Cell Biology Lectures - Learn How Cells Work

Cell Biology Lectures - Learn How Cells WorkCell Biology Lectures is a prominent text in the field of this subject. Students must be taught how to use biochemical principles in real life scenarios. There are many other cases that are studied in the texts to produce insight into different biological systems and mechanisms.These lectures are very helpful in understanding biological systems and know how they function together. This can make a great impact on the overall study, if students are guided well by the text.In the lectures, students learn to recognize various aspects of the cells and related issues. They will also learn how these cells function in different situations. The text will contain many useful examples in showing the result of various biological phenomena. The text is appropriate for the student who wants to master the ideas and sciences concerning cellular processes and biology.One example in the lectures is the demonstration of the biological process of metabolism, w hich takes place as the cells use the energy in order to manufacture ATP, using glucose as its fuel. This process creates the H+ ions and helps in the production of energy.It will also introduce the processes that take place in the human body, such as how proteins and other materials such as DNA are created and transmitted between cells of the body. Cells will then be introduced to the creation of DNA and other biomolecules through the reproduction of chromosomes through the process of mitosis.The lectures contain several additional exercises and activities that help the students develop an understanding of the methods and techniques of biology. For instance, students will have to identify the different structures of amino acids and how these can play an important role in cell and organism metabolism.The instructions given by the text are very simple and easy to understand for students. The text has become very popular and effective for teaching the subject of cell biology. It will also introduce students to a series of approaches used to better understand cellular processes and related aspects.

Online Z Scores Table Tutors

Online Z Scores Table Tutors Definition: - z score table is also known as standard normal distribution table. z score table list the area under the standard normal curve between z=0 and the values from .00 to 3.09. First column gives the value of the first digit after the decimal and top row gives the value of two decimal places of the z score. Example: - Find the area under the standard normal curve between 1) z=0 and z=1.95 2) z=0 and 3.01 Solution: - 1) We divide the number 1.95 into two portions: 1.9 (the digit before the decimal and one digit after the decimal) and .05 (the second digit after the decimal. (Note that 1.95= 1.9 +0.05). To find the required area under the standard normal curve, we locate 1.9 in the column for z on the left side of the z score table and .05 in the row for z at the top of the table. The entry where row for 1.9 and column for .05 intersect gives the area under standard normal curve between z=0 and z=1.95. So the area between z=0 and 1.95 is 0.4744. (From the z score table). 2) Similarly we will get the area between z=0 and 3.01 is 0.4987

Who am I to Co-Found a Language School

Who am I to Co-Found a Language School Who am I to co-found an online language school? I sometimes wonder this myself, and I think that a lot of language educators would be skeptical of my background. I have a bachelors degree in English Literature, with a focus on creative writing, and a bachelors degree in Communications, with a focus on journalism.Before co-founding LOI, I worked as a reporter for 5 years at small newspapers in Montana, managed a group of websites related to tourism in the U.S. and Canadian Rockies, waited tables, worked front desk at a hotel, spent 6 years in the Army National Guard. You get the idea, none of it was related to language learning.So how did I get here? Its a good story.In 2008, my wife, Teauna, and I quit our jobs in Montana, put our house up for rent, and moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina. We didnt have a definite reason for doing this, but we knew we wanted to  experience living outside the United States, to improve our Spanish, and to try living in a big city. We figured wed go for a few months.It didnt take us long to realize that we wanted to stay in Buenos Aires for more than just a few months, and that to stay, we needed jobs. I found a job writing for a group of tourism websites, and Teauna got work teaching at an English school in our neighborhood. She didnt have a background in English teaching either  she has a BFA in Theatre with a focus on directing, and worked previously as a sales manager at a ski resort. But the school really needed  a native speaker, and we needed work, so Teauna learned on the job.Over the next year, Teauna developed a love for English teaching, and I advanced  at my job, eventually learning how to build websites in WordPress and managing a group of about a dozen tourism sites. In the meantime, both of us began 1-to-1 Spanish classes in person with Gisela Carreras. Shes a great teacher, and really got us to fall in love with Spanish  and language learning (shes now our director at LOI Spanish).In the meantime, Teauna and I were o n Skype, talking to our family in the United States. We spent a lot of time talking to my brother Luke about ideas for businesses. I had the ability to  build websites now, and at the time it seemed like that and an idea were all you needed to start a business.Over the course of 2009 we experimented with several business ideas, none of which produced anything interesting. Then, in December of that year Teauna and I were up late talking one night, and everything came together. We had started to get a glimpse of the global demand for English language learning, I knew how to build websites, Teauna could teach English, and we could connect with any student in the world via Skype.Our initial plans were small. We mostly thought Skype classes  could fill Teaunas scheduled during the holidays. But over the course of 2010, we saw more and more interest in the classes, to the point that we had to hire 2 teachers to help. After a month these teachers quit and tried to take all their students w ith them (thankfully they failed). We hired our next teacher, Muireann, who is still teaching with LOI today.During the fall of 2010, Teauna was stuck in another part of Buenos Aires because of traffic, and on the verge of missing a first class with a new student. I had taken many hours of Spanish classes by then, and had overheard a lot of Teaunas English classes. So, I picked up the headset, contacted the student, and told him Id be his teacher that day.From then on, I was  fully committed to LOI. I started teaching classes on a regular basis, and found that I loved meeting students from around the world and teaching them what I knew about English. I saw the enthusiasm our students had for our classes, and realized that this was what I wanted to do.I eventually quit my other job, and devoted myself to LOI  full time. This was not without consequences. Over the course of 2009 we lost our renter for our home in Montana, where the rental market had crashed due to the recession. It wa snt long before we had to make a decision. Go back to the U.S. and get real jobs to keep our house, or stay in Buenos Aires and keep pursing LOI. We couldnt afford our rent in both places. We decided to stay in Buenos Aires, right up until November of 2010, and stayed committed to LOI. In November 2010 we returned to Montana to sell our house.Shortly after arriving in Montana  we discovered we were pregnant with our first child. Around the same time we sold  classes  to 50 new students through Spanish daily deal site Groupalia (its similar to Groupon). So, by January Teauna and I were each giving 10-12 hours of classes per day wed sold our classes so cheap through Groupalia that we had to teach them all. By April our home sold and we moved into a small apartment but LOI kept growing.The company grew quickly in 2011, and by 2012 I had mostly stopped teaching so that I could focus on managing, marketing, and building our own scheduling and curriculum management system. Also, we hav e an amazing group of teachers these days who are much more experienced and qualified than I am.These days I continue to teach a few hours per week, mostly because I enjoy it, but also because I like to stay close to the students and know what our classes are like for them. I also have been taking Spanish, Portuguese and Mandarin classes via Skype for the last five years.Ultimately, I think the biggest reason why I am a co-founder of an online English school is that I enjoy teaching and learning this way, and my ultimate goal is to build the online language learning system that I dream of using myself. This isnt a goal that well really reach its going to be a constant process of refinement and improvement.

GEM Grant Helps Heart Math Tutoring Expand Impact on Social Mobility in Charlotte - Heart Math Tutoring

GEM Grant Helps Heart Math Tutoring Expand Impact on Social Mobility in Charlotte - Heart Math Tutoring GEM Grant Helps Heart Math Tutoring Expand Impact on Social Mobility in Charlotte GEM Grant Helps Heart Math Tutoring Expand Impact on Social Mobility in Charlotte January 19, 2016 CHARLOTTE, N.C. â€" Jan. 19, 2016 â€" A $50,000 grant from Global Endowment Management Foundation (GEM), has helped Heart Math Tutoring (Heart) â€" a nonprofit group dedicated to helping students in high-poverty concentration schools develop math skills and academic confidence â€" expand its impact on social mobility in Charlotte. Through its employee-led grant cycle, the GEM Foundation provided a $50,000 grant to Heart over two years including $40,000 in December 2014 and the $10,000 in December 2015. The $40,000 grant allowed Heart to open its tutoring full program at Westerly Hills Academy in 2015/2016, serving 50 students in grades 2 â€" 4. The additional $10,000 will support Westerly Hills Academy’s program site in 2016/2017. Heart is a math intervention program that recruits, trains, and supports volunteers to work as tutors in high-poverty elementary schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS). Hundreds of community members spend one hour each week delivering Heart’s research-based, structured curriculum. There are currently 450 volunteers signed up as weekly tutors to serve  almost 400 students during the 2015/2016 school year. About 60 percent of economically disadvantaged children in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools perform below grade level in math, based on 2014-2015 North Carolina End-of-Grade Tests. Heart uses research-based assessments and provides volunteer-friendly lesson plans that target the gaps of each individual student. To date, 97% of students tutored by Heart have met program growth goals set in partnership with CMS. The tutor-student relationships also boost the students academic confidence and improve the flow of social capital among races and socio-economic groups in Charlotte. Why Social Mobility in Charlotte A 2013 study by Harvard University and the University of California at Berkeley shows that upward mobility for children in poverty is more difficult in Charlotte than in any of the country’s 50 largest cities. The Charlotte Mecklenburg Opportunity Task Force was created in response to this study and area foundations are also putting a focus on social mobility. “The GEM Foundation chose to focus on the upward mobility challenge in the Charlotte region, particularly for children and families, for the 2014-2015 grant cycle,” said Meg Morrison, associate director of Investment Operations at Global Endowment Management. “We selected Heart Math Tutoring because the program works to improve educational achievement, a critical aspect of increasing upward mobility. Heart is a great fit for our goals because it is scalable program aimed at early childhood education, one of the primary factors affecting an individual’s long-term economic and social progress.” Heart impacts factors that contribute to social mobility â€" quality of public schools, segregation and flow of social capital. Heart volunteers act as a resource for Charlotte’s public schools in addressing student academic need and are becoming a quickly growing community of public education advocates. Heart volunteer-student relationships are also often formed across lines of diversity, thus decreasing segregation and improving the flow of social capital among races and socio-economic groups. “We have been extremely encouraged by this grant award â€" our largest in support of 2015/16 schools â€" particularly in its validation of Heart tutors’ work as a lever in social mobility. Grants from community partners like Global Management Endowment allow Heart to recruit and support our dedicated volunteers, who give students the skills and confidence to succeed, in partnership with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools,” said Emily Elliott, executive director of Heart Math Tutoring. GEM Foundation’s grant, combined with almost ten employee volunteer tutors, is making a huge difference to students at Westerly Hills Academy and to our organization.” Global Endowment Management Foundation Global Endowment Management actively manages over $6 billion of client assets in the style of larger  endowments  and foundations. GEM Foundation is an employee led organization launched in 2013 through financial commitments from the partners of Global Endowment Management. The Foundation’s purpose is to support worthy organizations and their missions in the Charlotte region, and to provide an important learning experience for GEM team members. For more information, visit www.globalendowment.com Heart Math Tutoring Heart Math Tutoring is a Charlotte-based nonprofit with a mission to ensure that all elementary students develop the strong foundation in math and enthusiasm for academics needed for long-term success, by helping schools use volunteers as tutors. Community members commit one hour per week to deliver an effective, hands-on curriculum through one-on-one tutoring sessions during the school day in Title I elementary schools. For more information, visit http://hearttutoring.org.

2 Ways to Show Your Internship Supervisor You Appreciate Them

2 Ways to Show Your Internship Supervisor You Appreciate Them pexels.com Be on time A huge pet peeve of an internship advisor is when people do not show up on time. Of course, emergencies occur and those can be forgiven. But you should certainly not develop a reputation for running late. When you are late for your internship, it shows that you are unable to follow directions well and that you do not take the internship seriously. You should be taking your internship as seriously as a job because it is what will help you to get a real job once you graduate from school. The experience you should be gaining will be invaluable to you as an adult in the workforce. And more than not respecting the internship, showing up late indicates that you do not respect your internship advisor. By being tardy, you are disregarding their words, their request of you, and most importantly, their time. And this does not just mean showing up right at the time you were supposed to be there and then taking a few minutes to get situated in order to work. You need to be up and at ‘em, ready to go and begin working at the time you and your advisor have set. It is not enough to simply show up at that time. Do your internship advisor the courtesy of being on time; it might seem like a little thing, but your advisor will appreciate it. pexels.com Handwrite a note If you are into a more hands-on and concrete way of showing that you appreciate your internship advisor, think about handwriting them a note towards the end of your time there. Picking up a card, signing it, and presenting it is one thing. But to really show that you appreciate your advisor, write them a heartfelt message. Tell them how much you learned while working there and what you learned, and if you learned anything directly from them. Put it in words just how much you appreciated the opportunity to work not only in your field, but with that company, and specifically with that advisor. Be honest and kind and thankful. You do not need to go overboard and brown nose, but an advisor truly appreciates your thankfulness as well as being able to see that you have also gotten something out of the experience that is tangible and helpful.

Love Yourself. Seriously

Love Yourself. Seriously Love yourself. Seriously. Stop finding reasons you arent good enough. Love yourself for what you are, instead of hating yourself for what you are not. Stop comparing yourself to someone else and trying to be someone else. Be yourself and be proud of it. You are perfect the way you are. Stop unintentionally sabotage yourself by thinking otherwise. The secret to living a happy and fulfilled life is to love yourself and then extend that love to your family and all your close ones. But learning to love yourself isnt an easy thing to do and you might need a little help. In this case, you can find a certified Life coach on TutorZ.com to create your ideal life. Start love yourself today ??

New Position at italki Online Community Advocate

New Position at italki Online Community Advocate Update: This position has been filled as of January, 2013. As italki continues to grow, and we look to support our students and teachers better, we will be recruiting a new Online Community Advocate for our office in Shanghai. For interested parties, please email your resume to ross at italki.com. Introduction to the role:   We are a fast-growing tech startup looking for a native English speaker who would like to be part of an exciting, yet relaxed working environment. We need someone who is focused, motivated responsible with strong communications skills who is ready to work now. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:   Engaging with the italki online Community Responding to English emails and enquiries from italki teachers and students Managing social networking channels Facebook, Twitter Writing for newsletters, website, PR, advertising Co-ordination and implementation of direct mail and email campaigns Assisting in other general marketing initiatives Minimum Requirements:   Outgoing personality Very strong English communication skills Good organisational and planning skills Experience in community management, customer service Experience in marketing and communications Interested in technology, language learning Preferred Qualifications:   2+ years work experience BA in marketing and communications Mandarin Chinese New Position at italki Online Community Advocate Update: This position has been filled as of January, 2013. As italki continues to grow, and we look to support our students and teachers better, we will be recruiting a new Online Community Advocate for our office in Shanghai. For interested parties, please email your resume to ross at italki.com. Introduction to the role:   We are a fast-growing tech startup looking for a native English speaker who would like to be part of an exciting, yet relaxed working environment. We need someone who is focused, motivated responsible with strong communications skills who is ready to work now. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:   Engaging with the italki online Community Responding to English emails and enquiries from italki teachers and students Managing social networking channels Facebook, Twitter Writing for newsletters, website, PR, advertising Co-ordination and implementation of direct mail and email campaigns Assisting in other general marketing initiatives Minimum Requirements:   Outgoing personality Very strong English communication skills Good organisational and planning skills Experience in community management, customer service Experience in marketing and communications Interested in technology, language learning Preferred Qualifications:   2+ years work experience BA in marketing and communications Mandarin Chinese