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Babies cry. That's a fact of life. It's how we handle the crying that can make a difference for a baby. It could have made a difference for Mason.
- When a caregiver feels frustrated with a baby or a child, take a break. Put the baby in a safe place like a crib or bassinet. Close the door to the room and call a friend.
- Talk with your babysitter about how they should handle crying babies or irritating child behaviors. Give him or her permission to call you when they feel frustrated.
April 12, 2005, six years ago, Michelle Maciosek was at work when she received word that her 9-week-old son, Mason, was shaking violently. She immediately went to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin where Mason was being treated for multiple brain hemorrhages and where it was also reported that his retinas were detached. Unfortunately, upon Michelle's arrival, Mason was already brain dead, blind, deaf and in a comalike state.
Around 10 p.m. that night, Michelle had to make a decision that no parent should ever have to face. She decided to end his suffering after he was baptized in the hospital. It wasn't until 5 days later, after the autopsy, that the Maciosek family found the cause of death – shaken baby syndrome. The family's close friend and babysitter had shaken Mason so hard it eventually led to his death. Michelle Maciosek says:
"Children's hospital was an amazing help and gave him awesome care. He was baptized and they gave him a blanket and a certificate of baptism for me to take home. Also, about a month later I got a package with a mold of his hand and a footprint in a heart along with about 5 sheets of his footprint and handprint painted on a piece of paper. I was amazed. It was such a kind gesture. I want to do a walk in his memory as his 6-year"angel date" is approaching and give back to Children's Hospital for all of the care and time that they gave my son. I would like all the proceeds to go to help families that are or have been in my shoes. Shaken baby syndrome is a very serious thing, as you may know."
Michelle stresses the importance of making sure that families choose their babysitters with great caution. She encourages parents to investigate and pay attention to the personalities and attitudes. "Just because they look good on paper and some people say some good things about them doesn't mean they can't eventually snap and do something bad." Talk to everyone that cares for your child about shaken baby syndrome and how to handle a crying baby. If you are getting frustrated and can't take hearing a baby cry anymore, put the baby in a safe place, such as a crib, go to another room and breathe. Calm yourself. Call for help.
For more information on the effects of shaken baby syndrome and how to handle a crying baby, visit the Child Abuse Prevention Fund.
You can help by making a donation, joining the conversation on our Facebook page and showing your support by wearing blue on Friday, April 15.
~ Jennifer Hammel, director, Child Abuse Prevention Fund
The Child Abuse Prevention Fund is a fundraising initiative of Children's Hospital and Health System. Since 1988, the organization has distributed more than $9.2 million to support community-based child abuse prevention initiatives throughout Wisconsin.
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Human capital development: reforms for adult and community education
Choy, Sarojni C. & Haukka, Sandra (2007) Human capital development: reforms for adult and community education. Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 47(1), pp. 46-63.
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The adult and community education (ACE) sector is consistently responsive to changing community needs and government priorities. It is this particular function that has drawn ACE into the lifelong learning debate as one model for sustaining communities. The responsiveness of ACE means that the sector and its programs continue to make valuable contributions to the quality of social and economic life, particularly in local communities. Although a major focus of ACE is on non-vocational outcomes, there is potential for the sector to make a greater contribution to the human capital stream of the Council of Australian Governments' [COAG's] National Reform Agenda. This paper briefly describes the ACE sector and its current provisions, and proposes ways in which it could make a greater contribution to the human capital stream of the National Reform Agenda. Reforms to ACE are critical at a time when the Australian Government is planning activities for the Reform Agenda, when there is urgent need of skilled workers, when the ageing population is seeking pathways and opportunities for economic outcomes, and when traditional vocational education and training providers are unable to meet the skill shortages experienced by industry across Australia. This paper attempts to initiate debate around an enhanced role for ACE, in terms of not only the Reform Agenda, but also a rather more defined position in meeting the learning and skilling needs of the broader community. Published abstract reprinted by permission of the copyright owner.
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By Steve Stone for MSNsportsNET.com
May 13, 2010
|Andy Altemus
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – In a game that was tightly contested in the latter innings, senior Andy Altemus provided quality relief while the West Virginia University baseball team notched the game-winning run in the seventh inning to defeat Bethune-Cookman, 6-5, on Wednesday evening at Hawley Field.
Altemus (5-5), a Morgantown native, broke the single-season school record with his 24th appearance as he entered the contest with one out in the seventh. Facing a team that boasted a .344 batting average heading into tonight's game, Altemus immediately induced a critical fielder's choice as third baseman Grant Buckner fielded the ball and threw out Justin Hoyte at home plate. Jeremy Davis' double put runners on the corners, and Ryan Durrence hit an RBI infield single that was charged as an unearned run, tying the game at 5-5.
The senior responded by striking out All-America candidate Pat O'Brien to end the frame. In the bottom half, Chris Rasky led off with an infield single and advanced on a throwing error by first baseman Durrence. Mark Dvoroznak then assisted with the game-winning run when he lay down a well-placed bunt single, causing pitcher Joey Munoz to make an errant throw toward first base and plate Rasky.
Altemus closed the lid on the ballgame from there. He surrendered a leadoff double to DJ Leonard to begin the eighth, but stranded him as he induced two infield groundouts and an inning-ending strikeout by Brandon Turner.
A 1-2-3 ninth inning sealed the contest as Altemus struck out leadoff batter Hoyte, forced Juan Perez into a groundout at third base and caused Davis to fly out to right field to end the game. Altemus finished the game tossing 2.2 innings and allowing no earned runs on three hits with three strikeouts.
"Andy stepped up for us again tonight. He threw his pitches well and didn't rattle when Bethune-Cookman got some early base hits off him," coach Greg Van Zant said. "He's been a huge asset to our pitching staff since he's been here and delivered another good performance tonight."
Junior Jedd Gyorko produced his ninth career four-hit game, tying a career high. He recorded consecutive doubles in the second and third innings and singled in the first and seventh frames. He now has 104 career extra-base hits and is one shy of tying former Mountaineer Justin Jenkins for the school record.
Rasky finished 3-for-3 with one RBI and one run scored. Jeremy Gum continued his hot performance at the dish, going 2-for-4 with one RBI. Reigning NCBWA National Hitter of the Week Grant Buckner extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a bloop double in the second inning, scoring Brady Wilson to give the Mountaineers a 4-0 lead.
"Our offense has improved tremendously over the last month," Van Zant added. "We've been having different players step up, and that's what we'll need to have if we want to play postseason baseball."
WVU produced 14 base hits overall, its fourth consecutive game with a double-digit hit total. Its early offense aided starter Michael Twigg, who took a no-decision after throwing 6.1 innings and allowing two earned runs on four strikeouts and five hits. It was the second-longest outing of Twigg's career, only bested by his 6.2 innings thrown against Maryland on April 7.
Twigg kept his pitch count relatively low throughout the game, and played a large role in holding a nationally-ranked offense to an uncharacteristic 8-for-35 performance.
WVU built a lead in the bottom of the first when Gum lined a sacrifice fly to centerfield to score Gyorko, making it 1-0. Gyorko led off with an infield single to the shortstop, and Dom Hayes followed with another infield single to the same spot. The inning was kept alive when Alejandro Sanchez bobbled Grant Buckner's ball at shortstop, and Hayes later scored on a throwing error by catcher Peter O'Brien to give WVU a 2-0 lead. Rasky capped the frame with an RBI double down the left field line.
Wilson extended WVU's lead to 5-0 in the third inning when he took a pitch to right field for a sacrifice fly, scoring Griffin from third base. Griffin led off the inning with a double to right field, then advanced to third base on a fielder's choice-sacrifice bunt from Rasky.
The Wildcats (32-20) cut their deficit to 5-2 in the fourth inning on a deep two-run home run from Leonard. Perez brought in a run on a fielder's choice at third base, and a double steal was executed in the seventh that allowed Bethune-Cookman to score from third base, making it 5-4.
Munoz (2-3) took the loss after allowing one run on three hits in 1.1 innings pitched. Bethune-Cookman used five pitchers in tonight's contest.
WVU travels to Bethesda, Md., for a critical three-game series against Georgetown beginning on Friday at 7:05 p.m. WVU remains two games behind Notre Dame for the coveted eighth-place spot in the conference standings.


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ECE/WINLAB Alumna Lalitha Sankar joins Arizona State University as Assistant Professor
ECE/WINLAB Alumna Lalitha Sankar joined the Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering of Arizona State University (ASU) as Assistant Professor.
Dr. Lalitha Sankar received the B.Tech degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, the M.S. degree from the University of Maryland, and the Ph.D degree from ECE Rutgers in 2007, where she worked under the supervision of Professor Narayan Mandyam. Following her doctorate, Dr. Sankar was a recipient of a three year Science and Technology Teaching Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Council on Science and Technology at Princeton University. Prior to her doctoral studies, she was a Senior Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Shannon Laboratories. Her research interests include information privacy and secrecy in distributed and cyber-physical systems, wireless communications, network information theory and its applications to model and study large data systems.
For her doctoral work, she received the 2007-2008 Electrical Engineering Academic Achievement Award from Rutgers University. She received the IEEE Globecom 2011 Best Paper Award for her work on privacy of side-information in multi-user data systems.


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Update: Nowitzki (thigh) will play in Monday's game against the Thunder, the Dallas Morning News reports.
Recommendation: Nowitzki missed the last two games due to his leg injury, but he made it through Monday's shootaround without issue and is set to return to action. It's not clear if Nowitzki's playing time will be limited at all, but he scored in double figures 14 straight times before his absence, so including him in Monday's lineup should pay off.


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Hustler Video has made porn parody of 'Dancing with the Stars' by having David Hasselhoff and Lindsay Lohan look alike starring as them whom they believe as 'ravenous sex junkies.'
David Hasselhoff and Lindsay Lohan have been parodied in an X-rated new "Dancing with the Stars" DVD. The two troubled actors are portrayed by adult stars in Hustler Video's latest release, "This Ain't Dancing With the Stars XXX".
Scarlett Fay plays Lohan, who seduces her dance instructor in the film, and Otto Bauer's Hasselhoff sexes up the dance floor with a racy tango. A spokeswoman for Hustler Video says, "Beneath the polished glamor and glittering elegance, these wild celebrities are ravenous sex junkies."
David Hasselhoff made his fame through TV series "Night Rider" which he played from 1982 to 1986. He is also best known as a cast of one of the most watched TV show "Baywatch". Meanwhile, Lindsay Lohan began her career when she was just 3 years old, by becoming a model and appearing in TV commercials. She then made her acting debut by playing Alexandra "Alli" Fowler on soap opera "Another World".


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Before tourists arrived on Bali, the Indonesian island had developed a beautiful cultural landscape that's still visible...Read More
Before tourists arrived on Bali, the Indonesian island had developed a beautiful cultural landscape that's still visible...Read More
If you've been thinking about learning how to build websites, perhaps this coding institute in Bali is the perfect mix of school and retreat....Read More
The Kecak Fire Dance is a sight to behold. As the sun sets over Uluwatu Temple, the men chant as if in a trance, while the performance takes place....Read More
Visiting Bali, Indonesia There's a dichotomy to Bali. It's all, ultimately, about belief and perception. It's about how you see the world, how you see your place in it, and how you judge the reason for it all. On this Indonesian island, there is a pervasive spirituality. The Hindu doctrines which have influenced it for centuries (while the rest of the country has moved towards Islam) remain today. In fact, in some ways, never more in history have they been more important to the identity of this special place. I've written about the spirituality of Bali before. The basic idea around the beliefs of the locals here is the acceptance that the same force that does good also does evil. The two, according to the philosophies, are inseparable because to understand one, you must have experienced the other. On this trip, probably my fourth of fifth to Bali (I seem to have lost count),...Read More
Spirituality in Bali is a bit like Star Wars. By that I don't mean that the spiritual leaders look like Yoda (although I've seen a couple who do). But more that the people here believe in an invisible force that is both good and evil and controls all living things. Take the black and white cloths that are wrapped around the images of the deities or around trees. They symbolize the yin and the yang; the light and the dark; the acceptance that the same force that does good also does evil and the two are inseparable because to understand one, you must have experienced the other. I write this post not because I am particularly spiritual (nor because I couldn't resist a Star Wars analogy). I write this because everywhere I have gone in Bali, this has been one of the big topics when the conversations turn to Balinese culture. Even the...Read More
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Not much really needs to be said about this - it kind of speaks for itself. On the road south from Denpasar to Ulawatu in Bali, this shop stands on an intersection. Either it is very clever marketing (it got me talking about it!) or it's a very unfortunate translation. It doesn't really matter I s'pose...Read More
For most of us, the extravagant life of luxury we see in television shows or magazines stays just that – a notion we understand, can see, can imagine but can't touch. It seems so close and potentially so attainable but crossing the barrier through the screen or the magazine page to make it reality often stays just a dream. There is a way, though, to bring a taste of luxury to the average tourist and I've discovered it while travelling in Bali. As the number of foreign (particularly Australian) tourists increases in Bali, there's a need for accommodation to keep pace. This isn't only in the number of rooms available, but in the variety of what is on offer. Bali attracts one of the most diverse crowds of tourists in the region and that needs to be reflected in the services that are provided for them. The signs of development are everywhere...Read More


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I want to remove all the rows omitting 5 top rows.
We can select rows ommiting 5 top by:
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Any proposals will be appreciated.
does your table have a primary key?
also, how often do you want to do this? once? or repetitively, and if so, why?
Yes, I've got a primary key "ID" ( auto increment - starts from 1 ). I am filling table with data and then I want to get rid of records that dont fit in first 20 records, ordering by VALUE as mentioned above.
yes, i understand what you want to do
how often?
Once a day
okay, then you will need a separate table to store the ids in
(mysql will not let you delete from the same table you're selecting from, so you have to do it in two steps)
DELETE FROM top_ids; -- clears the table
INSERT INTO top_idsSELECT id FROM stats ORDER BY value_column LIMIT 0,20; -- stores top 20 ids in top_ids table
DELETE FROM statsWHERE id NOT IN ( SELECT id FROM top_ids ) -- vwalah
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The PTSA at McClure Middle School (1915 First Ave. W.) is recruiting for the nominating committee and for 2014-2015 board positions.
The nominating committee helps identify, recognize and recruit qualified candidates for open PTSA board positions, of which there are several for next year, including incoming co-president, treasurer, Events and Volunteers chair, Environment and Facilities chair, Marketing chair, BLT representative and sixth-grade representative.
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On the Fifteenth of February 2003 we took a video camera into London to interview people's thoughts and opinions regarding the buildup to the Iraq War.
The interviews – recorded on that day – reflect the straight-forward 'common-sense' points of view that were being expressed by the large numbers of people at the time.
'The people of the world do not want war…'
It's purpose is to be an archive for those views, and the content speaks for itself.
A big Thank-You to everyone who spoke to camera.
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Person 1: It's just a case of killing people, which I don't think is right. I'm sure if it was, if it was, you know, your family, or my family or Tony Blair's family – for that's sake; I think you'd have a different opinion on that, I really do. And I really mean that. You know, it'd be a different situation, when it comes to a family, you know, and families are what these people are ruining, whether its Iraqi families or whoever's family. I think that's, you know, at the end of the day, people are going to die. Continue reading…


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Read about COMPLETE Canadian Census 1851-1916 Coming Online in June!
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First time on Oceania: Riviera Cruise Review by coverpoint
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First time on Oceania
Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: Miami
We have just returned from a 10day Eastern Caribbean cruise on Riviera - our first time on Oceania. We had one night pre-cruise in the JW Marriott hotel in Miami and transfers arranged by Oceania. These all worked out very well and embarkation was very quick.
Our Penthouse suite was spick and span and a chilled bottle of champagne was waiting. First impression was that the balcony was on the small side but this may have been due to our location - next to stern on Deck9.The ship is less than two years old and was immaculate. We did notice the lack of a wrap round promenade deck so if you wanted to walk on board, it was rather restricted.
Like many other cruisers, I imagine, we were attracted by the write ups on the food on board. We tried all the restaurants and, on the whole, were impressed. Our favourites were Red Ginger and Jacques and the special More meal we enjoyed in La Reserve was the highlight. The MDR was disappointing on two of the three occasions we went there, while Polo was good it was not up to the standard of a good steakhouse at home.
Obviously, food is very subjective but we were rather disappointed on the two occasions we dined at Toscana. The Terrace kept up a very high standard for a self service eatery and the hamburgers and milk shakes at Waves were excellent. A special mention for Barrista - also excellent.
We had four sea days and found it strange that there were virtually no lecturers. Also on sea days we found it extremely difficult to find two sun loungers together, either on the pool deck or on the Spa terrace. It was obvious that there was a lot of bed "hogging" taking place. This is a difficult one for the staff on any ship. There seemed to be a lot of wasted space round the pool, which, surprisingly to us, was a uniform depth - no deep/shallow end!
We had purchased the drinks package which probably meant we drank too much. Ah Well! We did not do any ships tours as they were grossly overpriced. We thought that the entertainment was good - especially the singers and dancers. The ships officers were conspicuous by their absence (apart from stage appearances) and we could have lived very happily without the services of our butler.
Disembarkation was well organised and we were back in the JW Marriott for a three day post cruise stay by 9.30am - and our Bayview room on Floor 32 was ready!
Would we cruise with Oceania again? Possibly, if the price/itinerary were right but I suspect we will more likely return to Silversea or Queens Grill on Cunard. Less
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In fact, NoCat DOES have something to say about it. Basically, we don't
worry about it because what nomadix patented isn't used by most Captive
Portal Technologies...
> Rob Flickenger * rob at nocat.net <mailto:rob%20at%20nocat.net>
> /Sun, 25 Jan 2004 11:31:12 -0800/
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> I thought you might find this interesting. Someone brought this to my
> attention:
> http://www.nomadix.com/company/pressroom/pressrelease.asp?id=PR01200401
> I think the critical phrase from the press release is: "This
> redirection takes place regardless of the host computer's settings and
> without altering the user's browser settings." Check out the full
> text of the patent:
> http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?
> Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/search-
> adv.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=ptxt&S1=6,636,894&OS=6,636,894&RS=6,636,894
> While they might like to make it sound like they've patented the
> captive portal, they've really only patented their wacky arp
> implementation. They look for any machine being ARP'd for that
> doesn't receive a reply, and issue an ARP reply using the gateway's
> MAC address. Combined with some DNS strangeness, this lets the
> gateway bring up a splash page even when the client requests a
> private intranet page, or even if they are using static IP address
> settings rather than DHCP.
> NoCatAuth does none of that. We considered it for a while, but I
> don't think it's worth the effort, as it's really easy to confuse
> both the client and the gatway. I still think that software
> implementation patents are detrimental to innovation, but this one
> doesn't seem to pose an immediate threat to our project.
> Still, it is interesting that they've gone and patented it.
> --Rob
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On Jan 27, 2004, at 12:01 PM, Mitch (WebCob) wrote:
> The guys at nocat.net would probably know (prior art)...
> wonder how long they have been at it?
> m/
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Cook [mailto:david dot cook at jetpress dot com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 5:39 AM
>> To: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
>> Subject: RE: [m0n0wall] captive portal support - patent problem?
>> Could this be a problem? Article appeared on "The Register" this
>> morning
>> (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/59/35138.html).
>> Press release from Nomadix:
>> http://www.nomadix.com/company/pressroom/pressrelease.asp?
>> id=PR01200401
>> ------------------------------------------
>> Nomadix patents Wi-Fi hotspot log-in tech
>> By Tony Smith
>> Posted: 27/01/2004 at 12:16 GMT
>> Wi-Fi providers who redirect users' web browsers to their own log-in
>> page
>> may soon have to cough up cash if they want to continue using the
>> technique
>> - US network access software company Nomadix has patented it.
>> The patent, number 6,636,894, was granted on 21 October last year,
>> but is
>> applicable right back to 8 December 1999. It essentially describes
>> systems
>> that redirects portable-computer users who access a public network to
>> the
>> host's home page, irrespective of the user's browser settings and
>> transparent to the user. The systems cover both wired and
>> wireless access.
>> It also discusses the authentication and authorisation system
>> that maintains
>> user accounts and interacts with the billing system when network
>> access is
>> not provided free of charge.
>> Almost all public Wi-Fi networks - and pretty much every one of them
>> that
>> charge users for access - operate such a methodology. No wonder
>> Nomadix
>> describes the technique as "fundamentally essential to the success of
>> the
>> rapidly growing Wi-Fi market".
>> Nomadix customers will inherently have a licence to use the
>> technique, but
>> WISPs who have developed their own redirection code, or have acquired
>> it
>> from other companies, will need to ensure they have permission to use
>> it.
>> Nomadix will certainly be expecting them to. "Some [companies] copied
>> what
>> we've done," said Nomadix CTO, co-founder and senior VP, Joel Short,
>> according to a Wi-Fi Networking News report. "We stand behind our
>> intellectual property and now we're going to encourage those folks who
>> provide that method to license the technology from us." ®
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Source: Rivera plans to retire after 2013
Fri., March 8, 2013
NEW YORK – The great Mariano Rivera is getting set to close his career.
The New York Yankees' reliever plans to announce this weekend that he will retire after the 2013 season, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Thursday.
A news conference was called for Saturday at the Yankees' spring training complex in Tampa, Fla.
The 43-year-old closer is baseball's saves leader with 608. He is regarded as one of the best clutch pitchers in history, posting a record 42 postseason saves with an 0.70 ERA while helping the Yankees win five World Series championships.
"Greatest closer of all time. No question in my mind," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "I've had the thrill of catching him. I was there when he really burst onto the scene as a dominant setup man and then to see what he did as a closer has been a thrill for me."
"It's really hard to imagine that anyone could do the job he did," he said. "At times it seemed like it wasn't fair. That's how good Mo was. He was so dominant."
Rivera missed most of last season after he tore a ligament in his right knee while catching fly balls during batting practice. The right-hander was hurt May 3 and had surgery the next month.
"I can't say it surprises me," former Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "I think he was sort of in-between last year, before he got hurt. It didn't surprise me he wanted to come back, just based on who he is and what he represents."
Rivera returned home to Panama this week for a personal matter, and was expected to rejoin the team Saturday.
Hank Steinbrenner declined to say what would be announced at Saturday's news conference but the Yankees co-chairman said he would like Rivera to remain involved with the team when he does end his playing career.
"If he wants to, that would be my preference," Steinbrenner said. "I think he'd be a great influence, even if it's only at spring training."
There was a good chance Rivera would pitch in an exhibition game Saturday for the first time this spring.
The 12-time All-Star typically goes at his own pace in camp, fine-tuning his dreaded cut fastball in the bullpen and in simulated games.


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NEW YORK (AP) — The most exciting few minutes of the NFL draft came on Day 2.
In the span of a few minutes early in Friday night's second round, the
San Diego Chargers caused draftniks at Radio City Music Hall to let out
a roar with the selection of Notre Dame's Manti Te'o. Just when things
were settling down, the New York Jets announced their pick —
quarterback Geno Smith. Fans, many clad in Jets jerseys, cheered — and
Te'o, of course, was the victim of a tabloid-ready hoax involving a
fake girlfriend. That, and his poor play in the national title game
against Alabama, followed by less-than-impressive workouts for pro
scouts, had everyone wondering when he would be selected.
Smith, of course, now heads to a team with all kinds of quarterback
issues, from starter Mark Sanchez still with the team despite an awful
season, Tim Tebow still with the team despite not really getting a
chance to play, and three other QBs on the roster for now in David
Garrard, Greg McElroy and Matt Simms.
Welcome to San Diego, Manti.
Welcome to the J-E-T-S, Jets, Geno.
Here are 10 things to know about the draft after the first two days.
The final four rounds are Saturday.
"I did expect to go in the first round," Te'o said. "But things
happened and all it did was give me more motivation to get better. I
don't know if I have something to prove, but it definitely puts a huge
fire under my butt to just be better."
Asked if he dropped into the second round because of the off-field
issues and his flop in the title game, he said: "I really don't know.
That's a question that you've got to ask the teams."
Chargers GM Tim Telesco, who traded up seven spots to No. 38 to land
Te'o, certainly has no issues with his new guy.
"He's a great kid," Telesco said. "We did a lot of work on Te'o and
I've seen him for a number of years. He loves football. He's passionate
about it. He loves to practice. He loves to play."
Smith, who was projected as first-rounder, believes he can compete with
Sanchez and whoever else is around.
"I love to compete. Mark is a guy who I watched at USC, I watched him
in the NFL, and I think highly of him as well as Tim and all of those
guys over there," he said, "As I said, I'm coming in as a rookie and
I'm going to compete and I'm also going to accept my role whatever it
Asked if he thinks he's a franchise QB, he said: "Yes sir. I do believe
so and for a number of reasons, but the main thing is that I'm not only
coming into practice, I'm going to come into work and I'm going to
compete daily and I'm going to also do my best to better my teammates
in order for us to win a Super Bowl."
What does it all mean?
New Jets GM John Idzik says: "What this means for Mark Sanchez is
competition, and Mark is open to that. We've had discussions about
that, and I think he buys into the fact that that helps him and it
helps any player on our team, and as a result, it helps our team."
A night after no running backs were taken in the first round for the
first time since 1963, the second round produced five, and Alabama star
Eddie Lacy (expected to be a first-rounder) wasn't the first to go.
Cincinnati gave that distinction to Gio Bernard of North Carolina with
the No. 37th overall pick. Then, Michigan State's Le'Veon Bell went to
Pittsburgh at No. 48, Wisconsin All-American Montee Ball went to Denver
at No. 58, Lacy went to Green Bay at No. 61 and Texas A&M's
Christine Michael went to Seattle at No. 62.
The third round produced one running back — Arkansas' Knile Davis to
Kansas City at No. 96.
Lacy, who ran for 1,322 yards and 17 touchdowns last season, may have
dropped because of concerns about his health, including a hamstring
problem that prevented him from participating in the NFL combine and
working out for scouts a few weeks ago.
"You can't do anything about it," Lacy said. "I'm just looking forward
to being part of a new team and contributing as much as I can."
Among notable players till on the board entering Saturday's final four
rounds are quarterbacks Matt Barkley of Southern California, Ryan Nassib of Syracuse and Landry Jones of Oklahoma; running back Marcus Lattimore of South Carolina (recovering from a serious knee injury);
and two starters from national champion Alabama, offensive lineman
Barrett Jones and defensive tackle Jesse Williams.
Minnesota did not have a second or third-round pick Friday night
because they had a huge first round Thursday night with three picks —
DT Sharrif Floyd (Florida) at No. 23, DB Xavier Rhodes (Florida State)
at No. 25 and a last-second deal with New England moved the Vikings up
to snag WR Cordarrelle Patterson (Tennessee) at No. 29.
"I don't think it could've worked out any better for the caliber of
players we got coming into our program," Vikings GM Rick Spielman said.
"I'm very excited."
The Vikings, coming off a surprising run to the playoffs spearheaded by
running back Adrian Peterson, immediately filled three of their biggest
needs. A linebacker by the end of the draft and Minnesota will have hit
on all cylinders.
Not bad for a team that started last season in what was expected to be
a rebuilding one.
Four teams did not have first-round picks, but stepped up in the second
round to start filling their needs. Tampa Bay was the first of the four
to pick, going for defensive back Johnthan Banks of Mississippi State
at No. 43 overall. Washington, which lost its first-rounder in last
year's deal to draft Robert Griffin III, went for defensive back David Amerson of North Carolina State at No. 51 overall. New England, known
for trading early picks for a bunch of later picks, chose linebacker
Jamie Collins of Southern Mississippi at No. 52, and Seattle — after
trading down six spots with Baltimore — closed out the second round by
taking running back Christine Michael of Texas A&M.
Defensive end Ziggy Ansah of BYU led a parade of international players
into the NFL.
Ansah, from Ghana, didn't even know how to put on shoulder pads a few
years ago. On Thursday, he was the No. 5 overall pick by the Detroit Lions.
Also going in the first round was Florida State defensive end Bjoern Werner from Germany (Indianapolis, No. 24). Two more went in the second
round, SMU defensive end Margus Hunt from Estonia (No. 53, Cincinnati)
and Florida State offensive tackle Menelik Watson from Britain
(Oakland, No. 42). The third round saw Connecticut linebacker Cisio
Moore from Liberia go to Oakland at No. 66. Still on the board is
Alabama defensive tackle Jess Williams from Australia.
As predicted, quarterbacks were not popular in the first round, and not
too popular in the second- and third-rounds, either. After Buffalo
surprised nearly everyone by picking Florida State's E.J. Manuel as the
only QB in the first round (at No. 16), the next to go was West Virginia's Geno Smith by the New York Jets in the second round, at No.
39, and North Carolina State's Mike Glennon by Tampa Bay in the third
round, at No. 73. Of course, stars such as Tom Brady, Drew Brees and
even Russell Wilson weren't first-rounders, either.
In a game of one-upmanship, former players from Dallas (Tony Casillas),
Pittsburgh (Merril Hoge) and the New York Giants (Rich Seubert) got the
fans going before announcing the second-round picks for their teams.
Casillas stepped up to the podium and called out ... "still America's
team," the Dallas Cowboys select ...
Next up was Hoge, who chimed in with "the only team to win six Super
Bowls," and went on to make Pittsburgh's choice.
And next in the sequence came Seubert, who simply said, "Go Giants!"
before announcing New York's pick.
The crowd at Radio City, of course, booed Casillas and Hoge, and
cheered Seubert.
The second day of the draft was not for heavyweights. After 18
offensive and defensive linemen totaling nearly 2½ tons were selected
in the first round, the second round dropped to five. The third round,
though, saw 12 linemen taken. Of course, teams turned their attentions
to skill positions, with eight wide receivers and 17 defensive backs
taken Friday night.
To the surprise of no one, the Southeastern Conference has provided the
NFL with the most draft picks of any conference — 32 of 97 so far.
That's one-third of the newest class of the NFL players. The SEC
breakdown is 12 in the first round, eight in the second and 12 in the
third. Stay tuned for the next four rounds.
No. 2 is the Atlantic Coast Conference with 12, including six
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My husband and I went in two different directions today.He, a deacon, has been helping out in the last week before our new pastor arrives, so he preached at two Masses this morning. He helped a kindly but somewhat befuddled visiting priest, hugged a newborn baby, talked to a hundred or so souls and wished them a happy holiday.I cleaned the house.I had attended the vigil mass yesterday, so I had fulfilled my obligation. And we have company coming this week, so there was much to d … [Read more...]
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"Birth trauma lies in the eye of the beholder. Mothers perceived that their traumatic births often were viewed as routine by clinicians" Beck, C (2004).
Birth Trauma is a negative and disempowering physiological & emotional response to a birth. It can happen to any woman whether it is her first birth or tenth birth. It can happen following an emergency caesarean or a 'natural' vaginal birth, whether mother & baby are considered physically healthy or are physically struggling, whether there was forceps or scented candles or whether senior consulting obstetricians or trainee doulas were in attendance.
One of the most important research outcomes to have been conducted in the field of Birth Trauma is that women who have previously experienced a perceived or actual loss of control (such as sexual abuse) will be more vulnerable to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) following birth if they have inadequate support and care during the birth (3-6).
Broadly speaking, women are more likely to experience Birth Trauma if they have an emergency caesarean or assisted delivery (forceps or ventouse), procedures which do not occus in a home setting. However, women who have a vaginal birth are still at risk (5, 7). Most importantly, women who feel out of control during birth or who have poor care and support from their carers are more likely to get PTSD (4, 6). This is regardless of pain thresholds, length of labour, previous responses to traumatic situations, blood loss or venue.
Approximate figures suggest that between 1.5%-6% of women report symptoms of PTSD following birth (1), however, the figure could be as high as nearer 8-10% as often Birth Trauma goes unreported or is misdiagnosed as PND (Postnatal Depression) (2).
When should a woman suspect that she has Birth Trauma as opposed to Post Natal Depression?
When she:
• experiences an event perceived by her to be traumatic
• experiences flashbacks of the event, with vivid & sudden memories
• has nightmares of the event
• finds an inability to recall an important aspect of the event
• has an exaggerated startle response, constantly living "on edge", 'flight or fight' syndrome, is hyper vigilant, constantly looking around for trouble or stressors
• notices herself avoiding all reminders of the traumatic event
• experiences intense psychological stress at exposure to events that resemble or remind her of the trauma
• has physiological reactivity on exposure to events resembling the traumatic event, such as panic attacks, sweating, palpitations
• is plagued by fantasies of retaliation
• finds herself to be uncharacteristically experiencing cynicism and distrust of authority figures and public institutions
• may be hypersensitive to injustice
Does planning a homebirth mean you can avoid Birth Trauma?
Your ability to have a wonderful and natural birth free from trauma is dependent on other things besides your choice of birth venue. It can also be dependent on your choice of birth partners (midwife, doula, obstetrician, life partner, sister, mother, friend) and how they support you – this includes what experience and confidence they contribute to the birth space. But most importantly it can depend on how your birth journey pans out and if you feel supported, heard and respected by your carers whilst you are on that journey. A birthing woman will find it hard to utilise her strength, determination, knowledge and trust in her birthing body (all necessary factors to achieving a trauma-free birth) if she isn't feeling safe, supported, heard & nurtured by her caregivers within her chosen environment, where ever that might be.
A home birth is not a guarantee to ensuring a trauma-free birth. However, the research suggests that the less medicalised a birth is and the more appropriate and informed support a woman receives during birth and in the first 24 hours following birth the lower the potential of developing Birth Trauma is. This infers that that the combination of less medicalisation and appropriate support is more likely to occur within a home type setting and with care givers/supporters chosen by the birthing woman or with whom she has a strong & trusting rapport with.
I am struggling with Birth Trauma, what should I do?
If you feel that you may be suffering from PTSD following your birth there are a number of paths you can take from seeking emotional support to heal to practical solutions for finding answers.
Create an empathic ally:
If you can try and talk to your partner, a family member, close friend or doula about your feelings and responses. Often having someone close who understands what you are going through means you have the close support you need. If need be show them the checklist (above) and talk it through with them. You may need to explain that the feelings you have are different to postnatal depression and that the support you require may also be different.
Obtain information:
You may wish to obtain a copy of your birth notes from your hospital trust or midwife. The cost is dependent on your local health trust/hospitals fees but can range from £10 to £50 (£50 is currently the maximum that can be charged for obtaining medical records in England). Be sure to ask for both the notes for yourself and your baby and to include any print outs of readings, scans, blood tests etc. When you receive them you may choose to read them or put them aside until you are ready to read the contents. Don't be disappointed though if you are unable to understand wholly what happened as the bulk of your notes may well be in medical shorthand or use medical acronyms.
Seek clarification:
If and when you are ready you may choose to have a midwife go through your notes with you in order for you to obtain answers to your potential questions-this is called a 'de-brief'. Having Birth Trauma can often mean that you don't understand what happened to you, why it happened, when it happened or how it happened (confusion can be part of the traumatic response to a situation or where you experienced 'disassociation'). Often sufferers find they have a large list of questions that they feel they need answering as part of their individual healing process. Your local hospital trust may arrange this for you or alternatively you may choose to use an independent or private midwife to provide a third party opinion or to avoid having to re-visit a hospital. Write all your questions down before hand as often emotional responses to situations can make even the most 'together' person flustered and forget things. If it helps ask for assistance drawing up a simple timeline of events to help clarification and don't be afraid to keep asking for straight answers. If possible take your chosen 'ally' with you.
Seek professional support:
Although Birth Trauma isn't always well recognised there are a number of professional organisations and counsellors who specialise in supporting women with Birth Trauma. From free helplines such as Sheila Kitzinger's 'Birth Crisis' to private therapists to online or face to face support groups. Always check that whoever you have enlisted to support you isn't still suffering from Birth Trauma themselves and do professionally consider themselves 'post-trauma healed' or 'survivors'.
Currently effective trauma therapies include Human Givens 'Rewind Technique', EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing). Try and avoid therapies that aim to psychoanalyse or prolong healing by going over your trauma repeatedly. These styles of therapy are great for other emotional responses but are of little help for people suffering from PTSD.
Reassure yourself:
Please do reassure yourself on a number of different factors. You are not alone as Birth Trauma is sadly more common than you think, your responses are due to a physiological response to a traumatic situation and are not indicative of you being a bad or unfit mother, you won't always feel like this/it's not a life sentence and you are still 'you'.
Perhaps most importantly reassure yourself that you have every reason to know that should you wish to be pregnant again and give birth again that it's highly unlikely you would go through the same situation again. You have every right to a better birth and most women who have suffered and survived Birth Trauma are so acutely attuned to what is right and what is wrong for them personally that they opt to birth differently next time and look to bring in the support network that is right for them.
Lori is a mum of two wonderful children and a Birth Trauma survivor. She now works as a Birth Trauma & PND psychotherapist supporting women in the UK, UAE & Scandinavia.
1) Beck.C. Birth Trauma: in the eye of the beholder Nurs Res. 2004 Jan-Feb;53(1):28-35.
2) Horsch, Antje. "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder following Childbirth and Pregnancy Loss." Clinical Psychology in Practice (2009): 274.
3) Wijma K, Soderquist J, Wijma B. Posttraumatic stress disorder after childbirth: A cross sectional study. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 1997;11(6):587-97.
4) Czarnocka J, Slade P. Prevalence and predictors of post-traumatic stress symptoms following childbirth. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 2000;39:35-51.
5) Ayers S, Harris R, Sawyer A, Parfitt Y, Ford E. Posttraumatic stress disorder after childbirth: Analysis of symptom presentation and sampling. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2009;119:200-4.
6) Ford E, Ayers S. Support during birth interacts with prior trauma and birth intervention to predict postnatal post-traumatic stress symptoms. Psychology and Health.
7) Soet J, Brack G, Dilorio C. Prevalence and predictors of women's experience of psychological trauma during childbirth. Birth. 2003;30:36-46.
8) Cigoli V, Gilli G, Saita E. Relational factors in psychopathological responses to childbirth. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2006 Jun;27(2):91-7.


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| 2002N-0278 - Small Entity Compliance Guides on Registration of Food Facilities and Prior Notice of Imported Food; Availability
|FDA Comment Number :
|Submitter :
|Mr. Ashley Webster
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|04/19/2004 03:04:34
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|WebWright Enterprises
|Food Industry
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|Issue Areas/Comments
| I run a health-food / supplement Internet order business in Canada. Because most of my orders contain multiple food items (in one box), the process of entering a prior notice for each in the FDA online interface is quite time consuming because you can only do one item at a time.
I suggest updating the online prior notice to allow users to enter multiple items on one screen. In other words, the user creates a web entry which constitutes one shipment (or box of stuff by mail). The prior notice screen then allows them to specify all items in that shipment on one screen.
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Welsh surname Foulkes comes from the popular personal name Fulk. This forename of Norman origin originally came from one of a number of Germanic personal names with the first portion "folk-," which means "people."
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Denbighshire (Welsh: Sir Ddinbych), a historic county, created in 1536 at the Act of Union with England, and located in Northeast Wales, where they held a family seat at "Yr Eifiad" from very ancient times, some say before the 9th century.
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The Great Migration
In the 1800s and 1900s, many Welsh families left for North America, in search of land, work, and freedom. Those who made the trip successfully helped contribute to the growth of industry, commerce, and the cultural heritage of both Canada and the United States. In the immigration and passenger lists were a number of people bearing the name Foulkes
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Motto: Jure, non dono
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In today's era of perimeter-invading worms, malicious e-mails that don't rely on attachments, and tenacious spyware, safeguarding the enterprise demands a security framework that marshals a more sophisticated combination of technologies. A traditional firewall and an up-to-date virus scanner may no longer be enough.
But what is enough, exactly? Getting a handle on which solutions to deploy -- and where -- has become increasingly difficult, as emerging technologies have begun to overlap and functionalities have merged.
For example, if your new firewall can block application-layer threats, do you need an intrusion detection system? Should you choose a rules-based IDS, or one that uses anomaly detection to flag zero-day attacks? And when should you consider host-based security measures, or a specialized application security solution?
Naturally, the answers to these questions depend largely on the value of the assets you're trying to protect. In any case, it's critical to keep an eye on the changing landscape of point solutions. By keeping abreast of security advances, you'll be better positioned to capitalize them before newly evolving threats infiltrate your enterprise.
Firewalls and IDSes
Firewall vendors such as Check Point Software Technologies and Juniper Netscreen are touting new application-layer filtering capabilities, and these are important advances. After all, if your firewall is intelligent enough to block a DoS attack or a NetBus Trojan probe, you can rest so much easier.
Nevertheless, compared to a well-tuned IDS, even the most modern firewall is a blunt instrument -- and necessarily so. A stateful inspection firewall is an effective way to block unauthorized port traffic, defend against IP address spoofing, and thwart other, more recent types of attacks. Proxy firewalls, which prevent direct connections to hosts inside the network, provide yet another layer of protection.
But all firewalls have holes, if only because they must remain open to legitimate traffic. They can't inspect the contents of point-to-point VPN traffic, and even those that do make application-layer decisions can identify only a narrow range of threats that ride almost universally welcome protocols such as UDP and HTTP.
More and more malicious attackers are using port 80, which is almost always open between segments. In fact, if I were a malicious coder, I'd look first to port 80 -- or another commonly opened firewall port -- in order to gain entry to a network. To counter this, you need the data-level inspection that only an IDS or IPS can provide.
Detect or Prevent?
Because they can prevent malicious exploits, IPSes are outpacing IDSes as the preferred security systems of choice. After all, if an IPS can prevent an attack, why would you ever choose an IDS instead?
The problem is that many, if not most, IDSes and IPSes suffer from high percentages of false positives. And, whereas an IDS will only log a false positive, an IPS will block traffic marked as potentially dangerous, thereby preventing a significant amount of legitimate traffic from entering your network. Although vendors are working on improving accuracy, accidentally denying legitimate traffic can be even more catastrophic to your business than failing to block a malicious attack.
IDSes and IPSes are the best solutions for preventing buffer overflows -- second to patching, that is -- and for recognizing abnormally constructed data. IDSes and IPSes excel at inspecting packet data and lower-level packet information, which is what makes them so effective at identifying threats. But whereas IPSes will block identified threats, IDSes simply alert administrators after identifying malicious traffic.
IDSes and IPSes are located either at a network filtering point -- to identify threats passing between networks -- or on a host computer. Host-based IDSes and IPSes are designed to protect only the host on which they are located. While network-based IDSes and IPSes will identify -- and in the case of an IPS, stop -- general threats, host-based solutions are configured to protect systems against malicious attacks targeting specific operating systems or application software. For example, an IPS for Microsoft SQL Server will be designed to prevent SQL injections and guesses at database passwords.
IDSes and IPSes use two types of technology, the most commonly employed of which is fingerprinting. Fingerprinting, aka pattern-detection, solutions work much the same way anti-virus scanners do, that is, making use of databases that store predefined malicious byte patterns to identify specific threats. Perhaps because this approach is the most popular, fingerprinting databases must be constantly updated; they can be defeated by new and slightly modified threats.
The second technology, anomaly detection, uses baseline profiling to recognize statistically deviant traffic patterns. For example, an anomaly-detection solution would flag high levels of sustained network traffic originating from a low-traffic host, or it would notice unauthorized manipulation of system files. Anomaly-detection engines are useful for detecting zero-day or slightly modified exploits.
Which technology should you choose in an IDS or IPS? Ideally, as InfoWorld's reviewers discovered in a recent product roundup, the solution should contain both components. Most threats have an easily recognizable byte pattern, but anomaly detection should be layered on top of this pattern-detection capability in order to discover threats that do not have a specific signature and to stop zero-day exploits.
Early adopters placed IDSes and IPSes outside the firewall or on the DMZ to complement external security defenses. Unfortunately, reported events quickly overwhelmed administrators. Today, IDSes are deployed inside the trusted network as an early warning system to notify administrators when the perimeter has been compromised. Host-based IPSes, such as Sana's Primary Response, may be the most effective way to lock down specific Web and database servers.
Anti-virus technology isn't a panacea. Traditional anti-virus scanning solutions that use pattern databases have been great at detecting already-known threats but have proved terrible at dealing with zero-day exploits, slightly modified one-off malicious programs, and buffer overflows. The SQL Slammer worm infected tens of thousands of computers in less than 10 minutes. If anti-virus scanners can't defeat zero-day attacks, how can they be expected to deal with zero-minute attacks?
Vendors have responded by incorporating heuristic scanning tools and by submitting more frequent database updates. Similar to anomaly-detection technology, heuristic scanners analyze files by looking for coding actions often related to malware, such as modified executables, self-contained SMTP engines, and writing to sensitive registry areas. Heuristic technology isn't new, but vendors are increasing their efforts to make it more accurate by minimizing false positives. Vendors have also recoded anti-virus programs to check for and download pattern databases more frequently. Whereas updating databases weekly used to be often enough, today's anti-virus tools need to be checked daily or at least have the updates pushed to them as soon as a new threat is identified. Unfortunately, anti-virus scanners will never be 100 percent accurate, and all it takes is one unpatched system or one computer lacking an up-to-date anti-virus scanner to infect the whole enterprise.
As a result, vendors are developing ways to quarantine infected computers and those that don't meet corporate security policy. Several anti-virus vendors offer solutions that will cut off network traffic to and from computers that don't meet predefined criteria. Trend Micro's Network VirusWall appliance will check computers for patch status, enforce the use of up-to-date anti-virus software, and isolate infected machines.
Because malware can infect a computer from dozens of different vector -- the Internet, removable media, and p-to-p channels -- the best location for anti-virus software is on the desktop, given that. But no matter how malware arrives, it must execute on the desktop to infect the computer. By placing defenses on the desktop, you can detect malware regardless of how it arrives. Defending on e-mail servers is another good strategy, because most worms and viruses arrive via e-mail -- although this trend won't last forever. And many entities are placing anti-virus solutions on gateway devices in order to inspect network traffic. Although in theory the gateway would be an opportune position from which to catch malware, scanning each network packet against a large signature database will significantly slow down network throughput. In practice, most gateway solutions scan only a few popular protocols such as SMTP, HTTP, and FTP. That leaves a whole lot of other ports and protocols for malware to exploit.
Network Quarantining
This year's hottest security technology is network quarantining. No matter how strong your network security defenses are, if one misconfigured computer connects to your network, then it's game over -- a lesson that was driven home by Slammer and Blaster.
Network quarantining solutions prevent computers that are not properly configured, not patched, or not running updated anti-virus software from connecting to the network. New arrivals are pushed onto a restricted network and inspected. If the computer meets security policy, it is approved and is allowed to connect to the regular network.
Dozens of vendors are developing network-quarantine solutions, including Check Point, Cisco, McAfee, Microsoft, Trend Micro, and Zone Labs. Some solutions such as Microsoft's Network Access Quarantine Control require specific server and client software. More frequently, quarantining requires special network appliances or software that interfaces with existing routers or switches to handle blocking on the network layer or below. Unfortunately, quarantining is not easy to implement, and the bugs are still being worked out.
Battling Spam
Anti-spam filters are becoming increasingly sophisticated, with accuracy rates in the high 90s being the norm. The best solutions combine Bayesian filtering and content inspection. Most use some combination of Bayesian filtering and content analysis along with whitelists and blacklists.
As a general rule, accuracy improves the farther away you get from the desktop. In test after test, desktop solutions such as those from McAfee, Microsoft, and Symantec fare the poorest. ASP solutions such as MessageLabs and Postini are among the most accurate. InfoWorld has also found BrightMail, MiraPoint, and Proofpoint to be very good at blocking spam and avoiding false positives.
Many anti-spam solutions also contain anti-virus mechanisms. Some perform simple file-attachment blocking, and others contain anti-virus scanning functionality. File-attachment blocking is easy to beat, so products using proven anti-virus solutions fare better in removing legitimate threats. As long as you pick an accurate product, anti-spam solutions don't have too many disadvantages beyond the initial expense and setup. The biggest worry is that false positives might block legitimate e-mails, but with training and adjustable scoring, false positives can be minimized.
Security solutions are improving as major vendors combine various technologies into single-offering packages. Unfortunately, software is becoming more complex, and malicious attackers are getting bolder. Until the root causes of computer exploits -- poor programming practices and lack of persuasive authentication -- get resolved, your enterprise will need multiple defenses.
At a minimum, that means a late-model firewall, network anti-virus, an anti-spam gateway, and e-mail filtering. Midsize and larger companies should also deploy an IDS/IPS and consider a network-quarantine solution.
Even the best solutions are undermined by poor user practices and untrained administrators. Spend as much time on these issues as you do investing in technology.


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The Pentagon said the cooperation likely would take the form of "non-lethal" training for Myanmar officers focusing on humanitarian assistance, military medicine and defense "reform," the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told reporters.
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Glucose to Gram stain—new competency tests for 2012
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When CAP senior product manager Corrine Cagney, MT (HEW), was helping develop new point-of-care/waived competency programs for hCG, glucose, urine dipstick, and strep screen, she made sure to keep one fact in mind: "It's really hard to ensure the quality and competency of staff performing laboratory tests when you have as many as 100 people to assess in 24 hours."
That's why the materials for those programs have a shelf life of two to four weeks after being opened. "We don't want to give them something and it's only good for three days once you open it," she says.
Extended shelf-stability is just one feature of the new POC/waived products, which, along with basic and advanced competency products for virtual Gram stains, add up to six competency-assessment products the CAP is rolling out for 2012.
Designed for use in hospitals as well as small clinics and physician offices, each new POC/waived product contains enough specimens to test at least 10 people. "Let's say, for example, I get a new employee," Cagney says. "I can pull one of these out of our bundle and test them. Or let's say I'm in a physician office, and I have to make sure annually that all my nurses are doing pregnancy tests correctly. Well, this is a great way for me to test all those nurses at one time."
In addition, says CAP technical analyst Sharon Burr, the CAP will provide the results for two of these products via its Web site, so that laboratorians don't have to wait to get results; they can go online with the link provided in the kit instructions. "In other words," she says, "the results we will be sharing with them will be from the regular Surveys program. It's really important when we look at something like waived glucose because there are so many different instruments. This way, they can find what they are using in their institution and compare it directly with the specific method they're using. So there's going to be power behind the statistics provided."
Bobbi Pritt, MD, director of clinical parasitology and virology in the Division of Clinical Microbiology at the Mayo Clinic and a member of the CAP Microbiology Resource Committee, helped develop the new virtual Gram stain basic and advanced competency products. Why the two different levels of difficulty?
"Often in the evening or off-hour shift, you're down to bare-bones staff," she explains. "You might have people cross-covering many areas of the lab, and they may not be microbiologists—but they may be called upon to read a Gram stain, just to recognize if there's an organism present or if it's negative. It's critical because Gram stain is one of the more difficult stains to interpret." The specialist version is for microbiologists. "Participants can choose one or both, depending on which of their staff they're trying to assess competency in," she says.
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The City Council has agreed to pay $125,000 to settle a sexual harassment claim filed by a former Tucson Fire Department paramedic.
Paramedic firefighter Cody Jenkins filed a $500,000 claim against the city in February, alleging he was "physically and sexually assaulted … multiple times" by former TFD Capt. Roger Sloan Tamietti on Nov. 9.
Jenkins' claim contends Tamietti harassed him on three occasions that day. The first incident occurred when Tamietti "forcibly humped and ground" against Jenkins while holding him against a couch. Later that day, Jenkins said Tamietti swatted him on his buttocks after a shower.
The third incident allegedly occurred in the captain's office. Jenkins said Tamietti rubbed his groin against his head while Jenkins was working on a computer.
Tamietti said he was only "horseplaying" and denied he committed any lewd acts. He said it was common practice for firefighters to joke around with each other as a way to relieve the stress of a demanding job.
But a fire department isn't a frat house, Councilman Steve Kozachik said. And taxpayer money shouldn't be squandered as a result of sophomoric high jinks.
"These guys need to act like professionals and not adolescents," Kozachik said. "It's not summer camp. That childish behavior is costing taxpayers $125,000."
TFD officials determined Tamietti's behavior was "inappropriate" and demoted him to paramedic. The city also filed three misdemeanor charges against Tamietti.
Tamietti is currently in the process of appealing his demotion, saying the punishment was excessive and the some of the testimony was a "lie or greatly exaggerated."
Jenkins' claim says he "sustained serious and ongoing psychological damages and injuries" related to the Nov. 9 incident and was seeing a psychologist.
It also stated Jenkins has "sustained a loss of earnings and is psychologically unable to go back to work due to his fear of further retaliation."
Jenkins no longer works for TFD. He resigned in late April.
Contact reporter Darren DaRonco at 573-4243 or firstname.lastname@example.com