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Members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Omicron Upsilon Omega chapter hosted a College Admissions Process (#CAP) workshop for students at Norwalk High School. Sorority member, Beverly Johnson-Murphy presented information on, "How to Select the Right College for You." She discussed college options, types of institutions of higher education, and how to select a major. A panel discussion ensued with chapter president Lisa Bennett, sorority members, Lolita Jones, Melanie Turner, and Norwalk high school graduate Miles Turner. They shared information about their personal college experience, extracurriculars, and life on a college campus. Norwalk Community College Director of Financial Aid, Luis Guaman explained the fundamentals of Federal Aid, the financial aid process, completing the FAFSA, and types of student aid. The workshop ended with students participating in mock college interviews. This dialogue coaching process equipped students with the tools they need for a strong interview. … [Read more...] about AKA Sorority, Inc. Hosts Workshop at Norwalk High School

If you have a plant-related class, garden tour or other event you’d like us to mention, email [email protected] — at least three weeks in advance — and we may include it. Send a high-resolution horizontal photo, if possible, and tell us what we’re seeing and whom to credit.Nov. 14“Spines, Thorns, Prickles and Beyond”: Sean Lahmeyer, plant conservation specialist at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, discusses the “spinescence” of the gardens and the many external defenses that plants in the gardens use to protect themselves. A plant sale will follow. 2:30 to 3:30 pm. in the Ahmanson Classroom in the Brody Botanical Center, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. Admission is free. huntington.orgNov. 15 Advertisement The “Dana Point” buckwheat plant giveaway is a collaboration by the Orange County Chapter of the California Native Plant Society and the Doheny State Beach Interpretive Assn. to give away … [Read more...] about Garden Calendar: Botanic light shows and serious soil-prep workshops

"Sesame Street" is turning 50. To avoid a fashion 911, the crew called on InStyle to dress them in some stylish looks. To get all of the Muppets looking their very best, InStyle worked with big-name fashion designers to dress many of our favorite childhood characters in street style-ready outfits.(MORE: Madewell launches sustainable swimsuit line - everything is under $100!) In the video below, the gang gathers together to open an invite to the show's 50th birthday party with a note to dress to impress. Afterward, they head over to InStyle's office to see editor-in-chief Laura Brown and the staff jumps in to help. Read on to see how exquisitely each look came together. Big Bird Big Bird was dressed in a "hippie caftan" by Anna Sui, and the designer explained to InStyle that the look was "breezy, optimistic, romantic and nonconformist" to reflect the famed big yellow bird. Cookie Monster For Cookie Monster, designer Rosie Assoulin chose to go futuristic with a metallic blue jacket on … [Read more...] about The ‘Sesame Street’ crew just got a high-fashion makeover for the show’s 50th anniversary

The bar for party dressing this summer just got pretty high. Billy Porter arrived at the Met Gala in a catsuit with gold wings, reclining on a chaise longue carried by six shirtless men – part Icarus, part Cher-by-Bob-Mackie, part Liz Taylor in Cleopatra. Lady Gaga made not one entrance, but four, dressed like a Russian doll in three ballgowns on top of each other for a red-carpet striptease of fuschia and black taffeta. Jared Leto accessorised his look with a replica of his own head, with which he later played catch over the dinner table with Shawn Mendes. But the craziest part about the camp-themed red carpet is that for all its silliness, it has a serious point to make. I appreciate this is going to sound a counterintuitive thing to say about a night in which Katy Perry arrived as a fully functioning chandelier and later changed into a cheeseburger costume – complete with mustard splodges, and sesame seeds embroidered on to the bun – but camp is an interesting, … [Read more...] about Beyond fabulous: how camp created the Met Gala’s craziest red carpet ever

The ZIM programme has been carried out within the framework of a letter of intent on scientific and technological cooperation signed in December 2012 between the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. It looks to help transfer advanced technologies and improve the technical capacity of SMEs and scientific-technological organisations in Vietnam. At the workshop Tran Dong, Counsellor for Science and Technology at the Vietnamese Embassy in Germany, said the workshop was one of the three similar events held by the MoST to introduce the ZIM programme. The two previous events took place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in late May. The Berlin workshop aimed to give instructions on the approval process, financial mechanisms and methods for supporting the connection of Vietnamese and German scientists and businesses. He added that during the Vietnam visit last March by German Minister for Economic … [Read more...] about Germany helps improve Vietnam’s SMEs via innovation programme