text:
NNT Log Tracker Enterprise vs. SolarWinds Security Event Manager
NNT Log Tracker Enterprise vs SolarWinds Security Event Manager comparison
NNT Log Tracker Enterprise vs. SolarWinds Security Event Manager report
IBM QRadar
Fortinet FortiSIEM
LogRhythm NextGen SIEM
RSA NetWitness Logs and Packets (RSA SIEM)
Securonix Security Analytics
ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM)
Rapid7 InsightIDR
AT&T AlienVault USM
Elastic SIEM
AlienVault OSSIM
Netsurion EventTracker
SolarWinds Security Event Manager
ManageEngine Log360
i-SIEM
FireEye Helix
Seceon Open Threat Management Platform
Logz.io
Exabeam Fusion SIEM
LogPoint
NNT Log Tracker Enterprise
ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer
ArcSight Interset / Intelligence
ClearSkies SaaS NG SIEM
AWS Security Hub
IBM Watson for Cyber Security
DNIF
Oracle Security Monitoring and Analytics Cloud Service
NetIQ Sentinel
RSA enVision
Masergy
LogLogic
Logsign Next-Gen SIEM
SenSage AP
HelpSystems Powertech Event Manager
ThetaRay
SIEMStorm
SurfWatch Labs SurfWatch
Blumira
Venusense USM
Read 13 Devo reviews.
Read 1 NNT Log Tracker Enterprise review.
Read 7 SolarWinds Security Event Manager reviews.
3,795 views|2,484 comparisons
Elizabeth Manemann
Cyber Security Engineer at H&R Block, Inc.
Accepts data in raw format but does not offer their own agent
One of the immediate improvements that come to mind is the amount of hot, searchable data. In the SIEM we had before, we were only able to search... Read more →
Use NNT Log Tracker Enterprise? Share your opinion.
Keith Galleros
Information Security Analyst at Detecon Al Saudia Co. Ltd.
Good log collection and reporting, but it provides no security information and the licensing model needs to be changed
SolarWinds LEM performs the job of log collection. It collects logs and nothing more. It does not really provide much in terms of security. It will... Read more →
Find out what your peers are saying about Splunk, IBM, Devo and others in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM). Updated: January 2022.
"Devo provides a multi-tenant, cloud-native architecture. This is critical for managed service provider environments or multinational organizations who may have subsidiaries globally. It gives organizations a way to consolidate their data in a single accessible location, yet keep the data separate. This allows for global views and/or isolated views restricted by access controls by company or business unit." "One of the biggest features of the UI is that you see the actual code of what you're doing in the graphical user interface, in a little window on the side. Whatever you're doing, you see the code, what's happening. And you can really quickly switch between using the GUI and using the code. That's really useful." "Those 400 days of hot data mean that people can look for trends and at what happened in the past. And they can not only do so from a security point of view, but even for operational use cases. In the past, our operational norm was to keep live data for only 30 days. Our users were constantly asking us for at least 90 days, and we really couldn't even do that. That's one reason that having 400 days of live data is pretty huge. As our users start to use it and adopt this system, we expect people to be able to do those long-term analytics." "The real-time analytics of security-related data are super. There are a lot of data feeds going into it and it's very quick at pulling up and correlating the data and showing you what's going on in your infrastructure. It's fast. The way that their architecture and technology works, they've really focused on the speed of query results and making sure that we can do what we need to do quickly. Devo is pulling back information in a fast fashion, based on real-time events." "Even if it's a relatively technical tool or platform, it's very intuitive and graphical. It's very appealing in terms of the user interface. The UI has a graphically interface with the raw data in a table. The table can be as big as you want it, depending on your use case. You can easily get a report combining your data, along with calculations and graphical dashboards. You don't need a lot of training, because the UI is relatively very intuitive." "The thing that Devo does better than other solutions is to give me the ability to write queries that look at multiple data sources and run fast. Most SIEMs don't do that. And I can do that by creating entity-based queries. Let's say I have a table which has Okta, a table which has G Suite, a table which has endpoint telemetry, and I have a table which has DNS telemetry. I can write a query that says, 'Join all these things together on IP, and where the IP matches in all these tables, return to me that subset of data, within these time windows.' I can break it down that way." "The most valuable feature is definitely the ability that Devo has to ingest data. From the previous SIEM that I came from and helped my company administer, it really was the type of system where data was parsed on ingest. This meant that if you didn't build the parser efficiently or correctly, sometimes that would bring the system to its knees. You'd have a backlog of processing the logs as it was ingesting them." "The ability to have high performance, high-speed search capability is incredibly important for us. When it comes to doing security analysis, you don't want to be doing is sitting around waiting to get data back while an attacker is sitting on a network, actively attacking it. You need to be able to answer questions quickly. If I see an indicator of attack, I need to be able to rapidly pivot and find data, then analyze it and find more data to answer more questions. You need to be able to do that quickly. If I'm sitting around just waiting to get my first response, then it ends up moving too slow to keep up with the attacker. Devo's speed and performance allows us to query in real-time and keep up with what is actually happening on the network, then respond effectively to events."
More Devo Pros →
"File integrity monitoring is a very important function."
More NNT Log Tracker Enterprise Pros →
"It has in-depth monitoring capabilities and an easy way for setting up dashboards. I can expand in various areas, or I can reduce areas. It supports different types of breakdowns, filters, and rules. It is very simple for an out-of-the-box type of product. It doesn't take a lot of time to figure it out, which is unlike some of the solutions that I have looked at. It meets all the aspects." "It's easy to build rules and actions based on the logs and event types we collect with the software." "Some of the rules are most valuable because you can be notified about various things, such as spyware or things that are going on in the internal network." "SolarWinds' stability is fine. I don't think we've had any software issues." "The most valuable feature is the reporting." "This tool is simple to use." "It's extremely easy to deploy."
More SolarWinds Security Event Manager Pros →
"Some basic reporting mechanisms have room for improvement. Customers can do analysis by building Activeboards, Devo's name for interactive dashboards. This capability is quite nice, but it is not a reporting engine. Devo does provide mechanisms to allow third-party tools to query data via their API, which is great. However, a lot of folks like or want a reporting engine, per se, and Devo simply doesn't have that. This may or may not be by design." "An admin who is trying to audit user activity usually cannot go beyond a day in the UI. I would like to have access to pages and pages of that data, going back as far as the storage we have, so I could look at every command or search or deletion or anything that a user has run. As an admin, that would really help. Going back just a day in the UI is not going to help, and that means I have to find a different way to do that." "One major area for improvement for Devo... is to provide more capabilities around pre-built monitoring. They're working on integrations with different types of systems, but that integration needs to go beyond just onboarding to the platform. It needs to include applications, out-of-the-box, that immediately help people to start monitoring their systems. Such applications would include dashboards and alerts, and then people could customize them for their own needs so that they aren't starting from a blank slate." "The Activeboards feature is not as mature regarding the look and feel. Its functionality is mature, but the look and feel is not there. For example, if you have some data sets and are trying to get some graphics, you cannot change anything. There's just one format for the graphics. You cannot change the size of the font, the font itself, etc." "Some third-parties don't have specific API connectors built, so we had to work with Devo to get the logs and parse the data using custom parsers, rather than an out-of-the-box solution." "There's always room to reduce the learning curve over how to deal with events and machine data. They could make the machine data simpler." "There is room for improvement in the ability to parse different log types. I would go as far as to say the product is deficient in its ability to parse multiple, different log types, including logs from major vendors that are supported by competitors. Additionally, the time that it takes to turn around a supported parser for customers and common log source types, which are generally accepted standards in the industry, is not acceptable. This has impacted customer onboarding and customer relationships for us on multiple fronts." "There's room for improvement within the GUI. There is also some room for improvement within the native parsers they support. But I can say that about pretty much any solution in this space."
More Devo Cons →
"It is able to identify the vulnerability, however, they need an option to auto-mitigate."
More NNT Log Tracker Enterprise Cons →
"There is no correlation made between log entries, so no threat information is presented." "SolarWinds should improve its correlation capabilities. The correlation does not automatically detect and reduce the events fast enough. You have to manually do a correlation report, which means the tool is not scalable in many ways." "It won't tell you when your backups are failing, but it will give you hints when your database is running on full recovery." "Under the new system, it is not upgradable the way they say. When you try to do an upgrade, it doesn't really work unless you dump everything and start from scratch. You lose a lot of your nodes. Whenever you set your nodes up and everything else, they don't want to bring those nodes back in, so you have to really go back and restructure all your nodes. I went from version 6.5 to version 6.6 and then to version 6.7. I then went to version 2019, and now it is version 2020. It would be good if we can upgrade without having to delete everything and start from scratch. They can maybe build more KPIs and other things for the dashboard. Some of the other systems already have built-in KPIs. SolarWinds is starting to catch up, but it is not there yet. They can include some of the business or industry standards for tracking the time, that is, the meantime to detect (MTTD) and the meantime to resolve (MTTR). They can also find a way to build a KPI that measures the number of instances of port scans experienced in a week or a month." "There are no multiple dashboards which would allow you to see information side-by-side." "I would like to have a more customizable dashboard." "It is a very technical program. They can simplify it so that it isn't so hard to deal with."
More SolarWinds Security Event Manager Cons →
"We have an OEM agreement with Devo. It is very similar to the standard licensing agreement because we are charged in the same way as any other customer, e.g., we use the backroom."
"I'm not involved in the financial aspect, but I think the licensing costs are similar to other solutions. If all the solutions have a similar cost, Devo provides more for the money."
"Devo is definitely cheaper than Splunk. There's no doubt about that. The value from Devo is good. It's definitely more valuable to me than QRadar or LogRhythm or any of the old, traditional SIEMs."
"[Devo was] in the ballpark with at least a couple of the other front-runners that we were looking at. Devo is a good value and, given the quality of the product, I would expect to pay more."
"Be cautious of metadata inclusion for log types in pricing, as there are some "gotchas" with that."
"Devo was very cost-competitive... Devo did come with that 400 days of hot data, and that was not the case with other products."
"Our licensing fees are billed annually and per terabyte."
"I like the pricing very much. They keep it simple. It is a single price based on data ingested, and they do it on an average. If you get a spike of data that flows in, they will not stick it to you or charge you for that. They are very fair about that."
More Devo Pricing and Cost Advice →
"We have selected a perpetual license along with support."
More NNT Log Tracker Enterprise Pricing and Cost Advice →
"Licenses can only be purchased in blocks of fifty at a time."
"It is in the appropriate mid-range. It is not as expensive as some of the other solutions. It is also not cheap."
More SolarWinds Security Event Manager Pricing and Cost Advice →
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions are best for your needs.
What do you like most about Devo?
It's very, very versatile.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Devo?
Devo, like other vendors, doesn't charge extra for playbooks and automation. That way, you are only paying for the side… more »
What needs improvement with Devo?
I need more empowerment in reporting. For example, when I'm using Qlik or Power BI in terms of reporting for the… more »
What do you like most about SolarWinds Security Event Manager ?
Some of the rules are most valuable because you can be notified about various things, such as spyware or things that are… more »
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SolarWinds Security Event Manager ?
Licensing cost it's an issue with SolarWinds.
What needs improvement with SolarWinds Security Event Manager ?
It is a very technical program. They can simplify it so that it isn't so hard to deal with. You can be notified of… more »
Splunk vs. Devo
LogRhythm NextGen SIEM vs. Devo
ELK Logstash vs. Devo
IBM QRadar vs. Devo
Elastic SIEM vs. Devo
More Devo Competitors →
Cybereason Endpoint Detection & Response vs. NNT Log Tracker Enterprise
Splunk vs. NNT Log Tracker Enterprise
IBM QRadar vs. NNT Log Tracker Enterprise
Netsurion EventTracker vs. NNT Log Tracker Enterprise
AT&T AlienVault USM vs. NNT Log Tracker Enterprise
More NNT Log Tracker Enterprise Competitors →
Splunk vs. SolarWinds Security Event Manager
IBM QRadar vs. SolarWinds Security Event Manager
ManageEngine Log360 vs. SolarWinds Security Event Manager
Fortinet FortiSIEM vs. SolarWinds Security Event Manager
LogPoint vs. SolarWinds Security Event Manager
More SolarWinds Security Event Manager Competitors →
SolarWinds LEM, Solarwinds SIEM, TriGeo, Log and Event Manager
Devo is the only cloud-native logging and security analytics platform that releases the full potential of all your data to empower bold, confident action when it matters most. Only the Devo platform delivers the powerful combination of real-time visibility, high-performance analytics, scalability, multitenancy, and low TCO crucial for monitoring and securing business operations as enterprises accelerate their shift to the cloud.
NNT Log Tracker Enterprise is a comprehensive and easy-to-use Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution for any compliance mandate providing:
Enterprise-class SIEM capabilities.
Compliance Automation.
User and System Activity Audit trails.
Network Anomaly forensics.
Proactive Threat Detection.
When TriGeo was acquired by SolarWinds, TriGeo SIM became known as SolarWinds Log & Event Manager. This product is a leading Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) product and log management solution, which provides log collection, analysis, and real-time correlation.
See Devo in Action
See how Devo allows you to free yourself from data management, and make machine data and insights accessible.
Learn more about NNT Log Tracker Enterprise
Learn more about SolarWinds Security Event Manager
United States Air Force, Rubrik, SentinelOne, Critical Start, NHL, Panda Security, Telefonica, CaixaBank, OpenText, IGT, OneMain Financial, SurveyMonkey, FanDuel, H&R Block, Ulta Beauty, Manulife, Moneylion, Chime Bank, Magna International, American Express Global Business Travel
Wonga, WHSmith
NetSuite, EasyStreet, Legacy Texas Bank, and Energy Federal Credit Union, to name a few.
Insurance Company14%
Cloud Provider8%
NNT Log Tracker Enterprise is ranked 24th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 1 review while SolarWinds Security Event Manager is ranked 16th in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) with 7 reviews. NNT Log Tracker Enterprise is rated 9.0, while SolarWinds Security Event Manager is rated 6.8. The top reviewer of NNT Log Tracker Enterprise writes "File integrity monitoring with built-in vulnerability protection, easy to setup, and has good support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Security Event Manager writes "Provides in-depth monitoring capabilities and an easy way to set up dashboards". NNT Log Tracker Enterprise is most compared with Cybereason Endpoint Detection & Response, Splunk, IBM QRadar, Netsurion EventTracker and AT&T AlienVault USM, whereas SolarWinds Security Event Manager is most compared with Splunk, IBM QRadar, ManageEngine Log360, Fortinet FortiSIEM and LogPoint.
See our list of best Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) vendors.
We monitor all Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.


The Spotted Hyena is the largest of the hyena family and is usually the type of hyena that is portrayed in cartoons and movies. Its scientific name is Crocuta crocuta. It is also often called the laughing hyena.
Where did they get the name Spotted?
They get their name from the spots on their fur which is reddish brown in color with black spots.
Spotted Hyenas have powerful forequarters with a strong neck and jaws. They have one of the strongest bites in the animal kingdom. Females are generally bigger than males and can weigh anywhere from 100 to 150 pounds.
Spotted Hyenas live in much of central and southern Africa, south of the Sahara Desert. They can survive in a variety of habitats but like to live where there are lots of zebras and antelopes. This includes grasslands, savannas, woodlands, and sometimes even the mountains.
What does the Spotted Hyena eat?
Spotted hyenas are carnivores. They eat other animals of all types. They either hunt on their own or scavenge from the kills of other larger animals like lions. They are particularly good scavengers because they can crush bones with their powerful jaws and are able to eat and digest them. When they hunt they typically hunt wildebeests, gazelles, and zebras. However, they also will hunt snakes, young hippos and elephants, and even fish.
Hyenas often hunt in a group, isolating and chasing down a weak or old animal from a herd of prey. Hyenas eat very fast as the fastest hyena gets the most food.
The Spotted Hyena is social and generally lives in groups called clans. Clans can vary in size from 5 to 90 hyenas and are led by a dominant female hyena called the matriarch.
Spotted Hyenas make a lot of noises and sounds. One of them sounds a bit like laughing which is where they get their nickname.
They have great night vision allowing them to see in the dark.
They are considered to be very intelligent.
Hyenas don't need to drink a lot of water and can go days without water if needed.
Although they look like dogs, they are actually more like cats.
The other two species of hyenas are the brown and the striped.
Hyenas were domesticated and raised for food in Ancient Egypt.
Female hyenas give birth to 2 to 4 cubs in a litter.


During my last visit to Berlin, I decided to stay in a hostel instead of with friends, simply because I had a lot of work to catch up on and wanted to make sure I'd have some time to myself. Whenever I stay with friends, I end up staying up all night, catching up over a bottle of wine (or two).. Work? Not so much.
When I was searching for a hostel, I knew that I didn't want it to be a huge party hostel like Generator or Plus, I was looking for something smaller and quieter. Choosing a hostel in Berlin can be pretty overwhelming, considering how many hostels there are in this city. Which one is good, which one is in a good location?
My search led me to The Cat's Pajamas Hostel in Kreuzkölln, the area of Berlin where the two hippest neighborhoods, Kreuzberg and Neukölln, meet, and which happens to be my favorite neighborhood in the city. I didn't even look any further, I reserved a room right away. I arrived in Berlin on a rainy day and was lucky to discover that the hostel was located only a short 3-minute walk from the Hermannplatz subway station.
Inside it was cozy and warm, and all the staff were enthusiastic and welcoming. The lobby was designed in a way that made you want to linger, and the kitchen right behind was spacious and spotless, a place where you actually feel like cooking or preparing a meal, unlike many other hostel kitchens I've come across on my travels. The hostel, which was opened in 2012, and is now in its third year, seemed actually much newer than it actually is, and just show how much attention is paid to cleanliness and upkeep. In the mornings, a breakfast buffet is set up in the kitchen, which you can get for only €4.50. Rooms are located on the upper floors, and my 2-bed room still felt so new and shiny and yet comfortable and livable that I didn't mind being trapped in there for a few hours during a rain storm. In fact, there was even a desk, facing the window, which got quite a bit of use during my time in Berlin. Another feature I really appreciated was that every bed had a reading light and every bed had power outlets. And not only were there large lockers in the room for my valuables, but also storage space for clothes and other things you might want to unpack – most hostels don't have any room to put something, unless you lock it up. So this was definitely well thought-out design feature. The room was also big enough to do yoga or a workout on the floor. You usually see how well a hostel is kept up when you use the bathroom, but the shared one that belonged to my room and two other rooms was absolutely spotless at all times. A giant bathroom with shower and toilet and room to hang your stuff – also something that most hostels still can't get right, especially the ones that only have shower stalls and you have to figure out where you put your shower utensils, change of clothes, the clothes you're wearing and your towel. Here, I had enough space to dry myself after my shower, put lotion and makeup on, all while not jot necessarily having to get dressed yet. Perfect! The other bathroom on the floor where my room was located even had a hairdryer and make up mirrors – another standout feature and something I've never seen in a hostel before! The hostel had the perfect level of privacy and mingling that I was looking for: if I wanted to chat and meet other travelers, the kitchen was a melting pot of cultures but I could retreat to the privacy of my room when I needed to work.
The location was an absolute highlight for me, but I know that first time visitors who are looking to see Berlin's historic sights prefer to stay in Mitte.
If you're looking to experience some of the coolest neighborhoods in the city and just get a feel for how Berlin ticks, it's the perfect location. Plus: Mitte is only a few subway stops away, and you're likely to buy a transportation day pass anyway. The cat's pajama hostel is in walking distance to the trendy Schillerkiez and the airport-turned-park former airport Tempelhof, the Turkish market at Maybachufer (every Tuesday and Friday), some of the best (and cheapest) Lebanese food right down the road on Sonnenallee, Volskpark Hasenheide Park, the Landwehr Canal (a popular hangout spot in the summer) and countless cafes, bars and eateries.
The wi-fi was spotty at times, and I saw in some reviews that other travelers had trouble connecting sometimes, as well, so I guess wi-fi could use an upgrade. Other than that, I didn't find a single thing to complain about!


2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee heater issue Yesterday heater was only blowing on driver side. Tonight it will only blow in one minute intervals. I left blower control in middle position and it would be on for a minute, then for a minute. Does it during both driving and idling.
Sounds like a bad blower motor resistor.
Jeep Cherokee code P0521. Dealer replaced sensor. After a few miles it happened again. Dealer did full service changed oil and filters, replaced sensor again. After few miles P0521 again. Ideas?
Sunglass holder on my 2010 Jeep GC came off track (can't shut it close). Any suggestions on how to repair?
I have a 2014 Jeep Cherokee V6 3.6 oil pressure switch/sensor that is bad. I have the part to replace I've torn out the upper and lower intake per the dealership and I still can not for the love of god find the sensor!! Any help would be appreciated!! I've been searching for 2 days!
Check the ground wire is still making a good connection.
My 2011 jeep grand Cherokees service 4wd light came on and a check engine light and it will not shift out of 1st gear when I try to.drive it somewhere to get it checked out. Any advice is greatly appreciated thank you!!!
You need to hook it up to a Code Reader. The codes will tell you what to fix.
https://www.quadratec.com > Knowledge Base Articles A chart showing all OBD I codes for Jeep vehicles. This method is used to retrieve OBD I and OBD II diagnostic trouble codes from your YJ, TJ, XJ, ZJ, and early WJ Jeep models. ... - DTC 24 will be displayed by 2 flashes, short pause, and then 4 more flashes.
The videos here say you can read the codes without a Scanner!
Check with another dealer and see what he says. Ask for written statements confirming what was told to you.
Where on the 2002 Jeep Liberty is the fuse for the Heater? the heater is not Heating up its blowing out cold air even after warming up he car.
The only fuse controls the fan and that is not your problem.
Most likely a Blend Door Actuator failure which is shutting off the hot air flow in place of hot air.
Excessively low coolant so the heater matrix is empty of water.
Jeep blend door replacement, How do I remove the old doors, I have the HVAC housing out but can't get the doors out?
Why are you replacing the door! Normally you just replace the actuator.
Basics of power loss are...Dirty fuel filter...Dirty Air Cleaner, The either simple part is to look for faulty plug wired at night in the dark..LOOK FOR SPARKING. Also if you have vacuum hoses leaking or a faulty brake booster. Other then that...Plugged muffler..Converter or ever a colapsed exhaust pipe. Good luck on your adventure.
In a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee what causes the left turn signal to randomly blink?
I have a 2006 Jeep commander. The Front right side turn signal and fog lamp don't work. Changed bulbs, still don't work. Indicator on dash blinks very fast. Please help.
If the turn signal is flashing fast it's usually a bulb or a bulb holder issue. Recheck ALL the indicator bulbs on the whole vehicle and check the holes the bulbs fit into for dirt or damage. Check the fuses as well. That could be the reason the fog light is off.


text:
Award-winning emergency alert app, Rapid Response launched with Pamoja Cloud service
PRLog[1] - Aug. 20, 2014 - JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Rapid Response, an award winning mobile emergency application, is now available to South African mobile-users, providing a fast link to help at hand when they need it most. Pamoja, the Cloud services business unit of Pan-African ICT enabler SEACOM,has been outsourced by Rapid Response as the Hosting Partner to provision the website, provide the relevant Cloud solutions and access to the market.
Pamoja is a provider of wholesale Cloud computing services via telecommunication companies, ISPs and other service providers in Southern and East Africa.
The Rapid Response applications, including Rapid Attack Response and Rapid Accident Response, are based on cell phone, GPS and NFC technologies, and are designed to alert emergency services and facilitate rapid response in the event of an accident or attack.
Rapid Response, which was recognized as the most-innovative submission in the ICT category in International Labour Organisation's Enterprise Challenge in 2013, is the only application of its kind to combine mobile and Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. Marlize Holtzhausen, Director atRapid Response recently returned from a Swiss sponsored Investment workshop where Rapid Response was awarded the best application prize at the Google Fest Entrepreneurship competition in July 2014, the only South African company with global recognition at this event.
"We are thrilled to bring to fruition and make available the Rapid Response application, which has significant potential to save lives through the fast deployment of appropriate emergency services resources to the right location," Holtzhausen says.
"The combination of cell phone technology and NFC technology is unique to our mobile emergency application. Aside from activating the Rapid Response applications on a cell phone, users can also activate emergency alerts by swiping the phone over NFC tags which can be stuck throughout a house or in a vehicle. When paired with a cell phone, these tags effectively act as mini-panic buttons, activating the Rapid Response app and creating an alert of the emergency situation," she continues.
"Given the prolific penetration of mobile phones in South Africa, and consumers' dependence on them, Rapid Response has tremendous potential to empower everyday South Africans to summon help quickly no matter where they are," she adds.
Recognising that children are often the only ones in a position to call for help, but not always able to do so, or explain themselves, Rapid Response created a children's character, Rapido, that is branded on the Rapid Response NFC tags. This character is instantly recognisable and makes Rapid Response accessible to young children.
Young children, when shown where the Rapido-branded tags are situated and how to swipe phone over them, can easily raise an alarm for emergency assistance without having to dial a number or saying a word.
Rapid Response is easily activated in three ways – by manipulating the volume button on a cell phone; tapping the "I am in Trouble Button", or by swiping any NFC tag strategically positioned around the home or a vehicle.
On activation, Rapid Response automatically generates an alert of the crisis to the ER24 Emergency call centre and pre-programmed emergency services. The application also allows personal contacts such as family or friends to be programmed so that they are immediately alerted of the emergency.
Information transmitted in alerts includes the exact location of the incident, a map linked to emergency services, and relevant insurance and medical aid details. The ER24 call centre remains in contact with the person in the emergency situation and their family throughout the crisis.
Rapid Response also provides for automatic back-up of the phone's contents. The Rapid Response website can be used to track and trace mobile phones that have been stolen or lost even if the SIM card has been replaced or removed – provided that internet services are available in the area in which the phone is located. Members can also trace alert actions on the Rapid Response website for insurance purposes and will receive detailed reports on all actions taken by emergency services on alerts.
Rapid Response was borne from a brutal crime suffered by Holtzhausen's own family. She developed the concept with her now business partner, Gerrit Cloete who like Holtzhausen, wanted to create a more convenient and effective way for people in peril to initiate an SOS for faster, more efficient, reaction from emergency services.
"In emergency situations, every second counts. Being able to summon assistance and direct emergency personnel to your exact location without even saying a word not only means you get the help you need faster, but it could also save your life," says Cloete.
Rapid Response is accessible to anyone with a mobile phone – regardless of affiliation to insurance providers or medical aid.
Albie Bester, CEO at Pamoja, believes that technology has a very important role to play in supporting initiatives to empower the end-user. "This is especially true in this case where mobility leverages off the Cloud to provide a solution that adds practical value and offer reliable protection."
"We are very proud to support this initiative and host the technology behind the service. Rapid Response is a flexible and easily accessible solution that is designed to be as practical as possible to be effective as a life-saving tool," Bester adds.
According to Cloete, the company the significant uptake since the launch of the product in July 2014 is an indicator on the demand that exist for such an application. Rapid Response will be launching additional services during the course of 2014.
Source http://www.prlog.org/12361583-award-winning-emergency-alert-app-rapid-response-launched-with-pamoja-cloud-service.html

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Spartan Spirit Awards: Meet Kressa Peterson, Who Went from Spartan to Shark Tank
by Patty Hodapp
This month, we launched the Spartan Spirit Awards, celebrating the people who truly embody the key Spartan values: grit, determination, and perseverance. To celebrate Mother's Day, this month's Spirit Awards winners are all superhero Spartan moms who navigate life's obstacles—and help their families do so, too—every day. Find out what they have to say about their personal journeys.
Six years ago, Kressa Peterson, now 51, was sitting in her doctor's office when she heard those fateful words: "You have cancer."
Doctors had found and biopsied several calcifications in her breasts, eventually diagnosing her with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), cancer in the milk ducts. "Until you hear those words 'you have cancer', there is just no way to explain what it might do to you," says Peterson. "You literally start planning your funeral. I was not one of those people who initially said, 'I got this', 'I am going to fight this', or 'this is going to make me stronger'. I never felt sorry for myself or said 'why me?', but I just figured that health issues were now going to be my life. I truly did not imagine how I would ever be happy again or feel the same joy during joyful times."
Luckily, this was the "best type of breast cancer" to have, as Peterson puts it. Still, she wanted her breasts gone. After a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery, Peterson decided to start obstacle course racing—her husband had started racing Spartans years earlier to lose weight (Peterson actually bought him and their son their first Spartan bibs online), and she'd seen firsthand what a positive affect it could have on someone's life.
Getting down and dirty on the obstacle race courses was part of what inspired Peterson to invent the Shower Toga—a towel that ties above the breast line to allow women to shower and change clothes in public, while maintaining a sense of privacy. Peterson pitched her business to ABC's Shark Tank, and it was so well received by Mark Cuban and his team that her business took off. She now spends six months a year between Atlanta and Orange County, and six months on the road selling Shower Togas from her RV.
Here, Peterson opens up about her journey with breast cancer, her conversion to OCR, how she built her business, and more.
SPARTAN RACE: A breast cancer diagnosis is pretty devastating. What was that experience like for you?
KRESSA PETERSON: I hadn't gone into the doctors for my annual mammogram for a couple of years, so I made an appointment. The doctors discovered I had DCIS, as well as other complications in my breast due to an accident that left me with ruptured silicone implants. The silicon had spread into all of my muscle and breast tissue—it was a total mess.
I was told that I should do chemo and radiation and get a lumpectomy. No one wanted to do a double mastectomy on me, especially since my left breast was perfectly healthy, but I found an amazing doctor who agreed to do it. Luckily, the cancer hadn't spread to my lymph nodes, so I didn't have to have chemotherapy. But I still had several surgeries after that to continue to clean out the silicon rupture from my chest muscles. I've been cancer-free for six years now.
SR: Your husband was already a part of the Spartan scene; what made you fall in love with it?
KP: Spartan had changed his life—he lost 30 pounds and finally had something worth working out for—and I knew I needed Spartan in my life as well. I started after my mastectomy, which was really tough because there were so many exercises I couldn't do—and may never be able to do—upper body-wise. But I became addicted pretty quick! I love the camaraderie and helping people over obstacles or talking them through difficulties. I had a girl who was scared to death to go under water at Spartan Atlanta a few weeks ago and she wasn't going to do it. But I held her hand and we did it together. When you're doing a Spartan race, you never feel alone. I've probably done over 50 now.
SR: How did the idea for Shower Toga come to you?
KP: I was running the Spartan Asheville race in 2015. Honestly, I think it was the hardest race I've ever done—I was so dirty and muddy and beaten down. All I wanted to do was finish and get a shower, but I knew that wasn't going to happen for several hours until I got back to our campsite. The thought of not being able to get clean, for some reason that day, just devastated me. I owned an Undress (a similar brand, which I couldn't get wet), and a changing towel (which, again, I couldn't get it wet). I ended up changing into my bathing suit in the changing tent, then showered at the hose station, then went back to the changing tent to get dressed. (It was a pain in the butt.) So it hit me: I need a waterproof changing garment. And Shower Toga was born!
SR: In the early days of Shower Toga, did you know it would be a success?
KP: No! I knew it worked well and I knew I loved it so much I couldn't live without it, but I also knew it was a bit goofy looking and something that no one had ever seen before. It was basically a product that required, and requires, educating the public. When I made my first Shower Toga out of diaper cover material with forest animals on it, everyone laughed and told me I was crazy. But within an hour of them watching me use it, 20 people asked if they could borrow it. I knew then that I was on to something.
SR: How did the pitching process go for Shark Tank?
KP: Our process was 16 months long. People think you get a call and you go to L.A. and voilà, but it is nothing like that. You go through countless interviews, background checks, and more interviews. You send in videos, homework, and updates. And even if you get through the process, it's still not guaranteed that you'll even air. Once you get on the show, if you screw up, there are no retakes. The only thing you practice is your pitch. I probably could have explained my pitch better on the show, but Mark Cuban and Alli Webb understood Shower Toga. Now, we're off and running in a million directions.
SR: What kind of support are you getting from the Sharks now?
KP: They're both very hands on and I'm in touch with them several times a week. People may find it surprising, but I can literally email Mark Cuban and within 5-10 minutes he emails me back. One of the best things about both Mark and Alli is that they are totally normal. They are so kind and generous and they truly want to see all their entrepreneurs succeed. They're not going to do it for you, but I think they know via gut reaction who is self-driven. If Shower Toga doesn't end up a household name, I have no one to blame but myself.
SR: How do you think Spartan plays into your overall health?
KP: This may sound strange, but Spartan's biggest role in my health isn't physical, it's mental. Doing Spartan races gave me courage, more confidence in my abilities (on and off the course), and helped me realize that the Spartan lifestyle is more than running a race. It's a mindset. Spartan is strength. Spartan is failing and getting back up. Spartan is lifting others up and accepting that help when you need it. A Spartan attitude will carry over in all aspects of your life. It made me feel more empowered to overcome my life obstacles—including starting Shower Toga, as I had zero experience in launching a product, manufacturing, distribution, website development, and dealing with trolls on the internet.
SR: How does being a mother and a Spartan play into who you are today?
KP: For me, it was easy for me to put my husband and kids first, but that didn't mean I couldn't put myself a close second. When your family sees you being a strong mom and a strong role model it imprints onto them. They watch me race and see my photos, videos, and confidence. They see a woman who is a dynamic individual—not just their mom. Becoming a Spartan made me a better mother and better wife—because I was a better me. When you feel fierce, when you have a fire burning inside of you, that's contagious. It reaches others and has the ability to empower them. My son trains with me, he runs elite. My daughter and son-in-law did the So-Cal Spartan a few years ago and had a great time, but haven't raced since.
SR: What advice would you give to busy moms or other businesswomen who are also trying to prioritize their health?
KP: Without your health you really don't have anything else long-term, so you have to take care of yourself. But make sure you keep that in perspective. I've seen so many women who have no idea how strong they are. Not to say that you can't cry or be sad, but after you're done being pissed about what you're going through, remember that you aren't dead yet. I never forget that there are people who have a tougher battle than I do. Our minds are so powerful—so don't be a victim. Feeling sad is normal, but it's what you do with that sadness that will guide you to success or failure.
START A TEAM OF SPIRITED SPARTANS
Bonus is Belonging: From 24-7 health and fitness facts to real-life inspiration from everyday Spartans, follow us today on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Chances are, we'll tag you tomorrow.
Think you know someone who deserves the Spartan Spirit Award? Any gender, any age, nominate them! And remember, each month, we'll be spotlighting new honorees across Spartan.com and our social channels.
Patty Hodapp
Patty Hodapp is a nationally-renowned journalist reporting from the intersection of fitness and adventure. She writes for Outside magazine, Travel Channel, and VICE among other publications. She's based in Vail, Colorado, and when she's not fly fishing, snowboarding, or trail running, you can find her writing abroad or planning her next trip. Get in touch or learn more at HodappMedia.com
Take the Spartan Super Bowl Challenge!
by Brad Kallet
1 Cool Fact About Every Spartan Race in the U.S. in 2020
by Andrew Hutchinson
Spartan Race Types: Find the Right OCR for You
by Joe De Sena
World Champion Robert Killian on His Mental Approach, His Psyche, and His Harley
Download Bodyweight Training Program


text:
Home>Sports> Los Angeles Lakers Fire GM Mitch Kupchak, Promote Magic Johnson
Los Angeles Lakers Fire GM Mitch Kupchak, Promote Magic Johnson
By Kyle Rooney
Kyle Rooney
@_UncleRooney
Stephen Dunn/Getty Images
Magic Johnson will take over as President of Basketball Operations.
The Los Angeles Lakers have just fired GM Mitch Kupchak and announced that Magic Johnson will take over as President of Basketball Operations, meaning Jim Buss will no longer hold his role as Lakers Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations.
Here's what Jeanie Buss had to say about Magic's promotion, per the Lakers official press release:
"Today I took a series of actions I believe will return the Lakers to the heights Dr. Jerry Buss demanded and our fans rightly expect," Jeanie Buss said. "Effective immediately, Earvin Johnson will be in charge of all basketball operations and will report directly to me. Our search for a new General Manager to work with Earvin and Coach Luke Walton is well underway and we hope to announce a new General Manager in short order. Together, Earvin, Luke and our new General Manager will establish the foundation for the next generation of Los Angeles Lakers greatness."
Magic said this promotion is a "dream come true":
"It's a dream come true to return to the Lakers as President of Basketball Operations working closely with Jeanie Buss and the Buss family," said Earvin "Magic" Johnson. "Since 1979, I've been a part of the Laker Nation and I'm passionate about this organization. I will do everything I can to build a winning culture on and off the court. We have a great coach in Luke Walton and good young players. We will work tirelessly to return our Los Angeles Lakers to NBA champions."
Sports Life News magic johnson Jeanie Buss lakers
"Satin Royal" Air Jordan 1 Unveiled At Agenda Show In Las Vegas
Chris Brown Reportedly Hit With Restraining Order By Karrueche Tran
SPORTS Los Angeles Lakers Fire GM Mitch Kupchak, Promote Magic Johnson


1. Down syndrome—named after the English doctor, John Langdon Down, who was the first to categorize the common features of people with the condition—occurs when an individual has a full or partial extra copy of chromosome 21. This additional genetic material alters the course of development and causes the characteristics associated with Down syndrome, the most commonly occurring chromosomal condition. The Centers for Disease Control in 2014 estimated that about 6,000 babies are born with Down syndrome, which is about 1 in every 700 babies born.
2. A few of the common physical traits of Down syndrome are low muscle tone, small stature, an upward slant to the eyes, and a single deep crease across the center of the palm. Every person with Down syndrome is a unique individual and may possess these characteristics to different degrees or not at all. All people with Down syndrome experience cognitive delays, but the effect is usually mild to moderate and is not indicative of the many strengths and talents that each individual possesses.
3. People with Down syndrome are significantly predisposed to certain medical conditions including congenital heart defects, sleep apnea, and Alzheimer's disease. There is also evidence of an increased risk of celiac disease, autism, childhood leukemia, and seizures. It is rare for a person with Down syndrome to have a solid tumor cancer or cardiovascular disease, including heart attack and stroke. Life expectancy for people with Down syndrome has increased dramatically in recent decades - from 25 in 1983 to 60 today. The dramatic increase to 60 years is largely due to the end of the practice of institutionalizing people with Down syndrome.
4. Approximately 67 percent of prenatal diagnoses for Down syndrome result in an abortion, according to estimated pregnancy termination rates from 1995-2011.
5. Mothers of individuals with Down syndrome typically exhibit better psychological well-being profiles in comparison to mothers of individuals with other intellectual and developmental disabilities. There is extensive evidence that mothers of young children with Down syndrome experience lower levels of stress, more extensive and satisfying networks of social support, less pessimism about their children's future, and they perceive their children to have less difficult temperaments. A major study also found that divorce rates were lower (7.6 percent) for families of children with Down syndrome as compared to 10.8 percent in the population group with non-disabled children and 11.25 percent for families of children with other congenital birth defects.


Schools should be the safest place for our kids but sometimes they're not... | Tremont Sheldon Robinson Mahoney P.C.
* the Stamford Board of Education for the misconduct of an elementary school physical education teacher, Robert Martinez, brought by 5 victims who attended Rogers School in the '70s and ' 80s.
Under Connecticut law, any person who has suffered damage as a child as a result of being sexually abused, sexually exploited or sexually assaulted has 30 years past the age of majority or until age 48 to bring a civil claim in court.


text:
title: 1st Lesson of Summer Term
layout: post
author: barney.mepham
permalink: /1st-lesson-of-summer-term/
source-id: 1lPhe2Lp0v3jVIHBhkCua7iap2DSqIEqcm_D_5ReB6c8
published: true
---
1st Lesson of Summer Term

Today we started new python project which was to make a buzzfeed like quiz that has multiple choice questions which in the end will give you an answer based on the choices that you have selected. This is then done by labeling the choices 1 to 3 and once that has been done over a period of questions then you add the numbers that they put together to give them an overall score which will give the result. We did this with the following code.

 #Collect variable data

print("Answer the following questions and we'll tell you what potato snack you are")

ref1=0

while ref1==0:

  V1 = input("1 - Balanced; 2- Unhealthy from all those chips; 3 - Only eat greens")

  V2 = input("")

  V3 = input("")

  V4 = input("")

You then at the end of the code write a series of responses based on their overall mark.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Small Business SEO Tactics to Improve Search Rankings - These tips will help any business, big or small.
With over 5 billion searches a day on Google, it's clear that ranking well for your product or service is important.
And while a good SEO strategy is important for any successful business, it is even more important to small business owners. A 2017 ReviewTrackers study found that local searches are 35% of all searches.
Local search is when a search engine (Google and to a lesser extent Bing) shows different results, giving extra priority to relevant, reputable, and highly rated brick-and-mortar locations near the searcher's geo location. These results depend on ranking factors different from that of other organic results. And, most importantly, the consumers who are searching for local things behave very differently.
Case and Point. If I am looking for live music on a Friday night on my phone, I will get the closest bars and pubs. If I drive just 2 -3 miles away, I will get a completely different list searching for that same phrase again.
This is why we've put this guide together.
Now keep in mind, if you built your website via drag-and-drop on Web, Wix, Weebly, GoDaddy or any of the dozens of other online "builders", none of these tips will work for you. This guide is for businesses that have a real website. With real code.
If you are not actively marketing your business on Google, you need to. Content Marketing increases your authority, gets you in more searches, and brings you leads that turn to sales.
The beating heart of any marketing campaign is Content Marketing. Provided you have a truly mobile-responsive site (or even better an AMP - Accelerated Mobile Pages) website, Content Marketing is the very best method to increase your Digital Footprint on Google and Bing who collectively have over 98% of the search market. More importantly, on mobile devices (both Android and Apple) Google has 94% of the search market.
Lastly, proper content marketing has two important channels - Social Media and Google Search Results Pages (SERP) - and they both drive traffic to your website.
Let's take the granddaddy. When you see a "post" in your news feed on Facebook, and you click on a picture, there are just two possible outcomes to that click. It can either open up the picture in a new screen, or send you to a website. (Which do you think is more valuable?).
Additionally, if you have followed all the Google Best Practices SEO, your content marketing should appear when you search that keyword phrase on Google.
And that real estate is invaluable.
And here is something that very few website design companies with tell you, so listen up.
A website that is not set up correctly for content marketing, or is not actively engaged in content marketing, will only show in the Google Search Engine Results Pages (SERP) when one precisely types in the business name.
Of course, they will talk geek, throw fancy phrases around, and more. But A Static Website will not be seen for any of the relevant keywords and search phrases your potential customers use.
The only way to increase your "Google Footprint" is with Content Marketing.
Website crawlers have gotten far more advanced and capable over the past few years. However, sometimes what is patently obvious to a human user is completely obscure to a bot. The result is that, occasionally, site crawlers may make errors or omit data while indexing your site.
The solution is to use structured data for rich snippets.
Using structured data is nothing more than formatting your website's code into a uniform layout. When search engine crawlers index your site, they will be able to pick up a richer amount of data since it was laid out in this "expected" format.
Ever plan a meal and Google a recipe of how long to cook something? See the highlighted first organic (not an ad) listing?
That is a Structured Data Rich Snippet.
Now, Can a Small Business Do It?
Without structured data dictating what is said in your listing, Google will simply pull any text it thinks is relevant from anywhere on your page and display it in that boring little blurb in organic search results known as the "snippet" under your URL listing in the search returns. If you employ structured data markup, visitors will know right away that your site can give them the information they need – and they will click through accordingly.
Besides, with handy devices such as Google Assistant on your phone, and Google Home in your living room, it should be important to have control over what text is displayed in your search return snippet: because that is what is read back to you aloud.
As little as a few years ago, all searches gave back a list of blue links with black text underneath.
Now with Rich Snippets, you have multiple ways to get ahead of your competitors.
The last of our SEO tactics to improve search rankings is speed.
As mobile internet speeds have increased, so have the expectations of website performance from mobile users. According to a study by Adobe, almost half of users will leave a website if it loads slowly.
Oddly, Google says on phones "Most sites lose half their visitors while loading."
Thankfully, there's a lot your website designer can implement, such as using high compression for images to significantly reduce the load time. Additionally, a good web design/ marketing firm generally uses faster servers than the "Build Your Own Sites" use.
Additionally, all that drag and drop coding sits in your web page coding, mucking everything up. Bottom line is clean code runs fast and loads faster.
Now, keep in mind, most every study has confirmed that if it takes more than 4 seconds to load, you will have lost over half your clicks.
So, we tested a 6 page "build your own website" a client had when they came on board. It took nearly 8 seconds to load.
Then we built an 84 page website. On our servers. With our coding.
Just a tad north of 2 seconds.
Why would Google have multiple test sites to measure your website loading speed?
Because Google has indicated site speed (and as a result, page speed) is one of the signals used by its algorithm to rank pages in the Search Engine Results Pages (SERP).
In other words, if both you and your competitor had the exact same information, if your site loaded faster you would be ahead of them in the listings.
Page speed is also important to user experience. Pages with a longer load time tend to have higher bounce rates and lower average time on page.
So yes, Google counts milliseconds.


Recent estimates conducted by abp suggest this year's total Tea Tree production will be down around 100m/t, due to a large loss of yield in influential growing areas. This equates to an overall loss of around 30% on previous typical years.
The worst hit area was Port Macquarie, but depending on elevation and irrigation controls the losses can also be seen across other growing areas, with some farms considering not harvesting at all.
Should normal market demands prevail we would expect to see some shortages appear in the market over the coming months. Whether this will effect prices remains unclear.
It's welcoming news that abp's growing partners stretch across all of Australia's major growing regions and in contrast to others some of our partners have seen relatively good production, with high quality oil being produced.
At this stage it would be our recommendation to discuss your future requirements with us so we can take the appropriate steps to secure any on-going requirements.
As a consequence of a combination of circumstances mainly caused by sustained higher than average rainfall in one particular region, the yield for 2012 is expected to be down substantially, possibly by as much as 50%. Since this region has some of Australia's larger Tea Tree Oil producers it is likely that the supply of oil will be tight for the next 12 months or so.
While some districts will likely achieved an average yield this year and North Queensland has recovered from the cyclone and wet weather damage of last year this will on balance of probabilities not be enough to make up for the substantial and significant loss of production being experienced elsewhere.
ATTIA members need to carefully consider their future marketing options for pure Australian tea tree oil in the light of this market alert forecast.


text:
Q: Gson illegal type variable reference I have a class defined as:
public class Calls<T extends Object>

Inside this class there is a method doRequest that creates a TypeToken (from com.google.json.reflect) for a Gson request.
java.lang.reflect.Type type = new TypeToken<HandlerResponse<T>>(){{}}.getType();

where HandlerResponse is a simple model class that contains attributes like:
private Map detail;

private transient T data;

private transient int count = 0;

private String status;

The exception I get on Android Studio is:
FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: PID: 32628
java.lang.AssertionError: illegal type variable reference
    at libcore.reflect.TypeVariableImpl.resolve(TypeVariableImpl.java:111)
    at libcore.reflect.TypeVariableImpl.getGenericDeclaration(TypeVariableImpl.java:125)
    at libcore.reflect.TypeVariableImpl.hashCode(TypeVariableImpl.java:47)
    at java.util.Arrays.hashCode(Arrays.java:4153)
    at com.google.gson.internal.$Gson$Types$ParameterizedTypeImpl.hashCode($Gson$Types.java:479)
    at com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken.<init>(TypeToken.java:64)
    at com.company.server.Calls$4.<init>(Calls.java:244)

crashes at the instantiation of the TypeToken (I was thinking that probably is losing the T class 'cause of the type erasure of Java).
I create the instance of Calls as:
Calls<com.company.model.beans.Model> calls = new Calls<>(){};

A: Solved, I modified the implementation as follows:
public class Calls<T> {

    public Calls(Type type, Class classTypeResponse) {

        this.type = type;
        this.classTypeResponse = classTypeResponse;
    }

    doRequest(...) { ... }

    ...
}

I have a classTypeResponse because I have a callback system that returns the right class type for the object for the request.
I call it in this way:
Type type = new TypeToken<HandlerResponse<com.company.model.beans.Model>>(){}.getType();

Calls<com.company.model.beans.Model> calls = new Calls<>(type, com.company.model.beans.Model.class);

calls.doRequest(...);

The T doesn't exists at runtime, Java reflection system couldn't infer the right type for the TypeToken. The solution is to create the TypeToken without generics and pass the object where you need it.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Penetrates deeply into fibrous tissue of skin to increases its elasticity. Increases the skin moisturizing function, controls sebum and promotes skin metabolism rate. Innovative ear hooks design helps fight against gravity with extra lifting effect.


text:
New Persona 5 Strikers All-Out-Action Trailer Drops
Samurai Shodown Gets Xbox X/S Release Date Trailer
Nintendo Download for 1/15/2021
Spiralagon Freezes Over With a New Icy Incursion Zone
Friday, January 4th, 2019
By Michael Fontanini / January 4th, 2019
Spiralagon has just gotten a new icy incursion zone according to the press release. In it, the spiral platforming gameplay has frozen over for a slippery, treacherous path ahead! Developer Terminal Button Entertainment has also released a short gameplay trailer of the new zone in action. The game just released on November 27th of 2018 on itch.io, and you can choose to pay what you want. A minimum of $3 is required, but at least $9 is recommended. Here is the trailer of the new icy incursion zone and its treacherous paths in action:
Spiralagon is a 3D platformer with a literal twist. You'll be traversing spiral paths in an attempt to grab as many collectibles as you can for the high score. The game features a number of different play styles ranging from No Pressure Mode, to tense races against the clock. Do you keep collecting items to pad out your score and risk running out of time, or do you decide it's time to play it safe and get to the goal before the clock beats you? Your own greed can bite you if you push your luck too far. Here are some screenshots of various levels:
Spiralagon also features a number of playable characters. Different characters also have different perks, such as fire resistance, cold resistance, higher jump, and more. There are a number of pickup types as well, such as fuel used for jump and speed boosts. You can also take on a permadeath campaign across all levels, building your score as the 42 minute timer ticks away. On the other hand, No Pressure Mode removes time limits and health, allowing you to ascend and descend the spiral paths at your leisure.
About Michael Fontanini
Michael is a veteran gamer in his late 30s, who grew up around video games, with fond memories of the oldies like the NES, SNES, and N64 among others. He loves Nintendo, but also plays a lot of games on his PC. Michael also enjoys going for walks/bike rides, loves animals, and enjoys thunderstorms (and science in general).
Michael is also a computer programmer. This started with a toy he got as a kid called Pre-Computer 1000 that was made by V-Tech. It had a simple programming mode (a bare-bones version of BASIC) which is what started him down the road of being a programmer! Michael can program in BASIC, Visual Basic, C++, C#, and is familiar with Java and Lua Script.
Putting programming and gaming together, Michael became a hobbyist game developer, which may give him some good insights on game development! Most recently, he has been playing with the Unity 3D game engine (a powerful and easy-to-use engine) and learning 3D modelling in Blender.
I love Nintendo but I also play a lot of game's on PC, many of which are on steam. My favorite Nintendo game's include Zelda, Metroid, and Smash Bros to name a few. On PC I love the Half-Life games, as well as most all of the Source Engine games just to name a few.
View all posts by Michael Fontanini
itch.ioSpiralagonTerminal Button Entertainment
Previous Post:ACA NEOGEO RAGNAGARD Enters Launch Phase
Next Post:Nintendo President Talks Future of Hardware Development, Innovation


Queso Fundido recipe is amazingly cheesy and is an easy dip to make for your next party, game day or Mexican food night! This can be your main course served with tortillas or an appetizer served with chips.
This Queso Fundido has "breakfast" written all over it. OK, not really, but I'm staring at the photos of it right now as I put this post together and I want to eat it for breakfast. It's just SO tasty that I totally want to face plant into the middle of this skillet and resurface when it's finally spring and the sun is shining abundantly. Is that so wrong?
I used my all-time favorite brand of diced tomatoes (Tuttorosso) in this recipe to cut back on some of that dicing and slicing time. The faster I can get this on the table, the better! My pantry is 24/7 stocked with a variety of Tuttorosso products…simple because…they are the best. They make an amazing variety of all natural tomato products to meet all of my cooking needs. There is a reason why they are the best-selling Italian inspired canned tomato brand in the U.S. You all know me and my love for Italian food, but Mexican food comes in a close second!
This is where this delish Queso Fundido comes in. You can totally stuff this deliciousness into some warm tortillas and call it dinner or dunk your favorite tortilla chips in it for a party time appetizer. I've been loving Tuttorosso products for years and they have always been my "go-to", but I love them even more now that they have their new products out with smaller 14.5 oz. and 15 oz. cans. It's just so much more convenient when you need a smaller amount of the particular Tuttorosso ingredient and don't have to worry about wasting the leftovers!
I was fortunate enough to visit Tuttorosso's headquarters in Indianapolis back in the fall and wrote all about it here along with my recipe for Crock Pot Italian Meatballs. I already knew they were a great family-owned business, but I had the privilege of seeing and experiencing firsthand just how wonderful they are and the pride they take in the quality of their product. They definitely do NOT cut corners when it comes to what they provide to their customers!
Tip: Tuttorosso products can be purchased on Amazon or use their store locator to see where you can get their products nearby!
Queso Fundido recipe is amazingly cheesy and is an easy dip to make for your next party or Mexican food night! This can be your main course served with tortillas or an appetizer served with chips.
In a large skillet, cook and crumble the sausage until no longer pink.
Remove from skillet with a slotted spoon and drain on a paper towel-lined plate.
Pour excess fat out of skillet.
Add onions and bell peppers to the skillet and cook over medium-high heat until the veggies are softened, about 6-8 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
To build the Queso Fundido in your OVEN-PROOF skillet (use a shallow baking dish if you don't have one), place ⅓ of the cheese on the bottom. Add half the sausage on top of the cheese. Add another third of the cheese and then as much of the veggie mixture as you prefer.
Add almost all of the remaining cheese, the remainder of the sausage, then the cheese you have left. If you have a bit of ingredients left over, that is fine. Make sure ingredients reach top of skillet or dish.
Lightly sprinkle chili powder over the whole top.
Remove from the oven, evenly top with the diced tomatoes and cilantro, and serve immediately (it's best when hot) with tortilla chips!
This definitely has breakfast written all over it! I want to bury my face in this dish!
This sounds easy and looks so very tempting! Who doesn't love a cheesy dip. So much fun!!
This has my name written all over it, SO in this the mood for this right now!
Oh my! This dip is right up my alley! Looks delicious!


I already pointed to the many great features of ntopng in the previous post. If you are searching for an open source real-time network analyzer, ntopng is the choice.
This is a rough view of the network. On a switch in the network, a monitor port is configured to send all traffic from a certain port/vlan/routing-domain to the network analyzer. (There are different names for this scenario: mirror and monitor ports, SPAN ports, source and destination ports, etc.) The eth1 port on the Linux machine is used in promiscuous mode to process everything that comes in.
The other port, eth0, must be configured with a static IP address on the network. Through this port, the ntopng GUI (IP-address with default port 3000) appears.
Plan the place and bandwidth of the mirroring carefully! Before or after a firewall/router with NAT? Does the overall bandwidth exceed the physical link of the monitor port?
This will install a bunch of packages, incuding ntopng, ntopng-data, pfring, redis-server, redis-tools.
It will also be started automatically after a reboot.
What's still missing is the configuration of the eth1 interface to be in promisc mode. Furthermore, it should not get an IPv4 or IPv6 via DHCPv4 or SLAAC. Therefore, the following configuration steps are required.
Note: If there are already some lines that reference to eth1, delete them or comment them out. For example, there should be no "iface eth1 inet dhcp" line anymore!
Reboot the server: sudo reboot .
Now, after each reboot of the server, the eth1 interface card will be in promiscuous mode and ntopng will be started automatically.
For further options to fine-tune ntopng, refer to this best practices guide from ntopng itself.
Featured image: "escargot / snail" by Olivier Bacquet is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Dude…. I LOVE you. this walk through has been EXCELLENT. Thank you so much!
Do I need nProbe, I have a mikrotik sending netflow data to my ntopng host, and I have data in ntopng?
Yes, I am quite sure that you need nProbe. Currently you won't see the real traffic but only netflow data.
Thanks for the good tutorial. I have a question. When logged in to ntop interface i am not able to see my other subnet machines and IPs. Using ddwrt based router and 2 local networks. The second one created for guests and i want to be able to monitor internet activity on that particular network specifically. Can you help to figure out why Ntop doesn't show local subnet and its hosts?
Or is your ntopng instance running with monitoring ports? Then you need an own monitor port for each subnet/vlan.
You must purchage the pro version for using the SNMP tab all the time (as well as the great dashboard).
Hi thanks for your great post,I have a mikrotik router ,the scenario is to collect users connection and refer them as I need in future to track their connections. Is it possible with ntopng to do that? Do I need nprobe with license or not?
If you simply want to log everything, you can also use Syslog messages for that. However, it is difficult to parse them. (Have a look at my syslog-ng blogpost.) Or you can use Splunk. Google for it.
I want to connect ntopng with netflow cisco. How to do it?
Firstly i would like to extend my gratitude to you for giving a tutorial on ntopng.
1) I have a router with an ip and port for netflow.
2) can i use my router ip and port to monitor it with ntopng?
3) if can how can i do it?
I'm doing research that is monitoring dual stack network using ntopng.
On my ntopng, only ipv4 is detect, ipv6 does not show up at all. but I also have added ipv6 network on the ntopng.conf file like the steps on your website above.
The IPv6 networks in the ntopng.conf file are only for displaying them as "local networks". This has nothing to do with the actual sniffing of traffic.
If you don't see any IPv6 traffic then you're probably not monitoring correctly. ;) Can you verify with tcpdump that IPv6 traffic is coming into your monitoring port?
When ntopng with mikrotik, ipv6 detected on ntopng web page.
But when mikrotik is replaced with cisco router, ipv6 is not detected at all. Only ipv4 is detected. The configuration in ntopng remains the same, nothing has changed.
And you are *really* sure that you actually have IPv6 traffic behind the Cisco router?
Yes, I am sure. Because my client already can ipv6 from cisco router that I setting. But no one ipv6 is detected in my ntopng. So how?
What is missing here. Thanks.
I used th same ubuntu version as you recommend.
I fixed the issues, For some reason ntong does not recognize values below and I jsut commented both.
Oh ok. Thanks for letting us know!
How can I change the listening IP address from localhost to something else?
The above netstat output shows ntopng will only accept access to the web interface locally (http://localhost:3000/). I want to be able to able access the web interface remotely (like http://192.168.0.100:3000/).
-> Note that it might be confusing since this statement shows the IPv6 address while it also listens on IPv4. Note the "::" which is the same as "0.0.0.0" in IPv4 followed by another colon with the port, in our case 3000. However, for some processes this single IPv6-looking line also reveals that IPv4 is listening as well.
If ntopng is ONLY listening on the localhost, the "Local Address" from netstat would show something like "127.0.0.1:3000", which is not the case in my example.
What is your "sudo netstat -tulpen | ntopng" listing?
If I need an upgrade, do you mind telling me how to do it please?


Just a few quick updates: NASW, Science(blogging) and more.
Posted on October 26, 2011 by Bora Zivkovic | Comments Off on Just a few quick updates: NASW, Science(blogging) and more.
Last week I attended the ScienceWriters meeting organized by NASW and CASW. Excellent organization, beautiful location (Flagstaff, AZ, up at 7000ft altitude), great program and wonderful people. I saw several good panels on the first day and some really excellent talks the rest of the meeting, including by Sean Carroll and Steven Pinker. It will be hard to match that experience next year, when we host the meeting here in Raleigh, NC. Kudos to the organizers for a perfect job.
I was on one of the panels, on time management and continuous online acitivity, together with some other people who are also, like me, suspected of never sleeping. We do. But it's not easy! See two excellent articles covering our panel by Cristine Russell and Helen Shen. Check out more coverage of the conference at the NASW site.
I have posted a number of updates about ScienceOnline2012, Science blogging, Open Laboratory, and #NYCSciTweetup over on The Network Central blog, so head on there to get the details.
….Perhaps because of the increasingly public profile of popular science bloggers, as well as the professional and social value that is becoming attached to their blogs, science blogging is gaining in both popularity and validity. The content in science blogs covers a wide spectrum from genuine science news to simply describing training or running a lab, to opinionated rants about science and its social impact. The authorship is no less diverse than the content with science professionals, science journalists and enthusiastic amateurs all contributing to the melting pot, which also has an impact on the quality….
A number of bloggers were interviewed for the article (of course, each was quoted briefly, while I am sure each provided at least an hour of material that is now lost – remember that every quote is, by definition, a quote out of context, though my quotes are not too far off from what I intended to say), including Rosie Redfield, Jerry Coyne, Carl Zimmer, Daniel McArthur, Sean Carroll, PZ Myers, GrrlScientist and me.
Take a look. See also commentary of the article by Jerry Coyne and Larry Moran.


text:
Lauren R Pacek
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Addiction, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2017
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers 2018
2608 Erwin Road, Suite 300, Durham, NC 27705
lauren.pacek@duke.edu (919) 684-5437
Education, Training, & Certifications
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University 2013
Fewer Americans Think Smoking A Pack A Day Poses A Great Health Risk
Tobacco Regulatory Science
Selected Grants
Mobile health interventions for varenicline adherence among HIV-positive smokers awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2022
Impact of new standards for tobacco products among dual e-cigarette/combusted cigarette users awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2022
Reactions to Reduced Nicotine Cigarettes in Young Adult Low-Frequency Smokers awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2020
Effects of Nicotine Reduction on Smoking Behavior in ADHD Smokers awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2020
Publications & Artistic Works
Riehm, Kira E., Andrea S. Young, Kenneth A. Feder, Noa Krawczyk, Kayla N. Tormohlen, Lauren R. Pacek, Ramin Mojtabai, and Rosa M. Crum. "Mental Health Problems and Initiation of E-cigarette and Combustible Cigarette Use.." Pediatrics 144, no. 1 (July 2019). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2018-2935.
Full Text Link to Item
Pacek, Lauren R., Beth A. Reboussin, Kerry M. Green, Lareina N. LaFlair, Carla L. Storr, Anika A. H. Alvanzo, Ramin Mojtabai, et al. "Current tobacco use, nicotine dependence, and transitions across stages of alcohol involvement: A latent transition analysis approach.." Int J Methods Psychiatr Res, May 29, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1789.
Denlinger-Apte, Rachel L., Jennifer W. Tidey, Joseph S. Koopmeiners, Dorothy K. Hatsukami, Tracy T. Smith, Lauren R. Pacek, F Joseph McClernon, and Eric C. Donny. "Correlates of support for a nicotine-reduction policy in smokers with 6-week exposure to very low nicotine cigarettes.." Tob Control 28, no. 3 (May 2019): 352–55. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054622.
Weinberger, Andrea H., Lauren R. Pacek, Melanie M. Wall, Misato Gbedemah, Joun Lee, and Renee D. Goodwin. "Cigarette smoking quit ratios among adults in the USA with cannabis use and cannabis use disorders, 2002-2016.." Tob Control, April 5, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054590.
Weinberger, Andrea H., Lauren R. Pacek, Christine E. Sheffer, Alan J. Budney, Joun Lee, and Renee D. Goodwin. "Serious psychological distress and daily cannabis use, 2008 to 2016: Potential implications for mental health?." Drug Alcohol Depend 197 (April 1, 2019): 134–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.01.010.
Pacek, Lauren R., Jenny L. Wiley, and F Joseph McClernon. "A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Multiple Tobacco Product Use and the Impact of Regulatory Action.." Nicotine Tob Res 21, no. 3 (February 18, 2019): 268–77. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/nty129.
Pacek, Lauren R., Jason A. Oliver, Maggie M. Sweitzer, and F Joseph McClernon. "Young adult dual combusted cigarette and e-cigarette users' anticipated responses to a nicotine reduction policy and menthol ban in combusted cigarettes.." Drug Alcohol Depend 194 (January 1, 2019): 40–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.10.005.
Weinberger, Andrea H., Lauren R. Pacek, Daniel Giovenco, Sandro Galea, Michael J. Zvolensky, Misato Gbedemah, and Renee D. Goodwin. "Cigarette Use Among Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorders in the United States, 2002 to 2016: Trends Overall and by Race/Ethnicity.." Alcohol Clin Exp Res 43, no. 1 (January 2019): 79–90. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.13922.
Oliver, Jason A., Matthew B. Hallyburton, Lauren R. Pacek, John T. Mitchell, Roger Vilardaga, Bernard F. Fuemmeler, and F Joseph McClernon. "What Do Smokers Want in A Smartphone-Based Cessation Application?." Nicotine Tob Res 20, no. 12 (November 15, 2018): 1507–14. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntx171.
Streck, Joanna M., Andrea H. Weinberger, Lauren R. Pacek, Misato Gbedemah, and Renee D. Goodwin. "Cigarette smoking quit rates among persons with serious psychological distress in the United States from 2008-2016: Are mental health disparities in cigarette use increasing?." Nicotine Tob Res, October 23, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/nty227.
Pacek, Lauren R., F Joseph McClernon, Olga Rass, Maggie M. Sweizter, and Matthew W. Johnson. "Perceived risk of developing smoking-related disease among persons living with HIV.." Aids Care 30, no. 10 (October 2018): 1329–34. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2018.1466985.
Pacek, Lauren R., Jan Copeland, Lisa Dierker, Chinazo O. Cunningham, Silvia S. Martins, and Renee D. Goodwin. "Among whom is cigarette smoking declining in the United States? The impact of cannabis use status, 2002-2015.." Drug Alcohol Depend 191 (October 1, 2018): 355–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.01.040.
Weinberger, Andrea H., Lauren R. Pacek, Melanie M. Wall, Michael J. Zvolensky, Jan Copeland, Sandro Galea, Shadi Nahvi, Scott J. Moeller, Deborah S. Hasin, and Renee D. Goodwin. "Trends in cannabis use disorder by cigarette smoking status in the United States, 2002-2016.." Drug Alcohol Depend 191 (October 1, 2018): 45–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.06.016.
Pacek, Lauren R., F Joseph McClernon, and Hayden B. Bosworth. "Adherence to Pharmacological Smoking Cessation Interventions: A Literature Review and Synthesis of Correlates and Barriers.." Nicotine Tob Res 20, no. 10 (September 4, 2018): 1163–72. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntx210.
Weinberger, Andrea H., Joanna M. Streck, Lauren R. Pacek, and Renee D. Goodwin. "Nondaily Cigarette Smoking Is Increasing Among People With Common Mental Health and Substance Use Problems in the United States: Data From Representative Samples of US Adults, 2005-2014.." J Clin Psychiatry 79, no. 5 (August 14, 2018). https://doi.org/10.4088/JCP.17m11945.
Crum, Rosa M., Kerry M. Green, Elizabeth A. Stuart, Lareina N. La Flair, Marc Kealhofer, Andrea S. Young, Noa Krawczyk, et al. "Transitions through stages of alcohol involvement: The potential role of mood disorders.." Drug Alcohol Depend 189 (August 1, 2018): 116–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.02.027.
Pacek, Lauren R., F. Joseph McClernon, Rachel L. Denlinger-Apte, Melissa Mercincavage, Andrew A. Strasser, Sarah S. Dermody, Ryan Vandrey, et al. "Perceived nicotine content of reduced nicotine content cigarettes is a correlate of perceived health risks.." Tob Control 27, no. 4 (July 2018): 420–26. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2017-053689.
Cooper, Maria, Lauren R. Pacek, Mignonne C. Guy, Jessica L. Barrington-Trimis, Patricia Simon, Cassandra Stanton, and Grace Kong. "Hookah Use among U.S. Youth: A Systematic Review of the Literature from 2009-2017.." Nicotine Tob Res, June 28, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/nty135.
Pacek, Lauren R., Sheri L. Towe, Andrea L. Hobkirk, Denis Nash, and Renee D. Goodwin. "Frequency of Cannabis Use and Medical Cannabis Use Among Persons Living With HIV in the United States: Findings From a Nationally Representative Sample.." Aids Educ Prev 30, no. 2 (April 2018): 169–81. https://doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2018.30.2.169.
Pacek, Lauren R., and F Joseph McClernon. "Decline in the perceived risk of cigarette smoking between 2006 and 2015: Findings from a U.S. nationally representative sample.." Drug Alcohol Depend 185 (April 1, 2018): 406–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.01.002.
Goodwin, Renee D., Lauren R. Pacek, Jan Copeland, Scott J. Moeller, Lisa Dierker, Andrea Weinberger, Misato Gbedemah, Michael J. Zvolensky, Melanie M. Wall, and Deborah S. Hasin. "Trends in Daily Cannabis Use Among Cigarette Smokers: United States, 2002-2014.." Am J Public Health 108, no. 1 (January 2018): 137–42. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2017.304050.
Pacek, Lauren R., Olga Rass, and Matthew W. Johnson. "Positive smoking cessation-related interactions with HIV care providers increase the likelihood of interest in cessation among HIV-positive cigarette smokers.." Aids Care 29, no. 10 (October 2017): 1309–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2017.1330532.
Pacek, Lauren R., Evan S. Herrmann, Michael T. Smith, and Ryan Vandrey. "Sleep continuity, architecture and quality among treatment-seeking cannabis users: An in-home, unattended polysomnographic study.." Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 25, no. 4 (August 2017): 295–302. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000126.
Johnson, Matthew W., Patrick S. Johnson, Olga Rass, and Lauren R. Pacek. "Behavioral economic substitutability of e-cigarettes, tobacco cigarettes, and nicotine gum.." J Psychopharmacol 31, no. 7 (July 2017): 851–60. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881117711921.
Wilson, Sarah M., Lauren R. Pacek, Paul A. Dennis, Lori A. Bastian, Jean C. Beckham, and Patrick S. Calhoun. "Veterans Living with HIV: A High-Risk Group for Cigarette Smoking.." Aids Behav 21, no. 7 (July 2017): 1950–55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-017-1717-6.
Rupprecht, Laura E., Joseph S. Koopmeiners, Sarah S. Dermody, Jason A. Oliver, Mustafa al'Absi, Neal L. Benowitz, Rachel Denlinger-Apte, et al. "Reducing nicotine exposure results in weight gain in smokers randomised to very low nicotine content cigarettes.." Tob Control 26, no. e1 (March 2017): e43–48. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053301.
Pacek, Lauren R., Olga Rass, and Matthew W. Johnson. "Knowledge about nicotine among HIV-positive smokers: Implications for tobacco regulatory science policy.." Addict Behav 65 (February 2017): 81–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.10.008.
Higgins, Stephen T., Sarah H. Heil, Stacey C. Sigmon, Jennifer W. Tidey, Diann E. Gaalema, Maxine L. Stitzer, Hanna Durand, et al. "Response to varying the nicotine content of cigarettes in vulnerable populations: an initial experimental examination of acute effects.." Psychopharmacology (Berl) 234, no. 1 (January 2017): 89–98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-016-4438-z.
Tidey, Jennifer W., Lauren R. Pacek, Joseph S. Koopmeiners, Ryan Vandrey, Natalie Nardone, David J. Drobes, Neal L. Benowitz, et al. "Effects of 6-Week Use of Reduced-Nicotine Content Cigarettes in Smokers With and Without Elevated Depressive Symptoms.." Nicotine Tob Res 19, no. 1 (January 2017): 59–67. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntw199.
Pacek, Lauren R., Ryan Vandrey, Sarah S. Dermody, Rachel L. Denlinger-Apte, Andrine Lemieux, Jennifer W. Tidey, F Joseph McClernon, et al. "Evaluation of a reduced nicotine product standard: Moderating effects of and impact on cannabis use.." Drug Alcohol Depend 167 (October 1, 2016): 228–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.08.620.
Pacek, Lauren R., Maggie M. Sweitzer, and F Joseph McClernon. "Non-cigarette tobacco and poly-tobacco use among persons living with HIV drawn from a nationally representative sample.." Drug Alcohol Depend 162 (May 1, 2016): 251–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.03.020.
Dermody, Sarah S., Jennifer W. Tidey, Rachel L. Denlinger, Lauren R. Pacek, Mustafa al'Absi, David J. Drobes, Dorothy K. Hatsukami, Ryan Vandrey, and Eric C. Donny. "The Impact of Smoking Very Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes on Alcohol Use.." Alcohol Clin Exp Res 40, no. 3 (March 2016): 606–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.12980.
Pacek, Lauren R., and Patricia A. Cioe. "Tobacco Use, Use Disorders, and Smoking Cessation Interventions in Persons Living With HIV.." Curr Hiv/Aids Rep 12, no. 4 (December 2015): 413–20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11904-015-0281-9.
Rass, Olga, Lauren R. Pacek, Patrick S. Johnson, and Matthew W. Johnson. "Characterizing use patterns and perceptions of relative harm in dual users of electronic and tobacco cigarettes.." Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 23, no. 6 (December 2015): 494–503. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000050.
Pacek, Lauren R., Pia M. Mauro, and Silvia S. Martins. "Perceived risk of regular cannabis use in the United States from 2002 to 2012: differences by sex, age, and race/ethnicity.." Drug Alcohol Depend 149 (April 1, 2015): 232–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.02.009.
Dyer, Typhanye P., Rotrease Regan, Lauren R. Pacek, Abenaa Acheampong, and Maria R. Khan. "Psychosocial vulnerability and HIV-related sexual risk among men who have sex with men and women in the United States.." Arch Sex Behav 44, no. 2 (February 2015): 429–41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0346-7.
Pacek, L. R., and R. M. Crum. "A review of the literature concerning HIV and cigarette smoking: Morbidity and mortality, associations with individual- and social-level characteristics, and smoking cessation efforts." Addiction Research and Theory 23, no. 1 (February 1, 2015): 10–23. https://doi.org/10.3109/16066359.2014.920013.
Pacek, Lauren R., and Ryan Vandrey. "Cannabis use history and characteristics of quit attempts: a comparison study of treatment-seeking and non-treatment-seeking cannabis users.." Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 22, no. 6 (December 2014): 517–23. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037791.
Pacek, Lauren R., Paul T. Harrell, and Silvia S. Martins. "Cigarette smoking and drug use among a nationally representative sample of HIV-positive individuals.." Am J Addict 23, no. 6 (November 2014): 582–90. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1521-0391.2014.12145.x.
Alvanzo, Anika A. H., Carla L. Storr, Ramin Mojtabai, Kerry M. Green, Lauren R. Pacek, Lareina N. La Flair, Bernadette A. Cullen, and Rosa M. Crum. "Gender and race/ethnicity differences for initiation of alcohol-related service use among persons with alcohol dependence.." Drug Alcohol Depend 140 (July 1, 2014): 48–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.03.010.
Pacek, Lauren R., Carl Latkin, Rosa M. Crum, Elizabeth A. Stuart, and Amy R. Knowlton. "Current cigarette smoking among HIV-positive current and former drug users: associations with individual and social characteristics.." Aids Behav 18, no. 7 (July 2014): 1368–77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-013-0663-1.
Pacek, Lauren R., Carl Latkin, Rosa M. Crum, Elizabeth A. Stuart, and Amy R. Knowlton. "Interest in quitting and lifetime quit attempts among smokers living with HIV infection.." Drug Alcohol Depend 138 (May 1, 2014): 220–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.02.008.
Cullen, Bernadette A., Lareina N. La Flair, Carla L. Storr, Kerry M. Green, Anika A. H. Alvanzo, Ramin Mojtabai, Lauren R. Pacek, and Rosa M. Crum. "Association of comorbid generalized anxiety disorder and alcohol use disorder symptoms with health-related quality of life: results from the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.." J Addict Med 7, no. 6 (November 2013): 394–400. https://doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0b013e31829faa1c.
Pacek, L. R., C. L. Storr, R. Mojtabai, K. M. Green, L. N. La Flair, A. A. H. Alvanzo, B. A. Cullen, and R. M. Crum. "Comorbid alcohol dependence and anxiety disorders: A national survey." Journal of Dual Diagnosis 9, no. 4 (November 1, 2013): 271–80. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2013.835164.
La Flair, Lareina N., Beth A. Reboussin, Carla L. Storr, Elizabeth Letourneau, Kerry M. Green, Ramin Mojtabai, Lauren R. Pacek, Anika A. H. Alvanzo, Bernadette Cullen, and Rosa M. Crum. "Childhood abuse and neglect and transitions in stages of alcohol involvement among women: a latent transition analysis approach.." Drug Alcohol Depend 132, no. 3 (October 1, 2013): 491–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.03.012.
Pacek, Lauren R., Silvia S. Martins, and Rosa M. Crum. "The bidirectional relationships between alcohol, cannabis, co-occurring alcohol and cannabis use disorders with major depressive disorder: results from a national sample.." J Affect Disord 148, no. 2–3 (June 2013): 188–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2012.11.059.
Pacek, Lauren R., Robert J. Malcolm, and Silvia S. Martins. "Race/ethnicity differences between alcohol, marijuana, and co-occurring alcohol and marijuana use disorders and their association with public health and social problems using a national sample.." Am J Addict 21, no. 5 (September 2012): 435–44. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1521-0391.2012.00249.x.
Harrell, P. T., R. C. Trenz, M. Scherer, L. R. Pacek, and W. W. Latimer. "Cigarette smoking, illicit drug use, and routes of administration among heroin and cocaine users.." Addict Behav 37, no. 5 (May 2012): 678–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.01.011.
Wilson, Sarah M., Lauren Pacek, Paul Dennis, Lori Bastian, Jean Beckham, and Patrick Calhoun. "VETERANS LIVING WITH HIV: A PARTICULARLY HIGH-RISK GROUP FOR CIGARETTE SMOKING." In Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 51:S2341–S2341. SPRINGER, 2017.
Giovacchini, Coral X., Lauren Pacek, F Joseph McClernon, and Loretta G. Que. "Use and Perceived Risk of Electronic Cigarettes Among North Carolina Middle and High School Students.." In N C Med J, 78:7–13, 2017. https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.78.1.7.
Some information on this profile has been compiled automatically from Duke databases and external sources. (Our About page explains how this works.) If you see a problem with the information, please write to Scholars@Duke and let us know. We will reply promptly.
Manage this Profile
Add data to my Website


When it comes to business communications services, we've got it covered. We can provide virtually any product imaginable to communicate with your clients, employees, stockholders, or vendors.
Our products range from business cards and stationary to mailings and brochures / catalogs. We're experts at corporate identity pieces. But that's only the beginning. To learn more about the many products and services we offer, please contact one of our representatives.


When it comes to buying doors, there are many options available and we carry a variety of sizes and styles. We are able to provide doors that meet the highest NAFS (North American Fenestration Standards) requirements for efficiency.
Slegg produces a full range of doors. From interior to exterior, wood or fiberglass, standard products or custom, we've got what you want. We also carry commercial steel doors and frames plus hardware and locksets from Canada's most trusted brands. Our service team will even come to your home or site to take measurements and ensure your door is built to your every specification.
Come visit one of our showrooms today and speak to one of our experts.


text:
Screenings At Home
print matter
SPRING SCREENINGS
Sat 11 April | 6:30pm
Claude Berri Jean de Florette (1986, France, 2hrs) cert PG
French, English subtitles
£3 (£2) | Booking advised
Co-adapted by director Claude Berri from a novel by Marcel Pagnol, this hugely successful French historical drama concerns a bizarre battle over a valuable natural spring in a remote village in Provence. A disreputable old man and his nephew plot to trick their neighbour, a newcomer from the city, out of his newly inherited property. They use every available trick in an attempt to force him from his land, but the novice farmer stands firm.
Sat 28 March | 6:30pm
Ritesh Batra The Lunchbox (2013, India, 1hr 44mins) cert PG
Hindi and English, English subtitles
The first of two films selected by Helen Mirra to coincide with Acts for placing woollen and linen at CAMPLE LINE this Spring.
A rare mix-up in Mumbai's famously efficient 'dabbawala' lunchbox delivery system connects Saajan, a lonely widower close to retirement, and Ila, an unhappy housewife who prepares elaborate meals intended to win back her estranged husband's affection. Together, Saajan and Ila build a fantasy world through notes exchanged in the daily lunchbox.
Sat 2 May | 6:30pm
Mohammad-Ali Talebi Willow and Wind (1999, Iran, 1hr 21mins) cert PG
Persian, English subtitles
with an introduction by filmmaker Margaret Salmon
A classroom window is broken and the children cannot concentrate because the rain is getting in. The culprit is not allowed to return to class until he mends the window, so he embarks on an epic mission to transport a pane of glass across the countryside in a howling gale. Glasgow-based filmmaker Margaret Salmon will introduce the screening.
Alice Rohrwacher, The Wonders (2015, Italy, 1hr 50mins) cert 15
Italian, English subtitles
A family of beekeepers living in the isolated Tuscan countryside find their household disrupted by the simultaneous arrival of a silently troubled teenage boy taken in as a farmhand, and a reality TV show intent on showcasing the family. Both intrusions are of particular interest to the eldest daughter, 12 year old Gelsomina, who is struggling to find her footing in the world. A richly textured coming-of-age tale and a quietly effective tribute to a vanishing way of life.
Sat 30 May | 6.30pm
Liu Jiayin, Oxhide (2005, China, 1hr 50mins)
Mandarin, English subtitles
Daily life in an impossibly cramped Beijing apartment takes on epic proportions in this intimate portrait of a working-class Chinese family. Boldly transforming documentary into fiction, Liu Jiayin cast her parents and herself as fictionalised versions of themselves. With virtually no budget and boundless ingenuity, Liu Jiayin's debut, shot at 23 years old, consists of 23 static, one-scene shots within her family's 50 square metre home. Liu keeps her small DV camera in claustrophobic closeness to her subjects, often showing only parts of their bodies as their voices dominate the soundtrack.
Sat 6 June | 6.30pm
Trinh T. Minh-ha, Naked Spaces – Living is Round (1985, 118mins)
Screening on 16mm
With an introduction by Dr Philippa Lovatt
Specially selected by Helen Mirra, please join us for a rare 16mm film screening of Trinh T. Minh-ha's beautiful and compelling Naked Spaces – Living is Round (1985). Naked Spaces explores daily life in the rural villages of six West African countries: Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin and Senegal. Challenging the authoritative form of the anthropological documentary, it follows a nonlinear structure that builds slowly and poetically through image and sound to reveal patterns of ritual and dwelling, energy and rest, home and work. Trinh has said, 'Every house in this film is at the same time a tool, a sanctuary, and a world of art.' Narrated by three women, 'each voice speaks for a different cultural heritage, a different linguistic logic, and a different way of realising information. The relationship between words and images is, as intended, an uncomfortable one.'
Copyright © 2021 CAMPLE LINE | Site design by JCC


text:
Рай () — присілок у складі Орічівського району Кіровської області, Росія. Входить до складу Спас-Талицького сільського поселення.

Населення становить 5 осіб (2010).

Примітки

Посилання
 На Вікімапії

Населені пункти Орічівського району
Присілки Кіровської області

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia