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HomePodcastCISO/Security Vendor Relationship PodcastIs Our CISO Doing a Good Job? Our CISO Doesn't Even Know.
Is Our CISO Doing a Good Job? Our CISO Doesn't Even Know.
PodcastCISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast
It's extremely hard to tell if a cybersecurity leader is doing a good job. In fact, it's tough for even them to know. Our best bet is watching for an improvement in the cybersecurity program over time.
This week's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Mike Johnson. Our sponsored guest is Mark Wojtasiak (@markwojtasiak), vice president, research & strategy, Code42 and co-author of "Inside Jobs."
Thanks to this week's podcast sponsor, Code42
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Mark Wojtasiak
The biggest thing I can offer is, in this day and age, partnering with lines of business when it comes to security. Especially around insider risk management. Different lines of businesses are going to have different risk tolerances to the data that's important to them. Partnering them is critical in terms of ensuring protection of that data.
It's time to begin the CISO Security Vendor Relationship Podcast.
Welcome to the CISO Security Vendor Relationship Podcast. My name is David Spark. I am the Producer of the CISO series. Joining me on this very episode is my co-host Mike Johnson. Let's hear it. I believe you have a sound that you make from your voice, is that correct?
Yes, I do. I do have a sound and I'm here with my Diet Mountain Dew ready to record.
But we had a discussion earlier about how I had no preference towards any kind of diet colas and then you said, "I, as well" and you hold up a Diet Mountain Dew, to which I had to clarify "That's not a cola."
It's close enough. It's just a different color.
And a different taste.
And I refer to it as space urine.
Yes, which I fully accept, because I'm just preparing for our alien invasion.
Yes. So, our sponsor for today's episode, and also responsible for bringing our guest. Actually, the guest who was on Defense In Depth, and now we get to have him over here, I'll introduce him in a moment, but our sponsor is Code42, who have been absolutely phenomenal sponsors of the CISO series. Now Mike, the day that this episode is dropping is October 26th. It is the end of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. I'm interested to know if you had any plans, because we're recording this at the end of September, but if you have any plans for Cybersecurity Awareness Month and what you're going to dress up as for Halloween.
So, we do have plans and last year we had a great week long set of events, where we would have internal and external speakers, employees would attend those. The idea was to get them excited about security. Give them some value. And also, as part of that, give them things that they could take away. Talking about what they could do at home, how they could better protect their personal use. So, we're going to do some more of that and we've got a few other things that we're working on to try and make happen that I look forward to talking about, because I'm so excited. I don't know that they'll happen, so I don't want to, I don't want to reveal yet, but they're going to be really cool.
So, we record at the end of the month for our November episodes probably.
We'll look back.
Well, you'll tell me if that actually came to pass.
Yes. Yes.
By the way, have you noticed whether or now, during the month of October, your sort of overall security program improves or doesn't?
I don't think it really overall improves just in that time frame. It's not like there's suddenly everyone's doing security better.
No. But, like, it's people are "more aware." I mean, I was just wondering if that affects anything?
The way that we're looking at trying to understand that is we're going to run a survey, just of the entire company, basically just asking folks hey, as a result of all this, has your opinion changed? And so, we're going to try and measure it. I don't think it really changes, but we're going to ask and use that as a measure.
Right. And what are you dressing up as for Halloween?
So, for the longest time, my costume has been Mike Johnson, mild mannered, in this case podcast host with a hat. So, I'll wear a hat.
So, you wear a hat?
I wear a hat. Yes.
And people can still recognize you?
I go all out David. I go all out.
I'm like that for Halloween. But me, I don't know, I haven't decided. My son is obsessed with David S. Pumpkins, the character that Tom Hanks plays on SN and he's eight years old and I think we're going to get him a David S. Pumpkins suit.
That is awesome. It would have been even better if it was you.
Well, so, you know, if you know the routine, these characters that give the B boys a dance and my wife, I may get one of these outfits. We'll see what happens. Well, the thing is, so I've moved down to San Diego and the neighborhood I live in, we've been told literally goes all out on Halloween and, like, everybody comes to our neighborhood for Halloween.
So, I'm looking forward to seeing whatever the hell my neighborhood does. But I've seen videos. It's kind of insane.
It sounds like you've got to show up for that.
I do have to show up for it. Alright, with that said, let's get into our show and our guest. I'm very excited to bring him on, because I've had him before and I know he's good on the microphone. He has written a book. He's actually co-written a book with another guest we had on this show, Jadee Hanson. He co-wrote this book called "Inside Jobs." He is from our sponsor, Code42, Vice President of Research and Strategy, Mark Wojtasiak. Mark, thank you so much for joining us.
Hey, thanks Mike and David. I always love coming here, so this is awesome. Thank you.
I tell you, CISOs get no respect.
Over on the cybersecurity subreddit, a redditor asks, "What is your business's biggest frustration when managing cybersecurity?" Highlights are kind of the greatest hits on this podcast and they include security training or employees taking cyber seriously. Funding – Getting management to invest in cybersecurity. Users' simplistic passwords. Management's understanding of cyber risk and vulnerability remediation. Kind of like, we've hit all this. So, I'm going to go with you Mike first, what's your biggest frustration when managing cybersecurity?
So, I had a very visceral reaction when I read this thread and so my answer is I'm really frustrated at the old ways of thinking about security. The idea that training people to not make mistakes is going to solve everything, or that if someone can't remember a complex password they're doing something wrong. So, that really is my frustration with all this is I'm left fighting these preconceived notions about security teams because you run into people, they don't want to talk to a security team because they're certain they'll be told "no" because that's been their experience. So, I find myself fighting that set of notions, that set of ideas to better engage with the business. To have them actually come to us and have conversations. And so, that's probably my biggest frustration. I don't know, maybe I could come up with some others, but when I read that thread that's immediately what came to mind and that was all I could think about was just, you know, people just mad because users can't remember a password or they're not taking security seriously. That's our job. That's what we need to be fixing for them. We need to be helping and engaging with them.
Alright. Good things to be annoyed by. Mark, what annoys you?
I'm hard a security or cybersecurity leader, but I know what frustrates me. It's similar to what Mike said. I mean, it's the stigma, right? The stigma that security has in a lot of organizations and some of these things on the reddit string, it's funny, because if I look at, like, you know, management understanding of cyber risk. Employees taking cyber risk seriously. It's like, when did security get into the education business? Like, all of a sudden it's you've got to educate leadership. You've got to educate management. You've got to educate end users. And I'm not about to diss security awareness education, because it is a critical piece of the security puzzle and what we can do to enable an organization and reduce risk. It's a critical piece but, you know, I think of security teams own competency and burnout and ability to grow and develop as security professionals when they have a lot of time and effort spent on taking the, well let's face it, a lot of the blame for any risk introduced inside an organization. I'm a big believer in collaboration and collaborative organizations and that goes for security too, to what Mike said. Part of that stigma has got to get fixed by security being more collaborative with lines of business and with employees. They're people, right? People want to work with people, so, like, how do we get the stigma off that we're some, you know, people in dark rooms behind closed doors that you don't want to talk to or ever meet or ever get a phone call or email from, and I think that comes a lot from, it's a two-way thing. You've got to reach out to employees and leaders as much as leaders have to reach out to security. I wish we could bridge that gap.
Walk a mile in this CISO's shoes.
Helen Patton at Cisco asks "How do you know when a security leader is doing a good job– now, either for yourself or for others– how do you actually measure that? And I'll start with you Mike again on this. How do you do it? Because, like, think about you've got to hire someone. Like, how do you know they're going to be a good leader?
You know, I saw Helen's post and my gut reaction was, like, shrug emoji! You know, I don't know.
Well, this is why it's so hard to hire a security leader?
It is. And especially, there's the hiring, but then there's also the ongoing, right? You know, you've been here a year. You've been here two years. We talk about how to measure security programs, but not the leader. On the one hand you can look at the program and just use that as a proxy. If the program is successful then, therefore, the leader must be successful. But if you're doing that, I wouldn't take just a snapshot. You need to look at that improvement over time. On the other hand, if that improvement has come at the expense of the team members, if you're burning out your team members, that doesn't actually mean you're doing a good job. So, I kind of keep going on this and keep just spinning on it and think about well, how do other leaders in the company see the security leader? I think that really is probably the best measure. It's highly subjective, but if the rest of the company leadership thinks that the security leader is doing a good job, then they're doing a good job. That's actually a good measure. It's tough.
I don't know if that's enough Mike.
I read through the responses to Helen's thread and there's not great answers. Like, nobody has an answer for this.
No, this is a tough one. This is totally a tough one.
That's really the best that I can come up with is ask around. Interview, do 360 interviews within the company with other leaders and you'll get a good fix for it.
I think though, your earlier thing is are they improving things? That, I think, it has to do about improvement. Mark, what do you think?
I don't know. I think you hire a security leader like you hire any other leader. You know, if we're interviewing a security leader, if I'm interviewing a leader on my team or in any department, you know, I want someone who wants a seat at the table, right? And that person, that CISO or the VP security or whatever, they're interviewing the company as well. Am I going to have a seat this table? Am I going to have a voice? Because I'm a big believer in shared metrics across the business when it comes to security. But I'm a big believer in risk, time and reward, base metrics, and you know, when a leader, when an executive teams or leadership teams share metrics across those three pillars, risk, time and reward. And risk could be risk posture of the organization. Ultimately, the CISO is measured on that. What's the risk posture of the organization? But what about the risk posture of a department or a business unit or a team or an individual, for that matter? You know, share that risk metric across the lines of business and have that seat at the table. Ultimately, yeah, the security leader is responsible for it but, you know, I think that should be a shared metric.The same with time. You know, there's so much talk about security built into product, right in the sect of ops and when we launch.I mean, everything is a digital product these days. It's like, you know, time to market is a critical thing. So, shouldn't the security leader have a voice into product development and road map and timing and be measured on time to market, time to revenue, time to customer value. Those sorts of things. And then the final thing, the reward, I think the ultimate measure of a leader is the effectiveness in retaining and growing your team and making sure your talent is staying on board, your talent is growing, adding value, you've giving them opportunity to add value and grow their influence inside the organization. I mean, that's the ultimate role of a leader.
The only caveat I would throw in that is if the CISO's given enough money to hire their team. You know, like, they could be a great CISO who's not given enough money to hire their team and then they lose people because they're being lured away, you know, for more financial attractive opportunities.
Yes, I would say that. I would agree with that as well, in terms of well, that's a whole other conversation around how you make a business case for more money. So, is it business minded CISO that can make business cases, can have that seat at the table and justify investments in certain area and how do they link to ultimate business metrics, right? How are you being measured Chief Operating Officer, because I'd like to share that metric with you and what's my contribution to that Chief Product Officer, Chief Technical Officer etc., etc., I think that, you know, budget is always going to be, like, that one tough hurdle to get over, budget and resources, and I think that's true for a lot of leaders. But making the business case is critical, so I think business minded CISOs is where you're starting to see a lot of, well we're starting to see a lot of movement.
It's time to play "What's Worse?!"
Guess what Mike? We've got another "What Worse?" from Jason Dance of Greenwich Associates.
Alright, Jason.
He gives us tons of great What's Worse?." Now, this has a jerk in it, but not in the way that we traditionally introduce it, okay? In a very different way, alright?
Different jerk?
Now Mark, you know how this game is played, correct?
I believe I do.
Two bad scenarios. They both stink. You don't like either one of them, but as we have been discussing up until now, it's a risk management exercise. So, you have to look at the risk of the both of these and which one would cause more damage. So, it's the idea of what's worse of the two. Alright, here you go. Mike, you, the CISO, are best buddies with your Board. A good situation Mark, okay? Got a seat at the table. They love your style. However, here's the what's worse? Your Chief Revenue Officer is a jerk, to you specifically, rains down security decrees that must be done straight away or your Chief Financial Officer is a jerk to you. "Forget it. I'm not giving you any money." Which one's worse?
Maybe I missed what the Chief Revenue Officer is doing. What are they doing?
He's telling you, raining down security risk decrees. Like, telling you about certain risk issues and he says you're going to need to deal with this right away.
Oh, so he's bringing problems to me? He's bringing me awareness of things that I might not have known about and suggesting that maybe I should do something about them?
But he's being adamant about it and pushing in on your case.
This one is actually pretty easy to me, right? Like, I think the Chief Financial Officer, who is just keeping resources such that I can't get anything done, that one seems a lot worse than the Chief Revenue Officer who's basically giving me cannon fodder for going and getting funding. I mean, if I can go and say look, we're not getting these deals because we're not doing A, B or C and
this is stated very clearly and backed up by the Chief Revenue Officer, we're best buddies. That's easy.
Well then, maybe it isn't as bad. So, alright.
This isn't bad. That's an easy one. I agree with Mike. That is is an easy one. It's like, you know, if there's a decree from the Chief Revenue Officer who ultimately, you know, is about the ability to do business with industries or customers or whatnot and there's a decree and he's a total jerk, I'm like, I'm swallowing my pride and latching onto that, because there's this common word between a Revenue Officer and a Financial Officer and that's revenue right, or money. So, if there's money to be made there's money to be had in meeting those needs of that Revenue Officer.
A good point.
You know, a very good point here in that this is actually a direct line to getting what you want.
Alright. So actually not bad at all.
Yeah.,
It sucks that he's being a jerk.
But who isn't these days?
Please, enough, no more.
Mike, today's topic is Security and Awareness Training. Perfectly timed for Security Awareness Month in October. So, Mike, what have you heard enough on this topic and what would you like to hear a lot more?
So, one of the things that just really bugs me is the just train the employees and that's all to phishing. Like that, over and over again we still keep getting the, you know, hey, just buy this module and that'll solve phishing and just, people make mistakes. Let's treat them as people and understand that mistakes happen. So, what I'd like to hear more of is how you engage these employees. How you actually engage them to help improve the security of the organization.They're willing to help How do you do that? How do you have those improvements stick over time to your point about, you know, is it just a spike during Security Awareness Month or is it actually sustaining? So, that's what I'd like to hear more of.
Sustaining is the key, right?
Alright, Mark, I'm throwing this to you. This is in your wheelhouse. What have you heard enough about with Security and Awareness Training and what would you like to hear a lot more or maybe you're doing more?
I've heard enough about the blame game, I guess, if you're referring to employees as stupid or they'll never get it or what. At the end of the day, they're just trying to get their jobs done, just like anyone else is.
And I will say, my other co-host, Andy Ellis, referred to the infamous "Wall of Sheep" that's at Black Cat. He detests that, because the whole point of that is to say hey, these people are idiots and let's applaud their moronic behavior that we got them. That does not imbue the rest of the community to want to be friends with the security community.
No, exactly. It's like, you know, just as much as fear mongering doesn't necessarily work from a security vendor marketing to a security buyer, fear mongering to an employee in some wall of shame isn't going to work either. It's not going to change behavior, it's not going to change what have you. I mean, yes, this is near and dear to my heart because I would love to see us take a more positive approach to training. A more data driven approach to training.
What does that look like? What do you mean by a positive data approach?
At Insider Risks we introduce Code42 Instructor, which is when you think about every mistake an employee makes, whether it's accidental or whether it's negligent, is a teachable moment, right? A mistake is just an opportunity to learn something new and course correct. So, why aren't we taking those mistakes, because we know when they happen at the moment they happen, and deliver training that is presumes positive intent? Training that's not preaching, it's teaching. It's like a human talking to a human saying hey, we understand you're trying to get some stuff done, we understand etc., but we talk about give the employee why. Like, why is this important? Talk to them about, you know, you have open file shares. You're Mac book is synching to iCloud. Were you aware of that?
Can you actually sort of paint the picture of, like, I did something wrong? Give an example of that and what all of a sudden is this teachable moment I'm receiving and literally go through the mechanics of it with me.
Yes. So, here's an example we hear all too often. I'm working on my home PC remote. I'm working on my work PC remote. My monitor's not big enough. I don't have enough storage space, whatever the reason might be. I want a bigger, faster machine to work on something. We see a lot of IT admins do this actually. And they email themselves a file to their personal email. Now that corporate file is sitting on some home device that's unmanaged. That event, though not malicious in nature, presumed positive intent, would trigger some sort of responsive training to that employee in the moment, saying hey, we realize you did this. This is why that's against policy. This is, you know, to keep corporate data safe, to keep yourself safe, to keep your co-workers safe. Here are the sanctioned ways to share files or to move files around.
So, this instructors program, if I understand correctly, if I'm an organization that's deploying something like this, I'm assuming there's a series of, like, defaults or I'm orchestrating it to the environment that I'm in and then I have to feed it. Like, in the example your said oh, I have to feed it. Well, here are the two or three ways that we safely share files kind of a thing, yes?
Yes. So, it will depend on the organization. So, when you think about the Instructor lessons, there's three different types. There's what we call proactive lessons, which you can send out proactively around compliance or culture or policy and that sort of thing. Situational lessons. A departing employee. A new employee. And you want to educate that employee on understanding their rights to data. What can they bring into the organization, what can they take out of the organization. So you're situationally training. And then the responsive ones, like the example I gave, is like, when an event happens that poses risk to the organization, it triggers training to that employee. Now, and the organization can take advantage of it. Instructor is content. It's training content. So, when you purchase, you get a pack, a content pack of, like, 15 plus lessons, situational, proactive and responsive, and they can deploy them in any way, shape or form. So, the beauty of, like, Code42 Instructor when combined with, like, a Code42 Insider, which is the thing monitor and detecting risk from employees; accidental, negligent, malicious, that magic is where you get that context of what education does an employee need when. And that's ultimately what we're trying to do.
Mark, do you have any sort of beta results of, like, how this sort of context based training has worked?
Yes, the biggest beta was ourselves. So, one thing that our CISO implemented, contexual awareness training at Code42, but since we've been building Instructor the last few months, at least all the lessons, and we've got some early adopters of the product kicking the tires and in terms of, like, responsive, contextual training in the moment that risk happens, early results are great in terms of, like, the feedback we're getting from the style, the tone. Right now we're looking a lot at the style and the tone of the lessons and the applicability to the environment. Like, what types of lessons to include Office 365, Slack, Google, iCloud, departing employee US thumb drive use, personal email use. It's like, almost building out that library of what organizations really need in terms of contextual awareness.
Is this where I should put my marketing dollars?
Gabriel Friedlander of Wizer suggested we hire a marketing manager for the security team. I referred to this as a security culture czar in a previous episode. In general, I think he's right because security communications, and I see this in security media as well, is truly horrible when it comes to branding. And there are a few shining stars, but in general, the industry stinks when trying to build a brand others kind of understand and care about. And those are the two key words "understand" and "care." So, Mike, do you believe this is something that's happening now, needs to happen or would be nice to have, but it's far down the totem pole?
So, the first thing I have to ask is do people still use the word "czar?"
I just used it.
But do people other than you?
I am people.
Okay. You're a person, you're a person. So, I think there's a few things here. One is the policy aspect that Gabriel mentions. I mean, we have these policies, their purpose is to make sure that people understand what's expected of them. You can't go to someone and say "Well, why did you send this file out that you weren't supposed to?" And the response is "I didn't know I needed to do that." So, you do have to go through those discussions. You have to have that stuff written down. It doesn't have to be a dry 30 page doc. A good first step, and this is something that we do, is work with your internals docs team, the people who write customer facing documentation, to help write your policies in more approachable ways. They can help the policy read like a human rather than something that's really intended to put people to sleep. So, that's step one is use those resources you already have. And I do think we're seeing more and more of that. So, second, and this is another thing that we're starting to do, is using engagement surveys. So, understand feedback from your employees. How do they feel about the security organization? Use that as feedback to make adjustments. Don't just assume how your company looks at you. Go and ask. Go and find out and make adjustments from that. And then the third is, as I mentioned when we were talking about Security Awareness Month, is have some internal events that are fun. Take advantage of the fact that there's other events going on in the world during the month of October. You can tap into those. You can make security fun.
Yeah, you don't have to just necessarily go to your own events.
By the way, there was a great setup for me in that did you know that every Friday we have the CISO series video chat Mike?
Well, tell me all about it David?
They're a lot of fun. We do it every Friday at 10:00 am Pacific, 1:00 pm Eastern. It's a ton of fun.
I like fun.
And yeah, we play games and it's silly and then we have a meet up afterwards, where people get to have one-on-one conversations or group conversations with their friends, their cyber friends, or make new cyber friends.
Cyber friends, I like it.
There you go. Alright, I'm all about fun. I'm throwing this to you Mark. This whole idea of call it a security culture tsar, a market manager for security whatnot, how much of this have you seen, do you think it's necessary or is it a nice to have here?
I'm a big believer in, and I know you've had Jadee Hanson on the show before, I'm a big believer in security just being more visible. Like, I remember when I started at Code42, it's like six years ago, and one of the first on boarding experiences I had was Jadee talking to us. Like, here's the CISO talking to us new hires about security at Code42. Like, what does it mean? A safe environment. You know, how they approach security. Introducing the team, who they are. And, like, just getting that human to human kind of affiliation or kind of acknowledgment is a big step, so a tsar, like a dedicated person to, like, go out there and celebrate security, I think it's just like more of a department thing. It's more of that. I think it's a role of the leader too. Like, is a leader really the face of security at the organization?
You think Mike should be a tsar, is that what you're saying and he should re-title himself "tsar?"
Mike is a tsar. He probably doesn't want to use the title tsar.
That's totally on my business cards.
Could be guru. Guru is another good word.
How do we feel about that term guru?
Oh gosh! The only people that give themselves that term are the ones that I'm concerned with.
Well, it's like influencer. You can't call yourself an influencer. Someone else has to say it.
That's to coin you an influencer.
If you say it of yourself, it's kind of pompous.
Yeah, I'm a security research and strategy guru. Like, no. I don't think so. It's like tsar, right? It's the same sort of thing.
Well hold it. Who do you know call themselves a tsar?
Oh, I don't know. I haven't that term since like the Clinton administration.
I used it. I've got no problem using it again. Alright, I think we've exhausted this topic right here. I think that we're close of this very show and I want to thank my guest Mark Wojtasiak who, by the way, he has a "J" in the middle of his name. Don't let that confuse you. You don't pronounce the "J." But I'm gonna get to you last Mark. You get the last word here. But first, let me thank your company Code42 for sponsoring this very podcast and just being a phenomenal sponsor of the CISO series in general. We greatly appreciate it. For more, you know what you can do, just go to code42.com. But you'll give us more instructions in just a second. Mike, any last thoughts here.
Mark, thank you for joining us. What I really liked was you kept coming back to how the CISO relates to the business and the criticality of that and how it really ties into the success of the security organization of that leader themselves and I like how you kept coming back to the importance of a seat at the table. And the one thing that I really kind of took note on and wanted to come back to was your point about security needing to be more collaborative and you've made mention about the security team needs to be more visible. There's really a lot of that reminder that folks need is don't go hang out in the basement, get out there, be involved, be in front of the business and it'll really help you be successful and it'll help the company be more successful. So, thank you for that reminder and giving some really great examples for folks.
Mike, what's more visible than a tsar?
A guru.
A CISO point Mark.
A CISO with a hat.
A CISO with a hat on Halloween, of all things. Alright, Mark, by the way, I always ask our guests, are you hiring? Are you hiring?
Oh, we're always hiring.
Always hiring? Everyone's exploding. This whole business is exploding and people with their security teams are exploding. Any specific pleas or offers you have for Code42 Instructor for our audience, let's hear it and anything else you'd like to say, let's hear it.
No, I want to thank both of you again. I always enjoy coming on and having these conversations and fresh banter and shooting from the hip from time to time. You know, I think we're really passionate about what we do at Code42. I think our company purpose is to secure the collaboration culture and we take that to heart, right? We believe that in this day and age the best companies are the ones that are collaborative companies across all lines of business and in our approach to securing data in those cultures is different and unique and our approach to security is rooted in how we practice security at Code42, with Jadee at the helm, and we've taken a lot of that and applied it to how we think about product and how we think about helping security teams build their brands and reach across the lines and form relationships with the business and it's a passionate, passionate subject for me and I believe education is a bit piece of that. Employee education is a big piece of that. So, not only a seat at the table, but an opportunity with Code42 Instructor, combined with Code42 Insider, to really build out a risk management program that is designed for the way businesses operate today.
Excellent. More at code42.com and guess what, it's spelled just like the way you hear it. I mean, do you happen to own the domain name codefortytwo.com?
I believe we do. I'm not sure, but I think we do.
Well, it's code the number 42.com.
It's 42, yes. Somebody owns it now. The Hitchhiker's Guide, that man.
Make sure that they own it before this episode airs.
That was Mark Wojtasiak, who currently is the Vice President of Research and Strategy at Code42. I am going to be putting a pitch in to make you the tsar or guru– I'll let you choose– over at Code42. I think it would be a much better title for you. Thank you Mark, thank you Mike. Thank you our audience as well. We always appreciate your contributions and you're listening to the CISO Security Vendor Relationship Podcast.
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Despite that typical influenza infection is not that lethal, new strains of influenza virus have put the world into chaos. One of the latest flu virus strains is the bird flu virus or H5N1 virus. It has been famous for causing influenza infection to millions of birds across the globe and has been found to infect humans as well. Indeed, the number of people that had died from bird flu isn't that alarming yet as birds are its primary targets as of now. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) had only recorded 300 deaths in several countries as of February 2011. However, the degree of fatality when a human acquires bird flu is 60%. Health experts just can't imagine when this strain of virus mutates and becomes more compatible of infecting humans at a higher rate. It will definitely hunt down humanity and for sure bird flu pandemic will be declared!.
Bird flu is a subtype of influenza that is highly infectious to avian animals like chicken, turkeys, ducks as well as wild and other domesticated birds. As mentioned earlier, its causative agent is the H5N1 influenza A virus.
It can infect humans by having direct contact with infected poultries or being exposed to places that are contaminated with discharge and droppings from infected birds. Thus, most cases of bird flu among humans are related to constant exposure to avian animals like those who work in poultry farms. On the other hand, this type of influenza cannot be transmitted from person-to-person. Instead, the infection spreads bird-to-bird and bird-to-humans.
What are the signs and symptoms of bird flu?
The difference between the common flu and H5N1 influenza is the source of infection and the causative agent. Aside from these, bird flu is not that common among humans but it is deadlier than the common flu.
Bird flu is detected by having a person's sputum or nasal discharge subjected for laboratory culture. This will identify the causative agent of the illness.
As of the moment, the drug of choice for bird flu is the antiviral medication oseltamivir or Tamiflu per recommendation of the World Health Organization. Unlike other types of influenza infection that only requires for natural healing, antiviral drug is quite essential to prevent death in bird flu infection. Besides, this avian flu is extremely virulent that it can result to lung consolidation and even respiratory arrest.
Overall, human death rate with bird flu is not that frightening yet. But, the capacity to kill of the H5N1 virus is 60% accurate. Is it possible that this avian flu virus is just getting started with its wipe out missions against mankind?


Unable to connect to TFS project.
TFS 2015 Team Explorer (VS 2015) running against TFS 2013.
Connection browser works properly on first "Choose Team Project". Shows Project Collections and Projects.
On Project selection, a progress dialog briefly appears and then nothing.
Subsequent attempts to "Choose Team Project": progress dialog briefly appears and then nothing.
Can you please let us know that what version of SmartWord4TFS and OS do you have ?
Secondly, is this issue coming with some particular Team Projects OR with All of them ?
I guess my first attempt at a reply was lost?
SmartWord4TFS version: 5.0.2.7 (32-bit) [this is after I accepted an update].
Tried with several projects and had the same issue with each.
update: sending log via email.
Yes it seems that this is not the case, but can you please install this Missing Team Explorer and after that if it still persists then we will do a GoToMeeting session so that we can investigate the issue.
Is the software not yet updated to support VS/TFS 2015?
Currently SmartWord4TFS not yet supports VS/TFS 2015. But in our next build which is plan to release on this coming Tuesday 11th August 2015 it shall be compatible with VS/TFS 2015.
Thanks Umair, I'll wait for that update and then try again - I don't really want to install multiple Team Explorers on my system.
Please download the latest version 5.0.1.3 of SmartWord4TFS from our official website as it is compatible with VS/TFS 2015.


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SermonIndex.net : Christian Books : Chapter XV.--The First Epistle to the Thessalonians The Shorter Epistles Pungent in Sense and Very Valuable. St. Paul Upbraids the Jews for the Death First of Their Prophets and Then of Christ. This a Presumption that Both Christ and the Prophets Pertaine
The Five Books Against Marcion by Tertullian
Chapter XV.--The First Epistle to the Thessalonians The Shorter Epistles Pungent in Sense and Very Valuable. St. Paul Upbraids the Jews for the Death First of Their Prophets and Then of Christ. This a Presumption that Both Christ and the Prophets Pertaine
I shall not be sorry to bestow attention on the shorter epistles also. Even in brief works there is much pungency. The Jews had slain their prophets. I may ask, What has this to do with the apostle of the rival god, one so amiable withal, who could hardly be said to condemn even the failings of his own people; and who, moreover, has himself some hand in making away with the same prophets whom he is destroying? What injury did Israel commit against him in slaying those whom he too has reprobated, since he was the first to pass a hostile sentence on them? But Israel sinned against their own God. He upbraided their iniquity to whom the injured God pertains; and certainly he is anything but the adversary of the injured Deity. Else he would not have burdened them with the charge of killing even the Lord, in the words, |Who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets,| although (the pronoun) their own be an addition of the heretics. Now, what was there so very acrimonious in their killing Christ the proclaimer of the new god, after they had put to death also the prophets of their own god? The fact, however, of their having slain the Lord and His servants, is put as a case of climax. Now, if it were the Christ of one god and the prophets of another god whom they slew, he would certainly have placed the impious crimes on the same level, instead of mentioning them in the way of a climax; but they did not admit of being put on the same level: the climax, therefore, was only possible by the sin having been in fact committed against one and the same Lord in the two respective circumstances. To one and the same Lord, then, belonged Christ and the prophets. What that |sanctification of ours| is, which he declares to be |the will of God,| you may discover from the opposite conduct which he forbids. That we should |abstain from fornication,| not from marriage; that every one |should know how to possess his vessel in honour.| In what way? |Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles.| Concupiscence, however, is not ascribed to marriage even among the Gentiles, but to extravagant, unnatural, and enormous sins. The law of nature is opposed to luxury as well as to grossness and uncleanness; it does not forbid connubial intercourse, but concupiscence; and it takes care of our vessel by the honourable estate of matrimony. This passage (of the apostle) I would treat in such a way as to maintain the superiority of the other and higher sanctity, preferring continence and virginity to marriage, but by no means prohibiting the latter. For my hostility is directed against those who are for destroying the God of marriage, not those who follow after chastity. He says that those who |remain unto the coming of Christ,| along with |the dead in Christ, shall rise first,| being |caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.| I find it was in their foresight of all this, that the heavenly intelligences gazed with admiration on |the Jerusalem which is above,| and by the mouth of Isaiah said long ago: |Who are these that fly as clouds, and as doves with their young ones, unto me?| Now, as Christ has prepared for us this ascension into heaven, He must be the Christ of whom Amos spoke: |It is He who builds His ascent up to the heavens,| even for Himself and His people. Now, from whom shall I expect (the fulfilment of) all this, except from Him whom I have heard give the promise thereof? What |spirit| does he forbid us to |quench,| and what |prophesyings| to |despise?| Not the Creator's spirit, nor the Creator's prophesyings, Marcion of course replies. For he has already quenched and despised the thing which he destroys, and is unable to forbid what he has despised. It is then incumbent on Marcion now to display in his church that spirit of his god which must not be quenched, and the prophesyings which must not be despised. And since he has made such a display as he thinks fit, let him know that we shall challenge it whatever it may be to the rule of the grace and power of the Spirit and the prophets -- namely, to foretell the future, to reveal the secrets of the heart, and to explain mysteries. And when he shall have failed to produce and give proof of any such criterion, we will then on our side bring out both the Spirit and the prophecies of the Creator, which utter predictions according to His will. Thus it will be clearly seen of what the apostle spoke, even of those things which were to happen in the church of his God; and as long as He endures, so long also does His Spirit work, and so long are His promises repeated. Come now, you who deny the salvation of the flesh, and who, whenever there occurs the specific mention of body in a case of this sort, interpret it as meaning anything rather than the substance of the flesh, (tell me) how is it that the apostle has given certain distinct names to all (our faculties), and has comprised them all in one prayer for their safety, desiring that our |spirit and soul and body may be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord and Saviour (Jesus) Christ?| Now he has here propounded the soul and the body as two several and distinct things. For although the soul has a kind of body of a quality of its own, just as the spirit has, yet as the soul and the body are distinctly named, the soul has its own peculiar appellation, not requiring the common designation of body. This is left for |the flesh,| which having no proper name (in this passage), necessarily makes use of the common designation. Indeed, I see no other substance in man, after spirit and soul, to which the term body can be applied except |the flesh.| This, therefore, I understand to be meant by the word |body| -- as often as the latter is not specifically named. Much more do I so understand it in the present passage, where the flesh is expressly called by the name |body.|

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Chromatic Rhythm: James Little
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, JAMES LITTLE (b. 1952) received a BFA from the Memphis Academy of Art (1974) and then an MFA from Syracuse University (1976).
Since the 1970s, the work of James Little has been extensively exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe. Among his awards and honors, Little has received the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award in Painting in 2009 and the Pollock-Krasner Award in 2000. In 2016, Little was commissioned by the Metropolitan Transit Authority to create public artwork for the Long Island Rail Road's new Brooklyn-bound platform at Jamaica Station.
On the Fringe of Conformity: Clarence Morgan
This exhibition of drawings and paintings explore linear patterns that operate in a pictorial space. Utilizing random shapes and biomorphic forms within an intricate network of drawing, collage elements, and subtle color, Morgan's work ranges from highly patterned organic painting compositions to meticulously articulated and somewhat minimal collage-drawings. A native of Philadelphia, PA, Clarence Morgan has been a professor in the Department of Art at the University of Minnesota since 1992.
Fired Up! UT Collects Ceramics
UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present, Fired Up! UT Collects Ceramics, a collection of work from the Ewing Gallery permanent collection as well as from private collections of professors, staff and community members.


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Atheists, Humanists, and Agnostics at the University of Wisconsin–MadisonThe "Flying Spaghetti Monster" display in the Wisconsin Capitol building
'Flying Spaghetti Monster' earns Wisconsin dubious award
by J.C. Derrick
Posted 12/23/13, 02:47 pm
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty on Monday named the Wisconsin Department of Administration the 2013 Ebenezer Award recipient for its "Flying Spaghetti Monster" display in the Wisconsin Capitol building.
The Becket Fund's annual honor—given each year since 2000 to "the most ridiculous affront to Christmas or Hanukkah celebrations"—went to the Wisconsin agency after it allowed a group to display a sign featuring a clump of spaghetti and meatballs with the caption: "He boiled for your sins. Be touched by his noodly appendage before it is too late."
The group Atheists, Humanists, and Agnostics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is responsible for the sign, which it said is a protest against public displays on government property that acknowledge the roots of the Christmas season—or any other holiday. "Think this is ridiculous? We agree!" the sign reads at the bottom. "Religious ideas should not be promoted within the halls of government. Protect the separation of church and state, it protects us all."
Kristina Arriaga, executive director of the Becket Fund, said "massive confusion" exists regarding normal expressions of religious belief in the public square. She said one type of public display does not automatically open public spaces to any kind of free speech exercises.
Arriaga said a jazz concert in New York City's Central Park doesn't deny the existence of rock and roll, any more than it has to be accompanied by classical and rock concerts.
"Everyone in Chicago recognizes St. Patrick's Day is a great cultural celebration, and not an attempt to convert everybody to become Irish Catholic," she added.
In February, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the Freedom from Religion Foundation, which tried to force the city of Warren, Mich., to include an atheistic message along with a Nativity scene and other holiday displays. The court's opinion said the Constitution "does not convert [holiday] displays into a seasonal public forum, requiring governments to add all comers to the mix and creating a poison pill for even the most secular displays in the process."
Arriaga said the 6th Circuit decision was great, but it's only useful if people know the law. "Confusion in this realm can be extraordinarily dangerous," she said. "Local officials need to educate themselves and understand the nature of the First Amendment."
In the Wisconsin case, Arriaga said she partly blames Republican Gov. Scott Walker, who many believe may be a candidate for president in 2016. She said when the governor walks through the Capitol he should recognize a display that is wasting government speech and making a mockery of others' beliefs.
"I blame him, too," she said. "It makes me sad that students created this, but it makes me even sadder that the governor's office didn't stop it."
Previous winners of the Becket Fund's Ebenezer Award include the U.S. Postal Service for banning Christmas carolers and Tyler Moore, an Indiana city commissioner who replaced a traditional holiday display with one featuring a fire truck, a woodpecker, and the Loch Ness monster.
The Becket Fund on Monday also awarded Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee with its annual Eggnog Toast after he revived the use of the term "Christmas tree" this year in place of "holiday tree." Chaffee said in a statement that using the term "holiday tree" became a "focal point of too much anger" and took away from the festive mood at the state Capitol in Providence.
J.C. Derrick
J.C. is WORLD Radio's managing editor. He spent 10 years covering sports, higher education, and politics for the Longview News-Journal and other newspapers in Texas before joining WORLD in 2012 and eventually becoming WORLD's Washington Bureau chief. Follow J.C. on Twitter @jcderrick1.


Montenegro puts a lot into the music education and almost every municipality has a school for elementary music education. Today is the day for the youngest music students to show how talented they are!
Music school 'Dara Cokorilo' from Niksic will present you their youngest choir this evening, made of students from 6 - 9 years old. The conductor will be their enthusiastic professor, Milena Popovic, who has given a lot of hours in practising classic and evergreen melodies with her young and amazing students. The concert is part of the 'Program for supporting culture development in Niksic' but also is dedicated to the celebration of the 10 years since Montenegro regained its independence.
If you happen to be in Niksic, pass by the Concert Hall of the Music School at 7pm and treat yourself with an hour of relaxation and enjoyment. It is not important if you don't speak Montenegrin, because music is our common language!


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You are at:Home»News»Airport»Sydney lost property auction kicks off
Sydney lost property auction kicks off
By Tara Craig on	 August 20, 2019 Airport, Baggage
The annual Sydney Airport Lost Property Auction has begun, with thousands of items going under the hammer to raise money to help vulnerable members of the local community.
The annual event, which this year runs from August 19-28, auctions off unclaimed items left in the airport's terminals, in partnership with Sydney Community Foundation. Funds raised go toward grants supporting organizations that make a difference in the local community.
Marrickville Legal Centre, a not-for-profit community legal team, will receive an A$100,000 (US$60,660) grant from this year's auction, to fund a financial empowerment project. The program will provide at-risk women with the skills and confidence to identify financial abuse early and seek assistance.
Sydney Airport CEO Geoff Culbert called on the community to get involved and bid in this year's auction.
"The annual Lost Property Auction really changes lives in our local community and it's an initiative that I'm really proud of," Culbert said. "I'm always surprised by the treasure unearthed each year from the auction, although, in this case, one person's treasure is another person's path to empowerment.
CEO of Sydney Community Foundation Jane Jose said that partnering with Sydney Airport has benefitted many philanthropic programs in the airport's local community.
"This is a fun and purposeful collective giving partnership of Sydney Airport, Sydney Community Foundation and the community, delivering benefits to grassroots organizations helping people in our city," she added.
"The need in our community is growing and we thank the many community leaders for their work and for submitting almost 100 applications for projects local to the airport."


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1965 Argentine Primera División
The 1965 Argentine Primera División was the 74th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on April 18 and ended on December 19.There were 18 teams in the tournament, who competed in a single double round-robin tournament. Boca Juniors won its 16th league title with no teams relegated.
1965 Argentine Primera División Tournament
1964 Argentine Primera División Sports league season
Club Atlético Colón Football team
Club Atlético Peñarol Football club
Omar Sívori Argentine-Italian football player
Deportivo Laferrere Football club
Antonio Roma Argentine goalkeeper
Ricardo Pavoni Football player
Roberto Cherro Argentine football player
Ernesto Grillo Argentine footballer
Óscar Pianetti Argentine footballer
Roque Avallay Football player
Carmelo Simeone Football player
Norberto Menéndez Argentine footballer
Juan Carlos Oleniak Argentine footballer
Gallego Spanish footballer
Alberto Mario González Football player
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Desc: The 1965 Argentine Primera División was the 74th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on April 18 and ended on December 19.
There were 18 teams in the tournament, who competed in a single double round-robin tournament. Boca Juniors won its 16th league title with no teams relegated.
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_Argentine_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n
Type: Thing, Event
Sports league season
Desc: The 1964 Argentine Primera División was the 73rd season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on April 26 and ended on November 29.
Boca Juniors won the championship with no teams relegated.
Club Atlético Colón
Desc: Club Atlético Colón, commonly referred to as Colón de Santa Fe, is a sports club from Santa Fe, Argentina. The football team plays in the first division of the Argentine football league system, the Argentine Primera División.
URL: http://www.clubcolon.com.ar/
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_Atl%C3%A9tico_Col%C3%B3n
Type: Thing, SportsTeam, Organization
Club Atlético Peñarol
Desc: Club Atlético Peñarol —also known as Carboneros, Aurinegros and Manyas— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo.
The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neighbourhood on the outskirts of Montevideo.
URL: http://www.xn--pearol-xwa.org/
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pe%C3%B1arol
Omar Sívori
Argentine-Italian football player
Desc: Enrique Omar Sívori was an Italian Argentine football player and manager who played as a forward. At club level, he is known for his successful time with Italian side Juventus during the late 1950s and early 1960s, where he won three Serie A titles among other trophies; he also played for River Plate in Argentina and Napoli in Italy.
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_S%C3%ADvori
Deportivo Laferrere
Desc: Club Deportivo Laferrere is a football club from the homonymous district of La Matanza Partido, Greater Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in Primera C, the regionalized fourth division of the Argentine football league system.
URL: http://www.deportivolaferrere.com
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportivo_Laferrere
Type: Thing, SportsTeam
Antonio Roma
Argentine goalkeeper
Desc: Antonio Roma was an Argentine football goalkeeper.
Nicknamed Tarzan for the way of throwing himself for the ball, he started his professional career with Ferrocarril Oeste in 1955, where he played until 1959.
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Roma
Ricardo Pavoni
Desc: Ricardo Elvio Pavoni Cúneo is an Uruguayan former football defender who played the majority of his career for Club Atlético Independiente in the Argentine First Division.
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Pavoni
Roberto Cherro
Argentine football player
Desc: Roberto Eugenio Cerro, named "Cherro" was an Argentine football striker. He was born in Barracas in the city of Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Cherro
Ernesto Grillo
Argentine footballer
Desc: Ernesto Grillo was an Argentine footballer who played as a midfielder for Independiente and Boca Juniors in Argentina, as well as A.C. Milan in Italy. He also represented the Argentina national team. He is included in the Argentine Football Association Hall of Fame. He became a legend when playing for Argentina scored the goal against England which beat 3–1 in 1953.
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Grillo
Óscar Pianetti
Desc: Óscar Antonio Pianetti Obelar is a former Argentine footballer currently playing for clubs of Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador.
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93scar_Pianetti
Roque Avallay
Desc: Roque Avallay is a former Argentine football striker. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and represented the Argentina national football team.
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roque_Avallay
Carmelo Simeone
Desc: Carmelo "Cholo" Simeone, was an Argentine football defender who won three league championships with Boca Juniors and played for the Argentina national team. Nicknamed "Cholo", he was known for his energetic playing style.
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelo_Simeone
Norberto Menéndez
Desc: Norberto Menéndez was an Argentine footballer striker. He was born in 1936 in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He played for the Argentine national team at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, where he scored once against Northern Ireland, adding to the 3–1 only Argentine victory in that tournament.
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norberto_Men%C3%A9ndez
Juan Carlos Oleniak
Desc: Juan Carlos Oleniak is a former Argentine footballer who played for clubs in Argentina, Mexico and Chile, as well as the Argentina national football team in the FIFA World Cup Chile 1962.
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Q: How to rewrite Ackermann function in non-recursive style? I have function
public static int func(int M,int N){
    if(M == 0 || N == 0) return M+N+1;
    return func(M-1, func(M, N-1));
}

How to rewrite it in non-recursive style ?
Maybe, is it implementation some algorithm?

A: All the answers posted previously don't properly implement Ackermann.
def acker_mstack(m, n)
  stack = [m]
  until stack.empty?
    m = stack.pop

    if m.zero?
      n += 1
    elsif n.zero?
      stack << m - 1
      n = 1
    else
      stack << m - 1 << m
      n -= 1
    end
  end
  n
end

A: This looks like homework, so I won't give you the answer but I will lead you in the right direction:
If you want to breakdown the recursion, it might be useful for you to list out all the values as they progress, letting m = {0...x} n = {0...y}.
For example:
m = 0, n = 0 = f(0,0) = M+N+1 = 1
m = 1, n = 0 = f(1,0) = M+N+1 = 2
m = 1, n = 1 = f(1,1) = f(0,f(1,0)) = f(0,2) = 3
m = 2, n = 1 = f(2,1) = f(1,f(2,0)) = f(1,3) = f(0,f(1,2)) = f(0,f(0,f(1,1))
             = f(0,f(0,3))          = f(0,4) = 5

With this, you can come up with a non-recursive relationship (a non-recursive function definition) that you can use.
Edit: So it looks like this is the Ackermann function, a total computable function that is not primitive recursive.

A: This is the a correct version which already examined by myself.
public static int Ackermann(int m, int n){
Stack<Integer> s = new Stack<Integer>;
s.add(m);
while(!s.isEmpty()){
    m=s.pop();
    if(m==0) { n+=m+1; }
    else if(n==0)
    {
       n += 1;
       s.add(--m);
    }
    else{
        s.add(--m);
        s.add(++m);
        n--;
    }
}
return n;
}

A: Not quite O(1) but definitely non-recursive.
public static int itFunc(int m, int n){
    Stack<Integer> s = new Stack<Integer>;
    s.add(m);
    while(!s.isEmpty()){
        m=s.pop();
        if(m==0||n==0)
            n+=m+1;
        else{
            s.add(--m);
            s.add(++m);
            n--;
        }
    }
    return n;
}

A: I couldn't get @LightyearBuzz's answer to work, but I found this Java 5 code from WikiWikiWeb that worked for me:
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Stack;

public class Ackerman {
  static class  Pair <T1,T2>{
    T1 x; T2 y;
    Pair(T1 x_,T2 y_) {x=x_; y=y_;}
    public int hashCode() {return x.hashCode() ^ y.hashCode();}
    public boolean equals(Object o_) {Pair o= (Pair) o_; return x.equals(o.x) && y.equals(o.y);}
  }

  /**
   * @param args
   */
  public static int ack_iter(int m, int n) {
    HashMap<Pair<Integer,Integer>,Integer> solved_set= new HashMap<Pair<Integer,Integer>,Integer>(120000);
    Stack<Pair<Integer,Integer>> to_solve= new Stack<Pair<Integer,Integer>>();
    to_solve.push(new Pair<Integer,Integer>(m,n));

    while (!to_solve.isEmpty()) {
      Pair<Integer,Integer> head= to_solve.peek();
      if (head.x.equals(0) ) {
        solved_set.put(head,head.y + 1);
        to_solve.pop();
      }
      else if (head.y.equals(0)) {
        Pair<Integer,Integer> next= new Pair<Integer,Integer> (head.x-1,1);
        Integer result= solved_set.get(next);
        if(result==null){
          to_solve.push(next);
        }
        else {
          solved_set.put(head, result);
          to_solve.pop();
        }
      }
      else {
        Pair<Integer,Integer> next0= new Pair<Integer,Integer>(head.x, head.y-1);
        Integer result0= solved_set.get(next0);
        if(result0 == null) {
          to_solve.push(next0);
        }
        else {
          Pair<Integer,Integer> next= new Pair<Integer,Integer>(head.x-1,result0);
          Integer result= solved_set.get(next);
          if (result == null) {
            to_solve.push(next);
          }
          else {
            solved_set.put(head,result);
            to_solve.pop();
          }
        }
      }
    }
    System.out.println("hash size: "+solved_set.size());
    System.out.println("consumed heap: "+ (Runtime.getRuntime().totalMemory()/(1024*1024)) + "m");
    return solved_set.get(new Pair<Integer,Integer>(m,n));
  }
}

A: Written in python, using only 1 array and 1 variable, hope this helps!
def acker(m,n):

    right = [m]
    result = n
    i = 0

    while True:
        if len(right) == 0:
            break

        if right[i] > 0 and result > 0:
            right.append(right[i])
            right[i] -= 1
            result -= 1
            i += 1

        elif right[i] > 0 and result == 0:
            right[i] -= 1
            result = 1

        elif right[i] == 0:
            result += 1
            right.pop()
            i -=1

    return result

A: Well I came here to find the answer of this question. But could not write a code even after looking at the answers. So, I tried it myself and after some struggle built the code.
So, I will give you a hint (because I feel etiquettes here are that the homework questions are not meant to be fully answered).
So you can use a single stack to compute the function without using recursion. Just look at the flow of control in David's answer. You have to use that. Just start a while(1) loop and inside that check for the case your arguments are satisfying. Let the desired block amongst if-else blocks execute.Then push the two latest arguments of ackerman function into the stack. Then at the end of the loop pop them and let the cycle repeat till an end condition is reached where no further arguments of ackermann function are generated. You have to put a for statement inside the while loop to keep checking it. And finally get the final results.
I don't know how much of this is understandable, but I wish I could have some idea to start with. So, just shared the way.

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<?php

namespace mobilejazz\yii2\oauth2server\controllers;

use mobilejazz\yii2\oauth2server\filters\auth\CompositeAuth;
use mobilejazz\yii2\oauth2server\filters\ErrorToExceptionFilter;
use mobilejazz\yii2\oauth2server\models\OauthAccessTokens;
use Yii;
use yii\helpers\ArrayHelper;

class DefaultController extends \yii\rest\Controller
{
    /**
     * @inheritdoc
     */
    public function behaviors()
    {
        $behaviors = ArrayHelper::merge(parent::behaviors(),
            [
                'exceptionFilter' => [
                    'class' => ErrorToExceptionFilter::className(),
                ],
            ]);

        $behaviors['authenticator'] = [
            'class'  => CompositeAuth::className(),
            'except' => ['token'],
        ];

        return $behaviors;
    }

    public function actionToken()
    {
        $server = $this->module->getServer();
        $request = $this->module->getRequest();
        $response = $server->handleTokenRequest($request);

        //Set cache control headers
        Yii::$app->response->headers['Cache-Control'] = 'no-cache';
        Yii::$app->response->headers['Pragma'] = 'no-cache';

        return $response->getParameters();
    }

    public function actionRevoke()
    {
        $server = $this->module->getServer();
        $request = $this->module->getRequest();
        $response = $server->handleRevokeRequest($request);

        return $response->getParameters();
    }

    public function actionIntrospect()
    {
        if (!Yii::$app->request->post('token')) {
            $message = Yii::t('oauth2server', 'Missing parameter: "token" is required');
            if ($message === null) {
                $message = Yii::t('yii', 'An internal server error occurred.');
            }
            throw new \yii\web\HttpException(400, $message);
        }

        $response["active"] = false;

        $token = OauthAccessTokens::findOne(["access_token" => Yii::$app->request->post('token')]);
        if ($token) {
            $expires = strtotime($token->expires);
            if (time() < $expires) {
                $response["active"] = true;
            }
            $response["scope"] = $token->scope;
            $response["user_id"] = $token->user_id;
            $response["client_id"] = $token->client_id;
            $response["exp"] = $expires;
        }

        return $response;
    }
}


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Xherdan Shaqiri was delighted to make a significant impact off the bench in Liverpool's 2-1 victory at home to West Ham United on Saturday.
The No.23 was sent on alongside Diogo Jota with 20 minutes of the Premier League clash left to play and the Reds chasing a winner as the score remained level.
Jota was left to rue a VAR review when he thought his tap-in from a rebound had clinched the three points, but – with a helping hand from Shaqiri – the Portugal attacker was soon able to celebrate for real.
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When the Oscar nominations were announced on Monday morning by actor John Cho and all-around creative talent Issa Rae, it was pretty clear that Issa was annoyed by one category full of men — the Best Director category.
"Congratulations to those men," she said with a shady on-camera look after announcing the nominees.
Not only was the Best Director category full of men, but it was partially taken up by directors that have already received their accolades. While Todd Phillips received a first-time nod for Joker and Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho rightfully received a first-time nod for his movie Parasite, Oscar regulars Quintin Tarantino was nominated for his very long Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood and Martin Scorsese was nominated for his even longer The Irishman. Finally, Sam Mendes is nominated for his flick 1917 after already winning an Oscar in 2000 for his film American Beauty.
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I feel very blessed that I was one of the fortunate few who were able to witness the magic of Cedar Anthony Walton.
My first encounter was as a little twelve year old hunched in a corner at Ronnie Scotts in London. There my ears and my eyes marveled at the synergy between Cedar Walton, Billy Higgins and David Williams. This trio has long been one of my favourite groups. It wasn't about playing fast or hurried solos. These three men played music in a relaxed but yet intense manner, and with such ease and pace. There was so much going on simultaneously that it was impossible to believe it all was being presented with such clarity, logic, and empathy. What also amazed me were the compositions that were being played – the whole set was Cedar's music. He really was a musician's musician – he could write and arrange music, play behind any singer or band and make them sound 100 percent better all while maintaining his own original sound!
Gradually, over the years he came to recognize me and let me hang with them downstairs in the club; the repartee was incredible. This gentleman would talk on all subjects – religion, politics, art and everything else under the sun. I am extremely happy that I got to see him in July at the Vanguard and had the opportunity to talk and hang with him at length.
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After a 10 medal performance in Europe last month, Sanchez began her North American season with a second place finish in the women's 50-m backstroke clocking a personal best 28.13 seconds.
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There were also three Canadian finalists in the women's 100-m breaststroke led by HPC-Ontario's Kierra Smith's third place in 1:08.21. Americans Annie Lazor and Micah Sumrall were 1-2 in 1:06.89 and 1:07.78.
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Q: VMWare ESXi, RHEL, LUKS and network latency My company is running into a network performance problem that seemingly has all of the "experts" we're working with (VMWare support, RHEL support, our managed services hosting provider) stumped.
The issue is that network latency between our VMs (even VMs residing on the same physical host) increases--up to 100x or more!--with network throughput. For example, without any network load, latency (measured by ping) might be ~0.1ms.  Start transferring a couple 100MB files, and latency grows to 1ms.  Initiate a bunch (~20 or so) concurrent data transfers between two VMs, and the latency between the VMs can increase to upwards of 10ms.
This is a huge problem for us because we have application server VMs hosting processes that might issue 1 million or so queries against a database server (different VM) per hour.  Adding a millisecond or two to each query therefore increases our runtime substantially--sometimes doubling or tripling our expected durations.
We've got what I would think is a pretty standard environment:

*

*ESXi 6.0u2

*4 Dell M620 blades with 2x Xeon E5-2650v2 processors and 128GB RAM

*SolidFire SAN

And our base VM configuration consists of:

*

*RHEL7, minimal install

*Multiple LUNs configured for mount points at /boot, /, /var/log, /var/log/audit, /home, /tmp and swap

*All partitions except /boot encrypted with LUKS (over LVM)

Our database server VMs are running Postgres 9.4.
We've already tried the following:

*

*Change the virtual NIC from VMNETx3 to e1000 and back

*Adjust RHEL ethernet stack settings

*Using ESXi's "low latency" option for the VMs

*Upgrading our hosts and vCenter from ESX 5.5 to 6.0u2

*Creating bare-bones VMs (setup as above with LUKS, etc., but without any of our production services on them) for testing

*Moving the datastore from the SSD SolidFire SAN to local (on-blade) spinning storage

None of these improved network latency.  The only test that showed expected (non-deteriorating) latency is when we set up a second pair of bare-bones VMs without LUKS encryption.  Unfortunately, we need fully encrypted partitions (for which we manage the keys) because we are dealing with regulated, sensitive data.
I don't see how LUKS--in and of itself--can be to blame here.  Rather, I suspect that LUKS running with some combination of ESX, our hosting hardware, and/or our VM hardware configuration is to blame.
I performed a test in a much wimpier environment (MacBook Pro, i5, 8GB RAM, VMWare Fusion 6.0, Centos7 VMs configured similarly with LUKS on LVM and the same testing scripts) and was unable to reproduce the latency issue.  Regardless of how much network traffic I sent between the VMs, latency remained steady at about 0.4ms.  And this was on a laptop with a ton of the things going on!
Any pointers/tips/solutions will be greatly appreciated!

A: After much scrutiny and comparing the non-performing VMs against the performant VMs, we identified the issue as a bad selection for the advanced "Latency Sensitivity" setting.
For our poorly performing VMs, this was set to "Low".  After changing the setting to "Normal" and restarting the VMs, latency dropped by ~100x and throughput (which we hadn't originally noticed was also a problem) increased by ~250x!


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