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Studies at RWTH Aachen should be unrestricted for every person. The university is particularly responsive to the special needs of students with disabilities or chronic illnesses. From accessible access to lecture halls and institutions to relaxation rooms and competent, individual advising.
We currently only offer consultation by telephone after prior arrangement. Please send us an email with your telephone number and your questions and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
On January 1, 2016, RWTH Aachen introduced the Officers for the Concerns of Disabled and Chronically Ill Students. They will assume the work of the former representative for disabled and chronically ill students and the Concerns for Students with Disabilities.
Personalized Advising.
You want to know, how you can use the relaxation room at RWTH Aachen? Are you looking for people, who can help you with everyday life at the university? Do you need more information about BAFöG, scholarships, and assessment accomodations?
The Officers for the Concerns of Disabled and Chronically Ill Students can help you further. Here you will also receive your access authorization to the relaxation room as well as keys to the lockers.
We offer individual appointments upon request, but you can also come see us during our regular open hours. Further information can be found by clicking on the contact box on this page.
Integrative Sports
If you would like to participate in athletics at the university, please contact the contact person for integrative sports. Caterina Clemens at the University Sports Center will help you to find a suitable activity. Juliana Kirchhoff, with the Sportreferat, is your contact for disabled sports..
Advising Topics
- Compensation for disadvantages
- Accessible Housing
- Application for a pass for the disabled
- Exemption from the mobility fee
- Application for parking permits
- Search for support groups
- Building accessibility
- Application for aids
- Search for assistants
- Disabled sports
- Funding opportunities during studies
We view it as our responsibility to cultivate contact with the responsible institutions within and outside of RWTH and to create a close communication network. Contact with students, who lay out their problems to us, helps us, because we can incorporate these problems into goals.
Officers for the Concerns of Students With a Disability or Chronic Illness
Assistant for Everyday University Life
RWTH Aachen has student aids available to help students with disabilities and chronic illnesses with everyday university life. They are primarily available for the following tasks: drawing up lecture notes and copies, reading aloud, research, orientation help, copying, scanning, help transporting objects, accompanying to the university and back within Aachen, accompanying on errands that directly have to do with studies, support in the relaxation room or in study rooms, and accompanying to desired locations at the university and within and through the libraries.
- Brief Information – Students with Disabilities or Chronic Illness at RWTH (de) (pdf: 81 kb)
- Brief Information – Integration Support (de) (pdf: 82 kb)
- Brief Information – Compensation for Disadvantages During Your Studies (de) (pdf: 89 kb)
- Brief Information – Compensation for Disadvantages Before Your Studies (de) (pdf: 80 kb)
- Brief Information – Relaxation and Service Rooms (de) (pdf: 84 kb)
- Brief Information – Study Assistance (de) (pdf: 74 kb)
- Brief Information – University Library Equipment (de) (pdf: 83 kb)
- Overview of Handicap Parking Spots at RWTH Aachen (de) (pdf: 245 kb)
- Free Bus Transit Service (de) (pdf: 1488 kb)
External Links
- Socially engaged with Help e.V.
- National Paralympic Committee Germany
- Landschaftsverband Rheinland
- Integration Offices
- German Statutory Pension Insurance
- Job Openings for Graduates with Disabilities
- Center for Mental Health for Students
- kombabb-Kompetenzzentrum NRW (de)
- kombabb-Internetportal (de)
- Studying in Germany as a Disabled Student
- Studieren im Ausland mit Behinderung (de)


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César Chávez was born on this day in 1927.
Students work in small groups to research a civil rights leader and do a creative writing piece, followed by a short story, with their group.
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Today there were so many bicyclists along my route, everywhere, becoming a real force in the movement of the city – it was beautiful. I found myself smiling the whole way home.
There are many more bicyclists this summer than last summer, and especially more people dressed in regular clothes. I'm bad at numbers, but I must have seen nearly 100 other bicyclists during my commute. On the way home I rode behind a guy in a suit (jackpot!), a woman in a skirt and another woman in stylish khakis and a button-down with pink flowers on her basket.
I hope people who don't ride notice all of the bicycles, too. They must! Seems impossible to miss such a dynamic new part of the cityscape. I'm pretty sure I saw some smiles on the faces of pedestrians. Who can resist a smile at the bicycles? Especially those with wicker baskets, flowers, skirts and suits? :)
Have you noticed more bicyclists where you live? Or is it your first summer riding a bike? I'm really curious to hear what others' experiences have been.


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Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander wants Donald Sterling out of the league as soon as possible. To that end, he's spoken to commissioner Adam Silver and suggested that the league let every man on the the Clippers roster become a free agent.
He reasons they would all leave and Sterling would be left with either an empty roster or a roster of highly overpaid scrubs, at which point he would have no other choice but to sell the team.
Calling the comments "disgusting," Alexander said he told Silver he should stab "a sword" into the heart of Sterling's ownership of the Clippers.
"I thought that there's got to be a way to disrupt him from owning the team," said Alexander, who after 20 years owning the Rockets is one of the longest tenured owners in the NBA. "I gave him the sword to deal with this. I said, 'Let the players become free agents.'"
Alexander said the goal of his suggestion was not to break up the Clippers, considered among the league's top teams, or even to punish Sterling. He said the objective was solely to back Sterling into a corner from which he will choose to sell the Clippers.
According to Alexander, commissioner Silver did not dismiss the idea out of hand. Although he was probably humoring Alexander, Silver said he would take the suggestion to his advisors to determine the legality of such a move. It is heartening that, at least privately, the commissioner is open to suggestions before he makes his announcement tomorrow.
Alexander brought up the free agency idea because he does not think the NBA can legally remove Sterling from ownership for being a racist embarrassment to the league. It's his understanding that the constitution only allows such a punishment if an owner is found gambling.
The Rockets owner of 20 years also bristled at the notion that he and other owners were in any way connected solely because they were members in the same club. To Alexander, Donald Sterling is nothing more than a business associate, and an embarrassing one at that.
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Calling Sterling comments disgusting, Leslie Alexander seeks to drive him from NBA [Houston Chronicle]


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Schaffer Consulting
We are a boutique management consulting firm based in Stamford, CT catering primarily to Fortune 1000 companies, non-profits and government organizations. After 50 years in business, we are changing our name from Robert H. Schaffer & Associates to Schaffer Consulting. We're excited about this significant milestone in our firm's history and hope that you can help us reshape our future. For our current look and feel, please visit our website at http://www.rhsa.com
Our Culture: We're a collection of serious business professionals and thought leaders whose thinking is often published in the Harvard Business Review and other leading publications. We're both entrepreneurial and academic and have a visceral enthusiam for helping our clients achieve extraordinary results.
Our clients look to us to help them during times of significant change (e.g., merger or acquisition, leadership development challenge, turnaround situation, etc.). The cornerstone of our practice is helping our clients achieve measurable, bottom-line results in 100 days or less.
We tend to be understated and conservative in the way we represent ourselves. Our competition is usually a combination of the top strategy consulting firms like McKinsey and Boston Consulting Group.
A couple of words to describe ourselves: global, rapid, collegial, collaborative, passionate, smart, trusted advisors and executive coaches.
Our clients are typically high-level executives and/or their teams so our work--and the consultants they look to for advisory services--tend to be on the more serious side. Our work is high-stakes therefore it is of the utmost importance to our clients, to hire a firm who they trust and know can deliver results. Our brand should help to convey/inspire this level of confidence.
The objective is to create a logo for Schaffer Consulting. Our corporate color is blue - please see our website at http://www.rhsa.com
To be clear, we're not a new firm looking to create a completely different identity, but rather looking to embrace the past in a way that refreshes our brand.
We may or may not choose to incorporate the following tag line, so seeing a few options would be ideal (both with and without).
Simply Effective Consulting
We see the finalization of our logo as the first step in the development of a number of accompanying materials (i.e., web site, business cards, stationery), so the logo should be flexible in multiple media.
Please select from font styles that are readily available and pantone colors that convert easily to CMYK.
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In this webinar we will cover the basics of modeling physical systems with the Simscape language. The Simscape language is a MATLAB-based, object-oriented language ideal for doing physical modeling in the Simulink environment. It enables you to create models of physical components (mechanical, electromechanical, hydraulic, etc.) using the physical network approach.
This webinar includes demonstrations and explanations for:
Modeling physical systems often requires that engineers and scientists have complete control over the amount of detail contained in the model. Depending on their task, they may need to create different versions of the model to balance the tradeoff of model fidelity and simulation speed. When developing new ideas, they may need to create brand-new blocks that incorporate concepts from their research. The Simscape language provides the flexibility that is needed to accomplish all of these goals.
Simscape extends Simulink with tools for modeling and simulating multidomain physical systems, such as those with mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical components. This webinar is designed for people familiar with MATLAB and Simulink who need to model multidomain physical systems.
About the Presenter: Steve Miller is responsible for the technical marketing of the physical modeling tools at The MathWorks. Steve joined The MathWorks as an Application Engineer in 2005 and moved to the Design Automation Marketing group at The MathWorks in 2006. Prior to that, Steve worked at Delphi Automotive in Braking Control Systems and at MSC.Software as an Adams specialist, consulting in various capacities at Ford, GM, Hyundai, BMW, and Audi. Steve has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 94 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
Neuravi medical (or simply "Neuravi")
We are a newly formed medical device R&D company, with a novel idea for a device to remove a blockage from the cerebral artery of a patient who has just suffered a stroke. The device will pass through a small tube (catheter) through the patients arteries from the groin up to the brain, where it will grab the clot that is causing the stroke and pull it out. The device needs to wrap down to a fraction of a millimeter and needs to be extremely flexible in order to pass through the tiny vessels of the brain.
Our values are very much focused on innovation and quality / attention to detail. We are small (only 3 employees) but highly experienced in this field.
The logo will be seen by those who will:
- sell our device (sales people)
- use our device (doctors and nurses)
- supply us with services or parts (engineering firms)
- look to invest in or purchase our company (venture capital firms or large medical device multinationals such as Abbott Vascular or Boston Scientific)
There is an existing but small market for this kind of device today. This is because there are only a few options available to stroke patients today, and none of them work well. Our device will be extremely effective and very easy to use. We believe this will create a situation which results in far more stroke patients being treated quickly and successfully, before the blockage has had a chance to cause them permanent harm.
The logo will be used on our presentation material, headed paper, business cards and product packaging.
It should be strong, crisp and clear, and should not be merely text based - please be creative!
Ideally (but not essential) it should bring to mind something associated with our company or device (i.e. medical, brain, cure, health, quality, hi-tech, flexibility, blood vessels......).
It should incorporate the words "Neuravi medical" or just the word "Neuravi".
I have attached a pdf doument with some examples of designs I like that I have seen on your website. The one in the bottom right is our current favorite - please beat this one to win the contest!
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Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Küfen, RWTH Aachen University
Dipl.-Ing. Clément Val, CEESAR
The increasing number and complexity of advanced driving assistance systems require an ever-increasing amount of field data. Data corresponding to the actual use of vehicles by ordinary drivers in real driving conditions is needed to calibrate new systems, identify their shortcomings and evaluate their impact. Although necessary, experiments in controlled conditions, such as test-bench, test-track, or driving simulator, only allow observations in a finite number of predefined and generally simplified scenarios.
In this session, we show how we have implemented, using MATLAB, a very powerful framework that automates data management and processing and completely separates technical tasks from more scientific ones. Using this software, analysts have all the necessary tools to browse and search for specific things in data, transform the logged records into usable results with their own algorithms, and visualize and annotate everything (original signals, derived data, geographical position, video, etc.) in a single interface.
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Kurt Busch quiet, but NASCAR war of words follows wreck with Ryan Newman at New Hampshire
It's no stretch to say Kurt Busch was set to win his first race of the season Sunday at New Hampshire. He started on the front row after qualifying second. And he led a race-high 102 laps nearly 2/3 of the way through.
Everything was going right for Busch and Denver's No. 78 car. And at ninth in the Chase playoffs, a win would have boosted Busch even further up the NASCAR standings.
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Yesterday I watched in awe as news reporters broadcast live from Atlantic City, N.J., the Delaware coast and the Battery in New York City. Hurricane Sandy transformed into superstorm Sandy, and the storm has lived up to the hype. Floods, fires, downed trees and power outages are affecting millions of residents in the Northeast.
The nation needs to come together during the Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts and every single one of us can help, regardless of where we live.
Red Cross
The American Red Cross had to cancel about 100 blood drives due to the storm. This means that the national blood supply is going to take a hit to the tune of 3,200 donations, and so the American Red Cross is asking for eligible citizens to donate blood regardless of where they live. Call 1-800-RED-CROSS to schedule a blood donation.
In addition to blood donations, the American Red Cross is asking for financial donations. A financial donation has the most immediate and widespread impact. You can donate to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief fund online or donate $10 from your mobile phone by texting REDCROSS to 90999.
Feeding America
Feeding America is working with member food banks to provide food and water to those displaced after the storm. Feeding America works with more than 200 food banks and 61,000 food pantries and shelters. You can make an online financial donation to help Feeding America provide meals to Hurricane Sandy victims.
AmeriCares Medical and Humanitarian Aid
AmeriCares provides medical care and humanitarian aid to areas affected by natural disasters. The organization prepared for Hurricane Sandy by placing emergency response teams and mobile clinics on stand-by. Financial donations to AmeriCares Disaster Relief Fund will help support Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.
Humane Society Disaster Relief Fund
Our favorite four-legged friends also need help in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The Humane Society of the United States has a disaster relief fund that supports animal rescue and relief efforts. You can donate online and your funds will be dedicated specifically to disaster relief projects.
Volunteer in New York City and New Jersey
If you live in the New York City metropolitan area and want to physically help with recovery efforts, you can contact NYC Service. According to the organization's Facebook post, volunteer efforts are being coordinated through email. Simply send an email message to email@example.com with your name, email address and borough and you will be contacted as needed.
New Jersey volunteer efforts are being coordinated through a dedicated emergency response department. Call 1-800-537-7397 or email firstname.lastname@example.com for volunteer information. Thank you to The Wall Street Journal for sharing these resources.
Virginia Disaster Relief Fund
If you want to target your donation, the Virginia Disaster Relief Fund will help recovery efforts in Virginia. The state-managed fund was created in response to an April 2011 tornado outbreak.
BBB offers donation advice
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"Unless the charity already has staff in the affected areas, it may be difficult to bring in new aid workers quickly. Determine if the charity's website clearly describes what the charity can do to address immediate needs."
Tips for business donors
If you own a small business and want to help, either through business donations or business-sponsored employee participation programs, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has created a useful list of business donor tips.
"Your company can announce its pledge quickly, but this does not mean that all funds have to be committed to a single organization or within a short time frame. Most disaster aid efforts decline dramatically within six months after the disaster, but it can take as long as 25 years for some communities to fully recover. A good rule of thumb is to designate 1/3 of your donation for relief, 1/3 for recovery, and 1/3 for planning for future community resilience."
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Jonathan Hardman is mourning the loss of his German Shepherd, Rambo, after they were both struck by lightning while hiking in Colorado on Sunday. Hardman and three other friends were among a dozen injured near the summit of Mount Bierstadt.
People at the popular climbing peak that day described a morning of clear skies before a storm quickly developed.
"It started hailing like crazy," Mary Prescott told NBC affiliate WUSA. She was with Rambo, his owner Jonathan Hardman, and two others. "It came out of nowhere. We didn't know where to hide."
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Prescott and her fiancé, Will Chandler, were knocked off their feet by the strike, which hit around 11:30 a.m. Hardman was hit directly on the top of the head. After he came-to he looked for Rambo, who had been at his side, but it was too late. He saw Rambo's lifeless body on the ground.
Most of those injured were knocked off their feet, likely after being shocked indirectly by the lightning through the ground, said Dawn Wilson, a spokeswoman for Alpine Rescue, one of several groups that responded.
Colorado's mountain summits are usually rocky and exposed, making them prone to lightning strikes from thunderstorms that frequently develop on summer afternoons. Experts advise hikers to summit and be on the way down by noon to avoid sudden storms. It wasn't clear if the group was on exposed terrain.
After a hospital visit, doctors told Hardman that since Rambo was so close to Hardman when the lightning struck, the dog may have taken took some of the electrical charge, potentially saving Hardman's life.
"He was right at my side," said Hardman. "If it weren't for him, I might have had that whole thing in my body alone."


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Anna Paquin & Joe Manganiello: 'True Blood' at Comic-Con 2013
Anna Paquin attends the True Blood panel held during 2013 Comic-Con on Saturday afternoon (July 20) in San Diego, Calif.
The 30-year-old actress was joined at the event by her co-stars Joe Manganiello, Anna Camp, Ryan Kwanten, Sam Trammell, Deborah Ann Woll, Rutina Wesley, Robert Kazinsky, Nelsan Ellis, Kristin Bauer, Michael McMillian, and producer Brian Buckner.
Later that evening, many of the cast members attended the Entertainment Weekly party. Earlier in the day, Ryan and Sam were both seen attending the Nintendo Oasis on the TV Guide Magazine Yacht.
FYI: Anna is wearing a David Koma dress, Saint Laurent shoes, and Jennifer Fisher jewelry.
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Fitness Magazine Interviews DWTS Pro Peta Murgatroyd
Peta Murgatroyd is in the new issue of Fitness Magazine. She talks of how she stays in shape during the off season of Dancing With The Stars. She also gives advice on how everyone else can do so. Below is an excerpt…
Imagine having 23 years of dancing under your belt, Broadway acting experience, a fitness wardrobe to die for, and a killer bod. That's why we're completely obsessing over Peta Murgatroyd, the 27-year-old Dancing with the Stars veteran competitor.
"I truly believe that dancing is the best form of fitness and exercise," Murgatroyd recently told us during a visit to the FITNESS offices. "Dancing makes you feel good. It makes you feel happy, especially if you can do it with a loved one."
That being said, it's no surprise that she highly recommends fitness dance classes—for both men and women—as a fun way to stay in shape.
"Even for a guy to be able to lead a girl and to be able to go out and feel comfortable, like in a club situation, and not be dorky—I think that's really hot and sexy if he can do that. If I ever have a son, I'm going to be putting him into dance."
More at Fitness Magazine.


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Once again, we must bring you this chart from Calculated Risk which nicely puts this jobs "recovery" into context.
It shows the percent job losses in post-WWII recessions and recoveries, and nicely shows how slow this current recovery has been compared to every single other one. We've dubbed it the scariest jobs chart ever.


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Ad hoc: HEAD NV and HTM Sport GmbH Announce the Unaudited Results of Head NV for the Three and Nine Months ended 30th September 2011.
Ad hoc: HEAD NV and HTM Sport GmbH Announce the Unaudited Results of Head NV for the Three and Nine Months ended 30th September 2011.
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Head N.V. / Ad hoc: HEAD NV and HTM Sport GmbH Announce the Unaudited Results of Head NV for the Three and Nine Months ended 30th September 2011. . Processed and transmitted by Thomson Reuters ONE. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Amsterdam - 10(th) November 2011 - Head NV (VSX: HEAD; U.S. OTC: HEDYY.PK), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of sports equipment, and HTM Sport GmbH, a subsidiary of Head NV, announced the following results today. In Winter Sports, for the first nine months of 2011, sales were 1.9% or €1.5m ahead of 2010 driven by earlier delivery of snowboard and higher binding sales, offset in part by a small decline in ski and boot sales. Our Racquet Sports sales for the first nine months of 2011 were 3.1% or €3.1m behind 2010. The decline was primarily due to the weakening of the US dollar against the Euro and lower sales of tennis balls. The volume of racquets sold has increased compared to 2010 and this allowed the division to reverse the trend of the first two quarters and report a growth of 0.8% in the third quarter. While the diving market has been severely impacted by both political turbulence in key dive destinations in North Africa and natural disasters in Australia and Japan our division has managed to achieve a slight growth in sales on a currency neutral basis for the first nine months of 2011 compared to 2010. The unfavourable development of exchange rates has led to an overall decline of 0.3% or €0.1m over the same period. Our newly introduced Sportswear Division generated sales of €3.8m for the first nine months of 2011. Overall, sales for the group for the first nine months of the year declined by just 0.1% or €0.3m. The adjusted operating profit for the nine month period declined by €2.7m compared to prior year. This was mainly due to a negative €1.5m impact of lower gross margins (41.4% in 2011 compared to 42.1% in 2010) as a result of higher raw material prices and higher selling and marketing expenses of €1.5m offset by general and administration expenses being lower by €0.3m. The reported operating profit for the nine month period declined by €6.0m compared to the prior year. The further decline of €3.2m compared to the adjusted operating profit came from the accounting for our stock option plans. In 2010 we recorded a non-cash income of €3.3m for the plans, compared to an income of €0.1m in 2011. In both the three month period and the nine month period, interest and other financial costs increased significantly. This was due to the acceleration of the amortisation of the non-cash disagio costs as a result of the buy back and redemption of the Senior Secured Notes during 2011. Excluding this non-cash disagio cost, interest and other financial expenses would have decreased from €2.4m to €2.3m for the three month period to September 2011 compared to 2010, and increased just slightly from €7.0m to €7.1m for the nine month period. Overall the net loss for the nine months increased by €9.2m in the nine months to September 2011 compared to the nine months to September 2010. Operating cashflow for the nine months to September 2011 compared to 2010 declined by €15.5m due predominantly to movements in working capital of €12.9m and the lower operating result. During 2011 we have continued to work at producing excellent products and marketing them effectively. We are delighted with the performance of our athletes. The Ski World Cup season has got off to a great start with Lindsey Vonn winning the opening Giant Slalom womens race, and Ted Ligety winning the opening Giant Slalom mens race. In mens tennis we now have two of the top three players in the world with Novak Djokovic ranked world number one, and Andy Murray, ranked third and two of the top four womens players with Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova. In addition during 2011, we have been restructuring our financing and have redeemed our Senior Secured Notes and replaced them with lower interest more flexible working capital lines in Austria and the US. The macro economic factors, however, have not improved and raw material prices have been increasing at the same time as consumers are spending more cautiously. We continue to forecast a lower operating profit in 2011 than we achieved in 2010. About Head HEAD NV is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of premium sports equipment. HEAD NV's ordinary shares are listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange ("HEAD"). Our business is organized into five divisions: Winter Sports, Racquet Sports, Diving, Sportswear and Licensing. We sell products under the HEAD (tennis, squash and racquetball racquets, tennis balls, tennis footwear, badminton products, alpine skis, ski bindings and ski boots, snowboards, bindings and boots and sportswear), Penn (tennis and racquetball balls), Tyrolia (ski bindings) and Mares (diving equipment) brands. For more information, please visit our website: www.head.com Analysts, investors, media and others seeking financial and general information, please contact: Clare Vincent, Investor Relations Tel: +44 207 499 7800 Fax: +44 207 491 7725 E-mail:email@example.com Gunter Hagspiel, Chief Financial Officer Tel: +43 5574 608 Fax +43 5574 608 130 E-mail:email@example.com Forward-Looking Statements This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. 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These Factors include, but are not limited to, the following: the still possible impact of the global economic turmoil, weather and other factors beyond our control, competitive pressures and trends in the sporting goods industry, our ability to implement our business strategy, our liquidity and capital expenditures, our ability to obtain financing, our ability to compete, including internationally, our ability to introduce new and innovative products, legal proceedings and regulatory matters, our ability to fund our future capital needs, and general economic conditions. These factors, risks and uncertainties expressly qualify all subsequent oral and written forward-looking statements attributable to Head NV or persons acting on its behalf. 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The online PhD in medicine, also known as the Doctor of Health Sciences (D.H.Sc.) prepares experienced individuals with medical backgrounds to manage the complexities that arise in professional practice in the medical field. Graduates of top online doctorate programs in medicine are equipped with the skills to make informed decisions about how best to support health care workplaces and the people within them so that they adhere to the most stringent standards and reflect the highest competencies. Professionals who possess online PhD degrees in health sciences can meet the increasingly heightened demand for consumer care in a knowledgeable and skilled manner. The best online doctoral programs in health sciences provide teaching and learning in principles of management, economics, policy and cultural fluency. Students develop skills as both practitioners and scholars so that they can impact society in a meaningful way. Admission into online doctorate programs in medicine requires a master's degree in a related field. Students accepted into a doctoral program in medicine can expect to have their evaluative and analytical abilities honed so that they are well positioned to not only mitigate the challenges within the medical profession, but to also effectively lead others who rely on their guidance and counsel in the workplace.
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- Risk Management for Health Practitioners. In this course students explore important health care issues such as how quality outcomes are defined and measured, as well as prominent quality improvement theories.
- Health Administration Law and Ethics. In this course, students develop solutions to improving the delivery and excellence of health care and are provided a basic framework from which to consider the consequences of decisions.
Year Two:
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- Health Care Outcomes. Topics in this course include development of the outcomes framework, outcomes measures, risk adjustment of health outcomes, technical and practical issues with measurement and estimation, and empirical examples of health care outcomes research.
- Population Health and Patient-Centered Care. Topics in this course discussed include urbanization and migration and its influence on population, as well as climate change, culture, the media, socio-economics, gender, employment status and political systems.
Year Three:
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- Dissemination. This applied research project consists of five courses to help students develop a research project to advance practical knowledge in the health sciences based on applied research and analysis.
Most PhD in Medicine/Health Sciences programs, such as the one offered at A.T. Still University, consist of 70 credit hours of study. 64 hours are completed online while a one-week, six credit hour residency held at ATSU's Mesa, AZ campus is required. An example of a dissertation in Health Sciences is Child Abuse Screening in the Emergency Department Setting: Improving Protocol Function and Understanding.
Value and Criticisms of a PhD in Medicine
While earning a PhD in Medicine or Doctor of Health Sciences online will put you at the highest level of education within the field, programs of this kind are not very common through distance learning. Fortunately, there are other similar programs that are more readily available online where you cover the same scope, such as Public Health or Health Care Sciences PhD programs. Currently there are not many doctoral programs in Medicine or Health Sciences and additional information is scarce. Part of this could be because the PhD in Medicine is very similar to the Doctor of Medicine, which would require attending medical school. Attending medical school online is not very practical currently, and many MD-PhD programs exist at traditional institutions. For example, Yale School of Medicine offers a PhD in Investigative Medicine, while Temple University, Johns Hopkins University, and Penn State University all offer MD-PhD bridge programs. If the Doctor in Medicine does not interest you, you may be better suited for an online PhD in Public Health program, such as the one offered by Walden University. Finally, there are more scholarship and funding options available at traditional bricks-and-mortar schools.
Application & Admission Requirements
In order to be considered for admission into the best online PhD programs in Medicine and Health Sciences, prospective applicants must possess a master's or doctoral degree from an accredited institution of higher learning and have maintained a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0. Examples of ideal master's degrees that applicants should have would be a Master of Science in Health Services, Public Health or Psychology. Applicants must also submit official post secondary transcripts, proof of being a licensed, registered or credentialed healthcare professional, a detailed résumé or curriculum vitae and three letters of recommendation from professionals within the healthcare industry. Some online PhD programs may require a personal statement or either an in-person or phone interview. Some programs, such as Nova Southeastern University's PhD in Health Science online program, have four starting dates during the academic year in January, April, July and September. It is recommended that applications are sent at least 30 days prior to these dates.
Career Options & Job Market
Earning an online PhD in medicine permits individuals to play integral roles in an industry that is ever evolving due to consumer demand, global issues and legislative policies. Graduates of online PhD programs in medicine utilize their knowledge of theory and subject matter principles to pragmatically support and advance healthcare services for the common good. There are a myriad of administrative and managerial tasks beyond the examination room that enable patients to receive the services that they both expect and deserve. Examples of careers in Health Sciences are:
- Administrative Services Manager
- Medical and Health Services Manager
- College or University Professor
- Medical Scientist
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the job outlook for medical and health services managers is good and employment is expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations. The job outlook for medical scientists is also expected to be positive, with employment expected to increase by 40 percent by 2018.
Where to Find Information
- More information about the online doctoral program in Health Sciences currently offered at A.T. Still University
- More information about the PhD program in Health Sciences currently offered at Nova Southeastern University
- National Environmental Health Association
- National Institute for General Medical Sciences
How to Get Funding
Paying for an online doctoral program in Medicine or Health Sciences is usually cheaper than tuition at a traditional bricks-and-mortar institution. For example, tuition at A.T. Still University is currently $415 per credit hour. ATSU has more information about financing options at their financial aid web site. Meanwhile, Nova Southeastern University has more information about filing for assistance at their financial aid web site. Students in need of financial assistance can annually file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or a FAFSA to qualify for Federal Stafford Loans. To search for applicable scholarships, Fastweb.com is a great searchable database for scholarships.
- National Environmental Health Organization Scholarship. Offered to graduate and doctoral students enrolled in health science degree programs, this scholarship covers tuition and fees and is awarded once per academic year.
Essential Advice
- Weigh your options and do the research. You'll need to know for sure whether an additional degree will increase your earning potential more than a bachelor's or master's degree in a similar field would.
- Try to obtain a scholarship, fellowship or grant. Studying at a PhD level is costly, and you may not be able to predict how many years it will take you to complete it. Keep in mind that scholarships for doctoral programs in Medicine and Health Sciences are easier to come by at traditional medical schools, such as Yale University or Johns Hopkins University.
- Talk to current doctoral candidates and graduates about course load, time management, what admission materials they submitted, and so on. This is the best way to learn if the program is right for you, or if you may be better suited for a PhD program in Public Health or Health Administration.
- Check the school's credentials. Once you find a program, make sure it is accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the United States Department of Education.


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High Fat Diet Decreases Metabolism and Increases Anger and Hostility
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A new study finds that saturated fat decreases metabolism and physical activity, and increases anger and hostility.
As I have written about extensively in my bestselling book, A Cancer Prevention Guide for the Human Race, a diet low in saturated fat and meat products, such as the Mediterranean diet, has been linked to a decreased risk of cancer (and cardiovascular disease) when compared to the traditional Western diet, which is rich in saturated fat and meat. Now, a new study has linked a Mediterranean-type diet, low in saturated fat, to other potential health benefits, including greater levels of physical activity, a higher metabolic rate, and, somewhat surprisingly, less angry and hostile moods. This study appears in the current issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
In this prospective randomized clinical study, 32 young adults were separated into two groups. The first group used cooking oils high in saturated fat, while the second group used cooking oils low in saturated fat and high in monounsaturated fat. After three weeks, both groups were "crossed over," and had their cooking oils switched for an additional three weeks. (This clinical study's "crossover" design is a powerful means of eliminating potential biases that can lead to false conclusions.) Another important aspect of this study was that all food consumed by the study's volunteer research subjects was provided (and controlled) by the researchers. Moreover, the food provided to both groups of study volunteers was the same, and only the cooking oil differed between the two study groups.
All research volunteers were continuously assessed with regards to physical activity levels and resting metabolic rates ("resting energy expenditure"). Due to the observed differences in physical activity levels between the two groups of volunteers, the researchers also subjected study volunteers to a validated mood assessment questionnaire, to see if differences in mood might account for the significantly different levels of physical activity between the two groups of research volunteers.
The results of this intriguing prospective randomized clinical study were quite interesting. Firstly, continuous measurements of physical activity showed that the monounsaturated oil (Mediterranean-like diet) group was 12 percent more active, physically, than the saturated fat group (Western-type diet). Secondly, the resting metabolic rate of the monounsaturated oil group was almost 5 percent higher than that of the saturated fat cooking oil group, suggesting that the young adults who were consuming primarily monounsaturated fat were burning more calories at rest than the group that was using saturated fat. Finally, the monounsaturated fat group scored significantly lower on the anger-hostility scale of the mood assessment questionnaire than the volunteers who were using cooking oil containing saturated fat.
To summarize, this innovative prospective clinical research study found that a Mediterranean-like diet, low in saturated fat, was associated with increased levels of physical activity, a higher resting metabolism rate, and less anger and hostility, when compared to a Western-like diet that was rich in saturated fat. These findings add further evidence to the data that I extensively discuss in A Cancer Prevention Guide for the Human Race, showing that a Mediterranean diet low in saturated fat and meat products, and high in unsaturated oils, whole grains, fresh fruit and vegetable, fish, and poultry, is an important strategy for good health.
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At this time, more than 8 percent of Americans are unemployed. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, however, the unemployment rate for veterans who served on active duty between September 2001 and December 2011 is more than 12 percent. A new website, Veterans in Healthcare, seeks to connect veterans with potential employers. If you are a veteran who works in the healthcare field, or if you are an employer who is looking for physicians, advanced practice professionals, nurses, corpsmen/medics, or other healthcare professionals, then please take a look at Veterans in Healthcare. As a retired veteran of the U.S. Army, I would also like to personally urge you to hire a veteran whenever possible.
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Frank Gehry's updated design for a new Dwight D. Eisenhower memorial in Washington, D.C., has been approved by the Eisenhower Memorial Commission, reports the Washington Post.
The commission voted unanimously to approve the $110 million project, which has been gestating for 14 years and has been the subject of a fair amount of controversy, including vocal objections by some members of the Eisenhower family. The memorial will be built across the street from the National Air and Space Museum, a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol.
To win the commission's approval, Gehry tweaked the design of statues depicting Eisenhower as a young man, a World War II general, and president. A bas relief that had been removed from the design was restored, and excerpts from Eisenhower's celebrated Guildhall Address—delivered in the wake of the allied victory in Europe—will also be included.General P.X. Kelley, who chairs the commission's advisory board and who helped oversee development of the Korean and WWII memorials, called the updated design "spectacular."
Gehry offered prepared remarks before the commission, saying he has "spent the last four years immersed in Eisenhower's words, and the words of those who have shaped how history will define him." The architect said that new imagery, including the D-Day landing at Normandy and Eisenhower signing the Civil Rights Act of 1957, was added in part to respond to concerns by family members and other critics.


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In the course of a year, English actor Alfie Allen, 25, has gone from being best known as pop singerLily Allen's little brother to one of the main actors on the HBO hit show,"Game of Thrones."
Playing the hero-turned-villain Theon Greyjoy, Allen has won acclaim for his complex portrayal of a conflicted young man. In this interview, he talks about fitness, his career, awkward beheadings and why he thinks Daenerys Targaryen will eventually capture the Iron Throne.
LB: Hey, Alfie, I'm driving so this is going to be on speakerphone. Let me know if you can't hear me.
AA: OK I'll let you know, mate. Hi Luke!
LB: Hi Alfie. What can 'Game of Thrones' fans expect from Sunday's season finale?
AA: It's going to be an amazing episode as usual. Theon's going to get his, but in kind of a good way. He sort of comes back to the realization he's passed the point of no return and he's got continue on being the person he's decided to be, but deep down inside isn't. It all comes back around in a circle to where he was in the beginning.
LB: Do you think the episode will top last week's 'Blackwater,' which people just loved?
AA: It depends on what sort of things you like. If you like getting to know the characters, then yes. But I don't think it will be as action-packed as episode 9. It would be a pretty tough feat to top episode nine. It was pretty incredible.
LB: When I read the books, I came to pretty much hate Theon Greyjoy during the second book. When you play him, I think you make him a little more likeable. How do you do that with a character who was once pretty much a good guy and has gone over to the dark side?
AA: It's really interesting to play, mate. In the books, I think he set out to betray Robb [Stark] from the start. In the series, I think we made it that when he goes over to Pyke he's searching for a bit of status. He wants to be Prince Theon. He wants to be able to make his own decisions. When he gets humiliation and rejection from his family, it sets him on a different path. He just becomes completely power crazed. In episode 10, you'll see him come back to the realization that no one's coming to save him, but he needs to continue this lie that he's set up because otherwise he's not going to be respected by anyone, even himself.
LB: There's this moment when the viewer sees the two tarred bodies of what one thinks are the Stark children and you look at them and then you look away. As a viewer, I look into that moment and think Theon's not even proud of this.
AA: He's trying to rule through fear. He'll do anything to get the sort of respect which he feels he deserves. Just the fact the wants to have the appreciation of his family shows there's a human side to him. He's a very human character. He's very realistic. I would say he's definitely got remorse for what he's done. In his heart, he knows it's not Bran and Rickon [Stark] but it's never nice killing any children.
LB: Yeah, they're still two innocent kids.
AA: Exactly. There is some remorse for what he's done, definitely. I think that's what that look was about.
LB: What has being a part of 'Game of Thrones' and, specifically, becoming Theon Greyjoy meant for you in your career?
AA: It's just good being recognized for being an actor and not for being a celebrity more. I think people are coming up to me and going, 'You're an actor, aren't you?" instead of, "Oh yeah, you're that person." It's cool. It's like one big family. It's brilliant. It's great. In terms of my career, it's getting people to see me more seriously as an actor, which is what you want for sure.
LB: Frankly, and maybe it's because I'm American, but I knew you as the actor who played Theon first. Then I looked you up and saw you are Lily Allen's little brother.
AA: That's cool. It's kind of happening in reverse over here. People see me first as an actor and then gather that thing about my family. In Britain, I'm sort of known for the family side of things.
LB: Do you feel like you're starting to get your own recognition now? For your own achievements?
AA: I'm just happy working. It's always want I wanted to do was be an actor. I just want to keep on working on really good projects and with good people.
LB: Several people in my office have mentioned your shirtless scenes. What kind of workouts are you doing for them?
AA: Well, I do 100 ... No I'm joking. My whole workout routine is pretty severe, but it kind of leads up to 'Game of Thrones.' I can't live all year like that. It's just impossible. I wanted to feel like a warrior. I wanted to feel like I was battle-hardened and tough and strong. On the vanity side of things, I wanted to look good on screen. HBO wanted me to get in shape, so I really did it to the best of my abilities. What a great opportunity: To be working on a fantastic project and get in shape at the same time.
LB: What's your favorite scene or line you've gotten to deliver as Theon?
AA: I really liked when I got to tell that girl to keep the smile with her lips closed. [After a sex act.] That made me laugh. And, the scene where I'm with Rodrick when I'm chopping off his head. That was pretty cool. I'm really sort of proud of that. I really like the moment when Osha strips down and says you can have this but you have to give me my freedom. And I bit into an apple and look her up and down.
LB: The beheading was a little bit awkward.
AA: You mean the style of it? The hacking away? It wasn't an ideal beheading. But I think that's kind of realistic.
LB: I understand that you, Kit Harrington and Richard Madden have become pretty good friends. What's some of the most fun or craziest things you guys have done together?
AA: I don't know if I could talk about that [laughter]. We've had some good times. We did a press thing for HBO in Miami and we had some really good times there. One night when we were in Belfast, me, Richard, Peter Dinklage and Jason Momoa had a night out and we had a really good time. We ended up playing the guitar in the lobby of the hotel until about 4 in the morning. That was fun. It's been great getting to know everyone on the show.
LB: Who do you think will be king at the end of the series? Which family do you think will come out on top?
AA: Well, I would like Theon to be king at the end. I think Daenerys is going to continue until the end. I think she will get her hands on that Iron Throne. I'd like to see that happen. I don't know definitely if it will. I'd like to see Arya become some sort of queen. That would be interesting. I think she'd rule well. And I'd like to see Bran become some sort of warlord. That would be fantastic.
LB: There are so many of you actors from the UK on the show. Has the show taken off in the UK in the same way it has in the states?
AA: It has now, because I think people have gone out and bought the DVDs and now they're getting into the second season. Over here, it's like everybody watches it. In England, it's becoming less of a cult thing. I think it's going to grow more and more and more.
LB: Anything else you'd like to say?
AA: Just that I hope you drive safely and you get to work well and you're wearing a seatbelt.
LB: Thanks for looking out for my safety. I'm keeping my eyes on the road.
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Reading outlined their promotion credentials with an emphatic 3-0 victory over Doncaster in the npower Championship.
Shane Long continued his hot scoring streak as he fired the Royals into a first-half lead with a cool finish to net his eighth goal in the last seven games.
Jimmy Kebe grabbed the second when he lobbed the poorly-positioned Neil Sullivan after the break and Jobi McAnuff made sure the points were heading south when he blocked a clearance that flew into the bottom corner.
The win sees Brian McDermott's men keep fast on the tail of the play-off pack and on this showing a promotion charge in the second half of the season is well within their capabilities.
Despite a bright start, Doncaster suffered a rare off-day at the Keepmoat and were condemned to their first home defeat since October, though they should have had a penalty with the score at 1-0 for a handball.
Both sides came into the game in good form, having avoided defeat against Premier League teams in the FA Cup last week, with Doncaster holding Wolves, while Reading disposed of West Brom.
Doncaster settled quicker in blustery conditions as John Oster tested Adam Federici with a stinging low drive, while James O'Connor was just unable to latch onto Billy Sharp's header.
Reading came into the game with Kebe looking a threat down the right and it was the winger who was the architect behind the Royals' 29th-minute opener.
Kebe broke down a Doncaster attack and advanced past the halfway line before setting Long clear with a pinpoint ball over the top.
And the in-form striker made no mistake as he converted with a cute touch past Sullivan to score his 14th goal of the season, with a finish that oozed confidence.
Doncaster had opted for a 3-5-2 formation for the first time this season, but Rovers boss Sean O'Driscoll had to have second thoughts and changed to a 4-5-1 after Long's goal.
It did not have much of an effect, though, as Reading continued to pen the hosts into their own half.
And they were inches away from extending their lead a minute before the break after a moment of brilliance from Long.
He picked up the ball on the edge of the area before evading three defenders with a juggling run, but his hooked effort went just over the bar with Sullivan beaten.
Doncaster were going to have to improve significantly in the second period if they were to protect their unbeaten run at home, but they found it difficult to locate their normal fluid game.
However, they should have found a way back into the game just before the hour mark when referee Eddie Ilderton denied them a clear-cut penalty after skipper Ivar Ingimarsson blocked Sharp's shot with his hand.
And Reading dealt them a bitter blow 10 minutes later when they doubled their lead in the 67th minute.
Kebe raced on to a pass from Mikele Leigertwood and Sullivan inexplicably came off his line, leaving Kebe the simple task of lobbing the ball over the stranded keeper from 20 yards into an empty net.
The points were in the bag with 16 minutes remaining with McAnuff the recipient of some good fortune when he blocked Adam Lockwood's clearance and the ball flew into the bottom corner.
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A co-worker said to me today, "You know, gardeners are weak in February. You can sell us anything."
But that wouldn't explain the sell-outs that are happening for "Durable Plants for the Garden: A Plant Select Guide." I managed to buy the display copy at a class at Fort Collins Nursery last weekend — all the other store copies had been snapped up.
I'm counting myself lucky because Plant Select exec director Pat Hayward says they're running out of copies at every event they take it to. ProGreen, the green industry's big January conference, had sold out of 100 copies by the second day of the weeklong event.
"Fulcrum (the publisher) has been blown away by the response," Pat told me over the phone. "Whenever there's a speaker who brings copies with them, they sell out. I think it's because it's so beautiful."
Pat says it was book designer Ann W. Douden's idea to intertwine the botanical drawings, generated by Denver Botanical Garden classes, into the wheelbarrow-loads of photographs of trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals chosen for their adaptibility in Colorado and other plains and intermountain landscapes. If you're not familiar with Plant Select, a joint effort of Colorado State University, the Denver Botanic Gardens and area nurseries and plant experts, you can read more here.
The book happened "by committee" over four years, Pat says. From the beginning, there was a push to get photos of every plant, in all seasons, in and out of flower. "David Winger finally went out and shot a bunch last summer." Other passionate gardeners donated photos to the effort. Editor James E. Heinrich, CSU prof James E. Klett and the Botanic Gardens' Panayoti Kelaidis and Dan Johnson contributed introductory chapters. But the stars are the plants themselves, each of them profiled in a two-page spread with comments on use, propagation, range, origin, needs, and — gasp — disadvantages (that lovely, salmon-colored "Mesa Verde" ice plant, for example? not as xeric as the other ice plant cultivars). My favorite feature of the book is tucked on the lower left-hand corner of each spread — a little schematic that shows how big — or small — the plant is in comparison to a human.
"It's supposed to be a whole palette," Pat says of Plant Select's picks. There's even a food plant: a gooseberry that's been proven hardy as far north and high up as Cheyenne, Wyoming.
"To see these plants become so mainstream, that are so perfect for here," is what excites Pat about the book. Me, I just want to fall into the pictures. I'm sort of dismayed that it's so gorgeous, because I know my copy will be well-thumbed and likely coffee-stained in no time.
And oh, yeah — I'll probably get it dirty.