UMB is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Allqualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race,color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteranstatus, age, or any other characteristic protected by law orpolicy.Qualifications :Candidates must be board certified or board eligible in EmergencyMedicine University of Maryland Emergency Medicine is unique in that itoffers a variety of clinical practice sites — both academic &community. Our hospitals in the heart of downtown Baltimore offerphysicians with an academic focus the opportunity to practice in abusy urban environment, while our locations in Prince GeorgeCounty, Harford County and the Eastern Shore of Maryland offer amore traditional community practice setting. Whatever experienceyou are looking for, you can find it here, all backed by thesupport and prestige of the University of Maryland. Annual patient volumes between 29K – 66KA very competitive annual salary including bonuseligibilityMedical, dental and vision insurancePaid malpractice insuranceRetirement plan 401(k) with employer matchAnnual stipend for CME, licenses, dues to professionalorganizations, etc.Tax-free tuition reimbursementGenerous paid vacation, sick time, holidays and personaldaysAn academic appointment with the University of Maryland Schoolof MedicineComplimentary consultation with loan forgivenessspecialist Emergency Medicine – Academic Opportunities in Baltimore,MarylandJoin the Emergency Medicine Academic Department and work clinicallyat University of Maryland Medical Center, University of MarylandMedical Center Midtown Campus, Mercy Medical Center, or theBaltimore VA. We are accepting applications from interested andqualified candidates to staff all five of these locations in theheart of downtown Baltimore. Residency-trained, BE/BC emergencymedicine physicians interested or experienced in an academic careershould apply. These academic positions include bedside teaching ofresidents and medical students.Expected rank is Assistant Professor or higher, however, rankand tenure status is dependent on candidate’squalifications Our Academic Organization:CLINICAL – We operate the emergency departments at four hospitalsin the heart of downtown Baltimore: University of Maryland MedicalCenter, University of Maryland Medical Center- Midtown Campus,Mercy Medical Center, and the Baltimore VA Medical Center. Servinga diverse urban population, our physicians provide the highestlevel of care in state-of-the-art facilities.ACADEMIC – Our emergency medicine physicians are faculty members ofthe University of Maryland School of Medicine, one of the mostprominent medical schools in the nation. Physicians with anacademic focus will appreciate the variety of opportunitiesavailable to them through the medical school – from clinicalresearch initiatives to lecture opportunities.TEACHING – Our physicians are involved in the education of medicalstudents and residents every day. Their mission to educate beginsat the bedside, imparting knowledge and teaching skills necessaryto diagnose illness and treat patients. Opportunities to teachmedical students and residents abound from giving lectures toteaching hands-on labs.RESEARCH – Our emergency medicine faculty are a diverse group ofclinical, basic science, and epidemiologic investigators who havesuccessfully competed for grants on a national level. Wecollaborate with multiple disciplines and continue to expand ourresearch program.RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIPS – Our Emergency Medicine ResidencyProgram, with 51 residents, is one the largest and most respectedin the nation. We are the only program in the country to offertraining in four tracks: categorical emergency medicine and threecombined disciplines – emergency medicine/pediatrics, emergencymedicine/internal medicine and emergency medicine/internalmedicine/critical care. We also offer fellowships in diverse areas,including: administrative leadership, cardiology, critical care,faculty development, health policy & leadership, research andultrasound.What you can expect from University of Maryland EmergencyMedicine: read more
GENEVA (AP) — Delegations from Syria’s government, opposition and civil society have started a new round of meetings in Geneva aimed at revising the constitution of the war-torn country. The fifth round of the so-called Constitutional Committee on Monday comes days after the U.N.’s special envoy for Syria said many subjects have been discussed for more than a year. He said it’s now time for the committee to ensure that “the meetings are better organized and more focused.” Syria’s nearly 10-year conflict has killed more than half a million people and displaced half the country’s pre-war 23 million population, including more than 5 million refugees mostly in neighboring countries.
View Comments Stalking the Bogeyman Good theater boils down to one thing: a great story, told well. Since 1995, nerd heartthrob Ira Glass and his team have been unearthing compelling stories from around the country for the uber-popular radio show This American Life. It’s where many people first heard The Santaland Diaries, David Sedaris’ hilarious tale of working as a Macy’s elf that was later adapted into a hit off-Broadway show. Now, another TAL tale is making the leap to the stage, though this one is as grim as it is gripping. Stalking the Bogeyman, opening September 29 at New World Stages, is based on the true story of David Holthouse, a successful journalist secretly planning a brutal revenge on the man who had violently raped him 25 years earlier. With hundreds of sensational stories all in one place, it’s amazing that more TAL tales haven’t gotten the dramatic treatment. So listen up, playwrights and composers! Below, we have a few suggestions for stories that we’d love to see on stage. “Runaway” From Episode 75: Kindness of Strangers Get this: In 1940, a 14-year-old Jewish boy named Jack Geiger knocked on the door of a Harlem apartment, and asked the pioneering black actor Canada Lee if he could move in. (They’d previously met backstage at a Broadway production of Native Son.) Lee said yes (?!) and Geiger spent a year hanging out with many of the major figures of the Harlem renaissance, like poet Langston Hughes, author Richard Wright and politician Adam Clayton Powell. Like Moss Hart in Act One, Geiger struck out to discover what he wanted of the world, and it changed the trajectory of his life forever. Plus, with all that vibrant history to plumb it’s a colorful bio-play waiting to happen. “Inside the Romance Industry” From Episode 247: What is this Thing? A TAL reporter went to the annual convention of the Romance Writers of America, and it was everything and nothing like you’d expect it to be—and perfect for a musical. Hotel ballrooms full of women pitching stories about swarthy pirates and sexy vampires sounds like hilarious song material to us, and of course it’s a genius setting for romance. Maybe the newbie writer trying to sell her book falls for the junior editor at a romance novel publishing company? There’s something of a How to Succeed vibe to this one—but instead of wickets, the business here is loooooove. “21 Chump Street” From Episode 528: The Radio Drama Episode When Lin-Manuel Miranda writes a musical, you make it a musical, dangit! For TAL’s live radio drama episode at BAM, Miranda took his Tony-winning talent and turned out 21 Chump Street: The Musical, about a cop who went undercover in a Florida high school to try and track down drug dealers. When a classmate gets a crush on her (like teenage boys do), he ends up doing things he shouldn’t to impress this new girl at school, and it gets him in serious trouble. Puppy love! Prom dates! Police sting operations! A recipe for musical success. Related Shows “Tom Girls” From Episode 374: Somewhere Out There The stars of one of TAL’s most moving stories are Lilly and Thomasina, who are eight years old and best friends, even though they live across the country from one another. They were both born as boys but knew early on they were meant to live as girls, and meet at a conference in Seattle on transgender parenting. They immediately hit it off, delighted to finally have someone to really talk to. Even though the parents are a major part of the story, this play wouldn’t be a God of Carnage-esque dramatic bloodbath, but a timely, tender story of unconditional love and personal acceptance. “Team Spirit in the Sky” From Episode 378: This I Used to Believe At a Christian high school in Texas, a football coach started urging his team’s fans to cheer for the opposing team, who were bussed in from a local youth correctional facility. And they did. There were some crises of faith, but they did. If that’s not uplifting, we don’t know what is. We’re seeing football practice dance numbers, we’re seeing an action-packed big game, we’re seeing heartfelt numbers about achieving your dreams and a player who wants to win at any cost—basically we’re seeing Bring It On meets Friday Night Lights. You know you want it. Show Closed This production ended its run on Nov. 9, 2014 read more
Related Shows View Comments Show Closed This production ended its run on March 1, 2015 Disgraced Josh Radnor is back on Broadway in the Pulitzer-winning Disgraced, a play where, as he explains, “everything you shouldn’t say about race, culture, politics and religion at a dinner party gets said.” The only thing missing, he reveals, is some Real Housewives-esque table flipping. However, it’s still a play that Radnor hopes will stick with audiences: “How you feel about it when the curtain comes down might be different than how you feel about it three days later.” As it turns out, Radnor is also a man of many impressions. Well, two, and he shows off both in the clip: Woody Allen (who he also briefly emulates in Disgraced) and the ever-timely Tootsie. Take a look below, and catch Radnor in Disgraced, now in previews at the Lyceum Theatre! read more
By Steve Herman / Voice of America November 13, 2019 The United States government is applauding the resignation of Bolivian President Evo Morales and rejecting assertions by several countries, including Mexico that he was forced out by a coup.U.S. President Donald Trump, in a statement, calls Morales’ departure “a significant moment for democracy in the Western Hemisphere. After nearly 14 years and his recent attempt to override the Bolivian constitution and the will of the people, Morales’ departure preserves democracy and paves the way for the Bolivian people to have their voices heard.”The White House statement adds that the events in Bolivia “send a strong signal to the illegitimate regimes in Venezuela and Nicaragua that democracy and the will of the people will always prevail. We are now one step closer to a completely democratic, prosperous, and free Western Hemisphere.”A senior State Department official told reporters November 11 that Washington does not consider the resignation of Morales to have resulted from a coup, but rather from an expression of the Bolivian people fed up with government ignoring their will.“There were protesters from all walks of life,” said a senior administration official, denying that it was mainly the Bolivian middle class on the streets demanding Morales’ ouster. “It’s probably a little bit simplistic to boil this down to class or perhaps ethnicity in a complex set of circumstances.”A senior U.S. official added that “there’s been too much violence on both sides.”But Mexico is describing the ouster of Morales as a military coup and on November 11 granted his request for asylum. Later the same day, Morales tweeted he was on his way to Mexico and was “grateful for the openness of these brothers who offered us asylum to protect our life. It hurts me to leave the country, for political reasons, but I will always be concerned. I will return soon, with more strength and energy.”Some of Morales’ ministers and senior officials who stepped down are also seeking refuge in the Mexican ambassador’s residence.At the request of United States, as well other countries, including Brazil, Canada, Colombia and Peru, the Organization of American States (OAS) is to hold a special meeting on the Bolivian situation.A man walks past a wall with a graffiti reading “Fraud. Evo dictator. Evo assassin!!!” in La Paz on November 11, 2019. Bolivian President Evo Morales has resigned, caving in after three weeks of sometimes violent protests over his disputed re-election, as his allies denounce an alleged coup. (Photo: Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP)The Morales’ presidency abruptly ended on November 10, hours after he had accepted calls for a new election by an OAS team that found a “heap of observed irregularities” in the October 20 election.The delayed results of the balloting, which fueled suspicion of vote rigging, showed Morales getting just enough votes to avoid a runoff against a united opposition trying to prevent him from winning a fourth term.According to the Bolivian constitution, the vice president is next in line to take power when the president steps down. The head of the country’s Senate is third in line, but both of them, as well as a number of other top ministers, resigned shortly after Morales, leaving a power vacuum.Opposition leader Jeanine Anez said on November 10 that she would assume the interim presidency of Bolivia, but Congress must first be convened to vote her into power.The U.S. government is calling for Bolivia’s legislative assembly to quickly convene to accept Morales’ resignation and follow the constitution to fill the political vacuum.“What’s important is to reconstitute the civilian government,” said a senior State Department official.Morales, the first member of Bolivia’s indigenous population to become president, announced his resignation on television shortly after the country’s military chief, General Williams Kaliman, called on him to quit to allow the restoration of peace and stability.Bolivian opposition leader Carlos Mesa credits a popular uprising, not the military, for forcing Morales to step aside.The military made a decision not to deploy in the streets because “they didn’t want to take lives,” Mesa said. read more
Today, mobile technology is a big enabler of a memorable service experience. Beyond the lines of code and the light-speed logic that securely connects members to their credit union lies a completely functional, friction-free and truly helpful member experience.When Schools Financial Credit Union (Sacramento, Calif.) set out to provide its members with a seamless bill pay experience that would give its members access to the latest tools to create, manage and monitor recurring and one-time payments, e-Bills and payees, it turned to its CUSO partner, PSCU. Schools Financial has been a PSCU Member-Owner since 1996.OverviewSchools Financial was chartered in 1933 by a group of seven teachers. The credit union, which now has more than $1.8 billion in assets and 141,000 members, continues to uphold the foundation and philosophy of the credit union movement of “People Helping People.” With members continuing to expect new products and services, Schools Financial relies on partners like PSCU to provide the latest technology. ObjectivesSchools Financial had three primary goals:Provide members with a seamless bill pay experience through its SchoolsOnline℠ online banking solution and in the Schools Mobile Banking apps Enable a bill pay experience that looks and acts just like its other online and mobile banking tools, including single sign on and real-time financial information Leverage the power that PSCU’s PayLynx Bill Pay solution had to offer without requiring members to jump through extra hoopsApproachSchools Financial reached out to PSCU to see how it could integrate its PayLynx bill pay technology into its online and mobile banking platforms using PSCU’s Solution APIs. Integrating APIs into Schools Financial systems enables enhanced control of the member experience, consistent branding across all platforms and touch points, improved security for the member and the credit union, and real-time sharing of financial data across all solutions. PSCU’s Data eXchange API allows real-time sharing of data across the credit union’s online banking, mobile banking, collections and branch systems, while the Bill Pay API allowed for a consistent bill pay experience whether the member was online or on a mobile device. Working with the credit union’s online banking and mobile provider, Access Softek, PSCU’s Integration Services team provided the guidance and feedback to link these different systems together and ensure the implementation was seamless for the credit union and its members. This was the first API integration for Access Softek with PSCU and was driven by Schools Financial’s desire to provide an enhanced mobile experience. In addition, PSCU offered Schools Financial’s third-party providers access to PSCUPartnerConnect.com, which provides a sanctioned, structured process to access PSCU’s technical resources. The site enables partners to manage integration activities directly, without the need for coordination and intervention from the credit union. ResultsSchools Financial and its members are pleased with the functionality and fit of the PSCU Bill Pay solution, both online and on the mobile platform. Members are enjoying the ability to set up new payees, track new eBills and manage payments through a new tab of the familiar online and mobile experience. According to Courtney Troy, eServices Manager at Schools Financial, the integration could not have gone more smoothly: “Working with PSCU’s Integration Services team was very easy. They were very knowledgeable and helped us set up exactly what we needed.”Click here to view the entire case study. 11SHARESShareShareSharePrintMailGooglePinterestDiggRedditStumbleuponDeliciousBufferTumblr,Todd Akin Todd Akin manages the Integration Services team created in 2016 and is responsible for ensuring that PSCU is leading the credit union industry with APIs and single sign-on options. The … Web: www.pscu.com Details read more
Washington DC is the adult version of Disney Land. There are those of us who love the place and return year after year; there are those of you who visit the place, can’t stand it and vow never to return again and finally there are those of you who go simply out of a sense of obligation to your kids. No matter why you go to DC, if you are one of the more than 5,000 people joining the industry in the nation’s Capital this week, you are actually coming at one of the most unique times you are ever going to see. For me this year’s trip is not so much about specific legislation as it is about getting a sense of how credit unions can best integrate themselves into a vastly changed political landscape.For example, there are 101 new representatives and 10 new Senators. Not only that but this is the most diverse class of representatives ever including a large influx of women and minorities. In the New York delegation alone we have 29-year-old Congresswoman/celebrity Ocasio-Cortez who personifies so many of these trends. You have to go back to Teddi Roosevelt to find a young person who has had a bigger impact on New York politics so quickly. We also have several new members including Antonio Delgado, Anthony Brindisi, Max Rose from Staten Island, and former Assemblyman Joe Morelle.With so many new members and so many new staff, the most important thing to do next week is not simply to advocate for credit union priorities but to explain what credit unions are, how they are different from banks and why they are worth protecting. We are seeing more than a generational shift. Many of the newest members do not come from traditional political backgrounds which means that they are taking a fresh look at stale issues and wondering if things can be done differently. ShareShareSharePrintMailGooglePinterestDiggRedditStumbleuponDeliciousBufferTumblr continue reading » read more
Topics : Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tapped Chrystia Freeland to be Canada’s first female finance minister on Tuesday as an ethics scandal that clipped her predecessor’s wings reverberates through the government.Freeland received a standing ovation after being sworn in at a small ceremony in Ottawa. Guests socially distanced, wore face masks and Freeland greeted Trudeau with an elbow bump after taking the oath of office, telling reporters that it was “about time that we broke that glass ceiling.” The prime minister later announced the suspension of parliament until September 23, when his minority government will lay out a new direction and test its support as confronts the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.”We do not want an election,” Trudeau said, “but it’s obvious that the Throne Speech we gave eight months ago (outlining the government’s agenda) is no longer relevant for the reality that Canadians are living and that our government is facing.””We need to reset the approach of this government to build back better,” he said, “and we need to present that to Parliament and gain the confidence of Parliament to move forward on this ambitious plan.” Freeland, 52, has held key posts in the Liberal government including deputy prime minister — a role she keeps — and foreign minister, as well as leading free trade talks with the US and Mexico. The former journalist, first elected in 2015, takes on the top finance job as Canada goes through its worst economic crisis since the Second World War.”I think all Canadians understand that the restart of our economy needs to be green, it needs to be equitable [and] it needs to be inclusive,” she said. After five years in the post, Bill Morneau — under pressure from opposition parties — announced his surprise resignation from politics late Monday.The temporary shutdown of parliament effectively ends committee inquiries into the WE Charity scandal dogging the Liberals.”It seems like the government is trying to press the reset button, and try to perhaps, put the charity affair behind them and get a fresh start with the electorate,” Stephanie Chouinard, a politics professor at the Royal Military College of Canada, told public broadcaster CBC. Charity questions In recent weeks, local media had reported a growing rift between Trudeau and Morneau on how to reboot the Canadian economy weakened by the new coronavirus pandemic, as the government budget deficit ballooned to more than Can$340 billion (US$257 billion).Morneau was also being investigated by Canada’s ethics commissioner over his ties to the WE Charity tasked with distributing pandemic relief to young Canadians.Trudeau too is being probed over his family ties to the charity, which paid his wife, brother and mother for speaking engagements.Both Trudeau and Morneau apologized last month for the affair, saying they erred in not recusing themselves from discussions about awarding the roughly Can$500 million contract to WE Charity to distribute student scholarship funds.Morneau faced calls to step down after he revealed he had only recently paid back more than Can$41,000 in travel expenses to the charity, where one of his daughters works, for humanitarian trips he and his family took in 2017.The scholarship program has been cancelled but the controversy remains.In his final public remarks as an MP, Morneau denied that his departure was linked to the scandal. But opposition parties remain skeptical, saying he was made a scapegoat.”We all know it was the scandal that brought Mr. Morneau down,” Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre said.The Bloc Quebecois and New Democratic Party accused Trudeau of “throwing his finance minister [Morneau] under a bus.”Bloc leader Yves-Francois Blanchet vowed to try to topple the government and trigger snap elections, but he would need the support of at least two other parties to do so.The Tories are set to elect a new leader this week, while the New Democrats and Greens have rejected going to the polls in the midst of a global health crisis that has claimed the lives of more than 9,000 Canadians.Opinion polls show the Liberals have been damaged by the scandal, but are still positioned well for an early election. read more
Solskjaer has done a good job at Old Trafford (Picture: Fantasista/Getty Images) Will Pochettino and Spurs let it slip? (Picture: Getty Images)Chelsea sit just one point further back and it promises to be a frantic sprint to qualify for premier European football next season.Tottenham perhaps remain the favourites given they have more points on the board but having taken just one point in their last four games, Nicholas now expects them to drop out of the top four.‘The top two are running away with it,’ he told Sky Sports. ‘Arsenal have the best run-in so I am going to go with Arsenal in third.‘Tottenham are in free-fall at the moment and have to go Liverpool and Man City.‘Manchester United suffered a first league defeat under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer but I expect them to be resilient and have enough in them to finish inside the top four.’More: Manchester United FCRio Ferdinand urges Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to drop Manchester United starNew Manchester United signing Facundo Pellistri responds to Edinson Cavani praiseEx-Man Utd coach blasts Ed Woodward for two key transfer errorsWho will finish inside the top-four?Spurs & Arsenal0%Spurs & Man Utd0%Spurs & Chelsea0%Arsenal & Man Utd0%Arsenal & Chelsea0%Man Utd & Chelsea0%Share your resultsShare your resultsTweet your results Advertisement Metro Sport ReporterFriday 15 Mar 2019 1:04 pmShare this article via facebookShare this article via twitterShare this article via messengerShare this with Share this article via emailShare this article via flipboardCopy link Nicholas believes Emery will deliever top-four football (Picture: Getty)Charlie Nicholas believes Manchester United and Arsenal will climb above Tottenham Hotspur and finish the 2018/19 season inside the Premier League’s top four.The Arsenal hero rates the Gunners’ run-in as the ‘best’, while thinks United have become ‘resilient’ under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and will bounce back from defeat at the Emirates to charge inside the Champions League spots.It looked as if just one spot would be available for Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United, with Tottenham Hotspur seemingly in a title race with Liverpool and Manchester City, but a recent dip in form has seen Mauricio Pochettino’s side slip to just a one-point advantage over fourth-placed Arsenal.AdvertisementAdvertisementManchester United, in fifth place, remain in striking distance, too. Despite losing to Arsenal last weekend, they are just three points off Spurs with eight games to play.ADVERTISEMENT Charlie Nicholas predicts if Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal or Spurs will finish in top four Comment Advertisement read more
By Rick StaleyOSBORN, Mo. – US 36 Raceway remembers Jason Johnson this Friday, June 29 on Glass Doctor Night at the Races.Jason Johnson was not only a great race car driver but dedicated family man and father. Matt Richards Racing has donated a Jason Johnson banner that all drivers will sign as they enter the pits. This signed banner will be auctioned to the highest bidder during our Intermission with all proceeds going to Bobbi and Jaxx to help with expenses.Any driver with items and memorabilia they would like to donate for this auctioned can contact Rick Staley 660 541-4378. A donation bucket will also be in the grandstands as well.Intermission will see a drawing for two bicycles donated by Hanes Racing and Wild Child Nation for two lucky kids. Track officials ask if you’ve won a bike this year you let someone else have the chance to win. read more