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Trombino's Bistro Italiano
Marinara-nate your plate
When little kids sit down for a history lesson, it is imperative that they be told about the days long ago when dinosaurs roamed the earth and Italian food was all that Homo sapiens had to eat. They could slay a giant Lasagnasaurus for supper, or gather meatballs from the ample bushes near the rivers that flowed with Alfredo sauce. Or perhaps even take down a huge Spaghettisaurus Rex to feed the entire clan, or die trying.
OK, so maybe my version of history is lacking a factual basis, but as long as intelligent life has been around, I'm pretty sure that some sort of Italian food has existed in a symbiotic and marinara-coated circle. Lucky for us modern apes, we have only to travel to San Mateo to get our fill of pasta, bread and cannoli.
Trombino's Bistro Italiano has been a staple of family-style Italian dining in the Heights for almost 30 years, and houses an impressively fat menu that includes a full bar, espresso drinks, an ample wine list and a "Buongiorno Brunch" served on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The inside boasts a spacious dining area with several rooms, big comfy booths and the requisite mondo tables for the nights when you bring the family. The service is quicker than a Hollywood marriage, and the waitstaff seems particularly knowledgeable about the food and wines—which is a plus, because experience has taught me that pronunciation tends to bar a lot of queries from the more timid diners.
Pairing wines with food is a beautiful thing when you're talking about Italian. I have a trick that I use to determine a perfect pairing: Take a bite of food, then have a sip of wine. If the separate flavors seem to meld together like the words and melody of a song, then you've got a winner. Trombino's wine list ranges from the everyday cheapos like Riunite Lambrusco ($3.99 a glass, or $12.99 a bottle) all the way up to a fine bottle of Bolgheri Sassicaia ($195 a bottle). I am a Chianti fan, and anyone who knows me can attest to the fact that I would take a sweet wine over a dry one any day. So my palate was rearing for something red, fruity, semi-dry and medium-bodied with my meal. I was convinced to try the house red, which, as it turned out, was a good choice for what I ordered. The glass of C.R. Cellars California Chianti ($3.29) was light, not too acidic and perfumed with mellow red berries.
The appetizer list here consists of typical boot country faves, but a couple of variations caught my eye. The clams oreganata ($9.25) are a house special of baby clams stuffed with herb-parmesan breading, and the mussels zafferano ($9.49) are Atlantic Blue Gold mussels steamed with saffron and white wine.
I started with a bowl of minestrone and was disappointed. The soup wasn't bad, but it should have been advertised differently—maybe a country vegetable soup, since it contained copious amounts of carrots and cabbage in a nice, spicy tomato broth.
Dinner was fraught with tough choices, the biggest of which was: Do I try something exotic or enjoy the basics? I chose the latter, because anyone who truly digs Italian food knows that if a place can't get the fundamentals right, then there's no point in trying anything else. I played it safe and ordered the spaghetti and ravioli plate ($8.79), but just to show that I care, I added homemade meatballs ($2).
My choice was justified, and my portion was large. The meat sauce was bright and tangy, not overly seasoned with any one thing—nobody got garlic or oregano-happy like some chain restaurants I won't mention—and the pasta was cooked just a nudge past al dente, just the way I like it. The meatballs were the real star of this meal. After having ingested those fake caramel-colored, filler-heavy balls that you get all too often these days, I was quite pleased to find that Trombino's hooks you up with big, juicy, meaty boulders that are well worth the extra change.
Did I mention the full bar? The martini happy hour from 4 to 9 p.m. was a stroke of genius, and you get $2 off such epicurean delights as an ocean water martini (Absolut, Parrot Bay and blue Curacao), an orange cosmopolitan or the ever-popular appletini.
After dinner equals cannoli ($3.49), and they've got game. The pastry is crisp and sweet, and the filling is loaded with chocolate drops and fragrant with cinnamon oil.
Trombino's hasn't quite been around since the earth's crust cooled, but 1979 is pretty darned close for Albuquerque. How have they managed to put down such stable roots in a city of red or green? Deep down in every one of us, there is a primitive, ravioli-seeking cave dweller that is captivated by fire--and the fettuccine that cooks above it.
The Alibi Recommends:
Lemon-basil chicken salad
Grilled homemade Italian sausage
Homemade meatballs
Prosciutto-wrapped asparagus
Trombino's Bistro Italiano, 5414 Academy NE, 821-5974. Hours: Mon. thru Thurs. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sat. 3 to 10:30 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Price range: Moderate to expensive. No smoking, credit cards accepted, catering, small banquets, brunch, booze, espresso drinks.


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The new facilities, one in College Point and another in Sunnyside, will handle all of the residential waste from Queens as part of the city's plan for borough self-sufficiency when it comes to handling garbage, a key component of the current administration's 20-year Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP).
Harry Szarpanski, a deputy commissioner with the Department of Sanitation (DSNY), gave a presentation to the board, which is comprised primarily of members of the Queens Borough President's office and community board members, at Borough Hall Monday night.
He first gave an update of the College Point Marine Transfer Station (MTS), a defunct facility that was used to ship garbage by barge to Staten Island when the Fresh Kills landfill was still in operation. The old facility is being torn down and a new facility designed to meet current needs is being built in its place.
Sanitation trucks will enter the facility and dump their garbage onto a loading floor, where the garbage will be pushed through holes in the floor into airtight containers. Once full, the containers will be capped and leave the facility, where they will be loaded onto barges.
To minimize odors from the facility, all air will exit the MTS through a single spot, where chemicals will neutralize the smell. The facility will also have a negative air pressure.
"That means when the doors open to allow trucks access, air will actually be sucked into the facility as opposed to being sucked out," explained Szarpanski.
Because the barges are not designed for open-sea travel, they will have to carry the containers to another transfer facility somewhere in New York Harbor, where the waste will either be loaded on trains or ocean-going vessels for shipment outside of the New York area.
Following Szarpanski's presentation, Marshall raised concerns about additional truck traffic around the facility.
"It's fine if trucks are traveling on College Point Boulevard, but if they use residential roads, that is going to be a problem," she said.
Which is exactly the issue that was raised with the Sunnyside facility. Located on Review Avenue on Newtown Creek, the station will operate much like the College Point facility, except the containers will be loaded onto larger tractor-trailers instead of barges and transported to the Maspeth Rail Yard, where they will be loaded onto trains and shipped out of the city.
Both Joseph Conley and Vincent Arcuri, chairmen of Community Boards 2 and 5, respectively, voiced concerns about the impact of additional truck traffic, as well as the possibility of trucks queuing on Review Avenue as they wait to gain access to the facility.
The Review Avenue site currently operates as a transfer station, but once the new facility is operational, permits will allow up to an additional 1,140 tons of waste to be handled there daily, including some commercial waste.
Szarpanski assured board members that DSNY would continue to have a dialogue with communities impacted by the transfer stations.
"If there are problems, we have made a commitment that we will change our routing," he said.
DSNY hopes to have the College Point facility up and running in April of 2012, while the Review Avenue site should be fully operational by February of 2011.

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It's a preposition, and it introduces the logical subject of a passive sentence:
...were untouched by a cul-de-sac.
A cul-de-sac did not touch ....
Over the past three decades, Oregon has earned a reputation for having the most restrictive land-use rules in the nation. Housing was grouped in and near the cities, while vast parcels of farmland and forests were untouched by so much as[B] a suburban cul-de-sac.
This paragraph is an excerpt from an article in NewYork Times which you may access by clicking here:http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/26/na...rint&position=
Would you please kindly tell me the function of "by" here as underlined and in bold? Thanks a lot.
It's a preposition, and it introduces the logical subject of a passive sentence:
...were untouched by a cul-de-sac.
A cul-de-sac did not touch ....
Thanks for your reply Casiopea, but I can't agree with you.
...were untouched by so much (to such a degree that they can be considered) as a cul-de-sac.
Above is my understanding and originally, I was wondering if "by" here was a must-have because I think the sentence is still complete without "by" here.
I don't quite understand your meaning of "A cul-de-sac did not touch...". "A cul-de-sac" means a dead-end lane, right? In my opinion, the author wanted to say that the "vast parcels of farmland and forests" were not accessible, or not allowed to be developed, just as one couldn't get through "a suburban cul-de-sac".
Looking forward to your further explanation. Thanks
Last edited by chinawangyong; 26-Nov-2004 at 15:10.
It's a passive sentence. The logical subject is 'so much as a suburban cul-de-sac', and it's introduced by 'by'. Try looking at it from this angle:
Farmlands and forests (structural subject)
were not even touched (Passive verb phrase)
by so much as a suburban cul-de-sac. (logical subject)
Not so much as a suburban cul-de-sac (Logical subject)
touched (Active verb)
the farmland and forests (Object of the verb)
Now it makes sense to me. :) Thank you so much, Casiopea...
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In an order issued June 15, Oregon Federal District Court Judge Ancer Haggerty determined that environmental groups failed to show "that all grazing must cease" on allotments in the Malheur National Forest.
According to a June 19 press release, the judge reversed a 2008 order that stopped grazing on 100,000 acres of federal forest lands and denied a request to enjoin grazing on an additional 200,000 acres. Haggerty determined that ranchers and the Forest Service had demonstrated that grazing would not harm threatened steelhead.
The ruling directly impacts 17 ranches in Grant County but has ramification on the viability of public lands grazing throughout the West. The Oregon Natural Desert Association, Western Watersheds Project, and the Center for Biological Diversity (ONDA) filed for a preliminary injunction in the ONDA v. Kimball case on April 10. If the preliminary injunction had been granted, it would have caused significant harm to the livestock industry and the economy of Grant County, according to rancher Ken Holliday.
Haggerty's ruling provides ranchers a key victory in a case originally filed by ONDA to address claimed deficiencies in a steelhead biological opinion from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). In the preliminary injunction motion, the ONDA claimed that the Forest Service and NMFS failed to restrict grazing to protect listed steelhead. ONDA based its claims on information it collected using a bank alteration standard.
Attorney for the ranchers, Elizabeth Howard of Dunn Carney, indicated that "the bank alteration standard has little to no relevance to efforts to protect steelhead. Yet, it is being used to harm ranchers that the experts say are maintaining a healthy ecosystem."
Ranchers became involved in this case to force NMFS to fix the bank alteration standard because it was not intended to be used as a method to assess grazing impacts to steelhead. "After testimony from experts at the hearing on June 12, it is even more clear that bank alteration is being used incorrectly," said local rancher Ken Brooks. Ranchers hope that agencies will fix the standard this year.


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A team of 12 runners from Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) representing different backgrounds and medical professions across the Hudson Valley will compete in the TCS New York City Marathon on November 5. Team members will raise money in support of the patients they care for at WMCHealth's 10 Hudson Valley hospitals. Here is a closer look at the runners who will "Go the Distance to Make a Difference."
Henry Spence, RN, Mount Vernon, N.Y. – Running for Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of WMCHealth
Henry Spence's interest in running started four years ago when a Biggest Loser weight loss competition was initiated at his unit at Westchester Medical Center. Since then, Henry, who is a registered nurse in the trauma intensive care unit, has participated in five half marathons, including the Healing Half Marathon. "The 2017 TCS New York City Marathon has always seemed like the ultimate challenge that I didn't think I would be able to handle until now," he said. "I look forward to representing Westchester Medical Center and being a part of this spectacular event. I am tremendously humbled to represent Westchester Medical Center. I am going the distance for our patients."
Gabriel Tenembaum, MD, Monsey, N.Y. – Running for Good Samaritan Hospital, a member of WMCHealth
Giving up is not part of the vocabulary of Dr. Gabriel Tenembaum, an OBGYN affiliated with Good Samaritan Hospital. In addition to being a physician for more than 30 years, he is also an avid athlete, triathlete and health and nutrition aficionado. "It is a great honor to be able to run the streets of the Big Apple as a representative of great health and healing organizations such as Good Samaritan Hospital and WMCHealth Network," said Tenembaum, who is approaching his 60th birthday. "I look forward to going the distance for WMCHealth and my patients at Good Samaritan Hospital."
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For Michael Thomas, an oncology pharmacist at Westchester Medical Center, running in the 2017 TCS New York City Marathon is an opportunity to "show people that our healthcare team has the same passion and determination as our patients," he said. "It takes a level of courage and willpower to push yourself to the summit of a marathon. I see an instant parallel with the journey some of our patients are forced to embark on. I run for the patient who labors with every step, fights for every breath, and I run simply because I can, a gift that can't be overlooked."
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A weather satellite that failed just before the start of an expected busy hurricane season is back in service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Monday.
Engineers believe a micrometeoroid hit a solar wing panel on the GOES-13 spacecraft on May 22, knocking it off balance and triggering its instruments to shut down, NOAA wrote on its website.
A team of engineers determined the collision did not damage GOES-13's instruments or the satellite, and were able to return it to service, NOAA said.
GOES is an abbreviation for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites. The network includes two operational spacecraft, one positioned for detailed views of the eastern United States and one for the west, plus one spare.
When GOES-13 stopped relaying images and data, NOAA activated the spare to help keep tabs on brewing storms and cloud cover while engineers assessed the problem.
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Friday, December 30, 2011
New Days Ahead
Yes, it is December 30th here in Wisconsin and it still looks like fall. It is strangely warm around here, at least warm to us. I think there is another day in the 40's on tap and there is no snow on the horizon. Some of us are enjoying the snow-less winter and some of us are really missing the piles of snow, the sledding, hiking through the snow, and especially the outdoor ice skating. I bet winter is still coming our way.
Enough of the weather chatter, this post is mainly to let you all know that I have decided to leave my job as curator of the Spud & Chloë blog. It is a happy and good decision. I am excited to focus even more on my family, to work on my own things, to go in my own directions, to focus more singly on one project at a time, and mostly, to have the chance to breathe a bit. I take all of my work very seriously and I would not leave without much thought and consideration about what's best for my family and me. It is all good!
Of course that doesn't mean I am really resting. I am into the editing phase for the manuscript for my 5th book right now (it's going to be a good one) and I am already onto planning and lining up my next book which is always a fun time. I can't wait to get going on a new book project, the beginning is the best time of that whole process.
Also, I am especially excited to have the chance to focus on my own blog more. I love it on here and I have some new plans brewing. You can always and still find me here, on Ravelry under susanbanderson and in my fun and fantastic Itty-Bitty Knits group (click here for the group), please come join us, or on Facebook (click here for my Facebook page) and on Twitter (click here). I'm not going anywhere.
So I am onto new days ahead. I'm taking a deep breath and enjoying my family time during this holiday break, and sneaking in a little knitting time here and there. Call me crazy but maybe, just maybe, I'll even read a novel or two at my leisure.....
That's my story. Happy new year to you, dear Knitters. Let's make 2012 the best and most knitterly year yet!
best, susie
30 comments:
- Anabella said...
Best of luck, Susie! Looking forward to following your adventures here!
- December 30, 2011
- Lucy Chen said...
It's a surprise to hear about your departure from Spud and Chloe. But I'm also excited to hear about your new books, and looking forward to your new adventures. Have a wonderful 2012!
- December 30, 2011
- sauceyjill said...
Thanks for introducing us to Spud and Chloe in such a fun and creative way. You're an amazing designer and inspiration!
I'm a forever fan... can't wait to see what you get up to next. I know it will be fantastic!
Enjoy your holiday with your family :)
- December 30, 2011
- Bridget said...
I'm so glad you are sticking with your blog and designing, I just love your sensibilities! Also, I feel like I know you personally, and would miss hearing from you.
All the best in 2012. :-)
- December 30, 2011
- Tiphanie said...
I can't wait to see your new endeavors... I love your designs and your books. Have a nice and relaxing break, and happy 2012!
- December 30, 2011
- Miss Julep said...
Yay for good changes!! I was stunned when I read about the move from Spud and Chloe but I am looking forward to what you have in the works and to adding my 5th Susan Anderson book to my library.
Happy New Year!
- December 30, 2011
- Kelly said...
I'll miss your posts on Spud and Chloe, but your books are really special! Looking forward to your next book and best wishes in all your new adventures in 2012!
- December 30, 2011
- BListello said...
Best of luck on new adventures. There is room on my book shelf just waiting for your next tome ... hope more big toys for little ones. Regards, Betty
- December 30, 2011
- Leslie said...
Hooray for making a decision in the best interests of the whole family. Eagerly awaiting a new Susan B book to add to my library!!
- December 30, 2011
- Rae Lynne said...
It's good to take more time for yourself and family. I'll miss "hearing" you talk on the Spud & Chloe blog but I'll still be a frequent flyer to your blog here and always love hearing what you are working on.
You brought my attention to S&C in a fun and wonderful way. Good luck on the editing of book 5 and beginning book 6. I CANNOT WAIT to see what you've come up with. :)
~Rae Lynne
- December 30, 2011
Dear Susan,
I have been a great fan of yours ever since I met you a few years ago at the Wool Cabin in Salt Lake. I entered the store that day a huge fan of your knitting, but left a huge fan of Susan B, Anderson as well!
I know you meet a million knitters, and don't expect you to remember us, but that day I had 3 little boys in tow under the age of 6. You were so gracious and darling as I got to meet you, but the moment that endeared me to you most was when you encouraged my oldest, who was not excited about being "stuck with yarn" again, to try out your beautiful toys from Itty Bitty Toys that he had been eyeing. You were ever so patient and kind with my little crowd that day.
I've loved reading both your blogs and am inspired just as much by your cheerful and joyful mothering as well as your gorgeous knitting.
Keep up the great work both on and off the needles!
Here's to looking forward to a new endeavor!
Emily Mecham
- December 30, 2011
- Kathleen said...
Change is good! I'm excited to see what you have coming up, and I'm also wondering if you might have some fun KALs with other yarns. :) The big decision might have been difficult to make, but I wish you all of the best! Good luck!
- December 30, 2011
- Julia said...
Yay for new adventures! For me, change is hard, but the hardest part is making the change! I wish you a wonderful 2012! I am excited to still keep up with you here and I am looking forward to see what is next! :)
- December 30, 2011
- Gilda Knits said...
Happy New Year! (I'm in MN so I know what you mean about knowing that winter is STILL coming. We're always tricked some way or another into thinking spring is around the corner, but I know better, I do ;))
- December 30, 2011
- Suze said...
Best of luck to you! I never could understand how you maintain so many things. You have to do what is best...can't wait to see the new book.
Happy New Year!
p.s. I am in the "wish it would snow already!" camp, for sure :)
- December 30, 2011
- Creative Design said...
New Year, new adventures! I always look forward to your books and talent!
Best to you,
- December 30, 2011
- she knits said...
Dear Susan,
Wishing you all the best in all your new endeavours:0)
Have a wonderful break with your family.
Looking forward to your new books and the fun i am sure that will be here on your blog as well.
Much love, Mel
- December 30, 2011
- Suzanne said...
I love your work and your presence, Susan. One of the things I admire most is your goal to balance family and knitting. From listening to your interviews at NNK and hearing about you on Knitcircus, it is clear that you are a hard worker, committed to your family and your craft. All the best in your next endeavor.
- December 31, 2011
I have enjoyed and learned a lot from your Spud and Chloe blog. I will miss that, but wish you the best and will follow your other ventures! Looking forward to that new book!
mamagiff on rav
- December 31, 2011
- Kate (KnitsInClass) said...
I'll miss you over at Spud and Chloe - you were a great curator! But, family is infinitely more important - I left a job for the same reason earlier this year.
- December 31, 2011
- Carolknits said...
Good for you! I know it must have been a hard decision, but I am happy for you. To be truthful, I felt that you were always under pressure to promote the Spud and Chloe yarns and since it is practically unavailable near me and it is rather expensive, I've never been able to use it for a project. Now I feel we both can relax and enjoy your patterns without guilt! That's good for both of us, I think.
You need to be more with your family-they leave the nest very quickly.
I'm looking forward to your new book and continued fun on this blog:)
Carolknits, MA
- December 31, 2011
I'll miss you on Spud & Chloe but I know where to find you. I love your blog and I'm in your two classes at Craftsy. I really, really like it and am so glad I can go to it forever. It's great to know I have the videos when I'm not quite sure if I'm on the right track. Hey, now that you have more time :), you can make more videos on you tube......?
Happy New Year
- December 31, 2011
- Charles said...
Good for you! I'm sure it was a hard decision, but one you won't regret. My mom used to say the kids really need to know you are there for them when they are in high school - even if they are more independent. And those years go way too fast! Merry Christmas!
- December 31, 2011
I am happy for you. It certainly sounds and feels like you made the right decision. I am sure this change and new freedom will result in even more creative and wonderful designs/projects.
Time is the currency of our lives.
Spend it wisely.
- January 01, 2012
- Ellen Bishop said...
Susan, you have been such an inspiration to me and my knitting. I will always be following your every move and project! I have no doubt you will continue being the best!!!
- January 01, 2012
- Laura Nelkin said...
Well, hurray for change! I cannot WAIT to see what you do with all your creative energy focused towards yourself, your books, and your family!
- January 01, 2012
- AmyS said...
I missed this post somehow! Sad to see you leave the other blog but very happy for you that it's your decision and something you're happy about. Best wishes always in all you do.
- January 02, 2012
- Lisa H. said...
Change is always exciting! I'm a big fan and can't wait to see what you'll do next. Keep inspiring me to make an effort to try new things! Happy New Year to you and yours!
- January 02, 2012
- Sara said...
It is sometimes hard to make decisions about change...but it sounds like a good one to me. I'll stick with you and your blog and will continue with that wonderful Spud and Chloe yarn that you introduced to us! 'See you at guild on Monday!
- January 03, 2012
- stephigordon said...
Your blog has always been my favorite, so thank you for focusing on your family first and your personal work second! I have often wondered if you've considered a Ravelry group just for Susan B Anderson designs - for projects from all of your patterns (whether from Spud & Chloe, your books, other books and magazines, etc)? ( :
- January 25, 2012


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U.S. Beefs Up Military Options for China
The U.S. military has prepared options for a muscular response to any future Chinese provocations in the South and East China seas, ranging from displays of B-2 bomber flights near China to aircraft-carrier exercises near its coastal waters, officials said. Julian Barnes reports. Photo: Getty.
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All MBA students are required to take BA 284T (Introductory Financial Accounting).
Many MBA students should take additional accounting courses beyond this core. Students preparing for a career in investments (including institutional lending) should take as many additional Financial Accounting courses as possible. In a world of no constraints, you would take ACC 380D (combined Intermediate and Advanced Accounting) before ACC 380K.7 (Financial Statement Analysis). However, BA 284T (Introductory Financial Accounting) is the only prerequisite for both courses, so they can be taken in any sequence if scheduling conflicts arise. Please note that many financial institutions will not interview students unless they have taken the equivalent of ACC 380D.
Corporate finance students should include ACC 287.5 (Performance Measurement and Control), ACC 387.4 (Strategic Control Systems), and if possible, ACC 380D (Intermediate and Advanced Accounting). Please note that ACC 287.5 (Performance Measurement and Control) is a prerequisite for ACC 387.4 (Strategic Control Systems).
Marketing and Management students should take ACC 287.5 (Performance Measurement and Control) and ACC 387.4 (Strategic Control Systems).
*MBA students who wish to take more in-depth Accounting courses can take ACC 380K.1 and ACC 380K.2, which are Intermediate and Advanced Accounting, respectively. These courses are offered primarily to students enrolled in the MPA program, but can be taken by MBAs with permission of the MPA academic advisors.
Advanced Financial Reporting Topics for MBAs
(Intermediate and Advanced Financial Accounting combined in one course designed for MBAs)
If you intend to concentrate in Finance in the MBA program, this course is very strongly recommended. In fact, most employers hiring MBAs with a Finance concentration require that they take this class, or its equivalent. A very significant portion of the CFA exam (Level I in particular) pertains to topics covered in this class.
The course covers a number of topics typically covered in Intermediate and Advanced Accounting (i.e., ACC 380K.1 and ACC 380K.2). The course is specifically designed for MBA students. Students in the MPA program will not be allowed to enroll; they will take ACC 380K.1 and ACC 380K.2, which are described below.
This course will be organized around how companies run their businesses. Particular attention is paid to the incentives of company management in terms of financial reporting. The course also will concentrate on how financial analysts use financial statement information. This class stops short of financial statement analysis, which is a separate course in the Department of Accounting (ACC 380K.7). Many students report that financial statement analysis is much easier and more enlightening if they have already had the content of ACC 380D before taking financial statement analysis.
(Financial Statement Analysis)
Course goal: To understand a company's history, current position, and future prospects by analyzing and interpreting the information in publicly-issued financial statements and their related footnotes. The analyses are performed in the context of the company's industry and strategic environment, and have a variety of potential uses, including business valuation, credit risk analysis, and management performance evaluation.
Primary emphasis: The course typically focuses on business valuation as an application of the techniques and methods we discuss.
Who would benefit from this class: This class is likely to be most useful for prospective financial analysts or for other professionals who might use accounting information to judge a company's prospects.
Topics: Specific topics in the class include (a) analyzing the firm's industry and economic environment; (b) analyzing the firm's recent financial performance; (c) analyzing the firm's accounting methods and evaluating the quality of financial reporting; (d) forecasting the firm's future financial performance, and (e) independently estimating the value of the firm.
Assignments: There are two major types of assignments in this class, and both reflect the real-world focus of the class. The first type consists of small assignments that use excerpts from firms' financial statements to illustrate specific accounting topics covered in the class. The second type consists of comprehensive analysis of existing companies, and is typically done in groups. Examples are cases on General Electric and Home Depot. Another example is a comprehensive financial statement analysis and valuation of selected companies.
Relation to other courses: The only pre-requisite for this class is Introductory Financial Accounting, BA 384T. Advanced Financial Reporting Topics for MBAs (ACC 380D) will familiarize you with the topics in this class, and it is strongly recommended (but not necessary) to take that class before Financial Statement Analysis. In the past, students have successfully taken either of these classes alone or in either order. ACC 380D examines financial accounting from the perspective of decision makers within the company. Those decision makers are privy to the raw information that is summarized in financial statements and can shape their companies' financial reports. In contrast, Financial Statement Analysis examines financial reporting from the perspective of external users who are typically limited to the company's reports and other publicly available information on the company and its industry.
MBA students who wish to take more in-depth accounting courses can elect to take ACC 380K.1 and ACC 380K.2, which are separate courses in Intermediate and Advanced Accounting, respectively. These courses are offered primarily to students enrolled in the MPA program but can be taken by MBAs with permission of the MPA academic advisors
Financial Accounting Standards and Analysis I
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This course is a requirement for those enrolled in the MPA program and can be taken, with special permission by the MPA office, by those in the MBA program (although most MBAs will take ACC 380D, described above).
Topics covered in ACC 380K.1
*Revenue recognition (long-term construction contracts, installment sales)
*Effects of accounting changes, restatements, discontinued operations, and extraordinary items
*Financial instruments (investments in debt instruments, equities, and derivatives; cash flow versus fair value hedges; securitizing receivables; outstanding debt, equity, hybrids)
*Fixed assets (impairments, restructurings, and interest capitalization)
*Deferred taxes (reconciliation of taxes paid with tax expense)
*Leases (off-balance-sheet financing)
*Pensions (effects of changes in interest rates and actuarial assumptions)
*Stock-based compensation
*Earnings per share (basic and diluted)
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*Consolidated financial reporting Special-purpose / variable-interest entities
*Disclosures of segmented information
*International accounting standards and global capital markets
*Accounting for foreign subsidiaries
*Importing, exporting, and financial instruments used to manage foreign exchange risk
Management accounting is the information used to make business decisions including product costing, planning and budgeting, performance evaluation and feedback, product pricing, component sourcing, customer profitability, investment decisions, capacity utilization, and the like. Managerial accounting is integrally involved in the marketing, finance, operational, and human relations aspects of the business. Managerial accounting courses cut across these functional lines and examine information useful to making decisions in a variety of settings. The McCombs School offers two graduate course in managerial accounting: ACC 287.5 (Performance Measurement and Control) and ACC 387.4 (Strategic Control Systems). These courses are described below.
Performance Measurement and Control
This is a half-semester FlexCore course generally taken in the second semester of the program.
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the types of managerial information used to effectively and efficiently run the business. The emphasis is on understanding the kind of information to ask for in various decision settings and how to use it (the managerial function) as opposed to the technical details of how to produce the data (the accounting function). Some technical expertise is developed to understand the strengths and limitations of the data. However, the course focuses on the use of that data as information in managerial decision making; that is, interpretation and evaluation of information in common business situations.
The second component covered is the planning and control function. Planning activities involve decisions between alternative courses of actions with a focus on future costs. In this context we consider standard costs and budgeting. Control addresses the successful implementation of plans and the use of feedback to ensure goals are reached.
In this topic we consider variance analysis, responsibility accounting, and performance evaluation.
Strategic Control Systems
This is a follow-up course for students who want to go beyond the material in ACC 287.5. Accordingly, students may elect to take this course in their second year.
Relying solely on historical accounting information to run a business is like driving down the highway with the windshield covered. Through the "rear view mirror" of accounting information you can see clearly where you have been, but you have no way of navigating the twisting, turning road of the future.
Business strategy guides companies into the future impacting the results that are ultimately reported in historical financial statements. This course shows how strategic control systems can give managers the timely quantitative and qualitative information they need to "drive into the future" with confidence and success. Managers use performance measurement and control systems to maintain or alter patterns in organizational activities. Desirable patterns may include efficiency and error-free processing, such as yield rates in manufacturing environments. In other instances, they may relate to patterns of ongoing creativity and innovation in products or internal processes, such as percentage of sales from new products or year-over-year improvement in processing speed. Rather than simply identifying good business measurements, this course emphasizes the identification and utilization of measurements that drive results consistent with corporate strategies.
Major Themes
How can management leverage the potential for innovation while ensuring adequate control and protection from unpleasant surprises by employees?
How do managers organize and allocate various resources to support implementation of strategies?
How is focus maintained when a plethora of business opportunities exist?
How can managers communicate business strategy and goals effectively to all employees?
How can senior managers move information from employees, who are in day-to-day contact with customers, back up the hierarchy to those responsible for formulating and supporting strategies?
What is the role of compensation and recognition systems in motivating employees to achieve corporate objectives?
How can managers drive growth that enhances, rather than dilutes, profitability and cash flow?
What are the best ways to measure and track performance toward strategically important goals?
How are performance measures linked with external markets?
How can managers ensure that their business is not exposed to unacceptable levels of risk?
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The rest of the world doesn't care about U.S. job losses in the textile industry and other manufacturing sectors. That's the impression you get from reading foreign commentaries about Treasury Secretary John Snow's visit to China.
Snow promised to bring up complaints about China's currency manipulation that many in U.S. manufacturing circles say are responsible for surging Chinese exports and 2.6 million lost jobs. (Snow did, but got little to show for his efforts, according to press reports.)
China pegs its yuan at 8.3 to the dollar, which analysts say makes its products about 30 percent cheaper in the U.S. market — before you consider the wages Chinese manufacturers pay their slaves, er, workers.
Calling the currency allegations good fodder for the 2004 U.S. political debate, an editorial in the Sept. 4 issue of the International Herald Tribune agreed it would be better if China allowed its currency to float freely, but….
"China's financial system remains fragile, and sudden currency volatility could lead to a banking crisis that could spell disaster for the world," the editorial said. "Washington would do better to urge China's leaders to focus on their lack of preparation to assume their proper role in the world's financial order."
So U.S. workers searching for jobs in a depressed economy are supposed to take comfort in the fact that Chinese bankers can sleep better at night knowing they have a few more months to get their houses in order.
From London, The Economist said Chinese policymakers "have more pressing things to worry about than effects on others of a cheap yuan." The magazine said it's more important that the Chinese rein in their overheated economy without pushing it into recession.
"In trying to achieve this, they deserve support, since China is one of the few bright spots at a time of sputtering worldwide economic growth," said the article, which then described how China's booming economy has led to "irrational exuberance" in lending.
Both articles imply that U.S. workers are grossly overpaid and that, somehow, China should be rewarded for its low wages. A Chinese factory worker earns $1,182 per year vs. $29,000 in the United States, another foreign publication, The Financial Times, notes.
Such frequently-cited comparisons remind me of what my friend Richard R. Oswald said about yet another article extolling the need for the United States and the European Union to lower their farm subsidies to help third world farmers: "Great theory. I'm going to sharpen my hoe and practice going barefoot."
This tendency to overlook the failure of foreign manufacturers to pay living wages in comparing economic advantages is one of the more troubling aspects of the current commentary.
As another friend once said, "You don't make things better by pulling us down to their levels," referring to the wages paid to cotton pickers in Ecuador. The United States left the era of $1-a-day wages in the last century. It's a shame so many seem to be trying to pull us back to it.
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Annual Research Celebration Todayby Richard Paige • January 20, 2014 Share:
Wabash College's Celebration of Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work will take place 1-4 p.m., Friday, Jan. 24, in Detchon Center.
Student engagement is the heart of the Wabash mission to change lives and the 14th annual event highlights the creative accomplishments of the student body.
"The Celebration of Student Research, Scholarship and Creative Work has become a signature event in the life of the College," said Dean of the College Gary A. Phillips. "While a relatively new tradition, it points to something enduring about this place. Our collective educational purpose is to prepare our students to think well and for themselves, to act creatively and deliberately, to engage their fields of study meaningfully and the liberal arts questions large and small. To my mind, the Celebration is a public statement that Wabash students are our teachers, too, and their accomplishments the fruit of hard labor and a community who trusts and believes in them."
A total of 72 students will take part in 64 presentations, featuring both oral presentations, posters and exhibits. Oral presentations begin at 1:10 p.m. and continue every 20 minutes until 4 p.m. Generally, each oral presentation lasts 12-15 minutes with time following for questions.
Poster and exhibit sessions allow student-scholars the opportunity to present their research findings in a concise, graphic format as they engage one-on-one with attendees. Two 90-minute sessions begin at 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., respectively. Click here for a complete program schedule.
"Many of the Celebration projects highlight the value Wabash places on collaborative academic and creative efforts between faculty and students," said Lon Porter, associate professor of chemistry. "One of the most fulfilling aspects of my role as a teacher and scholar is working to discover new knowledge alongside the students. These experiences give us the opportunity to learn and create together and that is a very special part of the core of we do here at the College. The Celebration spotlights am impressive array of student work, and it's definitely worth taking a moment during a busy semester to recognize and support it."
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The celebration is open to the public. Invited guests include students, faculty, staff, and members of the Wabash College Board of Trustees and Board of Directors of the National Association of Wabash Men.


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Senior Art Exhibition Opens Tonight• April 16, 2010 Share:
The Art Department is pleased to announce the opening of this year's Senior Art Major's Exhibition, with a reception this Monday, April 19th, 8-9:30pm.
This year's exhibition features work by six talented graduating seniors working in a variety of media including: video, installation, sound, mixed media sculpture, and painting. The issues and ideas explored by each senior art major is as diverse as their chosen media, and the exhibition is shaping up to be a truly exciting and thought provoking event.
The artists include Miguel Aguilar, Juan Diaz, Korey Pazour, David Rosborough, Michael Scott, and Dan Sutton. The exhibition will run from April 19th through May 16th.
In his paintings and sound sculpture, Miguel Aguilar, an art/Spanish double major, adopts the narrative and stylistic devices of magical realism to explore issues of abandonment, restriction, and the loss of possibilities. His work is evocative of writers and artists such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Frida Kahlo.
In this work, the viewer encounters strange landscapes dotted with the presence of people long ago vanished. Stories are told, yet their meanings remain open to interpretation and seem to conclude without closure. Listen carefully and you can hear a voice telling a tale, the sound emanating from the belly of a floating dress, worn by a woman never seen.
Juan Diaz, an art major and political science minor, explores the syntax of painting by creating densely layered canvases made up of fields of color and richly textured line.
The work has an encrusted feel, at times evoking deep recessive spaces, and at other times geological pilings of mark and gesture.
Multiple canvases act in groups, speaking to one another and suggesting relationships built upon subtle differences.
Korey Pazour, an art major and English minor, uses humor and irony to tackle his struggle to understand the place of religion in his own life, as well as to challenge viewers to question its place in theirs.
His paintings playfully make use of board games and their rational sense of structure to ironically explore what he believes to be elements of religion that are illogical.
For Korey, humor is not a method to avoid an issue, but rather to engage it.
Working with a combination of painting and sculpture, David Rosborough, an art major and economics minor, creates hybrid works of art that explore fundamental elements of architectural forms and spaces.
His pieces act as pure visual abstractions yet simultaneously suggest themselves to be some kind of working models for futuristic structures.
At the heart of his practice, Dave plumbs the idea in architecture of "the ruptured surface", using physically incised lines, paint, mark making and texture.
Michael Scott, an art major and English minor, creates larger then life cartoon characters set in a fully immersive, three-dimensional environment that the viewer can literally walk into.
His rag-tag gang of characters suggests archetypal outsiders and misfits that we can easily empathize with. Through careful design considerations, such as facial gesture, pose and costuming, Michael is able to convey a sense of each character's back-story without the need for animation or other story telling devices typically seen in cartoons.
Though the characters and the installation they inhabit remain physically static, their story still unfolds.
Dan Sutton, an art major and religion minor, creates multi-channel videos that explore the genre of horror films, exploiting its tropes through the use of juxtaposition in order to disrupt the viewer's expectations of a familiar narrative.
His installation, built in four parts, recalls old home movies screened in the family den. Within this setting, what seems to be impending terror never quite reaches its bloody climax. Rather, a state of constant unease and palpable tension permeates the installation, and what appears to be a familiar story line begins to break down into parts that at once add up to something un-nerving and at another instant seems perfectly benign.


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"The Lost Letter L/Catch That C!"
The Lost Letter L - When Duck accidentally breaks the L off Frog's lamp, he decides not to tell Frog. Instead, he'll just fix it himself. Although Bug and Dog try to help, things spiral out of control, and soon Duck has broken a lamp, a lever and even Frog's log! Duck learns that everyone makes mistakes and admitting them sooner rather than later can make a big difference. D
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Meteoric Rise: Nicolas Petan piling up points for Portland WinterhawksNHL.com @NHLdotcom
PORTLAND, Ore. - It's not a big shock that a member of the Portland Winterhawks leads the Western Hockey League in scoring. What is rather surprising is the name at the top of the list.
Many hockey observers expected the spot to be occupied by St. Louis Blues prospect Ty Rattie, whose 57 goals and 121 points last season were more than anyone returning to major junior hockey this season.
Instead, it's Rattie's teammate, Nicolas Petan, who's piling up huge numbers in his second year with the Winterhawks. Petan, a native of Delta, B.C., has recorded 36 goals and 94 points in 54 games for a Portland team that's ranked No. 1 in the CHL and has a 43-8-1-2 record.
Not bad for a guy who mostly served as a fourth-liner as a 16-year-old rookie and failed to record a point in 22 playoff games last season.
Petan's meteoric rise has taken the five-foot-nine, 165-pound centre from off the NHL draft radar to a potential first- or second-round selection this summer. And to think, Petan nearly played soccer instead of hockey.
"I had to make a choice when I was 11 to go with one sport or the other," Petan said this week. "I felt at that point that I wanted to just go for it with hockey."
The decision has paid off so far, as the 17-year-old Petan continues to climb the draft rankings. A big January included a goal in the CHL Top Prospects Game and WHL Player of the Month honours.
He dismisses concerns that his size might make it tough to rise into the first round of the draft.
"I don't think it's a defect for me," Petan said of his frame. "It's actually been working for me, because I can work on things like getting stronger legs and creating more speed that help me get around the bigger guys."
As far as the draft goes, Petan has played second fiddle to Winterhawks teammate Seth Jones, who's considered the top draft-eligible prospect this year. The attention paid to Jones has brought some extra exposure for Petan, and scouts are raving about his improved speed and determination compared to last season.
"It was just about coming in after a hard-working summer and making that effort pay off," he said.
As a 16-year-old, Petan spent some time early in the season centring a line with Rattie and current Calgary Flames forward Sven Baertschi. But when the Winterhawks made some trades to acquire veterans, he found himself on the fourth line.
Petan did contribute a respectable 14 goals and 35 points as a rookie, but went without a point in a post-season run that ended with a loss in Game 7 of the WHL final to Edmonton.
Petan now plays with Brendan Leipsic ??? who is a similar size ??? and the slightly bigger Rattie on a line that's perhaps the smallest in the league, but also the most dominant at even strength. Petan's plus-54 rating leads the WHL, and he's on pace to threaten the Portland franchise record of plus-75 posted by Andrew Ference in 1997-'98.
Leipsic (92 points) and Rattie (75 points) are second and fourth in the WHL in scoring, respectively, and each member of the trio seems to know where the others will be at all times. Their chemistry is astonishing for a group that hadn't played together until this season.
"The three of us started staying after practice and working on our passing and just developing a familiarity with each other," said Petan. "Our physicality isn't quite there, but we make up for it by playing mentally strong."
Though skill is his clear strength, Petan would rather talk about the strides he's made defensively ??? something that's earned him regular shifts on the penalty kill this season. In the most recent off-season, Portland coach Mike Johnston challenged Petan to elevate his defensive game to earn more ice time in key situations.
It worked, and Petan credits Johnston for pushing him to become a better all-around player.
Johnston was suspended for the rest of the season as part of sanctions handed out by the WHL against the Winterhawks in late November.
The league charges that Portland provided illegal benefits to players in past seasons, and banned Johnston from all contact with the team through the post-season. The team was also fined $200,000 and docked nine bantam draft picks over the next five seasons.
The Winterhawks have admitted to the violations, but dispute the heavy-handed punishment for things like providing flights for families to come watch their kids play in person.
"It was a shocker when we heard about (the sanctions)," Petan said. "We were a bit quiet about it at first, but eventually we turned it into something that's made us closer."
A group that embraces social media, the Portland players have adopted the "#adversityhawks" hashtag on Twitter as a rallying cry for their season.
With assistant coach Travis Green now at the helm, the Winterhawks haven't missed a beat.
Though the surging Kelowna Rockets are right behind first-place Portland in the Western Conference standings, the Winterhawks know a third straight trip to the league final is within their reach. After ending up on the losing end the last two seasons, Petan believes his team is ready to break through.
"We feel we'll get to that point again, and we know how to handle it now," he said. "There's no room for mistakes when it's all on the line and I think we'll be prepared for it."


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Affordable Art Picks: To Make You Smile
Art is wonderful. Over the years, I've enjoyed lots, reacting with everything from misty eyes to belly laughs. Here are a few pieces that I hope will add amusement, happiness and beauty to your home.
Shown above from left to right:
1. kinotto pug by Maria Elina, from $22.88
2. Tonari no Totoro by Victor Vercesi, from $18.00
3. How are you dearie by Budi Satria Kwan, from $19.97
4. The city needs love by Yetiland, from $18.00
5. Melinippe; She Who Seeks Perfection by Jaime Zollars, $(Contact for pricing)
• Endless Summer: Art from Society6
• Lisa Congdon's Wintry Wonderland
• 10 Online Sources for Affordable Art Prints
(Images: as credited above)
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The Privacy Foundation at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Privacy Foundation Event:
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): Impact on the U.S.
The University of Denver Law School will be hosting a discussion on European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on the morning of Friday, October 26, 2018. Join Liz Harding (Polsinelli), Professor Margot Kaminski (University of Colorado) Nicole Tachbiana (Oracle), David Zetoony (Bryan Cave) and our own Professor John Soma as they discuss how GDPR is and will affect U.S. businesses. Register here http://dughost.imodules.com/s/1150/community/index.aspx?sid=1150&gid=1011&pgid=17789&cid=31665&ecid=31665.
How unique are you based on your gender, date of birth and zip code? Professor Dewri of the DU Computer Science Department has a web tool to estimate the numbers for you based on the 2010 USA Census data. The more unique you are, the easier it can be identify you in the digital realm. What is your score?
Hackers Steal Credit Card Data From Up to 40 Million Target Customers, 12/19/2013, mashable.com
Cybercriminals have hit retail store Target with a massive data breach that may have affected 40 million of customers' credit and debit cards accounts. The breach started around Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year in America, and has reportedly affected roughly 40,000 card devices at registers in Target locations around the country. … In its press release acknowledging the breach, Target said "40 million credit and debit card accounts may have been impacted between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15, 2013."
The PII Problem: Privacy and a New Concept of Personally Identifiable Information, 12/06/2011, www.pogowasright.org
Personally identifiable information (PII) is one of the most central concepts in information privacy regulation. The scope of privacy laws typically turns on whether PII is involved.
Reporters' Roundtable: Who owns your online identity?, 02/11/2011, www.cnet.com
Today, we're talking about identity. You own your identity, right? That's why we talk about identity theft. Identity is clearly personal, and it can be stolen from us
12 reasons why we're losing the identity theft battle, 09/14/2010, echannelline.com
1. Zero Liability has made consumers feel they have nothing to lose….
Heartland breach expenses pegged at $140M — so far, 5/10/2010, www.databreaches.net
The costs to Heartland Payment Systems Inc. from the massive data breach that it disclosed in January 2009 appear to be steadily adding up.
FTC Settles with Twelve Companies Falsely Claiming to Comply with International Safe Harbor Privacy Framework, 01/21/2014, _www.ftc.gov
Twelve U.S. businesses have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they falsely claimed they were abiding by an international privacy framework known as the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor that enables U.S. companies to transfer consumer data from the European Union to the United States in compliance with EU law.
Ie: High Court orders Quinns to reveal passwords to receiver, 11/10/2012, www.pogowasright.org
In an interesting decision the High Court (Kelly J.) yesterday ordered that members of the Quinn family must provide passwords to personal email accounts and other information to the receiver appointed over their assets by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation.
Government of Malta proposes inclusion of digital rights in Constitution, 10/11/2012, www.pogowasright.org
The government has presented a White Paper proposing the inclusion of digital rights in the Constitution as a means of introducing new rights to internet access, accessing information online, online freedom of expression, and the right to informational self-determination.
EU court: Social networks can't be forced to monitor users, 02/16/2012, news.cnet.com
The European Union's highest court says social networks cannot be forced to monitor users just to stop piracy.
FTC Welcomes a New Privacy System for the Movement of Consumer Data Between the United States and Other Economies in the Asia-Pacific Region, 11/16/2011, www.pogowasright.org
The Federal Trade Commission welcomed the approval by the forum on Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) of a new initiative to harmonize cross-border data privacy protection among members of APEC.
Where in the world are there data protection laws?, www.pogowasright.org, 10/30/2011
I stand in awe of how much some folks accomplish. Dave Banisar alerts me that he has updated the global map showing which countries have comprehensive data protection laws. The number is now up to 70.
Privacy commissioner of British Columbia issues guidelines on using social media for background checks, 10/14/2011, www.pogowasright.org
The Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia has issued guidelines to assist organizations and public bodies using social media sites to conduct background checks of prospective employees, volunteers and candidates.
The Latest Privacy Risk? Looking Up Medical And Drug Information Online, 02/24/2015, www.databreaches.net
Neil Ungerleider reports: If you have cancer, HIV, diabetes, lupus, depression, heart disease—or you simply look up health-related information online—advertisers are watching you. A new paper on what happens when users search for health information online shows that some of our most sensitive internet searches aren't as anonymous as we might think.
A new sheriff in town: Federal Trade Commission enforcement of medical information security=, 09/17/2014, _www.lexology.com
A recent court decision found that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has authority to enforce the requirements for security of Protected Health Information, or PHI, as defined under the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), against a defense asserted that the FTC has no authority under that statute.
Fourth Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security, 3/22/2014, www.bespacific.com
Ponemon Institute: "…we are releasing our Fourth Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security. We hope you will read the report sponsored by ID Experts that reveals some fascinating trends. Specifically, criminal attacks on healthcare systems have risen a startling 100 percent since we first conducted the study in 2010. This year, we found the number and size of data breaches has declined somewhat. Employee negligence is a major risk and is being fueled by BYOD."
Data Broker Removes Rape-Victims List After Journal Inquiry, 12/19/2013, www.pogowasright.org
If you missed Senator Rockefeller's hearing on data brokers yesterday, Pam Dixon of the World Privacy Forum made a powerful point in her opening statement about how data brokers have no shame. She cited the fact that brokers were selling lists of rape victims' names for 7.9 cents per name.
CRS – Encryption: Frequently Asked Questions, 10/05/2016, Congressional Research Service
Encryption is a process to secure information from unwanted access or use. Encryption uses the art of cryptography to change information which can be read (plaintext) and make it so that it cannot be read (ciphertext).
FTC v. LabMD ruling issued: FTC loses data security enforcement case, 11/13/2015, www.databreaches.net
In a data security enforcement action that some have characterized as a modern version of David vs. Goliath, David won today, and the FTC lost. It was an enforcement action that the FTC never should have commenced, as I've argued repeatedly, and today's loss may actually make future enforcement actions more difficult for them as the standard for demonstrating likelihood of substantial injury has now been addressed in this ruling.
Article: Competition, Consumer Protection, and The Right [Approach] to Privacy, 07/22/2015, _www.pogowasright.org
Many people view Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis's 1890 work, The Right to Privacy, as the starting point for the consumer privacy laws in the United States. Warren and Brandeis's concerns about the ability of technology to invade the private sphere continue to resonate today,
When a Company Is Put Up for Sale, in Many Cases, Your Personal Data Is, Too, 06/28/2015, www.nytimes.com
The privacy policy for Hulu, a video-streaming service with about nine million subscribers, opens with a declaration that the company "respects your privacy."
Facial Recognition Stalemate Convinces Privacy Groups To Walk Out Of Tech Industry Talks, 06/16/2015, www.ibtimes.com
Nine civil liberties and consumer groups have abandoned talks with trade associations after the two sides failed to find common ground over facial recognition technology.
Wetware: The Major Data Security Threat You've Never Heard Of, 05/14/2015, www.databreaches.net
Adam Levin reports: For the first time, according to a recent study, criminal and state-sponsored hacks have surpassed human error as the leading cause of health care data breaches, and it could be costing the industry as much as $6 billion. With an average organization cost of $2.1 million per breach, the results of the study give rise to a question: How do you define human error?
DOJ Issues Data Breach Guidance, 04/30/2015, www.databreaches.net
On Wednesday, April 29, 2015, the Department of Justice Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) Cybersecurity Unit issued new, detailed guidance on data breach incident response best practices.
What Is the Internet of Things?, 04/26/2015, www.bespacific.com
What Is the Internet of Things?, Mike Loukides and Jon Bruner, O'Reilly Media: "The Internet of Things (IoT) is a blending of software and hardware, introducing intelligence and connectedness to objects and adding physical endpoints to software.
New directives on border searches of electronic media, 09/27/09, www.pogowasright.org
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced new directives to enhance and clarify oversight for searches of computers and other electronic media at U.S. ports of entry.
California passes legislation to protect college students' social media privacy, 08/21/2012, www.pogowasright.org
California's Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved legislation to bar colleges and universities from requiring students to provide administrators with access to theirsocial media usernames and passwords. Governor Jerry Brown now must sign or veto the bill by Sept. 30.
Stepping Into the Breach, 10/25/2011, www.campustechnology.com
If you think your institution is immune to a security breach, perhaps you should have a chat with Brian Rust at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Student loan company: Data on 3.3M people stolen, 3/27/10, www.databreaches.net
A company that guarantees federal student loans said Friday that personal data on about 3.3 million people nationwide has been stolen from its headquarters in Minnesota.
If you have information that would be of interest to the Privacy Foundation, please contact us at email@example.com


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My name is Scott Gottreu and I am a web developer and writer. You can find me all over the web.
My New Book – Learning jqPlot
I worked with Packt Publishing to produce my first technical book, Learning jqPlot. I have written several articles about jqPlot in the past and this book walks through the various chart types and features available in jqPlot. Check out the Learning jqPlot product page to learn more about my rationale for writing this book.
Where to Buy
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The program includes:
• Flag raising, Gilmer High School Jr. ROTC.
• To the Color while Flag is Raised, Lynn Alexander.
• National Anthem, Lynn Alexander.
• Pledge to the flag, led by Dan Miles.
• Invocation and welcome, Rev. Huey Jones.
• Traditional placing of the wreath at the monument to the county's war dead, Hulene Strong.
• Song America the Beautiful, Rev. Jones.
• Introduction of speaker, Commander Gary Adams, VFW Post 6715.
• Speaker Steve Dean.
• Announcements, Comm. Adams.
• Closing prayer, Dan Miles.
• Taps, and lowering flag to half-staff, Lynn Alexander and JROTC flag detail.
Lunch served to veterans and spouses at DAV building off U.S. 271 N., across from Walmart, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.


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Here's something else I ran across at Making Light, and it will cheer you right up: it's a history of Machiavelli's time and place. If you thought Machiavelli was a ruthless, cunning schemer who presaged the modern political world of cynicism and expedience…you might just change your mind after reading it.
And now I want to visit Florence. Wait, I've always wanted to visit Florence…OK, now I want to visit it more.
Aww, heck, I want to see all of Italy.
Note also: her intelligent re-interpretation of the Avengers movie is also well worth reading.


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For years, the catchphrase within the wrestling community has been that WrestleMania is the time of year when all members of the WWE roster amp up their game.
After all, to be on the biggest stage of them all, they say, means performing the biggest you can as well. It's putting a little more into punches, jumping a little higher off the ropes and putting a bit more swagger in your step.
But is this just an urban legend? Or something cooked up by WWE's marketing crew? One would think so at first, until you talk to the people who have worked behind the scenes.
"There's a heightened sense of, 'Wow, this is a big deal. This really is the Super Bowl. This really is the World Series Game Seven,'" says Jimmy Noonan. "We were all jacked up about it."
Jimmy Noonan is not a name you'd necessarily recognize. He isn't an in-ring competitor, a broadcaster or a backstage interviewer. Instead, Noonan worked on WWE's security team, eventually becoming its head. He worked five WrestleManias (18-22) and fondly recalls running to appearances with the likes of Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio and John Cena.
Amping up for Noonan, however, didn't just mean attaining a new level of excitement -- it also meant that his job would increase tenfold. Consider, for example, working at the hotel where the talent stayed. He gives an example where a 1,200-room hotel would be three-quarters booked by the Fed. That's a heck of an area that you had to protect, especially when you consider how ravenous the public can be.
"Security in the hotel, along with WWE security, would do our best to secure the hotel. So right away the ante was up so to speak. We had top talent come in, guests coming in... we needed some type of secure area where fans couldn't get to," he remarks.
Part of this was due to what was going on in the temporary dwelling space, as Noonan reveals.
"In part of the hotel, you had a ring set up where guys are going over their matches all week," he said.
Because Mania takes place in a different city each year, security methods changed each year as well. Noonan points to WrestleMania 19 at Safeco Field in Seattle as an example. Here, wrestling was new to the stadium staff, which meant that there were concerned people before the show.
"There were questions about the pristine and beautiful grass on the infield all week; were we going to be able to do this, were we going to ruin the joint? They do baseball at Safeco, and now we're bringing wrestling fans in," Noonan recalls. "We had a security meeting very early that day, at 2 o'clock, and we met with everybody -- the supervisors, the 250 guys manning security gates and working ringside -- and my partner came up to me and said, 'Jimmy, did you feel it? They're afraid.' They weren't ready for wrestling fans."
"In that essence, every one was different," Noonan adds. "There was always something."
So having been through so much and seen so much at the "granddaddy of them all," is there one "WrestleMania Moment" that stands out above all others for Noonan? It took Jimmy all of five seconds to point out his favourite -- the crowning of Batista as champ.
"Dave is still my friend. He's the only person that I still call a friend in the business today," he says. "I was already in WWE when this monster, Leviathan, came in, and to watch the progression from this jobber guy, Deacon Batista, to be in the main event of 'Mania 21 and win, that made me very happy."
Jon Waldman is in his 10th year with SLAM! Wrestling.


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Dallas Cowboys Weekly Poll Results
Here are the results of last weeks poll which asked: Who will be the Cowboys Defensive MVP?
No surprise here, DeMarcus Ware wins in a landslide with 61% of the votes! Roy Williams was in a distant second place with 29%.
Now for this weeks question.
As you all know, I am a diehard Cowboys fan. I "almost" always back our players 100% and I always give them the benefit of the doubt. I say almost because one of our players is really starting to get on my nerves.
Of course I'm talking about linebacker Greg Ellis.
I am not going to give you the blow by blow on all of his antics in the past 12 months, because I am sure all of you have heard his selfish comments and grown tired of his negative swipes at the team and the management.
This weeks poll question goes to the heart of the matter.
What should the Cowboys do with Greg Ellis?
1. Keep him and ignore his crazy antics.
2. Release him before things get uglier.
3. Trade him and shore up Special Teams.
4. Doesn't matter he's probably going to retire.
5. Fine him for his comments against the team.