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Barnier: FTT will not be forced on UK
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Influential European internal market commissioner Michel Barnier has assured the City of London that a much-loathed financial transaction will not be imposed on the UK against its will.
Speaking on Monday in London, Barnier admitted he considers implementation of an EU-wide FTT to be "feasible" and "just" to ensure that the financial sector repays a fair contribution following the financial crisis.
UK MEP Kay Swinburne has suggested that the commission has been looking to force the FTT through as a form of value added tax, which could be imposed without needing the UK's consent.
The UK has been the fiercest critic of the Tobin tax plan put forward by the commission last year. Under the draft proposals, a 0.1 per cent tax would be imposed on equity and bond transactions, along with a 0.01 levy hitting derivatives trades.
Barnier also said that his high-level group considering reforms to the structure of banks in the EU could be seen as a "tribute" to the influence of UK's Independent Commission on Banking.
The government-appointed ICB proposed that UK banks should ring-fence their investment and retail arms to ensure a sufficient divide between risks.
The commission has previously declared its interest in seeing whether the ring-fence concept or the US Volcker Rule could be applied across the EU.
"But - and this is an important but - do not assume that the conclusion of this thinking means reproducing the UK approach to the EU as a whole," he continued.
"I have a very open mind. No one should prejudge the outcome of the group's work."
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Michigan picked up three important points in its chase of the CCHA leaders with a 4-1 victory over visiting Miami. Junior forward A.J. Treais provided much of the offense, scoring twice for the Maize and Blue ...
First Period Analysis: Coming off a bye weekend, there was some concern Michigan would struggle in the first 20 minutes against a Miami team that had won three of its last four, outscoring its competition 14-3 during that stretch. But there was no rust, as the Wolverines largely controlled play for the duration of the period, doubling up the RedHawks 10-5 and enjoying a bigger discrepancy in quality chances.
U-M's effort would pay off immediately, 1:40 into the period when junior Chris Brown outmuscled MU defender Ben Paulides at the blue line, creating a 2-on-1 in which he used senior linemate David Wohlberg has a decoy and beat goalie Cody Reichard five-hole.
The Wolverines' second goal, at 15:37, would have a similar look to it. This time senior forward Luke Glendening outmuscled Paulides - yep, same defender - for the puck, flipping it into the zone where junior center A.J. Treais collected it. He used freshman left winger Phil Di Giuseppe, breaking in down the right side, as a decoy and fired a shot into the top-right corner for his 10th marker this season.
The Maize and Blue weren't done. Already on the power play, U-M went up two men when Miami captain Will Weber was called for roughing after Brown didn't take kindly to a hit from behind Weber delivered to Wohlberg that was inexplicably ignored by the officials. Perhaps as karmic justice, the refs did not see Brown instigate the scuffle but caught Weber retaliating.
Nine seconds later, at 17:23, Treais slid the puck towards the goal crease where it deflected off a defenseman five-hole for the Wolverines' third goal.
Second Period Analysis: After a crisp first period, the second dissolved into a penalty-filled stanza in which Miami enjoyed a 3-2 power play advantage. Utilizing their opportunities, the RedHawks outshot Michigan 11-1 in the period.
I'd be lying if I said the calls were undeserved. The Wolverines simply took some bad penalties, though a crosscheck from senior defender Greg Pateryn that forced Curtis McKenzie into goalie Shawn Hunwick wasn't one of them. McKenzie was the culprit not the victim, getting away with leveling Michigan's goaltender (sort of, he was called for a penalty but so was Pateryn).
However, that play seemed to spark Hunwick, who had looked a little shaky earlier in the period giving up a goal 31 seconds into the frame when he misplayed an innocent slapshot from the blue.
U-M would answer at 1:52, scoring on a power-play goal when sophomore forward Luke Moffatt, parked out front, deflected sophomore defenseman Jon Merrill's one-timer from the point past new Miami netminder Connor Knapp.
The rest of the period belonged to the RedHawks and the officials, but Michigan ended it up three goals, 4-1, and that was critical.
Third Period Analysis: After ending the second period on their heels, the Wolverines skated with conviction in the third, putting a few good chances on net - overall they outshot Miami 12-9 - while doing a superb job defensively. One colleague even opined that it may have been the best team defense he had seen U-M play all year. And he wasn't wrong.
Michigan did the little things right, cleared the puck, stood the RedHawks up at the blue line, made smart decisions, without getting cute, and attacked when the opportunity arose, avoiding the risks that can get a team into trouble.
It was a solid effort that preserved the Maize and Blue's 4-1 lead. All that was left was for Miami to run Hunwick a few more times, without the type of consequences that need to happen for these type of bush-league tactics to go away.
First Star: Considering what he put up with - his mask was knocked off four times after getting plowed into - Hunwick could very well be the first star. So could Treais, who played at the high level he needs to compete at more often. The sophomore had two markers and was the best offensive player on the ice.
But the first star goes to Merrill, who continues to steady the defensive corps and the entire team with his calm, determined play. Merrill also played with more physicality than we're used to seeing and showed some burst in his skating when it was necessary to track down the puck. His assist on Michigan's fourth goal may have been the key play of the game. He would finish with two helpers.
Moffatt on Merrill's shot that led to his goal: "It was absolutely perfect. There was no one on me. He put it right in the perfect place for me to tip it."
Treais on the physical play: "This is not women's tennis. This is CCHA hockey. We expect it. We can play in games like that. We're not the biggest team in the league but we can hang with those guys."
Moffatt on getting out to an early lead: "It was a big start for us in the first period ,getting that first goal and being able to tickle the twine three times. Staring off, banging bodies, that shows us that we're better than this team, we're stronger, and we continued that the rest of the game."
Treais on his first goal: "I saw a very small spot. I was just trying to get it to that spot, and the puck went in. I haven't done that since juniors. Usually my goals are back-door tap-ins."
Red Berenson on the game: "We liked our start. I think we were a little concerned we'd be rusty, having had two weeks to get ready for this game, but I thought our team jumped well. It was good to get that first goal.
"We had the momentum in the first period, and then they had the momentum in the second. They played most of the second period in our zone. They bounced back, and we were lucky, whether it was the crossbar, the goal post, Hunwick, and just a couple of bounces. And then we got a big goal, that fourth goal."
On Hunwick getting run without consistent consequences: "We'll keep sending the information to the league but the league has to respond. I don't know that they've done a good job of it so far."

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Discussion in 'Hunting' started by pdh, May 11, 2003.
Still trying for my 2nd bird.Have all this week to hit the woods.
Good luck everyone out there.
I went out this past weekend and I just got home and I had the worst of luck. usually we see them everywhere when we drive but on this trip we saw only one lone hen walking in a field next to the highway. Hopefully I will get another chance to go in a week or two.
Gone... Ended May 6 here.
Took two birds--a jake and a nice gobbler. Shot at a third gobbler, but some sapling branches deflected my shot, and the rascal escaped me.
Actually, this was my LAST turkey hunt for a while. I have decided that I just don't enjoy it enough to spend the time and energy on it. I think the main problem is that I can never stay still long enough to have much success.
I have decided to concentrate on deer and waterfowl.
I killed my first turkey the other day.
Weapon was a 2003 Camry on the Natchez Trace Parkway. Blood and poop all over the front, windshield, top and trunk lid.
Lots and lots of turkeys in Wayne and Hickman County, Tennessee. Seems like we saw countless small groups of up to 8 or 10 to a group, some strutting.
A very nice Parkway Patrol Officer let me walk after being 20 over shortly after the turkey hit. Another first for me, getting blue-lighted.
For what its worth, he did a radio check on my license, and didn't say anything about my carry permit, which is issued by the same people who issue driver's licenses. I suppose he figured the CCP wasn't relevant to the situation.
My turkey season went pretty well. In 6 days of hunting, I called in two hens and three gobblers. Two of the gobblers went home with me.
Both were mature birds. The first had one inch spurs, but not much of a beard. I think it got broken off due to an ice storm we had move through earlier in the spring. The second bird was a little smaller, sporting 3/4" spurs and 8.5" beard.
I would have gone out again, but we have a two bird limit here in New York. Except for the bugs, spring turkey is fun.
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I went on Thursday 5/8 for about an hour, At the house where I stayed they said they have seen a loner come along the near field in the afternoon. So I sat in the brush for just over an hour, no Birds.
My turkey hunt on 5/9 near Eau Claire, WI was pretty much washed out. (BTW: did you know I was chicken? Yup, when the lightning went zzzzzzCRACK and THEN I saw the light I headed for the house... and was called a chicken...) Went out Friday afternoon (Long after the thunderstorm was over), I Saw some birds WAAYYY over there...
Got up and out again Saturday 5/10, had decoys set up on a logging road near the back hay field (And a blind was still set up from the rain Friday.). I set one hen and one jake decoy out. About 5 am I heard the first gobbles, I called softly, and they hammered back. I thought"I better not call too much or they'll be here before I can shoot them." Something came to a halt right outside the blind, I assume it was a deer but I did not have a window open to see that way. I was worried it might be a coyote trying to stalk my decoys.
I heard 2,then 3, then 4, eventually 5 gobblers answer my calls. I heard over 70 gobbles BEFORE one came out of the fog in the hayfield and strutted right up to the hen decoy, then turned directly to the jake, walked right up to it, and didn't care when I said PUTT the first two times,
IT WAS SELF DEFENCE! I had to shoot to protect my decoy at 5:30 AM.
22 1/4 lbs (Sure felt heavier than that)
over 9 1/2 " beard
1 1/4 inch spurs.
My dad thinks it was a 4 year old bird. (I don't care, it needed a 1 " beard to be legal...)
Yes it was on my buddies family farm. they see a flock of 25-30 on the field south of the house all winter AND a flock of 50-60 North of the house at the same time... Lets talk about Deer in another thread, shall we?
I used my NEW MOSSBERG 835, and Federal #6 3" load, which patterned nicely at the range last month. A different sight set up is probably in the works, because the beads are hard to see in the early morning hours.
Now, Since I only had 1 tag, that was my season.
2nd turkey
Guys,harvested my 2nd turkey this mornimg at 11:30 am.He weighted 19lb,91/2 beard and 1 inch spurrs.Alittle bigger than my 1st bird.
The hunting gods sure smiled on me this year!
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The world of cricket remembered talented Cardiff-born batsman Tom Maynard at his home ground today – as his family released a statement saying his death has come as "a devastating blow".
A minute's silence was held for the 23-year-old before England's one-day NatWest series match with the West Indies at the Oval.
Both Glamorgan and Surrey have postponed planned matches for tomorrow as a mark of respect to Maynard, whose body was found on the London Underground tracks near Wimbledon Park Station in the early hours of yesterday.
At the Oval, where Maynard played for his new county Surrey, fans laid tributes to Maynard outside the ground and both sets of players wore black armbands, as flags remained at half-mast on the Oval pavilion.
Tributes have continued to pour in for Maynard little more than 24 hours after news of his tragic death broke.
His underwear model girlfriend Carly Baker, 25, wrote on Twitter that the star – son of ex-England cricketer Matthew Maynard and tipped to feature for England himself in the future – "meant everything" to her.
She said: "You're the most special man I have ever met. You made me the happiest girl. I love you always.
"We will always be together. I love you Tom."
She added: "My beautiful boyfriend Tom Maynard, I can't cope with this. I love you always and forever. You meant everything to me."
Today, Maynard's family released their own statement, saying: "The Maynard family would like to thank everyone for the many messages of support following Tom's tragic death in London yesterday morning.
"As you can appreciate, the news has come as a devastating blow and although the family is grateful for all the kind messages of sympathy, we would ask that we can be left to grieve in private at this very difficult and sad time for us."
Maynard was found on the tracks near Wimbledon Park Station shortly after 5am after being hit by the first train of the day.
It is believed he may have been trying to escape police before his body was found after they spotted his black Mercedes C250 coupe being driven in an "erratic" fashion near Wimbledon Park at 4.15am on Monday.
Witnesses said Maynard was followed in an unmarked car before police triggered their lights indicating he should stop.
He is said to have made off on foot before being found on the tracks by a train driver.
WalesOnline understands the driver saw a motionless body on the tracks ahead of him and applied his brakes but was unable to stop in time.
A post-mortem is being carried out.
Read more: Sports writer Gareth Griffith's touching tribute to Tom Maynard
Maynard played for Glamorgan for four seasons after making his first-class debut in 2007 before joining Surrey in 2011.
Both counties revealed they had taken the decision to postpone their matches with Glamorgan's planned Friends Life t20 match against the Worcestershire Royals at the Swalec Stadium and Surrey's game against Hampshire both to be rearranged.
In a statement, Glamorgan said: "Following discussions amongst the players and coaching staff, Glamorgan Cricket have announced that the Friends Life t20 match against the Worcestershire Royals tomorrow (Wednesday 20th June 2012) has been postponed as a mark of respect for Tom Maynard and his family.
"Glamorgan Cricket would like to thank both the England and Wales Cricket Board and Worcestershire County Cricket Club for their understanding and co-operation with this matter.
"The match has now been re-arranged and will take place at the SWALEC Stadium on Tuesday July, 3 (with a 6pm start).
Glamorgan captain Mark Wallace admitted the players had been stunned by Maynard's death.
"I think the situation we found ourselves in yesterday I can't really see there being much appetite for play," said Wallace.
"We inhabit a world as professional cricketers where we put a lot of importance on something that at the end of the day sometimes really doesn't matter that much so I think this has put a lot of perspective into our lives."
Maynard had already been a member of the England Lions team that toured Bangladesh earlier this year, and was regarded as one of country's most promising young batsmen.
He had made his first County Championship hundred for Surrey earlier this season.
Surrey Chairman Richard Thompson added: "Our thoughts at this awful time are with Tom's family and friends and all those that were close to him.
"Tom Maynard was a prodigiously talented young batsman who had made an incredible start to his career and was clearly destined for far greater things. The impact Tom made in such a short period of time for Surrey CCC spoke for itself. There is a profound sense of loss at the passing of Tom. To lose anybody at such a young age is an utterly senseless tragedy."
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has referred the death of England prospect Tom Maynard back to the Metropolitan Police Service.
The IPCC, the police watchdog, were notified by the MPS after Maynard was hit by a London Underground train at Wimbledon Park at around 5am yesterday morning.
The 23-year-old Surrey batsman, son of former England cricketer Matthew, may have been trying to avoid police at the time of his death.
After investigating the incident, the IPCC have handed the case back to the MPS.
"The IPCC has assessed the referral from the Metropolitan Police Service regarding the death of a 23-year-old man," read an IPCC statement.
"The police evidence is that at 4.13am officers saw a car being driven erratically which they followed.
"The driver then decamped and after a short chase on foot, officers lost sight of him and had no further contact.
"The man appears to have been hit by a train at 5.04am.
"In the circumstances the IPCC has referred this matter back to the MPS.
"British Transport Police will prepare a file for the Coroner."


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Stout angles up record
For Mt. Lebanon, the Section 2-AAA wrestling tournament was a record-breaking event with Kellan Stout leading the way.
In winning the 182-pound weight class, Stout shattered the all-time mark for victories as a Lebo grappler. With his major decision, 13-5, against Tommy Provance from Connellsville in the championship final, Stout recorded his 94th career victory. The junior broke the Blue Devil record held by Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle in the opening round of the tournament, when he registered a pin. Angle had 91 career victories as a 189-pound wrestler for the Blue Devils.
Noting that Mt. Lebanon has a strong history in wrestling, dating back to the 1930s and a rich tradition as a perennial power from the 1950s through the 1980s, head coach Bill Lewis said that Stout is deserving of all the honors and accolades he is accruing.
"Kellan is a special wrestler," Lewis said. "He has high expectations for himself. He is very focused and very goal oriented. Kellan is constantly working on getting better and improving as a wrestler and an athlete. He puts a ton of extra time into improving himself in and outside of our wrestling room.
"It has been a pleasure to watch him break all our records along the way. We are so very proud of him."
In addition to his wins record, Stout has a long list of accomplishments heading into this week's WPIAL Class AAA tournament, which runs Feb. 27-March 1 at Canon-McMillan.
Stout was the first freshmen ever in Mt. Lebanon's storied program to place at the WPIAL Championships when he finished fourth. As a sophomore, he became the first wrestler to qualify for the PIAA Championships since Angelo Palmieri did it with a sixth place back in 1998. Currently, Stout is on track to break many Lebo single season and career records, including being the first Blue Devil wrestler to join the century club (100+ wins).
At the sectional, Stout was not the only Lebo success story.
Zeynul Zaynullayev broke the single season record for falls. Mike Lioon held the mark in 2004 with 20 pins.
En route to winning the heavyweight title, Zaynullayev recorded three falls, including a pin against Shawn Devey of West Mifflin in the finals. Zaynullayev has 22 pins heading into the WPIAL championships.
Five other Lebo grapplers join Stout and Zaynullayev for the District VII and Southwest Regional Tournament. In fact, for the first time in 25 years, the Blue Devils crowned three or more section champions. Joining Stout and Zaynullayev on the top of the podium was Kevin Kinyua. He won the 120-pound weight class with a 6-4 decision against Brendan Hasson of Belle Vernon.
Lebo's other WPIAL qualifiers and their places are: Bakhtiyar Zaynullaev, second at 195; Sam White, third at 126; Sean Perri, third at 132; Brian Perri, fourth at 113. John Marshall (145) and Jack Rendulic (152) both placed sixth in the section.
"Our team wrestled well at the section championships," Lewis said. "Everyone gave 100% out on the mat. We are also proud of our place winners and WPIAL qualifiers.
"Our qualifiers have been our core point scorers all year and worked extremely hard to put themselves in the position that they are now ... to continue their journey to Hershey and the state championships.
PT crowns 3
Peters Township crowned three Section 2 champions: Phil Mary at 126; Tyler Buckiso at 132; and Italo Merante at 138. In addition: Sammy Florentino, third at 145; Michael McAleavey, fourth at 160; Mac Oberschelp, third at 182; Lucas Cervenak, third at 285; and Alex Belack, fifth at 220 earned berths in the WPIAL championships.
Qualifiers from Upper St. Clair included: Vinny Palm (126), Garrett Walnoha (138), Andrew Troy (152); Eli Grape (170), Jarrod Browne (220) as well as runners-up Corey Wilding (145) and Brooks Wilding (160).
Qualifiers from Bethel Park included: Adam Montgomery (195), Sam Gercak (220), Chris Pauley (285) as well as runners-up Nino Bonaccorsi (132) and Paul Dunn (152).
CM advances 12
In the Section 4 tournament held at Moon, Canon-McMillan crowned six champions and advanced 12 total wrestlers to the WPIAL finals.
Defending state champion, Solomon Chishko won his fourth section title with a technical fall in the 145-pound final. Other Big Macs to claim championships included: Brendan Price at 113; Dalton Macri at 126; Josiah Hritsko at 132; Malachi Krenzelak at 138 and Brendan Furman at 285.
CM's other qualifiers included runners-up: Matt Oblock (126), Micah Kusturiss (152) and Jessie Lesko (182) as well as Blaze Kansco (160), Nick Konyk (170) and James Zeremenko (195).
Chartiers Valley claimed three champions with Noah Wilps at 170, Jaco Paris at 182 and Mike Roper at 220. Other CV grapplers to advance to the WPIAL finals were: Same Geffrey (138), Michael Resignalo (152), Phillip Pesano (160) and Collin Eger (145).


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Jamason's Biography
18-year-old Jamason has asthma. He never really understood the dangers of secondhand smoke until it triggered an asthma attack that he said almost killed him. "I couldn't get air into my lungs. I was so scared. I couldn't breathe!" he says. Jamason has never smoked cigarettes. Even when friends tried to talk him into it, he would reply, "It's just not cool to smoke."
As an infant, Jamason was diagnosed with asthma that seemed manageable until his teens. His mother Sherri, who is a nurse, started noticing that when he hung out with friends who smoked, Jamason would wheeze and have trouble breathing.
His worst attack occurred when he was 16 years old. It was at a fast food restaurant where he worked. He was sweeping close to some coworkers who were smoking. "My chest got really tight," says Jamason. "I was just trying to breathe, trying to get air in my lungs. I couldn't bear it." Jamason called his mother, frantic for help. She found him struggling to breathe. Sherri remembers that day all too well. "When I arrived, he was gasping and he told me he couldn't get air. I was very scared," she says. "I just did whatever I could to save my child, because I know asthma attacks can be deadly." She drove Jamason to the hospital, where he stayed for 4 days. "When secondhand smoke triggers your asthma, you don't know how severe the asthma attack is going to be," says Sherri.
Throughout his days at the hospital, Jamason had breathing treatments every 2 to 4 hours. When he was breathing comfortably again, he felt relieved but was afraid to leave the hospital. "I wanted to go home," he says, "but, then again, I didn't, because I knew there was no smoking inside the hospital. But outside, in the real world, people smoke. I was afraid. I didn't want to have to go through that again."
Jamason worries that at any time and anywhere, someone's cigarette smoke could trigger another asthma attack. It's a constant fear. Today, Jamason feels comfortable asking people not to smoke around him, and he shares with them the dangers of secondhand smoke. "Secondhand smoke can trigger severe asthma attacks in people of all ages," he says. For Jamason, it's a matter of life and death. He explains that he parted ways with one friend who wouldn't stop smoking around him. "I told him we just couldn't be friends anymore."
After high school, Jamason plans to go to college. He was excited to hear that there are smoke-free campuses. "Oh, wow; I didn't know that. I could go to college without worrying about having an asthma attack from breathing other people's smoke. That's very appealing!"
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Leadership Is Key to Managing School Safety
Parents will forgive school officials if test scores go down. They are much less forgiving if something happens to their children that could have been prevented or better managed. Today, school safety is not only a "money" issue" but also a "leadership" issue. Administrators must prevent potential challenges to their safe school environments and their reputations, recognize safety gaps, plan and budget for security, and exercise caution in selecting consultants to strengthen their safety leadership.
Progressive school leaders recognize that when a high-profile safety issue strikes their schools, their history of academic excellence becomes irrelevant for a point in time. Administrator and board credibility can be instantly at-risk. Parents and the media will seek out officials for "by name accountability" if they believe gaps in security and crisis responses existed.
Superintendents from several large districts have been in the headlines this school year due to high-profile incidents of violence. One veteran superintendent resigned from his 12-year post mid-year following questions after several violent incidents in his district. If students do not feel safe to learn and teachers do not feel safe to teach, the focus shifts from academics to discipline and personal safety. Safety, discipline and climate are also factors influencing dropouts.
Being proactive and communicative on school safety can help administrators improve safety, security and preparedness; reduce dropouts and improve attendance; maintain the focus on academic achievement; and increase parental confidence in school leaders. Increased parental confidence can transcend safety issues and lead to parental support of other school issues, such as funding requests.
Recognize Security Gaps
School safety assessments often find stark differences between, on the one hand, written policies and procedures, and on the other, actual day-to-day practices. Simple practices such as greeting strangers often do not occur. Frequently, emergency guidelines have questionable content, staff members have not been trained, and plans are not exercised in tabletop exercises with community partners.
Evaluate and test your own plans before they get tested by an actual emergency, a lawsuit, or by the media. Districts are increasingly working with local safety officials and hiring outside consultants to evaluate plans, train staff, and test preparedness through crisis exercises.
Budget for School Safety
Too often security measures are put on hold unless grants are received to cover the costs. Administrators and boards can no longer view school safety as a grantfunded luxury. Grants only provide seed money and not ongoing resources to sustain programs. Safety costs must be factored into annual budgets. Such costs might include:
--Security and police staffing
--Physical security measures such as communications equipment and cameras
--Training for all staff , including support personnel
--Professional consultant services for security assessments and emergency planning evaluations
Administrators seeking urgent security consultation support and security upgrades after high-profile incidents have increasingly acknowledged having no budgets or financial contingency plans for such circumstances.
Don't Comprimise on Cost
Compromising best practices to save front-end costs can lead to greater potential costs in legal liability and reputation damage in the long run. Common risky corner-cutting tactics include:
--Throwing up security equipment to appease parents and media
--Hiring less qualified and questionably competent, but cheaper, safety consultants
--Taking a low-bid, low-cost approach
--Putting out poorly written security service RFPs
--Doing nothing in hope that safety issues will "blow over"
One superintendent recently admitted that while his board received a comprehensive proposal for a safety assessment, he recommended a less thorough "compromise audit" by a less experienced consultant simply to save a few dollars.
Some districts have fallen prey to product vendors trying to gain backdoor access to school budgets by offering free assessments, grant writers and other services. Buyer beware: Free offers are probably too good to be true. Rarely do you truly get something for nothing.
Selecting Service Providers
Administrators and boards also need to become better educated consumers on the intricacies of selecting safety service providers. Many do not understand the different types of security consultants, which include:
--"Big box" consulting firms that dabble in school safety consulting
--Smaller, specialized school security firms
--Part-timers and retirees, such as former educators or retired police officers, consulting for extra cash
--Overnight experts and opportunists
The most important factor is to make sure safety consultants have K12 school safety experience. Administrators should look for documented experience, credibility and understanding of school climate, culture and school-community relations issues from potential safety consultants.
Be proactive and communicative! The key to managing school safety is strong leadership.
Kenneth S. Trump, MPA, is president of National School Safety and Security Services (www.schoolsecurity.org), a Cleveland-based national school safety consulting firm.


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New Members Include Jeffrey R. Immelt '78, Sherri C. Oberg '82, T'86, John A. Rich '80, Steven Roth '62, T'63 and Diana L. Taylor '77
New Trustees Bring Diverse Expertise and Long Records of Service to the College
Five prominent alumni have been elected to the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College, Board Chair Ed Haldeman announced today.
The new members, who will serve four-year renewable terms ending in 2012, are:
"We are extremely pleased to add to the Board such a distinguished group of alumni who bring to Dartmouth a wealth of diverse experience and capabilities," said Haldeman. "This group of remarkably accomplished individuals will significantly enhance our capacity to provide effective stewardship of this world-class institution. They not only have strong ties to Dartmouth, but also bring additional expertise and leadership in fields - such as medicine and biotechnology, public service, real estate and international management - important to the governance of the College. We appreciate the significant commitment that Jeff, Sherri, John, Steve and Diana are making to serve as Trustees and look forward to working closely with them in the years to come."
James Wright, president of Dartmouth and an ex-officio member of the Board, said: "I am thrilled to welcome to the Board such a talented group of alumni. All of our new Trustees have demonstrated outstanding leadership as professionals and as passionate, devoted supporters of Dartmouth. Jeff, Sherri, John, Steve and Diana share an intense commitment to Dartmouth's mission and will provide valuable guidance to the College as we seek to build on our success."
In 2008, Dartmouth experienced the largest undergraduate applicant pool in the College's history (16,538). Dartmouth's 4,200 undergraduates are an accomplished and diverse group, representing all 50 states and more than 40 countries. Students of color and international students comprise 30 percent and 7 percent, respectively, of the student body. Nearly 47 percent of undergraduates receive financial aid from Dartmouth with an average scholarship of $33,315 for members of the Class of 2012.
To support its educational mission, Dartmouth just completed a record fund-raising year. The Campaign for the Dartmouth Experience, the most ambitious fund-raising initiative in Dartmouth history, reached a milestone in June as it surpassed the $1.1 billion mark. Total giving for fiscal year 2008, which closed June 30, was $168 million, an increase over the $159 million raised last year. The campaign, which began in 2002, is on track to raise the remaining $200 million of the $1.3 billion goal by its scheduled end-date in December 2009.
Jeffrey R. Immelt '78, chairman and chief executive officer, GE
Immelt was appointed as CEO in 2001 to lead GE, which has long been one of the most admired companies in the world for its leadership development, managerial effectiveness, high governance standards, and innovation in meeting essential world needs. He has been named three times as one of the "World's Best CEOs" by Barron's. Immelt is on the board of the New York Federal Reserve Bank. He earned his Dartmouth A.B. degree cum laude in applied mathematics and economics, and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. At Dartmouth, he played football and received the Earl Hamilton Varsity Award for friendship and character. He was also a member of Phi Delta Alpha fraternity and the senior society Dragon. He received the Robert Fletcher Award from Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering in 2002 in recognition of distinguished achievement and service. He received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Dartmouth in 2004 when he served as Commencement speaker. Among his other commitments to Dartmouth, he is currently serving as one of the vice chairs of the Campaign for the Dartmouth Experience. He also has served on the Alumni Council and as a class officer.
Sherri C. Oberg '82, Amos Tuck School of Business '86, president, chief executive officer, director, Acusphere, Inc.
Oberg is president, chief executive officer and director of Acusphere, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company. Acusphere's new cardiovascular drug has completed human clinical trials and is now in the FDA approval process. She began her career in venture capital at Inco Venture Capital Management and later moved to Aegis Venture Funds. Oberg earned her Dartmouth A.B. degree in history, and her M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business. She currently serves as a member of Tuck's Board of Overseers and was on the Advisory Board of the Tuck Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship. She has served as president of Dartmouth's Alumni Council, which earlier gave her its Young Alumni Distinguished Service Award. She has served the College as an Alumni Fund leadership agent, class and reunion agent, and fraternity/sorority coordinator (as an undergraduate, Oberg was a member of the KKG sorority). Oberg has served on the boards of directors of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council as well as the Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council (MassMEDIC). She is married to another Dartmouth graduate, Curt Oberg '78.
John A. Rich '80, chair, Department of Health Management and Policy, and director, Center for Academic Public Health Practice, Drexel University School of Public Health
Rich has long been an innovative leader in the field of public health, whose work has focused on serving one of the nation's most ignored and underserved populations -- African-American men in urban settings. His work has shaped policy discussion and health practices throughout the United States. Among numerous awards for his work in public health, he was granted, in 2006, a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. Prior to moving to Drexel University, Rich served as the medical director of the Boston Public Health Commission. He earned his Dartmouth A.B. degree in English, his M.D. from Duke University Medical School, and his Master's from the Harvard School of Public Health. He completed his internship and residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital and was a fellow in general internal medicine at Harvard Medical School. As a primary care doctor at Boston Medical Center, Rich created the Young Men's Health Clinic and initiated the Boston HealthCREW, a program to train inner city young men to become peer health educators focusing on improving the health of men and boys in their communities. He received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Dartmouth in 2007. Dartmouth praised Rich for his success "in addressing overall wellness concerns" and effectively calling "attention to the need for a more humane health care system." He is a member of the Black Alumni of Dartmouth Association (BADA).
Steven Roth '62, Amos Tuck School of Business '63, chairman and chief executive officer, Vornado Realty Trust
Roth is the CEO of one of the largest owners and managers of commercial real estate in the United States and has been named by Barron's as one of the "World's Thirty Most Respected CEOs" for three consecutive years. He also is co-founder and managing general partner of Interstate Properties and chairman and chief executive officer of Alexander's, Inc. He is a current or former trustee of the Whitney Museum of American Art and of the Intrepid Museum Foundation and a board member of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and the New York University School of Medicine Foundation. After his Dartmouth A.B. degree, he earned his M.B.A. from Tuck with high distinction. Roth recently completed a term as chair of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT). Roth has provided years of service to Dartmouth. He served as a member of the Board of Overseers of Tuck from 1981 through 1987. Roth was a driving force behind the creation of the Roth Center for Jewish Life at Dartmouth, and his daughter, Amanda R. Salzhauer '93, was a leader of Dartmouth Hillel. He has served as a member of the Alumni Council and the President's Leadership Council. He also has served on the Dartmouth College Fund Committee and his class Reunion Giving Committee.
Diana L. Taylor '77, managing director, Wolfensohn & Company, L.L.C.; former New York State superintendent of banks
Taylor joined Wolfensohn & Company, a strategic consulting and investment firm, in 2007, prior to which she served as New York State superintendent of banks and chairwoman of the New York State Banking Board. As superintendent, a position to which she was appointed by Governor George Pataki, she was regulator for more than 3,500 financial institutions with assets totaling over $1.5 trillion. Previously, she held a number of other public service positions, including serving in roles as the governor's deputy secretary for finance and housing and before that as chief financial officer of the Long Island Power Authority. Prior to her government service, she worked in the private sector, as vice president for KeySpan Energy and as an investment banker with Smith Barney, Lehman Brothers and Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette. Taylor was a founding partner of M.R. Beal & Co., a successful investment banking firm concentrating primarily in municipal bonds. She earned her Dartmouth A.B. degree in economics and an M.B.A. and Master's in public health from Columbia University. Taylor serves on the boards of Allianz Global Investors, Brookfield Properties and Sotheby's. She also serves on several charitable boards, including ACCION International, the New York Women's Foundation, the International Women's Health Coalition and amfAR. Taylor's volunteer work for Dartmouth has included service as a Dartmouth Alumni Fund volunteer, a class officer and a member of her class Reunion Giving Committee.
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I want to convert all of my .avi & .mkv files into .mp4 format. Every time I do that, the shows lose the subtitles. I have no idea what is going on :(.
the shows are softsubbed. Subtitles aren't in the video, but rather are rendered over the video when you are playing the file.
What software are you using for the conversion?
convert avi to mp4
Try HandBrake, it has an option to burn in subtitles.
You can also try the method I posted in this earlier thread on this subforum.
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Clearwater's Fun 'N Sun Festival gets under way this weekend. We understand if it slipped below your radar — it seems like there's a big outdoor festival every weekend in these parts, and perhaps you might have been confused by Lakeland's Sun 'n Fun Festival, which was this past weekend.
But don't sleep on Fun 'N Sun, which runs through May 2 around Clearwater. The city's 57th annual family-friendly festival kicks off Friday, and as usual, there's a slate of talent on hand.
This year, there are three big concerts in Coachman Park. All are free, with $20 reserved seat tickets available via Ticketmaster. The highlights:
Saturday: At the 15th annual Smooth Jazz Fest, Oleta Adams (8:15 p.m.) is this year's headliner, with Jessy J (6:30 p.m.), Spencer Day (4:45 p.m.), B.K. Jackson (3:15 p.m.) and Les Sabler (2 p.m.) rounding out the bill.
Sunday: The country concert is a winner this year. Travis Tritt (7:30 p.m.) headlines, but Darryl Worley (6 p.m.), Blackberry Smoke (4:30 p.m.) and Josh Thompson (3:20 p.m.) will get the crowd pumped, too.
May 1: It's time to rock. Eddie Money (8:30 p.m.) and Blue Oyster Cult (6:30 p.m.) never met an outdoor festival they couldn't rock. Foghat (4:45 p.m.), Invasion (3:30 p.m.) and Greg West (1:30 p.m.) also play.
Tom Petty postpones concert
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have moved their show on May 9 at Tampa's St. Pete Times Forum all the way back to Sept. 16. It's one of 10 shows at the start of the tour that have been pushed back. According to Live Nation, this is due to a delay in the release of his upcoming studio album, Mojo, which is now due June 5.
No official word yet on whether Joe Cocker will still appear as special guest on the rescheduled shows.
Tickets purchased for the May 9 show will still be honored on Sept. 16, and refunds are available at point of purchase.
• Two-time CMA Entertainer of the Year winner Carrie Underwood is coming to the St. Pete Times Forum on Oct. 25. Tickets go on sale Saturday.
• Creed is coming to Tampa's Ford Amphitheatre on Sept. 1. They're calling it the "20-10 Tour," which means the first 2010 reserved seats are $20 all-in, with no service fees. The rest of the seats will be priced at $20 and $10 with service fees.
For more Tampa Bay concert news, read Soundcheck at blogs.tampabay.com/tbt.


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- Assessing suitability for short-term cognitive-behavioral therapy in psychiatric outpatients with psychosis: a comparison with depressed and anxious outpatientsGail Myhr
McGill University and McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
J Psychiatr Pract 19:29-41. 2013..The Suitability for Short-Term Cognitive Therapy (SSCT) rating procedure has predicted outcome in depressed and anxious patients. This study examines its relevance in assessing patients with psychosis...
- Cost-effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural therapy for mental disorders: implications for public health care funding policy in CanadaGail Myhr
Department of Psychiatry, McGill University Health Centre Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec
Can J Psychiatry 51:662-70. 2006..This paper reviews published data on the economic impact of CBT to inform recommendations for current Canadian mental health care funding policy...
- The association between positive outcome expectancies and avoidance in predicting the outcome of cognitive behavioural therapy for major depressive disorderJesse Renaud
Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Br J Clin Psychol 52:42-52. 2013..In the present study, we examined whether the association between positive outcome expectancies and therapy outcome is associated with patients' levels of avoidance...


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Accessing FitBit Intraday Data
For Christmas my wife and I brought each other a new FitBit One device (Amazon affiliate link included). These are small fitness tracking devices that monitor the number of steps you take, how high you climb and how well you sleep. They're great for providing motivation to walk that extra bit further, or to take the stairs rather than the lift.
I've only had the device for less than a week, but already I'm feeling the benefit of the gamification on FitBit.com. As well as monitoring your fitness it also provides you with goals, achievements and competitions against your friends. The big advantage of the FitBit One over the previous models is that it syncs to recent iPhones, iPads, as well as some Android phones. This means that your computer doesn't need to be on, and often it will sync without you having to do anything. In the worst case you just have to open the FitBit app to update your stats on the website. Battery life seems good, at about a week.
The FitBit apps sync your data directly to FitBit.com, which is great for seeing your progress quickly. They also provide an API for developers to provide interesting ways to process the data captured by the FitBit device. One glaring omission from the API is any way to get access to the minute by minute data. For a fee of $50 per year you can become a Premium member which allows you do to a CSV export of the raw data. Holding the data, collected by a user hostage is deeply suspect and FitBit should be ashamed of themselves for making this a paid for feature. I have no problem with the rest of the features in the Premium subscription being paid for, but your own raw data should be freely available.
The FitBit API does have the ability to give you the intraday data, but this is not part of the open API and instead is part of the 'Partner API'. This does not require payment, but you do need to explain to FitBit why you need access to this API call and what you intend to do with it. I do not believe that they would give you access if your goal was to provide a free alternative to the Premium export function.
So, has the free software community provided a solution? A quick search revealed that the GitHub user Wadey had created a library that uses the urls used by the graphs on the FitBit website to extract the intraday data. Unfortunately the library hadn't been updated in the last three years and a change to the FitBit website had broken it.
Fortunately the changes required to make it work are relatively straightforward, so a fixed version of the library is now available as andrewjw/python-fitbit. The old version of the library relied on you logging into to FitBit.com and extracting some values from the cookies. Instead I take your email address and password and fake a request to the log in page. This captures all of the cookies that are set, and will only break if the log in form elements change.
Another change I made was to extend the example dump.py script. The previous version just dumped the previous day's values, which is not useful if you want to extract your entire history. In my new version it exports data for every day that you've been using your FitBit. It also incrementally updates your data dump if you run it irregularly.
If you're using Windows you'll need both Python and Git installed. Once you've done that check out my repository at github.com/andrewjw/python-fitbit. Lastly, in the newly checked out directory run python examples/dump.py <email> <password> <dump directory>.
Photo of Jogging by Glenn Euloth.
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Thanks so much for writing this (and for updating it…) Very helpful to look at my raw data.
Thanks for your work.
I had a problem due to the time format. As I'm European I use 24hour Time Format.
That leads to a crash: ValueError: time data '23:16′ does not match format '%I:%M%p'
I had to change line 104 in client.py to the following:
timestamps = [datetime.datetime.strptime(e.attrib['description'].split(' ')[-1], "%H:%M") for e in elements]
now it works like a charme.
Thanks again!
Thanks Andrew, your script is a great relief for a python n00b like me. I got it to export my intraday fitbit values for this year back until feb 7, 2013. I also have older data (feb 6 and before that). How can I get the older data as well? The script ended without error message. Thanks!
Love the github code, Andrew! Thanks for sharing this! I was wondering if you are plotting the data or using it in any way? I'm thinking of using scipy/matplotlib to work up some of the data. Wondering if you have any tips?
Big cheers!
I have been trying this out today and it looks like Fitbit may have changed things again. I get data for sleep, calories etc. but not for steps. This is using the dump example.
Is it still working for others?
Hi there, just to confirm that the steps csv is full of zeroes also (it's the only one, all others have data in them).
Thanks for your time putting the script together though.
HI again,
Just to say that I fiddled a little with the code, and commented out (see below) the condition in the dump_day method that checked for zero steps to continue on, this then populated the steps.csv file for me correctly (when compared with the same fitbit data on the dashboard).
# Assume that if no steps were recorded then there is no data
#if sum([s[1] for s in steps]) == 0:
# return False
Thanks again,
Not sure if anyone is still reading this, but there's no issue tracker open on Github….
Was initially getting "NameError: global name 'HTTPError' is not defined" — which may be caused by differences between Python versions of versions of urllib; adding "from urllib2 import HTTPError" to client.py helps.
Now getting "NameError: global name 'HTTPError' is not defined" — which seems to be because Fitbit is now returning the HTML ellipsis character in its results, which is not defined in XML and thus not understood by xml.etree.ElementTree…. Not sure what the fix is there.
Whatever the cause, it's successfully grabbing data for the first day (ie, today), then dying. Looks promising otherwise; thanks for keeping this alive!
Hi Andrew,
thanks for your great script to get the fitbit data.
Additionaly i want to use the dump2sqlite.py script. But i have problems in indentifying the proper credentials from the cockies (Firefox 27.0 both on Win and OSX 10.9.1). It would be very helpful to get assistance for gaining the information.
Andrew, thank you for this great post. I was successfully capturing intraday data, however, when I went to run the script today, I received an invalid username or password error. I haven't changed my credentials or the process by which I run the script. I was wondering if you had any thoughts on this. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks Andrew. Much appreciated.
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Hello Andrew,
In the dump_day function, steps = c.intraday_steps(date) keeps returning zero steps, even though in the fitbit.com dashboard I can clearly see activity at the respective date. This results in no data being dumped, of course.
Could you please look into it? Am I doing something wrong?
Great piece of code – does just what I want. I'm definitely not a Python developer but know enough about coding in general to get this to work. I'm running Python 3.5 on Windows and found a couple of minor issues in the client.py which I got round by making the following changes (which may or may not be the best solution):
Line 9: HTTPError = urllib.error.HTTPError
Line 91: return ET.fromstring(data.strip().replace(b'"…"', b'"…"'))
Also, whenever the day changes in the Sleep data there was a carriage return missing – which I couldn't resolve in the code but fixed easily enough by editing the files being produced


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2000 - AutoZone Park, home of the Memphis Redbirds, opens at Union & Third downtown.
2001 - The Memphis Grizzlies play their first home game. The NBA team is the first major professional sports team for the City of Memphis; Memphis music legend Rufus Thomas, the longest running DJ in the history of radio, passes away; Peabody Place Retail and Entertainment Center opens; Gibson Beale Street Showcase opens.
2002 - Graceland celebrates its 50th anniversary; New Memphis arena, the FedExForum, breaks ground downtown at 149 Linden Avenue.
2003 - The Memphis Zoo gets its own pair of giant pandas, "Le Le" and "Ya Ya"; Soulsville USA: The Stax Museum of American Soul Music and Music Academy opens to the public; Memphis' antique trolley expands into the Medical Center/Midtown area.
2004 - Completion of $250 million arena-FedExForum, opens to public; Renovation begins for restoration of Court Square Gazebo to its original 1912 design.
2005 - U.S. Highway 61 in Tennessee renamed B.B. King Highway. The 79-year-old famed bluesman was on hand for the ceremony, but without the guitar he calls Lucille. "I'm not very good at talking and Lucille is asleep on the bus," King said. "Thank you Memphis. Thanks to all of you, God bless you."; Memphis proved to be a hot commodity in the movie industry. Films such as "Hustle & Flow," "Forty Shades of Blue" and "Walk the Line" were added to the ever-growing list of films shot in Memphis; Memphis assisted many Hurricane Katrina evacuees as they found their way to safety.
2006 - Craig Brewer's "Black Snake Moan" is filmed in Memphis. The Memphis Zoo celebrates its 100th anniversary, and opens "Northwest Passage exhibit" in March.
2007 - January 16 - A Groundbreaking ceremony was held for Lee's Landing Retail, Entertainment and Parking, a complex that will include Ground Zero Blues Club, a Clarksdale, Mississippi-based juke-joint and restaurant partly owned by Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman; The sweet sounds of soul music officially took center stage as Memphis celebrated 50 years of soul; COGIC Bishop G.E. Patterson died on March 20th.
2008 - 40th Anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.; 75th Anniversary of the Peabody Hotel Ducks (which started as a mischievous prank in 1933, remains a Peabody tradition); The Orpheum celebrates its 80th anniversary.
Portions of this History Timeline come courtesy of the Memphis Shelby County Public Library.


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Though there's no auto recall policy at present, companies on detection of manufacturing defects voluntarily announce recall.
"The recent spate of recalls led us to review the system and the government decided to come out with a policy that empowers it take action on erring companies if the situation so demands," said a senior government official.
In the aftermath of a recent recall by General Motors of its Tavera brand, the government had constituted an inter-ministerial group (IMG) to examine the need for a policy on the subject.
Related: General Motors recalls 1.14 lakh units of Chevrolet Tavera in India
The panel suggested that the government should have the powers to order recall based on complaints by either consumer, dealers or NGOs regarding manufacturing defects.
"Once the policy is in place, it would empower the consumer or a dealer to conduct random checks on the models concerned and if found faulty, the automaker will have to recall the vehicle. It may also be penalised," the official said.
Developed markets such as Europe, Japan and the US have a policy on vehicle recalls and the government would take a leaf out of their system while formulating the policy. Officials said that the domestic auto industry is not very keen that such a policy be drawn by the government.
According to industry estimates, India in the last one year has witnessed recalls of over 3,00,000 vehicles.
Related: Ford recalls 1.66 lakh units of Figo compact car, Classic sedan
"The pressure to implement a vehicle-recall policy has risen since General Motors India unit recalled 1,14,000 Chevrolet Tavera sport-utility vehicles over faulty reporting of engine-emissions test resulting in one of the country's largest auto recalls, both the minister of heavy industries and road transport and highways are taking the matter very seriously," the official said.
Besides, the government is also examining the testing procedures of the government-affiliated agenciesthe International Centre for Automotive Technology and the Automotive Research Association of India to see if rules were followed when testing the Tavera SUV.
Under the supervision of Nitin Gokarn, CEO of the National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (Natrip), a report is expected within a week that would be forwarded to the ministry of road transport and highways for potential imposition of any financial penalty on GM India in the Tavera recall case under the country's Motor Vehicles Act.


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Civil Rights Launched the Fight for LGBT, Women's Equality
The civil rights movement didn't just promote equality for African-Americans. It was also a social justice springboard for other causes. To explore how the movement impacted the fight for LGBT and women's rights, Ray Suarez speaks with George Chauncey of Yale University and Ruth Rosen of the University of California, Davis.
Aired: 09/02/13


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Welcome to the 19th Norwegian X-Ray Conference
September 5- 7, 2016
The Norwegian Chemical Society, Division of Analytical Sciences, invites to the 19th Norwegian X-RAY Conference at Strand Hotel Fevik, Norway.
The aim of the conference is to bring together industrial and academic experts and users of XRF, XRD and EDXRF in Scandinavia with manufacturers and suppliers of analysis instruments, preparation equipment,reference materials and other chemicals
The preliminary programme for the 19th Norwegian X-ray conference has been published.
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This 1930s Functionalist-style hotel is in the coastal resort town of Fevik. See more information about the hotel in english here.
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By plane to Kristiansand Airport.
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The airport shuttle bus runs between Kjevik airport and Sørlandssenteret shopping center once every hour and correspond with bus number 5 towards Arendal. After 18:00 in the weekdays and all day Saturday and Sunday, this bus will pass right outside the hotel in Fevik. If you arrive in the daytime Monday-Friday (before 18:00) you will have to transfer over to bus number 1 in Grimstad which always takes the road past the hotel on its way to Arendal. If you are not sure where to change bus or where to get off, talk to the bus driver and he/she will make sure to help you have a safe and pleasant journey.
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Omar Gonzalez has never been a more formidable presence for the Galaxy.
Jose Villarreal is beginning to show what kind of future he has.
Gonzalez headed in one goal and the 19-year-old Villarreal scored in spectacular fashion Wednesday night as the Galaxy advanced to the CONCACAF Champions League semifinals with a 4-1 victory over Costa Rica's Herediano at Home Depot Center.
At 6-foot-5, Gonzalez's prowess in the air and his savvy on the back line have made him the top defender in Major League Soccer, so his header off a corner kick from Juninho in the 18 th minute was hardly a surprise.
Villarreal, the 5-foot-8 forward and MLS Homegrown product from Inglewood, might not be catching too many by surprise much longer.
Having already flashed a few moves, he still caught Herediano off-guard to score the goal that sealed the Galaxy's semifinal appearance against Monterrey of Mexico.
That home-and-home series will be held in the first and second weeks in April, with the series opening at Home Depot Center.
Villarreal, who played at Animo High, had just rejoined the Galaxy after his time playing with the U.S. under-20 squad that reached the CONCACAF final.
"I think he's getting found out pretty quick," Galaxy defender Todd Dunivant said. "He's obviously riding a lot of confidence from the under-20 tournament and he brought that right back with us and there's no secret why he came in the lineup tonight. He's on fire and he's going to be a big player for us this year.
"He made a seamless transition. He came right back in and didn't miss a beat. He's kind of a leader on that team and he brought that confidence in with this team."
With Herediano building for a goal that would have tied the score and potentially had it advance, Galaxy defender Sean Franklin sent a pass forward to Villarreal, who found open space as he approached the box.
Confronted by midfielder Esteban Gonzalez and followed by defender Pablo Salazar, Villarreal simply pivoted at the circle and sent a left-footed shot inside the left goal post in the 69 th minute.
"I was going to try to go through them but I didn't have any more legs," Villarreal said. "I was tired, so I cut it back and set it up for my left foot and I had to shoot.
"I was running up and down the field. I was hoping to just get one chance and thankfully I got that chance and thank God I put it in."
Forward Robbie Keane added a sharp-angle shot from the left after taking a pass from Michael Stephens to make it 3-0 in the 83 rd minute. That was not an inconsequential goal, since Herediano's Elias Aguilar scored two minutes later to make it 3-1.
The Galaxy and Herediano tied 0-0 in Costa Rica last week in the opener of the aggregate series. Herediano could have advanced by scoring and merely tying, since road goals are weighted higher in the aggregate.
But the Galaxy weren't done showing off their future. Jack McBean, 18, scored during injury time with a right-footed shot into the upper-right corner. A minute earlier, McBean's left-footed effort from just about the same spot was saved.
The Galaxy still have a lot of work to do in the tournament. Monterrey has won the last two Champions League titles.
"I'm excited to play against a Mexican club," midfielder Juninho said.
"It's good for us, it's good experience. It's different. The Mexican clubs, the Mexican players, they have something special. They play very well."


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A great deal has been written about how leaders transform those around them. Rather less is said about how transformations change leaders too. The life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gives an important insight into the latter: one must "live into" one's challenges. This affords a valuable reflection today, when we honor King's memory.
In the spring of 1960, Martin Luther King could look back on a few years of struggle against racism and wonder whether it had been worth it. Many of the most transformational changes on which he is known to have had great influence, lay ahead, later in the 1960s—the Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and War on Poverty, and most importantly a shift in public opinion against racism. As of 1960, King and his followers had made great sacrifices on behalf of their cause. But was it worth it? King took stock of his experience and wrote,
Due to my involvement in the struggle for the freedom of my people, I have known very few quiet days in the last few years. I have been arrested five times and put in Alabama jails. My home has been bombed twice. A day seldom passes that my family and I are not the recipients of threats of death. I have been the victim of a near-fatal stabbing. So in a real sense I have been battered by the storms of persecution. I must admit that at times I have felt that I could no longer bear such a heavy burden, and have been tempted to retreat to a more quiet and serene life. But every time such a temptation appeared something came to strengthen and sustain my determination. [1]
How King confronted the adversity of his calling warrants reflection. He wrote,
My personal trials have also taught me the value of unmerited suffering. As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways that I could respond to my situation: either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course. Recognizing the necessity for suffering I have tried to make of it a virtue. If only to save myself from bitterness, I have attempted to see my personal ordeals as an opportunity to transform myself and heal the people involved in the tragic situation which now obtains. I have lived these last few years with the conviction that unearned suffering is redemptive…. The suffering and agonizing moments through which I have passed over the last few years have also drawn me closer to God. [2]
To borrow a phrase from my friend, Jim Baker, Martin Luther King "lived into" his ordeal. The concept of living into a challenge is hugely important to the development of leaders. To "live into" something is to go beyond intellectualizing it: you must practice it, embrace and accept the consequences, learn from them, and go on. King is not alone in this. Consider three other examples:
- Gabrielle Giffords lives into her tragic assassination attempt with a new sense of purpose about gun control. She wrote recently: "I've spent the past three years learning how to talk again, how to walk again. I had to learn to sign my name with my left hand. It's gritty, painful, frustrating work, every day. Rehab is endlessly repetitive. And it's never easy, because once you've mastered some movement or action or word, no matter how small, you move on to the next. You never rest. I asked myself, if simply completing a normal day requires so much work, how would I ever be able to fulfill a larger purpose? The killing of children at the school in Sandy Hook a little over a year ago gave me my answer."
- Helen Keller lived into her deaf-blind condition by becoming a leading writer and advocate for people with disabilities. She wrote, "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved….All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming."
- Viktor Frankl found purpose even in helping others in their struggles at Nazi death camps during the Holocaust. In his classic book, Man's Search for Meaning, Frankl wrote, "We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." He added, "If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering."
One could cite many other possible examples: Gandhi, Mandela, and Solzhenitsyn, to name a few.
Of all of these exemplars, Martin Luther King explains perhaps best what it means to "live into" a challenge: it is to "transform the suffering into a creative force…to make of it a virtue." The reason that this is an important lesson is that it illuminates a foundational idea about learning and human development: one grows profoundly through experience rather than observation. The next generation of leaders who have the depth of character and impact of King and other exemplars will likely draw not only from what they learned, but how.
I have written about the types of knowledge one might want to acquire, and how they can best be delivered. Explicit knowledge (names, dates, formulas) is easily absorbed from readings, lectures, MOOCs, simple problem sets, etc. And then there is tacit knowledge, the stuff that is gained by feel. An important aspect of tacit knowledge is that one learns by doing, ideally in collaboration or under mentorship by others. Explicit knowledge can be stored in libraries and on hard drives; tacit knowledge cannot. Skills such as bicycle riding, kneading bread, mastering a musical instrument, suturing a wound, public speaking, interviewing for a job, negotiating and selling reflect tacit knowledge—you can read all you want to about these skills, but you'll only master them by doing them. In other words, you'll only master them by living into them.
Martin Luther King was highly educated for leadership; but he really learned to be a transformational leader by living in to the struggle against racism. His example helps aspiring leaders to anticipate their own growth path: find the creative kernel in any struggle; make it a virtue; live into the challenge. This Martin Luther King, Jr. day in 2014, is a worthy moment to pause and reflect on the sources of your own growth.


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See Kelly Clarkson's Tribute to Etta James
She performed "I'd Rather Go Blind."
She busted out this soulful version of "I'd Rather Go Blind" at Radio City on Saturday, just one day after the legendary James died of leukemia. [THR]
She performed "I'd Rather Go Blind."
She busted out this soulful version of "I'd Rather Go Blind" at Radio City on Saturday, just one day after the legendary James died of leukemia. [THR]
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Mental Health
Have Mental Health Questions? Ask a Psychiatrist Online
Hello, I am Rafael. Thanks for asking your question - I'm here to support you. (Information posted here is not private or confidential but public).
I am very sorry to know about this overwhelming situation in your life.
It is very painful to face a situation like this the way you do, only you know how hard it is, but it is real and this child's parents are the ones who have full control of it.
You are right, children develop real bonding to care givers during first months - year of life, and if good attachment develops for further years, it becomes a very healthy, fulfilling and powerful presence and influence int he child's life.
I know, it's just so very sad to be sooo close and to watch everyday! Do I just stay away or should I request a visit?
Yes, I cared for another child yrs ago, he's 15 now and found me on facebook and told me he thinks of me often!
Here there is no doubt about what the ideal scenario would be, but it is about what his parents are willing or not to allow. You can take all the initiatives you want, hoping for the best, ***** ***** will continue to decide if they allow it or not. the best you can do is to try and see if they are open to it.
I believe they feel that the "out of sight, out of mind" theory will work! They have closed all drapes, all shutters, and are keep their glass door closed. He LOVES being outside and they are not allowing it. It's just so hard to watch. So sad, but I understand THEY ARE the parents, their decisions.......
Sure, when deep and healthy bonding and attachment develop, people play a powerful impact in each others' lives, and in situations like yours, it could be very frustrating to find yourself not having the closeness you used to because of parents' decision or other changes leading to the end of such close relationship.
This is very sad and frustrating, but as painful as it sounds, reality is that they are the ones with the power to choose how they raise their children, even when their decisions could not be the healthiest and wisest ones.
I also worry...because she drinks every night. I worry, I worry!! There was one episode, I heard a huge, loud argument, so I walked over and was told "I pushed him, the child, a little too hard! I was livid. The husband is, well, has no balls!!
You truly care and that's why you feel the way you feel.
I do care and love him deeply. I wish I could have formed a better relationship with the parents, tried, tried and tried! She always treated me as an "employee", never a friend! Just so sad!
Rafael, I knew what you were going to say, I was praying there was more I could do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks though!
Children do totally depend on parents, whether they happen to be more or less healthy. If she has personal issues or problems with alcohol, sure that could easily lead to neglectful behavior, but they both are responsible for him. We all are allowed and could file report to social services or police if we suspect a child is being neglected or abused, just be aware of how beneficial it would truly be for the child, and all the consequences, positive or negative it would create.
I know..........................neglected no, abused, don't think so but that one incident. Verbally...maybe when drinking! ????
Unhappily there is nothing more anybody could do, but to take good care of yourself while avoiding pushing them, since they current behaviors limiting that much their child activities are, as you said, a reaction -retaliation to what happened between you. Thus I believe that once they perceive you respect their decision, they would not react that dysfunctionally.
Thanks again, I will sign off now!
Will do my best and pray that it's all in God's hand now!
Unless there are concrete reasons to suspect serious neglect or abuse, social services or police would not further intervene. If she has a drinking problem, i could lead to abuse or neglect, no way to know, it would all depends on their personal and marital and parenting issues. Unhappily you cannot play a close role in this child's life anymore, and that's very painful, you are grieving the loss, and need to work on healing from it.
I support you.
Thank you for your trust. take gentle care.
Thanks to you too!