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by Richard Parslow

AN officer who has played a pivotal role in maintaining a stable industrial relations climate in the Isle of Man is set to step down from his post in April.

Senior Industrial Relations Officer Ian Cochrane is retiring after 15 years of providing impartial advice to local employers, employees and trade unions.

Mr Cochrane, who joined the Manx Industrial Relations Service (MIRS) in November 1996 from ACAS in the UK, has been instrumental in resolving a number of high-profile and complex employment-related issues.
The search is now on to appoint a successor to continue the wide-ranging remit of the independent, Government-funded service.

The organisation’s main objectives include promoting a clear and practical understanding of legislation, encouraging a non-adversarial approach, and offering conciliation on complaints to the Employment Tribunal
Mr Cochrane says he can look back on his career with a great deal of satisfaction after overseeing a period of significant change for MIRS in terms of increased workload and public expectation.

‘The role is all about helping people to avoid problems and confrontations by finding a solution to their issues. One of the most important aspects is to remain impartial in challenging situations, as building up the trust of the parties involved is crucial,’ he commented.

Mr Cochrane, who works alongside Deputy Industrial Relations Officer Julie Bradley, added: ‘I’ve very much enjoyed working for MIRS and believe it is a well-respected element of the employment services provided in the Isle of Man.’
Chief Secretary Will Greenhow said: ‘I’d like to wish Ian a very happy retirement and place on record my thanks for his commitment and dedicated service over the past 15 years.’

The post of Industrial Relations Officer is currently being advertised and the closing date for applications is Friday, March 2.

Further information is available at http://www.gov.im/cso/publicappointments/employment.xml

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In a new joint initiative for 2012 Hospice Isle of Man and Mount Murray Hotel and Country Club are introducing a “Penny For Your Thoughts” charity scheme.  The Hotel will place Guest Comments cards in all of their 103 bedrooms, Mallards and Murray’s Restaurants as well as the Golf Club. For every completed card they will donate 10p to the Children’s Hospice, Rebecca House.

Mike Marshall, General Manager for the Hotel commented: “We are very keen to be involved with the community and feel such a worthwhile charity like Rebecca House is the perfect way to do this, we will also gain invaluable information from our Guests as we strive to improve our standards and quality of customer service”.
Jason Hand, Operations Manager added “During 2012 we will be displaying information concerning the tremendous work Rebecca House carries out to raise their profile and, through a range of events such as a Super Hero ball on Friday 18th May 2012 as part of children’s Hospice week and a golf day to be held on Friday 29th June, we will be showing our support in monetary terms”.

PR and Marketing Manager for Hospice, Mary Doyle added: “We are delighted to be working with the team at Mount Murray Hotel and Country Club and look forward to a successful community partnership during 2012.” Over the last couple of years we have worked with the Hotel and Golf club but this is a step up that will make a huge difference in every way.”
Pictured left to right is Jason Hand, Operations Manager at the hotel with Mary Doyle, PR and Marketing Manager for Hospice Isle of Man and Rebecca House and Mike Marshall, general manager at Mount Murray.

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Officials with the Conrad Foundation today announced the names of 15 high school teams from across the country and the Isle of Man that will compete in the final round of the 2011-2012 Spirit of Innovation Challenge. The annual competition, presented by Lockheed Martin Corporation and PepsiCo, challenges high school student teams around the globe to combine innovation and entrepreneurship along with STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) to create commercially-viable products to solve global and local challenges.

Finalist teams will present their product concepts at the Innovation Summit, March 29-31, to a panel of industry experts, leading entrepreneurs, government officials and world-renowned scientists at NASA Ames Research Center in Northern California. Products will be evaluated for technical content and marketplace viability.

Prior to the Summit, from March 12 to March 23, the public will have the opportunity to select the People's Choice Award winner by viewing finalist team videos and voting on their favorite innovative product. To review each team and their projects, visit http://www.conradawards.org/pages/finalists.

This year's competition challenged students to develop new ideas in the areas of aerospace exploration, clean energy, and health and nutrition. The finalist teams in each category include:

Aerospace Exploration: creating an innovative product for use in the aerospace industry – vehicles, spacesuits, planetary exploration, satellites, space medicine, Earth observation and more.

Flex; Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Va. Frontier Space Industries; Randolph-Macon Academy, Front Royal, Va. Infinity; West Salem High School, West Salem, Wis. Moonwalking Manakins; Cinco Ranch High School, Katy, Texas Stellar Strips; North Carolina School of Science and Math, Durham, N.C.

Clean Energy: creating an innovative product to address energy efficiency; energy storage; solar, geothermal and wind energy; biomass fuels; and renewable energy solutions to improve everyday life.

Bright Ideas!; Sustainability Workshop, Philadelphia, Pa. Humatics; Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, Calif. Maverick Robots; Eastern Technical High School, Baltimore, Md. Operation Gulliver International; Gulliver Preparatory, Miami, Fla. The Bros; North Carolina School of Science and Math, Durham, N.C.

Health and Nutrition: creating solutions that address growing more nutritious food with less water and land; creating better eating habits amongst youth; and encouraging healthy lifestyles through products and innovations.

Allergy Watch; Whitehorse High School, Montezuma Creek, Utah Ballet, Autism, and Mirror Neurons; Milken Community High School, Los Angeles, Calif. FOOGLE; St. Ninians High School, Douglas, Isle of Man Lettuce help you grow!; Abraham Lincoln High School, Philadelphia, Pa. Team H2O; St. Francis Academy, Baltimore, Md.

Each category’s winning team will be recognized as Pete Conrad Scholars and will receive a Next Step Grant of $5,000 to continue product development.

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by Chris Quine

Long distance running legend Ron Hill is to be the guest of honour at the 50th anniversary Isle of Man Easter Athletics Festival, 40 years after making his last appearance on the island.
 
Hill, now 73, won gold medals in the marathon at the European championships in Athens in 1969 and the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. He was made an MBE the following year.
 
He finished 19th in the marathon in the Tokyo Olympics of 1964 and 6th at the Munich Olympics in 1972. Hill also set world records at four other distances.
 
He is also famous for his amazing record of running every day of his life and hasn’t missed a day of running since December 1964.
 
Ron Hill’s is arguably the most successful athlete to ever take part in the Easter Athletics Festival. Organisers say he was “the natural choice” as guest of honour for the 50th anniversary of the festival.
 
Several previous winners since 1972 are already lined up for the three-day festival over the Easter weekend, featuring individual and team races for all ages and abilities in what is recognised as one of the best fun events on the British athletics calendar.
 
The 50th Isle of Man Easter Athletics Festival takes place from Good Friday to Easter Sunday - April 6th to 8th.  Events comprise a 10k road race on Good Friday evening starting on Port Erin Promenade, the Peel Hill Race on Saturday afternoon and a 5k road relay on Douglas Promenade on Easter Sunday morning.

Entries close on March 24th.

For more information see http://www.easterfestival.info

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