Konza Prairie Health Center Receives $4.5 Million Grant

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JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (WIBW) - Community health care centers in Kansas received more than $21 million in grants from the Department of Health and Human Services.

One center in Junction City, the Konza Prairie Community Health Center and Dental Clinic, is one of five recipients in Kansas, receiving a $4.5 million grant.

Jay Angoff, Regional Director of HHS, on Friday visited the center on 361 Grant Avenue, to share the good news with Konza Prairie's board and staff.

"This past week we announced nationwide grants of $730 millionto community health centers throughout the country [and] as I said, five in Kansas," Angoff said. "The most you can get is $5 million and you all were awarded $4.5 million. So that's pretty good," he said to cheers from board members.

The money comes from the new health care law, the Affordable Care Act.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced $21,689,730 in grants towards construction and renovation of community health centers on Tuesday. Grantees estimate these awards will help them serve approximately 39,496 new patients.

The grant couldn't have come at a better time, Konza Prairie executives said. The center serves patients who are uninsured, underinsured, on Medicaid or Medicare, as well as patients with insurance. 50 percent are uninsured, and its clientele include many active-duty soldiers and their families from Fort Riley.

Christina Carrigan of Junction City and a mother of two, said Konza Prairie is a well-kept secret that has helped her through some tough times.

"At the time I had my daughter, I wasn't working and i didn't have insurance," she said. She became a patient two years ago. "They offered the sliding scale and I was really pleased to have that," she said, referring to a program that permits patients to pay depending on their income level.

Angoff cited that policy as one of Konza Prairie's qualities. "You don't turn people away. That's one example of what's best about our health care system," he said.

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Nurse practitioners tackling more 'doctor' tasks

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Many of your health care needs may soon be handled by a "doctor" who has actually been trained as a nurse.

Advanced registered nurse practitioners are increasingly performing duties once reserved for physicians, including diagnosing illnesses and prescribing medicine. It's a trend that's likely to continue as the state grapples with escalating health care costs and a shortage of primary care physicians.

And they'll be better trained, due to higher standards for nursing school accreditation that could go into effect as soon as 2015. In Florida and around the country, schools have been adding "doctor of nursing practice" programs, which they expect will soon become the standard degree for practitioners.They won't be physicians, but you can call them doctor.

Nurse practitioners, who are registered nurses with a specialized master's degree, used to be found mostly in rural areas where physicians were scarce or in public health settings where most patients were poor. But in recent years, private physicians have increasingly been hiring them to help manage their patient load.

Patient care isn't suffering, according to several national studies, which have credited nurse practitioners for spending more time with patients and properly treating most routine medical conditions.

"Nurses often tend to have a holistic approach. They try to get to know all aspects of the patient, not just the medical condition," said Susan Folden, a retired nursing professor of nursing at Florida Atlantic University.

There are nearly 18,000 nurse practitioners in the state, twice as many as a decade ago. They can handle more than 90 percent of a patient's primary health care needs at a lower cost, so it makes sense they're becoming more prevalent, said Sheldon Fields, an assistant dean at Florida International University's College of Nursing.

"If you have a common cold, you don't need to see a physician for that," Fields said. "If you need a routine check for high blood pressure or diabetes or if a child needs a physical for camp, a nurse practitioner is well trained."

They often perform a similar role as physician assistants, although the training and approach are different. Physician assistants receive specific medical training to diagnose conditions and serve the needs of a physician, while nurse practitioners are trained foremost as nurses and tend to focus more on preventative and maintanence care, experts say.

Nursing educators say patient care will further improve as nurse practitioners receive doctoral level training. They say practitioners will learn more about clinical research, health policy initiatives and technology, giving them new tools to solve problems.

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'Health Care Deserts' More Common in Black Neighborhoods

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* Blacks and lower income Hispanics are more likely than Whites or Asians to live in areas with few or no primary care physicians. * Majority Asian zip codes were associated with a greater likelihood of having a primary care physician.

By Randy Dotinga, Contributing Writer Research Source: Health Services Research Health Behavior News Service

Newswise New research into "health care deserts" finds that primary-care physicians are especially hard to find in predominantly Black and/or low-income Hispanic metropolitan neighborhoods.

"What this says to us is that we really need to encourage physicians to locate in these areas," said study lead author Darrell J. Gaskin, Ph.D., deputy director of the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Research suggests that minorities, the poor, people in inner cities and rural areas, and the uninsured are more likely to not have a regular source of medical care. Primary-care physicians are crucial because they're "our first line of defense in the health-care system," Gaskin said. "They deliver most of our preventive and routine services in terms of checkups and initial acute-care services and do the initial diagnosis to let patients know if they need a higher level of care."

In the new study, published in the latest issue of Health Services Research, Gaskin and colleagues examined U.S. Census and American Medical Association data from 2000 and 2006 to determine which zip codes in U.S. metropolitan areas - which can include rural neighborhoods - had a shortage of primary-care physicians, defined as one physician for 3500 or more people, or no physician at all.

After controlling for other demographic and economic factors, 25.6 percent of Blacks and 24.3 of Hispanics lived in zip codes with few or no primary-care physicians, compared to 9.6 percent of Asian and 13.2 percent of Whites. Zip codes that were identified with mostly Black or Hispanic residents were more likely to have a shortage of primary care physicians, however the disparity disappeared for Hispanics after controlling for socioeconomic factors.

Interestingly, segregation of Asians, and to a lesser extent, certain groups of Hispanics, was positively associated with the availability of a primary care physician. Gaskin speculated that shortages in Asian and some Hispanic neighborhoods may be averted by the immigration of foreign-trained doctors. They might be looking for places where patients speak their languages, he said.

As for black neighborhoods, he said racism and bigotry may not be a major factor for physicians as they make decisions about where to locate their practices. It may be difficult to financially sustain a practice in black neighborhoods because higher proportions of black patients are uninsured or covered by Medicaid.

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Blondeness In Solomon Islanders Due To Genetic Variations

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Excess sun exposure, a diet rich in fish, and gene inheritance from ancient explorers and traders, are all possible theories why some dark-skinned indigenous Solomon Islanders are naturally blonde, according to new research published today in the journal Science.

The study, led by Stanford University researchers, found that 5 to 10 percent of the indigenous Solomon population have a gene that is responsible for blondeness. The trait, however, is distinctly different from the gene that causes blond hair in Europeans. Their findings reveal a genetic variant which has led the islanders to have simultaneously the darkest skin pigmentation outside of Africa and the highest prevalence of blonde hair outside of Europe.

Previous studies have proven that pigmentation is largely genetic but also has evolved to adapt to the Suns ultraviolet rays with populations near the equator having the darkest skin and hair color. However, the native Solomon Islanders differ from this trend.

This is one of the most beautiful examples to date of the mapping of a simple genetic trait in humans, David Reich, PhD, a professor of genetics at Harvard University, who was not involved in the study, said in a Stanford press release.

The research, co-led by researchers at Stanford University and Dr. Nic Timpson from the University of Bristol, sought out to find why these islanders possess such strikingly dissimilar hair and skin patterning in the world.

For the study, the team took samples from a pool of more than 1,000 Melanesian participants, 43 of which had blonde hair and 42 of which had dark hair. They carried out genetic analyses on the samples to compare their genomes. The results showed that across the whole genome, one key gene area contained the gene variation TYRP1 responsible for cell differences that produce dark pigmentation.

TYRP1 is known to influence pigmentation in humans. But the researchers found the variant of TYRP1 that causes the blonde hair in Solomon Islanders is entirely absent from the genomes in Europeans.

Here you go into an unstudied population with a small sample size and you can really find some cool things, said study coauthor Carlos Bustamante, a geneticist at Stanford Universitys School of Medicine. So what about other places, like what about light pigmentation in parts of Africa? How do we not know the genetic basis of skin and hair pigmentations across the globe?

Naturally blonde hair is a surprisingly unusual trait in humans which is typically associated with people from Scandinavian and Northern European countries, said Timpson. Our findings help explain the fascinating differences in these physical characteristics, but also underline the importance of genetic mapping using isolated populations to help shed new light on the epidemiology of disease.

Many experts believed the blonde hair of Melanesia was the result of a trait passed on by Europeans who visited the islands centuries ago.

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Generational Achievements in Gene and Cell Therapy Honored at ASGCT 15th Annual Meeting

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The American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy is pleased to honor Dr. David Williams, MD, as the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Society’s 15th Annual Meeting on Saturday, May 19th.Milwaukee, WI (PRWEB) May 04, 2012 Pioneering researcher recognized for scientific achievements in gene and cell therapyThe American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy is pleased to honor Dr. David ...

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Freedom Hill Amphitheatre scheduled to reopen

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Freedom Hill Amphitheatre is set to reopen this summer.

The venue has been dormant since 2009 and will reopen in part because of the resolution of litigation between the county and operators, Hillside Productions, according to an announcement today from County Executive Mark Hackels Office.

Hillside officials are working on a formal opening date for the Sterling Heights facility.

We see the reopening to be a win for everyone. The public will have greater access to national entertainment opportunities and local businesses will benefit from more customers coming to the area, Hackel said in the release.

The surrounding park facilities have been closed since 2010 because of budget cuts and staff reductions, the release said.

We are eager to begin discussions on how to reopen surrounding park facilities and once again host festivals and events, Hackel said in the release.

Contact Eric D. Lawrence: elawrence@freepress.com.

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Anti-Pipeline "Freedom Train" Rolls Into Winnipeg on Wave of Public Support

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WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwire - May 4, 2012) - Manitoba and BC First Nations enjoy strong public support as they gather in Winnipeg today to send a strong message to government and corporations alike: that their right to make their own decisions about oil pipelines and other projects must be respected.

A group of 12 First Nations are travelling across Canada on a "Freedom Train" from BC to Toronto to take their message of opposition to the controversial Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline through Northern BC directly to Enbridge's annual shareholders meeting in Toronto on May 9. Over six thousand Canadians have signed a petition in the last week supporting the Freedom Train's goal - to stop the expansion of oilsands pipelines and supertankers in Pacific coastal waters.

"For too many years Ottawa has tried to railroad First Nations and impose its will on us," said Chief Martin Louie of Nadleh Whut'en First Nation, a member of the Yinka Dene Alliance that has organized the Freedom Train. "Now we're using the railroad to fight back, travelling all the way back east to make sure the government and Enbridge hears us."

Manitobans experienced firsthand the safety record of Enbridge in 2010 when one of its pipelines near Virden leaked 1500 litres of oil directly into the Assiniboine watershed. Manitoba First Nations have given their support to the Freedom Train, and are particularly concerned about protecting water and advancing self-governance rights.

"Here in Manitoba, our First Nations people are being harmed by atrocious water quality. The BC First Nations have made a decision that they are going to refuse the tarsands pipelines threat to their clean water resources, and we stand with them," said Chickadee Richard of Anishinabe Nation.

The Freedom Train has stopped in Winnipeg for three days of events to build solidarity and support between Manitobans and BC First Nations as they fight to protect the Pacific coast and its rivers from the threat of oil spills. The Freedom Train has made stops in Edmonton, where there was a large outpouring of public support for the First Nations' bid to protect their rights, and Saskatoon, where a large rally came to the train station to celebrate the Freedom Train as it passed through.

"We knew we had great support from everyday Canadians to protect the water that we all rely on - but we never dreamt we would see such a wide range of people coming out to support us, and signing onto our cause," said Hereditary Chief Tso Dih of Nak'azdli. "We are fighting to protect the public too, not just our communities. Enbridge's pipelines and oil supertankers aren't in Canada's interest, and we'll do Canadians a favour by putting a stop to them."

"We're standing up together for our right to make decisions for ourselves and to refuse permission to projects that will harm First Nations people, like the Enbridge pipelines and tankers."

The Freedom Train arrives in Toronto on May 8.

For photos, videos, maps of event locations and a full itinerary for the tour, visit http://www.freedomtrain2012.com/schedule-events.

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Girls’ soccer: Battlefield beats Freedom-South Riding, 1-0

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It was a gritty defensive effort, one that the seventh-ranked Battlefield Bobcats love. With every Freedom-South Riding attack, Battlefields talented defenders snatched the ball away, cleared or saved it.

Led by strong performances by senior Sammie Trone, juniors Stephanie Bruns and Alexa Wagoner, freshman Lauren Ciccone and goalkeeper Taylor Kerxton, Battlefield avenged an earlier loss to No. 6 Freedom-South Riding, winning, 1-0, in a key Virginia AAA Cedar Run game in Haymarket on Friday evening.

We stayed more compact this time, said Wagoner, an Iona recruit. Last time, we were letting them split and stuff. And everybody worked back, not just the defense, all eleven of us.

Junior forward Sarai Arbus scored the games lone goal in the 11th minute when she took advantage of a defensive lapse and fired a shot from the top of the penalty box.

From there, the Battlefield defense clamped down. Kerxton, a Wake Forest recruit, made smart plays and quick saves on balls. Wagoner and Bruns had several key takeaways to end threats by Freedom-South Riding (11-1-2, 5-0-1). They even withstood a near-six minute stretch in which they were a player down to close the victory.

We lost a few good players [from last season], Wagoner said. And we got some good new ones, three came in from different schools, and we got some good freshmen. So I think were on the same page. Hopefully we can get as far.

After tearing through its regular season schedule last spring, Battlefield (10-1-2, 6-1-2) surprised some by reaching the AAA semifinals, playing its closest games in the playoffs. This season in a revamped Cedar District that added tough teams such as Broad Run (winners of the past four AA titles), Freedom-South Riding (from the AA Dulles District) and new school Patriot the Bobcats have already faced several tests throughout the season. Its preparation that may help them make an even deeper run in the playoffs.

Our district is a lot better this year, obviously, Wagoner said. So I think were getting that competition in this year early. So it may be better.

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HSBC Malta Foundation renews support for Eco-Schools

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The HSBC Malta Foundation renewed its support for the Eco-Schools environmental education programme during a ceremony held at Xrobb l-Gagin Nature Park and Sustainable Development Centre.

Among the various Eco-School initiatives organised this year, 12 Maltese schools won funding through an Eco-Schools competition to implement their in-school environmental projects. Students across the island competed by submitting project proposals of their own design to win project funding from 600 to 1,000, depending on the respective projects requirements.

Eco-Schools proposal competition succeeded on many levels. It engaged students in devising their own environmental projects and now the 12 winning proposals will be implemented with the prize money, said Resources and Rural Affairs Minister George Pullicino. The implementation of these projects will offer first-rate learning experiences for students while effectively helping their own schools become more environmentally sustainable.

HSBC supports Eco-Schools in Malta and worldwide as part of its commitment to environmental education, said HSBC Maltas CEO Mark Watkinson in his address during the ceremony. The banks involvement in this programme aptly expresses our forward thinking approach towards positive change and more sustainable practices within the community.

One of the remarkable strengths of the Eco-School programme is its ability to integrate environmental initiatives into the educational system while remaining flexible enough to adapt and meet the needs of each school individually, explained Francis Sullivan, HSBCs Advisor on the Environment and Deputy Head of Group Corporate Sustainability.

Eco-Schools, known in Malta as EkoSkola, is an international programme involving nearly 38,000 schools worldwide. By focusing on empowering students through learning experiences, the programme encourages students to become involved in their schools environmental decision-making for sustainable development, said Vincent Attard, Executive President Nature Trust (Malta).

HSBC Group this year granted 33,000 US dollars for this initiative, coordinated in Malta by Nature Trust (Malta), who represent the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) Malta, with support from the Ministry of Resources and Rural Affairs.

Photocaption 01 (Group photo): Hon Minister George Pullicino, HSBC Malta CEO Mark Watkinson and HSBCs Francis Sullivan together with the Eco-School winning students and Nature Trust (Malta) Council Members.

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HGTV's eco-home goes lean and green

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There are many reasons to go green, whether building a new home or renovating an existing one. You'll save money when you make your systems function more efficiently, and you'll have a warm glow of satisfaction at saving the planet one solar-water heater at a time.

A beautifully seductive billboard for the merits of green building, the striking house that cable channel HGTV built sits on a hill in the 1,000-acre Chattahoochee Hills, Ga., community of Serenbe, 30 minutes from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

The three-bedroom, 2 -bath home will be awarded to one sweepstakes winner in late June and will be open for public tours through June 24. For chances to enter the sweepstakes, go to http://www.hgtv.com/green-home/index.html.Designed by Atlanta architect Steve Kemp, of Kemp Hall Studio, the HGTV Green Home 2012 is a 21st-century spin on the classic American farmhouse, a combination of nostalgia and forward-thinking green values evident in features such as solar panels to generate electricity.

The HGTV Green Home illustrates a new approach toward green. While in the past, green building might have meant using low-VOC (volatile organic compound) paint and Energy Star appliances, the approach to green is becoming much more holistic, encompassing a lifestyle that embraces existing with less space, living in a home longer, and, best-case scenario, locating your home in a green-friendly community.

Tiffany Barcik is an architect with Atlanta's Moon Bros. Architects, which has built three homes at Serenbe. All Serenbe homes are by design "green" because they have to adhere to EarthCraft principles and take advantage of the community's commitment to sustainability.

"It's not just individual houses trying to be green, it's a whole community," Barcik said.

With the economy affecting the way people think of home buying, there have been philosophical shifts that will impact the green movement.

One of the key green features of the HGTV home is its size. "Building smaller is the best green thing to do," Kemp said.

"I would say that the one thing we pushed in this home was challenging how much space we really need," Kemp said. "Having a maximum-efficiency geothermal system and you're still heating and cooling 5,000-6,000 square feet? If you can live the same way in 3,000 or 2,000 square feet, then you have gone way beyond anything you can do with any particular system."

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Beaches property's $8-million price tag a new high for neighbourhood

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CAROLYN IRELAND From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published Friday, May. 04, 2012 11:21PM EDT Last updated Friday, May. 04, 2012 11:30PM EDT

Real estate in Torontos Beaches neighbourhood is striding toward a new milestone: A grand house on the shore of Lake Ontario hit the market this week with an asking price of $8-million.

Even the owner had trouble seeing the potential when he bought the higgledy-piggledy property for $2.8-million in 2007.

Back then, the 1920s estate had long been carved up into six apartments and allowed to fall into disrepair. Today, 412 Lake Front is a luxurious beachfront refuge with a putting green, wine-tasting room and a swimming pool with walls of glass.

The owner is a businessman who splits his time between Canada and the United States and asked that his name not be used. He searched for several years for a house on the water and chose this one for its unique position on the shore.

The land juts out from all of the surrounding houses like a peninsula, so it almost feels like living on an island, he says.

The property is co-listed with real estate agent Thomas Neal of Royal LePage Estate Realty in the Beaches and Sam McDadi of ReMax Performance Realty Inc. in Mississauga.

Mr. Neal acknowledges that the asking price has raised some eyebrows in a neighbourhood where the previous high was about $3.8-million for a house that was not on the water. Along the shore, sales in the $3.7-million range have been made for a vacant lot or a house in need of a complete overhaul.

Mr. Neal said the owner spent about $4-million to transform 412 Lake Front.

The Beach is growing up, Mr. Neal said. Ive been around long enough to know when $1-million was a lot.

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Free Game Friday: A Modern Spin on Asteroids, A Platformer Where You Make the Platforms and More.

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By David Daw, PCWorld May 4, 2012 6:00 AM

This week we spent most of our time by looking for games that were overlooked from recent game competitions like Ludum Dare and the Molyjam. Even though these games might have been overshadowed out of the gate, they've got a lot to offer; give 'em a shot and let us know what you think!

Astro Break is a fun little game that plays a little like a combination of Asteroids and later arcade shooters. You play an astronaut trapped on a tiny planet shooting up at a collection of asteroids that will kill you if you ever collide. But destroying the space rocks gives you access to a number of powerups to make your asteroid destroying life easier and more fun. It may sound simple, and it is, but it's also fun.

Next we've got a short platformer I'd love to see expanded upon. The stack::tracker() game has you playing as a sentient bit of your computer that needs to add and delete functions to escape a program, but that's really just the hook for a new spin on platform games. Instead of jumping from one platform to the next you'll need to collect new platforms and construct them to move your player across the gaps in the level.

This short game brings a new spin to the world of physics puzzles. In Words and Physics our goal is to move text off of the screen by interacting with various text fields in the level. The twist is that what you type matters. Typing moveleft will drag the textfield to the left for instance, taking anything on top of your text with it. The puzzles get more complex as the game moves along but the hook remains engaging. Yay words!

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2 Filipinos finishes among top in Stanford’s Artificial Intelligence course

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An online 11-week Artificial Intelligence course by Stanford University recently concluded and two Filipinoswere among the top graduates of the class estimated to have 160,000 students from all over the world.

Tommy Lim Jr. and Jesu Petar Pepe Maglutac, both software engineers from Orange & Bronze,have successfully completed and passed with flying colors the Artificial Intelligence (AI) course taught by former Stanford professor Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig, the Director of Research at Google.Lim graduated with a grade of 98% and finished at the top 10% of the class, while Maglutac received 87%.

Thrun and Norvig offered the class online as an impulse decision, after talking to colleagues about reinventing education. The 11-week course kicked off in October 2011 and attracted enrollees ranging from high school students, engineers, scientists, technology enthusiasts, and established software developers.

A class in Stanford University can cost up to $8,000 (approx. PHP 338,400). Joining the online class at no cost was a no-brainer for Lim and Maglutac. Both signed up immediately when the class was announced on various online forums. There are many interesting technologies that I was interested in looking into but didnt have the time or the right starting points, Lim explains. I felt that the Stanford classes were an opportunity to break the ice, so to speak. The ice definitely got broken.

The course included online lectures and discussions with the professors who offered similar materials, assignments, and exams as the Stanford class. The grading system was also done Stanford-style students were graded on a curve. Attendees received a certificate of completion with their grade at the end of the course.

I decided to enroll because I consider learning, especially topics in my field, to be very enjoyable, says Maglutac. Also, most of the topics covered by all the classes were all topics that I did not have the fortune to learn during my college years. As such, I was motivated to learn these.

Tommy Lim Jr. and Jesu Petar "Pepe" Maglutac

Lim is a Senior Software Engineer, Trainer, and Project Manager who has been with O&B for almost 5 years. Previously a professor at the De La Salle, Lim left the university after more than a decade of teaching because he remained unfulfilled. I taught for 11 years, teaching various subjects, and I got tired. Afterwards, I was extremely unhappy working at the family business. I just wanted to be happy and productive. A former O&B employee suggested I apply here.

Maglutac on the other hand, pursued software engineering because he discovered that it was where he excelled. He was part of the O&B internship program in 2009, which is known for its rigid selection process. I have always had a fascination with computer programming and, since during my college days, it had been my forte. I decided to stick with it.

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Aerospace Park To Be Set Up In Tamil Nadu

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Aerospace Park To Be Set Up In Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI, May 4 (Bernama) -- An Integrated Aerospace Park which will support the development of aerospace industry will be set up in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

In a bid to support the booming aviation industry in the state, the government is planning to establish the hi-tech park in a 50-acres land near the airport here, Press Trust of India reported.

"The park will be set up with the aim of supporting the development of aerospace industry covering design, engineering, manufacturing, servicing and maintenance of aircraft in Tamil Nadu," according to a 2012-13 policy note tabled in the Assembly.

At the same time, the government also proposed to develop a components manufacturing park for aerospace industry on a 300-acre area in Sriperumbudur near here.

"The land is being acquired by the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT)," the government said.

The government will also announce the formulation of Tamil Nadu Aerospace Policy 2012 soon.

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