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Facing increased scrutiny and oversight from both customers and regulators, companies of all sizes are looking for security applications and procedures -- be it file-monitoring tools or mandatory security training sessions -- to keep their employees in line. |
Earlier this month, network and file transfer monitoring software vendor Ipswitch issued a report that found that 40 percent of attendees at this year's InfoSecurity Europe conference routinely violated their companies' security and compliance rules by sending confidential information through their personal email accou... |
SailPoint's 2010 Market Pulse survey seems to confirm the fact that workers in today's competitive job market are more at ease stealing customer files or coworkers' salary schedules than grabbing a box of Post-It Notes on the way out the door. |
In fact, the survey found that those workers making more than $75,000 were generally more likely to steal enterprise IP than those making less, an indication that commissioned salespeople and executives better understand and have the most use for the kind of data that often flows freely through enterprise data networks... |
Additionally, the survey suggested that economic hardship isn't necessarily to blame for its findings. Forty-five percent of U.S. employees and 48 percent of British employees surveyed said they didn't think the recession had any influence whatsoever on whether or not they or a coworker would steal data from their empl... |
"As frequently as employees move to competitive companies, these attitudes are major red flags for employers," Gilbert added. |
Peas cooked in a thick lentil paste tempered with spices. |
1.Wash the dal properly and soak it for two hours, then grind it to a thick paste. |
2.Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a deep pan, put in the asafoetida, add the dal and brown while constantly stirring. |
3.When the dal stops sticking to the pan, its done. Now take it out of the pan and keep aside. |
4.In the same pan heat 4 tbsp of oil, add the bay leaves and quickly stir. |
5.Add the garlic and ginger and fry. |
6.Then add the onion paste and turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala. |
7.When the oil separates, add the peas/ matar, salt and garam masala. |
8.When the matar are cooked, add the dal, mix well and fry again for about 10 minutes. |
10.Serve Matar ka dulma hot. |
The privately run Chingiz Aitmatov Kyrgyz-Turkish Boys High School stands out in its dusty setting in a northern suburb of Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek. Its record of academic achievement, drawing on the philosophy of US-based Islamic educator Fethullah Gülen, easily upstages anything most local public educational est... |
But in the eyes of the government of Turkey, where Gülen is from, the sprawling building immaculately cast in the bright colors of the red Kyrgyz flag is little short of an incubator of terrorism and plots to subvert the state. |
Ankara’s antagonism to Gülen’s international influence has deep roots, and the Turkish government’s attempt to link the educator with the recent failed coup is intensifying that animosity. But Kyrgyzstan, which is host to at least a dozen Gülen-linked schools and one university, is holding its ground — up to a point. |
“In Kyrgyzstan, the [Gülen] gang is very powerful,” said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, during a working trip in the Antalya region on July 24. |
If Turkey’s “brother” does not rid itself of links to the Islamic educator, “the way we look at you will be different,” Çavuşoğlu said, referring to Kyrgyzstan. |
The remarks created a stir in Kyrgyzstan, which is accustomed to viewing Turkey as a no-strings-attached alternative for diplomatic engagement to Russia and the United States. |
The tone in Turkey has shifted markedly in the last few weeks, however. As of July 26, 10,000 purported Gülenists have been arrested and many more judges, government officials and teachers fired. Çavuşoğlu’s rhetoric has been fittingly proactive. |
“This terrorist organization has chosen Kyrgyzstan as a base. Its influence has grown so much that its members are part of the country’s leadership. We warned Kyrgyzstan that they are planning to land a blow,” Çavuşoğlu said in comments projecting a future coup in the Central Asian country. |
But the statement fell short of promising to keep the schools open, leading many to speculate over their future. One present concern for Kyrgyz citizens is that Turkey could revoke the right to visa-free travel in order to get its way. |
Other states enjoying warm relations with Turkey are for various reasons falling into line with Ankara’s aggressive new diplomatic stance. |
Earlier this month, Azerbaijan gutted the administration of a popular private university linked to Gülen, who casts himself as a bridge between Islam and the secular, globalized world. That move was a natural evolution of established policy that saw Baku shuttering over a dozen Gülen-inspired schools in 2014. |
Uzbekistan got a head start by phasing out the schools in the 1990s. Turkmenistan put the squeeze on the schools in 2011, back when Turkey’s conservative ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was still actively working together with its Gülenist then-allies to undo Kemalist political influences in Turkey. |
“Shutting down private schools that local parents have invested thousands of dollars in for their children’s education without strong evidence of the threat they pose to Kyrgyzstan or Turkey is far more politically and legally problematic for us,” Baktygulov said. |
Anecdotal evidence suggests that Çavuşoğlu’s conspiracy-mongering about a Gülenist-inspired takeover of the Kyrgyz government is wildly far off the mark. One source close to graduates of the Gülen-inspired Sebat foundation currently working in government told EurasiaNet.org that none are ardent followers of Gülen himse... |
“They are younger than 40. They tend to prefer speaking Kyrgyz and English, rather than Russian, and often have a good knowledge of Turkish,” the source, who has experience working high up in the executive branch of government, told EurasiaNet.org. |
Notable graduates cited by Sebat representatives in online media include Kyrgyzstan’s current ambassador to the United States, Kadyr Toktogulov, and Mar Topoyev, who worked as protocol chief in the presidential apparatus prior to 2010, before being transferred to a similar position in the prime minister’s office. |
“Their age has kept them out of government, but they will come through soon as they have political ambitions. They are quite united and gather regularly. I think they are mostly good patriots with the right values. I don’t see any danger in them, for now,” said the source, who requested anonymity due to the political s... |
For most of Kyrgyzstan’s post-Soviet history, Gülen educational institutions operated quietly in parallel to educational institutions that receive funding directly from the Turkish government. |
According to graduates from both streams, there was not a lot of interaction between the rival institutions — which are now embroiled in an all-out slanging match in the Kyrgyz press — although their combined presence contributed to a positive image for Turkey. |
“Of the two, the Gülen institutions are stricter,” said Daria Mamontova, an alumnus of the Turkish government-owned Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, whose rector last week made a speech foreshadowing Çavuşoğlu’s by touching on the havoc Gülenists might wreak in the country. |
Any reservations about the overall goals of the foreign-funded schools in a country where state-funded learning is riddled with graft will inevitably be weighed against their superior academic standards by middle-class parents and the under-pressure government alike. |
Are Mr. Scott and the other governors saying that this is asking too much? To give in to xenophobia would represent a feckless admission that ISIS has succeeded in scaring the bejeezus out of us. It would also give terrorists an opportunity to claim that the leading country of the free world had slammed the door on Mus... |
The answer is not to ban people from coming to America, but to work harder to cut off the threat from ISIS. |
The attacks in Paris may prove to be the catalyst that America needed to deal with a growing threat before it wreaks havoc in our own country. But as we do so, U.S. leaders must look to the lessons that should have been learned in the last decade and a half of military engagement in the Middle East. Leaping into Iraq w... |
As Pat Buchanan’s article on today’s Opinion page makes clear in detail, Republican calls for an invasion of Syria or a declaration of a no-fly zone, which could bring us into a confrontation with Russia and ultimately benefit ISIS, are not well-thought-out. Instead of getting into a shoving match with Russia, we shoul... |
Mr. Obama’s own strategy may be inadequate, but before rushing to attack him, as most of the GOP candidates did over the weekend, they should recall that in 2013, Republicans and Democrats rejected the administration’s plans to carry out airstrikes against the government of Syria. One of the No votes came from Sen. Mar... |
Then, in 2014, Congress approved only a temporary authorization for financing and training Syrian rebels. And Congress has never signed off on a measure that would give Mr. Obama the power to wage war against Syria. Shouldn’t that at least be a preliminary step before sending troops to a new theater of war? And if Cong... |
Keeping America safe may require the destruction of ISIS, not mere containment. But the only plan that will work is one devised by President Obama and Congress — working together — to win ample support from the American people. |
Unless your head’s in the sand, you know where portable video games are headed: Cheaper to develop, less expensive to sell, easier to pick up and less time consuming to play. Smartphones and tablets are slowly pushing the established games industry in that direction. |
Razer is proudly not participating in that version of the future with Project Fiona, a concept Windows-based tablet that plays high-end PC games. The tablet has controller handles on either side of the 10.1-inch display, each with their own thumbsticks, buttons and triggers. Inside, there’s enough processing power to r... |
When Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan was telling me all this a couple weeks before the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, I didn’t entirely believe the company could pull it off. But then I played with Project Fiona myself at Razer’s booth. I don’t know how the company did it–and I dare not fathom at what cost–but the concept act... |
Well, here are a couple guesses: The tablet is roughly an inch thick, so there’s plenty of room to pack meaty specs inside, along with a fan to keep the system cool. Also, whenever I asked about battery life, I couldn’t get a straight answer. Razer is targeting a not-unreasonable sub-$1,000 price for the final product,... |
In fact, that’s what Razer will be figuring out before it brings an actual product to market toward the end of the year. As Razer’s Alex Shows told me at CES, there’s a balance to be struck between thinness and performance, and it’s also not clear yet whether Fiona’s winged controllers will be detachable. Razer plans t... |
For now, though, I like the concept. Developers will be able to add touch screen enhancements for their games, but they won’t be required, and most games should work out of the box. Razer is also working on a partnership with the streaming game service OnLive, which raises the very cool possibility of starting to play ... |
The other thing to consider is that Razer primarily is in the PC gaming peripheral business, so I’m sure it’s dawned on the company to sell tablet controller attachments in addition to full-fledged gaming devices. For that to make sense, however, tablets need to be powerful enough to run high-end PC games in the first ... |
Whale researchers and enthusiasts have long known about the loud clicking sounds made by the marine mammal to communicate. Now, new research shows how whales at different spots around the globe communicate with different variations of the sound, an analogue to human dialects. |
Researchers tracked groups of whales during a series of 2 to 4–week trips between 1985 and 2003, recording both images and sound. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that the dialects emerged as a result of cultural learning similar to the processes that humans undergo. |
These experiences and differences play a key role in the formation of culture and differentiate one group from another, according to the study. Still, the difference in dialects confounded researchers given the lack of physical barriers in the ocean. |
“Providing evidence that the processes generating the complex and diverse cultures in human populations could also be at play in non-human societies is a crucial step towards evaluating the contrasts and convergences between human and non-human cultures,” researchers wrote. |
February 8, 1937 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Charles J. Belden). |
March 1, 1937 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Henry M. Lester). |
April 26, 1937 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Torkel Korling). |
July 26, 1937 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt). |
January 10, 1938 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Lane Flinders). |
December 12, 1938 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by George Karger). |
April 3, 1944 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Nina Leen). |
September 9, 1946 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Martha Holmes). |
September 23, 1946 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Frank Scherschel). |
November 4, 1946 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by David Douglas Duncan). |
August 23, 1948 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Jon Brenneis). |
January 31, 1949 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by George Karger). |
October 8, 1951 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Burton Glinn). |
November 30, 1953 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Fritz Goro). |
December 22, 1952 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Ed Clark). |
March 22, 1954 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Roger Kirschner). |
November 8, 1954 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Gjon Mili). |
November 24, 1958 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Ralph Crane). |
March 16, 1959 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Dmitri Kessel). |
June 27, 1960 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Fritz Goro). |
February 10, 1961 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Henry Burroughs). |
March 1, 1963 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Nina Leen). |
June 19, 1964 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Francis Miller). |
January 6, 1967 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by John Dominis). |
December 5, 1969 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by John Dominis). |
LIFE magazine cover of 01-30-1970 w. pic of snow monkey of Japan in water, by Co Rentmeester. |
The Sensex has been on a roll this year. But you continue to remain almost fully invested. Can investors find value in this environment? |
We are invested 90-93 per cent. There is a certain amount of liquidity though the cash and arbitrage positions are also in dollar terms for our overseas investments. |
We would recommend people not to look at markets in terms of all-time highs, but look at valuation ratios as compared to historical averages. We are at above average levels when considering price to earnings, price to book, dividend yield and valuations are more than what we would have seen over the last decade or so. ... |
The other side of the story is that the opportunity cost of money is very low all over the world. Over $13 trillion of securities are trading in negative yields globally. We are not even counting zero and small positives, if you add that the world is awash with money. |
In effect that is what is happening, whether it’s a sovereign wealth fund or a pension fund, investors are not able to get returns from risk-free assets such as government bonds. This is resulting in yield chase across asset classes. |
Which sectors have margin of safety? |
In today’s environment, in the banking space, the overall sentiment is still not that great, given that most banks have not come out of the NPA cycle. As compared to PSU banks, private sector banks are valued at higher levels, but still, despite that, we think that the opportunity set for investment is huge. Even today... |
Given this scenario, private sector banks with scale and which do not have asset quality problems will be able to grab market share in a significant way. |
What are the next triggers for the market? |
The way we see it is that it will be a multi-speed market for different sectors. Sectors focussed on domestic consumption have not suffered much and are even right now chugging along and this could continue. The second would be cyclical focussed on domestic market such as cement. When demand picks up, improvement in ca... |
What is your investment approach? How do you ensure that you do not succumb to value traps? |
A value trap would be a stock where apparently the market price is much lower than the intrinsic value. But instead of market price moving up, intrinsic value will slide down and this is the risk that fund managers have to cope with. |
In the Indian context, the biggest value traps are companies trading at low multiples whose capital allocation is sub-optimal. The core business is reasonably attractive, but is the money going to be spent on buying IPL teams or on some fancy airline operations? Unrelated diversification destroys value. |
The other kind of value trap is when there is a lot of cash on the balance sheet but it is not used for the company’s own business or for sensible acquisitions. Neither does the company pay out dividends. This lowers overall return on capital and equity. We also look closely at the management quality. |
Your overseas portfolio does not have Amazon or Facebook. Is it due to valuation concerns? |
Amazon is a very interesting company. But the difficulty in valuing the company is that there are mature segments in its overall business that are making profits. At the same time, there are some growth avenues which are losing money. As investors, we only see the net result. The company has entered into new markets as... |
Facebook is more conventional and is reporting profits and good revenue growth. It is one of the two dominant advertising plays globally, with Alphabet being the other. Currently, valuations are on the higher side and we have therefore not taken exposure to this stock. |
It's the first such deal between a major U.S. sports league and a casino. |
NEW YORK — The NBA and WNBA will now share official data with MGM Resorts International, a major win for the leagues as they prepare for the anticipated growth of sports betting across the country. |
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