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Diana Ross Makes a Gracious Return With New Album 'Thank You'
It's her first album in 15 years.
With a successful music career that spans over six decades, Diana Ross, 77, has nothing to prove. On her 25th studio album Thank You, out now via Decca Records/Universal Music Group, the legendary singer uses her voice to spread hope, love and happiness. It includes previously released tunes "Thank You," "If The World Just Danced" and "All Is Well."
Songs like "Tomorrow" and Ross' latest single "I Still Believe" send an optimistic message during difficult times. The latter song is coupled with Ross' first music video in over a decade. The video was directed by Amanda Demme and produced by her son Evan Ross. It's her first official music video in over a decade.
"My sons gave me the confidence and encouragement to make this video. After spending almost two years not performing and not being in front of the camera, they supported me in easing back into being around lots of people," Ross explained about the video. "These three people really took care of me: Evan Ross (producer), Amanda Demme (director), Ross Naess (photography), and so many others. I am filled with appreciation for the work that they all did to make this happen."
On the closing track, "Come Together," Ross urges everyone to put aside their differences and unite. "There's a sound of billion hearts dreaming / A billion hearts hoping to come together / Let's come together / With one another," she sings on the uplifting anthem.
All 13 songs on Thank You were co-written by Ross. She enlisted a variety of songwriters and producers to help curate these powerful tracks, including Jack Antonoff, Troy Miller, Triangle Park, Spike Stent, Prince Charlez, Amy Wadge, Neff-U, Freddie Wexler, Jimmy Napes, Tayla Parx, Fred White, and Nathanial Ledgewick.
"I spent the past year recording new music and this music is a reflection of the joy and the love and the gratitude that I feel every day. It's an album of great appreciation for life, and for all of you," Ross explained in a press release.
She added, "For me there was an urgency in making a meaningful album, working with what is happening now in our world. Through the power of music we are creating a new kind of conversation that supports our choices and the decisions that we make."
Listen to Diana Ross' new album, Thank You, below.
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Nicki Minaj Finally Reveals New Music Is Coming This Week With 'Chun-Li' And 'Barbie Tingz' Covers
Aaron WilliamsHip-Hop EditorTwitter
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A post shared by Barbie (@nickiminaj) on Apr 10, 2018 at 11:29am PDT
Nicki Minaj has been M.I.A. from the music scene for some time (aside from her star turn on Migos' "Motorsport" alongside Cardi B), but it looks like we'll finally be finding out what she's been so hard at work creating very soon. Only minutes ago, the self-declared "generous queen" of hip-hop posted a pair of single covers to her Instagram, teasing the release of both projects at 1PM EST Thursday (April 12).
The first cover for "Barbie Tingz" features Nicki in a Victorian-era ball gown, surrounded by masked, similarly-costumed women. The second, "Chun-Li," depicts a closeup of Nicki clad in a Fendi ensemble with her hair pulled up into the iconic Street Fighter character's signature ox-horn bun style.
#ChunLi 🦄Thursday🦄 10amPst 1pmEst everywhere.
While Nicki's been radio silent as far as her own social media and public appearances since the end of last year, some of her close associates have been more forthcoming with information about her process. Producer Mike Will Made-It said that he had "fire" coming with the newly-mysterious rapper, while rapper Zoey Dollaz revealed that she's been in the studio "every night" since shutting down her usually bustling social presence.
Meanwhile, Nicki's official first public appearance was unexpected and somewhat anticlimactic after the three months of speculation on her whereabouts. Toward the end of March, she finally popped back up on screens across America, not with new music, but with a cameo in a Mercedes Benz commercial.
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This is the first comprehensive source-based account of the fate that befell the books in the largest German library after 1939. During the war, nearly all the books and manuscripts were evacuated from Berlin. Later, parts of the stock were plundered and damaged. Significant stocks are today located in Poland and Russia.
The new findings, some of them quite surprising, are registered and illustrated in an appendix with extracts from the sources, illustrations, evacuation tables, an index and a coloured outline map.


In this sax lesson we will explore major and minor keys. It is important to know that every major key shares its key signature with its related minor. After this lesson you will be able to work out the related Major or Minor from any key signature. Make sure that you have covered the "Understanding Piano for Sax Players" video before attempting this.


Fox is mounting a glacier-sized promotional push for the Nov. 26 video release of "Ice Age," the studio's biggest animated film ever.
Fox executives believe the 81-minute "Ice Age" could match or surpass the studio's best-selling titles, "Independence Day" and "Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace," which each have sold about 18 million copies each.
And while all the talk in recent days has been Disney's economically produced "Lilo & Stitch," which cost about $80 million, Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman Tom Rothman said "Ice Age" was made for considerably less than that by Fox-owned Blue Sky Studios.
That savings on production costs "lets us put a lot of media support behind the picture," Rothman said.
The short, "Scrat's Missing Adventure," features pic's rodent star attempting to put a nut in the one remaining spot in a tree with thousands of other nuts when the ground shifts, sparking a global impact that shapes the future of the planet. Scrat will be the centerpiece of the promo campaign.
In "Ice Age," the surprise hit of the winter at theaters — it had a record March opening weekend of $46.3 million and went on to gross $175 million — Fox is capitalizing on a product that was not oversaturated in the market during its theatrical run, according to Mike Dunn, Fox video executive VP sales and marketing.
Fox has recruited 14 promo partners for the video, including Papa Johns, Coca-Cola, Dole, Carl's Jr./Hardees, Microsoft, Bloomingdale's and the National Hockey League.
Fox and its partners are laying out $40 million in "hard" media buys for the Thanksgiving week release, with the remaining $45 million coming in promotional activities.


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The Panorama House is situated on the backwaters located at the Gangapur Dam in Nasik. Behind it are the beautiful Sahyadri Mountain ranges that make the whole place like a dream come true. Today, here at architectures ideas we shall talk about this amazing house designed and developed by Ajay Sonar. The main idea here is to work with minimum design, space making and also materials.
It blends exterior, interiors and nature together into one smooth flow. Such a simple and elegant design frame the idyllic image and one can enjoy the magnificent plays of weather and seasons with a picture perfect view. The house has a colour which matches the soil colour of the surroundings and conceived of a pigmented concrete cuboid block. There exists a strange sort of heaviness and slenderness to create a unique sub-tropical house.
The concrete slabs are places such that the movement through the house feels more organic instead of formalized zones of movements. They delineate the space by their presence but never separate them or make someone feel like that their spaces have been separated.
The house is only designed by 3 types of materials to maintain the purity of the space and to remove false impurities which have been at an increasing local trend at present. All of these have been achieved in a single R.C.C. slab, right from the polished concrete floor on the top to the ceiling pattern at the bottom.
The materials are of utmost importance of this building. The building has been made with utmost care and with poetic beauty. Architecture ultimately is the composition of real materials to come together and to form a space and hence materials are of utmost importance to compose this poem. As a child draws his mountains and with the sun in the middle, we try to put an effort to frame these prized moments towards infinity.


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Iran sends fighters to Syria, escalating its involvement
Originally published October 14, 2015 at 9:34 am Updated October 14, 2015 at 5:21 pm
ZEINA KARAM
SARAH EL DEEB
BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of Iranian troops are being deployed in northern and central Syria, dramatically escalating Tehran's involvement in the civil war as they join allied Hezbollah fighters in an ambitious offensive to wrest key areas from rebels amid Russian airstrikes.
Their arrival, a regional official and Syrian activists said Wednesday, highlights the far-reaching goals of Russia's military involvement in Syria. It suggests that, for now, taking on Islamic State extremists in eastern Syria seems a secondary priority to propping up President Bashar Assad.
The development is almost certain to increase pressure on Western-backed rebels, who are battling multiple foes, and push more civilians out of the areas of fighting, potentially creating a fresh wave of refugees.
Russia began its air campaign Sept. 30, and Syrian troops and allied militiamen launched a ground offensive against rebels in central Syria a week later. Russia says its airstrikes are meant to weaken the Islamic State group and other "terrorists" in Syria, but Western officials and Syrian rebels say most of the strikes have focused on central and northern Syria, where the extremist group does not have a strong presence.
The official, who has deep knowledge of operational details in Syria, said the Iranian Revolutionary Guards — currently numbering around 1,500 — began arriving about two weeks ago, after the Russian airstrikes began, and have accelerated recently. The Iranian-backed group Hezbollah has also sent a fresh wave of fighters to Syria, he told The Associated Press.
Iranian and Syrian officials have long acknowledged Iran has advisers and military experts in Syria, but denied there were any ground troops. Wednesday's statements were the first confirmation of Iranian fighters taking part in combat operations in Syria.
The main goal is to secure the strategic Hama-Aleppo highway and seize the key rebel-held town of Jisr al-Shughour in Idlib province, which Assad's forces lost in April to insurgents that included al-Qaida's Nusra Front.
The loss of Jisr al-Shughour, followed by the fall of the entire province, was a resounding defeat for Assad, opening the way for rebels to threaten his Alawite heartland in the coastal province of Latakia. The official suggested the Syrian army's alarmingly tenacious position around that time is what persuaded the Russians to join the fray and begin airstrikes two weeks ago.
The Syrian government and Iran had been asking Russia to intervene for a year, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss military affairs. He said the Russian "tsunami wave" has given allies such as Iran the cover to operate more freely in Syria.
His account of Iranian troops arriving ties in with reports from Syrian opposition activists, who reported a troop buildup in the northern provinces of Idlib and Aleppo. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported Wednesday that Iranian troops were arriving and being transported to a military base in the coastal town of Latakia, in the town of Jableh outside the provincial capital.
At least two senior Iranian commanders were killed in Syria in recent days, including Gen. Hossein Hamedani, a senior Revolutionary Guard commander, who died Oct. 8 near Aleppo.
"Syria will witness big victories in coming days," said Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, speaking Monday at Hamedani's funeral.
"Sending more troops from Hezbollah and Iran only increases the shelf life of the Syrian regime, which is destined to end," Maj. Jamil Saleh, the leader of Tajammu Alezzah, a CIA-backed Free Syrian Army faction, told the AP. "It will only add more destruction and displacement."
He said their presence in Syria is not new but had been kept quiet.
"Now they are taking cover behind Russia since it is a super power and strengthens their position," Alezzah said.
The Syrian army began its offensive a week ago against rebels on three major fronts in areas between Idlib and Hama. To the north, the Islamic State group capitalized on the strikes against rebels in northwestern and central Syria to capture a string of villages and a main military base from insurgents that brought them closer to Aleppo, Syria's largest city.
"They took advantage of the vacuum," said Lt. Colonel Ahmed Saoud, commander of 13th Division, a rebel group that is part of the Free Syrian Army. The group is a staunch IS opponent and operates in Aleppo.
J.M. Berger, a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, said the moderate rebels "are in a pretty bad spot, unless the West is prepared to sponsor them over the long term in a full-on proxy war against the Russians."
Such support would be "a complicated proposition," he added, given that a lot of the materiel the U.S. has sent to moderate rebels has ended up in the hands of jihadists.
Mathew Henman, head of IHS Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre, said the Russian airstrikes against more moderate, nationalist elements of the opposition has facilitated IS territorial gains in these areas, ultimately "leaving the government and its allies principally in a conflict with hard-line, fundamentalist actors."
The official who spoke to AP all but confirmed that the Islamic State is not the priority for the Syrian troops and their allies, saying most areas held by the group in eastern Syria are desert regions considered to be on the periphery.
A week into the multipronged offensive, insurgents say they are overstretched, exhausted and their ammunition is depleted. There have been hundreds of sorties in an area that stretches for about 60 kilometers (about 35 miles), and a significant mobilization of ground troops.
And yet, rebel commanders say the offensive has failed to dislodge the various insurgent groups from territory they control that leads to the heartland of Assad's power. The rebels are backed by the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar, including some ultraconservative groups and al-Qaida affiliates.
Instead, the rebel groups are still pushing back. Some are using U.S.-delivered TOW anti-tank missiles, while others are resorting to tactics such as booby-trapped cars.
Charles Lister, a Syria expert at the Brookings Doha Center, said much will depend on how quickly and efficiently the rebels' weaponry can be replenished by the states supporting them.
The CIA-backed rebels shrugged off criticism of cooperating with al-Qaida.
Saoud, the 13th Division commander whose fighters received TOW missiles, said he worked in the same trench with a faction from the Army of Conquest. That umbrella group includes militants from the Nusra Front.
"There is now something bigger than our differences and disagreements. It is the Russian invasion," he said. "It is an emergency situation. Everyone would understand that."
Saoud said only one of his bases was hit by the Russians, with few casualties. The rebels have kept a lid on their casualty figures, just like the Syrian government.
"With all that firepower, with new launchers and a hail of airstrikes … they were not able to advance," Saoud said of the government troops. "In my mind, that is a victory."


The Comfort Hotel Gare de l''Est is situated near the train station Gare de l''Est in a very dynamic and lively district of the Capital. Comfort Hotel Gare de l''Est is perfectly situated on the Boulevard de Strasbourg, close to the public transportation, the main touristic places and the commercial centers. Its particular architecture with outside corridors, elevator with a view on Paris''s roofs give all the charm necessary for the pleasant stay. The Breakfast area is located on the ground floor. The Buffet is open from 07:00 am till 10:00 am, breakfast rate is 8 EURO per person subject to change.


Dr. Alexander Bolz graduated in economics at Leibniz Universität Hanover. Subsequently, he earned his doctorate in the field of "success of young technology companies in the development process".
Even back then he advised small and medium-sized companies on self-employment restructuring. He could benefit from this experience during his cooperation project with a regional business development company in Hanover while supporting founders to develop and implement their business concepts.
In 2008, Alexander started as a project manager in an international M&A boutique. Both, on the buy and sell side, he led various national and international transactions over the following years. He focused primarily on the mechanical and plant engineering industry as well as on the automotive supplier industry. During that time, he established a broad network of entrepreneurs, managing directors, private equity companies and family offices.
Naturally, when he started in 2012 to work in the headhunting business in Munich, he was led to the reverse side of this target group. After a short time, Alexander took over responsibility for the national and international finance sector with his former employer - one of the top 5 HR consultancies in Germany. Since then, private equity and venture capital companies have been a part of his clientele as well as family offices and corporate M&A departments.
Since June 2015 Alexander has been working as a partner at SELECTEAM. He continues to focus on executive search for private equity and family offices including the portfolio companies.
Alexander has released several publications and regularly lectures at respective events.
After his vocational training in banking Mr. Bauernfeind went to Ingolstadt School of Management (WFI) to study economics and human resources management. He then started his career at the HR-Department of HypoVereinsbank and was responsible for internal communication and therefore involved in all strategical and operational projects, which he also supported in IT aspects (SAP). After that he became branch manager Berlin-Charlottenburg, which was one of the three biggest branches of HypoVereinsbank.
Since 2007 he counsels medium-sized, technology-driven companies in strategy and mergers & acquisitions. This includes also interim management for clients, e.g. as CEO of a software producer for the financial sector. Automotive, engineering, air traffic and automotive trade are also in his focus.
From 2012 until 2017 he was Director at an executive search company in Munich and Bad Homburg, concentrating on specialists and executives in the financial and health care sector.
Since 2018 Frank Bauernfeind complements the Munich branch of SELECTEAM as partner with his expertise in Management and Consulting. Her strengthens the team of executive search counsels and concentrates on specialists and executives in financial services, health care and automotive trade.
which protects and helps us to live."
Simone Brzoska has been part of the SELECTEAM family since 2008 and a partner since 2015. As an executive consultant and career coach, she focuses on business in the sections fashion, sports and mineral oil. Thanks to her many years of experience in branding, she uses employer branding to accelerate recruitment. In addition, she is responsible for the positioning of the SELECTEAM Group as Head of Marketing.
Simone Brzoska combines the two dimensions fashion and management. Her source is the fashion world where she won several years of different design and marketing experience from a fashion school, modeling agency and fashion company. Among other things, she coordinated fashion shows, trade fairs and photo shoots - as well as order processing, personnel selection and sales promotion.
She paved the way to her impressive career by being a graduate information manager with a university degree. The threefold combination of Business Administration, IT and Design laid the academic foundation for her further career.
In 2005, she made her professional entry as a high potential in the Porsche Group. This year marked the creation of the very first Porsche Design collections. In her department product and licensing management, the progress and processing passed through her desk.
These product innovations were developed in close cooperation with international brands such as adidas, Rimowa, Baldessarini and Salvatore Ferragamo. Under the leadership of Thorsten Stiebing, she accompanied the launch and distribution of international collections for Porsche Design Asia Pacific and Porsche Design of America. In the early phase of Porsche Design, she also planned and optimized business processes in the areas of logistics and export.
Her initial start at Porsche became a stepping stone as a corporate and personnel consultant specializing in positioning and sales increase. Thanks to her expertise, leading retail companies in cosmetics, fashion, sports business and Swiss luxury labels are among her customers and her network.
Standstill is regression: "The fire in which dreams are made of"
Two hearts beat in her chest: On one hand the love for detail, aesthetics and sophisticated design in marketing. On the other hand, the passion for professional craftsmanship and thus the irrepressible will to success in the search for employees. In 2013, inspired by her connections to a petrol station through her relatives she discovered the special appeal of the mineral oil industry. In this field she made a name for herself as market leading personnel consultant which she accomplished with great passion. Thanks to her extensive gastronomy and food retailing knowledge, she manages to find key positions in sales and partners / entrepreneurs for the very specialized petrol station industry.
Simone Brzoska thinks, feels and acts entrepreneurially. Quick and accurate candidate recommendations mean time and cost savings for her customers. Ultimately, the success lies in contributing to medium and long-term sales growth for their clients by properly filling a top candidate and to strengthen the internal structures. She never loses her smile and her tireless enjoyment of what she does. Thanks to her special empathy for the different challenges to her clients in the selection of exactly the right management personality, she is appreciated and maintains for many years absolutely trusting customer relationships.
Simone Brzoska stands for the unique blend of expertise, industry knowledge, entrepreneurship and a sense for personalities. As a multilingual consultant with many years of international experience, she embodies versatility and trustworthy profiling for headhunting. Her personality and abilities make her the right choice for executive search and process optimization across different business levels.
After finishing an apprenticeship and studying business administration, Katja Dreyer started to work as personnel referent within the IT branch. She went through media, automotive, mechanical and plant engineering / medical engineering branch stages and worked as personnel manager for Central Europe for a Japanese group. In 2008 she changed to the personnel consulting sector. Mrs. Dreyer's main focus lies on the recruitment of specialists and executives for technology oriented branches, such as automotive, mechanical engineering, IT as well as medical engineering and most of all dental technology.
Dr. Dietrich Fischer studied at Aachen Technical College and did his doctorate at the university of Erlangen /Nürnberg. For many years he worked as authorized representative in the IABG field of study, consulted public authorities as well as big companies and founded the "SELECTEAM Personal- und Unternehmensberatung GmbH, Munich". Additionally, Dr. Fischer was managing partner at Dönne + Hellwig, service provider for inventory management and investor/operator in the field of cargo transport centres. Moreover, by means of regular lectures he got involved in training and further education centres of the army and NATO. He released numerous publications.
Dr. Fischer is member of various scientific assosiactions, amongst others: VDI, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Selbständiger Unternehmer e.V. (ASU), Instituts f. Betriebsberatung, der Wirtschaftsförderung und –forschung e.V.(IBWF) im BVMW, Export-Clubs München e.V. and the Expertenkreises Unternehmensnachfolge.
He is member of the board of directors at the Econoflug AG and the St.Georg GmbH (hotel) as well as advisory board chairman of the Integrated Imaging Technology (IIT) GmbH.
Sybille Frank studied Business Administration with a personnel emphasis in Munich.
Working in the field of personnel development, Sybille first was responsible for the implementation of e-learning as well as for the selection and introduction of a learning management system for a company with a staff of more than 20.000.
Furthermore, she had another main working focus on optimisation and harmonisation of training processes, conceptual design of training and e-learning courses for a global target group, introduction of different learning platforms and international project management.
In her last position in the head office of a DAX-listed company in the legal services division she was responsible for compliance trainings worldwide.
Her main consulting areas are training strategies, conceptual design of blended learning and e-learning, selecting and implementing learning management systems and the optimisation and standardisation of HR- and training-related processes.
My professional career started in tourism. After working in various positions for Hapag-Lloyd all over Germany I continued my career outside tourism.
After having successfully finished my business studies with focus on HR I managed the sales and HR business for 3 companies both in permanent and freelance roles.
In 2006, I joined Robert Half International. As a Division Manager I specialized in recruiting for permanent finance and accounting positions. My team filled positions from specialists up to executive level.
In 2010, I joined Amadeus FiRe as Managing Consultant. Still focused on finance and accounting, my team now offered permanent, temporary and interim services on all levels.
In 2013, I joined von Rundstedt Executive Search as Senior Executive Search Consultant. In this role I focused on a wider range of national and international senior and executive positions in an average range from 100-250k EUR, exclusively filled by direct search.
In 2016, I joined SELECTEAM as Partner. I am focusing on executive search projects for positions within a range of 100k up to 350k EUR. My main target markets are plant construction and engineering, metal as well as polymer processing, automotive supply and technical trading.
Ingo Glaser studied business administration at the University of Cologne, specializing in organization, industry and applied computer science. He has acquired international management education at universities and academies with a high reputation in Germany and abroad and has put this into practice over many years.
He has more than 25 years of professional experience in the areas of sales, marketing, product management and personnel development and recruitment, which he has gained in leading positions with leading international groups and medium-sized software companies in the IT industry.
He has extensive and in-depth knowledge of the strategic fields of innovative software and systems technology. Furthermore he has an extensive and active network to manufacturers, system integrators and consulting companies in the IT industry, especially in the SAP Ecosystem.
His consulting focus at SELECTEAM lies in the area of executive search, new appointments to specialist and management functions in the IT industry, the use of personnel diagnostic selection procedures as well as talent and competence management.
Oliver Grubert looks back on almost 15 years of work as a lawyer with specialization in labor law.
Before joining SELECTEAM Deutschland GmbH, he was successful as a partner at a renowned international HR consultancy. There he was responsible for Executive Assessment & Development.
Prior to that, he worked for more than 8 years as a managing director of a boutique consulting firm. The focus of the consulting was on human resources, potential analyses and personnel selection.
Oliver Grubert studied law at WWU Münster and took the first state exam at the OLG Hamm and the second state exam at the OLG Düsseldorf.
During his studies, he already gained his first knowledge of human resources at Georgetown and San Diego universities in the United States.
Due to his extensive experience in the field of human resources and employment law, he specializes in the field of assessment and development. He has numerous certifications in the field of occupational suitability diagnostics.
With the help of his consulting services, companies are able to achieve measurable increases in earnings. In addition, employees integrate better and faster. His advice increases motivation, personal responsibility and job satisfaction among employees. Oliver Grubert guaranteed to achieve an image gain and to bind top performers to the company in the long term.
Oliver Grubert has special knowledge in the field of digitization. It helps executives to lead successfully under the specific requirements of digitization.
Oliver Grubert strengthens SELECTEAM as Partner and Head of Assessment & Development since January 2019.
The English Version of Daniel Hentschel will be online soon. Meanwhile you can find his German profile page here.
In 1979 Lutz Koller took a degree in business administration, which he studied with an emphasis on personnel and organisation at the Nürnberg Technical College.
Directly afterwards he worked as management assistant within the plastics processing industry. 1984 he changed as personnel manager to the glass processing industry and installed an operative personnel management. Later on he worked for a British group where he was given personnel responsibility for the German sites.
From 1991 on he managed the service department "employees" with a medium-sized construction material group where he was member of the extended management.
Since 2006 he has been honorary judge at the Labour Court Bayreuth. Due to his training as business mediator he is much asked for as contact person and coach in cases of conflict. He joined SELECTEAM in 2008, and since then he has been successfully recruiting specialists and executives.
Detlev Lange completed a business degree in Nuremberg focussing on Human Resources and Organisation.
Mr. Lange has more than 30 years of professional experience in the sector of FMCG in the German respectively European market.
Furthermore he could gather valuable insights in the sector of real estate for many years. For more than 20 years he has been an expert in the acquisition of executives in Sales, Marketing and Management, both in the sectors of FMCG and Real Estate.
He gained notable experience in different processes of change management over the years being a project leader for the creation of new HR as well as Sales structures. He also served as an Honorary Judge in the labour court in Munich. So he is able to draw from diverse experience for his work as a business coach.
The English Profile of Mr. Reinhard F. Leiter will be online soon. Meanwhile you can find his German profile here.
In his former career Uwe Thiel was influenced by this citation of Wilhelm von Humboldt. His experience in all kind of sales areas confirms this evidence.
Today he allocates his experience mainly to technology oriented growth platforms as Information Management, Cloud, Big Data, Mobile Business and Social Media, IT Companies, Consulting Firms and the IT Resellers. He supports his customers making the search for executives as well as for other leadership functions and for special professionals successful.
The market trends show a clear trend to an acceleration of the cycles of innovative technology. This will force a dramatic change within organizations and our working environment in the near future. With this continuous challenge to established paradigms, organizations need to rethink their whole approach in fulfilling their resources needs, if they intend to remain innovative and competitive. Based on his industry and leadership experience, Uwe Thiel came across with the main pain points of the companies in the past.
His point of view is that new employees have a special motivation to fast integrate in new organizations, if the balance between the request of the employer and the new employee is at best coverage.
Friedrich Vogel studied business management with an emphasis on personnel and organizations in Munich.
He gathered his consolidated human resources management knowledge and his experience as manager within a big group of the main construction trade with a staff of more than 40.000.
The focus of his work lay on the overall responsibility for an operative personnel department, project work on a group level, business re-engineering, management development and personnel recruitment.
Since 1998 Friedrich Vogel has worked within the field of personnel and management consulting, and since May 1999 he has been SELECTEAM partner and associate.
He has specialized his consulting work on the executive search and strategic replacements of top management positions.
In 2003 he took over the management of the Munich site.
Since 2007 Friedrich Vogel has been managing director of the SELECTEAM Deutschland GmbH with 7 national sites.
His task is the overall responsibility for the company and its strategic advancement.
Friedrich Vogel is member of several economic committees, business coach and registered member of the board of directors with MittelstandPlus.
After finishing her studies in chemistry Maritza Cataldo started her career in an institute for chemical and microbiological analysis. In her following managerial position for a multinational service provider she paid particular attention to the process of assessing employees for a management career. She understood the value and importance for the company and focused on specializing in the areas of selection, assessment and career development.
2004 she changed to one of Germany`s leading consulting firm for career development. One of her responsibilities was to implement a central service department and with it standardized processes. For an international executive search firm she set up structures and expertise in engineering and healthcare.
2012 she accepted a job offer to manage and advise the employees through the process of selling a trading company. In 2014 the process was finished successfully.
She focuses on executive search and talent management for the sectors Life Sciences, Food, Retail and Services.
She fills executive as well as expert positions for the areas production and manufacturing, research and development, marketing and sales, IT and human resources.
Typical clients are national and international companies – manufacturer and service provider.
Maritza Cataldo is a Partner at the Berlin office of SELECTEAM.
Dr. Michael Garmer has been working in HR consulting since 2008.
His focus is on the placement of positions for executives in industry, in the energy industry as well as in the field of technical and industry-related services. Here he has been successfully placing positions for board members and managing directors for many years. In the second row, technical managers, production managers, development managers and quality managers belong to his special field. Dr. Garmer has developed a special expertise in the fields of machine, plant and steel construction as well as in precision mechanics, optics and medical technology.
As a focus of his work, the solution of succession tasks in medium-sized family businesses has emerged. In this area, he also successfully places supervisory boards and advisory boards: "When the successor is up, every family business is in a critical phase. A neutral accompaniment by an experienced external advisory board is of great advantage, "says Dr. Garmer. "Especially in family businesses it is important that non-family managers, in addition to well-founded specialist and industry knowledge, also bring the right personality."
Another focus of his work is the placing of positions for compliance officers in all areas. The requirements for the compliance systems in the various sectors have now become extremely diverse. It is precisely here that an extensive experience in the selection of suitable candidates is essential.
Dr. Garmer is certified in the conduct of behavioral Profile analyses (VPA) with the Thomas International System (disc). These form a proven tool for securing personnel decisions and for staff management. Dr. Michael Garmer studied physics and business administration and earned his PhD in mechanical engineering. Several years of activities in the industry as a quality manager as well as managing director of a technical service company round off his qualification.
Dr. Garmer is married and father of a son.
After graduating in Economic Science, Fred startet a successful career in the Financial Services Industry with close contact to industry in particular to the automotive industry. Through his many years spent in professional and managerial positions, most recently as Managing Director, he has gathered indepth experience in diverse areas such as corporate development, corporate management, market cultivation, organisation and process management, key account management and all relevant HR topics.
Prior to joining SELECTEAM as a Partner, Fred had allready sucecssfully worked as an Executive Director for an internationally established recruitment consultancy. As a SELECTEAM Partner Fred concentrates on winning suitable managers and specialists for his industry clients.
Due to an increasing demand for management consulting, he will increasingly use this existing know-how in his work processes.
Holger Dietrich has a business administration background and is a trained business coach. Amongst others, he is engaged in the field of personality and potential analyses.
Holger Dietrich worked as management consultant for medium-sized companies in the field of business organisation, personnel management and optimisation of company processes for 10 years. Here, he was specialised on sales trainings for executives, personality development, personnel search and staff selection procedures.
Since 1996 Holger Dietrich has worked as personnel consultant. He has his emphasis on the specialists and executives search. He draws upon many years of experience concerning personality and potential analyses and thus his results match the clients'requirement profiles extremely well.
This philosophy has inspired the professional career of Nicolaus von Heyden-Linden tremendously.
With strong leadership qualities, Nicolaus von Heyden-Linden has made a name for himself in the industry, leveraging on a wide-ranging successful career in sales, marketing, operations, and strategy development.
Nicolaus von Heyden-Linden played an essential role in the development and establishment of a successful personnel services company as their co-founder and managing director before he joined a renowned international human resources consulting firm.
Today, he offers all of his expertise as an "Executive Search Consultant" for trade and industry companies, including his entire services portfolio.
Due to his numerous years of management experience, Nicolaus von Heyden-Linden has a unique understanding of the challenges and requirements of his clients as well as the high demands of the market.
His consulting services focus on consumer goods (luxury goods), trade & industry, new media, health, and start-ups as well as family-run enterprises as well as succession plans.
This quotation from the American essayist has influenced Josef Patzelt in his career to date in the selection and recruitment of the "right" candidates. After training as a forwarding agent, he worked for over 20 years as a manager and managing director in the logistics industry, before moving to recruitment consultancy in 1995.
His focus is on attracting executives and specialists to companies with technically demanding products or services.
For many years, he has been successfully filling positions such as managing directors, commercial managers, sales managers, etc. for companies with medium-sized structures. In addition, his technical expertise includes technical managers, production managers, logistics managers and quality managers. His clients include, above all, German family-owned companies, including some hidden champions who have trusted him for years - also on account of his experience in the sustainable securing of successful corporate succession.
We are pleased that we were able to gain an experienced partner for our team in Düsseldorf with Mr. Patzelt.
Professionally, due to his education and studies, Fritz-Ulrich Trute is rooted in the field of transport and electrical / drive engineering. He studied technical cybernetics in Dresden and absolved a postgraduate course of study with a degree in personnel management. He can look back on many years of experience in industry management positions (heavy equipment engineering) with a focus on personnel management as well as education and training.
Since 1991 Fritz-Ulrich Trute has been working as personnel and management consultant, mainly for small- and medium-sized businesses. As project manager he disposes of an extensive experience regarding the executive search and the assessment/potentital analysis of executives. When it comes to the recruitment of executives and qualified technical and operational specialists, he works also for different fields of society and organisations, overlapping various sectors of the economy.
Frank Dobner began his distribution career in the textile industry and already reached the position Director of Sales after a few years and soon afterwards he became General manager.
As a Wholesale and foreign trade merchant his field was always the distribution and sales sector as well as the guidance of teams or enterprises.
After 12 years of textile industry he left known roads and started off a new career and founded a construction company in Spain, which he led over 7 years.
Frank also imported plug in module in the construction boom at that time. He sold this enterprise in 2007 and returned to Germany where he led an enterprise in the area of Surface special refining. In the function of the CEO he altered this to the industrial ancillary industry. Subsequently, Frank travelled for renowned companies in machinery and plant engineering. As a sales manager, he succeeded in generating international business, among other things, for the company JENOPTIK AG, a TecDax listed Optoelectronics Group worldwide.
Since 2017 he is a freelance recruitment consultant.
As a distribution professional he knows around the needs of personnel, organizational and structural nature, in enterprises and organizations.
He is solution-oriented and aim-oriented, disposes of the ability to analytically solve complicated as well as complex situations and is therefore the ideal Troubleshooter.
He speaks beside his mother tongue German also Spanish and English fluently, moreover, he disposes of contacts in numerous countries.
His focus lies in the subject's experts and executive recruiting, potential analysis and new work. In this context, the transformational leadership is his passion because it stimulates intrinsic motivation. The happy employee from himself is successfully the employee of the future will be. Leadership not only the professional life will separate thus presumably change the whole society.
Frank Dobner has experience and successes in sales and in building sustainable networks in the mechanical and plant engineering, logistics, service and trade sectors.
Mr. Dobner supplements SELECTEAM with his expertise in Frankfurt since February 2019.
The English Version of Mr. Köck's Profile will be online soon. Meanwhile you can find his German profile page here.
Beate has about 35 years experience in the service sector with more than 25 years in the logistics market.
She started her logistics career in Europes largest rail tank car transportation company for liquid hazardous goods as chemicals and mineral oil products, VTG. Beate was part of the founding team for supply chain management in intermodal transport with rail tank cars, barges, trucks, via tankfarms and pipelines.
Beate's focus sector for 10 years before starting in executive search has been contract logistics and supply chain management for the distance selling market and the upcoming e-commerce business. She gained in-depth knowledge by working for Royal Mail in the UK Large Business Sector as consultant and for a subsidiary of Otto-Group as leader of the key account management for non-group-customers. Her last role was the Head of Business Development Central Europe for the home delivery sector of DHL Supply Chain.
Prior to joining Selecteam she was Partner at Stanton Chase Düsseldorf for 4 years. She started her career in the HR Consulting Business in 2009 as a Partner in a boutique consulting firm focused on recruitment for logistics and transportation companies.
During the time with the small consulting company she obtained a certificate as business coach. Beate is fluent in German and English and has some knowledge in French.
The English Version of Mrs. Hopp's Profile will be online soon. Meanwhile you can find her German profile page here.
The English Version of Jens Blohm will be online soon. Meanwhile you can find his German profile page here.
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Culture Monster Blog
House Republicans unveil plan to end federal arts and humanities agencies and aid to public broadcasting
By Mike BoehmStaff Writer
Jan. 20, 2011 8:20 PM PT
Federal support for arts and culture is now officially in the cross hairs of congressional Republicans, if that's a metaphor we're still allowed to use.
Any way you want to describe it, the Republican Study Committee, made up of about 165 GOP members of the House of Representatives, on Thursday announced a budget-cutting plan aimed at slashing federal spending, and it calls for the elimination of the nation's two leading makers of government arts grants: the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Also on the chopping block is the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
The arts and humanities endowments each get $167.5 million a year; the broadcasting agency, which supports public radio and television, gets $445 million.
The NEA last had to fight for its survival in 1995, when Republicans gained control of the House and Senate and sought to get rid of the endowment. It had outraged some conservatives with grants that in certain highly publicized cases had supported performances or exhibitions they deemed offensive. While the NEA survived, It took a 39% budget cut and saw the elimination of nearly all grants to individual artists. Despite increases over the past 10 years, the NEA's inflation-adjusted buying power remains $58 million a year less than it was before those mid-'90s 'culture wars.'
This time, the ax would fall on the agencies as part of a bid to reduce the federal deficit. The bill, called the Spending Reduction Act of 2011, aims to reduce federal spending by $2.5 trillion over 10 years. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina), chairman of the Republican Senate Steering Committee, also backs the plan.
Federal arts and culture spending is currently about $1.6 billion a year, not counting construction budgets. The legislation does not call for cuts to the annual budgets for the Smithsonian Institution ($761.4 million), the Institute of Museum and Library Services ($282.3 million), the National Gallery of Art ($167 million) or the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (about $20 million).
All those organizations except the IMLS offer performances and exhibitions -- free, in the case of the Smithsonian's museums and the National Gallery -- that might be seen as a perk of living in Washington, D.C.; grants from the NEA and NEH are national in scope.
Culture Monster is momentarily incapable of doing the math to figure out what percentage $7.8 billion (10 years' savings from NEA, NEH and Corporation for Public Broadcasting) is of $2.5 trillion, but our sense is that it's fairly small.
The NEA provides $1 million a year for California's state arts agency, the California Arts Council, about 20% of its $5.3 million budget.
In an interview Wednesday, before the GOP plan had come out, Robert Lynch, president of Americans for the Arts, a leading advocacy group for government funding of the arts, had said arts supporters 'are cognizant of the attitudes out there among some leaders, and we have to do a good job of education.'
A key argument, Lynch said, is that the government's existing arts-funding model follows conservative budgetary principles: A small federal investment that's important to the health of the nonprofit arts sector helps sustain its 5.7 million jobs and the $30 billion in annual returns to federal, state and local coffers that those workers pay in taxes.
-- Mike Boehm
Mike Boehm
Mike Boehm is a former arts reporter and pop music critic for the Los Angeles Times.


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Temporal range: Late Silurian–Recent
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Lithobius forficatus, a centipede
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Classes [1]
Arthropleuridea (extinct)
Myriapoda is a subphylum of arthropods containing millipedes, centipedes, and others. The group contains 13,000 species, all of which are terrestrial.[2] Although their name suggests they have myriad (10,000) legs, myriapods range from having over 750 legs (Illacme plenipes)[3] to having fewer than ten legs.
The fossil record of myriapods reaches back into the late Silurian, although molecular evidence suggests a diversification in the Cambrian Period,[4] and Cambrian fossils exist which resemble myriapods.[2]
The scientific study of myriapods is myriapodology, and those who study myriapods are myriapodologists.[5]
3.1 Centipedes
3.2 Millipedes
3.3 Symphyla
3.4 Pauropoda
3.5 Arthropleuridea
The head of Scutigera coleoptrata, showing antennae, compound eyes and mouthparts
Myriapods have a single pair of antennae and, in most cases, simple eyes. The mouthparts lie on the underside of the head, with an "epistome" and labrum forming the upper lip, and a pair of maxillae forming the lower lip. A pair of mandibles lie inside the mouth. Myriapods breathe through spiracles that connect to a tracheal system similar to that of insects. There is a long tubular heart that extends through much of the body, but usually few, if any, blood vessels.[6]
Malpighian tubules excrete nitrogenous waste into the digestive system, which typically consists of a simple tube. Although the ventral nerve cord has a ganglion in each segment, the brain is relatively poorly developed.[6]
During mating, male myriapods produce a packet of sperm, or spermatophore, which they must transfer to the female externally; this process is often complex and highly developed. The female lays eggs which hatch as much shortened versions of the adults, with only a few segments and as few as three pairs of legs. The young add additional segments and limbs as they repeatedly moult to reach the adult form.[6]
Myriapods are most abundant in moist forests, where they fulfill an important role in breaking down decaying plant material,[2] although a few live in grasslands, semi-arid habitats or even deserts.[7] The majority are detritivorous, with the exception of centipedes, which are chiefly nocturnal predators. Pauropodans and symphylans are small, sometimes microscopic animals that resemble centipedes superficially and live in soils. Millipedes differ from the other groups in having their body segments fused into pairs, giving the appearance that each segment bears two pairs of legs, while the other three groups have a single pair of legs on each body segment.
Although not generally considered dangerous to humans, many myriapods produce noxious secretions (often containing benzoquinones) which can cause temporary blistering and discolouration of the skin.[8]
There has been much debate as to which arthropod group is most closely related to the Myriapoda.[9] Under the Mandibulata hypothesis, Myriapoda is the sister taxon to Pancrustacea, a group comprising the Crustacea and Hexapoda. Under the Atelocerata hypothesis, Hexapoda is the closest, whereas under the Paradoxopoda hypothesis, Chelicerata is the closest. This last hypothesis, although supported by few, if any, morphological characters, is supported by a number of molecular studies.[10]
There are four classes of extant myriapods, Chilopoda (centipedes), Diplopoda, Pauropoda and Symphyla, containing a total of around 12,000 species.[11] While each of these groups of myriapods is believed to be monophyletic, relationships among them are less certain.[12]
Scolopendra cingulata, a centipede
Main article: centipede
Centipedes make up the order Chilopoda. They are fast, predatory and venomous, hunting mostly at night. There are around 3,300 species,[11] ranging from the diminutive Nannarup hoffmani (less than half an inch in length, c. 12 mm)[13] to the giant Scolopendra gigantea, which may exceed 30 centimetres (12 in).
Tachypodoiulus niger, a millipede
Main article: millipede
Most millipedes are slower than centipedes, and feed on leaf litter and detritus. They are distinguished by the fusion of each pair of body segments into a single unit, giving the appearance of having two pairs of legs per segment. Around 8,000 species have been described, which may represent less than a tenth of the true global millipede diversity.[11] One species, Illacme plenipes has the greatest number of legs of any animal, with 750.[3] The name "millipede" is a compound word formed from the Latin roots milli ("thousand") and ped ("foot"), although millipedes typically have between 36 and 400 legs. Pill millipedes are much shorter, and are capable of rolling up into a ball, like pillbugs.
Scutigerella immaculata, a symphylan
Main article: Symphyla
About 200 species of symphylans are known worldwide.[11] They resemble centipedes but are smaller and translucent. Many spend their lives as soil infauna, but some live arboreally. Juveniles have six pairs of legs, but, over a lifetime of several years, add an additional pair at each moult so that the adult instar has twelve pairs of legs.[14]
Pauropus huyxleyi, a pauropodan
Main article: Pauropoda
Pauropoda is another small group of small myriapods. They are typically 0.5–2.0 mm long and live in the soil on all continents except Antarctica.[15] Over 700 species have been described.[11] They are believed to be the sister group to millipedes, and have the dorsal tergites fused across pairs of segments, similar to the more complete fusion of segments seen in millipedes.[16]
Arthropleuridea
Main article: Arthropleuridea
Arthropleuridea were ancient myriapods that are now extinct. The most famous members are from the genus Arthropleura, which was a giant, probably herbivorous, animal that could be up to 3 metres (9.8 ft) long. Arthropleuridea may be a division of the millipedes.
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Myriapoda — Myr i*ap o*da, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? numberless + poda.] (Zo[ o]l.) A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Myriapoda — [zu griechisch poús, podós »Fuß«], wissenschaftlicher Name der Tausendfüßer … Universal-Lexikon
Myriapoda — Myriapoda, Tausendfüßer, die zum Unterstamm der ⇒ Antennata gehörenden Klassen der ⇒ Chilopoda und ⇒ Progoneata. Der Rumpf der M. enthält meist eine große Anzahl extremitätentragender Segmente … Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie
Myriapoda — Myriapoda Un quilópodo … Wikipedia Español
Myriapoda — In diesem Artikel oder Abschnitt fehlen folgende wichtige Informationen: Wieviele Beine haben Tausendfüßer im Durchschnitt, was ist die geringste und was die höchste Zahl? Bitte nur Angaben durch seriöse Quellen gedeckt, also mit… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Myriapoda — Myriapodes Trigoniulus … Wikipédia en Français
Myriapoda — noun arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes • Syn: ↑Diplopoda, ↑class Diplopoda, ↑class Myriapoda • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Arthropoda, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Myriapoda — … Википедия
Myriapoda — Myr·i·ap·o·da .mir ē ap ə də n pl syn of MYRIOPODA * * * Myr·i·ap·o·da (mir″e apґə də) [myria + Gr. pous foot] a superclass of arthropods, including the classes Chilopoda (centipedes) and Diplopoda (millipedes) … Medical dictionary
myriapoda — n. family of arthropods that include the centipede and millipedes … English contemporary dictionary


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Tech Companies Quietly Work With ICE as Border Crisis Continues
Several high-profile data and technology companies have been profiting off of contracts with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency for the last several months, NBC News reported. Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Thomson Reuters, Microsoft, Motorola Solutions and Palantir all have active contracts with ICE, according to a public records search. Their contracts show how many tech companies are putting...
Meg Whitman to Step Down as CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Meg Whitman, who oversaw the breakup of one of Silicon Valley's pioneering companies, is stepping down as CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. HPE said Tuesday that Whitman will hand over the reins of the company to its president, Antonio Neri, on Feb. 1.
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Uber Selects Expedia CEO to be Its New Chief: Sources
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Home > Volume 96 Issue 2 > Kathryn C. Hach Award for Entrepreneurial Success: Javier García-Martínez
Volume 96 Issue 2 | p. 45
Keywords: ACS, natioanl awards, Javier García Martínez
Sponsor: Kathryn C. Hach Award Fund
Citation: For his visionary leadership creating a successful, dynamic company bringing mesostructured zeolites to the refining industry.
Current position: professor of inorganic chemistry, University of Alicante
Education: B.Sc., M.S., and Ph.D., chemistry, University of Alicante
García-Martínez on his biggest research challenge: "I am very interested in the mechanism that allows zeolites to rearrange to incorporate mesoporosity into their structure. We have a lot of data that prove that the zeolite crystals reorganize themselves without dissolving, but the actual mechanism behind this new and puzzling phenomenon is still unclear. I am collaborating with some of the best scientists to solve this problem, but it is a major and exciting challenge that will keep us busy for several years."
What his colleagues say: "I have been impressed by Javier's ability to build an excellent team of business and technical employees and advisers."—Hong-Xin Li, Zeolyst International


Pull out your big crayons, we're going into battle for a dad of 10--4 they made, 6 with special medical needs they got to choose! He very recently found out he's pretty sick (stage 4 glioblastoma). The sickness is aggressive but hope and love are more so! And you guys don't shy away from big battles. Thanks to YOU, we helped Brian and his family say "no way" to fear and "yes" to peace and hope for a bright future. Way to go tribe!


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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 8 Hansard (27 October) . . Page.. 2258 ..
MR HUMPHRIES (continuing):
of the suspension. After reinstatement of the credit provider's licence at the end of the four months, however, the debtor will be required to continue making any payments due after that date. Incidentally, an amendment is not required to the equivalent penalty provision for finance brokers - that is, proposed new section 55A - as there is not an ongoing payment regime between the broker and the debtor. I commend the amendments to the Assembly.
Amendments agreed to.
Bill, as a whole, as amended, agreed to.
Bill, as amended, agreed to.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (AMENDMENT) BILL NO. 2) 1998
Debate resumed from 24 September 1998, on motion by Mr Humphries:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
Debate (on motion by Mr Stanhope) adjourned.
HEALTH (AMENDMENT) BILL 1998
Debate resumed from 25 June 1998, on motion by Mr Moore:
MR STANHOPE (Leader of the Opposition) (11.58): Mr Speaker, the Health (Amendment) Bill is the Bill I alluded to earlier this morning when the report of the scrutiny of Bills committee was tabled. This Bill is a Bill which, on the face of it, the Labor Party supports. It provides for the establishment and operation of quality assurance committees in private hospitals and private day hospitals. The intention of the legislation is that those committees will match those in public hospitals, including Calvary Hospital.
The aim of the committees is to assess and evaluate the health services provided in those institutions and to conduct research and investigations into things such as morbidity and mortality in those facilities. The committees have the power to investigate individual incidents. The Bills, therefore, contain a number of clauses designed to match the existing quality assurance committees in the public sector with quality assurance committees in the private sector. As I said, that is a laudable aim and an aim which the Labor Party is prepared to support and encourage.


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A recycling economy could be the pattern of financial development which utilizes energy and resource and protects the climate for the largest extent. Using the technological transformation of traditional industry, it might decrease the energy consumption and pollution whenever you can. Developing recycling economy is a crucial approach to promote structure adjustment, transform economic development pattern, produce a conservation-oriented and atmosphere-friendly society and also have a new path to industrialization. It is also a kind of specific practice of utilizing the scientific outlook on development. What "recycling economy" means is always to control minimizing pollution within the source. Furthermore, all the pollutions ought to be labored with and reused inside the producing process. If some pollution can't be used any longer, they should be handled completely without any threats for the future. Saving economy equals to improve the use rate of a person's and sources minimizing the ability consumption. Recycling economy is another kind of ecological economy which protects the climate on the way of developing economy.
Caffeine marketplace is now developed at top speed, and possesses consumed much energy and produced much pollution, for instance Nitrogen and Phosphorus compounds, volatile organic compounds compounds, etc. So that you can realize the sustainable development, you need to alter its traditional development pattern and development recycling economy with regards to new-type industrialization, that could very achieve largest economical benefits and let off least pollution at the fee for least energy consumption and least pollution.
There's a kind of close relationship between chemical sustainable progression of industry and recycling economy. Recycling economy and ecological overall costs, can promote sustainable progression of caffeine industry. That's, it will help this industry achieve the greatest results in the expense in the least energy consumption and environmental pollution. Therefore, developing recycling economy could be the fundamental approach to realize sustainable development, rapid, harmonious and healthy development.


Replication-induced DNA damage is a potent source of genome instability, but the affected sites are largely uncharacterized. Using high throughput assays, Barlow, Faryabi, et. al., generated a genome-wide map of early replication-induced DNA damage sites (ERFS), which are distinct from well characterized common fragile sites (CFS). ERFS correlate with regions of high transcription and, as illustrated in the figure, can arise from the collision of the transcription and replication machinery.
The genomes of cancer cells are often riddled with chromosomal alterations such as amplifications, deletions, and even translocations, where a piece of one chromosome breaks off and attaches to another. Understanding how these changes arise can give researchers new insights into the process of cancer development.
In a recent study, Andre Nussenzweig, Ph.D., in CCR's Laboratory of Genome Integrity, and his colleagues investigated the regions of DNA susceptible to double-strand breaks in proliferating B cells. Because activated B cells rapidly divide while undergoing the programmed DNA rearrangements necessary to generate targeted antibodies, they are likely to be sensitive to stress during replication, the process of copying a cell's genome before it divides.
Using mouse B cells as a model, the researchers first identified those sites along the B cell DNA that are likely to be damaged during replication stress. Treatment with hydroxyurea (HU), a drug that causes early replication stress by depleting the pool of nucleotides used to synthesize DNA, increased the amount of breakage-prone single-stranded DNA, which the scientists identified by its association with the protein RPA. The researchers reasoned that the segments of single-stranded DNA most sensitive to replication stress would co-localize with DNA repair proteins including BRCA1 and SMC5. Indeed, they found 2,204 regions where all three proteins associated with the DNA and called these early replicating fragile sites (ERFS).
The researchers noted that ERFS are enriched in repetitive sequences and in guanine-cytosine (GC) content. Previous studies had linked regions of elevated GC content to translocation break points in B cell lymphomas, supporting the idea that the ERFS may be areas susceptible to stress-induced damage. Most ERFS overlapped with gene coding sequences or their promoters and were transcribed more often than surrounding DNA. Because many of the ERFS were relatively close together (within 300,000 base pairs) and likely to be replicated together, the investigators grouped them into 619 hotspots. Among these, the investigators found 15 with the greatest RPA/BRCA1/SMC5 binding, and eight of these 15 regions are often rearranged in B cell lymphomas. Interestingly, none of the 619 ERFS hotspots overlap with eight common fragile sites (CFS), regions previously identified as sites of replication-induced DNA damage in cancer.
To determine whether chromosomal breaks actually occur at the ERFS, the researchers treated primary mouse B cells with HU and examined the structure of the metaphase chromosomes. They observed more chromosomal breaks in cells treated with HU than in untreated cells. Between eight and 15 percent of these breaks occurred at each of the six ERFS hotspots they examined. Conversely, none of the breaks corresponded with two of the most fragile CFS. When the scientists treated B cells with aphidicolin, which inhibits DNA polymerase, however, they found chromosomal breaks at the CFS but not the ERFS. These results suggest that ERFS are damaged when replication stalls at an early stage while CFS are broken later when replication fails. Thus, ERFS represent a new class of fragile site.
The researchers next wanted to understand how breaks at the ERFS hotspots might be regulated. Since the kinase ATR is known to play a role in protecting the genome from double-strand breaks, they treated B cells with an ATR inhibitor and looked for changes in chromosome structure. ATR inhibition resulted in breaks at both CFS and ERFS, suggesting the importance of ATR activity in preventing breaks at both types of fragile sites. Another protein, AID, causes programmed DNA damage in B cells that can lead to oncogene activation and double-strand breaks. The investigators treated normal B cells or B cells lacking AID with the ATR inhibitor and examined their chromosomal structures. Unlike the breaks at the IgH locus, a known target of AID, there was no difference in the number of breaks at the ERFS with or without AID, indicating that ERFS breaks arise independently of AID.
The scientists also investigated whether the level of transcription at an ERFS hotspot affected its sensitivity to damage. They determined the extent of chromosomal breaks in B and T cells treated with the ATR inhibitor at two ERFS, one with equal expression in both cell types and a second more highly expressed in B cells. The frequency of breaks at the first hotspot was similar in the two cell types. In contrast, the researchers observed about three times more breaks at the second hotspot in B cells relative to T cells in which the region was silent. These results suggest that specific ERFS hotspots have distinct sensitivities in different cell types depending on whether or not the region is transcribed. They also suggest the possibility that ERFS may arise as a result of collisions between replication and transcription machineries (see Figure 1).
Oncogene activation often leads to chromosomal alterations. To see whether an oncogene could trigger breaks at fragile sites, the investigators over-expressed c-myc in primary B cells. Compared to control cells, the c-myc over-expressing cells had almost double the amount of DNA damage, which was concentrated at several ERFS hotspots and one CFS. The researchers also found breaks at ERFS hotspots in a mouse model of replication stress and even observed a translocation between an ERFS and the IgH locus in one of these cells, mimicking a translocation found in human B cell lymphoma. Similarly, in biopsies of patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma, regions of DNA amplifications and deletions overlapped with areas analogous to the mouse ERFS. In fact, 25 of 64 genes known to contribute to cancer formation in a number of tissues are located at ERFS, implicating these sites in cancers beyond B cell lymphomas.


Business Mum Patricia Pollard was always very creative, always making something. When my kids were small she learned everything about cake decorating from woman's magazines (No YouTube back then!), just to be able to make their birthday cakes. However when her youngest son was in primary school he was diagnosed with dyslexia. So in order to give him the attention and support he needed, she decided to leave her job in order to be at home more. After a bit of success with baking cakes for family and friends she decided she had nothing to lose so, Cakes2party was born.
Based in Maghera, Patricia has 3 Children and 2 Grandchildren and she creates all types of cakes and cupcakes for every occasion. Weddings, birthdays, christenings and more. She believes that if you have an idea, the next step is to talk to some one who has done it and don't be afraid to ask for help because in her experience, there are great sources of funding and business advice available.
Patricia says she is 50 years old and proud of it! In her spare time, she loves watching the latest box-set on Netflix and spending a Sunday with her husband.
She is extremely proud of her own business and these days is very proud of watching her daughter Erin start her own business and follow in her enterpreneurial steps and says that they are alike in many ways and are both Leos.


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From Today's Papers - 12 Jul 2014
Lt Gen Campose is Army Vice Chief
Lt Gen KJ Singh to be new chief of Western Command
New Delhi, July 11
Lieutenant General Philip Campose, the Western Army Commander, has been appointed as the Vice Chief of the Indian Army. He will take over on August 1 when Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag, the present incumbent, takes over as the Chief of the Indian Army.
Lt Gen Campose will be replaced by Lt Gen KJ Singh as new Chief of the Chandimandir headquartered Western Command. The Ambala-based 2 Strike Corps, the Jallandhar-based 11 Corps and the Yol (Dharamsala)-based 9 Corps are under the command.
Lt Gen Campose was commissioned in the 9 Gorkha Rifles in 1974 but was seconded to the Mechanised Infantry in 1982. He has commanded an Independent Armoured Brigade and an Infantry Division along the Line of Control in J&K and a Corps in the Western Sector. He has headed a UN Peace Keeping mission in the former Yugoslavia and Northern Iraq.
His replacement at Chandimandir, Lt General KJ Singh, has just finished his tenure as GoC of the Sukna (Darjeeling)-based 33 Corps. He is from the Armoured Corps. Before being posted to Sukhna, he had commanded the Hisar-based 33 Armoured Division.
He has done tenures in the insurgency-hit areas with Assam Rifles and with the United Nations Peace Keeping Force in Angola. He has been an Instructor at the School of Armoured Warfare and Directing Staff at the Higher Command Wing of the Army War College.
Navy to get indigenous anti-sub warship today
Kolkata, July 11
Ready to protect the waters, India's first indigenously-built anti-submarine warfare corvette INS Kamorta will be handed over to the Indian Navy here tomorrow, defence officials said.
The super-sophisticated front line warship will be formally handed over by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSE) chairman and managing director Rear Admiral (Retd) A K Verma to the Navy at a ceremony in GRSE's Fitting Out Jetty, defence PRO TK Singha said.
INS Kamorta, first in its class of four ASW corvettes being built by GRSE under Project-28 for the Navy, is the first warship ever built in the country with almost 90 per cent of indigenous content.
It is also the first warship manufactured in India with indigenously developed special grade high-tensile steel produced by state-owned Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).
Armed with stealth features, it is the first warship equipped with the new trainable chaff launcher - Kavach.
The hull of the ship encompassed the bulk of sensors and weapon systems that were also indigenously manufactured by various Indian Industries.
The foldable hangar door fitted for the first time with a rail-less helicopter traversing system is also a noteworthy first on any Indian naval ship, and would give helicopter operations from the corvette deck a significant edge over existing platforms of other warships. — PTI
China's defence spend more than India, Japan, S Korea combined
Despite India increasing its defence spend, China continues to rule the roost in Asia and is second to only the US. China's defence spending at $131.57 billion is more than the combined defence budgets of India, Japan and South Korea - the three largest Asian economies after it. Despite a hike of 12.44 per cent and the defence budget pegged at $38.16 billion, India lags way behind China's defence budget allocation.
On March 5, Beijing announced a budget of $131.57 billion that is more than the collective spend of $117. 02 billion by India, Japan and South Korea. China has uneasy relations with the three countries. China's close military ally, Pakistan announced a budget of $7 billion for defence in June this year.
Japan has an allocation of $45.86 billion for defence, while South Koreans have listed $33 billion for the same. China increased its defence budget by 12.2 per cent, a kind of warning signal to India, Japan and the ten-nation Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) - some of which are locked in disputes with Beijing in the hydrocarbon-rich South China Sea.
In an indication of rising budget spends, the IHS Jane's Annual Defence Budgets Review, in February 2014 assessed "China, Japan and India were spending roughly 21 per cent of the total expenditure among the top 10 spenders."
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, while addressing the Communist Party-controlled National People's Congress (NPC) on March 5 (at the budget announcement) said: "We will resolutely safeguard China's sovereignty, security and development interests… place war preparations on a regular footing and build China into a maritime power". China's stress is on high-technology weapons. And it is already nuclear armed and has tested anti-satellite weapon.
Dragon eyes maritime domination
On March 5, Beijing announced a budget of $131.57 bn — more than the collective spend of $117.02 billion by India ($38.16 bn), Japan ($45. 86 bn) and South Korea ($33 bn)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has said Beijing will resolutely safeguard its sovereignty, security and development interests and build itself into a maritime power
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From Todya's Papers - 19 Jul 2014


The rapidly growing aging population and de-institutionalization of older adults with behavioral health issues suggests that long term care facilities will increasingly need to address the mental health issues of their residents. It is important for staff to be able to distinguish between behavioral issues that can be safely addressed at the facility versus those that constitute a true psychiatric emergency and may require inpatient treatment. At the same time, local CSBs will need to increase their knowledge and skills regarding late life behavioral health issues in order to effectively work with the growing geriatric population and the long term care settings where many reside.
This presentation is intended for staff from many levels, disciplines, and settings (both facility and home-based), including staff involved in providing long term care (e.g., nursing staff and administrators), as well as behavioral health staff who work with older adults. Additionally, staff from Adult Protective Services, home health, adult day healthcare, respite care, area agencies on aging, Emergency Department staff of acute care hospitals, hospital discharge planners, and others serving older adults could benefit from the training.
Staff participating in this webinar will be better trained to recognize and respond to geriatric mental/behavioral health issues before costly inpatient treatment becomes necessary, or anyone has been placed at risk of injury. For those situations necessitating inpatient treatment, trained staff in the facility and community will be better prepared to work together to facilitate psychiatric hospitalization with minimal distress to the older adult and those family members and professions involved in his/her care.
This event was made possible through a grant from the Virginia Center on Aging's Geriatric Training Education Initiative and supported by the Center for Excellence in Aging and Lifelong Health., the Virginia Geriatric Mental Health Partnership* and the VCU's Department of Gerontology.
Sarah W. Bisconer, PhD, Licensed Applied Psychologist, Emergency Services Coordinator, Colonial Behavioral Health, Williamsburg, Virginia – Dr. Bisconer received her Doctoral Degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She received her Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology and Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from California State University Humboldt.
Dr. Bisconer is a Virginia Licensed Applied Psychologist with recognized competence in statistics, research design, measurement, learning theory, and counseling. She is Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology at the College of William and Mary where she teaches courses in statistics and supervises undergraduate and graduate research and clinical training.
Dr. Bisconer was a treatment team psychologist at Eastern State Hospital for nine years before accepting her current position as Emergency Services Coordinator at Colonial Behavioral Health. She has expertise in the assessment and treatment of psychotic disorders, mood disorders, cognitive disorders, severe personality disorders, and suicide and self injurious behavior. She has conducted research in suicide risk assessment; assessment and treatment of severe challenging behavior; standards of care in the use of psychiatric medicine with persons with intellectual disabilities and mental illness; and the efficacy and impact of second-generation antipsychotics on the mental and physical health of persons with schizophrenia.
Her research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and she has coauthored several book chapters in her areas of expertise. For 20 years Dr. Bisconer has provided training to professionals involved in the care and treatment of adults and elders with behavioral and intellectual disabilities, including community and hospital based health care providers, law enforcement officers, jail correctional officers, college and school personnel, and other private and public agencies and groups.
Joan S. Thomas, LCSW, FACHE, CMC, LNHA, Interim Administrator, DHAL, Birmingham Green Adult Care Residence, Manassas, Virginia Ms. Thomas currently serves as the Interim Administrator for the District Home Assisted Living, located on the campus of Birmingham Green.
Prior roles have included: Assistant Administrator for the Nursing home, the Director of Admissions for the campus, Special Projects Coordinator, Marketing for the District Home and Director of the Social Services Department. She led the work to attain full occupancy of the newest assisted living facility on the campus, Willow Oaks, and worked with the CEO to refurbish and design programming for the original building, the District Home.
An accomplished professional in the social work, mental health and geriatric long-term care fields, Ms. Thomas provides supervision, management, strategic planning, community relations and marketing support to the organization. Prior to 2003, Ms. Thomas worked for an HMO in the emergency case management and urgent care department.
Ms. Thomas has a B.A from George Mason University and an M.S.W. from Virginia Commonwealth University. Ms. Thomas is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and a licensed nursing home administrator (LNHA) in the state of Virginia. She is a Board member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Virginia chapter and serves as the Chair of the NASW VA Legislative Committee. Certified in Care Management (CMC) she is a member of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers, and is a Fellow (FACHE) of the American College of Health Care Executives (ACHE).
E. Ayn Welleford, PhD, received her BA in Management/Psychology from Averett College, MS in Gerontology and PhD in Developmental Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has taught extensively in the areas of Lifespan Development, and Adult Development and Aging, Geropsychology, and Aging & Human Values.
As an educator, researcher, and previously as a practitioner she has worked with a broad spectrum of individuals across the caregiving and long term care continuum.
As Associate Professor and Chair of VCU's Department of Gerontology, she currently works to "Improve Elder Care through Education" through her Teaching, Scholarship, and Community Engagement. Outside of the classroom, Dr. Welleford provides community education and serves on several boards and committees. She is the Immediate Past Chair of the Governor's Commonwealth of Virginia Alzheimer's and Related Disorders Commission. Dr. Welleford is the proud recipient of the 2008 AGHE Distinguished Teacher Award.
The Geriatric Mental Health Partnership (GMHP) is an informal, voluntary group which focuses on geriatric mental/ behavioral health care. The group began in 2007 in response to the challenges of difficult behaviors of elderly residents in long-term care (LTC) facilities. Participants of the GMHP include representatives from mental/ behavioral health, aging services, and long-term care professionals representing the private, public and academic sectors. Organizations represented include the Virginia Health Care Association; the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association; the Virginia Association of Nonprofit Homes for the Aging; various Community Services Boards (CSB); State agencies including the Department of Medical Assistance Services; Department of Social Services Department of Health; Department for the Aging Long-Term Care Ombudsman; Department of Corrections; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Piedmont Geriatric Hospital; Eastern State Hospital; the Center for Excellence in Aging and Geriatric Health (CEAGH), the College of William & Mary; Eastern Virginia Medical School; Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Department of Gerontology; Long-Term Care Facility Providers (e.g., nursing homes); and Behavioral Health Consultants.
The GMHP has worked tirelessly to improve communication and service coordination between the mental/ behavioral health and long-term care systems, so that older adults are able to receive needed care in a timely manner in the most appropriate setting. One of the key obstacles the group has identified is a lack of relevant training for facility and community staff. In order for seniors in long-term care facilities to receive timely and appropriate mental health treatment, staff members need to understand the issues involved and the procedures necessary to address and implement appropriate treatment.
"Pre-admission Screening of Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment: Considerations for Emergency Services Staff".
The current webinar is the second in the series of three described above.
Q: I understand we can request an ECO but if the patient is not suicidal or homicidal they get turned around and sent back to the facility. That's the problem; there is no help for these people.
A: Residents of supervised residential settings typically are not hospitalized under the "unable to care for self" criteria since it has been established that they require supervised care. Elders with dementia diagnosis can benefit from inpatient psychiatric treatment if they meet legal criteria for hospitalization and have acute symptoms of psychosis, acute symptoms of depression or mania, acute symptoms of anxiety and agitation, or acute Alcohol or substance abuse problems. Inpatient psychiatric hospitalization is appropriate if there is reason to believe that the acute psychiatric symptoms will improve with a 3 to 14 day hospital admission. Take a long-term proactive approach and implement an evidence based behavior and environmental management program for long term care facilities.
Q: CSB has never been able to help us? We recently had a situation, very disruptive resident, and potentially harmful to others, combative. They did not determine this was true and no placement needed. Now, she has been in behavioral health for several weeks. We are always told to call them, but I can't say they have ever been able to help.
A: Know your resources and develop relationships. By discussing crisis situations in advance of a real crisis you may better address the needs of your residents and criteria for acute hospitalization. Know what interventions to implement to mitigate emergent situations. Invite your CSB ES Coordinator to visit your facility. Discuss specific cases or "typical scenarios." Establish and maintain communication with key clinical staff at your local psychiatric hospitals. Initiate contact with your hospital Emergency Department staff to discuss your shared care of your residents.
Q: Is dementia more genetic or environmental?
A: Dementia typically is not conceptualized as genetic or environmental. Dementia is a group of symptoms caused by gradual death of brain cells. Dementia results from a deterioration of the physical brain. Dementia is defined as memory impairment plus one (or more) of the following cognitive disturbances: Aphasia (language disturbance); Apraxia (impaired motor functions); Agnosia (failure to recognize or identify objects); Disturbance in executive functioning (planning, organizing, sequencing, abstracting).
Q: Can a person with dementia sign themselves into a psych unit or must they be detained?
A: A person with dementia can sign themselves into a psychiatric unit if they are considered competent to make their own treatment decisions and they are willing to volunteer for treatment. A TDO is considered If the person is not competent to make their own treatment decisions or if they are unwilling to accept treatment and meet criteria for hospitalization.
Q: What do you think about the BIMS assessment tool?
A: The BIMS is on the MDS 3.0 (Minimum Data Set) very brief. Prefer the Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE) for a more complete assessment.
Q: I appreciate the clarification between Delirium and Dementia. It seems that Delirium, clinically-speaking, is a bit easier to tease out due to the acute time-frame. Can you recommend a clinician-friendly, uniform Dementia screening tool that can be used for clinical training purposes?
Q: Some doctors in an ER obtain an ECO for medical purposes if a person is trying to leave the ER but they are not necessarily for psychiatric evaluation. The police officer asked me if I could come out to evaluate the person. 1) Is the doctor's request for an ECO appropriate? 2) Should we go out on all ECO's, regardless of the nature of the request of the ECO? I am asking this question due to my understanding that ECO's are strictly for the purpose of psychiatric evaluations, hence our involvement.
A: The ECO authorizes law enforcement to take custody of and transport a person to a Preadmission Screener for evaluation. The ECO is not issued for medical treatment; however, the ECO can include medical evaluation and clearance as part of the Preadmission Screening. Physicians can request a Medical TDO for treatment of a life threatening medical condition. Be sure to consult with your supervisor for directions on responding to an ECO.


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