#“CUB academic programs”

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https://www.cub.edu.bd/index.php

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Professional sports like I'm watching the NBA. They're setting what's acceptable and what's not acceptable on the court. Kids take after them.....

Even me, I change. My batting stands to be like Mel Hall of the Chicago Cubs. It destroyed my ability to hit the ball. I wonder why my coach never said anything to me to go back to my normal stance..... But the point being they're role models, whether they like it or not. If they can't accept that responsibility, then they can't be in the league.

And the funny thing is Mel Hall Washed out of baseball because he couldn't hit the ball well. 🙄 His batting stance was horrible.

Though the example is yes the stance was good enough to get him from college to the pros but not good enough in professional baseball. Because they picked him apart. Pitchers much more accurate and teams do much more diagnostic on the player. And he had too many weaknesses in his batting stance. And this is why people are good enough in college. But once they get to the pros, it's not good enough.

It's like my friend said about professional football... He said in college. You run in the some good athletes here and there. But in the pros everybody's a great athlete. Every team is made up of the best athletes. So he said the competitions at a whole new level. And you don't realize that until you start playing in the pros. That u can and so can they! So that's why it's so hard for players to stand out... So you've got a few players that are great across-the-board.

It's like my friend who was an Asian female who went to Harvard. She came from a competitive high school and she graduated at the top of her class. But she told me when she got to Harvard. Everybody was very smart and things were way more competitive. She said she was around.Some smart people and things were a little bit challenging.But when she got to harvard everybody was incredibly smart and things were incredibly challenging.... So yes, there is extreme competition in academics. And I didn't learn this until I was around Asians. How highly focused they were on academic competition and being highly successful at academics... I mean me and Jen used to talk about it and she talked about it all the time. Positioning in college positioning and graduate school and to her this was just like breathing... Like she said, the reason she didn't want to do a part-time program and wanted to do a full-time program is because it's very important to meet certain people in graduate school. Part of going, the graduate school is making connections. So this is why it's so important to do alumni mixers and student mixers..... It's not that you want them to give you something. It's that you want them to lend an ear to you. And so say if you are friends with Bill Gates and you call him up and say Hey, I have an idea. Many of my friends had bounced ideas off of me... You don't know Bill Gates and so Bill Gates is more likely to take something from his friend his from a stranger... So it just gives you an ability to have a conversation... So yes, some people just want to get into Harvard to be with the people in Harvard. You would have the possibility of becoming friends with Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg or many others. So I don't think other races understand how much emphasis asians put on education and how highly focused they are on achieving in the academic arena... And this is why there's so many asian doctors and engineers and lawyer's and in top positions in companies in scientists. South korea has the most scientist in the world...

There's a country of about 52 million and it has the most scientists in the world. Why do you think Taiwan produces semiconductors. The United States needs to take academics much more seriously...

So Our professional sports need to start emphasizing education. Because after the done with the sport, what the hell are they going to do?

Yes, as of 2022, South Korea had the highest number of full-time equivalent researchers per 1,000 economically active people in the world, at around 17.4 people. This is an increase from 2021, when South Korea had 17.3 scientists and researchers per 1,000 employees, which was more than Sweden's 16.6. 

Statista

Ranking of OECD-countries by number of scientists/researchers ...

Feb 13, 2024 — In 2021, South Korea had the largest number of scientists and researchers per 1,000 employee (full time equivalent), with 17.3 people working in research or science field per 1,000 employees. Sweden was second in the ranking, with 16.6 scientists and researchers per 1,000 employees. On the other hand, the ratio was only 1.2 in Mexico.

Statista

South Korea: number of researchers per thousand - Statista

In 2022, the number of full time equivalent researchers per 1,000 economically active population in South Korea amounted to around 17.4 people, an increase from the previous year. In that year, the total number of researchers in South Korea amounted to about 602 thousand. Read more ...

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South Korea: number of researchers - Statista

Jan 23, 2024 — In 2021, there were about 586.7 thousand researchers in South Korea, up from around 558.1 thousand in the previous year. The number of researchers in South Korea has increased steadily in recent years.

South Korea has been a leader in technology innovation for over 20 years, especially in consumer electronics, telecommunications, and automobiles. The country's science and technology has become an integral part of its economic planning, and the government has invested heavily in science and technology development since the 1960s. In 1967, the Korean government established the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), which helped the country become an advanced country by the mid-1980s. 

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Dentist in Naperville — Dr. Keven Wells, DDS

Dr. Keven Wells takes great pride in his role as the head of Living Well Dental Group Naperville. His primary aim is not only to enhance your dental health but also to ensure that every patient leaves with a sense of overall well-being following a positive dental experience.

His academic journey began with the attainment of a Doctorate of Dental Surgery from the University of Illinois in Chicago. Prior to pursuing his dental studies, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, followed by a Masters in Microbiology at Western Illinois University.

Dr. Wells is an active member of esteemed professional associations such as the American Dental Association, the Chicago Dental Society, and the Illinois Dental Society. He remains committed to his professional development by regularly participating in continuing education programs, thereby staying abreast of the latest advancements in dental technologies and ensuring his patients have access to the most current treatment options.

Residing in Naperville with his wife Susana and their three children Harrison, Beckett, and Sienna, Dr. Wells is deeply rooted in the community. A dedicated supporter of Chicago sports teams, particularly the Cubs, he finds joy in activities such as golfing, spending quality time outdoors with his children, and actively participating in community initiatives.

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WLU Foundation Announces Endowment of the Dr. Harald Wiesner Memorial Scholarship

The West Liberty University Foundation announces the establishment and permanent endowment of the Dr. Harald Wiesner Memorial Scholarship which will provide financial support to students enrolled in the WLU Music Degree programs of Music Education, Music Performance, and Music Technology. Dr. Harald Wiesner was a professor of music at West Liberty University for 43 years. During that time, he encouraged, inspired, counseled, and befriended countless students. Following Dr. Wiesner’s death in  March of 2023, a scholarship was established in his memory by his family, colleagues, and friends. Thanks to many memorial gifts, including a significant gift from Dr. Wiesner’s family, the fund has grown to over $130,000 ensuring its permanent endowment for the benefit of WLU students. The first Dr. Harald Wiesner Memorial Scholarship will be awarded for the 2024-2025 academic year. Dr. Wiesner’s path to West Liberty and, indeed, the United States, was quite remarkable. He was born in Berlin in 1938 and, by the age of fourteen, he had lost both of his parents. He spent time living in foster homes, an orphanage, and a boarding school. At 18, Wiesner emigrated to the United States and enrolled at the University of Richmond while working to pay his tuition. In 1961, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and found his way into the Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra in Germany. After that orchestra was disbanded, he was transferred to Heidelberg where he became the conductor of the first United States Army Europe Men’s Choir, later known as the USAREUR Chorus.  He even wrote and participated in playing the fanfare for President Kennedy’s visit to West Berlin in 1963. After his discharge, Wiesner became a U.S. citizen and received a teaching assistantship at Texas Christian University where he earned a master’s degree. He earned his doctorate from Northwestern University and in 1968, he was offered a position in the music department at West Liberty State College where he remained until his retirement in 2011. Wiesner’s musical imprint was not confined to the West Liberty Campus. He directed the Chancel Choir at Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church in Wheeling from 1968 until 2005. He started and directed the Ohio Valley Chorale, a large group of singers from communities throughout the tri-state area who performed in many places throughout the country and the world.  In 2010, he became the Music Director at Christ United Methodist Church in Wheeling, where he faithfully served for the remainder of his life. Sharon Wiesner, Harald’s widow, shared that “having to overcome incredible obstacles to obtain his education, Harald understood the transformative power of both education and music. He was passionate about music and teaching, which enabled him to inspire and guide so many students during his career. With this scholarship, Harald’s legacy of supporting students in their study of music will continue.” Betsy Delk, Executive Director of the West Liberty University Foundation, stated that “the Foundation and the University are grateful to the generous donors who have remembered Dr. Wiesner with their contributions to this scholarship. Their gifts have enabled the permanent endowment of the scholarship so that it will benefit West Liberty University music degree students forever. We encourage friends and former colleagues and students of Dr. Wiesner to add their own contributions to the fund.”  Contributions to the Dr. Harald Wiesner Memorial Scholarship can be made online at wlufoundation.org, by mail at WLU Foundation, 208 University Drive, CUB 126, West Liberty WV 26047, or by phone at 304-336-5635. A video tribute to Dr. Harald Wiesner can be viewed at https://topperstation.com/watch/dr-harald-wiesner-tribute. Read the full article

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Top Animation colleges India | Brilliant minds study at Amity Noida Campus

If you've always been interested in artistic endeavours like design, illustration, film, and drawing, you might want to consider studying at one of the top Animation colleges in India. 

Amity University Noida campus strives to provide students with the required abilities, creative awareness, attitude, creativity, and technical knowledge to work and reach a prominent position in the spectrum of Fine Arts. Amity School of Fine Art offers a four-year undergraduate programme (BFA) in applied art, painting, visual communication, and animation, as well as a two-year postgraduate programme (MFA) and doctoral programmes (Fine Arts). 

The numerous programmes offered by Amity School of Fine Arts (ASFA) are designed to help students enhance their general appreciation of the arts, cultivate the proper intellectual capacity, and reach greater levels of combined creativity and cognition by offering one of the top animation colleges in Delhi.

Prestigious Animation colleges in India

The goal of the Animation and Game Design course at Amity University is to provide students with in-depth knowledge of the principles of game production, including strategy, creativity, and implementation. The curriculum teaches students the fundamentals of game and animation software, 3-D modelling and animation, storytelling, storyboarding, and graphic design, among other things.

Being among the top Animation colleges in India, the programme teaches students advanced technical skills as well as the ability to code in several languages. A wide range of tools and procedures, including databases, proprietary scripting languages, design papers, level and map editors, and other tools, are also included in their professional training.

Full course offered

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS (ANIMATION)

Campus: Noida

Institute: Amity School of Fine Arts

Duration: 4 years

University: Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh

Eligibility

Class XII (agg. 50%)

Program Fee (Rs. in Lacs)

1st Year Non-Sponsored Semester: 0.795

1st Year Sponsored Semester Fee: 1.195

Placements & Training

Leading Organizations visited for Placement  & Summer Internship 

Edu4Sure & Test Formula TCS Life Sciences Unit

Comm-Ad Design TCS Interactive Unit

Visual Myth BYJU’s: The learning App

Stellar Group Global Logic

Entrayn Education NIIT Technologies

Zeven World Focus Animation Studio

HINDUSTAN TIMES DMI

Morphed Studio WOW Events

Visual Myth Branding Pioneers

Skyrise Capital Kathputlee Animation Studios

Dentsu Aegis Network India Pencillati Studios

Ingenuity Gaming Pvt. Ltd Crazy Cub Animation Studio Pvt. Ltd

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With the goal of educating students in creative expression, AU Noida campus focuses on high-quality art education. By giving students a platform to pursue their talents in their specific fields of interest and need, it focuses on delivering comprehensive academic training tailored to their requirements and aspirations. For the purpose of reaching professional goals, we provide individualised care, counselling and coaching.

For additional information, visit one of the top Animation colleges in India website at amity.edu 

Source :- Top Animation colleges India

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Columbus zoo org

#Columbus zoo org tv

The Construction Management program helped Alogla become a well-rounded construction manager who understands all facets of a construction project. “I’d previously worked in the construction industry for eight years, so I felt that I knew most everything there was to know about construction,” he said. Jez Alogla enrolled at Columbus State to obtain an associate degree in Construction Management. Adjunct Instructor, Construction Management, Columbus State. “I’m on track to graduate, on time, and with half the cost,” Mitchell says, noting the value of Columbus State’s low tuition.Ĭonstruction Manager, Fischer Homes. StarStrukt has a thriving online trade and maintains a storefront in Reynoldsburg.Īfter earning his associate degree, Mitchell transferred to Ohio State’s Fisher College of business, where he’s decided to focus on business and IT for his bachelor’s degree. And if that wasn’t enough, Mitchell helped his brother and some friends start an apparel company while he was still a student as Columbus State. That program also led to an internship at COSI, which led to a job as a research assistant on a project to compare regional accents around Ohio. "The Honors Program has helped me in ways I couldn't have imagined." "At first, it seemed like the end of the world, but I'm glad I ended up at Columbus State," Mitchell says. Luckily, a spot was still open in Columbus State’s Honors Program. He started at a four-year college in 2014, but had to leave after a problem with scholarships. Shandon Mitchell almost didn’t go to Columbus State. Randle at Mitchell, business and ITĭiscovering new opportunities with Columbus State’s Honors Program Participation in The Ohio LSAMP Alliance Conferenceįor additional information and to apply to the LSAMP Program, email program coordinator Dr.Faculty-mentored undergraduate research opportunities.Personal academic advising and tutoring.LSAMP provides resources, education and support to address academic, personal, emotional, social, financial, cultural and ethnic issues that may affect students’ academic performance and persistence toward a college degree.Ĭolumbus State LSAMP participants benefit from: The mission of the Columbus State LSAMP program is to increase the number of underrepresented minority students who complete associate degrees in STEM disciplines (science, technology/computer science, engineering, and mathematics) and transfer to a four-year institution to continue their STEM education. Our film is not even out yet, and it's already having a positive effect.The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation at Columbus State The film's Facebook page posted a statement Thursday, saying "We commend the Columbus Zoo for making the necessary changes. The film's IMDB page describes the plot as "Retired Ohio police officer, Tim Harrison, stumbles upon a bombshell discovery when he suspects that the world's most famous celebrity conservationists may be secretly connected to the exotic big cat trade."Ĭarney Anne Nasser-Garcia, one of the documentary's producers,Ĭommended the zoo for ending "highly problematic relationships with roadside zoos and other notorious members of the big cat trade." The film has not been widely released to the public, but was recently screened at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. "Based on some issues raised in The Conservation Game, the Zoo’s new leadership has made changes, including ending all relationships with animal organizations mentioned in the film, championing passage of the Big Cat Safety Act, and no longer allowing any cats or primates off grounds for programming," the statement says. "The Columbus Zoo team has made some substantive changes in organization structure and policies since Jerry Borin became interim CEO on March 30," a zoo statement says.

#Columbus zoo org tv

It claims the zoo paid vendors for cubs that appeared on TV shows, then gave the cubs back to the vendors when the animals matured. The Conservation Game mentions the zoo, former director Jack Hannah and some other former and current staff members. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is making changes based on issues raised in a new documentary about the exotic animal trade.

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LIFE IN THE FAST LANE

in the market for some weird animal facts? well, I’m happy to oblige. you look like a discerning customer with a real need for speed, so allow me to introduce you to one of Nature’s finest sports models! they’re lean, they’re mean, and they can go 0-60 in 3 seconds flat! and boy, that engine really purrs.

put the pedal to the metal, because it’s-

CHEETAH! he can really move! CHEETAH! with anxious attitude! CHEETAH! HE’S THE FASTEST THING ALIIIIIIIIVE

Cheetahs are large spotty cats built along the same lines as a Greyhound. (the dog, not the bus.) they’re found throughout sub-Saharan Africa and some parts of Asia, where they sprint around like maniacs and pose for tourists to their heart’s content. at least 75% of every Cheetah is limbs by volume, and they sport a pair of iconic black tear track markings that would make Gerard Way jealous.

you’ve probably seen them before on junk food packaging in your local grocery store, but their real claim to fame is that they’re the fastest land animal on the entire planet. vroom vroom!

the whole Dangerously Cheesy thing is just a side job. 

there’s a surprising amount of really dang fast animals on this planet, (most are mammals, but none of then are hedgehogs.) but the Cheetah has them all beat for sheer ground speed alone. other animals can run further or for longer, but none can match the Cheetah’s absolutely insane landspeed record of 61 to 70 miles per hour. (ish.)

that’s an absolutely absurd amount of speed for something that has paws instead of wheels or wings. in fact, that’s even faster than some creatures who DO have wings! (those creatures probably feel pretty bad right now, and they should.) to give some perspective: if you’re a Cheetah, it’s straight-up fucking illegal to sprint in almost all of Illinois. (good luck arresting a Cheetah though, they’re bitey!)

you have the right to OW you have the right to remain silent OW STOP BITING ME

while it’s a known fact that Cheetahs are THE fastest mammal currently in existence on our beautiful planet, exactly how fast they are is a subject of some debate and also some academic hair-pulling. (there’s a surprising amount of hair-pulling in academia, both figurative and literal.) this is because it’s actually pretty difficult to a) motivate any animal to sprint at full speed for your own personal amusement, and b) calculate exactly how fast said animal is moving once you’ve motivated it into sprint mode.

methods for clocking the speed of a sprinting Cheetah have included solutions as fancy-schmancy sciencetech as radio-tracking GPS collars, radar guns, and carefully measured artificial courses, and also solutions as straight-up mad max bullshit as driving next to the sprinting Cheetah in a rusted-out truck and just having an intern watch the speedometer, or dragging bait behind a speeding car and having a different intern watch the speedometer. these methods give some very different results, as you might imagine.

there’s a surprising amount of straight-up mad max bullshit in science, because fancy-schmany sciencetech can only get you so far.

Cheetahs can only sustain this absolutely insane burst of speed for about thirty seconds, but that’s more than long enough for their purposes. Cheetahs mostly hunt antelope, who are slower but definitely no slackers in the speed department themselves. this often leads to suspenseful high-speed chases all over the dang place like an episode of Serengeti: Cheetah Vice Squad.

once a Cheetah has located its intended victim, it uses its incredible speed to turbo boost close enough to Blue Shell the hapless antelope’s legs right out from under it, sending it tumbling and causing a tragic antelope-pileup on the Serengeti and probably ending up on the antelope evening news. and then just to add insult to injury, the Cheetah bites its neck open and eats it.

I’ve said it before, but nature is so mean. SO MEAN.

Cheetahs are the only big cat to have this particular hunting style, and it’s because there’s no other cats quite like them. they’re not even technically “big cats”, but something so weird that they have an entire genus, Acinonyx, completely to themselves. and they’re so weird because mother nature minimaxed them for Speed and dumped every other stat to do it.

Cheetahs are long, lanky, flexible, and very lightly built. this gives them the power to accelerate like a Ferrari on bath salts, but it also makes them really bad at basically anything else large cats are usually known for. Cheetahs also can’t roar, and instead they make noises usually associated with your garden-variety tabby cat. they chirp, meow, hiss, mew, and even purr! (I don’t know about you, but I’ll take a purr over a roar any day.)

literally everything about this cat is intended to fling it forward at the highest rate of giddyup possible, and I can respect that.

but this hyperspecialized body plan comes with a price: Cheetahs are relatively weak and incredibly fragile. in fact, they’re completely outmatched by just about every other predator in Africa! they get bullied, bodied, and have their kills stolen and cubs infanticided on a pretty regular basis. this is very sad and awful, and it’s why every Cheetah in existence is an anxious mess.

no seriously, Cheetahs are notoriously anxious animals, even in captivity! this is rough for the Cheetah and can be a huge problem for animals in zoos and breeding programs. but luckily there’s a solution to soothe these unlucky anxious kitties- support dogs!

enough talk about infanticide, time for PUPPIES!

some zoos have begun raising puppies and Cheetah kittens together, giving the Cheetahs a sibling with a more laissez faire outlook on life to look up to. and the weirdest part is- it’s working! Cheetahs in breeding programs that are given dog siblings are even beginning to have the cubs they were too nervous to have before, and it’s all thanks to the positive life outlook of man’s best friend!

and that’s important, because Cheetahs are currently listed as Vulnerable. their population and range is shrinking, and these captive breeding programs are vital to keeping their numbers healthy. international efforts are underway to protect the Cheetahs and their habitat, and there’s hope that these fragile nervous speedsters will continue to blitz their way into the future.

with dog, all things are possible.

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(apologies if you've already talked about any of these before) Bastila: How does young Bastila feel about The Prodigal Knight/the Revanchist? Does she want to join the fight against the Mandalorians? Ester: When and/or why did she decide to take up witchcraft? Salome: How does she deal with her dyslexia? Fiamma: Was it difficult for her to deal with her vampiric transformation?

HOW  DOES  YOUNG  BASTILA  FEEL  ABOUT  THE  PRODIGAL  KNIGHT  /  THE  REVANCHIST?  DOES  SHE  WANT  TO  JOIN  THE  FIGHT  AGAINST  THE  MANDALORIANS?

 at  the  time  of  the  schism,    bastila  was  almost  one  hundred  percent  taking  the  side  of  the  council  in  their  judgment  of  revan,    therefore  she  did  not  favor  them  in  the  quest.    bastila  understood  their  motivations  and  classified  them  as  valid  but,    as  someone  very  inclined  to  defend  the  jedi  institution  in  itself  and  someone  very  practical,    she  judged  the  revanchist  impulsive,    foolhardy  and  too  eager  to  put  themself  in  the  position  of  savior,    to  the  detriment  of  rational  thinking;    this  might  have  been  enhanced  by  the  fact  that  she  unconsciously  viewed  them  as  her  personal  competition  as  well.

WHEN  AND  /  OR  WHY  DID  ESTER  DECIDE  TO  TAKE  UP  WITCHCRAFT?

 ester  simply  awakened  to  it  early  in  life,    around  three  years  old,    as  a  result  of  the  pressure  that  her  avatar  imposed  on  her  to  wake  up  to  this  aspect  of  her  identity.    the  avatar  is  a  spirit,    an  entity  oftentimes  called  the  mage’s  higher  self,    that  is  the  source  of  the  ability  to  perform  magick;    it  is  responsible  for  awakening  a  mortal  to  magick,    so  much  that  in  their  lingo  regular  humans  unable  to  perform  magick  are  called  sleepers  while  mages  themselves  are  called  awakened  humans.    in  ester’s  very  specific  case,    her  avatar  is  an  ancient  entity  that  awakened  her  time  and  time  again,    in  all  of  her  many,    many  lives  before  and  it  simply  didn’t  have  the  tact,    or  didn’t  care,    to  coddle  the  same  little  girl  into  awakening  in  her  own  time  because  to  it,    ester  should  be  used  to  the  process  that  they  had  been  repeating  for  many  centuries.    ester  didn’t  choose  to  pursue  witchcraft;    she  was  born  for  it,    from  it,    because  of  it.

HOW  DOES  SALOMÈ  DEAL  WITH  HER  DYSLEXIA?

 as  well  as  possible,    though  sometimes  salomè  can  be  a  little  bit  too  rough  with  herself  in  this  sense.    she  was  homeschooled  up  until  high  school  because  her  father  didn’t  want  her  to  miss  the  experience,    and  considering  that  she  struggled  quite  a  lot  to  adapt  to  human  standards  and  understand  human  concepts,    both  agreed  that  she  could  benefit  from  the  real  social  context  that  a  school  could  provide.    with  that,    however,    came  the  pressure  to  do  well  in  her  studies  and  exams,    which  was  the  challenge  of  her  life;    at  least  until  she  started  the  pre-veterinary  program  in  university.    her  dyslexia  was  so  severe  that  it  was  diagnosed  by  the  school’s  psychiatrist  in  the  middle  of  her  freshman  year,    and  that  helped  her  deal  with  it  better  almost  from  the  beginning  of  her  academic  experience.    salomè  forced  studying  and  reading  and  writing  and  copying,    but  she  had  the  gentlest  father  to  help  her  set  healthy  limits,    as  well  as  the  proper  guidance  of  a  therapist  and  a  psychiatrist,    both  fera  like  herself;    both  knowing  of  the  conflicts  of  a  cub.

WAS  IT  DIFFICULT  FOR  FIAMMA  TO  DEAL  WITH  HER  VAMPIRIC  TRANSFORMATION?

 the  transformation  itself,    called  embrace,    was  the  worst  experience  that  fiamma  would  ever  have  to  deal  with,    but  her  very  existence  and  subsequent  understanding  of  the  new  nature  was  more  like  a  balm,    dripping  thick  honey;    she  will  often  disagree  with  adepts  of  the  theory  of  vampirism  as  a  curse.    the  embrace  in  itself,    however,    was  a  catatonic  experience,    particularly  because  of  the  excruciating,    infectious  pain  in  the  bite,    which  is  unusual  for  vampires  as  the  normal  kiss  promotes  pleasure,    and  the  entire  context  around  the  event:    fiamma  had  been  abducted,    abruptly  removed  from  her  sunlit  world  to  stand  by  the  man  who  embraced  her,    knowing  that  the  news  of  her  death  caused  a  catastrophe  in  the  structure  of  the  bentivegna.    those  first  five  years  after  the  embrace,    sharing  space  with  a  sire  that  she  despised,    were  absolutely  revolting  to  fiamma;    then,    the  tables  turned  for  her.

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Canadian University of Bangladesh (CUB) and Binary University of Management & Entrepreneurship (BUME), Malaysia have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) on 2nd July 2019 (Tuesday) at Canadian University’s Banani campus.

His Excellency Tan Sri Dato Professor Joseph Adaikalam, Founder & Executive Chairman, Binary University, Malaysia and Dr. Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat, Founder & Chairman, Board of Trustees, Canadian University of Bangladesh signed the MoA on behalf of their institutions. Prof. Dr. Asif Mahbub Karim, Dean, Binary University Graduate School was also present on this occasion.

Mr. Shahnul Hasan Khan, Executive Chairman, Professor Dr. Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam PEng, Vice Chancellor, Professor Dr. Nazrul Islam, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Designate), Mr. Bahauddin Muhammad Isa, Registrar (Acting), Dr. M Mamoon Al Bashir, Director, International Affairs and Director MBA/EMBA Programs, Dr. MD Shahrukh Adnan khan, FERC, Dean (Acting), School of Science and Engineering and Head of EEE Department, Mr. S.M. Arifuzzaman, Head, Department of Business Administration and Capt. Kazi Ali Imam, Head, Shipping and Maritime Science of CUB were present in the ceremony.

Academic partnership, Student Credit transfer, Resource sharing are the main parts of this MoA. Binary University is one of the most established and respected universities for management, IT and entrepreneurship education in Asia and one of the top few Universities in Malaysia to get 5* rating.

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I’m going to your alma matter next year. Words of advice? Is it as bad as I think it is?

Hey, congrats! I loved TCNJ and definitely miss it. I’m not sure exactly what part you worry might be bad, but your experience is what you make of it. Also note that my experience is largely coming in with credits from AP and Honors classes, and with the English department and living on campus through junior year and then living off-campus senior year.

All of the general college advice posts and articles online will apply with some variation, of course

Participate in some student organizations, Greek life, service organizations, etc. I can’t speak for Greek life and service orgs, but I was heavily active with two clubs, and spent some time in other clubs on occasion. They were really important to my growth academically and creatively, but they were also where I met a lot of my friends. You don’t have to be as involved in them as I was–but being a club officer is incredibly rewarding and gives you a ton of experience in leadership–, but having something to look forward to each week outside of class was really important.

Don’t feel limited to joining something related to your area(s) of study or desired career. TCNJ has a TON of organizations, so feel free to use that time to do something fun or worthwhile to you that you wouldn’t be able to make time for otherwise. A thing I really admired about TCNJ is that they usually don’t have classes on Wednesdays until the evening so that there’s free time during the week for clubs to meet

If smaller classes aren’t your speed, you might need to consider transferring.Classes at TCNJ are about the same size as a typical high school class. I think they automatically cap at 30 or 31 students as the classrooms aren’t capable of holding much more than that. You’re not going to get that lecture hall experience.

Get as many liberal learning requirements not relative to your major(s)/minor(s) out of the way as you can and do them as early as possible. If a class works for you and your schedule and covers a few different LL areas, take it. I got lucky in that most LIT classes covered one or more area, so I knocked both program and LL requirements out with just a few classes. Not everyone is as lucky, though.

The tutoring center is free. If your struggling, take advantage of it.

GO TO THE FREE EVENTS. Not only are they fun and/or informative, but they usually have free food and you get to meet people. In other cases, you might learn something from them too and get to hear from some fascinating people.

If your professor or major/department requires attending certain events, get them done early in the semester. However, if you find you like these events, don’t stop going to them, especially as the semester winds down. Whoever runs these events depends on attendance numbers to help them gauge the kinds of events they want to run in the future. If you want to see more of it, support it. Go to as many as you can. Your tuition is paying for most or all of them anyway, so you might as well take advantage of them.

GO TO THE BIG-NAMED EVENTS CUB RUNS. CUB and other organizations on campus will bring awesome speakers, comedians, and musicians to campus all the time and they’re people you’ve heard of as well. When I was there: Paramore, John Mulaney, Laverne Cox, Panic at the Disco, 21 Pilots, Nick Offerman, Kesha, are Janet Mock are just a few guests we had on campus my time there that you probably know about. These events will either be free or you will have to pay a really small price for a ticket. I think at most, they were $25 when I was there and that was between 2012-2016. The bigger the name, the quicker the tickets sell out though.

Not sure what your meal plan is, but budget your points accordingly. They roll over from fall semester to spring semester of one academic year, but they do not roll over from year-to-year. If you really need to burn points, hit up the Stud, Libcafe, or TDubs with friends and offer to pay.

Meal equiv is your friend, but the lines are a nightmare. 11:30 to 12:30 was meal equiv’s busiest time when I was there, since most 10 am classes end at 11:20 and people want food after or people want lunch before their 12:30 classes. If you can do lunch after 12:30, do meal equiv then. If the phrase “meal equiv” means nothing to you now, it will within a few days of starting.

A really good way to earn some easy money is to find a job on campus, but do it FIRST thing in the semester, as those positions fill up fast. Seriously, I worked as a lab assistant for the engineering department, which basically entailed me walking around the labs once every hour to write down how many people were in them. Sometimes I would put away small equipment that students forgot to put away when they left. None of what was required of me ever took more than 15-20 minutes spread across a four hour shift. I really got paid minimum wage to sit there and do my homework. These jobs should be listed in the job portal somewhere on TCNJ’s site.

The library is NOT the only quiet place you can get work done and group study rooms there aren’t the only place your group needs to meet. Every dorm and most academic buildings have a lounge or lounges you can use. Sometimes they’re busy or have an event going on, but they work just fine otherwise. Even the Stud at off-hours is a good place to sit and do homework. These are good ESPECIALLY during midterms and finals because you’re going to be hard hit to find a group study rooms open at the library unless you get there when it opens. You’re even allowed to use open classrooms to do work or meet with groups as long as the door is unlocked.

You probably will have a tough time getting a seat in the Libcafe, especially near an outlet. That’s typical there. You’re better off just getting your food/drink and going somewhere else. 

I didn’t want this to get too long, but if my fellow TCNJ peeps have some advice to add, feel free! @cellamare @spin-me-a-tapestry @wigglytata @julzah7 @etelephone @minieral @uta-garuta

[travelingchicks4]

Chicago , Illinois

Part 1: We are staying at a KOA about 55 miles outside of Chicago..it is very nice but takes about 1 ½ hrs via train to get into the city. Thank goodness for public transportation and Uber! We toured the University of Chicago and really loved it. The main campus was built by donations matched by Rockefeller’s initial investment of $600,000 in 1890 as well from the generosity of other wealthy philanthropists. The academic buildings are reflective of the gilded age and look like they belong in Newport, not in the middle of Chicago! Ivy covered walls, cathedral ceilings ..they are all mansions. This school is considerably larger than any others we’ve looked at. They have 6,000 undergrads , and so many clubs, research opportunities, internships and offer learning abroad through satellite campuses. Students are able to take full advantage of the city , get free metra & bus passes and participate in hundreds of programs.

Following our visit at Univ. of Chicago (u-chi!) we headed to Wrigley Field to watch the Cubs play the Dodgers. However, the weather did not cooperate, so they called the game off and rescheduled for the following day. We returned for the afternoon game and had such a nice time. The stadium is the oldest in the National League and is the second oldest in the majors (Fenway is oldest). It is well known for its hand turned scoreboard, iconic Marquee and ivy covered brick outfield walls. The entire surrounding area is known as “Wrigleyville” and is a lively place to be before and after the game! Numerous bars, street vendors and rowdy fans make going to Wrigley an unforgettable experience. Following the game we rented bikes from the nearby “Divy” dock and rode along Lakefront Drive. Chicago sits right on the shore of Lake Michigan and the city has done such a wonderful job of making the most of its idyllic setting . There are 25 miles of paved, pedestrian and bicycle paths with restaurants, public restrooms, marinas and plenty of opportunities to stop and swim in the lake all while admiring the cityscape. We decided to try some of Chicago’s famous deep dish pizza before taking the train back to our campground.

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The North American Caged Tiger

By Kristina Kuewa

“These are very dangerous animals, very beautiful animals, that have a place in the world, and that’s in Africa and Asia and India, not in Oklahoma.”

—Joe Exotic

For the first twenty-four hours of its release, Netflix’s newest true-crime docuseries—Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness—managed to fly under the radar of most subscribers, averaging a modest 280,000 viewers per minute in the U.S.  But over the following ten days, the show skyrocketed in popularity, reaching a per-minute audience of 19 million viewers, amassing over 34 million viewers in total, and setting the record for the longest streak in Netflix’s No. 1 spot (Spangler; Burch and Maas).  The enthralling docuseries follows the rise and fall of self-proclaimed “Tiger King” Joseph Maldonado-Passage, also known as Joe Exotic, who steals the show as the flamboyant former owner of the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park (GW Zoo) in Oklahoma.  Tiger King derives much of its drama from Exotic’s long-running feud with Carole Baskin.  A cat lady of the highest degree, Baskin has fervently sought to end big cat breeding and cub petting—two activities which commonly occurred at Exotic’s GW Zoo and other parks around the country.  Once their feud reached its peak—a failed murder-for-hire plot with Baskin as the target—Exotic was sentenced to twenty-two years in prison for hiring a hitman in addition to charges of abusing and killing cats, which he later admitted to doing.  But behind the drama and at the heart of Tiger King lies the true issue at hand: What is to become of cats that never belonged in cages on an unfamiliar continent in the first place?

Tiger King reeled in viewers through a promise of murder, mayhem, and madness, not a lesson in tiger conservation.  However, every person featured on the show has a connection to big cats in some way.  Lions, tigers, and every hybrid in between serve as a backdrop for the even more wild drama of Exotic, Baskin, and anyone who crossed paths with either of them.  Co-directors Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin originally intended to create a conservation piece on exotic animals, but over the course of five years their project evolved into a specific investigation into the private ownership of big cats in the U.S. (Miller).  Their work has resulted in a surprisingly engaging true-crime docuseries with a conservation undertone that slowly crescendos with each progressing episode.  Unlike most other conservation films or television programs, which tend to fall into the wildlife documentary genre, Tiger King addresses wildlife conservation from an unlikely angle, leading to greater audience agency and a more ethical representation of wildlife.

Categorized by Netflix as both “provocative” and “investigative,” the ethical dilemma the co-directors faced becomes clear: trying to strike a proper balance between raising awareness of big cat captivity while also attracting a large audience.  In a 2014 article for the academic journal Semiotica, Garnet C. Butchart, Assistant Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Duquesne University, discusses the ethical challenges documentarians face.  He establishes that the challenge of increasing awareness “is a question of framing: What issue is being focused on in this documentary and why?”  Correspondingly, the challenge of captivating and maintaining an audience’s attention “is a question of the frame itself: How is the story being told in this documentary, and from what perspective?” (84).  Tiger King has a complex framing.  The focus on the conflict between Exotic and Baskin allows for the topic of conservation to be subtly introduced without viewers feeling as if the show is trying to “convert” them into supporting wildlife conservation.  The co-directors tackle the subject obliquely—perhaps too obliquely at times—but their unconventional approach succeeded at pulling in many viewers.  The frame itself is also of interest since one of the co-directors, Goode, is an outspoken conservationist and founder of the Turtle Conservancy, an organization that protects turtles and tortoises through the preservation of their natural habitats.  Despite his background, Goode does not frame the documentary so much through his perspective but through that of the big cat owners themselves, whose views contrast with Goode’s beliefs.  They tell their own story, with the co-directors making as few appearances as possible throughout the series.  By focusing the attention on the owners’ personalities instead of moralizing on the harmful impact of caging cats, the show has appealed to a wider audience that may not have otherwise watched a series strictly dedicated to advancing conservation efforts.

Having a larger audience than expected, certain elements of the co-directors’ message was lost on some viewers.  Butchart explains how the reversibility of communication can lead to misinterpretation.  When creating a documentary, a filmmaker interprets a situation held together by the “truth.”  The expression of that interpretation becomes a film (or in this case, a series).  A spectator then perceives the film and forms an interpretation of the initial situation based on that perception (84).  How the co-directors expressed their vision and framed their subjects led viewers to empathize with some people, such as Exotic, and see villains in others, like Baskin or Jeff Lowe—a man to whom Exotic relinquished ownership of the GW Zoo.  Goode has stated that he found it shocking that people have been petitioning to free Exotic because Goode did not see him in the same light viewers did.  He has also since clarified that the “real takeaway should be to give your money to conservation programs” and not to sanctuaries, which cage cats (qtd. in Miller).  The way he and Chaiklin positioned the personalities in the show obstructed their conservation message to a larger degree than expected, but this may be because Tiger King appealed to more than its intended audience.  With more people staying at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Netflix has seen “temporarily higher viewing and increased membership growth” (Hastings).  An increase in Netflix’s overall audience, coupled with a lack of live sporting events and a dwindling number of new episodes of broadcast television shows, directed viewers toward the exceptionally entertaining Tiger King.  Though their message had the opportunity to reach more people, the conditions were not made possible for a wider audience to interpret the “truth” in the same way as the co-directors. 

Despite miscommunication between creator and spectator, Tiger King gives its audience a greater amount of agency interpretation-wise and encourages more open conservation conversation than wildlife documentaries do.  According to Karen D. Scott in “Nature Documentaries and Saving Nature” from the Journal of Popular Film and Television, texts in the natural history genre “tend to be closed, with the relationship between the viewer and the text becoming more didactic as the space for individual interpretation by the viewer is minimized,” resulting in “a ‘distancing’ from the text” (30).  By being more receptive to audience interpretation because of its complex presentation of wild and eccentric personalities, Tiger King brings viewers into conversation with the series and with each other.  It has taken a step down from the instructive level of wildlife documentaries and meets viewers at their level, overcoming the distance and allowing viewers to actively interpret the series on their own terms.

In addition to being closed off to viewers, the nature genre remains selective when it comes to subjects, too.  Although there has been a nature programming revival since 2016, the wildlife genre has for a long time been considered “blue chip” programming because it reliably does well with all age groups as well as international audiences (Koblin).  However, the idealistic genre has consistently perpetuated a “myth of nature” seemingly undisturbed by people (Jones).  Captive animals do not have a place in wildlife documentaries because the genre only allows for the success of “true” depictions of nature.  In a recent debate on the future of wildlife documentaries and their impact on conservation, editor-in-chief of People and Nature Kevin Gaston challenged the genre’s current status, stating, “Ecology can no longer pretend it is an isolated discipline” (qtd. in Howlett).  Wildlife documentaries must include people with wildlife if documentarians want to have a substantial impact on conservation.  Even if Tiger King does not fit into the nature genre, it tackles a shared issue and has certain elements that the nature genre could benefit from adopting.  In the 90s, discussing the threats facing habitats and species led to low viewer ratings, so filmmakers avoided promoting conservation (Jones).  Contemporary nature documentaries, too, such as Our Planet, which was lauded for incorporating anthropogenic influences on wildlife into every episode, are still careful in the way they include conservation arguments so as not to lose viewers (Jones).  Though Tiger King provides more entertainment than awareness of ethical issues, traditional wildlife documentaries have for a long time been prey to the same difficulty of finding a fair balance.  Tiger King has proven that the nature genre does not have to carry on as safe programming reliant upon an idealistic view of nature.  Documentarians can portray wildlife truthfully without losing viewers, and entertainment value does not have to come from animals alone.

When it comes to providing entertainment while also considering the welfare of animals, nature documentaries tend to have a similar effect on people as zoos or animal parks.  In a 2016 Journal of Popular Film and Television article on the contradictions of the nature documentary, Jason Sperb contends that both wildlife documentaries and zoos or parks fulfill people’s desire for spectacle and create a sense of “false intimacy” between people and wildlife (207), with nature documentaries providing a “mediated closeness” (211).  Sperb goes on to state that “the whole goal of most commercial forms of mediation—bringing different groups into contact with one another—is to erase itself” (212).  Nature documentaries typically lack an acknowledgment of perspective because the genre attempts to provide viewers with an idealistic view of wildlife, which does not include a camera crew or any human presence other than the narrative voice of David Attenborough.  As a true-crime docuseries focused on people, Tiger King easily avoids creating a “mediated closeness” between viewers and cats.  Moreover, the series exposes and brings attention to the mediators themselves, specifically those behind “pay-to-play” cub petting services.

Allowing visitors to pet cubs creates a false sense of closeness with not-so-big cats.  The two main perpetrators of cub petting featured on Tiger King are Exotic and Myrtle Beach Safari owner Bhagavan “Doc” Antle.  According to Goode, they “anthropomorphize the animals” and “justify [the captivity] by saying these animals… we can take out of the wild for the betterment of man” (qtd. in Miller).  However, a Duke University study has proven the opposite effect.  Seeing a wild animal in a human setting makes people more likely to think that particular animal would make a good pet and less likely to donate to support conservation efforts (Nuwer).  Nature documentaries help people empathize with wildlife by depicting animals as having motivations and characteristics similar to humans, but greater empathy does not necessarily mean a change in behavior, and ultimately a change in behavior will have the greatest positive impact on conservation.  In terms of behavioral change, Tiger King has just about the same impact as any other conservation show since behavioral changes, such as donation or volunteering, typically only occur in viewers who already support conservation.  But changes in attitude or support for policy change can occur even in those who may be indifferent to conservation (Arendt).  There has been no demonstrable effect on business at the GW Zoo or Myrtle Beach Safari since the parks have temporarily closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  However, Tiger King has led to the creation of two main petitions: one to have President Trump free Joe Exotic and another to pass the Big Cat Public Safety Act.  The former petition is a result of Tiger King being a true-crime series, but the petition for the Big Cat Public Safety Act demonstrates the positive effect that the show has had on the protection of wildlife.  The bill would increase regulations on the private ownership of big cats and restrict public interaction with big cats in the U.S. (ending cub petting), hopefully leading to a decrease in caged cats over time.  Tigers in their native countries remain at risk, but decreasing their presence in the U.S. would encourage countries with native tigers and lions to follow suit and combat exploitation.  By attracting a larger audience, Tiger King has been able to inform more people about big cat captivity even with the issue being upstaged by the main drama of the show.

Though not a true nature docuseries, the wildlife genre could take note of how Tiger King has both captivated such a large crowd and started conversations between viewers.  The recent nature documentary revival has shown that the genre is not dead, but the success of Tiger King has established that there is more than one way for documentarians to promote conservation.  Risky narratives deserve a place in the genre because wildlife is no longer confined to the Serengeti Plain or jungles of Asia.  They are caged, endangered, and deserve to be represented in a genre without limits.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to my mom for watching Tiger King with me.

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