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Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement across 450+ cities where developers, designers, marketers, product managers, and startup enthusiasts come together to pitch ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups - all in just one weekend.
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Pitches will be women-only and mentors and judges will be female-heavy. But that doesn't mean men aren't welcome to participate too! We know the best teams have diverse and balanced perspectives, so men are encouraged to join teams as well.
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Mary is Director of Global Entrepreneurship Outreach where she leads Google for Entrepreneurs, the company's programs and partnerships to support startups and entrepreneurs in over 100 countries around the world. Mary joined Google in 2004 and spent 6 years focused on a range of early stage product incubation and partnerships. She has led dozens of strategic technology partnerships across products including Gmail, Google Docs, Search, Chrome and Social.
Kimberly is the Founder and Executive Director of Black Girls CODE, an organization focused on introducing girls of color to technology and computer programming with a concentration on entrepreneurial concepts. Kimberly has enjoyed a very successful career as a Biotechnology Engineer for various Fortune 100 companies such as Genentech, Merck, and Pfizer. In 2012, she was awarded the prestigious Jefferson Award for Community Service for her work to support communities in the Bay Area and was selected by Business Insider in 2013 on its list of The 25 Most Influential African-Americans in Technology.
After a successful career in investment banking with Goldman Sachs, Jennifer has spent the past decade in education, public policy and philanthropy. She is a founding Trustee of Absolute Return for Kids (ARK), one of the largest children's charities in the UK, Partner at Ed-Mentor, and prior to moving to California she was a senior policy adviser to then British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, as well as Chief Executive of the policy think tank Centreforum.
Colleen is based in San Francisco where she is a reporter for TechCrunch and TechCrunch TV. Previously she worked as a reporter for GigaOM, the Financial Times' Mergermarket newswire, and the semiconductor industry newsletter Electronic News. She graduated from Columbia University in New York City.
John Poisson is a designer and four-time entrepreneur with 20 years experience as a leader in film, consumer electronics, social media and retail. He is Founder & CEO of Wantful, a leading online specialty retailer focused on gift giving. John previously founded Tiny Pictures, acquired by Shutterfly, led mobile media design at Sony in Tokyo, and founded two of Canada's largest visual effects studios. He studied cinematography at Boston University, where he later served as Adjunct Professor.
Gwen brings over 30 years of experience building products, services, and profitable business units in high technology sectors. From Stanford Research Institute to Fortune 50 executive (SBC, Nortel Networks, Bell Canada, to Venture Capital backed technology start up CEO and advisor, she unites the knowledge of successful brands, experience with scale, and the skills of managing innovation. Since 2001, Gwen has been working in advisory capacities with angel and venture backed companies.
Sharon is a former finance and operations executive with significant expertise in consumer retail, gaming and healthcare. Her resume includes senior leadership roles with KFC, Gap, and EA in both the US and Europe, and most recently she was President of One Medical Group, an innovative technology enabled primary care delivery model. An active angel investor, Sharon created Avik Ventures to provide both capital and expertise to early stage companies. Sharon holds a B.A. in Economics from Smith College and an MBA in Finance from Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
Radhika is a researcher at Facebook with a diverse background in designing products, services and environments. Prior to Facebook, she was a Strategist at Hot Studio, an experience design company where she worked on social innovation and healthcare projects. She has experience working with large companies (Nokia, Microsoft, Intel, Boeing) as well as social ventures. She loves solving complex problems and facilitating workshops in human-centered design.
Monique recently left Microsoft and is currently Founder and CEO of 3PM Revolution, a mobile innovation lab. She has led many tech teams in early stage startups, is a digital media technology expert, co-founded Startup Monthly and designed the first Idea Accelerator program to provide a repeatable structure for young entrepreneurs to turn their ideas into viable startups.
Amy has over 15 years of consulting experience and has served a spectrum of clients raging from start-ups, non-profits, small business and Fortune 500s. She has helped entrepreneurs build strong leadership teams, coached leaders at all levels, helped start a charter school and scaled a local business with her husband. She is committed to helping organizations design themselves to be in greater harmony with the communities where they do business. Amy is the mother of two young girls and commits a significant amount of her time to community based efforts.
Christina is a finance, HR, and operations professional currently working as a hands-on advisor and thought partner to early and mid-stage companies solving the business and people challenges that come with rapid growth. She has 18 years of business leadership experience in the entertainment industry with a focus on mobile, online and console video games in both startup and global companies. Prior to her role as VP of Finance and Operations at ngmoco:), Christina spent 10 years at Electronic Arts (EA). Christina is on the Finance Committee for Samasource, an innovative social business that connects women and youth living in poverty to dignified work via the Internet.
Maria has pursued a vision of intelligent, elegant, people-centered design throughout her professional life and she has been at the forefront of the intersection of design and business for over 20 years.
Under Maria's leadership, Hot Studio, the experience design firm she founded in 1997, grew into a full-service creative agency, named to Inc. Magazine's Top 5,000 fastest-growing businesses every year since 2008, and in 2011 was inducted into the San Francisco Business Times' Hall of Fame. Hot Studio was acquired by Facebook in 2013, where Maria now works as the Director of Product Design. In 2012, Maria was named an AIGA Fellow in recognition of her impact in raising the standards of excellence and conduct within the design community.
James is a partner at the management consulting firm Schaffer&Combs. A serial entrepreneur, James has built a multi-million dollar business and has served as a senior executive, board member, and consultant for innovative organizations (including KIPP, BizWorld, and Junior Statesmen foundations) over the last two decades since beginning his career at McKinsey & Company. A graduate of Princeton University, James is also a cofounder of Knowmia, an award-winning Y Combinator ed tech company.
Felicia is currently VP of User Experience and Employee #1 at FundersClub. She founded and runs the FundersClub Panel, which is a group of 100 angel investors that help FundersClub vet companies. Felicia previously was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, where she worked for energy and technology clients in the US, Asia and Europe. Felicia also brings finance experience from her work in private equity and microfinance.
Tina leads implementation and account management for some of Box's largest and most strategic accounts. She is a forward thinker dedicated to delivering optimum resources to enterprise clients across varied verticals as well as ensuring adoption and expansion among Box's user base. Prior to Box, Tina worked for News Corporation where she established relationships with retailers, brokers, and key decision makers at lead CPG accounts, employing a consultative sales approach that resulted in maximizing business opportunities.
Meaghan is the founder and CEO of RocksBox, a jewelry rental subscription service, which she started out of her garage with a WordPress site and her personal jewelry collection. Before starting RocksBox, Meg was a consultant with McKinsey & Co and Bain & Co where she led marketing and product innovation strategy for global consumer companies. Meg holds an MBA from Wharton Business School.
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"Companies that I've spoken with say, right now, rules are so strict they're told you cannot hire this person because they're illegal," explained Michelle Griffin Young, Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce. "However, they can't find someone to do those jobs."
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Why Technology talks receive fewer standing ovations
I was introvertly celebrating watching over 200 TED talks last night on TED.com and I was visiting my profile to take a look at my 3.5 years of knowing TED and one fact just pop out: "Tech guys receive fewer standing ovation."
I'm not talking about using technology as a platform for ideas (like Khan Academy). I'm talking about inventions and breakthroughs. The speaker -at best- gets a lousy 4 seconds clap in a conference where the T initial stands for Technology and were you can see tech elites like Bill Gates and Sergey Brin among the guests.
I don't have a research to support my allegation, just a mere observation. But I wanted to know why fewer people appreciate TED techies when they turn sci-fi into live demos on stage!
So there're basically two things to discuss here:
1) Are the tech speakers doing it wrong? Do they fail to make their inventions engaging? do tech inventions need special presentation skills?
2) Or are we becoming less inspired by what tech. provides, taking it for granted?
What's your thought on this?
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Nadav Tropp 30+Jan 8 2014: Its due to the fact that the vast majority of the population knows very little of, and doesn't understand technology (at least on a more technical level, most of them know it on a user level just fine). On the other hand, most people know humanities just fine, because they're easier to grasp, and often more interesting for most people.
Therefore, most people identify less with the more technologically oriented talks, in the same way they identify less with the people making the technology.
Jan 8 2014: Well said Nadav, and I agree.
Being a right brain dominant person, technology often goes over my head.....so to speak:>)
I appreciate it, am in awe of technologies and the creators of technology. While it is all interesting to me, I probably would not be moved to give a talk about technology a standing ovation because I do not always understand it:>)
Jan 9 2014: Nadav! excellent point.
Do you think humanities are more represented in education than technology?
I mean, shouldn't it be a little more important that children grow up knowing that technology is magical but also takes lots of effort? To give them the ability to sense the beauty of technology when it's presented in front of them?
Jan 9 2014: Most people simply don't have the mathematical nor the technical sense for the more scientifically oriented disciplines. How much this results from environment or genetics is hard to say, but one way or the other, we end up in a situation where only a small fraction of the populace knows the first thing about the technical aspect of technology, despite almost everyone being familiar with it on a user lever--somewhat absurd, really.
Given that technology affects practically every aspect of our lives, and its improvement usually leads to an improvement in quality of living, getting more people involved in it to accelerate its development and use could do wonders.
Educational systems typically being in the clutches of humanists doesn't help. Most of the more technically minded people prefer to work as things like engineers or programmers, whose pay is much, much higher then a teacher's. Amusingly, the lack of practical application of most humanities means that their role in education in increased.
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Plight of world's poor, some living near the G20 venue, not on agenda for global economic leaders
Mexico's President Felipe Calderon has welcomed world leaders at the G20 summit in the hills above the resort of San Jose del Cabo.
The summit has been dominated by a spiralling European debt crisis that is scaring markets and paralysing growth.
While heads of the 20 biggest economies discussed the eurozone crisis, addressing the plight of some of the world's poorest people, some metres away from the conference centre, was not on the agenda.
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Realising the Potential of Islamic Finance
AbstractIslamic finance has expanded rapidly over the past three decades, and has continued to perform well through the years since the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008. This class of assets emphasizes risk sharing and has performed well compared to conventional counterparts. The outlook for further growth is bright, but several key regulatory and governance issues will need to be addressed if Islamic finance is to achieve its full potential. Together with other multilateral development institutions, the World Bank has a long-standing engagement supporting the development of the industry, which is helping to meet the preferences of significant numbers of people, enhancing financial inclusion and intermediation, and contributing more broadly to financial stability and development.
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This soup is a great favourite in the spring when the nettles are young. Nettles are full of minerals and vitamins which purify the blood. In the country, nettle tea was also drunk, made by pouring boiling water over chopped nettles, boiling for about 15 minutes, then straining and adding milk and sugar. This was often given to children who had measles. It is said to have been a favourite of St Columcille. Nettle soup is still served in some hotels in Ireland; this recipe is from Declan Ryan, who was chef-proprietor of the much-starred Arbutus Lodge, Cork - sadly no longer in existence. Use gloves and a scissors when cutting the nettles. Do not gather them from sprayed verges or after the end of May as they will be too tough.
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The Most Spectacular Sin Ever Committed
- Thursday, March 04, 2010
The most spectacular sin that has ever been committed in the history of the world is the brutal murder of Jesus Christ—the morally perfect, infinitely worthy, divine Son of God. That begs the question, "Which sin in the murder was the most spectacular?"
Was it the driving of the nails? The thrusting of the spear? The expediency of Pilate? The mockery of Herod? The weaving of the thorns and pushing them down on his head with glee? Peter's denial? The abandonment of all the Twelve? Or Judas, who kissed him for 30 pieces of silver?
If you forced me to chose one of those it would be Judas, because of the combination of evils in the heart of Judas. He held the moneybag and he was called a thief (John 12:6). His love of money was so great that he betrayed a man that he had lived with for three years, the very Son of God.
And Jesus had given him power to cast out demons—I believe Judas cast out demons. No reason to think that when he came back along with the others they all looked around and said, "How come Judas couldn't do it?" There is no hint. Judas worked miracles in the name of Jesus. He heard every word that he said when he "loved his own . . . even unto death" (John 13:1). And he sold him for thirty pieces of silver. Then he kissed him as the sign of betrayal.
He is called the son of perdition (John 17:12). He hanged himself to illustrate the horror of his own conscience (and I don't think there was any repentance there).
You measure the greatness of a sin and the spectacular dimension of a sin by several things. One is the one sinned against, and the other is the good that was done to you in spite of which you hurt the other person. And so, in view of all those it just seems to me that Judas had the greatest advantage, and Judas participated in the destruction of the Son of God to the fullest extent.
On the night of the Last Supper, Luke tells us in Luke 22:3-6 that "Satan entered into Judas. . . . He went away and conferred with the chief priests and officers how he might betray [Jesus] to them. And they were glad, and agreed to give him money. So he consented and sought an opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of a crowd." Later he led the authorities to Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane and betrayed Jesus with a kiss (Luke 22:47). With that, Jesus' death was sealed.
When Luke tells us in verse 3 that "Satan entered into Judas," several questions come to our minds. One is whether Satan simply mastered a good Judas or whether Judas was already walking sinfully in step with Satan, and Satan simply decided that now was the time. Another question is why Satan would do this, since the death and resurrection of Jesus would result in Satan's final defeat, and there is good reason to think that Satan knew that. And the third and most important question is: Where was God when this happened? What was his role or non-role in the most spectacular sin that ever was? Let's take these questions one at a time.
Satan's Power in Judas' Sinful Passions
When it says in Luke 22:3 that "Satan entered into Judas," how are we to think about the will of Judas and the power of Satan? Judas was not an innocent bystander when Satan entered into him. The apostle John tells us in John 12:6 that he was a "thief." When Judas complained that Mary had wasted money in anointing Jesus, John comments, "He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it."
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I'm an advanced PhD student and I've decided I want to make a professional website, including a research/analysis/commentary blog about my work and my field. I'm looking for general advice about the blog.
The professional website is a no-brainer as it will give me a place to host my CV and such, and I'm sure I can whip this up with Blogger on myname.com or something fairly quick. But I'm especially interested in writing more about my work, and about broader societal issues that I can comment on. My work is in the technology/environment/policy arena and there is a lot I can write about. I occasionally have things to say in my AskMe comments (e.g.
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Before I start writing articles, what do I need to know? What kind of audience should I be writing for? How frequently should I write? How detailed? How much effort is it worth putting into this, instead of my research, or instead of trying to submit articles to journals and magazines and such? Should I try to promote this, and how? Or will people just find it through Google if they look for it? Are there any risks I should think about in having my name attached to this stuff? How cautious should I be about taking a political position on policy issues -- should I try to maintain an objective science-based stance? Could there potentially be media interest if I write about something topical, and are things I should do to prepare for that in advance? Or maybe no-one will read this stuff and it's not worth the effort and I shouldn't worry? Any general tips?
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I tried blogging as an early career PhD student, and my experience was mixed. To get an audience, you need to be writing all the time. Like, every day. People will stop visiting if they don't expect new content constantly. This means I ended up writing about current events rather than academic stuff because, honestly, writing a short blurb about a new journal article every day can be kind of exhausting. In terms of the goals you're looking for, it did give practice writing, encouraged me to engage with relevant issues, and it was fun. It may have helped develop research ideas.
The flip side is that I think academics in general don't really know what to do with a blogger or output from a blog. You're in a position now where you can engage with broader audiences by writing op-ed pieces, submitting suggestions for curated on-line websites (e.g. Faculty of 1000), etc. Writing longer pieces allows for the kind of deeper thought/reflection that can be necessary for difficult issues. With blogging, I found myself sort of falling back on "well, here's this news article that forgot about this key piece that anybody who's actually thought about it knows; let me come up with a new snarky way of point that out." I'm not sure blogging got my name out with my peers, but it definitely caught the attention of PR people - it's a great way to get review copies of pop-sci (and some academic press) books.
In sum, creating a blog was a lot of fun and of some value, but I don't think it substituted for anything that's expected of me as an academic: you can't really count X number of blog posts as 1 review or response for a journal (i.e. they're not going on your CV as pubs). You still need to do those things, and I ended up feeling like it was a distraction. So, if you want to do it in your "free" time and reserve your working time for the more traditional things, it's a great idea. But ultimately, if you have something to say, there are lots of other curated places (with editors who will make your writing better) who want to hear what you have to say. I think that might be a better route.
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For promotion, I can't speak as a blogger, but as an academic reader, I use the blog aggregator
Research Blogging
to find blog posts about articles in my field. I do some filtering of a few of the rss feeds to find the subjects I want. I'm not sure how popular it is, but I found out about it on Metafilter.
The other academic blogs I read are written by some students and some professors. I notice that a few of the bloggers I follow are active (in awesome, very knowledgeable ways) on other people's blogs' comments section, and I think that's how they got noticed and linked to by more popular blogs. I also follow some of the authors on Twitter -- there is some nice activity there for my field. A good start may be to post about papers/news that interest you, and participate elsewhere online in other conversations about those topics. I don't think I read any blogs that post daily (or more than weekly). Quite frankly, as a researcher, I don't have time to read many blogs daily
ok, I make an exception for Mefi!
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You know your field better than anyone here, so you probably know that lots of older academics especially frown on PhD students/junior professors blogging. Noah Smith, a recently-minted PhD economist,
talked about this
a few months back (in addition to everything else academic job-related).
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If you're interested in an academic career, I would strongly recommend not blogging under your real name. It will make it harder for you to be taken seriously as an academic, and make it harder for you to get jobs.
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I wouldn't agree with Medusa's point (with all due respect), since the whole point of academic blogging (at least as I see it) is to get your name and your ideas out to another audience. Unless you're planning on flaming people, attacking your institution, insulting your peers, or feel like you need a blog to simply vent about your work (and I wouldn't blame you on that. A PhD can be a pretty soul-destroying process!), then don't worry about blogging under your real name. It doesn't make it more difficult to be taken seriously (I have a number of colleagues who blog regularly with massive followings and are still viewed as leaders in their field), and it might actually make it easier to make yourself stand out from the crowd once you're job hunting, provided you're still ticking off the other parts of academia like journals, chapters, reviews etc. I think that there's still this snobbery which surrounds blogging; it serves an entirely different purpose and audience than journal articles do, so long as you keep that in mind.
I wish I had started blogging much earlier in my academic career because I actually had a good amount of newsworthy stuff to talk about. I try and update my blog at least twice a week, but sometimes that's unpredictable. The most I'll go between posts is seven days, and it does get hard to think of topics to write about. Lastly, I'll second one_bean's comment that blogging relies on regular updates, not this twice a month chat. It'll take a while to build a following, and even after a year, I've only just started to break the 1000 page-hits per month stat.
It can be a long slog, but I think it's worth! Good luck.
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Really great advice so far, thanks. I'm already reconsidering as this is beginning to sound like a major timesink.
Is there any point to doing this without trying to capture a regular readership? I imagine I could write articles very occasionally and just post on my Facebook where a lot of friends and colleagues will see them. If they have any value then presumably they would get sent around. Or people who come to look me up on my website would see them. I like the idea of having a place to write and having things publicly available, but I do not like the idea of having to write every other day.
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I'm already reconsidering as this is beginning to sound like a major timesink.
Yes, it is. If the time/value ratio is all skewed for you, you shouldn't do it.
Is there any point to doing this without trying to capture a regular readership?
The point to doing this without trying to capture a regular readership is that you are putting your neck out there and seeing how you feel about it. Let's say you write for a month and discover that you've just blogged every single one of your pet peeves and pet theories (a common thing). Now you go back and realize that instead of carrying those things around for another month with free room & board in your brain, it's time to refine and repackage the ideas.
This refining and repackaging is, to me, the essence of beginner blogging. What you end up with is usually not the thing you envisioned when you started. But it's usually worth doing because you have discovered new insights and pushed yourself to create meaning from disparate thoughts. Packaging something up for public consumption--however minor it seems--is an amazing process, both in input and in outcome.
I imagine I could write articles very occasionally and just post on my Facebook where a lot of friends and colleagues will see them.
Facebook views are extremely fleeting. The stuff in your friends' timeline keeps getting pushed down. Also, thanks to Facebook algorithms, only a small subset of your friends will actually see your posts. Facebook is trying to figure out who wants to see your stuff rather than giving everybody the fire hose.
Google is still pretty huge. You can look at your analytics (e.g. Google Analytics) reports and see what people are searching for when they land on your website. If you build on that, and try to offer real value, it's' a fast way to build up traffic, but it can feel a bit like selling out.
I like the idea of having a place to write and having things publicly available, but I do not like the idea of having to write every other day.
You don't have to write every other day. The blog concept is pretty plastic still and a thoughtful post every Sunday night is extremely common.
IMO you should get started and see where it goes. Look at all the blogs you like, and keep track of the things you like about them, their writing style, imagery, and so on.
Goals for doing this:
- Practice writing for a broader audience
- Encourage me to engage with relevant issues so that I have things to write about
- Help me develop research ideas that I haven't had time to explore which might lead to research projects down the line
- Fun
- Give a favourable impression when Googled by prospective employers
- Get my name out there in my broader community of peers
Yes, definitely. This seems to me like it's really worth trying. Give the "fun" part extra emphasis, even if you have to start two blogs, an anonymous one and a public one.
And please, please--don't delete the blog entirely or lose track of it. I wish I still had my posts from when I started & quit back in 2000-2001. I never thought I would come back to blogging but I really see the value in it now.
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Is there any point to doing this without trying to capture a regular readership?
If you publish papers, writing a blog post about your latest one (perhaps explaining it in layman's terms) with a link to the original paper might help people find the work on google etc. (and so get more readers and so citations?) I'm certainly trying this.
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For a good example of someone doing this, look at
- he's a postdoc, but has been going since grasd school. He's engaged with other bloggers, has an editorial stance and netowrks pretty well.
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Honestly if I was teaching a class on machinima, I would present yours to the students and tell them, if you want to make a good machinima, take everything this guy did and do the opposite of what he did.Tactical Noobs is a machinima made using Halo 3 by a guy who calls himself Matt Sonic. It is a series of comical vignettes. And it's bad. Like, infamously bad. You'll just have to see for yourself.
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As of 2014, Rancho Cordova's population is 65,136 people. Since 2000, it has had a population growth of 21.87 percent.
The median home cost in Rancho Cordova is $239,100. Home appreciation the last year has been 24.30 percent.
Compared to the rest of the country, Rancho Cordova's cost of living is 18.50% Higher than the U.S. average.
Rancho Cordova public schools spend $10,075 per student. The average school expenditure in the U.S. is $12,435. There are about 19.9 students per teacher in Rancho Cordova.
The unemployment rate in Rancho Cordova is 2.60 percent(U.S. avg. is 6.30%). Recent job growth is Negative. Rancho Cordova jobs have Decreased by 0.00 percent.
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Dan Nan Xing (Jack in the Pulpit Rhizome and Bile) - Chinese Herbal Medicine
Clinical Usage and Indications
- Transforms phlegm heat, extinguishes wind, stops convulsions - muscle spasms/cramps, infantile convulsions, seizure disorders, facial paralysis, stroke (CVA) from wind and phlegm obstruction.
- Zhi (or Tian) Nan Xing is prepared with fresh ginger and Dan Nan Xing is prepared with cow bile.
Functional Groups (Click for Summary/Study Notes)
Dosage and Preparation Notes
- Dosage: 2-5g
Associated Temperature and Taste
Cautions and Contraindications
- Avoid during pregnancy.
Staff Clinician NotesThere are no additional notes for this herb.
Herbal Formulas Which Include This Herb
Below you will find Traditional Chinese Medicine herbal formulas which contain this particular herb (in alphabetical order). You may click on the name of the formula for more details or click on any of the products from our store to read usage information or purchase a particular formula.
Hui Chun WanFormula Functions...
Most often used for childhood convulsions (possibly with wheezing, nausea, nighttime crying, vomiting, diarrhea, excessive mucus/saliva) or other conditions that involve fever, impaired or loss of consciousness, irritability, restlessness such as seizure disorders, meningitis, measles, and gastroenteritis among others.
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The lack of concern of one's actions in respect of the impact it may have on another, and a casual display of ignorance when you have been found to be utterly liable
The bastards didn't care, all they were, was walking indifference
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The lack of emotional or physical responsibility when directly responsible for any calamity which might ensue, using ignorance as a defence mechanism rather than accept some form of liability.
The bastards didn't give a shit. All they ever were, was indifference!
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Arvada, CO 80001 Map, Local Resources and Photos
|City/Town Names
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Local Physical, Cultural & Historic Features
The 80001 ZIP Code is centered1 in Jefferson County at latitude 39.802 and longitude -105.087. It is a PO Box type ZIP Code. Jefferson County is in the Mountain Time Zone (UTC -7 hours) and observes daylight savings time.
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- ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
- The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
- In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties.
- ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
- ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.
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Fear of tornadoes( and hurricanes)
My name is julia and I am a lilapsophobic.
for real though, the one thing i hate about living in north texas is the possibilities of tornadoes. I have been watching the weather since 5-6. i can literally feel my anxiety and heart rate rise. its not necessarily an irrational fear, i just have an irrational reaction to the slightest possibility.


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'A Drop of Water' Rain Barrel by Bas van der Veer
It seems we've come across all sorts of stylish rain barrels lately. This barrel (called "A Drop of Water") was created by Dutch designer Bas van der Veer. The curvy design comes with a watering can placed in the center of the barrel that fills up when it rains...
It seems that with people spending time and energy investing in their garden — planting, pruning, beautifying — they don't really want to junk it up with a clunky plastic barrel. We've seen a number of "alternative" versions, and we do like the look of this one.
This isn't for sale yet, as far as we know, but no worries. There's still the DIY way (see below).
You can see more of Bas van der Veer's work, as well as a closer look at the creation of the rain barrel mold, at his website.
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Conceptually its kind of cool, but completely impractical. I mean how many gallons does it hold...20?
Actually for an apartment dweller,this would be a perfect amount of water for a small container or patio garden. Keep in mind, it will refill every time it rains. Think of it as (4) 5-gallon buckets...that's a nice amount of water to have handy right where you need it.
I love this. It's attractive, small (which is good because Israel doesn't rain THAT much) and if they offered a way to move the water into a larger barrel then I would be totally sorted and the first to sign up.
It's a beautiful design but it doesn't hold much water. I like the design of my rain barrel. It looks better than most rain barrels and it holds 65 gallons of water.


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Avnet Boosts IBM Partners With New Services
Avnet's March acquisition of Ascendant Technology has given the distribution company a formidable ally for its IBM resellers.
Ascendant Technology's entire portfolio has been merged with Avent's own resources, bringing together a platform that can help IBM partners more quickly deliver services in three key areas: health care portals, middleware management and cloud-based business-oriented social networking platforms.
Avnet is promising these solution tracks will not only provide Avnet IBM resellers with new options, but that these very solutions will be more streamlined to implement than traditional IBM offerings. Because Ascendant Technology can provide that backbone, Avent attests it will "accelerate complete data center solution sales."
First up, Avnet launched the "Healthcare Provider Portal," designed to be a single pane of glass that works in conjunction with an existing "traditional health care information management system." Essentially, this portal provides a more unified software platform for ensuring optimal care. With Avnet's new portal in place, IBM partners can continue to talk to health care IT admins about deepening technical development, like bringing management capabilities to mobile devices.
Avnet is also looking to eliminate the fuss that comes with middleware management. Enter "Middleware Infrastructure Automation." Mostly self explanatory, this platform provides IBM resellers with a customizable framework that can automatically manage the software platforms that run everyday mission-critical stuff – be it the back end of a traffic-heavy Web site, or complex company-wide application deployment. This solution has also been designed to be adaptable, which can help a VAR offload manual work into the automated platform. No surprises here: Avnet sees this as a great solution that can easily provide ROI.
Last, but certainly not least, is "Social Business in the Cloud." Here, Avnet is predictably focusing on the ever-evolving trend of social networking in the workplace. With the cloud, IBM resellers can deliver a ubiquitous social network platform that can be instantly deployed – or slowly developed internally until launch time – all within a cloud environment. But this internal social networking cloud is more than a bulletin board; resellers can set up customers with an advanced system of interconnected user profiles, internal Wiki-style information pages and business-focused blogs with real content. Users can also build and develop their own communities within the social networking sphere.
If you're an IBM reseller raring to go, check out Avnet's specialized IBM portal. Even non-IBM resellers may want to look, especially since these three technology areas are the perfect launchpads for building out more cloud services. Most importantly, health care, automation and social are not mutually exclusive, which means all of these practices can be blended together for a package that truly differentiates in the channel.
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The party of the year is starting soon and you're invited! After dropping their long-awaited album 'Midnight Memories' on Nov. 25, the boys of One Direction are treating fans to a live performance and Q&A on iHeart Radio. Take a listen here!
One Direction's new album Midnight Memories is finally out and the boys — Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik — are celebrating by co-hosting an album release party with iHeart Radio. Ryan Seacrest will also be in on the fun as he will be grilling the boys in an in-depth interview. The party starts at 6PM PST/9PM EST and you can hear the whole thing right here!
One Direction Album Release Party: Live Stream — 'Midnight Memories'
One Direction's iHeart Radio release party for their latest album, Midnight Memories, will be live streamed right here on HollywoodLife.com starting at 6PM PST/ 9PM EST!
The event will include a performance by the American Music Award-winning band and a revealing interview about the naming and meaning of their new album.
We can't wait!
One Direction's 'Story Of My Life' Performance Steals AMAs Show
In addition to winning Favorite Pop Album of the year at the American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 24, the boys wowed the crowd with their captivating performance of "Story Of My Life."
The guys later celebrated with Miley Cyrus, who had a birthday bash at Beacher's Madhouse in Hollywood, Calif. It's just one party after another for these hard-working boys — and they totally deserve it!
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The most popular movies among NYTimes.com readers.
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In this animated story, Shrek is the typical ogre you would find in any fairy tale; ugly, fat, bad manners and the habit of scaring humans. But after several fairy-tale characters are evicted from their homes onto Shrek's swamp by the king of the land, Lord Farquaad, Shrek has no choice but to pay a vist to him. He is told that if he brings back Princess Fiona, a beautiful princess, he will get his land back. But along his travels his feelings get in the way as he falls in love with her.
Some moments are quite funny such as when Donkey is attacked by the (pink) dragon and we see the dragon's full size, and then the dragon falls in love with Donkey just afterwards. Or the matrix freeze that Princess Fiona uses to own Robin Hood's men.
Overall a beautiful combination of fun and laughter as Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers) rides the adventure with his fellow partner....The Donkey (voiced by Eddie Murphy). I personally love this movie as however many times you watch it, you can always laugh and enjoy the movie and jokes.
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|Light breaking through the clouds over the Sea of Galilee
The waters of my soul
are delicately moving,
sloshing against the edges
of my consciousness.
I can feel God
within me.
Is His powerful hand,
like a net,
scooping up all that dirties
and sullies?
Is He riding a storm
in a little fishing boat,
sleeping on a cushion?
Is He walking on the water,
hand outstretched,
Asking me to join Him?
Or is He sitting
on the rock
of my identity
gazing out on the waters,
admiring what He has created?
O my soul,
behold your Creator.
O my soul,
that you could be
a worthy tabernacle!
O my soul,
that you could learn
from the divine presence
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Today I use yoga nidra meditation to manage my current stage of life: technology overload, parental overwhelm, and fatigue from all the doing.
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I'm glad the study didn't use the "happy" word. I'm concerned about making "happy" a destination; something else for mothers to achieve or a standard by which to compare ourselves.
If you ask me, the whole world needs a nap. Maybe this will bring us back into rhythm in our body and mind.
The ancient practice of yoga nidra, also known as yogic sleep, is a meditative practice that results in conscious deep sleep. Current research suggests that yoga nidra can help relieve menstrual problems and symptoms of diabetes and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Yoga Nidra calms me down. Having suffered from anxiety most of my life, I am constantly looking for ways to reduce anxiety that don't involve popping a pill.
The yoga tradition teaches that desire has four levels of intensity. Each one is a progressively more compelling force that exerts an increasing influence on our destiny.
Clearing your unconscious and enlisting it to work on your behalf in supporting your goals or intentions can be so helpful. It may be hard to fathom that becoming more effortless can help you achieve more of what you truly want, but it can.
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Carmelo Anthony
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Let's break down why exactly Carmelo Anthony should stay with the New York Knicks.
Keidel: King James And His Court
LeBron James singularly orchestrated the Big Three union. And now that he has opted out of his Miami Heat contract, he's once again the Alpha Male of pro sports. Teams are scrambling to find the proper finances and expiring contracts, flipping over cushions for salary cap coin.
Austin Ainge On NBA Trade Rumors: 'Ignore All Of It'
Can't keep track of all these NBA rumors? Austin Ainge has some advice: "Ignore All Of It"
Dan Devine On Adam Jones: Celtics Can Ramp Up Love Offer If They Need To
Depending on what day it is, or even what hour, the Boston Celtics are either the favorite to land Kevin Love or their offer isn't good enough for the Timberwolves.
CBSSports' James Herbert On Adam Jones: What Will Heat Do This Off-Season?
With the NBA off-season now here, Adam Jones welcomed James Herbert of CBSSports to Monday night's show to cover a number of topics around the NBA, including the future of the Miami Heat.
Celtics @ 7: NBA Draft, Carmelo Anthony, Ron Adams
Adam Kaufman welcomed in WFAN Radio host Joe Benigno from New York to breakdown Carmelo Anthony's future with the Knicks and the potential of him coming to Boston.
Game Of Jones: If Heat Reload With Melo, Will Doc Bolt For Miami?
Thursday night means it's time for some Role Play on The Adam Jones Show's Game Of Jones!
Robb: Putting Carmelo Anthony In Perspective
Brian Robb doesn't think Carmelo Anthony will be a Celtic next season, but it's crazy that there are some fans who don't want him.
Felger & Mazz: June 6, 2014
The Felger and Massarotti Show from Friday, June 6.
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Minnesota Records Most Job Openings In 12 Years
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Minnesota's new job numbers show that the second quarter openings reached the highest level in 12 years, with employers reporting more than 72,000 openings — an increase of 15.3 percent from the same period a year ago. Though a growing percentage of those openings are for part-time positions.
Christopher Puto, Ph.D., dean of the Opus College of Business at the University of St. Thomas, told WCCO-TV that companies across the country are using more part-time workers because they are easier to lay off if the recovery sputters.
Sixty-eight percent of the new openings are at midsize companies that have fewer than 250 employees and openings are spread across many fields, ranging from medical to retail. "That shows a pretty broad base of stability and the companies that continue to deliver value are continuing to deliver value and that is why they can continue to hire the extra people," Puto said.
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BaseDataList.OnDataBinding Method
This API supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
Raises the DataBinding event of a BaseDataList control.
Namespace: System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
The DataBinding event is raised when data is bound to the BaseDataList control. This method notifies the control to perform any data-binding logic that is associated with it.
Raising an event invokes the event handler through a delegate. For more information, see Raising an Event.
The OnDataBinding method also allows derived classes to handle the event without attaching a delegate. This is the preferred technique for handling the event in a derived class.Notes to Inheritors
When overriding OnDataBinding in a derived class, be sure to call the base class's OnDataBinding method so that registered delegates receive the event.
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