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13/09/2017 7:17 AM AEST | Updated 13/09/2017 10:50 AM AEST

Hillary Clinton Compares Trump Rallies To Cersei's Walk Of Shame

Hillary Clinton is calling “shame” on Donald Trump supporters.

In Clinton’s new memoir, What Happened, which came out Tuesday, the former presidential candidate describes her experience as the Democratic nominee in the 2016 election.

We’ve already heard about one notable section in her book, in which Clinton says Bernie Sanders did “lasting damage” to her campaign. But now, another passage is grabbing attention: Clinton comparing herself to Cersei Lannister.

Yeah, that Cersei.

In the section making headlines, Clinton claims that Trump supporters’ treatment of her leading up to the election was comparable to Cersei’s Walk of Atonement, aka the Walk of Shame, in Season 5 of “Game of Thrones.”

According to Newsweek, the paragraph reads:

Crowds at Trump rallies called for my imprisonment more times than I can count. They shouted, ‘Guilty! Guilty!’ like the religious zealots in “Game of Thrones” chanting ‘Shame! Shame!’ while Cersei Lannister walked back to the Red Keep.

In the scene from the HBO show, Cersei (Lena Headey) is forced to walk naked through the streets followed by a Septa chanting, “Shame,” as the crowd mocks and throws waste at her.

As Newsweek points out, actress Lena Headey talked to Entertainment Weekly about the moment:

It’s not hard when people are screaming at you and you look like shit and you’re being f**king humiliated to figure out how that would feel. There’s a part of you that’s f**king terrified. I can’t even imagine people wanting your blood. Cersei has done wrong, but she doesn’t really deserve this.

In an HBO video on the scene, “Song of Ice and Fire” author George R.R. Martin also explains there was a “deliberate political aspect” to the Walk of Atonement.

It’s powerful imagery and gives you insight into what Clinton was going through. However, she may want to rethink throwing her name in the ring with Cersei.

Yes, Cersei Lannister is a powerful character.

Rulers have come and gone on the show, but she has endured it all and is now sitting on the Iron Throne as the queen of Westeros. But, she’s not known for being diplomatic.

Maybe it’s not the most perfect comparison, but as Headey also said to EW, “I don’t think anyone deserves that treatment.”

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'Toxic' One Nation: Dealing With Pauline Hanson's Party Defies Self Preserving Logic

Yet it goes on. And on.

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One Nation's presence during the last two state elections has kept the WA Liberals and Queensland LNP out of office.

CANBERRA -- If the fight to get Liberal MP John Alexander back into his seat in Bennelong was not already critically important for the Turnbull Government, the results so far in the Queensland election have given it an extra edge.

It is the dual citizenship by-election on the edge compared to Barnaby Joyce's easier run to return in Tamworth and there is now less than three weeks to go.

But the likely win in Queensland by Labor's Annastacia Palaszczuk should be more sobering than startling for the Coalition. We have all been here before.

Yet the Coalition appears to be wracked by differences about how to deal with One Nation. Embrace them or reject them entirely.

Queensland's election while fought on state issues exposed more evidence of a continuing voter distaste -- even contempt -- for the major parties.

One Nation re-emerged as a federal force in the 2016 double dissolution election and this weekend continued its wave of conservative destruction. One stand out issue in Queensland was the LNP being apparently prepared to sit in minority government with One Nation.

How any major party can do deals with Pauline Hanson's party defies self-preserving logic.

It is damned if you don't, damned if you do.

And now One Nation has been damned by no less than the federal Attorney-General George Brandis.

"I don't know what the Prime Minister has had to say about the matter, but I'll tell you what I've had to say and I will repeat it here, flirting with One Nation is poison," Brandis told parliament.

"Flirting with One Nation is poison for either side of politics and my attitude to One Nation, with whom I deal courteously and professionally in this chamber, by the way, nevertheless, is that it has nothing to offer the people of Queensland."

It is a sober assessment by Brandis, a Queensland senator, considering the presence of One Nation during the last two state elections has kept the WA Liberals and Queensland LNP out of office.

Riding high on both good and mercilessly bad media coverage, Hanson's party split the conservative vote in WA and the Colin Barnett Liberal government was mortally wounded by doing a preference deal with One Nation. Hanson's party did badly, too, and she blames Barnett and Labor is now in power in the west.

Now the party has done damage up north, particularly in Queensland's south-east pocket and in regional seats.

Former Queensland Premier Rob Borbidge has described "any association" with One Nation as "absolutely toxic", and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was asked on Monday if he agreed with that sentiment.

"Everyone is entitled to cast their vote as they see fit but the voting for One Nation in the Queensland election has only assisted the Labor Party. Let's be very clear about that," he told reporters in Port Kembla.

"The One Nation voters, I want to say to them: Your votes for One Nation have assisted Annastacia Palaszczuk.

"When we come to the federal election we will be making that point very, very strongly. If you want to have a Coalition Government then you should vote for the Coalition; vote for the LNP in Queensland, the Liberal Party or National Party elsewhere."

One Nation snaffled almost 14 percent of the vote and directed preferences away from sitting members.

By no means did the party have a great state campaign, losing state leader Steve Dickson and section 44 outcast Malcolm Roberts among other races. Indeed, its only hope is a single seat. If any One Nation candidate gets over the line it is will likely be on LNP preferences.

But the damage One Nation has done to the Queensland LNP has been significant. It and Bob Katter's Australian Party ran riot in conservative seats, in some cases propping up Labor candidates, while the Green vote in city areas also eroded the major party vote.

The LNP is likely to lose five frontbenchers including Shadow Treasurer Scott Emerson to Labor or the Greens on preferences.

The swing away from the LNP in the state, if applied to a federal level would wipe out a clutch of LNP seats, including the seat of Dickson held by Immigration Minister Peter Dutton.

None of this is new.

The conservative side of politics has been grappling with the question of what to do about Hanson since she gained attention by losing Liberal pre-selection in 1996 for her controversial views, but attention she got first as a Channel 7 commentator and now as a Senator is fueling the Coalition's problems.

John Howard eventually put One Nation last on Liberal how to vote cards, but only after years of Liberal deals with One Nation in the 1990s.

The seductive option for those on the conservative side of politics is to slide further to the right and to appease One Nation.

This is often posed as not forgetting the Liberal or Nationals 'party base' or pursuing conservative values and is going well as you might expect.

Maverick Nationals MP George Christensen used the morning after election night to apologise to One Nation voters and questioned his own Federal Government's leadership and policy direction.

"To Qlders who voted One Nation, I'm sorry we in the LNP let you down," the Queenslander tweeted.

"We need to listen more, work harder, stand up more for conservative values & regional Qld & do better to win your trust & vote."

"A lot of that rests with the Turnbull govt, it's leadership & policy direction."

Christensen is not alone but he is the loudest. The Nats in Queensland, which are part of a combined LNP experiment, are very unhappy.

The education minister Simon Birmingham has told Sky News thinks the apology tied in with Turnbull's leadership is 'ridiculous'. He has been backed on Monday by Tourism Minister Steve Ciobo.

"Flirting with parties like One Nation, does not just -- as has happened in WA and Queensland -- get you a Labor Government, but it is also threat to your economy, to exports, to jobs," Birmingham said.

Labor Senator Murray Watt, a frequent Hanson critic, said "LNP has sucked up, given in to her and paid the price". Labor, he said, swept up the spoils.

"What's been different over the last year or so in Australian politics is the sucking up by the Liberal Party, particularly in Canberra but also here in Queensland, just to try and carry favour with One Nation," he told reporters in Brisbane.

"I sit in the Senate and I see, I literally see, Liberal Ministers running across the chamber to give hugs and kisses to Pauline Hanson as they beg for her vote. It is disgusting to watch, but that is what they do on a daily basis.

"They've been out there for a long time now trying to excuse One Nation's statements by saying they're more sophisticated these days, that they've changed. They'll do anything to get their vote in the Senate and they'll do anything to get their vote on election day, and they've actually paid the price for that."

One man who speaks from experience is former Queensland premier Rob Borbidge. He lost in 1998 due to the LNP's favourable preferencing of One Nation over Labor.

"The LNP just has to accept the fact that any association with One Nation is absolutely toxic, particularly in south east Queensland. It happened in 1998, it happened in 2001 and it happened on Saturday night," he told the ABC on Monday.

"It is totally incomprehensible to me that in this day and age we go anywhere near One Nation. They directed preferences against every sitting LNP member."

Bennelong is not by any means the state of Queensland but the same problem of being pincered by left and right populist alternatives are dogging the major parties. One Nation is not standing in the Bennelong by-election but Labor has sought to tie the Coalition to One Nation-lite policies.

Campaigning in Bennelong on Sundy, after being taunted by Labor for not doing so Turnbull accused Labor candidate Kristina Keneally of rolling out the welcome mat to the people smugglers. He posed, when the boats "start again" under a Labor Government: "How many of those asylum seekers is she going to bring to Bennelong?"

That's an eyebrow-raising scare tactic from a moderate PM.

Bennelong is held by a margin of 9.7 percent but recent opinion polls have placed it as a far closer race due to the star candidacy of Keneally.

The vote of the major parties has long been fracturing and "flirting" with minor parties is now a common practice.

Voters are over Canberra stuff-ups like the never-ending citizenship debacle, so you can't say politicians have not been warned.

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Before You Judge Our Swimmers...

How is it exactly that the swimmers have let Australia down?

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It has been less than 24 hours since the last swimming race was held at the Rio Aquatics Centre, and already I've read a handful of articles online claiming our swim team has, once again, let us down.

I'd like you to take a moment to think about how Kyle Chalmers might be feeling about that sentiment. And Mack Horton. And Madeline Groves, who, after swimming a huge best time in the final of the 200m butterfly at her first Olympics, won Australia a silver medal. And these swimmers aren't the only ones who put everything they had into one race that potentially only lasted 21 seconds, and came away with an incredible result on the world's biggest stage. The people who are saying that our swim team has failed should be ashamed of themselves.

The way I see it, there's two parts to their argument. First of all, that the swimmers should have won more gold medals, and because they didn't, they let Australia down.

How is it exactly that the swimmers have let Australia down? What will change in the lives of Australians because of the results at the Olympics? Will there be rioting in the streets? Will children starve or animals be neglected? Will the country go to ruin?

We all love swimming so much in this country that sometimes we forget that, in the end, it is a sport. It is a form of entertainment. It has been such a large source of love and joy for so many generations of Australians that it is a part of our cultural fabric, a part of our national identity. But the ugly side to our identity is that we place such high expectations on our swimmers, and are far too quick to cut them down when they fall short of those incredibly lofty goals.

The second part to the argument that some people are propagating is that we shouldn't have spent an alleged $40 million over the past four years on the sport of swimming.

Well this is, of course, a uninformed remark. $40 million over four years is a drop in the ocean in terms of Government budgets. Did we de-fund our military when it failed to help the US win the Iraq War? Should we provide less money to hospitals when patients die or get sick? Do we de-fund the arts when an Australian film fails to get nominated for an Oscar?

The reason we provide money to swimming, or to any sport for that matter, is because we have decided, as a nation, that it is in our national best interest to do so. Swimming has provided over 100 years of joy to generations of Australians -- it is a sport that can be enjoyed by participants and spectators from cradle to grave. We provide money to Swimming Australia to administer the sport of swimming: from the grass roots to the Olympic level, and we do this because, as a rich nation, we want to and we can. It's as simple as that.

As to whether we should provide as much money as $10 million per year... well, the Australian Sports Commission overhauled their funding system four years ago, and funding dollars are allocated to Olympic sports based on the number of medals they generate at the Olympics. Whether that is fair or not is not the argument that these people want to make. They simply want to propagate the ugly side of Australian culture -- tall poppy syndrome.

So maybe we should take a good hard look at ourselves before we start to point the finger of blame at a group of young Australians who are, individually and as a team, a group of people who we should be proud of. They are hard-working, clean, dedicated role models who, because of their pursuits at these Games, will inspire a generation of young Australians to strive for their best. And isn't that the type of young person we want to promote in Australia?

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I Spend Half My Day Cleaning Up Social Media Disasters Of Young Teens

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Nothing brings a bigger smile to my face than reflecting on the fond memories of my time at high school, some 10 *cough* 12 years ago.

Meeting school friends and reflecting on the elaborate lies told to get away with mild-to-moderate escapades, letter books (because there is no way a teacher will confiscate a whole book of letters over a single piece of paper) and finally the ongoing bitchiness that arose but disappeared just as quick, always gives me that feeling of I'd love to be back there, as a student.

Seven years into my teaching career, however, it has become increasingly apparent that times are most certainly a changin', and at the risk of sounding old-fashioned, the only statement that truly encapsulates the reality of the situation is: It was so much easier in my day.

Social media and the shift of parental responsibilities are to blame.

Every term there are a plethora of new and inventive apps/sites/social media that our students are exposed to. Sure there are the obvious ones: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter -- but there are so many more.

My particular nemesis goes by the name of ASKFM. "What is this?" I hear you ask. Well, it is an anonymous posting site -- think Facebook, however anyone can anonymously post horrible statements/questions or even pictures for the world to see.

It's also referred to by the cool kids as "Hate". To put that in a sentence: "I am receiving so much hate on Askfm." I have had young girls in particular show me threads with statements that are so hurtful, deliberate and specific that as a 27-year-old I have been horrified.

You see, when I was in school and some individual was game enough to make a comment like that to me -- albeit through the very intimidating, envelope folded, handwritten letter -- It was a matter of me, as a sole individual, reading it and choosing to react in a similarly intimidating way, or to simply throw it out.

Either way, it was done. I may have aggressively typed a text message to counter the attack -- but that never exceeded the 100 characters of my NOKIA 3310, and really to be fair, most of the time it was not worth the 33 cents.

These types of sites allow for young people to have constant contact with this "hate", to never escape it.

But it does not finish there. Thanks to the beauty of the ol' smart phones, these messages are screen shot and spread around.

Wonderful, marvellous even, as the child, and yes I use the word "child" deliberately, is always followed with it. It is connected to them, in their pocket and the constant vibrations just reinforce that "no one likes you", "You're such a slut", and "You're not even hot".

Then there is Snapchat. A seemingly innocent application that I, myself, find amusing and time wasting.

However, this little 10 seconds of smiles has become a haven for exchanging "Nudes". I have dealt with students as young as 12 who have engaged with the exchanging of these images. Images that the law defines as child pornography.

I try to think about the equivalent of such fraught activity when I was 13 and I really cannot. Mostly because our photos were not instant. I am mortified to think of having to take a non‐filtered, haven't nailed my angles and lighting picture, let alone to have to wait the 48 hours AND get some creep at Kodak to develop my picture.

But the thing is, young kids these days don't have to wait -- that is not only the appeal but the danger and, as a teacher, when the wait is not there, then neither is the proper thought process behind it. And herein lies the problem. Nudes get sent and students notify teachers and then it becomes our problem.

I then have to make the awkward phone call to a parent explaining that their child has sent through a naked photo to another student and that the police will have to come in and speak to their child about the dangers of being placed on the "sex offenders" list.

I am the one who parents like to abuse, as apparently "How do I know for sure" that their "Daughter would never do such things" because they "Are so very strict on them at home".

The effects of social media sites have impacted so greatly on the time and energies of teachers. As a year 7 co‐ordinator I spent 70 percent of my time talking through issues to do with social media, most of which occurred OUTSIDE school hours.

But the shift in responsibilities from parents to teachers has allowed for such results to occur. It becomes easier for the school to deal with these issues rather than parents to have the uncomfortable conversations with their children about NOT posting pictures of themselves in provocative ways.

Parents call me up asking my advice on issues such as "How do I get my child to go to sleep, when all they want to do is play on their phone or iPad". This is not a sole conversation either. I personally have had around 15 of these types of calls.

It blows my mind that parents want to give away the power that is bestowed upon them. I would always have been more reluctant to do wrong because of my parents' reaction, rather than that of a measly teacher. But it is not that way anymore. We are no longer simply educators.

I guess my concern revolves around the question: Why are teachers becoming parents?

Ahhh, how times have changed.

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Max Hardy, Amare Stoudemire's Personal Chef, At Sunday Dinner

In basketball, "drive" is a quick, forceful move toward the hoop; in the culinary world, it's graduating from Johnson & Wales and earning a spot as executive chef before the age of 21.

Chef Maxcel Hardy knows both plays well, having run them, first as a promising athlete on his high school basketball team, then as one of the most sought after young chefs on the South Florida restaurant scene.

"I made a commitment in high school: If I couldn't make it to the NBA [I'd] cook for Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson, some of the big NBA hitters at that time," Hardy says, musing on his two loves and how they'd eventually become one dreamy full-time job.

Perhaps Michael and Magic had their personal chefs already lined up, but Hardy's determination lived on, landing him in the kitchen of another NBA star instead -- Amare Stoudemire of the New York Knicks.

How Hardy got the gig sounds a little like the old "preparation meets opportunity" adage, a stroke of luck he explained to Bon Appetit magazine last year:

Hardy had just made dinner for a client and was packing up when Stoudemire called him. He was looking for someone to cook for him and his friends before they went out to a club. As in: That night. Immediately. "I looked at my watch. It was almost midnight," Hardy recalls. "I thought, Well, okay. I did a little shopping and made them a grand feast: grilled lobster tails, steaks, Yukon-garlic mash, and chocolate souffle."

"I remember thinking, We may have a winner here," Stoudemire says, laughing. Not long after, Hardy packed up and moved to New York to work with Stoudemire full-time.

Hardy's move meant trading in a rotating list of A-list clients -- among the most notable: Missy Elliot and the Prince of Dubai -- for much more intimate digs. (Though he does still manage a chef-outsourcing business based in his hometown of Miami.)

"Working in the private sector makes you more understanding of the individual's lifestyle everyday," Hardy says. "You're the first one they see when they wake up, the last one they see when they go to bed. It turns into being more than just a chef. [You're a] confidante, a chef, a babysitter, a bodyguard at times. They tell you all of their deeper secrets," he says, secrets that take the place of the accolades and thrill many restaurant chefs thrive on.

"You lose that a little bit, because it's not everyday going crazy, but on the creative side, you do have to get really crazy," he says, describing the challenge he faces trying to avoid serving up the same dishes to Amare within the same month.

Next week, Hardy plans to work the grill and throw in some twists to the average Superbowl Sunday fare. On the menu: Jerk chicken wings, artichoke and spinach dip, grilled lamb chops, twice-baked potatoes and crab cakes, a Stoudemire fave.

Though Stoudemire has ventured into some unexpected territory when it comes to food (his Hebrew background means he only eats kosher food, though he doesn't actually keep kosher at home), Hardy says his eclectic cooking style wasn't always easily received. "When I first started cooking for [Amare], it was tough because he was a meat and potatoes kind of guy." But his creativity (and a few sneaky substitutes, like the butternut squash he made in lieu of sweet potatoes last Thanksgiving) paid off, opening Stoudemire up to what Hardy now calls a full-out foodie lifestyle.

Case in point: This week's Sunday dinner, a menu of hearty winter eats, with a little Irish flair.


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Hypermiling 101: Automatic Gearbox Edition

For many in the Hypermiling community choosing the right transmission for your next “eco” ride is a simple choice… choose a Manual.

Automatics are often heralded for providing a stress free, clutch-less and relaxing drive but in most cases this is at the expense of your fuel consumption. The reason? Its all down to the transmission loss that inherent with the design and operation of automatic transmissions. It’s accepted that “traditional” automatics have a transmissions loss of up to 8 percent more than a manual.

In contrast the new breed of automatic “clutch-less” transmissions has bucked this trend. Transmissions such as the Ford’s Power-shift and the Audi DSG transmissions are much more efficient than traditional automatic transmissions, are quicker to shift and are often more efficient than their manual siblings. The down side with this technology is that it’s very complex and expensive to repair or replace when things go wrong.

To help those wanting get the most from their “auto” we thought we’d put together some Hypermiling tips in the form of this Hypermiling 101 to help you squeeze out every last MPG from your “tranny”.

The most common question I’m asked by auto owners is regarding coasting: “Is it safe to coast in an Automatic?” The sort answer is yes. Lubrication for the internal components of the transmission is usually provided by the engine. The complications start when you attempt any type of engine off coasting. Unless your car can be flat towed then please DO NOT attempt to FAS. Consult your manual or seek advice from your manufacturer. Turning of the engine will starve the transmission of fluid causing untold carnage to its internal components.

Gear selection
Manual transmissions offer the greatest flexibility for gear selection and help you squeeze every last MPG from your vehicle. Unfortunately this is often something restricted by automatic transmissions even if you do have a manual selection mode.

Autoboxes can often be “tricked” into a lower gear by releasing the throttle momentarily but most cases it depends on other factors controlling gear selection such as RPM and speed.

In order to keep in the lowest gear possible it would also be beneficial to be as light on the throttle possible. Poking at the right pedal will most likely cause the transmission to “kick down” into a higher gear causing the revs to jump and using more fuel in the process.

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Our Hypermiling 101 pages are meant to be a guide to help you on your way to Hypermiling nirvana, but we are always keen to hear from our like minded motorists to help shape our tips for the benefit of everyone. If you have any other automatic hypermiling / fuel saving tips then please get in contact with us via the contact form or in the comments below.

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Hybrid-Cloud-Integration-7-steps-500x266Hybrid cloud is attractive because it enables customers to draw on the wide-ranging capabilities of public cloud service providers while using private cloud deployment for sensitive applications and data.

Interlinking cloud-deployed applications and data with traditional, non-cloud enterprise applications and data is also an important part of hybrid cloud deployments.

The benefits of hybrid cloud are clear, but how do customers and organizations get there? What steps should they take to evolve their current IT structures to hybrid cloud environments?

As with any cloud implementation, there will be differences based on organization size, IT maturity and level of cloud adoption, but the following seven steps are more or less universal:

1. Determine cloud deployment model for applications and data

Defining the right application and data deployment model is a critical first step in the journey to use hybrid cloud. There are four deployment options:

  • On premises
  • Hosted private cloud
  • Public cloud
  • Combination of the above

The right deployment model aligns IT and business needs, and makes it easier to achieve those objectives. The following decision criteria must be taken into account: flexibility, security, speed, automation, cost, locality, service levels, and system interdependencies.

2. Integrate with existing enterprise systems

As enterprises consider their hybrid cloud computing strategy, they will inevitably be challenged to blend their existing in-house IT investment with their newly adopted cloud services. As new cloud services are deployed, the need to connect them with various on-premises applications and systems becomes critical.

Hybrid cloud customers must understand the impact of these connections and employ best practices to address it:

  • Put in place controlled interfaces by which components in cloud services can access applications and/or data in on-premises systems with technologies such as API management.
  • Consider the administration and business aspects of the integration as well as the functional integration of the systems.
  • Demand that cloud service providers support standards for their cloud service interfaces.

3. Address connectivity requirements

Hybrid cloud connectivity entails more than simply communicating between diffuse components running in different environments. It’s also critically important that connectivity meets requested service levels, adheres to security policies and enables the overall IT management strategy.

As a result, hybrid cloud customers should carefully assess their connectivity requirements:

  • Consider the requirements of each link between components that spans two or more cloud services or on-premises systems, and ensure that appropriate connectivity is available to support those requirements.
  • Consider the use of network virtualization if available.
  • Ensure that the connectivity capabilities can support resilience and disaster recovery requirements.

4. Develop governance policies and service agreements

The cloud services combined to create a hybrid cloud computing environment require an overall governance framework maintained by the customer that takes into account various cloud service agreements established with service providers. As a result, hybrid cloud customers must conduct due diligence to assure that the use of the cloud services is governed effectively:

  • Assess existing compliance and governance frameworks, identify gaps and harmonize processes.
  • Ensure thorough and efficient change management and communications given the potential of multiple cloud service providers.
  • Allow adequate time to educate and habituate changes across the organization.
  • Identify gaps in measurement and management visibility.

5. Assess and resolve security and privacy challenges

Additional challenges for cloud customers in handling security and privacy for hybrid cloud deployment involve the interfaces between the different environments, the movement of applications and data between the environments, and the organized control of assets across these environments. Security needs to be applied consistently across this whole system.

Here are a few critical steps hybrid cloud customers should take to ensure the security and privacy of their applications and data:

  • Understand the interfaces between components running in private cloud services, public cloud services and on-premises and apply appropriate and consistent security controls to each of them.
  • Evaluate the location of all datasets in the hybrid cloud deployment and ensure the application of consistent access controls and encryption.
  • When migrating application components between environments, check that the security controls in place for the new environment meet or exceed those in place for the old environment.
  • Apply technologies across all the environments that are part of the hybrid cloud deployment such as a single IdAM system or single sign-on.

6. Manage the cloud environment

Service management in hybrid cloud environments may be challenging. Cloud providers may not provide their own management processes and tools, or public cloud services may not be manageable from the traditional service management tools running in an on-premises environment.

Here are a few critical steps organizations should take to plan a management solution for their hybrid cloud:

  • Enable management of the complete hybrid cloud system, spanning all the environments used.
  • Adapt and integrate existing on-premises management tools or consider new, cloud-based management services, based on cost and functionality.
  • Look for APIs and integration points for management capabilities rather than fixed-function management applications.

7. Consider a backup, archive and data recovery plan

A hybrid cloud computing environment requires careful planning of backup, data archive and disaster recovery mechanisms. Various hybrid cloud deployment options should be considered and customers are advised to:

  • Monitor the frequency of backup and archiving as this will drive cloud service provider costs.
  • Make certain legal agreements are in place, as necessary, for public cloud workloads and components,
  • Determine what resiliency and backup capabilities are provided out-of-the-box for the cloud services portion of the hybrid cloud deployment.
  • Ensure the cloud providers’ physical location is acceptable given legal and regulatory constraints for offsite backup and archiving of sensitive, proprietary or financial data.

Interested in learning more about these steps and getting a broader picture of hybrid cloud implementation best practices? Check out the Cloud Standards Customer Council’s “Practical Guide to Hybrid Cloud Computing.”

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Sofiane Boufal of Lille during the French Ligue 1 match between Fc Lorient and Lille OSC at Stade du Moustoir on 30 April 2016 in Lorient, France Getty

Arsenal have stepped up their interest in signing Lille forward Sofiane Boufal this summer who is expected to be available for a fee in the range of €25m (£20m, $28m). The Gunners will face feisty competition from Spain in the form of Barcelona and Atletico Madrid with league rivals Chelsea also believed to be interested.

The Guardian reports that the north London club have been scouting the striker since last January and are looking to tie down a deal for the player, especially with Jamie Vardy's move to Arsenal on the verge of breaking down, as per Arsene Wenger's own admission. The striker is likely to sign a new contract with Leicester City after the Euros, leaving the Gunners to look for other options in the market.

Boufal's agent confirmed that they are already in the market talking to a few clubs and have spoken to Barcelona regarding a move to Camp Nou. He also stated that there have been talks with other clubs, insinuating the involvement of Chelsea manager Antonio Conte, who is currently on international duty with Italy.

"We did have a meeting with the leadership of FC Barcelona in the last few weeks. There is an interest," Yvan Le Mée told Le10 sport. "Now the reflection is whether Sofiane Boufal will go to Barcelona to compete with MSN (Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez and Neymar) or should he go to a club where he is going to start matches and express his exceptional talent.

"We have also initiated discussions with three other clubs that interest us, but they either have or will change their coach or the coach is in charge of a national team at the Euros. In England, there is interest, but the English market is just beginning. A transfer of 20 and 25 million euros is not resolved in two weeks, of course," he added.

The Moroccan is comfortable playing out wide or as a number 10 and will add some much needed guile to Arsenal's ranks, which needs some infusion of talent this summer to elevate them as title challengers. He is currently out injured since May, but that is unlikely to be any hindrance from that side in completing the transfer.


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  • Windows 8
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  • 128GB SSD
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Samsung announced its first step into the Windows 8 operating system at IFA this week, including a pair of convertible tablets with keyboard docks - the Ativ Smart PC and Ativ Smart PC Pro.

We got a first look at the Ativ Smart PC shortly after Samsung wrapped up its Unpacked keynote and what immediately struck us is how top-heavy the tablet/laptop hybrid feels.

Weighing in at 750g overall, the Ativ Smart PC is around 90g heavier than the new iPad, while it's bigger brother, the Ativ Smart PC Pro is heavier still, tipping the scales at a bulky 884g.

The weight really shows and the tablet weighs considerably more than the keyboard dock which it connects to, causing the device to fall backwards while adjusting the screen angle - although it was being manhandled by a pack of eager journalists at the time, so sitting on your desk it should be ok.

We also got a look at the very similar Vivo Tab from Asus earlier in the day, and you have to say the Vivo Tab felt like a higher-quality product, with the glossy plastic finish of the Samsung Ativ tablets making them feel a little cheap.

Samsung Ativ Smart PC

The Smart PC and Smart PC Pro are near identical on the outside, although the Pro version carries that extra weight and is 2mm thicker. On the inside the standard Ativ Smart PC makes do with the latest Intel Atom processor, while its bigger brother gets a more powerful Intel Core i5 chip.

We only got a few minutes with each device, so it's impossible to say yet how the two compare in terms of performance, but we're pleased to say that both offered bright and crisp 11.6in screens, and the keyboard docks provided good feedback.

Those keyboard docks house all of the Ativ Smart PC's ports, which include two USB 2, one USB 3, mini HDMI and microSD.

When we first saw the Asus Transformer Pad we weren't convinced that the tablet/laptop hybrid could work, but IFA this year has proved manufacturers think we are wrong, and that they are keen to back the concept.

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Time will tell if laptop and tablet users are ready to make the jump and accept the extra bulk of a keyboard for the increased practicality and battery life.

IBTimes UK will have in-depth reviews of the Ativ Smart PCs as soon as they become available, although Samsung is yet to announce a price or release date.

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UPDATE from CMFR: Private prosecutor: resting in 'evidence-in-chief' does not reflect 'first in, first out' principle (4 August 2014)

State prosecutors handling the Ampatuan Massacre Trial are pushing through with their decision to rest in presenting evidence-in-chief, despite opposition from three private prosecutors who say the move is premature and could lead to a mistrial.

On 28 February 2014, state prosecutors manifested in court their intention to rest their case in both the bail petitions and the evidence-in-chief for 28 accused and said they were disinclined to present additional evidence against all the accused.

State prosecutors said resting in evidence-in-chief will speed up the trial by immediately moving the trial to the defense's presentation of rebuttal evidence especially since the Supreme Court allowed separate trials for the accused in December 2013.

Attorney Nena Santos said that in a meeting between private and state prosecutors early this July, she said that she would oppose in open court the state prosecutors' move to rest in evidence-in-chief (evidence to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt) against a number of the accused, including the alleged masterminds of the Massacre.

Santos represents the families of 25 massacre victims, including Maguindanao provincial governor Esmael Mangudadatu, husband of victim Genalyn Mangudadatu and political rival of the Ampatuan family.

Two other private prosecutors, Maria Gemma J. Oquendo and Prima Quinsayas, also expressed their opposition.

"The private prosecutors should have been consulted first, since we were the ones directly involved in looking for pieces of evidence and eye-witnesses from the start of case building," Oquendo said. "We were not involved in the decision-making; we were merely informed about it."

Oquendo lawyers for her father, Catalino P. Oquendo, and sister, Cynthia Oquendo-Ayon, both of whom were killed in the massacre. Cynthia was a lawyer for the Mangudadatu family.

Meanwhile, the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists Inc. (FFFJ), the organization for which Quinsayas represents the families of 17 victims of the massacre, released a statement in May 2014 saying that "Resting simultaneously in bail and evidence-in-chief, despite the bail petitions' being still unresolved by the trial court, and the pending discharge of some of the accused, sends the message that the DOJ (Department of Justice) panel cares little about the quantum of evidence required to secure conviction."

CMFR serves as FFFJ's secretariat.

Quinsayas has not completed her part of the prosecution's Formal Offer of Evidence (FOE) in evidence-in-chief. Asked why she has not completed her part, she said some of the private complainants are having difficulties in securing original or certified true copies of certain documents. Quinsayas also feels she has no reason to rush the private complainants.

"I believe resting in the bail proceedings against the 70 accused who filed separate petitions for bail in the 58 cases should be the priority, instead of resting simultaneously in bail and evidence-in-chief, which is unprocedural," Quinsayas said.

The judge hearing the trial, Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes, told the state prosecutors during a hearing on 12 March 2014 that "Under the rules, the petition for bail must first be resolved before the evidence-in-chief," and that the petition for bail will only be resolved after the defense presents rebuttal evidence.

Judge Solis-Reyes ordered the state prosecutors to instead rest their case only for those accused who have waived presenting rebuttal evidence.

Quinsayas added that the part of private complainants in the FOE is not necessary to rest in bail proceedings. State prosecutors have given her and other private prosecutors only until the end of July 2014 to comply.
Other private prosecutors whose parts in the FOE are not yet done are attorneys Harry Roque, Rachel Pastores, Francis Principe and Oquendo.

The Ampatuan Massacre prosecution team has been adopting evidence they presented in the bail petition hearings as evidence-in-chief.

After presentation of prosecution evidence in opposition to bail, the accused have the option to present rebuttal evidence in support of their petitions for bail.

Bail granted means there is no strong evidence of guilt. And if the prosecution rests in evidence-in-chief, they would no longer be allowed to present additional evidence in the trial proper after the bail petitions have been resolved.

One public prosecutor pointed out that they can still present rebuttal evidence. Oquendo claimed this is limited to rebuttal of evidence presented by the accused. Evidence not deemed a rebuttal of defense evidence will not be admitted.

"You will not be allowed to present evidence that does not answer defense evidence. And we don't know yet what the defense will present," Oquendo said.

Santos for her part said, "We have many remaining witnesses. But why public prosecutors do not want to present them (in case bail is granted) is mind boggling to us."

The multiple murder trial, now less than six months away from its fifth year, is still in the mixed stage of hearing the separate bail petitions of 70 accused and the trial proper for those accused who did not file a petition for bail.

Though murder is a non-bailable crime, the Philippine Rules of Criminal Procedure give the accused the right to bail if the prosecution cannot prove that there is strong evidence of guilt.

The murder complaints originally named 197 people as conspiring and carrying out the massacre of 58 people, 32 of whom were journalists and media workers, in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province, on 23 November 2009. The incident has been called the single bloodiest attack on journalists in history.

Only 111 have been arrested to date, of which 110 have been arraigned.

The accused include alleged masterminds Zaldy Ampatuan and Andal Ampatuan Jr., the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao governor, and Datu Unsay, town mayor at the time of the massacre, respectively, and their father, clan patriarch Andal Ampatuan Sr., former governor of Maguindanao province.

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Chun-Ping Deng (Beijing Technology and Business University, China) and Ji-Ye Mao (Renmin University of China, China)
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DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2012070101

Despite the importance of knowledge transfer for the success of offshore information systems (IS) outsourcing, only limited research has been conducted to date. This research investigates knowledge transfer to vendors from their client, in terms of learning from client and learning about client. More specifically, it examines the effects of client support and vendors’ learning mechanisms on knowledge transfer, along with the impact of knowledge transfer on performance. Results show that client support is important for both types of knowledge transfer. In addition, it is the deliberate cognitive learning rather than the relative passive learning of interaction experience that promotes knowledge transfer significantly. Furthermore, whereas learning about client has a positive impact on vendors’ cost control, learning from client contributes to project quality if a vendor maintains a high level of interaction experience with the client.
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The importance of knowledge transfer for outsourcing success has gained recognition in recent years (Park, Im, & Kim, 2011). Information systems development (ISD) is a knowledge intensive process between the user and the development team (Tiwana & McLean, 2005). In outsourced ISD, it is only through combining the domain knowledge of the client with the technical knowledge of the vendor that project success can be achieved, as both parties possess their unique and complementary sets of knowledge.

For essentially the same reasons, knowledge transfer also plays a key role in offshore outsourcing success (Williams, 2011). It is valuable for decreasing development cost, increasing the vendor’s delivery quality, and developing a strategic relationship (Rottman, 2008). Moreover, absence of effective knowledge transfer may partly account for failure of offshored projects (Dibbern, Winkler, & Heinzl, 2008). In addition, knowledge transfer is also important for vendors’ capability development and value proposition (Jarvenpaa & Mao, 2008). However, research on knowledge transfer in offshore outsourcing is relatively recent (e.g., Leonardi & Bailey, 2008; Williams, 2011). Other than the few exceptions (e.g., Cha, Pingry, & Thatcher, 2008; Chua & Pan, 2008; Huong, Katsuhiro, & Chi, 2011), there is a paucity of prior research on knowledge transfer in the offshore outsourcing context, especially empirical studies based on large samples. As a result, little is known about factors influencing knowledge transfer, and the contribution of knowledge transfer to the success of offshore outsourcing.

Furthermore, according to conventional wisdom, what a vendor needs most is domain knowledge of the client (Chua & Pan, 2008), whereas the client also hopes to learn from the vendor, who is likely to have accumulated critical IT skills (Cha et al., 2008; Rottman, 2008). However, in the context of offshore IS outsourcing, it is not unusual to transfer project management and technical skills from IT-savvy clients to offshore vendors located in less developed regions. For example, Chinese vendors generally are less experienced than their Japanese clients, possessing lower levels of project management skills and maturity (Jarvenpaa & Mao, 2008). As a result, there exists an outflow of technical know-how from Japanese clients to Chinese vendors, in addition to business requirements. Nevertheless, despite the multifaceted nature of knowledge transfer in offshore outsourcing, the multiple dimensions of knowledge transfer from clients to their vendor is neglected.

Knowledge transfer is costly and difficult due to the ambiguity and context dependent nature of knowledge. The extant literature has explored various antecedents of inter-organization knowledge transfer from several perspectives, such as the relationship context, characteristics of the knowledge, recipient, and source. However, the influence of the recipient’s learning mechanisms is largely overlooked, although it can be an important stimulus for knowledge transfer (Chua & Pan, 2008). These mechanisms include both passive experience accumulation, and deliberate cognitive processes such as knowledge articulation (Zollo & Winter, 2002). In particular, knowledge articulation requires purposeful investment in activities such as formal discussion, design review, analysis of interim results, and project evaluation. Although returns to various learning mechanisms may differ (Zollo & Winter, 2002), there is little evidence on whether investment in knowledge articulation is justifiable. In this paper, we compare the different roles of knowledge articulation and experience accumulation in knowledge transfer.

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Advances in Bioremediation for Removal of Toxic Dye from Different Streams of Wastewater

Advances in Bioremediation for Removal of Toxic Dye from Different Streams of Wastewater

Priya Banerjee (University of Calcutta, India), Aniruddha Mukhopadhayay (University of Calcutta, India) and Papita Das (Jadavpur University, India)
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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9734-8.ch013

Azo dyes are used in abundance in several industries like textile, printing, paper, plastic, cosmetics, paints, etc. Extensive discharge of such dyes in adjacent water bodies has raised much environmental concern. Azo dyes are toxic to living organisms and their genotoxic and carcinogenic potentials are intensified on being released as mixtures. In the recent years, various microorganisms have been isolated and reported to possess tremendous potential for efficient dye degradation. However, the process of bioremediation is highly controlled by experimental factors like effluent pH, temperature and concentration of dyes in solution. Therefore, appropriate optimization of these factors is to be determined in order to ensure maximum efficiency of this process. This review highlights application of immobilization techniques of bacterial cells for achievement of successful biodegradation. In this study, the existing problems of dye pollution and possible improvisations for obtaining enhanced bioremediation of dyes have also been discussed.
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Unplanned and unmonitored industrialization and urbanization in developing countries necessitate sustainable utilization of water via reclamation and recycling of industrial wastewater. Of different types of industries, those associated with textile processing and manufacturing reportedly consume a huge volume of water primarily for the dyeing and finishing procedures. This in turn is an area of prime concern for environmental audit. Besides, inept dyeing procedures often end up discharging large amounts of the potentially hazardous dyes as dispersion or true solution in wastewater to adjacent water bodies thereby severely contaminating the environment (Stolz, 2001). Owing to the quantity and constituents of the effluents produced, the textile industry has been considered as the most polluting industrial sector (Sen & Demirer, 2003). Anthroquinoid, indigoid, and azo aromatic compounds are the primary classes of dyes in application. Azo dyes are made up of conjugated structures comprised of double bonds and aromatic rings which participate in strong π- π interactions. These azo dyes are of immense environmental concern, especially in case of reactive dyeing of cellulosic fibres, as huge quantities of unbound dyes are released through the effluent (Khan & Banerjee, 2010). During the process of utilization, loss of dyes incurred may range from up to 2% (basic dyes) to 50% (reactive azo dyes) depending on the type of dye being used (Robinson et al., 2001). Azo, nitro or sulfo groups present in the chemical structure of the dyes, often render them recalcitrant to microbial degradation thereby leading to accumulation of their residues in the biotic community (Pourbabaee et al. 2006). Textile dyes present in effluents have been reported to exhibit mutagenic and genotoxic potentials as well (Sharma et al. 2007).

In recent years, significant attention is being allotted for preventing direct discharge of untreated textile effluents into neighboring water bodies. The conventional physical and chemical methods developed and implemented so far for the treatment of dye containing effluents are costly, involve operational glitches, and in nearly all cases result in CO2 formation due to incomplete degradation of dyes (Karapinar et al. 2000). Complete degradation of textile effluents has been achieved only through biological oxidation (Karapinar et al., 2000). Nevertheless, challenges encountered by the conventional activated sludge process (CASP) include maintenance of special nutritional requirements and survival conditions of the functional microorganisms. Due to an increasing global scarcity of potable water sources, laws regarding uses of water resources have become more stringent making it imperative to design new, efficient, cost effective and time saving methodologies for the treatment and reuse of wastewater. It stresses upon the application of biodegradation in combination with adsorption processes for ensuring faster effluent treatment and maintenance of better survival conditions for the participating microorganisms. Immobilized cells are also widely used for yielding important biological compounds, wastewater reclamation and soil bioremediation (Khan & Banerjee, 2010). Besides simplifying separation and enhancing the recovery of immobilized bacteria, other advantages of this process include reusability, cost reduction, comparatively longer effective lifetime and protection of immobilized strains from adverse experimental conditions. Immobilization also protects the bacterial cells from high concentrations of recalcitrant compounds and provides a longer contact time for better degradation of the same. Immobilized cells have been efficiently applied as biocatalysts for treating large amounts of liquid or soil samples in a simple and cost effective procedure.

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Richard T. Herschel (Saint Joseph's University, USA)
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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch082

Big data is driving new forms of competition, new waves of productivity growth, innovation, and providing unique ways to interact with customers. Big data is comprised of a wealth of unstructured data that is being transmitted and captured by organizations to enhance business intelligence efforts. The forms that big data takes include text, video, voice, location data, social media, and its growth is exponential. Big data encompasses multiple dimensions, including volume, variety, velocity, veracity, variability, and complexity. Despite the opportunities that big data presents, organizations are having difficulty managing it, especially in the areas of data management and data governance. Executive involvement is critical to insuring quality data for business intelligence as well as to insure that their firms will be able to attract the necessary talent to effectively engage in BI analytics. It is recommended that management take a common sense approach to dealing with big data to insure that data-driven decision-making is not compromised.
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The amount of data in our world has exploded exponentially such that data, especially unstructured data, is now referred to as “big data”. Where measures of data were once gradually evolving from megabytes to terabytes, the sudden phenomena of big data accelerated these measures to volumes expressed in petabytes (1,024 terabytes) or exabytes (1,024 petabytes). The new influx of data is derived from billions to trillions of records of millions of people—all from different sources (e.g. Web, sales, customer contact center, social media, mobile data and so on). The data is typically loosely structured and often incomplete.

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Unstructured Data: Unstructured data (or unstructured information) refers to information that either does not have a pre-defined data model or is not organized in a pre-defined manner. Unstructured information is typically text-heavy, but may contain data such as dates, numbers, facts, or video content as well.

Data Steward: A data steward is a job role that involves planning, implementing and managing the sourcing, use and maintenance of data assets in an organization. Data stewards enable an organization to take control and govern all the types and forms of data and their associated libraries or repositories.

Big Data: It is a popular term used to describe the exponential growth and availability of data, both structured and unstructured.

Business Intelligence (BI): It is a business management term which refers to applications and technologies which are used to gather, provide access to, and analyze data and information about their company operations.

Data Governance: It is a combination of people, processes and technology that drives high-quality, high-value information. The technology portion of data governance combines data quality, data integration and master data management to ensure that data, processes, and people can be trusted and accountable, and that accurate information flows through the enterprise driving business efficiency.

Master Data Management (MDM): It is a technology-enabled discipline in which business and IT work together to ensure the uniformity, accuracy, stewardship, semantic consistency and accountability of the enterprise’s official shared master data assets. Master data is the consistent and uniform set of identifiers and extended attributes that describes the core entities of the enterprise including customers, prospects, citizens, suppliers, sites, hierarchies and chart of accounts.

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Weblogs in Higher Education

Werner Beuschel (Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany)
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Weblogs are a popular form of Social Software, supporting personal Web authoring as well as innovative forms of social interaction via internet. The potential of Weblogs to emphasize active student participation and collaboration raises great expectations for a new pedagogical quality in higher education. In this chapter, the author explores the value of Social Software, specifically Weblogs, for learning and teaching in institutional education. An exploratory study serves as background for the discussion. Critical issues and areas of research for using Social Software in education are concluding the chapter.
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Social Software provides an easy-to-use technical background for computer-mediated communications between individuals or individuals and groups: “Social Software blends tools and modes for richer online social environments and experiences” (Corante 2004). The quote refers to the enabling character of information technology for building new relationships: Social networks and Social Software are seen to be complementing each other. In contrast to the earlier understanding of computer use, where goal-orientation and purposeful uses were in the foreground, now the voluntary, self-organized distribution of information over the internet and the added value for supporting real as well as virtual communities catch the attention of research and business alike. So the appealing effect of the Internet is no longer driven by the technicality of being logged-in, but rather through the personal participation in the co-weaving of the information texture of the World Wide Web. Unlike earlier activities, this is not only done by writing and reading, but also by representing the interests of oneself through pictures, videos or audio streams.

The basic idea behind the term Social Software can be traced back over six decades to Vannevar Bush and others. Vannevar Bush’s “memex” was an early blueprint of hypertext, although never manufactured. The device was basically intended to store and associate related knowledge and experiences for personal use (cf. Bush 1945). So the idea to enhance the reach of our personal memory and knowledge by using an external device and providing it with all our individual understanding and experiences as well as that of other people is not so new. Interestingly enough and contained already in the original writing Bush envisioned that other people’s knowledge would be equally important and that the exchange of newly associated knowledge would be the crucial asset (for an extensive discussion of the unfolding of Bush’s idea cf. Allen 2004). The ease-of-use of the current applications and their widespread adoption, though, creates a new quality with respect to users and innovative interactions.

The term Web 2.0 was coined by Tim O’Reilly, a well-known speaker and writer on issues of the internet (O’Reilly 2005). Rather than trying to define Web 2.0 more precisely some authors distinguish its applications from the presumed world of Web 1.0. While Web 1.0 is supposed to simply present information, Web 2.0 is implying user participation. In popular publications, Web 2.0 is frequently understood as a synonym for Social Software, although it carries a stronger connotation to technical and business aspects. In this chapter, the term Social Software is preferred over Web 2.0, intended to embrace the facets of both terms.

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Blogging: The individual activity to contribute to a Weblog, either by posts or by comments to posts

Posting: Another term for >Blogging

RSS-Feed: Defined as Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.9x), RDF Site Summary (RSS1.0), Really Simple Syndication (RSS2.0). Through RSS, short descriptions of articles or web pages can be represented in machine readable form (XML) and regularly delivered by a news repository. It is also called a newsfeed. This way changes and updates in one site are automatically fed to subscribers, see http://www.atompub.org/ and http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssChangeNotes (06/14/2006)

Weblog: Artificial word, combining “Web” and “log”file. Web pages with individual entries presented in reverse chronological order, usually maintained by a single author and managed through a specialized software system

Blogroll: A list of constant links in a Weblog that points to other, somehow related Blogs

Informal Learning: Informal learning is neither institutionally planned nor functionally defined, but opportunistic and spontaneous. It can take place within or outside of institutionally planned education

Social Software: Web-based systems, supporting individual representation, mass interaction, formation and communication of common-interest groups

Trackback: A technology employed to let users of a Weblog know which other Blogs are linking to them.

Blogosphere: A thought construct, comprising all existing Weblogs, denoting the social relevance of Blogging

Blog: Short form for >Weblog

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If you are thinking, well, why do I even have slaves if I can’t force them to help me get into the Guinness Book of World Records, you are missing the point entirely and are also an extremely bad human being.

If you are thinking, what better way to respond to allegations of poor working conditions than to force indentured servants to run a marathon in the desert, you must be Qatar.

Qatar, for those of you who don’t know, is not the newest member of The Avengers but rather a tiny emirate in the Persian Gulf that had the foresight to park itself over a place where oil would one day be found, and it is therefore one of the absolute monarchies that we are pals with. Although most countries in that area are shining examples of progressive humanism, Qatar has been repeatedly criticized for its treatment of workers who have migrated there to build stuff for the 2022 World Cup.

An investigation by The Guardian found that many of the laborers were being forced to work long hours in 120-degree heat, without enough food and water. In the summer of 2013, a worker died almost every day, half from heart attacks. (2014 numbers were almost as bad.) They were often not paid, required to live in “filthy hostels,” and their employers took away their passports so they could not leave. The investigation concluded that the conditions amounted to “modern-day slavery.” The committee that’s running Qatar’s World Cup effort said it was “deeply concerned” about the allegations and that it had been informed that government authorities were looking into the matter.

I’m gonna speculate that no radical changes were made, based on the report that last month hundreds if not thousands of migrant workers were bused in and forced to run a half-marathon in Doha (let’s be honest: in the desert) because the organizers were trying to break the world record for most participants. A source said he had “observed hundreds of men who appeared to be laborers, wearing jeans, flip-flops or running barefoot.” Some tried to leave, said another, “but were turned back and were yelled at that they need to stay and cross the line.”

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Integrating Inbenta will be fast and easy for your development team. Below is a breakout of our technology solutions. Integrating the Inbenta Self-Service Application. We have extensive possibilities for you to plug in the self-service application and semantic search engine to your website, or any other type of application. Our most popular integration is HTML5, plus we have a number of other technology options that will fit most any web browser.

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Integrating with JavaScript: This is the easiest, quickest and more versatile integration mechanism. You’d include one line of JavaScript that would access Inbenta functionality through a script that establishes a JSONP communication directly between the user’s web browser and Inbenta servers. The script handles any search events required to power the user interface, and it integrates the answer into the existing page structure.
Integrating with high-level APIs: If you decide to handle the presentation layer of the Inbenta Semantic Search Engine yourself, we’ll provide a high level API using either: JSON, XML or SOAP, which deliver very flexible integration modes.
Integrating with pop-ups: With this kind of integration, the external application has some independence from the client environment, opening Inbenta Semantic Search in an external window, so that the user can continue searching or browsing the site depending on the window that’s displayed at that time.
Integrating with Frames or iFrames: The external application is seamlessly integrated into the client environment, with the search box and other navigation elements usually a part of the client’s portal. Only the results section belongs to the external application, so the final impression is that the entire search process occurs within the site.
Integrating with Lightbox: Lightbox is a Modal-Dialog JavaScript application that requires JavaScript and it isn’t blocked by browsers unless JavaScript has been disabled. It uses div to integrate Inbenta Semantic Search and includes an iFrame within the search area.

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The integration of our support ticketing system is seamless. It only requires the following configuration changes in your email setup files:
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Butler Insider David Woods breaks down Butler's slow start against Purdue in the Crossroads Class on Dec. 16, 2017. Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar

INDIANAPOLIS – Butler has usually been as at home in Bankers Life Fieldhouse as in Hinkle Fieldhouse. Not Saturday, though.

No. 17 Purdue built a 26-point and held off the Bulldogs’ late surge, scoring an 82-67 victory in the Crossroads Classic.

The Boilermakers (11-2) were as balanced as any team could be. Carsen Edwards scored 18 points, Vincent Edwards and Isaac Haas had 15 each, Dakota Mathias 14 and P.J. Thompson 12.

Kelan Martin had 17, Paul Jorgensen 15 and Kamar Baldwin 13 for Butler (8-3).

Purdue led 55-29 with 13 ½ minutes left. The Bulldogs came within nine, 69-60, on Jorgensen’s 3-pointer with 3:01 to play. But the Boilers responded by scoring the next eight points, six on free throws.

Butler came into the Crossroads Classic with the best record (5-1) in the event and a five-game winning streak over Purdue. Also, the Bulldogs had been 11-3 in the Pacers’ arena.

The victory was Purdue’s first over Butler since Dec. 19, 1998. Butler coach LaVall Jordan, then a sophomore for the Bulldogs, scored three points in 13 minutes.

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The Bulldogs’ yearlong propensity to dribble rather than pass was woefully ineffective against Purdue. Indeed, the Boilers were as strong defensively as any opponent Butler has faced, including Texas.

Good passing results in accurate shooting, and the Bulldogs had neither. Moreover, in their 21 percent first half, they had six shots blocked and committed nine turnovers.

In that first half, Butler was 6-of-24 on 2-pointers, and the arc was not much more friendly: 1-of-9. Purdue led 35-19 by then, the outcome was nearly decided.

 Butler, after that 19-point first half, scored 48 in the second half and shot 53 percent.

Butler coach LaVall Jordan and Kelan Martin addressed the media following Saturday's loss to the Boilermakers in the Crossroads Classic. David Woods/IndyStar

Arc madness

Butler has been among the nation’s worst at shooting 3-pointers and defending 3s. That was in evidence against Purdue.

The Boilers repeatedly burned Butler from the arc, finishing 9-of-21.

Meanwhile, Butler started 1-of-14 on 3s. The Bulldogs were 6-of-8 thereafter, but the score was out of reach by then.

Bulldogs overmatched

Butler has a respectable roster and remains a potential NCAA tournament team. Yet it’s impossible to deny the gap in talent between the Boilers, who have authentic Final Four aspirations, and Bulldogs.

The 7-2 Haas scored with ease and was unstoppable near the basket. He has more than a supporting cast, too. The Boilers would have a potent lineup without him.

Moreover, Butler does not have the depth nor balance to overcome errant shooting by Baldwin, who had perhaps his worst game as a college player. Late baskets allowed him to finish 5-of-19 shooting, and he committed five turnovers.

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  • August 12 2016, 6:30am EDT

(Bloomberg) -- Hewlett Packard Enterprise is buying Silicon Graphics International Corp. for about $275 million in cash, adding high-performance computing capabilities that improve data analytics.

HPE expects the deal to be neutral to earnings in the first full year and will add to profit thereafter, the companies said Thursday in a statement. SGI, whose machines helped create advanced computer-generated images for Hollywood movies in the 1990s, brings products that aid customers with computing, data analytics and data management.

"At HPE, we are focused on empowering data-driven organizations," said Antonio Neri, the company’s executive vice president and general manager for the enterprise group, in the statement. Its technology will "complement HPE’s proven data center solutions designed to create business insight."

Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman is investing in products that help customers crunch growing reams of data. The high performance computing industry, an $11 billion market, is expected to have a compound annual growth rate of 6 percent to 8 percent in the next few years, according to industry researcher IDC, the company said.

SGI’s operating assets were sold to Rackable Systems Inc. in 2009 for $42.5 million. Rackable took on SGI as its global name and brand. Shares in SGI surged 28 percent in late trading in New York to $7.65. They had fallen more than 70 percent from a peak in August 2013.

The agreement with HPE will support private and public sector customers, including U.S. federal agencies as well as companies.

The two companies are complementary, said Jorge Titinger, CEO and president of SGI, in the statement. “This combination addresses today’s complex business problems that require applying data analytics and tools to securely process vast amounts of data."

The deal, whose per-share price is $7.75, is expected to close in the first quarter of HPE’s fiscal year 2017.

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  • Stylish and ultra slim docking station
  • Supports versatile video options: HDMI (4K), Mini DisplayPort (4K) and VGA
  • Get the most bang for your buck
  • Charge your laptop while docked - Power Delivery Pass Through
  • Instantly dock up to 10 devices, including built-in memory card readers

MSRP: $129.95

Turn Your Laptop into a Complete Workstation

Add the perfect companion to your USB-C laptop and turn it into a complete workstation. Weather you are on-the-go or docking at a workstation, this ultra-slim docking station works as hard as you do. With it's stylish design, it will seamlessly fit into your setup. Now you can easily add a full-sized keyboard and mouse, external hard drives, printers, webcams by connecting only one cable to your setup.

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Connect up to 10 devices effortlessly to your laptop with a single USB-C cable. This docking station is equipped with memory card readers for SD/MMC/MicroSD memory cards for quick access to your data. With three USB 3.0 (Type-A) ports, you can connect an array of USB Type-A peripherals. With the quick charge USB port, you can charge your phone or tablet at super-fast rates. With the included Gigabit Ethernet power, you can connect to your LAN for robust data bandwidth and increased security. On top of all this connectivity, this docking station also offers the flexibility of 3 video connectivity options: HDMI, Mini DisplayPort and VGA. You can also connect a headset or microphone to complete your multimedia workstation setup.

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Unravel the remarkable visual experience of 4K Ultra HD (UHD), at 4 times the resolution of standard HD. The dual video monitor functionality provides astonishing video quality that will please your eyes and provide a higher level of enjoyment from watching videos, playing video games, working and creating from your home office. Further more, you can get full 1080p HD quality video when using a dual monitor setup.

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Adding two monitors to your laptop will improve your productivity and allow you to get more done. Mirror or extend your Windows USB-C laptop to two monitors or extend your MacBook or USB-C Apple laptop to one additional monitor. Browse the web on one screen, edit a document on a second. When using a Windows USB-C laptop, write an email or connect to a webinar on a third monitor.

Charge Your Laptop While Docked - Power Delivery Pass Through

Charge your laptop while connected to your docking station without the need to buy an additional power supply. Connect your manufacturer's USB-C AC power adapter directly to the docking station and power your laptop while you work or play. With up to 60W of power delivery pass through, you can keep all your power-hungry devices and peripherals ready to go. When you are on-the-go, this bus-powered docking station does not need a power supply to connect your devices.

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This versatile and innovative dock design fits seamlessly into any workstation or setup. The intelligently contoured design provides the best ergonomic typing experience for your laptop. Save space on your desk by placing your laptop directly on top of the docking station or display the dock next to your monitors for a sleek, minimalist workstation.

*Only one additional video output can be utilized for extended desktop under Mac OS

  • Stylish and ultra slim docking station
  • Instantly dock up to 10 devices including
    • 3 x USB 3.0 (USB Type-A) with 1 x BC 1.2 Quick Charge Port
    • Built-in memory card readers (SD/MMC/Micro SD)
    • 3.5mm audio input/output
    • Gigabit Ethernet
    • HDMI (4K), Mini DisplayPort (4K) and VGA
  • Charge your laptop while docked- Power Delivery pass-through*
  • Stunning 4K resolution

* Power Delivery pass-through requires USB-C charger from your laptop. A total of up to 60W can be charged to the laptop after deduction of 15W is used by the dock.
** When using the HDMI/VGA ports, only one video output is supported at a time (either VGA or HDMI)
** When using the MiniDP/VGA ports, only one video output is supported at a time (either VGA or MiniDP)

  • USB-C compatible laptops with DP Alt-Mode support
  • USB-C AC Adapter from Laptop is needed for Power Delivery Pass-Thru Function
  • Mac OS X 10.10.5+ (*MST is not supported by Mac OS)
  • Only one additional video output can be utilized for extended desktop using Mac OS
  • For dual screen extended desktop in Windows, you must use HDMI with Mini Display Port
  • When VGA output is utilized, only one additional extended desktop screen will be available
  • Compatible with USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 laptop
  • 1 x USB-C Docking Station
  • 1 x Quick Start Guide
  • 1 x Warranty Card
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Synnex 4883813
Upstream Port
USB-CBuilt-in USB 3.1 Type-C cable
Cable Length9 inch (23cm)
Downstream Port
Audio In3.5 mm line-in
Audio Out3.5 mm line-out
HDMI1x HDMI port (v.1.4 spec compliant, up to 3840x2160@30Hz)
Mini DisplayPort1x miniDisplayPort port (v.1.2 spec compliant, up to 3840x2160@30Hz)
VGA1x VGA port (up to 1920x1200@60Hz)
Ethernet1x Gigabit Ethernet port
USB-A3x USB 3.0 A ports, 1 port with BC1.2 charging
USB-C1x USB-C port (charging only)
Card ReaderSupports SD/SDHC/SDXC @ UHS-I class, MMC
Power Delivery Pass-ThruPD Pass-Thru up to 60W
Operating System Requirements
WindowsWindows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10
MacMac OS X 10.10.5+
Unit Dimensions
Height0.6" (1.52cm)
Depth3.0" (7.62cm)
Length11" (27.94cm)
Unit Package Dimensions
Width13.5" (34.29cm)
Height4.5" (11.43cm)
Depth1.4" (3.56cm)
Master Carton
Width14.25" (36.2cm)
Height5.25" (13.34cm)
Depth9" (22.86cm)
Master Carton Qty.6
Master Carton Wt.6.68 lb (3.03kg)
Unit Pack Wt.0.92 lb (0.45kg)
Unit Wt.0.70 lb (0.32kg)

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