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SOUTH FLORIDA - Stop the presses! (Insert well-known name here) is about to do something nice! Send a camera!
Especially this time of year, we in the newsroom receive press releases and emails almost daily from your elected and appointed officials, from your sports teams, from your local celebrities announcing, as Big Important News, the time and place we should send cameras to document them doing their acts-of-kindness. And we cover them. The bigger the name, the more likely we will be there with a camera.
We also get calls for coverage from all over South Florida's general population of people who participate in all kinds of charitable work. The requests are markedly different. They want the press for the cause, not themselves. Do we go? Maybe once in a while, if it's truly visual or interesting to a wide audience.
So, if we don't cover the Big Name Once-A-Year-Santas, would they still be as actively charitable? Would they expend the time and effort if no one was watching?
I would like to think "yes." I guess I just feel better believing people are generally good and have good intentions that drive the act of giving back, of serving others, of making the community a better place.
They shall remain nameless here because you already know their names. You know their names because they spend a lot of time and effort promoting themselves. And there is plenty of image-crafting self-promotion in staged appearances where the cameras will show them hugging sick kids, giving toys to impoverished children and turkeys to their parents, comforting the grief-stricken. (Sometimes, they use your tax dollars to do so, which means YOU should be credited for the good deed, but I digress...)
Every day, all around our community, people are donating money, showing up to assist people in need, giving of themselves to lift up someone they may not even know.
How about those secret Santas who anonymously pay off layaway bills for families they will never meet?
How about the South Florida funeral home owner who quietly arranges and donates the services and burials to young victims of senseless violence?
How about my friend who started a foundation, spends most of her time and thousands of dollars providing resources to financially-struggling inner city kids and their families?
Those people make differences in someone's life every day. And they do not call for a camera. Because, as they will tell you, it's not about them.
Which brings me to a request: When you are about to do something nice for someone, please send a press release to our newsroom. Heck, send notice to every newsroom in South Florida, noting when and where we can send cameras to cover your act of kindness or charity. Let's get everyone in the community to flood newsrooms with plans and details of impending acts of kindness and charity by those who don't have marquee names and images to build.
What a feel-good flood of information that would be.
And who knows? Maybe we'll send a camera!
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How Do We Change Job Titles Fairly?
What factors should we consider when redesignating titles among leaders in the same or similar job grades? —Title Fight, assistant manager, mining/oil/gas, Singapore
Dear Title Fight:
Job titling is usually fraught with risks. However, there are really two issues you need to address.
The first relates to the relative level of internal responsibility. The second issue is centered on compensation and external market competitiveness.
Internal levels of responsibility: It's OK to have two different titles within the same salary grade. It doesn't matter if the titles carry different levels of perceived authority or responsibility. What matters is that human resources and leadership have a defined and specific set of criteria for these positions.
Levels can be set, maintained and realigned as needed, using factors such as: the scope of a leader's decision-making, the impact of those decisions on the organization, breadth of management, functional or subject-matter leadership. Factors such as years of experience and reporting relationships are marginal to the analysis. Numbers of direct or indirect reports and salaries should be irrelevant.
Make sure your criteria are specific enough so that one manager doesn't report to another manager who occupies the identical grade level (such as a department head). These guidelines should determine the most appropriate titles for people, based on their level in your organization.
Compensation and market competitiveness add further complexity. The market value of a job typically determines where a job is placed, relative to grade. This helps you set the actual pay. Use appropriate and selective market data as you develop pay ranges.
However, pay ranges typically address only base compensation. Having two management positions in the same pay range is thus not only fine, but may be appropriate from the standpoint of the competitive labor market.
Keep in mind that a job grade affects its base pay only. It does not necessarily dictate how you handle other compensation elements, such as participation in bonus plans, eligibility for stock options or long-term incentive programs, and executive perks.
Instead, these elements can be defined based on grade, title, level in the organization, or any other relevant factor. Just as your firm will have a set of criteria for internal levels, it ought to have a set of criteria for participation in compensation programs. This avoids inequities or anomalies. Defined criteria will provide clarity around these decisions and enhance transparency.
SOURCE: Bob Fulton, The Pathfinder's Group Inc., Chicago
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In Georgia, six-year old Casey and his three sisters are placed in foster care due to neglect, and suddenly their whole world changes…
The CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) program is central to fulfilling society's most fundamental obligation by making sure a qualified, compassionate adult will fight for and protect a child's right to be safe, to be treated with dignity and respect and to learn and grow in the safe embrace of a loving family.
The lives and well being of children are hanging in the balance. Every child who cannot live safely at home should have a CASA volunteer who will help ensure their safe passage out of foster care, to the benefit of their children, and generations to come.
Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc. (Georgia CASA) is a nonprofit organization which establishes and supports affiliate programs across the state that recruit, screen, train, and supervise CASA volunteers. Georgia CASA is committed to maintaining a network of well-administered, affiliate programs that operate independently with mutual accountability, resulting in the highest level of advocacy for all of Georgia's dependent children. Currently, 46 CASA programs exist in Georgia that are affiliates of Georgia CASA and members of the National CASA Association.
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What is a Genetic Counselor?
A genetic counselor is a health professional with specialized training in medical genetics and counseling. Most genetic counselors have a master's degree in genetic counseling. Genetic counselors are certified through the American Board of Genetic Counseling.
Genetic counselors provide patients and their families with information about inherited conditions to aid in the patient's and/or family's understanding of a genetic condition. In addition, genetic counselors are often a resource for families as they cope with the diagnosis of a genetic condition and with living with a genetic condition.
What Happens During a Genetic Counseling Visit?
The genetic counselor generally begins the session by obtaining relevant family, pregnancy and medical histories, concentrating on the patient's questions and concerns. If a clinical examination or genetic testing has already identified a genetic condition, the counselor provides information about the diagnosis and the options available, along with providing support to the family.
During a genetic counseling session, the genetic counselor may:
- Provide medical information about the condition(s) in question
- Describe patterns of inheritance and assess risks to other family members
- Discuss appropriate genetic testing
- Identify options for prenatal diagnosis, preconceptual or presymptomatic testing
- Provide the family with information about educational and supportive resources
- Talk with the family about the emotional, psychological and social consequences of a genetic condition
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Nuts are everywhere! They are used as flavourings in foods and are tasty in chocolate bars. Peanut butter is a cheap source of protein and kids love it, so it is often used in schools and daycare centres as a snack or luncht ime staple. But some kids are allergic to nuts and need a special, nut-free diet.
Peanuts are the primary cause of nut allergies. But, because manufacturers that process peanuts may also process other types of nuts, a child with a nut allergy should avoid all nuts due to cross-contamination that may occur during processing.
Even foods that don't contain nuts may be contaminated with tiny amounts of nuts during manufacturing. Snacks, cereals, and especially sweets are often manufactured in a way that allows for cross-contamination.
Because food allergies are on the rise, manufacturers are required to label products that contain foods that can cause allergies. This includes nuts. Read labels carefully and watch for any statements that indicate that the food item was manufactured in a facility that processes nuts. Teach your child to do the same.
Avoiding nuts is generally not a food preference. It's a necessity. Because food allergies can be life threatening, reading labels, avoiding foods that might be questionable, and informing your child's teachers, caretakers, and even his friends' parents that your child cannot eat nuts or foods containing nuts can literally save his life.
Never ignore a label that says a food has been manufactured in a plant that processes nuts. Even if that food itself doesn't list nuts as an ingredient, the fact that it may have come into contact with nuts at any point during the manufacturing process means that your child can't eat it.
Written by Rebecca Stigall for Kidspot, Australia's parenting resource for family health. Sources include Better Health Channel, NSW Health, and Health Insite.
Last revised: Monday, 31 May 2010
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Pompe Prevalence Study in Patients With Muscle Weakness Without Diagnosis (POPS)
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An international consensual group recommends confirming the diagnosis of the Pompe disease after a dried blood spot (DBS) with a dosage of the enzymatic activity in other tissue. This strategy is currently used in the usual practice.
The aim is evaluate the prevalence of the Pompe disease among patients with progressive limb girdle muscular weakness and/or axial deficiency, and/or respiratory insufficiency. The diagnosis will be confirmed using DBS.
|Pompe's Disease
|Procedure: blood test
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
|Official Title:
|Pompe Prevalence Study in Patients With Muscle Weakness Without Diagnosis
- Evaluate the prevalence of the Pompe disease among patients with progressive limb girdle muscular weakness and/or axial deficiency, and/or respiratory insufficiency. The diagnosis will be confirmed using DBS. [ Time Frame: during the first and the only visit ]
- Evaluate the relative sensibility of the diagnosis in the Pompe disease by muscular biopsy with histological methods (PAS and acid phosphatase). [ Time Frame: during the first and the only visit ]
- Define the various methods of diagnosis for the Pompe Disease. [ Time Frame: during the first and the only visit ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|January 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|October 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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pompe's disease suspected patient
Procedure: blood test
There is only a blood test at the beginning.
Detailed Description:
In Pompe disease, deficiency of the enzyme acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA) results in accumulation of glycogen within the lyososomes of numerous tissues and cell types especially in muscular cells.
Pompe disease is pan ethnic (but with increased prevalence in the afro-American and Chinese population). Pompe disease is rare with an estimated incidence of 1 in 40,000 births. In France so far, a hundred patients have been diagnosed. The difference of results between the epidemiologic studies published and the number of French patients diagnosed is caused by an under-diagnostic of this pathology, very rare and unknown.
The late onset type of the disease (from childhood to adult) is revealed by progressive muscle weakness generally beginning in proximal muscles of the legs. Respiratory muscle weakness is often the cause of death among patients having respiratory insufficiency.
Recognizing Pompe disease can be challenging, as signs and symptoms may be shared with other disorders (limb girdle muscular dystrophy, dystrophinopathy or inflammatory myopathy).
Muscle biopsies are often used to measure GAA activity and for histology in patients with muscle weakness. But glycogen accumulation in the muscles of patients varies with biopsy site, so the diagnosis of Pompe disease can be missed by using only a muscle biopsy. Fibroblasts can also serve as a source of material for research but cell culture facilities are not easy for clinicians and it takes several weeks to obtain confluent cultures. Then, assays that use blood to diagnose Pompe disease were developed. Therefore, a group of international clinicians and biologists met together in London in December 2006 and established an agreement concerning the various methods of this enzyme dosage. Recently, a test on a DBS (dried blood spot) has been developed. This test is not invasive, easy to collect and transport, requires small sample volume and provides rapid results. This international consensual group recommends confirming the diagnosis of the Pompe disease after a DBS with a dosage of the enzymatic activity in other tissue. This strategy is currently used in the usual practice.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|8 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥ 8 years
- The patient and/or the patient's legal representative has given their informed consent in writing before any study procedure is initiated
- Patient with :
Limb girdle muscle weakness or axial weakness And/Or Respiratory insufficiency,With unknown etiology
- Sporadic or familial case compatible with a autosomal recessive disorder
- Patient with muscular biopsy (and specific immunologic analyses) without diagnosis.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patient with a confirmed and documented diagnosis of an etiologic muscular disease determined by the histological analysis (described in appendix 6) that must have been performed on muscle biopsy.
- Patient familial background known with a X-link or a dominant transmission
- Patient who have had confirmation of a Pompe disease by biochemical analysis and/or by molecular biology
- Patient for whom an GAA enzymatic activity has already been performed and for which the result was normal.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00830583
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|Nice, France
|Principal Investigator:
|Claude Desnuelle
|CHU de Nice
|Responsible Party:
|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00830583 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|January 27, 2009
|Last Updated:
|December 7, 2011
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Glycogen Storage Disease Type II
Muscle Weakness
Lysosomal Storage Diseases, Nervous System
Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn
Brain Diseases, Metabolic
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Glycogen Storage Disease
Carbohydrate Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Lysosomal Storage Diseases
Metabolic Diseases
Muscular Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Neuromuscular Manifestations
Neurologic Manifestations
Pathologic Processes
Signs and Symptoms
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Thursday, May 1, 6:30 p.m. There will be a National Day of Prayer Service at the Woodland United Fellowship, 240 N. West St.
Friday, May 2, noon. The Woodland Senior Center Computer Club, Inc., will hold open computer labs until 3 p.m. the Community & Senior Center, 2001 East St., Woodland. Any adult in Yolo County may use computers and printers for $1 payable at check-in, plus five cents per printed page. Assistance is available. Regular club meeting are every fourth Monday of the month except December and this month because of Memorial Day. Questions may be answered by leaving a message at 662-9598 if not answered on the website, www.wsccc.com.
Friday, May 2, 7 p.m. The Woodland Eagles Aerie will be hosting a Mushroom Stuffed Skirt Steak dinner. The cost is $11 for adults and $6 for children. There will be Karaoke after dinner. The social room is open at 3 p.m. The Eagles Hall is located at 37650 Hwy. 16, Woodland.
Saturday, May 3, 11:30 a.m. The Yolo Cabrillo Civic Club No. 26, will host a Springtime All Sports for Cancer Pedro Party at the Holy Rosary Community Center, 575 California St., Woodland. Doors open at 11 a.m.., and there will be a sandwich lunch with beverages and the tournament will start promptly after lunch. Entrance fee for game and lunch is $10. Player prizes will be awarded and a raffle will be held. Proceeds benefit Yolo Hospice Patient Services. To save a place, please call 908-8019.
Monday, May 5, noon. Yolo County CASA trains, screens and supports volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected children in the foster care system. After successfully completing a 30-hour training and rigorous background screening, volunteers are appointed by the juvenile dependency court judge to advocate for a child in the foster care system. Yolo County CASA will hold orientations every Thursday at noon and the last Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m., in its offices at 724 Main St., Suite 102, in Woodland. To reserve a space in an orientation, call 661-4200 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. The next training session will begin on May 5. For more information about CASA check out www.yolocasa.org.
Monday, May 5, 6:30 p.m. The Yolo Cabrillo Civic Club No. 26 will hold its monthly meeting at Holy Rosary Pastoral Center, 503 California St, Woodland. The agenda includes discussion on the April 12 and 13 Portuguese bake sale at Tumulty Hall and the May 3 All Sports Pedro Hospice Fundraiser in the Holy Cross Room at the Holy Rosary Community Center; and the results of the scholarships given will be announced. Final preparations for the May 17 Scholarship Steak Dinner will take place; as will planning for the June 1 Portuguese Linguica and Sweetbread Breakfast, the June 20 All-Sports BUNCO and the June 29 Scholarship Family Picnic. The meeting is open to all those interested. For further information, call President Elizabeth Kemper, 666-4059.
Tuesday, May 6, 11:30 a.m. The Rotary Club of Woodland will host its annual Senior Citizen Barbecue luncheon at the Rotary Park picnic area in the Yolo County Fairgrounds. Lunch will include chicken, potato and fruit salad, roll and ice cream. Free tickets are available at the Woodland Community and Senior Center.
Tuesday, May 6, 12:30 p.m. The Out A Sight Support Group, will meet at the Woodland Senior Center, 2001 East St. Woodland. This month's program will include vision questions and a guest speaker. Bob Heberle who works on a flower project with Mark Mezger will talk to the group.
Tuesday, May 6, 1:30 p.m. The Woodland Neuropathy Support Group will have its monthly meeting at the Woodland Community and Senior Center, 2001 East St., Rooms 3 & 4, Woodland. The speaker scheduled for this meeting will be naturopathic physician Dr. Michele Raithel. The group's purpose is to share information and to encourage others with neuropathy. Individuals that have neuropathy, along with their caregivers or family members, are invited to attend.


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Rising gasoline prices weighed the markets down to a lower open with the Dow falling 48 points to 12,934. Nasdaq lost 10 points to 2953.
On the upside
The bankruptcy filing of Elpida Memory lifted shares of rival dynamic random-access memory chip maker Micron Technology (Nasdaq: MU).
Shares of Pacific Ethanol (Nasdaq: PEIX) climbed ahead of its earnings release after market close.
ATP Oil & Gas (Nasdaq: ATPG) reported that first oil production at its fourth well at the Telemark Hub met expectations and that production rate will increase.
On the downside
Dendreon (Nasdaq: DNDN) swung to a profit for the fourth quarter but warned of significant charges in the first quarter.
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) denied rumors that the company was engaged in discussions to merge with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT).
Full year earnings climbed for HSBC Holdings (NYSE: HBC) but losses in the United State widened.
In the broad market, declining issues outpaced advancers by a margin of nearly 5 to 2 on the NYSE and by more than 5 to 2 on Nasdaq. The Russell 2000 which tracks small cap stocks lost 6 points to 820.


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Results of a study released today during the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections being held in Boston indicate that a medicinal gel containing the HIV drug tenofovir could help prevent the transmission of HIV during anal sex.
According to a report posted today on DrugWatch.com, the same gel has been shown in other studies to reduce the rate of HIV transmission during vaginal sex. The risks of HIV transmission during anal sex can be as much as 20 times higher than during vaginal sex.
In the study, participants were given either the tenofovir gel, a placebo gel or a tenofovir tablet to be taken orally. Researchers then took anal tissue from each group and exposed the tissue to HIV. The study indicates that of the three, the tenofovir gel significantly reduced the rate of HIV transmission, and that it provided the most protection after a seven-day course of treatment.
Researchers said they are also "tweaking" the gel's inactive ingredients to hopefully eliminate some of the side effects — such as severe diarrhea and lower stomach cramps — reported by study participants who used the tenofovir gel.
Reuters reports that a separate, mid-stage study, comparing the oral and gel forms of tenofovir in African and American women, indicates that daily use of tenofovir gel resulted in a more than 100-times higher concentration of active drug in vaginal tissue compared with use of an oral tablet.


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On a day when a couple of stars failed to win their prep races on both coasts, a new batch of contenders emerged for the Nov. 1-2 Breeders' Cup Championships to be held at Santa Anita.
No Jet Lag was the huge upset winner in Saturday's Grade II, $150,000 City of Hope, a prep race for the Breeders' Cup Turf Mile. Trained by Simon Callaghan and ridden by jockey Mike Smith, No Jet Lag upset trainer Mike Mitchell's Obviously, the favorite who finished a disappointing fourth. Obviously was third to 2012 Horse of the Year Wise Dan and 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom in last year's BC Turf Mile. Smith won three of four stakes races at Santa Anita, four races in all.
On the East Coast, Wise Dan, was upset by Silver Max in the Grade I, $750,000 Shadwell Turf Mile at Keeneland, setting up a clear run for Bob Baffert's Game On Dude to be Horse of the Year. Baffert's Power Broker won the Grade II, $500,000 Indiana Derby.
At Santa Anita, No Jet Lag made it two in a row in the U.S., going off at 13-1 and paying $28.20. He's owned by Anthony Ramsden of London.
"I told the owner, he's the best or the second-best horse I've had," said Callaghan. "It wasn't an easy decision to throw him into this race, but we believe he's really talented and deserved the shot. He's eligible for the Breeders' Cup."
In the main race at Santa Anita on Saturday, trainer Tim Yakteen's Points Offthebench won his fourth race in a row and sixth race in the last seven starts to give Yakteen his first Grade I win at Santa Anita, second Grade I in his career. Points Offthebench beat Goldencents for the second straight time, this time by half a length to take the $250,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship and earn a fees-paid trip to the Breeders' Cup Sprint. Goldencents, according to part owner Glen Sorgenstein, is heading to the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile.
"The horse is push-button," Yakteen said of Points Offthebench, who beat Goldencents by a head in the Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar back in July. "Horses like that, they make you look good. I would say, yeah, this is the biggest win of my career. This was a tough, tough race. This is special."
Owned by Don Crevier of Laguna Beach and Charles Martin of Studio City, Points Offthebench earned $150,000 for the win to up his career earnings to over half a million at $514,940.
Trainer Ron Ellis's Teddy's Promise won the $100,000 L.A. Woman Stakes, two lengths in front of Great Hot trained by A.C. Avila. Teddy's Promise hadn't run since finishing second at Hollywood Park back on July 13.
Ellis and co-owner and breeder Ted Nichols, who lives in Oceanside, said Teddy's Promise would be pointed to the $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint on Nov. 2.
Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith also won the $70,000 Swingtime Stakes on Miss Pippa ($9) for trainer John Sadler and took the eighth race on Peppy Bolly ($31.40) for trainer Gary Mandella to give him four races on the day.


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Deborah Schenck is a contemporary photographer based on the Devon coast whose technique of transferring Polaroid images to watercolour paper, old letters or even raw plaster and wood has become her signature style.
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I think that WWE should include Kane a little more in the shows, like they used to. He's a great wrestler and deserves to get title shots and be in main event matches. He used to be unstoppable, but now WWE has pushed him aside. He still has matches, but not the kind he should.
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Shawn, also known as "Mr. Wrestlemania" has also been around
Lately, when I watch WWE, I've found myself missing the old days. WWE's storylines have become boring and the wrestlers need to have better characters, because otherwise, I'm not interested in them. Last Monday, I was really impressed though. The show was great.
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Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is unique among the nation's transportation agencies. It serves as transportation planner and coordinator, designer, builder and operator for one of the country's largest, most populous counties. More than 9.6 million people – nearly one-third of California's residents – live, work, and play within its 1,433-square-mile service area.
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1 night's bed & breakfast at Ducks Inn and 2 rounds of golf (Craigielaw Golf Course, North Berwick Glen)
2 nights' bed & breakfast at Ducks Inn and 3 rounds of golf (Gullane 1, West Links (North Berwick), Kilspindie Golf Course)
3 nights' bed & breakfast at Ducks Inn and 3 rounds of golf (Gullane 2, North Berwick Glen, Craigielaw Golf Course)
A fabulous venue to stay at on a golf tour to East Lothian. Ducks offers 23 bedrooms and two restaurants offering bar bistro meals or fine dining.
You can play at the following golf courses: North Berwick Glen, North Berwick Golf Club, Craigielaw, Gullane, Dunbar, Longniddry, Kilspindie and Whitekirk
Located in the idyllic village of Aberlady, East Lothian, near Edinburgh.
Ducks Inn is located in the idyllic village of Aberlady in East Lothian. It offers 23 en-suite bedrooms and prides its self upon its two restaurants. "Ducks" offers a fine dining menu, a seasonal a la carte menu and an award winning wine list. "Donald's" serves a relaxed bar/bistro style menu. The comfortable 23 bedrooms all have en – suite bathrooms with baths and showers, flat screen TV's with free view and are all decorated to a high standard.
This is a great place to use as a base, as not only does it provide fantastic cuisine and comfortable guest rooms, but there are also a fantastic amount of golf courses on offer in the area.
A great venue for a relaxing golf break. Fantastic food and a warm family atmosphere await
Check in: 2:30pm - Check out: 10.30Which restaurant do guests eat in as part of the dinner package?
A selection of restaurants are available to choose fromDo I need to book a table in the restaurant?
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Mon–Sun: 7:30am – 9:30amIs there a minibar in the room?
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Eurosport Asia-Pacific has acquired exclusive broadcast rights to up to 60 games of the Kontinental Hockey League per season.
The agreement runs for two years and is a first for the top-tier Eurasian hockey league, which has never before achieved a comparable amount of TV coverage in Asia. The contract also covers mobile and Internet rights on a non-exclusive basis. Previously, ESPN decided to air select KHL games across different platforms during the NHL lockout.
The Eurosport deal was negotiated by the international sports marketing company Infront Sports & Media. The agreement takes effect Dec. 7 when CSKA Moscow plays Dynamo Moscow.
The game will be broadcast live on Eurosport Asia-Pacific across 15 territories: Brunei, Cambodia, South Korea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga and Vietnam.
In other Dynamo Moscow news, Alex Ovechkin said in a recent interview that he'll return to the Washington Capitals whenever the lockout ends. He'd previously implied that he'd stick in the KHL if NHL players salaries are significantly cut.
"Certainly. I am very comfortable in Moscow, Russia in general, but my soul is across the ocean, in the NHL, with Washington Capitals, with whom I still hope to win the Stanley Cup," Ovechkin told VM Daily (via Alex Ovetjkin and Puck Daddy).
"Alas, every week, even every day and hour, the hope that the NHL lockout will be solved, is decreasing."
Dynamo Moscow has won 24 of its 31 games and is the West's top team. Ovechkin has 12 goals and 15 assists in 22 games.
Finally, Pittsburgh Penguins star and 2012 Hart Trophy winner Evgeni Malkin had a goal and two assists Monday as Metallurg Magnitogorsk beat Spartak Moscow 7-4. Malkin has 12 goals and 25 assists, making him the league's No. 3 scorer behind Sergei Mozyakin and Alexander Radulov. Metallurg has won 17 of 31 and is fourth in the East.


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Volume 3, Issue 2, Fall 1999
Links to the Articles
From the College Director | From the Center Director | Clinical News | I/O News | Rehab News | From the Board Chair | Faculty News | Alumni Notes | Publications |
Editorial Director: M. Ellen Mitchell, Ph.D.; Editor: Elizabeth King; Consultants: Olivia Anderson, Angeles Anaya, Michael Gravitt
PsychLink is published by the Illinois Institute of Technology's College of Psychology twice a year and follows the academic calendar.
From the College Director
Greetings to All! There continues to be many accomplishments and activities occurring within the College of Psychology that are a source of excitement and optimism. The professional stature and success of our faculty as scholars is growing as evidenced by all the achievements noted on the subsequent pages. Our greatest pride rests with the grant obtained by Tammy Sher which represents the single largest grant to an individual faculty member at IIT. Congratulations Tammy! The presentations, publications, and community service work of other faculty are no less important or noteworthy; all are to be recognized for their hard work and attainment.
Shortly after the College of Psychology was formed, the faculty drafted a vision statement as follows: Distinctive for its unique combination of Clinical, Industrial/Organizational, and Rehabilitation Psychology programs, the College of Psychology will continue to be a national leader in training Rehabilitation Counselors who provide exemplary services to persons with disabilities, and Industrial/Organizational Psychologists who specialize in the management of rapid change in complex work environments. The Clinical Training Program, one of the best examples of scientist-practitioner training in the country, will achieve national recognition. As a nexus of information and services, the Center for Research and Service will forge a partnership linking the science of psychology with industry and the community. We are now in a process of articulating this vision so that we can formulate the appropriate strategic and business plans that will bring the College to the next level. The faculty and Board have been focused on this task; we invite your input as well. As part of the next phase of growth we will be implementing a lecture series and a program of short courses. Ideas, suggestions, and volunteer speakers are also welcome. I know that there is a wealth of talent among our alumni and it is my hope to bring those talents to bear on developing Psychology as an College.
One very exciting endeavor has been the launching of our undergraduate program. Led by the efforts of Jamal Scott, we are recruiting students to psychology. You can help by telling others of our undergraduate program. If you would like a brochure, please let us know.
On a sad note, we mark the death of Kevin Hartigan, Ph.D. and Susan Berkowitz, Ph.D. Kevin was on the faculty of the Counseling/Clinical Program from 1976 until 1982. His work at IIT spanned multiple areas including stress among women executives, obesity, and attributional theory. It has been impressive to me how many alumni have expressed admiration for his work and sadness for his passing. Susan (Rotman-Feldman) Berkowitz was a student of the Counseling/Clinical Program and graduated in 1979. She died this month after a five-year battle with cancer. She maintained a private practice in Chicago that served mostly children. She is survived by her daughter Adriana and husband Steven. Our condolences go to their families.
As the year draws to a close, I would ask each of you to consider a gift to Psychology at IIT. We are working hard to increase the involvement of our alumni to assist us in funding faculty, students, research, and the growth of Psychology. While most everyone was under funded while here, it is also the case that most of our alumni have achieved phenomenal success with their IIT degrees. It would be wonderful to strengthen the training programs so that others will not have to struggle quite so hard. Your gifts all make a difference, regardless of the amount. This is an especially important time as we can match your dollars in accordance with the parameters outlined in this newsletter. Please help us to increase the proportion of alumni participating in this important endeavor as we build the College of Psychology. Have a great new Millennium.
--M. Ellen Mitchell, Ph.D.
Progress at the Center for Research and Service
We have initiated the Corporate Sponsors' Program to establish stronger partnerships between the College and the corporate community. The Corporate Sponsors' Program leverages the research capabilities of the College in support of companies' strategic human resources agendas.
We have commenced our inaugural research project for Corporate Sponsors: The Top Organizational Performers Study (TOPs). In partnership with Burke Strategic Consulting Group, the Center is working with many market-leading companies to explore the organizational, job, and personal factors that are most influential in the turnover/retention of top performers. Some of the companies participating in TOPs include: Bank of Montreal, Duchossois Industries, Frito Lay, The Hartford, Unitech Systems, and United Airlines. We are still seeking additional participating organizations and would welcome referrals or inquiries.
Other substantial projects over the past few months include:
- Several organizational surveys, including one that utilized IIT's new web-based survey administration and response system
- Design and implementation of an assessment center for selection and development of accountants and accounting managers who are transitioning to a newly re-designed teamwork structure
- Team building for a cross-functional work group
- Two market research projects involving one survey methodology
- Two customer satisfaction surveys
- A study of the convergent validity associated with a career aptitude battery and the GATB
- A cooperative study with national Easter Seals investigating the impact of precision teaching methods on skill acquisition by autistic children
Finally, leveraging new capital investments in a high speed optical scanner, a color printer, and new computers, we have developed and implemented an integrated processing and reporting system for custom 360-degree feedback systems. This system can be readily adapted to support the various competency models used by companies and consulting firms. We believe this capacity represents a best practice and would welcome inquiries regarding this 360-degree feedback processing and reporting system.
Throughout the course of the Center's projects, we have relied heavily on graduate student and faculty contributions. In turn, we have been able to offer many applied developmental experiences to our graduate students in the Clinical, Rehabilitation, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology Programs. In the process, these students have made a strong contribution to the development of the Center.
In closing, thanks to our faculty, students, board members, administration, and corporate partners for your ongoing support and encouragement.
Bruce Fisher, Ph.D., Director, Center for Research and Service
The Center is now located in Room 136 of the Life Sciences Building. Please direct all correspondence to Center for Research and Service, College of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3101 S. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60616-3793. Phone: 312.567.6472. Web site: www.iit.edu/~psyccrs/.
Clinical News
Congratulations to students who have recently defended their dissertations:
Allison Cromey
The impact of multi-age programming on social competency in 5-7 year old children.
Robert Daniels
Psychosocial predictors of symptom severity in adults with bipolar disorder: A three-month prospective study.
D. Jeremy John
The Wender Utah Rating Scale: Retrospective diagnosis of childhood ADHD.
Shari Neul
Perceived self-competence and social competence in the 5- to 7-year shift: Cognitive developmental level.
Gregory Petersen
Interaction between the direction and valence of attention as related to walking performance in chronic low back pain.
Karla Rennhofer
Consistent and inconsistent verbal and nonverbal communication and its relationship to group cohesion and problem solving.
Lorenzo Azzi
Lorenzo Azzi finished his Master's thesis "Further investigation of direction of attention and valence as related to a standardized fitness evaluation." It is currently being reviewed by the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology for publication.
Sandra Kuperman
Sandra Kuperman finished her master's thesis and submitted it to the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology titled "Differences in peer acceptance ratings as a function of gender." She started the Performing Arts Psychophysiology Section within the organization, Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. She has also begun the process of introducing it as a liaison with the Performing Arts Medicine Association. She has been appointed to the nominating committee at the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback to begin in 2000. She is running for the board in the Illinois Biofeedback Society.
Marcie Zinn
In other clinical news, student Marcie Zinn gave a short course on the Essentials of Performing Arts Psychophysiology at the 30th annual meeting of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, April 7-11, Vancouver, BC. She was also invited to present the following at the Biofeedback Society 1. Panel to explore different uses of biofeedback in performing arts; 2. Short course: Clinical protocol for transfer of deep muscle relaxation into instrumental playing; 3. Short course: Essentials of Performing Arts Psychophysiology.
Welcome to the new class of clinical Ph.D. students:
Rishi Bhalla, Audrey DiFrancesco, Nichole Horton, Sarah Landsberger, Allison Lerman, Tina Nikolopoulos, MaryAnn Pec, Julia Rissinger, Rhonda Sherrod, Reema Singla, Tracy Tilton, Gila Wallach, Joseph Wallach, and Stephen Weinland.
Industrial Organizational News
The Industrial Organization Program is proud to announce the following graduates:
Larry J. Laffitte, Ph.D.
Measurement equivalence of a 360-degree feedback assessment with confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory. Advisor: Dr. Raju.
Amy Larmore, Ph.D.
The relationship between leader match, direct report perceptions of transformational leadership and CEO effectiveness. Advisor: Dr. Ayman.
Joseph A. Jones, Ph.D.
Differential functioning and cutoff scores in personnel decision making. Advisor: Dr. Raju.
Jennifer Runkle, Ph.D.
Development and initial validation of a measure of race schematicity. Advisor: Dr. Morris.
Michael Barr, M.S.
The moderating effect of goal orientation on self-efficacy. Advisor: Dr. Roch.
Mark Frame, M.S.
Executive level multi-rater performance ratings: Measurement equivalence across source and gender. Advisor: Dr. Ayman.
Sandra Lewis, M.S.
Marina Magid, M.S.
Jana Szostek, M.S.
New students in the Industrial/Organizational Psychology Program:
Dana Brotman, Andrew Day, Erica Hartman, Illiana Hevia, M.S., Sebastian Laube, Maneesh Sharma, and Chris Thompson.
New students in the Personnel & Human Resource Development program:
Garth Davidson, Amy Deno, and Shetal Desai.
Rehabilitation News
James Emmett received a $20,000 grant for the Illinois Association for Persons in Supported Employment from the Illinois Planning Counsel and Iowa CEO.
Mia A. Bergman, clinical/rehabilitation student was awarded a 1999 dissertation grant from the Ax:son Johnson Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden. She also received a grant from the American Association of Spinal Cord Injured Psychologist and Social Workers.
From the Board Chair
As we look back, 1999 marks a significant year for IIT and Psychology. As reported at the IIT Board of Trustees meeting in November, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and IIT have come to an agreement regarding the "tube" that will encompass a portion of the CTA tracks over the new Campus Center designed by renowned architect, Rem Koolhaas. This important development will enable IIT to begin site preparation for the new 100,000 square foot Campus Center in December, break ground in January, with building construction scheduled to begin in the fall of 2000. Also, if you've been to campus recently, you may have noticed earth moving equipment on the south side of 33rd and State streets. This is the first phase of the landscaping plan made possible by generous donors, Irving and Sylvia Footlik. As you know, many of these projects are a direct result of the success of the IIT Challenge Campaign. To date the university has raised over $173 million of the $250 million dollar goal. For up-to-date progress reports on IIT activities, please take a look at IIT's web site: www.iit.edu.
Closer to home, the College of Psychology Board and volunteers have been very productive throughout the year. The Cultivation/Recognition committee was instrumental in hosting four Information Breakfasts with University President Lew Collens and College Director, M. Ellen Mitchell to further share the revitalization of IIT and the College's mission and vision for the future. This same committee has done preliminary work in developing an alumni directory specific for psychology as they continue to strive to build an alumni professional network. They have also made significant strides in developing a recognition program for psychology donors, ensuring donor listings in this newsletter, university publications and at special events. Under the leadership of both the Cultivation/Recognition and Events committees, the first reception recognizing over thirty major donors was held in November. The event was hosted by President Lew Collens and his wife Marge at their home in Chicago.
Those of you in attendance, won't soon forget the first annual PsychNite event at The Second City e.t.c. held in May honoring two 30-year faculty members, Margaret Huyck and Allen Wolach. Please look for information soon about PsychNite 2000. The College also sponsored alumni receptions at the IPA, SIOP and APA conferences this year. As always, we were happy to renew relationships with those in attendance.
The Campaign committee conducted its first volunteer solicitor training with the challenge of reaching over sixty new prospects for giving. To date funds raised for Psychology have exceeded $830,000 (with the Pritzker/Galvin matching fund). None of this could have been possible without the volunteer support of many‹we thank you gratefully. Let us not forget, these activities and many more like them have enabled the College to increase student funding, provide additional faculty support and encourage special projects that help us to further the mission of the College.
On this note, I would like to share a special incentive for alumni between now and the end of the school's fiscal year, June 30. Trustees, Robert Pritzker and Robert Galvin have enhanced the matching terms for new and increased gifts made by all alumni. Recently Psychology program directors mailed a letter outlining this opportunity. See table for a review.
--Bryan R. Dunn, President & CEO, Kinship Corp. Chair, College of Psychology Board of Overseers
Faculty News
Tamara Sher
Tamara Sher, faculty member of the Clinical Program, was awarded a $2,460,098 grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. It is a four-year grant for her research project titled "A Couples Intervention for Cardiac Risk Reduction." The study's objective is to determine if a short-term intervention to alter a long-term relationship can result in sustained health behavior change, improve quality of life, and bestow health benefits. Using a couples intervention designed to optimize the relationships and reduce interpersonal stress, Sher's team will target three areas of change for cardiac patients in which the long-term adherence is problematic: exercise, weight management, and compliance with lipid-lowering medication. The study will provide insight into how family dynamics affect treatment outcomes.
Chow Lam, Director of the Rehabilitation Program, returned from his June trip to China with great success. He visited the Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences (SUMS) to discuss the possibility of integrating rehabilitation psychology in physical rehabilitation medical practice.
During the visit, Professor Lam and Professor Dahong Zhuo, M.D., agreed to pursue the following four areas of collaboration:
- Staff Exchange for investigation, lectureship, or advanced study: two physicians from SUMS are interested in pursuing graduate studies with the IIT's Rehabilitation Psychology Program.
- Jointly sponsored workshops or seminars held in China: it was agreed that IIT's Rehabilitation Psychology Program will provide three-module short courses in the summer of 2000. The short courses will be open to professionals nationwide in China.
- Formalization of agreement between SUMS and IIT: it was agreed that down the road, the two institutions may want to formalize an agreement in offering distant learning courses and continuing education certificates.
- Joint Research Project of Common Interests: some possible research projects include psychological rehabilitation for patients with stroke, community-based psychosocial rehabilitation for elderly patients, and integrated approach to stress control by both western and eastern methods.
In addition to the meeting in China, Dr. Lam was invited to present a workshop at the Department of Social Work and Administration of the University of Hong Kong, and another workshop at the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. During his lecture at the Hong Kong University, Dr. Lam visited Professor David Ho, father of Clinical Psychology in Hong Kong, an IIT Psychology alumnus. Dr. Ho was updated on the current development of the College of Psychology and its development campaign.
Margaret Huyck
Margaret Huyck, was awarded a $107,989, one-year grant from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Behavioral Science, Engineering and Assistive Technology." The project is a short-term intensive educational workshop designed to add value to biomedicial and rehabilitation engineering research by adding social-behavioral perspectives. The project is an interdisciplinary training workshop developed by an IIT team which includes three members of the Institute. The workshop is designed to inform biomedical engineers developing assistive technologies about perspectives and methods in behavioral sciences and ethics which would enhance the development of such technologies. Professor Margaret Huyck is the Principal Investigator; Professor Robert Arzbaecher of the Pritzker Institute for Medical Engineering is the Co-Investigator. Other members of the planning committee include Nancy Hansen and Charles Merbitz from the Institute, Kevin Meade from Mechanical Engineering, and Vivian Weil from the Ethics Center. The workshop will be held May 31-June 4, 2000. Fellowships to cover travel and accommodations will be available on a competitive basis to rehabilitation engineers and others professionals involved in developing assistive technologies.
Charles Merbitz
Charles Merbitz, who is currently on sabbatical, was awarded $10,000 in research funding for his proposal on Precisely Measured Teaching Strategies for Children with Autism. Co-Investigators are James Emmett and N. Liga-Cantory. The award is funded by National Easter Seals, Chicago, IL 1999. It is a five-year pilot study, through the Center for Research and Service within the College of Psychology.
In October, Charles Merbitz was also awarded a one-year $63,396 contract for www.SeeChange.iit.edu, funded by North Central Regional Educational Laboratory.
In November, Charles Merbitz and Nancy Hansen were the recipients of a 1999 IIT Community Recognition Award.
Roya Ayman
Roya Ayman, Sylvia Roch, and Matthew Bauer received an IITRI grant titled "The Role of Internet Communication on Diverse Work Team Decision Accuracy and Credibility of Team Members."
Alumni Notes
Melanie Anderson
Melanie Andersonis working at Peoples Energy as a Performance Measurement Specialist.
Dennis Armstrong
Dennis Armstrongis currently at The Limited in Ohio.
Michael A. Baer, Ph.D.
Michael A. Baer, Ph.D. was re-elected Chairman of the Board of the American Psychological Association (APA). He was also given the APA's 1999 Outstanding Service Award. He has recently been awarded two grants, one federally funded and the other funded by the national Association of Fire Marshals for a juvenile fire setting research project.
IIT Psychology alumni Jot Friedland and Sandy Marcus have made impressive strides in their career counseling consulting firm. They recently published two important selection tests that provide a means for reliable and valid prediction of sales achievement and management performance (respectively). They also have a great web site that can be viewed at: www.careermotiv8.com.
Robert J. Grassl
Robert J. Grassl has written a 200-page book of guidelines for Medical Staff/Hospital Relationships (AMA); written numerous position papers on the effect of regulatory mechanisms on the practice of medicine (AMA); developed and implemented eight multi-discipline seminars on Medical Staff Organization (AMA); proposed, developed and implemented a two-year $563,000 Federal Grant for accrediting occupational health programs in industry (HEW, HHS); created a project team to study the mission, organization and functions of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAH), developed a patient billing system (Bio-Services Division, Rush Medial Center); worked with the American Hospital Associate's Center for Health Information Management (CHIM) and the Hospital Research and Education Trust Group (HRET) to develop processes to assist in the selection of the most effective software for an institution's needs. He is currently working as a volunteer with the Chicago Area Committee on Occupations Safety and heath (CACOSH) on a variety of projects regarding injured workers and blood-borne pathogens.
Robert E. Greitzer
Robert E. Greitzeris a consultant with L&B solutions, Inc.
Leah Groehler
Leah Groehler is working at Mediappraise in Raleigh, N.C.
Brad Johnson
Brad Johnson is working at Classified Adventures.
Dan Lezotte
Dan Lezotte is a founding Principal at Organizational Strategies, Inc., here in Chicago. His clientele varies from insurance and financial services to government agencies.
Sandra Lewis
Sandra Lewis is doing project work for Ameritech.
Marina Magid
Marina Magid is working at Arthur Andersen.
Gloria Morales Curtin
Gloria Morales Curtin is the Vice President/Director of El Valor in Chicago.
Douglas Quartetti
Douglas Quartetti is working at Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) as a Research Scientist. He has done work with the Social Security Administration and the Federal Law Enforcement Agency. Doug has also been very active in presentations and publications.
William A. Schiemann, Ph.D.
William A. Schiemann is the founder and President of Metrus Group, a management consulting firm specializing in strategic measurement and organizational change, with headquarters in Somerville, NJ. He has written extensively for business journals and contributed to several books. He has just published a new book, co-authored with John H. Lingle, Bullseye! Hitting Your Strategic Targets Through High-Impact Measurement. This book outlines the importance of measurement systems for creating, guiding, facilitating, and accelerating change, and it details a conscious approach to tracking performance, based on four defining concepts; change, measurement, alignment, and results. After discussing the importance and difficulties of implementing a well-integrated measurement system, the authors lead readers through the four phases of this process‹developing a strategic template, designing the measures of these goals, cascading the scorecards for these measurements down through the organization, and embedding the scorecard process into procedures.
Jana Szostek
Jana Szostek has launched her own consulting company, Szostek & Associates.
Mark J. Zerwic, Ph.D.
Mark J. Zerwic is with the VA Chicago Health Care System. He manages addictions, Assessment, Program Enhancement, and Dual Diagnosis at the VA Chicago Health Care System. He is also on the board of Directors of the Illinois Chapter of the American Liver Foundation.


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InFocus Bingo 20 (M425) smartphone was launched in March 2016. The phone comes with a 4.50-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 850 pixels by 480 pixels. InFocus Bingo 20 (M425) price in India starts from Rs. 4,750.
The InFocus Bingo 20 (M425) is powered by 1.5GHz quad-core Spreadtrum SC9830 processor and it comes with 1GB of RAM. The phone packs 8GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 64GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the InFocus Bingo 20 (M425) packs a 8-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 5-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
The InFocus Bingo 20 (M425) runs Android 5.1 and is powered by a 2300mAh non removable battery. It measures 136.80 x 67.00 x 10.82 (height x width x thickness) .
The InFocus Bingo 20 (M425) is a dual SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Nano-SIM and Nano-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, USB OTG, FM, 3G and 4G (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in India). Sensors on the phone include Compass Magnetometer, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer and Gyroscope.
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Waitrose is recruiting for about 170 new jobs which will be created when its new Malmesbury branch opens later this year.
And it says the store will generate more than £1m a year in wages for the area.
Successful applicants will become 'partners' in the John Lewis Partnership, the UK's largest and oldest example of employee ownership.
All employees will be entitled to benefits including shopping and leisure discounts, leisure and learning subsidies and a share in profits in the form of an annual bonus.
This year saw existing Partnership staff receive 15 per cent of their annual wage in bonus, the equivalent of approximately eight weeks' wage.
A spokesman said Waitrose expects to generate more than £1m a year in wages and bonuses at the new branch.
Jobs are being advertised at www.jlpjobs.com and recruitment will close on Sunday, May 25.
Waitrose is also working with the Malmesbury branch of the Jobcentre Plus to provide interview opportunities for local unemployed people.
Interviews for jobs will take place in Chippenham.
The jobs include a combination of full and part-time roles for supermarket sales assistants, and the branch will also be recruiting for two apprentices.
Work has already begun on the Malmesbury site with the metal framework having been put up. The floor is currently being laid.
Nigel Keen, Waitrose director of development, said: "The programme is really starting to take shape now and we cannot wait to become part of the Malmesbury community.
"We are pleased to be in a position where we can create jobs for local people and invest in their training.
"We pride ourselves on ensuring our shops have a local identity and that starts with the staff we employ - we look forward to welcoming those successful candidates to our business."


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Monday's weather
January 28, 2013
A cold front drops in from the northwest, which today will send in a much colder airmass across northern Colorado, and cause morning temperatures to fall into the 40s and eventually 30s by sunset.
With the front comes a chance for some light rain and snow across Weld County.
As the colder air deepens, this will be all snow by Tuesday morning.
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1990 - Food Agricultural Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (Farm Bill) - The Wetlands Reserve Program was created to restore and protect wetland areas on farmlands. The program has become the largest and most successful wetland restoration program in the country.
1990 - Oil Pollution Act - Following the wreck of the Exxon Valdez in Alaska's Prince William Sound, NWF lobbied hard for passage of this law, which improved the federal government's ability to provide funding and resources to oil spills. The OPA created the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, expanded the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, and increased noncompliance penalties and enforcement authorities of the Federal government.
1990 - Clean Air Act - Amended the Clean Air Act of 1963. Addressed issues of acid rain, urban air pollution, and toxic air emissions. The amendments also added provisions for a phase out of ozone depleting chemicals and further research and development.
1990 - The Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act - Helped U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to form resource centers and "on the ground" restoration projects benefitting fish and wildlife habitat in the Great Lakes Basin.
1992 - Water Resources Development Act - Provided the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with the authority to review the Central & South Florida Flood Control Project and develop a comprehensive plan to restore and preserve the south Florida ecosystem, enhance water supply and maintain flood protection.
1992 - Partnerships for Wildlife Act - The act established a Wildlife Conservation and Appreciation Fund to facilitate collaborative partnerships in conservation administered through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, supporting state fish and game agencies in their management and conservation of non-game species. The act also authorizes appropriations matching contributions from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, while also authorizing grants to the States for programs and projects to conserve non-game species.
1992 - Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act - The act includes many western water provisions to protect and improve environmental management:
1992 - Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act - The act requires all damages to the Grand Canyon to be mitigated, while stipulating that all dam operations become secondary to the health of the Grand Canyon ecosystem.
1992 - Energy Policy Act - An NWF led effort, the Act established the first new national standards for conserving water by improving the water efficiency of plumbing products that include showerheads, faucets, water closets, and urinals.
1993 - Hazard Mitigation and Relocation Assistance Act - Amended the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to expand the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Hazard Mitigation Grants Program, which automatically provides states affected by Presidentially-declared natural disasters an additional 15 percent above FEMA's total disaster assistance costs. Funds are provided for hazard mitigation, particularly for voluntary acquisition and removal of flood damaged properties, with land dedicated and maintained in perpetuity for a uses compatible with open space, recreational, or wetlands management practices. After the Great Midwest Flood in 1993, more than 10,000 such damaged properties were removed from floodplains in nine Midwest states and owners were compensated at the pre-disaster fair-market values of buildings.
1994 - National Flood Insurance Reform Act - NWF played a leading role in the first significant reforms of the National Flood Insurance Program since 1973. Bill included establishment of a Flood Mitigation Assistance Program to provide NFIP funds for voluntary property buyouts and relocations of flood prone properties with associated lands dedicated as open space. In addition it permanently authorized the NFIP Community Rating System to recognize communities which exceed NFIP minimum requirements to reduce risk and protect natural floodplain values, strengthened measures to enforce flood insurance purchase where it is required and established the first federal task force on natural and beneficial functions of floodplains.
1996 - Water Resources Development Act - Established authority for Corps of Engineers to develop aquatic ecosystem restoration projects and directed study to develop a comprehensive plan for restoring, preserving and protecting the South Florida ecosystem.
1997 - National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act - NWF was a major proponent of this law to provide a unifying statement of purpose for the National Wildlife Refuge System and all of its individual refuges. Later, NWF worked with organizations to secure annual appropriations to increase funding for the National Wildlife Refuge System.
1998 - The Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act - Reauthorized the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990. The act enacted 32 recommendations from the 1995 Great Lakes Fishery Resources Restoration Study.
1999 - Water Resources Development Act - Established first broad authority for Corps of Engineers to develop and implement "non-structural" flood damage reduction projects, such as property buyouts and protection of open space to maintain or restore floodplain ecosystem functions. Program is known as the Flood Mitigation and Riverine Restoration program or "Challenge 21."


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ORLANDO, Fla. - It took more than two years, and now, Florida Highway Patrol Trooper David Rodriguez is back on the road after almost being killed during a traffic stop in January 2012.
It happened while he was parked on State Road 528 and a car hit his motorcycle. Police say 21-year-old Brittany Mikas hit Rodriguez, causing multiple fractures, including a broken pelvis.
"I have a plate and 18 screws here. The most difficult part was not knowing. Not knowing if I'm going to be able to come back to work, not knowing if I'm going to be provide for my family."
Rodriguez tells Local 6 he remembers waking up as paramedics worked on him.
"I was in excruciating pain. A lot, a lot of pain," Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez presented awards to his surgeon, his physical therapists and the good Samaritan he credits with saving his life, and has since become a good friend.
"He had sent me a text saying welcome back to work ... I'm have your back I wrote him back and I said now i have your back for life, i guarantee you that."
Rodriguez says all of this could have been avoided if the driver who hit him had simply followed the Move Over Law.
"If you do hit somebody, your life will continue and you will love on. I will be affected the rest of my life," Rodriguez said.
Mikas was cited and fined for failing to move over.
When Rodriguez was injured, he worked in the motorcycle division. However, his doctors feel that is too risky with his injuries and he's been reassigned to a patrol car.
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Chocolate Orange Cupcakes Recipe
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Chocolate and orange are perfect together in these fudgy morsels. To give them a moist brownie-like texture, I add mayonnaise. The cupcakes taste even better when served with a scoop of homemade ice cream.
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- 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup baking cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon grated orange peel
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- Confectioners' sugar
- In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, combine the mayonnaise, orange peel and vanilla; gradually add orange juice until blended. Stir into dry ingredients just until combined. Stir in chocolate chips (batter will be thick).
- Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 18-23 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Yield: 9 cupcakes.
Originally published as Chocolate Orange Cupcakes in Country Woman January/February 2003, p31
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Reviewed Aug. 30, 2010
"the recipe made 12+ cupcakes for me. i added a lot more orange juice to make the batter thinner. all in all i liked the cupcake, my husband thought it was too dry. after a few days in the fridge the cupcakes tasted better and more moist. also a good recipe for those watching their cholestrol"
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2008
"I found this to be very dry cup cake. Will not make it again."
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2008
"these cupcakes were very simple to make, and they made a huge hit. everyone loved them. I'll definitely make these again."
Reviewed Aug. 13, 2008
"The mayo is a substitute for eggs & oil. You can use it when you are making a small amount of corn bread also."
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The head of San Diego's largest employee union finished in fourth place and won nearly $144,000 Tuesday night in an event at the annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
Michael Zucchet, 43, general manager of the Municipal Employees Association, entered the no limit Texas hold'em tournament Sunday for a $1,000 buy-in along with 2,882 other players.
Two days later Zucchet had played himself to the final table. He then proceeded to knock out two other contestants before finally losing all his chips in what the World Series of Poker blog called a "semi-bluff" to the eventual winner.
Zucchet's haul for fourth place was $143,642. Dana Castaneda, who won the tournament, took home $454,207.
While the World Series of Poker is best known for its main event -- which sees thousands of players compete for a top prize worth several million dollars -- it also consists of dozens of smaller tournaments. Zucchet played in the 54th event of this year's series.
In an interview Wednesday, Zucchet said he won entry into the tournament after besting others at a $235 sit-and-go table. He then turned that relatively small sum into what he called "an absurd payday."
"It was just an absolute thrill beyond the money," he said.
Zucchet said he's been playing poker for years and earned a spot in the 2008 Main Event through a satellite tournament. He said this was his fourth or fifth time playing in a World Series of Poker event and by far his best finish.
As for the winnings, Zucchet said that he'll split whatever is left after taxes between the college funds for his two kids.
Zucchet is a former San Diego city councilman and acting mayor who was charged in August 2003 along with two other councilman with wire fraud, conspiracy and extortion. They were accused of accepting campaign contributions from a Las Vegas strip-club owner and his lobbyist in exchange for relaxing city laws prohibiting dancers from touching patrons.
A jury convicted Zucchet, but the judge who presided over the trial acquitted him of seven of the nine charges and ordered new trials on the other two. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that ruling and in 2011 prosecutors dropped the remaining two charges against him.
Zucchet has been with MEA since 2009.


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Can you believe we officially have less than a month of the regular season left? That depresses me. I like football just fin; I just love baseball two billion times more. Okay, chin up, no need for tears. We've still got a month plus the playoffs, which are shaping up to be fantastic. More importantly, you have got your fantasy playoffs (or at least a stretch run for you roto folks) to worry about right now. The September roster expansion deepens the pool of potential Value Picks, but pitchers running up against inning limits, wearing down, or outright being shutdown cuts into that depth a bit.
The A's were never really in dire need with Griffin out, but the depth was eaten into a bit even while Travis Blackley filled in admirably. Griffin returned on September 1 and picked up right where he left off, hurling seven innings of one run ball while yielding just three hits and striking out five. Then on Wednesday afternoon, Brandon McCarthy was unfortunately struck with a comeback liner, which is obviously terribly, but now the A's can once again turn to Blackley or bring Dan Straily back into the fray. In other words, they will be fine.
More on the guy we are here to talk about, though. Griffin's composite line with near-equal 50-something-inning samples at Double-A, Triple-A, and MLB comes out to a 2.64 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, 7.7 K/9, and 4.7 K/BB in 153 2/3 innings of work. That isn't just inflated by the minors either; he has a 2.26 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, 7.0 K/9, and 4.0 K/BB in 51 2/3 major league innings.
He isn't a hard-throwing lefty, working in the 86-89 mph area, but he has shown solid control and has missed quite a few bats in his tiny 18-inning sample. He has had three straight six-inning, two-ER outings with two strikeouts and four walks in the first but then 15 strikeouts and just one walk over the next two. At the very least, he seems like a worthy Petco play down the stretch, but his latest outing was on the road and he fared quite well, so I'd give him a look anywhere but extreme hitter's parks, especially if I wasn't protecting tenuous ERA and WHIP leads and chasing wins or strikeouts.
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Miller has ace potential going forward, so he is undoubtedly rostered in any keeper league that utilizes the minor leagues. There are some NL-only leagues, however, that might keep 10-plus players year-to-year without using a minor league roster, so he could be available for pickup and potentially used as a keeper for next season.
Most of all, though, Miller is a redraft league target who can fill a final spot on a pitching staff and get you some easy strikeouts. While he did post a 4.74 ERA and 1.38 WHIP in 136 2/3 innings at Triple-A this year, he was great to close out the year down there with a 2.88 ERA and 0.93 WHIP with 70 strikeouts and just seven walks in 59 1/3 innings across 10 starts. He was also 7-2 in that span.
Paul Sporer is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @sporer
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text: Media 15 November 2012 Lord McAlpine on the BBC: the most unsettling interview of the year As the frail-sounding Conservative peer spoke, the scale of the wrongs against him became clear. Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML Lord McAlpine's interview with BBC Radio 4′s World at One made for profoundly unsettling listening. As the frail-sounding Conservative peer spoke ("I've got a very dicky heart," he said), the scale of the wrongs against him became clear. Asked whether Boris Johnson was right to say that to call someone a paedophile is to "consign them to the lowest circle of hell - and while they're still alive", McAlpine replied: Absolutely. I think it describes pretty much what happened to me in the first few days of this event...it gets in to your bones. It gets into, it makes you angry. And that's extremely bad for you to be angry. And it gets into your soul. You just think there's something wrong with the world. Paedophiles are "quite rightly figures of public hatred", he said, adding that "to find yourself a figure of public hatred, unjustifiably, is terrifying." He said that he was seeking compensation from the BBC but that his claim would be tempered by the fact that "this is the licence payer who's going to pay this - not the people who made the programme, not the people who authorised the programme, not the people who told the lie in the first place." In an interview with the same programme, McAlpine's solicitor Andrew Reid urged those who had named the peer Twitter to come forward in order to avoid prolonged legal action. He said: "What we're basically saying to people is, look, we know - in inverted commas - who you are, we know exactly the extent of what you've done. It's easier to come forward and see us and apologise and arrange to settle with us because, in the long run, this is the cheapest and best way to bring this matter to an end." He revealed that he had received two apologies from Guardian columnist George Monbiot (whose "abject apology" to McAlpine can be read here) but had yet to hear from Speaker's wife Sally Bercow, who tweeted: "Why is Lord McAlpine trending? *Innocent face*". He added that legal proceedings would be initiated against her. "She has left us with no choice." › The ADgenda: cold, dead-eyed Kooples Conservative peer Alistair McAlpine, who was falsely accused of involvement in the north Wales child abuse scandal. George Eaton is political editor of the New Statesman. Subscribe from just £1 per issue More Related articles Here's something the political class has completely missed about Brexit Forget planning for no deal. The government isn't really planning for Brexit at all The National Trust is right to bring gay history out of the closet Subscription offer 12 issues for £12 + FREE book LEARN MORE Close This week's magazine


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i have developed over last winter a couple of coin size marks on my legs. it first began as a scaly red dried patch that looks like a rash but isnt really around my inner thigh. then at the beginning of this summer i got another one on the same leg which started out scaly aswell. by this time teh first one has started to grow and kind of wear out in a disappearing fasion. i started to but salcylic acid on it and now the scaling is gone and it looks more like a orange red than a pink red and has started to lighten consirebaly...i just realised i have another one begging to show on my other leg near the ankle and im curious as to what it is...is it something serious...but it only shows on my legs.kindly give me an idea to what it possibly could be and does it need professional medical help.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - It's become a showdown between builders and bicyclists.
The City Council is now deciding if it should keep letting developers off the hook for special fees for bike paths and other amenities.
It's called the mobility fee. There's been a moratorium on the fee for a year, and the plan is to extend that moratorium for three more years.
But local cyclists have been asking the council to lift the moratorium.
Builders are now taking an unusual approach to get their message across. They've filled council members' mailboxes with blocks of wood that say "Vote yes on 94."
The blocks of wood began arriving about a week ago, and now City Council staff has to include them in the mail they receive every day.
Looking closely, the blocks are from local builders and their associations. They are asking the council to vote yes on the ordinance that would keep the mobility fee. The fee is for developers and is charged when building on land away from downtown, with higher fees being charged the farther they develop from the urban core.
The group behind the mail campaign is the Northeast Florida Builders Association. Its executive director is state Rep. Dan Davis, who says the blocks are symbolic.
"Well, I think the blocks represent people that are working," Davis said. "It represents members of our association trying to hold it together in these tough times. We thought there was not a better way to get our point across to City Council. We think if we pass this waiver, we will continue to grow jobs in northeast Florida."
There has also been an outcry against the moratorium. Some runners getting ready for Saturday's Gate River Run say Jacksonville is a dangerous city when it comes to outdoor sports. Runners and cyclists say the fees will make the city safer, and extending the moratorium is wrong.
"I don't want to see another three years," Larry Clark said. "We need it. Jacksonville is the worst city in the nation for cycling, and we got to turn that around. And without this, we are not going to be able to do it. That's it."
Even though there has been a small increase in building, Davis said the mobility fee would kill that. But is there ever a time the fee would be acceptable?
"I think we want to do whatever we can not to hamper progress and hamper people creating jobs, but when times get better, we will have that discussion," Davis said.
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Review: Fiona Apple rants at Perez Hilton, wins raves for her music at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater
We're still waiting for video footage of Fiona Apple's 10-minute diatribe directed toward gossip blogger Perez Hilton, apparently for posting an unflattering photo of her last week. But someone was filming it from the foot of the stage on Saturday night at Ruth Eckerd Hall, so we imagine it's only a matter of time before it goes viral.
In the meantime, let's focus on the music! Following that odd introduction, Apple delivered an electric 90-minute set packed with old favorites in Clearwater. Sean Daly was among the 1,307 in the crowd, and he writes:
Apple is touring behind new LP The Idler Wheel..., which is just her fourth album in 16 years. Like all her efforts, it's intensely personal about the men in her life, but she doesn't reflect with a whisper and a moan. Periphery featured fluttery notes like Snow White on a helium binge, and Every Single Night had a hook like a lovelorn Apache battle cry.
"What does it say about me that I already feel bad about being mean to Perez Hilton?" she chuckled in the middle of her 90-minute set. She then played the puckish Paper Bag from 1999's When the Pawn..., during which she did her pouty little-girl twist, complete with wobbly spins and stomps of her tiny feet.
Apple was at once defiant and vulnerable, angry and accepting. "Stop calling me frail," she said after new song Daredevil. "I'll beat the h--- out of you guys!"
For more on Fiona and that rant, click here for Sean's full review.
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