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By: Shannon Ralph
Looking for something fun and educational for the LGBTQ youth in your life this summer? Know a kid who's interested in all things technological? Does your son or daughter talk about nothing but Minecraft ad nauseam?
Maven, a nonprofit organization that "fosters innovative solutions that empower LGBTQ youth," is partnering with local LGBTQ organizations to present an exciting opportunity to LGBTQ youth in San Francisco, New York City, and Austin this summer. Maven will be offering FREE tech camps that will connect youth with LGBTQ professionals at technology giants in these cities. The dates of the camps are:
San Francisco – June 15-26
New York City – July 6-17
Austin – July 27-31
Most days the day camp will run from 10:00am until 4:00pm.
Maven's tech camps will focus on coding, programming, and game design and are open to any LGBTQ youth ages 14-19 (14-21 for the New York camp). The camp is for all levels from the curious to the more experienced. Kids do not have to be "techies" to apply!
According to Maven, the camp will include:
• Breakfast, lunch and TONS of snacks!
• Tour of tech companies
• LGBTQ tech professional Mentors
• Training in coding/programming and game creation
• Social justice and diversity in technology awareness
• Team building and networking
• Prizes and Gift Bags
Maven initially piloted the tech camp model in the San Francisco Bay area in 2014, and has extended it to New York City and Austin, TX for the upcoming summer. They are actively seeking partnerships with other LGBTQ and tech organizations nationwide to bring the camp to a wider audience across the country in future years. By encouraging LGBTQ youth interested in technology, Maven hopes to make the tech industry more diverse and inclusive of LGBTQ individuals.
"Our work contributes to making the tech sector a more inclusive community by engaging tech professionals in co-creating with LGBTQ youth and by providing LGBTQ professionals the opportunity to pay it forward to the next generation of tech leaders," said Monica Ann Arrambide, CEO & Founder of Maven.
In addition to greater inclusion, Maven hopes the camps will enhance the career opportunities available to LGBTQ youth in the future by developing crucial 21st century skills. The camp will also provide important networking connections by putting youth face-to-face with tech developers within their local communities.
For more information about summer tech camps, or to apply for a camp in your area, visit mymaven.org/tech-camp/.


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KANSAS CITY, Mo — The demise last weekend of the Screenland Crossroads Theatre brought a collective feeling of malaise for Kansas City movie buffs. The news this weekend is a lot better.
Standees, The Entertaining Eatery opens on Friday, May 24 in the Village Shops, 3935 West 69th Terrace in Prairie Village, KS. Dineplex International, a company made up mostly of former AMC Theater employees, is responsible for this unique concept.
The 14,000 square foot complex occupies the space that once housed the Macy's Home Store and Einstein Bagels. It features a full service restaurant highlighting a locally sourced "chef-infused" American classic style menu, as well as three state-of-the-art digital theaters with 85 large leather seats per auditorium.
"Standees has everything you need for the ultimate everyday escape. Enjoy a wonderful meal, relax with a refreshing drink or see a great movie — all in one comfortable and convenient location," said Frank Rash, president and CEO, Dineplex. "It's an upscale-casual restaurant with an entertaining twist."
The theaters will focus on content for adult moviegoers, including "commercial movies, the best in independent film and progressive theatre experiences, such as live and pre-recorded performances and events."
All of the theaters are 3D capable and feature 30-foot screens and Dolby Surround 7.1 sound systems. Standees will not impose an up-charge for 3D movies.
And don't worry…you won't have to 'stand' at Standees. The name has multiple meanings.
In old time movie theater parlance, a 'standee' referred to someone who had to stand at the back of the audience during sold out performances. (There is no standing room at Standees.) A standee is also a term for a cardboard cut-out advertisement that often populates theater lobbies.
But mostly, the name Standees is an homage to the late Stan Durwood (Stan D.), the longtime Kansas City businessman who founded AMC Theaters. Peter Brown, the Chairman of Dineplex, is the former CEO of AMC Theaters.
More information is available at http://www.standeeseatery.com/prairie-village/
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Remember how I said I had a lull in my work so I was going to post more? Well, that didn't turn out how I expected haha. But this time, for real, there is a lull. I promise. I will be doing more regular updates for the next few months.
Last time I talked about Jeju, an island off the southern coast of the Korean peninsula. In this post I'll be talking about Busan, the coastal city on the south-eastern coast of Korea.
Busan might actually be my favourite city in Korea. It's the second largest city and it's filled with a ton of natural, historical, and cultural spots. It has pretty much everything you need for a good and peaceful life. That said, a lot of life in Korea revolves around Seoul, meaning that a lot of events and things are centered around Seoul, which is not necessarily close to Busan.
Regardless, I really enjoy going to Busan. I've been there a bunch of times, typically going a few times a year. Busan is most well-known for their nature. They have the country's largest beaches and like any other part of Korea, also has a ton of hikeable mountains.
Gwangalli is by far my favourite beach in Busan. Everyone always talks about Haeundae, but Haeundae is boring. Gwangalli is where it's at. It's closer to the city center, has an awesome bridge, and is just, better. Pretty much every time I go to Busan I end up going to Gwangalli even if just for a short time.
It's really relaxing to just be by the beach and eat and drink. At night time the bridge lights up as well and people start shooting small fireworks around and it makes for a pretty great atmosphere.
And speaking of fireworks, Busan also has an insanely big fireworks festival. Every year in the fall they have the Busan Fireworks Festival by Gwangalli Beach where literally a million people show up to watch the show. I've been twice and it truly is a spectacle.
The fireworks are big, and it's all choreographed to music. It's a really great show. Lots of people, but great show.
Moving away from Gwangalli, Busan also has a lot of great cultural and historical stuff too. During the Korean War a lot of Korea was destroyed but Busan actually stayed relatively intact. As a result it's actually an "older" city in the sense that not as much of it was rebuilt. Plus, a lot of refugees came to Busan from all over Korea and so it ended up becoming a city that looks visually different from most of the other cities.
Like you have the Gamcheon Culture Village which is pretty unique looking. Korea normally has pretty grey buildings, but that village decided to not be grey and so it's just pastel coloured. It's also kind of a hub for some art stuff too, so it's a neat walk around.
Busan just feels more like a city that evolved naturally rather than some other big Korean cities which feel very artificial. The entire place has a sense of (modern) history, which to me is really nice.
Speaking of modern history, Busan also has a war cemetery which commemorates the fallen of the Korean War. It's kind of an interesting place to go to as well if you are interested in modern history, but it's a cemetery so it's not really a super big sightseeing place.
Aside from this kind of stuff, Busan also has a lot of traditional spots as well. One of the most famous is Yonggungsa, which is Korea's only temple that is by the water. The temple itself is not that special, but it's cool that it's by the water. But what's even more especially cool is when it's Buddha's Birthday because then the temples get decorated with a bunch of lanterns.
Many temples get lanterns during that time, but of course it's cool when its by the water because the ocean is great.
There's a lot of other neat things to say about Busan. One of my favourite is G-Star, a large Korean gaming convention they have every year. I've been twice, and it has always been cool to check out some more gaming stuff. I wanted to go again last year, but because of school I couldn't make it.
Gaming is big in Korea and so I really enjoyed going to a gaming convention. They frequently host esports events and showcase a lot of games and cool technology. In fact, the first time I went was because they had a Brood War tournament with some pros I liked.
There's a lot I can say about Busan. It's a cool place and I really like it. I highly recommend others to go visit it. Most people just end up going to Seoul because it's by the airport, but it's always worth the trip down to Busan. It even has it's own (small) airport, which could make it a good stop on the way to Japan or Jeju.


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The Cuban Refugee Adjustment Act—the U.S. law that favors Cubans over all other immigrants—might get an overhaul in the course of immigration reform, courtesy of the very politicians who've most benefitted from it: Republicans, and specifically, Cuban-American Republicans.
Sen. Marco Rubio, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart have all suggested that it might be time to "tweak" the law that helped build their South Florida power base of Cuban-American voters.
The law, enacted in 1966, was designed to legalize the status of Cubans who fled to the U.S. after the 1959 Communist revolution. It gives Cubans immediate parole, allows them to come into the country by any means (legal or not), makes it virtually impossible to deport them, and gives them legal residency in one year and one day, among other perks. In addition to the Adjustment Act, the United States also guarantees a minimum of 20,000 annual visas to Cubans under a 1994 treaty—a fixed quota not available to any other country.
From the U.S. point of view, those leaving Cuba are fleeing persecution by a Communist dictatorship. But from the Cuban government perspective, many are just fleeing economic conditions.
Here's the weird part: Rubio, Ros-Lehtinen and Diaz-Balart, usually on their party's right-wing, have started to see some merit in the Cuban government's argument.


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If you see a few stable floaters here and there, this may indicate a NORMAL process of aging. Or what I like to call, "maturing with wisdom". If you see all of a sudden a lot of new floaters as well as flashing lights off to the side, this can indicate a more serious problem.
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The subject of our exhibition, which is part of a series of projects celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, is research in the field of art history, motivated not only by a drive to uncover the truth, but also by a desire to commemorate the work of Polish artists of Jewish origin.
The exhibition is not only meant as a tribute or an expression of maudlin sentiment. It aims to showcase the work of Józef Sandel as an important milestone in the history of not only the Jewish Historical Institute as a research institution, but also in studies of the culture of Polish Jews in general.
You can see the exhibition "Art of history and the fight for memory. Józef Sandel (1894–1962) founder of Jewish Historical Institute Museum" till 19th of March.
1894 (29 September) – he is born in Kolomyya (Kołomyja) near Stanislaviv (Stanisławów), Galicia, the Habsburg Empire, in a poor family, as the youngest of seven children of furrier Awigdor and vegetable seller Brucha, née Rindehau.
before 1912 – he attends the Baron Moritz von Hirsch public Jewish school in Kolomyya (one of the many educational institutions established in Galicia by the Baron Hirsch Foundation).
1912 – he travels to Germany to stay with his brothers, where he holds a sequence of jobs, including one as an agent in a textile company in Freiburg near Dresden, Saxony; during his stay there he continues his education.
1914–1918 –during the World War One, he serves in the Austrian-Hungarian armed forces (as an Austrian subject).
1918 – released from the army, he returns to Kolomyya, where he becomes involved in the leftist movement; he is a member of the Jewish Security Company and enters the Council of Workers' Deputies.
1920 – he travels to Dresden, where he works as an agent for a textile company; he enrolls in the local Kunstgewerbeschule (school of arts and crafts) and attends lectures on art at the Volkshochschule.
1924 – he becomes co-owner of a textile shop in Dresden; he starts supporting young artists with leftist inclinations and joins the Communist Party of Germany.
1925 – he is a co-founder and editor of the literary and art magazine Der Mob; as a foreigner, however, he is soon expelled from Germany for his communist activity.
1925–1928 – he lives in France (where he works as a laborer in an ore mine in Long Brie, and later in the Peugeot automobile factory) and in Vienna.
1928 – he is granted permission to return to Dresden.
1929 – he opens his own gallery in Dresden, featuring "young art" and promoting the work of leftist artists from Germany.
1930 – he organizes the exhibition "Modern Portrait" in his gallery.
1931 – he organizes the exhibition "Artistic and Spiritual Dresden in Images", presented in several German cities.
1933 – after Hitler seizes power, Sandel moves to Belgrade, Yugoslavia, where he organizes four exhibitions.
1935 – Yugoslav authorities order him to leave the country for ideological reasons, so he moves to Poland, where he initially settles in Vilnius, becoming involved in the artistic life of the local Jewish community.
1936 – he moves to Warsaw, where he is asso-ciated with the circle of the Jewish Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts (Żydowskie Towarzystwo Krzewienia Sztuk Pięknych, ŻTKSP) and the Association of Jewish Artists in Poland.
1939 – he is appointed commissioner of the summer exhibition of Polish artists in Kazimierz Dolny (the Celejowska House); after the invasion of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union in September, he settles in Lviv (annexed by the Soviet Union following Poland's territory being divided between two occupiers), where he works at the museum department of the local branch of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (formerly the Ossoliński National Institute).
1942—1945 – after the outbreak of war between the Soviet Union and Germany, he moves to the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, where he works as a teacher of German language.
1946 – he returns to Poland and settles in Warsaw (he lives in Konopacka St. in Praga district); he is appointed head of the art department (committee) of the Central Committee of Jews in Poland and chairman of the reactivated Jewish Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts (ŻTKSP); as its chairman, he organizes an exhibition of works by Rafał Mandelcwajg.
1948 –he organizes the exhibition "Works by Jewish Artists – Martyrs of the German Occupation 1939–1945" that is held in the building of the Jewish Historical Institute but under the auspices of ŻTKSP.
1949 – he is the curator of another ŻTKSP exhibition, also held in the JHI building, featuring rescued works by Jewish artists; after the ŻTKSP is dissolved, he takes up employment at the JHI.
1950 – he is appointed head of the Museum of the JHI; marries Ernestyna Podhorizer (widow of Vyacheslav Zaikin, university lecturer), his colleague in the ŻTKSP and then at the JHI, graduate of the faculty of mathematics and natural sciences at the University of Lviv; before the war, she was a high school teacher associated with leftist circles (even briefly imprisoned for anti-government activity).
1953 – he retires after being dismissed from the JHI by director Bernard Mark "in connection with the reorganization of work" (meaning that works of art were no longer to be displayed in the exhibition halls and the Institute would focus solely on featuring the history of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising); following his retirement, he concentrates solely on scholarly activities; he makes unsuccessful attempts to reclaim the collection he had amassed from the JHI (whose management he no longer trusts) and donate it to the Socio-Cultural Society of Jews (Towarzystwo Społeczno-Kulturalne Żydów) in Poland; he joins the Association of Historians of Art and Material Culture, today Association of Art Historians (Stowarzyszenie Historyków Sztuki, SHS).
1962 (December 1) – he dies in Warsaw, child-less, continuing his research until the very end; he is buried at the Jewish cemetery on Okopowa Street.
1969 – Ernestyna Podhorizer-Sandel is appointed head of the Museum of the JHI.
1984 – Ernestyna Podhorizer-Sandel dies in Warsaw, and the legacy of both art histo-rians goes to the JHI.


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There is a growing need for well-trained cooks in the US today. In times past, many people learned to cook from watching and helping their mothers or grandmothers but this isn't the case any more.
Today, it's quite likely mother and grandmother are busy pursuing careers outside the home and don't often exercise the culinary training they once received. There's often little time or interest in passing these skills along to the next generation.
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Another day with a little bit of blue tint! I was drawn to Holzke's work because the forms and patterns appear loose and handmade. I love that her work appears to not be perfectly formed and embellished...and has the mark of the hand upon it!
Holzke is an artist with many talents. Along with making functional pottery, she also paints, sculpts, and works in mixed media!
"Brenda Holzke is an artist living and working in Los Angeles. Her strongest inspiration is drawn from the vast world of fashion. She expresses her art through ceramics, mixed media vessels and wall art. The final results of this are ceramic designs with combinations of pattern and color that strongly resemble textiles." "My ceramic pieces are sculpted and then layered with a multitude of slips, stains, and other worldly textures. Between firings, I use special pencils, chalks and pigments to express my modern relics." (taken from https://www.echoceramics.com/pages/about-us)
To see more of Brenda's amazing artwork, visit her website: http://www.brendaholzke.com/
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Tandoori Salmon:
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Keralan Chicken Stew:
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Hi Alan,
We only got back to NZ on Tuesday, hence delay in replying. Yes thanks, we had a great time. The guide, Ali, and the muleteers, Abdullah and Hassan, were excellent and very pleasant company despite the stresses of Ramadan for them. We were also very well fed. Very glad we chose the Tichka Plateau for the scenery, flora and fauna and complete absence of other tourists.
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This week is internet safety week and it is important that we all keep our children safe online. Internet safety is as important for our youngest children as our older children. We have attached a link to help you guard against what can seem a difficult job keeping our children safe on line. Please see the attached link
Reception have been busy.
We are, as usual having a busy but exciting time in Reception. The attendance in Reception is one of the highest in school, well done everyone.
All the children have reading books to take home and are loving being able to share their reading with staff. We listen to your children read 3 times a week and will aim to change their reading books regularly. Thank you for your support reading with your children at home. Reading or sharing books with your children enables them to progress and develop a love of reading.
Top Tips for reading at home:
- Read 10 minutes every night with your child.
- Discuss the illustrations. What do they think is going on? Why?
- Predict what may happen? What would be good/bad etc.
- Make up alternative endings.
- Discuss what your child's likes/dislikes are about the text.
- What did we learn from the story? Was there a moral, did it give them any information? Was it factual or a fiction story?
- Can you change your voice for all the characters?
- Be guided by your child's interests- Read your own stories as well as school books.
- Become an explorer- Read fact, fiction, rhymes, poems, picture books.
- Ask questions about the story.
- Discuss the sequence of events. Can you recall the events? Most important keep it short, enjoyable and fun.
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Honiton Netball League now a seriously close call at the top of the table!
PUBLISHED: 12:38 25 June 2014
With leaders Uplowman without a game it was a chance for the chasing pack to close the gap at the top of the Honiton Summer Netball League, writes Graham Ingram.
Now just a single point separates first from fourth!
Flamingos held on to second place after a close win over bottom placed Howden Hawks.
The Hawks, with Naomi Firth playing well, led until the final quarter when, thanks to Rachel Burroughs, the Flamingos moved into the lead to win by 55-51. Hawks are still looking for their first success of the campaign!
Blackdown Ladies suffered an even closer defeat when they went down 51-49 against Hi Q who chased down their handicap start to squeeze through at the end. Lisa Cull was in good form for Hi Q whilst Rosie Cook was the Blackdown star.
The top game of the week saw third placed Pixies up against fifth placed OPG and it was the Pixies, for whom Lacey Dorliac shone, who came out on top, winning 54-46, this despite some good work from Bryony Monaghan for OPG.
Signs South West kept in the hunt for honours and they sit fourth after victory over Tip Top Trees.
On a night of close games theirs was the biggest victory as they recorded a 61-53 victory.
It was not until the final quarter that SSW took the lead, and a good deal of that was due to the performance of the effervescent Faye Hawkins at GA. Jenny Robinson once again turned in a quality performance for the Trees.
Latest results.
Flamingos (2) 55, Howden Hawks (36) 51; Hi Q (16) 51, Blackdown ladies (40) 49; OPG (0) 46, Pixies (34) 54; Signs South West (20) 61, Tip Top Trees (30) 53.
Latest table P GD Pts
Uplowman 6 120 18
Flamingos 7 52 18
Pixies 8 13 18
Signs South West 7 53 17
JD Tyres 6 -29 13
Hi Q 6 15 12
Tip Top Trees 7 -34 11
Blackdown Ladies 7 -70 9
Sidmouth Toucans 6 -84 8
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It's 11:45 PM – just got back home after our latest FI session in the city. So many thoughts, ideas, and to-dos are swimming in my mind! It can be really hard to figure out where to focus my limited time when there is so much to be done. But I know my number one priority for tomorrow at least – this company needs a name! Brainstorming starts tomorrow morning. I have an idea of the direction I want to go in. Might post some options here to try to get an audience poll. Need to move fast on name selection so I can move on to logos, website, email account….etc.
Tonight I got to meet the FI mentor who I've been wanting to contact since the first time I reviewed the mentor list, which is very exciting. Her background is in tech for parents so I am very eager to hear more feedback from her. She doesn't think my idea is strong as presented today, but I'm not discouraged because I have more to tell her than I could get into my one minute pitch. She says the photo book market is crowded, and she's right, but I still feel good about there being a need for a better product. Plus she said that her original company probably wasn't a strong idea either, but it worked.
I found out a bit more about next week's session, which is going to be focused on the first mentor idea review. We have to prepare a three-minute presentation with slides and receive feedback and questions from mentors. If they think our idea is weak or we are not prepared there is a chance we could be asked to leave the program. I also heard that one of the mentors coming is a big investor in female-led/female-focused startups, so I feel extra anxious about being very prepared. I want to make sure I really put my best information out there so I can get quality feedback about my venture's potential. So nervous, but also feeling excited too. There is so much potential here if I can get all my ducks in a row. Eek!
My mom's been visiting this week which has been so helpful because babygirl is being taken good care of and receiving the loving attention I haven't been as available with since I started FI. Plus it's just so nice having my mom with us for a few days.
It's Memorial Day weekend in a few days, so there will be a lot going on to take me away from work and I'm nervous about that, but I also think it could be helpful because there will be family around to help watch babygirl. I know DH (that's Dear Husband in internet slang for you newbies) is going to want to study for the CFA exam too though, so it will be hard for us to balance us both getting our work done. I know we'll figure it out somehow, I just need to be clear about my needs while not always expecting him to revolve around my schedule. We'll see if I can remember that come Friday – I tend to get caught up in my stress and what I think my needs are. Last week I cried three times – let's see if I can get it down to two this week. Baby steps.
In other news, DH & I celebrated our two year anniversary earlier this week by watching the two final episodes of Mad Men together. This is no small feat – taking two hours in one night to watch television together. So now I know Don Draper's fate. If that is even possible. Also – DH sent me flowers. This is kind of a big deal. He does not do this often and I really love it. It's funny how receiving flowers can make you feel loved. <3
Startup Mom is written by Coralee Dixon, a NJ mom trying to launch an online business aimed at helping parents solve their memory-keeping needs. Is she "having it all" or losing her mind? Follow along as we find out…


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5 Reasons to Join Online Courses in India
Everything is online today and online is everything in the future! The advent of internet has changed our modern lives and is on the brink of shaping an entire century to come! India is no stranger to this Internet revolution and issues like 'Net Neutrality', 'Digital India' and 'Internet.org' have awakened the average Indian who is about to go 'Digital'! 'Online Courses/Distant Education' is one of the by-products of this Internet Revolution and online courses in India have already attracted a great number of young and enthusiastic learners across the nation.
Launchpad Academy itself, an online design institute, offers its Car Design and Interior Design courses through an online platform. So we decided to share our views on 'Online Education in India' and list out 5 reasons why students should take up online courses in India, especially design courses like Web Design, Car Design, Interior Design and UI/UX Design.
1. All Is 'Not' Well with Colleges and Universities
According to surveys and studies conducted on the internet using crowd, scientists and psychologists have come to the conclusion that most people prefer online courses compared to regular college courses once they are introduced to an online course. Online education sites like Lynda, Coursera and Udemy and universities like Stanford and Harvard are offering verified, industry recommended and credit-transferable online courses, initiating the era of online education. According to Jonathan Ive, Apple's Chief of Design, 'Design education offered by popular design schools are in a tragic state today. These schools are wasting years on only teaching fundamentals, theories and are failing to offer industry exposure and practicality in their degrees'. Online courses on the contrary are more practical and aim at making students industry ready!
2. Online Courses are Job/Internship oriented
Continuing the above point, online courses unlike college degrees are making students industry ready by designing course curriculums and structures which are job/internship oriented. Also, distant education courses ditch the old 'grading system' to evaluate a student and instead focus on traits like skills and problem solving capabilities. Design is a field that changes every day and a field that expects its fresher candidates to focus on industry related problems, understand the modern trends and foresee the future, instead of just being good with sketching and design skills. Working in this regard, online educators are offering many job and internship opportunities to their students more used to the industry and its ways.
3. Online Courses are more Flexible, Accessible and Personal
Online courses in India and elsewhere have three distinct characteristics that make them better than regular classroom courses. Online education is more flexible when compared to the traditional ways of Indian education. Students can have access to the course material 24×7, re-play the live sessions any time they are convenient with for future reference and research. Also, the trainers of these online courses try to maintain a friendly approach with their students to make the whole online experience more transparent, easy to follow and interactive. Individual attention is in fact higher in online courses and students can keep in touch with the faculty for guidance even after the completion of these courses.
4. You don't have to go anywhere!
This is one of the most fundamental features of distant education, you don't have to attend classroom sessions. You don't have to travel to places or totally uproot your location in order to pursue a course. For example, most of our DiCD online course students don't reside in Bangalore and come from places like Chennai, Hyderabad and even Uganda! However, through our online courses those students were able to access the only course of this kind in India, without coming to Bangalore. Students can take up any number of online courses from the convenience of their home and cut down on expenses like travel, relocation and accommodation.
5. You don't have to give up anything!
If you are to pursue a regular classroom course, you are bound to give up all other activities and dedicate a part of your day exclusively for the course. Working professionals who are willing to learn further often find this restriction very discouraging and give up on their wish to learn more. Online courses are an excellent alternative to people like this who cannot give up their jobs or students who are still completing their degree or even housewives who want to put their free time into good use. Online courses offer the convenience of 'Anytime, Anywhere', thus giving the learner the freedom to choose his/her study time table and place to learn.
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When we found the Glasser Institute we found the method we needed to help us reach our goal. Christianity teaches how to reach God, how to know you are loved and forgiven. We share whenever we can, whenever the children ask. Choice Theory teaches how to have effective control in your life. It helped us build good relationships, good boundaries, confidence. social skills, ability to recognize good people in life, make and keep good goals, prepare for the future, and live the life we were teaching.
We found that we can also teach this to other people who would like to use their life helping children. We can and do train all kinds of people, and have had in our agency, at one time or another several inter-racial couples, deaf parents, blind parents, single parents, grandparents, parents with no children and parents with several natural children.
It is difficult for some people to relax and let us train them. They believe they were good parents for their own children and they won't need any help with someone else's children. Doing well as a parent or teacher, coach, etc, is a perfect place to begin from. With the specialized training we offer the job of foster parent will be so much more positive and make you a more rounded parent, ready to handle the challenges that await you.
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Education is so important to us and helping others get more out of their time throughout the education process is what we strive to achieve. Whether that's advice on how to write essays, advice on how to find sources for your essays or advice on proofreading your essays, we have the information for you to help you through some of the most stressful time your life.
Many people have been through it before and many of the next generation will go through it again, but making your time in University simpler by breaking down your learning to help you get better grades and scores will only help you later on in life. Whatever you want to do and be when you finish University, we can help you get there with your hard work and our advice to guide you. Good luck!
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Updating your computer systems in your school is one way in which you can do this. Due to technology improvements, your school needs to stay up to date with the times to ensure you don't get left behind. These technologies are developed for a reason, and you may be unaware of the benefits and how they can improve your services as a school – which is why we have the advice and updates for you to check out.


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Fashion has stood the tides of change and brought about revolutions in women clothing for the modern era. There are clothes that were a huge hit during the 80s and keep coming back with variations even in the recent era. One such piece of clothing is the leggings.
Leggings come in varied styles and patterns that can be worn as a casual dress for an evening stroll and yet look trendy. Pair them with long flared tunic tops of contrasting colors and look elegant. The more you get comfortable with wearing a legging, the more daring you would be when experimenting with different casual clothes to decide the best outfit for your body shape.
Given the flavor of the season, always go in for bold colors with variations in lengths and keep the basics simple and neat. Work with leggings that come right to the mid-calf and look striking on taller women. To create an illusion of wider legs, it is best to go in for Capri type of leggings that is best suited for smaller frame women. Play with multi-colored leggings that focus attention on to your legs and make them look slender.
A lot of variations in dressing styles can be tried on with leggings with infinite ways. For a starter, it is always best to go in for monochromatic shades of legging with chic tops of more or less the same color. This will instantly give height and slender your body frame.
Black ruffles shirts with leggings in shades of grey look vibrant and gives a stylish appeal. Pair up with leather or denim jackets to create a bold statement that neutralizes the dull appearance of everyday casual clothing wear. To add visual ecstasy, casual clothes of women like ruffled tops, pleated shirts to mini skirt bottoms and overcoats create a look for the season and brighten up the wardrobe image for any women.
Accessories like high boots and heels are perfect for any legging, irrespective of shiny or striped. Complement them with the single-colored or geometric patterned clutch to add that extra zing. Dangling earrings and hair left loose, with not much of detailing gives way for that perfect party attire.
A lot of online stores specialize in selling accessories that are perfect to be worn with a legging. It is much difficult to find variety in wholesale clothing as they tend to be repetitive in patterns and style. But leggings are versatile enough to complement any kind of chic clothing.
Leggings add a touch of glam and are a wardrobe classic. Be as creative you can with your leggings and spur out styles that flatter your body shape. It can be a bohemian or a retro style or just a fusion of modern age leggings. Surf the Internet to learn more about the latest trends. Go wild with fabrics and colors to create new looks that define the moment.


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Most "best colleges" lists are based on factors like students' SAT scores, campus life offerings and successful student outcomes. While those lists are helpful to students choosing a college, they don't really capture the biggest picture. The point of attending college is – gaining knowledge, of course – but in realistic terms, to get a job after graduation. And a good job, at that. That's why a list developed by hiring managers is crucial to prospective college students. It lets them know where hiring managers prefer to hire as well as what qualities are crucial to making the successful transition between college graduate to new hire. Business Insider asked 1,000 of their readers to provide their input on which schools best prepare students for the workforce, according to Yahoo! Finance. From those responses, Business Insider took the 666 who claimed they hired frequently to determine the following list of best colleges. Also, for the record, these hiring managers stated that both business and engineering majors had the best student outcomes.
1. Harvard University
For the full list of hiring mangers' top 25 college picks, click here.
1. Harvard University
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3. Stanford University
4. Yale University
5. Princeton University
6. Duke University
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How Long Does it Take to Lose Belly Fat Post Pregnancy?
Each woman's body responds differently, and the process of regaining your pre-pregnancy body can take months or even years. Not only do your muscles, skin and tissue have to shrink back, but you have to contend with the extra fat your body took on purposely to support breastfeeding. If you made the mistake of eating for two, your journey may take a little longer.
Healing Period
The first hurdle you have to overcome in your quest for post-baby weight loss is your own healing period 2. You have to allow your body time to transition back into that of a non-pregnant person. Some women find they can resume light activity and exercise just days after delivery, while others, especially women who had surgical deliveries or pregnancy complications, need weeks or months before they have the strength to embark on a weight-loss journey 1. As soon as you feel up to tackling your post-baby body, make an appointment to get your doctor's blessing.
Diet and Exercise
You're going to lose a large chunk of weight in the days and weeks following your pregnancy. Your blood volume will return to normal and your skin will begin to stretch back. Once that process ends, it's up to you to take over. The best way to accomplish your goals in a healthy way is by eating a healthy diet and exercising. Diet and exercise cause weight loss primarily by creating a calorie deficit and building lean muscle.
Breastfeeding Advantage
Moms who breastfeed have a slight edge over moms who formula feed when it comes to weight loss. Since your body works regularly to create breast milk, it burns a few hundred additional calories per day. That additional calorie burn helps you lose weight without making drastic changes to your diet or adding exercise while you establish a breastfeeding routine. In fact, BabyCenter recommends waiting at least two months before actively trying to lose weight so you don't adversely affect your milk supply.
Keeping it Safe
Patience is one of the key safety elements to post-pregnancy weight loss. While you might want to lose the weight right away, starting a diet and pushing yourself to exercise before you heal results in fatigue during a time in your life when you need your energy the most. Fast weight loss can also introduce toxins into your breast milk. Even if this does happen, "breast milk remains the healthiest food for your baby, so don't let this deter you from breastfeeding," according to BabyCenter lactation consultant Susan Condon 3.
Each woman's body responds differently, and the process of regaining your pre-pregnancy body can take months or even years.
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Representative of Fair World party included in Vitsebsk regional election commission
13 of 17 applicants were included in the regional election commission. The nominees represented political parties and public associations (10 persons), as well as citizens by submitting applications (6 persons), and labor collectives (1 person).
Mikalai Selivashka, chairman of the regional office of the Belarusian Left Party "Fair World", will be the only local pro-democratic activist to be elected to the commission. Deputy chairman of the BPF's regional branch, Kanstantsin Smolikau, was not included in the commission. The nomination of human rights activist Pavel Levinau was also denied.
Part from Mikalai Selivashka, the regional election commission includes members of the LDP, the PBC, and the Republican Party of Labor and Justice. Several people represent pro-government NGOs – "Belaya Rus", the Belarusian Republican Youth Union, the Belarusian Association of Veterans, the Belarusian Union of Women, trade union organizations.
According to chairman of Vitsebsk regional executive committee Aliaksandr Kosinets, these elections will be held in the year of the 70th anniversary of Belarus' liberation from the Nazi invaders in the period of preparation for the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Victory, and therefore "it is necessary to conduct the campaign at the highest organizational level, openly and democratically."
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A Girl and Her Emotions
When I found out the ladies' retreat theme my church was holding this year was on emotions, I admit I inwardly groaned.
That's not for me, I thought. As someone who has previously prided herself on her stoicism, feeling emotionally out-of-control has not typically been an area I've felt weak in.
If anything, I more often struggle with hardness of heart and detachment. Displaying emotions can equal weakness to me, and in the past I've protected myself against hurt by building a wall around my heart.
I have grown though, in becoming a more emotionally open person, marriage and motherhood being the main means to my transformation.
In the weeks leading up to the retreat, however, I felt pushed to the limit and at the end of myself. I was struggling with anger everyday. Little things were cracking my reserves and I was blowing up over annoyances and discipline problems with my kids.
As much as I tried to change, everyday I felt failure. Everyday I showed my kids how to have a big ole temper tantrum. Patience seemed to elusively slip through my fingers.
No doubt many factors played into my struggle. The lack of time my kids were getting to blow off their energy outside now that it's colder and the time changed. Homeschooling is new this year and stretching us all. A small house means we're kind of all under each other's feet.
But still, something needed to change with me. Yet change seemed out of reach.
Like Paul I could say, "For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing" (Romans 7:18-19).
As God would have it, by the time the retreat actually rolled around, it was perfect in timing and topic. Imagine that! I was wallowing in discouragement and not God's grace to change and make me more like Him.
Each message at the retreat spoke to me in some way with my struggle of anger and self-control.
First, it was so good to be reminded I'm created in God's image and that I'm more like God than any other creature in the universe. To be reminded that God feels. He is not detached, unfeeling, or stoic. My emotions are God-given; despite the fact they're corrupted, just like the rest of me. "The cry of need and the song of joy are each appropriate in image bears of the glory of God," writes David Powlison in "What Do You Feel?" for The Journal of Biblical Counseling.
Despite the fact I'm an image bearer of God, I still have a long way to go and I feel that. However, one of the speakers at the retreat reminded me that God is glorified by my attempt at righteousness, not just my attaining it.
What a good reminder that my weak attempts glorify God! That He doesn't look down on me for that. Actually, the fact that I'm wrestling is a sign that God's working in me, not that He's not working in me.
This encouraged my soul. My attempts and my wrestling were signs that He was working in me. And though I must fight against my various sin patterns, God also offers rest for my weary and discouraged soul.
"Performance does matter to God." The speaker had my attention with this comment. She went on, "Never think that it doesn't. It's just whose performance matters: that of Jesus."
I'm not resting in my daily performance of perfect self-control. I'll mess up. I'll blow it. I'll yell at my kids again. I already have since being back from the retreat. But I can rest that Jesus' performance of a perfect life, death, and resurrection on my behalf covers me.
And so I continue to wrestle. But I rest too.
Does anyone else wrestle with their emotions too? How do you wrestle? How do you rest?
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Elizabeth: Faith for the Barren Years
She had kept the letter of the law. And not only in the outward sense, but she was righteous before God. For years she'd lived a life that was blameless before the Lord. She was not perfect, of course, but Scripture records not one word of reproach about her life.
Still, she was barren. And like the women before her — Sarah, Hannah — she viewed it as a disgrace. And so would have everyone else.
She was of the line of Aaron. She was married to a priest. Why would God not bless her with a child? What had she done? Why were her prayers not answered? And now she, like Sarah, was old.
Yet Elizabeth was faithful. Her life saturated with a very vital and personal love for God.
Can you imagine the wonder she would have felt when Zechariah returned home — mute no less — from serving the Lord in the temple and wrote on a tablet that an angel had visited him and they would have a son? How I wish her response was recorded for us!
Interestingly, Elizabeth chose to hide herself away for five months after she conceived. This was not cultural. It seems she may have kept the news of her pregnancy secret for a while. Perhaps her joy was so profound she wanted to savor it. She wanted to prepare herself for a new work the Lord was going to have her do as she raised a special son. One thing is certain. She worshiped the Lord:
Thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among people."
Perhaps it was during this special time of confinement that Mary came to visit with her with her own special news. Elizabeth acknowledges with faith the Lord's work in both their lives and the two women rejoice together in the Lord. What talks they must have had!
At last, the long-awaited son is placed in Elizabeth's arms. Tiny and wrinkled, swaddled in a blanket, Elizabeth holds her miracle. A miracle not just meant for her, but the nation of Israel. God had had it all planned from the beginning.
Eight days after her baby's birth, Elizabeth's strong faith is once again revealed. Those around her try to name her son after his father, Zechariah, as was the custom.
"No; he shall be called John," Elizabeth responded simply and resolutely. That was the name Zechariah had communicated to her that the angel had said to give him.
Those gathered didn't take her word for it and appealed to her husband for the baby's name. Zechariah responds by agreeing with Elizabeth. Immediately, his speech returns!
All the visiting neighbors are overcome with a holy fear. Something is going on. The news spreads all through the hill country of Judea. Everyone was talking, and this time it is not to ponder or judge Elizabeth's barrenness, but to exclaim over the mysterious circumstances of the birth of her son. Something special and strange was happening and everyone took notice.
And what of Elizabeth? I think we can assume she raised her child as faithfully as she's lived out her barren years. That she taught him to live righteous and blameless before the Lord.
Did she live to see him full-grown, a locus-eating prophet living and teaching in the wilderness? Did she know he baptized his cousin, Jesus? Did she hear of his imprisonment and beheading?
We don't know. But however long her life, I think she continued on in faith. She'd been faithful through the long barren years, how could she not continue faithfully after all she'd seen and personally experienced?
Barrenness may take many forms in life. We all have barren places that lie, seemingly in waste. We may even view them as judgment or punishment from God and wonder why He would inflict us with such pain. Yet, we see God's sovereign plan is always at work, and in Elizabeth's case, He had something special in mind. So the question becomes, will I continue in faithfulness, despite the lack I see? Elisabeth Elliot encourages us in her book, Secure in the Everlasting Arms:
In the barren places of my life I can be assured that God is there as He is when life is fruitful, and that the time is coming (give me patience, Lord, to wait!) when He will fulfill His word: "I will put in the desert the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive. I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together, so that people may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the Lord has done this" (Isaiah 41:19-20).
Barrenness can take many forms. Would you be willing to share a form of "barrenness" in your life?
The Daily Sip
Doubtless Love
Just like the woman in my neighborhood, I doubt love. I take convincing. But what if I didn't?
One day as she rode her scooter through our neighborhood, Molly overheard a couple inside a house. Their windows were open, she told me later, and as she went by, she heard a woman cry, and a man say in exasperation, "I do love you, honey."
Molly's story prompted two thoughts: first, I should close my windows, because who knows what people hear when they ride their scooters by our place! Secondly, I wondered, "What is it in us that makes us doubt love?"
My heart hurt for the neighbor I didn't know. Whether or not the man truly loves her — and I hope he's a devoted, faithful husband! — the fact is, her Father loves her, deeply. Completely. Unconditionally. But something in her still isn't sure she's loved, so the man still tries to convince her.
And if she's like me, she isn't easily convinced. The truth is, I doubt love, too. Every day, Andy gives me dozens of reasons to know he loves me, and so do my family and friends. But too often, I still wonder. "Do you love me?"
Scripture talks about something else overheard. It's one of my very favorite verses:
The Lord your God is with you,
he is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
he will quiet you with his love,
he will rejoice over you with singing. (Zephaniah 3:17)
A love song, overheard overhead, sung by God Himself! Steven Curtis Chapman talks about it in a song I added to my "run" playlist last week. I added it, not just because its upbeat tempo makes me run faster, but because I need to hear its convincing chorus, over and over again:
There's a song being sung over you
by the One who breathes life into you:
You are being loved,
right now, at this very moment
Just like the woman in my neighborhood, I doubt love. I take convincing. But what if I didn't? What if I listened, and finally overheard what's overhead?
"I do love you, child."
The Daily Sip
The Slow Wean
When my daughter Savannah turned two in 2010, we entered the dreaded season of pacifier weaning. It was hard. Very hard. She was not happy to lose her precious "Night Night," as she called it.
The thing is, I understood all too well. You see, it had only been two months since I'd experienced a miscarriage. I knew how difficult it was to face an unexpected change; to lose something dear. And while obviously saying "goodbye" to a pacifier isn't the same as the death of child, I sympathized with Savannah. I saw my pain in hers.
As she sat on the couch, screaming, "Night Night!" at me, tears flowing from her eyes, I remained there beside her. I offered comfort, but didn't fix her pain by returning the longed for possession. Instead, I allowed her to grieve, helping her through the process with my presence and empathy. And, because of the relationship we've built, she felt the freedom to run to my arms and cry and scream within my embrace.
While at one point, I did say, "You're a big girl now," I didn't attempt to explain to her all the reasons I took her pacifier away. Rather, I knew from personal experience what Joni Eareckson Tada speaks of in her book, When God Weeps: Why Our Sufferings Matter to the Almighty:
When your heart is being wrung out like a sponge, an orderly list of "sixteen good biblical reasons as to why this is happening" can sting like salt in a wound. You don't stop bleeding that way. A checklist may be okay when you're looking at your suffering in a rearview mirror, but when you're hurting in present tense, "Let me explain why this is happening" isn't always livable….
Besides, answers are for the head. They don't always reach the problem where it hurts — in the gut and in the heart. When a person is sorely suffering … people are like hurting children looking into the faces of their parents, crying and asking, "Daddy, why?" Those children don't want explanations, answers, or "reasons why"; they want their daddy to pick them up, pat them on the backs, and reassure them everything is going to be okay.
As I've walked through grief and loss, God has done for me what I sought to do for Savannah. He doesn't remove my sorrow. Most of the time, He doesn't return what I've lost. But He does remain beside me. He allows me to grieve, helping me through the process with His presence and empathy. And, because of the relationship we've built, I feel the freedom to run to His arms and cry and scream within His embrace. Joni writes:
God, like a father, doesn't just give advice. He gives himself. He becomes the husband to the grieving widow (Isaiah 54:5). He becomes the comforter to the barren woman (Isaiah 54:1). He becomes the bridegroom to the single person (Psalm 10:14). He is the healer to the sick (Exodus 15:26). He is the wonderful counselor to the confused and depressed (Isaiah 9:6).
This is what you do when someone you love is in anguish; you respond to the plea of their heart by giving them your heart. If you are the One at the center of the universe, holding it together, if everything moves, breathes, and has it's being in you, you can do no more than give yourself (Acts 17:28).
And perhaps — just perhaps — He doesn't offer me specific "reasons why" because that doesn't, as Joni writes, "reach the problem where it hurts."
Pacifier weaning was difficult for Savannah — but, just as God is always there for me in my pain, I was there for her during the slow wean of 2010.
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As a television ad once promoted, we live in a modern day society where we want to :
Share this. Share that.
How can we do that?
The current set of millions of smartphones (iPhones) can easily share voice and text conversations and photos.
But what's next to do.
We build some intelligence into devices to allow remote monitoring and other sensing applications so that we can share even more information related to devices like washing machines, refrigerators, lights, sprinklers, home security, and even smart watches to monitor health conditions in real-time.
This growing network of interconnected devices will expand the internet bandwidth requirements.
This new market for intelligent internet of things (IoT) is generally segmented into these categories with the top two already existing and the remainder needing to be built or already in design and production. These are ordered in somewhat reducing complexity:
- Servers / Routers
- Smartphones / Tablets / Home PCs / Laptops
- Wearable infotainment
- Wearable Fitness and Health
- Smart Home
- Smart Appliance
- Safety and Security
- Smart City / Metering
- Commerce
Reference Synopsys analysis of IP components needed to build these IoT devices
The high-end Internet of Things are occupied by the Smartphones/Tablets/Home PCs/Laptop and an example SOC diagram would like below with CPU, display, LDDR and sensors. These usually use the latest technology process nodes like 10nm FinFET to make the billion transistor devices economical and probably cost between $20 to $100 per device.
The low-end SOC for IoT has significantly reduced IP but maintains bare functional and communication capabilities such as as a CPU, bluetooth and sensor. These would probably go into smart metering devices and use 28nm process node technology and cost around $5 to $20.
The bottom SOC for IoT can be a bare minimum of CPU, some local storage RAM and sensor. Cost should be within a $1 or less to be economically feasible and produced in the billions. It can probably use older process nodes like 90nm and cost less than $1 to manufacture. These could be added as tracking devices for very expensive items shipped across international borders.


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Mrs. Eylene Parrish started her career in Archaeology when she began attendance at Mississippi State University (MSU) in 2001. In 2002, Mrs. Parrish obtained the position of Archaeology Lab Technician at the Cobb Institute of Archaeology, located on MSU's campus. In this position, Mrs. Parrish acquired the skills and knowledge of proper artifact processing, i.e. washing, sorting, cataloging, flotation, and inventorying. Mrs. Parrish also participated in the 2005 MSU Archaeological Field School where she participated in both a five-week Phase I survey and a five-week Phase II excavation. During the Phase II portion, she assisted in the excavation of three prehistoric sites in the Tombigbee National Forest in north-central Mississippi. In addition, Mrs. Parrish also served as an archaeological field technician on several excavations in Lincoln and Oktibbeha counties, Mississippi. With the experience obtained from fieldwork in the undergraduate program at MSU, Mrs. Parrish was invited on several occasions to be a guest lecturer at public schools in Copiah, Oktibbeha, and Scott counties, Mississippi. Here, she discussed basic archaeological facts, the principles of Phase I, II, and III investigations, and the educational requirements needed to pursue a career in archaeology. It was also at MSU where she was introduced to geographic information system (GIS) software such as ESRI ArcGIS. Through attending GIS classes, she acquired the skills and knowledge to apply the software to the field of archaeology. Mrs. Parrish even led a group class project to identify suitable locations within the state of Mississippi to grow bio-fields such as switchgrass.
After receiving her Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from MSU in 2006, Mrs. Parrish was employed by Earth Search Inc. (ESI), New Orleans, Louisiana, as a Cultural Resources Research Assistant. While employed at ESI, Mrs. Parrish has worked on numerous Phase I archaeological surveys in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, Phase II investigations in Louisiana and Texas, and Phase III in New Orleans, Louisiana. Also, while working at ESI, Mrs. Parrish has served as Assistant Project Manager for several projects such as Mississippi State Route 9 (SR 9) Phase I survey in Pontotoc County in 2009, and on the I-12 to Bush Corridor Study in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana in 2010.
Mrs. Parrish has also performed several other duties at ESI. Since 2007, she has conducted geomorphological research for reports and co-authored many of ESI's archaeological reports. In 2011, Mrs. Parrish assumed the role of assistant report coordinator where she assists with the processing and preparation of archaeological data and graphics for technical reports for state, federal and private clients. In addition, Mrs. Parrish is also ESI's webmaster, maintaining and updating the company's website. Currently, Mrs. Parrish's main duty at ESI is of GIS Specialist. Her knowledge in GIS is from a combination of her studies at MSU, and on-site training and experience. She has also completed and received an ESRI certificate for attending a workshop on "Working with ArcGIS Spatial Analyst" in 2012. As GIS Specialist, her responsibilities include pre- and post-processing of GIS data, maintaining and operating ESI's GPS equipment, and generating horizontal and vertical datasets for site analysis using a Total Station. She also assists the architectural department by georeferencing historic maps, such as historic topographic maps, to help locate and identify possible historic structures.
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Watch the release of baby bobcat Hope in this 14th episode of her life. Find out more about our rehab work at BigCatRescue.org
For more info about BIG CAT RESCUE visit: http://www.bigcatrescue.org
Watch the release of baby bobcat Hope in this 14th episode of her life. Find out more about our rehab work at BigCatRescue.org
For more info about BIG CAT RESCUE visit: http://www.bigcatrescue.org
Kitten Rescue!
There's an estimated 50 million stray cats in America! So when Big Cat Rescue staff spotted a stray kitten on Christmas Eve we decided to rescue the kitten and help make a difference!
SPAY & PLAY: http://bigcatrescue.org/2011/spay-and-play
Humane Society of Tampa Bay: http://humanesocietytampa.org/
WEBSITE: http://www.bigcatrescue.org
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/bigcatrescue
GOOGLE+: https://plus.google.com/115333849859181638977/posts
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DONATE: http://www.bigcatrescue.org/donate.htm
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This video is an excellent example of how you can change the world by opening your heart and home to an animal in need.
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3 Very CUTE bobcat KITTENS are given a second chance at life after being adopted by a domestic cat !!
With a gun in one hand and a sack of bobcat kittens in the other, an Alabama hunter proudly plopped the newborns down on the counter and asked the veterinary assistant to raise them up for him so he could give them to his kids as pets.
The vet tech was stunned, but quickly recomposed herself to tell the hunter she would do it for him so as to rescue the babies from such an awful fate. She immediately began scouring the Internet for an expert in rehab and release. When she called Carole Baskin of Big Cat Rescue it was agreed that the kittens would come to Florida, be raised for re-release back to the wild and the paperwork began.
It took three days to secure the Florida import permit and time was of the essence. The only kitten formula available to the clinic was one that often causes serious dehydration in bobcat kittens. The second more critical factor was that their eyes would be opening any day and if they were to ever live free it was imperative that they not bond to humans. They never make good pets, but the bonding that takes place during the nursing stage could make them fearless of people and that would get them into trouble as adults.
While Big Cat Rescue President and resident Rehabber, Jamie Veronica, hit the road to begin a 24 hour road trip to rescue the baby bobcats, Big Cat Rescue put out a call to all of the Tampa animal based charities and on all of their social networks that they needed a nursing mother cat who had kittens of her own. Jack Talman of FosteringIsCool.com found a mother cat but her kittens were too old and she was going into heat so there was concern that she may not have milk nor interest for new babies.
Big Cat Rescuer, Merrill Kramer, called on Rick Chaboudy, CEO of Suncoast Animal League in Palm Harbor, FL and he said he thought he had a good candidate. Her name was Bobbi because of her half tail and she had given birth to 6 kittens of her own and then adopted two more. He found foster parents for all but two of the kittens and brought Bobbi and her brood over to see what she thought of diversifying her family.
Introductions like these can be very scary because the mother cat can be overly protective of her own kittens and fatally strike out at the new comers. President, Jamie Veronica, has had a considerable amount of experience in this area though and had taken every precaution to make sure it went as well as it possibly could. Bobbi turned out to be a dream come true for three little orphaned bobcats though. She immediately pulled them in close to nurse and began to bathe them. The little bobcat babies were so startled that they hissed at her!
She ignored their resistance and just kept on loving on them. Once they figured out that this strange smelling "bobcat" mom had the real deal to offer at her breasts, they were in love too.
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Film, Dance
A six-channel video installation composed of existing footage shot in 2004 in Montevideo, Uruguay, UNIGLORY will explore the interaction of bodies in space and address the determination to create a physical connection with another person.
Based on two very different dance improvisations, one contact jam and one tango practice, the piece will investigate how improvisational dance duets reflect universal themes of attraction and repulsion. More than just the representation of bodies existing together, the installation will confront the viewer with questions about how to share an experience with another body.
How much tension is required to create the delicate equilibrium necessary to move together, to exist together? The title UNIGLORY comes from a shipping crate just outside the dance space. The word points to the feeling of great happiness that is the result of two bodies moving with a sense of unity.


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Researchers at Hamilton College in New York have identified molecules which have been shown to be effective in the fight against breast cancer. The researchers used the latest computational techniques in a novel way in order to design molecules predicted to be effective compounds for breast cancer research. Subsequently, scientists from Albany Medical College synthesized the predicted molecules and verified that they were potential anti-breast cancer compounds in mouse uterine growth assays, a test with good correlation to human breast cancer inhibition.
The paper, "Computational Design and Experimental
Discovery of an Anti-estrogenic Peptide Derived from Alpha-Fetoprotein," is published in the May 16 2007 issue of the Journal of American Chemical Society.
Tamoxifen Resistance
Tamoxifen is now the preferred drug for treatment of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, and many forms of the cancer are resistant to tamoxifen or acquire resistance during treatment. That is why there is ongoing need for breast cancer drugs having different molecular targets.
Previous work by the Albany Medical College researchers had shown that 8- mer and cyclic 9-mer peptides inhibit breast cancer in mouse and rat models, interacting with an unsolved receptor, while peptides smaller than eight amino acids did not.
The work, funded by the National Institutes of Health, the New York State Breast Cancer Research and Education fund, the Department of Defense's Breast Cancer program, and the National Science Foundation, had its first presentation of the results at the 2006 International Symposium on Theory and Computations in Molecular and Materials Sciences, Biology and Pharmacology, in February of 2006.
I also want to point out that the photo above is an electron micrograph of a single breast cancer cell, not the molecules in question.


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Where does John stand on the issues?
How can you support John's campaign?
Schedule an event for John in your area.
John's Favorite Web Sites:
Foundation for Economic Education
Separation of School & State Alliance
Who is
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John was born in Detroit in 1945. In 1950 the family moved to Ohio. He has lived in Toledo, Millbury, Hilliard, Hamilton, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus. Having lived in the State of Ohio for 50 years, John is a Buckeye through and through. He knows Ohio's people, places and events in history.
John graduated from Hilliard High School in 1963 and went on to college at Murray State University. He studied business, education, history and military science and received a BS degree from Murray State University in 1968. John contemplated going to law school but decided the world did not need any more lawyers! In 1968 he married Sally Hoeflinger, also of Hilliard. Sally graduated from The Ohio State University and was an RN for 30 years. She now works with John in their own business.
After serving in the Army, John taught at Ross High School near Hamilton, OH for one year and then started his career in business and sales. John has always enjoyed working directly with people in helping them solve problems. Over the years John has worked as a private school recruiter helping kids choose careers. He has worked as a stock broker and investment sales representative helping people choose investments that would allow them to reach certain financial goals in their lives.
Since 1974 he has been in the insurance business and in 1986 started his own insurance agency, Source Benefits, in Columbus. In that capacity John has helped individuals and small business owners solve the problems of loss of income due to death or disability -- and he has provided financial counseling in facing life's problems. John has helped his clients sort out the best path to take in regards to health insurance plans for themselves and their employees.John has worked on the Jim Schrader for Congress campaign. Jim was a Libertarian candidate for congress in 1998. McAlister has also been the Central Region Chair of the Libertarian Party of Ohio and the Publicity Chair for the LPO.
John & Sally live in the Columbus suburb of Gahanna and have two grown children who are married -- no grandchildren yet. John and Sally both enjoy travel, hiking (he's hiked up Mt. St. Helens in the Cascades and Mt. LeConte in the Smoky Mountains) and bicycling with the Westerville Bicycle Club. He also enjoys rappelling cliffs in the Hocking Hills.
John's strength as your U.S. Senator from Ohio is that he knows how to listen to people and help them solve problems. People solving their own problems is what made this country great. John enjoys encouraging self reliance and initiative in others.
For more perspective into John's life, go to Why Is John A Candidate for U.S. Senate. McAlister for U.S. Senate
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You can hit LA or BTR later to listen or download the show. Oh, yeah, and it will be our iTunes area as well.
As the councilor who seemingly does not sleep — full-tilt in city hall, running comedy clubs, active hubby and dad, church volunteer — he has long been the big idea guy. He proposed the most and most innovative legislation. In fact, he became famous for doing Boston versions of things the General Court should have done, sometimes shaming the big kids on the hill into action.
I"m sure we'll talk about the scramble to fill his seat, plus what his absence means. He'll surely tell us what this may do to his long-held mayoral ambitions. Of course, we'd love to know what he sees for Northeastern's role in the city, including the implications for the other major schools in this academic area to Cambridge and beyond.
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Marcus Antonius & Cleopatra VII. Denarius (tin coin replica) struck in c. 34 BC.
OBV/ CLEOPATRA REGINAE REGVM FILIORVM REGVM, her diad. bust right, prow before.
REV/ ANTONI ARMENIA DEVICTA, His head right, Armenian tiara behind.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Cleopatra (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ; January 69 BC-November 30, 30 BC) was a Hellenistic co-ruler of Egypt with her father (Ptolemy XII Auletes) and later with her brothers/husbands Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV. She later became the supreme ruler of Egypt, consummated a liaison with Gaius Julius Caesar that solidified her grip on the throne, and, after Caesar's assassination, aligned with Mark Antony, with whom she produced twins. In all, Cleopatra had four children, one by Caesar (Caesarion) and three by Antony (Cleopatra Selene, Alexander Helios, Ptolemy Philadelphus). Her unions with her brothers produced no children: it is possible that they were never consummated; in any case, they were not close. Her reign marks the final end of the Hellenistic and the beginning of the Roman era in the eastern Mediterranean. She was the last Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt (her son by Julius Caesar, Caesarion, ruled in name only before Augustus had him executed.).
After Antony's rival and Caesar's legal heir, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian (who later became the first Roman Emperor, Augustus), brought the might of Rome against Egypt, it is said that Cleopatra took her own life on August 12, 30 BC, allegedly by means of an asp. Her legacy survives in the form of numerous dramatizations of her story, including William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and several modern films.
Cleopatra was a direct descendant of Alexander's general, Ptolemy I Soter, son of Arsinoe and Lacus, both of Macedon. A Greek by language and culture, Cleopatra is reputed to have been the first member of her family in their 300-year reign in Egypt to have learned the Egyptian language.


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Heavy-duty, long-life drives for the metals industryNORD DRIVESYSTEMS at the METEC 2015 trade fair
NORD DRIVESYSTEMS provides drive technology for heavy-duty applications in the steel and metals industry. Gear units, motors, and drive electronics are custom-configured and supplied with electrical, mechanical, and thermal design options to suit the target application. Compact, totally enclosed non-ventilated (TENV / IC410) roller table motors are available with ring fins or straight fins.
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Based on decades of industry experience, NORD implements application-specific motor winding patterns to ensure tough torque characteristics with high breakdown torques. The durable roller table motors handle demanding load situations such as high-frequency reversing operation. Shock- and vibration-absorbing cast-iron housings and reinforced bearings and shafts ensure high mechanical resilience and a long service life. Totally enclosed motors with an internal or external fan (TEFC / IC411 or TEFV / IC416) and numerous additional options from the modular NORD program are also available.
In addition to several steel mills in India and the USA, major recent NORD projects in the metals industry include the drive infrastructure for a section rolling mill in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the largest of its kind in the Middle East, where the roller tables alone are actuated by over 600 NORD drives.
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FS/FE/BE Developer (Remote Preferred)
- Berlin, Germany
- Full-time
Company Description
Lingoda is the market leader of live language classes with real teachers. Our mission is to shape the future of language learning by making it easier and more accessible. Our students take online classes, whenever and wherever they want. Currently we offer German, Spanish, French, and English classes.
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We are looking for outstanding Fullstack, Frontend, and Backend Developers to be part of our growing team. You will be in charge of building, developing and improving our solutions across the entire stack. The position is full time, preferred working remotely (VoIP meetings required) or possibly from our Berlin office. Please note: daily (mandatory) standups are at 9:30 Berlin time. Keep this in mind with your timezone!
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You love developing software and you love learning and improving
You have at least 3 years of solid experience creating web applications using either or both of the following:
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You know how to rebase, merge and fork in Git
You are passionate about code quality. Writing tests and documentation belong to your natural workflow
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A history of active contributions to open source projects is a plus.
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