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While youth suicides earn more news headlines, suicide rates in the United States actually increase with age. This powerful episode explores the devastating reality of suicide, and what you should know about helping yourself or a loved one.
Suicide overview
Despite popular notions suggesting that suicides occurring during the second half of life relate predominately to incurable medical conditions, this is not true. Most often they reflect the effects of clinical depression and multiple personal and social factors. While sharp ethical debate surrounds the issue of a person's right to choose suicide to end intolerable pain and debilitation associated with terminal diseases, the vast majority of people who die by their own hands do not have such conditions. Rather they typically are suffering the mental anguish associated with treatable depressive disorders, which often occur in the context of age-related life and functional changes, social isolation (for example, a man living alone long after the death of his wife), and the stresses associated with chronic or nagging-but not life threatening-medical conditions. While the factors contributing to this anguish are multiple and complex, the pain of depression can be as overwhelming and disabling as that of any serious physical disorder. Yet it is not as readily apparent others, in comparison to a cast on the leg or the knowledge that someone is recovering from a "heart attack."
Here are the hard numbers:
- Every year, about 32,000 people kill themselves in the U.S.
- Older adults, especially older white males, have the highest suicide rate.
- Estimates say for every suicide there are six survivors.
- Based on these estimates, during the past 25 years, about five million Americans became survivors of a loved one's suicide.
- The cumulative social, functional, and financial impact on our society of depression and suicide together, including disability and death, exceeds that of cancer. Indeed, they nearly attain the level of cardiovascular diseases. When alcohol related disorders and substance use disorders are added (they often coexist with depression and suicide), they far exceed the impact of caridiovascular disesases.
Depression is treatable! These treatments save lives.
If you or someone you know is in a crisis and needs help right away, call this toll-free number, available 24 hours a day, every day:1-800-273-TALK (8255). You'll reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, a service available to anyone. All calls are confidential.
You can also find valuable information about depression at these earlier episodes of Second Opinion: Second Opinion, Depression, Episode 201, and Second Opinion Heart Disease and Depression, Episode 302..
Quick Facts
- Every year, about 32,000 people kill themselves in the U.S.
- Older adults, especially older white males, have the highest suicide rate.
- Estimates say for every suicide there are six survivors.
- Depression is probably the leading cause of suicide, but substance abuse may be involved in half of all cases.
- Major risk factors for suicide include traumatic events, major life changes, past suicide attempts, substance abuse, and a family history of mental problems, suicide, and substance abuse.
- Warning signals that someone may be planning suicide include talking about suicide, or about the worthlessness of life, looking for ways to commit suicide (such as actively trying to buy a gun), withdrawing from friends and family, abrupt changes in mood, routine, and/or personality, dangerous behavior, and increased use of drugs or alcohol.
- Survivors of the suicide of a loved one have experienced a severe, traumatic event. They should seek help from professionals such as grief counselors, social workers, and psychologists, and should also consider joining a bereavement group.
- Friends trying to help survivors of a suicide should try to understand their complex, intense emotions, avoid giving advice, especially when it consists of simplistic clichés, and, most of all, listen to the survivors and be as open, compassionate, and non-judgmental as possible.
Ask Your Doctor
This list of questions is a good starting point for discussion with your doctor. However, it is not a comprehensive list.
If you believe you or a loved one suffers from depression
- What exactly is depression? Is there a widely accepted definition?
- Is there a difference between depression and a "mood disorder"?
- How do I know if I (or a loved one) suffer from depression or am simply going through a "rough patch"?
- What causes depression?
- What are the most common symptoms?
- Does depression affect appetite or diet? Sleep patterns? Energy level? How I view and relate to other people?
- What are the most common treatments?
- Can I be depressed and still work and function more or less normally?
- Is there a relationship between emotional suffering and depression?
- What sort of "environmental" or circumstantial changes affect mental health?
- What's the connection, if any, between depression and physical pain?
- What's the role, if any, of genetics or biological factors in depression?
- What goes into a doctor's development of a diagnosis?
- Why do some people become depressed while others don't?
- My child seems to be always depressed. What can I as a parent do?
If you suspect a loved one is contemplating suicide
- My loved one has been showing these symptoms... What can I do to help him or her? What should I not do?
- Can you recommend a mental health professional to help him or her?
- Can you recommend a support group to help him or her?
- What should I do if the symptoms seem to get worse?
If you are a survivor of a loved one's suicide
- Can you recommend a mental health professional to help me (and my family)?
- Can you recommend any bereavement groups to help me (and my family)?
- Are there other things (treatments, medications, activities, etc.) you can recommend to help me (and my family) at this difficult time?
- I have been suffering these symptoms since my loved one's death... What treatments are available to relieve them? What can I do to relieve them?
- Is there anything I should stop or start doing to help my situation?
Key Point 1
Suicide happens across all demographics. But older white males have the highest suicide rate.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, suicide is one of the nation's leading preventable causes of death with 11 suicide deaths per 100,000 Americans. For every person who does commit suicide, another 8 to 25 attempt it. That means at least half a million people try to kill themselves in the United States every year. Suicide can happen in any community and in any family. It cuts across gender, age, race and socioeconomics. There is no typical suicide victim. There are, however, groups of people that tend to be at a higher risk than others.
Suicide is the eighth leading cause of death for males and the sixteenth leading cause of death for females. Suicide attempts by men are more often fatal than those by women, perhaps because of the choice of method. Though the numbers are low, very young children (less than 10 years of age) do die by suicide. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people 15 to 24 years of age, following unintentional injuries and homicide.
Younger people lose more years of life to suicide than to any other single cause except heart disease and cancer. Perhaps that's why there's a common misperception that suicide rates are highest among the young. In fact, older Americans are disproportionately likely to die by suicide (20% of the population and 40% of suicide victims are over 60) and older white males have the highest suicide rate in the United States.
Experts are divided over how to explain the elevated risk of suicide for older white men. They speculate that men:
- Don't acquire the resilience and coping mechanisms that women do throughout their lives
- Experience more pressure from the expectations our culture puts on them to be achievers versus their capacity to reach those expectations, both present and past
- Are socialized to be in control and react more dramatically than women to:
- Retirement and loss of an important role and the self esteem that accompanies it
- The loss of autonomy
- Functional disability
- Socioeconomic decline
- The feeling they are no longer useful to those around them and, worse, may become a burden to family members
- Are less likely to share their feelings with anyone
- Are more successful at suicide because they tend to choose more lethal means to accomplish it
Suicide is rarely, if ever, caused by any single event or reason. Many factors work in combination over time to make people feel hopeless and overcome by despair. The important points to note are that most suicidal people usually don't want to die but are desperate to stop the pain, and the majority can improve if they receive treatment with antidepressant medication, psychotherapy, or a combination of both.
Key Point 2
While there are certain traits and personalities that make a person a greater suicide risk, families and friends are often surprised when a person takes his or her own life. Knowing these traits and personalities, as well as any significant life changes the individual is going through, could help in the assessment of his or her suicide risk.
First, be aware of the risk factors for suicide and suicide attempts. Some of them depend on a person's age, gender, or ethnic background, and they can change over time. In general, men and older people are at higher risk than women and younger people. The most important risk factors are depression and other mental disorders (such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or personality disorders). Other major risk factors include the following, many of which can trigger depression:
- Traumatic events, such as:
- The loss of a loved one
- The onset of a major disease
- Being fired
- Financial reversal or ongoing financial problems
- The end of a relationship, separation, or divorce
- Major life changes, such as:
- Retirement
- A major (and disruptive) move
- A major job change, especially one involving a demotion or loss of status
- Past suicide attempts
- Alcohol or drug abuse
- Family history of mental disorders
- Family history of suicide
- Family history of alcohol or drug abuse
- Violence within the family
- Serious illness or chronic pain
- Disruptive behavior (a risk factor in young people)
Risk factors are general conditions affecting one's life. But there are also specific warning signs or signals that someone is contemplating suicide. One of the most obvious is talking about it. Although some people give no warning about a planned suicide, many others say things like "I wish I were dead," "I wish I'd never been born," or even "I'd like to kill myself." People around the potential suicide may think this is "just talk" and ignore its serious implications.
Other warning signals include:
- Direct or indirect threats to commit suicide
- Talking or writing about death, dying, or suicide (if the person doesn't normally do this)
- Increasingly talking about or acting out emotions of
- Guilt
- Tension or anxiety
- Nervousness
- Impulsiveness
- Hopelessness
- Rage or uncontrolled anger
- Seeking revenge
- Feeling trapped, as if "there's no way out"
- Seeing no reason for living or having no sense of purpose in life
- Looking for (or talking about looking for) ways to commit suicide, such as
- Trying to get a gun
- Trying to get pills
- Withdrawing from friends, family, and social contact; wanting to be left alone
- Abrupt changes in mood, such as being very "down" one day, very high the next
- Changes in routine
- Unusual sleep patterns
- Unusual eating patterns
- Changes in personality or behavior (especially sudden ones), such as becoming calm after being very anxious, or outgoing after being shy
- Dangerous or self-destructive behavior, such as unsafe driving
- Giving away belongings or "getting affairs in order"
- Saying goodbye to people as if they won't be seen again
- Increasing alcohol or drug use
The American Association of Suicidology, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide, has come up with a device to help us remember the major warning signs, the emotions and actions of a potential suicide. The device is the phrase, IS PATH WARM? It stands for:
I - Ideation (expressing the Idea of suicide; threatening or talking about it; etc.) S - Substance Abuse
P - Purposelessness A - Anxiety T - Trapped H - Hopelessness
W - Withdrawal A - Anger R - Recklessness M - Mood Change
Although these warning signs are very typical, some people who commit or attempt suicide give no warnings at all. They have become very adept at hiding their feelings.
This is especially true of men. Unfortunately, many men still believe the ideal male is the "strong, silent type." They refuse to show negative emotions, despite overwhelming evidence that the stress produced by repressing them can lead to a wide range of health problems, including an increased risk of suicide. Worse, the culture as a whole remains less supportive of men talking about their feelings.
This may partly explain why older men, especially older white men, have the highest suicide rates. They believe they must still be "the head of the family;" they don't want to "burden others" with their unhappiness; if they're retired, they think this "should be" the best time of their lives. Finally, many men still see a stigma attached to any admission of depression or other mental health issues. And for some, mental health care is inaccessible or too expensive. The result: men kill themselves.
If you do notice the risk factors and/or warning signs of suicide in someone, the best way to find out if they really are contemplating suicide is to ask them. This isn't always easy; you may be very uncomfortable bringing up the issue. But don't be afraid that you'll plant the idea of suicide in the other person's mind. That's not how suicide works. In fact, asking the other person directly gives them a chance to open up and discuss their feelings, which can be very helpful to them.
But also remember not to try to "play therapist." Their problems may be very complex. If they are thinking of suicide, they need treatment by professionals. The worst you can do is offer simplistic clichés such as, "Think of all you have to live for," "Time will heal all wounds," or "You have to be strong for others." The best you can do is guide them to the professionals they need.
If someone has attempted suicide, no matter how ineffectively, take it seriously. It's not an attention getting device. It's an expression of extraordinary mental pain and spiritual anguish. That person should not be left alone; he or she needs compassion and immediate mental-health treatment.
You can find more information about depression, which can lead to suicide, at these earlier episodes of Second Opinion: Second Opinion, Depression, Episode 201 and Second Opinion, Heart Disease and Depression, Episode 302.
Key Point 3
Suicide and suicide attempts affect everyone, not just the victim. The healing process is important for the well being of family and friends, and counseling and other forms of treatment should be considered by everyone involved.
The death of a loved one is always devastating. When the death is self-inflicted, the shock and pain to the survivors can be overwhelming. No one can know exactly what another person is feeling. Still, experience shows that there are techniques that can help survivors cope, and ways friends and loved ones can help.
Survivors need to prepare for the rush of powerful emotions they'll have to deal with. The first is probably shock at the unexpected suddenness of the death, accompanied by denial (the feeling or wish that you're living through a nightmare that will soon be over) and later, perhaps, by a kind of numbness. This may be followed by bewilderment because you don't understand why your loved one chose to die (even if he or she had spoken about it previously). Then, inevitably, comes grief that may turn into despair, depression, and a sense of powerlessness and hopelessness.
There is also a "triangle" of interconnected emotions, each one both causing and being caused by the others. These are:
- Anger
- At the victim, for leaving you and other loved ones in this awful state.
- At people whom you think "should have known" this might happen and "should have helped more".
- At yourself for the same reason - you think you could have prevented the suicide. This is the anger that leads to guilt.
- Guilt, growing out of the anger and compounded by regrets over past problems, arguments, etc. you had with the victim.
- Shame that a loved one chose to die and that you did not prevent it.
These feelings may be misplaced; that is, there may have been nothing more anyone could have done to prevent the suicide. But you can't help feeling them. They are completely natural. The best way to deal with them is to let them out - talk to loved ones about them and to a professional grief counselor, social worker, psychologist, psychiatrist, or other mental health professional. There are also many bereavement groups you can join, including those specifically for survivors of a loved one's suicide.
You may also have physical reactions, such as eating and sleeping problems, headaches, nausea, digestive complaints, inability to concentrate, fatigue, etc. Or you may have outbursts of uncontrollable crying. Finally, you may suffer some of the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, such as nightmares and flashbacks, especially if you experienced the trauma of witnessing the death or discovering it.
It can take months, maybe longer, for these reactions to gradually subside. Again, you need to get professional counseling and treatment – and you need to accept that you have a right to it.
You also need to work on healing with other family members, not only as individuals, but also as a group. One of the worst consequences of a suicide can be the break-up of a surviving family through divorce, separation, or family members simply refusing to see or speak with each other. Each family member may suffer in a different way, but all are suffering, and all need help. There are family therapists specially trained to treat such families, and bereavement groups for families.
Among the traditional suggestions for helping people deal with a loved one's death are:
- Stay social; don't withdraw from family and friends, although you will want to. You may benefit from quiet, meditative periods of being alone, but don't isolate yourself; other people can help you heal.
- Let your feelings out; talk about your experience, in a supportive bereavement group and/or with supportive loved ones, family members, and friends. Some people may be awkward around you (or even avoid you at first) because they're afraid they may unintentionally say "the wrong thing." Often the best way to handle this is to be direct; take the lead in the conversation, and discuss as much (or as little) as you can deal with at that moment, including how your loved one died.
- Prepare yourself for birthdays, holidays, and other painful reminders of times you used to spend with your loved one. Grief at such times is normal and expected.
- Take as much time as you need, even if that means more time off from work than the standard bereavement allowance or if friends say you've mourned long enough. Don't be surprised if, after a period of doing better, you're suddenly overwhelmed with grief again. This can happen even years later. The memories will never go away, and they can bring pain. But memories of a loved one can also be soothing, and eventually the pain will go away.
- Do what feels right for you; express your grief in your own personal way. Some people keep a journal, others visit the grave frequently and "talk" to their loved one, others rarely go the grave.
- Don't feel guilty for starting to enjoy yourself again. That's part of the healing process, and you're allowed to heal.
Friends and loved ones of survivors can help in various ways. First, accept the survivor's emotions, the grief, anger, guilt, and confusion. Of course you can't know exactly what they are feeling, but you can expect those feelings to be complex and intense. Try to learn about them; read material designed to help survivors cope.
Second, when you listen to survivors, be as compassionate, open, and non-judgmental as possible. And do listen. Being ready to listen is the best way to help someone who needs to talk. Let survivors express their mix of feelings in their own way.
Just as simplistic clichés (such as, "You're doing so well," "Time will heal all wounds," or "You have to be strong for others") do nothing for someone thinking of suicide, they are equally useless to the survivors. Nor should you disparage the victim in any way; never say he or she "must have been crazy to do that." Each suicide survivor will come to their own understanding of what has happened. All you can do is hold their hand during the trip.
Be aware that helping a suicide survivor will not be easy. It may take more time, love, compassion, and openness than you ever expected. But you will also be doing more good than you expected. That's what caring means.
You'll find much more valuable information about how to help, what to say and do and what to avoid, at Survivors of Suicide
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Updated – "The Qur'an is our Constitution'".
Next week, 25 November, is no longer a simple gathering at Tahrir Square called The Million Muslim Man March. The event is now officially national and titled "Friday Of The Single Demand".
Hamas announced Thursday that the new rulers of Egypt – swept into power as a result of the "Arab Spring" rebellion – have given their blessing to a major demonstration to take place in Cairo next week. The "million man march" to be sponsored by Islamist groups a week from Friday will protest against the "Judaization" of Jerusalem.
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A-Taib has been very active in efforts to "liberate" the Temple Mount from Israeli control. At a conference last week, he said that Muslims needed to take the issue much more seriously; only thus, he said, would the Muslim goal of removing Jews from Jerusalem be achieved. Earlier this year, a-Taib met with Hamas chief terrorist Khaled Masha'al to work out a plan which Hamas could use to achieve that goal.
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A lead-up to next Friday.
Tens of thousands of Egyptians rallied Friday in Cairo's Tahrir square with Islamists in the forefront to protest against what they say are attempts by the country's military rulers to designate themselves as the guardians of a new Egypt. It was one of the largest rallies in Egypt in recent months.Most rallies in Tahrir have been led by liberal- or left-leaning groups. But Friday's rally was dominated by the country's most organized political group, the Muslim Brotherhood, which has rarely come out in full force since the protests that forced President Hosni Mubarak to step down in February.
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|5385 lbs
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|2015 lbs
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|51 gals
|Grey Water Capacity
|29 gals
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Highland Ridge RV was formed in March of 2014 when Jayco purchased assets of Open Range RV, which had started manufacturing RVs in 2007. Highland Ridge RV is a subsidiary of Jayco and operates its own manufacturing facilities, service and warranty group, sales team, management and leadership teams. Highland Ridge RV is proud to be associated with a company that shares our same commitment to great quality, integrity, vision and values.
Highland Ridge RV was founded with passion for innovation and a drive to make a better product using advanced technologies in construction materials — all at an affordable consumer price. Highland Ridge set out to develop RVs that were more spacious on the inside and weighed less than the competition — they have done just that. More room and less weight have been one of the driving forces behind all of Highland Ridge RV's products. Innovation shares equal importance. With features such as the outdoor patio and the flush floor slide, Highland Ridge RV has pioneered many of the advancements seen in the RV industry.
Today, Highland Ridge RV carries that same passion, continuing to improve and innovate year after year.
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Focus on designing, producing and delivering great towable RV's every time so our customers can enjoy great camping experiences and memories.
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We manufacture towable RV's, both Travel Trailers and Fifth Wheels, sold through our dealer network in the U.S. and Canada. We strive to create towable RV's that meet the needs of the marketplace and are considered the best in quality and value. We measure ourselves based on what our dealers and retail customers tell us about our products. Our goal is to meet and exceed our customers' expectations in all that we do.
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The Court's 5-3 opinion today in Whole Women's Health et al. v. Hellerstedt (Tex. Health Dept) struck down Texas' requirements that:
–abortionists must have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the abortion clinic at which they practice;
–clinics must meet the health and safety standards of Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Centers.
Ginsburg, Kagan, Sotomayor, Breyer and Kennedy voted to strike the laws. Breyer wrote the majority opinion.
Ginsburg wrote a concurring opinion.
Thomas wrote a dissent.
Alito, joined by Thomas and Chief Justice Roberts, wrote another dissent.
Takeaway #1: What we have is the specter of legal-abortion-supporters today cheering the demise of laws intended to make abortion safer for women. Think about that for a second…this is where we are in "abortion-world." And abortion supporters will get called "pro-woman" for their stance.
Here is how the majority came to their conclusion.
First, they had to get past the claim by Texas that the questions in this case had been litigated in an earlier action where the abortionists lost, but had not sought review at the Supreme Court. Though the earlier suit really had involved the same complainants ("plaintiffs") bringing the same challenge, the majority twisted the doctrine of "res judicata" (no re-litigating the same claim a second time) to find that the plaintiffs could sue on the same claim twice.
Second, the majority set forth the existing Casey precedent/standard as banning states from placing a "substantial obstacle in the path of a woman's choice"; and that regulations with such a purpose or effect – of imposing a substantial obstacle – impose an "undue burden" constitutionally on a woman's decision to have an abortion and must be struck down.
The guts of the majority's "undue burden" analysis were:
-the claimed relationship between the two new laws and the shutdown of many clinics in Texas (on the assertion that the laws were too expensive with which to comply, and that there are many arbitrary reasons any doctor might get denied local admitting privileges); and that remaining clinics did not have a sufficient capacity to perform the usual numbers of abortions Texas has;
-the claim that too many women (a "large fraction") would be up to three hours away from a clinic;
-the claim that abortions were already safe in Texas [forgetting the 100% death rate of children]; that the regulations did not actually improve women's health (claiming here that childbirth is more dangerous than abortion, as are other procedures which do not require ambulatory surgical treatment centers)
-the claim that the regulations wouldn't really add to women's safety.
Takeaway #2: The majority also made the stunning statement that if doctors – like Pennsylvania's notorious Gosnell were "determined wrongdoers" then – heck! – safety laws wouldn't convince them to do the right thing anyway. [I would add that you could apply this law to rapists, murderers, and the like: "heck! Why ban behaviors we can't stop by means of laws alone!]
Justice Ginsburg wrote separately in order to assure – it seems – that the usual pro-abortion shibboleths didn't go missing from the case:
-the claim that childbirth is more dangerous than abortion [ignoring the 100% death rate of children];
-the claim that women would go to "unlicensed rogue" abortionists were abortion too hard to obtain.
Justice Thomas wrote an excellent and nuanced dissent about the different (and harsher) standards of review the Court seems to employ whenever its non-textual/Court-invented "personal" rights are at stake. And about how this is just lawless behavior by a majority of powerful judges. He closed with a Scalia quotation:
The majority's embrace of a jurisprudence of rights-specific exceptions and balancing tests is "a regrettable concession of defeat—an acknowledgment that we have passed the point where 'law,' properly speaking, has any further application."
Scalia, The Rule of Law as a Law of Rules, 56 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1175, 1182 (1989).
Alito, joined by Thomas and Roberts, performed not only a detailed exposition of the Court's failure to make any kind of searching inquiry into:
-abortionists' claims about the cause of clinic closures,
-the expense of carrying out the new laws,
-and the capacities of extant clinics to perform all Texas abortions,
…but Alito also showed:
-that Casey had explicitly allowed a 3-hour trip to an abortion clinic to be counted as a reasonable distance, not an "undue burden";
-that this case was "res judicata" – already decided against the abortionists in a prior action – but the Court bent all the rules of res judicata to say otherwise because of its passion for abortion rights;
-that the Texas laws contained a provision requiring judges to sever the nonburdensome parts of the clinic safety law from its burdensome parts; but that the Court completely disregarded this possibility for "severability."


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World AIDS Day 2010
Below is a selection of items about companies impacts relating to HIV/AIDS (both positive and negative), issued on the occasion of World AIDS Day 2010 (1 December). For more information, see our sections on HIV/AIDS, Access to medicines and HIV/AIDS discrimination.
- Announcements of positive corporate initiatives
- Reports of negative corporate impacts
- Commentary on corporate responsibility with respect to HIV/AIDS
Announcements of positive corporate initiatives
Australia "Designers help cause" [re: Erickson Beamon, Chelsea De Luca, Sacha Drake, Daniel Lightfoot, George Wu]
India "TCI [Transport Corporation of India] organizes Trucker's Utsav to mark World AIDS Day"
Kenya "HP and Clinton Health Access Initiative partner to accelerate early infant diagnosis of HIV in Kenya"
Kenya "Effective policies help employers in war against Aids"
Nigeria "Access Bank, Chevron, others partner on HIV/AIDS" [re: Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership, Discovery Communication]
So Africa "Find new ways to finance AIDS fight"
Refers to the South African Business Coalition for HIV/AIDS' launch of a Community Fund, which aims to raise R500m by the end of 2011 to support the government's HIV- testing campaign.
USA "Walgreens and Greater Than AIDS mark World AIDS Day with commitment to outreach, education and accessibility"[re: American Urban Radio Networks, BlueLine Media,CBS, Clear Channel, Ebony, Essence, Gospel Radio, HIV Plus, FOX, National Newspaper Publishers Association, NBC, Radio One, Uptown, Vibe]
Africa "SabMiller joins the fight"
"Cipla develops Mother-Baby Pack for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS"
Dr. Y. K. Hamied , Chairman of Cipla is quoted as saying, "Cipla would make the Mother-Baby Pack available to various Ministries of Health in sub-Saharan Africa, various NGO's and donor agencies for their treatment programmes. This reinforces Cipla's commitment to make affordable medicines accessible to all and its promise that 'None shall be denied.'"
"Cricket unites for people living with HIV and AIDS on World Aids Day" [re: International Cricket Council]"
L'Oreal & World Aids Day" [scroll down for announcement of L'Oreal's global "Use Your Voice, Use Your Power"campaign]
L'Oreal's "Hairdressers Against AIDS" campaign (international website)
"L'Oréal donará parte de los beneficios de este miércoles a la ONG Amref Flying Doctors para luchar contra el SIDA"
"Make your coffee count - Turn it (RED)" [re: Starbucks]
"Making AIDS drugs affordable here and abroad" [re: Gilead Sciences]
"MTV turns red for World AIDS Day, calling on young people to GYT (Get Yourself Tested)"
"World AIDS Day: A focus for action in the workplace"
Under the theme, "Universal Access and Human Rights" trade unions worldwide promote action on workplace HIV and AIDS.
Reports of negative corporate impacts
China "HIV-related employment discrimination in China highlighted in report"
- India "Drug trials undertaken in India and the reporting of medical trials"
Commentary on corporate responsibility with respect to HIV/AIDS
Africa "Africa home to 38 countries with most HIV/AIDS risk - Global study - African mining sector is particularly vulnerable to the disease", Maplecroft
Kenya "Employers have a duty to initiate Aids policies", Jacqueline Mugo, Executive Director of the Federation of Kenya Employers
"World AIDS Day 2010: Aids progress threatened by a double blow", Medicins Sans Frontiers
Related stories and components
Drug trials undertaken in India and the reporting of medical trials
Author: ABC [Austrailia]
Australians don't realise that many of the medications they'll be consuming in the future will have been trialled in India. The reasons drug companies are going there are that it's cheap and ethical controls are weak or non-existent. Indian researchers...
- Related in-depth areas: World AIDS Day 2010
TCI organizes Trucker's Utsav to mark World AIDS Day [India]
Author: Infoline News Service [India]
TCI Foundation (TCIF), the social arm of Transport Corporation of India Ltd organised a "Trucker's Utsav"… an infotainment event…[as part of a broader project to] arrest the spread of AIDS amongst the trucking community...D P Agarwal, Vice Chairman ...
- Related in-depth areas: World AIDS Day 2010
- Related companies: Transport Corporation of India
Making AIDS Drugs Affordable Here and Abroad
Author: PBS NewsHour
...[C.] Samuel is leading Gilead's global access program, an innovative tiered pricing scheme that sells drugs at full price in developed countries, 70 percent to 90 percent less in middle-income countries like Brazil, and at no profit in the poorest...
- Related in-depth areas: World AIDS Day 2010
- Related companies: Gilead Sciences GlaxoSmithKline Pfizer ViiV Healthcare (joint venture Pfizer & GlaxoSmithKline)


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Buddhist monks' art project spreads message of peace
Yes, Tenzin Dekyong confirms, creating sand paintings is as difficult as it looks.
Monks' necks and backs hurt from hunching over their work, faces just inches from the sand. And, yes, sometimes they make mistakes, which must be mended just as carefully — if not more so — as the purposeful details are created.
On Tuesday, Dekyong and six other Buddhist monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery in India began a four-day process of creating a 5-by-5-foot mandala out of millions of grains of colored sand, painstakingly funneled into intricate designs on a platform in the Spencer Museum of Art Central Court, 1301 Miss.
On Friday, they will sweep up their entire project and pour the sand into Potter Lake.
The temporary display, Dekyong said, is a reminder that all we have — no matter how beautiful or carefully created — is impermanent.
Friday's events will include chanting and prayers and a procession from the museum to the lake. The monks believe placing the sand in a nearby body of water enables the water to carry the mandala's healing energies throughout the world, according to an announcement from Kansas University.
Mark King and Rhonda Houser of Lawrence brought their 7-year-old son, Liam Kinghouser, to see the mandala in progress.
"We thought he might enjoy seeing them concentrating and creating something beautiful," Houser said.
King said he'd watched monks creating a sand mandala once before, in Virginia, and that he'd wanted to visit since he heard the Spencer would be playing host to a similar event.
"It was such a good experience," King said. "It's just amazing — so peaceful."
Through the course of building the mandala, a Sanskrit word for circle, the monks hope to spread their message of peace, love, compassion, unity and healing, Dekyong said. He said that specifically includes their hope for peace in Tibet, where Communist Chinese rulers do not allow Buddhists such as the monks to freely practice their religion.
The Drepung Gomang Monastery is in southern India, but most of its 2,000 monks are Tibetan. Their monastery originally was in Tibet, but the Dalai Lama and followers fled when the Chinese invaded and later rebuilt in India.
The design under way at the Spencer is called the Interfaith World Peace mandala. It has symbols signifying the world's 12 major religions, the four elements and the four seasons.
— Features reporter Sara Shepherd can be reached at 832-7187. Follow her at Twitter.com/KCSSara.
Members of the public may watch the monks constructing the mandala during the following days and times at the Spencer Museum of Art, 1301 Miss.
Wednesday: 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Thursday: 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Friday: 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
From 2-3 p.m. Friday, the mandala will be dismantled and the sand deposited in Potter Lake. A procession and dedication will begin at the museum and end at the lake.
For more information on the monks' tour of the United States, visit gomang.org/2012_tour.html.


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Mastering iOS 12 Programming - Third Edition
The iOS development environment has significantly matured, and with Apple users spending more money in the App Store, there are plenty of development opportunities for professional iOS developers. However, the journey to mastering iOS development and the new features of iOS 12 is not straightforward. This book will help you make that transition smoothly and easily. With the help of Swift 4.2, you'll not only learn how to program for iOS 12, but also how to write efficient, readable, and maintainable Swift code that maintains industry best practices.
Mastering iOS 12 Programming will help you build real-world applications and reflect the real-world development flow. You will also find a mix of thorough background information and practical examples, teaching you how to start implementing your newly gained knowledge.
By the end of this book, you will have got to grips with building iOS applications that harness advanced techniques and make best use of the latest and greatest features available in iOS 12.
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Heaven 17 on tour in Paris
Heaven 17 are to perform for the very first time ever in Paris. Heaven 17, the band of former Human League's Martyn Ware and Glenn Gregory, has actually never performed in France. The french band Waiting For Words will be supporting the band's gig on November 10 at the Bus Palladium in Paris. This date is a unique event for the group and goes with the release of live CD/DVD recorded at Metropolis Studios, London.
Waiting For Words from their side are prepping the release of the double DVD "Live in Paris".
Tickets for this unique event can be purchased right here.
Martyn Ware – Heaven 17: Rig Rundown
Filmed earlier this week at Bristol O2 Academy, Sonic talked to Martyn Ware from Human League BEF and Heaven 17, as well as a general chat about the tour, the band and synthesizers.
Heaven 17 to launch 30th anniversary tour
British synthpop act Heaven 17 have announced their 30th anniversary tour in commemoration of their album Penthouse and Pavement. The band will tour the United Kingdom for eight days beginning November 22, performing the album live in its entirety. Visit the links for further details.
German electronic band NUDE have released a radical new recording of Heaven 17's classic 1982 hit single "Let Me Go" . Inspired by Heaven 17's 1982 original, NUDE's version is steeped in big beats and melodic hooks. The song, along with a re-recording of Human League's "Being Boiled,", will appear on their forthcoming second album, "Basic Guerrilla Moves", to be released in October 2010. Four different mixes of NUDE's "Let Me Go" are available throughout Europe via iTunes.


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Major Tillery has liver disease and a liver shunt, arthritis with chronic back and hip pain, and a festering skin rash and open sores. Major Tillery has filed grievance after grievance objecting to the lack of medical treatment and refusal to renew needed medical devices.
Major Tillery has been imprisoned for 30 years, 25 in the hole and in the most severe super max prisons in the country. For prison officials his crime is his advocacy for other prisoners and leadership capabilities, including challenging abusive prison conditions and inadequate medical treatment. He has been subject to retaliation by prison authorities since he began his successful legal effort to stop the overcrowding and curb the inhumane conditions in SCI Pittsburgh over 25 years ago. See, Tillery v. Owens (1990)
In early 2015, Major complained about the spreading skin disease at SCI Mahanoy, where he was then imprisoned. He stood up for Mumia Abu-Jamal and other prisoners who were suffering from this. For his acts of solidarity, Major Tillery was transferred to SCI Frackville and then put in the hole on falsified charges. After four months with limited food rations, deprived of commissary, contact visits and allowed less than one-hour a day of exercise, Major was released into general population. This was two months less than his prison sentence of six months in the hole – the prison's response to an international campaign for Major!
Now Major is in the hospital. He is not being allowed contact with his family or attorney. They are not being given any real information on his condition.
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Dept. Of Corrections Secretary John Wetzel (717) 728-4109
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Last week, Bay Area rocker Mikal Cronin could hardly contain himself on Twitter upon hearing his plans for Tuesday night: "We'll be playing on CONAN next tuesday, 7/16!! YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!" Whether he was simply psyched to perform on late night television or just an aging fan of Preparation H Raymond, Cronin channeled that excitement into his taut performance of MCII single, "Change". Pretty ballsy that he nabbed a string section to join him, too. Catch it below.
Cronin's Top Star-earning MCII is available now through Merge.
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Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration #21
Apr 30, 2011
The Eternal Idol by Auguste Rodin. Continuing the delve into back numbers of Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, the German periodical of art and decoration. Volume 21 covers the period from October 1907 to March 1908, and the highlight of this issue is a feature on the black-and-white art of Julius Klinger, an artist whose drawings […]
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Class AA's top-ranked Buford High softball team extended its unbeaten streak to 20 games with a 4-2 win against Wesleyan on Wednesday in Norcross.
Karly Fullem picked up her 11th win of the season with six strikeouts and only allowed one earned run for the Lady Wolves (23-2-1, 5-0 Region 6-AA).
Lexi Overstreet was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI, Kallie Case tripled and scored a run and Whitney Wolfe added a hit for Buford.
Buford plays host to Westminster at 6 p.m. today.
East Hall wins tri-meet
The Vikings' boys cross country team defeated Buford and Dawson County for their second win of the season on Wednesday.
Eli Martinez, Phillip Lucero-Lopez, Travis Peters, Rayshad Pierce and Jesus Carrillo were the top five runners for East Hall.
Bertha Rondan led the girls' team with a fifth place finish.
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"Blind" Rage And Violence
Guitarist and switchbladist extraordinaire "Blind" Rage is said to be the illegitimate son of Link Wray. From the liner notes: "he's on a mission to reclaim the greatness that man's name once stood for." These sixteen tracks pack all the fuzz and fury of Link. The only thing missing is the one-lunged blues howl of Link's voice. Come to think of it, Mr. Rage's vocals suspiciously sound an awful lot like Deke Dickerson's, who, coincidentally, produced and released this album. Hmm. Anyway, this is a fantastic record that goes beyond being simply a tribute band by packing wallop all of its own.


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As a case manager to Las Vegas Defense Group, Nancy Green is dedicated to keeping each of our clients informed and comforted from the time they contact us up through their case's final resolution.
"I'm like the 'front of the house' because I manage client intake and relations," Nancy explains. "And whenever our lawyers are busy in court, I'm always available to talk to our clients."
To Nancy, the legal profession was a natural progression from her former career in real estate, where she won several awards for customer service. As the sales manager for the Monterey community at Las Vegas Country Club, Nancy diagnosed the needs of countless hopeful homeowners and has advocated home living solutions for each of them based on their unique lifestyles.
"With real estate, I helped people find the right place to live with their families. At Las Vegas Defense Group, I help people get on with their lives so they can concentrate on their families, which is even more gratifying to me."
But perhaps Nancy's best qualification to keep our law office running smoothly is that she was for many years a stay-at-home mom to four children. So she knows a thing or two about multi-tasking.
"Each client has his or her own individual schedules and concerns that need to be catered to, and it feels natural to me to help each of them as best as I can and to make all of them feel cared for."
Nancy also believes that her responsibilities to her clients don't ever end. She's available to talk to clients on evenings and weekends, and even after your case is finished, she welcomes your phone calls and letters updating the firm on how you're doing.
Originally from the Midwest, Nancy is happily married and an active participant in her church. When she's not in the office, she enjoys cooking and spending time with her husband, kids and grandkids.


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In honour of the recent community take over of the island, I've dug out a few photos I shot in Scalpay last year. In November 2012, the residents of Scalpay voted to take over the running of their island. The then owner, English businessman Fred Taylor, had offered inhabitants the island for free. When put to the vote, 197 voted for the takeover, eight against. The island's population is around 300.
In 1997 a bridge replaced the small ferry that had previously been the only way to access the island. Scalpay's oldest resident, 103 year old Mrs Kirsty Morrison, led the first drive across the completed bridge. An official opening ceremony took place in 1998, with Prime Minister Tony Blair cutting the ribbon.
Having crossed the bridge, heading towards Outend, I spied this house overlooking the road:
Results of the community buyout vote were broadcast live on Scalpay TV:
In the years between the the bridge being built and the community takeover last year, population continued to decline, the primary school closed for good and the community shop ceased trading in 2007. It's hoped the fortunes of the island will improve now the community has control of its own destiny. Scalpay community shop reopened last year and there are various plans and schemes afoot to help the islanders generate income.
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Amanda Clayton
Amanda is an assistant professor at the political science department at Vanderbilt University. Her research concerns political institutions, representation, and public policy, with a focus on gender and politics and a regional concentration in sub-Saharan Africa. Using survey and text data as well as field and lab experiments, her current work examines how quotas for women in politics mediate the representative process. This agenda includes measuring the effects of electoral gender quotas across a range of potential outcomes, including public attitudes and behavior towards female representatives, legislators' behavior and priorities, and policy outcomes and government spending. Prior to joining Vanderbilt, she received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of Washington in 2014, and was a Women and Public Policy Program Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.
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Two-thirds of the deaths from drug overdoses in the U.S. involve opioids. This has been declared a crisis in America. On this Ringler Radio podcast, host Larry Cohen and co-host, Heather Anderson discuss how the Beasley Allen law firm's attorney Rhon Jones is joining forces with the Attorney General of Alabama in litigation to put a halt to this devastating crisis that touches so many lives today.
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I'm supposed to be grading, which is vaguely vomit-inducing, so I decided to read some main page articles with vomit-inducing subjects, instead.
As a gal who has, for whatever reason, found herself in a number of romantic and/or sexytimes relationships with gentlemen from various Asian backgrounds, I felt Asian Men Are Angry was relevant to my interests.
There's a particular quote, which, if I'm reading it correctly is from a Mr. Eddie Huang and his book, Fresh Off the Boat. It goes like so:
"Yo, you notice Asian people never get any pussy in movies? Jet Li rescued Aliyah, no pussy! Chow Yun-Fat saves Mira Sorvino, no pussy. Chris Tucker gets mu-shu, but Jackie Chan? No pussy!"
As a gal who is currently married to a self-described hapa, and currently devotes all multi-party sexual usage of her ladybits to said hapa, I ... think this is an interesting choice of phrasing. Note: I don't necessarily object to Mr. Huang's point about film at large.
As GroupThink's resident local sassy bitch, I do object to his phrasing. So I thought I'd take a little poll. The phrase, "[Blank] gets no pussy," might be the one that inspires me to snap my legs closed faster than any other phrase in the English language. (Hey Eddie: Have you ever considered what is denying you this pussy you desire might be your attitude rather than your ethnicity?)
GroupThink, talking about my ladybits like a commodity is the quickest way to talk yourself out of my pants. What's the quickest way to talk ourselves out of yours? Bonus points for hilarious sexual-shutdown anecdotes.
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A well-respected expert in her field, Anna David is a New York Times bestselling author of two novels and four nonfiction books about addiction, recovery, and relationships.
She has appeared on the Today Show, Dr. Drew, CBS Morning, and Insider. She's been published in the New York Times, TIME, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, and has been written about in Forbes, Martha Stewart Living, Entrepreneur, Allure, and Women's Health, among many others.
Most recently, Anna and I co-authored the newest book in the Miracle Morning series, The Miracle Morning for Addiction Recovery: Letting Go of Who You've Been for Who You Can Become, along with Joe Polish - founder of Genius Recovery.
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During SQL Server 2012 RC0 evaluation version installation, I got the following setup error : Error code 0x85640004.
SQL Server Setup failure.
There was a failure to validate setting CTRLUSERS in validation function ValidateUsers.
Error code 0x85640004.
At this point the installation stops and you have to start from beginning.
What I can suggest for developers and administrators who want to install SQL Server 2012 RC0 and try it, is to install SQL Server Distributed Replay Client, but not to assign a user for Distributed Replay Controller service.
This error happened twice while I was trying to install the X86 edition of the latest SQL Server beta, SQL Server 2012 RC0 (aka Denali).
When the setup process is at the configuration step of SQL Server Distributed Replay Client service permissions, when I click on the Add Current User button, I got the above error code although the current user is a local admin on the current machine.
Excluding the SQL Server Distributed Replay Client from the selected database components for installing SQL Server 2012 RC0 is an option for installing this new SQL Server release.
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This soothing, luxurious moisturizer primes and preps the skin for flawless makeup application, deeply hydrates, and removes all traces of makeup. Great for all skin types, a combination of shea butter and emollient oils reconstitutes, rejuvenates, and repairs the skin for a healthy-looking complexion.
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This year, Embryolisse—the legendary French skin care brand—celebrates its 65th anniversary. In honor of the celebration, Embryolisse has issued this limited-edition gold series of Lait‐Crème Concentré, the brand's original product that debuted in 1950 and became a cult-classic around the world. Available exclusively at Sephora, the same trusted formula comes in elegant gold packaging in limited quantities.


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Ugh. Matthew Morrison joins the NKOTBSB Tour
Morrison will be joining the Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block starting on July 6 for the remainder of their tour. CURSES! I am going to their show on the 9th. Well I guess you will all be happy to know that I will do a separate review just for him because I would hate to taint the NKOTBSB review which would be otherwise perfect I am sure.
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text: How did you know I wanted my very own bird watching kit? You shouldn't have! Seriously, you really shouldn't have. Getting a lame gift is bad enough, but having to act like you're grateful for it is the real kicker. If it's the thought that counts, you're about as thoughtful as a doorknob. But wait, I didn't know the kit comes with a whistle! I take it all back. You're about as thoughtful as the ducks I'm going to call to.


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Board Considers 1:1 Environment
About seven out of over 35 Lake County school districts do not offer their students their own personalized electronic devices. Hawthorn District 73 is among the few in Lake County that fall into that number, but the Board of Education is considering moving to a 1:1 program within the district.
At a recent meeting, the Board of Education received a presentation from Superintendent Nick Brown on personalized learning in a 1:1 environment. Hawthorn 73 has been investing in upgrading the technology infrastructure in the district as well as purchasing new devices for students and teachers. This has all been to support the appropriate integration of technology into the learning experiences of students.
After a careful study of the need to offer students their own devices, the Hawthorn Technology Planning Committee believes going 1:1 will only enhance personalized learning districtwide. The presentation provided to the Board of Education shared the "Why" a 1:1 program enhances the learning experiences for students.
The Board of Education listened to a presentation titled "Personalized Learning: Why we should consider a 1:1 program?" and after Board consensus, the Technology Committee was instructed to delve into the "How" to accomplish a 1:1 program at the middle school level.
The committee will work to answer many questions on how to accomplish such a task.
Because there are many surrounding districts that have already moved to a 1:1 environment, the committee believes it can learn how other districts worked through many of the same questions Hawthorn District 73 has about the potential project.
"Research shows technology helps improve student engagement through personalized learning. These devices will only serve to prepare our students for the world in which they live," said Superintendent Brown.
Mr. Brown also pointed out that 1:1 devices compliment the district's recently adopted strategic plan, which states the district will provide motivating and engaging learning opportunities that inspire joyful learners. The strategic plan also states that the district believes in students becoming self-directed, responsible learners. Personalized devices will support the efforts for students' to develop these needed attributes.


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text: Sweden has adopted the principles of New Public Management by creating an educational market where private and public providers compete to attract school children and where the government is increasing its efforts to measure output and audit the providers. However, Sweden goes against the flow by emphasizing subject specific knowledge and skills instead of key competences. In an attempt to further natonal equivalence when it comes to education, assessment and marking, the Swedish National Agency for Education is issuing supporting kits in different subjects. We have been responsible for the design and production of the supporting kit in music for primary and lower secondary education. In this presentation, we will place this didactical material in a historical context, describe the process from commission to publication and discuss some of the considerations that have guided our work.


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At Panda, we all share a common mission: "Deliver exceptional Asian dining experiences by building an organization where people are inspired to better their lives." We invest in our people because great people run great operations that will exceed our guests' expectations. Talk to any of our associates and you will experience a culture dedicated to its mission and our five fundamental values- Proactive, Respect/Win-Win, Growth, Great Operations, and Giving.
Panda Restaurant Group includes the original Panda Inn fine dining restaurants, Panda Express, our Gourmet Chinese food concept served in a fast casual environment, and Hibachi San, our Japanese grill concept. The family owned and operated company is still run by founders Andrew and Peggy Cherng.
Panda offers competitive benefits and rewarding opportunities, from entry-level positions to management. We have restaurant positions available nationwide and support center positions in Rosemead, CA. Come join the nation's largest and fastest growing Asian restaurant company.
The Regional HR Manager position is responsible for serving as a strategic HR partner to Operations leadership (VPO/RDO/ACO) in assigned region(s), developing and coaching Operations management, partnering in People Planning, developing and executing staffing plans, and providing training courses to leadership and associates as required. This position also facilitates resolution of associate relations issues. This position is typically responsible for 80 – 120 stores.
Essential functions:
The essential functions in this job description are not all-inclusive of this job's duties and responsibilities. Reliable and dependable attendance is required.
- Partners with Operations leadership (primarily VPOs, RDOs, and ACOs) in assigned region(s) in the facilitation of People Planning involving the development and coaching of Operations management; evaluates internal candidates for vacant/new positions and identifies high potential associates; participates in panel interviews to build alignment. Conducts field visits and interviews to identify opportunities for improved retention.
- Coaches Operations leadership on associate relations to achieve problem resolution without litigation; conducts investigations involving associate complaints and disputes and prepares documentation of issues; resolves simple issues but involves Field HR Directors in achieving resolution of complex associate relations issues or refers issues to the Office of Dispute Resolution in the Support Center.
- Assists Operations leadership in in development and execution of Regional Strategic Plan.
- Forecasts staffing needs to fill vacant Operations management positions on a timely basis to support company growth; Sources candidates through the Taleo system, Open House events, and job fairs, supported by Recruiters at the Support Center.
- Advises operations leadership on conducting effective associate performance evaluations and on assisting associates with career and personal development.
- Follows up with new hires thru Keep In Touch Program to promote and understanding of company's mission and culture. Follows up with new hires to ensure adequate and appropriate training opportunities and encourage their participation.
- Assists/coordinates with the Senior Zone Learning Specialist, who provides a variety of local training and development sessions for Operations management to enhance their capabilities, including 7 Habits, Sexual Harassment, Interviewing Skills, Conducting Effective Performance Reviews, Creating Individual Development Plans, etc.
- Bachelor's degree required; business and/or HR majors preferred.
- Minimum seven years of HR experience, with a minimum of five years HR
- Generalist experience in employee relations, training and development, recruiting, and people management or equivalent
- Operations management experience, preferably in a retail/hospitality operations environment.
- Successful completion of annual store training.
Panda Restaurant Group's culture is strongly guided by our Mission and Values, highlighted on the Panda websites. We recommend all interested candidates to become familiar with our Mission and Values, as well as the principals of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey.
Panda Restaurant Group, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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A warning: It doesn't always happen the way you expect it to.
There are many alternate worlds lying around, and applying to college is one of them. Visiting Starbucks is another. Your expectations will be shattered no matter how simple you feel the process should be.
For example, there's no rhyme or reason to how crowded Starbucks will be at a given moment. I've tried to schedule my visits around the "busy" times of the day, but this has proven to be a lost cause. At this point it's just hoping I'll get lucky whenever I end up walking in.
To an extent that's how applying to college feels, too. I mean, I would like to think that college admissions committees are a little less fickle than the pedestrian traffic of a given day, but how can I really be sure?
I also completely do not understand how the Starbucks line works. It seems like the individual people move through the line quickly, but the line itself seems to move slowly (that is, I seem to spend a lot of time in it for how quickly the individual people move). Sarah without an "h" (ugh) literally ordered and paid in fourteen seconds, but somehow with three people in front of me I've been here for ten minutes…?
This gap between individual and collective perspectives and considerations is something that's all too familiar to me as a former college applicant. I know every individual person goes through the same process, but somehow college admissions is a collective experience that is really ill-defined considering how personal it is to just about everyone who goes through it.
Is ordering your latte a statement of your identity??
Not everyone will like the same drinks you like on the Starbucks menu. And yet a good number of people must share your taste, because Starbucks sells the menu item in the first place. Right? And yet your taste in food is still a part of your individual personality.
Maybe I feel like this because I've taken more Buzzfeed quizzes about what kind of drink I am than what career I should have or what college major I should choose. Still, though, it deserves thinking about. The things we like and the things we choose, however trivial, do say something about us.
So what makes a Starbucks order less integral to your personality than your college choice? Thousands of students across the country have applied to the same colleges you have; thousands of students across the country have ordered the same drinks you have.
Maybe a college choice is "more important" in terms of mattering in the future because, unlike a drink, your college has to choose you back.
That would be funny, though. Walking up to the register like, "I'll have a salted caramel mocha." But then the cashier just hands you a rejection letter that goes something like this: "Thank you for ordering a salted caramel mocha. Unfortunately due to the high volume of orders this season we cannot serve you this drink. We wish you the best of luck in ordering something else."
Sounds ridiculous, right? But if you're honest with yourself, isn't it just as ridiculous when you work hard for your accomplishments and, for no given reason, you fall short in the eyes of your dream school? Rejection is difficult to deal with no matter where it comes from; you're just taught to expect it from colleges and not from a frappuccino.
Watching other people get their orders is way more stressful than it should be.
I mean, there's all that noise going on and they don't always make the drinks in order so Jenni-with-an-i's iced mocha macchiato might arrive long before your green tea latte even though you have no idea why one takes more time to make than the other.
When you're applying to college, high school is like a noisy café that you unfortunately have to navigate through to get what you need. You'll watch your classmates get admissions letters before you get the first of yours, and although you know it doesn't mean anything, you'll worry.
Why is it taking so long? Are they laughing at my application at this very moment? Did they just throw it out and decide not to dignify it with a rejection letter? Did they have to consult the Admissions Committee Handbook to see whether the inevitable typos in my supplement essay bar me from acceptance?
In a Starbucks line all you have to worry about is that they accidentally forgot or spilled your order. You're the customer; you make the demands, and it's a transaction in which you "deserve" satisfaction. You can be confident that if they weren't thinking straight when they made your drink, you can ask for a new one.
But you can't do that with a letter from a prospective college. There's no satisfaction guarantee when it comes to college applications. Yes, you are a customer, but if admissions season was a Starbucks, you'd have an application number on your cup and not a name.
But it tastes so good.
This applies both to the end of admissions season and the end of a Starbucks visit. You might have ordered something new to try, or you might have gone with an old favorite; likewise, you might have applied to a familiar college or a few farther from home.
But you went through this process for a reason and with a goal. Sure, attending college is an oh-so-slightly loftier goal than drinking coffee. But in each scenario you've set out with your preferences in mind and come out with something that gives you a taste of something special.
It might not taste exactly the way you'd expect. I've had some really weird-tasting mocha frappuccinos that seem suspiciously fruity, and I'm never quite sure what to make of them. I'm not sure what to make of my college experience, either. But I do know that I love coffee.
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About the Museo Orto Botanico di Roma
The Botanical Garden of Rome is one of the museums of Sapienza University of Rome. It covers an area of about 12 ha in the city, between Lungara Street and Gianicolo Hill. This is an archaeological area – Ager Vaticanus – which, in ancient times, was a suburban territory, crossed by streets with their succession of tombs and villas. Lanciani, on an archaeological survey in 1900, called this area, Horti Getae, following the finding of a property of Septimius Severus in the area around Porta Settimiana (between Via della Lungara and Villa Lante). The Botanical Garden is located in the Palazzo Riario-Corsini garden since 1883. The plane area of the Botanical Garden respects the Palazzo Riario-Corsini historical garden, enriched with trees, among them several palms bordering the main avenue. There are numerous historical greenhouses, among them are the Monumental Greenhouse (1887), The Corsini Greenhouse (1800), The French Greenhouse (1883) and the Orangery Greenhouse (1930). The Tropical Greenhouse was built in the 1990s. Among the present collections there are the Palms, the Gymnosperms, the Mediterranean Wood, the Bamboo Collection, the Rose Garden, the Garden of the Senses, the Fern Valley, the Mediterranean Garden, the Garden of "Simples" (medical plants), the aquatic plants and the Japanese Garden.
Herbarium: 1,115,659 specimens located at Herbarium Museum - Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro,5 - 00185 Rome, Italy
Read more:
- Tarquini F., Bonacquisti S., Blasi C. (a cura di), 2014. Guida del Museo Orto Botanico di Roma. Sapienza Università Editrice. Roma.
- Bruno F., 2014. Roma e il suo Orto Botanico. Sapienza Università Editrice. Roma.
- Micheli M.P., Cammeo G. (a cura di), 2011. Il restauro della fontana del Fuga nell'Orto Botanico di Roma. Gangemi Editore. Roma.
- Gratani L., 2010. L'Orto Botanico di Roma. Palombi Editori. Roma.
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