Beyond Doctor's Orders: When Health and Fitness Are Not Always a ...

Beyond Doctor?s Orders: When Health and Fitness Are Not Always a Matter of Choice

FlaglerLive | January 30, 2013

The road to health can be long, winding and rocky. (? FlaglerLive)

By Milissa Holland

It started with a text message: ?Do you guys want to be part of our team for this year?s Florida?s Obstacle Racing Challenge??

Many of you know that for the past several years, my life was devoted to attending meetings rather then making exercise a priority. After looking at the photos that were sent about the race, I quickly realized that this wasn?t going to be easy. But nothing ever is that?s really worth it. So my husband and I didn?t hesitate. We accepted the challenge.

Our journey to get in shape began last weekend: we can?t let our team down in May, especially because Steve and Cindy Cole?-my guests this Friday on Milissa Holland Live?are known for their competitive spirit on the racing circuit in Flagler. But it got me thinking about health, fitness and the roles we play as individuals, or sometimes have to play, with the cards we?re dealt.

As a county commissioner I spent hours analyzing our health care for our employees. We would be given trend lines and historical data from year to year. We went as far as opening a health care clinic specifically for county employees to reduce our costs overall. It was a wise investment, saving taxpayers well over $400,000 in the first year. Our main focus was developing preventive measures to manage the county?s long-term costs. We started a biggest-loser competition between departments. Our staff quickly trimmed down. You could feel the different energy when you walked into their offices. I saw firsthand what can happen when you focus and prioritize health and wellness as a means of reducing costs.

But something else occurred along the way. Beside the immediate cost savings and a much slimmer staff, what struck me the most was hearing about so many of our employees who were suffering with illnesses that would eventually cut down on their lifespan, cost a tremendous amount for medical care and compromise theirs and their families? quality of life.

Think about it. How many times did you hear of someone who has high blood pressure. Physicians always advise them to change diet and to exercise. I remember my father had a dangerously high cholesterol level. He began to completely change his diet but was very limited in terms of exercising due to his multiple sclerosis (MS). Down his cholesterol numbers went, but he added a few more vitamins and medicines to his diet.

How many of us know someone who is affected by diabetes? My grandfather was diagnosed very late in life but spent the remainder of his years injecting insulin into his system and monitoring his blood sugar count. All of these illnesses in my family drove the cost of medical care up substantially. Their recommended diets?you know the kind: fresher foods with very little processing?were much more costly.

Imagine what it must be like for those who can least afford it to deal with illness and take care of themselves, their diets, the costs associated with the healthier lifestyle their doctor recommends.

I have also spent a lot of time focusing on the hungry in our community. Our food banks and those who run them are among the best group of people I have known. And those who continually make contributions to the food banks are selfless human beings.

Now we know that Medicaid, the federal and state funded health insurance program for the poor, including the elderly poor, is the largest part of the state?s budget. Most can agree that it is not a sustainable system. It is growing exponentially. A lot of the beneficiaries of Medicaid are also among those who frequent our food banks. Which begs the question: why can?t our state government create a managed care system, and why does our federal government continue to institute policies in our agriculture industry that drives up the cost of food so much that these healthy alternatives to good eating habits are near impossible for those who can?t afford it? We know all this, we live through it, and yet very little happens to demand a change.

In the next few weeks I will be delving into this very complex topic here and on the radio. I believe it is entirely connected.

One good thing that I have noticed in the last few days of walking and running on the trails in Flagler is we have a lot of residents who love the outdoors. A very active community speaks volumes as to why so many people have decided to make this their home. I use an app to get myself motivated to get in shape. It?s called couch to 5k. Who knew I would rely on this device to dictate my daily regimen.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts in advance of Friday?s show but I also would love to hear your questions on fitness and healthy living for my special guests. Kelly Scully, part owner of PC Bike, with her husband Jake, are well known in the community for their Weekly Casual Rides?in which our residents are always invited to participate. Kelly Brandt is another guest who has inspired many to get in shape with her tough training standards. Jim Bowe will round out the panel discussion. He is the owner of Via Pure wellness and offers free health seminars. All are business owners in Flagler and are ready to talk about these issues and much more.

Join us.

Milissa Holland, a Flagler County commissioner from 2006 to 2012, is host of Milissa Holland Live on WNZF 1550 AM, Fridays at 10 a.m. Her column will appear here every Wednesday. Reach her by email here, on Facebook or on Twitter. While she?s on the air Friday morning between 10 and 11, call her at 386/206-WNZF (or 206-9693).

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High School Sports: 2A district basketball pairings

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Friday, Feb. 8

G1, GSHL No. 3 at Evergreen No. 2, 7 p.m.

G2, Evergreen No. 4 at Mark Morris, 7 p.m.

G3, Evergreen No. 3 at GSHL No. 2, 7 p.m.

G4, Evergreen No. 5 at Evergreen No. 1, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 12

G5, G1 loser vs. G2 loser, 6 p.m. at WF West or Centralia (loser out)

G6, G3 loser vs. G4 loser, 7:45 p.m. at WF West or Centralia (loser out)

G7, G1 winner vs. G2 winner, 6 p.m. at WF West or Centralia (winner to state regionals)

G8, G3 winner vs. G4 winner, 7:45 p.m. at WF West or Centralai (winner to state regionals)

Friday, Feb. 15

Championship

G7 winner vs. G8 winner, 6 p.m. at St. Martin's University, Lacey

Saturday, Feb. 16

G9, G5 winner vs. G8 loser, at Mark Morris (loser out)

G10, G6 winner vs. G7 loser, at Mark Morris (loser out)

Tuesday, Feb. 19

G9 winner vs. G10 winner, 6 p.m. at WF West (winner No. 3 to state regionals, loser out)

BOYS BASKETBALL

Saturday, Feb. 9

G1, GSHL No. 3 at Evergreen No. 2, 7 p.m.

G2, Evergreen No. 4 at GSHL No. 1, 7 p.m.

G3, Evergreen No. 3 at GSHL No. 2, 7 p.m.

G4, Evergreen No. 5 at Evergreen No. 1, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 13

G5, G1 loser vs. G2 loser, 6 p.m. at WF West or Centralia (loser out)

G6, G3 loser vs. G4 loser, 7:45 p.m. at WF West or Centralia (loser out)

G7, G1 winner vs. G2 winner, 6 p.m. at WF West or Centralia (winner to state regionals)

G8, G3 winner vs. G4 winner, 7:45 p.m. at WF West or Centralai (winner to state regionals)

Friday, Feb. 15

Championship

G7 winner vs. G8 winner, 8 p.m. at St. Martin's University, Lacey

Saturday, Feb. 16

G9, G5 winner vs. G8 loser, at Mark Morris (loser out)

G10, G6 winner vs. G7 loser, at Mark Morris (loser out)

Tuesday, Feb. 19

G9 winner vs. G10 winner, 6 p.m. at WF West (winner No. 3 to state regionals, loser out)

Note: If Mark Morris or W.F. West play a game scheduled on home floor, the site of the game will be moved to a neutral site.

Source: http://www.columbian.com/weblogs/highschoolsports/2013/jan/29/2a-district-basketball-pairings/

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Brazil police blame penny-pinching band for club fire

SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) ? Penny-pinching by a band known for its onstage pyrotechnic displays may have cost more than 230 people their lives at a nightclub in southern Brazil, according to a police inspector leading the investigation into this weekend's deadly blaze.

Inspector Marcelo Arigony told reporters at a news conference Tuesday that members of the band knowingly purchased flares meant for outdoor use because they cost a mere $1.25 a piece, compared with the $35 price tag for an indoor flare.

"The flare lit was for outdoor use only, and the people who lit them know that," said Arigony, adding that members of the group acknowledged regularly opting for the less expensive flares. "They chose to buy those because they were cheaper than those that can be used indoors."

Arigony, whose cousin died in the fire, added: "The pyrotechnics were part of their show ? the guys even wore gloves onstage so they wouldn't burn their hands."

The repercussions of the band's choice to use flares continued to send shock waves through Santa Maria, a college town of 260,000 people that's been stunned by the early Sunday morning tragedy in the Kiss nightclub.

The Rio Grande do Sul state forensics department raised the death toll Tuesday from 231 to 234 to account for three victims who did not appear on the original list of the dead. Authorities say more than 120 people remain hospitalized for smoke inhalation and burns, with dozens of them in critical condition.

The blaze began at around 2:30 am local time, during a performance by Gurizada Fandangueira, a country music band that had made the use of pyrotechnics a trademark of their shows. The band's guitarist told media that the 615 square-meter (6,650 square-foot) club was packed with an estimated 1,200 to 1,300 people. The police have said the capacity for a club of that size is under 700 people.

Police said the club's ceiling was covered with insulating foam made from a combustible material that appeared to have ignited after it came in contact with a spark from a flare lit during the performance.

After the fire extinguisher malfunctioned, the blaze spread throughout the packed club at lightning speed, emitting a thick, toxic smoke. Because Kiss apparently had neither an alarm nor a sprinkler system and only one working exit, the crowd was left to search desperately for a way out.

About 50 of the victims were found in the club's two bathrooms, where the blinding smoke caused them to believe the doors were exits.

Police investigator Arigony said people headed to the bathrooms because the only lights in the dark club were coming from there, and the patrons mistook them for exits. The foam, which emitted a toxic gas, was not proper soundproofing equipment and was likely only used to cut down on the echo inside the club, Arigony said.

He added that a full analysis of the foam was ongoing. The malfunctioning fire extinguisher was not legal, he said, and the club's operating license had expired in August.

"There were diverse irregularities," Arigony said. "Any child could have seen that this establishment should not have been open."

Outraged locals, mostly young people like those who died in the blaze, marched through Santa Maria Tuesday to demand justice for the dead, an unusual move in a country where public protests are rare. The demonstration interrupted the police news conference, even as Arigony pledged to investigate everyone involved in the tragedy ? including the authorities charged with making sure such establishments are up to code, such as firefighters and city officials.

"There could have been an administrative failure in the mayor's office or with the firefighters," he said. "We have no proof, but we will investigate, we will look into everything."

No charges have been filed. Under Brazilian law, prosecutors can only file charges after police complete their investigation, which in this case could take 30 days. Prosecutors have said manslaughter charges could be filed.

The fire inspired nationwide action, and several mayors said they would crack down on nightclubs and other venues in their cities.

The government of the country's biggest city, Sao Paulo, promised tougher security regulations for nightclubs and other places where many people gather. The mayor of the city of Americana, Sao Paulo state, ordered the temporary shutdown of 10 of the city's nightclubs. Mayor Diego de Nadai suspended the operating permits of the nightclubs pending inspections into the fire and accident prevention measures in place, local media reported.

The Folha de S. Paulo newspaper reported that in Manaus, nightclubs with empty fire extinguishers and unmarked emergency exits have been shut down and fined. And in Rio de Janeiro, a consumer complaint hotline has received more than 60 calls since Sunday's tragedy denouncing hazardous conditions at night spots, theaters, supermarkets, schools, hospitals and shopping malls around the state. Blocked emergency exits and nonexistent fire alarms and extinguishers top the list of most common complaints.

Investigator Arigony said police searched two other Santa Maria nightspots owned by Mauro Hoffmann, one of the partners of the Kiss nightclub, for evidence that could help shed light on the investigation.

Police said earlier that computers that had stored footage from security cameras inside the club were missing ? but Arigony said police had found them at a computer repair shop, where they were dropped off a week ago, meaning images from the disaster would not be on them. Owners of the club told police the security cameras hadn't worked in months.

Both owners of the club were provisionally detained, along with two of the band members. A judge froze the assets of the club's owners, pending the investigation.

The fire appeared to mark a possible turning point for a country that has long turned a blind eye to safety and infrastructure concerns. The disaster, the worst fire of its kind in more than a decade, has also raised questions of whether Brazilian authorities are up to the task of ensuring safety in such venues as the country prepares to host next year's World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.

One of Brazil's biggest newspapers, O Globo, published an editorial Tuesday saying it was time for action.

"The tragedy in Santa Maria forces us to seriously reflect over our national culture of leniency, contempt and corruption," it said. "We must start from the principle that the mea culpa belongs to us all: public servants, owners of establishments that disregard safety regulations, and regular citizens who flout them."

Soccer legend Pele, too, urged the Brazilian government to "make safety and security a priority in this country."

"So many young people are no longer with us, they had entire lives ahead of them. I ask God to protect them and take care of their families," he wrote on Twitter.

According to state safety codes here, clubs should have one fire extinguisher every 1,500 square feet as well as multiple emergency exits. Limits on the number of people admitted are to be strictly respected. None of that appears to have happened at the Santa Maria nightclub.

Rodrigo Martins, a guitarist for the group playing that night, told Globo TV network in an interview Monday that the flames broke out minutes after the employment of a pyrotechnic machine that fans out colored sparks.

"I thought I was going to die there," Martins said. "There was nothing I could do, with the fire spreading and people screaming in front."

Most of the dead were college students 18 to 21 years old, but they also included some minors. Almost all died from smoke inhalation rather than burns.

The blaze was the deadliest in Brazil since at least 1961, when a fire that swept through a circus killed 503 people in Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro.

Sunday's fire also appeared to be the worst at a nightclub anywhere in the world since December 2000, when a welding accident reportedly set off a fire at a club in Luoyang, China, killing 309 people.

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Associated Press writers Marco Sibaja and Juliana Barbassa contributed to this report from Santa Maria, Stan Lehman contributed from Sao Paulo and Jenny Barchfield contributed from Rio de Janeiro.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/brazil-police-outdoor-flare-started-club-fire-201710569.html

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Alberta issues record setting fine to Chinese state-owned oil firm

January 30, 2013

Alberta issues record setting fine to Chinese state-owned oil firm

RICHARD GILBERT

staff writer

An Alberta judge has ordered the Canadian arm of a Chinese state-owned oil company to pay the biggest workplace safety fine in the province's history after the death of two foreign workers at a massive construction project about five years ago.

?The fine is good, but no amount of money can make up for what they did wrong in the first place,? said Wayne Prins, Alberta director of the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC).

?In our view, the fine sends the right message to contractors and people in the industry that you must follow the procedures and rules in place.?

Alberta Provincial Judge John Maher ordered Sinopec Shanghai Engineering Company (SSEC) to pay a $1.5 million fine in a St. Albert court room on Jan. 24.

The fine is related to the deaths of a welder named Ge Genbao, 27, and an electrical engineer named Lui Hongliang, 33, at the Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNRL) Horizon oilsands project.

They were killed on April 27, 2007 at the facility located north of Fort McMurray.

The Chinese temporary foreign workers were welding the wall structure inside a massive storage tank when the roof support structure collapsed onto them.

Two other foreign workers were seriously injured.

Under Alberta?s Occupational Health and Safety Act, 53 charges were laid against three companies in the deaths of Genbao and Hongliang and the injuries of the other workers.

CNRL, who was in charge of the construction site at the Horizon oilsands project, hired SSEC to build the storage tanks.

SSEC is the Canadian subsidiary of Chinese state ?owned oil company Sinopec.

Sinopec hired more than 100 temporary foreign workers in China and began work on the construction of two oil storage tanks in late 2006.

SSEC pled guilty to three charges in September 2012 of failing to ensure the health and safety of workers.

The company was given the maximum $500,000 fine for each charge. Despite this fact, some people believe the fine will do nothing to deter them from practices that endanger workers.

?Sinopec didn?t just import workers from the third world, they also imported third-world health and safety standards,? said Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan.

?Alberta missed its chance to send a message that Chinese companies working in the oilsands need to play by Canadian rules.?

McGowan argued that the fines are too small to make a difference to the massive corporation.

?One and a half million dollars doesn?t even amount to a rounding error in the annual budget of a monstrous global corporation like Sinopec,? he said.

?This fine does nothing to dissuade them from playing fast and loose with the safety of their workforce.?

The original plan was to build the tank walls first, then use them to support the roof while it was under construction.

That plan changed when the project fell behind schedule.

CNRL approved the construction change, but SSEC did not prepare any formal written procedures that should have been certified by a professional engineer.

As a result, other charges in this case include failing to ensure that a professional engineer prepared and certified drawings and procedures; failing to ensure the roof support structure inside the tank was stable during assembly; failing to ensure that U-bolt type clips used for fastening rope wire were installed properly; and failing to ensure that wire rope being used was safe.

?We shouldn?t forget the circumstances that led to the deaths of Genbao and Hongliang,? McGowan added.

?The company did not get the construction plans certified by an engineer. The wires weren?t strong enough to hold up against the wind. It was a complete abdication of responsibility on the part of the employer.?

Crown prosecutors and SSEC lawyers came up with an agreement, which allocates $1.3 million of the fine to create an education program to train temporary foreign workers about their legal rights, as well as workplace health and safety.

The program aims to hire 45 instructors to train about 5,500 workers in a three year period.

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Source: http://www.joconl.com/article/id53797

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Former activist gets prison term for fraud

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? A former social activist convicted of defrauding a California charity backed by celebrities Danny Glover and Harry Belafonte has been sentenced to three years and four months in prison.

Hari Dillon was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in San Francisco after being convicted last year of embezzling from the Vanguard Public Foundation and defrauding its donors.

Vanguard collapsed in 2011 after losing millions of dollars in two separate scams.

Dillon could have faced more than eight years behind bars, but U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer ordered the lighter sentence because Dillon helped investigators uncover an even bigger scam operated by Samual "Mouli" Cohen.

Cohen was sentenced in April to 22 years in prison for operating a $30 million Ponzi scheme that victimized the foundation.

Authorities say Dillon siphoned $2.5 million from the foundation at the same time Cohen was operating his fraud.

Associated Press

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Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs Movie Makeup Is Totally Unreal?He IS Jobs

Whoa. We've seen Ashton Kutcher in a scene from early in the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic, and had an early review of the film as well, but this is the first we've seen of his makeup for the latter day Jobs. And man, it's something. More »

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3 months later, still adding up Sandy's cost

The hurricane that merged with another weather system to form Superstorm Sandy spun ashore three months ago Tuesday, devastating coastal New Jersey and New York and spreading winds, rain, snow and waves over parts of more than 20 states. The latest tallies from the second most expensive storm in U.S. history, after 2005's Hurricane Katrina:

DEATHS

The toll has fluctuated as causes of death are determined or changed, but as of Monday, the storm was behind the deaths of at least 146 people in the United States, according to government counts. That includes at least 98 in New York and New Jersey. There were 71 additional deaths in the Caribbean.

DAMAGE AND LOSSES

Sandy damaged or destroyed 305,000 housing units and disrupted more than 265,000 businesses in New York. In New Jersey, 346,000 housing units were destroyed or damaged, and 190,000 businesses affected.

Loss estimates in the affected states vary. Earlier this month, leading insurance company Munich Re Ag estimated insured losses at $25 billion and total losses at $50 billion. In December, state governments reported a total of $62 billion in damage and other losses.

FEDERAL AID

Congress on Monday passed a $50.5 billion emergency package of relief and recovery aid. Added to $9.7 billion previously approved for a federal flood insurance program, the total is roughly in line with the $60.4 billion President Barack Obama requested in December.

HOMELESS AND HEATLESS

At least 3,500 families in New York and New Jersey are still living in hotels and motels on the dime of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. As winter has settled in, people who still have homes but no means to heat them have taken refuge in tents set up by aid workers.

LEGACY

Redrawn federal maps indicating flood-prone areas may force many property owners, especially in New York or New Jersey, to pay exorbitantly for flood insurance, raise their homes or move away altogether. In New Jersey, flood insurance premiums could cost as much as $31,000 a year.

In New York, a commission formed to examine ways to guard against future storms has called for flood walls in subways, water pumps at airports and sea barriers along the coast. It's unclear whether enough money can be found for all the expensive recommendations.

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Sources: State government agencies and officials, AP reporting

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4 civilians in S. Sudan die after rebel-army clash

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) ? A tension-filled showdown in the middle of a market town between rebels and South Sudan's military led to the deaths of four civilians and some 2,000 people seeking refuge with the U.N., officials said Monday.

The fighting took place Sunday in Pibor, where government forces have been trying to stamp out a rebellion led by David Yau Yau, a former colonel in South Sudan's military. Violence began when James Kuburin, a former commander for Yau Yau who has joined the government, tried to enter Pibor's market, said Beko Konyi, a spokesman for the Pibor County commissioner.

Military police refused to allow Kuburin to enter, leading to an argument that resulted in a grenade going off, killing one military policeman, Konyi said.

A second government official said that members of the military ? the SPLA ? "retaliated" for the death by opening fire, killing three women and one man. The official said he was not allowed to be identified. Konyi also said four civilians were killed.

Col. Philip Aguer, a military spokesman, denied that SPLA forces started the fighting. He said one member of the military was killed.

Kouider Zerrouk, a U.N. spokesman, said some 2,000 civilians had taken refuge at a U.N. base in Pibor. Zerrouk described the situation as calm but tense.

Sunday's violence was the latest of several incidents in which the SPLA has been implicated in violence against civilians. Last year human rights groups published reports accusing the SPLA of torture and rape during a disarmament campaign in Pibor County.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/4-civilians-sudan-die-rebel-army-clash-115638377.html

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Amadeus examines changing face of UK business travel | News ...

Amadeus has today released a report - Amadeus Business Travel Insights: the 21st Century Business Traveller - which charts the behaviour and aspirations of business travellers across the UK.

The report is based on a survey of over 400 UK and Ireland adults, who work for large companies and regularly travel for business and was conducted in December 2012, by ICM Research on behalf of Amadeus UK.

Key findings include from the report include an understanding that technology is changing the face of business travel.

A tipping point has been reached in the ability to book online: the data displays new opportunities for self managed travel as two thirds of travellers are now able to book their business travel through an online booking tool.

Only a third of travellers are able to book travel on a mobile or tablet device, providing a significant area of opportunity for travel managers, TMCs and technology companies to put their knowledge and company policies in the hands of the traveller.?

Itinerary change management

Half (51 per cent) of the survey respondents had to make changes to their travel plans in 2012 with 37 per cent having to amend their flights whilst on the road.?

These statistics indicate a clear opportunity for the travel department to add value as only 30 per cent of travellers said the department had been ?very effective? at making the necessary amendments to their bookings.

One third (34 per cent) of travellers surveyed said that they had gone ?off plan? during their 2012 business travel.

However, this increased to half (51 per cent) for those travellers who made 11 or more trips in 2012, nearly a fifth (18 per cent) of them went ?off plan? at least five times during the year.

Commenting on the findings, Diane Bouzebiba, managing director of Amadeus, UK & Ireland, said: ?These findings clearly identify opportunities for travel departments to introduce new services and technologies that will deliver additional value to travellers.

?Over the course of this year, a particular priority for Amadeus UK is to help corporate travel departments better understand the emerging needs of the 21st century business traveller.

?Putting their expertise in the hands of corporate travellers and exploring mobile technology to facilitate the planning, booking and amendment of travel arrangements, will go a long way to help keep travellers on plan, safe and better connected in 2013 and beyond.?

Convenience

The report found convenience is prioritised by business travellers above cost and comfort, with 62 per cent of respondents stating this was the most important factor when travelling for business.

Just over a fifth (22 per cent) stated cost as their top priority, with only 15 per cent putting comfort first.

Some 32 per cent of the business travellers who took part in our survey would also like to have the opportunity to extend their business trip to include self-funded leisure travel and 14 per cent would like to be provided with information into local sights.

Ambivalence

However, the report delivers some more mixed reading for travel managers.

While half of the travellers surveyed said that they fully understand their company?s corporate travel policy (51 per cent), this leaves nearly half who have a more limited or no understanding.

Respondents demonstrated an inability to pin point the value added by the corporate travel department: nearly half (47 per cent) said that the department neither helped nor hindered the business, 15 per cent said the corporate travel department hindered their ability to do business.

Source: http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/amadeus-examines-changing-face-of-uk-business-travel/

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Soundrop Goes Beyond Spotify With Listening Rooms And Videos On Facebook, And Coming Soon To A Platform Near You

Soundrop, the social "listening room" service that is similar to Turntable.fm,?has found a lot of success on the music streaming service Spotify, with 500 million streams of its rooms in its debut year. Now, Oslo, Noway-based Soundrop is taking its growth strategy up a notch: from today, people can also create and embed listening rooms in Facebook, too.

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SAG Awards 2013: Complete Winners List

'Argo' once again takes the top honor, and Jennifer Lawrence continues win streak.
By MTV News staff

Jennifer Lawrence accepts her award for Best Actress at the SAG Awards 2013
Photo: John Shearer

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1700859/sag-awards-2013-winners-list.jhtml

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Egyptian youths, police clash in fourth day of violence

CAIRO (Reuters) - Police fired teargas at dozens of stone-throwing protesters in Cairo on Sunday in a fourth day of street clashes that have killed at least 42 people and compounded the challenges facing President Mohamed Mursi.

In the worst violence, security sources said 33 people died in Port Said on Saturday when protests erupted after a court sentenced 21 people, mostly from the city, to death for their role in a deadly stadium disaster last year.

Thousands of mourners joined funeral processions for the dead in Port Said on Sunday, a witness said by telephone, adding that he heard gunshots and the sound of emergency vehicle sirens. But there were no immediate reports of new casualties.

Mursi's opponents have also taken to the streets across Egypt since Thursday, accusing him and his Islamist allies of betraying the uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak in 2011.

"None of the revolution's goals have been realised," said Mohamed Sami, a protester in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday.

"Prices are going up. The blood of Egyptians is being spilt in the streets because of neglect and corruption and because the Muslim Brotherhood is ruling Egypt for their own interests."

On a bridge close to Tahrir Square, youths hurled stones at police in riot gear who fired teargas to push them back towards the square, the cauldron of the uprising that erupted on January 25, 2011 and toppled Mubarak 18 days later.

The latest protests were initially timed to mark Friday's anniversary of that revolt.

The U.S. and British embassies, both close to Tahrir, said they were closed for public business on Sunday.

The violence adds to the daunting task facing Mursi as he tries to fix a beleaguered economy and cool tempers before a parliamentary election expected in the next few months which is supposed to cement Egypt's transition to democracy.

It has exposed a deep rift in the nation. Liberals and other opponents accuse Mursi of failing to deliver on economic promises and say he has not lived up to pledges to represent all Egyptians. His backers say the opposition is seeking to topple Egypt's first freely elected leader by undemocratic means.

DIVISIONS

The army, Egypt's interim ruler until Mursi's election in June, was sent back onto the streets to restore order in Port Said and Suez, another port city on the Suez Canal where at least eight people have been killed in clashes with police.

In Port Said, residents had reported gunshots overnight and shops and many workplaces were shut on Sunday. Residents said the city had been tense ahead of the funerals amid fears the burials could set off further violence.

Many Egyptians are frustrated by the regular escalations that have hurt the economy and their livelihoods.

"They are not revolutionaries protesting," said taxi driver Kamal Hassan, 30, referring to those gathered in Tahrir. "They are thugs destroying the country."

The National Defence Council, headed by Mursi, has called for a national dialogue to discuss political differences.

That offer has been cautiously welcomed by the opposition National Salvation Front. But the coalition has demanded a clear agenda and guarantees that any agreements will be implemented.

The Front, formed late last year when Mursi provoked protests and violence by expanding his powers and driving through an Islamist-tinged constitution, has threatened to boycott the parliamentary poll and to call for more protests if a list of demands is not met, including having an early presidential vote.

Egypt's transition has been blighted from the outset by political rows and turbulence on the streets that have driven investors out and kept many tourists away, starving the economy of vital sources of hard currency.

Egypt's defence minister who also heads the army, Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, called for the nation to stand together and said the military would not prevent peaceful protests. But he called on demonstrators to protect public property.

Clashes in Port Said erupted after a judge sentenced 21 men to death for involvement in 74 deaths at a soccer match on February 1, 2012 between Cairo's Al Ahly club and the local al-Masri team. Many of the victims were fans of the visiting team.

There were 73 defendants in the case. Those not sentenced on Saturday will face a verdict on March 9, the judge said.

Al Ahly fans cheered the verdict after threatening action if the death penalty was not meted out. But Port Said residents were furious that people from their city were held responsible.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/riots-over-egyptian-death-sentences-kill-least-32-081720840.html

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Unlocking new phones now banned under DMCA, the EFF weighs in

It was great while it lasted, but the days of users legally unlocking their own phones is over. Back in October of last year, the Library of Congress added an exemption to the DMCA to allow folks to free their new phones for 90 days. That three month window has now closed. Of course, carriers are still free to offer unlocked handsets themselves, and some will also unlock them for you as long as certain conditions are met. "Legacy" or used handsets purchased before today can still be unlocked without any finger-wagging from federal courts.

So, what does this mean exactly? Well, Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney Mitch Stoltz told us, "What's happening is not that the Copyright Office is declaring unlocking to be illegal, but rather that they're taking away a shield that unlockers could use in court if they get sued." This does make lawsuits much more likely according to him, but it's still up to the courts to decide the actual legality of phone unlocking. Indeed, it's a grim day for those who want true freedom over their own devices. Stoltz said to us, "This shows just how absurd the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is: a law that was supposed to stop the breaking of digital locks on copyrighted materials has led to the Librarian of Congress trying to regulate the used cellphone market."

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/26/unlock-phone-exemption-ends/

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Fax to Email (w/Outlook) not opening for some user - Elastix Forums ...

Having a weird problem.

Have a few users who are unable to open faxes sent to them via Elastix. This is via the option in Extensions to Enable fax and provide an email address.

Two users at the same office running on the same ISP and same mail server, and only one can open faxes. The other one gets a message saying that the PDF is corrupt and can't open the file (both users receive the file via email through an email group).

Users are running Outlook. Recently did a PC rebuild on the computer not able to open the faxes and installed Office 2010 (with all patches). Some faxes work on that PC, but not all of them.

Troubleshooting steps (in no particular order):
a) Skipped creation of PDF and emailed TIFF file instead - also arrives corrupted
b) The fax, when downloaded from the spool folder on the Elastix server and then emailed to the same user will open correctly
c) Moved users to a different email server

One thing I'm wondering about is whether there's an issue with the email template being used or perhaps a conflict in the mime encoding, but I don't have enough experience with this to troubleshoot further.

Does anyone have any thoughts/suggestions?

Source: http://www.elx.ec/index.php/en/component/kunena/3-help/115680-fax-to-email-woutlook-not-opening-for-some-user.html

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The Importance of the New | AudioStream

It seems like every generation feels that their music is the best. Our music is the most original, the most artful, the most meaningful. All this new stuff is just crap or worse, derivative crap, and all of the older stuff is mostly just oldies. Some people will stretch their veneration a generation or century or more in order to land on their music-of-choice, but the tendency to lay claim to a specific point in history as being the origin of the best music (or art or literature or architecture) is common. And that's a damn shame because we're missing out on other worlds of bests.

I have a simple, obvious theory (one of many) which goes like this?we are most receptive to music during puberty. Music reaches deep down inside and touches something during our teen years that as we get older grows either too small to be touched or too remote to be found. No matter the case, it seems like the music we choose as our music during our teens remains the emotional height to which all other music must strive. But it rarely ever gets there. I'd point to the eternally youthful oldies stations and healthy reissue market where we see people buying then re-buying their favorite music in various formats from LP to tape to CD to SACD to 45rpm LP to HD download to the special anniversary edition as proof. We grow old along with our cherished music and scoff at everything that has come since.

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I know, I know. You are different because your music really is better. Right. The other aspect of the re-buy is the pursuit of better sound quality which goes hand in hand with sedentary listening. If you're listening to music in your car or on the subway, there's really no need to get the better-sounding version. And the sedentary listener is also mostly the aging listener. "But when I was a teenager, we would just sit and listen to music. Kids today don't do that." The notion that we are only serious about music if we sit still and quiet and listen is an audiophile myth. In most non-Western cultures, music is as important if not more important than it is in Western civilizations and it is also typically part of some other activity. Like dancing. Or singing. The day that someone declared all serious music listeners must sit quietly still was the day someone figured out they could make money from this kind of behavior.

The concert hall is a serious place for music, the dance hall a place for kids or the less cultured. Music is serious business that demands our undivided attention. And I agree that sometimes this is the case but not all times. I'm very thankful that our teenage daughters do not spend hours alone planted in a chair listening to music. If they did, I'd start to think something was wrong. Don't get me wrong, they listen to tons of music tons of the time and music is as important to them as it was for me when I was their age. But to expect a teenager to get excited about a fictional soundstage is just wrong-headed.

To get back to my main point, we attach ourselves to the music from our teenage years so strongly, it may as well be in our bones. Which makes opening up to the new, difficult (even when that new is old although older music is always less threatening). There's always that pang of, it's no Jimi Hendrix (to use a personal reference). The thing to keep in mind is art reflects the time in which its made. Popular and unpopular alike, our current music speaks to our current times. The same holds for most forms of art and expression.

Which is why I try to read about and listen to as much new music as I can. My feeling is, and here's another one of those pet theories, we need to fight against nostalgia when choosing what music we listen to to keep our minds and bodies open to the new. Listening to Physical Graffiti is a blast, don't get me wrong, but I don't want to wallow in it. I don't want to regress back into the smoke-filled 1970s and close my eyes and ears to the now, rejecting our newer musical forms of expression as being less meaningful. By doing so, it becomes so even though its not so.

Source: http://www.audiostream.com/content/importance-new

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Wall Street brawl: Billionaires hurl insults on CNBC

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It was the smackdown heard round the world when billionaires Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman behaved more like bar-room brawlers (complete with expletives like "bull----!") on live television Friday?over their differences about a nutritional-supplements company.

"Our goal here was to shine a light on Herbalife," Pershing Square founder Ackman??said on "Fast Money," referring to the company which he called "a well-managed pyramid scheme."?Ackman has accused Herbalife of luring people, most of them low-income, into a distribution system he calls fraudulent.?

He said Friday on CNBC that the nutritional-supplement company "deserves the highest level of scrutiny." Ackman recently announced that he took a massive short position against Herbalife, essentially betting that the company's stock will tumble.

"Frankly, Carl did me a favor by picking on me,"??he?said?on?CNBC.

"Ackman is a liar," Icahn?said. "He's got one of the worst reputations on Wall Street."?Icahn also accused Ackman of destroying companies by publicly shorting their stocks.

"He's like the crybaby in the schoolyard,"?Icahn?said.

On Friday, Icahn, who has criticized Ackman's much-publicized short in Herbalife, issued a written statement.?"To get the record straight, I never asked Ackman to be my friend," Icahn wrote. "Quite to the contrary, Ackman has stated to me on more than one occasion that it's a shame we are not friends because then he could have invested with me. But, even if we were friends, I would never have invested with him because I believe he takes inordinate risks. HLF I believe proves this point."?

Ackman's?firm?manages?$12 billion in assets.?Carl Icahn, a fellow activist investor and one of the richest men in America,?has?an estimated fortune of nearly $15 billion.

Traders at the New York Stock Exchange punctuated the air with "oohs" and "aahs" during the arguing, while social networks lit up, with financial journalists and market watchers tweeting and posting as fast as their fingers could type.?

The setting was during the final half-hour of CNBC's "Fast Money Halftime Report" with Scott Wapner, who found himself as much of the story as the two participants.

Icahn repeatedly berated Wapner. Icahn insisted he was the one being bullied and on several occasions used the word "bull----" to describe his feelings about the on-air forum.

"I've really sort of had it with this Ackman guy," Icahn said early on.

"Carl, you think I want to you invest with you?" Ackman charged later.

"I wouldn't invest with you if you were the last man on Earth!" Icahn bellowed in an exchange typical of the show's tenor.

At the core of the dispute was Icahn's furor with Ackman over the latter's short position on Herbalife.?In turn, Ackman released a statement Thursday that recalled a legal dispute between the two parties 10 years ago that resulted in Icahn having to pay Ackman's investors $4.5 million plus interest.

While each combatant scored style points during the battle, if the winner was to be declared from the performance of Herbalife, Icahn scored a clear victory.

The company's shares surged as much as $2.15 in the half-hour melee, though gains cooled afterwards.Nearly as importantly, it was great theater.

Twitter lit up, with participants frantically posting updates."Move over Snooki and The Situation.. here comes CNBC's version of "Jerry Springer With Limos" (Hat tip Sir Arthur!!)," investor Doug Kass tweeted.

CNBC's own Jim Cramer, host of "Fast Money," wondered, "Whatever happened to the dignity of wealth!??"And financial news site Business Insider simply labeled it "The Greatest Moment In Financial TV History."

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Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/wall-street-brawl-investment-titans-hurl-insults-cnbc-1C8119011

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P53 mutation hinders cancer treatment response

Jan. 25, 2013 ? Scientists from the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) have discovered the workings of the gene that has been hindering treatment response in cancer patients. This discovery was made after 5 years of studying the mutant form of the p53 gene, the major tumor suppressor in humans, which is generally found mutated in over 50% of all type of human cancers.

The dominant-negative (DN) effect of the mutant p53 gene in cancers was found to affect the outcome of cancer treatment modalities. DN effect is a phenomenon whereby one copy of mutant p53 that exists in cancer cells inhibits the tumor suppressor activity of the other wild-type p53 copy when they co-exist. The result is that a patient may either have poor response or earlier relapse of tumours after their treatment.

The research findings is significant in that it offers hope to improve cancer treatment outcomes by selectively inhibiting mutant p53's DN effect through several methods by generating selective and specific inhibitory molecules specific for some of the common hot-spot p53 point mutations. There are currently no drugs or compounds that can alleviate DN effects of mutant p53.

In order to understand the specific roles of mutant p53 DN properties in regulating acute treatment response and long-term tumourgenesis, a team of five researchers led by NCCS Prof Kanaga Sabapathy, the Principal Investigator in the Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Head of the Division of Cellular & Molecular Research from NCCS, carried out experiments by generating genetically engineered knock-in mouse strains expressing varying levels of mutant p53. The results showed that DN effect is observed after acute p53 activation by a variety of chemotherapeutic drugs and irradiation, thereby affecting anti-cancer treatment. This breakthrough came after five years of intensive research.

It was found that mutant p53 have DN effects in a cell-type and dose-dependent manner, especially during acute p53 activation where p53 levels are elevated. Based on the above observations, efforts to generate specific inhibitors for the common hot spot p53 point mutations are underway. The inhibition of mutant p53 expression in cells carrying a wild-type and mutant p53 alleles can improve response to chemotherapeutic drugs.

In a further study, the researchers also questioned the possibility of the mutant p53 acquiring new functions (or Gain of Function) to drive carcinogenesis, transforming normal cells to cancerous cells. Their investigation comparing cells from genetically engineered mouse strains expressing 2 different types of p53 mutations: the R172H mutation versus the R246S mutation, which showed that Gain of Function (GOF) was found only in the former. This showed that GOF of mutated p53 is specifically dependent on mutation-type but not across all kinds of genetic mutations, highlighting diversity in properties of the different types of p53 mutations, thereby indicating that mutations found in human cancers can behave differently, and thus, need to be carefully assessed prior to treatment.

Thus, the existence of mutant p53 certainly has a negative impact on cancer treatment, whether it is through DN effect or GOF. Prof Sabapathy said that the team is now embarking on more research to determine the possibility of targeting mutant p53 without affecting wild-type p53 in human cells, paving way to clinical trials in the future to test the efficacy on cancer therapeutic response.

The research was supported by grants from the National Medical Research Council of Singapore and the Singapore Millennium Foundation to KS. The publication has been accepted and published by Cell Press, publisher of biomedical journals, in the journal Cancer Cell, on Dec. 10, 2012. Prof Sabapathy also teaches at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School.

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The true mission of an academic advisor: Just say NO! ? Baldscientist

Training research graduate students is tricky, very tricky and there is more than one approach. Graduate students are different than research undergraduates because the former depend on the work they do to graduate, the latter, not so. Usually undergrads spend a couple of years in the lab and then leave. Graduate students need to be more focused so they can complete a project so they can earn their degree. That?s the key term in my book; they have to earn it.

That presents me with a dilemma; you see, I tend to be friendy, that?s my nature. That does not help when I have to say ?NO?, But I say it nonetheless. This is something that I have to do very often, especially with the best students. In my view a good scientist need to be able to do two seemingly opposite things: to stay focused in their project while at the same time try not to fail to see the forest by looking at the trees. Again, the really good ones like looking at the forest, and that?s great, but my main job is then to try to keep them focused.

Part of that is saying ?NO?. ?No? to new projects, ?no?to further explorations, ?no? to new ideas. All of that goes against the grain of my scientific soul. But, I have to do it, as my main duty is to my student. It would be really easy to keep them for longer that they have to; after all, more data usually means more papers. But I cannot bring myself to do that. So it is a kind of paradox. I look after them by being the proverbial ?bad guy?.

This is an acquired trait (don?t write me an email, I don?t mean it like that!). I have been incredibly lucky to have had great advisors who trained me well. Here?s the example of my doctoral advisor, as seen in the post below. He told me once ??if you have never called me and SOB, I am not doing my job.?

I KNOW that I have been called an SOB by some of my students. I just hope that it was called that for the right reasons? (:-)

Note: I originally published the post below in April 2012. Enjoy!

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Why I use planaria in my research

Life has a way of surprising you. If you had asked me ten years ago what type of research I?d be doing now I would probably have said something like biochemistry, which is what I was doing at the time.

If you have never read my blog (in that case, where have you been?), I use flatworms, specifically planarians in my research. These are very interesting critters. I basically use them as animal models in pharmacology due to multiple advantages, but this is a story for some other time.

I knew very little about planarians, as much as any Bio major that has never worked with them would know. I was aware of their regeneration capacities, but not much else.

In 2001 I started my PhD work with Prof. George P. Hess, Cornell University, with a project on the biochemical pharmacology of neurotransmitter transporters. I was in an interesting situation, as I was the ?resident biologist? in the research group of a hard-core physical chemist/biochemist! You see, physical chemists and biochemists (God bless them) usually do not tend to think very highly of biology. Too many moving parts, I guess?(:-)?

I was running a reference search circa 2003-2004 and I found a paper from 2001 published in the European Journal of Pharmacology (EJP). This paper described some aspects of behavioral pharmacology using planarians. I thought that it was pretty cool! I went to George very excited and told him that we should try to use planarians to test some of the compounds that we were working on from a biochemical point of view. Well, George was standing up. At about 6?4? he easily towered over me. He said something like: ?Well, when you have your own laboratory, you can play with them?. Guess what? That is exactly what I did! Incidentally, I try to remind him of this story every chance I get (I know, I?m a meanie). In all fairness, he was right, of course. At that time, if I?d started a project from scratch it would have finished my degree much later. Also, because of it, I was able to take the project with me as a new Assistant Professor. Since then, I have published several papers on planarian pharmacology, my latest one as a coauthor with the researcher who published the 2001 EJP paper!

I feel blessed (or very lucky, depending on your philosophical stance) that I had an advisor who did a great job. Moreover, he did it with my best interests in mind. I?d like to think that I am following his example when I train one of my own research students. Thank you, George.

Source: http://baldscientist.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/the-true-mission-of-an-academic-advisor-just-say-no/

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Vice President, Institutional Resources - HigherEdJobs

Foothill-De Anza Community College District

Vice President, Institutional Resources

Instructions for applying:

APPLICATION PACKET:

1. A District application to be completed at http://www.fhdajobs.net *In the application, you will provide information, which demonstrates your understanding of, sensitivity to, and respect for the diverse academic, socio-economic, ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds, disability, and sexual orientation of community college students, faculty and staff.
2. A cover letter detailing your qualifications/skills/abilities, as they relate to the position.
3. A current resume of all work experience, formal education and training.

If any required application materials are omitted, the committee will not review your application materials.

Application materials not required for this position (including reference letters) will not be accepted.

Documents which can be associated with this posting
Resume
Cover Letter
Other

Job # 13-045

Duties and Responsibilities
The Foothill-De Anza Community College District is currently accepting applications for the management position of Vice President, Institutional Resources, Foothill College.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POSITION INCLUDE:
Under the direction of the college president, the Vice President, Institutional Resources (VPIR) serves as the chief fiscal officer of the College, administers the College budget, as well as business services, including budgeting, accounting, payroll, purchasing, financial reporting, fiscal policies, regulation administration, audits and other services as assigned. The VPIR provides leadership and vision to the college for all phases of financial resources management in alignment with the College's mission, vision, and goals while fostering and creating an environment which strives to project and meet college and student needs. Additionally, the VPIR supervises administrative functions, bookstore operations, capital projects, construction and facilities rentals, and interfaces with the District on behalf of the College.

The following duties and responsibilities are typical but not limited to the following:

Formulate and implement the College resource management plan. Direct the development and control of the College budget. Provide management oversight for accounting, finance and administrative office functions, including review and documentation of procedures. Represent the College with Federal, State, and Local government entities, legal counsel, the District Office, auditors and the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges. Direct and supervise capital outlay projects and construction projects and facilities rentals. Serve on or chair various College and District committees. Assume additional managerial responsibilities as
assigned.

Conditions
Salary Range: $126,847.32-$139,839.72
Full Salary Range: $126,847.32- $162,038.28

Annual salary plus benefits; actual placement is negotiable and is based on applicant's verified education and experience.

Excellent benefits package which includes medical coverage for employee and eligible dependents, dental, vision care, employee assistance program, long term disability, retirement benefits and basic life insurance.

For information on our benefits package that includes medical for employees and dependents, visit our web site: http://hr.fhda.edu/benefits

WORKING CONDITIONS:

1. Hearing and speaking to exchange information in person and on the telephone as well as making presentations.
2. Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and standard office equipment.
3. Seeing to read various materials.
4. Ability to sit, review, and/or edit information on a computer for long periods of time.
5. Manual dexterity for use of office machines and equipment and occasional light lifting.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Full-time, Permanent, 12 months per year.

STARTING DATE: As soon as possible upon completion of the search process.

Persons with disabilities who require reasonable accommodation to complete the employment process must notify Employment Services no later than the closing date of the announcement.

The successful applicant will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the U.S.

The Foothill-De Anza Community College District does not reimburse applicants for travel, lodging or any other costs incurred by applicant to attend interviews. All interviewing costs incurred will be the responsibility of the applicant.

For more information about our application process contact:
Employment Services
Foothill-De Anza Community College District
12345 El Monte Road
Los Altos Hills, California 94022

(650) 949-6217
Email: employment @fhda.edu
http://www.fhda.edu

This position will become Open Until Filled after the initial Closing Date. Any complete applications received while the position is Open Until Filled will be reviewed by the hiring committee only upon committee request.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Understanding of, sensitivity to, and respect for the diverse academic, socio-economic, ethnic, cultural, disability, religious background and sexual orientation of community college students, faculty and staff.
2. Master's degree.
3. One year of formal training, internship, leadership or administrative experience with responsibilities in budget planning and enrollment management.

Campus
Foothill

Terms
12 Month

Salary $126,847.32-$139,839.72

Job Close Date
03-01-2013

Schedule
Full Time
Regular

Knowledge of
In addition, successful candidates will demonstrate the following knowledge and abilities:
1. Working knowledge of all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, and contracts, such as California Education Code, Title 5 Regulations, OSHA Regulations, Federal and State Labor laws, and ability to learn FA, CSEA and ACE Contract provisions.
2. Strong knowledge of finance and accounting practices with emphasis on college resource management.
3. Knowledge of accounting methods and personnel procedures and ability to learn District policies and procedures.
4. Knowledge of information systems, data management and other applicable computer software.
5. Knowledge of personnel management.
6. Knowledge of enrollment management as it pertains to State attendance accounting methods and audit.
7. Understanding of, sensitivity to, and respect for the diverse academic, socio-economic, ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds, disability, and sexual orientation of community college students, faculty and staff.
8. Knowledge of principles and practices of community college business administration, community college finance, automated financial systems, accounting, budgeting, audits and financial operations, Bond management, California Education Code and other codes related to community colleges.
9. Knowledge of the mission of the California Community Colleges; Federal and California legislation, laws, regulations; processes and shared governance
10. Knowledge of principles and practices of capital project management, construction and facility supervision, and ability to implement complex tasks.

Ability to
11. Ability to relate to and effectively communicate with the community, administrators, faculty, staff, students, and the Board of Trustees
12. Ability to cultivate and maintain collegial relationships with those contacted in the course of work, communicate effectively both orally and in writing with the public and the college community and coordinate and facilitate meetings.
13. Ability to provide strategic financial guidance while maintaining transparent and effective systems; supporting the campus community to leverage existing resources and develop new sources of revenue; while leading and modeling a culture of responsiveness and collaboration.
14. Commitment to the highest ethical, professional and personal standards.
15. Proficient as a fair, respectful administrative leader and skilled manager; with proven ability to manage resources, (human, financial and physical), to maximize productivity and assure the highest quality work.
16. Capacity to thrive in an educational environment with a dedication to student success.

To apply, please visit: http://www.fhdajobs.net/applicants/Central?quickFind=179526

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Latest NCAA scandal comes from headquarters

NCAA President Mark Emmert speaks at the organization's annual convention, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, in Grapevine, Texas. Emmert delivered his state of the association address on the second day of the group's convention, where several reform measures are on the agenda in the wake of high-profile scandals. The board could make sweeping changes this week, including rules about communicating recruits. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

NCAA President Mark Emmert speaks at the organization's annual convention, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, in Grapevine, Texas. Emmert delivered his state of the association address on the second day of the group's convention, where several reform measures are on the agenda in the wake of high-profile scandals. The board could make sweeping changes this week, including rules about communicating recruits. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

NCAA President Mark Emmert arrives to speak to reporters at the organization's annual convention, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, in Grapevine, Texas. Emmert delivered his state of the association address on the second day of the group's convention, where several reform measures are on the agenda in the wake of high-profile scandals. The board could make sweeping changes this week, including rules about communicating recruits. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

NCAA President Mark Emmert speaks at the organization's annual convention, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, in Grapevine, Texas. Emmert delivered his state of the association address on the second day of the group's convention, where several reform measures are on the agenda in the wake of high-profile scandals. The board could make sweeping changes this week, including rules about communicating recruits. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? The latest black eye for college sports belongs to the NCAA.

In an embarrassing blow to its watchdog image, the NCAA said Wednesday its enforcement staff had botched the high-profile investigation of the University of Miami by improperly conducting at least two depositions while working with an attorney for disgraced booster Nevin Shapiro. Miami has been under investigation since the convicted Ponzi scheme mastermind said he had provided improper benefits to Hurricanes recruits.

President Mark Emmert said he was disappointed and angry with the misstep, acknowledging he had not seen anything like this since taking the NCAA job 2 1/2 years ago. He said some "people" involved in this case were no longer working for the NCAA, though he declined to say who they were or whether they had been fired.

He said none of the evidence collected improperly would be used against Miami and that the long-awaited notice of allegations would be delayed until after an external review is completed in approximately two weeks.

It was an ugly stumble for the NCAA, coming less than a week after its annual convention resulted in another round of reforms intended to firm up recruiting rules and other guidelines. And it comes as the organization faces more than a half-dozen lawsuits that could reshape how it does business, including one challenging the $60 million in penalties levied against Penn State for the Jerry Sandusky scandal.

"Of course it hurts, any nick to a public perception that's not favorable to begin with is a problem," said Jo Potuto, former chairwoman of the NCAA infractions committee and a constitutional law professor at Nebraska. "The public perception has never been really favorable to the process or the infractions committee and so this is another hit."

Emmert tried to reassure schools that the principle of playing by the rules extends into NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis.

"We can't just say it, we've got to do it," Emmert said. "While I have great confidence in the vast majority of cases, when you have something as candidly dramatic as this, you can't just offer words, you have to demonstrate that you're getting this right. The reason I wanted to get this out is to make sure that this is right. We want to hold ourselves to the same standards we hold others to."

What happens next is anybody's guess.

The external review, which will be conducted by former Justice Department official Kenneth L. Wainstein, a Washington attorney perhaps best known in sports for representing Gilbert Arenas after he brought guns to the Wizards locker room and confronted a teammate.

Wainstein will focus on Miami's case, but he will have the authority to investigate the NCAA's actions in additional cases, too.

The potential list could include the suit brought by former Southern California assistant football coach Todd McNair, who claims the NCAA was "malicious" in its investigation into his role in the benefits scandal surrounding Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Frederick Shaller has already said he was convinced the actions of NCAA investigators were "over the top."

Wainstein also could look into the UCLA case involving freshman Shabazz Muhammad. In December, The Los Angeles Times reported that NCAA investigator Abigail Grantstein had been fired after her boyfriend was allegedly overheard discussing the case on an airplane. The NCAA has not confirmed the firing. The outside review could have potential ramifications, too, in a lawsuit brought by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett in the Penn State case.

This is not unfamiliar ground for the NCAA, and it could be that Emmert fears a lawsuit from Miami no matter how the investigation turns out. Former Washington football coach Rick Neuheisel won a $4.5 million settlement from the NCAA and university in 2005, saying he was wrongly fired for gambling in an NCAA basketball pool and failing to be forthright about it with NCAA investigators. Among other accusations, Neuheisel's attorney said the NCAA failed to provide Neuheisel's legal team with an updated version of its bylaws during discovery.

In this case, Emmert concluded something was wrong in the Miami case last fall when bills for an outside attorney showed up on an expense list, a hiring normally approved by the NCAA's general counsel. Emmert said it was not, and that's what initially caught the attention of those inside the Indy headquarters. He also said the person who had hired the lawyer was no longer working at the NCAA, making it more difficult to get information.

The fallout could lead to additional personnel moves, too, Emmert said.

Miami President Donna Shalala said she was "frustrated, disappointed and concerned" that the NCAA may have compromised the investigation. Potuto said she was surprised, describing the enforcement staff she dealt with as "open-minded" to investigations.

"I don't know about a rogue one or two people, but it is not at all representative of my experience with the enforcement staff people that I dealt with over the years," Potuto said. "Generally we found them (the enforcement staff) to be exceedingly fair to the point that we sometimes thought it impeded forceful investigations."

Just last week, Emmert told The Associated Press he was pleased that the number of salacious and high-profile cases that dominated 2011 -- a list that included the football programs at Miami, Ohio State and Penn State -- had dissipated, though he was cautious about another big scandal popping. Within days, the hoax about Manti Te'o's girlfriend broke, and Emmert was briefing two NCAA committees on the Miami case.

"The NCAA Executive Committee expects the enforcement program to operate within approved procedures and with the highest integrity," said Lou Anna K. Simon, the NCAA's executive committee chair and Michigan State president. "Although we are deeply disappointed in this turn of events, we strongly support the actions President Emmert is taking to address the problem."

What Emmert wants now is answers about how this "severe issue of improper conduct."

"My concern is that the policies and procedures are consistent with our values," Emmert said. "Whether it produces good information or no information, there's no way to cut corners on this. It's a very difficult task, but you don't do things inappropriately."

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