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“A group of eight old, distinguished colleges and universities in the East, known for their ivy-covered brick buildings.”
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Brown University. Columbia University. Cornell University. Dartmouth College. Harvard University. Princeton University. University of Pennsylvania. Yale University.

For those seeking to pursue an education in some of the most prestigious universities in the United States, set their sights on these eight schools fondly referred to as The Ivy League.

How did the “Ivy League” get its name?

I’ve actually come upon two explanations for this question.

One states that the group coined its name from the ivy that grows in the eight universities’ brick buildings; while the other story stated that when an athletic league was formed by Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Princeton (the ‘Four League’), the Roman numeral ‘IV’ was used in the said league - which when spoken became ‘Ivy League.’

No matter the etymology of the said term, there are certain characteristics these eight academic institutions have in common that make them eight of the most esteemed universities in the country :

(*taken from Wikipedia)

All of the Ivy League institutions share some general characteristics :

(a) They are among the most prestigious and selective schools in the U.S., they consistently place close to the top of college and university rankings.

(b) They rank within the top one percent of the world’s academic institutions in terms of financial endowment.

(c) They attract top-tier students and faculty.

(d) They have relatively small undergraduate populations, ranging between 4,078 for Dartmouth College and 13,700 for Cornell University and modestly sized graduate student populations, ranging between 1,666 for Dartmouth and 14,692 for Columbia.

Also worthy of being noted down :

(a) Seven of the eight schools were founded during America’s colonial period with the exception of Cornell, which was founded in 1865. Ivy League institutions, therefore, account for seven of the nine colleges chartered before the American Revolution.

(b) The Ivies also are all located in the Northeast region of the United States and are privately owned and controlled.

(c) Although many of them receive funding from the federal or state governments to pursue research, only Cornell has state-supported academic units, termed statutory colleges, that are an integral part of the institution.

Though the term is being used rather loosely nowadays, to be a true Ivy Leaguer means being part of an academic institution which is known around the globe for its academic excellence, admission selectivity and academic elitism.

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Graduating in 2004 from Ateneo de Manila with a major in AB Communication and a minor in AB History, Nikki Alfonso lives for the written word. She had her first taste of being a salaried writer in January 2004 when she began writing for Eversun Software Corporation. Prompted by the need to find a job after graduation, her love of putting pen to paper and entertainment, she decided to take on a full-time job in television as a creative staff member and writer wherein she would be paid for daydreaming and telling stories. Wanting to give back to a cause close to her heart, she also writes for JADE — an online magazine seeking to showcase English-speaking Asian women as intelligent and well-accomplished movers and shakers in their respective fields.

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The UK recession can often be a wary situation for any SME firm, especially with the rate of businesses having to make staff redundant in the last seven months. With the British credit crunch it highly makes the greater part of business finance departments to decide to cut company budgets for almost everything like office furniture. With all that in mind, most company owners are now looking at 2nd hand furniture or cheap furniture.

No longer are the times when business owners would kit the place of work in oak and pine antique flooring and desks from the Edwardian era and own marble flooring at reception. Various now use bargain office furniture. The super thing about bargain office furniture is that business owners will often actually get much more for your cash than owners would expect. For the same price of an antique pine office desk, firm owners can probably afford to get a woodchip office desk, leather chair, filing cabinet and office plants. Buy the latest Monitor Arm and get it delivered to your office from CFW.

With the credit crunch, legions of companies will be looking for ways to reduce costs. Assessing the expenditure that is not necessary can often help loads of organisations free up money to improve their finances. So next time owners are looking to find office chairs be aware that there is an affordable option out there if finance directors look for it.

It is easy to forget about health insurance policies while planning a college education. Students are generally at an age where the idea that they may need a medical insurance plan is not the first thing on their mind. Let’s face it, in your teens you will tend to think that you are immortal so you will never develop any illness. Regrettably, irrespective of how well a person is, there is no way to anticipate their continuing good health. A medical insurance policy is not a great plan, it is a necessity. Those fortunate to be included in a parent’s medical insurance are more often than not covered up until they’re 23. For anyone who does not have cover through their family plan, a fundamental part in planning for school has to be researching an affordable medical insurance plan. What is important in an insurance policy designed specifically for students? Deductibles: It’s a yearly payment made before any medical benefits starting, very similar to an auto deductible. For example, if the deductible is five hundred dollars, five hundred dollars has to be paid prior to receiving benefits associated with your plan. So what is your co-pay? Once the deductible is covered, normally for every visit to the physician, medicinal drug, and procedure you’ll have to contribute a portion of the bill. This is termed a co-pay.

What does your health insurance include? Numerous policies do include Health Maintenance Organization and Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA). This could mean particular specialists might not be included in your list of health providers or not be included by a medical insurance policy. Most plans provide a detailed listing of participating professionals, before confirming your decision ensure you look at this directory carefully. What is catastrophic coverage? Be mindful that there is often a restriction on student health insurance policies in particular concerning more serious illness, the extent of cover extended in most student health insurance policies is by and large smaller than any regular insurance policy. What are the limits? Inexpensive student health insurance plans normally set various limits. It is essential to study your policy thoroughly to discover what may and may not be covered.

Carry any insurance cards nearby everywhere. It is not just not possible to plan for an accident or illness, they’re also likely to take place when least anticipated. Make sure you’re au fait with your student health insurance policy, whether you’re included with your parents or you have your own insurance policy.

Chester Bennington is wailing, “The sun goes down, I feel the light betray me” on your radio; the cold beads of sweat that form on your forehead agree with Bennington- for the nth time you have a long exam tomorrow morning and you are nowhere near prepared. You call on every divinity, pray to every God, to be miraculously given effective study skills; however, you will settle for time to stop so you can cram longer.

Hypothetically, if time did stop, how can you make up for lost time and acquire effective study skills? How about through M.U.R.D.E.R.:

* Mood:
Think of studying as a date that you would like to impress and go out of your way. Create the right ambience. Pick a place that can help you concentrate, most people need a place where there is silence but there are a handful of people that need noise to concentrate. Play some music to sustain your mood.

* Understand:
Get yourself a marker and mark areas of your text that strikes you as important; or make an outline of the material.

* Recall:
Stop every once in a while to paraphrase what you have read in your own words; if you can express the idea in your own words, it means you have understood what you were studying and have also memorized it.

* Digest:
You can also mark concepts or ideas that you did not understand and look it up further or ask for a second opinion from a classmate or the professor.

* Expand:
Try to see the connection between the material you are currently studying and your previous lessons; or try to see the relevance of your text in your life.

* Review:
Review the materials you have studied; ideally, you should be reviewing the highlighted texts and the notes you have made instead of reading everything again.

Whether you have a big exam or you just want to maintain a respectable GPA, always keep MURDER at the back of your mind: MURDER, the only crime that pays.

Brian Stocker is a former teacher and Psychologist. He has written widely on education and testing. Visit his websites Exam Preparation and Improve Your Study Skills for information and study guides on College Entrance exams, test preparation and how to study.

Interested in completing your post secondary education? Post secondary education is, as the name implies, a secondary education that students attain after attending school (e.g. high school). Also referred to as tertiary education, post secondary education can be a form of vocational, technical or higher education; and may often be completed at community and technical colleges; or higher learning institutions and universities.

Post secondary educational institutions may include an expansive curriculum in cosmetology and beauty; dental assistant and dental hygiene; radiology technology; nursing degree programs; mechanical technician; art and design; dance and music; law; physical therapy; psychology and hundreds of other, educational classes, certification and diploma courses, and degree programs.

Depending on individual educational needs and schools, post secondary education programs vary in requisites, course duration and cost. Additionally, while there are several physical post secondary education schools; there are also many online learning, distance education and home study programs that are offered through post secondary education institutions and agencies.

DISCLAIMER: Above is a GENERAL OVERVIEW and may or may not reflect specific practices, courses and/or services associated with ANY ONE particular school(s) that is or is not advertised on SchoolsGalore.com

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C. Bailey-Lloyd is the Public Relations’ Director for Media Positive Communications, Inc. in association with SchoolsGalore.com. Find Post Secondary Education at SchoolsGalore.com; meeting your needs as your educational resource to locate schools.

Get ready, because this is a major key to your success in
becoming a brilliant speaker in a foreign language! And the
incredible secret of it is, that it’s really easy.

Most teachers of foreign languages I’ve met don’t teach it this way, but thinking in a foreign language and translation back and
forth between different languages are really different skills —
and thinking in the foreign language is much easier!

If you think about this for a moment you will discover the truth of it. Think of what happens to the average person who takes a
class in a foreign language. S/he usually gets caught up in
trying to translate everything s/he hears into her own native
language, right? Perhaps you have even had this experience
yourself.

Now think of the average person who doesn’t know the
foreign language, but moves to a country where everyone is using
the foreign language. How quickly does s/he acquire a great deal
of fluency in that language? Really fast, right? S/he is
learning the language in context, much like a child learning her
native language, so s/he isn’t slowed down by the act of
translating. S/he creates direct connections in her mind between
ideas and the words in the foreign language. It’s like the
difference between taking the bullet train to your
destination rather than taking a slow train with frequent stops
and train changes.

When you allow yourself to let go and think in the target language and just speak from your thoughts, you’re going to have
really great results. Many students try to translate and then
speak, which makes speaking exponentially more difficult. The
same thing happens to me even with my own native language by the
way. If I think something in Japanese, my second language, and
then try to translate it into my native language of English, the
initial result is often a choppy mess of very awkward English!

There is nothing wrong with translating; it’s just a completely
different skill. Though it is an important skill to have, and is
useful for certain things, you are probably going to find that
when speaking you get much greater results from choosing the
direct route of thinking in the target language, and then simply
saying what you are thinking. I encourage you to go ahead and
think in the language that you want to speak in and get ready to
be surprised at how, almost instantaneously, how much more
fluent and brilliant you are.

Here’s to Your Success!
Teresa Bolen

Copyright © 2006 by Teresa Bolen. All rights reserved.

Teresa Bolen is a teacher at Todaiji Academy, one of the top 5
schools in Japan, and the author of Master Plan to Master Exams:
How to Discover Your Hidden Abilities to Create the Success You
Desire. You can get her ‘Academic Excellence Report’ at
http://www.MasterPlanToMasterExams.com.

‘Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life
you have imagined.’
— Henry David Thoreau –

Jobs are hard to find nowadays. Part-time jobs for mothers who want to stay at home while working are even harder to come by. The good news is that there may be an answer for those moms who are willing to learn a new skill, one which is not difficult to master.

If you have a home computer, you can quickly learn to copy DVD discs for people who want backup DVDs. The good news is that the expense is not too great for getting started, and there’s significant income potential once you get up and running. You will also be providing a needed service for businesses and individuals who need copies of DVDs which they already have.

To get started, you can download a free DVD duplicator from various Web sites. This will give you a chance to practice making a copy DVD. You will also need very inexpensive blank DVDs to make your copies. You could take one of your favorite DVD movies and make a clone of it on your home computer after you download the free duplicating software.

After you have made copies of a few of your own DVDs, you can then advertise around Indianapolis for your DVD duplicator service. Decide how much you should charge per DVD in order to have some profit for your work. You could advertise to friends, people who attend your church or even put a cheap ad in the classified section of an Indianapolis newspaper.

You may be surprised at how quickly people become aware of your DVD duplicator service and how many come to you over and over for their copies. In time, you may even decide to purchase a DVD printer, which is another name for the duplicator. When you have the hardware available, you can enlarge your business from home. A number of organizations need significant numbers of copy DVDs and can provide that extra income you need.

With a little practice and very little expense, your home computer can allow you to remain at home with your children while also bringing in some extra income.

Horatio and other guards witness the ghost of their recently deceased king. Horatio quickly reports the viewing to the king’s only son, Hamlet. Hamlet decides to attempt to communicate with the ghost, and, against friendly advice, follows the ghost when beckoned. The ghost of the king reveals to Hamlet the secrets of a well planned murder, one already committed, the murder of the king. Hamlet is infuriated, and is convinced to attempt revenge.

Polonius, father of Laertes and Ophelia, Hamlet’s only love, is an advisor to the new king. Hamlet begins to act strangely, and when Ophelia tells Polonius of Hamlet’s new personality, Polonius decides to investigate with consent of the king. The king also summons two of Hamlet’s friends from college, Rosencratz and Guildenstern. The pair is convinced by the current king to spy on Hamlet and attempt to discover the reason behind his awkward actions. Hamlet, with help from traveling players, writes a play identical to the murder plot, to be played for the murderer and those surrounding him.

The king and his trio of curious followers continue to intently spy on Hamlet, particularly when he is with Ophelia. The play, “The Mousetrap,” is acted out in front of the king. When he notices the similarity of the plot of the play to his murder, he storms out of the room. The queen, Gertrude, former wife of the murdered, current wife of the murderer, agrees to send for Hamlet with the goal of making him open up about his feelings while Polonius hides in the room. Hamlet, before going to his mother’s room, goes to the king’s quarters with plans to murder him, but decides to wait because the king is praying. He reports to the queen’s room, discovers the eavesdropper, and, thinking it is the king, stabs and murders Polonius. Hamlet, unsuccessfully, tries to convince his mother that the current king is mad.

The king orders Rosencratz and Guildenstern to take Hamlet to England with a letter requesting that the English monarchy put him to death. Hamlet discovers the letter, writes one that would put his escorts to death, and escapes. He returns to his homeland and stumbles upon the funeral of Ophelia, who apparently committed suicide when she learned of her father’s death. When the king and Laertes, intent on avenging the death of his father and sister, learn of Hamlet’s return, they plot to kill him in a duel with various means of poison.

Laertes and Hamlet have a short fight in the uncovered grave of Ophelia, before the burial, and agree on a duel, to simply test the skill of the two. One of the attempts to kill Hamlet, a poisoned drink, kills Gertrude when she makes a toast using that cup, killing herself. In the duel, Laertes uses a sword with a poisoned tip. He manages to stab Hamlet. Before Hamlet dies, he is able to gain control of Laertes sword and stab him with it. Hamlet then wounds the king with the sword and forces him to finish the poisoned drink. Hamlet tells Fortinbras, a traveling prince, that he will be the next king of Denmark. Hamlet dies.

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Although the Property Index is seen as a recent organization, (they were incorporated only in March 2007), they have established expert status very quickly. Actually, they are a incredibly easy organization exclusively focused on proposing expert advice to any individual who is determined to rent, buy, etc. property across the globe. Their pledge: to be of help to you to locate dead-on what you have need of quick and painlessly.

Realty can be purchased across the world at the moment, one of the swankiest areas being properties on the market in Portugal. It should be an easy job to write a list of the glorious properties available for sale in Portugal, one motivation for selecting estate here being the houses and apartments you can purchase and the terrific opportunity to live together with such a vibrant and lively population.

This is one of the truly popular areas at the moment, and in view of the lovely landscape and the wonderful weather surrounding you here, how could you go wrong… Realty in Portugal is immersed in culture, art and history, this part of the world has been and still is home to a number of indigenous civilizations.

Only 25 or 30 years ago you would find just a small number of English keen on properties in Portugal. Ask any person who has chosen to move to Portugal and they’ll be sure to corroborate this. Many would label it a vogue and others label it a approximating to an addiction… People that are interested in moving over here will range from young yuppie couples looking for some new challenge in life to retired buyers planning on relaxation and enjoyment.

There may well be snags when trying to acquire properties overseas — there are normally hundreds of steps when scheduling, surveying or finalising. If you only miss a single minute step this is certain to definitely escalate overwhelming snags plus, even more important, a failed investment.

As you will probably have counted on with this sought after place, properties may be high priced in this area and this, of course, is merely a result of the growing buyer demand. Notwithstanding customers are very spoiled in a destination characterized by cheerful countryside and great setting. Definitely it can boast most everything a patron may possibly imagine and more.

If you are looking to buy property abroad try Property Index, specialists in overseas property.

The prospects of scooping up the Euro millions jack-pot is a distant one : seventy-six million but the likelihood of winning a cash prize is a somewhat decent one in 24. If the jackpot is not won in a given lotto draw, it is carried over to the next lotto draw that will result in an ever increasing jackpot value. Recent rules brought in on the 2007-02-07 specify the number of consecutive rollovers to 11, with the jack-pot rolled down to smaller value levels in the eleventh lottery draw if the prize is not won.

The Euromillions lottery or the Euro Lottery, as it’s ordinarily better-known, pools the ticket revenues of the 9 partaking Euro countries presenting a gigantic Euro Lotto jack-pot. With the quantity of countries joining the Euro on the increase, this will without question will lead to new countries partaking in the Euro lottery. A growth in the number of individuals partaking in the euromillions will lead to a lasting growth of the already gigantic Euro Lottery jackpots.

The recent rules likewise initiated Euro Lottery Super Draw which go on twice annually and offer jackpots in the region of 100 million pounds. The difference with Super-Draws is that the jackpot has to be collected during the week of the lotto draw; as a result, if there is no lottery ticket matching, all the drawn numbers then the top prize will then be allotted to the ticket holder(s) on the succeeding winning prize tier.

Each and every player has to choose five main numbers from one to fifty and 2 Lucky-star numbers from 1 to 9. During the lotto draw, 5 main and two lucky star numbers are then picked out at random from 2 lottery draw machines containing numbered balls.