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Title text: Favorite mastectomy breast prosthesis idea: a fake boob containing a spare rechargable battery, accessed via a nipple USB port. Complete with a ring of LED charge indicators in the areola!
This comic is a reference to the breast cancer surgery that Randall's fiancee/wife underwent. This comic is the follow up appointment after the surgery. When the doctor asks Megan to take her shirt off, she refuses until the doctor gives her a necklace of beads that, in the New Orleans Mardi Gras culture, is used to exchange for the exposure of a female's breasts.
So, by Megan saying "You know the rules", that indicates that Megan has stipulated that every time she takes off her shirt for the doctor, a necklace of beads must be exchanged.
At the top of the comic page there is a link to a blog posting that talked about the real world events leading up to this comic.
The title text refers to a mastectomy, the surgical removal of one or both breasts. One possible treatment for breast cancer is to surgically remove the breast. After this procedure a false or prosthetic breast is often added to retain a normal physical appearance. The title text also suggests some things that could be concealed in this prosthesis. In the case a charging station with a USB port where the nipple would normally be, and lights to show how much charge the battery inside arranged around the darker circle of skin around the nipple.
- Breast Cancer Surgery Follow-Up...
- Oncologist: You're looking great! Remove your top so I can check how the incision is healing.
- Megan: Nuh-uh.
- Oncologist: *sigh*. Do we have to do this every time?
- Megan: You know the rules.
- Oncologist: This is so ridiculous.
- [Oncologist annoyedly searches for something in pockets.]
- Oncologist: Here.
- [Oncologist waves around a Mardi Gras bead necklace.]
- Megan: Woooo!
- [Megan disrobes.]
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Commenter VaguelyCreepy had a few notes on Mardi Gras beads that are probably good to keep close to this page:
- A few notes on the Mardi Gras beads:
- They come in all colors, so pink isn't particularly unusualy, though it could still fit if the doctor specifically chose that color for that reason.
- New Orleans natives really frown on that kind of behavior, and you usually only see it from tourists who think Mardi Gras is some kind of excuse to do whatever you like. The entire thing is a celebration, but if you act like an ass, people are going to hate you for it, and you may very well get arrested. Also, the beads, as well as a variety of other memorabilia, are thrown to everyone, including the women who keep their tops on.
That's all. lcarsos (talk) 07:58, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
I'm removing the line, "In this case, the beads are pink, likely a reference to the Pink ribbon campaign related to Breast cancer awareness." The beads aren't pink, they're clearly purple. 18.104.22.168 19:21, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
- I have an app which identifies them as pink (I'm colorblind, so I can't personally pass judgement). The pink beads would definitely make sense. 126.96.36.199 06:33, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
- I'm no expert, but if you open the image in Paint, zoom and use the eye-dropper, the color is definitely purple to the eye. My sample was (R,G,B => 175,68,173). It is not uniform, but other samples were similar. 18.104.22.168 22:49, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
- I tried that too! I got 168 45 166. Most purple-y color I've ever seen. 220.127.116.11 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- They look purple to me--SeventyAce (talk) 22:04, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
They looked pink to me until I read these comments now they look lilac (Compare the analysis chart to the forecast charts on: [Damn, I think they changed that too!!][1])
I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait (talk) 06:55, 22 January 2015 (UTC)


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Spanish GP 2014
Saturday Team Quotes
Red Bull-Renault
Daniel Ricciardo (3rd, 1:26.285): "Without putting too much attention on Mercedes, I'm happy with what I'm doing, so I think today was pretty good and I wasn't too disappointed with the lap. I don't really see how I could have improved much more today, so I think we're doing the best we can, but now that we're around third or fourth I want to close the gap to the silver cars! Sorry for Seb, he's had a pretty rough weekend. I prefer it when we are both able to compete. Looking to tomorrow, then I think third is the best we can do. If Mercedes continue at the pace they had today then realistically we won't catch them, so then third, although it wouldn't be a victory, it would be really satisfying."
Sebastian Vettel (10th, No Time): "I left the garage for Q3 and lost drive in second gear; I still had third gear and above so we thought we could do the lap with that, but by Turn 1 I had lost all the other gears, so we couldn't continue. I was getting more in to the rhythm with each lap after missing yesterday's sessions. It was quite close between the cars after the Mercedes and I think I could have had a go for P3 today, but we didn't get that far. I'm of course quite disappointed."
Christian Horner, Sporting Director: "I certainly think today Daniel got every ounce that he could from the car and drove a very strong qualifying to line up third, and on the second row of the grid. It's a great shame that we didn't have Sebastian right there as well due to a gearbox issue that we're yet to fully understand, so we'll get the car back and see whether it's a software issue or a mechanical issue that's caused the problem."
Thierry Salvi, Renault: "We expected improvements here with programs having been conducted at the factory in different areas, including the ICE and energy management. There is a step compared to Shanghai but obviously everyone else has worked hard as well before Barcelona. It was not enough today in quali with Daniel securing 3rd place but not able to fight against the Mercedes. There is still a long way to catch the right performance level. Seb was unlucky as he had an issue after Q2 and was not able to complete Q3. It's always hard to accept but that's motorsport. A tough race is already planned for tomorrow!"
Mercedes GP
Lewis Hamilton (1st, 1:25.232): "I'm overwhelmed to get pole position because I've had a pretty tough day in the car, particularly after yesterday went so well. I was really happy on Friday and we changed a couple of small things overnight, just the tiniest of tweaks. But it was a real handful today because track conditions had changed. Nico had a strong P3 and first two sessions of qualifying, so we were making small adjustments to the differential to try and make improvements to how the car was handling for Q3. On that final run, I really had to eke out everything and more from the car and myself to get pole and I'm so happy that I managed it. The hard work from the team and the development step we have made this weekend are totally inspiring for me - I haven't experienced this level of performance before. I've never won at this circuit and I would love to, because my support in Barcelona has been growing every year and I have some amazing fans here in Spain. We are going to give it everything we can tomorrow to get the win."
Nico Rosberg (2nd, 1:25.400): "I had a good feeling throughout today and I quite enjoyed Qualifying. I had a good lap at the end but Lewis just did a better job in Q3. Starting second is a bit of a disadvantage but it's such a long straight down to the first corner, so I will hope to have a better start than Lewis tomorrow and overtake him. It's also a long race where tyre degradation will be a key issue so there may be some opportunities to take advantage. I'm looking forward to tomorrow and I'll be giving everything to take advantage of this amazing Silver Arrow that we have at the moment and hopefully extend my lead in the Championship."
Paddy Lowe: "It was great to get a dry qualifying session this afternoon, for only the second time this season so far, and to get a proper read on the performance of the cars and drivers without the uncertainty of wet conditions. Yesterday, Lewis was particularly happy with the car and Nico less so, but that situation had switched around this morning during practice. In the first two parts of qualifying, Lewis was still struggling quite a bit with the car, and we saw a few examples of this when he was trying to put together a fast lap in Q1. On the other hand, Nico was able to set strong lap times straight away. However, the balance swung again in Q3, when Lewis found a small edge over Nico with an impressive lap on his final run on new tyres. It's positive to see such healthy competition in the garage and great to get the front row at such an important track for our season. Thank you to all the staff back at Brackley and Brixworth for their huge effort developing the car for this race. Looking ahead to tomorrow, key factors will be the start, tyre strategy and reliability. It will be a tough race, as it always is here in Barcelona."
Toto Wolff, Mercedes Motorsport Director: "Barcelona is a track where a strong lap time is all about the quality of your total package - and particularly about having efficient downforce. That makes today's result really satisfying and full credit goes to everybody in our team who has worked so hard to deliver it. It has been a close battle between our two drivers this weekend so far, with swings in performance each way, and Lewis came out on top this afternoon. That's one of our keys right now: we have two drivers who are pushing each other really hard which is crucial for delivering this kind of team performance."
Kimi Raikkonen (6th, 1:27.104): "We can't be pleased with sixth place, because naturally we want to be fighting for the top places. But compared to the last race, we have managed to solve some problems and have improved the feeling I have from the car. Yesterday, the long run went well and, in general, we did a good job, but there is still much more to do, because we are not yet as fast as we would like to be. Tomorrow, the goal is to get a good start and then have a normal race. Of course, we will also need a good strategy and we will have to keep an eye on our tyre management. It won't be easy, but we are definitely going to fight."
Fernando Alonso (7th, 1:27.140): "This wasn't a good qualifying session, but the outcome was more or less what we could have expected on a difficult weekend, especially in terms of grip, not just for us but for all the teams. I'd definitely have liked to be starting from further up, but that's how it went today, we weren't quick enough and now we must think about tomorrow and try to make up some places to score as many points as possible. Of the updates we brought here, some worked, while others need further testing. There is a definite improvement compared to China, but we have some problems with the rear, despite the many set-up changes we made. Kimi did very well and I hope that both Ferraris can finish higher up. Now we must find the best strategy for tomorrow and try to get a good start. But above all, we mustn't make any mistakes, because this race demands a high level of concentration."
Pat Fry: "Today's qualifying session was difficult for everyone. The track conditions had not improved much since yesterday and it was very difficult to put together a clean lap. We continued to work on the balance of both cars as we tried to increase the grip, but it was not enough to obtain better grid positions for Fernando and Kimi. As always here in Barcelona, it will be important to get a good understanding of the tyre degradation, because this track provides a real challenge for the two tyre compounds in terms of performance and wear. Overall, we have made a few small steps forward on improving the stability of the F14 T, both under braking and on turn-in to the corners, as well as on power delivery, so as to give the drivers more confidence in the car. But there is still lots of work to do to improve the efficiency of the car, especially on the aerodynamic front. Tomorrow's race will be difficult, but we can count on having a pair of amazing drivers who will be trying to make up a few places."
Romain Grosjean (5th, 1:26.960): "It's very positive for everybody in the team to be on the third row of the grid. It's where we want to be and there is certainly more to come. The race should be interesting. It's difficult to overtake on this track and we'll be looking to save the tyres as much as possible in the first stint to see how far as we can go with them. We will see what we can achieve tomorrow but it goes without saying that it would be good to finally score some points."
Pastor Maldonado (22nd, No Time): "I had a big chance of doing well in the session but unfortunately I lost the car with big snap oversteer in the exit of the corner in turn 3. We need to have a look at what happened and work to get ready for tomorrow. We were quite competitive today in terms of pace and kept improving throughout the weekend. With tyres available for the race we can work on the strategy and hopefully recover places on Sunday."
Alan Permane, Chief Race Engineer: "Fifth on the grid is a good place to be. Fifth on the grid is a good place to be for tomorrow's race and it's thanks to a great job from Romain, the crew and everyone back at Enstone. It was a real shame for Pastor to miss out on the chance to set a lap in qualifying as he's shown strong pace all weekend. He will have his work cut out in the race, but we'll do everything we can to help him move up the order. Romain hasn't found the car the easiest for extracting pace here but we can see that it's coming together. It was a tricky day for him on Friday but we saw the potential in practice this morning when he was fifth fastest. To carry that pace through to qualifying itself underlines the progress made. In terms of tyre strategy there aren't too many options as long runs seem possible on both compounds, so there are no particular pitfalls to avoid. For both cars we're hoping for strong starts and good race pace to finish as strongly as possible."
Jenson Button (8th, 1:27.335): "It's pretty tough for everyone out there - the track doesn't have much grip, so we spent each session working away at the car's balance to try and find something that works. We almost got there, but still had too much understeer for the final run. Still, it wasn't too bad: we probably could've found a little more time within the set-up but it probably wasn't going to be enough to make much of a difference. There's going to be lots of sliding in the race tomorrow. We've done a pretty good job in that we've saved a set of Options for the race - I'm not yet sure what strategy we'll adopt, but it's good to have some leeway on strategy. We've definitely shown signs of improvement this weekend, although we're still not yet where we want to be."
Kevin Magnussen (15th, No Time): "We've definitely made improvements to the car - it's just a shame I couldn't prove it to the team this afternoon. I don't exactly know what the problem was with my car. We had an issue with the power unit during Q1 that we tried to fix. But, in Q2, we decided to save the engine and retire the car. Tyres are going to play a big role in the race tomorrow, so let's see how things pan out. I'll be aiming to work cleanly through the first lap, but I think we might struggle a little bit - our qualifying pace looks a little stronger than our race pace. It's a shame, but at least we have some tyres saved for the race, so I hope we can do something positive."
Eric Boullier, Racing Director: "Although P8 is never satisfying, Jenson drove very well to achieve that grid slot here today. Kevin was extremely unlucky to have his qualifying run curtailed by a power unit issue, the cause of which we're still investigating. Prior to that, both yesterday and today, he'd matched Jenson for pace, so I'm sure he'd have been able to go through into Q3 this afternoon, as Jenson did. Having said that, strategy will play a very important part in tomorrow's race, and you can be certain that both Jenson and Kevin will race hard and fast in an effort to score as many world championship points as possible."
Force India-Mercedes
Nico Hulkenberg (11th, 1:27.685): "My lap was very good and I am pleased with the effort we put in during qualifying. We made some steps forward with handling and set-up compared to FP3 this morning, but we still ended up a little bit short of Q3. Considering that we haven't been totally comfortable with the car for most of the weekend, P11 is a very good place to start the race and gives us an extra set of medium tyres compared to the rest of the top ten. I expect a very strategic race tomorrow, especially as most of the teams around us seem to be on a similar level when it comes to race pace. It's going to be a challenge for everyone and tyre management will be a key point, but points are within our reach."
Sergio Perez (12th, 1:28.002): "I think we finished qualifying more or less where we expected. Maybe a place in Q3 was possible, but I did not manage to complete my final run in Q2 because my preparation lap was not ideal. There was too much traffic and my tyres were not optimised, which is why I chose to abort my final quick lap and save the tyres. Coming here we knew this track would be quite a difficult one for us, but we still believe we can be competitive tomorrow. I think the race will be all about getting the strategy choice right because it's so difficult to overtake on this track. Our race pace is looking promising so we have a chance to get back some positions tomorrow."
Dr. Vijay Mallya, Team Principal: "Starting the Spanish Grand Prix in P11 and P12 is a good effort on a track that has always been one of the most challenging for us. Both drivers have been chasing the car balance during practice and struggling to optimise the car. A place in Q3 was not too far away and starting from the sixth row of the grid means we can race for points. We expect to have a similar level of race pace to a lot of the cars around us and making the right strategy calls tomorrow will be critical to making progress in the race."
Esteban Gutierrez (14th, 1:28.280): "That was the maximum we could achieve today. Considering the difficulties I had yesterday, the team did an excellent job to put things right for today. We definitely still have issues which we have to solve, but being closer to the competition is motivating us. Obviously, we are not completely satisfied with today's outcome, but with some more work we can find the last tenths to be in the top ten. We need to take out the positive and analyse the negative. For tomorrow it will be a big challenge because the track temperature will probably be quite high, and the tyres are difficult to handle under these conditions. As always, we will do our best."
Adrian Sutil (17th, 1:28.563): "This was obviously not the result I had hoped for. But that's how it can be in qualifying. Unfortunately, we worked in the wrong direction today. In the third free practice I struggled to get temperature into the tyres, but in qualifying it was exactly the opposite. The tyres overheated significantly. We realised this after the second run and tried to improve it for the final run. We succeeded to a certain extent, but most of the settings were already done and we couldn't change much. I believe this cost us almost a second per lap and several grid positions. So we missed our goal. Nevertheless, we learned something today, and I am positive we can still achieve something from where I am starting. With a good pace in the race I will be where I should be at the end."
Monisha Kaltenborn, Team Principal: "Thanks to our improvements, which we brought here on the car, we managed to reduce the gap to the midfield contenders. However, it was clear to us this would not yet be reflected in our grid positions. Nevertheless, the team in Hinwil deserves a big compliment for getting this very comprehensive development package ready for this race. Obviously, we now have to do some further fine tuning, which we will be able to do in next week's test here in Barcelona. I expect we will be more competitive in the race than we have been so far. We have to be ready to grab any opportunities as they present themselves."
Giampaolo Dall, Head of Track Engineering: "The positive thing is we were able to reduce the gap to our midfield competitors. This was the first target we gave ourselves for this event. I'm not sure that we will be in a position to fight for points tomorrow, but they are not far away. We are not there yet with the balance of the car. It's clear the aero package has more potential, but it needs further fine tuning. The fact that the tyres are too hard here didn't help either. Therefore it was not easy to get the maximum out of the car. For Adrian this worked better yesterday, and for Esteban today. Nevertheless, the good thing is we are now part of the midfield pack."
Toro Rosso-Renault
Daniil Kvyat (13th, 1:28.039): "I think we got the maximum out of the package today, even though we might have been able to do a few things better. But the race is tomorrow and we've seen from the past that we can still bring home points having started from P13."
Jean-Eric Vergne (16th, No Time): "It was part of the strategy not to run in Q2, save new tyres and prepare for an aggressive race tomorrow. I think it was a sensible decision to take. It's true that this is not the best track for overtaking but I will do my best to pass the cars in front of me from the left, from the right, from everywhere, taking every opportunity to gain positions. The car has been a bit difficult to drive for the whole weekend, except for the long runs, so I hope for a good race tomorrow."
Phil Charles, Chief Race Engineer: "Qualifying was always going to be difficult with JEV's ten place penalty so we were a little bit disadvantaged with one car today. Daniil did a brilliant job on the prime tyre, we just didn't maximize the option tyre today. We will need to look into that and try to understand what we need to give him to optimize each of the tyre type. He will start the race from thirteenth place and there's still a good chance to do well, so we will have a good look at the strategy tonight. Even though JEV has a ten place penalty, we know we can put some really good races together so we will all push hard for tomorrow."
Ricardo Penteado, Renault: "We knew coming into quali that it would be a hard task. Daniil's pace was good enough for the top 10 but could not realize it in Q2. With JEV's penalty the team decided not to run to save tyres for the race tomorrow. It's going to be long but we'll still keep pushing for the points."
Valtteri Bottas (4th, 1:26.632): "It has been quite a tough weekend up until now. I had to build a lot of confidence but it all came together when it mattered and I managed to get a good lap. We have made some set-up changes since FP3 and they worked well but it will be even better in the race. It's difficult to overtake here and so qualifying is important. It's going to be a close race behind the Mercedes and so I am really looking forward to tomorrow."
Felipe Massa (9th, 1:27.402): "I am disappointed with my lap today as I lost the rear in Turn 10 after braking, it's nothing to do with the car, it was my mistake. I had been doing really well throughout the rest of the session so feel annoyed I didn't do it when it really mattered. The race is long tomorrow and the car has good potential so we have a lot to do."
Rob Smedley, Head of Performance Engineering: "I am very happy as the session went really well. The pace of the cars was excellent. It is a hot track that demands a lot of downforce and the upgrades we brought here have really helped that. The pieces we have brought have worked really well. Felipe has qualified out of position as he was very fast in Q1 and Q2 but didn't quite get the best final lap. There is a lot of work to do for tomorrow, but we are looking positive and are after some good points."
Marcus Ericsson (20th, 1:30.312): "For me today's been both good and bad. I'm pleased I've qualified ahead of my teammate for the first time this year, especially because it's at a track I really like and one everyone knows well, but overall we're obviously not happy with where we are with performance and we need to improve. In both FP3 and quali I had similar low-grip issues to yesterday and that's costing a lot of laptime. The car behaviour is unpredictable pretty much the whole way round the track and that makes putting together a clean lap very difficult. However, we have to put this behind us and focus on the race. Overall, we're starting from the same bit of the grid as we have for most of the season and we have to focus on having a clean race, maintaining the much improved reliability we've had since China and grabbing whatever opportunities come our way. I want to leave Spain on a positive note and we'll all do everything we can to give us the best chance of making that happen."
Kamui Kobayashi (21st, 1:30.375): "Another difficult day with more of the same grip problems I had in both practice sessions yesterday. We made quite a few changes to the car for FP3 but it still didn't improve things enough, so we went into quali with a package we knew we'd be struggling with. In quali we went for two single lap runs on options and the first was ok, but on my quick lap on the second run I lost a bit of time behind Bianchi and had the same sort of balance problems I'd had in all the practice sessions so I just couldn't get any more out of the car. Maybe with a completely clean lap I'd have been a couple of tenths up, but not enough to be where we're aiming for."
Cedrik Staudohar, Renault: "There isn't a huge amount to say about performance today. We got the maximum from the Power Unit and ran the optimum programme and settings over FP3 and qualifying but the positions are what they are. Some other drivers are starting out of position tomorrow so the goal is to be reliable and be there to capitalize on what may happen in the race."
Max Chilton (18th, 1:29.586): "I'm really happy with that. I'm not sure we got the balance exactly where we would have liked it, but in the end my second quick lap was pretty together and it all came good when it counted. That session showed we have made a step forward with our new developments; there's no doubt that we are closer to the Saubers - and to Q2 contention - and we've pulled away from the Caterhams by a good margin. As I say, there was definitely more to come from the car, so I'm pretty optimistic for the race tomorrow. I think we can have a good fight."
Jules Bianchi (19th, 1:30.177): "Such a shame. My second quick lap was really coming together and I had gained a lot of time in the first two sectors, but I braked too late into turn 10 and ran wide. I was just pushing a bit too hard, but we had the car and today we could have been close to a place in Q2, so we had everything to push for. As ever, we have to take the positives and today they are that we have confirmation that we have made a good performance step towards the Saubers and we can really focus on the cars ahead now, not those behind. I have some work to do at the beginning of the race but if I can get a good start I am sure we can pull something special back, so I'm really look forward to tomorrow now."
John Booth, Team Principal: "It's good to have ended today with more positive signs from the upgrades we have put on the car this weekend, however we are still a little disappointed that we haven't quite yet seen the true potential of these fully realised. FP3 was a difficult session, with neither driver able to complete their options runs, Max due to a trip into the gravel at turn 5 and Jules due to a puncture picked up on his out-lap on his option run. The puncture was actually a very good early observation from his engineering team, as it surely could have resulted in a big issue had he embarked on his timed lap with it. In qualifying we had little knowledge of the cars' performance on the option tyre, so we reverted mainly to the set-ups we had run in FP2. The red light obviously affected our initial plan to give the drivers a slightly longer first run in the session and cost Jules an out/in on a set of option tyres. Jules was progressing significantly on his second lap and unfortunately went off at T10, having outbraked himself. This was a real shame, as that lap would have seen us close the gap significantly to the Saubers. Max finished the session well and most importantly both our cars sit comfortably ahead of the Caterhams. I am sure that both drivers can have a good race tomorrow; we were pleased with our long run pace on Friday and all the indications are that we can have a good fight with the cars around us."


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As IT organizations seek to make better risk-based decisions about security practices, perhaps the No. 1 component for success is the IT risk assessment. However, even when organizations actually conduct a risk assessment, they frequently fall prey to mistakes that can greatly devalue the exercise. Here are some of the most common blunders to avoid.
1. Forgetting To Assess Third-Party Risk
Most IT risk experts agree that most enterprises today simply don't work to gauge the level of IT risk posed by vendor and other partner infrastructure that touches their most sensitive data.
"One area that many companies are not doing enough on is managing their relationships with third-party vendors they use," says Brad Johnson, vice president of consultancy SystemExperts. "Often, once the lawyers have finally signed off on an agreement, both parties tend to have a very hands-off approach with each other and forget the details of making sure things are staying on course. "
When organizations fail to really do their due diligence -- both before and after a contract is signed -- they're bound to miss critical details that will drastically change how the real risk exposure looks.
"For example, a client company may not be aware that a vendor is storing their regulated data in a public cloud," says Natalie Kmit, senior information security adviser for security consultancy Sage Data Security.
2. Making Assessments Too Quantitative
True, analytics and numbers are really important for evaluating risk and how it could materially impact the bottom line. But organizations need to understand that the numbers game doesn't have to be perfect to be effective, especially when it comes to estimating breach impact.
"Ranges of impact make it easier to get on with the discussion and focus on how you'll mitigate risk, rather than spending a lot of cycles debating about whether the impact is $20 million or $21 million," says Dwayne Melancon, CTO of Tripwire. "Once you figure out whether the impact of a realized risk is catastrophic, painful, inconvenient, annoying, or not a big deal, you can have a good conversation about how much you want to spend to mitigate the most serious risks."
Melancon says that going overboard with analytics, in general, can bog down the assessment process and that organizations should be wary of taking so long on things like classifying risk that they are lengthening the assessment cycle to the point of ineffectiveness.
Besides, says Manny Landron, senior manager of security and compliance at Citrix ShareFile's SaaS Division, there are also qualitative risk factors that organizations need to find a way to incorporate into the assessment.
"Quantitative assignments should be well-defined, and the cost-benefit assessment should have a qualitative counterpart at each turn," he says. "Having too narrow a focus, using strictly quantitative measurements, not having a framework to work against, and not having sufficient periodically scheduled risk assessments are all mistakes risk executives should aim to avoid."
3. Letting Assessment Suffer From Myopic Scope
It's the rule rather than the exception that most large organizations overlook key assets and indicators in their risk assessments, says Jody Brazil of firewall management firm FireMon.
"Among the most frequent issues are those related to identifying vulnerabilities as 'risks' without any greater qualification, such as exposure to available access or exploitation," he says. "There's also the labeling of individual threats as 'risk,' and the failure to properly assign values to specific assets-most often exemplified by treating all hosts or underlying systems as equal."
Mike Lloyd, CTO of RedSeal Networks, agrees, stating that most organizations just don't keep good enough track of their infrastructure assets they own to properly assess them.
"Most organizations have lost track of the assets they own," he says. "Performing a risk assessment on the asset inventory system can be like the drunk looking for his keys under the lamp post, even though he dropped them in the alley, because the light is better under the lamp post."
What's more, even with complete data sets they're frequently assessed in separate silos, making it difficult to understand interdependencies.
"Sometimes an assessment focuses on a very specific application, but fails to embrace the entire infrastructure," says Gregory Blair, senior director of operations for FPX, a company that develops price-quoting software. "For example, the assessment might look only at an application focused on securing a database and misses the general computing controls that are used in a specific industry -- things like encryption, firewall, authentication, and authorization."
4. Assessing Without Context
IT risk assessments are all about context, whether it is systems context as mentioned above or business context. Organizations that fail to put vulnerabilities and threats in context of the information assets and their importance to the business can't truly develop a good risk assessment or a way to apply it back to IT practices.
"When assessing risks, many times CISOs lack the context to the business. In other words, they need to ask, "What's being assessed and how does it affect the business?'" says Amad Fida, CEO of big data risk analysis firm Brinqa. "Results that are analyzed without business context provide a 'technology' view but not a 'business-plus technology' view."
[Your organization has been breached. Now what? See Establishing The New Normal After A Breach.]
5. Failing To Fold IT Risk Assessment Into Enterprise Assessments
Similarly, businesses want to understand how IT risks interplay with all of the other risks set in front of other business units. More often than not, organizations treat IT risks as their own category without considering their broader impact.
"More risk-aware organizations recognize that IT is an integral part of their business success and work to make sure IT is engaged in the business risk conversation," SystemExperts' Johnson says. "A number of organizations I work with have cross-functional teams that look at risk holistically to better understand dependencies, and these teams make recommendations about which risks the company should focus on from a business perspective."
Next Page: Assess And Forget Syndrome Ericka Chickowski specializes in coverage of information technology and business innovation. She has focused on information security for the better part of a decade and regularly writes about the security industry as a contributor to Dark Reading. View Full Bio


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Marble's Guidance Mode assists you on your way to your destination. Once activated, the map follows your current location (GPS position) and adjusts the zoom value to your speed. When approaching turn points, driving instructions are shown.
Marble provides several means to create routes: Use search terms to find source and destination, use your bookmarks or just point at the desired place on the map.
The Routing dialog, available from the menu via a click on theheadline, let's you create routes using search terms and bookmarks. We'll look at an example that combines both. Open the Routing dialog to get a screen similar to the one below.
We'll enter Augartenstraße, Karlsruhe as our search term for the route source in the upper input field. Tapping on the Enter) starts the search.button (or pressing
|Finding route points using search terms requires an Internet connection. Make sure Marble is not in offline mode if no results turn up.
More than one result may be found; you can select the correct one in the list at the bottom of the dialog. Of course you can also correct any mistakes and start a new search if the desired location is not among the results.
With the source of the route defined we head over to use one of our bookmarks as the target. We'll get a list of them to pick from when pressing the arrow (triangle) button next to the target input field. It opens a new dialog.
The selected bookmark is used as the route target. You are now ready to calculate the route. Tap on thebutton to do that. The number of routes found is shown. In case more than one route was found, you can optionally switch to an alternative one at the bottom of the screen. You can also view driving instructions using the button.
Your route is now ready. Tap on thebutton to close the window. You'll see an overview of the route.
If the start or the destination is visible on the map, you can also use the context menu to set the start or the destination of the route. Click on the map once (without moving it) and a context menu comes up. Selectto set the route start and to set the destination. The route is calculated automatically (if both a start and a destination are set).
Once a route is calculated, you can insert via points (stopover points) with drag and drop. To accomplish that, use the pen of the N900. Click on any point of the route and move the pen to the desired location where a via point should be inserted. While dragging, a small green flag is shown as well as blue lines to the neighboring points on the route.
With the route planned you can now switch to guidance mode. Do you have Internet access throughout your journey? If not, switch Marble to offline mode to inform it that you don't want it to download any missing information from the Internet. Otherwise it's likely that your N900 will open popup dialogs asking you to connect to the Internet frequently. Marble's offline mode is activated from the main menu, accessible by tapping on theheadline of the main window.
Tap on theicon to activate the mode with the same name. It is the left of the four icons on the bottom of the screen.
In guidance mode, the GPS and the two zoom icons are hidden. Instead a couple of other elements are shown. Let's look at the items relevant during your journey, one after the other:


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Caltrans Installing New Signs Statewide to Remind Motorists to "Move Over" for Law Enforcement and Highway Workers
SACRAMENTO – Caltrans workers and the California Highway Patrol will be out in force today on highways throughout the state, installing "Move Over" signs intended to help save lives and increase safety for motorists, highway workers, CHP officers, and other law enforcement.
"Every day, highway workers put their lives in danger just by going to work," said Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty. "We're asking motorists to slow down, watch out for highway workers and CHP, and safely move over a lane when they see flashing amber lights on Caltrans or other emergency vehicles."
The new signs will display the messages, "Move Over or Slow for Stopped Emergency and Maintenance Vehicles" and "Move Over or Slow When Amber Lights Flashing." In addition, more than 700 existing electronic highway message signs statewide will display, "Move Over or Slow for Workers, It's the Law."
"Every year, a growing number of law enforcement, emergency personnel, and highway workers are killed or injured along California's roadways," said California Highway Patrol Commissioner Joe Farrow. "One way to help minimize the risk for these workers is for the motoring public to do their part by paying attention and exercising caution on the road. If you see emergency lights on the shoulder ahead, the law requires you to move over or slow down."
Signs are being installed today at these locations:
- Elkhorn on-ramp on southbound I-5
- Dunnigan on-ramp on north and southbound I-5
- Maxwell on-ramp on north and southbound I-5
- Willows on-ramp on north and southbound I-5
- Gold Run on-ramp on east and westbound I-80
- Donner on-ramp on east and westbound I-80
- California and Nevada state line on westbound I-80
- Pollock Pines .5 miles past off-ramp on westbound U.S. 50
The Move Over law, which took effect in 2007, was amended in 2009 to add Caltrans vehicles displaying flashing amber warning lights to the list of vehicles for which motorists must move over if safe to do so, or slow down.
Highway construction and maintenance work is one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States. Since the 1920s, 178 Caltrans employees have died while on the job.
For historical information about Move Over, please visit http://www.dot.ca.gov/moveover/.
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So… HEY!!
Just to bring everyone up to speed, in no particular order:
~ I finally (!!!!!!) got my IUD out. My ANA test came back positive, so I'm headed to a rheumatologist in December. It doesn't mean I have RA, but it does mean my body is fighting something. Hopefully, my body will have had time to heal by then, and the result will be more accurate.
Also: Filling in the paperwork for my visit to the rheumatologist makes my hands and arms hurt… *sigh*
~ I've been working on a 31 day series (thank you, Nester) entitled "31 Days to Peace – finding inner peace through anxiety and panic attacks". I've shared my story on my struggle with panic attacks before, but I'm digging in more, in hopes of helping those who struggle with them, and for helping those who don't to understand them more.
The gist of it is this:
For those who have never dealt with constant anxiety or panic attacks, these posts will, hopefully, serve as a catalyst for understanding and compassion. Before I had one (or knew I had one), I was clueless as to what they were, much less, how they felt. Like childbirth, it's hard to explain.
For those who have experienced severe anxiety and panic attacks, my hope is that you will realize that there is no shame to these feelings, and that there is hope for healing and peace.
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When the nation's superrich retire, posh Massachusetts enclaves like Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard beckon--islands as well known for celebrity vacationers such as the Kennedys, the Obamas and Jack Welch as they are for their sky-high prices. The cost of living in Nantucket is 138% higher than the U.S. average, and prices for beachfront homes on the islands start in the millions.
But for retirees not sitting on golden nest eggs, the Bay State offers some much more reasonably priced areas that also offer natural beauty and plenty of cultural activities. These include small beach towns in the east, the Berkshire and Taconic mountain towns in the west, and the fertile farmland in between. A drive from mountains to beach is seldom more than three hours no matter where you are in Massachusetts.
Residents say the state's cultural life is as diverse as its topography. The Berkshires are home to the Tanglewood Music Festival, the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Northampton hosts the Paradise City Arts Festival on Memorial Day Weekend.
And then there's Boston, with its Boston Symphony and Pops orchestras, museums, theaters, parks, universities, vibrant shopping districts, international and fine dining and historic trails. Boston serves as a bit of an anchor for Massachusetts retirees. A manageable drive from almost every part of the 190-mile-long state, the city is home to some of the highest ranked health-care facilities in the world including Massachusetts General Hospital and Tufts Medical Center.
While there are certainly less expensive places to live than Nantucket, Massachusetts as a whole isn't cheap. The cost of living is 37.7% above the national average and the median home costs $281,500, according to Sperling's Best Places. The state income tax—a flat rate of 5.25%—isn't among the highest, but the estate tax exemption is just $1 million, compared with $5.34 million at the federal level.
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January 28, 2011
NEW YORK-Cesar A. Perales, president and general counsel of LatinoJustice PRLDEF (PRLDEF), was honored with the 2011 Haywood Burns Award from the New York State Bar Association during the State Bar's Annual Meeting at the Hilton New York in Manhattan.
Sponsored by the Committee on Civil Rights, the award recognizes an individual whose contributions to New York reflect Dean W. Haywood Burns' commitment to the struggle for equality and justice, while sharing Burns' passion for civil rights and for empowering the powerless.
The committee honored Perales for his four decades of strong civil rights leadership. Perales was one of the founders of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, now known as LatinoJustice PRLDEF, and the organization's first president. Under his leadership, PRLDEF initiated lawsuits that would establish the right to bilingual education, strike down civil service requirements that kept Latinos from public employment, and eliminate barriers to government benefits for non-English speaking applicants. PRLDEF's national impact was felt in 1975 when the U.S. Congress amended the Voting Rights Act to include the right to bilingual ballots-a right established by PRLDEF in the federal courts in 1973.
"For nearly 40 years, Cesar Perales has been one of New York's most effective and inspiring civil rights leaders. As one of the founders of LatinoJustice - formerly PRLDEF - in the early 1970s, Cesar was a pioneering voice in many of the signature civil rights issues of the day. Twenty years later, after a distinguished career in public service, Cesar returned to lead LatinoJustice into the 21st Century to defend the basic human and civil rights of immigrants against a wave of anti-immigrant bias. His decades of devotion to the Latino community is as heartfelt as it is unmatched," said Committee Chair Fernando A. Bohorquez, Jr. of New York (Baker Hostetler LLP). "On behalf of the committee, we are most pleased to honor Cesar for his extraordinary work and commitment to the ongoing civil rights movement."
A graduate of City College and Fordham Law School, Perales was former deputy mayor for health and human services for New York City under Mayor David Dinkins and was commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services under Governor Mario Cuomo. He was confirmed by the Senate as assistant secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services under President Jimmy Carter.
Following his distinguished career in public service, Perales rejoined the PRLDEF in 2003, which has since been at the forefront of one of the Latino communities' daunting challenges: defending the basic rights of immigrants. Its recent landmark victories have established that local anti-immigrant ordinances are preempted by federal law, that fair housing protections accrue to immigrant families, and that day laborers have the right to seek employment in public places without police harassment.
The award is given to honor the significant contributions of the late civil rights lawyer and academic, Dean W. Haywood Burns. From the young age of 15 until his untimely death at the age of 55 while promoting civil rights in post-apartheid South Africa, the former dean of the City University of New York School of Law was a leader in the cause of expanding the civil rights of all people.
Previous award winners include: Mary Sansone, founder of the Congress of Italian-Americans Organizations Inc. (CIAO) and the Community Understanding for Racial and Ethnic Equality, Inc. (CURE); Dr. Parveen Chopra; Donna Lieberman of New York (executive director, New York Civil Liberties Union); and Hon. Cornelius Blackshear of New York (retired, U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York).
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 21 - Clad in camouflage clothing, a 12-gauge double-barreled shotgun under his arm, Senator John Kerry and three fellow hunters emerged from an eastern Ohio cornfield Thursday morning with four dead geese and an image his aides hope will help shore up his macho bona fides among rural voters.
"Everybody got one, everybody got one," said Mr. Kerry, his hand stained with goose blood, though he was the only member of the hunting party not carrying a carcass.
An aide said later that two of the birds would soon be sent back to Mr. Kerry for consumption.
The unusual trip in these hectic final days before the election was part of Mr. Kerry's lengthy effort to appeal, as a fellow sportsman, to the rural blue-collar voters who were considered critical to President Bush's victory in heartland states like this one in 2000. It also provided pictures that his aides hope will deflect Mr. Bush's portrayal of Mr. Kerry as a weak-kneed liberal, and fit into a broader effort this week to show him as a "regular guy," drinking beer while watching baseball, and speaking in a folksier style.
The National Rifle Association, which is spending $20 million to help re-elect Mr. Bush, greeted the political hunting party with a full-page advertisement in a nearby newspaper, The Youngstown Vindicator, that showed a gun-toting Mr. Kerry over the tagline, "If John Kerry wins, hunters lose."
President Bush, campaigning in Hershey, Pa., inserted a line about the Second Amendment into his stump speech and mocked Mr. Kerry, saying, "He can run -- he can even run in camo -- but he cannot hide."Continue reading the main story
Across this swing state in Sylvania, Ohio, Vice President Dick Cheney pointed out Mr. Kerry's "F" rating from the N.R.A., stemming from his support of a ban on assault weapons. "The Second Amendment is more than just a photo opportunity," said Mr. Cheney, whose own celebrated duck hunting trip this year -- with Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court -- was not open to news photographers.
"I understand he bought a new camouflage jacket for the occasion, which did make me wonder how regularly he does go goose hunting," Mr. Cheney said to a chorus of boos. "My personal opinion is his new camo jacket is an October disguise, an effort he's making to hide the fact that he votes against gun-owner rights at every turn."
In fact, the outfit was borrowed, along with the shotgun, from the farm's owner, and within hours Mr. Kerry was back in tailored suit and rose-colored tie for another photo-op, hugging the widow of the actor Christopher Reeve, who endorsed him because of his backing embryonic stem-cell research.
"My inclination would be frankly to remain private for a good long while," said Dana Reeve, whose husband, paralyzed in a riding accident, died Oct. 10. "But I came here today in support of John Kerry because this is so important. Although our family feels Chris's loss so keenly right now, today is the right moment to transform our grief into hope."
If the morning was aimed at white male gun owners, the afternoon speech about stem-cell research and other scientific initiatives was intended to woo women in swing states, particularly suburban independents and Republicans. It was the third speech Mr. Kerry had devoted to the topic, which provides one of his surest applause lines at rallies, and the emotional appeal to millions of disease-sufferers and their families was underlined by Ms. Reeve's introduction.
"Some people ask, How can we do it?" Mr. Kerry said after laying out his plan for supporting research. "My question is, How can we commit ourselves to anything less?"
Quoting John F. Kennedy and the former astronaut John Glenn, who is one of his most frequent campaign companions and sat behind him on the stage, Mr. Kerry painted Mr. Bush as a Luddite who favors ideology over science.
"He would have sided with the candle lobby against electricity, he would have been with the buggy-makers against the cars, and the typewriter companies against the computers," Mr. Kerry said to guffaws. "The administration's approach on scientific research is the same pattern that we see in Iraq and on the economy today: If their policy isn't supported by the facts, then they just change the facts to fit the policy that they want."
Thursday's was the fourth in a series of speeches, filled with four-point plans, that Mr. Kerry has given this week, a detour from the routine of quick rallies that normally fills a campaign's last chapter. His aides said the speeches -- on health care, fiscal discipline and Iraq, with one on women's rights and another on faith coming Friday and Sunday -- showed Mr. Kerry making a substantive case, selling a serious man for serious times.
But after these formal sessions in front of the teleprompter, Mr. Kerry has been doing what he can to seem more down to earth. He uses more contractions and drops G's, T's, and N's, making "does not" sound like "dudnt," and "government" come out, as it might have in the Old West, "guvmint." As his beloved Boston Red Sox made history this week by coming back from a three-game deficit to clinch the American League championship, Mr. Kerry made several rare appearances in the press cabin of his plane to chitchat about baseball.
"Historic, absolutely stunning," he said Thursday of the previous night's record-breaking win over the Yankees, clutching a timeworn blue Sox cap in one fist and pumping the other several times for emphasis. "Gutsy. Unbelievably gutsy team, with a whole lot of heart."
The "regular guy" theme was ratcheted up with the morning's outing, Mr. Kerry's second hunting photo opportunity of this campaign (he has also twice gone trap shooting). But despite his frequent invocations of his hunting experience, Mr. Kerry seems to be faring no better among gun owners than former Vice President Al Gore, whose high-profile support of gun control many Democrats blame for his 2000 defeat.
A Gallup poll conducted a week ago showed Mr. Bush leading among gun owners, 56 percent to Mr. Kerry's 35 percent; four years ago, exit polls showed that gun owners made up 48 percent of the electorate, and Mr. Bush won their votes, 61 percent to 36 percent. A separate survey by the Pew Research Center showed that 45 percent of swing voters say gun control is "very important" to their vote.
"We want people to have a better sense of John Kerry the guy," explained Mike McCurry, a senior campaign spokesman, saying the coming days would bring more outdoor activities that "show people the kinds of things he likes," like baseball and hockey.
Asked whether final-stretch photo opportunities might include windsurfing, the hobby that has helped tag Mr. Kerry with an elitist's image, Mr. McCurry said, "It's too cold this time of year."Continue reading the main story


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Geri Ann Glasco slugs Player of the Week honors
OKLAHOMA CITY --- Geri Ann Glasco (Watkinsville, Ga.) has been named the USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Week for April 8-14, the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America and USA Softball announced today. The Georgia freshman led her team from the plate with a .412 average over five games last week and belted four homeruns in the process. Each of her homers were either go-ahead homeruns or game-winners. Glasco helped Georgia to a 4-1 record on the week.
"I am fortunate to be a player on a team with awesome teammates that motivate and build each other daily in practice," said Glasco. "While being recognized by such a great organization is so exciting and appreciated, victory on the field with my team is the ultimate goal and I am thrilled to have had a part in helping my team pick up some wins."
Glasco began the week going three-for-six with three RBI and a run scored against Western Carolina to help Georgia to 12-0 and 9-0 wins. In their weekend series with South Carolina, the Georgia native put on a hitting clinic from the batter's box. On Saturday, Glasco hit three, two-run homeruns and the Bulldogs needed every one of them as they escaped with a 7-6 win. On Sunday, in the final game of the series, the freshman came up big again when she hit her fourth two-run homer of the weekend. The two runs would be the only scored on the day as Georgia defeated South Carolina 2-0 to take the series.
"We have an amazing group of superbly talented student-athletes that compete every single day in practice to make themselves and the team better on game days," said Georgia Head Coach Lu Harris-Champer. "This past weekend Geri Ann produced in key situations over and over and showed what being a Bulldog is all about. She is a gifted and truly clutch hitter as well as being an extremely hard worker and a fierce competitor that exemplifies the type of players we have at Georgia."
This is the first USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Week honor for the freshman and the first Player of the Week honors for Georgia since Brianna Hesson won the award in week seven of the 2011 season.
2013 USA Softball National Collegiate Players of the Week
Week 1 (Feb. 7-10): Keilani Ricketts - Oklahoma - Senior - Pitcher– San Jose, Calif.
Week 2 (Feb. 11-17): BB Bates – UCLA – Senior – Outfield – Victorville, Calif.
Week 3 (Feb. 18-24): Mel Dumezich – Texas A&M – Senior – Pitcher – Whiting, Ind.
Week 4 (Feb. 25- March 3): Katie Keller – Louisville – Junior – Second Base – Livermore, Calif.
Week 5 (March 4-10): Ivy Renfroe – Tennessee – Senior – Pitcher – Jackson, Tenn.
Week 6 (March 11-17): Kaia Parnaby – Hawai'i – Senior – Pitcher – Bilgola Plateau, NSW, Australia
Week 7 (March 18-24): Raven Chavanne – Tennessee – Senior – Utility – Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Week 8 (March 25-31): Amy Letourneau – Northwestern – Sophomore – Pitcher/1B – Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Week 9 (April 1-7): Olivia Galati – Hofstra – Senior – Pitcher – West Babylon, N.Y.
Week 10 (April 8-14): Geri Ann Glasco – Georgia – Pitcher/Infield – Watkinsville, Ga.


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Wednesday, 29 February 2012
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For people born on 29th of November in the year 1977
It was the 333rd day in the 11th month of the year 1977
The year 1977 comprised of 365 days and it was a Non-Leap year
Born on 2nd day of the week, his / her birthday was a Tuesday.
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Jan. 30, 2006
New York, NY - The Yale men's tennis team wrapped up an intense weekend of play this week at the Columbia Classic. The duo of Brandon Wai '07 and Josh Lederman '09 competed in the doubles finals today, where they were pitted against Moore and Moore of Columbia. After a close match, Wai and Lederman finally fell to Columbia 8-6.
In the doubles consolation round, Matthew Feldman `06 and Chris Lawler `07 defeated Chan and Bohnen of Columbia to win the finals match 8-6.
In the A flight consolation round, Milosz Gudzowski '06 easily defeated St. John's Tom Green in straight sets 6-1, 6-2. Gudzowski went on to defeat Marist's Pedro Genovese in the semifinals 6-3, 6-4. Gudzowski continued his winning streak by capturing the A consolation finals with a win over Dan Wynne of FDU 7-6(3), 7-6(9).
Tom Santoro '09 defeated Filip Syzmick of Manhattan College in the semifinals of the B flight consolation round in straight sets 7-5, 6-3. Santoro was defeated in the B consolation finals by Alex Svetlakou of St. John's 6-3, 6-4.
The Bulldogs return to action on Sat., Feb. 4, in Raleigh, N.C. at North Carolina State.
Report filed by Christie Yang '06, Yale Sports Publicity.


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Charting a New Course
Charter schools offer students and parents a welcome alternative to traditional public schools, but not everyone thinks they're God's gift to education
by Christie Chisholm, Weekly Alibi, February 23, 2006
Amy Biehl is six years old, but until last month she had spent her entire young life in a little space attached to a church in the Northeast Heights. You might call it humble beginnings. Yet, despite her confined living quarters, which were never really meant to house her anyway, she's done surprisingly well for herself. She gets great test scores. Parents rave about her. She's even sent some of her kids off to college.
Amy Biehl is one of Albuquerque's newest and most impressive high schools. The school recently moved into the historic post office building Downtown on Fourth Street and Gold, becoming the first urban high school in Albuquerque in more than 40 years. Named after Amy Elizabeth Biehl, a woman who devoted her life to scholarship and humanitarianism, the school's mission is in community service, in keeping with Biehl's life ambitions.
Amy Biehl is special for several reasons. It's a mentor school with the Coalition of Essential Schools (one of only 20 in the nation), which means its faculty have the rare opportunity of visiting other high-performing schools around the country and, in turn, helping other small schools get started. It's also located in one of the most historic buildings in the city, and it has the unique advantage of being able to use nearby attractions as part of its classroom—the Main Library for research, the Barelas Community Center for gym class. Lastly, more than 93 percent of its students use public transportation.
Another element that certainly sets Amy Biehl apart is its classification. As one of the first charter schools not only in New Mexico but in the entire nation, the high school is part of an educational trend sweeping the country.
Most people have heard the term "charter school" without fully understanding what that term means. Commonly misperceived as schools for troubled kids—or the places where "bad kids" go—charter schools are the underdog of the public school sector.
What exactly is a charter school? Look around and find out. Albuquerque has 36 out of 61 in the state and more than 9,000 New Mexico students attend them. On average, about nine new charter schools pop up within our state's borders every year. Some are highly successful, a few have failed, but mostly, charter schools offer an innovative educational opportunity rarely seen beyond the private school sector. They're already starting to change the ways American kids, and their parents, view learning.
The Big Picture
Charter schools are a little tricky to define, as each one is different. Actually, that's a huge part of their appeal. Some are aimed at helping troubled kids or dropouts get back into the traditional public school system, others have missions geared toward specialties such as math and science, performing arts or community service.
Technically, charter schools are nonsectarian public schools that operate outside of many of the regulations that traditional public schools adhere to, although they're still held accountable to their sponsor (usually the state) for academic results and fiscal responsibility. What this basically means is that charter schools are separate from much of the bureaucracy in traditional school districts. They therefore enjoy much more flexibility. It is this flexibility and room for creative teaching styles that's made them increasingly popular with students and teachers frustrated with the engrained attitudes and techniques of traditional public school education.
Some charter schools, such as Amy Biehl, have taken a progressive approach to education and have started requiring the completion of college courses before graduation, to ensure that students have real-life skills for the world they've been prepared for. Such efforts usually pay off; according to Tony Monfiletto, CEO and cofounder of Amy Biehl, seniors enrolled in college classes generally outperform college freshmen. "We have them transition while holding their hand," he says, "and because we're providing support, they succeed."
Not all charter schools use such an approach; in fact, charter schools are all so different from each other that it's hard—not to mention unscientific—to talk about them too generally. Even so, they share a few commonalities: They all have small student bodies, most with 250 kids or less; they all specialize in a distinct mission; and they're all relatively young.
The first charter school law was passed in Minnesota as recently as 1991, with California passing one of its own the next year. By 1995, 19 states had passed charter school laws, and today 40 states have such legislation, with New Mexico passing a charter school law in 1999. Nationally, there are 3,600 charter schools with more than 1 million students attending them. The surge in charter schools has picked up speed—more than one-third have been in operation for three years or less. Because of this rapid development, a number of new schools have fallen by the wayside, with 400 charter schools shutting down between 1991 and 2004.
Overall, charter schools seem to be a nonpartisan issue, with both President Clinton and President Bush creating initiatives for them during their terms of office. Yet despite their political support, charter schools have become controversial over the years, partially due to mixed test scores concerning their success rates. In 2004, the Department of Education released a number of reports based on findings from the study of 6,000 fourth-graders, which found that, overall, charter schools were performing lower than their traditional public school counterparts. Yet, in the same year, a Harvard study was released that included 99 percent of all elementary charter school students, and found that, on average, charter schools performed better than nearby conventional public schools. The study also found that the longer the school had been in operation, the better the test scores.
In July 2005, another analysis was released by the Charter School Leadership Council that looked at 26 different studies that had attempted to analyze change over time in charter school student or school performance. Twenty-two of the studies found that charter schools performed as well as or better than other public schools.
Dollars and Sense
Lisa Grover, the director of the New Mexico Coalition for Charter Schools, thinks charter schools have had such mixed test results primarily because they're still so young. "Schools are like a business, and you're starting a school from scratch. Sure, a few years ago test scores [for charter schools] weren't as good as other [public] schools—in 2000, there were only seven charter schools in existence in [New Mexico]. But last year, charters schools did slightly better than different schools throughout the state."
Grover says alternative schools have faced a number of hurdles in establishing themselves, the biggest one being lack of funding. "Statewide, charter schools receive $479 less per student than other public schools; in Albuquerque, that disparity raises to $712 a student. On top of that, charter schools have to give 2 percent of their budget to the local school district."
Recently, tension has been building between local school districts and charter schools. Despite the fact that local school boards generally don't oversee charter schools (instead they have their own governing board), in New Mexico, it's still up to the district to approve new charters. Some have argued that such a setup increases the competition between districts and the independent schools they approve, as the funding a school gets every year is based on the number of students they have enrolled.
Elizabeth Everitt, superintendent for Albuquerque Public Schools (APS), says she doesn't believe such competition is negative: "There's some healthy competition; I would hope that it would make our schools want to be as good or better than charters. If charters can fill a niche, it's fair game."
However, a new New Mexico law passed last year has caused strain between the two types of schools. The law sets forth the requirement that, by 2010, all charter schools need to be in public facilities equal in code to current public school buildings. This came as a result of the fact that most charter schools, due to their grassroots nature, start out in whatever spaces they can find: old grocery stores, banks or, as was the case with Amy Biehl, church-adjacent spaces.
The bill also specified, however, that local school districts are financially responsible for upgrading any charter schools that don't meet the requirement. According to Tom Savage, deputy for district resources with APS, getting all of the charter schools in Albuquerque upgraded to the standard will take an estimated $115 million. Considering that APS' general obligation bond that was approved by voters earlier this month was $125 million, and is supposed to last the district until its next GO bond election in February of 2009, such a task could create some problems.
The district isn't entirely alone—the state will match the $115 million by 47 percent—but in the eyes of some, it's not nearly enough. "In order to [make the necessary upgrades for charter schools], the district has to take money away from other projects that we promised the community," says Savage. "We want to work with the state in a way that will support education; we recognize that education is part of economic development, and we recognize that the whole initiative is important, but we don't want to have to pick and choose with priorities."
Currently, Savage says APS has put together a task force that is looking at ways to accomplish all of its goals with the funding it has. Additionally, this year's Legislative Session dealt with the issue, and discussions took place over whether charter schools should have their own district or a separate fund should be created for them. A bill was also presented this session that would remove the district's ability to approve charter schools and would put that power in the hands of the Public Education Commission. At the time this article went to print, the outcome of these issues had not yet been decided.
Passing Notes
Despite these controversies, for many people, the benefits of alternative education are worth the headaches and hassles of establishing a new kind of school system. Many of its supporters are students. "This school is different; there are smaller [student to teacher] ratios in the classroom, more one-on-one time with teachers, it's more interactive," says Chassity Garcia, a 10th grader at Amy Biehl. "The environment here is energized, more upbeat, and we know they're preparing us for the future."
Joe Giannotto, also a 10th grader, has similar sentiments. "At my last school, there was little to no freedom—we were told how to express ourselves. But it's great here—we're allowed to apply ourselves to different things, and with college courses, we can experience going in different directions." Another thing Giannotto says he likes about the school is the fact that violence is practically nonexistent. "I have a friend who goes to [a traditional public school], and he tells me stories about drama there, kids getting beat up. Nothing like that's ever happened here, and I think it allows us to get a better education." Garcia attributes the lack of violence to the small number of students in the school. "Everyone here basically knows each other; it's really friendly."
For some teachers, charter schools also provide opportunities that are oftentimes absent in public schools. Bryan Wehrli, a humanities teacher who worked at APS for 10 years before coming to Amy Biehl, says for him Amy Biehl has changed everything about teaching. "There's freedom we have as teachers here that's impossible to get in district schools," he says. "It can be harder work, because you're always working with new ideas, but it's also more gratifying." Wehrli does recognize, however, that not all charter schools are necessarily as successful as Amy Biehl. "Not all charter schools will work out," he admits, adding that if many traditional schools weren't failing so miserably, we wouldn't need to search out alternatives in the first place.


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