Brine is a water solution with a very high concentration of salt or sodium chloride.
The term also applies to solutions with other salts. The most common applications known to consumers are highway dicing or as refrigerant in the refrigeration industries.
However, the brine generated as waste in industrial processes is a difficult problem that industries are facing. Uncontrolled discharge of these effluents may cause a negative environmental impact.
Its treatment poses numerous difficulties and purification of saline wastewater is not very effective by means of the technology usually employed: physicochemical or biologic treatments, etc.
Saline effluents must be properly managed. There are different solutions depending on factors such as flow rate, geographic location and whether or not there are other pollutants apart from salts, etc.
Different alternatives, such as membrane separation technologies, do not provide the desired results in the case of brine treatment.
This is mainly due to the high amount of rejects generated and the inconvenience caused by the presence of organic contaminants in filtration membranes.
Zero Liquid Discharge systems provide multiple advantages: it is the most respectful option for the environment, does not produce any discharge, generates an effluent of high quality water (this high quality water can be reused in the production process), and the concentration of salts can be crystallized with the option to reuse.
Desalination involves obtaining fresh water for human consumption or industrial or agricultural use from seawater or brine.
This practice has become widespread in those regions with water deficits, where supply cannot therefore be guaranteed, over the past few decades the intensive production of desalinated water at a moderate price is currently possible, thus meaning that this solution is applied in many cases to solve water supply problems.
According to UN Water, the inter-agency mechanism for all water-related aspects at the United Nations, in February 2014 there were more than 16,000 desalination plants worldwide, with a production capacity of 70 hm3/day.
Irrespective of the technology used to achieve desalination, a fresh water flow and a waste or rejection flow are generated in all cases. The latter contains a high concentration of salts, which depends on the raw water being desalinated and the yield of the separation, which itself depends on the technology used.
Those techniques that result in a high separation yield generate a rejection flow with a very high salt concentration, and vice versa.
The textile industry is characterized by high water use, and this water must be of high quality.
The water used, whether obtained from the distribution network or from other sources, is subjected to a purification, normally a softening, process.
Ion-exchange resins, the regeneration of which generates an effluent with a high salt concentration, have traditionally been used to eliminate water hardness.
Moreover, high salt concentrations are required in the medium used for textile fiber dyeing process to ensure that the pigment is fixed to the fabric. These dyeing waters have a high salt content even after treatment.
Municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill sites generate leachate effluents, which must be treated so that they can be discharged with no environmental impact.
Generally, after various processes, the treated effluent is subjected to a reverse osmosis process in order to obtain a pure water flow that can be reused or discharged and a smaller flow containing the concentrated contaminants.
This effluent has a high salt concentration as it contains all the salts originally present in the leachates.
Salting and brine-preservation techniques have traditionally been used to ensure that foods can be stored for long periods of time without being attacked by microorganisms.
The brines are usually prepared from cold water, sodium chloride, sodium nitrite and flavouring substances. In order for the brine to have a preserving effect, the salt concentration in the product must be between 15% and 20%.
As a result, the salting and food preservation industries in general produce effluents with a high salt concentration.
The preparation of pickles (olives, gherkins, carrots, onions, etc. marinated in brine and vinegar) is an activity that generates effluents with an organic burden as well as high salinity.
These effluents must be treated prior to discharge and it is advisable to recover the maximum amount of water possible for reuse in the process.
A wide variety of industries need a source of high quality (ultra-pure) water for use in their production processes, especially the pharmaceutical, food and textile industries, etc.
Such industries typically use ion-exchange resins to soften water or membrane-based processes (nanofiltration or reverse osmosis) for more complete treatments.
The effluents generated by these processes concentrate all the salts and impurities removed from the crude water. A high-water consumption in the process generates high waste effluent flows characterized by a high concentration of dissolved salts.
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The leather tanning industry is characterized by its high contamination potential due to both the reagents used and the effluents generated in the different processes.
Generally, the processes used in the tanning of animal skins are salting (with NaCl), softening (using sodium sulfide, sodium polysulfide or sodium carbonate), unhairing (using sodium sulfide, sodium hydrosulfide, amines, calcium hydroxide and caustic soda), liming (in a bath of caustic soda), deliming (using hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, boric acid, ammonium chloride, ammonium acetate and cyclic esters), pickling (chromium salts and formaldehyde), tanning, lubrication, drying, conditioning and finishing (using dyes and aniline).
The chemicals used in the different processes are incorporated into the wastewater as they are used.
The technologies used in these processes are increasingly clean, water-saving and reuse effluents, thereby reducing final contamination of the water.
Finally, treatment of the waters removes most of the contamination. However, the dissolved salts present in the effluents are not removed, thus meaning that they remain unaltered upon exiting the treatment plant and these waters have salt concentrations of up to 10,000 mg/L.
As a result, these waters, with this salt content, cannot be discharged into either the sewage network or public watercourses.
Energy-generation plants need water of the highest quality to operate. This water is transformed into high temperature steam, which moves the alternator.
The ultra-pure water used is generally obtained by subjecting water from the distribution network, or from other sources, to a treatment process.
This process generates a waste effluent that concentrates all the impurities removed from the water. Such effluents are characterized by their high salt concentration and must therefore be treated prior to discharge.
The gas and oil industry are also capable of producing significant brine effluents. Many gas and oil wells are found close to seams of rock salt.
The technique used to extract oil comprises drilling wells into which fresh water, which dissolves the salt and returns to the surface as a brine, is injected.
Oil is recovered by displacing it towards the surface by injecting water or brine. The excess brine must be treated or discharged into the sea in the case of an underwater field.
Brine management is not a simple task in the majority of cases. Factors such as flow rate, geographic location, the presence of contaminants other than salts, etc. all affect the choice of treatment technique.
The only solution in many cases is the treatment of brines, although other management routes may be available depending on the characteristics of each case.
The deep-well injection (DWI) technique involves injecting the waste liquid into the subsoil via a deep well. It can be used to manage both brines and other liquid wastes provided that there is no environmental impact on the subsoil.
There is a permeable formation able to take the waste.
There is an impermeable formation that keeps the waste trapped for a sufficient period of time until it -becomes harmless.
The conditions of both operations do not change during the operation.
The DWI operation does not compromise other, more important resources.
As such, this management technique is only viable when these four conditions are fulfilled and when the brine flow is sufficiently high to justify it on economic grounds.
The technique of confining brines in pond is an option used in dry regions where sufficient land is available. The surface area and minimum depth of the pond can be designed based on the brine flow.
One of the main drawbacks of this technique is environmental contamination of neighboring aquifers due to the possible leakage of leachates.
Another means of managing brines is to treat them to obtain sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, magnesium hydroxide and calcium chloride using different sequential evaporation processes.
This option can be used when the brine is of marine origin and production thereof is moderate.
This option tends to be the viable management alternative in the greatest number of different situations, can be adapted to any brine production scale and is undoubtedly the most environmentally friendly.
The aim of this systems is to covert the saline residue into a flow of high-quality water and salts in a solid, crystalline form.
This water can be reused in the process itself due to its high quality, or in any other application, and the crystallized salts can be managed for possible recovery.
Depending on the initial concentration of salts in the brine, treatment comprises initial concentration of the effluent by reverse osmosis. If the concentration of the brine is already high, the reverse osmosis step can be omitted.
The concentrated brine is then subjected to a vacuum-evaporation process in which it is concentrated yet further and which generates a water flow that can be mixed with that produced by reverse osmosis.
The management of the concentrate is the most compromised aspect of the treatment. The aim is to minimize it as much as possible in the most cost-effective way, as the final destination will be a waste.
If it is possible, the salts are obtained in a solid, dry and crystalline form by way of a crystallization process. These salts can be recovered for use in road gritting, resin regeneration, etc.
The reverse osmosis process can be replaced by an electrodialysis system, which would also allow the brine effluent to be concentrated and produces a flow of water with a very low salt concentration.
If a residual energy source is available, this can be taken advantage of in the vacuum-evaporation process, thereby giving excellent results at a highly competitive price.
Then, vacuum evaporators have proven to be, by far, the most successful technology for the treatment of this type of wastewater, according to ZLD system.
On the one hand, this system enables the highest degree of concentration possible, up to the point of salt drying up completely; and on the other, it generated purified effluents, which are compliant with usual discharge limits, because of their extremely low conductivity and organic contaminant contents.


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Православие в Израиле представлено Иерусалимской православной церковью, чья юрисдикция распространяется на территорию Израиля, а также представительствами других православных церквей (Русская православная церковь, Румынская православная церковь). Численность православных в Израиле, принадлежащих Иерусалимской православной церкви, составляет около 45 тысяч человек, Русской православной церкви — около 2 тысяч.

Иерусалимская православная церковь
Юрисдикция Иерусалимской православной церкви (ИПЦ) в настоящее время простирается на территорию Израиля, Иордании и Палестинской автономии; автономная часть — Синайская архиепископия с монастырём святой великомученицы Екатерины на Синайской горе в Египте. На территории Израиля находятся Птолемаидская митрополия (кафедра: г. Акко) и Назаретская митрополия (кафедра: г. Назарет) ИПЦ.

Русская православная церковь

Представительством Русской православной церкви в Иерусалиме и в Святой земле является Русская духовная миссия в Иерусалиме, включающая представительства Московского Патриархата (РДМ РПЦ) и Русской Православной Церкви Заграницей (РДМ РПЦЗ).

В ведении РДМ РПЦ в Израиле находятся:
 Главный храм миссии — Свято-Троицкий собор (Иерусалим)
 Горненский монастырь (Эйн-Карем) (женский)
 Подворье Праведной Тавифы в Яффе
 Подворье Святой Марии Магдалины в Магдале (женское)
 Подворье пророка Илии в Хайфе
 Дом паломника в Тиверии
Другие подворья РДМ РПЦ находятся на территории Палестинской автономии и Иордании.

В ведении РДМ РПЦЗ в Израиле находятся:
 Вознесенский монастырь (Елеонская гора) (женский)
 Монастырь Святой Марии Магдалины (Гефсимания) (женский)
 Фаранская лавра (мужской монастырь)

Древневосточные церкви
Древневосточные дохалкидонские церкви, называющие себя православными, представлены Армянской апостольской церковью, Сиро-яковитской православной церковью, Коптской православной церковью и Эфиопской православной церковью.

См. также
 Список русских православных храмов в Израиле

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Православие в Израиле

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Q: How to make Sublime Text 3 compile a specific file in current directory? c++ For example, I have a project with 2 .cpp files and 2 .h files and also main.cpp .
I want to make Sublime compile main.cpp when I press control-B even if the editor if focused in one of the other .cpp or .h files.
I am not too familiar with JSON so I don't know how to modify the build file.
This is the default build file. The problem with this file is that it compiles the file the editor is focused on.
{
"shell_cmd": "g++ \"${file}\" -o \"${file_path}/${file_base_name}\"",
"file_regex": "^(..[^:]*):([0-9]+):?([0-9]+)?:? (.*)$",
"working_dir": "${file_path}",
"selector": "source.c, source.c++",

"variants":
[
    {
        "name": "Run",
        "shell_cmd": "g++ \"${file}\" -o \"${file_path}/${file_base_name}\" && \"${file_path}/${file_base_name}\""
    }
]

}

A: Never mind. The solution was simple.
In both lines of
"shell_cmd":

change
${file}

to the file name you want to always compile.
For example:
"shell_cmd": "g++ \"main.cpp\" -o \"${file_path}/${file_base_name}\"",

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Miyakea is a genus of moths in the family Crambidae

Miyakea may also refer to:

Miyakea, a genus of plants in the family Ranunculaceae, now called Pulsatilla
Miyakea, a genus of mantis shrimp in the family Squillidae, now called Miyakella


Information technology is found in every aspect of our lives: the workplace, our homes, the way we communicate, and in much of the entertainment we consume. IT professionals, therefore, are in great demand and highly valued. IT professionals are solution architects, identifying complex problems and creating custom solutions that help users meet their goals. They play an integral role in any modern organization, working on all phases of IT solutions from conception to development, testing, deployment, securing, and management. In this information technology degree, you'll learn to design, implement, and manage complex IT systems.
Students in the computing and information technologies major are characterized by their hands-on approach to technology. They are designers and builders, but primarily they're enablers. Students approach complex problems and create custom solutions that help users meet their goals. They play an integral role in any modern organization, often working behind the scenes to deploy technology where it's needed most.
That versatility is the core principle of our major. People are interacting with computers more than ever before. With that comes a need for professionals that have the broad practical skills to facilitate those interactions across a variety of sectors. Not only do computing and information technology students learn to implement complex systems, but they become well versed in their management as well. Every day, more companies are realizing the benefits that IT professionals bring to the table.
A defining aspect of the computing and information technologies curriculum is the breadth of technologies and the focus on integration. Students learn how to solve problems and find ways to make it work. Course work prepares students to be not just technical wizards, but also communicators and facilitators, enabling them to be successful throughout their career. Building on the core courses, students can further their skills in two separate areas or establish even greater depth in a single area. Possible areas of concentration include web administration, database, networking and communications, web development, and enterprise administration.
The major requires students to complete two blocks of cooperative education. Students may pursue co-op placements after completing their second year of study.
This course teaches students advanced techniques in the Perl language. Techniques include the use and construction of object oriented scripts, user administration and monitoring, file system walking and checking, and computer and network security issues.
This course will explore the skills required of a systems administrator in a large enterprise organization. Students will gain experience in managing an integrated Linux and Windows environment, using identity management, monitoring, and centralized logging systems. Other areas of examination will include a deeper understanding of many protocols including DNS, DHCP, SNMP, LDAP, IMAP, and SMTP. Containerization and virtualization concepts will also be explored. The student will also study security topics including Transport Layer Security, Pluggable Authentication Modules, SELinux, Kerberos, and Group Policy Objects. This course is a writing-intensive course that will require students to write a formal research paper.
This class will take the students through the evolution of virtualization. The class begins with virtual network topologies such as VLANs, trunks and virtual routing and forwarding. The class will examine the various desktop virtualization platforms (Type 1) such as VirtualBox and VMWare workstation. Midway through the class students will transition into bare metal hypervisors (Type 2) and server virtualization. Elements of software defined networking, storage (ex. iSCSI) and cloud computing will also be discussed.
This course provides students with a theoretical as well as hands-on exposure to enterprise scale storage technologies such as storage area networks and network attached storage. Students will study SCSI, Fibre Chanel, IP Storage, Infiniband, and Fibre Channel over Ethernet both in lectures and labs. They will also gain a better appreciation for the importance of storage architectures in the enterprise.
This course explores mid-range (server farms and clusters) and mainframe system architecture, hardware, configuration, and operating system concepts. Students in this course gain understanding of the reasons companies choose mid-range and large-scale systems for their computing environments and how those firms implement those architectures.
This course provides students with a background in the technologies and techniques used to design, implement, and maintain a modern data center. This course will help students to see the interrelated nature of many of these topics and to gain a better understanding of the role of the following technologies in a modern data center: physical facility design, network infrastructures, power distribution, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), storage, high-availability computing, disaster recovery, and emerging data center technologies.
Web applications can be highly variable in both their workload and the amount of resources required to support their provision of services to users. Having access to cloud based resources allows organizations to actively manage service deployment in different ways and with different tools. This course will enable students to utilize and develop cloud-based implementations of tools, such as load balancing and distributed systems architectures, and identify the challenges associated with the provision of services in this environment and some of the cloud-based tools and techniques used to manage service deployment. Projects will be required.
This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the protocols, principles and concepts of radio communication as they apply to wireless data networking (802.11) for local area networks and peripherals. As its basis it uses the fundamental concepts and technologies learned in Introduction to Routing and Switching, and expands upon them to include other contemporary and emerging technologies. Topics including WLANs, wireless network operation, network integration, construction and network design will be discussed. Modulation techniques, measurement standards, nomenclature, equipment and theory behind transmissions in this portion of the electromagnetic spectrum will be examined.
This course will examine the design and performance of networks. Students will learn to design networks based on identified needs and analyze the performance of that network. The designs include site, campus, and enterprise. WAN technologies will be combined with LAN technologies in the design of enterprise networks. A simulation tool may be used to implement the design as a network model and evaluate the performance of the network model.
This course will help students to identify the major challenges in deploying mobile adhoc and sensor networks. Students will explore current ad-hoc/sensor technologies by researching key areas such as algorithms, protocols and applications. Students will learn to investigate how some of the challenges are addressed by researching publications. At the end of this course students will gain knowledge on the latest technological advances in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks, their significance in multiple applications and solutions to challenges that still require to be addressed.
The computing and information technologies degree is offered at RIT's main campus, in Rochester, NY, and at RIT Croatia's campuses in Dubrovnik and Zagreb. Because the same curriculum is offered in all three locations, students may spend a semester abroad learning about the Croatian culture without any negative impact to their schedule of studies. Furthermore, in their senior year all students take Senior Development Project I,II (ISTE-500, 501), a year-long course in which teams are composed of students from RIT's main campus and both RIT Croatia campuses. Whether students choose to study abroad or remain in Rochester, they will be working side-by-side with their peers from across the world.


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This project will include a competitively awarded technical assistance program, a peer-to-peer learning network, and a comprehensive online database of information related to transit-oriented development.
Technical assistance requests are now being accepted. Local or regional governments with an active federally funded transit project through New Starts, Small Starts, or Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) are eligible to apply.
To learn more about the technical assistance opportunity and the application process, join us for an informational webinar on Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 1:00 pm EST. This online event is free, but registration is required.
The peer-to-peer network and online database, to launch in 2016, will feature resources and training on transit-oriented development, public transportation, affordable housing, and community-based economic development.
Visit the project website to learn more about the new project and to add your name to become part of the network. We look forward to collaborating with you on this exciting new work.


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Ethnos: Bloody Fantasy Battles the Whole Family Can Enjoy!
Posted by Raf Cordero on May 15, 2017
It's often tempting to heap praise on simple games. With so many games out there with 30 page rulebooks, interlocking systems, and 12 pounds of plastic; a simple game can be a refreshing change of pace. However, simplicity for its own sake is no more an inherent virtue than detailed miniatures and 7 decks of teeny cards. Complicated games can be elegant, but fall apart when the experience isn't worth the bloat; simple games stumble when they have no tension or purpose. Ethnos from CMON is an easy game to pick up — and one with the tension and drama of a Minotaur-led horde of Halflings and Dwarfs rampaging through your neighborhood.
12 mythical races, from Giants to Halflings, populate the land of Ethnos. Each has its own special ability though only 6 races will be available in each game. The chosen race's cards are shuffled together to form the Allies Deck and it is from here that you'll form groups of warriors in a rather simple form of set collection. The primary system will be familiar to anyone who has played Ticket to Ride. Players can pick either a face-up card or draw blindly from the deck hoping to build sets of two different types: all the same color, or all the same race. These sets represent mercenary bands and are used to place control markers into the various colored provinces on the map.
A 1-card set is all you need to place your first token in a province, but from there it gets more expensive. You can build a set of any size but to place an additional token you'll need to play increasingly larger sets of monsters. 2 or more cards for your second token, 3 or more for your third, and so on. These tokens are never removed so the battle for control is both ever more expensive yet self-balancing. It's hard to run away with an area when you need 6 cards to put another token in Straton. You certainly can horde Orange cards in an attempt to push a province out of reach of your opponents but you're giving up an opportunity to play in the 5 other provinces while you do it. It's risky, but that is what makes Ethnos so freaking good.
There is risk in everything you do though it's so subtle it's almost hard to see it. It's accomplished through a few very simple tweaks to the classic "draw from the public row" mechanic. The first is that the public row is not refilled when you draw from it. Once it's empty, it's time to draw blind off the top of the deck. The second is that the row is refilled when someone plays a set out of their hand and it's refilled with all the cards they didn't play. That's right. All the cards you jealously gathered and hoarded are put back up for public grabbing as the mercenaries you didn't send into battle become annoyed and abandon you.
These two simple changes lace every decision you make with the kind of risk that makes your knee bounce and your palms sweat all over the colorful yet slightly cheap cards (sleeves recommended). Reaching for that 5th or 6th card so you can make that power play into a province is tantalizing but making too many draws before you play your set means flooding the market with your leftovers and watching your opponent's faces light up as you give them the Blue Merfolk or Green Minotaur they've been waiting for.
Sets don't have to be built to place control markers. Just like Ticket to Ride, you'll score for each band you've made at the end of the round based on their size. Unlike TTR, the cards sit in front of you until the end of the round meaning you may play a few small sets just to get the cards out of other player's grasp.
There are a lot of little layers to consider to your set collection and I haven't even gotten to the racial abilities. See, every set gets played with a card chosen to be the "leader." The leader's color determines which province you play into, and the race determines which powerful ability you get to use. Dwarves score bonus points at the end of the round while Wingedfolk ignore colors and place control markers anywhere. Skeletons boost your numbers for control tokens but crumble by the end of the age and disappear before end of round scoring. And Halflings do nothing but pad your numbers; they're far too small to be effective leaders on their own.
There's a lot to Ethnos and yet there isn't a lot at all. It's not just simple, it's elegant and elegant games are worth heaping praise on because they get played over and over. The strategy is rich and will change every game, yet it's immanently approachable. Ethnos is Blood Rage for the Ticket to Ride crowd-and everyone else-and I can't get enough of it.
Featured Image Credits: Rafael Cordero
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In addition to Geek & Sundry, Raf Cordero writes for Miniature Market's The Review Corner and co-hosts the gaming podcast Ding & Dent. Chat with him on Twitter @captainraffi.
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As an artist, CJ has kept himself engaged with in the larger spectrum of the arts with asserting ideas into the various platforms that make up the creative arts.
Over the past couple of years, he has provided content for Lego, American Eagle, Silver Hill Atelier, and BOMBIN' Magazine among many others. These projects occurred all while exploring his own personal interest in story telling and observational studies: with a solo showing from a six-month project spent in South America at the DRWRgallery in Brooklyn.
The array of challenges and success that come with these varied vehicles of expression and problem solving is a constant reminder of how creativity dominates all processes of work.


In a stunning new documentary, 'Stranger Fruit', film maker Jason Pollockuncovers an unreleased video that shows Michael Brown was at the same convenience store he was accused of robbing, just 11 hours earlier. The new video shows Brown arriving at the store around 1:13 AM on August 9, 2014 in a car with others inside the vehicle.
The documentary film maker, Jason Pollock said, "They destroyed Michael's character with the tape, and they didn't show us what actually happened. So this shows their intention to make him look bad. And shows suppression of evidence."Pollock spent over two years in Ferguson talking to people and doing research for his documentary. His film, which was previewed at the South by Southwest conference and festival in Austin, TX, looks at the death of Brown from his family's perspective.


I recently put my new MV on ebay to help pay for an ORO but the best offer was 18500 and even though thats what I paid I didnt decided to blow off the ORO since it has 3900 miles and you just never know about used bikes. This guy is 18 years old in Hollywood which makes it worse!
Anyway, I am keeping my F4 and need some neat pcs for it, QB is really hard to get hold of, I would like an exhaust, front fender and some method to make the wheels silver, I have a powder coater but his silver comes out grey. Any contacts for parts or advice on the wheels?
I park my bike in my office, what a work of art!
Is it really a huge deal with this 600 mile service as everyone is 8 weeks behind and I dont want to ride it much more if its a big issue about going over the 600 miles. Can I take it to a Ducati dealer to do the 600 mile service or will it void the warrant?
The 600 mile service is the most important service of all. Metal and other particles which have settled in the oil and filter must be removed. They also check for valve clearances. I would think that a Ducati dealer could do the job, but the warranty issue would be a different problem.
Of course call your local dealer and check with them.
-- mod (mvf4s@excite.com), August 16, 2001.
why don't you bring it to a Honda dealer? Since when Ducati makes inline 4 engines?
-- takie chan (tchan748@yahoo.com), August 17, 2001.
Not like for the Desmo (especially Desmoquattro)valve clearance job on the MV is easy to do for someone professional enough !! If you don't found MV dealer near you, go for the best around. On mine I have valve clearance job done by myself. Just an advise for unscrew m6 bolts thightening the camshafts, you have to veryvery well and carefully degrease it and use a brand new hexagonal tool or you will damage head bolts because these are flat.For the rest it's easy to do.
-- Laurent GABERELL (l.gaberell@teknoparts.ch), August 17, 2001.
-- Adam Tromp (adamt @jakks.net), August 17, 2001.


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Ukraine slams Russia 'confiscation' of chocolate factories
KIEV - The Kiev government condemned Russia on Thursday for "confiscating" chocolate factories run by the Ukrainian confectionary giant Roshen and owned by a billionaire who could run for the presidency.
The foreign affairs and economy ministries said Russian riot police on Wednesday seized the factories in the Lipetsk region, about 500 kilometres (310 miles) from Moscow.
"The Russian authorities carried out the de-facto confiscation of Roshen's production capabilities in Russia," the ministries said, urging Moscow to "immediately cease" action blocking the firm's operations.
A Roshen spokesman told Russia's official news agency ITAR-TASS that the company's production in Russia was halted on Wednesday after a raid ordered by prosecutors.
The company, whose sweets are very popular across the former Soviet Union, is controlled by Petro Poroshenko, who helped finance protests that ousted pro-Moscow president Viktor Yanukovych last month.
A former economy minister, Poroshenko is among the favourites in opinion polls ahead of a May 25 presidential election, although he has yet to confirm his candidacy.
Russia banned imports of Roshen chocolates in July, saying they failed to meet its sanitary standards, a move Kiev said was politically motivated by its European ambitions.
The company was able to continue production at its Russian factories.
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Attorney General Schimel Withholds Documents Related to His Legal War Against the Affordable Care Act
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The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) filed suit today against Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel and the Department of Justice (DOJ) for refusing to disclose public records related to his high-profile legal war against the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
In February of this year, Schimel and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit, joined by 18 other Republican AGs designed to do what Congress couldn't -- kill the Affordable Care Act. The suit seeks to strike down the law's individual mandate and would eliminate coverage for pre-existing conditions, the ACA's most popular provision.
CMD submitted an open records request on August 3, 2018, for internal records and communications from the offices of Attorney General Schimel and the Solicitor General regarding the ACA. CMD limited the request to records between January 1, 2018, and August 3, 2018.
On August 20, 2018, the DOJ identified 1,940 relevant emails, but denied CMD's request outright by claiming it would be "excessively burdensome" to review and redact them.
"Schimel's case against the Affordable Care Act is of significant public interest. Why he would deny the public information about this controversial suit, which may ultimately be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, is unknown. But the citizens of the state deserve answers," said CMD Executive Director Arn Pearson.
"Wisconsin's Open Records Law has a strong presumption of public access," said Pines Bach attorney Christa Westerberg, who is representing CMD. "The Department's denial is a burden on the public's right to know on a matter of obvious public concern."
If successful, Schimel's ACA suit could result in 17 million people losing their health insurance. Insurance companies could be allowed to reject those with pre-existing conditions or jack up their rates.
Congress attempted to repeal and replace the ACA in 2017, but ultimately could not muster the votes in the Senate. Now Republican attorneys general are using their 527 political organization, the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), to coordinate attacks on the ACA to weaken it and, with the latest suit, upend it.
Two of RAGA's top donors, the billionaire Koch brothers, have spent hundreds of millions on the ACA repeal effort since the law was enacted. Koch Industries has contributed close to half a million to RAGA over the last year and a half and $10,000 directly to Schimel's reelection campaign.
RAGA, in turn, has pumped $44,000 into Schimel's campaign and has a $2.5 million ad buy praising the Attorney General running statewide.
"It is puzzling that Attorney General Brad Schimel, the man who created Wisconsin's Office of Open Government, would deny a reasonable records request that clearly meets the criteria of Wisconsin's Open Records law," said David Armiak, a researcher with CMD.
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DETROIT (AP) - Because these days you can't have too many SUVs, General Motors is bringing back the Chevrolet Blazer.
Only this time it's not a thirsty and boxy truck like its predecessor, one of the original SUVs that was sold from the 1982 through 2005 model years.
SUVs based on car underpinnings, sometimes called crossover vehicles, are what buyers want these days, and the Chevy brand didn't have a midsize one with two rows of seats to compete with the popular Jeep Grand Cherokee, the Ford Edge and Nissan Murano.
So GM on Thursday unveiled the sculpted Blazer in Atlanta, trying to capitalize on a well-known name that has a lot of equity, said Steve Majoros, Chevy's director of car and crossover marketing. "There's still a number of people that either have good positive feelings about that product or still have them in their driveways," he said.
At its peak in 1996, Chevrolet sold just over 246,000 Blazers.
The new Blazer, to be made at GM's Ramos Arizpe factory in Mexico, is far from a box. It sits relatively low to the ground and has futuristic creases on the sides and a low-angle windshield to give it a sporty look. Chevy says it will come standard with a 193-horsepower, 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine, with an optional 305 horsepower 3.6-liter V6. All models will have stop-start technology that shuts off the engine at red traffic lights, plus nine-speed automatic transmissions that will help gas mileage.
Gas mileage and price weren't released by GM. Chevy hopes to take a chunk out of Grand Cherokee sales, one of the more popular and profitable vehicles in the Jeep lineup, in the growing midsize SUV segment. Last year Fiat Chrysler sold nearly 159,000 Grand Cherokees.
The choice to build the Blazer in Mexico brought a rebuke from the United Auto Workers union, which said in a statement that GM is building the SUV south of the border while GM workers in the U.S. are laid off and unemployed. The Blazer also could get caught up in a potential trade war, with President Donald Trump threatening tariffs on imported vehicles.
The Blazer, due in showrooms early next year, comes as American buyers continue their shift from cars to trucks and SUVs. This year trucks and SUVs accounted for about two-thirds U.S. new-vehicle sales, with cars making up the rest.


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1 Business Administration Degree Program (M.B.A.) The Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree program is designed for individuals who find themselves at a point in their careers where continued professional development requires a refined understanding of management and working knowledge of the multiple functions and processes within organizations. Students complete Common Body of Knowledge and Breadth courses, and select courses from the following emphasis areas: Finance - Shows students how to raise capital and how to profitably invest it to prepare graduates for work in any type of firm. Human Resource Management - Provides advanced skills and perspectives relevant to a number of functional roles in the human resource area. International Business - Examines issues relevant to international operations in preparing individuals to be corporate leaders in the global marketplace. International Business - Examines issues relevant to international operations in preparing individuals to be corporate leaders in the global marketplace. IT Management - Prepares business professionals to effectively manage technology, systems, projects and IT personnel. Management - Studies the science and art of managing the human and capital resources of an organization for strategic and operating purposes using analytical and intuitive applications of the concepts of organizational theory and behavior in complex, dynamic, global, and technologically sophisticated environments. The focus is on both, the knowledge of theory and the methods of applications in organizational case settings. Marketing - Uses a set of processes for creating, communicating, and delivering value to customers and for managing customer relationships in ways that benefit the organization and its stakeholders. Students are trained in the process of setting marketing goals for an organization (considering internal resources and marketing opportunities), the planning and execution of activities to meet these goals, and measuring progress toward their achievement. Operations and Supply Chain Management - Focuses on the creation of the enterprise s products including activities such as setting operating strategy, designing processes, location selection, facility layout, forecasting, quality management, scheduling, inventory control, and job design.
2 Technology & Training - Addresses the ongoing need of having individuals who can train colleagues and clients in the effective use of business technology. The MBA curriculum is designed around a case study approach where students learn how planning, policy, decision-making, and human behavior interact with external variables to influence organizational success. Students will develop skills in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data, as well as, conceptualizing, evaluating, and implementing solutions as are necessary in addressing complex unstructured business problems. Individuals with baccalaureate degrees in arts, humanities, sciences, engineering, education, or business from accredited schools are encouraged to apply. The M.B.A. program is accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business. Program Coordinator: Dr. Donald Zahn Hyland 4300D Phone: (262) Department Secretary: Hyland 4300 Phone: (262) Additional Admission Requirements: 1. Completion of the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). 2. A composite score of at least 1000 based upon the formula: (GMAT score) + [200 x (overall undergraduate grade point average)], or a composite score of at least 1050 based upon the formula: (GMAT score) + [200 x (last half undergraduate grade point average)]. 3. A Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) paper score of at least 550, computer score of at least 213 or the equivalent on another exam for students from countries where English is not the native language. 4. Exceptions to the admission requirements may be made on a case-by-case basis. Due to increasing enrollments, admission may be limited despite fulfillment of the aforementioned entrance requirements. Additional Program Policies:
3 1. In order to enroll in 700 level graduate courses offered in the College of Business and Economics, a student must be enrolled in a graduate degree program. A student with a Guest status or with Post Master s status can take 700 level graduate course(s) on a space available basis. 2. Candidates must obtain approval from their adviser before enrolling in courses. Courses taken without the approval of the adviser may not apply toward completion of the program. Prior to entering the program or during the first four weeks of the semester, candidates shall prepare a program in consultation with their adviser. This program must then be submitted to the Program Coordinator for approval. Any changes (including add/drop) to the program must have the written approval of the Coordinator. All changes are initiated by students through their adviser. 3. Individual Studies (XXX 798) and/or Readings and Research (XXX 789) may not be used as electives but may be used to satisfy up to 3 units in the emphasis. A copy of the proposal must be on file in the Coordinator s Office prior to registration. The student should initiate these requests with the instructor. 4. Courses in the Common Body of Knowledge must be taken at the beginning of the program. Program and course prerequisites will be rigidly enforced. Failure to comply will result in the student being dropped from the course. 5. Students who are dropped from the program for academic reasons or who fail to meet the admission requirements are not eligible to pursue further graduate business courses in the M.B.A., M.P.A., M.S.- Accounting, or M.S.-Computer Information Systems Program in the College of Business and Economics. 6. The maximum course load is 15 graduate units during fall and spring semesters and 12 units during the summer term. 7. Business-related course work taken in an applicant s undergraduate program where the applicant has graduated more than five years prior to the date of admission to the Graduate School may not be considered as satisfactory in meeting Common Body of Knowledge requirements. 8. Candidates who have not enrolled in a graduate course at UW-Whitewater within two consecutive semesters must conform to any new requirements in the program at the time they are reactivated. 9. Within the confines of the Constitution of the Graduate Faculty and the policies and procedures adopted by the Graduate Council, the Graduate Studies Committee in the College of Business and Economics is the final governing authority on all policy and procedural matters in the Graduate Business Program. Degree Requirements:
4 1. A minimum of 36 graduate units which may include a thesis of up to 6 units. 2. An adequate preparation in the Common Body of Knowledge as defined by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business. Additional graduate courses will be required of those individuals not having sufficient preparation. (Normally a program of study for those without prior business preparation would require two full years to complete.) 3. At least 30 units from the breadth, elective, and emphasis areas must be numbered 730 or above and be beyond the Common Body of Knowledge. 4. A grade point average of at least 3.00 in emphasis courses, in courses prescribed for the program, and overall graduate work undertaken. Grades earned outside the program cannot be used to adjust the program grade point average. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (M.B.A.) COMMON BODY OF KNOWLEDGE 0-15 UNITS (A MINIMUM OF 30 UNITS MUST BE IN COURSES NUMBERED 730 OR ABOVE) 1. CONSULT ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR UNITS FROM: ACCOUNT 701 ACCOUNTING FOUNDATIONS ECON 703 STATISTICS FOUNDATIONS ECON 704 ECONOMICS FOUNDATIONS FNBSLW 718 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FNBSLW 721 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS MANGEMNT 719 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT MARKETNG 716 MARKETING PART 1 BREADTH REQUIREMENT 0-12 UNITS 1. MARKETNG 731 ADVANCED STATISTICAL METHODS 2. ACCOUNT 725 PROFIT PLANNING & CONTROL 3. ITBE 740 BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION 4. ECON 736 BUSINESS CONDITIONS ANALYSIS or ECON MANGEMNT 721 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR or MANGEMNT 745 BUILDING EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATIONS 6. MANGEMNT 759 SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY BUSINESS or MARKETNG 766 ETHICS IN THE MARKETPLACE
5 PART 2 GLOBAL MANAGEMENT 3-6 UNITS ECON 758 ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS FNBSLW 755 MULTINATIONAL BUSINESS FINANCE MANGEMNT 763 GLOBAL OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT MANGEMNT 777 INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT MARKETNG 761 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (MARKETING) MARKETING 772 INTERNET MARKETING PART 3 MANAGING TECHNOLOGY 3-6 UNITS 1. ITBE 734 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER BASED INFORMATION SYSTM or ITBE 772 BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES or ITBE 775 TELECOMUNICATION or ITBE 778 NETWORK ADMINISTRATION FOR THE END USER 2. MANGEMNT 738 MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY or MANGEMNT 753 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT or MANGEMNT 769 QUALITY ISSUES IN OPERATIONS OR MANAGEMENT 762 INTEGRATED RESOURCES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT 3. MARKETNG 745 TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT or MARKETNG 770 PRODUCT INNOVATION AND PRICING or MARKETNG 772 INTERNET MARKETING or MARKETNG 775 DATABASE MARKETING 4. MCS 785 PROJECT MANAGEMENT: METHODOLOGIES, TECHNIQUES, AND TOOLS MUST COMPLETE NINE (9) UNITS FROM THE GLOBAL MANAGEMENT & MANAGING TECHNOLOGY MODULES (SEE PARTS 2 & 3) PART 4 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 8 UNITS 1. MANGEMNT 788 STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING (2 U)* SIX (6) UNITS FROM THE FOLLOWING ** 2. FNBSLW 770 CAPITAL BUDGETING 3. MANGEMNT 760 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES or MANGEMNT 768 OPERATIONS STRATEGY or MANGEMNT 771 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 4. MARKETNG 751 BUYER BEHAVIOR or MARKETING 765 ADVERTISING & PROMOTION MANAGEMENT or MARKETING 767 STRATEGIC MARKETING FOR ENTREPRENEURS MARKETNG 774 STRATEGIC MARKET PLANNING or MARKETNG 775 DATABASE MARKETING 5. MCS 740 INFORMATION SYSTEMS STRATEGY & POLICY *MUST BE TAKEN IN THE LAST SEMESTER OF PROGRAM OR IN FINAL TWELVE (12) UNITS ** SHOULD BE TAKEN AFTER COMMON BODY OF KNOWLEDGE AND BREADTH REQUIREMENTS ARE COMPLETED.
6 PART 5 ELECTIVE AREA 0-9 UNITS PART 6 EMPHASIS 9-12 UNITS COMPLETE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING EMPHASES: A. FINANCE EMPHASIS 1. SELECT 9 UNITS FROM THE FOLLOWING COURSES: FNBSLW 739 FINANCIAL PLANNING PROCESS FNBSLW 750 REAL ESTATE FINANCE & INVESTMENT FNBSLW 755 MULTINATIONAL BUSINESS FINANCE FNBSLW 760 FINANCIAL MARKETS FNBSLW 770 CAPITAL BUDGETING FNBSLW 780 PORTFOLIO THEORY AND PRACTICE B. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT EMPHASIS SELECT 9 UNITS FROM THE FOLLOWING COURSES: MANGEMNT 751 SEMINAR IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MANGEMNT 752 CURRENT ISSUES IN COMPENSATION & BENEFITS MANGEMNT 753 TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT MANGEMNT 758 MANAGEMENT AND LABOR RELATIONS MANGEMNT 760 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES C. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS EMPHASIS SELECT 9 UNITS FROM THE FOLLOWING COURSES: ECON 758 ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS FNBSLW 755 MULTINATIONAL BUSINESS FINANCE MANGEMNT 763 GLOBAL OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT MANGEMNT 777 INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT MARKETNG 761 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (MARKETNG) MARKETNG 772 INTERNET MARKETING D. MANAGEMENT EMPHASIS SELECT 9 UNITS FROM THE FOLLOWING COURSES: MANGEMNT 738 MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY MANGEMNT 766 ENTREPRENEURSHIP - VENTURE INITIATION MANGEMNT 770 ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN MANGEMNT 771 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT MANGEMNT 777 INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT E. MARKETING EMPHASIS
7 1. MARKETNG 733 SEMINAR IN METHODS OF BUSINESS RESEARCH 2. SELECT 9 UNITS FROM THE FOLLOWING COURSES: MARKETNG 745 TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT MARKETNG 751 BUYER BEHAVIOR MARKETNG 761 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (MARKETING) MARKETNG 765 ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION MANAGEMENT MARKETING 767 STRATEGIC MARKETING FOR ENTREPRENEURS MARKETNG 770 PRODUCT INNOVATION AND PRICING MARKETNG 772 INTERNET MARKETING MARKETNG 774 STRATEGIC MARKETING PLANNING MARKETNG 775 DATABASE MARKETING MARKETNG 780 SEMINAR IN CURRENT MARKET TOPICS F. OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT EMPHASIS SELECT 9 UNITS FROM THE FOLLOWING COURSES: MANGEMNT 761 SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEMS MANGEMNT 762 INTEGRATED RESOURCES & PROJECT MANAGEMENT MANGEMNT 763 GLOBAL OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT MANGEMNT 768 GLOBAL OPERATIONS STRATEGY MANGEMNT 769 QUALITY ISSUES & OPERATIONS G. TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING EMPHASIS 1. ITBE 772 BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES 2. MANGEMNT 753 TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT 3. SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES: ITBE 773 HUMAN FACTORS BUS TECHNOLOGY ITBE 775 BUSINESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS ITBE 778 NETWORK ADMINISTRATION FOR THE END USER MANGEMNT 742 DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS H. IT MANAGEMENT EMPHASIS 1. MCS 740 INFO SYSTEMS STRATEGY AND POLICY 2. MCS 785 INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROJECT MANAGEMENT 3. SELECT SIX UNITS FROM THE FOLLOWING COURSES: MCS 725 E-BUS: TECHNOLOGY, APPLICATIONS & ISSUES or MCS 760 TOPICS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ITBE 775 BUSINESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS (Upon recommendation of the student s adviser and with approval of the M.B.A. Coordinator, a thesis of up to 6 units may be included in the 9 unit emphasis.) Outreach Program: Courses leading to the M.B.A. are offered off campus in the evening at the UW Center in Waukesha, as
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The Waiting Room: lost and found
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The Examined Life Conference, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Display of Milagros made by people who participated in community workshops and Milagros
contributed to the the Waiting Room project by artists.
__January 13 - March 16, 2012
Alice C. Sabatini Art Gallery, Topeka, Kansas
Opening: Fri., Jan. 13, 5:30-8:30pm
Artist talk: Sat., Jan. 14, 2:00-3:00pm
Book panel discussion: Fri., Jan. 27, 7:00-8:00pm
Milagros Workshop: Sat., Feb. 25, 1:00-3:00pm
Closing event: Fri., Mar. 16, 6:30-7:30pm
Waiting Room presentation at the Emporia State University's 38th Annual Art Therapy Discovery Day Conference.
Gallery discussion with the Breast Cancer Support Group, St. Francis Comprehensive Cancer Center, 7:30-9:00pm.
February 29 and 28, 2012
The non-for-profit Breast Cancer Action (BCA) organization created a "fact sheet" (Tool Kit) that we reference in the PINKING display as part of the breast cancer tableau. Our project was FEATURED in a recent webnar hosted by BCA. Kim Irish, Program Director noted, "We at Breast Cancer Action are so grateful, inspired, and appreciative...We actually featured what you shared during our February webinar as a stellar example..."
KUMC News: Family Med faculty contribute chapters to book exploring women's health issues through art.
Natabhona Mabachi, Ph.D. (left) and Crystal Lumpkins, Ph.D. of KU's Department of Family Medicine.
Lawrence Journal World video about the project.
The Catherine G. Murphy Gallery St. Paul, MN
Waiting Room installation views
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July 5 - August 1, 2010
Salina Warehouse Residency for the Waiting Room project.
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Narrative Medicine for Earth and Body
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An installation of The Waiting Room project concept renderings and material prototypes were exhibited (along with other artists) at the Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence Kansas, in conjunction with a reading to celebrate the release of Kansas Poet Laureate Caryn Mirriam Goldberg's memoir, The Sky Begins At your Feet, a writing workshop, forum and Exhibit. The exhibition was curated by Carol Ann Carter.
Installation views of The Waiting Room project concept renderings and material prototypes.
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Security soothsayers size up future tech, investments
Security services and IT security may well have a bright future in store. But don't bother telling that to Wall Street.
Dawn Kawamoto
June 23, 2006 5:14 a.m. PT
EAST PALO ALTO, Calif.--Security services and IT security embedded in the network will likely be major components in the industry's future, but don't count on seeing a wave of security start-ups launching IPOs anytime soon, experts said Thursday.
Security soothsayers, speaking at the SDForum here, noted that while customers are calling for ways to secure data, Wall Street has yet to show the industry some love. Security services and IT security embedded in the network, meanwhile, are two technology trends investors may ultimately want to watch.
"Encryption is easy to do, but where the problem lies is in key management," Stuart McIrvine, a director of corporate security strategy at IBM and a panelist at the confab, said in reference to managing public key infrastructures. As a result, companies wanting to secure data will expand their reliance on services.
And IT security will increasingly become embedded in the infrastructure, from routers to storage to other forms of hardware, industry experts predict.
But the growing awareness among companies and consumers of the necessity of securing data that runs through corporate networks to home PCs hasn't lead to a boom in initial public offerings.
"It's a crowded space, and Wall Street has a difficult time differentiating between all the products," said Vispi Daver, a principal at Sierra Ventures.
Wall Street is also apparently snubbing security companies that are narrowly focused, preferring to bet on businesses that offer a soup-to-nuts security product line, said Deborah Magid, director of IBM's software strategy venture capital group.
Start-ups, as a result, are turning to potential buyers, rather than the IPO market. Big Blue, for one, looks to acquire companies with compatible technology and culture.
Compatible technology translates into an easy integration with IBM's existing products and the ability to market the acquired products quickly, Magid said.
"We...look at their technology to see how core it is to our core business," she said. "Are they in a market we need to be in? Are they offering a specific technology that we need? Or is their offering or approach to a market different than ours?"
Start-ups also need to take a particular approach when trying to woo a potential buyer, said Cecil Christie, director of Cisco Systems' security marketing.
Companies often approach the networking giant as though it's a potential customer, focusing on their products' attributes. But a more effective approach would entail explaining how their technology fits into Cisco's architecture and the company's future direction, Christie said.
Prospective buyout candidates will also frequently focus on their financial performance and related metrics, rather than how they're addressing customers' problems, Christie added.
Partnerships often provide a glimpse into the compatibility issues that concern a potential buyer, but that's not always a good thing for buyout candidates.
"With partnerships, you get to see the warts you might not otherwise see," Christie said.
Discuss: Security soothsayers size up future tech, investments


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Founder of Hasidism ( )
Author: Rosman, Moshe
Series title: Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture, and Society Ser.
Publication Date: Jun 1996
Publisher: University of California Press
List Price: USD $68.95
This book goes farther than any previous work in uncovering the historical Israel ben Eliezer--known as the Ba'al Shem Tov, or the Besht--the eighteenth-century Polish-Jewish mystic who profoundly influenced the shape of modern Judaism. As the progenitor of Hasidism, the Ba'al Shem Tov is one of the key figures in Jewish history; to understand him is to understand an essential element of modern Jewish life and religion. Because evidence about his life is scanty and...
This book goes farther than any previous work in uncovering the historical Israel ben Eliezer--known as the Ba'al Shem Tov, or the Besht--the eighteenth-century Polish-Jewish mystic who profoundly influenced the shape of modern Judaism. As the progenitor of Hasidism, the Ba'al Shem Tov is one of the key figures in Jewish history; to understand him is to understand an essential element of modern Jewish life and religion.
Because evidence about his life is scanty and equivocal, the Besht has long eluded historians and biographers. Much of what is believed about him is based on stories compiled more than a generation after his death, many of which serve to mythologize rather than describe their subject. Rosman's study casts a bright new light on the traditional stories about the Besht, confirming and augmenting some, challenging others. By concentrating on accounts attributable directly to the Besht or to contemporary eyewitnesses, Rosman provides a portrait drawn from life rather than myth. In addition, documents in Polish and Hebrew discovered by Rosman during the research for this book enable him to give the first detailed description of the cultural, social, economic, and political context of the Ba'al Shem Tov's life.
Detailed Subjects: Religion / Judaism / Orthodox
Biography & Autobiography / Jewish
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H): 6.318 x 9.087 x 1.119 Inches
Book Weight: 1.399 Pounds
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JON WIENER: In your new book our man Frank Bascombe says he wants to "decommission" certain words and phrases. What's the idea here? What is on Frank's list of decommissioned words?
Frank Bascombe sold houses. A lot of this new book is about houses — houses that Frank lived in in the past, houses wrecked by Hurricane Sandy, the "home" where his ex-wife, diagnosed with Parkinson's, now lives. Somehow I think the house is not just a metaphor for you — you are interested in houses as real places.
I'm suspicious of metaphors anyway, by and large, just like Frank is. He and I occasionally agree. I think most metaphors divert you from what it is you ought to be looking at. Houses to me are not metaphorical. Houses to me are shelter. They are where you look out the window and see your children play. They are where you make love, and where you may die. And they are where all your money lives. So yes, houses are important.
You however didn't live in a house for an important part of your life — you lived in a hotel.
I grew up in a hotel in Little Rock, Arkansas, after my father died, in my mid-teens. There was a life, I'll tell you: being 17 years old, and my grandfather ran this big 600-room hotel. My God, everything in the world that you can imagine happening in a hotel happened right in front of me. My grandfather used to get me up out of bed when somebody would commit suicide. He would take me down there. He thought I needed to see these things. That was just the tip of that little iceberg.
It's important in your books that we know what kind of work your characters do. Frank was a real estate agent — that matters. You edited a fiction collection called Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar: Stories of Work. It included Alice Munro, Joyce Carol Oates, Tobias Wolff, and Eudora Welty. Let's talk about work and its place in your writing.
Let's start with its place in my life. I come from not particularly educated people who just went to work every day. Which most Americans do, whether they're educated or not. But I remember when my father would start talking about one of his friends — he was a traveling salesman who had friends on the road — I never felt these people were real to me until I knew what they did for a living.
Likewise with fictional characters. When I'm trying to make a character seem plausible to the reader, I've got to anchor him or her some way, by making it clear how they earn their keep and what they do every day. It all gets bound up in their vocation or their occupation.
Some people say writing is not working.
Writing is not very hard. I'll have to say that. If it was, I wouldn't still be doing it at age 70. It's a thing you choose to do, and if you choose to do something, you shouldn't be complaining about it. It would be different if somebody was making me do it. It's indoor work. It's work you do sitting down. And you get to write about the most important things you know. What could be better?
You've said you spent a lot of time in New Orleans after Katrina; and, for this new book, you went to the Jersey Shore after Hurricane Sandy. What is it with you and hurricanes?
Growing up in the mid-South as I did, hurricanes were really a part of life, even though I lived inland enough in Mississippi so that I didn't get the full brunt. But my wife was in politics in New Orleans. For a long time she was the head of city planning. She got fired by the terrible mayor Ray Nagin just the year before the hurricane. We were banished up to Maine, where we had a house. As soon as Katrina happened, our hearts were sort of broken — along with everyone else's lives down there. We just quit what we were doing, we went back down to New Orleans, and I started working, helping people build houses. She worked for ACORN. We did what we could, because the place was virtually blown away.
Then, when we were living in New York — we live in Harlem — Hurricane Sandy came along. We went down to Seaside Heights to see what happened. It was on the way back from there that I started thinking about writing these stories. I had a store of hurricane emotion, a store of hurricane stories, a store of hurricane experience.
Is it okay to call Let Me Be Frank With You "a hurricane book"?
It's about the consequences of the hurricane. What happens in big natural disasters is that CNN and NBC and Fox News carpet bomb the whole thing and give you the same story over and over. I thought there probably are all kinds of human consequences that the news media miss. What I should do is try to imagine some consequences of this hurricane in the lives of people that nobody would ever forecast.
In Let Me Be Frank With You, a lot of grim and sad and, frankly, terrible stuff happens to your characters; but there is also a lot of comedy in the book. I found myself rereading it, just because it's fun to read. Was it fun to write?
It was great to write. Partly because the novella is such a sweet form to write in. You really get some of the avoirdupois of the novel in a shorter form. I guess I feel like the old comic injunction that, if nothing's funny, nothing's serious. I thought that there should be a way of dealing with this grave material that should make you laugh. Not laugh a little, but laugh a lot.
You are from Mississippi. You are old enough to remember the world of segregation — although I think you had moved to Arkansas before Medgar Evers was killed, and before Ross Barnett was governor, during Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964.
I was in Mississippi that summer. I got out of high school in 1962. After my first year of college in 1963, I went back to Mississippi because my mother had moved back. That was the year Medgar Evers was killed. I was around when Ross Barnett was standing in Memorial Stadium in Jackson inveighing against integration and making sure the University of Mississippi was closed to African Americans. That's why I didn't go to Ole Miss.
Did you ever write about this?
I've written a lot about race in my life, because racial strife was a big part of my life. But I don't know that I wrote specifically about that summer.
But I know you went back to Mississippi to teach at Ole Miss in Oxford recently: what was that like for you?
It was wonderful. I felt like I owed a lot to the state of Mississippi just by being born there and having gotten whatever education I got there. I had something I could contribute: I could go back there and teach literature. So I did that. It was great. I'm glad I did it. But it wasn't meant to last. My wife and I had long lived in Maine. So when that year in Mississippi was over, we went back to Maine.
In Mississippi today it seems like all the white people are Republicans.
You can't say that they all are. We don't have all afternoon, do we? My pals, who I went to high school with, are really brave people. They are white people who stayed and tried to make things better in Mississippi. Most of them are not Republicans.
Long ago you were a student in the MFA writing program at UC Irvine. You were a student of E. L. Doctorow.
And Oakley Hall — a Californian from San Diego.
Doctorow ends The Book of Daniel in Irvine, in the trailers where the writing program was housed.
Because he was writing that in the spring of 1970, when he was doing his best to teach me and a couple of other guys. He was just writing what was right in front of him. A great book, too.
You could have followed Doctorow's example and set one of your books in Irvine. If you'd made Frank Bascombe a real estate agent in Irvine, instead of New Jersey, you might have won some prizes and written a couple of sequels. Seems to me a novel about suburban real estate really should be set in Irvine. Just a suggestion.
[Laughs] But Frank would be so rich it wouldn't be interesting.
You said in another interview that you went back to your character Frank Bascombe because a lot of readers wanted you to.
I don't think that, because 50 people came along and said, "we wish that you would write another one of these books" — I don't think that's a reason to write a book. It may be a reason to think about writing a book, but you've got to have something new to say. It was very heartening to me for people to come to me in lines where I was signing books — people would say the most amazing things: "we don't know how we're supposed to get along for the next 10 years if you don't tell us." I hadn't really thought that that was my role. But I thought, "okay, there's a readership for the book I could write." And here it is.


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