text: Free Booster Seats January 31, 2008 12:00 AM Parents Who Participate in Safety Demonstrations to Receive Free Booster Seat Certificates as Part of National Booster Seat Awareness Initiative. WHAT: In an effort to raise awareness about the importance of booster seats and increase usage, Mitsubishi Motors and Kids Safety First, a national non-profit organization, will continue its National Booster Seat Awareness Initiative at the Chicago International Auto Show as Certified Car Seat Technicians from the Chicago Police Department will be on hand to conduct booster seat installation demonstrations on Saturday, February 9th and Tuesday, February 12th. By participating in a free demonstration, parents with children between the ages of 4 and 8 who are less than 4'9" tall will have an opportunity to receive a certificate for a free booster seat redeemable at thirteen Chicago-area Mitsubishi car dealerships. Kids Safety First will also be handing out free educational materials such as coloring books and car seat safety guideline cards. For more information about Kids Safety First and the National Booster Seat Awareness Initiative, log on to www.kidssafetyfirst.com. WHEN: Saturday, February 9th and Tuesday, February 12th, Chicago Auto Show, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM WHERE: Mitsubishi Motors Booth (Booth # SH21) at the Chicago International Auto Show, McCormick Place, Lake Shore Drive at 23rd Street, Chicago, IL 60616 Demonstration participants will be able to redeem each certificate for one free booster seat at thirteen local Chicago Mitsubishi dealerships (details available at event). STATISTICS: Although the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recommends that children between the ages of 4 and 8, weighing between 35 and 80 pounds, should use a booster seat, the organization estimates usage at about 20 percent. According to the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), there were 230 vehicle passenger fatalities amongst children the between ages 4 and 8 in 2006. More than 73 percent of the children involved in those fatal accidents were not placed in a child safety seat. Back to News


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Every child – and adult – experiences times of being angry. It's a completely normal and healthy emotion. How we deal with anger is what's important.
According to Australian Psychological Society psychologist Sally-Anne McCormack, parents play a key role in teaching their kids how to handle anger.
"It's good for kids to understand that there's nothing wrong with being angry. It's one of the many emotions we feel," says Sally-Anne. "But kids need to learn how to manage their feelings and deal with their anger appropriately."
There are three things that kids need to learn about managing their anger:
"Once they start recognizing their anger signs, they can learn strategies to keep it under control."
Experts' top anger management techniques are:
"Your child may need some help learning to manage their anger if the anger is starting to interfere with normal family functioning. For example if you are worried about going out in case your child goes berserk, or if you're worried about violent behaviour," says Sally-Anne.
"Trust your instincts – most parents will know of their child's anger issues are becoming out of control."
The first step to take if you think your child needs help managing anger is to make an appointment with your GP who will refer you to a psychologist, paediatrician or other appropriate health professional.
This article was written by Fiona Baker for Kidspot, Australia's best family health resource.
Last revised: Monday, 28 February 2011
This article contains general information only and is not intended to replace advice from a qualified health professional.

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Seeking spot on staff, Richards makes big statement
Despite impressive spring, Angels right-hander may begin season at Triple-A
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Garrett Richards was asked if he feels he's done enough to make the Angels' staff out of Spring Training, and before the sentence could be finished, the 24-year-old right-hander already had his answer.
"I do," Richards said. "I do. I feel like I've done everything I can possibly do."
Richards made a big statement on Saturday, giving the Angels easily their best start of the spring with 6 1/3 innings of dominant, efficient one-run ball in a 5-1 win over the Brewers. His Cactus League ERA stands at 1.88 through 14 1/3 innings.
It seemed evident heading in, but it's crystal clear now: If the Angels are taking their best 12 arms into the season, Richards will be on the Opening Day roster.
But the quandary is ever-present.
The rotation is set, and two more outings should be enough for fifth starter Tommy Hanson to have enough stamina heading into the season, so Richards doesn't figure to start in the Majors. And he may not have a prominent role in the bullpen, even with Ryan Madson starting the season on the disabled list, with Ernesto Frieri, Kevin Jepsen, Scott Downs and Sean Burnett all ahead of him in the pecking order.
Perhaps there's some benefit to Richards, who has options left, staying stretched out in the Minor Leagues in case something happens to one of the Angels' five starters.
Or perhaps it's not that complicated -- Richards is Major League-ready, and that's where he belongs.
"There's no doubt his arm plays well in the Major Leagues," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said, without going into much detail. "We'll see what our roster looks like and we'll go from there."
Besides a couple of extra-base hits in the fourth, Richards was nearly perfect against the Brewers. He gave up one other hit -- an infield single -- struck out five and walked one. He needed only 77 pitches to go longer than any Angels starter has all spring, following it up with an extra 13 pitches in the bullpen to complete his work.
His stuff has always been good.
His mindset, however, is different.
"I can't stress enough how confident I am right now," Richards said. "When I get on the mound, I feel like I can dominate every game."
Richards was up and down last year, starting in Triple-A for the first two months, starting in the Majors for another two months, spending three more weeks in the Salt Lake Bees' rotation and finishing the year with 20 appearances out of the Angels' bullpen.
Richards, who finished 2012 with a 4.69 ERA in 71 big league innings, came into spring hoping for a consistent role. But more than anything, he just wanted to be in the big leagues.
It seems he's earned that right.
"I'm sure we'll find out here in the next couple of days," Richards said, "but I'm prepared for whatever happens. I can walk away from this Spring Training knowing I did everything possible."
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Conference registration pricing. We've all seen the table that basically tells us, "Hey, register early! It's only going to get more expensive." And many of us do, thinking we'll save money. I'm attending Web 2.0 this week. Here is what their website tells me is their registration pricing (click to enlarge):
I signed up early, and decided to be cheap. Expo Hall only. My boyfriend found a coupon code in an ad on the BART (local mass transit, for those of you not in the Bay Area). Coupon code BART for 20% off. So we paid $80 for Expo Hall. But on 20 March, not even two weeks before the event, I was hit with this Groupon (click to enlarge):
This Groupon gave you your choice of two discounted passes to Web 2.0. For $249, you get a workshop-only pass (originally priced at $895). For $99, you get a Web 2.0 Lite pass (originally priced at $350). We just paid $80 for Expo Hall only. So I emailed the registration people asking if, in light of the Groupon, we could each please pay $19 each to have the Web 2.0 Lite level. They agreed. So we're at Web 2.0 Lite for $99. FYI the difference between Expo Hall only and Web 2.0 Lite is that with Lite, you may go to one session and one "conversation." Otherwise, it's just expo hall and the things going on there for both passes.
Cut to last week. I'm riding the BART on Thursday 24 March, just days before Web 2.0 starts. An ad on the BART is telling me I can come to the Web 2.0 Expo for FREE! Expo Hall passes are FREE with a coupon code I didn't notice out of frustration. Meanwhile, if you just hit the website, the Expo Hall Pass is still $100. I guess if you're not local, and you're paying for a flight and hotel room, you can also pay to walk an exhibit floor.
My user experience would be somewhere between, "Grrrrr," and "Are you kidding?" I think about SXSW's pricing, and how you'd never see a discount code or last-minute fire sale on attending SXSW. I think about how Google I/O sold out in hours.
So what's going on here? To me, this is when a conference didn't decide up front where they make their money. Do they make it mostly on exhibitors and sponsors? Do they make it more on attendees? I've been to many conferences and expos that gave away free expo hall passes. They want bodies to parade past exhibitors' booths so they can show exhibitors how many people the show can attract.
They have serious sponsors, so they must have serious money. I wonder what attendance at all levels would have looked like at half the "early bird" prices, with those prices not going up over time, and with no last minute fire sales or Groupons. What if the workshop pass had been $249 the whole time?


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How to Play the Impending Yen Depreciation
Last week, I wrote about the the incoming Japanese government and its plans to force the Bank of Japan to directly monetize the issuance of new Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs). Regardless of whether the government actually succeeds in this, it is beginning to become clear that the BOJ is responding to political pressure that's demanding it stimulate the economy with much more aggressive monetary measures.
If the BOJ does implement this strategy, it will essentially and in actuality adopt the nominal gross domestic product (NGDP) targeting system of monetary policy. Over the past few years, this has been widely discussed as a potential route for the U.S. Federal Reserve and for the European Central Bank, as well....377 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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The Artist as a Sociologist
AU graduate student Caroline Duchin speaks Spanish in all of her classes, so when it came time to present the research paper she wrote in Spanish at the Robyn Rafferty Mathias Student Research Conference in English, it required a bit of an adjustment. As part of the Spanish: Latin American Studies graduate program, Duchin's classes each semester are taught completely in Spanish. "When I have to write something in English, it's often the first time I've done so in months."
In one of her classes, a Latin American documentary film course, Duchin was introduced to a traveling theatre project curated by artists Lola Arias and Stefan Kaegi called "Parallel Cities," which explores the lives of those who perform the tasks that keep cities running yet often go unnoticed. Two particular segments of the project, "Factory" and "Hotel," inspired Duchin to delve deeper. The pieces are recreated in each of the cities the project visits, including Berlin, Buenos Aires, Warsaw, and Delhi, and no city's segments turn out the same. "For 'Hotel,' Arias interviewed maids in each of the cities and created experiences for participants to learn about a hotel maid's way of life there," says Duchin. "She focused on the idea that art couldn't be exported from country to country. She wanted it to be different in every single country."
Participants visit actual hotels and factories as part of the exhibitions. Factory workers take participants in a group through the facility and talk about their personal experiences working on a line. For "Hotel," participants go to an actual hotel and are presented with five room keys at the reception desk. They are instructed to adopt the role of a maid and visit each of the rooms. Instead of cleaning, participants are asked to pull a string, look under a pillow, or peek inside of a chest of drawers to find photos, videos, and voice recordings of the maids. "It's about the kinds of things people forget. It's learning about these people's everyday lives," says Duchin.
Duchin ended up writing a paper, "Behind the Scenes: 'Parallel Cities,' the Artist as a Sociologist," for the class, and her professor encouraged her to submit it to the research conference. "I got only an introduction to the project in class, and I wanted to do more research," says Duchin.
She couldn't experience the art on her own, so she read interviews with the contributing artists, media coverage from the various countries the project visited, and a book by Arias related to the exhibition. "That's one of the great things about taking classes," she says. "You can start something within the time constraints of the classroom, and then continue studying it afterward if you're interested in learning more."
When it came time to present, she knew it would have to be in English, so she reviewed her research again beforehand. "The experience of presenting this kind of information made me realize all the kinds of things I could add and look into," she says.
Presenting to a scholarly audience also prepared her for a presentation she'll give about her research in Argentina this summer. She's spending four weeks there with help from a College of Arts and Sciences research grant funded by the Robyn Rafferty Mathias Fund to study women's rights in Salta. In the spring of 2015, she'll present her research at the student research conference at AU. "After presenting at the student research conference this year, I think I'll have a better grasp on how to do it next year when I present my own international research project," she says.


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'The Voice' Recap: Stuff My Niece Says
As I am watching Monday night's episode of NBC's reality television show, "The Voice," I'm joined on the couch by my niece, Jacqueline Siefert, 24, a recent Rhode Island School of Design graduate who is living with me in Brooklyn while doing multiple fashion-related internships in Manhattan.
As I am taking notes, I realize what Jackie has to say is way more interesting than anything I might have to say about the show. I wonder: should have done a live blog of Jackie's running commentary? Maybe tomorrow?


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Let England Shake - 2/7/2011
White Chalk - 9/19/2007
The Peel Sessions 1991-2004 - 11/15/2006
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On the eve of Wimbledon, families across the county have the chance to get involved in the excitement and build up.
The second in a series of four free Great British Tennis Weekends comes to the county on June 21 and 22.
Wiltshire Lawn Tennis Association is working in partnership with the Wiltshire and Swindon Sport to support over 25 venues in the county to offer opportunities for people to try tennis for free.
People will take part in cardio tennis, mini tennis, disability tennis and tennis coaching – all completely free as part of the LTA and Tennis Foundation's drive to get more people playing more often.
Venues will provide rackets and balls, enabling anyone who has never tried playing tennis before to get involved straight away and not be limited by their ability, age or experience.
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Complete Decongestive Therapy (CDT) for Treatment of Head and Neck Lymphedema
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Specific Aim 1: Estimate the prevalence of head and neck lymphedema in patients who have been treated with surgery and/or radiation therapy (± chemotherapy) for oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer.
Compare functional outcomes in patients with and without lymphedema using cross-sectional survey methods.
Specific Aim 2: Evaluate the effect of Complete Decongestive Therapy (CDT) provided in an outpatient setting or a home-based program in reducing lymphedema in patients previously treated with surgery and/or radiation therapy (± chemotherapy) for oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer at 1, 3 and 6 months follow-up. Patient characteristics, treatment variables, and the health care environment will be analyzed as possible explanatory variables that influence the effect of lymphedema treatment.
Specific Aim 3: Evaluate the effect of lymphedema treatment on symptom burden, self-image, and functional performance status in patients previously treated with surgery and/or radiation therapy (± chemotherapy) for oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer.
|Lymphedema Oropharyngeal Cancer Head and Neck Cancer Oral Cancer
|Other: Follow -Up Visits Other: Full CDT Other: Modified CDT Program
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Lymphedema in Patients With Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancer: Prevalence, Functional Effects, and Treatment Outcomes
- Head & Neck Lymphedema Occurence [ Time Frame: 30 minutes to complete questionnaires ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|October 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
No CDT
CDT=complete decongestive therapy
Other: Follow -Up Visits
If CDT is declined, participants will have follow-up visits at 1, 3, and 6 months after study interview.
Modified CDT Program
CDT=complete decongestive therapy
Other: Modified CDT Program
The participant will come to the clinic for 1-2 training sessions taught by the lymphedema therapist. Each training session will last about 1 hour, and the participant will be taught how to do the CDT steps at home. Then, the CDT steps will be performed at home, every day for the next 3 months.
Other Name: complete decongestive therapy
Full CDT Program
CDT=complete decongestive therapy
Other: Full CDT
Monday through Friday visits to the clinic for 2 weeks of intensive outpatient therapy. The CDT will be done by the lymphedema therapist. Each session will last about 1 hour.
During the last 2 treatment visits (Visits 9 and 10), the participant will be taught how to do the CDT steps at home. Then, the CDT steps will be performed at home, every day for the next 3 months.
Other Name: complete decongestive therapy
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult (greater than or equal to 18 years of age) patients previously treated with definitive surgical resection and/or radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy for oral and/or oropharyngeal cancer who are at least 1 month posttreatment will be eligible for enrollment.
- Patients who meet the above requirement and are also diagnosed with head and neck lymphedema by their physician will be eligible for participation in the prospective phase of the study.
- Patients will be free of acute tissue reactions including oral mucositis, skin breakdown, and fistula prior to inclusion in the prospective phase of the study.
- Patients will have baseline Thyroid Stimulating Hormone testing prior to inclusion in the prospective phase of the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who are actively being treated for head and neck cancer.
- Patients whose cancer treatment was administered with palliative intent.
- Patients with recurrent or second primary head and neck cancer, or persistent disease. Patients who have a persistent neck mass at completion of primary radiotherapy that necessitates salvage neck dissection will be ineligible for enrollment until 1 month (6 weeks) following neck dissection.
- Patients with any of the following contraindications to lymphedema therapy: acute infection, active cancer, congestive heart failure, renal failure, cardiac or pulmonary edema, sensitive carotid sinus, severe carotid blockage, and uncontrolled hypertension.
- Patients with edema related to hypothyroidism.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00951470
|Principal Investigator:
|Jan S Lewin, PhD
|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
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|Responsible Party:
|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
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|NCT00951470 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|July 31, 2009
|Last Updated:
|September 5, 2012
Keywords provided by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center:
Head and neck lymphedema
Complete Decongestive Therapy
Oral cavity cancer
Oropharyngeal cancer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Head and Neck Neoplasms
Oropharyngeal Neoplasms
Mouth Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Lymphatic Diseases
Pharyngeal Neoplasms
Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms
Pharyngeal Diseases
Stomatognathic Diseases
Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
Mouth Diseases
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text: Gainer, state agency officials appear in online Visa 'P-card' marketing campaign By Eric Eyre February 24, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The state Ethics Commission has made clear that public officials in West Virginia shouldn't appear in advertisements for businesses and their products. But that hasn't stopped state Auditor Glen Gainer and four state agency administrators from taking part in an online Visa advertising campaign.Gainer, two Department of Environmental Protection directors, the Division of Highways' deputy secretary and a West Virginia University purchasing official tout the state's Visa purchasing card, or "P-card," program in three online promotional videos.Gainer's office contacted the state Ethics Commission Friday after the Gazette started asking questions about the auditor's appearance in Visa's ads.Gainer was unavailable for comment last week, but his spokesman said the auditor would direct Visa to remove the videos from its website today and ask the state Ethics Commission for a formal advisory opinion on the matter."The State Auditor's Office believes in maintaining the highest ethical standard," said Justin Southern, a spokesman for Gainer. "Although we believe that no violation has been made, our office will request an opinion by the Ethics Commission, and ask that the West Virginia purchasing card information be taken down pending that decision."Ethics Commission Executive Director Theresa Kirk would not say whether the commission is investigating the state officials' appearance in Visa's videos."We aren't authorized to confirm or deny if there is any such investigation," Kirk said. "Our doors are always open to public servants on how a cause of action applies to past opinions on the state Ethics Act."Gainer and the other state officials said they weren't paid to appear in the Visa video spots. West Virginia state government has a $432 million purchasing card contract with Citibank, which provides the Visa cards. Gainer's office manages the program. In one video, Gainer remarks, "Visa's been an outstanding business partner ... working with us to better meet the needs of our vendors."The online spots include shots of the state Capitol, West Virginia state flag, the auditor's office and Gainer campaign buttons that say, "Elect Gainer Auditor.""When you run for public office -- and I am elected -- the one thing people like to say is, 'We need to run government more like a business,'" Gainer says in the video. "If anything, we try to do it better than they do in the private sector." In the same video, Gainer later remarks, "If we tried to take the cards away, I'd be run out of office."Last year, the state Ethics Commission issued an opinion about public officials appearing in product ads: "The Ethics Commission is unable to envision a circumstance where a public servant could appear, or be referenced, in an advertisement for a product, service or business without violating the Ethics Act," the agency concluded.State ethics law prohibits public officials from using the "prestige of his or her office" for the private gain of an individual or business. "The Ethics Act prohibits public officials from endorsing products," the commission ruled in an August opinion.The only exception: if the endorsement's "public benefit outweighs the private gain."Visa's online commercials with Gainer started appearing on the company's "Currency of Progress" website eight months ago. Visa started the marketing campaign in October 2009, spotlighting the benefits of using pre-paid credit cards over cash and checks. In addition to West Virginia, Visa has used the governments of Pakistan and the Dominican Republic to show how purchasing card programs save taxpayer dollars.In the West Virginia spots, Gainer and other state officials seldom mention Visa by name.Instead, they mostly talk about how the purchasing card program saves money - an estimated $145 million a year in West Virginia, according to the promotional videos. In the videos, state officials also talk about the convenience of using Visa purchasing cards.In one online ad, Mike Dorsey, DEP's chief of homeland security and emergency response, remarks, "The great thing about the card is during an emergency we can use it any place that takes Visa."Jim Calvert, DEP's administrative services manager, also appeared in the same video."The agency was approached by the auditor's office about participating in the campaign by talking about the efficiencies of using the purchasing card in our day-to-day operations," said DEP spokeswoman Kathy Cosco. "Neither of the employees received compensation for this participation, nor did the agency, so we did not seek exemptions from the Ethics Commission beyond anything that was done by the Auditor."State Highways Deputy Secretary Keith Chapman also appears in the online ads, including one titled, "Paving the way to government efficiency."Chapman says in the Visa video that the card has changed the way the Department of Transportation does business. Highways spokesman Brent Walker said Chapman agreed to take part in purchasing card videos at Gainer's request. Walker said the film crew that shot the video told Chapman his interview wouldn't be used for "promotional purposes."Chapman never specifically mentions Visa in the videos."We were told it was purely for informational and educational purposes," Walker said. "To the extent that it might be viewed otherwise, he certainly did not knowingly or intentionally lend his prestige as a DOT employee to advance the purposes of any specific vendor." Cindy Marn, WVU's associate director of purchasing services, also appears in the videos, saying the university uses Visa purchasing cards to buy meat, bread, ice cream and other products."There are no restrictions other than you are not permitted to buy live animals on a card," Marn says in the online ad. "There's no way WVU could operate without purchasing cards."West Virginia agencies have issued about 7,000 Visa purchasing cards, with plans to distribute 10,000 more, according to Visa's website. Authorized employees receive the Visa cards, which act much like a credit card.The state averages 56,000 transactions totaling $36 million each month. The cards are used for small-dollar transactions, as well as major contract payments.The videos are available on YouTube or at: http://currencyofprogress.visa.com/category/governments-economies/.Reach Eric Eyre at email@example.com or 304-348-4869. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 City of Milton tries to revive Morris Memorial property 2 Mitch Vingle: WVU's Lyons watching bombshell merger news 3 Morgantown coal operator Laurita indicted in alleged campaign finance scheme 4 Former Boone school board members indicted 5 Books and Brews expanding to Charleston's West Side Folklorist celebrates black-Appalachian heritage Previous Story Multifest director says event looking to bounce back Next Story


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By Jay McCall, networking and managed services editor, Business Solutions magazine.
Find out how this VAR plans to achieve $4.5 million in revenue less than three years after its inception.
When I discovered that network security VAR Guardian Network Solutions (GNS) was an eight-employee company that had been in business less than two years, I was about to prepare my "let's talk again in two or three years after you're actually profitable" speech, when to my surprise GNS President and Cofounder Jackie Danielson informed me they already were profitable. What's more, the VAR has 2,200 customers and is projecting $3.3M in sales revenue growth this year. Even more surprising is how Danielson and her husband, CEO and cofounder Wade Danielson, plan to pull this off — targeting businesses with between 1 and 25 employees, a niche market the duo refer to as the VSB (very small business) market. Whether you target VSBs, SMBs, or enterprise customers, GNS has some tips that will be applicable to your business.
Find Your Network Security Sales Niche
In 2010, while still a sales rep at Sales Genie, a sales lead generation company, Wade identified two trends: There was a growing demand for SEO (search engine optimization) consulting and services, and there was a growing concern among small businesses about protecting their data. "It wasn't tough deciding to leave a sales position to start a VAR company," recalls Wade. "What was tough was determining which area to focus on first." Because of his prior experience as an account manager at a network security VAR, Danielson started GNS in 2010 with the intent to one day start a second company focused on helping customers improve their SEO.
From the start, he had his focus on the VSB market, primarily because it is an underserved market. "This market has been burned by large VARs and online retailers that only focus on large customers," says Danielson. "It's typical that a small business will have to wait for two weeks or more just to get a simple quote for buying antivirus software."
There are a few unique needs within the VSB market, too, which Danielson envisioned himself being able to address. First, these companies rarely have an IT person, and they have a lot of IT questions. Also, because each person often fills multiple roles in the company, decision makers at VSB companies — the business owners — have little tolerance for being inundated with vendor calls and visits. This was one of the biggest challenges GNS faced its first year in business. Rather than relying solely on cold-calling lists from the phone book, Sales Genie, and Hoovers, the startup tried another angle, too. It formed authorized reseller partnerships with nearly two dozen network security and storage hardware and software vendors. One of the primary opportunities Danielson looked for before formalizing a new partnership was the ability to be listed on the new partner's website, at the "find a local reseller" section. "We quickly learned that many small businesses actually do like to have a personal relationship with an IT provider; it just has to be on their terms," says Danielson. Oftentimes, a small business owner will call into GNS knowing it needs some kind of network and computer security protection, but not knowing where to start. GNS sales reps ask enough questions to get a sense of the prospect's network environment. "Some companies only have computers, whereas others have computers and servers or computers, servers, and an Exchange server," says Danielson. Once a GNS sales rep learns the computing environment, they can recommend the appropriate antivirus software, firewall, and sometimes perimeter security appliance, too.
GNS also partners with IT consultants in its area, which has been another primary source of revenue. "Most of the consultants we work with don't want to make money selling software; they are focused only on making money from their consulting services," says Danielson. "This works out perfectly for both of us because we're complementary to each other's business models."
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One of the things Danielson has been focused on over the past year is making things as easy as possible for companies to do business with GNS. At the same time, Danielson wants to continue growing his business without being limited by his current number of employees.
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GNS' e-commerce site is scheduled to go live at the time this article is published. If Danielson's customer feedback on what could make their buying experience better, combined with GNS' investment in building a highly ranked e-commerce site works according to plan, GNS will be poised for another year of triple-digit growth.


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2005 Salary Survey: Par for the course
CONTROL magazine readers continue to drive salaries on par with the industry, but the green is getting closer as demand for engineers heats up. Find out how your salary stacks up against your peers.
By Steve Kuehn, Managing Editor
IS THERE A MORE apt sports metaphor for an engineer's professional life than golf? Granted, baseball and football fans may beg to differ, but there are few who can deny that the challenges of that game mirror well the trials and tribulations you face as you walk along the fairways and bunkers of your process industry careers.
Without belaboring the point too much, both golfers and engineers require specialized implements, fine and gross motor skills, specific training, constant practice and experience to be successful. Patience, stamina and good humor are key factors to winning, as well as a finely tuned set of senses to help overcome the challenges of whatever course you're playing on. It's likely you're getting the picture being painted here.
There are so many things that can affect your play and how well you do professionally, but like the par system in golf, there is a common measure to help everyone gauge how well they are playing compared to each other and that's how much one earns.
On Par or Better
From this year's CONTROL magazine 15th annual salary survey, we learned that respondents are earning salaries on par with current industry averages. According to EngineerSalary.com's Engineering Salary Calculator, a person with a bachelor's in chemical engineering, 15 years experience and a job as a chemical process/production engineer in a mid-sized company should be garnering a salary of approximately $80,000 annually. Of the more than 800 respondents, the majority earned salaries in that range or above with similar educational and vocational career paths. This echoes similar results from last year's survey and reflects a continuation to the stability of salary levels over the last three to four years which, in retrospect, put an end to the salary erosion experienced by many during the last recession. The good news for professionals who are either beginning their careers or that are in the sweet spot ( with 10 or more years of experience), there is mounting evidence that demand for their skills is growing and that salaries they will command will rise as the Baby Boomer generation retires.
Compounding this trend is the fact that precious few are taking up the profession, further shrinking this pool of skilled labor.
In a recent Wall Street Journal article "Recruiters Bemoan Backlog of Openings for Engineers," reporter Perri Capell cited the aging U.S. infrastructure, clean water needs, and general economic growth for creating strong demand for experience engineering talent. The article quotes several recruiters who say it's almost as tough to find enough professionals now as it was during the peak of the last economic cycle. Engineers with water & wastewater project experience and EEs with instrument and controls experience on the power-gen side were among the professional disciplines cited as in high demand. Capell's recruiter sources concluded that compensation for engineers is rising along with demand and that just in the last six months, salaries have risen as much as 10%. Noteworthy also is the 25% pay hike recruiters say is what it's taking to get engineers to change their home course.
Jim Schwartz, a principal at Ashton Search Group (ASG) a prominent technical search firm that specializes in recruiting engineering professionals, confirms the trend. "In the last year or so we have seen a dramatic shift, a noticeable difference in the demand for process-associated engineering talent," says Schwartz, a 19-year industry veteran with 11 years on the fairway with ASG. "Demand for EEs and ChemEs is particularly high, with experience implementing controls and production system software the among the hottest skillsets hiring managers are looking for."
Schwartz explains that the effects of the last recession, which he says was far harsher on engineers than the two prior, are fast slipping away and that opportunities for advancement and better salaries have never been better. "The time is now," says Schwartz, "there are more opportunities to choose from and engineers can really leverage their skills." Especially relevant are project management and relationship-building skills, says Schwartz, whose firm is constantly on the lookout for well-rounded professionals that have a good balance between the soft "people" skills and technical competency.
A Shrinking Pool
The market for engineering talent is likely to get even hotter as fewer and fewer of America's youth choose technical/engineering-based careers. As CONTROL's editors have reported time and again, it's high time the industry collectively stepped up its efforts to recruit new talent to the field and take steps to retain talent at existing facilities ["Expertise Lost"—April, p36, "C'mon, Vendors, Let's Step Up!"—May, p11] before highly valuable institutional knowledge is lost forever. ASG's Schwartz says engineering services outsourcing, which our survey confirms is a common practice, can only go so far before it will have a negative effect in the bottom line. "There's nothing that can replace that onsite presence. Some is outsourcing is fine," he says, "but there is no way you can do it all with remote or outsourced staff.
Back to You
What's really interesting when we do these surveys is that we get a chance to tune into the career psyche of our readers. We ask a range of questions that help us understand who you are and how you feel about your jobs. If you recognize yourself in the profiles described on pages 49 and 51, please don't feel you are typical—even though the word is used to describe our average respondent. There is nothing "typical" about you or your process engineering colleagues in arms. When compared to the rest of humans on this planet there are so few of you who can actually do the things you do.
Your cumulative knowledge and experience is what helps the rest of us duffers get the energy, water, shelter, transportation and food we need to survive. Sheesh! Never in the history of man have so many owed so much to so few (thank you Winston Churchill).
Although our readers are predominately male, the women who responded really shined with most matching or besting the most successful career paths of the men. Kudos go out to the women in processing because there's no doubt that they probably had to work just a little bit harder and a little bit smarter to get where they are today.
Diversity is still not a strong suit of the profession in the U.S., but survey responses revealed rainbow has most colors, even though some stripes or wider than others. Several who filled in the "Other" box for this question wrote in "human" which says something about the attitudes of some of your colleagues regarding race.
Domestically, 85% said they were married and there were fewer divorced than single (.5% vs. 10%). Considering the average age of survey respondents (over 40) those with a sense of humor might say that once you marry an engineer you're stuck for life! Most also have kids. Fortunately, it looks like salaries are set to keep pace with college tuition hikes and the cost of Ipods. Perhaps some of our more prolific respondents will take solace in that.
Where You Work
Our readers responded primarily live in the U.S. and most every one of the 50 states was represented by someone. States with larger groups reflected the industrial regions and population centers with respondents from Texas and Illinois leading the numbers.
As mentioned in the profile, most respondents identified themselves as working in the chemical industry sector. Food & beverage came next with oil & gas trailing closely by respondents who indicated they work for instrument & controls suppliers. Helping the overall quality of the survey's findings was the fact that respondents were fairly evenly distributed among the categories (pharmaceutical, textile, pulp & paper, chemical, oil & gas, energy, water & waste water, mining, metals, stone/clay/glass, plastics, independent engineering firms, instrument & control suppliers and other). Respondents checking "Other" could write in their affiliation; notable here was the number (about 1 in 10) indicating they worked in the automotive manufacturing sector.
Job Description
Engineering design and construction was the description picked most by those surveyed (33%) followed by production and plant operations (19%). Plant maintenance personnel came next (17%) trailed by corporate management and research and development tying for fourth place (7%). About 14% checked "Other" and number of the write-ins identified themselves specifically as control/process systems engineers, consultants and titles that associated their job activities with that growing hybrid category that combines control systems management and IT.
Job Angst Abating
When we did the survey last year, there was a distinct undercurrent of resentment from respondents. Many of the comments received expressed ill-will against employers with warnings to stay away from the profession.
This year, responses were somewhat more positive. For instance, worries about job security and the economy's effect on their jobs seem to be abating. This year 54% responded that they were not concerned about job security, an improvement over last year where just over half indicated they were concerned. How is the economy affecting your company? When asked, 39% responded their companies' were hiring, 30% said more overtime was being laid on, while 25% said layoffs were still occurring. Twenty percent of the survey's responders said their company's were handing out raises—perhaps indicating those respondents' organizations are feeling pressure to retain engineering talent by offering them more money.
Chime In
The over 200 comments we received to our "Please chime in about any workplace issues or observations you may have, good or bad" query really let us know what was on your minds. Several distinct threads became apparent:
- Organizations are still trying to wring every last ounce of productivity out of overburdened, too-lean staffs. *Management has no idea what the technical people do. "You can lead a manager to technology, but you can't make him understand it," one wag wrote in with just a hint of sarcasm.
- Outsourced engineering creates more problems and more costs than it ever could create in productivity or quality value and cost savings.
- Younger engineers are lazy, arrogant and don't know what they're doing.
- Corporate management hoards all the perks and keeps the bonus money for themselves.
OK, so it's not all a bed of roses. Remember though, these kinds of virtual chat sessions invite the disenfranchised. Regardless, what's heartening is there were several who wrote in very positive things about the profession and their workplace. Here are a couple of samples: "Our company owner is very open about financials driving this company. Everyone in the company shares that information and feels part of it. That has lead to very little turnover or dissent." Another commented "I work for a company with very flat management that trusts employees and does not nitpick their every move. Mistakes are encouraged. The attitude is 'if you are not making mistakes, you are not doing anything.' It is a great environment." And one more. "Great place to work. Lot's of growth. Lot's of new projects and opportunities." But even when things are really going great there's always somebody who can lever out a complaint: "I live in Nirvana, but it's boring right now …" Ah well, you can't please everyone, but hey it's a living.
On the Process Industry Fairway
Stats Reveal Typical Control Professional
Annual Salary -- $71-$80,000
Hours per Week -- 41-60
Vacation -- 3 Weeks
Bonus -- Yes
Degree -- Bachelor's
Field of Study -- Electrical Engineering
Years in Process Control -- 11-20
Industry -- Chemical
Job Description -- Engineering, Design and Construction
Years at Present Employer -- 11-20
No. of Jobs During Career -- 2
Age -- 46-55
Gender -- Male
Domestic Status -- Married with Children
CONTROL's annual salary survey revealed no surprises in the general profile of our readers who responded to our survey. Just under 95% of our respondents are men. Salary averages remain solid, most do not work too much, and just about everybody gets a bonus and a decent a vacation. Educationally, EEs lead the pack, but in the "Other" category mechanical engineers identified themselves the most.
Ladies On Par With the Men
Forty-Three Women Responded, Here's a Snapshot
Annual Salary $81-90,000
Hours per Week 41-60
Vacation 3 Weeks
Bonus Yes
Degree Bachelor's
Field of Study Chemistry
Years in Process Control 11-20
Industry Chemical/Food & Beverage
Job Description Corp. Management/Production-Plant Operations
Years at Present Employer 2-5
Age 36-45
Domestic Status Married with Children
Granted, 43 respondents checking "female" as their gender isn't a huge amount and represents a little more than 5% of the total. Fourteen identified themselves and as individuals, their credentials and track records in the industry were extremely impressive. Most said they earned salaries higher than the average for the industry (about $80,000) and one said she made more than $100,000 with a big bonus. Yes, the process industries are as male-dominated as ever, but the survey provides evidence there are women making great careers for themselves out there. Educationally, there were nearly as many responding with master's degrees as bachelor's and one said she holds a doctorate. Anecdotally, these women seemed to have more focused career paths—meaning a specific high-level degree, and then holding a job in a specific area of the industry such as quality control or R & D, involving that field of study (i.e., chemistry) and a job that requires it (i.e., petrochemical or food & beverage-oriented company).
Although the majority responded they had 10 or more years on the course, most said they had less than five years at their present job, indicating a recent change and perhaps more willingness to change jobs for better opportunity compared to their male counterparts.
Annual Salary
Under $30K -- 1%
$30 to $40K -- 3.%
$41 to $50K -- 8%
$51 to $60K -- 12%
$61 to $70K -- 16%
$71 to $80K -- 17%
$81 to $90K -- 15%
$91 to $100K -- 12%
More than $100K -- 16%
Outsourcing Is In
Does your company outsource professional/engineering services?
Yes -- 65%
No -- 35%
If Yes, any change in the volume of this activity?
More -- 29%
Less -- 13%
About the same -- 59%
How Do You Spell Job Satisfaction?
Challenging Work -- 47%
Job Security -- 10%
Salary/Benefits -- 18%
Opportunity for Advancement -- 6%
Appreciation -- 19%
The Economy's Effect
How is the economy affecting your company?
Hiring -- 39%
Layoffs -- 25%
More Overtime -- 30%
Promotions/Raises -- 20%
Other -- 21%
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The University of Colorado at Boulder Environmental Center, with support from a number of campus departments and private sources, is expanding "Computers To Youth," its innovative approach to both protect the environment and benefit disadvantaged communities in Colorado. It is now an ongoing, year-round program with its formal launch set for Saturday, May 15, on the CU-Boulder campus.
Computers To Youth provides middle and high school students from low-income communities around Colorado with upgraded computers and basic computing programs. Surplus computers are donated by CU's Property Services department, whose staff will test components and securely remove data. The high school students then bundle these components into an upgraded computer and load the latest software to assist with academic achievement when they take the computer home at the end of the event.
On-site instruction and follow-up mentoring is provided by CU students from the state-wide MESA program (Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement). CU-Boulder's MESA Center is administratively located within the Department of Pre-College Outreach Services in the Office of Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement (ODECE).
"Since an important goal is to enhance high school students' academic skills to enable their enrollment at universities like CU, these CU student mentors also provide ongoing assistance and encouragement throughout the year," said Gale Day, MESA Center director for CU. "For those high school students who choose to enroll at CU-Boulder, ODECE further supports the academic and personal success through academic retention programs like the CU LEAD Alliance."
Ten MESA high school students are recommended for the program by MESA advisers (teachers) in school districts throughout Colorado. A total of 40 students from four school districts are participating this year. The 10 students from each district then visit the CU-Boulder campus on one of four Saturdays. On May 15, students from the Denver Public Schools will come to campus to work with five CU engineering students.
"The university students felt that it was an inspiring learning experience. The fact that CU put together this program that saves resources, prevents waste and enables future scientists and engineers is completely brilliant, " said engineering student Rebecca Miller.
Computers to Youth addresses two pressing issues: the growing amount of waste from computers and the "digital divide" -- the relative inaccessibility to computing and communication technology.
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The Environmental Center has demonstrated success in this area, receiving funding from Dell for CU's first computer roundup in 2005 when over 50 working systems were collected from the community over the three-day event. In 2006, EPA funding allowed CU to expand its efforts statewide. With this experience, CU can more fully facilitate connecting CU students with disadvantaged middle and high school students year-round.
"This project is unique and exciting because it connects CU's commitment to diversity with our experience protecting the environment," said Jack DeBell from CU's Environmental Center. "It is designed to remind us that these two efforts can complement one another." The CU Environmental Center's newly expanded mission strengthens this link between environmental preservation and social equity.
In addition to CU's Property Services, Office of Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement (ODECE), and Environmental Center, other important contributors to date include the CU Parents Association and the Microsoft Corporation. "Hopefully, this project will create additional collaboration with community groups and corporate sponsors in Colorado," said Karen Hunter, MESA Coordinator with the St. Vrain School District, whose high school students were participants in a warm-up event at CU last month. "The students' new-found confidence as a result of the amazing folks at CU tell it all."
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The AquaLink vessels have indoor seating available – though most everyone stays outside – and a snack bar with chips, sodas, beer and wine. The fare is $5 in each direction.
The water taxis are operated for Long Beach Transit by Catalina Express; you might recognize some of the crew members from your last trip to Catalina. And the taxis are a sign of summer: They run from Memorial Day weekend through the end of September (you'll also see them during the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach in April).
Whether you choose the AquaBus or the AquaLink, you'll get a new perspective on the coastline. The downtown skyline glitters, the marinas and waterfront homes sparkle – and the massive scale of the Queen Mary is impressive when sailing up to it on a small boat.
Here are two ways to incorporate the water taxis into a fun day trip:
•Sunday brunch on the Queen Mary is a feast, and a feast for the eyes, too – plus, ship admission is free with brunch. Instead of driving all the way to the ship, park instead at the aquarium or the adjacent Pike parking structure and take the AquaBus the rest of the way. There's something wonderfully backward about arriving by water to have brunch on a ship. After brunch, take some time to wander around the ship; if you're got a few minutes before your return trip on the AquaBus, head to the ship's art deco Observation Bar for a cold one.
•The Aquarium of the Pacific is fun for adults and children alike, and the new penguin exhibit is not to missed (try to be there at feeding time and watch how well-behaved birds dine). From Orange County, head north on Pacific Coast Highway; just past Main Street in Seal Beach, turn left onto Marina Drive and continue across the inlet into Alamitos Bay Landing; there, board the AquaLink outside McKenna's restaurant and enjoy the ride. At the aquarium, though, keep an eye on your watch: You don't want to miss the last return trip of the day!
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For many weeks we have been hearing rumors of an unreleased AMD dual-GPU powered video card card codenamed Malta that would be able to outperform the PowerColor Devil 13 and ASUS Ares II. Last night at GDC in San Francisco we were able to see Malta, which is going to be known as the AMD Radeon HD 7990 when it is released later this year.
The AMD Radeon HD 7990 looks just like the Radeon HD 7990 that we have seen pictures of for over a year now, but there are some major differences. AMD is using a pair of Tahiti XT2 GPUs on this beast, so it will have higher boost clock speeds and all the latest AMD Graphics Core Next technology that can be had.
The card features a massive dual-slot heatsink with has three cooling fans. In the photo above you can see Devon Nekechuk, AMD product manager for high-end graphics, showing off the card to a room of international press.
The back of the AMD Radeon HD 7990 'Malta' video card features a backplate and you can clearly see the GPU cooler mounting systems on each of the GPUs. We forgot to take a clear picture of the power connectors, but it has two 8-pin PCIe power connectors that are located along the top edge of the card.
When it comes to video outputs you'll see that there are four mini-DisplayPort and a single dual-link DVI-D connector. One side of the bracket is just to exhaust hot air and behind the exhaust vents you can clearly see four copper heatpipes. We aren't sure what clock speeds the Malta card will be running, but we expect it to be just over 1GHz with boost, so good cooling is a must! If all goes as planned we might see this card hit the streets later this quarter and AMD board partners will have some custom cards available!
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People with heart disease are at increased risk for suffering heart attacks or sudden cardiac death . But there is evidence that risk factor modification can help people with coronary artery disease (CAD). Taking steps like lowering your blood pressure and cholesterol can improve survival and quality of life if you have heart disease. Here are some therapies to help protect your heart.
The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology jointly released guidelines on secondary prevention for people with cardiovascular disease. Their recommendations reflect data gleaned from large scale clinical trials that have identified which preventive therapies work best. Check to see which advice you are already using correctly, and which you may want to discuss with your doctor.
There are many options to help you quit smoking. Strategies that may work for you include:
A combination of therapies is generally more effective in helping people quit.
Remember that high blood pressure does not have symptoms, so you will not know you have it or if it changes. Consider buying a reliable home monitoring device so you can check your blood pressure on a regular basis.
You should have a blood test called a fasting lipid profile. Desirable ranges of lipid levels are:
Your doctor will evaluate your lipid levels and help you determine what is desirable for you.
Physical activity includes both aerobics and weight training:
Have a waist measurement and body mass index (BMI) calculation.
If your weight is not in the target range, start weight management and medically supervised physical activity programs.
If you have diabetes:
Ask your doctor to evaluate your need for preventive drugs.
It is important that you take steps to stay healthy, like getting a yearly flu shot .
You should also talk to your doctor about your mental health, which can impact your overall health. Tell your doctor if are feeling depressed or anxious or if you are having problems sleeping .
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Dynamo win, clinch playoff berth
WASHINGTON -- After reaching the last two MLS Cup Finals, the Houston Dynamo are back in the playoffs. That might be bad news for the rest of the league.
Boniek Garcia and Giles Barnes scored in the first half and Houston beat D.C. United 2-1 on Sunday to wrap up a playoff spot on the final day of the season.
Despite just qualifying for the postseason, confidence is high for Houston.
"I don't think we're a team that you necessarily want to play," defender Bobby Boswell said. "I don't think we're a team that people are saying, 'Oh we're matched up with Dynamo -- good.' It's kind of one of those, 'Oh boy, what are we in for.'"
D.C. United (3-24-7) was winless in its final 12 games and set the MLS record for fewest victories in a season, breaking the previous mark of four set by Tampa Bay in 2001 and matched by Chivas USA in 2005.
While the Dynamo clinched a spot in the postseason, they could still finish anywhere between third and fifth depending on results involving both New England and Chicago.
Last season, the Dynamo proved that finishing fifth could actually be a positive as Houston won three consecutive playoff series on the road before eventually falling to Los Angeles in the MLS Cup.
"I think that play-in game can make you dangerous," Boswell said referring to last year's run.
Captain Brad Davis, whose shot in the first half resulted in the corner kick that provided the winning goal, echoed his teammate's belief.
"I do feel like last year the run that we made -- that play-in game -- did help us," Davis said. "We wanted to get back on the field as quick as possible."
Garcia scored his third goal of the season, converting a penalty kick in the 11th minute. Houston (14-11-9) earned the spot kick after defender James Riley pulled down Giles Barnes inside the box.
United tied it in the 27th minute when Kyle Porter headed home Chris Pontius' cross at the far post right. It was Porter's third goal of the season, tying him for the team high.
Houston pulled ahead in the 39th minute when Barnes flicked home a header on a corner kick. Barnes finished the season with a team-high nine goals.
Houston has qualified for the playoffs seven times in the club's eight-year history and made four appearances in the MLS Cup.
Davis has been a part of each Dynamo playoff run and takes pride in the fact that his team is well respected this time of year.
"I actually read to the group that somebody from D.C. said that you know when you play Houston it's going to be a battle," Davis said.
"They never look forward to playing us because they know it's going to be hard and it's going to be difficult. So when other teams are saying that, it's a good thing."
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Online Exclusive: West Virginia State Prosecutor Speaks Out on Mine Disaster
The massive explosion that killed 29 workers at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia was the deadliest mine disaster in the U.S. since 1970. The blast occurred 1,000 feet underground on April 5. Within days, allegations swirled that the tragedy was part of a pattern of lax safety practices by the mine's owner, Performance Coal Co., and the parent company, Massey Energy.
The Upper Big Branch Mine has had a long history of safety violations. In the year before the disaster the mine received eight substantial safety citations for dangerous methane buildups.
In the past five years, the mine was cited for a total of 1,342 safety violations, including 57 in the month before the blast alone.
Although Massey's controversial CEO, Don Blankenship, has categorized safety violations as "unfortunately a normal part of the mining process," that type of track record could open the door to criminal prosecution.
"West Virginia certainly could, if the circumstances are right, bring a case for a negligent homicide," says Jack Arseneault, a partner at Arseneault, Whipple, Fassett & Azzarello who frequently handles similar cases. "On a federal level, if there's a pattern of sacrificing worker safety for profitability, then it's not at all unusual for the Department of Justice to also bring a prosecution. And that's really the fundamental question in cases like this: Has the company as a matter of policy sacrificed worker safety for profits?"
A federal investigation is underway, with the FBI interviewing Massey employees. Although it may be months before the probe yields results, the case presents a striking example of one of the worst situations in-house counsel can face: potential criminal liability for a company and its executives in worker deaths.
Extreme Cases
"The cases that are prosecuted are typically pretty extreme--the owner or manager knows that employees are exposed to very hazardous substances or conditions, but simply didn't do anything at all to abate the hazard," says Bruce Cross, a partner at Perkins Coie.
The Upper Big Branch disaster could fit that bill. Rescue workers described damage at the scene as unprecedented, and Massey's history of safety problems at the mine will no doubt work against it.
"The worse your record is, the easier it is for a prosecutor to show that you are negligent," Cross says. "In a coal mine situation, if a particular manager knew there were dangerous levels of methane or coal dust accumulating and didn't take steps to get the employees out, that would be a pretty clear example of criminal negligence."
Still, a state case would face an uphill battle. Kristen Keller, the West Virginia state prosecutor in Raleigh County, where the mine is located, says she would bring a criminal case if the investigation turns up facts that support it, but that the consequences of a federal prosecution would likely be harsher.
"The federal penalties for mine safety violations are felonies," she says. "In West Virginia the penalty for negligent homicide is only a misdemeanor. So if there were a potential violation--again, all speculating--under state statutes we probably would defer to federal prosecution because the penalty would be more substantial."
In addition to any fines or prison time individuals might face, the federal penalties for the corporation could be dire.
"Massive fines for the company itself, possibly debarment if they do any kind of government contracting work," Arseneault says. "It literally could cripple a company."
At Risk
Naturally, some industries are at far greater risk for worker deaths than others.
"The coal mining industry has to be up there because of the inherent risk involved to human life in the operation of the business," Arseneault says.
At-risk companies can avert or mitigate federal prosecution by taking a proactive approach to safety problems. Self-reporting incidents, accepting responsibility and working to resolve workplace dangers all work in a corporation's favor.
"If I'm advising a general counsel, the first thing I say is, 'As quickly as we can, let's wrap our hands around the kinds of issues that we believe the Department of Justice or state law enforcement will be looking at,'" Arseneault says. "Time is very important. You have to get a team of people out and do a really thorough internal investigation. If you do uncover a pattern of putting profits above safety, document it and get to law enforcement immediately."
At the very least, getting to the bottom of the matter before investigators and prosecutors do puts the company in a better position to defend its conduct.
"I don't mean to be trite about this, but information is power," Arseneault says. "Quickly identifying any information that is critical to an inquiry allows you to better advise your board of directors on which way to proceed."
Quick Decisions
General counsel must also brace themselves for the possibility that an internal investigation will reveal that executives could be personally responsible for negligent homicide or liable for other charges. GCs then have to make quick decisions on how to proceed and to what extent the company will participate in individuals' defense.
In any case, individuals must be clearly counseled that the legal department represents only the corporate entity.
"You have to be very careful with people who you think may become targets of the investigation," Arseneault says. "Identify who they are and get them independent counsel so they can protect themselves and so there won't be claims later of breach of privilege. There are a lot of tricky issues going down this path."
Some companies may opt for a joint defense, indemnifying and standing behind employees and executives in a firm assertion that there was no wrongdoing. The risk there is that if one defendant flips, the whole defense strategy may crumble.
Until investigations conclude, any criminal liability for Massey Energy will remain a matter of speculation, but civil cases were launched within days of the disaster. In addition to whatever prosecutions may come, Massey will have to contend with several shareholder lawsuits (see "Massey Shareholder Suits"). Despite offering victims' families multimillion-dollar settlements, the company may have to contend with wrongful death claims as well.
"Right now in West Virginia everyone is just grieving. Families are just beginning the recovery process now, so locally the focus is much more on that," Keller says. "Although I will say, lawyers' ads appeared immediately in the paper."


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The family of a 15-year-old boy who died after a collision on a baseball field nearly three years ago has filed a negligence lawsuit against the city of Jacksonville.
Andrew Cohn's family says firefighters with the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department were slow in response and did not jolt him with a defibrillator, a procedure they say could have saved his life.
Cohn, of St. Marys, Ga., stepped in the first-base path and collided with a runner during a game in Dinsmore. He suffered sudden cardiac arrest and died at a hospital.
"It's something you wake up with every day. You don't understand why," said Harold Cohn, Andrew's father.
The lawsuit says rescuers who responded were negligent because they did not inform dispatch in a timely matter that they were held up by a train. The lawsuit also says the crew wasted vital minutes trying to get through a locked gate at the park and then also wasted precious time standing in the outfield.
"The crowd was just shrill, yelling at them to jump the fence, go around, hurry," Harold Cohn said. "There were two or three occasions I look up in the outfield and saw saw two people standing there with medical bags just standing there looking and peering out here."
Finally, the lawsuit says rescuers never showed up with a portable defibrillator, then lied on a report about using one.
"There are certain standards," the Cohns' attorney, Wayne Alford, said. "The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department has these rules and protocols that have to be followed to make sure this does not happen, and it was not followed. What we are talking about here is negligence."
Becky Cohn said her son would be alive today had rescuers reacted sooner.
"Oh, I know he would be. I absolutely know he would be here today," she said.
Since their son's death, the Cohns have been very active in getting automatic external defibrillators into schools, ballparks and other areas.
Both parents say any settlement or reward will be used to buy defibrillators so others will live and Andrew's legacy will live on.
"We hope to gain awareness," Harold Cohn said.
The Jacksonville's Office of General Counsel said it could not comment on the lawsuit.
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Dr. Harper, a third generation Floridian, grew up in neighboring Wakkulla County. His roots run deep as his father served as a circuit judge in Florida's Second Judicial Circuit and his paternal grandfather was a physician in Wakulla County for many years.
Dr. Harper is both certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of General Surgery.
In his practice, Dr. Harper has established a reputation for his kind, informative bedside manner and caring approach paired with excellent surgical techniques and results. He is detailed oriented and works diligently to put his patients at ease while providing them with state of the art surgical care.
In order to provide each patient with ample time for individualized services, we work by appointment. We ask that you please try to cancel an appointment 24 hours prior to your scheduled time so we may try to reschedule you and other patients as quickly as possible. You will be reminded of your appointment time. We welcome patients from Tallahassee, Thomasville, Dothan, Destin, and Panama City. Cosmetic surgeons from Tallahassee Plastic Surgery Clinic invite you to schedule an appointment.
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