Annual Love Your Body Day events promote awareness of health issues Arizona Daily Wildcat Campus Health Service is asking students to “love their bodies†on Tuesday and Wednesday with events on campus dedicated to promoting a healthy body image. The UA's Love Your Body Day, developed by Campus Health's Counseling and Psych Services, ... |
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Annual Love Your Body Day events promote awareness of health issues - Arizona Daily Wildcat
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Wishing them wellness: Specialized programs to keep workers healthy and happy - Birmingham Business Journal:
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And it takes more than a simple discount on gym club membershi p to get employees to take proactive steps for a healthy Over thepast decade, health care insurance costs have been rising as well as general health care costs. And with the economy causing added stressto employees, employers are looking to keep thei workers happy, healthy and fit in all aspects of their lives and are rolling out the wellness initiatives to keep workerz productive. It’s been no surprise the health of U.S. workera is on the decline. The said 62 percentf of adults are not physically asof 2007, and only 24 percent are active three to four timesz a week.
But companies who can reverse those trends could see a bottomline benefit, accordingh to researchers. For every dollar a companuy spends on healthand wellness, in two to five years, it couls see another $3 to $4 in savings, according to a 2005 studty by the . It makes sense: healthier employees could cost companies less in healtn careand worker’s compensation claims, analysta say. And a healthier work force may also mean fewer days lost to ForMichele Pawlick, director of healtbh services for , the key to a successful wellness program is “An employer would have to decide what type of personnelp would be dedicated to the program,” Pawlick said.
“You need to be willing to committo this...no a vision that’s here today and gone tomorrow.” According to employers must also be clear abouft what they want to accomplish througjh the program. “You have to decids where your focus is going to said Pawlick, whose company often hostse lunch and learns on wellnessw topics. “You’ll get more bang for your buck if the programj promotesbehavior change.” Pawlick’s company provides its employee with a nutritionist they can meet with and an on-site workouyt facility.
Judi Braswell, director of employe e assistancefor , added that clear communication is also “You should consider what communication works Braswell said. “If you are a divers work group, then you may want to look at a program that providex correspondencethrough e-mail and phone.” But, no prograk is complete without incentives, she said. “If they aren’t used, you’ree going to see a 5 to 15 percenftparticipation rate,” Braswell said. “Witnh one, you can get that up to aboutr85 percent.” But, the incentive has to be somethinbg that your employees feel they can use.
• Have a well-detailedx and written plan that lists the programs and guidelinezs ofyour company’s wellness plan. • Listen to Conduct an annual surveyof employees’ experiences with the wellness program and what they see can be improved or addedd to the existing plan. • Collaborate with resources and wellness provider s for a plan that makes sense for your employeee and is tailored to fittheir • Choose someone to be dedicated full time to the programm (preferably someone with a healthh background).
• Remain consistent and don’t expect instant
And it takes more than a simple discount on gym club membershi p to get employees to take proactive steps for a healthy Over thepast decade, health care insurance costs have been rising as well as general health care costs. And with the economy causing added stressto employees, employers are looking to keep thei workers happy, healthy and fit in all aspects of their lives and are rolling out the wellness initiatives to keep workerz productive. It’s been no surprise the health of U.S. workera is on the decline. The said 62 percentf of adults are not physically asof 2007, and only 24 percent are active three to four timesz a week.
But companies who can reverse those trends could see a bottomline benefit, accordingh to researchers. For every dollar a companuy spends on healthand wellness, in two to five years, it couls see another $3 to $4 in savings, according to a 2005 studty by the . It makes sense: healthier employees could cost companies less in healtn careand worker’s compensation claims, analysta say. And a healthier work force may also mean fewer days lost to ForMichele Pawlick, director of healtbh services for , the key to a successful wellness program is “An employer would have to decide what type of personnelp would be dedicated to the program,” Pawlick said.
“You need to be willing to committo this...no a vision that’s here today and gone tomorrow.” According to employers must also be clear abouft what they want to accomplish througjh the program. “You have to decids where your focus is going to said Pawlick, whose company often hostse lunch and learns on wellnessw topics. “You’ll get more bang for your buck if the programj promotesbehavior change.” Pawlick’s company provides its employee with a nutritionist they can meet with and an on-site workouyt facility.
Judi Braswell, director of employe e assistancefor , added that clear communication is also “You should consider what communication works Braswell said. “If you are a divers work group, then you may want to look at a program that providex correspondencethrough e-mail and phone.” But, no prograk is complete without incentives, she said. “If they aren’t used, you’ree going to see a 5 to 15 percenftparticipation rate,” Braswell said. “Witnh one, you can get that up to aboutr85 percent.” But, the incentive has to be somethinbg that your employees feel they can use.
• Have a well-detailedx and written plan that lists the programs and guidelinezs ofyour company’s wellness plan. • Listen to Conduct an annual surveyof employees’ experiences with the wellness program and what they see can be improved or addedd to the existing plan. • Collaborate with resources and wellness provider s for a plan that makes sense for your employeee and is tailored to fittheir • Choose someone to be dedicated full time to the programm (preferably someone with a healthh background).
• Remain consistent and don’t expect instant
Friday, February 24, 2012
Va. firm becomes icon of sustainable design - Washington Business Journal:
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The leader of the design firm that landed on the Bay Area map in 1997 with the desigj ofthe then-revolutionary greenn Gap building at 901 Cherry St. in San Bruno is describer as asustainable guru, an environmental prophet, a greenb godfather. He is most famous for co-authoring the environmentaol treatise “Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make which he describes asa “manifestio calling for the transformation of human industrhy through ecologically intelligent design.” Cradlre to Cradle, or C2C, has thousand s of passionate followers around the globe, includinbg entire cities in the Netherlandse that have adopted its goals as publif policy.
Hollywood A-listers like Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz seekhis counsel. In the Bay McDonough’s firm is rapidly gaining traction not just for bookand ideology, but also for corporatre headquarters, hospitals and mixed-use developments. Two years aftetr opening an office at 177Post St., the Charlottesville, Va.-basesd McDonough + Partners is designing some of the biggest and most comple x projects in the Bay At Moffett Field in the Soutu Bay, McDonough is part of a team designing a 1.3 42-acre campus for Google, likelg to be a $700 millionm development when completed. In San Francisco’ds Mission Bay, the firm is working with on a $1.
6 billion 865,000-square-foo t hospital for the , San Francisco. The firm’e San Francisco studio is also designinga 45,000-square-foogt administrative building for at Moffett Field, a new San Francisclo headquarters for Norcal Waste and a pair of mixed-usr condo and grocery store projects being developed by the , one at 1401 California St. on Nob Hill and one at 2001 Market St. in San Francisco’sa Castro District. Director of Practice Kevij Burke, who splits his time betweeh Virginia and San said the burst of Bay Area assignmente hasbeen satisfying.
“Ultimately we’re architects and we want to desigbnbuildings — that’s what we really like to do, and that is how we give form to this philosophyh and these values,” said Burke. After a dozen years of shuttlinyg back and forth between Virginia and the Bay the 15-person San Francisco offics is now so busy that at any one time five or six more designersw are here, according to David Johnson, who moved over from Studiods architecture in 2006 and heads the San Franciscl office. Other new directors hired for the San Francisco offic include Matthew Winkelstein from HOK and Jeffrey Tillfrom .
“We still have more work in the Bay Area than we can deliverf with the San Francisco so we have to be said Johnson. “What is great aboutg San Francisco is we have so many opportunitiesz a 45 minute carride away. And the rangw of projects we’re taking on locally is just McDonough designs buildings that are enmeshein landscapes. The structures connect people to the outdoorse with abundant use ofnatural daylight. They use energy from the sun directlh through solar collection and passively through Theyuse on-site wetlands and botanical gardense to recover nutrients from circulating water.
In the UCSF the “landscape is woven into the healing environmentf ofthe hospital” with nine gardens “responding to women, adults, visitors, a religious or spiritual experience. “People benefitg from views of the sky, views of the landscape, clos e views and distant views. We’re wired for thosde things. That’s what makes us feel said Burke. Johnson said the optimal McDonoug building isa “synthetic in which all surfacez are working, where every inch of the envelop is producing oxygej or energy, sequestering carbon or capturingb water.
“It’s a uniquee viewpoint of how hard can you get the surfaces to not how many LEEDpointzs you’re going to said Johnson. “The new determination of quality is goint tobe sustainability. It used to be, ‘Doi you have marble in your lobby ? What is your elevator Now it’s ‘Is it a healthy environment for people to work And one of the most sustainable thing you can do as an architecgt is create something of beauth that people are going to enjohyfor generations. Why not put resourcesa into buildings that are going to be aroundx 100 years andbe loved?
” These days, Willianm McDonough spends much of his time on his Cradle to Cradl consultant business, McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry, but still has a hand in McDonougbh + Partners design work. Burke said the design teamsw “look for Bill’s engagement early on and He saidMcDonough “thinks metaphorically” and has a good sense of the of the project. McDonougu weighs in on a “broad approacnh of what systems and strategieesmight work,” Burke “You take the initial concep and give it back better than he ever Many of the McDonough Bay Area projectz are in the early stages.
The two Prado Groupo mixed-use developments are probably two years away fromreceiving entitlements. The Norcal headquarters is stilp in a conceptual stage and is not tied to a particular site atthis “Norcal asked us to create a visionb for what it would look like, what it would feel said Johnson. “We have been working with them onthe highest-levep vision for the company and what its going to take to achievw that, and that is a noble Now there are the realitiew of where is it goingt to be, how big is it going to be, how quickly it is goiny to come on line.” Johnson said McDonoughu is not afraid of losing its niche as more and more designers focus on sustainability.
Whiler developers are focused on meeting the basi criteria set forth bythe , sustainable designh is at its infant stage, especially in areas like health care, student housing, industrial uses and largerr community planning. He said the goal is to expand the idealsz of Cradle toCradle “from the molecule to the region” to re-engag e communities with their natural surroundingsa on all levels. “What we see is how far we haveto go, not how far we have said Johnson. Prado Group Principalo Dan Safier said he picked McDonough becauser thefirm “has really had international leadership in sustainable desigj practices.
” “They have this high-quality team with a lot of but they are a values-based firm that recognizes that an intelligengt environmental design strategy can creat healthy urban living environments,” he said.
The leader of the design firm that landed on the Bay Area map in 1997 with the desigj ofthe then-revolutionary greenn Gap building at 901 Cherry St. in San Bruno is describer as asustainable guru, an environmental prophet, a greenb godfather. He is most famous for co-authoring the environmentaol treatise “Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make which he describes asa “manifestio calling for the transformation of human industrhy through ecologically intelligent design.” Cradlre to Cradle, or C2C, has thousand s of passionate followers around the globe, includinbg entire cities in the Netherlandse that have adopted its goals as publif policy.
Hollywood A-listers like Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz seekhis counsel. In the Bay McDonough’s firm is rapidly gaining traction not just for bookand ideology, but also for corporatre headquarters, hospitals and mixed-use developments. Two years aftetr opening an office at 177Post St., the Charlottesville, Va.-basesd McDonough + Partners is designing some of the biggest and most comple x projects in the Bay At Moffett Field in the Soutu Bay, McDonough is part of a team designing a 1.3 42-acre campus for Google, likelg to be a $700 millionm development when completed. In San Francisco’ds Mission Bay, the firm is working with on a $1.
6 billion 865,000-square-foo t hospital for the , San Francisco. The firm’e San Francisco studio is also designinga 45,000-square-foogt administrative building for at Moffett Field, a new San Francisclo headquarters for Norcal Waste and a pair of mixed-usr condo and grocery store projects being developed by the , one at 1401 California St. on Nob Hill and one at 2001 Market St. in San Francisco’sa Castro District. Director of Practice Kevij Burke, who splits his time betweeh Virginia and San said the burst of Bay Area assignmente hasbeen satisfying.
“Ultimately we’re architects and we want to desigbnbuildings — that’s what we really like to do, and that is how we give form to this philosophyh and these values,” said Burke. After a dozen years of shuttlinyg back and forth between Virginia and the Bay the 15-person San Francisco offics is now so busy that at any one time five or six more designersw are here, according to David Johnson, who moved over from Studiods architecture in 2006 and heads the San Franciscl office. Other new directors hired for the San Francisco offic include Matthew Winkelstein from HOK and Jeffrey Tillfrom .
“We still have more work in the Bay Area than we can deliverf with the San Francisco so we have to be said Johnson. “What is great aboutg San Francisco is we have so many opportunitiesz a 45 minute carride away. And the rangw of projects we’re taking on locally is just McDonough designs buildings that are enmeshein landscapes. The structures connect people to the outdoorse with abundant use ofnatural daylight. They use energy from the sun directlh through solar collection and passively through Theyuse on-site wetlands and botanical gardense to recover nutrients from circulating water.
In the UCSF the “landscape is woven into the healing environmentf ofthe hospital” with nine gardens “responding to women, adults, visitors, a religious or spiritual experience. “People benefitg from views of the sky, views of the landscape, clos e views and distant views. We’re wired for thosde things. That’s what makes us feel said Burke. Johnson said the optimal McDonoug building isa “synthetic in which all surfacez are working, where every inch of the envelop is producing oxygej or energy, sequestering carbon or capturingb water.
“It’s a uniquee viewpoint of how hard can you get the surfaces to not how many LEEDpointzs you’re going to said Johnson. “The new determination of quality is goint tobe sustainability. It used to be, ‘Doi you have marble in your lobby ? What is your elevator Now it’s ‘Is it a healthy environment for people to work And one of the most sustainable thing you can do as an architecgt is create something of beauth that people are going to enjohyfor generations. Why not put resourcesa into buildings that are going to be aroundx 100 years andbe loved?
” These days, Willianm McDonough spends much of his time on his Cradle to Cradl consultant business, McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry, but still has a hand in McDonougbh + Partners design work. Burke said the design teamsw “look for Bill’s engagement early on and He saidMcDonough “thinks metaphorically” and has a good sense of the of the project. McDonougu weighs in on a “broad approacnh of what systems and strategieesmight work,” Burke “You take the initial concep and give it back better than he ever Many of the McDonough Bay Area projectz are in the early stages.
The two Prado Groupo mixed-use developments are probably two years away fromreceiving entitlements. The Norcal headquarters is stilp in a conceptual stage and is not tied to a particular site atthis “Norcal asked us to create a visionb for what it would look like, what it would feel said Johnson. “We have been working with them onthe highest-levep vision for the company and what its going to take to achievw that, and that is a noble Now there are the realitiew of where is it goingt to be, how big is it going to be, how quickly it is goiny to come on line.” Johnson said McDonoughu is not afraid of losing its niche as more and more designers focus on sustainability.
Whiler developers are focused on meeting the basi criteria set forth bythe , sustainable designh is at its infant stage, especially in areas like health care, student housing, industrial uses and largerr community planning. He said the goal is to expand the idealsz of Cradle toCradle “from the molecule to the region” to re-engag e communities with their natural surroundingsa on all levels. “What we see is how far we haveto go, not how far we have said Johnson. Prado Group Principalo Dan Safier said he picked McDonough becauser thefirm “has really had international leadership in sustainable desigj practices.
” “They have this high-quality team with a lot of but they are a values-based firm that recognizes that an intelligengt environmental design strategy can creat healthy urban living environments,” he said.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Egypt: Nominations for President to Start March 10 - ABC News
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ABC News | Egypt: Nominations for President to Start March 10 ABC News Mohammed Salim El Awa, a lawyer who has written a book on the concept of Islam and governance, is also expected to submit his nomination. Among Egypt's Islamists, there is Abdel-Moneim Aboul-Fotouh, a longtime liberal within the Muslim Brotherhood who ... |
Friday, February 17, 2012
Gretzky could see big pay cut if Coyotes stay in Arizona - San Francisco Business Times:
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The Coyotes are in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization and owner Jerrhy Moyes has a deal in the works to sell to Canadiann businessmanJim Balsillie, who wants to move the team to The National Hockey League and city of Glendalwe oppose that move. If the Coyotes move to Canada, Gretzky has said he won’tg accompany the team. That could mean a $22 million payourt in deferred compensationfor Gretzky, who is part owner of the Coyotes. If a buyerd is found to keep the teamin Arizona, Gretzkyt still could be out of his coaching job. The Coyotesd haven’t made the playoffx since 2002 — that record remaining unchangedundet Gretzky’s watch, which began in 2005.
If the team staysx in Glendale and he keepshis job, Gretzkyg also could get hit financially, according to bankruptcy court Gretzky earns about $8 million annually from the Coyotes via his $1.6 millio n salary as coach and other compensation as part ownere of the hockey team, accordingh to a legal brief pennerd by Gerald Sheehan, a principal with professional sports financialp firm Beacon Sports Capital Partners LLC. Sheehaj also suggests a new ownerreduce Gretzky’ws compensation down to $2 million. He also suggests other cost-saving measures, including moving offices from leased spaceto Jobing.con Arena.
Revenue also could be increase by boostingticket sales, sponsorships and suite sales and more non-sporting evenyt bookings at the which the Coyotes lease from the city of
The Coyotes are in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization and owner Jerrhy Moyes has a deal in the works to sell to Canadiann businessmanJim Balsillie, who wants to move the team to The National Hockey League and city of Glendalwe oppose that move. If the Coyotes move to Canada, Gretzky has said he won’tg accompany the team. That could mean a $22 million payourt in deferred compensationfor Gretzky, who is part owner of the Coyotes. If a buyerd is found to keep the teamin Arizona, Gretzkyt still could be out of his coaching job. The Coyotesd haven’t made the playoffx since 2002 — that record remaining unchangedundet Gretzky’s watch, which began in 2005.
If the team staysx in Glendale and he keepshis job, Gretzkyg also could get hit financially, according to bankruptcy court Gretzky earns about $8 million annually from the Coyotes via his $1.6 millio n salary as coach and other compensation as part ownere of the hockey team, accordingh to a legal brief pennerd by Gerald Sheehan, a principal with professional sports financialp firm Beacon Sports Capital Partners LLC. Sheehaj also suggests a new ownerreduce Gretzky’ws compensation down to $2 million. He also suggests other cost-saving measures, including moving offices from leased spaceto Jobing.con Arena.
Revenue also could be increase by boostingticket sales, sponsorships and suite sales and more non-sporting evenyt bookings at the which the Coyotes lease from the city of
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Judgement Day at World 8-Ball Championship - Inside POOL Magazine
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Inside POOL Magazine | Judgement Day at World 8-Ball Championship Inside POOL Magazine (Fujairah, UAE) â€" Judgement Day at the World 8-ball Championship in Fujairah has brought on the usual dramas that come when a slight roll of a pool ball can change your fortunes forever. For guys who toil year round for moments like these, ... |
Monday, February 13, 2012
Who's Who in Residential Real Estate 2006 A-M - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Daniel T. Forsman President, CEO and ownert Education: Bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting from The University of GeorgiqCareer Highlights: Forsman was the 2003 president of the Atlanta Boarc of Realtors. In 2004, the Atlant Board of Realtors recognized him with the Realtor of the Year Awardc and with the Captain of Industry Awardin 2005. Prudentiapl Georgia Realty receivedthe Consumers' Choice Awardd for Best in Class - Executivs Home Sales from 2004-2006. The company is the 11th-largesr Prudential real estate affiliate out of morethan 600. Age: Career Highlights: Fuhr has been divisio president of Ryland Homes in Atlants sinceJuly 1994.
Previously, he was presideng of and Richmond American Homez inSouthern California. Fuhr is a member of the advisoru boards of the Building Construction Program at Georgiz Tech and Habitat for Humanity ofNorth Atlanta.
Daniel T. Forsman President, CEO and ownert Education: Bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting from The University of GeorgiqCareer Highlights: Forsman was the 2003 president of the Atlanta Boarc of Realtors. In 2004, the Atlant Board of Realtors recognized him with the Realtor of the Year Awardc and with the Captain of Industry Awardin 2005. Prudentiapl Georgia Realty receivedthe Consumers' Choice Awardd for Best in Class - Executivs Home Sales from 2004-2006. The company is the 11th-largesr Prudential real estate affiliate out of morethan 600. Age: Career Highlights: Fuhr has been divisio president of Ryland Homes in Atlants sinceJuly 1994.
Previously, he was presideng of and Richmond American Homez inSouthern California. Fuhr is a member of the advisoru boards of the Building Construction Program at Georgiz Tech and Habitat for Humanity ofNorth Atlanta.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Angeles Hosts Nat'l Arts Event - Manila Bulletin
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Angeles Hosts Nat'l Arts Event Manila Bulletin By FRANCO G. REGALA ANGELES CITY, Pampanga, Philippines â€" Artists of all disciplines mix, match and join forces as Angeles City celebrates National Arts Month in February, pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 683 issued in 1991. |
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Orchids Paper Products Company Reports Record Quarterly Converted Product ... - Sacramento Bee
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Orchids Paper Products Company Reports Record Quarterly Converted Product ... Sacramento Bee By Orchids Paper Products Company PRYOR, Okla., Feb. 8, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Orchids Paper Products Company (NYSE Amex: TIS) today reported year-end 2011 financial results. Net sales of converted product in the fourth quarter of 2011 were $23.8 ... |
PR Web (press release) | Marriott Set to Open Newark's First New Hotel in Four Decades BusinessWeek 2 (Bloomberg) -- Marriott International Inc., the largest publicly traded US lodging chain, plans to open a Courtyard property at Newark, New Jersey's Prudential Center, the first new hotel in the city's downtown in four decades. Courtyard by Marriott To Open Three New Hotels in Europe Marriott Courtyard Abilene Texas Transformed by Texas Western Hospitality MARRIOTT INT'A' : Courtyard by Marriott Announces Three New Hotels in Europe |
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