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On Tuesday, Jan. 29, Kurt Goddard, vice president of investor relations at Fuel Cell Energy in Danbury, will discuss the fuel cell industry, from 5:25 to 6:25 p.m. during a political science class in Room 231 of White Hall. The discussion will be free and open to the public. It is one of several scheduled during the semester for the World Governments, Economies and Cultures course taught by Adjunct Instructor Scott Benjamin. For more information, call (860) 354-3521, or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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On Thursday, Jan. 31, the WCSU Department of Communication and the National Broadcasting Society will host a bus trip to NBC-Universal in Stamford for a taping of "The Trisha Goddard Show." The bus will depart at 12:30 p.m. from James Roach Avenue and will return to campus at 8 p.m. Ticket reservations are required and the public is invited. For more information or to request a ticket, contact JC Barone at (845) 430-6504.
On Thursday, Jan. 31, WCSU will present information about summer study abroad opportunities in Spain at 2 p.m. in Warner Hall. The study abroad program allows students to earn six credits in just four weeks while being completely immersed in Spanish language and culture. Classes fulfill general education and language requirements. The information session will be free and the public is invited. For more information, send an email to email@example.com or visit www.wcsu.edu/spain/.
On Thursday, Jan. 31, WCSU will present the Midtown Coffeehouse at 8 p.m. in Alumni Hall. The program will include open mic performers, followed by the featured act, the WCSU Jazz Ensemble, at 9 p.m. Admission will be free and the public is invited. Donations to sustain the Coffeehouse will be accepted. Call x79700 or visit www.wcsu.edu/stuaffairs/Coffeehouse.asp for more information.
On Monday, Feb. 4, Associate Professor of World Languages and Literature Dr. Galina Bakhtiarova will discuss "From Cuba without Rum, Sugar or Cigars: A Trip Down Memory Lane" at 12:15 p.m. in Room 101 of Warner Hall. Bakhtiarova will share her impressions of a recent research trip to the Cuban capital Havana and the city of Matanzas. Invited by Sociedad de Beneficencia de Naturales de Cataluna (The Society for Mutual Assistance of the Descendants of Catalans), Bakhtiarova had a rare opportunity to see from within the struggle and difficulties that the inhabitants of the island continue to experience in the 53rd year of the Cuban Revolution. The talk will be free and the public is invited. For more information, call x78734.
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On Tuesday, Feb. 5, sculptor James Grashow will discuss his work at 11 a.m. in Viewing Room 1 of White Hall. The event will be free and open to the public, and it will be presented as part of the university's Master of Fine Arts slide lecture series.
On Tuesday, Feb. 5, Eugene Guilford, president and chief executive officer of the Independent Connecticut Petroleum Association, will discuss Gov. Dannel Malloy's proposed natural gas plan and other topics from 5:25 to 6:25 p.m. during a political science class in Room 231 of White Hall. The discussion will be free and open to the public. It is one of several scheduled during the semester for the World Governments, Economies and Cultures course taught by Adjunct Instructor Scott Benjamin. For more information, call (860) 354-3521, or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
On Wednesday, Feb. 6, the WCSU Alumni Association will hold a meeting at 5 p.m. in Alumni Hall. The meeting is open to graduates of the university only. For more information, call x78298.
On Thursday, Feb. 7, WCSU will present the Midtown Coffeehouse at 8 p.m. in Alumni Hall. The program will include open mic performers, followed by the featured act, Kristen Graves, at 9 p.m. Admission will be free and the public is invited. Donations to sustain the Coffeehouse will be accepted. Call x79700 or visit www.wcsu.edu/stuaffairs/Coffeehouse.asp for more information.
On Saturday, Feb. 9, WCSU will host a 5:30 p.m. planetarium show, followed by telescope viewing of the sky from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Westside Observatory and Planetarium. The event will be free and open to the public. For more information, call x78672 or visit www.wcsu.edu/starwatch.
On Tuesday, Feb. 12, the WCSU Tutoring Resource Center will host an "Strategies for Midterm Triumph" workshop at noon in Room 104 of Berkshire Hall. The hour-long workshop will be free and open to WCSU faculty, staff and students only. For more information or to reserve a seat, call the center at x79245 or visit www.wcsu.edu/trc/.
On Thursday, Feb. 14, WCSU will present the Midtown Coffeehouse at 8 p.m. in Alumni Hall. The program will feature an all-night open mic. Admission will be free and the public is invited. Donations to sustain the Coffeehouse will be accepted. Call x79700 or visit www.wcsu.edu/stuaffairs/Coffeehouse.asp for more information.
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Brown Bag Book Club
Feb. 22
Jazz Orchestra, Ensemble and Frankensax Concert
Feb 23-24
Hat City Debate Tournament
The Cupola Wants to know
As we embark on a new year, Western would like to know: What inspires you? As you think about your university; your community; your studies, work or research — who or what provides you with inspiration? Please send your responses to email@example.com and indicate your affiliation with WCSU. Selected responses will be featured in an upcoming issue of our campus magazine, The Cupola.
Warner Coffee Cart
The Warner Coffee Cart will not be open this semester. Please visit one of our other dining areas on the Midtown Campus located in the Student Center
Danbury Room (Faculty Dining, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and the Student Restaurant (7 a.m. to 7 p.m.) and the Food Court (11 a.m. to 9 p.m.).
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Committee on General Education meetings
The Committee on General Education meetings are open to anyone in the academic community and we've been really enjoying have so many interested people attend our fall meetings. Please plan to attend one or more of the spring meetings. Agendas will be distributed three days before each meeting. Meetings will be held in the Student Center, Room 228 from 10 a.m. to noon on the following Wednesdays: Feb. 13, March 13, April 10 and May 8.
free zumba classes
Free Zumba classes for faculty and staff will be held every Thursday from 4:45 to 5:30 p.m. in the Student Center starting Jan. 24.
For more information, contact Robyn Housemann at x78882.
Faculty Research Grant Program
The application due date for a 2013-14 CSU-AAUP is Friday, Feb. 1. Please review the guidelines prior to preparing your application, even if you have previously secured a CSU-AAUP grant. You must submit five copies of your application to Gabrielle Jazwiecki, Director, Office of Sponsored Research Administrative Services, Room 321A Warner Hall by 5 p.m. on February 1. No applications will be accepted after that time. Three workshops are scheduled to help you prepare your application: Monday, Jan. 14, Warner Hall Lyceum 103 from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Jan. 15, Westside Classroom Building 218, from noon to 2 p.m.; and Wednesday, Jan. 16, Warner Hall Lyceum 103, from 11:30 to 2:30 p.m.
CSU/AAUP Research Grants for 2013-14
Five copies of grant proposals are due in Gabrielle Jazwiecki's office (WA 321A) by 5 p.m. on Feb. 1, 2013. This is a strict deadline; grants submitted after this date and time will not be considered. The grants submitted by faculty members from Western will be reviewed by faculty members from Central and Eastern. The grants committee members at Western then decide how to allocate the money based on the scores we receive from Central and Eastern.
This year's grants committee members from Western are Patricia O'Neill (Psychology), Truman Keys (Communication) and Susan Maskel (Biology). Please feel free to contact any of the committee members or Gabrielle Jazwiecki if you have any questions.
Please note that if you were a recipient of a 2011-12 CSU-AAUP Research Grant and have not submitted your report for this grant by Sept. 30, 2012, you are not eligible to apply for the 2013-14 research grants in Feb. 2013.
Alcoholics Anonymous meetings will be held in Alumni Hall every Saturday at 11 p.m. to midnight and every Sunday from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. The meetings are open to the campus community and the general public.
The Institutional Review Board will meet in the Student Center 228 from 8 to 9:30 a.m. on the following Wednesdays: Feb. 20; March 20; Apr.17; and May 8, 2013. The WCSU IRB no longer requires hard copies of IRB materials. A completed HUM-1 form must accompany all submitted proposals. Digital images of signatures are acceptable on the HUM-1, if you use the Adobe format. If you are unable to provide such a signature(s), you can scan the manually signed signature page and include it with your completed application. The IRB requires that all completed proposals be submitted via email to firstname.lastname@example.com. IRB forms and the link to the required online training programs for protection of human subjects can be found online at wcsu.edu/irb/. IRB questions may be directed to the Chair of the WCSU IRB, Dr. Jessica Eckstein, at x78873. All proposals are due in full by the first of the month for consideration at the next IRB meeting. Any proposal submitted after the first of the month will not be considered until the following month's meeting.
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Please submit a copy of department (also library, coaching and counseling staff) minutes and any revision of bylaws to Academic Affairs c/o Terry Buzaid as soon as they become available.
In order to maintain compliance with Public Act 07-166 and CSUS Board of Trustees Resolution (BR#07-55) concerning faculty consulting and research with private and public entities, AAUP faculty must fill out the form found here and forward it to the Provost/VP for Academic Affairs for review.
This is a reminder that all proposals for external funding (including proposals submitted electronically) that involve a commitment of university resources (personnel, facilities, hardware, etc.) must be reviewed by the appropriate Chair, Dean, the Director of Sponsored Research Administrative Services, the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the Vice President for Finance and Administration. Projects involving student affairs must also be reviewed by the Vice President for Student Affairs. Forms (routing sheets) may be found in the faculty handbook, or from the Office of Sponsored Research Administrative Services. Faculty and administrators are strongly encouraged to consult with the Director of Sponsored Research Administrative Services in the early stages of proposal development.
Grant applications and proposals to foundations or corporations that require applicants to provide a copy of an IRS Letter of Determination of non-profit status [501(c)(3)] must go through the Western Connecticut State University Foundation. The Director of Sponsored Research Administrative Services will assist you in determining whether your application needs to go through the Western Connecticut State University Foundation and help you coordinate the submission with Institutional Advancement.
Please note that if an application is submitted without the approval of the appropriate sign-off officers, the university reserves the right to refuse the award.
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Faculty must track attendance in their classes (including both online and hybrid courses) in order to report when a student either:
This will allow the University to process an administrative withdrawal. If this procedure is not followed, and the University fails to report unofficial withdrawals, then the university will face severe financial penalties. The Registrar's Office and Student Financial Services have developed the following procedures to meet Federal Regulations for reporting unofficial withdrawals.
All Professors will access the Faculty Mid Term Grade Worksheet on Banner Self -serve, which is where they would normally post a midterm grade. This form will be available to post beginning the first day of the semester and run through 60% of the term. For the Spring 2013 semester, this form will be available beginning January 14, 2013 through April 1, 2013.
The following classifications and time frames will be used by Faculty for this procedure:
Then the code of NA with a LAST ATTEND DATE needs to be entered for that student on the Faculty Mid Term Grade Worksheet. This code should be used for the reporting timeframe for the Spring 2013 semester from January 14, 2013 through February 1, 2013. The date that should be entered next to the code is the first day that the class meets.
Once 60% of a term is completed (which for the Spring 2013 term would be March 29, 2013), a Professor would simply post a final grade to certify that each of the students on their roster has attended at least 60% of the term. Point of clarification, if a Professor has chosen to post a midterm grade of A - F, then the Professor will not be eligible to post a final notation of W. The Professor will send the student to withdraw from the class at the Registrar's Office.
Weekly, the Registrar's Office will run a Hyperion report that will identify students who have an NA code or SA code with a last date of attendance for a class. The Registrar's Office will then contact the student to verify his or her attendance. Once this verification procedure has been completed and the student has never attended or stopped attending, a non-punitive notation of W will be assigned to the student's permanent record based on an administrative withdrawal.
1. Faculty must comply with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 to ensure that information on grades, class standing, or the like, of any student may in no way be shared by the faculty member with any other student. This means that the following practices will NOT be utilized:
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c. Putting papers, tests, etc. in a common place for student pickup.
2. Recent confidentiality laws prohibit anyone from divulging the grade of any student to the student's parents or any other individuals.
3. Attendance requirements as related to grades awarded: Supreme Court rulings indicated that grades may be lowered for nonattendance only when a direct relationship between academic progress and attendance can be demonstrated. The arbitrary lowering of an earned grade for given numbers of class absences did not meet the Court's legal tests. See the 2012-13 Faculty Handbook.
NOTE: Western's Undergraduate Catalog states "Students are required to observe the attendance regulations announced by the instructors for those courses in which they are enrolled."
As you prepare syllabi for the spring term, instructors are reminded that no final examination is to be scheduled during any time period other than the final exam period. In April 1989, the Senate reaffirmed the following: "All final exams may be given only during the final examination week. The reaffirmation intends to include all day and evening, undergraduate and graduate courses."
Your attention is directed to Article 9.6 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement which provides for stipends during the summer for curriculum-related activities. Individuals should address their requests to the Dean. Faculty deadline is March 1, 2013. The Dean must submit requests to the Provost/ Vice President by March 7, 2013. An advisory group of CUCAS and Graduate Council will then review the proposals.
During the summer, undergraduate program sheets were corrected (where necessary). THESE ARE THE ONLY OFFICIAL PROGRAM SHEETS. Only these sheets are to be used when advising newly admitted students. As the catalog is being revised (Dec. through Jan.), revisions of the program sheets are appropriate. Such revisions should be routed to the Dean; he/she in turn will submit them to the Provost Office. New program sheets will be prepared and readied for the next fall term.
Faculty (full- and part-time), staff, and students who are doing research projects that involve human subjects must submit the appropriate forms to the Institutional Review Board (IRB). The forms are available online at the IRB web site. Please be sure to use the current forms.
Everyone doing research or supervising research with human subjects is required to complete CITI online training or its equivalent. (In the case of equivalent trainings, a copy of your certification documentation should be sent to the IRB in care of the IRB Secretary, Ms. Carol O'Connor, 321 Warner Hall.)
The university cannot accept responsibility for any project that bypasses the review and training requirements.
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Timber Is for the Birds
Foresters and birders work together to improve habitat
The unlikely relationship between bird lovers and tree cutters actually makes a lot of sense. Just ask Audubon Vermont.
They have forged an innovative project with Vermont Forest Parks and Recreation to teach landowners, town planners, and those in the forest products industry how to manage for birds while also generating income for a timer harvest.
Conservation Correspondent Bridget Butler speaks with Audubon Biologist Kristin Sharpless and Vermont County Forester Nancy Patch about the project.
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NHPUC approves default rate cut of 5.5% to 6.6% for Granite State Electric/Liberty Utilities larger customers
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5S ribosomal RNA: 5S ribosomal RNA (5S rRNA) is a component of the large ribosomal subunit in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. In eukaryotes, it is synthesised by RNA polymerase III (the other eukaryotic rRNAs are cleaved from a 45S precursor synthesised by RNA polymerase I). In Xenopus oocytes, it has been shown that fingers 4-7 of the nine-zinc finger transcription factor TFIIIA can bind to the central region of 5S RNA. Thus, in addition to positively regulating 5S rRNA transcription, TFIIIA also stabilises 5S rRNA until it is required for transcription.


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21 January 2011
Kids and high fashion?
19 comments:
- Emina said...
I totaly agree with you..great post
- 21 January 2011 at 12:36
- RedPoppy said...
I hadn't seen this! It's creepy actually. Great post and thanks for commenting on RedPoppy! x
- 22 January 2011 at 20:52
- Francesca said...
yes i'm not sure how i feel about this.. they aren't even old enough to understand fashion..
F. (opinionslave.blogspot.com) x
- 2 February 2011 at 20:30
- Laura Connell said...
I hadn't seen these; thank you for bringing to my attention. The only word that comes to my mind is "disgusting". It also shows how sexualized the images in fashion glossies are and I don't think that's good for grown women, either.
- 3 February 2011 at 11:51
- Brittiny said...
Wow! From reading everyone's comments, I didn't think about it in that way. I was more so thinking little girls playing dress-up in an editoral form.
- 3 February 2011 at 19:49
- Kionon said...
This is parody. Satire. As a teacher, I actually SUPPORT this spread.
That anger you feel? That's disgust? Good! It sure puts it into perspective, doesn't it?
This spread is supposed to make you question what we're doing to our young women (and young gentlemen, as well, as I am sure you aware). Consider this a wake up call.
- 4 February 2011 at 17:47
- EphemeralMaze said...
I agree that it's actually a wake-up call, like Kionon said. To my eye, they appear as kids playing dress-up, only we can all notice that they're a bit too good at it. Most kids play dress-up with adult clothes at one time or another,and we think it's cute. just because these kids are in a magazine doesn't make it less so.
- 5 February 2011 at 05:18
- A said...
I see that they were trying to go for the feel of girls dressing up in their mother's clothes, but in that case, they should have left the clothes too big and applied the make-up wrong and had them smiling innocently rather than giving the camera odd come-hither looks.
Overall, it reminds me of some of the worst aspects of child beauty contests... and there are many.
Fantastic post.
- 5 February 2011 at 13:22
- Carolina Krews said...
i totally agree with u!
- 5 February 2011 at 13:56
- Blah Blah Becky said...
This is insane. You can only imagine what their parents are like. Surely their children aren't just a commodity to show off about in this way - "oh yah* my daughter was in Cadeux wearing Versace". To me it shows a greater sense of pride to say "look at this pretty painting my daughter made for me".
These are undoubtedly very pretty little girls but you can only imagine what they'll be like as adults if their parents are practically forcing them to become obsessed with image at this age. It's so sad.
♥ www.blahblahbecky.co.uk
*they must surely be the type of people, if English, who say yah (one of my most hated words).
- 5 February 2011 at 15:43
- THE-LOUDMOUTH said...
Beautifully Invisible did an amazing post on this subject, I highly suggest you check it out.
I honestly don't have a problem with this particular spread. I don't know how pedophilia has to do with it, because the children aren't naked or being sexual in any way.
The spread doesn't make me sad, but I'm sure that the lives behind it would. Any child involved in an industry such as this (or acting, music, etc) will grow up too fast and have issues.
But simply looking at the photos, well, I don't think they're offensive. Just my opinion :)
- 6 February 2011 at 02:51
- Kim said...
I don't think it's all that cute, I think modeling is not a profession for kids. But I also hate that they get all this attention with this spread because that's exactly what they're looking for.
- 6 February 2011 at 05:21
- Haley said...
I think they DEFINITELY are sexualized, especially the first one. The low cut dress, the weird "sexy" face, the very high heels, the pose... It reminds me of children's beauty pageants. When I was little I won one without even wearing mascara, now they're dressed sexy and do more to their appearance than almost any grown woman. I never would have thought this would happen, after Jon Benet.
- 8 February 2011 at 03:37
- Janine said...
How is this any different than child actors peddling cereal and toothpaste? Not a big deal. This isn't even on par with child beauty pageants in my opinion. It's just ads, just clothes. I do think it's cute. I wore heels as a child, had play dresses - This is just dress up on another level.
- 9 February 2011 at 21:44
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- 19 February 2011 at 09:03
- BLEUDENIM said...
Seriously... that first girl looks so spicy. It's great to see such a subtle commentary in such plain view.
Found you through IFB, definitely going to follow!
with love from,
the boys of BLEUDENIM
- 24 February 2011 at 06:25
- ChanelAfterCoco said...
kids need to have their fun & really live their childhood, this is sooo wrong!
I love you rblog btw :) & I followed you ;) xx
- 13 March 2011 at 17:48
- dreskod said...
That s right!
I m so glad that we have the new editor,french vogue needs a new fresh air...
- 14 March 2011 at 08:35
- Hattie said...
I agree, seeing those pictures is a big unsettling. I like the ads with kids smiling and running around in play clothes in like an Old Navy catalog or somethin'! At least it's natural...
- 16 March 2011 at 08:20


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ISLAMABAD (AP) -- The U.S. Embassy in Pakistan appears to be trying to undercut the anger being aimed against the United States as a result of an anti-Islam video.
Advertisements condemning that video have appeared today on Pakistani TV, and they carry the U.S. Embassy seal. In the ads, President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton are seen at press conferences where they denounced the video.
Clinton is heard saying of the video, "We absolutely reject its content and message."
It's not known if the ads are being run in other Muslim countries. The embassy isn't commenting.
In an email later in the day today, the embassy sent out a link to a video on YouTube in which ordinary Americans condemn the anti-Islam film.
Despite the effort to quell the unrest over the video, protesters clashed with security officials in Pakistan's capital today as a crowd of more than 2,000 people tried unsuccessfully to reach the U.S. Embassy. Riot police used tear gas and batons to keep them away.
There were demonstrations in other Pakistani cities today, but protests have tapered off in many other countries.
The State Department today warned U.S. citizens to put off any non-essential travel to Pakistan until further notice.
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No more festivals, Oak Alley board decides
Fairs caused damage to grounds
Published: Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 6:11 p.m.
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Historic Oak Alley Plantation has canceled all future festivals on its grounds.
The plantation, a popular tourist attraction along the River Road in Vacherie, has held a spring arts and crafts festival for more than two decades.
The Oak Alley Foundation's Board of Trustees said in a news release today that it will focus on developing the plantation into "an outstanding antebellum house museum."
The festivals and the number of people they attracted, according to the release, cause damage to the property.
"Those of you who were here for the spring festival will understand that we cannot accomplish that goal and continue to expose the property to the damage that Mother Nature can wreak on these grounds over any given festival weekend," the release says.
Rain left the grounds muddy for the 23rd annual spring festival, held March 29-30.
Assistant Director Connie Becnel said the decision was a bittersweet one.
"We're sad and we'll miss all the friends we've made along the way," Becnel said. "But we feel this is in the best interest of Oak Alley."
Over the years, the festival has grown to host more than 150 vendors and thousands of visitors. The plantation's ninth annual fall crafts fair had been scheduled for Oct. 25-26.
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Google's Eric Schmidt on 'Hidden People' and 'Virtual Genocide'
Law Blog has pored over an unreleased galley of Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt's new book, "The New Digital Age," published by Alfred A. Knopf with an April 23 release date. The book, co-written with Google Ideas director Jared Cohen, offers a view of the future that's in turns dystopian and hopeful. It also makes some predictions about how technological advances will shape laws and regulations. Below are some highlights from the uncorrected proof:
'Hidden people' registry: "Some governments will consider it too risky to have thousands of anonymous, untraceable and unverified citizens — 'hidden people'; they'll want to know who is associated with each online account, and will require verification at a state level, in order to exert control over the virtual world."
'No hidden people allowed': "If you don't have any registered social-networking profiles or mobile subscriptions, and online references to you are unusually hard to find, you might be considered a candidate for such a registry."
'Virtual genocide': "Technically capable groups and individuals can pursue virtual discrimination independently of the government. The world's first virtual genocide might be carried out not by a government but by a band of fanatics."
The future of IP and copyright enforcement: "As commerce moves increasingly to the online world, the dynamics around copyright enforcement will lead to another layer of virtual alliances and adversaries … In the future, states will begin to wade more deeply into legal battles over copyright and intellectual property because the health of their commercial sectors will be at stake."
Thick skin, more lawyers: "Thick skin will be a necessity for technology companies in the coming years of the digital age, because they will find themselves beset by public concerns over privacy, security and user protections…They'll also have to hire more lawyers."
Export restrictions: "Everything a regime would need to build an incredibly intimidating digital police state is commercially available now, and export restrictions are currently insufficiently monitored and enforced."
Fight for privacy: "We need to fight for our privacy or we will lose it, particularly in moments of national crisis, when security hawks will insist that with each terrible crime, governments are entitled to access more private, or formerly private, information."
Biometric data: "All societies will reach agreement on the need to keep biometric data out of the hands of certain groups, and most will try hard to keep individual citizens from gaining access as well."
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Good morning. Some of their tactics may change, but most CIOs remain committed to their cloud strategies despite the threat of cyberattacks. For many, the heightened security threats merely exemplify the types of issues they've already built into their cloud adoption plans. Rob Lux, CIO of mortgage giant Freddie Mac, says he'll continue using a mix of cloud and on-premise applications on a case-by-case basis. When it comes to customer financial data, for instance, "we generally prefer to keep it as close to home as possible," he tells CIO Journal.
Next up: security in social and mobile. A new survey by business consulting firm Protiviti Inc. shows that CIOs feel the need to up their game when it comes to social media security. Vulnerabilities in social media platforms were highlighted earlier this week by hacks to the Twitter Inc. accounts of Burger King Inc. and Jeep. As social and mobile media moves from the marketing department to core business functions like sales, the "IT department is having to take more responsibility to make sure data stored in those platforms is secure," Protiviti managing director Tom Andreesen told CIO Journal.
Microsoft hopes to get unified communications right this time. Collaboration software is a relatively inexpensive bet on technology that could help employees share documents and communicate more seamlessly across their organizations. But Facebook Inc. is popular because it's popular, while business social networks are often great for hearing crickets chirp. If the technology were as expensive as, say, sales management software, CIO heads would be rolling in large numbers. But Microsoft Corp. thinks it's finally got it right by integrating Yammer, the business social networking business it acquired last year, with its Office 365 productivity suite. Adam Pisoni, a co-founder of Yammer and now general manager of Microsoft's Office division, says the idea of selling the technology piecemeal was "a flaw in prior thinking." He believes the integrated Yammer/Office suite, which Microsoft will begin offering March 1, will boost adoption. "The goal isn't to have this thing we sell that nobody uses," but to have "better connections between existing products," he told CIO Journal during a phone interview Thursday. CIOs remain believers — Ron Utterbeck, CIO of General Electric Co., says his organization is "seeing people delivering solutions faster and not going through the trial and error period," thanks to an internal collaboration tool — but challenges remain. Ultimately, as Mr. Pisoni admits, "Social is not a technology problem, it's a change management and a cultural problem."
H-P's numbers buy CEO Whitman some breathing room. Hewlett-Packard Co.'s first-quarter earnings declined 16% as the technology giant continued to see weaker sales across all its divisions, including its core personal computer business, reports the WSJ's Ben Worthen. Shares nevertheless soared in after-hours trading as H-P's numbers beat Wall Street estimates. The company, which is in the middle of a turnaround as the PC market continues to head south, also provided upbeat sales guidance for the current quarter. "The results if nothing else buy Meg Whitman and her team some time to quiet the critics who say… HP should be split into two or more companies in order to unlock value," writes All Things D's Arik Hesseldahl.
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Einhorn presses case against Apple. In a public conference call yesterday David Einhorn, Greenlight Capital Inc. founder and current Apple Inc. gadfly, detailed his plan for Apple to issue a new preferred stock that would pay 50 cents per quarter in dividends indefinitely, the WSJ's Jessica E. Lessin and Telis Demos report. Mr. Einhorn's proposal comes as investors look for higher-yielding investments in a low-interest-rate environment. Mr. Einhorn earlier this month sued Apple to stop a shareholder vote on an Apple-supported ballot requiring the company to get shareholder support before issuing preferred stock. Apple CEO Tim Cook called the lawsuit a "silly sideshow."
IBM promises big mobile spend. International Business Machines Corp. announced changes to its mobile strategy committing more employees and resources to mobile technology as it doubles its investment there, reports Bloomberg's Sarah Frier. The company also said it was working on a new data analysis tool that helps businesses track how employees are using smartphones.
Samsung copies BlackBerry Playbook. Samsung Electronics Co. is taking aim at Research In Motion Ltd.'s still-formidable grip on the world's most security-conscious government and corporate clients, the WSJ's Will Connors writes. Samsung is wooing chief information officers and government agencies, promising its phones—which run off Google's Android operating system—are just as secure as BlackBerrys. It has hired dozens of executives and salespeople from rivals and from mobile-security companies, while investing in other smaller, mobile security and data firms. Still, Samsung has a way to go in convincing some corporate clients. Rich Aducci, the CIO at Boston Scientific, a medical-device maker, has ordered Samsung devices for simple tasks, like checking patients' glucose levels. But he isn't yet ready to open the company's networks more broadly to the devices. "Ultimately, it's still running Android, and there's a limit to what they can do about security," Mr. Adduci said.
Lawyers from Microsoft and Oracle speak up for software patents. Lawyers from Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp. Thursday asked Congress not to limit legal protection of software patent holders. "We have a patent system that has important strengths but it also has some significant weaknesses," Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith told Bloomberg's Susan Decker. "We need to fix what's broken but be careful so we don't break what's working. It's all about striking the right balance." Congress is looking at ways to limit some of the litigation that has plagued the industry. Earlier this month President Barack Obama admitted that patent legislation he signed in 2011 "hasn't captured all the problems."
Apple's submits iWatch patent. The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office yesterday published an Apple patent application with details on the " iWatch," a wearable computer, recently reported by the WSJ's Jessica Lessin. The patent includes details on a flexible touchscreen display and hints at the possibility of a solar-based or kinetic power source. In the patent Apple also says it is considering "slap bracelets" as inspiration. Consisting of flexible steel brands encased in a fabric or pliant material, slap bracelets take the shape of a wearer's wrist when slapped against it. The Patently Apple blog has a detailed summary of the patent.
NBC.com malware prompts Facebook to block access. Facebook Inc. blocked access to NBC.com yesterday after security bloggers warned that the network website was hosting malicious malware, Reuters reports. Researchers at Fox-IT, a Netherlands-based security firm said Thursday that NBC.com linked to malware used to target U.S. financial institutions. NBC later said that the site was safe to visit.
Technology industry seeks fashion sense. Google is negotiating with a trendy eyeglass start-up about helping it design its Google glasses. Google joins companies like Apple, Nike Inc. and Jawbone, maker of a health-tracking wristband designed by Yves Behar—a well known designer, the NYT's Claire Cain Miller informs us—all striving to create wearable technology that does not look dork-ish.
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Board governance depends on where you sit. The practice of entrusting corporate governance to a roomful of successful, smart and opinionated individuals–some with no relation to either the company or even the industry—can seem like an ill-fated attempt at herding cats. Indeed, the best media accounts of some dysfunctional boards have more twists than a telenovela. William George, a former CEO of Medtronic Inc. and a veteran of 10 corporate boards, writes in the McKinsey Quarterly that the best boards make efforts to acknowledge different viewpoints and work to minimize conflicts that arise from them. Board members gain from understanding that their perspective—and that of every other board member—is influenced by the seat they hold. "All parties, but especially CEOs, should acknowledge different points of view and work to minimize the conflicts that inevitably arise from them," George writes. "This requires high-level listening skills, the ability to see situations from the other person's perspective, and the wisdom to understand the basis for the different points of view."
The art of cyberwar. Now that China's cyber war fighting potential has been documented in White House press briefings, should we fear a cyberattack? "Even if the Chinese could pull off such a feat with one keystroke," writes Slate's Fred Kaplan, "it's hard to imagine what they'd accomplish, especially since their fortunes are wrapped up with our own." China's cyber-feats could be considered leverage in what war gamers call "escalation-dominance," where one party, knowing the expected outcome of the next round, decides not to escalate. For example, China could bet that the U.S. would not intervene in a Taiwan conflict if it knew that its power infrastructure was at risk. Given the U.S.'s dependence on the Internet, the threat of an American "retaliation in kind," doesn't seem as effective as it might for preventing nuclear war. But Kaplan sees another relic of the nuclear age, intense international diplomacy, as a means to stave off cyberattacks. "It's sheer silliness, at this point, to keep cyber issues off the table for fear of upsetting the sensitivities of Chinese officials (who deny that they have offensive cyberwarfare programs) and thus possibly triggering a diplomatic crisis," writes Kaplan. "A crisis already looms from all sides of the globe… Best to deal with it head-on, and soon."
Some victims of online hacking edge into the light. Over the last couple of weeks, news of cybercrime has spiked, with Facebook, Twitter Inc. and Apple among others, admitting to security breaches. "This is a particularly good time to get out the fact that you got hacked, because if you are one of many, it discounts the starkness of the announcement," the director of research at the SANS Institute tells the NYT's Nicole Perlroth. But the recent trend does not foretell a cyber-Glasnost. Many victims of cyberattacks remain close-lipped. BP PLC, Coca-Cola Co., Exxon Mobile Corp. and Chesapeake Energy Corp. have all been the subject of speculation that they have been hacked, yet none have admitted to any breach. Perlorth talks to Steve Elefant, chief information officer for payment processor Heartland Payment Systems which, way back in 2009, took the then-unusual path of informing customers of a breach. Heartland also created a mechanism to share information about security threats within the industry. Both steps were made against the advice of its lawyers. "There are an awful lot of lawyers out there trying to keep companies from exposing that these breaches are happening. And they are happening."
End of payroll tax holiday whacks business. Retailers and consumer-goods companies are seeing a big financial hit from the expiration of the payroll tax holiday. Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Burger King, Kraft Foods Group Inc. and other companies are slashing forecasts and adjusting sales and marketing strategies, expecting consumers with smaller paychecks to eat out less frequently and shop for cheaper products, write the WSJ's Shelly Banjo, Annie Gasparro and Julie Jargon. "When people look at their paycheck and see less money, it obviously impacts their mind-set about spending," Burger King CFO Dan Schwartz says. The end of the tax holiday has knocked 2% off consumers' take-home pay and will shift an estimated $110 billion overall out of consumers' hands. Around 45% of consumers are cutting their spending, according to a survey by the National Retail Federation. A quarter are putting off big-ticket purchases, a third are reducing restaurant visits.
More contraction forecast for euro zone. The European Commission expects the euro-zone economy to shrink for a second year in 2013, driving unemployment higher as governments, consumers and companies curb spending, Bloomberg reports. The commission forecasts that GDP will fall 0.3% this year, compared with a November prediction of 0.1% growth. Unemployment is expected to climb to 12.2% — up from the previous estimate of 11.8%. Europe's labor market "is a serious concern," Marco Buti, head of the commission's economics department, said in a statement. "This has grave social consequences and will, if unemployment becomes structurally entrenched, also weigh on growth perspectives going forward."
Citi CEO gets $11.5 million pay package. Citigroup awarded CEO Michael Corbat $11.5 million for 2012 and outlined a new pay plan that ties compensation to stock performance and return on assets, the WSJ's Suzanne Kapner reports. The new plan was announced after the WSJ reported that Citigroup is shelving an unusual executive profit-sharing arrangement that upset investors following its adoption in 2011. Citi's moves come as Chairman Michael E. O'Neill tries to avoid a repeat of last spring's "say-on-pay" vote defeat – Citi was the only major lender to have its plan rejected by investors. The new compensation plan says that 30% of pay for top executives, including Mr. Corbat, come in performance share units that are delivered after three years, depending on the company's performance over that span. Other executives eligible for the performance-share units include CFO John Gerspach and Manuel Medina-Mora, a co-president with oversight of global consumer banking.
GE CFO: Focus is on lowering costs. General Electric CFO Keith Sherin said his company plans to cut jobs and close facilities, while using some of the proceeds from its NBCUniversal stake sale to accelerate restructuring, the WSJ reports. "For us, our focus is on lowering our costs" through the restructuring, Mr. Sherin told a Barclays conference in Miami, Fla. He didn't specify the number of any planned job cuts or identify facilities that will be closed. But he said the company sees a "heavy opportunity" for cost cuts as it continues streamlining its energy-related businesses as well as in its health-care division.
P&G CFO talks productivity, cost-cutting. Procter & Gamble Co. Chief Financial Officer Jon Moeller said the company is adding 200 million consumers per year in developing markets and is ahead of schedule in its plan to cut $10 billion in costs by 2016, the Business Courier reports. About 5,850 jobs have been cut so far, and P&G expects to cut management and administrative expenses by 2% to 4% a year, Mr. Moeller told the Consumer Analyst Group of New York conference in Boca Raton, Fla. Productivity "creates financial flexibility to pursue more growth. It empowers people to think differently about how things are done. And it provides a cushion to protect bottom-line growth even in a challenging macro environment," he said.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article misspelled the name of Protiviti Inc.
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hey Australia....MELBOURNE, Adelaide, Brisbane, Newcastle
I just recieved info that i will be doing shows in:
Oct 3-6 Newcastle (2 hours north of Sydney) - show is Fri Oct 5
Brisbane Thurs Oct 10
Adelaide Fri Oct 11
Melbourne Sat Oct 12
Sydney Mon Oct 14
that's the only info I have right now.
Thu Sep 05, 2002 11:01 am
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Hey man any chance of making it to nz also
Thu Sep 05, 2002 10:45 pm
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hey Sage thats dope...
you should post that same message on the Aus. Mess. Board...
you'd probly get a few more people to your shows etc....
Thu Sep 05, 2002 11:29 pm
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Puttin the word out as of.... now.
Peace be with....
Sol Klep...
Fri Sep 06, 2002 3:05 am
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I'll be at the Sydney gig. Make sure to bring a whole bunch of CD's too, because lately i've been faced with the pirates dillemma. I don't wanna download your music, but it's damn near impossible to buy it out here, and i dont have a credit card, so net buying isn't an option.
Anyway, i guess the dilemma has been solved.
Also, where is the best place to get updated details of the tour? This message board, or the actual site or what?
Thanks in advance.
Fri Sep 06, 2002 10:58 pm
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Please make that show in Sydney all ages. PLEASE!
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Sydney Gig
The Sydney gig is Monday Oct 14 at the Hopetoun Hotel w/The Herd and Morganics. Sorry this cannot be all ages but the venue situation is too tight at the moment and Sage is only in the country for a short time. October has suddenly filled up with touring acts from the big festivals - Livid, Parklife, Bellingen Global Carnival - and this means all the local venues are booked way ahead.
If you need an all ages thing then get to Newcastle for Sage's MC workshops - Friday Oct 4 and Saturday Oct 5. These will be 90 minutes freestyle sessions with lots of interaction - more than a show would have. And more than the ones we did with Sole, Dose One and Jel at last year's Sound Summit too.
More details on this stuff at
Sat Sep 07, 2002 9:18 pm
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Is an MC workshop where they teach you how to MC? Hmm i know i don't have the talent for that so i think i'll stick to the Sydney show.
But where in the hell is Hopetoun Hotel??
Also, if anyone from these boards is going and would like to meet up, that would be cool, because my friends aren't really into hip hop that much, even though i'll be able to drag a few along they probably won't dig it.
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Sage will make them like hiphop.
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MC Workshops in Newcastle will be like freestyle slams. You can participate or you can watch & listen.
There are production workshops too where people deconstruct their own tracks - Danielsan from Koolism and Ashley from Katalyst are doing the specifically hiphop ones. There are also ones on remixing with Manitoba and Frost and a guy called Dscico who makes bootleg cutups and pop mutilations with an autoamted system he built with Reaktor. It will blow your mind. Check his total destruction of Nelly at
The point of the production and mc workshops is to give people an insight into how artists/musicians make what they make. Demystify it and share.
Where is the Hopetoun Hotel? Its a pub on the corner of Bourke and Fitzroy St in Surry Hills. Where Frigid is and an old indie rock pub since the 70s. Takes about 300 ppl max which is fine for a monday night.
Sun Sep 08, 2002 6:54 am
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anyone want to pick me up on the way to the Australia show?
Sun Sep 08, 2002 9:01 am
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Location: South Australia
What are the details for the Adelaide show?
What venue etc??
This is going to be insane...
Sun Sep 08, 2002 8:21 pm
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Is the show on Friday night (at Newcastle) all ages?
I loathe my age.
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Solomon Klepto
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Yo Parallax?
Are You from "Parallax View" the Record label in Sydney? If You are say whats up to Blaze, Top bloke, met him at last Years sound summit.... I wanna go to this Years but... $.. Ohh Well... Maybe nex Year...
Peace be with...
Sol Klep...
Mon Sep 09, 2002 7:40 am
Solomon Klepto
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Location: Melburn australia
Yo Sage
I put the word out on the Aus Hiphop Message Board.... So keep us posted on which venues in each state You'll be playin...
Peace be with ...
Sol Klep
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SAN JOSE -- Here's the latest word from the Joe Thornton camp:
One thing might get the Sharks captain to reconsider his stated intent to remain in San Jose despite suggestions from management that it may be time to move on, according to his brother and agent, John Thornton.
"If he felt the fans didn't want him in San Jose, he might re-think things," John Thornton said when asked if his brother would want to play where it was apparent he was not wanted.
Without naming names, general manager Doug Wilson has stated that younger players will now be given a bigger leadership role in the wake of San Jose's epic loss to the Los Angeles Kings in the playoffs, and that it might be time for older players -- no-movement clauses such as the one Thornton has notwithstanding -- to depart.
That, John Thornton said, has not changed his brother's resolve to stay in San Jose.
"He's perfectly happy there right now," John Thornton said. "He wants to stay there and win the cup. He believes they still have enough talent."


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— May 19, 2009—New Orleans is awarded the 2013 Super Bowl, beating out Miami and Glendale, Ariz. It will be the 10th time the city has hosted the game and the first since thousands of people took refuge in the heavily damaged Superdome after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
— 2011—The main electric utility for New Orleans, Entergy New Orleans, begins considering possible upgrades at the Superdome in anticipation of the championship game.
— July 2012—Most of the work on the Entergy upgrades is done, but the final touches and the switch to the new equipment won't take place until December, weeks ahead of the big game.
— Oct. 15, 2012—While Entergy is working on the upgrades, concerns arise about the Superdome's electrical equipment. A memo to the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District describes decay in the electrical feeders that connect the stadium to the power grid, creating "a chance of failure." The district authorizes nearly $1 million for Superdome improvements, including more than $600,000 to upgrade the feeder system.
— December 2012—Entergy completes the upgrades, and the new equipment is energized.
— Jan. 2, 2013—The Superdome is showcased on primetime television as Louisville upsets Florida in the Sugar Bowl—the third event since the upgrades. No problems reported.
— Feb. 3, 2013—Less than two minutes into the third quarter of the Super Bowl, power is lost to half the Superdome, dimming lights and forcing suspension of the game. It takes 34 minutes to restore power. The game is completed, but the outage takes some of the sheen off what many praised as a flawless hosting effort by the city.
— Feb. 8, 2013—Entergy announces that a relay device that was specifically designed to prevent a power failure caused the blackout. But the utility stops short of taking all the blame and says it's looking into whether the electrical relay at fault had a design flaw or a manufacturing defect.
The manufacturer of the relay, S&C Electric Co. of Chicago, says in a statement that the blackout occurred because system operators put the device's so-called trip setting too low.


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Wild Alaska Salmon with Japanese Noodles
This soup makes the perfect dish for a chilly day. Add or substitute any vegetables, to taste and preference.
You can also make it with either of two kinds of Japanese noodlesoba or udonor the Chinese equivalents. Youll find both in oriental food stores and natural markets.
We like soba noodles, which, unlike udon (thick wheat noodles) contain at least 30 percent buckwheat. (Soba means buckwheat in Japanese.)
Buckwheat is rich in beneficial antioxidant flavonoids and relatively low in digestible starch, as it is the seed of a green plant, not a cereal grain. (Whole wheat and corn kernels contain significant amounts of flavonoids as well, but not the bounty in buckwheat.) Buckwheat is richer in proteins (12‒15 percent) and the essential amino acid lysine (5‒7 percent), than cereal grains.
We also like to mix regular (beige) and mugwort (green) soba, which some brands do for you. Mugwort soba is made with a bit of wild mugwort (yomogi) powder, to give the noodles a rich green color, more nutrients, and the reputed tonic benefits of this traditional anemia remedy.
The optional cilantro garnish will add a Thai accentjust chop a little up and sprinkle it over the soup before serving.
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VAIL, Colorado — Julie Adams' feet led her to a new career as an entrepreneur.
Adams, a Vail condo owner and former corporate lawyer in the Denver area, had a chance to ski in Cortina, Italy, a couple of seasons ago. Enjoying an après-ski drink on a deck one day, she savored the views — right about until the time she started wishing she had something more comfortable than ski boots on her feet.
Not long after that, Adams was skiing with her son, who, at the end of the day, just sat down, unwilling to take one more step in his boots.
Those experiences got Adams thinking about the idea of packable boots, something light and small enough to carry in a day pack, but sturdy enough to walk to or from the chairlift.
And that's how Pakems were born. After working on the design with some shoe industry pros, as well as skier Chris Anthony, Adams — who has made this her full-time job — rolled out the product website in February of this year. She also had a booth at the annual Snowsports Industries America Snow Show in Denver, where the packable boots made a big impression.
"People kept saying, 'These would be great for travel or climbing,'" Adams said. "They'd be a great camp shoe, or a shoe for commuting, when you don't want to have your dress shoes on."
The boots are clever — there's enough sole for a short walk, and some insulation, too — these are for winter sports, after all — but a pair of hightop Pakems will fold down into a package not much bigger than a pair of flip-flops. The boots also come in a bag that can be strapped onto a belt or the bottom of a day pack.
With just hightops and lowtops in one color available so far, Adams has still sold nearly 500 pairs of the boots, through the website and a few retail outlets, including the Ace hardware store in West Vail.
But 500 pairs of boots isn't enough to make a trend. That's why a big part of Adams' job right now is tracking down investors, so the company can roll out another four colors for the boots. She hopes a Kickstarter campaign later this year will help fuel even more growth at the fledgling company.
It's hard work. But, Adams said, the entrepreneur's life gives her more time to spend with her son in his elementary school years.
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Earlier this year, an unwanted pest known as the Zebra Mussel was found in a Colorado state lake. The infestation has park officials across the state, including right here in the Grand Valley, taking extra steps to make sure they don't spread.
"It's a boater's nightmare as well as a manager's nightmare," said Alan Martinez, Manager of Highline Lake State Park.
Even though they are only one inch wide, Martinez says an infestation means huge problems. The mussels will attach themselves to hard objects like boats, pipes, and even wildlife, causing serious damage to all.
Now that they've been spotted in a Colorado lake, park managers across the state are on high alert.
"That's the scary thing," said Martinez. "It would only take one boat."
The mussels spread by latching onto boats that have been in infested waters and releasing eggs when that same boat enters another body of water. With all the traveling local boaters do, Martinez says it's always a possibility that they could come here.
"Most of the boaters in Western Colorado do boat at Lake Powell," said Martinez. "If an infestation was to occur there, we would probably see a rapid spread of these in Western Colorado."
It's not just park rangers who see the mussels as a threat. The state legislature is considering a bill that would give park staff more authority when it comes to inspecting boats for mussels.
"It just gives us that extra tool if we get somebody uncooperative," said Martinez. "Then we can make them stop their boat and do the inspection."
For now officials say they try to inspect most boats that enter the lake. But as the boating season starts to pick up, that might not be the case.
"With the limited staff we have here, we're doing the best we can, but we're going to have to rely heavily on the public," said Martinez.
He says there are several things boaters can do to make sure the mussels stay out of the lake.
"They should drain all the water out of their boats when they're done boating at any body of water," said Martinez. "Clean the boat and make sure that the boat's dry. Visually inspect for any type of mussels that may be on it."
Easy steps, he says, to make sure the lake will remain a place that boaters enjoy.
"At least we don't have them here at Highline Lake and hopefully we'll keep it that way," said Martinez.


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How About A Coke? Warhol Painting Up For Grabs
Originally published on Tue November 12, 2013 1:59 pm
On Tuesday, artist Andy Warhol's oversized and iconic Coca-Cola (3) will hit the auction block at Christie's, and to borrow an old slogan from the company, It's The Real Thing.
Warhol painted the 6-foot-tall black-and-white canvas in 1962 as part of a series of four Coke bottle paintings. According to Ted Ryan, archivist and historian at the Coca-Cola Co., Warhol had the paintings in his studio and invited his friend, Emile de Antonio, to come by and give him feedback.
"I think he was told No. 3 is it — just throw away No. 1," says Ryan, who added that Warhol had been struggling with different art styles at the time. "It wasn't until he did the series of Coke bottles and got the feedback ... that he found his genre."
Ryan says the artist chose the Coke bottle because of its ubiquity, pointing to a quote from Warhol himself:
"What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you can know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke ... All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good. Liz Taylor knows it, the President knows it ... and you know it."
The artist later went on to depict other American brands, including Brillo, Campbell's Soup, General Electric, Heinz and Kellogg.
The Coke painting, which has been part of a private collection since 1995, could sell for more than $40 million — another Warhol piece, Coke Bottle (4), sold for $35.4 million a couple of years ago.
Coca-Cola itself holds more than 20 pieces of Warhol art. Ryan says the company never sent a cease-and-desist order to the artist asking him to stop using the company's logo and other trademarks, but rather they "acknowledged each other from afar."


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Council member Dwaine Caraway calls for apology after flawed Dallas judge selection process
In this morning's paper, I have a story about the resignation of Alex Hernandez from the Judicial Nominating Commission after his vote in support of a former girlfriend who got a judicial appointment. Asked about it, Hernandez suggested he disclosed the relationship to fellow commission members, but several of them disputed that.
The episode has called into further question the city's process of selecting judges, something several City Council members, including Dwaine Caraway, complained loudly about as the process was underway. The council's four black council members — Caraway, Tennell Atkins, Vonciel Hill, and Carolyn Davis — walked out of one meeting, complaining that their entreaties to retain two black judges were being ignored. It was the most divisive fight among council members that has occurred in years.
"We really took a black eye on that," Caraway told me this morning. "After the smoke settles, we find that the process was flawed."
Caraway said he and the others who called the process into question are now due an apology.
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I have a suggestion for improvement of QCAD. I assume, the functionality is quite simple to implement, but maybe could have benefit to a lot of users.
On printouts I would need a legend, which contains important information about the drawing like:
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- Date
- Time
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- Subtitle
- # Page and total number of pages
Right now I have only example from PCB Schematics, but the idea is the same:
Further you see in the example another thing: A paper margin drawing, which is counting sectors. This is very useful, if you send you print outs to any other person. When discussing the drawings, you could say e.g. "...look at section A-3, there is the part, which I am talking about..." I do not know, if such thing is common for CAD, I know it only from PCB design


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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have dinner at Hotel St. Germain — you know, the Queen Anne-style mansion on Maple Avenue with the graceful rounded porch, debonair circular drive and French and American flags flying out front?
Built as a private residence for John Patrick Murphy in 1906 on what was once known as "Millionaires' Row," the three-story house was purchased by its current owner, Claire Heymann, in 1989. Heymann, a native of Louisiana whose mother was an antiques dealer, opened her seven-suite hotel two years later, decorating it with pieces culled from her mother's collection of furnishings from France and New Orleans.
Before long, it became known not just as an elegant lodging where Dallasites could escape for a special weekend without leaving town, but also as one of the city's finest restaurants. Reviews over the years, crowned with as many as 41/2 stars, were peppered liberally with words like exquisite, sumptuous and seamless.
In 2008, a three-star review from then-restaurant critic Bill Addison was more reticent. But two years later, the hotel joined the exclusive Relais and Châteaux international group of hotels, whose members include L'Espérance, Troisgros and other temples of gastronomy in France. American Relais and Châteaux properties include Meadowood and Auberge du Soleil in Napa Valley, Calif., the Inn at Little Washington, New York's Surrey Hotel (whose dining room is Cafe Boulud) and the Inn at Dos Brisas in Washington, Texas.
None of that prepared me for the strange welcome — or lack thereof — I received at Hotel St. Germain on a Friday evening last October.
No one appeared after I drove up the circular drive. Unsure of what to do with the car, I left it there and entered the hotel, where I was greeted by … not a soul. After an uncomfortable wait, I hit the bell on the reception desk, then covered it quickly, embarrassed it was so loud. Still no one appeared. At last, one white-gloved staffer appeared from the top of the stairs, and another came from the direction of the dining room. "Wait in the library," I was told, and both disappeared. I found the library, a cozy, antique-filled room with a fire in the hearth, and before too long the white- gloved gentleman appeared, offering to bring a drink.
"What kind of sparkling wine do you have by the glass?" I asked.
"We don't have sparkling wine," he said firmly. "We have Champagne. Well, actually, it's Champagne from California — Roederer Estate. So I guess that's a sparkling wine."
My three friends arrived, and we obediently sipped our bubbly till 8:20 p.m.; our reservation was for 8. The white-gloved gentleman seemed to be avoiding the subject of our table.
And we'd had to jump through hoops to secure it. You must reserve in advance, perusing the emailed menu and choosing a main course when you book, providing your credit card and phone numbers, maybe even your physical address as well (I drew the line there). If you're a gentleman, you'll have to show up in a coat and tie.
That — plus the $85-per-person tab for a six-course tasting menu (with an amuse and mignardises, post-dessert sweets) — is a lot to ask of a would-be diner.
Dinner, in a high-ceilinged, very formal (if a little fusty) dining room appointed with an 18th-century Aubusson tapestry, white linens, Limoges china and antique silver, was a procession of dishes that looked impressive, but left me scratching my head. Diners at two other tables spoke in whispers.
A thick, sweet butternut squash soup with a mystery garnish that sunk to the bottom arrived lukewarm. Nicely seared foie gras that topped a "fig pain perdue" was almost inedibly salty, as was the lukewarm scallop that followed it. The foie got a crazy dose of pepper, as well. The scallop came with a big, tough, square agnolloto filled with sweet potato purée and sauced in maple brown butter. Why so many sweet notes on the savory plates?
Covered with silver cloches, the main courses were served with great ceremony, and a couple were somewhat better than what preceded them — butter-poached lobster on a wild-mushroom risotto and a lightly smoked beef tenderloin filet with a classic glace de viande. OK, so the wild mushrooms tasted like tough shiitakes and the tenderloin's potato gratin was soggy.
Meanwhile, two fillets of wild salmon came stacked over braised du Puy lentils and topped, towerlike, with roasted tomato and garlic. But the wild salmon was wildly overcooked; so were slices of duck breast that came with a wedge of pistachio cake so sweet it would have made a fine dessert.
When I returned on a recent weeknight with my husband and another couple, the white-gloved gentleman poked his head out the front door a few minutes after we drove up and shouted from the threshold (I kid you not) that we should just leave the car there.
We did not see another soul besides our white-gloved waiter the entire evening. Did anyone else work there? Was there actually a chef in the kitchen, or was the waiter doing everything?
The cooking was better this time, beginning with a layered potato chip-crème fraîche canapé topped with very decent hackleback sturgeon caviar. At its best, however, it never rose above merely correct, and some of it was strange. A workaday onion soup gratinée with an impenetrable cheese-topped crouton seemed out of place at a dinner this formal and expensive. Heavily tempuraed vegetables were odd platefellows with beautifully cooked lamb chops, a three-cheese polenta and a
lovely lamb jus. Seared foie, sauced with huckleberries, topped a delicate apple tarte Tatin that was once again as sweet as dessert. Maybe the chef (and yes, it turns out there is a chef — Chad Martin) was trying to tell us something: He'd rather be a pastry chef. The cheese course featured a wedge of La Tur, an undistinguished Italian soft-ripened cheese.
It's challenging, I learned on my first visit to Hotel St. Germain, not only to find a worthwhile white or red on the uninspired, mostly French and Californian wine list for less than $80, but even to find a wine that actually exists in the cellar. Nor can the hapless waiter offer much help. Second time around, I abdicated, letting my husband choose one of the more modest reds, a 2008 Château Puy-Blanquet St. Emilion, for $80. It was served too warm.
But wow, chef Martin nailed the dessert: majestic, rich, bittersweet chocolate soufflés that arrived gorgeously puffed and even remained so after caramel crème anglaise was spooned on them tableside.
Honestly, I wonder if he has missed his true calling.
Follow Leslie Brenner on Twitter at @lesbren.
Hotel St. Germain (1-star)
Price: $$$$ ($85 per person for a six-course tasting menu, which also includes an amuse-bouche and mignardises)
Service: The white-glove service is extremely formal and old-fashioned, complete with silver cloches on the main courses. But there's a curious lack of warmth and hospitality throughout the experience, from booking a table to taking one's leave.
Ambience: The Queen Anne-style mansion, decorated with antiques from France and New Orleans, is formal and a little fusty (the library's faux finish feels dated), piped through with soft music, from classical to Rod Stewart crooning jazz standards. The high-ceilinged dining room has white tablecloths, an Aubusson tapestry and Limoges china.
Noise level: You could hear a pin drop, even with the music.
Location: 2516 Maple Ave., Dallas; 214-871-2516; hotelstgermain.com
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 6 to 9 p.m. (the last seating is at 9 p.m.)
Reservations: Required at least one day in advance, and you must choose your main course when you reserve.
Credit cards: AE, D, MC, V
Wheelchair accessible: Yes
Alcohol: Full bar. A 15-page list of mostly California and French wines is pricey and predictable, with little of real interest for wine adventurers or even for deep-pocketed wine lovers.


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1 oz Godiva® white chocolate liqueur
1 oz heavy cream
1 oz UV® cherry vodka
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13 ice cubes
Combine all ingredients in a blender. Blend until the ice is crushed and the entire drink is creamy. Pour into a collins glass. Garnish with whipped cream and cherry, and serve.
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Pour the Smirnoff vanilla vodka into a collins glass half-filled with ice cubes. Top with Pepsi Blue, stir well, and serve.
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1 oz Smirnoff® Vanilla Twist vodka
1 oz Smirnoff® Green Apple Twist vodka
1 dash Monin® cinnamon syrup
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Pour the Smirnoff vanilla vodka, Smirnoff green apple vodka, Monin cinnamon syrup and apple juice into a highball glass filled up with ice. Put a shaker on the glass and shake it well. Squeeze a wedge of lime in it and serve.
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