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The best way to avoid spam is not getting on spammers' lists in the first place. Find out how to use disposable addresses, obfuscation and your watchful eye to steer clear of spam altogether.
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1. Using the LIFO® method can help you be a more effective performer at work;
2.It deals with your style of behaviour – which you can learn to adjust; and not your fundamental personality – which you probably can’t;
3. Understanding someone’s style preferences allows us to infer – and work with their likely associated values, needs and beliefs;
4. The LIFO® method enables us to identify if our preferred style in normal circumstances is different from how we behave under pressure or in conflict;
5. There’s no such thing as a “good” profile of behavioural style – all of us can use all the behaviours when we need to;
6. However, most people have developed a preference for a specific behavioural pattern over a long period of time, probably because it has worked well for them in the past;
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1. Anyone can send email to anyone pretending to be from anyone elseAnyone can do this by simply changing the email address listed in their email application account settings. If you ever receive a strange, uncharacteristic or upsetting email from someone, keep in mind it is possible they didn't actually send it. Follow up with a phone call if unsure.
2. Email is not guaranteed to arrive quickly or at allThere are a number of reasons why email might be delayed or not delivered, and sometimes you may not be notified. It's always a good idea to follow up important emails with a phone call if you do not receive an expected reply. Here are a couple of reasons why email might not get through:
Servers under attack - Occasionally malicious people deliberately attack the computers that run the Internet (DNS and mail servers) which can disrupt email service.
SPAM filtering can silently stop messages being received with no notice to either party. Any email you send is not guaranteed to get past junk mail filters, and sometimes you don't even need to use words like "viagra" to have your message blocked.
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As any geek can tell you, the smaller and more portable a gadget is, the better that gadget becomes. You can’t get much more portable than USB drives, which can be carried in a pocket, around the neck, or even on a key chain. This, in and of itself, is already a pretty cool and a relatively inexpensive way to carry around a few extra gigs of whatever it is you need to carry around. But there are ways to make your USB drive even more useful, and these processes allow you to take many of the functions of your desktop with you to any computer you might want to use.
You can find numerous programs designed to run specifically from a USB drive. Best of all, almost all these programs are free, so put that Amex back in your wallet. Simply install them on your USB drive and they’re ready to travel with you anywhere. Here’s a list of 55 of the most useful USB programs around.
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Way back in the 1980s, a new way of doing business evolved as corporations began collecting, combining, and crunching data from sources throughout the enterprise. Their goal was to improve the bottom line by discerning hidden patterns and thereby improving the decision making process. Two decades later, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law is pushing school districts to do the same—this time, of course, the goal is increased student achievement.
While data alone won't provide school leaders with the finesse, experience, and intuition needed to get kids on the right learning path, a growing number of administrators are convinced that the data-driven decision-making (D3M) process can fundamentally change education—from our understanding of what really works with kids to administrative processes and professional development.
To assist you in getting your head around the realities and ramifications of data-driven decision making (and, yes, to make the subject a bit livelier), we've compiled this list of 10 truths. Some of these things will entice you; others will surprise you; a couple are sure to momentarily paralyze you. But, at least, now you know.
1. If you're not using data to make decisions, you're flying blind.
Imagine you're piloting a plane at night, in the middle of a storm. Without data from your navigation instruments, you'd be a goner. "Running a school without a data warehouse is like being a pilot without an instrument rating," says Brian Osborne, supervisor of evaluation, assessment, and research at the Plainfield Public Schools in New Jersey. "This is why there's so much policy churn in schools. Administrators simply don't have enough information to make good decisions." The Plainfield schools began using a data warehouse and analysis solution from eScholar three years ago. Although Osborne is a recent arrival in the district, he says he quickly became a big fan of the technology's power to help school leaders find the right flight path toward student achievement.
2. This is all about a process, not a specific technology.
Traditionally, D3M solutions have centered around a data warehouse—a central repository that collects data from many different sources—in combination with high-end decision-support tools that run queries and reports on the data. But in fact, a wide variety of technologies and solutions can be used to support a D3M process. Harry Hayes, superintendent of the Bloomfield, New Mexico, school district, says the D3M process should always begin with these questions: "How's business? How do you know it? And what can you do to improve it?" Hayes is a big proponent of the management-review process, and uses Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) test data to help him analyze teaching strategies and make better-informed decisions about professional development. Gregory S. Decker, principal of Lead Mine Elementary School in Raleigh, North Carolina, analyzes school data using Microsoft Access database software. He also uses Pearson's SuccessMaker management system for student assessments and on-demand reports. Decker and his staff have spent the past four years mapping, benchmarking, and making predictions about where each child—and each teacher—should be at every stage, and he says test scores have soared as a result.
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October 02, 2006 (Computerworld) -- If you have given your trusted employees and key contractors remote access to your network via a client virtual private network (VPN), congratulations! By now, you have seen the productivity and cost benefits from allowing collaboration that surmounts geographical separation.
You may also have discovered that keeping your network secure is now even trickier than it was, because each uncontrolled remote computer potentially creates another avenue of access to the network for attackers. Here are 10 tips to help secure your network while ensuring the benefits of your VPN.
1. Use the strongest possible authentication method for VPN access. Exactly what this is will depend on your network infrastructure, and you should check your VPN or operating system documentation to determine your options.
For example, on a network with Microsoft servers, the most secure authentication is provided by Extensible Authentication Protocol-Transport Level Security (EAP-TLS) used with smart cards. These require a public key infrastructure (PKI) and incur the overhead of encoding and distributing smart cards securely. On these networks, Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol Version 2 (MS-CHAP v2) and Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) provide the next best authentication security.
Password Authentication Protocol (PAP), Shiva Password Authentication Protocol (SPAP) and Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) are too weak to be allowed.
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