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Scott Loxley is an Australian man with a mission: he's walking the borders of his home continent, hoping to raise AU$100,000 for a Melbourne children's hospital, all while wearing a stormtrooper costume. Lord Vader might not be impressed by Loxley's huge heart, but we sure are.

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If the columns in OS X column view are too narrow for your file and folder names, you can adjust them to a larger default size.

OS X offers different folder view options that can be set by clicking the corresponding view button in the Finder toolbar: you can choose from list view, column view, Cover Flow, and icon view. Column view, one of the most popular, makes possible easy navigation of the filesystem using arrow keys.

While this view is convenient, in some cases its default column width may be too small for the file and folder names that you use, so when you navigate through your files a significant number of names will be truncated and condensed.

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To manage these situations, you can drag separators to resize individual columns, double-click the separator, or right-click it to get a set of options for resizing columns; however, you'll need to do these things again each time you create a new Finder window.

If you want to change the default width of the Finder columns, then you can do so by holding the Option key when dragging one column. This will change the size of all columns in all Finder windows, and when you close and reopen the window, the column sizes should remain.

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President Barack Obama is said to be considering a special tax (or fee or levy, as some might prefer to disguise it) on financial institutions, though the calculated leaks from the White House suggest the details are still up for grabs. Before he gets much farther it would be a good idea to drop the whole idea.

One rationale for the new tax is to try to recoup some of the money that is unlikely to be paid back from the $700 billion bailout of the banking business and other businesses. However, most of the banks have already paid back, with interest, what the government loaned them. The $120 billion that is unlikely to be paid back consists mostly of “loans” to automakers and their finance arms, and to the insurance giant American International Group. Would it be just to tax bankers, who paid the loans back, to compensate for others who didn’t? Not exactly.

It is likely, according to news stories, that the real reason the administration wants to impose a new tax on financial institutions is that large Wall Street firms that have managed to get back on their feet over the past year are about to announce executive bonuses. The politicos figure people will be angry, and Obama will get populist brownie points for “punishing” Wall Street.

The notion that government’s job is to punish unpopular people and sectors of society should be anathema to any fair-minded person. And there are other reasons to oppose a new tax.

First, it is illusory to suppose that financial institutions can be “punished” without also punishing their customers. A new tax will simply be passed along to consumers — bank depositors, people with 401-k retirement accounts and small investment portfolios and the like.

In addition, a new tax on financial institutions would be counterproductive to another goal President Obama claims to hold dear — getting banks to make more loans to help jumpstart the economy. Raising the cost of doing business will lead to fewer loans, not more.

If we are really beginning to recover from the recession, new taxes would hinder that recovery. That can hardly be one of the president’s goals, but it would be the result if he carries through on this ill-conceived idea.


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PARIS, France (CNN) -- As the French will tell you, everyone is entitled to a holiday -- even politicians.

But not at the taxpayer's expense, or funded by kickbacks for local government contracts.

Now, an investigating magistrate is gathering evidence to see if President Jacques Chirac and his family did either of those things in the years immediately before he was elected president in 1995.

In question is cash allegedly paid for private trips from 1992 to 1995, totalling as much as 2.4 million francs ($320,000).

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Olivier Duhamel, a socialist member of the European Parliament, said: "We don't know how much -- we don't know where from. If this happened in the United States of America, we would probably have the beginning of an impeachment process."

Presidential immunity has so far kept Chirac out of the witness stand over other allegations of corruption when he was mayor of Paris.

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That same immunity means he won't have to give evidence in this investigation either.

But police have interviewed Claude Chirac, the president's daughter and political adviser.

Sources told French media the focus of investigators' questions was on two trips, one to New York, the other to Kenya.

Chirac's daughter reportedly told the magistrates the trip to New York was business, and that she was not involved in any trip to Kenya.

Secret, but legal, funds are part and parcel of French government -- every ministry in Paris receives a regular injection of cash to pay employee bonuses and overtime.

Even the office of the prime minister, a post Chirac held twice in the 1970s and 1980s is known to have a large cash account.

Conservative MP Henri Plagnol said: "It's also cash to give complementary pay to high civil servants or ministers or prime ministers.

"Politicians are badly paid in France. Chirac has a right like anybody to use those funds if he collected them, for anything he wants."

Top aides confirm Chirac will confront the allegations head-on in what they call a "frank and combative" manner during the president's traditional Bastille Day address to the nation on Saturday.

Whatever Chirac has to say for himself, the latest allegations are likely to further damage his already battered reputation.

Nonetheless, Chirac is expected to run for re-election in next year's presidential race.

If he loses, he will also lose his immunity, and then could end up facing charges of corruption and misuse of public funds.

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(CNN) -- It's been little more than a week since an Air France jet crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, bringing a horrific end to the lives of the 228 people aboard.

Wreckage hauled in from the Atlantic over the weekend includes pieces of the aircraft's wing section.

Recovery efforts have found several items confirmed to have come from Air France Flight 447.

But the mystery surrounding Flight 447 may drag on for a great while.

The Airbus A330-200 is considered an exceptionally safe plane, so why was there no signal from the pilots of a crisis? Planes, particularly sophisticated craft like the Airbus, are built to withstand severe storms like the one Flight 447 is believed to have confronted.

The plane has numerous electrical backup systems, so when one thing goes wrong, another switches on to compensate. Did all those systems fail?

The plane's data recorder, which might help answer that, is presumably at the bottom of the ocean.

These unknowns create a stomach-turning question: If no one knows how this happened, can and will it happen again?

For the past week, experts have offered theories, including weighing in on whether it's possible foul play was at work.

"As an investigator, until you know exactly what caused it, you need to leave everything on the table. I wouldn't rule it [foul play] out," said Capt. John Cox, a veteran major-airline pilot who has extensive expertise in global air safety. "But there's been nothing that shows me that it would be a prime suspect." Video Watch Cox describe in detail what might have downed Flight 447 »

Autopsies performed on bodies recovered from the Atlantic could provide clues, said Mary Schiavo, a former inspector general for the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Schiavo, who has been an outspoken critic of the Federal Aviation Administration, told CNN last week that investigators would be able to discern if there was an explosion from possible residue on the bodies or other items. If water is found in the lungs of victims, investigators would know the plane went down intact.

Cox, an expert in flight safety auditing who has flown the Airbus A320 and has flown the A330 simulator, said he suspects, as do other flying experts, that weather was not the single cause of the disaster. It was most likely a series of events, he said in an interview on CNN's "American Morning" on Monday.

Cox is the founder and CEO of Safety Operating Systems, a Washington, D.C.-based aviation safety company. Air France has never been a client of the business, one of its aviation researchers told CNN.

On Saturday, Air France released literature about a speed-sensing system, including an instrument called a Pitot tube. The devices are susceptible to icing in high-altitude storms. Airspeed sensors can affect the stability of an airplane, particularly if it's on autopilot. One wrong reading can make the autopilot shift the plane into a wrong direction or wrong speed.

Cox said he was aware of "three to four previous cases in the fleet history" in which the Pitot tube has iced over -- a rare event.

The crew of Air France Flight 447 had reported severe turbulence shortly before the plane disappeared. A dozen flights using similar routes to the Air France plane did not report exceptional weather, but aviation experts say weather can change suddenly and vary over short distances -- and passengers on at least one other flight reported what they described as bad turbulence.

Investigators in Paris said Saturday that the Air France flight sent out 24 automated error messages lasting about four minutes before it crashed. The messages suggest the plane may have been flying too fast or too slow through severe thunderstorms it encountered before the crash, officials said.

"What we learned by the information that the airplane uplinked to the Air France maintenance is that they had a lot of very confusing signals that the pilots would have been confronted with," Cox said. "Exactly what caused that, it could possibly be Pitot tubes or airspeed indications that could be causal in some way."

The jet was 4 years old and had last undergone routine maintenance April 16.

Airbus recommended that Pitot tubes be replaced on the smaller Airbus A320 planes in 2007. Air France says that last year, there were incidents in which its A330 and A340 planes lost air speed data because of icing in the Pitot tubes. Air France then began a program to modernize the Pitot tubes on its A330s and A340s. That program began in April this year, but air crash investigators said this past weekend that the jet that crashed had not been retrofitted with the new Pitot tubes.

While news about the mechanics of the plane is being widely discussed, Air France has decided, out of sensitivity to the crew and passengers' families, to not disclose details about who has been recovered and the condition of those bodies.

On Monday, Brazilian authorities confirmed that 16 bodies out of the 228 on board had been found. The recovery process has been arduous and painstaking for crews on the water. Where the bodies have been found, the depth of the ocean ranges between 19,685 and 26,247 feet (about 6,000 and 8,000 meters).

Also on Monday, the U.S. Navy announced that it was sending two high-tech acoustic devices known as "pingers" to help search for emergency beacons from Flight 447, a U.S. defense official told CNN. That may help recover the plane's data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, which can transmit signals from as deep as 14,000 feet, about the maximum depth of the water in the area where the plane apparently went down. The flight recording devices are designed to emit a regular ping for 30 days after a crash.

In addition, a French nuclear submarine will arrive in the area Wednesday to assist in the search for the data and voice recorders, according to a statement from the office of French Prime Minister Francois Fillon.

While that operation is being carried out, crews will continue combing the search area, which is 77,220 square miles (about 200,000 square kilometers) -- or nearly the size of Romania.

Already discovered in that area was a leather briefcase containing an Air France boarding pass with the flight number on it and a nylon backpack with a vaccination card inside, officials said.

Among those on board were a member of Brazil's former royal family, a one-time performer with the Riverdance troupe, a Rio de Janeiro city official, executives from major international companies and an 11-year-old British schoolboy.

CNN's Scott Bronstein contributed to this report.

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'My Life as Liz' and the evolution of the MTV nerd

By Henry Hanks, CNN
  • MTV's "My Life as Liz," about a self-described nerd, has taken off on Twitter
  • Unique to this MTV show is controversy on Liz Lee's "nerd cred"
  • MTV's popular series "Daria," which started in 1997, is an inspiration for Lee
  • MTV's embrace of nerd culture reflects culture as a whole

(CNN) -- Liz Lee is not your typical MTV reality show star. As friend Jake Fogelnest puts it, "While (the "Jersey Shore" cast) is out fist-pumping, Liz is in her dorm room watching Netflix."

Lee's show, "My Life as Liz," chronicled the self-described nerd's senior year of high school in Texas during its first season last year.

Its second season, centering around Lee's time in college in New York, premiered February 8 at 11 p.m. ET, with an 89% increase in viewership from the series premiere, according to MTV.

"The executives at MTV are really smart. The fact that a show like that is on now is amazing and great," said Fogelnest, who hosted his own show on MTV as a teenager (from his bedroom, no less), "Squirt TV," in the mid-1990s. "My Life as Liz" is "the one thing where someone's not pregnant or drunk; it's what real people are like."

The show has quickly amassed a big following on Twitter -- not just the hundreds of thousands who follow Lee and her co-stars, but in Twitter feeds like "@thelizalliance." More than 1.8 million people have viewed a clip of the most memorable moment from the show on Youtube, in which a nervous Lee stepped in front of a microphone at a talent show and blew everyone away with her singing.

Like many MTV reality shows, it's not without its share of controversy. Its detractors have criticized its level of "reality." For the record, Lee told CNN, "The people, the places, they're all real. All the people on the show, I actually know them, and we actually have relationships." MTV also told the Los Angeles Times last year that neither the terms "reality show" nor "sitcom" fully captured the show.

But "My Life as Liz" is unique for another criticism that has been leveled against the show's star: "My nerd cred is attacked all the time. People think that that was fabricated by MTV. That's the hardest rumor for me to deal with."

During its first season, one anonymous message board posting, especially, claimed that Lee fell in with her school's geeky crowd as a way to remain "cool" after losing favor with the popular students, and even alleged that she didn't know who Luke Skywalker was.

"When people (online) say, 'You're not a real nerd,' " said Lee, "I'm sitting in my room with shelves overflowing with stacks of comic books."

Benjamin Nugent, author of "American Nerd," noted, "When you have people choosing to be nerds, questions of authenticity can come up. Before, you had no choice to be a nerd. Now that it's an acceptable option, you can accuse someone of being that way just to be cool. When it was uncool, you never had to worry about authenticity."

As a reflection of the rest of pop culture, something it has captured for nearly 30 years, MTV has embraced geeks in a big way (the sitcom "The Hard Times of RJ Berger" will start its second season soon, and there's even a site called "MTV Geek" now). In fact, even though MTV means "Jersey Shore," "Teen Mom" or "The Real World" to most, it has had its moments over the years of standing up for nerds ("Squirt TV" among them).

"Liz" something of a sister show to "The Paper." The show evolved from what would have been a second season of that show, which had focused on journalism geek Amanda Lorber. It's also a cousin to "Made," MTV's long-running series where someone, usually someone who is socially awkward, gets coached into improving something in their life, whether it be working up the nerve to ask out their crush or becoming an athlete or a hip hop dancer.

The network's best known example of a nerd -- a fellow nerd girl, no less -- is "Daria," the animated spinoff of "Beavis and Butt-Head," which started in 1997 and lasted for five seasons. Lee herself sees Daria as an inspiration.

"Daria made it cool to be a smart chick," said writer Jennifer Vineyard, who worked at MTV for eight years. "Just the presence of people or characters like Daria help make it cool to be yourself. There's a tendency for young girls to play dumb. Characters like Daria show you that you don't have to."

MTV's dabbling in nerd culture goes back even further, however. Adam Curry was a VJ for the network for seven years as it made its transition away from only playing music videos.

Around the time he started in the late 1980s, Toby Radloff was a special correspondent for the network. Those who have seen the movie "American Splendor," or read the comic book it was based on, might remember Radloff having adopted the title "genuine nerd."

"He was completely real," said Curry. "It was just something completely weird and different, that in a way it made so much sense to use him."

Curry, who considers himself a geek -- he registered the domain before most people knew what such a thing even meant, then went on to become an early adopter to podcasts -- sees "My Life as Liz" as similar to other reality shows.

"The objective gives the viewer the illusion that they can be famous. 'Hey, it's OK to be a nerd, you can be famous. You're a pregnant teenager? Hey, you can be famous.' Nerd culture has exploded because nerds can be successful."

Then there's the show that introduced "Beavis and Butt-Head" to the world, "Liquid Television," an anthology of experimental animation that aired in the 1990s that appealed to animation buffs.

"MTV has always experimented with alternative forms of programming," said Curry. "I believe they were running 'Monty Python' in ('Liquid Television's') slot. Here's something different and irreverent, and the rights were cheap. When Mike Judge (Beavis and Butt-Head' creator) came on the scene, it was pure genius at the time." MTV recently announced that "Beavis and Butt-Head" are returning to the network in some form: Can "Daria" be far behind?

Two other memorable shows that were launched off the success of "Beavis and Butt-Head" in the 1990s were "Aeon Flux" and "The Maxx," both series with tremendous appeal among hardcore comic book and animation fans.

"'The Maxx' was one of the best comic book adaptations ever made. All of that kind of stuff has been a great part of MTV's history," said Rick Marshall, editor of MTV's Splash Page, a blog devoted to comic books and comic book adaptations.

Marshall has been in charge of the blog nearly from its inception almost 2½ years ago. "What's been amazing has been the ability to give comic books and creators the same level of promotion and attention that you do the actors and directors," he said.

In just these last couple of years, Marshall has seen a change in the way comic books have been accepted. "I can actually have conversations with significantly more people about 'Green Lantern' and people will actually know what I'm talking about," he said. "I love that I can go on the subway, and people are reading 'The Walking Dead.'"

Marshall said that the success of Splash Page shows that "this audience is actually important," and he sees MTV having recognized that as well with "My Life as Liz."

"(MTV was) able to take fan culture and market a show specifically to it," said Nugent. "If you tap into the market of people at fan conventions, they're really loyal to an entertainment product when you market it to them."

Nugent also pointed out, "Because it's now being put on MTV, teenagers are seeing it as more acceptable. I'm surprised how many kids come up to me and introduce themselves as geeks."


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Egyptian demonstrators in Alexandria tear a portrait of President Hosni Mubarak during a protest against his rule Thursday.
Egyptian demonstrators in Alexandria tear a portrait of President Hosni Mubarak during a protest against his rule Thursday.
  • Hosni Mubarak has held power since 1981
  • A 30-year state of emergency has aided his rule
  • He now faces widespread demonstrations after Tunisia's revolt
  • The uprising removed the "barrier of fear," one analyst says

(CNN) -- For nearly 30 years, one man has dominated Egypt.

Hosni Mubarak, 82, has survived would-be assassins and ill health, crushed a rising Islamist radical movement and maintained the peace with neighboring Israel that got his predecessor killed. His government's continued observance of the Camp David accords with Israel is the cornerstone of what peace has been achieved in the decades-long Arab-Israeli conflict.

Following the revolt that toppled Tunisia's longtime strongman, demonstrators in the streets of Cairo are standing up to riot police and chanting, "Mubarak, Saudi Arabia is waiting for you." Experienced observers say it's the most most significant challenge to his rule yet.

It's far from clear, however, that the demonstrators have the support or the coordination to bring down the man critics have called Egypt's last pharaoh.

"He's been in power a very long time, and he is very wily," said Juan Cole, a Middle East historian at the University of Michigan. "He's developed all kinds of techiniques for dealing with opponents that have proven relatively successful."

But longtime observers of the region say the stability Mubarak has purchased has come at the cost of entrenched poverty and repression in the Arab world's most populous nation.

"Egypt is a broken country," Fawaz Gerges, a professor of Middle Eastern relations at the London School of Economics, told CNN. "It used to be the jewel of the Middle East. It's the capital of its cultural production." But now, Gerges said, "Egyptians have no outlets. They don't feel that they have a sense of hope for the future."

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Mubarak was a Soviet-trained pilot who was chief of staff of Egypt's air force during the 1973 Mideast war. The early success of Egyptian pilots against Israel made him a national hero, and then-President Anwar Sadat made him vice president in 1975.

Six years later, Sadat died in a hail of gunfire at a military parade, killed by Islamic militants from within the army's own ranks after he took the dramatic step of making peace with Israel. Upon assuming office, one of Mubarak's first acts was to declare a state of emergency that allowed barred unauthorized assembly, restricted freedom of speech and allowed police to jail people indefinitely.

He has made extensive use of those powers in the ensuing decades. The Egyptian army put down riots by disgruntled police officers in 1986, and he threw an estimated 30,000 people in jail when jihadists carried out a string of attacks on tourists.

"He pretty much wiped them out," Cole said. "It's not an accident that they were in Afghanistan instead of Egypt." And the government has also penetrated opposition movements so thoroughly that "If five people sit down to plot something, the fifth person writes a report to Hosni Mubarak about it," he said.

The result is "a regime that has very little legitimacy, but presents itself as something there's no point in trying to change," said Nathan Brown, a professor of Middle Eastern politics at George Washington University in Washington. But Brown said the January 14 overthrow of Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who fled to Saudi Arabia after 23 years in power, has changed the thinking of many in the region.

"I think what the events in Tunisia did was take that sense that nothing could ever change and lead a few people to question it," he said.

Mubarak has headed off a similar movement before, in 2005, when Egyptians mounted large-scale protests to demand fundamental and widespread reform. He intimidated the leaders of the officially banned but tolerated Muslim Brotherhood, harassed middle-class demonstrators and managed to pick off the leadership of those protests, Brown said.

But the current movement "has no real leadership, so it can't be decapitated the same way," he said. "If Mubarak decided tomorrow, 'I'll sit down and engage with you,' it's not clear who that 'you' is."

Mubarak won four terms as president in elections that were considered formalities. His fifth, in 2005, was Egypt's first multi-party presidential vote, but it was widely criticized as a "sham," Cole said.

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--Fawaz Gerges, London School of Economics professor

Meanwhile, the country's economy stagnated for the first 20 years of his rule. Development has picked up in the past decade, fueled by a move away from state control and by billions in tourist dollars, but its gains have been "very unevenly distributed." About 40 percent of Egyptians currently live in poverty, Gerges said.

The aging autocrat has escaped at least two assassination attempts, including a close call in 1995 when Islamic militants opened fire on his motorcade at a pan-African conference in Ethiopia. And in recent years, he has had several bouts of illness but has never picked a vice president. He is widely believed to have anointed his son Gamal as his successor, but no formal announcement has been made.

In 2003, he collapsed while delivering a televised speech to the Egyptian parliament -- returning later to blame his illness on the flu. He had back surgery in Germany in 2004, returning in 2010 to have his gall bladder removed. He has largely withdrawn from public view in recent years and has not addressed his country during the current crisis, Brown said.

His situation is being closely watched overseas, particularly in the United States. In the past decade, Egypt has been major player in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, and it contributed troops to the U.S.-led coalition that drove Iraq out of Kuwait in 1991. It gets about $1.3 billion in military aid from Washington every year, second only to Israel, and has received nearly $30 billion in economic aid since 1975, according to State Department figures.

But it opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 -- and while sticking with Camp David, Egypt's ties with Israel amount to a "cold peace," Cole said.

President Barack Obama noted Thursday that Mubarak has been "very helpful on a range of tough issues," but he said he has pushed the Egyptian leader to take steps toward reform.

"You can see these pent-up frustrations that are being displayed on the streets," Obama said. He urged the Egyptian government to avoid resorting to violence to put down the demonstrations, adding, "I think it's very important that people have mechanisms in order to express legitimate grievances."

Brown said Mubarak probably has to endorse some political form to survive. But he will have to do it "extremely carefully, so it's not seen as a desperate measure of last resort."

Cole said Mubarak could bow to one of the protesters' demands and lift the state of emergency.

"Egypt does have a fairly liberal constitution and it does enshrine a lot of rights in it," he said. "But it's just a piece of paper. It's sidestepped by the emergency." If lifted, "The judges and the courts in Egypt are very feisty, and they will take on the government."

He could also hold a free and fair presidential election this year, "but it's asking a lot," Cole said.

But Gerges said the Middle East has seen "the barrier of fear" removed since the events in Tunisia.

"Arabs really no longer feel terrified of the security apparatus, regardless of whether Mubarak remains or goes," he said. "We're going to have a new era of politics."

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(CNN) -- At this point in the digital age there's probably enough evidence to make people think twice about what they say or do online, lest it become social media fodder, right?

An image that was shared on social media of a Taco Bell employee licking a stack of taco shells once again demonstrated the unintended -- but probably not unforeseeable -- side effects of social media.

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Taco Bell said the picture itself was acceptable as part of a contest. The fact that it was shared on someone's personal social media account violated the franchisee's policies. But each week seems to bring a new story of someone posting something they definitely shouldn't have.

Somehow, the wrong people always manage to see it.

Here are 10 people who learned that posting controversial or just plain dumb stuff online can cost them their jobs.

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  • Senior executives have named gravitas as the key quality for business success
  • Caroline Goyder says everyone can learn how to carry themselves with authority
  • She says that the ancient world can help executives unlock their inner gravitas
  • "Leadership of the self starts with knowing yourself," adds Goyder

Editor's note: Caroline Goyder is an author, speaker and expert in confidence, gravitas and influence who works with individuals and organizations to help them communicate with power and presence. Her new book is called "Gravitas: Communicate with Confidence, Influence and Authority (Vermilion)." The opinions expressed in this article are solely hers.

(CNN) -- The C-Suite. Near mythical in status. The Valhalla you reach in corporate life when you've made it.

So, how do you get there?

The tried and tested route of hard work and influence gets you a long way certainly. Stellar performance gets you noticed. A powerful network, an influential sponsor can give you a turbo boost on your way up. But though they will take you far, when it comes to the C-Suite, what gets you here -- as they say -- won't take you there.

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So, what is the difference that makes the difference when it comes to getting to the top? In interviews with 268 senior executives, the Center for Talent Innovation researched what marked out their people as destined for the top. They isolated three key qualities for success in corporate life: gravitas, communication and appearance. Gravitas mattered most, with 67% of those surveyed naming it as the crucial quality.

Gravitas marks you out as having what it takes to lead. And if you want to understand how gravitas works, and to harness it in your life, the best place to start is the ancient world. Gravitas is a Roman word which translates dignity, impressiveness, seriousness, influence, weight and presence. And what the Romans understood but the modern world seems to have forgotten is that, to borrow from Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, it's possible for all of us to learn to "carry yourself with authority."

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In my book "Gravitas: Communicate With Confidence, Influence and Authority (Random House) 2014," I explore what the ancient world has to teach us in the modern age about unlocking our innate gravitas.

And if I were to share the absolute essential aspect of gravitas to success in leadership it would be your ability, as "pilot of the plane," to handle turbulence. Stability is the essence of gravitas. Stable equilibrium is defined in physics as, "A state in which the body tends to return to its original position after being disturbed." This inner emotional ballast is also key when it comes to gravitas. The Sanskrit word "guru" means "weighty one," implying someone who cannot easily be knocked over. This stability -- emotionally, psychologically, physically -- is key to your gravitas.

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I learned most about this principle from a coach called Yoda (his nickname because of the wisdom he exudes). Yoda transforms the people he works with -- from having jerky, twitchy faces and voices and the knee-jerk reactions of people trying to cope with unsustainable workloads and stressful demands, they take on a far more grounded, centered presence; they seem wiser, more resourceful; and they get results -- big time.

So, of course, I asked Yoda his secret. What became clear was that Yoda was teaching his clients that you have to be aware of and able to lead yourself before you effectively lead others. Yoda told me a story about one of the young leaders at managing director (MD) level. The MD was focused and ambitious and had started to do the mindfulness practice Yoda had suggested for him. At the beginning of each day he'd spend 10 minutes becoming calm and centered.

It paid off. One day he found himself confronted directly by the chairman in a board meeting. Yoda watched as three times the chairman attacked the young MD's ideas. Each time the MD calmly and confidently held his ground, swinging the discussion round to his point of view. The chair, disarmed by the MD's calm, graceful and focused response to his attack, started to listen. He agreed to the MD's recommendations.

Leadership of the self starts with knowing yourself.
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Later that day the MD got a call from the CEO of the organization, who'd watched this exchange of views in the board meeting: "We've got 10 new jobs going in the management restructure, which one do you want?"

By staying present and steady the MD had communicated his ideas without creating an argument and without caving in. He'd held his ground and found his stability even as the political terrain shifted. He had emanated gravitas. Others noticed and his life changed as a result.

Leadership of the self starts with knowing yourself. As Yoda told me, self-awareness is key: "It helps you find a deep and compassionate center in yourself where you're not dislodged or anxious because of what's going on around you. You've got an internal source -- your capacity, your own intelligence. When you learn to rest into that ... it expresses itself through your voice and your own consciousness."

As the Romans understood very well, your ability to manage yourself is a reflection of your leadership of a wider sphere. If you can be trusted to stand firm under pressure it suggests you might be able to manage others. And as the ancient world understood, calming the body is as key as educating the mind. In modern times you'd do well to learn from them if you want to make your way to the C-Suite.

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NEW YORK (CNN) -- First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton has filed a "statement of candidacy" with the Federal Election Commission, freeing her to raise more money for a possible U.S. Senate race in New York. But the statement does not mean she is an officially declared candidate.

Mrs. Clinton signed the document October 3, right before she left on a European trip, according to Howard Wolfson, the spokesman for her Senate exploratory committee. The first lady is in Iceland through Sunday, following stops in Poland and Italy.

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The one-page document was received by the Secretary of the Senate on Thursday and forwarded to the Federal Election Commission, said FEC spokesman Ian Stirton.

"This is another step in the process," said Wolfson, who played down the significance of the technical move.

The first step came on July 6, when Clinton filed a "statement of organization," the legal term for forming her exploratory committee. That allowed her to raise and spend money as she tested the waters, Wolfson said.

Since then, Clinton has frequently traveled the state and raised up to $1,000 per contributor, the most a person can give toward a primary campaign.

The statement of candidacy will now free her to accept up to $2,000 per contributor ($1,000 for the primary and $1,000 for the general election funds), the maximum a person can give under federal law.

Although a candidate can collect $2,000 at one time, he or she must set aside the second $1,000 until the primary campaign is over, according to Stirton.

Neither Mrs. Clinton nor the likely Republican candidate, New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, have publicly declared for the Senate race to replace retiring Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

Giuliani filed papers forming his Senate exploratory committee, "Friends of Rudy Giuliani," on February 19, and then filed his statement of candidacy on April 12, according to Stirton.

"She is now as much or as little of a candidate as Giuliani has been since April," said Wolfson.

The contest could be one of the most expensive Senate races in U.S. history. Both Mrs. Clinton and Giuliani have each set fund-raising goals of $20 million.

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ROBERT REDFORD, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, "CHICAGOLAND": Chicago is a quintessential American city at the crossroads of change. It's a story that could be told in many cities all across the country.

Welcome to the premiere episode of "Chicagoland."

RAHM EMANUEL (D), MAYOR OF CHICAGO: You want to see America, you come to its heartland. And what is the capital of that heartland? Chicago.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I call it a blue-collar town because, if you work hard, you play hard, and you show up the next day.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Chicagoans do not put up with the bull (EXPLETIVE DELETED).

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There's no city like Chicago. And then you start coming out into the neighborhoods, and it's a little different.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Come on. Hurry up.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My world is all about living in people's worst nightmares.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is just like a Third World country.

ELIZABETH DOZIER, PRINCIPAL, FENGER HIGH SCHOOL: I look at myself as a parent of hundreds of kids.

Get out of the street!

Why are you crying?

If we don't get them into something else, there are no other options.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What are you trying to achieve?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Any particular part of Chicago? MCCARTHY: All of it.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: People know Chicago is rising to the top. We don't get enough credit.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Today, we sent a message to the world!

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Show them who we are.

NARRATOR: Springtime in Chicago is a celebration that doesn't last very long. The warm weather that pushes tulips from their beds and invites kids back outside to play brings with it a warning: Watch out. Things are about to heat up.

EMANUEL: When's the first day?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When is the first day?

EMANUEL: Yes. I'm going to be in town, right?

NARRATOR: Chicago's famous for power politics. For generations, the mayor was better known as boss and his political operation was called the machine.

EMANUEL: Ari (ph), it's Rahm.

NARRATOR: The Daley family ran Chicago for decades. Now, for the first time in more than 20 years, there's a new boss in town, Rahm Emanuel.

EMANUEL: Because of the people of Chicago, this is the warmest place in America.

NARRATOR: Emanuel has come home to Chicago with an impressive resume, senior aide to President Clinton, spent six years in Congress, and later served as chief of staff for President Obama. Emanuel got things done, tough, unrelenting. His enemies called him Rahmbo.

QUESTION: You're known as a volatile guy, bit of a Roman candle with a temper. What is the angriest you have gotten in the first 100 days?

EMANUEL: That I had to do this interview right in the middle of everything else I needed to do.

Swam this morning a mile. Yesterday, I swam a mile, biked four, weight, and then a yoga class. Neurotic is actually a fair word about it. Obsessive, obsessive about it.

NARRATOR: Obsessive, that about sums up all things Rahm Emanuel, especially his commitment to shake up Chicago's failing public schools.

EMANUEL: There's 400,000 kids that go to all our schools. We have the capacity for 500,000, certain schools that were 200 kids when they were able to handle 600.

NARRATOR: The Chicago public school system faces a $1 billion budget gap. The mayor's handpicked school board is proposing to close underutilized schools, mostly in African-American and Latino neighborhoods, where the population has dropped.

EMANUEL: It's a very difficult decision. Nobody likes to do it, which is why people hadn't done it in the past. I'm not an education reformer. I believe in educational excellence, and I will adopt any reform that gets me there.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Shame on the mayor! No school closings!

NARRATOR: With 54 public schools on the chopping block, it is the largest consolidation in U.S. history.

KAREN LEWIS, PRESIDENT, CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION: Don't let these people take your schools.

NARRATOR: For Mayor Emanuel, the guy who helped President Obama save the auto industry, bail out the banks, and reform health care, the Chicago public school crisis is right in his wheelhouse.

EMANUEL: You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. What I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before.

NARRATOR: The mayor is taking a risk with his bold school plan. While it might make sense because of the budget crisis and declining enrollment, many parents fear it puts their kids at risk, because they will have to walk across dangerous gang lines to attend new schools.

ASEAN JOHNSON, STUDENT: Rahm Emanuel thinks he can just come into our schools and move all our kids all over gang lines and just say, oh, we can build a building right here. Let's take this school out. We don't care about these kids. But it's kids in there. They need safety.

NARRATOR: Asean is speaking out for the 30,000 kids that would be affected by the closings.

JOHNSON: You should be investing in these schools, not closing them. You should be supporting these schools, not closing them.

JOHNSON: We are not going. We are not going down without a fight.

EMANUEL: This has to be done in a very thoughtful way. We have to make the changes that are necessary, so our children don't continue to go to schools that are not achieving the goals that they need to achieve academically. So, the implementation is going forward as we talk right now. QUESTION: How would you respond to neighborhood residents who say, if one kid gets hurt, the mayor has blood on his hands?

EMANUEL: My responsibility starts when doors to the future of a child are closed; 56 percent of African-American male adolescents are dropping out. And I'm accountable, as every parent, every teacher, every principal is to turning that number around.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There's going to be a lot of death on his hands if these schools close.

NARRATOR: The truth is, going to school in certain parts of Chicago is risky enough. And in Roseland, a tough neighborhood on the far South side, where President Obama was a community organizer, warring gang factions remain a constant threat to student safety.

DOZIER: How is it going, Commander? And what time in the morning was this? At the school? Who are the students? And the boys, they now know what it's related to? OK, let me talk -- I have good relationships with all those kids, all of them. I'm going to talk to them as soon as I get back.

Somebody was shooting at the kids on the way to school this morning.

NARRATOR: Fender High School Principal Liz Dozier is on a mission, to give her kids a shot at a better future.

DOZIER: This is exactly why I hate the warm weather. It just begins to like slowly like heat up. But there's a larger ongoing gang conflict within the community, and like the school, we sit like in the middle of this.

NARRATOR: An important part of Principal Dozier's job is to keep tabs on gang conflicts and make sure her students are safe at school.

DOZIER: I am looking for Shelton Woolridge. You may have a 20 on Shelton Woolridge.

You don't know what happened?

DOZIER: How many shots were fired?

WOOLRIDGE: Like three.

DOZIER: And you don't know what direction they were shooting in?

DOZIER: Have you heard of any conflicts in the neighborhood?

WOOLRIDGE: No. I'm not from around here. I don't know of everybody going on.

DOZIER: He was like, no, I don't know what's going on.

DOZIER: Right.

Were they from a car or were they just walking by?

CONNOR: Just people just like walking I believe.

DOZIER: And started shooting?

CONNOR: One person, yes.

DOZIER: It's hell.

NARRATOR: It's times like this when the fear is all too real for Principal Dozier.

In 2009, the brutal murder of one of her students was caught on video and broadcast worldwide on the Internet.

JOE JOHNS, CNN CRIME AND JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT: Simply sickening is about the only way to describe it, pictures taken on a cell phone of the kid pounding another kid with a wooden board. That teenager who just got hit is 16-year-old Derrion Albert, and he's dead now.

NARRATOR: Just weeks into the new school year, Fenger student Derrion Albert got caught up into a brawl and was beaten to death on his walk home from school.

ANJANETTE ALBERT, DERRION ALBERT'S MOTHER: Someone said he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. No, he wasn't. He was in the right place. He was coming from school.

NARRATOR: Fear that the walk to school might be deadly for some Chicago kids isn't crazy paranoia. It's real. Derrion Albert will always be a reminder.

DOZIER: The climate in the school was just absolutely abysmal, like massive gang fights in the hallways, 300 arrests that first year.

We had to have literally two districts' worth of police in the building for us to be able to change classes one day. It was a scary time in times of, like, what's happened to our children?

NARRATOR: Four years later, Fenger has made significant progress.

DOZIER: Ms. Bester (ph) will check you right in.

Hey, how is it going?

DOZIER: Hey, sweetheart, how are you?

I don't have biological children, but I'm assuming it must be what a parent feels like when they have to send their kid out into the world, be like my kids have a greater chance to be happy. And I just like worry about them.

DOZIER: Gentlemen, gentlemen, not going to happen, not today, not today! Keep it moving! Get out of the street. I'm not going to say it again. Get out of the street.

He's headed southbound on 112th and Emerald. Principal down, principal down. I done -- I broke my shoe. Can you assist? I'm on 112th and Emerald. I broke my shoe.

You haven't seen me. I'm walking down Emerald. I don't have no damn shoes on, none.

NARRATOR: Two years into his first term as mayor, Rahm Emanuel has unveiled his boldest plan yet, the proposed closing of 54 public schools. The midterm brings a flurry of speculation from citizens and pundits alike.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Two-year anniversary of Rahm.

ERIC ZORN, COLUMNIST, "CHICAGO TRIBUNE": When you consider the year that he had, kind of getting waxed by the teachers union in that strike and the number of murders shooting up the way they did, he had a pretty rough year.

And, right now, there's nobody on the horizon who is going to run against him.

NEIL STEINBERG, COLUMNIST, "CHICAGO SUN-TIMES": There never will be. That's the Daley way, OK, is you either -- you co-opt people. You destroy them. Rahm Emanuel is Richard Daley with a circumcision, to put it like that. But he's a continuation of that kind of politician.

ZORN: I will say, though, the school closings coming up, they have 54 on the dock, people are predicting some real chaos, real disturbance.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is our schools, our children, and our babies that you're hurting. Rahm Emanuel, take your ass off our school.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) NARRATOR: Just seven weeks before the final vote to close schools, there's one thing on everyone's mind, how to keep kids safe as their walk through school takes them through hostile gang territory.

EMANUEL: Is there cops with bikes out there and the whole riding alongside them?

MCCARTHY: It's going to be route-specific.

EMANUEL: But there will be a presence?

EMANUEL: Alongside? All right, good. Thank you, everybody.

NARRATOR: Most of Chicago's neighborhoods are safe.

But parts of the city are plagued by gun violence. Emanuel promised to take on Chicago's shooting problem, and when it came time to pick a top cop, he chose an outsider, Garry McCarthy from the Bronx.

In New York City, he helped develop comparative statistics to combat violent crime. In Newark, New Jersey, where he was police director, McCarthy's strategy led to a drop in the murder rate.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: County board of commissioners commending Superintendent Garry McCarthy for keeping the peace during last month's NATO summit.

NARRATOR: A little more than a year after his appointment, the local press hailed McCarthy a hero. But by the end of 2012, the number of homicides in Chicago had skyrocketed to more than 500, and some aldermen were calling for McCarthy's job.

MCCARTHY: I mean, my biggest issue in Chicago is dealing with gangs, guns, and the press. It's not cultural change in the department. It's not acceptance of an outsider, none of those things. Really, they all pale in comparison to those challenges right there. And the media, they keep talking about the rising toll of gun violence in Chicago, while the numbers are going in the other direction.

NARRATOR: While the press continues to focus on Chicago's violence, there's actually been a decline. In 2012, there were 161 murders in the first quarter. In 2013, there were 93. That's more than a 40 percent reduction.

MCCARTHY: We're taking a more holistic approach to crime reduction here in Chicago than I think has been done in most places in the country.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What are you trying to achieve?

MCCARTHY: I'm trying to save the world. Can't you tell?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: ... say that, too, but...

MCCARTHY: Yes. Well, right now, I'm trying to save Chicago. So, here's...

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You're trying to save Chicago. Any particular part of Chicago?

MCCARTHY: All of it.

Chicago has one of the worst, most difficult, most intractable gang violence problems in the country.

NARRATOR: Maybe there's something in the water here. Al Capone's prohibition era outfit put Chicago on the map as gangster cities. In the '60s, the Latin Kings ruled. Then came Larry Hoover, leader of the Gangster Disciples, Willie Lloyd, king of the Vice Lords.

That all fell apart in the '90s when federal indictment sent top gang lieutenants to prison and most of Chicago's notoriously violent public housing high-rises were torn to the ground.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When they did that, they turned the street into chaos. So now it's every man for himself.

NARRATOR: In the '80s, there were five dominant gangs in Chicago. Now there are more than 70 and 600 gang factions, in all, 70,000 gang members.

PIERS MORGAN, HOST, "PIERS MORGAN LIVE": What the hell is going on?

EMANUEL: We have a gang problem.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The gang situation is dead, man. It's about cliques.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Every two to three blocks is a different faction of a gang.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Two or three blocks away from each other.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It doesn't matter what gang you're in.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This community against that community.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: People get mad over the little (EXPLETIVE DELETED) looking at your girl, bully. Step on your shoe. You want to kill them.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I done lost too many (EXPLETIVE DELETED). I don't know to expect. It's Iraq. It's real. (INAUDIBLE) And they ain't aiming in no leg. They aiming at your neck.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Children start claiming gangs as young as kindergarten.

NARRATOR: By the time a kid gets to high school, his gang affiliation can become his identity, and even a lunchroom fight can turn into a gang war.

DOZIER: Who was the other girl? I need you to go down there and get that.

NARRATOR: But four years after Derrion Albert's tragic murder, Principal Dozier and her team have transformed the culture at Fenger high.

DOZIER: Ladies, ladies, it's too loud, it's too loud.

Here are two kids arguing. So, figure out what the issue is, because if we don't get to the root of it, it will continue to bubble up until it will explode.

ROBERT SPICER, DEAN, FENGER HIGH SCHOOL: All right. Well, good afternoon, everyone.

SPICER: What I'm thankful for is the fact that we can sit in the peace circle and we can talk about what's going on. And then we can decide from this particular point, how do we move forward from it?

Using zero tolerance was never going to work. I began to bring in the practices of restorative justice, which is justice that heals.

NARRATOR: In the past, the girls would have been suspended. Now they take part in a peace circle to settle scores.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My friend got gunned down over some he said/she said stuff. So, if you all through with the situation, just let it go.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I am cool with each and every one of you guys, because I love you. Yes.

NARRATOR: In 2009, Fenger was identified as a failing school that needed to be saved. Principal Dozier was hired and given broad authority over an entirely new team. She also received a four-year federal grant to help turn the school around.

DOZIER: There was about $1.8 million of additional funding to be able to give kids what they need in terms of programs. And the fact I am able to provide Mr. Spicer's position, a couple full-time reading teachers, home advocates who go out into the homes, knock on doors, bring parents in, all these types of programs are tied to this money.

But the grant is getting ready to run out. So, basically, at the end of this year, I don't know what I will have. It could all fall apart.

NARRATOR: Come May, Chicago's tech startups really start to bloom. The mayor has a lot of responsibilities, but he makes it a priority to visit Chicago's new tech hub, 1871. It's part of Emanuel's plane to revitalize the city's economy.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Before, we had zero employees. Now we have eight employees. We have an office and we have revenue. So...

ERIK SEVERINGHAUS, FOUNDER, CEO, SIMPLE RELEVANCE: 1871 is this really interesting sort of experiment, 50,000 square feet. Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists have these working sessions to change the status quo, as well as hopefully make money.

STEVE FARSHT, DIRECTOR, TECHSTARS: When you come in here, you feel like you have basically gotten into Harvard Business School.

CARTER CAST, ENTREPRENEUR: The trick is, focus on the one and do it really well. I love this. This is great.

EMANUEL: We of the city now have a center of gravity to the digital economy.

NARRATOR: The mayor is energized by the new startups at 1871 and the young scholars back at City Hall who hope to become part of the new digital economy.

At a City Council meeting, he sets aside a moment to honor Chicago's Gates Scholars.

EMANUEL: Chicago has 35 Gates Scholar winners, the most of any other public school in the country.

NARRATOR: There's only three weeks before the Board of Education votes on which schools to close, and some parents are growing desperate.

EMANUEL: We are putting out greatest of hopes in you. But the test won't be today and the test won't be your graduation. The test won't be when you got that letter. You will get knocked down. And it's in the valley that your character gets revealed, not at the peak.

NARRATOR: Parents continue to voice their objections to the mayor's plan, but the most vocal critic is the Chicago Teachers Union.

LEWIS: He is the murder mayor. Look at the murder rate in this city. He's murdering schools. He's murdering good jobs. He's murdering housing. What -- I don't know what else to call him. He's the murder mayor.

NARRATOR: Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis is Mayor Emanuel's most outspoken opponent.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's the largest teacher strike this country has seen in more than two decades.

NARRATOR: In 2012, she led teachers out on a weeklong strike and faced off with Rahm Emanuel.

LEWIS: He's a liar and a bully.

EMANUEL: This is a strike of choice, and it's the wrong choice for our children.

NARRATOR: It was a bitter fight. And when it was over, both sides claimed victory. Lewis and the teachers walked away with a better contract. And the mayor got his longer school day and longer school year.

QUESTION: Do you feel you have won this strike?

LEWIS: Oh, absolutely.

EMANUEL: Oh, give me a -- you had a strike. I don't know. Kids got a longer school day.

Hey, guys. How are you?

EMANUEL: Have you been quiet and patient?

EMANUEL: Better than the mayor, because I'm not quiet or patient.

EMANUEL: In that order.

This is how the finger happened. You know how any adult always says be careful with sharp objects? I was working somewhere, and I was working with a sharp object, and I wasn't careful.

I had a cut, and I had to go to the doctor and I had to go to the hospital for a while. And so when somebody says, don't play with sharp objects, like doesn't your teacher always say, no running with the scissors? They're all saying that to be careful, so nothing happens. And I wasn't -- I was careless and something happened.

All right, guys, see you later.

NARRATOR: Chicago public school students are mostly African- American and Latino. Only 9 percent are white. Many Fenger students come from poor, single-parent families and need extra support at school. When federal money runs out, those kids might suffer the most.

DOZIER: Is he in anger management? I put him in anger management. Did he start going to that?

DOZIER: Right, because remember...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Go back and forth after I talk to him.

DOZIER: Let me talk to him, because he and I have a pretty good relationship.

OK, now we're going to back that all the way up.

JAMAR SLATTON, STUDENT: But then she say I said some curse words.

SLATTON: Talking about some...

DOZIER: Tell the truth.

DOZIER: Maybe a few F-bombs.

SLATTON: I never said the F-bomb.

DOZIER: Hopefully, with anger management, you do like check-ins with the social worker or with me, you talk about it more, and the more you talk about it and the processing of what is going on at home, the more it will help you be -- feel better inside, so you won't feel so, like, stressed.

School has become like these dropout factories, and it really has to do with issues that are happening at home that no one is really addressing at the school. So, this is the really last stop for 98 percent of the kids here. Like, if we don't get them off into something else, like, there are no other options.

MICHELLE OBAMA, FIRST LADY: Thousands of children in the city live in neighborhoods where a funeral for a teenager is considered unfortunate, but not unusual. Those are the odds that so many young people are facing in the city.

NARRATOR: When first lady Michelle Obama returns home to Chicago to raise money for at-risk kids, she reflects on the recent murder of Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old band majorette shot in the back on her way from school just weeks after performing at President Obama's second inauguration.

MICHELLE OBAMA, FIRST LADY: Hidea Pendleton (ph) was me, and I was her. But I got to grow up. See, at the end of the day, this is the point I want to make: that resources matter.

Today, too many kids in the city are living just a few El stops from world-class museums and universities, yet all of that might as well be in a different state, even in a different continent, because many of them don't even know that the University of Chicago exists. Let alone dream of attending that university or any university for that matter. Because instead of spending their days enjoying the abundance of riches the city has to offer, they are consumed with watching their backs.

DOMINIQUE BROOKS, STUDENT: My name is Dominique Brooks, D-o-m-i- n-q-u-e. And I attend Lanier Elementary. I have been jumped on in school, and I stayed in the hospital for a long time. I don't feel I'm safe.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Kids at Lanier Elementary, one of 54 schools slated to close, will have to walk to General (ph) Academy across Division Street. That might not sound like a big deal, but it is.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We can't even walk that way. It's just crazy.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think they're still out here.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They beat up everybody they see. They even tried to beat up my little sister, and she's only in the first grade. I'm just so scared.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) in Chicago, and the mayor, courtside at the United Center, cheers on the scrappy Bulls, who refuse to go down without a fight. Two weeks before the final vote to close schools, parents and teachers also refuse to go down without a fight.

THERESA HARRINGTON, TEACHER: It's criminal to take these children out of the safety of this environment and this school. I know it's numbers; I get it. But we are their families. We are parenting these children.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Emanuel, well, he's been at the center of unpopular decisions like this before. He's never backed down. And nobody expects him to start now.

RAHM EMANUEL, MAYOR OF CHICAGO: I've been fortunate to work for two really, really good presidents. And I've learned a lot from both of them. When I was going through it, being chief of staff, every chief of staff hates it. It is the most difficult job in America. There's a target on your back. Nothing you do anybody likes. And you've got to make sure it works for the president. And then when you make your decision, you're not done, because everybody else says you're an idiot.

The first nine months to a year, I had this joke with the president. Because we would go like from the auto meeting. The next would come the financial meeting. The next would come in, the economy is collapsing. The next would come in, Afghanistan is unraveling. We've got to get out of Iraq. And you'd go from meeting to meeting, 45 minutes, and you'd have to make all these decisions. It just kept pounding and pounding and pounding.

So I used to say to him, "You know, Mr. President, I really don't want to make any more decisions." So we joked that when we got out of the White House, we were going to set up a little T-shirt shack in Hawaii that looked right out to the beach. We were going to sell one color -- white, one size, medium. We'd have to make a decision, and you could just look, because we were done.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Liz Dozier knows a thing or two about having a stressful job.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Fenger is always somewhere in my brain rumbling around. I think about, like, are the kids safe? I think about what are they doing?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Dr. Schrager (ph) works on an anti-violence strategy to take to the streets.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: One of the things that Mr. Spicer actually brought to the table about two years ago was a peace walk. I didn't feel we were ready for that as a school. But I think this year we're actually ready for it. We can take the whole school out, and walk, so I'm excited.

I met with the police commander a couple weeks ago to talk about helping to kind of secure the route so that we could be stationary along the route. The other thing we were thinking about is it being a silent walk, and how powerful that would be, to have the kids walking through the community in absolute silence.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're silencing the violence.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: That's it. That's it!

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Despite all the neighborhood violence, Fenger students continue to push for their peace march.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's like, you know, people that are gang banging and stuff, so you figure why not let us walk through our neighborhoods? And let us know we're trying to do something different. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The thing that's different, we done seen how the school done changed and how the community has bettered itself just in our schools.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'd say there's pros and cons to this walk.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It wouldn't be a good idea without the police force. Still at the same time, there's still violence.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: More deadly violence breaks out on Chicago's streets. At least eight people died and 40 people were hurt till early this morning.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: With the warmer weather, shootings are escalating. Even in broad daylight.

GARRY MCCARTHY, POLICE SUPERINTENDENT: Kind of blew up in a couple different areas.

FRED WALLER, COMMANDER, CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT 6TH DISTRICT: Eight murders in the 28-daytime frame as opposed to three last year.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's times like these Superintendent McCarthy holds his district commanders accountable.

MCCARTHY: I want a little bit of analysis on this, because the way the system is designed, we gave you the cops. We want them on those beats doing police work. If that's not happening, that's got to be addressed.

WALLER: As far as overall, it's a matter of us will to just...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm the type of person that if I had their beat, I'd know who every one of these guys were and I'd be out hunting them every single day. I want to make sure that these guys feel the heat. Those numbers are just through the roof. You've got to fix that right there, right now.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: As the mayor commutes downtown, the city is buzzing. But for folks who send their kids to 54 schools on the chopping block, doomsday is coming. And it's just a week away.

Mayor Emanuel remains committed to his plan. The mayor meets with Barbara Bennett, CEO of the Chicago public schools, to review the list and move forward with the largest school consolidation in the country.

ASEAN JOHNSON, THIRD GRADER: Rahm Emanuel only cares about his kids. He only care about what he needs. He do not care about nobody else but himself.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: People say Asean has what it takes to be mayor of Chicago someday. His school, Marcus Garvey, is on the closure list, but the 9-year-old believes there's a chance to keep it open if he can make enough noise.

JOHNSON: I respect the man. I'm not saying he's racist. But how he's trying to close the schools, that's racist, because the majority of the schools are in black neighborhoods.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Asean hits the pavement with his mom, a public school clerk and a member of the mighty Chicago teachers union.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You get that house.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Joey McDermott is the teachers union field rep, organizing against the mayor's plan to close schools. Joey is making a big push to mobilize teachers at Lanier Elementary School.

JOSEPH MCDERMOTT, FIELD REP, TEACHERS UNION: They've got to know that the teachers are very strong and want to save their school.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And parents, like single mother Sherise McDaniel.

SHERISE MCDANIEL, COMMUNITY ACTIVIST: UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have a great school here. Our kids have art. They have drama. They have dance. And I mean, those are all the things that Rahm Emanuel's kids have at his schools. Why can't we have that?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is about balancing the budget on the backs of poor people. And we know they're going to turn around and put the money into charter schools and open up more charter schools so that billionaires that are living loud can name schools after themselves.

Because of what he's doing to our schools, the people of Chicago are going to stand up and say to Rahm Emanuel, "Hasta la vista. See you later!"

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The teacher's union teamed up with parents and headed to court to fight the school consolidation plan.

THOMAS GOEGNEGAN, attorney: Parents have filed two class-action lawsuits today.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: One lawsuit seeks to protect special-needs students, who could be especially vulnerable.

GOEGNEGAN: I don't think that people really understand how much harm is going to be done to these children.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Alice Thomas knows how important the neighborhood school is for kids with special needs. Her daughter is one of them. Two years ago, Arianna and her cousin were shot while jumping rope. Arianna survived a gunshot wound to the head but still suffers physical and psychological trauma. Her cousin didn't make it.

ALICE THOMAS, ARIANA'S MOTHER: You got kids that come up to her and say, "That's why your little cousin got shot. That's why your cousin dead." That's cruel.

The school that they're trying to sell to us, that's where they from. I can't send her up there.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If Ariana's school is closed, she could come face to face with the family who shot her and murdered her cousin.

ERIC WILKINS, COMMUNITY ACTIVIST: Got to walk past all this, and go through all that, then go home and study? How many hours am I going to have to study and worry about my house getting shot up? Where am I going to study at, on the floor with a flashlight? You know, and I'm 8, 9 years old. You know, it's sad.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Three people got shot last night right up the hill. It's just crazy. The first hot day come, here comes the shooting.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Even as shooting continues on the street just blocks away at Fenger High, Principal Dozier moves forward with plans for the peace march.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The objective is for students to be able to walk away and understand the importance for the peace walk.

DOZIER: How is it going to go? The kids are all leading this, so they have to have a really clear understanding of what they're supposed to do and where they're going to go.

There are serious safety concerns I know parents have expressed. Community members have expressed it also about kids coming down this way. There's neighborhood boundaries. Like, whether or not people think they're real or not, they are real. And so there's just tensions that flare from different neighborhoods.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Neighborhood tension erupted unexpectedly for Arianna's mother Alice and her boyfriend, Wild Bill. They were approached by a gunman in front of their house. Wild Bill was shot dead right in front of Alice.

THOMAS: They were in front of the house, talking about the kids' school. Guys was walking across the street. And I said, "Look up." And he pulled the gun out and started shooting.

I just fell to the ground and balled up. And when I got up, I seen him laying there, gasping for air. Trying to breathe. And I don't know how to deal with it right now, because I feel like I'm losing it.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The superintendent gets regular briefings on murder investigations city wide.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There was a murder, a victim in (UNINTELLIGIBLE) location when an offender emerged on foot from the south of the building and opened fire, fatally wounding the victim.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Victor's family is cooperative and the witnesses have been cooperative, but they all agree the shooter had his face covered. Like covered with a T-shirt.

MCCARTHY: Eddie, let's get a plan, all right?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How is it going, Commander? What is going on?

DOZIER: Someone that was killed, somebody, Wild Bill, he was really high ranking in one of the gangs. So this has now tripped off all this stuff, and like the school, we sit like in the middle of this.

Somebody got killed, somebody named Wild Bill or something like that. Did you hear about this? We should probably talk about the peace walk. I can't just set them in harm's way to make a statement.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: In Roseland, the murder of Ariana's stepfather sparks fears of an all-out gang war. Tensions are high, and Principal Dozier has a tough decision to make about the peace march.

DOZIER: First of all, just say thanks again for being willing to come out to our peace walk. We're actually going to have to cancel it, unfortunately. There was some shooting that happened earlier in the week on the corner, just some brewing conflict in the neighborhood, and I don't feel safe taking the kids outside.

DONALD GORDON, DEAN, FENGER HIGH SCHOOL: I need everybody to sit in the first two rows, please. Right here, first two rows.

The peace walk has been postponed. I want you to understand it's not canceled; it's postponed. So I don't want you to walk up out of here and think what you did all week is in vain. It's not. We want to make sure that everything is safe and we can be productive with this, OK?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The mayor visits a water filtration plant where he's eager to announce one of the largest infrastructure investments in Chicago history.

EMANUEL: Charles, do you need a pen, man? There's a whole new meaning to helping a reporter out. Working to build a new Channel 7.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: With the school closing debate reaching its climax, local reporters want answers.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Should the board members vote not to close some of those 54 schools...

EMANUEL: This will be very challenging. So is knowing that kids are going on in years not reading, not knowing math and then eventually dropping out.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What do you say to the parents and the teacher's union that say that no one was listening to them?

EMANUEL: Fifty-six percent of African-American males are dropping out. I will not accept that when I think I can do something about it and give children a better future. And that's the responsibility of not just being a mayor; that's the responsibility of being an adult.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's D-day, and the board meets to vote. But not before people gather outside to voice their objections, loudly.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We are the people! We are united!

KAREN LEWIS, PRESIDENT, CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION: I personally feel you're on the wrong side of history. And history will judge you.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Parents and students of Lanier still hope their school will be spared.

MCDANIEL: We're here now, waiting for the governor's call for a stay of execution.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Mr. President, these items do require a vote.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Shortly before the vote, Barbara Byrd-Bennett makes an announcement.

BYRD-BENNETT: I recommend that the board vote no on the recommendation to close Lanier.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Are you all right?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You just stand up for what you believe in, anything is possible.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They also spared three others, including Asean's school, Marcus Garvey Elementary.

MCDANIEL: This has bittersweet, because there are still so many other schools that won't have the joy that we have right now.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Then the Chicago Board of Education makes history. They vote to close 50 schools, a decision that will affect 27,000 kids.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You think about the children that are going to be killed because of the stupid-ass decisions you've made!

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No justice, no peace! No justice, no peace! UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No justice, no peace! No justice, no peace!

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No justice, no peace! No justice, no peace!

LEWIS: This is an unmitigated disaster.

EMANUEL: I was walking out of the house, and my wife, Amy, says, "I've never seen you calmer."

And I said, "I am comfortable with what I am doing to put our children first."

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mayor Emanuel's decision to close schools is final. And now Chicago's new boss has a whole city wondering one thing: What's next?

EMANUEL: I happen to think the city of Chicago is the most American of American cities.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There is something about this place that's magical.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right here in Chicago.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's not just food. It's not just dinner.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You're expected to give back as the price of admission.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Welcome to the age of possibilities.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Every single student counts for $5,000.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We don't get more kids in this building we're going to, like, lose position.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Everybody in this room is lucky to be alive right now.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just too many guns in our community. Unfortunately, we're going to have tragedies.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We've got some people shot.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Retaliation can go back and forth.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Murder, murder, murder.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We've seen some bad stuff here.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's like living in a battle zone.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Man down. Man down.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Over a thousand people have been shot.

EMANUEL: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) this place, or am I having a stroke?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Get on the scale.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Only thing you can't kill is an idea.

EMANUEL: We're all accountable to the children of the city of Chicago.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They found out that we called the police on them, they came inside and they lit our house on fire.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We're not doing this. Let's go.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I can't wait for this to be over.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's 24-7. It absolutely never ends.

JOHNSON: You need to talk to that mayor and tell him to just quit his job.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How do we change our friend rather than our foe?


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PAYDAY 2 'Armored Transport' DLC Now Available on PC
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PAYDAY 2 'Armored Transport' DLC Now Available on PC

Xbox 360/PS3 versions update is arriving soon.

The very first officially DLC for PAYDAY 2 went live yesterday; the first of many from Overkill Games! The “Armored Transport” DLC grants a variety of additional content, most predominately new armored vehicle heist missions as the title suggests.

In addition to the newly added armored car and train heist missions (all playable across six already existing maps in the game), brand new content such as: three deadly weapons to equip, four different U.S. president masks to adorn (including Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, George Bush, and President Barack Obama), and four mask patterns and materials to work and customize with.  Key features for the DLC include:

  • News Heists Spread Over Six Locations – Players now have two new heists that take place over six different locations. Gamers hit the armored transports downtown, in parks, underpasses, crossroads and in the harbor area of D.C. If the player is lucky, the robberies will lead to an even bigger reward –a train robbery to secure a valuable military prototype.

  • Three New Weapons Of Choice – Players can now enjoy three new weapons of mass heisting. For the stealth artist we have the charming Gruber Kurz pistol, Tanks will enjoy the agile Commando 553 Assault rifle and only a lunatic could love the classic Swedish K SMG. Together with over a dozen new weapon modifications, everyone will have something to play with.

  • Four New Masks, Patterns and Materials – Four new masks have been added to the game, themed around four very famous American presidents. Combined with the all-new American themed patterns and materials, players will be able to cook up some pretty awesome looking mask designs. Bodhi would be proud.

  •  New Achievements, Free Community Mask and More – There are a dozen new achievements players to take care of. Those that join the Official PAYDAY 2 group on Steam will also receive another bonus item in the shape of a new hockey mask – inspired from one of the best heist flicks of all time. For those that work hard while robbing the armored transports, a curious Easter egg can be found.

We also have a nice launch trailer for the DLC to watch, so take a quick look while downloading this content:

The “Armored Transport” DLC is now going for $6.99 on Steam, so go and grab it while its hot. PAYDAY 2 is still one of our favorite co-op games of this year, so get out there and see why that is.

UPDATE on the XBOX 360/PS3 PAYDAY 2 PATCH: QA testing is still underway, but the DLC should be here very soon, according to Overkill Games. The aforementioned DLC will also follow shortly after the update goes live.

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OCEAN COUNTY officials are urging residents to safely dispose of unused and expired prescription medications at drop-off boxes located throughout the County.

"This is one simple step that we can all take in helping to reduce the growing drug addiction problems we are seeing locally and nationally," said Ocean County Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari. "I join with my colleagues on the Board of Freeholders and our law enforcement leaders in encouraging our residents to clean out medicine cabinets and dispose of old and unused prescription drugs properly."

In November 2011, Project Medicine Drop was launched in an effort to halt the abuse and diversion of prescription drugs. Project Medicine Drop is a program in which "prescription drug drop boxes" are installed at various police departments throughout the state. These drop boxes allow our citizens to dispose of their unused and expired prescription medications safely and securely seven days a week, 365 days a year."

Vicari, who serves as Chairman of Consumer Affairs and Senior Services, noted that once the medication is deposited into a drop box, the participating police agency maintains custody of the drugs, and disposes of them according to their normal procedures for the custody and destruction of controlled dangerous substances.

"The statistics about prescription drug abuse are staggering," Vicari said.

• According to the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 100 people die from drug overdoses every day in the United States.
• In July 2013, the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation reported that a growing number of young people are abusing prescription drugs, and noted a significant trend in which the practice has led to increases, not only in the number of young people addicted to painkillers, but to the number of young people using heroin as well.
• In 2013, 112 overdose deaths were confirmed in Ocean County, a 111 percent increase from 2012. Forty-nine percent of those deaths involved heroin.

"Ocean County is in the midst of a heroin epidemic," said Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato. "Prescription drug abuse is the precursor to heroin abuse.

"National surveys show teenagers who abuse prescription drugs often take them from relatives, or get them from friends," Coronato said. "Many people mistakenly believe prescription painkillers are less dangerous and less addictive than cocaine or heroin – but they are tragically wrong. The fight against addiction must therefore begin at home."

Ocean County officials agree that the drop-off boxes enable Ocean County residents to get rid of their unused and/or expired medications in a safe and secure manner.

"Taking the right precautions may help save a loved ones life," Coronato said.

"I want to commend the police departments in Ocean County for hosting these drop-off boxes," said Freeholder John P. Kelly, Director of Law and Public Safety. "Education and raising awareness are key components in this ongoing effort. Disposing of prescription drugs safely and properly certainly helps as we work toward a solution."

Drop off points in Ocean County are:
• Seaside Heights Police Department, 116 Sherman Ave., Seaside Heights, or call (732) 793-1800
• Toms River Police Department, 255 Oak Ave., Toms River, or call (732) 349-0150
• Lacey Township Police Department, 808 West Lacey Road, Forked River, or call (609) 693-6636
• Lakewood Township Police Department, 231 Third St., Lakewood, or call (732) 363-0200
• Manchester Township Police Department, 1 Colonial Drive, Manchester Township, or call 732-657-2009
* Berkeley Township Police Department, 631 Pinewald-Keswick Road, Bayville.

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Duties and Responsibilities
  • To prepare and submit budgets that are timely and responsive
  • To obtain goods and services that achieve the proper blend of quality and price
  • To research and secure alternative funding sources (where available) for projects of significance to Walton County
  • To provide quality communications systems that keep pace with technological improvements
  • To monitor contracts and agreements entered into by the County to ensure that special provisions are met, renewal is timely, and that appropriate financing is available
  • To professionally secure reimbursement of ambulance service costs

The Finance and Administrative Services Division seeks to serve the best interests of the citizens and taxpayers of Walton County.

Florida Department of Financial Services:  http://www.myfloridacfo.com/

Melissa Thomason
Finance Manager

176 Montgomery Cir.
DeFuniak Springs, FL 32433

Ph: (850) 892-8470