It is almost that time of year again; time to study risk from a festival known as Oktoberfest. Whether it is a solution for the “stink of stale beer” or understanding the societal cost from blood/alcohol ratios, scientists will be there.
Approximately 5,000 of 6 million annual visitors of the Oktoberfest in Munich [0.1%] have to undergo medical treatment. Patients with alcohol intoxication without trauma or further complications are all treated in a specialized medical camp. We studied these patients in order to identify risk factors and to assess the relevance of the Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) and of ethanol blood concentrations for patient management.
The numbers show young men, the highest percentage of attendees, are most at risk. Surprise, no?
In the last 25 years the German consumer price index rose by 58.1% but a visit to the world famous Oktoberfest costs you now 152.2% more than in 1985. The calculation is based on following expenses: local public transport, 1/2 grilled chicken and 2 litres of beer (IMHO a very frugal Oktoberfest visit;-)
…a new edition of the QualysGuard Consultant service, featuring virtualized scanner appliances (vScanners)…
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…senior security analyst for The 451 Group. “The addition of virtualized scanner appliances to Qualys’ portfolio means that its customers will no longer be required to transport physical appliances to client sites…”
That sounds really good, but it raises an odd question. Why market a travel case while at the same time boasting about the lack of need for physical transport? Or is the case only available for the old appliance?
It looks like a case made available when it is no longer needed. Confusing. Maybe for the vScanner it comes filled with USB sticks to move data when their cloud is “unavailable”. Maybe it comes with extra pairs of underwear for when the consultant realizes the vScanner is unable to scan the hypervisor (beta expected Q4).
Ethiopia’s obsessive bureaucracy meant that everything was documented. Every arrest, every execution, every act of torture was authorised, signed for and rubber-stamped – and every piece of paper was filed away and kept.
At the time it meant that the officials “covered their backs”.
If any of their acts was queried, they could prove someone else had authorised them to do it.
But in the last days of the military regime, when it was threatened by rebels advancing on the capital, no-one seems to have made any attempt to destroy these incriminating papers.
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