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Creating an Interconnected Cloud Service
As more and more customers rely on cloud computing, providers need to be prepared to tackle the challenges that are inherent to widespread cloud adoption and optimize their service performance. Achieving an optimal level of performance isn't simple. It's a multifaceted challenge, and Cloud Service Providers (CSP) has many customer...
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Scaling SaaS Delivery for Long-Term Success - THINKstrategies Report
Adoption of software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions is accelerating. SaaS applications are almost always more flexible, versatile and cost-effective than traditional on-premises solutions. This trend represents a great opportunity for established SaaS companies to expand their customer base. But it also presents challenges for SaaS providers seeking to gain a competitive advantage...
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CITO Research: How Network Connections Drive Web Application Performance
The default paradigm of an application has evolved from users sitting at desktops attached to the corporate data centre to mobile access via phones and tablets, each requiring its own optimized experience. Add to that the fact that both users and application components are literally all over the world and...
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Next - Generation Security Platform for Manufacturing Companies
This whitepaper is analysing the challenges in Security Control Systems in Manufacturing organisations such as deploying information technology in automation environments, and the use of virtualization, mobility and SaaS applications to increase productivity. It is also exploring the advantages of Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Security Platform to address all these...
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Stream Line Payment Card Industry (PCi) Compliance With Next-Gen Security
Establishing, maintaining, and demonstrating compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a necessity for "… all entities involved in payment card processing—including merchants, processors, acquirers, issuers, and service providers, as well as all other entities that store, process or transmit cardholder data (CHD) and/or sensitive...
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Next - Generation Security Platform for Critical Infrastructure
SCADA and Industrial Control Systems (ICS), which are used to automate industrial processes in critical infrastructure industries such as utilities and transportation, have undergone dramatic transformations. What once was a collection of isolated, proprietary systems based on serial protocols are now highly interconnected systems which leverage the internet protocol and...
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Infographic - Accelerating 40G Adoption
An Infographic from Cisco looking at accelerating 40G adoption. It explores the trends driving the 40G upgrades as well as what it means for you Data Center. Download this Infographic to learn more.
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2014 ZDNet Report - Reducing Infrastructure Cost and Complexity Through Colocation
The growing complexity of managing datacentres is forcing organisations to take a hard look at co-location as a viable alternative to maintaining their in-house datacentre needs. Co-location will allow organisations to have the facilities they need, with provided space, power, cooling, and physical security for the server, storage, and networking...
Sponsored By M1
IDC Report - Business Value of Managed Services
Research shows that today's business goals are centered on reducing costs, strengthening customer relationships and improving financial management. The biggest challenges to achieving these goals are lack of skills and investment funds, and inadequate linkages between the IT environment and how business processes are managed. Read this IDC analyst...
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Microsoft Azure: One Month Free Trial
Windows Azure is Microsoft's cloud platform. It has been ranked by Gartner as an industry leader for both infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS). This powerful combination of managed and unmanaged services lets you build, deploy, and manage applications any way you like for unmatched productivity. Download the Azure free one...
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Why the Nexus 9000 Switching Series Offers the Highest Availability and Reliability Measured in MTBF?
With 2014 and 2015 being the years of open networking pilots and deployments, respectively, much focus was on the upcoming announcements of high-density 40GbE spine switches from Cisco's Nexus 9000 series, Arista's 7500E and HP's 11900/12900. The new generation of hybrid switching leverages the forwarding and power efficiency gains afforded...
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Redefining networks for cloud, analytics, mobile, social and security - New technologies are pushing networks to the breaking point
Much has been written about cloud, big data, mobile, social, and IT security as significant forces that are transforming information technology and business. Much less has been said about the impact of these forces on networking—or about the role that networks play when business initiatives are based on them. Download...
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Networking for a Smarter Data Centre: Getting it right
This paper explores how a holistic management approach to networks, servers, storage and applications can aid in the evolution to a smarter data centre and drive optimal value for the organisation. Download this whitepaper now and learn how your organisation can leverage virtualisation for deploying services efficiently and responding to...
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Operationalizing the Network with SDN
The focus of SDN is on transforming the network to support applications and meet the expectations of users and businesses that rely on them. Scaling modern networks is challenging due to the explosive growth of compute, network, and application resources─combined with increased mobility of apps migrating to the cloud and...
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Analyzing the Neverquest Malware Threat
Learn from the F5 Security Operations Center's analysis of the Neverquest malware threat. The team analyzes the programming techniques and methodologies used to develop malware in order to keep F5 security services up to date and effective against any threat. Read this summary report to better understand how it works...
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The 9 Levels of Enterprise Work Hell eBook
Does arriving at work feel like walking through the very gates of Hell into an office full of unproductive and frustrated people? Read this eBook to learn how your organization can escape the 9 levels of work hell. Get the eBook now.
Sponsored By AtTask, Inc.
Transform your business by adopting Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
The new Cisco® Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) fabric architecture brings a revolutionary policy-based approach to data center networks with the introduction of the Cisco Nexus® 9000 Series Switches and the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC). Enhancements introduced in the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series facilitate programmability of the fabric according...
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Unleashing IT ACI Special Edition Article
Virtualization, cloud, and mobility are opening new avenues in the IT world and could require infrastructure changes. The new Cisco® Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI™) is the future of networking with a holistic architecture, centralized automation, and policy-driven application profiles. Featured customers weigh in on their decision to implement Cisco...
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Preparing for Future Attacks: Implementing the Right Security Strategy Now
Recent malware incidents have shown how costly and damaging cyber attacks can be. Such attacks may not necessarily be successful, but when attackers do find their way inside an organisation's systems, a swift, well-prepared response can quickly minimise damage and restore systems before significant harm can be caused. In order...
Sponsored By Symantec
Case Study - Accelerating Productivity with Cisco ACI
Learn how Infrastructure-as-a-Service company simplified its data center using Cisco's Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) approach. Adopting Cisco's ACI, NetApp experienced: • Improvements in the density of throughput and cost per port • Increased productivity of the infrastructure • Integrated visibility and intelligence • Agility enablement of the entire application infrastructure...
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Infographic - Why Choose Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)
An infographic explaining application deployment at the speed of business. Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is application aware, enables dynamic application instantiation and removal, and is capable of supporting physical, virtual, and cloud integration with full management visibility. Download this infographic to understand how ACI can boost the efficiency of your...
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Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Overview
Cisco® Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is an innovative architecture that radically simplifies, optimizes, and accelerates the entire application deployment lifecycle. This report provides a brief overview of Cisco ACI along with, • Infrastructure problems addressed • Main ACI Components • Benefits of ACI • ACI Services Download this report to learn more.
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IDC Whitepaper - Next Gen Virtualization & Hybrid Cloud with ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure)
The pace of change in IT systems is accelerating as new applications, particularly from cloud and mobile environments, become key business enablers. Organizations are constantly seeking to simplify and optimize their IT infrastructure to make it more adaptable and innovative to get a competitive advantage. IDC has quantified the network-related...
Sponsored By Cisco
Eight Must-Have Features for Ultimate Network Security Resource Optimization
The need for robust network security is growing, but IT security teams, resources, and budgets are shrinking at many organizations. That doesn't mean you have to scale down your growth or skimp on key IT security areas, but it does mean you need to optimize your resources, starting with your...
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The Cyber Resilience Blueprint: A New Perspective on Security
The traditional workplace is changing to digital workplace at an exponential rate. This shift has made the workplace more agile and competitive – yet also more vulnerable to cyber attacks. This report goes over the paradigm shift that uses security intelligence laying the foundation for a resilient security strategy. It...
Sponsored By Symantec
Gartner Report 2014: Planning Guide for Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is no longer a new concept, and many organizations have been consuming cloud services for the past several years. However, in 2014, many organizations will look to move cloud computing past the early phase and constrained use cases and into more widespread, production adoption. Check this report out...
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Contact Centre Evolution : The Changing Face Of Customer Contact
The Contact Centre is a strategic business asset that has a major influence on your customers' experience. Getting it right can aid business development, improve customer satisfaction and enhance your reputation in the market.
Sponsored By IP Solutions
Unified Communications : The Technologies, Features and Benefits
Effective communication is the key to success. Not only in terms of delivering your core value propositions to the market but in terms of enabling every aspect of your business operations.If you haven't adopted a UC strategy yet, or think it's only suitable for big business, it's time to reassess....
Sponsored By IP Solutions
New Topics on the 2014 Security+ SY0-401 Exam
It has been three years since the last revision of the CompTIA Security+ exam. In early summer of 2014, the latest version SY0-401 was released. This revamped exam retains the same six domains as established in SY0-301, which emphasize security in three main areas: application, data, and host. New topics...
Sponsored By Global Knowledge
PowerVM Virtualization Essentials
PowerVM is the virtualization environment for AIX, Linux, and IBM i running on the IBM POWER hardware platform. This white paper provides an overview of PowerVM concepts, architecture, terminology, and capabilities.
Sponsored By Global Knowledge
Ten Risky Security Behaviors to Avoid: Protect Your Organization
You are a problem. You are a risk to your employer. The actions you take and the activities you perform at work, online, and even in your personal life put your employer at risk. You need to know how you are a security risk to the organization and what you...
Sponsored By Global Knowledge
OpenLMI Improves Management in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
Included as an integral part of RHEL 7, OpenLMI offers significant gains in managing the wealth of available Linux tools. The fact that the interface can be accessed via multiple languages, including C/C++, Python, Java, and a CLI further enhances its versatility. In addition, the ability to use OpenLMI on...
Sponsored By Global Knowledge
Five Ways Network Virtualization Will Revolutionize IT
Discover how Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) will revolutionize IT and change the way you think about network connectivity and perhaps even application development. This white paper is written for networking professionals but it may offer valuable insight for those in cross-functional roles such as DevOps, server virtualization, and data center...
Sponsored By Global Knowledge
Understanding NIST's Cloud Computing Reference Architecture: Part II
This second white paper in a series on Cloud Computing Reference Architecture focuses on the activities, processes, and requirements that cloud players need to follow in order to ensure a successful delivery of cloud services. It addresses the three active cloud players that may be involved in delivering cloud services...
Sponsored By Global Knowledge
Understanding NIST's Cloud Computing Reference Architecture: Part I
This white paper examines the NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture in a two-part series. The first part covers the cloud players and their roles and responsibilities. The second part focuses on the Reference Architecture components, activities, and functions.
Sponsored By Global Knowledge
Saugatuck Technology - Optimized Sourcing in Hybrid IT Environments
This research paper from Saugatuck Technology discusses the multi-sourced hybrid IT environment, including how to recognize the things that can increase costs and compromise operations, and how to optimize the environments for peak effectiveness.
Sponsored By IBM
The Next-Generation Data Center: A Software Defined Environment Where Service Optimization Provides the Path
This white paper explores IBM's vision for the next-generation data center, its potential to be truly revolutionary and the prescribed pathway for getting there.
Sponsored By IBM
2014 Selecting a Managed Security Services Provider: Top 10 Criteria
A white paper discussing the benefits of outsourcing managed security services and outlining effective strategies, as well as 10 of the most important criteria to consider, when choosing a managed security services provider.
Sponsored By IBM
Server Managed Services - Integrated Managed Infrastructure
This service profile provides an overview of Server Managed Services - Integrated managed infrastructure and explains what you can expect from implementation. The paper includes an overview, information on planning and implementation, service delivery, and detailed service descriptions.
Sponsored By IBM
Forrester Report : The Risks Of DIY Disaster Recovery
Did you know that without the proper resources in place, managing disaster recovery yourself can put a strain on your budget, your staff and your disaster preparedness? Read this IBM-Forrester global study "The Risks of 'Do It Yourself' Disaster Recovery" to learn the critical components that make a disaster...
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Critical Concepts of the 200-120 CCNA Routing and Switching Exam
In the spring of 2013, Cisco announced major updates to their Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) curricula, including a new version of the CCNA Routing and Switching exam (200-120 CCNA). This paper provides a review of the CCNA Routing and Switching exam's critical concepts, as an aid to students preparing...
Sponsored By Global Knowledge
Understanding NIST's Cloud Computing Reference Architecture: Part I
This white paper examines the NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture in a two-part series. The first part covers the cloud players and their roles and responsibilities. The second part focuses on the Reference Architecture components, activities, and functions.
Sponsored By Global Knowledge
SDN: How It Will Affect You and Why You Should Care
You may have heard about software-defined networking (SDN) and its cousin network functions virtualization (NFV). These emerging technologies are likely to revolutionize the IT industry as well as your job. This white paper introduces you to SDN and NFV, examines their impact on you as well as the industry, and...
Sponsored By Global Knowledge
IDC Research - Redefining Enterprise Mobility and Increasing Success with Mobile Collaboration
Adoption of enterprise mobility has surged in the Asia/Pacific region, but this context of mobility tends to be defined as the individual worker being "untethered" from the traditional workplace. While workers have mobile access, they still do not have all that they need to complete a task or project. Download...
Sponsored By Cisco Systems
Ten Risky Security Behaviors to Avoid: Protect Your Organization
You are a problem. You are a risk to your employer. The actions you take and the activities you perform at work, online, and even in your personal life put your employer at risk. You need to know how you are a security risk to the organization and what you...
Sponsored By Global Knowledge
Understanding AIX Logical Volume Management
Like many UNIX operating systems, AIX uses the concepts of Logical Volume Management (LVM) in its data management architecture. This white paper explains the specifics of the AIX LVM and provides some tips and best practice recommendations to get the most from your AIX disk storage.
Sponsored By Global Knowledge
Understanding NIST's Cloud Computing Reference Architecture: Part II
This second white paper in a series on Cloud Computing Reference Architecture focuses on the activities, processes, and requirements that cloud players need to follow in order to ensure a successful delivery of cloud services. It addresses the three active cloud players that may be involved in delivering cloud services...
Sponsored By Global Knowledge
Windows 8.1 Client to Microsoft's Cloud Services
Over the past several years, Microsoft has reinvented its enterprise technologies in its push toward the cloud. Windows 8 is a key part of making Microsoft customers and devices cloud-ready for the next generation of technology. With Microsoft cloud services such as Office 365, Office Web Apps, and SkyDrive, Windows...
Sponsored By Global Knowledge
How We Define a Network is about to Change, Again
VMware NSX does for networks and physical network components what virtual machines did for data centers and physical servers. It allows you to use them in very different and more flexible ways. In this white paper, you'll learn how VMware NSX changes the way you build, manage, and secure your...
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The Packet Delivery Process: Remotely Connected Hosts
Moving data from one networked device to another requires several different functions. Each function has its own protocol or protocols that define how it is accomplished. Also, the process of delivering data from one device to another can vary. The main factor in data delivery is determining whether the two...
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The Packet Delivery Process: Locally Connected Hosts
Moving data from one networked device to another requires several different functions. Each function has its own protocol or protocols that define how it is accomplished. Also, the process of delivering data from one device to another can vary. The main factor in data delivery is determining whether the two...
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Mobility is moving fast: Seven Questions that Prepare you for BYOD
Are you ready for BYOD? For successful BYOD operations, organizations must address issues they may not have considered yet, but that can have significant consequences for business and IT operations. Here are seven questions you should answer as you roll out new mobile capabilities
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The 5 Technology Trends You Need to Follow
Mobile devices, social business apps, and business analytics are converging with the Cloud to create the most substantial changes in technology since the Internet revolution. Businesses have to change the way they think and operate, and with rising budgets for technology, they need someone to provide the services that will...
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On-demand Webcast: Anatomy of an Attack: Know What to Defend Against
Hackers are targeting businesses large and small while botnets spread malware indiscriminately as they propagate via email. But how can you tell whether you've caught the attention of international criminals or amateur script kiddies? And is there any difference? The fact is, you can't secure your IT infrastructure if...
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SDN and Cloud Computing
After a review of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and its close cousin Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), this white paper addresses three main deployment scenarios: SDN without deploying cloud computing, cloud computing without deploying SDN, and deploying cloud computing in conjunction with SDN. We'll look at use cases, when the approach makes...
Sponsored By Global Knowledge
Types of Prefabricated Modular Data Centers
Data center systems or subsystems that are pre-assembled in a factory are often described with terms like prefabricated, containerized, modular, skid-based, pod-based, mobile, portable, self-contained, all-in-one, and more. There are, however, important distinctions between the various types of factory-built building blocks on the market. This paper proposes standard terminology for...
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Selecting Foundational Controls Makes HIPAA Compliance Easier
Compliance isn't a choice – it's mandatory, and ensuring your business stays in compliance is critical. In this new Dell Software white paper, learn more about IT compliance – straight from an auditor. Then, see how your business can quickly and easily meet HIPAA guidelines today and tomorrow. Download your copy.
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International Mobile Security Survey Research and Considerations for Enterprise IT
To better understand the rising security challenges associated with integrating mobile devices into business operations, Cisco recently conducted an international survey that explored the attitudes and experiences of end users worldwide. This survey provides insights on how best to approach providing your workers with productive, flexible, and secure network access...
Sponsored By Cisco Systems
Achieve Deeper Network Security and Application Control
Next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) have emerged to revolutionize network security as we know it. Traditional firewalls that only focus on stateful packet inspection and access control rules are not effective in today's advanced-threat environment.
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What to Look For When Evaluating NGFW
This white paper summarizes the results of three independent tests that can help you select a next-generation firewall, as well as links to public research that you can examine yourself.
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The Seven Essential Practices For Effective Business Continuity Management
Making changes to your business strategy can often create new risks. If your business continuity management (BCM) plan is not part of an organization-wide, integrated program, it may not evolve to address these new risks. The key to successfully protecting your organization's business operations and reputation is to take a...
Sponsored By IBM
Security and the Rise of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communications
Increased interconnectivity via machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, the IoE, and smart systems holds profound implications for how business trends continue to evolve. In terms of M2M growth, key developments in security will be essential, from the design and manufacture of devices to more robust cloud security and ensuring the integrity of...
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Cyber Security Index
An effective cyber security strategy calls for the latest intelligence on the kinds of attacks that are occurring, who is committing them, and how often they are happening. A new IBM report offers expert insight into a range of security statistics, based on monitoring tens of billions of security events...
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NCSU - IBM PowerLinux - Industry Standard Linux Systems, Solutions Tuned to the Task
PowerLinux solutions deliver industry standard Linux systems services faster, with higher quality, and more economically than ever before. Make them your open standard choice for deploying applications. Learn more at http://bit.ly/powerlinuxsolutions.
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BYOD and the seamless Integration of Macs in a Windows Based Environment:
As Macs continue to permeate the enterprise Windows servers network environment, IT must be ready and able to support these devices— especially as employees are already, and will continue to, access the corporate network from their personal devices. Is your network equipped to handle seamless Mac/Windows integration? Read our recent...
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Your FREE 60-Day Trial Starts Here
Get instant access to the Brocade Vyatta 5400 vRouter. Download your free virtual router trial now and enjoy 24/7 support. KEY FEATURES INCLUDE: Advanced IPv4 and IPv6 Unicast and Multicast Stateful firewall, IPsec, SSL-Based OpenVPN and DMVPN Linux-based extensible network OS Hypervisors Supported: VMware ESX, Citrix...
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Access Control is Easy: Use Active Directory Groups and Manage Them Well
Good access control results from avoiding the use of local groups, whether it' Windows file servers, in Microsoft SQL Server, SharePoint or elsewhere, and instead, assigning permissions to Active Directory (AD) groups. Until you manage the bulk of entitlements through AD, you are unable to understand, much less control access....
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A New Set of Network Security Challenges
This new IDG survey reveals optimism about the ability of next-generation firewalls to help IT balance productivity and security. With both productivity and security becoming increasingly crucial, IT faces conflicting mandates from the business.
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How Traditional Firewalls Fail
Your current firewall may be jeopardizing your security. This white paper explains exactly where traditional firewalls fall short, and how next-generation firewalls can help.
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The Importance of Managing Privileged Accounts
Discover invaluable insights on the benefits of properly managing administrative privileges, developing a policy for managing privileged accounts and enforcing those policies. Could you be managing your privileged accounts better? Download the whitepaper today and find out.
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Quick Guide SSL VPN Technical Primer
Use this primer to quickly find answers to many common questions about SSL VPNs, and understand the many advantages of this technology for secure mobile access.
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New Topics on the 2014 Security+ SY0-401 Exam
It has been three years since the last revision of the CompTIA Security+ exam. In early summer of 2014, the latest version SY0-401 was released. This revamped exam retains the same six domains as established in SY0-301, which emphasize security in three main areas: application, data, and host. New topics...
Sponsored By Global Knowledge
OpenLMI Improves Management in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
Included as an integral part of RHEL 7, OpenLMI offers significant gains in managing the wealth of available Linux tools. The fact that the interface can be accessed via multiple languages, including C/C++, Python, Java, and a CLI further enhances its versatility. In addition, the ability to use OpenLMI on...
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ForgeRock Open Identity Stack
Identity and Access Management (IAM) services were traditionally built for a company's internal use, to assist with manual on and off boarding, and establishing access privileges to company data and systems behind the firewall. Today though, a company must implement a dynamic IAM solution that serves employees as well as...
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10 Essential Elements for a Secure Mobility Strategy
With enhanced mobility and work flexibility comes increased information security risk. Explore the security implications and capabilities of the major mobile OS platforms and learn more about best practices to fortify security while supporting new levels of productivity.
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Replace a Failed Critical Network Device in Under One Hour
Replacing a failed network device can be stressful because of the potential downtime and cost to your organization. Too often, replacing a failed device takes too long because you don't have a backup of the configuration files. For critical devices the configuration files can be very difficult and time consuming...
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The State of Support Services: 2014
2014 has already proven to be an incredibly challenging and exciting year for customer support. With the backdrop of the changes TSIA identified in the new world of B4B, and all the traditional pressures faced by support services organizations, we are witnessing a pace of change that the majority of...
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Evolving Your IT Services Offering in a Modern Mobile World
To stay competitive, IT solution providers must evolve their IT services offering and embrace the modern needs of mobility through service-oriented and mobile safeguard technology. Get enabled to answer the IT service calls of clients wanting to get connected to their data, stay connected to their data and ensure they...
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Selecting Foundational Controls Makes PCI DSS Compliance Easier
Compliance isn't a choice – it's mandatory, and ensuring your business stays in compliance is critical. In this new Dell Software white paper, learn more about IT compliance – straight from an auditor. Then, see how your business can quickly and easily meet PCI DSS guidelines today and tomorrow. Download...
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Gartner Malware Newsletter
Businesses have relied on endpoint defenses like anti-virus software for protection against malware. But endpoint defenses alone are not sufficient and Gartner recommends businesses balance their investment across all four phases of the Gartner adaptive security architecture: predict, prevent, detect, and respond. Download this research report to learn how HP...
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H&M: Adventures in Paris
Words cannot even express the gratitude I have towards H&M for choosing me as an Everyday Icon. Each time I travel to a different city, an alternate persona takes over my core. When we chose to shoot these looks in Paris, I naturally morphed into my classic yet dreamy Parisian side. It's inevitable. More or less(…)

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The only lacrosse comic strip on the internet, plus plenty of lax links to check out while you're drinking your morning coffee.
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UPDATED: Thirsty Thursday Lacrosse Drop
Connor Wilson is back with another Lacrosse Drop and we can GUARANTEE that at least 4 of these ELEVEN great lax quick hitters will satisfy your craving for lacrosse photos, video, links and news. Which 4 will it be for you? Let us know in the comments and we'll try to do more of that!
Daily Cheese: New York's First Family
Great article from the Wall Street Journal, interview with Ryan Boyle, massive news & notes section.
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A look at MCLAFan.com's new summer content series. Plus news & notes as always.
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Con Bro Chill's newest EP, "This Is Boom." Plus news & notes as always.
Daily Cheese: Havin' A Summah
Have yourself a Summah! Plus news & notes as always.
Daily Cheese: THE SHOT, THE WEEKEND, GROWING THE GAME
Weekend recap LAS-style, including some key takeaways from our end of the spectrum. Plus news & notes as always. Do it to it!
Devious Video Recap: Three Team Teaser!
Kyle Devitte has had his DVR humming along with three different games from the past weekend: UMBC-Maryland, Syracus-Hopkins, and Virginia-Towson. Relive every minute of action and follow along as we embark on another Devious Video Recap.
Daily Cheese: Orange Interview, Terp Intro
Syracuse talks preparation, Maryland coach Dave Cottle welcomes fans to the 2010 season, news & notes.


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Eleven Faculty and Staff Members
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MAILED: Aug. 2, 2001
EAU CLAIRE — Eleven faculty and staff members from a number of departments have recently retired or will retire this fall with emeritus status from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
Richard M. Dirks, associate professor and director of information technology resource integration since 1997, retired in July after 30 years at UW-Eau Claire. From 1971-to 1996 he served as television coordinator and later as video and distance education coordinator in the Media Development Center, and from 1996-1997 he was granted a leave of absence to serve as director of distance education for the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. Dirks received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
Robert Fuller, associate professor and director of the Media Development Center, retired in July after 32 years at UW-Eau Claire. Prior to becoming the director in 1992, he served in a variety of positions in the MDC. Fuller was also an instructor for numerous National Technical Instructor Institute workshops over the years. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
Diane M. Gilbertson, director of University Centers and Programs, student services unit, is retiring in August after holding a number of different positions over the course of her 26-year career at UW-Eau Claire, all involving university recreation, activities or programs. She began in 1975 as a physical education instructor and women's tennis coach. Gilbertson received her bachelor's degree from UW-Oshkosh and her master's degree from UW-La Crosse.
Ronald Keezer, associate professor of music, retired in July after almost 32 years at UW-Eau Claire. He taught percussion and jazz classes at UW-Eau Claire and was well known in the community as a performer, director and award-winning music educator. He received both his bachelor's degree and master's in teaching degree from UW-Eau Claire.
Stephen Kurth, associate dean of the School of Education, retired in July after 33 years at UW-Eau Claire. Prior to becoming associate dean, Kurth served as a professor of physical education, director of men's athletics from 1975-92 and chair of the department of physical education and athletics from 1985-92. In his early years at UW-Eau Claire he coached both football and basketball. Kurth received his bachelor's degree from UW-Eau Claire, his master's from Washington State University and his doctorate from the University of Oregon.
William F. Mellien, professor of theatre, is retiring in August after 18 years at UW-Eau Claire. Over the years he taught a wide variety of classes involving many aspects of theatre and stagecraft, served as both technical director and director of theatre, and was involved in 94 major productions during his time at UW-Eau Claire. Mellien received his bachelor's degree from North Central College, and master's degrees from the University of North Dakota and Humboldt State University.
Kathleen M. Mitchell, associate vice chancellor for business and student services, is retiring in August after 22 years of administrative service at UW-Eau Claire. She served in several capacities over the years, including affirmative action officer and special assistant to the chancellor. Mitchell is an anthropologist and taught courses in anthropology and general sociology at several institutions before coming to UW-Eau Claire. She received her bachelor's degree from Marquette University and master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Marjorie R. Smelstor, professor of English, is retiring in August after 11 years at UW-Eau Claire. She joined UW-Eau Claire in 1990 as provost/vice chancellor for academic affairs, served as interim chancellor from January through June 1998, and in recent years returned to the classroom. Smelstor received her bachelor's degree from the College of Mount St. Joseph and her master's and doctoral degrees from UW-Madison.
David L. Steele, associate professor of management and marketing, retired in June after teaching at UW-Eau Claire for almost 32 years. He taught courses in business law, legal environment, labor law and international business law. He was instrumental in developing the international business emphasis at UW-Eau Claire. Steele received his bachelor's degree and law degree from UW-Madison.
Roger L. Thiede, associate professor of geography, retired in July. He came to UW-Eau Claire in 1975 and taught a wide variety of geography classes, including in recent years English Second Language classes for international and U.S. students. For 27 years he co-authored "World Regional Geography," a college level regional geography textbook. Thiede received his bachelor's degree from UW-Madison and his master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Washington.
Janice B. Wisner, director of the News Bureau at UW-Eau Claire since 1992, is retiring in September after serving in various positions in the News Bureau for 16 years. As news editor she was instrumental in developing UW-Eau Claire's first computerized news release system, and as senior editor and director led two major renovations of the UW-Eau Claire Web site, the development and implementation of editorial and graphic standards at the university and implementation of an integrated marketing communications program. Wisner received her bachelor's degree from Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, and studied journalism at the University of Minnesota.
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Broad Engagement in Research and Education
The "Security & Defense Systems Initiative" (SDSI) is engaged across the broad spectrum of ASU's research, education, and public service mission.
Our research programs are creating opportunities for students at the undergraduate, Masters, and doctoral levels, as well as our postdoctoral researchers, to become directly involved in advancing the state-of-the-art in various security and defense relevant areas. The students and postdoctoral researchers in SDSI work in close coordination with our faculty and research scholars. In so doing, they help to advance the goals of research programs they are involved in, while at the same time learning how to conduct research and how to transition the results of their research into practical use. SDSI thereby contributes not only to ASU's research mission, but also to its goal of developing future scientists, engineers, and others who will enter the workforce to support the nation's industrial capacity in security and defense related fields.
SDSI research efforts contribute to ASU's educational and public service missions in many other ways as well. For example, some of our research projects lead to new ideas for student project courses and independent study efforts conducted under the guidance of an advisor. Other research efforts serve to enhance the content of courses being taught at ASU, helping to broaden and deepen the curriculum that prepares ASU students to enter the workforce and the world. Still others may spawn entirely new courses in emerging areas that further strengthen the breadth of the curriculum that ASU can offer to its students.
Our researchers also engage in many types of public services roles, from serving on advisory bodies that help guide our nation's efforts in addressing the security and defense challenges we face, to engagement with students and the broader public to build greater understanding of these challenges and the many ways that they can potentially be met.
SDSI Fellowship Program
As part of its broad engagement across all of ASU, the Security & Defense Systems Initiative (SDSI) awards a number of fellowships each year to students throughout the university. These SDSI Fellowships are designed to increase awareness of the wide range of fields involved in developing effective solutions for the national and global security and defense challenges that our society faces. Fellowship recipients are engaged in security and defense relevant research under the guidance of a faculty advisor during the course of the fellowship term.
Recent SDSI Fellows at ASU are:
Aaron Likens
Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (CLAS)
Research Advisor: Prof. Polemnia Amazeen (Department of Psychology)
Aaron's research uses multifractal analyses of brain wave patterns in EEG signals from team members engaged in tactical training and team decision-making exercises. This enables real-time detection of "team brain activity patterns" that correspond to positive or negative events, setting up the possibility for timely interventions that can increase the effectiveness of team training and team decision-making.
Flurije Salihu
Department of English, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (CLAS)
Research Co-Advisor: Prof. Keith Miller (Department of English)
Research Co-Advisor: Prof. Souad Ali (Program of Arabic & Middle East Studies)
Flurije's research focuses on terrorists' use of new media, including web sites, social networking sites, on-line games, and forums, to implement rhetorical strategies designed to radicalize and recruit young people. She will examine ways in which Islamist organizations harness these new technologies as an inexpensive but effective means to expand their reach to a vast, geographically diverse, and younger generation.
Anthony Adame
Department of Engineering Technology, College of Technology & Innovation (CTI)
Research Advisor: Prof. Arun Madakannan (Department of Engineering Technology)
Anthony's research is advancing proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells as an alternative energy technology that can provide a power source for a wide range of defense-relevant systems. He syntheses copper-platinum core shell nanoparticles onto multi-walled carbon nanotubes to create a low-cost lightweight catalyst material for PEM fuel cells, and characterizes the performance and durability of this material.
Alvaro Vargas-Clara
Department of Engineering Technology, College of Technology & Innovation (CTI)
Research Advisor: Prof. Arun Madakannan (Department of Engineering Technology)
Alvaro's research involves development and modeling of an innovative new type of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based on a stop-rotor concept that makes it suitable for vertical take-off and landing as well as sustained level flight. He is developing and flight testing the novel airframe itself, a corresponding multimode autopilot, and their integration with an electro-optical payload and data link.
Erica Hartmann
School of Biological & Health Systems Engineering, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering (FSE)
Research Advisor: Rolf Halden (Biodesign Institute)
Erica's research involves analysis of bioterrorism agents. Bioterrorism agents can come in the form of viruses, bacteria, toxins, or prions. In terms of their biological and chemical properties, these potential agents have little in common. Preliminary data from this fellowship will serve as a nucleus for establishing at ASU a research program focusing on mass spectrometry-based bioterrorism surveillance tools for security and defense.
Brian O'Donnell
School of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering (FSE)
Research Advisor: Antonia Papandreou-Suppappola (Electrical Engineering)
Brian is conducting research on adaptive multi-modal agile sensing and is developing algorithms that can assist in more effective tracking of multiple targets. Applications of this type need algorithms to enable adaptive fusion of different sensing modalities, such as data from electro-optical and RF sensors, while adaptively optimizing the RF waveform at each instant to maximize tracking performance.
Jason Burgoyne
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
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Evan Schechter
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This is part of a series: All Roads Lead to Boyle Heights in collaboration with NewsDesk.org.
As summer temperatures rise, so do fears of asthma and other illnesses caused by all the air pollution converging on the east Los Angeles community of Boyle Heights.
With its proximity to freeways, industrial sites and shipping corridors, activists say the geography of Boyle Heights brings a disproportionate health burden to residents.
Determined to reduce the adverse health effects caused by air pollution, residents and activists of this historically immigrant community are taking proactive and innovative measures to improve their environment.
"It's a low-income, mostly transit-dependent community, there's a lot of walking that happens, there are a lot of people that are out, being mobile through that pollution," said Vanessa Rodriguez, associate director at the Alliance for a Better Community.
Rodriguez said Boyle Heights wasn't designed for a mix of residential and industrial uses, nor the density of traffic it bears today.
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News about Boyle Heights in Los Angeles tends to be about crime or gentrification. There's little coverage of air pollution, lack of safe and green spaces, lack of access to affordable and healthy food options — or the residents and organizations that are determined to change this.
On April 5, the East LA Community Corporation gathered community members to discuss the Boyle Heights Clean Air pilot project in which residents will collect data on local pollution and health risks.
"People really want to engage with us. They want to mobilize, act, and learn more," said Lina Stepick, community organizing fellow at ELACC.
In January, the Clean Up Green Up campaign was launched and proposed to bring greener industries and jobs to "toxic hot spot" communities where concentrations of environmental hazards have resulted in high levels of health risks, including cancer and asthma. Clean Up Green Up is led by Communities for a Better Environment, Coalition for a Safe Environment, Pacoima Beautiful and Union de Vecinos.
"We know that Boyle Heights is very polluted and it's a concern in our community. The children have asthma and there are more and more illnesses. We don't know if it has to do with the pollution, the freeways, and the cars and trucks in our community," said Angela Gutierrez, a volunteer at Union de Vecinos and White Memorial Hospital.
A mostly working class Latino neighborhood east of the Los Angeles River and north of the industrial city of Vernon, Boyle Heights has long been home to immigrant families, rich social capital and strong civic engagement.
It also has experienced generations of environmental inequality.
In the summer of 2006, The Southeast Regional Energy Center proposed building a 943-megawatt fossil fuel power plant that would emit approximately 1.7 million pounds of toxic pollution per year as well as 2.8 million tons of green house gases. The plant would have affected the communities living in the six-mile radius around the proposed 27-acre site on the southeast corner of Boyle and Fruitland Avenues in Vernon.
Residents and organizations from surrounding communities, including Boyle Heights, formed an alliance and fought against the proposed project for three years. In 2009, Vernon abandoned its plan.
The alliance led mostly by immigrant Latinas, youth, and supported by several organizations including Mother's of East Los Angeles, Resurrection Church and Communities for a Better Environment was a victory for low-income communities across the country that are suffering from political, economic and social inequities.
"Environmental issues are just one of many issues of structural inequality faced by poor people of color. You can't understand this issue as separate from the attacks on undocumented immigrants, inequality in schools, housing, and employment, police brutality, cultural language repression, all of the facets of people's repression," said Bill Gallegos, executive director of Communities for a Better Environment.Posted by Spot. Us on 05/07/11
New community collaborations in Los Angeles are giving young people a leading role in improving their neighborhoods.
Youth are setting goals and organizing action in the Los Angeles communities of Boyle Heights, City Heights, Coachella, Long Beach, Santa Ana and South Los Angeles — many convening over a recent weekend for a meeting of the Building a Healthy Boyle Heights Collaborative at a local computer access and education center.
News about Boyle Heights tends to be about crime, but young residents see it differently.
"Violence isn't the biggest issue in Boyle Heights. I see health as the biggest issue right now — lack of healthy food and exercise. Diabetes and obesity are big problems in our community. Seeing my dad struggle with diabetes motivates me to exercise everyday so that I don't have those problems," said Carlos Jimenez, a Building Healthy Communities youth leader and volunteer with Proyecto Pastoral, which provides low-income community services in Boyle Heights.
Participants also joined in the 22nd Annual L.A. River Clean-Up, attended workshops on social-movement history, media and "Organizing 101″ — and developed their own workshops and priority issues, such as "access to healthy food options" and "reclaiming public spaces," for a statewide convening on June 24.
The program "has been very empowering for the youth and assists in helping change behavior that would ultimately affect their health. They are identifying issues and making healthier choices in their lives," said Eric Hubbard, director of development at Jovenes, Inc., an organization working to bring opportunities to disenfranchised youth and families to become active and integrated members of the community.
Building a Healthy Boyle Heights is the collaborative of organizations working through this initiative to outline and prioritize outcomes for the community based on resident and youth response. Most recently residents selected the outcomes chosen by the youth as first priority.
"Being involved in Building a Healthy Boyle Heights, one of the lessons that I walked away with was that community efforts — while they seem very extensive and complicated — do work. When you work with the community and create advocates out of the community, they're the ones that really make the choices that ultimately become the right choices for the community. They're the ones that bring progress into the community," said Lucia Torres, director of Proyecto Pastoral's academic-support program.
Lucia Torres, program director of IMPACTO at Proyecto Pastoral by Jasmin Mara
IMPACTO youth speaks about her community by Jasmin Mara
Building a Healthy Boyle Heights project is a project of the California Endowment, which also provided some seed funding for the Los Angeles Toxic Tour via a pre-existing grant to Spot.Us. The Boyle Heights series is produced independently of any editorial oversight or influence from Spot.Us.Posted by Spot. Us on 05/07/11


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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Police say four people have been wounded in a Saturday morning shooting in East Oakland.
The first of four victims was found when police received several phone calls about shots being fired near the 8400 block of International Blvd. around 7:30 a.m. Saturday.
Police say as additional calls were coming in, officers found two more people suffering from gunshot wounds on nearby 85th Ave.
All three victims were taken to local hospitals. As police investigated they were told there was a fourth shooting victim who was taken to a hospital before the first officers arrived.
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We're happy to announce the latest release of BookSmart — version 1.7 — affectionately called Black Sabbath within our offices. This version is packed with new features and performs better than ever. It's hard to know where to start talking up the new features because this is our biggest release since our BookSmart's inception.
Let's go with the new trim sizes. You can now make 13×11 hardcover books, and 7×7 softcover and hardcover books. That gives you – including our current standard landscape and portrait sizes – four trim sizes to choose from. You can check out the new templates and layouts in BookSmart's enhanced New Book Wizard or on our Explore page.
Those of you who visited us at Macworld in San Francisco or Imaging USA in San Antonio know that we now offer iPhoto integration. That means that you have access to all your iPhoto rolls and albums from inside the BookSmart application. Just drag and drop into your new book. Seamless and very cool!
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Trondheim on the Angoulême Grand Prix
The outspoken cartoonist (and former Grand Prix winner) addresses controversies surrounding the festival's most prestigious award. Continue reading
Angoulême 2012: Aftermath
One of the best festivals of the past decade. Of course, some problems persist. Continue reading
Angoulême 2012: Saturday
The most eloquently curated comics show I've seen since the fantastic Masters of European Comics in 2001. Continue reading
Angoulême 2012: Friday
The Art Spiegelman retrospective in the Castro building is amazing. Continue reading
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I daydream about travel constantly — buying plane tickets and packing my bags to explore a brand new place just seems so perfect. Unfortunately, with the big move less than two weeks away and the urge to buy things for my apartment in full swing, I will not be traveling anytime soon. However, that doesn't mean I have to quit the daydreams, right? Here are six hotels that are definitely on my travel bucket list...
The Thunderbird Motel: Marfa, Texas
Mark and I have been wanting to plan a road trip to Marfa for about two years, and if a road trip does happen this summer, this is definitely where we will be staying. I adore the minimalist decor and Native American blankets. The motel rooms also contain vintage objects like Polaroid cameras and record players that you can use!
Saguro Hotel: Palm Springs, California
How cool is this hotel?! I've never been to California, but I think once I finally get the funds together, I'm heading straight to this place.
Hotel San Jose: Austin, Texas
I tried to make reservations for this place about a year ago and they were booked solid. This place looks so nice and relaxing — and the pool looks absolutely perfect.
Hôtel Amour: Paris, France
This hotel is situated on a nondescript street in Paris' 9th arrondissement and from the handiwork of hotelier Thierry Costes and artist/night club entrepreneur André Saraiva — is ground zero for style stars, artists, photographers and designers visiting The City of Lights. It looks absolutely gorgeous.
Wythe Hotel: Brooklyn, New York
How stunning is this space? The beds crafted from salvaged timber, concrete floors and custom-made wallpaper abound are the perfect mix of industrial-rustic chic. The hotel also features a farm-to-table restaurant, Reynard's, which proposes locally sourced dishes such as beef carpaccio, rabbit sausage and omelets with organic kale and Gruyère cheese. This looks like the total package.
Ace Hotel: Palm Springs, California
Okay, obviously I really need to go to Palm Springs. This hotel looks absolutely amazing. This bohemian-retro design scheme includes record players, vintage vinyl records and a soothing color palette. Rooms embrace an outdoor-indoor dynamic, with tent-like walls, concrete floors and materials such as canvas, butternut wood, denim and hemp. The massive Swim Club Pool has more than enough space to swim, and hammocks and pillows are scattered about for lounging guests. [via Refinery 29]
Be sure and check out more amazing hotels at Refinery 29! I'm warning you though, if you weren't planning on taking a fun summer vacation, you'll be seriously tempted now.
Have you stayed at any of these hotels, Lovelies? What is your favorite hotel?
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Seattle TV journalist Kathi Goertzen inspires softball teamMarch 30, 2011 @ 1:19 pm (Updated: 2:03 pm - 3/30/11 )
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"Never say you can't." That motto has been adopted by the Ballard High School's softball team this season.
Their inspiration is longtime Seattle TV journalist Kathi Goertzen, who lives the saying every day as she continues to battle an aggressive brain tumor.
On Tuesday, more than 30 players went to bat for her at Lower Woodland Park to raise money for the Kathi Goertzen Foundation for brain tumor research.
"Look at these girls, they're amazing, hitting these home runs!" Goertzen said, as she watched them from underneath her umbrella.
Goertzen's daughter, Andrea, is the team's starting pitcher. Her teammates jumped at the chance to do the home run derby to show support for her and her mom.
Despite repeated surgeries to remove parts of a growing brain tumor, Goertzen still shows up to nearly every game to root for the team.
"This is not about a fundraiser. This is to support a teammate, and our number one fan," said senior captain Jamie Thelen.
This season, the team is also wearing wristbands that say "Pray for Kathi" and "Never Say You Can't." That's something Goertzen has always said to her daughters when the going got tough.
"We've always told them to do the best you can, and never, ever give up," she said.
The saying is something she lives by now as she fights the benign brain tumor that she's had for over a decade. It affects her facial nerve and makes it hard for her to speak as clearly as she once did.
After her latest surgery less than two months ago, she received thousands of letters, emails, and messages on facebook. She is truly touched by all the support she gets from the community every step of the way.
"I was truly blown away at the response. I didn't know that I had that many people who even gave me a second thought," Goertzen said.
She and her husband, Rick, have been busy building the Kathi Goertzen Foundation for brain tumor research.
"The motto for the foundation is Inspire, Hope, Cure...Kathi's inspirational story, hope for other people with brain tumors, and to inspire research to find a cure," Rick said.
As Goertzen watches the girls battling the rain and wind to hit home runs for the foundation, she said she wants everyone to know she's hanging in there.
"It's a battle. Every day is a struggle. But what the girls are epitomizing is how I am. Never say you can't. You get up every day, and you go, regardless of what's happening to you," she said. "It's not always easy, but you just can't give up."
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Tim W. Hudson has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Department of Development and Alumni Affairs as director of development for the northwest Arkansas region.
Hudson will design and manage major donor development programs and activities to support UAMS' statewide programs, including its satellite campus planned for northwest Arkansas.
From 1996-2007, Hudson was employed by the Ozark Guidance Center in Springdale, first as development director and later as executive vice president of the Ozark Guidance Foundation. Before that he was marketing director at Corporate Property Investors in Atlanta.


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I'm not sure whether I'd consider it a very fair reputation, but it definitely seems like roleplay servers have a reputation for not excelling at PvP. Aethros of Cenarion Circle defies that stereotype, with his team of 3v3 scoring 33rd ranked on Whirlwind battlegroup. Only a few weeks into the newest season, Aethros is already toting a personal rating of 2401.
Aethros is the death knight member of prism plz go resto. This 3v3 team is a TSG composition. Named after the team who won the 2009 Blizzard Arena Tournament at BlizzCon, TSG teams are made up of a holy paladin, a warrior, and a death knight.
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I'm going out for a little drive and it could be the last time you see me alive…Published 14/12/2011 West Midlands Police Leave a Comment
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During my time as a police officer I've arrested people for many different things. Week in week out we deal with allegations of assaults, thefts and criminal damage with the arrest forming part of the routine and nothing particularly remarkable.
Arresting a drink driver is different.
It's almost personal – here is someone who has thought that having consumed drink after drink it is acceptable to get behind the wheel and put everyone else's safety at risk. Not concerned – or just oblivious to the risk – they're happy to assume that the alcohol in their system won't affect their ability to operate their vehicle and as a consequence often find out otherwise only when they're being brought back to consciousness in A&E.
Taking a drink driver off the roads before this can happen is one of the best parts of the job and I think I'd go as far to say that an arrest for driving whilst above the limit is one of the most rewarding that we make.
We're trained to spot the signs that someone's taken to the wheel after taking to the bottle and also know where to look, focusing on the hotspots where we know drink driving can be common. This said, even without this training spotting drink drivers is often quite straightforward. The last one I arrested had given himself away by swerving into the path of oncoming traffic before drifting back into the curb. The one before this had probably thought he was okay to drive and was doing a reasonable job of keeping the car driving in a straight line. Problem was it was night and he'd forgotten to turn on his headlights.
Legally speaking, drink driving is covered by two relevant offences. The first is the most obvious – driving whilst above the prescribed limit – which is covered by Section 5 of the Road Traffic Act 1988. This states that it is illegal to drive a vehicle on a road or public place whilst above the prescribed limit which is 35 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood or 107 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of urine.
The second is driving whilst unfit through drink or drugs, Section 4 of the Act. This means that a person can be arrested if a constable suspects their ability to drive is impaired by the amount they have drunken or something they have taken with the determination that this is the case usually made by a doctor following arrest.
There are also further offences to help prosecute people who have been caught attempting to drive their vehicle whilst either of the above sections apply or are simply in charge of a vehicle whilst drunk or under the influence of drugs.
Following a stop of a suspected drunk driver, the first thing we'll look to do is to administer a road side breath test which gives us an indication as to whether the person is over the limit. The units are regularly calibrated but do not give a reading that we could use at court and so following a positive sample, we'll arrest the person and take them into custody.
At the station as soon as they've been booked on by the sergeant we'll lead them through to the 'intox room' where we have a machine which does the same as the road side test but much more accurately and which gives us a read out that can be used as evidence. We ask some mandatory questions about the suspect's health and then require two breath samples to be given.
After a short pregnant pause not dissimilar to a host at the Oscars stalling before announcing the Best Film winner, the machine jumps into life and loudly begins printing out the results. A positive reading means the person is sent to a cell to sober up and then is charged to appear before a judge who hopefully will hand out a driving ban, mandatory points and a fine. A negative reading means the person is free to go.
Both at the road side and in the custody block, the requirement to provide a breath sample is not optional and if they refuse without good reason they commit an offence against Section 7 of the Act and can be charged with failing to provide a sample for analysis.
When I mention 'good reason' for not providing a breath test, these reasons are limited to medical reasons. Complaints of being 'short of breath', 'too nervous' or refusing to give a sample without a solicitor present are not good reasons and are likely to see a person charged with failing to provide.
If there are legitimate medical grounds for not providing a sample, a medical practitioner will be called and a sample of blood taken. The suspect will then be bailed whilst the sample is sent to a lab for analysis.
The Road Traffic Act also contains provisions for officers to force entry to arrest persons who he or she suspects has been driving whilst above the prescribed limit, whilst unfit through drink or drugs. There is a further power to force entry to administer a breath test where a road traffic accident has happened during which someone has been injured.
When it comes to estimating whether you are above the limit or not, there are no easy or reliable ways of safely knowing if it is safe for you to drive. Gender, body mass and other factors can affect how quickly you will pass the legal limit meaning counting units is not an accurate guide to keeping within the law.
Best advice is always to either not drink at all if you are driving, to either arrange a designated driver or better still, book a taxi.
The standard warnings of 'you'll loose your licence, loose your job' etc are perfectly valid and good reasons not to risk drink driving however the real impact is on the families of the victims and drunk drivers themselves who tragically find the lives of loved ones permanently altered or ended as a result.
The impact too is with the members of the emergency services who are called out to the scene of accidents involving drunken drivers and who in the aftermath find themselves removing valuables from bodies, bagging up blood soaked clothing and taking the slow walk up someone's drive to deliver the worst news imaginable.
It's because we have to do things like this that I'd encourage anyone risking 'one for the road' to think long and hard before they climb behind the wheel – the consequences are very real and often irreversible.
Licence, registration – I ain't got none, but I got a clear conscience about the things that I done…Published 17/10/2011 West Midlands Police 5 Comments
Tags: blog, crime, driving licence, front line, HORT/1, insurance, law, MOT, police, police constable, police officer, producer, response, Road Traffic Act 1988, S. 163, social media, traffic stop, walsall, west midlands
You're driving down the road, you see a police car in your rear view mirror and you get that traditional feeling of 'Oh my god, the fuzz are behind me and they'll pull me over for the smallest indiscretion'. Don't worry – we won't, but we might decide to exercise our powers under S. 163 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 which grants us the ability to pull a motorist over for the purpose of a document check.
This is a position many motorists will find themselves in and doesn't necessarily mean that they've done anything wrong, only that for whatever reason an officer has decided that a quick peek at their driving documents would be a good idea.
Assuming that a motorist has with them at the time of the stop both parts of their driving licence (photo card and paper counterpart), their MOT certificate, insurance cover note and that all of these items are in order, the motorist is soon off on his or her jolly way.
An inability to display any of these documents at the roadside, however, means that a police officer is likely to issue to the motorist a catchily titled 'HORT/1′ form, otherwise known as a producer.
The producer is a short receipt documenting the conditions of the stop e.g. who was driving what vehicle and at what time and makes a request to that driver to produce the specified documents to a police station for inspection within seven days from midnight on the date of issue.
The law states that motorists should carry their necessary documentation with them, although oddly it recognises that most people will not actually do this and so includes a proviso that no one will be prosecuted for being caught not carrying their documents if they produce them to a police station within the above given period.
Having taken the requested documents to a police station, the staff at the front desk will record the information given and providing that all is in order, no further action is taken. If a motorist brings in documents showing he or she was acting outside the law driving a particular vehicle, action is taken accordingly as it is if a person doesn't fancy bringing in their documents at all.
Beyond issuing the producer, if an officer is being thorough he or she may also 'report' the motorist for not producing his documents. This means that the motorist is formally called to court to answer the charge, although this request is voided by the motorist producing the documents at a station within seven days. The reporting process involves the issue of a caution which can sound worrying like you are being arrested but not to worry, you aren't and hopefully the officer dealing will explain the process to you.
The receipt of a producer is not an uncommon outcome of traffic stops and nor should it be something that causes any worry. We're obviously keen that people's driving documents are in order as if they aren't the dangers are obvious – people without proper licenses or insurance can and do cause havoc and we're keen to do everything we are able to stop them.
With the majority of producers the motorist brings in their documents which are fine and we then enter the results into our sophisticated filing system to be forgotten about. We'd not want you to go away from a traffic stop unsure about the next steps and if you do have questions, please ask. We don't bite!
In a fast German car, I'm amazed that I survived – an airbag saved my life…Published 09/10/2011 West Midlands Police 25 Comments
Tags: accident, blog, crash, crime, front line, law, police, police constable, police officer, response, Road Traffic Act 1988, RTA, social media, walsall, west midlands
You're approaching a junction at low speed and notice from the brake lights of the car ahead that it is slowing. Your right foot begins to feather the middle pedal and you watch the needle on the speedometer begin to drift downwards. Glancing to your right you spot a billboard advertising a new series of your favourite television show. You didn't know they were doing another series and from the looks of it all the original cast are coming back for another action packed run. When's it starting though? You take another glance looking for the date when there's a loud crunch, you're jerked forward in your seat and then back again once you've traveled the short distance the seat belt will allow.
Unwittingly you've accidentally attempted to occupy the same bit of road as the motorist ahead. This rarely works and in this case has resulted in some very minor damage to both vehicles. No one's injured but there are bits of broken headlights in the road. What to do?
This is an example of what we'd call a 'damage only RTC'. It doesn't necessarily need police involvement and is easily sorted through your respective insurance companies.
The first thing you'll need to do is swap details. This means names, addresses and registration numbers. Once an accident has taken place you are legally obliged to remain at the scene and stay long enough to exchange these details, failing to do so is an offence.
If there is a reason that you can not exchange details at the time, perhaps because the other driver is not present, then you must inform the police of the accident in person as soon as possible and at the latest within twenty four hours. Again, failing to do so is against the law.
Any collision causing more than simply minor damage to the vehicles involved, for example if someone is injured, there is damage to something other than the vehicles or there is suspicion that someone involved has been drinking or is under the influence of drugs, then police attendance is required.
The standard policy is that if it's thought someone has been injured then we'll make the location of the crash as fast as possible. For us response officers that's quick but for our traffic units that's very quick indeed so it'll not be long until you hear the reassuring sound of our sirens in the distance.
Upon arrival we'll want to establish what has happened by speaking to those involved and may well conduct breathalyser tests to check that no one present has had 'one for the road' before climbing behind the wheel. We'll then make recommendations based on our findings and seek to establish whether there are grounds to support a prosecution for any motoring offences.
The majority of smaller accidents are caused by drivers momentarily losing concentration and as such it's rarely in the public interest to put the matter before the courts. This changes for larger, 'life changing' accidents though, the investigations for which can involve sealing roads off and bringing in specialist reconstruction teams to find evidence of what caused a crash.
Most motorists will be involved in some bump or other during the course of their lives and it's not something that's difficult to sort out. Obviously we'd prefer that motorists weren't distracted by advertisements, funny dogs and nice rainbows but sadly this is always going to be a risk of putting us humans behind the wheel of a car. At least now it should be clearer as to what you'll need to do should it happen to you.


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|Tue, 12-14-2010 - 9:48am
First, I love this board! Its helped me a lot.
Now, a couple of questions. If we plan to eat at 1pm on a Sunday, just how early can I peel, cut and put my taters in water for cooking? Christmas weekend is going to be so busy, I want to do as much as I can before hand. I have to cook 5 pounds of taters, so I dont want to be peelling the entire morning on that Sunday. Thanks!
Also, I plan on making my rolls ahead of time, and just freezing them to keep them as fresh as possible. So I will freeze, then thaw and then reheat them a bit. Will that plan work? And when I first bake them, I always brush them with butter. Is it ok to do that AGAIN, when I reheat them? or will I get wierd results?
I am also doing a big can of green beans. I am looking to free stove top space. I normally put them in a pot, with a couple of bacon strips to cook. Is it possible to do that in the crock pot, or will the bacon not cook enough with out over cooking the beans?
|Wed, 12-15-2010 - 8:41am
Sorry about confusing you on the rolls. I was just looking for "yes they will be ok brushed with more butter." So thank you. I just didnt want them to be oddly soggy.