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The influence of aerobic capacity on the loads and intensities of mixed martial arts sparring bouts
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OPINION | David Clark: The two major stumbling blocks to improving public education in Vermont
I'm gonna come right out and say it: The two major stumbling blocks to improving public education in Vermont are the teachers' union, the Vermont NEA and the Vermont School Boards Association, along with their Siamese Twin the Vermont Superintendent's Association. This is because, like all responsive unions, and it is Vermont's largest by far, Job 1 for the VNEA is keeping as many teachers as possible in the Clover, and job two is the kids.
Commentary | David Clark: The two major stumbling blocks to improving public education in Vermont
I'm gonna come right out and say it: The two major stumbling blocks to improving public education in Vermont are the teachers' union, the Vermont NEA and the Vermont School Boards Association, along with their Siamese Twin the Vermont Superintendent's Association. This is because, like all responsive unions, and it is Vermont's largest by far, Job 1 for the VNEA is keeping as many teachers as possible in the Clover, and job two is the kids.
Purchase and publish: Early career researchers and open access publishing costs
Title: Learned Publishing Abbreviated Title: Learned Publishing Publisher: Wiley ISSN (Print): 0953-1513 ISSN (Electronic): 1741-4857 Publication date (Electronic): July 11 2024 Affiliations [1 ] CIBER Research Newbury Berkshire UK [2 ] Department of Classics University of Lisbon Lisboa Portugal [3 ] Department of Library &Information Science University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur Malaysia [4 ] Area de Biblioteconomía y Documentacion, Universidad de Leon Leon Spain [5 ] Department of Computer...
Are academic researchers embracing or resisting generative AI? And how should publishers respond? Original
Oxford Academic Learn more about the world of academic publishing—from open access to peer review, accessibility to getting published—with our Publishing 101 series on the OUPblog. By David Clark May 13th 2024 The most interesting thing about any technology is how it affects humans: how it makes us more or less collaborative, how it accelerates discovery and communication, or how it distracts and frustrates us. We saw this in the 1990s.
Massachusetts Non-Compete Laws: 2023 Update
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New Shellharbour Hospital plans on exhibition
The development application for the $700 million Shellharbour Hospital, has gone on public exhibition. According to NSW Health Minister and Keira MP Ryan Park, the State Significant Development Application exhibition period, for the new facility, is an opportunity for the community to provide feedback. Mr Park says the new hospital will transform health services in the region when complete.
Missing Sydney man may be in Wollongong
Have you seen Allan? Allan Knibbs, aged 60, was last seen on Musgrove Crescent, Doonside, about 7am on Thursday (14 September 2023). Allan is described as being of Caucasian appearance, 175cm tall, of a medium build, bald, with brown eyes and tattoos on both arms. Article continues after this ad Advertisement He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a cream-coloured jacket, and a grey hat. Police have reason to believe Allan may be travelling to the Wollongong area.
Hazardous Surf Warning for the Illawarra Coast
The Bureau of Meteorology has a Hazardous Surf Warning current for the Illawarra Coast. NSW Police Force, Marine Area Command advise that safety should be paramount near the water today, with rock-fishers advised to avoid coastal rock platforms exposed to the ocean. Illawarra boaters should remember to log on with the Marine Rescue radio base, via VHF Radio or the Marine Rescue APP, and consider their safety management plan.
Mount Ousley repairs continue this weekend
More repair works are planned for Mount Ousley this weekend according to Transport for NSW. Crews will work on the rain damaged sections from 8pm Sunday, September10, till 4am Monday, September 11, Transport for NSW advises that traffic in both directions will be affected this weekend. Detours will be in place via Bulli Pass, however heavy vehicles over 19 metres long will not be able to access Bulli Pass, and are advised to delay their journey.
Wollongong Police need to ID these men
Can you identify these guys? Wollongong police would like to speak with the two males in the photograph. Police believe that these males have information in relation to a stealing that occurred on 20 August 2023 in Wollongong. If you are able to identify these males please contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or contact Wollongong Police Station on 4226 7899. Article continues after this ad Advertisement Share FacebookTwitterLinkedIn Email Crime StoppersIDWollongong Police
Wollongong Police need to ID this male
Wollongong Police need a hand to ID a male, who might be able to help with enquiries after an incident in July. Police said there was a serious assault, that occurred at about 1:20am, on Sunday 16 July 2023, at a licensed premises, they believe that the male may have some info, to assist in their investigation. Any info should be called in to Wollongong Police, or Crime stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Mount Ousley repairs start Sunday 20 August
Transport for NSW is preparing to start work on the next stage of repairs on Mount Ousley Road and restore it to full operations. The work is necessary to repair damage to the road surface in the southbound left-hand shoulder lane about one kilometre before the New Mount Pleasant Road intersection caused during record-breaking rainfall in 2022. Mount Ousley Road will need to be closed during the work to keep workers and motorists safe.
Macquarie Pass closed Thursday for works
Road users are advised that Macquarie Pass will shut again today, for essential maintenance works. Transport for NSW crews will shut the pass from 9am to 3pm, so they can get on with the final day of work for this week. Detours will be in place, and property owners will have access throughout the work. Article continues after this ad Advertisement Share FacebookTwitterLinkedIn Email Illawarra HighwayMacquarie PassTransport for NSW
Wollongong Court after Albion Park house fire
An arrest in Unanderra on Tuesday afternoon, over a house fire in Albion Park back in June. Emergency services were called to a house on fire on Terry Street Albion Park, at about 11am on Saturday June 24, the house extensively damaged by the fire. Enquiries led Lake Illawarra Police to the arrest of a 39 year old man outside a home in Unanderra, he’ll front Wollongong Local Court on Wednesday afternoon.
Illawarra offshore wind zone consultations
Consultation has opened for the proposed ‘offshore wind power generation zone’ off the Illawarra. Six sessions will be held, the first in Bulli on September 18, followed by Port Kembla, Wollongong, Shellharbour, Kiama, and finally Gerringong on September 21. Community members, industries and businesses are being encouraged to take part with public consultation open until October 16.
Calls for Government to commit to better Illawarra public transport
RDA Illawarra is calling on the NSW Government to commit to developing an Integrated Multi-Modal Services plan for the Illawarra amid commuter frustration at peak-hour road congestion. The call to action comes as RDA Illawarra releases the findings of research into the Illawarra’s public transport system.
Overcoming the Scourge of Missing Data in Psychotherapy Trials
Overcoming the Scourge of Missing Data in Psychotherapy Trials To the Editor The recent clinical trial by Strauss et al1 in the May 2023 issue of JAMA Psychiatry suggests that mindfulness-based guided self-help may be a useful additional therapeutic option for mild depression. When discussing their study’s limitations, the authors highlight the high dropout rate. At the main assessment point (16 weeks), outcome data were missing for 25% of the randomized sample.
A Series on ChatGPT: Is Academic Integrity a Thing of the Past?
The capabilities of, and concerns around, artificial intelligence (AI) tools and applications such as ChatGPT are rapidly growing. Some industry well-known authorities in this spaceare concerned that the speed with which tools are being developed and deployed is dangerous. ChatGPT (GPT) is a publicly available online artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot with super (processing) powers.
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DOJ’s First Wage Fixing Indictment Survives a Motion to Dismiss Because Court Finds Wage-Fixing Agreements are Illegal Per Se | JD Supra
Within the last year, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) brought its first indictments alleging criminal wage-fixing conspiracies and criminal no-poach conspiracies among competing employers. In December 2020, DOJ indicted the president of a staffing company for violating Section 1 of the Sherman Act by allegedly conspiring with competitors to fix wages paid to physical therapists.
Washington State Raises Earning Thresholds for Workers Subject to Noncompetition Covenants | JD Supra
Effective January 1, 2022, the earning thresholds for employees and independent contractors in Washington who properly may be subject to noncompetition covenants will increase. The new adjusted earning threshold for employees will be $107,301.04 and the new adjusted earning threshold for independent contractors will be $268,252.59. Earnings is defined as the compensation reflected on box one of the form W-2 for employees or the payments reported on a form 1099 for independent contractors.
Biden Issues Executive Order Encouraging Federal Action to Limit or Ban Non-Compete Agreements | JD Supra
On July 9, 2021, President Biden signed the Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy, which encourages the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) to employ its statutory rulemaking authority “to curtail the unfair use of non-compete clauses and other clauses or agreements that may unfairly limit worker mobility.” Executive Order, Section 5(g).
Opinion | The fact that teachers committed these crimes makes matters worse
By David L. Clark Thu., June 17, 2021timer3 min. read “Even the dead will not be safe from the enemy if he wins. And this enemy has not ceased to be victorious.” So wrote the great Jewish-German teacher, Walter Benjamin, on the brink of his death fleeing the Nazis in 1940. The discovery of the bodies of 215 Indigenous children abandoned in unmarked graves at a former residential school in Kamloops brings the importance of Benjamin’s chilling words vividly to life.
M&A Guide 2021 - BVI Update - Corporate/Commercial Law - British Virgin Islands
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. This country-specific Q&A provides an overview of Mergers & Acquisitions laws and regulations applicable in the British Virgin Islands. 1. WHAT ARE THE KEY RULES/LAWS RELEVANT TO M&A AND WHO ARE THE KEY REGULATORY AUTHORITIES? Sources of Regulation The primary source of law relevant to M&A in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) is the BVI Business Companies Act 2004, as amended (the Act).
Another Bill in Congress Seeks to Limit Non-Competes – Will This One Go Anywhere? | JD Supra
On February 25, 2021, the Workforce Mobility Act, a bipartisan bill to limit the use of non-compete agreements, was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and in the U.S. House of Representatives by Scott Peters (D-Cal.). This year’s Workforce Mobility Act is the latest of several attempts in recent years at the federal level to restrict non-compete agreements through legislation.
Will New York Enact a Statute Limiting Non-Compete Agreements for Lower-Salary Employees? | JD Supra
A recent report issued by the Trade Secrets Committee of the New York City Bar recommends that New York State’s legislature adopt statutory guidelines governing the use of non-compete agreements for lower-salary employees. As explained in the report, statutory limitations on the use of non-compete agreements have been a hot issue in many states and even at the federal level in recent years. New York currently has no statutory law generally concerning trade secrets or non-compete agreements.
Less Than a Month After DOJ Brings Its First Wage-Fixing Indictment, DOJ Brings Its First “No-Poach” Indictment | JD Supra
In the past month, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has made good on its 2016 threat, contained in its Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals (“Antitrust Guidance”) to bring criminal charges against people or corporations who enter into naked wage-fixing agreements or naked no-poach agreements.
With Wage-Fixing Indictment, Department of Justice Initiates Long-Promised Criminal Proceedings | JD Supra
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that a federal grand jury in Texas indicted Neeraj Jindal, the former owner of a physical therapist staffing company, in connection with an illegal wage-fixing conspiracy to depress pay rates for physical therapists (“PTs”) and physical therapist assistants (“PTAs”) who travel to patients’ homes or assisted living facilities in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Need to Know: Amendment to Louisiana Non-Compete Statute Took Effect on August 1, 2020 | JD Supra
Louisiana has long had in its statutes one of the nation’s most distinctive non-compete laws, and that statute has just been amended in a subtle but important way. LA. R.S. 23:921 essentially provides that every agreement that restrains someone from engaging in any profession, trade or business is null and void, unless the prohibition against competing meets one of the specific exceptions provided in the statute.
Utah can use its water as needed
By David Clark, Santa Clara, Utah Monday, July 27, 2020 | 2 a.m. All Colorado River basin states have the right to develop and use their water, in accordance with the compacts that form the basis for the Law of the River. They can do so whenever the need arises. Utah is entitled to 23% of the water available to the Upper Basin states. The state uses less than a million acre-feet of Colorado River water — well under its annual reliable supply of approximately 1.4 million acre-feet.
New Indiana Law Will Restrict Physician Non-Competes | JD Supra
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Staggering Amount of Spoliation Leads to Quick Conclusion of Trade Secrets Lawsuit | JD Supra
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David M. Clark: We must commit to a shared sacrifice with the communities that support us
By David M. Clark I have heard from a number of people who've expressed their concern about the potential for para-educator layoffs. I share those concerns, however I have to balance those concerns against the realities being faced by the people who pay their salaries, the taxpayers. Phil Scott's tax holiday has just been discovered to be a revenue holiday as well, and it's a little sketchy right now as to whether the state will be making its April transfers to the schools on time.
State Attorneys General Write to FTC Opposing Non-Compete Clauses in the Workplace | JD Supra
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Five Developing Trends Financial Services Employers Need to Know - Take 5 Newsletter | JD Supra
As certain long-standing issues of interest to financial services employers seem to be receiving a degree of reactive attention, other cutting-edge issues continue to force such employers to revisit and update policies to meet societal trends. In this edition of Take 5, we look at moves to curtail non-compete agreements and mandatory arbitration provisions, as well as a limitation to the application of the attorney-client privilege to internal investigations.
Support needed for NPRSA Prop 1 M&O levy
Menu 23 Oct 2019 10:07 Written by David B. Clark A couple of Northshore Seniors enjoy a leisurely game of billiards (courtesy photo). Part two of a three-part series BOTHELL — As the trees change color and swiftly lose their leaves, October will soon end, which means the all-important maintenance and operations levy vote is right around autumn’s next bend. On Nov.
Susan Lacke – Audio Books, Best Sellers, Author Bio | Audible.com
Susan Lacke is a writer, professor, and endurance athlete whose work regularly appears in Triathlete, Women's Running, and PodiumRunner magazines. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona with three animals: a cattle dog, a miniature pinscher, and a freakishly tall husband named Neil. Lacke claims to be of sound mind, though this has yet to be substantiated by a medical professional. Visit her website at www.susanlacke.com, or tweet things at her: @SusanLacke. Read more Read less
Eric Lund, Professional Gamer
Menu 23 Jul 2019 08:16 Written by David B. Clark Even if you’ve never held a joystick you’re probably are familiar with Super Mario. The red cap wearing plumber in blue overalls has been at the heart, orbiting the center of video games for decades. Super Smash Bros., a crossover fighting video game, has had numerous iterations since its initial drop on Nintendo 64 back in 1999.
Managing Employee Mobility Today: Are You Succeeding or Scrambling? - Take 5 Newsletter | JD Supra
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Northshore Students Create Eclipsnotes
Menu 28 May 2019 06:49 Written by David B. Clark It all started with an Advanced Placement Environmental Science class at North Creek High School. Most of the students in the class did very poorly on the midterm exam. While it wasn’t the case for the entire class, it seemed like there was a little bit of a disconnect between the teacher, the students, and the coursework.
Emerald Ballet Theatre presents Coppélia with Woodinville dancers
Menu 14 May 2019 06:27 Written by David B. Clark Emerald Ballet Theatre’s mission statement reads, “Where dancing hearts are nurtured, and bodies are honed into instruments of strength and beauty.” This demands clichés to be broken. While ballet’s beauty has long stood in the popular eye as a construct of grace and femininity, strength often times slips away from the casual viewer’s notice.
Woodinville Theater Co. Presents Mamma Mia
Menu 30 Apr 2019 07:32 Written by David B. Clark There is nary a soul that hears the sing-song chime of “Mamma Mia!” and doesn’t—at least internally—follow up with “… and here I go again!” Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus’ Mamma Mia! is the jukebox musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson. Andersson and Ulvaeus were both members of the ‘70s Swedish pop sensation, ABBA.
The G Word highlights NSD Hi-Cap Program
Menu 19 Mar 2019 05:23 Written by David B. Clark “Each of us has an education story,” began Marc Smolowitz. “… and it’s heartbreaking when it doesn’t go well.” Smolowitz is an award-winning producer, director—and most importantly— film maker who has over two-and-a-half decades of experience across nearly every channel of entertainment and media. He has brought one of his latest projects in production, a film called, “The G Word” to the Puget Sound region.
Moose-Motor Vehicle Collision: A Continuing Hazard in Northern New England
To view the full text, please login as a subscribed user or purchase a subscription. Click here to view the full text on ScienceDirect. Figure 1 Annual incidence of reported moose-motor vehicle collision (MMVC) for northern New England states: Maine (ME), New Hampshire (NH), Vermont (VT), and Massachusetts (MA). Figure 2 Relative frequency of moose-motor vehicle collision (MMVC) in Maine during different months and at different times of day, 2003 to 2017.
The Forgotten Children’s Fund
Menu 08 Jan 2019 10:04 Written by David B. Clark In December of 1976, a little boy named Craig wrote a heart-wrenching letter to Santa Claus. The little boy’s letter said that he and his sisters’ mother told them that Santa had become lost last year when he was trying to deliver Christmas presents to the family’s house. Craig ensured Santa that he and his little sisters had been good all year, but their mother told them that Santa was going to get lost trying to find their family’s house again.
Nature Vision: Appreciation & Stewardship of the Environment
Menu 26 Dec 2018 06:35 Written by David B. Clark In the digital age we live, it is more frequently that the youth of our future generations wipe the grime from their handheld screens than from their own faces. With technology at the epicenter of advancement, it figures that kids with the accessibility to systems, programs, and technology are geared, purposefully, towards a more fulfilling future. Wherein tech seems to simply educate, nature nurtures.
We’ll Meet Again, Great Alaskan Earthquake
11 Dec 2018 10:13 Written by David B. Clark On Good Friday, March 27, 1964 the most powerful earthquake in North American history shook Alaska for nearly five minutes. Two tectonic plates that had been grinding against each other for millennia finally caused a 600-mile fault to rupture. Fissures, landslides, and a chain of tsunamis ripped through the state. Soil liquification—a process that causes solids to behave like liquids—dropped entire expanses of land into the sea.
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