to check their progress as they desire.
"(Scales) do vary all over town – the one at the doctor's office is different from the one at home, and this one is different, I'm sure, from the doctor's office," Patrick pointed out. "But as long as you weigh on the same scale consistently, any loss you see will be consistent."
For more information, contact Patrick at 936-544-7502 or visit www.luet.org. The Houston County Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office is located at 716 Well St. in Crockett.
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How did you decide to create Ryan's Ride?
John: As a Peninsula Velo member, I was a Cat 3 racer and enjoyed many local races and one of my favorite races was the Burlingame Criterium. Ryan and his twin brother Matthew were our "miracle babies" born after I got diagnosed and survived cancer. We took the twins to the 2003 Burlingame Criterium. We vividly remember how enthralled the boys were as the racers whizzed by with breath-taking speed. Ryan always said, 'More bikes, more bikes." Tragically shortly three weeks later, he died of Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC, the sudden and unexpected death of a child over the age of twelve months, similar to SIDS) in July 2003 at age 2.5 years old. I still remember vividly what he said to this day. Ryan's Ride is the product of our labor of love to memorialize Ryan. He was a gift who we'll never forget, the great thing now is we're able to celebrate his life and it's a very powerful thing.
Michele: Everyday our love for Ryan is always present in our hearts and from this ride we are able to honor him with the smiles and joys of the 500+ children riding and being champions. We are blessed with loving memories of Ryan and through the community's support of Ryan's Ride, his legacy lives on providing wonderful memories for families and their kids with the simple joys we all have of riding a bike. Ryan gets to see more bikes, we're sure he's smiling at all the bikes.
What makes Ryan's Ride so special?
Matthew: I want my brother's short life to mean something and the memory of him to live on. That's what Ryan's Ride is all about. Through this event every year, Ryan and I have had the chance to affect hundreds of other lives in a positive way. Simple interactions with so many young riders really shine a light on why we have been doing this ride for so long: not only to celebrate my brother's life and raise money for the fight against cancer, but inspire and put smiles on the faces of hundreds if not thousands of kids.
Michele: During the earlier years, many of the riders were our friends who participated to support us. As the years go, the families see Ryan's Ride as an opportunity for their children to participate at an athletic fundraiser event designed specifically for kids. Many former Ryan's Ride participants are now old enough to volunteer at the ride and continue to see the joy of the young riders and to learn to give back to the community. Matthew, Ryan's twin brother now a high school junior has ramped up his planning on the upcoming ride, also. Monies raised from the ride have reached $800,000, which continues to support cancer programs. We hope some day we can reach the $1 million milestone.
John: Almost fifteen years later, our lives are brightened knowing that families are embracing special moments together as we witness on their faces what we ourselves felt watching Matthew (Ryan's twin brother) as a little boy on a Sunday each June for so many years: enchantment, wonder and delight as their young riders pedal fiercely around the course. We realize that enjoying what we think are the little things in life, one day we'll look back and realize they were the big things.
Ryan's Ride is now the largest kids' bicycle race in the California or perhaps the country. How do you think it caught on?
John: Ryan's Ride has just become a community athletic fundraising event specifically for children. Only children 12 & under can participate in Ryan's Ride. Each rider checks in at the registration booth to pick up the racing bib and goody bag. They ride on the course to thunderous applause and at the end of the ride, they all feel like champions after receiving a medal and a popsicle. The fun continues on at the fun zone where they can win prizes at the various carnival games. There is a magic there, which comes through from the shared experiences of the child rider with their families and friends being their cheerleaders. The child truly feels like a champion. What a great a feeling that is.
How does it feel every year to see everyone working together on the day of the event and what does it mean for you?
Michele: Ryan's Ride is simply not possible without the support of Pen Velo and their members who become our dedicated volunteers (and we have 200 of them – pre event and at the ride) who lead the charge with us every year. Love fills the air throughout the day. We are so proud to become part of the Pen Velo family and to be part of the Burlingame Criterium in all the previous years. When I see so many volunteers coming together to offer their help at Ryan's Ride, I see human kindness and gratitude being offered throughout the day and for that our family is deeply grateful.
How did you decide to have Ryan's Ride without the Criterium this year?
Michele: Pen Velo has been a big supporter of the community and also a long time champion of the spirit behind what Ryan's Ride creates. There have been inquiries from kids who have ridden in the past, their families, PV members and the community asking if we were going to have Ryan's Ride this year. Knowing we were not going to have the Burlingame Criterium due to the constructions, we have to rely on the wonderful PV team to look into if we could come together and have a kids' only event. The answer was an overwhelming yes. I don't think we can make the ride happen without the help of our friends and the community at Pen Velo. To continue the tradition PV has made a commitment to support this event with the needed volunteers and contributing to the cost for operational support needed. We look forward to the PV members support through volunteering and bringing their children to ride in the 2018 Ryan's Ride. We hope the transition to a stand-alone event for the 2018 Ryan's Ride be a success through the wonderful support from the Peninsula Velo team off and on the bike.


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Our spotlight on new sires for 2018 shifts this week to a stallion whose promising, undefeated racing career was cut far too short by injury.
With four victories from four starts, including three graded stakes wins along the Road to the Kentucky Derby, it could be argued Mastery would've been the favorite on the first Saturday in May last year. Instead, a condylar fracture forced him to be retired last summer as a unbeaten Grade 1 winner.
The 3-year-old son of Candy Ride collected victories in the G1 Los Alamitos Cash Call Futurity and G3 Bob Hope Stakes as a juvenile and the G2 San Felipe as a sophomore.
Bred in Kentucky by Stone Farm, Mastery was a $425,000 purchase at the 2015 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
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I found that rinsing with lots of water wasn't needed – I used a hot, damp flannel to wipe off which felt like it left the oils in tact on my skin – I'm not sure that my skin felt deep cleansed exactly, but it looked brighter and felt like someone had replaced my cheeks with velvet. I LOVE this stuff!
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FIU football coach Butch Davis huddled the team together in a meeting room on Wednesday. He had an announcement to make.
On a video Davis posted to Twitter, he singles out wide receiver C.J. Worton, the former South Dade standout and Florida Gators transfer who made a lasting impact during the spring.
As the conversation goes, Davis asks Worton if he has a job away from the football field.
"Yes sir," Worton replies. "Construction."
And then, Davis gives him the news.
"I'm going to give you 24 hours to quit that job," Davis said, "because we're gonna put you on scholarship."
The rest of his teammates join in a round of applause.
"It was awesome to award C.J. Worton with a scholarship today," Davis wrote in the tweet accompanying the video. "He worked extraordinarily hard last year and earned every bit of it! We are very happy to be able to reward him for his hard work! #PawsUp"
Worton was a three-star recruit coming out of high school and the No. 57-ranked receiver in the Class of 2014, according to the 247Sports Composite ranking. He committed to the Gators over Florida State, Miami and West Virginia, among others.
But his time in Gainesville was relatively quiet. Between the Gators' depth at receiver and injury woes, Worton played in 13 games during his three seasons at UF. He finished his Gators career with 10 catches, 126 yards and two touchdowns — both of which came as a sophomore in 2015.
The biggest play of his collegiate career thus far came in the 2015 SEC Championship Game, where he caught a 46-yard touchdown pass from Treon Harris in the end zone between a pair of Crimson Tide defenders.
He announced his intention to transfer following the 2016 season, a year in which he played in just five games and caught four passes for 45 yards.
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The latest figures for the gender gap in financial services are really bad. Some of the numbers actually got worse. And even where there is an improvement there is still a mountain to climb.
Yet this is not a reason to be discouraged. On the contrary, for some campaigners the fact that they are so bad is good. Many of those who have been working for better representation of women in the City say they have never been more optimistic. Why? Because after years of effort the results have been so obviously disappointing.
Forcing employers to publish figures has brought the extent of the problem into stark relief. And it has led to wide agreement that real progress will require a very different approach. Over the last couple of years there has been a sea change in attitude across the industry. The issue has been forced near the top of companies' agendas, persuading many to consider actions that previously would have been viewed as much too radical.
The change has been driven by a realisation that unless they tackle the problem their businesses will suffer, one way or another.
In an ideal world companies would be taking action simply because it is the right thing do. It is clearly wrong that women are so under-represented at the top of the financial services industry, whether or not it is bad for business.
But it certainly helps that there is growing evidence showing companies with a more equal gender balance perform better. Whether or not companies believe the evidence scarcely matters. Because the regulators do.
Last year, top officials at the Financial Conduct Authority, the UK regulator, hammered home the message that diversity improves decision-making and reduces risk. They made it clear that companies should expect supervisors to put pressure on them to improve their gender balance.
READ Gender pay gaps worsen at City's biggest firms
In a speech last year, Megan Butler, the FCA's director of supervision, said she was feeling more optimistic about the likely speed of change, partly because of the harsh light on the problem shone by the gender pay gap figures.
For regulators, she said the key issue was not the evidence that women and gender-balanced teams are more effective (though that is welcome); it is that greater diversity is associated with lower conduct risk. Butler quoted a report by MSCI, the index provider, which found that companies with low board gender diversity suffered 24% more governance-related issues than their peers.
In addition to the shaming gender pay gap figures, the other factor that has cheered campaigners is the momentum building behind the government's Women in Finance Charter. Set up in 2016, this commits signatories to set targets for improving diversity within a year and link these to pay.
While many companies signed up quickly there was foot-dragging by some key US banks, notably JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, which have been very resistant to joining UK-focused initiatives like the Charter and the Banking Standards Board.
But both signed up to the Charter last year, and this round of managers' bonuses at JPMorgan will include an element linked to diversity targets.
The change of heart at Goldman may well reflect the priorities of David Solomon, the new chief executive, who is more focused on the issue than his predecessor Lloyd Blankfein, insiders say. Solomon backed the promotion of Beth Hammack to become Goldman's treasurer over the objections of Blankfein, and Solomon is said to be more comfortable with the idea of targets based on the number of senior women.
As the FCA's Butler acknowledges, targets are not universally popular, least of all with women. Women don't want to feel they might be in a job just to meet a target. Indeed, Butler admits that for many years she shared those concerns. But most companies now acknowledge the problem has proved so intractable that targets are a necessary evil.
Some senior City figures go further and suggest that unless things improve fast they may have to contemplate the even more controversial step of quotas. Andreas Utermann, chief executive of Allianz Global Investors, the asset management behemoth, said recently that the firm was struggling to meet its targets for the promotion of women and was considering introducing quotas for its senior ranks. That frustration was echoed by a senior government official who told a City dinner before Christmas that after years of opposing quotas they too were reluctantly coming round to the idea.
Let's hope it doesn't come to that. In the face of the awful gender gap figures there appears to be real determination in the City to get a grip on the problem. If the industry proves serious about linking targets to pay that should probably do the trick. It is a shame that everything seems to come down to financial incentives. But if that is what it takes, what the heck.
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As we informed you before, employees who were born on or before 1st January 1994, and pay 15.000,00 TRY will complete their military service in 21 days of basic military training.
Law No. 7146 that contains the provisions for paid military service exemption is issued in Official Journal; and uncertainties have arisen regarding termination and severance pay of employees benefiting from the provisions of the Law.
- 1-Question: Can employees request severance pay due to resignation for paid military service?
- 1-Answer: No! In normal conditions, according to article 14 of the Former Labor Law No. 1475 (still in effect), an employee who joins to army due to compulsory military service may end his employment contract and require severance pay. However, it is clearly stated in the above said law that employees benefiting from paid military service exemption will be granted unpaid leave during the service, and cannot require severance payment.
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My Games #18: Tactical Jungle
After the most amazing round of LonDRAW Chess Classic (Rd.7) I wanted to play some crazy games. MVL's tactical domination over Anand, Aronian's hyperactive pieces against Topalov's king and Carlsen's stunning endgame play against Nakamura made me play this ridiculus game!
I sacrificed a bishop, all remaining pieces are on the board and both kings are exposed. Ok, we missed a lot of brilliancies but that was the most fun game for weeks. Since I wanted to be sure that the variations are correct, I got the help of Stockfish 6. Because I couldn't handle that madness on my own.
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Our standard installation includes an 14ft black pole, on which we mount your camera and solar panel. The key factors when making this decision are, in order of priority:
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CASAS D'ARRAMADA, Rural Tourism in Ribeira Funda, Faial island Azores (located 15 km from the airport and 20 km from Horta City) facing west surrounded by Caldeira and Capelinhas Volcano. It has a Great view over the sea and it offers a good opportunity to explore nature.
It is a reconstruction of six old Rural Houses of the last century in a rural property with 10.000 m2.
Additional information
Architecture merged the modern with tradition in order to have simultaneously a rustic, modern and welcoming environment. In it's decoration there is traditional equipment that belonged to the old owners that lived from farming.
The covered pool and games room are in the highest point of the property with a magnificent view over the sea. It's a nice place that allows you to swim wonderfully.
Cancelation policies
If you cancel after 00:00:00 local time, 30 day(s) prior to arrival date, the forfeiture amount will be 30% from the total stay.
30 days before the check-in free cancellation.
Less 30 days of check-in clients must pay 30% of the total booking.
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Dean of the College
New Faculty Q & A with Sharon Torigoe
August 22, 2017
Biology-Psychology Hall
Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
B.A., Scripps College
Research and Teaching Interests:
Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Gene Expression Regulation
What most excites you about joining the L&C community?
All the things! After graduating from college, my goal has been to return to a small, liberal arts college as a professor. I have missed the energy of a small, supportive community that is committed to the education and growth of their students and faculty. I am especially looking forward to getting to know and work with the students here at L&C. Undergraduate students bring such liveliness and creativity when they are given opportunities to truly engage in scientific research.
Describe the current trajectory of your scholarly research.
In a single human individual, there are thousands, perhaps even millions, of different types of cells, which contribute to the vast variety of functions that must be performed in the body. However, each of these cells is genetically identical, having arisen from one single cell. As I once asked years ago, "If every cell in a person has the same genetic information, then how do we get all these different body parts?" The simple answer is regulation of gene expression, but there are many ways to do so. I am particularly interested in how gene regulation is encoded into the genome itself. Specifically, what are the genomic sequences that contribute to cell-type specific transcription, and how are these sequences "read" by proteins? I am currently focused on teasing apart the regulation of several key genes in mouse embryonic stem cells.
What kind of hobbies or special activities do you enjoy outside of work?
According to my friends, I am always finding ways to bring science into every aspect of my life. I am a fan of science fiction and comic books – science in my reading and entertainment. I love to cook and bake (especially dessert!) – science with delicious results. I also knit and crochet – it's more mathematical than you might think!
What were your childhood goals/aspirations?
I always thought I would be a doctor, like my parents (and despite the fact that I was always volunteering to teach). I guess I still became a doctor, just not of medicine.
What are you listening to in your car right now?
I'm still figuring out the radio stations in Portland, but music has always been a part of my life, so I listen to a wide range of genres, but mainly classical, rock and pop.
What was your favorite childhood story?
This is a hard one, since I can think of many favorite stories I loved as a child. If I'm pressed to pick just one, it might be "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie."


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Let Cintra keep I-77, and other things unsaid
It is time once again, loyal readers, to identify the 20 things you never hear said in Charlotte.
▪ I just can't decide. They all seem so presidential.
▪ Surely this bankruptcy thing will make the state come to its senses on the I-77 toll deal.
▪ I've never seen a colder February.
▪ What Matthews needs is another strip mall.
▪ Charlotte Agenda sure was tough on that restaurant.
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Language support
How does it work?
Good English reading and writing skills are essential for your success at GCU as well as your life as a professional afterwards. Improving your English language skills while you are studying here will not only help you get better results, but will also boost your employability skills.
CEBE is committed to providing individualised support and here is how it works:
This model allows you to
- identify your specific strength and weaknesses
- address these specific areas
- fit language learning around other commitments
- incorporate language learning into your studies
- ask specific questions that arise while you are working on your English.
Compared to regular classes, our model relies more on your motivation and the willingness to study materials on your own. This is why self-study can be harder at times.
The School of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment offers individually tailored language support to students who read and write English as a second language. If you are interested in how it works and how you can access this support, please follow this link to the GCU Learn based resource.
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Hard-luck Indians lose sixth straight game
Sun., Aug. 24, 2014
HILLSBORO, Ore. – The Spokane Indians keep playing close games against the Hillsboro Hops – and keep losing.
Pedro Ruiz doubled with two outs in the 11th inning and scored on Zach Esquerra's single as the Hops topped Spokane 5-4 Saturday to take a 4-0 lead in the Northwest League series at Ron Tonkin Field.
The series has featured three one-run games and two that went into extra innings. The Hops have outscored Spokane 15-10 in the low-scoring series to extend their winning streak to eight.
Spokane has dropped a season-high six consecutive games and nine of its last 11. The Indians are 1-8 against the Hops in a regular-season series that wraps up at 1:35 p.m. today.
The Hops took a 4-3 lead in the eighth on Stryker Trahan's sacrifice fly to center field. The Indians responded in the ninth when Isiah Kiner-Falefa led off with a single, moved to third on Juremi Profar's single and scored on Chuck Moorman's ground out to third.
Losing pitcher Luis Pollorena (1-2) escaped trouble in the 10th with runners on the corners and nobody out. Steve Nyisztor lined into a double play and Trahan flew out to end the threat.
The Indians went 1-2-3 in the 10th and 11th against Rob Wort (2-0).
Spokane, which won the North Division first-half title with a record of 25-13, is 10-19 in the second half with nine games left in the regular season. The Indians will open the postseason Sept. 2 on the road against Tri-City, Vancouver or Everett.
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) held a hearing on the Obama administration's "willful blindness" to radical Islamic terrorism in the U.S., and while two key witnesses refused to show up, there was still a lot to be learned.
Cruz, as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts, called the hearing—titled Willful Blindness: Consequences of Agency Efforts to Deemphasize Radical Islam in Combating Terrorism—in response to the U.S. government's reaction to the Orlando nightclub shootings two weeks ago. It was intended to investigate the deadly consequences for the safety and security of the American people under current Obama administration policies.
"This year alone, the Obama administration has twice purged mentions of 'ISIS' and 'Islamic terrorism' from highly significant public records—one involving French President Hollande's remarks about the Paris terror attacks and the other involving the terrorist's 911 call during the horrific Orlando attack," Cruz said during his opening remarks. "The Administration was forced to abruptly reverse course when the public outcry became too great.
"We cannot combat and defeat radical Islamic terrorism without acknowledging it exists and directing our resources to stopping it. And an Orwellian doublethink that seeks to excerpt any reference to it, as the Administration did to the President of France, or erase pledges of allegiance to ISIS, as the Administration did with the Orlando terrorist, is counterproductive to keeping this country safe."
The hearing was briefly interrupted by three women wearing pink T-shirts claiming the hearing was the byproduct of "islamophobia" among Republicans. But Cruz also noted two key witnesses—John Carlin, an Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice's National Security Division, and Michael Steinbach, the Executive Assistant Director for the FBI's National Security Branch—had refused to appear before the subcommittee.
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Sharee Cantrell
Director of PreK & Early Childhood
Welcome to the PreK & Early Childhood department. Our commitment has always been to provide the strongest start possible for each of our students. We are very proud of our programs where children learn through enriched curriculum and projects focusing on authentic problem solving.
Spring Branch ISD leads the nation in its support of early learning and its commitment to good first teaching. To create self-motivated, life long learners, early childhood programs, Spring Branch ISD provides a developmentally appropriate, integrated curriculum that enhances the social/emotional, intellectual, aesthetic, and physical development of each child while nurturing autonomy, self-esteem, and success.
Leslie Marquez
Multi-Classroom Leader for Prekindergarten
This is my 31st year of teaching and I love what I do more than I did when I first began teaching.
I was born and raised in Houston. I have always known that I wanted to be a teacher so it was a natural decision for me to pursue a career in education. I attended Ole Miss for my first two years of college (GO REBELS!) before graduating from HBU with a BS in Education, specializing in Elementary Education and Early Childhood. In addition, I have a Masters of Education in Language Arts from the University of St. Thomas. Currently, I am enrolled to begin a cohort between SBISD and Texas Tech to earn a Graduate Certification in Personalized Learning.
Spring Branch has afforded me so many incredible opportunities, and I feel honored to be a part of this team. Some of these opportunities I have been afforded include child care, Opportunity of Culture, Presenter's Academy and the District Improvement Team. When I am not working, I am spending time with my large Houston family, volunteering at my children's schools, and watching the Houston Astros!
My motto has always been, "Love What You Do" and I certainly do!
Sharon Mahabir
Prekindergarten Coach
I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with teachers and students as a Spring Branch ISD Prekindergarten Coach. This is my 13th year in education, having previously taught Kindergarten, Second grade, and most recently, Prekindergarten at the Lion Lane School. I am a proud graduate from the University of Houston and received my Master's degree in Educational Technology from The University of Texas. My evenings are often spent volunteering or spending time with my two handsome grandsons. I am so excited to be collaborating with the wonderful and dedicated PreK teachers of SBISD, and I am looking forward to seeing the positive impact our collaboration will have on our students.
Susan Coscio
Prekindergarten Coach - Bilingual
For the last 17 years, I have been a Prekindergarten Teacher and an Inclusion Specialist at the Lion Lane School in Spring Branch ISD, where students are encouraged to be self-motivated lifelong learners. I am a proud graduate of St. Thomas University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education and a Master's Degree in Bilingual Education. My favorite pastime is spending time with my 16-year-old son. I am excited to be a Prekindergarten Coach, and I look forward to a great year collaborating with teachers to implement effective practices through personalized instruction.
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Prekindergarten Coach
I am SO excited to be a part of the Early Childhood Prekindergarten Team here in Spring Branch I.S.D. Most importantly, I am THRILLED to be a Prekindergarten Coach for the amazing teachers in Spring Branch. Throughout my 21 years in education, I have focused on Early Childhood and Special Education. Currently, I am working on obtaining a Master's degree in Special Education from The University of Texas. When away from work, my husband and 16-year-old son ensure that life is never boring. I am looking forward to sharing and learning from the dedicated teachers here in Spring Branch so that together we can provide an education that all students deserve.
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Early Childhood Administrative Assistant
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The event took place at Mount Lehman Barn, which is also where I had photographed part of Kevin and Julie's wedding and it was decorated to the theme of the 1920s classic Great Gatsby. As part of my own preparation, I watched scenes from the newer version of the movie "The Great Gatsby" featuring Leonardo Dicaprio as Mr. Gatsby and was instantly inspired. Seeing everyone dress up and the entire venue decorated "to the nines" really created an amazing atmosphere that I felt had captured the essence of what I would think would be the 1920s… but we did have some smartphones so….
As part of going with the vintage vibe, I rented a 1960s Polaroid camera and shot some expired Fuji 3000B Instant black and white film so people would have photos for their home (the result was an instant professional black and white photograph). The camera was a beast to carry around and setup but the photographs that resulted were beautiful.
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
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Cris and Ann Plata, with and without their band, Extra Hot, have become staples of Madison's music scene. Ann Plata produced Cris's latest album "Migration Road," a potpourri of musical styles charting Cris's lifelong journey from Poteet, Texas to Columbus, Wisconsin. Cris and Ann join 8 O'Clock Buzz host Brian Standing, in the studio.
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U.S. moving ahead with plans to train Palestinian security forces
RAMALLAH, West Bank—The United States is planning to spend millions of dollars to train Palestinian security forces as part of a renewed effort to strengthen Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
American, Palestinian and Israeli officials said Monday that they're fine-tuning a proposal that would send thousands of Palestinian forces loyal to Abbas to neighboring Jordan and Egypt for advanced training.
The initiative is intended to provide Abbas with critical support in his political and military confrontation with the well-armed Hamas hard-liners who've controlled the Palestinian Authority since elections early last year.
The militant Islamist Hamas and Abbas' Fatah faction have fought in the Gaza Strip in recent weeks.
But there's disagreement over whether to provide Abbas' forces with arms. Critics have charged that military aid could end up fueling, not containing, the street fighting, which has claimed more than 100 Palestinian lives in the last two months.
A senior Bush administration official said late last week that the $86 million in security assistance for the Palestinians that the White House is requesting from Congress would be confined to non-lethal items, such as training.
But Brig. Gen. Majed Faraj, the head of military intelligence for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, said, "If they want to train the forces but not equip them, then there's no point in training them."
Details of the attempt to strengthen Abbas emerged as the Palestinian Authority president prepared to meet with Hamas leaders this week in the Islamic holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The talks may be the best chance to negotiate a coalition government that's capable of ending the street warfare and the international isolation that's crippled the Hamas-led Palestinian government.
While both sides are expressing optimism about eventual agreement on a unity government, there's already deep skepticism about the chances of a new deal ending the battles.
For two months, Fatah and Hamas have been engaged in an on-again, off-again war of attrition based largely in the Gaza Strip. Along with daylong gun battles, the two sides have kidnapped and executed rivals, set up roadblocks to search for adversaries and even attacked top Palestinian leaders' homes.
Israel and the United States are increasingly concerned about Iranian support for Hamas. Iran has pledged $250 million to help the Hamas-led government weather nearly a year of international isolation that was imposed because it refuses to renounce its goal of destroying Israel. Only a fraction of that money is believed to have arrived so far.
Israel and Fatah officials also claim, without proof so far, that Iran is supplying Hamas with advanced training and weaponry in the Gaza Strip.
Those fears underlie the evolving plans to help Abbas train and equip his forces. This month, the White House asked Congress to release $86 million for Abbas; Israel already has freed $100 million of frozen Palestinian tax money.
Early last week, the State Department told Congress how it intends to distribute the $86 million. Much of it would go toward uniforms and communications supplies. The training and equipping would be done by U.S. government contractors. If Congress doesn't object by mid-February, the plan will proceed, requiring only a final go-ahead from Israel. Israeli officials said that won't be a problem.
Officials and diplomats in Washington said $35.5 million would be used to equip 8,500 members of the Palestinian National Security Force; $15.5 million to train an initial unit of about 670 personnel to handle civil disturbances; $26 million to shore up Abbas' presidential guard; and $10 million to improve security at the Karni crossing between Israel and Gaza.
Pending final approval by the United States and Israel, Abbas could send thousands of troops to training centers in Jordan and Egypt, said Faraj, the Palestinian military intelligence chief. The current proposal would send four groups of 1,400 Palestinian security members for two months of training.
In Jordan, the troops are expected to go to a state-of-the-art training center near Amman that's used to train thousands of Iraqi police.
The facility would be used to train counterterrorism units; other troops would be sent to Egypt to learn how to handle urban warfare, said Brig. Gen. Sabri Tumezi, who handles international relations for Palestinian Preventative Security services, an intelligence and counterterrorism agency, in the West Bank.
Like Faraj, Tumezi said that the training would be largely useless unless Israel and the United States allow the Palestinian trainees to receive arms.
The two leaders said the issue could be resolved easily if the Israeli military returned large caches of weapons that it confiscated from the Palestinian Authority during the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising.
"We don't want anything we didn't already have," Tumezi said. "We just want what was already ours."
Israeli and American officials declined to comment on the record. But the Israeli government has long argued that the West Bank and Gaza Strip are saturated with weapons and that the problem is that most of them are in the hands of unaccountable militant groups.
(Nissenbaum reported from Ramallah, Strobel from Washington.)
(c) 2007, McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.
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