ACCENTURE, a global leader in management consulting, technology and outsourcing services, has opened its first Ideas Exchange Room in Cebu City, teaming with the University of San Carlos. The new facility supports Accentures Skills to Succeed corporate citizenship initiative, which aims to equip 700,000 people around the world by 2015 with the skills to get a job or build a business.

The University of San Carlos has always been a great source of talent for the information technology and business process management industry, said Ambe Tierro, senior managing director for technology in the Philippines, Indonesia and South Korea.

It is our privilege to work with the university to help further develop the skills of our youth.

Tierro said the Accenture Ideas Exchange Room promotes productivity and collaboration among students and faculty members of the College of Engineering at the university. In addition to making physical improvements to the Ideas Exchange Room and upgrading computer equipment, Accenture will conduct training to enrich students educational experience.

The addition of the Cebu location brings to five the number of Ideas Exchange Rooms Accenture has opened in the Philippines. The other facilities are located at the University of the Philippines Diliman; Polytechnic University of the Philippines; University of Makati; and Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila. (PR)

Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on October 31, 2014.

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Growth in residency has created a need for Uintah Care Center to take out parts of their lawn and build an addition onto the building. The addition has allowed Uintah Care Center to have the room to remodel as well, creating a recreational area in an already existing room.

Wayne Dunbar, Uintah Care Center Administrator, said the remodel was needed because the new clientele coming into the care center.

The baby boomers are coming in and the baby boomers like to be in a nicer setting when they come in for a short stay rather than mixing them with the rest of the population, Dunbar said.

The new addition has 14 private suites which were designed to be more like a hotel room with a bed, refrigerator, table for a computer, private shower and television, as well as a lift chair to help the resident get up and down.

It's all the comforts of home, Dunbar said. Then they have a dining room they can come down and eat or even in their room.

The baby boomer clientele not only has a new dining room but also a living room area where they can visit with family and friends, complete with a fireplace. The new area also has a vast room which can be closed off with dividers to make three rooms, depending on the need for the day's activity.

On the other side of the building there used to be a day care but the day care but the day care business wasn't any good anymore after 2000, because there was no federal funding, so it became like a multipurpose room, Dunbar said. We want it to be a living space now so we created this space (the open hall) to replace the old space. We have about 3,000 square feet here, a kitchenette for activities.

Commissioner Darlene Burns was present Wednesday afternoon for the open house, showing the public as well as residents the new portions of the building, which was contracted using an award winning design.

This is such a nice facility for our county to have, Burns said. One thing that is good for our county is it is paid for.

Burns said it is great to have a Care Center locally so people can stay close to home instead of leaving the area for assisted living.

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One of the longest-running fundraising traditions in the area happens Sunday at the Sid Williams Theatre, with the 39th edition of the CVCDA Telethon.

But what exactly is the CVCDA?

The Comox Valley Child Development Association is an all-in-one centre for all things related to childhood development.

From the Infant Development Program and The Autism Program, to occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech-language pathology, to pre-natal support, and even support for grandmothers involved in childcare, the CVCDA really does have it all, in regards to the development of children. And best of all, the costs are covered.

There is no cost for the services here, it is all funded by the provincial government, said CVCDA executive director Joanne Schroeder. There can be additional costs, for equipment, or respite services...but there are always options and we always work so that costs are not a barrier.

A relationship between a family and the CVCDA starts with Kim Griffiths, the associations family resource consultant generally the first contact a parent has with the CVCDA.

Once a family gets referred here, I go out and meet with them, and determine whether theres a service that is appropriate for them if there is some type of program we offer that is beneficial to the family, said Griffiths.

Chances are, the CVCDA has the tools and people - to help.

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UC San Francisco is preparing a second Ebola-specific isolation room and seeking additional volunteers to treat potential patients following the designation Friday of UC medical centers as the state's priority hospitals to treat Ebola cases.

The second isolation room designed for a patient with the deadly disease is being constructed at UCSF's Mount Zion facility, where one isolation room was already set up that can handle the extra precautions needed with an Ebola patient, said Dr. Josh Adler, chief medical officer at UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.

There have been no suspected or confirmed cases of Ebola in San Francisco, but hospitals in The City and throughout the U.S. have been preparing for that scenario.

In addition to San Francisco, the California Department of Public Health on Friday identified UC medical centers in Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles and San Diego as those positioned to accept patients with Ebola.

"Hospitals in California are much better prepared now than several weeks ago to provide the necessary screening and care for Ebola patients," Adler said. "That doesn't mean we're ultimately where we need to get to, but we're in a much better place than several weeks back."

The Mount Zion hospital has seven isolation rooms, but two will ultimately be designated and equipped to handle a patient with Ebola. They will also be attached to anterooms, where health care workers can put on and remove personal protective equipment.

More than 70 doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists and laboratory scientists at UCSF have volunteered to care for a confirmed or suspected Ebola patient, though the hospital is seeking at least an additional 30 volunteers.

UCSF's entire Ebola preparation effort is expected to cost several hundred thousand dollars, though an exact figure has not been determined, said Adler.

As of Saturday, there have been more than 10,000 Ebola cases and nearly 5,000 deaths in West Africa, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Travelers going through Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. now have a new dining option available to them. Concessions International (CI), one of the leading food and beverage concessionaires in the U.S., opened an American Tap Room location at Reagan National Airport at Terminal C, near Gate 36 on Wed. Oct. 23. The new restaurant is a joint venture between Concessions International and MBC Concessions, an Atlanta-based ACDBE partner airport concessions disadvantaged business enterprise. CI will also open Taylor Gourmet in Terminal B/C at Reagan National this winter.

Working with the local Reston, VA Thompson Hospitality, owner of American Tap Room and Be Right Burger (brb), CI also recently opened a brb at Dulles International Airport last month. The brb location is at Concourse C, Gate 18. The two restaurant openings mark the first Washington, D.C. airport locations for CI and the first airport locations for Thompson Hospitality.

American Tap Room offers travelers a finer dining experience, for those moments when you have more time to relax waiting for a flight, says Donata Russell Major, CIs Chief Executive Officer. Be Right Burger and American Tap Room are two different concepts that are both great additions to the Washington, D.C. airports.

American Tap Room is American regional cuisine at its classic, pub-inspired best. Guests can also enjoy some twists on the classics with taste-inspired ideas like the Dirty Caesar Salad featuring red onions, cherry tomatoes, crumbled blue cheese, hot sauce, parmesan and croutons, or the Greek Turkey Burger with hummus, tzatziki and a tomato-cucumber kalamata olive salad. And of course, all of the menu items go nicely with the many cold beer options available.

We are excited to introduce travelers passing through Reagan National Airport to our American Tap Room concept, stated Warren Thompson, President and Chairman of Thompson Hospitality. Restaurant guests now expect great tasting food no matter where they are, and that includes the airport. American Tap Room offers sophisticated food and premium beverages for the more discerning traveler.

This is Concessions Internationals 5th and 6th restaurant openings this year with plans to open six more in 2014.

About Concessions International, LLC Atlanta-based Concessions International, LLC, founded in 1978, is a dynamic food and beverage concessionaire with operations in eight airports. The company's portfolio includes franchised, licensed and proprietary concepts, including casual dining, quick service, snack, deli and bar and grill. The company is a franchisee of major national brands including Fresh To Order, Seattle's Best Coffee, and Einstein Bros. Bagels. CI operates Pemberton Caf at the World of Coca Cola, and Paschal's Restaurant in the historic Castleberry district of downtown Atlanta. Visit http://www.cintl.com for more information.

About Thompson Hospitality The American Tap Room and brb (Be Right Burger) brands are owned by Reston, Virginia-based Thompson Hospitality. Warren Thompson, a longtime foodservice industry veteran, founded Thompson Hospitality over two decades ago. The company operates a variety of contract services across a range of sites including universities, entertainment venues, hospitals and corporate offices. In addition to brb and American Tap Room, Thompson Hospitality owns and operates a variety of branded restaurant concepts including Austin Grill and Tequila Bar and Willie Ts Lobster Shack.

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A small fire in the Stark Hall residence tower on the Denton campus of Texas Womans University caused an evacuation Sunday night, according to a news release issued by the university.

The small fire occurred in the basement laundry room and sent smoke through several floors of the building.

The sprinkler system in the laundry room extinguished the fire within minutes, according to the news release. There were no injuries reported and no damage to the structure other than the laundry room.

In addition, one resident was taken by ambulance to a local hospital for a nonrelated medical condition.

The TWU Department of Public Safety received an automated fire alarm from Stark Hall and an emergency call from a resident assistant in the building at about 10:15 p.m., the release said. The Denton Fire Department was called at that time. The first TWU officer arriving on the scene saw students leaving the building and found smoke coming from the laundry room.

Residents were allowed to return to Stark Hall at about 11:30 p.m. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Denton Fire Department.

2400 block of South Interstate 35E Denton police are on the hunt for a suspect who was carrying weapons during a domestic disturbance, reports state.

Officers were dispatched to the scene, but the suspect had already fled. He left before the victim was able to call 911.

Reports state that the suspect is the victims husband from whom she is currently separated.

The husband is reported to have exhibited two weapons and stated that he made them to use on the woman and her boyfriend.

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Wilson Elementary School in Lodi second-grade teacher Jacqueline Serek with one of the many murals she created at the school. Wilson School in Lodi's multi-purpose room has a mural with tropical fish paintings.

An octopus graces the wall at the school.

Wilson Elementary School in Lodi is brightening up its walls to create a positive atmosphere for students.

Second-grade teacher Jacqueline Serek has volunteered many hours to create bright and cheerful murals in several areas in the school.

Serek has a background in art, earning a B.A. in fine art in addition to her B.A. in elementary education.

On one wall of the school, Serek created two trees. One of the tree's branches resembles the contours of the brain, making a "brain tree." Its neighboring tree is a "child tree," made up of abstract children with their arms outstretched to form twig-like projections.

The second-grade teacher also transformed an old corkboard in another hallway.

Principal Christie Vanderhook explained how the corkboard was getting old and dry and buckling in the middle.

Serek peeled off the cork layer and painted on the remaining board with bright colors, flowers and an uplifting saying, transforming the old corkboard into a permanent sign.

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A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published on 24 October 1929,[1] the essay was based on a series of lectures she delivered at Newnham College and Girton College, two women's colleges at Cambridge University in October 1928. While this extended essay in fact employs a fictional narrator and narrative to explore women both as writers of and characters in fiction, the manuscript for the delivery of the series of lectures, titled "Women and Fiction", which was published in Forum March 1929,[2] and hence the essay, are considered non-fiction.[3] The essay is generally seen as a feminist text, and is noted in its argument for both a literal and figural space for women writers within a literary tradition dominated by patriarchy.

The title of the essay comes from Woolf's conception that, 'a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction'.[4] Woolf notes that women have been kept from writing because of their relative poverty, and financial freedom will bring women the freedom to write; "In the first place, to have a room of her own... was out of the question, unless her parents were exceptionally rich or very noble".[5] The title also refers to any author's need for poetic license and the personal liberty to create art.

The essay examines whether women were capable of producing, and in fact free to produce work of the quality of William Shakespeare, addressing the limitations that past and present women writers face.

Woolf's father, Sir Leslie Stephen, in line with the thinking of the era, believed that only the boys of the family should be sent to school. Woolf encouraged the image of herself that because her father did not believe in investing in the education of his daughters, she was left without the experience of formal schooling. However, recent discoveries in the archive of King's College London show that Virginia and her sister Vanessa attended King's College London's Women's Department for classes in Greek and German over a number of years. In delivering the lectures outline in the essay, Woolf is speaking to women who have the opportunity to learn in a formal, communal setting. Woolf lets her audience know the importance of their education at the same time warning them of the precariousness of their position in society.

In one section, Woolf invented a fictional character, Judith, "Shakespeare's sister," to illustrate that a woman with Shakespeare's gifts would have been denied the same opportunities to develop them because of the doors that were closed to women. Like Woolf, who stayed at home while her brothers went off to school, Judith stays at home while William goes off to school. Judith is trapped in the home: "She was as adventurous, as imaginative, as agog to see the world as he was. But she was not sent to school."[6] Woolf's prose holds all the hopes of Judith Shakespeare against her brother's hopes in the first sentence, then abruptly curtails Judith's chances of fulfilling her promise with "but." While William learns, Judith is chastised by her parents should she happen to pick up a book, as she is inevitably abandoning some household chore to which she could be attending. Judith is betrothed, and when she does not want to marry, she is beaten and then shamed into marriage by her father. While Shakespeare establishes himself, Judith is trapped by the confines of the expectations of women. Judith kills herself, and her genius goes unexpressed, while Shakespeare lives on and establishes his legacy.

In the essay, Woolf constructs a critical and historical account of women writers thus far. Woolf examines the careers of several female authors, including Aphra Behn, Jane Austen, the Bront sisters, Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea, and George Eliot. In addition to female authors, Woolf also discusses and draws inspiration from noted scholar and feminist Jane Ellen Harrison.[7] Harrison is presented in the essay only by her initials separated by long dashes, and Woolf first introduces Harrison as "the famous scholar J ---- H---- herself".[8]

Woolf also discusses Rebecca West, questioning Desmond MacCarthy's (referred to as "Z") uncompromising dismissal of West as an "'arrant feminist'".[7][9] Among the men attacked for their views on women, F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (referred to as "Lord Birkenhead") is mentioned, though Woolf further rebukes his ideas in stating she will not "trouble to copy out Lord Birkenhead's opinion upon the writing of women".[10] Birkenhead was an opponent of suffrage.[11] The essay quotes Oscar Browning through the words of his (possibly inaccurate) biographer H. E. Wortham:[12] "' the impression left on his mind, after looking over any set of examination papers, was thatthe best woman was intellectually the inferior of the worst man.'"[10] In addition to these mentions, Woolf subtly refers to several of the most prominent intellectuals of the time, and her hybrid name from the University of Oxford and the University of CambridgeOxbridgehas become a well-known term, although she was not the first to use it.

The narrator of the work is at one point identified as "Mary Beaton, Mary Seton, or Mary Carmichael", alluding to the sixteenth century ballad Mary Hamilton.[7][13] In referencing the tale of a woman about to be hanged for existing outside of marriage and rejecting motherhood, the narrator identifies women writers such as herself as outsiders who exist in a potentially dangerous space. It is important to note that Woolf's heroine, Judith Shakespeare, dies by her own hand, after she becomes pregnant with the child of an actor. Like the woman in the Four Marys, she is pregnant and trapped in a life imposed on her. Woolf sees Judith Shakespeare, Mary Beaton, Mary Seton, Mary Carmichael, as powerless, impoverished women everywhere as threatened by the spectre of death.

In another section, describing the work of a fictional woman writer, Mary Carmichael, Woolf deliberately invokes lesbianism: "Then may I tell you that the very next words I read were these 'Chloe liked Olivia...' Do not start. Do not blush. Let us admit in the privacy of our own society that these things sometimes happen. Sometimes women do like women."[14][15] Woolf references the obscenity trial and public uproar resulting from the publishing of Radclyffe Hall's lesbian-themed novel, The Well of Loneliness published in 1928. Before she can discuss Chloe liking Olivia, the narrator has to be assured that Sir Chartres Biron, the magistrate of Hall's obscenity trial is not in the audience: "Are there no men present? Do you promise the figure of Sir Chartres Biron is not concealed? We are all women, you assure me? Then I may tell you..."[14] Woolf scholar and feminist critic Jane Marcus believes Woolf was giving Radclyffe Hall and other writers a demonstration of how to discuss lesbianism discreetly enough to avoid obscenity trials; "Woolf was offering her besieged fellow writer a lesson in how to give a lesbian talk and write a lesbian work and get away with it."[16] Marcus describes the atmosphere of Woolf's arrival and presence at the women's college with her lover Vita Sackville-West as "sapphic." Woolf is comfortable discussing lesbianism in her talks with the women students because she feels a women's college is a safe and essential place for such discussions.

In this paragraph, Woolf sums up the stark contrast her research has uncovered between how women are idealised in fiction written by men, and how patriarchal society has treated them in real life:

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