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Microbiology, Infection & Immunology
Major/Minor/Specialisation !J07-MAJ+1007 (2009)
Year and Campus:
Ms Sandra Uren
Email: sandraju@unimelb.edu.au
Life on earth began with microorganisms and depends on their numerous activities which are mostly beneficial but sometimes disastrous. The human immune system has evolved to control harmful microbes but can itself inflict damage on its host. This major will examine and integrate Microbiology, the study of microorganisms with Immunology. Skills developed include the ability to acquire, analyse and apply information from multiple sources, including the laboratory. The major opens up careers in diagnostics, forensic microbiology, vaccine development, molecular biology, biotechnology and regulation, as well as further research into a range of infectious diseases, the genetics and pathogenesis of the causative agent, the various outcomes of the immune system in a setting of infection, autoimmunity, and cancer. It provides a basis for further study into medicine and other paramedical disciplines.
On completion of this major, students should be able to:
describe the diverse range of microbes (bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites), and the ways in which they interact with their hosts, the environment and each other
explain the molecular basis of the ability of various microorganisms to cause disease, together with strategies to interrupt this process, including the development of new antibiotics and other agents.
explain the fundamental concepts of bacterial cell division, cell growth and the transfer of molecules and signals across the cell membrane
describe the way the immune system responds to defend the body against agents of infection
describe the mechanisms operating in response to tumours, transplants, and in allergies and autoimmune diseases.
explain strategies to both restrict and boost the immune response by the development of novel vaccines and other interventions.
describe the principles and procedures involved in the identification and characterisation of bacteria and viruses
describe the use of molecular techniques to identify and characterise determinants associated with disease
describe the principles and procedures involved in isolating and characterising immune cells and their products
communicate scientific ideas and findings effectively in both oral and written form.
Subject Options:
Students completing Microbiology, Infection and Immunity will need to complete the following subjects:
Microbes, Infections and Responses - this subject includes 2hours laboratory based practical work per week
Principles of Immunology
Molecular and Medical Microbiology
Techniques in Microbiology and Immunology
Plus one subject from:
Medical and Applied Immunology
Viruses and Other Parasites
NB Complete information on third year level subjects will be available in the 2010 Handbook which will be published late 2009.
Study Period Commencement:
526-205 Microbes: Infections and Responses
Links to further information:
http://www.bbiomed.unimelb.edu.au/bachelor_of_biomedicine/course_structure
Bachelor of Biomedicine


Writers Read, sponsored by the Language and Literature Department, is a special event featuring authors who read from and comment on their work. Dates, times, costs and locations are indicated below (map of EMU campus , Lehman Auditorium, Common Grounds, Campus Center).
At a critical time for families in detention, Eidse is raising her voice for restorative justice, which seeks to meet the needs of all parties involved in a crime—victims, offenders, and communities. This interest in a higher form of justice was fostered by her studies at EMU during the late 70s. Dedicated to the women inside, Healing Falls "explores critical issues facing the American justice system, as well as the power of faith and artistic expression to transform lives," wrote author Donna Meredith.


Amsterdam, NL – According a study published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, eight weeks of intensive yoga practice significantly decreases the severity of physical and psychological symptoms in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a debilitating chronic auto-immune inflammatory disease. Marked improvements were seen in the levels of certain inflammatory biomarkers and assessments of functional status and disease activity in patients studied, demonstrating yoga's promotive, preventive, curative, and rehabilitative potential for achieving optimal health.
"Our findings show measurable improvements for the patients in the test group, suggesting an immune-regulatory role of yoga practice in the treatment of RA. An intensive yoga regimen concurrent with routine drug therapy induced molecular remission and re-established immunological tolerance. In addition, it reduced the severity of depression by promoting neuroplasticity," explained lead investigator, Rima Dada, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. She noted that high disease activity and underlying depression are associated with increased disability, reduced quality of life, and minimized rates of clinical remission and treatment response.
RA is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease that results from the interplay of genetic and environmental factors and causes extensive systemic inflammation, cartilage damage, and synovial hyperplasia that cause physical disability and psychiatric comorbidity. The co-existence of depression and RA in individuals poses a significant healthcare burden on the patients, their caregivers, healthcare systems, and society as a whole. Existing medical therapies have a limited scope and fail to cure the psychological component of the disease and have numerous side effects. Depression seems to decrease patients' compliance and adherence to medical treatment and results in worse health outcomes and increases disease severity. Improvement in psychological health and reductions in severity made the yoga group more compliant and able to perform more daily chores without much difficulty.
Dr. Dada concluded, "This study offers a new option. Pharmacological treatments can be supplemented with alternative and complementary interventions like yoga to alleviate the symptoms at both physical and psychosomatic levels." With yoga based MBI providing a holistic treatment dimension, reaching a state of remission is becoming a more achievable treatment goal. As a majority of diseases have a psychosomatic component, this approach may be widely applicable.
Full study: "Impact of yoga based mind-body intervention on systemic inflammatory markers and co-morbid depression in active Rheumatoid Arthritis patients: A randomized controlled trial," by Surabhi Gautam, Madhuri Tolahunase, Uma Kumar, and Rima Dada. Published online in advance of in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, Volume 37, Issue 1 (DOI: 10.3233/RNN-180875) by IOS Press. The article is published online in advance of the issue publication at: content.iospress.com/articles/restorative-neurology-and-neuroscience/rnn180875.
This project was supported by funding provided by the Department of Science &Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India (DST/SR/SATYAM/55/2016).
Full text of the article is available to credentialed journalists upon request. Contact Diana Murray, IOS Press (+1 718-640-5678 or d.murray@iospress.com). Journalists wishing to interview the authors should contact Rima Dada (rima_dada@rediffmail.com).


We start with a science-fiction film that is currently in theaters Nationwide. Produced by 20th Century Fox, the Predator series started in 1987, leading to two sequels. In the first movie Arnold Schwarzenegger rocks Seiko H558 5009. Production of the Seiko H558 5009 began in March 1983. This Seiko timepiece was the first dive watch to feature a digital alarm chronograph with combination analog display. Today, you can find this and other great vintage Seiko watches at reputable vintage dealers.
The watch actor Michael J. Fox relies on in the science fiction sequel Back To The Future is in fact a watch-calculator. This affordable Casio model--CA53W Twincept Databank--has an eight digit calculator, is water resistant to a depth of 100 metres, and has auto calendar and alarm. If you're going to time-travel with an unpiloted professor, you might want to have something that is associated with order, if not a source of sanity, to be within your reach, won't you?
Nowadays, most people assume Omega was always a watch of dashing 007 choice. In reality however, the very first James Bond portrayed by Sean Connery, Dr No (1962) was wearing a Rolex Submariner. Sean's character continued to wear variations of the Submariner in the next three James Bond films: From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964) and Thunderball (1965). The man who created the character, Ian Fleming, loved his Rolex Explorer. Inevitably, Bond films feature created by Ian character wearing Rolex. [caption id="attachment_1754" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Rolex Precision Chronometere Vintage Watch[/caption] Only in 1995 Omega became James Bond's official watch supplier, starting with Pierce Brosnan's Golden Eye. Brosnan's James Bond was wearing Omega Seamaster Professional 300M in the film.


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In Suffolk
Higham St Stephen
Sir George Gilbert Scott designed and built this church in geometric style, in 1858-61, at a cost of £3,600. The contractors were Rattee and Kett, and Holland of Gazeley. It has a round west tower with a spire, nave, chancel, north aisle, north vestry, organ chamber and south porch. The exterior is flint rubble with bands and dressings of limestone. As was reported about its opening:
We have it on the authority of one of Mr Scott's assistants, that although prevented from personally superintending the construction, and compelled by a sudden call to the Continent to forego the pleasure of being present at its consecration, the architect devoted to the plans an unusual amount of care and attention, being resolved that the building should be a gem among the many which have made his name famous.
The font and pulpit were made by Farmer, the reredos by Field.
http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/highamsteve.htm
http://www.churchplansonline.org/show_full_image.asp?resource_id=05279.tif
http://www.highamvillage.com/ChurchGuide.pdf
http://www.roundtowerchurches.de/Suffolk/Higham_St_Stephen/Galerie/index.html
Scott's Drawings Collection, p. 35 (b), (RIBA).
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Red Telephone Box
Christ Church, Southgate
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FIRST ON CNN: Paula Broadwell military promotion revoked
The Army has revoked the promotion of Paula Broadwell, the one-time mistress of CIA Director David Petraeus, according to a Defense Department official.
Broadwell, a major in the Army reserves, had been approved last August for promotion to lieutenant colonel. The Army made the decision to revoke the promotion earlier this month, a Defense Department official told CNN. The source declined to be named because of the sensitive nature of the personnel information.
Since the Petraeus scandal broke, Broadwell has been under investigation by the Army for having classified information in her home without permission. She was initially on the list of approved promotions back on August 28, 2012. But under Army regulations "if new information comes to light" within six months of a promotion date it could make the person ineligible. Broadwell was deemed ineligible for promotion because she is under investigation for a matter that could result in her being punished by the Army, the official said. The promotion is revoked until the matter is resolved, the official said. If cleared, she would be eligible again.
Her security clearance, which was suspended last year, also has not been reinstated.
After Petraeus scandal, Broadwell grapples with 'normal life'
Filed under: Military
First Hand Knowledge
She wasn't just doing Petraeus, she was pretty much getting tapped by anything breathing. She was a FREAK! She used to beg me to put it in the stink, she actually seemed to prefer that.
tricky dick
Maybe she is an undercover agent,no pun intended,
us_1776
WIFE Strikes Back !
I think what bothers me the most about her is that she seems *proud* to have slept with him. No one considers her husband, or Petraeus' wife; both must have gone through hell.
Petreaus seems to be ashamed of himself, Paula seems to see it as a way to promote her career.
If you ever figure women out you got it made.We know where a man's brain is.
Karl Magnus
She deserves to be cashiered out as a Major – She's a Major disappointment and law-breaker.
Read the UCMJ, chicklips.
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Kip N
For that matter, how can she go to work if she doesn't have that security clearance? What does she have access to now, the cafeteria?
This is what you get for living your life between your legs ho...LOL!
vidkunl
I'm surprised they didn't bump her right up to full bird. Fear not, Paula, all you have to do is tell everyone you're a sticky fingered lesbian and you'll go right to the top of the promotion list and you'll be right on track for your stars. No harm, no foul.
PhilPoindexter
She fell a few B J short of that rank.
Where is Patreaus? Why hasn't he come forward with all the information about Benghazi? His reputation as a great general has been severely tarnished by not revealing the full truth behind the Obama administration's cover-up. Pitiful that a strong man and general could allow a woman to bring him down, and allow a corrupt administration to blackmail him, and denounce his role in the security of America.
conspiracy theories – ur doin it wrong !
Wozier's
Keep it up, there is some good comic material, you guy's and gal's are good.
At least she hasn't yelled "Racism"about this.Oh,I forgot that's the Lefts favorite response for anything that happens to them.Jesse Jackson and Jesse Jackson Jr. probably thought about that with his problems but just maybe figured it wouldn't work this time,maybe later ,next time.
Sretakson
Isn't she white. Why would she claim racism?
She can't even claim "glass ceiling" as an excuse. She broke the LAW. Period.
Peter Griffin
And you some how thought this was an intelligent comment you made stach? That's the best you can do? Really!
IRONMIKE
How about her military pension and pay did we cancel those?
dmeyer40@hotmail.com
She's not retired so no pension involved. She's a reserve so she only gets paid when on reserve duty.
Monterini
Unless she has at least 20 qualifying years of Army reserve service, she will not get any pension if she's terminated. Congratulations Major!
Florida Hog
Why is her face so shiny?
oneoftheonepercent
Polished by the front of Obama's pants.
Peter Goesinya
Is that what makes your's shine?
Ruth M allek
That was mean... Shame on you, Bob.
she actually looks like chris farley...
Attention all Tea Party Patriots !! Procede to nearest bathroom. Stick head in toilet bowl. Count to three. Now flush. Voila !! Instant Sarah Palin hair style.
Everett Brown
Wow, someone's a mature adult. Is this the first time mommy let you on the computer?
You're pathetic. What is the connection b/w Petraeus & the Tea Party? Nothing.
Carry on with your pointess life.
I take it you both reside south of the Mason-Dixon line. ^
Street Beatnik
Really? Sarah Palin? No shot at Bush? How about Reagan? Three little words for you: need new material.
snowdogg
Not a Palin fan but this is just way off point. Give it a rest.
Houston Roy
Palin is hot too
Know-whats-up
FYI, Broadwell is a dyed in wool Democrat.
banger377
I didn't know that. She's one of the "bunny people". Look that up at the anonymousconservative dot com
I'll bet all your high school buddies thought that was hilarious, right?
DonnaJ.
I'd like to know if the general's security clearance has been suspended as well? If not, it should have been. And please don't try and feed me nonsense about this affair only beginning after he retired. Classic CYA. He knows he was in violation of the UCMJ, and he also knows he's in danger of at the very least losing a star. They need to throw the book at this guy. He's a creep.
Donna The general had retired and was serving in the CIA, i doubt if the UCMJ applied to him.
Of course the UCMJ applies to Petraeus. He had this woman with him while he was in Afghanistan on active duty as his "special" aide. It's only after he's been caught that he's trying to say that this affair began after he retired and I say "BULL"! He has a vested interest in that story line. The loss of a star to his prestige and in retirement pay is huge, and that's the least that should happen to him. That shiny faced forehead was front and center during his confirmation hearings on the hill. Pretty disgusting IMHO. Wife and mistress in the same row. It's just gross and so is he.
Since Broadwell is in the reserve can't she be charged with adultery under the punitive articles of the UCMJ? If so, what are they waiting on?
Jim, no. As a reservist you can only be charged for the things you do while you're on duty, ie drilling status (the 2 days a month or 2 weeks a year that they come on "active duty").
Lenzman
Drilling status...good one!
A disgrace to the military and everything West Point stands for; BOTH of them!
What exactly does a lesbian look like?
Like his wife.
Yeah, Yeah, but she and Michelle Bachman are still hot.
Yup, I agree. Crossing my fingers for a photo spread in Maxim.
sadlyperturbed
If either of those are your idea of "hot", you need your head examined.
Linda Luttrell
I can remember when adultery was punished according to UCMJ. The last 20 years...not so much any more. If she's kicked out, it will be for security violations.
DPBISME
If she had any class she would resign... buit the world has changes since I was a kid... People behave badly and feel no compunction to resign from thier positions and we don't "shun them" like we should...
Adultry is illegal in my part of the United States. If a person asks for a divorce on the grounds of adultry in SC and wins, EVERYTHING then belongs to the innocent party. EVERYTHING.
Sounds like archaic laws to me. How about some fairness regardless of a persons mistake. I'm also fairly certain this only goes one way...and you know what way I mean.
It is South Carolina. Very little more needs to be said. There might be a state that is more backwards than SC, but I doubt it.
ummm
A mistake is when you bring home 2% milk instead of skim. I seriously doubt anyone ever "mistakenly" slept with someone outside their marriage. It's a choice. And choices have consequences.
toughluv
Sure is tough to be a ladder climbing HO these days.
Not if you're wearing a skirt.
I thought a soldier had to have and keep a SECRET level clearence in order to be a commissioned officer ? If Broadwells' clearence has been revoked, then why has she not been dismissed ?
I believe until the matter is finally settled and judgment officially passed, she will remain in military limbo. That, in and of itself, is a career limiting place to be for an officer. Even if cleared, she'll never get the stink of this away from her brass.
HOOOAAAAHH
When is she getting her dishonorable discharge? She violated the UCMJ/ Kick her out, like the rules say.
Because she's a Reservist, she could only face UCMJ action while she was on active duty.
J Arthur
Invoulantarily call her to active duty; court martial her, and out she goes!
Saw it all the time when I was in the USMC Reserves.
J Arthur – No, you didn't. You never saw someone brought on active duty to stand trial by court martial for something that did not occur on a drill weekend or during annual training.
Don't tell me what I saw! We had people who tested positive for drugs, failed PFT's, went UA, etc. who were called to active duty and discharged. Granted it took a while, but it did happen.
We even had a reservist who broke into the motor pool on a non-drill weekend and stole a bunch of scrap metal. They called him to active duty, charged him under Article 15 and discharged him.
Art, I will tell you what you saw, because you can't discharge someone as part of an Article 15. He may have been chaptered out and the Article 15 was part of the packet.
BoneDog
It is unfortunate that we care about these tiny matters whiile our men and women continue to be killed and maimed overseas supposedly defending people who despise us.
Well said 'Dog. Well said.
They despise us because we're there.
Stan Brown
Spare me the "blame America first" stuff. They hated us befoe we were "there".
@Stan Brown They have every reason to hate us. Wake up. It is not this countries business, nor our responsibility to tell other countries how they should be run. Period. Not in Iraq, not in Afghanistan, and not in any other country. People say the war is "for our safety and security". That is utter nonsense. These wars were for one thing and one thing only. OIL. This is without question except to the ignorant.
sadlypurturd – no oil in Afghanistan.
true justice
As a Mossad agent who took (went) down the little General for Obama she has a new show, The Ho-e of Benghazi. She is just a worthless
Can you really be that studpid? Wow.
hannah01
Can't make a comment without being vulgar? Pig.
Blah blah the wheel's off your trailer
No, she should be given her promotion. After all, she earned it. Its Petreaus who should be persecuted and brought to justice for giving Ms. Broadwell and that other woman access to classified information and compromising our national security. Furthermore, lead republicans John Boehner and Eric Cantor should be forced to step down for knowingly and willfully keeping these affairs and Mr. Petreaus's heinous activities secret while our national security was being compromised.
No, she does not deserve her promotion. There's a little thing called adultery and is punishable under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. In fact, she should be demoted with forfeiture of pay and probably some kind of restriction. It doesn't matter what the General did or didn't do. She is an officer in the U.S. military, and as such, is just as responsible.
Is Paula Braodwell married? I honestly don't know... Patreus is married, so obviously he committed adultery. A single person cannot commit adultery and therefore would not be subject to UCMJ punishment under that article. The security violation is more than enough to revoke her promotion, and in my opinion, a worse offense.
Rick, she's married with kids.
SteveA
conduct unbecoming an officer
Using your logic, most of the Administration should resign, including the President.
You are absolutely correct. Resign line over here to the right please, single file, let's MOVE IT PEOPLE.
Don't try to blame the President for Mr. Petreaus's heinous actions the way you right wingers tried to blame him for the economic crisis and inflated national debt he inherited. The President was betrayed. He entrusted the duties onto Mr. Petreaus and expected him to carry out his duties with honor, respect and regard for our national security interests. Mr. Boehner and Mr. Cantor were aware of the affairs for more than a year and they covered it up. They should be forced to resign.
The Administration isn't pubishable under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Adultry isn't illegal in the United States. However, it is illegal in the military as part of maintaining good discipline. It is hard to maintain discipline if your wife is sleeping with your commander...hence the reason for these rules. So if you want rules to be changed for politicians...then you should be pushing for the passing of new laws that would make it illegal for them to do that.
The President even as Commander In Chief is not subject to the UCMJ and the rest of the administration (unless commissioned officers) is not either.. So using that premise is not valid. She is subject to the code and its clearly a good implementation of the rules of promotion. The adultery part could be (and should be) implemented. She should resign as well or be booted out.
Wrong, the President is not subject to UCMJ, he was elected, unfortunately. And that is what is wrong with our country, when the citizens are subjected to laws that do not apply to our elected officials.
Don P
NO, she must be held accountable for HER own actions. She brought classified home, no one forced her.
wow..you are delusional...Boehner and Cantor ??? Pretty sure they werent the ones holding back the info...
Does Obama have any responsibilty in anything or is every thing because of someone else?
If she "earned" anything, it was done on her back and her knees.
Thats it? revoked her promotion? She should have lost rank! and her clearance! somebody is watching out for her, if it was anybody else, they would have been a 2 LT and forced to resigned and clearance revoked!
Spoken like someone who has never been in the military or know how it works.... wow, ignorance is rampant in this country.... please educate yourself
Officers don't get demoted. If the act is severe enough, their promotions are frozen +/- discharge.
Correct. But, you can be retired at "the last rank you were determined to have served honorably." So a Colonel who porks around and is discovered can be retired as a Lt Col.
todd Q
Just boot her out of the military. She's not worthy to serve as an officer anymore.
20 Year Vet
It is called due process. Once completed she will be booted, patience young grasshopper
True. Nidal Malik Hasan is still a Major in the US Army with full pay and benefits.
She'll be out as a Major with an 'other than honorable' discharge. Good riddance!
There was also that little matter of Paula threatening a female civilian who Paula thought was getting too close to her General.
The cat fight and threats were what ultimately brought it all to the forefront. Oh, and Paula going on speaking events and publicly stating things that were possibly classified info might have also been a problem, all under the guise of her having access to the General that others didn't. She lived off of that for a bit. I don't thing any of these things would shine too brightly on her promotion.
She's way too hot to be a LTC anyway.
Nah, I've know a couple of LTCs over the years that were smoking hot. One of my Bn Commanders was a beutiful LTC and was on flight status, she rocked that one piece flight suit too!
She gets nailed in more than one way! If this would have been a dude nothing would have happened. I believe the general was just as guilty as her and maybe he should have loss a star!
Natrldiver
Not going to happen because he was already retired when the supposed affair happened. Also it would take an act of congress to bust him down and we all know Obama protects his own just like he did with Eric Holder.
leave your repuke op to yourself. It takes congress to do it,but has nothing to do with Obama or any other Pres. .....
ReWhat
Ah, liberals. So tolerant.
Lost a star? He's wasn't in the military any more...he retired and was head of the CIA...they still call him General Petraeus as an honorarium....just like we continue to call Romney...Governor Romney...or Clinton...President Clinton. He was a civilian...and you can't demote someone after they retire.
Call him general as an honorarium? How can that possibly work insofar as an honorarium is a payment?
@Arch, Not so. I've been in 17 years and seen several male officers get nailed because of this type of behavior.
I am glad and hope she is punished to the fullest. An enlisted soldier would be hung out and probably chaptered for this. The higher ranks get away with so much its disgusting. As for the general? Im gald he was removed from his position, he was breaking the Army values and it caught up to him. The hypocrisy in the aristocracy we call the Army is stomach turning at times.
She committed adultery – a punishable offense under the Uniform Code OF Military Justice. That alone is enough. Her clearance is a goner – her career is done – and rightfully so. End Statement.
If she were enlisted, she would have faced the full wrath of UCMJ
She wasn't on active duty when she was spreading her wings.
Zwei Stein
I was doing her for months. Then the Col wanted her...we made a deal – she was then his for about a year. Next thing I know she's doing this Brigadier Gen. I guess she just went on from there.
Yeah, you wish.....
Anne, you're probably right ... BUT ... it's still quite believable. You can bet your sweet bippy David Petraeus was not her first extra-marital affair; nor will he be her last.
MashaSobaka
They promote rapists but not her? I'd like to say that I'm shocked, but it's the US military. So I'm really not.
They promote rapists??? Did I miss something?
geeworker
nope just another person babbling on
LeYank
I think he saw it in "Private Benjamin."
Petraeus was not a rapist so keep your stupid thoughts to yourself
Oh look. Another liberal that doesn't believe you should be able to exercise your right to speak.
tokalosh0
Darn. You mean I can't screw my way into Lieutenant Colonel? NOW they tell me!
S1N
Sure you can. Just make sure you don't take home classified materials while you're doing it. It also helps if you don't leave a trail of e-mails about it.
LTC Leeroy
I'm on the same promotion list as her and pinned on LTC 28 Aug 12. Therefore, I'm not saying anything for at least 8 more days. 😉
Then you probably should not have posted here either
URsoFULOVIT
Some people just don't get it.
Damned if you do and damned if you don't! Let's hear for women of the u.s. army, they are combined the new crucifix for the 20th century.
If they fired all who have an affair in the Military or Congress, Senate White we would have no one to protect or lie to the American people
The General should be reduced in rank also. While they both bear responsibility (and both should be striped of at least one pay grade) he was superior and carries are greater % of the burden. Just my humble opinion. This should be on the top ten list of best ways to screw up a solid career. Hope it was worth it Petraus. I am guessing it wasn't.
Agreed. What happened to her is fair, but don't let her be the scapegoat.
larrykl
Didn't read the article carefully, did you. It says promotion can be revoked within 6 months of the promotion. That does not apply to the General.
Alan DeGolmon
@larrykl,
Irrelevant. Officers can be demoted at any time, whether or not they're in the 6 month window for "revocation." It's just a matter of semantics. In fact the Army can do whatever they want with rank. They just call the method of reducing it different things.
That includes changes in back pay, retirement, etc. Once again, they can do whatever they want under different names.
Army cannot revoke general-grade promotions. Only the President can. He will not demote Petraeus. Like him or not, the man did an excellent job. He already did the right thing and resigned.
Geosuicide
I disagree. The general had the affair after this military career – not during. Therefore, he should keep his rank. If he had the affair during his military career, then I would be apt to agree with you. He was with the CIA when the affair happened and thus, was a civilian.
Do people on here just babble without knowing a damn thing? He had the affair while he was in the Army... the truth came to light AFTER he retired and was CIA director
VMI_07
David Patraeus is retired.
Sure, try to reduce his rank – let me know how far you get...
Yes I would love to see how far that gets, because it would take an act of congress and the President to do such a thing. However, we all know how Obama protects his own just like Eric Holder. Funny how fast and furious has just disappeared into the wind just like Benghazi has with Hillary. We truely have a corrupt government and the in the military, the ones in the upper ranks are just a guilty as the politicians we elect.
@Natrldiver – Really???? And Reagan didn't protect Oliver North during the Iran Contra Scandal? Look that one up.
Regan did act inappropriately. But we're not talking about him or Oliver North. We're talking about the current President. Are you suggesting that because Regan behaved inappropriately back in the early 80's Obama should be allowed to behave inappropriately in a different situation 30 years later without scrutiny? Are you braindead or just grasping at straws because you don't want to admit to yourself that your hero is a crappy President?
Skysur4
A well-deserved demotion. Now they just need to take one of Patraeus' stars as payment for taxpayers funding of Broadwell's stay & transport in Afghanistan while she serviced him. Then I would call it even!
An army person without a security clearance. That is like 98% of the Army. I was USAF and had 16 army troops working in my section. One had a clearance. The Army chain took him all the time, as there weren't many with one they could use.
I've yet to hear of an officer without a security clearance.
FA MAJ
All commissioned officers are required to hold at least a secret clearance, and their highest level is determined by duty position.
Enlisted members aren't required to have a Secret clearance; their clearance level is based on position/MOS (i.e. the level of clearance required for them to perform their duties). All enlisted members have a minimum assumed "confidential" clearance.
ColonelBarbara
Paula Broadwell should face a courts-martial under the UCMJ for adultery.
@ColonelBarbara,
Then Gen. Petraeus should also face a courts-martial. Why not? Let's not be male chauvinists about this, Colonel "Barbara".
Cause he is retired you idiot... you can't court martial post fact
GI Bubba
@Bob
First, you certainly CAN call a retired officer back to active duty for the purpose of court-martial.
Second, you should know your stuff before you spout off about someone else being an idiot.
Ex-Military
The fact that they even have a rule that a person can be court martialed, or any other punishment for that matter, for adultery is beyond me. Like Pierre Elliott Trudeau (former Prime Minister of Canada for close to 15 years) rightfully said "there's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation", also adding that "what's done in private between adults doesn't concern the Criminal Code". Why are the Americans so obsessed with adultery? I thought it was a free country? Really?
What kind of standard does a unit commander or any other Soldier/Sailor/Marine in a leadership position set when they are sleeping around outside of their marriage (outside of the biblical context which is irrelevant)? The military, for most, is held to a higher standard of behavior (and a higher level of scrutiny) by themselves and the general public, and the standard for discipline and behavior starts at the top. Leaders should be a moral compass for their subordinates, both in and out of uniform.
"Who do I have to blow around here to get a promotion?"
–Paula Broadwell
Doc1
A four star? or retired four star?
outawork
Come on guys, she really worked hard for that promotion!!!
Technically, he did the hard part.
SilverHair
She needs to go. No part of the military needs her.
Common Problem and Military Doesn't Care
Affairs are a common problem in the military. My spouse (an officer) got a Top Secret clearance and will soon get a promotion, all without disclosing an affair with a work colleague. When the military found out, they did nothing. The military doesn't care unless it becomes a major news story.
She lost her clearance because she had classified information in her home, not because she had an affair.
@Leah -Common Problem and Military Doesn't Care
Duh. But if a person has affairs, it seems likely that other personal attributes would be questionable as well. I routinely heard my spouse spout things off to others that he shouldn't. An affair is just a hint at their overall credibility and lack of morals. As such having an affair should not be so easily dismissed.
it only effects the ability to maintain a clearance if the affair can be used to courser you into divulging secrets
@ geeworker
That's why the security clearance investigators want to know. They're not enforcers of the UCMJ. So if someone just up and tells the security clearance investigator "hey I had/having an affair", all is well. BUT if you lie about it AND they find out, that should get one into trouble because they wouldn't be considered honest. That's the point.
So sad and so true. Col. James Johnson, convicted of fraud, bigamy, and conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, was sentenced Thursday to a reprimand and a $300,000 fine.
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Military Affairs could user her.... heh heh
boungiorno
what a disgrace, people are pathetic, it's all about what can i get; me me me, sick.
@boungiorno
What a disgrace, people are pathetic. It's all about what can i do to pass judgement on people, because they're pathetic and I'm not. Me me me, sick.
what a disgrace people are pathetic it's all about what can i get me me md sick
Broad well, indeed.
Alive and well in Texas
I would sure hate to think she was my CO.
Lisa Nowak was the Navy Captain Astronaut who wore a diaper a thousand miles to confront her "other woman" in 2007. Her case is a carbon copy of the Paula Broadwell affair. In 2009, the Navy stripped Nowak of rank and dismissed her from the service under "Other Than Honorable" conditions. Since she had more than 20-years service, she was allowed to quietly retire. In 2008, her husband divorced her and took custody of their three young children. .......... Somebody try to convince me why Paula Broadwell deserves lesser treatment.
To what end? They are two distinct cases with different factum that bear no resemblance.
Sure, it is because.......hmm, well......ok so it is not any different.
What's the big deal about her wearing a diaper? Adult disposable undergarments are quite routine among military pilots and astronauts.
Lisa Nowak drove across country intending to kidnap and torture her rival. Hardly the same thing.
Not exactly, didnt get that far
@Mike,
You left out Gen. Petraeus. Why? Somebody convince Mike that Paula Broadwell deserves no lesser treatment than that given to Gen. Petraeus.
...and I assume half of her military pension as well
She should be forced to resign just like her partner. She violated the military code of ethics. This means she will get a miltary pension from the tax payers and for what service did she contribute to this country? Free education at West Point, limited time as active officer. Looks like she scamed us all!
Tom Cahill
She graduated from West Point in June, 1995. She has less than 18 year in the service. She needs 20 years to get a pension. Throw her out without a Pension and with a Dishonorable Discharge.
Doesn't the time in the Academy count ?
@Joe, Only when 20+ years have been established, those four years can be added to total years which does affect retirement pay.
She's a reservist, not active duty. Retirement isn't the same, and she wouldn't be eligible to get anything until she's 60 anyway.
The report simply said she was passed over for promotion. It did not say she was booted out. Unless she gets passed over again for promotion (not sure if this is still how the military works) she will be forced to retire, but if not she will get a very nice sum of money from the taxes payers each year until she dies. Not sure she has to be 60 to draw. My Dad was a 30 Marine officer and he started drawing his pension right after he retired...that was in the late 60's. Took me 15 years of work to start making more than he did with his pension, but after all he had been through in WWII, he deserved EVERY penny. Unike Broadwell, so again what did she do to serve her country again?
When I was in, there was a saying that went "You f@#$ up, you move up." I guess this is not the case this time.
FYI: the saying is still around, because it is usually still true.
In business it's called "The Peter Principle". "In any organization, people tend to rise to their level of incompetence." Think about it in terms of the politicians in the state and federal governments.


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Published time: 1 Apr, 2013 20:47 Edited time: 1 Apr, 2013 20:50
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Mexican drug cartels — the same groups credited with taking tens of thousands of innocent lives through brutal murders during the last few years — have infiltrated the United States.
In an exposé published by The Associated Press this week, reporter Michael Tarm cites an extensive review of federal court cases, government drug-enforcement data and interviews with top law enforcement officials to back up the claim that violent drug lords from south of the border have established bases within the US that are now working as remote hubs for international narcotics rings.
These groups, writes Tarm, once rarely journeyed out of Mexico or, if that, far beyond the nation's border with the US. In recent years, however, Mexican cartels like the infamous Zetas have extended their reach into the US by literally deploying entire units to oversee domestic operations.
It isn't amateur drug mules or wannabe gangsters that are being sent abroad either. The AP says some of the most trusted agents aligned with Mexican drug militias now operate out of the US "to tighten their grip on the world's most lucrative narcotics market and maximize profits."
Should the expansion continue at its current rate, US authorities warn that it could eventually become harder if not impossible to extradite the cartels to outside of the US. Soon, says Tarm, drug smugglers may expand into other ventures, like prostitution, kidnapping-and-extortion rackets and even money laundering.
"It's probably the most serious threat the United States has faced from organized crime," Jack Riley of the US Drug Enforcement Administration explains to the AP.
Southern California, Texas and Arizona aren't the new homes of these groups, either. Nine non-border states across the US now have a documented Mexican cartel presence, with the AP claiming that these collectives have expanded as far north as Pennsylvania, roughly 1,500 miles away.
In Chicago, Illinois, the cartels have even become the new kings. In the Windy City, the Chicago Crime Commission now considers Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, as Public Enemy No. 1 — the same title once bestowed on gangster kingpin Al Capone. Unlike his prohibition era counterpart, though, Guzman has never once set foot in the eastern Illinois town.
"People think, 'The border's 1,700 miles away. This isn't our problem.' Well, it is. These days, we operate as if Chicago is on the border," Riley tells the AP.
But if geographical boundaries no longer apply in terms of the growing drug trade, will the same trends found in Mexico make their way up north too? The Houston Chronicle reported over the weekend that 3,000 drug-cartel murders have been carried during just the first 100 days since the country's president, Enrique Peña Nieto, took office in December. And since 2006, the death toll is thought to exceed 70,000 — or nearly 20 times more than NATO combat deaths in Afghanistan, adds the paper.
As recently as last Friday, seven people were killed in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico after a gunman opened fire in a bar using an AK-45 assault rifle.
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Press Start Video Games host tournament
Renee Sogueco, 'Doah Staff Writer
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Press Start Video Games, a local store in Winchester, recently hosted a gaming tournament, sponsored by Red Bull and McDonald's, on Saturday, Feb. 22.
Gage Edwards, the manager of Press Start, hosted the event at the popular Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and invited video game enthusiasts to participate in the "Halo 2" tournament. Asked where they heard of the contest, contestants said that they heard through the store or flyers posted by Press Start. To enter the competition, there was a fee of 10 dollars in advance and a fee of 15 dollars the day of the event.
Shenandoah University's Professor Joey Gawrysiak, a contender in the competition, is conducting research on video games and how they may be able to become a spectator's sport.
For it to become such, it would need an incredible following. Some companies, such as Major League Gaming, conduct tournaments online, and there are many video games that require strategy and team playing in order to win "matches." Twitch, a live streaming video platform, focuses on e-sports and video gaming. As a potential spectator sport, video games hold no physical injuries, less expenses, and most everyone can participate. Some cons to video games may be the lack of realism and lack of entertainment. Other complaints come from the small amount of viewing methods. Video games such as "Halo 2" or any of the "Call of Duty" series, when in multiplayer mode, become split screened, but it may become confusing or boring to some speculators.
Edwards decided on "Halo 2" through a vote on the store's Facebook page, and most voted on the popular classic multiplayer. As a classic game, "Halo 2" was released on Nov. 4, 2004 and still boasts as a highly popular first person shooter.
Starting at 10 a.m., twelve people, a perfect number according to Edwards, attended and the competition began. People walked into a dimly lit theater of the Alamo and saw the loading screen appear more massive than what could be usually seen.
The rules were simple; the contestants were contending in order to gain the top five spots.
In the game, players must pick up weapons and shoot the other player in order to gain advantage. Edwards picked the multiplayer level, Lockout, as the setting and announced the players in pairs. Presented in split screen, some players had difficulty adjusting to looking at the dual screens. The two players both had health bars that indicated how much life he or she had left.
When the health bar ran out, the player "died."
Each game had a time limit of five minutes, and at the end of those five minutes, the person who had the most "kills," or scored more, won the round.
If it turned out to be a tie, the game would restart, and one contestant had to kill the other only once in order to win. During each round, there was no timer to tell how long the clock had been going for, but a voiceover would warn when the one minute mark hit.
When asked about the cost of rent for the theater, he simply stated that the Alamo had "nice people" and by bringing people, he brought business. For him, the turnout was more than he expected even with the small number of 12, but he expects larger turnouts with his "Call of Duty" and "Super Smash Bros." tournaments. The former brings in about 60 to 70 people. With advertisements, he just relies on the Facebook page, flyers and word-of-mouth.
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"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!" (Isaiah 5:20)
Self-proclaimed Catholic Joe Biden, today signed an executive order forcing United States taxpayers to fund abortion travel with their tax dollars.
Evil is called good
Keep in mind, in reading Biden's statement below, that the new code phrase for "killing unborn babies" is "reproductive healthcare."
Could anything be further from the truth than using a word that indicates abundance ("reproductive") is now used to mean utter destruction, death ("killing")?!
Could anything be further from the truth than calling the killing of completely innocent human life—before that human is even allowed to see the light of day or take his or her first breath—"healthcare"?!
Here is Biden's statement, from a memo released by his office:
""The Executive Order directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to consider action to advance access to reproductive healthcare services, including through Medicaid for patients who travel out of state for reproductive healthcare services. This directive is in line with the President and the Attorney General's clear statements on the Administration's commitment to defending the bedrock right to travel across state lines to seek reproductive healthcare in states where those services remain legal," Biden said in a memo about the executive order.
Again overstepping the Supreme Court ruling. Again violating the limits of the Executive branch of our U.S. Constitutional government and stepping on the domain of the Judicial branch. Just as a dictator would do—taking whatever means possible to achieve his or her objective of "my way or the highway."
Biden's White House doubles down
"Today's announcements build on the actions the Biden-Harris Administration has already taken to protect access to healthcare, including abortion and contraception, in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization," the White House said.
It also renewed Biden's support for radical legislation in Congress to legalize or promote killing babies in abortions up to birth, explains Lifesite News.
"Biden continues to call on Congress to codify the right to abortion into federal law and has said he would support changing the filibuster rules to codify Roe v. Wade into law. The White House has also released Statements of Administration Policy supporting H.R. 8296 – Women's Health Protection Act of 2022 and H.R. 8297 – Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022," it said.
Note the misnomer "women's health protection act", which in truth is neither "healthy" or "protective" of a woman or her unborn child.
Feds target Idaho, a "test case" for more evil and dictator-like actions, in defiance of the Supreme Court ruling
The announcement of the upcoming order comes one day after Biden's administration has filed a lawsuit against Idaho's abortion ban that will soon go into effect, falsely claiming it puts women's lives at risk.
Idaho has a trigger law that will soon protect babies from abortions, but Justice Department on Tuesday filed a lawsuit that challenges Idaho's protective law — arguing that it would prevent medically necessary abortions.
Texas Attorney General fights another Biden threat, this time Biden-Harris target the very women they claims to help; those on Medicaid
In Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit challenging a new Biden administration action that threatens hospitals with loss of Medicaid funds if their emergency rooms refuse to abort unborn babies.
The lawsuit comes in response to a new guidance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Monday – one of the Biden administration's many actions to expand abortions post-Roe v. Wade. The guidance invokes the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act to require hospitals to perform abortions for "emergency medical conditions," a broad term that may include situations where it is not necessary to abort the unborn baby.
"By this move, the Biden Administration seeks to transform every emergency room in the country into a walk-in abortion clinic," the attorney general's office said in a statement.
As Justice Alito wrote:
"Abortion presents a profound moral question. The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion. Roe and Casey arrogated that authority. We now overrule those decisions and return that authority to the people and their elected representatives."
Unimaginable. What does it profit a man to gain the world and lose his own soul? It just staggers the mind. The only recourse is prayer, especially the Rosary and Adoration, and prayerful action to restore common sense and open hearts and minds to the simplest, most obvious of truths… as Dr. Seuss put it…"a person's a person no matter how small."
If Our Lord and His Mother could—against all odds—turn around and destroy the Islamic fleet, fresh and far out-numbering that of Christendom at the time of the Battle of Laponta in the 1500s, thanks to an desperate outpouring of Christians praying the Rosary, so can our prayers bear fruit as well. After all, Roe is now defeated, after 50 years!
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The immigration crisis is about the devaluation of love
Children arriving at a London station to leave for the West Country, 1940.
The removal of 2 million children to the English countryside during World War II, to keep them safe from German bombs, derived from good-hearted motives and tidy logic. But it was in many ways disastrous for the families involved.
"Operation Pied Piper," as it was called, proved deeply traumatic for the children who were separated from their parents. "London children," said Anna Freud, "were on the whole much less upset by bombing than by evacuation to the country as a protection against it." The parents were likewise traumatized…
The lesson needs to be remembered today, in the United States: Separating children from their families can destroy them.
(To read the complete article, please visit CNN.)
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They Gave Us a Great Game
I don't think I have it in me to write much about tonight's game but what a game it was. It was one of the most emotional games I've experienced in 41 years as a fan. You can second guess Jim Leyland's bullpen management. You can point to mistakes made by both teams. You can talk about the many opportunities missed. You can blame the Metrodome. You can complain about how the Tigers blew a big lead and should have clinched before this game happened. However, you can't deny that this was an absolutely thrilling baseball game. It was an all-time classic regardless of the outcome.
Many will remember this season as a big choke but it really wasn't. OK, they might have choked a bit the final weekend but they played the final month of the season pretty much the same way they played all year. I wanted badly for the Tigers to beat the Twins and I'm very disappointed right now but I really think the better team won. The Twins aren't better because they play the game the right way or because they are gritty. They are a simply better hitting team with a deeper bullpen.
Some might call the Twins lucky but I would say the Tigers were the fortunate ones. They allowed two more runs than they gave up this year and really should not have been in first place all season. They were basically a .500 team that was fortunate to get seven walk-off wins. Although I think Rodney was under appreciated by Tigers fans this year, I also think he was lucky. He was good but not 37 saves in 38 opportunities good.
It will be a few days before I start analyzing their season or discussing possible off-season moves. I'm emotionally drained right now. It'll be a long off-season.
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Anonymous October 07, 2009
Yes, man about time. I haven't been pumped about baseball for a while. what a game that was. I can't wait until tomorrow when postseason starts
Two Voices | Two Guys
Your commentary has been appreciated this year.
I think the Tigers choked, but it depends what you mean by choke--they played as they played much of the season, but unfortunately a lot of losses weighted the end. The Twins also seemed to be playing a hot hand, but I'd bet that comes to an end in the Bronx real soon. -Nick
The Tigers on the whole had a much better season than many predicted at the beginning of the season.
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The genome of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus encodes for eight accessory viral proteins with no known homologues in other coronaviruses. One of these is the 3b protein, which is encoded by the second open reading frame in subgenomic RNA 3 and contains 154 amino acids. Here, a detailed time-course study was performed to compare the apoptosis and necrosis profiles induced by full-length 3b, a 3b mutant that was deleted by 30 amino acids from the C terminus (3b 124-154) and the classical apoptosis inducer, Bax. Our results showed that Vero E6 cells transfected with a construct for expressing 3b underwent necrosis as early as 6 h after transfection and underwent simultaneous necrosis and apoptosis at later time-points. At all the time-points analysed, the apoptosis induced by the expression of 3b was less than the level induced by Bax but the level of necrosis was comparable. The 3b 124-154 mutant behaves in a similar manner indicating that the localization of the 3b protein does not seems to be important for the cell-death pathways since full-length 3b is localized predominantly to the nucleolus, while the mutant is found to be concentrated in the peri-nuclear regions. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the induction of necrosis by a SARS-CoV protein.


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by Sarah Thornton
Contemporary art has become a mass entertainment, a luxury good, a job description and, for some, a kind of alternative religion.
Sarah Thornton's shrewd and entertaining fly-on-the-wall narrative takes us behind the scenes of the art world, from art school to auction house, showing us how it works, and giving us a vivid sense of being there.
Pages:304 pages, Illustrations
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Moseman '11 Shooting on a Field of Dreams
Jim Amidon
Posted June 29th, 2009
Howard W. Hewitt – Here in the rolling hills of southwest Indiana, an area of strong German heritage and lingering cultural traditions, there is a field of dreams. It was a field of dreams for movie makers who re-created an old-time ballpark for the 1992 movie A League of Their own.
The dream continues for college-age baseball players participating in a summer Prospect League in the small town of Huntingburg, just south of Jasper. It also has become a field of dreams for photographer Alex Moseman '11.
The Bloomington, Indiana, native was looking for a summer internship and learned at Wabash's Career Center the Dubois County Bombers needed a photographer. Alex was uniquely qualified for the summer spot after spending the 2008 summer in the Present Indiana Program doing a photo project.
He credits the experience of shooting all last summer with sparking his interest in photography. He specifically cites a day he spent with Indianapolis Star photographer Matt Dietrich, as part of the PIP project, learning how to work a photo shoot.
See photos from the Friday night visit here.
Alex joined the staff of The Bachelor and will be Photo Editor this fall. He admitted during an interview prior to Friday night's game the two summers have him thinking about photography in a more serious way. He came to Wabash thinking about a career in law. Now, he's not so sure.
Moseman stays with a host family in Huntingburg for the summer, the same as the players who may not accept a stipend because they are all NCAA athletes. He photographs each game but does dozens of other tasks including designing the program cover for each game, helping out in the front office, and some nights even shutting down the stadium. Here is a link to Alex's website where you can see his photography.
The Prospect League gives college baseball players the chance to work on their game against a good level of competition. Teams in the league include Danville, DuPage, Hannibal, Quincy, Springfield, Butler, Chillicothe, Richmond, and Slippery Rock.
The Dubois County team's roster includes college players from Indiana State, Creighton, SE Missouri State, Middle Tennessee State, Bellermine, Utah, Wright State, Indiana, Butler, and many others.
The Bombers were hosting the Hannibal Cavemen Friday night to the usual crowd of about 350. The old League Stadium was renovated for the 1992 movie. It now hosts Southridge High School's home games along with the summer Bomber's schedule of 28 home games from the first of June through early August.
Many of the movie makers touches remain with most of the signage noting it's the home field for the Rockford Peaches. The 1992 movie starred Tom Hanks, Madonna, Geena Davis, and was directed by Penny Marshall.
We'll have a complete profile on Alex and his unique summer internship near the start of the school year.
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2 comments on "Moseman '11 Shooting on a Field of Dreams"
Ed Harris says:
Great stuff. I did something similar to that when I was still at Miami (University, in Oxford) in the late 70s. I met a lot of great people, and a few actually went on to play in MLB.
Quite a thrill to see them progress in their baseball careers.
Great job folks!


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What are some of your first day of school traditions. My first day of school tradition was pretty old fashion and typical but memorable. Each year, I took a photo of my kids standing in front of the front door every year to watch them grow. As they got older and older, you could see the difference because they were in front of the same door as long as we lived in that home. I also drew their Heights on the wall. I wish I would have bought a height chart for that.
Before school started, as the kids became more responsible, I started giving them a budget. They could purchase their school clothing with that amount. If they wanted something really expensive, they would have the typical allowance, for shoes, as an example, and they would pay the difference for famous players shoes. This taught them responsibility and appreciation for their school supplies and clothes.
You will be able to tell when your kids are old enough to help make wise back to school buying decisions. My son is now a very successful financial advisor. He was frugal with his clothing decision except for his occasional splurge on Air Jordans. He did have to come up with the difference in the cost of a normal pair of gym shoes and the famous expensive ones. Otherwise, he was happy buying his clothes at Kohls.
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What to consider when negotiating a compensation package
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We all know negotiating is easier said than done after you come to a preliminary agreement with your potential employer. When done well, however, it can accelerate your career. Effective negotiation enables both parties to evaluate and understand your worth to the organization and in the marketplace.
What's the best way to approach a potentially delicate situation? Kevin Stemke, a senior associate recruiter at Charles Aris, says the key to successful negotiation is having a plan.
"Know what's important to you," Stemke said. "Know what you want out of the role and in a compensation package. Think about what you're potentially walking away from when negotiating. Think about vacation, relocation costs, real estate cost impacts, et cetera."
Once you have all the information and have thought about the package holistically, decide what you're willing to give up for a particular role in a particular organization – and what you're unwilling to compromise on. When you're ready to talk negotiation, make sure you have reasons and evidence to bolster your desire to land the best compensation package possible.
"Negotiating is a good thing and we encourage people to negotiate if there is a good reason," Stemke said. "Have a legitimate reason behind why you want a signing bonus – not just that you want one."
You have one shot to negotiate, so do it in good faith. Put thought into what you're asking for; if the employer is willing to offer you what you're asking, the fair assumption is that you will accept.
"It reflects poorly on the potential employee if the employer accepts your ask and you then come back and ask for something else," Stemke added.
If the organization can't or simply won't offer what you requested, it's time to ask yourself a few clarifying questions:
Am I willing to accept anyway?
Should I try to meet them in the middle?
Should I decline the offer?
Know that it's perfectly acceptable to do what's best for you. Just know when you're exceeding both your limits and the organization's.
by Madison Nance
Marketing Associate at Charles Aris Inc.
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Recruiting in the United States in 2021
Near the end of 2019, no one could have predicted the global upheaval that would kick off the second quarter of 2020 and then last throughout the year. With a pandemic that has not only caused a public health crisis but an economic recession that hit nearly every industry spanning the world, executive search firms across the InterSearch alliance have shown incredible resilience in continuing to place A-level talent in mission-critical roles.
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Desiree Corbett earns promotion to senior researcher
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Executive search firm Charles Aris Inc. has promoted Desiree Corbett, a team member who dedicates her professional time to business research across an array of Charles Aris recruiting practices, to senior researcher.
Since joining the company in October 2019, Corbett has served as an integral part of its research and analytics team, supporting the firm's practice leaders and associate recruiters in business development and fulfillment, respectively. In her expanded role, she will continue to deepen her responsibilities in helping coordinate logistics for the firm's research internship program; informing firmwide decisions on customer relationship management (CRM) technologies; helping lead special projects; and serving as a research project manager for executive searches.
Desiree Corbett
"I enjoy working as a part of the research team as we strive to continuously innovate and improve our results," Corbett said. "Each day at the firm is a new adventure, and I am excited to see how we will continue to advance together."
Before joining Charles Aris, Corbett worked in public education for 11 years for Guilford County Schools as a high school honors English teacher and media specialist. She earned a master's degree in library and information studies from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she also earned undergraduate degrees in English and general music.
Charles Aris chief operating officer Allen Oakley has been impressed with Corbett since she began her career at Charles Aris and is confident in her abilities in this senior role.
"Desiree is a true strategic thought partner and her ability to handle multiple, critical research projects at the same time is incredible," Oakley said. "She consistently brings innovative solutions to the table and is becoming an impactful, firmwide cultural beacon for other team members to emulate. She not only has a tremendous work ethic but is also very smart about how she approaches her work. I know I speak for the entire Charles Aris family when I say we are excited about Desiree's very well-deserved promotion to senior researcher."
As the leader of the firm's marketing, digital and research teams and initiatives, Charles Aris vice president Brian Styers has seen Corbett's learning and development firsthand.
"Desiree arrived little more than a year ago and quickly became a force in our firm," Styers said. "She expertly identifies opportunities to refine our research process and then stays on the scene to help implement solutions which she often comes up with herself. She's simply outstanding and we all benefit from her presence, ideas and willingness to see things through. I'm so glad we get to work alongside Desiree."
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Succession planning for the aging workforce
Succession planning is important to long-term organizational success but isn't regularly discussed by leadership teams. Over the past few years, the Charles Aris team has all too often seen this vulnerability rear its head in industrial manufacturing. The gap between leadership teams today and the ones which will take over in three or even 10 years is a reality that organizations need to face.
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Rethink your e-commerce strategy to meet demand
Today's digitally centered societies make adapting to unique circumstances, such as pandemics, slightly easier than they would be otherwise. With increased demand for technology to provide for us in a time that requires flexibility and physical distancing if possible, there's clearly a need for effective and efficient e-commerce platforms and partnerships.
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