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Be a Part of Tapia 2016, apply for scholarship to attend the conference!

“The Call for Participation for the 2016 ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference is now open. Over 1,000 attendees are expected to attend the conference on September 14-17, 2016 in Austin, TX.

The Tapia conference has always been a premier venue to acknowledge, to promote and to celebrate diversity. Given the current global academic, professional and societal climates, the Tapia 2016 conference theme, “Diversity Matters!”, recognizes the Tapia Conference’s commitment to diversity in all its wonderful forms.

We target a program comprised of an array of technical, professional and personal enrichment and development opportunities. And, of course, the Tapia conference offers the unique opportunity to engage in large and small group discussions about diversity and broadening participation. Anticipating a well-balanced program for academic, research and industrial interests, we invite you to submit your content to the appropriate sub-program: Birds of a Feather, Doctoral Consortium, Posters, Panels and Workshops. All submissions for the Tapia 2016 Conference are due by Monday, November 23, 2016.”

Having access to a lot of social networks, makes it easy to target someone or to be targeted and bullied. Sternheimer talks about different situations where social network users have committed suicide due to being cyber-bullied. Nevertheless, towards the end of the chapter she mentions that the violent crimes rate in the US has lowered. There’s a chance that this decline is due to social media.

“Spoken words may fade into the past eventually, but electronic messages never really die.”

The quote above has some truth to it, not only with electronic messages but also with images. An image that someone may not want people to see may be posted online without that person’s consent. Anyone can end up having that image, and sometimes in situations like this cyber-bullying may occur.

There are many different situations that may lead to cyber-bullying,  but I think that there are ways to avoid being targeted. Such as setting the profile to private and only allowing people that you know have access to view your profile, or you can stay off social media; but that may not be as easy because it’s everywhere.

After this week, we will be 1/3 of the way through the semester! Remember that to succeed in our program, you need to be an active participant in your classroom community and complete all required assignments throughout the term.

If you’re having a hard time juggling your workload, talk to your instructor. Open communication is the fist step in overcoming the hurdles that can interfere with your success in first year composition.

Read this piece, “10 Things Smart Students Do When Writing,” to learn some effective strategies for navigating these next several weeks.

The CI Composition Team

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What is it? inflammations of the pancreas

Who gets it? all ages, mortality rate increases with age, hx of alcohol abuse , hx gallstones, contraction of bacterial or viral disease

When should seek care? when mid epigastric abdominal pain arrises

Where is the location? pancreas, left upper abdomen, behind the stomach

Why does it happen? gallstones in ampulla of Vater obstruct the flow of pancreatic juice, backup of pancreatic juice or bile, alcohol increases pancreatic secretions leading to calculi which causes further obstructions

Treatments? NPO, pain management, managing exocrine and endocrine insufficiency, antbiotics, IV fluids