Today 135 New Leaders are driving change and ensuring studentachievement for nearly 55,000 ChicagoPublic School children. Southern Wine & Spirits of Illinois Joins New Leaders for New Schools' ChicagoCorporate PartnersCorporate Partnership with Award Winning Principal Training Program provides a3-Year, Event Sponsorship for New Leaders' Leadership Awards GalaCHICAGO, July 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --New Leaders for New SchoolsChicago, a nationally recognized program devoted to urban education reformthrough cutting-edge principal training and support, today announced thatSouthern Wine & Spirits of Illinois has become a valued corporate partner andis providing a three-year, full-event sponsorship to support New Leaders'Leadership Awards Gala, which celebrates "Leadership in the Service ofLearning."New Leaders for New Schools has partnered with Chicago Public Schools since2001. WHO:Testifying at the hearing will be law enforcement officials includingEssex County District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett, Worcester County DistrictAttorney Joseph Early, both strong supporters of the bill, as well as victimsof workplace violence, including nurses from Leominster, Beverly, North Adams,Taunton and Brockton.WHEN:Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 12 noon.WHERE:State House, Gardner AuditoriumCONTACT:David Schildmeier, 781-249-0430 or Jennifer Johnson, 781-363-3681 (Formore information, background on bill, or to schedule interviews).SOURCEMassachusetts Nurses AssociationDavid Schildmeier, +1-781-249-0430, or Jennifer Johnson, +1-781-363-3681, bothof the Massachusetts Nurses Association. In fact, nurses are assaulted at work on a par with police officersand prison guards, yet oftentimes no action is taken against those who attacknurses. The violence against nurses canbe perpetrated by patients, families, friends or visitors (including gangmembers). The bill, An Act Relativeto Assault and Battery on Health Care Providers, recognizes and addresses agrowing crisis in the health and safety of RNs and other health professionalswho suffer violent assaults at a rate 12 times higher than other industries.In a 2004 survey of Massachusetts nurses, 50 percent indicated they had beenpunched at least once in the last two years.

Michael Moore (D-Worcester) thatwill make it a crime, punishable by up to two years in prison, to assault aregistered nurse while s/he is providing health care.Currently, only EMTsand ambulance drivers are covered under such a law. Small, Chairman, President and CEO, First Defiance Financial Corp.,+1-419-782-5015, . Joint Committee on Judiciary Holds July 14 Hearing On Bill to IncreaseCriminal Penalties for Assaulting NursesEssex County DA Jonathan Blodgett and Worcester County DA Joseph Early toTestify in Support of the Measure, Along With RNs From Throughout the StateWho Have Been Assaulted on the JobCANTON, Mass., July 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is beingissued by the Massachusetts Nurses Association:(Logo: http:// )WHAT:The Joint Committee on Judiciary has scheduled a hearing on Tuesday, July14, 2009, beginning at 12 noon for testimony on a bill sponsored by State Rep.Michael J Rodrigues (D-Westport) and Sen. Delhaize, which already owned 65.27 percent of Greece'ssecond largest food retailer, launched a 30.50 euro offer on May18, which it raised to 34 euros per share at the end of Juneafter scooping up precious few Alfa-Beta shares. * Delhaize holds 89.56 percent of Greece's Alfa-Beta Stocks  |  Mergers & Acquisitions * Just short of 90 pct position needed for squeeze-out(Adds detail, background) BRUSSELS, July 13 (Reuters) - Belgian supermarket groupDelhaize (DELB.BR) said on Monday its stake in Greek Alfa-BetaVassilopoulos (ABVr.AT) would rise to 89.56 percent, just shortof the 90 percent required for a squeeze-out. MocapayBeth Toeniskoetter, Copyright Business Wire 2009. Doc Popcorn opened their first location inlate 2003 and has expanded their operations to seven locations in Colorado,including Flatirons and Cherry Creek Malls, the Pepsi Center and Mile HighStadium, and Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

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