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University Presidential Fellowships in Humanities and Social Sciences
For its humanities and social science students, the University of Notre Dame Graduate School recognizes outstanding performance in undergraduate studies as well as promise in graduate studies and professional life with its University Presidential Fellowships. Open to both U.S. citizens and international students, University Presidential Fellowships offer students full tuition and a generous stipend of $26,500 on a 12-month basis, for up to five years. In addition, the University covers the full cost of its health insurance premium for Presidential Fellows.
Meet a University Presidential Fellow
Alexander Dukalskis, in the Ph.D. in Peace Studies program, is interested in transitional justice with a particular focus on courts and truth commissions, oppression, totalitarianism, and genocide.
Before coming to Notre Dame, Alex studied in South Korea on a Fulbright grant. He then worked with the Open Society Institute (OSI) and the International Debate Education Association (IDEA) on promoting debate and open discourse around the world and, more recently, on implementing projects giving youth small grants for social change. He has worked in countries in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Before beginning his doctoral program at Notre Dame, Alex earned a master's degree in human rights from the London School of Economics.
"I chose to study at Notre Dame because I found the explicit synergy between peace studies and political science in the Ph.D. in Peace Studies program to be a valuable approach to studying many of the problems in which I am interested. The inter/multidisciplinary approach is important. The problems that we study do not respect disciplinary boundaries, so restricting our study of them within narrow disciplinary norms means that we may be missing important insights."


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We get mesmerised whenever the word 'travel' comes to our minds. Travelling makes us learn so many new things. It gives us the exposure to new places and makes our mind refreshed. Let's welcome 2017 with most of the travel lovers would have started to make the list of places to travel in this year. As there are lots of places to visit, which is the best place to visit? To remove such a dilemma we took advice from Dev Sarwal to know the best travelling destinations of the world.
Seam Reap in Cambodia has in recent times become the most visited places. It catches the attention of tourists across the globe.
|Angkor Wat in Cambodia
Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam. Hanoi is the second largest city of Vietnam. People visiting Vietnam; surely make their way to Hanoi. You can see a amalgamation of various cultures over the years.
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Czech Republic
If you enjoy partying, sightseeing, sharing a beer with your friends then Prague is certainly the place for you. Prague is in the central Europe and has become the preferred place for European adventures.
|Prague's Charles Bridge in Czech Republic
London is among the most visited cities in the world. This well explains the fact that it is a must visit place.
|London Attractions
The city of love, Paris is well suited for the solo and couple travelers. There is so much that this city can offer, whether it is the view of Eiffel Tower or the other scenic backgrounds. You will fall in love with this place.
New York City
This place needs no foreword.
If you like to adventure sports like skiing, you should visit Zermatt. You can enjoy the Mountain View while staying in the resorts near Zermatt.
If you want to enjoy fascinating architecture and experience great food then you must visit Barcelona. There are so many places in there, that you cannot ignore any of them.
It is one of the most favourite destinations of the travellers. You can enjoy ride in the hot air balloons over the sea.
The fantastic food, spiritual ambience, colourful sunsets and the serenity, Ubud has it all. It has got welcoming locals; it lies in the heart of Bali. You will fall in love with this place.
St. Petersburg is cultured, historical and oozing with charm. You cannot miss this place.
Athens is often criticised for being unorganised and dirty but it has unmatched history. Dev Sarwal recommends it to have a place in your journey.
Apart from the listed places Budapest, Queenstown, Hong Kong, Dubai, Sydney are other must visit places across the globe. You must find some time to visit these places.

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Police locate truck in hit-and-run crash involving woman pushing stroller
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.— Indianapolis Metropolitan police said they found the truck believed to be involved in a hit-and-run crash that injured a grandmother and her grandchild last week.
The incident happened on Wednesday, Sept. 21, in the 4400 block of West Washington Street.
The grandmother was pushing a stroller across Washington Street when a pickup truck going westbound from Fleming Street hit them and drove off. The child was ejected from the stroller and went to Riley Hospital for Children in critical condition.
IMPD said it was looking for a black 1999-2002 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 extended cab (four doors), with possible gray trim on the lower portion of body and a chrome front bumper. Investigators said the truck would likely have damage to front portion of the driver's side.


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Mr. Thomas Cassady
Thomas D. Cassady is president and CEO of USI Midwest, LLC, which is a part of USI Insurances Services, a national insurance brokerage firm. He has responsibility for 22 offices in the Midwest that include 150 salespeople, 500 service associates and over 1.5 billion dollars of premium. He entered the insurance field shortly after graduating from the University of Cincinnati. Mr. Cassady has earned professional designations as Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU); Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU); and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC). He was a trustee of the Independent Insurance Agents of Ohio and a member and past president of the Cincinnati Insurance Board. He founded Queen City Insurance, which he sold to USI in 1999.
Mr. Cassady has been active in the Cincinnati community, serving on the Board of Directors for Beech Acres Parenting Center (where he was President 2007-09). He has served on the Board of Advisors for UC's McMicken College of Arts and Sciences and Beta Theta Pi International Fraternity as Vice President and General Secretary (1988-1992). He is former President of the boards of both Mount Notre Dame High School and The Milford Spiritual Center's Board.
A 1976 graduate of the University of Cincinnati, where he majored in history, Mr. Cassady was active in numerous extracurricular organizations. He was president of Beta Theta Pi, attorney general of student government and vice-president of the Inter-fraternity Council. He became a member of Cincinnatus, Men of Metro, Sigma Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) and was awarded the Fisher-Krieder award for the greek man of the year in 1976.


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It doesn't have to be a fairy tale to get a spot-on Disney princess look. Whether it's for Halloween, cosplay, or because you want to show your Disney love every day (you do you!), these kickass YouTubers have nailed looks for Belle, Mulan, Elsa, Ariel, and the rest of your favorite Disney heroines, and they're here to teach you step-by-step.
1. Tiana from The Princess and the Frog
Let's just say you won't have to be kissing a lot of frogs when you look this good, thanks to YouTuber Oliive's spot-on Tiana look.
2. Elsa from Frozen
It makes sense that she would slay Disney princess looks because Kandee Johnson is a makeup queen. Kandee's Elsa look is ridic good, so good you'll want to be rocking it every day and just singing "Let It Go" to strangers on the street. (Not that you don't already do that anyway.)
3. Aurora, AKA Briar Rose, from Sleeping Beauty
Don't sleep on this classic makeup look from YouTube makeup maven Tahnee Harrison. Now all you need is a black headband and a bit of fatigue.
4. Snow White from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Don't be surprised if the birds and squirrels start singing to you when you're wearing Danny Camilleri's on-point Snow White makeup. (OK, you can be surprised, but the makeup IS amazing.)
5. Esmerelda from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
YouTuber Sharifa Easmin-Kabir's stunning purply pink Esmerelda makeup means you now have to live up to the character and dance around all night, which really shouldn't be a problem.
6. Mulan from Mulan
This perfect Mulan makeup look from LionLionBazaar captures the essence of the character; it's the exact moment she decides to wipe off her traditional makeup while "Reflection" plays in the background, and it's totally badass.
7. Cinderella from Cinderella
You'll be ready for the ball in no time with Jackie Wyers' Cinderella makeup tutorial. She so smartly steals the look from the Lily James live-action Cinderella movie to give you a fresh, modern look that still captures that Disney princess spirit.
8. Pocahontas from Pocahontas
YouTuber Dope2111 absolutely owns this Pocahontas makeup look. Those cheekbones, though!
9. Jasmine from Aladdin
Once you try out Charisma Star's stunning Princess Jasmine look, you're going to be living in a whole new world of makeup. It's all about making those almond-shaped beauty eyes sparkle.
10. Belle from Beauty and the Beast
This soft, wide-eyed look is perfectly Belle as she ditches that provincial life and dances through the castle with the Beast. YouTuber Anastasia Vanelli has this beauty-full look down.
11. Ariel from The Little Mermaid
Look at this look, isn't it neat... Traci J. Hines's bubbly Ariel makeup looks like it came straight from under the sea (in a good way). You're definitely going to want to be a part of it.


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Kat Dennings Lands a CBS Pilot
It's called 'Two Broke Girls.'
She's shined in movie roles both supporting (The 40-Year-Old Virgin) and lead (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist) — and, now, Kat Dennings will give the small screen a try. Vulture has learned that Dennings has been cast in a Michael Patrick King-produced CBS pilot called Two Broke Girls as one of the titular girls, a 22-year-old trying to make things happen in Brooklyn. And Lena Dunham's all like, "Yeah, okay, nice try."


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Federal labor officials from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will allow some Walmart workers to go on strike on Black Friday. The Board will not decide by Thursday whether to issue an injunction to stop the union-backed group, OUR Walmart, from organizing workers to walk off their jobs.
OUR Walmart is backed by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, but is not affiliated with Walmart, although some Walmart employees pay $5 a month to the group. Because Walmart does not have unions and attempts in the past to organize its workers have failed, the group has tried to disrupt Walmarts in recent months by organizing flash mobs and demonstrations at the stores, which they say will culminate on Black Friday, the busiest retail shopping day of the year.
Walmart last filed a complaint and charges last week with the NLRB, accusing OUR Walmart from violating the National Labor Relations Act by picketing for more than 30 days without "the filing of a representation petition."
Nancy Cleeland, a spokeswoman at the NLRB, said on Monday that the legal issues before it — "including questions about what constitutes picketing and whether the activity was aimed at gaining recognition for the union" — are "complex."
In October, OUR Walmart encouraged over 90 workers to walk out before WAL-Mart's annual investor meeting. Last week, the group encouraged workers to walk off their jobs at Walmarts in Dallas, Oakland, Calif., and Seattle. According to the UCFW, workers on Monday and Tuesday also went on strike at selected Walmarts.


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Last Thursday, I made the trek up to the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City to check out the annual CE Week show. And I must say that it wasn't nearly as valuable an experience as it was a few years ago, when the show was affiliated with the Consumer Technology Association.
If my understanding is correct, CE Week was a way to keep interest stoked in the rapidly-changing world of consumer electronics. When the show first started, HDTV was a big part of the equation, with exhibitors like Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, Mitsubishi, Sharp, and LG either showing off their latest models on the show floor, or exhibiting at nearby off-site locations.
That landscape has changed considerably, thanks to the collapse in TV prices and the shift to panel manufacturing in China. Only two companies had dedicated exhibits for UHD TVs – Samsung and Westinghouse Digital – while other models were represented in the annual Value Electronics Shoot-Out in a downstairs demo room.
Once arriving at the event, I quickly toured the booths and saw products to connect your landline phone calls to your mobile (Voice Bridge), give you a 360-degree camera view (Kodak PixPro), "enhance" the detail in your new Ultra HDTV (DarbeeVision), and bundle audio and large images into a compact go-anywhere cube projector (Aiptek). (I was also buzzed by a few drones here and there, the fastest being a $60 glowing green/blue number sold by Odyssey that really whipped around the show floor.)
Epson was also there, showing a full line of front projectors for home theater use, including a new model (PowerLite 5040UB) that, although it uses a traditional 1920×1080 3LCD engine, incorporates a new "4K Enhancement Technology" that uses pixel-shifting to create what appears to be images with full 3840×2160 resolution. (Oh, and it can display HDR content, too. Oh, and it will cost about $3,000, and its full brightness specification is 2500 lumens.)
Scoping out all of that stuff took only about an hour, so I decided to descend the stairs and check out the UHDTV Shoot-Out, put together by Robert Zohn of Value Electronics. There had been some arguments among videophiles in the past about the winners (Shoot-Outs tend to end that way, trust me), so I decided to keep a low profile and sit in the very back as a passive observer, passing on the evaluations and scoring.
Joel Silver was on hand from the Imaging Science Foundation to explain a wide range of TV topics from grayscales and CIE color plots to high dynamic range and black levels. After discussing each parameter, those in attendance were invited to walk by each of the five displays and score them on performance for that parameter. At the end of the session, the votes would be tabulated and a winner announced.
For the record, the UHDTVs on hand came from LG (OLED), Samsung (HDR LCD), Sony (HDR LCD), and Vizio (HDR LCD). Just for fun, an older Pioneer 1080p plasma TV was also positioned to the left edge of the array, next to the LG OLED.
The introduction of high dynamic range with wider color gamuts (and eventually, higher frame rates) really does change the notion of television from what we know today. Instead of a nominal peak white brightness of 100 to 200 cd/m2, we're now looking at 800 to 1000 cd/m2. And the range of colors our displays can reproduce has expanded considerably, particularly in the green and red loci. So viewing HDR/WCG content really is a step closer to what our eyes see every day, and makes conventional SDR HDTV look a bit dated.
As the session wound on, I noticed that the grayscale images shown on the LG OLED (model OLED65G6P) had a noticeable greenish color cast that wasn't seen on the other sets. Intrigued, I got up and walked over to stand at a zero degree offset from the TV's centerline – and voila: The tint vanished.
Additional images with lots of white, light grays, and pastel colors were shown during the test, and I moved back and forth between the on-axis viewing spot (several rows of chairs back from the audience) and my original seat at the far left rear, which looked to be about 30 – 35 degrees off-axis. Sure enough, the greenish color tint was still there.
I pointed this out to a couple of LG representatives, neither of whom had noticed it previously. I also mentioned it to Zohn, who replied that he also noticed it before but stated "it's still the best thing out there." Uh, maybe not, if someone viewing at a moderate angle is seeing a greenish tint that someone else isn't. None of my plasma TVs ever exhibited this condition.
Silver told me he doesn't recommend using these displays for color grading or critical viewing because of an inconsistency in yellow shading. I didn't notice that, but it was hard to miss the green shift. I alerted a few other people in the room to look for it, including my colleague Ken Werner. (You can see it quite clearly in my photos.) But if you were one of the crowd seated in the first couple of rows toward the center, you wouldn't have seen this "fly in the ointment."
Even so; this display won the Shoot-Out, according to a press released that landed in my inbox this morning. Quote: "LG Electronics' SIGNATURE 4K OLED TV was crowned "2016 King of TV" in the 13th Annual Value Electronics TV Shootout™ in a competition among four contending flagship 4K Ultra HD TV models from LG and other leading brands during CE Week in New York City. The 65-inch class (64.5 inches measured diagonally) LG SIGNATURE OLED TV (model OLED65G6P) with HDR was voted the top-performing TV by both general attendees and an expert panel of professional calibrators based on eight different picture quality attributes."
Hmmm. I'm surprised that the "expert panel of professional calibrators" didn't pick up on the LG color shift, particularly since models of LCD TVs are routinely hammered for their intrinsic off-axis viewing limitations (elevated black levels, color shifts, and contrast flattening). So what's causing it?
I have some theories. Several years ago, Sony introduced its first OLED monitors for professional reference monitoring. To improve color purity and make it easier to achieve clean white balance (and possible to improve brightness as well), Sony's top-emitting OLED pixels were equipped with cavity filters – basically narrowband (notch) optical filters.
Unfortunately, these cavity filters created an unwanted low-frequency roll-off effect when images were viewed at an angle, producing a marked blue color shift on the parts of the image farthest from a viewer. This effect was most noticeable when grayscale patterns were being shown. (My understanding was that Sony re-engineered the design of these filters to improve off-center frequency response in subsequent models.)
So is that what caused the color shift in LG's 65-inch Signature OLED UHDTV? Possibly. Using these filters could flatten out and sharpen the red, green, and blue peaks, although a color gamut chart shown by Silver seemed to contradict that theory.
It's also possible LG is using some sort of micro lens or prism technique (or even a polarizer) in the optical path to enhance brightness, and that could be the problem. The result would be brighter images with excellent color saturation, but a narrower viewing angle. (Everything in life is a trade-off!)
Does this affect all models of LG OLEDs? I can't say, and I don't recall seeing anything like this at CES when visiting the LG booth and LG Display suite and taking pictures of various OLED displays at different angles. I've sent off an inquiry to LG Display to see if they can provide any insights. And my congratulations go to LG for winning the Shoot-Out. (Hey, that 10-year-old Pioneer plasma still looks pretty good!)
But as much as I prefer emissive (plasma, OLED) displays over transmissive (LCD), what I saw at the CE Week TV Shoot-Out gave me real pause. In my family room, viewing angles can be as wide as 40 degrees, and as you've just seen, the color shift would be very noticeable at that angle.
Prior to attending CE Week, I had planned to pick up an OLED UHDTV next year, after all the HDR compatibility and support issues (and hopefully display interface speed limit problems) are worked out. Now? That's on hold until I can figure out what's behind the shift, and if it's a characteristic of other 2016 LG OLED TVs.
Those flies in the ointment can be quite annoying!
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Posted by Pete Putman, June 27, 2016 10:05 AM
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My 21-month-old daughter is on NovoRapid and Insulatard. She has developed urticaria over past four weeks and I wonder if she could be allergic to the preservatives in these insulins. Is this possible?
It is rather rare to have allergies to modern insulins, but not impossible. I would think you and your diabetes team should switch to an alternative manufacturer, i.e., Lilly, and see if the same thing happens or not, while using the same types of insulins. We usually treat with Humalog and NovoLog for prandial insulin boluses and Lantus or Levemir for basal insulins. This is another alternative that gets you away from NPH (Insulatard) altogether.
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To create custom Thanksgiving images for a card, simply use the personalized Thanksgiving cards tool on the American Greetings Card Store website. To make a custom photographic image to hang in a picture frame, add to a greeting card, share with family and friends, and learn some photographic techniques for dinners and large groups. A tip for taking Thanksgiving photographic images is to have grandparents and elder family members sit in a comfortable place, then arrange the other family members by height. Include Thanksgiving food items in a family photograph to create a unique custom photographic image.
To create a Thanksgiving image for the table settings, try ideas such as adding custom artwork on the placeholders. Some custom placeholder ideas include adding gold shine paint to miniature pumpkins or painting clothespins. Touches such as floral napkins with ribbons, sparkling napkins, blue and orange dinner wear and natural textiles add to the photographic appeal of a table setting.Learn more about Thanksgiving


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Most audiences for major symphony orchestras are accustomed to guest conductors appearing on the podium at various times during the year. It's assumed that while new faces may come and go, the basic orchestra remains intact.
That's not the case at music conservatories, however, where each year a new class graduates and moves out into the workplace. When their current music director departs for greener pastures, a new person must be chosen who can guide the institution while nurturing and shaping its students.
Following the departure of Andrew Mogrelia, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music has embarked on an interesting search technique for a replacement: test driving potential conductors. As part of their search, they have signed five conductors to appear with the Conservatory Orchestra this season in order to gain some insight into who might best be able to take over from Mogrelia as music director.
So far, three conductors have appeared on the podium: one a mature talent who is a familiar face to Conservatory audiences as well as two younger conductors whose careers are blossoming. Watching and hearing how the students have responded to each maestro has been a fascinating experience.
On September 29th, Alasdair Neale (who has been music director of the Marin Symphony since 2001) conducted the Conservatory Orchestra's first program of the season. Neale has been music director of the Sun Valley Summer Symphony for 18 years, spent 12 years as an associate conductor with the San Francisco Symphony (where he was also Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra), and has been the Principal Guest Conductor for the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Conductor Alasdair Neale
The program he conducted included André Jolivet's 1958 Concerto for Percussion (with Masako Iguchi as solo percussionist), Gustav Mahler's First Symphony ("Titan"), and the world premiere of 21-year-old Louis Cruz's orchestral suite, Calafia.
A familiar face within San Francisco's musical community, Neale has a long history of working with young musicians and tackling new scores. In many respects, he would seem the most obvious candidate to succeed Mogrelia.
On December 1, Teddy Abrams took the podium to conduct two difficult works: Dmitri Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor (with Ravenna Lipchik as soloist) and Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major.
Conductor Teddy Abrams
Abrams has just completed his first year as resident conductor for the MAV Symphony Orchestra in Budapest. In March of 2012, he was named as Assistant Conductor at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
On February 16, the Conservatory Orchestra will be led by Scott Sandmeier, who will conduct Shostakovich's Symphony No. 6 in B minor and The Hebrides Overture by Felix Mendelssohn. A highlight of the evening will be Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major with Chien-Lin Lu as soloist. I attended a master class earlier this year with Chien-Lin Lu performing a two-piano rendition of this piece. He is a formidable talent who bears watching..
Conductor Scott Sandmeier
On May 4, young Tito Munoz will conduct a program that includes five songs by Joseph Marx (with soprano Julie Adams), Samuel Barber's Essay No. 2, and Igor Stravinsky's controversial The Rite of Spring.
Conductor Tito Munoz
Ever since the San Francisco Conservatory of Music moved to its new facility at 50 Oak Street, I've often found the acoustics of the intimate, 450-seat Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall to be more alive and vibrant than those of the nearby 2,743-seat Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall. With a tenured ensemble such as the San Francisco Symphony, a guest conductor can do just so much to change one's perception of the orchestra's sound. With the Conservatory Orchestra, the student ensemble is often more malleable and the results more noticeable to the audience.
That was certainly the case on October 27, when James Feddeck conducted a program that included Gabriel Fauré's haunting Pelléas et Melisande Suite, Ernest Bloch's cello concerto entitled Schelomo: Hebraic Rhapsody (with Matthew Linaman as soloist), and Symphony No. 3 in F Major by Johannes Brahms.
Conductor James Feddeck
If ever a conductor made an audience sit up in its seats and mutter, "What the fuck?" it was Feddeck's amazing ability to make a student ensemble perform at the level of a world-class symphony orchestra. Unlike so many concerts where one expects to hear a certain amount of blatts and bleeps from the horns and woodwinds, the sound during this performance was stunning. I certainly wasn't the only one pinching myself after the performance and asking "Did I really just hear the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's Orchestra perform at that level?" Amazing things can happen with an inspiring maestro on the podium.
Feddeck is now in his fourth season as an assistant conductor with the Cleveland Orchestra (where he also serves as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra) and the results he gets from his musicians are astonishing.
Although it's too early to guess who will be offered the job as Mogrelia's replacement (and I'm eager to see what Scott Sandmeier and Tito Munoz can deliver), Feddeck is the kind of conductor I'd rush to see -- regardless of what was on the program. This is a major conducting talent who obviously communicates with young musicians in a very special way.
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