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Friday Factoid: Changing Careers at Stern

April 28, 2011 – 12:33 pm

We all know that some aspiring MBAs look to their time in business school as a platform through which they can execute a career change.  Recognizing these “career switchers” can benefit from as much exposure as possible to their desired industry, Stern offers its Industry Mentoring Initiative (IMI).  IMI provides students who are committed to changing their career path with a chance to immerse themselves in their new targeted industry. Specifically, Stern partners with major corporations in New York City whose employees agree to serve as mentors to Stern students who are looking to make a career shift. Students thereby gain access to industry specific mock interviews, networking opportunities and Q&A sessions with their mentors. Five

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How to Stream and Rent Your Films Online

April 26, 2011 – 1:51 pm

Lights Film School was recently in touch with the founders of filmbinder.com. They offer an interesting service to filmmakers and were happy they agreed to an interview with us. The idea started when the co-founder Xavier wanted to rent his own 18 minute short film Vodka & Women online but couldnt find a desirable solution. As a filmmaker he was frustrated with not being able to easily offer Video on Demand (VOD) options for his 18 minute short film. So what did they do? He teamed up with Nils and they built their own VOD platform so they could rent their short film out to their audience! Now theyre offering the technology to the public.

Video on Demand & Streaming

Video On Demand is something thats gaining in popularity and has picked up incredible momentum recently. Netflix has over 20 million total subscriber. Theyve also had an astronomical increase in their number of subscribers in 2010. If Netflix was a cable company it would be the second largest, just behind Comcast (it may have actually recently surpassed Comcast in 2011).

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Badminton today and updated schedules

April 24, 2011 – 6:13 pm

A full day of WCSSAA senior boys rugby action is going on at University Stadium, but in the interest of spreading the love (and staying warm), the destination today in Conestoga College and the CWOSSA senior badminton championship.

Still with rugby,here are the changes to next weeks schedules. Because of soggy fields, all games are at University Stadium

SENIOR BOYS

Tuesday

SJAM vs. HHSS, 10 a.m.

PHS vs. SSS, 12 p.m.

BCI vs. WODSS, 2 p.m.

SMHS vs. GRCI, 4 p.m.

Wednesday

FHCI vs. KCI, 9:50 a.m.

WCI vs. SBCSS, 11 a.m.

GIRLS

Wednesday

BCI vs. GRCI, 12:10 p.m.

KCI vs. WCI, 1:20 p.m.

PHS vs. GCI, 2:30 p.m.

GPSS vs. SJAM, 3:40 p.m.

WODSS vs. JHSS, 4:50 p.m.

JUNIOR BOYS

Tuesday

SJAM vs. HHSS, 11 a.m.

PHS vs. CHCI, 1 p.m.

BCI vs. WODSS, 3 p.m.

SMHS vs.

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Northern Kentucky news and notes

April 24, 2011 – 7:46 am

From Richard Skinner:

• Multiple sources say that former Highlands High School and Xavier University basketball star Tara Boothe will become the next girls’ head basketball coach at Dixie Heights. Boothe, who will turn 27 in July, was an assistant at Highlands this past season. Dixie athletic director Matt Wilhoite said last week via e-mail that the school was close to announcing a new head coach to replace Andy Elkus, who was not retained.
• Campbell County athletic director Steve Hensley said on Monday that the school’s next girls’ head basketball coach will be announced and introduced today at 1:45 p.m. in the school’s resource center. The coach will replace Ed Cravens, who retired after this past season.
• Bellevue is seeking a boys’ head basketball coach after Beau Menefee recently resigned. Bellevue athletics director Nick Wilson said the school is currently accepting applications with the hope of hiring a replacement by the end of the school year. Menefee w

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UPDATED: States’ Ed. Schools Backing Out of NCTQ Review

April 22, 2011 – 6:00 am

UPDATE (April 20, 4:45 p.m.): Since this item was published, I’ve confirmed that two additional states, Kentucky and New York, won’t voluntarily participate. Continue reading for the latest details.

Public higher education institutions in Wisconsin, Georgia, Kentucky, and New York—and possibly other states—will not participate voluntarily in a review of education schools now being conducted by the National Council for Teacher Quality and U.S. News and World Report, according to recent correspondence between state consortia and the two groups.

In response, NCTQ and U.S. News are moving forward with plans to obtain the information from these institutions through open-records requests.

In letters to the two organizations dated March 28 and March 16, respectively, the president of the University of Wisconsin system and the chancellor of Georgia’s board of regents said their public institutions would opt out of the review, citing a lack of transparency and questionable methodology, among other concerns.

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