Archive for April, 2012
Battle begins for The Recruit 2012
Posted: April 29, 2012 at 1:14 am
Elaine Grundy Published 27 Apr 2012 17:00 0 Comments
THIRTY-FIVE teenagers from across Inverclyde have begun the battle to land a top job in The Recruit 2012 contest.
The competitors were selected to take part in Inverclyde's award-winning personal development programme for young people following a record number of
applications from fifth and sixth year pupils.
The winner will receive a
year-long job contract with a local company that is yet to be revealed - complete with a 14,000 salary.
It is expected that further jobs will also be announced as the programme progresses throughout the summer.
The Recruit is loosely based on TV hit The Apprentice and the Inverclyde youngsters will be put through a variety of business related challenges over the coming months.
The scheme will test their performance, attitude, potential and personal drive, as well as their determination and employability skills.
The Recruit is now in its sixth year and a total of 34 young people have secured jobs as a direct result of the programme, with a number of others landing work on the back of their experience.
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Bostick supports harbor deepening; foresees population growth, new facilities
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Q. What makes you qualified to serve as mayor?
My experiences (professional and personal) and my education (formal and informal) make me qualified to serve as mayor of Hardeeville. Being retired, I can spend the time to serve the people and attend workshops and conferences to keep abreast of my role in our form of city government. I have maintained a transparent government. As mayor, I have proven to be a successful champion of economic development and job creation, an advocate for taxpayers and business owners, a proponent of preserving the charm and history of Hardeeville, and advocate for Hardeeville in Washington, D.C., and Columbia, a supporter of our schools and families, and an ambassador for Hardeeville.
Q. What are the top three issues facing Hardeeville?
The top three issues facing Hardeeville are taxes, growth and economic development, and entrepreneurship and employment.
Q. What is your management style?
Team management with shared participation is my management style.
Q. How do you define the region?
The region includes any city, county or state within a 75-mile radius of Hardeeville.
Q. Where do you see Hardeeville in five years?
My vision includes 20,00025,000 residents, up from the current 4,000 with many new businesses, updated parks and recreational facilities, library and other physical infrastructure (transportation network), industrial composition (workforce development), and casino/hotel resort.
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Online-education oversight group announced
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BERKELEY
In a message to faculty and staff, campus leaders announced the appointment of an Executive Group to guide campus efforts to design and implement online-education offerings. The text of the April 27 Cal Message, signed by George Breslauer, John Wilton, Bob Jacobsen and Christina Maslach, reads as follows:
We believe online education will become increasingly important at all levels of the educational experience, including at the undergraduate and graduate level. If Berkeley is to retain its current standards in terms of access and excellence we think it is of paramount importance that we develop an overarching campus strategy that enables and supports online innovation. We believe our Schools and Departments play an essential leadership role in the design and implementation of online offerings. However, we also want to provide guidance and support and ensure that campus goals are met, specifically ensuring that our online education efforts align with Berkeley`s mission, values and operational requirements.
To this end, we are convening an Executive Group that is charged with overseeing our efforts and accelerating implementation. The responsibilities of the group will be to provide overall direction to campus, make decisions concerning strategic priorities and allocate additional resources to help realize these priorities. Because we anticipate that most of the innovation in this area will occur at the school/unit level we underscore that the purpose of the Executive Group is to provide campus-level guidance and coordination, and to enable innovation. The Executive Group will also be responsible for reaching out to and receiving input from Cabinet, the Academic Senate, Council of Deans and UCOE.
The Executive Group will be comprised of George Breslauer (EVCP), John Wilton (Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance), Bob Jacobsen (Chair of the Academic Senate), Christina Maslach (Vice Chair of the Academic Senate), Shankar Sastry (Dean of the College of Engineering), Rich Lyons (Dean of the Haas School of Business), AnnaLee Saxenian (Dean of the School of Information), and Cathy Koshland (Vice Provost, Teaching, Learning, Academic Planning and Facilities).
A Coordination Team, which is charged with interacting with the schools/unit to develop detailed implementation plans for specific projects, will report to the Executive Group. The role of the Coordination Team will be to develop a detailed strategic framework for the campus, oversee the development of shared resources, disseminate best practices, create an administrative infrastructure that provides consistent financial and legal expertise, and consult with relevant campus groups: COCI, Summer Sessions, the Budget Office, etc. The Coordination Team will be led by two senior campus leaders, one from the academic side and one from the administration side.
We are extremely pleased that Dean Diana Wu has accepted the administrative lead role of the Coordination Team. Dean Wu brings to this position a deep knowledge of the online environment. Bob Jacobsen and Christina Maslach will be helping to identify a member of our Faculty to serve as the academic lead of the Coordination Team.
The Executive Group will be meeting for a half-day retreat in the coming weeks to begin work. We will be sending out an update to faculty and following this retreat, so stay tuned for further updates.
Sincerely,
George Breslauer, John Wilton, Bob Jacobsen, Christina Maslach
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Workout of the week: Pilates Doctor
Posted: April 27, 2012 at 11:15 am
The Pilates Doctor Studio, 1445 Pearl St., Suite 100, Boulder, 303-745-2837, pilatesdoctorstudio.com
Instructor: Cait Lindsey, of Boulder, who has been teaching Pilates for five years. She did a 300-hour training in Florida and helped open a studio. Then she moved to Boulder and received the 1,000-plus-hour training at the Pilates Center of Boulder, one of the most renowned training systems in the country.
The Pilates Doctor Studio just opened in January, just off the Pearl Street Mall, behind Illegal Pete's (in the alley behind the building). One of the founders, Jay Hart, is known as "the Pilates Doctor" because he travels the country
Leslie Osborne, left, listens to the instructions of Cait Lindsey, top right, during a plilates class at the Pilates Doctor. ( CLIFF GRASSMICK )
Hart and two friends decided to start the studio because they thought downtown was missing a Pilates studio.
What is the workout? A beginner/intermediate Pilates class using the reformer, chair or tower system. Each class is different, but is based on the Pilates principles.
"It's a great way to build strength and flexibility, learn about your own body, be able to have a deep connection with yourself and a greater sense of mind-body awareness," Lindsey says.
She says it's a good cross-training tool for athletes, as well as useful for people in rehab (she has a background in therapeutic Pilates).
Classes are limited to six people.
What's different: Lindsey says this is the only studio to get group Pilates classes in this general area and along the Pearl Street Mall. Also, Lindsey has a contemporary and classical Pilates background, so her classes tend to be hard and alignment-focused, yet fun and exciting. She plays music in class.
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Bonding through aerobics
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THE police force is always seen as strict members of the law and sometimes approaching them can be quite difficult.
To clear this common misconception, the SEA Park police station organised a second round of aerobics session with the residents.
Some 120 people including police officers from Petaling Jaya, residents of SS2 and representatives of residents associations congregated at the park in front of the police station for the session.
Despite the slight drizzle, everyone was geared up for the exercise conducted by Sergeant Sallehin Hussein.
SEA Park police station chief Inspector Gunam Resul Gulam Mohammad said the exercise was to forge good ties with the people.
It is a great way for everyone to bond and get to know each other. It makes communication really easy. This is friendly community policing, he said.
According to Gunam, their first session received really positive feedback from the residents, prompting them to organise the second event.
He said it was the support of the residents that helped the SEA Park police station garner the Excellent Police Station award from the Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation.
This is also the idea and effort of PJ OCPD Arjunaidi Mohammad. He urged all police stations to focus on building good relationships with the people, he added.
Residents also believe that the police efforts to bridge the gap has been fruitful.
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Lady Gaga spotted dancing at hotel aerobics room
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The Korea Herald/Asia News Network Wednesday, Apr 25, 2012
Lady Gaga was spotted practicing her dance routines with her dance team this week at the fitness center of a hotel in southern Seoul by a hotel guest.
At the aerobics room in a hotel fitness center, on the fourth floor of the hotel, the pop star seemed to be going through the performances she will showcase at the upcoming concert, the witness told The Korea Herald. The hotel's fitness center was renovated in December last year.
Lady Gaga is staying in the hotel's presidential suite on the 17th floor, the most expensive room in the hotel, priced at 4.8 million won ($4,200) per night. Numerous international VIPs including soprano Jo Su-mi and pop star Mariah Carey have stayed in the presidential suite.
The 200-square-meter room has a bedroom, living room, dining room and kitchen as well as a separate meeting room, and is decorated with masterpieces by renowned artists such as Roy Lichtenstein and Pablo Picasso.
Several fans were at the lobby on Wednesday, chatting excitedly with one another while hoping to see the pop star.
"We followed her from the airport so we all know that she is here. I actually saw her here on Sunday. I just saw all of her dancers going out for a rehearsal, but her security guard went back up, so we are guessing that she is still upstairs. But it is raining very hard so she might not come down," said 15-year-old Justin Chan.
"I can't go to the concert, so I am here. There were more fans here on Sunday, all under-aged, aged between 12 to 17," he added, showing the photo he took with his star.
He brought a letter, actually two, just in case one fails to reach her, asking if she could do something so that underaged fans could see the concert as well.
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