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Kathy A. Bobula, PhD, is a Child Development Specialist and Early Childhood Educator who has worked directly with children, parents, and teachers of young children for the past 45+ years. Kathy's professional experience includes having been a teacher-caregiver of children from birth through six years of age, in both full and part-day early childhood programs, and a teacher in Head Start, Early Head Start, two campus-based programs, two parent cooperatives, and a Native American tribal preschool.
In the mid-1980s, Kathy expanded her work in child development and began learning about the expanding field of neuroscience, and the influence of early experiences on the developing brain. She began teaching and conducting workshops about brain development and the implications of the particular environments into which infants enter the world and spend the first five years of their lives. She currently has a website for teachers and caregivers of young children: Self-Regulation in Young Children. After 15 years of working in the field, Kathy joined the faculty of Clark College in Vancouver, WA and taught Early Childhood Education and Psychology for 31 years. In 2010, she began teaching in the Graduate Certificate Program in Infant/Toddler Mental Health at Portland State University: Dynamic Theories of Infant/Toddler Development. As of June 2014, Kathy retired from Clark and is now Professor Emeritus. She continues to teach in PSU's Infant/Toddler Mental Health program. Kathy received BS and MS degrees in Family and Child Development from Ohio State University in 1967 and 1969, respectively. She earned a Ph.D. in Urban Studies from Portland State University in 1996, with two field concentrations: Human Development and Policy Analysis. Her dissertation, Characteristics of Administrators' Leadership Style in Quality Child Care Centers, examined what worked in great early childhood programs. In her teaching, Kathy takes this same positive approach in focusing on what can work to promote brain development and positive mental health in young children.
Lynn K. Collins, PhD, has a Doctorate in clinical psychology from Miami University of Ohio. Over the past 25 years she has worked extensively with families from diverse backgrounds providing home, school and community-based mental health interventions. She has administered, supervised and coordinated family preservation and strength-based services for community mental health programs in both rural and urban counties in Oregon. In addition, Dr. Collins developed and supervised the Parent/Young Child Program at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center for 11 years, providing parent education to families with infants, toddlers and two year olds. Dr. Collins is the instructor for SPED 595, Prevention and Intervention in Infant Mental Health.
Mary Foltz, Principle, Mary Foltz & Associates, LLC, is a program and professional development consultant supporting programs that serve children and families throughout the Pacific Northwest and across the country. Mary has recently begun a new chapter in her professional life as a private consultant. She worked as an early childhood and program development specialist at the Early Childhood Training Center at Portland State University for close to 25 years. She was a co-developer of the ITMH program at PSU and taught Professional Development in the program for six years. She's excited to be returning the program.
Since 1994, Ms. Foltz has been instrumental in the initiation and development of Early Head Start programs in Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and Alaska. This work has helped her develop a good sense of the program systems required to establish and maintain high quality services. She has coordinated numerous Pacific Northwest training events and is a frequent speaker at conferences nationally. Mary has been providing consultation and professional development support for close to 35 years. During this time, a strong focus of her work has been on helping programs develop effective systems which promote reflective practice and provide supportive, effective supervision. She is grateful her work provides regular opportunities to observe and debrief home visits, parent-child groups, and center-based services. This helps her remain aware of the complexities involved, appreciative of the wonderful work being done by staff, and excited by new developments in the lives of children and families.
Cynthia M. Jaeger, EdD, is an administrator for an Education Service District where she coordinates programs for young children with special needs, 0-5, and works closely with school districts, K-12, and community partners to support the educational needs of all students. Cynthia has a doctorate in Educational Leadership, with a specialization in Special and Counselor Education. Her doctoral thesis was dedicated to interagency collaboration and the social-emotional development of preschool children, and investigated what parents of preschool children, teachers, and mental health providers believe is needed to support the social-emotional development of young children who are faced with significant risk factors.
Cynthia also holds a license in school psychology and school counseling from Lewis & Clark College, a teaching license from University of Portland and a license in Administration from PSU. As an Oregonian from the Portland area, Cynthia has worked in education for over 20 years, and has been entrenched in school-community relations for most of that time. Cynthia has worked in the K-12 school system as a general education teacher and school psychologist. She later held a position as coordinator of early intervention programs for children ages 0-5 with special needs. This work also involved coordinating services for young children in Migrant Programs, Oregon pre-K, and Head Start. This was followed by an administrative position as education coordinator for a county, which included working in close collaboration with schools and community agencies (e.g., human services, public health, mental health, center for domestic violence and women's shelter, child abuse treatment center, parent education coalition, libraries, law enforcement, community service groups, community action teams, medical centers and more). Cynthia has been principal of two alternative secondary schools for behavioral and psychiatric disorders. Prior to her current position, Cynthia was the director of two small international schools in The Netherlands, one of which is a mainstream preschool with inclusion and the other a primary school for expatriate children with moderate to severe special needs.
Dianne (Nan) LeRoy, MS, is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has been working in the mental health field with children and families since 1985. Nan has worked as a Child and Family Therapist using a variety of therapeutic interventions including play therapy both in agency work and in private practice with much of her work focusing on trauma. She is a 2006 graduate of the first ITMH Graduate Certificate program at PSU and has been a University Supervisor for several subsequent ITMH programs at PSU. Nan also completed a yearlong training in Infant Observation and additional coursework through the Center for Object Relations NW Family Development Center in Seattle. Nan has been in the role of Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant at a local mental health agency serving families and children for the last 12 years. In that capacity, she supports the healthy social and emotional development of children prenatal to 3 by teaching parenting classes, consulting with child care center management and staff, consulting with home visitors, and providing trainings for the staff. Nan is trained in the 20 week model of Circle of Security and the shorter Circle of Security Parenting Program. She currently teaches the Circle of Security Parenting Program for Western Psychological and Counseling Services in the Portland and Vancouver area. Nan has served on the council of the Oregon Play Therapy Association and is a founding member of the Oregon Infant Mental Health Association.
Paige Light-Powell is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Parent Educator in private practice in Southwest Portland. Her undergraduate degree was earned at Marylhurst College in Social Science and she holds a Graduate Degree in Counseling Psychology from Lewis and Clark College. She completed PSU's Graduate Certificate Program in Infant/Toddler Mental Health in 2006. Paige has been working to improve the lives of children and families in her community for the past 22 years. She has worked in community mental health, corrections, schools, and hospital education program settings. She has served on the Council for the Oregon Play Therapy Association, on a crisis response team for a school district, and is a founding member of the Oregon Infant Mental Health Association.
Leslie J. Munson, PhD, is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Special Education at Portland State University. She continues active involvement with research and the ITMH program as the faculty liaison and advisor. During her doctoral program at Vanderbilt University, Dr. Munson focused on infant development and parent-infant interaction. Dr. Munson developed the Infant-Caregiver Interaction Scale (ICIS), a tool to assess the interactive behaviors of caregivers and infants during feeding and playing in the home environment. In addition, she participated in the development of the Behavioral Health Screening Tool (BHS). She worked extensively with young children with special needs in a variety of settings, including hospitals, health departments, early intervention programs, and public schools. Her areas of interest include parent-infant interaction, families, parenting when the parent has a cognitive disability, and grief related to the death of a child. Her current research is related to developing a curriculum based upon the ICIS.
Pamela Skiver, MSW, LICSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Oregon and Washington. She is currently working in a Group Practice, Western Psychological Counseling Services as a Child and Family Therapist in Vancouver, WA. In the Fall, Pam will begin a new position at Kaiser Permanente in Vancouver, WA and will be part of developing the Child and Family Therapy Program. Pam holds an undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Studies/Art Therapy from Marylhurst University. She completed her MSW from PSU in 2004, and she completed PSU's Graduate Certification in Infant/Toddler Mental Health in 2006.
Pam has been trained in Parent/Child Psychotherapy; Circle of Security (Attachment Intervention); PCIT - Parent Child Interaction Therapy; EI/ECSE Certification: Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education Specialist Certification - Oregon Department of Education, Trauma Focused Attachment Therapy, and is currently studying Prenatal/Perinatal Health Psychology and IPNB (Interpersonal Neurobiology).
Pam's theoretical practice is primarily relationship-based. She provides child-parent therapy by focusing on the parent's (or primary caretaker's) relationship with their child. She believes that the parent is the agent of change, and that early intervention is important for early signs of social, emotional and regulatory problems. Pam also provides individual and family-based therapy for children and families who are struggling with attachment disorders, adoption, trauma, grief, loss, PTSD, physical and sexual abuse, anxieties, depression, divorce and other challenges. Pam uses multiple play-based interventions such as Child-centered Play Therapy, Sand Tray, and Art Therapy.


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Ten years ago most people probably thought haloumi was the name of a Greek soccer player. Not any more - thanks to our enthusiasm for multicultural cuisines and new flavour experiences, we've learnt that haloumi is a type of cheese.
What is it?
Traditionally made with sheep's milk, this white cheese is now commonly made with cow's milk.
Where does it come from?
Made for centuries on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, haloumi is now made all over the world.
Is it good for me?
A rich source of calcium, haloumi also contains potassium and zinc, and is a great low-fat option.
Buying and storing
Sold in packets in the cheese cabinet at supermarkets. Store haloumi in brine in an airtight container for up to two weeks.
How to eat it
Because it maintains its shape when cooked, haloumi can be baked, fried or grilled until the outside becomes crisp and golden and the inside melts slightly.
Conversation starter
Cypriots swear by eating fresh haloumi with wedges of watermelon for a delicious snack.
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- My fiance is Greek Cypriot, and introduced me to Haloumi... it can be used in almost any dish - we grill it and serve with antipasto, grate on pasta dishes.. and absolutely agree... i didnt even eat watermelon before this, but anyone should try the watermelon with haloumi- so refreshing and tasty in the summer, its delicious!

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The search for a man who pulled a gun on an unarmed student Wednesday on the Santa Fe College Campus has ended. The suspect is behind bars. Twenty year old Darrius Sanders was arrested after police say he walked on to campus and threatened another student with a handgun outside the patio of the food court just before noon yesterday.
Santa Fe College Police say the biggest help was the security cameras installed on campus about a few months ago. They say after talking to witnesses and looking at the surveillance video from cameras , they confirmed Darrius Sanders was the man responsible for the incident.
Police knew his class schedule and they were on campus prepared if Sanders were to return. They arrested Sanders around 10 Thursday morning before he showed for class. They say the surveillance cameras were a big help and allowed them to arrest Sanders quickly.
"The Enhancements in security that we have been putting in place for a couple of months have paid very well in particular, the police department was able to view video of the suspect here on campus on what clearly appeared to be a weapon in his hand," Daryl Johnston, Santa Fe College Police Public Information Officer said.
Police say in the student manual no student is allowed to carry a gun on campus. Sanders is in jail and is charged with weapon violations.
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Obama reveals his heart in San Francisco.
With oil from the still-gushing, five-week-old Deepwater Horizon leak lapping unimpeded into the marshes of Louisiana, on Tuesday the President of the United States jetted past the oily Gulf to a San Francisco fund-raiser for Sen. Barbara Boxer, held, incredibly, at the home of the 350th richest person in America -- Gordon Getty, inheritor of the Getty Oil fortune. Hollywood satirists couldn't make this stuff up.
If nothing else, Barack Obama has his priorities. This was the president's second trip to California to raise money for Sen. Boxer in two months. His first was the day before the Deepwater Horizon explosion. Then, he went to Los Angeles and held three fund-raisers that collected more than $3 million for Boxer and the DNC. His Tuesday haul, 35 days after the start of the as yet uncontained leak, was a reported $1.7 million for Boxer and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Extinguishing emergencies is not this president's strong suit, but he is one fine raiser of cash.
Understandably, California is where the president goes to raise money for Democrats. Compared to the rest of America, it is a hotbed of vibrating passion for the Party of Big Government. (It also is on the verge of bankruptcy, but never mind.) In the last four years, Democratic registrations in California have risen from 42.7 percent of registered voters to 44.6 percent, while Republican registrations have fallen from 34.6 to 30.8. The especially friendly territory, though, is San Francisco, where this president retreats when it's time to vent about those retrograde elements elsewhere in this country too backward and ignorant to support his far-sighted agenda.
The median household income in San Francisco is $72,000 -- a mere $20,000 higher than the national average. Twenty-eight percent of San Franciscans age 25 or older have a bachelor's degree, compared to 17 percent of Americans, and 16 percent have a post-graduate degree, compared to 10 percent of Americans. More than a quarter (27 percent) of all registered Democrats in California live in or around San Francisco, which hasn't had a Republican mayor since 1964. If you want to mock the philistines of middle America, this is the place to do it.
On Tuesday, the president did just that, in his own, unique "what fools these mortals be" kind of way. Speaking to the adoring crowd of donors, the president mocked the mouth-breathers of the hinterlands, saying, "There are members of their base who think if somebody even smiles at me, they think, 'You're a traitor. You smiled at Obama.'"
I would venture to say that exactly no one in America thinks that. But it is a tasty morsel to toss to the Super-Rich Elitists Club of the Greater Bay Area. How many of them have ever met a Republican, after all? They probably gather at Masa's and regale each other with stories of the time they saw some demented, poorly attired plebian hop the streetcar with a copy of Sarah Palin's book protruding offensively from her cheap handbag.
It is no mystery why the president chooses to belittle his opposition from the enlightened hills of the city by the bay. The ideals that motivate average Americans to resist the president's Great Remaking of American society -- independence, self-reliance, individual liberty -- are as foreign there as alien death rays. In San Francisco, he can let his guard down. They are his people.
Remember, it was in San Francisco -- at a fund-raiser -- that candidate Obama said, "they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
He wasn't speaking of the locals who shop at Fillmore Street. He was talking about hick Pennsylvanians, safely out of sight 2,800 miles away.
When the president tells San Franciscans, as he did on Tuesday, that he just can't work with Republicans because they are so intent on irrationally blocking his agenda, how are they to know any better? What context do they have? Who do they know who disagrees with the president on anything save the speed with which he has chosen to disassemble "don't ask don't tell"? How many of their friends listen to Rush Limbaugh, read the Wall Street Journal editorial page, or have ever held a hunting rifle?
After complaining to the roomful of wealthy donors that Republicans refuse to cooperate or work with him in a bipartisan manner, Obama, apparently without any awareness of contradiction, had the crowd chanting happily back at him when he said of Republicans, "if you want to get in, we'll give you a ride. But we're not going to let you drive."
Because that is the spirit of bipartisanship on vivid display: you can sit helplessly in the back as we rocket this baby wherever our heavily Europhile sense of direction takes us, but you'd better keep your yap shut.
And although that is the attitude with which the administration governs, neither the president nor his friends can fathom why anyone would be upset with him. The philistines want to drive? Well isn't that cute. Listen, they can hold on to those Bibles and guns -- for now, anyway -- but they are NOT clinging to the steering wheel.
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On March 22, 2013, the New York State Senate introduced the S4362 Proposal which, through a "bounty," gives financial awards to whistleblowers who provide original information to the Department of Financial Services (DFS) regarding violations of New York banking, insurance and financial services laws. The Proposal's bounty program is largely modeled after the programs codified in the securities (Section 922) and commodities (Section 748) whistleblower provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank). Moreover, the Proposal contains anti-retaliation protections similar to those in Dodd-Frank's securities, commodities and financial services (Section 1057) whistleblower protection provisions. This post discusses the scope of the Proposal's coverage, as well as the breadth of its bounty program and anti-retaliation protections.
"Whistleblower" Defined
The Proposal defines "whistleblower" to mean any individual, or two or more individuals acting jointly, who provide information relating to a violation of the banking, insurance or financial services laws (and any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder). The definitions of whistleblower in Dodd-Frank Sections 922 and 748 are similar in form to the Proposal, but only concern the violation of securities and commodities laws, respectively. (Section 1057 of Dodd-Frank does not as explicitly define the term as it relates to financial services.) The degree to which the Proposal's coverage overlaps with that of the Dodd-Frank whistleblower provisions is a matter of interpretation and, therefore, not entirely clear. It is fair to say, though, that the Proposal's definition is quite vague.
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Original Information
Mirroring Sections 922 and 748 of Dodd-Frank, the Proposal defines "original information" to mean information: (a) derived from the independent knowledge or analysis of a whistleblower and, unless the whistleblower is the source of the information; (b) unknown to the DFS from any other source; and (c) not exclusively derived from an allegation made in a judicial or administrative hearing, government report, hearing, audit or investigation, or from the news media.
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Whistleblowers are eligible under the Proposal to receive in the aggregate an award ranging from 10% to 30% of the monetary sanctions imposed in any covered judicial or administrative action initiated by the DFS or related actions brought by another state agency and/or federal regulator or law enforcement agency with whom the DFS shares jurisdiction. The Proposal notes that, if a "related action" results in monetary recovery, but the DFS does not receive a share or its share amounts to less than $1M, the DFS would have no obligation to provide the whistleblower with a reward. Sections 922 and 748 of Dodd-Frank afford the same range of monetary awards.
The Superintendent of the DFS has the sole discretion to determine the amount of an award (including whether, to whom or in what amount to make awards), much like the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have under Sections 922 and 748 of Dodd-Frank, respectively. Analogously, in making the determination, the Superintendent would consider the following factors:
Exceptions to Receiving Awards
Similar to Sections 922 and 748 of Dodd-Frank, under the Proposal a whistleblower is not eligible for an award if the Superintendent determines that the whistleblower:
Procedures for Claiming an Award
The Proposal contains other provisions nearly identical to those found in Sections 922 and 748 of Dodd-Frank, including that:
Anti-Retaliation Protections
As noted, Sections 922, 748 and 1057 of Dodd-Frank contain anti-retaliation protections. The Proposal similarly would prohibit an employer from retaliating against a whistleblower because of any lawful act done by the whistleblower in: providing information to the DFS in accordance with the Proposal; and initiating, testifying or assisting in any investigation or judicial or administrative action of the DFS.
Under the Proposal, any current or former employee, contractor or agent of any private or public employer subject to retaliation would be entitled to relief including but not be limited to:
Notably, under New York's existing financial services law, the Superintendent may levy a civil penalty in addition to any civil or criminal liability provided by law.
As with the confidentiality provisions in Sections 922 and 748 of Dodd-Frank, under the Proposal the DFS (and any of its officers or employees) would not be permitted to disclose any information, including information provided by a whistleblower to the DFS, which reasonably could be expected to reveal the identity of a whistleblower, unless the Superintendent decided that releasing such information would serve the ends of justice and public advantage.
Moreover, akin to Dodd-Frank whistleblower provisions, the rights and remedies provided for in the Proposal could not be waived by any agreement, policy form or condition of employment, including by a pre-dispute arbitration agreement, which would not be valid or enforceable if it required arbitration of a dispute arising under the Proposal.
Unique to the Proposal, the employer may not recoup salary or wages earned by the whistleblower during his or her employment, or any consideration provided to the whistleblower in connection with his or her severance pay from such employment, related to original information or the covered judicial or administrative action.
Employers subject to the banking, insurance, and financial services laws of New York should closely monitor the Proposal in the coming months as it makes its way through the Senate. Although such employers may be subject to similar prohibitions and penalties under any one of the Dodd-Frank whistleblower protection provisions, if the Proposal becomes law it will create the specter of potentially duplicative bounties and stiffer penalties. Accordingly, it is imperative that such employers review and strengthen their whistleblower compliance policies.
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DISCLAIMER: Because of the generality of this update, the information provided herein may not be applicable in all situations and should not be acted upon without specific legal advice based on particular situations.
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