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CBT Nuggets Releases BackTrack and Kali Linux Training

Introducing a new training series from CBT Nuggets, “BackTrack and Kali Linux.”

In this 40-video series, trainer Keith Barker covers the best tools for penetration testing, information gathering and vulnerability assessment. Barker explains how to use these free Linux distributions to identify weaknesses in order to strengthen network security.

From installing BackTrack on a virtual machine to working with Kali Linux on a Raspberry Pi, Keith demonstrates how to use these powerful tools, and he explains how to prevent attacks using tools like Hydra, Scapy, and Parasite6.

This series is aimed at network technicians who want to learn about penetration testing and anyone with network experience interested in white hat hacking.

About CBT Nuggets: CBT Nuggets is a computer-based technology company specializing in cutting-edge online IT, project management and office productivity training.

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For young students, a C# coding workshop for kids

As the need for mobile apps developers increases and interest in computer science courses wanes, professional educator-programmers are reaching out to a younger generation of potential coders: students as young as 10.

In Utah this week, two programmers from the nonprofit TeachingKidsProgramming.org are holding workshops at seven schools around the state to expose students and teachers to C# (C-sharp) programming.

The curriculum the programmers will share with the Utah students is based on a free online curriculum that they developed for Pluralsight that was originally intended for use by professional programmers to share online with their own children at home.

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Secondary schools ban e-cigarettes

With their odourless nicotine vapours the devices may have a particular appeal to teenagers attempting to hide behind the bike shed from their teachers.

And the problem has got so bad that a growing number of secondary schools have introduced an outright ban.

In an ironic twist the e-cigarettes – designed to help smokers quit – are actually prompting pupils to take up smoking, it is feared.

The “e-cigs”, which were introduced in the US six years ago, do not contain any tobacco and therefore are not covered by the Health Act 2006, which bans smoking in enclosed public places in England.

Instead the electronic inhaler vaporises liquid nicotine. There a

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Campus Chronicles: The CBS Bottom Line

Welcome back to Campus Chronicles, our exploration of the student news at top business programs. This week we find out whats new at Columbia Business School by scanning its student-run publication, The Bottom Line.

In early April, Columbia Business School students joined colleagues from Wharton Business School and the Yale School of Management to participate in the second annual CBS MBA Innovation Summit. Nearly 300 students, entrepreneurs and company representatives attended the event, which was held at Studio450 in New York City. The summit featured panels on generating ideas, spotting ideas, transforming good ideas into business realities and evaluating why some good ideas fail.

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How Does Candida Albicans Spread

When people talk about Candida spreading, there are generally two ways which are thought of. One would be from person to person, and another way that Candida is spread is internally. To catch yeast infection from another person, you must have some sort of contact with them. It doesn’t just happen on it’s own, there are various ways. It could be everything from having sexual intercourse to sharing clothes to accidentally rubbing arms on the train going to work.

Candida Albicans Spread

There is not always a sure way to know how you caught the yeast infection from another person, but it certainly is possible. Read more…

Aqua-Aerobic Systems’ New Microfiber Pile Cloth Media Improves…

Aqua-Aerobic Systems continues to advance tertiary filtration performance by developing innovative products to improve suspended solids and turbidity removal. The latest development in the company’s family of Pile Cloth Media is OptiFiber PES-14 Microfiber. The microfiber media is especially engineered to remove suspended solids, turbidity and fine particles up to 50% better than other filters or microscreen media. OptiFiber PES-14 Microfiber cloth media is ideal for fine polishing applications, and is proven to reduce total phosphorus to 0.1 mg/l or less. The ability to maintain high filtrate quality provides assurance for meeting even the most stringent effluent requirements.

The OptiFiber PES-14 Microfiber Pile Cloth Media was recently approved by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) for use in high quality wastewater reuse applications. C

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