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COUPLES can tie the knot all over again at Pershore Abbey this month in celebration of National Marriage week.
On Saturday, February 8, to mark the start of the week more than 80 churches will be taking part in the Big Promise, a special short service at 5pm.
The ceremony will include a renewal of marriage vows at exactly 5.15pm to co-ordinate with over 2,000 couples elsewhere.
The event is open to any married couples who wish to confirm and celebrate their own commitment.
An attempt may also be made to set a new Guinness World Record for couples re-affirming their vows, a record currently held by America.
Anyone wishing to take part should bring their wedding certificate to the service just before 5pm.


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HOUSTON - Tuesday night's results show was a nail biter, to be sure. WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME, CARSON DALY?!
Leaving the competition are Bryan Keith from Team Adam and Sylvia Yacoub from Team Xtina.
I was 1-for-2 in my predictions, and while obviously I would prefer to be 100%, I'm not terribly upset with America's decision.
Carson, in his sadism, left Trevin Hunte and Amanda Brown in the bottom four and I'm pretty sure I was having heart palpitations. That or Mexican-food-induced heart burn. Whatever. Dez Duron is Xtina's final hope for a victory this season, and I think he'll make it pretty far if he continues doing what he's been doing. Can he beat the likes of T-Hunte or Beltress Brown? Doubtful. But ya neva know!
Here are Season 3 of The Voice's Top 8:
From Team Adam:
- Melanie Martinez
- Amanda Brown
From Team Cee Lo:
- Nicholas David
- Cody Belew
- Trevin Hunte
From Team Blake:
- Cassadee Pope
- Terry McDermott
From Team Xtina:
- Dez Duron
Want to watch the full episode, including live performances from Team Xtina, Team Adam, and Rascal Flatts? Check out the full episode, here on the KPRC Prime Blog:The Voice, Top 10 Results video
Thanks for reading, and as always, thanks for watching KPRC Local 2!

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Unleash the Fanboy loved it http://www.unleashthefanboy.com/comi...2-review/30041
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Such a fun series. I love it. Beautiful art as well, can't wait for issue #3.
#3 hit the stands on Wednesday. There's a few preview pages over at http://www.moorereppion.com/damsels-3-preview-pages/ and some great reviews coming in already (see http://www.moorereppion.com/reviews-for-damsels-3/). Hope everyone continues to dig the series as we progress.
I've been waiting a while to post this. There are many great dynamite titles that I read but this has been an extremely pleasant surprise. This kind of idea is not something I would usually go for, but Dynamite tends to put out awesome stories and after seeing a preview of issue 1 I decided to give it a try. I'm completely in love with the series.
I've read the first 3 issues and i'm eagerly awaiting number 4.
This book is a wonderful of example of how awesome things can be when everyone on the team just meshes well.
Excellent writing, art and coloring. And not just individually, everything is synergistic to telling the story.
The story and the ark work so great together, Its not quite "cute" and not "gritty" but a combination of those.
I also like how the main characters i've met so far are sexy without being outrageous, I don't mean offense to linser's covers, but the characters are sexier inside the book, Rapa doesn't need to do a swimsuit cover to be attractive. She is more attractive in the story...well..
I wouldn't be a comic fan if I didn't point out something I didn't like. The characters Rapa and little mermaid are attractive enough in their realness and/or mutantness that they don't need to be hypersexualized.
One more thing, I hope at some point there is a depiction of a male character that isn't a pompous douche or moron lol. Now that isn't to say that I want the "damsels" to be rescued by some big strong death-knight prince, just the opposite, I want to read their story.
Anyhow, I love the series its light-hearted and serious at the same times..makes me smile when I read it.
Bravo-Zulo , on a job well done.
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The comic book store didn't have issue 4 of damsels today. I've been waiting for issue 4 for what feels like an eternity, whats the deal? Is it just the store or is the shipping off please tell me it wasn't cancelled.
James, cdarlage: So glad you're enjoying the series so much. It really makes me happy to see people getting so involved in the story and characters.
#4 arriving in shops next week, so no need to worry!
This first arc of the story is 8 issues, but there's more to come after that.
DE Pull List: The Black Bat, Damsels, Damsels: Mermaids, Dark Shadows, Dejah Thoris & The Green Men Of Mars, Grimm, Lady Rawhide, Lords of Mars, Masks, Miss Fury, The Shadow, The Spider, Warlord Of Mars: Dejah Thoris, Vamiprella: Southern Comfort
Just finished Issue 4, Again, awesome stuff. The scene with Belle and the beast was really neat. The scene with Commander Schwartz and the "tree" folks was kinds of surprising, but thats good, keeps me on my toes.
One thing I've really liked is how ya'll go into "fairy tale mode" (for lack of better words) when describing big, epic, or sweeping scenes. Nice touch.
Also, I'm curious, who is Aneke, the artist for the story. I did a couple searches online around issue 2, couldn't really find anything for certain. I wanna say the name is feminine, (may be wrong), so i'll say she is really something, some of the coolest artwork i've seen in a while, and she really does a good job of illustrating the story you and leah have written as its being played out. 4 issues in an still impressed.


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On Tuesday, August 6, 2013, NASA's Curiosity rover celebrated one full year on Mars. Watch a video from Science Bulletins about the rover.
Take a Tour of the Richard Gilder Graduate School with Google Glass
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A student in the Comparative Biology doctoral program at the Museum's Richard Gilder Graduate School (RGGS), Watanabe was recently chosen to be one of the beta-testers for Google Glass, a hands-free wearable computer.
Special Dishes for Eid al-Fitr
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On Thursday, August 8, Muslims mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan with the holiday of Eid al-Fitr. In many homes, a fabulous feast is prepared, celebrating the end of Ramadan's dawn-to-sunset fasting.
The First Whale: Pakicetus
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Odd as it may seem, a four-footed land mammal named Pakicetus, living some 50 million years ago in what we know as Pakistan today, bears the title of "first whale." Learn more in Whales: Giants of the Deep, now on view at the Museum.
Discovering the Golden Poison Frog
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SYNOPSIS: When sexy psychology student Erin (Christiane Imdahl) hits the breaking point with school, she rounds up a bunch of friends, and they head into the woods where they party the weekend away — until a chainsaw-wielding maniac begins hunting them down one by one. Now fighting for their lives, the pals must also confront sinister secrets from their past. …Read More »
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo men's lacrosse team won their seventh-straight game as they defeated Wingate University 13-7 on Saturday afternoon at University Turf Stadium. The Deep South Conference victory advances the Lions' record to 7-2, and 5-1 in DSC action, while the Bulldogs drop to 2-10, and 1-5 in conference play.
Saint Leo takes hold of the top spot in the DSC thanks to a four goal performance from Chris Caiazza, and hat tricks from Matt Obermeyer and Robert Hutchinson. Ryan Burke tallied a goal and two assists for three points on the afternoon, while Tom Horn and Matt Weller scored a goal apiece. Kevin Hutchinson dished out two assists, while Tom Horn and Chad Marino earned one assist each.
George Proechel tallied an assist on the afternoon, which put in in a tie on the program's career assist board, matching former Lion Kyle Marceau with 53.
Wingate was led by Chase Clifton with three goals on the afternoon. Behind Clifton, Derek Watts, Ryan Vogrig, Taylor Womble, and Garrett Kendall each scored once, with Watts leading the team with three asissts, and Vogrig earning an assist of his own.
It was a slow first quarter for both teams, with the score tied at 1-1 leading into the second stanza. Saint Leo used the second period to their advantage, going on a seven goal run while holding the Bulldogs silent to hold onto an eight goal lead at the half.
Wingate outscored the Lions 4-1 in the third period, cutting the deficit to four with a score of 9-5. The Lions swung the momentum their way in the final quarter, however, scoring four goals to Wingate's two for a final score of 13-7.
Dave Moore made 10 saves on the afternoon for the Lions after facing 30 shots and just 17 shots on goal. The Bulldogs opened with Patrick Cooney between the pipes, who made five saves and allowed seven goals as he saw a total of 24:30 on field. Travis Price closed out the game for the Bulldogs, making six saves while allowing six shots into the back of the net.
The Lions led the shot count, 41-30, and won the ground ball battle, 27-22. Saint Leo was 15-for-23 at the faceoff-x, with Will Cothron pulling in 10-of-14 attempts, Robert Figueroa winning 2-of-3, and Robert Hutchinson finding success on 3-of-6 attempts. The Lions were successful on 17-of-25 clear attempts.
The Lions return to action on Wednesday, March 27, when they take on NYIT on the road. Game time against the Bears is slated for 3:30 p.m. Fans who cannot make it to the game can catch all of the action live on the Saint Leo Sports Network at SaintLeoLions.com. Fans can also stay up-to-date on the latest news, updates, and information by following the Lions on Twitter, an "Liking" the Green and Gold on Facebook.


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Hey gang,
I'll be in NOLA for Mardi Gras thru the following weekend and I was wondering if there are any places to get any out of the ordinary eats. I'm familiar with the creole and cajun cooking aw well as crawfish boils. Don't get me wrong, I love all of those and I can't wait to eat some. But I'm sure there's more that I could be missing. Maybe bbq'd alligator, or frogs. I don't know but that's why I'm asking.
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Several communities are a little cleaner and more trash-free today thanks to multiple cleanup efforts by cities, community groups, and churches on Saturday, with a lion's share of the volunteer work by the annual multistate Mormon Helping Hands Day.
"We could not see this happen without the efforts of volunteers," said city of Menifee analyst Allen Yun. He stood in Kabian Memorial Park helping to direct a parade of cars and trucks dropping off trash at eight large Dumpsters brought in for the occasion.
"This is a big combination of the city, the church groups, and the community groups coming together and helping out their community," he said. "It's a massive effort."
The park was just one area where volunteers in bright vests helped to gather and dispose of trash. Janet Anderson, a volunteer with the Quail Valley Community Group and Quail Valley resident, said the plethora of large trash items found along roadsides and in neighborhoods is the result of the area being so remote.
"We are rural so people just drive in and dump their trash," she said. "I like this because it cleans up my neighborhood. It's a good thing for everybody. I was driving around yesterday and saw people loading up their trucks with trash."
Leading the charge were members of the Menifee Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Wearing their bright yellow vests alongside roads and in fields in Quail Valley, they picked up trash such as fast-food containers and soda bottles.
James Duggen, a Lake Elsinore resident and member of the Menifee Stake, said the annual cleanups have become a mainstay in the church.
Mormons from all over California and Hawaii set a day aside at the end of April to serve their communities. Last year, organizers estimated that there were 60,000 participants in California and Hawaii.
Shasta Van Buren, a church member from Menifee, brought along her two daughters to help. Sofia Van Buren, 5, held on to a trash-grabber, while 3-year-old Sage Van Buren walked with her mother. The threesome was spotted close to Mountain View Place, picking up garbage along the hilly streets in Quail Valley.
"This is satisfying for me, helping and teaching my girls how to positively impact the community," said Shasta Van Buren.
Similar cleanups took place in Perris.
In Temecula, Latter-day Saints church members tackled three community projects as part of their service day.
The area around the Temecula South Entry Monument was cleaned and the monument repainted around the "City of Temecula-Old Traditions/New Opportunities" sign just west of the Interstate 15 at Temecula Parkway.
Jacob's House, a home modeled after the Ronald McDonald House, got a cleaning in preparation for its open house on June 15. Jacob's House was established by Shawn Nelson to honor the death of his son, Jacob Nelson, in 2006 and will serve as a refuge for families that need support while using local hospitals.
Lastly, church volunteers tackled a list of tasks to prepare Chaparral High School for its upcoming graduation ceremony.


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This project threatens many NY and NJ breaks. I just think that everyone should know about it.
Basically, a company wants to build a man made island about 14x the size of Giants stadium off the coast off jersey and NY. everyone should try and attend the meeting if possible and spread the word.


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I hope many of you will consider applying. It's going to be a fantastic opportunity, and it's not limited to nurse-managed SANE programs. Applications are being accepted now through the end of April. Feel free to contact me if you have questions.
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TWO men from East Lancashire have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car was allegedly driven at police during a routine stop-check in Manchester.
Police have said that a red Hyundai was pulled over in Rochdale Road, Harpurhey, as it was suspected the vehicle was being driven too fast.
But as two police officers approached the Hyundai, around 10.50pm last night, the vehicle suddenly reversed.
The car struck both officers and then sped away, according to investigators from Greater Manchester Police.
A police spokesman said that one of the officers was able to use his radio to call for help and extra patrols were soon on the scene, alongside paramedics.
The officers were both rushed to hospital for treatment, with one having sustained a fractured skull and a bleed to the brain.
But police chiefs say that the injury, while serious, is not believed to be life-threatening.
His colleague suffered a broken wrist.
Joint inquiries by the Greater Manchester force and colleagues from Lancashire Constabulary later led to a warrant being carried out in at an undisclosed address in Haslingden.
The pair have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and a Hyundai has been seized for forensic checks.
Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan said: "Our thoughts are with both the officers and their families as they recover from their injuries.
"Sadly what this incident painfully highlights is the dangers officer face every day when protecting the public."


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Topic: pulmonary edema after chemo
Hello all-We had such good news last week that's one of Dave's liver tumors has shrunk 3 cm. We were all celebratory. Then last night 4 hours after his chemo he went into flash pulmonary edema and respiratory arrested. It took the ambulance forever to get here being the holiday week and we live on Cape Cod!!! I had to give him 4 breaths to get him breathing again. They got him to the hospital in time and gave him huge amounts of IV diuretics and he came out of it. I thought he was a goner. Has anyone else ever had this happen? He is on Gemzar and Oxiliplatin. I guess my misery just wants company! Thanks Patrice (pderat)


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1. The blog Le blog d'Yves Daoudal carried a report on 2 February, 2007 regarding the Atlas of Creation titled "Darwinist panic."
2. The Belgian newspaper A Voix Autre referred to the impact that Harun Yahya's Atlas of Creation had in France in the following terms: "The panic behind the scenes!" and "Creationist literature has never been so powerful."
3. The magazine Le Nouvel Observateur described the most significant representative of the Creationist movement as, "Harun Yahya himself, with the contribution made by the international Harun Yahya publications."
4. Science magazinemade the following comment regarding the Atlas of Creation sent to France and other countries in its 16 February, 2007, issue: "It"s the most gorgeous-looking attack on evolution seen in a long time: That"s the consensus among European scientists who in recent weeks have received . . . free copies of the Atlas of Creation."
5. Daily Le Monde described the Atlas of Creation as "an incomparable work" in its 3 February, 2007, issue.
6. An article by Nicolien den Boer on the Dutch Radio Netherlands web site stated that the Atlas of Creation has stirred up a "deluge" in all of Europe.
7. The 2 February, 2007, edition of daily Le Figaro carried the headline "Islamic creationism on the offensive in France."
8. The 3 February, 2007, edition of daily Le Monde carried the headline "Creationists are now on the offensive in French schools."
9. The 6 February, 2007, edition of daily La Liberation described Harun Yahya as "the greatest champion of creationism in Turkey."
10. The 5 February, 2007, edition of The Washington Post described the Atlas of Creation as a "Turkish book attacking Darwinism."
11. On 9 February, 2007, the news portal www.bellaciao.org, a joint Italian-French production, carried a report concerning global pro-creationist movements. The report stated that: "Harun Yahya (a Turk whose real name is Adnan Oktar), who has declared Darwin's theory to be invalid (and the only philosophy to encourage conflict and regard it as valuable), goes much further than merely rejecting the theory of evolution."
12. On his personal web site the eminent American journalist Doug Ireland carried a report headed "Islamic creationism invades France."
13. A report in the French political web site Gaullisme said the following in a report dated 3 February, 2007: "… the most active preacher of creationism is, due to the power of the Harun Yahya publications, definitely Harun Yahya himself."
14. A blog on evolution called Le blog des bactéries et de l'évolution carried two reports on 8 and 9 February, 2007. These referred to the Atlas of Creation as "this great warship using wide extracts from the verses of the Qur'an."
15. In its 5 March, 2007, edition Le Soir, one of Belgium's main dailies, carried a report about the global impact of Harun Yahya's Atlas of Creation. The report, titled "A red book rejects Darwin's thesis," described Harun Yahya's work as "an intervention of genius."
16. Prof. Bernard Rentier of Liege University made this comment on his personal page: "The content is surprising, but effective. One does not dare to think of the impact that will arise following the distribution of the Atlas across the world…"
17. The Polish pro-creation organization Polskie Towarzystwo Kreacjonistyczne stated that "in some countries the author's books are more esteemed than school textbooks…"
18. On 23 March the Polish internet magazine Interia.pl carried a report concerning Harun Yahya's Atlas of Creation headed "An anti-Darwinist textbook has shocked the authorities.
19. The news portal Glos Nauczycielski described the terror a book has instilled in the Belgian Ministry of Education under the caption "Anti-Darwinist book strikes Belgian schools."
20. The news portal Dziennik Online discussed the Belgian reaction to the idea of creation, and referred to the Belgian authorities as "saying the book needs to be rounded up as a matter of urgency."
21. A report carried in the 2 May, 2007, edition of Le Matin, one of Belgium's main dailies bore the caption, "Propaganda firmly installed in Europe: an extraordinary Atlas has invaded all Switzerland!"
22. The Liège University monthly journal carried a report titled "A surprising example of Creationism: a Turkish work leads to evolution debate!" in it 15 May, 2007, edition.
23. In its 20 June, 2007, edition Die Welt, one of Germany's largest dailies, carried a long report titled "Struggling with the Qur'an against evolution." The report referred to "the Paris Ministry of Education panicking and calling for the book not to be taught in the class."
24. On 20 February, 2007, the German news portal hpd-online.de carried a report concerning the Atlas of Creation. This referred to the panic that the distribution of the book had caused in France and Benelux.
25. The major American news portal www.newsmax.com carried a report titled "Turks: Atheism Is the "Root of Terrorism"" on 22 November, 2006. The report stated, "This … has an influence U.S. creationists could only dream of."
26. The 23 March, 2007, edition of La Libre Belgique, published in Belgium, referred to "an author enjoying increasing success in his rejection of the theory of evolution…"
27. Kevin Myers made this reference to the Atlas of Creation in the Irish Independent on 9 March, 2007: "… Harun Yahya"s Atlas of Creation from Global Publishing, is quite the most spectacular so far this year."
28. A report by Carl-Johan Bilkenroth in the 4 March, 2007, issue of Svenska Dagbladet, published in Sweden, referred to the Atlas as "a glorious work that challenges Darwin."
29. A report concerning the Atlas of Creation in the 4 June, 2007, edition of Corriere della Sera, Italy's largest daily, contained the following statements: "At the same time, a competition has arisen between creationists of Christian origin centered in the United States and those of Islamic origin who have preoccupied us with the Atlas of Creation. We cannot know which of these will prevail, we do know for certain that we will be the losers…"
30. The news agency Armenews carried a report on 18 April, 2007, which contained the words, "The struggle against evolution being waged in Turkey seems to have ended in almost total victory."
31. One pro-evolution web site published in Italian, Dragor, carried an analysis headed "Darwin, Farewell?" The analysis compared the impact of the Atlas of Creation in France and Italy and emphasized that it was next to impossible to stand in the way of the Islamic creationism led by Harun Yahya. "How much longer will France be able to stand out?" it asked.
32. The 24 June, 2007, edition of The Washington Times carried a report about the Fact of Creation, which is growing increasingly powerful in European countries. The report quoted Hervé Le Guyader, a biologist from Paris University, who called the challenge from Islamic thinkers "much more dangerous than the previous creationist initiatives, which were often of Anglo-Saxon origin."
33. A report in the 29 March, 2007, edition of Stern, one of Germany's most important magazines, said "A book like a clap of thunder. … It is obvious from the outset: This book is totally different!"
34. The French daily Lyon Capitale referred to Harun Yahya as "the most active Islamic Creationist today," on 13 February, 2007.
35. The 29 June, 2007, edition of Süddeutsche Zeitung, a daily with one of the largest circulations in Germany, referred to Harun Yahya's Atlas of Creation as "a book adorned with stunning pictures from the plant and animal kingdoms."


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So the NFL is having issues with their replacement referees. No, this isn't about their calls on the field. That's a different story.
This is the tale about having replacement referees who apparently don't mind showing they are probably more fans of the NFL than professional officials.
First we hear of the replacement ref who was about to work the Saints' game only to be pulled off the field during warm-ups when ESPN reported to the NFL that the official had Facebook pictures up of himself tailgating at a Saints' preseason game wearing a Saints' jersey.
Then there's the other replacement man in stripes who told Eagles' running back LeShon McCoy he needs him for his fantasy team.
A conflict of interest? You think?
Well, it got me thinking. What if we could go back in time and replace some of the officials/umpires and change the course of history.
If only I could go back to Oct. 6, 1985, for Game 6 of the 1985 World Series between the Cardinals and Royals and take over umpiring first base for Don Denkinger. The Royals' Jorge Orta would have been out at first base in the ninth inning as the replays clearly showed and the Cardinals would have won the World Series. Actually, I think anyone else, Cards' fan or not, would have called him out. Everyone, unfortunately except for the man who said safe.
What if Princeton Cub fans John Smith or Don Smith, who have been religiously waiting for "Next Year," would have been umpiring down the left field line at Wrigley Field on Oct. 14, 2003, on the infamous Steve Bartman play.
I'm sure the Smiths would have called fan interference and the Cubs would have probably gone to the World Series. And for poor Bartman, he'd be long forgotten now, nine years later.
I know Tiger fan and Pastor Ken Wilson of the Princeton Bible Church would have called the Indians' Jason Donald out at first base on July 10, 2010, and preserved the final out for Armando Galaragga's perfect game.
I bet any Oakland Raider fan would have ruled differently on Franco Harris' immaculate reception in the 1972 AFC Divisional game (I still say that it was a good call, and yes, I'm a Steeler fan), as well as Tom Brady's famous tuck rule in the 2001 AFC Divisional game.
I asked Princeton's Kenny Wilcoxen, who is one of the most IHSA respected officials you will find, if he would want to take his crew to work in the NFL. He said it'd be fun, but it would be a tough situation to step into.
Do you have calls/games you'd like to change if you could have been a replacement ref. I'd like to hear them.
Kevin Hieronymus is the BCR Sports Editor, and as you can see still agonizing that World Series call in 1985. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Adhiguna Kuncoro is a Research Master's student at the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Language Technologies Institute, School of Computer Science. His research interests lie in the area of artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and machine learning. He is funded by a Graduate Research Fellowship at CMU, through the DARPA Low-Resource Languages for Emergent Incidents (LORELEI) Project, and previously did research internships at the Nara Institute of Science & Technology, Japan and the University of Washington, Seattle. He holds a Master's degree from the University of Oxford, UK, and a Bachelor's degree from Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, where he served as the President of the ITB Informatics Student Union (HMIF ITB). He is currently serving as the President of Indonesians (PERMIAS) @ CMU. He enjoys traveling to new places and Scuba diving in his spare time.
Agus is a doctoral student in Human Development and Family Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. He is interested in examining the intersection among stress, health, and socioeconomic status. Specifically, he is interested in analyzing the interactions among daily stress, socioeconomic status, and health in the context of economic downturn. In addition, he is also interested in studying the biological aspects of daily stress and its relations to health, socioeconomic status, and macro-economic condition. Agus earned his bachelor degree in Family and Consumer Sciences from Bogor Agricultural University. He also holds a master's degree in Child Development and Family Studies from Purdue University. He is a moviegoer and enjoy playing badminton and table tennis in his spare times.
Ahmad Nazhir holds an MSIT e-Business Technology from School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He is currently an Information, Media, and Edutainment Profesional for Telkom Indonesia, managing a crew of professional engineers for providing Telkom digital services and solutions and ensuring exceptional customer experiences. He is also a data science enthusiast with extensive knowledge on large scale database systems and an aspiring member of Data Science Indonesia community. Previously, he was a junior manager of payment and collection in Telkom's Central Borneo Regional Office, safeguarding the company revenues and cash in flows through utilizing digital tools.
Ahmad (Aam) has just recently finished his postgraduate study at the University of Leeds majoring in International Banking. During his postgraduate tenure, he was engaged in the Indonesian Student Association in United Kingdom (PPI UK). Prior to that, he worked for Citibank, N.A., Indonesia Branch. His field of interest revolves around international policy on bank capital adequacy, under which topic he presented his paper at an international conference held at the University of Oxford. His activities aside, he plots his time to work out, read fiction/non-fiction books, and is a mind-twisting thriller movies enthusiast.
Albert Christian Soewongsono was born in Kupang on April 15th, 1997. He currently holds a bachelor's degree in Mathematics with a concentration in Mathematical Analysis from Nusa Cendana University. Prior to this year, he has received scholarship from LPDP to continue his study for a Master's program at the Australian National University on next year. He previously worked as a teaching assistant at the Department of Mathematics at his previous university and as a student mentor in the UniBRIDGE Program, a web-based language and cultural exchange program funded by Australia-Indonesia Institute and Australia's DFAT between his university and some Australian universities.Currently, he actively engages in several community-based organizations, such as MITRA (Eastern Indonesian Students Foreign Relations) as the advisor, and AIYA (Australia-Indonesia Youth Association) Chapter East Nusa Tenggara as the treasurer.
Andre Hawari is currently a postgraduate student in University of New South Wales Australia, majoring in Information System Management. He was granted Indonesia Endowment Fund For Education (LPDP) scholarship in 2015. Prior to study in Australia, he was a System Integrator and Trainer in IT Consultant company in Jakarta. His main project were implementing Integrated Reconciliation System in top 10 largest banks in Indonesia. Andre loves tutoring, teaching, writing blog, practicing mindfullness, and volunteering.
Anthony Lie has diversified engineering experience throughout his career which includes petrochemical operation, renewable energy research, and biochemical research. In the past 4 years of his career, Anthony has been working in Oil & Gas sector as Process Engineer and Project Engineer at KBR Houston for FEED, EPC, PMC, and refinery turnaround scope for various clients. Anthony holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from University of Houston.
Antonius Budianto has just finished his MBA at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, with the LPDP scholarship. During his MBA, he served as a Vice President of Asia Pacific Oxford Business Network and an official of Oxford Indonesian Students Association. Previously, he gained a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering from Universitas Pelita Harapan and has worked for five years with two global technology companies in Indonesia, HP and IBM. He was also an HP Indonesia Social Activities Steering Committee and a GEPI volunteer. He enjoys European football, self-improvement books, and travelling, having visited more than 30 countries so far.
Ariana Alisjahbana is a recent MBA graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business. Originally trained as an economist with a BA from Boston University, Ariana started her career at the global think tank World Resources Institute (WRI) in Washington, DC. At WRI, she led the creation of the institute's first Southeast Asian office and worked with the governments of the United States, Indonesia, and Singapore on environmental issues. Fascinated by her experience developing Global Forest Watch, Ariana decided to pursue an MBA focusing on the internet industry. Ariana completed her MBA internship at Google, where she was part of a global team that developed the new Allo Messenger app. After Google, she interned at Yik Yak, a location-based social media company. Currently, Ariana works for Alibaba, the Chinese internet giant.
Aries Setiadi is a junior macroeconomic analyst at Budget Formulation Office of the Ministry of Finance Indonesia, providing insights on Indonesia's macroeconomic and social development progress. He currently also serves as a writer for Warta Anggaran, a biannual magazine on budget and economy, and actively involves in various efforts of the Office to promote budget transparency. Previously, he worked as a budget analyst for the same Office and as an economic costing evaluation associate for Columbia Global Center for Africa in Nairobi and Millennium Villages Project Mayange in Rwanda. Aries holds a bachelor of arts in Economics from Universitas Gadjah Mada and an MPA in Development Practice from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). Linkedin: https://id.linkedin.com/in/ariessetiadi Twitter: https://twitter.com/ariessetiadi
Arifa Sembiring holds a bachelor degree from Institut Teknologi Bandung and a master's degree from The University of Manchester, both in Chemical Engineering. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree at Imperial College London, with research interests relating to biomass gasification and pyrolysis. He is driven by his dream in commercialization of technology and in turning research into enterprise. Arifa aims to be at the forefront in promoting clean energy and sustainable technology as the solutions to environmental challenges. In his spare time, Arifa enjoys doing sports, especially football and chess. A perfect Saturday for him would be watching Manchester United at the Stretford End.
Armina Padmasawitri is a Ph.D. candidate of The Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology Division at Utrecht University, The Netherlands. Armina completed her pharmacist education and training, as well as her master degree from School of Pharmacy, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia. During her bachelor and master study, Armina was involved in several pharmacoeconomics researches. Beside her study, she was also active in the International Pharmaceutical Students' Association (IPSF), as well as other pharmacy and health related students' organizations. Currently, Armina's research focus is on the health economic evaluation of Tuberculosis management in High Burden Countries, which is supported by the government of Indonesia through Indonesia Endowment for Education (LPDP). She is also interested in the application of health economic evaluation in Low-Middle Income Countries.
Catherine Setiawan received her Master of Public Administration Degree from Cornell University, USA and Sarjana Hukum (LL.B. equivalent) from University of Pelita Harapan, Indonesia. She currently is working as a Technical Officer at ASEAN Secretariat, handling issues related to Competition Policy. Previously, she was interning at UN Secretariat in NYC during her master study and working as a Researcher at Australia Indonesia Project assisting the Ministry of Trade Republic of Indonesia.
Cazadira Fediva Tamzil holds a Bachelor of Social Science degree from the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Social and Political Science, Universitas Indonesia. Best Graduate of both her Department and Faculty, Cazadira's main academic interests lie on the power of civil societies and non-conventional International Relations issues. She was Student Body President in Junior and Senior High School - denouncing pessimism towards gender equality and political leadership. In University, she decided to voice out solutions for global issues through Model United Nations – becoming the 'Best Delegate' in the 2013 European International MUN (TEIMUN), as well as Chair in both the 2014 TEIMUN and the 2015 Harvard World Model United Nations. In 2015, Cazadira reached the pinnacle of her leadership journey when she was named McKinsey's Young Leader for Indonesia. Active as a Teaching and Research Assistant since her 6th semester in University, she aspires to be a leading social science scholar. Her first book which she co-wrote with her lecturers on the dynamics of the Arctic Region was published by RajaGrafindo in May 2016, and another one on Global Environmental Governance is up for publication this year. Cazadira is currently pursuing her Master's degree in Global Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), with a full scholarship from the Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education. All seriousness aside, Cazadira loves to travel and splendor in reality television shows.
David Ririmasse is an graduate student at University of Aberdeen for energy economics and finance program that fully sponsored by Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) from Ministry of Finance of Republic of Indonesia. He had experience as Senior Auditor at Ernst & Young Indonesia at assurance department. He majority handled clients that focus on energy and manufacturing industries. He also one of alumni of Bakrie Scholarship for his bachelor degree at University of Bakrie. Besides that, David like singing very much, he joined the choir at campus and his office as well.
Desy Kristianti studied her MSc in Computing Science at Imperial College London. Prior to that, she earned her BSc (Hons) in Mathematics from Royal Holloway, University of London. Desy was actively involved in Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia (PPI) for two years where she organised a number of notable events such as Gala Cultural Night, Britain Goes Batik and ISIC Photography Competition. During her Master's study, she interned at InfinAI, a cloud based technology designed to help its users understand the workings of their inner mind. She is now working as an analyst in Technology Consulting at Deloitte in Belfast. In her leisure time, she likes to cook and listen to music.
Devita Tjeuw is an MBA student of Durham University Business School, UK and actively involves in Durham Indonesian Student Community (Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia – PPI Cabang Durham) as Coordinator of Scientific Discussion. While completing her dissertation, she is also working with one of the IT start-up companies which is based in UK to develop social media marketing strategies recommendations. She had previously worked in the risk consulting division in one of the global consulting firms and responsible to promote the quality and risk management practices across Southeast Asia. During her tenure there, she also worked as lecturer assistant in one of the private universities in Jakarta and actively involved in CSR activities done by company. She won some awards in Deloitte Indonesia and Southeast Asia such as The Most Helpful Person of The Year Award (June 2015), The winner of Southeast Asia Enterprise Risk Services (SEA ERS) Leap Innovation Challenge (March 2014) and The 1st winner of top voters of Southeast Asia Enterprise Risk Services (SEA ERS) Talent Challenge (January 2014). Her passion in education field can also be seen through some activities she did during the weekend such as teaching English for street children. In her spare time, she loves cooking, reading novels and watching cartoon movies. Her favorite author is Paulo Coelho.
Fauzia is an architectural designer. She graduated from University of Michigan in 2016 and Universitas Indonesia in 2011. She is particularly interested in the relationship between human health conditions and multiple scales of designed environments. Both of her thesis research explored notions of human olfactory as a tool for spatial aesthetic experiences. Previously she was a Designer for andramatin for 3.5 years, along with her experiences in other architecture practices in Jakarta, Bali, New York and Ann Arbor. Most of the time she procrastinates on her architectural work with cooking, sleeping, watching 30 Rock, and looking at rabbit pictures
Ghazi Binarandi received an M.S. in Civil Engineering from Purdue University in 2016 and a B.S. from the Department of Civil Engineering at Institut Teknologi Bandung in 2012. During his time at Purdue, he worked at IISL (Intelligent Infrastructure Systems Laboratory). In the summer of 2016, he studied at the University of Cambridge for a three-week summer school program, APESS. In Cambridge, he also presented a conference paper co-authored by him at the ANCRiSST 2016 (12th International Workshop on Advanced Smart Materials and Smart Structures Technology) and attended the ICSIC (International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction). He has interests in theater and cycling. He directed a lenong (traditional Betawi theater) titled "Lara Dasima" in 2010 and once traveled from Bandung to Jakarta using a bicycle in 2012.
Giri Kuncoro graduated from Faculty of Computer and Information Science, Cornell University, and School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB). He was recognized for the prestigious academic excellence award during his graduation ceremony in both colleges. He is a tech enthusiast, natural builder who loves building things that matter. During his college time, he won many hackathons and tech competition in US, Japan, and Indonesia. Before coming to Cornell, he was working in Tokyo, Japan, for more than 3 years in Toshiba's Smart EV Charging business. He also interned at the same company for Japan's bullet train (shinkansen) division, and General Electric in New York. He is currently working as software engineer in Silicon Valley for VMware, a cloud company, while founding a tech startup in Indonesia.
Grace Tjandra holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto and is currently working as a financial adviser. Prior to that, she has worked as an analyst at a hedge fund and at a global fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company. She was also active in various organizations at school, namely as the former President of the Indonesian Students' Community, mentor at the Undergraduate Commerce Society and Agape Impact Canada, and tutor at the Financial Lab in the University of Toronto. In her spare time, Grace enjoys watching Ted Talks and trying out new affogatos in town.
Hafida Fahmiasari is a transport consultant for The World Bank Indonesia. Her work focuses on developing the port and freight transportation for developing countries. She is the first Indonesian engineer in the integrated field of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Logistics. She received a Master of Science from Technische Universiteit Delft, a Civil Engineering degree (B. Eng. equivalent) from Universitas Gadjah Mada, and an Ingenieur (Ir. equivalent) from Hanzehogeschool Groningen. During her leisure time, she loves hiking and playing basketball.
Hanifah Ahmad will be starting Master of Public Policy (MPP) programme at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford this fall. She was a mentee at Indonesia Mengglobal in 2015 and is now excited to work with two mentees eyeing for philosophy and social policy degrees. She has worked in multilateral organisations, political risk consultancy and most recently was a policy officer at the British Embassy Jakarta where she advised governance policies and assessed bilateral economic governance projects. She has just been back from China, leading the Indonesian delegation for the Youth 20 Summit, one of four engagement groups within the G20 focusing on youth-orientated policy recommendations for the G20 Leaders Summit in September. A dog person, her drink of choice is coffee, with milk, no sugar.
Irene Mira is a LLM Candidate in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution, Queen Mary University of London. Prior to pursuing her LLM, she was involved in research projects on international investment law and business and human rights with Indonesia government entity and an ASEAN-based NGO. During her undergraduate studies at Universitas Indonesia, she interned with the commercial litigation and Indonesian practice desks of Rajah & Tann LLP, Singapore. She is also an avid mooter, having competed in the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Competition, the Philip C. Jessup Moot Competition and the Willem C. Vis Moot Competition. Her favourite things to do in her pastime include reading books, culinary tastings, and watching movies.
Kamia Handayani is a PhD researcher at Department of Governance and Technology for Sustainability (CSTM), University of Twente, the Netherlands. Her research is focused on climate change mitigation and adaptation in the Indonesian power sector. She holds a Master of Science (Cum Laude) in Energy and Environmental Management from University of Twente and a Bachelor of Environmental Engineering from Institut Teknologi Bandung. Kamia has worked as environmental specialist at PT PLN (Persero), the National Power Company of Indonesia since 2005. Her contributions in this company include formulating quantitative measurement for evaluating environmental management performances of PLN's business units all over Indonesia. Furthermore, Kamia contributed to the development of climate change mitigation policy of the company. Kamia has extensive experiences on clean development mechanism (CDM) and verified carbon standard (VCS) projects starting from project initiation until issuance of carbon credits.
L Ayuningtyas, obtained her diploma degree in Publishing Studies at State Polytechnic of Jakarta in 2011 with PPA scholarship and a bachelor degree in English Literature at University of Indonesia in 2015 with Beasiswa Unggulan scholarship. After finishing her MA TESOL Pre-service at UCL Institute of Education in 2016 as a sponsored student from Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP), she returned to State Polytechnic of Jakarta as an English lecturer and is also working as a part-time editor and translator. She also has published her short stories in various short story anthologies. Enjoys being involved in various volunteering activities, dancing latin dances, playing violin, and reading books in her spare time.
Maretha Dellarosa earned her bachelor degree in Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar (PGSD) from State University of Surabaya and pursued her master in Rethinking Early Childhood and Elementary (RECEE) Education at The Ohio State University. She enjoys teaching young children as a way to prepare the future generation. Her passion is to provide equal and relevant learning experiences for children at the elementary age. Besides, she likes traveling and documenting each place she has visited through photos.
Michael Sung holds a BSc in Business Administration from Babson College in Massachusetts, USA, double majoring in Entrepreneurship and Leadership. His professional experience includes working as a Consultant at Ernst & Young Indonesia and as a Private Equity Analyst in Principia Management Group. He is currently a rising star in PT Ever Shine Tex Tbk, a publicly listed textile manufacturing company. Michael's hobbies includes mentoring younger students, playing football, and photography; the latter which he does as a part time occupation as well. Michael will be glad to know more people and can be contacted at email@example.com
Michael has a Physics BSc from Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and a Materials Science & Engineering PhD from Carnegie Mellon (Pittsburgh, USA). He has worked on very diverse research areas, spanning from magnetism, sensors, ultrafast lasers, solar cells, OLEDs, power transformers, electric motors, and semiconductors. Michael is currently a Design Enablement engineer at GlobalFoundries in upstate New York, USA. In this role, he is responsible for analysis, documentation, and management of semiconductor design rules. Michael enjoys talking with people from different walks of life, making new friends, learning new technologies. He is a big believer of continuous learning and limitless capacity of human mind. In his spare time, Michael enjoys arm-wrestling, hiking, and chatting with friends over a good coffee. He joins Indonesian Mengglobal because he is eager to share about things that he has learned to younger people so that they can accelerate their learning process and go even higher than himself. If you have anything you want to ask or talk to him about, just drop him a message!
Nadya Intan Kemala is an LPDP Awardee and currently pursuing her MA in International Development at the University of Sheffield, UK. Her passion and goals to be a professional development practitioner has emerged since she was an International Relations student at Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia. In her undergrad period, she has actively been involved as a liaison officer coordinator in many event such as 'YOURS' (a motivational youth seminar combined with cinematography experience), Jatinangor Education Care (JEC-social movement and event organiser) and 'Symphonesia' (HI Unpad biggest music and seminar). She was also being chosen as a delegation for Ajou University-South Korea Spring Semester Exchange Program and JENESYS Batch 18 Tokyo-Kumamoto. Expected to graduate in this September, she is looking forward to set up her long term plan to establish a Community Based Organisation (CBO) and sociopreneurship focusing on sustainable rural-agricultural development. Fell in love with Buya Hamka literature, travelling, and swimming.
Naimah Lutfi Talib is currently working as a freelance researcher in Adelaide, South Australia. She's awardee of LPDP Scholarship from the Indonesian Ministry of Finance and look forward to study in Crawford School of Public Policy at Australian National University in January 2017. Naimah had almost two years of experience in Edelman Indonesia, a strategic communication consultancy, at the Corporate and Public Affairs Division. Before joining Edelman, Naimah accomplished one year of social work through a not-for-profit organization called Indonesia Mengajar, which allowed her to teach children in Sangihe archipelago, North Sulawesi. She was the communication officer for Telkomsigma, the largest Data Center and IT Managed Services provider in Indonesia. Graduated with Cum Laude predicate from Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at Universitas Indonesia (UI), she is experienced in the fields of public affairs, social and communication research, policy review, as well as stakeholder mappings. Naimah also active in some youth organizations; Young Leaders for Indonesia (YLI), Forum Indonesia Muda (FIM), and Suara Pemuda Anti Korupsi (SPEAK!).
Navila is an MA student in Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching, University of Southampton. Actively engaged in social movement and non-governmental organisation. Previously worked as English tutor and translator. She loves to travel and learn new things in new places.
Currently, Nindya is a postgraduate student at the University of Manchester, studying Biomaterials. She has obtained her bachelor degree in Chemistry at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta. Her research interest is about drug release and materials. During her spare time, she was a volunteer in some social communities in Yogyakarta, such as GMM, Yaketunis Fondation, BFM and KOPHI Yogyakarta. She also loves travelling and being a part of Indonesian Society in Greater Manchester.
Prasidhi Artono is currently a first year MBA Candidate at Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, double concentrating in Supply Chain & Business Analytics. He holds a BS Degree in Industrial Engineering with Cum Laude from ITB in 2013. Upon graduation from his undergraduate study, he worked for Unilever Indonesia on its Unilever Future Leaders Program (UFLP) in Supply Chain/Manufacturing function. After working in Unilever for 2 years, he moved his career to GO-JEK, Indonesia's first unicorn tech startup, as Product Manager. He believes that Tech can solve lots of social problems and leverage economic potentials in Indonesia. Therefore, he aims to develop the country with the extensive use of Tech and Data Analytics. In his spare time, Prasidhi enjoys playing guitar which he used to play with his bands on several jazz events in Jakarta & Bandung.
Priska Sufhana was graduated from University of Michigan Law School for her Master (LL.M.) and Universitas Gadjah Mada for her Bachelor degree (S.H.). She is currently working as Mr. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama's staff. Before her career in Jakarta Governor's office, she was repeatedly appointed as paper contributor and research assistant in various legal studies such as terrorism, intelligent tapping, healthcare policy and academic script for Oil and Gas bill in Faculty of Law, Universitas Gadjah Mada. Her interest over legal research started after she was participating in Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Competition and winning the Fali Nariman award as the Honourable Mention for the Respondent's Memorandum.
Reinhardt is currently a dual MIA/MA student at Columbia University and SciencesPo Paris, studying international affairs, economics and business, with a full scholarship from the government of Indonesia. Previously, he worked as a management consultant at The Boston Consulting Group and Accenture Strategy, and as a graduate associate at the United Nations. He has strong interests in international development and political economy, but above all, he is an aviation enthusiast. His first degree is in Aerospace Engineering from Institut Teknologi Bandung.
Rizka Widyarini is currently one of the BPI LPDP Scholarship awardees pursuing Master of Information Technology in University of New South Wales, Australia. She previously worked as a research assistant and mobile application programmer, and was graduated from Institut Teknologi Bandung undertaking Electrical Engineering major.
Ronald Sukianto is a MSc candidate on Energy Futures Lab, Imperial College London. He was a undergraduate student at Institut Teknologi Bandung; majoring in Mechanical Engineering and taking Energy Conversion concentration. He had previously worked as Field Engineer at Halliburton Drilling Services Indonesia, mostly worked on Geothermal well drilling projects in Indonesia. He is passionated in energy industry, as he ever worked as Facility Engineer in Chevron Pacific Indonesia as university student. In his spare time, Ronald enjoys biking, futsal, watching football, and reading. He is an avid fan of Tottenham Hotspur FC, a football club based in North London.
Ryan Sosiawan is currently an MSc candidate in Information Management program at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Prior to his higher degree program, he had been working for IBM and Microsoft for 5 years, as IT Consultant and Product Manager respectively. His current interest is towards Analytics and the field of Data Science as he believes that every decision could be made easily if it's based of facts. This was one of his reason to take the relevant master program. Apart from that, he is very into football, photography, and travelling. He pictures his best moment in life as either watching Man United winning a match live at Old Trafford or driving somewhere to get lost, both together with his wife and daughter.
Shintya Kurniawan is an alumna of the University of Indonesia, majoring in Communication. Previously, she served as a journalist for CosmoGIRL! Indonesia and wrote articles related to leadership, environmental sustainability, social changes, and entertainment. Later on, she joined the communication team of WWF-Indonesia and World Vision Indonesia as Media Relations Officer. She is most passionate about disaster-mitigation communication, especially those related to climate change. Shintya also volunteers at the Refugee Radio and the European Social Network while completing her MA in Media Practice for Development and Social Change at The University of Sussex. Photography, traveling, handcrafting, and cooking, are some of her hobbies.
Shofa Ashilah Dariatna is a novel student at Erasmus University Rotterdam, taking LL.M. Commercial and Company Law as her major. She graduated from law school in March 2015 where she took Business Law as a concentration. During her undergraduate study, she took part as an active member in ALSA (Asian Law Students' Association). In the field of work, Shofa was an intern in Badan Pertanahan Nasional (National Land Institution) and being a part of Notary Office in Surabaya. By the early December 2015, Shofa was chosen as one of LPDP Awardees. A professional employment she has got were Education Consultant and English Teacher for more than 1,5 years in the area of Surabaya. Shofa has also become a speaker in IELTS Workshop and/or Scholarship Seminar in between. Shofa is very interested in charity, community service, law cases, politics issues (at times), poetry and music. She also appreciates history.
Steffen Hadi studied LL.M. in the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Wharton Business and Law Certificate of the Wharton School at the same university. He was the Class President of Penn Law LL.M. Class 2016, Penn Law Students Representative in University of Pennsylvania's council, and international associate editor in Penn Law Journal of International Law. Steffen also holds a Sarjana Hukum (LL.B. equivalent) with honor from Parahyangan Catholic University Law School. He had previously worked as a law firm associate and in-house corporate lawyer in Jakarta and Singapore. He is currently practicing Indonesian law as an associate in Zico Law and independently assisting few legal issues for start-ups. In his spare time, Steffen is a movie freak, loyal runner, and outdoor trekker. He can be contacted by email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Steffi Melinda holds a Master of Computer Science (M.Sc) for Business Intelligence from Erasmus Mundus for Information Technology for Business Intelligence (IT4BI) program, and Bachelor from Universitas Indonesia. Her IT4BI program was conducted in several universities, including TU Berlin. She had previously worked as Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst at Traveloka and IT Auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers. She was also involved as web dev team in PPI Berlin. She now resides in Berlin, Germany, appointed as a Technical Consultant in a startup. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, learning languages, watching movies and series, reading books, singing, and swimming.
T.A. Octaviani (Ovi) Dading holds a Master of Science in Social Anthropology from University of Edinburgh and a Sarjana Humaniora, a Bachelor's degree in English Literature, from University of Indonesia. She previously worked in social development field and government-to-government programs. In her work, she handled various development themes, but most importantly governance and anti-corruption, law enforcement, and community empowerment, in organisations such as US Department of Justice and World Bank. She is an experienced simultaneous interpreter for English and Indonesian language and currently pursuing a higher education in Social Anthropology with the topic of exploration, travel, and primitivist tourism in Indonesia.
Tsani attained her master degree in Environmental Management and Development from the Australian National University. She received her bachelor degree from Urban and Regional Planning, Institut Teknologi Bandung. She was awarded ADS and NFP scholarship in 2013 and would love to share her experiences in applying scholarship.
Ukhfi Thursina is from Payakumbuh, West Sumatra and is currently pursuing her master's degree in Master of Education at The University of Adelaide, South Australia. She is an LPDP awardee Batch IV PK-53. Prior to that, she studied English Literature and Linguistics at Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung. She is actively involved as a volunteer in some social organizations. In her spare times, she enjoys cooking, dancing (traditional), traveling and meeting new people. Besides, she has a strong interest in education and entrepreneurship. Ukhfi can be reached at email@example.com
After sending out numerous college applications, Yudhi now studies a Bachelor of Science in Advanced Mathematics at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Having experienced the Singaporean, Australian, Cambridge and Indonesian curriculum across ten different schools from Kindergarten to Grade 12, Yudhi considers himself a "third-schooled kid". This, along with other unique experiences such as helping a troubled school in Bangka to develop its curriculum and mentoring junior students in his high school, has brought him to aspire to one day help improve education in Indonesia. Yudhi enjoys writing, traveling and meeting new people. He can be reached through firstname.lastname@example.com.
Yudisaputra Betaubun graduated from Universitas Indonesia with three academic degrees; Bachelor of Law, Bachelor of Economics, and Diploma of Finance and Banking Administration. He's a Special Staff for the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia. Passed the Indonesian Bar Exam in 2015, He works as a Lawyer in Jakarta, Indonesia. In addition to litigation, he continues to sharpen and strengthen his knowledge at University of Southern California for the Master of Law Program with two specialise certificates, Media and Entertainment Law and Technology and Entrepreneurship Law.
Nindyani Atmodipoero is a writer, traveller, amateur cook, and a friend. She read Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London and did her postgraduate research in Southeast Asian studies at Leiden University. She enjoyed drinking coffee, visiting museums, and going to live gigs.1 Posts | Website | Twitter | LinkedIn
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This article was published 17/1/2013 (1678 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
You are going to have a hard time believing this.
There I was the other evening, lying on the couch trying to recover from the Killer Death Flu from Mars when, suddenly and without warning, my wife and daughter decided to go shopping at IKEA.
Seriously, I was lying there, a brave little soldier, with barely enough strength to operate the TV remote control, and instead of providing the kind of nurturing care I used to get from my mother -- such as making me chicken soup with those little star-shaped noodles in it, or rubbing my feverish forehead and saying "poor little bunny" over and over -- the women in my life opted instead to go shopping at a Swedish store that sells furniture you have to put together yourself.
Call me a heroic crusader with rheumy eyes and a phlegmy cough if you must, but I didn't utter a word of complaint when they walked out the door. Instead, I bravely rolled my eyeballs in their general direction and hoarsely croaked what I was sure would be my final wish: "Bring me a present!"
And they did. A couple of hours later, they staggered back in from the cold, and, from the depths of an IKEA bag, pulled out the perfect gift for any guy of my gender battling an illness that while it doesn't kill you, makes you wish that it would.
"Here you are, poor baby," my wife cooed as she handed me the gift -- a swell new sippy cup, which, in case you have forgotten, is one of those spill-proof drinking cups designed for toddlers with especially poor hand-eye co-ordination.
But this was no ordinary sippy cup. No, this sippy cup had a lid made to resemble a puppy's face, so when you drink from it, you literally have to suck the liquid through the puppy's nostrils.
Is that a great present, or what? The answer: Yes, it's an awesome present for a sick guy.
The point I am trying to make, however, is that not all presents are as wonderful and useful as the one I received from my wife and daughter.
I know this because earlier this week, an editor sent me an email containing a news release from Kijiji, the online classified ads site, which is holding a contest to find out which pitiful Canadian received the worst gift under the tree this Christmas.
The email contained the Top 10 Terrible Gifts from across the country (you can vote for your favourite worst gift until Jan. 21 at www.Facebook.com/Kijiji.ca) and they include:
1) Pre-scratched lottery tickets;
2) Safety masks;
3) A package of insulation;
4) Coffee, bacon and waffle-flavoured dental floss;
5) Pink bra (intended for someone else);
6) Piggy bank shaped like a butt;
7) Creepy ceramic cat;
8) Beat-up old taxidermied beaver;
9) Plush dog (toy to replace a recently deceased pet);
10) Giant bottle of water (but no water cooler).
Again I ask: Are these great presents, or what? Again I answer: YES! I feel this way because I happen to be a guy and -- this is a proven scientific fact -- guys are idiots when it comes to the sensitive area of giving gifts.
For instance, many Christmases ago, to show the depth of his feelings, my dad gave my mom an ironing board. In my dad's defence, it was a really nice ironing board, but my mother, surprisingly, did not accept it in the loving spirit with which it was given.
I apparently inherited the manly gift-giving gene from my father. I base this on the fact that two years ago, on Christmas, I gave my wife something I firmly believed no woman could refuse -- a stretchy dress covered completely in sparkly silver sequins.
I expected my wife to be thrilled with my fashion sense, but this turned out to be my ironing-board moment. It was clear she would rather have received a year's supply of bacon-flavoured dental floss, but I persuaded her to try the silver sequins on.
My wife shot me a look that male readers will understand.
"You're an idiot," she sniffed. "I look like a (very bad word) disco ball."
Gift-giving is a complex area, but we should remember what the experts say: It's the thought that counts.
I assume these experts were guys.


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Celebrity Flashback: Jennifer Aniston's Free-Spirited High School Years (Pics!)
New photos have surfaced of Jennifer Aniston before she was famous, circa the early '80s. Take a look inside!
-Lucia Peters
Do you enjoying seeing pictures of stars before they were famous? Heck, who doesn't? And lucky you, we've got just the thing for you today!
Our pals at Celebuzz have managed to get their hands on a pile of photos of Jennifer Aniston way back when. The pics date from the early '80s and mostly chronicle her years at the Rudolf Steiner School in New York. Practicing what's known as Waldorf education, the school takes a humanistic approach to pedagogy: Learning is interdisciplinary, it emphasizes the role of imagination in learning, and the goal is to help give young people the basis on which to develop into free, morally responsible, integrated individuals.
Sound lofty? A little, but it also sounds like a fun way to learn. Furthermore, if she hadn't attended Rudolf Steiner, she might never have found her way to Hollywood. Jennifer once said, "I was always fascinated by acting, but my experience [at Rudolf Steiner] encouraged me to pursue it as a career." She continued, "Steiner was a free-spirited school that encouraged creativity and individualism."
Let's take a look, shall we? Be prepared for '80s hair and lots of flannel!
First up: Freshman year, circa 1984. Lunchtime, perhaps? And hey, check out that brunette 'do!:
Read Celeb Playlist: 10 '80s Hair Band Songs for 'Rock of Ages'
And here she is performing in a school play:
More pics up next!


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Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
Some second-home communities mirror real life. They serve up a familiar lifestyle. The only difference is the surroundings. But off the Massachusetts coast, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are second-home luxury real estate communities transplanted in time.
Martha's Vineyard is New England's largest resort island, located seven miles off the mainland or about a 45-minute ferry ride away. Its year-round population of 20,000 swells to five times the size with seasonal visitors hankering for a toehold in the sand. The Martha's Vineyard luxury home area is composed of six villages: the "up-island" communities of Chilmark, West Tisbury and Aquinnah, which tend to be more rural and private, and the more populous "down-island" enclaves of Oak Bluffs, Tisbury and Edgartown. Despite its popularity, the Vineyard remains authentic. High profilers come here to lay low. It is still a region of farm stands, country roads and Victorian gingerbread cottages. Barron listed the Vineyard among the top second-home locations in America.
By comparison, Nantucket is smaller and quieter, though every bit as Polo posh. In the National Geographic book, "The 10 Best of Everything," Nantucket tops the list of best islands in the world. Once upon a time, it was the whaling capital of the world. Today, cobblestone streets, lighthouses that date back as early as the 18th century and one of America's largest concentrations of pre-Civil War houses contribute to the island's status as a National Historic District. It does not go unnoticed. Owners of period homes know they are stewards of Nantucket history.
Grand summer estates are clad in the ubiquitous cedar shingles--the signature Nantucket facade. Communities here are as much settlements as towns. There's not a traffic light to be found. Brant Point is a quintessential Nantucket town, a prestigious address with lofty-priced homes. Pocomo, on the south shore, has some of the most expensive homes on the island. Polpis is known for its large acreage and easy access to Nantucket Harbor. In Monomoy, estates enjoy siting that's hidden from view.
The largest landowner? The Nantucket Conservation Foundation. More than a third of the island is protected land that will never be built upon.


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Somewhere between delivering curling rocks, strapping on downhill skis for the first time and knocking down a few bowling pins, a group of Arab Israeli students visiting a Winnipeg Christian private school hope to talk about making peace.
The students from Mar Elias High School in Ibillin, Israel, want to explain to their Winnipeg hosts how they cope with the conflict and the dramatic political change now underway in the Middle East.
"We want to talk about ourselves, describe our lives in Israel and to make the world know we live under an uncomfortable situation and we live under conflict," says 16-year-old Wagdi Nicola, a Grade 11 student.
Nicola and seven classmates, along with teacher Emil Haloun, are midway through a 10-day visit to Westgate Mennonite Collegiate, a Christian junior and senior high school located in the stately Armstrong's Point neighbourhood.
"There's going to be dialogue, but we don't just want it to be heavy," says Westgate teacher James Friesen of this first ever interfaith student exchange between the two schools.
"It doesn't always have to be a political conversation, but relating to people, and recognizing differences and similarities."
The eight students -- four Christian, four Muslim -- were selected from the 1,200 Christian, Muslim and Druze students who attend Mar Elias High School, a private Catholic school founded in 1982 by Father Elias Chacour, now an Archbishop of the Melkite Catholic Church. All the students are of Palestinian descent but are citizens of Israel.
"Our father (Elias Chacour) told us that on the road to peace we should avoid discrimination between Arabs and Jews," says Grade 12 student Saliba Makhoul, of the culture of peacemaking at Mar Elias.
The foundation for this visit was laid nearly two decades ago, when a group of Westgate students met Chacour in Israel. Last June, Westgate students visiting Israel dropped by Mar Elias High School for a brief visit, sparking the idea of a longer exchange between the two schools, says Friesen, who has led six student study tours to the Middle East.
"That's when Emil (Haloun) said we need to make this bigger and let's make some sort of exchange," says Friesen.
"It was a very spontaneous idea. My students had this wish to come to Canada," says Haloun.
While Haloun worked out the logistics from his end, which including gaining permission from Israel's minister of education to travel to Canada, Friesen and his students busied themselves raising funds to cover the $9,000 in airfare for their visitors.
In total, the Westgate students raised $15,000 for airfare and other expenses. Any extra cash will be sent home with the Mar Elias students as a donation for their school, says Friesen.
Seventeen Westgate students will return the visit in June, planning to stay with their exchange partners for three days of their three-week visit to the Middle East, says Friesen.
While in Winnipeg, the Israeli students hit the slopes during Westgate's annual ski day, attended classes and school events, and visited several Mennonite schools and churches.
Their plans for the upcoming week include curling with Jewish students at Gray Academy and sharing a meal with the Muslim community at the Grand Mosque on Waverley Street.
"It's important for us to build our awareness of people who live there (in Israel) on a day-to-day basis," says Nadia Kidwai, who is organizing the event at the mosque.
The Winnipeg leg of the exchange is designed to expose the visitors to several faith communities in the city, as well as giving Winnipeg students the opportunity to meet teenagers who live with conflict and unrest daily, says Westgate principal Bob Hummelt.
"It gives our students, beyond the ones going on the exchange, a taste of that political situation," he says.
"When you hear what's going on in the Middle East, forever more you'll remember the kids that visited us."
Although the goal of the trip is to talk about peace and connect people of different faiths and traditions, the teenagers on both sides of the exchange also want to compare notes about music, hobbies and favourite foods.
"I'm looking to learn about (Canadian) culture," says 17-year-old Yara Maty, who hopes to become a medical doctor. "If I like Canada, maybe I'd come here and study."
"What makes this program special is that we communicate with teenagers rather than older people," says Nicola, who plans to study science after high school.
"In the future, we can make a difference. Maybe someday we can make peace."


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Michael Dell and US private equity firm Silver Lake Partners have once again increased their offer for Dell Inc, to $13.75 a share. Shareholder voting for the deal now postponed a week until August 2.
The long drawn-out process has resembled a high-stakes poker game, with shareholders so far succeeding to extract higher offers from Mr Dell and Silver Lake. They, however, call this latest offer their "best and final proposal".
Need a recap of the bidding war so far? Here's a summary: Read more


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Tortorella's presser to follow.
Brian Boyle:
"Vokoun played well, made a lot of good saves. You don't want to get frustrated, keep on doing what you're doing, and we got the goal. I had plenty of chances.
"I thought we played pretty good, though. We created some chances. I thought we defended well. We didn't have a letdown. This was a big game for us. You look at a time like that sometimes, it's not a playoff team, they've had some turnover on their roster. But we knew they would come in and play hard, and we can't afford, especially in our situation now, coming off some wins, to take any kind of letdown. We can't take a breath. We've got to keep going. And I thought we did a pretty good job."
Brandon Dubinsky:
On his GWG:
"It's big. I guess somebody had to do it. So it's a pretty good feeling to bury there. But just a great play by Artie and Cally there. We were buzzing around most of the night, and for us to continue to stick with it, we knew we were going to get one, and we were able to capitalize there."
"I see (Callahan) and he's just waiting, waiting for things to open up. I just saw a hole there and jump in there and get myself open. Cally's a hell of a hockey player and, he does so many great things that he's really underestimated with how high his skill level is. You don't even notice but the guy's about a point a game right now, and especially coming back from the injury, he's been on fire. He's got great vision and great talent, and I knew if I give myself an opportunity to get open, that he'd find me, and he did."
"This has been something that we've been going through all season long, having scoring chances and not being able to score all the time. Obviously the last little while we've put a lot of pucks in the net. But this is the type of game that we know how to play and we know how to win, and especially at this time of year, heading into the playoffs, that's the way all the games are going to be. They're going to be tight, and they're going to be tough checking games. So we've just got to find a way to stay patient, continue to grind, defend well and find a way to put one in … and Hank will do the rest, I guess."
"I don't want to talk about last year, but I think coming into the season, we knew that we had to win so many games down the stretch in order to get in. Right now, or a few weeks ago when we were going through that skid a little ways, we were still in a position where if we too care of ourselves and took care of our games, then we'd not only be able to get into the playoffs, but also climb in the standings. I didn't see the scoreboard tonight, but continuing to get points will certainly lock down our playoff spot, and everything after that is a bonus."
"We knew we had to get on a bit of a roll to kind of create some separation there and solidify our playoff spot, and everybody's stepping up. We're finding ways to score goals and finding ways to win games different ways. It's just been big efforts for the last few weeks here."
Henrik Lundqvist:
"You know sooner or later they will get a few chances, so you just have to be ready. It was a pretty quiet night, but they had a few chances there in the second and third. In November, December it might be tough to keep your focus, but you can feel how important every point is, so it's not a hard thing, I think, to stay sharp and mentally be in the game."
"We're just playing hard, we're sticking with what we're talking about, and pucks seem to bounce our way. We just have to be honest to yourself when you play. Even though you're winning you know you can always improve, and I think last game we did a few mistakes, but we corrected tonight and played pretty solid."
"I kind of knew that can't be forever, games like that where you score four, five, six goals. It's going to go back to low-scoring games sooner or later, so you have to be sharp defensively and I think we did a great job there. We didn't get frustrarted. It's easy to get frustrated in a game like this, where you feel like you have so much puck (possession) and a lot of chances. The key was being mentally sharp going into the game, and during the game."
"I think the key for us is not to think too much (about the standings). We've been doing a great job the last couple of weeks, just focusing on the next game. Me personally, I just see it as the playoffs right now. It's fun. You can feel the intensity and the importance of every point. Everything I do right now is just about preparing for the next game — just save a lot of energy, rest a lot and get ready for the next one.
"You don't want to be in a situation like last year, where you're just one point away and you worked so hard all year. You want to take care of business right now and make sure we're in there."
Ryan Callahan:
On the GWG play he made:
"Artie kept it in his feet there, kind of battled with it a little bit and let me get position, and then I just grabbed it off a stick. I turned and looked at Vokoun and he was fronting me pretty well. I didn't have anything to shoot at, so I waited for Dubi to come in and fed him in front."
On his line taking offensive responsibility, to make the difference:
"I think all year we've felt that way. We feel like we're a line that needs to produce and put up points for us to be successful. And we put that pressure on ourselves as a line to go out there and make a difference, and not only create energy and play well defensively, but at the same time we've got to put points on the board for us to win games. We've had our ups and downs a little bit this year but I thought we've been pretty consistent with that."
On having no penalties:
"It's easy for our penalty kill."
"When I first grabbed the puck, I looked at Vokoun right away and he was square with me. I saw Dubi coming down the slot. I'm just trying to buy as much time as possible without totally giving away that I'm passing to him, for him to get space there."
On Lundqvist getting lost in the Vezina shuffle:
"He's not getting lost in the room at all amongst the boys. That's what matters. To a man in the room, I think we all know he's probably the most important guy for us to win games, and he's the one thatg most nights gets us the win. So I think the big thing is we in here know he's our guy, and he's having a Vezina type year."


text: Literally at Land's End, Cabo San Lucas sits at the southern tip of Baja California. Here, the Sea of Cortés and the Pacific Ocean meet at the famous Land's End rock formation (El Arco). Nearby, Lover's Beach (Playa del Amor) offers superb snorkeling. Although popular for its world-class golfing and sportfishing, Cabo's after-dark clubs are a rival draw, such as Sammy Hagar's Cabo Wabo Cantina.Hide


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Manitobans are as generous as Ebenezer Scrooge the morning after the three spirits have visited.
Ordering an enormous goose for the Cratchits would just be the start for Manitobans, who give, and give, and give some more.
This time, give yourself a pat on the back -- for the 14th consecutive year, the Fraser Institute's generosity index has named Manitoba the most generous province or territory in the country.
Based on 2010 tax returns, the conservative think-tank has declared us Canada's most generous, having led all Canadians in the percentage of tax filers donating to charity and the percentage of aggregate income donated to charity.
Winnipeg resident Shirley Wyatt teaches her family the value of giving to charity. "My children and grandchildren have all been brought up to put money in the kettles at Christmas," said Wyatt. "Even if it's just a loonie or a toonie, it's important to help people less fortunate."
Wyatt, whose family also contributed to the Siloam Mission this holiday season, said the spirit of giving transcends faith or religion.
"It's about doing the right thing for fellow man," she said.
Pastor Bruce Martin of Calvary Temple Church said, "When it comes to giving to strangers, that's a learned behaviour. There's a self-centredness in deprived humanity that says 'I'll take care of myself and my family, but I'm not taking care of you.'
"I think Manitobans have learned to be content to not be the wealthiest and they're in it for the long haul," said Martin, who pointed out anonymous giving in his own church has increased by about $10,000 this year.
Kate Brenner, director of development at Winnipeg Harvest, said she's not surprised Manitoba has retained its title as the country's most charitable province.
"Manitobans are not only friendly, but incredibly philanthropic in giving of their time and dollars," she said. "People here relate to the issues and they genuinely care."
Brenner said Manitobans are on pace to contribute more than $2 million and 12 million pounds of food to Winnipeg Harvest this year -- equivalent to 64,000 meals per month.
"Year after year, we depend on the kindness and generosity of Manitobans to keep us open and the trucks rolling and the people fed. The support of our volunteers and the number of people wanting to help is overwhelming," Brenner said.
It's a sentiment Doug Finkbeiner, 2012 campaign chairman of the United Way of Winnipeg, echoed.
"Folks here have a wonderful sense of community," he said. "Those of us in later generations picked up that generous attitude from our parents and our neighbours."
But our generosity pales in comparison to that of Americans.
"When it comes to donations to registered charities, Canadians may be surprised to find that they are much less generous than Americans," said Charles Lammam, the report's co-author. "Had Canadians donated to registered charities at the same rate as Americans, Canada's charities would have received an additional $9.2 billion in private support in 2010."
It's better to give:
THE Fraser Institute, a conservative think-tank, has declared Manitobans to be Canada's most generous people. We're first nationally in both the percentage of tax filers to give to charity in the 2010 tax year, and in terms of the percentage of aggregate income donated to charity. We were third in average donation:
Province % of tax filers who % of aggregateAverage donation donated to charityincome donatein dollars
1. Manitoba 26.20.92$1,697
2. Prince Edward Island 25.2 0.83 $1,339
3. Saskatchewan 25.2 0.73 $1,519
4. Ontario 24.5 0.75 $1,645
5. Alberta 24.2 0.81 $2,289
6. Nova Scotia 22.6 0.55 $1,129
7. British Columbia 22.0 0.80 $1,832
8. Quebec 21.9 0.31 $641
9. New Brunswick 21.3 0.59 $1,190
10. Nfld./Labrador 21.1 0.49 $990
11. Yukon 20.6 0.33 $1,160
12. Northwest Territories 16.8 0.27 $1,315
13. Nunavut 9.7 0.23 $1,600
-- sources: Fraser Institute calculations based on data from the Canada Revenue Agency and Statistics Canada