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In his current role as Executive Vice President Africa, Frank is managing the Euro 2.4 Billion Unilever businesses in sub-Saharan Africa. The Unilever operations cover all Unilever Foods (Tea, Ice Cream and Culinary aides), Home Care (Laundry detergents, softeners) and Personal Care (Hair, Skin, Oral care) categories. With brands such as Lipton, Blue Band, Omo, Ponds, Sunlight, Dove, Clear and Sunsilk, Unilever occupies leading positions in many of the countries it operates in. Previous positions with Unilever include EVP NAMCA (North Africa/Middle East/Central Africa), EVP China Region, in which position he saw Unilever double its size in mainland China to just under Euro 1 Billion, MD Unilever Foods France, Chairman Unilever Andina countries and senior Finance positions in West and Central/Eastern Europe. He started his career with Procter and Gamble. Frank obtained a Law Degree from the Leuven University, Belgium. He also holds an MBA from Leuven/Chicago University, Belgium. Frank is a Belgian citizen and was born in the Congo in 1960. He grew up in Flanders/Belgium. He is remarried, with one son and with 2 children from a previous marriage. Beyond his wife, his passions include travel, golf, good food and wine.
Mr. Sandy Osei-Agyeman is the founder and CEO of Slid Industries, a company whose core business is the production and marketing of hair and skin products under the MVP, Family Choice, Skin Fine and LaNé brand names. The products are sold in Ghana and other African countries including Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Togo and South Africa. As founder and C.E.O, Mr. Osei-Agyeman manages the overall operations including sales, marketing and distribution of the brands. The MVP brand is among the top 3 brands in Ghana.
Mr. Osei-Agyeman also co-founded and co-managed Afam Concept, Inc., a leading manufacturer of world-renowned hair products VITALE, ELENTEE and MO' BODY brands in the USA. He pioneered new concepts in hair care for people of color including the now famous "Never Greasy" and "Moisture Retention" approach to hair care and "Inner Care Technology" in hair relaxer techniques. At the peak of their operations, the company had 35 employees and 12 independent representatives. The company was sold to JF Lab of Chicago in December 2000.
Mr Osei-Agyeman has also held several roles with financial and banking institutions Including Credit Lyonnais, Harris Trust and Savings Bank and Continental Illinois National Bank all in Illinois.
Mr. Osei-Agyeman has won various accolades for his business excellence. In 1994, he was the recipient of "AFRIQUE MAGAZINE -Entrepreneur of the Year". In 2008, he received Ghana's Highest National Award 'Order of the Volta – Member' for his services to entrepreneurship and business development. Mr. Osei-Agyeman graduated from the Eastern State Illinois University with a Bachelors degree in Finance and a Masters' in Management degree from the Kellogg School of Management.
Mr. Osei-Agyeman lives in Ghana with his wife, Matilda and four children.
Mr. Ram Ottapathu is the current CEO of Choppies Enterprises Limited, a fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) store in Botswana with a turnover of $430 Million and more than 5000 employees in Botswana and South Africa.
During his tenure, he has lifted Choppies from a single roadside store to one of the biggest supermarket chains in Botswana. Through his entrepreneurial and commercial acumen combined with his excellent management skills, the group has grown exponentially, having established a further 68 stores, including those in South Africa and has grown to become the largest mass grocery retailer in Botswana. Since it began its aggressive growth in 1999, the Choppies brand has developed into one of the most recognizable brands in Botswana. The Group has increased its market share to the current level of 30% of the total Botswana market, according to an independent survey conducted by Briggs and Associates.
Mr. Ottapathu has 20 years of experience in the retail industry both in finance and operations roles. He also has additional expertise in manufacturing, packaging milling and medical distribution. Prior to joining Choppies, Ram was also a Financial Controller with Apollo Tyres Limited.
Mr. Ram Ottapathu is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the internationally accredited Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is an Associate Member of Botswana Institute of Accountants and a Certified SAP Consultant. He is also a guest lecturer at the University of Botswana.
Jan began his career in 1999 in operations management with the dairy company, Parmalat, SA. In 2003, he relocated to Maputo, Mozambique where he oversaw all operational aspects of Parmalat Mozambique's dairy factory. In 2005, he moved to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he worked with a variety of public institutions, including the American Embassy, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Embassy of Canada. In 2006, he enrolled at the University of Maryland, USA, and completed his B.Sc. undergraduate degree Magna Cum Laude. He subsequently joined the U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa, DRC as part of their facilities management team. In 2009 Jan relocated to Cape Town to complete his MBA at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town. Jan was recruited by Shoprite in 2010 as the company's business development manager for Nigeria and Ghana. He was responsible for supporting the growth of the group from three to ten business outlets by working closely with existing and new developers, and acted as project manager for all Shoprite related property projects. Jan joined Novare® in February 2013 as head of property development. He has a number of years' experience within property development and ten years' work experience within the African continent. He is stationed in Ghana.
Professor of Psychology Bobby Calder joined the Kellogg faculty in 1975 and he was named the Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing in 1993. He has held an endowed chair at Kellogg since 1986 when he was named the A. Montgomery Ward Professor of Marketing. Previously, he taught marketing, organizational behavior, behavioral science and consumer psychology, and social psychology at the University of Illinois and at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He was also director of Organizational Research for National Analysis, a division of Booz, Allen & Hamilton.
Prof. Calder's research focuses on the analysis of marketing research, marketing planning, and consumer behavior. His work has covered the health care, food, electronics, and financial services industries. He has published more than 40 articles in leading academic journals and contributed to several books.
Prof. Calder serves on committees for the Marketing Science Institute and the Advertising Research Foundation and is past chairman of the policy board of the Journal of Consumer Research. He is a member of the Association for Consumer Research, American Marketing Association, American Psychological Association, and American Sociological Association. He is a frequent speaker at company and association meetings and a consultant to a number of major U.S. businesses, such as AT&T, General Motors, and Coca Cola Foods, as well as not-for-profit organizations. He is a partner in Calder LaTour & Associates, Inc., a marketing research and direct marketing firm.
Anil is the Group Managing Director of the Lexcel group of companies, which has interests in ethanol, alcoholic beverages, plastics, marketing, steel, and natural gas industries. He is an experienced Chief Executive with over 40 years of experience in effectively managing companies for growth and profitability through strategic management, innovation and personal leadership. With over 30 years of experience working in Nigeria, Anil has developed deep insights into the operations, opportunities, and challenges of Nigerian and West African markets.
He has recently pioneered the establishment of an ethanol manufacturing plant direct from agricultural inputs in Nigeria, specifically utilizing cassava tubers. He built a unique contract farming model which leveraged local culture and traditions combined with modern practices, resulting in a continuous supply of agricultural raw materials of higher quality and lower prices. This has also successfully raised income levels for the farmers.
Anil holds a degree in engineering, an MBA, and has actively pursued advanced management training at Ashridge and London Business School. He is also an Associate Member of the Institute of Directors.
Charles Anudu is a versatile entrepreneur who has been severally acknowledged for his contributions to entrepreneurial development in Nigeria. He is the founding Managing Director and Chairman of The Candel Company Limited, a foremost agricultural inputs development and marketing company with operations in Nigeria and Ghana. He is also the founding Managing Director of Swift Networks Limited, a leading Broadband Telecommunications Service Provider in Nigeria.
Before founding Candel, Charles worked for Rhone-Total Nigeria Limited as Agrochemical Manager and later May & Baker Nigeria Plc as General Manager (Agrochemicals).
Charles holds a Bachelor of Agriculture (B.Agric) degree from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) in 1983, specializing in Crop Protection and a Master of Science degree in Agricultural Biology from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan. He has attended executive development courses in Harvard Business School, INSEAD, Lagos Business School and IESE.
Mr. Anudu was an invited Speaker at the following recent international events, among others:
Charles was a member of the Board of the National Economic Intelligence Committee (NEIC), The Presidency, Abuja, Nigeria, (April 2, 2009 – April 30, 2012).
Varsay Sirleaf, Jr. '10, was born and raised in Liberia, West Africa. He obtained an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and is currently an Investment Officer with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) where he is one of the leaders of IFC's agribusiness investment practice in East Africa. Prior to IFC, he served as a founding partner of SKS Rubber, LLC, a Liberian-based rubber farm management company. Prior to SKS, he was an investment banker with Wachovia Securities (now Wells Fargo). Varsay has also worked as a summer associate for the private equity firms Windjammer Capital and Smith Whiley Co. He is a non-executive, non-paid board member of his family's business, Snapper Hill Clinic Limited.
Varsay received his B.A. from Manhattanville College where he was on the Dean's List, was elected to serve as student body president, and was co-captain of the lacrosse team. Sirleaf is also a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and is a Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar. At Kellogg, he was the president of the Emerging Markets Club, treasurer of the Black Management Association, a NBMBAA-Marriott Scholar and an Austin Scholar.
Paul E. McNamara is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and the Division of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and he is a Visiting Member of the faculty of Njala University (Sierra Leone). McNamara serves as Director of the USAID-funded Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services (MEAS) Project, which works with its consortium members and other partners to strengthen agricultural and nutrition extension services around the world with a goal of increasing small-holder economic and food security. His research, outreach and teaching efforts are in the areas of consumer economics, health economics, agricultural economics and extension. McNamara holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota and he holds an M.P.P. from the Harvard Kennedy School. He received his B.A. in Economics from Wheaton College (Illinois). Since 1982 McNamara has been involved in international development activities. He has worked in The Gambia, the Philippines, India, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Nepal, Mexico, Honduras, and other countries in the context of international development, research, education, and business. In his personal business, McNamara and his partners have launched an agricultural business start-up, Savannah Palm Sierra Leone Limited.
Kweku A. Awotwi is the Chief Executive of the Volta River Authority, Ghana's state electricity generation utility, a position he has held since June 2009 and in an acting position from October 2003 to February 2004. Before that, he was involved in a number of entrepreneurial ventures in energy and mining across Africa. He was Managing Director, Strategic Planning & New Business Development for Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited, now AngloGold Ashanti Company ("Ashanti"), a position he held during 1998 - 2004. He served as Acting President, Ghana Chamber of Mines from 2003 –2004.
Prior joining Ashanti Goldfields, he was a Manager of Business Planning for the Primary Aluminum Business Unit for Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Company in Pleasanton, California, and an electrical engineer at GE/RCA and ITT, in the United States.
He serves on a number of corporate boards in Ghana and abroad: he is currently Chairman of Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited, the Multimedia Group Limited (Ghana), and PlaySoccer (Ghana), a non-profit organization. He has served on the UN's Global Compact Advisory Board, and has been a Trustee of the World Affairs Council of Northern California, USA.
Mr. Awotwi has an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California, and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Economics and Political Science from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
Mr. Durotoye was appointed MD/CEO of Oando Exploration Production Limited ("OEPL") in June 2010. OEPL is one of Nigeria's leading Indigenous Independent Oil Companies with over 5,000 bpd of Oil Production and 11 participating Licenses in Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea. In July 2012, Oando concluded a Reverse Take Over of Exile Energy Resources and became listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Effective the same date, Mr Durotoye became the CEO of the newly listed Oando Energy Resources.
Prior to joining OEPL, from 2006 to June 2010, Mr. Durotoye served as the MD/CEO of Ocean and Oil Holdings Group, a Principal Investment and Advisory Services group, which is also the core investor in Oando Plc. In this capacity, he led Ocean and Oil's Management and Technical Services advisory contract with Oando, was a core member of Oando's Group Leadership Council, and a key part of the company's Upstream Diversification Strategy & Execution Team. He advised on and in some cases led, the company's acquisition of oilfield assets and drilling rigs.
Mr. Durotoye joined Ocean & Oil in 2006 from Schlumberger Oilfield Services. He worked in Schlumberger for more than 19 years where he held various Management roles in Field Operations, Field Operations Management, Line (Country) Management, Human Resources Management and Business Development and while employed was resident in 8 countries throughout Africa, Europe and the Far East.
Pade who holds a first degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering is member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the Nigeria Society of Human Resource Professionals, is an aspiring Golfer and an ardent student of Human Capacity and Effectiveness Maximization.
Professor Bart Nnaji has been twice a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He served as the Minister of Power from July, 2011, to August, 2012. Though he was in office for only one year, most Nigerians regard his period in office as the golden era of electric power development, as not only electricity was made available to the people on an unprecedented scale but the international investment community took far-reaching concrete steps to develop the sector. Prof Nnaji was from June, 2010, to July, 2011, the Special Adviser to the President on Power and the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Power. He had in 1993 served as the Minister of Science and Technology and laid the foundation for the country's industrial takeoff.
Nnaji is a tenured Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, United States of America. He became an Alcoa Foundation Professor of Engineering at University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, also in the United States of America, in 2002. Until September 2007, he was the William Kepler Whiteford Professor of Engineering at University of Pittsburgh, where he spearheaded the creation of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Centre for e-Design as a multi-campus NSF Centre of Excellence in the United States of America.
He is the founder of Geometric Power Limited, the first indigenous private sector power company in Nigeria. He was a member of the National Energy Council (the apex decision making body on energy in Nigeria) in the President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua administration before he was appointed as a member of the Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) in 2010 by the then Acting President Goodluck Jonathan. He was also the pioneer President of the Independent Power Providers Association of Nigeria (IPPAN).
He cut short his distinguished career as a University Professor in the United States of America and returned home voluntarily to find a lasting solution to the perennially poor electricity supply situation in Nigeria, using his Aba Independent Power Plant (IPP) as a private-sector driven model for the Country's power industry.
He has served as principal or co-principal partner in research projects worth over $50 million sponsored by the US National Science Foundation, NATO, US Department of Defence, and many blue chip companies.
He has published five books and over 100 technical articles. His book, Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Engineering, won the 1994 world Best Textbook Prize for Manufacturing Engineering. He was the founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Design and Manufacturing and has served as editor of many professional journals.
He has also served as chairman of many conferences, including the World Conference on Robotics Research (1991), the UN Institute for Training and Research workshop on debt and financial management for developing countries attended by diplomats from various parts of the world at the UN Headquarters (2001 and 2002).
He is a recipient of numerous awards. They include: Commander of the Order of Niger (CON) from the Nigerian President (2010); the 2004 Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM), Nigeria's highest award for intellectual achievement; an Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; an Honorary Doctor of Science from the Federal University of Technology, Yola; an Honorary Doctor of Technology from Enugu State University of Science and Technology; an Honorary Doctor of Science from Bells University, Ota; an Honorary Doctor of Science from the Michael Okpala University of Science and Agriculture, Umudike; the 1988 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award by the Society of Manufacturing Engineering; the 1992 Outstanding Young Industrial Engineer Award; Fellow of Nigerian Academy of Science; Fellow of Nigerian Academy of Engineering; Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE); Fellow of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers; the U.S. Secretary of State's Distinguished Public Service Award (1995); Distinguished Scientist Award by the World Bank-IMF Africa Group (October 1998); the ARCO Excellence in Science and Technology Award (2001); and the Baker Distinguished Research Award, the highest research award given by the IIE (May 2001).
He is on the Board of several companies and organizations including the Governing Board of the Nigerian National Merit Award.
Professor Nnaji holds a B.S. in Physics from St. John's University, New York, where he graduated with distinction, an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia, respectively, and obtained a certificate of Postdoctoral studies in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Mr. Fiorini is a Partner at McKinsey & Company. He leads our Lagos Office and co-leads our Sub-Saharan Africa Consumer Practice. He has been at McKinsey for more than 13 years in Brazil, Germany and Sub-Saharan Africa (South Africa and Nigeria) He has experience in various African countries (Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Angola, Ghana, etc.) across multiple consumer-focused sectors (e.g. services, FMCG, retail banking, mobile).
The focus of his work is on strategy development, organisation design and setting up and implementing transformation programmes in the private and public sectors Reinaldo received his Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil) and holds a MBA from the Kellogg School of Management (USA).
Mr. Fiorini is Brazilian and also has Italian citizenship. Besides his native Portuguese, he is proficient in English and has a sound knowledge of German.
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Adding Substantial Scale and Accelerating Growth in Mobile Advertising
BERLIN, GERMANY--(Marketwired - March 03, 2016) -
RNTS Media N.V. ("RNTS"), the parent company of Fyber GmbH ("Fyber"), a leading mobile advertising technology platform, today announces that it has signed a binding agreement to acquire 100% of the share capital of Inneractive Ltd. ("Inneractive"), a fast-growing, mobile RTB-based ad exchange focused on powering display, native and video ads, for an initial cash consideration of USD 46 million. In addition, the agreement provides for potential earn-out and retention payments of up to USD 26 million upon achievement of certain ambitious growth targets over the next three years, bringing the potential maximum consideration to USD 72 million.
The acquisition of Inneractive will make the RNTS group one of the largest, independent mobile supply-side platforms globally with one of the most advanced product offerings across mediation, exchange and ad serving, covering all ad formats.
Specifically, the acquisition will immediately realize the following strategic benefits:
Founded by Ziv Elul and Offer Yehudai in 2007, Inneractive is backed by Evergreen Venture Partners and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, with offices in New York, San Francisco and London. Inneractive was recently recognized as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ EMEA. Its product offering and technology is highly complementary to that of Fyber.
Inneractive's platform currently serves over 630 million MAUs spanning 180 countries and empowers mobile publishers to realize the full potential of their inventory by providing technologies for the buying and selling of mobile ads. The Inneractive programmatic platform for display, native and video ads is comprised of a mobile Supply Side Platform (SSP), a Private Marketplace and an Open Ad Exchange. Inneractive grew gross revenue by more than 100% to USD 43.2 million and was profitable in 2015. It is aiming to double its revenues again over the next two years.
"This is another milestone for RNTS on our path to building the leading supply-side platform for the mobile app economy. By playing an active role in industry consolidation we intend to secure a lasting competitive edge," said Andreas Bodczek, CEO of RNTS Media.
"Following on from our acquisitions of Falk Realtime and Heyzap, Inneractive delivers significant additional scale and programmatic capabilities to enable our publishers to generate revenue even more effectively, and our advertising partners to access a substantially broader audience across important digital verticals. Having now delivered on our commitment of two important acquisitions following the convertible bonds, we are confident that the revenue run-rate for the enlarged group by year-end 2016 will surpass EUR 200 million," Bodczek added.
Inneractive will be run largely independently within RNTS Media and continue to pursue its growth plan. At the same time, RNTS expects to generate important revenue synergies for the combined group by monetising Fyber's audience through Inneractive's platform, combining the liquidity of both exchanges and collaborating on innovations to support mobile video growth.
"This is a great achievement for Inneractive and we are very proud of our amazing team," said Ziv Elul, co-founder and CEO of Inneractive. "We have been working with Fyber and its strong executive team for a long time and are excited to join the RNTS family. We are passionate about the potential of our future together, excited about the synergies and confident in our ability to work together to offer publishers the most comprehensive tech stack in the industry."
The acquisition of Inneractive is expected to be completed in Q2 of 2016 after the satisfaction of certain customary closing conditions and expiry of the statutory 50 days waiting period for mergers in Israel. The initial consideration will be funded from the proceeds of the convertible bonds issued in July 2015; the objective is to raise further funds in due course. RNTS Media has committed to pay a break fee of USD 8 million if it is not to complete the transaction. To facilitate the integration, Ziv Elul, CEO of Inneractive, will join the RNTS Executive Board upon completion of the transaction.
About RNTS Media and Fyber
Fyber is an independent advertising technology company that connects app developers and media companies with advertisers through the power of technology across every device. Its SSP, Ad Serving, Ad Exchange and Mediation products empower thousands of the world's leading app developers and publishers to generate business-critical revenue streams and serves over 500 million MAUs globally. For more information, visit www.fyber.com.
Its parent company RNTS Media is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and listed on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol 'RNM.' For more information, visit www.rntsmedia.com.
About Inneractive
Inneractive is an independent global mobile ad exchange focused on powering native and video ads. The company's mission is to empower mobile publishers to maximize the full potential of their properties by providing powerful technologies for buying and selling mobile ads. The Inneractive programmatic platform is comprised of a mobile Supply Side Platform (SSP) and an Ad Exchange that combine RTB with native and video ad solutions. Inneractive was recently named a Deloitte Technology Fast500 Company, EMEA and a Deloitte Israel 2015 Technology Fast50 winner. Inneractive is headquartered in Tel Aviv with offices in San Francisco, New York and London.
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Summer theatre
Oldham County Schools Arts Center's All Community Summer Theatre production of "Fiddler on the Roof" will be performed June 25, 26 and 27 at 7pm.
The La Grange Crossroads District invites local artists to participate in the Sidewalk Art Project. Spaces on sidewalks in Downtown La Grange have been selected for art paintings. The five categories are: historic, railroad, equine, spirits and horticulture.
Anyone may submit an application and a preliminary sketch or digital image of the intended art. If selected to be one of the 21 artists, there will be a $20 entry fee to help cover the paint and prize money.
By now, most locals have heard the story of two La Grange children that were kidnapped by their father in May, but what most don't know is this case has an even longer history of violence and misfortune.
The La Grange Police Department responded to a report of two missing children, Alex and Ethan Gutierrez, at approximately 8 p.m. on May 31 at the McDonald's in La Grange.
Oldham County Public Schools held four graduation ceremonies last weekend for the Class of 2015 with 944 students walking across the various stages to accept his or her diploma.
Buckner Alternative High School held the first of four ceremonies on Friday night at the Oldham County Arts Center.The school graduated 24 students with 42 percent of the graduates are college-bound.
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The Governor's Medal of Valor was presented posthumously to Delano G. Powell, a Kentucky State Trooper killed in the line of duty in 1965, at a ceremony held in Lexington last Thursday Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet Secretary J. Michael Brown presented the award to Powell's widow Barbara Teague and niece Phyllis McGuire of Campbellsburg, on behalf of Gov. Steve Beshear.
Thomas Knepshield, of Crestwood would say he's a normal teenager with an abnormal hobby for his age. Growing up, when most kids bought toys, he bought antiques.
Knepshield, 15, became interested in antiques when his grandparents told him how much their timeless home goods were worth.
When other kids were watching Sponge Bob Square Pants, Knepshield starting watching American Pickers, a show featuring antique dealers, and said, "I could do that."
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As they only have a 2wd brake test if they put our cars on it will do serious harm
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Can't go on rollers cause only two which awd needs four. So they have to do brake test on road as can't use rollers which they normally do that's why they bring it for a short spin
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Interesting! The wrx has the test tomorrow night, so I'll update with what they do with it, with regards the brake test
Best of luck too owain
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They connected a blue reader with brake sign on the screen to the obd or there undearneat the steering wheel column. Then he just drive off and hit the brakes. Thats all.
blacktar (11-10-2017)
Out with the old
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Failed on cracked windscreen and rear shock is gone, both things I knew about so no surprised Just need to source a shock(s) now. Also no brake test was done
Made 1200 into a piece of paper today 😢😢
Off to cry now
Built By Ali ,,,,,, Mapped By Bob,,,,,, Driven by Tommy ,,,, 2006 STi
Thanks Phil. We were all waiting for you payment. Now finally the roads and the bursting water pipes will be sorted
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Had forgot about road tax,and had saved up for new stage 2 incooler and bigger injectors and new map
Them the letter arrived😢
Still cheaper than the subaru to insure,and works out less too. Go figure
Ateast it's done and cant complain as it gets used and not stored up
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It's a disgrace really. There shouldn't be any more than 1k coming out of any house regardless of how many vehicles you're taxing.
If you think about it, it's the economy that suffers really. Wouldn't we all be inclined to do a bit more with our cars if we had a few more to play around with. And with that, suppliers/mechanics etc would benefit with the extra work going their way the more drivers/enthusiasts would spend. And the government would have more tax take etc from the increase in employment/VAT and all that goes with it....more than they make on motor tax I'd imagine.
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the lamb
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The key to a peaceable kingdom in which...
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His touch both...
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his enticements
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With hands as gentle as rain, I shall...
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the fragile bones
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have men
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another husband
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She is an unbroken egg
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She is a sealed...
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The forest closed upon her like...
a pair of jaws
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A complete evidence-based textbook and reference for physical therapy students and practitioners Duttonas Orthopaedic Examination, Evaluation, and Intervention provides you with a systematic, logical approach to the evaluation and intervention of the orthopedic patient. Comprehensive and up-to-date, Duttonas strikes the perfect balance in its coverage of examination and treatment. For any intervention to be successful, an accurate diagnosis must be followed by a carefully planned and specific rehabilitation program to both the affected area and its related structure. This approach must take into consideration the structure involved and the stage of healing. Duttonas Orthopaedic Examination, Evaluation, and Intervention emphasizes the appropriate use of manual techniques and therapeutic exercise based on these considerations. The correct applications of electrotherapeutic and thermal modalities are outlined throughout as adjuncts to the rehabilitative process. The content reflects the consistent, unified voice of a single author a a prominent practicing therapist who delivers step-by-step guidance on the examination of each joint and region. This in-depth coverage leads you logically through systems review and differential diagnosis, aided by decision-making algorithms. Features: NEW full-color illustrations of anatomy and treatment and evaluation procedures Review QaA for each chapter Companion DVD includes 500 illustrative video clips Chapters updated to reflect the latest research and treatment techniquesBrignall CG, Brown RM, Stainsby GD: Fibrosis of ... Ikeda T, Awaya G, Suzuki S: Torn acetabular labrum in young patients: Arthroscopic diagnosis and management. ... Muscle Nerve 3:250a251, 1980. ... Chicago, IL: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1984. ... Dekker J, Ronday HK, et al: Comparison of manual therapy and exercise therapy in osteoarthritis of the hip: a randomized clinical trial.
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The Battle of Shiloh took place on April 6-7, 1862 in southwestern Tennessee. It was also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing to southerners. The Union army was led by Major General Ulysses S. Grant and he faced Confederate forces under Generals P.G.T. Beauregard and Albert Sydney Johnston.
The Confederate attack was quick and the fighting became confused. Johnston had wanted to push the Union forces away from the Tennessee River to cut off their chance to reinforce or retreat if necessary. Beauregard's plan was to attack in three waves and push the Union forces into the Tennessee River. The Confederates were not unified in battle strategy and this led to an attack that was not very effective at the Battle of Shiloh.
April 6, 1862 - morning (Map by Hal Jespersen, www.posix.com/CW)
Nonetheless the Confederates pushed on and the Union forces fell back behind Shiloh Church. General George Tecumseh Sherman rode up and down the lines and inspired his men to fight hard against the unrelenting Confederate attack. He was wounded twice and had three horses shot out from under him but he stood tall.
Nonetheless the Confederates pushed on and the Union forces fell back behind Shiloh Church. General George Tecumseh Sherman rode up and down the lines and inspired his men to fight hard against the unrelenting Confederate attack. He was wounded twice and had three horses shot out from under him but he stood tall.
April 6, 1862 - afternoon (Map by Hal Jespersen, www.posix.com/CW)
The Confederates had pushed the Union forces into a strong defensive position later name the "Hornets Nest" - some call it the "Sunken Road". Although they had been pushed back, they were now well-entrenched with strong artillery support.
While coordinating attacks, Commanding Confederate General Johnston had been killed and the next move was up to General Beauregard. This was a huge blow to the Confederacy as he was considered by C.S.A President Jefferson to be his most effective commander.
That night, Union reinforcements arrived in the form of Buell's 15,000 troops and Grant would make preparation for a counterattack the next morning. Overnight the moans of the wounded and dying could be heard around the battlefield and the constant shelling from Union gunboats made sleep for either side almost impossible on the Shiloh battlefield.
April 7, 1862 (Map by Hal Jespersen, www.posix.com/CW)
On the morning of April 7 at the Battle of Shiloh, the Union army with 45,000 men in the field was ready to attack. The estimates of Confederate troop-strength were between 20,000-28,000. In comparison to the day before, everything would go in the Union favor this day.
Grant aggressively attacked Beauregard's troops over the ground they had taken the previous day. At first the Confederates were pushed back, then Beauregard rallied his troops and they stiffened then counterattacked from the area of Shiloh Church. General Sherman later wrote in his battle report that it was "the severest musketry fire I ever heard."
The Confederate counterattacks were flanked and it was clear to Beauregard the battle was lost. He had 10,000 casualties at this point and his depleted, exhausted men could fight no longer. He used 5,000 troops to screen the retreat to Corinth and by late afternoon, most of the Confederate force had abandoned the field.
Grant had to consider whether to pursue the retreating Confederate soldiers in the wake of their defeat. He decided not to press the attack as his troops were exhausted after two days of heaving fighting and it was rumored that Buell was acting independently of Grant's orders although he was technically below Grant in rank - thus the Shiloh battle ended.
The Battle of Shiloh will be forever mired in controversy as much criticism has been place on Confederate General Beauregard and his decision not to press the attack on day 1. Grant was also criticized for not being prepared for the battle and rumors started that he was too drunk to lead. Many in the north called for his removal before President Lincoln came to his defense by saying, "I can't spare this man; he fights."
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MavsCourtsideView reports: Devean George felt good about his first appearance of the season Thursday night. The veteran swingman returned to the lineup against Denver and played in short spurts totaling seven minutes. "I was trying to be active, but at the same time knowing my timing was off and not really trying to do too much," he said today. "Not try to force the issue and slowly get my way back in."
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Portland Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan and guard Jarrett Jack recently had a discussion, as reported by the Oregonian:
The gist of the conversation was Jack's involvement in the team's offense lately. While the second unit has flourished recently behind the dynamic play of Travis Outlaw (18.4 points, 7.2 rebounds the past five games), the hot shooting of James Jones (11-of-14 over the past two games) and effective play from Sergio Rodriguez (18 assists, five turnovers the past six games), Jack has drifted into anonymity.
Jack said he feels his best attribute is driving to the basket, but he has had fewer and fewer opportunities to take advantage that strength as the ball has increasingly been put in either Brandon Roy or Sergio's hands. In the past seven games, Jack is 17-for-47 (36.2 percent) from the field, during which his scoring average has gone from a season-high 12.2 points a game to 10.5.
This season through 19 games, Jack is playing 26.2 minutes per game, down from 33.6 last season. He's averaging 10.5 points and 3.3 assists per game, down from last season's 12.0 points and 5.3 assists. However, his rebounding, field goal and three-point field goal pecentages are virtually identical.


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Research relating to heterogeneity in treatment effects and generalizability:
"How Much Can We Generalize from Impact Evaluations?" (revise and resubmit at the Journal of the European Economics Association)
"The Trajectory of Specification Searching Across Disciplines and Methods" (revise and resubmit at the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics)
"How Much Can Impact Evaluations Inform Policy Decisions?" (under review)
"Extrapolating Treatment Functions" with Rajeev Dehejia, Cristian Pop-Eleches, and Cyrus Samii (in progress)
"Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in Impact Evaluation"
American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 105(5): 467–470.
Coverage of research on this theme:
- The Atlantic: "Make Science More Reliable, Win Cash Prizes"
- Vox: "Don't teach a man to fish. Just give him the goddamn fish"
- The Washington Post: "The Wonkblog Guide to Holiday Giving"
- Lant Pritchett's mini-series for the Center for Global Development: "Is Your Impact Evaluation Asking Questions That Matter? A Four Part Smell Test"
- Marginal Revolution: "Everyone in development economics should read this paper"
- 3ie's blog: "Trends in impact evaluation: Did we ever learn?"
Blog posts and talks:
- The World Bank's Development Impact blog: "What do 600 papers on 20 types of interventions tell us about how much impact evaluations generalize?" and "What isn't reported in impact evaluations?"
- The NYU Development Research Institute's blog: "5 ways to improve your impact evaluation"
- The Inter-American Development Bank's blog: "How much do impact evaluations (really) help policymaking?"
- Effective Altruism Global: Global Poverty talk
- Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) Conference 2018, Closing plenary: "Limits to evidence-based interventions for development"
- 80,000 Hours podcast: "Dr Eva Vivalt's research suggests social science findings don't generalize. So evidence-based development – what is it good for?"
- Harvard Business Review: "How to Be a Smart Consumer of Social Science Research"
"How Do Policymakers Update?" with Aidan Coville (in progress)
"Weighing Evidence: Which Attributes Matter?" with Aidan Coville (in progress)
Basic income:
Y Combinator Research's Basic Income Study with David Broockman, Sarah Miller, and Elizabeth Rhodes (in progress)
Other development papers:
"How Often Should We Believe Positive Results? Assessing the Credibility of Research Findings in Development Economics" with Aidan Coville (under review)
Blog posts:
- The Replication Network's blog: "Should We Trust Evidence On Development Programs?" (with Aidan Coville)
"How Concerned Should We Be About Selection Bias, Hawthorne Effects and Retrospective Evaluations?" (revising)
"Challenges in Changing Social Norms: Evidence from Interventions Targeting Child Marriage in Ethiopia" with Vinci Chow (under review)
"Should We Accept a Bit of Bias?" (in progress)
Other economics research:
"The Price of Moral Values" with Josh Tasoff and Emiliano Huet-Vaughn (in progress)
"The Impact of New Products on Ethical Beliefs" with Bobbie Macdonald (revising)
"Effective Strategies for Overcoming the Naturalistic Heuristic: Experimental Evidence on Consumer Acceptance of 'Clean' Meat" with Bobbie Macdonald (revising)
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My friend Richard Wanke will be tried for the murder of attorney Greg Clark in Rockford's most sensational courtroom drama perhaps ever. Trial is in Room 487 of the Winnebago County Courthouse with Judge Rosemary Collins presiding.
Attorney Clark, was shot dead on the sidewalk of his home Feb. 6, 2008, in the middle of a severe snowstorm.
Jury selection will begin February 21, 2017.
Greg Clark was a long-time private practice attorney. Rockford's legal community was rightfully shocked at this brutal murder. They expected an effective investigation and successful prosecution. The proper functioning of our legal system seems to demand this whenever a prominent or well-liked citizen is a victim of violence, because anything less seems unfair to us.
Yet, when sensational murders of prominent citizens put tremendous pressure on police, police officials sometimes make the mistake of rushing to judgement, of targeting the first suspect they uncover.
I question whether the state has any substantial forensic evidence to hold my friend, Richard Wanke, accountable for Clark's death. Prosecutors appear to be relying on the questionable eyewitness reports from a blizzard-plagued day eight years ago; and over the passage of time, witnesses become unavailable and their memories less reliable. The one person in charge of the entire investigation in 2008, Greg Lindmark, committed suicide in February 2015, and is no longer even available to answer any of our questions about the direction in which he led the entire investigation from day one.
The State maintains that it is most reasonable to assume that Clark was a target and that he was killed him by one of his criminal clients. Yet, attorney Greg Clark had a general law practice and represented mostly civil clients. Is it reasonable for the police to assume that a client of Clark's in a criminal case killed Clark, when statistics show that violence in murders such as his are more likely to arise from family members, friends, or even from clients in more contentious disputes such as divorce or family cases? Richard Wanke fits their bill because he was a criminal client of Clark's who lost a trial shortly before in 2007. The State alleges that his relationship with Clark was antagonistic enough to cause him to kill him.
Richard was quickly arrested the night of Clark's death, and was held but not charged. Instead, six months later he was sentenced to 14 years for the theft of a laptop computer that belonged to a Rockford College art professor. No one else was charged with Clark's murder for six years as the police continued their investigation of the murder. If the police evidence was that clear against Richard, then why this delay? Prosecutors didn't charge Richard with the crime until April 2014. Was there any new evidence, or is the state going with the evidence they have had for all these years? After the indictment, Richard's lawyer stated that the police and State showed that no new evidence had been collected.
The State's story is that Richard had complained about Clark's representation in his criminal case, and that this motivated him afterward to kill Clark on 2/6/08. Can we believe this? The defense will undoubtable point out that losing a trial seldom causes people to murder their attorney, and that there were other people who knew Clark who may have had better motive to kill him but who were not investigated by police in their rush to judgement.
What will happen at this trial remains to be seen. However, as a long-time friend of Richard Wanke's I've never known him to be a violent person. Instead, I know him to be a level-headed and intelligent human being who worked to resolve problems and to help others. He ran the Peace Store (as a volunteer) on Seventh Street and was a vegetarian who was very involved in community festivals like Block 5 and On The Waterfront. He is a talented artist who can draw wonderfully and was curator of the Ethnic Heritage Museum, In 2008, he was busy editing the newsletter for Stateline Jazz Society, leading a weekly writer's workshop, and working with the local Mac user group, fixing computers for schools, and fixing computers for friends. He was never known to be physically aggressive or to use a weapon. I know of so many instances over of years when Richard came up with ideas for others and helped them out on projects for free. I also know him to be too sensible to expect that killing anyone after would help him out in any way. I do not believe he killed Clark.
Also, anybody with any brains knows that if you are going to kill your attorney, it makes more sense to do it before trial or from prison and not before sentencing when that deed will likely add years to any sentence you receive. Richard is intelligent enough to know that and has shown enough patience in working thru the criminal justice system to show that he could never lose his temper enough to become violent.
Richard Wanke's situation and prosecution has been a dilemma for our community from the start; a question of impartiality. Do our local police conduct investigations well when under major community pressure? Do our prosecutors make the right decisions when the victim is a member of the legal community and someone they know? Can and should our local public defenders have to grapple with the loss of one of their own and then have to turn around and adequately represent the one defendant who is charged with committing this crime. Richard Wanke lacks the money to hire high-priced defense attorneys and so the Public Defender is charged to defend him in this case. Public defender, Nick Zimmerman, has a tough job and lacks the type of money and resources from outset of the State's Attorney. The State's case against Richard appears to be weak, but only his trial will show us how well our legal system really works.
Charles Worboys is a Rockford resident.
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A Pentecost of Diversity
A Pentecost of Diversity
Most of us will get up tomorrow, go to work, have an exchange with various vendors to buy something we need, and at some point probably peruse some type of media informing us about the news of the day either through social media, print media, television, or Internet news sources. It is very likely that in the midst those daily rituals, we'll encounter a disagreement with someone that will trigger a modicum of frustration that we'll try to outsource to the negligence of someone else. In other words, there will probably be some sort of misunderstanding that irritates us.
Perhaps it's the person whose political views are different than ours and what they said on Facebook. Perhaps it will be the internal dumbfounded gasp we will try to swallow when someone holds a contrary view than our own on subjects such as health care, the economy, or whatever else is in the news. Perhaps we'll bump into someone who dresses in a manner divergent with our own norms. Maybe we'll be irritated by a misunderstanding that arises from someone's accent or the language they speak.
Why Lord couldn't you have made the world simpler? Why can't everyone be exactly like me so we could all get along?
Today is the feast of Pentecost. My challenge as a worker in the Church is trying to explain why things that happened 2000 years ago have any relevance today. Hopefully you already know the basics of the Pentecost story. Jesus was gone. The Apostles were scared. The Holy Spirit came. Tongues of fire descended. The Apostles overcame their fear by speaking in other languages and the Church spread.
It was a miracle and miracle stories are always nice to recall. They provide us with reassurance that God has supreme power and having personal knowledge of that power helps to reinforce our own desire to believe.
But there is also peril in recalling miracle stories from 2000 years ago. It can put a distance between us and the historical event and this can prevent us from seeing the miracles happening within our midst. To understand what I mean by this, I think it is important to look at
Pentecost and ask the question, "What could have been different about the story?" One alternative is this. It could have been a story where everyone began to speak the same language. Why were the Apostles' capacity for multiple languages changed and not those who heard them changing to one language?
Pentecost frequently gets compared to the story of the Tower of Babel in which humanity's arrogance led the inhabitants of Earth to build a very high tower at which point God curses humanity's progress by confusing them with different languages to speak. This brought about disunity and prevented humanity from becoming more like God.
Within this comparison, Pentecost is the "anti-Babel" experience, the event when Babel's curse is undone. But I think that misses a key detail in the story. It isn't that everyone at Pentecost is speaking the same language so as to return to the way of life before Babel. Rather Pentecost is about the ability for the congregants to understand the Apostles each in their own language.
From that point of view, I think Pentecost is very relevant as a miracle within our daily lives. God isn't interested in bringing us into some sort of fascist-like conformity. God's design is not about artificial or forced uniformity. Instead, the miracle of Pentecost illustrates that the Holy Spirit blesses us to find communion amid our differences.
So the next time a co-worker baffles you with his behavior, or you disagree with someone's politics, or you have an encounter on the street in which someone who you misunderstand because of their culture and language, pray for a moment of Pentecost. The miracle to be found is not in castigating differences into a submissive unity. The miracle to be found is how God blesses those differences and will speak to everyone through them.
Peace found through difference is difficult and that is what makes it miraculous. If we allow the Holy Spirit to dwell within us and transform us, then Peace within our differences is the miracle of a new and immanent Pentecost. It isn't something that only happened 2000 years ago, but is something that can happen (in small ways and grand) today.
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Large 4-bed villa in colonial style with very large plot on the very top of Rio Real, part of Los Monteros, only 5 minutes from Marbella centre.
Rio Real and Los Monteros are some the "old" urbanisations of Marbella. Los Monteros on the beach and Rio Real on the mountainside of the N-340.
Rio Real is well known for it's famous golf course Golf Rio Real, SPA Hotel Incosol (five star) and the new Rio Real Golf Hotel (four star) as well for several developments, such as Birdie Club, Green Life's developments, Balcon del Golf and Vistagolf.
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Ground floor:
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On the same level a guest wing with 2 bedrooms and one bathroom separated from the main house by the 2 car garage.
At the entrance side there are covered pergolas leading to the garage, guest wing and the dining terrace.
The dining terrace is formed as a pavilion with glass doors which can be opened full for dining al fresco. Next to the dining terrace a large build-in BBC.
First floor:
Office in the tower, master suite with bedroom and bathroom en suite both with south facing balconies.
Semi basement:
Summer lounge with glass doors leading to the pool terrace, shower room, toilet, storage rooms, laundry, ironing room, cold store, and a room which a the moment serves as a workshop but can be transformed into a bedroom/office/fitness room etc.
The property, apart from basement is fully air-conditioned, build very strong with thick solid brick walls with a 5 cm insulated cavity.
The fully automatic irrigated garden is split in two by the guest house. On both side and in front of the main house beautiful landscaped garden with old palms, pine trees, dragos and olive trees. On the west side of the guest house a vegetable and fruit garden with various fruit trees.
The pool area is very private and boosts a 500 m² terrace and a very large shaped pool with an island with a coconut palm tree.
The property is very private due to the elevated position; it is the next highest property in Rio Real. To the north the open landscape, hills and mountains, to the east views of Santa Clara Golf and the sea, to the south some sea view only obstructed by own trees and palms.
The plot is fully enclosed by a long and up to 7 m high natural hand carved stone wall and the last part with fence and cypresses. Electric gate at the main entrance.
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Beach: 15
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Amenities: 5
Marbella: 5
Puerto Banus: 10
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Deanston Distillery is something of a hidden gem. Ian Buxton visited it
"We need to work smarter,not harder"
That's the view of Graham MacWilliam, Inver House's Distilleries general manager, and you can't argue with that.
After all, in Speyburn Inver House has taken a distillery largely under-exploited by its previous owners and built sales in one of the most demanding markets in the world.
Speyburn single malt won't be familiar to United Kingdom readers, but it is wellknown in the United States, where it sells in notable volumes.
But what's Graham on about? Well, he was explaining the economics of running a small distillery, especially when you're not one of the giants of the whisky business.
Like many of the distilleries constructed at the end of the 19th century, Speyburn is quite compact, with a maximum potential output of perhaps 2,000,000 litres of alcohol a year. But getting there is quite a trick.
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AAPA Poll Finds Patients Want More Time, Improved Communication with Health Care Providers
Oct 06, 2010, 04:00 ET
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A patient-centered, team-based model of health care delivery can increase care coordination and improve patient-provider communication, two key elements that boost patient satisfaction according to a new opinion poll released today by the American Academy of Physician Assistants.
"While deliberation about the state of health care in the U.S. has focused primarily on cost and physician shortages, we found that patients are very concerned with their ability to communicate with providers," said Patrick E. Killeen, president of AAPA, which this week celebrates National Physician Assistants Week. "This feedback from patients confirms that team-based health care, which can allow physicians, PAs and other non-physician providers more time with patients, adds tremendous value to the patient experience."
Patients were asked to list their top three descriptions of a satisfying health care experience. Two out of three top responses address patients' desire to communicate more with health care providers. More than one-third (36 percent) of adults indicated that seeing a single health care provider who can oversee and coordinate health care needs would describe a satisfying health care experience. Another third (34 percent) said that being able to spend enough time with a health care provider to ask questions and receive detailed information about medical procedures is a priority.
Research shows that PAs enhance health care coordination and improve patient-provider communication. PAs are responsible for the day-to-day care of patients, allowing their supervising physicians to treat the most complex cases. In many primary care practices, the presence of PAs allows patients to be seen promptly. PAs routinely handle patient complaints, follow-up visits and patient education and counseling. They also order and analyze tests, prescribe medication and can carry out the majority of a physician's responsibilities. Physicians are then able to focus on the most complex patient problems and allow appropriate time for their care.
"PAs are often on the first line of patient interaction and we practice with an emphasis on patient communication," said Killeen. "If we're able to expand the presence of physician-led teams in the health care system, we can meet patients' expectations that they'll have access to high quality, coordinated care, and that they'll be able to spend time with their provider to discuss treatment options for them and for their families."
The poll also found that patients still view cost as a major barrier to health care. More than half (56 percent) of adults indicated that having health care that is affordable and high quality would describe a satisfying experience with the health care system, and nearly 30 percent stated that the cost of health care prevents them from accessing health care services outside the emergency room.
The poll was conducted by Harris Interactive and included 2,052 adults 18+ living in the U.S. to identify the health care priorities that contribute to patient satisfaction and the barriers to achieving those priorities. This poll was conducted online within the United States between September 14-16, 2010 by Harris Interactive on behalf of the American Academy of Physician Assistants via its Quick Query omnibus product. Figures for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, region and household income were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population. Where appropriate, this data were also weighted to reflect the composition of the adult online population.
National PA Week is observed each year October 6-12 by the PA profession. The week serves to celebrate the significant impact PAs have made and continue to make in health care, expand awareness of the profession and salutes the outstanding growth of the PA profession. AAPA seeks to promote quality, cost-effective, accessible health care and to promote the professional and personal development of PAs.
Founded in 1968, the American Academy of Physician Assistants is the leading association working to advance the PA profession. On behalf of the more than 74,000 PAs clinically practicing across all medical and surgical specialties in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the majority of the U.S. territories, and within the armed forces and federal services, AAPA advocates, and educates on behalf of the profession and the patients PAs serve.
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If you have a child going into Kindergarten next fall, not only are you're busy picking out a school, you're probably wondering if he or she is ready.
I've been there. When my oldest daughter was four, she was mostly ready to go but . . . as it turns out, I hadn't taught her left from right or to tie her shoe!
How the heck are you supposed to know these things?
A great little book called Let's Get Ready for Kindergarten! by Stacey Kannenberg, 2010 Mom Congress delegate and parent, helped me figure out what my preschooler still needed to learn. I highly recommend it.
Here's a quick checklist of some of the concepts in the book.
Ready for Kindergarten Basic Checklist
? Counts to 10. Recognize numbers 1 to 5.
? Understands what more and less means.
? Knows colors and simple shapes (triangle, square).
? Knows letters in her name.
? Knows the right side up of a book, to turn pages front to back.
? Uses scissors, crayons, and glue.
? Follows 2-step directions.
? Goes to the bathroom by himself.
? Understands alike and different.
? Cooperates with others and mangages own behavior
If you're still deciding about whether or not to send your child at all, read the pros and cons of red-shirting.
Otherwise, don't panic. Get the information and help your child be ready mentally, physically, and emotionally. You still have plenty of time until school begins next year.
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