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Packing for Nepal can seem daunting: mountains, monsoon, tropical weather and the possibility of backpacking afterwards. There are so many things to consider! I have in this post tried to give some general tips on what to include based on experiences from my whole class.
Hot tip from everyone: Be critical and bring as little as possible! You will definitely be persuaded by the colorful clothes, beautiful jewellery and handy small items in Kathmandu and Pokhara, so you’ll probably have more kilos in the suitcase on the way back home. Also, the stay is only 10 weeks, so you will manage with three or four outfits as a starting point. And if you get tired of having too few clothes (which happened to me), you can always arrange some swapping of outfits with you roomie and friends.
Culture: In Nepal, India and Sri Lanka it is culturally expected that one wears clothes that cover knees and shoulders, especially women. One of the reasons is that one cannot enter temples and other holy places unless the body is “covered”. However, our experience was that although this was the general rule, it was okay to wear “less appropriate” clothing in the more touristy areas. In the daily routine we mostly kept to “our space” like the apartment, classroom and lakeside, so clothing wasn’t a big problem. When going out (to Busy Bee for example) there is a lot of people, and a majority of men, so I would recommend to choose an outfit that might keep you more “safe”. No need to prove anything, as there has been some scary and uncomfortable situations. It also means that one can happily give space to something other than attractive “party outfits”.
Weather: For clothing, I would recommend to bring loose pants (not jeans), because of the humidity and heat, and I like to bring plain t-shirts to more easily mix and match. The temperature is nice and “sticky” until end of october/beginning of november, then the nights start to get chilly. For the February-April group it’s opposite, so colder in the beginning and warmer and more humid towards the end. Many were very happy with bringing Birkenstocks (or lookalike) to have comfy everyday slip-on shoes.
Your “brands”: By this I mean “nice” things that you have at home and don’t want to spend money on buying again here. That would be stuff like: good hiking boots, good walking shoes, rain jacket, your makeup essentials etc.
The essentials: some things like toothpaste, soaps, hair oil, deodorant, lotions, shaving foam, tampons/pantyliner, paracetamol/other medicine, towel, underwear, socks, bottle, journal, pens etc. are things we need almost everyday, so it’s good to have enough to survive a week or two until you find a place to buy these things. Usually I have a preference of brand and style in these categories, and finding the same have been challenging in other countries. There is a Japanese shop called MINISO on New Road which is a good place to get the essentials (and a LOT of other things one doesn’t need).
Hard-to-find stuff: thin woolen pants and sweaters (ullundertøy), woolen socks, swimming wear, antiseptic (like pysicept) and good sunscreen.
Handy for a traveller: good backpack, mosquito net (not really required), sleeping liner, quick dry towel, mosquito repellent (!!!), scarf (yes, because: it’s a pillow, a banket, a sweater, a hat, a beach “blanket”, dress/skirt and much more!), sunglasses, small fanny pack/purse, card games. Note that adapter is not required in: Nepal, India, Sri Lanka or Vietnam.
DON’T FORGET: The code device from your bank (kodebrikke). We got SIM-cards here, so bank-ID on the phone was sometimes complicated, but not impossible, however, it’s always good to have a backup. Moneywise I can recommend a credit card for everyday use as it is safer, but when using an ATM, I figured that my debit/VISA card had a cheaper currency rate. Anyways it’s good to have a chat with your bank to make sure you have the best deal and that your card is not regionally blocked etc. And don’t forget the $100 in cash for the VISA at arrival on the airport!
From the gluten-allergy-club: Bring glutenfree crackers (knekkebrød). Otherwise the selection in Pokhara was not too bad, but not on the same level as Norway.
Lastly, remember to start thinking about this a couple of weeks before leaving so you have the chance to get hold of things you’re missing.
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December 8th, 2011 / 3 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, through leaks we have learned details on the negotiation of the Canada-European Union free trade agreement, such as the discussions about the supply management system that the Conservative government deliberately left on the table, the price of drugs and the protection of culture. Since these matters particularly affect Quebeckers, they would like to be informed of the content and the potential impacts of the negotiations.
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This week is – Debut Authors Whose Books We Can’t Wait To Read In 2017!
Rebellion is brewing in the west, and a brutal coup leaves Lyriana’s uncle, the Royal Archmagus, dead-with Lyriana next on the list. The group flees for their lives, relentlessly pursued by murderous mercenaries; their own parents have put a price on their heads to prevent the king and his powerful Royal Mages from discovering their treachery.
Jenny met Chance for the very first time when she was assigned as his partner in their Junior Communications class. But one clever lie to rescue a doomed assignment later, and the whole school was suddenly convinced that Little-Miss-Really-Likes-Having-As and the most scandalous heartbreaker in school have been best friends forever. It’s amazing how quickly a lie can grow―especially when you really, really want it to be the truth. With Jenny, Chance can live the normal life he’s always kind of wanted. And with Chance, Jenny can have the exciting teen experiences that television has always promised her. And through it all, they hold on to the fact that they are “just friends.” But that might be the biggest lie of all.
The wood is poisoned, changing into something more sinister. Once brightly colored leaves are now bubbling inky black. Vicious creatures that live in the shadows are becoming bolder, torturing lost travelers. Winter must now put her trust in Henry–a young man from eighteenth century England who knows more than he should about the wood–in order to find the truth and those they’ve lost.
So these are the Debut Authors Whose Books We Can’t Wait To Read In 2017! Are you excited to read some of these books too? Or which debut authors books can you not wait to pick up?
I saw The Wood for the first time today and immediately added it to the TBR. It sounds awesome but such a long wait. Wonderful list and thanks for sharing!
I wish it was releasing sooner, but thankfully there’s lots of other books to distract us in meantime! I hope we both love The Wood!
Here’s hoping we love all them all! I saw The Wood on an author’s website, they had a promo excerpt of a scene – or something that talked about the book. I’m not really sure what it was, and I’m usually good at remembering random stuff like that lol. But anywho, it made me really, really want to read that book. I can’t wait!
Chelsea’s on vacation right now, but she finished reading Caraval and said it’s 5 Stars and amazing! I hope you find lots of enjoyment in the story too!
I want Empress of a Thousand Skies .
Chelsea just finished reading it (she’s on vacation right now) and loved it too! I need to add it to my list now!
BTW I’m hoping to binge read The Collector’s Society next month. I hope I love it as much as you did!
YAY! You HAVE to let me know after you read each book. We can fangirl over Finn together. They are sooo good, you will love them!
I definitely will and I can’t wait to meet Finn!!
It’s definitely intriguing, I hope we both love The Wood!
I hadn’t heard of several of these, so I’m glad you put them on my radar! Just Lies looks really cute (but I had to keep re-reading “Little-Miss-Really-Likes-Having-As” because I couldn’t figure out what the heck it meant!).

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Arguably, the crossed bananas display (CBD) was not the next most needed accessory in my shack. I mean, who needs a crossed bananas display, anyhow? Nonetheless, I built one, and it seems to be working.
The CBD is a tuning aid for frequency-shift keyed modes. At one time, these displays were particularly in vogue among RTTY operators. The original version made use of an XY-mode analogue oscilloscope. The demodulated sound from the radio was filtered at the mark and space frequencies and each signal was then fed to either the X or Y input of the scope. Ideally, the tones would be sine waves, and when one tone would be sent, the other would be off. Each tone corresponds to a “banana” or oval on the XY display. The oval is horizontal for one tone and vertical for the other. When the radio is perfectly tuned, the two tones are located right on the two filter center frequencies. When a RTTY signal is sent, or even while it is idling, there is rapid alternation between the two tones, so the vertical and horizontal ovals appear so quickly that they appear to overlap, hence crossed bananas. When the radio is a bit off frequency, the phase relationship changes and the traced ovals rotate and distort. When only noise is present, the tracing is a random jumble. It’s easier to see this in action than to describe it, so I made a video of how it looks on an oscilloscope and how it looks on my newly minted digital CBD.
I got thinking about RTTY and some other similar modes after working on the PK232 mentioned in earlier posts. The PK232 has a little bar graph that indicates when a signal is centered such that the mark and space tones fall where they should, be it for RTTY, AMTOR, PACTOR I, etc. A lot of the circuitry in the PK232 is dedicated to producing and sensing these tones and telling them apart from noise. The bar graph tuning indicator is usable, but let’s face it, nowhere as cool looking as the old style crossed bananas displays on an oscilloscope.
My operating position is already cramped enough, though, without tossing an oscilloscope on the pile, plus I need my scope for bench work and don’t have an extra one that can just relax in a corner until it is needed for RTTY. No, what I needed was a small, modern version of the crossed bananas display. This sounded like a good arduino project. The limiting factors would be timing of the audio samples and speed of updating the display.
My first thought for the display was an LED matrix, preferably one with minimal translational overhead. If the microcontroller could drive it directly or through a shift registers, that seemed like it would be lightning fast, and indeed it probably would be. Unfortunately, to get reasonable resolution, I’d probably need a pretty big array. 8×8 is chunky, but we’re already talking 64 LEDs.
So, with some concern about the data transfer and display/buffer update speeds, I took a look at some LCD displays. I found the ST7735R display at Adafruit. It’s 1.8 inches diagonally, with square pixels arranged in a 128 x 160 array. The display comes on a breakout board that makes it easy to work with, taking care of voltage conversion and making it an SPI device. The display includes a video buffer and Adafruit provides a library that abstracts most of the lower level functions. Adafruit also provides a general graphics library that provided methods for most of the things I wanted to do like drawing a pixel, erasing a pixel, writing text, blanking the screen, etc.
The sound coming out of the PK232 turned out to be biased around 7.5V, with swings of +/- 1.25 and 1.5 volts depending on whether it was being driven by the ACC output of my Yaesu FT-817 or Kenwood TS-450, which must output different levels. Each tone was capacitively coupled to an op-amp channel set up as an inverted amplifier with variable gain. A ganged potentiometer sets the gain between unity and 2x. I used an MC33204PG quad op amp. Of the op-amps I had on hand, it was the best single voltage nearly rail-to-rail chip. I used the third section of the op amp configured as a voltage follower to set the bias voltage at 2.5V for the mark and space op amp sections, so only one out of the four op amp sections was left to twiddle its thumbs. With that bias and input range, the output of the op amp would stay in a reasonable range, nearly 0-5V, consistent with the requirements for analog input on the ATmega328.
In principle, the XY display plots a point defined by an X-input and Y-input at a single instant, so one concern I had was that there had to be minimal separation between the mark and space voltage reads. I minimized this interval by setting the ADC prescaler to 16, trading off some accuracy for faster acquisition time. Without this tweak, the display was distorted due to delay artifact in the phase relationship of the two inputs.
After displaying the self-congratulatory splash screen, the main activity is to read an XY pair, scale it, and plot it. Given the speed of this process, more than one pixel needs to be displayed at a time to create a reasonably bright display. The solution is to use a circular buffer and to draw one pixel, erase the next pixel in the queue, and crank the index forward by one. This only gets complicated if the size of the queue varies arbitrarily, which is exactly what happens if you twist the brightness potentiometer. The brightness pot is polled every now and then, and when its value changes enough, the size of the queue is modified up or down, resulting in more or less pixels displayed at any one time, and giving the impression of brighter or darker display. When this happens, the size of the queue changes, so there is some housekeeping to do to make sure that all the pixels are taken care of.
The design has one more control, but it’s inside the box in the finished project. The LCD display has a huge range of colors, but having a rainbow XY display was not appealing. I incorporated a dip-switch on the control board, with three bits dedicated to color selection and one to choosing black versus white background. I didn’t think color would be adjusted frequently, so I though it would be okay to leave this control off the front panel. I set my CBD to green dots on a black background, as close as I could get to the appearance of a classic oscilloscope.
The aluminum box, before painting, decals, etc.
My metal working facilities are limited, so this project went into the same sort of enclosure as the NEScafe filter, a cast-aluminum bud box. I bought these in bulk to save shipping at one point, so I suppose we’ll be seeing more of them in future projects as well. At first, it seemed that this box was way too large for this project, but when I started thinking about all the items in the project (LCD panel, control board, two pots, two RCA jacks, a switch, power pole connectors), I became concerned that it all might not fit.
Since I don’t have the patience to send away to an offshore fab facility for a one-off PC board (and since it would likely take more more than one to get it right), I laid the project out on vector board, with some forethought to how it would mount in the bud box and where the screen, controls, and various connectors would emerge. To fit everything in, I had to pack components tightly and cut out two notches in the board to clear wiring runs. Once again, small nylon spacers from Ace Hardware were my friend, providing stand-offs for the screen and for the control board. A layer of clear plastic provides some protection for the glass LCD display. The plastic is pinned at four corners by the control board stand-off screws, but also held in place with some double-face tape.
Contents stuffed into the box.
Since every project justifies one hardware purchase, my purchase for this project was a manual screw countersink from Carr-McMaster. It allowed me to use screws on the front panel, but have them flush with the surface of the panel.
The square window for the LCD was roughly cut out with a dremel rotary tool and then carefully finished with a flat file. The rest of the holes were made with a stepped drill bit, except the power pole hole on the back which I made by pin-holing the metal with a bunch of drill holes, widening with a nibbler, and finishing off with a small file.
I posted the code for this project, the schematic and picture of the vector board layout at https://code.google.com/p/crossed-bananas-display/.
I cant find the source code.
I find it a very good project and i would like to build it .

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Friends of mine were getting married, and even though they had a small ceremony, we wanted to get them something. They have a young daughter, so we thought we’d get them a family game. We considered Best Treehouse Ever, but it was out of stock on Amazon. I did some searching and stumbled upon the Family Pastimes games. They’re cooperative games with rules for 5-7 years old, 7-12 years old, and 12+. We really like cooperative games, but there aren’t many that are for younger age groups. I ordered one game for them, and put Ogres and Elves on my wishlist. Then Christmas came around, and Ogres and Elves was one of my gifts. I had completely forgotten about it!
First of all, it’s not exactly quality craftsmanship. The board doesn’t lay quite flat and the pieces are cheap cardboard. If that’s the sort of thing that’s going to bother you, just skip this one. I wasn’t thrilled when I was punching out the tokens (several stuck), but I still wanted to play the game.
You put four treasure chests in the middle of the board: King, Queen, Prince, and Princess. Each treasure chest wants various gems. You mix up the gem tiles and place them randomly around the board. You do the same with the ogres on the castle spaces. The goal is to fill up the treasure chests. Each ogre likes certain gems and will steal them if they encounter them on the board (a dice roll determines ogre movement). You can use special tiles to protect the gems on a certain number of spaces and can move those protection tiles around on your turn. If you encounter an ogre, you can make him go away by giving him a gem as a gift, or he captures you until the next time he moves. The protection tiles can also protect you from getting captured. Your player board can hold 4 gems before you have to return to the treasure chest and distribute the gems.
Despite the game being for a younger age group, we made a few mistakes while playing. A few times we could have placed the protection tiles better, and we forgot that we could move through the ogre castles. We got stuck a few times because we thought we were trapped between ogres. Otherwise things went smoothly. We filled up all the treasure chests. We didn’t give any gems to ogres as gifts for bonus points, but I thought we did really well for the first play through.
We’re looking forward to trying it out with our son once he’s older. I’m not sure how the game is going to hold up over time, but hopefully it’ll last until we can play some of our favorite cooperative games with him.

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The features of foreign exchange market Belgium are at par with the global standard. In this exchange, the buyers and sellers purchase and sell the currencies of different countries. The values of the currencies are determined by the respective national governments or central banks.
Features of foreign exchange market. One of the main benefits of the forex market is its high liquidity. Because of this, it attracts currency traders from all over the globe, resulting to a massive trading volume. Therefore, more trading volume means higher liquidity.
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Today’s business mantra is "growth at all costs". However, Karen Tidsall of InterCHANGE People Development argues that businesses need a more sustainable way of working for long-term success.
The recent obsession with growth has become so mainstream that we don’t even question it. But the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) has suggested that achieving sustainability will require an approach that de-emphasises growth and explicitly embraces environmental and social goals as the key dimensions of development.
But the dominant economic paradigm perpetuates the myth that growth is the only way forward. This is not workable and on a fundamental level it is de-humanising. Organisations increasingly require a more sustainable way to work in the future.
There is a deep-seated emotional driver that is pushing the economy and people to beyond their capacity – boiled down to its essence this can be seen as the need to be loved. While we are not terribly comfortable looking at work through the lens of the psyche, emotions play a leading role in our life at work. Psychologists Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer interviewed 600 managers and found that 95 per cent thought money was the key motivator for employees. But after analysing over 12,000 employees, they found that the number one motivator was emotion: the feeling of making progress toward a meaningful goal everyday.
Deep down all human beings are susceptible to harbouring a core belief that “I have to be perfect in order to survive”. But the job of growing up and of becoming an adult is about examining deep-seated beliefs as they strongly influence not only our relationships but how we create and manage our systems and organisations.
A common psychological trap for many is assuming that we can perform always at our peak – particularly when we are young – because this is actually when we are at our most productive. But no one can sustain this level of output in anything longer than short bursts. The right amount of pressure is good for us and will lead to increased motivation and satisfaction. But organisations, leaders and individuals in the pursuit of the growth agenda mistakenly assume that everyone should perform at their peak level at all times. This is simply not sustainable. While the optimum level of pressure is different for everyone, too much leads to stress, impaired decision making, lower productivity and eventually burn out.
Sustainable achievement is the counterbalance to the 24/7 short-termism that plagues business. It advocates that congruency, empathy and respect within work are the core conditions necessary for individuals, teams or organisations to grow for the long term. It is about challenging the growth-for-growth sake agenda and re-examining how we lead our organisations and develop employees within them.
In many ways this requires a redefinition of power. Leaders have a duty to be as fully conscious as they possibly can so they are not perpetuating unhealthy patterns of behaviour. Our CEOs and leaders generally don’t have measures in place for self-scrutiny but the more power leaders hold the more self-scrutiny they need. In the world of therapy there are prescribed procedures for self-reflection – it’s the professional code of conduct that ensures therapists have both the support and checks in place to keep their professional services on track. Had similar balances been enshrined in business before 2008, the near collapse of the Western banking sector could well have been avoided.
Organisations can establish healthier, more sustainable ways of working which don’t compromise the bottom line but in fact build it for the long term. Organisational health is fast becoming the new competitive advantage. After ten years of research McKinsey found that healthy companies perform most successfully. In its research on 16 oil refineries McKinsey discovered that organisational health accounted for a 54 per cent variation in performance. There is a growing understanding in business literature, research and within progressive organisations as to what the practical steps are to build sustainable achievement in business.
It is essential for any organisation to have its core purpose discussed, defined and clearly written up. Business leaders must ask: what are our values and how do we demonstrate them? This has to be regularly reviewed and refreshed. John Baldoni, author of “Lead With Purpose”, describes purpose as a combination of vision, mission, and values. In its simplest form, purpose is the organisation’s reason for being. Once there is a deep congruency and connection between people and the organisation’s core purpose, it enables the creative electricity to flow.
Embedding a coaching culture gives managers the skills to behave in ways that inspire an adult response. So they are able to use a coaching style in daily conversations: the “I have some ideas but I’d like to hear yours” approach. ILM’s research in 2010, named “Creating a Coaching Culture“, found that 95 per cent of leaders saw direct benefits to the organisation when coaching was introduced. The list of benefits included improved communication and interpersonal skills, leadership skills, conflict resolution, personal confidence, attitudes and motivation, management performance, as well as preparation for a new role or promotion.
Effective performance management systems set out what is important in the company based on the goals of the organisation and its defined values. Again, enlightened leadership is key – a good manager is able to establish limits and boundaries. For example, working for a set number of hours and not sending urgent emails at 11pm on a Saturday night. Linking effort and achievement with support, rest and recuperation. Only then can individuals contribute at their best in the long term.
Sustainable achievement is critical for development and none more so than in training where organisations often send staff on training and then get them straight back onto the day job. Giving little chance for neither embedding learning nor fundamentally changing working practices. The counterbalance is a development system where each individual or team is able to learn well, reflect and apply their learning in their day-to-day work for the betterment of themselves and the business.
Today’s most successful organisations have sufficient structure in place to hold business activity but enough freedom for organic emergence and creativity to flourish. It’s a tricky balance to achieve. Too many processes and procedures lead to corporate suffocation. The solution is a clever architecture which gives employees signs on a roadmap. There is a structure in place but it’s flexible enough to meet different types of customer needs. And the most evolved solution is where employees are able to co-create the experience with the client. LEGO is pioneering the way here with its creative platform where anybody can post a suggestion for a new product. If it attracts enough supporters and goes into production then one per cent of the revenue is shared with the originator. Virtually all products created in this way sell out.
Paul Gilding, in his book entitled “The Great Disruption”, points out that we will not respond to ecological sustainability when 50 per cent of biodiversity has been wiped out. But we will when 50 per cent of the value of our economy and lifestyle is threatened. And we’re at least 20 per cent down that road. Sustainable organisations give employees, teams and leaders the opportunity to perform at an optimum mental and emotional state.
A successful business rests on the capacity for its people to think clearly, make considered decisions and maintain levels of motivation. They can only do this if well resourced. In sustainable achievement there is constant alertness which monitors the dynamic balance between giving and receiving, rest and effort, and using resources in a balanced way. This creates successful organisations which grow and contribute, that understand the difference between need and greed, and short versus long-term success.
Karen Tidsall is CEO of InterCHANGE People Development.


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NIOSH was awarded the inaugural Robert E. Murray Innovation Award at SME's Annual Conference and Expo in Denver.
Offer your input now on a Request for Information about automation and associated technologies in mining. RFI closes May 17.
A team of NIOSH Mining researchers was awarded the Stefanko Best Paper Award at the 2019 SME conference and expo.
Visit NIOSH's booth at SME and learn how you can use the latest in safety and health at your operation.
Access the recently posted presentations from our 2018-2019 partnership events.
NIOSH Mining's Mike Shahan was selected as CDC's Engineer of the Year by the National Society of Professional Engineers.
Join the Mining Program in celebrating the hard work of the men and women who extract much-needed resources from the earth on National Miners Day on December 6, 2018.
Register now for the free 1/23/2019 MSHA/NIOSH Diesel Partnership workshop on advanced low-emissions technologies to reduce exposure to diesel exhaust.
Offer your input today. Reply to a Request for Information in the Federal Register about participation in the Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program.
Two researchers won Best Paper honors from the American Rock Mechanics Association.
Plan to attend this important webinar on hearing loss in mining on Nov. 1, 2018.
See NIOSH at the 2018 Underground Stone Safety Seminar, Nov. 13 and 14 in Louisville, KY.
Three NIOSH researchers recently won a significant award in the field of noise control.
An interdisciplinary group of NIOSH researchers recently won a prestigious award from the International Ergonomics Association.
Come to our workshop on emerging health and safety issues associated with the implementation of automation and advanced technology in the U.S. metal mining industry.
Dr. Emily Haas is the recipient of a highly prestigious Arthur S. Flemming Award, an honor bestowed annually on a select few government employees.
The NIOSH Mining Program releases its new five-year strategic plan.
Researcher John Sammarco, Ph.D., has been named a finalist for a Service to America medal in the Career Achievement category.
NIOSH Mining remembers former Associate Director for Mining Dr. Lewis Wade, who passed away April 22, 2018.
NIOSH Mining's Jacob Carr and an interdisciplinary dust control team receive awards at 2018 SME Annual Conference & Expo in Minneapolis.
NIOSH will showcase some of its latest mine safety and health research at the 2018 Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) Annual Conference and Expo February 25-28 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Learn about all of the NIOSH presentations Feb. 26-28 at SME 2018.
Miner's Day is December 6, 2017. We celebrate miners and honor the difficult work they do. Our society depends on them to produce the raw materials we need.
Read about our researcher, John J. Sammarco, Ph.D., who was recently honored as an ABET fellow, a significant award in the field of science.
Learn about the web application Hazard Recognition Challenge, in which users must find hazards in a virtual environment replicating a mine site.
See NIOSH at the 2017 Underground Stone Safety Seminar, Dec. 5 and 6 in Louisville, KY.
Plan to attend this webinar to hear about protecting workers in enclosed cabs from silica exposure.
Meet Todd M. Ruff, MS, PE, the new Director of the Spokane Mining Research Division (SMRD) of the NIOSH Mining Program.
Learn about the risks associated with heat stress in mining and what you can do to keep yourself safe.
Plan to attend this important webinar on longwall ventilation and how to improve conditions for miners, Sept. 21, 2017.
Participate in a NIOSH-sponsored National Academy of Sciences workshop on elongate mineral particles May 15-16, 2017, at the National Academies in Washington, D.C.
NIOSH Mining researchers shared their technical expertise in Washington with colleagues developing their own virtual reality space.
NIOSH Mining's Hearing Loss Prevention Unit is offering free hearing tests at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 in Las Vegas!
Find out about all of the NIOSH presentations Feb. 20-22 at SME 2017.
Use the Safety Pays in Mining web application from NIOSH to learn how worker injuries—medical bills plus other costs—affect mining companies' finances.
NIOSH will showcase some of its latest mine safety and health research at the 2017 Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) Annual Conference and Expo February 19–22 in Denver, Colorado.
Learn about NIOSH refuge alternative research at SME 2017.
Learn about NIOSH proximity detection research at SME 2017.
The EVADE software has expanded to take in more data points and identify more hazardous exposures.
Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration showcased many recent achievements in mine rescue capabilities at a Jan. 5, 2017, event, including NIOSH Mining technology.
Find out how the continuous personal dust monitor (CPDM) is being used to reduce exposure to black lung-causing coal dust.
Miner's Day is December 6, 2016. Celebrate our miners and the hard work they do to support our society and build a safe and prosperous mining industry.
Reserve a spot now to attend a partnership meeting on refuge alternatives Oct. 19.
See NIOSH at the 2016 Underground Stone Seminar in Louisville, KY, on December 6-7.
Reserve a spot now to attend a webinar Sept. 8 on mine rescue and self-escape.
On June 13, 2016, Dr. R.J. Matetic became the director of the Pittsburgh Mining Research Division (PMRD) of the NIOSH Mining Program.
Reserve a spot now to attend a webinar on refuge alternatives June 23.
See the latest mining safety and health solutions from NIOSH at two workshops going on now at MINExpo 2016.
Congratulations to Pittsburgh Mining Research Division’s Jacob Carr, a recipient of this year’s Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
Celebrate International Noise Awareness Day and learn about resources to reduce noise exposure and prevent noise-induced hearing loss.
NIOSH researcher John Sammarco has won two government engineering awards.
NIOSH engineer Jacob Carr is receiving the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
NIOSH will be at SME 2016 to share research and interact with stakeholders.
Learn about NIOSH breathing air supply research and refuge alternative recommendations at SME 2016.
Stop by the NIOSH SME exhibit at Booth 1211 to try out new software, see technology demonstrations, or pick up one of our latest publications.
Meet Dr. Jessica E. Kogel, the Associate Director for Mining and head of the NIOSH Office of Mine Safety and Health Research.
Meet Dr. Eric A. Lutz, the new Director of OMSHR's Spokane Mining Research Division.
Celebrate National Miner's Day on December 6, 2015 to honor our miners and the hard work they do to support our society and build a safe and prosperous mining industry.
A feature story about through-the-earth communcations technologies available for mine emergencies.
The BG 4 Benching Trainer Software is an interactive software program developed by NIOSH and targeted as reinforcement training of benching competencies for mine rescue personnel.
A feature story about the transfer of rapid rescue drilling equipment to the National Mine Health and Safety Academy.
NIOSH-developed technology reduces drilling noise for coal mine roof bolting machines by 3-5 decibels. A drill bit isolator using this technology is now commercially available.
A feature story to announce the publication of a new NIOSH RI on built-in-place refuge alternatives.
NIOSH will showcase some of its latest mine safety and health innovations at the 2015 Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) Annual Conference and Expo February 15–18 in Denver, Colorado.
A feature story of how a small mine implemented a fatigue management program for its haul truck drivers.
A feature describing data from 1911 that was misreported as a mine disaster.
A short feature story describing NIOSH products on retreat mining.
A feature story about new equipment and protocol for drilling large-diameter rescue boreholes.
Mine operators have a new tool for identifying specific work tasks that cause high respirable dust exposure for workers.
This feature article describes NIOSH efforts to develop improved illumination technologies for the mining environment.
A feature page about OMSHR activities at the SME Annual Meeting.
A description of two Ground Control Program projects that aim to enhance mine safety through improved longwall pillar designs that consider a mine’s local geology.
A pair of new handbooks from NIOSH to identify and promote engineering controls to protect mine workers from overexposures to dust.
A summary of OMSHR activities at the 2012 MineExpo conference.
Inundation, or water suddenly entering a mine, is not that uncommon.
In light of recent accidents in metal mines, some fatal, NIOSH OMSHR is again studying the use of cemented fill in mining operations.
Preventing coal mine explosions requires a suite of control strategies and NIOSH continues to conduct research to develop more effective intervention measures.
Implementation of dust control technology and improved dust monitoring are effective ways for mine operators to reduce exposures to respirable coal dust. OMSHR is working to assist the industry’s efforts to limit miner exposure to dust.
The NIOSH Coal Dust Explosibility Meter (CDEM) is available for purchase and use in underground coal mines. A recent Information Circular supports its use for real-time explosibility testing of rock and coal dust samples.
NIOSH is developing a prototype intelligent system that provides enhanced protection by continuously monitoring miners’ positions in relation to the machine and established safety zones.
NIOSH's OMSHR is starting a new project to produce guidance and tools to improve management of rib fall hazards.
NIOSH recommends a new standard of 80% total incombustible content be required in intake airways of bituminous coal mines in the absence of methane.

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CSU StudentsAbroad.com - Study Abroad Handbook Czech Republic: Who Runs your Program?
In this section, you will learn how to better understand who runs your program, and whether it is closely connected with your U.S. home university. Before deciding on a study abroad program in the Czech Republic, it's important to identify what kind of relationship your U.S. College or University has with your study abroad program; essentially, you want to know who is "in charge," and who will help you if you need assistance.
Home University Owned and Operated: A U.S. college or university usually operates facilities and programs in the Czech Republic as if they were extensions of its U.S. campus. It employs some or all of a program's academic/administrative staff in the Czech Republic and owns, leases, controls or operates some or all of a program facilities and operations in the Czech Republic. Staff and facilities in the Czech Republic vary greatly from a one–person office to a comprehensive campus.
Home University Partnerships: A study abroad program is a result of a cooperative arrangement or agreement between a U.S. college or university and one or more educational institutions or organizations in the Czech Republic. This allows a U.S. university to send its students on programs owned and operated by a U.S. or a foreign college, university or independent program provider.
Independent Student: Students find and enroll in programs independent of their college or university. In some cases, students will remain enrolled at their U.S. home campus, using their financial aid. In other cases, students will be required to take a leave of absence. Upon return, students may or may not receive credit for study completed in the Czech Republic.
Individual Faculty/Staff Travel Study Program: An individual faculty or staff member from a U.S. home campus, who has no permanent office in the Czech Republic, accompanies a group of students for many of the short term and summer programs offered.
Hybrid Programs: Many study abroad programs are mixtures of the four previously mentioned types of programs. For example, your home university may have an administrative office in the Czech Republic, but a Czech institution may offer courses and housing, and an independent program provider may arrange excursions.
Foreign University Programs: Students directly enroll in the courses offered by a Czech college or university. Czech colleges and universities offer varying levels of services and support.
U.S. University Abroad: Students can enroll in other U.S. universities' programs in the Czech Republic with which their U.S. home university has a formal agreement.
Independent Program Providers: Many study abroad providers are neither colleges nor universities, but are solely in the business of providing study abroad programs. Programs vary from well–staffed organizations with offices in the United States and the Czech Republic to a one–person office anywhere in the world.
Hybrid Program Providers: Many study abroad program providers are mixtures of the three previously mentioned types of program providers. For instance, your U.S. college or university may have an administrative office in the Czech Republic, while courses and housing may be offered by a Czech college or university, and excursions may be arranged by an independent program provider.
After you understand who runs your study abroad program in the Czech Republic and whether it is closely connected with your U.S. home university, the next step should involve a review of whether the level of support services both in the United States and in the Czech Republic will meet your needs. Remember that there is no national organization that regulates the quality and certifies any minimum standard for study abroad programs. For this reason, it would be wise to take an active role in evaluating a program prior to participating in it. It is important to look at the many types of activities provided by your program.

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90'+6' - Thats all. Game finished - Hull City 0, Derby County 0.
90' - Second Half ended - Hull City 0, Derby County 0.
90'+5' - Substitution - Hull City. Markus Henriksen for Kamil Grosicki - injury.
90' - Jarrod Bowen - Hull City - won a free kick on the right wing.
90' - Chris Baird - Derby County - receive yellow card for a foul.
90' - Kamil Grosicki - Hull City - won a free kick on the left wing.
87' - Corner - Hull City. Conceded by Curtis Davies.
87' - Shot blocked. Adama Diomande - Hull City - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Jackson Irvine.
85' - Substitution - Hull City. Adama Diomande for Nouha Dicko.
84' - Jackson Irvine - Hull City - won a free kick on the left wing.
82' - Substitution - Derby County. Johnny Russell for Joe Ledley.
81' - Ola Aina - Hull City - won a free kick in defence.
79' - Fikayo Tomori - Hull City - won a free kick on the right wing.
77' - Kevin Stewart - Hull City - won a free kick in defence.
75' - New attacking attempt. David Nugent - Derby County - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Andreas Weimann.
74' - Corner - Hull City. Conceded by Richard Keogh.
73' - Shot blocked. Nouha Dicko - Hull City - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked.
72' - Joe Ledley - Derby County - receive yellow card for a foul.
72' - Ola Aina - Hull City - won a free kick in attack.
71' - Corner - Derby County. Conceded by Ola Aina.
69' - Missed chance. Tom Huddlestone - Derby County - shot with right foot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
68' - Jarrod Bowen - Hull City - won a free kick on the right wing.
65' - Substitution - Derby County. George Thorne for Matej Vydra.
63' - Substitution - Hull City. Jarrod Bowen for Jon Toral.
63' - New attacking attempt. Nouha Dicko - Hull City - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Jon Toral.
62' - New attacking attempt. Kamil Grosicki - Hull City - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assist - Jackson Irvine with a through ball.
60' - Fikayo Tomori - Hull City - won a free kick in defence.
57' - New attacking attempt. Kamil Grosicki - Hull City - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Jackson Irvine.
57' - Substitution - Derby County. Tom Lawrence for Bradley Johnson - injury.
55' - Missed chance. Nouha Dicko - Hull City - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is close, but missed. Assist - Jon Toral.
52' - Delay in match Bradley Johnson - Derby County - - injury.
52' - Bradley Johnson - Derby County - won a free kick on the left wing.
51' - Missed chance. Jon Toral - Hull City - shot with left foot from the centre of the box goes high.
49' - Sebastian Larsson - Hull City - won a free kick in attack.
47' - Corner - Hull City. Conceded by Joe Ledley.
47' - Shot blocked. Kamil Grosicki - Hull City - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assist - Sebastian Larsson.
45' - Second Half starts Hull City 0, Derby County 0.
45' - First Half ended - Hull City 0, Derby County 0.
45' - Corner - Hull City. Conceded by Craig Forsyth.
45' - Corner - Hull City. Conceded by Curtis Davies.
44' - Ola Aina - Hull City - won a free kick on the left wing.
41' - Nouha Dicko - Hull City - won a free kick in attack.
40' - Jackson Irvine - Hull City - won a free kick in defence.
39' - Corner - Derby County. Conceded by Allan McGregor.
39' - New attacking attempt. Andreas Weimann - Derby County - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assist - Chris Baird with a cross.
37' - Tom Huddlestone - Derby County - won a free kick in defence.
35' - Sebastian Larsson - Hull City - receive yellow card.
32' - Shot blocked. Nouha Dicko - Hull City - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked.
29' - Missed chance. Andreas Weimann - Derby County - shot with right foot from outside the box goes high .
29' - Shot blocked. Bradley Johnson - Derby County - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Tom Huddlestone.
28' - Michael Hector - Hull City - receive yellow card for a foul.
27' - David Nugent - Derby County - won a free kick in attack.
24' - Offside - Derby County. Matej Vydra with a pass, however David Nugent is in offside.
23' - Ola Aina - Hull City - won a free kick on the left wing.
22' - Jon Toral - Hull City - won a free kick on the right wing.
20' - Delay in match Jon Toral - Hull City - - injury.
18' - Missed chance. Curtis Davies - Derby County - shot with the head from the centre of the box goes high. Assist - Chris Baird with a cross after corner.
17' - Corner - Derby County. Conceded by Fikayo Tomori.
16' - Ola Aina - Hull City - won a free kick in attack.
15' - Kevin Stewart - Hull City - won a free kick in defence.
11' - Bradley Johnson - Derby County - receive yellow card for a foul.
10' - Jon Toral - Hull City - won a free kick in defence.
9' - Offside - Derby County. Matej Vydra with a pass, however David Nugent is in offside.
8' - Missed chance. Jon Toral - Hull City - shot with the head from the centre of the box is close, but missed.
6' - Ola Aina - Hull City - won a free kick on the left wing.
4' - Missed chance. Kamil Grosicki - Hull City - shot with right foot from outside the box missed to the left. Assist - Kevin Stewart.
1' - New attacking attempt. David Nugent - Derby County - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assist - Matej Vydra.

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I spent the week at the Schloss Heroldeck castle for my first time in Austria.
It was rainy most of the time, but I was glad for the escape from humidity. And rainy days are perfect for cappuccinos and shoots anyway. I’d been wanting to try my friend Gioele’s cappuccinos here forever, so the rain provided the perfect atmosphere.
I tend to shoot in harsh sunny weather in Arizona, so the rain and diffused light was fun to shoot a different mood. And a good excuse to be in the rain while everyone sought cover and umbrella. Spent one for the first afternoons shootig with an old friend I was reconnecting with, Tyler.
The time at the castle was a great opportunity to make new friends. Like Michal and Annie who I connected with so well for our similar life stages.
I often spent a meal with Michal and Annie, and one of my favorite conversations with them was just prior to this candid in which Michal was dancing.
While here I got to reconnect with some old friends like Jake and Sharon who I also spent a meal or coffee with, and an afternoon at the lake with.
A few days in, me and Michal walked 20 minutes into town.
It was a dark and rainy day. We picked a bouquet of flowers along the way.
Michal knew the tiny town well as she’s been coming every summer for the last 17 years, so she took me around and we walked down to the park and lake.
In the center of town there was a walled in beautiful courtyard and cathedral that we wandered around and shot in.
She then took me to her favorite ice cream spot. Ice cream on rainy days is my favorite, so I was glad for it, and to return a couple days later through the pouring rain with Jake and Sharon.
On our last day, I got a snap chat invite from Tyler to go shooting with him and Dany around the castle. It was fun to have one last creative shoot in Austria before leaving.
The other day my friend Jake invited me to Treviso to go shopping at H&M. Since just returning back to Italy after a two year abscence, I was glad for a chance to hang out with a friend I hadn’t seen in awhile, well and, Treviso is one of my favorite small cities in Italy, and H&M is a favorite as well, so I was definitely interested in obliging.
After I tried on every hat, and Jake had shopping success at H&M, we roamed around Treviso.
My last stay in Italy I got to adventure a lot of small Italian cities, even one of my favorite days hopping on and off trains to see a few in one day, and from that, as much as I love Venice and Rome, I’m a firm advocate for experiencing the smaller town life of Italy. They are easy to get around quickly on foot with lots of stumble upons, and they aren’t as touristy so you feel like you are getting a more local or authentic Italian experience.
I always love taking the advice of a local on where to eat and drink, so when Jake said he had a favorite spot to lunch, I was excited to try. We went to Bar Oasis Cafè for their sandwiches. Across the street was his favorite coffee shop, but it was closed for August. August is a big vacation time for Italians, so the smaller cities might have some spots closed, and the larger cities might be a little extra packed; that seems to be my experience so far since being in Venice the day before.
So after lunch we went down to the main center piazza to find a coffee shop.
One of my favorite Italian experiences is sitting outside in a piazza drinking a cappuccino like today at Beltrame… Or eating pizza or gelato. It doesn’t feel more like Italy than that. And this piazza was the first one I sat in for pizza the first time I came to Italy, which is also probably why I feel so connected to Treviso.
Next time you travel to Italy, definitely do all the famous cities, but consider hopping off the train at a random stop for an afternoon to do and experience something no one has told you about.
I found out about a month ago that my friend Perry and his sister Shelly would be in Venice the same time as I’d be in Italy, so we made plans to meet for a day. We made plans the night before as without having international phone plans, we wouldn’t be able to communicate the next day. My train arrived at 8:18 AM so we met then on the train station steps over looking this gorgeous welcoming view.
Perry had read about a coffee shop for us to try, so per our typical coffee crawling/blogging ritual together, we stopped for coffee first at Torrefazione Cannaregio.
As we stepped into the tiny space packed with people, we felt the confusion of not knowing where to order. We assumed we were in line waiting our turn, but as Italians passed us for the bar to order, I remembered that the Italian style is to walk up to an open spot at the bar to order and drink, all while standing at the bar. There’s not always an option to sit, and rarely an option to take away.
We hopped into a spot as soon as it opened and when the barista approached us, we ordered a couple espressos, a cappucino and a shakerato (cold coffee). The cappuccino was one of my favorites that I’ve had in Italy.
After caffinating, we started to roam the city. Our goal was to find breakfast, but we were more successful at getting lost and taking pictures for the next hour or so.
You could even say we were successful at getting lost at dead end roads with docks and getting kicked out of gardens by sweet smiling Italian grandmas who told us we were tresspassing.
The bakeries are easy to spot as their windows are lined with pastries, and we eventually stumbled upon one for a traditional Italian breakfast.
We continued wandering through Venice making our way to the Piazza San Marco, the popular square often seen in pictures flooded with pigeons.
In the Piazza San Marco, there’s a museum called Museo Correr. We went inside for a view of the square, and to purchase tickets to go to the top of Torre dell’Orologio, the clock tower.
We walked through the museum and grabbed some sandwiches so we didn’t have to go back out into the humidity and crowds in search of lunch. This was also a good opportunity to take advantage of restrooms and outlets for charging phones and cameras.
We had a couple hours left until our tour for the clock tower, so we went to a spot recommended by Perry and Shelly’s hotel. On the map, it’s the island just south of Piazza San Marco. We found some gondolas for €2 that would take us across.
Once on the island we made our way to the point, where there was a panoramic view of Venice.
At 4 PM we took our tour to the top of Torre dell’Orologio with a view of Piazza San Marco and the cathedral.
We spent the evening by another famous area: the Rialto Bridge. There’s a hole in the wall pizza spot there that sells huge slices for €3 so we did that for dinner. I recommend having a plan for food: doing research and figuring out the good spots and what you are willing to spend. Venice is a big tourist city, so there’s a lot of low quality expensive food at restaurants that charge a cover. We tried to go to coffee in Piazza San Marcos and one coffee was €10 plus each person had to pay €6 for the live music, which wasn’t worth our budget.


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DILI, East Timor (AP)--East Timor indicted a former police chief on Friday for failing to prevent his officers from taking part in the wave of killings that followed the country's break from Indonesian rule in 1999.
The indictment brings to 378 the number of Indonesian police and military and militia members charged over the violence that left 1,500 Timorese dead and the half-island in ruins.
Prosecutors charged Hulman Gultom, an Indonesian citizen who was district police chief in the capital, Dili, from June 1998 until September 1999, with crimes against humanity.
The indictment alleges he failed to prevent his officers from taking part in a string of incidents that left 15 dead, including an attack on church diocese office in Dili and the residence of Roman Catholic Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo.
Gultom has fled East Timor and is now believed to be in Indonesia , prosecutors said.
Some 280 other indicted suspects are also believed to be in Indonesia - including failed Indonesian presidential candidate Gen. Wiranto, who was the country's military chief in 1999.
Indonesia is under no obligation to hand over the suspects and has said it won't respond to earlier indictments. East Timor hasn't aggressively pushed to have the defendants turned over, saying good relations with its large neighbor is more important.
Courts in Jakarta were set up to prosecute senior Indonesian officers accused for the violence, but rights groups have widely criticized the trials as failures. All 16 police and military officers charged have been acquitted, while two ethnic East Timorese civilians were found guilty.
On 10 December 2004 the Serious Crimes Unit filed an indictment charging Lieutenant Colonel Hulman Gultom, the former Dili District Police Chief [KAPOLRES] with the Crimes Against Humanity charges of Murder, Deportation or Forcible Transfer of the Population and Persecution. The accused is at large and believed to be in Indonesia.
Hulman Gultom was the District Police Chief of Dili between June 1998 and September 1999. The indictment alleges that during this period he exercised command and control over all police officers [POLRI] stationed in the district and that he failed to prevent or to punish those responsible for the violence that happened before and after the popular consultation.
Hulman Gultom is charged with superior criminal responsibility for the murder of 15 people as well as superior and individual criminal responsibility for the deportation or forcible transfer of the population from Dili District between 5 and 9 September 1999. Gultom is also charged with superior and individual criminal responsibility for persecutory acts against independence supporters in Dili district.
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To date, the Serious Crimes Unit has filed 91 indictments charging 378 individuals with some accused charged in multiple indictments. Cases have been completed through trial for 76 accused persons, with 74 convicted of one or more charges.


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My business is to treat someone like you would want to be treated, says Los Angeles chauffeur Chris O’Brocto. When I go to a hotel, I pay a concierge a $5 bill up front. Guess where they put my car? Where my client is.
When singer Simon Le Bon of the band Duran Duran was performing a standing gig in New York City a few years ago, he would encounter a group of fans every time he walked from the theater to his waiting luxury vehicle.
Chauffeur Chris O’Brocto, now a Los Angeles operator who specializes in A-list musicians and performer clients, recalls seeing the same autograph seeker wearing the same jacket waiting for Le Bon — for three days in a row.
On that third day, the man got into a car and started following the SUV O’Brocto was using to drive Le Bon. Shortly after leaving the theater, O’Brocto immediately pulled over to the side of the road, letting the car pass. Le Bon appeared startled at first, O’Brocto recalls, until he explained to the singer the suspicious behavior he had been noticing, and how he did not want the fan to know where Le Bon was staying.
O’Brocto, who owns All-Access Limousine Inc. based in Beverly Hills, sees his job as far beyond that of a chauffeur. His roles include part-driver, part-concierge, and part-security guard. Connecting these tasks is the overarching ability to know your clients and develop an attitude of service that motivates one to note and devote to the details.
Limo operators and chauffeurs who cultivate such keen awareness of clients on multiple levels always will have an advantage in landing and retaining clients of all types.
The rock musicians O’Broco drives would never call up a listed, advertised company or make a reservation on a website. They want to know who is showing up to drive them and expect a trusted service where the chauffeur is a confidante.
O’Brocto started chauffeuring in New York and moved out to Los Angeles six years ago when his wife landed a job there. He restarted his chauffeured service with a Cadillac Escalade ESV, and plans to grow by adding a Cadillac XTS sedan and hire a part-time chauffeur who can follow his standards.
He cleans his vehicle all the time, and calls his clients on their personal cell phones to let them know when he is coming to pick them up and exactly where he will be.
Knowing your client is the core of customer service, whether it is a prom goer or the President or anyone in between, says Robin Wells, a veteran marketer who is the owner and founder of Etiquette Manor (www.etiquettemanor.com). Wells has 20 years of experience running and working in small, entrepreneurial organizations and global corporations. A member of the International Association of Protocol Consultants and Officers, she formed Etiquette Manor in 2008 and runs Robin Ford Marketing and Corporate Image Consulting in Miami.
Having been both a performer on stage and chauffeur who literally walks with a famous performer from the stage, O’Brocto understands the mentality of his clients, which informs his protocols. “I know what the other side is like,” he says.
When a car pulls up to get me 15 minutes early, I stress out, says etiquette expert and marketer Robin Wells. They should know that. Park down the street. Early is good but be at my house five minutes before unless I call and say earlier.
Listening and paying attention is vital. O’Brocto once overheard a client telling someone on the phone how much he wanted a Coke beverage. The next time, he had the vehicle stocked with Coke. O’Brocto keeps ready stashes of specific green tea brands, mints, gums, tissues, music magazines and newspapers handy, while building a database of client preferences, such as what satellite radio music channels they prefer.
Pay attention to those habits and details, such as if a client wants you to hold open a door or get it himself, Wells advises. Taking notes on clients on smartphones or tablets can create a database of customer service information that can help a chauffeur tailor an experience to a particular client. Noting such things like job titles, birthdays, service preferences family and pet information are the type of knowledge about customers than can make them feel special. Chauffeurs should be able to log into company Intranet networks to access such client information.
“All chauffeurs are gathering valuable information at every turn,” Wells says. “That is golden.” The more a chauffeur can note and retain, the more personalized service he can deliver.
Always update chauffeurs on any changes in client preferences and/or patterns and things they should or should not do. “We do our own on-the-spot updates, training, and customer preferences,” he says.
Following the Dale Carnegie rules, service is all about someone else, not about you, Wells says. It doesn’t matter whether the client is a teenage girl or an older gentleman — all need to be made to feel the same. “People crave that. . . everyone wants to feel important,” she says.
Chauffeurs need to have thick skins and try to find the best in everyone. They should raise the bar in a culture where too many younger people unfortunately have the Kardashian mentality of wanting things now and lacking the needed manners and civility, Wells says. “You have to continue to maintain the highest level of manners and consideration for any guest no matter how much the society has lowered the bar in manners and grace. You have to consistently perform no matter how you are treated, even though they don’t deserve it.
Communication with clients is crucial, as well as the ability to put yourself into the mindset of individual clients and their situations regardless of who it is, says Sapiro, who trained professionally as a private chauffeur and drew upon his experience in law enforcement and security to work with top executives, VIPs and celebrities in the 1980s and 1990s in New York City. His clients included a CEO of Shearson Loeb Rhodes, now part of American Express, and famed New York social figures such as Nan Kempner. He also chauffeured top executives after relocating to Florida in the early 1990s and launching M&L in 1996.
Gauging whether a client wants to talk will determine how far you can go in conversation, Sapiro says. Chauffeurs should be able to give status on the ride, traffic situations, or the weather — if the client is interested.
Providing good service is like a stage performance, where you have to know how to act to get people to like you and be able to maintain good body language, Wells says.
Every customer reflects to your next customer, says Florida operator Amondo Sapiro. That’s how it all starts. I instill that in all my help, all my drivers. It’s not about the tip. It’s about the repetitiveness.
Discretion and trustworthiness are vital character traits in a high-end chauffeur, O’Brocto says. He repeatedly has turned down cash bribes from tabloid paparazzo wanting information and access to his assumed clients. In fact, with the exception of the anecdote on Simon Le Bon at the beginning of this article, O’Brocto asked LCT not to publish the instantly recognizable names of other musicians, bands and singers he drives. Besides, his gratuities more than make up for the cash bribes.
Earning such trust eventually leads to a rapport, and the request to drive the wives, children and family members of the musician clients, O’Brocto says.
With celebrities, make sure they are confident no one will get near the car for an autograph and treat the vehicle like a safe house guarded by the chauffeur’s honor, he says. Absolutely no gossiping should be allowed. You are the personal concierge for the client.
Updating any client’s security personnel or coordinators is also important, so they know where there the client is at all times and what stops are being made in a geographic, chronological order, Sapiro says. Advance notices of pick-ups, ETAs, and any anticipated traffic delays or disruptions on the route, as well as possible alternative routes, are all part of the communication needed to maintain a professional chauffeured service, he says.
While a chauffeured client may not be ill, clients arriving at airports could likely be having bad days, given the hassles of flight delays, cramped airline cabins and the gastronomic tumult that can accompany frequent travel.
Knowing how to perform as a chauffeur and concierge requires training, experience, research, common sense, and constant attention to details.
Know exactly how vehicles operate.
Know when a client wants to talk or to stay quiet.
Yes/No answers from a client means the client does not want to talk.
Ask the client for a route preference.
Keep a database of client details.
Do not disclose, discuss, brag about, or bad mouth any client for any reason, especially VIPs and celebrities who pay top dollar for discretion and security.
Shake hands firmly; make eye contact.
Speak proper English, with good grammar and non-dialectical enunciation. Avoid regional or provincial patois.
Show up five minutes early for clients, but arrive nearby out of sight about 15 minutes early.
Treat all clients the same, whether it’s an executive going to the airport or a teenager out on a date.
Etiquette trainer and expert Robin Wells says using chauffeur/client role-playing in difficult situations and then videotaping the sessions to review reactions and performance can help train chauffeurs. Here she is working with restaurant etiquette clients.
The first would be a fundamental etiquette course wherein the chauffeur is provided with a one-day program on the elements, the ‘rules” if you will, of good etiquette as practiced in North America. For some, this may be a refresher, for others, it would be a helpful learning experience.
The second part of the program would be more focused on customer service and creative thinking, but still grounded in the basics of good human interaction. This program would encourage the chauffeurs to consider not only where they are going but who they are driving and what the experience is all about. For example, is a trip for an exhausted executive at the end of a long day the same as that of a pair of teenagers excited about their prom date? If not, what might the chauffeur be able to do to enhance the experience for either client without inappropriately intruding or violating the client’s privacy? Often, the smallest things can make a difference between a ride that was just a ride from one place to another and an experience that leaves a good memory.
Wells adds. “People can call you names and throw stuff at you, but you still say, “‘Yes, Sir.’” - What arrogant advice. Only an idiot says Yes Sir when being cursed at. There's a line in the sand that silence cab withstand. Over the line, it's the side of the road for you.

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