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FILE - In this Tuesday, March 12, 2019 file photo, Buffalo Sabres forward Alexander Nylander (92) skates during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Dallas Stars in Buffalo N.Y. The Chicago Blackhawks have traded defenseman Henri Jokiharju to the Buffalo Sabres for underachieving forward Alex Nylander, Tuesday, July 9, 2019.
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Updated 7/15/2019 6:21 AM
We're still two months away from Chicago Blackhawks training camp, but fans who want to get a look at the future will have five chances to do so this week as the team holds its development camp at Fifth Third Arena.
On-ice sessions are scheduled to run from 1:30-5:05 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, and from 12:30-3:30 on Wednesday. There is a scrimmage set for 9:30 a.m. Friday.
While many eyes will be on Kirby Dach, whom the Hawks selected third overall in June's draft, there are a handful of others who have a chance of cracking the roster this season.
Chief among them are:
• Forward Alex Nylander: Acquired in a trade with Buffalo in exchange for Henri Jokiharju last week, Nylander should be the second-most watched forward behind Dach. Taken eighth overall by the Sabres in 2016, Nylander scored 12 goals in 49 games in the AHL and also scored twice in 12 games for Buffalo last season.
Nylander has only managed to play in 19 NHL games in three years, which is a concern to some considering his lofty draft position. General manager Stan Bowman, though, believes the best is yet to come.
"The thing that's appealing to us is when you look at what he does when he's at his best, it's stuff that you can't teach," Bowman said. "It's high-end talent."
Bowman went on to say consistency has been Nylander's biggest issue.
"We do see progression in his game, and we think we can help him become a consistent performer," Bowman said. "A very exciting skill set that he brings to the table."
• Defenseman Adam Boqvist: Selected eighth overall in 2018, Boqvist racked up 20 goals in 54 regular-season games in the Quebec Juniors and pounded home another 10 in just 11 postseason games. Eight of those came on the power play, many on wicked wrist shots.
The prevailing thought is the 18-year-old needs another year to develop his skills, but he was so impressive last September that it looked for a while like he might make the team.
This is a big week for Boqvist, but we'll really see how far he has come when he's on the ice with Duncan Keith, Connor Murphy, Brent Seabrook and the rest of the 'D' corps in September.
• Defenseman Ian Mitchell: The Hawks are short on right-shot D-men, which might give Mitchell an edge. Taken in the second round (57th overall) in 2017, Mitchell scored 6 goals and had 21 assists in 39 games at the University of Denver last season.
• Defenseman Nicolas Beaudin: He will be an interesting player to watch this season as he likely begins his pro career in Rockford. The 19-year-old has plenty of offensive talent, but he must continue to hone his defensive skills before making the jump to the NHL.
Others to keep an eye on include forwards Mackenzie Entwistle (acquired in the Vinnie Hinostroza trade last year); Philipp Kurashev (29 goals in Quebec Juniors); defensemen Joshua Ess (who is shining at Wisconsin and received rave reviews from coach Tony Granato); Chad Krys (a second-round pick in 2016 who should help anchor the IceHogs' back end); and Alex Vlasic (the 6-foot-6, 200-pound Wilmette native who was taken 43rd overall in June).
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"The City Council is very concerned about the Historic District, but they really don't care about East Orange," said Bob Kirkeby (right) pictured with Dru Whitefeather (left).
By Claire Treu | October 18, 2019
Editors' Note: This dispatch is part of the Voice of OC Youth Media program, working with student journalists to cover public policy issues across Orange County. If you would like to submit your own student media project related to Orange County civics or if you have any response to this work, contact Digital Editor Sonya Quick at [email protected].
Residents are up in arms about the former "Sully Miller" site with over 90 people showing up to the Sept. 24 City Council Meeting.
The majority of speakers oppose development, yet the argument drags on.
The land in question is the former Sully Miller site, at 6145 E. Santiago Canyon Rd. The Milan Investment Group purchased Sully Miller in 2008. Milan and supporters argue for the rezoning of this site, to build 128 new homes. Sully Miller is currently a sand and gravel dump, which some residents argue is impacted by methane gas from the adjacent dump site, is noisy, worsens traffic and is an eye soar. On Tuesday, 67 speakers took the city council podium – 57 opposed rezoning and 10 supported.
This issue is decades old, but "only since Milan bought it has it been bad," said Orange resident Sharon Mulé.
Santiago Creek is a major watercourse, which flooded in 1969. The area is a floodplain and should remain as open space, according to Bob Kirkeby, resident of 62 years. Orange Park Acres (OPA) Association of East Orange members like Kirkeby urge City Council Members to "Just say no!" to rezoning, and claim the project is "Dangerous for Orange."
Milan's "reclamation plan" would be a good thing for Orange, argues representative of Milan, Franklyn Elfend. If the development project does not go on, the land would remain private and fenced for Milan's use, Elfend said.
"No matter how many letters are submitted at the eleventh hour, just for drama's sake, there will be a continued use of the sand and gravel operation," he added.
At the Sept. 24 meeting, multiple residents stated the sand and gravel operation was a way to deliberately annoy neighbors. "When approached about the dumping, Milan's response was 'we will continue to dump here unless you give us what we want,'" said John Reina, 26 year Orange resident.
"It's a mountain of cement that the developer put there on purpose to get everyone to come [to City Council] and say, ew want to get rid of the mountain," said 62 year resident Bob Kirkeby.
Residents who oppose the plan want the dumping to stop and the area to remain as the safety valve for Santiago Creek and it keep it designated as open space.
Milan had previously been meeting with the OPA to negotiate the plan. OPA was excited when Milan brought in a proposal, though after failed attempts of compromise, OPA gave up working with Milan directly, according to OPA present Don Bradley.
"OPA stopped negotiating, because Milan never honestly started," Bradley said.
"We are the tiny attorney generals," said Katrina Kirkeby as she passed out bright orange shirts at the Sept. 24 Orange City Council Meeting.
A few residents spoke in support of the Milan plan, and want the mess to be over.
"There is no other option but to move forward," said Eric Bloom, resident of 23 years.
If the rezoning is approved, Milan has promised to invest $1 million for traffic improvement, $1 million for equestrian trail purposes, $2 million for recreational purposes and $4.1 million for the Greenway trails.
Despite these offers, many residents and the OPA won't budge their opinion. "I don't care how many times you put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig," said resident Gary Wright, who opposes the Milan plan.
Just saying no is not that simple, according to the City Manager, Rick Otto. "By law we need to review," Otto said.
The meeting will continue on Oct. 22, and the city council decision will likely be made the following meeting, according to Otto.
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What are the key features of the Associate Level?
Why are there 10 more modules under the new QP?
Q3. How frequent will the modules of the Associate Level be offered under the new QP?
Q4. Do I need to take the 10 modules of the Associate Level in any specific order? Can I take all 10 modules at one examination session?
What will be the examination format of the 10 modules of the Associate Level?
Q6. I understand students will be awarded a "Certificate of Completion" on successful completion of the Associate Level by exemption or examination or both. Can you tell me more about the Certificate?
Q7. Can I assume that I have obtained a qualification of Hong Kong QF Level 5 upon completion of the Associate Level of the new QP?
Do I need to complete all of the 10 modules of the Associate Level before entering into the Professional Level?
What is cross-level examination enrolment to the Professional Level? What are the "eight or more modules in the Associate Level" mentioned in the Position Paper referring to?
Q10. What are the key features of the Professional Level?
How frequent will the modules of the Professional Level be offered under the new QP?
Do I need to take the four modules of the Professional Level in any specific order? Can I take all four modules at one examination session?
Q13. What will be the examination format of the four modules of the Professional Level?
Q14. What are the key features of the Capstone?
Q15. Is the completion of the Capstone workshops a pre-requisite for sitting the Final Examination?
Q16. How frequent will the Capstone be offered?
Q17. What will be the examination format of the Final Examination of the Capstone?
How can students complete the Capstone Level?
Q19. Do I need to complete all of the modules of the Associate and Professional Levels before entering into the Capstone Level?
Q20. Will there be limit on the number of attempts to complete the modules of the Associate and Professional Levels?
Q21. Will failed attempts at AAT Examination, Professional Bridging Examination ("PBE") and current QP be counted towards the number of attempts for modules under the new QP?
Q22. Will absence from the examination be counted as one attempt under the new QP?
What is the consequence of not completing a particular module at the Associate or Professional Level after four attempts?
I have a degree qualification and have obtained exemption from Modules 1-9 in the Associate Level. What if I passed all Professional Modules but failed Module 10 for four attempts?
Q25. Will there be a limit on the number of attempts to complete the Capstone?
Q26. Is there any time limit of completing the new QP? What is the consequence of not completing the new QP within the time limit?
Q27. What are the transitional arrangements in place for the current QP students partway through their studies?
Q28. Will examinations and workshops be conducted in Mainland China or overseas?
Q29. I am a student sitting the Practising Certificate ("PC") Examinations, are the syllabuses of Modules 13 and 14 applicable to the PC-Business Assurance and PC-Taxation examinations?
Q30. Will certificate be awarded upon completion of the new QP?
Q31. New requirement on Continuing Professional Development ("CPD") has been introduced to long-time QP graduates for membership admission under the new framework. Can you tell me more about the rationale and the requirement?
The Associate Level has 10 modules. It aims to provide students with a foundation of core technical knowledge and application skills for routine professional problems in the areas of accountancy, finance, management accounting, law and auditing to enable their progression to the Professional Level.
While the current QP is open to degree holders, the entry requirement to the new QP is an academic qualification of higher diploma/ associate degree in any discipline pitched at the Hong Kong Qualifications Framework ("QF") Level 4 for entry into the Associate Level (which comprises 10 modules). Individuals with a relevant academic qualification such as recognized accountancy degree could be eligible for exemption of the Associate Level for entry into the Professional Level (which comprises 4 modules), subject to the assessment outcome with a charge of exemption fees.
The Associate Modules will be offered concurrently in two sessions, with examinations held in June and December of each year, starting from June 2020.
Do I need to take the 10 modules of the Associate Level in any specific order? Can I take all 10 modules at one examination session?
Students can select and take the 10 Associate Modules in any order but they can only take a maximum of 5 modules per examination session.
The examinations of the 10 modules of the Associate Level will be three-hour, closed-book examinations (except for Module 10 "Business and Company Law" where open-book examination will be used). The examinations may comprise essay and multiple choice questions which are all compulsory.
I understand students will be awarded a "Certificate of Completion" on successful completion of the Associate Level by exemption or examination or both. Can you tell me more about the Certificate?
The Certificate of Completion indicates the level of competence attained by the students. The qualification attained at the exit of the Associate Level is pitched at the Hong Kong QF Level 5. The institute plans to obtain official recognition of this exit qualification through accreditation as an assessment agency in awarding professional qualifications recognized under the QF.
Can I assume that I have obtained a qualification of Hong Kong QF Level 5 upon completion of the Associate Level of the new QP?
The qualification attained at the completion of the Associate Level of the new QP has been pitched against HKQF Level 5. However, this is not yet officially validated and recognized under the QF. The institute plans to obtain official recognition of this exit qualification through accreditation as an assessment agency in awarding professional qualifications recognized under the QF.
Yes, students must complete the Associate Level before entering into the Professional Level except for those students with degree qualification who have been granted exemption for eight or more modules in the Associate Level upon initial student registration. Cross-level examination enrollment to the Professional Level is allowed in this case.
Cross-level examination enrolment refers to a situation where students with degree qualification who have been granted exemption for 8 or more modules in the Associate Level upon initial student registration are allowed to take Professional Modules together with the outstanding Associate Module(s).
What are the key features of the Professional Level?
The Professional Level has four modules. It aims to equip students with the technical knowledge and practical skills in core areas necessary for a professional accountant at entry level. This requires developing an understanding of relevant concepts, principles and techniques, the ability to apply them in realistic professional settings, and the exercise of judgment in evaluating complex issues and advising on the most appropriate treatment.
The Professional Modules will be offered concurrently in two sessions, with examinations held in June and December of each year, starting from December 2020.
Students can select and take the four Professional Modules in any order. A maximum of two modules can be taken in the first attempt with no restriction on the number of module enrolments for resit.
What will be the examination format of the four modules of the Professional Level?
The examinations of the four modules of the Professional Level will be three-hour, open-book examinations. The examinations may comprise a case study and essay questions which are all compulsory.
The Capstone aims to develop students' ability to integrate and apply knowledge and skills from the technical modules and from practical experience. It will also further develop the enabling competences. The focus is on the ability to deal competently with professional type situations, involving the integration and application of knowledge and skills from any part of the syllabus, across all fields of technical and enabling competence. Emphasis is also added on students' ethical training.
The Capstone is integrated and comprises a three full-day face-to-face workshops supplemented with interactive online materials and a Final Examination.
Is the completion of the Capstone workshops a pre-requisite for sitting the Final Examination?
Full attendance of the Capstone workshops is a pre-requisite for sitting the Final Examination.
The Capstone will be held twice a year in June and December, starting from June 2021.
What will be the examination format of the Final Examination of the Capstone?
The Final Examination will be a 4.5-hour (including 0.5 hour reading time) open-book examination. Students are expected to integrate technical knowledge and professional skills across all areas of accounting and related fields in the analysis and solution of complex professional problems.
Completion of the Capstone Level requires meeting the overall assessment of the three full-day workshops and the Final Examination. Students who fail to pass the overall assessment will be required to retake the Capstone.
Yes, students must complete both Associate and Professional Levels before advancement to the Capstone Level.
Will there be limit on the number of attempts to complete the modules of the Associate and Professional Levels?
Yes, students must complete each module of the Associate and Professional Levels within four attempts. An attempt is recorded when a student physically attended or was absent for the examination.
Will failed attempts at AAT Examination, Professional Bridging Examination ("PBE") and current QP be counted towards the number of attempts for modules under the new QP?
No, failed attempts at AAT Examination, PBE and current QP will not be counted towards the number of attempts for modules under the new QP.
Will absence from the examination be counted as one attempt under the new QP?
Yes, absence from the examination will be counted as one attempt in the number of allowable attempts for Associate and Professional Modules.
Students who cannot complete a particular module after four attempts at the Associate or Professional Level are required to retake all the modules in the respective level again as any previous examination pass results at that level will be removed. Retake of passed workshops at the Professional Level is not required. However, the module exemption status and the cross-credit arrangement will remain status quo.
The four-attempt examination rule applies to a particular level; therefore examinations passed at the Professional Level will not be affected. In this case, students are only required to retake Module 10 while the module exemption status for Modules 1-9 will remain valid.
No, there will not be any restriction on the number of attempts to complete the Capstone.
Is there any time limit of completing the new QP? What is the consequence of not completing the new QP within the time limit?
Yes, students must complete the Capstone within 10 years from the date of first registration as a QP student. Those who fail to do so will be removed from the student register, and all previous examination pass results will be permanently removed. For the module exemptions previously granted, they can only be retained provided that the students register again as a QP student within two years from the date of removal.
What are the transitional arrangements in place for the current QP students partway through their studies?
current QP will not be required to attend the workshop of the corresponding Professional Module(s) of the new QP.
required to take the Capstone of the new QP.
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WNY Congressman endorses Trump
Posted: Feb 26, 2016 / 04:05 AM EST / Updated: Feb 26, 2016 / 09:39 PM EST
A Western New York Congressman has decided to climb on the Donald Trump bandwagon before Super Tuesday after he announced his endorsement of Trump.
The last days leading up to next Tuesday's 11 presidential primaries could be crucial for GOP candidates Marco Rubio to de-rail frontrunner Trump.
Congressman Chris Collins, from the Buffalo suburb of Clarence, is a "mainstream Republican," and this week became the first sitting member of Congress to formally put their name behind the billionaire's bid for the White House.
Collins told the Buffalo News that Trump has "the guts and the fortitude," to take on America's enemies, restore jobs and re-establish the American Dream.
He previously endorsed Jeb Bush before he ended his campaign last weekend.
Collins represents the 27th District in Western New York.


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Setting the Record Straight on Negotiating Your Salary
Get the package you deserve.
Amy Gallo
You got the job. Now you've just got to settle the details, in particular how much you'll get paid. If you're like many people this gives you a pit in your stomach and sends you straight to the Internet (or a friend or a mentor) for advice. Are you supposed to negotiate no matter what they offer? Should you start with a really high number knowing you'll have to come down? Do they expect you to play hardball to demonstrate you've got negotiating chops? The trouble is that there is a lot of conflicting advice out there.
We asked readers (and our own editors) what advice they hear most often on negotiating a salary and then talked with two experts to get their perspectives on whether the conventional wisdom holds up in practice and against research.
1. "Don't ever name a figure, even if they ask. Instead wait for them to give the first number and negotiate from there."
Deepak Malhotra, a professor in the Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit at Harvard Business School, says that it's a reasonable question for a potential employer to ask and it's in your best interests to answer it. "If there is too great a discrepancy between what you think you deserve (or can get elsewhere) and their expectations regarding what you should be paid, it is better to uncover this and try to reconcile the differences in expectations," he says.
Both Malhotra and Jeff Weiss, a partner at Vantage Partners, a consultancy specializing in corporate negotiations, and author of the HBR Guide to Negotiating, point to research that suggests that there is great benefit to making the opening offer in a negotiation. "It can be a good thing to set the tone," says Weiss. And you may also be able to nudge them upward if you can justify a "higher number than the one they would have started with," says Malhotra.
15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer
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Deepak Malhotra
The author, a professor of negotiation at Harvard Business School, offers 15 specific pieces of advice for job candidates.
However, what matters is less about who goes first in a negotiation and more about how you approach the conversation. "Too many salary discussions are just 'offer-counteroffer' games. But that's just a sure-fire way to end up with a number you won't be happy with," Weiss says. This does not mean that you want to talk about salary too early, warns Malhotra. It can be awkward if it's one of the first things you bring up and it's also "somewhat risky if you end up asking for too little." His advice? Learn as much as you can—before and during the interview process—so that you can answer the question appropriately, if and when asked.
"If, despite all of this, you find yourself feeling quite unprepared to answer the question, you can honestly tell the other side this," says Malhotra. It's OK to say that you need more information, such as about what the role will be, before you answer.
Besides, your alternative to answering the question is refusing to. "That can make you seem difficult or unprepared," says Malhotra. It goes without saying that you don't want to look like a jerk. As he wrote in his article, "15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer," "People are going to fight for you only if they like you. Anything you do in a negotiation that makes you less likable reduces the chances that the other side will work to get you a better offer."
2. "Do your research and find out what other people with your title make in the company, or in the industry."
You should do as much research as possible. "Search the Internet, use your network, go to your career development office or a trade association, if there is one," says Weiss. There is lots of information out there that will help you piece together what people are making at the company," says Weiss.
Reach out to people who work at the company through LinkedIn, Facebook, or Twitter and ask them what people make there. You might think this is an inappropriate question but in a recent HBR survey, 27% of respondents said that if asked, they would tell a job candidate how much they make. Of those who worked in education, government, and law, 48%, 44%, and 37% respectively said they would share that information with an applicant.
Of course, there may be limits to what you can find out, and there's nothing wrong with that. Come prepared to the conversation with a list of the information that would be helpful to you in determining what a fair salary is. "It's OK to ask questions that put the onus on the employer to gather more information," says Weiss. You can inquire, "What is the typical salary range for a position like this one?" or "What do people with my same qualifications and years of experience make?"
It's also helpful to find out what limitations your hiring manager is working with. Malhotra writes, "they may have certain ironclad constraints, such as salary caps, that no amount of negotiation can loosen. Your job is to figure out where they're flexible and where they're not." Some companies may have a cohort of employees at the same level whom they have to pay the same. But they may be flexible on other things like signing bonus or vacation time. "The better you understand the constraints, the more likely it is that you'll be able to propose options that solve both sides' problems," says Malhotra.
3. "Don't accept the first offer — they expect you to negotiate and salary is always negotiable."
"That's just not true," says Weiss. Sure, much of the time there is an opportunity to negotiate, but some hiring managers genuinely give you the only number they can offer. The best way to find out, says Weiss, is to inquire. And don't just say, "Is that number negotiable?" but dig into what went into calculating the figure. Weiss suggests asking: Where did the number come from? What did you count as my years of experience? "There are many companies that don't want you to negotiate but that doesn't mean you don't come back with questions," he says. "If an offer is made, there is an opportunity to explore and expand it."
But don't negotiate just to negotiate, advises Malhotra. "Resist the temptation to prove that you are a great negotiator," he writes. "If something is important to you, absolutely negotiate. But don't haggle over every little thing. Fighting to get just a bit more can rub people the wrong way — and can limit your ability to negotiate with the company later in your career, when it may matter more."
4. "Play hardball because it shows you're good at negotiating."
"If hardball means you're well prepared, you come to the table with creative ideas, you negotiate with discipline, and you don't roll over when pushed, then, yes, play hardball," says Weiss. On the other hand, if it means making threats and banging the table, forget it. "You might win, but you also might piss a bunch of people off," he says.
A smarter strategy, says Malhotra, is to think about what you feel you deserve and be prepared to explain why that is "the appropriate or fair amount." Tell the story that goes with that number. "Far from playing hardball, you should be in the business of making their life easier," he says. Think about how the hiring manager will be able to justify the amount you've requested to his boss or to HR. "Work with them to come up with creative solutions," he advises.
5. (Corollary to #4) "If you're a woman, don't play hardball because you'll look too aggressive."
"There are very few contexts where the person hiring you wants to see you play hardball—whether you are a man or a woman," says Malhotra. And Weiss agrees: "It might be more acceptable for men to rant and rave and make threats but I don't think that's good behavior for anyone."
That's not to say that women and men are on a level playing field. In fact, women are more hesitant to negotiate job offers precisely because they are treated differently. Research has shown that women are nervous about negotiating for higher pay because advocating for themselves presents a socially difficult situation for them. "Tragically, women do face greater potential backlash than do men when they try to negotiate for higher salaries," says Malhotra. These risks may be mitigated only when "the other side sees the negotiator—man or woman—as being fair-minded, empathetic, collaborative, and well-prepared to discuss not only what is appropriate, but how best to achieve it."
6. "Don't just focus on the money. Think about the overall package."
Many people think about a job negotiation as being about one number, but it's not. It's about the overall package: who you work for, what kind of training you'll have, when you'll start, etc. "Companies sometimes won't budge on the dollar amount," says Weiss. "But you can get a lot of value by asking for things that don't cost much." And often, says Malhotra, these other aspects of the job are where your satisfaction with the job will lie.
"Don't get fixated on money. Focus on the value of the entire deal: responsibilities, location, travel, flexibility in work hours, opportunities for growth and promotion, perks, support for continued education, and so forth," writes Malhotra. To figure out what specific aspects you want to negotiate, first think about what you want. Weiss advises exploring your interests behind the number. For example, if you want to make $75,000 at your job, ask yourself why. Is it because you want to travel or save up to eventually go back to school? If so, perhaps you would take less if the job allowed you to travel and came with a tuition reimbursement.
There are benefits that come at an additional cost to the company (e.g. a higher signing bonus), those that don't cost anything (e.g. a flexible work schedule or rotations within the company), and those that have a price but are already existing benefits and therefore don't cause trouble for the person you're negotiating with (e.g. tuition reimbursement, participating in training). Things in the latter two categories are likely to be easier requests than the first and you shouldn't hesitate to ask for them. With those in the first bucket, think carefully about how many requests you make.
Of course, even if you are able to create a sweeter deal for yourself with the overall package, the number still matters. "The salary you accept sets a baseline for the future — it's often what your bonus is calculated on and is the basis for the raises you'll get in the years to come," says Weiss. So it's worth getting to a number you feel good about.
But, if at the end of the day, you still haven't reached your ideal number, don't beat yourself up, or walk away necessarily. "Salaries are often renegotiable," points out Weiss. "If you can't get to the dollar amount you want today, keep in mind that you'll be even more persuasive six or twelve months into the job when you've proven yourself."
If you love the job and you want it, there is no question you should negotiate with the above principles in mind. But if you're $10K shy of your request, don't obsess over it. Instead, says Weiss: "Go in, be indispensable, and then negotiate a raise."
Read more on Compensation and benefits or related topics Negotiating skills, Negotiation strategies and Career planning
Amy Gallo is a contributing editor at Harvard Business Review, cohost of the Women at Work podcast, and the author of two books: Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People) and the HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict. She writes and speaks about workplace dynamics. Watch her TEDx talk on conflict and follow her on LinkedIn.
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George James Adams (February 17, 1811 – January 17, 1888) was an American textile manufacturer and agent, as well as a copper mine operator, from Rhode Island. He purchased the freedom of Bethany Veney and her son, Joe, in 1858, and moved them north from Virginia to Providence, Rhode Island. Adams was an abolitionist, who supported The Liberator and was a member of city and state Anti-Slavery Societies.

Early life
Born on February 17, 1811, in Bristol, Rhode Island, George James Adams was the son of Sarah Martindale and Captain James Harvey Adams (born 1775). His mother, born Sarah (Sally) M. W. Waldron, was married to Captain Adams in Bristol, Rhode Island in 1808. She was previously married to James Martindale of Bristol, Rhode Island. She died in 1834.

Career
At some point in his career, he was employed at the Adams Print Works at Fiskeville, Rhode Island, the Kent Print Works in East Greenwich, the Clyde Bleaching and Print Works, and the Bristol Print Works.

Around 1836, Adams was an associate at the Arkwright Cotton Mills at Fiskeville. From 1848 to 1854, the was the chief agent at Narragansett Print Works in East Greenwich. From 1856 to 1882, he was treasurer of the Greenwich Print Works. From the 1860s to the 1870s, he worked at the Orion Cotton Mills in Providence. He was part-owner of the Rhode Island Beach and Dye Works, Adams and Butterworth, in Providence. Adams was a cotton broker.

In the 1850s, he and J. Butterworth were copper mining speculators, who reopened a mine near Stony Man Mountain.

In Virginia, he employed Bethany Veney, an African American enslaved woman, who was owned by David McCoy who needed to sell property to cover his gambling debts. After consulting with his wife and her sister Sarah, Adams purchased her and her son Joe on December 27, 1858, for $775 () and freed them. They moved to Adam's house in Providence, where she was a domestic servant for a time. Veney was the author of the Aunt Betty's Story: The Narrative of Bethany Veney, A Slave Woman (1889).

Abolitionist
Adams was an abolitionist who communicated with Thomas P. Richmond about the insurrection on the slave ship La Amistad in 1839 and slave uprisings. He was an officer and director of the Rhode Island Anti-Slavery Society and was a secretary of the Union Anti-Slavery Society in Fiskeville. He also supported The Liberator.

Personal life
Adams married Mary Hodges Brown, who was born in 1814. They had three or more children, Sarah M., George H., and John B. Adams. Around 1865, Adams purchased the house at 10 Cushing Street in the College Hill Historic District in Providence. His wife Mary was ill in 1873 and Bethany Veney returned to the Adam's family to nurse her friend. Mary died that year after which Veney returned to Worcester. Adams married for a second time to Cornelia Dean, who was born in 1827 and died in 1900.

He had interests in ships, electricity, phrenology, epidemiology, animal magnetism, and mesmerism. Adams died at the age of 76 on January 17, 1888, in Rhode Island. He is also said to have died in 1889.

The George James Papers, containing personal and professional correspondence and other papers, are held at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

See also
 Hannah Adams, half-sister of Captain James Hervey Adams

References

1811 births
1888 deaths
People from Providence, Rhode Island
Cotton industry
American abolitionists

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Neighborhood argument leaves one dead after man run over by van
A 42-year-old man died after being hit by a delivery van on De Ververt in Wijchen on Tuesday evening. The police later forced the van off the road in Beuningen and arrested the driver.
The driver and victim got into an argument in a residential neighborhood in Wijchen, according to Omroep Gelderland. "After that, the collision took place, but we are still investigating what exactly happened," a police spokesperson said to the broadcaster.
The victim died at the scene and the driver took off. The van was spotted in Beuningen a short time later, where the police forced it off the road and arrested the driver. At this stage, nothing is known about the driver's identity. He is suspected of involvement in the fatal hit-and-run.
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History of the ABP
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The American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) was founded in 1933 to raise the standards of pediatric care and help bring clarity and order to a time period when anyone could say they were a pediatrician without completing any requirements at all.
The ABP found its purpose as physicians began to recognize the need for standards of training and care. With each passing decade, the ABP has evolved to meet the changing world of pediatrics and the needs of young patients — with physician testing moving from oral exams, to written exams, and now, computer-based formats. Today, the ABP also focuses on a rigorous Maintenance of Certification program, intended to ensure that pediatricians are staying current, engaged in lifelong learning, and upholding the highest standards of medical practice for children.
The ABP Is Born
In the first few decades of the 20th century, specialization did not necessarily involve training, and there were no legal or medical requirements for it, though medical schools were beginning to organize themselves into departments and offer residency programs. The American Medical Association (AMA) would list its members as they requested, so anyone could declare himself a surgeon, internist, or pediatrician.
Enough concerns were raised about this self-selection that specialty boards began to emerge, including the American Board of Ophthalmology (1916), American Board of Otolaryngology (1924), American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (1930), and American Board of Dermatology and Syphilology (1932).
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) formed in 1931, but its founders did not consider themselves a specialty. They talked about the need for certification by a specialty board at their very first meeting. After a year and a half of study, a newly appointed Committee on Medical Education considered and rejected several options, including adopting the European model of governmental control, having the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) take on the task or having the medical schools oversee the issue.
The committee report to the AAP Executive Committee envisioned that the Board would be created by the three national pediatric organizations: the AAP, the American Pediatric Society, and the AMA Section on Pediatrics. Each group would appoint members and be autonomous, making its own rules for examination and certification.
These standards and policies remain in place today.
Examination Process Evolves
The ABP's inaugural meeting was in January 1934, with a charter that set forth three tasks: reviewing accreditation of training programs, developing criteria for those to be certified, and examining applicants.
Five months later, in June, the first ABP examination was administered. The exam was oral, and much less formal and structured than what it eventually became. The number of candidates increased beyond the nine-member Board's capabilities, and official examiners began to be appointed.
Today, exam development follows a very rigorous process, and can take 18 months to two years to complete and ensure that the exam is valid and reliable. Pediatricians and subspecialists are involved in every step of the process:
Determining content to be covered
Writing the questions
Selecting and approving the exam
Analyzing the results
Setting the required passing standard
A rigorous process ensures that test content:
Is related and relevant to the practice or discipline
Covers areas where knowledge is needed to effectively perform the job
Reliably produces consistent and stable results
Subspecialties Evolve
Subspecialties in pediatrics began emerging in the 1930s and 1940s, starting as clinics within medical schools. Subspecialty certification began at the ABP with Pediatric Cardiology in 1961, followed by Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Pediatric Nephrology, and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine in 1974.
By 2019, the ABP awards certificates in General Pediatrics and 15 pediatric subspecialties.
Certificates also are awarded in conjunction with other specialty boards.
Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
Originally, once they passed the initial exam, pediatricians were certified for life. In time, the Board recognized that a single exam at the start of a career does not serve to demonstrate ongoing competence over a lifetime of rapidly changing medical practice. In 1988, the Board began requiring recertification exams every seven years. In 2000, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) partnered with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to adopt six core competencies for physicians. These competencies became the foundation of improvements in initial certification and in MOC, which emerged in 2003. In 2006, MOC was redesigned to extend the secure exam cycle to 10 years, and add demonstration of self-assessment and quality improvement activities every five years. As medical specialties and subspecialties continue to emerge and grow, it is increasingly important to find additional ways to assess physician competence.
Other processes that have evolved include:
Performance Improvement Modules (PIMs): PIMs, web-based tools that enable pediatricians to implement improvements in clinical care using quality improvement methods, were developed in many areas, including health literacy of patients and parents, safe prescription writing, and combating childhood obesity.
Pediatrics Milestone Project: This project identified behavioral descriptors for each of the 48 competencies under the six core domains. This project was a response to the decade of struggle that resulted from attempts to teach and assess these competencies. In an effort to advance the field, ABMS member boards in 2009 partnered with ACGME in the Milestone Project. The milestones for a given competency are descriptive markers of performance levels along a developmental continuum from a novice or early medical student to a master clinician who is years into practice. The milestones help peers and supervisors assess trainees performing a specific task or competency such as "gathering essential and accurate information about a patient." Additionally, they serve as a learning roadmap for trainees who can look at the descriptions of behaviors at each next step along the continuum and set their goals accordingly.
Data Collection: As a service commitment to the broader pediatric medical community, ABP collects and updates workforce data, which is useful for training program planning and child health advocacy.
Looking ahead, the ABP remains true to its mission by continuing to evaluate the effectiveness of assessing pediatricians' competence in core areas. The ABP also works to improve the standards of certification by examining the current testing model and considering ways to encourage continuous improvement in the quality of pediatric care.
At the ABP, we know that children are some of the most vulnerable patients and deserve the best possible care. We consider a healthier child to be the true measure of our success, treated by outstanding physicians who continue to meet standards of excellence.
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Famous for Mount Rushmore and its open terrain, South Dakota also is home to some top-notch colleges. The University of South Dakota and South Dakota State University are the two biggest of the six (6) state schools, all of which are overseen by the South Dakota Board of Regents. Private schools, technical institutions, community colleges, and of course tribal colleges, round out the rest of South Dakota's higher education structure. The list of the schools collectively offer a wide range of coursework ranging from undergraduate and graduate levels. Online programs appeal to folks who have hectic work schedules or difficult family commitments by enabling to advance their education from their own computer without having to travel to the classroom. Most of South Dakota's academic institutions have embraced web-based learning and have integrated this into their curriculum.


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Merck EPM Round Table | 2015 AAEP Convention
By EquiManagement | March 9, 2016 | 2 minutes read
We invite you to sit in while a panel of experts discusses EPM in a closed setting during the 2015 AAEP Convention. This EPM Round Table was designed to bring to light the state-of-the-industry in understanding the disease, prevention, diagnosis and treatment. The EPM Round Table is brought to you from EquiManagement and is sponsored by Merck Animal Health.
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Moderator:Steve Reed, DVM, DACVIM, a shareholder in Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky. DVM from The Ohio State University. Internship & Internal Medicine Residency Michigan State University (1976-79), DACVIM. Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital, 2150 Georgetown Road, Lexington, KY 40511; 859-233-0371.
Rob McKay, BVSc(Dist), DACVIM, PhD, is a professor at the University of Florida in the departments of Large Animal Clinical Sciences and Large Animal Internal Medicine. He received his BVSc(Dist) from Massey University in New Zealand in 1975, his DACVIM in 1981, and his PhD while at the Department of Pathology at the University of Florida in 1981. [email protected]; University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, PO Box 100136, 2015 SW 16th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32608-0136; 352-392-2229.
Amy L. Johnson, DVM, DACVIM (LAIM & Neurology) is an Assistant Professor of Large Animal Medicine and Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. She received her DVM from Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2003 and performed an internship at B.W. Furlong and Associates in Oldwick, New Jersey. Subsequently, she completed two residency programs, becoming a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in Large Animal Internal Medicine (Cornell, 2007) and Neurology (University of Pennsylvania, 2011). University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine, Dept. of Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, 382 West Street Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348; 610-925-6283; [email protected].
Monica Aleman, MZV, PhD, DACVIM, in an Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of California, Davis, College of Veterinary Medicine. She received her MZV (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) in 1991 from the Autonomous University of Mexico, her PhD In Comparative Pathology in 2004 from UC Davis, and her DACVIM in 2013. She received her PhD in neuromuscular disorders in equines and has completed two residency programs (Large Animal Internal Medicine – equine emphasis; and Neurology/Neurosurgery). UC Davis, 2108 Tupper Hall, Davis, CA 95616; 530-752-1363; [email protected].
Nicola Pusterla, DrMedVeT, MedVet, DACVIM, is a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine. In 1994 he received his Dr med vet Veterinary Medicine from the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. In 1991 he received his Med Vet Veterinary Medicine from that same university. University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, 3109 Tupper Hall, Davis, CA 95616; [email protected].
Wendy Vaala, VMD, DACVIM, Sr. Technical Equine Services Veterinarian, Merck Animal Health, received her VMD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1980. She served at that university and in private practice until 2004, when she joined Merck. [email protected].
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Nicole Robertson, Tiffany Anderson, Angela Liddie
Assessment of African American Spirituality
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According to the Pew Research Center, African Americans are more religious than the US population as a whole (Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, 2009). For African Americans, spirituality has been correlated with a wide range of outcomes that enhance psychological well-being (Boyd-Franklin 2003; Boyd-Franklin, 2010; Bowen-Reid, 2002; Mattis & Watson, 2008; Blakey, 2016).
The African American community is very heterogeneous in terms of its religious affiliations. Thus, one challenge with assessing spirituality is finding measures that would be useful across different religions and denominations. A second challenge has been the relative absence of African Americans in the assessment literature; there is limited empirical research regarding the reliability of current spiritual assessments with African Americans. The purpose of this study is to examine the psychometric utility of scores on the ASPIRES from African-Americans in comparison to scores from other ethnic groups.
Participants were obtained via Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) and the sample was divided into three groups: African Americans (N=76), Caucasian (N=759) and other (N=149). Subjects completed the Assessment of Spiritual Transcendence and Religious Sentiments (ASPIRES) (Piedmont, 2010), The Purpose in Life Test (Crumbaugh, 1968), the Delighted-Terrible Scale (Andrews and Withey, 1969), Affect Balance Scale (ABS) (Bradburn, 1969), and the IPIP 50 (Goldberg, 1992).
African Americans were compared with Caucasians and the Other race group (those indicating Arab, Asian, Hispanic, Mixed, or other) via a one-way ANOVA. Initial findings indicated that African Americans scored significantly higher than Caucasians and the Other race group on Prayer-Fulfilment, Universality, Religious Involvement, and Religious Crisis. In examining Africa n American responses to the ASPIRES, results indicated the scores were reliable with alphas >= .70 with the exception of the Connectedness scale which had an alpha of .64, which is high for this scale (the normative alpha is .51). A factor analysis of scores extracted three factors and rotated them using an orthogonal procrustean rotation that employed normative loadings as the target matrix. Congruence coefficients indicated significant fit, supporting the hypothesis that African Americans psychologically understand the items in ways consistent with normative findings. A series of hierarchical regression analyses indicated that the ASPIRES scales evidenced significant incremental validity over personality for predicting all of the outcome variables.
Conclusions: 1) Higher mean scores on the ASPIRES in contrast to other ethnic groups underscores the salience of spirituality for African Americans. 2) That the ASPIRES scale was factorially identical to normative data demonstrated that Spiritual Transcendence is understood in similar ways across ethnic groups. 3) Evidence of incremental validity shows the ASPIRES scales to provide unique insights into how African Americans create ultimate meaning in their lives. The pattern of results was similar to findings with other ethnic and denominational groups. 4) These findings support spirituality, as measured by the ASPIRES, to be a universal dimension of the human experience which transcends racial, ethnic, or cultural differences.
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ANEC leader Olga Alcaraz Andrade and Javier Montoya. Photo by Ethan Bien.
Agroecology is more than just a set of farming practices. Sustainable inputs and techniques are very much a part of the equation, but agroecology also involves a fundamental rebalancing of authority, with active conversations between farmers and technical experts that occur in specific cultural and ecological contexts. Call me a feminist (please), but in my mind, that only works when women's voices are front and center in those dialogues and decisions.
One of the key messages in a recent report, Agroecological Transition in Mexico: ANEC's Journey to a Better Food and Farm System, is the importance of meeting farmers where they are, rather than attempting to impose solutions. And in Mexico, as elsewhere, many of those farmers are women. The Asociación Nacional de Empresas Comercializadoras de Productores del Campo (ANEC) has successfully brought small and medium-scale farmers growing corn and other commercial crops into agroecology by listening to the problems they are actually facing and working with them to find new solutions. In some cases, that has meant finding ways to reduce input costs; in others, it was finding safer alternatives to agrochemicals.
But the mission of agroecology is not just to substitute one input for something cheaper and more sustainable. It is also to build participatory structures so that farmers and technical experts can together learn what makes sense in each situation. That "dialogue of knowledge" is a central component of the ANEC approach, and it has led to some unexpected initiatives, including a new recognition of women as central actors in farming and rural economies.
That shared learning occurs all over the world in ways that challenge not just cropping techniques, but fundamental power structures. In Women at the Center of Climate Friendly Approaches to Agriculture and Water Use, IATP's Shiney Varghese documented the experience of the Tamil Nadu Women's Collective in India. This group began working together to stop violence against women, and along the way, recognized the need to form their own organization and determine their own pathways to personal, political and economic empowerment. They used the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) as one step in that process, making it their own agroecological practice through constant experimentation and knowledge exchanges. Their approach enhanced women's incomes and active participation in the organization, helping it to grow and take on new challenges including opposing environmentally destructive sand mining and successfully fielding candidates for local political offices.
Olga is an important ANEC leader at the national and international levels too, but of course the journey isn't over. ANEC recognizes that one of its biggest challenges is to better include women – as well as youth – in its organizational structure. According to the report on ANEC's agroecology program, women currently represent 20 percent of the organization's overall membership and 16 percent of the farmers participating in its agroecology program. ANEC does have some promising initiatives, such as favoring the recruitment of women in its hiring and new programs to involve women in rural communities in the ACCI/MICI approach. How to make progress on that front is a central dilemma that ANEC's leadership (including Olga) is working to resolve.
That progress will occur within a potentially difficult political context. The news that even progressive presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would name a proponent of industrial agriculture to head Mexico's Ministry of Agriculture is discouraging. Under structural adjustment programs first imposed by the World Bank in the 1980s, followed by trade liberalization under NAFTA and a raft of neoliberal reforms in the 1990s and 2000s, Mexican agriculture has come to mirror many of the problems in U.S. agriculture: huge shift away from family farms toward industrial agriculture; the absence of effective programs to combat volatile crop prices and weather patterns; and dietary shifts toward processed foods and meat that contribute to increasing obesity rates. In Mexico, as families were displaced from their farms, poverty among female-headed households increased, and many women turned to work in maquilas or became farmworkers, where they were paid an average of 25 percent less than men.
As in the U.S., it's hard to be optimistic about the prospect of positive changes in farm, food and trade policies at the federal level, yet there are important local initiatives all around. In the short term, it may be that the best we can hope for is damage control, such as holding off harmful changes in NAFTA that would expand trade in agricultural biotechnology, limit consumers' right to know and undermine efforts to address unfair dumping of farm goods at below the cost of production.
In the long term, what matters is building on progress among movements at the local level to force changes in federal policies, in both the U.S. and Mexico. Those changes are not just about which fertilizer or pesticide to use (although of course those decisions do matter), but how to build democracy, women's rights and the right to food into our economies and food systems. Even in the disastrous current political situation, experiences like those in ANEC and the Tamil Nadu Women's Collective offer rays of hope and inspiration.


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Declare Bawku Conflict As Ended
The overlord of the Bawku traditional area Zug Ran Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, has called on the government and the security agencies in-charge of arbitration in the Bawku conflict to as a matter of urgency openly declare the conflict as ended.
He believes declaring the conflict as ended will allow residents in the area to openly associate with one another in peace. According to him "the current peace appears to be holding".
This was contained in a speech read on his behalf at the 14th annual celebration of the Zekula festival in Kulungungu in the Pusiga district of the Upper East region under the theme: Sustaining our culture heritage for peace and development.
The Zekula festival which literally translates as 'Togetherness Festival' is an annual homecoming for the entire Bissa speaking people both home and abroad and it is aimed at promoting peace and unity among Bissas.
The overlord congratulated the BISSA community for promoting peace and harmony in the traditional area.
In attendance was the Minister for Information, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid who is son of the region and a Bissa. He assured the people of government's support in all sectors of the economy especially in education and urged parents to invest heavily in the education of their children.
He added that the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is interested in peace building and has through him [Information Minister] sent his congratulatory message to the people of Bawku for maintaining peace in the area.
National Chairman of the Bissa Association, Seidu Ayuuba, called for infrastructural development in the area. He specifically called on government to make the site where Kwame Nkrumah was bombed in Kulungugu in 1963 more attractive to tourists.
As side attraction, different cultural troops exhibited their talents from the spirit of oneness and the promotion of their culture heritage with passion. These included horse dancing moves controlled by horse riders.
The Bissa people are known for cultivating large quantities of groundnuts which forms about 70% of Ghana's export of groundnuts. In order to show their love for groundnut production, the groundnuts were used to make necklaces, waist beads, bracelets, head gears, shoulder beads and other ornaments for all ages during the festival.
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