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Samuel Hopkins
(1721–1803). American theologian and writer Samuel Hopkins was one of the first Congregationalists to oppose slavery. He raised money to free numerous slaves, but he failed to realize his plan to establish colonies for them in Africa.
Hopkins was born on September 17, 1721, in Waterbury, Connecticut. He studied divinity in Northampton, Massachusetts, with the Puritan theologian Jonathan Edwards. In 1743 Hopkins was ordained as minister of the Congregational Church at Housatonic (now Great Barrington), Massachusetts. He served there until 1769, when he was dismissed because of his reputation as an inept preacher and for his unorthodox views on church membership and baptism. From 1770 until his death he was minister of the First Congregational Church in Newport, Rhode Island, and was active in opposing the slave trade that flourished there.
Hopkins's major work, The System of Doctrines Contained in Divine Revelation (1793), showed his belief in social service. His system, which became known as "Hopkinsianism," reflected many of Edwards's views on the relation of God to man. Hopkins contended that man must overcome self-love (sin) by disinterested benevolence and by complete submission to God's will—even if submission means a willingness to be damned. His views helped to expand missionary activity in America and abroad, particularly in Africa. Hopkins died on December 20, 1803, in Newport.

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Belkis Giorgis is the Gender and Capacity Building Senior Technical Advisor for the LMG Project. Between 2004 and 2006 I worked as a volunteer and consultant to the Ministry of Health in Ethiopia to develop the Health Officers Accelerated Training Program; supported the National Coalition of Women against HIV/AIDs and develop their strategic plan, develop proposals, mobilize resources; served as a Technical Advisor to the Organization of African First Ladies. In addition, I serve on different boards in the country to support girl's education, OVC, mental health, gender equity and other causes.


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What is a break out area and what do students do there?
We as students have a lot in our plate, from college clubs to assignments, from exams to exhibitions, the workload without a doubt gets excruciating after a point. Moreover, we all need a quick gateway to rejuvenate ourselves in order to put up our best front.
Tribe's Break Out Area is just what the doctor ordered! Its indeed a key to surrender all your worries and inhibitions, to put aside all those mental blocks that's hindering your growth. A social spotlight that provides comfort, a sense of belonging and experiences worth reminiscing.
The moments lived here echoes deeply within every tribe member, whether it's watching the world cup together, and piping the adrenaline rush or hooting in excitement every time our dream team gave us one more reason to believe. Every tribe troop was in this together, experiencing the rollercoaster of emotions, every highs and lows and disappointments that came along the way. For others it was just a matter of 50 overs, but for us these 50 overs had "I've got your back" written all over it.
In today's world such "community feels" or "sense of togetherness" is fading away, however we in tribe believe that these are in-fact the building blocks for what's in store ahead. Communication is an integral part of our being, it moulds our sense of self, and tribe extends itself to train you exactly for that by providing such hotspots.
It's indeed the sheer truth that these four walls of the zone have seen everything, from tears to mere laughter, all these emotions are deeply engraved in what tribe stands for.
From "Me-time" to "We-time", the zone offers everything, a place to blow off some steam as well as to introspect. This coupled with a smart TV that's provided has made it all effortless, one can easily use apps like Netflix, Amazon prime, and call it a Movie Night!
On the other hand, especially for book lovers, there is a secret spot under the trees that's covered with fairy lights, and it also allows you to stargaze at night.
Apart from this, tribe offers myriad board games like monopoly, UNO, Taboo, snakes and ladder etc., that can be played in the breakout area, and for those more outdoorsy tribe still got you covered! The zone also provides foosball, Table Tennis and carom that can be played at anytime of the day or night! (Thanks to the 24×7 Mamaliga cafe)
To put it otherwise, the breakout area is the definite ice breaker in starting your tribe cum life journey!
Until then, Be silly. Be honest. Be kind!


The clutch has a magnetic closure and two inside pockets. One pocket zippers closed.
I used a really nice textured sea-foam teal fabric with vintage off-white lace. The teal fabric was originally a square sample of special-order home decor fabric.
The inside lining fabric is a very light silver-grey satin (leftover from my Warcraft costume).
The bow is a detachable pin!


Employers Direct Insurance Company - How is Employers Direct Insurance Company abbreviated?
As the president and CEO of Employers Direct Insurance Company, Little's greatest occupational hazard is selling workers' compensation policies in California.
Pacific Compensation Insurance Company (PacificComp), formerly Employers Direct Insurance Company, is a specialty writer of workers' compensation insurance.
Pacific Compensation Insurance Company (PacificComp) is the new name of Employers Direct Insurance Company.
Little, President and CEO, Employers Direct Insurance Company.
Their close alignment with the policyholders of their former affiliate, workers' compensation insurer, Employers Direct Insurance Company, gave them an incredible insight into the implementation opportunities available for integrating loss control and wellness programs that offer cost-saving solutions and enhanced productivity to mid-market and small businesses.
Citing the strain of escalating medical costs on the workers' compensation system, increasingly intense price competition, and the uncertainty over the sustainability of the 2003-2004 legislative reforms due to recent Court decisions, Employers Direct Insurance Company is commencing several strategic initiatives to reposition itself in the volatile California workers' compensation insurance marketplace.
Employers Direct Insurance Company, California's only specialty direct writer of workers' compensation insurance, today announced the launch of its new website to welcome four key audiences: policyholders, future policyholders, job seekers, and media.
Some of Guidewire's in-production customers include: Hastings Mutual, Canal Insurance, CNA, Boulder Claims, The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, Employers Direct Insurance Company, Guild Insurance, Homeserve, Merastar, Montana State Fund, New Mexico Mutual, PURE High Net Worth Insurance, Rosgosstrakh, Suncorp, Sequoia, SUA, and Towergate.
has assigned a financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of "a-" to Employers Direct Insurance Company (EDIC) (Agoura Hills, CA).
EDC writes workers' compensation insurance on a direct basis primarily in the State of California through its wholly-owned subsidiary Employers Direct Insurance Company.
EDC, which was founded in 2002, is an insurance holding company based in Agoura Hills, California that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Employers Direct Insurance Company, writes workers' compensation insurance on a direct basis in the State of California.
EDC is also the parent of Employers Direct Insurance Company (EDIC).


Original cover by Neal Adams and Tom Palmer; Marvel 1972. Blake R. Sims's website is here.
The change in the last panel makes more sense. Way more horrific with her being all alone and the rest of the people are just shadows in the background. The irony is the drawings aren't scary at all in this version :D It's really cool, though! I like!


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Q: how to get the answer of the following summation $$\sum\limits_{k=3}^n\arctan\frac{ 1 }{ k }=\frac{\pi}{ 4 }$$
Find value of $n$ for which equation is satisfied.

A: If the summation starts at $k=3$, I have the feeling that there no value of $n$ such that $$f(n)=\sum\limits_{k=3}^n\arctan\frac{ 1 }{ k }-\frac{\pi}{ 4 }$$could be equal to $0$.
$f(n)$ increases with $n$ and you have $$f(3)\simeq -0.463648$$ $$f(4) \simeq -0.218669$$ $$f(5) \simeq -0.021273$$ $$f(6) \simeq +0.143875$$.
If the summation would have started at $k=2$, using Fabien's suggestion, the solution would have been $n=3$.

A: $$
\sum\limits_{k=3}^5\arctan\frac{ 1 }{ k }\approx \frac{\pi}{ 4 }
$$
To prove that, use :
$$
\tan(a+b)=\frac{\tan(a)+\tan(b)}{1-\tan(a)\tan(b)}
$$

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So, I took this selfie at the Tillamook Cheese Factory gift shop. No animals were harmed in the shooting of this photograph.
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So I've been gone this last week, on the Oregon coast. It was nice and cool there, about 70 degrees – compared to 100 back home. Sometimes you need to take some time away from whatever it is you do on a daily basis.
This week I'll be able to take a fresh look at the tracks I'm working on. Especially Psalm 88, which is set to release later this month.
I also took some new photos while there, and will be creating some nice industrial art with them for my posts this week. The photo on this post was taken on the coast as well.
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Not much happening today in my world. Old fashioned yard work followed up by a fire in the pit. I've managed to stay away from the MacBook and get lots of fresh air and sunshine.
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It's summertime in the city and the hair needs to stay short. Very short.
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Go pick up your favorite Glyptic Minority album for FREE. Over ten years of music is up for the taking.
So, unless you're suffering from a serious case of Atrophy, you should take advantage of this moment.


Some photos from Italy | Where's Zoe now?
I'm skipping over Austin for the time being and showing some photos from Italy so that I can pretend the blog is vaguely up to date.
I'm staying in the centre of Florence this time (as opposed to out in the 'burbs near the Institute) so it's all narrow streets and stately buildings and a view through to the side of Santa Maria Novella church. Heck yeah, as the Italians wouldn't say.
Oh hey it's the Colosseum.
I didn't take many photos in Rome, because I've never worked out how to get on camera the sorts of things that stick out to me like the assertiveness you need to cross the road and the rollercoaster ride of friendliness and rudeness you get from staff in touristy areas. But even my cheap-o point and shoot can get a cliche shot of a Really Old Building.
I was in Perugia for only a day, and half of that was visiting a group at the physics department there and giving a talk about some of my research. Unfortunately the physics building there is as ugly as every other physics building in the world — I guess it would be hard to set up modern lab space in some gorgeous medieval castle — but I met some friendly people who clearly enjoyed doing interesting research, so that totally makes up for the 60s architecture. And there was plenty of time afterwards for taking photos like the above.
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I did not even realise you have a blog until I saw the update on facebook.
You have a funny (humourous!) way of writing and I am with you on the not being able to capture the things that most stick out to you. In South America one of the hardest things to get used to has been not flushing the paper down the toilet, but we figure no one really needs to see a picture of that.


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Q: Rails 3 URL validation that excludes some patterns Is it possible to use validates_exclusion_of with regular expressions?
That would ensure that URLs matching these specific patterns can't be validated nor inserted into db.
What would be the best approach to code this?

A: There are a couple ways I might do it, depending on the circumstance.
First, if I am going to have to match some patterns and then exclude others I might do something like this:
validates_format_of :url, :with => /swanky pattern/, :unless => :beavis

def beavis
  self.url.match(/beavis/)
end

Or if you just need to exclude certain patterns
validate :i_hate_beavis

def i_hate_beavis
  errors.add(:url, 'cannot be beavis') if self.url.match(/beavis/)
end

resources: http://apidock.com/rails/ActiveModel/Validations/ClassMethods/validate

A: I took Geoff's approach and implemented the following:
validate :url_is_acceptable

URL_BLACKLIST = [
  /http:\/\/www.some-website.com\/.*/,
  /http:\/\/www.other-website.com\/.*/
]

def url_is_acceptable
  URL_BLACKLIST.each do |blacklisted_url|
    if self.url =~ blacklisted_url
      errors.add(:not_acceptable, "is not acceptable")
      return
    end
  end
end


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Pebble Beach Best of Show—Part I
by Winston Goodfellow on August 31, 2018 in Blog
The svelte shape and "face" of this year's Pebble Beach Best of Show winner belongs to Alfa Romeo 8C2900 chassis 412020.
Out of the five Touring Berlinetta 8C2900s, only chassis 412020 has this swept back grille. The other four are more upright, and thus not as svelte in appearance.
This low angle enhances the car's spectacular proportions, and highlights the teardrop shape of the front fenders.
Alfa's 2.9 was the McLaren F1 or Bugatti Veyron of its day, the fastest road car around. At a time when most car were simple two-box designs composed of right angles, the Touring-bodied 8C2900s looked sensational from any angle.
A fabulous silhouette, where the slope of the windscreen basically mimics the slant of the grille, all capped off by the marvelous symmetry between the front and rear fenders.
The trick door handle is a beautiful touch, with the center ridge being a subdued artistic element that also adds strength to the handle.
Prewar interiors didn't come any better than that found in the 8C2900. It was the perfect place to blast across the Continent at a rapid pace.
The instruments have a fabulous art deco appearance. The tachometer on the left turns in counter-clockwise fashion.
The speedometer reads to 240 kph (150 mph); the oil pressure gauge seems beautiful and delicate in appearance.
An enticing engine compartment with a mélange of colors and textures; the supercharger by the engine block looks most impressive.
Is there a better engine lubrication instruction summary anywhere?
Everything about the 8C2900 is built for speed, and cheating the wind in a most artful fashion. Those wheel covers could have been plain (rather than ridged) discs…
In this image one gets a hint of the car's blue shade.
The cleanliness and elegant simplicity of Touring's wind-cheating coachwork is easily discerned from the rear. There's not a bad angle on the car…
Along with an in-period victory at Le Mans or the Mille Miglia, "Best of Show at Pebble" are likely the five most important words in the collector car world. No other phrase so succinctly sums up elegance, exceptional craftsmanship, rarity, beauty, history, very high-level competition and literally, the Best of the Best.
A perfect example is Pebble's 2018 Best of Show winner, 1937 Alfa Romeo 8C2900 chassis 412020. For those unfamiliar with these most remarkable machines, the 8C2900 is a Bugatti Veyron, McLaren F1 or Senna and LaFerrari rolled into one. Yet none could touch the 8C2900 for elegance, and influential styling and design.
The landmark Alfa model first appeared in October 1935 at the Paris Auto Show. That car's elegant spider body was designed in-house, and set the stage for the custom coachwork specials that would follow. But even more impressive than its appearance were the mechanicals lurking underneath the well-proportioned body. The car's 2905cc straight-8 engine was derived from Alfa's formidable P3 grand prix racer and had double overhead cams, twin Weber carburetors, and not one but two superchargers (one per engine bank). The four-speed gearbox had a twin dry plate clutch, and the gearbox was in unit with the rear axle. The suspension was independent front and rear, and also had grand prix origins.
Approximately 50 chassis were made over the next three years, and once 8C2900s started rolling off the production line, prewar speed, style and beauty had a new standard bearer. At the time the world's most grueling race was likely Italy's famed 1000-mile dash throughout the countryside on public roads, and the 2.9 won the Mille Miglia four times. It also won Spa twice and competed a Le Mans twice. While it never won the French classic, in 1938 the lone 2.9 led the race for 18 hours and was ahead of 1937's victorious Bugatti by 14 laps when a blown tire prevented the Alfa from finishing.
Some Track History…
Along with all those racing victories, the 2.9 astounded auto show patrons and the general public with an amazing array of influential coachwork. Alfa's own designs graced a good number of the earlier cars, and both Pinin Farina (run by Battista "Pinin" Farina) and Stablimenti Farina (founded by Pinin's older brother Giovanni) created lovely one-off spiders. Most of the later cars had sensational spider and berlinetta (fastback) bodies done by Italy's most influential coachbuilder of the time, Carrozzeria Touring.
The firm was founded in March 1926 when attorney friends Felice Bianchi Anderloni and Gaetano Ponzoni acquired Carrozzeria Falco, figuring it was better to purchase an existing concern than starting one from scratch. While Felice Anderloni may have had a law degree, he was a true gearhead who never practiced law. He was drawn to the auto industry at a young age, and his career began at Isotta Fraschini. A perceptive individual who was a keen driver and had impeccable taste, he worked his way up through the ranks and ended up as the chief of the famed Italian luxury marque's experimental and testing departments.
When he left Isotta in 1925 to become a coachbuilder, "companies were typically given the name of the family that owned them," Felice's son Carlo Anderloni told me. "But my father felt it was better to have a name that was short and easy to pronounce. He was also cognizant of the world market, and wanted a word that would be the same everywhere so it could be easily used internationally."
"Weight is the Enemy"
With Falco now named Carrozzeria Touring, Ponzoni managed the business while Anderloni began focusing on lightening a car's body, since the techniques used at the time were so heavy. Touring first used the Weymann system under license, and then began developing its own techniques that truly progressed in the 1930s when the company's craftsmen started producing airplane parts for the Italian military. By the middle of the decade they were quite adept with aluminum, and Touring became synonymous with the slogan, "weight is the enemy, air resistance the obstacle."
This led to the Touring's patented Superleggera ("super light") system that was used on many of the world's most famous marques' coachwork over the next three decades. The innovative lightweight frame had small diameter steel tubes supporting the aluminum coachwork, and the first automobile with the patented system was this year's Best of Show winner.
A True Crowd Pleaser
According to "The Immortal 2.9" by Simon Moore, the bible on the model, the landmark Alfa debuted at 1937's Paris Auto Show where it was a sensation. It then appeared at the Milan Auto Show in late October, and also wowed crowds at the Berlin Auto Show in the first quarter of 1938.
As Touring's prototype 8C2900 berlinetta, there are some differences between it and the other berlinettas. While all have the same basic fastback shape, the most eye-pleasing divergence is a swept back grille that gives chassis 412020 a very aerodynamic appearance (the other Touring berlinettas have a more upright grille). Interestingly, on the car's flank, directly below the Touring badge and near the rearward end of the front fender, is a small plaque that reads "Brevettata," or "patented" in Italian. This doesn't appear on any of the other Touring cars.
Perfect Proportions
The 8C2900's smooth form is beautifully proportioned and, outside the headlights, you can definitely sense Touring's "air resistance (is) the obstacle" mantra coming into play. The large disc wheel covers have a lovely circular pattern, and the teardrop-shaped fenders are very pleasing to look at. There is also Touring's minimal but effective use of brightwork, as seen in the spear-shaped trim that starts up near the front of the hood and sweeps along the side of the body and ends near the tail, and along the top of the headlights. In their centers are thin, hand-painted black lines that are a very subtle design touch.
While that elegant and understated exterior certainly captures one's gaze, the interior and engine compartment also have their share of visual appeal. The instruments are art deco marvels to behold, the lustrous wood accents on the dash and their finish rival any antique furniture or Rolls Royce, and a polished supercharger or two in the engine compartment certainly doesn't hurt. And when did you ever see engine lubrication instructions so artfully done?
From the moment collector David Sydorick quietly bought the car three years ago, I knew he had a potential Best of Show at Pebble on his hands. The proprietary shoot seen here was done immediately after its Pebble win, and next week in Part II of this entry we will take a look at the Pebble Beach Tour and the "Big Dance" on the 18th Green that got this historic Alfa to this position.
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Many new technological solutions enable digital transformation, which in turn increases revenue and productivity. However, when an organization lacks the technology, can they achieve success? Furthermore, if the technology is there, what happens when the workers are not trained to keep up with the solutions?
The benefits of AI technology in the enterprise are well-documented, such as increasing efficiency, and reducing some business costs. AI technology is now seen by many enterprises as a key component of digitalization.
Despite the high importance of AI technology, there are some organizations that are not leveraging the technology, and they are falling behind. A 2019 report by the Association of International Certified Professionals Accountants found that 89% of finance teams have not embraced the technology yet. The reason for this is because these employers have not provided workers with the right solution. In addition, the workers did not receive any training to enhance their technology skills. Just 11% of finance teams were equipped with the right tools and skills to support this change.
The study concluded that the absence of tools and skills is having an adverse effect on revenue growth. Nearly half of finance teams that have embraced digital transformation are reporting positive revenue growth. Meanwhile, just 29% of finance teams that lacked digital transformation are achieving the same success.
When any business unit lacks the right technologies and training, they are missing out on new opportunities.
"Businesses are missing out on huge growth potential by failing to give finance teams the tools and training they need to make better corporate decisions," said Andrew Harding FCMA, CGMA, chief executive of management accounting at the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants. "Cloud and emerging technologies like AI and blockchain drive efficiency and improve insight and accuracy, enabling finance leaders to step into a more strategic role in the business and improve the organization's data-driven decision making. To make the most of these new technologies, finance teams need to simultaneously evolve the competencies of their staff in areas such as analytical thinking, decision-making and business partnering."
AI Technology: Currently, many organizations are leveraging machine learning, a subset of AI, so that machines can compute data.
Data/Analytics: Many enterprises are utilizing predictive analytics, descriptive analytics, or prescriptive analytics as part of data strategies.
Cloud: A majority of companies have already migrated to the cloud, and are relying on different cloud environments to achieve success.
Mobility: New solutions, such as enterprise mobility management, have improved mobile security and effectiveness.
Internet of Things: IoT adoption has soared since 2018, with many organizations enabling this technology to improve decision-making and optimize operations.
This is not just about innovative, technology solutions —rather, it is about the users behind the technology, how they interact with it, and how the technology impacts them. The adoption of new technology is only the first step in this process. The next (and more important) step is training business teams to properly use it. After all, if workers don't know all of the functions, then the solution won't be able to live up to its capabilities.
Failure to properly train workers is one of the reasons why many projects fail. It is critical that IT leaders get a buy-in from workers about new technology, and restructure the organization if needed.
When consumer credit reporting company Experian migrated to the cloud, it enacted cultural and organizational changes to effectively use the new technology. This story serves as an example about fostering a digital culture by providing employees with the knowledge to be agile.
"The organizational changes were pretty enormous," Barry Libenson, Global CIO for Experian, told Inc. "We had to physically reconfigure how people were organized. We also needed different skill sets in different places, so that required more changes and so on."
By preparing your workforce for new technologies and being transparent about the changes, an enterprise can achieve digital transformation and reap the benefits.


Why my church turning 50 reminded me of Nehemiah.
Finding waterfalls. Falling in rivers. Not being overwhelmed.
Don't get in a non-yellow cab. Ever.
I was hungry. I was thirsty. I was homeless.
Loving the crap outta people.
He measures our lives in how we love.


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Communications Encryption What is it? + Benefits â–· 2020
One of the sections that most interest mobile device users today, is security. To protect the information that travels through the Internet, use is made of the communication encryption What is it, what is it for and how to make our conversations more private with this technique?
Privacy is a fundamental element in every application. For this reason, it is necessary to opt for secure messaging applications that keep your digital communications protected.
Today it is usual fear for the safety of our mobiles. If you want to know more about it, continue reading this cybersecurity course.
What is a communications encryption and how does it work in computing?
It is important to know the terminology to understand how privacy works in messaging applications. What is a communications encryption and how does it work in computing ?. Information encryption is a process by which the content exposed in a message can be hidden. To have access to files, data, text, images or videos sent over the Internet, it is necessary to perform a prior interaction on the device.
Ancient civilizations already used encryption methods to send secret messages. Today, it is an indispensable element that is responsible for providing protection to digital communications. In computing, there are two types of cryptographic algorithms. Encryption symmetrical and encryption asymmetric. First of all, the symmetric encryption is one that converts a simple text message into a encrypted message, which requires a key to access to its content. So you can convert it back to text.
This key is generated with each session. The receiving user uses the same password to access the message. However, it cannot be reused for future encrypted messages. On the other hand, the asymmetric encryption. Unlike the first case, asymmetric encryption generates a public key and a private key. The message becomes encrypted with the public key. To decrypt it, you must provide the key private. Sent messages are kept safe, without compromising the integrity of its users.
Why is it important to encrypt communications in today's digital environment?
Online privacy is a right. That is why messaging applications strive to shield your security options to avoid spies or computer attackers. But nevertheless, Why is it important to encrypt communications in today's digital environment?.
The cryptographic algorithms provide confidentiality to messages leaving the device. In such a way that they cannot be easily read in case of being intercepted by a third party. The vast majority of messaging applications encrypt messages so automatic. So you can protect any type of file, without the need for a specific configuration.
What are the main techniques used to encrypt communications?
The instant messaging apps run in background multiple security features to protect the activity of its users.
Below we show you which are the main techniques used to encrypt communications:
Open source code: A variety of application vendors release the source code of their apps as an indication of its integrity. Open source makes it easy for the application to be tested by experts in computer security matter, which are responsible for detailing which are the most common vulnerabilities in the code.
Default encryption: Although many messaging applications have encryption enabled, by default, there are many others that do not. It is essential that when downloading an app, you check your privacy settings to confirm that your messages can be encrypted.
Metadata decrease: Metadata is the fingerprint that a user leaves after using an application on the device. In the case of messaging applications, the metadata collects information about who you talk to, for how long and at what time. Today, certain apps collect a minimal amount of metadata.
End-to-end encryption: It implies that the messages sent through the application are encrypted. Only the recipient and the sender of the message will be able to access the content of the message. Thanks to the end-to-end encryption function, third parties cannot decrypt sent files or texts.
List of the apps with the most secure communication encryption to talk
Today, applications such as WhatsApp, Telegram or Facebook Messenger have updated their functions Privacy & Security. However, in the market for Android and ios It is possible to find less known apps that prioritize the integrity of the user.
Here is a list of the apps with the most secure communication encryption to talk:
It is a secure messaging application that it was previously known as TextSecure Private Messenger. The app is free and is available for both devices Android as iOS. Heads the list, because it uses a own data infrastructure to send messages securely over the Internet.
Signal has end-to-end encryption. Thus, only the recipient and sender have access to the content of the message. Also, the feature doesn't just apply to text messages. It is also compatible with voice calls and video calls.
Other notable features of Signal are:
It has open source, so the application is periodically reviewed to keep security at high levels.
You can program the application so that sent and received messages disappear after a certain time.
Metadata storage is minimal. The application only requires information that is essential for its operation, such as the telephone number.
You can add a password to Signal to lock it. In this way, nobody will be able to access the application in case of theft or loss.
Wickr Me
It is a free instant messaging application. It is available for Android and iOS. In addition, it also has a paid version, especially for companies and businesses. However, you have a 30-day free access to the Premium version. Like Signal, Wickr me also offers a end-to-end encryption feature. Initially, it only worked for messages and files sent in the free version. However, as of 2018, encryption was included in calls and voice messages.
Other features of the app are:
You can detect when other users have taken a screenshot of any message that the sender has sent.
Turn off screen overlay to avoid any unwanted interaction. Although this function is only available on Android devices.
iOS has a unique feature, and it is to block third party keyboards. Therefore it prevents external applications from getting the written data from the Wickr Me app.
Files sent via Wickr Me are deleted on a regular basis, and cannot be retrieved with special tools. Also, the owner has the possibility to delete the messages manually.
Dust – Private Texting
The application, formerly known as Cyber Dust, receives its name since the messages that are sent through the app disappear after 100 seconds after being read. It is available for free for both iOS and Android devices. Dust it also uses end-to-end encryption, for both individual and group messages. However, does not have the function of making voice or video calls.
Its most outstanding characteristics are:
Servers of the application do not permanently save messages sent from the device.
Sender has the possibility to delete sent messages of the recipients' devices.
Dust takes care of alert you when a user has taken a screenshot, as long as it is a device Android. The sender's name disappears from the message.
You can configure the application of Dust for what delete messages as they are read, or after 24 hours.
1 What is a communications encryption and how does it work in computing?
2 Why is it important to encrypt communications in today's digital environment?
3 What are the main techniques used to encrypt communications?
4 List of the apps with the most secure communication encryption to talk
4.1 Signal
4.2 Wickr Me
4.3 Dust – Private Texting


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> Either way it's an interesting example.
which was described in this newsgroup some time ago by Andrzej Kozlowski.
best? But I suspect that there is no clear answer to that question.
noted. And this causes Exp[Infinity + Pi*I] to be Infinity.
after all, Exp has an essential singularity at ComplexInfinity.
exhibit some comparably regrettable behaviors.


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/* eslint no-unused-expressions:0 */
'use strict'

var _ = require('lodash')
var chai = require('chai')
var chaiAsPromised = require('chai-as-promised')
chai.use(chaiAsPromised)
var expect = chai.expect
var sinon = require('sinon')

var putBasket = require('../lib/putBasket')

// Stop the Tests from interfering with each other by returning clones of the fixtures
function loadTestResource (location) {
  return _.cloneDeep(require(location))
}

var harvestDbWithSuccessfulGetAndInsert = {
  get: function (id, callback) {
    callback(null, {})
  },
  insert: function (document, id, callback) {
    callback(null, {})
  }
}

var harvestDbWithSuccessfulGetAndFailedInsert = {
  get: function (id, callback) {
    callback(null, {})
  },
  insert: function (document, id, callback) {
    callback(new Error('An error has occurred inserting document'), null)
  }
}

var harvestDbWithFailedGet = {
  get: function (id, callback) {
    callback(new Error('An error has occurred getting document'), null)
  }
}

var harvest = {
  getSharedBasket: function () {
    return {}
  },
  saveBasket: function () {
    return {}
  }
}

describe('LIB: putBasket', function () {
  it('putBasket should throw an error if there is no options object', function () {
    return putBasket(harvest, harvestDbWithSuccessfulGetAndInsert).then(function () {}, function (error) {
      expect(error).to.have.property('error').that.is.an.instanceof(TypeError)
      expect(error.error.message).to.equal('invalid options')
      expect(error).to.have.property('origin').that.is.equal('pluginHarvest')
    })
  })

  it('putBasket should throw an error if there is no options.id', function () {
    return putBasket(harvest, harvestDbWithSuccessfulGetAndInsert, loadTestResource('./fixtures/requestWithTag')).then(function () {}, function (error) {
      expect(error).to.have.property('error').that.is.an.instanceof(TypeError)
      expect(error.error.message).to.equal('invalid options.id')
      expect(error).to.have.property('origin').that.is.equal('pluginHarvest')
    })
  })

  it('putBasket should throw an error if there is no options.tag', function () {
    return putBasket(harvest, harvestDbWithSuccessfulGetAndInsert, loadTestResource('./fixtures/requestWithId')).then(function () {}, function (error) {
      expect(error).to.have.property('error').that.is.an.instanceof(TypeError)
      expect(error.error.message).to.equal('invalid options.tag')
      expect(error).to.have.property('origin').that.is.equal('pluginHarvest')
    })
  })

  it('putBasket should reject if the document store throws an error on select', function () {
    return putBasket(harvest, harvestDbWithFailedGet, loadTestResource('./fixtures/requestWithIdAndTag')).then(function () {}, function (error) {
      expect(error.error.message).to.equal('An error has occurred getting document')
      expect(error).to.have.property('origin').that.is.equal('pluginHarvest')
    })
  })

  it('putBasket should reject if the document store throws an error on select', function () {
    return putBasket(harvest, harvestDbWithSuccessfulGetAndFailedInsert, loadTestResource('./fixtures/requestWithIdAndTag')).then(function () {}, function (error) {
      expect(error.error.message).to.equal('An error has occurred inserting document')
      expect(error).to.have.property('origin').that.is.equal('pluginHarvest')
    })
  })

  it('putBasket should get a basket from a document store based on the current id', function (done) {
    sinon.spy(harvestDbWithSuccessfulGetAndInsert, 'get')
    putBasket(harvest, harvestDbWithSuccessfulGetAndInsert, loadTestResource('./fixtures/requestWithIdAndTag'))
    expect(harvestDbWithSuccessfulGetAndInsert.get.calledOnce).to.be.true
    harvestDbWithSuccessfulGetAndInsert.get.restore()
    done()
  })

  it('putBasket should ask Harvest to save a basket that will get the changed details', function (done) {
    sinon.spy(harvest, 'saveBasket')
    putBasket(harvest, harvestDbWithSuccessfulGetAndInsert, loadTestResource('./fixtures/requestWithIdAndTag'))
    expect(harvest.saveBasket.calledOnce).to.be.true
    harvest.saveBasket.restore()
    done()
  })

  it('putBasket should insert the basket to the document store', function (done) {
    sinon.spy(harvestDbWithSuccessfulGetAndInsert, 'insert')
    putBasket(harvest, harvestDbWithSuccessfulGetAndInsert, loadTestResource('./fixtures/requestWithIdAndTag'))
    expect(harvestDbWithSuccessfulGetAndInsert.insert.calledOnce).to.be.true
    harvestDbWithSuccessfulGetAndInsert.insert.restore()
    done()
  })

  it('putBasket should ask Harvest to get a shared basket based on the basket that has been stored in the document store', function (done) {
    sinon.spy(harvest, 'getSharedBasket')
    putBasket(harvest, harvestDbWithSuccessfulGetAndInsert, loadTestResource('./fixtures/requestWithIdAndTag'))
    expect(harvest.getSharedBasket.calledOnce).to.be.true
    harvest.getSharedBasket.restore()
    done()
  })

  describe('exception thrown in saveBasket', function () {
    before(function () {
      sinon.stub(harvest, 'saveBasket', function () {
        throw new Error('Fake error')
      })
    })

    it('postBasket should reject if Harvest saveBasket throws an error', function () {
      return expect(putBasket(harvest, harvestDbWithSuccessfulGetAndInsert, loadTestResource('./fixtures/requestWithIdAndTag'))).to.be.rejected.and.eventually.have.property('error').that.is.an.instanceof(Error)
    })

    after(function () {
      harvest.saveBasket.restore()
    })
  })

  describe('exception thrown in getSharedBasket', function () {
    before(function () {
      sinon.stub(harvest, 'getSharedBasket', function () {
        throw new Error('Fake error')
      })
    })

    it('postBasket should reject if Harvest getSharedBasket throws an error', function () {
      return expect(putBasket(harvest, harvestDbWithSuccessfulGetAndInsert, loadTestResource('./fixtures/requestWithIdAndTag'))).to.be.rejected.and.eventually.have.property('error').that.is.an.instanceof(Error)
    })

    after(function () {
      harvest.getSharedBasket.restore()
    })
  })
})

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This surveillance photo shows four women who allegedly shoplifted merchandise in the electronics department of the Walmart Supercenter in Elkton on Black Friday (Nov. 26), police reported.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF ELKTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
This surveillance photo shows one of four women who allegedly shoplifted merchandise in the electronics department of the Walmart Supercenter in Elkton on Black Friday (Nov. 26), police reported. This suspect later left the store in a dark car, while the other three drove away in a white car, according to police.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ELKTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
This surveillance photo shows one of four women who allegedly shoplifted merchandise in the electronics department of the Walmart Supercenter in Elkton on Black Friday (Nov. 26), police reported.
This photo shows one of two cars used by four women who allegedly shoplifted at the Walmart Supercenter in Elkton on Black Friday, police reported. Three of the suspects left the Walmart in this car.
This photo shows one of two cars used by four women who allegedly shoplifted at the Walmart Supercenter in Elkton on Black Friday (Nov. 26), police reported. One of the suspects — a woman with long, green hair — drove away from the Walmart in this dark car, while her three alleged accomplices left together in a white car, police said.
Elkton police trying to ID Walmart shoplifting suspects
By Carl Hamilton cahamilton@cecilwhig.com
ELKTON — Surveillance cameras videotaped four women who allegedly shoplifted electronics valued at hundreds of dollars at the Walmart in Elkton on Black Friday — and now investigators are asking the public to help them identify the suspects, according to the Elkton Police Department.
In addition, the surveillance cameras at the Walmart Supercenter in the 1100 block of East Pulaski Highway (Route 40) photographed two cars that the suspects drove from that business on Friday (Nov. 26), when the alleged theft spree occurred, police reported.
The four women entered the Walmart on the grocery side of the store and then walked to the electronics department, where they removed a television and several instant cameras with film, police said. One of the suspects — a woman with long, green hair — removed two robot vacuums, police added.
Then the suspects walked to the self-checkout area on the grocery side of the store, where they bagged some of the merchandise they had selected — without scanning any of the items, police reported.
"They exit (from) the grocery side of the store, passing all points of sale while making no attempt to pay," an EPD spokesperson said.
Three of the suspects got into a white car, which was then driven from the business property, according to police. The suspect with the long, green hair drove away in a dark car, police reported.
EPD investigators posted photos of the suspects and of the two suspect vehicles on the agency's Facebook page, along with information about the theft incident, and they are asking for the public's help in identifying them.
Anyone with information that might help investigators identify the shoplifting suspects is asked to call Cpl. Matthew Nussle of the Elkton Police Department at 410-398-4200, ext. 52.