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Ralph Vaughan was an influential English composer and collector of folk music. Read this biography to know more on the childhood, life and timeline of this maestro.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Famous as: Composer
Nationality: Briton Famous British Men
Born on: 12 October 1872 12th October Birthdays
Zodiac Sign: Libra Libra Men
Born in: Down Ampney
Died on: 26 August 1958
place of death: London
father: Reverend Arthur Vaughan Williams
mother: Margaret Susan
Spouses: Ursula Vaughan Williams (m. 1953–1958), Adeline Fisher Vaughan Williams (m. 1897–1951)
Works & Achievements: Awarded 'knighthood', but he refused it
Ralph Vaughan Williams was an English composer who had composed many symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music and film scores. He was greatly influenced by the fascinating world of folk music and carols, which are quite evident in the "English Hymnal", a work in which he was involved as a musical editor. Encouraged by this experience, Vaughan Williams incorporated this style into many of his compositions. He was not just a composer; he was a teacher, lecturer and was the earliest composers to collect folk music. Throughout his life, he mentored many young composers and conductors and had a proud array of students that included famous composers like Ina Boyle. His works were thought-provoking and high in quality. He encouraged everyone to make their own music and believed that it is far better to compose one's own music however simple it is, rather than performing on another person's music. He always had a deep regard for all the traditional and classical works and believed that they can transport the listener to a completely different world. Read on to learn more on the life and career of this famous composer.
- Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks, 1920
- Sir John in Love, 1928
- The Poisoned Kiss, 1929
- Riders to the Sea, 1932
- The Pilgrim's Progress, 1951
- The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains, 1921
- The Wasps, 1909
- The Bacchae, 1911
- The Death of Tintagiles, 1913
- Old King Cole, 1923
- On Christmas Night, 1926
- Job: A Masque for Dancing, 1930
- The Running Set, 1933
- The Bridal Day 1939
- A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1), 1909
- A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2), 1913
- A Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No. 3), 1921
- Symphony No. 4 in F minor, 1934
- Symphony No. 5 in D major, 1943
- Symphony No. 6 in E minor, 1947
- Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony No. 7), 1952
- Symphony No. 8 in D minor, 1955
- Symphony No. 9 in E minor, 1957
Ralph Vaughan Williams was born in Gloucestershire, England.
He lost his father.
Married Adeline Fisher.
Conducted his first concert at the Leith Hill Music Festival.
Compose incidental music for the Cambridge Greek Play, performed by the students and alumni of the Cambridge University.
Vaughan Williams conducted the premier of "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" in string orchestra and also his choral symphony, "A Sea Symphony", which is famous as his Symphony No.1.
Was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery.
Was honored at the Queen's Birthday Honors with the Order of Merit, a dynastic order meant to recognize distinguished service.
Was elected the President of the "City of Bath Bach Choir".
Adeline Fisher, his first wife, died.
Vaughan Williams married Ursula Wood.
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Preventing Neuropathic Pain With Foot Care
Nerve pain is often what brings people with diabetic peripheral neuropathy to see a doctor. But it's numbness in the feet that lands them in the hospital, Kinsella tells WebMD. "It's the little rock you stepped on five days ago without feeling it," Kinsella says, that can lead to "poorly healing ulcers, infections, and even amputations."
Some ways to care for your feet:
- Clean and inspect them every day. "Any sore or ulcer that isn't healing normally is worth showing to a podiatrist or your primary doctor," Kinsella says.
- Wear comfortable shoes. Kinsella suggests asking for help at a store that specializes in shoes for neuropathic feet.
- Wear socks with padding at the ball of the foot and the heel.
- Cut your toenails straight across or allow a podiatrist to cut them for you. When it comes to avoiding complications, says Kinsella, a podiatrist trim "costs about ten bucks, and it's money well spent."
Walking to Heal Damaged Nerves
Because exercise improves blood flow to leg and foot nerves, a regular exercise program may nourish damaged nerves back to health. A landmark study found that a program of regular walking prevented neuropathy in most people with diabetes during the course of the study. Walking also slowed the progression of neuropathy in those who had already developed the condition.
"Exercise helps reduce blood sugars overall," McLaughlin points out, making diabetes easier to control. Also, exercise increases people's tolerance levels for nerve pain, she says.
Warm Water Treatment for Diabetic Neuropathy
Some people find that a regular warm bath provides some relief from mild nerve pain. Warm baths boost blood flow to the skin of the legs and feet. And because they're relaxing and stress- reducing, they can help make pain easier to tolerate.
"Warm baths are a good, safe option," says Kinsella, as long as you're careful about the heat. "Check the water temperature with your arm, not your feet, before stepping in."
Vitamin B Complex May Help Nerve Pain
The B vitamins (B-1, B-12, B-6, and folic acid) are essential for nerve health. Most people get enough B vitamins just from eating a healthy diet, but controlled studies differ on whether taking a B vitamin supplement improves nerve pain.
Kinsella recommends taking daily B vitamins because they are "a generally inexpensive, safe measure that will help some people." He advises 25 milligrams of thiamine (B-1), 500 micrograms of B-12, 25 milligrams of B-6, and at least 1 milligram of folic acid.
He cautions against higher doses of B-6. "Don't go higher than 50 milligrams a day." Kinsella says. Taking the supplement in high doses and long term can lead to toxicity, and cause pain and numbness in the hands and legs, and in severe cases even difficulty walking.


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Students from Pickens County Career & Technology Center tour Sealevel Systems Inc. as a part of the MCPC development goal.
Cornell Dubilier and MST Concrete Products are among the MCPC Members that were involved with visits from educators of the School District of Pickens County.
Tom O'Hanlan, CEO of Sealevel Systems, is the Chairman for Manufacturers Caring for Pickens County (MCPC). This newly formed group of business leaders has big goals to improve the economic development climate and attractiveness of Pickens County.
Recently, MCPC sponsored an event that gathered together guidance counselors from all the Pickens County schools to learn about job outlooks, training programs, economic development benefits and strategy, and what skill sets local manufacturers look for and hire. Manufacturers want and need skilled and educated employees in their work force. They can attain these employees through various efforts in cooperation with the School District of Pickens County and Tri-County Technical College. Better education does not only lead to better employees, but better parents, families and societal quality.
A more attractive work force will result in more companies expanding and moving to Pickens. More companies leads to more jobs, an increased tax base, and more money to be spent on education and social services. There are many other intangible benefits that are driven by economic development within the county and MCPC is striving to make this happen.
Tom sums up the goals of MCPC very nicely in saying, "the group was formed to advocate STEM Education, Economic Development and Social benefits, impacting quality of life and growth in Pickens County."
For More Information on or how to get involved with Manufacturers Caring for Pickens County please contact us at [email protected]
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Two 3D Printers Donated to STEM
Middle school students in Pickens County will soon have two 3D printers to use in their STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) studies. The 3D printers are a donation from Manufacturers Caring for Pickens County, a non-profit whose goal is to enhance, develop, and enrich socioeconomic values and conditions in Pickens County. The printers have a combined of about $5,000.
"MCPC is proud to play a role in exposing the future generation of enginerrs, scholar technicians and designers to real world solutions'" Said Tom O'Hanlan, MCPC chairman and founder of Sealevel Systems Inc. in Liberty, SC.
Getty Middle School will be the first school to integrate the technology into the classroom. Teacher Jonathan Scrivner's Gateway to Technology class will be the pilot program, before it can be scaled to each middle school in the district.
"GMS is really excited about this opportunity and would like to thank MCPC for such commitment to enriching the engineering experience for our students," Scrivner said. "After seeing a few 3-D print samples provided to us by MCPC, the students are really stoked at the thought of printing some of their own work. This will play an important role in helping our students link the engineering curriculum to real world applications. Having such a supportive community to make these opportunities possible proves a priceless asset to our students. We cannot wait to put these to work and see them in action!"
"3D printing is definitely the future and many of our member companies are already using it for prototyping parts," O'Hanlan said.
"The STEM program at Gettys is dedicated to offering students truly authentic project-based learning activities that have outstanding support from groups like the MCPC," said Mike Cory, principal at Gettys Middle School. "The support of manufacturers in Pickens County offers our students the very best in becoming career-ready citizens and it provides our students with a great advantage in their education and future career goals."
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Upstate SC Alliance Keys to Economic Development
The Manufacturers Caring for Pickens County (MCPC) met on August 13th, and had a special guest, John Lummus, President and CEO of the Upstate Alliance. The Upstate Alliance is the key economic development engine in the upstate.
Lummus explained that the Upstate SC Alliance is a public-private partnership founded in 2000. Its mission is to bring new businesses to the 10-county Upstate region. The capital investment from these new businesses increase local tax bases and increase employment opportunities for local citizens.
"By marketing the Upstate as one region with 1.4 million people rather than 10 separate counties, we gain more exposure and impact with site selectors, and maximize our local investments in economic development programs by coordinating our business development outreach", said Lummus.
He also said that this approach creates more opportunities for "wins" for everyone because we are selling our area based on how it really operates.
A few recent examples of higher profile deals in which the Alliance has assisted include:
* Colgate Palmolive (2013)
Initial investment $196 million,
300 jobs, Greenwood Co.
* McLaughlin Body Co. (2013)
Initial investment $22.5 million, 250 jobs, Anderson Co.
* Esurance (2014)
Initial investment $2.1 million, 450 jobs, Greenville Co.
In all the above cases the Upstate SC Alliance was either the first point of contact or participated in providing research that helped land the project. Lummus concluded with questions from the group, then discussed how MCPC can work more closely with the Upstate Alliance on new opportunities and events.
The MCPC group meets monthly and tries to vary the guest speakers among the social, educational, and economic development lines. Past speakers have included Mike Batchelor, CEO of Baptist Easley Hospital, Kris Frady of the Clemson University Center for Workforce Development, and local elected officials.
The goals of MCPC are to promote economic development through educational improvements, social improvements and quality of life improvements
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Stay tuned for future announcements.
Bobby Richardson, Director of Operations at Sealevel Systems Inc., demonstrates circuit board assembly to David Rhyne, Traci Carter and Sue Meehan, Guidance Counselors from Daniel High School and Ken Hitchcock, Jan Sparks and Dr. Brian Richard from Pickens County Career & Technology Center. The visit was part of administrator and student tours that was setup by the MCPC to update educators about current job skills needed in the marketplace.
November 12, 2014
MCPC Meeting
The students in the Crosswell Elementary STEM club are an impressive group. They were very engaged in the Company presentation and the plant tour. They asked very good questions and produced insightful answers when questions were asked of them.
The STEM program, along with the desire to learn, will prepare the students for the future both locally and globally. Giving students an opportunity to see a manufacturing environment and witness all the steps it takes to make a product is an experience that can't be gained from a book. Tri-Tech USA, along with MCPC, is committed to promoting STEM education and being part of challenging and developing our youth.
Robert Colcolough
Plant Manager
Tri-Tech USA
Crosswell Elementary STEM club Visits Tri Tech USA, Inc.
Pickens County Career & Technology Center tour Sealevel Systems Inc.
Educators visit Cornell Dubilier and MST Concrete Products
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Tri-Tech USA, Inc.
John Cutchin
Palmetto Plating Company, Inc.
Michael R. Fee
Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co., Inc.
Jim Kaplan
Cornell Dubilier
Edward Martin
MST Concrete Products, Inc.
Tom O'Hanlan - Chairman
Sealevel Systems, Inc.
School District of Pickens County
TriCounty Technical Collage
Alliance Pickens
Tom Strange
St. Jude Medical
Jim Wanner
KeyMark Inc.
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She was a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2012 U.S. presidential election, winning the Ames Straw Poll in August 2011 but dropping out in January 2012 after finishing in sixth place in the Iowa caucuses. Bachmann previously served in the Minnesota State Senate and is the first Republican woman to represent the state in Congress. She is a supporter of the Tea Party movement and a founder of the House Tea Party Caucus.
Bachmann was born Michele Marie Amble in Waterloo, Iowa "into a family of Norwegian Lutheran Democrats"; her family moved from Iowa to Minnesota when she was 13 years old. After her parents divorced, Bachmann's father, David John Amble, moved to California, and Bachmann was raised by her mother, Arlene Jean (née Johnson), who worked at the First National Bank in Anoka, Minnesota. Her mother remarried when Bachmann was a teenager; the new marriage resulted in a family with nine children.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Public Citizen commends U.S. Sens. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) for their newly introduced groundbreaking legislation, which would close a serious loophole in the tax code that allows corporations to deduct executive bonus compensation from their taxes.
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This location is in Tarpon Springs. Nearby parks include Coburn Park, Cocoris Park and Anderson Park.
Nearby schools include Tarpon Springs Fundamental Elementary School, Sunset Hills Elementary School and Tarpon Springs High School.
The closest grocery stores are Tarpon Produce & Deli, Winn-Dixie and Sweetbay Supermarket.
Nearby coffee shops include Bayou Cafe Inc, Danny K's Alley Cafe and Toula's Trailside Cafe. There are 21 restaurants within a 15 minute walk including Spuntini's Italian Market Cafe, Tarpon Diner and The Jerk Center Jamaican Restaurant.


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The Job Done Equation
At the weekend I went to TEDxAuckland ( www.tedxauckland.com ). This is a spinoff of the TED talks many people watch on line. I have been for three years now and always come away feeling I want to do more, often on a home front level. My big commitment this year is to get back into growing my own veggies. So far I have mowed the lawn. Not a bad start in a day.
The big challenge, which was highlighted in some of the talks was not actually having the ideas, or even sharing them, but making them happen. Basically getting the job done takes time and effort. Now this could just be a kiwi thing but I think not.
Check out www.no8rewired.co.nz for kiwi inventions that got going.
How many times do you go to meetings , think tanks, idea generation sessions. You come away buzzing with the conversations and ideas. A week, month , year later it is still talk. 'All talky and no walky' how often do you hear or say that?.
The transition from idea to action is much harder than thinking up the ideas. We need to do more than just think. This has become the missing bit and often creates the frustration that leads to us not bothering with ideas as we think nothing will happen. Again nothing will happen = we do nothing.
Activists are call that for a reason. They do activity and we need activists in the world and work place. Things change because somebody or many people join to do things. You may want to call them completer/finishers if it is easier to sell. Often the completer/finisher is the first person up to follow a leader. Again a leader with great ideas but no followers is not leading anything.
Be known for what you did, not just what you thought you might do.
Ideas+Action =Job Done.
Men's Health Week: What are the biggest issues facing young men today?
9th – 15th June was Men's Health Week, led by the Men's Health Forum (UK). This year's theme was work, including stress and unemployment – something that is likely to be particularly prevalent for students and recent graduates.
With 11% of men who graduated in 2012 unemployed a year after completion of their course (according to The Independent, July 2013), we spoke to the charity to see what particular issues they have identified as being the biggest cause of stress for young men today.
The Men's Health Forum's Untold Problems report believes that "men as a sex face specific emotional and mental difficulties that society commonly misunderstands." These issues include drug and alcohol dependency, school failure, suicide risk and involvement in crime, and together they conspire to make it "immensely challenging to engage men in a dialogue that encourages them to ask themselves whether they should be seeking help."
The stats are difficult to deny: almost three quarters of people who kill themselves are men. 73% of adults who "go missing" are men. Men are three times more likely than women to become alcohol dependent (6% vs. 2%), and are more than twice as likely to use Class A drugs (4.8% vs. 2%). 79% of drug-related deaths occur in men, they make up 94% of the prison population, and nearly all children permanently excluded from school are male. 72% of male prisoners suffer from two or more mental disorders, and men are also twice as likely to be victims of violent crime.
The report throws up a wide-ranging and deep-rooted set of problems that are specific to men, from relationships to job satisfaction to alcohol abuse – all of which are, of course, interlinked.
It's well known that boys are less likely to go to university than girls (32% of state-educated women are in Higher Education at the age of 19 compared to 25% of men). The report confirms that this is a particular problem for both white and Afro-Caribbean boys from poorer families, who "are doing particularly badly" and are "the least likely to be represented in HE." The comparatively low attainment is seen in secondary school: white males have 30% below average attainment at GCSE, whilst for young Caribbean men it is 33%.
The report suggests that this may be because "boys feel compelled to conform to a
dominant view of masculinity which conceptualises academic work as 'feminine', and that 'anti-school subcultures' exist among boys from the most marginalised backgrounds - in which 'specific forms of masculinity' are manifested, in particular, by disruptive behaviour in class."
Alcohol and drugs
Untold Problem states that "Male alcohol problems in particular may be under-considered. It is believed that up to 800,000 men may be alcohol dependent… in the minds of some men, drinking alcohol in quantity functions as a marker of masculine status."
If this suggestion is representative of your own university experience, it's hardly surprising. A 2006 study by the Mental Health Foundation found men more likely than women to use alcohol in order to be able to "fit in socially" - potentially suggesting that, "for whatever the reason, men do find membership of a social community more difficult to achieve than women."
Drug use is more common in men than women - 26% of men aged 16–24 reported using cannabis in the previous year compared to 16% of women. Young men are more than twice as likely (11% vs. 6%) to have used class A drugs. Maybe unsurprisingly in light of this, men made up 79% of 1,573 drug-related deaths in 2008.
Why are young men turning to drugs so much more than women? There are doubtless a number of multifaceted reasons, but Untold Problems cites a Samaritans study from 1999 which found that "depressed young men were 10 times more likely (than women) to say that they would turn to drugs as a means of coping with distress."
The general consensus that men hide their problems whilst women are much more likely to talk about them is true – and it's likely that it is affecting men's health and happiness.
A survey by Mind in 2009 found that 29% of men compared to 53% of women would discuss issues with friends if unhappy, whilst 31% compared to 47% of women would talk to their families.
And why is this? Are men really less close to their friends or family than women, or is it more complex than that?
Untold Problems cities a US study from 2000, which "found men much less likely than women to report intimate best friendships (23.5% of female friendships scored very highly on the scale, compared to only 7.5% of male friendships)." This is despite the fact that both men and women reported a strong desire for intimacy within their friendships.
The study suggests that this lack of perceived closeness within male friendships "has obvious consequences for the availability of emotional support and encouragement to seek help."
Untold Problems notes that male suicide is "the most widely acknowledged of male mental health problems" and that it has in recent years "attracted public debate and coverage in the popular media."
Suicide is a particular problem men aged 16-24, and "there are obvious links between suicide and depression, and a number of authorities have suggested that depression may be under-diagnosed in men" - possibly because men are less likely to ask for help than women.
Students are particularly vulnerable, according to Men's Health Forum Head of Policy David Wilkins, because of exam pressures coupled with the sudden loss of support system experienced on leaving home.
Job satisfaction
Predictably, good mental health is inextricably tied to happiness at work – and the failure of a job to provide satisfaction "may predispose the individual to anxiety and depression."
Whilst unemployment (and most men will experience this at some point in their lives, if not directly after graduation) brings its own emotional turmoil, a study from the Health and Safety Executive in 2004 found that men were less likely to receive emotional support from peers and managers and were less likely to have their role understood by others – whilst having higher levels of demand placed on them than women. All these factors were associated with the development of work-related stress.
Add to this the fact that men in the UK work the longest hours in Europe, that 27% of men with full-time jobs in the UK work more than 45 hours a week (and 11% more than 60 hours), and it's easy to get a picture of why work might place more of a strain on men's lives than they're willing to talk about.
So, what can be done about all of this? Although the Men's Health Forum admits that it didn't set out to provide solutions with Untold Problems, it does some offer some solutions as to why the above issues are so prevalent.
The report says: "men often have mental health needs that are distinct from those of women and which are particularly associated with the lived experience of being male. Some of these needs are not being met as effectively as they might.
"This situation is compounded by the fact that in some circumstances some of the familiar cultural markers of masculinity are also potential symptoms of, or predisposing factors for, poor mental health. Many of these behaviours are so familiar that they seem indisputably "normal" even though it is easy to see that they are sometimes simultaneously damaging."
It cites traditional gender roles that cause "families, peer groups, and many public and commercial institutions treat male and female children differently" as the reason why boys and girls develop different attitudes and behaviours, causing "particular social constructions of masculinity and femininity, which remain locked into our culture."
Lack of emotional expressiveness, the propensity to "act out" emotional distress, and a reduced willingness to admit vulnerability are all behaviours that cause health issues in adult men. "Encouraging boys to become more sensitive to their own emotional needs," says the report, "and the emotional needs of those around them will not solve all the problems but it has the potential to help considerably."
It also suggests that improving the mental health of men should not just be a function of mental health services, and that there are "good arguments" in favour a national strategy for men's mental – something that has already been called for by the Men's Health Forum in 2006 and Mind in 2009.
Phillip Hodson, Chief Spokesperson for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, says: "We must urgently look beyond masculine stereotypes to understand the mental health needs of contemporary males… men are half as likely as women to be diagnosed with depression yet three times more likely to kill themselves because of it."
This statistic, surely, is one that needs to be challenged – and quickly.
If you're worried about your mental health, visit one of the below websites for help and advice:
by Lucy Miller - http://www.thenationalstudent.com/Features/2014-06-10/Mens_Health_Week_What_are_the_biggest_issues_facing_young_men_today.html#.U5cij-MNBR4.twitter
Men's health
Over the weekend I have been having a few conversations around the current 'selfie with no makeup' facebook explosion to support research into breast cancer.
It is great that social media can now spread causes so quickly and potentially generate donations to increase research. Part of the conversation was around what men could do to support this both as sons, brothers and fathers but also around our own health issues.
The last post on the website was asking for men to take part in a survey around how we look after our own health, which has been the motivation around HisBiz. At times we are not great at asking for help or support. In general men wait much longer to visit a gp than women.
I have definitely seen more awareness being raised for guys with the likes of Movember which supports both mental health and cancer. I suppose you also notice what you notice when you look for media around men's health.
In June there is a men's health week which looks to remind men to get themselves checked out and think about lifestyle and health. A few years back we held a men's health pit stop which was good. Is there any ideas out there around how you would get more involved in looking after yourself? Do you have any ideas around how you could show your support for those fighting cancer or other health issues?
Or could you just fill in the survey for a start?
Are you engaged?
Engaged people are less stressed, happier and more interested in what they do! No – I'm not talking about engagement in the marital sense, but rather in the sense of being there in the moment.
A recent article in Gallup Management Journal stated disengagement can be depressing in a workplace and that better engagement means better health. What's concerning is that research is indicating 8 to 17 per cent of people in the workplace are disengaged. A true concern for any employer!
The recent economic struggles added to the issue, with many disengaged staff choosing to stay put rather than face the difficult and worrying task of finding other employment. Stagnation then becomes as difficult as staff turn over. This may now be changing as signs in the labour market in some areas are changing.
Disengaged staff can have a negative impact on your business, wider than just their own contribution. There continues to be strong links between engagement and key organisational outcomes. I mean if you're running a customer focused business, but your staff 'can't be bothered' making sales or talking to clients – that's not good for business!
Signs of disengagement and depression can often be similar. These can include feeling empty or tired, having a lack of interest, energy or concentration, poor or lack of decision making and generally not being bothered.
The challenge is becomes even greater when the manager/owner/leader is feeling disengaged. How do they find ways to get back to having a greater bond with the workplace? Workplaces should not only be fun and engaging for staff, but for the managers/owners/leaders as well. This can be hard work when no one is helping them to engage.
There's no magic answer to resolve engagement issues. Sometimes it's right for people to move on. Other times it's about creating or finding the challenge to keep people engaged. Here are a few simple ways to keep workplaces engaging:
take time to listen to those around you
give and receive feedback
set out clear plans and a future focus
outline your personal development/training ideas and do them
have conversations about high performance and what this means for your business
understand what makes teams and individuals tick
have some fun!
Media Release
31st October 2013
A completely new way to tackle depression in New Zealand from the guys that brought you the World's Biggest Waterslide, Live More Awesome.
The Live More Awesome Foundation is proud to announce the launch of their new depression initiative.
It works like this…sign up to donate $5 every month, you then get to vote on which of the five "gives" you want to see happen. All "gives" are Live More Awesome style events or initiatives to help reduce depression, decrease stress or simply make NZ a happier place. The "give" that gets the most votes each month wins and becomes a reality. You can then volunteer to help make it happen, or, you can just sit back and wait for us to send you the monthly update newsletter that will contain the video of all the good work that your $5 did! You'll be so proud of yourself, and us, you'll share that video with all your friends and get them to sign up, therefore providing more money to do amazing things the month after! Didn't like any of the five things on the list? Suggest your own! If it's good, we'll put it in the next vote.
Co Founder Jimi Hunt says…
"We needed a way to get people involved in giving again, to help them feel like they were making a difference. With Gimmie Five, they are. Not only do they get a say in exactly where it goes, but they can actually suggest ideas for the future as well as volunteer their own time."
With depression affecting as many as 1 in 5 New Zealanders at any one time, this is an issue that needs to not only be approached in a fun and interesting way, but it needs to be talked about constantly in order to remove the stigma of depression in this country.
Gimmie Five went live on the 1st of November.
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For more information on Live More Awesome & Gimmie Five see –
Gimmie Five: http://www.gimmiefive.co.nz
Live More Awesome: http://www.livemoreawesome.com
Click here for more information on depression.
LMA Jimi & Dan PR Image: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6440746/LMA_PR_image.jpg
For all media enquiries including interviews please contact:
Jimi Hunt (Co Founder)
021 020 29618
About The Live More Awesome Foundation:
Live More Awesome is an initiative Jimi and Dan came up over a late lunch one day.
The "Live More Awesome Foundation" is a New Zealand based not for profit formed in 2012 and is a charity that survives like many others on love. We get no funding from the government or any foundations.
Our Mission is to develop a series of programmes & tools to help as many people as we can to "Live More Awesome" lives and subsequently beat depression and improve the mental health of the nation.
1. Develop a "30 Days To Live More Awesome" programme website and material. Actual practical steps for people to start doing to improve their depression without drugs.
2. Release a book showing people who are looking after people with depression how to cope.
3. Raise as much awareness about "Asking For Help" and removing the stigma from depression as possible by throwing amazing events.
4. Develop a programme that puts vegetable gardens into every school in the country.
5. Host the World's first Mental Wellness event.
6. Implement our "Gratitude in schools" programme
6. Continue being awesome. Inspiration then information.
About Jimi Hunt:
Jimi Hunt is a man who has spent most of his life doing ridiculous things for his own amusement. Things like building the World's Biggest Waterslide, playing golf through the streets of downtown Auckland and holding an alternative summer Olympics including events such as sandcastle building and frisbee golf.
But what none of his friends knew was that Jimi had been silently battling with depression. It was eating him alive from the inside, affecting his business, losing him friends and slowly, painfully destroying his marriage.
Disillusioned with the help and advice he received, he read that having a goal could help with depression. Five minutes later Jimi set his goal and announced it to the world — he would travel the entire 425km length of the Waikato River on an inflatable mattress. Loneliness, 21,000 people following the journey on Facebook, chancing upon a dead body in the river, unbridled kindness from strangers, physical pain and crazy psychic predictions are just some of the strange tales from the river.
About Dan Drupsteen:
Dan has a passion for seeing the upmost potential in others and sparking people to do what they love. He believes that learning to be happy with what you have while working towards your dreams is fundamental to a fulfilling life.
"Having experienced psychosis, adrenal fatigue, anxiety, panic attacks and depression and come out the other side, I have a firm belief that everything is possible. Inspiring others by how I choose to live is my upmost mission in life.
I'm a crazy haphazard experimenter and meticulous researcher. And I love creating new ideas" says Drupsteen.


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Hall of Fame Award
Cheryl Boone Isaacs
President, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Boone Isaacs' developed a love for movies while visiting her older brother, Ashley Boone, Jr., who worked at United Artists in New York City. During this time, she spent countless hours watching movies in screening rooms, and although she went on to earn a B.A. in Political Science from Whittier College, this passion for movies ultimately led her to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.
Boone Isaacs has been a leading motion picture marketing executive for 30 years. She began her career in 1977 as a staff publicist at Columbia Pictures, then served as a marketing executive with a number of leading production companies before landing at Paramount Pictures where she rose to executive vice president for worldwide publicity and orchestrated campaigns for the Best Picture winners "Forrest Gump" and "Braveheart."
In 1997, Boone Isaacs joined New Line Cinema as president of theatrical marketing and became the first black woman to head a major studio's marketing operation, which encompassed media buying, publicity, advertising, market research and product placement. While there, she oversaw numerous box office successes, including "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me," "Rush Hour" and "Blade."
Currently, Boone Isaacs heads CBI Enterprises, Inc., and has consulted on marketing efforts for such films as "The Call," "The Artist," "The King's Speech," "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, "Spider-Man 2" and "Tupac: Resurrection."
Boone Isaacs was elected President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on July 30, 2013 by the organization's Board of Governors. She is beginning her 21st year as a governor representing the Public Relations Branch, and is the only person in Academy history to have served in every elected office, from Secretary to Treasurer to Academy Foundation President and Vice President. She also produced the 2012 Governors Awards. She is the third woman and the first African American to become President of the Academy in the organization's 86-year history. This historic moment was not lost on Boone Isaacs when she realized her unprecedented achievement.
As the Academy's 35th president, Boone Isaacs is focused on the upcoming Academy Awards ceremony and overseeing many of the Academy's global initiatives, including the development of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, which will be the world's premiere movie museum and is slated to open in the historic May Company Building on the corner of Fairfax and Wilshire in 2017. Boone Isaacs is married to movie producer Stanley Isaacs, and they have one son, Cooper.
Paris Barclay
President, Directors Guild of America
After a successful career in advertising as a copywriter, Paris Barclay moved into music video production, directing music videos for LL Cool J, Bob Dylan, and Harry Connick, Jr. among others. He then shifted his primary focus to television directing and producing, helming more than 130 episodes of shows as diverse as NYPD Blue, ER, The West Wing, Cold Case, Glee, In Treatment, and Sons of Anarchy, which he also executive produces. He co-created the CBS medical drama City of Angels, starring Blair Underwood, Vivica Fox, Viola Davis, and Maya Rudolph. He has won two Emmys (out of seven nominations) and one DGA Award (out of 10 nominations) and has been nominated for the Golden Globe, and won two NAACP Image Awards (out of ten nominations), one Writers Guild nomination, and three Peabody Awards. Barclay has also made service a key part of his life, most particularly service to the Directors Guild, where he currently serves as the first African-American President in the Guild's 77 year history. The DGA recognized his service to the Guild with the Robert B. Aldrich Achievement Award in 2007. In addition to his work in the industry, Barclay has been recognized for his service and contributions to many charitable organizations, including the Black AIDS Institute (who honored him as one of their inaugural "Heroes In The Struggle"), Liberty Hill, GLAAD, and Project Angel Food.


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Performing on the legendary Apollo stage is one of those things words can't really describe, and I fortunately got to do it four times. The best performers of the year would face off to see who would win the coveted prize of US$10,000, and become Apollo's Super Tog Dog.
I definitely had visions of what I would do with the money if I won it, but I also knew that I was more grateful for the experience, the exposure and the new friends made, if I didn't. Here is a recap of the journey in reverse, from Round 4, to 3, to 2, to 1, and the audition. Again I'm just really blessed to be di lickle Jamaican bwoy who followed his dream and is actually making it happen. Laughing at the Sandman tap dancing people off a stage via a TV connected to a satellite dish in Havendale, to actually rubbing the tree of hope myself. It will always be hard to wrap my head around, but I'm living it, and I'm loving it, through the good and the bad.
Round 4 - Leave it all on the stage
Round 3 - The tie for 3rd
Round 2 - Did I really win again?
Round 1 - I Won
The Audition
And my final words as always are to live life as if it were your last day, that way you can have no regrets. I truly believe this now. We were placed on this earth for a reason and with a specific purpose, and part of our journey is to discover that purpose then live it. It is only then that we can be of service to others. Thank you Apollo for an amazing journey and thank you supporters for believing in me and losing your voices for me for a few days. Mi luv unnu! Oh forgot to say that I didn't win, but I had a great time!
Belinda Munroe, M.E. and Marisela
M.E. & one of the winners, Unknown Lyric (they tied for 1st place with Moses Harper - M.J. Impersonator)
These Kids were a dope dance team with suits with lights
Then we celebrate!! M.E. and my amazing friends, who always show me mad love and support!


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"The L Word" Season 2 Review
If the Jenny-Marina relationship was last season's dark, intense storyline, that dubious honor goes to Bette and Tina's relationship this season.
Bette's guilt over her infidelity and her struggle to win Tina back is realistically messy and well-paced: every time Bette seems to make some progress with Tina, she loses ground again, frequently through her own missteps, but just as often through events that are beyond her control. This is Bette's primary task for the second season: to accept the fact that she can't control everything and everyone, including Tina.
Beals plays Bette with just the right amount of edginess and despair, as a woman constantly on the verge of losing control while trying to process a jumble of emotions: guilt, confusion, longing, anger, and humility. Although Beals delivered a strong performance last season, her performance this season combined with excellent character development by the writers, make Bette a far more complicated and nuanced character.
Tina experiences a similar roller-coaster of emotions, and Holloman infuses Tina with a believable mix of confusion, longing, and bursts of strength (although it strains credibility that a very obviously pregnant Tina makes it through several episodes without anyone guessing she might be pregnant, even if it is later revealed that her friends chalked up the weight gain to depression). Tina's journey from a quiet wife who often submitted to her partner's more dominant personality to a woman determined to be independent is also one of this season's highlights.
The series also does a good job of exploring the lack of legal protections given to lesbian relationships through Bette and Tina's storyline, without being too preachy about it.
Complicating Bette and Tina's relationship is new character Helena Peabody (Rachel Shelley), the confidant, attractive British daughter of wealthy art patron Helena Peabody (Holland Taylor). Unlike Dana's girlfriend Tonya (Meredith McGeachie), Helena is a villain you can dislike but at least respect, and a worthy opponent to Bette. On the surface, in fact, the characters of Bette and Helena are very similar, but Helena possesses a ruthlessness that stands in sharp relief to Bette's good intentions.
Helena's open pursuit of Tina knocks both Bette and Tina off-balance in a way that adds dimension to the Bette and Tina storyline, and even those rooting for Bette and Tina can't help but admire Helena's boldness and willingness to go after what she wants.
The strain Bette and Tina's separation puts on their friendships with the rest of the characters is an interesting subplot, and one to which many viewers are likely to relate. Bette's friendship with Alice is particularly effected, as Alice becomes increasingly torn between her sympathy for Tina and her longer-standing friendship with Bette (whom she dated in a former life).
An unexpectedly pleasant development is the tentative friendship that forms between Bette and Jenny, who reaches out to Bette when the others shun her like the school outcast taking pity on the dethroned head cheerleader. When Bette comments to Jenny that she doesn't know why Jenny is even talking to her, since she wasn't very nice to Jenny when she cheated on Tim with Marina, Jenny responds "I don't know. I guess because I know how that feels." Their friendship brings out a different side to both women, making them each more likeable.


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You are here:ItilFoundations.com > ITIL Processes > Change Management > Forward Schedule of Changes
A simple form of FSC would be like RFC No. Change Summary, Planned date of implementation and status of the RFC. The FSC should be available for everyone within the organisation. It just acts like the change calendar for external users. What it does is enables the IT and business people to schedule their RFC accordingly.
Changes to IT applications (or infrastructure) must be scheduled and communicated well in advance to identify dependencies and avoid risks to the production environments. The Forward Schedule of Changes (FSC) is the document used to communicate change plans to the organization. Use this template to:
Ideally, the FSC should be part of an automated configuration/change management or IT service desk solution. If such a solution does not exist, employ this FSC template.
In order to have a good understanding of ITIL and the importance of configuration management, we first define what ITIL is: ITIL is literally a collection of documentation.
This documentation can help IT organizations implement the best practices. The documentation grows and grows as more successful techniques are documented and guidelines established for what can make others successful. The latest ITIL resources are published by the UK Office of Government Commerce (OGC).
Integrated service delivery refers to the need for Configuration Management, Change Management, Incident Management, Problem Management and Release Management processes that are linked together in a meaningful manner. For example, the process of releasing components to the live environment (the domain of Release Management) is also an issue for Configuration Management and Change Management whilst the Service Desk is primarily responsible for liaison between IT providers and the Users of services. This section highlights the links and the principal relationships between all the Service Management and other infrastructure management processes.
ITIL processes fall under Operational Layer or Tactical Layer, as follows:
|Operational Layer:
|Configuration Management - Service Desk Management - Incident & Problem Management - Change Management - Release Management
|Tactical Layer:
|Service Level Management - Availability Management - Capacity Management - Continuity Management - Financial Management


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Little Caesar's Bowl
Bowling Green (10-3, 7-1 MAC) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6, 3-5 ACC)
December 26, 6 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Bowling Green Players to Watch:
Matt Johnson, QB—If you think Jordan Lynch is the only good quarterback from the MAC, think again. Johnson actually outplayed Lynch in their matchup together, passing for 393 yards and five touchdowns. His 162.4 passer rating is good for No. 10 in the NCAA.
Travis Greene, RB—Greene had a very productive year, rushing for 1,555 yards and 11 touchdowns. He has nine games in which he ran for 100 yards or more, including four with 140 or more.
Pittsburgh Players to Watch:
Tom Savage, QB—One of the only bright spots on this shaky Pitt offense is its gunslinger. Savage has passed for 2,834 yards, 21 touchdowns and nine interceptions this season, but even he has proven to be inconsistent at times.
Devin Street, WR—Street is No. 14 in the country with 16.7 yards per reception (minimum of 50 catches) and is always a home run threat. Pitt will need to look to him for big plays if it wants to beat a strong BGSU defense.
Bowling Green Key to Victory:
Use a heavy dose of Travis Greene. The Falcons are 1-3 when he rushes for under 100 yards and 7-0 when he receives at least 20 carries. Pittsburgh has a medicore front seven and is middle-of-the-road in terms of rush defense (No. 60 overall), but its 160.6 yards per game allowed makes sense for a BGSU win.
Pittsburgh Key to Victory:
Protect Tom Savage. Simply put, Pittsburgh is one of the worst in the FBS with 41 sacks allowed (No. 60 overall). Bowling Green is just an above-average pass-rushing team, but could have a field day if it consistently puts pressure on Savage and the backfield. If the Panthers can hold BGSU to two or less sacks, chances are their QB—who averages 5.9 yards per individual play this season—will feel comfortable and make calm decisions.
Line: Bowling Green (-5.5)
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RWJF Scholars in the News: Alzheimer's disease, violence against women, drug marketing, and more.
Around the country, print, broadcast, and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, fellows, alumni, and grantees. Some recent examples:
Jason Karlawish, MD, participated in the design of new research that offers "an opportunity to study the future of the way we're going to think about, talk about and live with the risks of Alzheimer's disease," he tells the Associated Press. The study is aimed at testing an experimental drug to see if it can protect seniors who are healthy but whose brains "harbor silent signs" of risk, such as a sticky build-up of proteins that can be a precursor to Alzheimer's. Karlawish is an RWJF Investigator Award in Health Policy Research recipient. Read more about his work on Alzheimer's disease here and here.
The work of RWJF Scholars in Health Policy Research alumni Ted Gayer, PhD, and Michael Greenstone, PhD, is featured in an Economist article about incorporating into federal cost-benefit analyses the global benefits of regulation to reduce carbon emissions, rather than benefits that accrue only to the United States. Agencies conduct such analyses before promulgating regulations to test whether the estimated benefits of a regulation exceed the estimated costs. Typically, estimated benefits include only those that accrue to the United States, but because global warming reaches far beyond U.S. borders, the Obama Administration's calculations include global benefits. Greenstone was also recently cited in the New York Times.
Chris Uggen, PhD, an RWJF Investigator Award recipient, writes about the decline in the incidence of sexual violence and intimate partner violence against women since 1993 in a Pacific Standard article. Rates of sexual violence and intimate partner violence decreased from almost 10 per 1,000 in 1994 to 3.2 per 1,000 in 2012, Uggen writes. While those numbers are encouraging, "misogyny and violence against women remain enormous social problems—on our college campuses and in the larger society," he says. Uggen's post also appeared on Sociological Images, a Pacific Standard partner site.
My Greatest Reward: Watching High School Seniors Grow into University-Level Nursing Students
Kelly Andrews Cleaton, MAEd, is a Student Success Advocate (SSA) in eastern North Carolina for Regionally Increasing Baccalaureate Nurses (RIBN), which aims to improve the health and health outcomes of North Carolinians by increasing the educational preparation and diversity of the nursing workforce. RIBN is supported by Partners Investing in Nursing's Future, a partnership of the Northwest Health Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to support the capacity, involvement, and leadership of local foundations to advance the nursing profession in their own communities, and by Academic Progression in Nursing (APIN), an RWJF-supported initiative to advance state and regional strategies to create a more highly educated nursing workforce.
I began my career as a first grade teacher because I love working with students and watching them grow over time. The next stop in my career was at East Carolina University (ECU), where I worked with students who wanted to become teachers. During my work there, I decided that I really enjoyed watching older students develop into their professions.
Quite by accident one day, I saw an online advertisement for a position as an SSA for RIBN, and it seemed like the perfect fit for me. I absolutely love traveling to high schools in eastern North Carolina and being able to talk to students about the RIBN program. The excited look in their eyes when I tell them there is an affordable way to get their bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) degree is priceless. I enjoy working with five community colleges and putting everything together like the pieces of a puzzle.
RWJF Scholars in the News: How breast cancer treatment affects patients' lives, nurses improving mental health care, male victims of sexual assault, and more.
Around the country, print, broadcast, and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, fellows, alumni, and grantees. Some recent examples:
Experts are looking at how treatment for breast cancer affects patients' lives, HealthDay reports. A study by Reshma Jagsi, MD, PhD, an RWJF Physician Faculty Scholars alumna, finds that women who undergo chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer are more likely to end up unemployed than patients whose treatment does not include chemotherapy. Four years after treatment for early stage breast cancer, the study found, more than one-third of those who had chemotherapy were out of work, compared to just over one-quarter of women who had other treatments. "Many of us realize the chemotherapy is going to knock the wind out of your sails temporarily. We [as doctors] have tended to assume women bounced back, and the results here suggest that's not the case," Jagsi said. The HealthDay article was republished in U.S. News & World Report, WebMD, and Medicinenet.com, among other outlets.
In the latest edition of the Health Affairs "Conversations" podcast series, Sherry Glied, PhD, recipient of an RWJF Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, discusses lessons learned from the first open enrollment period of the Affordable Care Act. She and other experts also discuss Medicaid expansion, and payment and delivery reforms.
Children of single mothers who unexpectedly lose their jobs suffer severe negative repercussions well into their adult years, according to a study co-authored by Jennie Brand, PhD, MS, an RWJF Health & Society Scholars alumna. They are less likely to graduate from high school and college, and more likely to endure depression, the LA Times reports. Additionally, "[t]he kids, by virtue of having less education and having some social psychological issues, could themselves be at greater risk of job loss in the future," Brand said. "That's a concern too, that we could potentially see an inter-generational transmission of job instability."
Sharing Nursing's Knowledge: The March 2014 Issue
Have you signed up to receive Sharing Nursing's Knowledge? The monthly Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) e-newsletter will keep you up to date on the work of the Foundation's nursing programs, and the latest news, research, and trends relating to academic progression, leadership, and other essential nursing issues. Following are some of the stories in the March issue.
Nurses Need Residency Programs Too, Experts Say
Health care experts, including the Institute of Medicine in its report on the future of nursing, tout nurse residency programs as a solution to high turnover among new graduate nurses. Now, more hospitals are finding that these programs reduce turnover, improve quality, and save money. Success stories include Seton Healthcare Family in Austin, Texas, which launched a residency program to help recent nursing school graduates transition into clinical practice. Now, three out of four new graduate nurses make it to the two-year point, and five or six new nurse graduates apply for each vacant position.
Iowa Nurses Build Affordable, Online Nurse Residency Program
Some smaller health care facilities, especially in rural areas, cannot afford to launch nurse residency programs to help new nurses transition into clinical practice. A nursing task force in Iowa has developed an innovative solution: an online nurse residency program that all health care facilities in the state—and potentially across the country—can use for a modest fee. The task force was organized by the Iowa Action Coalition and supported by an RWJF State Implementation Program grant.
"We Knew the Need Was Significant": Nurse Leadership by Example
Partners Investing in Nursing's Future (PIN), a partnership between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Northwest Health Foundation, devoted the latest issue of its PIN Point newsletter to the topic of leadership and featured the Leading Toward Tomorrow Project, which cultivates nurse leaders in southeast Michigan, with a primary focus on geriatric care. Below, three project leaders weigh in on what led them to tackle leadership development and what they've learned along the way.
Why does your organization see nursing leadership as an area worthy of investment?
Elizabeth Sullivan, MPA, vice president for community investment at the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan: We felt it was important to build the nursing workforce and to do it in a way, in this particular project, that supports retention and mobility of nurses. We knew that the need was significant in southeast Michigan, and we knew it was important to do this with nurses in acute and long-term care settings. Our interest was working with novice nurses who found themselves in management positions and were working in care settings that serve a lot of older adults.
Carole Stacy, MA, MSN, RN, director of the Michigan Center for Nursing: On one of our nursing surveys several years ago, one of the questions was: If you've left a nursing job in the last two years, what was the reason? One of the answers they could select was that they had difficulty with their nurse manager or with administration. Over the course of several surveys, we kept seeing that particular response chosen in large numbers. Then we really started going out and looking at what the problem was. We found that in Michigan, we do not do a very good job of preparing people to be in nursing management. Just because they're a good nurse, we assume they'll have the skills needed to be a good manager. And that's frequently not the case.
Nora Maloy, DrPH, senior program officer at the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation: The Foundation has been supporting the profession of nursing since 2003, when we developed an initiative addressing the nursing shortage. That put us in touch with nurse leaders from around the state. Since then, through our nurse leader colleagues, we have seen the impact of nursing on all aspects of health care, including access, policy and quality of care.
Executive Nurse Fellows Program a Springboard for Nurse Leaders
By Wanda Montalvo, MSN, ANP, RN, Chair, National Diabetes Education Program Operating Committee, RWJF Executive Nurse Fellows program alumna (2004-2007), and Partners Investing in Nursing's Future National Advisory Committee member
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Executive Nurse Fellows (ENF) program has literally changed the trajectory of my professional achievements and personal development as a leader. The ENF program aims to prepare nurse leaders to shape the U.S. health care system and requires us to be innovative, strategic visionaries, risk takers and skillful at creating the change we want to see in our health care delivery system.
As a National Advisory Committee member of Partners Investing in Nursing's Future (PIN), I have been able to leverage my skills as a strategic thinker to help partners see the connection between their projects and the potential impact they have on their communities. As an advisor to the program, there is a great sense of responsibility because our recommendations impact funding decisions, partnership expansion, and innovative projects.
I view myself as a nurse leader who is able to listen well and be nimble during collaboration with partners and who is able to identify key points while remaining focused on the end game. The ENF program prepared me to be politically savvy and skillful at interacting with key leaders to solve problems while using "on the ground" experience to expand projects.
Milwaukee Nurses Rebuild Pipeline of Public Health Nurses
By Paula Lucey, MSN, RN, Administrator, Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division, RWJF Executive Nurse Fellows program alumna (1999-2001)
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Partners Investing in Nursing program (commonly called PIN) is a wonderful way to address nursing workforce efforts. The Foundation created this program with the concept that nursing workforce efforts needed to become the work of not only nursing but the work of partnership with local foundations and employers.
In Milwaukee, our first PIN grant focused on the impending crisis in public health related to the nursing workforce. We had data that suggested that upwards of 50 percent of the current workforce could retire in the next five years. While not all will do so, this was a wake up call that we needed to begin to work to develop the next generation of public health nurses.
Our program was able to energize some senior nursing students to consider careers in public health. While our numbers were under 20, the students spread the word to their fellow students, and we believe we created a ripple of interest among students at several of the local BSN programs.
As important as the immediate efforts related to these students were, some of the project's accomplishments will form the foundation for long-term solutions. The most important was increased awareness of the importance of public health and the vital role that nursing plays among our three foundation partners.
Accessible, Affordable, High Quality Care for All
As we head into 2012, the Human Capital Blog asked Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) staff, program directors, scholars and grantees to share their New Year's resolutions for our health care system, and what they think should be the priorities for action in the New Year. This post is by Amy Jester, Program Manager for Health & Nonprofit Resources, Humboldt Area Foundation for the Humboldt Bay Regional Simulation Center, Eureka, California. The Simulation Center is a grantee of Partners Investing in Nursing's Future.
Our New Year's resolution for the United States health care system is to ensure low cost access to health care for those most vulnerable, especially for those who struggle to make a living as a result of the economic downturn – whether that be through affordable health coverage, low-cost health care providers, and/or the development of a sufficient, high-quality health care workforce that meets the needs of patients young and old.
The highest priority for action in the New Year should be accessible, affordable, high quality care for all.
A Family Caregiver and Patient Safety Advocate Says: We Don't Need to Reinvent the Wheel, But We Need to Roll on the Ones We Have... Collaboratively
By Carol Compas, PhD(c), BSN, RN, CPHQ, Program Director, Partners Investing in Nursing's Future, Little Rock, Arkansas
My broken health care journey begins with a call from my sister on August 18 at 5:15 p.m. I am beginning to wrap up my busy workday when I take a call and hear a tearful plea along the lines of: "Mother has been in a wreck and they are asking for the next of kin." I leave work, agreeing upon a designated meeting point so we can ride together to reach our mother in the most timely fashion. Our "normal" routine would have safely delivered us home for dinner with family, but this evening our routine will be at the mercy of the health care system, starting in the emergency room.
As we struggle to safely navigate rush-hour traffic, we know the normal one-hour drive is looking more like a two-hour journey to reach our mother—not so timely in light of the situation. As we drive, we tag-team our cellphone communication between family, friends and, in this case, care providers. The fortunate thing for my family is, I have a 25-year career in intensive care, emergency medicine and quality improvement. So, as my sister is responsible for family and friend notifications, I am taking on responsibility for a rapid-cycle health care plan for mother. I phone the ER to make sure they are aware of the head injury en route, review her medications, list allergies and highlight the pertinent medical history. The charge nurse assures me she has documented my information and will pass it on once Mother arrives. I'm somewhat assured things will operate accordingly since I feel confident I am on her health care team. My sister and I arrive an hour after Mother does, are quickly escorted to her side, and find her calling out for me.
Human Capital News Roundup
Several Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars and Fellows have been in the news in recent days. Here's a sampling.
The Wall Street Journal Ideas Market blog reports on a study in which Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health & Society Scholars program alumnus Matt Wray, PhD, MA, and a co-author examine suicides identified by county coroners. The piece, "The Subtle Politics of Suicide Rates," concludes that determinations of suicide may be affected by whether the coroners are elected or appointed.
"The University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing has been selected as a grant recipient of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program for a second year," the Columbia Daily Tribune reports. "The school will receive $50,000 to support five students [from backgrounds that] are traditionally underrepresented in the field of nursing in the school's accelerated baccalaureate program."
The Augusta Chronicle (Georgia) reports on a meeting last week of the Greater Augusta Healthcare Network. Lucy Marion, PhD, RN, FAAN, an alumna of the RWJF Executive Nurse Fellows program and secretary for the Healthcare Network, gave a presentation at the meeting.
RWJF Investigator Award in Health Policy Research recipient Jason Karlawish, MD, was among those quoted in a New York Times story about a small study that finds an insulin nasal spray may delay or slightly improve early Alzheimer's symptoms. Experts caution the study is only a pilot and is not conclusive. Read a post Karlawish wrote for the Human Capital blog recently about another Alzheimer's-related issue.