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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's super...boy! Made for the littlest Man of Steel, this Official D.C. Comics Superman costume includes the jumpsuit with classic S detailing and flying cape! It's the perfect kids superhero costume for your little one. Villains not included.
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Superman Muscle Deluxe Boys Costume
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1. Come up with new ideas. We no longer have to constantly come up with new ideas. Ninety-five percent of the ministry starts with the idea of one person or a group of people. Within the church my role has shifted from managing programs to equipping leaders to do the work of the ministry. What a relief.
2. Be experts. Pastors no longer have to be experts in everything. Now the "experts" are leading small groups in their areas of expertise, imparting their strengths into the lives of people who are weak in that area.
3. Spend hours counseling. Pastors no longer have to spend countless hours in pastoral counseling. The majority of pastoral care is being handled at the small group leader or section leader levels.
4. Micromanage details. Pastors no longer have to micromanage the details of ministry. The role of the pastor is to equip the leaders and facilitate their ministries. Much easier.
5. Push people upstream. We no longer have to "push people upstream." Before we moved into free-market small groups, we often found ourselves trying to talk people into doing things that we wanted them to do to fulfill our vision. Now we're helping them fulfill their vision, and it's much easier and more effective. As pastors, we're swimming with them instead of against them.
6. Delay ministry. We don't have to delay ministry because of cumbersome boards and policies. If someone has met all of the criteria to be approved as a small group leader, then he works with his section leader to facilitate ministry. Many churches get tangled up in permission-withholding, time-intensive boards and policies that delay or prevent ministry from getting off the ground.
7. Feel alone. No one has to feel alone in ministry. The emphasis New Life places on ministry coming from relationships is reinforced in the effort we make to ensure empowering, life-giving relationships.
8. Mandate discipleship or evangelism. We no longer have to mandate a special discipleship or outreach emphasis. It happens naturally through the free-market small groups because of the passion people have when they like the people in their group and have a high interest in the subject. With this combination, evangelism is easy.
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Tip Sheet for week of May 13: CommencementMay 13, 2013
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Spring 2013 commencement ceremonies will begin at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, May 18, in Zorn Arena. Graduates from the College of Arts and Sciences and College of Nursing and Health Science will participate in the morning ceremony. Graduates from the College of Business and College of Education and Human Sciences will participate in the afternoon ceremony. Stories about commencement and May Alumni Award winners can be found on UW-Eau Claire's website.
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Sona Mehring, founder and CEO of CaringBridge, a nonprofit website that connects families and friends in times of health crises, will give the Charge to the Class during both ceremonies on Saturday. Mehring graduated from UW-Eau Claire in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in computer science. She worked as a software engineer prior to starting her own technology solution consulting company, Beacon Point Technologies. With the founding of CaringBridge in 1997, Mehring launched one of the first social networks. More than 1 billion visits have been made to CaringBridge.org, with daily visitors coming from all 50 states and more than 225 countries. Mehring received a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition and was named one of 2011's "Most Influential Women in Technology" by Fast Company and "Leading Woman for Change" by MSN.com. She is a member of Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation, the National Health Council and the National Health Marketing Leadership Roundtable. Mehring's son, Luke Mehring, will graduate Saturday — also with a degree in computer science. Her sons Jacob and Nicholas also are students at UW-Eau Claire.
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Zach Halmstad, a 2004 music and theatre arts graduate, will receive the Outstanding Recent Alumnus Award Saturday. The award acknowledges special achievements and great promise of alumni who are within 15 years of their graduation. Halmstad is the co-founder of JAMF Software, a company that produces the only Mac and iOS management software developed exclusively for the Apple platform. He began developing the software while working as a student in UW-Eau Claire's Learning and Technology Services. Although JAMF has offices in New York, California, Amsterdam and Hong Kong, its primary offices are in Eau Claire and Minneapolis. Of the 170 employees, more than 90 of them are at the Eau Claire location, and more than 35 percent of those employees are UW-Eau Claire graduates. JAMF supports internships at UW-Eau Claire. JAMF pledged $500,000 to support the construction of a new community arts center at the confluence of the Chippewa and Eau Claire rivers in downtown Eau Claire. The arts center is the centerpiece of the public-private partnership known as the Confluence Project. The $500,000 pledge would help fund the construction of, and give JAMF Software naming rights associated with, the arts center's 250-seat black box theater. Halmstad will receive his alumni award during an awards luncheon between commencement ceremonies Saturday in Davies Center.
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- Try to get your tenant to sign a letter of authorisation to the Benefit Office authorising them to discuss their application with you. Otherwise the Benefit Office will probably not be willing to let you have any information. This is because the information will be confidential and because of the Data Protection Act.
- Remember when letting to benefit tenants, that benefit will normally be limited to the amount allowed for a property in that area of a suitable size for the applicant. So a single parent with one child will only receive benefit for a two bedroomed property with one living room, even if they are in a three or four bedroomed house.
- If your property is an HMO make sure that each individual unit can be identified, eg by room numbers, and do not change these (as it may then appear to the Benefit Office that benefit is being claimed twice for the same room and benefit payments will stop).
- Try to make sure, if it is a new tenant, that the application goes in well before the tenant is due to move in, as benefit payments cannot be backdated to before the application was made.
- Note that the Benefit Office will need to see original documents, in particular tenancy agreements, under the verification framework, so make sure that your tenant has these, however always retain copies for your own records
- If your tenant is in receipt of Local Housing Allowance this normally cannot be paid direct to the landlord unless your tenant can be classed as 'vulnerable'. If you think this will apply to your tenant, you should contact the benefit office asap as an application on this basis will take some time to process.
- Always co-operate with the benefit agency and provide all information that they require. Otherwise you will slow up the process, which will delay payment.
- Check your insurance policy as some policies exclude cover to landlords if the tenants are on benefit.
- If your tenant fails to pay housing benefit/local housing allowance over to you, note that you can apply to the benefit office to have payment made direct to you once the rent is in arrears of eight weeks or more.
- Where the tenant is in receipt of Local Housing Allowance (which is not normally paid to the landlord direct), note that the regulations provide that the tenant can ask for it to be paid to an independent third party so it can then be passed over to you. Local Credit Unions will often perform this service.
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A man was killed after several vehicles ran him over on U.S. Highway 1 in Ormond Beach on Thursday night.
The crash happened east of Interstate 95 just after 9 p.m.
The man, a pedestrian, was struck by several vehicles – troopers are not sure about an exact number.
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Christmas in Cedar Cove
Christmas in Cedar Cove
You're invited to Cedar Cove this Christmas!
First, drop in at 5-B Poppy Lane, where you'll get a chance to visit with Helen Shelton, her granddaughter Ruth and Ruth's husband, Paul. They'll offer you a cup of mulled cider and the story of how they met--and they'll share Helen's breathtaking adventures during the Second World War.
Then drive out to Grace and Cliff Harding's place. They have a small horse ranch not far from Cedar Cove. Mary Jo Wyse and her little girl, Noelle, will be there, too. Join them in reliving their memories of the Christmas Mary Jo came to Cedar Cove, pregnant and alone, and had her baby in the Hardings' stable (well, actually the apartment above it). That's the night firefighter Mack McAfee began to fall for Mary Jo and the idea of a family--with her.
You're invited to Cedar Cove this Christmas!
First, drop in at 5-B Poppy Lane, where you'll get a chance to visit with Helen Shelton, her granddaughter Ruth and Ruth's husband, Paul. They'll offer you a cup of mulled cider and the story of how they met--and they'll share Helen's breathtaking adventures during the Second World War.
Then drive out to Grace and Cliff Harding's place. They have a small horse ranch not far from Cedar Cove. Mary Jo Wyse and her little girl, Noelle, will be there, too. Join them in reliving their memories of the Christmas Mary Jo came to Cedar Cove, pregnant and alone, and had her baby in the Hardings' stable (well, actually the apartment above it). That's the night firefighter Mack McAfee began to fall for Mary Jo and the idea of a family--with her.
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Ruth Shelton hurried out of her classroom-management lecture at the University of Washington, where she was completing her master's of education degree. Clutching her books, she dashed across campus, in a rush to get home. By now the mail would have been delivered to her small rental house three blocks from the school.
"Ruth," Tina Dupont called, stopping her in midflight. "There's another antiwar rally this afternoon at--"
"Sorry, I've got to run," Ruth said, jogging past her friend and feeling more than a little guilty. Other students cleared a path for her; wherever she was headed must have seemed urgent--and it was, but only to her. Since Christmas, four months ago, she'd been corresponding with Sergeant Paul Gordon, USMC, who was stationed in Afghanistan. There'd been recent reports of fighting, and she hadn't received a letter or an email from Paul in three days. Three interminable days. Not since they'd initially begun their correspondence had there been such a lapse. Paul usually wrote every day and she did, too. They emailed as often as possible. Ruth had strong feelings about the war in Iraq, although her opinions didn't match those of her parents.
Earlier in the school year, Ruth had been part of a protest rally on campus. But no matter what her political views on the subject, she felt it was important to support American troops wherever they might be serving. In an effort to do that, Ruth had voluntarily mailed a Christmas card and letter to a nameless soldier.
Paul Gordon was the young man who'd received that Christmas card, and to Ruth's surprise he'd written her back and enclosed his photograph. Paul was from Seattle and he'd chosen her card because of the Seattle postmark. He'd asked her lots of questions--about her history, her family, her interests--and closed with a postscript that said he hoped to hear from her again.
When she first got his letter, Ruth had hesitated. She felt she'd done her duty, supported the armed services in a way she was comfortable doing. This man she'd never met was asking her to continue corresponding with him. She wasn't sure she wanted to become that involved. Feeling uncertain, she'd waited a few days before deciding.
During that time, Ruth had read and reread his letter and studied the head shot of the clean-cut handsome marine sergeant in dress uniform. His dark brown eyes had seemed to stare straight through her--and directly into her heart. After two days, she answered his letter with a short one of her own and added her email address at the bottom of the page. Ruth had a few concerns she wanted him to address before she could commit herself to beginning this correspondence. Being as straightforward and honest as possible, she explained her objections to the war in Iraq. She felt there was a more legitimate reason for troops to be in Afghanistan and wanted to know his stand. A few days later he emailed her. Paul didn't mince words. He told her he believed the United States had done the right thing in entering Iraq and gave his reasons. He left it up to her to decide if she wanted to continue their correspondence. Ruth emailed him back and once again listed her objections to the American presence in the Middle East. His response came a day later, suggesting they "agree to disagree." He ended the email with the same question he'd asked her earlier. Would she write him?
At first, Ruth wasn't going to. They were diametrically opposed in their political views. But in the end, even recognizing the conflict between their opinions, she did write. Their correspondence started slowly. She enjoyed his wry wit and his unflinching determination to...
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Through both words and deeds, Debbie Macomber inspires women from all walks of life to realize their dreams.
Debbie Macomber overcame the obstacles in her own life to become one of the world's most popular writers. She encourages women to achieve the goals that burn in their hearts as fiercely as the desire to become a bestselling novelist did in her own 15 years ago.
When Debbie first decided to write a novel, people called her a hopeless dreamer. She had only a high school degree and was dyslexic. She was also the very young mother of four active children. No one believed she had what it took to write a book--except Debbie. She eventually saved enough money to rent an old typewriter, and every night when the children were asleep, she would sit down to write.
She wrote--for years. But each time she completed a story and mailed it off to a publisher, the manuscript was returned, stamped "rejected." As tough as it was to keep her spirits alive, Debbie never gave up. Five long years and thousands of pages later, she received a letter in the afternoon mail. The letter was from Silhouette Books--and they wanted to buy her story. Her first novel, Heartsong, was published as a Silhouette Inspiration in 1984, and it became the first romance novel ever to be reviewed in Publishers Weekly.
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In lectures around the country, Debbie encourages women to "exercise the success muscle." She also offers advice on how to achieve success in seeking or changing a career, building family relationships, forming healthy relationships and more.
Is it any wonder that Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America appointed Debbie an ambassador for the national office in 1997? In support of the organization's outreach to young people, Debbie traveled throughout the U.S. to inspire and encourage them to pursue--and realize--their own dreams.
Like her heartwarming novels, Debbie's inspirational speeches are always filled with laughter and love. She cares deeply about the women she touches with her writing, and she continues to mentor people around the country. She also volunteers her considerable talents to help raise much-needed funds for battered-women's shelters, literacy and medical research. Several of Debbie's novels have achieved the number-one spot on Waldenbooks bestseller lists and earned prestigious berths on the USA Today bestseller list. A three-time winner of the impressive B. Dalton Award, she is also the recipient of Romantic Times-- Magazine's distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award. And, most recently, she made the New York Times bestseller list with her novel, Promise, Texas--truly an accomplishment!
She lives with her husband in Port Orchard, Washington. Their children are grown and she is now a proud grandmother.
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Vw is a head scratcher. Do we wait and see how he rehabs? Do we gamble on his health and extend him(what if he just can't get his 360 pound frame on that achilles ever again? ) We do need the cap space and certainly can't let him play at 12 million...we might just cut him and risk resigning him later?
I don't think it's a headscratcher. I think each side will openly communicate, the doctors will give a projection of his future, and the decision will be made from there.
They probably already have a basic agreement in place, whatever it is. I don't get why this is so confusing. He's not going anywhere else and he's not in a position of leverage.
Yes, a basic agreement. One where BB pays Vince whatever he is guaranteed after he cuts him for being old, fat and handicapped. Jets NT in 2013 was better than Vince was in 2012.


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Good new Bieber fans, the teen superstar is already working on more music. Bad news, we won't be able to hear any of it for a long time according to MTV.
According to the article, Justin isn't setting a deadline for himself for his next album but he is working on creating new sounds.
"I've done a lot on my acoustic guitar, so it's gonna have that vibe. I'm not gonna really limit myself. I think music is music, and genre. I mean, I know there's country music, there's rock music, but my music is different. My voice is not meant for any style. I just want to make music."
The young singer also said that he doesn't want much help from others being that he wants to do a majority of the song writing by himself.
I might be the minority here but I don't have any hate towards Justin Bieber and I think it would be amazing for him to do a collaboration with his new love, Selena Gomez.
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This was a commissioned piece for the Seascape Resort in Aptos Ca.
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At a Glance
Strategies for physician recruitment should include the following:
He was a star orthopedic surgeon. She was a new CEO who needed to make a key hire in orthopedic surgery quickly to establish the health system as a leader in this competitive specialty.
Her team wined and dined the surgeon on a whirlwind visit, serving up an extravagant relocation and compensation package. The surgeon ate up the star treatment and wanted the big pay day even though he didn't know much about the health system or its leaders. Once on board, he felt no sense of loyalty to the organization when conflicts arose. His core values greatly differed from the health system's own strong values, and his inflated ego turned off his new coworkers. His family also was unhappy and missed city life. He felt ignored by the health system.
The relationship faltered after just six months and he resigned. The cost to the health system: Several hundred thousand dollars in recruiting expenses and lost revenue opportunity.
Now consider a scenario that's quite different-one that resulted in wins for both sides:
She was an up-and-coming orthopedic surgeon. Although she lived 300 miles away from the hospital, she grew up in the town where the hospital was based. The health system's physician recruiter had been in touch with her for years, sharing holiday wishes, changes in leadership, and even updates on the revival of the downtown restaurant scene. In her regular conversations with the recruiter, she forged a connection with the health system.
When a position opened up, the hiring process was organized and comfortable. The physician recruiter and hospital leaders listened to her needs and kept her informed of her status. When she was hired, she went in with eyes wide open. She understood that the health system's core values, though different from hers, were very important to the CEO, and she worked to embrace them.
She appreciated the organization's proactive approach to resolving issues that both she and her family had with the relocation. Although she experienced a few bumps and unexpected surprises, she trusted the health system enough to give leaders the benefit of the doubt. Less than 15 years later, she was promoted to chief medical officer.
In the competitive world of physician recruitment, the impression a health system makes on physicians, not just initially, but over time, is critical to a successful long-term relationship. That means a health system can gain a competitive advantage by pursuing a long-term strategy to nurture relationships with potential physician candidates-particularly for specialties most important to the health system-and to create long-term job satisfaction. A well-thought-out recruitment and retention strategy can significantly reduce the cost per hire and can help protect patient volume and revenue, making this an issue that should be on the radar of healthcare finance professionals.
Five best practices can improve the physician recruitment process and establish a positive relationship with physicians during the pre-hire, hiring, and onboarding process.
Pre-hire strategy: Lay the groundwork by nurturing relationships with a pool of potential candidates. Because of a tight labor pool, especially for specialties such as rheumatology and orthopedics, physician recruiters and hospital leaders are often forced to hire physicians if they have the right technical skills, even if their behavior and core values do not align with those of the health system.
To address this predicament, health systems should start by looking beyond the usual prospects to build and nurture a large candidate pool. By building its own internal database of potential candidates, a health system can gain a competitive advantage over organizations that limit their choice of candidates to those made available through staffing agencies and third-party recruiting databases. Having an internal resource allows a health system to focus on potential candidates likely to share the organization's core values and be a good fit for the community.
"While there's much to attract a physician to live and work in a small town in a physician-led clinic focused on community-centered care, it's not a career move for everyone," says Jan Chaney, senior director of physician recruitment and retention at Quincy Medical Group in Quincy, Ill. "The bottom line is that if the fit factor isn't there, retention won't follow. Building systems and processes that screen for fit by tracking skills, clinical preferences, personality, and location and family considerations is essential."
Physicians often "come home" to practice, choosing a health system near where they grew up, trained, or were licensed. Hospital leaders can target physicians likely to settle in the area and foster relationships with them well before a hiring campaign heats up.
The best candidates are likely to be:
Creating long-term relationships with these candidates requires a strategy of scheduled communications. Health systems should tailor their communications to each candidate's preference, identifying the right frequency (monthly, quarterly, yearly), content (job-related, branding, community news) and medium (email, phone, direct mail, social media).
Rather than relying on email files and documents maintained on individual desktop computers, the health system should keep centralized, online electronic files for each candidate, including a detailed history of communications and commentary on his or her fit for the organization.
"Physician recruiting requires extraordinary organization and an ability to find and act on information quickly," says Mike Fitzner, director of physician recruitment at War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste Marie, Mich. "Having an in-house system to automatically track and manage everything associated with candidate screening, pre-credentialing, and referencing has helped our hospital save hundreds of thousands of dollars in external recruitment fees."
Fitzner and his staff use their database to track all interactions with individual physicians-from emails and interview notes to contracts and offer letters.
Hiring strategy: Focus on the physician's emotional needs and wants. Once an opportunity has been created, the physician recruitment department and hospital leaders should screen candidates by taking into account the physician's emotional needs and wants. During the screening process, a consistent method should be applied to each candidate (see the sidebar below). The recruiter should identify issues with the candidate's work history and discuss them early and openly. The physician recruiter also should meet with the candidate's spouse to understand the family's needs and concerns. All conversations should be captured and made available to decision makers so they can personalize their conversations with the candidates.
"Deliberate selection of new physicians who fit the organization is critical to retention," says Debbie Gleason, physician development administrator at The Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Neb., and president-elect of the Association of Staff Physician Recruiters.
Another way to build strong relationships is by providing a well-organized outline of the job requirements, details on the health system structure and goals, an overview of its culture, mission, and core values, and a snapshot of the greater community. Make it easy for candidates to evaluate the organization and shape their views and impressions.
Focus on the little things that leave a lasting impression. Physician recruiters should use software that helps them stay organized and responsive. Questions should be answered immediately and feedback should be shared with all decision makers. Concerns should be identified and responses cataloged. Next steps should be outlined and followed through. The decision-making process should be clearly communicated.
Draft versions of contracts should be made available to the physician prior to the interview to allow both sides to quickly work through any concerns or issues. Recruiting strategy: Invest in physician recruitment as a core competency. With the dramatic increase in physicians employed by health systems, the shortage of physicians available to be recruited has worsened. As a result, many health systems recognize the need to develop physician recruitment as a core competency.
According to the 2011 Association of Staff Physician Recruiters' (ASPR) In-House Physician Recruitment Benchmarking Report, a typical healthcare organization conducts an average of 18 searches per year (including physicians and advanced practice providers). This number is comparable to the average number of searches performed annually by physician recruiters, which range from 13 to 23.
"An in-house physician recruitment professional offers unique and crucial insight into the organization's mission, culture, and goals for prospective physicians," Gleason says.
Health system leaders should provide the physician recruitment office with the resources they need to be successful, including staffing and technology, and then hold them accountable. The ASPR report found healthcare organizations hire about one in-house physician recruiter, on average, for every 50 employed physicians.
Recruitment expenses should be tracked so the health system can determine the cost to recruit an individual candidate and to fill an open position by individual facility and by physician type. These costs, along with projections for the number of expected hires, should then feed the next budgeting cycle.
"By tracking everything from referrals to expenses, we not only increase our efficiency, but also provide key data to leadership," says Joey Klein, senior physician recruiter for Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. "After examining advertising costs versus results, we found that 65 percent of our ad expenses were returning only 3 percent of our sourced candidates." That equaled a cost per sourced candidate that was more than four times the sum of all other ad sources combined.
"We can now aim at high-quality and low-cost avenues that we would never have been able to consider before," Klein says.
Onboarding strategy: Create an early warning system and self-evaluation for new hires. A physician's experience within the first 90 days of employment can greatly affect his or her long-term job satisfaction.
Creating a highly structured process of gathering feedback and responding to a physician's early needs can foster loyalty by building physicians' perceptions of the organization as being well-run with a supportive and caring culture. It also minimizes "buyer's remorse" and the second-guessing that comes with any significant life-changing decision.
To effectively manage the onboarding process, physician recruiters and physician liaisons should conduct online satisfaction surveys. The online survey, designed to complement verbal conversations, offers a nonthreatening way for physicians to communicate any concerns or issues.
The first survey should take place immediately after the physician joins the health system. It should gather information on why the physician took the job and what he or she regards as important. Roughly 30 days after the physician's start date, the health system should gather feedback on the onboarding process, orientation, and other basics.
After 90 days, another survey should focus on the new hires' comfort with the work environment and culture, as well as the extent to which they feel their expectations have been met.
For physicians who relocate, how they adapt to the community-and how their spouses and families adapt-can have a significant impact on their job satisfaction and relationship with the health system. Spouses should be surveyed-online, via telephone, or in person-after six to 12 months to gauge their satisfaction and identify any issues.
All issues should be tracked and resolved in a timely fashion. Resolutions should be reported to management. Programs also should be created to manage any trends of issues identified in the surveys.
Kelly Ford, director of medical staff affairs for HSHS Medical Group in Springfield, Ill., says the organization's physician survey initiative saves money. "Although the survey process and its related activities are the human touches of our physician retention program, the reality is that these activities fully impact our bottom line," says Ford. "Ensuring that our new providers and their families are happy and well-adjusted means we don't spend money on recruiting replacements. Also, our patient volumes and revenues aren't negatively affected by provider departures-we maintain the continuity and growth of our practices."
Creating a physician liaison program can serve as another way for personal feedback between physicians and the health system. A semiannual meeting should allow discussion of updates on the health system, new service lines being offered, and any concerns the physician may have. The liaison should document all conversations and outcomes and make these notes accessible to leaders.
Onboarding strategy: Create a mentoring program. Mentoring programs can be instrumental not only in improving the quality of patient care, but also in strengthening relationships and connections between physicians and the health system. The programs also allow new physicians to seek advice and can help communicate the health system's mission and culture, thereby also creating an opportunity for social connections with physicians and their spouses.
Mentors should be presented with information on the new physician's needs, wants, and concerns. The mentors should be matched by not only medical discipline, but also their ability to help build relationships. Maintaining a strong database can facilitate matching.
"A structured new-physician mentoring program provides the perfect opportunity to pass on the legacy of the organization or move the culture in a new direction," Nebraska Medical Center's Gleason says. "Ideally, mentoring of a new physician begins before the physician's start date, providing a jump start for the practice's success. One-on-one discussions provide opportunities for a mentor to influence attitudes and behaviors in a way that is mutually beneficial to the new physician and the organization. Ensuring new physicians understand the essence of the organization and know how to tap into the resources available to them can contribute to building an alliance with them, enhancing retention."
Gleason also notes that a new feedback can provide valuable insight into best practices from other institutions, and can help strengthen the ongoing relationship by providing information on the physician's career goals.
An abundance of research has focused on the need for job candidates to make a good first impression on employers, but there has been little attention given to the need for employers to make a strong impression on prospective employees. In the competitive world of physician recruitment, the first impressions a health system makes on physicians become critical in shaping and influencing the long-term relationship between the organization and the physician.
Setting the right tone as an organized, efficient, responsive employer during the recruiting process is the best way to create a first impression that will begin to foster loyalty and evoke a positive emotional connection with the health system.
Through an approach predicated on nurturing of a long-term relationship, and intently focused on fit and emotional needs throughout the hiring and onboarding processes, health systems can build physician recruitment as a core competency and establish lasting strong relationships and emotional attachments with their physicians.
Jason Crepeau is physician recruitment solutions leader at HealthcareSource, Woburn, Mass., and was previously CEO at Medearc Physician Recruitment Software (email@example.com).
5 Steps for Screening Candidates
1. Gain a thorough understanding of the physician's motivation for seeking a new opportunity (e.g., income, call schedule, location).
2. Understand any background issues he/she may have (e.g., prior suspended or restricted licenses, malpractice claims or settlements).
3. Speak with the physician's spouse to understand his/her needs and wants in a new location (e.g., whether the spouse also will need to find employment).
4. Check references prior to bringing the candidate on site.
5. Perform a background check prior to the first site visit.
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Flat Hubby
by Paige
If you're like me, then your hubby travels A LOT! I miss him terribly, but I know he misses my son and I more…. sitting alone in his hotel room at night! To wave those lonely moments, I took the elementary activity, Flat Stanley, and created a FUN spin-off with Flat Hubby! For those of you who aren't familiar, you can check out http://www.flatstanley.com/about for the full 411!
What is Flat Hubby!?
Flat Hubby is your "step-in" husband while your real one is away. He is a paper doll replica of your cutie, made for easy transportation to all your days' activities. While you're out and about, take pictures of you (and your kids) with the paper doll and text them to your hubby so he feels like he's right there with you! My hubby LOVES getting pictures throughout the day and it makes his trip much easier!
Making YOUR Flat Hubby
EASY! Here's a material list:
- Neutral colored paper
- 2 pieces of patterned or colorful paper
- A picture of your CUTIE
- Glue and Scissors
- On the neutral piece of paper, draw an outline of a person OR find a picture of a body you can trace.
- Using your two patterned or colorful pieces of paper, make a t-shirt and pants for your hubby. (I'm sure we all like our Hubby's nude, but NOT in public! )
- Cut out your cutie's face, from the picture you selected, to use for the paper doll's head. You can draw a face if you'd like… but I prefer the REAL thing!
- Lastly, glue the clothing and face to the body… and VOILA you have your Flat Hubby!
** Remember, your flat hubby doesn't have to be perfect, just like your real hubby, you love him for his flaws and ALL!
NOW, take fun pictures with your HANDSOME paper doll and text them to your honey! He'll LOVE that you've thought about him enough to include him (any way possible) in your daily activities!
Check out the Miss U Card, by Erika, as another way to show your hubby you're thinking of him while he's away!
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That is such a fun idea! I love that your husband will never know where his 'flat hubby' will be when he gets those pictures throughout the day.
My husband has conferences out of town once a year and usually I go with the kids. I was thinking this would be so fun to do when daddy's in meetings and we are touring around the town:)
I know this is a site devoted to making your special someone feel that little bit more awesome throughout his day – but this post brought up a question on the flip side of that.
What tips or tricks would you recommend for the lady who's on the other end of her man's work trip? The girl who misses him like crazy, and needs something to keep him in her day between garbled phone calls (damn poor reception!)… she (I) needs his presence and some ideas to keep me sane.
Hey KP! I totally understand how hard it is while your man is away! Here's one idea. My mother-in-law lives far from us…and misses her only grandson. So everyday, since he was born, I've text her a new picture. Ask your man to text you a quick picture of himself everyday while he's away! That way you have something new each day to smile about until he returns!
so funny!! I am going to do this!! My husband travels a lot!!!
Love it! I did this when last minute my man was not able to go on a roadtrip with my friend and I. If you hold the photo just right, it will look like he is really there in each moment. Check out the first photo on this link
I'm giggling, but I'm totally going to do this. So fun!
I LOVE this idea! I loved it when my kids did Flat Stanley, it was great!
This is tender. It would be a great idea for military families or ones with dad's who travel a lot. I actually am going to use this on my upcoming trip. My husband has a business trip to San Fran, and although I'm going with him and leaving our 2 girls behind, he will be in meetings allllll day while I sightsee. I'll shall make 3, my hubby and my 2 girls. Haha
My kids are going to go nuts over this one! My hubby doesn't travel for work, but the kids and I do enough fun things without him and it would be fun for us to pretend he's there.
My husband travels all over the country and we miss him terribly. When he came home I showed him this and he thought it was such a fun idea! Flat daddy even went to school with our teenager son and his friends had fun with it too! Great great idea to make it feel like he is home when he is so far away. In the evenings we set him on the couch like hes watching TV with us.
Love this idea! My husband travels a lot for business, so I'm going to make a Flat Wife for him so I can "visit" all of the awesome places with him!
I loved this idea but….my husband is sick of traveling, he hates coming home on the weekends to see how much the kids have grown. We used to Skype but he said that makes it harder to be gone when we hang up. I ran the Flat Husband by him and he said, "Great, so now I can see all the fun your having that I can't be there for". Is that selfish? Or just sad for him that he hates being gone so much? My two kids and I do miss him but I work full time, am going to school and they have school so being very busy keeps our minds off it. Any more suggestions to help him not miss us so much without maybe showing him what he is missing?
Hi Crystal!!! I'm sorry…traveling gets exhausting so I don't blame him! He may be bummed to see all the fun stuff you are doing while he's not there but on the other side of the coin, he won't be going a whole week without seeing the kids if you do decide to create a flat hubby and text pics to him! Also, it might make him smile to see the silly/fun things they are doing…making his week easier. Another idea may be to save some of those things for the weekend…or pick them up to bring home for a treat that night. For example… if you and the kiddos go out for ice cream, pick up some to bring home for him or pick up enough to store in the freezer so you all can enjoy them later, together!
Hope those ideas help!!!!
Haha what a cute idea :0
I absolutely love this idea! I'm in the 2nd year of a long distance relationship with my boyfriend who is in the army! Wish I had found this a long time ago. I will be making one very soon!
so great! We are familiar with Flat Stanley b/c the 4th graders here all create one and send one out of town for some vacation time. My sweet husband is out of town right now and I came here looking for an idea or two to let him know we are thinking of him. Thanks!! He already got his first flat hubby pic. This is going to be fun and make the time apart go much more quickly. Our daughter is also spending her first early Christmas season away from home so I made a Flat Kathleen for her to go along on with us while we prepare for her homecoming and Christmas.
My hubby LOVES this idea! He travels a lot and so I use it often! I'm so glad you can use it too and what a great idea to make one of your daughter while she is away! You can make a Flat anybody and have fun with it….i just love that!
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John Tavares scored five goals and added seven assists on a milestone night, as the Buffalo Bandits defeated the Columbus Landsharks, 19-16, at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus.
Tavares' second goal was his 400th of his career. The Bandits were also led by Jonas Derks (4g, 0a), and Jason Crosbie (4g, 2a). Steve Dietrich picked up the win in goal for the Bandits.
Pat Maddalena led the Landsharks offense with three goals.
The victory puts the Bandits in first place with a 5-1 record. Next week Buffalo looks to avenge their only loss of the season, as they host the Toronto Rock at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo. The loss drops Columbus to 5-2, good for second place in the tightly contested Central Division. The Landsharks play at Calgary next Friday.
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LOS ANGELES, CA — The latest river cruise company to bring U.S. travelers to the fairytale riverways of Europe comes by way of Australia. Scenic Cruises, which has been popular with its native Australian market is now making heads turn in the U.S. with a fleet of gleaming new "Space-Ships." The latest in the line is called The Jewel, which just launched last week in Amsterdam. The 169-passenger vessel is the seventh in the fleet and presents a new kind of luxury for the cruise crowd: the "fully-inclusive" vacation.
That means that from the time guests land at the airport in Europe, and are greeted by one of the company's transportation staff, to the time they are dropped back for departure, all elements of their cruise vacation are taken care of: dining, excursions, transport, guiding and tipping – all of it.
But beyond the all-inclusive sheen, the Jewel offers much more luxury in a trend that seems to be heating up in the uber-competitive river cruise business. As the latest in the line, which includes The Ruby, The Sapphire, The Pearl, The Emerald and The Diamond, The Crystal, The Jewel is considered a "Space-Ship" by company lingo (mostly referring to the spacious accommodations that range from 160 to 325 square feet) with many upgrades not found on other lines. For instance, each cabin on The Jewel comes with a push-button sun lounge. That means each cabin has a sun terrace that is enclosed by a moving window to make it a cozy solarium and part of the room in cold weather, and an open glass balcony in warm weather when the top glass comes down with the push of a button. The ship's 85 cabins come with 32-inch televisions that also serve as computers. Find clean glassed-in bathroom, decent closet space, plenty of outlets (220 volts) and a small fridge stocked with unending bottles of beer, European wine and chocolates, chips and mineral waters. Beds are amazingly comfortable with large down pillows (and there is a pillow menu available) and high threadcount European-milled linens.
Guests get a daily choice of tours – usually a guided walking tour, guided bicycling tour (the ship carries 10 motorized bicycles onboard for use by guests anytime), a trip to a museum or site of historical significance and an on-your-own option available at all times by GPS programmed listening gadgets able to point out places of interest as you walk near them (each cabin stocks two of these with ear phones).
Each cabin is attended by a resident butler who manages an array of needs beyond serving morning coffee and afternoon cocktails. And unlike other lines, a tip for these efforts is not even on the table.
And that goes for the dining. Dinners come with an assortment of wines, including French and German labels and there are two special dinner options for guests during their cruise: a sumptuous multi-course wine pairing degustation (with lots of foie gras), and then there is a boutique Italian venue served in a scenic, roped off area of the lounge with Chiantis and Pinots, great views and hovering service.
For lunch diners can also try the lounge, which serves sandwiches, soups, salad and hot plates bistro style and is always available for cocktails. Again, all is without charge.
Other meals are buffet and table in a capacious, single sitting dining venue.
All ships, family-owned and designed, are more or less the same build and size with same upgraded amenities, layout and decor, except for the Emerald, which is now positioned on the Seine and needs to be smaller (126 passengers) to be viable for that route.
Itineraries start at eight days. Cruises run from Istanbul to Amsterdam to France and Russia. Currently, an all-inclusive eight-day river cruise on the Danube starts at $3,455 per person, double and some cruises start as low as $2,460. Some of the longer itineraries come with a special offering of free flights to Europe.
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$A lower as investors take profits from recent rallyPUBLISHED: 14 Dec 2012 09:04:23 | UPDATED: 14 Dec 2012 09:05:39PRINT EDITION: 14 Dec 2012
The Australian dollar has fallen more than a third of a US cent as investors take profits following recent rallies.
At 0700 AEDT on Friday, the currency was trading at 105.15 US cents down from 105.52 cents on Thursday afternoon.
Westpac New Zealand senior market strategist Imre Speizer said investors were taking profits following recent gains in the Australian dollar, which rose by more than one US cent between Tuesday and Thursday.
Negative sentiment surrounding US debt talks overnight offset a positive response to the US Federal Reserve's announcement of fresh stimulus measures, Mr Speizer said.
US politicians are trying to reach an agreement on measures to bring down the country's deficit while avoiding a "fiscal cliff" of tax hikes and spending cuts due to apply from 2013.
"The big positive was the Fed announcement, the big negative was the impasse in the fiscal cliff talks so they kind of cancelled each other out last night," he said.
"Put those together and it would have made sense for some buyers to take profits."
Mr Speizer said the Australian dollar was likely to continue to move lower on Friday, possibly falling to 104.70 US cents by the weekend.
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Editor's note: For more information on financing your franchise, go to financing options.
It takes a substantial amount of money to buy a franchise, not to mention cover the costs of supplies, overhead and, in some cases, building a location. Understandably, many franchisees find that kind of capital tough to secure. But rest assured: If you're considering buying a franchise, money doesn't have to be an object. Throw away any preconceived notions about needing to be born rich or have $1 million in savings to get into franchising-these franchisees are living proof that a dream, perseverance and financing options can create a perfect recipe for franchise ownership.
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When Stan Harris tried to purchase his Charlotte, North Carolina, Great Wraps, he had no luck securing a loan from financial institutions to fund his wrapped-sandwich restaurant. Even the bank where he worked as a mutual funds sales representative rejected his loan application. No banks provided Harris a formal reason for not approving the loan, other than they were unable to fund such a project.
His frustration mounted. "I put a lot of time and effort into creating my business plan and trying to make this happen," says Harris, 44. Rather than give up, he forged ahead, fired up by his belief that the wrap concept would explode in popularity in the near future.
"It's been my lifelong dream to own and operate my own business," says Harris. Growing up in Detroit, "most people thought once you graduated from high school, your only alternative was to work for GM or the other big car manufacturers," he recalls. "My father wanted me to avoid that path." Consequently, when it came to pursuing his franchisee dreams, even in the face of financial hurdles, Harris says he "was very persistent."
In all the time he spent pounding the pavement from one bank to another, Harris never stopped to consider the financial risk involved in making the move from employee to franchisee. "Honestly, I only thought about opening up my Great Wraps and being successful," says Harris. He hoped his change of career could also provide his children with future opportunities.
Harris' luck turned around the very day he was turned down by the last bank he applied at. He had heard about community development lender Self-Help Credit Union and called them up immediately. With a mission to create ownership and economic opportunities for women, minorities, rural residents and low-income families, Self-Help asked Harris to tell them the actual costs of the franchise and location. After Harris came up with a number-$200,000-the SBA underwrote a loan through Self-Help to finance him as long as he came up with 20 percent of the sum, which he gathered from his savings and 401(k).
Harris' experience taught him that loan approval requires several components: an excellent business plan, good credit and the ability to contribute a portion of the financing. "I've learned that everyone wants to know what you're willing to put on the table before they're willing to make a contribution," says Harris. He also received some sage advice from his wife: "To have people believe in your dream, you have to believe in yourself." He's glad he went the extra mile to make that dream a reality.
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After the initial backup is complete, all subsequent backups are incremental. That means Time Machine copies only files that have changed since the previous backup. All of this happens automatically in the background as long as you are connected to your backup disk.
Tips for your first backup
- You should let the initial back up process complete without interruption.
- If you're using a portable Mac, leave it in the same room as AirPort Time Capsule for best performance (and leave your computer connected to an AC power outlet). Also, for your backup to initiate automatically, a portable Mac's power cord must be connected to an AC outlet.
- AirPort Time Capsule also serves as a full-featured Wi-Fi base station. So, if you're adding AirPort Time Capsule to an existing wireless network, you'll want to set it as your primary base station, rather than as a network client. That way, you benefit from its faster performance.
- If you have an Ethernet cable, you can perform the initial backup via Ethernet for the fastest performance. Simply plug the Ethernet cable into one of AirPort Time Capsule's Ethernet ports and the other into your Mac's Ethernet port.
- In the Sharing pane of System Preferences, make sure a name is entered in the "Computer Name:" field.
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- From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
- Choose View > Time Machine.
- Set Time Machine to On if it is off.
- Select your AirPort Time Capsule as the backup destination. (If you're not automatically prompted to do this--because you've used a different backup disk, for example--click Select Backup Disk..., pick the AirPort Time Capsule desired, then click "Use Disk".)
- In the pop up window that appears, enter the password for your AirPort Time Capsule.
- Click Connect.
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Each Innovation Accelerator project begins with the development of an initial scoping document outlining the venture's initial opportunity/problem statement, the project goals, and the deliverables. The scoping document is written by the faculty mentors in conjunction with the venture's management and serves as the project charter. A separate agreement outlines the responsibilities of the each party and ensures confidentiality of the venture's intellectual property.
The project teams are composed of three to five students, guided by faculty mentors with industry/venture experience. Many team members are MBA students -- often with industry experience – while others might be Ph.D. students with specialized knowledge and skill sets in engineering, the sciences, or other complementary technologies and disciplines. Team members are expected to devote to the IA an amount of time consistent with that associated with a six-credit course (in addition to their other academic requirements).
Projects time lines coincide with each academic semester, begin with an initial client meeting, and end with delivery of the project charter deliverables to the venture's senior management team. Weekly conference calls keep venture management apprised of the team's progress and provide a forum for regular interchange.


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A little bit of information and some images of the "wild" oil of oregano that I purchased from Ebay. It has a nice spicy taste with a hint of lemon.
The information says you can take 2 – 4 drops twice daily for starters which is recommended. You can have this directly under the tongue or with your drinking water or juice. I prefer to take it under the tongue, let it sit for 30 seconds and chase it with regular water. There is no particular brand that I would recommend since I am not selling or marketing this essential oil. Browse around on Ebay or Amazon and look for Wild/Organic/Nongmo sources. I found out that the best brands are sourced from Turkey. Be your own judge when making a purchase, and make sure its the oil that can be taken orally if you want to ingest it daily.


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December 2005 - One year after the tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands, there is progress to report. Houses are being rebuilt, businesses are operating, and communities are becoming whole again. But given the enormity of the disaster, many challenges remain.
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Reports on Tsunami Recovery
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Communities shape own recovery
Lists of goods and houses lost were drawn up and endorsed by community members in Cuddalore. Most boats, nets and engines have been replaced. 55,000 families are moving into newly built houses.
Full Brief
Massive reconstruction underway
Some 55,000 houses were destroyed by the tsunami in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry alone. By mid-next year, most of those who lost their homes will have moved into modern new housing.
Survivors back in business
With livelihoods being restored in India's eastern coast, the next step is upgrading infrastructure. But reconstruction has left the area with too many boats which could affect long-term fishing.
Local officials, key to saving lives
A week after the tsunami, almost all casualties had been recovered in Nagapattinam, water and electricity was restored, looting avoided, and the threat of an outbreak of disease had disappeared.
Key Statistics on Tsunami Recovery in India
Survivors lead and rebuild
Tsunami victims have revived their businesses and social networks in Galle, Sri Lanka, thanks to the role of local leaders like K.G. Nadeeka Dilan, mechanic who found himself in this new role.
Local leaders gave shelter, hope
Survivors sought refuge in temples after the tsunami. In Ahangama, providing food and shelter became the task of local leaders. Chief priest the Reverend Rakava Assaji Thero was one of them.
Grants help start anew
Grants of $50 to over 200,000 tsunami-affected families injected money in the economy and helped people kick start their livelihoods even before reconstruction began. L.W. Chandrakanthi was among the recepients.
Limited data and growing concerns
As of November 2005, some 10,000 houses damaged by the tsunami outside the "buffer zone" have been repaired or rebuilt. A further 55,000 houses are currently under construction.
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Movie Review: Hope Springs – Is Change Possible?
By Julia Flood
Hope Springs, starring Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones, portrays couples therapy as a way to mend a broken marriage. If you have seen or heard about the movie, you may be wondering whether couples therapy could work to improve the love relationship in your life. As the wife asks her friend at the outset of the film, "Is it possible to change one's marriage?" The friend's answer is an unequivocal "No!" Despite this discouragement, what follows is a full-fledged effort at couples therapy in the form of a week-long out-of-town therapy intensive.
As a couples therapist many people have asked me what I thought of the film. First of all, I liked it! The movie is serious but hopeful. I was pleased it wasn't a sappy romantic comedy saturated with slapstick, or making fun of psychological struggles. It's also not an engineered tearjerker, or a cynical exposé of professional malpractice. But since this is after all a Hollywood fiction, how does it compare to reality?
First the caveat: Week-long intensives are not the most common format for couples therapy, and the attitudinal changes depicted can hardly be imagined as taking place over the course of a single week. And even if they did, the film itself touched on another problem: sustaining the changes back home, in your regular routine environment. There is certainly a case to be made for less intensive but regular therapy sessions over a sustained time period. What about the therapist's approach though? Is this typical? In reality there is a broad spectrum of appropriate therapeutic styles and interventions, and therefore any couples therapist you might ask would likely have suggestions on what they might have done similarly or differentially to assist the partners in improving their intimacy, sexual and otherwise.
What is certainly realistic is the depiction of the couple's dynamic – they aren't fighting, but their tension and avoidance is palpable, and both partners' inner turmoil becomes more and more apparent as the film progresses. Meryl Streep's and Tommy Lee Jones' performances are stellar as usual, and if the relationship does not remind you of your own, then it probably will remind you of somebody else's. In my therapy practice it is certainly common! I also appreciated the depiction of the ups and downs, setbacks and failures of therapeutic work, and the partners' willingness to "get back on the saddle" the next day.


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