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MENLO PARK, CA -- Starting salaries in the accounting and finance, information technology (IT), and administrative fields are expected to remain relatively flat or see modest declines next year, but some positions will buck this trend, according to the 2010 Salary Guides from Robert Half. Research for the guides provides insight into compensation and hiring trends within each field, and identifies 10 positions where national average salaries are holding strong or seeing slight gains.
"A focus on cost control will continue to shape the hiring landscape next year, and starting salaries clearly are being influenced by that trend," said Max Messmer, chairman and CEO of Robert Half. "At the same time, companies recognize the need to invest in staff members with specific expertise who can help them capitalize on emerging opportunities."
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Following is an overview of compensation trends, segmented by field, along with 10 positions showing steady or increasing compensation, according to the Salary Guides:
2010 Salary Trends: Accounting and Finance
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6. Information systems security manager: Protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information from internal and external breaches is a must-have for companies of all sizes, making security professionals integral to the IT department. The salary range for an information systems security manager is expected to be $96,500 to $130,750.
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Positions with the best prospects include:
8. Medical records clerk: As more hospitals and healthcare organizations transition from paper to electronic medical records, facilities will seek medical records clerks who can help supervise the scanning and processing of patient data. These individuals can expect to earn a starting salary of $23,750 to $31,500 in 2010.
9. Customer service representative: In the current economy, hiring managers consider customer service the function most critical to their organizations' success, according to the 2009 Employment Dynamics and Growth Expectations (EDGE) Report from Robert Half and CareerBuilder. The salary range for a customer service representative is projected to be $22,750 to $30,750.
10. Executive assistant: Companies with leaner teams are looking for employees to take on a wider range of duties. Executive assistants who can wear many hats, support multiple managers and adapt readily to change are in particular demand. These individuals are likely to see starting salaries in the range of $35,000 to $47,000.
Messmer noted that many firms continue to report challenges finding highly skilled candidates, despite current unemployment figures. "Recruiting difficulties are the result of a number of factors, including continued competition for the best workers, the unwillingness of professionals to leave secure positions and employers themselves being more selective to avoid costly hiring mistakes. To keep up with business demands and reduce the need for additional layoffs, many firms have increased their reliance on interim professionals and temporary-to-full-time arrangements."
About the Robert Half 2010 Salary Guides
The new Robert Half Salary Guides include the 2010 Salary Guide for accounting and finance, produced by Accountemps®, Robert Half® Finance & Accounting and Robert Half®Management Resources; the Robert Half Technology 2010 Salary Guide for technology professionals; and the OfficeTeam 2010 Salary Guide for administrative positions.
The guides are produced annually by Robert Half to offer hiring managers information on prevailing salaries in their geographic areas and insight into the latest employment trends. This year for the first time, the 2010 Salary Guides will be accompanied by online Salary Centers featuring up-to-the-minute information and analysis on the employment environment and Robert Half's new Salary Calculators. The Salary Calculators allow users to quickly access the starting salary range for their specified position and location and can be accessed at www.roberthalf.com/SalaryCenter, www.rht.com/SalaryCenter and www.officeteam.com/SalaryCenter for the accounting and finance, information technology, and administrative fields, respectively.
Since 1950, companies have consulted the annual guides from Robert Half to determine appropriate compensation for their employees. In addition, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics references the guide when preparing its comprehensive Occupational Outlook Handbook.
Robert Half has more than 360 staffing locations worldwide and offers online job search services on its divisional websites, all of which can be accessed at www.roberthalf.com.


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Orthostatic Hypotension
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General Discussion
Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is a common condition characterized as a drop in blood pressure that occurs when a person stands up. OH can cause lightheadedness, dizziness or even causing a person to faint. Symptoms can also be subtle or absent. By definition, the drop in blood pressure must be greater than 20mm Hg of mercury in systolic BP and/or more than 10 mm of mercury in diastolic BP within 3 minutes upon standing from sitting or from a lying down face-up (supine) position. There are numerous, varied causes of OH. Neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (NOH) is a rare subtype caused by underlying neurologic disorders that affect a specific part of the autonomic nervous system. The autonomic nervous system is the part of the nervous system that regulates certain involuntary body functions such as heart rate, blood pressure, sweating, and bowel and bladder control. The treatment of OH depends upon several factors including the specific underlying cause.
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Gene variants in CHRNA5-A3-B4, which encode for the alpha5, alpha3 and beta4 nicotinic receptor subunits, are associated with altered smoking behaviors in European-Americans. Little is known about CHRNA5-A3-B4 and its association with smoking behaviors and weight in Alaska-Native people, which is a population with high prevalence but low levels of tobacco consumption, extensive smokeless tobacco use, and high rates of obesity. We investigated CHRNA5-A3-B4 haplotype structure and its association with nicotine intake and obesity in Alaska-Native people. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS: A cross sectional study of 400 Alaska-Native individuals including 290 tobacco users. MEASUREMENTS: CHRNA5-A3-B4 genotype, body weight, and tobacco consumption biomarkers such as plasma cotinine and urinary total nicotine equivalents (TNE). FINDINGS: Alaska-Native people have a distinct CHRNA5-A3-B4 haplotype structure compared with European/African-Americans. In 290 Alaska-Native tobacco users, the 'G' allele of rs578776, which tagged a 30kb haplotype in CHRNA5-A3-B4, was prevalent (16%) and significantly associated with nicotine intake (20% higher plasma cotinine, P<0.001, 16% higher TNE, P=0.076), while rs16969968 was not associated with nicotine intake. Rs578776 acted in combination with CYP2A6, the main nicotine-metabolizing enzyme, to increase nicotine intake by 1.8 fold compared with the low risk group (P<0.001). Furthermore rs2869950, a single nucleotide polymorphism 5' to CHRNB4, was significantly associated with increased body mass index (P<0.01) in the tobacco users even after controlling for differences in nicotine intake (P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Genetic variants in CHRNA5-A3-B4 alter nicotine intake and body mass index in a population of Alaska-Native people, who have a distinct haplotype structure, smoking behaviors and prevalence of obesity.
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What is Chromium 6 and how bad is it?
Chromium 6 is a heavy metal that is categorized as a Group 1 carcinogen according to the World Health Organization or WHO. It is a by-product of industrial manufacturing and is known to cause cancer in what is considered extremely small concentrations. More on this later.
This is the same heavy metal that Erin Brockovich brought attention to with her 2000 movie starring Julia Roberts that documented the poisoning of Hinkley, CA with Chromium 6.
The alarming study released late 2016 by the Environmental Working Group or "EWG" took samples from 60,000 sources nationwide and found that 75% of them contained a measurable amount of Hexavalent Chromium, commonly referred to as Chromium 6 (or Chromium VI). This means that 218 million Americans are affected by this issue. While the mere presence of the Chromium 6 is problematic and alarming, it's really the concentrations at which it is toxic which pose the greatest challenge to consumers health.
The substance is extremely toxic at very, very low levels. So low that California scientists have labeled Chromium 6 dangerous when it exceeds just 0.02 parts per billion. Yes, that is parts per Billion not Million. One part per billion (ppb) equates to 1 part per every 1,000,000,000 parts. For a frame of reference, one part per billion is roughly equal to about one drop of water in an Olympic sized swimming pool. It's practically nothing, but the research shows that there really isn't a safe amount of Chromium VI in your water.
Scientific research from a two-year study done by the National Toxicology Program (2008) found that drinking water with Chromium VI caused cancer in the test subjects. So far, California is the only state to have a public health goal and an enforceable legal limit on this highly toxic, cancer-causing compound. However, the limit is set at 500 times what the researchers have declared as the health goal. That means there could be many times what is considered "safe" before they ever get close to the limit of what is acceptable for you to drink according to tap water regulations.
It should be noted that while Chromium 6 is something so potent and dangerous to your health it has no perceptible smell or odor, no taste and no visible signs of its presence. You can only tell if your water is affected by sophisticated laboratory testing procedures at a certified water quality lab. This contributes to part of the problem as most all of the consumers drinking the tap water have no practical way of measuring Chromium concentrations. The truth is you could be drinking it right now and have absolutely no idea.
Here is the map published by the EWG which shows the counties affected by Chromium in their tap water from the samples they obtained. Click here or click the map below to search to see if your area is affected (please not that this doesnt mean it will not be affected in the future!)
This leads many Americans to ask the question: Why aren't we doing more as a country to deliver our drinking water? That's a good question. The answer has to do with the cost and technical feasibility of performing the proper filtration to remove the contaminants. That is to say, it's far too many gallons and costs too much to remove it on a nation-wide level. So the result is they don't do anything about it and it continues to flow from the polluted water source into your pipes in your home or apartment and it becomes the water you drink. That is, unless you do something about it!
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Don't wait, take action, filter your water with a product that has been specifically tested to remove Chromium 6. Most all of the products you find at the store will not remove it. Popular brands like Brita DO NOT protect you against this type of contamination. You need a more robust filter to get these heavy metals out.
That's where the Clearly Filtered pitcher thrives. On those tricky to remove contaminants like Chromium 6 that the other filters on the market simply leave behind.
Does my water have Chromium 6?
From the EWG study just published it appears that more than 2/3rds of all Americans (218 million people) are at serious risk of encountering Chromium 6 in their drinking water.
What kind of filter removes Chromium 6?
Only higher-end filters like ClearlyFiltered's Water Pitcher have the capability to remove contaminants like Chromium 6. Most pitchers do not make this claim.
Does Brita filter out Chromium 6?
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Is any amount of Chromium 6 okay?
Scientists are still testing but concentrations as low as 0.02ppb are where current health goals are set in California.
What is the limit for Chromium 6 in the tap water?
Currently only California has a limit of 10ppb for their water. There is no national standard or limit set by the EPA at this time.
How do I know if I have Chromium 6 in my water?
Use the EWG website as a reference, it contains helpful information that may be applicable to your community water source.
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Tap Water Making Headlines
Since the major news coverage of the Flint, Michigan tap water crisis, many other cities have been coming up in the news questioning their own municipal water supply. With many of the US municipal water systems "coming of age" we will likely be hearing much more news about issues about the health of our drinking water. Because of the outpour of frustration behind Flint many other cities are trying their best to not seek the same fate in the publics eyes. Their solution . . . underreport and systematically downplay the levels of contaminants such as lead and copper in the water.
Scientists have come forward stating that they are seeing blatant "distortion of test data" to make the water in their cities perceive to be healthier than it really is.
The controversial approach to water testing is so widespread that it occurs in "every major US city east of the Mississippi" according to an anonymous source with extensive knowledge of the lead and copper regulations. "By word of mouth, this has become the thing to do in the water industry. The logical conclusion is that millions of people's drinking water is potentially unsafe."
It is hard to believe that Flint, Michigan is a one-off case. With many of the major cities east of the Mississippi all under-reporting their levels of dangerous contaminants in the water, its only a matter of time before these reports hit the news stands. There comes a time in the very near future that our cities municipal water systems have run their course and will need to be updated. Original lead piping systems are planned to last between 60-95 years and many of those systems are overdue for an upgrade. We still have many questions to be answered, but its looking as if we will be hearing many more accounts of issues with municipal tap water systems.
In Sebring, Ohio in August of 2015 showed extreme levels of lead in their water because workers stopped adding chemicals that were leading to the pipes corroding faster. It took the city 5 months to recognize the problem and inform the local pregnant women and children to stop drinking the water and turn off public consumption of the water at local schools.
Just last week the city of Los Angeles had to provide bottled water to 5 schools which "mysteriously" were found to have murky water likely linked to the lead piping system.
We posted a blog post last week highlighting the State of Emergency declared in Newburgh, New York because high levels of PFOS in their water supply. http://www.clearlyfiltered.com/blogs/blog/116666884-water-contamination-in-new-york-water-supply
Rules and science are outdated. The E.P.A.'s trigger level for addressing lead in drinking water — 15 parts per billion — is not based on any health threat; rather, it reflects a calculation that water in at least nine in 10 homes susceptible to lead contamination will fall below that standard.
Is it time to hold the EPA accountable for testing and limit standards across the country? Shouldn't these standards be tied to the best interest of the health of the people paying for and consuming the water?
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I'm trying to figure out what to take away from this game.
1. Vogel's right. If you heard him in the pre-game, he was talking about the difference between the Pacers being a first-round exit and a team that goes deep in the playoffs will be how well they learn to share the ball. The team took that to heart, and it really worked well for them tonight.
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A great win tonight, but I can't help but notice that our Bench is futile. Our bench came in in the 1st qtr and the Warriors ran the score right back to even. Larry really needs to go out and get a scorer for that 2nd unit.
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You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
He is easily our best defensive point guard outside of George Hill. He is definitely stronger than Hill though and has a better knack for the ball defensively. Almost like Paul George but unpolished. If we put him on the best point guards I think he will get confidence and defend them just fine in the future. His arms are long and he has shown he has good hands. This is just my opinion, but I think Lance looks great at point. He really looks out of place at the 2. And the arguments were the opposite. Am I seeing it backwards?
Anyways great win tonight. 22-12!!! Number 3 in the East!!! Hornets coming up! I'm really looking forward to the hard part of the schedule if we can handle the Hornets. Everyone looked good tonight. And people still say we have no/need more talent? Sure if we can use our cap space to get a steal we do it. But I don't see Bird just throwing out cap space just because. It will be a good deal or it'll fall through.
Roy Hibbert , at this point in his career, is a lot better then I ever thought he would be. I take back all those trade scenarios I have ever agreed with or suggested.
This team is a good backup center away from being a true contender.
But as the team is now, I think they will be able to hold off the end of season runs that Boston and New York are predicted to make. Third or fourth seed looks more and more like a reality IMO.
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On a side note, I attended the game and it was great to see the team completely take it to an opponent at home. Idk how it came across on tv, but the crowd was into the game throughout. We looked impressive against a lowly team, but it was nice to be able to rest the starters in the 4th. 10 games over .500 with another game against a bad team (NO) we have a chance to be 11 games over .500 when we open our toughest stretch of the season next week.
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The Hornets are not a bad team per se. They just cannot close out games or are willingly tanking during the final possessions. They are not as bad as their record indicates.
That's not to say that we should not beat them, though. It's just that it will not be a blow out. I expect a hard-fought W like last time.
And is this another one of our notorious 5 game winning streaks? I think so! I can't remember the last time we went on a 10 game tear. We should smash the Bobcats and if we could somehow beat the next 4 playoff teams I think the Fieldhouse would start seeing more sellouts.
My takeaway seems to be that our young talent including Roy, Paul and DC are all maturing quite well. There was a time not long ago that Roy Hibbert would fall down more often than grab a rebound. That has changed completely. He is now grabbing difficult boards...and he just continues to get stronger.
Paul has yet to really break out IMO. I've seen this all before folks. Reggie Miller surpassed Chuck Person quite early in his career...but still I see it coming. Paul is going to become the man on this team. Not this year, but next year we are going to see some level of equality between Danny and Paul. Ultimately, this will be Paul's team and we will go only as far as he will take us.
DC is a better basketball player this year. Not a big fan, but I have to admit he's playing well. Always an effective scorer and great handle...so not too much to complain about.
I doubt you see anymore sellouts until we win at least 1 playoff series. The season after that you should see some results.
That said, I'm just going to enjoy the prices I can find tickets for today, and keep going to games and sitting in the lower center sections for cheap.
I thought they were pretty blah as well. But the past three times that specific group had played together, they played really well. Their energy just seemed low tonight. I think they were treating it like garbage time from the beginning.
That said, I think they'll end up being a really good bench unit. Sort of like a goon squad redux (with GH replacing PG)
I am waiting for the trade deadline to bother worrying much about the bench lineup. AJ's definitely getting his opportunity now, we can actually evaluate him starting in 2 games(I don't care what he did against the bobcats). Before we can worry about Lance, the team needs to sort out what they want to do with George Hill. I wouldn't say anything is done for the season yet, unless you are confident that George Hill won't be playing PG this season.
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I think that might be a real kiss of death though for George Hill. They might have more luck signing Barbosa on a MLE-type of 3 year deal in the offseason. You start to wonder about what the plan is with Hill, as he's never really got himself into the groove.
I would guess that they're going to roll the dice on Hill and try to shore up the front court instead.
If we were to get technical here, only ONE team rocked "Indiana" on the front of their jerseys tonight...
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It thus follows that a capitalism for communities would value economic benefits beyond monetary gain, accounting also for the everyday experiences of individuals in their localities, and the power of the markets to contribute to and enrich these. Whilst of course growth and jobs are imperative to everyday individual circumstances, for many individuals and communities who make up the wider population outside the financial and professional markets, the 'real' economy is the direct effect on their everyday social lives and wellbeing in the context of their immediate space and social relations.
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The degree of cross-party consensus is exemplified beyond the convergence of our own panel of speakers. Today, Deputy PM Nick Clegg announced plans to increase employee share ownership in British businesses, to give individual employees a stake in their firms and benefit productivity and workplace culture and wellbeing. A concept that ResPublica recommended in 2009, the idea was also recognised in the 2010 election manifestos from the Conservative and Labour parties. Rather than fuelling the divisive executive pay debate, this is the sort of policy which recognises all the members of a community and drives their associative benefits forward.
In his recent article on the resurgence of the social, Adrian Pabst attributes the disconnect between markets and society to the subordination of social to commercial purpose. This approach gives rise to a new vision beyond consumerist culture whereby the commercial – applicable to employers, retailers or service providers - should move towards a values-based understanding of people's priorities.
Clegg's announcement today is a welcome one, but there is a long way to go to achieve a seismic shift in the meaning and understanding of the 'economic good' across all sectors.


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The "Night Dragon" attacks, as they have been dubbed, are now being investigated by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI).
Starting as early as 2007, the attacks were "coordinated, covert and targeted", according to a report by McAfee, the computer security company.
McAfee said the hackers targeted five large oil and gas companies, but did not identify them by name. The attacks successfully obtained information about oil and gas field operations, including the configuration of equipment, and financial documents relating to bids for oil and gas concessions and drilling rights.
Dmitri Alperovitch, a researcher at McAfee, suggested the attacks had been commercially motivated. "The information is tremendously sensitive and would be worth a huge amount of money to competitors," he said.
He added that the attacks had occurred strictly during working hours, Beijing time, and that the hackers appeared to be like "company worker bees".
The attacks were said by McAfee to be similar to the hacking of Google in December 2009, when attackers succeeded in stealing some of the search engine's valuable source code. They also resembled a China-based espionage network discovered in 2009 and nicknamed GhostNet, that broke into the computers of diplomats, activists and businessmen and transmitted information back to the hackers.
The Chinese government has repeatedly denied it is responsible for computer hacking and insisted that there are strong laws in China to punish hackers.


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Two AspectsRiddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
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Correlation Between Coital Activity During Pregnancy and Premature Delivery Related to Prostanoid Receptor Polymorphisms
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|Correlation Between Coital Activity During Pregnancy and Premature Delivery Related to Prostanoid Receptor Polymorphisms
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|Correlation Between Coital Activity During Pregnancy and Premature Delivery Related to Prostanoid Receptor Polymorphisms
|Brief Summary
|The purpose of our study is correlate between premature delivery (between week 23-35 of the pregnancy) in women that had intercourse up to 12 hours prior to beginning of labor and polymorphisms in the gene Prostanoid receptor.
|Detailed Description
During the past years there has been a conflict between different studies regarding the correlation between intercourse during pregnancy and early labor. Brustman et al showed that women that were at a high risk for early delivery and had intercourse and then an early labor had significantly increase uterine activity compared to women at low risk. Petridou et al showed that this risk is significantly higher at week 33 of gestation. However, the Cochrane Library summary leaves the question of correlation between intercourse and early labor unanswered. In Sayle et al's study showed no correlation between early delivery and intercourse. In 2004 Oguma described 3 polymorphisms in the Prostanoid receptor gene. These polymorphisms were correlated to increased activity of smooth muscles of bronchi in asthma. Since this gene is also expressed in the uterine muscles we wanted to determine whether there is a correlation between the three polymorphisms T-549C, C-441T, T-197C, G+1044A and early delivery due to intercourse.
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|Behavioral: Correlation between early delivery and coital activity
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|Brustman LE, Raptoulis M, Langer O, Anyaegbunam A, Merkatz IR. Changes in the pattern of uterine contractility in relationship to coitus during pregnancies at low and high risk for preterm labor. Obstet Gynecol. 1989 Feb;73(2):166-8.
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|Shaare Zedek Medical Center
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ATLANTA --- The state Board of Education has given the go-ahead to Warren County to become the first charter system under a legislative initiative sponsored last year by Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle.
"We have taken a significant step that will make a difference in the lives of students in Georgia," he said in a statement issued after the decision. "I am very proud of the historic step Warren County School System has taken today and am confident that they will maximize their potential for educational excellence as a result of becoming a Charter System. It is thrilling to see this law become a reality and I look forward to witnessing the positive change it will bring to our students."
Charter systems, along with career academies, were Mr. Cagle's educational initiatives to promote innovation and flexibility in the classroom. A charter system provides the opportunity for teachers, administrators, parents and school boards to have greater flexibility and to determine the educational needs of students within their district in exchange for specific achievement standards.
Four other school districts, Gainesville City, Marietta City, Decatur City and Chattahoochee County also have submitted petitions but were told by the state school board to revise them.
Board members said they were concerned that the districts were not giving enough power to each school to write its own budgets and hire teachers, a key component of the state's charter school laws.
The districts have until the board's June 12 meeting to change their applications.


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Friday, February 24th & Saturday, February 25th, 2017
EXPO weekend is a time to experience the best of Washington's Recreation Economy. We start the weekend on Friday with our Outdoor Recreation Summit – a day of learning and sharing for those in the recreation industry.
Saturday is the BIG DAY – our free to the public Recreation Northwest EXPO where 70 exhibitors and 700 people come together to celebrate outdoor recreation and find new ways to get outside and play.
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Bring your friends and family to meet face to face with Apparel and Gear Manufacturers, Retailers, Outfitters, Outdoor Media, Activity Clubs, Stewardship Organizations and representatives from your favorite local recreation events and races. Explore Washington's outdoor recreation opportunities to find new ways to get outside and play.
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To meet the increased demand of 2017 EXPO Exhibitors, we are changing venues to the Bellingham Cruise Terminal – we now have room for more vendors and larger booths!
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Recreation Northwest EXPO Partners & Sponsors are credited for making this happen. Please thank them the next time you cross paths.
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Robert A. "Bob" Blouin, Pharm.D., is the Vaughn and Nancy Bryson Distinguished Professor, dean of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina and director of the Eshelman Institute for Innovation.
Since Blouin became dean in July of 2003, the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy has seen significant growth and has undertaken a number of innovative initiatives.
The School and its doctor of pharmacy program are ranked number one in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Enrollment has increased by 23 percent since 2005 to approximately 650 students. A number of those students study at the School's satellite campus in Asheville, North Carolina, which was launched in 2011.
The research enterprise has expanded greatly during Blouin's tenure. The School's total research funding stood at approximately $2.2 million in 2002. By 2015, funding had grown to nearly $27 million, and the School is currently second among the nation's pharmacy schools in total research funding. The size of the School's facilities has nearly doubled to 315,000 square feet with the opening of the Genetic Medicine Building in 2008 and Marsico Hall in 2014. Most of the space in the new buildings is dedicated to research.
The number of faculty at the School has grown by more than 70 percent since 2005 to nearly 110, and there are more than 100 graduate students enrolled, an increase of more than 25 percent since 2005.
In 2014 the School received a $100 million gift from Fred Eshelman, the largest from an individual in the University's history and the largest ever made to a pharmacy school in the United States. The gift established the Eshelman Institute for Innovation, which aims to inspire a culture of innovation where imagination and creative solutions accelerate change in education, research and health care. The institute provides a mechanism for faculty, staff and students to seek funding for bold ideas and also provides opportunities to educate and train students and postdoctoral fellows; foster collaboration, creativity, and innovation; and stimulate commercialization of intellectual property and entrepreneurial development.
The School launched an initiative known as the educational renaissance to transform the way pharmacy is taught. Many faculty worked to "flip" their classes by moving lecture material online and delivering it to students outside of class. This allows class time to be spent on more engaging activities that focus on application, problem solving, critical thinking, and teamwork.
The School established an Office of Educational Technology Research and Development to support its efforts in the classroom, followed by the creation of the Academy, a unit within the School designed to create and nurture a community of faculty educators dedicated to enriching professional, graduate and postgraduate learning and advancing education. The School plans to roll out a re-engineered PharmD curriculum in the fall of 2015.
Improving the effectiveness and efficiency of business operation has also been a priority for Blouin. Infoporte is a system developed at the School to gather and transform accounting information of legacy University systems and present it in a way that was useful to faculty and staff. Infoporte has since been adopted by and rolled out across the University. The School also reorganized its operation into a business-cluster model, which relies on centralized subject-matter experts and specialists servicing the entire School rather than many generalists embedded in different units.
Before coming to UNC, Blouin was a faculty member and administrator at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy from 1978 to 2003. Blouin last served as professor and associate dean for research and graduate education from 1997 to 2003 at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. His responsibilities as associate dean included overseeing the development and expansion of the Center for Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, a multimillion-dollar cGMP drug formulation and manufacturing facility. As the executive director of the Office for Economic Development and Innovations Management, he served as the College of Pharmacy representative on all issues external to the University of Kentucky and those relating to economic development of the pharmaceutical sciences. He represented the college on several statewide biotechnology initiatives and has worked to advance faculty-based intellectual property.
In 2016, Blouin was selected as the recipient of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy's Paul F. Parker Medal for Distinguished Service to the Profession of Pharmacy, one of the pharmacy profession's most prestigious awards.
- Effects of disease (infectious disease and trauma) on altered physiologic states (i.e., aging and obesity)
- The expression and regulation of drug metabolizing enzymes (i.e., cytochrome P450, glucuronosul transferase, and glutathione transferase).
- Doctor of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, 1978
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- Residency, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 1975 to 1978
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- Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, 1975
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We are always learning. Today, my client's GI doctor called me and told me about a special diet for people with food intolerances and or Irritable Bowel Syndrome. The diet is called the FODMAP diet. It is a diet for people with gluten intolerance, fructose malabsorption, and lactose intolerance. This diet is very specific and should […]
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On our way back from Chicago a couple of weekends ago, we stopped at a nice antique store in Michigan City, IN. My husband took off toward one end of the store (he collects old books), while my son and I poked around together looking at things from time gone by: old toys, Beatles posters, vinyl record albums, knick-knacks, books, and housewares. Religious items always catch my eye, and I've come home with several Catholic items from shops like these.
The things I am drawn to the most, however, are old photographs: people all dressed up at weddings, baby photos, and family photos. I always wonder who these people are, how they felt when their photos were taken, what kind of people they were, and of course, where they are now. The photos are usually so old that the people in them have likely gone into eternal life, and that always gives me pause. How did these family photos end up in an antique shop and in my hands? Didn't the family want them anymore, or are they long gone as well? Sometimes people purchase these photos because they like the frames, but when the photos don't come in frames, I wonder who buys these photos of other families, someone else's grandma or grandpa, or great uncle or cousin.
One photo I looked at was a photo of someone's parents, in front of their home on a summer's day, probably taken in the 1940s. The mother had a corsage pinned to her dress, and they both looked happy, grinning at the camera. Mother's Day, perhaps, or an anniversary? Easter Sunday?
I usually reflect for a bit on these photos of someone else's family and then move on, since there is so much to see and merchandise crammed everywhere. But the other week, buried in the back of a shelf of the antique shop in Michigan City, IN, a particular framed photo caught my eye. I don't know when the black-and-white photo was taken, but I am guessing sometime in the 1930s or 40s. I was drawn to it because it is a photograph of a Catholic priest. I dug it out of the shelf and stared at the 8x10 photo of a man in glasses looking back at me. Who was this priest, and where was he from? How did this photo come to be here in this antique shop? Most of these stores have booths they rent out to vendors, and this store was so large and had so many vendors that I knew the man at the front desk would most likely not know the back story of this particular photograph. Now I wish I would have at least tried to ask him.
I called my son over and showed him the photo of the priest. "I wonder who he is," I mused aloud. I wondered about his vocation and the parishes he served at. I turned the frame over but there was no information on the back. Then it occurred to me that we should pray for this holy priest, for the repose of his soul, for he was most likely deceased. So right there in the middle of the antique store, a short prayer was said for this man of the cloth who we had never known. But I figured somebody, perhaps many, many people, loved this priest and he had most likely served hundreds and hundreds of God's people over the years of his priesthood, so he deserved a special prayer here in 2016. After snapping a quick photo of it, I gently set the framed picture back where I had found it and wondered if anyone would buy it.
We walked back toward the front of the store and saw a large display case of jewelry. So many colors and styles of necklaces, earrings, and rings that ladies of days gone by wore and enjoyed. I wondered who gave these ladies their treasures, and if they were birthday, anniversary, or Christmas gifts. Each piece, I realized, was treasured by someone, was loved and kept in a special place on their dressers or in jewelry boxes.
Meandering through the rest of the store, I came upon many other photos of people enjoying special times in their lives, and I was a bit in awe of all of these people and their photos. I happened upon a photo of a little girl's First Holy Communion, seated with her mother for a formal portrait, and I wondered who she was as well.
Walking through these antique stores is a real, living history lesson. I love history, so perhaps that's why I enjoy it so much. Sometimes it makes me a little sad, but mostly it makes me appreciate that I am still here, still alive and able to enjoy living in the here and now, and am able to learn from looking at and appreciating belongings that others cherished so much in the past. Somehow I think the owners of these treasures would like knowing that someone still appreciates them now in 2016.


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