How soon do you archive information?

A recent story posted only last week, is mysteriously now REALLY hard to find and has been pulled a lot sooner than most articles of a sexual nature.

The Northwest Herald has done something it shouldn't have - at least not this soon after an incident. Curiously, the report from this paper was, by far, the most accurate account of the incident. No one was misquoted - when compared to all other coverage available at the time.
We all know to what incident I refer.

For a newspaper, I say you don't archive any story until it's solved or over. This story is far from over.

But, fortunately, BAD COP NEWS has kept it running.

Are background checks enough?

Well, are they? I think not in every case. I firmly believe that even as long as 20 years ago, more than a routine or even a deep background check should be made on:

Security personnel - all levels, serving any age
Actively teaching Faculty or non-teaching faculty - teaching/advising students age17 and younger, teaching/advising students age 65 and older
Medical personnel - treating 15 years and younger, 70 years and older with additional pediatric or geriatric training as appropriate

The checks I am referring to are two types:

One type is known and used in the Television Game Show / Reality Show divisions called Level 4 (with the addition of whether or not a previous record set has been expunged - if sworn officers)
The other type would be a Wonderlic test.

Well, there you have it, all the votes are in.

In an unrelated story

The following is copied from unknownnews.org who copied it from the Galveston Daily News:

Cop gets probation for boinking 16-year-old sex assault victim
Jan. 13, 2007 Galveston Daily News

Texas City, Texas — A 10th State District Court jury Friday sentenced a former deputy constable to probation for sexually assaulting a girl, 16. Charles Cribbs, 32, befriended the girl in 2004 after members of her family asked him to help counsel her.

She had been sexually assaulted the previous year, court officials said. Instead of counseling her, Cribbs started a sexual relationship with her. The girl was able to describe Cribbs' pubic area while testifying. A friend of hers also testified to hearing the two having sex.

Testimony at the trial established that Cribbs had sex with the girl six times, including once at her home and once at the Precinct 5 Constable's Office where he worked.

Even though the girl reportedly was not forced into sex acts, Texas law holds that a person younger than 17 cannot consent to sex.

Prosecutor Kayla Allen told jurors Cribbs had abused his public trust to satisfy his prurient desires. She asked jurors to sentence him to prison. The charge carried a possible prison term of two to 20 years, as well as a fine of up to $10,000.

After the trial, jurors told attorneys they gave Cribbs probation because they felt sorry for his young daughter.

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Entirely unrelated story.

Now that I have confused you all here, a charge of harassment can only be made when there is evidence of intent, not just because you feel harassed. Are ALL of the smart Lake County lawyers now Judges? Have we lost all the smart lawyers to these judgeships?
Also, although there are articles mentioning that communicating with witnesses in a criminal case is against state law, that only applies to the parties of the case; subpoenaed witnesses of fact (not character), both counsels and their attendant firms, bailiffs outside of their normal court duties, court reporters, active and alternate jurors, media allowed to observe trials in progress for the duration of the trial (reporters outside can still ask questions and contact assigned client attorneys) - a wife not suborned does NOT count. Also, as it is against the law if you ARE a party, THAT law is NOT a Class 2 Felony charge!

Evidence of Intent to Harass IS the Class 2.

Also recently reported is a set trial date of Feb 7th (after charges). NO.

Students will forget?

Q: If you are a parent that has promised a teen a new car IF they keep their grades at a B or above by the time they're 16 and ready for a new car (with the intention you know they never will fulfill the grade), and they maintain a 3.6 avg.; will your teen accept you NOT giving them the promised car?
A: Yes, in a Dreamworld, there is a 1% chance that 1% of teens will forgive your little "joke".

Q: If you are a future NFC champ and a future possible, but 6 months ago unlikely, Superbowl prospect, and you literally promise a Local Access TV cohort a room near and tickets for said Superbowl, and later try to wriggle out of your promise, are you wrong for not manning up?
A: In a Publicity Stunted world, yes, you are perceived as a cad and should pony-up.

Q: If an apparently - at least at one time - trusted guardian of your personal safety is found and admits to an entirely (by US 2007 standards) illegal action of sex with a minor, himself being over 30, AND you are a college student, will you forget?
A: Well, that depends. Here, in this article, I am alluding. However, CLC Really Local News has discovered that the CLC Chronicle IS going to at least investigate (and then perhaps publish) at least some thing about such an incident (involved a CLC employee with a highschool-aged non-CLC student from another county (does not live in Lake County). I think college students - at least media students - do NOT forget these things, and eventually do tackle them in the "appropriate" forum.

Regarding fact reporting and sequestering: sequestering is only reserved for jury members. And, by reporting any information or handing someone a report of information to potential callable (non eye-) "character" witnesses, is clearly not a violation of federal law so the Chronicle AND CLC Radio Really Local News are legally on rock-solid ground - even for just hinting, as we think we are. It's all alleged anyway. Whatever - read on.

Recently a co-worker suggested that "students forget [this kind of thing when it doesn't happen within their immediate sphere of consciousness]..." This co-worker has said this on more than one occasion and on each has been wrong. I also disagree with any person on this issue.
In this recent case of mutually consensual "relationship" behaviour - they would also be wrong.

CLC Radio Really Local News is holding any reports of the scandal until more refutable evidence is presented by the Chronicle - because we like to poke fun at them, although last semester they made our job of poking really difficult!

But, that ain't nothin'; read the next link above and you might discover what true marital love can be all about (talk about a woman standing behind his man!):

Hooboy, College of Lake County does it again

I paste this due to another inconvenient truth; that students in a club run by students are being led down an invasive and evasive path by their advisor of non-learning a most obvious truth: the truth behind stats. Another inconvenient truth that CLC has a club that attaches itself - apparently - to ideas unsubstantiated by or based on actual recognised climate expert scientific agreement; not the "findings" of ad hoc panels formed at the behest of personal whims.

It does not matter whose idea it is to show "An Inconvenient Truth", it is an adviser's job to advise. So either the information below is included for discussion of the inconvenient truth or the better advise would be to ignore "The Inconvenient Truth" - the movie.

List of scientists opposing global warming consensus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Various surveys have been conducted to determine a scientific consensus on global warming. Only one has been conducted within the last ten years.

[edit] Oreskes, 2004

In December 2004, an article by geologist and historian of science Naomi Oreskes summarized a study of the scientific literature on climate change.^[1] The essay concluded that there is a scientific consensus on the reality of anthropogenic climate change. The author analyzed 928 abstracts of papers from refereed scientific journals between 1993 and 2003, listed with the keywords "global climate change". The abstracts were divided into six categories: explicit endorsement of the consensus position, evaluation of impacts, mitigation proposals, methods, paleoclimate analysis, and rejection of the consensus position. 75% of the abstracts were placed in the first three categories, thus either explicitly or implicitly accepting the consensus view; 25% dealt with methods or paleoclimate, thus taking no position on current anthropogenic climate change; none of the abstracts disagreed with the consensus position, which the author found to be "remarkable". It was also pointed out, "authors evaluating impacts, developing methods, or studying paleoclimatic change might believe that current climate change is natural. However, none of these papers argued that point."

The Oreskes essay in Science claiming a consensus for man-made global warming was falsified within weeks of its appearance by Appell and Peiser, leading to an embarrassing correcton from Oreskes in the same journal, admitting that she had reported a literature search based on the words 'climate change' but in fact had used the term 'global climate change'. When this literature search was repeated by Peiser it was found that only 1% of the scientific research paper abstracts for the period in question explicitly supported a man-made origin for recent climate change. http://www.staff.livjm.ac.uk/spsbpeis/Scienceletter.htm

Science curiously refused to publish further details of the falsified Oreskes work submitted by Peiser, whose own work was criticised, but this proved to be groundless as the additional confusion had actually arisen due to further sloppy reporting by Oreskes who had also failed to make it clear that her original search was on 'articles only' rather than on 'all document types'.

Peiser subsequently set out every one of the abstracts, by year, for others to see for themselves that Oreskes' survey findings were indeed false. http://www.staff.livjm.ac.uk/spsbpeis/Oreskes-abstracts.htm

This outcome hasn't prevented individuals and organisations from continuing to report, wrongly, this summarily discredited literature search as somehow supporting anthropogenic climate change.

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Pasted due to the volatile nature of the lack of reporting elsewhere.

Just in case you can't make up your own mind, try this for size in your pee-brain!

And, in some perverse twist of my own self-foisted irony, I have created a media monster in that of promoting the very thing I wished not to promote: that bull*hit movie. So, then I give you another righteous shameless plug:

Learn about Comedy at the College of Lake County

Ha! You fell for the old "sure sounds like a PR stunt to get us to sign up for a comedy class at CLC" trick. Works very time.

Sound funny? Well, on Friday, January 26th, "the first ever" night of comedy, dubbed "Lancer Laughapalooza", came to CLC with performances by Rosie Tran, Arnold Avevedo (Latino Laugh Festival) and Wyl Sylvince (HBO's Def Comedy Jam). The show was to begin at 8 p.m. in the C- 005 Auditorium. It proved, in this reporter's ears and eyes and belly, to be rather successful over the usually daunting and nerve-racking venture - even for 4 year college! But, as I hinted, the show's start would not be until 8:25pm.
Not to worry, however, as my very own finger dance kept people amused and distracted from the casual start time.
I say "usually daunting", as above, due the casual (professional) delivery of the decidedly liberal comic material - not too far afield from what you might hear at NIU or UofI at their comedy club nights these days! (Remember, back only 5 years ago Dennis Miller himself said in many interviews that playing colleges then was a sure way for even the best comic to lose his or her confidence in a barrage of conservative heckling - causing the intellectuals such as Garafalo, Miller, Miller, Martin, Rock, etc. all Liberal powerhouses to resort to dick jokes or cancellations - no joke.)
Also, like the Big Colleges, Felicia Ganther designed the night ala HBO Comedy Specials, playing her part as DJ Felli-Fell (?) while playing the talent on and off stage just like Master P do, with amusing R&B selections from her personal library. The microphone adjustments were well tuned to the room (which in comedy is either s crap-shoot or serious item on a contract rider!). The lighting suited well as both stage and audience were well lit (normal for comedy). As well the show plot was professionally done, starting with the usual suspects of Music, introducing the MC, then the "Opener', to MC, the "Middle", MC again, then the Headliner, then back to the MC (this last bit is unusual, as most MC endings following the Headliner is usually customarily a final bow of all the comics, with little rebuttal from the MC, but in this case, being amused further by him was well received).

Now to be sure, delivered was very liberal material over all at the "first ever" Lancer Laughapalooza, and there were the usual "toe dip" amount of dick jokes as well as vag jokes (hey don't bitch at us, CLC is doing presenting, "The Vagina Monologues") - but, who really cares? We sure don't care of such things here in the CLC Radio Really Local News Bed. We look forward to many more Knights of Comedy such as was the caliber of tonight' s performance. CLC is college, we are adults, and we deal with adult issues all too few in a faux PC world. Anyway, even the opener could sense when she went "too far, did I go to far?".
However, one technical thing that bothered me of the night's performance was the M.C.'s consistent plugging of the show in the following light: (paraphrasing) "Tonight is CLC's first-ever comedy night...". Well, looking at the process that would certainly ring true in comedy law. But, in comedy spirit, absolutely not true. Only 4 years ago the CLC Program Board presented Carlos Mencia in the JLC, on his way up the Brown Comedy Ladder then and hugely, now with his own show. CLC has been host to the designer of the Ministry of Silly Walks from heyday of Monty Python's American TV re-airings. We have had others in between.
So, although not The First comedian, definitely A First FULL Night of Comedy! And a good one!

BTW, if you found this article to be offensive, then good, and you better attend the CLC Theatre Department's presentation of "The Vagina Monologues" - if only to complain how "raunchy" it was, afterward! And, if you just found this article on the web - offensive or not - congratulations!
So to quote one of the talent tonight, "Hey, it's comedy, get over it!".
Yep, we're all for gettin' over and gettin' over IT.

Disclaimer: the liberal use of the words "dubbed" and "caliber" and the apparent misspelling of the word Knight in the article above are really just veiled attempts at humor: Medieval Style.

BTW, the M.C. of the night could be arguably the best comedian of the night, as with every entre to the stage, he just kept getting better. His deft use of feigning hearing, he would take what an audience member was clearly mumbling, and then twist the words to his own comic desires - soon to become our comic desire to see this comedian up on the HBO soon! His handling of hecklers was impeccable (as we know, RSVP to hecklers can always be a nail-biter).
Really, the only awkward moment was "the Opener's" comment of simulating ardor for too-young highschool-aged man-sex for her! Yipes! Sort of a local NIGHTMARE.

College of Lake County and its very near future!

Well, folks, we don't yet know which future CLC has in store for itself, nor which future will be planned just yet, but pleat many ideas and ARE underway right now to add to the FY2008 budget monies to accomplish a great many ideas. To actually DO SOMETHING GOOD, EFFICIENTLY, AND WITH A HEALTHY AMOUNT OF SKEPTICISM MIXED WITH A "COULD BE A WORSE IDEA NOT TO" DO ATTITUDE.
These ideas are being sought by decision makers down the ranks as well as by the students up through to administrators who - for the time being - look and sound like they care about the largest issue facing the Grayslake Campus to date (and for the last 15 years), its space allocation and use issues of its existing space use.
True, not everyone is currently being asked for their opinion, directly, but enough emails and press releases have borne out the same message - all employee groups as well as student groups can send their ideas (presumably easiest through emails) to those they feel will carry through those ideas into action and crucial, yet smart, spending. Of money. And time. And resources.
We'll be waiting.
And watching.
On the CLC Radio Really Local News Bed.

OK, look; we are being purposely vague and holding back any details, because:
1. our GM has already published his design ideas back in September or October of 2006, and
2. there are no details to report.

Be patient.

Credit Card: Fraud Prevention or Paranoia Presumption?

Yep. This is a long and strange trip but damn it's gonna be fun kiddies!

We found this (about irate.org) while complaining about something else (big surprise):

from

at http://www.i-rate.org/list.php

in each of the comment boxes, 1 each for each "company" listed below:

"Ripping off cc customers right & left - congress needs to take a serious look at these "companies" and fake address - although it is the addy reported by all of these Tlg* companies - vacant lot in a suburban-zoned CT area! Just use Google Earth to verify (I knew it wood eventually be good for something!)"

From the iRate.org operators:

"All local business may have ratings associated with them. Ratings are given by users of i-rate.org who share their experiences with a company so that others can benefit.

If you know the company, please contribute your own rating and comment to extend the database. "

THE BIG LIST...........(the names as listed are what appears on your credit card as a charge - usually annually and usually 99.99 USD)

Tlg Shopperadv (Watchout! This one looks as goofy as the godaddy.com website - once you are INSIDE godaddy that is)
7 Cambridge Dr

Trumbull, CT 06611


Tlg Healthsavr
7 Cambridge Dr

Trumbull, CT 06611


Tlg Complethme
7 Cambridge Dr

Trumbull, CT 06611


Tlg Privacygrd is somehow different from = (identitysecure) = ??
7 Cambridge Dr

Trumbull, CT 06611


Tlg Justforme
7 Cambridge Dr

Trumbull, CT 06611


Tlg Dineoneus
7 Cambridge Dr

Trumbull, CT 06611


Tlg Hotline = (The National Card Registry) ? AND (The National Card Registry, twice?)
7 Cambridge Dr

Trumbull, CT 06611


Tlg Autovantage
7 Cambridge Dr

Trumbull, CT 06611


Tlg Travel Adv
7 Cambridge Dr

Trumbull, CT 06611


Tlg Buyers Adv = GreatOptions = ?
7 Cambridge Dr

Trumbull, CT 06611


Tlg Greatfun
7 Cambridge Dr

Trumbull, CT 06611


Tlg CleverClubHose

PCSafetyPlus

netmarket
(and hold your nose) (Here is even a better water-boarded-down version of this CRAP)

Pet Privileges
(This one made me laugh - yet cry)

Small Business Central

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In CLC Radio's investigation, we received permission from a benefactor of CLC to include their name as their credit card had been charged by 2 (two) of the companies listed below - in just the last two months. There story is almost IDENTIcal to our benefactor's:
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff92755.htm We were able to verify that the annual charges of 99.99USD EACH were credited (our benefactor used their Chase Online system and they phoned it in, just to be sure, for verification). In addition, "one" of the companies - although they are owned by the same parent company - gave our benefactor detailed instructions how to fax a request to have ALL previous annual charges credited to their account. This could realise a credit of OVER 1200.00 for both accounts combined.

That's a lot.
We think the previous and pending lawsuits account for this wild and whacky business behaviour (sometimes called "Good Business Practices")

Tlg's REAL ADDRESS:

Trilegiant (Tlg ot TLG*xxxxxx on your credit card), 100 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06850

I dig the name: Trial Giant. Aparently they are being sued by bigger giants AND WINNING?

Google Earth Search shows:
It's just North of HWY 1 on the East side in a small (3?)-story office building. But, be careful, that's probably the law office., as most Tele-marketing companies rarely would want their real addresses "out there" just to prevent any silliness.














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I can't decide what could be harming society more: Not knowing how EASY it is for parents to understand "L33tSpeek" or bullshit companies like "TLG*make-shit-up" MAKING SHIT UP?
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FROM CONSUMERAFFAIRS.com

..."Americans didn't ask to be touched, which has led to all kinds of lawsuits and complaints, including a late-2006 settlement that will result in at least $8 million in restitution payments to angry consumers.

TLG is a spin-off of Cendant, a huge direct-marketing/membership venture that does business under such names as

AOL AutoVantage AOL Credit Alert AOL Netmarket AOL Travelers Advantage AutoVantage Buyers Advantage Citishopper Clever Clubhouse CompleteHome Credentials Services Dental Plus Group Plan Digital ProtectionPlus Dinner On Us Club Family FunSaver Club Great Fun Great Options Health Saver

Homeowners Savings Network Hot-Line Identity Secure Just For Me Macy's Hot-Line National Card Registry Netmarket OurCompleteHome.com Pet Privileges PrivacyGuard Sears Discount Travel Club Shoppers Advantage Small Business Central Today's Homeowner Values Travel ER Travelers Advantage" BitchSlapYoAsset

"Trilegiant retains a strong connection to Cendant Marketing Group, its corporate parent. Here's how Cendant describes itself:

The Cendant Marketing Group is a global leader in the membership, insurance and loyalty marketing businesses, delivering products and services that touch the lives of millions worldwide. The group is part of the Cendant Marketing Services Division, which includes Trilegiant, Progeny Marketing Innovations, Trilegiant Loyalty Solutions and Cendant International Marketing Services (Cims), and designs, develops and implements strategies and programs serving more than 100 million consumers around the world."

"In a properly ironic twist, Trilegiant hired con-man-turned-FBI consultant Frank Abagnale as its spokesman for PrivacyGuard."

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/scam_alerts/trilegiant_complaints.html

"Trilegiant
• Chase Bank, Triligent, Settle Negative Option Fraud Charges
• Inside Trilegiant's Marketing Machine
• Connecticut Sues Trilegiant
• California Sues Chase, Trilegiant
• Trilegiant Settles with Florida (Thanks, Jeb)
• About Trilegiant
• Consumer Complaints"



http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/ct_trilegiant.html

"July 12, 2005
Connecticut is suing Trilegiant for for allegedly deceiving consumers into enrolling in its many travel and affinity clubs."

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And now for something a little more serious:

Girard Gibbs, complex litigation attorneys


http://www.girardgibbs.com/consumercases.asp#sony
(well, come on, it's Digital Audio related, and that's what CLC Radio is all about)

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TRILEGIANT's companies' websites ALL use the dreaded ehg. cookies - tracking-whores of the internet.

That is why - for a short time - we have included links to all the company websites. WHY? Because we want them to KNOW it was CLC Radio that helped bring them down to Google Earth, where the rest of us work, live, and play. Go to sleep, Big Company, go to sleep..........you've worked hard and long enough. That many lawsuits would give Bill Gates a headache.

We wonder who their ISP might be:

Registrant:
Trilegiant Corporation
100 Connecticut Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06850
US

Domain Name: SHOPPERSADVANTAGE.COM

Administrative Contact:
Admin, Domain trilegiant@dglaw.com
1740 Broadway
c/o Davis & Gilbert LLP
New York, NY 10019
US
+1.2124684800 fax: +1.2124684888

Technical Contact:
Master, Host hostmaster@affiniongroup.com
40 Oakview Drive
Trumbull, CT 06611
US
+1.2034162000 fax: +1.2034167023

Record expires on 24-Jan-2007.
Record created on 23-Jan-1996.
Database last updated on 19-Dec-2006 00:47:39 EST.

Domain servers in listed order:

NS.TRILEGIANT.COM 204.155.122.66
NS2.TRILEGIANT.COM 204.155.124.66
NS3.TRILEGIANT.COM 204.155.124.67
NS4.TRILEGIANT.COM 204.155.123.69

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The above info is PUBLIC.

I'm putting in my bid for their domain names on hold - just kidding (but, should I?)

But, looking at the technical contact (http://www.affiniongroup.com/) tells us that this big company could be owned by an even bigger company (big surprise, eh?) OR perhaps all they did was build the websites seen above.
The latter is more likely and hopefully the truth behind the curtain, as:
http://www3.cybertrust.com/cert_info/certified.shtml?CERTID=070506J800#

OR mnaybe not, as:
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-13-2006/0004318616&EDATE=

OR maybe there is a little dissention in the ranks of MERGERS & ACUISITIONS?

(as if I could care) BUT HERE IS FUN - what the website USED to look like, but it's still "out there" http://www.ncci.cendant.com/
(Confused now?)

and the law department might be DG LAW? or something like it (using the Admin contact as a guide)?

http://www.dglaw.com/

(now THESE guys have a COOOOL website SPLASH page, and since they seem to be into the IP stuff, we might just STEAL their webpage code for it!) APPARENTLY this firm does it ALL - just like Sams Club!

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Well pardon my Canadian French - but why are these TrileGiant Fuck-holes still in business?

OK, I guess I'm pissed. And that was a rhetorical question!
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Now. Since most of us are all in school, here is some more CRAP to look at after you get tired of all your Chanuka presents:

FROM FORBES ARTICLE:

http://www.forbes.com/prnewswire/feeds/prnewswire/2006/10/26/prnewswire200610260900PR_NEWS_B_MWT_CL_CLTH511.html

And now back to reality:
http://www.ripoffreport.com/results.asp?q1=ALL&q4=&q6=&q3=&q2=&q7=&searchtype=0&submit2=Search!&q5=TLG+GREATFN

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Parents WARNING: Learn this new Leet-speak

More cool stuff at YourCoolProfile.com!

HEY, if you think that is bad, you - as a responsible parent - should get off y3r @ss and learn this-here Leetspeek damn quick!

Here's the link: http://www.brenz.net/l337Maker.asp (This one is Way More Elite - see what I did there, huh?)

and here's anothe one from little brother Billy Gates & Co.:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/leetspeak.mspx




(OMfG, WABOM!)

OK. Whatever. How did Leetspeek start anyway? I will tell you - it was first invented by my friend David Vanek who showed me how you could (with a TI-33) type in numbers and when you turned the unit upside down the numbers read out as "HELL" ! Wow, how frrriggin geekoid is that!

Then again, his dad worked for IBM and his dad probably showed him that trick the same day he "procured" Dave his first PP (Pocket Protector).
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CONSULT THIS!

AT CLC, the Grand Illusionists known as Sungard, have BUCKED our bandwidth deal for Internet speed-of-access.

Apparently we are now all sharing a 100mbps connection (over at least 2 OC3's - if not, more) instead of the GB connection we have enjoyed until only a week ago! This translates o 10MBps as opposed to 100MBps we were getting - and even that is a joke compared to ALL OTHER COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN ILLINOIS!

BULL, SHIT.

I know who to talk to to get either our GB back, or put Rat's office on a 28.8 modem for the rest of his limited contract here. Don't think it won't happen. You want to talk productivity? You just KILLED productivity.

Now, it looks like I am going to be here to 4am regularly instead of 2 am. Kevin's gonna LOVE that.

Thanks a lot ASSHOLE! I can't even get the meebo clients to function properly.

Do you honestly think you are saving the college money? Think about saving your contract renewal for consulting. You SHOULD have consulted with END USERS FIRST - you are NOT the end users of the Internet, anymore than an Administrator would be (and certainly less). That is the first rule of consulting: KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE.

I can't WAIT to see how pissed off the board members are going to be when they can't get remote access to CLC services in the TIMELY MANNER THEY'VE EXPECTED AND RECEIVED. Forget about Dick being able to deal with it. I mean, it's not like you are going to give them any special privlededges (ie; extra-special bandwidth) - as that would violate CLC's Ethics Policy.

You know what? Do you even have a Masters degree? You are making decisions WITHOUT consulting the people who need the bandwidth.

Distance learning?
IPTV?
Are you fuckin' kidding us?
STUDENT SELF SERVICE REGISTRATION? PEOPLESOFT - the GUI ALONE!

ORACLE BACK-END REMOTE ACCESS DATA ACQUISITIONS?

There are even more serious consequences that you have not though of - and for ethical reasons I cannot mention here. Morons of Collegis unite, and leave CLC.

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And this thought, too:

Sungard (who merged with Collegis last Summer?) uses on their website, the Looooooongest cookie I have ever seen. This alone could be an attempt at a DOS Attack!

Anyway, the cookie is certified by Omniture, a company big on webstats. Omniture also has the customer Cancer Treatment Centers of America to Improve Online Patient Care with Omniture SiteCatalyst Read more...

That is scary. And it's almost Halloween, kids!

So, with this new Slooooow speed internet access UP or DOWN load, can you just imagine how happy all of you would be if clcradio.org was hosted ON SITE at CLC?

Holy Crap, Batman! Yep. Last December 2005, there was actually a committee of the Information Technology Commission of CLC that had minutes of a meeting (AQIP allows for all open session meeting minutes to be made public - not just published) asking the question: Should CLC clubs pay outside for their websites?

My answer is YES - it's called OUT SOURCING. If the admins want so much for certain things to be out-sourced, website hosting is the MOST COMMON among outsourced things. And, yet we are actually , now, going to outsource a wall measuring 8' high by 20' long by 5" thick.

I want a tax break.

In-line Editorial

The following is the first "In-line Editorial" posted by me, Dan Prowse, unafraid. The In-line will run commentary on the most recent Press Release from College of Lake County, the first of its kind, actually. Never in the colleges history has the Faculty Orientation Speech EVER been publicly reported , let alone from "the inside". So, now that it has, I can actually comment on it. And it needs comment. The Paste:

News Releases

8.14.2006

Strategic planning process launched at staff orientation session

The College of Lake County today officially kicked-off a comprehensive strategic planning process called “Quest for the Best” at opening sessions of a fall semester orientation week program for employees.
And I know who thought of that name...bribe me!

Added 10-4-2006: MY new name for it is, "Quest for the Best - Take a Rest!" - because the whole project has been scrapped for at least a year.

The strategic planning process was authorized by the CLC board of trustees at its July 25 meeting, and the name “Quest for the Best” was selected by the trustees and leaders of college governance groups at a retreat Aug. 7.
Retreats can be fun, too!
Added 10-4-2006: Time to retreat, more.

"Quest for the Best" will engage the college in taking a comprehensive look at almost everything it does, leading to setting priorities for the next three, five and seven-plus years, according to CLC President Richard W. Fonté.
How do they put that cool ` over the 'e' - and the other direction?

Speaking at the first orientation session on Aug. 14, Fonté told employees that the college is conducting the strategic planning process “because it is simply time for it.” He cited the fact that Lake County has changed radically in the 10 years since CLC last conducted a strategic planning effort and further changes are projected for the next 10 years.
He means that literally - CLC does this Strategic Planning EVERY 10 years since it began- no real surprise here.

Added 10-4-2006: Ooops.

Fonté said that demographic changes, particularly in the northeast quadrant of Lake County, have changed the profile of the students the college serves and the community needs it must be prepared to meet.
Frankly, I don't agree with the focus of the numbers. The largest Hispanic growth has clearly been in the North WEST of Lake County over the last 20 years. I don't think anyone has even talked about that over coffee (thereby not violating the "Open Meetings Act", an Act to be sure, and always a fun oxymoron in the Real World.

Then again, perhaps I haven't done enough cursory research - I know how he gets when you don't do any research: we only have ourselves to blame.

He also indicated that the college will probably be challenged with continued declines in the percentage of funding coming from the state and with anticipating what students will need to learn in five or 10 years in a world “where technology seems to change almost in nanoseconds.”
As I was actually present, I kind of giggled in my headset when he said "nanoseconds": that's when my super asked me to shut of my mic (he doesn't like to hear grown men giggle on headsets). "Honestly, Venessa, nanoseconds. I mean...that's really, really fast, isn't it?" Fake Austin Powers quote - haha, I said Austin! I knew I could work Austin into this commentary!

To anticipate and meet future student and community needs, the college is conducting the strategic planning process, he said.

Added 10-4-2006: Yes, in the future!

“Over the next year, we’ll be looking at almost everything the college does—from academic programs to facilities needs, from technology to business practices. We’ll look at best practices, whether they are own or those of other institutions. We’ll be about the business of learning, at every level of the college,” Fonté said.
Let's just hope he doesn't "look" here! Well, as he has said, "I cannot COMMAND it to stop, I can only hope.". True, very true.
Added 10-4-2006: But, as I recall, he also said that CLC should be about the business of teaching - I am confused!

Workforce preparation issues and academic programming at the Lakeshore Campus in Waukegan and Southlake Educational Center in Vernon Hills will be included among the areas of special focus, Fonté said, emphasizing the continuing need for the college to bring high quality programs and services directly to Lake County residents, “where they live, so they can access them in a way that fits their lives.”
Shouldn't we also be looking at Wauconda/Crystal Lake/Antioch areas for growth and facilities?

Because CLC is a community college, the initiative will include broad-based community involvement by business leaders, community organizations, local advisory groups and civic leaders, among others, Fonté said, adding that the effort will also involve a goal of “100 percent involvement by employees.”
Their recent contract with Dell for our computers should make these collaborations very tedious.

Fonté stressed that the “plan to plan” — the method for conducting the strategic planning process — is still a work in progress with “not every ‘T’ crossed or ‘I’ dotted,” and he invited employees to provide feedback and guidance on the process.
And by that, we can only hope that "work in progress" stays just that - work in progress. You cannot commit to one way of planning as that notion ruins plans.

Added 10-4-2006: Not one survey or meeting has been devoted to this process of guidance - so far.

Following Fonté’s remarks, Dr. Nancy McNerney, assistant vice president for institutional effectiveness, planning and research, provided an overview of a suggested approach to conducting the strategic planning process that had been developed with input from the board of trustees, leaders of college governance groups and other employees.
Well, Mr. Carrigan, although I didn't "...give a drum solo..." for the crowd, Nancy did come up with a cute Microsoft Drummer. Hey, you have to break up the boring number crunching with something - it might as well be a drumsolo from a computer icon.*

This approach would involve faculty and staff teams in(sup) looking at a variety of issues crossing departmental lines as well as individual departments and units looking at their own operations and priorities.
Yep, units.

Community feedback would come from focus groups or open forums with community and civic groups as well as meetings with specialized audiences such as educators, industry representatives and members of the Lakeshore Campus and Southlake Educational Center advisory groups, McNerney said.
Well, that might work as long as we don't get sucked into the same mentality that was reported as present in the AQIP 9-pointer (point 9). Which points out that focus groups with area High Schools proved somewhat dismal, at least in sheer attendance. I am not suggesting that the quality was in any way shaded.

Issues addressed would include such topics as planning for the college’s future facilities' needs, academic programming at the Lakeshore Campus and Southlake Educational Center, workforce preparation, summer session programming, the freshman experience offered to students and much more.
"facilities needs"? OK, maybe when Lakeshore gets remodeled, we can look at Student Activities & Counseling & Financial Aid areas expanding. You can only "go vertical" so much! I'm not bitter, I just don't want to have to go through another Presidential Search Process so soon.

BTW, the Main Lobby Fountains of Youth look really nice. As nice as my underwear.

“Whether you’re in the English department or the payroll department,” McNerney told employees, “you’ll be asked to look at what the future holds for your area and what we should be doing to prepare.” Who doesn't do that everyday at lunch?
Not to be taken lightly - The English and Payroll departments will be the first to gather info.
Sorry, that's not right! I forgot, Nancy was talking. She was being general.

McNerney indicated, as did Fonté, that components of the strategic planning process are still a work in progress. The preliminary schedule calls for completing a draft of the college’s strategic plan in February 2007.
Again, with the "work in progress", didn't I already hammer that nail home?

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Well, wasn't that fun? I thought so. My comments were in Blue "Ink".

*Yeah, I kind of digg the fact that Mr. Carrigan puts forth effort to say hello to me in front of big CLC crowds - not that anybody would notice, nor do I care all that much for the "notoriety" - if any (none perceived) - but, that's just one more vote positive for the Board accepting any decent future proposal to license the puppy for Educational FM Broadcasting.
And of course, I am missing the point.

Due to recent policy and job description changes, Dr. Fonte is probably going to be designated the only one necessary for FM decisions to be adopted. The Board may decide to not get too involved in the first place, which is their right (IF they vote on that issue alone, first) and that kind of decision is usually sanctioned by FCC regulations regarding Educational Broadcast license holders for an educational institution, anyway.