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...http://www.caesar.de), an interdisciplinary research center associated with the Max-Planck-Society. Funding of the Research Group covers a set-up package, the position of the group leader, a technician, one PhD and one post-doctoral fellowship, secretarial...
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Minneapolis Morgan Thorson, a rising force on the national contemporary dance scene, has been collaborating for months with Lows Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker on Heaven, a Walker commission that premieres March 46. Local musician and Making Music host, musician/composer James Everest talks to the artists about their work and ways that this new piece breaks both choreographic and musical conventions. Copresented with mnartists.org and the Whole Music Club at the University of Minnesota.
English:Lapaotomy-Hysterectomy surgery for Ovarian Cancer, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As a specialist in gynecologic cancer, Dr. Cirisano completed subspecialty training in radical surgery for cervical, ovarian and uterine cancer with subspecialty interest in cancer genetics, and advanced robotic laproscopic surgery. He currently sees patients at hospitals located in Miami/Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties with Offices in Aventura, and Delray Beach, Florida. Following his medical school training at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dr. Cirisano completed his Obstetrics & Gynecology residency training at UCLA Medical Center in California. With Grant support, Dr. Cirisano pursued a post-doctoral thesis on ovarian cancer genetics, followed by a funded clinical rotation at Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center. He then went on to Duke University Medical Center where he completed his fellowship training in Gynecologic Oncology and maintained a position as a Junior Faculty Associate. While at Duke University, Dr. Cirisano was involved in the development of an ovarian cancer genetic screening program which offered the initial BRCA1 and BRCA2 screening test. Working with a number of research teams in this exciting area, he has authored many published manuscripts posted at www.womenscancercare.com and also at www.cirisano.com Spanish: La cirugía laparotomia-hysterectomia para el cáncer de ovario. Como especialista en cáncer ginecológico, el Dr ...
English: Robotic Surgery for Uterine Cancer, Endometrial Cancer, using the Davinci S Robotic Surgical Suite at Holy Cross Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As a specialist in gynecologic cancer, Dr. Cirisano completed subspecialty training in radical surgery for cervical, ovarian and uterine cancer with subspecialty interest in cancer genetics, and advanced robotic laproscopic surgery. He currently sees patients at hospitals located in Miami/Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties with Offices in Aventura, and Delray Beach, Florida. Following his medical school training at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dr. Cirisano completed his Obstetrics & Gynecology residency training at UCLA Medical Center in California. With Grant support, Dr. Cirisano pursued a post-doctoral thesis on ovarian cancer genetics, followed by a funded clinical rotation at Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center. He then went on to Duke University Medical Center where he completed his fellowship training in Gynecologic Oncology and maintained a position as a Junior Faculty Associate. While at Duke University, Dr. Cirisano was involved in the development of an ovarian cancer genetic screening program which offered the initial BRCA1 and BRCA2 screening test. Working with a number of research teams in this exciting area, he has authored many published manuscripts posted at www.womenscancercare.com and also at www.cirisano.com Spanish: La cirugía robótica para el cáncer ...
President Obama honors educators who have shown excellence in teaching and mentoring students in mathematics and science at an awards ceremony at the White House. January 6, 2010.
from geedvd.com Mohiniyattam by Dr. Neena Prasad . Mohiniattam, the classical dance of Kerala, is the dance of the Mohini, the celestial enchantress in Hindu mythology. The dance is based on the Hastha Lakshana Deepika, a treatise on hand gestures, and its lyrics are in Manipravala, a mixture of Sanskrit and Malayalam. The predominant emotive element of this dance is laasya or feminine sensuality. Dr. Neena Prasad learned Mohiniyattam from renowned teachers, Sugandhi, Kalamandalam Kshemavathy. . Neena Prasad is also a trained performer of Kuchipudi, Bharatanatyam and Kathakali. Neena Prasad was awarded a phd in dance from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata for her research on the various manifestations of laasya (sensuality) and tandava (the masculine and vigorous dance of Lord Shiva) in South Indian classical dance. She also received the junior fellowship from the Dept. of Culture, Govt. of India for her research in Mohiniyattam. The DVD on Mohiniyattam has Neena Prasad performing * Cholkettu, * Pada varnam, * Thillana and * Ashtapadi. The dancer invokes the blessings of Lord Ganesha in Cholkettu, traditionally performed as the first item in Mohiniyattam. Cholkettu includes the swaying movements that is typical to Laasya the predominant emotion in Mohiniyattam. In Pada varnam we see the grief of separation that torments the Nayika (heroine). Thillana is performed as the finale in a dance recital that irradiates happiness, joy and ecstasy. The dancer depicts the anguish ...
Complete video at: fora.tv Gayle Salamon, assistant professor of English at Princeton University, describes a law suit filed by the parents of Lawrence King, an openly-gay 15-year-old who was shot dead by fellow classmate Brandon mcinerney. The suit charges EO Green Junior High School for failing to protect King from his own gender transgressive behavior. ----- Sex is both at the core and the edge of the family life. In an era when the conceptual and political transformation of the family is most palpable on a global scale, often generating impassioned debates among those wedded or even indifferent to "the family values," this panel seeks to explore family formations through their deepest open secrets: sex, sexuality and sexual practices. Gayle Salamon is Assistant Professor of English at Princeton University. She received a Ph.D. in rhetoric from the University of California-Berkeley, where she wrote her dissertation on Assuming a Body: Transgenderism and Rhetorics of Materiality. She has held a research fellowship at Brown University's Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, and has taught a broad spectrum of courses at UC-Berkeley on the topics of embodiment and gender. Her new research project at Princeton will explore the role that proprioception and chronic pain can play in shaping a bodily sense of self. Her teaching this year will include courses on themes of "passing" in modern literature, and transgender theory. Salamon holds the new LGBT Studies ...
Director of the White House Office on Health Reform Nancy-Ann deparle holds a stakeholder discussion with over 30 medical leaders from across the country to get their ideas on health care reform. May 27, 2009. (Public Domain)
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In this video, Sir Mark Walport (Director of the Wellcome Trust) and others review some of the Trust's activities during 2008, with a particular focus on our partnerships. These have included Project Enthuse - funding science training for teachers, the search for a new TB vaccine, our involvement with the debate surrounding the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill and the continuing activites of Wellcome Collection. For more information and the print version of the annual review go to www.wellcome.ac.uk
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk - He also met the British philosopher AJ Ayer and Kurt Gödel. Quine spent six weeks in Warsaw with Tarski before going on to study at Prague under Rudolf Carnap. Quine became, in his own words, "an ardent disciple" of Carnap discovering:- ... what it was to be intellectually fired by a living teacher rather than by a dead book. After Quine returned to Harvard in 1933 to take up the Junior Fellowship he published his first book A System of Logistics which was the published version of his doctoral thesis. From this time up to the break in his career for war service Quine's research was mainly on logic although always with a philosophical motivation. One of the most important papers he published during this period was New Foundations for Mathematical Logic in the American Mathematical Monthly in 1937. In this
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk - North Whitehead. It was Whitehead who introduced him to Russell, who was visiting Harvard to lecture there, and from that time Quine began a correspondence with Russell. Awarded a Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard in 1932, Quine described the following year, perhaps the most important for his future research, in a somewhat matter of fact way:- In 1932 - I already had my phd and was married to my first wife - I had a travelling fellowship. That was a great year. We used up our resources very accurately - I had $7 when we got back to America. Then I came back to Harvard as a Junior Fellow in 1933. Indeed it was "a great year" for Quine who made an exciting visit to Europe financed by a Sheldon Traveling Fellowship. In Vienna he met Philip Frank, Moritz Schlick and other members of the Vienna Circle of Logical Positivists.
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What: The University Grants Commission invites applications for the award of Junior Research Fellowship in Engineering and Technology for the year 2007-08.
Eligibility
~ Candidates must have a Master's Degree in engineering/ technology/ pharmacy with
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Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed mcconomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals. For more on Randy, visit: www.cmu.edu Learn how to support the Randy Pausch Memorial Bridge, visit: www.cmu.edu
FARIDA BURTIS E-mail:fburtis@mail.com;fgb5@columbia.edu Phone:(212)963-7125 Address:40-66 Ithaca Street, Elmhurst, New York 11373 EDUCATION Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism: Masters degree, Journalism. Specialization in broadcast journalism, international affairs. Cabot Fellowship EXPERIENCE PRESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS I presently work as United Nations correspondent and provide news coverage about international issues and New York to international media, including television & radio. Have worked as Director of Public Relations for public libraries system in New York; Public Relations Consultant for the Asia Society; United Nations Information Officer. PUBLIC INFORMATION DIRECTOR ( 5 years) United Neighborhood Centers of America, New York. (Henry Street Settlement, among New York members). Responsible for implementing strategies for: * Publicity * Organizational Newsletter * Publications * Annual Reports * Brochures, Flyers, Manuals * Promotion and Advertising * United Nations representation PUBLICATIONS EDITOR (3 years) Association of Junior Leagues International, New York *Magazine Editing. As magazine editor I was responsible for planning, research, interviews, writing, editing, management and production. * Organizational Newsletter * Press releases, publicity, Radio and TV news stories and interviews. * Promotional matter, Conference materials and printed kits, brochures. I have also worked as consultant and researcher for CBS News Vote Profile ...
FARIDA BURTIS E-mail:fburtis@mail.com;fgb5@columbia.edu Phone:(212)963-7125 Address:40-66 Ithaca Street, Elmhurst, New York 11373 EDUCATION Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism: Masters degree, Journalism. Specialization in broadcast journalism, international affairs. Cabot Fellowship EXPERIENCE PRESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS I presently work as United Nations correspondent and provide news coverage about international issues and New York to international media, including television & radio. Have worked as Director of Public Relations for public libraries system in New York; Public Relations Consultant for the Asia Society; United Nations Information Officer. PUBLIC INFORMATION DIRECTOR ( 5 years) United Neighborhood Centers of America, New York. (Henry Street Settlement, among New York members). Responsible for implementing strategies for: * Publicity * Organizational Newsletter * Publications * Annual Reports * Brochures, Flyers, Manuals * Promotion and Advertising * United Nations representation PUBLICATIONS EDITOR (3 years) Association of Junior Leagues International, New York *Magazine Editing. As magazine editor I was responsible for planning, research, interviews, writing, editing, management and production. * Organizational Newsletter * Press releases, publicity, Radio and TV news stories and interviews. * Promotional matter, Conference materials and printed kits, brochures. I have also worked as consultant and researcher for CBS News Vote Profile ...
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King's College London
Institute of Psychiatry
at The Maudsley
Division of Psychological Medicine
We would like to invite applications from exceptional junior scientists for a Marie Curie Fellowship for Early-Stage Researchers
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