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Police shoots an allegedly armed man at a police stop

On Saturday April fourth, 2015, an Anaheim police shot dead an allegedly armed man as he was getting out of a Toyota Prius as he was stopped by the police in the orange city. The incident occurred on Saturday morning as the Anaheim police officer was looking for a woman who was wanted by police for arrest. The shot man, the wanted woman and another woman were passengers of the Toyota Prius that was followed by the police in the city of Orange. The police stopped the vehicle to question its occupants at about 8.30 in the morning near the junction of Glassell Street and Lincoln Avenue. The police officers from the Anaheim police department tracked the vehicle into the orange city from north Anaheim. The police officer shot the man as he was getting out of the vehicle and the wanted woman was arrested and taken into custody though the officers did not disclose what the woman was being arrested for. The other woman who was the driver of the vehicle during the incident was questioned and questioned and released according to the police.

The man who was at his 60s was pronounced dead at the scene. None of the three police officers was injured during the incident and there were no reports on whether the woman in the vehicle was injured or not. A woman by the Susie Guerrero, who works not far from the scene said that she saw three officers come out a police vehicle and heard about five to six gunshots. No police from the orange police department to part in the shooting, but the city of orange is investigating the occurrence since it happened in the city. The orange district attorney’s office is responsible for investigating the police officers who were involved in the shootings.

It was against the law and a violation of individual’s human rights for the police to kill the allegedly armed man. Even though the police allege that the man was armed, there is no evidence to indicate that the man attacked or had any intention of attacking the police. For one, it is not illegal for one to possess an arm and the fact that the man was armed; he didn’t deserve to be murdered. According to the evidence provided, the man did not show any kind of physical violence or any intention to use his harm to attack the police. Similarly, the man was not the suspect being followed by the police and there is no indication that he had a criminal record. The police could have used other means to disarm the man rather using the bullet to get rid of him. This action was against the purpose of the police to protect the citizens and it was also an act of cowardice. There should be a thorough investigation of the incident and the necessary actions to be taken against the police officer who executed the killing. This would deter the police who use excessive force towards suspects to refrain from this kind of practice.

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Cloud computing

Cloud computing
Abstract
Cloud computing is a computing paradigm whereby there is a large pool of systems connected to private or public networks, to offer dynamic and scalable data storage and application infrastructure. Cloud computing technology offers resource sharing in a pure plug and plays model that significantly simplifies infrastructure (Sunita & Prachi, 2013). It has advantages in light of the ease of use and cost effectiveness. The benefits the model offers far much supersede the issues of concern by other people such as security and vendor lock-in. The paper’s aim is to provide a means of understanding Cloud computing, the providers, significant differences among providers and a recommendation on the most appropriate provider. The recommendations are line with Comptech Inc.

Introduction
Cloud computing is the offering of computing services over the Internet. The cloud services allow individuals and enterprises to utilize software and hardware managed by third parties at remote locations (Rackspace.com, 2011). Some examples of the offered cloud services include social networking sites, online businesses applications, online file storage, and webmail. The model offers access to computing resources and information from any place in the globe that a network connection is available. It provides a pool of resources for sharing including networks, specialized corporate and user applications, and data storage space. Some of the characteristics of cloud computing include resource pooling, on-demand self-service, rapid elasticity, broad network access and measured service. Below is an evaluation of four companies that offer the cloud computing services.

Microsoft Cloud computing services
Microsoft offers the infrastructure for a Service, which allows you to get on-demand computing and storage to scale, host as well as manage applications and services (Microsoft.com, n.d). Through this IsaaS service, it is possible for any users to scale with ease and meet any infrastructure needs. Microsoft also offers the Platform as a Service (PaaS) capability through the Window Azure platform. That is a fully relational database and a web-based service that offers security-enhanced connectivity, as well as federated access control for applications. Another cloud computing service by Microsoft is Software as a Service (SaaS). These services are subscription based hosted and on-demand services to end users. Examples are Business Productivity Online Suite, the Exchange Hosted Services, Office Web Apps and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online.

IBM cloud computing services
IBM offers IaaS services such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, IBM SmartCloud Enterprise; IBM SmartCloud managed backup and Enterprise+ (Coyne et al., 2014). The RC2 allows researchers to get cloud computing infrastructure and application including infrastructure resources for their projects. All the other IaaS services provide storage, processing and network in an elastic fashion. They allow you as a user to run your chosen software, operating systems, and other application as they take control of the underlying cloud infrastructure. IBM also offers PaaS services through the following PaaS models such as Amazon Relational Database Service, IBM SmartCloud Application Services, and Microsoft Window Azure. The services provisioned by the models are development runtime environment, middleware, portal servers, database servers and application servers. They offer a platform for the users to provision their applications and carry out platform development activities. The users have no need for managing the underlying cloud infrastructure such as network, OS, and storage. They, however, have control over the configuration of those services.

IBM also offers SaaS services through cloud models like PeopleSoft HR, IBM Payment Systems, and Google Apps for Businesses and IBM SmartCloud for Social Businesses. The cloud user can connect to the application running at a remote location. The management of the cloud infrastructure, the application, and the platform on which the application is running is the responsibility of the cloud service provider. IBM also offers BPaaS (Business process as a service) services. The examples of BPaaS commercial implementations are IBM Blueworks Live, Google Adsense and IBM Care Solution for the healthcare market. The BPaaS integrates software and workflow elements to deliver end-to-end business processes.

Akamai Cloud computing services
The EdgeComputing of Akamai enables organizations to deploy and execute JEE apps or their related components onto the Akamai network (Akamai.com, 2009). The service is useful by the Sony Company. Another cloud service is the Akamai NetStorage that integrates geographically distributed replication of content with the intelligent global management of traffic and failover. The service is fully controlled and has a basis on pay-per-user that offers superior performance, scalability, and reliability, subsequently eliminating in-house infrastructure.

Google’s cloud computing services

Google combines many applications and provides a number of services to cloud users. That makes the company one of the best CSPs because of the way it makes it easy for users to accomplish their tasks (Youssef, 2012) easily. Among the services provided by Google are Google Docs, Gmail, Picasa, Google Analytics, and Google Ad Words and Ad Sense. Gmail services offer users 25GB storage with less spam and mobile access. It also includes chat applet that offers storage of conversations in the form of email. Google Docs service enables users to create documents and store them on the cloud servers. The services are accessible from anywhere at any time. The Google analytics service allows monitoring of traffic that is coming to a website. Picasa service is useful in exhibiting product uploading of images in the cloud. The Ad and Ad Sense are advertising services.

Recommending providers
I recommend the Google and Microsoft cloud computing services. I am especially interested in the SaaS services as it allows the CSPs to have full control over running, maintenance of the OS and software applications of the virtual resources. The customer sees the SaaS model as web-based application interface where they can access the services through a web browser. The host applications such as Google Docs, Gmail, Office Web Apps and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online are accessible to users through various devices. The devices include laptops, cell phones, and iPads. SaaS has an advantage in that customers do not have to buy licenses, upgrade, install, run or maintain the software on their computers. The SaaS services also provide the advantage of multi-tenant efficiency, scalability, and reconfigurability.

I recommend the two providers for SaaS services as they are popular in the computing market and their services have wide application, meaning that they are very cheap. The two companies have dominated the software and hardware market over time, and their services and products are usable across the globe. That is why I recommend them to provide the computing services for Comptech Inc. They will help the company to save costs as their cloud services are cheaper and convenient besides being applicable across many platforms and accessible through various devices. Comptech has the confidence of reliability of the cloud services from the two companies as the companies have a good establishment, and they continue to improvise those services from time to time.

Of the two providers, Google is preferable compared to Microsoft because of its well establishment and the cost of services. For instance, it offers 25GB of storage for free on Gmail and the Google Docs service is almost free. It is in wide usage and a trusted company that has most of its services useful for all applications and most devices. Google has a well establishment as it has been operational for many years. That fact gives Comptech Inc the confidence that the company’s services are reliable and sustainable. Many of the services that we use nowadays like Gmail, Google Docs, Picasa and Ad Sense are from Google. Thus, Google cloud computing services will help Comptech to save more money in utilizing its cloud services.

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Male Organ Care Guidelines – 6 Things Men Don’t Know About the Male Anatomy

There are a few basic facts about the male organ that almost every guy knows. For example, most men are aware that rubbing this flesh feels pretty darn good. Most men also know that partner encounters without protection can expose them to unpleasant infections or unplanned pregnancy. All of this information is pretty basic, but knowing some other important facts about the male anatomy can help men make better decisions about daily male organ care. For instance:

1. Some of it is on the inside.

Obviously, a good portion of the male organ is located outside the body and visible to the unaided eye. On the other hand, many men are not aware that the male tissue continues on the inside. In fact, there’s an entire column of tissue on the inside of a man’s body that is approximately as long as the outer tissue; among other things, it provides support for the thrusting that takes place during intimate contact. The aspects of male organ care that involve supporting healthy circulatory tissue – such as exercise, eating right and drinking plenty of water – apply to this inner tissue as well as the visible male organ.

2. The underside is best for pleasure.

Scientists performed an experiment and asked men to rank which part of the male organ was the most sensitive to touch. An overwhelming number of men reported intense signals of pleasure when they were touched on the underside of the tip of the male organ or the underside of the shaft – something to keep in mind during personal explorations, as well as encounters with a partner.

3. Smoking makes it smaller.

The male organ relies on an adequate supply of blood in order to expand during tumescence. Since smoking can clog up the blood vessels male tissues rely on, it’s not surprising that puffing away can lead to a significantly smaller male organ. In fact, a loss of a few inches isn’t uncommon in men with a heavy smoking habit. Smoking can make intimacy harder, too, as men who smoke tend to huff and puff during any kind of exertion and often lack the stamina of their non-smoking counterparts

4. Manual stroking is a common cause of injury.

Injuries to the male organ can take occur in response to any of the following:

Rough play
Sports
Inattentive children
Poorly fitted clothing
Pets

But the most common injury comes at a guy’s own hands. That’s right: Men who get busy when they’re alone tend to do a lot of harm to the skin, the blood vessels and the nerves of the manhood; and this kind of damage can take months and months to heal. Loss of sensation is one of the most common manual stroking-related complaints; so at the very least, men should be sure to use a personal lubricant for every session and follow up every day with a quality moisturizing crème.

5. The tool needs to be used or it will shrink.

Every time a man gets hard, the skin of the male organ is stretched tight. That stretching is helpful for the skin, as it ensures that the tissues remain loose and flexible. Men who simply can’t get excited, for whatever reason, may develop skin that’s stiffer and less resilient, and that might mean that they can’t stretch out as far, even when they do feel a little spark of desire. Again, that could make the male organ seem smaller.

6. An entire colony of bacteria lives on the skin of the male organ.

A daily wash with soap and water can keep things looking clean and smelling fresh, but that scrubbing doesn’t always impact the number of bacterial cells that call the skin of the male organ home. These cells live on the sugars found in a man’s urine, and they also can feed on discarded skin cells. In general, they cause no harm at all. But when the colonies are triggered by chemical changes to grow rapidly, they can cause a distinctive, fishy odor. Thankfully, a male organ health crème (health professionals recommend Man1 Man Oil) can keep these bacterial colonies in check. Quality products contain a mix of vitamins that can support the skin’s immune function, so the bacteria doesn’t take over and cause a smell.

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