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College for Public Health and Social Justice > Academics > Social work degrees > Master of Social Work
The Master of Social Work program prepares students to be advanced practitioners of social work who act as agents of change to promote individual and societal well-being. The Saint Louis University School of Social Work is built upon an unwavering commitment to social justice.
A leader in integrating social work practice and education (ranked in the top 25 percent of programs by U.S. News and World Report), the school has faculty members who have made substantial contributions to the profession.
Our interactive teaching methods are aimed at combining community-based practice with classroom activities and discussions. Small class sizes facilitate an atmosphere of intellectual dialogue that fosters relationships between students and faculty.
After completing professional foundation course work, students must select one of the following areas of concentration to be the focus of their studies.
*As of fall 2014: the Family concentration and Health/Mental Health concentration merged into the Clinical concentration. For those students admitted under the previous concentrations the course requirements will vary.
Specializations are optional and can be earned within 57 credit hours.
There are seven opportunities to concurrently earn your MSW and another master's degree.
Students design their academic program to develop competence in micro-practice with individuals, families and small groups, and/or macro-competencies in administration, program planning, community organizing and political advocacy. Students choose one of three concentrations and can also elect to pursue a specialization or dual degree as part of or in addition to an MSW.
SLU's faculty are internationally recognized as leaders in community engagement. Our faculty have diverse research interests, including:
Applicants are required to fill out an online application and submit a résumé, professional statement, three confidential reference letters (two academic references and one professional reference) and transcripts. Applicants are also required to complete an interview. Additional factors considered in determining an applicant's eligibility include academic achievement, strength of the undergraduate program attended, work experience, previous graduate degrees, motivation, leadership and service.
Applicants must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 and 24 credit hours completed in the liberal arts. The priority deadline is March 1 for fall and October 1 for spring; the final deadline is August 1 for fall and December 15 for spring.
**Professional Statement guidelines for MSW
The professional statement informs the Student Affairs Committee of the applicant's background and professional goals. This is also as an indicator of the applicant's writing ability and helps the Student Affairs Committee acquire a broader understanding of the applicant. The content and the quality of the composition will be used to judge the applicant's preparedness for graduate school. (The statement must not exceed three type written pages.) Following review of admissions materials, an on-site writing sample may be required. These questions are guidelines in preparing the professional statement:
What knowledge, values, and skills do you have now that is critical to social work practice?
Describe your strengths and areas of growth.
What are your future aspirations in professional social work practice?
Describe a social justice issue that is important to you and what you as a social work professional would do to make a difference.
What are your experiences interacting with diverse populations? (Diverse populations include groups distinguished by age, race, gender, sexual orientation, class, religion, and ethnicity.)
SLU offers new and continuing MSW students partial tuition-remission merit-based scholarships. Applicants who do not initially meet the scholarship criteria or who have applied for a scholarship and were not awarded a scholarship may re-apply during their first semester in the MSW Program. Applicants who apply by the priority deadline can also apply for graduate assistantships.
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Students in dual degree programs will have a course schedule that varies from the one below.
Generalist Foundation Courses
Advanced Social Policy Course
Values & Ethics
Public Health Course
Research Methods Sequenced Courses (6 credit hours)
Concentration Practicum and Electives
Pick one of the three concentrations:
1- Community and Organization
2- Clinical
3-Applied Behavior Analysis
The minimum total credit-hours required is 57.
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Master of Education - Curriculum and Instruction
The Master of Education meets the needs of professional teachers who already are certified and desire a graduate specialty in elementary education or secondary education. Candidates enrolled in the masters of education program at Belhaven University are required to take a core of courses for 21 hours. In addition, students desiring additional hours in MED-Curriculum and Instruction take 3 online courses in this area of emphasis for 9 credits. The degree program concludes with a comprehensive capstone course.COURSE DESCRIPTIONS COURSE SCHEDULE
Master of Education
The Master of Education program will enrich and advance teachers with a focus on the current areas of teaching and learning. Earning a MED degree can also lead current teachers to leadership roles. This program meets the needs of professional teachers who are already certified. The Master of Education provides advanced pedagogical and research skills to enable one to become a leader in today's schools.
Belhaven graduate courses for teachers take an in-depth look into the classroom and give teachers the ability to not only evaluate their current methods, but examine the improvement of learning and the implementation of better teaching techniques from a critical thinking perspective.
Belhaven's Master of Education classes gives teachers, who wish to pursue a masters, distinct advantages by eliminating obstacles like distance and time. Potential students could also qualify for scholarships like the Teach Grant and the Belhaven Classroom Leadership Scholarship.
Through this graduate degree program, students have access to Belhaven's education professors and the wealth of knowledge they are eager to share. Since Belhaven's founding in 1883, we have excelled in preparing students to be teachers and are excited to bring our education expertise to the area.
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Note, the three courses listed in the area of emphasis are online classes.
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|Technology in Education
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|Issues and Innovations in Education
|Individual Instruction for Children with Learning Problems
|Supervision of Instruction: Collaborating for Accountability
|Capstone Course
|Instructional Leadership Skills in the Classroom
How You Learn
Hybrid Option:
This is a hybrid cohort. For three nights out of each 8 week course, a face-to-face class session will be held from 4:45 to 8:45 p.m., the same night of the week for the entire program. These class meetings will be supplemented by additional online activities which may include assignments, webinars or chats, materials, discussion threads, assessments and/or group activities done electronically outside of class. You will finish one course every 8 weeks. Following this schedule, you will complete the program in as little as 22 months.
Online Option:
This is a fully online cohort. You will log into the online classroom using our online learning management system (Canvas) to participate in online activities which may include assignments, webinars or chats, materials, discussion threads, assessments and/or group activities done electronically. You will finish one course every 8 weeks. Following this schedule, you will complete the program in as little as 22 months.
Admission Information
Offered to students who hold an undergraduate degree in education or have completed a teacher preparation program. Students who hold an undergraduate degree in education or have completed a teacher preparation program may apply to the Master of Education degree program with evidence of holding or being eligible to hold a Standard license in the area of emphasis for which the student is seeking degree and two years of teaching experience. The MED focuses on the core foundation of the educational profession - teaching and learning.
Students must have a GPA of 2.75 or higher on one of the following:
- Cumulative from undergraduate/graduate degree granting institution or
- Cumulative on last 60 hours of undergraduate work
Non-degree seeking students
- Must submit an official transcript from their undergraduate/graduate degree-granting colleges/universities.
- After attempting six semester hours, must either apply for admission as a degree-seeking student or make a request to be continued as a non-degree seeking student (maximum of 12 hours).


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A Jewish Enclave Reclaims Its Children; Cultural Ties and Low Costs Lure Orthodox Couples to Lower East Side
By TINA KELLEY
Published: February 29, 2000
It was a homecoming no one in their families could have predicted, to the Lower East Side neighborhood their parents' generation could not wait to leave.
Shoshona Laks, 25, remembered visiting her grandparents as a child on Rosh Hashana to toss bread in the East River for tashlich, the New Year's rite of atonement. Her husband, Abe, 30, used to stand in line with 50 others to nosh at Bernstein's kosher deli on Essex Street.
But move back near the bubbes? No. ''My parents moved out,'' Mrs. Laks recalled thinking. ''I'm not going to live here.''
Yet here they are, along with a growing number of other young Orthodox Jewish couples. In January 1998, after the death of Mrs. Laks's grandfather, they moved from Brooklyn into his apartment on Grand Street, across the street from the one where her mother's parents lived. Then last year the couple moved down the street into an apartment of their own, also in Cooperative Village, the center of the old Jewish neighborhood's revival.
The sprawling complex of 4,200 apartments in 11 buildings was built for union members between the 1940's and the 60's, after the old tenements were torn down. Like the other young Orthodox couples moving back to the neighborhood, the Lakses were drawn by the low cost, convenience, safety and spirit of the cooperative.
The area's cultural and historical significance is also part of the appeal. Mr. Laks, a law student, is glad to be part of the resurgence. ''It maintains the community that was here before,'' he said. ''Imagine if the whole Jewish community of the Lower East Side wasn't here. Being here helps to preserve that.''
This is not the Lower East Side of poverty and sweatshops, or the one of trendy nightclubs and tenements converted into million-dollar lofts. It is the plainer, cheaper neighborhood south of Delancey Street, once home to a huge enclave of Jews from Eastern Europe. The neighborhood shrank in the years after World War II, when the second and third generations moved up and out to Brooklyn, or to Long Island and other suburbs.
''Anyone who could buy a house did,'' said Holly Kaye, executive director of the Lower East Side Conservancy. ''They had come up in life enough that they could form another diaspora.''
Now, the signs of the neighborhood's renewal are everywhere. Fliers announce cooking lessons, even for kosher sushi. Nearly 30 synagogues, including a collection of about 10 small ones on East Broadway -- they call it Shtiebel Row -- each offer up to five services some mornings.
The cooperatives are allowing large Orthodox families to break through walls to expand apartments. Bais Shlomo Zalman, a preschool that served five children three years ago, is trying to find room for 45. There is another Orthodox preschool, Torah Tots, and a day camp offering a ''haimish atmosphere'' -- warm and homey.
''When everybody's grandfather came here from Europe, this is where they went,'' said Yaakov Martin, 24, a co-owner of the M & M Dairy on Grand Street. He moved to the Lower East Side three years ago with his wife, who grew up in the neighborhood. ''It's kind of like going back to their roots,'' he said.
Mr. Martin's father-in-law lives downstairs, a brother-in-law and two sisters-in-law are in the neighborhood, and he has persuaded his father and brother to move from Brooklyn.
William Rapfogel, executive director of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, said there were 31,000 Jews in the entire Lower East Side in 1990, up from 19,000 in the 1980's. He expects the numbers to increase sharply in this year's census, with particular growth in the Orthodox population.
During the last 10 years, the new arrivals have been mostly 25 to 40 years old, from Jewish communities around the metropolitan area, residents say. Many attend college or graduate school in Manhattan.
''They settle here because they say, 'Look how wonderful it is,' '' said Heshey Jacob, the general manager of Cooperative Village. ''It's like they skipped a generation.''
Of course, many Jewish families never left. Mr. Jacob's grandchildren, for example, are the fifth generation of his family to live on the Lower East Side. And half the residents are older than 60, so the neighborhood qualifies as a ''naturally occurring retirement community,'' eligible for state and city money. By most elevators in the cooperatives, several signs announce who is sitting shiva, in mourning for a relative.
But a new generation is making its presence known. One young rabbi, Yosef Tovia Horowitz, has returned directly to the synagogue that his grandfather used to lead. Several years ago, the president of the Lutowisker Synagogue asked Rabbi Horowitz, then living in Borough Park, Brooklyn, to help with services. In 1996 he agreed to head the congregation, which had only about nine active members. Ten are needed for proper prayer.
Having trained only as a scholar, Rabbi Horowitz, 38, said he was at a loss. He moved to the cooperative, finding two apartments sharing a wall that could be knocked out to accommodate his 11 children. The shul has grown to nearly 50 members, with about 20 children. There are daily services, with three on the Sabbath.
When he started, the synagogue needed a new roof and heating system. The upstairs was uninhabitable. ''All beginnings are hard,'' Rabbi Horowitz said. ''In the long run, it will pay.''


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This 3 bedroom bungalow with a heated pool is the height of contemporary style and furnished to an extremely high standard. At the same time it creates a comfortable, luxurious and relaxing place to unwind. A lovely feature is its circular dining area which provides a cool and interesting setting for intimate or family meals. The private pool can be heated all year long so Thalia is always popular with guests wishing to take advantage of Cyprus' all year round sunshine. Relax on the roof terrace at the end of the day and savour the fantastic views of the Mediterranean coast over a glass of wine. Villa Thalia is a tranquil haven for a wonderful ''get-away-from-it-all'' break or an idyllic family holiday.
Thalia is designed around a spacious luxurious lounge area where you can relax and unwind. There is satellite TV with over 40 English channels and a DVD player with a range of DVD's for all the family to enjoy and a selection of books to suit different tastes.
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The lounge area has direct access to the outside terrace, built in BBQ area, private (8m x 4m) swimming pool and landscaped gardens. The swimming pool has deep and shallow ends making it suitable for all the family. The high quality garden table and chairs can seat up to 8 and with sun-beds make the pool area comfortable for use all year round.
Outside the villa is a staircase going up to a fantastic roof terrace. It really is quite stunning and just perfect for a spot of private sunbathing or watching the sunset over the Mediterranean in the evenings. So contact us to book now and receive a complimentary welcome pack and a chilled bottle of bubbly.....to help you start your fantastic holiday!
The circular dining area inside accommodates 6 people comfortably and has windows all round giving a light and airy feel. Just off the dining area is the large fully equipped kitchen with all the appliances you would expect (built in full sized oven, halogen hob, microwave, built in dishwasher, fridge/freezer).The circular dining area inside accommodates 6 people comfortably and has windows all round giving a light and airy feel. Just off the dining area is the large fully equipped kitchen with all the appliances you would expect (built in full sized oven, halogen hob, microwave, built in dishwasher, fridge/freezer).
All 3 bedrooms are on the split-level ground floor, making this bungalow suitable for all ages and offers the added convenience of wheelchair access for disabled or elderly guests. The large master bedroom has a king size bed and an en-suite bathroom with bath and power-shower. There are two further large double bedrooms both with twin beds, one having its own en suite shower room with power-shower and WC. One of the twin bedrooms has patio doors opening up onto a walled private terrace in the garden. All bedrooms have ample storage space and are bright and airy.
We accept payment in British Pounds (GBP) or Euro equivalent.
Price is FULLY INCLUSIVE of:
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- satellite TV
- welcome pack
- linen, bath towels
- Internet / Wi-FI
- A high chair and cot are available on request.
- Pool Heating, recommended to maintain a truly warm pool temperature (Oct-June) - £22 p/day.
- Early check-in and/or late check-out, subject to availability/confirmation.
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A 20% Holding Deposit is required on booking. Balance payable 8 weeks before departure together with breakage insurance (where available) or a £200 (refundable) breakage deposit.
Villa Thalia, your very own private home in the sun. You can enjoy a peaceful, relaxing holiday with the sun shining on the patio from morn to night and you can take in the spectacular views from the rooftop terrace. A getaway from it all, paradise !!!

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Roof terrace with stunning views of the Mediterranean sea and coastline

Master bedroom and second bedroom have en-suite bathrooms plus family bathroom

Satellite TV with many English and International film, soap, sports and childrens' channels

Enjoy the large private pool all year round with optional HEATING - £22 p/day.

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the villa was very clean and we had everything we needed, the location was superb and the views from the roof terrace spectacular. the villa had 3 good size bedrooms 2 en suite and was well maintained. the pool was cleaned twice a week by the property manager who was very friendly and gave us lots of tips on where to go and where to eat. I would highly recommend this villa for families or a group of friends. I would recommend visiting the water park at Fastimo about 45 minute drive and better than Paphos. if you like beaches would suggest Lara beach which is lovely and sandy and not commercialised. we also found a lovely beach kourilon which had some great waves on the day we visited. we found some lovely restaurants and would recommend Costa's on the B6 to paphos 15 minute drive just past the American school best Meze I have had had to stop the bringing more out, bunch of grapes pisouri village great food and a lovely setting. Gabriels in kouklia lovely village square and good value for money. we also found a lovely little restaurant on the way to Lara beach just as you turn off the coastal rd. called sunset the Ribs were superb and good value. the restaurants in paphos are more expensive the only one we were disappointed with was Chloe's Chinese on the harbour. beautiful interior and good service but the food does not taste like an English Chinese restaurant.
we had a great Holiday and I would recommend this villa and area.
We have recently returned from a wonderful week's holiday at Villa Thalia in Cyprus. From our 1st enquiry to the efficient and extraordinarily helpful Jan the whole experience was fabulous. Paphos airport is only 7km away and the directions to the villa were spot on.
The villa was spotlessly clean on arrival and the welcome pack of groceries proved very useful. Villa Thalia is gorgeous and has everything you need. The pool (which we had heated) was a perfect size for a family and perfectly maintained, the children (10 & 12), were in and out all week. The roof terrace was perfect for relaxing in the sun and the BBQ was used every day.
We must say a big thank you to Helen, she was extremely helpful and it was reassuring to know she was just up the road should we need her.
In summary, we had a superb holiday, loved Cyprus and loved Villa Thalia - we'll be back!! :-)
Villa Thalia was exactly as the photos showed it. It's a wonderful place to stay - spacious (there were 5 of us) and with everything we needed supplied. It's south facing so gets the sun most of the day. We especially appreciated the roof terrace in the mornings - great views and really relaxing. We were there end of October/early November so the weather was really pleasant and warm, but not too hot. We paid extra to have the pool heated and that was definitely worth it as it got a lot of use! We'd definitely recommend going at that time of year - it's not too crowded and flights and car rental are rather cheaper (especially if you extend your stay past half term as we did). If you've got children, you may want to take appropriate DVDs as the selection in the villa isn't that suitable. Helen was really friendly and sorted out a couple of minor problems we had. Jan gave wonderful friendly and caring service, even returning the trunks our son left behind. We were all celebrating something and it was everything we'd hoped for to create some really special family memories. We definitely recommend this villa!
We have recently returned from our holiday in Aphrodite Hills Cyprus, we were there for a friends wedding and couldn't have enjoyed it more. The Villa was ideal in size for 6 and the setting was excellent setting for our holiday allowing us to relax by the pool during the day and was only 20 mins travel from Paphos for going out in the evening.
The information and help provide by Jan at Cyprus Villa Rental both in arranging the rental and whilst we were over in Cyprus was second to none. Having never been to Cyprus before or rented a Villa we weren't sure what to expect but Jan provided us with loads of information on the surrounding area with details of the place of interest to see and the best place for eating in the evening. The joining instructions for the Villa were also excellent and provided us with a stress free transfer from the airport.
I would definitely recommend this Villa to anyone who is thinking of staying in the Aphrodite Hills area, the only thing I would say is that you will either need to hire a car or be prepared to travel by taxi as it is slightly out lying but for us this added to the holiday as it was in a very relaxing setting for day time away from everything.
I would also complement Cyprus Villa Rentals on the very professional and excellent service that they provided.
Best Wishes
Kenny Rodgers
For our family vacations we normally stay in hotels, so our rental of Villa Thalia in Secret Valley, Cyprus, was our first. But we will be back!
The whole booking process was handled very professionally by Jan, the owner of this and several other villas in the area. Emails were answered prompty, answers given fast and in a very friendly and helpful manner.
On arrival, we found Villa Thalia to be in perfect condition and exceeding our expectations in every way. Standards were very high and the house was spotlessly clean and exteremely well equipped beyond what was expected - brand new patio furniture on the roof terrace with amazing views of the Mediterranean, a washing machine (not mentioned on the webiste), sandwich grill, mixer, ice machine in the freezer and many thoughtful extras. A generous supply of groceries on arrival meant we did not have to rush to the supermarket first thing.
Throughout our 10-day stay, we had a perfect time and did not find one thing that we would have changed. The pool area was wonderful and gave us many hours of relaxing every day. It faces south and has sunshine throughout the entire day. Our excellent hostess Helen was available to answer any question and gave excellent recommendations on restaurants and places of interest in the area.
Secret Valley is perfectly situated just minutes from legendary Aphrodites Rock with its beautiful beach and the short coastal drive to neighbour village Pissouri, with a good supermarket and several nice tavernas, is one of the most beautiful roads I have ever travelled.
We could not be more happy with our stay and did not dare to post this recommendation until we had secured our booking for 2013 :)
Thanks so much to Jan and Helen for excellent service and a great holiday!
Beautiful villa in an ideal location which was easy to find using the directions that Jan sent us!
We loved sitting out by the pool till late and the view from the roof is amazing!
Our group was aged 13-69 and everyone had a fantastic time.
A mention to Helen the pool cleaner who was very helpful with any questions we had, thank you
Secret Valley is situated in one of the most beautiful spots in Cyprus with with a picturesque 18 hole golf course and stylish but cozy club house with an excellent restaurant and bar. You are just a few minutes drive from Aphrodite Hills Golf and Leisure Resort where you can play golf or tennis or visit the beautiful spa and the cosmopolitan selection of restaurants and bars in the village square serving Cypriot, British, European and Fusion fare. Less than 10 minutes drive is the stunning brand new Nick Faldo designed Elea Golf Club claimed to have the best clubhouse anywhere in the world.
There is an excellent selection of local sandy beaches around 10 minutes drive away and scores of traditional Cypriot villages nearby with their friendly and varied restaurants and tavernas. These include Mandria, famous for its citrus fruit, Kouklia with its archaeological sites and the charming hill-side Pissouri. There are many local attractions for everyone and you are also only 5 minutes drive from the world-famous spot where legend has it Aphrodite, goddess of love, emerged from the Mediterranean Sea.
Secret Valley, with its own beautiful golf course, club house with bar and restaurant has become one of the most sought-after resorts in Cyprus, making it a wonderful location for family holidays, romantic getaways and golfing holidays.
- Location: Secret Valley
- Nearest Airport: Paphos at 7Km
- Nearest Ferry: Limassol at 60Km
- Nearest Motorway: A6 at 1Km
- Nearest Beach: 500 Mtrs
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It was a great time. Everyone was really nice and helpful. I can only say that beyond it all being fun, July isn't the best month go. During the Rapids and the stops, it was easy to stay cool. During the 2 hour plus river ride to the end , it was very hot, very hot. Maybe, May would be a perfect month. You need to be warm due to the 50 degree water so I wouldn't recommend going when it is cool. Other than the July heat I would highly recommend it. I was lucky and had great boat mates! Well worth the expense.


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"David B. Williams can see the invisible. He notices the lost dramas fossilized in brownstones and statues, in the doorsteps and roof slates we walk by every day. Only such an operatic theme as the enduring grandeur of stone could encompass in a single book everything from Martian meteorites to school blackboards to dinosaur tracks. Williams's epic story is rich in colorful eccentrics, from Michelangelo to Robinson Jeffers, but no character comes alive more vividly than the restless, creative Earth itself." Michael Sims, author of Apollo's Fire and Adam's Navel
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ITTA BENA, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi Valley State University has announced a $5.5 million renovation at its football stadium including an East Grandstand.
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GOSHEN — Consultants designing a massive overhaul and expansion of the Orange County Government Center will give a public presentation on Wednesday to display the two design options they have given county lawmakers to choose from before proceeding further.
The presentation will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the county Emergency Services Center at 22 Wells Farm Road in Goshen.
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Thanks for getting back to me let's do like this, actually I'm not in town for now, I came to visit my family so i won't be able to meet with you to see the item but am ok with the price as seen on the advert. I don't mind to give you additional $50 to withdraw the advert for you to see how serious i am in the transaction, I will contact my secretary to issue a Check out to you and when you received the check I will make arrangement for pick up. So get back to me with below details to be on the check asap.
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And as soon as this is provided, the payment will be overnight to you and I will let you know when its mailed out. I need you to be honest with the sale as I am a God fearing person. Note you don't need to worry about shipping the items for me as soon as you have the check and have the check cash my shipper will come over for pick up
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This is a blatant scam and people like this should be punished to the full extent of the law, whatever that may be!
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Like Sachin Tendulkar, Vishnuvardhan Should Be Honoured With Bharat Ratna: Vishu Fans
Sahasa Simha Dr Vishnuvardhan's fans have urged government to honour the actor with Bharat Ratna like Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar. The actor's fans have taken to the micro-blogging site Facebook, and started the campaign to draw the attention of government.
Vishnu was also called as 'Karnatakada Karna (Karna of Karnataka)' along with Rebel Star Ambareesh. People, who were influenced with Vishnuvardhan's performance in Naagarahaavu, compared him with Bollywood angry young man Amitabh Bachchan. In his 35 years of his career, he played variety of roles in more than 200 films.
Vishnu's fans claim that he was not just an actor, but was also a singer, cricketer and also a good human being, who has done lot of social service by helping the needy people. Though Dr Vishnuvardhan is no more with us, his contribution for the film industry and society will always be remembered by Kannadiga's.
They also added that Vishnuvardhan has equally struggled to grow to this height in Sandalwood, like how Sachin Tendulkar did in cricket, and also they have their own identity in their respective fields.
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Cubic Match, an interesting 3D puzzler from Jungle of Sharks, is now live in the app store. You'll need plenty of patience and some stellar spatial skills in order to excel at this game.
The player is presented with two halves of a cube. The object of the game is to figure out which orientation each half must be in so that the pieces will fit together to form a full cube shape. The first level only contains the halves of one cube. The second level contains the halves of three cubes, requiring the player to determine which halves belong together. Each subsequent level adds two more cubes. Level 13, the final level, contains 25 cubes. Cube halves are rotated by swiping up, down, left, or right. You choose a different cube half by using the sliders at either side of the screen. When you believe that you have correctly oriented the two halves of the same cube, tap the arrow button at the bottom center of the screen. If you are correct, the halves will join together. If not, you'll hear a sound effect indicating that you are wrong and must keep trying. There are 3 difficulty levels: Easy, Normal, and Expert. On Easy, the cubes are color-coded, making it easier to see which halves go together. The cubes on Normal mode are all the same color, eliminating the advantage found in the previous mode. Expert mode employs different backgrounds and different looks for the cubes on each level, in an attempt to create confusion. It seems fairly effective.
Cubic Match has a pretty simple interface. The cube halves are adequately sized and the scrolling/rotating animations are very smooth. The top of the screen indicates the level and number of completed cubes out of the total number necessary to complete the level. Along the screen bottom are a mute button, the match button, and an info button. The sliders frame the screen edges. There is no soundtrack except on the main menu, but there are sound effects when you swipe/rotate the cubes and make/miss a match. Gameplay starts out pretty easy, but the challenge ramps up very quickly. This is a fairly addictive game and one not to be missed by puzzle fans.
We haven't come across anything similar in the app store. Replay value is decent, as the variety of shapes and difficulty levels ensure that replaying levels should be just as challenging as the first time. The game autosaves your position and progress upon exit. There is no way to go back and play previous levels without starting a new game, which is a shortcoming in our opinion. There are no scores, no times, and no leaderboards. Play at your own pace and enjoy the experience. Cubic Match is perfectly priced at $0.99 and receives our 4-Dimple seal of approval.
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A Yahoo! User Nov 27, 2008 20:20 Flag
UEFA Cup Tie
The back 4 should be ok, from Bale, Gunter (who should defo be starting more games) Dawson, Assou-Ekotto and Gilberto (God no!). Its about time Jenas was dropped imo. Bostock to play at least 60 minutes, lets see what he's really about. Taarabt and Peckhart should be in there as well, give 'em a run out, let them show off to the manager.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
A Yahoo! User Nov 27, 2008 21:57 Flag
Hi Big G..Sorry to contradict you but I read somewhere that Bale is suspended and Gilberto injured for reserves against Stoke. Taarabt not registered and Peckhart is still on loan I think. Woodgate and King rested? Back four Gunter/Smith, Dawson, Zokora/Huddlestone, O'Hara/Gunter???? I hope Harry knows because I don't have any idea who it will be!!!!!COYS
A Yahoo! User Nov 27, 2008 21:59 Flag
Sure I agree with Gunter starting more often too. Seems like he'll get his chance now Hutton out for a few months.
Nice one Big G...but LYS tells the truth. Players that Ramos didn't feel worthy of being included in the squad at the beginning of the season were not given a squad number and were not registered to play in Europe (apparently a requirement). So your inured players and your KPB's and Adel T's and Ghaly's (I'm sure there's a rap lyric in there somewhere) cast aside and probably only to be seen on pay day to pick up their cheques (probably got direct deposit, so, not even then).
I'm not sure what the deal is with Peckharts loan, I would have thought he would've been rreeled back in (especially when Roman's ankle was a bother, and the fact that he's cup-tied in Europe)...with the transfer window approaching, and SAF making overtures to taking Farier Campbell back in the New Year, it'll be interesting to see what moves Harry will make at that time.
I think our back line will be Gunter on the right, Assou-Ekotto on the left, Zokora and Dawson as centre-backs and Hudds playing just infront of them and O'Hara and Jenas linking in front of him, Bentley and Lennon on the wings with Bent up front.
Campbell comes on at the 60 min mark (for Bent, if we're up, or for Lennon/Bentley if we're not) and if we're really cruising then expect to see Bostock on for Jenas.
That all goes out the window if there are any injuries of course.
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A Yahoo! User Nov 28, 2008 19:05 Flag
Hey Rambro.. I see your predicted starting 11 was about as close as mine.
I was sure I saw on Yahoo that Bale was suspended for this game and Sky's interview with Harry appeared to say he was going to rest Woodgate.
Crap game last night but good result. I don't think we can be overtaken for 3rd spot in EUFA league now. So now we can concentrate on the EPL on Sunday then Watford next week. Still think Carling Cup is our best chance of european football for next season. Although Harry's talk seems to undermine wanting to be in europe. He appears to be doing a Wenger (moaning), complaining about the amount of matches and little recovery time the team has.
Maybe he wants more time to work with the players. I know I would always prefer to play matches than go training in my youth. So long ago now!!!!!!! COYS


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Two important features of this aggregation technique are: (a) crowdsourcing is always human driven, hence the participants are rational and intelligent, and they have a payoff function that they aim to maximize, and (b) the participants are connected over a social network which helps to reach out to a large set of individuals. To understand the behavior and the outcome of such a strategic crowd, we need to understand the economics of a crowdsourcing network. In this thesis, we have considered the following three major facets of the strategic crowdsourcing problem. (i) Elicitation of the true qualities of the crowd workers: As the crowd is often unstructured and unknown to the designer, it is important to ensure if the crowdsourced job is indeed performed at the highest quality, and this requires elicitation of the true qualities which are typically the participants' private information. (ii) Resource critical task execution ensuring the authenticity of both the information and the identity of the participants: Due to the diverse geographical, cultural, socio-economic reasons, crowdsourcing entails certain manipulations that are unusual in the classical theory. The design has to be robust enough to handle fake identities or incorrect information provided by the crowd while performing crowdsourcing contests. (iii) Improving the productive output of the crowdsourcing network: As the designer's goal is to maximize a certain measurable output of the crowdsourcing system, an interesting question is how one can design the incentive scheme and/or the network so that the system performs at an optimal level taking into account the strategic nature of the individuals. In the thesis, we design novel mechanisms to solve the problems above using game theoretic modeling. Our investigation helps in understanding certain limits of achievability, and provides design protocols in order to make crowdsourcing more reliable, effective, and productive. 2013-12-16T18:30:00Z Power Efficient Last Level Cache For Chip Multiprocessors Mandke, Aparna http://hdl.handle.net/2005/2485 2015-09-09T07:14:19Z 2015-09-08T18:30:00Z Title: Power Efficient Last Level Cache For Chip Multiprocessors Authors: Mandke, Aparna Abstract: The number of processor cores and on-chip cache size has been increasing on chip multiprocessors (CMPs). As a result, leakage power dissipated in the on-chip cache has become very significant. We explore various techniques to switch-off the over-allocated cache so as to reduce leakage power consumed by it. A large cache offers non-uniform access latency to different cores present on a CMP and such a cache is called "Non-Uniform Cache Architecture (NUCA)". Past studies have explored techniques to reduce leakage power for uniform access latency caches and with a single application executing on a uniprocessor. Our ideas of power optimized caches are applicable to any memory technology and architecture for which the difference of leakage power in the on-state and off-state of on-chip cache bank is significant. Switching off the last level shared cache on a CMP is a challenging problem due to concurrently executing threads/processes and large dispersed NUCA cache. Hence, to determine cache requirement on a CMP, first we propose a new highly accurate method to estimate working set size of an application, which we call "tagged working set size estimation (TWSS)" method. This method has a negligible hardware storage overhead of 0.1% of the cache size. The use of TWSS is demonstrated by adaptively adjusting cache associativity. Our ideas of adaptable associative cache is scalable with respect to the number of cores present on a CMP. It uses information available locally in a tile on a tiled CMP and thus avoids network access unlike other commonly used heuristics such as average memory access latency and cache miss ratio. Our implementation gives 25% and 19% higher EDP savings than that obtained with average memory access latency and cache miss ratio heuristics on a static NUCA platform (SNUCA), respectively. Cache misses increase with reduced cache associativity. Hence, we also propose to map some of the L2 slices onto the rest L2 slices and switch-off mapped L2 slices. The L2 slice includes all L2 banks in a tile. We call this technique the "remap policy". Some applications execute with lesser number of threads than available cores during their execution. In such applications L2 slices which are farther to those threads are switched-off and mapped on-to L2 slices which are located nearer to those threads. By using nearer L2 slices with the help of remapped technology, some applications show improved execution time apart from reduction in leakage power consumption in NUCA caches. To estimate the maximum possible gains that can be obtained using the remap policy, we statically determine the near-optimal remap configuration using the genetic algorithms. We formulate this problem as a energy-delay product minimization problem. Our dynamic remap policy implementation gives energy-delay savings within an average of 5% than that obtained with the near-optimal remap configuration. Energy-delay product can also be minimized by improving execution time, which depends mainly on the static and dynamic NUCA access policies (DNUCA). The suitability of cache access policy depends on data sharing properties of a multi-threaded application. Hence, we propose three indices to quantify data sharing properties of an application and use them to predict a more suitable cache access policy among SNUCA and DNUCA for an application. 2015-09-08T18:30:00Z Sentiment-Driven Topic Analysis Of Song Lyrics Sharma, Govind http://hdl.handle.net/2005/2472 2015-08-17T11:29:41Z 2015-08-16T18:30:00Z Title: Sentiment-Driven Topic Analysis Of Song Lyrics Authors: Sharma, Govind Abstract: Sentiment Analysis is an area of Computer Science that deals with the impact a document makes on a user. The very field is further sub-divided into Opinion Mining and Emotion Analysis, the latter of which is the basis for the present work. Work on songs is aimed at building affective interactive applications such as music recommendation engines. Using song lyrics, we are interested in both supervised and unsupervised analyses, each of which has its own pros and cons. For an unsupervised analysis (clustering), we use a standard probabilistic topic model called Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA). It mines topics from songs, which are nothing but probability distributions over the vocabulary of words. Some of the topics seem sentiment-based, motivating us to continue with this approach. We evaluate our clusters using a gold dataset collected from an apt website and get positive results. This approach would be useful in the absence of a supervisor dataset. In another part of our work, we argue the inescapable existence of supervision in terms of having to manually analyse the topics returned. Further, we have also used explicit supervision in terms of a training dataset for a classifier to learn sentiment specific classes. This analysis helps reduce dimensionality and improve classification accuracy. We get excellent dimensionality reduction using Support Vector Machines (SVM) for feature selection. For re-classification, we use the Naive Bayes Classifier (NBC) and SVM, both of which perform well. We also use Non-negative Matrix Factorization (NMF) for classification, but observe that the results coincide with those of NBC, with no exceptions. This drives us towards establishing a theoretical equivalence between the two. 2015-08-16T18:30:00Z Graph Models For Query Focused Text Summarization And Assessment Of Machine Translation Using Stopwords Rama, B http://hdl.handle.net/2005/2294 2014-04-09T10:57:00Z 2014-04-08T18:30:00Z Title: Graph Models For Query Focused Text Summarization And Assessment Of Machine Translation Using Stopwords Authors: Rama, B Abstract: Text summarization is the task of generating a shortened version of the original text where core ideas of the original text are retained. In this work, we focus on query focused summarization. The task is to generate the summary from a set of documents which answers the query. Query focused summarization is a hard task because it expects the summary to be biased towards the query and at the same time important concepts in the original documents must be preserved with high degree of novelty. Graph based ranking algorithms which use biased random surfer model like Topic-sensitive LexRank have been applied to query focused summarization. In our work, we propose look-ahead version of Topic-sensitive LexRank. We incorporate the option of look-ahead in the random walk model and we show that it helps in generating better quality summaries. Next, we consider assessment of machine translation. Assessment of a machine translation output is important for establishing benchmarks for translation quality. An obvious way to assess the quality of machine translation is through the perception of human subjects. Though highly reliable, this approach is not scalable and is time consuming. Hence mechanisms have been devised to automate the assessment process. All such assessment methods are essentially a study of correlations between human translation and the machine translation. In this work, we present a scalable approach to assess the quality of machine translation that borrows features from the study of writing styles, popularly known as Stylometry. Towards this, we quantify the characteristic styles of individual machine translators and compare them with that of human generated text. The translator whose style is closest to human style is deemed to generate a higher quality translation. We show that our approach is scalable and does not require actual source text translations for evaluation. 2014-04-08T18:30:00Z