New Approach to Containing West Nile Virus

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West Nile virus strategy drawn up

West Nile virus strategy drawn up 05/30/2004 07:22 PM
Plans to deal with an outbreak of potentially deadly West Nile virus are drawn up by the Department of Health.

West Nile virus cases in Ireland

West Nile virus cases in Ireland 07/26/2004 01:54 PM
Two cases of West Nile Virus infection have been confirmed in Ireland.

Study Reveals New Way for West Nile
Virus to Spread

Study Reveals New Way for West Nile
Virus to Spread 06/17/2005 03:48 PM

Hybrid Mosquitoes Blamed for Peculiar
Pattern of West Nile Virus Spread

Hybrid Mosquitoes Blamed for Peculiar
Pattern of West Nile Virus Spread 03/08/2004 11:11 PM

CDC: West Nile strikes early, hits West
harder than rest (USATODAY.com)

CDC: West Nile strikes early, hits West
harder than rest (USATODAY.com) 07/16/2004 06:36 AM
USATODAY.com - The number of people infected with West Nile virus so far this summer is far ahead of last year's pace - an ominous sign that this year could be even worse than the record-setting 2003, when nearly 10,000 illnesses were reported.

West Preparing for Return of West Nile
(AP)

West Preparing for Return of West Nile
(AP) 04/24/2004 05:11 PM
AP - Insects are shaking off the winter cold in the West, promising another season of the West Nile virus, the mosquito-borne killer that has infected thousands of people — killing 564 of them — since the first domestic case turned up in New York in 1999.

Tracking West Nile with technology

Tracking West Nile with technology 08/16/2004 11:48 AM
globetechnology.com Aug 16 2004 3:48PM GMT

Shoot-Out at the West Nile Corral

Shoot-Out at the West Nile Corral 04/26/2004 04:53 AM
For two-thirds of the country, the threat of West Nile virus has passed. But in the West, from Colorado to the California coast, health officials prepare to battle the mosquitoes that carry the disease.

Phoenix: Epicenter of West Nile Epidemic
(AP)

Phoenix: Epicenter of West Nile Epidemic
(AP) 08/17/2004 09:35 PM
AP - With triple-digit heat and nearly nonexistent rainfall, Phoenix seems an unlikely spot for this year's West Nile virus epicenter. Yet, federal health officials say Arizona is the only state where the mosquito-borne virus is an epidemic.

West Nile 'causes lasting damage'

West Nile 'causes lasting damage' 08/22/2004 10:49 PM
Being infected with severe West Nile Virus can cause long-term health problems, a study has found.

Calif. Horse Country Wary of West Nile
(AP)

Calif. Horse Country Wary of West Nile
(AP) 09/02/2004 02:37 AM
AP - Rowdy, a 4-year-old horse, got sick after splashing through the Santa Ana River on a training ride. He ran a high fever, moved feebly in his stall and just wanted to sleep — all symptoms of West Nile virus.

Phoenix swamped with West Nile problems
(USATODAY.com)

Phoenix swamped with West Nile problems
(USATODAY.com) 09/13/2004 09:17 AM
USATODAY.com - All summer, the Arizona desert has been the epicenter for this year's West Nile virus outbreak.

State Takes Aim Before It Sprays for
West Nile (Los Angeles Times)

State Takes Aim Before It Sprays for
West Nile (Los Angeles Times) 08/08/2004 05:20 AM
Los Angeles Times - The truck heads out at 2:20 a.m., creeping through slumbering cul-de-sacs and releasing a colorless pesticide fog.

West Nile Fouls a Town's Summer (Los
Angeles Times)

West Nile Fouls a Town's Summer (Los
Angeles Times) 07/08/2004 05:51 AM
Los Angeles Times - The lazy days of summer in the working-class suburb of Fontana have been rudely interrupted this year by the arrival of West Nile virus.

Amid a Natural Gas Boom, West Nile Cases
on the Rise (Los Angeles Times)

Amid a Natural Gas Boom, West Nile Cases
on the Rise (Los Angeles Times) 06/06/2004 05:03 AM
Los Angeles Times - SPOTTED HORSE, Wyo. — Most of Don Spellman's 8,000 acres in the Powder River Basin are rolling, treeless and, for the last several years, bone dry. But shimmering behind him as he drives fence posts into the hard-packed clay is a narrow, shallow lake that seems to spring from thin air.

Cyber cowboys How the Wild West of virus
writing is being tamed

Cyber cowboys How the Wild West of virus
writing is being tamed 05/11/2004 08:00 AM
BBC May 11 2004 12:36PM GMT

"The Candy Men" by Nile Southern

"The Candy Men" by Nile Southern 06/10/2004 07:46 AM
Terry Southern's son tells the wacky tale of his dad's '60s pornographic masterpiece "Candy," whose heroine is both dirtier and more innocent than today's dead-eyed Britney nymphets.

Blue Nile Gets Dot Com Stock Enthusiasm
Bump

Blue Nile Gets Dot Com Stock Enthusiasm
Bump 05/20/2004 11:45 AM
While Salesforce.com had to delay their highly anticipated dot com IPO due to some questions about them being a bit too noisy during the quiet period, it looks like Blue Nile (the online jewelry store) is acting as our latest proxy for dot com IPO enthusiasm... and it's reminiscent of the boom years. While not quite as crazy as some of the ridiculous offerings, the stock went public last night and began trading this morning where it quickly received a 35% bump. Whether you think this is healthy or not (and, you could very easily claim that Blue Nile just left an awful lot of money on the table), it certainly indicates that there are those out there thirsting for dot com stocks to flip. I would imagine that Salesforce.com will have a similar jump - and those two events combined with the impending Google IPO (whether or not that's a good thing) is going to lead to an awful lot of irrational investing again. No matter how much people claim to have "learned" from the last bubble, it's amazing how quickly a little greed erases their memory.

Microsoft Creates Anti-Virus Bounty To
Help Track Down Virus Writers

Microsoft Creates Anti-Virus Bounty To
Help Track Down Virus Writers 11/05/2003 10:59 AM
What do you if you're in an unchartered area with no reasonable law enforcement, and criminals are running rampant? You convince everyone to become the "enforcement" arm and find someone rich enough to pay them to help fight crime. Microsoft can't be bothered to fix a few of the holes in their programs that make it incredibly easy to pass on viruses, so instead, they're setting aside $5 million for anti-virus bounty hunters who can track down anyone responsible for worms, trojan horses or viruses. The rewards will be given out in $250,000 wads of cash from Bill Gates wallet increments. So, now, who's going to round up an anti-virus posse?

Computer Virus Like Human Virus

Computer Virus Like Human Virus 05/25/2004 11:41 PM
Xposed May 26 2004 3:45AM GMT

Bagle Virus Riding on the Coattails of
Spam; Deceiving Spam and Virus Filters

Bagle Virus Riding on the Coattails of
Spam; Deceiving Spam and Virus Filters 08/12/2004 02:51 AM
Spam Inspector Software Developers Working to Stay Ahead of Bagle to Keep Users Protected [PRWEB Aug 12, 2004]

A New Approach

A New Approach 04/13/2005 11:46 AM
Unexpected Features in Acrobat 7: A company called Remote Approach offers a feature to PDF authors to allow them to track the dissemination of their documents. Linux Weekly News reports, "After doing a little research, we found that Adobe's Reader was connecting to http://www.remoteapproach.com/remoteapproach/logging.asp each time we opened the document."

Advocating a new approach?

Advocating a new approach? 03/11/2003 11:53 AM
It is amusing to see that Network World views me as a REST backer. Thanks go out to Dave Chappell for forwarding me this link.

A fresh approach

A fresh approach 05/17/2004 10:22 AM
USA Today May 17 2004 2:07PM GMT

Another syndication approach?

Another syndication approach? 12/08/2003 02:18 AM

Randy Morin took RSS mixed it with Atom and came up with PSS.

Remote Approach

Remote Approach 04/11/2005 05:45 AM
Remote Approach
http://www.remoteapproach.com/

Remote Approach helps companies and individuals who publish and distribute Adobe® Acrobat(PDF) documents to understand the reach and use of their materials. They offer a suite of tools and services to help clients identify, manage and measure their document use in real-time. This has been added to eCurrent Awareness Resources 2005 Business Intelligence Report.

SAP says Microsoft approach over merger
was not serious

SAP says Microsoft approach over merger
was not serious 06/16/2004 08:20 AM
Philippine Daily Inquirer Jun 16 2004 12:43PM GMT

Barbershop Approach to Security

Barbershop Approach to Security 02/10/2004 03:02 AM

To fix the bug I mentioned in Spoofing for Dummies, Microsoft announced that it is removing support for following form of URL in IE:

http(s)://username:password@server/resource.ext

In the old days (old as in swords were still popular), barbers also served as surgeons which explains the design of the barber's pole (blue band for barber service, red band for surgery service).  Well, micro-surgery wasn't invented yet so a surgery typically involved a lot of cutting and sawing.

While I respect the IE teams decision, the 'fix' surprised me and reminded me of the barbershop of old days.  Maybe this is why barbers often ask me if I am there for just a haircut...

Results-Oriented Approach

Results-Oriented Approach 04/16/2005 03:00 PM
Wall Street and Technology Apr 16 2005 6:51PM GMT

how PR flacks should approach bl0gs

how PR flacks should approach bl0gs 05/21/2004 03:50 AM
nick's got some good advice that i wish these people would heed.

Sentry CD - A different firewall
approach

Sentry CD - A different firewall
approach 06/05/2005 11:29 PM

Another approach to federated query

Another approach to federated query 04/01/2005 06:47 AM
On Callixa and data agents

C# Primer- A Practical Approach

C# Primer- A Practical Approach 06/29/2004 12:24 PM

Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications

Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications 03/25/2005 06:56 AM
Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications by Jesse James Garrett
http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.p hp

Ajax isn’t a technology. It’s really several technologies, each flourishing in its own right, coming together in powerful new ways. Ajax incorporates: 1) standards-based presentation using XHTML and CSS; 2) dynamic display and interaction using the Document Object Model; 3) data interchange and manipulation using XML and XSLT; 4) asynchronous data retrieval using XMLHttpRequest; and 5) JavaScript binding everything together. This essay by Jesse Garrett explains Ajax and what the future holds for this exciting application. This has been added to eCommerce Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

What's the best approach for events and
schedules?

What's the best approach for events and
schedules? 05/23/2004 03:19 PM

Here's another good Scoble post.  I am TOTALLY interested in contacting this guy.  I would NEVER have found out about this - if it wasn't for Robert and his 1,400+ feeds.  Thanks Robert.

Alex proposes RDF extensions to RSS to handle schedules.

Alex Kolesnichenko has a proposal for RSS 1.0 and Atom that is interesting -- he's trying to find a way to send schedule information down via syndication feeds.

Syndication experts? How is this approach? Is there a simpler way to do it?

[Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger]

Now we just gotta figure out which is a better approach - this or ESF?

 

A Six Sigma Approach to Security

A Six Sigma Approach to Security 09/07/2004 03:01 AM

How sure are you that your security policy is effective. Let's say that it is, so how effective is it? What costs are incurred by the policy, and I don't mean just monetary. One way to answer these questions and ensure the policy is not only effective, but also efficient, is to apply the Six Sigma approach.

I'm meeting more and more IT folk who are Six Sigma trained, either Black Belt or in training for the recognition. A Black Belt must be able to explain the philosophies and principles of the quality program, including how systems, tools, processes, and continuous improvement can best be applied at multiple management levels and to diverse business processes throughout the organization., (quality, process/continuous improvement, etc.) and will be able to apply them in various business processes throughout the organization. However, quality is frequently mentioned in terms of product development and manufacturing. I think that it must also be applied to digital security.

Who is responsible for the security of digital assets? Each and every employee who has contact with the data must understand that she's responsible for the data's security, to the extent authorized by her corporate authority. However, policies based on making everyone responsible rarely succeed, be cause ultimately, no one accepts the personal responsibility. By using a Six Sigma approach, the security analyst starts at the other end, rather than the corporate user of data, the analysis begins with the customer, ultimately the real end user of corporate data. The Six Sigma process can evaluate security holes, causes, and what long-term affects intermediate actions have by evaluating the number of times customer service has been affected by security failures.

Dave's Opinion
The Six Sigma approach to effectiveness and quality assurance is based on ensuring no failures occur. Sigma is used to mean deviations from the norm: defects from perfect quality. Six Sigma means that only 3.4 defects per million occur.

The Six Sigma approach is popular in many management applications, not just information technology; however, I have rarely seen it applied to security management. Maybe, it's time.

Call for Comments
What do you think? Leave your comments below.

References
Six Sigma
101 Things A Six Sigma Black Belt Should Know

Cognos' New CEO Says Low-Key Approach
Also Works

Cognos' New CEO Says Low-Key Approach
Also Works 09/15/2004 01:31 PM
Information Week Sep 15 2004 4:50PM GMT

A proactive approach to security

A proactive approach to security 08/21/2004 03:25 AM
Personal Computer World Aug 21 2004 6:52AM GMT

New Approach About Cancer and Survival

New Approach About Cancer and Survival 05/31/2004 11:42 PM
Officials hope to figure out how cancer survivors should be treated, what their psychological states are, and what their medical and social needs are.
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