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BF3 Server downtime on december, 6th
Battlefield 3 will be down between 9am CET 12am PST until 1pm CET / 4 am PST.
During that maintenence break, the servers will receive the next patch.
At the same time, the server for PC clients will be released. It is 2 GB fat and contains the "Back to Karkand" expansion.

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Broadly Speaking 06 February 2018
'The best laid plans of mice and men......' - to quote Robbie Burns. Our carefully planned meeting for Tuesday did not run as expected – but what a truly interesting. robust and jam packed meeting it was.
We welcomed Richard Vandenberg, formerly from Swan Hill who also visited us last Tuesday and Lyn Comer, IPP Bendigo Strathdale – and, later, Bernie Young, President of the RC of Bendigo South also joined us.
Our Guest Speaker was Peter Kennedy, Managing Editor of the Bendigo Weekly, introduced by Chairman, Glenn Reilly. Peter has had much experience in media, having worked in the industry for more than 3 decades not only in newspapers, but also with ABC radio, television, public relations and advertising.
He has seen many changes - not all good -but remains positive about the future of the media – and in particular, he is passionate about the value of community newspapers. A very interesting and inspiring address and one which elicited many questions. We hope to have Peter back again.
We were addressed by a very excited young man, Bailey Chappel, who had partipated in the NYSF (National Youth Science Forum) two years ago. He spoke eloquently and glowingly about what a wonderful opportunity this program is for those who have participated – and there have been hundreds. He said that it had changed his life.
He left the forum having determined his future path and is now studying at the University of Sydney. He thanked our Club and Rotary for making this forum available. We have been fortunate to have been visited by several wonderful young people who have attended NYSF and all have had the world opened to them – and all have thanked Rotary. They are fine examples of the best of Australian Youth and it is a joy to hear their enthusiasm and gratitude for Rotary and what it offers to young people.
Julie Sloan gave us an update on our first joint Nepal project with the Rotary Club of Chitwan together with the Progress Self Help Group, accompanied by many photographs. The World Leprosy Day Health Camp was a great success. Hansens Disease or Leprosy as we know it is a tragic and isolating disease for those who are unfortunate to contract it. There is still a stigma attached - but it can be cured and we are thrilled that, through Rotary, we are able to reach people who need education in what to do. Truly Rotary in Action. Thank you Julie and Sanjit – a wonderful project.
The Rotary DIK (Donations in Kind) store in West Footscray is relocating slightly and an 'open day' will be held on 24th February. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Bryan Griffiths, President of RC of Rochester gave me a bag of stamps for our 'End Trachoma' campaign – great inter-club co-operation. Thank you Bryan.
The RC of Eaglehawk is running the Great Australian Camping Swap Meet on the weekend of 24th and 25th March at Malone Park, Marong. An opportunity to take along all that camping gear that you no longer use – or maybe pick up a tent or sleeping bag. For further information contact telephone no. 0491 014 049.
A note for your diaries – advance notice of Changeover Dinners:
Bendigo Strathdale - 5th June at Braidie's Tavern, Wellington Road, Strathfieldsaye.
Bendigo – Sunday, 24th June, 12.00 for 12.30 at Silks Restaurant at the Race Course, Heinz Street, White Hills.
Bendigo South - 28th June – venue to be decided.
The word of the week is excosculate – to kiss fervently, deeply, heartily!
Calendar of Events
13th February – Come along and join in the fun of our Bowls Night. A truly social night for all our Rotary family to be held at Bendigo East Bowling Club. This is your last chance to book your spot. Contact Daryl Watts.
20th February - Our Guest Speaker is Jacob Pearson who will speak of his experience at RYLA – another of our projects for young people. As well, we will be distributing the funds raised from the 2017 Carols by Candlelight to representatives from the Uniting Christmas Appeal. We will also have several guests as we have invited our sponsors to join us for lunch. Distributing funds to worthy causes is one of the great joys of Rotary.
Joint Chair will be Michael and Lisa Pearson, with Greg Galloway as Sergeant.
25th February - the 25th and last GREAT PENNA BREAKFAST. For all our Rotary family – don't miss this one!
27th February – A night meeting – also a Partners Night, when our Guest Speaker will be well-known Eye Specialist, Farokh Irani. Chairman will be Peter Hyett and Sergeant is Greg Galloway.
6th March – The Bendigo Madison – this one is the hands of Rotarian Des Sampson with Glen Muhinickel at Sergeant.
For your information – other events in March are:
March 3rd – we will be assisting on the gate at the Bull Riding Championships at the Showgrounds. Greg Galloway is organising this one.
March 16th – Our Annual Night Golf evening – A good fun night which supports our Operation Cleft project. See Glenn Reilly.
March 17th – 7 people from our Club will be attending the District 9800 Conference in Warrnambool –
and Greg Galloway is organising car parking for the John Farnhan Concert at the Bendigo Jockey Club.
March 24th and 25th - We are catering for the State Harley Rally Breakfast at the Bendigo Showgrounds – Tom Dobeli is organising this one.
As you can see there is a great deal of activity in the next couple of months. We are definitely ''people with a purpose' – and our purpose is serving the community, both local and internationally.
What a truly wonderful organisation Rotary is. If you are reading this Fossicker and would like to join us we would be pleased to welcome you to our Rotary Family.
Until next Tuesday when we gather at the Bendigo East Bowling Club, 'may the sun shine warm upon your face and the wind be always at your back'.
President Valerie.


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'Queer Eye' and 'Drag Race' Were Big Winners at Last Night's Creative Arts Emmys
Last night saw the 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards take place in Los Angeles. Though not televised, the ceremony features not only many technical awards but some of the more interesting categories, including awards for reality TV and animation. This year, among the biggest winners were RuPaul's Drag Race and Queer Eye, two of our favorite series.
The biggest news of the night was the addition of three new individuals to the EGOT club. As of last night, R&B singer John Legend and Broadway's Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice all got an Emmy to go along with their Grammys, Oscars and Tonys, thanks to Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.
But most exciting for us were the numerous Creative Arts Emmy Awards that went to Queer Eye and RuPaul's Drag Race.
Queer Eye took home the Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program, Outstanding Picture Editing for a Competition Reality Program and, most importantly, the show won Outstanding Structured Reality Program.
The only award Queer Eye was nominated for that it lost out on was for Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program. The National Geographic Channel series about Alaskan winters Life Below Zero nabbed that one.
While Queer Eye won all but one of its awards, RuPaul's Drag Race was nominated for 12 total awards (including two noms for Untucked), and won four.
Drag Race ran away with awards for Outstanding Costumes for Nonfiction Programming, outstanding direction for the "10s Across the Board" episode and Outstanding Hairstyling — which went to Gabriel Villarreal (whom you likely know as Delta Work, contestant on Drag Race Season 3).
But the biggest award went to RuPaul himself, for Outstanding Host for a Reality Program. This makes three consecutive years that RuPaul has taken home the honor, and Michelle Visage was on-hand to capture Ru's acceptance speech.
Watch RuPaul's speech as he won the Creative Arts Emmy for Best Reality TV Host:
The awards-snatching for Drag Race isn't up just yet, either. The series is nominated for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program against The Amazing Race, American Ninja Warrior, Project Runway, Top Chef and The Voice at the upcoming Primetime Emmy Awards, taking place and televised Sept. 17, and the series is considered a frontrunner.
Other notable Creative Arts Emmy Award-winners include the "USS Callister" episode of Black Mirror (Outstanding TV Movie, Single-Camera Editing and Sound Editing), The Handmaid's Tale (Outstanding Production Design, Single-Camera Editing and Guest Actress for Samira Wiley) and Rick and Morty (Outstanding Animated Program). Ryan Murphy's American Crime Story: The Assassination of Giani Versace also cleaned up in the technical awards, winning four — for Outstanding Casting, Contemporary Costumes, Hairstyling and Makeup.


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- Author: Angus Konstam
- Illustrator: Graham Turner
- Short code: CAM 44
- Publication Date: 15 Nov 1996
- Format: Paperback
- Number of Pages: 96
The battle of Pavia has been hailed as the first modern battle, marking the rise of hand held weapons as a tool of warfare. In this titanic clash the most decisive of the Italian Wars, caused by French territorial ambitions in first the Kingdom of Naples and then the Duchy of Milan the French troops were smashed by the Spanish Imperial Army. King Francis I was captured, and the cream of his nobility slaughtered. France's greatest defeat since Agincourt, the battle dramatically swung the balance of power in Western Europe.
Angus Konstam has written several books for Osprey, mainly on 18th-century subjects. Angus previously worked as a Curator of Weapons at the Royal Armouries, Tower of London, and as Chief Curator of the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum. He now devotes himself to full-time writing, indulging his passion for maritime and naval history to the maximum. Graham Turner is a leading historical artist, specialising in the medieval period. He has illustrated numerous titles for Osprey, covering a wide variety of subjects from the dress of the 10th-century armies of the Caliphates, through the action of bloody medieval battles, to the daily life of the British Redcoat of the late 18th century. The son of the illustrator Michael Turner, Graham lives and works in Buckinghamshire, UK.
Opposing Commanders
Opposing Forces
The Origins of the Campaign
The Battle of Pavia
The Aftermath
The Battlefield Today
Wargaming Pavia
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Former Naples police officer facing molestation charges gets emotional in court
A former Naples Police Department officer accused of lewd and lascivious molestation on two young girls broke down in court Tuesday as his wife took the stand.
Ricardo Vazquez Jr., 39, is accused of touching two girls inappropriately multiple times back in 2016, while their mother was out working, according to his arrest report.
Vazquez' wife, Sarah Vazquez, told the jury she feared for her life after she discovered the allegations against her husband.
The state and defense interviewed multiple expert witnesses from the Collier County Sheriff's Office, including the investigator who interviewed Vazquez when he was brought in for questioning in 2016.
MORE: Former Naples police officer appears in court on molestation charges
The state introduced Vazquez' computer as evidence, citing the nature of the pornography investigators found.
Vazquez worked with the force from 2005 to 2010. He resigned after being disciplined several times. His personnel file includes details of running late for work, for forgetting his gun at home and hitting a cyclist with his patrol car.
Court is scheduled to continue Wednesday.


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Law and Justice: General
The Rt Hon Theresa May MP Prime Minister
1 British politics provides ample material for analysis in the pages of The Parliamentary Review " " FOREWORD | Years of hard work and sacrifice from the British people have got our deficit down by over three quarters. We are building on this success by taking a balanced approach to public spending. We are continuing to deal with our debts, so that our economy can remain strong and we can protect people's jobs, and at the same time we are investing in vital public services, like our NHS. We have set out plans to increase NHS funding annually by an average by 3.4 percent in real terms: that is £394 million a week more. In return, the NHS will produce a ten-year plan, led by doctors and nurses, to eliminate waste and improve patient care. I believe that Britain can look to the future with confidence. We are leaving the EU and setting a new course for prosperity as a global trading nation. We have a Modern Industrial Strategy that is strengthening the foundations of our economy and helping us to seize the opportunities of the future. We are investing in the public services we all rely on and helping them to grow and improve. Building on our country's great strengths – our world- class universities and researchers, our excellent services sector, our cutting edge manufacturers, our vibrant creative industries, our dedicated public servants – we can look towards a new decade that is ripe with possibility. The government I lead is doing all it can to make that brighter future a reality for everyone in our country.
British politics provides ample material for analysis in the pages of The Parliamentary Review . For Her Majesty's Government, our task in the year ahead is clear: to achieve the best Brexit deal for Britain and to carry on our work to build a more prosperous and united country – one that truly works for everyone. The right Brexit deal will not be sufficient on its own to secure a more prosperous future for Britain. We also need to ensure that our economy is ready for what tomorrow will bring. Our Modern Industrial Strategy is our plan to do that. It means Government stepping up to secure the foundations of our productivity: providing an education system that delivers the skills our economy needs, improving school standards and transforming technical education; delivering infrastructure for growth; ensuring people have the homes they need in the places they want to live. It is all about taking action for the long-term that will pay dividends in the future. But it also goes beyond that. Government, the private sector and academia working together as strategic partners achieve far more than we could separately. That is why we have set an ambitious goal of lifting Uk public and private research and development investment to 2.4 per cent of GDP by 2027. It is why we are developing four Grand Challenges, the big drivers of social and economic change in the world today: harnessing artificial intelligence and the data revolution; leading in changes to the future of mobility; meeting the challenges of our ageing society; and driving ahead the revolution in clean growth. By focusing our efforts on making the most of these areas of enormous potential, we can develop new exports, grow new industries and create more good jobs in every part of our country.
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Let me first start out by saying I love these lipstains. I was immediately attracted to them on the shelf because of the colour range. Next I flipped it over because I love reading the names they come up with. I was excited they themed them off of Countries and Cities. Being a city girl and all I instantly fell in love. Now down to the nitty gritty, the colours hold true to the package colour. The only one I found that didn't was NEW YORK SCENE I thought it would be a bit darker. They lasted from 9:00am - 6:00pm for me, I ate a small lunch in between and the colour lived through it. They are not sticky at all, more creamy and glide on easily. Great by for a drugstore product! here are my swatches done in 2 coats.
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Who/What was the reason behind India's partition into India and Pakistan?
June 3, 1947, in a joint conference with the Congress and the Muslim League, the last Viceroy of India, Louis Mountbatten, announced the partition of India. What followed was a period of absolute terror, which, by some estimates, saw more than a million killed, and over 14 million people forcibly relocated. It is important for us to face up to why this catastrophe occurred, if only to avert another. Who and what was directly responsible for that division into 2 nation India and Pakistan.
As colonisers, the British had followed a divide-and-rule policy in India. In the census they categorised people according to religion and viewed and treated them as separate from each other. The British based their knowledge of the people of India on religious texts and the intrinsic differences they found in them, instead of examining how people of different religions coexisted. They also were fearful of the potential threat from the Muslims, who were the former rulers of the subcontinent, ruling India for over 300 years under the Mughal Empire. To win them over to their side, the British helped establish the Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College at Aligarh and supported the All-India Muslim Conference, both of which were institutions from which leaders of the Muslim League and the ideology of Pakistan emerged. As soon as the league was formed, Muslims were placed on a separate electorate. Thus, the separateness of Muslims in India was built into the Indian electoral process.
They also created an ideological divide between the Muslims and the Hindus of India during their long rule and could not see them fit together.
Also there's a believe that they could not digest the fact of United-India for it could be a possible future threat with all those resources. So not only they divided India and Pakistan, they also left other princely states an option to choose as independent countries. If it was not for Sardar Patel, we would even have this India but multiple small countries torn among themselves!
Jinnah's personal political ambitions and his unforgiving nature for the cause of Pakistan. Wavell Plan and Series of other plans rejected by Jinnah.
1930s: Jinnah was willing to make a deal, he was ignored (Provincial Elections of 1937) 1940s: Muslims were solidly behind Jinnah; He now had no reason to cut a deal at all. In 1946 elections, Muslim League 114 out of 119 Seats reserved for Muslims in Bengal and 54 out of 66 seats reserved in United Provinces.
Muslim League's Sole Agenda under Jinnah became "Creation of Pakistan". As Jinnah said during his campaigns: "Elections are the beginning of the end. If the Muslims decide to stand for Pakistan in the coming elections half the battle would have been won. If we fail in the first phase of our war, we shall be finished".
Obvious religious polarisation by The Muslim League
While the Indian National Congress was calling for Britain to quit India, in 1943 the Muslim League passed a resolution demanding the British divide and quit. There were several reasons for the birth of a separate Muslim homeland in the subcontinent, and all three parties — the British, the Congress, and the Muslim League — were responsible, but the religious polarisation by Muslim League was visible.
Also, their leaders too did want a separate state for rule as with United-India they could not see any possibility to chair any powerful post seeing The Congress as realistic hurdle.
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According to the book written by his assassin Nathuram Godse, he wrote while he was serving his sentence in jail, he justified his killing of Gandhi as reason behind division of country and no more any valuable asset. He wrote that he actually admired Gandhi since his childhood. He really appreciated Gandhi for the freedom moment. But he did not like one thing about Gandhi. When Pakistan wanted to divide from India for political benefits of a few leaders, although majority of people of the nation did not like it, Gandhi supported and eventually got the whole country divided into two.
That was not all. Jinnah wanted 50 thousand crore rupees from India for Pakistan's development (I'm not sure about the exact figure). Now this was something none from India liked but Gandhi again pressed for issuing the money and he succeeded. That crossed the limit of tolerance for Godse, and he took the decision to kill Gandhi. Even after killing, Godse admired Gandhi for the other good things he did for the country.
I think people in India are misled by always showing them one side of the coin by certain politicians. Also, we have totally forgotten the real heroes (I don't mean Gandhi wasn't a hero, he was) who struggled a lot for independence and lost their lives.


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Here Are 8 Easy Day Trips You Can Take From Arizona's Major Cities
Can't wait for your summer vacation time to roll around? If you're itching to get out of the city and into the wilds of the Grand Canyon State, then you might want to consider taking a quick day trip this weekend. Today, we're checking out some easy day trips from Arizona's three major cities (Flagstaff, Phoenix, and Tucson) so that you can explore a little more of this lovely state.
Those seemed like some pretty easy and fun trips, don't you think? What other day trips ideas do you enjoy from Arizona's big cities?
Do you prefer significantly longer travel opportunities in the state? If road trips taking up an entire weekend in Arizona sounds just like your cup of tea, then you are going to enjoy reading 6 Unforgettable Road Trips To Take In Arizona Before You Die.


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This is a tumour which has started in the germ cells. These are cells in the testis, or cells in the ovary which normally develop into a baby in the womb.
During development, some germ cells become abnormal and later produce a tumour. This tumour usually develops in the ovary and testis but can also form in the abdomen, chest, lower spine or brain.
The tumour may be called by different names that describe where it started or what it looks like under the microscope, such as, yolk sac tumour, dysgerminoma and teratoma. These tumours may be benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous).
About 45 children develop a germ cell tumour in the UK each year. These tumours can occur at any age. The cause of germ cell tumours is unknown.
The symptoms depend on where the tumour develops. Usually a lump appears which can be felt, for example: swelling of a testis, abdominal swelling or the lump may cause other symptoms.
We will need to carry out some tests to find out as much as possible about the type, position and size of the tumour. These tests include:
Staging refers to the size of the tumour and whether it has spread. Knowing the stage of the cancer helps the doctors decide on the most appropriate treatment for your child. We use the following staging system for germ cell tumours:
The treatment for germ cell tumours depends on the size, position and stage of the tumour. This usually involves surgery and sometimes chemotherapy (anti-cancer therapy).
If the tumour is benign and can be removed completely then no further treatment is needed. If the tumour is malignant and can be removed completely then chemotherapy may still be needed if the tumour is large or there are some cancer cells left behind. In all other situations chemotherapy and possible further surgery will be needed.
A combination of anti-cancer drugs is used to destroy the cancer cells. The treatment is usually given every few weeks. The exact combination and number of courses of chemotherapy depends on the response to treatment.
If your child takes part in a clinical trial, the treatment is explained in more detail in the specific trial information sheet. An outline of the treatment will be provided in the form of a 'road map'.
Clinical trials are medical research trials involving patients that are carried out to try and find new and better treatments. In cancer, clinical trials are most commonly used to try and improve different forms of treatment such as surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy.
The treatment being tested may be aimed at:
Well-run clinical trials have led to a significant improvement in the treatment of children with cancer. You can find more general information on clinical trials in the separate information sheet. If you are asked to consider entering your child into a clinical trial you will be given specific information about the trial before deciding whether to take part.
The prognosis is good for germ cell tumours. Most children are cured.
Bone marrow suppression (myelosuppression)
Chemotherapy drugs decrease the production of blood cells by the bone marrow for a variable period of time. This results in low red blood cells (anaemia), low white blood cells (neutropenia) and platelets (thrombocytopenia). Your child may need blood or platelet transfusions and will be at increased risk of infections. The doctors and nurses caring for your child will tell you more about these side effects.
Nausea and vomiting
Some of the chemotherapy drugs used may make your child feel sick or vomit. We will give anti-sickness drugs at the same time to stop nausea and vomiting. These are usually very effective.
Hair loss
Temporary hair loss is common.
Specific drugs
For details of the side effects of individual drugs please see Macmillan specific drug information leaflets.
A small number of children develop side effects many years later because of the treatment they have received. These include problems with puberty and fertility, hearing problems, impaired lung function and a small risk of developing a second cancer later in life. Provided only one testis or ovary is removed then your child should still be able to have children when they grow up.
About five years after treatment finishes we will transfer your child's care to our long term follow-up clinic. Your child will be seen at regular intervals in this clinic, indefinitely, so that we can help with any long term effects of the treatment.


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What site/app did you first meet the scammer on? Please provide a link if
Okcuppid app
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I contacted them first.
If they asked you to leave the site/app and go elsewhere, where did they
take you?:
Google hangouts
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Name you were told to send the money to.:
Patrick Brian Marasigan
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Western Union
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They deleted our conversation before I could pull any relevant
information. Blocked and archived google hangouts conversation. Changed
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gmail, my bank, and Instagram. Increased security on my Facebook to friends
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The main telephone number for Centre College is 859.238.5200. Calls to this number will be routed to the appropriate extension. In an after-hours emergency, call 859.236.4357.
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Thomas Allen
Thomas Allen joined the Centre College faculty in 2016 as assistant professor of computer science.
His research interests include computational preferences, assistive technologies and smart environments, ethics in artificial intelligence, machine learning, decision support systems, social networks, and constraint satisfaction programs.
He received a B.S. in information and computer science from Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Kentucky.
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David A. Anderson came to Centre College in 1992, and was named the Blazer Professor of Economics in 2001. He holds a B.A. degree from the University of Michigan, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Duke University.
Dr. Anderson has expertise in the economics of law, crime, and the environment. He has also published scholarly articles on futures markets, ARCH models, marriage, social insurance, classroom technology, instructional evaluation, childbirth, and dispute resolution, among other topics. His 12 books cover the topics of dispute resolution, environmental economics, active learning, and introductory economics.
Dr. Anderson's consulting work includes economic impact studies and expert witness testimony on the value of life and lost earnings.
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Grant-supported research on legal policy, dispute resolution, environmental economics, and the economics of crime. To read about Anderson's recent speaking engagement on the economics of crime, click here. See personal Web page for a list of 25 articles and books. Student-assisted research includes studies of the aggregate burden of crime, new settlement-encouraging legal rules, the sources of our solid waste problem, and innovative teaching, active learning, and evaluation systems.
Katherine Andrews
Katherine Andrews joined Centre's Academic Affairs team in 2018, after serving in a progression of roles from Research Scientist to VP Strategic Integration in the biotechnology and government sectors. Earning her B.A. in Biology at Lake Forest College and Ph.D. in Biochemistry at University of Illinois, she did post-doctoral work in neurobiology and taught genetics and molecular biology at Washington University in St. Louis before moving to the private sector. Her technical experience includes computational chemistry, microbial biochemistry, genomics, and systems biology, with applications to drug discovery, diagnostics, bio-based materials from algae, and cleaner energy.
Before coming to Centre, Andrews wrote and co-developed proposals totaling more than $175 million in federal funding and co-founded the DOE Joint Bioenergy Institute in Emeryville, California. She now works with Centre faculty and staff to identify funding sources and write competitive proposals for individual and collaborative faculty research programs, undergraduate research, and other scholarly activities.
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Maria Apostolova-Mihaylova joined Centre's faculty in 2015 as assistant professor of economics.
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She received a B.S. and M.S. in international economics from the University of National and World Economy in Sofia, Bulgaria; an M.S. in management from the Université Pierre Mendès France in Grenoble, France; an MBA in finance from Montclair State University; and an M.S. and Ph.D. in economics at the University of Kentucky.
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Joy Anderson Asher
Effective June 1, 2014, Joy took on the position of Director of the Center for Career & Professional Development. Joy is an alumna of Centre College, and has her M.S. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Kentucky. She has worked in the career center at Centre College for 15 years. Before coming to Centre, she was the Director of Graduate Employment Services at Spencerian College, and while a graduate student, interned at the University of Kentucky Career Center. She is active in the National and Southern region of the Association of Colleges and Employers and is the Past-President for the Kentucky Career Development Association. She is certified as a Master Career Specialist.
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Steve Asmus is H.W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of Biology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. He has taught in the biology and biochemistry/molecular biology programs since 1996. He received the Kirk Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2001 and again in 2016, and was named a Centre Scholar in 2011. Prior to joining the college, he held a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Neurosciences at Case Western Reserve University.
Asmus has special expertise in the field of developmental neurobiology, which focuses on how the brain develops. He describes his research as a study of the development of neurons, which are specialized types of cells found in the nervous system. The neurons produce chemicals known as neurotransmitters that make it possible for the neurons to communicate with each other.
Asmus is interested in how neurons produce the correct neurotransmitter during development. He has analyzed the neurotransmitters produced in developing sympathetic neurons, addressing the question of whether different target tissues influence this "decision" process during development.
Currently, Asmus is studying the neurotransmitters that are produced in the cerebral cortex of the developing and adult brain to examine whether some cortical neurons may change the neurotransmitter that they produce as they mature. Asmus uses a variety of cell staining and microscopy techniques in his laboratory research.
Asmus encourages Centre students to collaborate with him on research. His research has been published in journals including the Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy (2016), Brain Research (2008 and 2011), and the Journal of Neuroscience (2000), and these articles were co-authored with numerous student collaborators.
Asmus earned a B.S. degree from Cleveland State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, and conducted a postdoctoral fellowship in neuroscience at Case Western Reserve University before coming to Centre.
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There are a few things you need to do — and not do — while wearing braces: avoid hard or sticky foods, for example, or wear protection during sports to avoid injury. There's one important thing, though, that should be at the top of your list — extra attention to daily brushing and flossing.
The fact is your risk for developing tooth decay or periodontal (gum) disease increases during orthodontic treatment. This is because the braces make it more difficult to reach a number of locations around teeth with a toothbrush or floss. Bacterial plaque, the source for these dental diseases, can subsequently build up in these areas.
Teen-aged orthodontic patients are even more susceptible to dental disease than adults. Because their permanent teeth are relatively young they have less resistance to decay than adults with more mature teeth. Hormonal changes during puberty also contribute to greater gum disease vulnerability.
There are some things you can do while wearing braces to avoid these problems. Be sure you're eating a nutritious diet and avoid sugary snacks or acidic foods and beverages (especially sports or energy drinks). This will deprive bacteria of one of their favorite food sources, and the minerals in healthy food will contribute to strong enamel.
More importantly, take your time and thoroughly brush and floss all tooth surfaces (above and below the braces wire). To help you do this more efficiently, consider using a specialized toothbrush designed to maneuver around the braces. You might also try a floss threader or a water irrigator to remove plaque between teeth. The latter device uses a pressurized water spray rather than floss to loosen and wash away plaque between teeth.
Even with these efforts, there's still a chance of infection. So, if you notice swollen, red or bleeding gums, or any other problems with your teeth, visit us as soon as possible for an examination. The sooner we detect and treat dental disease while you're wearing braces, the less the impact on your future smile.
If you would like more information on taking care of teeth while wearing braces, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Caring for Teeth During Orthodontic Treatment."
Exchanging passionate kisses with big-screen star Jennifer Lawrence might sound like a dream come true. But according to Liam Hemsworth, her Hunger Games co-star, it could also be a nightmare… because J.Law's breath wasn't always fresh. "Anytime I had to kiss Jennifer was pretty uncomfortable," Hemsworth said on The Tonight Show.
Lawrence said the problem resulted from her inadvertently consuming tuna or garlic before the lip-locking scenes; fortunately, the two stars were able to share a laugh about it later. But for many people, bad breath is no joke. It can lead to embarrassment and social difficulties — and it occasionally signifies a more serious problem. So what causes bad breath, and what can you do about it?
In 9 out of 10 cases, bad breath originates in the mouth. (In rare situations, it results from a medical issue in another part of the body, such as liver disease or a lung infection.) The foul odors associated with bad breath can be temporarily masked with mouthwash or breath mints — but in order to really control it, we need to find out exactly what's causing the problem, and address its source.
As Lawrence and Hemsworth found out, some foods and beverages can indeed cause a malodorous mouth. Onions, garlic, alcohol and coffee are deservedly blamed for this. Tobacco products are also big contributors to bad breath — which is one more reason to quit. But fasting isn't the answer either: stop eating for long enough and another set of foul-smelling substances will be released. Your best bet is to stay well hydrated and snack on crisp, fresh foods like celery, apples or parsley.
And speaking of hydration (or the lack of it): Mouth dryness and reduced salivary flow during the nighttime hours is what causes "morning breath." Certain health issues and some medications can also cause "dry mouth," or xerostomia. Drinking plenty of water can encourage the production of healthy saliva — but if that's not enough, tell us about it: We may recommend switching medications (if possible), chewing xylitol gum or using a saliva substitute.
Finally, maintaining excellent oral hygiene is a great way to avoid bad breath. The goal of oral hygiene is to control the harmful bacteria that live in your mouth. These microorganisms can cause gum disease, tooth decay, and bad breath — so keeping them in check is good for your overall oral health. Remember to brush twice and floss once daily, stay away from sugary foods and beverages, and visit the dental office regularly for checkups and professional cleanings.
So did J.Law apologize for the malodorous makeout session? Not exactly. "[For] Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale, yeah, I'll brush my teeth," she laughed.
Hemsworth jokingly agreed: "If I was kissing Christian Bale I probably would have brushed my teeth too. With you, it's like, 'Eh. Whatever.'"
If you would like more information about bad breath and oral hygiene, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can learn more by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Bad Breath: More than Just Embarrassing."
If you are experiencing periodic jaw pain, the cause might be TMJ disorder. TMJ is short for temporomandibular joint. TMJ disorder occurs when these joints become irritated, which causes pain and discomfort in the jaw area. Fortunately, there are treatments that can alleviate the pain or for long-lasting relief. For treatment of TMJ disorder in Columbus, GA, Dr. Phillip Tully can help. He treats TMJ and provides a variety of family dentistry services, as well.
What is TMJ Disorder?
TMJ disorder occurs when the temporomandibular joints are irritated. These are the joints that connect the jawbone to the skull on each side of the head. Joint irritation can affect one or both joints in TMJ patients. Additionally, patients with TMJ disorder often experience a locked jaw sensation in which they cannot fully open their mouth. TMJ disorder can develop after sustaining an injury to the jaw or following the onset of arthritis. Other causes include stress, genetics and constantly grinding the teeth or clenching the jaw.
Symptoms of TMJ
There are several symptoms associated with TMJ disorder. In addition to the jaw area, pain or discomfort can be felt in the eyes, ears, mouth and neck. Headaches can also occur in conjunction with TMJ. Some specific symptoms that can occur with TMJ include:
- Headaches or pain in the temple
- A shooting pain up the back of the head
- Ear aches or ear pain not due to an infection
- A ringing or buzzing sensation in the ears
- Jaw joints that click, pop or grind together
- Frequent grinding or clenching of the teeth
- Stiffness in the neck
- Shoulder aches
- Pain behind the eyes
- A locked jaw
- Inability to open the mouth all the way
Treatment of TMJ
In Columbus, TMJ disorder can be treated by an experienced dentist. Once the dentist confirms a TMJ diagnosis, they will discuss treatment options. The dentist can evaluate your condition and determine which treatments are most appropriate. Medications or heat and ice therapy are often recommended to alleviate the pain and discomfort that occur during a TMJ flare-up. To correct TMJ problems and prevent future flare-ups, the dentist can fit you with a Gelb appliance to improve jaw alignment.
There are a variety of factors that can cause TMJ disorder. No matter what the cause, the pain and discomfort of TMJ can be unbearable for those who suffer with it. Fortunately, treatments such as the Gelb appliance can provide long-lasting relief from TMJ related pain and discomfort by repositioning the jaw joints. For treatment of TMJ in Columbus, GA, contact the office of Dr. Tully by calling (706) 323-6491.


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By Purushottam Nitai Das
"Fake News" is in the news, everyone seems to be or pretend to be worried about it. A news or an information or a story or a data is considered "fake" when the truth is suppressed and is manipulated to suit a certain narrative. Political parties, journalists, twitter warriors, social activists today do not hesitate to spread fake news to further their agenda. Thinking people are up in arms and are vociferously demanding to check the menace of fake news.
It is good to be concerned about the fake news but since time immemorial we have been victim of fake news from a very powerful news agency but most of us never bother to counter it. When the intelligent men and women caution us we ignore their warning. The Lord's illusory energy's powerful news agency "Maya Times" has been peddling the fake news and we gullible people have been blindly believing it.
Two important lies peddled by Maya Times are:
Material positions and possessions are panacea for all our sufferings:
Since childhood this principle is inserted in our brain and we are made to believe that happiness is directly proportional to worldly achievement. So we work extremely hard to climb the ladder of success and we are ready to pay any price to achieve our coveted goals. During the journey we are ready to sacrifice anything and everything – for wealth we compromise our health, we do not even hesitate to forego our near and dear ones. Our endeavor for material positions and possessions are akin to building a castle of sand.
Firstly, most of us do not get what we want in our life and so we feel miserable from within always. Either we lack the skill, the opportunity, the support, the environment or the lady luck constantly betrays us.
Secondly even if we get, we do not find any satisfaction in our heart. Failing to understand why is it so we hanker for more.
Thirdly, all our endeavours are filled with fear. Bhartrhari explains that there are nine types of fear: bhoge roga-bhayam kule cyutibhayam vitte nrpalad bhayam mane dainya-bhayam bale ripubhayam rupe jaraya bhayam sastre vadi-bhayam gune khalabhayam kaye krtantad bhayam sarvam vastu bhayanvitam bhuvi nrnam vairagyam evabhayam [Vairagya-satakam 31]
In enjoyment there is fear of disease;
In a family there is fear of disgrace;
In wealth there is fear of hostile rulers;
In honor there is fear of humiliation;
In knowledge there is fear of opponents;
In beauty there is fear of old age;
In power there is fear of backbiters;
In virtue there is fear of jealousy;
In body there is fear of death.
Frustration, failure, anxiety, betrayal, humiliation constantly haunts us. Recently during the Karnataka assembly election when one of the aspiring candidates was not given ticket then publicly he started crying! He felt betrayed. Yes, we may be put into a hopeless situation at any moment.
We are here to live forever:
Although we know that life here is as permanent as a bubble in the ocean still we try our best to live here as if we are going to be here forever. We are perennial losers, we lose everything of this world. But the veil of ignorance is so thick that in spite of knowing the reality we shrug it off. Just like a goat standing in front of a butcher's shop continue munching on green grass oblivious of the fact that the butcher's knife is just waiting for him, we too try to enjoy in this world without bothering that the agents of death can knock at our door at any moment.
Krishna, our Supreme Father, knows our precarious situation. He tries his best to make sure that we are not misled by the fake assurances and promises of "Maya Times". This is why He provided us the fact checking books – the Vedic literatures. If we refer the holy Vedas and listen carefully to holy sages we would find that they have been logically and with data have been exposing the nefarious designs of "Maya Times."
Srimad Bhagavatam 7.9.25 explains, "In this material world, every living entity desires some future happiness, which is exactly like a mirage in the desert. Where is water in the desert, or, in other words, where is happiness in this material world? As for this body, what is its value? It is merely a source of various diseases. The so-called philosophers, scientists and politicians know this very well, but nonetheless they aspire for temporary happiness. Happiness is very difficult to obtain, but because they are unable to control their senses, they run after the so-called happiness of the material world and never come to the right conclusion."
Will a hungry and thirsty person ever feel satisfied if we apply sandalwood pulp all over his body or decorate his body with valuable jewels? Definitely not. Will a fish be satisfied if we take it from the water and put it inside a waterless golden jar? The fish will die, for sure.
Similarly, as we are souls, having the covering of material body, so no matter how nicely we take care of our body unless and until we understand the needs and requirements of the soul we will never experience joy in our life. As soul belongs to the spiritual world, so how can it be happy in a foreign land in an unfavorable condition. The soul continuously longs for Krishna's love but unfortunately we try to give everything but Krishna.
Maya forces us to believe that happiness can be attained in this material world. Srila Prabhupada points out, "This place is miserable. But maya's illusion, we are taking this miserable condition of life as happiness. This is called maya. There is no happiness in this material world. Everything miserable." Lecture on BG 2.6 — London, August 6, 1973.
Animals do not have sufficient intelligence to scrutinize the false claims of "Maya Times" but we do have. Let us ask ourselves: In spite of all our efforts why are we suffering? Why our life is not eternal? Who is Krishna and what is our relationship with Krishna? Let us not just ask but also start working on the solution.


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Diseases affecting the gastrointestinal tract, which include the organs from mouth to anus, along the alimentary canal, are focus of this specialty. Physicians practicing in this field of medicine are called gastroenterologists. They have usually completed the eight years of pre-medical and medical education, an yearlong internship (if this is not a part of the residency), three years of an internal medicine residency, and two to three years in the gastroenterology fellowship.
Specialists in GI radiology, hepatobiliary or gastric medicine or in GI oncology will then complete a two- or three- year fellowship. Gastroenterology is not the same as gastroenterological surgery or of colon and rectal (proctology) surgery, which are specialty branches of general surgery. Important advances have been made in the last fifty years, contributing to rapid expansion of its scope.
Hepatology, or hepatobiliary medicine, encompasses the study of the liver, pancreas, and biliary tree and is traditionally considered a sub-specialty.
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We're excited to speak at Ad Exchanger's Programmatic I/O New York conference on Wednesday, October 27.
Angelina Eng, VP, Media Platforms & Operations, Merkle, will join the "Walled Programmatic" panel. The panel is moderated by Sarah Sluis, Senior Editor, AdExchanger and panelists include:
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Injustice 2 mobile system requirements on Android & IOS
Injustice 2 mobile is a popular fighting game developed by NetherRealm and published by Warner Bros. The game is free to play and you can get it from Google Play or Appstore. Below are the system requirements to run the game on Android and IOS devices.
- OS: Android 5.0 or newer
- RAM: at least 1.5Gb, 2Gb or above is strongly recommended.
- Free storage: 1.5Gb
- OS: IOS 10.0 or later
- Free storage: 1.5Gb
- iPhone 5S, iPhone SE, iPad Mini 2, iPad Mini 3, iPad 4th generation, iPad Air 2, iPod Touch 6th generation or better.
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HUPE - Karlovac Branch third meeting
HUPE - Karlovac Branch third meeting in the school year 2017/2018 was held on 6th February 2018 in Industry and Trade Vocational School, Domobranska 2, Karlovac.
Damira Mršić, OUP consultant Croatia, Zagreb ran two workshops. The first one, Teach And Learn Anywhere And Anytime – Do Better With e-Books was an interactive workshop which emphasized the advantages of working with e-books both in elementary and secondary schools. The aim of the workshop was to encourage teachers develop better digital competences in order to be ready for new challenges in education. The presenter facilitated teachers exploring the abilities to teach in educational applications. Teachers tried a few practical activities on tablets and computers.
In the second part of the meeting, the presenter gave some insight of how to tackle the topic of Civil Education using digital material as well as how to motivate students in learning English language using a media they like a lot. The interactive workshop Have Fun with Civic Education (GOO) Through e-Readers And Apps presented some good practical examples of using e-readers in class and has shown how to have fun developing the topic of GOO through interesting educational applications.
The feedback has shown that the eighteen attendees have found the workshops both interesting and helpful as well as they enjoyed the activities a lot.
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Cosmopolitan has been involved with developing new areas and building new houses for their clients from 1991. Cosmopolitan Benoni is a subsidiary operating in the whole of Gauteng, concentrating on new houses around the greater Johannesburg- and Midrand area.
Cosmopolitan has been a member of the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) since its inception in 1996, and enrolled 1000 houses under the Defects Warranty Scheme in June 1998. All our houses are subject to NHBRC inspection during building, and on completion receive a NHBRC certificate. We have in 2008 passed the 10 000 houses-completed benchmark!
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Take a look around most corporate boardrooms. Glance through the ranks of executive leadership of the top U.S. corporations or in the halls of most legislative bodies. Peek into the research labs of America's largest scientific organizations. No surprises here — they're still mostly occupied by men.
There's no shortage of research to document the lack of gender diversity in our workplaces. Among the Fortune 500, according to the Pew Research Center, only 5.4% of CEOs are female, and 20.2% of board seats are filled by women. Only 21% of U.S. Senators are women, while women make up 19.1% of members of the U.S. House of Representatives. At the state level, women make up 24.8% of legislatures and 8% of governorships. In the current presidential administration, there are two women in a cabinet of 15 people.
Among S&P 500 companies, research firm Catalyst demonstrated the dwindling representation of women in as employees progress into positions of power:
- CEOs: 5.8%
- Top Earners: 9.5%
- Board Seats: 19.9%
- Executive/Senior-Level Officials/Managers: 25.1%
- First/Mid-Level Officials and Managers: 36.4%
- Total Employees: 44.3%
Progress has been made, though slowly — in 1995 there were zero female CEOs in the Fortune 500, and only 9.6% of board seats were held by women. In state and national government, 2% of governors were women, as were 9% of U.S. senators and 10.8% of U.S. representatives.
The statistics are clear, but the problem is complex. A persistent wage gap exists — widely cited as an earnings ratio of 80% but fluctuating by age, occupation and educational attainment. According to the American Association of University Women (AAUW), it's as stark as 74% among workers with advanced degrees and those over the age of 65, while standing at 90% among workers aged 20 to 34. The gap is also more marked for mothers and women of color.Major employers have also failed to make the kind of systemic changes required to attract and retain female employees, and there is a dearth of resources available to help women — especially mothers — succeed in the hierarchical environments that persist in corporate America. Influences from early childhood — parents, media, teachers, career counselors — can still play a role in perpetuating traditional views of "women's work." Meanwhile, fewer women than men find meaningful mentors and sponsors who can pull them up into positions of leadership. "Women tend to be on the margins of the networks when the center of the networks are the more powerful positions," says Diane Bergeron, an associate professor of organizational behavior at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. "The principle of homophily operates in many organizations, where we tend to affiliate with people who are like us. So if the whole senior leadership team is white males, we tend to pull up other white males."
Though examples of explicit bias exist, many of the biases that create barriers to women in leadership are implicit. And, lest anyone assume they are unencumbered by implicit bias, a group of researchers have developed Project Implicit, which allows anyone to take a test to measure their own implicit biases. "This could be unconscious bias, but women have to work harder," Bergeron says. "Women have to work harder at establishing the social networks and relationships, they just have to be better than a man to get the same exact performance evaluation."
In 2013, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg published her book "Lean In: Women, Work and the Will To Lead," in which she posited that women should lean in, not away, from their careers as they reach the point of tension between family life and professional achievement. She encouraged women to take and keep their seat at the table, spend less energy seeking out mentors — which she calls "the professional equivalent of waiting for Prince Charming" — and to not "leave before you leave" — in other words, limiting their own career advancement long before reaching that point of tension, anticipating the trade-offs they believe they will have to make. She's since followed up the book by creating a nonprofit organization called Lean In that encourages women to apply such principles.
But Sandberg's premise was met with some consternation among women. The most direct response can be found in a lauded article in The Atlantic the same year titled "Why Women Still Can't Have it All," written by Anne-Marie Slaughter, today president and CEO of the think tank New America and a former U.S. State Department official. She writes, in part:
"Although couched in terms of encouragement, Sandberg's exhortation contains more than a note of reproach. We who have made it to the top, or are striving to get there, are essentially saying to the women in the generation behind us: 'What's the matter with you?"'
Is it really the responsibility of individual women to remove the barriers that exist to their advancement? Or are they at the mercy of external barriers that are too insurmountable for any one person to penetrate? And if so, who bears the responsibility for dissolving such barriers? Government? Individual businesses? Higher education? Some other civic effort?
"There is a role for the individual. They must equip themselves to become qualified and ready for leadership, they must sit at the table as Sandberg describes, they must raise their hands, they must find support at home in their partners," says Diana Bilimoria, department chair of organizational behavior at the Weatherhead School and a noted researcher in the area of gender diversity in leadership. "But if if we only focus on individualsolutions, we miss the opportunity."
Bilimoria asserts that responsibility to encourage women's advancement into leadership lies at multiple levels — senior executives must take responsibility for internal change, professional development organizations must play a role within each occupation, and community organizations and local governments have a role to play in workforce development.
Countries such as Norway, Iceland, Finland and Sweden have set quotas for female representation on corporate boards, leading to rates about double (34%) those of other countries (18%). Even in those places, says Bilimoria, "those are single solutions. They can have women on boards, but still the culture doesn't change."
One part of the individual woman's role in creating change lies in self-awareness, thinking critically about where she wants her career to go. As a long-time coach for women in upper and middle management roles, Ellen Van Oosten says that many women simply haven't gone through the self-reflection process required to become more effective leaders. "Women often have had very little opportunity to consider those questions about their future or hold the mirror up to see how things are going now," says Van Oosten, who is also faculty director of executive education at the Weatherhead School. "Men in general tend to zero in on future vision … they are focused in on the path to getting somewhere. … Women, we tend to take care of others."
"ONE HAND TIED BEHIND OUR BACKS"The good news is that an increasing number of organizations are recognizing the need for greater gender diversity in leadership — not as a gesture of goodwill but as a contributing factor to the bottom line. Speaking at The United State of Women Summit in 2016, Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO Warren Buffett said that more women in leadership is essential in the American economy, and that absent gender diversity, our country would be "playing with one hand tied behind its back."
In 2016, global tax and advisory firm Grant Thornton attempted to quantify the opportunity cost lost by firms with male-only boards. It measured the return on assets (ROA) of the companies with at least one woman on their boards in the US S&P 500 (7%), the India CNX 200 (22.5%) and the UK FTSE 350 (13.4%) and found that those companies with diverse boards outperformed those in each of these markets. According to their research, the lost opportunity costs totaled $567 billion in the U.S., $14 billion in India and $74 billion in the U.K., a total of $655 billion in these three markets alone.
Meanwhile, global consulting firm McKinsey found in its 2015 study "The Power of Parity" that $12 trillion can be added to global GDP by 2025 byadvancing women's equality. That's a 26% increase from a "business as usual" scenario. Of the 95 countries studied, India had the most to gain — with a 16% GDP increase — followed by Latin America (14%) and China (12%). In the United States in particular, McKinsey posits that the country's 50 largest cities stand to increase their GDP by 6% to 13% by advancing the economic potential of women.
"There's an alignment between what's needed for leaders today and tomorrow and what women naturally bring to a workplace," says Bilimoria. "They are collaborative, relational, connective. They bring people together to seek input from a wide range of constituencies. They look beyond the bottom line for the impact on the community and the environment. They look to the long term rather than to a quick fix."
Catalyst research compared corporate performance with female representation on boards between 2004 and 2008 using the measures of return on sales (ROS), return on invested capital (ROIC) and return on equity (ROE). It found that companies with the most women board directors outperformed those with the fewest in ROS by 16% and in ROIC by 26%. Those companies with sustained high representation of women on boards — three or more over at least four or five years — outperformed those with sustained low representation by 84% in ROS, 60% in ROIC and in 46% ROE. The organization launched a program in Canada in 2007 and in the U.S. in 2015 called "Women on Board" to encourage the appointment of women on corporate boards. To date, the organization claims that nearly 60% of the women who participated in the program have been appointed to the boards of nearly 140 companies.
Companies derive intangible benefits from the role of women in their workforce as well, which are often overlooked and underestimated. Take a look at most offices — who's the one who decorates the office for the holidays? Takes time to mentor or share expertise with a new or struggling employee? Mediates office conflict? Brings meals to a grieving co-worker? Most likely, that employee is a woman.
Bergeron calls these "organizational wives," women who proactively take on these invisible extra tasks in the workplace that are similar to traditional "wifely" contributions at home. They are rarely part of a woman's job description, but they help contribute to the culture and success of an organization.
"We call those behaviors 'organizational citizenship behaviors,' and there's a lot of research showing those behaviors are linked to any number of positive outcomes for the group or the organization — higher profitability, higher effectiveness, higher customer satisfaction, higher productivity," she says. Her research shows that "if you are a good citizen you get higher performance evaluations but lower compensation and don't advance as quickly because you were spending more time on citizenship behaviors. … Because those behaviors are expected of women, when women do them, they don't really get noticed as much."
Such results are most apparent in organizations in which job performance is measured by billable hours or other outcomes — accounting and legal firms, consultancies, sales organizations or research universities. In the latter, performance is measured in part by a professor's ability to publish their research. In Bergeron's study of 600 faculty at 70 research universities, she found that female faculty members had less research productivity and slower career advancement. "My data shows that people who spend too much time on these extra behaviors have fewer publications. … It's a resource allocation. Where are you spending your time and energy?"
Nowhere is the focus on women in leadership more high-profile than in STEM fields. "There's been 40 years of research on why there aren't more women in STEM. There's been 50 years of research on why there aren't more women in leadership," says Kathleen Buse, a longtime engineer who began her career at Eastman Kodak and today serves as a career coach and management consultant focused on helping women thrive in STEM careers. "We understand a lot of the underlying factors, but we don't understand how to overcome it."She says that one of the biggest factors is implicit biases that persist in childhood about STEM fields being more suited for boys, and these biases start with a child's earliest influences — a parent or other caregiver — and continue throughout her life through teachers, the media, career counselors and employers. High-profile programs have attempted to expose and encourage more girls into STEM careers, but Buse says that more longitudinal studies are needed to prove the efficacy of such programs. The barriers persist along the path to a career, she says, as the implicit biases of teachers and career counselors can fail to encourage girls interested in science to explore STEM-related career paths.
Media has an impact too, she says — for example, the organization SeeJane.org, headed by actress Geena Davis, is working to encourage strong role models for girls under 12 in movies, television shows and other media. Meanwhile, General Electric recently launched a television ad featuring Millie Dresselhaus, the physicist and MIT professor who was a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of Science. Amid images of young girls receiving dolls with Dresselhaus' likeness and teenagers posing for selfies with her on the street, the ad asks "what if we treated great female scientists like they were stars?" The company used the ad to announce its goal of having 20,000 women in STEM roles by 2020 and achieving a one-to-one ratio of women to men in technical entry-level programs.
There has been progress — according to statistics by the National Science Foundation, the number of women with STEM degrees or in STEM occupations has doubled over the last two decades. Yet the disparities are still marked — women today make up half of the college-educated workforce in all fields, but in STEM women make up only 29% of the workforce.In the 2010 report "Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics," researchers from AAUW attempted to explain these disparities. In addition to the childhood impact of implicit biases among influential adults, the AAUW also laid some responsibility at the feet of higher education, which AAUW says should do more to actively recruit female students, emphasize the broad applications of STEM coursework and review admissions policies for unintentional bias.
"The space that needs attention is retention," says Van Oosten. "What are organizations doing to keep women in the STEM fields? Part of it is a lack of awareness on the part of the organization and also is that they are uncomfortable identifying a population like women and giving them special treatment."
Buse also sees a major hurdle in the mid-career progression of women into roles of leadership. What factors keep them there? "It's having work that's meaningful and challenging where they can be continuously learning. These are bright, high-achieving women, and a lot of times they are relegated to what I call the 'velvet ghetto,'" says Buse, who is also a research consultant for AAUW and a member of the adjunct faculty at the Weatherhead School. "They're relegated to work that's not challenging, and where they're not in a position to be promoted. So they leave because they don't believe that they can be successful."
Buse leads a program at the Weatherhead School called Leadership Lab for Women in STEM, designed to help identify and overcome the barriers to success for women in STEM fields. Working with a coach, participants already working in STEM fields reflect on the factors that that may inhibit their career growth and develop tools and strategies to help overcome them. "A lot of times women are doing things because they think they should," says Buse. "For the first time in the Leadership Lab, women sit down and say, 'what do I want to do?' … A lot of them are in roles where they're the only woman in their work team or in their department, so [this is a way] to come and talk through the issues that they face."
"I believe this is a social engineering problem that is very complex," says Buse. "We have to use data to create a strong case … and partner across organizations, universities, corporations, researchers, parents, to really make a change."
Increasing gender diversity in the workplace will be about "small wins," says Bergeron — a gradual increase of women in positions of power, more men stepping up into equal partnership roles, work environments that are more family-friendly. Organizations also need to become more aware of the implicit biases that exist in their workplaces, and take proactive steps to overcome then. These experts agree that there is a role for individual women as well, to gain more self-awareness about their personal vision for their careers and chart a path to get there.
Higher education must also play a critical role in creating change, says Bilimoria, "especially business schools, which could be leaders in this area but are not currently. They are not seeing their role as critical change agents … to drive the changes that are needed in workplaces so they can become even more responsive, even more flexible, more geared toward what's needed for the future."
"Simply put," says Bilimoria, "women in leadership matter."


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Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) Plaça dels Àngels 1, 08001 Barcelona
Photo courtesy of Ilsa Joliet.
Idiorhythmias presents a programme exploring the many forms and manifestations of Action art, opening April 28th, with performances May 2nd to 5th.
Through a series of performances organised by independent curator, Soledad Gutiérrez, and MACBA's Head of Programming, Pablo Martínez, the Idiorhythmias festival examines what it is about art that attracts an audience. In 2017 the festival cast a critical light on the role of institutions in limiting the arts, and examined their responsibility in maintaining a relationship between artist and public. The festival returns for 2018, this time with a specific focus on the viewer.
Tickets for individual events cost up to €5.
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Tushi Baul
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Areas of Expertise: Development in India; Development Effectiveness; Gender Equality; Monitoring & Evaluation
Tushi Baul works as a monitoring and evaluation specialist within the Pulte Institute for Global Development's Evidence and Learning Division. Her research interests include agriculture, development, labor markets, and social networks. Additionally, she has extensive experience developing and conducting in-field and lab-in-field experiments, primarily in India.
Prior to joining the Pulte Institute, Baul was a visiting assistant research professor at New York University Abu Dhabi. She also previously served as a consultant at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab's (J-PAL) regional center in South Asia. At J-PAL South Asia, she worked as a co-PI on an impact evaluation related to technology adoption by farmers in Bihar, India.
Baul holds a Ph.D. in economics from Iowa State University and a master's in economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University.


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Last night it was just me. J was home and watched the Swedish song contest so I was in bed watching my tv shows. It's a few that has started again after the season break. So there I was having a good time waiting for him. He came shortly before 10.30 pm. Then it was even more tv shows and some cuddling.
I managed to book the laundry room until monday as well. The laundry basket is more than full. Oh God how I miss my washing machine. Almost more than I miss my shower. To be able to do laundry when I feel like it and not when the laundry room is available.
We went home to Kalle and said hi to the cats. How I miss them! But only one more week and then they are coming home again. Then when we got home Kalle came with us but I was a bad hostess and fell aslepp on the couch haha.
Today will be a slow day. I need to go grocery shopping as usual, today we will be having salmon for dinner. I hope, if they have any. Or else I have to improvise.
I guess it's Valentines day today. I'm not much for this day. At most we have Valentines day cookies so I guess we will have that today as well. Me and J arent gonna do anything today because he haven't said a word about it.


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I was born in Scotland, where I enjoyed my first few years in serene and welcoming Inverness. Friends were family and the Highlands were my playground. Though I was still a wee bairn when my family moved to the United States, I treasure my Scottish roots.
I attended college in Southeastern Minnesota and also Oxford University in South East England, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from Winona State University.
Eager to expand my horizons, I explored the world in my twenties, absorbing the beauty and culture of Europe and Asia while falling ever deeper in love with design.
Eventually settling in Southern California, I found work in the fast-paced world of advertising, employed by agencies in San Diego and then Los Angeles.
My design work took a personal turn after I fell in love and started planning my wedding. I adored the process of designing timeless stationery, knowing that each piece would be held and read by the people I cared about the most. Soon after, friends planning their own weddings asked that I create their stationery, and what began as a heartfelt favor for friends soon blossomed into a creatively fulfilling custom business of my own.
One decade and two kids later, life couldn't be sweeter. Today I work with people from all over the world, incorporating different cultures in my designs and printing in languages as diverse as French and Bosnian. Variety keeps me fresh and engaged. It's a big part of why I'm so in love with what I do.
There are no small jobs. Every order I take, every design I put my hand to, is part of the most important day in a couple's lives. Every second that I spend making something, I keep that in mind. Attention to detail, quality production and my personal touch ensure that everything I create perfectly compliments your special day.
I'm thrilled that you've found Ivory Isle Designs, and honored to be entrusted with such an important duty.


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South West Sports Centre Fitness Classes – Bunbury
Aquarians: A water workout designed for all swimming abilities in a social, fun atmosphere. Have fun, keep active and make new friends with the Aquarian social club.
Heartmoves: A gentle physical activity program suitable for people with stable long term health conditions such as heart disease, diabetes or obesity.
Water Walking: A class held in waist deep water to music for those who enjoy the water environment. The water supports the body's weight, reducing stress on the joints and minimising pain.
Water Power Walking: A water walking class in waist deep water to music. The class takes full advantage of the water's resistance and incorporates the use of noodles and dumbbells at a quick walking pace.
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A fragmentary roman funerar monumentdiscovered at Valea Viilor (Sibiu county)
Claudiu Munteanu,
Alexandru Gh. Sonoc
A fragmentarly Roman funeral monument has been discovered after 1980 near Valea Viilor (formerly Vorumloc/Wurmloch/Nagybaromlaka, Sibiu county). Made of limestone, it is a lateral wall of an aedicula and can be dated at the end of the second and the beginning of the third century. This type of semicircular niche (of hellenistic origin, arrived here through the Norico–Pannonian handicraft production) is quite uncommon in Dacia, where it seems to have been specific to the military milieu. Due to the chronological and stylistical analogies, we consider that the monument could be a product of the stone workshop of Cristeşti/Maroskeresztúr (Mureş county), whose products are subdued to the Norico–Pannonian influences.
The monument has been recovered from the cooperatist farm where was used as a threshold. Later it was recovered and brought in the school`s collection of antiquities.
In the area of this village are known another roman traces: the structures of a villa rustica, probably belonging to a veteran and vestiges of a rural settlement, which could have been habited by the workers of this villa rustica. The funerary monument belongs, perhaps, to the family cemetery of this villa rustica.


text: Hi! In this picture, I decided to go with an Italian designer theme! I show the perfumes Dolce & Gabbana and Versace, four Gucci bracelets (in red, gold, green, and grey), and a Gucci hair clip! I put these colorful and fragrant items together to transport me to the warm beaches of Italy during these cold winter months. Any time you need a little inspiration, just collect your perfumes and jewelry and bring them all together; you'll be amazed at what you can think of.