I am planning to further my studies by getting into a US graduate school for a PhD, preferably in programs related to dermatology or food science. I did my undergrad in a US college, graduated with a GPA of 3.3; currently I am on the way to getting a Master's degree in research in Hong Kong, graduating next summer. Does anyone have similar experience that would like to share? Would I have a higher chance of being accepted by having my degree, or do schools just flat out deny anyone that already has a Master's? Any recommendation of schools would be cool too.
From ‘Sexually Transmitted Grades’ to ‘BF’, or bordel fatigue, which refers to exhaustion from multiple sexual activities with teachers, this slang hints at the prevalence of exploitation in Africa’s learning environments.
“We’ve been aware of the problem for a long time but we’ve had to just go on anecdotal evidence of violence and its effects,” John Chaloner, PI Regional Director for West and Central Africa, told IRIN. “What this report has done is to talk to children, to teachers and to parents. So now we’re dealing with evidence not hearsay”.
The St Vincent de Paul Society is a major international charitable and voluntary organisation which has been in existence in South Australia since 1884. The principal role of the Society is to provide for or alleviate the various needs of poor disadvantaged people in the community.
The Society would like to recruit a volunteer Archivist to assist with the foundation and management of an archive. Attached is a position description that sets out the key responsibilities of the archivist.
The priorities for this position will be:
· To manage the appraisal and sentencing of a backlog of records. · To lead a research project into the history of the Society in South Australia ahead of the 125th anniversary of the Society’s operation in South Australia in 2009, with a view to contributing to the curation of an exhibition. · To review closed files submitted to the Archives by the Administration Team to determine the suitability of the retention/disposal action assigned to the files (appraisal), and oversee accessioning, preservation, recall services, and secure destruction where appropriate. · To design, implement and manage a legal deposit system whereby copies of all Society publications are deposited with the State Library of South Australia and the National Library of Australia.
We would be pleased to receive expressions of interest from those with qualifications or experience in record-keeping or the administration of archives. This position is for immediate start, either as a part-time or full-time voluntary role. This position would suit a retired or semi-retired person or a person in part-time employment.
The position offers opportunities for research and publication, exhibition design, experience in staff and volunteer management, policy design and technical writing.
We would also be interested in hearing from archivists, records managers, clerks, and information management students who would be interested in assisting the archivist in a voluntary capacity.
A position description may be requested from the Officer Manager, St Vincent de Paul Society (SA) Inc , GPO Box 1804, Adelaide SA 5001 or email jpapps@svdpsa.org.au
Expressions of interest should also be addressed to the above.
I want to leave the city and experience Fall elsewhere. I am here, steeped in cacophony, dirt, and infestation. This effluvia and my complacent distraction. My inability to resist frivolous mental exertion, and cheap, disgusting beer. These are the fruits of delusion. I am choking on an industrial wasteland, my aesthetics reconfigured. I traded daily surroundings and musings of flora for particulate matter and dead cats on the sidewalk. And car horns.
Urban decay is an intruiging sight from a train window. Broken rust scrap metal charred wood paint splattered on stones paint peeling off yellowed stone walls and man-made debris.
But walking amidst it is confusing this autumnal period.
When I returned home recently, I, for a moment, thought the yellowing trees were ill.
Stagnation is a vacuum. My limbs are numb. Winter is acceptable, avoidable. But Fall is change and I am missing out. There are so many parts missing, but the leaves will fall where they will. Thoughts are nagging, and for once my calm attitude is a burden. Spiraling inwardly, obfuscated by swaggering thought. How does one find the means?
A meandering trail in the woods Wildflowers and deer A healthy meal Self-sufficiency Moss, a crisp night sky Mist over a calm bay Warm salutation
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Crested upon this verging forever, thoughts which ceaselessly waver into remembered. It is never a foreground or distressed snapshot. Illusions of our past are portrayed beneath the instant where memory intersects its beautiful twin called feeling. Nothing stolen or disturbed, a raw curve of eternity covers us; I thought of reading Dos Passos or Celine; Snow drifts, ringlets of the the moon reaching, Illusory angel of some singular dream, one great insurgent lifting, and we were awash w/ halos or love. Blood love blue moving gift, the whitest dove sings to the dusk of our ardor.
…a riotous feast of banshee vocals and glassy glissando guitars that evoke the image of 10,000 radio controlled robot flamingos attempting in vain to achieve lift off from an icy lake at the top of the world.
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I'm smack dab in the middle of applying to graduate school for physical therapy. I'm applying to some of the top institutions in the country and I'm having trouble writing a personal statement that will make me stand out.
I should preface this by saying I already have a little over 1000 hours experience in multiple physical therapy settings, mostly orthopedic, and understand precisely what physical therapy entails.
When asked why I wish to become a physical therapist I draw a blank. I know that I love the field. I love the interaction with the patients and the relationships that will grow because of it. I love the feeling of being trusted. I love to help others and to improve their quality of life. I love the feeling of knowing I made a difference in a person's life... however small. I love to teach. My academic passion is health, exercise, and anatomy. The human body fascinates me.
I'm afraid however that if I were to write my answer into an essay that it would be too cliche, too typical a response. And unfortunately, since I'm applying to very competitive schools, I'm afraid my response won't stand out, which in turn won't make me stand out.
Got a short-notice invite to a friend's place last week, where after the initial social activity had been dealt with we had a few rounds of Guitar Hero II on his PS3. After an initially promising start, I basically sucked rocks - got booed off the stage on the first attempt and possibly second or subsequent attempts, and when I finally did make it through a song I had something like an 80% hit rate. Given that I play an actual guitar I was pondering why it was that I found this game so tricky, and I think it's a combination of three things:
My sense of timing is a bit slack, which doesn't matter so much when you're playing on your own, but really sucks when you're trying to play this video game;
There's no concept of recovering a bum note or almost getting the right timing, which is particularly galling when the note you missed is a long one and you basically have to stand there like a spare tool waiting for the next note to arrive;
The guitar itself is more like one of those keyboard-worn-as-guitar (keytar?) things so beloved of 80s musicians, in as much as the "notes" you're playing are fret-wide buttons. On the other hand, you do "strum" it, so it winds up being an odd sort of hybrid and I'm not sure my brain quite understood how to deal with it.
I thought it might be interesting to hack a bunch of extra strumming buttons onto one of the guitars so you could effectively finger-pick - useful for fast runs, I suspect. I would also be interested in seeing a more realistic controller; I played around with a fully electronic guitar at some point years ago, which had real strings (slack, heavy nylon) as actuators and used pressure sensors on the fretboard to figure out where you'd put your fingers, and on the whole was pretty much exactly like playing a real guitar - albeit lacking the facility for things like pick scrapes and harmonics.
I also had a few rounds of the original Wipeout, the soundtrack to which I've owned since it came out (I'd never seen the game before this particular evening, though!) and the high point was finishing third in a race, but mainly I was happy with any race in which I didn't finish last.
updated to add: I've been looking for the video clip that was floating around a while back of a guy playing pretty much every instrument in a studio, followed by 30 seconds of him swearing in frustration at either Rock Band or Guitar Hero. While looking for (and failing to find) the clip, I discovered that there's a lot of people out there who really get on a soapbox about how these gamers should, like, go out and buy a real instrument. I'd like to stress that I'm in no way in this camp.
i read this entry by mario a couple weeks ago and wanted to make a minicomic out of it for spx. unfortunately, my cartooning abilities were temporarily disabled by back spasm (more difficult to draw while lying on back under influence of pharmaceuticals), so this is its big debut.
(note: the "letter to a cat" isn't in this version. for that you have to read lj lostcosmonaut or get an actual paper minicomic.)
Hey, someone might have already asked this, but is the practice test in the Cracking the GRE Subject Test book harder than the actual test? I took it today, and I scored lower than I expected. If it is lower than usual ETS tests, by how much?
I met a dude who has an extensive education in Islamic Banking and Finance. I had never heard of such a thing, but apparently, it's quite established and heavily practiced in the Middle East, especially in Egypt.
"Islamic banking refers to a system of banking or banking activity that is consistent with Islamic law (Sharia) principles and guided by Islamic economics. In particular, Islamic law prohibits usury, which is the collection and payment of interest, also commonly called riba in Islamic discourse. In addition, Islamic law prohibits investing in businesses that are considered unlawful, or haraam (such as businesses that sell alcohol or businesses that produce media such as gossip columns or pornography, which are contrary to Islamic values). In the late 20th century, a number of Islamic banks were made, to cater to this particular banking market.
In an Islamic mortgage transaction, instead of loaning the buyer money to purchase the item, a bank might buy the item itself from the seller, and re-sell it to the buyer at a profit, while allowing the buyer to pay the bank in installments. However, the fact that it is profit cannot be made explicit and therefore there are no additional penalties for late payment.
I screwed up in a major way and I forgot to register for the GRE subject. I found out that I can do standby testing in two places, so I am going to try seeing if I can get slots at both. Does anyone have any experience with this that they can share? I am taking chemistry. I wanted to take the test on November 8th, but I think I should try to take the one next week just in case. However, I am feeling woefully underprepared.
Woke up bleary eyed, but settled into a productive day at the office debugging by proxy and reviewing a couple of draft papers (vnic and nap). In the evening got some work done on the secret project, too.
[Insert Clever and Thought-Provoking Title Here] is an evening of live music, video, improvisation, and the physical prowess of Attack Theatre in a comedic journey through a world of bears, broken bottles, and axe murdering puppet shows.
The world premiere of Dead End, a macabre dance inspired by the work of Edward Gorey, is a tale of death, lust, dance, and more death. Act Two unfolds with Untitled 2008, an improvisational contest that puts the audience in control as the performers vie for the Title.
Music composed and arranged by Douglas Levine and performed by Jeff Berman, Ben Opie, and Paul Thompson. Beat Selection and Cable Connection by DJ Soy Sos.
October 31, November 1 and 3 All shows at 8:00pm New Hazlett Theater Allegheny Square East, Northside
Tickets $20 advance/$25 at the door $15 for students and seniors $40 Opening Night Pre-Show Reception (includes admission to performance)
On October 31 and November 1, Attack Theatre will host a special after-show Halloween party with beats spun by DJ Soy Sos.
Hi. Our wedding is next fall and we're trying to line up ideas for florists and photographers. Our budget isn't that huge so hoping to find very reasonable prices and reccomendations. the wedding is in the downtown area and the reception in wexford. Thanks to any advice!
I'm looking for a poll of answers... I recently was accepted as an intern at a public library. In the interview I said I wanted to focus solely on young adult/teen section. The person who interviewed me, who is the manger of the young adult/teen section, said that most interns want to do a split of thier time betweeen the young adult/teen section and the childrens section. I was completely for only the young adult/teen section. Lately I've been re thinking that. I want to be as marketable as possible when I graduate. Should I go back to her and say I want to split my time between the young adult/teen and childrens section? thoughts...?
So I was just checking mint.com and saw that I had exceeded my entertainment budget for the month by $400. I knew that wasn't right at all.
So I checked my bank account and lo and behold, there were 4 different charges I don't remember making. All to itunes. One $200, one $100, and two $50.
I know that I didn't get anything at all through itunes. I just tried to log into itunes using my normal logins for places and nothing worked. I didn't think I had an itunes account and apparently I was correct. I don't even have itunes on this computer.
My husband and I both still have our debit cards so they weren't stolen. I don't know how this could have happened.
What do I do to fix this? This isn't just a $5 mistake, its $400.
EDIT: We called the bank and it was made using my card number and not my husbands. They canceled my number and are going to issue me a new card. This person even had our address completely right. Our bank is going to credit us the $400 and do a 90 day investigation. If they can prove we didn't make the charges they'll let us keep the money, otherwise its coming back out.
I just don't know where someone stole the info and it freaks me out. I do quite a bit of online shopping but I make sure that the site is secure and I'm not just shopping at some unknown site.
Fifty-two! That means I've been doing this for a year now. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to keep up the pace, but it's been easier than I thought.
To close out the year, here's a very old one: as far as I can tell, I actually made this mixtape in late 1985. On a cassette. From records. The tape itself has long since decayed into unplayability, but I still have the track listing, so I reconstructed it (and the map becomes the territory).
Apparently I made this tape right around the time that DNA Lounge first opened!
I have a bit of a conflict here. I'm applying for a program in library science. I'm trying to decide which professor I should beg to write a letter of recommendation for me. One person that I have in mind advised my senior thesis (Professor G), but I received a B+ on the thesis. I had an additional class with Professor G during my sophomore year (a LONG time ago). The other two professors (Professor W and Professor K) are in fields that I eventually intend to study (18th century British history and literature), but not until after I receive my MLS/MLiS degree. I've had several classes with Professor W in which I've received A/A minuses. I've had one class with Professor K and she was one of the readers for my thesis. The only issue I have with asking Professor K is that I've asked her to write a letter of recommendation for an Americorps program in 2007 so I'm not sure that I should ask her to write one for me this time around. I'm also not sure that my senior thesis advisor will give me a strong rec because of that B+. Should I ask Professor G anyway or should I ask the other two professors?
Two of my former professors are on the "core faculty" of the MA program to which I would like to apply for Fall 09 admission (this is at the same university where I earned my BA). Is it appropriate to ask either of them for a letter of recommendation? My concerns are that it could be considered a "conflict of interest" because, ethically, they must remain objective in the admissions process or, on the other hand, that it may seem redundant because they're already out there and can make positive input on my behalf, firsthand.
Luckily, I am not short on professors that I can count on for letters of rec, but I was just thinking that it might be more impactful to have a LOR from a professor in the program to which I am seeking admission.
A close friend of mine is in a relationship. Her bf lives 4 hours away from her, and he's very successful at what he does. He goes on a lot of trips, but they still manage to see each other every week. He's done things like randomly drove the 4 hours just so they could sleep in the same bed, and recently he purchased her a plane ticket so she could spend the day with him at his parent's for Canadian Thanksgiving. They've exchanged rings - though they're not engagement-type rings (yet). ( sorry, I didn't realize how long this got! )
Apparently the host server wigged out overnight and while I was out with my family today. The main result of this seems to have been some weirdness in the RSS service, and it turns out some of you may have gotten up to two dozen repeat posts. Here on the main website, the Twitter feed repeated itself twenty times, and on the LiveJournal feed at http://warren-ellis.livejournal.com/ there are eight repeats of the most recent del.icio.us dump (and god knows why that happened). The latter, I’m afraid, I can’t clean up, because there’s no instantiation of it on the main site. Sorry about that.
In other news, I have a joint of pork from a rarebreed-pig/boar cross. Much darker than ordinary pork. It is in fact Dark Pork. Which will probably soon be a series from DC Comics. This will go well with the bottles of beer I bought from the Felstar Brewery out of Felsted, an hour north of here. One’s called Dark Knight and I swear the other is called Spooky Chick. Spooky Chick is in the refrigerator.
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I went to this movie not knowing anything about it and boy was I regretting not having done my research. They should have ended this movie 15 minutes before they chose to. This is Rideley Scott trying to do Syriana in a a smooth, easily digestible, happy ending Hollywood fashion. Boring, convoluted and unentertainingly horrific.
This is NOT your family, but this IS your family. See this movie. I am in absolute awe of it's near perfections. Hathaway or Irwin will be nominated for an Oscar for this one. Funny, painfully uncomfortable, horrifically sad and still real.
Many things are worrying me right now; for any adult human being who's not in a coma, I think that description is a universal. Not all of those things are suitable for a discussion here. I don't know enough about financial matters, for example, to engage competently in a discussion about the global economy or the future of the stock market or how long it will take the credit market to unfreeze ... or anything of that kind. I don't have sufficient clairvoyance to engage in a discussion about who's going to win the presidential election or what things that winner ought to do after taking office, in what order.
There is one thing in my Worry Basket that I do feel competent to discuss, if you're willing to share your thoughts with me.
I am deeply worried about the implications of the Sarah Palin phenomenon for feminism. A lot of people have been writing about that issue, from many different points of view, and I have profited from reading their words. But I would be interested in knowing how you feel about it.
I really don't understand why people care about other people doing things they don't like, like getting abortions or gays getting married. People should be able make their own choices about their lives.. I don't understand why people care about what other people do..
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