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Police are looking for the man who robbed a Wichita fast food restaurantt wearing a wig Monday night.
It happened at about 7:30 p.m. last night at Burger King, located in the 500 block of North Oliver.
Wichita Police say a suspect entered the restaurant, jumped the counter and pulled out a box cutter. He then demanded that one of the employees empty the cash into a bag he brought with him.
A customer waiting at the drive-thru saw what was going on inside the store and called 911. No one was injured.
Officers are looking for a black man in his 40s or 50 wearing a red or brown wig underneath a black hat. He was also wearing a black jacket with gold stripes and the number 24 on the back.
He left the store in a gold four-door car with a Kansas tag, believed to be 584 EDD.
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Readers sound off on the plan to put tolls on I4
Letters to the editor
Published: May 28, 2014
Road to ruin
So let me get this straight: We have been multi-generationally taxed to pay for our interstate roads, politicians then tell whatever crony company we'll let you have x number of lanes on our tax-funded roads to collect even more fees to line your pockets with so that you can bribe us to make more deals like this in the future ("Renderings for I-4 Ultimate toll road make us want to get drunk on Sunrail," blogs.orlandoweekly.com, May 22). Sound about right? Anyone who votes for this should be tossed.
Frank Connell, via orlandoweekly.com
Your fuel tax per gallon hasn't increased since the 1990s, and vehicles are two to 10 times as fuel efficient now. Taxes have been tried to be raised with inflation to help pay for our failing infrastructure, but it's been repeatedly denied. The only alternative is to charge the people who actually use those roads. Also, this was voted in already. It's a done deal.
Rhoadrunner, via orlandoweekly.com
The entire problem with I-4 is that they keep stripping off a lane, bottlenecking it down from four to three repeatedly, with "Exit Only" exits. Widen the overpasses so that you can keep four lanes flowing constantly and I-4 would be a breeze.
Michael Davis, via orlandoweekly.com
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Lausanne, Switze...
This new dress is special to me. I loved making the printings on its back and inner bottom. More pics and a video on http://aurorasysirenas.com/
Dec 5, 2012, 08.50 PMby Irina Schwab
Fantastic shot as well. So surreal!
Dec 6, 2012, 07.29 AMby auroras-y-sirenas
Thank you so much!
Dec 5, 2012, 06.54 AMby kogogo
looks lovely! I like it.
Dec 5, 2012, 07.49 AMby auroras-y-sirenas
Thank you!
Dec 4, 2012, 09.17 PMby Mary Athey
Fab dress. The colour and shape are lovely on you.did you buy the butterfly stamp x
Dec 4, 2012, 09.27 PMby auroras-y-sirenas
Thank you, Mary! No, I carved it myself with linoleum chisels (it brought back school memories… I remember making a postcard by using this technique at school). It's easy :)
Dec 4, 2012, 10.48 PMby Mary Athey
It looks.fab. Is it a wooden block you cut.out then x
Dec 4, 2012, 11.20 PMby auroras-y-sirenas
I bought a piece of linoleum. It's much more easy to carve than wood. Here you'll find some pics of the supplies needed: http://appleturnover.tv/homemade/2012/07/linocut-carving.php
Dec 5, 2012, 06.18 AMby Mary Athey
Thanks for.that.i.ve loads.of white.jersey.i biught cheap and this would be.one.way of using some.of.it x
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Great idea! I'm looking forward to see what will come out of your hands :)
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The man who accused the voice of Elmo of having sex with him while he was underage has recanted his allegations.
According to The New York Times, which broke the story, the law firm representing the man said he and Kevin Clash had a sexual relationship but it "was an adult consensual relationship."
The Times quotes a Clash spokesman as saying that he was "relieved that this painful allegation has been put to rest. I will not discuss it further."
Sesame Workshop, the production company behind Sesame Street, said it was "pleased that this matter has been brought to a close."
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The Pussycat Dolls star Nicole Scherzinger has shot down rumors she's dating R&B star Jay Sean, insisting the pair's relationship is purely work-related. The "Buttons" hitmaker has dismissed reports she has already found a new beau following her split from British Formula 1 Grand Prix driver Lewis Hamilton in January.
And Scherzinger has even taken to Twitter.com to blast reports the British singer is her latest man. She writes, "The Jay Sean story is BS (bulls**t)... We met to speak about doing a song together, NOTHING further is going on between me and Jay Sean and never will!"
Rumor that Nicole Scherzinger and Jay Sean are having a romantic thing swirled after a source told Us Weekly that the two are dating. The source revealed that they met at the taping of the finale of NBC's "The Sing Off", saying "They exchanged [BlackBerry Messenger contact info] and since they are so busy and she was in a relationship, they kept in touch via BBM over the holidays and were just able to finally meet up in Miami a few weeks ago. He went down to rehearse and meet up with her."


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A Doctor of Pathology from Martha Jefferson Hospital is focusing on hair now.
Dr. Laura Spinelli has been chosen as Virginia's Ambassador for Pantene's Beautiful Lengths program. It encourages people to grow, cut and donate their hair to create wigs for women who have lost their hair because of chemotherapy. Dr. Spinelli did just that on Thursday.
"I think it is empowering to cancer patients that there are people across the country who care about them who don't even know them. I think that that would be meaningful to them," Dr. Spinelli explained.
A recent study shows most women consider hair loss to be the most dreaded side effect of chemotherapy.
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Jets win
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Home game
Circle the wagons because of Revis injury
Rex reaches into the bag of tricks
Keller back
They get out early and don't look back........
Jets win
I will say this is traditionally the type of game the Jets do win: when no one expects them to. That said, I think we lose by 2 TDs: 27-13.
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Not a chance in hell. The Niners are a great team. The Jets suck in every facet of the game. Offense, defense, and special teams are all frauds.
I think the final score will be something like 27-0 Niners. Maybe 31-0?
No, but it won't be a blow out like some predict. San Fran is not a great team, like some insist, very good, but they have areas of concern. Injuries are not helping the Jets at all.
This was the easiest call in the history of sports. Never a chance.


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Em loves this kind of stuff. In "Under the Influence", he raps, "I light a candle and place it up on the mantle / Grab a knife by the blade and stab you with the fucking handle"
A "Sawed off" is a shotgun that someone trimmed the barrel on to make it smaller, lighter, and more concealable (popular with 1930's gangsters). Crazy-shady dropped the gun and beat you with the barrel piece he cut off of his shotty
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• Tape (regular masking tape)
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1. Bend your straws!
2. Cover with tape!
Next, I completely covered up my bottle and legs with regular masking tape. After everything was covered with a base layer of tape I covered my entire spider again with a billion pieces of masking tape that I carefully ripped by hand into small scales, overlaying each one on top off the previous one. This created a incredible scaly bug look, but be forewarned...it took forever!
3. Make your eyebrows!
To make the eyebrow/head part of my spider I simply wadded up some tape and molded it to make the shape I liked. This is one of my most closely guarded secrets! When you wad up masking tape, you can shape it like clay.
4. Finish your eyebrows!
Then I simply covered my eyebrow/head with a finished layer of tape and taped it onto the front of my spider... or should I say to the bottom of my bottle?
5.Make your fangs!
I ended up making my spider fangs by twisting and wrapping a bunch of tape. You could make yours by twisting some paper into a point and covering it up with tape.
6. Attach your fangs!
After I attached my legs and fangs to the main body I spent quite a bit of time coloring my spider with some permanent markers. This is where you could get really creative. Maybe you could paint it all black? After seeing my son's soap box spider, I made eight eyes and attached them, making them look like they are looking in all different directions. VOILA! A spooky water bottle spider just in time for halloween.


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Pillsbury House Theatre's "Late Nite Series: Non English Speaking Spoken Here" will return on Nov. 8, 15, and 22. The annual celebration of new work, now in its 17th year, will feature a unique lineup comprising emerging artists from Minnesota and New York.
This blog post was generated by Bree Sieplinga, Associate Director Upstream Arts. Upstream Arts is a primary partner organization helping drive the Arts on Chicago initiative. We feel strongly that her very personal account of recent events in our neighborhood speaks powerfully to the important role the arts and artists serve in promoting a neighborhood identity and sense of ownership.
Two weeks ago, I was reading on my couch when I heard gunshots close to my house. Then there were police sirens, yelling and more shots, as it became apparent that the police and someone else were exchanging gunfire. I moved to the middle of my house until the gunfire stopped and then looked out the window to see that a man was down in our alley and the whole block was being roped off as a crime scene. The police were searching my neighbor's back yard for a weapon and shells, and I realized how close the shots had come to my 4 year old son's bedroom window.
When my husband, son and I moved to Powderhorn, near the intersection of 38th and Chicago, we were aware that according to some people, the neighborhood had a bad reputation. But when we walked the streets, talked with our neighbors, and stopped in corner stores, that narrative of an unsafe, blighted neighborhood did not ring true. We felt drawn to the neighborhood. We felt at home.
But the shooting behind our house gave us pause. I recently read an article about how scientists have discovered that the brain has a negativity bias . It remembers, stores and reacts more strongly to negative experiences, while it more quickly forgets positive ones, even when the positive experiences far outweigh the negative. This one negative experience of a crime near to my house was threatening to override and obscure all the positive feelings I had about my neighborhood. It was making me wonder if the old narrative of a violent, blighted neighborhood was actually true.
The Saturday after the shooting, Arts on Chicago had its launch party just across the street from where the shooting had occurred. Arts on Chicago is a collection of 20 different arts projects that will happen on and around Chicago Avenue over the next year and that will be carried out by artists that live and work in the neighborhood. My husband and I had planned on going to the party, but our babysitter fell through and we were resigned to stay in for the evening. But at around nine at night, after reflecting on the events of the week, we realized that we both needed to make peace with the neighborhood. We called a neighbor and asked her to come over to babysit and at 9:15 were out the door and at the Arts on Chicago party.
At the event, we learned about all of the arts projects that were going to happen in our neighborhood in the coming year. And crucially, the event gave us a space and time to connect with other people who live and work in this community. I met Forrest, one of the artists involved, and realized that his daughter goes to preschool with my son down the street at Urban Arts Academy. I met Jerry, someone I had seen around the neighborhood but never met. He had recently displayed his amazing sports memorabilia collection at Blue Ox Coffee shop, and we had a long talk with him about the heartbreak of being a Chicago Cubs fan. I met Jenny, who lives around the corner from me and is involved in the Eye Site project; I agreed to have her and two other artists paint a glow in the dark mural on my garage. And when Dylan, another artist, asked me to tell him a story about living in the neighborhood, I did not tell him the story of the shooting that should have been the most fresh in my mind. Instead I told him of how when we moved into our house, our neighbors– some of them who have lived on our block for over 30 years–stopped by to tell us stories about our house and the neighborhood. They told us that 6 children had been raised in our small house, that once there was a neighborhood party in our backyard of over 100 people, and that there had been ups and downs in the neighborhood, but that they had never thought about leaving because this was their home. The promise and potential of Arts on Chicago is not only that it will create new narratives about this neighborhood, but that it will bring to light the rich history of this neighborhood often obscured by negative stories. An influx of artistic creativity will not solve all of the problems of this neighborhood, but it will bring us out of our houses on a Saturday night to talk to one another. And the next time we hear a story about another crime committed or about how unsafe the neighborhood is, the signs, murals, exhibitions and photos will remind us that no single story can capture or contain this place.
Bree Sieplinga, Associate Director Upstream Arts
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Carodan Farm is pleased to once again host
the KnitXperience, A Knitters Retreat, at Graves Mountain Lodge.
Friday, November 7th - Sunday, November 9th, 2014
Needle Felt Animals with Sharon Costello
Our Knitters Retreat weekend at Graves Mountain Lodge promises new friends, catching up with friends from previous retreats and a wonderful introduction to needle felting with Sharon Costello, an experienced felter. You'll get hooked on making these little animals once you learn the process.
Sharon Costello started as a fiber srtist in the mid 80's with a small flock of sheep and a love of creative experimentation. She has been a full time, professional feltmaker since 1995. She is well known for her prize winning needle felted art dolls and felted vessels. This weekend she will be sharing her knowledge of creating miniature animals using only wool fiber and a felting needle.
Graves Mountain Lodge is a family-owned and operated rustic mountain retreat well known for its down home hospitality, not to mention all the home-cooked food you can eat. You will delight in waking to a view of the Blue Ridge Mountains that is without equal. Family members that come along can take advantage of the beautiful surroundings and go for hikes or fishing in the mountain streams, as well as finding the antique malls not too far away.
As in past years, we will have all of Popular Lodge to ourselves, complete with conference room for our workshops, kitchen and individual rooms for lodging. Porches that overlook the valley and trails by the Rose River add to the whole weekend picture.
Saturday will find us busy forming our little bunny and learning how to handle the felting needles. Learn to sculpt these miniature animals using only wool fiber and a felting needle. In this class you will learn all the basics of sculptural needle felting...how to select fiber, what felting needles are best for different stages of your project, how to create various shapes and get smooth, firm results. In our morning session we will learn how to handle the wool to create basic oval, tubular and triangular forms while making a charming rabbit.
Once you've got the basics we will move on (in the afternoon and following day) to sculpting a dog. Here we will learn how to use a wire armature and create more defined anatomical forms as well as detailing eyes, ears, noses and mouths. Once you have finished you will have all the skills you need to sculpt any animal you can think of!
Saturday evening Sharon will talk about her felt projects in Guatemala and Mongolia where she is working with indigenous women through Mayan Hands and the Snow Leopard Trust.
As always Carodan Farm will offer an opportunity for you to view their new fall yarns as well as the Chincoteague Colors yarns that we dye ourselves. What's the new color for this fall just for KnitXperience 2014?
The Retreat will end with Sunday dinner.
Join us for this year's KnitXperience, the place to kick back and relax, meet up with friends and make new ones.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Singer Dolly Parton was slightly injured on Monday when the SUV she was riding in as a passenger was hit by a car, police said, but the country music star posted on Facebook that she was fine and resting at home.
Parton, 67, was riding as a passenger in the front seat of a Nissan Xterra that was in a collision with another vehicle, Nashville police said.
"Parton received minor injuries," the Nashville Police Department said in a statement.
Police said the driver of the other car failed to yield. The two drivers and Parton were taken to local hospitals for treatment, but none of the injuries appeared to be serious, police added.
Parton was quick to dispel concern from fans about her condition, posting on Facebook: "I was in a fender bender this morning, here in Nashville. But I am all good ...Just a little tired and sore, resting at home."
Parton, a long-time member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, is best known for songs such as "Jolene," "9 to 5" and "I Will Always Love You."
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Watsonville Man Dies in Two Motorcycle, Car Collision- 11/16/14 15:30 P.M.D.
A collision involving two motorcycles and an SUV left a Watsonville man dead on Saturday. The accident happened at about 1:10 p.m. on the 1600 block of Soquel San Jose Road. A northbound SUV being followed by two motorcyclists, stopped to make a left hand turn, one of the motorcycles attempted to pass the turning vehicle , crashed into the SUV and was pinned under it. The 29-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. The second rider was thrown from his bike after colliding with first motorcycle. He received minor injuries.


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Sunday's Inactives Give Several Vikings Youngsters A LookPosted by on October 30, 2011 – 9:35 am
The inactive list and several other circumstances leading up to today's game will give several young Vikings players plenty of playing time. Let's take a look at a few of them…
QB Christian Ponder – He'll be making his 2nd consecutive start today after a good debut showing last week against the Green Bay Packers. Ponder will go head-to-head against another rookie QB in Cam Newton, who is far and away the NFL's most sensational first-year player. Today marks the first time in franchise history that the Vikings and their opponent will both start rookies at QB.
WR Stephen Burton – When Bernard Berrian was released earlier in the week, it was Burton who was promoted to the active roster. Not only is he on the 53-man roster, he's active today and it looks like he could get a look at kickoff returner with Lorenzo Booker among the inactives.
CBs Asher Allen, Brandon Burton and Marcus Sherels – These 3 youngsters will see significant action today with Antoine Winfield inactive (neck) and Chris Cook on a leave of absence from the team. This will be Burton's 3rd game on the active roster, Allen will get the start opposite Cedric Griffin and Sherels will be on the field whenever the Vikings are in their nickel defense.
Tags: Asher Allen, Brandon Burton, Christian Ponder, Marcus Sherels, Stephen Burton
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Will Camarillo's Role Increase?Posted by on October 26, 2011 – 9:28 am
The Vikings acquired Greg Camarillo from the Miami Dolphins roughly two weeks prior to the start of the 2010 regular season. Camarillo's primary contribution last season was as the team's punt returner, where he fielded 39 returns without a single fumble. He's been an occasional contributor in the Vikings passing game, collecting 20 receptions in 2010 and 3 more so far this year.
Camarillo's role diminished some early this season. He was active in Week 1 but inactive for the next 3 games, largely because Marcus Sherels has handled punt return duties this season. But here have been three developments with the Vikings recently that have caused me to wonder if Camarillo will have a more prominent role with the team going forward.
First, the Vikings are now down a receiver with the release of Bernard Berrian. With Berrian now out of the mix, Percy Harvin and Michael Jenkins become the primary receivers with Devin Aromashodu as the third option. That elevates Camarillo into the regular WR rotation and likely ensures that he'll be active on a weekly basis.
Secondly, rookie Christian Ponder is now the starting QB and I believe Camarillo's craftiness and 6 seasons of experience make him a natural safety blanket for a young QB. Case and point is last week's game against the Packers, where Camarillo consistently wiggled open after Ponder bought time in and out of the pocket. Both of Camarillo's receptions last week came on 3rd and long plays, where Ponder needed a bailout reception.
"There were a couple times when a route was called and things break down a little bit and Christian runs around and he (Camarillo) ends up uncovering, and part of it is due to his experience and just his wherewithal and his understanding of coverages," Vikings Head Coach Leslie Frazier said. "It's something a veteran receiver would do and he ended up making some big plays for us."
Lastly, Camarillo could be called upon once again to contribute as a punt returner. Don't get me wrong, Sherels has done a fine job as a returner. His 12.8-yard average per return is 6th best in the NFL right now. Where Camarillo would help the Vikings as a punt returner is when the opponent is trying to land a punt inside the 20. Sherels has made a few errors in this area of the field by either fielding a punt too close to the end zone or letting a punt hit the ground and be downed by the opposing team deep in Vikings territory. With Camarillo's sure-handedness and experience in the punt return game, I think he's less likely to make these errors and therefore could be implemented as a "pinch hitting" punt returner at the appropriate time.
All of this combined with something Frazier said about Camarillo (quote is below) on Monday leads me to the opinion that Camarillo should become more involved in the Vikings game play on a weekly basis. We'll see if it happens beginning this week in Carolina and then coming out of next week's bye. I'll leave you with a complimentary statement from the Vikings Head Coach on Camarillo.
"When you get to know Greg, he is one of those guys that are a true professional," Frazier said. "He comes prepared everyday to work. He is very studious when it comes to what he has to get done in the classroom and preparation before practices. He works extremely hard and he is the same way when it comes to preparing for games on Sundays. You go to bed on Saturday night thinking you may not be active and then all of a sudden you are active and he doesn't miss a beat. He goes out and plays an excellent game for us. He is where he is supposed to be, he makes a lot of great catches. That's who Greg Camarillo is; he's a pro in every sense of the word."
Tags: Christian Ponder, Greg Camarillo, Leslie Frazier, Marcus Sherels
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Vikings Secondary Is Prepared If Winfield Can't GoPosted by on October 14, 2011 – 1:26 pm
Immediate reaction following last Sunday's win over the Arizona Cardinals was that the young Vikings secondary, which played without Pro Bowler Antoine Winfield, stepped up in a big way. And Vikings Head Coach Leslie Frazier shared a similar reaction after the game.
"They came up big for us today," Frazier said in his post-game press conference. "Great to see Asher step up, great to see Jamarca step up. Chris Cook seems like he's getting better every week. We all know there are big-time receivers every week in our league, and I haven't seen him bat his eyes yet. He just continues to improve."
With Winfield unavailable and fellow starter Cedric Griffin sidelined for the first series, Allen and Cook stepped into the starting lineup. And since Arizona had 3 WRs on the first offensive snap, Marcus Sherels also got the start. That means on the first offensive snap of the game, the Vikings 3 starting CBs had an average age of 23 years and average NFL playing experience of 2 seasons.
Even when Griffin returned to the lineup, the secondary was still youthful. But they played like veterans and were a huge reason the defense allowed just 10 points to Larry Fitzgerald and Co.
The Vikings may need a similar effort from that group this week when they travel to Chicago. Winfield didn't practice all week and he's listed as doubtful for the game.
"That was extremely encouraging, watching both of those guys compete the way they did," Frazier said of Allen and Cook on Friday. "We feel like we should be in pretty good shape. With Antoine (out), you miss something from a tackling standpoint, leadership, and all the intangibles he brings. But both Asher and Chris, they're showing they're really coming along, which is great for our team."
Tags: Antoine Winfield, Asher Allen, Chris Cook, Leslie Frazier, Marcus Sherels
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Emptying Out The Vikings-Cardinals NotebookPosted by on October 11, 2011 – 7:49 pm
Before we turn our full attention to this weekend's matchup against the Chicago Bears on Sunday Night Football, let's empty out the notebook from last Sunday's 34-10 victory over the Arizona Cardinals…
Harvin is good at everything
We discussed last week that Percy Harvin has been delivering for the Vikings offense both on the ground and through the air. On Sunday he also delivered in the run blocking game.
"The way he blocked yesterday, was incredible to the point where he is going to receive a game ball for that," Vikings Head Coach Leslie Frazier said on Monday. "He didn't have the big numbers from a catching standpoint, but the things he did, in blocking for Adrian Peterson, Adrian had a great day, but some of those things wouldn't have occurred without Percy."
Harvin had a key block against Cardinals S Adrian Wilson to set Peterson free for a 24-yard TD dash to make the score 14-0 midway through the 1st quarter.
"It doesn't show up in the stat sheet, but you talk about being an unselfish player, he is a star player, but he is going in there, taking out linebackers, taking out safeties and some of these plays were designed for him to do just that. He never complained, when you watch him block you say 'man is he a wide receiver or is he an offensive lineman?' He did such a great job for us."
Sherels solid in punt return role
Marcus Sherels was among the group of young DBs who stepped up to contain Cardinals WR Larry Fitzgerald. But he also made important contributions in the punt return game, something he's been doing for all of the 2011 season. Sherels is averaging 15.2 yards per punt return on the season, which ranks him 5th in the NFL. On Sunday he had 2 returns for 45 yards (22.5 yards per return), including a 22-yard return from the Arizona 40 to the Arizona 22 that set up a Peterson TD 4 plays later.
Winfield "day-to-day"
An outstanding effort from the young Vikings secondary kept Arizona's passing attack in check with CB Antoine Winfield on the sideline because of a neck injury. But the Vikings don't want to get too used to playing without Winfield. There's no denying the defense is better and the secondary deeper with Winfield in the game.
It sounds like Winfield's status will be tenuous again this week, but it also sounds like he's improving.
"We are hoping to get him back," Frazier said Monday. "We will learn more as the week goes on, but I know he is getting better. I was talking to our trainers today and he is making progress, but it is kind of day-to-day."
Fantastic Fans
Fans who attended the game deserve credit. They came out to support a winless football team and they were a big reason why that winless team is no longer winless. The Vikings defense played lights out, especially early in the game, and the defense and home crowd fed off of each other. The result was a great environment for the home team, and an impossible environment for the visitors. Arizona's offense had trouble operating, and the main beneficiaries were DEs Jared Allen and Brian Robison, who each had 2.0 sacks.
"Our fans were terrific today," Frazier said right after the game. "They always have been. I think our players really appreciated the noise they created that made it very difficult for the Arizona Cardinals football team. I've always told our players, I really believe we have the best fans in the National Football League and I thought it was evidenced today. It was on display."
Tags: Antoine Winfield, Leslie Frazier, Marcus Sherels, Percy Harvin
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Young Vikings Secondary Rises To ChallengePosted by on October 9, 2011 – 3:47 pm
We said it before Sunday's game against the Arizona Cardinals began: with star CB Antoine Winfield unavailable due to a neck injury, the young Vikings secondary had to step up.
And they did.
With Winfield out and Cedric Griffin benched for the first series, the Vikings ran out Asher Allen (23 years old, 3rd season) and Chris Cook (24-2) as their starters at CB. On the game's first snap, the Vikings had their nickel package on the field, with Marcus Sherels (23-1) being the 3rd CB. Do the math, and you've got a group of CBs with an average age of 23.3 years and an average experience level of 2 seasons.
But that didn't stop the group from playing well. Arizona was forced into a 3-and-out on their first series, and then with Griffin back in the fold, the secondary continued to play well. Allen grabbed an INT in the 1st quarter, and after the first two quarters of play, Cardinals QB Kevin Kolb had completed just half of his 22 pass attempts for 104 yards and he had a passer rating of only 44.5.
Star WR Larry Fitzgerald was held in check, too, as he finished the game with 6 receptions for 44 yards and, most importantly, no TDs.
"They came up big for us today," Vikings Head Coach Leslie Frazier said. "Great to see Asher step up, great to see Jamarca step up. Chris Cook seems like he's getting better every week. We all know there are big-time receivers every week in our league, and I haven't seen him bat his eyes yet. He just continues to improve."
In total, Kolb was 21 of 42 for 232 yards with 0 TDs and 2 INTs; backup QB Richard Bartel was 2 of 6 for 22 yards with 0 TDs and 1 INT. Coming into the game, Kolb was averaging 8.1 yards per pass attempt. On Sunday against a youthful Vikings secondary, Kolb averaged just 4.1 yards per pass and he was unable to find the end zone for the second consecutive week.
The bottom line is the Vikings secondary is a group that has been much maligned recently. Some of that criticism was warranted, and I'm sure some of it wasn't. But after Sunday's performance, there's nothing but positives to take away from this group. And it's a group that will only get better and gain more confidence once Winfield can return to action.
Tags: Antoine Winfield, Asher Allen, Cedric Griffin, Chris Cook, Jamarca Sanford, Leslie Frazier, Marcus Sherels
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Peterson, Vikings Defense Run Over Cardinals In 34-10 VictoryPosted by on October 9, 2011 – 3:18 pm
Leslie Frazier earned his first victory as Vikings Head Coach on Sunday at Mall of America Field, as his team ran over the Arizona Cardinals to log a 34-10 win. And the Vikings did it the old fashioned way, with a relentless rushing attack and a punishing defensive effort that yielded only 3.8 yards per play and produced 4 turnovers.
The best RB in the NFL looked the part on Sunday, as the Vikings used three Adrian Peterson rushing TDs in the 1st quarter, along with a TD scamper by QB Donovan McNabb and a suffocating performance by the Vikings defense, to build a 28-0 lead before the 1st quarter came to a close. Arizona got on the board with a 2nd-quarter FG and then tacked on a TD in the 3rd quarter, but a rock-solid defensive effort, a commitment to the running game and two FGs by Ryan Longwell in the 2nd half helped the Vikings salt away their first victory of the season.
With a sold-out Mall of America Field crowd behind them, the Vikings defense played lights out for most of the game. But they were particularly sensational in the early going, forcing the following outcomes on Arizona's first 6 drives: punt, punt, INT, fumble, punt, punt. There was a trio of three-and-out drives, and the Vikings converted both turnovers into TDs. Peterson scored from 4 yards out after the second Arizona punt and then dashed in from 24 yards out just one play after the INT. McNabb scampered in from 4 yards out after the fumble and then Peterson tallied his third rushing score of the day late in the 1st quarter after yet another Arizona punt.
All told in the 1st quarter, the Vikings scored 28 points, outgained Arizona 108-53, forced two turnovers and had an average drive start at the Arizona 40. Meanwhile, the Cardinals average drive start was their own 18, they converted zero of four 3rd-down attempts and they had nearly as many sacks and turnovers (3) as pass completions (4).
With CB Antoine Winfield sidelined because of a neck injury, it was imperative that the young Vikings secondary step up. And they did. Asher Allen grabbed the 1st quarter-INT, while S Jamarca Sanford collected two of his own to close out the game. The rest of the Vikings secondary played well also, as star WR Larry Fitzgerald was held in check with just 4 receptions for 66 yards. QB Kevin Kolb completed just 21 of 42 attempts for 232 yards with 0 TDs and 2 INTs; backup QB Richard Bartel threw the 3rd INT.
Aiding the young secondary in their effort was a tremendous pass rush, paced once again by perennial Pro Bowler Jared Allen, who had a pair of sacks. Fellow starting DE Brian Robison also had 2.0 sacks on the day, and now the duo has combined for 13.0 sacks this season – Allen has 8.5 and Robison has 4.5.
The Vikings special teams group deserves a nod, too, as they generated an average starting field position for the offense of the MN 42, while creating an average starting field position for Arizona of their own 24. Marcus Sherels had 45 punt return yards on just 2 tries, while P Chris Kluwe allowed zero returns in 4 punts and had two of his punts downed inside the 20, one of which was downed at the Arizona 3. K Ryan Longwell was 4 of 4 on PATs, 2 of 3 on FG tries (including a 53-yarder in the 4th quarter) and had two touchbacks.
The win improves the Vikings to 1-4 on the season and it gets them moving in the right direction as they embark on a road trip to Chicago next weekend and then return home for a date with the Green Bay Packers.
Tags: Adrian Peterson, Asher Allen, Brian Robison, Chris Kluwe, Donovan McNabb, Jamarca Sanford, Jared Allen, Leslie Frazier, Marcus Sherels, Ryan Longwell
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With Winfield Down, Asher Allen & Chris Cook Must Step UpPosted by on October 9, 2011 – 9:37 am
One of the Vikings best defensive players – CB Antoine Winfield – will not play today against the Arizona Cardinals because of a neck injury suffered in last week's game against Kansas City. As the Vikings get ready to kick it off against a Cardinals team that features arguably the NFL's best WR in Larry Fitzgerald, a pair of young CBs must step up in Winfield's absence.
Those young CBs are Asher Allen and Chris Cook. Expect Cook to play almost exclusively on the outside, while Allen will likely play a lot of the nickel CB snaps over the slot receiver that Winfield usually handles. Also, this could mean added playing time for Marcus Sherels.
Earlier this week, Vikings Head Coach Leslie Frazier was asked about the possibility of Winfield not playing and what that would mean for Allen.
"He's had a good two days of practice here," Frazier said on Thursday. "He's practicing as if he's going to have to play, which is the right attitude to take because it may very well turn out to be that way."
As for replacing Winfield, Frazier knows you can't really replace a player of his ability with just a few days' notice. With that said, Frazier does expect the guys who are on the field to step up and held the defense contribute to a victory.
"Antoine is a hard guy to replace," Frazier acknowledged. "He does so many things for us. Even the play that he got injured on, he's making a tackle that a lot of guys in the secondary might not be able to make in our league. The first play of the game they (Kansas City) ran to his side and I was surprised they did. And he tackled the back in the backfield, blows up a tackle for a loss or a zero gain.
"So it's hard to replace that at the corner position, but you'll have someone in there who will do a good job, but it's not Antoine Winfield."
Tags: Antoine Winfield, Asher Allen, Chris Cook, Leslie Frazier, Marcus Sherels
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Sherels Shines With Long Punt ReturnPosted by on September 26, 2011 – 1:27 pm
During every training camp young players – often times undrafted players, too – stand out in practice and then perform well in a preseason games, and they do it to such an extent that they end up challenging for a spot on the 53-man roster. One example of that from this year's training camp was CB Marcus Sherels.
Whether it be in 7-on-7 passing drills or even full team portions of practice, Sherels seemed to be around the ball a lot and whenever he got his hands on it, he made a play. Then in the Vikings preseason game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sherels grabbed an INT and returned it 64 yards for a TD. That play cemented Sherels' status as an "up and comer" on the Vikings roster and, ultimately, Sherels did in fact make the final roster.
On Sunday against the Lions, Sherels proved that he's more than a training camp or preseason standout. He can make a difference in the regular season, too.
Late in the 1st half with the Vikings holding a 13-0 advantage, the Lions offense was forced off the field and into a punting situation. Sherels fielded the punt at the Minnesota 21-yardline. He then proceeded to dance around and dart through the Lions punt coverage team and raced deep into Lions territory, where P Ryan Donahue grabbed his facemask and slowed him enough to let Maurice Stovall bring him down on the Detroit 26.
The end result was a 53-yard punt return that put the Vikings in position to score a TD three plays later and take a 20-0 lead into the locker room at halftime. Obviously the Vikings went on to lose the lead and lose the game, but the point is that play by Sherels represented another step forward in his development as an NFL player. Oh, and for what it's worth, Sherels added a pair of special teams tackles to his effort on Sunday.
With the Vikings making the commitment to pay big contracts to star players such as Chad Greenway and Adrian Peterson, it's great to see the scouting staff find players such as Sherels and it's even greater to see a player such as Sherels deliver on the promise we saw in the preseason.
Tags: Marcus Sherels
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All Hands On Deck For Battle Against LionsPosted by on September 25, 2011 – 6:39 am
The Vikings are at 0-2 after a pair of tale-of-two-halves losses to begin the season and today they have an NFC North matchup against the 2-0 Detroit Lions. On many different levels, this is a big game for the Vikings.
The good news is it looks like the Vikings will have all hands on deck for today's battle.
The Vikings had 8 players listed on the Friday injury report, but 7 of them were given the "probable" designation and just 1 was "questionable." CB Chris Cook is listed as questionable with a groin injury, but Vikings Head Coach Leslie Frazier said he made it through the week just fine and should be good to go for today.
A pair of starting defensive linemen – Jared Allen and Kevin Williams – were on the injury report, with Allen feeling soreness in his shoulder and Williams still dealing with a foot injury. Both players are probable for the game, and Williams was a full participant in practice all week while Allen was limited on Wednesday but was a full participant on Thursday and Friday.
WRs Percy Harvin and Michael Jenkins should both be good to go. Harvin missed Thursday's practice with an illness but was back at full strength on Friday, while Jenkins is listed with a groin injury but didn't miss any practice over the week.
The other 3 players listed were LB E.J. Henderson (knee) and CBs Asher Allen (toe) and Marcus Sherels (chest). Allen and Sherels both finished the week as full participants in practice and Henderson, who was limited all week in practice, is expected to play and start today.
Tags: Asher Allen, Chris Cook, E.J. Henderson, Jared Allen, Kevin Williams, Marcus Sherels, Michael Jenkins, Percy Harvin
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Community Tuesday: Vikings Help Contribute $200K To Local SchoolPosted by on September 13, 2011 – 12:36 pm
The Vikings don't have practice on Tuesday, but many of them will be working on a football field anyway. Several Vikings players will join Vikings Executive Director of Community Relations/Youth Football Brad Madson, Viktor the Viking, the Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders and other members of the organization to celebrate a $200,000 investment into the refurbishment of Washburn High School's MacQuarrie Field.
The $200,000 donation comes from the Vikings in partnership with the NFL and LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation) as part of an NFL Grassroots program grant. The money will be used to replace the natural field at Washburn High's MacQuarrie Field with synthetic turf as part of Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) 'Team Up For Turf' campaign, a commitment to raise $2.2 million to convert the athletic fields at Washburn and Henry high schools to state-of-the-art synthetic turf fields.
Vikings players who will take part in the ceremony include Everson Griffen, E.J. Henderson, Marcus Sherels and John Sullivan. Also participating in today's event will be Vikings VP of Public Affairs/Stadium Development Lester Bagley and Pro Scout Jeff Robinson, who is a leader within the Vikings organization in working with youth football programs.
The NFL Grassroots Program is part of the NFL Charities Youth Football Fund, a $150 million effort of the NFL and its teams – such as the Vikings – in partnership with the NFL Players Association to ensure youth across the country have the opportunity to enjoy the game of football. The NFL's partnership with LISC has resulted in the construction or renovation of 243 football fields nationwide the past 13 years.
Tags: Brad Madson, Community Tuesday, E.J. Henderson, Everson Griffen, John Sullivan, Marcus Sherels
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"Pretty Little Liars" recap (4.03): Mama Said Knock You Out
Spencer and Toby are sleuthing in their own ways. Spencer, who, by the way, is dressed like Katniss Everdeen's Prairie Home Companion action figure, is trying to track down the phone number Tippi kept shrieking last week. And Toby is reading his mom's Radley information over and over again and drowning in despair. Spencer is like, "Honey, here, let me look. I have a lot of experience dissecting what's inside your family's therapy files. Did I ever tell you about the time I threw yours into the river…?" She agrees that everything that comes out of Radley is suspect in at least nine ways, and probably they should sneak on over there tonight and have a look-see at the place where his mom supposedly jumped to her death.
In the Marin's most perfect kitchen, Hanna tries for the one zillionth time to get Ashley to come clean about her shady-ass New York trip. No, Ashley didn't go shopping. No, she didn't go out to eat. No, there are no receipts, no people to corroborate her whereabouts, no CCTV footage of her in Times Square. She sat in a room with no people and no windows and one night she went to see Anything Goes by herself with a ticket she paid for with cash, and no she doesn't have the ticket stub, so don't bother asking. Hanna goes, "It's cool, Mom. I believe you. But if you wouldn't mind completing this lyric for me: 'Most guys today that women prize today are just…?'" Ashley storms out in a huff, leaving Hannah alone in the kitchen. Sadly, Hanna whispers to no one: "…are just silly gigolos, Mom. Silly gigolos. Anything goes."
Aria has invited Garrett's brother over to eat cake and watch The Big Sleep, but this clown isn't into it. He says black and white movies makes him think his TV is broken. He probably doesn't even know who Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall are, and when you consider the fact that this episode was written by Joseph Dougherty and directed by Norman Buckley, two absolute champions of film noir, that's all the commentary you need about Kung Fu Jake. He's a three-decker toadstool and sauerkraut sandwich, with arsenic sauce. Also, he tells Aria she doesn't seem like the kind of girl who would be into a relationship where you stay at home and watch old movies and cuddle and talk about your feelings and feel superior to all of your friends who are still out in the scene, and Aria is like, "Ha ha ha. Yeah. I am definitely not into being in a lesbian relationship like that." (Pretty Little Liar.)
OK, here's a weird thing: Wren is dead. There is no other way to explain why Rosewood had to recruit another doctor. Wren was competent in all fields of human and veterinary medicine, as well as a trained psychologist and dentist. He required no sleep, could teleport into and out of any building in the greater Philadelphia area, and, most importantly, he could keep his damn mouth shut. Emily's got a new doctor who doesn't buy her story about why she doesn't want to be prescribed any Vicodin for her injured shoulder: "The last time I took it, it made me swim into a wall and crack open my skull. That happened to a friend of mine, I mean. A friend of mine who is a character in a book. A fictional swimmer who smashed her cranium into a fictional wall. I have to go."
Hanna stops by her mom's office and digs around in her garbage until she finds a greeting card that's like, "Sorry you couldn't make it to New York because you were off doing manslaughter. Love you!" She scowls and shoves the card in Ashley's face and storms off to school where Caleb explains that innocent people don't need alibis, and Hanna for real goes, "Man, this blows. I'm going to end up without a mom or a dad." To the orphan who lived in the school ventilation system and ate cricket sandwiches for like two full seasons, Hanna says that.


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As your summer season gets into full swing, be sure to check out some exciting outdoor events this week. If you're looking for a fun and easy way to get more active this summer, look no further than the walking clubs at the Wachusett Mountain State Reservation in Princeton and the Harold Parker State Forest in North Andover. In Princeton the Walk a Lot Here: Beginners walking program features guided walks. This walk introduces beginners to the joy of hiking and walking. Participants can scale a peak or take the scenic route on Echo Lake Road. At the reservation, the beautiful trails are the heart of the park system and are a perfect way to develop a regular exercise routine! For a fun and interesting hike including tips on the health benefits of walking, join guides this and every Wednesday at 6:00pm at the Reservation Visitor Center.
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A NEW surgery will allow a doctors' practice to accommodate more patients, it is hoped.
Professor Mike Pringle, president of The Royal College of GPs, officially opened the new GP surgery at Chapel House, High Street, Bangor-on-Dee, a branch of Overton Medical Practice.
Paul Myres, chairman of The Royal College of GPs in Wales, also gave a speech.
Also in attendance were doctors and staff from the practice, members of the community and representatives from the practice's patient participation group.
One of the patients, Joan Deverell, helped with the design of the surgery.
Practice manager James Eastop said: "It is a new branch of an existing surgery which for many years had been located in a building that was becoming unfit for purpose.
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"We are thankful for an improvement grant from the Welsh Government, NHS Estates and help from the patients participation group.
"It has taken us five years, it's been a long road to get where we are, but we are now able to spend more money on re-equipping the practice with new equipment."
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Security spending is one of the top five IT priorities for 2004, with spending expected to increase 15 to 20 percent this year. But even with companies devoting a larger portion of the IT budget to security initiatives, it is not necessarily sufficient to meet increasing risks. How can IT security officers make the case for the larger expenditures they need?
Scare tactics around the intangible fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) of security risks are not sufficient bases for selling management on the necessary funding. Security proposals must be based on the financial impact to the company so that the bottom-line implications of implementing the proposal can be fairly assessed against other priorities.
So what is the business case for security investments? The risks of security issues can be quantified, as can the cost of mitigating the risk. The cost and risk-mitigation benefits can then be compared to calculate key financial metrics such as payback and return on investment (ROI).
Of course, unlike other business cases, the risk mitigation is a "soft" benefit in that while there is a benefit to preventing an incident, no one can say with certainty that the incident would have occurred without the mitigation effort. Thus, if the proposed security solution is not purchased, it is still possible that a breach will never occur.
This issue of soft versus hard benefits does not invalidate the security business case, but it does make it unique. While almost all business cases include both hard and soft benefits, most of the important benefits with security business cases are soft.
The first step in developing a business case for IT security solutions is to start with the potential benefits of the proposed solution. They can be grouped into four major categories.
The first category covers the savings that can be realized by reducing security's total cost of ownership. New security solutions can lower life-cycle costs for hardware, software, maintenance, labor, and services. This benefit should not drive the decision, as the main goal is to reduce risks, but many security business cases can pay for themselves in fewer than 12 months based on these hard savings, particularly in the areas of security policy and patch management.
The second category addresses the savings that would accrue from reducing the cost of responding to and resolving incidents. Every time a breach occurs, the company incurs a cost as the IT department resolves the issue, repairs damage, and conducts forensics to prevent the threat from reemerging. New security investments can mitigate the probability of a breach, and if a breach does occur, reduce the effort needed to respond. They can also shorten postmortem forensics.
In addition to the cost of remediation, most breaches also cause business damage in the form of productivity losses, as employees and customers struggle with infected machines and related downtime. This is the third category of savings. Although this soft benefit is harder to estimate, the business impact is the largest cost when a serious breach occurs. New security investments reduce the probability that a security breach will occur, and thereby limit the potential for downtime and lost business.
Softer still and even harder to estimate is a security breach's collateral damage, including litigation fees, fines for information disclosure, and harm to the company's overall image and brand. Security solutions can minimize the risk and scope of the breach and, therefore, lessen the risk of collateral damage.
One of the approaches that Alinean (where the author works) has taken in seeking ways to quantify security's bottom-line benefits is to develop a list of six types of security risks an organization faces. We have then quantified the average business and collateral damage per security breach. These numbers help justify security purchases by identifying estimated costs mitigated for various types of incidents. IT security professionals might look at their own company's loss experiences to develop similar numbers.
Based on historical data, the most costly breaches are data destruction or damage and information theft and disclosure. On average, responding to and resolving this type of breach will take 120 hours or more of IT staff time, with a cost estimated at $350,000. Then there is the cost associated with having to reconstruct or face the loss of the company's intellectual property contained in the corrupted data, which has been estimated at $250,000 per incident. These types of breaches occur on average once for every thousand users, creating the potential for large companies to spend millions each year.
Denial of service attacks are typically the next most costly, with damages averaging $122,000 for each successful attack. These require upwards of 32 hours per system to remediate, and usually require immediate attention from the IT staff to restore service. For enterprises that rely more heavily on Web sales and access, these damages can be significantly higher.
Malicious code attacks--viruses, worms and Trojans--are the most high-profile security breaches. According to the Computer Security Institute and the FBI, 82 percent of organizations have suffered a malicious code attack, the most frequent type of security breach, and the one most likely to cause financial damage. These take an average of four hours per system to fix, and cost $24,000 each. If the malicious code is coordinated with a denial-of-service attack or data destruction, the costs increase exponentially.
Other security breaches, such as policy violations, errant user behavior, and physical theft, are more common for organizations. As many as 25 percent of former employees leave with company assets--costing on average up to $5,000 each time--while user wrongdoing, whether or not intentional, happens dozens of times a year and costs about $20,000 each time.
Of course, using the company's own security breach experiences adds credibility to the accuracy of the risk assessment. Each organization differs based on its industry, hiring practices, and security policies. The security team should keep a log of breaches and their costs, and use this data to build the business case.
Cost is only one consideration, however. Another important factor is the probability of occurrence. To calculate the probability of the risk, Alinean has developed the following formula: Predicted number of breaches per year = personal probability of security breach occurring ´ estimated number of incidents per 1,000 users ´ the multiple of 1,000 users.
For example, one company we work with in the legal industry did not have a best practice antivirus program in place. We first calculated their estimated virus-attack profile as follows: Predicted number of breaches per year = 75% ´ 2.1 [per 1,000 users] ´ 4 [4,000 users] = 6.3.
The company compared this prediction against experience and support logs and indicated that it was close to the expected incidents per year. The incident mitigation labor costs for IT were then estimated to be $24,000 per incident, costing the company about $150,000 in direct IT costs for mitigation. Productivity losses for employees, and business impact was well over double this cost per year.
With this estimated risk, the IT team was able to convince management that increased security spending on the company's existing antivirus software was justified; the IT group obtained the resources to implement the program correctly.
In doing these assessments, a company must also correctly identify the assets that need to be protected. Estimating damage costs using industry averages without knowing the specific assets at risk for the company and their values may wildly overestimate or underestimate the potential business risk. It's important to match each risk and the potential scope of the damage an incident could cause against the business assets--such as key company databases, Web sites, portals, systems, and facilities--to assess the potential extent of the damage.
Like all business expenditures, security investments require metrics-based justification in the boardroom. FUD warnings lost their value long ago. Security managers who want to procure the funding they need must justify that spending. Learning to quantify the hard and soft security costs is the first step.
Tom Pisello is the CEO of Orlando-based Alinean, which specializes in ROI consultancy.
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