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What a fun week at school. Look what we did as we learned together.
The kinders are doing a fantastic job of stretching out the sounds in our popcorn words. They also noticed that GO and NO rhyme. How cool is that! They found them in our emergent books, daily messages too.
COLOR WORD: ORANGE We read many pumpkin books to celebrate the color orange. It was a perfect week to do this as many of the kinders have visited pumpkin patches. The kinders had fun making an adorable orange tiger for the weekly color craft. The kinders guessed my orange surprise snack—-oranges! A tasty and healthy mini snack.
SCIENCE: Scientists observe and look closely at objects. Scientists also label things. We were scientists in the classroom this week. We read a non-fiction book to gather information about how pumpkins grow. Making our own "flow map" to show the life cycle of a pumpkin and singing a song to help us remember was fun. We investigated a real pumpkin by learning the names of the parts of the pumpkin…stem, ribs, rind, blossom end. We also read 2 newspapers….one that reinforced our learning about pumpkins and one about Autumn.
Scientists also do experiments. We did an experiment to see what objects were heavier or lighter than our pumpkin. Oh, my! What a fun way to learn!
READER'S WORKSHOP: The kinders found out that "We are Storybook Readers"when we read favorite books such as Froggy books, Pete the Cat and Elephant and Piggy. They learned that readers look at pictures, remember them and then read. Readers also make sure the words and the pictures match. When a reader changes their voice for different characters, it makes the story so much more fun.
HANDWRITING: We continued to learned how to properly write more "counter clockwise" lower case letters of e,s,o, u. A few of these letters are tricky so keep practicing at home. It is helping!
WRITING WORKSHOP: The kinders are doing a fabulous job drawing detailed pictures, labeling their pictures and stretching out sounds in words as we write a matching sentence while using as many popcorn words as we can. After that is all done, the kinders share their writings with their partners. This week's topics were about stop signs, traffic lights, walking quietly in line and making green choices. We have amazing writers!
LITERACY: I am beginning to re-assess the kinders on their literacy skills….letter sounds, rhyming, hearing sounds in words, etc. in preparation for parent teacher conferences. The kinders played games to strengthen their skills in letter ID, letter sounds, hearing syllables in words. I am excited about their progress and will share their progress with you. Thank you for working and supporting your kinder at home.
MATH: We wrapped up our first unit in Math by taking our first Math test this week. The kinders felt really important when they got to use their own "office" (a folder separating them from their neighbor) while taking their test. I will share these tests with you at conferences. I am amazed at how much each kinder has grown in their math skills and abilities!! Thank you for working and supporting them at home. We started unit #2 by searching for groups of objects 1-10.
Friday math games consisted of HOW MANY PUMPKINS? (counting groups of objects 1-10 using fine motor skills), HOORAY FOR APPLES (ID numbers), RACE TO FILL THE PUMPKINS (or buckets)(counting objects),ITSY BITSY SPIDER PATTERNS (extending patterns) and exploring and creating designs with GEOBOARDS. The kinders really look forward to Friday math games that reinforce concepts learned during the week.
MYSTERY READERS: On Wednesday, Carter flew into his grandma's arms when she walked into our room. She read Rhoda's Rock Hunt because Carter LOVES to go rock hunting. She even surprised the kinders by giving each of them a special smooth rock so they could begin a collecting rocks. Thank you for the sweet gift.
On Friday, Addison was very excited to see her mom be the Mystery Reader. We heard Adddison's favorite book Room on the Broom, a fun rhyming story for this fall season.
*Headphones Needed: Our STEAM teacher, Mrs. Totten is asking that your kinder bring in headphones (the type you can plug into a computer) to keep at school to use during STEAM class throughout the year. These headphones do not need to be fancy. Often they can be found at Five Below, where you can purchase them for under $5.00. If you could please send in a pair of headphones marked with your kinder's name by Nov. 1 it would be greatly appreciated. If you cannot send in headphones we do have extra for them to use.
*KOOL KINDERS: The kinders are excited to be the Kool Kinder again. We are now drawing out a stick with a kinder's name on it to determine the next day's Kool Kinder. A yellow reminder note will come home the day prior. The kinders are bringing in a show and tell item from home. After you choose the show and tell item, please talk with your kinder about what information they are going to share with the class. We love to hear why they chose it, who gave it to them or where did they get it, etc. This week Adelyne brought in her Cabbage Patch cat, Breslyn brought in a horse, Alesha brought in an unicorn and Tinley brought in her flippsy doll, Zoe.
*WARM SWEATSHIRTS OR COATS: Please continue to send your kinder to school wearing a warm sweatshirt or coat for outside play. The mornings and days are becoming cooler, but we still go outside to play.
*FAMILY PUMPKIN PROJECT: We have quite a few pumpkins that are disguised as cats, gumball machine, Snoopy, jack-o-lantern, superheroes, dinosuar, gummy bear and a donut. Pumpkins can come to school anytime next week. We will add them to our display.
*Monday, Oct. 22—GYM
*Tuesday, Oct. 23–– ART; Turkey Trot after school 5:00pm
*Wednesday, Oct. 24—STEAM; LIBRARY bring your library book
*Thursday, Oct. 25––MUSIC; environment print labels due
*Friday, Oct 26—GYM; Popcorn day: Color Day—Wear BROWN
*Thursday, Oct 30—School Picture Retake Day Please return the original picture package during retakes. Absent students pictures will be taken at this time.
*Wednesday, Oct 31—FALL PARTY AND PARADE— The kindergarten parade will begin at 10:15am. Our classroom party will follow 10:30-11:30am. Fun activities are being planned. Your kinder is welcome to wear the basics of their costume to school and/or the under layers. We will then add the accessories and the outer layer of costumes before the parade. Otherwise they can bring their costume to school in a labeled bag. They will be putting on their costumes OVER their school clothes prior to the parade. WE WILL NOT TAKE TIME TO REMOVE CLOTHES AND PUT ON OTHER CLOTHES. If your kinder's costume is regular clothes (farmer, cheerleader,etc ) they are welcome to wear them all day if it will not hinder their movement and learning. WEAPONS OF ANY KIND OR SCARY, GORY MAKEUP ARE NOT ALLOWED. Please be respectful of others. Non-food donation items can be sent into school anytime!
*Friday, Nov. 2—Fast Friday—Dismissal at 12:15pm
*November 5 & 7–Parent Teacher Conferences: I am looking forward to sharing the awesome progress your kinder has and is making.
*November 5-8—Book Fair: We are scheduled to purchase books on Wednesday, Nov 7 from 2:00-2:30pm. Please send your kinder's money in an envelope labeled with YOUR KINDER'S NAME and BOOK FAIR if you wish them to purchase books. The book fair will also be open during conference times. This is optional. The proceeds go towards purchasing books for use in school. Thank you!
*November 21-23—NO SCHOOL…Thanksgiving Break
~~Have a great weekend. Enjoy the fall weather! Mrs. Bohl


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Nishant N. Mehta is Leading Teachers To Use Web 2.0 tools
Posted by christen on Mar 5, 2012 in PD, Powerful Learning Practice | 0 comments
Nishant N. Mehta Assistant Head of School
PLP eCourses attract participants from across the globe to learn and grow with one another. Over the next few weeks, we will feature interviews with current and past PLP eCourse participants. We'll ask participants to share information about themselves, why they chose PLP eCourses and what they are up to professionally.
Nishant N. Mehta is a current eCourse participant from Alexandria, VA. He is the Assistant Head of School for a K-8 coed independent day school.
1. Which PLP eCourse are you currently taking?
Leading Edge Boot Camp eCourse
2. Have you ever taken an online course?
This is my first one!
3. Why did you decide to take this eCourse?
Because of Sheryl and Will's reputation in the field of advancing teaching and learning in the 21st century, and because of the course's focus on other 21st century leaders and developing leadership in the participants! My school is currently undergoing this transformation and I would like to be in the best position to lead that transformation.
4. Prior to taking this course, would you describe your knowledge on 21st century education as basic, intermediate or advanced?
5. What has been your favorite thing about this eCourse and/or instructor?
Collaborative thought and discussion each week amongst various participants from the US and Canada. Also, I appreciate the opportunity to take a few minutes each week and devote it to learning and reflecting about leadership.
6. What is your personal philosophy/belief on learning in the 21st century?
Schools have been talking about whole child education, differentiation and authentic assessments, flow theory, multiple intelligences, and the like for several years now, but what's changed with the advance of technology, specifically Web 2.0 tools and AppPhones or the iPad, is the access to information and ability to collaborate with others across time and space in a way not easily facilitated before. Human communication occurs daily via such technologies and schools must leverage the creative and problem- solving capabilities inherent in them; Schools and its students and teachers are no longer restricted by the four walls of a classroom.
7. Any other information you would like to share about yourself personally or professionally?
I am passionate about learning and leadership, and try to read widely beyond educational journals and blogs to include current corporate thinking as well as it might apply to schools.


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7 Days in Entebbe
Daniel Bruhl, Rosamund Pike, Lior Ashkenazi, Eddie Marsan
…high production values and a great cast…
Brazilian director Jose Padilha is no stranger to the action genre, best known for the Elite Squad series and the 2014 remake of RoboCop. This time, Padilha directs 7 Days in Entebbe, produced by Working Title Films, and penned by Gregory Burke ('71), based on the real-life events that took place on July 1976, when a group of revolutionaries hijacked an Air France flight carrying 250 passengers en route from Tel Aviv to Paris. The hijackers set the plane down in Entebbe, Uganda, where they held hostages captive for one week. The film depicts the real-life "Operation Entebbe", a counter-terrorist hostage-rescue mission launched by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and carried out by the Israeli Defense Force.
The film starts with an upbeat performance from members of the Batsheva Dance Company. Padhila uses the performance throughout the film, cleverly going back and forth to the suspenseful dance between certain scenes. However, the dance sequences are arguably the most attention-grabbing thing about this film.
The Entebbe hijacking has been retold through two 1977 films, Raid on Entebbe and Operation Thunderbolt. The Last King of Scotland, a 2006 film also contains the raid as a subplot. Padilha takes a different approach; 7 Days in Entebbe offers us a 'through-the-eyes-of' narrative, focused specifically on two German revolutionaries. One a slightly timid Wilfried (Daniel Bruhl) and the other an edgy, yet fearless Brigitte (Rosamund Pike). Wilfried and Brigitte are just two members of the hijacker group made up of pro-Palestinians. The two Germans seem out of place in a group who have contrasting ideas of what a "revolutionary" is.
Nevertheless, Bruhl and Pike make the most of their characters. There are times where you feel sorry for them, even more-so than the actual hostages themselves. The regret and panic that overcomes them as the seven days are closing in, makes you want to believe that what they're doing is good and they've just been misguided.
Adding to the mix of complex characters is Prime Minister Rabin (Lior Ashkenazi) and his defense minister Shimon (Eddie Marsan). Rabin wants to negotiate with the terrorists, something Israelis insist they never do, whilst Shimon wants to take charge with a daring rescue plan. Then there's Ugandan President Idi Amin (Nonso Anozie), who happily welcomes the terrorists and supplies them with troops and weapons. Idi Amin was a brutal dictator of his time, yet this film portrayed a somewhat nervous and feeble side of him.
Entebbe is a well-made film, although it falls just short of captivating. It's a tough reminder that peace between Israel and Palestine are still a thing of the distant future. With high production values and a great cast, it was originally slated for theatrical release in Australia but after a tepid reception in the US it comes straight to the home here, which is where it belongs.


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New Look has just launched a range of 500 shoes, bags and accessories making them the first high-street fashion retailer to register ranges with The Vegan Society's Vegan Trademark.
New Look has just become the first high-street fashion retailer to register a vegan range with The Vegan Society with the launch of an impressive range of just under 500 vegan-friendly shoes, bags and accessories.
The range is available to shop online now and the company is also rolling out brand new vegan labels into all 900+ stores from September making it easier for consumers to make compassionate clothing choices.
Visitors to the site will discover everything from shoes to boots, bags and purses clearly labelled and tagged with the Vegan Trademark where they are being " highlighted and proudly showcased" according to The Vegan Society.
Not only has New Look launched its massive new vegan range, it's also committed to registering as many of its non-leather goods as possible with the trademark and will be changing components and reducing their reliance on animal-derived ingredients in future lines.
The Vegan Society
Speaking about the steps taken to ensure the range met its standards to become certified and bear its prestigious trademark, The Vegan Society explained: "The Vegan Society's expert team have ensured that New Look's registered products are free of animal-derived components, including any that might be found in fabrics, threads, glues, dyes, and treatments.
"They have also taken steps to ensure that the manufacture of the product and its materials are free of animal testing. The products that have been registered will be clearly labeled with the Vegan Trademark, making them easily identifiable.
"New Look's commitment to taking their range through The Vegan Society's thorough registration process allows you to shop with the assurance of our Vegan Trademark…New Look will continue to register many more of their products with our Vegan Trademark, keeping you stylish for many seasons to come."
Shop New Look's vegan shoes, bags and accessories online at: www.newlook.com/uk/vegan-fashion


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Several people detained in pot-related shooting outside Santa Rosa
Several people were detained by the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office Tuesday night in connection with a reported shooting that appeared to stem from a marijuana deal gone bad at a rural property on Santa Rosa's southern outskirts, authorities said.
No one was reported injured on Tuesday night, said Sonoma County sheriff's Lt. Shawn Murphy, but he said it was not clear that all those involved in the incident off Todd Road just west of Highway 101 were accounted for.
A stretch of Todd Road was closed for more than three hours Tuesday night as law enforcement searched the area.
The first call to authorities came in a 7:40 p.m. report of a crashed pickup truck on Todd Road, Murphy said. As CHP officers responded, additional reports came in of gunshots fired in the area, Murphy said.
Scores of officers, including the sheriff's SWAT team, were dispatched, establishing a large perimeter around a property in the 500 block of Todd Road.
Two men found hiding on that property were detained for questioning. One of the men was discovered and subdued by the sheriff's K-9 unit, Murphy said. He was transported to a local hospital for treatment of his injuries.
Initial reports indicated several shots had been fired, but the subjects detained by authorities were not immediately answering questions about the shooting, Murphy said.
He was unable to give a more definitive account of the number of people detained as the investigation was still unfolding Tuesday night.
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D-Link has launched its DSM 310 MovieNite streaming media player. Priced at $60, this is currently carried exclusively by Walmart.
What the MovieNite offers is instant access to entertainment content from a wide range of sources; all you need to do is to connect the device to a TV and a power outlet. Once you switch on the MovieNite player, it accesses content via built-in wireless or Ethernet connectivity and streams it to your computer or television.
You can select movies from VUDU and watch the latest releases in full HD, right from the comfort of your favourite chair, surrounded by your favourite beverage and popcorn. You simply pay per movie; there is no subscription.
If you subscribe to Netflix, you can also stream content from its large library. You can also access content from YouTube. If you're tired of watching movies or are in the mood for some music, you can use the MovieNite device to access free internet radio stations via Pandora.
If you're not watching movies or listening to music, you can use MovieNite to view pictures streamed by MyDlink-enabled cameras connected to your home network. That way, you can keep an eye on your home, including kids and pets. You can also use MovieNite to share photos via Picasa.
An easy-to-use on-screen menu and one-button instant navigation remote control make the MovieNite media player very user-friendly.
A free MovieNite app is available for iPhone and Android phones. Once you download this app on to your smartphone, you can control the device using your smartphone.


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Genetic variation of blast resistance in rice germplasm from West Africa
Blast disease caused by the fungal pathogen Pyricularia oryzae Cavara is one of the most serious rice diseases worldwide, significantly damaging rice production. Development of cultivars resistant to blast is considered the most effective strategy for protecting the crop, and in West Africa, it is the most economical and effective way of controlling rice blast in the fields of resource-poor farmers. Unfortunately, effective and durable use of blast resistance is limited because the genetic information for resistance to blast disease in rice germplasm from West Africa is quite poor.
To understand the genetic variation and enhance the genetic improvement of rice cultivars in West Africa, we used Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) markers to investigate the genetic diversity in rice accessions, such as O. sativa including interspecific hybrids (NERICA varieties O. glaberrima and O. barthii), and then evaluated the blast resistance of these accessions. Moreover, we elucidated the relationships between blast resistance and the genome chromosome components of the rice accessions, and discussed the diversity of rice germplasm.
We used 195 rice accessions (Table 1), including O. sativa L. (114 accessions), O. glaberrima (45), O. barthii (5), and differential varieties (DVs) and controls for blast resistance (31), which included two susceptible controls (Lijiangxintuanheigu: LTH and US-2), a Japonica Group cultivar (Nipponbare), and an Indica Group cultivar (Kasalath).
These accessions were classified into three clusters -- the Japonica Group (A), Indica Group (B), and O. glaberrima and O. barthii (C) -- based on the polymorphism data of 61 SSR markers. Moreover, these were classified again into 3 clusters for resistance – low (Ia), middle (Ib) and high (II) -- based on its reactions to 32 international standard differential blast isolates. The resistant group Ia included Nipponbare, LTH, US-2, and five DVs that were lowly resistant. Group Ib had many DVs and accessions from cluster C, and group II were accessions of O. sativa including mainly lowland and upland NERICA cultivars. Many accessions of O. glaberrima were categorized into resistant group Ib, and their resistance were lower than those of lowland and upland cultivars of O. sativa and O. barthii (Fig.1).
These results clearly demonstrated the genetic variation of rice accessions from West Africa, and the relationships among cultivars of O. sativa and O. glaberrima and of wild rice O. barthii. The information will be useful for the genetic improvement of rice cultivars in West Africa.
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Table 1. Classification of rice accessions from West Africa based on the polymorphism data of DNA markers and the genetic variation in resistance to blast diseaseClusters A and B are corresponded to Japonica Group and Indica Group, respectively, in O. sativa, and cluster C includes O. glaberrima and its wild relative O. barthii.
Group II is highly resistant, and Ib and Ia follow as middle and lowly resistant group, respectively.
- Fig. 1. Resistance of rice accessions from West Africa in each variety group.
The reaction data of rice accessions to 32 standard differential blast isolates are shown in each cultivar group (The data was modified from Odjo et al. 2017).
Tropical Agriculture Research Front, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
"Food Security in Africa" Development of sustainable technologies to increase agricultural productivity and improve food security in Africa
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Odjo T et al. (2017) Breeding Science, 67: 500-508 https://doi.org/10.1270/jsbbs.17051


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Summer is here and there's nothing I love more than an ice-cold cocktail on the deck, while basking in the sun. And by basking in the sun, I mean parenting my four kids. Some days are long, and it feels like five o'clock is so far away so why not get a head start with a virgin cocktail. If you want to (or need to) you can booze it up when five o'clock hits, if you like to play by the rules.Continue reading
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5 games to entertain your kids while you make dinner
After speaking with other parents, it's obvious that every parent has their "thing" that they like to do with their kids. For some parents, it's outings to a play place or the park, for others, it's sports and running around and for me, it's coloring and puzzles. I cringe when the girls ask to play Barbies or when they want to play house and I have to be the mom. Again. It doesn't matter which activity you choose, your kids just want you to play with them. They want you to be along for the ride, interacting with them and paying attention to what they're doing. Continue reading
Freezer-friendly Slow Cooker Green Turkey Chili
Make-ahead and freezer-friendly
As I mentioned in Five things you could make for supper every week, soups are an easy weeknight meal, especially if you can make them in the slow cooker. I love this green chili (which I qualify as a soup) because it`s make-ahead, it uses mostly pantry ingredients from my list of 55 Ingredients to have on hand at all times, and Simple Slow Cooker Vegetable Broth, it`s a great summer soup AND you can freeze the leftovers for lunches or another meal. Continue reading


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Homes are not built like they used to be. Materials used are lighter and therefore, more flammable than ever before. This investigation, done by WBTV Charlotte, North Carolina, shows a side by side burn test of a structure coated in intumescent paint vs. an untreated structure.
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The issue of baptism has troubled Protestants for centuries. Should infants be baptized before their faith is conscious, or does God command the baptism of babies whose parents have been baptized?Popular New Testament scholar Scot McKnight makes a biblical case for infant baptism, exploring its history, meaning, and practice and showing that infant baptism is the most historic Christian way of forming children into the faith. He explains that the church's practice of infant baptism developed straight from the Bible and argues that it must begin with the family and then extend to the church. Baptism is not just an individual profession of faith: it takes a family and a church community to nurture a child into faith over time. McKnight explains infant baptism for readers coming from a tradition that baptizes adults only, and he counters criticisms that fail to consider the role of families in the formation of faith. The book includes a foreword by Todd Hunter and an afterword by Gerald McDermott.
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Lester Williams (June 24, 1920 – November 13, 1990) was an American Texas blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his songs, "Winter Time Blues" and "I Can't Lose with the Stuff I Use". His main influence was T-Bone Walker.
Williams released several singles in the 1950s, but remained a stalwart of the Houston blues circuit for decades. His recording career lasted from 1949 to 1956.
Williams was born in Groveton, Texas, United States, although when he was a young boy his family relocated to Houston.
After serving in World War II, Williams sang at Houston's Eldorado Ballroom, but quit and enrolled at the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts, to study piano and voice. He did not graduate, and returned to Houston where he taught himself to play guitar and started to write songs. Walker's influence inspired Williams, who said to himself "I could learn to play guitar and pull in some of that money that T-Bone made". Having formed his own group in 1949, he wrote "Winter Time Blues", which came from his own life experience of his wife and daughter travelling to Los Angeles for the summer, and leaving Williams to contemplate the winter alone. The song's lyrics included the lines "Winter without your baby, you might as well be dead".
He signed a recording contract with Macy's Records, and Steve Poncio produced "Winter Time Blues" which was a regional hit. His next few releases did not fare well commercially and, by 1951, Williams had moved to Specialty Records. His first disc for them was his biggest success, "I Can't Lose with the Stuff I Use" (1952). His notability rose to the extent that he appeared in February 1953 on a Carnegie Hall, New York bill, which also included Dinah Washington, Billy Eckstine and Nat King Cole.
The song "I Can't Lose with the Stuff I Use" was covered a decade later by B.B. King.
His success was short-lived as subsequent releases did not sell but, by 1954, Williams started to perform on a regular basis on Houston's radio station, KLVL, and began a constant touring regime across the South. Further single releases appeared on both Duke and Imperial, the latter in 1956.
For the ensuing decades, Williams continued to perform around Houston and beyond, and he undertook a tour of Europe in 1986.
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London, UK – GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP has been awarded the Checkmark Anti-Spam Premium Certificate. The technology report produced by West Coast Labs highlights the detailed technical analysis the product went through and found that the anti-spam, anti-phishing and email management solution had a 98% spam detection rate, above the Checkmark requirements. After rigorous testing, and ahead of competitive products, GFI MailEssentials also achieved a 100% valid email identification rate; ensuring that no legitimate email was blocked.
The Checkmark system tests and certifies that security products meet international standards, requiring that anti-spam software meets a minimum of 97% spam detection. West Coast Labs conducted a range of tests in conjunction with Checkmark to indicate how the GFI product performed in a simulated business environment. The solution was evaluated in terms of features and functionality, the way it integrated into a network infrastructure, the level of administrator support it requires and the spam detection capabilities. It was measured against live spam from an initial out-of-the-box configuration, through daily "training" to an optimum spam detection level over two weeks.
The report found that system requirements for GFI MailEssentials were low, with the set-up process being remarkably fast and pain-free. The report stated that the easy to follow instructions enable administrators to perform the "best-fit deployment". West Coast Labs described the solution as a "flexible and high performance mail security tool" and the results of the tests proved that it is highly efficient and helps to remove the spam burden.
"The results of the tests prove without doubt that GFI MailEssentials is a high quality solution," highlighted Simon Azzopardi, Vice President, EMEA Sales, GFI. "Not only did it exceed the Checkmark requirements for spam detection rates, it also achieved 100% correct identification of genuine emails, ensuring that they were not marked as spam."
"The fact that GFI MailEssentials trains itself based on the email practices of a company sets it apart from competitive products," said David Vella, Director, Content Security Products, GFI. "It allows an organization to optimize spam protection for the exact type of traffic they receive and the fact that it is so easy to deploy means that it can be implemented by any company."
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GFI MailEssentials offers spam and phishing protection at server level and eliminates the need to install and update anti-spam and anti-phishing software on each desktop. It offers a fast set-up and a high spam detection rate using Bayesian analysis and other methods – no configuration required, very low false positives through its automatic whitelist, and the ability to automatically adapt to the email environment to constantly tune and improve spam detection. GFI MailEssentials also adds email management tools to your mail server: disclaimers, email archiving and monitoring, Internet mail reporting, list server, server-based auto replies, anti-phishing and POP3 downloading. GFI MailEssentials pricing is very competitive, with a 50-user version costing just USD 725, as an example. More information about GFI MailEssentials and a trial version are available at: http://www.gfi.com/mes/.
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Great Corporate Video Production Must Affect Emotion
Do you want to engage in a corporate video project? In marketing your product, you must find a good channel. Always remember this when doing video: appeal to the emotions of your audience. Why? People buy for emotional reasons. The only way to connect with your market is to connect with their emotion. Creating a strong bond with the target market is the ultimate goal of a video production.
Successful corporate video production isn't really about dry commercial presentations where there's an endless introduction of what your business does. They are about real emotions—surprise, longing, humour or drama. A huge part of the population loves drama. Perhaps, even you. No matter what emotion a brand is trying to bring out, it has to strike firmly on the persona of the audience such as that they will be compelled to share this message to others. Anything less than strong won't capture the attention of your audience and you will be left out with other videos with non-emotional content.
Who are you trying to reach? Is it mothers, school kids or teenagers? Thus, you must let loose those emotions that these groups can identify with. People buy into the video they are watching when the substance strikes a familiar chord in their lives. To start producing a good video, you may get the assistance of video production Brisbane team.
Do not be afraid to show emotion. The corporate video must become an effective medium to transfer emotion so that people can identify with your product or your brand. Most people would not agree with being emotional. Yet the most flourishing businesses have made use of commercials that portray the real events in life. To achieve that, you do not only have to tell a story, but you must tell it in such a way that it can capture the attention of the market you are trying to reach.
You might have a great story to tell but a badly done video can be just a waste of your resources. Hook up with professionals in video production Brisbane so that your concept and all the video production methods are done right at the first instance.
Create a professional video to create a buzz. One of the best methods to go viral is to publish a well thought-out, passionate video. All you have to do is communicate to your audience about love – because that's how most good video stories end and they end it with a clear portrayal of love. A good example of this is the haste a person makes to call another person they love, so they use a good smartphone. Another is about a woman using the best salad cream to show that she wants the best food for her family.
If the video is all about the company, that's a story nobody would get interested in. You will find that people don't care about what your company is all about. On the other hand, when the corporate video production theme is about how people can be helped with your product and you may cite several good emotions that your product rouses in the people who use them, then that's probably your ticket to becoming a winner in your niche.
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The Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) is a regional intergovernmental body based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Its mission is the pooling of electrical energy resources in a coordinated and optimized manner to provide an affordable, sustainable and reliable electricity in the region. In this interview, Jasper Oduor points out the links between the EAPP and the Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus.
NEXUS Platform: Mr Oduor, could you briefly explain to our readers the background and main objectives of the East African Power pool EAPP and its activities until date?
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Jasper Oduor: The main objective of the EAPP is to pool the power resources within our member states by implementing generation and transmission projects within our regional Power Master Plan so as to have Least Cost Power, increase efficiency, availability and reliability. A further objective is to develop a regional power market providing competition.
One of the main objectives of the EAPP is to establish a regional framework enabling private investors to contribute to water, energy and food security? To which extent have you succeeded until date? Are there any examples of investment which considered all three sectors — water, energy and food?
Jasper Oduor: Needless to say, hydropower does not consume any water, but we noted that when pounding the dam, some farm activities might be interrupted temporarily or permanently. All our projects, before implementation, are subjected to feasibility and ESIA studies. During all these studies, all the stakeholders are brought on board. This includes all the current and potential water users. Thus, there is the inclusion of issues of potential irrigation projects which has an in-built aspect of food. The principle of Least Cost Power Plan has to be balanced with the principle of Most Beneficial Plan. The private sector investment is included under the consideration of providing an enabling environment, by ensuring the necessary frameworks are in place — that is for example policy, legal, regulatory and institutional frameworks. The other issue is to ensure there are acceptable Transmission Interconnection Code and Standards, Market Rules and a good Operations Code.
With a focus on energy production and regional power trade our readers would be interested in your insights into the water-energy Nexus in East Africa. The biggest potential for generating energy with hydropower seems to be in DRC, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania. Is this correct? To which extent has the EAPP taken the competing demands of "water for food" and "water for energy" into consideration?
Jasper Oduor: As pointed earlier, the water-energy-food Nexus is considered under the feasibility and ESIA studies where all the stakeholder interests are considered. Water use for irrigation and thus food production is considered. The possible swamping of farmland is also considered, even under resettlement mitigation and others. Needless to say, a power project can result in increase of agricultural activities. The concern of a power project would be water projects that extract water up-stream instead of down-stream.
Is there a "water-energy-food security Nexus" success story from the East African context and your work for the EAPP which you could tell our readers? What are your main lessons learned?
Jasper Oduor: As pointed above, we can claim success of all the hydropower projects within our region. This is mainly because of the consideration of the results of feasibility and ESIA studies that recognise and encompass the inputs from all stakeholders, mainly the water users for industry and domestic needs, as well as for irrigation for food-production, fish-development, recreation and catchment area conservation and preservation measures.
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So now that its been a day at least. Me and some friends have noticed that the fuel load is oddly high.Also that you can't change from liters to gallons? I jokingly stated yesterday that I was a Fuel Tanker and that is what brought me to this post. So was it or is it a mistake that the fuel is so high? Did I miss something?


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Set in contemporary Tel Aviv, the Israeli film "Working Woman" feels all too timely in the #MeToo era. But in fact, feminist director Michal Aviad began working on the drama (her second, after 2011's "Invisible" and several documentaries) in 2012.
"No normal working hours, but lots of possibilities to advance," Orna tells her husband, describing the job she's just been offered by a successful real estate developer — her former commanding officer during her military service.
The 30-something mother of three young children — who previously worked in child care and stayed home to take care of her own kids — Orna (Liron Ben-Shlush) is grateful for the chance to move into a career with prestige and better pay. She and her husband, Ofer (Oshri Cohen), need the money. A chef, he's still struggling to get his months-old restaurant off the ground.
Orna's first impression of the job proves to be spot-on. Her demanding 50-something boss, Benny (Menashe Noy), quickly recognizes her hard work and excellent people skills, rewarding her with raises, a promotion and perks. But those gains come amid Benny's late-night work calls that go on too long, inappropriate comments about her clothes and appearance, and an attempted kiss that she firmly brushes off, telling Benny, who is married, that she's not that kind of woman.
In public, however, Benny is all charm, inviting Orna and Ofer to his swanky birthday party at his mansion, complete with outdoor pool — a striking contrast to the younger couple's cramped, slightly dingy apartment.
What's Orna to do? Knowing that her family can't afford for her to quit, she avoids telling her husband what's really going on, trying her best to maintain boundaries with Benny, who alternates between pushy and contrite — until things reach a breaking point.
Although commendably relatable, the story line at times feels too familiar, save for later scenes in which Orna makes some choices that lead to a (mostly) satisfying ending.
"Working Woman" shows, in a particularly clear-eyed and realistic way, the predicament that far too many women find themselves in, through no fault of their own. It also shows how both subtle and coercive sexual harassment can be. Aside from one especially horrendous moment, the film is set to more a simmer than a boil, deftly capturing the insidiousness of the problem.
Aviad elicits nuanced, persuasive performances from her lead actors: As Orna, Ben-Shlush is persistent yet steely, possessed of an inner strength that helps her character through difficult circumstances. As Benny, Noy is not some monstrous caricature but a powerful, wealthy man who's used to getting his way.
The Israeli setting comes through in the specifics; Benny's company, for example, is building a waterfront high-rise marketed to a group of older French Jews who are considering moving to Israel if, as one of them puts it, "things in France get worse."
And yet this story of workplace abuse and its fallout could just as well take place in New York, Istanbul, Mumbai — or any other city. Orna is Everywoman. Like many other women in her shoes, she emerges scarred, but stronger and wiser.
Unrated. At Landmark's E Street Cinema. Contains sexual assault. In Hebrew, French and English with subtitles. 93 minutes.


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Roger Rampuri
Roger Rampuri was born in India, but immigrated to Canada at the age of 4, raised in Burnaby since 1973. He currently owns a home in Burnaby, he is one of your neighbors, part of the community, involved, active and visible in community events.
Roger recently joined Sutton Centre Realty, which is centrally located to help facilitate a great repour with all clients throughout the Greater Vancouver area with their Real Estate needs.
Roger understands that buying and selling Real Estate can be stressful. As a Realtor, he will work hard to lower your stress level and make your experience as pleasurable as possible. He will accomplish this, through constant communication and by being accessible whenever you need him.
When not assisting clients, Roger enjoys spending time with his wife Kiran and their family, entertaining their friends as well as spending quality time with his kids.
Roger loves playing golf, an avid sports fan and a long time Vancouver Canucks supporter. His passion outside of Real Estate is photography where he loves taking pictures of unique situations whenever an opportunity arises.
Roger who is part of Urban Home Team, helps showcase homes, associating himself with a team of professional service providers such as a photographer, highly regarded staging companies, virtual tour providers, and graphic designers to assist in marketing his client's properties.
You are always in good hands with Roger Rampuri and his team.


text: Table Tennis - Over the net update MEMBERSHIP RANKINGS TOURNAMENTS COACHING Chairman's message As the year draws to a close, I would like to wish all our members, players, volunteers, staff and everyone connected to our table tennis family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.2017 will be a year of opportunities and challenges. Volunteers Congratulations to BBC Unsung Heroes Two volunteers who have helped to get hundreds of people into table tennis have received Unsung Hero awards from the BBC. Competitions Don't forget to book your Nationals tickets Tickets to the PG Mutual National Championships in Nottingham in March are selling fast - don't miss your chance to be there! Performance Germany too strong for battling England Olympic silver medallists and reigning European champions Germany were too good for England, beating them 3-0 in the European qualifier in Preston. Member offer Money off tickets to World Ping Pong! The World Championship of Ping Pong returns to Alexandra Palace in January - and all Table Tennis England members can get 33% off tickets! Been forwarded this email by a friend? Table Tennis England, Norfolk House, 88 Saxon Gate West, Milton Keynes MK9 2DLT: 01908 208860 | E: firstname.lastname@example.com©2016 Table Tennis England | Privacy Policy | UnsubscribeRegistered Office Address: Norfolk House, 88 Saxon Gate West, Milton Keynes MK9 2DLCompany Number: 4268058 No longer wish to receive these emails?


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The woman lying unconscious on the Irish shore near Ballykirk can't possibly be a mermaid can she? Still, architect Kellan Quinn wastes no time saving her life. And soon she's recovering in his home ;setting his fantasies ablaze in his bed!
But heiress Gelsey Woods is no mermaid. Instead, she's hiding from the mess she's made of her life so far. And something about Kellan and Ballykirk feels like home, especially during the holidays.
Unfortunately, Gelsey's past is catching up with her quickly. And her only Christmas wish is that Kellan will still love his gift from the sea once he learns the truth .


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OWFC Newsletter No 1,648
Football Newsletters • Newsletter • Posted 27th February 2018
Another tough week on selection but all games went ahead. We saw wins for the 1s, 5s, and 6s, while the 7s came out on top in the Unclasico against the 8s.
Elsewhere there was a draw for the 2s and a defeat for the 4s.
Last call for the darts night, details are in the newsletter, please contact Mike Pike if interested.
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text: Catherine Brownfield is an excellent nurse. She provided care that one receives in the ICU, where nurses have a limited number of patients. Catherine, no matter how busy she was, went over and beyond what is expected. She monitored IV's and expensive medication drips. I received all my medications on time. Catherine checked on me often and called my physician as needed. Catherine answered all my questions and took the time to explain if I did not understand. Catherine also made me feel important in every way, and it didn't matter who I was. Catherine is even-tempered, calm, gentle, kind and a caring person. I do not have the words to emphasize what an asset she is to her profession. She is priceless and wonderful.


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So I was watching the Voice (the battle rounds) and, I must say, watching the coaching is just as cool as the performances themselves. It kindof makes me think of how some people see the glory with no regard for the story. Success is a journey; how oft we do forget, but it's more than worth it. It is this journey that gives color to what is an otherwise bland and uneventful time/life.
Well, back to the Voice, which inspired this post. During the time of coaching, one of the coaches said:
"…Imagine the note you want to hit and hit it."
Now, this may stir different thoughts and reactions within you, but one of the thoughts for me is that of FEARLESSNESS. Why?
There are times in many of our lives that we have envisioned something great, dreamt about it, and thensome, But….that was it. It's crazy how we get lost in thought – dreamland. It's crazy because while some of us are thinking of great and innovative things, we are allowing ourselves to get overwhelmed. Everything starts to seem like such a mountainous or uphill battle and we clinch up. But we can't! What's waiting for us is greater. Go For It! Take the leap.
Be the success that you see, in you, but remember to Be – presence is required. The quote above says to imagine and hit it, so keeping it all in our head is not productive. We must be encouraged progress from being passively active to radically aggressive. Just looking at the word 'hit' denotes to me that one should attack life; yet in lieu of the referenced show, do it with finesse [skill, taste, discrimination – which means except no substitutes or such like]. The forward movement, though powerful, has to have that finesse because of the savoring of every moment that's going to diminish our inhibitions and teach us how to take control of our nerves.
So now that you have your vision board and have put sticky notes on the mirrors and listened to motivational discs, Do Something! Do without regret. Do without self-mutilation. So what if you make a mistake – Fail Forward, that's what they say, right? Even the bible says, in a translation of Ps.24:16
No matter how often honest people fall, they always get up again
So Do get up even if you fall.
Have you started your business? Are you taking the chance to love again? Is the glass half full or half empty?
Need a business or fundraising idea?
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• Made from stylish and durable Fabric Prestigious Twinkle Oilcloth in Red
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• Attaches to your dog leash for easy convenience
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During the summer, open toed shoes, flip flops, and sandals, help our feet breathe in the heat and humidity. However, many of us don't pay attention to our feet until we have to show them in public.
If your feet are not sandal ready yet, or maybe just need a little pampering to get them into tip top condition, then you should try this nourishing foot soak that will leave your toes looking amazing.
In the video below, Tabitha Blue demonstrates how to make a quick and easy foot soak, using just 2 all-natural ingredients, that you likely already have in your kitchen; milk and baking soda.
-Warm up 2-4 cups of milk and pour it into a bowl or container that's large enough to fit both your feet in comfortably.
-Once you have soaked your toes for about 5 minutes, grab the baking soda and lightly sprinkle some over them in your foot bath.
-Work the baking soda around by gently massaging and scrubbing it onto the feet for about 1 minute or 2.
-Pay attention to rougher areas or where the skin is thicker, usually heels and the bottoms of feet.
-Don't forget to scrub the tops of feet too and around the upper ankle areas that are most visible when you wear sandals.
-When you're done scrubbing, keep soaking your feet and sit back and relax for another 5 minutes.
It only takes about 10 minutes of your time and will leave your feet soft, glowing, and rejuvenated.
Milk and baking soda work to beautify your feet! That's because milk naturally contains lactic acid, which is used to soften skin. Baking soda is naturally abrasive, thus by rubbing it on milk softened feet, you can effectively remove rough patches and hardened areas of skin, such as tough calluses.
If you haven't tried it yet, you should!
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"Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see"
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Welcome to Training By Traci! I'm Traci, the creator, founder and owner of this incredible program!
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My passion has always been and continues to be, to help women of all ages achieve the health and fitness they desire. There is no better reason to get fit and healthy than wanting to live a richer, fuller life! Without our health and fitness life can be challenging at best and debilitating at worst. Finally YOU can be in charge of your health!
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If you answered YES to 1 or more of those questions I know in my heart I can help you, just as Ive helped countless women over the last 25years.
Its time to end the frustration and start getting real with yourself, then take the next step and learn about the programs I offer!
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Higher Living Health & Fitness Coaching is all about YOU. We begin with a free evaluation, I design your personal program based on where your current fitness is and where you want to go. Higher Living Coaching is a co-creative process between you and me- a relationship focused on supporting you to identify, achieve and celebrate living your grandest vision of your health and body.
Common concerns from clients:
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My life is nothing but an endless list of to do's. I just cant get into the whole health & fitness thing!
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I've lost the passion in my relationships. I think its because I'm so obsessed with my body.
I feel like I could be so much more but I don't know where to start.
Coaching is an incredible resource to refocus your life and not settle. It will challenge you, support you, and inspire you. It's very focused and rooted in helping you refine your mindset so you can live the life you'd feel proud of in old age. It will help you rethink things and find alternate approaches to best manifest the meaningful life you aspire to have.
Coaching is nonjudgmental. Having a "coach" doesn't mean you have to run laps for not hitting your goals for the week. What you WILL get is kind and honest exploration into what gets in your way and action steps to find an approach that works. Your coach is like your life partner in crime. You can count on me to share the deepest dreams, desires, and fears in your heart. I have your back with a ton of encouragement and psychological know-how to help you along the way.
I'm here helping individuals like you regain your power and energy to live a more fulfilled and productive life. I help those who are ready, willing and open to their change. I believe if you're reading this then that's you. I will guide you with tools that have also helped me, to clarify the problem, conquer obstacles, create and design a new perspective and commit to a more fulfilled life. Let's take this journey together. Are you ready?
Restore hope and live free
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Short Stem Hip Replacement Review
Short Stem Hip Replacement review @2 years. It shows preservation of bone. It is ideal for young and middle aged patients needing a Hip replacement in India. Visit www.hipsurgery.in for more information. [caption id="attachment_1377" align="aligncenter" width="150"] Short Stem Hip Replacement[/caption]
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[caption id="attachment_888" align="aligncenter" width="150"] Avascular necrosis Hip[/caption] Do you suffer from Avascular necrosis hip in India? It is a common condition among young patients. Common causes include steroid intake, alcohol overuse, trauma besides others. It needs prompt diagnosis and treatment. Non operative methods fail in 80% cases. Surgery is invariably required. We offer Core decompression and stem cell treatment for early stages. In late cases with arthritis, I do short stem hip replacements. This presentation explains the complete range of treatment offered in my clinic. The treatment provided are Core decompression. Core decompression + Stem cell treatment. Short stem hip replacement. Total hip replacement. Visit www.hipsurgery.in for more information.
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Neck preserving hip replacement in Avascular necrosis Avascular necrosis hip replacement of femoral head often leads to hip replacement. With the decline in popularity of hip resurfacing, neck preserving hip replacement is emerging as the treatment of choice. This procedure is advantageous
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On Saturday, four concrete pumps descended on a web of rebar to conduct the first pour for the foundation of One Vanderbilt, a 58-story, 1.7-million-square-foot commercial tower under construction adjacent to Grand Central Terminal in Midtown East. The progress can be seen thanks to photos posted to the YIMBY Forums. The latest building permits have the 1,401-foot-tall tower measuring 1,755,814 square feet.
There will be retail space across the ground and second floors, as well as the 56th through 58th floors, the latter of which will be an observation deck up 1,020 feet above street level. Office space will occupy the third through 55th floors. TD Bank has already signed on to 200,000 square feet of space in the tower. SL Green Realty Corporation is the developer and Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates is the architect. Completion is expected in 2020.


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Jonathan Lipps
Jonathan has been making things out of code as long as he can remember. Jonathan is the architect and project lead for Appium. Before founding Cloud Grey, he was Director of Open Source at Sauce Labs. He has worked as a programmer in tech startups for over a decade but is also passionate about academic discussions.
Jonathan has master's degrees in philosophy and linguistics, from Stanford and Oxford respectively. Living in Vancouver, he's an avid rock climber, yogi, musician, and writer on topics he considers vital, like the relationship of technology to what it means to be human. You can visit his personal site at jlipps.com.
Evolving Appium: Image Recognition and AI For Mobile Testing
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In this session, Jonathan will share some of the new things they've done with Appium in the last year to help evolve Appium and bring its functionality into the future and to make your automation lives a bit easier focusing on image recognition and AI.


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Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes occurring in living matter, a discipline which encompasses an incredibly diverse field of research that touches nearly all aspects of our lives. Biochemists are working in areas as diverse environmental degradation, forensics, disease research, and archaeology.
This program is also offered at UBC's Okanagan CampusFind out more
Why this program?
- Attend lectures and labs in UBC's state-of-the-art Life Sciences Institute.
- Prepare for graduate study in biochemistry, molecular biology, biophysics, or professional schools.
- Gain hands-on research experience through upper-year laboratory courses.
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- Campus: Vancouver
- Faculty: Faculty of Science
- Degree: Bachelor of Science
- Length 4 yrs
You can combine your studies with full-time, paid work at top local and international organizations.
You can study intense specialization in a single field.
Biochemistry is concerned with the chemical compounds and processes that occur in plants, animals, and microorganisms. Specifically, it involves the analysis of proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids, which comprise the basic constituents of cells.
This specialization equips you with a strong foundation in biochemistry while also providing the flexibility to cultivate your interests in allied fields (e.g., microbiology, food science, and chemistry). An undergraduate degree in biochemistry is particularly appropriate for students who anticipate a professional career in the health sciences or research.
Biochemistry is available at the undergraduate level as a major or honours. It can also be paired with chemistry for a combined major or combined honours degree.
Housed in the Faculty of Medicine, the program's primary focus is on the biochemistry of the human body. Biochemistry can also be studied as an elective in biology, chemistry, microbiology and immunology, and cellular, anatomical and physiological sciences.
Campus features
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is located in the Life Sciences Centre, a multi-disciplinary research space where more than 80 faculty investigators and approximately 600 trainees and research staff conduct innovative research in many areas of the life and biomedical sciences. The Laboratory for Molecular Biophysics has state-of-the-art instrumentation and facilities.
Experiential learning and research
The Biochemistry program champions and supports the participation of undergraduates in research and provides students the opportunity gain hands-on research experience through several upper-year laboratory courses.Send details
Life at UBC's Vancouver campus
The Biochemistry program is housed in the Life Sciences Centre. Constructed in 2005, the Life Sciences Centre is part of the Life Sciences Institute, which is the largest research centre on UBC's Vancouver campus.Find out more
Your future
A BSc in Biochemistry is a perfect stepping stool for entry into graduate programs, as well as medical, law, dental, or pharmacy school.
Students graduate with strong critical thinking, communication, and research abilities. These skills are highly sought after and are transferable to many workplaces.
Program graduates
- PhD candidate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia
- Associate attorney, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
- Dentist, Baker Hill Dental Clinic
- Medical student, University of British Columbia
- PhD candidate in Membrane Biology, University of Alberta
- Graduate student in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota
Program requirements
English-language requirements
English is the language of instruction at UBC. All prospective students must demonstrate English-language competency prior to admission. There are numerous ways to meet the English Language Admission Standard.
General admission requirements
- Completion of the IB Diploma with competitive scores, including at least three Higher Level courses and additional points for Extended Essay and Theory of Knowledge.
- Completion of Standard Level or Higher Level English A at a minimum score of 3, where English is the primary language of instruction. (If you are an international student with a score of less than 3 in IB English A [SL or HL], or you are taking English B [SL or HL], you may be eligible for UBC Vantage One programs.)
Degree-specific requirements: Science
- IB Mathematics, excluding IB Math Studies*
- IB Biology, IB Chemistry, or IB Physics
- Grade 11/junior-level Chemistry
- Grade 11/junior-level Physics (may be waived with grades of 5 in IB Mathematics and IB Chemistry)
* If your intended start year is 2021:IB Math Analysis and Approaches SL, IB Math Analysis and Approaches HL, or IB Math Applications and Interpretations HL. IB Math Applications and Interpretations SL will not satisfy the requirement.
Related courses
The following subject categories are particularly relevant for this degree. Consider taking courses in these areas in your junior year and senior year.
- Language Arts
- Mathematics and Computation
- Sciences


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June 10, 2019
Partnerships that Matter: Building a Medical Practice – and a Trusted Relationship
Dr. Richard Garden balances multiple endeavors as a business owner. He leads Chesapeake Oral Surgery Associates and owns several commercial properties with his wife. Keeping track of all the details that go along with running multiple businesses hasn't always gone smoothly for Dr. Garden – until he was referred to Revere Bank.
"With my previous bank, I was trying to purchase the building for my practice and things got held up for months," said Dr. Garden. "As soon as I was put in touch with Revere, their team produced a settlement in less than 30 days, and we were able to move forward."
After transferring his entire portfolio over to Revere, Dr. Garden's partnership with the Revere team has provided additional benefits.
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At Revere Bank, our partnerships help businesses become even more successful. We're proud of the relationships we've built with local businesses to help improve the communities we serve.


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On March 21st, PremFina sponsored Broker50 with the Insurance Times in partnership with Open GI and Enterprise UK.
The retreat took place in Newbury at The Vineyard. Attendees included Autonet, BeWiser, Bollington, Brightside, Erskine Murray, Tasker Insurance and more.
The day kicked off with exciting panel discussions with Peter Cullum, chairman, Global Risk Partners (GRP) talking about the lessons he has learned whilst in the insurance industry and the future he sees for brokers.
Panel discussions also revolved around the current UK broking landscape; how to make customers happy; and conflicts of interest.
Upon the panel discussions and a fabulous lunch, attendees either hit the green or went up into the friendly skies.
Attendees were then later treated to wine tasting and dinner hosted by English football legend, Matt Le-Tissier.
As guests finished their meals, they slowly made their way to the bar where more networking, drinks and a long night of laughs was enjoyed by all.
PremFina had a great time at Broker50 and would like to thank the Insurance Times for a job very well done – we cannot wait for the next one!


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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
I Finally Won A Blog Giveaway!
I was thrilled when I opened my email this morning to find I had won Brenda's, kindshipincolorandwool.typepad.com/, generous blog giveaway. I ran upstairs to tell my husband with 6 year old grandson Graham running around yelling "What did we win?" It was quite the scene. Anyway....I won this lovely felted bracelet and felt flower pins. I'm already planning to possibly use the pins on a rug (credit to Brenda of course, a rug hooking collaboration!). Well, this has just made my day. Hope yours was just as lovely!
9 comments:
- summersundays-jw said...
Congratulations -- I always knew you were a winner. Jan
- July 28, 2009 at 7:31 PM
- Relyn Lawson said...
Oh, how cool! Perfect for you, too.
- July 29, 2009 at 1:40 AM
- Alice ~ Folk Art Primitives said...
Yeah!!! It's great to win something and they're all really cute!!!
- July 29, 2009 at 3:24 AM
- brenda said...
I am so glad it made your day! What fun!
- July 29, 2009 at 5:42 AM
- Miccosukee said...
Congrats, Dulcy. I think I won maybe twice, but it's so cool to open the door and unwrap the package. This one was so cool! I am glad you won it.
So glad to see you blogging more. I have missed you.
- July 29, 2009 at 7:20 AM
- April DeConick said...
I'm so glad you won! It sounds like it was a great scene at home.
- July 29, 2009 at 7:34 AM
- ShabbySheep said...
Dulcy, You've always been a winner in my book! I picked up some vintage velvet at a sale the other day. Three different shades of pink! If you would like some to line your purse with, I'll gladly share some with you! Give me a call.
- July 29, 2009 at 12:56 PM
- Gayle said...
Lucky YOU! They're delightful!
- July 29, 2009 at 1:17 PM
- Ragamuffin Gal said...
I'm with Graham ~ running around the house excited about your winnings! They're beautiful and perfect for you!
- July 29, 2009 at 6:48 PM


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I have a confession to make: After all these years, it seriously bothers me that other people don't like me.
I don't know why it should. I've lived on my own since I was 17, survived in some of the most brutal and competitive cities in the world without ending up as a news story, and I've met every kind of person on the planet. I'm well-aware not everyone in the world is going to like me, just as I don't necessarily like everyone I meet. Yet, when it is brought to my attention that someone doesn't like me, or once liked me and has since reversed his or her opinion, it has an emotional impact.
OMG, why doesn't everyone like me?
Not only do people not like me, in some situations, I encounter people who actively dislike me. After over three decades of life, I'm still encountering girls who talk about me behind my back, or do little more than glare at me when I see them, although I don't remember ever actually saying or doing anything negative to them. I'm still encountering people I thought were "real" friends who no longer hang out with me because they have a boyfriend/girlfriend/best friend who doesn't approve of me. I can inspire women twice my age to send me vitriolic letters and make phone calls that would put a less self-assured person on the brink of suicide. I have made people want to literally destroy my life, and not in the high school sense, where a bad rumour is circulated to make someone cry. Especially in Atlanta, where people are immediately sized up in social situations by money, appearance, and availability for no-strings-attached hookups, I've had to deal with the transition of no longer being the person everyone finds fascinating and wants to get to know. I'm a decade too old and twenty pounds too heavy in order to inspire people to pay attention to me for all the wrong reasons, which should be a relief, but it's not. Instead, it makes you feel rather non-existent, as if you've fallen off the social radar of life.
I can make an enemy just by showing up. It turns out that when you're taught "be yourself", that mostly only applies if yourself is sufficiently socially acceptable and enough like everyone else that you're dubbed as "a nice person".
Why am I not a nice person?
I actually really am. I hold doors for strangers, make small talk with people I don't know, pay for lunch when it's my turn to do so, and don't commit embarrassing party faux pas. On your birthday, I will always send a note or a card or a gift or plan you a party. If I like you, I will send you mail for no reason or share a particularly moving book I just read. I return phone calls, and send my regrets when I can't make it to things. I am by no means a doormat, but I consider myself a generally nice and empathetic person.
Yet, it consistently shocks me when someone I thought was a friend turns out not to be, someone who is an acquaintance and doesn't know me is spending time gossiping about me and I'm experiencing social repercussions as a result, someone says or writes something extraordinarily self-esteem shattering behind my back, or someone with whom I have a mild infatuation or am crushing on doesn't see what an awesome, fun, and loving person I happen to be.
Do I suffer from low self-esteem, or rampant narcissism?
After all, it's not paranoia if people are really out to get you, and it's not low-self-esteem if what's bringing you down comes out of the mouths of other people. Sometimes, it's people you really care about, although you wonder why. Sometimes, it's someone you know nothing about. Either way, the rejection and hurtful assessment of what's unlikeable about you hits hard.
I've always been that way. I have always needed everyone to like me, and it's always come as a punch in the stomach when I've heard people say things behind my back. I used to think I was my own worst critic, and then I met other people, and the things that were most hurtful were the things I already feel self-conscious about as a human being. It's one thing if I look at myself in the mirror and tear myself down on a daily basis, and understand the reason everyone doesn't love and adore me is because I am not pretty enough, smart enough, nice enough, likeable enough, laid-back enough, skinny enough, entertaining enough. It's quite another when you hear others saying these things about you.
I was never bullied in high school. I never went through that "I don't want to go to school because it's a mean place that makes me feel bad about myself" phase, and I guess I'm fortunate. At the same time, I never learned the coping mechanisms that many of my peers learned early on, namely how to not let rejection and criticism and abject meanness affect you too personally. I went through the same awkward adolescent crap as everyone else, but for the most part, I was a fairly popular and energetic person who was very driven, and thrived on being at the center of everything. I suppose that hasn't changed.
However, back in those days, for every few close friends I had, I had someone who wanted to tear me down and make me cry. I learned I wasn't sweet or nice or congenial. I wasn't the perfectly pretty girl everyone wanted to look like, or the charming one that everyone wondered "How does she have so many friends?". However, I had enough redeeming qualities to make me a well-liked person by my peers. Still, I was too insecure about the people who said mean things about me to notice that. I wondered what was wrong with me.
I have always been a divisive personality.
I don't know why. People either love me—in some cases, they actually fall pretty hard or maintain intense connections with me through long periods of time, and are the type that would do almost anything for me—or they hate me. When I use the word "hate", I don't exaggerate. I've been offered money to stop seeing people, and blackmailed in attempts to get me out of town. I've been completely ostracised by groups of people without even knowing what they had against me. I've had people say to ex-boyfriends, "Sure, I'll marry you, as long as you never have contact with that girl again."
But I don't, for the life of me, know what's so objectionable about me. Those who like me find me thoughtful, witty, empathetic, creative, entertaining, intuitive, and intelligent. I'm well-traveled, well-educated, and consider myself fairly cultured. Yet, I try my best to be all those things in a rather unpretentious way. I have a lot of interesting life stories…and I mean a LOT. Some people likely find them more entertaining than others, but isn't that the same with everyone? Maybe I'm not wealthy enough or attractive enough to have every guy I've ever liked fall at my feet in return, or every girl I've ever wanted to be friends with to find me cool enough for her social circle, but neither have I done too shabbily in either of those departments throughout my life. I've never been one to have trouble finding dates, or relationships, or making new friends in a new place. I will find myself in a brand new city for a day, and have an adventure, and meet 20 strangers. Yet, the reality is, at least 5 of those strangers didn't really care for me or resented my presence, while another 5 immediately friended me on Facebook.
I know I am not low-key enough to ever win any congeniality awards. It isn't that I'm not nice. Yet,I say what I think. I stand up for myself, and my ideals. I won't keep my mouth shut just to be polite, or keep conversation from getting too deep, because I find that painfully dull. If you get to know me, you may just find me rather insightful and compassionate. I won't decide that glitter and jewelry and other adornments aren't for me, because they're too much for other people. I don't see how the way I use fashion to express myself should form your opinion of me at all, yet I've heard it does. Frankly, I sometimes feel like a Real Housewife Of Atlanta, without the money and its advantages.
I know some people find my way of being "too much", are put off by my rather Northern demeanour, which can come off as brash or abrasive without meaning to. Some don't like my flirtatious banter or witty observations. Some people dislike my style, my disinterest in simply being pretty and charming and accommodating, ideals that are held very highly in women in the South. Some people don't care for my ability to make a snarky remark, tell a dirty joke, or drink others under the table while still having a fairly respectable good time. Others don't relate to my disinterest in marriage and children and having things in my life to nurture and support. Sorry, but I'd prefer to discuss politics over pacifiers any day, and I think a drink with a friend at 6 PM every day should be mandatory.
Of course, then there are those who don't find me particularly respectable or endearing or charming at all, and that's not something I can ever change.
But I'd be lying if I said it didn't hurt my feelings. I don't intend to come off as obnoxious to some or threatening to others. I just like having fun and living life without too long of a list of rules and boundaries. I don't mind that maybe some of my choices in life are unconventional, so why should anyone else? If those who judged me bothered to talk to me about my life, they might learn to look at the world in new ways, as I do when I talk to people who aren't much like me.
So, why don't people like me?"
The answer is, truly, I don't know. I do my best to be nice to others while refusing to change who I am, as a person, in order to suit anyone else. It's never enough. I've encountered more hatred and judgment and criticism in Atlanta than I have in my entire lifetime anywhere else, and I don't understand. I wish I did. But it's tiring, feeling perpetually misunderstood, on the defensive, or just overlooked.
I don't think it's low self-esteem, because most of the time, I think I'm pretty fricking awesome. I'm just secretly crying because someone else I either liked or respected or genuinely cared about didn't agree, and I don't know how to brush things off and move on without being too affected, as most adults seem to know how to do.
However, if people don't like you often enough and criticise you harshly enough, insecurity is an inevitable consequence. You begin to wonder if all the secret little imperfections you see in yourself are so glaringly obvious to others that people can't stand you. You wonder what people really say about you behind your back, if the bits and pieces you've heard are bad enough.
I was always nice to you, so how can you not like me?"
Inside, there's a 13-year-old girl who asks that, and can't come to terms with the idea that someone people just genuinely dislike the kind of human being you are. Being yourself doesn't always win you friends. Being intelligent and accomplished and empathetic doesn't always make you likeable. If you're a woman, sometimes being yourself is the fastest way to make enemies, either because the men around you want to sleep with you or they don't, and the women around you are either threatened or disdainful of the lack of positive qualities you bring to the table.
It's not fair, but it's how it is. Yet, it doesn't hurt any less when you're the type of person who truly invests in building real friendships and chooses them carefully, or meets someone to whom you're genuinely attracted once a year, and those things aren't always treated as the gift they are
If I share myself with someone, on whatever level, it's a gift…because I don't take the walls down for just anyone. When I do, those friendships and relationships often become connections that last a lifetime, but when others find them disposable or not that significant, it affects me more than it should. It's a reminder of why I am so distrustful, so reticent to really bond with others.
I wish that, not just in regards to my own experience but in general, people saw what others bring into their lives as the gift it is.
Why don't people like me?
I won't ever know, I suppose. I know I like me, most of the time, though probably no more or less than anyone else. I know I am often unfairly judged, misunderstood, or fit into someone's life as the "inspiring manic pixie" character who is tossed aside when someone else finally becomes who they wanted to be and found what they were really looking for. It's hard to be the person who is hurt in all of those situations.
I can only be glad that those who do support me, love me, adore me, maintain infatuations with me, want to be my friend, go out of their way to hang out and call and write and visit, and honestly are happier for having me in their lives feel the way they do. I may never understand why people react so strongly to my personality, either positively or negatively, but I do know I have more enduring friendships and relationships than most. Little is superficial in my universe, and maybe that's why things are the way they are, because I don't have much interest in the superficial, the acquaintances, the living life on the surface.
Unfortunately, sometimes, I think I'm in the wrong place, the wrong time, the wrong mindset for that.
Perhaps that, more than anything else, is why people don't like me.


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BoNeSi is a network traffic generator for different protocol types. It is a tool to simulate DDoS in a testing environment. It is designed to study the effect of attacks. It can generate ICMP, UDP and TCP (HTTP) flooding attacks from a defined botnet size (different IP addresses).
BoNeSi is highly configurable; rates, data volume, source IP addresses, URLs and other parameters can be configured. There are plenty of other tools out there to spoof IP addresses with UDP and ICMP, but for TCP spoofing, there is no solution. It is the first tool to simulate HTTP-GET floods from large-scale bot networks.
Where can I run BoNeSi?
We highly recommend you to run BoNeSi in a closed environment. However, attacks could be run on the internet as well, but you should be very carefull.
BoNeSi sniffs for TCP packets on the network interface and responds to all packets in order to establish TCP connections. For this feature, it is necessary, that all traffic from the target webserver is routed back to the host running BoNeSi.
How good is the perfomance?
The developers constantly provide updates and are focused on the performance in order to simulate big botnets. On an AMD Opteron with 2Ghz they were able to generate up to 150,000 packets per second.
UDP/ ICMP attacks can easily fill the bandwidth and HTTP-Flooding attacks knock out webservers fast. A demo video of BoNeSi in action can be found here.
:~$ ./configure
:~$ make
:~$ make install
:~$ bonesi [OPTION...] <dst_ip:port>
-i, --ips=FILENAME filename with ip list
-p, --protocol=PROTO udp (default), icmp or tcp
-r, --send_rate=NUM packets per second, 0 = infinite (default)
-s, --payload_size=SIZE size of the paylod, (default: 32)
-o, --stats_file=FILENAME filename for the statistics, (default: 'stats')
-c, --max_packets=NUM maximum number of packets (requests at tcp/http), 0 = infinite (default)
--integer IPs are integers in host byte order instead of in dotted notation
-t, --max_bots=NUM determine max_bots in the 24bit prefix randomly (1-256)
-u, --url=URL the url (default: '/') (only for tcp/http)
-l, --url_list=FILENAME filename with url list (only for tcp/http)
-b, --useragent_list=FILENAME filename with useragent list (only for tcp/http)
-d, --device=DEVICE network listening device (only for tcp/http, e.g. eth1)
-m, --mtu=NUM set MTU, (default 1500). Currently only when using TCP.
-f, --frag=NUM set fragmentation mode (0=IP, 1=TCP, default: 0). Currently only when using TCP.
-v, --verbose print additional debug messages
-h, --help print help message and exit
- 50,000 ip addresses generated randomly to use with –ips option
- several browser identifications to use with –useragentlist option
- several urls to use with –urllist option


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Patrick joined Aescap at its start in 2005. Where Aescap initially invested in private life sciences companies, Patrick has been a private investor in public equity for over 30 years. His track record as a private investor in public biotech companies over the last two calendar years (2014+2015) is 133% (cumulative). He originally is a life sciences business development specialist. From 1995 to 2005, he guided over 35 listed pharma and biotech companies to successfully introduce or grow their products.
As a Founder and Managing Director at Firm United Healthcare from 1997 to 2004, Patrick was responsible for growing the company to become a market leader. During this period, he also co-founded Interactive Healthcare and the Healthcare Management School. In 2004 he sold his share in all three companies. Since 2004 he has gained professional experience as an investor and on board level with private as well as public life sciences companies such as: of Aquapharm Biodiscovery Limited, F-star, i-Optics B.V., Orphazyme Aps, and Shire International Licensing BV,. In 2003, he became a visiting teacher of the business school of the University of Wageningen on 'Strategy in the pharmaceutical Industry'. He published several articles on biopharma marketing strategy and has been a speaker and moderator at healthcare seminars and congresses. Patrick studied physical therapy and business administration and later in his career finalized an M.B.A. in Executive Management and Consultancy from LMS.
Maurits Brandt studied Biochemistry, followed by a master in Life Science and Business at Leiden University. During his master he specialized in the field of medical oncology. Already during his studies he was focused on the business aspects of exploiting emerging technologies. At the same time he started to learn about the aspects of long term investing as a hobby. He is intrigued by finding undervalued companies with a low-risk profile.