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STUDENT doctors are diagnosing actors playing sick patients at the University of Sydney, while their counterpart nurses at Charles Darwin University are using a virtual hospital to learn to treat patients, all in the name of making the experience more real. .
Sears Holdings makes offer for Restoration Hardware
Sears Holdings Corp. is making an offer to buy out Restoration Hardware Inc., a home furnishings and catalog company, at a price higher than a previously accepted offer from a private equity firm. In a regulatory filing Monday, the operator of Sears and Kmart stores said it is prepared to offer $6.75 per share for Restoration Hardware (NASDAQ: RSTO), the Corte Madera-based chain with more than 100 retail and outlet stores nationwide. The bid tops an accepted $6.70 per-share offer from the private equity firm Catterton Partners. However, as of Friday, a special committee of Restoration Hardware's board had rejected the advances from Sears, declining to provide confidential information about Restoration to the Hoffman Estates, Ill., retailer for due diligence, according to a letter included in Monday's U.S.
A doughnut shop's mission: Help military families in need
EVERETT -- John and Dee McCall could be traveling in a motor home, watching Nascar races around the country.
That and other retirement plans will wait for now, as the McCalls instead decided to open a small business with a cause.
Riverside Donuts & Deli opened in October in the College Plaza strip mall in north Everett. The shop features locally baked and daily- delivered fresh doughnuts, packaged muffins and sandwiches, along with fountain drinks and other snack fare. There's also free Wi-Fi access.
But most doughnut shops don't offer the added benefit that a portion of what you pay could help a military family someday.
The McCalls' modest shop is registered as a nonprofit business, with proceeds -- when there are some -- destined for the Chaplain's Fund, which assists military families in crisis.
At our best: Local musicians get honorable mention
Pianist Evan Wu and violinist Patrick Yun both received honorable mentions at the Oregon Music Teachers National Association Performance Competitions at Lewis and Clark College on Nov. 3. Wu competed in the senior piano division and studies piano with Rachelle McCabe. Yun competed in the senior strings division and studies violin with Carol Sindell. Both are sophomores at Crescent Valley High School.Hooley nominates two for military academy Congresswoman Darlene Hooley (OR-5) has nominated two Corvallis students for candidacy at the distinguished Air Force Academy. Hooley nominated Corvallis residents Matt and his brother Andrew Richardson. Each were nominated for showing outstanding leadership qualities, a strong academic aptitude and a commitment to public service. .
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