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(PhysOrg.com) -- Insiders have reaped substantial profits from increased trading of a faltering companys stock when the firm is renegotiating its debt, according to a study by researchers at the University of Otago and the University of California, Davis.
Last month, at the annual New Zealand Finance Colloquium held in Christchurch, the New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation (ISCR), based at Victoria University, awarded the study the prize for best paper on financial regulation.
The aggregate return to insider traders the sum of their losses avoided from selling and their gains from buying stock approached nearly (US) $2 billion over the eight-year period analysed in the study led by Professor Paul Griffin, of UC Davis.
Together with Dr David Lont and Kate McClune of the University of Otagos School of Business, Professor Griffin tracked insider stock transactions during or near 1718 first-time disclosures of debt covenant violations by US public companies between 2000 and 2007.
The waiver of a debt covenant is an important step taken by a lender to resolve a companys debt problems and help bring the company back to financial health. Companies must publicly disclose violations of debt covenants and the negotiated outcomes with lenders to the Securities and Exchange Commission. A waiver of a covenant not only gives the company a better chance to succeed but may also be preferred by the lender not wanting to initiate costly bankruptcy proceedings.
The researchers documented increased insider selling as stock prices dropped just before disclosures of debt covenant violations, partly because of uncertainty that the company could go bankrupt. These stock sell-offs were followed by increased insider buying following the disclosures, as stock prices recovered in response to the companys turnaround.
Dr Lont says those who typically lose out from this type of trading are non-privileged investors who might have sold earlier had they known about the covenant violation.
He believes the issue does apply to New Zealand companies because a recent precedent has been set that makes debt covenant violations and waivers fall under the NZXs continuous disclosure rules.
New Zealand could easily avoid this situation by requiring companies to reveal debt covenant violations and waivers promptly to the market and eliminate insider trading around debt-negotiations, he says.
Furthermore, to remove all doubt, it should be made clear that the waiver of a debt covenant is of market relevance. Our evidence and prior research show that it is.
Dr Lont says the NZ Securities Commission should review the existing rules to ensure the adverse effects shown in this research are sufficiently covered by the NZX rules regarding debt covenant disclosures to the NZX; and that companies have appropriate insider trading trading policies in place.
Prompt public disclosure of all insider buys and sells would allow for improved monitoring of unusual behaviour around a material disclosure event. If disclosure was done using a data-friendly format that would also help the investing public.
The researchers also examined whether insiders trading in the US companies mimic the swings in stock price or actually place their trades ahead of the market using their perceived insight based on non-public information. The researchers statistical analysis showed that insiders sell one to two months ahead of the market decline that precedes the disclosure, and buy one to two months ahead of the market recovery.
The authors also considered other reasons for spikes in insider trading such as earnings reports and other filings, but found no other simple explanation for buying and selling that could account for roughly US $1.97 billion in profits over the eight-year study period. The study ended before the stock market crash in 2008.
We find strong circumstantial evidence of what some may see as illegal insider trading that cannot be attributed to other factors. But the trouble with this type of insider trading is that the risk of liability or prosecution for the insider is low because the trading typically takes place weeks or months before the public disclosure, Professor Griffin says.
A requirement introduced in 2003, under which insiders must report their trades to the US SEC within two days of the transaction date, seems to have lowered insiders propensity to trade ahead of the market, the study showed. That is good news for regulators and the average investor.
Dr Lont has prepared an article based on the prize-winning paper. This will be published in an upcoming edition of ISCRs newsletter Competition and Regulation Times due out in July.
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The biggest grants awarded this week under the Department of Energy's $2.4 billion electric vehicle battery initiative went to big-name companies: battery giant Johnson Controls, IPO-hopeful A123Systems, General Motors (s GM), Dow Kokam and LG Chem's Compact Power all snagged more than $150 million each. But some lesser-known companies also hit the jackpot, and may see rising prominence over the next three years as a result.
Take EnerG2, eTec and Smith Electric Vehicles — companies that together represent three legs of the stool for mass deployment of electric vehicles: energy storage, charging infrastructure and the vehicles themselves, but have lower profiles than many of their fellow grant winners and competitors.
The three ventures snagged a total of nearly $131 million in grants this week, including about $100 million for eTec, which is hardly a stranger among insiders, since for years it has provided EV-related products and services to automakers, government agencies and fleet operators, and it has partnered up with Nissan for infrastructure development. Smith, meanwhile, has been around for nearly 90 years (it started out as Northern Coachbuilders in 1920), but its electric trucks and delivery vans don't generally boast the buzz or glamor of consumer models. And EnerG2 is just getting started, having raised its first round of venture capital less than a year ago.
It's too early to tell which awardees, if any, will be able to leverage this week's grant money to snag or increase leads in the electric vehicle ecosystem, and we'll likely learn a whole lot more about the competitors as they start working on their projects. Here's what these under-the-radar entries have going for them straight out of the gate:
EnerG2: Seattle-based ultracapacitor startup EnerG2 was founded in 2003 as a spin-out from labs at the University of Washington, by then-Ph.D. candidate Aaron Feaver and materials science professor Guozhong Cao. Since then, the company has, as VentureBeat explains, "taken the pure activated carbon typically used in today's ultracapacitor electrodes, the plates that hold the electrical fields, and restructured it at the nano level, increasing its surface area and making it more porous so that ions can flow more easily."
In November 2008, EnerG2 announced an $8.5 million round of Series A financing led by OVP Venture Partners and Firelake Capital Management. At that time, there were just six people in the company, and CEO Rick Luebbe told John Cook at Techflash that he aimed to triple the headcount within 12 months. EnerG2 plans to use the $21 million DOE grant to build a manufacturing facility in Albany, Ore. for "production of high energy density nano-carbon for ultracapacitors."
Smith Electric Vehicles: The DOE awarded UK-based Smith Electric Vehicles $10 million to develop and deploy up to 100 electric vehicles, such as the Ford Transit Connect EV, Ford F150 EV conversions, Step Vans and so-called Newton medium-duty trucks in Kansas City, Mo., and Michigan. When Smith, part of the publicly traded Tanfield Group, struck a deal with Ford (s F) earlier this year to develop an electric version of the auto giant's Transit Connect compact van, a Tanfield spokesperson explained the division of work to us this way: "Ford provides the chassis and we integrate everything else…Our IP and know-how is in the drivetrain, the battery packs, the control systems, and how all of that is integrated together, and also how it integrates with the existing vehicle systems." The company's strategy is generally to "sell into major fleet operators for demonstration purposes," and once that cycle's complete, "expect them to come back and purchase many more."
eTec: Founded in 1996 and acquired in November 2007 by Arizona-based ECOtality, Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec) has relatively deep roots for a company in the nascent field of electric vehicle charging infrastructure (infrastructure startup Better Place, for comparison, has been around for less than two years). The company, which snagged a $99.8 million grant this week, often works behind the scenes on alt-fuel vehicle projects, providing battery and vehicle performance testing, life cycle cost estimates and comparisons, as well as management and maintenance services for electric fleets. In addition, eTec's smart fast-charging system was deployed, as Green Car Congress notes, for GM's EV-1 program, as well as Chrysler's EPIC minivan and Ford's electric Ranger programs.
At this point, eTec — which reportedly has about 20 employees at its Phoenix headquarters — now says it has installed more than 400 charging stations for on-road electric vehicles, and a total of 5,500 systems if you include installations for airport ground support and other applications. The DOE grant will go toward installation of some 12,750 charging systems (in partnership with Nissan (s NSANY) as it rolls out the 2010 LEAF electric sedan) in five states, including Arizona, California, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington. According to the Arizona Republic, eTec will also be working with Starbucks (s SBUX), Walmart (s WMT) and other retailers "to determine if they can make money off charging stations, either by charging money for parking or by driving traffic to the locations."

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When Louis Vuitton tweeted a photo of Gisele Bündchen in its latest (and Marc Jacobs's last) campaign, we were immediately distracted by the top model's super voluminous, textured, and — dare we day — Jersey hair. Just take a minute and dissect it with us. Gisele is draped around one of Louis Vuitton's gorgeous bags, sporting smoky eyes, contoured cheeks, and some seriously teased-up, sexy tresses. And she is working that bump (sans the Bump It).
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The lessons are based on the Agricultural Production Lending toolkit published by FAO and GTZ in 2004 and written by Bankakademie Micro Banking Competence Centre.
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Naya Rivera Takes Ryan Dorsey's Last Name on Twitterby Tyler Johnson at .
Naya Rivera knows a thing or two about moving fast. The Glee star married Ryan Dorsey over the weekend in a stunning surprise ceremony.
Not only did Rivera get hitched just three months after ending her engagement to Big Sean, she's now wasting no time jumping into the role of loving wife, having changed her name on Twitter to Naya Rivera-Dorsey, just hours after news of her marriage went public.
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Darren the Hunter, Grim the Assassin, Corrianne the Zealot and Bite-Me the Zealot (yeah "bite-me"..sigh) along with the henchman Brukk went scouting out the area they had met ghouls in the past and easily discovered entrance deeper into the tunnels thanks to a trapdoor revealed by an obvious blood-trail.
The ghoul haunted halls on this (sub)level were much narrower then the halls in the level above. On the periphery of this region there was a curious circular chamber sporting a well of sorts with a metal ladder descending into even deeper into the depths with a warning sign that read "Danger Morlocks", the party noted the draft being pulled into the well but chose to leave exploring this route to a future expedition. Amusingly neither of the two players knew what a Morlock was... one is 17 the other 45, both players hassled me for what a morlock was and I repeated time and again, if you guys don't know what a morlock is your character sure as heck don't.
Journeying past the sign and well the party followed their noses and the scent of rotting flesh deep into the ghoul territory looking for a larder and discovered a dining hall. There was but a single ghoul in the hall snacking on a human femur digging the marrow out of the bone and the cruel creature was quickly dispatched. The party went exploring the twisting tunnels near the dining hall discovering a ladder up , Grim was sent along to discover more with stealth and found a chamber of four ghouls that chased him back to the dining hall where battle was joined by all. Darrren fell quickly (but was not slain), Grim was paralyzed by the many scrapes he suffered and would have been carried along but alas he couldn't be as the party hat to beat a retreat as a goodly sized mod of over a dozen ghouls was descending on the dining hall.
Thanks to the ladder discovered leading out of the ghoul tunnels the party found themselves up and away barricaded behind a stout door for near to half a dozen hours while the pack baying and crashing against the door diminished. The few persistent ghouls were beaten and the party made haste to the public gate while a growing mod of ghouls gave chase.
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Section 1: Membership in this Association shall be limited to individuals; the Association has no corporate or entity membership. Membership in this Association is primarily limited to individuals; the Association may offer corporate or entity membership as determined by the Board.
A. Regular Members: Human Resource professionals who are certified as PHR or SPHR by the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI), or whose primary occupation is regular employment in the management of a human resource function; or any faculty member whose primary focus is human resource management; or a full-time consultant whose primary focus is human resource management; or persons who demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Association a bona fide interest in human resource management. Regular Members pay dues, have voting rights, and may hold office or committee membership in the Association.
B. Retired Life Members: Upon written application to the Vice President-Membership at the time of retirement from a regular career, a person who has been a Regular Member in good standing in the Association for five years immediately preceding retirement may be appointed a Retired Life Member. Retired Life Members shall not be required to pay dues but have voting rights and may hold office or committee membership in the Association.
C. Student Members: This category does not apply to Regular Members pursuing a degree in addition to their primary occupation. Student members are individuals who are enrolled in a minimum of 6 credit hours per term (or equivalent) and are a member of their institution's Student SHRM Chapter as well as a National SHRM Student member. There will be no membership dues for Student members since dues are incurred at the student chapter level. Student members will however, be required to pay registration fees at the student member rate for the specific programming they attend. Once a student member has obtained their degree they will be eligible for the applicable IndySHRM membership rate until their next renewal as outlined in the by-laws. Student members may participate in committees but may not vote or hold office in the Chapter.
D. Transitional Members: This category applies to HR professionals who are unemployed at the time of renewal or who would like to join IndySHRM. This offer is good for the calendar year in which the transitional fee is paid. Transitional membership fee is 50% of the renewal rate for current members or 50% of the full membership rate for new members. This transitional membership is not retroactive to those who have already renewed or joined through our Regular membership category.
Section 2: Subject to any revisions in membership requirements made pursuant to Section 1 of this Article II, membership is on an individual basis and is not transferable to another individual.
Section 3: Application for membership shall be made in written or electronic form in a format furnished by the Association. A majority vote of directors at any Board of Directors meeting, at which a quorum is present, shall resolve any question as to membership eligibility.
Section 4: Membership in the Association may be terminated for good cause by two-thirds (2/3) vote of the entire Board of Directors.
Section 1: Membership dues of the Association shall be paid annually by each Regular Member, Transitional Member and Student Member as a condition of membership.
Section 2: The amount of dues for the Association shall be determined by the Board of Directors.
Section 3: Dues shall be due and payable before January 1 of each calendar year. Any grace period of renewal shall be determined by the board. Any Regular Member or Student Member in arrears in payment of dues for two (2) months shall automatically be dropped from membership.
Section 4: New members accepted for new membership shall pay an amount determined by the Board.
Section 1: The officers of this Association shall consist of a President, President-Elect, Vice President – Programs, Vice President – Membership and a Treasurer. These officers shall be elected bi-annually to serve one (1) two year term or until resignation, removal or death, if such occurs sooner. In odd numbered years, the President and President-Elect shall serve one (1) two year term. In even numbered years, the Vice President-Membership, the Vice President-Programs and Treasurer shall serve one (1) two-year term. All candidates for the Board of Directors must be Professional members of the chapter in good standing at the time of nomination or appointment and for their complete term of office. Per SHRM Bylaws, the President must be a current member in good standing of SHRM throughout the duration of his/her term of office.
Section 2: There shall be a Board of Directors consisting of the officers named above, the immediate Past President, and other regular members listed below, who shall serve one (1) two year term. In odd numbered years, the Director of Legislative Affairs, the Past President, the Director of Diversity, the Director of Volunteer Management and the Director of Workforce Readiness shall serve one (1) two-year term. In even numbered years, the Director of Certification, Director of Communications, Director of Sponsorship, and the Director of College and Community Relations shall serve one (1) two year term.
Section 3: Incumbents in all Board of Director positions may be re-elected to serve an additional two (2)-year term. Individuals, who have been appointed to fill an unfulfilled term, may stand for election at the end of that unfulfilled term and be eligible for re-election one time. Individuals may not serve more than six (6) years in the same position.
Section 4: The President shall preside over meetings of this Association and of the Board of Directors. In the President's absence, the President-Elect shall officiate. In the absence of the President and the President-Elect, the Vice President – Programs shall officiate.
Section 5: In the event that the President, President–Elect and Vice President – Programs are unable to perform the duties of President, the Board of Directors shall appoint a president pro tempore from the remaining members of the Board of Directors until the elected officers can assume their regular duties or until the next regular election whichever is earlier.
Section 6: The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to act in the general management of affairs of this Association and shall fill vacancies occurring in office or on the Board of Directors between elections. They may adopt rules for the direction of the Association's business in carrying out the purposes for which it is organized. They shall also be responsible for securing periodic audits of the records of the Association.
Section 7: Any Officer or Director may be removed from office, with cause, upon an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the entire Board of Directors at a duly constituted Board of Directors meeting. The Officer or Director shall be entitled to a due process hearing prior to any termination action being imposed.
Section 1: A nominating committee consisting of the Past President, President and President-elect shall develop a slate of officers for the upcoming year. In the month of October, the chapter membership will receive by electronic mail or postal mail a written copy of the slate chosen by the nominating committee. At the October chapter meeting, or via electronic voting, the candidates for the respective offices shall be presented and voted on.
Section 1: The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Association. He or she shall have general charge and supervision of the affairs and business of the Association. He or she shall appoint, with the approval of the Board of Directors, the chairman of any special committee and perform generally all duties usually incident to such office, as well as other duties as they may be required by the Board of Directors. To fulfill the position of President, an individual must have served on the Board of Directors within the last two years, typically as President-Elect.
Section 2: The President-Elect works closely with the President in overseeing all activities of the chapter. In the absence of the President, performs all the Presidential responsibilities and manages chapter committee operations and oversight. To fulfill the position of President-Elect, an individual must have served on the board of directors within the last two years. The President-Elect, upon completion of the two-year term, typically is the slated candidate for the upcoming President term.
Section 3: The Vice President – Programs shall be responsible for selecting speakers, and arranging all programs and program sponsors, coordinating facility arrangements for all chapter meetings and preparing program announcements and evaluation forms. He or she shall perform such other duties as the President may determine.
Section 4: The Vice President – Membership shall be responsible for membership promotion, for processing and investigation of membership applications, send dues notices, process new member information and maintain a current roster of membership, coordinate printing of the membership roster, secure advertising for the roster as well as changes in duties or status of existing membership and for notifying newly approved members of such approval. He or she shall perform other such duties as the President may determine.
Section 5: The Treasurer shall coordinate the annual budget process; receive all monies, income, and receipts of the Association. He or she shall deposit all money in a banking institution approved by the Board of Directors and pay all financial obligations incurred by the Association as prescribed by the Board of Directors. He or she shall keep the Board of Directors informed concerning the Association's financial position and make recommendations as needed. He or she shall submit to the Board of Directors a complete financial statement at the close of the fiscal year and prepare the required federal and state tax returns for the fiscal year in which he or she served. He or she shall perform such other duties as the President may determine.
Section 1: The Association shall indemnify a Director or officer or former Director or officer of the Association, or any person who may have served at its request as a Director or officer of another association or corporation, against expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with defense of any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, administrative, or investigative, in which he or she was, is made, or is threatened to be made, a party by reason of being or having been a Director or officer or former Director or officer of the Association, or serving or having served at its request as a director or officer of another association or corporation, except in relation to matters as to which the person's acts or omissions are adjudged in the action, suit, or proceeding to be a breach of the person's duty to the Association. Such duty to the Association shall be to discharge the duties of the office in a manner that does not constitute willful misconduct or recklessness in the exercise of good faith and reasonable belief that the action or actions were in or not opposed to the best interests of the Association. The termination of any action, suit, or proceeding by adverse judgment, order, or settlement (whether with or without court approval) shall not, alone, create a presumption that the Director or officer or former Director or officer of the Association, or any person who may have served at its request as a director or officer of another Association, did not properly discharge his duty to the association or corporation. If several claims, issues, or matters are involved, a Director or officer or former Director or officer of the Association, or any person who may have served at its request as a director or officer of another corporation, may be entitled to indemnification concerning some matters even though indemnification may or can not be given concerning other matters. Any director or officer serving in any capacity for another association or corporation, who were it not for the influence or vote of the Association would not be serving, shall be deemed to be serving at the request of the Association. In addition:
Section 2: To the extent that an individual has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in this Article VIII, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the individual shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorney's fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith.
Section 3: Any indemnification against underlying liability provided for in this Article VIII (unless ordered by court) shall be made by the Association only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of any Director or officer, or former Director or officer of the Association, or any person who may have served at its request as director or officer of another association or corporation, is proper in the circumstances because the person met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Article VIII. Such determination shall be made (a) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors not at the time parties to the proceeding, (b) if such independent quorum is not obtainable, by majority vote of a committee duly designated by the full Board of Directors (in which designation directors who are parties may participate), consisting solely of one or more directors not at the time parties to the proceeding; (c) by special legal counsel (1) selected by the independent quorum of the Board of Directors (or the independent committee thereof if no such quorum can be obtained), or (2) if no such independent quorum or committee thereof can be obtained, selected by majority vote of the full Board of Directors (in which selection directors who are parties may participate); or (d) by the members, who are not directors who are at the time parties to the proceeding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Director or officer or former Director or officer of the Association, or any person who may have served at its request as a director or officer of another association or corporation, shall be able to contest any determination that he or she has not met the applicable standard of conduct by petitioning a court of appropriate jurisdiction.
Section 4: Expenses incurred in defending any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil administrative, or investigative, may be paid by the Association in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit, or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of any Director or officer or former Director or officer of the Association, or any person who may have served at its request as director or officer of another association or corporation, to repay the amount paid by the Association if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to indemnification as provided herein. No advance shall be given if the Association has completed the determination of conduct procedure as provided for in Section 3 of this Article VIII and it is determined that the individual will be precluded from indemnification.
Section 5: The indemnification provided by this Article VIII shall not be deemed exclusive by any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any Bylaws, agreement, vote of members or disinterested Directors, as a matter of law, or otherwise, both as action in the Director's or Officer's official capacity and as to actions in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Director or Officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
Section 6: The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to this article, shall vest at the time of occurrence of performance of any event, act or omission giving rise to any action, suit or proceeding of the nature referred to in these Articles and, once vested, repeal, alteration or other modification of any or all of these provisions.
Section 1: Regular business meetings of this Association shall be held at such time as may be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors. Informational or educational meetings may supplant any regular meeting at such time and place as the Vice President of Programs may determine. Written or electronic notice of regular business meetings, including time and place, shall be given to each member at least five (5) days prior to the date of such meeting.
Section 2: All meetings will be open to members and guests, unless otherwise announced.
Section 3: Quorum. Members holding one-tenth of the votes entitled to be cast, represented in person, by conference call or by electronic voting, shall constitute a quorum.
Section 4: Special meetings of this Association may be called at any time by the President, provided that (5) days notice always be given of special meetings and the call for the same shall specifically state the nature of the business proposed. No business other than stated in the call shall be transacted at special meetings.
Section 5: The Board of Directors shall meet upon call of the President, President-Elect or Treasurer or any three (3) board members. A minimum of forty-eight (48) hours' notice must be given to each member of the Board of Directors prior to a called meeting.
Section 6: At meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the then remaining membership of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum. A "then remaining membership" is defined as those members of the Board of Directors remaining after resignation, removal or death which has caused a reduction in board membership and prior to electing a replacement(s). Motions may be passed by a plurality of board members present providing the attendance constitutes a quorum, except for the termination of membership for good cause of a member which requires a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the entire Board of Directors.
Section 1: An amendment of the Bylaws can be made at any regular or special business meeting of the general membership of the Association by a plurality vote of the members present at which a quorum exists who are eligible to vote and who are in favor of the amendment, provided that proper notice of the meeting was given and that the wording of the amendment proposed was stated in the call and provided that no such amendment shall be effective unless and until approved by the SHRM President/CEO or his/her designee as being in furtherance of the purposes of the SHRM and not in conflict with SHRM bylaws. Any motion to amend the bylaws shall clearly state that it is not effective unless and until approved by the SHRM President/CEO or his/her designee.
In the event of the chapter's dissolution, the remaining monies in the Treasury, after chapter expenses have been paid, will be contributed to an organization decided upon by the Board of Directors at the time of dissolution (e.g. the SHRM Foundation, a local student chapter, the State Council, an HR degree program, or other such organization or charity with purposes consistent with those of the Chapter).
Affiliated chapter status may be withdrawn by the President/CEO of SHRM or his/her designee as a representative of the SHRM Board of Directors upon finding that the activities of the Chapter are inconsistent with or contrary to the best interests of SHRM. Prior to withdrawal of such status, the Chapter shall have an opportunity to review a written statement of the reasons for such proposed withdrawal and an opportunity to provide the SHRM Board of Directors with a written response to such a proposal within a thirty (30) day period. In addition, when the Chapter fails to maintain the required affiliation standards as set forth by the SHRM Board of Directors, it is subject to immediate disaffiliation by SHRM. After withdrawal of Chapter status, the SHRM Board of Directors may cause a new Chapter to be created, or, with the consent of the President/CEO of SHRM and the consent of the body which has had Chapter status withdrawn, may re-confer Chapter status upon such body.
Code of Ethics and Professional Standards
As a member of IndySHRM, a local chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management, I accept and pledge to honor the following:
This Code of Ethics and Professional Standards for the members of The Human Resource Association of Central Indiana has been adopted to promote and maintain the highest professional standards of personal conduct and standards among its members. Additionally, it has been adopted to protect regular members of IndySHRM from being solicited during chapter meetings. Violations of this code of ethics should be reported to any member of the Indy SHRM Board of Directors for action by the full board.
Revised 08/15/12
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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- ABC has rolled back its midseason order for newcomer "Family Tools" from 13 to 10 episodes.
The news - as first reported by Deadline.com - comes as the network preps its winter lineup. ABC previously indicated the half-hour - alongside fellow freshman "How to Live with Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life)" - would fill the Tuesday, 8:00/7:00c hour between "Dancing with the Stars" cycles.
Said report indicates the decision is a real estate issue rather than a creative one as the aforementioned January to March gap is expected to only be 10 weeks. "How to Live with Your Parents" however won't be trimmed as the series has already completed production on its 13-episode order.


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The Elephant Man
Ummm cutest costume of all time! Love this little elephant. 10 months on Thursday. Taking his first steps! Says "hi Dad" all the time. We're still working on Mom. Loooooves throwing things and plays a pretty good game of catch. Gives Jax hugs. Opens drawers (and slams fingers). Gives high fives. dances.
Happy Halloweenie, ya'll!
Falling into October
It's getting cozy around here. And by cozy, I mean like 80 degree plus sweat filled days and sleepless nights. Thank you Southern California for your astute interpretation of fall. While we wait to wear our sweaters and ugg boots, we'll all just have to settle on pumpkin decor and spiced candles.
Maybe I'm just behind the times…but this is so cool!
And looks dangerous….but fun to watch, no?
A wedding in Hollister
We just came home from an extra long weekend filled with celebration and good friends. Usually after a long weekend away, we are exhausted and ready to be at home in our own space. After this weekend, the feelings are mixed having seen some of our great friends get married and share in their gorgeous day, we're kind of sad that its all over. Before I get excited about the next wedding, and all the falling into fall things I plan to dig into this week, I've been reviewing photos from the weekend…something it usually takes me over a week to get into. It was just such a magical weekend spent under twinkle lights, inspiring, and meaningful, I'm still soaking it all in.
One of the most wonderful Sunsets I ever did see. Overlooking Leal Vineyard.
Missing the groom in this one.
Twinkle Lights galore. After being amongst these on a warm night, I'm convinced I need to bribe Tim to get some up in our backyard tree. He tends to disagree (mostly because of the height of our tree).
Little B stayed out past his bedtime two nights in a row, but we managed to get him to sleep in his carseat, all snug as a bug in his carseat so we could continue our celebrating. Nights like these, make me thankful for such a mellow child (and nursing!!).
This guy.
The Vineyard celebration areas have these enormous fireplaces that you almost forget you are outside in the middle of nowhereville. I love that inside out feeling in a space.
Layne & Shannon. Our most favorite travel companions.
The ending of the first night, back at the hotel room, meant a wide-eyed Bennett who must have thought it was still party time.
The next day was a very quick one. Wedding days always fly by, whether its your own day or someone else's….they are the most fleeting of all. We got up in the morning bright and early, had some breakfast down at the golf course snack bar. Bennett smooshed a considerable amount of puffs down his mouth and equal amounts on the floor. Then, I ventured out on my own with Little B in tow, to visit my roommate from Freshman year at Cal Poly. It dawned on me, as we pulled into the town of Hollister the day before that I actually knew someone who lived there. Kimmy and her little family lived there, so I dropped her a line fbook style, and made some plans. After meeting her two boys, 3 and 1…I realized how weird it was that I felt as if I'd known them since the day they were born. Between facebook and her blog, I've seen all their photos, heard their stories….I kind of did know them…at least on a surface level. I started thinking about how its strangely invasive to our families to put it all out there so publicly…that my acquantainces on facebook may know more about Bennett than they should. Then on the other side, if it weren't for facebook I would have never met up with Kimmy and seen her family in person, because the personal distance between us was so great.
After meeting up with Kimmy's Family, I got back to the hotel and we had a couple hours to get clean, eat, pop champagne, curl hair, get our crawl on….before the catholic mass ceremony. Bennett did ok, with one trip outside for a breather.
I was in complete awe of their wedding decor…So creative. You could tell they poured their hearts into this wedding.
Succulents! don't you love the fiddle heads?
Hand made cork place cards.
So there it is! a glimpse at our long wedding weekend.
I coulda been a gypsy
I like to think I have a knack for seeing the big picture in things. There was this game I used to play with friends where I'd try and peg what car, what city, what job, what life they had 5 or 10 years out. People would remember what my predictions were, because years later they would tell me that I was close, or that they never forgot what I told them about what their life would be like. I like to think I actually played a role in what their lives chalked up to be. What I actually did was make a prediction based on their current path, what they were most interested in, their motivation in life, etc. And I knew this…because they told me, duh! and then I'd try and think of what job and what city made the most sense for them to be living in. The prediction was like point A to point B with the shortest distance in between. In real life, for most people…On the way from point A to point B, C gets intercepted by point Q and then Q knocks out point W and W hides behind C for awhile, only to get rescued by point G, who happens to be the brother of C, who married E….and so on and so on. Life can be confusing, and its almost always unpredictable.
My life has kind of gone on without a hitch. No interruptions, no hiccups. ( A to B to C to D to E to F to G) Very predictable and I love it and I hate it.
One of my best friends (whom I once did a gypsy prediction for) emailed me at 6:15 this morning to tell me that "something's changed." Years, months, weeks, days ago she thought if she ever got married one day, she'd just go somewhere like Hawaii and elope or have a destination celebration. She didn't want any hoopla. As it turns out, she woke up this morning realizing exactly what she wanted, and it was completely the opposite. A Jewish groom, a small but ever meaningful wedding, with a beautiful chuppah made of birch. Her life path has changed directions more than anyone I've ever met, but she adapts so beautifully along the way. I admire that she's always looking ahead towards what she wants and reaches her hand out and grasps it. So much strength.
I kind of live my life letting things happen, and then after they happen I decide that's what I always wanted. I never really know exactly what I want until I have it. I think knowing something, just one thing that you know you for sure want, and going after it can be such a grounding thing. Love and a Chuppah at last.


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Meet 9.45 at Brighton station to catch 10.00 train to Hassocks. Buy return ticket. Leisurely 8 mile walk via Ditchling, Streat and Westmeston. Bring picnic lunch - there is shelter to sit under. Before returning to Hassocks Station enjoy mid afternoon tea and cakes at Oldland Mill in Ditchling to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee together with the Abandonment of Oldland Mill in 1912. See website www.oldlandwindmill.co.uk
Added by Lucinda Hawkes on May 29, 2012 at 16:14 — 2 Comments
Come and join us for the first evening walk of the summer season this Wednesday 30th May.
The walk will be about 4.5 miles in length and will take in the climb to Chanctonbury Ring near Washington and finish at the Frankland Arms pub in Washington for a post walk drink.
We gather at the south end of Preston Park (by the rose garden) at 7pm, before moving on to the walk start point in Washington Village.
Let's hope the weather holds!
See you…Continue
Added by Justin Foulser on May 29, 2012 at 0:30 — 2 Comments
This is a request for all age group walks for the next programme, which runs from July to October.
The walks co-ordinator for the 20s-40s group is Claire Phillips and walks/queries for this group should be sent to email@example.com.
The walks co-ordinator for the 40s-50s group is Sue Jones and walks/queries for this group should be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com.
The walks co-ordinator…Continue
Added by Brighton and Hove Ramblers on May 28, 2012 at 3:53 — No Comments
We've had a couple of fake members join up and send spam friendship/wall posts with the aim of asking you for email addresses etc. We've removed these members and made the sign up process a bit harder with the addition of a question as well as letters/numbers to type to try to stop false members.
Your details on the Brighton Ramblers site are secure - but if you had emailed these members from your email account then they would have gained your email address. If you communicate…Continue
Added by Nick Malyon on May 25, 2012 at 19:38 — 2 Comments
Dear Friends
Following the success of the recent visit by a group of Maltese ramblers Tess and I are proposing to lead a programme of walks in Malta for UK ramblers this Autumn, from 8th to 18th November inclusive.
Our programme will include walks in various localities in Malta and the sister island of Gozo, includiing a trip around the capital Valletta. Some of the walks will be joint with the Maltese RA. There will also be days off with optional walks or visits.
Added by Michael John Hoey on May 25, 2012 at 18:59 — No Comments
Meet 10.00 at the Level - drive to Sheffield Park Station in time for 11.00 steam train to Horsted Keynes Station. Short walk to the Horsted Keynes village in time for pub lunch and then walk back to Sheffield Park. Tea at the Sheffield Park tea shop.
Meet by 10.45 at the Sheffield Park station if going direct to start.
Added by David Coutinho on May 24, 2012 at 16:00 — No Comments
Hi Everybody
As I mentioned in a recent reminder, the walk itinerary for this Sunday has changed. The new circular walk will be approximately 8 miles and start at the Ram at Firle. We will meet at the Level at 10am and take cars to the Ram.
There will be a 2 hour lunch break to take in the following (optional) Charleston event (Tickets still available) :-…Continue
Added by Clive Holt on May 23, 2012 at 13:23 — 2 Comments
Owing to the significance of the weekend I'm doing my walk to Rottingdean via the Racecourse and Woodingdean. Have decided to make it a morning- only ramble so those who come on the walk can get back to enjoy the Jubilee celebrations if they wish.
The morning part of the walk, anyway, is the highlight as we take in glorious views of the coast from the peaks in Woodingdean. The post lunch part of my walk as per the programme is rather more mundane as we stroll back along the undercliff…Continue
Added by charles townley on May 22, 2012 at 11:47 — No Comments
You can catch the 10:27 train form Lewes to London Victoria which gets to Plumpton at 10:35. Brighton contingent will get in at 10:41
Added by Helen Murray on May 18, 2012 at 19:31 — No Comments
The train to catch is the 10 am train from Brighton to Plumpton - via Wivelsfield- yes I know, I've changed my mind because the one via Lewes means hanging about Lewes station for 40 mins which is daft. I will meet you at Brighton station.
This one gets to Wivelfield at 10:15 and then we get the 10:35 to Plumpton which arrives at Plumpton at 10:41. Anyone going straight to the start please contact me.
Added by Helen Murray on May 18, 2012 at 19:19 — 2 Comments
Added by Maya Rawal on May 17, 2012 at 14:57 — No Comments
If you'd like to join the walk take the 10:15 from Brighton to Hassocks, I will meet you at Hassocks station on The Hassocks pub side. Look out for Charles Townley at Brighton station.
There is a car park at Hassocks station for anyone driving straight there, please arrive for 10:30 walk start.
Most of the walk is before lunch so suggest you bring snacks to keep you going. Lunch will be in Hurstpierpoint and after that it is a short, flat walk back to Hassocks…Continue
Added by Helen Kerrigan on May 15, 2012 at 21:47 — 1 Comment
The train times have changed for this walk, the trains now start at 29 mins past the hour rather than 39 mins past. We could catch the 09:29 or take the next one an hour later (no good going for the 10 am one as it conects with Wivelsfield rather than Lewes). I am happy either way, there will still be plenty of time in Lewes for tea at the end. I will make a final decision later in the week depending on feedback.
Helen Murray
Added by Helen Murray on May 15, 2012 at 20:00 — 3 Comments
With its chalk pathways and impossibly English views, it's not hard to understand why artists adore the Sussex Downs
Olivia Laing The Observer, Sunday 13 May 2012Continue
Added by Maya Rawal on May 14, 2012 at 20:48 — 1 Comment
Heart of Sussex walk – Sunday 24th June 2012
Make the most our beautiful South Downs National Park and encourage the summer sunshine with the British Heart Foundation on Sunday 24th June. They are organising a sponsored walk, or run if you would like, suitable for all the family and their dogs…Continue
Added by Brighton and Hove Ramblers on May 11, 2012 at 23:47 — No Comments
A nine mile circular walk from the North of Saltdean onto the downs. Including Rodmell for lunch (pub or packed lunch). Cars required.
If travelling to start point meet at the Northern end of Saltdean on the edge of the Downs (Coombe Vale, BN2 8HN or 27 bus route). There is lots of parking available so please park in a wide area so that we don't take over the street! Contact leader if going to start.
The route is relatively well drained but there will be some…Continue
Added by Nick Malyon on May 8, 2012 at 13:30 — 4 Comments
Please note the 1020 train from Brighton now changes at Lewes arriving at Berwick at 1105
The walk will start from Berwick on the arrival of this train. Walk leader will join at Berwick.
My mobile is incorrect in the programme its 07747100976.
C U Sunday
Added by Terry Brown on May 8, 2012 at 11:23 — No Comments
That was a great walk - thank you Clair and Claire.
Two versions to view the route of the walk:
1) link to GPSies - you can fiddle around and maybe view with Google Maps - Earth option gives isometric perspective.
2) link to OS Getamap - requires download of Microsoft Silverlight - not too big a file, 6ish megs.
Suggestion: maybe try…Continue
Added by Ian Gough on May 7, 2012 at 19:01 — 2 Comments
Join us this Sunday, 13th May at the Palmeira pub, Cromwell Road, Hove to tackle the topic:
'Are we responsible for our own behaviour?' Start time 7pm.
PIPs are a group of people who enjoy discussing their ideas and thoughts and learning from each other. No academic or formal background is necessary, only a passion for enquiry.
Give me a ring if you want to know more, or just turn-up. 07979852750
Added by Pam Lelliott on May 7, 2012 at 10:14 — 1 Comment
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First aid emergency: What to do when bleeding occurs
Date: Wednesday, 03 August 2016. -
Blog, First Aid, First Aid Emergencies
Handling bleeding
When someone is bleeding it is vital that you reduce blood loss as quickly as possible to ensure that oxygenated blood can reach vital organs, preventing the body from shutting down.
If emergency treatment is not needed, bleeding can be stopped by applying direct pressure to the wound, applying a dressing, and elevating the wound above the patients' heart.
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Cobra boys put together strong run in Thunder Classic tournament
Heading into Saturday's championship game at the Thunder Classic, the cards of fate seemed to be stacked in the Cobras' favor despite the team entering the game as the lower seed.
The Jackson Heights boys won the very first midseason tournament in Seneca when it was the Raider Classic back in 1981 and the way they were playing it looked like JH was set to take the title at the first annual Thunder Classic (changed following the consolidation of Nemaha Valley and Baileyville B&B).
Somebody clearly forgot to tell Falls City (Neb.), though, as the tournament's top seed (and runners-up at the past two tournaments in Seneca) dashed the Cobras' momentum early on the way to a 67-52 victory in the championship game on Saturday night.
Jackson Heights may have been out of gas in comparison to Falls City as JH fought tooth and nail to get into the finals, while Falls City cruised in the first two rounds of the tournament and saved its energy for the title match, though the Cobras gave everything they had left on Saturday night.
"I thought the effort was there tonight from all of them and they still played pretty well, but we just didn't play at the absolute top level that it takes to beat a team as good as those guys," JH coach Chris Brown said.
Brown credited the Tigers' defense for creating some problems and preventing the Cobras from putting together a game like Thursday's semifinal victory. He said Falls City made it difficult for his team to get into an offensive rhythm, while the Tigers had no problem doing just that early in the game.
From the opening tip, Falls City went on a 10-0 run in the first seven minutes of the game to build a lead it would not give back. The Tigers were hot from three early, missing just one long-range attempt in the opening quarter and Brown noted he should have taken a timeout early and switched out of a zone defense to cool down that hot start, however, that was not the only area in which the Tigers were excelling.
So far this season, the Cobras have normally taken to the role of pushing the tempo, but on Saturday the Tigers pushed back and used their strength against them as Falls City's transition offense was a big factor in the final outcome.
"We like to run and we like to hit easy baskets and they like to do the same thing and I thought the difference would be the team that got more easy baskets and they certainly did. When we turned it over, they turned it into points very quickly and very efficiently," Brown said.
Coming out in the second half, the Cobras made some changes on the offensive end and flashed to the middle more to open some things up, while moving to a man defense allowed the team to win some one-on-one battles and force more missed shots and turnovers by the Tigers.
Zane Richter and Wyatt Olberding started to hit some deep threes (on back-to-back possessions no less) as well to get Jackson Heights back in it, but Falls City's Jack Hartman seemed to have an answer every time as a rally-killer on the other end. Brown credited his defense for the job it was doing, but noted Hartman just hit some tough shots that allowed the Tigers to maintain the upper hand.
Still, Jackson Heights got within nine points on multiple occasions in the third quarter and looked to be making some headway. While it was the Cobras' best quarter, it wasn't quite enough to get them back in the game.
"I thought we played lights out in the third quarter, I really did, the unfortunate thing was we played that good and going into the fourth we had only cut their lead by two," Brown said. "That third quarter pace was the level we needed to play the entire game to win and if we had, I think we would've had a great shot, but once again we just didn't do enough."
While Olberding opened the fourth quarter with a long three and Richter continued to roll in his record-setting weekend (his 30 points Saturday broke the record for most points in one tournament, giving him 101 over three days), fouls ended up biting the Cobras in the end.
That is another issue Brown credited Falls City for creating. As tough as the Tigers were to guard, it forced Jackson Heights into some difficult situations and they just couldn't get out of the jam on Saturday as the Tigers pulled away at the line for the 67-52 victory.
It may not have been the ending the Cobras were hoping for, but Brown said that shouldn't take away from the team's overall accomplishments in the past week as it picked up two big program wins and gained some momentum going into the second half of the league season despite the loss on Saturday.
"Up until this point, I had told the guys I didn't think that we played a full game yet and this week we played two of them Tuesday and Thursday," Brown said. "Unfortunately Saturday we didn't get the third, but when you look at the grand scheme of things it was a positive week for us coming in here, getting a couple wins, really gelling as a team and starting to play well."
Jackson Heights (9-2) will look to keep that up in one final non-league game this week as they travel to St. Marys on Friday for a contest at 4:45 p.m. before getting back into NEKL competition.
Jan. 24, 2015
Individual statistics:
JH: Richter 11 (4) 4-7 30, Olberding 2 (2) 4-4 10, Strube 3 (1) 0-0 7, Slocum 2 0-0 4, Jacobsen 0 1-2 1. Totals- 18 (7) 9-13 52.
FC: Hartman 8 (1) 7-10 24, Stoller 5 (1) 5-6 16, Leafty 4 5-9 13, Witt 3 (2) 2-2 10, Jordening 1 0-1 2, Pentecost 0 2-2 2. Totals- 21 (4) 21-30 67.
Team statistics:
Rebounding: JH- 14 (Richter 6, Slocum 4); FC- 19 (Leafty 7, Jordening 5).
Assists: JH- 9 (Strube 4, Slocum 2); FC- 12 (Pentecost 3, Witt 3).
Turnovers: JH- 12; FC- 9.
With apologies to Falls City (Neb.) and Marysville, the Jackson Heights and Nemaha Central boys had the most exciting semifinal of the night at the Thunder Classic basketball tournament on Thursday and, at least according to JH coach Chris Brown, possibly one of the most exciting games that he has witnessed.
"It was a game played at a very high level on both ends. We were playing really well on offense. We were scoring the ball and they'd come right back down and hit a shot on us," Brown said. "It was a highly skilled game on both ends and we just made a few more plays than them and were able to get out with the win."
After the dust settled, the Cobras (ranked ninth in Class 2A) were able to walk away with a 71-65 victory over tournament host Nemaha Central (ranked seventh in Class 3A) and once again a strong start helped JH get to that win.
"The first quarter was about as fast a game as I've ever seen at the high school level. Both teams were pressing, both teams were breaking the press, which was leading to a lot of shots that we made a bunch of. It was a break-neck pace. It was back and forth," Brown said.
Nemaha Central slowed things down and switched to a zone in the second quarter, grinding it out inside on offense and using its size advantage, but the Cobras made some key shots when needed to stay out front and held a 41-34 lead at halftime.
Zane Richter hit a lot of those shots as he tallied 16 points in the first quarter alone before finishing with a game-high 40 points, which left him one point short of tying both the tournament and school single game scoring record.
"Every time that we needed a big shot, he took it and he made it," Brown said.
While Jackson Heights backed off the press later in the game, the team continued to perform efficiently on the offensive end and extend the lead to 11 points going into the fourth quarter. No other player finished in double digits with Richter, but the Cobras had balanced efforts all around that helped them stay in front.
The Thunder got within three late in the game, but solid defense and strong free throw shooting (the Cobras were 12 of 16 on Thursday) helped Jackson Heights seal the 71-65 victory in the end.
Effort had a lot to do with the Cobras' success on Thursday night as well as Brown said that was a focal point he addressed with the team prior to the game.
"We challenged them before the game that they needed to play really hard to have a chance and they did. I've never seen our kids play harder, diving on the floor, going after every rebound, just competing at a very high level," Brown said. "It took some skill plays to actually score the ball, but it was our hustle and our effort that gave us a chance to do that and it was off the charts Thursday night."
Jan. 22, 2015
Individual statistics:
JH: Richter 14 (4) 8-10 40, Olberding 3 (2) 1-1 9, S. Holliday 2 3-4 7, Strube 3 (1) 0-0 7, Slocum 2 0-0 4, Jacobsen 1 1-2 3. Totals- 25 (9) 12-16 71.
NC: Holthaus 9 2-6 20, Elder 5 5-10 15, Allen 3 (2) 1-2 9, Henry 3 1-2 7, Schulte 2 (2) 1-2 7, Oller 1 (1) 0-0 3, Bradley 1 0-0 2, Winkler 0 2-2 2. Totals- 24 (5) 12-24 65.
Thunder Classic
Third-place game
Nemaha Central 64, Marysville 46
Consolation final
Silver Lake 51, Hiawatha 45
Seventh-place game
Horton 61, St. Marys 48


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M Health Fairview seeks an Assistant Medical Director for Ob/Gyn Specialty Practices. The Assistant Medical Director responsibilities will be at a .2 FTE
Job Summary:
Responsible to ensure the delivery of consistently high levels of quality care and service that meets and/or exceeds clinical expectations and patient satisfaction for Womens Health Care. Assures the coordination, direction, and collaboration of services and resources related to the discipline as well as achieving productivity, financial and operational goals. Supports the Medical Director to execute on the operational, clinical, quality and customer experience work of the system and service line. Ensures consistency of clinical practice across all OB/GYN clinic sites.
Job Expectations:
OB/GYN Clinical Operations o Responsible to the Medical Director for operations of the clinics and ensuring that standards are consistently applied across all clinic locations o Coordinates with the clinic site leaders to implement Service Line Quality Improvement projects o Works in collaboration with the respective Patient Care and Site Supervisors to support operational efficiency and patient experience o Attends Monthly staff and MPOC meetings, in coordination with the Medical Director o Conducts regular reviews of provider productivity and documentation, and collaborates with coding educators on clinical documentation improvement work o In conjunction with the site supervisors, provide clinical oversight for the OB/Gyn Specialty Clinics
HR/Performance Management o Conducts annual performance reviews o Responsible for Provider Performance Management, Behavior/Discipline o Lead provider recruitment contact for new and replacement positions in coordination with FHMG Recruiter and Director of Womens Services o Serves as a mentor to new and junior providers, supporting their practice growth, development and quality of care o Along with the site leads, coordinates new provider orientation and onboarding
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Demonstrates ability to provide care or service adjusting approaches to reflect developmental level and cultural differences of population served o Partners with patient care giver in care/decision making. o Communicates in a respective manner. o Ensures a safe, secure environment. o Individualizes plan of care to meet patient needs. o Modifies clinical interventions based on population served. o Provides patient education based on as assessment of learning needs of patient/care giver.
Fulfills all organizational requirements o Completes all required learning relevant to the role o Complies with and maintains knowledge of all relevant laws, regulation, policies, procedures and standards. Fosters a culture of improvement, efficiency and innovative thinking. Performs other duties as assigned
Five years experience in relevant medicine practice Holds current credentialed status in good standing Board eligible/certified by ABMS in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Preferred Qualifications
Previous medical leadership role
This Assistant Medical Director, along with the Medical Director, will have oversight over all the M Health Fairview Ob/Gyn community practices.
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A Friend to Die For (also known as Death of a Cheerleader in the UK and during Lifetime television airings) is a 1994 American psychological thriller television film directed by William A. Graham. Written by Dan Bronson, the film is based on the real-life murder of Kirsten Costas, who was killed by her classmate, Bernadette Protti, in 1984. The film was the highest-rated TV movie of 1994.
In the fictional town of Santa Mira, California, a man witnesses student Stacey Lockwood (Tori Spelling) (whom he drove home after she went to his house to telephone her parents) being stabbed by an unseen 'friend', who followed them to her house. When her family arrives home, they find paramedics and police gathered outside, as Stacey is rushed to the hospital, where she dies.
In a flashback to ten months earlier, Angela Delvecchio (Kellie Martin) is a shy high school sophomore who aspires to be popular, beautiful and perfect in everything. She performs well academically in school, attends Mass regularly, and sets high goals for herself. She idolizes Stacey, who is the most popular girl at school, as well as a cheerleader. One of the reasons why Angela admires Stacey is because one of Angela's goals is to become a cheerleader. When Angela is accepted into the Larks, the school's popular clique, she tries to forge a friendship with the rich, snobbish and self-centered Stacey, who rejects her. She then further suffers being rejected for a coveted position as one of the yearbook staff and in an audition for the cheerleading squad, leaving her humiliated and feeling like a failure.
The events of the night of Stacey's stabbing are shown from Angela's perspective. Still determined to be friends with Stacey, Angela calls Stacey's mother and anonymously invites her to a party under the guise of there being a special dinner for the Larks. Once Stacey gets in the car with Angela, she reveals that the "dinner" story was a lie she told Stacey's mother so she would be allowed to meet Angela. Infuriated, Stacey demands to be taken home. Angela tries to explain how much she admires Stacey and wants to be like her, but Stacey is less than sympathetic. Unmoved, she calls Angela "pathetic" and exits the car, stating that everyone in school will now laugh at Angela. Stacey then runs to a nearby house, where she asks to use the telephone, explaining that the 'friend' she was with had 'gotten a little weird', and manages to get a ride home. Angela follows the car back to Stacey's home, and out of fear that Stacey will spread rumors about her, Angela stabs Stacey multiple times and leaves her for dead.
Angela avoids capture in the weeks following the incident. Although Angela is interviewed by the police, she is not named as a suspect. Angela, along with all of the Larks, attends Stacey's Funeral Mass. Most of the students blame one of their classmates, Monica Whitley (Kathryn Morris), for Stacey's murder. At first, no one suspects Angela because she is seemingly too nice to commit the crime. Furthermore, Jamie Hall (Marley Shelton), Angela's former best friend and one of Stacey's friends, tells Angela that she never really liked Stacey, and was only afraid of her.
As her junior year begins, Angela becomes more involved with the community, taking up such activities as peer counseling and candy striping. Overwhelmed by Stacey's murder, one of the Larks brings up the idea of disbanding. Determined not to let this happen, Angela argues that they should remain active, noting that the group was not only important to Stacey, but also to the various community activities in which they take part. This idea not only saves the Larks but also wins Angela the position of secretary/treasurer.
In the meantime, a harassment campaign is waged against Monica until she finally leaves the school. At this point, authorities resume their investigation and begin re-interviewing possible suspects, including Angela. With the authorities slowly closing in on her, she becomes more and more consumed by her guilt, until she finally confesses to her priest and then to her parents in a letter.
Devastated by the arrest, Jamie, who had gone to St. Joseph's Catholic School with Angela prior to high school, confesses to their priest to having left her in a ski lodge alone during a ski trip the year before, all because she did not have the courage to stand up to Stacey. The high school's principal, Ed Saxe, declared Angela a 'sick kid' and that there is no problem with materialism. As the trial begins, the Prosecutor argues that Angela should be charged with first-degree murder as there was evidence of premeditation. Angela's lawyer claims it was second-degree murder.
The judge agrees with the defense, after listening to Angela's taped confession. Stating that, other than the tape, the rest of the evidence was just circumstantial and that the prosecution failed to prove the crime to be premeditated. Angela is then sentenced to confinement until the age of 25. Back at the church, the priest gives a homily on the community's responsibility for the death of Stacey, stating that the unrealistic high expectations and pressures to be "perfect" contributed to Angela's actions. As the movie ends, Jamie writes a letter to Angela that she quit the Larks (having left when she realized how mean they were to Angela) and that she plans to leave Santa Mira High School and go back to her former school, St. Joseph's.
On March 25, 2002, the film was released on Region 2 DVD as Death of a Cheerleader.
The film was based on the murder of Kirsten Costas. On June 23, 1984, in Orinda, California, Costas was murdered by her classmate, Bernadette Protti. Protti had been jealous of Costas, who was the daughter of affluent parents and very popular at Miramonte High School. Kirsten had been a member of the yearbook committee and a cheerleader. However, Bernadette was not accepted by the yearbook committee and tried out for cheerleading, but was not picked. Kirsten, who was chosen to be a cheerleader, saw Bernadette as a wannabe and didn't take her seriously.
On June 23, 1984, Costas was lured with a phony invitation to a dinner for the Bob-o-Links, a sorority-like group at school. According to Protti's later testimony, she had planned to take Costas to the party to befriend her, but Costas got angry when she was told that there was no dinner for the new "Bobbies". The girls quarreled, and Costas fled to the home of Alex and Mary Jane Arnold, living nearby, telling them that her friend had gone "weird". When Costas could not reach her parents by telephone, Alex Arnold drove her home, noticing that a Pinto–the Protti's family car–was following them. At the Costas home, Arnold, sitting in his car, saw Protti attack Costas. He thought that he was seeing a fist-fight but, in fact, Protti stabbed Costas five times with a kitchen knife and fled. The Costas' neighbors called an ambulance, but Kirsten was mortally wounded and died at a nearby hospital.
It took the police almost six months to find Costas' killer. After Protti passed a lie detector test, her alibi went unverified. After attempting to confirm Protti's alibi and rereading her lie detector test, the police knew that the girl had lied. After speaking with an FBI agent, Protti wrote her mother a letter in which she made a full confession. Protti claimed to have found the kitchen knife by chance, and her older sister, Gina, testified in court that she used to have that knife in her car to cut vegetables. The Costas did not believe this story – they claimed that nobody would use an 18-inch-long (460 mm) knife to slice tomatoes and that Protti, casually dressed on that evening, never intended to take Kirsten to a party, but had planned to murder her. Protti was sentenced to a maximum of nine years but was released seven years later on parole.
The Costas family left Orinda and moved to Hawaii. Protti was released from prison in 1992 at the age of 23. Costas' parents vehemently opposed Protti's release.