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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day – interviewed at Nokia Networks (Irving, TX) in December 2008.
Interview was all based on my theoretical knowledge in the field of Wireless and past experience
Interview Questions
- What is System Engineer 1 Answer
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I applied through a staffing agency. The process took a week – interviewed at Nokia Networks (Bangalore (India)) in April 2014.
There were two rounds of interviews in First Round they asked Qns on Core-Java Fundamentals,Threads,Collections , Algorithms then follwed by 2 puzzles.
In 2nd Round they asked Qn on again Core-Java,Servlets,Algorithms-sorting and searching, Stack implementation, then 3 puzzles.
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- Many puzzles asked like in 2 rounds i was asked 5 puzzles. 1 Answer
It was normal , I got as per expected.
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I applied online. The process took 1+ week – interviewed at Nokia Networks.
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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days – interviewed at Nokia Networks (Calicut, Kerala (India)).
questions were of medium standard inwritten rounds ,but required bit of calculation speed. there weren't group dicussions, and written tests were followed by technical interview. technical questions were mainly from c programming and were not too tough but required clarity of concepts. then some questions were based on resume and two questions came from communication domain, like frequency of transmission kinda questions.
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Systems Engineer InterviewNo OfferNegative ExperienceAverage Interview
I applied online. The process took 2+ months – interviewed at Nokia Networks (Wrocław (Poland)) in January 2013.
First call with simple talk about availability and salary expectations (no range specified by employer).
Second teleconference interview with questions related to:
-software development process
-white/black box testing
-network protocols
-quality assurance
-OSI Layers
Despite the fact I've applied for System Engineer position, at the beginning of interview they told me it is Software Integration / Verification interview.
I've had impression that employer is looking to hire person with exact employer specific knowledge and/or exact book definitions are needed. However, none of this was listed as experience needed in the job post.
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I applied online. The process took 1 day – interviewed at Nokia Networks in March 2011.
Received an phone call and set up an on site interview.
During the interview, first I was asked about my background, work interests and knowledge and skills.
Then, technical questions were asked.
At the end were the behavior questions, after which I asked some questions regarding the company, work environment, etc, and the interview finished.
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Systems Engineer InterviewAccepted OfferPositive ExperienceDifficult Interview
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 days – interviewed at Nokia Networks (Moscow (Russia)) in May 2008.
There were 3 stages (6 years ago): professional interview, team work with other candidates, and position-specific, without checking exact knowledge of professional experience. Example - for system engineer it was a troubleshooting test, on examples in other spheres of life.
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What real Chicago-style pizza in Texas means to a non-native Texan.
Attorney General Ken Paxton faces serious felony charges, and the week looks up for gay marriage.
The beleaguered bar chain is now on a tight leash.
There are gators aplenty in East and South Texas, yet no Texan has ever been killed since records have been kept, despite close calls like what happened recently with a Chambers County boy.
Straight couples were forced to wait for licenses, Texas's attorney general captured the world's attention, and a lot of gay couples got married.
Next week: he makes a hole in one, beats you at Mario Kart, and bakes a better pie than your mom.
The implications of the Supreme Court's gay marriage ruling for the country are sweeping, but in Texas right now, there are still questions that need answering.
Yes, the Confederate flag has to go. But what next after that? And what hopes are we pinning on the destruction of symbols?
A euglogy for a "breastaurant" town as Bikinis owner says toodles to the ta-tas.
An increasing number of Texans seem to think it's sophisticated to call a group of people "you guys." It's not.
Everything weird that has happened the last two months happened for a reason, you understand?
A white nationalist organization run by a man from Longview may have helped influenced Dylann Roof to become the racist who allegedly murdered nine African-Americans in a church in Charleston, South Carolina.
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The state's top offerings for the July 4th weekend, from Willie's picnic in Austin to Billy Bob's own version in Fort Worth.
In 2011 Callie Quinn moved from Austin to Chile to experience a new way of life. Then she met a charming fellow foreigner—and almost lost everything.
The long, unstoppable decline of the most fearsome boxer to ever come out of San Antonio.
After the deadly shoot-out in Waco, what do the Bandidos want? To be left alone.
At Italic, the couple behind 24 Diner, Easy Tiger, and Arro worked out the kinks before they opened their doors.
A preview of the ten best and ten worst legislators of the Eighty-fourth Legislature.
Some crazy stuff went down last month. Here are a handful of headlines you may have missed.
What this historical dramatization of the Texas Revolution could have been—and what it was.
Our legislator in chief assesses a spring marked by pre-K budgets, the open carry debate, border security, and a certain kerfuffle over Jade Helm.
A small measure of justice was served when the State Bar of Texas stripped Charles Sebesta of his law license and formally disbarred him.
From South Padre Island to Mission, some of the greatest tacos in the RGV.
It was part musical, part dance movie, and part love story, and in June 1980 it unleashed an unprecedented fervor for country music, Western wear, and, yes, mechanical bulls. More than three decades later, the film's stars (including John Travolta, Debra Winger, Mickey Gilley, and Johnny Lee) and many Gilley's regulars recall the movie that made America fall in love with Texas.
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The Boss 302 returns to the road after 42 years.
Shaking Hands With The Devil
Watch as a Cobra Jet lines up with a Super Cobra Jet!
Make Your "Five-Oh" Go Faster and Smoother
If you love Ford performance, this is the place for you!
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Mustang's third body style emerges.
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The power plants that gave the Mustang its gallop.
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Daytona Speedway was a fitting corral for these ponies.
Tulsa Raceway Park thundered with Ford power!
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A great mix of old and new meet at this year's Atlanta auto show.
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These little details make a statement about an automotive that is era long gone.
The first cars roll into place for this exceptional exhibit of automotive design.
Lonny Childress of Gateway Classic Mustang pilots their 5.0L Coyote mod motor powered '69 Mustang Sportsroof around Hallett Motor Racing...
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There are always surprises when walking the show field, and these cars were guaranteed to draw stares.
A fitting finale for an amazing Ford filled event!
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Hailing from Europe and Asia these rides bring a little bit of home with them.
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No worries! There's plenty to do and see right here in town. In the winter, our Elk, Mule Deer, Big Horn Sheep and beloved wildlife own the town. You are just a likely to see a gorgeous group of Bulls grazing in front of Town Hall (or browsing here at Boulder Brook) wandering Fall River Road or napping on one of the local sunny slopes, as you are a crowd of cows and yearlings crossing Big Thompson Road. You may even get the chance to watch wildlife from your beautiful Boulder Brook Suite as Elk, Mule Deer, Bighorn Sheep, Fox and several varieties of birds are fairly frequent visitors. Remember – winter is stressful or wildlife. Please watch quietly and photograph from a safe distance.
A casual walk through town might include a visit to one or more of the Town's beautiful galleries. Some of our Guest favorites include the Cultural Arts Council, www.estesarts.com/Galleries.asp Earthwood Artisans, Aspen & Evergreen, Images of RMNP www.imagesofrmnp.com and the Arts Center www.artcenterofestes.com. Pick up gallery/walking tour maps at the Cultural Arts Council. And while you're in the neighborhood, stop in to Patterson Glassworks Studio & Gallery to watch expert glass blowers make their magic or perhaps order something blown especially for you! http://glassworksofestespark.com
Along with amazing photography and original arts and crafts, downtown offers both specialty boutique and mountain style shopping – you can find anything from outdoor wear to special socks to that perfect piece of wearable art or new bag you'll never want to be without. More than 300 shops in Estes Park offer an unsurpassed variety, and most shops in the community ship purchases to any location within the United States.
In the heart of downtown next to Bond Park, Moon Kats, the new tea shop, offers a cozy respite with delicious teas and delicacies. http://www.moonkats.com/ Enjoy a slice of fresh baked pie or hot corned beef sammy (or both!) at the 50's style diner in Lower Stanley Village, You Need Pie! http://youneedpie.blogspot.com/ Or stop by Coffee on the Rocks (Moraine Ave) http://www.coffeeontherocksestes.com and sip the morning brew while they prepare a lovely carving board lunch for you to take with you on your day-trip into RMNP for wildlife watching and picture-taking from the cozy warmth of your vehicle.
Check out the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center. It's a unique building done in the style of Frank Lloyd Wright, and inside is a wealth fun and information. Become a Junior Ranger or chat with a Park Ranger. Most are happy to talk with you about anything park or wildlife related, and the stunning 23-minute park film, Spirit of the Mountains, is available upon request. Several free short programs are available each week. RMNP Program Schedule: http://www.nps.gov/romo/planyourvisit/upload/rangerprograms_winter_2014_2015.pdf.
If the kids need to stretch their legs, the giant playground next to the Fairgrounds is a great choice, and the paved/plowed walking path will give you all a good workout without getting too far from local conveniences. Visit the downtown Ice Skating rink, take in a movie or go bowling! You can skate (110 East Riverside Drive, Downtown) Friday evening through Sunday afternoon for only $4 ($2 skate rental and $2 admission). http://www.evrpd.com/ice-skating Reel Mountain Movie Theater is open daily http://www.reelmountain.com. Chipper's Lanes www.chipperslanes.comis open seven days a week and features video games, pool tables, music, great burgers—and of course, bowling!
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Stocks finished Monday little changed, picking up tepid support
this afternoon to further erase earlier declines. With no new
economic data and only a handful of companies reporting financial
results, traders were unwilling to stake out large positions in
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a similar appearance before the Senate Banking Committee.
Sectors in the S&P 500 were split roughly equally between
winners and losers, with shares of healthcare and utility stocks
posting the best gains and reflecting the sector's cautious mood.
Energy stocks fell over 0.5% as a group while crude oil futures
again cracked the $100 per barrel mark, with the March contract
adding 18 cents to settle at $100.06 per barrel.
Shares of consumer discretionary companies also were broadly
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U.S. sales last month.
In commodities trading, April gold rose $11.90 to $1274.80 per
ounce while March silver climbed 19 cents to $20.12 per ounce.
March copper slipped 1 cent to $3.23 per pound.
Here's where the markets stood at end-of-day:
Dow Jones Industrial Average 7.71 (+0.05%) to 15,801.79
S&P 500 2.82 (+0.16%) to 1,799.84
Nasdaq Composite Index 22.31 (+0.54%) to 4,147.97
Hang Seng Index down 0.27%
Shanghai China Composite Index up 2.03%
FTSE 100 Index up 0.30%
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Hanging out at my birthday party with my BFF, Lauren
I wish I could recruit for a new best friend in town.
My closest friend Lauren just moved out of Chicago this winter and returned to her hometown of Miami with her husband and toddling daughter to live near Lauren's parents. She's my best friend of 15 years so whoever you are, New Best Friend, you'd have big shoes to fill—literally. Lauren wears a size 11.
I realize my recruitment sounds a bit like Paris Hilton's MTV reality show called "My New BFF," in which she auditions people across the world to become her closest pal.
New Best Friend, I promise you this is where the similarities between Paris and me end, and I'll refrain from using the acronym "BFF" after I finish this column.
But to fill Lauren's shoes, you'd have to meet high expectations.
Like Lauren, you'd have to be versatile—game for joining me for Cubs games, Oprah shows, Friday night Shabbat services, a range of movies from "Valentine's Day" to the Michael Jackson documentary, wine tastings, the Art Institute, and, of course, Ghiradelli's chocolate/ice cream parlor.
You'd laugh at my jokes even when they aren't funny.
Oh, and when I'm on a blind date, I'd text you from time to time from the bathroom with either a "I like him!" or a "He asked me to pay for his coffee and was mean to the waitress!" Then you'd text back with a loyal and motivating line, either "Yay, can't wait for the wedding!" or "You'll write a book about it one day!"
Most of all, like Lauren, you'd just be there for me—and I the same for you.
Lauren and me…The Graduates.
But even while I'm wishing for a new best friend, I know I'm not alone. After all, Lauren is one of many making an exodus these days.
In fact, Americans are the most mobile people in the world, moving on average every five years so many of us are forced to make new friends, and often. Fittingly, I read this statistic in "Marie Claire" magazine while waiting for a flight at O'Hare to visit loved ones across the country.
American Jews are no exception in this transient society. Recently, I've noticed several of my other Jewish friends moving back to their hometowns too after spending their young adult years here in Chicago.
Back when we were 18, it was exciting and a little sad that, for so many of us, growing up meant moving away from our hometowns and families—our nests—to discover who we are as independent adults in big cities like Chicago.
The 2000-2001 Metropolitan Chicago Jewish Population Study reports that some 46,000 Jews, ages 22-35, live in the Chicago area, about half of whom, 23,500, weren't born in Illinois.
We made a home for ourselves in this city, this large melting pot of 20- and 30-something transients. We were each looking for a more urban experience, a city packed with young people, a thriving Jewish community, a compelling career, and maybe a Jewish mate.
But now, as we settle into the next stages of life, some of us are leaving the big city behind—returning home to raise kids near family, taking better job opportunities, and embarking on suburban life. That's also both exciting (especially for grandparents) and a little sad too.
Now that I think about it, though, maybe I don't need to find a new best friend. After all, there's Skype, there's e-mail, there's good old-fashioned phones, and airplanes too.
It's a fact of life that people move away. But if you're lucky, your closest friends will stay with you forever—they'll still be there for you no matter where they live.
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When you're writing a character, it's important to know why she is the way she is. Knowing her backstory is important to achieving this end, and one of the most impactful pieces of a character's backstory is her emotional wound. This negative experience from the past is so intense that a character will go to great lengths to avoid experiencing that kind of pain and negative emotion again. As a result, certain behaviors, beliefs, and character traits will emerge.
Characters, like real people, are unique, and will respond to wounding events differently. The vast array of possible emotional wounds combined with each character's personality gives you many options in terms of how your character will turn out. With the right amount of exploration, you should be able to come up with a character whose past appropriately affects her present, resulting in a realistic character that will ring true with readers. Understanding what wounds a protagonist bears will also help you plot out her arc, creating a compelling journey of change that will satisfy readers.
NOTE: We realize that sometimes a wound we profile may have personal meaning, stirring up the past for some of our readers. Please know that it is never our intent to create emotional turmoil. We also recognize that an event that is traumatizing for one person may have only a passing impact on someone else. Emotional wounds affect people differently, so we have tried to include many possible outcomes, to give writers many options to choose from. Above all, please know that we desire to treat these wounds and those who have lived through them with the utmost respect.
Examples: Public mistakes are nothing new and have been happening as long as we all can remember. Luckily, they're soon forgotten—at least, they used to be. In today's technologically-advanced world, public mistakes are often recorded for posterity—on YouTube, Facebook, and even on websites set up with the express purpose of never letting anyone forget. This kind of reminder makes it even more difficult to move on after an embarrassing gaffe, such as one of the following:
- Backing a cause or organization that turns out to be fraudulent
- Getting caught having an affair
- Getting caught in a public lie
- Getting arrested
- Being overheard saying something one would like to keep private
- Losing one's temper
- Making comments one later regrets
- Getting drunk and acting inappropriately
- Flubbing one's lines during a performance
- Literally "dropping the ball" during a sporting event
- Experiencing a true wardrobe malfunction
- Making public claims that one is unable to follow through on
- Being responsible for a high-profile project or product that either fails or falls short of expectations
- Saying something that makes one look stupid or ignorant
- Making an accusation that turns out to be unfounded
- Accidentally sending an inflammatory email or phone message to a large group of people instead of just one person
Basic Needs Often Compromised By This Wound: love and belonging, esteem and recognition, self-actualization
False Beliefs That May Be Embraced As a Result of This Wound:
- This is all people will ever remember about me.
- No one is ever going to let me forget what I did.
- I can't be trusted not to screw up.
- I'm terrible under pressure.
- I'm unreliable.
- I'm always going to fail.
- If I get in front of an audience, I'm going to mess things up.
Positive Attributes That May Result: ambitious, cautious, discreet, humble, merciful, private, proactive, responsible, tolerant
Negative Traits That May Result: defensive, evasive, inhibited, insecure, irresponsible, perfectionist, pessimistic, rebellious, resentful, self-destructive, timid, withdrawn, worrywart
Resulting Fears:
- Fear of failure
- Fear of speaking/performing in public
- Fear of letting others down
- Fear of tarnishing one's reputation
Possible Habits That May Emerge:
- Shying away from ambitious or challenging opportunities
- Becoming very private and withdrawn
- Becoming overly cautious or even obsessive-compulsive in an effort to avoid the same kind of mistake (obsessively checking one's work for errors, over-planning, etc.)
- Doubting one's abilities
- Not doing anything without a partner; relying too much on others and not enough on oneself
- Avoiding social networking platforms where one might be reminded of one's past mistake
- Becoming highly ambitious or driven in an attempt to overcome one's mistake
- Avoiding the venue that was the cause of the public humiliation (public speaking, online interviews, debates, etc.)
- Giving up one's career for one that is lower profile
- Going into hiding (becoming reclusive, moving to a new place, changing one's name, etc.)
- Embracing the false perception caused by one's mistake (becoming promiscuous, flaky, irresponsible, etc.); living up to low expectations
TIP: If you need help understanding the impact of these factors, please read our introductory post on the Emotional Wound Thesaurus.
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The Star Side of Bird Hill
by Naomi Jackson
Release Date: 6/30/15
About the Book
Summer, 1989: Sixteen-year-old Dionne Braithwaite and her younger sister Phaedra have just arrived in Bird Hill in Barbados. Sent from Brooklyn by their mother after she can no longer care from them, the sisters move into the home of their grandmother, Hyacinth, who has "Why worry?" in blue script above the front steps. Together, in Naomi Jackson's lyrical debut novel THE STAR SIDE OF BIRD HILL (Penguin Press; on sale June 30, 2015), these three characters form an unforgettable matriarchal family buoyed by love and community and tested by heartbreak and betrayal.
Dionne, "sixteen going on a bitter, if beautiful, forty-five" and exasperated with her new setting, spends the summer in search of love, defying her grandmother's rules, and wanting to return to Brooklyn. Ten-year-old Phaedra, who observes far more than anyone realizes, adjusts more readily and explores Bird Hill, where the family has lived for generations. And Hyacinth, a woman more than capable of standing upright in the face of the most difficult things, cares for them with equal parts patience and tough love.
Phaedra accompanies Hyacinth on her jobs as a midwife and practitioner of the local spiritual practice of obeah and learns about the life her grandmother has built—and survived—over the decades. Though far away in Brooklyn, the girls' mother remains a vivid presence on the island, and slowly Dionne and Phaedra uncover stories of her spirited, complicated life there and why she left, vowing to never return. Jackson's tautly paced coming-of-age story builds to a crisis when the father they barely know comes to Bird Hill to reclaim his daughters, and both Phaedra and Dionne must choose between the Brooklyn they once knew and loved, or the Barbados of their family.
Jackson was born and raised in Brooklyn by West Indian parents and is the recipient of the Iowa Writers' Workshop's Maytag Fellowship for Excellence in Fiction. Growing up, she spent her summers in Barbados and Antigua, and her real-life experiences there imbue Bird Hill with a vibrancy that is completely transporting. Jackson's love for her characters, too, radiates off the page, as she explores issues of family, adolescence, mental illness, sexual awakening, and straddling cultures. Dionne, Phaedra, and Hyacinth will stay in your heart and mind long after turning the final page.
To learn more about this book and see our review, go HERE.
About the Author
NAOMI JACKSON was born and raised in Brooklyn by West Indian parents. She studied fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she was awarded the Maytag Fellowship for Excellence in Fiction to complete her first novel, The Star Side of Bird Hill. Jackson traveled to South Africa on a Fulbright scholarship, where she received an MA in creative writing from the University of Cape Town. Jackson is a graduate of Williams College, and her work has appeared in literary journals and magazines in the United States and abroad.
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We're pleased to have Rebecca Phillips join us to share more about her contemporary novel FAKING PERFECT.
Rebecca, what book or books would most resonate with readers who love FAKING PERFECT--or visa versa?
I've been compared to Sarah Dessen a few times and I can't even express how much that thrills me. I adore her. She's the reason I started writing YA.
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By Victor Van Scoit
We may know Marvel's movie slate well into 2018, but there's still some unknowns when it comes to their directors. While fans are waiting for confirmation on exactly who those directors will be, any information to minimize rumors can help quell the frenzy. Sometimes it's just as significant to know exactly who that director won't be.
Ava DuVernay (Selma) confirmed in an interview with Essence today that she will not be directing Marvel's Black Panther. Apparently Ava did meet with Marvel executives to discuss the opportunity, so there was merit to the earlier rumors of her directing the property to feature actor Chadwick Boseman (Get On Up).
"I'm not signing on to direct Black Panther," she added. "I think I'll just say we had different ideas about what the story would be. Marvel has a certain way of doing things and I think they're fantastic and a lot of people love what they do. I loved that they reached out to me."
"I loved meeting Chadwick and writers and all the Marvel execs," said DuVernay. "In the end, it comes down to story and perspective. And we just didn't see eye to eye. Better for me to realize that now than cite creative differences later."
Seems like positive feelings on the part of Ava DuVernay regarding the experience. Kudos to her for peering far down the road and avoiding a situation where Marvel needs to push their continuity agenda vs the director's vision. That difference of ideas isn't a new thing, what with Joss Whedon's recent comments regarding Avengers: Age of Ultron, and directors exiting previous projects (Patty Jenkins on Thor 2, Edgar Wright on Ant-Man). The MCU's ever expanding continuity may end up creating more of these differences in vision, and influencing other directing prospects when it comes to not only Black Panther, but other MCU opportunities.
Abraham Riesman's article over at Vulture, The Secret History of Ultimate Marvel, the Experiment That Changed Superheros Forever, provides a little morsel that's food for thought. Marvel's Ultimate line of comics influenced the MCU we know today, but it had its own continuity issues as it grew in popularity.
If a new reader tried to digest an issue of an Ultimate comic in 2011, she'd run into the exact problem Ultimate Marvel was designed to combat: confusing continuity. Wait, why was Mr. Fantastic evil? What had happened four years ago in Ultimatum? Remind me how Dr. Doom died? As [Jonathan] Hickman put it: "I think maybe the lesson might be that continuity eventually swallows everything." (Incidentally, now that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is 11 movies deep, this is becoming a concern for Marvel Studios. It remains to be seen how Marvel's movie producers might learn from the pitfalls of the Ultimate world.)
As for Ava DuVernay she still wishes Marvel all the best. Let's hope that Marvel is also able to get the best (director).
"I love the character of Black Panther, the nation of Wakanda and all that that could be visually. I wish them well and will be first in line to see it."
Yeah, the Ultimate Universe eventually rendered itself redundant — the Marvel Universe absorbed all the popular elements from the Ultimate line, while the Ultimate line started to get bogged down by the kind of stuff that was strangling the Marvel Universe. Not just continuity, but caution; from what I understand Millar and Hitch intended to kill off Iron Man and Nick Fury at the end of The Ultimates but editorial wouldn't let them because the first Iron Man movie was coming. The Ultimate Universe lost the sense that anything could happen and creators would take the sort of huge risks that they would never take in the regular universe. (Of course, other teams later went on to kill the Ultimate versions of Marvel's two most popular characters, Spider-Man and Wolverine, but of course those two characters already had multiple successful films under their belt and, not to put too fine a point on it, those films are by studios that aren't Marvel.)
Of course, there's one other fact that the MCU has to contend with just by the nature of live-action filmmaking: Iron Man can stay the same age for 50 years in the comics, but Robert Downey Jr isn't going to get any younger, and sooner or later he's going to have to be replaced — either another actor will take over as Tony Stark, or Tony won't be Iron Man anymore. (The end of Age of Ultron certainly suggests the latter approach, with an All-New, All-Different Avengers team, and while I'm sure the comics will eventually hit the reset button on Jane Foster as Thor and Sam Wilson as Cap, I'm absolutely certain that Marvel Studios is gauging the fan and media reaction very very closely and taking notes. Obviously this isn't the first time Marvel's had a legacy character taking over an existing identity — hell, it's not the first time there's been a new Thor, and it's not even the first time there's been a new Cap in the last decade — but the only other time such a change has gotten this kind of media attention was Miles Morales.
Then again, Miles STILL hasn't appeared outside of comics except for an episode or two of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon and a couple of video games.)
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In a deeply unscientific survey of nearly 50 writers, editors, publishers, critics, and translators, representing 30 countries, we asked them to name three quintessentially American books, and tell us about their choices.The results are up at Quintessential American Fiction, According to the Rest of the World.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a children's story that has captivated the world since its publication in the 1860s. The book is celebrated each year on 4th July, which is also known as "Alice's Day", because this is the date that Charles Dodgson (known under the pen name of Lewis Carroll) took 10-year-old Alice Liddell and her sisters on a boating trip in Oxford, and told the story that later evolved into the book that is much-loved across the world.
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by Kate Beaton
In stores June 30th
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Princess Pinecone knows exactly what she wants for her birthday this year. A BIG horse. A STRONG horse. A horse fit for a WARRIOR PRINCESS! But when the day arrives, she doesn't quite get the horse of her dreams...
From the artist behind the comic phenomenon Hark! A Vagrant, The Princess and the Pony is a laugh-out-loud story of brave warriors, big surprises, and falling in love with one unforgettable little pony.
To learn more about this book and see our review, go HERE.
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Kate Beaton is the author of Hark! A Vagrant, her #1 New York Times bestselling collection of comics which began as a webcomic in 2007. The Princess and the Pony is her first picture book. She is the recipient of multiple Harvey awards, and her work has been featured in the New Yorker, Harper's, and The Best American Comics Anthology. Kate lives in Toronto, and you can find her online at www.beatontown.com and on Twitter as @beatonna.
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Who Are We?
We are ALSC's Library Service to Special Population Children and Their Caregivers (LSSPCC) Committee. We are accessibility and inclusion advocates who care deeply about the needs of our entire library community, especially special population children and their caregivers.
What Do We Do?
We discover and disseminate information about what libraries have to offer these special populations. We develop and maintain guidelines for selection of useful and relevant materials. We also help prepare the next generation of librarians and library workers by creating and providing resources to serve their communities more inclusively.
What Is The LSSPCC Toolkit?
The LSSPCC Committee has worked hard to develop a brand new resource for librarians and library works to develop or enhance your knowledge about serving special populations. Launched earlier this year, this easy-to-use Toolkit for Librarians and Library Workers is available FREE online and can be downloaded or saved as a PDF file. Whether you are just getting started learning about serving special populations of children and their families or want to brush up on the latest resources, this toolkit is for you!
What Special Populations Does the Toolkit Cover?
This toolkit offers a wide variety of information about serving many different types of groups in your library community, including homeschoolers, spanish-speaking families, LGBTQ families, children with autism, children with incarcerated parents, children with print disabilities, and more. While this is by no means an exhaustive list of special populations that are served in all of our library communities, it's a great place to start.
Why Is This Toolkit Useful?
In this toolkit, you will find a brief introduction in each section, which will provide librarians and library workers with context and background information needed before beginning to serve these groups in your community. In addition, each section has a list of subject headings and keywords that will help make catalog and online searching on this topic a lot easier. We have included short lists of subject area experts, if you are interested in connecting with people in our field and finding out more about that particular area of outreach. We have even included information about existing partnerships, which are examples of the successes some libraries have found connecting with local organizations to serve these special populations. There are numerous lists of additional print and digital resources for further learning beyond the toolkit itself.
We hope you will share this resource with your library staff. Through advocacy and awareness of various special populations, we can work together to help all children and all families feel welcome at our libraries!
This post was written by Renee Grassi. Renee is the Youth Department Director at the Glen Ellyn Public Library in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. She is also a member of ALSC's LSSPCC Committee. In 2012, she was recognized by Library Journal as a Mover & Shaker for her work serving children with autism and other special needs. She is also one of the co-founding members of SNAILS, a state-wide networking group in Illinois for librarians and library staff who discuss and learn about expanding library services to those with special needs. As a proud ALSC member and a former ALSC Blogger, she has written on the blog about a variety of topics related to inclusive library services.
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On the Fourth of July, Americans will celebrate Independence Day at picnics, concerts, fireworks displays, and gatherings of many kinds, and they almost always sing. "America the Beautiful" will be popular, and so will "Our County, 'Tis of Thee" and of course the national anthem, "Star-Spangled Banner" (despite its notoriously unsingable tune). The words are so familiar that, really, no one pays attention to their meaning. But read them closely and be surprised how the lyrics describe the meaning of America in three very different ways.
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When I began reading The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by Sydney Padua, I did something I usually don't do. I posted how great the book is and how everyone needed to, right then and there, request a copy from the library or buy one of their own. Now that I have actually finished it, I still stand by that assertion.
The book is a graphic novel like no other I have read (which is more than some and less than a good many). Sure the stories are told with great black and white drawings, some of them very detailed like the visual explanation in the appendix of how the Analytical Engine would have worked if it were ever built. Wait, appendix? A graphic novel with an appendix? Yup. And that is just one way this book is different. It also has footnotes and endnotes. In fact, the graphic part of it is almost beside the point. To be sure, the graphics tell a story, but the real action, where all the fun and humor is, is in the footnotes and endnotes. Crazy!
Padua has clearly done extensive research, she even got a scholarly slam dunk by finding a letter in an obscure archive somewhere that settled a dispute about just how much Ada Lovelace had to do with Babbage and maths and the Analytical Engine and computer programming (a lot!). Booyah! And Padua clearly enjoys her subjects as well, expressing great knowledge and affection for them and all their quirks and foibles.
Since Lovelace died when was 36 and the Analytical Engine was never built, Padua takes liberties with the story, moving the pair to a pocket universe in which Ada lives and the Engine is built. Still, she remains true to certain biographical events, even quoting them directly at times in the stories. When she veers far off course there is a handy footnote to tell us so.
I say stories because that is what these are, short stories in graphic form. So we have a story about the Person from Porlock, one in which Lovelace and Babbage meet Queen Victoria and give her a demonstration of the Analytical Engine. Except the Engine crashes, (even when computers were only theoretical there were provisions for what to do when they crashed) and Ada runs off to fix it and save the day while Babbage bores the Queen with stories about how great he is. The Queen, not understanding why the Engine is a useful thing is losing interest until Lovelace's programming produces a picture of a cat. Heh. Cats and computers belong together apparently. We meet George Boole whose Boolean logic will be familiar to both computer geeks and librarians. And there are often hilarious run-ins with many other famous personages.
One that a good many of you will be familiar with is George Eliot. She and Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Thomas Carlyle and others are summoned for a "mandatory spell-check" of their most recent manuscripts. Lovelace really did theorize that the Analytical Engine should be able to analyze symbols as well as crunch numbers. Eliot's manuscript gets fed into the Engine but it being her only copy she immediately changes her mind. Thus follows a long pursuit through the workings of the Engine to try and get the manuscript back. But horror of horrors, the Engine uses "destructive analysis" and the manuscript gets ripped to shreds! And then it crashes the Engine. The huge joke at the end of this is that there had been a tussle at the beginning and Eliot and Carlyle got their manuscripts mixed up and it is actually Carlyle's manuscript on the history of the French Revolution that is destroyed. In real life Carlyle's manuscript was indeed destroyed. He had given it to his friend John Stewart Mill to read. The only copy. Mill left it sitting out and the servants thought it was waste paper and used it for starting fires. Oops. Carlyle had to rewrite the who book, but personally, from what I have actually read about the incident in other places, it was probably for the best because the rewrite by accounts was better than the original. Still, Carlyle was devastated and I don't remember if he and Mill continued to be friends afterwards.
Anyway, this is a right fun book. Babbage and Lovelace were real characters even before they were fictionalized in a pocket universe. If you would like a taste of the book including a few stories that didn't make it in, there is a website! The Science Museum of London also built Babbage's Difference Engine, the precursor to the Analytical Engine, in 1991 and because of the magic of the internet, you can watch a video demonstration:
Is that thing ever loud!
If you are looking for something fun, geeky, madcap and sometimes just plain silly, you can't go wrong with The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage.
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I discovered Liesl Shurtliff's books this year and shared Rump as a read aloud with my 3rd graders. It was one of our favorites and I was amazed the conversations and the depth of thinking and understanding my kids had as we read. Needless to say, many of us put Jack: The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk, Liesl Shurtliff's newest book, on our summer TBR list. I had a chance to read it this week and I LOVE it.
I love when I discover new authors that so understand our middle grade readers. I think Liesl Shurtliff is a brilliant writer for middle grades. She understands this age perfectly --I knew that when I read Rump and I was reminded of it again when we Skyped with her and I heard her answers to the questions my students asked. I often write about how difficult it is to write with a depth that is both appropriate and accessible to middle grade readers. So many book for these age are a bit shallow or written in a way that kids miss many of the subtleties and can only understand at surface level. But what Shurtliff does with these two books is pretty brilliant. Here's why:
Both of these books are retold fairy tales--"true stories" as the subtitles state. Each take stories that we know (Rumpelstiltskin and Jack and the Beanstalk) and give us a different perspective, they tell us what really happened. In Rumpelstiltskin, we learn Rump's side of the story--a new perspective that changes the way we understand the character of Rumpelstiltskin. In Jack, we learn the story of the giant village where Jack goes when he climbs the beanstalk. We learn how he gets the golden hen and we learn his perspective of all that happened. The premise of both of these stories make them instantly engaging to middle grade readers.
The action in these books is perfect. The fantasy land that Shurtliff creates is both believable and accessible. The giants' village in Jack make parts of this story read like The Littles or The Borrowers and middle grade readers love those worlds where miniature people are among giant people any things.
The reference to other fairy tales is subtle but easily picked up by middle grade readers. My students' eyes lit up when they recognized a reference to a poisoned apple or they recognized a fairy tale character from a brief description. Shurtliff ties in lots of this and kids in the middle grades are just starting to find joy in these little surprises as a reader.
Even though these are fairy tales that we know, Shurtliff gives readers important messages in her storytelling. They are perfect for middle grade readers because they are accessible in the way she writes but they are not so obvious that they take away from the story.
Seriously, these books are perfect for middle grade readers. As read aloud, for book clubs and for independent reading. If our kids are to grow to be lifelong readers, they need more books by authors like Liesl who totally understand this age and what they deserve in a story. I can't wait to read her next book!
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I hope your day is filled with celebration with friends and fireworks, hot dogs and apple pie! Click the image to the right to find Independence Day-themed coloring pages for the little ones.
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Draw a horse. Try to begin with the bone structure to make sure you get the anatomy correct. You can use references on this one. :)
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The house is spic and span;
The food is all prepared,
The table set and primed
For good times to be shared.
The only thing to do
Is wait 'til they arrive.
They're somewhere on the road
In the middle of their drive.
The weather gods have smiled;
So far it's looking great.
You might as well relax -
Your guests will like be late.
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Like many, I'm still digesting the Supreme Court's Obergefell decision—not just its text, but its personal and social significance. When I wrote Debating Same-Sex Marriage with Maggie Gallagher (Oxford University Press, 2012), only a handful of states permitted same-sex couples to marry. In the three years since, that handful grew to dozens; last Friday's decision grows it to all 50. One striking thing about the decision itself is the importance of the definitional question: What is marriage?
One striking thing about the decision itself is the importance of the definitional question: What is marriage?
If the state prohibits same-sex couples from marrying, does it thereby interfere with their liberty, as the majority argues, or does it simply decline to grant them certain benefits? If the latter, is it treating them unequally—and thus violating the Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment—by privileging certain citizens without sufficient reason for the distinction? The answer depends on what marriage is. If marriage by definition requires (at least) one man and one woman, then same-sex "marriage" is impossible by definition, and one does not treat people unfairly by denying them something impossible.
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- A Duty to The Dead by Charles Todd
- An Impartial Witness by Charles Todd
- The Little Way of Ruthie Leming by Rod Dreher
- Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
- Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
- P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
- The Book of Lost Tales, Part II by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Lays of Beleriand by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Wish You Well by David Baldacci
- Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle Earth by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Fat Cat by Robin Brande
- Faithmapping: A Gospel Atlas for Your Spiritual Journey by Daniel Montgomery and Mike Cosper
- Jesus > Religion: Why He is So Much Better than Trying Harder, Doing More, and Being Good Enough by Jefferson Bethke
- Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
- Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Book of Lost Tales, volume 1 by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Death and Mr. Pickwick by Stephen Jarvis
- The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse
- The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah
- Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt
- Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
- The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
- Finding Serendipity by Angelica Banks
- The Imaginary by A.F. Harrold
- The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Conjured by Sarah Beth Durst
- Perfidia by James Ellroy
- Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai
- The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
- I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss
- Mr. Brown Can Moon! Can You? by Dr. Seuss
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- Miles from Nowhere by Amy Clipston
- Dear Hank Williams by Kimberly Willis Holt
- To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
- Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas, translated by Richard Pevear
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विज्ञापन और अरविंद केजरीवाल
हर रोज कुछ न कुछ आप पार्टी की ओर से सुनने को मिल रहा है कि आप के बहुत से समर्थको का विश्वास डगमगा रहा है … बात ये नही है कि किसी अन्य पार्टी की तरफ ध्यान आकर्षित हुआ है नही … सभी पार्टियां एक ही कैसी है और अब कार्यशैली देखते हुए लग रहा है कि आप भी इसी मे शामिल होती जा रही है …
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नई दिल्ली: दिल्ली के मुख्यमंत्री अरविंद केजरीवाल फिर विवादों में हैं. इस बार उनकी खिंचाई भ्रष्टाचार के खिलाफ उनके एक टीवी विज्ञापन को लेकर हो रही है. विज्ञापन में मुख्यमंत्री केजरीवाल का महिमामंडन किया गया है जिस पर विपक्ष हमलावर हो गया है. विपक्ष का आरोप है कि विज्ञापन पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट के आदेश का दिल्ली सरकार ने उल्लंघन किया है.
विपक्ष का जोरदार हमला दिल्ली की केजरीवाल सरकार के टीवी विज्ञापन पर है. इन दिनों भ्रष्टाचार को लेकर दिल्ली सरकार का विज्ञापन टीवी पर जोर-शोर से दिखाया जा रहा है. बीजेपी और कांग्रेस का आरोप है कि विज्ञापन में मुख्यमंत्री अरविंद केजरीवाल का चेहरा नहीं दिखाया गया है लेकिन उनका नाम लेकर उन्हें गरीबों के मसीहा के तौर पर पेश किया जा रहा है. विज्ञापन में 9 बार केजरीवाल का नाम लिया गया है. विपक्ष का कहना है कि ये विज्ञापन सुप्रीम कोर्ट के निर्देश के खिलाफ है. सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने अपने आदेश में कहा था कि सरकारी विज्ञापनों पर सिर्फ राष्ट्रपति, सुप्रीम कोर्ट के चीफ जस्टिस और प्रधानमंत्री की फोटो लगी हो और किसी व्यक्ति का महिमामंडन नहीं होना चाहिए.
विज्ञापन का इसलिए भी विरोध हो रहा क्योंकि इसमें इसमें पति को बैठे हुए और महिला को काम करते हुए दिखाया गया है. इसे महिलाओं के अपमान से जोड़कर देखा जा रहा है.
विज्ञापन को लेकर विपक्ष को हो-हंगामे के बाद भी आम आदमी पार्टी को इसमें कुछ भी गलत नजर नहीं आता है.
दिल्ली सरकार के इस विज्ञापन पर आम आदमी पार्टी का कहना है कि इसमें कुछ गलत नहीं है. आशुतोष के मुताबिक, "इस विज्ञापन में केजरीवाल का चेहरा नहीं दिखाया गया है इसलिए इसमें सुप्रीम कोर्ट के आदेश का उल्लंघन नहीं है. आप कुछ भी करती है तो बीजेपी को तकलीफ होती है उन्हें मिर्ची लगती है. बीजेपी किसी भी हद तक गिर सकती है. उनका बस चले तो पूरे हिंदुस्तान से ये आम आदमी पार्टी को बर्खास्त कर दें."
बीजेपी के प्रवक्ता जीवीएल नरसिम्हा ने कहा, "आप सफाईकर्मचारियों को भूखा रखते हैं, उनको सैलरी देन के लिए आपके पैसा नहीं है उसके बाद इस प्रकार घटिया कैंपने के जरिए अपना प्रमोशन करना चाहते हैं ये कहां तक सही है. इनके निकम्मेपन को 100 करोड़ खर्च करके दिखा रही है."
बीजेपी प्रवक्ता का संवित पात्रा का कहना है, "'टीवी ऑन करते ही हर दो मिनट बाद केजरीवाल का गुणगान शुरू हो जाता है. सफाई कर्मचारियों के घर में चुल्हे नहीं जल पा रहे हैं. आप का कहना है कि उनके पास पैसा नहीं है. विज्ञापन पर लाखों खर्च करने वाली पार्टी कहती है कि सफाई कर्मचारियों को देने के लिए पैसा नहीं है. एड में महिला को काम करते हुए दिखाया गया है."
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5 Seconds of Summer: All Exposed
by Mick O'Shea
Release Date: 10/07/2015
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They've toured with One Direction and scored international super-hits in more than 50 countries across the globe but 5 Seconds of Summer are more than just another boy band. Like the guitar gods they worship, Luke, Michael, Calum and Ashton play all their own instruments. Having rocketed into our hearts with the infectious pop-punk anthem,'She Looks So Perfect', this cheeky Aussie foursome seems set for a summer that never ends. Filled with more than 50 full-colour photos, this book traces the boys' incredible journey so far from schooldays back in Sydney, Australia, to the release of their all-conquering debut album (5 Seconds of Summer has sold in excess of 1.5 million copies already) and beyond.
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Based in London, Mick O'Shea is also the author of Amy Winehouse: A Losing Game, Beyond District 12: The Stars of the Hunger Games and One Direction: No Limits.
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