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This is great. Thanks. If possible how about the same for IDY, ADY and CY? Sorry to be so greedy but if you don't ask you don't get!Kudos to TxCraig for the seminal work leading to this highly useful app by anverc!John K
we can turn this into a full blow pizza making app, i just need instructions on what to add, or (in the case of different types of fermentation) what to use
I would love to see the dough mixture calculation tools in app form whenever you decide to move into the full-blown pizza making app. Nice to see a game developer taking an interest in this. www.pizzamaking.com/dough_tools.html
sourdough is a little more 'wild' in terms of nailing down a set time of rise based off of percent, what culture are you basing this off of?
Thanks for the encouragement Craig sent me his model on Baker's yeast and it's a bit over my head, but it's here so we'll have bakers yeast added to the utility at some point (Thanks Craig!)I just updated the app to allow for offline mode! This was pretty important as the server is in my basement and goes offline from time to time. Now, if the server is offline your browser should use the offline version (or better yet, if you install the app on your handheld device, it should just always work). If you already installed the app, you may need to fully close it before it will update to the latest version (on iOS, double tap the home button and flick the utility off the screen. Then click home button again and re-launch) great idea! This is on my todo list now.
I use my tablet a lot to refer to recipes, and this will be a huge help, instead of turning on the computer and printing those formulations.
Have you checked your app store? A quick search turned up Baker's Percentage for iOS and Dough Pro for Android.If you don't mind using another web app http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php?topic=25404.msg293378#msg293378 might be of some interest to you.
I am new to the app world since I got my tablet for christmas (my phone ain't smart).. thanks for pointing me in that direction, dsissitka. I guess there's an app for everything.
The dough calculator now supports marking ingredients as flour, water, starter, other. This allows it to be more precise when using significant amounts of starter.i also got my hands on an ipad, so i'll be working towards a better tablet layout in the near future (right now it's obviously only targeting phone layouts so the text and buttons and whatnot are pretty small on tablets)
@anverc,Really cool idea. Any interest in turning that into a full blown native app for the iPhone?There are some interesting possibilities when doing that, like for instance creating push notifications to alert you when the dough/starter needs to be tended to.--Joao


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Insulin use has trebled over the last 20 years in the UK, driven by high rates of obesity-linked type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.
Experts analysed data from patient prescriptions to find a huge increase between 1991 and 2010 in the use of insulin, particularly among people with type 2, which is linked to unhealthy lifestyles.
The number of people using insulin overall trebled from 136,800 in 1991 to 421,300 in 2010.
For those with type 2, the number using insulin rocketed almost eight-fold from 37,000 in 1991 to 277,400 in 2010.
In 1991, more people using insulin had type 1 diabetes than had type 2 diabetes (98,400 versus 37,000), the research also found.
By 2010, this situation had reversed, and 134,900 had type 1 while 277,400 had type 2 diabetes.
The study was published in the Journal of Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism and was led by a team of academics from Cardiff University and the University of Bristol.
The researchers said the financial cost to the NHS of insulin use increased from £156 million in 2000 to £359 million in 2009.
They blamed more expensive types of insulin but also the huge demand for insulin from people with type 2.
In England alone, the total cost of all medicines used to treat diabetes increased from £573.9 million to £725.1 million between 2005/6 and 2009/10, they added.
Craig Currie, professor of applied pharmacoepidemiology at Cardiff University's School of Medicine, said: "As a result of the study, we found that the number of people injecting insulin in the UK increased three-fold over the 20-year period from 1991 to 2010.
"Also during this period there was more than a seven-fold increase in the number of those with a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes and treated with insulin.
"Most of this is unrelated to clinical need.
"Insulin is very expensive and some of us believe that it involves too many serious side effects in people with type 2 diabetes.
"The increase in the number of people with type 2 diabetes using insulin is a wake-up call for all - not only in terms of lifestyle choices and how we treat people with type 2 diabetes."
But Simon O'Neill, Diabetes UK director for health intelligence, said: "While this study reflects the growing scale of diabetes, it is also important to remember that insulin is an essential treatment that enables people with diabetes to stay alive and effectively manage their condition so that they can reduce their risk of devastating complications such as blindness, amputations and strokes.
"Some people with type 2 diabetes are able to manage the condition with physical activity and healthy eating alone when they are first diagnosed but as the condition is progressive most people will eventually also need to use medications, which can include insulin, to help them effectively manage the condition.
"By making sure that people with diabetes are getting the recommended checks and support they need to manage their diabetes, we can help them avoid complications, which are not only a personal tragedy for all of those involved but are also hugely costly to the NHS."
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In a number of my online conversations we've been having really in depth discussions about the idea of whether it's better for a hospital HIS system is better as an All-In-One system or whether Best of Breed healthcare IT systems are better. Much of this discussion has been sparked from posts done on my Hospital EMR and EHR blog. So, if you're in the hospital space and are not following that site, you should. You can even sign up for the Hospital EMR and EHR list if you'd like. Anne Zieger writes most of the content there and she doesn't mince words.
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The best reason to use an All-in-One system is for interoperability.
Some people may see this as too simplistic, but I loved a quote I read recently that said you don't truly understand something until you can describe it in a simple form. I actually heard Bill Belichick do this talking about what he looks for in receivers for his Football team (Anyone excited for Super Bowl Sunday?). He said he likes a receiver that can Get Open and Catches the Ball. Seems far too simplistic, but it's so simplistic it's genius.
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In addition to all of her professional accomplishments she is also a mother of six beautiful children so it seems fitting that her new book, Handmade Beginnings is all about projects to welcome a new baby into the world (it also includes some lovely ideas for new moms as well). We recently had a chat with Anna Maria about her new book and her ideas on baby sewing which you can read below.
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Anna Maria: I definitely love to make quilts, but when I'm short on time toys are great. I think the Henny Penny & Six Chicks is going to become a favorite very soon!
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PB: Are there any rules of thumb to keep in mind for sewing for babies? Do you like to use any particular fabric?
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PB: What is your new baby's favorite project from the new book?
AM: Well, I would have to say the Sixth time's the Charm Quilt (pictured in the background of the book cover) gets used the most- and he definitely is comforted by its familiarity when we take it along with us on a trip or a stroll. But he is actually IN LOVE with the little hand-sewn baby that is part of the Swaddled Baby Love project that I made for the older girls. The girls call the doll "baby Roman" so I guess you can say he adores himself. As do we. But the cuddly doll is equally sweet for older siblings as it is for babies.
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This project is made from Anna Marias amazing Little Folks Voile. This fabric is so beautiful and such a good deal! You can check it out here.
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|This is incredible visual magic. The magician displays a penny in his hand. With a snap of the fingers over the coin from the other hand, the penny instantly changes into a dime! Two brass-looking rings are displayed to the audience. The magician magically makes one ring cling to the other. The rings are separated and can be handed out for examination. The spectators cannot make the rings cling together like the magician did! Same quality at a new lower price! 0081FOLcz-0006
|The magician borrows a $20 bill from a spectator. He has the spectator write their name with large letters across the face of the bill. The magician folds up the bill into a small packet, places it up under a handkerchief, and has the spectator hold the bill through the hank. A few moments later the magician whips the hank away from the volunteer's hands and the bill vanishes. The magician apologizes and offers to share his lunch. He reaches into a sack and removes a lemon. Using an ordinary butter knife, the magician cuts the lemon in half. Inside is the signed bill!
This outfit comes with everything necessary to perform this classic effect in magic including the tool necessary to prepare the lemon, sack, specially prepared handkerchief, sharpie markers, gimmick, and complete instructions. $20 not included! Borrow that from a spectator and if you play it correctly, he might give it to you as a tip!
|The magician borrows a dollar bill and has the spectator mark it for future identification. He then makes the dollar bill vanish using his favorite method. The magician then reveals a beautiful brass tube that is shut with a cap and padlock. The magicians gives the spectator a key, the spectator opens the padlock, removes the cap, and inside is the missing dollar bill! Or the magician can make a marked playing card appear in the tube! Or any other object that can be vanished and that will fit in the tube can be used as well. This is a dynamite utility device that has many possibilities. Carl Brema and Sons made their mark on magic with their finely machined brass products. In this same fine tradition, we offer this beautifully made Bill Tube. The exterior is highly polished brass and is an incredible piece of metalwork. 0012RUMBILLTUBEBRASS
|This is a utility prop that will allow you to vanish whatever you place inside, be it a dollar bill, a playing card, beads, etc. Simply place the item inside the tube and push on the cap. Give the tube to a spectator and ask him to open it back up. To his astonishment, he will discover that the object previously placed in the tube has vanished! The object can be made to reappear from the magician's pocket, in a nest of boxes, or other appearing apparatus. From Viking Magic.
|A coin is wrapped-up in a piece of paper. The packet is wrapped-up in a second piece of paper, and that packet is wrapped-up in a third piece of paper. When the papers are un-wrapped, the coin has vanished! The trick can be done in reverse as well to make a coin appear, or one coin or other small flat object can be made to change into another object. A great utility principle in magic.
|A quarter is borrowed from a spectator. The magician takes a cigarette and slowly penetrates the cigarette right through the quarter! What, you don't smoke? Good for you! Use a chop stick, pencil, magic wand, or other slender object. Borrow a dollar bill and roll it up into a tube. Push the dollar through the quarter! Scott Hollingsworth suggests a penetrating a large feather through the coin! Precision made and highly recommended. 0822RUMTCIGTHRUQ
|The magician hands an ordinary quarter out for examination. The coin is laid on top of the neck opening to remind the audience how impossible it would be to push a push a coin through neck opening! That's exactly what the magician proceeds to do however. He puts his empty hands around the coin and neck opening of the bottle and the coin drops right into the bottle! The coin can be shaken out and handed back out for examination.
Other routines enable you to penetrate the coin through the bottom of the bottle. The bottle can be a regular soda pop bottle or it can be one of the small bottles such as a Perrier water bottle! This coin is one of the best available on the magic market.
Also the Gene Gordon "Bite Coin" effect can be performed where you apparently bite off a piece of the coin and then spit it out whereby it mysteriously reappears back onto the coin.
IMPORTANT! This quarter is the new "internal system" coin that does not require the use of rubber bands! That's right, no more latex rubber bands to get brittle and break! Now perform folding coin routines with confidence and ease. This is an incredible advancement in the art of coin magic that just made the classic coin in the bottle routine practical and professional. 0051RUMTFOLDQINT
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|Wow! What a great close-up magic trick! In the right hands, this finely machined brass trick will really fool you! Based upon a very old principle, the magician displays two brass rings and a brass "checker" or plug. The plug is placed between the two rings and the rings are snapped together. This forms a single unit that can be thoroughly examined. The magician then displays three quarters and drops them into the top ring. Of course the checker/plug keeps the quarters from passing through. A little shake however, and a quarter seemingly penetrates right throught the barrier and falls out the bottom ring! The top quarters are poured out and shure enough, there are now only two quarters on top! The trick is repeated a second time and of course the second quarter passes through. The last quarter is made to vanish and it too mysteriously penetrates right through! This is finely made magic at its best. The rings and plug may be throughly examined before and after the performance. They are ungimmicked in every way! A very nice magic trick and extremely well made. Comes complete with an instructional DVD. 057MM0407
|A small sheet of rubber about five inches square is displayed. On the sheet of rubber are two coins, a dime and penny. The dime is chosen and the penny is removed. The sheet of rubber with the dime is then placed over a glass as per the illustration. The spectator is invited to push down on the dime with his finger. Instantly the dime mystically penetrates through the rubber sheet! The dime and rubber sheet can be thoroughly examined and no, the rubber sheet does not have a hole in it. Comes with extra sheets of rubber to give you many performances. 571FOLlf-0062
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Given their involvement in 2006's premier brainworm, Justice vs Simian's 'We Are Your Friends' – an anthem equally redolent of lovely people having a great time and wankers being dicks, and the kind of runaway track that could not have been more potentially stultifying for its makers – Simian Mobile Disco's catalogue of persistently inventive club records has been one of the revelations of Noughties dance music.
But where each of the duo's past LPs has explored a different sonic avenue to its predecessor, Unpatterns feels like less of a discrete instalment in a collection and more an accomplished blend of the two things James Ford and Jas Shaw do best – gigantic, open-armed, open-air pop, and femur-fracturing analogue techno.
Unpatterns' promo blurb deems it to have 'none of the poppiness of Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release... nor the orthodox dance dynamics of Delicacies', but I'd disagree on both counts. First single 'Seraphim' has as much of a swaying, sensual vocal take – daft fact: it's Cilla Black – as 'Hustler' or 'I Believe', or Temporary Pleasure's 'Cruel Intentions', while 'Interference', with its dead-weight thuds and disinterested gaze, is as scalpel-cold as some of Delicacies' cuts (if, admittedly, the lighter ones).
And when these two elements merge in one song, you get perhaps three of SMD's most masterful tracks so far – opener 'I Waited For You', centrepiece 'A Species Out of Control' and 'Put Your Hands Together', each a seamless splice of warm, expansive melody with unflinching drops that feel like bungee jumps.
Unsurprisingly, Unpatterns is seeped in the pair's watermark – that is, a dark, uneasy undercurrent that gives everything, even the more straightforward party tracks, an edge of the ominous. This sinister streak is most apparent in 'I Waited For You', whose minor key synths rorschach around like diseased blood under pinched skin, and in 'A Species Out Of Control', which shudders with the most chilling, metallic clangs that Ford and Shaw could strangle from their dashboard of vintage hardware.
This tightly controlled sense of threat, syringed out in timed doses, has always been SMD's strength – even the shivery peak of 'Put Your Hands Together' doesn't entirely forget those eyes glinting from the darker corners of the dancefloor, and instead of going out with a bang, the album finishes on 'Pareidolia's uncomfortable comedown of slow, jaundiced synth.
Unpatterns is not without fault – the closing trio of tracks is forgettable – but it contains perhaps some of the pair's best work, and anyone who loved the nastier side of Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release but balked at Delicacies' measured gore should get back on board.
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Jeff Hiestand has spent the last 11 years beside the pool at McDaniel College, where he has coached five individual conference champions in eight events.
In two weeks, he'll still be near a pool, but in a far different location.
On Aug. 9, Hiestand will head to London for the Summer Olympic Games. He will watch proudly as former McDaniel swimmer Suzanne Stettinius represents the United States in the pentathlon.
The one-day competition features five events: 200-meter freestyle swimming, fencing, pistol shooting, horse show jumping and a 3,000-meter cross country run.
Hiestand coached Stettinius for three years on the McDaniel swimming and diving team. When Stettinius began her preparation for the Olympics, he became her personal swimming coach.
The Hanover, Pa., resident spent nine years as an assistant swim coach at McDaniel before being promoted to the head coaching position three years ago.
But this is the first time he has trained an Olympian.
"It's rewarding, because she can always call herself an Olympian," Hiestand said. "I'm proud of her, because this is a really big accomplishment. From a coaching aspect, my No. 1 one concern for Suzanne is that she's prepared to do her very best at that moment."
For Stettinius, the road to London was not smoothly paved. A native of Sparks, in Baltimore County, she grew up playing many different sports, a strategy that eventually prepared her for the five-event pentathlon.
A 2006 graduate of Hereford High School, she attended Bethany College in West Virginia for three semesters, then transferred to McDaniel.
Before her junior year at McDaniel, Stettinius fell from a horse and broke her neck. She missed nearly the entire 2009-10 season, but came back with a strong senior campaign that included team-best performances in two distance freestyle events.
At the conclusion of her senior season, Stettinius and Hiestand decided to work together in her quest for the Olympics. She was a distance standout in college, and the only swimming event in the Olympic pentathlon was the 200-meter freestyle.
"Jeff moved me from a sprinter to a distance swimmer in college," said Stettinius from the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. "I dropped almost 20 seconds off my time in the 200 in three years. And I liked his approach. He's straight to the point."
Stettinius, who started thinking about the Olympics as far back as 2005, doesn't consider swimming her strongest sport in the multi-faceted competition.
"I grew up on the back of a horse," said Stettinius, who was raised on a horse farm. "Horseback riding is my best event. In fact, it was the Pony Club Tetrathlon, which combines riding, swimming, running and shooting, that first introduced me to the pentathlon."
She qualified for one of the two spots on the U.S. Olympic Teamby posting one of the top overall scores in World Cup and world championship pentathlon competitions, which were held in Brazil, Hungary, Russia, Italy and China.
Now in final training for the London Games, she is ready to pursue a medal. The top 36 pentathletes in the world will compete for gold, silver and bronze at the Olympic Games.
"Initially, I was relieved when I learned that I had made it (onto Team USA) because I had been working so hard," said Stettinius, who found out she clinched a spot on May 27.
"This is really amazing, especially being a McDaniel graduate and having the chance to compete in the Olympics," she said. "My siblings have never seen me compete in the pentathlon before, and their first time to watch me will be in London."
Stettinius' parents, Willie and Avis, and her siblings won't be alone in the stands. Hiestand will be in London, cheering on his protégé. He won't be poolside, since Stettinius and the other American pentathlete will be mentored by three USOC coaches.
"Even though I'm listed as Suzanne's swimming coach, I won't be an Olympic coach there," said Hiestand, a father of four who will travel to London on Aug. 9 with his wife, Shannon. "The United States pentathlon team already has a staff of three coaches in place.
"Still, I can't believe I'm going," he said. "From my standpoint, it's always nice to be recognized. But this is really Suzanne's party."
Logistically, the pre-Olympic training wasn't an easy task for Hiestand, who had to balance Stettinius' swimming schedule with those of the other sports.
"When I wrote her workouts and then watched her practice, I always had to think a step ahead," Hiestand said. "Her next workout wasn't necessarily going to be with me in the pool, because she might be coming from or going to fencing or running. I constantly managed where she was, whether she might be fatigued, and whether we might save her legs for the running workouts."
Hiestand understood that he was dealing with a very determined athlete.
"Not many Division III athletes go on to the Olympics," said Hiestand, a 1993 UMBC graduate who was a distance freestyle swimmer for the Retrievers.
"She was always willing to do what needed to be done. Suzanne understood that whatever level of success she achieved was going to come from hard work," he said. "If she made a mistake, she was on top of it before I could even say anything. At that level in any sport, you're going to find athletes who are not willing to accept defeat or failure, and will just keep pushing."
While he didn't make any Olympic predictions, Hiestand admitted he wouldn't be surprised if Stettinius was in medal contention.
"The best pentathletes are the ones that are above average in all five — but not necessarily No. 1 — in any of the individual events," he said. "I think Suzanne has that potential (to win). She just needs to keep herself within each sport as she's doing that sport, and then move on to the next one with a clear mind."
Hiestand hopes that the experience of coaching an Olympian isn't a once-in-a-lifetime thing for him.
He's also aware of the effect that Stettinius' status might have on younger swimmers in this area.
"If kids just see a name on paper or a swimmer on a TV screen, it doesn't make much of an impression," he said. "But a lot of the kids around here knew Suzanne, because they've seen her around.
"They can relate to her, and now (the Olympics) can become a goal down the road for them."


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Motel Vouchers
Temporary vouchers for homeless individuals with immediate medical issues and families with children, where emergency shelters cannot accommodate them.
Below is a list of homeless services funded all or in part by the City of Albuquerque. For information on other services, please dial 2-1-1 (United Way Information and Referral Search) or click on http://www.211.org/.
St. Martin's – Motel Vouchers Only
Address: 1201 3rd St NW
Phone: 764-8231
Fax: 843-8624
Website: www.smhc-nm.org
Capacity: 200 Vouchers
Clientele: Vouchers are for single males and females with a mental health/substance abuse diagnosis.
Length of Stay: 1 Week
Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless - Motel Vouchers Only
Address: 1217 1st St NW
Phone: 766-5197
Fax: 766-6945
Website: www.abqhch.org
Capacity: 75 Vouchers for Singles, 84 Vouchers for Families
Clientele: Indigent Single Males, Indigent Single Females, and Families
Length of Stay: 2 Weeks


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Sale of ex-Compaq to Lakewood gets council's blessing
City Council OKs sale of ex-Compaq to Lakewood
The Houston City Council on Wednesday approved the sale of the former Compaq Center to Lakewood Church for $7.5 million.
The vote was 13-to-2, with Councilmen Oliver Pennington and Stephen Costello opposed. The vote was a major turnaround from two days before, when several council members sounded dubious about whether the deal was in the city's best interests.
As they received more information about the proposed sale and weighed the $100 million shortfall the city faces in the coming fiscal year, several council members said they came to see the sale as a good idea.
"We are really in tough financial times," Councilwoman Jolanda Jones said. "I don't see where we have a lot of options."
Mayor Annise Parker proposed the sale two weeks ago after protracted negotiations, as well as two appraisals, brought the church and city to the $7.5 million price.
That figure does not reflect an $11.8 million lump sum the megachurch paid to lease the facility in 2001 for 30 years.
Supporters of the sale defended the price, noting the previous payment and the fact that the city would collect no income from the property for at least 24 years. City officials said the price reflected the present value of those future lease payments and the residual land value.
Joel and Victoria Osteen, who lead the Lakewood congregation, the largest in the United States with more than 40,000 in attendance each week, said they were grateful to own the facility and cement their place in Houston.
"I feel great, very excited, couldn't be more honored to know the facility is ours forever," Joel Osteen said. "It's one thing to lease a piece of property, but when you own it, it's just roots a little deeper."
Costello called the transaction a "fire sale from a distressed owner" on Monday and disputed many of the assumptions that city officials and appraisers used to set the $7.5 million price for the 606,000-square-foot building — former home to the Houston Rockets. The converted church arena sits on 7 acres in the Greenway Plaza area along the Southwest Freeway.
Councilman C.O. Bradford sharply faulted Parker for how the sale was unveiled to the public, questioning why the previous payments from Lakewood and all the encumbrances were not more clearly explained initially. Parker gave Bradford a long stare during Wednesday's council session Wednesday but did not address the criticism directly.


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Afghan Candidates Spar Over Release of Results
Published: 06th July 2014 11:46 PM | Last Updated: 06th July 2014 11:47 PM | A+A A-
KABUL: Afghanistan's election crisis deepened Sunday as the two presidential candidates sparred over the release of preliminary results and calls mounted for a broader investigation of suspect ballots amid allegations of massive fraud.
The impasse has threatened to undermine what the U.S. and its allies had hoped would be the country's first democratic transfer of authority after President Hamid Karzai agreed to step down after two terms as legally required.
Western officials were looking for a smooth transition to show progress ahead of the withdrawal of U.S. and allied combat troops by the end of this year. Whoever wins will inherit an impoverished country mired in insurgency and facing high unemployment and declining foreign aid.
Both candidates have promised to sign a security pact with the Obama administration that would allow nearly 10,000 American forces to remain in the country in a training capacity and to conduct counterterrorism operations. A disruption in the announcement of election results could mean another delay in finalizing that agreement, which was rebuffed by Karzai.
Abdullah Abdullah, who garnered the most votes in the first round of voting on April 5 but failed to get the majority needed to win outright, has boycotted the electoral institutions after alleging widespread ballot box stuffing and other efforts to rig the June 14 runoff vote against him. His rival Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai. Ahmadzai, a former finance minister and Bank official, also filed complaints of irregularities in the balloting but has insisted that the agreed-upon counting process be respected and said any further delays in releasing results would be unacceptable.
Preliminary results had been due on Wednesday, but the Independent Election Commission postponed them for five days saying it needed to audit votes from nearly 2,000 of 23,000 polling stations nationwide. Commission chairman Ahmad Yousuf Nouristani said Sunday that the announcement would be made Monday as planned, although a time had yet to be announced.
Abdullah said Sunday that he would not accept any results until all fraudulent votes were invalidated. He also demanded a more extensive investigation into suspicious ballots, including cases where more than 93 percent of the ballots in a single box were for a single candidate.
"What we are asking for is . an audit and after the completion of the audit before the announcement of the preliminary results should be made," he said Sunday at a news conference.
"There is no doubt that fraud has happened, massive fraud has happened," he said. "After all suspicious areas are audited, we will accept the election results, but not before that."
The European Union's election monitoring team in Kabul also has called for a broader investigation into fraud allegations, including highly improbable votes for a single candidate in polling stations or unlikely discrepancies between votes cast by women and men.
Diplomats and other international officials have long said they anticipated irregularities and the determining factor would be whether the vote rigging was sufficient to affect the overall outcome. The 2009 re-election of Karzai was marred by widespread ballot box stuffing and proxy voting, leading Abdullah, who was runner-up at the time, to refuse to participate in the runoff.
The Taliban threatened a campaign of violence to disrupting the Western-backed process, but millions of voters still went to the polls and the balloting was relatively smooth despite a series of high-profile attacks
According to the election commission's official timetable, final results on July 22. Karzai has set Aug. 2 as the date for the new president to be inaugurated.
Ahmadzai said more delays would be "unacceptable" and would "create serious doubts and mistrust of the people about the election process."
"The announcement of preliminary results cannot be postponed further," he said Saturday at a news conference.
Both campaign teams, meanwhile, were holding technical and political talks in a bid to resolve the crisis, although both candidates have ruled out a deal on a coalition government.
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, who met with both candidates during a visit to Kabul, said he had been assured a consensus was emerging that would allow the release of partial results on Monday but also provide for a more comprehensive audit of contested votes before a final announcement is made.
"I am confident that they're going to agree on the details of that audit. Both want it. Both need it," the Michigan Democrat told reporters. Levin, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, warned that the level of continued aid from war-weary Americans was at stake.
"It is essential that these candidates find a process, agree on a process, live by a process that resolves this presidential race because if that falls apart then I think it's going to be very difficult to maintain the economic support," he said.


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FUNraising Updates
2016 Week 5-6 Victories
Hi Everyone!
Last week's big news was our Midway Fireburner. Our special guest, Robert Cromeans, joined me to announce the top 10 schools at the midway point. Congratulations to the top 10 and to every school for your hard work so far! We know the best is yet to come, so please keep sharing your victories, photos, and great ideas. Remember: If you're not in the top 10 right now, or you haven't reached your goal yet, IT'S NOT TOO LATE! This is the 13th year we've been doing this, and we know that, historically, more money is raised in second half than in the first. With a little less than four weeks left, this is the perfect time to get re-motivated and excited about what your school can do.
2016 Week 4 Victories
Hi Everyone!
HERE'S A VERY IMPORTANT REQUEST – On Tuesday, April 5, please report your school's current FUNraising total. I will keep your total confidential, if you like (I know some schools are having a friendly competition) but please send in your school's total on April 5 so we can recognize the Top 10 schools on our Midway Fireburner Webinar!
First 100 – 45 spots left!
Our "First 100" contest is filling up fast, with 55 winners so far. That leaves 45 spots! Remember, the First 100 Future Professionals, team members, and national educators to raise $3,000 will go to the FUNraising Gala in May and receive a day of hands-on education with Ruth Roche, Takashi, and Tim Storey. Our confirmed Gala special guests include Fran Drescher, Kathy Buckley, Marie Osmond, Dolph Lundgren, Eden Sassoon, and John Paul DeJoria! For up-to-date news about how many spots are left, check my "Winn Claybaugh" Facebook page.
2016 Week 2–3 Victories
Hi Everyone!
Many of you have written in about your wonderful FUNraisers, ONE Events, and First 100 winners. We're off to an exciting start and I'm SO proud of you! Included in this email are some amazing victories from the last two weeks, so keep reading till the end — and keep those victories coming!
Would You Like a Personalized Video from Winn?
2016 Week 1 Victories
Hi Everyone!
Many of you called and emailed to say that last week's launch parties were absolutely AMAZING! All across America, thousands of Future Professionals and staff members watched the 2016 launch video and heard special messages from our fabulous partners about this year's sponsored organizations.
The launch video and a super-fun launch "sizzle reel" are now available on our Paul Mitchell Schools YouTube channel. Please replay and share them with your social networks: bit.ly/1Lej1t7
Even more exciting, many of you wrote in about your wonderful FUNraisers, ONE Events, and First 100 winners. We're off to an exciting start and I'm so proud of you! Included in this email are some amazing victories, so keep reading till the end.
Paul Mitchell Schools Launch 2016 FUNraising Campaign
PAUL MITCHELL SCHOOLS LAUNCH "FUNraising 2016"
Annual campaign partners with Marie Osmond, Magic Johnson, Fran Drescher, Gary Sinise, Dolph Lundgren, and more to benefit national and local charities
Paul Mitchell Schools will kick off their 13th annual FUNraising campaign on March 1, 2016, with a goal of raising $2.5 million for nine major charities and dozens of local nonprofits. Last year, Paul Mitchell Schools raised $1.7 million, bringing their 12-year total to over $15.2 million. They proudly report that the cost incurred in raising the $15.2 million has been less than 4%, an amazingly low amount compared to the national average of 25%.
Read more: Paul Mitchell Schools Launch 2016 FUNraising Campaign
2015 FUNraising Results
Paul Mitchell Schools Raise $1.7M for Charity
(BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – May 5, 2015) The results are in! After three months of cut-a-thons, fashion shows, princess parties, and thousands of other "FUNraising" events, the 14,000 Future Professionals and staff members from 110 Paul Mitchell cosmetology schools raised $1.7 million in their 2015 FUNraising campaign. Proceeds will benefit 11 major nonprofits and several smaller charities chosen by Paul Mitchell Schools in their local communities.
Star-Studded Lineup to Attend 2015 FUNraising Gala
John Paul DeJoria, Fran Drescher, Magic Johnson, Marie Osmond, Gary Sinise, Kathy Buckley, Dolph Lundgren, Leeza Gibbons, Jeff Tracta & Pauley Perrette to Attend Beverly Hills Event
Paul Mitchell Schools kicked off their 12th annual FUNraising campaign on February 1, 2015. Students and staff members from over 100 Paul Mitchell Schools have the months of February through April raising money for charitable organizations. Their goal: $2.5 million. Their partners: A star-studded celebrity lineup representing 11 spectacular charities.
The annual FUNraising Gala, the highlight of the annual campaign, takes place on May 3, 2015, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. This year's gala will be co-hosted by Winn Claybaugh and Pauley Perrette,with additional support from John Paul DeJoria, Fran Drescher, Magic Johnson, Marie Osmond, Gary Sinise, Dolph Lundgren, Kathy Buckley, Leeza Gibbons, and representatives of the other supported charities. The event celebrates all of the participating schools while raising additional money. Entertainment provided by impressionist Jeff Tracta.
Read more: Star-Studded Lineup to Attend 2015 FUNraising Gala
Paul Mitchell Schools Raise $2.1 Million for Charity
11th Annual Gala Features Magic Johnson, Fran Drescher, Danny Trejo, Marie Osmond, Sara Rue, John Paul DeJoria, Ricky & Andrea Schroder, JoAnne Worley, Kathy Buckley
(BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – May 4, 2014) – After three months and literally thousands of hair shows, casual days, cut-a-thons, and "FUNraisers," more than 13,000 cosmetology students from 110 Paul Mitchell Schools raised over $2.1 million for 11 selected charities, bringing their 11-year total to more than $13.3 million. This year's total was announced at the annual FUNraising Gala, held at the Beverly Hilton and hosted by actor, producer, cancer activist Fran Drescher and Paul Mitchell Schools' Dean and Cofounder Winn Claybaugh.
Read more: Paul Mitchell Schools Raise $2.1 Million for Charity
Star-Studded Lineup Keeps the "FUN" in "FUNraising"
Betty White, Fran Drescher, Donny and Marie Osmond, Magic Johnson, Gary Sinise, Sara Rue, Danny Trejo, Ricky Schroder, and Kathy Buckley Join Paul Mitchell Schools' 2014 "FUNraising" Campaign
Paul Mitchell Schools kicked off their 11th annual FUNraising campaign on January 28, 2014. Students and staff members from over 100 Paul Mitchell Schools schools will spend the months of February through April raising money for charitable organizations. Their goal: $2.5 million. Their partners: A star-studded celebrity lineup representing 11 spectacular charities.
"We are absolutely thrilled that Betty White, Donny and Marie Osmond, Gary Sinise, Magic Johnson, Fran Drescher, and Kathy Buckley are back again this year," said Paul Mitchell Schools Dean and Cofounder Winn Claybaugh. "We're also delighted to welcome the incredible Sara Rue, Danny Trejo, and Ricky Schroder to our 'FUNraising' family. Each of these incredible individuals will play an active role in motivating and encouraging our 13,000 future professionals as they raise money through thousands of grassroots events, from cut-a-thons and car washes to fashion shows and charity balls. Our partners are members of an elite group of wonderful celebrities who've supported us in the past, including Dolly Parton, Larry King, Vidal Sassoon, and Leeza Gibbons."
Read more: Star-Studded Lineup Keeps the "FUN" in "FUNraising"
Paul Mitchell Schools Raise $2.6M for Charity
10th Anniversary Gala Features Betty White, Fran Drescher, John Schneider, Megyn Price, Kathy Buckley, Eden Sassoon, and Sara Evans
(BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – May 5, 2013) – At a time when most nonprofits are seeing declining donations, 16,000 cosmetology students and staff members from the nationwide network of Paul Mitchell Schools raised $2.6 million in three months, surpassing their goal, hitting their tenth consecutive all-time high, and bringing their grand total to over $11.2 million.
"This doesn't happen in one night or one big show," said Paul Mitchell Schools Dean and Cofounder Winn Claybaugh. "We call it a FUNraising marathon. It's fun because our future professionals dream up creative ways to raise the money, such as "Studs and Suds" car washes, cut-a-thons, telethons, and fashion shows for people and pets. And it's a three-month marathon that involved over 4,000 events by our 101 schools to reach this year's goal."
The 10th anniversary celebration was a full-scale love fest at the Beverly Hilton's International Ballroom, with Winn and co-host Kathy Buckley recognizing and acknowledging guests from the 11 supported charities along with many superstar celebrities and industry icons in the audience.


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Admission Requirements
A student may declare a MLS major at any time; no application is needed for the PreProfessional Phase, the first two years of the major. However, there is an admission process for the MLS Program/Professional Phase which encompasses the last two years of study including the summer between the third and fourth years. Normal time of entry into the Professional Phase Program is the fall semester, third year. Admission to UIS does not guarantee admission to the Medical Laboratory Science Program/Professional Phase. In addition to completing the UIS application process, interested applicants should contact the department for an application or print off the application at the bottom of this web page. Students are encouraged to apply in December or January of their second year so they are eligible for UIS scholarships with February deadlines.
Applicants must also forward a written statement of their academic and professional goals and the names and addresses of two college science instructors (preferably one biology and one chemistry) for use as references to the Medical Laboratory Science Department chair. A personal interview may be required. Admission is competitive and selective. For best consideration applicants should complete the application process by February 1. GPA is the main consideration, however references and the goals statement are also considered. Qualified applicants who complete the application process after February 1 will be considered for any remaining spots.
All students are encouraged to meet with the MLS Program Director or a MLS advisor before initial registration and periodically thereafter in order to prepare a plan to ensure that all requirements are met in the minimum amount of time. There is no advance placement and no credits for experiential learning.
The transfer option provides for the continuing education of students who have completed the first two years of lower-division work (preferably with the A.A. or A.S. degree). Transfer students must apply to UIS before or at the same as application to the MLS Program. See the MLS Program Director regarding questions about transfer of credits.
Prerequisite courses required for admission to the MLS Professional Phase Program include:
- 90 quarter hours or 60 semester hours of lower-division courses including the UIS general education requirements, detailed in the UIS catalog.
- 2 semesters of general chemistry
- 1 semester of organic chemistry (recommend the lab also)
- 2 semesters of biological sciences, preferably the first biology course for majors and another course
- 1 semester of statistics or higher math
- 1 semester of microbiology with lab (in addition to the 2 biological science courses above)
Science courses should be those for science majors. Recommended courses include genetics and a second semester of organic chemistry.
Students should consult with advisors for specific guidance regarding completion of general education requirements. Six of the ten upper division general education requirements, called "ECCE" courses, are included in the MLS Program.
Application Process to CLS Professional Phase Program
Applicants in consultation with their physicians should assure that the applicant can perform the Essential Functions (found here and in the MLS Student Handbook).
Application to the Program/Professional Phase includes submission of 1) a complete CLS Application for Admission (found below or from the office manager in HSB 314); 2) a written statement in your own words of your academic and professional goals; and 3) names and contact information (email addresses, phone numbers, etc) of two college science instructors for use as references. Preferred references would be one biology and one chemistry instructor. A personal interview may be required. Admission to the MLS Program is competitive and selective. Students are encouraged to apply by February 1st for best consideration. Cumulative GPA is the main consideration, however references and the written statements are also considered. The best qualified applicants will be offered admissions as space permits. There is no appeal of the department's decision. The admission process is approved by the university and complies with nondiscrimination policies (https://www.hr.uillinois.edu/cms/One.aspx?portalId=4292&pageId=5670).
CLS Application for Admission to Professional Phase


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SEC301: Intro to Information Security New
Mon, June 22 - Fri, June 26, 2015
This class is great for IT professionals looking for their first step towards security awareness. I have been in IT for 17 years and I learned a lot on this first day of class.
Good basic information for someone just coming into the field.
To determine if the SANS SEC301 course is right for you, ask yourself five simple questions:
- Are you new to information security and in need of an introduction to the fundamentals?
- Are you bombarded with complex technical security terms that you don't understand?
- Are you a non-IT security manager who lays awake at night worrying that your company will be the next mega-breach headline story on the 6 o'clock news?
- Do you need to be conversant in basic security concepts, principles, and terms, even if you don't need "deep in the weeds" detail?
- Have you decided to make a career change to take advantage of the job opportunities in information security and need formal training/certification?
If you answer yes to any of these questions, the SEC301: Introduction to Information Security training course is for you. Jump-start your security knowledge by receiving insight and instruction from real-world security experts on critical introductory topics that are fundamental to information security. This completely revised five-day comprehensive course covers everything from core terminology to the basics of computer networks, security policies, incident response, passwords, and even an introduction to cryptographic principles.
This course is designed for students who have no prior knowledge of security and limited knowledge of technology. The hands-on, step-by-step teaching approach will enable you to grasp all of the information presented even if some of the topics are new to you. You'll learn the fundamentals of information security that will serve as the foundation of your InfoSec skills and knowledge for years to come.
Written by a security professional with over 30 years of experience in both the public and private sectors, SEC301 provides uncompromising real-world insight from start to finish. The course prepares you for the Global Information Security Fundamentals (GISF) certification test, as well as for the next course up the line, SEC401: Security Essentials Bootcamp. It also delivers on the SANS promise: You will be able to use the knowledge and skills you learn in SEC301 as soon as you return to work.
Course Syllabus
SEC301.1: The Cornerstone of Security
Keith Palmgren
Mon Jun 22nd, 2015
Every good security practitioner and every good security program begins with the same mantra: learn the fundamentals. SEC301 starts by instilling familiarity with core security terms and principles. By the time you leave the classroom after the first day, you will fully understand the Principle of Least Privilege and the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) Triad, and you'll see why those principles drive all security discussions. You will be conversant in the fundamentals of risk management, security policy, authentication/authorization/accountability, and security awareness training.
- Lab 1 - Copy the Lab CD to Your Hard Drive: The instructor will be there to assist students who might need help with their laptop configuration
- Lab 2 - Building Better Passwords: We'll use a tool that shows how long it takes to compromise various passwords via a brute force attack
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
SEC301.2: Cryptography & Wireless Security
Keith Palmgren
Tue Jun 23rd, 2015
Cryptography is one of the most complex issues faced by security practitioners. It is not a topic you can explain in passing, so we will spend some time on it. Not to worry, we won't take you through the math behind cryptography, but we'll look at basic crypto terminology and processes. What is steganography? What is substitution and transposition? What is a "work factor" in cryptography and why does it matter? What do we mean by symmetric and asymmetric key cryptography and "cryptographic hash," and why do you need to know? How are those concepts used together in the real world to create cryptographic systems? Finally, we take a brief look at several cryptographic applications. We won't get into the details of how Secure Shell (SSH) actually works, but you will leave the classroom knowing what that term means and what SSH is used for. In other words, you'll be able to discuss several crypto applications in a general sense and not be confused when someone brings them up. Following cryptography, we introduce the fundamentals of wireless security (WiFi and Bluetooth), and mobile device security (i.e., cell phones).
- Lab 3 - Install and Use the Password Safe Tool: Introduction to a utility that stores and remembers your passwords in an encrypted database.
- Lab 4 - Crypto by Hand: Apply the knowledge and skills you've learned to encrypt information using mono and poly alphabetic ciphers and gain a better understanding of triple encryption (as used by Triple DES).
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
SEC301.3: Networking
Keith Palmgren
Wed Jun 24th, 2015
All attacks or exploits have one thing in common: they take something that exists for perfectly valid reasons and misuse it in malicious ways. Always! So as security practitioners, to grasp what is invalid we must first understand what is valid - that is, how things like networks are supposed to work. Only once we have that understanding can we hope to understand the mechanics of malicious misuse of those networks. Day three begins with a nontechnical explanation of how data move across a network. From there we move to fundamental terminology dealing with network types and standards. You'll learn about common network hardware such as hubs, switches, and routers, and you'll finally grasp what is meant by terms like "protocol," "encapsulation", and "tunneling". We'll give a very basic introduction to network addressing and port numbers and then work our way up the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) protocol stack, introducing more detail only as we proceed to the next layer. In other words, we explain networking starting in non-technical terms and gradually progress to more technical detail as students are ready to take the next step. By the end of our discussions, you'll have a fundamental grasp of any number of critical technical networking acronyms that you've often heard and never quite understood: TCP/IP, IP, TCP, UDP, MAC, ARP, NAT, ICMP, and DNS. We'll close out day three with a very simple explanation of common network attacks such as spoofing, man-in-the-middle, denial of service, and distributed denial of service.
- Lab 5 - Networking Tools: Use several network tools that are built into the Windows Operating System to determine your network settings, discover your private and public IP addresses, and determine the network "hops" you have to use to access resources such as web pages on the Internet.
- Lab 6 - Secunia PSI: Use the freeware Secunia Personal Software Inspector to find software on your Windows-based computer that is out of date.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
SEC301.4: Security Technologies
Keith Palmgren
Thu Jun 25th, 2015
Building on what we've learned about how networks function and common attacks against them, we start day four by introducing methods and technologies to manage, control, and secure those networks. Students will learn about the importance of configuration management on networks, the different types of malware, and how anti-malware works to protect us. Students will also gain an introductory knowledge of firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention, sniffers, and virtualization technologies. We will not deep dive into firewall technology, but students will become familiar with basic firewall terminology and techniques. We'll also look at methods for auditing network security and examine fundamental security techniques such as hardening operating systems.
- Lab 7 - SPAM IQ Quiz: Use an online site to look at several potential spam messages and determine which are legitimate and which are not. Students will see the results of their quiz with an explanation of why each message is either legit or spam.
- Lab 8 - Malwarebytes: Install and use the Malwarebytes tool to analyze your system for potential malware; students can remove the reported malware if they so choose.
- Lab 9 - SyncBack: Install and use the SyncBack tool to set up data backups on your system.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
SEC301.5: Protecting Assets
Keith Palmgren
Fri Jun 26th, 2015
The final day of our SEC301 journey is all about protecting assets, mostly with a physical security theme but with some logical security included as well. We begin with the "meta security" discipline of operations security that looks at security issues throughout the organization, not just in the IT area. We then introduce the topic of safety and physical security. Students will become familiar with the concepts of data classification and data loss prevention. From there we move to an introductory look at incident response, including business continuity and disaster recovery planning. We'll close out with a brief discussion of social engineering so that students understand what it is and why it's so difficult to defend against.
- Global Information Security Fundamentals (GISF) Practice Exam: We end the course with an (optional) truncated GISF practice exam. We'll go through 20 exam questions together and answer them as a group, giving students an idea of the types of questions they might see on the real exam. We'll focus on some of the tougher questions students might struggle with.
Optional Advanced Labs
Two optional advanced labs are available to students in the lab workbook:
- Killdisk - A disk wiping utility
- TrueCrypt - An abandoned open-source disk encryption utility
These are not testable for the GISF exam, but are provided for advanced students looking for more of a hands-on challenge.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Additional Information
Here's what recent attendees had to say about this course:
"This class is great for IT professionals looking for their first step towards security awareness. I have been in IT for 17 years and I learned a lot on this first day of class." - Paul Beninati, EMC
"Good basic information for someone just coming into the field." - Bryce Richert, SUH
"It's a very good course if you need the basic foundation. It's a very helpful class to take because it expands on some basic concepts." - Shruti Iyer, DCS Corporation
Laptop Required
Security 301: SANS Intro to Information Security course consists of instruction and hands-on sessions. The lab sessions are designed to enable students to implement the concepts and practices in an instructor-led environment. Students will have the opportunity to install, configure, and use the programs that illustrate core skills in cyber security.
To conduct the exercises associated with the course, students will need to bring a laptop configured as described in the SEC301 Laptop and Drive Configuration Guide. To ensure success in conducting the exercises, it is critical that the laptop be properly configured before you come to class. Students are also required to test their systems (as described below) prior to coming to class.
Some labs use a web browser. Those labs have been successfully tested with Microsoft Internet Explorer and Opera browsers on Windows. The following browsers have been tested on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux: Google Chrome, Firefox. Safari on the Mac OS has also been tested. Students with any one of those browsers installed will be able to complete the browser based labs.
NOTE: Do not bring a regular production laptop for this class! When installing software, there is always a chance of breaking something else on the system. Students should assume that all data could be lost.
NOTE: It is critical that students be able to login to the Administrator level account (SEC301-adm) for the operating system and be able to install programs that are provided on the CD that comes with the course materials.
NOTE: End point security solutions (i.e., application white listing) can prevent programs from being installed correctly on the system. Students need to be able to temporarily disable end point security solutions or make exceptions to allow programs to run.
NOTE: An optical reader (CD, DVD) is required to install the programs that will be provided in class.
NOTE: External storage media (e.g., USB thumb drive, portable hard disk drive, or memory card/chip) is required to store files created during the exercises. Do NOT bring media that contains information that cannot be overwritten. (Note: There is an optional, advanced lab that will completely overwrite [destroy] all information on the external drive). If you choose to accomplish that optional lab, the recommended media size is 2 GB; it takes approximately 30 minutes per gigabyte - so an 8GB drive will require 4 hours for the lab to complete.)
Students must bring a laptop with a current version of a supported Windows operating system (e.g., Windows Vista or later; Windows 7 is strongly recommended). The exercises have been successfully tested in a Windows 7 environment. The labs should also work on Windows 8 or 8.1 versions -- BUT students with later Windows versions will have to make adjustments during the labs. All screen-shots in the labs are based on Windows 7. Some of those screen-shots will look different on any later version of Windows.
The SEC301 Laptop and Drive Configuration Guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to configure the laptop and associated external media.
In summary, before you arrive at the training event you should:
Confirm that a current Windows operating system (Preferably Windows 7) is installed and working
Login to the SEC301-adm account and verify that it has Administrative level privilege
Confirm that the computer can connect to a WiFi network that configures the network parameters (e.g., IP address, DNS addresses, and default gateway)
Confirm that you have properly configured the external storage media as described in the SEC301 Laptop and Drive Configuration Guide
Confirm that you can successfully copy files from optical media to the computer using the optical drive that you will take to the class
It is critical that you work through the documents before class so that you arrive with a properly configured laptop and external media.
By properly preparing, we know that you will have a knowledge rich and enjoyable lab experience.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.
Keith Palmgren
Track Lead/Course Author
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Who Should Attend
The SEC301 Introduction to Information Security course is designed to address the needs of:
- People who are new to information security and in need of an introduction to the fundamentals of security
- Those who feel bombarded with complex technical security terms they don't understand, but want to understand
- Non-IT security managers who worry their company will be the next mega-breach headline story on the 6 o'clock news
- Professionals in all disciplines who need to be conversant in basic security concepts, principles, and terms, but who don't need "deep in the weeds" detail
- Those who have decided to make a career change to take advantage of the job opportunities in information security and need formal training/certification
Why Take This Course?
Why Choose Our Course?
The SEC301 course lives up to its name: Introduction to Information Security. The course is designed for those who have little or no background in Information Technology, but who need to understand security concepts, principles, and terms. If you fall into that category, SEC301 will serve your needs well.
Which Course Is Right For You?
This is the track SANS offers for the professional just starting out in security. If you have experience in the field, please consider our more advanced offerings such as Security Essentials, SEC401.
You Will Be Able To
- Communicate with confidence regarding information security topics, terms, and concepts
- Understand and apply the Principles of Least Privilege
- Understand and apply the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) Triad
- Build better passwords that are more secure while also being easier to remember and type
- Grasp basic cryptographic principles, processes, procedures, and applications
- Gain an understanding of computer network basics
- Have a fundamental grasp of any number of critical technical networking acronyms: TCP/IP, IP, TCP, UDP, MAC, ARP, NAT, ICMP, and DNS
- Utilize built-in Windows tools to see your network settings
- Recognize and be able to discuss various security technologies including anti-malware, firewalls, and intrusion detection systems.
- Determine your "SPAM IQ" to more easily identify SPAM email messages
- Understand physical security issues and how they support cyber security
- Have an introductory level of knowledge regarding incident response, business continuity, and disaster recover planning
- Install and use the following tools: Password Safe, Secunia PSI, Malwarebytes, & Syncback
Author Statement
If you want to be good at something, whether it be sports, music, science, math, or information security, you MUST have a solid grasp of the fundamentals. In fact, the better you understand the fundamentals the better you will be at a particular skillset. Without that foundation to build on, it is almost impossible to become a master at something. The Introduction to Information Security course is all about building those fundamentals and creating that foundation.
One of the things I enjoy most is seeing a student have that "ah-ha" moment. The moment when they suddenly understand a topic for the first time - often a topic they have wondered about for years. You can almost literally see the "light-bulb" of understanding appear over their head. There are "ah-ha" moments at every turn and on every day of the SEC301: Introduction to Information Security course.
- Keith Palmgren


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Thursday, 20 March 2008
Chocca Mocca Caramel Easter Cake
9 comments:
- Jules said...
ooohhhhhh does this look tasty!
- 20 March 2008 at 19:24
- Finla said...
When i saw this cake i was saying wow. I want to make them.
I have the book but never thought of making them. But after seeing here i want to :-)
- 20 March 2008 at 19:25
- Finla said...
Oh and i wanted to ask you info:
I see that you have the book The Cake Book by Tish Boyle.
Is there pictures of each cake in the book.
Would love to order them, i like pictures of the finished cake, so wanted to know?
- 20 March 2008 at 19:27
- Maria♥ said...
Jules if you love caramel, then this is the cake!
Happy cook, thanks. The Cake Book by Tish Boyle does not have pictures to every recipe, it has some pics.
- 20 March 2008 at 19:33
- Finla said...
Ok thankyou for the information.
Now I will rethink of orgering them.
I like it when they show a picture of the end product.
- 21 March 2008 at 14:10
- Ruth Strong said...
Hey Maria!!!!
What a great cake, I'd love a slice of that!
You should enter this into the event this month.
- 21 March 2008 at 15:19
- Anna said...
I think I gasped when I saw that - the icing is to die for! It's so smooth and perfect!!
- 21 March 2008 at 15:29
- Rachel said...
Just chanced upon your blog..must say it is lovely!
- 22 March 2008 at 06:22
- Maria♥ said...
Thank you everyone for your lovely comments. Happy Easter!
- 22 March 2008 at 11:27


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From The Editor
By Carol Berkin
Many of us who grew up in the decades of the Cold War have memories of participating in air raid drills in school, watching Joseph McCarthy and his anti-communist hearings on the grainy black and white of our televisions, waiting breathlessly for nuclear war during the Cuban Missile crisis, and listening to the debates over the handling of the Korean war. For us, the Cold War is part of our personal experience. For our students, however, this is ancient history. Yet as teachers and historians, we know that the policies and politics of the post World War II era still play a critical role in shaping the diplomatic and economic contours of America today. In this issue, seven leading scholars examine the era of the Cold War so that we can better demonstrate to our students the strands of ideology and the trajectories of foreign policy that produced the world in which they are growing up.
In "Iran and the United States in the Cold War," Malcolm Byrne explains how, and why, Iran came to be one of this nation's primary adversaries during the cold war. Byrne points to Iran's location between the USSR and the Persian Gulf, the presence of major oil reserves, and perhaps most importantly, the global military and ideological competition between the Soviet Union and the United States. He traces the key events that created the intense hostilities between our two countries and prompted our leaders to view Iran as a major factor in our recent Middle Eastern policies.
In "Cold War, Warm Hearth," Elaine May takes a close look at the impact of the Cold War on domestic life in America. The desire to marry and have a family dominated American society after World War, leading to a demographic explosion popularly known as the "baby boom." Yet social tensions ran high in the postwar era and there were fears that racial and class conflicts in America would damage the country's prestige in the world. Fears of a communist take-over or the defeat of the US in the Cold War, May notes, led to a view of the family as "a bastion of safety in an insecure world."
Elizabeth Edwards Spalding offers us a new look at the Truman doctrine in her essay "Truman and His Doctrine: Revolutionary, Unprecedented and Bipartisan" The President, Spalding shows, understood that isolationism was no longer possible in the postwar world; he realized that the US was the only power able to lead the free world. Truman devised a strategy of containment that would dominate American policy for several administrations to come.
In "The United States and China During the Cold War," Warren Cohen focuses on the Cold War in Asia as it shaped US policy regarding the Chinese Revolution, the Korean conflict, and the 'two Chinas of Mao's mainland and Taiwan. Cohen takes us through the shifts in policy from Truman to Nixon to Reagan, shifts that marked the beginning and the end of the Cold War.
Mark Lawrence explores our role in Southeast Asia and its domestic impact in his essay on the Vietnam War. Fears that a communist take over of South Vietnam would open the way to communist expansion elsewhere in Asia, led Lyndon Johnson to expand our role in the conflict. The key question then became how, not whether, to fight the war, and the possibility of defeat was rarely acknowledged. The Johnson Administration did not shift its policies when the CIA issued a report that declared the outcome of the Cold War would not hinge upon the outcome in Vietnam. Would the war have ended sooner, Lawrence asks, if LBJ had accepted the report's argument?
Next, Jeremi Suri looks at the life and influence of a controversial policy maker in "Kissinger and American Foreign Policy," following Henry Kissinger through his experiences in World War II to his emergence as a key member of a new group of Cold War "experts" who used their knowledge and access to influence policy. Suri examines Kissinger's impact on our Viet Nam strategies and policies, but he emphasizes the impact of Kissinger's realpolitick on our policy in Latin America, especially Chile, and in the movement toward détente.
Finally, in "Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War," Michael Cox assesses the role of this president in ending the Cold War. Cox analyzes Reagan's strategies, beginning with an aggressive challenge to the legitimacy of the communist system and then engaging in serious and constructive negotiations with Gorbachev. But Cox reminds the reader that Gorbachev's role in the end of the Cold War must also be considered. No matter how we assess the importance of Reagan in the conclusion of the cold war, Cox argues that it is important to appreciate this president's vision of a "different global future in which all might play a constructive role."
Want to read more? Mary-Jo Kline provides an extensive bibliography for further study. Our master teachers, Bruce Lesh and Phil Nicolosi suggest central themes that emerge from these provocative essays and can provide starting points for your classroom lessons and discussions. Sample lesson plans are provided to assist you as well. And, as always, History Now includes an interactive feature; in this issue it's an examination of some of the Cold War documents housed in the Gilder Lehrman Collection.
The perspectives and analyses provided in this issue's essays allow us to see the events of our lifetime in a new historical light; they allow us to bring those events alive to the next generations.
Carol Berkin
Editor, History Now
Carol Berkin is Presidential Professor of History at Baruch College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York. She is the author of several books including Jonathan Sewall: Odyssey of an American Conservative, First Generations: Women in Colonial America, A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution, and Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence.


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The Weddinger 901 Automatica from Bless is designed to be an R/C mule...so to speak. According to the product page, they can be "used as speakers, CD holder, tray or even as a disco ball."
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As I came up the driveway after work yesterday I noticed a package on my doorstep. I felt a tickle of joy, because who doesn't love getting presents in the mail (even when you ordered them yourself online and forgot that you did so- thanks self!). As I walked up to the door I squinted my eyes. That couldn't be….could it? All of that? Really?
Yep, that's a giant bundle of Restoration Hardware catalogs.
I bent down to pick it up and almost fell over from the shock of the SEVENTEEN pound weight. Shrink wrapped and delivered via UPS (the package guiltily emblazoned with "carbon neutral shipping!" on it), this stack of bricks clamored down onto my dining table as I stood there in awe. What a truly obscene thing this is! I couldn't even believe it- I had to open it to make sure that the whole neighborhood's catalogs didn't accidentally all get dropped on my stoop. Nope- just 11 catalogs all for me . Then I thought, maybe these are just delivered to members of the trade/ designer program? One quick check of Instagram proved that wrong too. And supported my own quickly developing feelings- people are PISSED about this.
Now I love Restoration Hardware's products, and I order from them all the time for my clients. In my experience they have provided well-made, clean lined upholstered goods, bedding and accent pieces that are priced much better than a lot of designer brands I use. And I will continue to order from them- but not without standing up against this offensive waste of trees. I love getting a catalog as much as the next girl, there is something nice about flipping real pages and looking at items in an editorial manner that the internet just doesn't provide. However, when I do all my ordering it is online. Restoration has a good website that is easy to order from, and I guarantee that most of their orders are placed that way. And for those people who don't have the internet and need to order over the phone, I doubt they are spending $1,299 on a Deconstructed 19th Century Replica Slope Arm Dining Chair.
(11 books in total- and yet THE INTERNET)
So that leaves us wondering who are these for? I don't have time to flip through 8 billion pages of catalogs of items I can find quickly online and neither do any of you. And I wouldn't keep these "Source Books" in my office to use as a designer because they aren't even helpful- there aren't any dimensions listed on anything anyway! So I have to wonder, why would the big, smart business people running this company think this is a good use of a massive amount of money? It has to cost at least $10 to deliver each 17 lb. package and printing these things isn't cheap either. Doing some quick math (with the disclaimer that I got a C in Fundamentals of Pre-Calculus) they are likely spending millions on these things only to enrage their own consumers! To me this whole thing seems like a backwards PR nightmare! And there is a hint of that issue within the very package of these "books"- a slip of paper heralding their "commitment to the environment" and lauding the recycled paper they use to print these, the carbon neutral delivery system and the fact that they are only send them once a year. So basically, they are saving the environment, right?!
(I clearly ripped this in a fit of environmental rage. Or just struggling to open the shrink wrap….)
I lumbered my stack of catalogs right to the recycling bin without looking at them (I spent an hour on their site at work already), as many of you probably did too. And it made me feel gross to be tossing out what felt like six trees. So I looked on the back and found out that you can opt out of receiving these. Call Restoration at 1-800- 762-1005 with your address and cancel your "subscription". I plan on doing it this morning, and I hope you do too. It's the only real way to send a message to the company that this isn't what you want from them. If they really want to spend that kind of money per consumer, I personally would rather get a gift card for $20 along with a single, slim catalog of new collection highlights. As much as I love Italian Banded Sateen Bedding (and I do, I really, really do) I love trees and oxygen more.


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Shocked show shut down over gay slur
At Yoshi's San Francisco on Sunday night, singer Michelle Shocked pretty much shocked her audience by saying, among other things, "God hates fags and you can tweet that I said so." This came about halfway through the show, in the middle of a rant against gay marriage, tweeted James Patterson, who was at the show. Something like two-thirds of the crowd walked out.
Even more horrified than the audience were Yoshi's staffers. The manager, assistant club manager, and sound production engineer who were on duty shut down the show immediately, turning off the lights and cutting off the microphone, said Yoshi's representative Lisa Bautista. An apology was made and refunds were offered.
Tweeting started immediately. Patterson thought most fans were offended, but some seemed to think her statements were made ironically, but "If it was intended to be satire or irony, she misread the audience reaction in San Francisco."
On Monday afternoon, Hopmonk Tavern in Novato canceled Shocked's March 29 show because of the singer's comments at Yoshi's, said Dean Birsch. Refunds may be obtained at the place of ticket purchase.
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As a concerned Chico State University alum, I have been following the stories, editorials, letters and blogs regarding the out-of-control party atmosphere around the university. I also am a former fraternity member and I have remained involved for several years, providing support and guidance to the actives. There have been some errors in judgment, but for the most part, I am proud of my fraternity, their exemplary behavior, philanthropic success, campus leadership and community involvement.
I do not envy President Paul Zingg and his monumental challenge. The culture of dangerous, irresponsible behavior must change. I absolutely agree it must be a collaborative effort by the university, the city of Chico, law enforcement, parents and the student body. I also believe the Greek community wants to be a positive influence. I know my fraternity does, even though they feel singled out unfairly, as they had nothing remotely to do with the recent spate of alcohol and drug-related deaths. They accept the punishment of guilt by association, yet they want to be part of the solution, not the problem.
Those who are eager to condemn the entire Greek community should draw conclusions based on facts, not generalities. Let the individuals who were complicit in the tragic loss of lives be held accountable, not an entire segment of the campus population.
Most Chico State fraternity and sorority members want to do the right thing. If Zingg asks for their help, I have no doubt they can and will make a positive contribution.
—?Michael Oliver, Oakville


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From Patricia Gomez-Gracia:
As a London-based luxury designer, I create unique collections that include exquisite gowns, cocktail attire and smart daytime worn by fashion icons worldwide. It is a true honor to design the Horizon tank to help ADDF deliver new treatments to future generations with Alzheimer's.
ADDF's logo inspired a beautiful palette of sequins in all different sizes and shapes, sewn onto silk georgette. The tank has a beautiful drape and is available in US sizes S, M, L. for $450 (50% of proceeds benefit ADDF).
The HORIZON Tank is a must-have – especially to wear at an upcoming ADDF event. Here's how I wear mine:
• Casual-chic: Pair with fitted jeans, black high heels and a black blazer.
• Daytime: For daytime glamour, wear yours with a pair of shorts and wedges (ballerina or flat sandals also work).
• Power Suit: Wear it under your tailored suit to bring some femininity to the boardroom. Try it with a pencil skirt, matching blazer and closed-toe heels.
Please join me in helping ADDF deliver hope to Alzheimer's patients and their families.