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Postgraduate prospectus 2016
Public health aims to promote health, prevent disease, reduce inequalities in health, and prolong life. The population perspective of public health ensures that its practitioners are well placed to improve health wherever they are. Our Master of Public Health degree reflects the multidisciplinary nature of public health through its flexible and innovative curriculum. Our programme enjoys strong links with the NHS, its public health practitioners and other regional and national bodies, ensuring student access to some of the country's leading authorities in public health.
You will attend interactive lectures, seminars and individual tutorials and take part in project and team work.
If you are studying for the MPH, you will also undertake a research project of 15,000–20,000 words and your project studies here will incorporate a series of research methods lectures.
Principles of Public Health
Aims: The course aims to provide a foundation in public health for students. It will introduce the fundamental concepts of health and illness and the factors that influence health in different settings.
Introduction to Statistical Methods
1. To introduce fundamental concepts in biostatistics, especially uncertainty, variation, estimation and comparison.
2. To examine statistical issues in study design.
3. To introduce the most commonly used methods of analysis of data.
4. To give students a framework for critically reading published papers.
5. To give students experience of carrying out standard statistical analysis of small data sets using a computer.
Introduction to Epidemiology
Aims: To introduce students to the epidemiological approaches that are used to understand the health of populations.
Research methods
(for MPH students there are no credits or fee attached to this course as it is part of the Project; for PGDip. PGCert and CPD students it is a 20 credit course)
Aims: To introduce students to a range of data gathering techniques, methodologies and principles, and to explore the strengths and weakness of different approaches.
Research Project (semesters one, two and three)
Aims: On successful completion of the MPH project students will be able to apply knowledge of research methods to design, develop and autonomously carry out a research project relevant to public health.
Communicable Diseases
Aims: To review the threats to Public Health from communicable disease and appraise the tools available to respond to these.
Environmental Health
Aims: To evaluate the role of the physical environment in determining health status and perpetuating inequalities in human health.
Further Epidemiology and Statistics
To build on the concepts and methods introduced in the Introduction to Statistical Methods course and the Introduction to Epidemiology course.
To introduce students to the application of more advanced but commonly used methods of analysis of data; to give students practical experience of the application of these methods to the analysis of data using a suitable statistical computing package (currently STATA).
To demonstrate the application of epidemiological principles and interpret the rationale for and results of statistical analyses applied to specific areas, including: cardiovascular disease, cancer, psychiatric disorder.
Globalisation and Public Health
Aims: The course aims to provide an overall view of globalisation and its impact on public health. It will examine major themes within the globalisation debate, looking at a number of global challenges and their overall impact on health and the burden of disease.
Health Economics (online course)
Aims: This course aims to provide students with a basic understanding of health economics, its value and limitations. The course presents the principles of health economics and the techniques of economic appraisal.
Health Promotion: Principles and Practice
Aims: To introduce students to the theoretical approaches and practice of health promotion. This includes the planning and evaluation of health promotion programmes at local, regional and national levels.
Managing Health Care Organisations
Aims: To provide an overview of the role of management in the context of health care services generally, and public health in particular.
Oral health
Aims: This course aims to equip students to critically analyse the principles and current practice of dental public health and to examine the distribution of oral disease and related inequalities in considering oral health need and planning to address inequalities.
Psychosocial Approaches to Public Health
Aims: To explore the main psychological and sociological concepts of direct relevance to public health.
Globalisation and Public Health
Aims: The course aims to provide an overall view of globalisation and its impact on public health. It will examine major themes within the globalisation debate, looking at a number of global challenges and their overall impact on health and the burden of disease.
Qualitative Research Methods
Aims: To enable students' developed understanding and acquisition of principal skills in relation to qualitative research methods relevant to public health practice.
Our taught courses are available to take on an individual basis for continuing professional development purposes by those who meet the MPH entry requirements.
Shanley Smith
In 2015 MPH student Ms. Shanley Smith conducted a secondary data analysis project on Sickness Absence (SA) in the health care sector for her MPH dissertation. The study aimed to analyse one source of sickness absence data for all healthcare employees of one Health Board in Scotland and discuss the impact MSK and MH problems have on SA duration.
She found that compared to staff absent due to all other SA causes (N=37,144), those absent due to MSK (N=6,163) and MH (N=2,718) problems were significantly less likely to return to work. Compared to staff absent due to lower back pain, staff absent with hip, knee, lower limb, shoulder, upper limb, and all other MSK conditions were significantly less likely to return to work although staff absent with neck problems (N=468) were significantly more likely to return to work. Survival analysis and cox regression of the MSK and MH sub-categories by socio-demographic conditions showed that the most influential socio-economic variables significantly affecting the likelihood of return to work were age, gender, and job category.
Ouza Kwanashie
In December 2015 Ouza Kwanashie graduated from our MPH programme following her dissertation submission on the exploration of the relationship between e-cigarette use and tobacco smoking: The views and experiences of e-cigarette users.
The study aimed to explore the perceptions and experiences of e-cigarette users in Glasgow on the relationship between e-cigarette smoking and tobacco smoking particularly the possibility that e-cigarettes may act as a gateway to tobacco smoking. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 e-cigarette users recruited in e-cigarette shops in Glasgow.
Ouza found that most participants perceived e-cigarettes positively and thought they were safer than tobacco cigarettes. Most had been previously heavy smokers who managed to cut down significantly or quit tobacco cigarettes completely using e-cigarettes. While some participants felt (and had experienced) that e-cigarettes are an effective cessation tool or safer and cheaper alternative. Others felt that it could cause nicotine addiction that could lead to tobacco smoking, and renormalise smoking behaviours. Most users were against banning e-cigarettes indoors, taxing them or restricting to adult buyers but they agreed that refills should be regulated and made to meet a standard specification.
Elaine Tod
In her 2016 Master of Public Health dissertation study, Elaine aimed to describe the extent to which the burden of stroke in Scotland would be reduced if exposure to a range of causally linked, modifiable risk factors, was reduced to an optimum exposure distribution. Elaine's study used pooled cohort study data created through follow up for health outcomes (hospital admissions and death records) of eight waves of Scottish Health Survey respondents.
Overall, the results suggest that socio-economic disadvantage is an important explanatory factor for the burden of stroke in Scotland. Of the indicators measured, low education explained the largest proportion of incident strokes after adjustment for confounding (38.8%, 95% CI 26.0% to 49.4%) followed by area deprivation, as measured by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) (34.9%, 95% CI 26.4% to 42.4%), occupational social class (30.3%, 95% CI 19.4% to 39.8%) and area deprivation, as measured by the Carstairs Index (23.5%, 95% CI 14.4% to 31.7%).
Of the behavioural and physiological risk factors included in this study, cigarette smoking explained the greatest proportion of strokes after adjustment for confounding at 25.6% (95% CI 17.9% to 32.6%), followed by high systolic blood pressure at 31.3% (95% CI 21.1% to 40.1%) then high BMI at 19.2% (95% CI 5.2% to 31.3%). Elaine's results suggest that the greatest public health gains from reducing morbidity and mortality from stroke are to be made from prioritising interventions that target socio-economic deprivation.
Nkechinyere Akwu-Ude
In 2016 Nkechinyere Akwu-Ude studied the views and experiences of participants and walk leaders of community walking groups for BME women. Two community walking groups were studied using two participant observations, three focus group interviews, and two individual interviews. The main motivators to physical activity reported by participants were the perceived health benefits and enjoyment; while barriers included cultural and religious factors such as lack of women-only activities, language, sportswear and lack of motivation. Observation of the walking sessions revealed social interaction to be a significant component of walking groups which were women-only and reported to be culturally appropriate.
"The campus is beautiful, the school is well-known and respected, the programme I was interested in was offered within a timeframe that worked for me, Scotland is an amazing place to live."
Kaley Ketchum
Master of Public Health 2015
"The quality of teaching and the attention of the teaching staff was awesome."
Kwanashie Ouza Jummai
Master of Public Health 2015
What are the three things that you have enjoyed most about your time here?
"Made many new friends. Exposure of opportunities. Improved knowledge and skills."
Fiona MacFarlane, HNS Health Promotion Officer (Oral Health and Nutrition)
Master of Public Health 2011
"It's a new system of studying... my experience in a nutshell is great!"
Mustafa Hasin
Master of Public Health 2011
"Here there is communication between academic staff and students and that's really good. You don't attend a lecture and reproduced it, in some way you make it your own and it makes you much more proud."
William Tigbe
Master of Public Health 2010
Why did you chosse your course?
"To obtain the qualification in PUblic Health to make an addition to my existing degree (MBBS). Public Health affects masses, it's a great honour and gift from God to help the people who are present and will be here in future."
Oono Inalegwu
Master of Public Health 2010
A relevant first degree, at least at 2:1 honours level, or equivalent in addition to a minimum of six months work experience in public health or health care. Exceptionally, if a first degree is not relevant then a professional qualification and experience in the practice of public health for at least two years at a professional level is required.
For applicants whose first language is not English, the University sets a minimum English Language proficiency level.
International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic module (not General Training)
Common equivalent English language qualifications
All stated English tests are acceptable for admission for both home/EU and international students for this programme:
For international students, the Home Office has confirmed that the University can choose to use these tests to make its own assessment of English language ability for visa applications to degree level programmes. The University is also able to accept an IELTS test (Academic module) from any of the 1000 IELTS test centres from around the world and we do not require a specific UKVI IELTS test for degree level programmes. We therefore still accept any of the English tests listed for admission to this programme.
Pre-sessional courses
The University of Glasgow accepts evidence of the required language level from the English for Academic Study Unit Pre-sessional courses. We also consider other BALEAP accredited pre-sessional courses:
What do I do if...
my language qualifications are below the requirements?
The University's English for Academic Study Unit offers a range of Pre-Sessional Courses to bring you up to entry level. The course is accredited by BALEAP, the UK professional association for academic English teaching; see Links.
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Please contact the Recruitment and International Office: firstname.lastname@example.com
For further information about English language requirements, please contact the Recruitment and International Office: firstname.lastname@example.com
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For applicants starting in 2016 please refer to the 2016-17 fees table.
Fees are subject to change and for guidance only
The University requires a deposit of £1000 to be paid by International (beyond the EU) applicants in receipt of an offer to this programme.
The University requires a deposit to be paid by International (beyond the EU) applicants in receipt of an offer to this programmes and who require a Certificate of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) from the University in order that they can apply for a student visa. This is required where the programme is competitive and the deposit is required in order to demonstrate your commitment to attend the programme should you meet all the conditions of your offer.
If you are made an offer for this programme the University will write to you and request a deposit with information on how to pay your deposit and the deadline for making the deposit payment. Please note that if you are unable to pay a deposit because you are planning to fund your studies through an official financial sponsor then you should upload a copy of your scholarship application or award letter to your application by the deadline date.
The following guidelines will apply in determining whether or not a deposit will be refunded. Where the deposit is refunded, a 10% handling fee will be deducted.
Deposits WILL be refunded to applicants under the following circumstances:
Deposits WILL NOT be refunded to applicants under the following circumstances:
Refund requests must be made by 30th October, 2016: requests made after this date will be subject to discretion.
A 10% discount is available to University of Glasgow alumni applying to the MPH. This includes graduates and those who have completed a Junior Year Abroad, Exchange programme or International Summer School at the University of Glasgow. The discount is applied at registration for students who are not in receipt of another discount or scholarship funded by the University. No additional application is required.
Career opportunities include: lecturer, health development manager, public health advisor, health programme specialists, epidemiologist, medical practitioner positions in public health, clinical university teacher, research positions.
We ask that you apply online for a postgraduate taught degree. Our system allows you to fill out the standard application form online and submit this to the University within 42 days of starting your application.
You need to read the guide to applying online before starting your application. It will ensure you are ready to proceed, as well as answer many common questions about the process.
Do I have to apply online for a postgraduate taught degree?
Yes. To apply for a postgraduate taught degree you must apply online. We are unable to accept your application by any other means than online.
Do I need to complete and submit the application in a single session?
No. You have 42 days to submit your application once you begin the process. You may save and return to your application as many times as you wish to update information, complete sections or upload additional documents such as your final transcript or your language test.
What documents do I need to provide to make an application?
As well as completing your online application fully, it is essential that you submit the following documents:
If you do not have all of these documents at the time of submitting your application then it is still possible to make an application and provide any further documents at a later date, as long as you include a full current transcript (and an English translation if required) with your application. See the 'Your References, Transcripts and English Qualification' sections of our Frequently Asked Questions for more information.
Do my supporting documents need to be submitted online?
Yes, where possible, please upload the supporting documents with your application.
How do I provide my references?
You must either upload the required references to your online application or ask your referees to send the references to the University as we do not contact referees directly. There is two main ways that you can provide references: you can either upload references on headed paper when you are making an application using the Online Application (or through Applicant Self-Service after you have submitted your application) or you can ask your referee to email the reference directly to firstname.lastname@example.com. See the 'Your References, Transcripts and English Qualifications' section of the Frequently Asked Questions for more information.
What if I am unable to submit all of my supporting documents online?
If you cannot upload an electronic copy of a document and need to send it in by post, please attach a cover sheet to it that includes your name, the programme you are applying for, and your application reference number.
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Can I email my supporting documents?
No. We cannot accept email submissions of your supporting documents.
What entry requirements should I have met before applying? Where can I find them?
You should check that you have met (or are likely to have met prior to the start of the programme) the individual entry requirements for the degree programme you are applying for. This information can be found on the 'entry requirements' tab on each individual programme page, such as the one you are viewing now.
What English Language requirements should I have met before applying? Where can I find them?
If you are an international student, you should also check that you have met the English Language requirements specific to the programme you are applying for. These can also be found on the 'entry requirements' tab for each specific programme.
Further Information
Please see the Frequently Asked Questions for more information on applying to a postgraduate taught programme.
These notes are intended to help you complete the online application form accurately, they are also available within the help section of the online application form. If you experience any difficulties accessing the online application then you should visit the Application Troubleshooting/FAQs page.
Classes start September 2016 and you will be required to attend induction and introductory teaching sessions the week before courses begin.
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Unless you're a coin collector or a big fan of Thomas Jefferson, you'd never trade a half-dollar for a nickel coin. But that's exactly what many hospital business office directors are doing by prematurely sending motor vehicle accident claims to either health insurers or a self-pay vendor.
Business office directors tend to live by the motto, "Days outstanding means everything." Many of them receive bonuses based on how aggressively they whittle down the hospital's average days outstanding. For accident claims, it is common for them to take the fastest (and easiest) path to revenue by pushing these claims directly to either health insurance or self-pay, instead of performing the complex work required to get fully paid from property and casualty (P&C) insurance carriers. And for those willing to do the work to file no-fault and liability claims with P&C carriers, many still become nervous at the 120-day mark and downright panicky when aging reaches the 180-day threshold.
What business office directors should keep in mind is that reimbursement for accident claims is a niche unto itself—and that there are two great reasons to go beyond 180 days: significantly greater reimbursement and higher patient satisfaction. Moreover, a hospital can achieve both without adding a single new patient or increasing the number of procedures performed.
Every year—regardless of whether the economy is up or down—about 1.5 to 2 percent of a hospital's gross revenue comes from motor vehicle accidents treated in the emergency department. (ED) You can understand why hospitals shy away from aggressively working these accident claims. Without an experienced partner, it can be a workflow nightmare: interviewing accident victims, tracking down police reports, dealing with multiple P&C insurers for both no-fault and liability coverage, and so forth. If the injured patient has health insurance, some hospitals simply direct the bill in that direction. If the patient is uninsured, they often send it straight to a collection agency. But in their haste to get the claim off their days outstanding list, they may be leaving a lot of money on the table.
For claims involving medically uninsured patients, the average reimbursement rate from a self-pay collection agency is typically 5 to 10 percent. But if business office directors are patient, they can often get 50 cents on the dollar on these specialty claims. The extra money comes from two places.
Roughly two-thirds of the additional revenue comes from no-fault insurance (Med-Pay or PIP), which has the dual advantage of lowering the patient's co-payments and deductibles while dramatically increasing the hospital's reimbursement rate.
About one-third of the extra revenue comes from lien protection in cases where an uninsured victim was not "at fault" and has a financial settlement pending. By placing a lien on the future settlement, the hospital is guaranteed to receive their fair share before the patient receives the settlement check—and the hospital avoids the negative publicity of pushing an accident victim through a self-pay collection process.
For no-fault claims, it typically takes about 60 days to receive reimbursement. And for liability claims, it typically takes about 250 days to receive reimbursement from the patient's settlement—and reluctance to wait this long can significantly hurt the hospital's revenue stream. Some business office directors get so concerned at the 180-day mark that they remove the lien and send the claim to a collection agency. They could be missing out on a big chunk of additional income by not waiting those additional 70 days.
Days outstanding is a vital metric for any hospital, but it's a mistake for business office directors to use only that single yardstick. Pushing claims too quickly to either health insurance or self-pay will definitely lower days outstanding, but the hospital gets significantly lower reimbursement.
The old adage "haste makes waste" comes to mind here. No one would hurriedly swap a half-dollar for a nickel. But that's exactly what hospital business office directors are doing when they race to get auto accident claims off the books. It's much smarter to find an accident claims management partner with the expertise and patience to help achieve maximum reimbursement.
Lyle Beasley is president of Medical Reimbursements of America, Brentwood, Tenn.
Publication Date: Friday, December 20, 2013
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So we've animated our body walking, we've animated the secondary action of the hair, and now we're going to put a bit of flexibility into the hands. So let's Open up our file in your Exercise Files Chapter 6 folder and it's the walk_10. Click in and let's just play through and look at the hands. So they're not horrendous or anything, but they're not really responding in a way that will be appropriate to such a fast action. Let's just focus on one of them. We'll hide the back one and just look at the right hand and if we go through this a little slower, you'll see what I mean.
There is little join breaks and things we have to fine-tune. So for example, this is a pretty fast action. I would expect that hand to drag a little bit. As the arm moves down like this, we would expect a little bit of a break that way. So we'll just go out through this frame by frame. Let's go into that symbol. I'm going to add some keys. This is our hand layer here. So let's label that properly. You remember we nested the hand inside the arm symbol, which really simplifies the process of the arcs.
So okay, I'm going to just retransform and go back and always look at your symbols in context. This one is looking little disjointed. You don't notice it in the full scene because it's moving so fast, but now we can go in and fine-tune that and don't forget this is a cycle. So the first hand and the final hand should be at the same position. So one, two, three into the next position here. frameEdit in using our favorite extension.
More drag on there than we would expect. Again tunnel out and see what it looks like in context. So from here to here, the opposite should happen. It'd be nice if we saw the hands moving backwards a little. It's not floppy like a rag. It is a living thing and it has some strength in it, but a little bit of reaction to these very big broad movements would be more believable. So we'll keep going. Looking more that way, maybe pull the wrist out a little.
If you find the wrist is not to your liking, it's completely okay to alter the position a little. You'll begin to expose issues with the rig. You might think oh, you know, maybe you don't need that dark line here or maybe this should be a bit longer. If you want to make changes to make it suitable, just duplicate that symbol and then do whatever business you need to make it work inside. Okay, so we'll keep moving through this and this doesn't mean we slavishly have to make the hand always drag. Obviously it can move under its own steam, but in this case, I'm just going to see what this looks like first.
Then we can go back in and tighten it up if we have to. Okay, so at this point there is a little bit of direction change. The arm begins to move screen left and then slows down and begins to move to the right so there is a bit of overlap on the hand here. And I had a little alternate, strange little timing here where I didn't line up the key. Let's just put a slight piece of drag on the hand. We can change that back to here if we want. We don't have to do that.
It's just-- it's nice sometimes while your timing isn't slavishly aligned with the primary keyframes. If you want something to drag, to be in slightly different overlap timing, you can do that. This hand was dragging nicely. Tiny errors in here. These are the kind of things that take up a lot of time as you're animating in the studio, making sure that all these little gaps are properly closed off. So there's a little bit of break between here. You can see the hands overlapping with the wrist so that's because there is very big internal movement here too.
So this is a good spot where we can go in and correct that. Be sure it's okay on the in-betweens as well. So as you can see as I'm dragging the hand and moving it over this motion tween it's automatically creating keyframes, so just beware of that. You can create a lot of keyframes. If you had a lot of violent action going on here, you might end up having to keyframe quite a bit of this. So there we go. Let's have a look at that now in context again on the outside, and you can see it's got a bit more of a kick, especially here at the back end where we really put that overlapping.
I think that I could have probably put a bit more too. Let's see. On this point where the arm begins to move from this highest position up and to down, let's do something a little trickier. I'm going to go into that point. So on this frame, which would normally be an in-between frame, let's put a big overlap in there and just have a tween down from there and see what happens. That's a very strong transition. And you're really feeling that wrist flexing at that point.
That's making him a little more limp- wristed, but that's keeping in character with the rest of the walk, which is pretty deliberately over-animated. So we could repeat the process with the left hand, again just make a lot of keyframes on the cardinal positions of the contact, recoil, passing and high point, and let's hide the upper arm and we'll put the body into outline. So we're going to drag the hand a little. Again go back and fourth so you're -- and let's see the hand is like moving down.
So let's do something different and try get out this way. And here it's moving forward. Let's really drag that hand back. It's more comic little pose and same here. Maybe now that position might be okay.
Actually let's move the hand in a bit, since we're breaking a little and then drag it here as well. Okay, so here we have the same issue as we had on the other hand. So he's going to move down from here to here. First of all, we will drag this hand and fix that little joint error there. It will gap open up at the wrist.
So from here to here it would be nice if the hand snapped again. So I'm going to make a keyframe here, F6, and let's do a dramatic little snappy overlap. So as the hand goes up, wrist goes down and the hand is still moving up. Let's put some drag, now moving to his left, let's have the hand dragging the opposite direction. Okay, and have to make sure that our contact poses, the start and stop are the same. Let's see what that looks like.
And it's much nicer. So you're feeling that nice little kick. It's something that you really sense that rather than see blatantly because it's such a fast action. It's happening in one second. But all of these things add up and the overall effect, secondary action on the hair, these little overlaps on the hands, even things like the feet tweening like this. All of these things work together to help us fight the awful effect that is the Flash-y look when it comes to animation where we're just moving flat symbols around.
All these techniques are vital tools in our war against the dead empty motion tweening of just geometrical shapes. So this is all about the illusion and helping our little flat character look like he isn't a little flat character. So I think there's one more little pass I have to make over this to add some little squash and stretch on the torso level and maybe a couple of other little things here and there and then we have to really tie this down and save our file and move onto the next chapter.
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Lady Pios cruise past Dunham to earn return trip to state tourney
CROWLEY – The Lady Pios coasted past Dunham Monday night at A.B. Dore Gym, winning the second round playoff match in straight sets of 25-5, 25-17, 25-14.
The victory sends the Lady Pios back to the State Volleyball Tournament in Kenner where they will square off with Northlake Christian in a quarterfinal matchup at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday.
"We passed the ball pretty well which let us run some offense and when we do that we have a lot of weapons that allows us to have success," said ND coach Tara Young. "Hopefully, we're in full stride heading into the tournament."
The Lady Pios were as good as opponents have seen in the first set.
Allison Leonards dug the opening serve with a pass to Alex Miller for a set at the middle net that Alaina Savoy blasted to the floor for a kill. Leonards then blocked a Dunham kill attempt over the defense which dropped inside the end line for a point. Savoy put down three straight winners as Notre Dame took a 6-0 lead and was never threatened.
After a net violation gave Dunham a point, the Pios countered by scoring nine straight with Leonards getting three kills, Savoy dropping in three aces and Katherine Kirsch adding a middle kill for a 16-1 lead. Mallory Chiasson dropped in a service ace and Megan Malmay sent a kill down the left sideline to close out game one, 25-5.
As well as things were going in set one was as bad as things looked to start the second set. The Pios gifted Dunham with three straight net serves and fell behind 16-13. Kirsch slammed a short set off the left sideline to break the Tigers serve and wake up the Pios offense.
Notre Dame then scored nine straight points with Marie Ledet pushing a winner to the open floor, Leonards knocking down two monster kills from the left outside and Kirsch getting another winner from the middle.
Miller dropped a soft serve in for an ace and dished up a hard serve that Dunham couldn't handle to make it 23-16. Dunham got one of their few kills and the Pios got it right back with Kirsch spiking a short set to close out game two, 25-17.
"We've been working hard in practice on focusing our game to not give up bunches of points and get ourselves in trouble," said Young. "It was a good thing that we kind of revisited that to see how we would handle it. I think we showed that when we make a mistake we can get right back to playing our game, which is what we've been working for."
The Pios were definitely back in their game, taking a 12-3 lead in the third set with consistent passing and setting that resulted in kills from Savoy, Miller, Kirsch and Leonards. Dunham made a brief run to close within 14-9, but Young called a timeout and quickly righted the ship.
The Lady Pios returned to the floor and set Malmay on the left outside for a hard kill. Alli Daigle went down to dig the next Dunham kill attempt, Marie Ledet set to the right outside and Savoy slammed a kill home. Savoy then dropped in two more of her game high eight service aces to close out the match.
Savoy added six digs with nine kills to lead the Pios. Leonards recorded eight kills, six digs, an ace and a block. Kirsch finished with seven kills and Ledet totaled 19 assists, three kills, six digs and two aces. Miller added 12 assists, four digs, two aces and a kill.


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From the time he was old enough to pick up a hammer, he worked in the small construction company founded in 1918 by his father, Pellegrino Agnes, an Italian immigrant.
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Ballots hit the mail yesterday in many jurisdictions across Colorado. For some of those ballots, election administrators will be using new voting machines as Colorado plans a statewide upgrade. Eight counties will be testing one of four new machines in the off-year elections. Those are Continue reading
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Environmental Groups Concerned About Land Swap
Local groups are questioning proposals from oil and natural gas exploration companies that want to swap operations from the Thompson Divide area to parts of west Colorado, including land in Rio Blanco County. The Grand Junction Audubon Society and North Fork Valley's Citizens for a Heathy Community group are Continue reading
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Lawmakers Urge Governor to Reject BLM Travel Plan
A group of 21 Republican lawmakers from the Senate and House sent a letter to Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper May 20th calling on him to oppose a new BLM "travel plan" for parts of the Western Slope that could close up to 2,000 miles of rural roads or trails in Grand Continue reading
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The federal government is using questionable practices to lock up land in Northwest Colorado. That's according to several local governments and the Colorado Oil and Gas Association. The Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado Continue reading
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3 People Missing in Massive Mudslide In Mesa County
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Wyoming Fugitive Apprehended in Arizona
42-year old Jared Ramon, wanted by the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office, was tracked to Mesa, Arizona recently, where he was taken into custody by officers of the Mesa Police Department. Ramon was wanted for Continue reading


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Sometimes skulking on the side streets of Surry Hills is not what you want to do at dinner time. No bookings makes hunger grow into discontent and sometimes I just want to eat without all the hype. That's why we headed to Cronulla. The promise of a new restaurant, a walk on the beach and an actual booking was irresistible.
Skater and I had our good friend Dolly in tow, as we walked along the beach front in the warm breeze. You can see the water from alphabet street, its not quite on the waterfront but you can smell the sea from the tables on the terrace. I had a burning question for the owner Joe Natale and partner Oriana……do they like Prince?
Why? well because alphabet street is the name of a Prince song and one of my all time favourites. Joe tells me that he was listening to alphabet street and thought it would be a good name. Joe and his partner are no strangers to restaurants having previously run the much loved Rambutan on Oxford Street Darlinghurst.
This small restaurant is more than a simple rectangular space, with an open kitchen. It has some effective design elements, a green "plant" feature wall and a couple of green astro turf mats outside carry a relaxed garden theme. There are wooden squares joined together and climbing two places on the walls from floor to ceiling that add interest and movement, Joe says they represent the buildings on alphabet street (where Prince was going down to meet a girl). They were open only a week when I went just before Christmas 2012.
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alphabet street is Asian style, a journey from Malaysia to Thailand & China with a stopover in Australia. The menu is traditional enough, broken down into Entrees,( $5-18) Mains$18 -32- market price), sides and desserts ($12). So what did we have?
Betel leaves with tea smoked trout and a delicious Thai style dressing with lemon, fish sauce and sugar.(5 ea) Betel leaves wrapped in egg filled with a fresh 1/2 tiger prawn and a zesty nutty filling with toasted coconut($6 ea). These arrived in a gorgeous white wicker bird cage . ( lots of lovely presentation ideas here). Skater had Roti Mataba a flaky pastry filled with chicken mince and served with peanut sauce and a light cucumber pickle. He was more than pleased with this and let me try a little of the flaky gingery chicken filled pastry. ($14)
A crispy snapper arrives looking like an exotic garden filled with edible flowers, vegetables, Lychees and Pineapple. The flesh has been sliced off in chunks and fried for ease of eating, and while it is fresh it is cloyingly sweet and could do with a little tweaking. ($35.00).
A Plate of 48 hour slow braised lamb is unctuous and falls from the bone. It sits generously on top of a mash of sweet potato and a "Mussamum" curry sauce. It arrives with a burning cinnamon quill that gives off a wonderful smoky aroma, adding a touch of cinnamon to the air. Sadly though there is not much evidence of cinnamon or star anise or spices in the sauce itself. It is a lovely dish all the same but Mussaman "style " would probably be more appropriate($32). In an odd twist of cuisines it is served with a piece of naan bread, that is beautifully fresh & considerably lighter than a traditional naan, however it is perfect for mopping up the sauce. A plate of crispy pork belly ($28) with snake beans, green eggplant and holy basil is similar to one of my favourites Pad Prik King, it's crispy and fresh but the addition of dry red curry makes it too fiery hot for Skater , who orders another Roti Mataba to fill his teenage cake hole.
The dishes are a great size to share and with rice we have managed to over order. The staff are all well trained and efficient and more than willing to explain the food and how the kitchen works. Fun personal touches show humour and style and when you've stuffed yourself, head towards to crashing waves for some air.
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Senior Media Designer
- Employer
- Landor Associates
- Location
- Cincinnati
- Posted
- Sep 30, 2013
- Closes
- Oct 30, 2013
- Contact
- Heather Mulvaney
- Category
- Design, Digital Media, Technology
- Duration
- Full Time
Based on our belief that Media Design platforms shift how brands engage with their consumers, Landor creates and designs brand-led media experiences that elevate a brand positioning to connect with consumers in more compelling and relevant ways. Landor Cincinnati is seeking a Senior Media Designer who partners with the Media Creative Director and team to develop and produce media solutions using video and film production, motion graphics, photography, interactive and online executions.The practice of media design is a fast paced and ever evolving medium. Applicants must demonstrate an ability to provide clear and meaningful communications through the skilled application of multiple media design disciplines. Primary Responsibilities • Design and develop complex motion graphics and visual effects. • Video and photographic production and composition, both in the field and studio. • Participate and/or lead concept and script development and post-production editing including motion graphics, visual effects and storyboarding. • Art direction. • Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted during the course of work • Create high quality strategic design, imaging and/or coded assets while maintaining high quality control standards. • Must be a creative self-starter, experienced working with clients. • Must provide a demo reel or equivalent media based samples of your work along with resume; no printed portfolios. Requirements/Skills • Highly organized and has the ability to work on multiple projects with rigid deadlines, both individually and in a team environment. • Ability to provide visual design solutions and communicate technical concepts in non-technical terms to staff and clients. • Extensive knowledge of media production hardware and software platforms. • Critical thinking and personal time management. • Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, FCP, Photoshop, Illustrator and Cinema 4D or similar software. • A Bachelor's degree in Web Design, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Animation or related field. • 6-10 years experience. Desirable, but not required, Requirements/Skills • Experience in the conceptualization, design, and production of graphics, Web, and print materials. • Experience in web development environment and tools such as flash, interactive design and user interface design. Software/Technologies • Adobe Creative Suite CS6 Design Premium or higher (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat) • Media players & technologies, such as Quicktime and Windows Media • Microsoft Office 2011 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)To be considered, please create a profile and upload your resume.To apply, please update your resume to www.landor.comNo phone calls, please! We review all applicants online!You must include your website on your resume.


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Paris-based Italian designer Giuseppe Bessero Belti has designed a collection of vases that combine 3D printing with repurposed paraffin lamp chimneys (+ slideshow). More »
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Flowers replace flames in paraffin lamp
Tuomas Markunpoika mills coloured pencils
to create Amalgamated vases
Amsterdam designer Tuomas Markunpoika has glued together pencils and milled them into vessels streaked with the coloured leads (+ movie). More »
Brick-shaped vase by Paul Menand
holds flowers in two ways
Paolo Ulian and Moreno Ratti shape
marble vase with a hammer
Milan 2014: the final shape of this marble vase by Italian designers Paolo Ulian and Moreno Ratti was revealed by smashing off edges with a hammer. More »
Mutant vase by Yiannis Ghikas
has a sci-fi surface pattern
Greek designer Yiannis Ghikas has created a 3D-printed vase with a ribbed surface decoration inspired by science fiction special effects that show creatures moving under a person's skin. More »
Josh Bitelli uses welding equipment to make
containers from coils of molten steel
British designer Josh Bitelli has created a series of vessels by dripping molten steel from a welding gun. More »
Glass rings stack to form Pi-no Pi-no
vases by Maija Puoskari
Dirk Vander Kooij uses a robotic arm
to print vases from scrap plastic
Dutch designer Dirk Vander Kooij made these vessels from scraps of plastic, melted down and built up in layers by a robotic arm. More »
Else vases by Michal Fargo
moulded from torn foam blocks
Willmann Vase by Hanne Willmann has
a glass base and a concrete lid
Stockholm 2014: the delicate glass base of this vase by German designer Hanne Willmann contrasts with a concrete cover that supports the stems of flowers. More »
Crown Vase by Lambert Rainville creates
freestanding flower arrangements
Boutonnière lapel pin vase
by Omer Polak
Kora Vases by Studiopepe
for Spotti Edizioni
Six limited-edition vases were created by Milan designers Studiopepe for a window installation in central London based on the work of postmodern designer Ettore Sottass (+ slideshow). More »
Sinkhole Vessels by Liliana Ovalle
at Grandmateria III
London Design Festival 2013: Mexican designer Liliana Ovalle is presenting a series of clay vessels based on the geological phenomenon of sinkholes as part of a group show at Gallery Libby Sellers in London. More »
Snow Vases by
Maxim Velčovský
London Design Festival 2013: Czech designer Maxim Velčovský presents a series of porcelain vases cast from snow at the London Design Festival, which starts today. More »
Patchwork Glass Vases
by Nendo
Milan 2013: Japanese design studio Nendo has unveiled a collection of glass vases inspired by patchwork quilts at the Dilmos Gallery in Milan this week. More »
Paper Vase by
Pepe Heykoop
Product news: Dutch designer Pepe Heykoop has created a paper cover to turn any glass jar or bottle into a faceted vase, sold to help impoverished women in Mumbai make a living. More »
Tyvek Vase by
Jiwon Choi
This vase by Rhode Island School of Design graduate Jiwon Choi is made from a thin curl of synthetic paper. More »
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Is it a critter making a South Jersey comeback or just Internet innuendo making the rounds?
It's hard to say, but Pennsauken has posted on its website that the township has had "a handful of reports" that a creature known to some as a "fisher cat" had been sighted in the last few days.
"While this animal's natural habitat is much farther north than Pennsauken, the Township is currently looking into this matter to confirm or deny this claim's validity," the website says, adding, "Any issues regarding animal control in Pennsauken Township should be directed to 856-663-3058."
So far, township animal control officer Nancy Welsh said she didn't have much to go on.