Russ McCutcheon

Position:Mechanical Design Engineers
Salary:Circa £35-55,000 plus benefits
Location:Ireland amp; Europe
Reference:1110-16

The Company
I am currently working with a highly reputable principal contractor and project management consultancy who specialise in complete turnkey solutions for the construction, high technology, energy from waste and utilities sectors. Their client base focuses primarily on leading electronics, pharmaceutical, chemical, automobile and communication companies, as well as research institutes and universities. The company have established an excellent name in their specific field throughout the UK, Europe and overseas. They currently have a requirement for 4 Mechanical Design Engineers working on specific projects across the Republic of Ireland and North West Europe.

The Role
The primary purpose of this post is to assist the Engineering Team in achieving the objectives of the company with respect to Mechanical Engineering designs for both internal and external clients. In doing this, to ensure maximum commercial and technical effectiveness and efficiency is maintained.

Key Responsibilities

*To contribute to co-operative working across disciplines in accordance with the companys procedures, and contribute to multi-disciplinary project teams, leading them when required.
*To ensure the effective use of company resources and sub-contract packages in accordance with individual project cost plans.
*To contribute to ensuring that effective internal/external working relationships are established and maintained with clients, sub-contractors and specialist suppliers.
*Prepare estimates for the implementation of mechanical services.
*Carryout site surveys to identify the Clients needs and requirements making recommendations as necessary.
*Produce and develop designs for mechanical services.
*Produce tender enquiry documents in respect of contracts for the provision of mechanical services.

The Person
Ideally the candidates should have at least a HNC in Mechanical Engineering together with at least three years post-qualification experience, with sound organisational, communication, interpersonal and customer care skills.

A broad experience in the design, installation and management of building services. The post holders must have working knowledge of current legislation and practices in all elements associated with mechanical building services and be conversant with one or more of the following:

*Computerised Building Management Systems
*Ventilation systems
*Air conditioning systems
*Domestic hot and cold water systems
*Health and safety legislation
*Design calculations software
*Ability to work to deadlines, under pressure and on own initiative
*The post holder should possess a current driving licence
*To be conversant with one or more of the following:
*To be reasonably computer literate
*Computer Aided Design Techniques
*CIBSE Membership at any grade
*Evidence of continuing professional development and an ongoing commitment to undertake training and studies to meet the demands of both current and future legislation relating to the design of building services

The Rewards
The successful candidate will rewarded with an initial starting salary, dependant on experience between £35-55,000 plus additional benefits including car allowance, 25 days holiday per annum + stats, pension, life assurance and performance related bonus. The aforementioned benefits will be subject to completion of a successful 90-day probation period.

Suitable candidates MUST have relevant mechanical design experience with an Mamp;E consultancy, contractor or similar.

By: Laura M. Reckford
Published: 11/18/11

Dr. Richard F. Salluzzo, former CEO of Cape Cod Healthcare, was disciplined by the state Board of Registration in Medicine this week for using drugs prescribed to others for his own use and prescribing drugs to family members without keeping proper records.

Dr. Salluzzo, 60, resigned one year ago from Cape Cod Healthcare after serving as president and chief executive officer of the Capes largest health care entity since July 2008.

According to Russell D. Aims, chief of staff of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine, the board became aware of the transgression from Dr. Salluzzo himself. Mr. Aims responded in an e-mail that it is not unusual for the investigation of such cases to take more than a year because of the need to go through large amounts of pharmacy records and interview numerous people.

Dr. Salluzzo was not reachable for comment.

At the time of his departure from the job, Dr. Salluzzo was credited with turning Cape Cod Healthcare around through reorganization plans that included a large amount of layoffs. Dr. Salluzzo said that the reason for his departure was that he had achieved the goals set out for him and was moving on to pursue other career challenges.

On Wednesday, the board of medicine reprimanded Dr. Salluzzo and fined him $3,000.

Dr. Salluzzo is a 1978 graduate of Tufts University Medical School and is board certified in internal medicine. He has been licensed in Massachusetts since 1988.

Among the allegations in the boards investigation of Dr. Salluzzo are that in 2008, before he started at Cape Cod Healthcare, he wrote four prescriptions for Valium for an employee working under him and then asked the employee to fill the prescriptions and give him the drugs. In 2009, while holding the top job at Cape Cod Healthcare, he wrote prescriptions for Zoloft for a friend and filled the prescriptions for his own use.

According to the boards allegations, he also wrote prescriptions for controlled substances for his wife, his two adult children and his father but did not keep medical records for the family members.

In disciplining Dr. Salluzzo for those actions, the board cites the American Medical Associations Code of Medical Ethics that physicians should not treat themselves or family members as professional objectivity may be compromised and issues of patient autonomy and informed consent may arise.

In a consent order, Dr. Salluzzo agreed to the ruling and punishment, signing the document on November 1.

The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine licenses more than 40,000 physicians, osteopaths and acupuncturists. The board was created in 1894 to protect the public health and safety by setting standards for the practice of medicine and ensuring that doctors who practice in the state are appropriately qualified and competent.
Cape Cod Healthcares board of directors, in a press release, stated, We became aware of a complaint and followed our established policies to ensure that the licensing board was involved in this matter on a timely basis. We then cooperated fully with the Board of Medicines investigation.

The board notes that the Board of Medicine discipline concerns Dr. Salluzzos private practice and not his management performance.

No complaint was ever reported or filed by any patients or physicians here regarding the quality of the clinical care provided by Dr. Salluzzo during his tenure on the medical staff of both CCHC hospitals, according to the statement.

The board reiterated its statement last year about Dr. Salluzzos tenure at the hospital. He achieved the goals set for him as witnessed by our financial turnaround and improved relationships with our physicians, then decided to pursue other career challenges and professional interests.

But it did indicate a divergence in the two sides goals for the future. Dr. Salluzzo believed that the key to the future of health care was consolidation while CCHCs board felt, and continues to believe, that its important to honor our mission by continuing to serve our community through local governance and control, and by maintaining an independently viable Cape-based system, according to the boards statement.

The board stated that because it is a personnel matter, it could not provide additional comments and suggested contacting Dr. Salluzzo, but Cape Cod Healthcare spokesman David T. Reilly said he did not know Dr. Salluzzos whereabouts.

In a blatant violation of the First Amendment, a public high school in Prairie Village, Kansas disciplined a student for speaking out against Gov. Sam Brownback (R-KS):

Emma Sullivan, a senior at Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, was in Topeka on Monday as part of Kansas Youth in Government, a program for students interested in politics and government.

During the session, in which Brownback addressed the group, Sullivan posted on her personal Twitter page: “Just made mean comments at gov brownback and told him he sucked, in person #heblowsalot”

On Tuesday, Sullivan was called to her principal’s office and told that the tweet had been flagged by someone on Brownback’s staff and reported to organizers of the Youth in Government program. [...]

Sullivan said the principal ordered her to write letters of apology to Brownback, the school’s Youth in Government sponsor, the district’s social studies coordinator and others.

Its troubling that Brownbacks staff is so thin skinned that they felt the need to call down the governments wrath on a high school student who had the audacity to criticize the governor. If nothing else, one would think a state governors office has better things to do than troll the internet looking for young dissenting voices they can intimidate.

Moreover, theres no question that the high school principal violated Sullivans First Amendment rights. Although public school students right to free speech is not unlimited, schools are generally only allowed to discipline students for speech that is disruptive to the schools learning environment. It is difficult to imagine how a single tweet criticizing a controversial politician during a field trip could have disrupted this high schools ability to educate its students.

Moreover, because the school district violated Sullivans clearly established federal constitutional rights, she is likely entitled to have the district or the principal pay her attorneys fees if she decides to bring a lawsuit challenging this unconstitutional disciplinary action. In other words, the district could be wise to settle this case immediately if Sullivan decides to bring them to court.

We analyzed their performance based on what each persons responsibilities were, and whether, on an individual basis, each lived up to those responsibilities, Nester said.

A 2009 report from the SEC inspector general called into question the performance of 21 agency staffers in their handling of the Madoff case, Nester said. Of that number, 10 are no longer with the agency and not subject to discipline.

Of the remaining employees, nine were ultimately singled out for punishment, though one elected to resign. Among the rest, one received a 6% pay reduction. Others received suspensions without pay for between three and 30 days. Two received counseling memos.

One employee was recommended for termination unless this would result in adverse impact on the agencys work. SEC officials ultimately concluded that a dismissal would indeed have an adverse impact, and elected only to suspend and reduce the pay of the individual, Nester said.

The disciplines took place over the course of the past year. The process has essentially been under way since the release of the inspector general report, Nester said.

Madoff ruined thousands, including his son

News of the disciplinary action was first reported by the Washington Post.

In 2009, the SEC inspector general said the agency had overlooked more than ample evidence, including complaints dating back to 1992, that flagged the Madoff scheme.

Despite numerous credible and detailed complaints, the SEC never properly examined or investigated Madoffs trading and never took the necessary, but basic, steps to determine if Madoff was operating a Ponzi scheme, the report said.

Bernard Madoff cheated more than 16,000 investors out of about $20 billion. He was arrested in December of 2008 and pleaded guilty three months later to running the largest pyramid-style scam in history, receiving a 150-year jail sentence.

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Working for one of the largest residential property companies in the UK, this hands on health and safety role will offer the successful candidate a varied and exciting challenge. Based from their office in West London, this mobile role will focus on supporting the property department with all health and safety queries ensuring that they receive comprehensive support and guidance. You will also be required to:
1. Support and direct Property Managers in the implementation of Hamp;S procedures to ensure compliance.
2. Coordinate risk assessment schedules.
3. Coordinate E-Risk Manager Recommendations and Diary events.
4. Reporting of Hamp;S activity to Senior Management.
5. Support full compliance and full delivery on the above.
6. Coordinate and provide Hamp;S advice and guidance.
7. Liaise and support Director of Hamp;S in development and implementation of Hamp;S policies and procedures.

All candidates applying should hold the NEBOSH General Certificate as a minimum, with proven experience of working within a property related environment. You should also have excellent commercial and IT skills and have the ability to build professional working relationships at all levels.

Hays Construction amp; Property is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the Tamp;Cs, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Los Alamitos, California (PRWEB) November 25, 2011

The IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Semantic Computing is working with other professional societies to sponsor an interdisciplinary conference on Internet operating systems. Phillip Sheu, committee chair said, “We expect this conference to initiate important research for computer science as a whole.”

Believed to be the largest conference of its kind hosted by the IEEE Computer Society, the IOS conference will be held March 21-23 at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine, California. Authors are invited to submit papers by November 27. For more information, visit http://www.icios.org/.

“This is our first conference on Internet operating systems. We will continue this series and believe more colleagues will join us next year,” said Sheu, an electrical engineering and computer science professor at University of California Irvine’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering.

The effort is in keeping with the Technical and Conference Activities Board initiative to promote interdisciplinary activities between computer science and other disciplines.

Analogous to a desktop operating system, an IOS brings together computational technologies that let users manage Internet resources (including documents, devices, and applications). Unlike a desktop operating system, however, an IOS involves millions of people and requires technologies that can stimulate the generation of content from a wide spectrum of human activities including personal, professional, cultural, social, and many others.

Interdisciplinary in nature (and intra-disciplinary within computer science), the ultimate success of IOS requires that new, synergized technologies be developed from various disciplines such as computer science, social sciences, engineering, physical sciences, medicine, law, business, and humanities. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Modeling and Realization of Human Activities with the Internet
• Search Engine and Question Answering
• Service Discovery and Composition
• Internet Resource Management
• Internet Activity Management
• Internet of Things
• Internet Device Management
• Human-Computer Interface
• Architecture of Internet OS
• Engineering and Tools for Application Development
• Communication Technologies
• Embedded Systems and Real-time Applications
• Privacy and Security
• Semantic Web and Internet Operating Systems

The Computer Society supports more than three dozen Technical Committees dedicated to particular computing specialties. Computer Society TCs organize conferences, disseminate technical news, and sponsor awards and contests as well as other technical activities. For more information, visit http://www.computer.org/portal/web/tandc/home.

About the IEEE Computer Society

With nearly 85,000 members, the IEEE Computer Society is the world’s leading organization of computing professionals. Founded in 1946, and the largest of the 38 societies of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Computer Society is dedicated to advancing the theory and application of computer and information-processing technology, and is known globally for its computing standards activities. For more information, go to http://www.computer.org.

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ON Monday 28 November, business leaders from Peterborough are invited to take part in an innovative and inspirational ‘Open Doors’ visit as part of The Prince’s Seeing is Believing programme.  The Thorpe Hall Hospice, which is owned and operated by the Sue Ryder charity, will be the venue for an eye-opening morning of presentations and discussions; exploring the ways in which businesses in Peterborough can engage with the ex-offender agenda through closer working relationships with the Prison and Probation services.

The visit, which starts at 10am, is being organised by Business in the Community (BITC) as part of the Right Step project.  BITC is a business-led charity which works to advise, support and challenge businesses to be responsible, sustainable and successful.  The charity, in partnership with the National Offender Management Service and the European Social Fund, is delivering the Right Step project to help businesses in the East of England; linking employers with their local Prison and Probation services in a way that will benefit both their firm and the wider community.  The aim is to reduce re-offending by offering ‘real life’ employability support to serving prisoners and ex-offenders.

The visit will provide attendees with the opportunity to find out how Sue Ryder has engaged with the ex-offender agenda, helping them to understand more about the charity’s award winning ‘Prison Volunteer Programme’.  In the last year, in the East of England alone, 34 offenders serving custodial sentences and 137 on probation or community sentences have volunteered in 30 of Sue Ryder’s shops.  They have provided 825 volunteer hours a week, saving the charity nearly £260,000 – enough to cover the cost of five beds in one of its neurological care centres for a year.

Carol Davis is Prison Volunteer Programme Co-ordinator at Sue Ryder. “We work with around 42 prisons across the UK as well as the Probation service. By providing work-based skills, we aim to increase employment prospects for offenders.  Helping people to find employment is a major factor contributing to reducing re-offending and generates a potential saving to society of around £40,000 a year for each person who stays out of prison.

“The Business in the Community Right Step project is acting as a real catalyst in our region,” Carol continues. “Events such as local employer forums and free training days provide opportunities for employers to learn about ways in which they can engage with the Prison and Probation services, but also a platform for raising concerns and utilising the experience of others to address potential issues.”

Mike Brophy is regional director of Business in the Community in the East of England:  “We recently commissioned an independent survey of business leaders in the East of England and 45% of them said they would be put off short-listing a skilled and experienced candidate if they knew they had been in prison and/or had a criminal record,” he says.  “These businesses could be dramatically reducing their pool of good people and, in these difficult trading times, that puts them at a disadvantage compared to their competitors; 17.1% of the UK working population has a criminal record. In addition, by not giving ex-offenders the chance to compete on a level playing field when it comes to training, work and volunteering opportunities, employers are contributing to one of the most challenging issues that our society and economy faces: the high cost to us all of re-offending.”

“We hope that this unique Open Doors event will enable business leaders from Peterborough to see how engaging with the ex-offender agenda can help them fulfil their diversity and community involvement responsibilities, as well as bringing benefits to their businesses,” continues Mike Brophy.

It is essential to register if you would like to attend the Open Doors event on Monday 28 November.  For more information, please contact Debbie Longhurst on 07718 793 880 or email debbie.longhurst@bitc.org.uk

To be a professional athlete in any sport it takes a certain skill level, it also takes perseverance, hard work and ambition. Prescott area resident, Eric Prindle, “The American Soldier” knows exactly what it takes to become a champion and on November 26th he will seek to win the Bellator Fighting Championships Heavyweight Tournament and earn the right to challenge current the current champion.

Prindle, 35, is one of the many practitioners of mixed martial arts or MMA, one of the world’s fastest growing sports in the last decade. MMA is a full contact combat sport that combines techniques from all martial art disciplines and hand-to-hand combat disciplines and it allows fighters to combine strikes and grappling techniques. Bellator Fighting Championships is one of the world’s leading MMA promotions and it is the first promotion to hold tournament style championships which will be televised; airing on live TV every Saturday night on MTV2.

Prindle has been actively competing in kickboxing and boxing since age 12. He is also a US Army Veteran and it was during his time in the Army that he began his career as a weapons specialist and amateur boxer. In 1999, he won the battalion boxing smoker with the 101st Air Borne division at Fort Campbell Kentucky and the Super Heavyweight Division Title. These wins caught the attention of an All-Army boxing scout who invited Prindle to compete in the All-Army Box Off where Prindle would once again win the Super Heavyweight Title. After such success he was invited to represent the Army in the World Class Athlete Program (WCAP) as their super heavyweight boxer. During his time with the WCAP he went on to become a 5-time All-Army Champion and 4-time Armed Forces Champion. During this time Prindle fought more than 100 amateur boxing fights. The nickname “The American Soldier” pays homage to the time he spent in the Army and to those men and women who continue to fight for our country. In 2004 Eric ended his career with the army and dedicated himself to his wife and children.

In 2008, he returned to combat sports, this time he began training and competing in MMA. Although he possesses great punching power and excellent boxing skills he knew that to succeed in MMA he needed to develop in every aspect of the sport. Some of the most used disciplines in MMA include boxing, kickboxing or Muay Thai and ground techniques such as wrestling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (which employs chokes and joint locks to defeat opponents). In MMA fights can continue once fighters find themselves on the ground, Prindle has been keeping up his boxing skills as well as learning how to stop other fighters from taking him down to the ground or defending himself if he finds himself in that position.

Prindle has currently a 9-1 (W-L) record and his only loss was three months into his MMA training and to a seasoned fighter. Eric’s ability, perseverance, ambition and hard work are already paying off; he is currently ranked number 27 worldwide by Fight Magazine. The journey is still far from over. Without overlooking the opponent he will face on November 26th, The American Soldier seeks to be a good ambassador of the sport to the Quad-City Area and one day become the Bellator Fighting Championship Heavyweight Champion.

Eric’s fight will be televised on MTV2 during primetime hours; 8p/9c.

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This holiday shopping season — which officially starts Friday — Ashley Harmon is on a mission.

The 31-year-old Breesport mother of two has a shopping strategy that can be summed up in five words: Spend money with local merchants.

Its not like Im anti-big box, she said on a recent shopping trip on Cornings Market Street.

Im just really pro-small business and this year, I want to put my money where my mouth is.

Harmons plan is simple. The Black Friday bargains being offered by the national chains are too good to pass up, she admitted.

And like hundreds of other holiday shoppers, Harmon plans to hit those stores, particularly the ones selling home electronics at giveaway prices during pre-dawn door buster sales.

But after Friday, Im not going to set foot in a big box store, she vowed. Everything I buy from Saturday on will come from locally owned stores, even if it means I have to pay a little more and do more driving.

Harmon has picked the perfect day to eschew the national retail chains.

For the second consecutive year, Nov. 26 has been designated by American Express as Small Business Saturday, a day intended to encourage shoppers to patronize their local merchants.

On Small Business Saturday last year, sales volumes at locally owned stores across the country were almost 30 percent higher than the same day in 2009, the credit card company said.

Furthermore, 38 percent of shoppers surveyed by American Express said they planned to shop with local merchants on Saturday.

The trick, local shop owners say, is making sure their customers keep returning. And to that end, many Main Street merchant groups have organized special programs designed to boost foot traffic in their retail districts during the holiday season.

Its starting to catch on, said Tom Gorman, owner of the Cottage Gift Shop in Big Flats and president of the Big Flats Business Association.

I think the message is slowly getting out there that shopping local is good for the local economy.

Supporting local retail shops also supports the local vendors or craftspeople who supply those shops with merchandise, Gorman said.

We support other small businesses in the community, like the lady who makes our quilts and our candles, Gorman said. We help spread the money throughout the community.

Some organizations have found that special promotions work.

According to the Institute of Local Self Reliance, with offices in Minneapolis and Washington, DC, buy local campaigns are responsible for boosting revenues by as much as 5 percent in the communities where they are held, when compared with communities where the campaigns are not held.

Buy local programs also do a good job of highlighting the importance of patronizing locally owned shops.

Nearly two-thirds of those surveyed by the Institute of Local Self Reliance say public awareness of the benefits of supporting locally owned businesses had increased in the last year.

Merchants also credit the campaigns with bringing in new customers and making their existing customers more loyal.

We think Main Street built America and believe in the importance of keeping money in the local community, said Mike Melaro, the Gaffer Districts communications and marketing director.

Its paramount to any community that the money spent locally stays local.

We have nothing against the Big Boxes; they service the needs for everybody, Melaro said.

But the smaller businesses in the district offer a different experience. Its a more intimate experience because the employees and owners have relations with their customers in the stores and in the community at large.

An enhanced shopping experience isnt the only benefit to be gained from buying local.

According to the 3/50 Project, launched two years ago in Minneapolis to promote independently owned small retail businesses, $48 of every $100 spent with local merchants remains in the community, compared with $24 of every $100 spent with national retailers.

The potential impact of those returns — a healthy local shopping district boasting a variety of stores and merchandise — is obvious, said Gary Ferguson, executive director of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance.

Locally owned businesses circulate their dollars far better than businesses that are not locally owned, Ferguson said.

We judge the health of a community by how its Main Street looks, and thats determined by the store front businesses that you see there. They cant exist without local commerce or patronage.

Downtown Ithaca Alliance and the Gaffer District have each organized holiday events and promotions with one main purpose — luring consumers into their shopping districts.

In Ithaca, the Downtown Ithaca Winter Festival begins in early December and includes art walks, Santas arrival, an ice sculpture competition and chowder cook-off.

The Gaffer Districts Crystal City Christmas began in early November, with weekly events such as Holidazzle, Parade of Lights and Window of Gifts give-away planned through December.

As a community, weve gotten out of the habit of remembering that one hand helps the other. Our local businesses sell and provide services for other local business and thats not always the case with the big boxes, Ferguson said.

Its a symbiotic relationship. When you think about the businesses that step up for the community, local businesses do that with gusto for the schools, the yearbook or the police department.