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Yahoo Updates Axis Chrome Extension, Removes Private Key
Red-faced, Yahoo has released a new version of its Axis browser to fix a serious security flaw that would have allowed attackers to build malicious extensions for Web browsers. If you downloaded the Chrome extension immediately after its launch, you should re-install the latest version.
Yahoo originally released the new search and browsing tool on May 23. Available for desktop computers, mobile devices, and as an extension for major Web browsers, Yahoo touted the Axis tool's predictive search capabilities. PCMag's Michael Muchmore took a look at Yahoo! Axis recently.
While poring over the source file for the Chrome extension, Australian researcher Nik Cubrilovic noticed Yahoo had accidentally included its private PGP key that was used to digitally sign the code. The Chrome Web browser treats the PGP key as proof the application is legitimate and comes from a trusted source.
"In other words, any of us could write an app and fairly convincingly pretend that it was actually from Yahoo," wrote Joshua Long on the Sophos Naked Security blog.
What is a Private Key?
Each extension comes with a pair of public and private keys that are unique to the developer. The private key is used to sign the extension, and the browser uses the public key to authenticate the signature. Private keys should always be kept secret to prevent anyone else from forging software.
Cubrilovic cloned the Axis extension for Chrome, re-signed it with Yahoo's key, and successfully installed the spoofed extension onto Chrome. Malicious developers could easily create their own extensions and use Yahoo's private key to make Chrome think the packages belonged to Yahoo.
"With access to the private certificate file a malicious attacker is able to create a forged extension that Chrome will authenticate as being from Yahoo!" Cubrilovic wrote on his blog.
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With the private certificate file, it would be possible to create a fake extension that captures all Web traffic, including passwords, session cookies, and other network activity, Cubrilovic wrote on his blog. Attackers could use DNS spoofing techniques to trick users with Axis already installed to update with the fake version of the extension, he said.
Yahoo worked quickly to resolve the issue and has released a new Chrome plug-in that doesn't contain the private key. It is also using a new certificate so that the old one can be revoked.
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Today has had its ups and downs, and as I write this I should be sleeping. Classes started again today, but I have other things on my mind right now. My Great Aunt Meme is not expected to live for more than a few more hours, and that makes everything else in my life seem trivial.
I know that we will all die at some point, but it's difficult to know that soon she won't be here any more. I love her with all of my heart, and I have never doubted her love for me.
I am thankful for the time that I have gotten to spend with her recently. Dad and I visited her at Thanksgiving, and I saw her a few months earlier when Clint (aka The Suit) and I went to Houston. He was here with me tonight, and he just listened as I told him about her status and my plans to be there.
It is incredibly hard to accept that I will not see her again, and I don't know what else to say tonight. I know that she won't suffer when she's gone, but my heart still feels broken.
She is the most kind-hearted, pure, loving and non-judgmental person one could ever hope to know, and she is part of so many of my favorite childhood memories.
She has loved me since the day I was born, and I have loved her my whole life too.
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If you've enjoyed a doughnut at the Summit House atop Pikes Peak, then you've accomplished two things the great Zebulon Pike never did. He never reached the top of his mountain, and the doughnut was invented in 1847, 34 years after Pike's death.
Score two points for you, but let's examine Pike's resume and see if the lead holds. I would argue Pike is Colorado's greatest contribution to the American story, worthy of more than Colorado has given back. That's saying a mouthful about Pike, whose peak is America's mountain', where Katherine Lee Bates was inspired to write "America the Beautiful" in 1893.
Sure, Colorado also gave Zebulon a neighboring national forest, but some perspective: We live in a place that has handed out names to natural wonders such as Poverty Gulch, Big Dry Creek, Bald Knob, Mount Baldy, Middle Baldy and Little Baldy. My man Zeb should have a county or a city named after him, equal to (railroad promoter and Gov. John) Evans, (Ute Chief) Ouray, (surveyor John W.) Gunnison or (state Sen.) John H. Crowley. Sixty-four counties have been named in this state, and none of them are named Pike.


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The final leg of the torch run started on Auburn Folsom road this morning at 5:30 a.m. At 9:20 a.m., Placer County Sheriff's deputy Kevin Griffiths carried the torch onto the Sacramento State campus. Griffiths says he was moved to participate by the competitive spirit of the Special Olympians.
"The devotion and the heart that everyone of those kids gives out every day to compete at their top –I mean, it may not be the top as another kid out there, but it's their top and they're going to give everything they've got- and to watch that is inspirational."
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In my earlier post predicting the outcomes of the Term's final opinions, I had anticipated that in Bilski v. Kappos, Justice Stevens would write an opinion for the Court very narrowly construing the patent eligibility of business methods, a ruling that could call into question the patentability of various modern innovations including software. Instead, the Court did almost the reverse: it decided the case in an opinion by Justice Kennedy that affirmed the patentability of business methods and said almost nothing about the applicable test beyond rejecting the Federal Circuit's exclusive reliance on a "machine or transformation" standard.
Like any good lawyer who sees such a solid prediction not come to pass, my first reaction was that the Court had made an error when it released the decision. Assured that was not so, my second reaction was to ignore my mistake and distract people with the predictions that I had made that were correct. But my third and final reaction was to dig a little deeper to show that I was almost right. The available evidence strongly suggests that the Court very nearly came out the other way.
Bilski was argued in the Court's November sitting. In that sitting, Justice Kennedy wrote the majority opinion in two cases: Bilski and Graham v. Sullivan. Justice Stevens wrote no majority opinions.
That is highly anomalous. Eleven cases were argued in November, so that each Justice would ordinarily be assigned at least one majority opinion; two Justices would write two opinions. But instead three Justices "" the Chief Justice, Kennedy, and Ginsburg "" each wrote two majorities, and Stevens none.
Justice Kennedy also was perhaps the least likely member of the Court to be assigned a second majority opinion in November. He was at the time writing the principal opinion in Citizens United, the massive campaign finance case argued in September. He received an October writing assignment. And his other November opinion, Graham, was a very significant ruling on the constitutionality of life sentences without parole for juveniles.
Furthermore, Justice Stevens was not assigned a second majority opinion "" i.e., another opinion that would balance out the Court's workload "" at the soonest available opportunity in February. There were only nine signed opinions in December and January. (Justice Ginsburg had two opinions in December (and Justice Kennedy had none) but I think that can be explained for the reasons I discuss below.) As the Court's second most senior Justice, it's very unlikely that he would not have received an opinion in November and then would also not have been assigned a second opinion in any of the first three months in which it was available: October, November, and February.
Bilski also lines up perfectly for the scenario of a lost majority. It is a five-to-four decision. Justices Kennedy and Stevens are the authors of the principal opinions. The ruling took a long time to issue "" it was argued in November but not decided until the last day of the Term "" suggesting that something may have been amiss.
The Stevens opinion also reads as if it were originally an opinion for the Court "" in particular, it starts with a statement of the facts (whereas the Kennedy opinion has only a brief procedural history); and it is also much longer than the Kennedy opinion. The first substantive part of the Stevens opinion "" Part II, which is a response to the majority; in that section Stevens' opinion refers to a subsequent section "" reads as if it was added after Part III was written, and perhaps was originally prepared as a response to a dissent. And there is a separate section responding to the majority that comes later (Part V) in a place that reads as if it were a response to an argument of the losing side.
Further, the muddled vote of the majority's fifth vote, Justice Scalia "" who joined the majority in part and Justice Breyer's concurrence in substantial part "" suggests that he had significant difficulty in resolving the case. Of note, at oral argument Justice Scalia closely questioned the patentee's lawyer on the history of business method patents. History is a focus of the Stevens' opinion, and Scalia declines to join the historical sections of the Kennedy opinion. (Somewhere, a Stevens clerk who did the historical research is quietly weeping.) And Scalia asked almost no questions of the PTO's lawyer.
Another piece of evidence of rough compromise in Bilski is the Kennedy opinion itself. While it does decide the case, it is surpassingly narrow. It rejects the Federal Circuit's "machine or transformation" test as the exclusive test of patentability and stops there. The Court does not attempt to provide further guidance, which is some evidence that five Justices could not agree on how to articulate an appropriate test.
For all those reasons, it seems quite likely to me that Justice Stevens was originally going to author the Court's opinion in Bilski but subsequently lost his majority to Justice Kennedy.
A quick aside about the puzzle of the December assignments, which I mentioned briefly above. In that sitting, Justice Ginsburg had two majority opinions: Florida v. Powell (a 7-2 opinion regarding Miranda rights) and Black v. United States (which became the second "honest services" ruling). Justice Kennedy did not have a December opinion. But I don't think that Kennedy lost a majority that sitting. Instead, it appears that the two "honest services" cases from November (Black and Weyhrauch) were put on hold pending the expedited February argument in Skilling. When Justice Ginsburg was given that February assignment, she also seems to have picked up the ancillary opinion in Black. (No opinion was issued in Weyhrauch.)
Assuming I'm right about what happened in Bilski, three questions remain: what would the Stevens opinion have said; when did Stevens lose the majority; and what is the significance of the lost majority for the development of patent law.
We cannot simply assume that had Justice Stevens kept his majority his opinion would have taken the categorical position that business methods are not patentable subject matter. His opinion might originally have been somewhat narrower, because he needed to keep Scalia's fifth vote (and perhaps Breyer's as well). Or the opinion originally may have been a plurality.
Though we cannot know, it seems most likely to me that Justice Stevens did originally write an opinion taking an absolute or near-absolute position against business method patents, but Justice Scalia concluded that he did not want to go so far and instead joined part of the Kennedy opinion.
We also cannot know at what point in time Justice Stevens lost his fifth vote. But my best guess is that it was relatively late in the process. In February, Stevens was not assigned a second majority opinion but Kennedy was, which would be a little unusual in terms of balancing the Court's workload. More important, as I mention above, Justice Scalia's position in the case "" joining part of the majority opinion and part of the Breyer concurrence "" has the feel of an awkward, late compromise. It suggests that there was not time for Scalia to better articulate his position.
Finally, there remains the "so what" question. Does all this Supreme Court Kremlinology have any practical consequence? On the broadest level of whether the Court might revisit Bilski in a later case when Justice Scalia has the opportunity to consider the matter further, I think the answer is clearly no. In statutory cases like this one (even those in which the statute's construction is informed by a constitutional provision "" here, the Patent Clause), the Justices try to adhere to stare decisis. The decision in Bilski settles the question that business methods are patentable subject matter until Congress decides otherwise.
If that issue were to return to the Court soon, the apparent switch in Bilski may inform the Court's approach to the major issue left open by the decision: just how broadly are business methods patentable. Scalia seemingly is a fifth vote to construe patent eligibility very narrowly.
But in reality, it is impossible to know how the Court would rule. Justice Stevens has retired, and Elena Kagan's views on the issue are unknowable. Other changes in the Court's membership are of course inevitable as well.


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Panel presentation and discussion (in English & Spanish with translation): Maureen Jackson, Stacy Beckwith and Esther Bendahan
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Jews from Spain, Turkey, and Morocco
Monday, May 14 - Wednesday, May 16
Monday, May 14th
4:30-5:30 pm., Gould Library Athenaeum. Stacy Beckwith: "Sepharad: Jewish History in Spain." In English.
5:30-6:30 pm., Contextualizing Sepharad, talk by Esther Bendahan, author and Director of Culture at the Sepharad-Israel House, Madrid, Spain. In Spanish with English translation.
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5-6 pm. The Art of Sephardic Prayer and Song (in English) Gould Library Athenaeum, Lecture Demonstration by Hazzan (Cantor) Isaac Azose, Congregation Ezra Bessaroth, Seattle. In English.
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In 1971 the General Assembly created the Council on State Goals and Policies to work with citizens "to identify the kind of future they want for themselves." In this long-range planning context, the council's task was to present the governor with goals and policy recommendations that would lead to the future that citizens desired. From 1975, when the council was given full board status, until the summer of 1977, the Goals and Policies Board was inactive. It was reactivated in July 1977 by Governor James B. Hunt, who desired the board to serve as his "chief citizen advisory body" in policy matters.
As its first step in the citizen participation process, the board conducted a "North Carolina Tomorrow" survey in the fall of 1977. More than 100,000 responses to a questionnaire of 15 items were received. Concurrent with this effort was a scientific telephone survey, administered by the National Testing Service of Durham, which consisted of a random sample of 1,400 people. About 7 percent of the respondents in this mass survey believed the top four problems in North Carolina to be jobs and the economy, education, welfare, and crime/law enforcement.
In 1980 the Goals and Policies Board issued a report titled "North Carolina Tomorrow: Year Three," which pointed out that the state had acted on about two-thirds of its 1979 recommendations that same year. A March 1987 report by the board called for a major economic initiative to prepare the state for the possible loss of tobacco as a vital income crop, to accelerate the development of additional or alternate crops, and to assist farmers in marketing those crops profitably.
In succeeding years, the Goals and Policies Board received considerably less attention by the citizens and state government officials. It was repealed by the legislature in 1995.
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Not satirising the culture. It is the culture
Critics of the December-January French Vogue photo spread featuring little girls as mini women decorated in gaudy make up, swathed in luxurious adult women's clothing, assembled on beds, fawning on animal skin rugs, pouting bright red moist lips under a banner 'Cadeaux' – little presents to be unwrapped – just don't get it.
The 15-page colour shoot of little-girls-as-grown-up-women is just parody, an incisive cutting-edge commentary on the culture. And we're all just too dumb to realise that because we're overdosing on moral panics and thinking of the children (a mocking phrase applied to those of us advocating for children).
That's according to Jenna Saunders, in her Jezebel piece yesterday titled 'French Vogue's Kiddie Spread is Misunderstood'. Saunders writes:
But it's also obvious from the over-the-top styling and the overall lurid quality that this story is a parody and a critique of the fashion industry's unhealthy interest in young girls, not an endorsement or a glamourization of it
When a stylist — Melanie Huynh — and a photographer — Sharif Hamza — somehow get it in their minds to viciously satirize an industry that so fetishizes youth that it pretends adolescents are preferable substitutes for grown women? And when a respected fashion magazine — Vogue Paris — has the balls to publish their horrifying Toddlers in Tiaras-on-speed work? When that happens, cue the outrage! Won't someone think of the children…
But this spread is a not-so-subtle fuck you to our culture's unhealthy obsession with youth (in general) and the fashion industry's (in particular), and to the commodification of childhood that comes with both. Is this story "tasteful"? Hell no. Does it "sell" the clothes? Not really. Is it pleasant to look at? Of course not. But that doesn't mean it isn't good for us to see.
I don't accept that this is really a parody or irony or an f**k- you to the culture. It is the culture. Vogue is not critiquing or de-constructing, it is embedding sexualised and adultified notions of children into the culture, inviting the viewer to 'read' the images of little girls – in this case, Lea, Prune and Thylane – as mini-women, therefore as much older and more (sexually?) knowing, than they actually are.
Patty Huntington over at Frockwriter was first to publish the photos online, setting off a global frenzy of interest. She described "heavily made-up children draped seductively over chairs, daybeds and an animal skin rug, with their legs and décolletages bared, like child prostitutes in a brothel…"
Saunders is just speculating. She doesn't quote anyone involved as saying that satire was the intention. No one from Vogue has said "It's parody people, don't you get it?" A bold, cutting edge editor would be prepared to go out and defend the shoot against critics, but that hasn't happened (in fact editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld resigned shortly after the photos went viral, which may of course be a coincidence).
Guest editor Tom Ford is on the front cover, standing behind model Daphne Groeneveld, aged 14 when the shot was taken. Is that meant to be ironic too?
I wonder if the irony will be lost on the kind of men who enjoy prepubescent girls groomed to look like adult women in high heels and with things in their mouths?
I agree with this comment on Huntington's blog (in response to another commenter who couldn't see a problem with the images):
You see nothing overtly sexual about a smoldering look through one's upper eyelashes, about glossy wet pouted lips slightly parted, about bare legs tilted sideways on a disheveled bed, about a silky top plunging well below where the cleavage would be? If any of these looks, coupled with that clothing/makeup, were from a grown woman in a nightclub, the message would be pretty clear. You cannot just separate that kind of body language from the usual meaning just because the body performing it is a child. Yes kids play dressup. Innocent dressup is full of mismatched odds and ends, smeared makeup, plastic shoes, giggles and silliness. It is a pretend parody of the adult experience devoid of the adult understandings. Look into their eyes, THIS is not giggles and silliness. This is the inappropriate double whammy of insinuating adults are no good unless they look like a child, and children are no good unless they look like adults. It is pedophiliac style grooming of the reading public, so slowly and gently you don't know when the line has been crossed….
Even if these images were created as a commentary on the fashion industry, a critique of the 'getting older younger' phenomenon in (or imposed on) children, the reality is they have still used children make their point. Labelling it artistic or clever, doesn't make it okay. As writer and commentator Nina Funnell wrote to me:
So what is the standard here? Is it acceptable to dress children up in sexualised clobber, photograph them in a sexualised manner but only if the purpose is satirical? Do the children understand the satire that they are being used to create? How does the photo session impact on them? What precautions- if any- did the photographers, stylists and make-up artists put in place to protect the kids? Did they explain it was just 'fun dress-ups' for a day? And even if they did, what's to stop a six year old from walking away with the message that when they look older and dress in a more sexual manner they get more praise, attention and money compared to when they look like their every day self? If we are going to say that child exploitation/ sexualisation is inappropriate then we have to be a bit consistent in that. We can't say it's inappropriate if it's being done to sell a product, but fine if it's done for 'artistic merit' or 'cultural commentary' purposes.
Nice of Jezebel to go in to bat for French Vogue. But many of us aren't buying it. Vogue is not outside the culture. It is the culture.


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In response to the announcement of Microsoft's innovative 3-application limit, Apple corporation has said it will release a version of OS X that will allow only one application to run at a time, but in a more friendly and artistically enhanced environment than Windows Reduced Vista(tm.) Apple announced the special version late Sunday evening, at a special event entitled "You're the One." Steve Jobs emerged from his semi-retirement to explain how Apple's invention of this one-to-one relationship between users and applications would "revolutionize computing." Jobs stated that the new OS would also herald a return to the one-button mouse, single monitors, and Apple's new "One-at-a-time" network stream technologies.
Overnight, the Linux community, leveraging its well known security advantages and high speed development based upon open source and developers active in all time zones at once, has released a beta of "Linux Zero", which they claim is the most secure operating system in the world, and the least confusing, by virtue of its enforcement of zero applications running. Linux authority Linus Torvalds said "if an application can't run, it can't bring worms or viruses into the system. In addition, user interaction is now limited to pressing the power button." Waxing optimistic, he went on to say that "We think even Windows users can learn to do this." He told this reporter "In fact, the price is zero, too!"
An unconfirmed rumor also developed this weekend of an OS that is so carefully and explicitly restricted that consumers interaction with it is limited to attempting to install it; as the rumor goes, completing the installation requires permissions that users simply do not have available to them. Such an operating system would provide the ultimate consumer safety net. When asked to comment, both Jobs and Torvalds derided the rumor as being propaganda. Both OS mavens insisted that technology wasn't up to such a challenge yet. The rumor, however, persists.
When contacted by the press for comments on these new developments, Intel explained that multi-core processors were designed specifically for reduced application counts. It is only now that the leading OS manufacturers are revealing their deep strategies for the decade of 2010 that Intel is able to comment on the real rationale for multiple cores. Technical Leader Sanji Ramahasmiran" laid out several reasons why systems with few- or single-application loads would benefit directly from multiple cores. He said "Our new 8-core dies will allow switching the same single task cyclically from one core to another, thus reducing the activity levels to 1/8th that of single-core designs and operating in a greener fashion, contributing less to global warming, and simplifying programmer APIs in any properly designed operating system."
Simply as a personal observation, I always enjoy seeing how competition ensures that corporations compete for the marketplace by leveraging their core competencies and working to out-do one another. The end users always benefit. No matter who your favorite OS manufacturer is, the industry finds a way to work to bring you the latest developments. Isn't technology wonderful?


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Welcome to the Raymond Road Runner Archives
Issues of the Raymond Road Runner are available here in Adobe PDF form. This means that you must have Adobe's Acrobat Reader program installed on your computer in order to read or print the newspapers.
If you already have the program, then clicking on any date link below will automatically open the program and display the Road Runner issue for you. Otherwise, you may download and install Acrobat Reader by going here: http://get.adobe.com/reader/.
FINAL ISSUE of the RAYMOND ROAD RUNNER
(June 2008) Due to significantly increased printing and distribution costs, the decision has been made by the Board of Selectmen to discontinue the Road Runner newspaper as of the end of the fiscal year. This wasn't an easy choice, but the cost of producing the newspaper was weighed against two counterbalancing factors: the taxpayers' need to fund essential town services and the several alternative opportunities Raymond residents have for getting news and information. These other outlets include reader boards, the website, the "Inside Raymond" column at www.keepmecurrent.com, the cable TV channels and even the paper and e-mailed newsletters from certain groups and committees. We would certainly like to hear from anyone who relied heavily or totally on the Road Runner for town news, so that we can discuss these alternatives. E-mail us: Road Runner staff
Thank you from the Road Runner staff for all the support you've
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Welcome to our walking event calendar. Please use the search features below to find walks located near you.
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Senior Steppers with Montbello Manor
November 6 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
An event every week that begins at 10:30 am on Wednesday, repeating until December 25, 2019
TYPE: Weekly | PACE: Gentle & Conversational |TERRAIN: Paved, Park Path, Gravel, Broken Sidewalk | DISTANCE: Approx. 1-2 miles or less
Walk Description: Together with GirlTrek, Montbello 20/20 (RNO) and Northeast Transportation Connections, Montbello Walks and Walk2Connect are hosting weekly gentle walks from 10:30 to 11:30 am with our one-of-a-kind senior living community at Volunteers of America's Montbello Manor. This is going to be a fun and dynamite opportunity to walk and chat with seniors in the Montbello community. Our purpose for these walks is to bring hope, health and community engagement into the lives of our seniors.
Walking Movement Leader: Pam Jiner is a Walk2Connect Walking Movement Leader, resident leader in Denver's Montbello community and the 2017 Organizer of the Year with GirlTrek. If you need to call me you can reach me on my cell (720.620.5735). I hope to see you there!
Meeting Location & Nearby Transit: We will meet at the Pavilion located in front of the Montbello Manor @ 4355 Carson Street. There is ample parking in the lot or on Carson Street. Dress weather appropriate. We will provide water and snacks for each walk. You can go through either side entrance to get to the courtyard.
Trip Notes:
-Bring seasonal gear for the weather and cameras for sharing photos! Use @Walk2Connect, @GirlTrek, @NETransportation and #Lifeat3MPH to share on social media.
-Kids OK if accompanied by adult.
-Restrooms are available at the Manor.
-Cancellation Policy: If in doubt about weather, call Pam below. If the weather is too cold, icy or snowy we will not be walking (for safety reasons).
Welcome Waivers: If you have not completed a Welcome Waiver this year please fill out the online Welcome Waiver or download, print, sign, and bring the waiver with you to the walk. You only need to complete one Welcome Waiver per year.
RSVP: Please RSVP by showing up or calling/email Pam below.
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5. Learn more about leading walks in your area by becoming a Walking Movement Leader
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Continue Reading ACHE Elects Michele Kidd Sutton to Council of Regents Posted By Melanie Zaffuto December 11, 2014 Media Release North Oaks Health System Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer Michele Kidd Sutton, FACHE, of Hammond, La. has been elected to serve on the Council of Regents for the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) effective March 15, 2015. As a Regent, Sutton will represent ACHE's membership in the Southeast Region of the U.S. The Council of Regents serves as the vital link ... Continue Reading Loved Ones of North Oaks Hospice Patients Decorate Memory Tree Posted By Laura Hanzo December 10, 2014 In The News North Oaks Hospice held its 22nd annual Hospice Memory Tree gathering on Thurs., Dec. 4 in the E. Brent Dufreche Conference Center in Hammond. The Memory Tree event is hosted for family members and caregivers of former patients as part of the North Oaks Hospice Bereavement Program. 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The North Oaks Pulmonary Rehabilitation program has been certified by AACVPR since 2000. The application process is voluntary and requires extensive documentation of program practices. Certified AACVPR programs are recognized ... Continue Reading Diagnostic, Patient Access and Nursing Staff Receive "Extraordinary Story" Honors November 24, 2014 In The News When word spread that a North Oaks employee had been robbed and was forced to cancel plans to celebrate the holidays with family, a group of coworkers pulled together to help in her time of need. Within 30 minutes of learning of their coworker's plight, Nuclear Medicine Supervisor Glenn Allen, Patient Transport Assistant Kimberly Cannoot, Sonographer Lapreshia Clark, Radiology Receptionist ... Continue Reading Family Medicine Physician Gayle Beyl, MD, Discusses Flu Shots Posted By Gayle Beyl, MD November 20, 2014 Audio Dr. Gayle Beyl of North Oaks Primary Care - Livingston talks about why an annual flu vaccination is the single best way to protect against the flu on KSLU 90.9 FM's "Point of View" with Rosa Dunn. Flu vaccine is available at several North Oaks Physician Group clinic locations, including North Oaks Walk-In Clinics. Click here to find a North Oaks clinic location near you. Continue Reading Dr. Theepha Thaya Joins North Oaks Pulmonology Clinic Posted By Laura Hanzo November 19, 2014 Media Release Pulmonologist Theepha Thaya, MD, has joined North Oaks Pulmonology Clinic. New patient appointments are now being scheduled. To schedule an appointment, call (985) 230-1580. Dr. Thaya is fellowship-trained in Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine through Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Sciences Center where she previously served as chief resident. She is certified by the American Board of ... Continue Reading Nurse Practitioner Erika Oliver Discusses Flu Shots on Tangi 96.5 FM Posted By Erika Oliver, NP November 14, 2014 Audio Nurse Practitioner Erika Oliver discusses why receiving a flu vaccine each year is the single best way to protect against the flu on "Health Notes" with Johnny Chauvin on Tangi 96.5 FM. Continue Reading NICU Reunion Scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 6 Posted By Melanie Zaffuto November 12, 2014 Media Release Former patients of North Oaks Medical Center 's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and their families are invited to catch up with their caregivers at the NICU Reunion on Saturday, Dec. 6. The annual event will take place from 9-11 a.m. in the E. Brent Dufreche Conference Center, located within North Oaks Diagnostic Center at 15813 Paul Vega, MD, Drive in Hammond. Click here to register. ... 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Effective Nov. 1, Dr. Duke joined Trauma Director Juan Duchesne, MD, FACS, FCCP, FCCM, in treating trauma cases involving falls, motor vehicle crashes, sports injuries and ... Continue Reading Fight Infections With Vaccinations Posted By Nanette White November 6, 2014 Community Newsletter "Prevention is key," notes Dr. Stacy Newman of North Oaks Infectious Disease Clinic. "It is much easier, and cheaper in the long run, to prevent rather than treat an infection." In addition to washing hands frequently, Dr. Newman recommends getting your vaccinations in a timely manner. By getting a vaccination, Dr. Newman emphasizes, you trick your body into thinking that ... Continue Reading Should I Go To The Emergency Room? November 5, 2014 Community Newsletter From minor accidents to major illnesses, like heart attacks or stroke, unexpected health emergencies can be stressful and overwhelming. 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This latest error in the disgraceful decade long run of Garden chairman James Dolan may have been his worst. From Isiah Thomas to Stephon Marbury to now Jeremy Lin, Dolan has made all the wrong moves en route to transforming the Knicks from contender to preverbal NBA laughing stock. Tuesday night, the Knicks foolishly waved goodbye to 23 year old point guard Jeremy Lin, as they failed to match Houston's 3 year $25.1 million offer sheet. Previously thought of as a foregone conclusion, up until the news broke on Saturday of the Raymond Felton sign and trade, the Knicks decision to bid adieu to the dynamic point guard is a shocking one. Dolan's decision is shocking in that there's no clear logical reasoning behind it. However, Dolan's mistake is not shocking at all. Why should we have expected the logical, correct decision to be made? These are the James Dolan led Knicks after all.
Headed into this off-season, the Knicks were primed to take the next step forward. They were coming off a disappointing season, but one that ended with reasons for optimism. New York won its first playoff game since the Louisiana Purchase was made in 1803. Carmelo Anthony found a coach, in Mike Woodson, that he would actually play hard for. The Knicks had found a point guard that could lead them, potentially into greatness, for the next decade. Or so we thought.
If not for Jeremy Lin, there would have been no playoffs for the Knicks last season. New York was floundering at 8-15 before Lin took over against the Nets on that faithful Saturday evening. We were introduced to Linsanity. The Linsanity run ultimately kick started New York on the road to the post season, despite the fact that Lin missed most the second half of the year with a knee injury. Lin not only improved the well being of the Knicks on the court, but his success paid mass dividends for the Knicks off the court as well. MSG stock blew through the roof while the Knicks became one of the most interesting and popular teams in the league. For an organization that loves its money, Lin was a god send. Dolan's organization had suddenly been given a virtually free pass into a largely untapped market of Asian basketball fans. Sure, Yao Ming was huge in China, but Lin took basketball in China to a different level. This was not the first overall pick having a solid NBA career. This was an un-drafted Harvard graduate doing unprecidented things on the biggest stage in basketball. Had the Knicks re-signed Lin, they would've not only had a 23 year old whirling dervish of a point guard, but an international cash cow. This wasn't good enough for James Dolan.
Having done nothing but fall flat on his face since taking the reins of Madison Square Garden, James Dolan once again made a fool of himself Tuesday night. It wasn't good enough for Lin to have made Dolan millions of dollars. It wasn't good enough for Lin to have saved the Knicks season. Dolan wasn't satisfied with Lin's potential to catapult the Knicks into an unprecedented level of overseas popularity. No, Mr. James L. Dolan, or "guitar Jim" as commonly referred to in some circles, wanted more. Dolan was unhappy that Jeremy Lin chose Montgomery Sports group. Guitar Jimmy wanted Lin to join his army of company men over at CAA, the talent agency that has unprecedented power inside the organization. That in itself is a mockery, but that is conversation for another day.
Despite Lin's completely rational decision to not join CAA, I believe Dolan would have moved past that. Neither Amar'e Stoudemire nor Tyson Chandler is a client of CAA. I think the turning point of this whole situation was when Houston changed the terms of the original offer sheet for Lin, who was a restricted free agent.
When the NBA Players Association had won their bird rights appeal in the courts, Jeremy Lin was granted with Early Bird rights. With Lin being a restricted free agent, New York had the ability to match any offer sheet he was offered by another team. Rather than offer him a 4 year $24 million contract, the Knicks told Lin to set his own market. The Houston Rockets and Lin verbally agreed to a 4 year contract, with a player option for the final year. This contract would pay Lin $10 million in each of the final two seasons, were he to opt into the 4th season. By all accounts, the Knicks were very satisfied with this deal and were more than prepared to match it. Everything was turing out according to plan for Lin and the Knicks. However, Houston then came back to Lin with a new three year $25.1 million deal that would pay him $14.8 million in year three. Having been told to set his market, Lin did what any logical business person would do; signing the new offer sheet that would garner him about $5 million more in guaranteed money and an earlier free agent status.
This development made James Dolan and company irate. Nobody double crosses James Dolan and gets away with it, except for most the other 29 teams in the league. Never-mind the fact that Dolan's Knicks have been out witted on signings and trades for the past decade, they weren't going to let Jeremy Lin double cross them. They wanted Lin to agree to the original offer sheet, something that would have made no financial sense to a player that made less than $800 thousand dollars for all his troubles last season. How dare he set his own market and make a better business decision for himself! Where was his loyalty? For it was the Knicks who claimed Lin off waivers to fill the 15th spot on the roster, with really no intention to ever play him significant minutes in a game.
Dolan's self consummated fallacy that Jeremy Lin owed the organization for his mid-season breakout onto the world wide stage is absolutely ludicrous. If anything, it was the Knicks that owed Lin. It isn't like the Knicks claimed him with the intention of ever giving him a shot to play. New York was days away from cutting Lin and signing somebody else. He got an opportunity out of sheer desperation because the team was so bad. If anything, the Knicks owed Lin the due diligence to make the best business decision for himself.
I believe Lin wanted to be back in New York, but in the end James Dolan's ego once again reigned supreme. For a man that has pulled all the wrong strings since his inception into power at Madison Square Garden, Dolan once again made a horrible decision. This wasn't about the massive luxury tax that the Knicks would have had to pay in 2014-2015, were they to pay Lin's $14.8 million salary. Dolan sleeps with that kind of money under his pillow. This wasn't about basketball reasons either, as Lin is far and away better than both Jason Kidd and Raymond Felton. Dolan was unhappy that Lin did not take Houston's original offer sheet because he felt Lin had upstaged him.
In typical James Dolan fashion, he made the completely irrational and incorrect decision. Rather than swallow his ego and make the clearly correct decision, Dolan had to flex his muscles once again and show Lin who is boss. So Lin will take his talents down to Houston while the Knicks are now stuck with 300 pound Raymond Felton and recent DUI recipient Jason Kidd.
Even if Dolan and MSG brass were unsure of Lin's potential as a basketball player, he was still worth signing. For $5 million in each of the first two years of the contract, they would have been getting good value out of Lin. Even if Lin had bombed in the first two years of the contract, the Knicks would have had an always valuable expiring contract to ship out in year three. As seen by the traded contracts of Eddy Curry, Rashard Lewis and Joe Johnson, no contract in this league is un-tradable. The Knicks could have moved Lin in year three and given themselves roster flexibility moving forward. Also, the stretch exception would have been in play with respect to Lin. New York would have had the ability to cut Lin and stretch his remaining salary out over multiple seasons. For example, the Knicks would have had the ability to cut Lin after year two of the contract and stretch his third year salary over three seasons, thus paying approximately $4.9 million a season.
Jeremy Lin was an asset. In this salary capped NBA, teams don't give away assets for free because they're not easily obtained. Many teams would kill to have their hands on 23 year old point guards that average 18 points and 8 assists. The Knicks had one, but thanks to their owner they gave him away for free.
There is no logical reason for why Jeremy Lin is a Houston Rocket today. Only with the Knicks, namely James Dolan, could such a poor decision have been made on account of such idiotic reasoning. The gravitas of this mistake cannot be understated. By letting Lin walk, the Knicks have greatly reduced their chances of contending for a championship. This decision wasn't Jeremy Lin versus somebody else, this was Jeremy Lin versus nothing. Instead of signing somebody else, the Knicks are now handcuffed due to the salary cap and do not have the ability to sign any significant assets. New York would have been in great position with Jeremy Lin as the starter along with Felton and Jason Kidd as backups. Now Felton and Kidd will have to carry the point guard load for the Knicks, which is almost as scary an idea as the Toney Douglas Hindenburg experiment from last season.
For Dolan, the sports world once again laughs directly into his face. The tyrant of Madison Square Garden reared his ugly head once again Tuesday night. Best known for his baffling loyalty to Isiah Thomas and his disgustingly poor treatment of the New York media, Dolan has added another notch on the saddle. July 17, 2012 will go down in infamy for this New York Knicks franchise. If the Knicks are unable to at least reach a championship in the next three seasons, this decision will be and should be lambasted for years to come. As for Dolan, he'll go back to bathing in cash, hiding from the media and tossing up the preverbal middle finger to the Knicks fan base.
Jeremy Lin represented the dream that Knicks fans needed. A long suffering fan base, New York Knick fans deserved the magic of Linsanity. Would he have delivered a championship? Probably not. But Jeremy Lin was a symbol of hope with this Knicks basketball team. A poorly constructed bunch, the Knicks had one potential wild card that could propel them into contender status. His name is Jeremy Lin. And thanks to James Dolan, he now plays for the Houston Rockets.
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Stick on a fake moustache. Add some glasses. Dye your hair. And perhaps pop on a hat. If you are a man – or woman - on the run in the movies then this kind of low-tech disguise is all that is needed to evade the authorities.
But, in a case of life imitating art, a similar array of tactics seems to have met with some success in the real world.
One of the more bizarre news stories of recent weeks concerns John McAfee, founder of the eponymous anti-virus software company, going on the run from the Belize police. According to his blog, McAfee disguised himself by colouring his hair and beard grey, darkening his face with shoe polish, padding his cheeks with bubble gum and stuffing his right nostril to give it - in McAfee's own words, "an awkward, lopsided, disgusting appearance".
This rather theatrical approach to disguise apparently helped McAfee observe the police going about their investigations and evade detection until he made his way to Guatemala, where he surfaced earlier this week.
But, fugitives in the future may not have it so easy. Recently, the FBI revealed plans for its Biometric Identification Tools Program, which amongst other things, aims to develop mobile facial recognition software – allowing a field agent to "access the biometric identification power of the US Government, in real time, at any point on the planet". In essence, it takes the kind of surveillance technology that is commonplace in streets, shopping centres and sports stadiums in Europe and the US, and allows it to be used anywhere in the world.
So would this kind of app succeeded in catching out McAfee? Probably not if it is based on current technology. In reality, facial recognition technology is still surprising clumsy. Some people do not need to do anything nearly as extreme as McAfee to fool facial recognition systems. In fact, they don't need to do anything at all. That's because certain faces are just too "normal" for facial recognition systems to work with, according to Jean-Luc Dugelay, a video surveillance expert at Eurecom, a French research institution. "Certain people have faces that just seem to be hard for computers to recognize," he said. "It's difficult to know why, and the faces that are hard to recognize vary from one recognition system to another. But if you have something that is close to the average face, then it will be harder for a computer system to recognize you."
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To understand why this might be, it's worth considering how most face recognition systems work. According to Anil Jain, a computer science professor at Michigan State University, they first have to work out that they are being presented with a face - a process known as face detection – and then move on to recognition and matching it with a face that is already known to the system.
Face detection usually involves detecting tell-tale "intensity signatures" of dark and light spots on an image that are typical of a human face. "Humans look for an oval for the face, with two eyes, a nose between them and a mouth beneath," Dr Jain explained. "Computers work in a different way: they don't look for physical features. Instead they may look for a horizontal pattern of dark, light dark, which corresponds to a line between the eyes."
Once a face has been detected, there are a number of techniques that can be used to recognize it. One way is to create a mathematical representation of the face - something known as a "feature vector - that is constructed from pieces of hundreds of "standard faces" in different proportions. These standard faces are known as Eigenfaces, and are themselves generated by analysing thousands of real faces using a process called principal component analysis.
The feature vector is essentially a recipe for a face that can then be used to match it against others with similar feature vectors. However, it may be that with a given set of Eigenfaces, certain human faces produce very similar feature vectors. Hence, they are "average faces" that are hard for recognition systems to tell apart.
Systems that use Eigenfaces have another flaw which stems from the fact that they need to use the whole face as part of the recognition process. That means that it may be possible to successfully disguise your face against a recognition system simply by grinning or pulling some other face, according to Dr Jain - a strategy which would be unlikely to fool a real person.
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In addition, putting a scarf over the mouth and nose, or simply wearing dark glasses could fool the system. However, this is beginning to change, says Shengcai Liao, an assistant professor at the Center for Biometrics and Security Research in Beijing, China. He says new techniques are being developed that can use information from the nose or mouth alone if the eyes are occluded, or from the eyes and eyebrows if a scarf is covering the lower part of the face. "It's not possible to recognize a fully occluded face, but we can currently recognize faces with 30% or even 50% occlusion," he said. "We have even had success performing recognition from a mouth alone - something that it would be very difficult for a human to do."
But what about other countermeasures, such as those used by McAfee, which included skin darkening, facial distortion and colouring his hair?
Consider the use of shoe polish to change the colour of the skin. This would mute the intensity signature of a face, but light hitting the contours of the face would still produce an intensity signature that would allow for face detection, according to Dr Jain.
The distortion of the cheeks and nose would also have had little success. Research into the effects of nose jobs – or rhinoplasty - on facial recognition systems carried out by Dugelay show that it has little effect on recognition rates. (Ironically ,experimental facial recognition systems that use 3D imagery and which are generally more accurate than today's 2D systems are far more easily fooled by rhinoplasty, because it alters the shape of the face in three dimensions.)
Colouring the beard and hair would also have no effect, according to Alex Kilpatrick, a facial recognition researcher at Tactical Information Systems, a Texas-based biometric systems firm. "Changing your facial hair changes your appearance to a human dramatically whilst most computer systems are only interested in the area of your face from just above your eyebrows down to your chin, so hairstyles and colouring don't matter at all. You could grow a foot-long beard and it would make no difference," he said
However, there is a sure fire way to beat current systems, he says. Humans are rather good at recognizing people from almost angle, but one of facial recognition systems' key weaknesses is that they have a hard time detecting - let alone recognizing - a face if it is not looking towards the camera, according to Dr Kilpatrick. "Absolutely the easiest thing you can do is look down at your feet," he concluded. "That won't attract much attention, but because surveillance cameras are generally mounted high up or at least at eye level, it will defeat pretty much any recognition system."
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is the only museum in the nation devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. The museum has re-opened after three years with 10 opening exhibitions featuring a rich mix of historic and contemporary design objects from our permanent collection, unique temporary installations, and dynamic interactive experiences. We also have an exciting calendar of events, including hands-on workshops, talks, and family programs.
The Museum was founded in 1897 by Sarah and Eleanor Hewitt—granddaughters of industrialist Peter Cooper—as part of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. A branch of the Smithsonian since 1967, Cooper-Hewitt is housed in the landmark Andrew Carnegie Mansion on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
The campus also includes two historic townhouses renovated with state-of-the-art conservation technology and a unique terrace and garden. Cooper Hewitt's collections include more than 217,000 design objects and a world-class design library. Its exhibitions, in-depth educational programs, and on-site, degree-granting master's program explore the process of design, both historic and contemporary. As part of its mission, Cooper Hewitt annually sponsors the National Design Awards, a prestigious program which honors innovation and excellence in American design. Together, these resources and programs reinforce Cooper Hewitt's position as the preeminent museum and educational authority for the study of design in the United States.


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July 12, 2012
Jazzing it up in July
Photo by Mark Van Horn
Jazz band "Dolly and the Governor" belts one out at Jazz in July, held Tuesday on both the Columbus and Delaware Campuses. The annual tradition brings jazz acts to perform for students, faculty, staff and the community, and is coordinated by Student Engagement and Leadership.
Columbus State will offer a new class called First Year Experience Seminar (COLS 1100) starting Fall Semester. The course, designed by a committee of faculty members with the assistance of student affairs staff, prepares students to successfully navigate the processes and procedures required to be a successful student at Columbus State.
COLS 1100 is a required course for all new Columbus State students, and has the second-largest number of students registered for a course for fall semester, so demand for faculty will be high.
Fulltime faculty members have the first option to teach this course. In order to teach COLS 1100, the faculty member must complete a mandatory training session. The training will include how to help students understand financial aid, academic advising, registration procedures, DARS degree audit, Cougar Web and more.
Fulltime faculty may register for one of these training sessions:
Wednesday July 25, 9:00- 11:30 a.m. (WD 009)
Thursday July 26, 2:00- 4:30 p.m. (WD 205)
Friday July 27, 1:00-3:30 p.m. (WD 304)
Because of the large number of students taking COLS 1100, we expect more demand than can be filled by full-time faculty alone. Adjunct faculty members who would like to teach COLS 1100 must also attend mandatory training.
Adjunct OR fulltime faculty may register for one of these training sessions:
Wednesday August 8- 2:00-4:30 p.m. (WD 304)
Thursday August 9- 9:00-11:30 a.m. (WD 202)
Tuesday August 14- 5:30-8:00 p.m. (WD 353) **evening training session
Friday August 17- 1:00-3:30 p.m. (WD 304)
Friday August 24- 9:00-11:30 p.m. (WD 202)
To register for the training session of your choice, log onto http://web.cscc.edu/is/employeetraining/course.asp?C=419. Contact Marisa Vernon, assistant director of Advising Services at ext. 2833 for more information about the COLS 1100 course.
Accreditation visit evaluators announced by HLC
Dr. George H. Johnston
Drs. Cheryl Carpenter-Davis of Metropolitan Community College in Missouri, and George Johnston of Parkland College in Illinois, will conduct the Reaffirmation of Accreditation Quality Check-up Visit September 18 - 20 at Columbus State. The two evaluators were recently named by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), the college's accrediting agency.
A total of 18 meetings are scheduled for the three-day visit. Topics will range from quality improvement initiatives to college governance, student assessment, distance learning and federal regulatory requirements.
At Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City, Dr. Carpenter is the Dean of Instruction. She has taught physical therapy at MCC-Penn Valley and the University of Kansas, and is active on the Johnson County, Mo. Drug and Alcohol Council.
Dr. Johnston is an emeritus professor of Fine and Applied Arts at Parkland College where he is the Director of Institutional Research . He also consults at the Office of Community College Research at the University of Illinois Champaign Urbana.
Since 2006, Columbus State has been a member of the HLC's Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP). Based on the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Program, AQIP promotes building an improvement culture through data collection and analysis.
Carringer to race 100 miles
Assistant Professor Paul Carringer hopes the third time is a charm in his upcoming endurance running attempt. This weekend he will take part in the annual Stroehmann Back on My Feet 20 in 24 Challenge. The event involves running for 24 hours straight over an 8.2 mile course in Philadelphia. The event raises money to assist the homeless.
Carringer's goal is to run 100 miles. He's only made it as far as 88 miles during two previous events but this year has upped his training regimen by 20 percent to meet his goal. Videographer Mark Van Horn spent a few minutes with him this week as he trained for big run at Park of Roses in Columbus.
Student Employment training sessions offered
Are you interested in hiring a student employee for Autumn Semester or interested in improving your knowledge as a student employee supervisor? Then stop by for one of three training sessions July 30 and 31, offered by the Student Employment Office. Send an RSVP email for a specific session to Clayton Gibson at firstname.lastname@example.com or call ext. 3622.If you are unable to make the scheduled times but have interest in the topic, ask for a one-on-one meeting to discuss the materials or other questions you may have. Both sessions will be held in the Rhodes Hall 232 Conference Room
Monday, July 30 -9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Program Procedures & Best Practices for Terminations and Disciplinary Issues
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Student Employment Info Session: How to post, hire, and supervise students
Tuesday, July 31- 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Improving the first week of a new hire's experience – set the stage for a successful year
Summer Quarter statistics online now
The preliminary Summer Quarter 2012 headcount and Full Time Equivalent data, as of the census date July 2, is now available online.
After record setting enrollments during Summer 2011, the Columbus State headcount stood at 18,043 paid students for Summer 2012 compared to a Summer 2011 headcount of 19,699. This represents an 8.41% decrease from a year ago. Total FTE for Summer 2012 are 10079.12 compared to 11,699.22 FTE from the Summer 2011 census day report - a 13.85% decrease. Lower average credit hours per student contributed to the larger decrease in FTE.
The Quick Glance data for Summer 2012 can be found here: (Intranet not available off campus) http://intranet.cscc.edu/ids/Headcount%20and%20FTE%20Comparisons/ Quick%20Glance%20Data%20SU12.pdf The data includes three-year census-day trends for enrollments and FTE for the College, Columbus and Delaware campuses, distance learning, and Regional Learning Centers.
Join Staff Advisory Council in fighting childhood hunger in our community
The Staff Advisory Council is collecting donations to give to the Children's Hunger Alliance for their Lunch Money for a Day program. Now through July 20, if you donate $5.00 or more, you will receive one raffle entry to win a Tiffany & Co. American Flag Crystal Paper Weight or a $10 Chipotle Gift Card.
Look for Clawdette the Cougar helping SAC collect for the campaign on campus:
July 16 -President's Office, Center for Teaching and Learning, Aquinas Hall and Eibling Hall
July 20 - Nestor Hall, Delaware Hall, DX, and Cafeteria
If you have questions about the SAC Lunch Money for a Day campaign, contact Sue Thomas, Sherita Golden , or Betty Richardson. The SAC web page can be found online here: http://www2.cscc.edu/about/sac/index.shtml .
More parking lots to be closed for painting
The following parking lots will be closed for painting on
Friday, July 13: Lots 22-S, 20-S, 25-S 30-S, 32-S
Sunday, July 15: 10-HV, 11-S, 14-S, 13-S 33-S
Warren G. Harding Symposium
America at a Crossroads: The 1920 Presidential Campaign
Our partners at the Columbus State Delaware Campus, OSU Marion, will present The Warren G. Harding Symposium, an academic, social, and cultural exploration of the life and times of America's 29th president. The symposium presents in-depth analysis and research by authors, historians, researchers, and experts on the Harding Era and related areas of interest.
The symposium is collaboration between The Ohio State University at Marion, the Ohio Historical Society, Marion Technical College, Harding Home & Memorial, and Marion County Historical Society.
The Harding Symposium will present "America at a Crossroads: The 1920 Presidential Campaign" on July 20-21. The event will explore Harding's famous Front Porch Campaign, Democrat challenger James Cox, and the impact of millions of American women exercising their right to vote for the first time. The two-day event will feature:
Wine and dessert reception at the Historic Hotel Harding;
Guided tours of the Harding Home and Museum, the Harding Tomb,
and the Marion County Historical Society;
Workshop sessions featuring noted authors and Harding researchers,
Gala Dinner and roundtable with keynote speaker
More information or to register visit: http://osumarion.osu.edu/harding or call (740)725-6340.
Shared Governance election results available
Shared Governance conducted the annual election electronically for the first time, giving many people a chance to participate in the process despite busy schedules or office locations not on the Columbus Campus. The electronic election was facilitated by Cathy Hatfield and Rosemary Gliem, Knowledge Resources and Planning Division.
Instructional Council
Arts and Sciences Division
Full-Time Faculty
Deborah Bertsch, Writing Center
Kyriakoula Drakatos, Humanities
Tracy Little, Social & Behavioral Sciences
Michael Schumacher, Psychology
Career and Technology Division
Full-Time Faculty
Elizabeth Daugherty, Business Office Applications
Zach Scott, Sports and Exercise Management
Susan Stumpp, Knowledge Resources and Planning (Grants)
Jennifer Anderson, President's Office
Sean Asbury, Public Safety
Rhonda Gurio, Information Technology
Instructional Support Council
Full-Time Department
Paul Graves, Humanities
Mary Lia Reiter, Social Sciences
Dan Zieler, Business Programs
Jeff Akers, Regional Learning Center
Bradley Beck, Business Services
ErinBeth Dower, Curriculum Management
Kim Hachet, Telephone Information Center
Barbara Jackson, Student Affairs
Anita Ruiz, Knowledge Resources and Planning
Beth Stanley, Advising Services
Debbie Strain, Business & Administrative Services
Susan Norris-Berry, Academic Affairs
Jan Ellis, Business & Administrative Services
Bradley Farmer, Procurement and Campus Services
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CBS and Time Warner Cable are expected to stay at the negotiating table over the weekend in hopes of wrapping up a new distribution deal that would keep the network on in Los Angeles, New York City and elsewhere before their self-imposed deadline of 2 p.m. Monday.
Although a blackout was averted this week by agreeing to the short-term extension that runs until Monday afternoon, neither side has indicated that a resolution is near.
The two companies are at odds over fees CBS wants Time Warner Cable to pay to carry its TV stations. The dispute applies only to television stations owned by CBS, not to all CBS affiliates. The cable channels Showtime and CBS Sports Network are also part of the dispute.
Besides New York and Los Angeles, other markets that could lose the network include Dallas.
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Each sides has been criticizing the other in ad campaigns here and elsewhere on radio and television and in the media. Time Warner has claimed that CBS is being greedy. CBS has countered that it is underpaid compared with channels that have lower ratings.
Neither has officially discussed specifics of their dispute. According to Wall Street analysts and people familiar with the situation, Time Warner Cable pays less than $1 per subscriber per month to carry CBS stations, and the network is seeking a new long-term agreement that would raise the price to about $2 in the first year and increase over the life of he contract.
A handful of powerful cable networks get more than $1 per subscriber, including ESPN, Disney Channel and TNT. In recent years, broadcast networks have aggressively sought parity on distribution fees with cable channels.
Although consumers can still get broadcast signals free with an over-the-air antenna, Congress gave TV station owners the right to charge pay-TV distributors to carry them about two decades ago.
However, is only in the last several years that broadcasters have sought fees. In the past, broadcasters used the leverage of the so-called retransmission consent rule to launch new networks. For example, Disney, which owns ABC, launched ESPN2 instead of charging distributors for its local stations. 21st Century Fox did the same thing with its cable channel FX.
Now, though, with a glut of channels and programming costs -- particularly for sports -- continuing to rise, broadcasters have started getting cash for their signals and argue that the second revenue stream is crucial for their survival.
If the CBS signal does get turned off in New York, Los Angeles and elsewhere, there probably will be a backlash against both companies not only from consumers but also from lawmakers and regulators. To date, the Federal Communications Commission has been reluctant to get involved in fights between programmers and distributors over carriage fees.
If there is a prolonged blackout, though, calls for a regulatory solution will grow louder. That may not be welcomed by either side, although Time Warner Cable is among the pay-TV distributors who have asked for retransmission consent reform.
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CBS has been very vocal with Wall Street about its confidence in driving up distribution fees for its content and appears ready to have its signal come down if it thinks that is what it will take for Time Warner Cable to meet its demands.
Conversely, Time Warner Cable probably will portray itself as standing up on behalf of its customers and pushing back against rising programming costs.
And next year, Time Warner Cable will find itself in CBS' shoes when it starts selling a new Dodger cable network at a fee likely to be far more than $2 per subscriber.
Time Warner Cable-CBS dispute heats up
CBS boss Leslie Moonves warns staff of potential blackout
CBS and Time Warner Cable take their distribution feud public
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You've seen him on CNBC's "Mad Money" and read him on TheStreet.com. Now it's your turn to ask author and former hedge fund manager Jim Cramer anything. He will join us right here on Mon. Feb. 3 at 11 am ET for a live discussion. Submit your questions via this chat window at any point between now and the chat start time. Submit as many questions as you like.
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Activists Say Key Aleppo District Comes Under Rebel Control
[An Nahar] Syria's rebels have seized a key district in the embattled northern city of Aleppo, a resident and activists told Agence
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...Capital of the last overtly fascist regime in the world...
"Rebel fighters seized total control of Sheikh Said in southern Aleppo, after troops exhausted by 48 hours of fighting withdrew from the district," one resident of the area said.
"Most neighborhood residents fled the area after rebels took control."
The takeover was a strategic victory for the rebels, as it secured a key route linking Syria's second city to its international airport.
Activists said the takeover also severed regime forces' access to a military airfield.
"Rebel fighters have seized Sheikh Said, which was the last land route linking Nayrab airport to the city," the anti-regime Aleppo Media Center said.
According to the AMC's Abu Hisham, the battle for Aleppo's airports has become a key rebel objective.
in the city on July 20, when the army launched an all-out bid to prevent a rebel onslaught on what was once the country's commercial hub.
South of Damascus, meanwhile, the army pounded the rebel enclave of Moadamiyet al-Sham on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, in a renewed effort to suppress the insurgency on the capital's doorstep.
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