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I am a member of the local ACM student chapter in my university and as part of our activities I am scheduled to give a talk on current issues on Web Application Security (and possibly secure coding measures). The talk will be presented at the students of our computer science department and will last around one hour of theory followed by a demo/hands-on module (around 1 hour as well).
I want to ask for your suggestions on which topics do you think I should cover and how to demo some of them. I'm inclined to present the "TOP10 list of web security issues" by OWASP, talk about them and use the resources from "OWASP's guide to building secure web apps" for countermeasures and suggestions.
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Dreaming On…Aerosmith, Andy Parker + the Ghost of Slow Dances Past
"Every day, I look in the mirror/ All these lines in my face gettin' clearer/ The past is gone…" It is a benediction, an acceptance, a truth projected forward rather than backwards. It is the opening of Aerosmith's meandering "Dream On," a song that's most likely about regret and reconciling how it was with what it might have been -- and scratching up enough hope to continue. Because no matter what -- life goes on. As has America's greatest rock & roll band. As have their fans. As have the people who have no idea who they are or why they matter. Time rolls forward, sweeping us up -- or if we fight it, in spite of ourselves. But there is no choice, only knowledge accepted or denied. And still it rolls. "Dream On" with its filigreed melody, its melting rhythm, its eroticism that is something far beyond carnal. It was a beacon of things unknown, things murky, things necessary -- even as they terrified the uninitiated. For all the promised mystery, though, it was mostly an as-yet-unlived siren's song for a youth lost to waste and beauty surrendered in the name of ephemerality. The young believed its promises, held their lighters aloft and screamed to join up, hurling their futures at the feet of the wanton rock gawds recklessly treading about upon their innocence like moth-chewed Persian rugs. Standing under the pavllion at what was -- and to me will always be -- Starwood Amphitheatre outside Nashville, Steven Tyler sent out this hymn to the wages paid into the night. Ardor. Ardent. Aching. For the man who defies gender and blurs sexual definition, it was a song about surviving the circus, but also an elegy for a former wife recently passed from cancer of the brain. Cyrinda Fox, a platinum blond child of New York's new wave, a punk princess paramour of New York Doll David Johansen, the inspiration for David Bowie's "Jean Jeanie," was gone. A flicker and out -- and Tyler was holding his voice aloft like so many disposable lighters on the hill of puke and sodden grass, a memory to burn itself into the eternal with no uncertain passion. "Sing women, just for today/ Never tomorrow/ Good lord might take you away…" If Tyler sang for a love that had passed, so many memories can fill each individual's gap. We all have those friends who've gone… the ones you've put your shoulder next to and howled the truth that was defiant and scary and challenged us to live broader, fuller lives. And for me, swept up in the jagged rasp, time cracked open and a too temperate cafeteria, humid from the cranked and pumping Midwestern steam heat, appeared. There was a mountain of down jackets in light and navy blue, emerald green, the occasional olive and khaki and a cherry on top dot of crimson littering a far corner. There were the wooden tables for the proper U. S. boys to have their lunch at each day -- now lining the walls beneath the windows, to maximize floor space, but also to offer a place to perch for those of us not yet dancing. The not yet dancing… in our Shetland sweaters and straight-legged cords, our topsiders and our squeaky clean stick straight hair glistening under the rainbow-gelled overhead lights. Watching the brave and the bold gyrating as white midwestern kids do -- herking and jerking in hunt-and-peck time to Bad Company and Foreigner, Mott the Hoople, AC/DC and T. Rex and being Cleveland, Ohio the Michael Stanley Band's nearly threatening "Let's Get The Show On The Road." The boys, of course, were across this vast expanse of polished wood and churning bodies. They were watching us watching them -- as not quite sure what to do as we were not quite sure what to expect. The joys of single sex education -- you know you're either the quarry or the hunter, but you're still not quite sure what to do when you're in proximity of the other. So you narrow your eyes, run your fingers through that wash of ebony or butter silk, shift from side to side, crack your gum, turn away. It all seems so ridiculous… so silly… so fraught. Until. Until that boy is suddenly standing before you. Unsure. Terrified to speak. Terrified not to. Responding isn't much easier, because… well, what does it mean? What are you supposed to say? And so it was that I'd crawled up on top of a table, feet firmly planted like baby oaks into the bench beneath me. Leaning forward, elbows on knees, chin on hands, guileless smile on face. Even in the 7th grade, I loved to watch, to see the waves of rhythm, feel the sweet energy of kids seeking some kind of solace and connection beyond anything they'd ever found. Lost in the moment, I almost didn't realize there was boy in front of me. Blonde headed, pale skin, middle height. In a pin-striped oxford cloth shirt, tender consternation embroidered on his face… lips knotted in confusion. "Would you, uhm, like to, ah… dance?" he finally pushed out. I tilted my head. Took him in. Realized it was a threshold to cross -- and knew it was a bridge that while I could never cross back over was one I'd been waiting for all night. Joe Perry's serpentine guitar part was twisting around the melody, Tyler'd not yet begin to yowl his paean to the price he'd pay. I lifted an eyebrow, savoring the moment, half smile upon my lips because this was the moment where it was all about to change. Into what, I didn't know… just that it was Andy Parker took my hand, well, my fingers really -- encircling them like fragile bits of china or baby bird bones that he might crush. Almost as if he wasn't sure what little girl digits would feel like, hoping they'd be soft, relieved that they were. Feet just the tiniest bit shuffley, heading to the middle of the semi-crowded clot of barely pubescents, shifting from side to side… "Even as dusk to dawn…" came the confession that wouldn't, couldn't resonate in real time for a bunch of children with shining eyes and faltering courage. Bridge of nose to shoulder, then the puff of cheekbone resting on graceful young boy collarbone, eyes closed as the the eyes of all the little girls not yet chosed singed into my back. The damp palms on the widest part of my shoulder blade, the part my wings would've sprouted from -- not that I wanted to fly away. No, I wanted to be right there, right then, feet barely moving in the smallest slowest circles, a young boy's breath fetid, suppressed, hardly escaping into my ear. It was so intimate, so close, wrapped up in a dancing school boy's arms. Him so tentative, so polite, so not wanting to ruin the moment, not sure what he wanted really. Me, feeling the proximity, the penetrating heat of another -- that sense that whatever was happening wasn't too risque, wasn't too fast, wasn't something to fear. Just relax and feel the jagged edges of Tyler ranting. "Sing women, sing for the years, sing for the light, sing for the tears…" And when the song ended, there was that extended moment of not knowing what to do -- not wanting to let go, not being able to stay engaged. An innocence defined and a want to that's neither seedy nor overwhelming. The end of that first slow dance is a lot like life… heady, yes, but uncertain. You can want. You can maybe even have. But what does it mean? There in the darkness of the University School lower campus dining room, it was about what was to unfold, to happen, to catch you on up and take you away on a current of blood-boiling desire. But it started sweetly, with a boy who was as startled by the pooling of something curious in the tummy, as not aware of the way it would all turn out as I was. Just as suddenly, the heat broke and a bit of sweat rolled down my front. It was sticky under the pavillion, as the tropical storm that was named Lili had rolled through Nashville just that afternoon -- and Music City was more humidor than commodores. Up on the grass, Steven Tyler was giving witness to what dreams can mean, the danger and the delight of the price paid, the reckless pleasure and the white knuckled prayers of the survivors. Somewhere up in heaven, Cyrinda Fox -- long divorced, but still an indelible part of his soul -- smiles with eyes like pinwheels and lips like thick, slick glass. Somewhere Andy Parker has no clue. May not even remember the girl in the yellow monogrammed sweater and pink buttondown shirt. But in that moment, I looked at my friend the gossip columnist, smiled brightly and winked. We didn't know each other until much later in life; but during "Dream On," we recognized the deepest secrets the other held and laughed. The promise of what could be stretched before us somewhere in another long past night. That's the beauty of great rock and roll: there's a transparency that let's us see ourselves. For Aerosmith, hands down America's greatest rock band, it was the mirror calling the evening black. --Holly Gleason 6 October 2002Read More

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Mark Montano: Glam up your July Fourth table with these DIY dishes
I'll just say it: I love the Fourth of July!
But not for the usual reasons. It's about the color scheme.
I love red, white and blue together and think it might actually be my favorite color combination of all time, which is saying a lot coming from a color junkie like me. Maybe it's because I look terrific in all those of those colors?
Trust me, I do… Hey, we all look good in something!
All I know is that when the Fourth of July comes around, I don't pass up the opportunity to create something new and interesting for the occasion.
These plates and recycled votive holders are a variation on several projects I made for "The Big-Ass Book of Home Décor" (Abrams, 2010). The terrific thing about the plates is that you can see the tablecloth through them, so the plates look different with each different tablecloth.
I recently came up with a new technique to make this project even better. So get out there and make this patriotic table setting to impress your friends and family during this week's holiday!
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Sticker paper
Fiskars large star punch
Star stickers
Minwax Clear Aerosol Lacquer
Clean glass jars
Clear glass plates
Krylon Gloss white spray paint
Krylon Dark Blue spray paint
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1. Make sure your glass pieces are free of all dirt and sticker glue.
2. Punch out your stars from the sticker paper or use your sticker stars to create a pattern on your glass pieces.
3. Make sure all the edges of the stars are stuck to the glass.
4. Lightly spray your glass with the Minwax Clear Lacquer and let dry for 10 minutes. What this new step creates a barrier of clear lacquer around the edges of each star so that when you paint on your color and remove the stickers the lines are crisp and straight without any bleeding. It's a painters secret also good with strips on walls!
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5. Lightly spray your glass jars with the white Krylon and your plates with the dark blue Krylon and let them dry for at least 30 minutes.
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6. Carefully peel off the stickers using a long straight pin or safety pin to lift the edges of the stars.
7. Fill the jars with tea lights and use a contrasting tablecloth so that the stars show up on the plates.
For this and other projects, check out Mark Montano's books, including "The Big-Ass Book of Home Decor," "The Big-Ass Book of Crafts," and its sequel, along with his YouTube page.


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The city will reimburse the pet owner $50 — or 50 percent, whichever is less — to spay or neuter a cat or dog they own or are adopting.
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Charlie Sheen has pleaded not guilty to three charges stemming from his Christmas Day alleged altercation with wife Brooke Mueller.
In court on Monday afternoon in Aspen, Colo., the "Two and a Half Men" star pleaded not guilty to felony menacing, misdemeanor third degree assault and misdemeanor criminal mischief.
A trial date has been set for July 21.
"Charlie is looking forward for this opportunity to clear his name," his rep, Stan Rosenfield, said in a statement to Access Hollywood following Monday's court hearing.
Sheen had been accused of putting a knife to Mueller's throat during the holiday incident, while the family was on vacation in Aspen – however, Sheen has denied the allegations.
In February, the actor entered a rehab facility for what his rep called "a preventative measure."
Around that same time, Mueller was also in rehab at a Malibu, Calif., facility.
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This new Boeing drone, designed to stay aloft for days at a time, completed its first successful flight Friday at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Fueled by liquid-hydrogen, the Phantom Works inspired Phantom Eye reached an altitude of over 4,000-feet and speeds of around 70 mph before clambering back to earth.
The flight was in fact a bit better than the landing. A release from Boeing says the craft was damaged when its landing gear sunk into the lakebed on which it was returning and broke, but that won't slow the new drone down for long.
Phantom Works, Boeing's classified defense dream shop, has been looking forward to the arrival of the Phantom Eye for years and the technology that keeps it aloft is a welcome arrival.
The goal of the project is to offer the military a long term solution to monitoring wide patches of ground for extended periods of time, without requiring multiple aircraft and a series of take-offs and landings, which interrupt surveillance.
The single flight surveillance will hopefully provide better intelligence than what's been achieved in the past and let's face it, that's a good thing when the U.S. is firing Hellfire missiles at suspected insurgents in civilian populations across the globe.
The Phantom Eye will fly at up to 65,000 feet, generating only water as a byproduct, carry a 450-pound payload, and has a 150-foot wingspan.
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In Word 2003, click on View, Toolbars. If you see the EndNote option in Word's list of toolbars (it's usually the last one), select it. This will bring the toolbar back.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
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Part D: Apply, Put the Standards to Work
The fourth part of each session, Apply, allows you to take what you have learned so far in the session and apply it. You will be introduced to a challenging problem and given a chance to work on it in an interactive activity. Next, you will be asked to consider how you would teach this problem in your classroom and how it relates to the standard under consideration. Finally, you will see video of a teacher working with his or her students on the same problem.
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The Apply interactive activity allows you to understand all of the steps involved in solving the featured math problem before you are asked to consider how you would teach it in your own classroom. Unlike the interactive activity in the Explore section, these activities are explanatory in nature and underscore a key point in the course, namely that both pedagogical and content skill are necessary for effectiveness as a mathematics teacher.
Here is a sample screen from Session 6, Connections; it is a problem about decorating boxes with paper and requires the use of geometry and measurement.
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The video excerpt in this part features a teacher in his or her classroom working on the same math problem featured in the interactive activity. It provides a basis for discussion and comparison.
As mentioned previously, the journal appears at the end of each part. In Apply, the journal questions will allow you to consider how you would apply the standard in your own classroom, particularly when teaching similar material.
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OAKLAND — No big deal and no pressure at all on Mark Jackson and Co., this is only the most heralded, most gabbed-about Warriors season launch in decades.
Maybe, after all the trumpet blasts, there will be opening-night jitters Wednesday at Oracle Arena against the Los Angeles Lakers. Maybe that will carry through the first weeks of the season.
Maybe all of the Warriors' working parts will not quite mesh and mobilize immediately.
Maybe with Harrison Barnes missing the first few games (at least) because of a foot injury and maybe with the Warriors' rebuilt bench and readjusted coaching staff, there will be a stumble or two early.
But that is also the larger theme of this main-stage Warriors season: They actually don't need to be great from the start.
The best teams are at their best in April, May or even June, not in October and November, not even when the hopes are this high.
This isn't about ticket-selling and tricking fans into false hope any more in Warriorsland; this is about putting together an honest run at the Western Conference finals or beyond.
"(The goal is) being one of the best teams in the league, top two or three teams in the entire league, when the playoffs start," said swingman Andre Iguodala, the Warriors' top offseason acquisition.
"I think that's more important than total number of wins. I learned that last year (with Denver). We had a great record, but we didn't play well going into the playoffs. And that kind of bites you."
The Warriors have earned the right to ease into this season, relatively speaking.
They earned it with their regular-season play last season (47 victories, sixth seed in the West), and especially with their postseason run through Iguodala's Denver team and into their six-game series loss to San Antonio.
And they earned it by putting together this talented, sensibly constructed roster, built around Stephen Curry's sublime skills and anchored to Andrew Bogut in the middle.
Things won't be exactly like last season, and that's just how teams evolve. The good ones change for the better, the lesser teams stay the same or get worse.
The Warriors let bench leaders Jarrett Jack and Carl Landry leave as free agents, and they will miss what those two did last season.
But there was no guarantee Jack and Landry would have duplicated those performances (for elevated salaries) with the Warriors this season.
The Warriors will lean on Iguodala to fill some of those gaps, alongside Curry and Klay Thompson and also with backups Toney Douglas, Draymond Green and Marreese Speights.
Which is why they acquired Iguodala. He is so versatile that he can fill voids you didn't even know you had when you acquired him.
Another adjustment: Well-regarded top assistant Michael Malone left to take the reins in Sacramento, which shifted Warriors No. 2 assistant Pete Myers to the No. 1 slot.
I don't expect Jackson and his staff to struggle without Malone's strategic input, because Jackson has always been this team's guiding force.
But it will be something to watch.
The Warriors also have to remain relatively healthy, as all teams do. But Curry and Bogut — the Warriors' two best players — have injury histories, and now Barnes has this mysterious ailment.
So that's an unknown, too. Plenty of unknowns, but the Warriors start from a point of some power.
They aren't just the fun new team; they're expected to establish themselves as a Western Conference force.
"Our responsibility is to maximize what we have," Jackson said. "Our responsibility is to again leave our season with our tank on empty.
"But a lot of things come into play. Not having Harrison Barnes for the first two games — it hurts us. But at the same time we are more than capable of fulfilling the expectations of the people."
We won't know exactly where the Warriors fit in the West firmament right away.
Are they up there with San Antonio and the Los Angeles Clippers or is somebody else up there, too? Slugging it out with Oklahoma City, Houston and Memphis? Stuck in a pack with Denver, Minnesota and Portland?
Unknown, unknown, unknown, for now. Not a big deal, for now.
The Warriors have earned the right to settle into this season, find a rhythm, and let their talent and team chemistry take over in a few months.
They know they're good — probably 50-victories good, maybe more — and they know they won't even be judged on that. They'll be judged by what they do in the playoffs.
That's a mark of a good team, worthy of the hubbub for now, but properly aiming to make a much larger commotion in about five or six months.
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Company survival depends on marketing
Company survival depends on marketing
I'm sure Tesla's marketing will ramp up as the waiting list ramps down. Can't imagine they would rely on word-of-mouth sales if they're not meeting max factory production.
But, it never hurts to hand out brochures, as you mentioned.
Whenever I go by the Tesla store here in Denver it's packed with people checking out the S and Roadster. Seeing several on the roads also. I get the looks and questions all the time. I think one or two timely placed TV adds would sky rocket the interest.I know it costs money but you have to spend to make. The car sells itself when you get in and take a ride. They might have to reconsider the $5K deposit to get a spin.
I know the Tesla store I went to near Seattle, you did NOT have to have a reservation to go on a test drive. The only thing the reservation got you was unlimited test drives.
Trust me, anyone who doesn't know about Tesla at this point, couldn't afford one right now anyway.
At this point, Tesla is better off spending their money on refining quality, adding more service centers, and making their charging infrastructure larger. They already have more demand than cars available (which no other car company on Earth can tout).
When Gen III comes, that will be the time to spend the money on advertising (print ad, commercials, billboards, etc). Also, when Gen III get's going, average folk will look up Tesla, and read about the fastest and most amazing super-car on Earth (the Model S) and say to themselves... "OMG, I didn't know I could afford one of those?!?!?!!!!". The rest will be history.
I am with TikiMan. I suspect that Tesla knows exactly what they need to do. If they saw a dramatic drop in reservations they surely would start advertising. Given their order book they can afford to save that money. The car sells itself - at least for now.
they could do online ads
Tesla is using their marketing budget to build out the Supercharger network. They don't need to market the car as long as they already have all 20,000+ cars mostly sold for 2013. I'm sure they will start to market the car once the world-wide reservations start to get filled. That will be around the time the Supercharger stations are mostly built out and they can convert those dollars to marketing.
@kal-el I agree with you that an inexpensive youtube video would be great however.
@celtrog I have had my S in So Cal almost a month and have had no strangers approach me about the car. I keep brochures in my trunk. All my friends have driven it but the locals don't seem to curious about it. I think most around here already know about it.
IMO the company survival depends on how fast they can bring $35K car with 300+ mile range to the market.
I started with a 4 inch stack of brochures. Half are gone already. They fit perfectly in the cubby under the 17"screen. They go flying under moderate accelleration though.
I don't think that there is any shortage of new customers on the horizon yet.
ALL other auto co.s would kill for TM's word-of-mouth. There is no more effective form of promotion or advertising. They jump through hoops identifying "opinion leaders" and trying to get them to talk their products up. For TM, it happens spontaneously.
I think having these cars out in the wild is all the marketing they need. I've had mine for about 3 weeks and practically every time I take it for a spin it's getting ogled. Sometimes people want to stop and chat about it in parking lots, but more often its just people snapping pictures or turning their heads. And I live in California, so it's not like these things are rare around here... one time I saw three other Teslas (another S and two roadsters) while on a 2 mile drive to the grocery.
I can vouch for that. I have roadster #447 with 50,000 miles and saw three Model S on way to airport today.
Word of mouth is very effective. I've given 100s of rides to captive audiences :)
We have 300 people at our office in Sunnyvale and 15+ are commuting to work in 100% EVs. That's 5% and growing every month.
This includes 2 roadsters, 1 Model S, a Volt, a plugin Prius and a bunch of Leafs. We have 10 level 2 chargers.
Word of mouth IS the most effective advertising. So get some brochures and spread the word!
Marketing will become more important but not today,
what is the use to marketing, increase demand if your supply can not meet it...
best would be to to focus/invest now on quality and adding some cool features (and on the Press) and bump up the marketing engine as they see that supply will outpace than order intake... IMHO
I think Tesla could put a sign with battery size and price information at the superchargers. This way people that are interested that happen to drive by can get an idea how much the car costs. Got a full charge at a supercharger today and a person had stopped to talk to me getting information on the car. Price was one of the questions asked. If a sign were there, then they wouldn't have gotten such a price shock at how much my car was. Haha.
Also, from reading the forums here and at TMC, if the delivery and/or pick up processes are more in sync, I believe there would be more customer satisfaction. They wouldn't have the problem of some customers receiving screen protectors and some not; some with badges and some not, some with new unwrapped charger cables, and some not; some with fobs still in plastic bags and some not. These are minor issues, but to a person whose biggest car investment is this Model S, these minor things could sweeten the delivery or make it a little sour.
Right now, I wouldn't try to persuade anyone to purchase the Model S, but I would encourage people to test drive the car to make sure of what they can expect out of the car, the pluses and minuses.
The MS owners are indeed the best marketing for the company right now. Yes, I also agree that creating the Supercharger network is a good use of funds at this time. But trust me, the public is a mighty fickle lot. Brand recognition is key, but so is building a future pipeline of demand. The guys out there planning to purchase the BMWs, Mercedes, Audis, Jaguars, etc. today ARE the future of Tesla. We need to grab a bunch of them on a consistent, annual basis.
I'm sure there are a bunch of people a lot smarter than me at headquarters who are thinking the same.
@kal-el I really like the "gallons of light" YouTube commercial that was on tesla's FB page a while back.
So, if we all posted that on our FB pages and said "share if you love the earth" (or whatever, there's a reason I am *not* in marketing) that could be a pretty effective (and free) campaign.
+1 to everyone who says no point in spending money to advertise when they have a nice backlog. But that doesn't mean we can't help them with enthusiast-driven social media to help them keep that backlog strong and turn a profit sooner.
TRUST ME... Those who can afford a high-end luxury vehicle, know about Tesla, and the Model S. I haven't run across one person who is a TRUE car-person who didn't know what I was driving. In fact, the majority of the nods and kudos I get are from other high-end luxury vehicle owners like myself.
Car buying isn't a blind decision, and most that opt to buy a high-end luxury $60k+ vehicle, know what is what in the marketplace. In fact, the majority of us who own a high-end luxury vehicle know more about the industry than the dealers who sell them.
Besides, where I live, I am 100% sure all the BMW, Porsche, MB, Jag, Audi, etc are taking SERIOUS notice when they see a fantastic looking high-end luxury vehicle zip passing them in the HOV lane, with only one occupant in the drivers seat. I am positive many of them are either shaking their fist with envy, or kicking themselves as to how stupid they feel sitting in 5 MPH traffic in a $100k vehicle, that costing them $200.00 (USD) a week to fuel and maintain, so they can feel like a complete idiot knowing all that money didn't buy them any real privileges, other than innate bragging rights to things they will never do in their expensive car, unless they move to Germany. (I know this, because I was that person a few years ago seeing a Tesla Roadster blast past me).
@TikiMan, re: "Trust me, anyone who doesn't know about Tesla at this point, couldn't afford one right now anyway."
I have to disagree with you. I live in Marin County, CA (Across Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco). There are enough Teslas here (I see multiple daily) that there is a service center in San Rafael (centrally located in the county) and have had the car for less than a week and have been approached by 3 people who I'm pretty sure could afford it based on what they were driving and they had no idea who tesla was and were shocked when I told them it was a plug-in EV.
It certainly would have been helpful had there been a stack of brochures delivered with the car, I would have passed out 3 already in less than a week and expect more inquiries to come.
The companies survival depends on getting the delivery process smooth with no hassles. I don't think they are there yet. Once they start getting to the everyday car buyer Tesla will start getting a bad rap if the customer has to wait on parts, charging doesn't work because of a bad cord, car is not clean, paperwork for plates is late, inspection stickers not present (in states it's needed), and much more.
I think the have everything before delivery down pretty good.
It seems to me that there is still a fair amount of ignorance about EV's in general. Common things I hear from right leaning people I know:
1) The energy required to make a new vehicle/battery far exceeds what is saved by driving an EV. You'd be more environmental by driving an old gas guzzler until it falls apart.
I'm very skeptical about this one for many reasons. It's not exactly energy efficient to drill for oil and transport it all over the country either. This is aside from the fact that the less foreign oil we buy, the better. Not to mention the fact that there is no reason we can't have our manufacturing plants using less energy (solar powered production facilities)...
2) Many people will charge their cars using coal powered grids. This may be true but at least it's not foreign oil. I live in DFW and I have been on wind energy for many years, which a lot of people don't even know is available here.
3) "Our government has no business supporting car companies or funding clean energy"
I would disagree with this one, and the plan to pay back govt. loans early is a huge selling point on why it's a viable plan.
I know I'm preaching to the choir here but I am on several different forums where this topic has been brought up and these are the criticisms which have been brought up repeatedly. I believe they are ignorant, I don't quite have any hard evidence to disprove #1 however. So should marketing be geared to win the "naysayers" over? Or is it safe to assume these people will slowly be won over, and some are just too darn stubborn to ever change? I have a family member who is a hard core Republican, he got to drive one and he was blown away. He is a huge fan.
Oil has been a huge part of our culture for a very long time. At least here in the south, there are a lot of people who are stubbornly opposed (and in many cases ignorant) about clean energy. I'm not sure if these people should even be targeted with marketing or how to do so. But it seems to me that the progressive people I know who are passionate about clean energy/environmental issues already know about Tesla, and others just haven't made an effort or don't have an open mind......
One other thought I had: A great ad campaign would revolve around the fact that Tesla is growing fast---and putting people to work. No matter what your political leanings are, this is something people support and might even make some right leaning people open their minds to learn a bit about Tesla.
(Of course the ad should also feature the incredible vehicle itself)
I don't think it will be long before Tesla get its crash rating. Knowing how well engineered the car is, I suspect that there will be another round of free marketing (via press) when they find out that it is the safest car you can buy.
All they should do is run the Supercharging ad by Jordan Bloch!!!
Just show your friends that!! They should run it on hulu, people watch those ads!!!
First impressions are the last impression.
Their survival depends on taking care of all the risk takers that have kept them afloat when the rest of the world did not believe in them. We are their best advertising agency or their worst nightmare depending on our experiences.
TM will advertise when new owners stop recruiting more new owners at less than about a 2:1 ratio.
Not gonna happen anytime soon.
The concentration of Tesla owners in California definitely helps people think their market share is much higher than it actually is.
Here in South Florida, I have seen a Fisker Karma a couple of times in the freeway, but so far not even one Model S :(.
Bear in mind that Tesla only needs 20,000 sales a year to be viable. Right now, they also need a very special type of customer: The early adopter, who is willing to deal with broken windshields, painful delivery errors and still enjoy that Tesla Grin.
I think that's the main reason they are not running TV commercials. A car advertised on TV has to be flawless. Instead, Tesla customers are a super vanguard of something special, and that helps them get the right people who are willing to deal with flaws.
So basically, Tesla has the advantage of being able to effectively pick and choose its customers, and that's probably a very good thing at this stage of its development.
It will be the best advertisement money can't buy when the Consumer Report publishes its car review. I'm pretty sure CR will give is a very favorable review which will likely also be quoted by many newspapers.
Tesla's survival depends on many things. One of the is wise use and deployment of both their human and financial resources.
Spending big bucks on advertising when you have a backlog will only create frustration, and not be a wise use of funds.
However if the backlog continues to shrink, the time for advertising will come.
@ GoTeslaChicago +1
agree with GoTeslaChicago
I am selling the thing everyday..
When I told some folks at the gym that got an iPhone to communicate with my tesla, I expected a big question mark on the faces, but got "you are the second person I know who's getting a tesla." I am in SoCal, la, 818- valley. Will get my MS on Thursday, that will be the true test. Recently seen one on the road I woodland hills, one on the freeway and one in a parking lot in Santa Barbara. So they are popping up quite a bit.
Being a design/production guy for the last 25+ years the best news for me in the 4Q EC was that TM wants to focus on Models S production efficiency in 2013. Production is an absolute gold mine if you pay attention to the details. Worst risk to your bottom line is chasing growth. Advertising at this point would do more harm then good.
Gen3 is pie in the sky. Next big step is Model X. Model S is a "gentlemen car" who are willing to accept early deficiencies and helping to build the TM manfucaturing team and charging infrastructure. Model X is targeted at the sweatspot of the american car market - the utility car for the soccer moms. I live a block away from an elementary school... Every morning from 8:30 am to 9:00am the same procedure - our neighbourhood gest invaded by these $40k to $90k big boxes... all the soccer moms I know love their big boxes, but hate the drive to the gas station and pay the price. Once they figure out coming home at night all it takes is "honey can you please plug in the X" and next morning they are ready for another day... word of mouth will spread fast. But soccer moms are not gentlemen... they demand working utility vehicles.
Make or break for me is not Model S but Model X. Once TM mastered that sweet market then we can talk about advertising and Gen3.
I agree, but TM projects lower sales of the X than the S.
only time will tell. About half the Model Ss that I've seen being driven have women behind the wheel. I agree that there will be strong demand for the Model X and not just for soccer moms, Americans like big cars. The key to TM doing well is selling in Europe and Asia.
The untapped potential is enourmous. Even here in Norway, where we have the highest per capita reservation rate by far, the level of Tesla awareness is very low. Except for four or five car entusiasts, no one I´ve told about the Model S (and believe me it´s been more than a few) has even heard of Tesla. And it´s not about who can or can´t afford one either, since here the Model S is the greatest bargain ever. The interest level will explode here once they get cars on the road.
Say it like it is. In Norway, the MS is dirt cheap. It will be the choice of both upper and lower income purchasers. It will annihilate competing brands.
To give a comparison, it will be like selling Mercedes for the price of KIAs. Norway will become a nova explosion of Tesla awareness and success.
I'm a filmmaker guy like Mr. Bloch, and I've been working on some ideas for a "fan-made" commercial of my own since taking delivery last month. If anyone here has an idea or concept for a commercial, send it my way!
The best marketing is very simple: Happy customers and cars on the road!
Forget about advertising on TV, newspapers and magasines. Keep it simple! Please TM, don't waste money on old times marketing. Be as inventive in your promotion as your car is.
TM is only producing 20,000 cars a year! It is minor in the totality of it all, even in the luxury market. And still they have not supplied any car overseas! In Europe we are begging for cars. This is a market that by word of mouth and media exposure would easily take 1/3 to 1/2 of the total TM capacity of 85 models. I question the decision by TM not to start supplying before summer though.
The world is one place, so anything going on in the US everybody knows about immediately. Cars should be dripping into Europe in order not to place all the eggs in one basket.
Words from a very, very, very impatient Norwegian awaiting his P85 full package...
@ Brian H
Once again - you're spot on!
We could possibly do 5,000 cars once happy customers are on the road. But with no cars, no happy customers, no word of mouth thus no people promotion... nothing happens.
Come on TM.
Start moving!!!
Tesla Motor's execution so far has been pretty darn flawless (or as flawless as could be considering they started off Model S design during the 2008 economic meltdown). I have no doubt they haven't forgotten about something as basic as marketing. I have full faith they will do more marketing when the need arises.
I'm not sure why there is any talk of marketing when they have reservations that cover most of the year's production -- once the order backlog starts to get lower, it might be time to consider marketing.
Sent a message thru the website of the L.I. store to contact me by phone. Twice in the last week - nobody called. What are they doing in there all day.........
Another aspect of effective marketing is truth/accuracy in advertising. Meaning, these cars are for north america, not only some sections of the country where electricity is cheap (Tesla says average is $0.11/KWH)
Here on Long Island, utility costs are very expensive. Total cost all inclusive of taxes and other fees is $0.22/KWH. This is from my last home statement in Feb. 2013.
This also means, that if you want to calculate true equivalent MPG for the MS 85KW in NYC/LI area, you come to approx 34 MPG.
This is based on the following: $4.50/Gal, 84% charge efficiency , 124KWH vampire loss/month, 350wh/mi, 15,000mi/year
If they could get the cars delivered in a consistent and predictable timeframe, it would make for even happier new owners and would give Tesla something else to brag about. I would expect long delays in deliveries would have been eliminated by now but they continue.
Backlog? There is effectively no backlog. Some people are now getting their cars within 60 days. Except for unusual configurations like the 40 or no air, there is almost no backlog. (Ducking)
Picked up my Model S last March 16 at their LA design studio. Our delivery specialist said "We will advertise when we have to."
There continues to be some delays (I would call them backlogs) because some people get their cars in as little as 4 weeks and some are still taking 3 months. These cars are 85's and 60's. I would think that if Tesla is making up to 500 cars a week, there wouldn't need to be such inconsistencies (even with batching).


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where to stay? First Timers.
We will be 4 adults and 2 nine year olds. Want a pool. Open to either a villa or condo.
Which part of the island would be best?
Appreciate any information.
Re: where to stay? First Timers.
I would suggest the east end with north shore views. Some very nice villas out that way with beautiful views and it's pretty much a straight shot into Christiansted. We use the management company Vacation St. Croix. We're heading back down in December and staying at Spyglass Villa this time. Was just down in June with a girlfriend and returned to Villa Amonoka where my husband and I stayed in March.
I'm pretty familiar with the various areas and the villa inventory on St. Croix. Let me know if I can help.
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Thank you for your input and offer of further help. We are planning on the last 2 weeks of Feb.
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Hi Beth... I've also been toying with the idea of cheating on STJ with STX. We were trying to plan a trip around Easter time to STJ, but high season prices and crowded beaches are stopping us. Curious how you are finding STX planning? Are you finding comparable prices? Where did you end up choosing for your location?
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Hi GotToGetAway,
We have finalized villa and air. We will be there the last week in Feb. We decided on Villa La Chatiere. VRBO. The owners have been wonderful about answering questions and sending info. I believe STCroix is much more reasonable than STJ. We are hoping it will not be as crowded as STJ. It seems in the last 3/4 years there are way too many tourists!
Let me know if you decide to go.
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Wallpaper's September issue features family portraits of some of Italy's most prominent fashion and furniture dynasties; a good opportunity to see the faces behind some of our favorite furniture lines.
De Padova
In the fifties, Fernando and Maddalena De Padova began by importing Scandinavian furniture to sell in their store in Milan, introducing it to the Italian market. After starting a factory in the sixties to produce licensed Herman Miller furnishings, the De Padovas graduated to producing their own pieces, collaborating with some of the tenors of European design (Achille Castiglioni, Vico Magistretti, Dieter Rams..) as well as acting as a platform for up and coming designers.
Today, Maddalena has given up the reins of the company to her son, Luca De Padova (Both are pictured above), who is determined to keep expanding the company and follow in his mother's visionary footsteps.
Originally started by the four brothers Galimberti, Flexform is now run by four Galimberti cousins of the third generation (Luca, Giuliano and Matteo pictured above).
With the collaboration of renowned designers, namely Antonio Citterio, Flexform has developed a sophisticated and unmistakable aesthetic.
Flos was founded in the late fifties by Dino Gavina on the idea of using Arturo Eisenkeil's 'cocoon technique' to create a line of lights. With the Castiglioni brothers and Tobia Scarpa in tow, Flos became synonymous with forward thinking designs and the use of beautiful and innovative manufacturing techniques, a departure from Italy's interior design landscape of the time.
In the early sixties, the company was taken over by Sergio Gandini, a more entrepreneurial minded manager, and started making headlines around the world. Piero Gandini later succeeded his father and brought in new designers, including Philippe Starck who has been creative director since the nineties, setting a new standard of innovation for the company.
Today, Flos boasts a growing stable of some of the world's most talented designers and expanding product lines in not only decorative, but also architectural and in soft architecture (Flos' most recent venture, at the cross-section of lighting and architecture).
Kartell was founded in 1949 by Giulio Castelli, a chemical engineer with the endeavor to replace traditional glassware with plastic. With three pieces in the New York MoMa by the seventies and extensive research on the properties of plastic during the eighties, Kartell was already a well-established company by the time it was taken over by Claudio Luti, Castelli's son-in-law, in the late 1980's.
The company hit their stride in the beginning of the 21st century with the recruitment of some of the world's most famous design talent; namely Philippe Starck, Ron Arad, Patricia Urquiola… creating some of Kartell's most iconic products. Coupled with massive innovation in the technical department, especially in the way of environmental friendliness, Kartell has become an international benchmark for plastic furniture and design objects.
Today, Claudio Luti is accompanied by his children, Lorenza and Federico, in running the family business.
by Claire Toussaint


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After an exemplary playing career at UCSB, Christine Ramos is now entering her third season as the Gauchos' assistant coach.
In 2011, she helped lead the Gauchos a 27-26 record and a fourth-place finish in the Big West. UCSB also set school records in double (71) and double plays (32) while tying the record for consecutive wins (nine).
Ramos ended her four seasons at UCSB as the most prolific batter in school history after leading the team in hits all of her seasons in the blue and gold, the first UCSB player to ever accomplish the feat. As a senior, she set the school record for single season hits (75), career hits (258), single season batting average (.417) and career batting average (.364).
She is tied third in the UCSB record books in career stolen bases (52), fourth in career runs (116) and career triples (6), second in career at-bats (709) and tied ninth for stolen bases in a season (16).
Ramos was a four-time All-Big West selection, earning First Team honors her sophomore through senior seasons. In 2009, she was named the Big West Field Player of the Year and was also named to the All-Pacific Region First Team.


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VLC, the popular "alternative" OS X media player, has been updated to version 0.8.6 this week. It now joins the Universal Binary cool crowd, which means that it will run natively on all Intel Macs as well as on PPCs. However, that's just the beginning of VLC's new additions to this update.
VLC has added support for the Apple Remote as well as Apple's fullscreen controller. They've also added support for Windows Media Video 9 (yay, no more WMP player!), VC-1, VP5/VP6, and Flash video. Oh, and throw onto that list TTA and WavPack lossless audio and preliminary Shoutcast TV support. VLC 0.8.6 also now has better H.264 support.
The download is 22.7 MB and it's free (as in, beer). The main package has both Intel and PPC support, but you can just download the individual Intel or PPC packages (around 13MB each) if you'd like from one of many available mirrors. For the record, my download went verrrrrrrry slowwwwwwly... .


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|Safe Haskell
Labels are a way of describing who can observe and modify data. There
is a partial order, generally pronounced "can flow to" on labels.
In LIO we write this partial order `
canFlowTo` (in the literature it
is usually written as ⊑).
The idea is that data labeled
L_1 may affect data labeled
only if
L_2. The
LIO monad (see LIO.Core)
keeps track of the current label of the executing code (accessible via
getLabel function). Code may attempt to perform various IO or
memory operations on labeled data. Hence, touching data may change
the current label (or throw an exception if an operation would violate
flow restrictions).
If the current label is
L_cur, then it is only permissible to read
data labeled
L_r if
L_r `. This is sometimes
termed "no read up" in the literature; however, because the partial
order allows for incomparable labels (i.e., two labels
canFlowTo` L_cur
L_1 and
such that
not (L_1 `), a more appropriate phrasing would be "read only what can flow
to your label". Note that, rather than throw an exception, reading
data will often just increase the current label to ensure that
canFlowTo` L_2) && not (L_2 `
`. The LIO monad keeps a second label, called the
clearance (accessible via the
canFlowTo` L_cur
getClearance function), that
represents the highest value the current thread can raise its label
to. The purpose of clearance is to enforce discretionary access
control: you can set the clearance to a label
L_clear as to prevent
a piece of LIO code from accessing anything above
Conversely, it is only permissible to modify data labeled
L_w when
L_cur`, a property often cited as "no write down",
but more accurately characterized as "write only what you can flow
to". In practice, there are very few IO abstractions (namely,
mutable references) in which it is possible to do a pure write that
doesn't also involve observing some state. For instance, writing to a
file handle and not getting an exception tells you that the handle is
not closed. Thus, in practice, the requirement for modifying data
canFlowTo` L_w
L_w is almost always that
L_cur ` and
canFlowTo` L_w
`, i.e.,
canFlowTo` L_cur
L_cur == L_w.
Note that higher labels are neither more nor less privileged than
lower ones. Simply, the higher one's label is, the more things one
can read. Conversely, the lower one's label, the more things one can
write. But, because labels are a partial and not a total order, some
data may be completely inaccessible to a particular computation; for
instance, if the current label is
L_cur, the current clearance is
C_cur, and some data is labeled
L_d, such that
not (L_cur
`, then the current
thread can neither read nor write the data, at least without invoking
some privilege.
canFlowTo` L_d || L_d `
canFlowTo` C_cur)
LIO is polymorphic in the label type. It is solely required that every
implementation of a label (usually called a label format) be an
instance of the
Label class. This class provides a generic interface
to labels: they must define the
canFlowTo relation, some minimal
bottom, some maximum element
top, and two binary operators
on how to combine labels: the least upper bound (
lub) and greatest
lower bound (
Since LIO associates labels with different data types, it is useful to
be able to access the label of such objects (when the label is solely
protected by the current label). To this end, LIO provides the
LabelOf type class for which different labeled objects
implementations provide an instance.
class (Eq l, Show l, Typeable l) => Label l whereSource
This class defines a label format, corresponding to a bounded
lattice (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounded_lattice).
Specifically, it is necessary to define a bottom element
bottom (in literature, written as ⊥), a top element
top (in
literature, written as ⊤), a join, or least upper bound,
(in literature, written as ⊔), a meet, or greatest lower bound,
glb (in literature, written as ⊓), and of course the
can-flow-to partial-order
canFlowTo (in literature, written as
Least upper bound, or join, of two labels. For any two labels
L_1 and
L_2, such that
L_3 = L_1 `, it must be that:
lub` L_2
Greatest lower bound, or meet, of two labels. For any two labels
L_1 and
L_2, such that
L_3 = L_1 `, it must be that:
glb` L_2
canFlowTo :: l -> l -> BoolSource
Can-flow-to relation. An entity labeled
L_1 should be allowed
to affect an entity
L_2 only if
L_1 `. This
relation on labels is at least a partial order (see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partially_ordered_set), and must
satisfy the following rules:
canFlowTo` L_2
upperBound :: Label l => l -> l -> lSource
lowerBound :: Label l => l -> l -> lSource
Accessing label of labeled values
Generic class used to get the type of labeled objects. For, instance, if you wish to associate a label with a pure value (as in LIO.Labeled), you may create a data type:
newtype LVal l a = LValTCB (l, a)
Then, you may wish to allow untrusted code to read the label of any
LVals but not necessarily the actual value. To do so, simply
provide an instance for
instance LabelOf LVal where labelOf (LValTCB lv) = fst lv


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Greenwich tops nation's priciest CBD list
Greenwich's Central Business District most expensive in the U.S: Stamford close behind at No. 6, says Jones Lang LaSalle
The Greenwich community has always prided itself on its achievements, lifestyle and offerings. Now the town's central business district can claim a distinction in terms of office rental rates.
Data released by Jones Lang LaSalle in Stamford shows that Greenwich's central business district has the highest overall asking rent for office space of any central business district submarket in the United States at $82.28 per square foot, followed by the Plaza District of Manhattan at $77.51.
Stamford's central business district follows at a not-so-distant sixth at $46.12, according to Jones Lang LaSalle, trailing the Mission Bay district of San Francisco at $61.79, the Capitol Hill district of Washington, D.C., at $60.07, and the Back Bay district of Boston at $51.35.
Greenwich's place atop the list did not surprise Erin Patterson, research manager at Jones Lang LaSalle.
"What has driven prices in Greenwich is the presence of hedge funds. Their lucrative position allows them to pay top dollar for wherever they want to be," she said. "We saw a pullback in rents in the Greenwich CBD during the financial crisis because hedge funds were pulling back. They're still the biggest driver of demand for rental space."
While Greenwich's seat atop the CBD ranking might impress some, it may be somewhat misleading because of the small size of the town's district, said James Ritman, managing director of Newmark Knight Grubb Frank in Greenwich.
"It's eye opening that Greenwich is tops in the country," he said. "Greenwich has got 1.5 million square feet in Class `A' office space downtown. That's one office tower in Manhattan."
And the amount of Class "A" space is not about to increase soon in Greenwich because of parking and zoning requirements, Ritman said.
Easy access to the central business district from the Greenwich train station makes for an easy commute for New Yorkers who work there in financial services.
$100 per-square-foot rents
GRC Realty, a subsidiary of General Reinsurance, is banking on the proximity of Gen Re's former headquarters at 600 Steamboat Road to attract financial services and hedge fund businesses to the reconstructed 180,000-square-foot office building where the asking rent is $100 per square foot.
"At $100 per square foot, we've had significant activity. We're doing four or five inspections per week," said Brian Higgins, managing director of the New York office of Jones Lang LaSalle, which represents the property. "We're very bullish on where we are in the market."
The building, located on Greenwich Harbor, is 33 percent occupied.
An office building in a community where properties can command such high rents is a double-edged sword, Higgins said.
"If you're the landlord, it's a wonderful thing. If you're a tenant, it's something you have to deal with -- if you want to be there," he said. "The kinds of companies who can afford these rents have solidified their businesses and are looking to the future."
Negative impact
But being ranked atop Jones Lang LaSalle's central business district list does not mean that Greenwich's downtown office district is without challenges. Its Class "A" buildings have a 23.9 percent vacancy rate, according to the brokerage's second quarter report.
There is debate about high rents for office space and whether it is good or bad for a community.
"It makes it hard for new businesses to come in and hard for businesses to expand," said Maureen McAvey, senior fellow at the Urban Land Institute. "It's never a good thing to put all your eggs in one basket. Young companies aren't going to come to that area of Greenwich."
Patterson agreed that extremely high rents in a central business district can have a negative impact.
"It makes (a central business district) look prestigious and dynamic, but it doesn't tell the whole story," Patterson said. "It's a larger barrier to entry. Businesses that want to be in downtown Greenwich are pushed out. So they may look at Stamford. Stamford, compared to Greenwich and New York, looks like a bargain."
While Class "A" office rents in Stamford are high compared with those across the nation, they are an affordable alternative for companies looking to be an easy train ride from New York, said Laure Aubuchon, Stamford's director of economic development, adding Stamford has developed a diversified central business district as a result.
"The big kahuna is we're 50 minutes away from New York City. It's almost like we're a suburb of New York," she said, citing data supplied by Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial real estate brokerage firm, showing that Stamford's central business district contains 6.7 million square feet, compared with Greenwich's 1.9- million-square-foot central business district.
Class "A" office properties near the Stamford Transportation Center are commanding higher rents but have much higher occupancy levels than lower-cost office buildings more than a walk from the rail station.
"We're a really good value for the quality of property we have," Aubuchon said.
One of those properties is 400 Atlantic St., owned by the Landis Group, which has welcomed the headquarters of Charter Communications and Navigators Group in the past year, and recently renewed a lease with Abbey National Treasury Services, a unit of global banking giant Santander.
Good for Stamford
"Being named on one of the more expensive central business districts in the country could be a good thing for Stamford," said Scott Landis, principal of the Landis Group. "Having such a designation applied to Stamford showcases the fact that we are home to many successful companies who are willing to spend a little more money to provide quality office space and create new jobs in Stamford."
Most hedge fund operators aren't overly concerned about rental rates and seem to be drawn toward each other, resulting in what has occurred in the Greenwich central business district, according to Jim Fagan, senior managing director of Cushman & Wakefield in Stamford.
Fairfield County as a whole offers an attractive climate for businesses that cannot afford the Greenwich central business district, he said.
"Office space is one small component of what companies think about when they want to relocate a division," Fagan said.
"Fairfield County is vibrant and culturally stimulating. We have the brightest talent pool in the world, and companies know that."
Stamford has a 26.4 percent vacancy rate for Class "A" buildings in its central business district, according to Jones Lang LaSalle, and like Greenwich and other Fairfield County communities, was hit hard by recession as companies learned to function in less space.
They also have been reticent to hire more staff or lead a surge in the opening of large office operations in Fairfield County.
"There are always companies that have low-cost demands," Fagan said. "If you have a call center, you wouldn't locate it in Fairfield County."


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Loved ones gathered Saturday to say their final goodbyes to Treon Johnson.
The 27-year-old died earlier this month after he was Tasered.
Police said they responded to a 911 emergency disturbance call in the area of East 7th Avenue and 24th Street and found Johnson was beating two dogs. Johnson resisted arrest and was shot with a Taser, police said.
Yet, family members said they are still struggling to understand the loss.
"Were looking for a little understanding," said Johnson's brother, Donald Harris.
Police said they had to subject to using physical force -- a Taser and pepper spray -- after the 27-year-old responded with violence. The dogs' owner told police he saw Johnson jump into his backyard and start beating a dog with a metal pipe. But Harris said that wasn't the case.
"My brother was getting off work," Harris said. "He went to go urinate and a dog bit him on the leg. He ended up in a tree, throwing mangoes at the dog."
Johnson allegedly tried to run from police after the incident. Investigators said his health declined after he was shot with the Taser. Three hospital transfers later, he was gone.
"Tree," as Johnson was known to his friends, was one of three men featured in "Dawg Fight," a documentary film directed by Billy Corben about hand-to-hand combat and backyard brawls in West Perrine. "Dada 5000," one of the fighters featured in the film, said Johnson was full of promise.
"He was a photographer, an inspired entertainer, a fighter and a friend," the fighter said.
According to medical records obtained by NBC 6, Johnson had a healthy history. The medical report also shows that he had marijuana in his system and he collapsed prior to the arrest.
Meanwhile, his friends are asking for the use of Tasers to be curbed.
"The laws definitely need to be changed on the enforcement of Tasers. To me it's just as deadly as a gun," friend Chanel Simone said.


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Slow Food Maumee Valley is one of more than 270 chapters in all 50 states hosting a Labor Day eat-in in support of the Time For Lunch platform.
Bring a picnic and join us from 1 to 4 on Monday September 7th at the Ward Pavilion, Wildwood Metropark.
Bring food to share and your own place settings. Bring your family, bring your friends!
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August Slow Supper
It's the height of the season. Gardens are looking great, and farmers markets are overflowing. Get out your favorite summer recipes - tomatoes, zucchini, corn, anyone? - and join SFMV for an August pot luck dinner at the home of Bill and Joanne Treuhaft.
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