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What is it Like to be a Cisco Security Analyst?
Security events, such as vulnerabilities and threats, that are detected globally continue to grow and evolve in scale, impact, diversity, and complexity. Compounded with this is the other side of the coin, the unreported or undetected events waiting in the wings, hovering below the radar in a stealthy state. With all of the security technologies at our disposal, are they sufficient enough to provide effective protection? Well, it is certainly a good start when applied correctly. At a summary level, Cisco's Security Intelligence Operations (SIO) approach to this challenge was covered in the Network World feature article, "Inside Cisco Security Intelligence Operations." However, one of the core human elements, which I will introduce, that deserves closer attention is the role of security analyst. In addition, this article provides those of you with career interests some additional insight into working in the IT security field.
Cisco has a team of full-time security analysts, also known as IntelliShield Security Analysts, dedicated to providing a thorough analysis of these security events 24/7. The IntelliShield Security Analyst team performs the research, analysis, integration, and correlation of data and information from across Cisco's Security Intelligence Operations (SIO) and external sources to produce the automated Cisco Security IntelliShield Alert Manager Service. IntelliShield Security Analysts also contribute to the weekly Cyber Risk Reports, Cisco Security blog, Cisco Security Reports, and represent Cisco in multiple security working groups and organizations.
The following questions and answers were taken directly from the interview that I conducted with the IntelliShield Security Analyst team in order to share a closer look into a day in the life of an IntelliShield Security Analyst.
What range of background does an IntelliShield security analyst role have?
A diversity of technical backgrounds, someone who has a breadth of knowledge across multiple systems is directly applicable. Technically, roles such as systems/network administrators get exposed to a variety of technologies and environments, which tends to benefit them. They may also have direct or indirect exposure and experience with different aspects of IT security practices. Non-technically, written/verbal communications and collaboration experience working with a variety of teams proves to be useful in order to work with the broad customer base that we have.
What do they do to come up to speed?
Mentoring from senior members of the team is the primary activity here. There is also continual collaboration between the newer and senior members of the team involved to hone and improve their skills as they come up to speed. There are also industry-specific knowledge and practices that need to be understood and applied.
What do you like most about your role? (i.e. Why would you want to do this)?
You get to do a lot of different things, day-in, day-out. It is highly dynamic. You are always interested in the new events that arise, how they are discovered and investigated at a level of detail just as a detective would. You also have the opportunity to help look out on behalf of others so that they can respond to security events that they might not have otherwise known about.
Can you share some insights on what your day-to-day core activities involve?
The core functions are centered around the Intelligence cycle: collection (monitoring sources and awareness), processing (researching and prioritizing), analysis (collaborating and validating), reporting, and closing the loop by adjusting the collection to the current activity. The day-to-day activities include handling the constant flow of information, data, and events and adjusting to the changes. Into that cycle, we also utilize information from multiple groups at Cisco such as Cisco's Product Security Incident Response Team and the IPS Signature Development Team to write alerts based on their requirements.
How does your day usually begin?
The Internet doesn't sleep. Therefore, the initial activity at the beginning of the day starts with getting back into the flow from the previous day and catching up on all of the events that transpired. A typical activity would include checking our source information and determining what actions we need to take. For example, if we identify that vulnerability alerts need to be written, they are assigned preliminary scoring and we mark those as work items and then start on those work items where applicable.
What is a key aspect (i.e. qualitative or quantitative) of being successful?
Focusing on the quality and timeliness of the security intelligence. However, IntelliShield also compounds this challenge given the volume of threats and vulnerability intelligence that it provides. We deliver at both of these levels. Analysts walk a fine line between being timely and providing that high quality reporting: it has to be timely or it's too late to be useful, but we want to take enough time to provide the quality that only an experienced, knowledgeable human that is thinking about the event can provide. Achieving that balance of timeliness and quality is always a challenge, but it is also a key to our success.
Are there any other aspects of your job that are especially essential as you work with your team members or others that depend on your work?
Communication and collaboration are integral components. In addition, we keep current with new events which must always be top of mind. These areas feed directly into other security analysis activities that we do.
What else can you recommend to others regarding optimizing their practices based on your experience?
There is a lot of incomplete, inaccurate, invalidated, flat out wrong, and malicious information on the Internet. Consumers of that information have to be much more discerning with that information. Focus on getting that first critical security analysis decision right by determining the credibility of the information and the source, multi-sourcing as a common practice, and determining if you trust the information before you do anything else. Apply a fair degree of skepticism to thoroughly vet information. Consistently and thoroughly document your analysis and make it accessible to your intended audience to use. Stay current on your systems/applications as most exploits that are seen are exploits against those that are outdated or have not been patched.
What do you like to do for fun when you are not a practicing IntelliShield Security Analyst?
This multi-talented team works and plays hard. Their diverse off-time covers a broad range of activities including spending as much time as possible with family, remodeling projects around the house, going for a ride on a Harley-Davidson, rock climbing, catching up on reading, board/video games, and working out.
In future articles, I would like to cover similar perspectives on other major roles in security management, such as the incident manager on Cisco's Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT), Security Intelligence Engineer, as well as that of an IPS signature developer.
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Bassey Bright
Such an enlightening write-up full of valid information on Cisco Security Analysis.Thanks for putting this up and please keep it up
It's interesting to learn about being a security analyst.
I was wondering, how does the Cisco team stay up-to-date with the latest online vulnerabilities? Are there certain blogs your team check on a daily basis? Would love to know the answer about this.
Baynetwork.com (First Name)
We are very pleased to see active sharing knowledge re: skepticism of incorrectly, incomplete or plain out maliciously published security information. Vetting information for accuracy and updated systems/applications can not only save tons of man hours, but it also helps with general consistency and understanding among IT Network professionals.


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A three-year starter on the offensive line, Peterson was a first team All-New England Football Conference pick in 2011, his second all-conference honor. A two-time Academic All-NEFC selection, Peterson was also named a second team Capital One Academic All-American after last season and has played in every game during his MIT career.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 129 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
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Hi and thanks for entering this competition. I am opening a new cooking school in Sydney for all ages, kids, teens and adults.
My main focus to begin with will be for teens and adults. The school will be a great place to get together with your friends and/or family and pick up good, easy repeatable cooking skills while having a fun time out.
It will also hold cheese and wine tasting and appreciation classes, and in the future will have an attached cafe where customers will be able to watch the magic as it happens inside the school.
It will be a relaxed environment that will be thought of as a fun day or evening out, where mothers and daughter can enjoy an afternoon together or children can enjoy a morning free from mom, or adult friends can enjoy and afternoon or evening of cooking, eating and catching up together.
I want the logo to make me feel soft and happy inside, something that makes me want to go there.
Although I do not want to alienate any boys or men from my school, i want the logo to have a retro or chintzy feel to it, perhaps something with a french flair?
Something that can be printed easily onto aprons, dishtowels as well as letter heads, business cards.Something eye catching, elegant and stylish.
I like bright colours, so don't be afraid to keep it bright and fresh.
Good luck and enjoy.Have fun while designing!
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A logo, with one or multiple colours that can be easily embroided onto aprons, dishtowels and tees. Same logo to be used for letterheads and business cards.
So although the base logo could have multiple colours, a second version in one colour must be supplied for embroidery.
I like the look and feel of the something french, but i'm flexible on that. It must be elegant and stylish, but at the same time young, dynamic, vibey, eye catching and fun. I'm also torn between the idea of also mentioning kooky and fun, e.g. lumo pink etc.
Just a hint - The talking sunflower and sun on the bankwest advert does make me feel happy! Does that help?
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On Wednesday night, Stevie Wonder became only the second person in history to receive the Gershwin prize for Popular Song, the highest honour that can be bestowed on an American pop musician.
He received the award from President Barack Obama, himself a big Wonder fan. Indeed, when introducing Wonder, Obama went so far as to quip: "I think it's fair to say that had I not been a Stevie Wonder fan, Michelle might not have dated me, we might not have married."
MusicRadar can't think of a more deserving recipient of this prestigious prize (Paul Simon, in 2007, was the only other person to be similarly honoured) and we can give you five reasons why.
1. He's a pioneer
Few artists - if any - have released such a high-quality run of albums as Stevie did in the 1970s. Music Of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale and Songs In The Key Of Life kept the bar remarkably high, but not only were these records popular, they were also groundbreaking.
With Robert Margouleff and Malcolm Cecil (AKA Tonto's Expanding Head Band), Wonder pioneered the use of synthesizers in mainstream music, simultaneously redefining what soul/R&B music could sound like. His interest in technology has never waned: he's still a regular visitor to the Winter NAMM Show, where he likes to test the very latest gear.
Here's the fabulous Boogie On Reggae Woman, from 1974's Fulfillingness' First Finale.
2. He took control of his career
When Stevie's original contract with Motown expired on his 21st birthday, rather than simply sign a new one, he took the royalties that had been held in trust for him and built his own recording studio. He then renegotiated his deal with Motown, ending up with an agreement that entitled him to a greater share of royalties and full artistic control. He also set up his own publishing company.
All of which proves that, as well as being a genius musician, Wonder also knows how to get what he wants.
1971's Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer was one of the first songs that Wonder both co-wrote and produced.
3. He can play more instruments than you
Some of us are proficient on one instrument, while others might be able to hold their own on one or two more, but Stevie's playing skills are extraordinarily wide-ranging.
As well as being a master of various keyboard instruments - notably the piano (acoustic and electric) and Clavinet - he can also play the drums, bass guitar, congas, bongos and, famously, the chromatic harmonica. Oh, and he's a very capable producer, too.
4. He's survived some dubious moments
Like many artists, Stevie has, on occasion, blotted his copybook. Despite being a big hit, I Just Called To Say I Love You is an unmitigated piece of schmaltz, and though the sentiments that motivated Ebony and Ivory, his duet with Paul McCartney, were honourable, the record itself has a certain naffness.
Despite these inauspicious moments, though, Stevie's place in musical history is assured. His good stuff massively outweighs the bad.
That said, we still don't know what he was thinking when he agreed to be part of this.
5. He brought the funk to Sesame Street
Plenty of artists have been invited to appear with Bert, Ernie, Big Bird and co, but surely few have given such a kick-ass performance as Stevie did when he turned up in April 1973.
This is as tight a rendition of Superstition as you're ever likely to hear. Make sure you check out the kid who gets lost in the music at 4:10 - we know how he feels.


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Minutes later, a runner who is unable to speak and nearly completely unresponsive is brought by ambulance from the mile 89 checkpoint to the finish. Shortly after his arrival, he begins to have seizures. In a large part due to previous research at Western States, we know what the problem is immediately (do you??).
Now if you think you know what the problem is, what is the treatment? (think fast, we could very easily lose him). If you choose the wrong one, he'll get worse.
I'll tell you. But I'd like to know if you knew. When the body is under extreme physical stress, it retains urine (I think of it as an evolutionary mechanism to stay hydrated when there is not going to be access to water) and when there IS access to fluids and we drink them (even WITH salt tabs) 100 mile runners in races with extreme temperatures are at high risk for hyponatremia (low sodium). (think Susitna and Western States, for example).
The treatment is a bolus (100mL) of IV fluids with more sodium than is found in the blood (3% saline). When the runner received this, he stopped seizing and improved rapidly. Had he been sent to a local hospital, they most likely would have treated him for dehydration with regular isotonic saline (or even hypotonic) and could have sent him into a coma or killed him.
The medical team at Western States seems to have a bad reputation among the runners, so it was an interesting experience being on the "other side"
|Gordy and me at packet pick-up
Well, after years of pulling racers from Western States due to a certain amount of weight change (or a certain blood pressure), it has been shown though research at the race that weight doesn't correlate well with blood levels of electrolytes or race outcomes. It turns out runners are a lot better off following their instinct (Okay, honestly, I had never liked the idea of pulling runners at WS, so I'm glad there is research to back this up). Trouble happens when runners are mistakenly encouraged to drink. Runners aren't held anymore or pulled. The medical team is now there to give advice and help when runners get into trouble. And of course, respond in an emergency.
And as I was stationed in the extreme heat at mile 39 and then the finish line, I witnessed what seemed to be something superhuman and even magical.
There were top runners who ran these 100 miles in over 100F in the unthinkable times of just over 15 hours. I could barely walk out into the sun to get runners' weights. And I got to be in the mindframe of that person who always asks me "how on earth do you run so long/so fast?", etc. Timothy Olson and Rob Krar achieved an absolutely astonishing feat yesterday. Honestly, did we know as humans and scientists that a time this fast in these temperatures was within the realm of possibility? What are the limits and are there consequences? (one of this year's research studies looks at the affects of ultra running on the heart, both immediate and long-term).
|Rob Krar - 2nd in 15.22:05, Timothy Olson 1st in 15:17:27
Even more incredible, perhaps, is Pam Smith's win. She had a pace card shooting for 18:30 which she made before she knew it would be so hot. She stuck to it basically all the way and finished in 18:37 and took 9th overall, even outrunning Yassine Diboun and Karl Melzer. Last year she ran in around 29 hours, suffered from hypothermia and was held for 3 hours at an aid station due to weight gain (no more holds, thank goodness, as I said). As far as I know she didn't make it on any female top 10 lists, let alone for the men. She is just a woman from Oregon who lives in a town without trails and trains with men who love to run marathons on roads. And she works as a pathologist. How she did it, I do not know and she was completely calm and collected, even unfatigued afterwards. But one thing is certain, she had an extremely methodical training and race plan, sticks to it and believes in it 100% (my love and admiration go out to you Pam :0)).


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Jan 8 (Reuters) - Alcoa Inc, the largest aluminum producer in the U.S., expressed cautious optimism that demand for the metal will continue to grow in 2013, helped in part by global growth in the aerospace and construction markets.
The company posted a fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, in line with Wall Street expectations, and handily beat expectations on revenue, helping calm investors' nerves after a rocky 2012.
"I'm more optimistic that 2013 is a year with upside potential compared to where we came from," Alcoa Chief Executive Klaus Kleinfeld told CNBC on Tuesday.
Shares of Alcoa rose 1.3 percent in after-hours trading, as investors were buoyed by Alcoa's turn to profit.
Analysts breathed a sigh of relief from the results of the first S&P 500 company to report fourth-quarter results, hoping it was a sign of things to come.
"I think it was a good solid quarter. Not a barnburner but a good quarter," said Tim Ghriskey, chief investment officer at Solaris Asset Management in Bedford Hills. "It's certainly important in this type of environment to look at revenues."
Investors tend to scrutinize Alcoa's results for hints on where the overall economy is headed, as the company's aluminum products are used in the automotive, appliance and airline industries.
The company said it expects global aluminum consumption growth of 7 percent in 2013, up slightly from 6 percent in 2012. Alcoa continues to forecast a doubling of global aluminum demand between 2010 and 2020.
Alcoa forecasts global growth in the aerospace, automotive and construction markets, among other industries, in 2013.
The earnings were a positive turn for Alcoa, whose core business of mining bauxite and producing aluminum has been hit in recent years by a persistently low metal price.
For the fourth quarter, the company reported net income of $242 million, or 21 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $191 million, or 18 cents per share, in the year-ago period.
Excluding one-time items, net income was $64 million, or 6 cents per share, in line with average analysts' expectations of 6 cents a share on revenue of $5.6 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Sales were $5.89 billion, beating analysts' expectations, but down 1.5 percent from the year-ago quarter as the average realized price per tonne of aluminum fell slightly.
Alcoa trimmed costs by 12 percent in the fourth quarter, due in part to fewer restructuring expenses.
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ST. PETERSBURG -- David Price is back, and he couldn't have been much better in the Rays' 9-2 Opening Day win over the Blue Jays on Monday afternoon at Tropicana Field.
When the Rays bowed out of the 2013 postseason, Price felt as though his days with the Rays were numbered. However, the club did not trade its ace as expected, so he made his third career Opening Day start and was loving life on the mound.View Full Game Coverage
ST. PETERSBURG -- David Price is back, and he couldn't have been much better in the Rays' 9-2 Opening Day win over the Blue Jays on Monday afternoon at Tropicana Field.
When the Rays bowed out of the 2013 postseason, Price felt as though his days with the Rays were numbered. However, the club did not trade its ace as expected, so he made his third career Opening Day start and was loving life on the mound.View Full Game Coverage
"It feels good to be back here," Price said. "Everybody in the clubhouse knows that. They know I want to be here. They know that. And I know these guys in this clubhouse want me here. It's great to be back. It's great to contribute to this team. This is the definition of a team right here."
No doubt the Blue Jays did not like seeing Price given their lack of success against him. In 17 career starts against Toronto, Price had carved a 13-2 mark with a 2.45 ERA. Make that 14 wins against the Blue Jays for No. 14.
Price, who did not pick up his first win of 2013 until his sixth start, got in gear early. With 31,042 watching, he retired the Blue Jays in order in the first, getting some assistance from center fielder Desmond Jennings, who made a diving catch of Jose Reyes' looping line drive for the game's first out.
"The way he got to that ball was outstanding," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "That ball falls and it could be an entirely different game."
Price set the Jays down in order in the second before effectively navigating choppy waters in the third and fourth.
Colby Rasmus drew a walk to start the third and Maicer Izturis followed with a single. But Josh Thole grounded into a 5-4-3 double play, then Ryan Goins grounded out to first to end the inning.
Price again got tough in the fourth when the Blue Jays had runners at the corners with two outs. This time the Rays left-hander fought Brett Lawrie in a 10-pitch at-bat that ended with Lawrie swinging at strike three.
The 2012 American League Cy Young Award winner got more efficient as the game progressed, using just six pitches in the sixth and seven in the seventh to hold the Blue Jays at bay.
Pinch-hitter Erik Kratz finally broke Price's spell with a two-run homer in the eighth that cut the Rays' lead to 6-2.
"I was counting the pitches," Maddon said. "He went from 77 to 83, and that was a big moment right there. Then 83 to 90 and then I thought he might actually get eight done. But long inning on our part [in the bottom of the seventh] … pinch-hit homer, and I could see that it just wasn't going to be right. So we got him out quickly, but outstanding performance."
Tampa Bay's offense gave its ace plenty of support from the beginning.
Wil Myers, who entered the game 0-for-7 with two strikeouts against Toronto starter R.A. Dickey, doubled to center with one out in the first. One out later, Evan Longoria singled through the middle to give the Rays a 1-0 lead.
Myers came through again in the second with a two-run single for a 3-0 lead.
"With Dickey, [Myers has] not had a lot of good passes at him," Maddon said. "So to do what he did is probably going to accelerate his confidence a bit today and especially the next time he sees him. But that was really good to watch because that's something, we're going to see this guy a lot, we're going to see this team a lot. It's good for him to feel better about himself when we face him."
Myers finished with three hits in five trips to the plate and felt good about the day.
"It was awesome just to be able to start the season off strong, that's the biggest thing, get your season started off on a good note and especially to be able to come out and win our first game of the year, I think that's huge," he said.
Matt Joyce contributed a sacrifice fly in the third, which blew more wind behind Price's sails.
"[The offense] made my job a lot easier tonight, putting up four runs against an extremely tough R.A. Dickey in the first three innings," said Price, who allowed two runs on six hits and a walk while striking out six in 7 1/3 innings. "When you can get that type of offense in the first few innings, it makes you go out there and throw strikes and play defense."
The Rays finished with 11 hits, five of them coming against Dickey, who surrendered six runs while taking the loss.
"I just lost the feel of it there for a little bit," Dickey said of his knuckleball. "I was struggling to find a release point and I just did a poor, poor job of making the in-game adjustments that I needed to make. … I just didn't have the finish on it today and that's part of accepting what the pitch is, it doesn't always cooperate, but at the same time I expect a lot more out of myself than that. That was completely my loss."
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com.


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Terry Hitchcock said he was at his house on Briden Oak Court at Theiss Hill Drive in the Champions area at 6 a.m. when he heard a loud bang, smelled smoke and realized his roof was on fire.
"Just like that -- boom, boom, boom. I was leaving to go to work out when I walked out. I smelled smoke and called 911," Hitchcock said.
Firefighters arrived and had a hard time getting the blaze under control because of strong winds, officials said. Also, a ladder truck could not be used because of lightning.
"The wind was coming out of the north so it was pushing the fire back into the attic. So it took some time to get the fire under control," said Rich Jones with the Klein Fire Department.
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"While we want to sustain our relationship with Egypt, our traditional cooperation can not continue as usual when civilains are being killed in the streets and rights are being rolled back," Obama said, speaking from his vacation on Martha's Vineyard.
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Life can be a rush, with little time to smell the roses, let alone fit in a workout. News flash: Spring has sprung and summertime will be here before we know it.
I know the struggle it can be to find time to train when you have a busy and ever-changing schedule, and I have spent a lot of time working out at home. I get it – it takes time to wake up, get dressed, pack your things and drive to the gym – and every minute really does count.
So this week I have a workout that you can do at home, with no equipment, that targets your core and upper body with a hint of cardio. You don't need hours at the gym to get the job done. You just need to focus and give it all you have got, even if it's just 30 minutes or less.
Complete 20 repetitions of each exercise:
1. Jumping jacks: We all know this exercise, but make sure your hands come all the way up over your head. If you need to clap at the top to make it happen, go for it.
2. Push-ups: Knees are also fine.
3. Side plank oblique crunches (left side): Get into an elbow side plank position, with your left elbow placed directly underneath your left shoulder. Make sure your hips are pushed forward enough to keep your body as flat as a board. Lower down your left hip, until it almost reaches the floor, and then squeeze your core to pull it all the way back up to start. A modified side plank is also an option. You place your left knee on the ground and kick your left foot behind you so that leg is at a 90-degree angle. Perform the crunch the same way.
4. Side plank oblique crunches (right side): Same as left but on the opposite side.
5. Superman: Lay on your stomach with your legs together and your arms stretched out over head in line with your shoulders. At the same time, lift up your legs and arms to really isolate the low back. Make sure your head is neutral, you're elongating through the crown of your head and you only go as far as your body permits and feels comfortable. Return to the starting position for one repetition.
6. Mountain climbers: Assume a plank position, as if you are getting ready to do a regular push-up. Alternate bringing one knee at a time toward the center of your elbows as quickly and controlled as possible. This is your cardio burst, so go hard.
7. Kick and dip: Get into a "crab" position with your hands and feet flat on the floor and your head and torso facing toward the ceiling. Make sure your fingertips are facing your feet, your feet are a hip's distance apart and your toes are facing forward. Kick one foot up into the air and perform a triceps dip. Switch legs and repeat. You can count each leg as one repetition, for 10 on each side.
8. Punches: This is your chance to let your inner Rocky out. Pick a point in front of you, about shoulder height and aim for it each time. Make sure your arms are relaxed when you punch, and always keep a bend in that elbow. One repetition is a punch on the right and on the left. Keep your core tight and knees bent.
9. Alternating kicks: Stand with your feet a hip's width apart and knees bent. Keep your fists lightly clenched and in front of your nose and chin to protect your face. As you kick, keep your elbows in close toward your torso, contract your abs and pull your elbows down toward your hips with each kick to get a little abdominal action as well. Ten on each side will do it.
10. V-ups: Lay on your back with your legs straight and together and your hands over your head, palms facing up. Engage your core, lift up your legs, while also lifting up your arms until your body comes up to the shape of a "V." These are difficult, so if you want to start with single leg alternating V-ups that is also an option. In this case, make your abs burn with 20 repetitions on each side.
11. Up-downs: Get into an elbow plank, or modified elbow plank position. Push yourself up to a plank on your hands starting with the left hand, and then come back down starting with the left elbow. You can then switch to the right side and alternate until you get to 20 repetitions, 10 on each side. Make sure that you plant your hand directly underneath your shoulder when pushing yourself up to that hand plank.
12. Pike push-ups: Get into a downward facing dog position. Bend your elbows and try to get the crown of your head as close to the ground as you can and then push yourself back up.
Once you have finished 20 repetitions of all 12 exercises, rest and pat yourself on the back. Beginners can aim for one to two rounds of these exercises and advanced should aim for three to five rounds. I really love this workout, because it burns fat and tones muscle all at the same time.
Remember, there is always a way to make time if you really want it. Intensity trumps duration of a workout any day, so get intense and get fit.


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DEBORAH A. SAROFF, f/k/a
1. Construction of a written instrument and statutory interpretation are questions of law over which an appellate court exercises unlimited review.
2. When maintenance payments become due and are unpaid, they become determinable as to the amount and are final judgments.
3. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 60-1610(b)(2) does not expressly provide for termination of maintenance upon the payee's remarriage unless such language is prescribed in the divorce decree.
4. Where a settlement agreement provides that maintenance payments are due on the first of the month and are to terminate upon the death or remarriage of the payee spouse, the payor spouse may not prorate the payment due on the first of the month in which the payee spouse dies or remarries.
5. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 60-1610(b)(4) cannot be used to award attorney fees in a garnishment action.
6. Appellate courts may award attorney fees for services on appeal only in cases where the trial court had authority to award attorney fees.
Appeal from Riley District Court; MICHAEL A. BARBARA, judge. Opinion filed January 5, 2001. Reversed.
David P. Troup, of Weary, Davis, Henry, Struebing, Troup, Kaus & Ryan, L.C., of Junction City, for appellant.
Anne Burke Miller, of Seaton, Miller, Bell & Seaton, L.L.P. of Manhattan, for appellee.
Before BEIER, P.J., PIERRON, J., and TOM MALONE, District Judge, assigned.
MALONE, J.: Deborah Saroff, f/k/a Deborah Haun, appeals the district court's ruling allowing her ex-husband, Rudy Haun, to terminate his maintenance obligation on the date of Saroff's remarriage and to prorate that month's payment accordingly. The issue is whether a maintenance obligation, which is due on the first day of the month, can or should be prorated to the date that a remarriage occurs during the month. This is an issue of first impression in Kansas.
The facts are undisputed. The Hauns were divorced on November 1, 1994. They entered into a settlement agreement that was approved by the court and incorporated by reference into the decree of divorce. Under paragraph 11 of the settlement agreement, maintenance payments were due from Haun on the first day of each month, but were terminable upon the death or remarriage of Saroff. The maintenance payment was $3,350 per month when the remarriage occurred.
Rudy Haun paid maintenance in full through March 2000. On March 17, 2000, Haun's attorney sent to Saroff's attorney a check in the amount of $782, representing the next month's maintenance, prorated to April 8, the anticipated date of Saroff's remarriage. Saroff remarried on April 8, 2000. On April 11, 2000, Haun's attorney wrote to Saroff's attorney requesting approval of a consent order terminating maintenance.
On April 18, 2000, Saroff caused an order of garnishment to be issued against Haun's bank account to collect the unpaid April maintenance. Haun filed an answer controverting the garnishment and a motion to set aside the garnishment, to which Saroff replied. On June 1, 2000, the district court issued a memorandum decision finding Haun's obligation to pay maintenance automatically ended on April 8, 2000, and thus the maintenance for April was prorated as asserted by Haun and the garnishment was set aside. Saroff filed a timely notice of appeal.
This case involves construction of a written instrument and statutory interpretation. These are questions of law over which an appellate court exercises unlimited review. Elliott v. Farm Bureau Ins. Co., Inc., 26 Kan. App. 2d 790, 793, 995 P.2d 885 (1999).
Haun asserts that the settlement agreement specifically prescribes for maintenance to terminate upon remarriage. Thus, Haun argues, Saroff consented by conduct to the termination of maintenance by virtue of her remarriage and any amounts which accrued after the date of remarriage became void and not subject to execution.
Saroff contends that she is entitled to the full amount of maintenance for the month of April. In support, she states that maintenance becomes a judgment when due and cannot be retroactively modified under K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 60-1610(b)(3). Saroff then argues that since the maintenance was due and payable on the first day of the month, the court erred when it modified that judgment based on her subsequent marriage.
Both arguments have merit.
Although there is no case law directly on point, both Haun and the trial court rely on In re Marriage of Quint, 258 Kan. 666, 907 P.2d 818 (1995), and Dodd v. Dodd, 210 Kan. 50, 499 P.2d 518 (1972). In Quint, the court found that maintenance payments automatically cease upon the payee's remarriage when the judgment awarding maintenance so provides. 258 Kan. at 677. However, in Quint, the former wife remarried on the last day of the month, so obviously there was no issue relating to a partial payment.
In Dodd, the court granted the husband a judgment against the former wife in order to collect in restitution all of the maintenance payments made by the husband after the former wife's remarriage, of which he was initially unaware. 210 Kan. at 56. In that case, the settlement agreement provided payments were due on or about the first of each month and the wife's remarriage was on the 13th day of the month. The court's opinion in Dodd is instructive and relevant in terms of what it did not award to the husband. Although not specifically addressed in the opinion, the court did not award the husband a prorated amount for the portion of the month in which his former wife remarried.
Saroff is correct that under K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 60-1610(b)(3), matters which are settled by a separation agreement and incorporated in a divorce decree, other than custody, support, or education of the minor children, are not subject to subsequent modification by the court except as prescribed by the agreement or as subsequently consented to by the parties. When maintenance payments become due and are unpaid, they become determinable as to the amount and are final judgments. Kendall v. Kendall, 218 Kan. 713, 717, 545 P.2d 346 (1976). Here, the separation agreement is silent on whether a maintenance payment, due on the first day of the month, can be prorated as to the date of Saroff's remarriage when Saroff never consented to the modification.
Furthermore, K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 60-1610(b)(2) does not expressly provide for termination of maintenance upon the payee's remarriage unless such language is prescribed in the divorce decree. Here, the parties could have drafted specific language in the separation agreement which would have controlled the outcome of this dispute.
We recognize that certain equities favor the result reached by the district court in this case. However, the practical implications of the district court's decision extend well beyond the facts in this case and have the potential of creating enormous uncertainty, problems, and disagreements in other cases. There is no logical basis to limit the trial court's decision to cases of remarriage or even to cases of spousal support. Under the district court's rationale, if Haun paid the April maintenance in full on April 1 and petitioner had died on April 2, Haun would have a claim against her estate for 29/30ths of the April maintenance. Likewise, in a case where maintenance was to terminate upon the payor's death, his estate would have a claim for refund against the obligee if he died after paying the maintenance owed on the first. The same rationale would apparently apply to child support. If a child (out of school) turns 18 on June 15, under the trial court's rationale, the child support obligor would be entitled to a refund of one-half the June child support. Court trustees, who are charged with the obligation of collecting child support, would apparently have the additional burden of prorating monthly payments based upon contingencies not addressed in the divorce decree.
Also, who is to say that support payments should be prorated on a per diem basis? If Saroff's marriage ceremony occurred at 2 p.m., should the maintenance obligation be prorated to the hour of the ceremony?
In this case, the settlement agreement provides that maintenance payments were due on the first of the month, to terminate upon the death or remarriage of Saroff. On April 1, Saroff was neither deceased nor remarried. Thus, the payment was due and owing. Haun's full obligation for the month of April accrued prior to the terminating event of remarriage. There is no provision in the agreement referring to proration of payments if Saroff were to be remarried in the middle of the month. We hold, in the absence of a provision in the divorce decree or consent by the parties, a maintenance payment due on the first day of the month cannot be prorated to the date of the payee's remarriage during that month. In this case, Haun is liable for the entire April maintenance payment.
Saroff requested attorney fees in district court and has requested them on appeal. Because this was a matter of first impression, the district court denied her request. Since this dispute arose from a garnishment action, Vanover v. Vanover, 26 Kan. App. 2d 186, 987 P.2d 1105, rev. denied 268 Kan. ____ (1999), is controlling. In Vanover, the court ruled that K.S.A. 60-1610(b)(4) cannot be used to award attorney fees in a garnishment action. 26 Kan. App. 2d at 191. Furthermore, appellate courts may award attorney fees for services on appeal only in cases where the trial court had authority to award attorney fees. Supreme Court Rule 7.07(b) (2000 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 52). In any event, this appeal concerns a legitimate dispute in which both parties advanced meritorious arguments. We find no basis for awarding attorney fees.


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6 weeks ago the tabloids caught him with a woman's legs wrapped around his waist in New Orleans, there on location shooting Jonah Hex. Josh Brolin's rep denied any wrongdoing on his part but the photo –and the thigh – speaks for itself. Click here to revisit the article.
Soon after however Josh and Diane Lane were spotted smiling and happy back in LA, putting on a very public show of togetherness, so either she's textbook blinded, or perhaps this is simply how they've arranged it. Is he a douchebag if it's condoned?
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Usually Dia de Los Muertos is celebrated in November. But Friday, students from Alvarado Elementary School will be holding a special ceremony for the soul of a recently departed Bay Area icon.
About 50 third graders enrolled in a Spanish immersion program will be performing a Day of the Dead memorial for the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
"The students and teachers were touched by the impact that that Mr. Jobs had on the world," said Tim Smith, whose daughter is part of the program. "Two of the teachers wrote and choreographed the performance, and students created decorative masks as part of the celebration of Steve's life during a Day of the Dead ceremony last November."
The students' masks are made of computer parts and layered with images of computers and Apple products.
The class will perform at the de Young museum Friday as part if its 2012 Young at Art festival, which showcases students art from San Francisco schools.
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The Capital Striders offer groups dedicated to increasingly popular style of running. The CS Turkeys enjoy weekly runs through trails (marked and unmarked) through out central Iowa. And the Run with the Animals group offer weekly runs for beginners and those getting back into shape.
In addition to road and trail races through out the year, The Capital Striders put on an annual awards dinner with a prominent speaker, a summer picnic, and a New Year's day potluck and run.
Since 1999, the Capital Striders have awarded up to five $1200 scholarships to students in Polk County who are leaders and letter winners on their high school cross country or track teams and have been accepted at a college or university. Apply Now!
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Justin Kan necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 53 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
We are Justin.tv, the largest live video site on the web attracting over 30 million people a month worldwide. We recently launched our first content themed subsite about Video Games at http://gaming.justin.tv. Now, we're looking for some one to help us design our Music subsite.
At Justin.tv, our goal is to support the internet's live video broadcasts. We allow anyone to broadcast, watch and interact around live video for free. Users from around the world broadcast everything from news reports, religious services, video games, or just sit around and chat. We also have many musicians broadcasting music content to the site, whether they are playing a gig, doing a fan chat, or just hanging out on line.
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The theme should address two markets: 1) fans who are looking for music related live video broadcasts by their favorite artists, and 2) artists who want an innovative way to promote themselves to their fans. The theme should immediately be recognizable as a place for music related content. Content currently broadcast to Justin.tv includes fan chats from artists and live concerts.
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The media's practice of writing obituaries in advance has backfired somewhat with Research in Motion, and now all speculation is on the prospects of a comeback for the much-maligned BlackBerry smartphone.
But it's not only shareholders who wield power over RIM's numbers — although the stock's Monday close of $16.27, up considerably from its 52-week low of $6.10, has to be good news.
There's also market share, now languishing below five per cent. But consumers can be fickle, so the other number to watch is the apps.
No matter how much of a wow factor RIM's new BlackBerry 10 brings when it's unveiled Wednesday, consumers and business users will want to know if it will run their favourite apps.
App developers can mean the difference between a victorious comeback for the BlackBerry or a slow death, starved of new apps.
Do developers give it the thumbs-up or thumbs-down?
So far, the reaction seems favourable, with optimistic expectations that between 70,000 and 100,000 apps will be ready for the launch.
Vancouver's Atimi Software, which has developed apps for the NHL, CFL, NBA, MLS and Fortune 1000 companies, will have two of its sports apps among those RIM will showcase.
Alan Jones, Atimi's vice-president of global sales, said it's too early to speculate how successful the BlackBerry 10 will be. But he said developers are excited about working on it.
"Looking at the device, it is definitely similar to the iPhone with respect to its functionality. It will have all the same features that the iPhone and Android phones have," he said.
While the first device that is released will have a touchscreen, it's expected that other versions — including one with a keyboard — will follow. That's important to many smartphone users, Jones said.
"I have friends who are diehard BlackBerry fans, much to my surprise. And I say much to my surprise because there has been a real shift, yet they refuse to give them up."
Mobile software developer Magmic, an Ottawa company with $17 million in annual revenues, has more than 100 entertainment app titles for mobile platforms from Apple's iOS to Android, Windows Phone 7, BlackBerry and others.
The company has seven titles being released with Wednesday's BlackBerry 10 launch, including its popular New York Times Crossword app and the card game Phase 10.
While the success of the new BlackBerry 10 will depend on a number of factors, according to Troy Johnson, Magmic's director of OEM and New Platforms, apps are "a big component of that."
As for overall prospects for the device?
"It depends on (RIM's) ability to bring a product to market, to make sure it is a quality product and that the user experience is awesome," was Johnson's assessment.
Magmic has had a developer device from RIM for a year to ensure it will be ready for Wednesday's launch — a longer lead time than with earlier BlackBerrys.
"We've always had access to free commercial devices," said Johnson. "We had the Storm many months in advance, the Torch we had for six months before it launched but this has been a very different experience."
So far, Johnson gives the platform a thumbs-up and echoed the suggestion of early reviews that compare it favourably with Apple's iPhone.
"I don't think the iPhone was ever intended to be a business device, it just morphed into a device used for business because people didn't want to carry two phones. It does the things most people need it to do but it doesn't necessarily do any of them very well," he said.
"The BlackBerry is going to be as functional, probably more functional as a consumer device. It's definitely going to be more enterprise focused and more productivity focused."
In a recent blog post, Phillip Redman, research vice-president at Gartner, suggested many business users will welcome the new BlackBerry.
"There's no doubt that RIM has taken a hit on global smartphone market share — especially in enterprise, where it is rapidly being replaced by iPhones," wrote Redman. "It saw its installed base decrease for the first time in history by two million in the last quarter. But in the famous words of Monty Python, it's, 'not dead yet!' "
Redman cited a Gartner survey from last December of 222 companies, mostly in North America, that found almost 14 per cent will have BlackBerry as its primary platform in 12 months.
"Speaking with clients regularly, I see the same level of interest — generally 15-20 per cent of mobile employees who still prefer RIM for its security and its hard keyboard," Redman wrote.
While the Apple and Android operating systems are now the market top dogs, at one time RIM was a leader.
Back in November 2009, RIM was behind only Nokia in global smartphone market share — but its stock had already dropped 30 per cent as competition from Apple and other smartphones threatened its dominance.
Statistics released last week by market research firm ABI Research showed close to 653 smartphones were shipped in 2012, with smartphones accounting for 41 per cent of all mobile phone shipments for the year. Samsung topped the list for the fourth quarter, with 31 per cent of total smartphones shipments, while Apple grew its share to 24.5 per cent for the quarter, up from 16.4 per cent in Q3. At the same time, RIM's shipments declined to 6.9 million.
ABI mobile devices senior analyst Michael Morgan suggests Apple's market share has peaked.
"It is clear that the iPhone's hyper-growth has ended, and ABI Research believes that Apple's market share will peak in 2013 at 22 per cent," he said in a release. "Unless Apple is willing to trade iPhone margins for low cost iPhone shipments, Apple's handset market share will become dependent on customer loyalty."
While the number being bandied about for apps to be available at launch — 70,000 or more — seems small in comparison to the 775,000 apps now available for Apple's iOS devices and close to that available for Android smartphones and tablets, it's actually a fairly healthy number compared to early iPhone and Android days.
Consider a news headline from late 2009, around the time of the Android smartphone launch: "Google phone strategy takes off, challenges ahead; Android OS now on 12 smartphones; 12,000-plus apps available."


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And it's covered in stickers. Because Japanese gangsters just love stickers?
In Japan, cars covered in anime and video game stickers are called "itasha" (literally "painmobile"). Itasha, like this Ferrari, are favored by hardcore otaku.
Sega's crime franchise Yakuza (known as Ryu Ga Gotoku in Japan) takes players into the underworld of Japanese organized crime. And while the car choice (a Toyota Celsior) seems spot on, the sheer abundance of stickers seems to be a little much — even for the flashiest gangster.
This isn't about realism, though. This is about Ryu Ga Gotoku! And this Yakuza-branded plastic model is priced at ¥3,990 (US$44). Out this month.


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BALTIMORE – UMBC women's soccer extended its unbeaten streak to five and won its third straight game as red-shirt junior Jessy Brown (Plantation, Fla./American Heritage) drove home her third consecutive game-winning goal in a 2-1 come from behind victory against Wagner on Sunday afternoon at Retriever Soccer Park.
The streak is the longest for the Retrievers since 2005, which is the last time UMBC won three in a row. The black and gold improve to 5-2-2 on the season, while the Seahawks fall to 6-2-1.
Wagner took the 1-0 advantage in the 57th minute, before UMBC was able to strike twice within a four minute span. Freshman forward Amanda Dailey (Howell, N.J./Freehold Township/Monmouth) sent home the equalizer in the 79th minute and Brown followed with the game-winner in the 83rd minute.
After a scoreless first half, Wagner used a corner kick from Alissa Bianculli to setup Alyssa Willard's header into the bottom right corner of the net from three yards out to jump out in front, 1-0.
UMBC's Victoria Burress (Bristow, Va./Patriot) missed out on an opportunity to even the score at one apiece in the 73rd minute, as the freshman forward danced past Wagner's goalkeeper Katie Marcy, but sent the equalizer wide right.
The Retrievers would have another chance as a slotted pass from freshman midfielder Meg Kowalski (Freehold, N.J./Freehold Township) setup Dailey for the tap in. The score was the second of the season for the rookie, who returned to the lineup for the first time since Aug. 30.
Less than four minutes later, a free kick from junior back Melissa Hummel (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown East) gave Brown the chance for the header inside the far right post. Brown, who's three game-winners is the most by a Retriever since 2005, finished with a game-high five shots.
Each netminder finished with three saves in the contest. UMBC senior goalkeeper Lauren Kadet (Oakville, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas) is one save shy of tying Nadine Henchcliffe as the program's all-time saves leader.
The Retrievers open a three game road trip on Wednesday, Sept. 25 when it travels to Lafayette. UMBC closes out its non-conference schedule versus the Leopards. First kick is set for 7 p.m.
-Jessy Brown becomes the first Retriever to notch the game-winner in three straight games since UMBC joined the America East.
-UMBC's three game win streak is its longest since 2005 when it won four in a row. The Retrievers have their most wins since 2005 when it posted a 9-9-1 record. UMBC's five-game unbeaten streak is the longest since 2005.
-The Retrievers are unbeaten in seven all-time meetings with the Seahawks, posting a 6-0-1 record versus Wagner.