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GATE 2014 Hall Ticket and GATE Admit Card 2014 Download
GATE Admit card 2014 download will be available on the GOAPS ( Gate Online Application Processing System ) portal. According to the official website of GATE you can download your exam admit cards and Hall Ticket for GATE 2014 from website. The Download links for GATE Hall ticket and GATE 2014 admit card will be available for download on http://gate.iitkgp.ac.in from 18 December 2013. So hurry up and download it to appear in the GATE 2014 examinations.
GATE 2014 Exams
GATE stands for Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering 2014. This exams are always being organized by the IIT (Indian Institute Of Technology) Kharagpur itself. So, we can say that you need to pass out the GATE examinations to get an admission in various master degrees of the engineering field.
The GATE 2014 exams will be organized in the 7 IIT infields of the India. This seven education organization holds the right for GATE 2014 examinations and its all of the process. Next year in 2015, there will be another education institutes will handle this all processes such as an examinations, routine pre-exam preparations, providing hall tickets and admit cards online and publishing the results as well.
Download GATE 2014 Admit Card
GATE 2014 Admit card are already available on the website to download. The phrase Admit Card and Hall Ticket is the same. In fact, This GATE admit card ( or you can say HallTicket ) are strongly required to appear in the upcoming GATE 2014 examinations.
However, the main notice you should keep in mind is that : You can download GATE hall tickets. You can download admit card only from the zonal websites. Yes, you can get it from all those seven institutes websites. So, there will be no website downtime. Zero technical interference. This is because there is a wide choice of website lists to download admit card at anytime.
We've provided the list of zonal (Institute) websites for GATE 2014 examinations. It is available at the end of this article. But, before proceeding over there. You should read some notices and rules. It is related to the GATE 2014 hall ticket online download.
Remember this about your GATE 2014 Admit card and GATE 2014 Hall Tickets
Here, we've sorted out some useful hints about GATE 2014 examination admit cards related details. It will make your work easy.
GATE 2014 Notes you should consider to remember :
- The first and most important things is that : You need to download online your GATE admit card or hall tickets. You should download it after 18 December from website.
- The Admit Card of GATE 2014 and Hall Tickets will not be sent to you by email or by postal. So, Dear GATE students downloading is the first and last option for you.
- GATE Candidates are not allowed to give test without presenting your GATE admit card of GATE entrance examinations 2014.
- After download gate admit card from site, you need to take its print out.
- You're not allowed to use scanned or xerox photocopy of your GATE 2014 admit card to appear in future GATE 2014 examinations.
- You must have your valid enrollment number and password to login to download GATE admit card.
How to download your GATE admit card ?
If you're a GATE seeker and wanted to download your hall ticket or admit card. Even, it's very easy process of downloading. But many students are not familiar with it. So, they always be in trouble and can't able to perform the required steps easily.
Here is the steps to download hall ticket of your GATE 2014 examinations.
- Open the official website of GATE online application processing system GOAPS website from this link www.gate.iitkgp.ac.in
- You will have your enrollment ID and password if you've already registered over there. So enter that credentials in the box without any errors.
- Now there will be one option to download your admit card on your GOAPS profile page. Click on Download button and your GATE 2014 admit card/hall ticket will be downloaded to your computer.
- It's time to take a print out of your download Admit card as soon as possible. Keep it on secure place, bring it on GATE 2014 examination centre. It's verified by exam center so its valid. Without gate 2014 hall ticket, you don't have a permit to enter in exam halls.
GATE 2014 Admit Card Website List
As we've mentioned in the starting of the article, here we've included the list of GATE 2014 zonal IIT institute websites of an Indian territory.
No | GATE IIT Institute List | Download Website Link |
1 | Banglore IIT Zone 1 | http://gate.iisc.ernet.in/ |
2 | Bombay IIT Zone 2 | http://www.gate.iitb.ac.in/ |
3 | Delhi IIT Zone 3 | http://gate.iitd.ac.in/ |
4 | Guwahati IIT Zone 4 | http://www.iitg.ac.in/gate |
5 | Kanpur IIT Zone 5 | http://gate.iitk.ac.in/ |
6 | Kharagpur IIT Zone 6 | http://gate.iitkgp.ac.in/ |
7 | Madras IIT Zone 7 | http://gate.iitm.ac.in/ |
8 | Roorkee IIT Zone 8 | http://www.iitr.ac.in/gate |
Just go to any IIT (Indian Institute Of Technology) zone websites from above and download your GATE 2014 admit card and GATE hall ticket before it becomes too late for you.
Go to this website http://gate.iitkgp.ac.in
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Television presenter Vuyo Mbuli's 13-year-old son watched as his father collapsed while they were at a rugby match in Bloemfontein at the weekend.
Quick-thinking spectators took his son, Sithenkosi, away from the scene but, according to Mbuli family spokeswoman Rowena Baird, he had already seen enough to traumatise him.
Mbuli, who co-anchored Morning Live on SABC2 with Leanne Manas, died on Saturday night in Bloemfontein following a rugby match at the Free State Stadium between the Cheetahs and the Reds
The 46-year-old father of two had gone with his son and a friend to watch the rugby match.
Paramedics rushed to his aid and he was transferred to Mediclinic Bloemfontein, where he later died.
At the hospital yesterday, Sowetan was referred to Baird who confirmed that the charismatic presenter, who also worked for SAfm, had passed away.
"Yes indeed he was rushed to the Bloemfontein Mediclinic," Baird said.
"If I am not mistaken, he arrived after 9pm and passed away at 9.50pm."
She said that as soon as the paramedics arrived at the stadium, they had desperately tried to save Mbuli's life.
"From the stadium, the medics had been trying to resuscitate him until they arrived at the hospital," she said.
Asked if Mbuli was still alive when he had arrived at the hospital, Baird said: "That's correct."
SABC spokesman Kaizer Kganyago confirmed this, saying: "Mbuli was treated on the scene and taken to the Bloemfontein Mediclinic where he later died."
Baird said funeral arrangements had not yet been made.
"It is still early, we haven't made arrangements yet because we are still trying to find our feet."
Mbuli, known for his trademark "Sharp Sharp" at the end of Morning Live, leaves behind his two children, Sithenkosi and 15-year-old daughter Siphosihle, and his estranged wife Savita.
"The family was very devastated," Baird said.
Baird said the family was waiting for a postmortem to determine the cause of death.
Tributes poured in for Mbuli from shocked colleagues who were saddened by his sudden death. Sowetan

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Q+A: Heidi Brown Discusses Flexible Airfares and Up-and-Coming Website, OptionsAway.com
At Travel + Leisure, we love hearing about services that bring a refreshing level of ease and flexibility to booking travel. Enter OptionsAway.com. Started by Rob and Heidi Brown, a team of financial experts-turned-travel addicts, the site was born from their frustration over missing great travel opportunities because of fluxuating airfares. They used their knowledge in options pricing and applied it to air travel—and it's working. We sat down with co-founder Brown to find out more.
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A: Options Away is offering an opportunity that has never been available to consumers before—the ability to lock-in airfares while they finalize their travel plans, and do so across multiple airlines. It is disruptive in the sense that we have actually begun to transform the way people plan and book travel. Travelers can hold prospective flights by paying a small fee and eliminating the need for immediate booking. With such a low cost and no commitment to purchase plane tickets, Options Away travelers can hold several flights at once.


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Harvard Considers Mining For Dogecoin a Waste of Resources For Some Reason
Against all logic, Dogecoin still exists and is worth money. And the digital currency is so popular, one Harvard University researcher just got in trouble for using the school's 14,000-core supercomputer to mine for it.
Someone allegedly scheduled a Harvard device ranked among the top 500 supercomputers to mine for Dogecoin, the Register reports. Another researcher discovered the unusual activity and tattled to the administration. Later, an email went out to the people who use the computing cluster. The dogecoin miner, whoever he or she may be, was accused of "consuming significant resources" as part of a mining contest. Read More


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Taking sides: Picking Super Bowl halftime talent
Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show -- excuse us, the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLIV Halftime Show -- will feature a performance by U.K. rock legends the Who. Other acts that have graced the halftime stage in recent years: Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, the Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney. See a trend there? When Prince somehow got booked it ended up being best halftime ever (more on that below) and while we would be fine if the Purple One would play each year - as long as he doesn't write any new, football-centric songs for the occasion - we decided to offer up some other ideas about who should get 12 minutes in front of the world's biggest TV audience of the year.
Chris Richards: After Prince's 2007 barnstorming, I'm sure millions of viewers wished the NFL would sign his Purpleness to a 10 year Super Bowl halftime residency. I did. The show had pomp, elegance, massive hits and perhaps most importantly, surprise. He covered Dylan and Creedence and even the Foo Fighters' "Best of You" -- making it sound like he wrote it in the first place. Beyonce pulled a similar trick at Sunday night's Grammy Awards with her superb take on Alanis Morisette's "You Oughta Know." (Sorry, Alanis. That's a Beyonce song now.) I think this woman is one of the few singers capable of delivering a Prince-esque performance. Yeah, yeah -- the NFL has a Cialis-chomping demographic to please and it might be years before the specter connecting contemporary pop music with the words "wardrobe malfunction" dissipates. But why bother with coaxing Led Zeppelin out of retirement when you could have Beyonce sing "When the Levee Breaks?"
Allison Stewart: Not counting recent appearances by Springsteen and Prince, the NFL has a long history of embarrassing halftime shows: Who could forget when Jessica Simpson showed up ('04)? Or the Judds ('94)? Or the year Phil Collins appeared ('00) as part of the Tapestry of Nations? It's time to book acts that players and viewers might actually have on their iPods, which is why my vote goes to a rap-rock double header. Lil Wayne could top the bill - he's from NOLA, anyway. Eminem could show up, and Jay-Z. And Kanye West could come, too - after Taylor Swift's Grammy performance, America may no longer be mad at him. Because MCs aren't usually good at spectacle, we could add some rockers to the bill. Not good ones, necessarily: Maybe Daughtry could come, or Nickelback. If we were trying to be really classy, someone could call Kid Rock.
Sarah Godfrey: Prince's epic 2007 performance showed exactly how great a Super Bowl halftime show can be when the focus is a single, excellent act, rather than a cheesy, overstuffed production. But I sort of miss the big, messy Super Bowl halftime shows of yore - particularly those that paid tribute to the game's host city. Way back when, one knew that if the Super Bowl was at Pontiac Stadium, a Motown tribute was in store. If the New Orleans Superdome was the setting, count on a Mardi Gras blowout. I'd like to see a Super Bowl halftime show that goes back to the regional celebrations of the '70s and '80s, but retains the superstar performers of the '90s and '00s. Much respect to the Who, but I'd love to tune in on Sunday and see a Miami-themed production studded with Florida stars. Maybe Rick Ross backing Gloria Estefan on "Get On Your Feet." Or South Florida-reared Marilyn Manson and Miami-Dade's own diamond princess Trina sharing the stage. Throw in a KC and the Sunshine Band medley and a steel band, and you've got a Miami-specific, camp-tastic good time.
David Malitz: Radiohead would be a fun choice. See what I did there? I used Radiohead and fun in a sentence together! You need a mega-popular band so why not get the one band that is (or at least attempts to be) the antithesis of everything the Super Bowl stands for? The big stage and fancy lights suit them well. You could probably convince them to do "Paranoid Android," a song of their choice and even end with "Creep," as everyone in the crowd waves glowsticks. And the band would waive its enormous performing fee and instead have its paycheck donated to climate change research, with public service announcements immediately before and after their performance.
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How about Mary J. Blige? I hear she just did a killer version of "Stairway To Heaven" for her new album.
Posted by: Hemisphire | February 4, 2010 4:42 PM | Report abuse
For some reason I see Coldplay doing it next year when they have a new album out. Metallica and Green Day can both do stadium-sized shows, but they curse too much.
Neil Diamond anyone?*shrugs*
Posted by: EricS2 | February 4, 2010 4:48 PM | Report abuse
I'll second MJB!
Posted by: ChrisRichards | February 4, 2010 7:02 PM | Report abuse
Please don't even put the THOUGHT of a Nickelback performance out there.
Posted by: misere | February 5, 2010 9:30 AM | Report abuse
Chris Richards is the only person making serious suggestions in this post.
I'll cast my vote for Stevie Wonder. It would have made the most sense for him to be halftime performer when the Super Bowl was actually in Motown - yes, I am still bitter about this - but dude's got as deep a catalogue as anyone out there, and he still rips up the stage.
Posted by: Lindemann777 | February 5, 2010 9:37 AM | Report abuse
I guess I shouldn't say "rips up a stage." He delivers fine live performances.
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Outrage at PM's job pact for India
THE PM is facing fury over his open-door job offer to Indian students after it emerged the need for foreign workers has hit a five-year low.
Ahead of a trip to India on Monday, David Cameron told the country's graduates they can stay in Britain if they earn £20,000 a year. And if they make £35,000 five years on, they can apply for residency.


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Christopher F. McCann of Newtown, formerly of Ridley Park, died suddenly Tuesday, April 29, 2014. He was 53.
Christopher was born March 26, 1961, and raised in Ridley Park.
He was employed by The Boeing Company.
Chris enjoyed coaching his three children in basketball. Following in his father's footsteps, he managed the game clock for what was the BIG 5, and Philadelphia 76ers. He enjoyed Carolina Blue Skies, sunshine, fishing, and smiles from his beloved family and friends on Strathmere Beach. He was known for his charming personality and engaging smile that would light up the room. A loving father, son, companion and brother, Chris will be missed by many.
Chris was preceded in death by his father, William McCann; and sister, Nancy Cerami.
Beloved son of Elizabeth Morrison, devoted father of Kelly McCann, Kristine McCann and Ryan McCann; loving companion of Jacqueline Milano; dear brother of William McCann Jr. (Lisa), Margaret McCann, and John McCann (Jackie); stepson of James Morrison. He also is survived by the mother of his children, Linda McCann.
Relatives and friends are invited to his viewing from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, at Cavanagh Family Funeral Home, 301 Chester Pike, Norwood, and after 10 a.m. Wednesday, in the Church of Our Lady of Fatima, Secane, followed by his Funeral Mass at 11 a.m. Interment will be held privately. Cavanagh Family Funeral Home,
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'Bird People' Review: Learning To Fly, But It Ain't Got Wings
Movie News By Sam Fragoso on September 5, 2014 | Be the First To CommentBird People is a series of misconnections. After a blissful prologue paying homage to Wings of Desire, Pascale Ferran's fourth feature listlessly morphs into a bizarre confluence of realism and magicalism. The film is a textbook example of ambition undercut by tonal and pacing inconsistency. Divided into two chapters, Bird People leads with Gary (Josh Charles), a Bay Area businessman ready to "leave everything behind," as he proclaims. Ridden with anxiety, Gary knows he needs to leave his position at his growing Tech Company, his wife (after 18 years of courtship), his kids, and his current way of life. From one airport hotel to the next, he seems unable to experience joy or happiness.
TIFF 2014: 11 Stars to Watch At This Year's Festival
Features By Kate Erbland on September 2, 2014 | Be the First To CommentThe Toronto International Film Festival always comes crammed top to bottom with star power, lining up both big name stars and buzzy films that are already firmly in the "Oscar conversation" before the first curtain even goes up. But TIFF is still a film festival, and that means for every Benedict Cumberbatch-starring biopic, there's a slightly smaller and definitely less well known feature just itching to bust out. This year's festival is no different, and there are a hefty number of films and talent to keep your eyes peeled for, from total newbies to known names who are just on the cusp of something bigger. Who will emerge from this year's TIFF a bonafide star? We've got some ideas.
TIFF 2014: Your Guide to the 13 Most Anticipated Films of the Festival
Features By Kate Erbland on September 1, 2014 | Be the First To CommentThis Labor Day, we are laboring over exactly one thing: our schedule for this week's Toronto International Film Festival. The annual Canadian embarrassment of riches kicks off this Thursday, and we're in the middle of a mad dash to make sure our schedules and plans allow for viewings of everything we want to see. It's not easy — in fact, with a slate as stacked as TIFF's, it's actually impossible — but we're dead-set on cramming each day with top-tier talent, Oscar contenders and a few smaller features that just might break out once they unspool during Toronto's best film event. But what are the true can't-miss features? We think we may have some idea. What will be lining up for at this year's TIFF? Why, the same stuff you should be lining up for, too.
TIFF 2014: 23 Titles That Already Have Us Excited for Canada's Big Show
Film Festivals By Kate Erbland on July 22, 2014 | Be the First To CommentWe may be within spitting distance of this year's Comic-Con, but that doesn't mean that we can't spend some time getting excited about the next next big event: this September's Toronto International Film Festival. The festival has now unleashed the first bit of its slate, and it's already the kind of talent-packed, big name-crammed, jaw-dropping kind of thing we've long come to expect from the festival. Honestly? I'm sort of already packing my bags right now, because I don't want anything slowing down my ability to see a whole mess of these films (even excessively and embarrassingly early preparations). This announcement includes thirteen Galas and forty-six Special Presentations — just a smidge of the festival's full slate, really, but the one that's the most glitzy and recognizable — which includes thirty-seven world premieres and plenty of films we've been waiting a long time to see. Eager to see what TIFF has to offer? After the break, take a look at every single film announced today, including twenty-three titles that already have us excited to decamp to Canada in two months.
The Morning Read: Weinstein Domination, Unmade Movies and the Forwardthink of Jodorowsky's 'Dune'
Features By Scott Beggs on September 6, 2013 | Be the First To CommentThe best movie culture writing from around the internet-o-sphere. Just leave a tab open for us, will ya?
TIFF 2013 Kicks Off Tomorrow Night With a Tribute to Roger Ebert
Film Festivals By Nathan Adams on September 4, 2013 | Be the First To CommentBy the time of his death in April of this year, Roger Ebert had firmly established himself as being, among other things, the most famous film critic of all time. For decades, filmmakers and film fans from all over the world relied on Ebert's writings and television broadcasts to not only illuminate us on what treasures the film world had available for us that we might not have already seen, but also to deepen our understanding and appreciation for the great works that we had. He was one of the voices who helped elevate the world of movies from being viewed as a commercially-driven entertainment racket to being to seen as a legitimate art form as worthy of dissection and discussion as any other, and because of that the film industry has taken every opportunity over the last few months to pay tribute to the man as often as possible. The most recent of these tributes came at the just-ended Telluride Film Festival, and now we have word [via Deadline] that the next is going to come during tomorrow night's opening of the Toronto International Film Festival, where the fest is scheduled to begin with a video tribute to the esteemed critic—including comments from festival co-founder Bill Marshall, former festival director Helga Stephenson, producer Robert Lantos, and others—as well as with the presentation of a commemorative plaque to Ebert's widow, Chaz. The plaque will match one that will also adorn a theater chair that has been dedicated to the legendary […]
Vimeo Offering $10,000 Paradigm Shift for TIFF Filmmakers
Movie News By Scott Beggs on September 3, 2013 | Be the First To CommentBack in March, Vimeo created a new distribution model for filmmakers by offering a ridiculously attractive 90/10 revenue split and access to a 100-million-strong audience. Now, they want to use Vimeo On Demand to deliver Toronto International Film Festival movies to the world. According to Variety, the company is offering a flat $10,000 to each of the 146 premieres happening at TIFF in exchange for exclusive digital distribution rights for 30 days (or until Vimeo recoups the 10k) followed by the standard VOD revenue split. This kind of open-door distribution offer is equal parts exciting and risky, and it shows an incredible (well-earned) trust in the discernment of the TIFF selection committee. This will undoubtedly be a great option for the large number of films that will find success on the festival circuit while never securing traditional distribution, but there's definitely an experimental tilt. Vimeo might end up eating losses for movies that never earn back the cash, and filmmakers who put their work online (even at such a respectable venue) may injure their chances for larger-scale theater distribution in the future. It's the ancient choice between small, immediate satisfaction and the potential opportunity for bigger success further down the line. Regardless of the gamble for Vimeo and for filmmakers, this is excellent news for fans. We'll gain access to movies that would normally require a passport, and as this is offered to more fests, it'll be as if entire indie lineups will be at our fingertips instead of at […]
Does Its TIFF Win Really Guarantee an Academy Award Nod for 'Silver Linings Playbook'?
Academy Awards By Kate Erbland on September 17, 2012 | Comments (7)In a word – no. Over the weekend, the Toronto International Film Festival wrapped up and, like the end of all good things, the festival closed out with the bestowing of awards to various films. Winners included Artifact, Seven Psychopaths, Laurence Anyways, Keep a Modest Head, Antiviral, Blackbird, Call Girl, In the House, and the big winner – David O. Russell's Silver Linings Playbook. The Bradley Cooper- and Jennifer Lawrence-starring film won the BlackBerry People's Choice Award, which is generally considered to be TIFF's most important award and an indication of a film's chances at a Best Picture nomination come Oscar time. As Wikipedia tells it, "Given that the festival lacks a jury and is non-competitive, regular awards handed out at other festivals for categories such as 'Best Actress' or 'Best Film' do not exist at the Toronto International Film Festival. The major prize, the People's Choice Award, is given to a feature-length film with the highest ratings as voted by the festival-going populace." Plenty of stories on the film's win have noted that this all but guarantees that Silver Linings will end up with Oscar nominations, particularly a Best Picture nod. And why is that? Over the past five years, two People's Choice winners have gone on to win Best Picture (The King's Speech and Slumdog Millionaire) and one film picked up a nomination in the same category (Precious). Good odds, right? Well, maybe not so much.
'The Company You Keep' Trailer: Robert Redford Keeps Talented and Famous Company
Movie News By Nathan Adams on August 30, 2012 | Be the First To CommentJust last week we reported that Robert Redford's latest film, The Company You Keep, managed to score a distribution deal before it even played any festivals. Well, the film is gearing up to play Venice and Toronto regardless, so TIFF has released a trailer promoting it. Complete with typewriter sounds and vintage news footage, said trailer starts off by making The Company You Keep look like it's going to be an authentic, journalistic look at the history of the radical anti-war group The Weather Underground, but then we're suddenly dumped into present day, and it's revealed that this is actually going to be a fun-looking chase movie about the last few members of the movement still being on the run from the law. The Company You Keep is full of grizzled old activists/bank robbers, plucky young reporters, plucky young F.B.I. agents, action, intrigue, murder, and a cast that features names like Redford, Susan Sarandon, Shia LaBeouf, Brendan Gleeson, Anna Kendrick, Terrence Howard, Nick Nolte, Sam Elliott, Richard Jenkins, Chris Cooper, Brit Marling, Julie Christie, Stephen Root, and Stanley Tucci.
'Passion' Trailer: A New Cinematic Nightmare from Brian De Palma
Movie News By Jack Giroux on August 23, 2012 | Comments (2)The past decade hasn't been too kind to Brian De Palma. The director's past few films have been his most divisive and critically lashed efforts of his career. With disappointments like The Black Dahlia and Mission to Mars, it's easy to see why that is. After a five year absence, De Palma is returning to the big screen with Passion, an "erotic" thriller starring Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace that's a remake of the recent French film Love Crime. The film is set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival, which will then be followed up with screenings at both TIFF and the New York Film Festival. Check out the film's first trailer to see Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace having…a good time, shall we say:
TIFF 2012 Announces 60 More Awesome Programming Picks Just Because They Can
Film Festivals By Kate Erbland on July 31, 2012 | Be the First To CommentThe lineup for this year's Toronto International Film Festival is essentially an embarrassment of riches (we're still fanning ourselves over the sheer magnitude and quality of their first wave of programming announcement), and it's only gotten better today with the news that the fest has added no less than sixty new films to their slate. These picks round out their Documentary, Midnight Madness, Vanguard, Kids, Cinematheque, and City to City programs, and if you weren't drooling before, get ready to positively salivate. Stand-out picks include Matthew Cooke's How to Make Money Selling Drugs, Alex Gibney's Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, Janet Tobias' No Place on Earth, Marina Zenovich's Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out, Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar, and Stéphane Aubier's Ernest & Célestine, the world premiere of The ABCs of Death, Nicolás López's Aftershock, Martin McDonagh's Seven Psychopaths, and so, so, so many more. Check out full synopses for each newly announced film after the break, thanks to both TIFF and The Playlist. As ever, our top picks will appear in italics.
TIFF May Have Just Announced Its Lineup, But Here Are 5 of Their Films We've Already Seen
Features By Kate Erbland on July 24, 2012 | Be the First To CommentWhen we Rejects get let out of the cage (and it's a literal cage, a big one under Dear Leader Miller's desk, with a hamster wheel and everything) to journey to festivals far and wide, we tend to turn in some pretty comprehensive coverage. Along the way, we often cover some films that pop up along the festival circuit for months on end, titles that show up at Sundance and then journey west to SXSW, that premiere at Cannes before going American at LAFF, and those that parlay good buzz at one fest into showings across the globe. We've already drooled over today's announcement of the Toronto International Film Festival's first wave of programming, but buried within those 62 just-announced films are five we've already checked out at other festivals (including Sundance and Cannes). Want to get a taste of what TIFF will offer (hint: tastes like poutine and makes your mouth water just as much)? Hit the break to get reacquainted with 5 TIFF-bound films that we've already seen (and, in many cases, already loved).
TIFF 2012 Announces 62 Galas and Special Presentations, Plus the 22 We're Most Excited to See
Film Festivals By Kate Erbland on July 24, 2012 | Comments (2)The Toronto International Film Festival has today announced (via Cinema Blend) their (assumed full, but clearly still ripe for additions) line-up of both their Galas and Special Presentations sections. Just two sections? Sounds slim, right? Wrong. Today's announcement includes a stunning sixty-two total films, including some of the year's most anticipated, along with a bevy of "oh, hey, that's ready to go already?" titles sure to stir up just as much excitement as the other heavy hitters. Toronto will play host to such films as Rian Johnson's Looper (which will serve as the Opening Night film), Ben Affleck's Argo, Robert Redford's The Company You Keep, Mike Newell's Great Expectations, David O. Russell's Silver Linings Playbook, Joe Wright's Anna Karenina, Neil Jordan's Byzantium, Andy and Lana Wachowski and Tom Twyker's Cloud Atlas, Sally Potter's Ginger and Rosa, Thomas Vinterberg's The Hunt, J.A. Bayona's The Impossible, Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing, Derek Cianfrance's The Place Beyond the Pines, Jacques Audiard's Rust and Bone, and – no big deal – Terrence Malick's To the Wonder. It's okay to be out of breath – this is easily the best festival line-up of the year. After the break, check out the full list of TIFF's just-announced Galas and Special Presentations titles, with our own most anticipated films singled out, all the better to help plan your own TIFF-going (or TIFF-coverage-reading).
'The Raid' Trailer Asks You To Count the Bullets
Movie News By Scott Beggs on September 9, 2011 | Comments (2)Merantau was an astonishing achievement in martial arts storytelling. It displayed incredible hand-to-hand combat work while managing to have a compelling story with solid acting. Go figure. Essentially, it made a lot of other action filmmakers look like amateurs, and it looks like Gareth Evans and Iko Uwais are returning with a stripped down flick to repeat the feat. The Raid is currently enjoying praise coming out of TIFF with hyperbole and review titles featuring exclamation points aplenty. Does it earn the hype? The trailer offers one clue, and you can check it out for yourself (if you're old enough):
You're Not Ready for the Teaser Trailer for 'Alps'
Movie News By Kate Erbland on August 30, 2011 | Comments (3)Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth is decidedly divisive cinema. The film played on the festival circuit back in 2010 (I took it in at SXSW in a tiny screening library room, via DVD on a tiny television) and ended up garnering a surprise Best Foreign Film nomination at the Oscars, but all that certainly doesn't mean that the film is fit to be enjoyed (or possibly even consumed) by everyone. The film focused on a Greek family with three adult children who had been isolated from the world by their parents (namely their father) and taught to fear not only other people, but nearly everything else, especially cats. To further their isolation, the kids were taught incorrect meanings for words, leaving them essentially unable to express themselves to others, should they ever encounter them. There was also an incest storyline. Sound heavy? It was – and wasn't. Dogtooth is wonderfully unsettling cinema, littered with humor darker than coal, and more messages about family and society than you could count on your fingers and toes. I loved it, but I also absolutely understand why other people don't. Now Lanthimos is back with a new film, Alps, which will premiere at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. Much like Dogtooth, the film looks to imagine an alternate sense of reality within the regular world. In the world of Alps, members of the titular group perform a service – they "stand in" for deceased people for their grieving loved ones. And, like Dogtooth, […]
TIFF Announces Addition of More Galas, Special Presentations and a Closing Night Film
Film Festivals By Kate Erbland on August 16, 2011 | Be the First To CommentWith the Toronto International Film Festival mere weeks away, cinephiles everywhere are prepping to ship off to America's hat for ten days of films and fun, all fueled by bagged milk and and trademark Canadian politeness. TIFF has already established itself as North America's premiere film festival (duking it out with Sundance for top billing), but this year, the festival's programmers have truly outdone themselves when it comes to putting together a drool-worthy schedule. This year's TIFF has already announced the bulk of their lineup, including The Ides of March and Moneyball and their documentary and genre picks, but they now round out their programming with some final and spectacular picks.
Teaser Trailer for 'The Day' Is Pretty Damn Dark
Movie News By Kate Erbland on August 4, 2011 | Comments (2)If the only music that will play in the post-apocalyptic world will be Explosions in the Sky, someone hit a big red button on an atomic bomb so I can strap on some leather and guns and go cavorting around a disseminated landscape, because that sounds like an excellent time. And Shawn Ashmore is there? Blow this damned planet sky-high! The Toronto International Film Festival has recently released the titles that will form its Midnight Madness program this year, and that includes a film with all those elements, and more – Douglas Aarniokoski's The Day.
TIFF Adds a Bevy of Docs and Genre Works to an Already Strong Lineup
Film Festivals By Nathan Adams on August 3, 2011 | Be the First To CommentLast week the programmers for this year's Toronto International Film Festival introduced the main course of this year's festival lineup, fifty-three films from all over the world, big and small, about any number of subjects. The list was so impressive I ran out and booked a hotel room. So, now that I'm financially locked in to heading up to the city of David Cronenberg and that rapper who called himself SNOW, I'll be following future announcements by the festival pretty closely. Today brought a big one. Adding to their initial lineup of films, TIFF has added a bunch of documentary works by fairly large documentary filmmakers and a bunch of genre works from fairly deranged genre filmmakers. First let's take a look at some of the docs. Thom Powers is the lead programmer for documentaries, and about this year's lineup he said, "I'm thrilled at the large number of veteran filmmakers who have brought us new works this year. The line-up contains a wide range of memorable characters – crusaders, convicts, artists, athletes, nude dancers, comic book fans, dog lovers and more. Not to mention the epic 15-hour Story of Film. These documentaries will have audiences discussing and debating for months to come." I don't think I'll have time for that fifteen hour one, I've only got five days in the city, but the one about nude dancers is definitely on my docket.
The Toronto International Film Festival Announces Its Lineup, Looks Spectacular Doing It
Film Festivals By Nathan Adams on July 26, 2011 | Comments (1)If you're like me, then you probably don't pay much attention to what goes on in towns outside your own. As far as I knew, the only thing Toronto had going on was gripes about Maple Leaf hockey and reminiscing about when The Kids in the Hall used to play that tiny theater down the street. But what do I know? I haven't been there since The Ultimate Warrior pinned Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania 6. Turns out they have a really awesome film festival every year. This year the events go down between September eighth and the eighteenth, and the first fifty or so films announced for the lineup have me wanting to take a trip. There are too many to discuss, but just to give you an idea of what we're working with, let's look at a few.
Culture Warrior: The Paradoxical Importance of Film Festivals
Culture Warrior By Scott Beggs on March 16, 2010 | Comments (4)With movie websites getting clogged with stories and reviews about movies that will never reach the public, are film festivals more ado about nothing than we'd like to admit?
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- Directed By Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou Zukor.
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Update 15/11/2012: We're halfway through Movember! See the progress our Mo Bros have made so far (Hillview Top, Sheffield Bottom) pic.twitter.com/E0K4LgTE
Enviroco staff raise money for mens health this November
During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men's faces in the UK and around the world. The aim is to raise vital funds and awareness for men's health, specifically Prostate and Testicular cancer.
Participants in Movember start the month with a clean shave (Enviroco Sheffield staff pictured above on the 1st November) and continue to cultivate their moustache for the next thirty days.
Staff will be showing their support throughout the organisation, with moustaches being grown in Enviroco Sheffiled, Hillview and at NORM Solutions.
Watch the Enviroco Movember page and Twitter for weekly updates; you can even vote for your favourite 'tasche'!
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September 20, 2000
This meeting of the Council of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan was held at the Cobo Hall Exhibition/Conference Center in Detroit, Michigan, on September 20, 2000 at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to notice duly given.
I. Call to Order and Determination of Quorum. Section Chair, Jeffrey Ammon, called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m., and determined with the other officers present that a quorum existed.
II. Approval of Minutes of Meeting of May 20, 2000. Mr. Ammon called for a motion to approve the Minutes of the Council Meeting held on May 20, 2000. Pursuant to motion duly made and seconded, the Minutes were unanimously approved.
III. Nominating Director. Mr. Oetting presented for nomination, Daniel H. Minkus as Section Chair, Tracy T. Larsen as Vice-Chair, Timothy R. Damschroder as Secretary, and G. Ann Baker as Treasurer.
IV. Election of Officers. Mr. Oetting called for a motion to approve the nominations. Pursuant to motion duly made, no second being required, the nominations were unanimously approved.
V. Incoming Chair's Report. Mr. Minkus thanked Jeffrey Ammon for his successful term as Section Chair. Mr. Minkus introduced Laura Jones, the new Section Administrator.
Mr. Minkus also noted the passing of Professor Stephen H. Schulman and indicated that the Council intends to either make a contribution or prominently involve itself in a Memorial Fund that Wayne State University is likely to establish.
Mr. Minkus thanked the Committee Chairs for their efforts in getting the work of the Section done.
Mr. Minkus' goals for the upcoming year include increasing membership opportunities and encouraging participation in the Committees. He would like to see the Section continue its work with ICLE. The Section will continue to support the Access to Justice Development Campaign. He will continue to implement the Section's Strategic Plan.
VI. Council Approval of Committee Chair(s)/Directorship Appointments. The following person(s) was/were presented for nomination to chair the following Committees and Directorships. Directorships are for two-year terms.
(*) Denotes Directorship, which is a two-year term.
Mr. Minkus called for a motion to approve the Committee Chair and Directorship appointments. Pursuant to motion duly made and seconded, the Committee Chair and Directorship appointments were unanimously approved.
VII. Committee/Directorship Reports.
A. Agricultural Committee
B. Commercial Litigation
C. Corporate Laws
D. Debtor/Creditor Rights
E. Financial Institutions
F. In-House Counsel
G. Nonprofit Corporations—No report.
H. Regulation of Securities
I. Uniform Commercial Code
J. Unincorporated Enterprises
K. Legislative Review—No report.
L. Nominating—No report.
M. Programs
N. Publications
O. Section Development—No report.
P. Technology
VIII. Treasurer's Report. Mr. Damschroder reported that the Section continues to be financially sound and has a surplus of $210,587.12. A report is attached. The Section usually subsidizes the Midyear Meeting. Historically, this figure has been approximately $9,000. This year it should be approximately $6,700.00.
IX. Other Business and Announcements. Michael S. Khoury requested that new appointees get their current address, telephone, and email information to him or Laura Jones so it can be put onto listserv and the Section website.
X. Announcement of December Meeting. The December meeting will be held on December 2, 2000, at the Livonia Marriott.
XI. Meeting Adjournment. There being no further business to come before this meeting of the Council of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, upon a motion duly made and seconded, and unanimously approved, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted, Timothy R. Damschroder Secretary of the Business Law Section
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Educators from around the country identify six common themes that led to successful design and implementation of performance-pay initiatives
Washington, D.C.The National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET) today released a new report highlighting effective measures for implementation of federal Teacher Incentive Fundsand their impact on student achievementin six diverse locations around the country. Representatives from the six projects shared their experiences, lessons learned and results during a panel discussion in Washington, D.C.
With the enactment of the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) in 2006, the federal government pioneered an effort to support innovative approaches that compensate teachers and principals based on their effectiveness. The teachers' and administrators' experiences presented today provide valuable insight for districts and states implementing compensation reforms aligned to other support systems through new TIF grants, Race to the Top and revised state teacher evaluation structures. The Department of Education recently announced it had chosen 62 new TIF recipients in 27 states.
"With their first-hand experience, these educators can describe what makes performance pay work," said Jonathan Eckert, Ed.D, a professor of education at Wheaton College, IL, former U.S. Department of Education teaching fellow, and the author of Performance-Based Compensation: Design and Implementation at Six Teacher Incentive Fund Sites. "This is timely given the significant increase and geographic reach in TIF funding for schools and districts, particularly those new to these reforms."
The report, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Joyce Foundation, provides compelling preliminary data in support of the positive impact that innovative performance-based compensation systems can have on student achievement, recruitment and retention of teachers and overall school environment.
Among the six sites, the researchincluding interviews, focus groups, data analysis and site-based observationsidentified a number of common themes in the design and implementation of their compensation systems:
- Performance pay was not implemented as a tactic, but as part of a wider systemwide strategy that also included professional development, collaboration and evaluation.
- Performance pay was aligned with professional development resources and other accountability measures.
- Each school or district involved key stakeholders in their efforts.
- Teachers were appointed to leadership positions and charged with overseeing instructional improvement and evaluation.
- Reforms were folded into existing systems and objectives, instead of being implemented in isolation.
- Local and state funding was reallocated and/or secured to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of the new systems.
The projects featured in the report represent a cross-section of high-need schools from a mix of communities in Philadelphia, New Orleans, Arizona, North Carolina, Texas and South Carolina.
"Our TIF project has had a direct impact on state policy around evaluation, professional development and compensation," said Dennis Dotterer, executive director of South Carolina TAP, one of the six sites featured in the report. "The project will continue to play a role in shaping our state approach as we see strong results from these reforms."
Amy Holcombe, Ph.D, TIF coordinator of Mission Possible within Guilford County Schools, North Carolina, added, "The local education association and teachers are integral to the design of the program to ensure that it meets their needs. No matter how great the program is, if it's not something that they can get behind, it's less effective."
"TAP was chosen as our system for professional development and incorporated into each school's charter, thus ensuring that it wasn't seen as an add-on, but rather the bedrock of our efforts to improve instructional strategy and drive student achievement," said Andrea Thomas-Reynolds, Ed.D, CEO of the Algiers Charter Schools Association in New Orleans, Louisiana.
"The opportunities for career advancement and professional growth have allowed me to grow as an educator as well as provide support to other teachers," said Claudia Perez, a mentor teacher at Pan American Academy in Philadelphia, which uses the TAP system. "The teachers at my school, including myself, have become better teachers and consequently, we are seeing increases in student achievement."
Roseanne Lopez, TIF grant director for the Amphitheater Unified School District in Tuscon, Arizona, attested to the impact teacher leaders have on creating "a collaborative environment that understands student achievement data analysis and how that needs to be connected to teaching and learning."
According to Michael Savage, principal at Audelia Creek Elementary School in Dallas, Texas, within the Richardson Independent School District, "performance compensation is an important tool, but it is particularly useful when combined with a system for helping teachers to improve their skills over time."
Download the full report, Performance-Based Compensation: Design and Implementation at Six Teacher Incentive Fund Sites, via http://www.tapsystem.org/publications/eck_tif.pdf.
The National Institute for Excellence in Teaching is an independent public charity committed to ensuring a highly skilled, strongly motivated and competitively compensated teacher for every classroom in America. Its signature initiative is TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement, a comprehensive school reform model that provides teachers with powerful opportunities for career advancement, ongoing professional development, a fair accountability system and performance-based compensation. Learn more at http://www.tapsystem.org .
Joanna Reeves, Master Teacher, Sanford Middle School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
". . . The TAP Rubric is a coaching tool that the teachers can use to improve or incorporate new elements into their practice. It also allows them to become conscious of what they are doing effectively and should continue to do as part of their practice."


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I don't remember what show but Suzanne Sommers was on TV interviewing with someone about bio-identicals. The person was pointing out that bio's may be as dangerous as synthetic hormone replacements. Do you have any thoughts on this?
I've been using progesterone cream compounded by a natural pharmacy for about 3 yrs. I know these people know what they are doing, or at least I hope so. Lately my hot flashes are at their worse and I can't get to sleep. Carla |
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Hi, Im post menopause. I say this because its been a year and a half since my last period. But my extreme symptoms started about one year after my last period. Anxiety set in. I fight it daily. I believe its our hormones withdrawing. Ive decided to try bioidenticals at this time. I need to get my life back. Has anyone tried these with success? |
I am on Prempro, but my girfriend uses Bio, it took about 6 months to feel any better. But she has breast cancer in her family so she didnt go with western medicine. They are still hormones. Of course the ins. wont pay, unless you live in Calif. and then I think they pay some. Hang in there! We all are feeling your pain. Shotzy |
I watched my mother who had a hysterectomy at 40, go on hormones then not be able to withdraw off. She's a naturally anxious person, which makes it worse. (and I understand totally that everyone is different) But I didn't want to be chained to my hormones like my mother... it's why I am afraid to do anything like take hormones. |
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Yeah i don't see how she is saying spark. F word all the way!!
Of course its okay! Arcade fire is not your normal band. I am actually surprised that people are complaining because i didn't really think there were "casual" Arcade fire fans. Its a band you need to connect with on an emotional level to appreciate. If you really want to see the band live, i dont see why this would be a road block. Its a privelige for me to see this band live. If they want me to dress up, then I dress up Oh, no i have to dress up for 3 hours!!!!! Are people really that lazy? If you're just a weirdo bandwagon fan that wants to see a hot band then i guess i could see you bitching. Point being a fan that really cares will shut up and dress up. If the band was coming closer to my town I would jump on it in an instant, I will wear whatever the hell they want! The band says their best shows happen when its a fun carnival atmosphere and i want the best experience possible, thats okay by me. People just like to complain. Ughhhh, kids these days.
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We just installed a tray ceiling in our 12x16 bedroom. It has 2 steps up & we r putting crown molding all around (3 levels). Our main wall color will be Benj. Moore Mt Rushmore Rock. I have no idea what to do for paint in the tray. Our contractor friend said do all white.The interior dec @ paint store said to go w/ a light version of the walls (Featherstone) on all the ceiling type surfaces. I am so confused & dont know what would look best. Im not sure I want to do the orig. ceiling part the light color. I thought it should be white. But my DH & I are not agreeing. Any help or ideas??
Also does anyone have the Mt Rushmore color in their house? Is it too dark for a bedroom? My furniture is light, comforter is mocha(see link below)& slate blue, floor is stained cherry. Or if anyone has any pics, send me a message & I will send u my email. This is my comforter set http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=120471 |
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I had a decorator advise me to go all white for our living room tray ceiling, everything above the wall - white. It currently has a lighter color of wall paint on the ceiling like part right above wall, the exact wall color on the inner side and the lighter color again on the ceiling. Sorry my terminology is not awesome. I felt like the stripe feel is very trendy and if isn't already dated feeling, will be soon. So after he unsolicitedly confirmed my feeling I decided all white. It's being painted this weekend. I can post a pic when it's done if you are interested. Here is the before, it's a dark rainy day so its kinda crappy photo. |
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Microsoft® Office Outlook Levels 1 and 2 teaches students how Outlook is structured, how to use the various modules to coordinate communications and collaborations with others. Modules covered in this courseware include Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, and Notes. Also included are some advanced features commonly used for collaboration purposes such as sharing calendars, using RSS Feeds, adding address lists, or sending out of office notices.
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Total Hours: 18
Seminars and Tutorials: 18
Total Weeks:
This course is offered online:
Non-Course Pre-Requisites
This course is designed for students who are familiar with personal computers, using a keyboard and using a mouse. The course assumes that students have experience working in a Microsoft Windows environment.
Rearticulation Submission
Course Content:
Unit 1: Introducing Outlook
- What is Microsoft Office Outlook
- Using the Mail Module
- Creating an E-mail Message
- Reading and Viewing Messages
Unit 2: Responding to Messages and Message Options
- Responding to Messages
- Deleting a Message
- Saving Messages
- Printing Messages
- Using Message Options
- Message Settings
- Voting and Tracking Options
- Modifying Delivery Options
- Assigning Categories
- Flagging Messages
Unit 3: Managing E-mail
- Applying Themes and Stationery
- Setting a Default Message Font
- Working with Signatures
- Working with Attachments
- Sorting and Finding Messages
- Managing Messages
- Archiving Messages
Unit 4: Using the Calendar
- Looking at the Calendar
- Navigating within the Calendar
- Changing the View Options
- Customizing the Calendar Options
- Printing the Calendar
Lesson 5: Scheduling Items
- Lesson Objectives
- Scheduling Items
- Creating an Appointment
- Scheduling Events
- Sending Meeting Requests Understanding Meetings
- Determining Available Meeting Times
- Making Changes to Meetings and Notifying Attendees
Unit 6: Working with Contacts
- Exploring the Contacts Module
- Creating a New Contact
- Editing a Contact
- Finding Contacts
- Using Electronic Business Cards
- Printing Contacts
Unit 7: Using Address Books and Distribution Lists
- Understanding the Outlook Address Book
- Working with Distribution Lists
Unit 8: Using Tasks Working with Tasks
- Setting Task Options
- Changing the View Options
- Customizing the To-Do Bar
- Tracking Progress of a Task
Unit 9: Using Notes
- Looking at Notes
- Creating Notes
- Editing Notes
- Organizing and Viewing Notes
- Customizing Notes
- Printing Notes
Unit 10: Organizing Information
- Using Search Folders
- Customizing Message Handling Options
- Managing Junk E-mail
- Using Rules
Unit 11: Collaborating with Others
- Sending Out of Office Messages
- Using Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
- Configuring E-mail Message Security
- Sharing Calendars
- Sharing Your Contacts
- Configuring Outlook to be Web Accessible
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate and define how Microsoft Office Outlook is set up and the different types of information you can track
- Demonstrate how to create, edit, send, open, and manage messages, such as, replying or forwarding
- Demonstrate the different types of options for tracking or managing messages such as voting buttons, flags, or level of importance
- Demonstrate how to include and manage attachments being sent or received with messages
- File and manage messages using folders
- Create or modify a signature for e-mail
- Create and edit appointments or events in the Calendar
- Create and schedule meetings with others
- Create and modify contacts using the Contacts module
- Work with one or more address books and distribution lists
- Create, modify and assign tasks
- Create, modify and customize notes
- Work with data files in Outlook
- Create search folders
- Manage junk e-mail
- Send Out of Office notices
- Use Really Simply Syndication (RSS)
- Manage the level of security in Outlook
- Share your calendar or contacts in Outlook with others
- Configure Outlook to be accessible from the Internet
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Quizzes and Tests: 40 %
Assignments: 55 %
Participation: 5 %
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Students who complete this course will have reviewed all of the exam objectives and be on their way to preparing for the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist Exam #77-604.
Text Books:
Required - Microsoft, 2008, Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 - Approved Courseware for MCAS Exam: 77-604 (CCI Learning Solutions Inc.). Chapters Covered: All
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GV of the luncheon M.V. Of T.V. star David Jansen with his wife seated at table MS two winners Julie Andrews and Lee Marvin pose with their little trophies. M.S. Paul Newman with a big white plaster on his chin and Natalie Wood pose with their awards. M.S. Robert Vaughan and David McCallum pose with their awards for the series "Man from U.N.C.L.E." VS some more personalities with their awards. Samantha Eggar, David Lean, Omar Sharif, Robert Mitchum etc.


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Post-Conflict Needs Assessments (PCNAs) are multilateral exercises undertaken by the UNDG, the European Commission (EC), the World Bank (WB) and Regional Development Banks in collaboration with the national government and with the cooperation of donor countries. PCNAs are increasingly used by national and international actors as an entry point for conceptualizing, negotiating and financing a common shared strategy for recovery and development in fragile, post-conflict settings. The PCNA includes both the assessment of needs and the national prioritization and costing of needs in an accompanying transitional results matrix. Over the last decade, donors have attributed increasing importance to providing timely and substantive support to post-conflict recovery and peace building. A large part of this assistance has been mobilized via international reconstruction conferences, at which donors make pledges based on the overall assessment of post-conflict recovery needs. As of July 2010, PCNAs have been undertaken or remain ongoing in Timor-Leste (not formally a PCNA), Afghanistan (not formally a PCNA), Iraq, Liberia, Haiti, Sudan (North/South), Somalia, Sudan (Darfur), Pakistan, Georgia, Zimbabwe (only preparation) and Yemen. Following the UN/WB global review of PCNAs to identify lessons and improve future exercises (see jump-to link below), a series of joint briefings and presentations to stakeholders have been conducted in an effort to disseminate the outcomes and recommendations of the Review. In addition, these briefings intended to strengthen the knowledge of, ownership of, or linkages with other key players in post-conflict transition, including security, political, humanitarian and development partners, in advance of the next PCNA. The recommendations included a number of internal measures to improve UN system participation in future PCNAs. Towards this goal, a PCNA background and decision paper was formally passed on 19 April 2007 in Geneva by the UNDG Principals. The Principals group endorsed the concept and methodology of PCNA and agreed to use it as a primary entry point and to support it through staff participation at the country level with the understanding that the selection of the priority and cross-cutting issues will be country specific in each case. OECD/DAC has also agreed to use the PCNA and Transitional Results Framework (TRF) approach to help set and monitor recovery priorities in countries in transition from conflict or international disengagement. Additional work on the PCNA toolkit has taken place since late 2008 with financial support from the European Commission and UNDOCO. The work amongst others includes the development of additional practical tools for capacity assessments and conflict analysis, communication protocol within the UN and between PCNA partners within the context of a PCNA-TRF. Over the spring of 2010 PCNA familiarization sessions took place with the World Bank, the European Commission, the African Development Bank and the United Nations. Furthermore, during the first week of June 2010 the first training for PCNA Expert Practitioners took place with participants from the African Development Bank, the European Commission, the United Nations and the World Bank. These Expert Practitioners will become the first members of a PCNA roster will be enable the PCNA partners to quickly and qualified respond to request for PCNA missions in the future. |
Joint Guidance Note on Post Conflict Needs Assessments and Transitional Results Frameworks - Working Draft for Circulation by: UNDOCO/CPC and World Bank
The working draft Joint Guidance Note on Integrated Recovery Planning using Post Conflict Needs Assessments (PCNAs) and Transitional Results Frameworks (TRFs) has been developed by the UNDG, World Bank and Partners. The Guidance Note will be updated following additional consultations with Partners and practical application in the field. The purpose of the Guidance Note is to inform strategic decision-makers (national and international) of the purpose, scope, and benefits of this common platform for recovery planning, and how it connects to other critical processes in a post-conflict setting such as the planning of peace-keeping deployments; and to guide technical practitioners – coordinators, sector team leaders, national partners, and donor representatives. This note does not provide detailed operational instructions for the PCNA-TRF, and is accompanied by a companion Toolkit that will provide practical resources, guidance, and tools for teams planning or undertaking a PCNA-TRF. The Toolkit will be regularly updated on-line and made available on CDs, with extended guidance, templates and best practices.
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PCNA Paper for Principals
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Dr. Williams focuses his practice at Hurley Mental Health Associates on psycho-diagnostic testing of children, adolescents, and adults. He conducts assessments for diagnostic clarification, learning disabilities (such as ADHD), neuro-psychological disorders (such as head injury, toxic exposures, and neuro-developmental disorders), and pre-surgical qualifications for bariatric surgery, spinal implants, organ transplants, and plastic or cosmetic surgery.


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In the wake of devastating recent natural disasters, including the earthquake in Pakistan, Hurricane Katrina, mud slides in Guatemala, river flooding in Europe, and the tsunami in South Asia, officials worldwide have been forced to confront significant gaps in their disaster contingency plans. This has led to a renewed focus on old problems: how to better anticipate hurricanes and earthquakes; how to evacuate affected areas efficiently; how to make a sometimes unpredictably dangerous world as safe as possible. "Generally, we don't think in terms of preparedness, we think in terms of response," says Arthur Lerner-Lam, director of Columbia University's Center for Hazards & Risk Research. "The truth is, from the standpoint of mitigation, of preparing for disasters, we are not doing a good enough job." There is progress to report, however: new technologies are being developed and deployed, and many countries have early-warning systems and detailed plans in place to assist potential victims, including travelers.
• TSUNAMIS Historically, tsunami alert systems have been born of tragedy. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) and the West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, both of which use deep-sea sensors to measure changes in water pressure, were established after tsunamis damaged Hawaii and Alaska in 1946 and 1964, respectively. Last December 25, the PTWC broadcast a Pacific-wide bulletin seven minutes after registering a cataclysmic quake off Sumatra. Scientists tried to signal Indian Ocean nations; unfortunately, there was no disaster network for this region, where tsunamis had been a rarity, and budget-strapped governments had no civil defense structure set up to order coastal evacuations. The tsunami caused an estimated 240,000 deaths.
In the aftermath of this disaster, the White House announced a $37.5 million upgrade of the existing tsunami warning systems that would expand coverage to the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico coasts by mid 2007, and the U.S. Agency for International Development pledged $16.6 million to provide technical assistance for unesco's ongoing design of an Indian Ocean warning system similar to the PTWC's. "Would I like to say that a year later, we have a completed system?Of course," says Tim Beans, the Bangkok-based director of usaid's regional mission. "The good news is, we're well on our way." Last May, Thailand opened its own system, the National Disaster Warning Centre in Bangkok, which is linked to tsunami centers in Japan and Hawaii. When a tidal wave seems imminent, public warnings can be disseminated by national TV and radio and via 62 100-foot-high towers capable of broadcasting multilingual alerts along the southern coast, including Phuket and Phi Phi Don island. Travelers on group tours to Thailand can have their travel agent request cell-phone text message alerts from the disaster center's director (www.ndwc.or.th).
• HURRICANES/TYPHOONS As part of the ongoing $4.5 billion modernization of the National Weather Service by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), seven new weather buoys were deployed in April in the Atlantic, the Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico. The data picked up from these buoys—measurements of wind, waves, barometric pressure, and temperature—are analyzed at the National Hurricane Center, using computer models like slosh (Sea, Lake, Overland Surge from Hurricane), a program that identifies storm-surge risks. NOAA's Web site (www.nws.noaa.gov) issues advisories and updates conditions every 12 hours.
The slow response to Katrina was an exception. Florida handled four hurricanes in 2004, and emergency officials took no chances with Hurricane Rita, ordering evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people from the Florida Keys, Louisiana, and Texas. As Hurricane Emily bore down on the Yucatán Peninsula in July, the Mexican government mobilized hundreds of buses to carry 30,000 tourists inland from Cancún, Cozumel, and Playa del Carmen. "Most countries do a very good job of getting tourists out,'' says Michael Lindell of Texas A&M University's Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center. "Resorts would rather lose revenue than lives.''
In Asia, Japan is at the forefront of typhoon tracking and preparation, and China evacuated more than 1.8 million people from coastal provinces in September as Typhoon Talim approached.
• EARTHQUAKES Scientists can make long-term prognostications about seismic activity, but predicting a specific earthquake remains impossible. Huge death tolls from events such as the Pakistan quake in October are preventable only by long-term investments and planning. Japan is considered a world leader in earthquake preparedness, yet the 1995 Kobe event killed more than 5,000 people and destroyed more than 100,000 homes. Richard McCarthy, executive director of California's Seismic Safety Commission, toured Kobe the following year. The Japanese had tightened building codes, reinforced existing structures, and prepositioned rescue equipment. California has incorporated some of those measures into its own earthquake plan: more than 2,000 bridges have been retrofitted and countless unreinforced masonry buildings shored up. "The lesson for us?Bad buildings collapse,'' says McCarthy.
One California company, Seismic Warning Systems, has developed a patented earthquake alert that is already used by some local fire departments, hospitals, and schools and has attracted interest from around the world. The paperback-sized QuakeGuard device detects P waves—speed-of-sound shock waves that travel nearly twice as fast as more damaging S (shear) waves—and begins automated emergency procedures, opening firehouse doors before they can jam, alerting surgeons in the midst of delicate operations, and shutting down gas lines. "A few seconds can make a world of difference,'' says Seismic Warning chairman George Dickson. "We can get early responders out to do their job."


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Andrew Nicholson & Quimbo win the title of the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event with William Fox-Pitt in second place on Seacookie TSF, Andrew again on Calico Joe in third and Buck Davidson fourth on Ballynoe Castle RM.
Although William Fox-Pitt didn't need to win the Rolex Kentucky this year to be in contention for the Rolex Grand Slam; it was a nail biting finish between leading eventing rivals Fox-Pitt and Andrew Nicholson ahead of the final Rolex Grand Slam competition – the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials next weekend.
In Lexington, today saw the final phase of the prestigious four-star Rolex Kentucky competition kick off at 1.15pm local time. With only four clear rounds in the show jumping phase prior to last to go, Andrew Nicholson and Quimbo, there was no guarantee. The combination had the advantage of entering the arena with two fences in hand and in true showman style, they jumped a clear round giving the pair their first double four star clear to win the highly contested competition.
William Fox-Pitt finished well in second place with Catherine Witt's Seacookie TSF. The pair jumped a double clear despite testing conditions, including Fox-Pitt breaking a finger during the round!
Nicholson had a rail in hand on Calico Joe, his second ride, going into the show jumping phase. Joe went earlier in the afternoon to give Nicholson time between the two horses and had three rails to place them third at the end of the day.
Nicholson has had Joe since he was a three year old and commented yesterday that show jumping is not the horse's strong point. Nicholson said on securing third place, the feeling is "similar to Quimbo's" which he later added was "very proud".
Nicholson commented that Quimbo felt "very smart and clever" during the show jumping for the clear round adding only 3 time penalties to secure the win. Incredibly, it was Quimbo's first ever four star, although he is clearly of star quality having won the CIC*** (8/9yro's) at Blenheim last year and the CCI*** at Boekelo in October.
Nicholson said that when Quimbo cleared the first jump he had "such a buzz" and "I know he's got enough stamina to do the 4 star tracks" even though he doesn't come from galloping breeding. He added that he was "surprised how much pace he produced" when he asked for more after the last water on the cross country.
The win sets Nicholson up to become the first Kiwi to contend for the $US350,000 (£225,996) Rolex Grand Slam – encompassing the Burghley International Horse Trials, Mitsubishi Motors Badminton and Land Rover Burghley four star events in succession. It also extends his lead in the HSBC FEI Classics which boasts a $US250,000 (£161,425) prize pot. In addition to the $80,000 (£50,656) winnings today, Nicholson was also awarded $10,000 (£6,457) for winning whilst wearing SSG branded gloves.
EWW editor, Louise Elliott commented that -
"The win for Nicholson creates a situation, which has made eventing history; where two riders are vying for eventing's biggest prize – 'The Rolex Grand Slam' in the same year.
Explaining that -
"This arises as William Fox-Pitt couldn't try and complete his trio of four star wins in 2012 due to the cancellation of that year's Badminton competition. He has therefore been allowed to carry the challenge over until this year, 2013. In the meantime, Andrew Nicholson has caught up by winning the Burghley four star last year on Avebury and now the Rolex Kentucky.
"In reality, does it make a difference to either of them that both are now trying to win? We suppose not, as we're pretty sure their competitiveness would have been at its peak in any event, but it will mean that there is now more probability, the winner of Badminton will be a lot richer!"
William Fox-Pitt commented that to win the grand slam, both riders still have to go to Badminton to claim the title and, "at the end of the day it could be neither (of them) for the win". Michael Jung is also competing at Badminton for the first time and is well tipped to take the top spot on his ride, La Biosthetique-Sam FBW ("Sam"), Sam. William joked at the press conference that Michael Jung would win anyway!
Fox-Pitt added "so many things have to come off in a row" but "coming to the event in Kentucky did sharpen us up" for next week. Let's hope Fox-Pitt's broken finger does not cause any bother for the final phase of this exciting finale.
Even though Badminton is on everyone's mind the future of Seacookie was questioned. Fox-Pitt said that the 14 year old, who won the Blenheim CCI*** last year (2012) and was second in the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials in 2010; will have a well earned holiday following this event before they look to make any Autumn plans for him.
Out of 29 riders in the final phase at the Rolex Kentucky today; there were 5 clear jumping rounds and 2 double clear. In the top 10 there were two New Zealand horses, one from Great Britain, one from Canada, five US horses, and also the sole rider for Australia, Peter Atkins.
Report by Elena Nuila
Photographs by Ab3 Photography