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Without a doubt, the most exciting city in America. I seriously don't know why NYC is compared to Los Angeles. There's a huge difference and LA isn't half the city NYC is.
Better city in America? Not very fucking likely...
by Kyle February 10, 2005
Best, most exciting city in the whole wide world (I'm not american by the way) with some of the friendliest (really) people and the best food. Where else can you buy a giant pretzel? or nuts? or a huge pizza on the street? It's one of those places everyone should go to, at least once.
You should go to New York City!
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the capital of the world
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by nadie February 28, 2005
A great city in the U.S.A full of different cultures and people and a lot of freaks (you know who you are!!)
New York City- The Irish built it, the Jews own it and the Italians run it!!
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Metropolis; the biggest city in the United States and one of the biggest cities in the world. The financial and economic capital of the United States and the Western Hemisphere. Like any other city, whether its visible on the surface or not, there's crime, poverty and excess in New York City, alongside some of the wealthiest people in the world. It differs from other cities in the US in that the cityscape is more of a contiguous metropolis than Los Angeles, Boston or Chicago. Residents are (surprise surpise) very proud of their city; they have a reputation for being rude, arrogant and boisterous but it is a stereotype that doesn't hold true in every circumstance.
New Yorker: Yeah NYC is the greatest city in the entire fuckin' world and dont you fuggetit
Me: Yeah I was in New York City in 2003 and I was flying out of Newark and the sky above NYC was green
New Yorker: Yeah but its a real city
Me: K, whatever
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New Yorker: Yeah but its a real city
Me: K, whatever
by Perfect_Cheezit September 16, 2004
Birthplace of rap and home of the 5 Boroughs (Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, The Bronx, Staten Island) and easily the best city in the U.S.
The best city in the whole damn U.S., and maybe in the world
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John Jendrezak and Trevor McDiarmid give us a first look at Click-to-Run, an innovative new Electronic Software Distribution (ESD) technology for Office 2010 that utilizes Microsoft's streaming and virtualization technology (AppVirt - you learned a great deal about this technology right here on Channel 9...). It's great to see application virtualization in the mainstream. Note that this is essentially a commercial for the new technology in Office 2010. We will go deeper in the future and in a more conversational manner. Please do ask questions here and on the Office 2010 engineering blog, where you can much more about this great addition to Office.
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I've been working with the tech preview and I enjoy being able to use it without it conflicting with my Office 2007 installation. Its as painless as I think it can be. Would I use click-to-run once released? Not really, only because Outlook - Business Contact Manager is not distributed through click-to-run. I'm pretty excited with what I've seen of BCM...its probably the most improved software in the Office suite. http://blogs.msdn.com/bcm/default.aspx If only Office Live Small Business could actually host/sync with BCM for a small team working from home offices.
Click-to-Run? Sounds awfully similar to the Click 'N Run service from Linspire.
Come on Microsoft... first you sue because Lindows sounds too much like Windows, then you turn around and do the same to them.
Hm, I just wanted to try Office 2010, went to the official website and the only way I could get it was a 650MB download. In the video, they make it sound like Click to Run is the new way to distribute Office which doesn't seem to be the current experience.
it's NOT GA yet, this is supposed to be available only then, and if im not mistaken will be available through OEM OPK's
if you go to www.office.com, select the the Get Office2010 Beta link from homepage, you're brought to the beta site. From there, click Get it Now. In the choices, you have to pick "For home, small business and school". Click-to-Run delivery is available for Office Home and Student and Home and Business. Other products (like Office Professional) are not enabled with Click-to-Run at this time.
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MACON, Ga. – The Stetson men's basketball team had its three-game winning streak snapped by a league-leading Mercer Bears team that earned its seventh straight victory with a lopsided 87-49 win at Hawkins Arena Saturday afternoon.
After senior Willie Green opened the game by winning the tip and scoring the first bucket, Mercer took off on a 26-2 run over the next seven minutes, virtually putting the game away not even midway through the first half.
The Bears (17-5, 7-1), who improved to 12-0 at home this season with the victory, were clicking on all cylinders. Mercer made 16 out of its first 20 shots from the floor en route to shooting 61.3 percent from the field and 58.3 percent from three-point range in the first half.
"It didn't feel like we played to the level we are capable of playing," Stetson head coach Corey Williams said. "Mercer had a lot to do with that. They played outstanding. They shot the ball very well. Anytime you're playing the number one team in your league, you're margin for error is extremely small."
Along with the inability to stop Mercer's hot shooting, Stetson (6-15, 4-5) was also unable to get anything going offensively in this one. The Hatters shot just 34.7 percent for the game, and hit on 28.6 percent of their threes, many makes coming when the game was out of contention.
Mercer held a 49-24 lead at the break after Stetson was able to break off an 11-2 run late in the first to cut the Bears' 31-point advantage to just 22 with just over two minutes to play.
Unfortunately for the Hatters, Mercer came out on fire once again in the second half, continuing to extend the lead as the game went on. The Bears led by as many as 45 points before settling into the 87-49 win, marking Stetson's largest margin of defeat this season.
A number of Bears were successful on the offensive end on Saturday, but Anthony White, Jr. led the way with 19 points on 5-of-6 shooting from beyond the arc. The Bears as a group finished 11-of-22 from long distance.
Darious Moten scored 15, Bud Thomas totaled 13, and Jibri Bryan chipped in with 12 for the Bears. Senior point guard Langston Hall, who leads the league in the category, led all players with nine assists.
Green finished with 10 points and five rebounds to lead the way for the Hatters. Senior guard Raymone Andrews added nine points and a team high four assists in the loss.
Stetson will continue A-Sun action next week against second place Florida Gulf Coast. The Hatters and the Eagles are scheduled to tip-off at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 31 in the A-Sun/CSS Friday Night Game of the Week.


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The center of town where the Auburn University campus meets the City of Auburn, Toomer's Corner, where College Street intersects Magnolia Avenue, has long been the gathering place for Auburn athletic celebrations. After any football win, and significant victories in other sports, Auburn students and citizens alike join forces to "roll" the trees (and anything else that doesn't move) at Toomer's Corner with toilet tissue. Celebrations after significant football victories can go on for hours and leave the heart of town looking like a blizzard passed through.
The corner is named after Sheldon Toomer, a halfback on Auburn's first football team. He opened a drugstore on one corner of the intersection and opened a bank on another.
On the university side of the intersection are two massive southern live oak trees planted more than a century ago. Whever something good happens in Auburn, this intersection immediately becomes a gathering place for members of the Auburn Family.
No one knows the real origins of this tradition, but it has become one of the most recognizable and is unique to Auburn.
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Palm Beach County has come of age. From a pioneer village for fishermen and animal trappers in the 1870's, to a winter resort haven for the wealthy in the 1920's, to a blossoming metropolis in the post World War II era, the County has undergone tremendous changes and growth. What are we like? Where are we going in the future? Planning Division often receives requests for demographic information from the public, whether for grant writing or market research. Below are web links to many sites developed by public organizations that have already organized demographic information in a user-friendly format. They are excellent resources for State, County, Municipal, and small area statistics.
Palm Beach County Profile
A general profile of the County, updated annually by Planning staff, giving the latest population estimates and projections by municipalities, development activities, and general socio-economic information.
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A land use based allocation model, updated every other year by Planning staff, giving small areas population projections for 2014 through 2035.


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Storytimes & Programs and Events
In an effort to boost early childhood literacy, Douglas County Libraries employs the American Library Association's "Every Child Ready to Read" approach to storytime. The program is based on current research in early literacy and brain development which indicates that it is never too early to prepare children for success as readers. Storytime schedules and weekly themes vary at our libraries. Current storytime schedules are always online at DouglasCountyLibraries.org - go to the "Locations" tab and click on the branch for more information.
Douglas County Libraries offers a wide variety of educational and fun activities for children, teens and adults throughout the year, as well as several literature events (Author Extravaganza, Colorado Author Series, and Douglas County Writers Conference). We offer youth reading programs in the spring and summer, as well as summer reading programs for teens and adults. Monthly calendars of events and our biannual magazine, Access, are available at each library. Monthly calendars are also available at: DouglasCountyLibraries.org [1] - click on the Events menu.
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The scenic villages of the Hasliberg municipality are string together like pearls on a string. The panorama trail, a beautiful high-altitude route, links these together and joins up with the Brünigpass. The section on a sunny slope high above Meiringen is blessed with abundant views and while walking you will enjoy the stunning views into the Rosenlaui area on the opposite side of the valley and, in delightful contrast, the view down to the turquoise pearl of Lake Brienz. The western part of the panorama trail is especially rewarding. It only has gentle ascents and is completely outside the ski area. Start your hike at the Hasliberg/Wasserwendi post bus stop. Initially the path is level and then the trail descends moderately to Hasliberg/Hohfluh. From there it crosses a gently undulating snow-covered plain to the Bodemli. The final stretch undulates gently through quiet pine forest. The panorama trail ends at the Brünig-Hasliberg railway and post bus station.
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The careful planning of a tour will ensure that you also derive the maximum pleasure and enjoyment from it. Please take the time to contact the local information centre and enquire about route and weather conditions before setting off. Your intended trail may be fully or partially closed, depending on the time of year and weather conditions.


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Which 'Star Wars' characters would you like to see get their own spin-off film?
By Dan Fienberg, Dave Lewis, Drew McWeeny, Alan Sepinwall Saturday, Nov 10, 2012 11:50 PM
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(guest)Chewie had a speech impediment, all other Wookies could supposedly speak fluent EnglishNovember 11, 2012 at 9:28AM ESTReply to Comment
ronno your wron man chewie didn't have the speach impedament it was another wook that leia met sometime after the thrawn triligy.November 12, 2012 at 12:26PM EST
JosiahYou are wrong. Go watch Revenge of the Sith.November 25, 2012 at 3:03AM EST
JosiahYou are wrong. Go watch Revenge of the Sith.November 25, 2012 at 3:03AM EST
BryanCan't tell if serious but there was only one wookie with a noted speech impediment that made him sound more like English than the others. Ralrracheen. That's why he was the embassador.December 5, 2012 at 12:02PM EST
tj (guest)This is a very easy answer for me I would like to see the sith and sith lords spin off movie and see how some of them become just as powerful as the Jedi.November 13, 2012 at 9:32PM ESTReply to Comment
Andrew (guest)Only two I'm interested in would be Boba and Han. But, who would be cast as Han Solo? Brendan Fraser, Damon, Depp? Nobody could match Ford.November 22, 2012 at 11:39AM ESTReply to Comment
JamesJoseph Gordon-Levitt would be better than any of those.November 24, 2012 at 12:10AM EST
JordanWhy, Nathan Fillion of course.November 25, 2012 at 4:32PM EST
cbrown85Brendan Fraser?? Thank God you're not in the film industry. I can't believe this guy said Brendan Fraser.November 30, 2012 at 10:44PM EST
BirdBrendan Fraser? I wouldn't cast that guy to act in a porno.December 1, 2012 at 1:13AM EST
Bryan2nd for Nathan Fillion. Born to be Han. See firefly for reference.December 5, 2012 at 12:03PM EST
MattI think Hugh Jackman would do a great job, he has that cocky air to him & han solo is just a wolverine without bone claws & has had his morning coffee lolMay 27, 2013 at 9:20PM EST
BC (guest)Only C3P0 had his memory wiped, not R2D2November 22, 2012 at 6:43PM ESTReply to Comment
David Kempf (guest)Boss Nass. Now what's his story? Plus he is a great role model...November 22, 2012 at 11:44PM ESTReply to Comment
Quank (guest)The only good ideas in this list are Boba and Han. The avante-garde Wookie thing has already been done in the Holiday Special. Also, when Yoda turned "badass" in the prequels it was like watching some stupid kid play Sonic the Hedgehog. Super lame.November 23, 2012 at 1:11PM ESTReply to Comment
Don Romero (guest)My three suggestions would be Darth Maul, Darth Maul and Darth Maul.November 23, 2012 at 3:37PM ESTReply to Comment
DrEnter (guest)Boba is over-rated, no interest. But I could definitely get behind seeing the backstory of some of the more interesting Sith. The Jedi are too insufferably do-goody. I'd like to see some more Sith justice. I mean Vader and Tarkin destroy a planet--to make an example out of it--in the first movie and they don't bat an eye.
In the same vein, I wouldn't mind a Han prequel, or maybe more about how Jabba got to be so feared.November 24, 2012 at 4:05PM ESTReply to Comment
Josiah (guest)Only C-3PO's mind was wiped, R2-D2's was not. Plus, the reason they are on the Tantive IV is because they are given to Captain Antilles at the end of Episode III.November 25, 2012 at 3:06AM ESTReply to Comment
brag0031 (guest)When I first saw Episode III, I was disappointed Han Solo didn't appear. Ever since, I've thought they should do a Han Solo origin story where they show how he became a smuggler, met Chewbacca, and won the Millenium Falcon from Lando.November 25, 2012 at 7:30AM ESTReply to CommentLike (1)Latest Likes:1 Anonymous
Christopher (guest)What about Jango Fett?November 25, 2012 at 6:50PM ESTReply to Comment
Christopher (guest)What About Jango Fett?November 25, 2012 at 6:52PM ESTReply to Comment
Brad (guest)You gotta be kidding me these are all horible ideas, save for Boba. How could you not include Maul or Jabba.November 25, 2012 at 9:12PM ESTReply to Comment
Wemble (guest)I always wondered what happened to the guy in the bar at Mos Eisley that lost an arm to Obi Wan's lightsaber. I betcha he lived an interesting and productive life afterwards.November 26, 2012 at 8:22PM ESTReply to Comment
Idgarad (guest)TK421's life story from clone vat to the Death Star exploding!November 29, 2012 at 4:30PM ESTReply to Comment
FeD (guest)Old school Boba Fett would've been interesting, but Lucas ruined him by turning him personality-less and gave him a dull back-story. :(November 30, 2012 at 11:27AM ESTReply to Comment
John (guest)Seriously, a Boba Fett spin-off? He already got his own movie, it was Episode II Attack of The Clones.November 30, 2012 at 4:02PM ESTReply to Comment
JordieLaCantaEstaMuyLoca (guest)i would love to see an R rated Boba movie and a serie about the rebel pilots, but i would like a young obi-van series tooNovember 30, 2012 at 8:24PM ESTReply to Comment
cbrown85 (guest)I do not get the Boba Fett craze. His dad had one scene where he held his ground against Obi Wan, then got his head chopped off. And then there is Boba. What does he do in any of episode 5 or 6? Someone please explain. Darth Vader catches Han and Boba happened to be there. And then he gets killed immediately in Ep. 6. Most overrated film character of all time. If they do anything it should be about Darth Vader's apprentice.November 30, 2012 at 10:48PM ESTReply to Comment
Mitchell (guest)A movie featuring just Wookies has already been made. Its called the Star Wars Holiday Special. It certainly was not even close to decent, but definitely worth the watch for any fan of Star Wars.. or horrible movies.December 2, 2012 at 1:06AM ESTReply to Comment
Windu (guest)No mace windu?He could kill everyone on this list other than yoda....Darth Maul was a fan favorite bad guy and no General Grievous what a lame list nice job!December 2, 2012 at 3:22AM ESTReply to Comment
Windu (guest)No General Greivous ,Darth Maul,and no Mace Windu who could kill everyone on your list other than yoda...Nice job star wars "fan".December 2, 2012 at 3:23AM ESTReply to Comment
helboC'mon, all these are lame characters from the prequels. Darth Maul was just a nicely painted face and a double-sided lightsaber. Mace Wandu was a piece of cardboard that people seem to think he kicks ass because he is played by Samuel L. Jackson who is only cool because of his role in Pulp Fiction.December 3, 2012 at 1:18PM EST
WinduNo actually if you saw the animated clone wars it shows how much of a bad ass windu was he took out armies of clones out by himself and was only killed by anakin with a cheap shot.Id love to see you take on 2 jedis btw and live if they were real...Obviously you dont know anything about star wars and what your talking about but whatever.Darth Maul took on 2 jedis at the same time and almost killed both of them.To even become a Jedi was a huge feat that most people couldn't even achieve but I'm not gonna argue with someone who doesn't even watch star wars and know what he is talking about.chowDecember 3, 2012 at 3:35PM EST
HelboOh man... one man taking out armies, huh? To me that sounds quite silly and quite boring. Where is the tension in watching a near invincible persona single-handedly take out armies? You can have the "I know more about SW than you" award. Doesnt matter to me. I saw the original in the theatre and just want decent and mature followups to the films I grew up with. Regarding me taking on Jedi? HAHAHAHA!!!!December 3, 2012 at 4:10PM EST
Eddie (guest)What if bobba fett turned good, then they took over control of the empire through battle then he dies in the end.... It should also start off him blasting out the mouth of the monster.December 3, 2012 at 2:19AM ESTReply to Comment
Eddie (guest)What if Bobba Fett blasted out the pit and found some jedi's and changed to a good guy?December 3, 2012 at 2:21AM ESTReply to Comment
Gyorg (guest)You should know that, while listening to a Wookie grunt for just a minute can be tolerable. A whole movie would be just GRATING.December 3, 2012 at 10:16AM ESTReply to Comment
RichterBelmont (guest)You are aware that Boba Fett survived in the Sarlacc pit, right? And please, any other character than Boba Fett. He is cool and all, but to me not a very interesting character since there are so many spin-offs w/ him already (not in movies, sure). Would way rather want to see Luke forming his academy.December 3, 2012 at 4:09PM ESTReply to Comment
threadpusher (guest)Star Wars has a big enough universe and a big enough budget(di$ney)to do a CABLE mini-series or series much like the twilight zone or outer limits of All these stories except the god-awful lame ones. Hire the best writers and directors to bring to life everything the fans really want. Cool Spin offs and semi prequels. each week different 1 hour stories and one main story arch to tie them together. One season would lead to a 5 year run.December 4, 2012 at 10:43AM ESTReply to Comment
jeff (guest)The Han Solo trilogy was really good. it had bobo fett and the rise of jaba to power in it. Best of all, it describes how han won the milinium falcon from lando and the modifications he made to the ship by scraping empirial cruisers.December 5, 2012 at 2:06AM ESTReply to Comment
jason (guest)i for one would love to see a spinoff with the red elite imperial soldiers, maybe one where they actually do something other than stand around all day trying to look cool.December 5, 2012 at 12:38PM ESTReply to Comment
vincentHan Solo-the galaxy's Malcolm Reynolds?December 5, 2012 at 2:37PM ESTReply to Comment


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Students at South Carolina State University were pressured into using a promoter for a homecoming concert, financed with student fees, who had ties to the chairman of the schools board of trustees, according to student leaders.
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To read previous stories on the S.C. State corruption scandal, go to postandcourier.com/scstate.
The 2011 event moved to center stage this month when the former chairman of the Board of Trustees and his business associate were charged with participating in a kickback scheme in connection with the concert.
Some student leaders said university officials pressured student organizers to choose a promoter who had ties to Jonathan Pinson, who at the time was the schools board chairman. The concert, an annual event paid for with student activity fees, didnt make a profit that year, so it drained much-needed funds for students.
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Pinson, 42, of Simpsonville, and his friend and business associate Eric Robinson, 42, of Greer, were indicted on charges that they attempted to affect interstate commerce by extortion and participated in an alleged kickback scheme in connection with the concert.
According to the federal indictment, Pinson was to receive a kickback for steering a contract to manage the concert to W.E. Entertainment, a company in which Robinson is a partner. The indictment doesnt state what kind of kickback Pinson was to receive.
Pinson also was indicted on charges that he attempted to use his influence at the university to broker a land deal in exchange for a $110,000 Porsche Cayenne.
Pinson and Robinson pleaded not guilty to all counts of the indictment.
Former university Police Chief Michael Bartley, 48, pleaded guilty to conspiracy for his role in the land deal, for which the Orangeburg resident would have received an ATV and about $30,000 in cash.
Federal officials said more indictments are expected.
Kenneth McClary, an S.C. State student in 2010 and 2011, said it was common knowledge among student leaders and those involved in campus politics that certain board members and administrators pressured students organizing the annual concert to hire W.E. Entertainment as its promoter.
Organizers refused in 2010 but capitulated to officials demands in 2011.
McClary, who now works as a clerk for the state of Connecticuts Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, led an informal student group in 2011 that circulated a petition calling for improvements and accountability at the university.
Donovan McDaniel, the universitys student activities president, told WIS-TV in Columbia that in 2011, We took the orders we received and hired W.E. Entertainment. Student organizers did that after being told that profit from ticket sales would be used to improve student housing, McDaniel said.
Money trail
W.E. Entertainments contract included a $280,000 budget for the concert, according to documents The Post and Courier received from the university in response to a request under the states Freedom of Information Act. In exchange for managing the event, the company would get $25,000 and 40 percent of ticket and merchandise sales.
Interim university President Cynthia Warrick, through spokeswoman Ashley Elliott, said she could not answer financial questions about the concert because it was part of an ongoing criminal investigation. And the documents released to the paper dont make clear how much W.E. Entertainment actually received.
Board Chairman Walter Tobin said the concert lost money, but he couldnt provide specific details about concert finances.
The board months ago simply was told that finances for the concert werent kosher, werent right, and that it involved an inappropriate use of student activity fees, Tobin said.
The documents also include contracts for five performers totaling $190,000 $80,000 for Charlie Wilson, $70,000 for Young Jeezy, $20,000 Chrisette Michele, $10,000 for Ace Hood and $10,000 for Future.
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The suspects were arrested after authorities found an unidentified white male dead in a driveway at 17409 Four Corners Road.
Authorities said the victim was Ronnie Lee Bradley, 48, of Prairie Grove, Ark.
They said Bradley was with four others: 35-year-old Heather Swain, 35-year-old James Patton, 35-year-old Anthony Allen Swinford and 37-year-old Timothy Swinford.
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What new features would you like to see in Android 5 Key Lime Pie?
0. phoneArena 20 Nov 2012, 03:41 posted on
We're so fond of Android nowadays we're beginning to worry about getting weight. And how wouldn't we? With all those delicious desserts being regularly served by Google engineers, it's almost impossible to resist...
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1. Nocturne (Posts: 24; Member since: 21 May 2012)
*Grabs Popcorn*
30. MeoCao (unregistered)
LOL, but I think voice control will be more and more important. Both Android and iOS are moving in that direction with Google's technology is far ahead.
I'd love Key Lime Pie to use voice more to control the phone like launching play list, turn by turn navigation...
The developers will do many good things with the Voice Recognition API.
38. IHateApple (banned) (Posts: 122; Member since: 26 Sep 2012)
WebOS like multitasking, a "Lite" version for older/cheaper phones (like Galaxy Mini, Xperia Tipo etc.), Siri like assistant, and MOST IMPORTANTLY an option to remove manufacturer customizations.
40. IHateApple (banned) (Posts: 122; Member since: 26 Sep 2012)
And my favorite feature will be:- Official Youtube app supporting video downloading.
64. DigitalMD (Posts: 226; Member since: 17 Feb 2010)
A more unified kernel and driver set with less vendor and proprietary items needed to build a updated ROM. That's still the biggest downside to Android. It takes 6 to 12 months to get a OS update pushed out to most phones and tablets . Many never see an update at all, so all the new features go to waste
2. shy2papa (Posts: 309; Member since: 23 Jan 2010)
More emphasis on security the only bad thing MS & apple can say about android is its not secure enough
18. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 12941; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
I think there's more although security really needs to be improved in the next version.
51. megabok (banned) (Posts: 58; Member since: 03 Apr 2012)
Examples please...
55. Mr.Verizon (Posts: 23; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
Like apple's devices are immune to security breaches. Seems like every celebrity phone that gets hacked and has contacts and pictures stripped and put online is an iphone. Android OS isn't perfect by any stretch but they aren't afraid to say it. You seem to believe that your Apple logo is superman.
57. moronman66 (Posts: 162; Member since: 09 Jan 2012)
It's really not that insecure if you only download apps from where you're "supposed" to, the Google Play Store. Seriously, only .55% of all of the malware applications that people get on Android is from the Google Play Store, the rest is sideloaded, and that's taking a risk, and they did add a scanner thingy to that in 4.2. People need to be educated on the facts on the marketing of competition.
3. dan86 (Posts: 298; Member since: 17 Mar 2012)
1080p native resolution, with support upto 32 bit color depth.
Improved Power management.
62. SuperMaoriBro (Posts: 526; Member since: 23 Jun 2012)
This. So that you can plug your mobile into a desktop monitor and run native res with normal sized fonts for web surfing, document creation/editing
4. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
- multi-view, especially on tabs, c'mon Google, a monkey could do that.
- regular widgets, google now, push messages to lockscreen
- USB OTG for Nexus, c'mon, we want to move our files to pen-drive without root
- offline navigation, POI saving, AR mode (already teased)
- option to replace phablet UI with something more useful, google bar too
- a stable, fast Chrome gawddamnit!
15. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
I like how on Maemo , meego and WebOS multitask . Those multitask cards are actually live not like on google its just a snapshot
28. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
I thought the Nexus 7 had USB OTG, so doesn't that mean the Nexus 4 would have it also?
41. Asasindude26 (Posts: 33; Member since: 25 Mar 2012)
It does,the Gnex doesn't but the Nexus 7,10 and 4 all do :)
60. rmc8293 (Posts: 1; Member since: 19 Aug 2012)
Nexus Media Importer. Works for all android devices w/o root.
5. easymomo (Posts: 91; Member since: 04 Jul 2012)
Landscape mode for both tablets and phones
6. flower99 (banned) (Posts: 54; Member since: 18 Nov 2012)
hi, im an ios user and i wish to have an android device. Dont get me wrong, ios is great. But i wanna try something beyond the ios. So which should i choose? Wat thing should i need to concerned? Is nexus better compare to other android? I suddenly got attracted by nexus 7 because of the attractive price, but i need a feedback, is nexus 7 really that good?
12. TylerGrunter (Posts: 1522; Member since: 16 Feb 2012)
Nexus is google brand, which main advantage is to have fastest updates for the OS.
The Nexus 7 is not the best of the market, but the one that gives the best price/quality ratio by far, as low as $200 for quite a nice hardware. To get something with better HW you'll have to pay $100 more at least.
For the rest: there are too many things to check to give you a full list, but at least check the processor, GPU, screen resolution, RAM an internal memory. Also taht microSD and MHL (HDMI) are included. I'm probaly missing serveral more... You can also check the cameras, but I normally only care about them on phones, not tablets.
31. noim1 (Posts: 297; Member since: 15 May 2012)
Yup the Nexus 7 is great...bought one few weeks ago..its amazing for the price i paid...bang for buck,,,,
53. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
Nexus 7 is nice, a great start I believe, but things depend on how you feel and what you look for, you care for fast updates packed with features? What carrier would you like? My recommendation for you might be (on phones)
Galaxy S3
Nexus 4
Droid RAZR M or HD
7. PowTheBowl (Posts: 86; Member since: 19 Apr 2012)
Seamless integration with Windows 7/8, Mac.
80. tumchaaditya (Posts: 71; Member since: 21 May 2012)
Something like Nokia Suite perhaps...
Control all content in a central place...
(Current manufacurer softs suck! e.g. Kies. We need something from Google)
8. Samsomesh (Posts: 195; Member since: 11 Jun 2012)
Can we change the album photo of a certain album of music player in android..?
9. Paviour (Posts: 2; Member since: 20 Nov 2012)
I want the chromnium os to die, and android becomes the multi-platform OS that will dominate the world :)
10. desijatt (Posts: 58; Member since: 28 Aug 2012)
Quality apps for tablets, like ipad has
14. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
Google has quality apps for tablets, it's other developers that need to stop being lazy.
44. blingblingthing (Posts: 529; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
He must want Google to put a gun the Dev's head and order a tablet oriented app.
23. bloodline (Posts: 706; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)
yeah because this googles fault.
29. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
That's the app developer's fault, not Google's.
61. gwuhua1984 (Posts: 1237; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
That has nothing to do with Android version.
13. TheOldOne (Posts: 190; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
that was the best one!
17. TylerGrunter (Posts: 1522; Member since: 16 Feb 2012)
I woul like to see:
- multi app in foreground (split windows) for tablets and phones over 4.5 inches.
- Smart menus that give you menus depending on usage.
- Multi screen support, not just cloning but with extended display.
- Increase of support for USB and wiless external devices.
- Better optimzed javascript engine in the stock Android
- Desktop support for Android (and send Chrome OS to the garbage)
81. tumchaaditya (Posts: 71; Member since: 21 May 2012)
+1 for smart menus..
19. redmd (Posts: 1268; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
better power management.
20. mangmang (Posts: 12; Member since: 06 Jun 2010)
I think google really needs to work on android stability and making the system faster, I love android but overall if you look at ios it is much more smoother and seamless, this is a feature that google really needs to focus on because at the end of the day with all the new screen sizes and resolution and ram and etc one needs a phone that works fast, seamless and doesnt slow down with need for daily or everyother day rebooting to make it faster.
Long live Android
45. blingblingthing (Posts: 529; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
Please avoid saying iOS is smoother. iOS is like PS1 game running well on a PS2. It runs well at the end of the day. But it isn't any technical achievement since it doesn't do many of the elements on android does.
85. mangmang (Posts: 12; Member since: 06 Jun 2010)
I agree that android is technically more advanced that ios but the thread was for features that may be included in keylime pie and I think android can improve one making the core system more smooth.
47. cretinick (Posts: 148; Member since: 25 Jan 2011)
I don't know what kind of phone you are dealing, but my Android get running for weeks without reboots...
Sometimes I turn it off, just to charge faster. But never reboots to make it fast!
I'm talking about a 2010 model!
84. dan86 (Posts: 298; Member since: 17 Mar 2012)
Mangmang act as he is a tester! Lol Dr. well iOS is quite jealous as android is eating its lunch!
86. mangmang (Posts: 12; Member since: 06 Jun 2010)
lol I am not a tester but i feel the core system can run smoother, just my opinion
21. someones4 (Posts: 625; Member since: 16 Sep 2012)
optimization of os to the point of ios
security features
other tinkerings like taking screenshots and stuff
73. KaiTech (Posts: 20; Member since: 20 Mar 2012)
wow, stop being so specific... ;)
Screenshot ability has been available since Gingerbread or even Froyo from what I know. Do your research dood.
77. someones4 (Posts: 625; Member since: 16 Sep 2012)
i mean an easier way to take screenshots. Don't really like the way screenshot is taken on ICS
22. chronopc (Posts: 86; Member since: 18 Oct 2012)
- Multitasking like Samsung was able to do
- Ability to hide the navigation bar
- Power widgets on the notification like the one available on custom roms
- Ability to import pdf and epub into Google Books
- Ability to wrap text on Chrome at any zoom level
- App data syncing between devices
72. KaiTech (Posts: 20; Member since: 20 Mar 2012)
- Power widgets on the notification like the one available on custom roms
4.2 introduced the double finger pulldown to access quick settings menu, so you can check this off.
24. MANSBH (Posts: 3; Member since: 20 Nov 2012)
Lots of thing need to be done, for the time being I want to request to improve in Calls Option "Black List". At the time of creation of Black List from Contacts we have to include one by one, it will be perfect to add required numbers in one time process by clicking them. Thanks
25. MANSBH (Posts: 3; Member since: 20 Nov 2012)
The most important there should be an option in writing pad to increase the Font or Letters size same like menu letters resizing option.
26. MANSBH (Posts: 3; Member since: 20 Nov 2012)
I have tried all Galaxy Models, now I am using S3. Still most of the time I am facing problem of stuck, specially when you need any function urgently.
27. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Apart from stuff already mentioned in comments, I can only think of multi folders (folder within folder), and a system wide, personalized Google Now..and the full system theme support
32. Shino (banned) (Posts: 196; Member since: 23 Jul 2012)
The os is a different thing, but the names are ridiculous, really.
33. Aeires (unregistered)
In Settings > Apps, there should be a grabbable scroll bar. When you have 200 apps or so, scrolling to the end of the list to delete something sucks. Improved speed of JB has helped but any list that is over a certain value should have a grabbable scroll handle.
34. hung2900 (Posts: 956; Member since: 02 Mar 2012)
Make a soft OS for weaker devices and a strong OS for stronger devices.
It may make the OS more fragmented but better for a long time.
35. shuaibhere (Posts: 1986; Member since: 07 Jul 2012)
Customisation centre...and central widget for contacts with all social media support......just like an live tile but with more functionality..... I think had it before....but it kinda sucks...
36. Firedrops (Posts: 249; Member since: 06 Sep 2011)
I think the way the system makes use of hardware should have some drastic improvement. WP 7.5-8 and iOS had buttery smoothness even on single-core phones, whereareas Android now only manages to do that with Kraits or quad-cores, and post-ICS. Specifically, hardware acceleration should be more efficient and used.
37. tiara6918 (Posts: 2036; Member since: 26 Apr 2012)
Support for xbox and ps3 controllers(an official one). Hopefully google will partner up with microsoft(although chances are low), sony or nintendo to make this possible.
39. kushki (Posts: 49; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
Add the December month back, without that there will be shortage of 31 days in a year, the earth wont be at the same position as it was in the last year... all the NASA calculations will be wrong and the space shuttles/stations will be lost in the space, Dexter will end a month early making its season even shorter, and the most important is my birthday is in December, so I wont be able to age and officially buy beer...


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Steven Brewer to Speak on Drug and Alcohol Related Police Corruption
Sharon, Pa.—Penn State Shenango continues its 2012-2013 Faculty Lecture Series with Penn State Assistant Professor of Administration of Justice Steven Brewer Jr., who will speak on Drug and Alcohol Related Police Corruption, from 7 to 8 p.m. on Monday, December 3. The lecture will take place on campus in Sharon Hall room 105, located on Penn Avenue in downtown Sharon, Pa. The event is free and open to the public.
Brewer's teaching experience and special interests include corrections, criminology, research methods and qualitative and quantitative analysis. He has presented numerous papers at conferences and workshops specifically on assessing bullying in both school systems and prison environments.
Formerly a teaching associate at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Brewer was hired at Penn State to teach introductory and upper level courses of the baccalaureate degree in Administration of Justice program. In addition to teaching, he is also the adviser for the campus' Administration of Justice Club.
In addition to teaching, Brewer has worked as a behavioral counselor at the Community Guidance Center in Indiana, Pa., and at Foreign Language Services in Lock Haven, Pa.
Brewer completed his undergraduate studies at Lock Haven University in criminal justice. He received both his master of art and doctoral degrees from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in criminology.
For more information, contact the Penn State Shenango Academic Affairs Office at 724-983-2825.
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Part one of this article looked at how Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) can be used to make XML documents look good in a web browser. In part two, I'll explore the more complex eXtensible Style sheet Language (XSL) and how it can be used to transform XML into HTML and PDF documents.
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Limitations of XML/CSS
By the end of part one of this article I had a my tasty pico de gallo recipe marked up with XML tags and nicely styled using CSS. It looked great in my Firefox browser. Unfortunately, one of the major problems with using XML/CSS is that it doesn't work for everyone. Older, proprietary browsers and text-only browsers can only understand HTML and get terribly confused when trying to interpret XML/CSS. If I want to share my delicious recipes with someone using Netscape 4 or Lynx, I'm going to have to convert my XML into a format that their browser can handle. This means leaving behind CSS and constructing a new style sheet using the eXtensible Style-sheet Language (XSL).
Unfortunately, one of the major problems with using XML/CSS is that it doesn't work for everyone
As long as I'm in the mood for creating new things, I may as well create a new XML recipe to use for the examples in this article. You already have a recipe for a nice appetizer from part one, and now, for part two, you just need a drink to go with it. I can't think of anything better to have with pico de gallo and tortilla chips than a cold margarita so that's what I'll use in the examples. By the way, the margarita recipe and all of the style sheets in this article are available as a compressed download.
Transforming with XSL
An XSL Transformation, or XSLT, is the process of transforming an XML document into another type of XML document. Now why on earth would someone want to transform one XML document into another XML document? I'll give you a hint, Grasshopper: HTML is another type of XML document. I can build a custom XSL style sheet, apply it with a tool called an XSLT processor and presto, my XML is magically transformed into HTML.
In the examples, I will be using the XSLT processor called
xsltproc to process the XSL style sheets. The
xsltproc tool should be available as a package for most GNU/Linux distributions and Apple's OS X, if you want to follow along. The basic syntax for the command is
xsltproc -o [output-file] [style-sheet] [input-file]. Or, in the case of this article's examples,
xsltproc -o output.html recipe-style.xsl margarita.xml. If you don't have access to
xsltproc, or if you're just feeling a little apathetic about typing all these commands, the output files from each of the examples are included alongside the other files in the compressed download.
An XSL Transformation is the process of transforming an XML document into another type of XML document
Simple beginnings
The most basic XSL style sheet is one that does nothing at all. Of course, there are a few headers that are required, but for the most part the style sheet is devoid of any processing instructions. When using a blank style sheet like this, it appears that
xsltproc simply strips the tags from the XML recipe and dumps it as plain text to the output file. Close, but not quite. Take a look at the first line of the output and you will see a document-type declaration for HTML. This was added during processing, because the second line of the
recipe-style.xsl specifies HTML as the output document. So I'm on the right track, but
output.html displayed in a browser looks really bad. That's because the only output I have produced so far is a plain-text file masquerading itself as HTML.
Introducing the XSL template
A real HTML document should have tags and currently
output.html has none. To make a valid HTML file I'll need to fix up the XSL style sheet to at least produce <html>, <head> and <body> tags in the appropriate places. This can be done by adding a single XSLT processing rule called a template. You can think of an XSLT template as being like a word processor's find-and-replace feature. You use the "match" attribute to tell the template what XML element it should find. Everything between the template's starting and ending tags is the replacement text. To convert my margarita recipe to HTML I need my style sheet to match the recipe element in the XML source file and replace it with appropriate HTML elements in the output document.
It wasn't hard to add the template rule to my
recipe-style.xsl style sheet and get the HTML tags I wanted to see. Unfortunately, although I am one step closer to a valid HMTL document, it seems that all of the recipe's content has now disappeared. This is because I have started using processing rules in my style sheet, but I have not followed through by specifying where to place the recipe's content. Adding a simple <xsl:apply-templates /> element between the HTML <body> tags will fix things up and get my recipe content back.
Templates galore
Now that I have created some basic HTML output, my recipe just needs a little aesthetic improvement. OK, so it needs a lot of improvement, especially in terms of appropriate line breaks and whitespace, but this is something I can easily do by employing more XSL templates. So far I've used a single XSL template in my
recipe-style.xsl file. There's no reason I should stop at just one. In fact, I can create a template for each XML element in my
margarita.xml source file to give the HTML output a nice look.
You can think of an XSLT template as being like a word processor's find-and-replace feature
Since I am to catering to people with older, proprietary browsers and text-only browsers, I'll use standard HTML tags to achieve the basic style I want. A big improvement to my HTML output can be made by just by adding <p> and <br> tags to get line-breaks in the correct places. I can also change the font size for the title and section heading by using <h1> and <h2> tags, respectively. Four more simple templates added to
recipe-style.xsl give the HTML output a more appealing look.
The value of a title
My recipe already has the title displayed as a nice big level-one heading, but it really should have a title between the HTML <head> tags as well. It's not a big deal in terms of the look of the document, but it is required for my output to be considered valid HTML.
I already have a template for the XML title element that displays it between <h1> tags in the HTML output and now I need to use the title again in another place, this time between <title> tags. While it is possible to write two templates for the title element and apply them differently in different situations, it is far easier to use an XSL <value-of /> element.
Remember when I said that templates were like using find-and-replace in a word processor? Well, <value-of /> is like using just the find without the replace, and it uses a select attribute to specify what to find. For example, if I want to know what text is between the <title> tags in my XML document I would simply use <value-of select="title" /> in my XSL style sheet to find it. Strategically placing this value-of element in my XSL style sheet will result in the recipe title appearing in the HTML header of my output as well as in the body. The result doesn't look that much different in a browser, but by adding this title the HTML will now pass W3C's markup validation.
Transforming to PDF and more
With just a few simple templates, XSL does a great job of transforming my XML-based margarita recipe into HTML, but that's not all it can do. With a little more work I can also produce documents for Adobe Acrobat or OpenOffice all from the same XML source file. I'll need to construct a new XSL style sheet and install a new tool called a Formatting Objects processor, but otherwise the procedure is very similar to what we've covered so far.
The reason for the new style sheet and the new tool is that transforming to PDFs is a two-step process. First, I will use XSL templates to transform my XML-based margarita recipe into another type of XML document. Sounds familiar right? Only this time I'm not transforming into HTML, but rather into a markup language called Formatting Objects (FO). The second step is to take the FO markup and run it through the FO processor to get a PDF document.
Formatting Objects markup may look scary at first, but it's not bad after you play around with it a bit. To help you get comfortable I have included a sample XSL style sheet and Formatting Objects output as part of the files in the compressed download.
Further exploration
This article barely scratches the surface of the everything that can be done with XSL and FO. For those of you who want to go further, I have listed some helpful references below.
The W3 Schools website has some good tutorials covering XSL transforms and XSL formatting objects.
There are some XSL style sheets that you can download and examine both from my web site and from the DocBook XSL repository.
You can also learn a lot from using the various tools. Available XSLT processors include xsltproc and Saxon. A couple of my favorite Formatting Objects processors are Apache FOP and XMLMind's FO Converter. All but
xsltproc are Java-based and may be used on a variety of platforms.


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Melvin R. Brown, 59, Claysburg, passed away Thursday at home.
He was born in Bedford, son of the late Roy M. and Mary E. (Brown) Brown.
Surviving are two brothers: Sherman of Buffalo, N.Y., and Ronald "Chap" of Claysburg; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by two brothers: Homer and Joseph; and two sisters: Pauline Dively and Erma Brown.
Melvin was a member of the NRA and enjoyed hunting, classic trucks and spending time with his family.
Friends will be received from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, at Leslie-Miller Funeral Home, Claysburg, followed by a funeral service at 5 p.m., Pastor James Neatrour officiating. Interment will be at Horne Church Cemetery, Alum Bank.


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SEC579: Virtualization and Private Cloud Security
- Contents | Schedule | Additional Info
- Instructor: Paul A. Henry
- 36 CPEs
- Laptop Required
SEC579 is the absolute best virtualization security information available! And it is immediately usable.
Leonard Lyons, Northrop Grumman
SEC579 actually provides pertinent information outside what is freely available and is applicable to securing my organization's virtual infrastructure.
David Richardson, ManTech
One of today's most rapidly evolving and widely deployed technologies is server virtualization. Many organizations are already realizing the cost savings from implementing virtualized servers, and systems administrators love the ease of deployment and management for virtualized systems. There are even security benefits of virtualization - easier business continuity and disaster recovery, single points of control over multiple systems, role-based access, and additional auditing and logging capabilities for large infrastructures.
Server virtualization vulnerabilities
With these benefits comes a dark side, however. Virtualization technology is the focus of many new potential threats and exploits and presents new vulnerabilities that must be managed. In addition, there are a vast number of configuration options that security and system administrators need to understand, with an added layer of complexity that has to be managed by operations teams. Virtualization technologies also connect to network infrastructure and storage networks and require careful planning with regard to access controls, user permissions, and traditional security controls.
In addition, many organizations are evolving virtualized infrastructure into private clouds - internal shared services running on virtualized infrastructure. Security architecture, policies, and processes will need to adapt to work within a cloud infrastructure, as well, and there are many changes that security and operations teams will need to accommodate to ensure assets are protected.
Virtualization and private cloud security architecture and design
The class starts out with two days of architecture and security design for both virtualization and private cloud infrastructure. The entire gamut of components will be covered ranging from hypervisor platforms to virtual networking, storage security to locking down the individual virtual machine files. We'll describe how to secure the management interfaces and servers, delve into Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and go in-depth on what to consider when building a private cloud from existing virtualization architecture. Finally, we'll look at integrating virtual firewalls and intrusion detection systems into the new architecture for access control and network monitoring.
Virtualization infrastructure, policy, and auditing
The next two days we'll go into detail on offense and defense - how can we assess virtualized environment using scanning and pen testing tools and techniques, and how do things change when we move to a cloud model? We'll cover a variety of scanners and vulnerability management tools and practices, and then take a hard look at virtualization vulnerabilities, exploits, and toolkits for pen testing that we can put to use in class.
Once we cover the offense, we'll take the opposite approach and go into detail on performing intrusion detection and logging within the virtual environment, as well as covering anti-malware advances and changes within virtual infrastructure. We'll wrap up the session with coverage of incident handling within virtual and cloud environments, as well as adapting forensics processes and tools to ensure we can maintain chain-of-custody and perform detailed analysis of virtualized assets.
Vulnerability management, pen testing, and intrusion detection
During day 5, we will help you adapt your existing security policies and practices to the new virtualized or cloud-based infrastructure. We'll show you how to design a foundational risk assessment program and then build on this with policies, governance, and compliance considerations within your environment. We'll cover auditing and assessment of your virtualized assets, with a session on scripting that will help you put this into practice right away. Then we'll go in-depth into data security within a private cloud environment, discussing encryption and data lifecycle management techniques that will help you keep up with data that is much more mobile than ever before. Identity and Access Management (IAM) within a virtualized/cloud environment will be touched on, and we'll wrap up with a thorough session on disaster recovery and business continuity planning that leverages and benefits from virtualization and cloud-based technology.
On day 6, we'll cover the top virtualization configuration and hardening guides from DISA, CIS, Microsoft, and VMware, and talk about the most important and critical things to take away from these to implement. We culminate with data security and encryption, and Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Planning (BCP).
*For SEC579 Virtualization and Private Cloud Security courses conducted in the United States, a Laptop will be provided for class use. However, for International events, Onsite Classes, and Online Students, a Hard Drive will be provided for class use.
|Course Contents
|SEC579.1: Virtualization Security Architecture and Design
|Paul A. Henry
Mon Aug 5th, 2013
*For SEC579 Virtualization and Private Cloud Security courses conducted in the United States, a Laptop will be provided for class use. However, for International events and Onsite Classes, a Hard Drive will be provided for class use.
The first day of class will cover the foundations of virtualization infrastructure and different technology types. We'll define and clarify the differences between server virtualization, desktop virtualization, application virtualization, and storage virtualization, and we'll lay out a simple architecture overview that sets the stage for the rest of the day. Then we'll start dissecting the various virtualization elements that comprise the architecture one-by-one, with a focus on the security configurations that will help you create or revise your virtualization design to be as secure as possible. We'll start off with hypervisor platforms, covering the fundamental controls that can and should be set within VMware ESX and ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix XenServer.
Then students will spend considerable time analyzing and constructing virtual networks with security in mind. We'll compare and contrast various designs for internal networks and DMZs, with special attention paid to segmentation and physical network connectivity. Virtual switch types will be discussed, along with VLANs and PVLANs, and configuring these for the most robust network security possible will be discussed next. We'll finish the day with two additional sections. The first will cover virtual machine settings, with an emphasis on VMware VMX files. We'll look at some options organizations have to carefully control access to and from these VMs, and this will lead to the last section of the day - storage and storage security. One of the most overlooked security areas today, large-scale storage plays a critical role in virtualization and private cloud infrastructure, and some tips and tactics will be covered that help organizations to better secure Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and NFS-based NAS technology.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
|SEC579.2: Virtualization and Private Cloud Infrastructure Security
|Paul A. Henry
Tue Aug 6th, 2013
*For SEC579 Virtualization and Private Cloud Security courses conducted in the United States, a Laptop will be provided for class use. However, for International events and Onsite Classes, a Hard Drive will be provided for class use.
Day 2 finishes the previous day's coverage of virtualization design elements, starting with virtualization management. VMware vCenter, Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), and Citrix XenCenter will all be covered, with an emphasis on vCenter. Client connectivity and security will also be discussed, both from a configuration and design standpoint. Next, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) will be covered, with emphasis on security principles and design. Specific security-focused use cases for VDI, such as remote access and network access control, will also be mentioned.
Next, we'll design a secure private cloud architecture! There are many considerations for organizations migrating from virtualization to a private cloud, and a number of these affect security. We'll outline all the areas previously covered for virtualization, ranging from networks to hypervisors to virtual machine, and point out where security configuration and design differs for a cloud model. We'll also break down a number of different private cloud models for specific business use cases, and students will analyze security controls within these models.
The next section on Day 2 will delve into network security, adapted to fit into a virtual infrastructure. Do firewalls and network access controls work the same with virtual systems and cloud models? We'll find out! Students will take an in-depth look at virtual firewalls and will even set one up. Virtual switches will be revisited here, as they pertain to segmentation and access controls. Students will also build a virtualized intrusion detection model, integrating promiscuous interfaces and traffic capture methods into virtual networks, and then setting up and configuring a virtualized IDS sensor. Some attention will also be paid to host-based IDS, with considerations for multitenant platforms and the performance impact any agent-based product can have in a virtual environment.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
|SEC579.3: Virtualization Offense and Defense (Part I)
|Paul A. Henry
Wed Aug 7th, 2013
*For SEC579 Virtualization and Private Cloud Security courses conducted in the United States, a Laptop will be provided for class use. However, for International events and Onsite Classes, a Hard Drive will be provided for class use.
In this session, we'll delve into the offensive side of security specific to virtualization and cloud technologies. While many key elements of vulnerability management and penetration testing are similar to traditional environments, there are many differences that we will cover.
First, we'll cover a number of specific attack scenarios and models that represent the different risks organizations face in their virtual environments. Then we'll go through the entire penetration testing and vulnerability assessment lifecycle, with an emphasis on virtualization tools and technologies. We'll progress through scanners and how to use them for assessing virtual systems, as well as virtualization exploits and attack toolkits that can be easily added into existing pen test regimens. We'll also cover some specific techniques that may help in cloud environments and provide examples of scenarios where certain tools and exploits are less effective or more risky to use than others.
After covering the offensive side of things, we'll turn to intrusion detection, starting with a simple architecture refresher on how IDS and monitoring technologies fit into a virtual infrastructure. Students will then learn about monitoring traffic and looking for malicious activity within the virtual network, and numerous network-based and host-based tools will be covered and implemented in class. This topic will also be extended to the private cloud environment, with some special caveats that all organizations should pay attention to.
Finally, students will learn about logs and log management in virtual environments. What kinds of logs do virtualization platforms produce, and what should organizations focus on? How can these logs (for both hypervisors and VMs) fit into a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution? What should we look for to find attacks and security issues? We'll cover all this, and more, in this session
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
|SEC579.4: Virtualization Offense and Defense (Part II)
|Paul A. Henry
Thu Aug 8th, 2013
*For SEC579 Virtualization and Private Cloud Security courses conducted in the United States, a Laptop will be provided for class use. However, for International events and Onsite Classes, a Hard Drive will be provided for class use.
This session is all about defense! We'll start off with an analysis on anti-malware techniques. We'll look at traditional antivirus, whitelisting, and other tools and techniques for combating malware, with a specific eye toward virtualization and cloud environments. New commercial offerings in this area will also be discussed to provide context, as well.
The majority of this session will focus on incident response and forensics in a virtualized or cloud-based infrastructure. We'll walk students through the 6-step incident response cycle espoused by NIST and SANS, and highlight exactly how virtualization fits into the "big picture." Students will discuss and analyze incidents at each stage, again with a focus on virtualization and cloud. We'll finish the incident response section with processes and procedures organizations can put to use right away to improve their awareness of virtualization-based incidents.
The final section of the day will focus on forensics, and how students can adapt forensics processes to work in virtual and cloud environments. We'll capture and duplicate VMs, and ensure these VMs are sound and maintained in a "best practices" format for proper chain-of-custody retention. The current landscape of forensics tools will be covered, with a focus on which work best to analyze virtual images and data from virtual infrastructure. A special focus will be given to the analysis of hypervisor platforms, as well.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
|SEC579.5: Virtualization and Cloud Integration: Policy, Operations, and Compliance
|Paul A. Henry
Fri Aug 9th, 2013
*For SEC579 Virtualization and Private Cloud Security courses conducted in the United States, a Laptop will be provided for class use. However, for International events and Onsite Classes, a Hard Drive will be provided for class use.
This session will explore how traditional security and IT operations changes with the addition of virtualization and cloud technology in the environment. Our first discussion will be a lesson on contrast! First, we'll present an overview of integrating existing security into virtualization. Then, we'll take a vastly different approach, and outline how virtualization actually creates new security capabilities and functions! This will really provide a solid grounding for students to understand just what a paradigm shift virtualization is, and how security can benefit from it, while still needing to adapt in many ways.
Our first step in integrating virtualization into the existing environment will be to lay out a sound risk assessment process that security professionals can use to determine where the threats, vulnerabilities, and impacts are. With virtualization and cloud technologies, risk profiles are very different, and security teams will need to evaluate technology and infrastructure differently in order to adequately advise the business where to focus and how to allocate resources to best protect itself. A more in-depth treatise will be covered for cloud technologies, as well, with a description of the Jericho Forum Cloud Cube model and how it can be leveraged by organizations to assess risk for their internal clouds.
We'll then spend some time on policy and governance for both virtualization and cloud technologies. What kinds of new policies are needed? What existing policies need to be updated? We'll cover that! We'll also provide guidance for information security managers who need to answer some tough questions from organizational leadership about how and why cloud and virtualization security measures should be implemented.
Next we'll dive into change and configuration management tactics and processes for virtualization and cloud. These are critical elements of a sound operations strategy with these technologies, but most organizations do not update existing change and configuration processes substantially to accommodate them! There are many pieces to this, ranging from patching to application development specifics, and we'll touch on all of them. We'll wrap up the day with some general compliance guidelines that address specific controls needed for some of the major compliance mandates, including PCI DSS, HIPAA, and SOX.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
|SEC579.6: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability with Virtualization and Cloud
|Paul A. Henry
Sat Aug 10th, 2013
*For SEC579 Virtualization and Private Cloud Security courses conducted in the United States, a Laptop will be provided for class use. However, for International events and Onsite Classes, a Hard Drive will be provided for class use
Today's session will start off with a lively discussion on virtualization assessment and audit. You may be asking - how will you possibly make a discussion on auditing lively? Trust us! We'll cover the top virtualization configuration and hardening guides from DISA, CIS, Microsoft, and VMware, and talk about the most important and critical things to take away from these to implement. We'll really put our money where our mouth is next - students will learn to implement audit and assessment techniques by scripting with the VI CLI, as well as some Powershell and general shell scripting! Although not intended to be an in-depth class on scripting, some key techniques and ready-made scripts will be discussed to get students prepared for implementing these principles in their environments as soon as they get back to work.
Next we'll cover two critical topics for private cloud implementations (and virtual machines in general): data security and encryption, and Identity and Access Management (IAM). As organizations have more and more mobile VMs moving through their data centers and as they extend private clouds to cloud providers, partners, and others, the need to protect the entire VM is more paramount than ever.
Encryption techniques and data lifecycle processes can help improve the security of virtual and cloud environments enormously, and we'll delve into the key things security and operations teams need to know, including PKI infrastructure, commercial tools for implementing data protection, and a method for evaluating and updating data lifecycle management policies and processes that's easy to implement. Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a key component of many cloud infrastructures, especially those that need to integrate with partners and other external parties. We'll take a look at the key things organizations need to know when implementing and evaluating IAM tools and capabilities in private clouds.
The last major section of this day's session will cover something critical to all enterprises - Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Planning (BCP). Virtualization and cloud technology and architecture can help organizations implement much more robust DR and BCP strategies, and we'll go into some real depth on what tools are available to help with this. In addition, students will learn about updates they'll need to make to policies and evaluation techniques for DR and BCP that more accurately take the new virtualized infrastructure into account.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
|Additional Information
|Laptop Required
Laptops for SEC579 lab exercises will be provided for students to use during class.* Students will be given CDs with labs loaded to take home after class.
*For SEC579 Virtualization and Private Cloud Security courses conducted in the United States, a laptop will be provided for class use. However, for International events and Onsite Classes, a Hard Drive will be provided for class use.
For those classes where students are required to provide their own laptop, students will need a laptop with:
All OnDemand and Self Study students only: You will receive access to VMware software and licenses for performing the labs in this course.
Please see your event description for more details.
If you have additional questions about the laptop specifications, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
|Who Should Attend
|What You Will Receive
All OnDemand and Self Study students only: You will receive access to VMware software and licenses for performing the labs in this course.
|You Will Be Able To


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Can rappers be frugal?
Making good financial decisions is hard — if it was easy, everyone would do it. I'm a big believer in finding motivation and wisdom in the art I choose to consume, including music. So I'm going to start highlighting music I think has something smart or interesting to say about money.
Today's Bank Notes highlights a song featuring rapper and R&B singer Phonte, formerly of Little Brother. It might seem a little ridiculous to take money advice from a rapper — rappers generally spend a lot of time boasting about the money they've blown on cars and gold chains that cost as much as your house.


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The failed Christmas Day bombing by a young Nigerian could perhaps be best described as a devastating image tsunami for Nigeria, a West African nation that has been battling with an already bad image, traced to e-mail fraud known as 419 named after the Nigerian penal code perpetrated by a tiny fragment of its citizenry.
The deadly attempt by 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to blow up Northwest Airline Flight 253 carrying 278 passengers over the Detroit skies with an explosive device sent shock waves to Nigerians in the Diaspora.
The story of Abdulmutallab, a staunch Muslim who was schooled in Britain and other places and the son of a wealthy Nigerian banker and politician, is not the kind of story Nigerians say their nation needs at this critical time.
"This is very reprehensible and I join all concerned Nigerians at home and abroad in condemning it. I think it is an image holocaust that could affect the country's trade, tourism, foreign investments and economic growth," said Nigerian-born author C. Paschal Eze whose new book, "For Blacks (And Others) Who Really Care," discusses smart ways Americans can make their mark on the African continent from afar. "I also think it has the possibility of making life hell for law-abiding Nigerians abroad who may come under intense scrutiny, suspicion and isolation wherever they go."
Abdulmutallab, who is being tried by the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan before U.S. District Judge Paul D. Borman, faces 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted.
Bernard Onwuemelie, president of the Nigerian Foundation of Michigan, issued a statement Monday evening condemning the Christmas attack in Detroit.
"The Nigerian Foundation of Michigan condemns this act of terrorism, and disassociates the Nigerian community in Michigan from all acts of terrorism and wanton destruction of life and property," Onwuemelie said. "We call on the Nigerian government, the United States of America and all well-meaning people of the world to investigate this act in all its ramifications in order to forestall such occurrences in the future."
Onwuemelie said the group pledges its support "against terrorism and calls on all people to support efforts towards this endeavor."
The Christmas Day incident has reignited a spirited debate on the war on terror and what policies ought to be adopted for international and domestic airlines.
But at the center of the debate is the question of why Abdulmutallab's U.S. visa was not revoked after his own father alerted the U.S. embassy in Abuja Nigeria on Nov. 19, five weeks before the attack about his extreme religious views and possible links to terrorist groups.
Abdulmutallab boarded the inbound flight to Detroit from Amsterdam in the Netherlands and was trying to detonate the explosive as the jet approached Detroit Metropolitan Airport.


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Ron Hartwell's Been Planning His Roadster Project Since 1960
Ron Hartwell has been a lifelong car enthusiast. He bought his first car in 1953 when he was 13 years old-a drivable '37 Ford two-door that cost him a whopping $15. He immediately discarded the fenders and running boards, aiming for the proper hot rod look. That was the first in a long line of cool rides, a line approximately 45 vehicles long. When marriage, children, and career reorganized his priorities, hot rodding was relegated to the back burner. Now that he has retired and relocated from Massachusetts to Florida, he's back into it.
This '32 Ford roadster is Ron's current car, but one that has been on his mind since 1960. It began when he saw a beautifully channeled Deuce roadster, painted a distinctive shade of purple. That car was owned by Fred Steel, one of the founding members of the Ty Rods Club in Massachusetts. It was love at first sight for Ron and the object of his dreams ever since. After arriving in Florida, he acquired a '32 Ford sedan and decided to use the chassis as the basis for his own project car, ordering an all-steel roadster body from Brookville. Longley Restorations in DeLand, Florida, handled the assembly process, and Chuck and Mike Longley began by reinforcing the '32 frame. The Longleys channeled the body 9 inches over the frame, while Ron took on some of the chassis, engine, and transmission upgrades.
With the custom side panels removed, it's easy to see the nicely detailed 260ci '51 Mercury Flathead V-8, equipped with Hymax 9:1 pistons, Isky cam, a traditional set of twin Strombergs, and Fenton headers connected to straight pipes. A U.S. Radiator and electric fan keep temperatures in the green.
Big steering wheels were the power steering option in the Fifties. Ron sourced this one from a '51 Dodge. What looks like a three-on-the-tree shifter is really the selector for the C4 automatic transmission. The twin pedals continue the illusion, but both pedals now operate the brakes. The N.O.S. 1950 Hollywood gauge cluster from Stewart-Warner keeps track of all the underhood activities.
The upholstered and carpeted trunk accommodates a traditional fuel tank and battery, with plenty of room left over for a picnic basket or a cooler. Who says hot rods can't be functional?!
It's the exterior, however, that really captures your attention. The car maintains a level stance-a look that Ron remembers from the Fifties. Ron plans to keep the open-fender look for the time being but has located a set of Packard side-mount tire covers that may be adapted into a set of cycle fenders all around.
The entire process took 18 months. When it was done, Ron was thrilled with the results. The roadster is now on the road, and Ron is actively engaged in working out any bugs. Future plans call for enjoying the car thoroughly-a process that will be doubly sweet since the roadster that has been in his mind for more than 46 years has finally become reality. Ron and his wife, Sammie, are planning to travel with the car, hooking it up behind their motorhome for trips to events on the Southeast car show circuit.
Rod & Custom Feature Car
Ron Hartwell
New Smyrna, Florida
1932 Ford Roadster
Ron's roadster rides on '32 Ford 'rails with a Model A front crossmember. Adding a 2-inch Z in the rear and flattening the '32 rear crossmember drops everything a couple inches. The original front axle was dropped 4 inches by So-Cal Speed Shop and equipped with '40 Ford spindles, wishbones, tubular shocks, and brakes cooled via '39 Lincoln air scoops. All the original '32 steering components were retained. The suspension includes tubular aircraft-style shocks, with front upper shock mounts from a '49 F-1 pickup; tubular rear shocks are from a '40 Ford, and '40 drums are used at all wheels-with '39 Lincoln air scoops in the front. Springs are chrome '32 leafs in front and '40 Ford leafs (with two removed) in the rear. The '40 rearend is fitted with 3.78:1 gears.
Under the hood rests a '51 Mercury Flathead, machined by D&H Enterprises in DeLand, Florida, and hot rodded with a 4-inch crank, Isky 3/4 cam, vintage Edmunds dual carb manifold, and a pair of Stromberg 97s running Edmunds air cleaners. Fenton headers flow into straight pipes. The engine is connected to a Flat-O-Matic kit adapting the Flattie to a modern Ford C4 automatic with a shift kit. The column shifted transmission was built at Phil's Garage in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. The stock generator was converted to 12-volt.
Wheels & Tires
Open wheels, big 'n' littles, and a level stance is just the way they did it back when Ron was a young guy. Tires are 15-inch big-and-little steelies with Firestone 700-15s in the rear and 670-15s in the front. Wide whitewalls, 3.25 inches across, maintain the nostalgic look, as do the custom hubcaps from a '55 Packard Caribbean.
Body & Paint
The Brookville steel body received a 9-inch channel over the frame at Longley Restorations, and the steel grille and insert were chopped to fit. The authentic-looking canvas top is actually a custom-made, canvas Carson-style top that removes with four bolts. The engine side panels, accented with '37 Ford trim pieces and '55 Pontiac stars, can be removed to show off the Flathead. Tom Johnson from Johnson Interiors in Longwood, Florida, stretched the top over Longley Restorations' wood bow frame. The top was patterned after a '32 once owned by Pete Henderson and now owned by Chuck Longley.
The functioning, foldout windshield was chopped 3 inches and, for a nostalgic touch, the car was ordered from Brookville with a "poor man's air conditioner," a functioning cowl vent. Bell Auto aluminum headlight stanchions are N.O.S. items, found at the Daytona Turkey Run and drilled to fit the framerails. The '41 Chevrolet truck headlights feature an art deco turn signal lens mounted on top. The '53 Pontiac Star Chief taillights were a one-year-only item and feature the genuine glass bezels in the center with handmade chrome rings around the outside of the lights. The exhaust tips protrude through the body and are surrounded by the custom-made Nerf bar. The front bar was fitted with Ron's initials-the way they did it back in the Fifties.
Ron found this shade of lilac lacquer, used originally on '56 Lincolns. Ben's Paints in DeLand worked with Ron, adding pearls and metallics to get the desired shade. Longley's sprayed the custom color and enough clearcoat to protect it from the Florida sun. The body lines are highlighted by some fine line 'striping and Von Dutch-style additions to the trunk and hood, applied by Tom Johnson.
The interior uses a chromed '40 Ford steering column, column shifter, and oversized steering wheel from a '51 Dodge. A set of '55 Mercury swing pedals fit the tight confines of the channeled roadster. With the automatic transmission, both the clutch and brake pedals activate the brakes. The dashboard features a N.O.S. '50 Hollywood gauge cluster from Stewart-Warner. In order to make it fit, Longley's extended the bottom of the dash 2 inches. The rearview mirror comes from a '40 Ford. Tom Johnson from Johnson Interiors in Longwood, Florida, also did the stitch work on the lilac and white Naugahyde interior covering the custom seats. Black carpeting accents the dual shades. The trunk was upholstered to match-and contains the spun-aluminum 10-gallon fuel cell and a 12-volt battery.