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Over £1 million a year to mobilise UK's social entrepreneurs
A growing movement of community entrepreneurs will be equipped with the tools to change hundreds of thousands of people's lives across the UK in a five-year programme launching this week.
Each year 150 inspiring individuals across eight locations will share over £1m in funded training and grants through their local School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE).
The Lloyds Banking Group Social Entrepreneurs Programme has been made possible thanks to a major funding commitment from Lloyds Banking Group and additional investment from Nominet Trust.
Simon Hughes MP will help get the recruitment drive underway at a special launch reception at the House of Lords on 26 April. He said: "I am very pleased to support the launch of the Lloyds Banking Group Social Entrepreneurs Programme. This programme has the potential to empower many individuals around the country to develop lasting solutions to poverty and disadvantage in their communities."
Alastair Wilson, Chief Executive of the School for Social Entrepreneurs, said: "To tackle the huge social and environmental challenges that we face today, we need to recruit inspirational people with entrepreneurial flair from our communities – and give them the best tools to succeed.
"This is about real people striving to make a difference in real places. Social change doesn't happen by itself. It needs action, organisation and leadership in those communities.
"Our vision is to build a force of community entrepreneurs who will unleash the potential for people powered change in their communities, leading initiatives that bring business skills and social aims together to lift the fortunes of hundreds of thousands of people."
Paul Turner, Community and Sustainable Business Director at Lloyds Banking Group, said: "Through our branches and businesses, Lloyds Banking Group has the potential to touch every family and community in the UK – helping them thrive is the cornerstone of our Community Investment Programme.
"Social Entrepreneurs, with the right support and funding, have the passion, foresight and drive to become a powerful force for change and make a visible and long-lasting difference in their local area. We are proud of the support we are able to provide. "
Annika Small, Chief Executive of Nominet Trust, a UK-based social investor that brings together and supports people committed to using digital technologies to make society better, commented: "We're keen to encourage entrepreneurs to make imaginative use of digital technology to design new approaches to big social challenges. In the same way that the internet has transformed communications, retail and work, we believe it can support radically new, more effective solutions to long-standing social problems and improve lives and communities.
"As the UK's leading social investor in this space, we hope that successful graduates from this programme will work with us to scale up their initiatives."
What is the scheme about?
The Lloyds Banking Group Social Entrepreneurs Programme opens for applications on 26 April. Applications will close on 25 May and delivery will begin in October 2012.
The programme will support 150 social entrepreneurs* each year, for five years, with comprehensive support from the SSE through its innovative 'action learning' programmes, plus grants of £4,000 and £15,000 and an annual £25,000 award:
- 130 'Start Up' awards: grants of £4,000, a place on a Start Up SSE learning programme delivered in eight UK locations and access to networks and continued alumni support following their completion of the programme;
- 20 'Scale Up' awards: grants of £15,000 and a place on a Scale Up SSE learning programme delivered at SSE headquarters in London, plus access to networks and continued alumni support following their completion of the programme; and
- 1 'Lloyds Banking Group Social Entrepreneur of the year' award, given to a Scale Up applicant who demonstrates outstanding potential. The award includes a place on the National Scale Up SSE learning programme, access to networks and continued alumni support following their completion of the programme and a grant of £25,000 to scale their organisation.
Facts, statistics and personal stories
The training will be delivered by SSE's eight franchise schools in the following locations: London, Yorkshire and Humber, North West, Bristol, East of England, Cornwall, Hampshire and Scotland.
Since 1997, SSE's participants have a 20% higher survival rate compared with traditional businesses, according to an independent research report**.
The research also suggests that the programme could benefit more than 800,000 people and generate up to 2,500 jobs with a value of £11m.
Junior Smart, founder of SOS Gangs Project, an award-winning organisation that helps young offenders move their lives forward, said: "I used to be seen as an ex-offender but now I'm an entrepreneur and a youth leader, thanks to the skills I gained from the SSE."
Jacquie Johnston-Lynch, who founded The Brink, a non-alcoholic bar in Liverpool that helps people recovering from addiction, said: "The SSE boosted my sense of self and helped my organisation to give the community a real boost – touching the lives of many, many people."
To apply for the awards programme, please contact:
Alexa Kellow
0207 089 9120
Notes to Editors:
* A social entrepreneur is someone who is committed to addressing a social need or problem in their community or in wider society and who displays entrepreneurial characteristics in doing so. Social entrepreneurs may work in social enterprises, ethical businesses, governmental or public bodies, or the voluntary and community sector.
** These figures are based on extrapolating the findings of the School for Social Entrepreneurs 1997-2011 Impact Evaluation Report (2011) by New Philanthropy Capital. This evaluated the impact of SSE's core programme, which is similar in structure to the Lloyds Banking Group Social Entrepreneurs Project. It found that:
- The five year survival rate of SSE Fellows' (alumni) organisations is 20% higher than that for UK businesses.
- Total value of jobs created by SSE Fellows is estimated to be £13m per year.
- On average, each organisation set up by an SSE Fellow recruits two full time and three part-time workers after graduation. The report estimated that organisations set up by SSE fellows benefit over 800,000 people per year, delivering outcomes to a range of beneficiaries, including children, young people, older people and disadvantaged groups.
About Lloyds Banking Group's Community Programme
- Lloyds Banking Group is the biggest corporate investor in UK communities investing some £85m during 2011
- With 30 million customers the Group knows it has a clear role to play in helping communities thrive
- Lloyds Banking Group Charity of the Year as chosen by colleagues is on target to raise over £2m for Save the Children
- Lloyds Banking Group has provided £510 million of funding to the Lloyds TSB Foundation and Bank of Scotland Foundation over the past 26 years
- The Group has a £4 million financial capability and personal money skills programme – Money for Life – which is targeted at the Further Education, Adult Community Learning sector
- Lloyds Scholars provides students, from below average income families, with a complete financial and vocational support package allowing students to study at leading academic and research universities
- The Lloyds Banking Group Community Fund aims to unlock the potential of young people by supporting UK communities at the grass roots. In 2012, the Group will make awards of £5,000 to up to 140 local good causes across the UK
About the School for Social Entrepreneurs:
- Provides action learning programmes to support hundreds of social entrepreneurs each year to start up and grow social and community organisations in 10 locations across the UK, Australia and Canada. For more information visit: www.the-sse.org.
- Was founded by the late Michael Young (founder of Which?, Consumers Association and Open University).
- As a strategic partner to the Cabinet Office, SSE leads the five organisation Social Entrepreneurship Partnership Consortium
More information on the SSE, its programmes and its impact, is available at www.sse.org.uk
For more information on SOS Gangs Project visit: http://bit.ly/zAbBoR
For more information on The Brink visit: http://bit.ly/xx3n7t
About the Nominet Trust
- Nominet Trust is a UK registered charity, which believes in the power of the internet to improve lives and communities.
- The Trust brings together, invests in and supports people committed to using the internet to create social and economic value.
- Nominet Trust has invested in hundreds of projects since its inception in September 2008, providing business support as well as financial investment, seeking to connect projects to prospective partners who can help increase their reach and impact.
For more information on Nominet Trust and the projects it has invested in visit: www.nominettrust.org.uk


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Efficacy of Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain
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This is a trial to clarify the extent to which acupuncture needling can diminish the effect of chronic back pain on patient functioning and symptoms.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Low Back Pain |
Procedure: acupuncture |
Phase 3 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Efficacy of Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain |
Estimated Enrollment: | 640 |
Study Start Date: | April 2004 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | January 2008 |
This is a 4-arm multi-site randomized controlled trial to clarify the extent to which various types of acupuncture needling can diminish the effect of chronic low back pain on patient functioning and symptoms. Reviews have noted the poor quality of research in this area and urged that scientifically rigorous studies be conducted. Recent higher quality trials suggest acupuncture is a promising treatment for back pain. This study directly addresses methodological shortcomings that have plagued previous studies. A total of 640 subjects (160 per arm) with low back pain lasting at least 3 months will be recruited from group model HMOs in Seattle, WA and Oakland, CA. They will be randomized to one of three different methods of stimulation of acupuncture or to continue usual medical care. Ten treatments will be provided over 7 weeks. The primary outcomes, dysfunction and bothersomeness of low back pain, will be measured at baseline, and after 8, 26, and 52 weeks by telephone interviewers masked to treatment. Analysis of covariance within an intention-to-treat context will be used to analyze the data. Because chronic back pain is a major public health problem and the top reason patients seek acupuncture treatment, a clear, unambiguous assessment is critical for making informed decisions about whether acupuncture should be included as part of conventional care for back pain or covered by insurance. Results of this study will provide the clearest evidence to date about the value of acupuncture needling as a treatment for chronic low back pain.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 70 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion criteria:
- Diagnosis of low back pain including lumbago, unspecified backache, sprains and strains of sacroiliac, lumbar, sacral, or unspecified regions of the spine
- Back pain must be of at least 3 months duration and rated at least 3 on a symptom bothersomeness scale
Exclusion criteria:
- non-mechanical causes or potential causes of low back pain (i.e. sciatica, underlying systemic or visceral disease, pregnancy, spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, cancer or unexplained weight loss, recent vertebral fracture)
- previous treatment with acupuncture
- inappropriate candidate for acupuncture (i.e. severe clotting disorders or on anticoagulant medication, heart pacemakers)
- characteristics complicating the interpretation of the findings (severe or progressive neurologic deficits, back surgery within the prior three years, planning to seek other treatment for back pain)
- characteristics related to ability to complete the study protocol (unable to speak English, plans to move out of town)
United States, California | |
Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Kaiser Foundation Research Institute | |
Oakland, California, United States | |
United States, Washington | |
Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies | |
Seattle, Washington, United States |
Study Director: | Daniel Cherkin, PhD | Group Health Cooperative Center for Health Studies |
Principal Investigator: | Karen J Sherman, PhD | Group Health Cooperative Center for Health Studies |
Principal Investigator: | Andy Avins, MD | Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, Kaiser Permanente Northern California |
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00065585 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | U01 AT001110 |
Study First Received: | July 28, 2003 |
Last Updated: | October 1, 2007 |
Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
Keywords provided by National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM):
low back pain acupuncture |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Back Pain Low Back Pain Pain |
Neurologic Manifestations Nervous System Diseases Signs and Symptoms |
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Doctor stress affects the care patients receive
MINNEAPOLIS - Dr. Dan Fulton and his wife, Lois, talk about stress quite a bit.He's a third-year medical resident; she's a physical therapist. In addition to raising two daughters, 3 years and 9 months, the couple is chipping away at about $173,000 in student debt from medical school."We have an agreement that I can't log in from home," said Fulton, 30, a resident in internal medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. "It means that at times at the end of a long day I have to stay at work and finish up reports. But when I'm home, I'm home."Finding ways to keep a lid on the pressure is becoming ever more difficult for doctors-in-training, according to a new Mayo Clinic study.Large numbers are burned out, depressed and becoming increasingly cynical about their work. They're deep in debt and finding it impossible to balance work and life.Most jarring, according to the study of more than 16,000 U.S. graduate medical students, is that the stress is making it harder for residents to learn needed skills. The Mayo Clinic researcher who worked on the report warns that downplaying the signs could lead to mistakes and poor patient care."This isn't just a woe-is-me, look at those doctors complaining about how hard their medical training is," said Dr. Colin West, a general internist who co-directs the Mayo Clinic Department of Medicine Program on Physician Well-Being. "This actually has an impact on what we're providing to patients throughout the health-care system."The results, published last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association, are the first to draw connections between distress, debt and medical knowledge. The researchers used scores from tests taken each year by nearly every internal medicine resident in the country and added questions about burnout, work-life balance and other measures of well-being.More than half of the internal medicine residents, about 52 percent, reported some symptom of burnout. Nearly 46 percent complained of being emotionally exhausted, and 3 in 10 showed signs of cynicism, lack of empathy or callous feelings on the job.The report also found that those with more than $200,000 in debt had test scores 5 percent lower than their debt-free peers. Today's medical school graduate leaves school with an average of $160,000 in student loans. 'The right stress with the right support'Medical leaders have known for years that young doctors are under stress, with previous reports focusing on individual hospitals and training centers. Those results helped spawn industry regulations in 2003 that now limit residents to an average of 80 hours a week averaged over a four-week period. New rules came into effect in July aimed at interns - doctors in their first year of residency - that limits them to 16 hours in a single shift. The Mayo report indicates that reducing hours may not be sufficient or the best approach."You reduce the work hours, maybe fatigue gets better," West said. "But even after you've helped with that, we're still seeing these national numbers of high rates of burnout, high rates of quality of life concerns. What are we going to do on a national basis to address those issues? That's a dialogue that's really in its infancy."Medical experts say there's a certain amount of stress medical residents need to experience to become good at making quick decisions in high-pressure situations, and to get as much hands-on training as possible.But the combination of the debt load and the stress is affecting the number of students choosing to become family doctors. Specialty medicine offers bigger paychecks and fewer midnight calls at home than primary care doctors get."When you graduate from medical school with well into the six figures of debt, that is a motivating factor for what specialty of medicine residents and medical students go into," said Dr. David Hilden, who works with medical residents and students at HCMC.Hilden points to his own experience. He was a primary care doctor for six years, but got out "largely because of burnout." Two years ago, he became a hospitalist, where he sees patients at HCMC."A family doctor might see 20 patients or more before lunch and the same after lunch," he said."And that's only a fraction of the actual work involved. You'll spend an equal amount of time doing the charting and the billing and the followup of lab results and the phone calls for that patient.""You never feel caught up," he added. "The pressures of the clock are extreme."Fulton said staff physicians and resident fellows can help residents deal with the pressure and try to anticipate signs of stress."People don't always get better," he said. "As a physician, it's hard to see that and walk through that with them. The more that happens, the more burned out you start to feel."West said he hopes this research, which documents the problem on a nationwide scale, will turnthe focus away from documenting the problem to looking for solutions. The end game is providing better medical care."There's a balance," West said. "You've got to have the right stress with the right support so you promote the best growth for the trainee. We're not at that point right now." Photo one: Richard Sennott/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT -- Dr. David Hilden, right, burned out as a family physician, but now works as a hospitalist. He sat during patient reviews with a group of medical students and residents in Minneapolis, Minn. Photo two: Richard Sennott/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT -- Dr. David Hilden, left,talks with Dr. Dan Fulton, resident physician, about his patient roster.
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I briefly mentioned this app in a post not too long ago. I was among the first few members who tried this free app. Back then, tadaa was buggy; even with version 2.0 update. I almost deleted it when it crashed on me a couple times while I was shooting the Chinese New Year Festival in LA. Its servers was slow and it didn't allow me to save my shot if the servers was down. I cursed at it so many times during its first two months on iTune store.
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A London based emergency dentist will have the same rules about treating dental emergencies as most dental practices. You will only be regarded as a true emergency in the following circumstances:
If you have been injured in an accident or have a sports injury and you have knocked one of your teeth out completely. You need to retrieve the tooth, put it in milk, and get to an emergency dentist within about half an hour to have the tooth put back into place.
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The NHS Direct Helpline (0845 4647) will be able to give you details of London based emergency dentists who are located near to your location. The NHS helpline is open all hours of the day and night, and can also give you advice by phone on what to do until you can reach an emergency dentist, or how you can help to manage your own problem until you can see your own NHS dentist.
Search the local phone directory to identify dental surgeries and centres nearby that offer emergency dental treatment.
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Emergency dentist London followed by the name of the borough or area of London where you are. For example, if you use emergency dentist London Hammersmith, you will find more relevant information for Hammersmith.
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-- -- -- -- So last week we saw that creepy ad by -- young female celebrity comparing voted for Obama that XX.
How artists were supposed to speak truth to power now they just want to make out with it is -- propagandist willing to turn a blind -- anything to preserve their self involved fanaticism.
And -- always kids become part of the brain -- Okay.
It happened yeah OK yeah.
Oh okay.
How lovely it and to our dear leader why not he's copying North Korea's economy might as well go all the way.
But notice how it's only the left to excels at this group think -- indoctrination stuff.
Say what you will nobody does lock step better than a lead and really enough with this wisdom of the children children make noise not policy council -- change from your -- But you can't form an army without a uniform pants Urban Outfitters new shirts all -- to ridicule those who are different.
Funny how rebellion these days is considered uncool by the left if James Dean were alive today he'd vote for Romney and trash Urban Outfitters.
For it's not -- to slavishly follow a leader it's also not -- to force -- to recite your bitter predictable believes that's not cool that's correct it's the opposite hip.
Whether it's leader Don -- Urban Outfitters if you're watching the self consciously cool kids -- But the secret sheep they are and it reveals who the real rebels are you.
CNET method creek near the kids singing I want kids you what you hate crimes and kick -- I like puppies you like puppies but puppies -- seeing.
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And you think like OK so if you are and -- -- because like that you're raising them not to think for himself for myself so then.
Later on you're going to make it -- bad because this is the kind of thing that gets in their head and they either -- -- right or they could.
You know continue going to colts join -- join -- Beckel cult.
You love that.
Acted you know I loved it I thought it was exactly right on.
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Back on I don't -- writer Kimberly but that the video was made by.
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Advertising campaign -- spirit probably here's an issue.
Who paid for.
And why and it was just an Obama ad that I mean I'm not I don't know -- it was -- -- -- if it wasn't Obama who it was a some liberal group that said hey let's get a bunch kids from the screen making looked like.
-- literally like -- hostage videos -- Or Cordova California happens Saturday the policies through your group marriage and -- you know like there's -- -- a little.
We learn destroyed in the flood Iraq but -- three search yet KG yeah you have young child some say adorable.
So they're -- over that job I went to eleven.
Ever allow you to you.
No part in a political act where do you whether you supported the.
Fat or not no I think it's -- in proper to do that especially kids are very impressive on here you -- program Nike filled little robots like -- -- -- back in the data Soviet Union or North Korea or China.
That's so un American -- how can property use a child to your own political purposes is disgusting.
Yeah -- really as an -- when you see an app like that I think it works against Obama but who wants to see children spouting out like zombies.
It's not nice idea.
That it had 94 showing budget kids in elementary school -- bombs and I just bomb gone off for Mondale.
25 years later people would come up to be your -- brought -- said you're scared the hell out of me and you realize that you -- -- and.
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"In Russia, the internet – as an ad medium – under-performs and over-promises; that's a good thing," says Vasily Gatov, vice president of the Russian Publisher's Guild and owner/publisher of "625 Publishers."
The year 2009 hit the media industry in Russia particularly hard. Was there a significant rebound in advertising expenditure in 2010?
The year 2010 was better than predicted for printed media, but the distribution of the rebound was very unequal. Leaders got it all (sometimes far exceeding their real share and market penetration), while many publishers continue to confront a decline in ad revenues and circulation. That applies to both the newspaper segment (average rebound 20%, after a 41% decline in 2009), and magazines (5% rebound after a 46% drop). Again in view of the depth of the plunge, this recovery looks pretty pale.
Also, beyond the AKAR (Russian Advertising Market Monitor) estimates, the figures do not include the "crisis discount" that is still demanded (if not to say demanded by way of blackmail) by most advertisers and not reflected in rate cards. My personal experience is that the "crisis discounts" exacted by global brands from Russian media remain at 40% below the lowest possible rate card, making the rebound truly insignificant.
Do you expect some growth or stability for next year?
So far, most publishers expect 2011 to be "softer" in terms of advertising revenues. Advertisers and agencies have more or less stabilized their spending and achieved a new media mix. So advertising is not as profitable for printed media as it used to be, but publishers still manage to avoid red ink in the bottom line. There is no sustainable positive trend in circulation and audience (both parameters are sliding down, but not steeply). The only good thing for print publishers is that the internet – as an ad medium –under-performs and over-promises.
Are some publishing groups in a better position?
As I said, leaders in segments are usually doing much better than anyone else, even the second tier. Kommersant in the daily market, AiF in weeklies, Hachette Filipacchi Shkulev in TV guides, Independent Media/Sanoma Magazines in glossy magazines, and Burda in low-end magazines have been reporting strong growth in ad revenues since March 2010 and good copy sales (good enough that they don't need to be shy). Others haven't yet gained much above the very very limited diet of 2009.
In most parts of the world, production costs are increasing because of higher prices for newsprint. What is the situation in Russia?
Both newsprint and coated paper have become more expensive in Russia since May. Newsprint producers already have upped the price by 10% to the crisis level, and the paper industry forecaster RAO Rosbumprom says there will be an increase of at least 15% in 2011.
One of the big events in 2010 was the deployment of 3G in Russia. Have media companies take advantage of that opportunity?
The deployment of 3G boosted mobile internet usage a lot. We have seen increases of at least 18% in internet audiences in 2010. But publishing companies have not made much use of it.
What is the situation with the applications market for the smartphone and the iPad – is it taking off in your market also? Do you think it's going to be a hit in your country as well?
The iPad is hype, applications are hype. Many Russian publishers already have either produced apps or at least commissioned them. Very few use the paid model; most apps are free and considered a service. Russia accounts for some 200,000 iPads imported before the official launch on the domestic market, and it sells at the rate of 6,000-7,000 a week. Christmas/New Year will add even more. So it is already a hit.


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Hearing is a familiar and important human sense that is a topic naturally of interest to those who are curious about human biology. This unit will enable you to relate what you read to your own sensory experiences – and indeed many of the questions asked have exactly that function. This unit will be best understood by those with some biological understanding.
Commissioner Gooda argues passionately and with great clarity that without effective engagement the reconciliation agenda with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples will stall. (Running Time 75:36)
Dr Caroline Potter, Lecturer in Medical Anthropology for the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 5th May 2011
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Students explore the densities and viscosities of fluids as they create a colorful 'rainbow' using household liquids. While letting the fluids in the rainbow settle, students conduct 'The Great Viscosity Race,' another short experiment that illustrates the difference between viscosity and density. Later, students record the density rainbow with sketches and/or photography.
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The legal safeguard habeas corpus is being used in ways it was never intended, resulting in a costly waste of scarce legal resources and taxpayer dollars, according to two researchers who have studied thousands of habeas cases.
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An 18 month old child can hold a pen and imitates scribbling or can scribble spontaneously. At this age he is holding the pen between the thumb and first 3 fingers and is developing a tripod position of the hand for drawing. A neuroscience tutorial focusing on those aspects of the pediatric neurological examination that are unique to the child's nervous system, with an emphasis on important neurodevelopmental milestones.
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There have been two confirmed cases of pertussis at Butte High School. But, the test results of eight students that came into contact with the ill classmates came back negative.
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MISSOULA - A 34-year-old man is dead after a three vehicle accident that happened Sunday morning on the Reserve Street Bridge.
The Missoula Police Department says the wreck happened around 10:30 a.m. when the male driver was heading northbound, crossed into the southbound lanes and then collided with two other vehicles.
The man was taken to a Missoula hospital where he died.
The two southbound drivers were also injured,one was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The accident stopped traffic in the southbound lanes for quite some time and one northbound lane was also closed for a large portion of the afternoon.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation, but road conditions were described as slick.
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Steve Bodner
Nickname | Stevie |
Sailnumber | USA 4 |
DOB | August 23, 1975 |
Birthplace | Toledo, Ohio |
Currently living in | San Francisco CA |
Current car | Nissan Quest minivan |
Started Windsurfing in | Lake Erie when I was 10 |
People you like to sail with | Seth Besse, Steve Sylvester, Bill Weir, Mike Z |
Favourite spot | Crissy Field, San Francisco CA |
Favourite food | Granola |
Favourite magazine | Dwell |
Hobbies | Windsurfing, sailing, mountain biking, architecture |
Favourite music | Jam bands |
Web site | www.stevebodner.com |
Why North Sails
It all started with Micah helping me out when I switched from imco to Formula. North Sails was the perfect fit and still is with great training partners in the area to tune with. I cant think of a better brand to be with!
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Earning the respect of my competitors on and off the water.
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You wont know if you don?t try!