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The following are the complete terms and conditions of your Agreement to become a member of the Star Partner Program.
Your participation in the Star Partner Program is indicated by accessing and utilizing any of the Star Partner marketing material, or accepting any reward, bonus or commission whether contained in this Agreement or elsewhere on our web site, and you are deemed to have agreed to be bound by all the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement.
If you do not wish to accept all the terms and conditions of this Agreement please do not create a link to any Clients. Please do not enroll if your site is unsuitable, as we will immediately terminate the Agreement. See Termination Clause below for a list of some of the types of unsuitable sites.
The Agreement provides you with the non-exclusive right to direct users ("Visitors") from your site or sites to the Client's websites, in return for the payment of commissions and referral bonuses as specified below.
You desire to obtain from us, and we agree to grant you the non-exclusive right and license to advertise market and promote the Service, in accordance with the following terms and conditions.
"We" and "us" refer to Star Partner. We are in the business of producing, marketing and promoting Affiliate Programmes. This service is accessed through the use of a personal computer, modem and/or direct Internet access.
"You" and "Webmaster" refers to the other party to the contract formed by the acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
"Client" is defined as a company that has contracted Star Partner to manage and promote their Affiliate Program.
1.1. On receiving each and every application, we shall evaluate its suitability and notify applicants shortly after on whether their application has been successful or not.
1.2. This decision is at our sole discretion and we are under no obligation, express or implied, to offer any reasons for our decision.
1.3 Grant of License
1.3.1. By this Agreement, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable right and license to advertise market and promote our Clients' sites and services, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
1.3.2 We reserve all other rights and licenses not expressly granted to you herein.
2.1. You and we are independent contractors, and nothing in this Agreement will create any partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative, or employment relationship between the parties. You will have no authority to make or accept any offers or representations on our behalf. You will not make any statement, whether on your site or otherwise, that reasonably would contradict anything in this paragraph.
3.1. We will register your visitors and will track their purchases and, in the case of casino Client's, play. We reserve the right to refuse Customers (or to close their accounts) if necessary to comply with any requirements we may periodically establish. ("Customer" is defined as: a person or entity that follows a link from your site, e-mail or however directed, to a Client of Star Partner and opens an account with them. By opening an account with a Client, that person or entity will become our Customers and, accordingly, all Client rules, policies, and operating procedures will apply to them.)
3.2. Customer Tracking and Reporting
3.2.1. We will track Customers' play and supply reports summarising their activity, as well as reports for any commission generated.
3.2.2. The form, content and frequency of these reports may, at our sole discretion, vary from time to time.
3.2.3. We will provide you with online access to these reports, which can be accessed using your Affiliate username/number and the provided password.
3.2.4. We will also provide you with a unique tracking link and it is your responsibility to ensure that the tracking links you use are in the correct syntax. Failure to provide the correct information will result in our inability to accurately track and report on your Customers.
3.3. We will pay you referral fees (as set out below) on income we earn from play by all legitimate Customers after they open an account with a Client.
3.4. We may modify any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, at any time and at our sole discretion, by posting a change notice or a new Agreement on our site. Modifications may include, for example, changes in the scope of available referral fees, fee schedules, payment procedures, and referral Program rules. If any modification is unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to terminate this Agreement. Your continued participation in the Program following our posting of a change notice or new Agreement on our site will constitute binding acceptance of the change.
4.1. By agreeing to this Agreement, you are agreeing to create a unique link from your site to a Client site. You may link to a Client with banners/icons or with a text link. This is the only method by which you may advertise on our behalf.
4.2. We will terminate this Agreement immediately if there is any form of unsolicited communication (spamming) or if you advertise our Clients' sites in any other way. You shall not make any claims, representations, or warranties in connection with us or our Clients and you shall have no authority to, and shall not, bind us or our Clients to any obligations.
5.1. By agreeing to participate in this Affiliate Program, you are agreeing to download banners, text or promotional materials and place them on your site, utilize them within your e-mail or print. These methods are by which you may advertise on our Clients' behalf. We will terminate this Agreement immediately if there is any form of spamming or if you discredit our Clients through false advertising, written or uttered words. You shall not make any claims, representations, or warranties in connection with us or our Clients and you shall have no authority to, and shall not, bind us or our Clients to any obligations.
5.2. Without our prior written approval, you will only use our approved banners and links and will not alter their appearance nor refer to us in any promotional materials. The appearance and syntax of the hypertext transfer links are designed and designated by us and constitute the only authorized and permitted representation of our Clients' sites.
5.3. You will not knowingly benefit from known or suspected traffic not generated in good faith whether or not it actually causes the Client damage. Should fraudulent activity arise through a person directed to a site via your link, we retain the right to retract the earnings paid to you at any time. Our decision in this regard will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. We reserve the right to retain all amounts due to you under this Agreement if we have reasonable cause to believe that such traffic has been caused with your knowledge. Even if you have not knowingly generated such traffic, we reserve the right to withhold referral fees with respect to such traffic.
5.4. You will be solely responsible for the development, operation, and maintenance of your site and for all materials that appear on your site. For example, you will be solely responsible for ensuring that materials posted on your site are not libelous or otherwise illegal. We disclaim all liability for these matters. Further, you will indemnify and hold us harmless from all claims, damages, and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees) relating to the development, operation, maintenance, and contents of your site.
5.5. License to use Marks - We hereby grant to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license, during the term of this Agreement, to use our Clients' intellectual-property marks (licensed, in turn by us, from their owner) solely in connection with the display of the banners on your site. This license cannot be sub-licensed, assigned or otherwise transferred by you. Your right to use the marks is limited to and arises only out of this license to use the banners. You shall not assert the invalidity, unenforceability, or contest the ownership of the marks in any action or proceeding of whatever kind or nature, and shall not take any action that may prejudice our licensor's rights in the marks, render the same generic, or otherwise weaken their validity or diminish their associated goodwill.
6.1. The term of this Agreement will begin when you download a casino banner and link it to our site and will be continuous unless and until either party notifies the other in writing that it wishes to terminate the Agreement, in which case this Agreement may be terminated immediately.
6.2. Termination is at will, for any reason, by either party.
6.3. For purposes of notification, delivery of a notice of termination via e-mail is considered a written and immediate form of notification.
7.1. We may terminate this Agreement if we determine (at our sole discretion) that your site is unsuitable.
7.2. Unsuitable sites may include those that: are aimed at children, promote sexually explicit materials, promote violence, promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age, promote illegal activities, or violate intellectual property rights.
7.3. French Traffic
7.3.1 Star Partner Affiliates will not send or redirect any traffic from France or players from a website with a .fr extension or players with a .fr email address to any of the brands of Star Partner group
7.3.2 By adhering to this Agreement, you agree that neither you nor your subsidiary Affiliates will actively or deliberately target Customers dwelling in France, Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guyana and Reunion island, French Polynesia, Mayotte, New Caledonia, St Barthelemy, St Martin, St Pierre, Miquelon, Wallis or Futuna, direct, or attempt to direct, traffic from any of the afore-mentioned regions, to any of Star Partner's sites or our Client's sites.
7.3.3 Star Partner reserves the right to terminate this Agreement with immediate effect should you, or any of your subsidiary Affiliates, contravene the above-mentioned clause (7.3.1) and excludes to the fullest extent of the law, all liability and responsibility incurred with such a breach of the above-mentioned clause (7.3.2)
7.4. Restricted Territories
7.4.1 By entering into this Agreement, you (and any subsidiary Affiliates) undertake not to actively target Customers located in Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, North Korea, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom or USA and outlying territories.
7.4.2. This includes, but is not limited to, off-line advertising, the use of bannering, or sending correspondence or direct marketing to any players or traffic coming from domains or URLs based in any of these countries and their territories.
7.4.3. We reserve the right to terminate this Agreement, with immediate effect, should you or any subsidiary Affiliates contravene the above mentioned clause and exclude to the fullest extent of the law, all liability and responsibility incurred with such a breach.
7.4.4. Upon termination:
a) All rights and licenses given to you in this Agreement shall be immediately terminated.
b) You must remove our Clients' banner/s from your site and disable any links from your site to theirs and ours.
c) You will be entitled only to those unpaid referral fees, if any, earned by you on or prior to the date of termination. You will not be entitled to referral fees occurring after the date of termination.
d) If you have failed to fulfill your obligations and responsibilities, we will not pay you the referral fees otherwise owing to you on termination.
e) The continuation of play after termination by Customers referred to our Clients by you will not constitute a continuation or renewal of this Agreement or a waiver of termination.
f) You will cease all uses of any trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos and other designations of our Clients and us.
g) You and we will be released from all obligations and liabilities to each other occurring or arising after the date of such termination, except with respect to those obligations that by their nature are designed to survive termination, as set out in this Agreement.
h) Termination will not relieve you from any liability arising from any breach of this Agreement that occurred prior to termination.
7.5. Brand bidding is a serious matter at Star Partner. We therefore have set out limitations to advertising on the behalf of our Affiliates. Please be advised that if you are found brand bidding, we reserve the right to withdraw your commissions paid to you at any time without any correspondence or warning and ultimately the termination of your account.
7.5.1 You may not, under any circumstances, use domain names utilized by Star Partner and its Clients. You may therefore not use domain names, brand names or any bid made by your party on keywords, search terms including and without limitations, Crazy Vegas Casino, Golden Riviera Casino.
7.5.2. If you are found scraping text from any of the sites mentioned in 7.5.1
7.5.3. If you are found cloning any of the sites mentioned in 7.5.1
7.6. Sale of Business
7.6.1. We recognise that you may wish to sell, otherwise dispose of the shares and assets of your business to a third party, or conclude any sort of transaction with a third party that will alter the control of your business. Before completing the sale, disposal or transfer of your business, you shall be required to:
126.96.36.199. Give us written notice of your intention no less than 30 days prior and provide us with any information or details we may request. These will include, but are not limited to, the full details of the intended purchaser (banking details, and if they are already an Affiliate with us, their Affiliate ID). You must also provide us with irrevocable consent and authority to pay the selling Affiliate's commission, after the sale is complete, to the purchaser, in whatever form we see fit.
18.104.22.168. Make the deed of sale subject to our approval of such purchaser as an Affiliate of our Program and that the intended purchaser shall, subject to our approval, join the Affiliate Program.
7.6.2. Authorisation, by us, of the intended sale, disposal, or transfer, will effectively terminate your enrolment in the Affiliate Program.
7.6.3. If we reject the intended purchaser and you decide to proceed with the sale/disposal/change of control, we reserve the right to terminate your enrolment in the Program, effective immediately.
8. Confidential Information.
8.1. During the term of this Agreement, you may be entrusted with Confidential Information relating to the business, operations, or underlying technology of our Clients and/or the Affiliate Program (including, for example, referral fees earned by you under the Program). You agree to avoid disclosure or unauthorised use of the Confidential Information to third persons or outside parties unless you have our prior written consent and that you will use the Confidential Information only for purposes necessary to further the purposes of this Agreement. Your obligations with respect to Confidential Information shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
9.1. Custom Deals – Please contact your affiliate manager as Terms and Conditions will be agreed upon on an individual basis.
CPA Payment Plan:
9.2. Profit Share Model – The Following Terms and Conditions pertain to the Profit Share Commission
9.2.1. You will earn referral fees based on the number of first time depositing players delivered per month, calculated according to the percentages reflected in the Fee Schedule below. Only credits actually purchased by a Real Player (in the case of Casino Clients) will be eligible for payment.
9.2.2. Revenue is defined as gross bets less payouts (calculated using the Client's software) less (i) progressive contributions (progressive games only); (ii) sign-up bonuses and/or promotions that may have been taken up; (iii) Charge backs and discretionary returns; (iv) Processing costs; and (v) Royalties.
The following Terms and Conditions pertain to both the Custom Deals and the Profit Share Model Commission Structures:
9.3. We retain the right to change the fee schedule and method of calculation of fees.
9.4. If the account is in a negative position (e.g. because total Customer winnings have exceeded total Customer losses) a balance of zero will be carried over to the following month.
9.5. Referral fees will be based upon our good faith calculation based on our statistics.
9.6. 2nd Tier Affiliate Program - You shall be entitled to a referral bonus of 2%, with respect to monthly Revenue generated by visitors who arrive from other Affiliates that are referred to us, directly by you. Please note that negative carry over is applicable to 2nd tier earnings.
9.7. We retain the right to pass on any financial costs to your account that we may incur due to fraudulent activity by players that you get to sign up at the casino.
9.8. A charge back is when a credit card-holder discovers irregular transactions made on his/her Credit/Debit Card that were not authorised by him/her. The credit card-holder can request his/her bank to reverse these charges. Charge backs relate to fraudulent use by a third party of the credit card holder's card or card number.
9.9. Should the player process a charge back, the charge back for that player will be deducted from the Affiliate's earnings, and therefore deducted from the total balance due to the Affiliate for the current month.
9.10. Should the deduction of the charge back amount exceed your current amount due, your balance will then revert to a negative balance, and you will have to work your way back to zero before you can start earning again.
9.11. Unlike with a player making a big win, which only lasts one month, a charge back will stay due until the revenue generated by your other players has covered the amount due.
9.12. In the event that a new depositing player (on the Profit Share Model) makes a chargeback in the month that he signs up, this player will not qualify as a depositing player when calculating commission.
9.13. No Affiliate can earn commission from his/her own play or that of their immediate family.
9.14. The 60/50/40 Commission structure for new Affiliates is calculated according to the Profit Share Revenue Calculation. Affiliates will earn 60% commission in the first month of signing up to the Star Partner Program. In the second month Affiliates will earn 50% commission and in the third month, Affiliates will earn 40% commission.
9.15. There is NO Ring Fencing of negative brands from total earnings.
9.16. If you become dormant or inactive for a period of three months or more, at any time during this Agreement, we reserve the right to restructure, on an individual basis, the commission model applicable to your account, including any commissions due to you.
10.1. We will pay you referral fees on a monthly basis, within the first 10 working days of each month for any fees earned by you in the previous month.
10.2. Your commission is based on what you earn from the purchases and play of your referred Customers at our Client's sites. Therefore you will only be entitled to, and paid your commission, once we have been paid by our Client.
11.1. You shall defend, indemnify, and hold our Clients and their electronic cash provider, their directors, officers, employees, and representatives harmless from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, and costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, resulting from, arising out of, or in any way connected with:
a) any breach by you of any warranty, representation, or agreement contained in this Agreement,
b) the performance of your duties and obligations under this Agreement,
c) your negligence or
d) any injury caused directly or indirectly by your negligent or intentional acts or omissions, or the unauthorised use of our banners and link or this referral Program.
12.1. We make no express or implied warranties or representations with respect to the referral Program, Star Partner or referral fee payment arrangements (including, without limitation, their functionality, warranties of fitness, merchantability, legality, non-infringement, or any implied warranties arising out of a course of performance, dealing, or trade usage). In addition, we make no representation that the operation of our site will be uninterrupted or error-free and will not be liable for the consequences of any interruptions or errors.
13.1. We will not be liable for indirect, special, or consequential damages (or any loss of revenue, profits, or data) arising in connection with this Agreement or the referral Program, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Further, our aggregate liability arising with respect to this Agreement and the Program will not exceed the total referral fees paid or payable to you under this Agreement.
13.2. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to provide any rights, remedies or benefits to any person or entity not a party to this Agreement. Our obligations under this Agreement do not constitute personal obligations of our directors, officers or shareholders. Any liability arising under this Agreement shall be satisfied solely from the referral fee generated and is limited to direct damages.
14.1. You may not assign this Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise, without our prior written consent. Subject to that restriction, this Agreement will be binding on, inure to the benefit of, and enforceable against you and us and our respective successors and assigns.
15.1. Our failure to enforce your strict performance of any provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of our right to subsequently enforce such provision or any other provision of this Agreement. No modifications, additions, deletions or interlineations of this agreement are permitted or will be recognized by us. None of our employees, officers or agents may verbally alter, modify or waive any provision of this Agreement.
16.1. Our rights and remedies hereunder shall not be mutually exclusive, i.e., the exercise of one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall not preclude the exercise of any other provision. You acknowledge, confirm, and agree that damages may be inadequate for a breach or a threatened breach of this Agreement and, in the event of a breach or threatened breach of any provision of this Agreement, the respective rights and obligations of the parties may be enforceable by specific performance, injunction, or other equitable remedy. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall limit or affect any of our rights at law, or otherwise, for a breach or threatened breach of any provision of this Agreement, it being the intent of this provision to make clear that our respective rights and obligations shall be enforceable in equity as well as at law or otherwise.
17.1. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law but, if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such provision will be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, or unenforceability, without invalidating the remainder of this or any provision hereof. No waiver will be implied from conduct or failure to enforce any rights and must be in writing to be effective.
18.1. You acknowledge that you have read this Agreement and agree to all its terms and conditions. You understand that we may at any time (directly or indirectly) solicit customer referrals on terms that may differ from those contained in this agreement or operate web sites that are similar to or compete with your web site. You have independently evaluated the desirability of participating in this referral program and are not relying on any representation, guarantee, or statement other than as set forth in this agreement.
The Quarantine Policy will come into effect when:
19.1 Any player generates a negative net win (in any given month) which is a greater negative than - $3000
19.2 The overall net win for the Affiliate (in any given month) is a greater negative than -$2000
If both of the quarantine measures from point 1 are met, the negative net win generated by the player will be taken and compensated against future net wins by that player in future month/s.
All players placed in quarantine will be visible for Affiliates to view within the profit reporting section in Star Partner.
Any player's quarantine balance carried forward will not be set-off against other players' net win.
Quarantine happens in month 1. If a player wins in month 1 and the other players lose in month 1, the Affiliate will be paid commission on the other players in month 1.
In the month that a player surpasses his quarantine value, the Affiliate will begin earning commission for that player again.
Quarantine happens in month 1. If a player wins $10,000 in month 1 and the other players lose $6,000 in the same month, the Affiliate is paid commission on $6,000, while the $10,000 is quarantined. This Affiliate would otherwise have earned zero in month 1, but now earns commission on $6,000.
Prior to the quarantine policy, an Affiliate would not earn anything and the winnings would be offset against all the other players under the casino and be zeroed.
On the above example, with the quarantine policy in place, the Affiliate would earn on the $6000.00. With a player in quarantine, and for the duration of the quarantine, the player's negative is excluded from Affiliate casino profit. Once the player has played back his/her negative profit, it will be accounted for as normal in Affiliates' commission. If the quarantined player never returns and never plays the win back, the casino will suffer the loss alone. At no point will the loss be deducted from any Affiliates' commission.
In Witness Thereof: You expressly agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement by completing the registration process, downloading banners and creating a link from your site to our Client/s.
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Required Courses
2102 Sociological Theory 2: Postclassical
This required graduate course in sociological theory begins with readings and discussions of key theorists in the postclassical phase (roughly from mid-century to about 1975). It also covers the most recent phase, attending to important theoretical developments in sociology that emerged in the latter part of the 20th century. The course continues the dual focus of the first course in that readings and discussions deal both with key theoretical ideas and with skills and standards that are intrinsic to the creation and evaluation of theoretical explanations in sociology. Because it follows upon the classical phase, such readings and discussions also aim to deal with the issue of how later theoretical efforts built upon and extended and/or challenged and revised classical ideas.
2202 Quantitative Methods
Complementing courses on qualitative methods, research design, computer methods and statistics, this course will provide an overview of quantitative research methods in the social sciences. Topics will include specification of researchable questions as well as experimental and quasi-experimental research. The course will concentrate on survey research issues such as sampling, measurement, questionnaire construction and item writing, and collection and organization of data. The issues will be illustrated by sociological literature. Students will be trained in analyzing social data.
2203 Qualitative Methods
This course will offer an overview of qualitative research methods in the social sciences. It will emphasize interpretive approaches to social research, and cover the empirical research process from the beginning to end. Key topics include issues inherent in many types of research such as conceptualization, operationalization, data collection, analysis, synthesis, interpretation, and theory construction. Problems of doing research in natural settings will be addressed. The uses of triangulation and combining qualitative and quantitative research will also be considered. Students will carry out their own empirical projects using specific qualitative techniques, such as the interview and participant observation. Graduate students in the PhD program are required to take both Qualitative Methods and Quantitative Methods.
2205 Research Resign
This course is designed to: (1) introduce graduate students to a variety of methodologies in social science research; (2) introduce the principles of research design; and (3) assist in developing methodological approaches and strategies for your own research efforts. The course covers basic philosophical and epistemological foundations of social science research; methodological issues of research design; principles of data collection; and ethical and political issues of social science research. Both quantitative and qualitative methodologies will be discussed.
Elective Courses
2303 Political Sociology
The variety of political arrangements in the twentieth century presents a number of puzzles. Are the differing mechanisms of governments to be explained by levels of economic development, institutional histories, the intentions of social movements, transnational constraints or slow changing national political cultures? Is the state an autonomous actor or the creature of other social forces? Are regime changes consequences of some sort of "structural" change or are they simply consequences of rulers stupidity? We will focus specifically on the births and deaths of political democracies.
2309 Culture and Power: Globalization
Up to now much of the debate about globalization has been dominated by economic questions and concerns. This course charts out a new territory out of those earlier discussions by exploring theories and practices of globalization with specific emphasis on cultural aspects. The course offers both a basic survey of the major discussion areas connected to the study of cultural globalization, and an opportunity to pursue supplemental reading lists pertinent to specific theses projects. Specifically, we will study global patterns that influence or inform cultural practices and institutions, in connection to globalizing trends in political and economic life. Themes to be explored include cosmopolitan culture today; modern conceptions of global histories; issues in "contacts" and identity (as for example in diaspora, postnational cultures, and fluid solidarities); new cultural geographies; and how we discern today global cultural values (including spiritualities, as measured or contested in surveys and cultural productions). Each of the themes above will be studied through one set of common readings required of all students, and another individualized one to be chosen by the student from an extensive bibliography and in accordance with the student's research interests.
2310 Culture and Power II
In this course we will explore the interactions of national identity and culture, concentrating on West European countries. What is a nation? How do people define nations and their cultural boundaries? How are national identities negotiated, maintained, and remembered? This will not be a strictly comparative course, but as we explore these questions we will discuss how the answers do and do not differ across countries. We will read theoretical work on nationhood, studies that focus on cultural processes and events, and studies that analyze national policies and policymaking. Authors will include Benedict Anderson, Craig Calhoun, William Sewell, Jr., Rogers Brubaker, Michael Schudson, Karen Cerulo, and Jeffrey Olick.
2339 Theoretical Issues in Social Movements
This course provides a graduate-level introduction to the study of social movements and collective action. The field of social movements is now a large area of study within political sociology and we will not be able to survey all of the literature on the subject. Instead, we will discuss some of the major theoretical issues and read some of the interesting conceptual and empirical work in the area, including a mix of classical statements and recent work. The course will begin by providing some background on the major theoretical approaches to the study of social movements, and then focus on issues such as political opportunities, culture, collective action frames, mass media, social psychology, recruitment and commitment, collective identity, mobilizing structures, strategy and tactics, coalitions, countermovements, repression, and outcomes of social movements.
2341 Social Movements
This seminar will take up current issues in the study of social movements: the historical development of forms of contention; the interactions of plebeian disruption and elite reform; transnational aspects of social movements; rational-action models of individual participation and movement tactics; movements as sources of identity; the culture of activism; and new frontiers in research methods.
2342 Cultural Sociology
This seminar explores main themes in cultural sociology, including theories of patterns of life, values, symbols, identities, and solidarities, as well as the social vehicles in terms of which culture is produced, sustained and interpreted. The seminar explores both the place of culture in sociological analysis, and the place of sociology in the analysis of culture. The seminar includes both theoretical and empirical components. In addition to the common seminar materials, the students will have a chance to pursue pertinent parts of their own research on various contemporary or historical cultural phenomena of their own choosing.
2971 Graduate Writing for Publication
This graduate course will focus on practical advice for successfully turning master's theses, seminar papers, and dissertation chapters into journal articles and books. Students enrolled in the course will learn skills for writing and revision and gain understanding of the publishing process for academic journals and presses, as well as ideas for developing a successful work process and setting achievable writing goals. The course will be organized to allow students to work intensively on a writing project, with the goal of having a publishable article or manuscript by the end of the term.
3397 Topics in Social Movements and Culture: Humor in Politics and Protest
This graduate seminar will take an interdisciplinary, comparative, and historical approach to examine the role of humor in politics and protest. We will look at three broad categories of humorous expression: street theater and performance, commentators and satire, and social psychological functions of humor for developing group cohesion and collective identity. Specific cases are likely to include the impact and import of the Colbert Report and John Stewart show on U.S. politics, political cartoons in NYC history, carnival in Brazil and the Caribbean, the Orange Revolution in Poland, contemporary activist actions and groups in the global justice movement, and sexist jokes and sexual harassment. The course will contextualize humor within a theoretical framework of social psychology and sociology of emotions through a critical lens sensitive to issues of power and control.
3398 Topics in Social Movements and Culture: Gendered Social Movements
This course will examine the ways in which women and women's organizations mobilize around both gender issues and broader political issues. The course will look at women's movements in both the U.S. and internationally since the 1950s. Cases will include (among others) women's peace movements, transnational campaigns for women's rights, pro-choice and pro-life movements in the U.S. Using this diverse group of cases, we will focus on gender issues and examine core topics in social movement literature including framing, identity, coalitions and organizational structures. We will also engage with the "hot" debates occurring among social movement scholars. Specifically, we will examine the relationship between structure and culture in social movement analysis and the idea of movement relevant research. A recommended reading list will address core social movement literature topics for students who are not familiar with the social movement literature.


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So why hasnt this happened sooner?
Simple. PC makers couldnt afford itat least not until now. Ironic that while the basic costs and capacities of everything from MP3 players to digital cameras have dropped, were only now getting a bit of real computing power trickle-down into the sub-$300 realm.
Is there a market? I think so. Ive talked to a number of people on fixed or low incomesstudents, retirees, freelancers, people stuck paying off debts with bad creditand all of them loved the idea. Simple was fine: they just wanted something they could use to browse the Web, do word processing, answer email in short, do all of the basic, untaxing things the vast majority of people do with computers in the first place.
They didnt even care about running Windows per se; to them, any computer was better than no computer at all. Granted, some of this functionality has already appeared in the form of smart phones and PDAs, but those are still costlycostlier than ever now that most smart phones are offered with a data or service plan and only made affordable in conjunction with one.
So how come we havent seen a $300-ish notebook sooner? There are three basic reasons:
1) Profit margins on hardware are thin enough that to make something for that little virtually guarantees you will lose money. Desktop PC manufacturers make barely a few dollars per machines as is; this is why they push hard to also sell additional hardware (printers, scanners), software (security or office apps), maintenance and service plans.
2) Of the people who do have the money to shell out for a full-featured notebook PC, more of them are buying notebooks as potential replacement desktop machines, which automatically pushes up baseline expectations for what a notebook should be. The lowest-end Dell notebook available as of this writing, for instance, starts at $499 (a low, low $15 a month if you qualify for financing) with 512MB of RAM, a 60GB HD, and a 256MB video card. These are the specs for a decent starter desktop machine, but theyre still total overkill for someone with more modest needsand for some people, the difference between over $500 and $300 is make or break.
3) You get what you pay for. This definitely applies to electronics, where a higher price can be applied back into research and development, QC, and all the other things that make something worth buying at any price. A lower price almost inevitably means poorer materials or workmanship, less thorough QC, or any number of other corners being cut.
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It all began about 5:45 p.m. at the Safeway at 1100 N.E. Broadway St. when a store security guard caught a man attempting to steal something, said Lt. Robert King, a spokesman for the Portland Police Bureau. The suspect allegedly dropped the item and then pulled a knife on the guard.
The man was last seen leaving the parking lot on foot, but came back within 10 minutes and got in a red Ford Explorer, King said. Officers were already on their way and came across the suspect, who hit two vehicles while attempting to flee — one at Northeast 10th Avenue and Northeast Weidler Street, and another a block away.
One of the vehicles was parked, but the other was moving and had an occupant that was not injured, King said.
After crashing into the second vehicle, the suspect got out of the SUV and tried to run, King said. An officer deployed a Taser to take the man into custody.
The suspect was later identified as 29-year-old Adrian Neira. He was booked in the Multnomah County Jail on charges of theft, menacing, attempting to elude by vehicle, attempting to elude on foot, reckless driving, hit and run, and resisting arrest.
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Several products has been leaks from the Lenovo site that reveals the existence of a tablet/laptop hybrid which is being prepared by Lenovo, the interesting is that the device will offered with the very very affordable price.
The new laptop/tablet is known as Lenovo ideaPad A10, this is the hybrid device that has a touch screen that measures 10.1 inches screen size and will be running Android operating system.
The specifications of IdeaPad A10 laptop:
- CPU Rockchip RK3188 1.6 GHz quad -core
- 10.1- inch screen resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels
- 1GB or 2GB of RAM
- 16GB or 32GB storage
- 2 USB 2.0 ports
- Micro USB port
- MicroSD card slot
- Jack microphone / headset combo
- stereo speakers
- Built -in microphone
- HDMI port
- WiFi
- Bluetooth
- 0.3 MP front facing camera
- 22.6 Whr battery
Lenovo IdeaPad A10 has a QWERTY keyboard with a special key to Android as ' Back' , ' Home ' , ' Settings ' , and menus as well as many other applications. Lenovo IdeaPad A10 will be available in Germany at a price of 250 euros.


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Romeo and Juliet
Two friends, almost complete opposites when it comes to their personalities, both attend Valencia High School. While one is cautious and keeps peace, the other loves a challenge and has many enemies. Their relationship is similar to that of Mercutio and Benvolio in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. These characters add flavor to the play in representing good and evil, influencing lovesick Romeo, and by adding wit to a serious-toned play. Mercutio, the hot-headed best friend of Romeo, adds wit and humor to the play Romeo and Juliet and was included in the play to make the audience laugh and also to keep them on the edge of their seats with suspense. Mercutio, in his humorous nature, loved to tease Romeo about his lovesickness; he calls Romeo a "madman" and "[conjures him] with Rosaline's bright eyes" (Shakespeare II, i, 9-19). Though he knows this might anger Romeo, he only means it as a joke. Mercutio brings suspense to the play because one never knows when he will lose his temper. In one confrontation with Tybalt, Mercutio's enemy, Mercutio calls Tybalt a "Prince of Cats", which provokes Tybalt to start a fight (II, iv, 20). One never knows how any of several confrontations involving Mercutio will end, which is how Mercutio adds suspense. Romeo and Juliet would be incomplete and boring without Mercutio, his jokes, and the action of his confrontations. Benvolio, Romeo's cousin and friend, tries to keep peace wherever he goes, though sometimes to no avail, and also tries to help Romeo get over Rosaline. The opposite of Mercutio, Benvolio "[keeps] the peace" (I, i, 70) and often advises Mercutio to do the same, especially around Tybalt and the other Capulets, for he knows that if they met, they couldn't "scape a brawl" (III, i, 3). One may conclude from this that...
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William Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet in 1595. It's about 'two star crossed lovers' from two equal standing households but the families have a history of feuding. The grudge between them creates a string of events, which cause the play to end in tragedy. A particularly important scene in the play is Act 3, scene 2. As a director I find this scene very interesting, as it is a life-changing scene. Prior to this scene Romeo kills Tybolt after Tybolt kills Mercutis when Mercutis taunts him to a fight. Romeo is then banished. Of course this news has not yet reached Juliet who is waiting for Romeo to come, as it is their wedding night. During this scene the nurse tells Juliet what has happened, this causes Juliet to doubt the trust between her and Romeo The scene is set in Juliet's bedroom. It is early evening, just prior to the sun setting, it is still warm outside and Juliet has the balcony doors open. Juliet will wear a simple white dress, this shows modesty and purity, this is especially important as she is still a virgin. She is innocent and this is in contrast to Romeo who has just murdered her cousin Tybolt. Her hair will be loosely tied up, this is so later in the scene she can take it out in anguish and can demonstrate her rage. The main props she will use in the room is, her bed in the middle of the room, the balcony where she will look out from, in hope that Romeo will soon be coming. There will be a sofa type chair at the bottom of the bed. On the wall there will be a statue of Mary, this shows that Juliet comes from a religious background and is conscious of sins...
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Her Father All I hoped for was to be able to prove myself as a capable father. Getting divorced five months ago was hard, not to mention gaining custody of our only child, Megan. Megan is still young, well I consider fifteen young. Yet, she's old enough to know what she wants. She said she wanted to live with me five months ago, but now, I can't tell if she wants otherwise. She used to be a happy girl, running around, laughing at things that shouldn't be laughed at. That's changed now. Her giddy laughter has turned to half smiles and optimistic attitude has disappeared. It was hard doing it on my own, so I got a nanny. I try to make her tell me what's bothering her, but she answers with a small "nothing," and walks away. I'm worried I'm not proving to be a good enough parent, so lately I have been trying maybe too much and as I realized later, the wrong way. "Hey Meg, honey, look what I bought for you. They're new shoes, what do you think?" Meg smiled at me, hugged me and then walked off to her room. I just didn't know what was wrong, I thought I was being a good father. What else could a child want? I gave her everything. "Daddy?" Meg questioned, walking into the kitchen. Her long brown hair was done in one french braid, most likely by Cara, our nanny. Her green eyes stared into mine as they always did. I never knew what she was thinking, for the color of her eyes were so deceiving. "Yes?" "Do I see mom this weekend?" It was as if she stabbed a knife into me every time she asked that question. I don't know why, for a daughter should be able to see her mother...
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Act Four, Scenes One - Three Engulfed with superlative emotion and distraught over the banishment of her beloved Romeo, Juliet at first refuses the coerced marriage arrangement formulated by her parents. Juliet does not love Paris, and therefore he denotes a real and tragic potential for Juliet. Accordingly, she emulates with notion of proceeding to alternative means, like suicide, in order to escape this undesired future. Juliet has thus transfigured from the initial character of a naïve, obedient, and immature girl into a woman of strength, tenacity, and poise. Despite contriving numerous reasons why the sleeping potion might procure her harm, physical and psychological, she chooses to drink it anyway. In doing so, she not only aspires to evade the forces that impede her relationship with Romeo, she embraces full responsibility for herself. Drinking the potion therefore commissions an action in which Juliet willingly secures her life into her own hands, as when she claims "And I will do it without fear or doubt / To live an unsustained wife to my sweet love" (4.1.89-90). In addition, Juliet proceeds against the conventional expectations and endowment of women; she initiates the course of action, much like her aggressive character beside Romeo. Juliet competently produces a genuine decision that her fidelity and love for Romeo must be her dictating priorities. She essentially disconnects herself from her prior social foundation, particularly her parents and social status in Verona, in order to coalesce with Romeo. Yet, Shakespeare seemingly calls to question the reality and merit of love as the commanding precedence....
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iOS 11 has been released, and if you have an iPhone or iPad, you should really update right now. It's a big release, and especially iPad users will get to enjoy an overhauled user experience on their tablets. If you're not convinced, be sure to read the only two reviews you need: the one by fervent and enthusiastic (his enthusiasm for the iPad is infectious, in a good way) iPad user Federico Viticci, and the Ars Technica review written by Andrew Cunningham.
I've been using the betas on my 2017 iPad Pro 12.9", and it truly transforms how you use the iPad, to the point where I can use mine comfortably for work (translating, posting OSNews stories - like this one - and so on). No macOS or Windows laptop is as responsive and fluid as this iPad Pro, and the battery life of this machine is so good, it's probably illegal in 12 US states. Unlike macOS or Windows, I don't have to spend time fighting with iOS 11 to get it to do what I want, like fidgeting with windows, or anxiously managing battery life because otherwise I won't get through a day, or manage applications. And trust me, there's no PC - not even my own €4000 monster PC - that is as fluid and responsive as this iPad Pro.
The iPad Pro with iOS 11 is the truest realisation yet of it just works.
I'm not going to claim this is for everyone, or that you should ritually sacrifice your ThinkPad and run to the Apple Store and get the iPad Pro. However, after a few months of use, there's no way I'm ever going back to a traditional laptop. That being said - my only complaint about the 2017 iPad Pro 12.9" is an odd one: it's not a mobile device.
I am a sit down behind my desk kind of person. I work and compute behind a desk, with a large display at eye height and a comfortable chair. The iPad Pro isn't suited for this kind of work, as it forces you to look down, which due to back problems I cannot do for longer periods of time. What I really want is a small iOS box I can hook up a display, keyboard, and mouse to. Apple already makes such a box - the Apple TV - so I know they can do it. Mouse and keyboard support is probably coming to iOS over the coming years, and with the Mac Mini languishing, it feels like they might be working on just such a box.
I'd easily pay €500-700 for such a machine.
I know stating iOS is a great general purpose computing platform tends to be controversial - I myself have been skeptical about this very thing for years - but iOS 11 and the iPad Pro have utterly convinced me. This is the platform I want for laptop and desktop computer use. Windows and macOS feel like the past now.
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At least the browsers situation is much better than on iOS... so probably Android is fine already if all/most of what you do on a tablet is browsing/reading.
Personally, I don't give a damn which browser engine I'm using as long as it supports web standards well enough. The lack of productivity apps for Android hurts it, for me, far more than lack of browser choice on iOS. Ymmv of course, and it's all about how you use the device and for what. The only thing I really miss, between Android and iOS, is the USB flash drive support which is present in some versions of Android but that's not a stock feature and doesn't always work as expected.
And Safari moves slowly when it comes to adopting new standards ...it's basically the new IE6.
Oh well, I figure I have at least a year to decide with which OS/ecosystem to go. It might be Win10 with pen if they fix their issues (Win11? ), it might be Android with Evernote & simple capacitive pen (probably enough for notes/equations/diagrams) ...though I doubt it will be iOS. I have become cheap, now I would never spend 1000+€ on a ~computer like I did 17 years ago. Plus there's the issue of perception... I mean, I adored and recommended Apple a decade ago; I got an iPod in a place where they were quite rare; Apple fans back then were... cute. But the success spoiled Apple & its vocal fans, I guess; now they're crazy / I don't want to be associated with people like this:


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Map projection concerns the science of mathematical cartography, the techniques by which the Earth's dimensions, shape and features are translated in map form, be that two-dimensional paper or two- or three- dimensional electronic representations. The central focus of this book is on the theory of map projections. Mathematical cartography also takes in map scales and their variation, the division of maps into sets of sheets and nomenclature, and addresses the problems of making measurements and conducting investigations which make use of geodetic measurements and the development of graphical methods for solving problems of spherical trigonometry, marine- and aeronavigation, astronomy and even crystallography.A Reference Manual L M Bugayevskiy, John Snyder ... etc. x^, second derivative d2x/d4agt;2, etc. y rectangular coordinate: distance above the horizontal line (X- axis) passing through the origin ... longitude east of Greenwich (for longitude west of Greenwich, use a minus sign), or east of the central meridian in many formulas.
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Personal grooming, care of equipment and good manners are every bit as important as knowing how to do the job. A technician who does not use personal deodorant may never be invited back into a nice home. Image is important in business. What the prospect or customer thinks of you on first impression will affect present and future business dealings.
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For all of you who live on the west side of Washtenaw County and in Jackson County, and are therefore in Congressman Walberg's 7th Congressional District, I want you to know that I just spoke with one of his assistants.
I called the office, at the request of the AFL-CIO, to see whether, based on two key provisions that will harm many of the constituents who voted for him, Rep. Walberg would be willing to vote against this bill.
1) The age tax. Because the AHCA premiums are on a sliding scale based on age, older and more rural Americans bare the largest burden. A lot of these people are also union members. Premiums could spike for these retirees by $4,000 – $7,000.
2) The 30 percent premium surcharge on individuals who forego insurance for longer than two months. This functions much like the individual mandate. Except the penalty is often larger and the fees go directly to insurance companies.
Walberg's assistant, Alex, who answered the phone and said everyone else was busy, said that Walberg publicly announced that he would back Ryan's bill on Monday, despite concerns about these issues.
I urge you to do two things: first, let your members know that Rep. Walberg has decided to replace the ACA with this, despite these (and many other) profound flaws in Ryan's bill and tell them to call his office today and voice their grave concerns about this bill.
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A sort of double-EP crammed onto one disc, this CD features brand new material from German power noise outfits Synapscape and Asche, both of whom have pulled out all the stops and delivered some of the most aggressive work of their respective careers. Synapscape comes first, and whether it's slower fuzzed out pieces like "What Are You Doing To Whitenoise, Baby?" or faster breakbeat tracks like "Tragic Figures," the common element is belligerence. While a lot of Synapscape's material in the past has shown ambient tendencies despite a proclivity for distortion and screaming, these tracks, apart from the slow but heavy "Situation Eight," aren't content to sink into background static; they get all up in your face and stab at your eardrums. Asche's work is similarly forceful, though easier to dance to. Apart from the ominous openings of "Babylon (Chaos)" and the comparatively subdued "Made My Day (V3)," it's all heavy noise club fare, with ten-ton beats falling through clouds of feedback. There are plenty of samples to keep things from getting too repetitive, and although "Killers" uses manipulated clips from George W. Bush in a manner that's quickly becoming commonplace in the industrial scene, the hypnotic induction quotes in "2nd Scrape" are deliciously creepy. Neither of the artists are at their most subtle or complex on this album, but you can tell there was a lot of fun being had as these tracks were created. It's a fun listen for noise fans, and the bite-sized presentation is a refreshing break from the massive concept albums that often typify Ant-Zen releases.
Visit Synapscape and Asche online at www.ant-zen.com/synapscape and www.ant-zen.com/asche .
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This is something I have been pondering since last football season, but never sat down to put it into words.
My favorite part of Monday Night Football is watching Chris Berman count down the best plays from the previous Sunday. It's really the same for any sport I'm watching. I love the highlight reel. My favorite athlete of all time is Michael Jordan just because he was so consistently amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WmNHGA5jh8
So, I was thinking about my life and wondering how much of it would ever end up on anyone's highlight reel. I'm a pretty normal guy. There's not much to my day-to-day existence that would amaze anyone. I began feeling a little discouraged about not making a greater impact on the world around me. There is so much of me that wants to make a difference. Not really for the notoriety or fame, but mainly for the satisfaction of knowing I mattered.
Then, as often happens, my thoughts drifted towards GOD and the kinds of things he would put on His highlight reel. Faith. Love. Peace. Patience. Kindness. Self Control.
I have attempted to practice these things more often throughout my daily life. Not to impress the world around me, but to honor the GOD who saved me. It's not always easy and I often fail - just ask anyone who knows me. But it's a start and I hope to get better at it every day. When I stand before GOD to be judged for this life, my prayer is that the video playback is more like a highlight reel than the nightly news. I hope to win the race He set before me.
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Kimco's sustainability efforts gain momentum heading into 2017
Our Illumi-Nation program made its way into the new year on a high note with approximately 50 percent of our top-tier sites now retrofitted with LED lights. We are well on the way to achieving Kimco's energy reduction goal of a 10 percent reduction in same-site consumption within our operational control. In 2017, we will continue our national lighting efforts, significantly expand tenant utility sub-metering, and drive other positive changes in social sustainability and green leasing.
I recently sat down with NAREIT at their 2017 Leader in the Light Working Forum to give an update on our program and to discuss sustainability trends in commercial real estate. Check out the video below for the full interview.
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So we're back in Europe. Despite the eerie beauty of the night race at Qatar, despite the magnificent splendor of the Circuit of the America's facilities, Jerez still feels like the first proper race of the MotoGP season. The paddock is set up in its full regalia, and all of the hospitality trucks are present.
The fans will be out in full force – or at least much fuller force than in the previous two races, despite the entirely respectable attendance figures at Austin – and everyone knows the score: where the track entrance is, where the truck park is, where the media center is, what the schedule is. Things have now returned to normal, and we are about to embark on the meat and potatoes section of the Championship.
And here we highlight precisely where the weakness of MotoGP lies: Jerez feels like home, and everyone in the paddock immediately feels much more comfortable here than at the previous two races. It is symptomatic of the Eurocentric (and Iberocentric) nature of MotoGP and world championship racing in general that the paddock is so very far inside its comfort zone here. If MotoGP is to expand to the world, this is one thing which urgently needs addressing.


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Over the years, J.C. was married and had four children. By 1916, the company had rapidly expanded with the addition of two factories in Marion and Lorain, Ohio, and then employed a total of 700 employees. J.C.'s top-selling cigar brand was called Judge Wright, with its famous slogan, "A fair trial will give a verdict in favor of this cigar." However, the cigar business was difficult during the Great Depression.
After World War II, J.C.'s sons, Stanford and Millard Newman, returned from military service and joined the company. Stanford was responsible for the cigar manufacturing operations and Millard oversaw the company's sales. As America prospered, the Newmans' company continued to flourish in Cleveland selling its famous Student Prince cigars.


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Stargazer by Claudia Gray (Evernight #2)
Publisher: Harperteen
Pub. Date: March 29, 2009
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Age Level: Young Adult
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Evernight Academy: an exclusive boarding school for the most beautiful, dangerous students of all—vampires. Bianca, born to two vampires, has always been told her destiny is to become one of them.
But Bianca fell in love with Lucas—a vampire hunter sworn to destroy her kind. They were torn apart when his true identity was revealed, forcing him to flee the school.
Although they may be separated, Bianca and Lucas will not give each other up. She will risk anything for the chance to see him again, even if it means coming face-to-face with the vampire hunters of Black Cross—or deceiving the powerful vampires of Evernight. Bianca's secrets will force her to live a life of lies.
Yet Bianca isn't the only one keeping secrets. When Evernight is attacked by an evil force that seems to target her, she discovers the truth she thought she knew is only the beginning....
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Ok so I do have to say this book is way better than the first one and that is saying something! The love triangle is incredible as always and the twist and turns that this books goes through gave me a run for my money. This book seems to flow more than the first book. Although it was a little predictable in the beginning, it soon changed and made me guess a little which I enjoyed. I honestly can not wait to read Hourglass, which sits on my bookshelf and will be read very soon! Until then I give this book 4 out of 5 paws.
Who's your favorite: Lucas or Balthazar? Why? Lemme know in the comment section below!
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National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) has issued a recruitment notification for the recruitment of Project Assistant through recruitment notification. Candidates who have completed M.Sc can apply for the new recruitment notification from National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)
Eligible candidates can apply online for the Project Assistant Job on or before 25/03/2015. Find more information about the vacancy like Age limit, Selection Process, Qualification, Application fee, How to apply etc can be found below.
|Company Name
|National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)
|Vacancy Name
|Project Assistant
|Educational Qualification
|Total No of Vacancy
|01 posts
|Rs.12,000/- p.m
|Job Location
|Last Date to Apply for this job
|Address for the Job Vacancy
|Room No. 107, Environmental Impact And Risk Assessment Division, CSIR- NEERI, Nehru Marg, Nagpur – 440020
Detail of National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) Project Assistant Recruitment:
For engagement of Project Staff under sponsored project. Applications are invited on plain paper for engagement as Project Assistant [LevelII] on behalf of the sponsor as per following details :
- Project Title : Environmentally Sound Management of Treated Lamproite Ore Generated from the Proposed Bunder Diamond Project of M/s Rio Tinto Explorations India Ltd.
- Prescribed Educational : M.Sc.(Environmental Science) Qualifications Minimum 55% of marks
- Desirable Qualifications : Relevant experience in Solid & Hazardous Waste Management/Characterization
- Age : Below 28 years (Age relaxation upto 5 years for SC/ST and 3 years for OBC candidates)
- Job Requirement : Field visits for sampling, laboratory analysis and treatability studies
- Fixed Remuneration : Rs. 12,000/-
- No. of positions : One
- The engagement is purely on a temporary basis which may be extended or curtailed depending on the duration of the sponsored project, satisfactory performance/conduct of the appointee. The engagement will be co-terminus with the project duration. The engagement shall not be an appointment in CSIR/NEERI, temporary or otherwise. It would, therefore, not confer any right/claim, implicit or explicit for consideration for regularization/absorption.
Selection Procedure for National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) – Project Assistant Post:
- Candidates can apply on or before 25/03/2015
- No Detailed information about the selection process is mentioned in the recruitment notification
How to apply for Project Assistant Vacancy in National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI):
Interested and eligible candidates may apply with bio-data in the prescribed format (Annexed) supported by copies of documentary proof of date of birth, educational qualifications and experience etc. to Project Leader. The last date for receipt of application is 25.03.2015. Applicants are to appear for a personal interview before the Selection Committee on 30.03.2015 at 10.30 am in Room No. 14 at Solid & Hazardous Waste Management Division. No TA will be admissible for appearing for the interview. No Separate interview call letter will be issued. Candidates who do not fulfill the prescribed educational qualification will not be interviewed. No interim inquiries will be entertained in this regard.
Important dates to remember :
Last Date to Apply for this job 25.03.2015


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Paint Ireland
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with your child by painting the rolling green fields of Ireland! He'll immerse himself in the artistic process as he creates his landscape, and will learn about the color wheel and hone his fine motor skills, too. Looking to sneak in a little more learning? Try talking to him about texture and pattern for a quick lesson on art and design.
What You Need:
- White or light colored paper
- Tempera paints in white, blue, and yellow
- Thick and thin paint brushes
- Paint palette or washable tray
What You Do:
- Have your child mix the blue and yellow tempera paints together to make green. Encourage him to experiment with different proportions of each color and to try adding white to create different shades of green. As he mixes, talk about the color wheel with your child. Which colors make purple? How about orange?
- Before he begins painting, explain to your child that he will be creating a landscape painting inspired by the Irish countryside. Talk about what a landscape painting is, and look at examples of landscape paintings and photos of Ireland online for inspiration.
- Now it's time to paint. Taking cues from the photos of Ireland you looked at online, have your child paint his own interpretation of an Irish landscape, complete with rolling green hills, wildflowers, and maybe a fence or two.
- Once he's done painting, set aside his artwork to dry.
Now that it's dry, frame your landscape painting and hang it for all to admire!


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The Chicago Fire Department cited a downtown Chicago Riverwalk outdoor cafe with several fire code violations after a propane gas explosion there landed four people in the hospital. Witnesses called one of the injured a hero, but a Fire Department spokesman said her heroics might not have been necessary if the restaurant had the proper equipment.
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Like many gardeners, I'm more of a planter than a picker. I'd rather poke bean seeds into the ground than gather my 10th basket of squash, which leads to trouble when time gets tight in mid summer. Sound familiar? You can use the garden management guidelines below to keep your summer garden working efficiently on days when time is short but your task list is long.
Harvesting what's ready should always be your top priority. But we've all slipped at least once: We get so busy planting, and then taking care of new plantings, that we miss harvesting the world's finest lettuce at its peak. Make harvesting what's ready your top priority.
To streamline the harvesting process, think in terms of strategic staging. Pick in the morning, and stash your goodies in a shady spot to keep them cool. When you have a lot to gather, make ice pancakes by freezing water in flat sandwich bags, then layer them among your harvested veggies in a portable insulated cooler. This trick can save a lot of trips back and forth to the refrigerator.
Speaking of efficiency, every veggie gardener needs a place within pitching distance of the compost pile — and within easy reach of water — for grooming and cleaning the day's pickings. An ideal veggie-cleaning station stands about waist high, and is sturdy enough to serve as a cutting surface. You can build such a table from scrap lumber, find a cheap or free one through thrift stores or sharing databases, such as Freecycle or Craigslist, or erect a temporary table using boards and sawhorses.
The most deluxe garden work stations include a secondhand sink, or you can fill a big bucket, tub, or wheelbarrow with several inches of water before you start picking. Use this water to dunk or swish freshly harvested salad greens or other vegetables before giving them a second cleaning in a colander. You can leave the dirty water out all day, and use it to rinse hands, feet, pots and tools until evening. Dip out water as needed for thirsty plants, and dump the muddy slurry on your compost pile.
Thrift stores are great places to find other items that make harvesting go fast, such as old steak knives and a large cutting board. Keeping up with the whereabouts of a single knife creates work, but keeping several stashed around the garden (out of reach of young children) saves time and frustration. When you have a cutting board, knives, a work surface, water, and a disposal site staged in the garden, you will be less likely to bring mud-caked radishes or gritty greens through the kitchen door.
This time of year, when the kitchen is needed for regular cooking and food preservation projects, do everything you can to keep dirt in the garden (and out of the kitchen). For example, bringing a small bunch of pulled carrots indoors to clean makes a trail of dirt, muddies your sink, and fills up your compost bucket. Compare and contrast: Swish pulled carrots in a bucket of water, wash a bit more with the hose, lop off the tops directly into your compost pile, and then head to the kitchen — if you don't eat the carrots first.
Few gardeners will make it through the summer without encountering challenges from insect pests. Depending on where you live, it may be essential to use row covers to protect cucumber-family crops from squash bugs, squash vine borers, and/or cucumber beetles. Cabbage-family crops (especially seedlings set out in June and July for fall harvest) require protection from cabbageworms, army worms, and grasshoppers. You can use row covers made from breathable spunbound polyester (sold by most seed companies) or make your own from lightweight cloth, such as wedding net (tulle). Lightweight covers also can take the edge off of searing sunlight. The most lightweight row covers reduce light transmission by 10 percent when they are clean, and more after they get dirty. See The No-spray Way to Protect Plants to learn more about using row covers.
If insect pressure is light, you can probably manage the problem with close monitoring, handpicking, or by using an appropriate organic insecticide. The most up-to-date organic pest controls are covered in our Guide to Organic Pest Control article but don't assume you will need to spray. In my large garden, I may use a single application of Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis, a trusted old biological pesticide that gives leaf-eating caterpillars a terminal bellyache) to make sure broccoli and cabbage plants are clean of tiny caterpillars before I install a row cover. But in my experience, insect problems are either serious enough to merit use of row covers, or so minor that they can be managed by handpicking or pulling out badly infested plants.
An early start in spring (including season-stretching cloches and tunnels), will set your garden up to handle relay plantings, in which space used for one crop is quickly switched to another (with a heaping helping of compost in between). For instance, many gardeners are able to follow spring lettuce with a quick crop of bush snap beans, or slip in some carrots after spring peas. In long-summer climates, garden space almost always supports two crops a year, and sometimes even three.
Finding crop relays that work for you will take some trial and error. You can consider various possibilities by checking our monthly What to Plant Now charts for your region. Also, watch what's being harvested and planted at local organic farms, which often run tight relays. Heat-tolerant plants — such as squash, tomato, and tomatillo, which are easily grown in containers — can make quick work of relay planting. For example, you could harvest the last of a lettuce bed, mix in some compost, and pop in a few summer squash seedlings within an hour.
Many gardeners wince when they realize that the best planting dates for fall Brussels sprouts, broccoli, and other cabbage cousins come during the most torrid days of summer, but it can be done! Start seeds indoors, and then shift them outdoors as they gain size. Pot them up as needed to keep the roots from getting crowded, and set them out under row covers during a period of cloudy weather.
Watering, weeding, and many other repetitive tasks fall under this guideline, so it's important to use methods that have some staying power. When the root zones of tomatoes, peppers, and other summer crops are covered by 2 to 3 inches of biodegradable mulch, far less moisture evaporates from the soil, making it much easier to maintain a constant level of soil moisture, which in turn reduces problems with fruit cracking and blossom end rot. With or without mulch, drip or soaker hoses make it easy to water crops while you attend to other things, so they save you time and save your plants from trouble.
Expect weeding to take up a good bit of time, whether you do it by hand or with a hoe. Weed early and often, because plants are held back by weed density and the duration of the weeds' stay. In beans, tomatoes, and many other crops, moderate weed competition can reduce yields by more than 25 percent. This time of year, pulled or chopped weeds shrivel in the sun so quickly that you can use many to mulch between plants. Or, toss them on your compost pile. With the help of warm summer temperatures, a small mountain of weeds pulled in June will be compost by September.
Many evenings you will work until dark, and look up to find yourself in the company of fireflies and sphinx moths. This is one of the best times to stop what you're doing, breathe deeply, and marvel at what you have been able to do by combining sun, sweat, and soil.
Contributing editor Barbara Pleasant gardens in southwest Virginia, where she grows vegetables, herbs, fruits, flowers and a few lucky chickens. Contact Barbara by visiting her website or finding her on Google+.
PS - Add shelves underneath the counter to store plastic bowls for harvesting your vegetables, as well as a set of chopping knives, peeler, etc. I also keep some ties and stakes, scissor, a small shovel, labels and wax marking pen for when I am planting, etc in my cleaning station, so it is kept out of the rain and always handy when I need it. I went to the Salvation Army, and got a great set of knives, and utensils to keep in my garden. Make sure to leave a bucket under your sinks to catch the water from your hose/sink, and throw that water back on your gardens after you have used that water to clean vegetables (try to be eco-firendly!)
I built a vegetable cleaning station last spring (2012), and it was one of the best ideas in the garden I have ever come up with! I went to the REStore shop for an old double sink (aluminum) and just used what lumber we had laying around (which happened to be cedar - a good choice as it is very water - resistant.) I submitted plans and photos to Mother Earth in 2012 - I think they were going to do an article on it - so maybe you can find it in the archives. Search for "Vegetable Cleaning Station." Do adjust the height of your counter top to your height (i.e. the counter height that suits you for chopping and peeling vegetables. I don't have a compost pile next to it - I put everything in a large plastic trash can with a lid, and when it gets full, I haul it out to whichever compost pile I am working on (it helps to have 2 compost piles - one that is composted and ready to use, and one in progress...Itis a super time saver to clean your vegetables outside in the garden (while watering) and really eliminates the messes tracking to your kitchen, and then in the kitchen! I LOVE my vegetable cleaning station!
This is just what I need and your email could not have come at a better time. I keep saying I going do something about dragging in dirt etc etc etc, etc etc etc , by the way is 200 ft from the house. With this EXCELLANT information, I have no other choice but to do it.
My clever husband took this idea and ran with it using 100% recycled materials. An old steel frame became the base, cedar railings became the top, beer bottle caps the spacers, and the sink from our kitchen remodel found a new home. It drains into the garden to water the plants. No more sand in the kitchen sink. Photos available upon request.
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