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Mary Rolando, policy analyst in the Governor's Office of Children's Care Coordination, has been elected to the board of directors of Catholic Charities of Tennessee Inc. She will serve a three-year term. Rolando has more than 20 years of public policy experience focused on mental health, developmental and health care services. She is active in numerous civic and charitable organizations. The Children's House of Nashville, a Montessori preschool and kindergarten, has announced its officers and board members for 2007-2008: .
Audit questions $26,000 in charges tied to ex-MnDOT manager
Sonia Morphew Pitt, the fired director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management for the state Transportation Department, cost the state at least $26,000 in unauthorized charges and improper pay.
A summary of a state audit released Wednesday also said an investigation found that Pitt was inadequately supervised.
The audit, which was to be released in full later Wednesday, said the state incurred more than $11,500 in "unauthorized, unreasonable or inappropriate expenses." It also said that more than $14,500 of work she was paid for should have been recorded as personal leave.
The Transportation Department fired Pitt on Nov. 9. The agency's own investigation concluded that she charged the state for personal travel, amassed high bills on her state-issued cell phone because of personal calls and used poor judgment by not returning to Minnesota soon after the bridge collapse.
International Communication Award Recognises And Rewards Journalism Thatextends Public Awareness And Understanding Of ...
The independent judging panel of the Eloquium Award has named three journalists as winners of the 2007 competition for excellence in reporting on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) the fastest growing cause of death in the world's most advanced economies. Currently, 600 million people live with COPD which is projected to become the world's third-leading cause of death by 2020.1,2
The Boehringer Ingelheim Communication Award - Eloquium - attracted submissions from 13 countries, including Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, England, Japan, Lebanon, Sweden and Venezuela. Entries were judged by an independent panel of global COPD experts and leading journalists.*
The three winning entries of the Eloquium Award are:
1st: Annu Likkanen, Veteranen, Two cigarettes were Ulla-Britt's Undoing (Sweden)
2nd: Gilson Monteiro, Rádio Eldorado, Unknown enemy (Brazil)
3rd: María de los Ángeles González Izurieta, Vea, Tobacco is consuming you (Chile)
"It is important that patients seek early diagnosis and treatment for COPD and key to this is improving education and awareness about the disease," commented Professor Klaus Rabe, Chair of the Judging panel and Chairman of Pulmonology, Department of Pulmonology at Academisch Ziekenhuis Leiden, The Netherlands.
Foot/Ankle
Metatarsal Reconstruction with Use of Free Vascularized Osteomyocutaneous Fibular Grafts Following Resection of Malignant Tumors of the Midfoot. A Series of Six Cases
Cyril D. Toma, Martin Dominkus, Martin Pfeiffer, Pietro Giovanoli, Ojan Assadian, and Rainer Kotz
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2007;89:1553-1564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Are Outcomes of Bimalleolar Fractures Poorer Than Those of Lateral Malleolar Fractures with Medial Ligamentous Injury?
Nirmal C. Tejwani, Toni M. McLaurin, Michael Walsh, Siraj Bhadsavle, Kenneth J. Koval, and Kenneth A. Egol
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2007;89:1438-1441. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] BMP-14 Gene Therapy Increases Tendon Tensile Strength in a Rat Model of Achilles Tendon Injury
Patrick Bolt, Avnish Neil Clerk, Hue H.
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