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Google Course: System Administration & IT Infrastructure Services

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About this course: This course will transition you from working on a single computer to a whole fleet. Systems administration is the field of IT that’s responsible for maintaining reliable computers systems in a multi-user environment. In this course, you’ll learn about the infrastructure services that keep all organizations, big and small, up and running. You’ll learn how to manage and configure servers, how to use industry tools to manage computers, user information, and user productivity. Finally, you’ll learn how to recover your organization’s IT infrastructure in the event of a disaster. By the end of this course you’ll be able to: - utilize best practices for choosing hardware, vendors, and services for your organization. - understand how the most common infrastructure services that keep an organization running work and how to manage infrastructure servers. - manage an organization’s computers and users using the directory services, Active Directory, and OpenLDAP. - choos...

Internship at United Nations, Washington

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Internship at United Nations, Washington by The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. This position is located in the UN Environment, North America Office in Washington, DC. The incumbent will report to the Regional Information Officer. Interns work on a range of diverse topics related to public awareness, media and outreach, interact closely with staff members and are given responsibilities based on their experience and skills. Applicants must be willing to intern full-time for a period of not less than 3 months and not exceeding 6 months. The internship will involve 35 hours of work per week and is unpaid. Responsibilities Daily responsibilities will depend on the individual’s ...

UNICEF Paid Internship in Italy

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UNICEF Innocenti is seeking an intern to work with our dedicated Research Facilitation and Knowledge Management team to assist with the ‘Best of UNICEF Research’ 2018 programme, competition and publication. The internship programme at Innocenti offers eligible/qualified students the opportunity to acquire practical experience under the direct supervision of experienced staff in Florence, Italy. Benefits Interns are required to be covered by own medical insurance and, if applicable, visa to complete this internship in Italy. A monthly stipend of US$1,000 is foreseen to contribute towards living expenses. Possibility of travel aid might be considered for candidates not based in Florence. Eligibility This internship is open to individuals currently enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate or PhD degree programme or that have graduated within the past two years. Candidates must be proficient in English and have excellent academic performance. Candidates should have excel...

Global Youth Summit 2018 in Switzerland

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What is the opportunity? Are you making a difference in your community? Apply to become a Global Changemaker. The Summit will be bringing 60 Changemakers to the 2018 Global Youth Summit for a life-changing, expenses paid week of training sessions, networking and workshops. Participants will learn skills such as campaigning, fundraising, project management, leadership, public relations, pitching and more! The 2018 Changemakers will join the global family of young people making a difference all over the world and be eligible to receive grant funding from Global Changemakers. The Program is supported by Mercator Foundation Switzerland and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. Benefits If you are selected, your flight (from your country’s main airport), transport from Zurich to the summit, accommodation and food costs will be covered for the duration of the summit. Insurance and additional personal expenses, as well as visas to enter Switzerland (for those who require ...

VACANCY: Society for Family Health to hire Lab Scientist/Quality Specialist

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Society for Family Health (SFH) is one of the leading public health non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Nigeria, implementing programmes in reproductive health/family planning, HIV and AIDS prevention, primary health care system strengthening and maternal and child health. SFH works in partnership with the Federal and State Governments of Nigeria, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Global Fund among other international donors. We seek to recruit qualified persons as a result of growth in the organisation. We offer professionals opportunities for career advancement, a good working environment and competitive remuneration. We require competent candidates for the position below: Job Title:  Laboratory Scientist/Quality Specialist Location: Abuja Project: Global Fund HIV Project Application Email:  LSQS@sfhnigeria.org Job Profile The successful candidate will...

The mysteries of Xmas: When Is Christmas?

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The claim is that Sol Invictus “Invincible Sun” is a more ancient pagan holiday in Rome celebrated on December 25th. The claim assumes that this pagan holiday was so popular and dangerous that the Christian Church sought to suppress it by establishing the celebration of Christ’s Nativity on December 25th. By doing this, the claim continues, the Christians adopted the pagan day and some of the practices of that pagan festival to make the celebration of Christmas more appealing to pagans . . . . While pagan worship of the sun certainly existed in Rome before the spread of the fulfillment of that promise in Christ came to the city; the celebration of Sol Invictus as a god in Rome actually came as pagans attempted to suppress Christianity. This early attempt as suppressing Christianity by means of the pagan worship of Sol is found in the Historia Augusta, a pagan history of Rome compiled in the fourth century AD. The Historia Augusta in The Life of Elagabalus (1.3) relates events fr...