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The Go-betweens
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Who? What? How? These are the questions at the heart of our work, and they relate to pictures and sculpture, the people with whom we work and the methods we employ. Our goal is to create an open, friendly atmosphere in which visitors and tutors alike can enter into an active exploration of artistic expression; the challenge is to find the art-historical and didactic approach which triggers this process, is most appropriate to the works considered and best meets the needs of the group itself.
We have been engaged in pedagogical work since the seventies. The traditional definition of pedagogy refers to the range of school activities which brings the museum into contact with young people at all levels; however, this represents only one aspect of our work. The demands of professional training and education and the ever-changing needs of the public require the development of a broad spectrum of content and presentation. Aside from personal interaction, astounding new possibilities have been opened up by CD-ROM and the Internet; and in the area of leisure we have made a quantum leap: to live up to the much quoted notion of the open museum the Kunsthaus workshop offers a broad range of events for children, young people and adults. We hope you will find something of interest and that we can count on your support.

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Late pins push Craig over Verona
It's one thing for a wrestler to know exactly what he needs to do in order for his team to win a dual meet.
It's another to go out and do it.
Janesville Craig's Arstride Serrano and Aaron Maresch knew they'd need bonus points—and likely pins—in the final two matches against Verona in a Big Eight Conference meet Tuesday night.
They got just that, with Maresch, a four-year wrestler, celebrating senior night in style with a pin at the two-minute mark at 170 pounds. The fall led the Cougars to a sudden, 41-39 victory over the Wildcats.
"It was about as excited as we've seen our kids in a long time," Craig coach Mark Mullen said. "Maresch knew if he pinned him, he'd win, and he pinned him at the buzzer."
Starting at 182 pounds, Craig found itself in a hole early on after losing five straight matches. After a couple of forfeit victories, the Cougars struck back with Grant Pleiss' tech fall at 126 pounds and pins by Kyle LeCaptain (132) and Anthony Skrede (138).
But after Verona got two pins of its own, the Cougars knew they'd need some late-meet magic.
Serrano started it off by getting a third-period pin.
"He knew that he needed a major decision or a pin, too," Mullen said. "And he pinned his guy. That put us in position at the end."
Mullen said he had time to speak with Maresch right before the match, and Maresch confidently told him that he thought he could win by fall.
Two minutes later, the Cougars celebrated.
The victory moved them to 13-6 overall in duals and 4-1 in conference. They hope to carry momentum in Saturday's five-team Big Eight duals at Madison La Follette.


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John A. Brandl, Beloit, WI (1949-2013)
February 26, 1949 - November 12, 2013
John A. Brandl, 64, of Beloit, WI, died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, in Beloit Memorial Hospital. He was born Feb. 26, 1949, in Elkhorn, WI, the son of Alvin J. and P. Edith (Jensen) Brandl. John was a 1967 graduate of Clinton High School, Clinton, WI. He married his high school sweetheart Sandra Wollslair, on June 28, 1969, in Sharon, WI. John was a dairy farmer until being employed by General Motors. He took great pride in his yard and planting flowers. John enjoyed spending time with his family and grandchildren and going to all of their activities. He was a farm toy collector, especially tractors, and attended many toy shows. John was a Green Bay Packer and Wisconsin Badger fan. He was a member of St. Stephen's Catholic Church, Clinton, WI.
Survivors include his loving wife, Sandra Brandl of Beloit, WI; children, Todd (Brenda) Brandl of Clinton, WI, and Tammy (Bill) Kalt of Janesville, WI; grandchildren: Kayla, Taylor, John and Hannah; brothers: Ronald (Jeri) Brandl, James (Carol) Brandl, Michael (Karen) Brandl, Russell (Barb) Brandl, David (Anne) Brandl and Richard Brandl; sisters: Donna (Rich) Reddy, Kristine (Ron) Seeber, Kathy (Mike) Cox, Karen Peck and Phyllis (Larry Wilcox) Brandl; sister-in-law, Marilyn Brandl; numerous nieces, nephews and in-laws. He was predeceased by his parents; brother, Jerry Brandl; and brother-in-law, David Peck.
The family would like to thank Roger Luessenhop,
Clinton E.M.T.'s, and Beloit Health Systems.
Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, at ST. STEPHEN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 716 Shu-lar Lane Clinton, WI, with Fr. Bill Connell officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Phillips Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the time of service Sunday at the CHURCH. DALEY MURPHY WISCH & ASSOCIATES FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 2355 Cranston Road, Beloit, WI, assisted the family with arrangements.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.daleymurphywisch.com


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Milton stumbles in team wrestling sectional
STOUGHTON--Milton's wrestlers sat on their bench Tuesday night watching Stoughton celebrate.
Red Hawks coach Pat Jauch wanted his young team to remember the feeling going forward.
Stoughton jumped all over Milton in a WIAA team wrestling sectional final and held on for a 29-25 victory at its own gym. The Red Hawks were hoping to go back to team state for the first time since 2010. Instead, the Vikings avenged a regular-season dual-meet loss to snare the state trip away.
"I told our guys before the match that the team that wants it the most is going to win, and (Stoughton) wanted it the most," Jauch said. "I don't think we were overconfident. We had some guys that didn't get down to the weights they said they would.
"That will cost you. This is team wrestling, and their team came prepared for weigh-ins. Their team came prepared to wrestle. Their team came prepared to win."
That tone was set in the third match of the night.
With the meet tied 3-3, defending WIAA Division 1 state champion Nolan Shea took to the mat. The champion at 106 pounds last year, Shea is ranked No. 1 in the state at 113 pounds, but wrestled Tuesday at 120.
His opponent was Zach Hasselberger, who wrestled at 126 when the teams met in a Badger Conference dual earlier this year. He is now ranked No. 2 in the state at 120.
Hasselberger energized the Stoughton bench and crowd with a dominating 14-4 major decision.
"A lot of these guys dropped a weight class for regionals, and to maintain that and still be competitive (was big)," Stoughton co-head coach Dan Spilde said. "I can't say enough about Zach going down. He asked what we needed him to do, and he did it.
"That was the turning point in the match. You major a state champion, that's going to spark your team."
Stoughton went on to win at 126 and 132 pounds, building a 14-3 lead.
"I'm not going to force a kid to cut any weight; that's not going to happen," Jauch said. "But when it came down to it, the team's got to be more important. We have to put the team stuff first sometimes. That's what this night's about, and (Stoughton) got it done."
Milton did get victories from Billy Pitzner (152), Bowen Wileman (a pin at 170) and John McCarthy (195) to get back within 26-19 with two matches left.
But Brian Wagner sealed the deal for Stoughton at 220 pounds with a 5-1 decision.
State team wrestling begins March 7 at the University of Wisconsin Fieldhouse in Madison.


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Renesas to show quad, octo 'big-little' chips at MWC
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LONDON Renesas Mobile has two big-little processors set to show up at the Mobile World Congress, which takes place Feb. 25 to 28 in Barcelona Spain.
Renesas is preparing to demonstrate the MP6530 2.2 big-little quad-core communication processor with integrated GSM-through-LTE modem the first silicon has left the foundry in Taiwan. In addition Renesas has a 4.4 big-little applications processor with four Cortex-A15 and four Cortex-A7 processor cores but no modem on-board the company said.
Big-little is an approach to energy efficiency developed by processor IP licensor ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England) that enables application software to switch between cores optimized for low power and high performance for an overall energy saving in typical use where equipment spends much of its time in standby mode.
The quad-core MP6530 has already been tipped (see Renesas' big-little LTE processor wins praise) but the company has now provided more detail.
The processor with its integrated modem is intended for use in mid- to high-end smartphones costing between $200 and $400 and is designed to support multiple cameras and multiple displays.
The multidisplay use case is when LTE is used to download material such as a video which is then displayed on television at high-definition, typically over an HDMI cable. For graphics Renesas has selected the PowerVR SGX544 GPU core from Imagination Technologies Group plc.
The memory access is via a dual-channel LPDDR3-standard interface with a bandwidth of 800-Mbytes per second per channel.
The MP6530 is implemented in 28nm planar bulk CMOS by foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and has a target performance of a maximum clock frequency for the Cortex-A15 cores of 2GHz and for the Cortex-A7 cores of 1-GHz, the company said.
This would result in approximately three times the computing and graphics performance of Renesas Mobile's established MP5232, the company said.
The communications processor is also designed to support cameras of up 20-megapixels resolution and burst shoot photograph at up to 30 frames per second in addition to support for simultaneous 1080p30 video encoding and decoding.
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MP6530 platform diagram with communications processor shown center. Source: Renesas.
Renasas sources said the MP6530 is expected to be in mobile phones that are in the market in the fourth quarter of 2013 and the company is already in discussion with multiple OEMs.
The company said that its normal procedure is work on monolithic application processors and modems at the leading edge and then combine them into a monolithic communication processor. The Renesas Octo-core is a stand-alone applications processor that forms part of that method of working, the company said.
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Stubbornly low short-term interest rates have encouraged some corporate treasurers to reach for more yield by moving to longer-term investments or those with slightly lower credit quality. But the prevailing mode still seems to be caution, according to bankers and investment managers, with treasury teams putting a premium on safety rather than yield.
To the extent that companies have invested farther out the curve, they're likely to unwind those investments before short-term rates begin to rise.
The extent of the caution among corporate treasuries is evident in the Association for Financial Professionals' 2013 Liquidity Survey, released in July, which showed 50% of companies' cash is in bank deposits, up from 25% in 2008.
"What we continue to see is a strong emphasis and desire to leave cash on deposit," said Fred Berretta, head of the global liquidity investment solutions team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. "If you look at the last five years, as rates shifted, the deposit option has really become and remained the most attractive short-term liquidity vehicle in the market."
Companies that invest in short-term securities have "a strong and continuing emphasis on Treasuries," Berretta said, but noted that the partial government shutdown in October caused some companies to shift out of T-bills into deposits or money funds.
Some more sophisticated companies, those with capital that they know they won't need to access immediately, have shown more comfort in investments "with a tenor of three months, six months, nine months, a year," Berretta said. He also noted interest in separately managed accounts, portfolios that are managed for a single company. "It's one way to eke out slightly greater yields, but to do that in a prudent manner," he said.
But corporate treasurers still face three major sources of uncertainty when it comes to short-term investing: the outlook for Fed policy, the outlook for the economy, and the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed regulations for money-market funds, Berretta said. "That's a wild card, because the money fund is an incredibly popular vehicle for many of these investors. Once that's off the table, you are going to see some evolution in the way these working capital investors behave."
Brandon Semilof, a managing director at StoneCastle Partners, an asset management company, said that while safety remains important, "I think that people are somewhat frustrated by the fact that we've been in a zero percent interest-rate environment for five years."
Semilof said that over the past couple of years, treasurers have tried to do a better job of dividing their cash between what they need to have immediate access to and what can be invested with a slightly longer time horizon.
"There's a cost to having 100% of your cash liquid on a daily basis," Semilof said. "Treasurers are becoming more aware that you can really take that time and create multiple buckets that will allow you to invest that cash in a way that's going to enhance the return."
Tom Nelson, chief investment officer at Reich & Tang, which provides institutional money funds and other liquidity solutions, also noted more corporate treasurers "extending maturity, wanting to achieve some yield."
But once short-term rates start to rise, "everything that's happened in last 12 to 24 months will reverse," Nelson said. "People are going to start to get more cautious, put more money into short-term vehicles, and wait for rates to reset back to a more normalized level.
"While money funds and other kinds of pooled products will ratchet up more slowly than direct investments, I think they'll become much more attractive from the perspective that people who do tend to extend out and buy longer instruments are going to see some price depreciation," he said.
That rise in rates isn't likely any time soon. "I wouldn't be surprised if we're looking at 2016 before the Fed does something in terms of the fed funds rate," Nelson said, but added: "My expectation is that when rates do start to rise, they're going to rise quicker than people expect. In that environment, it really becomes a question of how short can you keep your money."
When investors believe rates are going to rise, "you would typically see an interest in shortening your duration profile," Berretta agreed. "Investors with long-term investments might let those investments roll off. Once rates make a move, they can get back in the market and capture the higher rate, once issuance comes at that rate," he said.
Julian Oldale, head of international cash management origination for North America at RBS, also sees companies focused on capital preservation rather than yield. "There is a lot of caution out there," he said. "People, especially in the treasury area, are tasked with preserving what are exceptionally large amounts of liquidity at the moment. I don't think there's a push to get more yield on that. It's about preserving their capital.
Oldale cited customer interest in account-based solutions. "Banks are building fully liquid solutions that recognize term and the regulatory changes on treatment of cash balances through account-based solutions," he said. "There is instant liquidity across these accounts, but if a client keeps the funds for a one-month period, they'll get a one-month rate; if it's three months, they'll get a three-month rate. If they pull the funds out earlier, for any reason, they'll get the fed funds rate."
Oldale said such solutions fit companies' focus on safety and also position them for the point at which short-term rates head higher. "They're ticking their counterparty risk box, they're ticking their capital preservation box, and it will give them a level of yield that will recognize rate rises as they come through," he said.
Dave Robertson, a partner at Treasury Strategies, said banks are coming out with new deposit products that offer higher yields to customers that provide them with stable deposits in an attempt to meet tougher liquidity requirements under Basel III and other regulations.
"What we're seeing are products where the banks share that liquidity risk [and they say to customers]: 'If you're willing to provide stability, we'll give you a premium,'" Robertson said. He noted that the arrangement also works from the customer's perspective. "Corporates want the best yield with the most flexibility. Banks are trying to give them this."


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Ekiga (formely known as GnomeMeeting) is a soft phone, video conferencing, and instant messenger application for use over the Internet. It supports HD sound quality and video up to DVD size and quality. It is interoperable with many other standards compliant software, hardware, and service providers as it uses both of the major telephony standards, SIP and H.323.
Moodle is a learning management system for producing Internet-based course Web sites. It is written in PHP and is easy to install and use on Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, SunOS, BSD, and Netware 6. It has been designed to support modern pedagogies based on social constructionist theory, and includes activity modules such as forums, chats, resources, journals, quizzes, surveys, choices, workshops, glossaries, lessons, and assignments. It has been translated into over 70 languages, with more on the way, and supports the popular SCORM standard for content packaging. Moodle offers a free alternative to commercial software such as WebCT or Blackboard, and is being used by a growing number of universities, schools, and independent teachers for distance education or to supplement face-to-face teaching.
The Mnemosyne software resembles a traditional flash card program to help you memorize question/answer pairs, but with an important twist: it uses a sophisticated algorithm to schedule the best time for a card to come up for review. Difficult cards that you tend to forget quickly will be scheduled more often, while Mnemosyne won't waste your time on things you remember well.
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Tools for packaging RDF data in the AWD cloud.
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Eighth drunken driving suspected
Saturday, January 18, 2014
JANESVILLE—Leon D. Guenther was being held at the Rock County Jail after being arrested on a charge of eighth-offense drunken driving Friday night.
�According to a Janesville Police Department news release, officers responded to a report of a reckless driver at 5:35 p.m. Friday on the city's south side. When they located the suspect vehicle in the 2100 block of South Walnut Street, the driver made a U-turn in front of his home and got stuck in a snow bank.
Officers could smell a strong odor of burnt marijuana from inside the vehicle.
Guenther, 52, Janesville, failed field sobriety tests and was arrested on the OWI charge. He also was arrested on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.
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OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) is an easy-to-use integrated penetration testing tool for finding vulnerabilities in Web applications. It is designed to be used by people with a wide range of security experience and as such is ideal for developers and functional testers who are new to penetration testing as well as being a useful addition to an experienced pen tester's toolbox. ZAP provides automated scanners as well as a set of tools that allow you to find security vulnerabilities manually.
phpMyAdmin is a tool intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. It can create, rename, and drop databases, create/drop/alter tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement, manage keys on fields, create dumps of tables and databases, export/import CSV data, and administrate one single database and multiple MySQL servers.
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The Link Grammar Parser (link-grammar) is a syntactic parser of English, Russian, Arabic, and Persian (and other languages as well), based on link grammar, an original theory of English syntax. Given a sentence, the system assigns to it a syntactic structure, which consists of a set of labelled links connecting pairs of words. The parser also produces a "constituent" (Penn tree-bank style phrase tree) representation of a sentence (showing noun phrases, verb phrases, etc.). The RelEx extension provides dependency-parse output.
Horde Groupware Webmail Edition is an enterprise ready browser-based communication suite. Users can read, send, and organize email messages and manage and share calendars, contacts, tasks, and notes with the standards compliant components from the Horde Project. It bundles the separately available applications IMP, Ingo, Kronolith, Turba, Nag, and Mnemo. It can be extended with any of the released Horde applications or the Horde modules that are still in development, like a file manager, a bookmark manager, a forum, or a wiki.
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Rapid Photo Downloader is an application for professional and amateur photographers, designed for use on the Linux desktop. It can download photos and videos from multiple cameras, memory cards, and portable storage devices simultaneously. It provides many flexible, user-defined options for subfolder creation, photo and video renaming, and backup.
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Lowell R. Yttri, Janesville, WI (1930-2014)
November 17, 1930 - April 12, 2014
Lowell R. Yttri, age 83, of Janesville, passed away on Saturday, April 12, 2014, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. He was born on Nov. 17, 1930, in Vernon County, and was the son of Sam and Clara (Arneson) Yttri. Lowell married Joyce Fox on Oct. 26, 1957. He was best known for his mechanical work and love of helping people. Lowell worked at General Motors for 20 years and served two years in the Army.
Lowell is survived by his wife of 56 years, Joyce; three children: Vicki (Jim) Dembowiak of Milwaukee, Denise (Tim) Moran of Boscobel, and Andy (Lori) Yttri of Edgerton; six grandchildren: Dr. Kyle Dembowiak, Chelsea (Ryan) Beinborn, Colin Dembowiak, Amanda (Gunner) Lee, Nathan Yttri, and Garrett Yttri; his great-grandson, Blane Beinborn; sister, Cleone Ames of Janesville; brother, Ronald Yttri of Janesville; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Mitchell; and three brothers and two sisters.
Following Lowell's wishes, a private family service will be held. Memorials may be made to Agrace HospiceCare. SCHNEIDER APFEL SCHNEIDER & SCHNEIDER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY is assisting the family. For on-line condolences and registry: www.schneiderfuneraldirectors.com


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Cheer group rises to the top
JANESVILLE -- Members of the Senior Platinum team at Glitz All-Star Cheer Inc. in Janesville have had a lot to cheer about recently.
The 13-member team took first place in the Small Gym, Small Senior Division during the International All Star Cheerleading Championship, held in March in Orlando, Fla. Senior Platinum competed against nine other teams in the division.
"The whole thing was sort of surreal, just being able to accomplish what we were working towards," said team member Jordyn Nicoson.
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The members of Senior Platinum started working on their routine in July and qualified for the international competition at a regional event in December.
Team member Alysa Rothfelder said she felt that the team had a good chance of winning the competition.
"It's the largest competition I've ever been in," Rothfelder said. "I was nervous, but when we performed I was really confident with our routine and with how we performed."
The teams were judged on stunts, tumbling, execution, dance, jumping and execution of the routine. Ashley Sheppard, co-owner of Glitz All-Star Cheer, said the team strived to perform with zero deductions.
"If you have zero deductions your chances of winning are better, so that's what we stressed to our kids," Sheppard said. "We give them ice cream parties if they have zero deductions. The important part is if they did their best and if we did have deductions, which includes falls or touch downs, then we know where to work and what to practice next time."
In the months leading up to international competition, the group practiced two hours twice a week at the CSA Kids building on Whitney Street in Janesville.
The hours of practice paid off, Nicoson said.
"With all the hard work and money that we put into it, everything you earn in the end makes it all seem worth it," she said.
The 2014 championship finish was a huge turnaround for the Glitz All-Star Cheer team. Back in 2013, the team's debut in the international competition, the girls came in last place out of 11 teams.
The disappointing 2013 finish offered a learning experience for the team and gave them inspiration to improve, Sheppard said.
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Interesting how the year began, plenty of fanfare and hype for the Young "Onez". Funny enough, our security chief who coined the moniker no longer works for the Raps.
Anyways, here we are in the dog dayz of March, and it can only be surmised that the whole Young Onez movement was a failure.
Rarely do all 3 share the floor, and really only Demar has upped his game this year. More than likely, Weems is done, and I dont' know ANYBODY who bought seats in the Young Onez section on purpose, let alone sing their wank songs.
So is it safe to say that come October, the term "Young Onez" will be gone with the wind?


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Are you a generous or miserly tipper?
Tipping has always been a topic that intrigues me. I sometimes feel guilty about how much I tip workers. I realize that many of the people who serve as waiters, bartenders and hotel maids are on the low end of the economic food chain.
My wife, Cheryl, sometimes teases me about having a squeaky wallet, a charge to which I object, although I do try to live on a reasonable budget. Still, I often tip a worker more generously than Cheryl would like.
Last Friday night, we went out for fish at our favorite spot, and the waitress was new to us. She could have been a high school student but more likely was a college student. She wasn't Johnny-on-the-spot. Our table also didn't have salt and pepper shakers, and we didn't realize that until our food arrived and then we had to wait while the waitress retrieved them. The plates of fried fish also were smaller than we normally see at this place. I couldn't fault the waitress, however, for either of these latter two issues.
Cheryl suggested a small tip. I still gave about 15 percent. Besides, I figured, if I gave a small tip without explaining, the waitress wouldn't know why and would just figure we were cheap. While some people argue 15 percent should be the minimum for reasonable service, I feel like a miser if I don't give more than that.
I also tip my barber, even though he owns the salon. However, I've never left a tip for a hotel maid, even though I've been tempted. Maybe that's unfair.
I'm bringing this up today because, each of the last two weeks, I've gotten tweets from the White House in the Obama administration's push to raise the minimum wage. These tweets point out that the minimum wage for tipped workers has been stuck at $2.13 for more than 20 years. They also show a pie chart that indicates women make up the wide majority of workers in some jobs, including hairdressers (95 percent), personal appearance workers (84 percent), massage therapists (76 percent), servers (70 percent) and bartenders (56 percent). Women make up almost three out of four tipped workers, jobs that tend to pay less than others, the tweets say.
Do these numbers sway you to be a more generous tipper or even convince you of the need for a higher minimum wage, particularly for workers in tipped jobs?
Greg Peck can be reached at (608) 755-8278 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Or follow him on Twitter or Facebook.
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Passwords are everywhere. Despite great advances in computer technology over the last 20 years, the first use of computer passwords predates the Apollo 11 moon landing. So, while our technical capability with computers has grown over the years, our means for basic authentication, via the use of passwords, has not. The password, which continues to be the tool of choice for secure authentication, is now becoming our weakest point of attack. Since the password will not go away anytime in the immediate future, there are some things that you can do to make yourself more secure.
First, stop using simple passwords. Passwords need to be lengthy (at least 10-12 characters) and complex. Simple words, local or foreign, are not secure. There are many tips and mnemonics available to assist with strong password creation, but it will take practice. The use of strong passwords should be set forth in a policy, and employees should be trained on how to build and use stronger passwords. Firms can really benefit from holding brief training sessions on how to build and maintain a strong password.
Second, do not use the same password for multiple accounts. Ask yourself this question: If the password to just one of your personal accounts was to fall into the wrong hands, could someone gain access to other or all accounts? It's not hard to guess that most people log in to a banking or retail website using their email address as the account name (thus, you are already 50 percent less secure, making protecting the password even more paramount). The same goes for private networks. Many use a simple derivative of first and last name for the user account. Using the same passwords for multiple accounts should be both highly discouraged and forbidden by policy.
Use two-factor authentication whenever and wherever you can. Many commercial websites will send you a one-time use code to your phone after you successfully enter your credentials. Since (hopefully) you are the only person with access to your phone, only you should be able to successfully enter the code and gain entry into your account. It's not cumbersome, as many people who oppose change would like you to think, and takes only a few minutes to set up. Any corporate enterprise that allows remote access or teleworking should absolutely be using two-factor authentication for accessing their network. At the workplace, you can pop your head into someone's office to see if the right person is using the password. You can't do this with people working outside of the office, making additional forms of identity verification very important. "Is it really Bob accessing the network or is it someone else (friend or foe), with Bob's password, accessing the network?"
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The rapid expansion of password manager software has many viewing this as an easier means to use very long and complex passwords. While this type of software encourages the use of more complicated passwords (yay!) there are some things to keep in mind before making the switch. First, the password vault, in which the passwords are securely stored, is itself secured with a master password. You are literally putting your password eggs in one basket. Lose that password, and all of your passwords are lost. Highly likely? Probably not, but you should know where the faults are before you begin. For organizations with IT departments, you may see a sharp increase in assistance calls, as a software manager with a mistyped password will lock out an account much faster than a human can. Help desks should be ready to assist and educate.
Protecting passwords must be encouraged and emphasized by management. This is not done through technology but through administrative directives and policies. The firm needs to set the tone regarding how employees are to use and take care of passwords that protect their client's private information and data. A firm is only as strong as its weakest password. I know that those words just sent a shiver through many readers, as everyone knows "that guy." Remember, enabling and not correcting "that guy" makes the rest of the firm just as guilty of being careless with client data. An organization whose management sets the right expectations, with the right policies, and follows it up with the right education for their staff, drastically improves the defenses against today's unsafe computer situations. Traffic laws, like speed limits, keep people from acting less than safe with their car for the good of the community. Good policies regarding IT security — in this case, passwords — can do the same.


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Five years of low interest rates
Half a decade of record low interest rates were marked today as the Bank of England once more kept the cost of borrowing on hold.
The five-year anniversary of the monetary policy committee's (MPC) decision to slash rates to the historic low of 0.5% comes amid a protest outside the Bank of England by campaign group Save Our Savers at the impact the ultra-low rates have had on savings pots.
Returns on savings have been slashed, costing depositors of UK banks and building societies £326.3 billion over the past five years, according to the group - although many mortgage borrowers have found themselves hundreds or even thousands of pounds better off than they might otherwise have been.
But the latest decision follows a flurry of recent comments from members of the MPC signalling that rates may rise next year as the economic recovery picks up pace.
It is also the first decision since the Bank abandoned its "forward guidance'' pledge linking the cost of borrowing to unemployment figures.
The new version - dubbed "fuzzy guidance" - will see its decisions on interest rates instead based on how quickly the economy uses up its spare capacity.
The Bank said then that it would give no timing on when interest rates would rise, although market expectations are for this to happen in the second quarter of 2015 - keeping the Bank on track to leave inflation close to 2%.
It has also stressed that when rates rise, the increase will be gradual.
Howard Archer, chief economist at IHS Global Insight, said: "The Bank of England clearly wants to nurture recovery and not to risk choking it off by raising interest rates too early or too fast."
He is predicting that rates will reach 1% by the end of 2015 and 2% by the end of 2016.
Policymakers have repeatedly stressed that while the recovery is moving in the right direction, they want to see the overall economy become more balanced.
There was some encouraging news last week when a breakdown of gross domestic product for the fourth quarter of 2013 revealed a surge in business investment, suggesting the economy is becoming less reliant on consumer spending.
The data from the Office for National Statistics showed that business investment rose by 2.4% quarter on quarter in the final three months of 2013 while upward revisions to previous estimates meant it had also increased for four quarters in a row for the first time since 2007.
The figures were released alongside the second estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2013, confirming that growth remained unchanged on last month's projection at 0.7%.
This marked a slight dip on the 0.8% seen in the third quarter.
Economic surveys have also signalled a resilient start to 2014 despite the extreme wet weather, with c losely-watched Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' index readings over the past week showing firm growth in activity across the services, manufacturing and construction sectors in February.
The Bank first slashed rates to 0.5% in March 2009 to combat a deep recession triggered by the credit crunch and subsequent global financial crisis.
It launched its £375 billion quantitative easing programme to pump cash into the economy at the same time.
While the economy is now in recovery, output remains 1.4% lower than its pre-recession peak following a long period of stagnation.
But the Bank is expecting sharp growth this year, upping its forecast to 3.4% last month from 2.8%.
With inflation having now fallen below the 2% target for the first time in more than four years, the Bank has been given breathing space to keep rates lower for longer to help ensure the recovery remains on track.
James Knightley, economist at ING Bank, said: "It is clear that the Bank wants to see monetary policy stay as loose as possible for as long as possible to ensure the economic recovery is sustainable.
"However, the strength of the growth story, coupled with the robustness of the labour market, means that the Bank is likely fighting a losing battle in convincing financial markets that rate hikes are a distant prospect."


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Gazette looking for homes with spooky Halloween decorations
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Decorating isn't just for Christmas, anymore.
Halloween enthusiasts now deck out their homes and yards with ghosts and goblins, spider webs and coffins, even lights and electronics.
The Gazette is collecting addresses of homes in Rock and Walworth counties where owners have gone over the top with Halloween decorations.
If you know of a Halloween home with decorations others might enjoy seeing, please email the address and a description of the decorations to email@example.com; send a letter to Andrea Anderson, The Janesville Gazette, P.O. Box 5001, Janesville, WI 53547-5001; or call 608-755-8267.


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When a company reports earnings, the reports are intensely examined by investors and analysts alike. Earnings are important because they can give insight into the profitability of a company. Covering Street analysts are looking for Cedar Fair, L.P. (NYSE:FUN) to report quarterly EPS of $0.06. The company is next expected to publish earnings on or around 2017-02-15 for the period ending 2016-12-31.
When a company releases earnings information, the results have the possibility of causing short-term stock movements whether the company misses or beats projections. Prior to the company's earnings report, investors may be tracking directional trends of provided estimates. Cedar Fair, L.P. (NYSE:FUN) most recently reported a previous quarter earnings per share of $3.1. The Zacks Research consensus before the earnings release was $3.53.
The gap between the estimate and actual was $-0.43 which created a surprise factor of -12.18%. The current mean price target on the stock is $67.5 which includes 6 analysts that were polled by Zacks Research. The high end target price has shares touching $70 and the low end target estimate has the stock moving to $65 within the year. In looking at the standard deviation of all estimates, we arrive at 2.073.
Zacks Research also uses a numerical ratings scale that spans from 1 to 5. Using this rating scale, a 1 would represent a Strong Buy, and a 5 rating would represent a Strong Sell rating. Combining all the ratings on Cedar Fair, L.P. (NYSE:FUN), the current mean is sitting at 1.38. Breaking those down we see that the ratings are as follows: 6 Strong Buy, 1 Rated Buy, 1 Rated Hold and 0 Rated Sell.
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Our views: Tim Cullen devotes life to serving public
Little did Tim Cullen know 3� years ago when he decided to get back into government that bombshell legislation would change the course of state history and cast a shadow over the rest of his political career.
It's unfortunate. Cullen is among the good guys whose intentions are beyond reproach and whose willingness to compromise carried hope that the differing sides in Madison could, once again, come together for the betterment of the state.
Just months after Cullen was elected to represent the 15th District in the state Senate, however, Gov. Scott Walker unveiled Act 10, the hugely controversial legislation that greatly undermined the power of public employee unions. Cullen and other Senate Democrats hid out in Illinois to delay a vote on the bill. Democrats and union supporters applauded the move. Many others have never forgiven Cullen and his counterparts.
The die was cast. After returning from Illinois, Cullen would struggle to regain support beyond his base, and the division in Madison that had developed since Cullen first left office in 1987 grew wider than ever.
Cullen has decided not to seek re-election in November 2014. He announced his plans last week to give potential candidates a chance to consider running for the position and to give them time to get organized.
In his announcement, Cullen said the political climate at the Capitol was a primary reason for his decision.
"I am not proud of or pleased by the fundamental conclusion I have reached: that I can make a bigger difference in my community as a private citizen than I can in the ugly political environment we see now in Wisconsin government," Cullen said in a statement.
Cullen, who also served as a state senator in the 1970s and '80s and Senate majority leader for five years, often talked of returning to the days when it was normal for legislators of both parties to be friends, which Cullen believed could lead to good lawmaking. It didn't happen this time around.
After his term ends in 16 months, Cullen plans to focus more energy on two local nonprofits he founded, the Cullen Government Internship Program and the Janesville Multicultural Teacher Opportunities Scholarship Fund. He said he also would work for Healthnet, the free clinic in Janesville.
Cullen also wants to start a foundation to address the problem of poor youths who don't get the encouragement and discipline they need to succeed in school.
Cullen has been serving the public in different ways since he was first elected to the Janesville City Council in 1970. Besides the council and the state Senate, he also sat on the local school board and was Gov. Tommy Thompson's secretary of health and social services in the late 1980s.
Although we condemned his decision to flee to Illinois as an abdication of his responsibilities, we can't let that move overshadow his many years of committed service. Cullen deserves our thanks and appreciation for the work he's done for the people of Janesville and Wisconsin and for what he's yet to do.
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Minority rule? WHY not MAJORITY rule?
As the shutdown of our US Government continues, many American citizens are asking, "What happened to majority rule?"� It is clear that IF a CLEAN Continuing Resolution were to be brought to the floor our House by Speaker Boehner, it would pass with DEMOCRAT and REPUBLICAN votes.� In fact, the Speaker needs only to bring the Senate passed bill to the floor – this is a CLEAN Continuing Resolution with the same budget dollars as passed by the House.� The ONLY difference is that the Patient Protection & Affordable Healthcare Act provision in the original House passed bill has been deleted.� WHY NOT VOTE?
The most informative article I have read on the situation is Brendan Greeley's October 2 article published by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, "Why John Boehner Won't Hold a Vote to Reopen the Government."
I recommend that you read the full article to gain understanding of the situation.� Having reviewed the history of the speakership, Greeley picks up with the speakership of Dennis Hastert (R-IL), "Then Dennis Hastert, the Republican Speaker during most of George W. Bush's presidency, took this demand for loyalty to party still further. The Hastert Rule, an informal edict not codified in any book and yet still rigorously adhered to today, instructs the speaker not to bring any bill to the floor that does not have the support of the majority of the majority. The rule was simply the logical end of a long-term trend. The party—both parties—had become more important than the House's bills. Even a passable bill, if it doesn't pass with the consent of the party, is not worth passing.
He picks up on the current House vote to reopen the government later in his article, "The simplest way for the Republican Party to broaden its appeal might be the same as the way out of the shutdown. Let the Tea Party Caucus be the Tea Party Caucus. That's what its members were democratically elected to do. But don't allow them to run the place simply because they wave the Hastert Rule. The party itself is already less homogenous than it was not long ago. Such party discipline clearly isn't possible; it might not even be necessary. If Republicans let their party structure in Congress become weaker, they may find it not only easier to get things done, but easier to get a lot more Republicans elected."
WHY NOT LET ALL MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE VOTE ON THIS AND ALL OTHER BILLS?� Truth be told:� Many bills would pass if they were brought to the floor for a vote.� Another bill which was discussed on Wisconsin Public Radio's "Joy Cardin Show" yesterday with long-serving US House Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) was IMMIGRATION REFORM.� Again, WHY NOT let all members of OUR (NOT BOEHNER's, NOT GOPs) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTE? What do YOU think?
The reality right now is that we have a small group of members of OUR HOUSE who are holding the whole nation hostage.� The British Guardian reported, "Harry Reid, the Senate leader who on Saturday said he would refuse to bow to 'Tea Party anarchists' showed no interest in negotiating with Republicans over the stalemate."� "anarchists"?� What do YOU think?�
Whatever label one puts on this group, it is about 10% of the 435 member House.� Should 10% decide what the WHOLE HOUSE of OUR (WE THE PEOPLE) REPRESENTATIVES VOTE ON?� I do NOT think so.� What do YOU think?
There have been times when Speaker Boehner has brought a bill to the floor so ALL members of the HOUSE could vote on it and it did pass.� A key example would be the debt limit bill which Boehner brought to the floor in August 2011 so ALL MEMBERS could vote on it … and the debt limit was appropriate increased.� After all, CONGRESS has approved every penny in the debt, so they are LEGALLY APPROVED BILLS which MUST be paid.� WHY NOT?
I believe that President Obama has it correct, IF SPEAKER BOEHNER were to bring the Senate passed CLEAN CONTINUING RESOLUTION to the floor today, it would PASS with a MAJORITY vote of our US House and when signed by President Obama, our US Government would be RE-OPENED.� WHY NOT TODAY?
IF you want to learn more about WHY Speaker Boehner is NOT bringing a CLEAN Continuing Resolution to the House floor for ALL MEMBERS to vote on, I recommend reading Paul Kane's article in the Washington Post yesterday, "John Boehner, between a rock and a hard place on shutdown and debt limit."
Kane notes, "House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) has at his disposal the political tools to reopen the government at a moment's notice. But he would have to rely on an uneasy coalition of Democrats and weeks. Such a move could provide a political escape hatch for Republicans who have been shouldering much of the public blame for the shutdown."��������� He deftly analyzes what he says are a host of dynamics in the GOP have forced him to align himself with a camp of hard-core conservatives who, for much of the past three years, have made his life miserable.
Kane observes, "Boehner's unyielding position on the six-week government funding bill, which the Senate passed, is a testament to the power of that conservative bloc and a concession to its members. The insurgents are now his palace guards."
I think it is very important to note Kane's calculation of the votes, "There are 200 Democrats in the House, and Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) pledged Wednesday that "all of 'em" would vote for a bill to fund the government at current levels through mid-November. At least 18 Republicans have vowed to support such a funding resolution, giving a majority of House members support for the Democratic plan."
One needs to recognize the strategy used by Speaker Boehner as noted by Kane, "Boehner's leadership team has on three occasions this year watched the Democrats effectively become the ruling party by passing key legislation that most Republicans opposed."� He continues to review those specific situations.
What will Speaker Boehner do NOW?� What do YOU expect?
John W. Eyster lives in the Edgerton area. He is an adjunct professor assigned with the online/distance education faculty of Viterbo University, LaCrosse. He continues his personal mission supporting democracy/civics education in Wisconsin K-12 schools through Project Citizen, We the People, Discovering Democracy (Milton HS). John is a community blogger and is not a part of The Gazette staff or management.


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Craig beats Parker, Beloit in Big Eight track tri
JANESVILLE--Ian Reinicke figures he's competing at about 80 percent.
The Janesville Craig junior and two-time state track qualifier is still recovering from a torn meniscus and a pulled hamstring.
Tuesday night at Monterey Stadium, Reinicke got a little healthier.
Reinicke won the long jump and triple jump to lead the Cougars to Big Eight Conference wins over Janesville Parker and Beloit Memorial. Craig beat Parker, 90-56, and Beloit, 98-94. Parker beat Beloit, 94-52.
Craig also swept on the girls side. The Cougars beat Parker, 80-65, and raced past Beloit, 87-57. Parker defeated Beloit, 92-45.
Reinicke won the long jump at 20 feet, 6 inches and added a win in triple jump at 42-3.
Although conditions were less than ideal for competing Tuesday, Reinicke is happy with the progress he is making health-wise.
"It's been horrible since October," Reinicke said of his injuries, which started with a torn meniscus. About the time that was finally healing, he pulled his hamstring. "But it hasn't been too bad lately.
"I'm hoping to be close to 100 percent by the conference meet (Tuesday), and if not then, definitely by the regional meet."
Senior Tom Gabower also won two events for the Cougars, as the senior captured the 100- and 400-meter runs.
Craig's Evan Lalor dominated the distance races. The senior won the 1,600 in 4:38.5 and the 3,200 in 10:28.3.
"In a meet like this, the relays can really make a difference score-wise, and they did tonight," Craig boys coach Jeff Deininger said. "We won all four of them."
T.J. Steinke won two events for the Parker boys. The senior and South Dakota University football recruit won the discus with a throw of 150-0 and the shot put with a personal-best throw of 48-1.
Steinke is currently ranked in the top 15 in the state in discus, but he was more pleased with his shot put effort.
"I've been pretty consistent in discus all year, with most of my throws over 150," Steinke said. "But every time I step in that ring, you're competing against yourself, so that's why today's throw in shot put was so important. It brought me one step closer to my goal.
"I know I'm capable of throwing over 170 in the discus, while 50 feet is my goal in shot put, and I'm getting closer."
The Craig girls won twice thanks to outstanding depth up and down the lineup. The Cougars got wins from Alli Calkins in the high jump, Gabrielle Geller in the 400, Emily Meister in the 800, Jessie Larson in discus and Courtney Pohlman in pole vault. Pohlman matched a personal-best by clearing 10-6.
Mandy Slaback led the Parker girls. The senior won the 1,600 and the 3,200, as well as running on the victorius 3,200 relay team.
Parker's Brecklyn Skaleski set a personal best by leaping 16 feet in winning the long jump.


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Winter prime time for eagle spotting
In the spring of 2013, an eagle nest was documented for the first time in Racine County, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' website. Eagle sightings were also reported near the Racine-Kenosha county line and in Walworth County.
DNR Warden Juan Gomez said he hasn't seen a bald eagle in the county yet this winter, and generally hasn't seen many in the past four years he's been assigned to Walworth County, but he knows they are around.
"When I was the warden in Burlington they were observed along the Fox River most of the winter," he said. � �
Summer might be prime bird-watching time, but winter often rewards spotters with bald eagle sightings.
They're hard-to-miss, magnificent birds with wingspans that measure up to six feet, huge beaks and talons, and a regal look.
From December through early March, many bald eagles congregate in open water areas like dams and power plants, where the birds can snag fish. The Wisconsin DNR says sightings are most common in mornings as the eagles search for their first meals of the day.�
Here are a few opportunities in the next few months to spot bald eagles:
The 27th annual Bald Eagle Watching Days, January 17-18, Sauk City and Prairie du Sac. Events take place at the River Arts Center, 105 Ninth St., Prairie du Sac; VFW Park, Prairie du Sac; Wollersheim Winery, 7876 Wisconsin Highway 188, Prairie du Sac; and the Tripp Heritage Museum, 565 Water St., Prairie du Sac. Learn more by calling (800) 683-2453.
Second annual Eagle Days on the Fox River, January 25, 1000 Islands Environmental Center, 1000 Beaulieu Court, Kaukauna. For more details, call (920) 766-4733.
Cassville's Bald Eagle Days, Jan. 25-26 at the Cassville Riverside Park Observatory and Cassville High School, 715 E. Amelia St. Outdoor viewing with staffed volunteers from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday and Sunday. Educational programs at the Cassville High School on Sat., Jan. 25 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call (608) 725-5855.
Prairie du Chien's Bald Eagle Appreciation Days, held February 21-22. Saturday's activities include live bald eagle and raptor programs, educational exhibits and displays on birding and the environment and children's activities. Outdoor bird scopes to spot eagles and a life-sized bald eagle's nest will be located at the Regional Tourism Center, 211 S. Main St., Prarie du Chein. For more information, contact the tourism council at (800) 732-1673.
Bald Eagle Days, Ferryville Village Hall and Fire Department, 170 Main St., March 1. Call (608) 734-9077.
Check out the DNR's website for even more information on eagle watching in Wisconsin.


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Lynis is an security auditing and hardening tool for Unix derivatives like Linux/BSD/Solaris. It performs an in-depth scan on the system to detect software and security issues. Besides information related to security, it will also scan for general system information, installed packages, and possible configuration mistakes. The software is aimed at assisting automated auditing, configuration management, software patch management, vulnerability detection, and malware scanning of Unix-based systems.
fio is an I/O tool meant to be used both for benchmark and stress/hardware verification. It has support for 19 different types of I/O engines (sync, mmap, libaio, posixaio, SG v3, splice, null, network, syslet, guasi, solarisaio, and more), I/O priorities (for newer Linux kernels), rate I/O, forked or threaded jobs, and much more. It can work on block devices as well as files. fio accepts job descriptions in a simple-to-understand text format. Several example job files are included. fio displays all sorts of I/O performance information, including complete IO latencies and percentiles. Fio is in wide use in many places, for both benchmarking, QA, and verification purposes. It supports Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, OS X, OpenSolaris, AIX, HP-UX, Android, and Windows.
SoC GDS is a platform for enabling hierarchical SoC integration and verification across traditional EDA frameworks based on Virtual Components per the VSIA guidelines. It is also a fast viewer and processor for native GDSII files. It encompasses a set of powerful functions allowing automatic cell renaming, grid verifications, GDS II files merging (AND), physical comparison (XOR), hierarchy modifications, and conversion to text format.
Client-side Security Exit for DTCC (SX4DTCC) is a solution that allows a company to perform verification with a DTCC (Depository Trust Clearing Corporation) queue manager. It operates with WebSphere MQ 6.0, 7.0, 7.1, or 7.5 in Windows, Unix, IBM i, and Linux environments. It works with Sender, Server, and Cluster-Sender channels of WebSphere MQ queue manager.
MQ Set UserID (MQSUI) is a new solution that allows a company the ability to explicitly set a UserID via a MQ Channel's Send, Receive, or Message Exit. It operates with WebSphere MQ 6.0, 7.0, 7.1, or 7.5 in Windows, Unix, IBM i, and Linux environments, and works with Server Connection, Receiver, Cluster-Receiver, and Cluster-Sender channels of WebSphere MQ queue manager.
MQ Channel Auto Creation Manager (MQCACM) is an MQ Channel Auto-Definition (MQ CHAD) exit which allows a company to control and restrict incoming connection requests to auto-create a channel. MQCACM is invoked when a request is received to start an undefined Receiver, Server-Connection, Cluster-Receiver, or Cluster-Sender channel. MQCACM can modify or clear the supplied default channel definition values for an instance of the channel, so there is no exit incompatibility (cross-platform or otherwise).
Chicken is a Scheme compiler that translates most of R5RS Scheme into relatively portable C. It supports fully general tail-call recursion, first-class continuations, and has a very flexible and efficient interface to C and C++. Chicken implements several extensions to the Scheme language: lightweight threads, pattern matching macros, dynamic loading of compiled code, and various object-oriented paradigms, such as TinyCLOS, and others. The library system includes hundreds of convenient modules for practical use.


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Stomach bloating and weight gain
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Stomach bloating and weight gain
I am hoping that there is someone who can help me or at least point me in the right direction. For the last 6 years I have had stomach bloating. I did every test possible. It is not IBS, thyroid, or low stomach acidity, food allergies.... I can look 5-6 months pregnant without exaggerating. Also in these 6 years I have had a 30 pound weight gain. I have an amazing diet and always exercise. I have never been healthier. It seems the healthier I eat or the more I exercise the bigger I get. The weird thing is last July I gave birth. During my pregnancy and for about 6 months after birth I didn't seem to have this problem. Now it is back worse than ever. I have had to pull out my maternity clothes again because my clothes might fit me 1 day but not the next. Sometime I can even get bloated in my face and arms. Someone mentionned that it might have to do with hormones or maybe missing minerals in body like sodium....It has taken control over my life. If there is anybody that can help I would really appreciate it!!!!
hi ,
u said u have a very good diet . can i know what u have for ur diet B,cos i think no one can give answer without knowing what u eat . which country r u from and what is the style of foor u have
for instance i can give u just this suggestion
have lots of greens
eat liquid food like milk and fruits when ur problem is more
there is a plant which induces loose motions , dont laugh but belive me it works
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Hi Raju,
Thank you for getting back to me. First of all I am from Canada. My diet consists of lots of vegetables, fruit, chicken, beef, multigrains and fiber. I don't really think that it is the food that I am eating. I did alot of ellimination diets and nothing made a difference. Do you have any suggestions?
What your doctor said about your questions?
If you eat too much "good" diet you can also gain weight, pigs eats vegetables and they are so fat. I don't think excessives exercise will help you. If you are not some kind of alien you will loose weight when you will start to eat less for 2-3 months.
Cushing Syndrom could be a problem, secondary or primary.
Re: Stomach bloating and weight gain
I have been experiencing the same problem for 10 weeks now. When I eat anything I look 5 months pregenant and I gained 15 pounds. I am currently being tested for various conditions by my GI doctor at Ceders Sinai in Beverly Hills California and I am seeing a nutritionist weekly. I don't have a diagnoses yet but it seems like I am having problems digesting wheat, dairy, soy and highly seasoned items and high fat, high sugar items. I would recommend you remove all wheat, diary, soy and other items that cause gas such as beans and brocolli. I find when I do not eat these items and I eat small portions of food every 2 hours rather then eating a normal size meal, I feel better and don't bloat and I have lost 10 of the 15 pounds.
My GI doctor thinks I may have a bactria overgrowth in my small intestine and I am getting tested for that this Friday, July 14, 2006. I will let you know if that is the problem because it seems like we have the same issue.
Please email me at my regular email address [email protected] and I can email you the information regarding the strict diet that my nutritionist placed me on.
Let me know how you feel when you remove these items. I hope you feel better I know how horrible this can be.
My 10 year old daughter also suffers from bloating (she looks pregnant) and weight gain (more in the belly),her face also gets fat, when she was a toddler she was underweight. Then she started gaining when she turned 6.She was put on lactulose once and gained about 10 lbs in a month, while on this.I am looking into gluten intolerance, She also is short and suffers from constipation. I am getting her tested for food intolerance at york labs.
Hi tnmomof3,
I am sorry to hear about your daughter. I know how frustrating it can be when nobody can figure out what is wrong with you. I am surprised that she gained that weight while on Lactulose. I am also on it. I find that it has helped with the bloating but not the weight gain. I am seeing an Endocrinologist next week. Hopefully he can help. Was your daughter tested for blockages or Gastroperis?
Please keep me posted.
bloating stomach as pregnant and other symptoms...
If these are some of your symptoms: pelvic pain, cramps, early or late periods that become shorter and shorter, joint pain/arthritis (even when you are young), fibromas, bloated stomach as if you were pregnant, tender breasts, fatigue, vaginitis and/or cystitis, infertility and/or miscarriages (of course, in case you are actually trying to get pregnant), lack of concentration… and last, but not least, hair loss…
Congratulations, you have a STD infection!
The funny part is that I am not using the word "congratulations" as whether this is a joke, but because I am saving you of future health problems (as diabetes, heart problems, chronic artritis, non-reseversal infertility, etc.) and chronic pain, and because, once detected, most of them are just easily treated through antibiotics.
If, apart from above symptoms, you are experiencing mood changes and long PMS, you probably have chlamydia. Other STDs that you will have to check with your gyn, are: trichomonas, mycoplasms (there are about 17 of these, but you should at least get tested for ureaplasma), and aerobic and anaerobic bacteria (there are a lot of these, so you better get a good gyn).
This is your checklist:
1. Go to your gyn and get tested from all above, only from your cervix.
2. Ask your doctor not to send the samples to a big lab such as Quest Diagnostics, as results come negative even when they are positive. Trust me, it happened to me several times.
3. Ask your doctor to run antibiogram test on the sample, so that you can be sure the organisms are sensitive to the antibiotics you will take. This is very important.
4. If, after 2/3 weeks of waiting, results are positive, congratulations, you have caught it. If not, my advice is not to give up and try again with another gyn and a different lab. Sometimes, a gyn with his own lab is very helpful. Please do not let any doctor to tell you your symptoms are psychological.
5. In the case you are positive for chlamydia, please be aware these are very resistant in the sense that, even when in text books it is said that a 10/14 days course of antibiotics is enough, it is not. Some chlamydias (these organisms get inside the cell and reproduce themselves until the host cell bursts) might live inside the cell for up to 4 weeks and therefore not be affected. Ask your doctor for high and long dose of the correspondent antibiotic. In the case you get treated but some of them survive, your will feel great for some months or even years, and then get the same symptoms with the time.
Please be aware that these are STD diseases, in the meaning that you caught it either from your actual partner, a former one or from your mother at birth. You can know if the last case is true, just checking whether you were born late (or premature, in the case of mycoplasms), and when your mom/any of her sisters have a past of miscarriages and/or infertility. Check also your partners' family health history in the same way.
As these are STDs, you cannot have sex (even when using condoms) with your partner during the antibiotic treatment. Your partner will also have to follow the treatment. After treatment, please use condoms for at least 6 months, until you are pretty sure your system is clean and you have no recurring infections. If you do not do this, re-infection from your partner (or him from you) is possible.
Get well, and help other women. We deserve it.
I'm wondering if any of the people with these symptoms received a diagnosis. I am in a very similar boat: I have been experiencing a great deal of bloating (looking pregnant) usually after I eat lunch, I gained 15 pounds in 4 months even though I didn't change my diet or exercise routine, and I have felt very tired. The doctors say that it is not my thryoid and probably not IBS. They just tell me that I'm probably eating too much and that is causing all of my symptoms. I keep a food diary and I eat under 1500 calories each day. I eat no gluten (wheat, rye, barley), no soy, no corn, and no sugar. I only eat fermented dairy (yogurt & cottage cheese). I don't know what's wrong with me or how to fix it. Any suggestions? I'm desperate. If someone told me that a diet of only carrots and hot water would solve my problems, I'd be willing to try it!
Stomach bloating
For the past 6 months, I had stomach problems that have made me feel like I've had a volley ball in my stomach after eating. I've gained 15 lbs and feel miserable AFTER I eat. Not during. I'm eating very little and still feel bloated. I went to my gastroenterologist yesterday and he said my stomach wasn't expanding correctly while eating and that's causing the bloated feeling. I hope to talk to him again today to find out the "official" name for it. He told me to stay off of fruits, salads and raw veggies. All veggies must be cooked and soft. And I've been eating salads thinking that I was doing good for myself, when in fact I was actually feeling more miserable. I'll try this new way of eating and if it doesn't work, then I hope to see a different doctor somewhere for a second opinion. I feel crazy at times not being able to eat a normal meal, expecially when we dine out. I'll post the name as soon as I receive it. Maybe it will help someone else with the same problem.
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What Is Carbohydrate Counting?
Carbohydrate counting is a method of keeping track of the number of carbohydrates you eat at each meal. Carbohydrates from your food get digested and absorbed as a sugar, known as glucose. Counting carbohydrates allows you to be aware of how food will affect your blood glucose. This is important if you need to manage your blood sugar levels.
Why Should I Use the Carbohydrate-Counting Method?
Carbohydrate counting is particularly useful for people who take insulin shots since it allows you to balance food intake with insulin. The more carbohydrates you eat, the higher your blood sugar will be, and the more insulin you will need. Of course, always ask your doctor before adjusting insulin doses on your own.
Carbohydrate-Counting Basics
When you eat carbohydrates, your body turns them into glucose. The foods that raise blood glucose the most are those that contain carbohydrates. Foods like starches, milk, fruit, and sweets are considered carbohydrates.
Carbohydrates are often classified as simple or complex:
- Simple carbohydrates, or sugars, include table sugar, honey, high fructose corn syrup, and the sugars found in milk and fruit. These raise blood sugar quickly.
- Complex carbohydrates, or starches, include whole grains, starchy vegetables, and legumes.
Simple Carbohydrates
- Low-fat milk and milk products
- Fruits
- Table sugar
- High fructose corn syrup—This is found in soda and juice drinks. It is often added to processed foods, as well. Read the list of ingredients.
- Honey
- Foods high in added sugars like candy, cookies, or ice cream.
Complex Carbohydrates
- Whole grains
- Starchy vegetables
- Beans
- Lentils
Refined starches like white flour, white flour products, and white rice.
How Much Is One Serving of Carbohydrates?
One carbohydrate serving is equal to 15 grams of carbohydrate. This is about the amount of carbohydrate in one slice of bread, ¾ cup dry, unsweetened cereal, ½ cup of pasta, 1 cup of milk, or 1 small piece of fresh fruit.
Since they have similar effects on your blood sugar, they can also be exchanged. This is because these foods are generally considered carbohydrate servings. For example, you may trade one starch serving for 1 fruit or milk serving.
The table below gives examples of foods that have approximately 15 grams of carbohydrates per serving.
- 1 small piece of fresh fruit
- 1/2 cup of canned or frozen fruit
- 4 ounces of juice
Starchy Vegetables like potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, green peas, or green lima beans
- 1/2 cup mashed potatoes
- 1/4 of a large baked potato
- 1/4 cup of peas or beans
- 1 slice of bread
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cereal
- 1/4 cup granola
- 1/3 cup rice
- 1/3 bagel
- 3 cups popcorn
- 1/2 cup beans
- 6 chicken nuggets
- 1 cup milk
- 2/3 cup of plain fat-free yogurt
- 1/2 cup ice cream
1 medium sugar cookie
Meats and fats generally contain little or no carbohydrate, while nonstarchy vegetables contain only 5 grams per serving. One serving equals 1 cup raw vegetables or ½ cup cooked. Examples of nonstarchy vegetables include:
- Broccoli
- Dark green leafy lettuce or spinach
- Artichoke hearts
- Asparagus
- Celery
- Cucumbers
- Eggplant
Many sources provide comprehensive carbohydrate count lists. In addition, most packaged foods have labels with the carbohydrate amount.
How Much Carbohydrate Can I Eat?
Most people with diabetes should consume between 45%-65% of their calories as carbohydrates. The balance can come from fat and protein.
There are 4 calories in every gram of carbohydrate. So, for example, if you are on a 2,000-calorie diet with 50% of your calories coming from carbohydrates, you can have a total of 16 servings of carbohydrate per day.
Calculating Carbohydrate Servings (2,000 Calorie Diet)
50% of calories from carbohydrates = 1,000 calories
1,000 calories divided by 4 calories per gram of carbohydrate = 250 grams
250 grams divided by 15 grams carbohydrate per serving = 16.66 servings
How you distribute these servings will affect your blood sugar. The bottom line is that you should space out your carbohydrate servings into at least 3 meals per day, ideally with a snack in between. This frequent and steady intake of carbohydrates will keep your blood sugar steady. In addition, the more fiber the source of carbohydrates contains, the better the effect on your blood sugar.
The table below shows examples of different ways that these 16 carbohydrates servings could be distributed. Keep in mind the more evenly distributed they are, the better:
Breakfast4 4 2 3 4 3 0
AM Snack0 2 2 2 2 1 3
Lunch5 4 4 3 5 4 3
PM Snack0 2 2 2 2 2 3
Dinner5 4 4 4 3 4 4
Evening Snack2 0 2 2 0 2 3
Meal Planning
A registered dietitian can help you master carbohydrate counting and come up with an individualized meal plan for you. The dietitian will take into consideration a number of factors, like how well you are managing your diabetes, how physically active you are, how much you weigh, and how old you are.
What Should I Consider When Planning My Meal?
Learn which types of foods contain carbohydrates and the amount per serving. A quick search online will turn up a range of references to help you count carbohydrates and plan diabetic meals.
When grocery shopping, remember to read food labels. This will tell you the portion size and the total carbohydrate amount. For example, 1 granola bar can have a total of 22 grams of carbohydrates.
To be more precise with your counting, use measuring cups and spoons, as well as a food scale. For example, an apple weighing 4 ounces has about 15 grams of carbohydrates.
Use a worksheet to keep track of your meals, drinks, and snacks. Share this information with your dietitian so your progress can be checked. Carbohydrate counting software programs are also available to help you stick to your meal plan.
Not all foods contain carbohydrates! For example, a 6-ounce serving of ground beef contains no carbohydrates, but has over 500 calories. One teaspoon of corn oil also has no carbohydrates, but has 40 calories.
With this in mind, choose your proteins and fats in moderation. If they are eaten in excess, you may exceed your target calorie level and gain weight. Foods that are high in fat and cholesterol should also be limited to decrease your risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
Fiber is a carbohydrate. But, because the body cannot break it down, it does not affect blood sugar. If you eat many high-fiber foods, you may want to talk to a dietitian about label reading to learn how to subtract the dietary fiber grams from the total carbohydrate grams. This subtraction gives you a more accurate estimate of the carbohydrates that will affect your blood sugar.
Eat a variety of healthy foods everyday by choosing:
- Unprocessed, unrefined sources of carbohydrate like whole grains, fruits and vegetables, beans, and lentils.
- Healthy fats, like olive and canola oil, peanuts, avocado, and fish oil.
- Lean sources of protein, like lean cuts of beef and pork, poultry, fish, beans, and legumes.
The US Department of Agriculture's Choose My Plate website offers more tips, like:
- Watch your portion sizes!
- Fill half your plate with fruits and veggies.
- Make half your grains whole grains.
- Drink fat-free or low-fat (1%) milk.
- Be aware of the sodium amounts, especially in soup, bread, and frozen foods. Choose lower sodium products.
- Instead of drinking sugary drinks, have plain water instead.
Sample Meal
Are you wondering what it would be like to eat a carbohydrate-friendly dinner? Here is just one example, but keep in mind that a dietitian can create a personalized meal plan for you.
Grams of Carbohydrates
- Reviewer: Dianne Scheinberg Rishikof MS, RD, LDN
- Review Date: 09/2016 -
- Update Date: 09/30/2013 -


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Console API
Firebug adds a global variable named "console" to all web pages loaded in Firefox. This object contains many methods that allow you to write to the Firebug console to expose information that is flowing through your scripts.
- 1 Commands
- 1.1 console.log(object[, object, ...])
- 1.2 console.debug(object[, object, ...])
- 1.3 console.info(object[, object, ...])
- 1.4 console.warn(object[, object, ...])
- 1.5 console.error(object[, object, ...])
- 1.6 console.assert(expression[, object, ...])
- 1.7 console.clear()
- 1.8 console.dir(object)
- 1.9 console.dirxml(node)
- 1.10 console.trace()
- 1.11 console.group(object[, object, ...])
- 1.12 console.groupCollapsed(object[, object, ...])
- 1.13 console.groupEnd()
- 1.14 console.time(name)
- 1.15 console.timeEnd(name)
- 1.16 console.profile([title])
- 1.17 console.profileEnd()
- 1.18 console.count([title])
- 1.19 console.exception(error-object[, object, ...])
- 1.20 console.table(data[, columns])
- 2 Implementation Notes
- 3 See also
console.log(object[, object, ...])
Writes a message to the console. You may pass as many arguments as you'd like, and they will be joined together in a space-delimited line.
The first argument to
log may be a string containing printf-like string substitution patterns. For example:
console.log("The %s jumped over %d tall buildings", animal, count);
The example above can be re-written without string substitution to achieve the same result:
console.log("The", animal, "jumped over", count, "tall buildings");
These two techniques can be combined. If you use string substitution but provide more arguments than there are substitution patterns, the remaining arguments will be appended in a space-delimited line, like so:
console.log("I am %s and I have:", myName, thing1, thing2, thing3);
If objects are logged, they will be written not as static text, but as interactive hyperlinks that can be clicked to inspect the object in Firebug's HTML, CSS, Script, or DOM tabs. You may also use the %o pattern to substitute a hyperlink in a string.
You may also use the %c pattern to use the second argument as a style formatting parameter. For example:
console.log('%cThis is red text on a green background', 'color:red; background-color:green');
Here is the complete set of patterns that you may use for string substitution:
|%d, %i
|Integer (numeric formatting is not yet supported)
|Floating point number (numeric formatting is not yet supported)
|Object hyperlink
|Style formatting
console.debug(object[, object, ...])
Writes a message to the console, including a hyperlink to the line where it was called.
console.info(object[, object, ...])
Writes a message to the console with the visual "info" icon and color coding and a hyperlink to the line where it was called.
console.warn(object[, object, ...])
Writes a message to the console with the visual "warning" icon and color coding and a hyperlink to the line where it was called.
console.error(object[, object, ...])
Writes a message to the console with the visual "error" icon and color coding and a hyperlink to the line where it was called.
console.assert(expression[, object, ...])
Tests that an expression is true. If not, it will write a message to the console and throw an exception.
Clears the console.
Prints an interactive listing of all properties of the object. This looks identical to the view that you would see in the DOM tab.
Prints the XML source tree of an HTML or XML element. This looks identical to the view that you would see in the HTML tab. You can click on any node to inspect it in the HTML tab.
Prints an interactive stack trace of JavaScript execution at the point where it is called.
The stack trace details the functions on the stack, as well as the values that were passed as arguments to each function. You can click each function to take you to its source in the Script tab, and click each argument value to inspect it in the DOM or HTML tabs.
console.group(object[, object, ...])
Writes a message to the console and opens a nested block to indent all future messages sent to the console. Call
console.groupEnd() to close the block.
console.groupCollapsed(object[, object, ...])
console.group(), but the block is initially collapsed.
Closes the most recently opened block created by a call to
console.group() or
Creates a new timer under the given name. Call
console.timeEnd(name) with the same name to stop the timer and print the time elapsed..
Stops a timer created by a call to
console.time(name) and writes the time elapsed.
Turns on the JavaScript profiler. The optional argument
title would contain the text to be printed in the header of the profile report.
Turns off the JavaScript profiler and prints its report.
Writes the number of times that the line of code where
count was called was executed. The optional argument
title will print a message in addition to the number of the count.
console.exception(error-object[, object, ...])
Prints an error message together with an interactive stack trace of JavaScript execution at the point where the exception occurred.
console.table(data[, columns])
Allows to log provided data using tabular layout. The method takes one required parameter that represents table like data (array of arrays or list of objects). The other optional parameter can be used to specify columns and/or properties to be logged (see more here).
Implementation Notes
console is an object attached to the
window object in the web page.
In Firebug Lite, the console is attached as soon as Lite is installed into the page.


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Lisa Konie, director of legal operations counsel, Adobe Systems
Just because someone excels at doing the critical tasks of a department doesn't necessarily make him or her qualified to manage that department. In legal, that means advanced understanding of the law doesn't always translate to success overseeing the minutia of the department, and that often star attorneys are best left to practicing law.
The ability to handle the selection of technology, management of processes, efficiencies, training and outside counsel has become key to the success of law departments. Increasingly, that has meant hiring a dedicated legal department operations (LDO) executive.
"The easiest way to explain the position to those that don't have intimate familiarity of what a legal operations executive does is, basically, anything that doesn't fall squarely on the shoulders of an attorney ends up coming our way," says Lisa Konie, director of legal operations, Adobe Systems.
The responsibilities Konie lays out hold true for most large organizations, and due to the diversifying needs of modern legal departments, business acumen and adaptability are essential for LDOs.
Evolving needs and evolving roles
The development of this role has been accelerated by the requirements of today's legal department. Specifically, the splintering of technological solutions has meant that the role has evolved from classic operations needs like balancing the books and managing outside counsel to acting as a broker between departments, an advocate for the technology needs of legal and the champion of efficiency.
"When I started 15 years ago in a similar role at Hewlett-Packard, the name of my role was financial operations manager. I was really brought in to manage the finances, with a small technical aspect to that role. I had no technical experience at that time and I came from an economics and finance background," says Stephanie Corey, legal chief of staff at Flextronics. "The role has evolved very quickly. Right around the time I began, you started seeing more niche technologies for the legal environment popping up, things like matter management, the very beginnings of e-billing and contract management."
Similarly, Konie's path to legal operations executive grew from her oversight of projects designed to get more out of Adobe's attorneys and processes: "Originally I joined as an attorney; I was on our legal sales team supporting sales deals, which is the largest legal team at the company. My VP at the time was really focused on efficiencies. The role started by implementing those efficiencies, with projects like trying to consolidate the language in our sales contracts so they were all consistent, or coming up with playbooks so that people had the tools to make themselves more efficient and effective. I gravitated towards this role and ended up leading several projects that were efficiency related, driving the team to more output, since there wasn't always the money to hire more bodies."
Eventually, Adobe's GC realized that driving efficiencies was not just something that needed to happen in the legal sales team, but across all sections of the law department. At the same time, new technologies supporting the push for efficiency also required technological literacy and connections to other departments as part of the role.
"All of a sudden you had this groundswell of activity where people started to realize—contract management software for example—these are multiple cross company solutions. It isn't something that just lawyers use; tax, revenue and any other department commonly using contracts are also going to need it. Knowing that legal is the 'owner' of a tool like that, that has cross-departmental reach, I think more and more companies are starting to understand the need to have someone in a significant operational role that supports not only the inner workings of the department itself but also the tools being employed across the company," Konie says.
Point of the pyramid
Regardless of what path the proto-LDO took to arrive at its modern incarnation, one thing is certain: Few positions have the same ability to shape the policies, processes and technologies driving today's legal department. Operations executives can often see what's best for their department and the organization itself. Having insight into the needs of the greater corporate community presents an opportunity for LDO managers to shape their organizations in a way others cannot.
"I have a lot of peers I can rely on; they're the ones who are closest to the processes on their teams, so when something is off kilter, they might reach out to ask for a way to put a tool in place," Konie says. "Take for example my vice president of IP. When we needed a new patent asset management tool, he was the one saying, 'Okay our current system isn't working,' because while I'm on the backend supporting the tool, he and his team are really the ones down in the weeds with it. That's how we determine what they need."
Sometimes outside factors place larger constraints on how technology is implemented or how quickly it needs to be put into place. This is where a strategic view truly comes into play.
Konie says, "For our e-billing solution, our GC needed that to happen. When there's a request from the top like that, all barriers get removed, and we implement it as soon as possible. Other projects require more horse trading, where we have to go to IT or to the chief financial officer and really try to sell our need. You need situational knowledge to make those kinds of calls."
Due to that need to interface with multiple departments while maintaining high-level understanding of business management, there is really no one single path that make sense for LDOs. While MBAs and JDs are common, neither is a prerequisite.
"I've certainly seen every combination of JD and MBA in similar roles, different degrees ultimately offer different experiences. MBAs have a step ahead from the budgetary angle, whereas my experience negotiating sales deals helps me better communicate and negotiate legal's needs," Konie says. "Ultimately being able to take on a leadership role through change is most critical, since everything we do is change."
Finding efficiencies
The movement towards a more technical role is not surprising if you look at the top-of-mind concerns facing most legal operations managers. According to Huron's sixth annual Legal Operations Survey, identifying opportunities for business improvement and cost savings was the second most commonly cited challenge for legal operations executives after driving and implementing change. "I would say from my experience that technology is so ever-changing that having experience with particular software may be helpful, but if you marry yourself to one thing it can be detrimental. At the end of the day it's all about understanding your processes," says Corey.
Company buyouts, new players in the space and varied features can make selection and commitment to a single software provider a challenge for LDOs. Corey advises that operations executives strike a balance between knowing what the department needs and the overall goal of containing cost while driving change.
"I have had some real failures in rolling out applications, and every time it's because I've found some technology that I thought was superb and I forced the rollout because I knew it would be better for the department, but it wasn't something any of them had asked for," Corey says. "At this point in my career I won't force anything on anyone unless they ask for it."