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Helsinki: FBI expert – School killers hard to identify in advance

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Friday, January 30th 2009 under School/Campus Violence   
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from Helsingin Sanomat A lecture hall full of Finnish officials, researchers, and representatives of local authorities and educational institutions listened attentively on Thursday to a lecture by visiting US expert Mary Ellen O’Toole of the FBI on identifying potential school killers. The seminar, organised by the Ministry of Education and Helsingin Sanomat, focussed on school [...]

Classroom safety precautions presented

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Friday, January 30th 2009 under School/Campus Violence   
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By Matt Hopf, DENnews.com The one-year anniversary of the Northern Illinois University campus shooting is approaching. The Northern shooting was one of 14 separate shootings on a college campus since 2000. Remaining aware of the surrounding environment continues to be a theme in campus security and safety issues. Dan Nadler, vice president for student affairs, [...]

Montreal massacre film brings up ‘too many memories’

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Friday, January 30th 2009 under School/Campus Violence   
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By Graeme Hamilton, National Post The movie trailer playing in Quebec theatres is gripping, showing a young man with a rifle stalking the halls of a school before herding a bunch of terrified female students into the corner of a classroom. What is lacking is suspense, because, sadly, everyone in the province knows how the [...]

Witness to Nanny Abuse: Responding to a Bully

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Friday, January 30th 2009 under Workplace bullying   
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By Michelle Swawley, ABC News Have you ever worked for an unfair boss, or witnessed someone talking to their employee in a way that made you uncomfortable, angry or scared? You are not alone. A survey taken by Domestic Workers United found that almost half of working Americans have suffered or witnessed workplace bullying. Watch [...]

Free Webinar – Domestic Abusers in the Workplace

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Thursday, January 29th 2009 under Workplace violence seminars   
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from Peace at Work January 29th, 2:30 PM EST – Domestic Abusers in the Workplace In service to the business community, Peace at Work, a non-profit dedicated to violence prevention in and through the workplace, is offers an array of free, live, online web training programs to increase awareness of potential dangers, provide a broad [...]

Students gain knowledge in dealing with campus shooters

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Thursday, January 29th 2009 under School/Campus Violence   
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By Hannah Sparling, BG News About 30 people trudged through the snow and slush yesterday to learn how to best stay safe in the event of a campus shooting. Most were members of the Graduate Student Enhancement Program at the University, and they were attending a training event called “Shots Fired.” The majority of the [...]

Fired worker’s suit tests Florida’s concealed-gun law

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Thursday, January 29th 2009 under Guns at work   
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By Patrick Danner, The Miami Herald Media Packing heat got Steven Collazo sacked. The Boca Raton man now is suing his former employer, the Florida subsidiary of a national funeral-home company, claiming his firing last month violated a new state law that allows people with concealed-weapons permits to have their firearms locked in their cars [...]

School Shootings and Massacres – Interview with Joseph Lieberman

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Wednesday, January 28th 2009 under School/Campus Violence   
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from OpposingViews.com Scott Vogel, Communications Director of the Freedom States Alliance, recently conducted an in-depth interview with Joseph Lieberman, author of the new book “School Shootings: What Every Parent and Educator Needs To Know To Protect Our Children.” They discussed the four categories of school shootings, the psychology of those who carry out these acts, [...]

Webinar – Guns at Work

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Wednesday, January 28th 2009 under Guns at work   
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Date: January 28, 2009 @ noon Eastern U.S. About the program: In security, changes are made after bad things happen. Some states have passed restrictive gun laws, for example, especially after incidents that made the national news. Because of shootings and mass murders at our malls, churches, schools, universities, and workplaces, other states have passed [...]

Opinion: Women in the Workforce

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Tuesday, January 27th 2009 under Workplace bullying   
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By Lila Kooklan, New University Back-stabbing; conniving; manipulative; bitch: We all know the stereotypes of strong and successful women in the workplace. However, what if these so-called “ill-founded” images weren’t really that off-point? As young girls in Girl Scouts and then as members of sororities in college, women are taught the importance of sisterhood, solidarity [...]

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