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A new police report says the first thing a pregnant South Carolina woman said after driving a minivan carrying her three young children into the ocean surf off Florida was that she was abused by her husband.
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The report released Monday says a Daytona Beach safety officer asked Ebony Wilkerson if she was injured after she swerved the car into the ocean last week. Wilkerson responded with the abuse allegation.
Wilkerson is being held on $1.2 million bail. She is charged with three counts of attempted murder and three counts of child abuse.
Wilkerson, 32, had a dependency hearing on Monday involving the custody of her kids.
Wilkerson's public defender, James Purdy, told Local 6 a judge will decide if her children will stay in state custody, be placed in foster care or go to stay with relatives.
Wilkerson, 32, was arrested at Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach on three counts of premeditated attempted first-degree murder and three counts of child abuse, Volusia County Sheriff Ben Johnson said at a news conference.
Her children -- ages 3, 9 and 10 -- were not seriously injured in the incident and were rescued by beach officials and onlookers. The children were placed in the custody of the Florida Department of Children and Families.
One of the children said that Wilkerson, who is 27 weeks pregnant, locked the doors of the van, put the windows up and drove into the surf, saying she was doing it to "keep all of us safe."
One of the children told another officer that their mother was "sleepwalking."
Both attorneys for the state and Wilkerson argued about if the children will be placed in foster care or with relatives. The judge could make a decision within the next month.
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Contrary to previous research, a new study has suggested that cancer cells don't move through the body in a slow, aimless fashion like a drunken person.
This pattern, called a random walk, may hold true for cells traveling across two-dimensional lab containers, but Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that for cells moving through three-dimensional spaces within the body, the "drunken" model doesn't hold true.
To address this dimensional disagreement, the study's authors have produced a new mathematical formula that they say better reflects the behavior of cells migrating through 3D environments.
Denis Wirtz, the university's vice provost for research, said the discovery reinforces the current shift toward studying how cells move in three dimensions.
His lab team has conducted earlier studies showing that that cells in 2D and 3D environments behave differently, which affects how cancer migrates within the body.
Wirtz said that cancer cells that break away from a primary tumor will seek out blood vessels and lymph nodes to escape and metastasize to distant organs.
For a long time, researchers have believed that these cells make their way to these blood vessels through random walks, but the new study shows that they do not, Wirtz said.
Instead, they saw that these cells will follow more direct, almost straight-line trajectories, which gives them a more efficient way to reach blood vessels and spread cancer, he said.
For researchers trying to understand how metastasis occurs, he added, this discovery has critical implications.
The study is published in the Proceedings of the American Academy of Sciences.
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Is Greece known for crocheted textiles? It was simply fascinating watching the show and I would love to take a look at some "native Greek" crochet patterns and designs. Have any recommendations or sources?
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Observers don't have to look beyond East Tennessee to find a labor shortage in technical and scientific fields like engineering.
Pellissippi State Community College's initiatives this year are helping to stem that shortage by giving prospective students more options for affordable, flexible education and training in engineering technology.
The initiatives include apprenticeship programs and a proposal under way for a new degree program in Sustainable Technology.
Working with local industry, Pellissippi State is creating apprenticeships that can deliver instruction online, on campus or at a company's site. The length of the apprenticeship depends on the company's needs.
"A lot of employers like the fact that they can set up a one-year or a four-year program," said Pat Riddle, an associate professor in Engineering Technology.
The apprenticeships combine on-the-job training with classroom instruction. Companies are investing in their workers to bolster staff, as record numbers of baby boomers prepare to retire. Employers also view a broader field of competition than their county or state.
"The global economy—we've talked about it," said Riddle. "It's here today." The apprenticeship opportunities are anticipated to expand throughout the region.
Collaboration among employers, Pellissippi State's Engineering Technology faculty and staff, and its Business and Community Services Division is making the apprenticeships possible.
Pellissippi State faculty, meanwhile, are solidifying the curriculum for the Sustainable Technology degree program, according to Greg Armour, a Pellissippi State instructor and an architect. The college plans to submit the program proposal to the Tennessee Board of Regents, the school's governing body, this year.
In addition to the apprenticeship and green degree program initiatives, new agreements with the Tennessee Technology centers will set a clear path for students who want to pursue an associate's degree in Engineering Technology at Pellissippi State.
The college's Engineering Technology degree program spans a range of disciplines. Students can pursue a concentration in Civil Engineering, Electrical Construction Management, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Maintenance, Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering.
In the midst of all the changes, Engineering Technology students are getting ready for the annual Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' SouthEastCon Robotic Hardware competition on March 15-18 in Orlando, Fla. Carl Mallette, a Pellissippi State professor in Engineering Technology, is the group's advisor. Ken Swayne, also an Engineering Tech professor, works with the students on their entries as well.
This is the club's fourth year in the competition. Pellissippi State's Engineering Technology students often place in a field of competition, even though most of the teams are from four-year universities.
Next year, the Engineering Technology program has an accreditation visit scheduled with the Association of Technology, Management and Applied Engineering.
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Naples Soap Co. awash in success with three stores
From cherry almond, orange hibiscus, to triple chocolate sundae and ocean breeze, Naples Soap Co.'s customers can indulge their senses.
Using a dab of wild jasmine sea salt scrub, employee Kiely Bernhardt performed a hand scrub on Steve Deneen and his wife, Patty, at the well-lighted, cashmere gray and mystic green wall store in Tin City.
Smiling, Patty Deneen tells her husband that it isn't only for women.
The scrub, which is preformed free, removed dead skin cells and left their hands soft.
The couple, of Louisville, Ky., are frequent customers of the Naples store when they're in town.
"I like everything about it," Patty Deneen, 51, said. "We like to support locals."
Native Floridian Deanna Kelly opened the Naples Soap Co. after having searched with no luck for a solution to her daughter's eczema. Kelly, who also suffers from eczema, created products formulated to alleviate chronic dry skin, including eczema, psoriasis and acne. All of the products are natural and organic skin care products.
"I don't give medical advice, all I can do is share my stories, which are the successes of using these products," Kelly, a former nurse, said.
Kelly strives to make skin care affordable.
Made from a shea-butter base, the sea salt soap, $8, is the top seller.
Sea salt soap has become very popular with many local customers, including those who suffer from eczema and psoriasis. The sea salt soap is also used by local radiation oncologists for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiation, Kelly said.
The fine-grain found in the sea salt soaps exfoliates skin without irritating maladies.
Customer are reporting amazing results after a couple uses, Kelly said.
The unscented, color-less bar is also great for men. Men can use the soap as a luxurious lather instead of shaving creams with propylene glycol, which is the same as anti-freeze, Kelly said.
Naples Soap Co. started in November 2009 with a 300-square-foot store in Tin City, and has grown to three retail stores, with two additional shops in Fort Myers' River District and Fishermen's Village, Punta Gorda.
In addition, the store has a wholesale division office where all the products come in, on Taylor Road.
Kelly said she credits her endurance and creative marketing ideas for the success of her business, even during the recession.
"Honestly, the business has a mind of its own and the business is growing," Kelly said.
Kelly adds that the company listened to customers and responded to the demand very quickly.
Naples Soap Co. is at the $1 million mark in sells, up 40 percent from last year, she said.
Kelly has a radio show, "The Soap Dish," and attends several local green markets to guide shoppers to her store. The radio show, formally on WGUF-FM 98.9, recently moved to FOX-FM 92.5. The program, which addresses toxic chemicals in everyday personal care products, airs every Saturday from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m.
Recently, the Collier County Economic Development Council's Excellence in Industry Awards honored the Naples Soap Co. with the Entrepreneurship Award. The EDC's Entrepreneurship Award is given to a company less than five years old that sets the standard for entrepreneurship and creativity.
Kelly plans to increase whole sale distribution nationally.
Currently, Naples Soap Co. is putting together a franchise model for retail. In addition, the company is working with an agent to syndicate the radio show to take air nationally, she said.
Shoppers can browse through dozens of products made with natural and organic ingredients, including shea and cocoa butters, aloe vera and olive oil. Products are neatly arranged on white shelves and counters, or in vases, steel buckets and tins throughout the store.
Product prices range from $5 to $180. Naples Soap Co.'s can also print any logo or names on its soaps.
Judy Lyle, a Naples first-time customer, purchased bath bombs since she is having company and liked the idea of round soap balls fizzing and dissolving Alka-Seltzer-like in a tub.
Lyle's husband, John, said they would return to the store for Christmas gifts.
The couple bought three bath bombs: lemon sugar, French lime blossom and jasmine grapefruit, all for $12.
Several minutes later, the Deneens bought an apricot peach sea salt scrub for $22, Florida sunrise/sunset sea salt soap and peppermint sea salt soap for $14, a promotion of two for $14, regular price is $8.50.
Their daughters, ages 22 and 18, also like the store products. The Deneens recently ordered products, which were gift-wrapped in cardboard and raffia, online for their daughter's bridesmaids gifts.
While walking out the door, Deneen couldn't resist to sniff the colorful loofa bars.
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While a perfect match was hard for me (a veteran of multiple color disasters) to imagine, as it turns out Clairol makes good on this particular promise. Using the broadly-named "dark brown" shade, I slipped on the rubber gloves, mixed up the color in the plastic tray provided, and applied to dry hair with the handy little application brush. The color went exactly where it was supposed to, with relatively little fuss or muss. The best part? After rinsing out and blowdrying, my roots matched seamlessly with the rest of my hair (which had been salon colored previously), and here I am a week later, with my roots still looking great. Which means I can wait just a little longer for my next full color, which in the long run saves me some dough. Which makes me happy.
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1/2 - 12 oz. can frozen orange juice concentrate
While it has no Irish ties and isn't naturally green, the recipe Spencer Blake uses for Orange Julius can fit right in with your green feast (and it's great when it's boring ol' orange, too).
Orange Julius
1/2 - 12 oz. can frozen orange juice concentrate
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup green milk (or white is fine, too)
1 cup water
1 t vanilla
1 tray ice cubes (about 14)
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TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - Bernadette Macias, 35, has been identified as the victim in a fatal collision. Police seek assistance from the public in identifying the driver in the collision from May 19.
Sgt. Chris Widmer tells KGUN9 that according to witnesses and evidence, officers have determined a Silver 2005 Jeep Liberty was traveling westbound on Golf Links Road just east of South Swan Road in the early morning hours, when the driver lost control of the vehicle, left the roadway, and struck a tree.
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This January, the Maine Business School and the Foster Center for Student Innovation will join forces to assist the Maine Business Challenge, the brainchild of three recent University of Maine graduates.
The Maine Business Challenge will enable students to compete using their entrepreneurial spirits, as well as their original ideas for business. The winner will receive a $5,000 cash prize and $5,000 worth of consulting services.
2010 graduates Owen McCarthy, Matt Ciampa and James Morin teamed up to start the competition at UMaine and are investing $5,000 of their own money.
"We had great experiences at UMaine and are interested in giving back," Ciampa said.
Owen McCarthy, a 2010 graduate with a degree in biological engineering, said his inspiration came from competitions at other universities, questioning, "Why wasn't this at UMaine?"
Although the program is inspired by competitions at other universities, including Rice University in Houston, Texas, it is "not directly modeled after any of them," Ciampa said.
"We are trying to put our own spin on it and make it unique to the University of Maine," he said.
The university was willing to get on board and assist the program when McCarthy, Ciampa and Morin approached the Maine Business School and Foster Center for Student Innovation.
"They were very enthusiastic about our idea, and both were willing to go far beyond what we were expecting in terms of assisting our program," Ciampa said. "We would not be able to make this a success without their help."
"Owen wanted to make a big difference in students' lives," said Jesse Moriarty, coordinator for the Foster Center for Student Innovation. "It's a labor of love for them."
For now the three graduates remain the sole investors, but the team hopes that "the endowment available for future winners only increases," according to Morin.
Rice University, with a more-established business challenge, gives away more than $1 million in prizes.
"Seeing as we still have student loans to pay off ourselves, we are capped for now," Morin said. "On that note, the funds are run through the Alumni Foundation and do count as a tax deduction for those willing to help in our efforts."
Although the details of the competition are still being worked out, there are no intentions to have this competition be grueling or draining for any student.
"It will not seem like an extra assignment or project for student participants. Overall, we want this to be fun," Ciampa said.
Students from all majors are encouraged to participate. McCarthy anticipates business students will be the best fit but is excited to see students from varying backgrounds participate. The competition is open to both undergraduate and graduate students of the university.
"Hopefully it will encourage students and give them an incentive to think about ideas they have for a business and […] enable them to actually take it to market," Ciampa said.
Maine is "predominantly comprised of small businesses," Ciampa said.
He hopes people from this generation can start successful businesses to make a significant step in for Maine's future.
McCarthy hopes this will affect the future of Maine by driving innovation in business. According to a 2010 Forbes report, the state of Maine was ranked 50th in nation on its Best Places for Businesses and Careers list.
"The way Matt, Owen, and I look at it, […] there is no place else to go but up," Morin said.
The success of the competition at Rice University inspired the team, hoping to help jumpstart businesses in Maine. Morin stressed the fact that the Rice Business Challenge has helped start 120 businesses and helped keep them in business. The hope here is that similar results will come from the Maine Business Challenge.
As of now, most details have not been worked out. Who will judge and choose the winners is still undecided. The main focus lies on "spreading the word, [and] marketing to get interest," said McCarthy.
The center offers free business counseling and coaching for students with business ideas or ideas for new inventions.
Moriarty said "a dozen students have already stopped in to get business counseling on their ideas," and she believes that the competition has been well-received. Her main focus in helping the three alumni on their program is to market the idea.
Although not everyone who competes can win, McCarthy claims it will benefit all who enter.
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The Executive Master of Healthcare Leadership Advisory Committee is comprised of distinguished healthcare leaders and provides guidance to the program directors to help assure the quality, relevance and impact of the program.
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Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs, Professor and Chair of Urology, Howard University
- Peter Andruszkiewicz
President and CEO, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island
- Karen Davis, PhD
Director, Roger C. Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care, Johns Hopkins University
- Constance A. Howes, FACHE, ESQ
Executive Vice President, Women's Health, Care New England Health Center
- William Looney, MPA
Editor in Chief, Pharmaceutical Executive magazine
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Lead Medical Dosimetrist, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Chiledum Ahaghotu, MD, MBA, FACS, EMHL
Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs, Professor and Chair of Urology, Howard University
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Dr. Ahaghotu received his medical degree at the University of Nigeria, graduating with honors. After completing his civil-service responsibilities, he returned to the United States and joined the urology residency program at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics. He also completed an American Cancer Society fellowship in Urologic Oncology while in Iowa. After completing his urologic training, he joined the faculty at Howard University in 1998. He has published extensively in the peer-reviewed publications and secured over three million dollars in research funding during his academic tenure. He holds the inaugural Dr. R. Frank Jones Endowed Professor and Chair of Urology at Howard University and also serves as the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs. Dr. Ahaghotu holds adjunct academic appointments in the Departments of Family and Community Medicine as well as Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has provided urologic instruction to countless medical students as the urology clerkship director at Howard University College of Medicine and has nurtured the budding research interests of rising junior medical students in his role as Director of the Matory-Kiernan summer surgical research fellowship.
Dr. Ahaghotu has held numerous key leadership positions regionally and nationally. He served as President of the Howard University Hospital Medical and Dental Staff, Chairman of the Faculty Practice Plan Physicians Advisory Council, President of the Washington Urologic Society, Chair of the urology section of the National Medical Association and President of the R. Frank Jones Urologic Society. He has been an invited participant in the Institute of Medicine Best Practices Innovation Collaborative Panels. Dr. Ahaghotu also served as one of the nine physician members of CMS's Practicing Physicians Advisory Council (PPAC) and currently sits on the American Urologic Association's Health Policy Council.
Dr. Ahaghotu remains committed to professional development as reflected by his graduate educational pursuits, receiving a Masters in Business Administration in 2013. He is an alumnus of Brown University's Executive Master in Healthcare Leadership program and graduated with the inaugural Class of 2015.
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President and Chief Executive Officer, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island
Peter Andruszkiewicz is president and CEO of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI), the state's largest health insurer with more than 600,000 members. Andruszkiewicz is leading the nonprofit's efforts to improve healthcare delivery, quality and affordability in Rhode Island.
Before joining BCBSRI in May 2011, Andruszkiewicz was president of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, where he spent three years successfully leading operations for the state's largest nonprofit health plan. His 30 years of health insurance expertise include a strong background in sales, marketing and general management at Kaiser, CIGNA HealthCare and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of the National Capital Area (now CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield).
A native of Salem, Massachusetts, Andruszkiewicz graduated from Springfield College in his home state and serves on the college's board of trustees. He is a member of the board of directors of the Rhode Island Quality Institute, the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce, the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Appointed by Governor Chafee, Andruszkiewicz serves on the Commodores, a group of business and civic leaders dedicated to assisting Rhode Island's economic development efforts. In addition, he is a member of the advisory committee of the Brown University Executive Master of Healthcare Leadership program.
Andruszkiewicz and his wife live in Rhode Island and have four grown children.
Karen Davis, PhD
Director, Roger C. Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care, Johns Hopkins University
Karen Davis, Ph.D., was previously president of The Commonwealth Fund, a national philanthropy engaged in independent research on health and social policy issues. Dr. Davis has had a distinguished career in public policy and research. Before joining the Fund, she served as chairman of the Department of Health Policy and Management at The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, where she was also a professor of economics. The first woman to head a US Public Health Service agency, she served as deputy assistant secretary for health policy in the US Department of Health and Human Services from 1977-1980. Prior to that, she was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a visiting scholar at Harvard University, and an assistant professor of economics at Rice University. She has written extensively on health and social policy issues, including the books Health and the War on Poverty: A Ten Year Appraisal, and National Health Insurance: Benefits, Costs, and Consequences.
Dr. Davis received the Baxter Health Services Research Award in 2000, the AcademyHealth Distinguished Investigator Award and the Picker Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Patient Centered Care in 2006. She has been awarded honorary doctorates from Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland Baltimore and Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. She is on the Board of Directors of the Geisinger Health System and Health Plan, an AcademyHealth distinguished fellow, and a member of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. She was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009 and an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 2011.
Constance A. Howes, FACHE, ESQ
Executive Vice President of Women's Health, Care New England Health Center
Constance A. Howes is Executive Vice President of Women's Health for Care New England Health System, the health system comprised of Women & Infants Hospital, Butler Hospital, Kent Hospital, Memorial Hospital and the VNA of Care New England. She recently stepped down after serving for 11 years as President and Chief Executive Officer of Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, the primary teaching affiliate of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University for obstetrics, gynecology and newborn pediatrics, with over 8400 births annually, as well as a number of specialized programs in women's medicine.
Since June, 2011, Ms. Howes has served as the chair of the Governor's Workforce Board, the primary workforce development policy-making body for the State of Rhode Island, with responsibility for developing policies and programs to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the State's workforce development system, increase the education and skill levels of Rhode Island workers, and address the workforce needs of Rhode Island employers. She also serves as chair of Innovation Providence, an affiliate of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce focused on developing the knowledge economy in Rhode Island. Ms. Howes was recently elected to the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association, the national policy and advocacy organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities. She is a past member of the American Hospital Association Regional Policy Board 1, and a past member and past Chair of the American Hospital Association Maternal Child Health Governing Council.
Ms. Howes is also a member of the Board of Directors of Roger Williams University School of Law, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce and the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, a member of Providence College President's Council, and the Rhode Island Commodores. She previously served on the NIH Advisory Committee on Women's Health Research and the executive group of CWISH, the Council of Women and Infants Specialty Hospitals.
Ms. Howes graduated magna cum laude from Kenyon College and received her J.D. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. She is married to R. Kelly Sheridan, a lawyer in Providence, and they are the parents of two adult children.
Brian Napolitano, EMHL
Lead Medical Dosimetrist, Massachusetts General Hospital
EMHL Class of 2015
Brian Napolitano, EMHL, CMD is the Manager of Photon Medical Dosimetry in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. In addition, Mr. Napolitano has previously served as an Adjunct Faculty Member in the MGH/Suffolk University Joint Program in Radiation Sciences since 2005. He is a member of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists, serving as a representative of their Government Relations Committee. Mr. Napolitano also serves on the Suffolk University Medical Dosimetry Program Advisory Committee, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine Task Group on Patient Record Quality Assurance, and several committees within the MGH Department of Radiation Oncology. Mr. Napolitano received his BS in Biological Sciences from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 2000 and earned certification from the Medical Dosimetry Certification Board in 2006. He is an alumnus of Brown University's Executive Master in Healthcare Leadership program and graduated with the inaugural Class of 2015.
William Looney, MPA
Editor in Chief, Pharmaceutical Executive magazine
William Looney is the Editor in Chief of Pharmaceutical Executive magazine, a monthly print and weekly on-line publication with a circulation of approximately 70,000 focused on the "c suite" concerns of senior managers in the biopharmaceutical industry. In addition to editorial content, he is responsible for supporting the magazine through related educational media activities and serving as a thought leader in contacts between the magazine and a wide variety of organizations.
He is a contributor to other major publications, ranging from the Wall Street Journal to Nature, and is a recipient of the American Business Media Association Jesse H. Neal award for excellence in business commentary. Prior to joining Pharmaceutical Executive in August 2009, Mr. Looney served for 11 years as Senior Director at Pfizer, Inc. where he managed the company's public policy issue development, positioning and advocacy activities outside the US. In that capacity, he worked closely with governments, international organizations and the academic and think tank community; coordinated Pfizer CEO relationships with the World Economic Forum, Japan's Nikkei Management Forum and other policy groups; and chaired committees of key biopharma trade associations, including PhRMA and the IFPMA.
Earlier in his career, he served as an internal communications manager and speech writer at Warner Lambert Company in both the US and in Europe as well as a senior editor for the Economist Intelligence Unit, where he was responsible for the consumer issues and management practices beat. He has also been a consultant to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development [OECD] in Paris and is the author of numerous research papers and studies focused on the relationship between product and process innovation and public health.
He is a graduate of Connecticut College and holds a Master's degree from the School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University.
Robert Restuccia, MPA
Executive Director, Community Catalyst
Robert Restuccia is the Executive Director of Community Catalyst, a national advocacy organization that is building consumer and community participation in the shaping of our health system. Through Rob's leadership Community Catalyst has become a national voice for consumers on health issues and is working with advocates in over 40 states to provide the knowledge, resources, and strategic advice they need to effectively bring the consumer perspective to health care policy. Community Catalyst played an important role in the passage of the Affordable Care Act and now administers the ACA Fund, a collaboration of seven national foundations which supports the work of state level consumer organizations in implementing the law. Community Catalyst is currently the national program for Consumer National Program for Consumer Voices for Coverage and Roadmaps to Health and leads numerous other national projects related to health access, cost and quality.
Prior to joining Community Catalyst, Rob was a co-founder and Executive Director of Health Care For All in Massachusetts. There he led successful campaigns to expand health coverage that served as models for state and national health care policy change. During his tenure, Health Care For All grew to become one of the largest and most effective state consumer health care organizations in the country.
He is a founder and was the first President of the Commonwealth Care Alliance, a not-for-profit health care delivery system which is a pioneer in providing integrated care for seniors and others who have chronic disease and complex needs, and currently serves on its Board of Directors. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Herndon Alliance, Health Care For All, and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts.
He has a bachelor's degree from Harvard and master's degree from the Kennedy School of Government. Restuccia is an adjunct professor at the Boston University School of Public Health.
Russell Ricci, MD
Chair, Advisory Board for Meditech & e Health Initiative
Russell J. Ricci, MD, (Dr. Russ Ricci) chairs the Advisory Board for Meditech, a private healthcare information systems company and was previously the Chief Medical and Strategy officer for HealthSTAR Communications, a private company that is the nation's second largest healthcare marketing services company.
He was previously the general manager of IBM's Healthcare Industry, a multi-billion dollar global business unit. Dr. Ricci provided leadership to a diverse IBM team delivering information technology solutions to payors, providers and pharmaceutical companies. In addition, Dr. Ricci was responsible for the marketing and strategy for IBM's healthcare industry. Under Dr. Ricci's direction, IBM healthcare focused on industry transformation and the implementation of e- business solutions.
Dr. Ricci is also the chair emeritus and past president of the e Health Initiative, a membership organization comprised of more than 100 leading health care organizations that was created to provide a unified voice for the health care industry on information technology-related issues. With a mission to improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of the health care system through the use of information technology, its members represent many of the stakeholders in the health care industry, including technology organizations, health systems, health care providers, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, service providers, nonprofit organizations and trade associations, governmental and research institutions. He is also past Vice Chair of Connecting for Health, a not for profit organization funded by the Markle and Robert Wood Johnson Foundations.
Prior to joining IBM in 1996, Dr. Ricci was president of the New Health Ventures at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts where he led corporate venture capital and new technology initiatives. While at New Health Ventures, he was responsible for the successful development and deployment of several award-winning technologies, including: HealthNavigator, labeled by the press as the nation's first healthcare ATM; Account Link, an automated health plan enrollment system; and HealthWire, a real-time system deployed in 7,000 doctor's offices throughout the state to streamline clinical, financial and administrative indemnity and managed care processes for providers and patients.
Dr. Ricci also has extensive experience in working with emerging technology companies including as a Director at DailyRX and RxWiki and with American Health Capital and Voluntary Hospitals of America (VHA), where he provided leadership to several of the VHA's ambulatory services companies in psychiatry, home healthcare, mobile diagnostics, and physician services. Prior to his tenure at the VHA, Dr. Ricci held a number of executive and clinical positions with other organizations.
Dr. Ricci received his medical training in child psychiatry at Harvard University and is a former associate chairman and assistant clinical professor at Boston University School of Medicine.
George Thibault, MD
President, Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
George E. Thibault, MD became the seventh president of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation in January 2008. Immediately prior to that, he served as Vice President of Clinical Affairs at Partners Healthcare System in Boston and Director of the Academy at Harvard Medical School (HMS). He was the first Daniel D. Federman Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at HMS and is now the Federman Professor, Emeritus.
Dr. Thibault previously served as Chief Medical Officer at Brigham and Women's Hospital and as Chief of Medicine at the Harvard affiliated Brockton/West Roxbury VA Hospital. He was Associate Chief of Medicine and Director of the Internal Medical Residency Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). At the MGH he also served as Director of the Medical ICU and the Founding Director of the Medical Practice Evaluation Unit.
For nearly four decades at HMS, Dr. Thibault played leadership roles in many aspects of undergraduate and graduate medical education. He played a central role in the New Pathway Curriculum reform and was a leader in the new Integrated Curriculum reform at HMS. He was the Founding Director of the Academy at HMS, which was created to recognize outstanding teachers and to promote innovations in medical education. Throughout his career he has been recognized for his roles in teaching and mentoring medical students, residents, fellows and junior faculty. In addition to his teaching, his research has focused on the evaluation of practices and outcomes of medical intensive care and variations in the use of cardiac technologies.
Dr. Thibault is Chairman of the Board of the MGH Institute of Health Professions, and he serves on the Board of the New York Academy of Sciences, the New York Academy of Medicine, the Institute on Medicine as a Profession, and the Lebanese American University. He serves on the President's White House Fellows Commission and for twelve years he chaired the Special Medical Advisory Group for the Department of Veteran's Affairs. He is past President of the Harvard Medical Alumni Association and Past Chair of Alumni Relations at HMS. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Thibault graduated summa cum laude from Georgetown University in 1965 and magna cum laude from Harvard Medical School in 1969. He completed his internship and residency in Medicine and fellowship in Cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). He also trained in Cardiology at the National Heart and Lung Institute in Bethesda and at Guys Hospital in London, and served as Chief Resident in Medicine at MGH.
Dr. Thibault has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors from Georgetown (Ryan Prize in Philosophy, Alumni Prize, and Cohongaroton Speaker) and Harvard (Alpha Omega Alpha, Henry Asbury Christian Award and Society of Fellows). He has been a visiting Scholar both at the Institute of Medicine and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and a Visiting Professor of Medicine at numerous medical schools in the U.S. and abroad.
Donato Tramuto
Founder, CEO and Chairman of Physicians Interactive
Donato J. Tramuto, Founder, CEO and Chairman of Physicians Interactive, has nearly 35 years of healthcare experience in both the product and service segments. He was previously Chief Executive Officer of i3, a global pharmaceutical services company, formerly part of Ingenix (a UnitedHealthGroup Company), overseeing the Clinical Research, Pharmaceutical Data, Analytics, Outcomes, EPI/Safety, CME, Health Education, and Strategic Consulting business units.
Prior to joining UnitedHealth Group, Mr. Tramuto was one of the founders of Protocare, Inc., a large provider of drug development and disease management services, where he served as Chief Executive and President of the Protocare Sciences Division and Corporate Officer of Protocare from 1998 to its successful sale in 2003. Prior to co-founding Protocare, Mr. Tramuto was General Manager/President of the Home Health Care Business and Corporate Vice President of Marketing at Caremark, where he championed the development of the company's national disease management program for HIV/AIDS. He started his healthcare career at Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals.
Mr. Tramuto is the Chairman and Founder of the Tramuto Foundation, a non-profit organization that he created in 2001 to help young individuals achieve their educational goals and has also supported more than 40 organizations worldwide in helping the disadvantaged of our land. In 2011 and following the devastating effects from the earthquake in Haiti, he founded Health eVillages, a program now residing at the not-for-profit Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights and funded through Physicians Interactive, which provides state-of-the-art mobile health technology including medical reference and clinical decision support resources to medical professionals in the most challenging clinical environments around the world. Through his leadership efforts, infant mortality in the village of Lwala (East Africa) has declined from 100 to 35 deaths per one thousand births.
He serves on several executive leadership boards: The Boston University School of Public Health Dean's Advisory Board, Chairman of the Physicians Interactive Board of Directors, the Robert F. Kennedy US Leadership Council, Chairman of the Board of Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights Europe, Chairman of the HealthWays (HWAYS: NASDAQ) Board of Directors, and the Maine Economic Council, a 4 year appointment by former Governor John Baldacci. He previously served on the Duke University Fuqua Health Care Advisory Board, as well as on the Regis College Board of Trustees.
In 2005, 2009 and 2012, Mr. Tramuto was selected by PharmaVoice as one of the Top 100 Most Inspirational Healthcare Leaders in the Life Sciences Industry. In May 2012, he was recognized by The Boston Globe as one of the Top 12 Innovators in Massachusetts for his work on Health eVillages. In 2013, he received the Healthcare IT News H.I.T. Men & Woman Award in the Innovators category. In August of 2014, he was honored with the PharmaVoice Red Jacket Award presented to individuals who throughout their career have demonstrated a commitment to furthering the life sciences industry through leadership, innovation, motivation, mentorship, and philanthropy.
Mr. Tramuto was recently selected as one of four distinguished recipients of the 2014 Ripple of Hope Award from the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights alongside former Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton, Academy Award winner Robert DeNiro and Grammy Award winner Tony Bennett. The award lauds leaders of the international entertainment and activist communities who demonstrate commitment to social change. The 4 recipients will be honored on December 16th at the annual RFK Ripple of Hope Gala.
Mr. Tramuto is a well-known and sought after speaker on issues pertaining to healthcare access and global healthcare issues specific to empowering and engaging both the Healthcare professional and consumers.
Stephen Weiner, LLB
Chair, Health Law Practice, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Steve chairs Mintz Levin's Health Law Section. He has had over 30 years of experience in the health care field as a policy maker, educator, and attorney. He represents health care services providers in a broad array of legal matters, including strategic positioning; structuring payer strategies and clinical integration initiatives; and mergers, acquisitions, strategic affiliations, "demergers," and joint venture arrangements, including arrangements between tax-exempt and for-profit organizations.
He has also participated in a number of international health care activities, including structuring the health care regulatory system for the Dubai Healthcare City, where he now also serves on the licensing board, and representing a number of organizations engaged in the medical tourism industry. In Massachusetts, Steve has been very active in matters relating to the development and implementation of the Commonwealth's signature health care reform program and in implementing the initiative to create a statewide interoperable electronic health record system, using both state and federal stimulus legislation funds.
In addition, Steve represents health care providers in developing, monitoring, and restructuring relationships between hospitals and physicians; regulatory and reimbursement matters, including licensure, certification and determination (certificate) of need proceedings, managed care contracting, Medicare reimbursement and appeals, and Medicaid and uncompensated care pool reimbursement; fraud and abuse and Stark Law counseling; general contracting; and, for academic medical centers specifically, clinical research, conflict of interest, relationships with affiliated medical schools, and relationships with federally qualified community health centers.
Steve also works extensively with the U.S. Department of Defense on matters relating to the TRICARE and the operations of the US Family Health Plan program.
Steve has been serving as the president of the HealthWell Foundation since its formation. HealthWell is a tax-exempt organization that provides patient assistance and premium support for persons receiving costly medical treatment and drug therapies. He is a member of the board and chairs the compensation committee of the Physicians of Tufts Medical Center, Inc., the parent organization of the faculty practice foundations of Tufts Medical Center. Since its inception, Steve serves as pro bono legal counsel to the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, a foundation promoting compassionate care and more effective communications between patients and caregivers.
Steve serves on the advisory board of the Medical Tourism Association, a nonprofit association promoting the use of high-quality global resources to care for residents from a variety of geographical areas, and of the Center for Medical Tourism Research, based at the University of the Incarnate Word, in San Antonio, Texas.
Steve is currently an adjunct law professor at Suffolk University School of Law, where he teaches a course on corporate transactions in the health care field, focusing on the constraints on business decisions by health care entities created by the application of antitrust law, fraud and abuse of Stark rules, and the laws affecting organizations that are nonprofit and tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Steve also serves as a regional representative on the Yale Law School Association Executive Committee. Steve has served as the chairman of the Massachusetts Rate Setting Commission, special assistant to the Governor of Massachusetts for health policy, associate law professor at Boston University School of Law, director of the Boston University School of Law Center for Law and Health Sciences, and visiting lecturer at Yale Law School and Boston University School of Law. He lectures regularly on health care issues and is often quoted in the media on current developments and trends in the health care field.
Steve has been a member of the boards of the Beth Israel Hospital of Boston and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, an incorporator of Massachusetts General Hospital and of Partners HealthCare System, Inc., a director of the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts and of the Massachusetts chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, a member of the House of Delegates of Easter Seals Massachusetts and a board member of the Massachusetts Health Council.
Outside of the health care field, Steve is currently a member of the board of trustees of Opera Boston, American Lyric Theatre in New York City, and the Conservatory Lab Charter School Foundation, a support organization to a charter school developed in conjunction with the New England Conservatory of Music. He has in the past served as a trustee of the Huntington Theatre Company of Boston, of the Conservatory Lab Charter School, and of the Boston Ballet, where he served as treasurer for six years.
Steve was named "Lawyer of the Year" for 2011 for Health Care Law in Boston by Best Lawyers. He is also a 2011 recipient of the Good Guy award from the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus for his promotion of equality for women in the workplace. In 2009, Steve was named one of ten Outstanding Hospital Lawyers nationally by Nightingale's Healthcare News. In 2008, he was selected by Massachusetts Medical Law Report as a winner of its Rx for Excellence Leaders in Quality award. Steve has been listed in the health law section of The Best Lawyers in America since the section originated. He is listed in Who's Who in America, as well as in Massachusetts Super Lawyers, published by Boston Magazine. He is also nationally ranked by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for his strategic and policy work, and in the 2011 edition, he was recognized as a leading health care lawyer in Massachusetts.
Steve is a graduate of Harvard College, magna cum laude, and of Yale Law School.
Gail Wilensky, PhD
Economist and Senior Fellow, Project HOPE
Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D. is an economist and senior fellow at Project HOPE, an international health foundation. She directed the Medicare and Medicaid programs and served in the White House as a senior adviser on health and welfare issues to President GHW Bush. She was also the first chair of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. Her expertise is on strategies to reform health care, with particular emphasis on Medicare, comparative effectiveness research and military health care.
Dr. Wilensky currently serves as a trustee of the Combined Benefits Fund of the United Mine Workers of America and the National Opinion Research Center, is on the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), the Visiting Committee of the Harvard Medical School and the Board of Directors of the Geisinger Health System Foundation. She is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine and has served two terms on its governing council. She is a former chair of the board of directors of Academy Health, a former trustee of the American Heart Association and a current or former director of numerous other non-profit organizations. She is also a director of Brainscope, Quest Diagnostics and United HealthGroup. Dr. Wilensky testifies frequently before Congressional committees, serves as an adviser to members of Congress and other elected officials, and speaks nationally and internationally. She received a bachelor's degree in psychology and a Ph.D. in economics at the University of Michigan and has received several honorary degrees.


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Imagine this: In a blink of an eye your website vanishes from Google. Trying every variation of your domain name in the search box — but nothing. You, my friend, have been de-indexed from Google.
That's a tragic place to be in. All your hard work gone up in smoke, you are effectively invisible to everyone in the world now. This is exactly the spot that iAcquire found themselves in May 2012 when they were caught up in the Dun and Bradstreet link buying scandal. JC Penny, Forbes, and Overstock also found themselves in a similar position (being penalized for link buying, but not necessarily flushed from Google's index).
Never mind whether or not you agree with Google's rules, and the punishment meted out, Google's rules are the ones everyone has to play by. These rules, and the penalties, should not really surprise anyone. And no one should need to have described how crucial search is to a business' success online either. Although social recommendations are catching up, search remains the number one way to drive traffic a website. All this is common knowledge, I only reiterate to hammer home how crucial it is to have a healthy relationship with search engines.
Now that we're focused on the horror of "de-indexing", unnatural link acquisition isn't the only way to get banned by Google. There are actually quite a few more. If you are new to SEO, let this be a warning. If you are a seasoned SEO, let this be a reminder—or a crib sheet you can forward to anyone who is suggesting you do WHATEVER it takes to rank them. Here's a list of absolute "don'ts" where ranking is concerned.
1. Cloaking
The cloaking process works like this: You show search engines one thing and your visitors something else. The most obvious example would be a site promoting kayaking in the search results, but sending the searcher to a pornographic page. Or one selling Viagra. Or some shady off-shore tax scheme.
Cloaking is accomplished by delivering content based upon the IP address or the User-Agent HTTP. If a search spider is detected, then a server-side script delivers the kayak version of the page. If a user is detected, then the pornographic content is served.
This practice is deceptive—and flat-out forbidden by Google.
2. Duplicate Content
Black hat SEOs will try to boost page views by creating multiple pages of the same content. This is a pretty straightforward tactic, but is equally condemned by Google. Spammy sites and repeat offenders will more than likely get canned from Google—or at least dropped to the bottom of the barrel in search rankings.
Here's the thing: You can inadvertently create duplicate content on your website through category, tag, and archive pages. This won't get you banned from Google, but it could get you penalized.
And what about people stealing your content? Notify Google.
3. Writing Content with a Machine
As you can probably guess, black hat SEOs are lazy, and this vice is seen most clearly in the tactic of getting machines to create content.
Sometimes this is generated from scratch, but more often than not, this content is created by scraping already existing content, modifying the document, and then re-publishing.
The motto in this example is "I'm not going to waste my time creating content when I can borrow someone else's and make it mine." Google will punish this.
4. Add Unrelated Keywords to Your Content
Keywords aren't what they used to be in the search marketing game, so you don't see a lot of keyword stuffing anymore. But that doesn't mean Google won't punish this practice. You see, some SEOs still recommend this.
Never list keywords that don't relate to your site, repeat a keyword that does relate to your site dozens of time, and embed brand name (trademarked no less) and competitor name keywords. This may not only get you banned, but it could get you a lawsuit.
5. Joining Link Exchanges and Bad Neighborhoods
Online etiquette says that if someone links to you that you should link back to them. Well, that's debatable.
Google will judge your external links just as closely as they will evaluate the incoming links to your site — and they will evaluate the quality of those sites sending and getting links from you. Linking out to low-quality sites can damage your reputation and lower your Page Rank. Trade in paid links and you will get banned. Just ask iAcquire.


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Services for People with Disabilities
Programs and Services
The Employment Development Department (EDD) is committed to enhancing employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM (AJCC), formerly known as One-Stop Career Centers system, EDD provides universal access for service, ensuring that all job applicants with disabilities receive employment opportunities equal to those of other job applicants. Assistance is also provided to job seekers with disabilities who need additional services to become qualified for employment. Services for people with disabilities include, but are not limited to, referrals to job openings or training, vocational counseling, job search assistance and workshops, testing, and referrals to supportive services in the community.
CalJOBSSM is a newly redesigned online resource to help job seekers and employers navigate California's workforce services by providing employment and labor market information for the State of California.
Benefits of the New CalJOBSSM
Job Seekers can:
- Create and upload multiple versions of their résumé tailored to specific jobs or career paths.
- Customize job searches.
- Receive notifications of new job openings via text messages and/or e-mail.
Employers can:
- Keep their employee search organized.
- Expand their search to find good candidates for their companies.
There are no fees to use this service and it is available to employers and job seekers seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Department of Rehabilitation
The Department of Rehabilitation works in partnership with consumers and other stakeholders to provide services and advocacy resulting in employment, independent living, and equality for individuals with disabilities.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) Program
The DHH Workforce Services Sites, and the AJCC provide interpretive, job placement, and follow-up services to help you find a job. For additional information, contact EDD by using the TTY toll free numbers, which will put you in direct contact with a representative for the following programs:
- Disability Insurance: (TTY) 1-800-563-2441
- Employment Tax: (TTY) 1-800-547-9565
- Paid Family Leave: (TTY) 1-800-445-1312
- Unemployment Insurance (TTY) 1-800-815-9387
Disability Insurance
If you are unable to work due to a non-work related illness, injury, or pregnancy, you may be eligible for short-term disability insurance benefits. Visit the How to File a Disability Insurance Claim page for more information.
Ticket to Work Program
The Ticket to Work Program and Work Incentives Improvement Act were signed into law by President Clinton to assist and encourage recipients of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to prepare for and enter into employment. The program provides Social Security disability beneficiaries the choices, opportunities and support needed to become and stay employed, increase their earnings, and eventually leave and remain off of benefits by being fully self-supportive.
Veterans Services Program
The Veterans Services Program assists veterans and their eligible spouses maximize their employment and training opportunities. Veterans are entitled to many resources designed to help in their job search and those with disabilities receive the highest priority in all employment services.
Youth Leadership Program (YLF)
The Youth Leadership Program (YLF) is designed to build leadership skills and promote career preparation for youth with disabilities. The California Youth Leadership Forum for Students with Disabilities is a five-day leadership development program specifically for high school juniors and seniors with disabilities.
Youth Employment Opportunity Program (YEOP)
The Youth Employment Opportunity Program (YEOP) provides services to youth, ages 15 through 25, to assist them in achieving their educational and vocational goals. The program emphasizes education, assessment, and peer advising. The YEOP Specialists assist youth in attaining their goals through a variety of services: peer advising, referrals to supportive services, job referrals and placement, workshops and training.
Disability Employment Initiative (DEI)
Through the Disability Employment Initiative (DEI), California partners with employers to improve employment opportunities for people with disabilities. The DEI goals are:
- To improve educational, training, and employment opportunities and outcomes of youth and adults with disabilities who are unemployed, underemployed, and/or receiving Social Security disability benefits
- To help these individuals with disabilities find a path into the middle class through exemplary and model service delivery by the public workforce system
Limited Examination and Appointment Program (LEAP)
The Limited Examination and Appointment Program (LEAP) is an alternate selection process designed to facilitate the recruitment and hiring of persons with disabilities, and to provide them with an alternative way to demonstrate their qualifications for employment than the traditional state civil service examining process. The information below provides more details about the program.
Talent Knows No Limits (TKNL)
The Talent Knows No Limits (TKNL) statewide campaign utilizes print, online, and video media to inspire employers, service providers, and job seekers with disabilities to take action by seeking out information and resources. The TKNL website serves as an information clearinghouse with resources of supporting employment of individuals with disabilities and free online trainings for service providers, job seekers with disabilities, and employers.
Disability Benefits 101 (DB 101)
Disability Benefits 101 (DB 101) provides tools and information for workers, job seekers, and service providers to understand the connections between work and benefits. DB 101 brings together rules for health coverage, benefit, and employment programs that people with disabilities use.
California Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities
The California Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities is a policy committee established in California statute to advance the employment of people with disabilities in the state. If you have input or ideas on how to improve services for people with disabilities in California, please e-mail the committee at email@example.com or call 1-855-894-3436.
Disability.gov is a federal website featuring disability-related resources on program, services, laws, and regulations to help people with disabilities lead full, independent lives.
Careers in California Government
The Careers in California Government website is designed for all job seekers interested in career in state government.


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So New Hampshire vs. Liu Post
March 13, 2013
|Rob Murray
|(3, 2)
|Corey Allen
|(2, 1)
|John Cuozzo
|(2, 0)
|Phil Latorre
|(0, 2)
|Cameron Joyce
|(1, 0)
|Crosby Nicholson
|7 (0.500)
|Morgan Weireter
|7 (0.778)
|Current Record
|So New Hampshire
|go to So New Hampshire page
|Anthony Berardis
|(4, 0)
|Matty Beccaris
|(3, 0)
|Anthony Deluca
|(2, 0)
|Connor Drost
|(0, 1)
|Octovio Bernabo
|(0, 1)
|Ryan Slane
|(0, 1)
|Tim Bradley
|6 (0.429)
|Current Record
|Liu Post
|go to Liu Post page
|The Game Story:
|No. 8 Men's Lacrosse Edges Southern New Hampshire, 9-8
Box Score
MANCHESTER, N.H. (March, 13, 2013) – Eighth-ranked LIU Post edged out Southern New Hampshire University, 9-8, in a non-conference men's lacrosse clash Wednesday afternoon on Larkin Field.
LIU Post improves to 4-1 overall while SNHU slips to 0-4.
Freshman midfielder Anthony Berardis (Mahopac, N.Y.) led the attack with four goals while freshman Matty Beccaris (North Babylon, N.Y.) added three for the Pioneers.
Southern New Hampshire took a 1-0 lead early in the first quarter after Corey Allen scored an extra-man goal at 11:20.
The Pioneers responded with a pair of unanswered scores in the quarter, beginning with a goal from Berardis at 8:46 on a quick shot out front followed by a goal from Beccaris at 6:11.
The Penmen regained the lead in the second quarter with two back-to-backs from Allen and Rob Murray. The Pioneers reclaimed their advantage with scores from Becardis at 1:46 and Beccaris with 10 seconds remaining in the half.
LIU Post extended its lead to 6-4 after another set from Beccaris (man-up goal) and Berardis. Berardis scored his fourth goal unassisted at 5:41. The Penmen added three in the quarter and trailed 7-6 heading into the fourth.
In the fourth quarter, the Pioneers got help with a pair of goals from freshman attacker Anthony DeLuca (West Islip, N.Y.) at 12:55 and 10:32 to boost their lead to 9-6.
SNHU rallied for two more goals from John Cuozzo and Murray but were unable to close the gap.
Senior goalkeeper Tim Bradley (Wantagh, N.Y.) made six saves in goal for the win.
Murray led the Penmen with three goals. Goalkeepers Crosby Nicholson and Morgan weirteter combined to make 14 saves.
LIU Post finished the game outshooting SNHU, 42-23 and held a 19-18 advantage on ground balls.
The Pioneers are back in action on Saturday, March 16 against Roberts Wesleyan University at 12 p.m. on Hickox Field.


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Fort Pierce Women's Club begins second hundred years of service
In December, new officers for the Fort Pierce Women's Club were installed for the 101st year of service to the community. Presiding was General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC) International Affiliates chair Elaine Ko-Talmadge, who is a winter resident of Hutchinson Island. Elaine was GFWC NGO to the United Nations for six years and has held the office of president for both New York State and Middle Atlantic Region GFWC.
Women's Club of Fort Pierce was founded in 1913 and became affiliated with the Florida and General Federations the following year. It is the oldest social and civic organization in St. Lucie County.
The Fort Pierce Women's Club has participated with the local American Red Cross, Lawnwood Regionsl Medical Center Hospital Auxiliary, St. Lucie County Humane Society, the Concert Association and community theatre. For many years the public library was housed and underwritten by the Fort Pierce Women's Club. When a funds drive was launched in the early 1950s for construction of a library building, the Club spearheaded the effort and contributed the first $1,000.
The core message of the General Federation of Womens' Clubs, "Unity in Diversity," is the binding principle behind the work that Club members do. That message is as powerful now as it was a century ago when the women began cultivating the strengths of this community.
New members are always welcome and should inquire at email@example.com or call vice president Elizabeth Bowen at (772) 332 5288 to join in "Living the Spirit - Volunteer," the Club's newest campaign beginning its second 100-years of spirited helping.
Submitted by Elizabeth Bowen, vice president of the Fort Pierce Women's Club
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