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Among those it ranks as having the best 401(k) plans are: Saudi Arabian Oil, Lockheed Martin (LMT), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Piper Jaffray (PJC), FedEx (FDX), Amgen (AMGN), Chevron (CVX), Exxon Mobil (XOM), AstraZeneca (AZN), IBM (IBM), OppenheimerFunds and Microsoft (MSFT).
A sampling of the lowest-rated company 401(k) offerings include Darden Restaurants (DRI), Big Lots (BIG), RadioShack (RSH), Zale Corp.(ZLC), Bob Evans Farms (BOBE), Best Buy (BBY), Whole Foods Market (WFMI), La-Z-Boy (LZB), Wal-Mart (WMT), Home Depot (HD)and Tyson Foods (TSN).
By comparing companies within peer groups, broad discrepancies are illustrated. A worker at Darden Restaurants, assessed a rating of 35, would have $449,000 in lost retirement savings, necessitating 23 years of additional work to close the gap compared with a top plan. At Bob Evans Farms, it would take 27 years, and at Wal-Mart, 22 years.
A telling indicator is the average account balance. The average of Saudi Arabian Oil's 2,900 participants is $470,000. The 40,000 employee participants at Whole Foods have an average of $4,300.
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Many of the best plans are grouped within industries. Oil companies, for example, tend to offer more robust benefits. By contrast, many retailers -- in part because of the transient nature of their employers, the prevalence of part-timers and a lack of participation -- have worse plans.
"We decided to take the Google (GOOG) approach," BrightScope.com Chief Executive Officer Mike Alfred says. "[We told investors] that we could build something valuable here, even if we didn't know how to monetize it. When we launched the site in January, we had no idea what would happen. But, within a week, it was amazing. We were contacted by five or 10 Fortune 500 companies and all the largest investment advisers reached out to us. We talked to Fidelity, Vanguard, BlackRock (BLK). Everybody wanted to talk to us because once we started to build it, they could see how powerful a platform it could be."
That willingness is, in part, due to the fact that many 401(k) providers are feeling the heat. Investors and the government are demanding greater transparency, and 401(k) providers are facing litigation over fees some consider to be excessive.
Finding accurate information about fees proved to be a challenge.
"A lot of the fees coming from the providers are packaged into a so-called administrative bucket because it doesn't have to be disclosed," Alfred says. "There are all sorts of shenanigans going on."
In creating the site, he has seen conflicts of interest and pay-to-play revenue-sharing arrangements among mutual fund companies and plan providers, the cost of which is borne by participants.
Alfred was impressed to see that many companies are serious about giving their employees high-quality plans.
"There actually are companies out there that do pride themselves on having the very best benefits," he says.


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New Defense Department guidance puts open-source software on the same level as commercial software and urges DOD agencies to evaluate it on an equal basis with proprietary offerings. The guidance also encourages services to share copies of open-source software internally wherever possible
"To effectively achieve its missions, the Department of Defense must develop and update its software-based capabilities faster than ever, to anticipate new threats and respond to continuously changing requirements," wrote acting DOD Chief Information Officer David Wennergren, in a cover letter to the guidance, which was issued Oct. 16. "The use of Open Source Software can provide advantages in this regard."
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Military services procuring software should regard open-source as just another form of commercial software, the guidance states. When evaluating possible software choices, the agency should consider the benefits of open-source, such as how the code is peer-reviewed, the freedom from potential vendor-lock in, potential licensing issues about reusing the software and the potential cost-savings.
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The DoD CIO open source Memo did MORE than put open source on an equal footing with commercial software. Read it carefully, please. The Memo ELEVATED open source to "Statutory Precedence" over all other "like" solutions.
As a network/systems admin, I deal with Army systems where, every time we have a problem and try to get some information to solve it, we run into "that's proprietary information", or "just send us the system and we'll fix it", or "just reimage it". I've sometimes resorted to using a packet sniffer to see what normal traffic looks like (we run a closed network) so I can better diagnose "they're not talking, and I've gone through the manual" problems. Using open standaeds (without non-standard extensions, as Coner suggests) and publishing data formats would, in my opinion, go a long way towards making these systems truly interoperable.
Conor I agree with you!
I do believe perhaps the author means also when he says "vendor lock in" is related to how a commercial product is implemented as related to interoperability with other external systems
In the simplest example, suppose a system implemented in a closed architecture and produces a data format that is proprietary to the vendor and not based on any "open standard" like XML,etc.. this can cause problems down the road if consumers are implementing solutions based on this to this proprietary standard..
All I can think of is 'about time'. The commercial world has made these decisions and assumptions years ago, and finally the govt comes around. Kind of scary on one hand, kind of expected on the other. At least the slow moving change of heart is in the right direction. It would be disheartening to quantify the amount of lost dollars and efficiencies with the decisions that were forced away from the direction of open source over the last several years based on previous 'guidance'.
While I fully support the use of Open Source in the DoD, I am a bit confused by the statement that open source will provide "the freedom from potential vendor-lock in".
The issue with vendor lock-in is that applications are architected, designed and coded to a specific platform. "Platform" is the problem with lock-in, not vendors.
Virtually every platform that describes itself as being "standards compliant" will have extensions to standards that provide enhanced flexibility, scalability, ease of development or ease of production time administration.
The use of non-standard extensions lock applications to the platform regardless of whether the platform is purchased from a software vendor or is a "free" open-source platform coupled with with a support contract. Therefore, using an open-source platform, coupled with non-standard extensions locks the application to the vendor selling support contracts.
If the goal is to move away from lock-in, the DoD needs to mandate the use of standards without extensions.
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TravelPod Member ReviewsAparthotel City 5 Prague
My stay at the Apart hotel was a lovely experience. I was greeted by the hostess Kristina (who used to be an air hostess) with a drink and snack over which she provided me with a good scedule and map of sights to see. Up in the apartment which was clean with all the usual kitchen stuff I was impressed that there was a large jar of complimentary coffee and tea. She even did my Laundry ! Also free Wifi in the rooms . Definetly will return here and reccomend to those looking to stay. Also place is very convinently located to trams, Metro and shops and tourist attrations.
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Couldn't have been happier...
We have just returned from Prague and were so so pleased with our stay in the Aparthotel that we simply had to come on here and write a review of it!
The location of the hotel was fantastic, literally a minutes walk from the Andel metro station on the yellow line, three stops away from the city centre. The hotel is just around the corner from the Andel district, yet not close enough to have our sleep interrupted by street noise and late-night revellers. The Andel district itself was brilliant, with a large modern shopping centre and restaurants, one could've spent the entire stay there rather than travelling into central Prague.
We stayed on the first floor in a twin studio apartment for which we paid around �160 for four nights. Our room was lovely, the decor was modern and fresh and the beds were very comfortable. On arrival, we were told there was some tea and coffee in the room, and were pleasantly suprised to find that we had been provided with every type of herbal tea imaginable! Our kitchen was very well equipped, we were provided with everything we needed in order to cook a decent meal. The bathroom was lovely and clean, with a heated towel rail and fantastic power shower which was very refreshing after an exhausting days sightseeing in Prague. All in all the apartment was exceptionally clean and a pleasure to stay in.
I feel I should also mention the wonderful staff of the hotel, who, prior to our trip, called us in England to ask us what time to prepare for our arrival. Upon arriving that staff were very friendly and helpful and spoke excellent english. We were provided with a map of Prague and lots of useful information, such as places to visit and which metro stations we would need to use to get there. While to hotel does not have a 24 hour recpeption, guests are given keys to the main door and are also provided with the mobile phone numbers of the hotel's staff in case of emergency.
I would also recommend the hotel's cafe, which provides free internet access and a whole range of well-priced drinks, the hot chocolate was lovely!
All in all we had a fantastic stay in Prague and the Aparthotel and look forward to staying there again in the future.
Lovely hotel, lovely people
We were stuck in Prague with nowhere to stay and a limited budget. Christina and her staff were amazing, the apartment we were given was huge, cheap, and Christina really went out of her way. She helped us get our car mended, drove us around town, brought us breakfast to our room, negotiated a good price for car repairs, let us store all our gear from the car in one of the staff's son's houses, took phone calls for us, translated for us, and even tried to give us a present - a huge calendar - it was unbelievable. A true find. We had stayed the first night in the hotel next door, and while it was clean and good, it simply was not a patch on this place. I've never stayed anywhere so friendly!!!
Amazing Hotel
I would never usually write a review on a website. But felt the Aparthotel is the exception to the rule.
The hotel itself is immaculate, clean & well presented. The reception area is very welcoming and the staff very polite & very helpful.
The first thing we noticed that the building is fitted with a modern lift/elevator which is great after the days flight and travel.
Our room was a studio room. As you walk through the door of the room, there was a large hall area, with room staright ahead, bathroom to the left and a inbuilt wardrobe to the right.
The studio itself had a double bed, lots of draw & cupboard space (which looked new).
There was also a self contained fitted kitchen facilitys within the room which included a fridge freezer & small cooker, a kettle, microwave, free tea & coffee, along with cups, saucers, plates etc.
There was a seperate and very modern shower facilty with basin toliet, mirror etc.
It is worth noting that the building is very secure and not only do you keep your room key, but you also get a key to the main building itself, which gives you alot more freedom.
The location is great and situated only 3 minutes from a very large shopping centre which includes stores such as Tesco, C&A, Marks & Spencers and loads, loads more atleast 100 shops.
There are also 2 very modern style (glass frontage)banks and we would advise you to change your money at one as the exchange bureaus can be very costly compared.
There are also lots of bars and restaurants in the district which are really nice and very cheap and a great alternative if you want to avoid the stag & Hen parties in Prague centre itself in the evenings
From the hotel you can walk into Prague centre which is about 15 minutes or jump on a tram (which appeared to be free as nobody ever paid) so we just jumped on and off as we needed.
It is also 1 minute from the Metro (but we avoided the Metro).
All in all the ApartHotel was fantastic, the location brilliant and the staff more than willing to go that extra mile.
Fantastic place
Our apartment was immaculate with everything we could need. Staff were friendly and helpful and the location was very convenient, very close to a tram stop on the easy and frequent tram system. Excellent value and it's a beautiful city
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Unser Appartment war makellos und es gab alles, was wir brauchten. Das Personal war freundlich und hilfsbereit und die Lage sehr g�nstig, ganz in der N�he einer Stra�enbahnhaltestelle. Die Stra�enbahnen fahren oft und sind leicht zu benutzen. Ausgezeichnetes Preis-Leistungs-Verh�ltnis in der sch�nen Stadt Prag.
Great Hotel, Beautiful City
I booked this hotel as i wanted to be close to the centre and not pay to much and this was one of the cheapest deals i got, so when we arrived i was not expecting it to be great. I was wrong lovely new hotel in the perfect location. The bedroom we stayed in was on the top floor and was newly decorated we think we may have been the first people to stay there or the housekeeping staff were amazing. Loads of space small kitchenette to cook (not that we did) bathroom with lovely hot power shower probably the best self catering room i have ever stayed in. The hotel had a small bar area again looked bran new and offered a small breakfast in the mornings if we wanted it at a cost of 180 Krowns for the two of us which is about �4.50 plus it served drinks until 8pm and the beer was dead cheap as we were next door to the starpromen brewery. Great location a good twenty minute walk to Charles Bridge but just two minute walk to nearest Tram Stop which is four stops from Charles Bridge (about 10 minutes) plus next to the tram stop was the metro station which was only two stops from Wencellas Square (about 5 minutes) and these two services are really cheap two tickets were 28 Krowns about 60p and the services were fantastic we never had to wait more than ten minutes for either the tube or the tram. Be warned though they do stop running at midnight
We had booked the hotel for a surprise birthday treat for my Mom. The rooms were fabulous and they managed to group the three couples together on one floor. The most amazing thing by far though was the staff. They bent over backwards to help our stay be the best ever. When my Mom fell and hurt her ankle they rang round friends to try and get her a wheelchiar so she could still see the city (we didnt need it though). Truly lovely people. I would recommend this hotel to anyone. So close to the main attractions too.
Top quality appartments.
We were a group of five people staying at these appartments for 4 nights and we can without doubt say that this place is great. The staff were better than any we have ever come across in all the places in europe that we have stopped, they were helpful, always up for a laugh and a joke, would go out of there way to make sure you were comfy and had all that was needed.
The hotel itself has just been refurbished and is very modern and comfortable. The rooms that we had were a top floor appartment that three of us shared and a first floor studio with two people, and both were as good as each other.
The hotel isa good 15 minute walk from the centre or Wencellas square, but the metro and tram of which perform an excellent public transport system is a few yards away. (STAY OUT OF THE TAXI'S THOUGH THE FARES GO THROUGH THE ROOF).
Overall excellent and we would certainly stop there again!!!!
Shane,Karen,Martin,Siobhan and Darren.
Great Hotel
We stayed for 7 nights at Aparthotel City 5 and it was great! Lovely old building newly and nicely decorated, apartments are spacious and very clean and comfortable. Staff were very helpful and location of hotel was great - near to trams and metro or approx 20 min walk into old town square area. Will be recommeding to friends going to Prague, and would definately stay there again.
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A wonderful new apartment style property within walking distance of the city centre.
Having only opened 5 weeks ago, the property is entirely renovated, owner-operated and a great place to stay on a budget.
Their are single 'bedsit' style apartments, or 2 room apartments available. All are clean and pleasantly appointed and all rooms have their own kitchen. The building also contains wi-fi internet free of charge, as well as a laundry. With only a few apartments in the building, it is highly recomended!
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After the last few days of touring, I just needed to have no place to go and nothing to do, so I just wondered back to the Old Town Square to listen to music, get some curly chips on a stick, watch people and just take in this part of town. In the scheme of things, I saw relatively little of Prague. It's big. I walked around Wenceslas Square (where my hotel was) and ...
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function loadScript(filename,callback){
var fileref=document.createElement('script');
fileref.setAttribute("src", filename);
fileref.onload = callback();
if (typeof fileref!="undefined"){
console.log('done loading');
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the "
test" is at the top of the
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echo file_get_contents() into a
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Egypt's Shura Council (upper house of parliament) approved a revised election law and a controversial political rights law on Thursday, official news agency MENA reported. The Shura Council ordered to refer both laws to the Supreme Constitutional Court to check their legality. A different version of election law has recently been referred to the Supreme Constitutional Court for review.
On Feb. 18, the Supreme Constitutional Court rejected a disputed election law and sent it back to the Shura Council for amendment, due to the unconstitutionality of some articles concerning the quota of workers and fair representation of electoral districts.
Three days later, the Shura council endorsed the amendment, and the amendment was approved by President Mohamed Morsi without referring to the Supreme Constitutional Court. On March 6, an administrative court decided to suspend a presidential decree to hold parliamentary elections on April 22 and referred the election bill to the Supreme Constitutional Court to determine its constitutionality.
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Islamist lawmakers then drafted a fresh election law, taking the Supreme Constitutional Court's remarks into consideration, so as to avoid waiting several months for the approval of the previous one already referred back to the Court.
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Released: Jul 01st, 1989
Running Time: 85
Director: Scotty Fox
Company: Moonlight Entertainment
Cast: Tori Welles, Robert Bullock, Blake Palmer, Tamara Lee, Peter North, Randy West, Victoria Paris, Brandy Alexandre
Critical Rating: AA
Genre: Feature
Well, I learned one thing from watching this tape: Late Night With David Letterman has nothing to fear from this supposedly humorous take-off. Oh, maybe I did learn one other thing; Robert Bullock, a fine actor, isn't very funny (maybe it's the script). Of course he's great-looking in the sack, especially with a little help from Brandy Alexandre and Tamara Lee, but this sexvid just has too much dull talk-talk and not enough hot action. Even the stupid sex trick (starring Tori Welles) isn't interesting, although the hidden camera in the green room segment, featuring Randy West and Victoria Paris in horizontal positions, is quite a scorcher. About the best we can say is that they try hard, but there just isn't enough of what adult viewers want in this feature for it to be considered better than average.


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Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
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Effectiveness of Various Exposure Metrics in Defining Dose-Response Relationships for Mink (Mustela vison) Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls
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We conducted a quantitative analysis of published results from more than 50 tests of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) effects on mink reproduction, which provided a basis for evaluating how well different methods of measuring and assessing PCB concentrations can approximate a toxicologically relevant dose for this endpoint. Several dose metrics were identified for comparison. Dietary dose metrics included the daily intake of total PCBs and the daily intake of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin toxicity equivalence concentrations (TECs), calculated using World Health Organization toxicity equivalence factors (TEFs). Internal dose metrics included whole-body total PCBs, whole-body TECs calculated using World Health Organization TEFs, and whole-body TECs calculated using alternative TEFs specifically identified for internal dose assessment. Accounting for the bioaccumulative potential (i.e., internal dose) of ingested PCBs proved to be more important than accounting for the concentrations of dioxin-like PCB congeners in explaining the observed variation in reproductive success. This was true regardless of whether internal doses were estimated from dietary data based on homolog concentrations (whole-body total PCBs) or congener concentrations (whole-body TECs). For each of the PCB dose metrics, a range of toxicity reference values is identified based on the species-specific PCB toxicity database compiled for this evaluation.
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Americans' Political Engagment Extends As Far As Their Underwear
Protest underwear is the new bumper sticker.
Is protest underwear the new bumper sticker? In order to "get more people to think about their constitutional rights," a couple of designers launched a line of protest underthings called 4thamendmentwear. Using metallic ink, they inscribed text of the fourth amendment so that it's theoretically visible to TSA employees under the X-ray. What, no braille underwear for the travelers who opt for the pat-down? Perhaps a more patriotic version of "Get your filthy paws off my silky drawers"?[Fast Company]


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Book your room at New Park Hotel
Get an overview of this hotelAdults-only hotel with 2 restaurants and bar/lounge
Situated in Salmiyah, this hotel is within 3 mi (5 km) of Marina Mall, Marina Bay Beach, and Al Fanar Mall. Olympia Mall and The Scientific Center Kuwait are also within 6 mi (10 km).
Hotel Features
This hotel features 2 restaurants, a bar/lounge, and a coffee shop/café. Free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and free airport drop-off are also provided. Other amenities include a 24-hour business center, coffee/tea in a common area, and 24-hour room service.
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All 52 soundproofed rooms feature free WiFi and 24-hour room service. Guests can enjoy deep soaking tubs, and other standard amenities include balconies, DVD players, and TVs.Would you like to give us feedback? Share it! Opens in a new window
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Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Business amenities at this 3-star property consist of a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms.
Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. This business-friendly hotel also offers a terrace, multilingual staff, and a garden. A shuttle from the hotel to the airport is complimentary to guests at scheduled times. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- 24-hour business center
- 24-hour front desk
- Free airport transportation - drop-off
- Bar/lounge
- Billiards or pool table
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Free parking nearby
- Free self parking
- Free WiFi
- Garden
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of floors - 8
- Number of restaurants - 2
- RV, bus, truck parking
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Television in common areas
- Terrace
- Total number of rooms - 52
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, RV, bus, truck parking, Free parking nearby
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- Air conditioning
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- Cable TV service
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free bottled water
- Free newspaper
- Free toiletries
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Daily housekeeping
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Desk
- DVD player
- Free local calls
- Free WiFi
- Hair dryer (on request)
- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Minibar
- Phone
- Premium TV channels
- Private bathroom
- Refrigerator
- Room service (24 hours)
- Shower/tub combination
- Slippers
- Soundproofed rooms
- Television
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
New Park Hotel has 2 restaurants on site.
Late night fare is available from 24-hour room service.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 2 PM
Payment types
- No pets or service animals allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Minimum guest age is 22
Caters to adults only
No cribs (infant beds) available
No pets or service animals allowed
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: KWD 3.750 per person (approximately)
- Rollaway bed fee: KWD 10 per night
Hotel Name
- Hyatt Hotel Kuwait
- Hyatt Kuwait Hotel
- Kuwait Hyatt
- Kuwait Hyatt Hawally
- Kuwait Hyatt Hotel
- Kuwait Hyatt Hotel Hawally
- New Park Hotel Salmiyah
- New Park Salmiyah
We should mention
Under Kuwaiti law, if you are a Kuwaiti citizen or a foreigner residing in Kuwait, you must provide a Kuwait Civil ID card at time of check-in. Couples wishing to share a room must provide their original marriage certificate. Local laws may restrict unmarried guests from sharing rooms. Guests are responsible for providing proof of marriage, if requested by the hotel. Guests under 22 years old are not permitted at this adults-only property. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property. Alcohol is not served or permitted at this property.


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FLOYDADA - Lorrayne Harrison, 85, died Thursday, Nov. 22, 2007, in Dimmitt.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church with Matt Baird and Anthony Sizemore officiating. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Hart Cemetery in Hart by Colonial Funeral Home of Dimmitt.
Mrs. Harrison was born July 24, 1922, to Dollie and William Cruce in Perrin. She married Alfred Harrison in 1939.
Survivors include two daughters, Elsie Black of Hart and Linda Griffith of Hereford; a brother, Donald B. Cruce of El Paso; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
The family suggests memorials be to Hospice Cares, 112 W. Jones, Dimmitt, TX 79027; or Hart Cemetery, P.O. Box 215, Hart, TX 79043.
Sign the online guest book at www.colonialfuneralhome.org.
Amarillo Globe-News, Nov. 26, 2007
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|By Jeremy Geelan
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|April 5, 2012 07:00 AM EDT
Only ten weeks to go! Time for an alphabetical summary of the many leading-edge themes & topics to be discussed at Cloud Expo 2012 New York (10th Cloud Expo) - being held June 11-14, 2012, at the Javits Convention Center in New York City and co-located with Big Data Expo 2012 New York (1st Big Data Expo). There is truly no bigger or better event on earth that allows you to play catch-up via so many different technical and strategy sessions devoted to Enterprise IT's two fastest-growing trends - Cloud Computing & Big Data - under one roof.
10th Cloud Expo Keynote – see Mission-Critical Applications in the Cloud
Apache Hadoop – see Hadoop
Apache HBase – see HBase
APIs – Why are APIs so important in clouds? That is a question that the CEO of Eucalyptus Systems, Mårten Mickos [Speaker Profile] - one of Cloud Expo's most popular regular speakers - will seek to answer in his Cloud Expo 2012 New York session entitled "Clouds Are All About APIs". He will also be asking whether we will end up with one, two or more standards and wondering how will this affect the evolution and adoption of cloud computing.
Application Consolidation – see Platform as a Service
Australia – see Case Studies
Best Practices – There are numerous best practices sessions throughout the program at 10th Cloud Expo in New York. They include "Best Practices for Big Unstructured Data Storage" by Tom Leyden [Speaker Profile]; "Infrastructure Planning & Control in Next Generation Data Centers" by Andrew Hillier; and "Elastic IT: How the Cloud Can Benefit Organizations of Any Size" by John Peterson.
Big Data – With the advent of the first ever Big Data Pavilion, 10th Cloud Expo's exhibit floor and program will both be awash with Big Data discussions and solutions. For details of relevant sessions, see elsewhere on this page: Big Data and the Cloud | Big Data Revolution | Big Unstructured Data | The Growing Big Data Tools Landscape | Consolidation of Big Data in the Cloud | Scaling Big Data in the Cloud |
Big Data and the Cloud – Cloud-based, real-time analytics can help save more than 50% in business insight-related costs, and collaborative business process services can help increase employee productivity by 25%. That, anyway, is the contention that will be made by IBM's VP of Big Data & Streams, Anjul Bhambhri [Speaker Profile], in a 10th Cloud Expo session that will be examining how, in the era of smarter computing, any enterprise can apply the transformative power of cloud computing to reinvent the way it does business and improve economics. IBM has worked with a broad range of clients, across all industries, to help them define their big data strategies, and was recently named a "Leader" in The Forrester Wave for Enterprise Hadoop Solutions, Q1 2012. Anjul's session is called "Big Data and the Cloud".
Big Data in the Cloud – see Consolidation of Big Data in the Cloud
Big Data Revolution – What exactly is Big Data and what can you do with it? What are some of the considerations if you need to run a high-performance production system? In a 10th Cloud Expo session called "Big Data Revolution" delegates can join the team fro GoGrid and learn how one of its customers leverages the power of Big Data and the scalability of the cloud to vastly improve its product.
Big Data Tools – In a session titled "The Growing Big Data Tools Landscape: Choosing the Right One for Your Enterprise", Chief Strategy Officer for GCE, David Lucas [Speaker Profile], will be running through what enterprises really need to know about the growing set of big data tools - both those being leveraged by organizations today as well as the new and innovative tools just arriving on the scene. "Hadoop, MapReduce, Hive, HBase, Lucene, Solr?" says Lucas. "The only thing growing faster than enterprise data these days is the landscape of big data tools."
Big Unstructured Data – In a session titled "Best Practices for Big Unstructured Data Storage", Tom Leyden [Speaker Profile] of Amplidata will explain what Big Unstructured Data is (lots of large, unstructured files) and how you build scalable storage infrastructures that can handle such volumes of data. Tom's focus will be on Object Storage - the future storage paradigm that uses concepts of cloud computing to optimize the back-end storage for cloud applications.
Case Studies – With cloud computing having moved so conclusively now from being a noun to a verb, 10th Cloud Expo abounds in case studies featuring real-world implementations of cloud-based solutions. One good example is the session entitled "Cloud Triumphs and Pitfalls: Lessons from Commonwealth Bank of Australia", in which ServiceMesh Sr. VP Dave Roberts [Speaker Profile] combines with Jon Waldron, Executive Architect at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, to explore key lessons learned by the largest bank in Australia during the rollout of multiple enterprise-wide, private cloud services. "Come find out what worked and what didn't so you can apply the same lessons to your own cloud initiatives," Roberts invites.
Chief Innovation Officer – see IT As Innovation Leadership
Cloud Analytics – see Eucalyptus | Hadoop | Spatial Analytics
Cloud & Government IT – see Enterprise Transformation Using the Cloud
Cloud APIs – see Eucalyptus
Cloud Bootcamp – see Cloud Computing Bootcamp
Cloud Computing Bootcamp – As at every Cloud Expo to date, 10th Cloud Expo features our ever-popular Cloud Computing Bootcamp, with Larry Carvalho [Speaker Profile] back by popular demand as 2012 Bootcamp Instructor. "We offer multiple days of actionable insight into what vendor offerings are currently available and help you comprehend their strategy," says Larry. Well worth visiting and/or following in full!
Cloud Databases – see PostgreSQL | Scaling Big Data in the Cloud
Cloud Expo Keynote – see Mission-Critical Applications in the Cloud
Cloud Orchestration – see Enterprise Transformation Using the Cloud
Cloud Security – see also Dark Side of Virtualization
Cloud Standards – Will we end up with one, two or more competing cloud standards? And, how will this affect the evolution and adoption of cloud computing? These are questions that the CEO of Eucalyptus Systems, Mårten Mickos [Speaker Profile] - one of Cloud Expo's most popular regular speakers - will seek to answer in his Cloud Expo 2012 New York session entitled "Clouds Are All About APIs". He will also be asking why APIs are so important in clouds, and whether Cloud APIs have to be open.
Cloud Storage – see also Scale-out Storage
Cloud Storage – In a session at 10th Cloud Expo called "Building and Using an Open Source Storage Solution", John Dickinson, Project Technical Lead at Rackspace Hosting, where he works on Rackspace's Cloud Files product, will be exploring the ABCs of Swift, one of the largest open source object storage projects He'll also explore real-world scenarios in addition to the lessons learned from building and running the largest OpenStack Swift Clusters in the world at Rackspace.
Cloud Triumphs and Pitfalls – see Case Studies
Commonwealth Bank of Australia – see Case Studies
Consolidation of Big Data in the Cloud – IT managers are dealing with growing constraints on space, power and costs to manage their data center infrastructure, which is why Cloud Expo 2012 New York Platinum sponsor Intel is bringing together a broad network of leading hardware and solution providers to build and enhance cloud solutions that are interoperable, multi-vendor and embrace open standards. In a General Session entitled "Managing the Explosive Growth and Consolidation of Big Data in the Cloud" Intel will be joined by key partners on-stage to talk about the latest Cloud solutions and service offerings that they are offering based on Intel architecture.
Copyright and the Cloud – Widespread adoption new cloud functionality is bringing dramatic changes in the ecology and characteristics of content use and re-use. As cloud-based content usage increases, so-called "repertory-style" licensing will likely become an ever more critical and indispensable part of the toolkit for collaboration and content-sharing. Hear all about it in the 10th Cloud Expo session "Copyright and the Cloud: Publishing, Content Workflow and Licensing" being given by Christopher Kenneally, Director of Business Development at Copyright Clearance Center.
Dark Side of Virtualization – What are the types of situations when you should consider not virtualizing some of your applications? Reasons might range from technical to legal to IT ops to politics to finances. In his 10th Cloud Expo session, Dave Asprey [Speaker Profile], VP of Cloud Security at Trend Micro, will be giving a true IT insider's guide to the truth about virtualization. Dave's session is called, in full: "The Dark Side of Virtualization: Ten Situations Where Virtualization Won't Improve Security, Performance, or Availability".
Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) – see PostgreSQL
Database Sharding – see Scaling Big Data in the Cloud
DBaaS – see PostgreSQL
Elastic IT – IT organizations have looked to the cloud to offload the challenge of security management and take advantage of the elasticity which the cloud offers. In an interactive session at 10th Cloud Expo, John Peterson, VP of Technical Services at Barracuda Networks will explore this shift, its benefits, and discuss best practices, including case study examples that organizations can use to scale up or down the computes required to deliver this security as they expand and contract over time. His session is called: "Elastic IT: How the Cloud Can Benefit Organizations of Any Size".
Enterprise Hadoop Solutions – see Big Data and the Cloud
Enterprise-Wide Private Cloud Services – see Case Studies
Enterprise Transformation Using the Cloud – Cloud is a shift from the focus on underlying technology implementation to leveraging existing implementations and further building upon them. In his session at 10th Cloud Expo, the CTO of the U.S. Dept. Justice, Ajay Budhraja [Speaker Profile], will discuss how for example the requirement to access multiple clouds will cause a shift towards utilizing identity management services and single sign-on capabilities."With cloud services," he says, "a traditional project that just obtained survey information from customers and provided reports can be transitioned to leverage an authentication service, cloud customer information service, cloud reporting service and other cloud services to provide a scalable, highly integrated solution quickly."
Ethernet SAN – see Scale-out Storage
Eucalyptus – As datasets grow in size and numbers in the enterprise, there needs to be a place to store, secure and analyze the datasets. An IaaS cloud like Eucalyptus can be "the place" to enable enterprises to deploy Big Data analytics and applications. That, anyway, will be the contention made by Eucalyptus Systems' Director of Product Management, Govind Rangasamy, in his New York session "Running Big Data Applications on Eucalyptus IaaS Cloud". Since the Euca cloud has the industry's de-facto standard IaaS API implementation, Govind will be able to make a powerful case! Eucalyptus also already has a vast ecosystem of Big Data industry partners.
Hadoop – As the saying (now) goes, "if it's partionable, it's Hadoopable"...and truly Apache Hadoop is front, left and center nowadays at any event featuring Cloud Computing & Big Data, and ours is no exception. Sessions include: "Apache Hadoop: Now, Next, and Beyond" by the Co-Founder & CEO of Hortonworks, Eric Baldeschwieler [Speaker Profile]; "Crash Course In Open Source Cloud Computing" by Citrix's Mark Hinkle [Speaker Profile];
Hadoop: Now, Next, and Beyond – One highly popular session in June is certain to be the one on Hadoop being given by the Co-Founder & CEO of Hortonworks, Eric Baldeschwieler [Speaker Profile]. Eric was the engineer responsible, while he was at Yahoo!, for building and managing the team that took Apache Hadoop from a prototype to a system Yahoo! uses on 42,000 computers. In his session, he will discuss the exciting developments that have happened recently with the Apache Hadoop project, what is has already accomplished (including real-world examples), and what it is going to make possible in the future.
HBase – see Big Data Tools
Hive – see Big Data Tools
Hybrid Cloud – The reality is that every IT organization will face a mixed deployment model going forward, which is why the 10th Cloud Expo session by HyperStratus CEO Bernard Golden [Speaker Profile] will address the opportunities and constraints IT organizations confront as they chart their hybrid cloud future. "Endless discussion about the 'right' cloud delivery model has not produced a consensus," says Bernard. "Instead, the cacophony of discussion resembles a Fox News Show - all talking points and no enlightenment." According he proposes to get beyond that and on to much more useful, real-world discussion in his session entitled, tellingly, "Private vs. Public vs. Hybrid: Moving Beyond the Soundbites".
HPC in the Cloud – High-Performance Computing (HPC) and the Cloud make a cost-effective duo. Something called "process level virtualization" technology - with a very low footprint to create a robust and fault-tolerant virtual private cloud - can leverage existing IT infrastructure and achieve supercomputing performance at lower cost "and with zero management and integration effort" according to Eyal Maor, entrepreneur and CEO of Xoreax. He'll be giving a session at 10th Cloud Expo called "Achieving Cost-Effective HPC in the Cloud Through Process Level Virtualization".
IaaS Cloud – see also Eucalyptus
IaaS Cloud Services for Windows & Linux – Can efficient and powerful hardware, used along with both open source and proprietary software, be ulitilized to achieve an ideal balance between performance vs cost? Mike Carpenter, VP Business Development with CARI.net, believes so and his 10th Cloud Expo session "Architecting the Full Performance Potential of IaaS Cloud Services For Windows, Linux And Appliances" aims to explain how. "There is a gentle yet optimal balance between performance, redundancy and capacity," MIke will explain.
Infrastructure Planning & Control – In his 10th Cloud Expo session, CiRBA's CTO & Co-founder Andrew Hillier will be outlining best practices for gaining control over dynamic capacity supply and workload demand in large-scale virtual and cloud infrastructure. His session is called "Infrastructure Planning & Control in Next Generation Data Centers" and he'll be discussing in detail how leading Fortune 500 organizations have brought together infrastructure teams, capacity teams and application owners to increase agility, reduce risk and costs by optimizing infrastructure planning and management processes.
Identity Management – see Enterprise Transformation Using the Cloud
IT As Innovation Leadership – The opportunity for today's IT leaders is to transform IT by leveraging the new ecosystem of services that liberate IT from a technology focus to an information and innovation focus. In a 10th Cloud Expo session by Rich Taggart, a Lead Partner at SHI and former SVP and Corporate CIO of the Walt Disney Company, will be offering a step by step approach to revitalizing IT as an innovation leadership organization. The session is called "From Chief Information Officer to Chief Innovation Officer".
Linux – see IaaS Cloud Services for Windows & Linux
Lucene – see Big Data Tools
Managing Big Data Growth – see Consolidation of Big Data in the Cloud
MapReduce – see Big Data Tools
Mission-Critical Applications in the Cloud – How have the latest cloud computing designs evolved recently in terms of security, availability, and overall service quality to meet the needs of mission-critical applications? That is the crucial question for many Cloud Expo delegates, and it is one that will be answered in June by SHI's Chief Technologist and Managing Partner Henry Fastert, whose Opening Keynote at 10th Cloud Expo - on June 11, 2012 - will be asserting that the latest generation of cloud computing is now demonstrably capable of addressing the needs of the enterprise mission critical applications. Henry will also share insight on how cloud designs can handle high availability service levels (Security, Performance, High Availability).
Mobile Cloud – As workers continue to demand business apps on their connected devices, the mobile cloud will play a key role in changing the enterprise IT landscape forever. In his session at 10th Cloud Expo called "Embracing the Mobile Cloud from Start to Finish", the President & Founder of Keynote DeviceAnywhere, Faraz Syed, will be discussing how, to make it work, companies must plan for the whole application lifecycle from development and testing through to monitoring, or risk failing to realize the full potential of the mobile cloud.
Network-Based Cloud Computing – The importance of an enterprise-grade network at the center of cloud services cannot be overstated, according to Steve Caniano, VP of Hosting, Application & Cloud Services at AT&T Business Solutions. The optimum cloud, Caniano contends, is one where cloud services are actually embedded in the network. "A network-based cloud allows cloud services and applications to be managed and delivered as part of a total solution straight down to any device just like voice and data," Caniano states. His session at Cloud Expo 2012 New York, "The Cloud and the Network – a Match Made in Heaven" will discuss how this unique approach can offer enterprises the scale and flexibility of the cloud, without sacrificing performance, reliability and security.
Next Generation Data Centers – see Infrastructure Planning & Control
Open Source Cloud Computing – In his sure-to-be-packed "Crash Course In Open Source Cloud Computing" session, popular Cloud Expo speaker Mark Hinkle [Speaker Profile] will, as Mark puts it, "cut through the hype and quickly clarify the ontology for cloud computing." The session will appeal to anyone who has a good grasp of traditional data center infrastructure, but is struggling with the benefits and migration path to a cloud computing environment, he adds. "Systems administrators and IT generalists will leave the discussion with a general overview of the options at their disposal to effectively build and manage their own cloud computing environments using free and open source software," Mark - who is Director, Cloud Computing Community at Citrix - says.
OpenStack – see Cloud Storage
PaaS – see also PaaS 2.0 | Platform as a Service | Private PaaS
PaaS 2.0 – If "PaaS 1.0" is what people are now seeing as strictly a tool to easily deploy apps to the infrastructure in a self-service way with little or no differentiation among offerings, then "PaaS 2.0" is what is needed in order for PaaS to reach its full potential. In a session entitled "Goodbye PaaS 1.0, Hello PaaS 2.0", Apprenda's Co-Founder & CEO Sinclair Schuller [Speaker Profile] will be explaining what it takes to make PaaS the modern day abstraction layer for software delivery. "We must enter the PaaS 2.0 phase," Schiller says, "in order to enable the next generation of applications to embrace and leverage the full power of cloud computing, multi-tenant SaaS architecture and highly efficient grid execution to deliver business critical applications at web scale."
Platform as a Service – see also PaaS 2.0 and Private PaaS
Platform as a Service –
PostgreSQL – DBAs should consider PostgreSQL to move database operations to public and private clouds. That, at least, is the view of Karen Padir, executive vice president of products and engineering at EnterpriseDB. In her 10th Cloud Expo session in New York, Karen will be explaining why, as well as providing delegates with tips and tricks to using PostgreSQL as the backend database for hybrid/private/public cloud environments. Her session is entitled, simply: "Why PostgreSQL is the Database for the Cloud".
Private PaaS – In her June session in NYC entitled "Private PaaS for the Enterprise & Beyond", ActiveState's Cloud Evangelist Diane Mueller will be discussing how Private PaaS technology gives control over where, when and how the cloud is leveraged. "I'll be showing Cloud Expo delegates how you can extend & ensure your private cloud investment with a private Platform-as-a-Service and provide on-demand availability, flexibility, control, and ultimately, faster time-to-market for your development teams," Diane says.
Private Cloud vs Public Cloud – see Hybrid Cloud
Public Cloud vs Private Cloud – see Hybrid Cloud
Real-World Cloud Computing – Cloud Computing is no longer just a noun, it's a verb - and 10th Cloud Expo is accordingly replete with sessions that showcase real uses by real companies in real verticals. Examples: "Leveraging the Cloud for Spatial Analytics and Intelligent Mapping" by Esri's Victoria Kouyoumjian;
Relational Sharding – see Scaling Big Data in the Cloud
Running Apps in the Cloud – see SHI Cloud
Running Big Data Applications – see Eucalyptus
Saving Lives with Cloud Computing – see Spatial Analytics (really!)
Scale-out Storage – In a session by Coraid CEO Kevin Brown, "Cloud Architectures Require Scale-out Storage", Cloud Expo delegates will be able in New York to learn how organizations are leveraging Ethernet SAN as the storage backbone of their dynamic public and private cloud architectures. "Virtualization combined with x86 servers has transformed the way we scale out compute resources," notes Brown. "Unfortunately, legacy Fibre Channel and iSCSI storage architectures are rooted in rigid mainframe-era designs, and are fundamentally mismatched with the dynamic, shared modern data center," he continues. Whereas with Ethernet SAN, he adds, "capacity and performance both scale linearly with user demand without forcing users into a complex tiered storage environment to deal with price-performance tradeoffs."
Scaling Big Data in the Cloud – What does it take to implement a comprehensive data infrastructure, including your core database, incorporating SQL, No SQL and Big Data platforms? This and other questions will be answered by Cory Isaacson, CEO of CodeFutures, in his session at 10th Cloud Expo. Based on his real-world experience as maker of dbShards with dozens of high-volume, data intensive applications, Cory will be nailing the whole topic of "Scaling Big Data in the Cloud" and will also be helping Cloud Expo delegates decide: which database technology is best for your application?
Secure Cloud Computing – Security features in many of the sessions at 10th Cloud Expo. In "How To Build a Secure Cloud Service", for example, CloudPassage VP Rand Wacker will be breaking down the top security considerations that are specific to the cloud and offering practical steps for securing cloud-based application development. Rand's session will include real-world success stories of self-protecting and autonomous servers in the cloud that are surviving the higher exposure level to threats and vulnerabilities.
Server Virtualization – As datacenters expand and cloud computing becomes a reality, there are challenges to implementing a one-size-fits-all strategy. In a 10th Cloud Expo session called "Server Virtualization: How to Choose the Right System for your Workload", ScaleMP Founder & CTO Shai Fultheim will discuss the ROI of implementing server virtualization for aggregation, and best practices for using it to achieve maximum benefits.
SHI Cloud – see Mission-Critical Applications in the Cloud
Single Sign-On – see Enterprise Transformation Using the Cloud
Solr – see Big Data Tools
Spatial Analytics – In a session titled "Leveraging the Cloud for Spatial Analytics and Intelligent Mapping" by Esri's Victoria Kouyoumjian will showcase multiple use-cases of geospatial solutions that leverage the cloud computing deployment models to provide better government transparency, stakeholder engagement, and save lives … (really).
Storage in the Cloud – see Scale-out Storage
Swift – see Cloud Storage
Transparent Sharding – see Scaling Big Data in the Cloud
Twitter & Cloud Computing – Here are the Twitter handles of some of the speakers at Cloud Expo 2012 New York (@CloudExpo), they are *well* worth following: @martenmickos, @arungupta, @sschuller, @larrycincy, @davenielsen, @bernardgolden, @mrhinkle, @jg21, @nicvek, @daveasprey, @tomme, @sandhillstrat, @paulrubell, @hansvandekoppel, @apinomi, @caniano, @kpadir, @0x44, @mikopp, @jonwaldron, @shaifultheim, @AnjulBhambhri, @jeric14, @jyung99, @vkouyoumjian.
Virtualization – see also Server Virtualization | The Dark Side of Virtualization
Windows – see IaaS Cloud Services for Windows & Linux
Workload – see Server Virtualization
Workload Demand – see Infrastructure Planning & Control
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