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Ingram Extends Managed Services Offerings to Mid-sized Businesses
Distributor positions itself to help IT resellers migrate to mid-market.
September 8, 2009
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Distributor Ingram Micro has advanced its Seismic-branded portfolio of managed services to include mid-market solutions by enlisting an IT management and monitoring offering from Nimsoft Inc.
Company officials said the agreement encompasses the entire suite of Nimsoft monitoring solutions, which will be housed under the Ingram services divisions Seismic banner and called Seismic Enterprise Monitoring powered by Nimsoft.
Seismic is Ingrams platform of managed services solutions, featuring products and services by an array of providers as well as education, resources, guides and consultants for channel partners.
The Nimsoft solution fills an open slot in Ingrams Seismic lineup, said Jason Beal, director of sales, services division. He said that even though 75 percent of the 1,000 resellers currently leveraging the Seismic portfolio are deploying managed services to small- to medium-sized businesses, a significant number are now examining budding opportunities in the mid-market.
We see it as an opportunity, Beal said. The traditional solution provider within our Seismic community focuses on small business but many are starting to migrate to the mid-market.
Beal said that the competitive advantages of the Nimsoft solutionlow complexity, highly sophisticated, scalable and easy to useare a good fit for the mid-market managed services customer.
In the mid-market, there are more complex technical requirements, virtual environments, unified communications, the move into the data center, he said. Some traditional managed services tools focused on the desktop arent sophisticated enough to service the mid-market customer.
He estimated that initially more than 10 percent of Ingrams reseller base that participate in the Seismic initiative would adopt the Nimsoft solution.
This is an example of us moving up market and forming relationships with the right partners. Beal said. Its a broad opportunity for existing Seismic partners and partners focused on the mid-market. Its not about us adding a vendors line card to resell--its more about helping our partners.
One Seismic reseller praised the Nimsoft solution for its advanced monitoring and alerting to mid-market and enterprise clients. Dan Sottile, senior vice president of Long View Systems, a Denver, Colo., solutions and services provider, said that the Nimsoft service management tools offer clients a clearer view of the business value and impact of the systems we are managing for them.
Selective outsourcing
Ingrams Beal said that the economic downturn has opened up the mid-market for outsourced managed services providers. Because mid-sized and large businesses are directing available budget at proprietary applications central to their business, new opportunities have surfaced in other areas of IT support.
Small businesses are outsourcing managed services in their entirety, but in the mid-market space companies must spend their dollars differently, Beal said. Rather than outsourcing all of IT, they are focusing their internal budgets on the most critical or proprietary applications central to their business, leaving more common parts of IT support such as remote server monitoring and help desk management for outsourcing.
Beal said that economic constraints and the growing sophistication of managed services technology will continue to prompt businesses to enlist the assistance of MSP specialists.
On a weekly basis across our Seismic community we are seeing wins not just in small business but also in the mid-market as a result of economic pressures, he said. Many of those businesses outsource owing to internal cost constraints.
Both Ingram and Nimsoft jointly will support channel partners in the field, Beal said.
The primary support benefits are around sales and marketing, technical help, managed services education, training and best practices, he said.
Our support spans from opportunity identification to product installation, Beal said. Well partner on sales opportunities when partners ask us to. In pre-sales we provide education, best practices and pricing information. We wont dictate end user pricing but well offer guidance on expected margins.
Beal said that while Ingram assessed the managed services opportunity in the mid-market as less robust than the small businesses segment, the distributor believes that its evolving stable of MSP partners will move upstream as sales opportunities emerge.
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This time of year, the buzz around many workplaces is all about holiday spirit, parties, gifts and celebrations. But, as an Insurance company and since we are always assessing risks and trying to protect our customers from unexpected holiday-related disasters, conversations tend to be a bit more doom-and-gloom around our office. The talk around the water cooler here at Duncan Financial Group is more about "turkey fryer fires", "snow damage" and "winter weather disasters". Below are what we have thought to be the most common 3 concerns for the Holiday Season.
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The Concern: Did you know that the leading cause of home fires in the U.S. is cooking fires? Around the holiday season many people spend more time in the kitchen cooking up meals for large groups and baking holiday treats. The increased time in the kitchen makes the instance of cooking fires greater than any other time of the year. What exactly is the most dangerous piece of cooking equipment? For the past few years is has been nothing other than… the turkey fryer.
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Showing my True Colours
Just a quick post to say congratulations to Manchester United for winning another Premiership title.
Not all that much to report really. I've been busy with a new story and with preparation for the events I've been booked to do for Adult Learners' Week at the end of May.
Oh, and I think this a wonderful song.
You can see more about the fabulous band, Oh Laura, at their myspace page – http://www.myspace.com/laurasweden


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here we go with the course layout for the 2017 Strudengau Open presented by Anders Golfen! Hole #6 is played the first time on a PDGA Euro Tour event, holes #10 and #11 are brand new. Hole #13 is a little bit shorter this year for less random. Hole #8 finds it's way back on to the course map.
21 holes in total and golf start are also new facts in the Strudengau Open history.
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UPDATE: Statewide Amber Alert canceled after boy missing from South Bend found
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Gyuriak has a lengthy criminal record dating back to 2009, including several conversion charges, resisting law enforcement, invasion of privacy, and violation of a protective order.


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Some days you gotta tell it like it is
I often think that product packaging lacks a little honesty and sometimes subtlety is lost on people.
This is where my handy-dandy hand-sanitisers come in. Some days you just have to say it like it is.
You can leave these pump bottles in places where your kids or significant others will see them and get the hint.
If you have ever raised or have actually been a teenage boy you will know just how grotty they can be. Try the age-old parenting trick of shaming them in front of their friends, pull out the hand sanitiser when they least expect it.
Have one sitting on your desk for co-workers. Don't say anything just leave it there, subtly nod your head towards it when they come to your desk.
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IMDb continued its push into the mobile space on Thursday with the launch of IMDb Buzz, an entertainment news application for the iPhone and iPod touch that features TheWrap, among other partners.
The app offers "up-to-the-minute entertainment news" from "hundreds" of sources, including this site. The customizable app will let users pick which news feeds they want to follow, which celebritiess they want to see photos of and other such features.
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So I was going to get a Macbook, I'd already decided I didn't need more than a gig ram and the black Macbook would be the one. But then I saw the Macbook Pro next to the Macbook and I gave in to temptation.
One day I'll learn!
So I've been in Peterborough for three days now – every night has been in the Wii. The short verdict is it's brilliant.
At first I felt a little bit self conscious waving the controller around but that quickly disappears. The simple graphics don't matter – it's just not important. The games are all about fun and having an HD output doesn't make any difference to the Wii. Four player tennis was just great. The bowling actually feels very realistic. Although you don't actually have to bowl the ball and get down on bended knee it just didn't feel right without doing it. At first I felt the games were all a bit arcadey but there is some depth there with certain features not explained allowing you to find out these through experimentation and further play.
We also played some Super Monkey Ball. The party games included were a bit hit and miss but some were hilarious. You do need quite a bit of room for anything more than one person though. I managed to skelp the wall a couple of times (left a bit of a dent) and one of Shakeel's models took a bit of a bashing and was moved before any permanent damage was inflicted. You just need to make sure that you've got plenty room to swing. Hopefully I'll get some photo's online over the weekend – some are hilarious.
Like the DS Nintendo have an absolute winner with the Wii. They've made something different that the competition just doesn't offer. This has been the most fun in years that I've had on a console and whats key is that the console isn't just for gamers – anyone can pick up the remote and play. Will I be getting one – maybe. Firstly in Glasgow I hardly do any real world multiplayer – it's all online so some of the fun would be lost. Secondly I've said maybe as I have a habit of backtracking on not getting gadgets so this gives me a bit of leeway. However I've no doubt that if you've got kids or there are two or more (potential) gamers in your household then the Wii is a must buy console, certainly ahead of a 360 or PS3 in the purchase list. Enough of this – time for some baseball…batter up!
Over the last few months I've been loving Flock due to it's integration with Flickr, RSS feeds and del.icio.us while delivering Mozilla rock solid browsing. However a wee bit of instability meant I returned to Firefox. That return is now permanent as I've not had one Firefox issue, browsing feels snappier and it's quicker to launch. Also, I've found some better replacements for Flock's built in features.
Google Reader has been out for a while and recently had some updates. I didn't pay much attention as I used Flocks built in RSS manager. However using Google Reader for the past couple of weeks has been great. Far easier to manage multiple RSS feeds, quicker and no checking locally of every RSS feed has meant this is now my RSS manager. RSS feeds now available on the move as Google Reader has a mobile version for use on phones.
Sharing of bookmarks has always been a bit of an issue for me. I've tried different services over the years and never got one I liked. Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer for Firefox looks to be the answer. Once installed it allows you to sync your bookmarks between multiple machines with the sync happening silently in the background. You can also visit their website and see your bookmarks meaning your bookmarks should no longer be out of reach or sync.
Web Development Evolved is the bold claim for the Firebug extension. The length of features it offers is vast – inspection/edit of HTML, CSS editing, CSS metrics, debug, logging and editing for Javascript and the one I've used so far – Network Activity.
This site is fairly sluggish and using Firebug I've found three Javascript files that the theme loaded but never used. So that's trimmed some time out of the load. I'll be visiting some of the other pages round this site to see if I can trim any more fat away. A great tool, especially for having a nose at other people's sites to see how they were constructed.
As for Flickr uploading, I've went back to the Flcikr uploader which is a universal binary and works a treat. So goodbye Flock – a nice browser that's been too slow to develop with too many superior competitors.
I know a few folk that have recently or are about to get a 360. While it generally works a treat without much issue, getting on Live for the first time can be problematic depending on your router or use of Internet Connection Settings. Annoyingly it may work and you think everything is OK but it's only when you start playing games with others that you really find out if it's 100%. The following steps should help make the experience a little better.
1) Check your NAT
Whether you connect to Live first time or not, visit the System blade on the dashboard, then Network Settings and finally Test Xbox Live Connection – here's a link to the official Microsoft help page detailing this step. The key setting I've found is NAT. There are three possible values for NAT settings – Strict, Moderate and Open.
A more detailed explanation of NAT can be seen in this Microsoft help page.
2) Fixing NAT
If your NAT is open then your fine. If moderate or strict then try the following, but don't mix and match and try a few of these in parallel. Try them in order as they are presented here, switching back to where you started before trying the next option. Also, reboot router and 360 after making changes to make sure that the changes are in place and have been detected by both router and 360.
3) Still Having Issues?
The best advice from Microsoft and others is to go and buy a new router, or if your using Internet Connection Sharing, definitely go and buy a router and make sure it's one on the Microsoft Xbox compatibility list. In fact this is Microsoft's first step but I reckon this is always a last resort if you've already got a router and it works fine for everything else. Still, if your mad keen on gaming this may be the only choice. Note that the list contains those routers that have been tested and certified by Microsoft and also those that have failed and been deemed incompatible. If your router isn't on the list it doesn't mean it won't work – just that it's not been submitted and tested by Microsoft.
If your on cable broadband try connecting the 360 directly to your cable connection, cutting out any router or other equipment. This will at least tell you whether the issues your getting are down to hardware or your broadband connection.
Finally, a link to a really good site – Xbox Live – The Guide. It contains lots of useful information and has some guide's on NAT settings and DMZ setup's for popular routers. An excellent site and I should probably just link to that site and remove all the other text here, but it's written now. Hope this helps.
The inner geek has been satisfied today. Since getting the Mac I've had an urge to do a bit of programming. Nothing fancy but I really wanted to play around with Ruby on Rails to see just ow easy it was to get a nice web app up and running. The only problem was getting a development environment. My web host offers Ruby skeleton and I couldn't get command line access. No worries – install it all on the Mac. Todo that meant installing MySQL also. Firstly I followed the excellent post on Hivelogic, Building Ruby, Rails, LightTPD, and MySQL on Tiger. This takes you through everything you need to get Ruby up and running. This was also my first proper use of Mac terminal. I loved the following warning…
We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:
#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility.
Anyway, the install went well and I'm now at the point of starting to dabble but that will have to wait until later in the week. One final tip – there's an excellent set of MySQL GUI tools available from the MySQL developers. Handy if your not familiar with command line MySQL.
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Ok, Folks: Katherine and I are going to attempt to liveblog the Dracula premiere tonight at 10pm on NBC. Watch this space for our immediate (or as immediate as we can make it!) thoughts, impressions, reactions, etc. We'll likely create the post and update it as we go, so keep refreshing!
Also, I found out (via Neil Gaiman's Twitter) that one of my favorite purveyors of perfume, Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab (and its corresponding Trading Post) have come out with this delightful sculpted literary bottle holder.
It holds three bottles of their perfume (sold separately) and is utterly charming. I mean, come on: it's Poe, Lovecraft, and Gaiman! They also sell perfumes based on all three of their works (I have several of the Poes, limited editions long since discontinued but you can buy Lovecraftian and Gaimanian perfumes here and here respectively and can buy perfume based on Gris Grimly's illustrations of Poe's stories here), which would look stunning displayed in front of their graves. Speaking of literary perfumes, here are two inspired by Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker! (I do warn you: the site is an incredible time and money-suck, both for the perfumes and their incredible art and descriptions. I'll talk about my BPAL obsession and collection in another post.)
Happy Dracula Friday, lovelies! We'll see you on the blog tonight!


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Author: Dianne KirtleyISBN 978-1-62137-188-5 (softcover)
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It is 1841, and fourteen-year-old Charlotte Mailliard should be concerned with French fashion, French tradition and her studies with her classmates, Napoleon Bonaparte's nephews. Instead, her Papa has decided to move his family to America. Now Charlotte can only think of a strange state called Illinois and the "savages" she will encounter on her long journey. No one could forsee that the family's trek to that frontier would bring them to a Kentucky slave auction, an experience that would forever change their lives.
Two decades earlier, another Frenchman, Henri Moreau, a street urchin of Paris, had made his way to that same Illinois, where life was a pleasant mix of his and native customs. But in 1832, that peace was destroyed by the Blackhawk War, an event that tragically impacted Henri and his family.
As the nation and the Mailliard and Moreau families mature, it is the common theme of war that causes Charlotte to realize she is but one cog in the endless cycle of love and loss, the bane of a country where another Illinois native son will not abide "a house divided."
Dianne Kirtley taught English, Journalism, and Creative Writing at Nazareth Academy, a college prep high school in LaGrange Park, Illinois, for twenty-five years. During that time she also chaired the English Department and was Director of Public Relations.
The historical novel, Point of Departure, is her most researched project and was inspired by the discovery of information about one of her husband's ancestors whose family were personal attendants to the Bonapartes.
"When I first began the investigation of Charlotte Mailliard, reading her letters and visiting the places where she lived and the very cemetery where she and her family were buried, I felt her story begged to be told. After seven years of work, I hope she would be pleased with my effort."
Dianne attended Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin, received her B.A. from the University of Illinois, Chicago, and M.Ed. from Loyola University, Chicago.
In addition to her pursuit of writing, she has also been a member and president of the LaGrange Business and Professional Women's Organization. She is currently active in the Chicago Southwest Suburban Alumni Chapter of Delta Delta Delta sorority.
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1 Department of Software Engineering, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
2 Model-Driven Software Engineering Research Group, Department of Software Engineering, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
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Migrating storage
Chris, do you have any procedure to migrate storage from one Symmetrix to another in a same fabric using Veritas VM on Solaris server, or can you can recommend any storage replicator software for Symmetix migration. Thanks in Advance
Since you brought up Veritas VM, I am assuming you are using Solaris. Under NT or Win2K, I have found using disk admin is a very easy way to do this. Install another HBA in the machine, and assign a disk of larger or equal size to that HBA in the array you want to migrate to. Next, open disk admin and create a mirror set using the original disk as the source, and the new disk as its mirror. Once the copy is complete, simply delete the mirror set, reletter the new disk to the old disks drive letter, and shut down the system. Once shut down, remove the original adapter, and reboot.
Since an FTDISK mirror set is an exact duplicate, the disk signatures should be the same, and the system should come up normally on the new array. (One caution here is to make sure the "physical disk" attributes remain the same in the registry and that the drive letters on the new disks match the drive letters on the old disk for each "physical disk" instance.)
A similar approach can be used for Solaris using Veritas VM. It's easier too, since there is no need to concern yourself with NT style disk signatures. Just add in the new HBA to the new array, and use VM to mirror the data. Break the mirror when done. Now move the new HBA into the old HBAs PCI slot, and the new disk should come up just like the old one did.
- You may need the same HBA type
- You may need to alter SD. conf to access the new drive (add the path through the new HBA)
- You can do all this with one server for the entire subsystem by temporarily allowing access to all LUNs to that server
Another more convenient method is to use SRDF to mirror the entire subsystem. This requires a license for SRDF for both arrays though.
The last method is to have your vendor do it for you... but, this will require professional services dollars.
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With the emerging of a new eating fashion, there are more and more people who favor food made of vegetables. People would like to take in this kind of food for the sake of health and longevity. They think that vegetables are much more healthy than meat. Throughout the whole world there are many places in which vegetables are really famous. Now I will list the top vegetarian paradise in the world.
1. Sydney
Here, there are a large number of vegetarian food available for your choice either in the vegetarian restaurants or seaside coffee shops. You can also find some vegetarian restaurants which offer man-made meat and vegetarian cakes. Restaurants like Iku Wholefood and Laurie's Vegetarian Take Away are good choices for you.
2. San Francisco
San Francisco always has a tradition of anti culture. There are a lot of vegetarian food available for you in the seaside region. You can eat snacks made of bean curd in AT&T park, enjoy the vegetable ice cream in Maggie Mudd or have a vegetarian feast in Millennium.
3. Poland
Since Poland attaches great importance to environmental protection, it now has become the paradise for vegetarian people. The available restaurants include Paradox Palace Café, Voo Doo Doughnut and Food Fight. Besides, Poland also offers satisfied food for those strict vegetarians.
4. New York
Different kinds of vegetarians can find their own favourite food in New York. New York is the home to a large number of healthy food stores as well as many cookery schools. In the Natural Gourmet Cookery School, students will provide you with vegetarian dinner which contains 4 dishes.
5.Chiang Mai
As the second largest city in Thailand, Chiang Mai is the paradise for vegetarians and strict vegetarians. There are a lot of outdoor vegetarian restaurants in the downtown areas. Every restaurant has a yellow post on which reads "jay" or "vegetarian". You can try meatless Khao Soi which is the most popular kind of wheaten food. It contains egg noodles, coconut and curry soup, pickled vegetable and lime.


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WHEATON, Ill. – The Calvin women's swimming & diving team silenced the Thunder of Wheaton on Saturday, 172-90. The Knights improve to 2-1 on the season.
"It was our best performance on the road in a couple years," said head coach Dan Gelderloos. "Good things happen when we realize it is not about ourselves and we learn to ask questions."
The Knights started the day with a victory in the 200-yard medley relay. The team of sophomore Hannah Chao (Farmington Hills, Mich./North Farmington), freshman Samantha Sonday (Portage, Mich./Central), freshman Valerie Edewaard (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian) and junior Emily Gunderson (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer) touched the wall at 1:49.29.
Senior Kendall Murphy (Modesto, Calif./Home School) was the fastest swimmer in the 1000-yard freestyle at 11:11.30. Sophomore Robyn Ellens (Hamilton, Mich./Holland Christian) finished in second at 11:26.26.
Senior Anna Serino (Pinckney, Mich./Pinckney) topped the competition in the 200-yard freestyle at 1:56.21.
Junior Abbey Wellman (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point) won the 100-yard backstroke event with a time of 1:01.86.
In the 200-yard butterfly, freshman Grace Anne Delcompare (Naples/Home School) won with a time of 2:14.63.
Emily Gunderson and senior Alyssa Oezer (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) led a 1-2 finish for Calvin in the 50-yard freestyle. Gunderson won with a time of 24.44.
Wellman won her second race of the day in the 200-yard backstroke at 2:16.40.
Serino touched the wall first in the 500-yard freestyle at 5:19.15. Murphy finished in second place.
In the 100-yard butterfly, sophomore Jenna Oezer (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) won the race at 1:00.44.
Hannah Chao was the fastest swimmer in the 200-yard individual medley at 2:13.03.
The Maroon and Gold closed the meet with a victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay. The team of Anna Serino, Alyssa Oezer, Emily Gunderson and senior Madelyn Smith (Allegan, Mich./Allegan) won at 3:38.78.
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Marni has a new home on Madison Avenue. The two story boutique at 822 Madison is a beautifully designed space that is as beautiful as the clothing and accessories that live there. Designed by an in-house team, the space draws you in with a subtle mix of color, materials and textures. Powerful without being overpowering, it is a refreshing atmosphere to find the newest Marni pieces in a series of rooms that lead from one surprise to another. The brand has always been a go-to resource for women with a creative bent. Individual adornment and creativity go hand in hand here. Marni has long been known for collaborating with artists, and several of them are highlighted in the new space. Along with the Madison Avenue flagship, stores have been imagined in Paris, Rome and Florence. Creative Director, Francesco Risso is in charge of the offbeat, whimsical brand. Each store has its own video collaboration and its own totemic creature; in New York, there's a video by Belgian artist Sammy Slabbinck. The haunting New York Fawn, a one of a kind piece, and a symbol of sensitivity, intuition, gentleness, and innocence, is created by hand in papier-mache and beads by women in the village of Casanare in Columbia, and is for sale in a limited edition.
Marni, the brand, is a combination of many creative collections. Mr. Risso and Marni are both delightfully daffy. Artists are continually brought into the mix. This season's artist is American Frank Navin. His naïve touch is visible every category. Walking into the first space in the store is like walking into bag heaven. Marni's iconic bags and soon to be iconic new ones are all on view. Paniers in dozens of variations, Trunk bags (actually drawers full of them), Button, Caddy, Law, Monile as well as Bucket Bags and Shoppers and many others. I could spend a long time here weighing my choices. How does one choose?
Upstairs is the Marni world of shoes in a light-infused sorbet/macaroon colored space. Sneakers and Fussbetts, furry slides, sandals, sling backs, pumps, loafers, boots, and pumps are all on hand. The space is so inviting you wish you could move in.
Mr. Risso has given the ever artsy Marni clothing his own sense of humor. The collection has always had its own print personality. This season is no different. A 60's festival photo print, a grinning green cat, florals, stunning petal prints by Frank Navin, geometrics, florals tartans and more. I was especially drawn to the statement coats. One of the motifs of the fall collection is trailing thread-like embellishments. These and trace stitching are found on many of the garments, lending a sophisticated hands-at-work look. Coats are also spliced, and mixed with an artisanal meets tech touch. The signature Marni racks are brimming with color and ideas. Dresses, jackets, skirts, pants, blouses and sweaters are all covetable.
The brand's signature jewelry is also highlighted. Collectible and original, there are wonderful resin pieces, as well as leather and metal. Try on the fine gold necklace with charms that resemble off the grid figures that mix a Christmas Crackers vibe with Cracker Jack treats. There are puffy metal tribal necklaces, crisp geometric earrings, and more romantic floral and pendant shapes. Mix them in with your Marni clothes for a maximal statement or simply wear them with more minimal clothes for a pop.
Come on in and meet the Fawns and discover the world of Marni in this enchanting new flagship. Here is the @sammyslabbinck video, a NYC Pop Art mashup:
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Santorini wedding photography – why a must?
Santorini wedding photography is one of the most demanded types of the professional photo shoots in Greece. For the simple reason that Santorini is among the best wedding destinations in the World. Why so? First of all, it's a beautiful island with unbelievable views and stunning landscapes. Secondly, Santorini is a traditional Greek island. That means you will get all the benefits of the classic Greek vacation. You will enjoy the pure and turquoise sea framed with amazing beaches.
You will find great archeological sites and museums. And, of course, you will be tasting healthy and delicious Mediterranean cuisine. So, all in all Santorini is a popular destination for weddings and symbolic ceremonies.
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The cybersecurity skills shortage is a significant challenge, and organizations need to streamline security administration and operations to make the best use of the resources and tools they have. As organizations move more of their security stack to the cloud, they create an opportunity to shed complexity and improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of their security infrastructure.
Built from the start in one cloud, Netskope has built a truly unified platform for SaaS, IaaS, and web security, providing visibility, analytics, data protection, threat protection, and more. Unlike other security solutions, Netskope's unified analytics and policy enforcement can be managed from a single platform, saving your security team's time by avoiding policy conflicts and redundant configuration steps. Moreover, the Netskope Security Cloud is a cloud-native security platform. Using a containerized, microservices-based architecture, the Netskope Security Cloud is designed to seamlessly scale individual cloud service components. This allows organizations to focus on their core business rather than capacity planning and regular hardware upgrades.
Built from the start in one cloud, Netskope has the industry's only unified SaaS, IaaS, and web security platform. Unlike a cobbled-together set of security tools, Netskope provides an easy-to-use solution that simplifies overall security management and eliminates policy conflicts.
Netskope provides advanced, real-time analytics for complete visibility across SaaS, IaaS, and web activities. This allows security teams to get a complete picture of cloud and web activities, including advanced threats that traverse both the cloud and web.
Networks are dramatically evolving from legacy hub-and-spoke architectures where offices were interconnected over costly, dedicated links and remote users accessed centralized resources over VPN. Netskope enables users to go directly to the cloud and web wherever they are.
Unlike traditional security solutions that are limited by fixed compute, storage and I/O, the Netskope Security Cloud has virtually infinite resources that can be applied to scale any component of the Netskope security service as organizations grow and their needs change.
Netskope is powered by a platform that is architected for scalability and performance. The global, cloud-native service is elastic, resilient, redundant, and multi-tenant.
Simplify overall security management and avoid policy conflicts with Netskope's unified platform for SaaS, IaaS, and web security.
Get a complete picture of cloud and web use, including threats and anomalous behavior that traverse SaaS apps, IaaS services, and websites.
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Automatically scale your security infrastructure as your organization grows and your security needs change with Netskope's elastic, cloud-native service. No traditional capacity planning or regular hardware upgrades required.
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View: 9884Joanna Bourne returns to the French Revolution, pairing espionage and burning romance to create an unforgettable love story. For fans of Stephanie Laurens, Elizabeth Hoyt and Poldark, this is a must-read. A daring beauty, she's infamous for taking chances... Now she'll risk everything for love. Raised as a poor but cunning pickpocket, Jess Whitby has grown into a wealthy young woman. But when her father is wrongly accused of selling secrets to Napoleon, she must rely on her guile to save him. She never dreamed her search for the real traitor would begin by waking up naked in a captain's bed. Or how little she'd mind... Captain Sebastian Kennett finds himself infatuated with the courageous spirit of the kidnap victim he saves. She's equally enthralled by his commanding strength - until she discovers that this spellbinding seaman could be traitor she's hunting, and the man to determine her both her father's fate and her future too. For more spellbinding Spymasters romance, look for the other titles by Joanna Bourne: The Forbidden Rose, The Spymaster's Lady, The Black Hawk and Rogue Spy.


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Verizon likes to bill itself as having the best network in the US (and that's generally accepted to be true), but it looks like even they have problems when times get tough. According to a Bloomberg report, the FCC has posted a letter to Verizon Wireless saying that the carrier dropped as many as 10,000 calls to 911 during the January 26th blizzard in the Washington, DC area.
That would be a serious enough problem on its own, but the FCC is concerned that this could be happening during other emergencies across the country and affecting many more of Verizon's 90+ million subscribers.
The Federal Communications Commission has sent a letter to Verizon asking them to investigate the incident and presumedly get to the bottom on the issue. The FCC described the number of dropped calls during the blizzard "truly alarming" and for their part Verizon says they are investigating but part of the problem was due to the high volume of calls over a short period of time. They are working with the counties involved to make sure it doesn't happen again.
Read more at Bloomberg.


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US says leaks are a crime, threatens prosecution
November 29, 2010 by ANNE GEARAN
WASHINGTON (AP) – Striking back, the Obama administration branded the WikiLeaks release of more than a quarter-million sensitive files an attack on the United States Monday and raised the prospect of criminal prosecutions in connection with the exposure. The Pentagon detailed new security safeguards, including restraints on small computer flash drives, to make it harder for any one person to copy and reveal so many secrets. The young Army Pfc. suspected of stealing the diplomatic memos, many of them classified, and feeding them to WikiLeaks may have defeated Pentagon security systems using little more than a Lady Gaga CD and a portable computer memory stick.
New York Times leaked classified info in 2002
Senator Bunning: The New York Times Committed Treason
NYT Drops ClimateGate-era Ethics Qualms, Publishes Scores of WikiLeaks Docs
November 29, 2010 by Lachlan Markay
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Career advisers
No idea what to do after graduation? Or are you looking for job market advice or job application tips? Discuss these issues and more with a career adviser.
You can ask for help with a wide range of subjects including:
- Searching for the right job
- Discussing the results of career tests
- Learning about the job market
- Guidance in choosing the right Master programme
- Drawing up your CV and LinkedIn profile
- Job applications
Make an appointment with your faculty's Career Service.
In the LU Career Zone you can find a wealth of information about preparing for a career and applying for jobs. You can also take career tests.
Take a look in the Agenda for upcoming workshops and information sessions about careers and applying for jobs.
Humanities Career Service
The Faculty of Humanities Career Service provides Humanities students with professional advice and guidance concerning (international) internships and jobs, courses in career planning and job application, and job application readers.
The internship coordinator and the career advisor assist you in exploring your individual interests and abilities, and guide you towards the most appropriate internships and job.
Mr. Atse Fokkens MA, internship coordinator, career advisor
Leiden: Thursday
The Hague: Monday, Tuesday and Friday
Ms. Loes Nordlohne Msc, career advisor
Available for consultation on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 2 pm to 3 pm.
Linda Goltsche MA, internship coordinator, career advisor
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Ms. Michelle van der Voort, secretary
Opening hours (secretary's office): Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 8.45-17.00 hours. Tuesday 8.45 - 13.30 hours
Please call 071-527 2235 to make an appointment.


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It is important for our clients to realize that sometimes the wheels of justice can be slow, and there are never any guaranteed outcomes in our judicial system. But when you work with our firm, you can depend upon our complete commitment to you and the success of your case. We will fully explain how the law applies to your position, and will provide honest and practical advice for advancing your claim. Throughout the process, we are with you every step of the way and use all available legal tactics to promote your personal injury, employment law or school harassment case. We are just as dedicated to your legal victory as you are.
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The NHS's Graduate Scheme is a two year programme (two and a half for Finance) where graduates will experience what it is like to really work at the NHS and receive special training. The NHS will support graduates achieve a post-graduate academic or a professional qualification. Upon completion, graduates will be provided with support to further enhance their careers within the NHS. There are a number of different steps in the NHS application process outlined below.
Currently, the NHS graduate training scheme is offered in four positions: General Management, Finance Management, Human Resources Management and Health Informatics Management. In order to be eligible to apply for the Graduate Scheme, candidates are required to meet at least one of the following requirements:
The first stage of the NHS application process requires you to complete a fairly basic online application form and complete a questionnaire used as a self-assessment tool to determine your motivation to work for the NHS. This questionnaire is not reviewed by a staff member, but if you don't answer yes to every single question you will be asked to ensure that you really want to work for the NHS before applying. If this application is successful you will be invited to take the four NHS online aptitude tests outlined below.
There are four different tests in the NHS aptitude test battery by two different test providers: Kenexa, one of the biggest companies in the psychometrics world and by a smaller company called Pearn Kandola. You can find out about the different Kenexa tests here.
In this test you will have 20 questions to answer within a 20 minute limit. You will be presented with various different items of numerical data in the form of charts and tables. You will have to perform basic calculations in order to answer the questions correctly. Practising for these tests is necessary as even if the questions themselves aren't too difficult, answering them under a strict time limit can prove challenging. Practice for the Kenexa Numerical tests here.
In this test you will be presented with a paragraph of information with some different, often disjointed facts that you need to understand quickly. Based on the paragraph, you need to answer 24 multiple choice questions within 17 minutes. Again, practising is imperative as there is less than one minute per question. Make sure you practise these questions with one of our Kenexa Verbal practise packs available here.
In this untimed test you will be presented with 150 different statements relating to your personality, and you have to choose whether you agree or disagree with the statement. For example, "I often feel that the need to do something exciting". Although it has been said in the past that it is impossible to study for these tests, expert studies have concluded conclusively that preparing for these tests leads to success. Find out more here.
In the NHS SJT you will be presented with different situations and given a few different choices of action to select from. For example, you may be presented with a situation such as the organisation of a medical conference only to find out that one of the leading speakers has lost his voice. You will be given a variety of different choices to choose from and you have to select the path of action that you would choose in the situation. Click here for JobTestPrep's complete preparation package.
Only a fraction of candidates come through these NHS aptitude tests so it is more than worthwhile to ensure you have sufficient practise and training before tackling these tests. If you do well enough on these tests you will move onto the next stage of the NHS application process, the NHS interview.
Once you have come through the NHS online tests you will be invited to the come in for an NHS interview. This is a competency based interview and in it you will have to provide examples of where you have demonstrated the core competencies mentioned in your job application. In general, these competencies fall into the following categories:
When preparing answers for this interview, ensure that you include the relevant competencies in your answers. This NHS interview is usually held together with two consultants of the NHS and usually lasts half an hour. For practise and to pick up some valuable NHS interview tips try out our Interview preparation package.
If you do well enough through these stages you have already beaten more than half of the competition. Find out about what will happen in the NHS assessment centre on the next page.


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Immediate Resignation
If you know immediately that you do not want the job of executing the deceased's will, you can notify the clerk of the probate court. Some states have preprinted forms that you can fill out and sign, resigning or renouncing the position. In other states, you may have to submit a written, signed and notarized statement.
Implied Resignation
If you are unsure about wanting the job and fail to take the oath of office or perform any of the executor's duties after submitting the will for probate, some states will accept this as "implied" renunciation or resignation. Either the court clerk or one of the beneficiaries can demand that you vacate the position if you don't begin to meet the responsibilities of the job within a certain period of time. In North Carolina, this length of time is at least 10 days but not more than 30 days. If you don't file a response with the court during that time saying that you don't want to resign, you will automatically be relieved of the position.
Resignation After Assuming Duties
If you actually begin the duties of the job of executor, then realize that you don't want to continue, you can still get out of the job. You can file a resignation or renunciation with the court clerk at any time, but if you have actually performed some of the duties of the job, most states will require that you submit an accounting of what you have done.
If the will has named an alternate executor, in most cases that person would be appointed by the court in your place. If that person doesn't want the job either, the court will appoint someone else, and that person is usually called an administrator rather than an executor.


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Twelve Sterling Chargers sold
The quality of craftsmanship displayed on these sterling plates is remarkable. Further, they are handsome examples of mid-century modern design.
The marks do not include the maker's name or logo. The M indicates that they were made in Mexico City. The 01 registry number was used by a number of silversmiths, so I cannot attribute the plates to a specific maker. He was, however, obviously one of the best.
The diameter of the large plates allows them to be used in today's style as chargers under a dinner plate or as traditional service plates.
The large plates are 11 3/4 inches in diameter. They weigh 18 troy ounces each (217 troy ounces total) and are in very fine condition.
The small plates are 6 ¼ inches in diameter. They perfect are perfect for bread and butter, dessert, and for use with cocktails. They weigh 5.3 troy ounces each (63.6 troy ounces total)
|12 Mexican Service Plates (11 ¾")
|12 Mexican Butter Plates (6 1/4″)