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"Chief of Army told me to get the brigade ready by July 1. Well, they're ready and, trust me, they have been tested".
These were Commander 7th Brigade (7 Bde), Brigadier Adam Findlay's words of assurance as his brigade's Combined Arms Training Activity (CATA), Exercise Diamond Strike 2015, held from June 20-10, wrapped up at the Shoalwater Bay training area in Queensland.
The brigade has now started exercises Talisman Sabre and Hamel as Army's ready brigade.
More than 3000 personnel took part in Exercise Diamond Strike, with soldiers from 7 Bde supported by detachments from 6th Brigade, 16th Aviation Brigade and 17th Combat Service Support Brigade and about 500 soldiers from the New Zealand Army's 1st Brigade.
The exercise included three battlegroups – Heeler, Ram and Waratah – and was the culmination of a 12-month training continuum that began with CATA 2014.
Certification as the ready brigade means 7 Bde now possesses the skills necessary to deploy at short notice to any region to conduct any type of operation, such as combat, stability and humanitarian assistance, with joint or interagency partners if required.
"What is interesting for the brigade is we have practised other skills and tactics that haven't been used for a while," Brig Findlay said.
"First, we proved RAAF Base Amberley as a mounting air base to strategically deploy here. Our Ready Battalion Group, 6RAR, deployed from there to Shoalwater Bay and did a joint force entry operation and force build-up at Sam Hill. Then the rest of the brigade came in and we consolidated just as we would if we were overseas.
"For the first time in a long time we did a live-fire brigade obstacle breach, immediately followed by an assault river crossing.
The enemy built a big obstacle belt and the engineers came in and had to blow lanes for us to attack through. That was quite a complex military operation.
"Engineers who did good work in Afghanistan with IEDs had to draw on more conventional engineer skills, such as boating and rafting, in turn getting the brigade over a river."
He said the combined efforts of 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) and a squadron of M1A1 Abrams tanks from 1st Armoured Regiment exposed the brigade to the mobility and firepower of combined arms action. When 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment – with more 700 soldiers – performed a battalion air mobile operation, Brig Findlay wanted to make this more realistic.
"As they were landing we had live-fire suppression of enemy air defence at the landing zone, so that was a great experience for them," he said.
"The final combat exercise saw us positioned to secure Raspberry Creek at the urban operations training facility, which allowed me to combine all the elements of the brigade into a coordinated attack, which is a complex activity.
"The Kiwis played the role of the enemy in that attack in order to provide some resistance to the brigade. After it was over we joined forces and conducted a tactical retrograde operation into a brigade force concentration area, before beginning planning for the next exercises – Talisman Sabre and Hamel."
Brig Findlay said there were a couple other noteworthy items about this exercise.
"For the first time in a long time we used a heavy drop parachute capability from 176 Air Dispatch Squadron," he said.
"We haven't done a conventional drop for a long time on exercise and the air mobile group who went in by helicopter needed supplies, so that was a good time to test the capability.
"We also, for the first time, used our UAV, Shadow, to designate a target and an ARH Tiger was able to prosecute that target. This is something we did routinely with American assets in Afghanistan and now we've achieved it with our own assets. It worked very well."
Brig Findlay said there were many highlights from a commander's perspective.
"Bringing a good combat brigade HQ to high readiness and focused on warfighting is professionally satisfying," he said.
"There has been a real drive and commitment from the organisation to improve. It has good morale and it wants to get better. It's really hungry for excellence – this is really pleasing.
"There is also the reinvigoration of all the conventional things we used to do well in the 1990s, which were put on the back burner during the last 25 years of desert-based theatres in the Middle East.
"I must also acknowledge the terrific work done by my predecessor, Brig Greg Bilton, who brought the brigade into the readying phase this time last year, as well as those who supported him and continue to support me."
Ex Diamond Strike
7th Brigade

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I'm not sure which branch of the Growden family Josh Growden belongs to, but his record is worth recording. But he is a pupil at Clare High School, South Australia.
Josh Growden on his way to setting a new record in high jump.
The Clare High School sports carnival was held on Wednesday, March 19.
After being postponed due to the heat, the eventual day was perfect and weather conditions couldn't have been better.
A staggering 14 records were broken on the day, with Dale Holliday breaking four of those, closely followed by Kirsty Faulkner on three.
Gleeson and Scott tied for first place in the War Cry and Wiensmith won their fourth sports day shield in a row.
Under 15 Male Winner – Josh Growden.


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The return of Eric Staal to Raleigh – 3 layers deep
by Matt Karash | Mar 15, 2017 | On The Beat
Eric Staal's time with the Carolina Hurricanes Exactly 1 year and 17 days have passed since Eric Staal was traded from the Carolina Hurricanes to the New York Rangers just prior to the 2016 NHL trade deadline. The move was a massive change and reset for the Hurricanes organization and fan base. In the summer of 2006 as a budding 21-year old superstar, Staal was right in the middle of the greatest time in Hurricanes hockey history. He led the 2005-06 Carolina Hurricanes in points with 100 which is still a franchise high since the move to North Carolina and also led the team in scoring with 28 points in 26 games during the magical playoff run that culminated with the Stanley Cup being hoisted in Raleigh, North Carolina on June 19, 2006. With some turnover out of contract necessity and veterans departing overtime from the 2006 Stanley Cup Champion team, young stars Eric Staal and Cam Ward were expected to lead the next wave of Carolina Hurricanes' hockey success. After a couple playoff misses following the Cup win, things got on track again in the 2008-09 season when an upstart Carolina team rode a combination of Eric Staal's offensive leadership and strong late season play by Cam Ward and climbed into the playoffs. And what a playoff experience it was in 2009. The Hurricanes did not hoist the Stanley Cup again, but 2 stunning 7-game series wins with wild game 7 finishes on the road generated plenty of excitement and fan exhilaration before the Hurricanes bowed out to the eventual Stanley Cup Champions, the Pittsburgh Penguins, in the...
Early look at potential destinations for Eric Staal
by Matt Karash | Dec 11, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe
First let me say upfront that I am NOT in the 'Eric Staal is playing horribly right now, so he must be traded' camp. His scoring is a bit light, but I think Eric Staal has actually been playing pretty good hockey overall. I also think he has quietly put the team first and lined up behind Coach Bill Peters' plan. He has been a more regular fixture in front of the opposing goalie, and he has swapped back and forth between left wing and center without any grumbling about preferring to play center. But 3 factors have me looking forward to an Eric Staal trade: 1) The team is gradually falling farther below the playoff cut line. It is too early to declare it completely over, but maybe soon not to early to start making decisions based on odds. 2) The team could use the salary relief with a rough season attendance-wise. Eric Staal makes $9.5 million this season so that breaks down in about $3.2 million for each third of the season. One third is over and already paid. The second third will lead up to the trade deadline. And the last third will be after the trade deadline. There is literally a couple million $ to potentially be saved depending on how much salary the Canes need to eat to make a deal work. 3) The return in terms of assets for rebuilding could be significant. I could see the scenario where Eric Staal leaves only to return next summer, but that is a decision for after figuring out the first 1 and seeing what...
Eric Staal contract situation on so many levels
by Matt Karash | Sep 30, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe, GM/Coaches' Seat
Today on an otherwise fairly quiet rainy Tuesday in Raleigh, a bomb dropped about mid-day about a rumor that Eric Staal was asking for $9 million per year. The article was on The Hockey News but the source was actually Renaud Lavoie from Le Journal de Montreal. Today's story and this situation could be analyzed on seemingly a dozen different levels. The rumor I do not have the time to dig into Renaud Lavoie or Le Journal de Montreal's credibility or track record on this kind of thing, but let me come at it more generally: 1) There has been a ton of noise coming out of Quebec for some time now much of it centered around Quebec City being a possible destination for the Hurricanes based on the team being for sale. If you are not up to date or have read only "the sky is falling" articles on that topic, I suggest reading my post from earlier this summer HERE. This whole situation continues to puzzle me. Quebec City is 1 of 2 finalists for what is expected to be 2 expansion teams. The NHL is not putting 2 teams in Quebec City. So ???? !!!! More directly, there is a strange media agenda coming out of Quebec City right now with a spotlight on the Carolina Hurricanes, so I think that must be considered for this specific rumor and probably others. 2) At another level, this kind of thing will only intensify as the season rolls on with Eric Staal unsigned past this season. And if Steven Stamkos re-signs in Tampa, I would expect a full Staal-mageddon to ensue...
Eric Staal – Young hero and long-time scoring and locker room leader
by Matt Karash | Sep 13, 2015 | Memory Lane
Carolina Hurricanes history has been a rollercoaster ride that has seen the team rise up to the top of the NHL hockey world only to quickly fall back to its bottom. Eric Staal was the Canes reward for the fall from reaching the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals to missing the playoffs by a wide margin in the following 2002-03 season. On June 21, 2003, the Carolina Hurricanes selected Eric Staal #2 overall in the NHL draft. He arrived in Raleigh in the summer of 2003 with the expectation that he might need another year in juniors before jumping to the NHL. But Staal had other ideas. When he was amongst the league leaders in scoring for the NHL preseason and started reasonably strong in the regular season, it became impossible to demote him back to juniors. He had a modest 11 goals and 20 assists in that first season but benefitted from the experience. The 2004-05 lockout gave him the chance to hone his game and grow from what he learned as an NHL rookie in the AHL. When the 2005-06 started, he looked like a different player. Centering a line with playmaker Cory Stillman and space-making power forward Erik Cole, Eric Staal burst out of the gate in the 2005-06 season. At the 20-game mark, he had an astounding 12 goals and 16 assists. His pace ultimately slowed a little, but in a season that he started at the age of 20, he finished with 45 goals and 55 assists for an even 100 points which was good enough for eighth in the league in points and seventh...
Is Eric Staal at the same crossroads that Rod Brind'Amour was at in 2004?
by Matt Karash | Aug 25, 2015 | Daily Cup of Joe
It was the spring of 2004. The memory of the great Stanley Cup Finals run of 2002 had been mostly washed away by two painful seasons of disappointing Canes hockey. The Canes missed the playoffs in 2002-03 and was even worse in 2003-04. At the point where the 2003-04 season was unofficially categorized as another playoff miss, Rod Brind'Amour was a 34-year old veteran who was running out of time to etch his name on the Stanley Cup. There was plenty talk in the media that it might make sense for him to move on from the Hurricanes who seemed to be entering rebuilding mode. Jeff O'Neill, one of the team's other offensive leaders, did end up leaving the team via trade heading to Toronto just before the 2005-06 season, so he could have a better chance to win the Stanley Cup (and also because of personal reasons). To this day, I still remember Rod Brind'Amour's responses and increasingly bristly tone when he was asked about his desire to move on and join a Cup contender. He said all of the right things about the team definitely needing to play better. He also regularly and noticeable used the words 'we' and 'I' including himself in that group. It is my personal interpretation of what was said and how, but I very much read an ownership type mentality into his answers. And based on the way he seemed to be irritated about answering the 'stay or go' questions multiple times, I truly believe that he was not just saying the right words. He meant them. The Carolina Hurricanes were Rod Brind'Amour's team. He was...


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UK resists COVID testing on travellers from China amid massive surge in cases
James Cheng-Morris
·Freelance news writer, Yahoo UK
A file image of a COVID test centre at Heathrow Airport in 2021. The UK has no plans to follow other countries which will test people arriving from China. (Reuters)
The UK is continuing to resist COVID testing on people travelling from China despite a "vehement" surge in cases.
Spain has become the latest nation to introduce testing requirements for visitors from China, following similar moves from countries including the US, India, Italy, South Korea and Taiwan.
It comes after China dropped its "zero COVID" approach of draconian restrictions, resulting in a huge spike of infections which its former chief epidemiologist, Zeng Guang, said was worse than expected. Some 80% of people in the capital, Beijing, are said to have been infected.
There are now concerns about the impact the spread will have on the rest of the world as overseas trips are once again permitted from next week onwards.
UK ministers, however, are continuing to resist testing on arrivals from China, saying it is keeping the situation "under review". The EU's disease prevention agency has also said screening is "unjustified".
Watch: China's relaxation of travel restrictions explained
The approach has been backed by an independent government adviser, who said border restrictions are unlikely to prevent new variants reaching the UK.
Prof Andrew Pollard, who chairs the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, said it is surveillance of the virus within the UK that will be more important over the coming weeks.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Friday: "Trying to ban a virus by adjusting what we do with travel has already been shown not to work very well. We have seen that with the bans on travel from various countries during the pandemic.
Read more: China accused of covering up COVID data amid new variant fears
"The important thing is that we have surveillance that when a virus is spreading within our population here in the UK or Europe we are able to pick that up and predict what might happen with the health systems and particularly the more vulnerable in the population."
Prof Pollard added any new variant which did appear in China was likely to be best-adapted to spreading in the Chinese population.
"The immunity in the population currently relates to vaccines that have been given in the population over the last couple of years and are different to the vaccines we have had and they have not had the extra immunity from having waves of COVID.
Read more: China says Covid travel restrictions imposed by other countries are 'discriminatory' as cases surge
"Testing people travelling from China probably doesn't really answer the question about whether any new variant that is detected is going to be a problem here."
Dr Kit Yates, a University of Bath academic who is part of the Independent SAGE group, which scrutinises the UK's COVID policy, also said testing people arriving from China would be pointless "while we are doing so little to reduce transmission ourselves".
However, Conservative MP Steve Brine, chair of the House of Commons health select committee, questioned the UK's approach on Thursday, saying it would be better to "over-react than under-react".
According to the Office for National Statistics' (ONS) latest COVID infection survey, about 1.4 million people in the UK had COVID in the week ending 7 December.
RCMP on P.E.I. warn of fraudulent missing persons posts on social media
RCMP on Prince Edward Island are warning of fraudulent online posts about missing people. Const. Gavin Moore says in many cases, fraudsters want these posts to be shared widely. They then use the posts to begin private conversations with people to try to learn about them and find ways to scam them. "Fraudsters are constantly trying to learn about their victims," he said. "They try to engage with people. They have huge numbers of different scripts, stories, schemes that they can try. And the more
MATCHDAY: Derby-West Ham in FA Cup; Villarreal eyes top 4
A look at what's happening in European soccer on Monday: ENGLAND West Ham looks to avoid becoming the 12th Premier League team to be eliminated from the FA Cup when it heads to third-tier Derby. West Ham might field a weakened team, with its priority being preserving its status in the top flight. The Hammers are a point and two places outside the relegation zone in the league after a poorer-than-expected first half of the season. Derby is fourth in League One. It is the last of the fourth-round
The public spaces of Calgary's Downtown West have always intrigued Ian Hernandez. Living in the area, the urban studies student and president of Urban Calgary Students' Association (Urban CSA) has taken ideas that he's seen from his travels and courses in an attempt to better the area. "I think we can improve a lot of walkability in our city, especially in Downtown West," said Hernandez. "There's a lot of opportunity there to make more spaces for people to actually enjoy public space." For many
Former UK PM Boris Johnson claims Vladimir Putin said he could hit him with missile
In a new interview, former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said President Vladimir Putin did not seem serious about avoiding war in the days before Russia invaded Ukraine.View on euronews


An extraordinary minister of Holy Communion (EMHC) is, under the Code of Canon Law, "an acolyte, or another of Christ's faithful deputed", in certain circumstances, to distribute Holy Communion. The ordinary (normal) ministers of Holy Communion are a bishop, priest or deacon.
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion are called upon by the presiding minister (bishop, priest or deacon) to assist in the distribution of Holy Communion when either they cannot be present, or the number of people present in the congregation is sufficient enough that administration by ordinary ministers alone would unnecessarily elongate the celebration. The EMHC will also be called upon by the parish priest to aid in carrying Holy Communion to the sick and housebound who cannot reasonably make it to Mass to help them fulfil their obligation of receiving Holy Communion once a week.
There is a great shortage of service in this area, especially for taking Holy Communion to the sick and housebound.
To register your interest in this ministry, please contact John Childerley (St Frances of Rome), Peter Field (St Mary's) or the parish priest.


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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace MiniSVM.Classifier
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Navjot Kaur, author of A Lion's Mane, releases second title, Dreams of Hope
Navjot Kaur (mentioned on this blog before) is the author of the acclaimed and award-winning children's book A Lion's Mane (2009), which, as she describes on her website, educates and engages young children in the concepts of identity and interconnectedness. It is regularly cited as a great resource to teach both Sikh and non-Sikh children about the Sikh identity.
With the success of her first book, Navjot Kaur has now announced the release of her second children's book, Dreams of Hope:
Dreams of Hope (photo: navjotkaur.com)
In Dreams of Hope, a father takes his daughter- his Little One- on a dream journey each night. His lullaby fosters a sense of wonder for her world and a respect for all living things. Together they see amazing creatures such as the land bound Sundees (caterpillars) turning into high flying butterflies and the gentle Chirus (Tibetan antelope) snuggling into their Shahtooshi (Chirus' wool). Father's lullaby fills her with dreams of hope and peace for Mother Earth that will someday take flight.
The theme of this second book is different than her first:
"Dreams of Hope is filled with peaceful messages that help parents introduce the value of becoming responsible global citizens to their children," says Kaur. "For example, people often forget that the Chiru is an endangered animal hunted for its wool, and so, Dreams of Hope promotes dialogue and action regarding environmental issues like these. It encourages children to think about their world in a whole new way and dream of what they can do to help it."
Navjot Kaur's books plants the seeds of cohesiveness in the fertile minds of children, connecting them with other people and with the world around them to help them become more aware individuals. In Sikh parlance, she is truly expressing the concept of sarbat da bhala – the wishes for peace and prosperity for all in this world – in her work.
One of the compelling things about Dreams of Hope is that it engages children beyond its words to capture the imaginations of these young minds:
Each book is made from 100% recycled paper and comes with a keepsake page where parents and caregivers can record dreams of hope for their children. The end papers are illustrated with a unique travel guide that moves away from traditional tourist attractions to monuments of peace around the world. These pages also feature the word "goodnight" in many different languages.
Dreams of Hope (and A Lion's Mane) are available at Saffron Press.
by Rupinder Mohan Singh on June 29, 2011
Categories: Literature, Resources • Tags: A Lion's Mane, Children's literature, Dreams of Hope, Navjot Kaur, Saffron Press
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The 'Requires Improvement' rating refers to the previous inspection in 2016
SafeRequires improvement
EffectiveGood
CaringGood
ResponsiveGood
Well-ledGood
Last updated 1 March 2019
Pinehill Hospital is operated by Ramsay Health Care UK. The hospital opened as an NHS hospital in 1948 and was purchased by Ramsay Health Care UK in 2007. It is a private hospital in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. The hospital primarily serves the communities of the Hertfordshire area. It also accepts patient referrals from outside this area.
The hospital has a registered manager who is the hospital director. He has been in post since November 2017. There is a head of clinical services who has been in post since February 2018. This post holder is also the safeguarding and infection prevention and control lead and has clinical responsibility across all departments.
The hospital is registered for the following regulated activities:
Diagnostic and screening procedures.
Treatment of disease, disorder or injury
There are 163 consultants working under practising privileges; none were directly employed by the hospital. There were 25.8 full time equivalent nursing and midwifery staff and 24.5 operating department and health care assistant staff across all departments. In addition, there were 68 full time equivalent other staff, including health professionals, administrative and clerical and support staff, who were shared across the hospital services and who were employed by the hospital.
The outpatient department comprises of 10 consulting rooms and two minor treatment rooms on the ground level. Adjacent to the main outpatient department is the imaging department which comprises of an x-ray room, and ultrasound facility. There is a mobile computerised tomography unit (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging unit (MRI), which visit the site regularly, managed by Ramsay Diagnostic services. In addition to outpatients and imaging services, there is a physiotherapy department on the ground floor, which has a gymnasium, four treatment rooms and two curtained treatment cubicles.
There is a small pharmacy department providing services for both inpatients and outpatients.
Clinical inpatient areas consist of two inpatient wards, the first floor has 13 patient rooms including two two-bedded rooms. The second floor has 12 patient rooms. The day surgery unit has six daycase pods, and six beds. The theatre department consists of three main theatres with laminar flow, plus an endoscopy unit. The endoscopy service was awarded the Joint Advisory Group (JAG) accreditation in April 2014. This is a governing body that assess the quality and standards of endoscopy services in relation to patient care. Following an annual review, the service was not able to demonstrate adherence to the JAG standards. The accreditation status changed to 'assessed: improvements required'. They were found to not be adhering to 6 standards and they required actions to be completed by April 2019. The service has created an action plan and had completed four out of the six actions with the other two in progress.
The hospital undertakes a range of surgical procedures and provides outpatient consultations for a range of specialities for adults.
The hospital was last inspected in October 2016 when it was rated as Requires improvement. During this inspection three requirement notices were issued, against regulations 15 (premises and equipment), 17 (good governance), and 18 (staffing). These requirement notices have now been lifted.
The hospital is managed by Ramsay Healthcare UK Operations Ltd part of a network of over 30 hospitals and day surgery facilities and two neurological rehabilitation homes, across England. In addition, they own and run hospitals in Australia, Indonesia and France.
The hospital provides care for private patients who are ether paid for by their insurance companies or are self-funding. Patients funded by the NHS (approximately 58%), mostly through the NHS referral system can also be treated at Pinehill Hospital.
Latest inspection: 4 and 5 December 2018
Report published: 1 March 2019
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Busy summer for Kingsgate Preserves!
Exclusively Highlands organise and host a series of Artisan Art, Craft and Food Events in beautiful and historic surroundings right across Scotland and Kingsgate Preserves attended the Summer at Crathes event.
Congratulations to Victoria who won our prize draw, a Kingsgate Preserves Taster Pack!
We will be showcasing our range at future events so watch this space!
Kingsgate Preserves joined some favourite brands from Aberdeen and throughout the UK to take part in a pop-up shop focusing on the art of collaboration.
The event, called COLLABOR8 was organised by Westburn & Granite and Curated Stories and was a great success!
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Congratulations to Mr Brown, the winner of our prize draw, a sample pack of our Balsamic Fig, Plum and PX, Aromatic Raspberry and Blueberry Bay. Well done we hope you enjoy the sample pack!
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Many dogs are placed in shelters since they didn't behave the way their owners wanted. Often, this can be avoided. If your dog is trained properly, he is like part of the family. It doesn't have to be hard to train your dog, you will see that if you spend a little time it can be easy.
TIP! Do not use shock collars and similar training devices. They don't often work well and cost more than training methods which are conventional.
There are few effective ways to approach the matter of crate training your puppy or dog. If your puppy doesn't like being in his crate, put a dog treat or chew bone in it and close the door to keep him out. Your dog will want the bone and will be unable to resist entering the crate. After they have entered the crate, be sure to give them praise so they understand that they have done a good thing.
TIP! You always want to make certain your dog has good leash manners. This helps keep both you and your dog safe when going on walks.
Give your puppy some toys to chew on so they do not hurt while teething, keep other things they might want to chew on out of their reach! Give the dog one of its own chew toys right away. To help your dog cope with painful teething, give him a wet washcloth that has been frozen.
TIP! Your dog needs an hour or more of exercise every day along with any training or bathroom breaks. Ensuring your dog gets thorough exercise will cause your training sessions to be much more effective, which will encourage your dog to behave better.
Never reinforce your dog's bad behaviors. You should avoid using strips of food or attention to train when you are trying to discourage behaviors. Don't scratch the dogs back, give it a snack or reward it in any way if it jumps, barks or does anything you don't approve of.
TIP! Try to limit the amount of accidents your dog has while toilet training. Watch for signals that your dog has to go out to relieve himself.
To have success in dog training, you need to be able to control it with commands. Your dog will neither obey nor respect you if he believes he is the leader of your household. Always walk in front of the dog when you go on walks, because this is the position to show leadership.
Right at the moment they do the behavior you are trying to reinforce, give the verbal command of approval. A positive word will give your dog time to obey.
TIP! One tip to keep in mind when training your dog is to not give up. Your dog will not remember his training if you are not there to constantly remind him of what you expect.
Train your dog on a regular basis to make sure he understands the rules of the house. It is easy to feel that once your dog's training is over, the lessons are learned and will stay with the dog forever. Some dogs will revert back to negative behaviors if the training does not continue. This shows that you need to do periodic refreshers so that your dog continues to follow the rules.
TIP! Dog's must learn "down." You can use it in an emergency, for example.
As has been proven in this piece, having a dog that is well-behaved, healthy and happy is not an impossibility. In order to achieve this, you must give your dog love and train it correctly. With the suggestions presented here, you'll be ready to make a dog into a beloved family member and a life-long companion.


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Experimental characterization of a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor-based Coulter counter
Manoj Sridhar, Dongyan Xu, Yuejun Kang, Anthony B. Hmelo, Leonard C Feldman, Dongqing Li, Deyu Li
We report the detailed characterization of an ultrasensitive microfluidic device used to detect the translocation of small particles through a sensing microchannel. The device connects a fluidic circuit to the gate of a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) and detects particles by monitoring the MOSFET drain current modulation instead of the modulation in the ionic current through the sensing channel. The minimum volume ratio of the particle to the sensing channel detected is 0.006%, which is about ten times smaller than the lowest detected volume ratio previously reported in the literature. This volume ratio is detected at a noise level of about 0.6% of the baseline MOSFET drain current, clearly showing the amplification effects from the fluidic circuits and the MOSFETs. We characterize the device sensitivity as a function of the MOSFET gate potential and show that its sensitivity is higher when the MOSFET is operating below its threshold gate voltage than when it is operating above the threshold voltage. In addition, we demonstrate that the device sensitivity linearly increases with the applied electrical bias across the fluidic circuit. Finally, we show that polystyrene beads and glass beads with similar sizes can be distinguished from each other based on their different translocation times, and the size distribution of microbeads can be obtained with accuracy comparable to that of direct scanning electron microscopy measurements.
metal oxide semiconductors
fluidic circuits
threshold gates
microfluidic devices
microchannels
Sridhar, M., Xu, D., Kang, Y., Hmelo, A. B., Feldman, L. C., Li, D., & Li, D. (2008). Experimental characterization of a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor-based Coulter counter. Journal of Applied Physics, 103(10), [104701]. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2931026
Experimental characterization of a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor-based Coulter counter. / Sridhar, Manoj; Xu, Dongyan; Kang, Yuejun; Hmelo, Anthony B.; Feldman, Leonard C; Li, Dongqing; Li, Deyu.
In: Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 103, No. 10, 104701, 2008.
Sridhar, M, Xu, D, Kang, Y, Hmelo, AB, Feldman, LC, Li, D & Li, D 2008, 'Experimental characterization of a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor-based Coulter counter', Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 103, no. 10, 104701. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2931026
Sridhar M, Xu D, Kang Y, Hmelo AB, Feldman LC, Li D et al. Experimental characterization of a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor-based Coulter counter. Journal of Applied Physics. 2008;103(10). 104701. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2931026
Sridhar, Manoj ; Xu, Dongyan ; Kang, Yuejun ; Hmelo, Anthony B. ; Feldman, Leonard C ; Li, Dongqing ; Li, Deyu. / Experimental characterization of a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor-based Coulter counter. In: Journal of Applied Physics. 2008 ; Vol. 103, No. 10.
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In order to truly assess the effectiveness of my academic lesson, I chose to target my fifth grade students because their teachers had expressed a concern for work habit behaviors in their needs assessment results. Initially a majority of the students could identify time wasters in the classroom setting (i.e. excessive bathroom breaks, off-topic conversations with friends); however most students could not explain how to overcome those obstacles or demonstrate successful work habits. Each student was paired with another student to read two different articles that shared specific examples of how to avoid time wasters and how to demonstrate those successful work habit traits in the classroom, college, and work setting. I utilized the academic tool survey to assess how many students could truly identify at least three time wasters, three habits of successful people, and at least one strategy of how to implement time management in the classroom. Once I had taught the lesson in every fifth grade classroom, I noticed an overall twenty percent increase in knowledge and application across the grade level. After analyzing the data, I assessed a fifty-six percent decrease in behavior referrals due to off-task behaviors that contributed to time-wasting behaviors. These results indicated to me that I should teach this lesson earlier in the year as more of a proactive rather than reactive approach, as well as to help foster those work habit behaviors in the students earlier in the year and reinforce them in later lessons.
When I debated how to ensure the effectiveness of my personal/social classroom lesson, I identified second grade as the most appropriate grade level because those students had the highest number of bullying referrals from the previous and current school year. As I read the story with each class, the students began to identify a few more bullying prevention and conflict resolution strategies to implement, which I later assessed using the personal/social survey tool that they independently completed. When the students were utilizing the think-pair-share model, I informally assessed if the students could identify all three criteria for bullying and a supportive adult to involve in bullying scenarios. However, as I conducted these lessons, I discovered that the number of bullying reports from the previous year was due to the students misreporting incidents that more aligned with mean behaviors rather than bullying behaviors. After analyzing the data, I discovered a forty-one percent decrease in the number of bullying referrals from the students in this grade level afterwards. The lesson was effective overall because the majority of the students could identify all three bullying criteria, which was the piece that was leading to the misreporting of mean behaviors versus bullying behaviors. I utilized these results to inform future counseling activities because I want to be more intentional about teaching the three bullying criteria across all grade levels to help decrease the number of false reports and provide empowerment strategies for students.
As I planned how to make my career lesson effective for my students, I chose to implement this lesson in fourth grade due to several students with excessive absences from the previous school year. None of the students had previously heard of the Holland Career Interest Inventory, so they were immediately engaged from the beginning of the lesson. Once the students completed the inventory, they independently researched careers they were interested in based on their inventory results. During the lesson, every student identified two or more "good fit" jobs for them which I analyzed using the career survey tool. At the conclusion of the lesson, the students communicated with a partner how their personal skills would benefit their future career (which I assessed informally during their conversations). As a group, we discussed how school attendance is directly correlated with academic achievement which could impact which future careers are available to them. Once the lessons were completed, I analyzed the data to find that fifty-two percent of the students with ten or more absences from the previous year had decreased their absences this school year following the classroom lesson. Overall the lesson was effective because of the high level of student engagement and the conversations to discuss how attendance is directly linked to student achievement, which impacted the attendance outcome data results. I plan to utilize these results to inform my future career lessons by creating similar engaging activities for other grade levels to promote the correlation between attendance and achievement to help students realize how it affects their career path, even in elementary school.
ASCA Domain, Mindsets & Behaviors Standard(s): M.2- Self-confidence in ability to succeed. M.5- Belief in using abilities to their fullest to achieve high quality results and outcomes. B.LS.3- Use time-management, organizational and study skills. B.SMS.2- Demonstrate self-discipline and self-control.
Perception Data (Surveys or assessments used): Prior to the lesson, only 73 students (64.6%) could identify at least 2 time wasters and 2 work habits of successful people. At the conclusion of the lesson, 94 students (83%) could identify at least 3 time wasters, 3 work habits of successful people, and at least one way to integrate time and task management strategies into their school work.
For the duration of the activity, approximately 91% of the students in each classroom were engaged in the activity. At the conclusion of the lesson, I had several students approach me for other articles they could read to take ownership of their learning.
Outcome Data (Achievement, attendance, and/or behavior data): After analyzing the data, between September and January (my first lesson on work habits and my follow up lesson on time management), the fifth grade students had 16 major or minor referrals for some off-task behavior in their classroom setting (i.e. physical aggression, disrespect, inappropriate language). After I conducted my 2 lessons with the fifth grade students, they had 7 major/minor off task behaviors in the classroom setting, which is a 56% percent decrease.
Implications: During the lesson, each student was assigned a topic such as managing time, creating a schedule, choosing priorities, and determining "have tos" vs "want tos". Then the students read an article about their topic and created a product to present and teach their classmates. Although there are several contributing factors (such as classroom management, SIRS incident report inputs), my lesson gave some direction and motivation to the students to maximize their classroom learning time and reduce "time wasters." In looking forward to next year, I will continue to integrate more student-led lessons to increase overall engagement.
ASCA Domain, Mindsets & Behaviors Standard(s): M.3- Sense of belonging in the school environment. B.MS.1- Demonstrate ability to assume responsibility. B.MS.9- Demonstrate personal safety skills. B.SS.4.- Demonstrate empathy.
Perception Data (Surveys or assessments used): According to the informal pre assessment I administered, 6 students (7%) could identify all 3 criteria for bullying incidences (i.e. repetitive, mean intentions, imbalance of power). However, due to the fact I taught these students conflict resolution strategies in first grade, 58 students (67%) could identify at least 4 conflict resolution strategies.
At the conclusion of the lesson, 68 students (79%) could identify all 3 criteria for bullying incidents. In addition, 73 students (85%) could share at least 4 conflict resolution strategies. By the end of the lesson 80 students (93%) were able to identify when they needed to seek an adult's help when they witness or experience bullying behaviors.
Outcome Data (Achievement, attendance, and/or behavior data): When analyzing the second grade incident reports, I targeted 3 specific behaviors: threats/false threats, physical aggression/fighting, and harassment/bullying. Prior to the bullying lesson and follow up conflict resolution lesson, there were 17 referrals for one of the three previously mentioned categories. Following the 2 lessons, there were only 10 second grade behavior referrals, which was a 41% decrease in behavior referrals for the students.
Implications: The main purposes of my lesson were to help students correctly identify bullying incidents, utilize conflict resolution strategies, and identify supportive adults to help them. After my lesson, I met with approximately 16 second grade students (19%) the remainder of the year to reinforce peace club strategies and clarify "bullying" incidences versus "mean" behaviors. When considering next school year, I would like to focus on the specific students who were referred to include them in small group counseling lessons to provide more targeted and specific interventions of appropriate coping strategies.
ASCA Domain, Mindsets & Behaviors Standard(s): M.6- Positive attitude towards work and learning. B.LS.7- Identify long and short term academic, career, and social/emotional goals.
Perception Data (Surveys or assessments used): At the beginning of the lesson, only 1 student (1%) could identify the Holland Interest Inventory. In addition, 67 students (76%) said they knew what personal skills they had that would contribute to their future career. Overall, 75 students (85%) initially said they could identify at least 2 "good fit" jobs based on their personality.
When I administered the post assessment, 79 students (88%) could explain the Holland Interest Inventory (which is a 87% increase). From the total 88 students, 86 students (98%) said they could explain how their personal skills could contribute to their future career (a 22% increase). Finally, all 88 students (100%) said they could identify at least two "good fit" jobs based on their personality (a 15% increase from the pre assessment).
Outcome Data (Achievement, attendance, and/or behavior data): At the end of the school year, we had 18 out 99 total students (18%) who had 6 or more unexcused absences. When comparing to the 2015-2016 school year, 20 of the same group of students (20%) had 6 or more unexcused absences at the end of the year, which was a 2% decrease from last school year. Based on our 2014-2015 attendance data, we had 11 rising fourth grade students with 10 or more unexcused absences (a total of 147 absences altogether). When comparing these same 11 current fourth grade students, they decreased the number of total absences to 71 absences (a 52% decrease from the previous school year). Out of the total 11 students, four students had 10 or more unexcused absences for the 2015-2016 school year.
Implications: Overall, the students were highly engaged in this activity. I believe that taking a "personality quiz" helped them to explore some out of the box careers that they may have never considered. Each child was given the chance to research a career from their Holland Interest Inventory that they scored the highest or second highest. In looking forward to next year, I would like to conduct my career lesson plans earlier in the year to see a better measure of its impact. I may also consider a follow up lesson in order to broaden the impact of the career lessons.


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Self-hosted Business Intelligence SaaS offering on virtual server infrastructure completely built and run within the Google Cloud Platform.
The server building process takes some time to learn (practice) because there are important details along the way when it comes to the geographical location of the data center your VM's will live in (which also determines the features and choice of specs in your VMs), the various VM sizes/types that are correctly suited for the specific workload of each server. Naming scheme, Networking for best practices, IP Addressing (internal and external), Tagging of the individual instances, etc. It takes a lot of work and timeframe should not be underestimated on a project like this. The flexibility of the cloud though allowed for so much more POC tests and re-designs. This flexibility far surpasses the time it would take to complete a project like this on-premise.
It is worthwhile to read Google's documentation along the way as I found it to be very helpful and fairly easy to follow along with. The CLI was powerful for accomplishing huge portions of the project as well.
Be prepared to do a good amount of reading.
Don't be afraid to start over and recreate VM's if need be.
Keep in mind that accurate setup upfront paves the way for smoother long-term management. It is important for ease of use and future adds/changes.


A while back I made the decision to close off the entire site to the Shogo community and turn my back just like they turned their backs on us after all of the support, hard work, and trend setting that the FRONT and the Smurfs put into the community. Well, I thought it over a little more and I don't feel like I should let the hard work and accomplishments of my team to fall to the wayside or the community to distort their views of Team Smurf any more than it already has over the years. With that said our HISTORY section is back online, it's the exact same history posted those years ago that NO ONE could dispute then, just as no one can dispute now (Even though they try), because we always have played things 100% straight, just as we do now, and always will. And of course the talented and loyal friends that made up our happy family and team from out MEMBERS section.
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Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) has been around for a long time. It is a component of Microsoft Windows operating systems, which facilitates asynchronous, prioritized, and throttled transfer of files between machines using idle network bandwidth. It is most commonly used by recent versions of Windows Update to deliver software updates.
The Copy-Item PowerShell cmdlet is sufficient when copying file(s) or folder(s) between computers. The problem arises when the network you are transferring the files across is unreliable. Unreliable means that the machine you are copying upon does not maintain the connection or if you're transferring a large file across the link that affects the overall network performance. Copy-Item cmdlet does not provide any way to optimize the network bandwidth in such scenario. In this situation, transferring files using BITS would be your best bet. BITS is the smart way of transferring large files without affecting overall network performance.
First of all, lets take a look at Start-BitsTransfer cmdlet help.
Notice that the -Source parameter is not enclosed inside square brackets which indicates it is a mandatory parameter. All other parameters are optional.
Lets discuss some commonly used parameters and their usage.
This parameter specifies the source location and the name of the file(s) that you want to transfer. Notice the <String> keyword next to Source which indicates it can accept an array (multiple values). The source file names are paired with the corresponding destination file names. For example, the first file name specified in the Source parameter corresponds to the first file name in the Destination parameter and so on. The Source and Destination parameters must have the same number of elements; otherwise, the command will not work.
This specifies the destination location and the names of the files that you want to transfer. It should have same number of elements as that of Source parameter.
This parameter allows the BITS transfer job to be created and pushed in the background. The command prompt reappears immediately after the BITS transfer job is created. The command will return a BitsJob object, which can be used to monitor the status and progress. If you run the command without Asynchronous parameter, you will continue to see the Transfer progress. This parameter comes handy in Scripting as it passes the control to next line immediately without having to wait for one transfer job to complete.
This parameter specifies the credentials to be used to authenticate the user to the server that is specified in the value of the Source parameter. The default is the current user. This comes handy while you are transferring files between multiple computers and currently logged-on user does not have enough access to copy the files. You can also use Get-Credential cmdlet to create and store the credentials in secure PSCredential object.
Download (default): Specifies that the transfer job will download the file(s) to the client computer.
Upload: Specifies that the transfer job will upload the file(s) to the server.
UploadReply: Specifies that the transfer job will upload the file(s) to the server and receives a reply file from the server.
Take a look at the JobState property of transfer job. It transitioned from Connecting to Transferring and then changed to Transferred when the file downloaded.
Similarly, you can use Start-BitsTransfer cmdlet to upload the file(s) by using -TransferType parameter with the value of 'Upload' while rest of the options remains same.
In the following screenshot, I uploaded an iso file from D:\ISO\ to File Server. The best thing about BITS transfer is that if your file server's network link is pretty busy while you run the command as some other user is copying really important stuff. Your BitsTransfer job will not cause any problem with his/her copying operation since BITS make use of idle bandwidth. It will wait until link becomes available.
By using this concept, you can leverage the power of BITS and create a script to transfer the file(s) between computers.


What kind of birthday invitation? The main point to generate here is that you need to think outside the box--the mail container. These days, birthday invitations can be delivered via e-mail/internet, exceptional delivery, or by regular mail, and each method could have its own cost implications. The possibilities for the format of the birthday invitation are also larger than you might think. Elizabeth birthday invitations are both very cheap, or they are free of charge. They are easily available on the internet and are easy to send. If you decide to send the birthday invitation in this manner after that make sure that you have all your recipients' e-mail details.
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A MOTORCYLIST has died after his machine crashed into a tree in the early hours of today (Saturday).
He died after hitting a tree on the Avenida de María Luisa in the Andalucian capital of Sevilla.
Emergency services attended shortly after 1.30am but the unconscious driver, aged about 30-years-old, could not be resuscitated.
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XP Dies in 34 Days, Has 29 Percent of Market: Here's Microsoft's Plan
By William Peacock, Esq. on March 04, 2014 11:56 AM
We've warned you time and time again -- if you're running Windows XP, you need to upgrade, either your PCs, or at least the operating system. To be fair, the 29 percent of the population that is still actively using XP are probably either companies with proprietary software that isn't compatible with Windows 7 or 8.1, or people in developing countries, but still, if any of your firm's computers are on XP, upgrade.
Why? End of life means no more security updates. It means your PC (and your law firm's client files) becomes a hacker's dream. And Microsoft, ever mindful of the 29 percent of the world that hasn't upgraded (that's roughly 19 percent more of a market share than Windows 8 and 8.1 combined, by the way), has a plan to poke and prod you into upgrading.
It involves nagging and possible freebies.
Are You Running XP?
If you somehow aren't sure if you are running XP (it looks like this), Microsoft has created a site called AmIRunningXP.com (that's easy to remember) that will tell you.
Support for XP ends on April 8, 2014.
Microsoft Really Wants You to Upgrade
According to the Windows Experience Blog, in four days, Microsoft will pop up a reminder telling everyone on XP that they have one month left to live. Thereafter, a reminder will pop up (unless the recipient elects to end the nagging) on the eighth of every month.
If you're looking to upgrade, believe it or not, your best move might be to wait a few weeks. Rumor has it that Microsoft is preparing a new low or no cost version of Windows 8.1, one that will likely be greatly locked down and/or integrated with Bing, and used as a carrot to encourage upgrading from either XP or 7, reports Ars Technica.
Other rumors say that the new version could be trimmed down to work on older hardware. (Geek Sidebar: MS has done this previously, with Windows FLP, a super-stripped down version of XP for ancient computers, then with Windows Thin PC, based on Windows 7).
And if you do decide to upgrade, after you pay for your OS upgrade (or Microsoft releases one for free), MS has partnered with LapLink to provide a free PC Mover tool to migrate all of your files over gratis. Nothing beats free.
Are you still on XP? Seriously? Why? Tweet us about it @FindLawLP.
'Kill-Switch' Legislation Pending; Will it Kill Phone Theft? (FindLaw's Technologist Blog)
Smartphone Roundup: iOS Security Flaw, Blackphone, BlackBerry Q20 (FindLaw's Technologist Blog)
Are Lawyers Really Flocking to Macs, iPhones, and iPads? (FindLaw's Technologist Blog)


The characters are local civil servants of various types who work in an office building on the edge of town. It's ancient, few people work there, and there's constant wonder that it hasn't been closed down to save money. Then, one day, they're in a garage area that nobody goes to and suddenly a door opens that they didn't see there before.
Inside, they find the secret lair of the Rigid Lotus Force, a popular, if hokey, super sentai team that's been making occasional appearances in town the last year or so, doing a decent enough job of fighting crime. Except that, if what's being displayed on the screen, apparently a live feed from inside the Rigid Lotus Leader's helmet, is true, the entire team have just been killed. Like dead killed.
Ok, why is this a campaign idea you'll never use? WHY!?
Time. These are ideas I'll never use because I'm working on other stuff. But I like these ideas, so I publish them.


I am originally from the Boston area, and head back there around the holidays to visit with family and friends. And, when we head up that way, I am always looking for fun family events to bring the girls to. We have done Christmas lights at the zoo, seeing tree lighting's in Boston and even ice skating on Frog Pond. This year, I wanted to find something new to do with the girls. After talking to a few friends, they recommended Charmingfare Farm. They couldn't stop talking about the different holiday events this farm in Candia, NH does, that kids and adults will love, and are perfect in making memories to last a lifetime.
After checking out the website, I learned that Charmingfare Farm is hosting three upcoming holiday events -- Santa's Big Party, Christmas Tree Spree and a Lighted Winter Wonderland. I am thinking about taking the girls to the Lighted Winter Wonderland or Santa's Big Party. We love Christmas lights, but I also love the idea of the girls getting to spend time and photo ops with Santa and friends. We will see...decisions, decisions.
This sounds so fun! I wish we had something like this near us!!


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Brian Calley
63rd Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
Assumed office
Rick Snyder
John Cherry
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
from the 87th district
January 1, 2007 – January 1, 2011
Gary Newell
Mike Callton
(1977-03-25) March 25, 1977
Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.
Julie Calley
Government website
Brian Nelson Calley (born March 25, 1977) is the 63rd and current Lieutenant Governor of Michigan. A member of the Republican Party, Calley served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011.
Calley is known nationally as a leading figure for autism awareness and advocacy. He has received widespread recognition for sharing his experiences as a father to a daughter with autism and for leading autism insurance reform in Michigan.[1][2]
Early life and political career
Calley was born in Dearborn, the third of six children. The family moved from Dearborn Heights to Fort Riley, Kansas in 1982 where his father was stationed in the United States Army. By 1984, the family moved back to Michigan where Calley graduated from Ionia High School in 1994. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Michigan State University in 1998 and a Master's in Business Administration from Grand Valley State University in 2000. In the 10 years preceding his election to the Michigan legislature, Calley held various positions within the banking industry, primarily making commercial loans. During this time he served two terms on Ionia County Board of Commissioners, both as Vice Chairperson.[3]
Calley was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2006 and re-elected in 2008. He served both terms in the minority, with the 2009-2010 term seeing the smallest Republican caucus in 40 years.[4] In the House he gained a reputation as an expert on tax policy and served as minority vice chair of the House Tax Policy Committee. He was named the 2008 'Legislator of the Year" the state's Small Business Association, the first time a freshman lawmaker has received that designation.[5]
2009 Michigan 'Illegal Daycare' Controversy
On September 11, 2009, the Michigan Department of Human Services informed a woman living in Calley's district that an anonymous neighbor had lodged a complaint that she was operating an illegal daycare center in her home.[6] The woman, who was not a licensed daycare provider, had been watching neighborhood children each morning before their school bus arrived and after their parents had left for work for no compensation as an act of kindness. The department informed to woman she could face a $1,000 fine or serve up to 93 days in jail if not licensed.[7]
When Calley was informed of the incident, he introduced legislation to resolve the issue and differentiate between casual babysitting and operating a daycare facility. He called the department's actions "a shocking case of government bureaucracy run amok."[8] The incident gained national attention resulting in Calley's appearance on NBC's Today Show with the families involved. On September 29, Granholm instructed department Director Ismael Ahmed to work with Calley and the Legislature to change the law and prevent future issues.[6][9][10]
Calley's legislation was signed into law on November 20.[11]
2010 campaigns and lieutenant governor nomination
Calley declined to seek a third term as state representative. He instead ran for the open 33rd district state Senate seat. He faced a fierce head-to-head primary challenge from Bingham Township Treasurer Michael Trebesh. The primary election became one of Michigan's most competitive and expensive races. Calley defeated Trebesh 57% to 43%.
On August 25, despite securing the GOP nomination for state Senate days earlier, Calley was announced as gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder's running mate. Tea Party supporters from west Michigan momentarily contested Calley's nomination during the state Republican Convention at Michigan State University's Breslin Center in favor of Bill Cooper, a Norton Shores businessman and former candidate for Congress. Cooper withdrew his name from consideration and publicly threw his support behind Calley. In securing the nomination for lieutenant governor, the state Senate nomination was vacated and former state Representative Judy Emmons was chosen to fill the spot.[12][13]
Snyder and Calley would go on to defeat Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero and his running mate Southfield Mayor Brenda Lawrence in the general election by 58% to 39%.
Lieutenant Governor Calley takes the oath of office from Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Marilyn Kelly
Calley assumed office as the nation's youngest Lieutenant Governor and Michigan's youngest lieutenant governor since John Swainson in 1959.[14][15] Breaking from the lieutenant governors historically ceremonial role, political observers noted the central role Calley plays in the Snyder administration. He regularly travels the state advocating administration projects including the 2011 tax reform package, autism insurance reform and approval of the New International Trade Crossing.[3][16]
In early 2011 Calley broke a 19-19 deadlock in the Michigan Senate, voting in favor of a massive tax reform package that replaced the Michigan Business Tax with a flat, six-percent corporate income tax and eliminated most of the state's exemptions and deductions. The Tax Foundation, a conservative tax research group lifted Michigan's ranking from 49th to 7th.[17]
For two years, he attended weekly classes at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University before receiving his Master of Public Administration in spring 2015.[18]
Calley, whose daughter has autism, is known for his outspoken advocacy for autism awareness. As a state lawmaker Calley served on the Health Policy Committee and supported autism insurance reform - unaware his own child actually had the disorder. He stated he first suspected his daughter's condition during a committee hearing as parents of afflicted children shared their similar experiences.[1][2][19]
As lieutenant governor, Calley is widely credited for leading a successful legislative push to require insurance companies cover evidence based treatments for autism. He signed the bills into law as acting governor while Rick Snyder was on an unannounced trip to Afghanistan. Citing these efforts, Calley was named the 2011 "Executive Champion" by the national autism cure organization Autism Speaks.[1][20]
As Lt. Governor (with Governor)
Michigan gubernatorial election, 2014[21]
Republican Rick Snyder (incumbent)
Brian N. Calley (incumbent) 1,607,399 50.92% -7.19%
Democratic Mark Schauer
Lisa Brown 1,479,057 46.86% +6.96%
Libertarian Mary Buzuma
Scott Boman 35,723 1.13% +0.44%
Taxpayers Mark McFarlin
Richard Mendoza 19,368 0.61% -0.04%
Green Paul Homenuik
Candace R. Caveny 14,934 0.47% -0.17%
Write-ins 50 0.00% 0.00%
Majority 128,342 4.06% -14.15%
Turnout 3,156,531 -2.16%
Republican hold Swing
Michigan Gubernatorial election, 2010[22][23]
Republican 'Rick Snyder
Brian N. Calley' 1,874,834 58.11% +15.81%
Democratic Virg Bernero
Brenda Lawrence 1,287,320 39.90% -16.46%
Libertarian Ken Proctor
Erwin Haas 22,390 0.69% +0.08%
Constitution Stacey Mathia
Chris Levels 20,818 0.65% +0.46%
Green Harley Mikkelson
Lynn Meadows 20,699 0.64% +0.12%
33rd District State Senator Republican Primary
33rd District State Senator - Republican Primary, 2010[24]
Republican Brian N. Calley 16,881 56.8
Republican Michael Trebesh 12,848 43.2
As State Representative
87th District State Representative, 2008[24]
Republican Brian N. Calley (Incumbent) 29,583 64.1 7.8
Democratic Greg Grieves 14,359 31.1
Constitution Phillip Peter Adams 1,267 2.7
Libertarian Joseph P. Gillotte 975 2.1
Democratic Doug Kalnbach 15,504 40.6
Constitution Walt Herwarth 1,195 3.1
87th District State Representative - Republican Primary, 2006
Republican Brian N. Calley 4,346 43.11
Republican Jim Bailey 1,936 19.20
Republican Susan Vlietstra 1,455 14.43
Republican Brian Reynolds 1,392 13.81
Republican Mark Doster 408 4.05
Republican Tom Lower 406 4.03
Republican Wade Trombley 139 1.38
1 2 3 "Autism Law Summit Highlights Latest Advances in Insurance Reform |Advocacy News". Autism Speaks. 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
1 2 Demas, Susan. "Brian Calley and the Reinvention of the Role of Lieutenant Governor".
1 2 "Snyder - Meet the Lt. Governor". Michigan.gov. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
↑ Nancy Hanus (2013-07-05). "We've enhanced our commenting system for the Crain's community - Crain's Detroit Business". Crainsdetroit.com. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
1 2 Celizic, Mike (September 29, 2009). "Mom ordered to stop baby-sitting friends' kids". TODAY Parenting. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
↑ "Representative Mike Callton :: House District 87". Gophouse.com. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
↑ "Michigan DHS director says he will help change day care law that caught Middleville mom helping friends at bus stop". MLive.com. 2009-09-29. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
↑ "New Michigan law takes effect allowing 'casual baby-sitting' in response to state officials' hassling of Middleville mom". MLive.com. 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
↑ "House Bill 5514 (2009)". Michigan Legislature. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
↑ "– Judy Emmons replaces Calley as Republican candidate for 33rd district | Central Michigan Life". Cm-life.com. 2010-09-03. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
↑ "2010 Official Michigan Primary Election Results - 33rd District State Senator 4 Year Term (1) Position". Michigan Department of State. October 6, 2010. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
↑ "Snyder Says Calley Has Smarts, Hustle, Personality Plus Unselfishness". Michigan Technology News. August 26, 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
↑ Susan J. Demas (May 16, 2011). "Brian Calley and the Reinvention of the Role of Lieutenant Governor". Dome Magazine.
↑ John D. Lindley (May–June 2011). "Tax, Tax, Tax". Leader's Edge.
↑ Gray, Kathleen (3 December 2015). "Lt. Gov. Brian Calley Getting MPA from Harvard". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
↑ Murray, David (19 April 2012). "Lt. Gov. Calley: Merits of autism insurance mandate made sense 'long before it was personal'". MLive. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
↑ "Insurance coverage for autism is law". Detroit Free Press. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
↑ "Election Results - General Election - November 4, 2014". Michigan Department of State. November 24, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
↑ "2010 Michigan Official General Candidate Listing - 11/02/2010". Miboecfr.nictusa.com. 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
1 2 3 "Ruth Johnson, Secretary of State, Department of State Homepage". Miboecfr.nictusa.com. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
Office of the Lieutenant Governor
Campaign Site
Michigan State House of Representatives
Gary Newell Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
John Cherry Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
2011–present Incumbent
Lieutenant Governors of Michigan
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Greenly
Birney
C. May
D. May
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Nowicki
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Lesinski
Schweigert
Brickley
Damman
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Posthumus
Current lieutenant governors in the United States
Vice President of the United States: Joe Biden (D)
Vice President-elect: Mike Pence (R)
Kay Ivey (R)
Byron Mallott (D)
Michele Reagan (R)1
Tim Griffin (R)
Gavin Newsom (D)
Donna Lynne (D)
Nancy Wyman (D)
Jeffrey Bullock (D)1
Carlos López-Cantera (R)
Casey Cagle (R)
Shan Tsutsui (D)
Brad Little (R)
Evelyn Sanguinetti (R)
Eric Holcomb (R)
Kim Reynolds (R)
Jeff Colyer (R)
Jenean Hampton (R)
Billy Nungesser (R)
Michael Thibodeau (R)2
Boyd Rutherford (R)
Karyn Polito (R)
Brian Calley (R)
Tina Smith (D)
Tate Reeves (R)
Peter Kinder (R)
Mike Cooney (D)
Mike Foley (R)
Mark Hutchison (R)
Chuck Morse (R)2
Kim Guadagno (R)
John Sanchez (R)
Kathy Hochul (D)
Dan Forest (R)
Drew Wrigley (R)
Mary Taylor (R)
Todd Lamb (R)
Ted Wheeler (D)4
Michael Stack (D)
Daniel McKee (D)
Henry McMaster (R)
Matt Michels (R)
Ron Ramsey (R)2
Dan Patrick (R)
Spencer Cox (R)
Phil Scott (R)
Ralph Northam (D)
Brad Owen (D)
Bill Cole (R)2
Rebecca Kleefisch (R)
Ed Murray (R)1
Phil Mendelson (D)3
Lemanu Peleti Mauga (D)
Ray Tenorio (R)
Victor Hocog (R)
Víctor Suárez Meléndez (D)1
Osbert Potter (I)
Next-in-line of succession for states and territories without lieutenant governors:
1. Secretary of State
2. Senate President
3. Council Chair
4. Treasurer
Political party affiliation:
Republican: 38
Democratic: 17
Members of the Michigan State Senate
President of the Senate: Brian Calley (R)
President pro Tempore: Tonya Schuitmaker (R)
Majority Leader: Arlan Meekhof (R)
Minority Leader: Jim Ananich (D)
Coleman Young II (D)
Bert Johnson (D)
Morris Hood III (D)
David Knezek (D)
Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D)
Patrick Colbeck (R)
Jack Brandenburg (R)
Steven Bieda (D)
Tory Rocca (R)
Vincent Gregory (D)
Jim Marleau (R)
Marty Knollenberg (R)
David B. Robertson (R)
Mike Kowall (R)
Mike Shirkey (R)
Dale Zorn (R)
Rebekah Warren (D)
Mike Nofs (R)
Margaret O'Brien (R)
John Proos (R)
Joe Hune (R)
Curtis Hertel Jr. (D)
Rick Jones (R)
Phil Pavlov (R)
Tonya Schuitmaker (R)
Jim Ananich (D)
Peter MacGregor (R)
Dave Hildenbrand (R)
Arlan Meekhof (R)
Mike Green (R)
Kenneth Horn (R)
Judy Emmons (R)
Goeff Hansen (R)
Darwin L. Booher (R)
Jim Stamas (R)
Wayne Schmidt (R)
Tom Casperson (R)
Republican (27)
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Michigan House of Representatives
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