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Sr Engineer - Digital Media Marketing Team
- Employer
- Target
- Location
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Posted
- Aug 29, 2018
- Closes
- Jan 18, 2019
- Category
- Engineering
- Employment Status
- Full Time
Description: JOIN US AS AN ENGINEER Target is one of the world's most recognized brands and one of America's leading retailers. But behind the brand our guests love, is a culture of continual innovation - and right now, we are up to big things. The Target Technology Team is driving a transformation in retail, one that will move us from "brick-and-mortar and online" to "bricks-and-mortar and everywhere else." Our goal is to deliver Target's unique "Expect More. Pay Less." promise to guests wherever and whenever they shop, today and tomorrow: in-store, online, on tablets and mobile phones, and in the retail channels of the future. You can be a part of developing and launching new services that power all the channels where Target does and will do business - in-store, web, tablet, mobile, and future channels. You'll have the opportunity to design, develop and support innovative solutions across a variety of applications, platforms and environments, building tomorrow's technologies in Search, Browse, Product Info, Promotions, Content and Checkout. You'll put your skills, experience and passion to work in an entrepreneurial environment where success is rewarded.We are looking for highly motivated engineering professionals who can connect the in-store experience to the digital environment by creating scalable and seamless multi-channel experiences without losing the brand we are known for. Individuals in this role will have opportunities to gain a large breadth of knowledge by working with experts in the eCommerce, multichannel retail, product management and software engineering fields.About This OpportunityAs an engineer, you are a software developer with an entrepreneurial streak. You will build great products - ready to do whatever it takes to build scalable guest focused, world class eCommerce applications for the Engineer. You have good problem solving skills. You love keeping abreast of the latest industry trends and use them to help you innovate. You have leadership qualities, good judgment, clear communication skills.Use your skills, experience and talents to be a part of groundbreaking thinking and visionary goals. As an Engineer, you'll take the lead as you…
- Develop software and systems on test driven development and continuous integration practices.
- Unit test code and create automated test scripts
- Work closely with other engineers and partners to ensure development meets business needs
- Follow industry standard agile software design methodology for development and technical documentation
- Research related products and make necessary software recommendations
- Innovate constantly and maintain the technical edge
- 5+ years of software development experience with at least one full cycle implementation from requirement to production
- Strong problem solving and thought: partnership skills
- Strong sense of ownership and the ability to work with a limited set of requirements
- Team attitude
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- BS degree in computer science or equivalent
- eCommerce experience with a track record of innovation
- Extensive experience working in an agile environment (i.e. user stories, iterative development, etc.)
- Working with test-driven development and software test automation


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SAN DIEGO—Carlos Gonzalez has lived nearly all his 29 years in a country he considers home but now finds himself on the wrong side of the border—and the wrong side of a proposed overhaul of the U.S. immigration system that would grant legal status to millions of people.
Gonzalez was deported to Tijuana, Mexico, from Santa Barbara in December, one of nearly 2 million removals from the United States since Barack Obama was first elected president.
"I have nobody here," said Gonzalez, who serves breakfasts in a Tijuana migrant shelter while nursing a foot that fractured in 10 places when he jumped the border fence in a failed attempt to rejoin his mother, two brothers and extended family in California. "The United States is all I know."
While a Senate bill introduced earlier this month would bring many of the estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally out of the shadows, not everyone would benefit. They include anyone who arrived after Dec. 31, 2011, those with gay partners legally in the U.S., siblings of U.S. citizens and many deportees such as Gonzalez.
With net immigration from Mexico near zero, the number who came to the U.S. since January 2012 is believed to be relatively small, possibly a few hundred thousand. They include Isaac Jimenez, 45, who paid a smuggler $4,800 to guide him across the California desert in August to reunite with his wife and children in Fresno.
"My children are here, everything is here for me," Jimenez said from Fresno. He lived in the U.S. illegally since 1998 and returned voluntarily to southern Mexico last year to see his mother before she died.
So far, advocates on the left have shown limited appetite to fight for expanded coverage as they brace for a tough battle in Congress. Some take aim at other provisions of the sweeping legislation, like a 13-year track to citizenship they consider too long and $4.5 billion for increased border security.
"It's not going to include everybody," said Laura Lichter, president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. "It's not perfect. I think you hear a lot of people saying, 'Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good,' and this is good."
Peter Nunez, who supports restrictive policies as chairman of the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, rates the bill an 8 or 9 on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being the most inclusive. He criticizes a measure that allows deportees without criminal histories to apply for permission to return if they have spouses or children in the U.S. legally, a step that supporters say would reunite families.
"I just don't understand why we are going to basically undo a deportation," said Nunez, a former U.S. attorney in San Diego.
Senate negotiators were more forgiving of criminal records than the Obama administration was when it granted temporary work permits last year to many who came to the U.S. as children. The administration disqualified anyone with a single misdemeanor conviction of driving under the influence, domestic violence, drug dealing or certain other crimes. The Senate bill says only that three misdemeanors or a single felony make someone ineligible.
Deportations topped 400,000 in fiscal 2012, more than double from seven years earlier, sending Mexicans to border cities like Tijuana where they often struggle to find work. The Padre Chava migrant shelter serves breakfast to 1,100 people daily in a bright yellow building that opened three years ago because it outgrew its old quarters. Director Ernesto Hernandez estimates 75 percent are deported.
"Many come wearing sneakers that cost hundreds of dollars and nothing in their pockets," Hernandez said.
About 10 percent of the shelter's deportees speak little or no Spanish, including Salvador Herrera IV, 28, who came to the U.S. when he was 2 in the back seat of a car and grew up skateboarding and playing basketball in Long Beach. With a conviction for grand theft auto putting his legal status out of the question, he is considering paying $8,000 for someone else's identity documents to try to return illegally to Southern California.
"I'm basically American," he said. "I'm a beach boy. I do American stuff."
Many at the shelter have convictions for DUI or domestic violence, said Hernandez, reflecting the Obama administration's priority to target anyone with criminal records for deportation.
Gonzalez was arrested in Santa Barbara on suspicion of disorderly conduct, landing him in Tijuana for New Year's Eve. He said he had several misdemeanor convictions, including a DUI, which he committed shortly after turning 18.
"That's when you party a lot and you think it's not going to matter," he said.
Gonzalez was born in Cuernavaca, south of Mexico City, and came to the U.S. by plane when he was 2 years old, never leaving Santa Barbara. After graduating from Santa Barbara High School in 2002, he took automotive classes at community college, worked about four years at a Jiffy Lube outlet and held jobs as a mechanic, gardener and telemarketer in the picturesque California coastal city of 90,000 people.
Gonzalez doesn't know where he will settle after his foot heals. His family helped with more than $3,000 in medical expenses, including a metal rod that holds a toe together.
He may try to find an aunt in Cuernavaca but doesn't have her phone number or address.
"I never thought I would be in this predicament," he said.

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Fat and Energy Contents of Expressed Human Breast Milk in Prolonged Lactation
Objective. To estimate fat and energy contents of human milk during prolonged lactation.
Methods. Thirty-four mothers, of term, healthy, growing children, who had been lactating for >1 year (12–39 months) were recruited. Control subjects were 27 mothers, of term infants, who had been lactating for 2 to 6 months. Fat contents of the milk samples were estimated as creamatocrit (CMT) levels. Energy contents of the milk were measured with a bomb calorimeter.
Results. The groups did not differ in terms of maternal height and diet, infant birth weight, gestational age, or breastfeeding frequency. They differed significantly in terms of maternal age, maternal weight, and BMI. The mean CMT levels were 7.36 ± 2.65% in the short-duration group and 10.65 ± 5.07% in the long-lactation group. The mean energy contents were 3103.7 ± 863.2 kJ/L in the short-duration group and 3683.2 ± 1032.2 kJ/L in the long-duration group. The mean CMT levels and mean energy contents were correlated significantly with the duration of lactation (R2 = 0.22 and R2 = 0.23, respectively). In multivariate regression analysis, CMT levels (or energy contents) were not influenced by maternal age, diet, BMI, or number of daily feedings but remained significantly influenced by the duration of lactation.
Conclusions. Human milk expressed by mothers who have been lactating for >1 year has significantly increased fat and energy contents, compared with milk expressed by women who have been lactating for shorter periods. During prolonged lactation, the fat energy contribution of breast milk to the infant diet might be significant.
The optimal duration of breastfeeding is unknown. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and a total duration of ≥1 year to obtain the "full benefits of breastfeeding."1 Among frequently recognized long-term benefits of breastfeeding are reductions in cardiovascular risks in adulthood.1, 2 These reductions were challenged by a retrospective epidemiologic study of men born in 1920 to 1930 in Hertfordshire, England, which suggested that the beneficial effects of breastfeeding on cardiovascular risks existed as long as weaning was performed before 1 year of age; after that time, continued breastfeeding was associated paradoxically with increased cardiovascular risks.2 Moreover, a study by Leeson et al3 suggested that prolonged breastfeeding might lead to unwelcome outcomes and might even increase cardiovascular risks in adulthood.
In developed countries, a minority of women continue to lactate for >1 year; in one study from Italy, 17% of mothers were still breastfeeding at 12 months after delivery.4 The energy contribution of human milk (HM) to the diet of partially breastfed children beyond the first year of life is unknown, because there are no data on the amounts of HM consumed by these children and the nutritional content of HM after prolonged breastfeeding is little known. In particular, the fat and energy contents of HM after prolonged breastfeeding have not been analyzed systematically. We therefore conducted this cross-sectional study of 61 women who had been lactating for periods of 2 to 6 months (short lactation duration) or >1 year (long lactation duration), to estimate the fat and energy contents of HM.
Thirty-four mothers, of term, healthy, growing children, who had been lactating for >1 year were recruited and compared with 27 mothers, of term infants, who had been lactating for 2 to 6 months. All infants were healthy, were free of congenital malformations, and had been delivered after a normal pregnancy, labor, and delivery. To control for possible diurnal variations,5, 6 for every subject we used for analyses the mean of 2 samples, one collected at 6:00 to 9:00 am and the other collected at 9:00 pm to midnight. The mothers' diet type (omnivorous versus lacto-ovo-vegetarian) was recorded. Our study was approved by our local institutional review board, and informed consent was obtained from all of the mothers in this study.
Laboratory Methods
Milk was collected at home by mothers through manual expression in mid-breastfeeding, stored at 3°C to 5°C, and analyzed (after homogenization) for fat content within 24 hours. The fat content of the milk samples was measured with the creamatocrit (CMT) method, as described previously.7–11 Briefly, 75-μL aliquots were placed into 2 glass capillary tubes, which were sealed at one end and centrifuged in a hematocrit centrifuge for 5 minutes at 9000 rpm. The CMT level was recorded to the nearest 0.5 mm and expressed as a percentage of the length of the milk column in the tube. Each reading was performed in duplicate in a blinded manner, by an investigator who was not aware of the origin and time of sampling. The final result was the average of the 2 readings. A random subset of samples (n = 30) was also analyzed directly for energy content with the static bomb calorimetry method, as described by Garza et al,12 with a Parr 1261 bomb calorimeter (Parr Instruments, Moline, IL); results were expressed as kilojoules per liter of milk.
Statistical Analyses
Results were expressed as mean ± SD or number and percentage. Student's t tests were used to determine the differences between the 2 groups (2–6 months and >1 year) for continuous variables, with χ2 tests for categorical variables. Linear regression analysis was used to determine the correlation between CMT levels and energy contents. Backward, stepwise, multivariate regression analyses were used to determine the effects of lactation duration, maternal weight or BMI, and maternal age (independent variables) on CMT levels and energy contents (dependent variables).
Demographic and maternal characteristics of the participants in this study are presented in Table 1. Briefly, mothers were healthy and had not suffered from hypertensive disorders of pregnancy or diabetes mellitus. Most were omnivorous (Mediterranean-type diet), except for 2 mothers who were lacto-ovo-vegetarians (1 in each group).
There were 61 mothers, who had been breastfeeding for either 2 to 6 months (short-duration group, n = 27) or 12 to 39 months (long-duration group, n = 34). The 2 groups (short-duration versus long-duration lactation) did not differ in terms of maternal height and diet, infant birth weight, gestational age, or breastfeeding frequency. They differed significantly, however, in terms of maternal age, maternal weight, and BMI (Table 1). In addition, there were significant differences between the 2 groups in terms of CMT and energy content values (Table 1). The energy contents were correlated significantly with the CMT levels (energy [kilojoules per liter] = 2288 + 117 · CMT [percent]; R2 = 0.37, P < .0001). Mean CMT levels and mean energy contents were correlated significantly with the duration of lactation (R2 = 0.22, P < .0001, and R2 = 0.23, P < .0001, respectively) (Fig 1). In multivariate regression analysis, CMT levels (or energy contents) were not influenced by maternal age, diet type, BMI, or number of daily feedings but remained significantly influenced by the duration of lactation.
We demonstrated that, in HM expressed by mothers who had lactated for >1 year, the fat and energy contents were increased significantly, compared with HM expressed by women who had lactated for a shorter period (2–6 months). In fact, CMT levels for the long-duration group were at times extraordinarily high (up to 28%), compared with the short-duration group or values in previous publications, which reported ranges of 5% to 17.5%.13
These results could be explained theoretically by a direct effect of the lactation duration on CMT levels and energy contents. Alternatively, inherent differences between the 2 groups in the study might also have played a role. Indeed, our study was limited by the fact that it was not a longitudinal one, and many subtle or less-subtle differences between the 2 groups other than the lactation duration might have influenced the CMT levels and energy contents. In our study, maternal diet was not studied systematically from a dietary recall standpoint. However, most women in the study ate a Mediterranean-type diet, and only 1 woman in each group was lacto-ovo-vegetarian, which did not allow us to speculate in any manner on dietary influences. The 2 groups were also similar in terms of maternal height, infant birth weight, gestational age, and breastfeeding frequency. They were, however, significantly different in terms of maternal age (older mothers in the long-duration group), maternal weight, and BMI (both higher in the short-duration group). The presence of older mothers in the long-duration group might indicate significant socioeconomic differences between the 2 groups, which theoretically might have influenced the results. However, in the multivariate regression analysis, maternal age did not influence CMT levels. The same was true for maternal weight and maternal BMI, which also were found not to influence CMT levels. Higher maternal weight and BMI in the short-duration group were probably the result of the more recent pregnancies in this group (women are known to lose most of the weight accumulated during pregnancy during the first year of life of the infant14).
Therefore, despite the cross-sectional aspect of our study, we think that differences in the length of lactation per se explained the striking differences in CMT levels and energy contents that we found in this study. The reasons for the differences in energy and fat contents are not found readily in the available literature. Indeed, there are very few data on the nutritional value of breast milk during prolonged (>1-year) lactation. A Medline search using the key words "lactation" or "breast milk" or "human milk" or "breastfeeding" and "duration" and "composition" revealed only 8 articles, of which 7 originated from developing countries15–21 and only 2 dealt with issues of milk composition.20, 21 The largest study on the topic, by Dewey et al,22 found that "fat … concentrations" (in late lactation) "were similar to those in earlier stages of lactation." However, careful examination of the data reported by Dewey et al22 revealed that the aforementioned statement in their article's abstract was not supported by their actual data, which showed a significant increase in fat content in late lactation, compared with early lactation (6.22 ± 2.87 g/100 mL vs 4.03 ± 2.17 g/100 mL). This increase of ∼50% in fat content from early to late lactation is very similar to the ∼50% increase in CMT levels that we found in our study. In a longitudinal study by Nommsen et al,23 there were no changes in lipid or energy contents over time, but that study was limited to the first year of life and did not assess prolonged lactation beyond the first year. Moreover, the contribution of fat content to energy content was very significant in our study. Others found that CMT levels were correlated very well with energy contents of milk.7, 8 Our study confirmed this and was the only study of its type that examined the relationship between CMT and energy contents measured with direct bomb calorimetry, rather than calculated from nutritional equations.11
Therefore, it seems theoretically that, during prolonged lactation, the contribution of breast milk to the infant diet might be significant, from an energy intake standpoint. Indeed, a reduction in the volume of milk consumed by a child who is also eating solid foods might well be counterbalanced by the increase in energy concentration. A limitation of this statement is that, similar to the study by Dewey et al,22 we were not able to measure accurately the volumes consumed at the breast by each infant, for obvious technical reasons. Mothers in our study were not instructed to double-weigh the infant before and after every feeding, because of the cumbersome aspects. Nevertheless, it seemed that some women in the long-duration lactation group were able to reach extraordinarily high CMT values, such as a woman whose expressed breast milk had a CMT level of 28%.
The long-term effects of such high fat intake have not been studied. We did not analyze the fat qualitatively in this study, but it is known that, compared with infant formula, breast milk is much richer in cholesterol and saturated fat.24 The effects of high intake of saturated fat and cholesterol on infant cholesterol metabolism are consequential. We showed that, in the first few months of life, higher cholesterol intake among breastfed infants led to downregulation of endogenous cholesterol production.25 Whether continued high saturated fat and cholesterol intake through breastfeeding beyond the first year of life is beneficial is unknown. As quoted earlier, prolonged breastfeeding has been "accused" of possibly inducing long-term endothelial damage and of decreasing arterial distensibility,2, 3, 26–28 but many objections have been raised against this accusation.29–31 The type of fats present in the milk of mothers lactating for >1 year needs to be measured before suggestions of the role in adult heart disease can be mentioned. Also, because of the changes in diets from childhood to adult years, it may not be possible to determine the influence of prolonged breastfeeding on cardiovascular disease.
We must point out that, at the present time, the official policy of the American Academy of Pediatrics is not to put any limit on the duration of lactation.1 Moreover, a recent review of biological versus cultural aspects of weaning suggested that, from an anthropologic standpoint based on primates studies, "breastfeeding a child for 2.5 to 7 years is normal for our species."32
- ↵Gartner LM, Morton J, Lawrence RA, et al. Breastfeeding and the use of human milk. Pediatrics.2005;115 :496– 506
- ↵Fall CH, Barker DJ, Osmond C, Winter PD, Clark PM, Hales CN. Relation of infant feeding to adult serum cholesterol concentration and death from ischaemic heart disease. BMJ.1992;304 :801– 805
- ↵Leeson CP, Kattenhorn M, Deanfield JE, Lucas A. Duration of breast feeding and arterial distensibility in early adult life: population based study. BMJ.2001;322 :643– 647
- ↵Bertini G, Perugi S, Dani C, Pezzati M, Tronchin M, Rubaltelli FF. Maternal education and the incidence and duration of breast feeding: a prospective study. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr.2003;37 :447– 452
- ↵Clark RM, Ferris AM, Fey M, Brown PB, Hundrieser KE, Jensen RG. Changes in the lipids of human milk from 2 to 16 weeks postpartum. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr.1982;1 :311– 315
- ↵Ruel MT, Dewey KG, Martinez C, Flores R, Brown KH. Validation of single daytime samples of human milk to estimate the 24-h concentration of lipids in urban Guatemalan mothers. Am J Clin Nutr.1997;65 :439– 444
- ↵Lucas A, Gibbs JA, Lyster RL, Baum JD. Creamatocrit: simple clinical technique for estimating fat concentration and energy value of human milk. Br Med J.1978;1 :1018– 1020
- ↵Lemons JA, Schreiner RL, Gresham EL. Simple method for determining the caloric and fat content of human milk. Pediatrics.1980;66 :626– 628
- Lonnerdal B, Smith C, Keen CL. Analysis of breast milk: current methodologies and future needs. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr.1984;3 :290– 295
- Jensen RG, Clark RM. Methods of lipid analysis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr.1984;3 :296– 299
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- ↵Garza C, Butte NF, Dewey KG. Determination of the energy content of human milk. In: Jensen RG, Neville MC, eds. Human Lactation, Milk Components and Methodologies. New York, NY: Plenum Press; 1985:121– 125
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- ↵Dewey KG, Heinig MJ, Nommsen LA. Maternal weight-loss patterns during prolonged lactation. Am J Clin Nutr.1993;58 :162– 166
- ↵Gopalan C. Studies on lactation in poor Indian communities. J Trop Pediatr.1958;4 :87– 97
- Reinhardt MC, Lauber E. Maternal diet, breast feeding and infants' growth: a field study in the Ivory Coast (West Africa). J Trop Pediatr.1981;27 :229– 236
- van Steenbergen WM, Mossel DA, Kusin JA, Jansen AA. Lactation performance of mothers with contrasting nutritional status in rural Kenya. Acta Paediatr Scand.1983;72 :805– 810
- Prentice AM, Whitehead RG, Roberts SB, Paul AA. Dietary supplementation of lactating Gambian women, I: effect on breast-milk volume and quality. Hum Nutr Clin Nutr.1983;37 :53– 64
- ↵Brown KH, Black RE, Becker S, Nahar S, Sawyer J. Consumption of foods and nutrients by weaning in rural Bangladesh. Am J Clin Nutr.1983;37 :61– 65
- ↵Boediman D, Ismail D, Iman S, Ismangoen, Ismadi SD. Composition of breast milk beyond one year. J Trop Pediatr Environ Child Health.1979;25 :107– 110
- ↵Dewey KG, Finley DA, Lonnerdal B. Breast milk volume and composition during late lactation (7–20 months). J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr.1984;3 :713– 720
- ↵Nommsen LA, Lovelady CA, Heinig MJ, Lonnerdal B, Dewey KG. Determinants of energy, protein, lipid, and lactose concentrations in human milk during the first 12 mo of lactation: the DARLING study. Am J Clin Nutr.1991;53 :457– 465
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- ↵Cruz ML, Wong WW, Mimouni F, et al. Effects of infant nutrition on cholesterol synthesis rates. Pediatr Res.1994;35 :135– 140
- ↵Singhal A, Lucas A. Early origins of cardiovascular disease: is there a unifying hypothesis? Lancet.2004;363 :1642– 1645
- Singhal A, Cole TJ, Fewtrell M, Lucas A. Breastmilk feeding and lipoprotein profile in adolescents born preterm: follow-up of a prospective randomised study. Lancet.2004;363 :1571– 1578
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- ↵Chong YS. Human milk is still best. BMJ.2003;327 :683
- Holt A. Duration of breast feeding and adult arterial distensibility: does this study herald the return of national dried milk? BMJ.2001;323 :691
- ↵Dark PM, Rolli MJ. Duration of breast feeding and adult arterial distensibility: statistical analysis was unclear. BMJ.2001;323 :691– 693
- ↵Dettwyler KA. When to wean: biological versus cultural perspectives. Clin Obstet Gynecol.2004;47 :712– 723
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Christmas is a time for family, for feeling a bit sick after you've stuffed your face full of food and for forcing a smile at the musical socks that Braxiatel thought would amuse you. It's not a time for zipping halfway across the galaxy with the wafer-thin hope that you can save your home from being destroyed by a previously uncharted pulsar that's heading your way.
And that's pulsing a message in Morse Code.
Deciphering the message leads Bernice Summerfield to Marlowe's World, a place where death is irrelevant even though it lies at every corner, where the wildlife is just sooo cute – but lethal – and, most important of all, where you must be very, very careful what you wish for...
Written By: David Bailey and Neil Corry
Directed By: Gary Russell
Lisa Bowerman (Bernice Summerfield); Conrad Westmass (Raymond Hardyl);Steven Bugdale (Barron); Lucy Beresford (Ms Topsy Turve)
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Computer Science ColloquiumIm Rahmen des Informatik-Kolloquiums, das von den Instituten des Fachbereichs Informatik, der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Informatik (ÖGI), der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Datenverarbeitung (ADV) sowie der Österreichischen Computergesellschaft (OCG) abgehalten wird, spricht
Prof. Dr. Michael Franz
University of California, Irvineüber das Thema:
Cool Stuff With Virtual Machines: Making Java Much Faster and More Secure (Vortrag auf Deutsch, Folien auf Englisch)Zeit: Thu 30.3.2006, 16:15, 60 Minuten
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ZusammenfassungIn this talk, I will report on two major ongoing research projects we are conducting at UC Irvine. In the first project, we have have extended the Java Virtual Machine with a per-object tagging mechanism that allows to implement Multi-Level Security schemes and Perl-style taint propagation. Our system can track the origin of information and enforce security policies auch as (don't send secrets on network), where secret is a data item read from a specific category of file. Existing Java VMs don't have per-object information flow tracking and hence need to resort to much more restrictive policies. The surprising thing is that the overhead of implementing information-flow tracking in JVM is much smaller than expected, on the order of 5% runtime cost. Our implementation is 100% compatible with the existing Java platform, the policies are external to the JVM, and the system can stop malicious and faulty Java programs (including cross-scripting attacks). The second project is a revolutionary new way of building just-in-time compilers. We are able to achieve about 50% of the performance of the best just-in-time compilers such as HotSpot in less than 1% of the effort. Key to this success is a novel application of Static Single Assignment form to trace-based compilation.
VortragenderMichael Franz is an Associate Professor in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine. His current research focuses primarily on security and efficiency aspects of mobile code. Other research interests include code compression, dynamic compilation, compiling for low power use, and programming languages and architectures for component-based software construction. Franz received a Dr. sc. techn. degree in Computer Science (advisor Niklaus Wirth) and a Dipl. Informatik-Ing. degree, both from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich
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Below is a list of CAFE's partners
UEFA - Union des Associations Européennes de Football
CAFE is funded by UEFA as a Corporate & Social Responsibility associate partner, and is working with UEFA to ensure that many more disabled supporters can attend live matches in the future. CAFE has worked alongside UEFA and the host cities for UEFA EURO 2012 and the latest UEFA Champions League and Europa League finals, advising on improved facilities and services.
EPAS - Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport
EPAS is a structure of the Council of Europe, and aims to promote sport and emphasise its positive values. EPAS works with public authorities of member States, sports federations and NGOs to establish international standards,while at the same time helping to promote sport and make it healthier, fairer and better governed. EPAS funds and supports a number of CAFE's projects.


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WOODINGTON Family, Wewak PNG
Paul, Clare, Kiri, Imogen, Aaron and Tristan, a MAF Mission Pilot Family serving the Lord in remote Wewak, PNG.
• Kiri waiting to start Masters in Nutrition at Monash Uni, Melbourne
• Imogen Post Grad at Mt. Isa Hospital, Remote Queensland
• Aaron starting 2nd Yr Science University of Queensland
• Tristan studying year 12 at Ballarat Grammar, Melbourne
WOODINGTON Family, Wewak PNG
Paul, Clare, Kiri, Imogen, Aaron and Tristan, a MAF Mission Pilot Family serving the Lord in remote Wewak, PNG.
Prayer Requests
We need your support, PRAYERS AND FINANCIAL
This Mission does fantastic work in a place where there is little else but fear and hopelessness.
Please pray:
· For Tristan as he finishes year 10 in Ballarat Grammar Boarding School in Melbourne
· For Aaron as he waits for his Year 12 Results from PLC College
· For Imogen as he starts her nursing career at Mt. Isa Remote Hospital
· For Kiri who has started a Post Grad Dip in Nutrition at Deakin Uni in Melbourne
· Clare and Paul continues life in Goroka with our children in Australia
· Paul continues to expand his flying in PNG
· For family learning of TOK PISIN (Pidgin, Local PNG Language)
· For our family to continue together in faith despite being scattered geographically
· For our health which has been under attack since being in PNG
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Headington Family Tennis Center
The�Headington Family Tennis Center and Gregg Wadley Indoor Tennis Pavilion are the home to Oklahoma men's and women's tennis.
The facility features 12 outdoor courts, seating for fans, championship lighting and surface, a sound system, electronic scoreboards and benches on every court. The outdoor courts are split into four three-court quadrants for easy access and viewing.
With the addition of the inoor facility, the complex houses 18 courts total, locker rooms for both home teams and visitors, storage for trainers and equipment staff and indoor amenities for fans.
The Headington Family Tennis Center has served host to numerous championship events including NCAA First and Second Rounds 10 times (2003, 2004, 2010-14, 2016-18), and the Big 12 Championships in 2004 and 2009. The center is named in honor of a lead gift from 1972 University of Oklahoma graduate and tennis letterwinner Timothy C. Headington.
Mr. Headington, President and CEO of Headington Oil Company in Dallas, earned his bacholor's degree in history at OU, followed by graduate degrees in theology and psychology from Fuller Theological Seminary in Los Angeles, Calif.
He asked that the tennis center honor his family, including his father, the late Clare W. Headington who, with Tim's uncle J. Edward Headington, formed Headington Oil Company; his mother Catherine Headington, brother Gregory Headington, both of Dallas; and his sister Jeanette Martin of Tulsa, Okla.


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AIKEN, S.C. – Powered by a career-best 24 points from sophomore Nate Hamilton (Snellville, Ga.) the Georgia College men's basketball team (13-8, 7-6 PBC) edged a win 66-64 at USC Aiken (13-9, 7-8 PBC) Saturday. The victory was GC's fourth in a row, as the Bobcats have not lost in the month of February.
Hamilton did his damage from long range, hitting 7-of-9 from beyond the arc and 8-of-11 overall. The ever-consistent Jared Holmes (Indianapolis) poured in 15 points with four boards and five assists.
Reece Wiedeman (Suwanee, Ga.) had 13 points, five boards and two blocks, while Josh Hurst (Athens, Ga.) tallied 11 points and eight rebounds.
Up 62-61 with 3:31 left, Hurst hit a jumper, then ripped down a rebound on the other end, setting up a Hamilton jumper for a 66-61 lead and 1:18 remaining.
USCA's Sterling Council cut the advantage to two with a three-pointer, giving the 'Cats the ball with 41 seconds left. GC ran out the clock, turning it over with slim seconds remaining, setting up a last ditch three by Byron Faison that missed.
Council had 17 points off the pine, while Alvin Brown managed 12 points, eight rebounds and four swats.
The Bobcats shot slightly better overall at 45 percent (24-53) to USCA's 40 (23-57) but shot a lot better from long range, hitting 8-of-17 (.471) while the Pacers managed just 9-of-29 (.310).
The Bobcats are back in action Wednesday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. traveling to No. 16 Georgia Southwestern State University (17-5, 10-3 PBC). The Hurricanes most recently beat Flagler College tonight 80-76.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, back-to-back winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Given Hillary Clinton's history of backing neo-liberal economic policies and war-making by the United States and its allies, her advocacy of women's rights overseas within what is widely seen outside this country as an imperialist context could actually set back indigenous feminist movements in the same a way that the Bush administration's "democracy-promotion" agenda has been a serious setback to popular struggles for freedom and democracy. -- Stephen Zunes, Sexism, the Women's Vote and Hillary Clinton's Foreign Policy
These promises of morality, protection, and recognition of harm are false promises. The criminal justice apparatus is about order and its reproduction, and about maintaining the existing hierarchy of status and privilege, and only incidentally about crime or morality or the safety of individual citizens and their communities. It operates most effectively at
the level of the symbolic, by naming individual offenders as morally defective, and using them as scapegoats, and only incidentally as a useful tool for community security, although at times it is the only and the most appropriate social institution available. -- Diane L. Martin, Retributivism Revisited: A Reconsideration of Feminist Criminal Law Reform Strategies
At a time when Spider-Man still had some aesthetic worth, being drawn by the great Steve Ditko, New York was on its way to becoming a dangerous city, giving the super-powered vigilante something to do, presumedly on a daily basis. However, looking at the crime stats for NYC in 1965, one finds that only 3% of its inhabitants experienced any sort of crime for that year. With a population of 18 million, it's no wonder that there was rarely a cop around as the Vulture was flying off with his ill-gotten loot. Now, if you're one lone webslinger, even with the aid of your trusty spider-sense, it ain't very likely that you'll be fortunate enough to come across a crime as it's occurring even on a monthly basis, much less a daily one. Thus, we have one of the central absurd conceits of the vigilante sub-genre (with radiated powers or merely a stock of ammo): always being in the right place at the right time.


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A few photographs we took on Greenville's beautiful Main Street:
A view down Main Street in Greenville. A canopy of trees shades much of the length of this very pedestrian-friendly street.
A statue of Joel Roberts Poinsett, physician, botanist, and US statesman (the Poinsett Bridge in Greenville is named for him).
Some of the wall art on Main Street.
Statues dedicated to the Sterling Pride Society, which is devoted to the history of Sterling High School (1896-1970), the first black public high school in Greenville County.
A statue of Max Heller, who came to this country as a young Jewish refugee from Austria and became mayor of Greenville, serving from 1971 to 1979. You can read the story of his life as presented on the panels next to his statue here.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Main Street, Greenville, USA
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Isnt' the Christmas plant. the Poinsettia, named for John Roberts Poinsett? I read that he was a botanist and discovered it in Mexico.ReplyDelete
Thank you for posting your photos. I love to see various Main Streets in towns I haven't visited.ReplyDelete
Yes, he's the very one, Heather. And I believe there is also a Poinsett Hotel on Main Street.ReplyDelete
Linda - You'll have to visit this Main Street! It's so pleasant.
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I had only ever used iPads as an extra tool not as the 'go to' tool. I had always run back to using the MacBooks because that was how I knew how to do things. I wondered - what would it be like to just use iPads only?
I got the chance to do this for a couple months about 2 years ago. I did a small 1:1 program with K2 students. At that time I was the Technology Coach and only worked in that classroom once a week. The program ran for only 3 months and just as we were getting into it, the school year ended.
This year I am back in the classroom full time as the homeroom teacher. I felt that this was my chance to really put the iPads through their paces and see what could be done.
Many of my colleagues were skeptical - many doubted that I could make it work ...
I am writing this after about 3 weeks of using iPads in my class. Yes, there are things that work and things that don't work. There is good and bad. So many teachers expect technology to be able to 'do it all'. I'm not one of those people. I have no problem accepting that there are things that I cannot do.
The difference here is there are so many MORE things that I can do BETTER with iPads.
#1 DifferentiationOk, I have a typical class. There are the high achievers, the middle and the strugglers. iPads can help me differentiate so well. It's easy to put different apps on different machines to cater to the learner.
#2 Instant-nessOk, maybe this is not really a word, but the iPads work a little like using instant noodles - or IndoMie as we call it in Indonesia. It looks up the word, it speaks the word all in the same screen just by a simple tap. In most apps you can take photos right inside the app. I particularly like the WP Blog app and being able to photograph and post 'on the fly'. Oh - and if you want to undo your typing - just shake the iPad.
#3 No Multi-taskingYes, our students love to multi-task but that can compromise their concentration on the task at hand. On an iPad, you can only really do one thing at a time. This is a good thing for younger learners.
#5 AppsThe range of apps are fantastic! I can customize the learning as needed with apps that are right on target. Many apps that I use are even free ones. On a MacBook I am limited to the image put on by school. That image generally doesn't change for the whole year.
#6 Portability - Better for Younger LearnersiPads are light and easy to carry. They can be taken to wherever the learning is.
#7 Long Lasting ChargeI can use the iPads on one full charge for a few days. Not bad considering that I use the iPads a lot!!
#8 Front and Back CameraWow - this makes capturing photos or film so easy!
#9 AccessibilityIf you have learners that require the iPad to speak in different languages - you can customize it just to do that. The iPad can read books in iBooks in 36 different languages. Wow - just wow!
Ok, so what doesn't it do? Yes, transferring work can get sticky - especially videos. Of course there are 'work arounds' and you do need to be a little more organized to get the job done. It's essential to have a setup where students can easily push their work to somewhere else. In my class we use blogs which helps with that. Some of the work is pushed to a dropbox too. That's fine - a small price to pay.


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Ride With Scott Byerly and Randall Harris Update
It's been a few months since our first announcement of the trip to ride with Scott Byerly and Randall Harris contest. Needless to say the amount of submission letters have been amazing as you'd expect with something as unique as this.
In speaking with our sports two most iconic athletes, both are looking forward to not only riding with the winners but they're also looking forward to riding together. There's obviously a lot of history between the two and even for us it's a big deal to share it with them. A continued thank you to Arnette in helping make this possible.
The current qualifying submissions into the final drawing have been chosen; each will be receiving info from Arnette including shades. If you're one of the lucky listed below, consider yourself one step closer…
Kevin Knopf
Brian Hileman
Jeff Mile
Ricky Worthen
David Petersen
Fritz Heffinger
As for anyone still submitting, keep it up. Chances are good.


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On strong word-of-mouth, Dolphin Tale managed to leap over Moneyball and The Lion King (in 3D) to take first place on its second weekend in theaters. Estimates had faith-based movie Courageous trailing 50/50, though it ultimately leveraged a stronger Sunday to come out ahead when actuals reported. Dream House disappointed in its debut, while What's Your Number? tallied one of the worst numbers for a super-saturated (3,000+ theaters) release ever. Dolphin Tale eased just 27 percent to $13.9 million, which brought its 10-day total to a solid $37.2 million. It had a better hold than Soul Surfer and was about even with last Fall's Secretariat, albeit with a much higher total than either of those movies at the same point. Still, it couldn't hold a candle to The Blind Side (which actually improved in its second frame), though that was a holiday weekend so it isn't an apples-to-apples comparison. Moneyball dipped 38 percent to $12 million. That's steeper than The Social Network's 31 percent decline, though it's still very solid in its own right. The Brad Pitt baseball drama has scored $38 million through 10 days in theaters.After ruling the charts for the past two weeks, The Lion King's 3D re-release fell 52 percent to $10.6 million and had to settle for third place. That week-over-week decline is a fairly steep, though it's not entirely unexpected considering the Blu-ray hits stores on Tuesday and most advertisements pegged the re-release as a two-weeks-only affair. The movie's total has now reached $79.2 million, which brings The Lion King's overall total to $407.7 million. On Saturday, it passed Spider-Man to move in to the Top 10 all-time, and it should be able to climb a few more spots before the end of its run. Thanks in part to The Lion King's impressive performance, Walt Disney Pictures passed the $1 billion mark on Saturday, making it the sixth straight year that the studio reached this milestone. Sherwood Pictures' Courageous was the only one of the new releases to improve from estimates to actuals, and it passed 50/50 in the process to take fourth place. The movie debuted to $9.1 million from just 1,161 theaters for a strong per-theater average of $7,806. That's up from the studio's last movie Fireproof ($6.8 million), though the average was off just a bit. The opening ranks fifth all-time for a Christian movie, and only trails The Passion of the Christ and the three Narnia movies. Courageous scored a rare "A+" CinemaScore, and the audience was 53 percent female and 77 percent over the age of 25. Made outside of Hollywood without any major stars, Courageous managed to fly under most radars (including my own) until very recently. It's unfair to ignore the vast majority of church-going Americans for whom typical Hollywood fare isn't of great interest, though, and Sherwood Pictures has impressively found a way to mobilize this subset of the population. It will be interesting to see if Courageous can hold as well as Fireproof did when it went on to earn $33.46 million, or nearly five times its opening weekend, in 2008.50/50 opened to $8.6 million from 2,458 theaters, which is the lowest debut ever for a Seth Rogen movie. Considering the grim subject matter, though, that's not an entirely awful start, and an "A-" CinemaScore should translate in to decent word-of-mouth in coming weeks. The audience was 54 percent female and 57 percent under 30 years old. 50/50 had a hot young cast, and strong reviews and word-of-mouth, but all of that only goes so far. The marketing was ultimately too lukewarm: by attempting to off-set the cancer plotline and dreary gray palette with random jokes and the uplifting tagline "Beat the Odds," the movie's story and characters were diluted and instead it came off as a somewhat sad buddy comedy. It could hang on well moving foward, though it will be tough to match star Joseph Gordon-Levitt's 2009 hit (500) Days of Summer ($32.4 million). Dream House scared up a meek $8.1 million. That's just a fraction of haunted house movies like The Skeleton Key ($16.1 million) and The Amityville Horror ($23.5 million), and it's even off a bit from Dark Water ($9.9 million). The movie received a "B" CinemaScore and the audience was 54 percent female and 62 percent under the age of 25. Hispanics were the largest ethnic group in attendance at 38 percent, which tends to be the case with supernatural thrillers.The combined star wattage of Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Naomi Watts couldn't save Dream House from a vague marketing effort that failed to firmly place the movie in a genre (it seemed to fluctuate between supernatural and psychological thriller) or generate any kind of scares. It doesn't help that it wasn't screened for critics and ultimately wound up with a terrible 5 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Between this and July's Cowboys & Aliens, it's starting to appear like Craig isn't much of a draw outside of the James Bond franchise.Abduction fell 49 percent to $5.6 million for a total of $19.1 million. Killer Elite dipped 47 percent to $4.9 million and it's total reached $17.5 million. What's Your Number? wound up in eighth place with a terrible $5.4 million. That's the fifth-worst debut ever for a movie in more than 3,000 theaters, and is just over one-third of the opening of star Anna Faris's The House Bunny ($14.5 million). The movie received a decent "B" CinemaScore, and the audience was 63 percent female and 63 percent over the age of 25. A brief mea culpa: I gambled by predicting over $14 million for What's Your Number? this weekend and clearly got burned. Honestly, though, it was hard to look at any of the relevant metrics and forecast an opening below $10 million, and there were likely some odd intangibles in play here. Perhaps it's that star Anna Faris has cooled off a bit in the three years since The House Bunny. Or maybe the title's bluntness about sex turned some viewers off. Or it could be that What's Your Number? just looked like an uninspiring retread following a Summer chock-full of successful female-oriented movies like Bridesmaids and Bad Teacher. As is often the case, all of these factors probably added up in one way or another to generate one of the worst wide release debuts in quite some time. Discuss the Weekend Report on Facebook, Twitter, and in Box Office Mojo's forums.
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Growth and prosperity of an economy,
to an extent is reflected in its
physical appearance. The industry
responsible for this is the
construction industry, which for quite
sometime is experiencing boom. Times
have changed and so has our focus.
From, the basic necessity of housing
and shelter of yesteryears, emphasis
is now given on comfort, luxury and
style. All this has importantly led to
creation of avenues for those
interested in making a career in this
sector. In the last few decades our
economy has witnessed hectic and
massive construction activities, new
structures have been raised, townships
have evolved, evident of growth in the
The construction task involves both
the designer and constructors. Any
built structure is an outcome of close
coordination and participation of a
number of people, technical and
non-technical, including architects,
contractors, surveyors, engineers,
designers alongwith bricklayers,
masons, carpenters, electricians,
plumbers etc. Everyone is specialised
in his own area hence beyond
Nature of Work
Architecture, in particular is the
study which deals with planning and
designing of building and structures.
The subject, not new at all, has been
practiced since ages in different
parts of the world. Everybody has
heard about Roman, Victorian, Moslem
and Indian architecture, examples of
which even stand today. Architects
blend their vision and dreams with
materials to erect milestones which
leave a powerful imprint on human
mankind. Today, architecture has taken
a totally different shape. The rapidly
changing demands and requirements asks
for professionally trained architects
who can not only cope with changing
times but also design and deliver
quality, environment friendly
Designing any structure not only moves
around giving physical facelift to it
but involves other important factors
which are equally important like its
functional utility, safety and
economy. Arhitects engage themselves
in designing of a variety of
structures including houses,
apartments and colonies, offices and
industrial complexes, hospitals,
hotels, airport terminals, stadia,
shopping and commercial complexes,
schools etc. They provide professional
services to individuals and
organisations not only regarding new
constructions but also in alterations
and renovations.
Clients approach architects with some
idea of what they want, but with
little awareness regarding its
feasibility. A good architect is the
one who strikes a right balance
between aesthetics and practicality.
The work starts on the basis of ideas
and requirements of the client like
its appearance, financial budget and
time frame. The arhitect then begins
his job with sketching and making
plans with details of sizes,
specification and estimates of the
cost of the structure. Sometimes
models and graghic are also used for
presentations. Once the plans are
finalised and accepted by the client,
the architect has to obtain the
approval and permission of the local
authority for construction.
Subsequently, the architect negotiates
contracts with building contractors,
engineers and surveyors after which
the construction starts. The architect
is the overall incharge of the
contract, his responsibility begins
right form designing and planning the
structure until the very same is
erected. Architects can work alone as
well as in a team. They also work with
firms and organisations, some of which
specialize in a particular type of
construction. Architects even indulge
in interior designing; an upcomimg
field which involves scientific and
artistic skills. Demand for interior
designers continue to be high with
these no longer limiting to corporate
offices and hotels alone. One can see
it coming into houses in a big way.
Interior designers require abstract
reasoning and three dimensional space
perception to translate ideas into
realities. Understanding client's need
is at the very core of the profession.
Students having academically good
background in physics and mathematics
are better suited for the study of
architecture. An aspirant for the
field of architecture should be a
creative artist with an interest and
bent towards designing. Ability to
sketch, free hand plan though not
utmost important but is beneficial
while explaining to the clients the
very intricate details of the
structure. He needs to have an
imaginative and perspective outlook.
Awareness of social and environmental
factors, observant attitude adds to
the advantage while designing
structures. Apart from being
technically sound, good mathematical
ability is important as the work
involves complex designing problems,
building economies and cost
estimations. Often architects deal
with legal procedures and documents
making it necessary for them to
understand legal language related to
the profession.
Good communication skills, hardwork,
physical stamina to work on the desk
as well on the site, a high degree of
concentration level, flexibility,
patience, team spirit, responsibility
and accountability are some other
important traits of the profession.
Professional Courses
Anybody who has studied Physics,
Mathematics and Chemistry at the 10+2
level can apply for admission to study
architecture at the graduate level in
colleges offering the course. B.Arch
is a 5 year course and most schools
and colleges select students through a
written test. Further on completion of
the graduate course, if interested,
one can study architecture at the post
graduate course which varies from 18
months to 2 years.
Entrance test for B.Arch Courses- The
Council of Architecture conducts an
aptitude test on an All India basis
for admission to colleges of
Architecture. Engineering colleges
select students on the basis of the
result to the appropriate engineering
courses. Some other renowned
institutes carry their own selection
tests to identify suitable candidates
while some give weightage to class 12
marks and entrance examinations to
select students.
Colleges, Institutions and
Some of the
offering Graduate/Post-Graduate
courses in Architecture are mentioned
School of Planning & Architecture, 4,
Block-B, IP Estate, New Delhi 110002.
Punjab University, Chandigarh College
of Architecture, Chandigarh 160012.
School of Architecture CEPT,
Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380009.
Lucknow University, Govt. College of
Architecture, Tagore Road, Lucknow
Goa University, College of
Architecture, Campal Panaji, Goa - 1.
University of Mumbai, Sir J J College
of Architecture, 78/3, Dr. D.N. Road,
Mumbai 400001.
Indian Education Society's College of
Architecture, 791, Bandra Reclamation,
Bandra (W), Mumbai 400050.
Pune University, Marathwada Mitra
Mandal College of Architecture, 302,
A, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune 411004.
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological
University, School of Planning &
Architecture, Mahavir Marg, Hyderabad
Kerala University, College of
Engineering, Thiruvananthpuram 695016.
Anna University, School of
Architecture & Planning, Sardar Patel
Rd., Chennai 600025.
IPS Academy, School of Architecture,
Rajendra Nagar, Indore 452012.
Bengal Engineering College, PO Botanic
Garden, Howrah, West Bengal.
Sushant School of Art and
Architecture, Sushant lok, District
Gurgaon, Haryana.
Vastu Kala Academy, School of
Architecture & Interior Designing,
9/1, Institutional Area, Aruna Asaf
Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067.
Though few in number, some architects
prefer to go in for specialization at
the post graduate level. They may
choose to specialize in India or
Abroad. The subjects of specialization
may include urban designing, regional
planning, building engineering and
management, architectural
conservation, industrial design,
landscape arhitecture, naval
architecture, architecture concerning
traffic and transport planning etc.
Sometimes even without pursuing
specialization courses in any
particular field, architects on
gaining experience engage themselves
in a particular type of work for eg:-
in construction of housing societies
and apartments, schools, hospitals,
commercial complexes etc.
Career Prospects
Substantial increase in investments in
the construction sector has been
recorded year after year. As far as
architects are concerned, there is a
huge gap in the demand and supply.
Annual requirement projections of
architects stands over 10,000 which is
expected to rise further and the
training facilities available are
still short. All these factors
contribute in making this field a very
competetive one with healthy career
Employment opportunities for
architects are available in government
as well as private sectors. Some of
the government organisations include
Public Works Department, the
Archaeological Department, Ministry of
Defence, Departments of Railways, Post
and Telegraphs, Public Sector
Undertakings, National Building
Organisation, Town and Country
Planning Organisation, National
Institute of Urban Affairs, Housing
and Urban Development Corporation,
National Building Construction
Corporation Ltd., City Development
Authorities etc. Besides these
organisations, various other
institutes and agencies like State
Departments, Housing Boards, Local
Bodies responsible for construction
works also recruit architects.
Openings in the private sector exist
with the Builders, Architecture Firms,
Consultants etc. Architects with some
experience can even set up their own
business as Consultants and
A well qualified architect can start
up with a salary of around Rs. 7,000
p.m. in the government organisations.
It continues to rise with time and
experience. In the private sector, the
scale is not fixed but surely one can
expect to earn a good amount of money
through this profession. Freshers can
get a salary ranging anywhere from Rs.
3,000 p.m. to Rs. 10,000 p.m. Such
variations in salaries are influenced
by many factors like the type of the
organisation, its size, qualification
and experience of the candidate etc.


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Because DeSales missed the postseason this fall after reaching the playoffs each of the past 18 years, the Marion-Franklin High School football team now holds central Ohio's longest-running streak of consecutive playoff appearances at nine.
Because DeSales missed the postseason this fall after reaching the playoffs each of the past 18 years, the Marion-Franklin High School football team now holds central Ohio's longest-running streak of consecutive playoff appearances at nine.
That's a fact that's not lost on coach Brian Haffele, particularly during a challenging regular season this fall.
The Red Devils are 9-1 overall and finished 7-0 in the City League-South Division. marking the ninth consecutive season in which they earned at least a share of the league championship. They had to overcome injuries to several key players and a young defense to accomplish those feats.
Marion-Franklin, which beat Columbus South 43-21 on Oct. 26 in its regular-season finale and has won 26 consecutive league games, is seeded third for the Division II, Region 7 playoffs.
The Red Devils open the postseason Friday, Nov. 2, against visiting Licking Heights, which is 10-0. The winner plays Zanesville or Canal Winchester in a regional semifinal Nov. 9.
"The kids have all matured a lot this year," Haffele said. "It wasn't the year we thought we'd have, but every team has a different identity. We've had to deal with the injury bug and some guys having to go two ways. We're starting to get there. They understand this time of year. Last year we didn't start to explode on offense until the playoffs."
Marion-Franklin went 13-1 a year ago and advanced to a state semifinal before losing to eventual champion Trotwood-Madison 47-44. The Red Devils averaged 42.5 points during their four postseason games a year ago.
A third-year starter at quarterback, Corry Benson was limited to seven games during the regular season. He is 58-for-115 passing for 987 yards with 11 touchdowns and three interceptions and has rushed for 526 yards and six touchdowns.
During his absence, Joe Alverson completed 10 of 24 passes for 252 yards with seven touchdown and four interceptions. Alverson is Marion-Franklin's leading rusher with 574 yards and six touchdowns.
Jaron Dukes, who has verbally committed to the University of Michigan, has 26 catches for 387 yards and six touchdowns. Darien Williams has 17 receptions for 393 yards and six scores.
Marion-Franklin's defense, which features senior lineman Shevone Hairston, sophomore linebackers Michael Champion, Alijahwon Tarvin and David Wilborn and sophomore lineman Shemar Moss, will try to stop a Licking Heights offense that is averaging 36.8 points.
Running backs David Lancaster and Josh Ausberry combined for about 200 yards rushing in Licking Heights' 53-0 win over Fisher Catholic on Oct. 26. Wide receivers Jake Foley and Luke Langkamp and quarterback Taylor Curtiss are other key players on offense for the Hornets, who posted their first undefeated regular season.
Curtiss, Foley and Chuckie Aitken all are key players on defense for Licking Heights.
"Corry and his class have played in a lot of playoff games," said Haffele, whose team played 10 playoff games the past three seasons, including four in both 2009 and last season. "We're starting a lot of young guys on defense and we're happy with how our defense is coming along. I've heard (Licking Heights likes) to play power football with a lot of double tight (end) formations and that they have a big offensive line. Everyone's good at this time of year, and they're 10-0, so that's better than us. It speaks to something they're doing."Cougars win title, return to playoffs
Beechcroft was the only other City League football team to make the playoffs.
The Cougars are the fifth seed in the Division II, Region 7 playoffs and open Friday, Nov. 2, at fourth-seeded New Albany. The winner plays Dresden Tri-Valley or New Carlisle Tecumseh in a regional semifinal Nov. 9.
Beechcroft, which improved to 8-1 with a 41-0 win over Northland on Oct. 26, is in the postseason for the second consecutive season. New Albany is 8-2 and has won eight consecutive games.
In the first round of the Region 7 playoffs last season, the Cougars lost 14-7 to Big Walnut, which competes in the OCC-Capital Division along with New Albany.
Coach Bruce Ward hopes his team's experience from that game and its game against Dublin Jerome on Aug. 31 will help the Cougars in the postseason this year. Beechcroft beat the Celtics 18-10 in week two in what effectively was its opener after not playing in week one.
Even though it finished 4-6, Jerome lost its last two games in overtime and had one of the area's top running backs in Donovan Wilson, a Georgia Tech recruit.
"Most of the City teams are cut from the same cloth, and to experience playing OCC teams helps," Ward said. "To prove yourself against a team from the OCC is big for us. There were a couple games that Jerome could have won easily. We talk about how we can play with anybody, but it's big for our mental psyche because all you hear around central Ohio is 'OCC, OCC.'"
Beechcroft captured its third consecutive City-North championship with its win over Northland.
Khaleed Franklin had two touchdown catches and returned an interception for a touchdown, and quarterback Maurice Hale rushed for two touchdowns and threw for one against the Vikings.
Hale rushed for 243 yards and three touchdowns in a 20-0 win over Brookhaven on Oct. 19 but also has thrown for more than 1,600 yards.
"We've had some rough weather and we're a passing team, so it wreaks havoc with our game plan a little," Ward said. "We've been able to run the ball well. I'm happy with the way we've been playing. I can't complain. We'll see how far it takes us.
"I told Maurice (during the Northland game) that when it isn't raining too hard that we'd try to pass it more. The ball is slippery and heavy, which makes it tough. I think he only threw nine or 10 times against Brookhaven, but we did put a bigger emphasis on the passing game against Northland."Seasons end for 14 City football teams
Walnut Ridge and Brookhaven finished ninth and 10th, respectively, in Region 7 to narrowly miss reaching the postseason, as the top eight teams in each region qualified for the playoffs.
Both the Scots and Bearcats finished 7-3, as did Mifflin, which was 14th in Region 7.
Beechcroft went 7-0 in the City-North, followed by Brookhaven (6-1), Mifflin (5-2), Northland (4-3), Whetstone (3-4), Columbus East (2-5), Centennial (1-6) and Linden-McKinley (0-7).
In the City-South, Marion-Franklin was followed by Walnut Ridge (6-1), Eastmoor Academy (5-2), Independence (4-3), Columbus West (3-4), South (2-5), Briggs (1-6) and Africentric (0-7).
Eastmoor and Independence both went 6-4 and placed 10th and 12th, respectively, in Division III, Region 10. East was 5-5 and placed 15th in Region 10.


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United Kingdom - Hertfordshire, Multiple Locations
Alternate Locations IRE - Dublin, IRE - Galway, UK - Altrincham, UK - Basingstoke, UK - Bedford, UK - Belfast, UK - Birmingham, UK - Bristol, UK - Cambridge, UK - Cardiff, UK - Chelmsford, UK - Chesterfield, UK - Croydon, UK - Edinburgh, UK - Exeter, UK - Glasgow, UK - Leeds, UK - Liverpool, UK - London, UK - Manchester, UK - Newcastle, UK - Norwich, UK - Nottingham, UK - Oxford, UK - Peterborough, UK - Plymouth, UK - Southampton, UK - Swindon, UK - Warrington, UK - York
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We are recruiting into Altrincham, Basingstoke, Bedford, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Chelmsford, Cork, Croydon, Chesterfield, Dublin, Edinburgh, Exeter, Galway, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Peterborough, Plymouth, Southampton, Swindon, Warrington, Westlakes, and York.
AECOM is built to deliver a better world. We design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets for governments, businesses and organizations in more than 150 countries. As a fully integrated firm, we connect knowledge and experience across our global network of experts to help clients solve their most complex challenges. From high-performance buildings and infrastructure, to resilient communities and environments, to stable and secure nations, our work is transformative, differentiated and vital. A Fortune 500 firm, see how we deliver what others can only imagine at aecom.com and @AECOM.
We are a global network of experts working with clients, communities and colleagues to develop and implement innovative solutions to the world's most complex challenges. Delivering clean water and energy. Building iconic skyscrapers. Planning new cities. Restoring damaged environments. Connecting people and economies with roads, bridges, tunnels and transit systems. Designing parks where children play. Helping governments maintain stability and security.
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Ecology Fixed Term Birmingham and Nottingham hold see 221252
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January 13, 2010
By Justin Tang
LOS ANGELES -- Utilizing its state of the art technology, The Jim Easton Global Classroom at UCLA Anderson hosted PepsiCo on January 12 for an internship information session for first-year students. Jill Seibert of Gatorade Innovation and Tim Ngo of Quaker Oatmeal, representatives of PepsiCo Chicago headquarters, spoke to students via the room's audio conferencing system.
Seibert and Ngo extolled the benefits of an internship at PepsiCo, while simultaneously projecting PowerPoint images onto the room's display screens. Students were equipped with individual microphones, enabling them to respond and ask questions directly about PepsiCo internships.
Many students enjoyed the personal and interactive nature of the information session. Felipe Wasserman ('11) said, "I enjoyed how helpful the meeting was. The sound quality was impressive and it really felt like the people were right in front of us." He had only one complaint, saying, "I wished we were able to use the room's video conferencing capability."
Donna Robinson, UCLA Anderson's associate director of employer relations, believed the event was a success. "I think the conference was well received by both parties. The students asked very intelligent and pertinent questions that they were able to get immediately answered," she said. Robinson has worked on creating a relationship with PepsiCo since 2008. Proud of the result, she said, "It was one of the first times UCLA Anderson connected with PepsiCo. Today marked the first time we have developed and grown a relationship virtually."
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White, Stephen (2008) Chickens, roads and recovery in mental health: Part I. Planet 401: The Newsletter of the Centre 401 Trust . pp. 6-7.
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This is the first part of a series of contibutions written for Planet 401, the newsletter of Centre 401, a consumer-run Mental Health Service in Hamilton, New Zealand. Using the joke question "Why did the chicken cross the road" the the recovery journey is discussed through an exploration of the 'role' of the consumer/tangata whai ora as 'the chicken', and the 'road' being analogous of the recovery journey itself, with its incumbent barriers, dangers and opportunities.
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WESTCLIFFE U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton has learned from the past.
In 2010, he won his seat in Congress from Rep. John Salazar, who took criticism for holding too few public events during a summer that saw the early days of the tea party and angry town hall meetings across the country.
Tipton, R-Cortez, faces re-election in November, and on Saturday, he held his 45th and 46th town hall meetings since taking office.
No. 45 happened in Westcliffe, a town an hour west of Pueblo that was celebrating its 125th birthday.
About 15 people attended, and although it was a quieter, smaller crowd than the raucous events of the 2010 campaign, people still expressed frustration with Congress.
Tipton laid much of the blame on the Democratic-controlled Senate.
We have passed a lot of legislation through the House of Representatives, Tipton said, including five bills he sponsored. I regret to tell you, theyre sitting like cordwood on the steps on the United States Senate.
Tipton took a veiled shot at the career experience of his Democratic opponent, Sal Pace.
Tipton has served in Congress for a year and seven months, but he has three decades of private sector experience, which puts him in the minority of members of Congress, he said.
Its also what youve done before you got here, Tipton said. A lot of people came right out of college, and all theyve done is worked in politics. ... That is their job. That has been their life.
Pace graduated from Fort Lewis College and worked as an aide for Salazar before winning a seat in the state Legislature.
At the Westcliffe town hall, the mostly friendly audience complained to Tipton about the Environmental Protection Agency, the American Civil Liberties Union and the federal health-care law complaints with which Tipton sympathized.
When one man complained that political action committees have too much influence over both parties, Tipton said it was hard to change the system because of First Amendment concerns. Also, some political donors have good ideas, he said, citing the Farm Bureau and Colorado Cattlemens Association as examples.
Im not a career guy. Ive been here now for one year and seven months. I spent 33 years in the private sector sitting in your chair, Tipton said.
Later Saturday, Tipton shook hands on Westcliffes Main Street at the towns birthday celebration and held another town hall in Pueblo.
The campaign has been low-key so far. Pace also drew a modest crowd this week, speaking to about 20 Democrats on Thursday at an Alamosa restaurant.


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Once seen only on Asian tables, the shiitake mushroom has made its way into American kitchens thanks to a combination of potent medicinal benefits and gourmet appeal. Named after the shii tree on which it usually grows, this shaggy-capped fungus boasts an earthy aroma and hearty texture. Eastern medicine has long held these mushrooms, native to China and Japan, in high esteem. At long last, the Western world follows suit.
Shiitake Fried Rice
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Health Benefits
Nutritionally speaking, shiitakes have a lot to offer in the way of fiber and protein. They also contain some iron, as well as a fair dose of potassium and a significant amount of zinc, the latter of which helps maintain the body's immune system and boosts neurological function. (Cooking releases this mineral from shiitakes' cell walls, making it more readily available to the body.)
If you're fighting an infection or trying to stave off a cold, shiitakes can boost your efforts. They contain lentinan, a complex carbohydrate that stimulates the immune system. Lentinan has antiviral and antimicrobial properties, and it's also an effective cancer-fighting compound, specifically targeting colon cancer by helping to destroy tumor cells.
In fact, shiitakes have several anti-cancer weapons: Both fresh and dried shiitakes contain the antioxidant thioproline, a free-radical attacker that helps block the formation of certain carcinogenic compounds. The antioxidant ergothioneine protects cells from damage and against the production of mutagen, an agent that causes cells to mutate. Scientists once believed wheat germ was among the best sources of ergothioneine; shiitakes can have up to 40 times more. And the protein called lentin in the fungus may inhibit the growth of leukemia cells.
When it comes to heart health, shiitakes help lower cholesterol and blood pressure by removing lipids from blood and helping to block the secretion of LDL ("bad") cholesterol.
How to Buy
You'll find shiitakes available fresh or dried. If you're looking for fresh, pass on caps that exhibit black spots, a sign of damage. (Light- to dark-brown hues are normal.) Water can harm shiitakes, so avoid ones placed near the vegetable misting mechanism at the grocer. Store them in the refrigerator, wrapped loosely in a dish towel to wick away moisture.
Cooking Tips
To clean shiitakes, either wipe them with a dry cloth or rinse very quickly and use them right away.
Dried shiitakes make a fine alternative in many recipes (like soups). They have a more intense scent and flavor due to the carbon-and-sulfur compound lenthionine, which is released when the mushroom's tissues are somewhat damaged. Three ounces of dried shiitakes equal about 1 pound of fresh whole shiitakes. To reconstitute, soak in warm water for 30 minutes until soft, then drain. No matter how you serve them, shiitakes shrink quite a bit when cooked.
Did You Know?
Unlike mushrooms that grow in soil, shiitakes spring up from the wood of dead deciduous trees. To cultivate them, farmers plant spawn (mushroom cultures) in openings cut into fallen logs of shii and other hardwoods like oak and hickory.
Nutrition Breakdown
Per 8 mushrooms, dried
Calories: 89 kcal
Fat: 0.3 g
Fiber: 3.5 g = 14 percent* of DRI**
Potassium: 460 mg = 10 percent of DRI
Zinc: 2.3 mg = 29 percent of DRI
Iron: 0.52 mg = 3 percent of DRI
* Percentages are for women 31 to 50 who are not pregnant
** DRI, Dietary Reference Intake, is based on National Academy of Sciences' Dietary Reference Intakes, 1997 to 2004
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Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart Holding Hands in London
J Lo and Casper End Their London Trip With a Date Night and a Shopping Day
J Lo and Casper End Their London Trip With a Date Night and a Shopping Day
Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart stepped out for a little one-on-one time in London last night. J Lo wore a black coatdress and sunglasses as she and Casper left their hotel in Kensington hand in hand. They were back in action this morning bringing J Lo's twins, Max and Emme, along to shop at Harrods. Jennifer kept comfy in a bright pink sweatsuit and waved to fans as they made their way back to the car with their new purchases.
Jennifer, Casper, and the twins are in London for the latest stop on her Dance Again world tour. J Lo and Casper dined out and caught a showing of Michael Jackson's Thriller Live on Monday before she took the stage at the O2 Arena last night. Her next stop on the tour will be in Munich tomorrow. Casper and Jennifer have traveled the world since her tour kicked off in June, but still have taken plenty of time out for dinner dates and poolside relaxation.


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Dead Space has been the topic of discussion for the past few days, but not for what the development team would like. Last week I received an e-mail from a member of the Community Team for the game at EA, talking about the release date getting bumped up and also claiming that the game had been banned in Germany, Japan, and China. Readers were a little surprised... banned in Japan? GamePolitics all but called the claim a publicity stunt.
While EA isn't officially commenting one way or the other yet, the game's Twitter feed tackled the subject head on. I'll let the posts speak for themselves:
So they're sticking by the claim that the game has been banned in those markets. I pinged the source of the original communication and was told the tweets come directly from the development team, and we should expect an official announcement on this matter very soon.
Was this all a big publicity stunt? It's hard to tell, but if it turns out that the game will be available in these markets, it will not look good; it does seem like everyone involved is more proud of these alleged bannings than worried about sales.
We'll pass on more information as we get it.