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The Asperger's Test Site
The Asperger's Test Site is devoted to helping everyone get a free online diagnosis for Asperger's Syndrome. Unfortunately in these modern times it's not always possible for everyone to get an official diagnosis. Insurance companies often limit the possibility of this and Doctors\GP's are increasingly unwilling to refer people for more extensive diagnosis. Using the AQ screening Questionnaire developed at the Cambridge Autism Research Institute enables anyone to gauge where they are on the Autism spectrum and whether they would qualify for an official classification. Take the Asperger's Quiz.
The Aspergers Test Site also offers a whole range of information for adults and parents about all aspects of the syndrome, including sensory processing issues, social skills, dealing with anxiety and treatment options. Please refer to the categories on the right hand side for more articles related to each subject.
We also offer a free course about all Aspects of Aspergers. It takes you through what you need to know, step by step following the diagnosis. You can receive the free course here.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
We get a lot of questions at the site after people take the test. So we thought we would make a list of them to help you get the most out of our site.
What does my Autism Quotient test score mean?
Unfortunately we cannot give an exact definition of what your individual score means. 32+ is the official score for a diagnosis of Aspergers but there are several bands which can be given a general classification for guideline purposes. You can find more information regarding this on our guide to interpreting the AQ Test.
I got a high AQ test score what should i do?
For every person the answer to this question is different. For some it's quite important to get an official diagnosis so that they can see what support is available in their country and for others it's not so important. Either way we recommend that you educate yourself on the subject and one great way to do that is through our free email course. We have also written this book: Emotional Mastery for Adults with Aspergers to help deal specifically with issues such as anxiety and depression.
How do I get an official diagnosis?
The process of getting an official diagnosis is different between adults and children. We have outlined the steps you need to follow in this post about the process.
Where can I get a diagnosis?
We get a lot of people asking this question and unfortunately there is no easy answer. We don't have the resources to help all the visitors to this site. The best advice would be to start with your Doctor\General Practitioner. Failing that do a search for autism or Aspergers test followed by your local area.
I think my child has Aspergers. What should i do?
Leslie Burby, one of the contributors of this site has written a very good publication on how to spot Autism and Asperger's Syndrome in children. It also illustrates the steps that you can use to get your child the help they need in the essential early years of their life when early intervention is critical. Check out Early Signs of Autism on Amazon.
Where can I get more information about Aspergers Syndrome?
We have covered much of the most important information either on this website or our free email course. If you havent signed up yet we recommend you do. We have also collated a list of books that you may find useful as well as movies that you may find inspiring.
I think a friend or loved one may have Aspergers. Should I tell them?
This is always a difficult decision to make, but this article should help you make an informed decision.
What is the difference between Autism and Asperger's?
At the moment this a particularly loaded question because of the DSM classification. We wrote a specific post about Autism vs Asperger's Syndrome.
What are the symptoms?
Here is a list of the symptoms that are most common among those with Aspergers. You may associate with some or all the symptoms.
Where can I get help?
We would always recommend starting out with your medical doctor and asking what support is available in your local country. Following that we recommend reaching out to local Autism and Asperger's support groups where possible. There are also a couple of forums that we can recommend such as www.wrongplanet.net, where there is a lot of peer support from the community.
Is there any medication I should take?
There is no medication for autism but their is medication for anxiety and many female women that I speak with have found tremendous relief on anxiety meds or ADHD meds depending on the individual so I recommend speaking with a doctor that has experience with ASD patients.
Do you have a Checklist for Aspergers?
Yes you will probably want to check out this post.

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This is Day 7 of the 21-Day Journaling Challenge (21DJC). The challenge is over but you can still do the tasks in your own time! Visit the overview page for all Journaling Challenge tasks and posts.
Hi everyone – Welcome to Day 7 of 21DJC! 🙂
Yesterday's question was: "What Frustrates You?".
Thank *you* for your earnest responses. While it's good to be positive, and to focus on the positive stuff, the thing is frustration is one in the spectrum of emotions we experience as humans. Everyone feels frustrated in some way or another – it's just a matter of (a) whether you're aware of it (b) whether you want to admit it or not.
Some people may think: "Oh well, I'm never frustrated", or "I've overcome frustration because I choose not to focus on negative things, only positive stuff". Fair enough, but my question, and my challenge to you would be: Is it true that you're never frustrated, or are you just not conscious of it? And for those people who still insist you're never frustrated, are you perhaps denying your emotions, and deluding yourself?
While the *feeling* of frustration is not a positive experience, it's not a negative phenomenon per se. All emotions, as with all situations in life, are neutral occurrences. To give it any meaning beyond what it is, would be to turn it into something that it's not.
Like all of you, I have my fair share of times when I feel frustrated. Just yesterday, I was quite frustrated with the moderator of a conference I was speaking at, because for some reason, the outline that was agreed upon before the panel was not adhered to. I was frustrated because I had prepared a fair bit for the conference, and I felt half of the work had gone to waste, never to be absorbed by others. I was frustrated because it didn't allow me to showcase my best value to the audience, who were there to learn about the topic.
I would also be frustrated whenever people got in my way of growing, or helping others to grow. Because this is my life purpose, it felt like everything was at stake when I wasn't allowed to pursue it. I would feel scrunched up on the inside, like my existence has been compromised.
Other things that would frustrate me include people who impose their values on others, people who give their opinions and advice when not asked for, irresponsible people, people who make empty promises, when I sabotage my own weight loss efforts, naysayers, people who try to attack my beliefs, among others.
I don't think we should concern ourselves with eliminating frustration as an emotion. Neither should we let the feeling of frustration perpetuate too. Frustration happens as a result of things not going our way, so it's a useful tool in self-discovery and growth.
I think whenever we feel frustrated, we should strive to understand the source of our frustrations, learn from the situation, and apply what we learned, so the same situation will not recur in the future. This is what it means to learn and grow.
With that said, let's now move to today's question!
21DJC Day 7
Today is Day 7, which marks the end of the 1st week out of the 3 weeks of our 21-Day Journaling Challenge. Having shared the things that frustrate us yesterday, today, I'd like you to reflect on:
What is the Most Important Thing You've Learned in Life So Far?
If you are to pinpoint just 1 thing you've learned, the 1 most important thing you've learned in your life so far, what would it be?
Your Task Today:
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- Share your answer. After you are done writing, copy and paste your answer in the comments area and post it there.
- Check out other participants' answers. Other participants will be sharing their answers too, so feel free to read and reply to their answers. This is a group course, so let's support each other in these 21 days.


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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford does not shy away from the scandal that consumed the end of his second term in his first television ad for the 1st District congressional race.
Sanford opens the 30-second advertisement talking about how he fought to cut government spending and reduce debt.
He then switches to the scandal. In 2009 in the middle of his second term, Sanford headed to Argentina to see his mistress without telling his family or anyone in the administration or elsewhere in state government. Reporters and others were told he was hiking the Appalachian Trail. The trip and its aftermath led to his divorce.
"More recently, I've experienced how none of us go through life without mistakes," Sanford said in the ad. "But in their wake, we can learn a lot about grace, a God of second chances and be the better for it. In that light, I humbly step forward and ask for your help in changing Washington."
Sanford and the woman he went to see in Argentina and later called his "soul mate," Maria Belen Chapur, became engaged last summer.
Sanford's campaign said the ad began running on cable channels in the coastal 1st District on Monday, and will run on broadcast channels in the district starting next week.
Sanford is one of 16 candidates vying for the Republican nomination for the seat left open when Tim Scott was appointed to the U.S. Senate.
So far advertisements from the other candidates such as Teddy Turner, the son of media magnate Ted Turner, state Reps. Chip Limehouse, state Sen. Larry Grooms, Charleston County School Board member Elizabeth Moffly and former Charleston County councilman Curtis Bostic have largely been biographical and haven't made mention of Sanford who served three terms in a differently-drawn 1st District before he was elected governor in 2002.
Only two candidates are running for the Democratic nomination. Elizabeth Colbert-Busch, the sister of comedian and Charleston native Stephen Colbert, is taking on perennial candidate Ben Frazier.
The party primaries are March 19 with runoffs scheduled for April 2. The special election is set for May 7.


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text: Show Hide image Culture 6 December 2012 "The Coup": A new short story by Tom Rachman Short fiction from the author of The Imperfectionists. Sign-up To be denounced before eight in the morning interferes with the digestion. Gerald, unable to swallow his cereal, wondered what he'd done. "Shame on you!" chanted the lone protester outside. Much as Gerald searched his memory for past disgraces, nothing wicked came to mind. Disappointing, really: by one's mid-forties, oughtn't a man to be ashamed of something? He strode the length of his townhouse, upstairs past the back terrace, across the living room, beyond the guest and master bedrooms, up to the top-floor study, which still smelled of paint three weeks after they'd moved in. At the window, he peeped down on the street. The protester, a pudgy bearded man, stood there holding a sign that declared "Filthy Pig", followed by three exclamation points. Gerald turned from the window, glancing at the attic clutter: the rolled-up Persian runners for which they'd not yet found the right floor space; an obsolete iMac that was hard to toss out; emptied suitcases and assorted leftovers of the recent move. What had he to be ashamed of? After all, much of Gerald's adult life had been devoted to charitable works. Eighty-three nonprofits entrusted him with a total of £1.6bn, which it was his duty to protect and increase at Wisset-Brown, the private bank whose charities department he directed. There was something childlike (in the best way) about many in the charitable sector, he believed. They were optimists about humanity, which was a form of extremism in the sense that children were extremists – that is, endearingly so. Especially since this was so demonstrably not an era of empathy. Then again, which ever had been? He returned to the window. Three more demonstrators had joined the bearded man, who raised a megaphone for a new chant, words of loathing that seeped into Gerald's consciousness with utmost relief: this rally, he realised, was aimed at his neighbours. When he'd first contemplated buying this house, Gerald had noticed on the adjacent property a rain-dirtied flag with an exotic yellow bird at its centre, marking the embassy of a nation he thereafter referred to as the Kingdom of Budgerigar – one of those tiny states he knew to be brutish and hot, but whose location on a map required two minutes to find. He'd contemplated whether the act of residing beside a despicable regime raised moral questions, particularly for his partner, who was at the Foreign Office. But, as a friend had commented, if Britain were willing to accept diplomats from Budgerigar, surely Gerald should be broad-minded enough to live next to them in South Kensington. Plus, the house was extremely reasonable. Thankfully, the Budgerigarian diplomats proved a genial bunch, particularly a chargé d'affaires called Ústaffa who invited them to dinner with the ambassador soon after their arrival. All the Budgerigarians at the meal were charming, articulate, cultured – and eager to play down media reports. Gerald's only lingering complaint was that they put out their rubbish so much earlier than the council demanded, causing an awful stink, given that fish featured so highly in the national diet. As he stood in his attic, the protest-chant outside took hold of him, an irritatingly catchy tune: "Go away/You fat goats/Or we choke you/By your throats." The temptation was to lean out and remark that a throat was the only place one could choke a goat, wasn't it? Though, to be fair, they needed a rhyme with "goats", and he couldn't think of a better one. Gerald avoided eye contact with the demonstrators when he left for work that morning, biking off for Wisset-Brown. A satisfactory day ensued, including a luncheon with his fourth-largest charity, some of whose fund - raisers had been pushing for a shift to so-called ethical investments – that is, no oil companies, no big tobacco, no orang-utan abusers. Gerald cautioned that he had yet to encounter a socially responsible investment that performed long-term. You could set out with ideals and indeed should. But you could not achieve ideals with ideals. The head of the charity was relieved – times were tough without taking a risk on their holdings. The financial crisis had led to a decline in giving and a rise in neediness; rampant inflation ate into their funds; the government had been threatening to cap how much the rich could write-off in donations. Not that donors gave for tax relief alone. Just that . . . Anyway, the existing investments would stand. As the luncheon concluded, the head of the charity made a few conscience-salving comments, remarking that Gerald had "forced our hand" and been "so hard-nosed, as ever". Untrue and unfair. Yes, money was a priority but that was his professional duty. And it was his private belief too. Money ensured comfort for those he loved: his partner, his nephews, his god-daughter. Their happiness could not be purchased but it could be rendered more probable in charming lodgings, with decent schooling, proper travel, exposure to aesthetics, varied cooking. So, no, money wasn't the point – but it paid for the point. Cycling home, he proceeded down a chain of thoughts, worrying first that he was a horrible person, then if they ought to have lamb again, wishing there were a Waitrose nearby, and whose turn it was to cook tonight, his or Gerald's? (It should be noted that Gerald and his partner enjoyed a contented domestic relationship, with one vexing feature: both men were named Gerald. Early on, this had been amusing. But soon, Gerald took to encouraging the other Gerald to change his name to Ivor, which – they agreed – was a pleasing alternative. However, Gerald insisted that Gerald should be the one to change. Each remained wilful, referring to the other as Ivor and refusing to surrender his own Geraldness.) So it was that Gerald, director of charities at Wisset-Brown, bicycled home with thoughts of spring lamb, new potatoes and Rioja (did lamb go with Rioja?), and forgot about the morning protest till he arrived in his own square, finding the rally still noisily in force. He cooked that night and Ivor, arriving late, recounted his workday, which included a maddening ministerial briefing in which he'd been permitted two minutes to distinguish among three conflicts, one rooted in a ludicrous colonial-era border, another due to cocaine trans-shipment, a third pertaining to cashew production. In each, armed men swarmed the country, leaving unspeakable wounds, mocking any notion of justice in life. Dispirited, Ivor salted his new potatoes at length. Day after day, the rallies continued, lasting till after midnight, resuming in the early morning. Coming and going grew awkward – Gerald felt like a strike-breaker pushing through the crowd. When Newsnight broadcast a segment on the embattled insurgency in the Kingdom of Budgerigar, they showed a snippet from the embassy demo, including a shot of Gerald in his bike helmet, fiddling to get his key in the front-door deadbolt. The protest grew and the litter increased – crisp packets in the gutter, fish bones. Gerald came to dislike the demonstrators and, secretly, longed for them to bugger off – only to wince at this churlish thought, making a point thereafter of accepting all their pamphlets. Tidying up one night, he found himself leafing through the protest literature. The awful claims gripped him and he read to the end, doing follow-up research on the internet. Hard to tell if the government really was that horrible, or if the opposition just had a better website. Nevertheless, he was in a righteous mood when Ivor returned from Whitehall, and was soon advocating the expulsion of their neighbours. They agreed that Ivor would raise the situation at work. To denounce another country was always tricky. Problem was, so many foreign governments were fairly repellent – picking one was, Ivor explained, "a question of resources." Plus, any condemnation risked stirring the Daily Mail, which might then pry into Foreign Office programmes that had inadvertently funnelled British taxpayer money to foreign thugs. Thankfully, a review of recent spending in Budgerigar revealed a paltry £843 expen diture – although the associated word "mangoes" was worrying, in the Daily Mailgetting- wind-of-it sense. Nevertheless, Ivor lobbied at work, and he and Gerald missed no opportunity to rail against the regime; they become bores about it. Ivor returned from work aglow one night, having wrung out a three-sentence press release chastening the Budgerigarian administration (though in no way casting aspersions on the nation's famously succulent grapefruits, nor any affiliated UK-based citrus importers). Gerald was effervescent about their victory for a few days. But the protesters outside – unaware of his efforts – became no more considerate. Their rowdiness only increased, with noise around the clock. On a sunny Saturday afternoon, he decided not to skulk inside any more, imprisoned as he had been by the cacophony outside. He had bought this townhouse to enjoy, not to cower in. He marched into his back garden, put on his iPod, and settled down with the FT crossword. When he glimpsed Ústaffa across the fence, Gerald hastened over. They chatted amiably, lamenting the traffic snarls expected from the Olympics, until Gerald sneaked in a mention of the protesters, noting that they'd be outfoxed, were the embassy personnel to up and move. He passed over a business card from his estate agent. Within days, the embassy was empty. The protesters dispersed too. Not, it transpired, because of Gerald's suggestion. But because insurgents had stormed Budgerigar Palace in the capital, ousted the despots, and installed a caretaker council. The rebels, Ivor explained, had been anxiously awaiting any sign of support from the west. And it had come in the form of a three-line British communiqué. Not insignificantly, the insurgents had the good fortune to attack when the entire cabinet was out of the country, attending the summer sales at Harrods. Presently, a new flag fluttered from the pole next door. The brass nameplate was replaced to reflect the changed title of the state, which Gerald now referred to as the People's Republic of Parakeet. A new set of diplomats moved in. What relief: they lived beside liberators now. The new neighbours threw a vast Parakeet party in their garden and, though they failed to invite Gerald and Ivor, it seemed a merry occasion. Worryingly, the parties continued. This new lot were so triumphant that they wouldn't shut up about it, with barbeques all summer, and not just on weekends. Fish bones found their way into Gerald's back garden, along with beer cans and empty crisp packets. In a fit of pique, as a live band did its soundcheck on the other side of the fence, Gerald fetched one of the old protest pamphlets, whereupon he called the listed mobile number to learn what they thought of their new regime now. The number rang, seemingly in stereo: once through the handset at Gerald's ear and again across the fence. "Yes, hello?" a man replied. Gerald stood on his tiptoes to see into the adjacent garden. "Hello?" the man repeated. It was the pudgy bearded protester, now in suit and tie. They had moved in over there. Gerald hung up. "Shame!" he shrieked. Well, it wasn't a shriek so much as a mutter, but with a degree of vitriol that was formidable. Autumn arrived and the parties dwindled. Still, the Parakeetians scarcely acknowledged Gerald, even when he and they happened to be putting out rubbish at the same time. As for the stench, this lot were even more prolific eaters of the pungent national fish than their predecessors had been. All of which was pretty inconsiderate given that it was Gerald who had liberated their homeland in the first place. Developing countries, he thought, you just want to give up on them after a while, don't you. One puts one's faith in the new lot. Then they turn out even worse than the last bunch of bandits. Tom Rachman is the English/Canadian author of "The Imperfectionists" (Quercus, £7.99) Tom Rachman is the English/Canadian author of "The Imperfectionists" (Quercus, £7.99). Subscribe £1 per month This article first appeared in the 10 December 2012 issue of the New Statesman, Greece: a warning for Britain? SUBSCRIBE More


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Welcome to Narutopedia. As to your question, I'm not sure what you mean "visual" for images. Do you possess a screenshot perhaps? ~ Ten Tailed Fox 15:03, November 7, 2012 (UTC)
It's been disabled pretty much since Wikia introduced it. The RTE actively screwed up our content. Someone would make a trivial edit with the RTE, all of a sudden formatting might be broken, the order of semantic attributes in relation to categories would change, etc...
WYSIWYG is fundamentally broken in MediaWiki right now. That fact was true in the FCKEditor days, the old RTE days, the current RTE days, and will hold true until Wikimedia's VisualEditor work finally deals with the fundamental issues.
Looking at the current state of Wikia's RTE UI. Enabling it would be a very, very, very bad idea. Given the way we use templates like {{translation}} Wikia's RTE interface would not only not help new users, but would actually actively screw them over and made it harder for them to edit our content. (Ya, thats not my writing, OK?)— UltimateSupreme ƒ(♫) 15:09 UTC, Wednesday, 7 November 2012
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- *cough* you mean Ultimate "quoted". ~ Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (Local Talk ⁝ Animanga Talk) 18:28, November 7, 2012 (UTC)
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Which templates? Can you be more specific?~ UltimateSupreme 16:16, January 26, 2013 (UTC)
No, infoboxes handle them better.~ UltimateSupreme 16:32, January 26, 2013 (UTC)
Use the Special:Upload page which comes with set of instructions.-- ~ UltimateSupreme 12:10, August 5, 2013 (UTC)
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I love to eat. But not just any food; I love homemade, locally grown, slow-cooked, made-from-scratch breakfasts, lunches and dinners. The trouble is, I don't like to cook. It's not that I hate it — and in fact a couple times a month I break out the pots and pans and put together a nice meal for my boyfriend and me. But that occasional cooking becomes totally un-fun for me as soon as I have to do it more often.
So if I had the money, my dream would be to hire a personal chef to make scrumptious meals so I never have to think about cooking (unless it's for fun) again. But I had a feeling that other people might not feel the same way, so I posed the following question on Facebook:
If you had the resources (but only enough to choose one), would you rather:
Have someone come into your home to clean/do laundry twice a week
Have someone come and make you dinner (as well as pre-make or otherwise prepare) several other meals for the week, including food shopping?
(The cost for the cleaner and the chef is the same; you still pay for your food separately.)
And of course I got all kinds of answers! Though I would say that a solid majority would choose someone to clean rather than to cook. But the responses get to the heart of what we want to spend time doing.
Joceyln Gordon, creator of HoopYogini, felt much the way I do about food, writing, "Food Prep ~ I enjoy eating, however, I'm not so much of a fan of cooking. I would like meals prepared by an enthused cook who is infusing joy into our meals. Also, I could get things "done" like cleaning and laundry while meals are being prepared. AND, could enjoy some quality time (outside of the kitchen) with my loved ones."
Berkeley, Calif.-based biologist Chris Terry made an interesting point about why we like to eat out: "In house I would prefer cleaning and laundry service. If someone else is going to prepare my meals, I'd rather eat out for the social experience."
MNN healthy food blogger Robin Shreeves based her decision on the fact that she likes to cook, but would love someone to do the grocery shopping: "I hate cleaning! It should come as no surprise that I enjoy cooking. I like to grocery shop, too, but finding the time to do it well (make the menu, create the shopping list, cut any coupons, and actually shop) is tough. I do far more small trips to the store than I'd like. I don't think I'd like someone to cook for me ... but someone to go to the store twice a month for me, and buy exactly what I want them to buy, would be nice. But since you're saying we can only choose one, I choose the cleaning person."
Melissa Goldberg, who runs her own PR company in New Jersey, also likes to cook, and wouldn't give that up for convenience: "I would pay some one to clean. I love to cook and love to know where my food comes from and how it is prepared. I love that my husband really enjoys the meals that I make and have grown to be a better cook year after year."
Brisbane, Australia-based mother of twins and exercise instructor Alexis Presig-Toro is frustrated by the volume of laundry in her home, which drove her answer: "I would love someone to clean the house and do laundry. I love cooking and there is something very rewarding about seeing people enjoying your food. As a mother, laundry does not end, everyday there is another load/loads. Cleaning the house becomes tricky and certain strategy has to be put in place (for me)."
NYC-based makeup artist Kristen Arnett finds cooking to be a fun, creative outlet, extending from the cooking to the tablescape and atmosphere, so she'd also rather have a cleaner come in to do the dirty work: "I like to set a beautiful table with candles if dining with someone. In fact, I will admit that I just ordered a book on beautiful table scapes for 2. I despise the laundry and do it once a month if possible and hire someone to do my scrubbing."
And Starre Tearney, an Ohio yogini and mom, wondered if there was a way to have both: "I'd prefer laundry and cleaning. I really enjoy shopping for food and preparing nutrious meals. Although I like having food easy at times too. Hmm, maybe alternate weeks — have help cooking one and cleaning next — best of both worlds."
As we move into the biggest entertaining time of the year, what would you rather have — a housecleaner or a cook? And most importantly, why?
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MGT415: A Practical Introduction to Risk Assessment New
Wed, December 18, 2013
Excellent introduction to the area of risk assessment.
A great course to help the info sec pro understand the auditor and vice-versa.
In this course students will learn the practical skills necessary to perform regular risk assessments for their organizations. The ability to perform a risk assessment is crucial for organizations hoping to defend their systems. There are simply too many threats, too many potential vulnerabilities that could exist, and simply not enough resources to create an impregnable security infrastructure. Therefore every organization, whether they do so in an organized manner or not, will make priority decision on how best to defend their valuable data assets. Risk assessment should be the foundational tool used to facilitate thoughtful and purposeful defense strategies.
Course Syllabus
MGT415.1: A Practical Introduction to Risk Assessment
David Hoelzer
Wed Dec 18th, 2013
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
- Understanding Risk
- How to Perform a Simple Risk Assessment
- Risk Assessment Case Study
- Formal Risk Management Models and Tools
Additional Information
Laptop Required
Students need to bring a laptop with Microsoft Office 2007 (or later) or an equivalent spreadsheet tool installed on it. The ability to open Microsoft Excel files is a must. Students may choose to bring a laptop with another spreadsheet program installed on it, however the tools provided in class have only been thoroughly tested with Microsoft Office products, therefore it is recommended that students bring a copy of Microsoft Office 2007 or later installed on their machine.
If you have additional questions about the laptop specifications, please contact email@example.com.
Who Should Attend
- Any security engineers, compliance directors, managers, auditors - basically any SANS alumni potentially.
- Auditors
- Directors of security compliance
- Information assurance management
- System administrators
A basic understanding of information security and information security management topics is helpful for students attending this class. However a strong background in any of these skills is not a pre-requisite for the class. In the class students will be taught a step by step approach for performing a risk assessment regardless of their technical information security or management background.
Lab Details
- Lab 1 - Performing a Simple Risk Assessment
- Lab 2 - Risk Assessment Case Study
- Lab 3 - Formal Risk Assessment Tools
Why Take This Course?
You Will Be Able To:
- Perform a complete risk assessment.
- Inventory an organization's most critical information assets.
- Assign a data owner and custodian to an information asset.
- Assign classification values to critical information assets.
- Prioritize risk remediation efforts as a result of performing a risk assessment.
- Evaluate risk management models for use in their own organization.
You Will Learn
- Students will learn step by step how to perform a risk assessment.
- Students will learn how to map an organization's business requirements to implemented security controls.
- Students will learn the elements of risk assessment and the data necessary for performing an effective risk assessment.
- Students will learn about what in depth risk management models exist for implementing a deeper risk management program in their organization.
Other Courses People Have Taken
Other Courses People Have Taken
- SEC 401Security Essentials Bootcamp Style
- SEC 501 Advanced Security Essentials - Enterprise Defender
- SEC 566 Implementing and Auditing the Twenty Critical Security Controls - In-Depth
- AUD 507 Auditing Networks, Perimeters, and Systems
- MGT 512 SANS Security Leadership Essentials For Managers with Knowledge Compression™
What You Will Receive
- Courseware for learning how to perform a risk assessment
- A unique course spreadsheet tool for performing a risk assessment
- Open source tools for performing a risk assessment
Author Statement
Almost every time we talk with an organization, whether that be a private company or a government agency, we meet people who want to use risk assessment as a tool, but are not actually using it as they could. No organization has enough resources to do everything they would like to defend themselves. At some point a priority decision has to be made. We either make those decisions individually based on whatever need seems to be the most pressing in front of us today, or we take a methodical approach, getting as much input from the business as possible. Risk management is the tool we have available for taking the methodical path.
This course has been written with practicality and usability in mind. Risk models and learning ALE to pass a certification test are fine, but to defend our systems, we need practical skills in risk assessment. This course will teach students the hands-on skills necessary to immediately start using risk assessment as a tool to defend their organization. -James & Kelli Tarala


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Apple chief executive Tim Cook marks his first year at the tech company and he's done a pretty good job.
Many were skeptical of the former chief operating officer at Apple taking the helm, but Cook had already been doing much of the late co-founder and chief Steve Jobs' duties, according to Fortune. Jobs' declining health had Cook acting as an interim CEO already and later when Jobs died, Apple made it clear Cook would be following Job's directives for the company.
While Cook's era hasn't created anything revolutionary for Apple, it hasn't been lazy. While the iPhone 4S and third-generation iPad weren't exciting it made for decent profits. Cook also approved a dividend, something Jobs would probably never have done, as well as company-matching philanthropy. Apple stock has risen to all-time highs, including $270 billion (that's 77 percent) in market capitalization.


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There are similar pinned messages on the other toddler & kids' boards, but I want to target this one as well, especially in light of a lot of recent posts from parents who are worried about their child's development. (Forgive me for sounding like a broken record on this score, but this is a matter so near & dear to my heart!)
As a mother of two young kids, I can appreciate that there can be a fine line between fretting over every nuance of your child's development and being diligent in keeping an antenna up for possible issues.
When I first started worrying that something was slightly "unusual" about my daughter's development -- around the age of 12-15 months -- autism was nowhere on my radar screen!
Sure, my daughter seemed "different" when I compared her to other babies at playgroup, but she was also happy, smiling, and meeting all of her physical milestones. So I chalked up my concerns to being a paranoid, first time mother.
Everyone around me -- my well intentioned friends, family, online DIG, and even some medical professionals -- assured me that she was just "quirky," "sensitive" and "developing at her own speed..." which only reinforced my feeling that I was a stereotypical nervous mother. Nobody encouraged me to explore my concerns further until, finally, more than a year later, two girlfriends intervened and gave me the courage to seek the opinion of a specialist.
For any of you who have niggling concerns about your own child, but need a gentle nudge to act upon them, I hope that this message will encourage you to trust your gut and take action. If you click on the link in my signature, you will see why I feel so passionately about this issue.
If you are worried about your child's development -- physical, social, speech issues, sensory sensitivities, whatever -- I encourage you to raise those concerns with a qualified professional. Your MCHN or GP should be able to do a relatively simple developmental screen to help set your mind at ease or validate that further exploration is needed.
If you are told "don't worry" yet you continue to feel in your gut that something isn't right, please don't be afraid to seek another opinion.
This link below sets forth Hallmark Development Milestones (key social, emotional & communication milestones) for babies/toddlers. This can be a good launching off point for a discussion with a health care professional about your child's overall development.
On a more specific note, here are some of the very early red flags for autism spectrum disorders, which are now THE most common developmental disorder in Australia.
Below are some of the early warning signs -- usually seen in the first two years -- of ASD. Some children will have many of these early warning signs, whereas others might have only a few. Also, any loss of social or language skills during this period is cause for concern.
The child:
* doesn't consistently respond to her name
* doesn't smile at caregivers
* doesn't use gestures independently -- for example, she doesn't wave bye-bye without being told to, or without copying someone else who is waving
* doesn't show interest in other children
* doesn't enjoy or engage in games such as peek-a-boo or patty cake.
The child:
* doesn't use gestures to get needs met -- for example, she doesn't raise her arms when she wants to be picked up or reach out to something that she wants
* doesn't use eye contact to get someone's attention or communicate -- for example, she doesn't look at a parent and then look at a snack to indicate she wants the snack
* doesn't point to show people things, to share an experience or to request or indicate that she wants something -- for example, when she's being read to, she doesn't point to pictures in books and look back to show the reader
* doesn't engage in pretend play -- for example, she doesn't feed her baby doll
* doesn't sound like she's having a conversation with you when she babbles
* doesn't understand simple one-step instructions -- for example, "Give the block to me" or "Show me the dog."
The child:
* has an intense interest in certain objects and becomes "stuck" on particular toys or objects
* focuses narrowly on objects and activities such as turning the wheels of a toy car or lining up objects
* is easily upset by change and must follow routines -- for example, sleeping, feeding or leaving the house must be done in the same way every time
* repeats body movements or has unusual body movements such as back-arching, hand-flapping and walking on toes.
The child:
* is extremely sensitive to sensory experiences -- for example, she is easily upset by certain sounds, or will only eat foods with a certain texture
*seeks sensory stimulation -- for example, she likes deep pressure, seeks vibrating objects like the washing machine, or flutters fingers to the side of her eyes to watch the light flicker.
Additionally, the University of California-San Diego's Autism Center of Excellence, a world leader in research, early detection & early intervention, has some excellent, very easy-to-digest information on its web site:
Identifying autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) at the earliest age possible is of the utmost importance because early treatment can be very beneficial to the child and his/her family.
Abnormalities in how babies acts socially, as well as how they pay attention to and interact with their non-social environment, may be early warning signs. A delay in speech alone generally does not signify autism, but in combination with other warning signs, could suggest that a toddler is at risk.
Below are early warning signs describing what children at risk for an ASD between 12-24 months generally don't do, as well as a description of what they might do. Note that it is very common for typically developing toddlers to also show some of the red flags listed below.
(to read the specific examples, please click on the link below - they complement the information above):
If any of the above resonates with you, it doesn't necessarily mean that your child has ASD, but it does suggest that further investigation is warranted. Your GP can refer you to a developmental paed, a specialist who focuses on the comprehensive (physical, emotional, behavioral) development of children.
For more specific information for how to get an ASD assessment in your state or territory, check out:
There is so much that can be done to help children with ASD and other developmental issues reach their full potential, especially when these issues are caught early. Waiting lists for various professionals and various professionals can be long and funding support is overwhelming skewed toward young (below school age) children, hence another set of reasons to take action sooner rather than later.
In the words of my daughter's straight-shooting developmental pediatrician, "No child was ever harmed by an assessment or early intervention, but plenty of children could benefit from receiving timely support."
Thanks for reading this far,
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US Supreme Court to rule on affirmative action
1 October 2012
The US Supreme Court's term begins today, and race relations is at the top of the court's agenda. The US press hails Fisher v University of Texas as the most important case the Court has agreed to hear thus far. Word is out that it could sound the death knell for affirmative action in the United States.
The justices are being asked to decide whether race-based affirmative action in college admissions is still constitutional. The petitioner is a white student who was turned down by the University of Texas in 2008. She claims she was a victim of illegal race discrimination under their policy of affirmative action.
In 1997 the Texas legislature enacted a law requiring the University of Texas to admit all Texas high school seniors ranking in the top ten percent of their classes. Whilst this measure improved access to tertiary education for many, the colleges protested at having their hands tied with regard to highly talented students who showed promise in certain subjects but did not come in to the top ten percent (including minority students in highly integrated high schools). To redress this balance the Supreme Court ruled in 2003 that universities could consider a minority student's race as a "plus factor" in admissions. The Court based its ruling on the need for colleges to ensure a diverse student body. Following this judgment, the University of Texas added a new affirmative action policy to go along with the automatic admission rule with race being a "plus factor" in admission.
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As big data applications move from development and proof of concept to production, the need for management and operations tools is becoming ever more pronounced. Enter big data application platform company, Concurrent, primary sponsor of the open source Cascading application framework.
Concurrent today announced Driven, which the company says is the first application performance management product for big data applications. Chris Wensel, author of the Cascading project and founder and CTO of Concurrent, says Driven is purpose-built to address the pain points of enterprise application development and application performance management on Apache Hadoop.
"Driven is a powerful step forward in delivering the full promise of connecting business with big data," Wensel says. "Gone are the days when developers must dig through log files for clues to slow performance or failures of their data processing applications. The release of Driven further enables enterprise users to develop data-oriented applications on Apache Hadoop in a more collaborative, streamlined fashion. Driven is the key to unlock enterprises' ability to drive differentiation through data. There's a lot more to come—this is only the beginning."
Governance and compliance tools are among the features on tap for the future, Wensel says.
The idea behind Driven is to give developers, data analysts, data scientists and operations the capability to see key application metrics in real-time and thus allow them to isolate and resolve problems quickly.
Driven Helps Visualize, Diagnose and Resolve Big Data Failures
Driven is essentially a plug-in for Cascading, which is an application that sits atop Hadoop and works with all the major Hadoop distributions. Once installed, Driven immediately begins collecting telemetry data from your running Cascading applications. That includes users of the popular domain-specific languages (DSL) built on Cascading, including Scalding (Scala DSL on Cascading), Cascalog (Clojure DSL on Cascading), Lingual (ANSI SQL on Cascading) and Pattern (Predictive Model Scoring on Cascading). The telemetry data gives Cascading users the ability to visualize their data applications, diagnose and quickly resolve application failures and performance problems.
Concurrent says Driven will allow developers and enterprises to achieve the following:
- Accelerate time to market. Driven reduces the time to application production with process visualization and monitoring capabilities, allowing you to quickly understand complex applications and data flows by drilling down into each application at runtime using a rich user interface.
- Build reliable applications. With detailed insight into your data processing logic and algorithms, you can ensure they are executing properly. Driven surfaces key application metrics around each data process to provide insights around data accuracy.
- Optimize application performance. Driven allows you to understand the performance and capacity of the applications running on your infrastructure by providing key application behavior metrics like data skew and runtime parallelization. You can also compare this information with historical data to trend application performance, both in development and in production.
Driven represents a first for Concurrent in other ways as well. Until now, all of Concurrent's output has been open source. But Driven is a proprietary product on top of Cascading, Wensel explains. It comes in two flavors: Driven and Driven Enterprise.
Driven, available now in public beta is a free cloud service for development environments only. Concurrent will provide online support for Driven. Driven Enterprise, which Wensel says will be generally available in the second quarter of 2014, will require an annual subscription. It is intended for both development and production environments and will support both developers and operations. Driven Enterprise will be available via on-premise and in the cloud, and Concurrent will provide enterprise support for the product.
"The product itself will be closed," Wensel explains. "Driven is an open service and freely available for use, but you don't get the source code. We feel this is the most natural, non-conflicting way to monetize open source."
"We want the initial offering to be online so we can iterate and learn," he adds. "We're putting out a basic initial set of features. We have a long list of things we're going to want to add."
Thor Olavsrud covers IT Security, Big Data, Open Source, Microsoft Tools and Servers for CIO.com. Follow Thor on Twitter @ThorOlavsrud. Follow everything from CIO.com on Twitter @CIOonline, Facebook, Google + and LinkedIn.
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Meet the Press is the long-running television interview program, focused on current affairs and poltics, which has aired on NBC since 1947, moving to Sunday daytimes in 1965. Nearly every major politicial figure in the United States of America has been interviewed on the series, as have many international politicians.
Muppet Mentions
In the October 21, 2007 episode of Meet the Press, moderator Tim Russert interviewed Stephen Colbert regarding his run for the presidency. Russert asked Colbert why he pronounces his name "Col-bare" as opposed to "Col-bert," and brought out a Bert doll to help illustrate the difference.
After Russert's death in June 2008, this segment was used on The Colbert Report as part of a tribute to the journalist.
- In Sesame Street Episode 1257 from 1979, Olivia asks Telly Monster (in his TV-obsessed debut) to name some M words. He rattles off several TV shows and personalities, including Meet the Press.
- In Elmo's World: Feet, the Feet Channel promotes Feet the Press, adding "with never before seen foot-age."
- John Williams composed the series' theme music.


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LG TV Reviews
LG is a Korean company with high diversification. LG Electronics, a division of LG, is one of the largest television makers in the world. LG sets have been around for years, but they've really jumped into the public's conscious during the last few years. They've enjoyed enough success for their displays to be compared to offerings from rival companies with strong places in the industry. If you're considering purchasing an LG television, read this review for a full look at the company's overall quality.
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LG Overall Brand Review
A lot of LG Electronics' success in the last few years stems from two things. One of the reasons for this success is its strong branding. They've ran TV spots and print ads in the last few years underscoring the benefits of their products, and have paired it with the slogan "Life's good." This has helped them to be labeled by consumers as a high-quality brand. The LG logo is one that now resonates with customers as a premium brand, even though that wasn't necessarily the case as little as five years ago.
LG Product Quality
With the strong branding that LG has developed for itself, there's a natural curiosity about whether the products they manufacture can deliver on the hype. In a word, the answer is a resounding "Yes." We previously mentioned that there were two reasons for LG's recent success, with one being their branding. The other has been their development of smart TVs. They unveiled a predecessor to the modern smart TV as far back as 2007, and have been a pioneer in integrating streaming media and app access into their televisions. This has helped them become a market leader for their features.
Aside from this, the company also delivers stunning picture and build quality with their television sets. Although individual preferences will differ as to whose television delivers the best picture, there's no denying that LG sets produce a fantastic image. Need further proof that LG manufactures quality sets? At this year's CES, LG took home honors for Best HDTV and Best of Show for their new OLED display. Clearly, LG is doing something right.
LG Pricing and Value
MSRPs for LG televisions are right in line with their competitors, although individual stores price differently. For example, a 47" 3D television from LG retails for over $1,000 through Best Buy's website, while a similarly sized set with the same features costs less than $900 through the same outlet. However, other retailers such as HH Gregg offer their LG sets at a lower cost than similar brands, including Samsung. Obviously, pricing depends on the specific model of television you're looking at purchasing.
It's hard to beat LG in terms of value once you start looking at higher end models. Because they're innovating with their OLED displays and other technologies, they often might be one of only one or two manufacturers offering the latest technologies. A lot of the value found in LG sets stems from the company's use of 4-Color Pixels and Color Refiner technologies that will be found in their current and upcoming sets. By using their own technologies, LG is able to advance their displays beyond what's commonly available in the industry.
LG Customer Service
Customer service is hard to rate, since individual experiences can vary. That's mainly due to variance in expectations; a great experience in one person's mind might be a terrible one in another's. Customer service is simply too broad to rate and expect everyone to have the same judgment on quality.
That said, LG does a lot of things right in their customer service. Finding customer support on the LG website is easy, and they offer a variety of options including live chat, email and phone support. They offer solutions for in-warranty and out-of-warranty products, along with the ability to extend your television's warranty and track warranty claims. Several stories have even been posted online of LG providing in-warranty repairs for televisions on which the warranty had expired.
Although your mileage may vary, there's enough personal experience and evidence available to confidently give LG the best rating we can on customer service. Their agents are friendly and their website is easy to use. They clearly care about their customers.
LG Overall Rating
The fact that LG gets a 5 here doesn't make them the best brand, and it doesn't mean you're guaranteed to love an LG set if you purchase one. Individual experiences can vary. However, everything they've done – from branding themselves well to offering quality products with advanced functions to offering great customer service – gives them the makings of a terrific company. While it's easy to argue that competing sets might have a better picture or some other advantage, LG televisions offer consistency across the board. You should definitely consider all of your options and different models, but chances are you'll love an LG television if you purchase one.
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I have purchased an LG 50PJ350 and have so far "knock on wood" enjoyed it tremendously and with it an LG lhg336 home theater system which mates with the tv with smart tv. So my experience with LG is 5 star so far. Also their live internet customer service is also a 5 star.
i have a 50″ plasma lg. it will turn itself off over and over. it is only 1 year, 3 months old. now they want us to pay 300.00 to get it fixed…what a rip-off…. apparently, this is a common problem.
Don't buy LG products – read my story!
My LG HDTV started having problems. It seems that the problem is common to LG. The TV constantly reboots. So LG authorizes the repair under warranty. Weeks go by then they dispatch a service person. Who looks at it (does nothing) and confirms that this is a common problem and will have to order a video board.
Like most people I would expect that knowing the problem they would have ordered the board when the call came in the first time. Nope.
Weeks go by still no fix. My wife takes the call from the LG authorized service center that the technicias will be there on Friday. Also that we must take down the TV because the technicians don't lift them. So we had the TV down and on the floor for them. It has been two months since the problem started and I am getting a little mad about the whole thing!
So the techs shows up last Friday to replace the board. They (takes two grown men to replace a ten ounce board) replaced the board. In the process they fractured the LCD screen, totally destroying the TV.
Now I have a bigger problem than before. I am *not* a happy LG consumer products customer.
I bought a lot of LG equipment; I won't buy another LG product.
For the most part, most of the reviews I've seen on these LG sets have been promising. One of my coworkers at Dish loves his, and he's a gamer so he's fairly demanding of technology. Since I'm finally getting a Hopper whole-home DVR installed in my house (and it'll send my HD channels to every room), I'm looking to upgrade the last 2 SD sets we have. So naturally, I'm looking into Vizio. Thank you for the information and reviews.


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Montgomery Ward published the first mail-order catalog in 1872.
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In a world full of junk mail and an endless array of catalogs, students may not think much about where it all startedin Chicago, Illinois in 1872, when entrepreneur Montgomery Ward mailed a one-page catalog to rural shoppers.
Explore how mail-order catalogs have changed over the years. Most libraries will have reproductions of a Ward or a Sears and Roebuck catalog. Alternately, access the linked images from the entry on Ward from the Engines of Our Ingenuity website or the online images from an 1875 Montgomery Ward catalog available on Flickr (with login). Ask students to consider how and why catalogs have changed over the years. After discussing the obvious differences, such as the use of color in modern catalogs and the differences in paper quality, focus students' attentions on the layout and style of the catalogs. As an extension, ask students to compare their findings about printed catalogs with online catalogs.
- The Stores and the Catalogue: Montgomery Ward
Read an article published in Fortune magazine in 1935 on Ward's mail-order catalog business during the Depression. The article includes photos of the office workers who processed the orders for the company.
- General Merchandise Retailing in America: 1850-1980
This article from the American National Business Hall of Fame puts Montgomery Ward's accomplishments in historical context.
- Aaron Montgomery Ward (1844-1913) and Chicago's Lakefront
This page, part of the PBS site Chicago: City of the Century, offers a brief look at Montgomery Ward's efforts to preserve Chicago's lakefront area. The site also offers information about Ward's early mail-order business in the context of Chicago's history.
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Although it's way late, today's post was inspired by Randy Seaver's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun – Who is Your Third Most Recent Unknown, as well as an email I received from a lady whose husband is also a descendant of Anna Maria and David.
Rather than just a plain vanilla blog post, I decided to work this in to a project that I'm doing in my "other life" as a digital scrapbook designer. My latest venture there is into the world of Art Journaling – which I'm doing with a vintage/heritage flair.
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One of my 4th great-grandmothers was Anna Maria (nee Unknown) Reinert. She was the wife of David Rienert and mother of Elizabeth Reinert who married Matthias Levengood (my 3rd great-grandparents).
Anna Maria was born circa 1765 and likely died prior to 1820. Her first name is known from her children's baptismal records. David and Anna Maria lived in Colebrookedale, Berks County, Pennsylvania. David died between 10 Mar 1840 (when he wrote his will) and 13 Sep 1842 (when his will was proved). Early census data appears to indicate that Anna Maria died prior to 1820, and, indeed, David does not mention a widow in his 1840 will.
So who were Anna Maria and David's FANs (Family, Associates and Neighbors)? Well the census records for Colebrookedale in the early 1800s were (loosely) alphabetized, so we can't say for sure who were their close neighbors without looking at land records.
Most of David and Anna Maria's children were baptised at New Hanover Lutheran Church. The surnames of Davidheiser and Gilbert appear most often as baptism sponsors. Among the Davidheiser sponsors were Henry and wife Catherinne in 1790 and again in 1794. Online trees show a Henry (1732-abt 1810) married to Anna Catherine (1735-1795). Tax records and early census records show a Henry Davidheiser living in Colebrookedale – presumably the same Henry Davidheiser that was married to Anna Catherine.
Henry and Anna Catherine are known associates (through the baptismal records) and potential neighbors (per census and tax records). They are also of the age to be potential parents of Anna Maria. Unfortunately I cannot find a comprehensive list of their children. None of the online trees include an Anna Maria; however, there is a gap in the named children where she could fit. In addition, there is no estate file listed for Henry Davidheiser in Berks County and no baptismal records have been found for his children – yet.
So the search continues and the question remains — Anna Maria Who??
As always, if you are related to Anna Maria and David Reinert or have any further information on this couple, I would love to hear from you!!


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REAL NAME: James Storm
6' 1", 229 pounds
BORN: June 1, 1975 in Franklin, Tennessee
NICKNAME: Tennessee Cowboy
REAL NAME: Chris Harris
6' 3", 232 pounds
BORN: Fort Wright, Kentucky
NICKNAME: Wildcat
Since its inception, NWA-TNA has been heralded by wrestling observers for its tag team division. America's Most Wanted, the team of James Storm and Chris Harris, has been one of the main reasons why TNA has earned that praise.
James Storm was trained by former PG-13 member Wolfie D (later Slash) beginning in 1995, only to suffer a broken shoulder during training, delaying his debut in the ring until 1997. In 2000, Storm made several appearances on WCW Worldwide, as well as the NWA 52nd anniversary show where defeated Bully Douglas to win the NWA North American title.
"Wildcat" Chris Harris was also in action on that show, losing to NWA Champion Mike Rapada. Trained by the National Wrestling Federation's Roger Ruffin, Harris won the NWF's Heavyweight, Tri-State and (with Sean Casey) NWF Tag Team titles. Later he would travel to the Mountain Wrestling Federation and held the Heavyweight and Tag titles. Much like his future tag team partner, Harris was also part of WCW in 2000, and was assigned to their Nashville camp. At Super Brawl in February 2001, Harris defeated Kid Romeo in a dark match and he also appeared as a Fake Sting.
Before they began teaming together, Harris and Storm met in a match in June 2002. The match impressed Jerry Jarrett who was on the verge of starting up NWA-TNA, and who signed Harris and Storm.
A week after TNA's debut later that month, Harris and Storm teamed together to defeat the Rainbow Express. Victories over the Johnsons, Brian Lee and Ron Harris and the Hotshots (Cassidy O'Reilly & Chase Stevens) followed before, on September 18, 2002, America's Most Wanted won a 10-team Gauntlet for the Gold match to become NWA World Tag Team Champions.
During their first reign as Tag Team Champs, Storm and Harris would defend against the SATs, Rick and Chris Michaels, and Brian Lee and Ron Harris before their reign came to an end on November 13th, with a defeat against the New Church team of Ron Harris and Slash.
America's Most Wanted, however, did not let one defeat deter them. They continued to hound Harris and Slash in the weeks following the loss of the tag team titles, and regained the titles on January 8, 2003. Their second reign did not last as long as their first, as on January 22nd, Elix Skipper and Low Ki dethroned America's Most Wanted to become NWA Tag Team Champions.
America's Most Wanted would clash with the Rock and Roll Express as they tried to work their way back into title contention in the weeks that followed. They would also defeat Ron and Don Harris to earn the number one contender status. However, they could not convert that status into another title reign. In fact, as the spring of 2003 played out, it looked as if America's Most Wanted might be on the verge of a breakup, with Harris teasing that he would join Vince Russo's S.E.X. faction. Instead, after a singles bout between the two (won by Storm), the two teammates shook hands and reunited.
Soon the two were back on their winning ways, defeating A.J. Styles and D-Lo Brown and, later, winning an Anarchy Alliance tournament. On June 23rd, America's Most Wanted defeated Skipper and Christopher Daniels in a cage match to regain the NWA Tag Team titles.
The team spent the summer of 2003 defending those titles against Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger, a team that would ultimately unseat them for the titles on August 27th. In addition to battling Diamond and Swinger, America's Most Wanted would also battle the teams of Kid Kash/Abyss,Sonny Siaki & Ekmo Fatu and the team of Chase Stevens & Andy Douglas, aka the Naturals.
America's Most Wanted began 2004 with a feud against Red Shirt Security (Legend and Kevin Northcutt) before heading off to explore the singles scene.
Storm battled Raven, Kid Kash and NWA World Champion Jeff Jarrett. Harris, on the other hand, made a stronger run towards the NWA title. He defeated Northcutt, both of the Naturals in singles matches and Shane Douglas. He defeated Raven in a #1 Contender's match, only to have Raven injure him before he could get his title shot. Harris, dressed as La Parka, interfered in Raven's match and cost Raven the NWA title. Harris, meanwhile, would get his own title matches against NWA Champions Jarrett and Styles. Harris also took part in the Fatal Fourway NWA Championship bout on May 19th (won by Ron Killings and a King of the Mountain match, won by Jarrett.
In June 2004, America's Most Wanted reunited and quickly relieved Kid Kash and Dallas (Lance Hoyt) of the NWA Tag Team titles. Approximately a month later, the Naturals, who had previously defeated AMW in a non-title match, stole their tag team titles during a six-man match (with D-Lo Brown) against Miyamoto, Nosawa & Makayenu. Five days later, it would take the Naturals just twelve seconds to win the NWA Tag Team titles.
Storm and Harris tried to regain the NWA Tag titles, only to find themselves under attack from Scott D'Amore and Team Canada. In addition to battling Petey Williams and Bobby Roode, America's Most Wanted also took on Ultimate X (Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper) in a best-of-three series that ended in a draw when Team Canada interfered.
On September 8th, Chris Harris regained the NWA Tag Team titles, but without James Storm as his partner. With Storm and Christopher Daniels both unable to compete, AMW and Ultimate X were merged and defeated the Naturals for the belts. In a more bizarre twist, Chris Daniels and James Storm teamed to defeat Harris and Skipper for the championships on September 24th.
Whatever controversy might be brewing between these two teams ended when Roode and Williams defeated Daniels and Storm for the tag team titles on October 15th. Storm and Harris reunited and America's Most Wanted defeated Ultimate X in a "Last Man Standing" match at November's Victory Road pay-per-view and again at December's Turning Point in a cage match where the losing team had to disband.
At TNA's next pay-per-view, Final Resolution, America's Most Wanted made the most of their momentum, defeating Roode and Eric Young to regain the NWA World Tag Team titles, a championship they defended against legendary Dory and Terry Funk at Wrestlereunion on January 29th.
In addition to defending the titles against Kid Kash/Lance Hoyt, America's Most Wanted also teamed with Dustin Rhodes in six-man matches and even teamed with 3 Live Krew against Team Canada at Destination X.
On April 29th, they would lose the NWA Tag Team titles to the Naturals. After the loss, the two teams engaged in a lengthy feud. Although they teamed up against Team Canada at Sacrifice, America's Most Wanted was more interested in beating the Naturals than teaming with them. On September 15th, after a loss to Eric Young and Johnny Devine at a Border City Wrestling show in Windsor, Ontario, America's Most Wanted turned heel and helped NWA Champion Jeff Jarrett regain the NWA title from Raven. Just over a month later, after destroying the debuting Team 3-D, America's Most Wanted defeated the Naturals to regain the NWA Tag Team titles, then retained them against their rivals at Bound for Glory.
The Naturals suddenly, becamethe least of their worries, as Team 3D recovered from their beatdown and have come gunning for AMW, going so far as to defeat them in a non-title tables match at Turning Point.
In addition to teaming with Jeff Jarrett in six-man matches (most notably against Rhino and Team 3-D at Genesis, America's Most Wanted has been forced to keep one eye on Team 3-D and their challenge for the NWA Tag Team titles. Although they retained the titles at Final Resolution it was only through the interference of Team Canada.
To date, AMW has yet to have to defend the tag team titles against Team 3-D. The closest that they have come is a No Contest on April 13th Impact and a non-title Full Metal Mayhem match on a TNA/UWF house show the day after.
AMW maintains a firm grip on the NWA Tag Team titles, defending them successfully against Chris Sabin/Sonjay Dutt, Rhino/Ron Killings and their old adversaries, the Naturals.
AMW�s next major program would be against AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels. Although besting the latter on Impact and at Sacrifice, they�d finally drop the belts to Styles and Daniels at Slammiversary.
Miscommunication between Storm and Harris resulted in losses and the beginnings of dissension. The situation came to a head during AMW�s feud with LAX. LAX beat AMW in a flag match at Turning Point, a loss that Storm blamed on Harris. On the following Impact, the two teams met again in a "Titles versus Team" match. Storm ended up deliberately smashing his beer bottle over Harris�s head, allowing LAX to get the win and thereby breaking up the team.
--- compiled by John M. Milner and Richard Kamchen


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Adobe Creative Suite 5 comes in four configurations: Design, Web, Production Premium, and Master Collection. The version matching most developer's needs (and budget) is the Web Premium edition which is packed with all the design and development tools you need to assemble Flash, Flex, and even HTML5-centric mobile-friendly web sites and applications.
In addition to Dreamweaver, the de-facto standard web page design application, the Creative Suite 5 Web Premium Edition also includes sophisticated image editors like Photoshop Extended, Illustrator, and Fireworks, as well as Acrobat 9 Pro and Bridge. For Flash and Flex application developers, Flash Professional, Flash Catalyst, and Flash Builder 4 Standard bring all the Flash and Flex programming and design tools under one umbrella. Also included is Adobe's Device Central, emulating a broad range of mobile devices so Flash developers can simulate how their work will appear on a variety of hardware configurations and environmental conditions.
For iPhone developers, Apple's change of heart now re-invites the opportunity to develop iPhone apps using these polished Creative Suite tools. And with the Flash runtime showing up on Android devices, Flash content will continue to be pervasive in the web space for some time to come.
(Stay tuned for my upcoming comprehensive review of Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection from a developer's point of view, coming soon to drdobbs.com.)


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Jason Marquis started a new year Thursday afternoon with a new pitch.
Well, not a totally new pitch. But, hopefully, an added weapon.
The veteran right-hander used his changeup as a tool while pitching two scoreless innings against the Kansas City Royals.
Marquis said he's recently talked changeup with former Padres closer Trevor Hoffman, who relied on the pitch during his 601-save career.
"I talked to Trevor about some grips and taking some speed off my changeup," said Marquis. "Why not take advantage of the greatest reliever in the game?"
Marquis, who has relied primarily on his fastball and slider in his career, said he hasn't relied on his changeup in the past because his change "comes and goes."
"I wanted to pound the bottom of the strike zone today and get a feel on the changeup," said the 34-year-old Marquis, who was 6-7 with a 4.04 earned run average in 15 starts for the Padres last season before he missed the last month of the season with a broken bone at the base of the thumb on his none pitching hand.
Marquis Thursday allowed one hit and had one strikeout. He threw 25 pitches with 16 in the strike zone.
"He used the changeup and that's an emphasis this spring," said Padres manager Bud Black. "He has to reach the comfort factor to use it."
One problem with Marquis' change in the past has been the velocity. It's been too close to his fastball.
"I was very happy with the way the change felt," said Marquis after the Padres blew a one-out, bases-loaded opportunity in the bottom of the ninth to drop a 5-4 decision to the Royals.
"Right now, it's the best of both worlds because I can work on it and not immediately worry about the results."
Another right-hander bidding for a spot in the rotation struggled after Marquis departed. Tyson Ross allowed three runs on four hits and a walk in three innings. "You can't deny the stuff," Black said of Ross. "The thing he needs to work on is the pitch-to-pitch consistency."
--Tim Stauffer, who made only one start last season before being shut down for elbow surgery (flexor tendon), also made his first appearance of the spring and threw 11 pitches in a perfect inning.
--Closer Huston Street allowed two runs on five hits with two strikeouts in a 26-pitch inning. "It was good for him and us to get him back out there," said Black.
--Offensively, Alexi Amarista hit a two-run double for the Padres while Logan Forsythe and Yasmani Grandal had run-scoring singles. Nick Hundley had a double to make him 4-for-11 with two doubles this spring.
--Chase Headley edged Jason Ray on the final arrow of the team's archery tournament.


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HAL® [Hybrid Assistive Limb®] is the world's first*1 cyborg-type robot, by which a wearer's bodily functions can be improved, supported and enhanced.
Wearing of HAL® leads to a fusion of "man", "machine" and "information". HAL® assists a physically challenged person to move and enables him or her to exert bigger motor energy than usual. HAL® is also considered as the system that accelerates a motor learning of cerebral nerves.
*1 The international patent relevant to HAL® was accredited as Notable Invention by World Intellectual Property Organization [=WIPO].
When a person moves the body, he or she first thinks about the motions in his or her brain.
By thinking "I want to walk." the brain transmits necessary signals to muscles necessary for the motions through nerves.
The speed of signals that are conveyed from the brain to each muscle is between approximately 150km/h and 400km/h, which is far beyond the speed of Shinkansen bullet train.
It is indispensible for HAL® to employ the technology to recognize and understand those high-speed signals at a glance.
In the healthy body, each muscle is able to receive signals destined from the brain to it and move as strongly and fast as intended.
In order to actualize complex bodily motions for walking, the brain always controls number of muscles based on various information from the whole body.
The device that was developed as an application of this principle, was HAL®.
Signals sent to muscles by the brain leak on the skin surface as very faint signals, so called "bio-electric signals [BES]". HAL® is able to read BES by only attaching the originally developed detectors on the surface on the wearer's skin. By consolidating various information, HAL® recognizes what sorts of motions the wearer intends.
BES that leaks out on the skin surface is so feeble. Its voltages are only from 1/1000th to 1/100,000th of the ones that are exerted by dry batteries
As HAL® is able to detect such weak signals, it does not overlook the wearer's so subtle motions that cannot cause flexion of the leg.
HAL®, in accordance with the recognized motions, controls its power units.*2 This function enables HAL® to assist the wearer's motions as he or she intends and exerts bigger power than he or she ordinarily exerts.
*2 HAL® preforms assistance for the wearer's motions by a combination of Cybernic Voluntary Control [CVC] system, with which Robot Suit® moves as the wearer intends by detecting BES, and Cybernic Autonomous Control [CAC] system, with which Robot Suit® replicates human motions based on fundamental motion patterns in the absence of BES.This is the advanced technology on which HAL® is founded.
Man's speeds of thinking in the brain, controlling the muscle and moving the joint are extremely rapid.HAL®, as well as man, is also able to process various information instantly and control the power unit promptly.When the body starts moving, HAL® starts moving at the same time. Therefore HAL® is able to assist the wearer's motions.
The mechanism to move the human body does not end up with only moving muscles. The brain confirms how the body moved on what sort of signals. When HAL® has appropriately assisted the motions of "walking", the feeling "I could walk!" is fed back to the brain. By this means, the brain becomes able to learn the way to emit necessary signals for "walking" gradually. This leads to "the important first step" in walking of the physically challenged person without being assisted by HAL®. The only robot that can provide appropriate solutions for motions to the brain is HAL®.
Application of HAL® to various fields, such as motion assistance in the welfare field, assistance for heavy work in factories and assistance for rescue activities on disaster sites, is prospected.
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While not new by any means, a trend that's grown substantially is home-swapping for vacations. Some people trade places to feel as if they're members of the community they visit instead of feeling like tourists. Others trade because hotel costs in a pricey place might be beyond their budget.
Whole businesses have sprung up around the concept, with listings everywhere from Craigslist to numerous professional sites. One thing often lacking, though, is insurance against the additional risk a vacationer takes when allowing a perfect stranger into his home.
While home-swapping traveler blogs extol the low number of serious problems—the person you swap with is as anxious that you treat his home well as you are that he treats yours well—there are also horror stories, such as a British family who swapped their home for a place on the beach in Australia, only to come home and find that their "guests" had sold their house, belongings and car during their absence.
Then there's the story told by Jim Fiske, vice president and U.S. marketing manager for Chubb Personal Insurance. "We actually had a situation a couple of years ago," he related, "when one of our clients lent their home in a ski resort area to some friends." The friends "lit a glorious fire," basking in the après ski scene, and went to town for ice cream. By the time they returned, the house had burned down.
Theft and loss are not the only hazards to an exchange. Fiske cautioned, "When you introduce third parties to a house, you not only introduce property risk, but also liability exposure and identity theft." After all, whoever lives in your home while you're living in theirs will have ample unsupervised opportunities to take your car for a spin, authorized or not, and rifle through your private papers, as well as track down any valuables. Said Fiske, "It's a limited upside and potentially unlimited downside."
Even if you've allowed the exchanger to drive your car, what if he has an accident? Fiske told of an arrangement in which someone had an accident driving someone else's car. The driver was seriously injured, said Fiske, and sued the owner, who was ordered to pay the difference between what his insurance company covered and the amount of the claim, because the swap company had a limit of liability.
Home exchangers generally rely on the fact that the people with whom they exchange are "guests" in that no money changes hands, so that any damages would be covered by their homeowner's or renter's policies. However, even if that's the case, Fiske said, if you swap homes you're receiving a consideration—the use of their home—that could be argued by your insurer to constitute using your home for commercial purposes and invalidate your coverage.
While Fiske added that Chubb doesn't "have any exclusion in our policy that would prevent us from paying for a loss of this type," he "can't speak for our competitors." And some companies will not cover such losses. This is not something you want to discover after the fact if you return home and find your house trashed, burned or otherwise violated.
Keghan Hurst, PR director for HomeExchange.com, said that while people should check with their own insurance companies, "we understand that most insurance covers exchange partners as invited guests in your home or 'permitted' drivers and offers coverage as such," and that "most insurance companies prefer your home isn't left empty while you are traveling."
Fiske responded, "While there is some logic to the thinking, we'd certainly rather have a comprehensive monitored alarm system and the water turned off than a stranger in the home. An alarm system is a constant, while people can be variable."
Ed Kushins, founder and president of HomeExchange.com, said his own insurance provider, USAA, and "a number of other insurance companies" told him "home exchange is specifically not a commercial use (as opposed to renting). It is not a financial transaction; it is a hospitality, and exchange partners are treated as any other invited guest." [Emphasis his.]
Still, Fiske pointed out that it's "important to manage risk in order to maximize life. [Home swappers without insurance] are trying to maximize life without acknowledging that there's any risk associated with it."


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